MHWSvi^^COMMERCIAL

TO ELECTTONIGHT

The Commercial club elects of-ficers tonight. George Scoiieldis the onty candidate for electionas president and he has a surething. E. H. Hoyt, A. M. lager--8011, E. G. Griggs, Charles A.Brower are up for vice president;G. H. Raleigh and Fred Rice fortreasurer, and 35 are out for the

\u25a0 10 places as trustee.

Now Well After UsingEckman's Alterative

A Valuable Heinedy for Throat andI.iintsx.

The makers of Eckman's Altera-.tlve, wliich is doing so much goodfor Consumptives, are continuallyIn receipt of wonderful reports ofrecoveries brought about solelythrough the use of this medicine.These reports are always at thecommand of any one interested, andmany of the writers in their grat-itude have suggested that like suf-ferers write direct and learn whatIt did for them. Here is one speci-men:

421 Second Aye., Aurora, 111."Gentlemen: Pardon me for not

Writing sooner, but I wanted to seeif I would stay cured. I can nowtruthfully gay I am perfectly well.1 wish to express my heartfeltthanks. I have no pain, no cough,no night sweats, no hay fever. Sincea child of two years, I have beenailing with lung trouble, whichgrew worse as I grew older. At theage of fourteen, the doctor said IfI could not be sent south I wouldsurely die of Consumption. Everywinter 1 would be sure to haveeither Bronchitis. Pleurisy or Pneu-monia. I had Typhoid-Pneumoniaone time. 1 had catarrh of thestomach and bowels and had Haylever for the last few years; but•ear

nOt anytllinßr of tne kln'l this'I will answer all letters sent tome, asking a history of my casefrom any one suffering with lung

trouble.(Sworn affidavit) ETTA PLATH(five years later reports stillWell.)

Eckman's Alterative is effectiveIn Bronchitis, Asthma. Hay Fever-Throat and Lung Troubles and inupbuilding the system. Does notcontain poisons, opiates or habit-forming drugs. For sale by leadingdruggists. Ask for booklet tellingof recoveries, and write to BckmanLaboratory, Philadelphia, Pa foradditional evidence.

The U. S. submarine F-l, cham-pion diver of all Uncle Sam'sfighting craft, recently wentashore near Watsonviie, Cal. Twoseamen were drownod.

The F-l is the vessel whichdo\t 283 feet under San Fran-cisco bay last month. This pic-t'iro shows the sub-naring lying,

MEEKER PLANSBIG MEMORIAL

Ezra Meeker before the Wom-en's Aid society of First Congre-gational church yesterday laidout his plans to raise $20,000 Indonations of not more than $1f.ach to erect a suitable memorialin Tacoma to the pioneers whoblazed the trail to the Northwestanu made this American territory.He will give a series of free mov-ing picture lectures to stimulateinterest in the matter.

ATTEND FUNERAL

hard and fast, in Us sand -jn thebeach.

The two seamen drowned wereT. J. Turbett of Newark, N". J.,and C. A. Schroeder of Mion«apO-lis.

Schroeder and Tnrbett were onvut<h when the chain which heldthe craft to tho b •(»' near tho ond

British Vice Consul Agassiz ofTacoma will attend the funeral ofVice Consul Laidlaw at Portlandtomorrow.

PRINCESS mmI 111 11 UL. U U Phone Main 7760

THE HOME OF HIGH CLASS STOCK

C. L. Richards Presents the Princess StockCompany in

MissHobbsJerome K. Jerome's

Brilliant ComedyStaged Under Direction of Wm. H. Dills

It is one of the biggest laughingsuccesses the Princess players have

given local theatergoers.

Bargain Mats. Wednesday &SaturdayPrices—loc and 25c.

Evening Prices—2oc, 30c and 50c.

NEXT WEEK

inMIZZOURA"

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<$> Tacoma theater— Coming, \u2666<$> "Naughty Marietta." <>$> <$>•$> Princess —All week, be- $>

<S> ginning Sunday, "Miss <$\u25a0<S> .Hobbs." <$<j> «><S> Pantages—Vaudeville. <?•<S> «>\u2666 Empress—Vaudeville. \u2666«> <«>

AT THE PANTAGESThere are eight pleasing acts

on the new weeks bill at the Pan-tages theater this week; everyone has something in it to recom-mend, and there are no "rough-going" spots on the program.Murray K. Mill, who just tellsstories, tells them so well that heleaves 'em laughing, provingthereby that he is a youth withdiscretion and wisdom beyond hisyears. Haze] Folsoni, who is areal good looker, uncorks a voicethat is very pleasant, and Hazelhas some songs that are worthhearing twice over.

Rice, Bell and Baldwin enter-tain with a pantomime of the"Karno" type; it is rather con-tinental in tone, but the cleverchaps in this trio had no difficultyin tutting it across in good shapelast night. It is a copy act, buta good one.

