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MERCHANTSffIPSINKS U-BOAT

U.S. SENDS NEAR-ULTIMATUM

HEED GREAT BRITAIN'S

EXPERIENCEWITHARMY,

WARNS NOTED REPORTER

BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL

WASHINGTON, D. t\, Feb. 19.—The mag

nificent motto of democratic Switzerland,

"All ic.i cm- and one for call"—that should

be ours no less.

The present military policy of the United

States—if we can be said to have one—is to

hire some few of us to go out and fight for

the rest of us, who sit in fat ease at home.

IT 18 ROTTEN, IT 18 UNDEMOCRATIC,

IT IS COWARDLY, AND FOR MODERN

WARFARE IT IS UTTERLY FOOLISH.

This is no new discovery to anybody that

was privileged to be in Europe when the

present war began.

It was in England a month after the over

ture to that drama tuned up, and what I saw

sent glimmoring the last ilusion on this

subject.

Oreat Britain had a military system

like ours. She depended upon volun

teers and an army that fought for litre,

and In all human experience no sys

tem went more completely to smash.

There was the plain situation, as clear as

the day to anybody that cared to look at It.

Great Britain would never have an army

until she made service the duty of all and

not the paid Job of a lew.

All the men ln the government know it

perfectly well. Whatever they might say for

public consumption, they knew the truth, and

in private thej acknowledged it.

Day after day the country rang with ap

peals, meetings were held in every corner of

the realm, the government spent $100,000,

--000 in advertising in the newspapers and on

bill boards.

Men would not enlist on the mercenary

basis.

No t.i-ent Britain wasted IM months in

which she took practically no part In

the In.iii liar because she I.ml no men

to nut into Ihe field.

But if the leaden, in the government

knew the truth why didn't they say It?

DEPUTY

WILL BE

WITNESS

For the fourth flmo since adop-1

Hon last April of a civil service,

amendment giving discharged city j

employes the right to a trial, ai

hearing before a civil service Jury j

will be held at the city counc'l

chambers Monday evening.

Joseph R. Teale, police officer

and member of the dry squad, will

be the defendant.

Police Chief Harry M. Smith,

who discharged Teale, and Com

missioner Pettlt, who approved

the chief's action, are the com

plainants.

Assistant City Attorney Frank

M. CarnaUan will he prosecuting

.attorney.

Deputy Prosecutor George M.

Thompson will bo one of the most

Important witnesses against Teale.

Thompson will testify that Teale

appeared before him, asked for a

search warrant for a certain hotel

on the pretext that he had located

a trunk of booze hidden there, and

then used the warrant for other

purposes.

Police officers, corroborating

this testimony,'according to Chief

Smith, will charge that Teale used

the warrant to gain access to the

rooms occupied by a man and his

daughter In a Pacific avenue ho

tel, where he charged the man

with living unlawfully with a

woman not his wife. It will be

charged, Smith says, that Teale

knew the man and used this means

of fr-ighinniiig him, in vindication

of a- grievance.

More than usual interest cen

tsrs about the Teale case, as the

result pf charges by Commissioner

Pettit two weeks ago that the Citi

zens' league had used all manner

of pressure on him to keep Teale

on the department.

Extra chairs will be placed In

the council rooms in anticipation

of an immense audience.

The hearing -is to start at 8

tijnoetk.

LOOKS LIKE REAL

THING AT ARMORY

"My, how it thrills me to see the

Coast Artillery boys parading

around the armory," says Gert

* rude Mills, of the library staff. "I

thought at first they were only

fooling, but I suess It Is real

work."

Because of a fetich, a superstition, a dead

formula, a word!

"CONSCRIPTION"—that was the dread

bogey that lay in the path. Great Britain

NEVER HAD resorted to conscription, there

fore it NEVER MUST resort to it.

Then Lord Derby hit upon the happy

scheme of putting conscription to work, but

calling It by another name, and after wast

ing 18 months of precious time Oreat Britain

began to get an army.

It is a terrible responsibility that these

unfortunate slaves of the fetich assume.