Others who help to while awaythe time this week are JanetLondon and company in a playlet;Guistat and Berrio, Italian mu-sicians, the Almonds in dancingand musical novelty work andsplendid "movies"—a colored de-piction of the Life of Christ, afeature that is well worth takingthe youngsters to Bee.

I AT THE EMPRESS ?• •An insight into the doings of

secret orders, most particularlywhat happens inside the initiationchamber of horrors, is set forthto the pleasure of Kmpress pa-trons this week in the headlineact, "The Wow-Wows."

There is enough comedy in"The Wow-Wows" alone to makethe bill worth seeing, yet withthe comedy, "I Died," in the sameweek's booking it is doubly bo.

"IDied" shows a husband,supposedly dead, listening to hiswife and his best friend makinglove over his bier. The act lacksnothing funny.

Harry Sauber is a Hebrew co-median who finds a warm recep-tion with the audience.

Very choice trumpet selectionsare those of Miss Inez Lawson, ayoung woman who wears "somegown."

Everybody has heard "Ay Banea Swade From Nord Daykota,"but Girard of Biele and Girardsings it again in a manner thatis good enough to bring down ac-claim.

The Three Alex are openingthe bill with aerial acrobaticstunts that will please.

AT THE TACOMA

Some Bill!It's at the "Pan" This Week, Where

YOU SEENED WAYBURN'S

English Pony BalletHAZEL FOLSOM-^JANET LOUDEN & CO.

4—Other Big Acts—4Eveiilair Frleca 10c, 15c, 25c. Box Scat* BOe. Matlneea lOe, 15c.

"Naughty Marietta," a comedyopera in two actß, with music byVictor Herbert, and book by RidaJohnson Young, who laid herscenes in New Orleans more thana century ago, will be at the Ta-coma next Sunday.

David Warfield's popularity iscertainly phenomenal though notsurprising. In David Belasco'snew play, "The Return of PeterGrimm," in which he appears atthe Tacoma next Monday andTuesday, all lovers of fine actingare promised such a treat as onlyVVarfleld himself can give.

FIND VIOLIN INREAR OF HOTEL

A violin, believed to be an In-strument of considerable value,was found last night In the rearof the Tacoma hotel, and is inthe hands of the police today.

A teamster discovered the in-strument In Its case, lying halfconcealed under the shrubberyback of the hostelry.

THE TACOMATIMES

UNCLE SAM'S CHAMPION DIVER IN SEA TRAGEDY

of the pier parted. Before Die sea-man could gain control of thesteering gear, the vessel was wal-lowing in a heavy sea.

A few momenta later she waslifted like a Javelin by a hugewave and shot into sand, at thebreak of the surf. Low tide lefther In three feet of water.

McFARLANDAPPOINTS

County Clerk-elect R. E. Mc-Farland has named his officeforce as follows: First deputy,R. W. Cagley; second clerk, JesseH. Read: third, B. C. Ohneck;cashier, Mrs. L. L. Finnegan;vault clerk, J. H. Ryan; stenogra-phers, Lena Speigelberg a,ndHelen 11. Ball; court clerks,James Slover, Sumnei-; P. A. L»a-niont, Puyallup; E. A. Ramsdell,South Taeonia and H. A. Fisher,present incumbent.

Chief Deputy Cagler is abrother-in-law, now a clerk forController Meads.

TO SUCCEED BAILEY

Col. R. M. Johnston, editor ofthe Houston Post, who has beenappointed to succeed SenatorJoseph \V. Itailey in the UnitedStates senate.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12.FLOIIENOH WEBEK

and the Hammerstein Opera Co.

NAUGHTY MARIETTABy Victor Herbert and Kida

Johnson YoungPricessoc to $1.50.Seat sale Saturday.

Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 13^71DAVID BELASCO PRESENTSDAVID WARFIELD

In David Belasco's Thrilling Play"THE RKTURN OP PKTEK

GRIMM"Prices— Lower floor, $2; Bal-

cony, 3 rows, $2; next 3 rows,$1.50; last 6 rows, $1; Gallery50c. Seat sale Saturday. Mailorders now.

"World's Stnndard of Vaudeville"

EMPRESSDirect from the Music Halls of

iLondon *

FRED KARXO'S

The Wow WowsFeaturing

Charles ChaplinThe Original Souse -\

In the famous other Karno pro-

ductions. This will bring

Packed HousesTo the S. & C. home of superb V

vaudeville. • . -Other Big n

S. & C. Acts 0"Where Everybody Goes"

GREEN STAMPPEOPLE LOSEJudge Cushman In the Federal

court this morning sustained thedemurrer of Judge Stiles to the»uit brought by the Green Stampcompany in the name of McCor-ma<li Brothers, asking an injunc-tion to stop the city from enforc-ing its ordinance requiring everydealer in the city who uses trad-ing stamps to pay a license of$100.