Twelve years ago the British government,

then ln the hands of the conservatives, pre

pared a bill lor universal military training

and service, and these fetich persons fright

ened the government out of the Idea.

IF THEY HAD KEPT STILL THERE

WOULD BE NO WAR NOW.

A few years later discerning men like

Lord Roberts and Robert Blatchford saw that

Great Britain in its unprotected state was

certain soon or late to be attacked by Ger

many.

The fetich persons howled down all these

warnings.

There is in all Great Britain today not one

thinking creature that does not bitterly re

gret that a deaf ear was turned and eyes

were resolutely closed to the certain facts.

Jingoes are rightly detested. Yet it must

always be a question if they do as much

harm as the fetich crowd.

We have here in America more than our

share of I hem. A bill to make service for

the republic and defense of its life the com

mon duty of ;ill has been introduced in the

senate and they are golnp out to beat it.

IF, FIVE YEARS HENCE. OR TEN, WE

FIND OURSELVES IN THE TERRIBLE

POSITION GREAT BRITAIN WAS IN AT

THE OUTBREAK OF THIS WAR. I HOPE

THERE WILL BE NO ERROR ABOUT THE

RESPONSIBILITY.

Bradley Has

a Cold Cure

John 1.. Bradley, 711

South X, chief clerK in the

public works department a*

the city hall, always carried

with hli.i a purse filled with

small cubes of licorice.

'"It is the best remedy for

a sore throat or bronchial

trouble that 1 know of," says

Bradley. "All the cough

remedies are largely licorice.

For five cents I can buy a

largo piece and cut it into

small cubes that will last

for months."

ROOSEVELT IS

READY TO GO

(lulled Preaa l.rusi-d Wire.)

NEW YORK, Feb. 19. — That

Colonel Roosevelt has laid plans

to take an American division to

Europe immediately on declara

tion of hostilities between this

country and Germany or that he

will organize this force in Canada

if it should interfere with plans

of the United States army, is the

declaration of the New York

World today. He expects by a

quick move, it is said, to convince

the entente of the co-operation of

this country.

GERMANS ASK

U. S. PAPERS

Germans who have lived in

America for many years without

becoming citizens, are finding the

present Juncture a good one in

which to repair the omission.

Applications have been made

during the last week by Charles

Messner, 51 years; William En.il

Froehlich, of (iara, Germany, who

came In 1890; and Hciurich Ernst

Teutscher, born in Werder, Ger

many, who landed at the port of

Tacoma in 1903. Anton Weber

of Vienna is a mors recent arrival,

having come In 1914.

100,000 SPIES!

I I ii I led Preaa Leaaed Wire.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —

There are 100,000 spies in the

United States, Senator Lee Over

man declared on the senate floor

today during debate on the es

pionage bill.

The Tacoma Times

25c A MONTH.

ACOMA. WASHINGTON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1811

JEWELS

STOLEN

BY DOG

11 .el., el Pre** l.ranrtl M\ Ire.)

CHICAGO, Feb. 19. — Seven

persons are under arrest as a re

sult of the dramatic recovery of

Jewels wortli anywhere from $10,

--000 to $60,000, alleged to have

been lost ln the loop last Friday

by "Mrs. H. DeWardener."

Mrs. DeWardener is said to be

Baroness DeWardener id.Huh. vi.

slting in Chicago at the home of

her sister, Mrs. I. P. Stehle.

According to detectives the Jew

els were found by a trick dog be

longing to Mrs. and Mrs. James

Murray, vaudeville actors. They

were in a beaded black bag.

Swept off their feet by the sud

den acquisition of what to them

represented a fortune, the Mur

ray's fled to Cincinnati, where

their arrest followed.

Before leaving, however, they

divided the spoils with Miss Mac

Glavin and Harry McCarty, it is

Maimed. The latter, in turn,

"divvied" with Mike Prouty, a

chauffeur, who disposed of the

atones to Ernest Wickert and

Charles Weadley, saloonkeepers.

The tip which led to the recov

ery of the Jewels came from a

chauffeur who saw the dog pounce

upon the beaded bag.