Judge Cushman points out thefact that the state supreme courtand the federal court have bothheretofore upheld the city ordin-ance. He says the place for thestamp people to appear is in thesupreme court of the UnitedStates and urges them to taketho case right up to the highestart in the land.

TO ARRAIGNMEN TODAY

Charged with illegal expendi-ture of school funds, Otto A.Sipple, E. D. Binnings and J. M.Moob, Midland school directors,will be arraigned late this after-noon before Justice Graham. Theywere arrested yesterday and re-leased later on their own recog-nizance. All have employed at-torneys and willfight the chargesagainst them.

THERE WON'T BECENSUS TAKING

The city commission will prob-ably not tako a census of the citynow. Commissioners this morn-ing reported that every evidenceindicates that people are comingto Taeoma in droves and Cutnmli-sioner Mills saye he believes thecity will grow 25,000 in the pres-ent year. It was deemed wise notto take a census until some of thenew population gets here and acity census may bo taken nextyear.

WHITE HAS ANUNUSUAL ILLNESS

IJ<l)\ity Treasurer Eil White isconfined to his home with an at-tack which has not yet beenthoroughly diagnosed by the doc-tors. He has been attacked withsudden spells of pain and weak-ness several times lately and wasfinally forced to go home. Whilewalking to the office on Com-merci' street a d:iy or two agS hecollapsed on the sidewalk and hadto be assisted.

POLICE STARTBENEFIT FUND

To assist in defraying the fun-eral expenses of Patsy O'Brien,the dead newsboy, the police to-day started a fund, which, with-in two hours grew to tne amountof $15.75.

Nearly half of the departmenthave placed their signatures ontho fund sheet. The largest sin-gle contribution was for $2.50.

NEW HIGHWAY(Hy I'nilod Press leased Wire.)

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7—Thecounty court has today tentativelydecided to s|>end $75,000 towardtli<^ completion of the highwaybetween Portland and HoodRiver. The road was startedyears ago, but did not get muchfurther than the surveys.

BIGGEST EVERAlthough the inauguration

ceremonies for Governor Listerarc to be democratic, it is said,Chairman James H. Dege of thelocal committee announces follow-ing a trip to Olympia yesterdayand consultation with the com-mittee there that the inauguralball will be the biggest thing ofthe kind ever held in the state.

WATER COMINGCommissioner Lawson expects

to turn Green river water into tilebis P>Pe at the headworks anafll) up McMillin reservoir In aweek. The George Wright pipeHue is now about done, the reser-tolr is completed and after anInspection yesterday by Lawaonhe reported it about ready toturn water In.

Opie Takes OverBonding Business

Harry B. Opie, stationery man-ager of the Pioneer Bindery com-rany, hag resigned and will takeovPr the insurance and bondingbusiness of W. B. Opie & Co.Harry was one of the originatorsof the Tacoma Ad club and Is ahustler. H. A. Kirkpatrick takeshis place in the Pioneer Binderycompany.

DEBATE FRIDAYDean Lee of Whitworth, Dr.

Padelford of Btate university andW. H. Paulhamus will be judgesof the Tacoma-Lincoln high schooldebate on the tariff Friday nightin thi« city.

This is the bigges* quo in theworld, and it will guard the na-tion that has done the biggestditch digging job on record.

From the mania of thi.s can-non will come "bulolts." im-mense projectiles !> feet 1 Incheslong, weighing 2.'.'. '0 poi<nds.traveling from the mu/zle at \u25a0velocity of 2,300 feet [ter lecond.

It will take 1,17f pounds ofthe ordinary, or smoking, pow-der to fire one chi'.rge, but how

that "bullet" will gc!If this cannot is simei! riphtly

the "bullet" will travel .: t miles.

SHERMAN RICHNEW YORK, Jan. 7. -A re-

port on file today on th" reportof the tax appraisers shows thatthe late Vice President JamesShvrtnan left an estate worth|3?6,760, with debts and expensesamounting to $4t!,4J'J.

PAGE THREE.