FINE SALE FOR THE

TEUTONIC PAPERS

"Of all papers rfthat are printed

in foreign languages and sold in

Tacoma, the German and Aus

trian papers aeli the best," says

Coleman Burke, the newspaper

wagon man at llth and Pacific

avenue. "Saturday afternoon

about 80 copies of the Seattle

Sunday German Press are re

ceived in Tacoma, and they go

like hot cakes."

HA! WE'D WONDERED

WHO WROTE THEM

"Leaving out the mind-read

ing and using my imagination,

my Job is a snap," says Bronek

Ganz, Underwood tickler of the

Commercial club.

"Some of these bureau mana

gers bring in a note or two, and

then want me to make a whole

report, not on,ly what happened

at the meeting, but what is going

to happen In the future," bewails

Bronek.

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

DUEL ENDS

IN VICTORY

FOR LINER

tl eeli.-,i Preaa Leaaed Wire.)

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—In

a running duel at sen l)e

--hu'i ti tiie French line

freighter Guayne and a Ger

man submarine, the U-boat,

waa snnk, officers and crew

rei»tiitill i.mlh.v on their ar

rival here from Bordeaux.

The submarine, they declared,

fired three ineffective eshots at

the ship and went down when the

second shell from the 6_-m|llime

ter gun on the Guayne struck her

squarely.

Tho submarine, Capt. Rousellot

said, appeared on the vessel's port

side on Jan. 22 when the ship was

only one day out from Bordeaux.

Capt. Rousselot later said the

submarine tired three shots at his

ship, none of which took effect.

The Guayne, he said, was swung

around so that her 65-millimeter

gun could be trained on the sub

marine.

Two shots were fired by the

Guayne gunner, he said, and the

second struck its mark. The sub

marijie disappeared.

The gunner aboard the Guayne,

a Breton, refused to discuss the

ini'ident, but others talked of It,

payln? tribute to the quickness

and a.curacy of his fire.

The ship had to. swing about

while the submarine was firing,

they said, and narrowly escuped

being struck. Both gunners fired

simultaneously as the ship swung

into position for the fight, but

each shot missed its mark by a

lew feet.

Everyone aboard knew that the

next shot would settle the battle

and that all depended upon the

next shot. The Breton fired a

moment before the German and

the shot struck squarely.

The U-hoat floundered fur

a moment, desperately striv

ing tfi keep afloat, but finally

disiippeared. Cnpdiin llousse

lot ...el his gunner slopped

firing when he saw that the

submarine had been hit.

"As soon as we were certain the

submarine was sunk the crew lift

ed the gunners to their shoulders

and paraded the ship's deck cele

brating. A feast was arranged In

honor of the occasion," said Capt.

Rousselot.

The experience of the Guyane

was similar to that of her sister

ship, the Honduras, which, whilo

on a trip from Brest to New Or

leans, some time ago, drove a sub

marine off after a long running

battle.

The Guyana is a steel freighter

of 2,400 tons net. he has car

ried millions of dollars worth of

munitions to the allies since the

beginning of the war and has had

her 05 millmeter gun aboard since

the submarine operations began

to be a menace.

The gun is the same as that car

ried by other French ships mount

ed astern so that the vessel must

turn unless the submarine ap

roached from the stern.

THIS IS THE

DAY-

"THE STORY OF

JULIA PAGE"

Begins in The Times.

So, turn to page 2,

and read the first in

stallment. It isn't

often that a newspa

per can offer a novel

by Kathleen Norris.

There are big

thoughts wrapped up

in "The Story of Julia

Page." Chapter fol

lows chapter of inter

esting development.

PLAYING WITH MATCHES

MYSTERY!

i I nit. el Prraa l.rnard Wire.)

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19—The

murder of Samuel Jenkins, an

aged employe of the Frankfort!

Arsenal here, who was found dead

yesterday by police. Is still shroud

ed in mystery. The murderers

are believed to be two young men.

PIER FALLS

It nlti-d Preaa l.enai-d Wire.)

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Loaded

to the top of its superstructure by

freight that is immovable owing

to congested shipping eonditons,

a portion of pier No. 1 of the Unit

ed Fruit Co. collapsed today under

the added weight of 2,000 bags of

coffee, each weighing 240 pounds.

The pier is only one of many

which are loaded so heavily as to

make them unsafe.

ANOTHER ONE SUNK

tliillrcl Prraa l.raaed Wire.)

LONDON, Feb. 19. —The Brit

ish steamer Okement has been

sunk.

The Okement was a 4,349 ton

vessel, registered at Sunderland,

and the property of J. Westoll.

GIRL CLOWNS WILL

SHINE AT 'GARDEN'

.1 i.H.-el Preaa I.raaed Wlrr.l

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—There

will be several dozen girl clowns

ln the Campfire Girls' circus,

which will Include 750 girl per

formers and all the animals at

Madison Square Garden, March 7

to 10.

TRADED AUTO FOR

A STOCK OF SPUDS

(Halted Preaa leaaed Wire.)

CARIBOU, Me., Feb. 19.—A lo

cal automobile agent saw the ris

ing market and traded his new

$1,100 car for 150 barrels of po

tatoes, which he'll hold for higher

prices.

TWO VESSELS SUNK

el iiite-.1 Prraa l.raard Wlr.-.i

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The

Norwegian ship Del Mats and the

Spanish steamer Mar Adriatlco

have been sunk, the Kerr Steam

ship Co. announced today

lc A COPY.

vol xiv. no. ;

Arrest 1917

Lady Godiva

(By I nlted Press.)

OAKLAND. Cal., Feb. 19.

—Lady Gndiva would have

a tough time if she came to

Oakland. Myrtle Vance, SI,

can testify to this today.

About 300 watched her

parade Broadway sans cloth

ing.

After walking two blocks

down Broadway in the face

of a chilly wind, and with

out a shred of clothing to

cover her, the woman was

arrested.

SIGNALING

clnll.'cl Prraa l.enaetl Wlrr.l

SANTA ROSA, Cal., Feb. 19. —

Systematic light signaling, which

has been visible not only In the

valley but far out In the Pacific

ocean, has been going on in the

hills above Casadero for some

time, according to a report

brought here today by Frank Op

fer, a citizen of Windsor, this

county.

He has made a report regard

ing the matter to U. S. District At

torney Preston at San Francisco.

Last Monday night, he declares,

all the lights wero red, while on

Thursday night all were white.

On two different occasions, he

said, the lights have been arrang

ed in the form of a cross : nil .in

one occasion in the form of a tri

angle. Several times, said Opfer,

I only two lights have been used.

BURNING MINE

IMPRISONS 3

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DENVER, Feb. 19.—Three men

are imprisoned ln the burning

Oakdale coal mine near Laveta,

Colo., today, while a corps of hel

met men are fighting the firo in

the hope of rescuing the; men be

fore they are overcome by k

The men were caught below hi-:

fifth level of the mine at bM

last night when fire broke out, fol

lowing the setting off ol a Shot

Vt»»""

--gumiHwIHGHT EDITION -mmm^

I WEATHER |

C Tacoma: Rain tonight I^. 1

1 Washington: Same \p^^ 1

• west, rain or snow east. f

MILLIONS

el ni1.,1 Prraa l.riiac.l Wire-.I

1.1'R1.K... Cal., Feb. 19. —

Charles H. Miller, a bartender,

known here as "Dusty" Miller, is |

heir to one-fourth of a $9,000, l|

estate left In his father, who died,

recently in Waterbury, Conn., it |

became known here today.

BRATTBUYS

STORE BACK,

At receiver's sale Saturday, the'

Tacoma Drug Co.V. store at 14lh

jand Pacific, formerly the Purity,

, was bought in by Its former own

er, George ('. Bratt. A. F. Metz-

I ger was receiver.

Bratt is the son-in-law of Peter

Sandberg, old-time redlljdit king.

Appoints Two

On New Board

e1.i1...1 Prraa l.raard Wlrr.l

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 19.

— President. Wilson tod.'iy nomi

nated Wm. B. Colver of St. Paul,

Minn., and John Franklin Fort of

East Orange, N. J., to be mem

bers of the federal trade commis

sion.