How Well You Like <=:Jpiiß_

A Suit oriJ#7\\/vercoai i

Depends on How It Looks |^But you think BETTER of it if it WEARS—You <^_^J|lpwant long lived suits and long lived overcoats, '[ JmW Icoupled with GOOD LOOKS. No man that takes "'/Hi lifthe trouble to look at our assortment of winter ji-Ujf \1 Wstyles can help admiring the variety and thorough \ |ly ifgoodness and the exclusive tailoring which are car- \u25a0\u25a0&\u25a0 iff!dinal features of Peoples Store guaranteed clothes. .58? *HSuit prices $15, $17.50, $20 and $25. J&l* JjPOvercoats $15, $20, $22.50 and $25. &^ j&&'

JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE OFRUGS, LINOLEUMS, DRAPERIESEvery Rug and Every Pattern of Linoleum Reduced 20 Per Cent to 40Per Cent. Odd Pairs Lace Curtains about Half Regular Price—

PRINTED LINOLEUM U \u25a0 ' A L^A^A^l^^^iL *_ A a ARegular values C.>c to >\u25a0:.<•. Clearance sale, pnft \u2666?iSgfi^HW^MiwW^^l^SSf\^

per square yard, 47c, 53c and JjSCINLVIIt MNOLKUM S'SSP^*^^^^ 6*^^ V̂

$1.50 Genuine Inlaid Linoleum, 4 n 'TSiS ?'^^ RSlirTI J* '*'per square yard, at «p I\u25a0l <J \u25a0tJ3»jWj r-rilliWi* *&£"&•$1.7:. 27x54-incli Wilton Velvet Rug's". '

<? 11 Q ®f 8 6.W^H3L »\u2666Clearance sale, each «j) I\u25a0 I U ifeilS CwM'V^'kvl^f>3 r r'^'L.3Gx72-inch Axminster and Wilton Velvet Hii^rs: "7'^^ rrClearance sale, each «p£.iU«J !^&<S Mfi®lljW 8 W&>$15.00 !ixll ft. Persian Velvet Hups. (J>Q Q7 \u2666JT® E^WwW-r-d 51 ?\u2666$17.50 !»xl2 ft. Seamless Brussels Rugs, 011 A Q '"^'.'l ';*a3il^ViffSF' "* ¥*» .Clearance sale, each »> I I iT'O "TojJs S Jlilf'i'lj J b?"^7"$25.00 !ixl2 ft. Axminster Rugs. <M 7Afl *\u25a0/?! w ir*H* areßr*"'Clearance sale, each \1 I I i*t(J S' a it*-'a'i * T^$25.00 9x12 ft. Wilton Velvet Rugs. C 17*01; J^SS^Sf* |..JClearance Hale, each $11 ivl3 7"53 Sz3» JML$ -!'. 0 0 9x12 ft. Itody Brussels. 000 /IT T S c'Uw"Clearance sale, each 522.45 i4"^S^2&$45.00 9x12 ft. Royal Wilton Rugs. $34.90 ~~'l MlS^^\W^W^^J^^-Clearance sale, each 9u4iUU \S* ifiPW^^^V^^^W*^

THE PEOPLES STOREEDWARD E. HORGAN, President.

PANAMA TO BE GUARDED BY BIGGEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVEGUN MAN EVER MADE—HURLS HUGE BULLETS 21 MILES

To go that far, the projectilewould have to reach an elevationsix miles high.

MOVIES FOR HIM(By I'nited Press 1/caned Wire.)

BERLIN, Jan. 7.—The kaiserhas had a moving picture theaterfitted up in the imperial palaceat Potsdam, and entertains dis-tinguished guests with a choice as-sortment of films.

A Hidden DangerIt is a, duty of the kid- /^S^\ TACOMA PROOF

neys to rid the blood of /^r^ (j^^^jk\uric acid, an irritating TOi^ZSTEgL Testimony of a Residentpoison that is constantly /7J f3/r''M^fex of Thompson Avenue.forming inside. ft i ==I>V?JBIS^ ? ' Mary lsa:lks('

i.... \u0084 ..,4- -i YiL jt^====^wm^T 5438 Thompson Aye., Ta-When the kidneys fail, \ -ggEEi^ IMB^ coma, Wash., says- "The

uric acid onuses rheumatic j==jJ^=L @«Hk first symptom of kidneyattacks, headache, dim-^)JJIB| trouble in my case wasness, gravel, urinary ~^-—^ZZ^zl«\u25a0 lameness across the smalltroubles, weak eyes, drop- . ""II3SFI 1 of my back. I did not paysy or heart disease. Mil I M much attention to it, but

Doan's Kidney Pills rtiltfio3R as ' continued to growhelp the kidneys fight off JK^BMkSEi worse, I knew that some : 'uric acid — bringing new -~- lISSiIImKKB thing must be done. Read&strength to weak kidneys ing about Doan'B Kidney-and relief from backache

' estSS<S> lills, I decided to tryand urinary ills \u0084„ . them. After I had taken \u25a0

TT• , ' "Every Picture Tells a half of one box, I was re- ?

Here's home proof-— Story." lieved."

f .ftßw, <When Your Back is Lame— Remember the Name' J&P I

JW DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS^^mI Tr^BSInW Hold by nil Dealers, . Price 50 rents. Kos«<>r-Milburn Co., Buffalo, TsUUr99lV^PKS^^ .!\u25a0X- V.. l*'"'''''''c"r''- JJwsfe!r M