LOWER CROWN AND

WIDER BRIM, MEN

"Come early and avoid the

rush," warns Charles Lewis, hat

ter. "In another year the $2.25

hßts will he $::.50 and maybe $4.

Wiclc brims and lower crowns

will be the Rtyle this seeing."

GIRL AND MOVIES

MOORE'S HOBBIES

"I own no automobile, no mo

torboat, and am not overly Inter

ested in Sports, My only hobbies

are moving pictures :nd my 14

--year-old daughter Ethel." .ays H.

T. Moore. Colonial theater mana

ger.

REPORT IOLO SUNK

I I nil..: I*r.-«a I c n.c |1 V. 1.-e-.|

LONDON, Feb. '.). The Brit! ill

steamer 1010 has been s-mi

The 1010 was a steel haws

stMoier of :!.iio:i tons, rei

at l.ond.in and the property ol B.

iTkemaa ftadcUffe *• Co

PRISONERS'

RELEASE IS

DEMANDED

I tailed I're-e.. Leaned Wire.)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —Per-

emptory demand for release of tha

72 American Yarrowdale prison

ers now held in Germany waa Sat

urday sent to the imperial German

government, the state department

announced today.

Secretary Lansing added that

late yesterday evening the depart

ment received word from Berlin,

presumably through the Spanish

ambassador, that the prisoners

"wonlil be released shortly."

Officials were inclined to be

lieve the Sunday message was a

reply to the inquiry made several

days ago as to the status of the

American prisoners.

Thlß demand, it was made clear,

which was Jiißt short of an ulti

matum, recited the attitude, policy

iand steps taken regarding Ger

mans, (ierman property and Gsr

iui.in ships interned here.

ONLY 12

DAYS ON

BIG JOB

(l till.-.I PrfM I .11...1 Wire.)

WASHINGTON, D. ('.. Feb. 19.

—Congress lias 12 legislative days

remaining in which to clean up Its

vast, prsparadnass program, which

may carry a total this year of

$571.5(i0,(»:t7.57.

During the 12 days Hie senate

mast pass these bills:

Forliliilaions, $ 10,856,009; na

val, J.'ttIX.r.OO.OOO; army, $247,

--000,001); military acatl.-tny, $1,

--22.".,04:!, and suntlry civil . prepar

edness feature), $20,2:14,8.1!*.

llc-sitli-s the hills noted, the sen

ate is expected to add to I he naval

bill a provision for $1 r.0,000,000

for imn 1 eliiite completion of war

ships and 1c) Increase the bill itself

by about $15,0011,000.

This would brlns the total to

$871,500,0.10, including the item

of $1,250,000 for families of mili

tiamen which lias been passed by

hot Ii houses.

A complaint hy the aero dub of

America that only $5..'(00,000 Is

provided in the navy bill for aero

nautics, is met in tho house with

the reply that If the senate puts ■■

in the $150,000,000 item lor com

pletion of warships antl construc

tion of submarine chasers, tha

navy department will be able to

use some of this for aeroplanes.

iTIALK 0 THE

(■reelings, have you been

bin i;liu >/c .1 yet?

Come again, Bernstorff, when

your boss gets cured of being un

restricted.

So n certain Maa chieftain

lias fled Nippon wurel. Oh,

well, we can stand il if Hie

Japs chii. Bui we iviii-n (hem

not lo put uny steamer i mini

Villa Mnril on the Tacoma

rnn.

On the subject of grand opera

It appears to be Bishop Keator's

turn m:\t.

Till: NF.OLIUIBI.K GROOM

(N'evsda, la.. Journal.)

T!io wadding march from "Lo

be n :aker and Misa Battle Dlcht

took place on Thursday 7 p. m. at

the residence of the bride's moth

er.

Keep roar eye on Louis

KaM (XX), the mini who

threw don a his home town.

M Jane N'ewcomb. lecturer

I van in State College, da

thiil the less a girl wears,

ii :>ioi-e: fhe must oat. We're

'".i'!e c! right straight for a famine.