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SUB ATTACKS LINER; YANKEES' ABOARD

REMEMBER EARLY?

There is a great story about the present

whereabouts and doings of Tacoma's fa

mous leper to be found on page 3 of today's

Times. Read the account of his game fight.

Next week's novel: "The Maxwell Mys

tery," by Carolyn Wells.

REAL BATTLE WITH VILLA NEAR

PETTIT

<3 Of the 20 candidates for city commission

er whose names will go on the primary bal

lot F. H. Pettit stands as one who certainly

should he elected.

lie is the biggest calihred man in the race.

•I He is a first-class business man; Tacoma

knows him as such.

He believes our government is costing us

too much, and he has tome concrete plans I'or

helping make it cost less.

He doesn't talk vaguely about ''economy

antl efficiency" and leave you to guess liow

he is going to attain them; he tells just how

he plana to go about economizing and efti

ciency-inducing. We will go into consider

able detail in later articles on his plans in

this regard.

I He has a sincere, high minded ideal of

public service. He will instill the police de

partment with the policy of constructive,

preventive, upbuilding work, rather than

the mere arresting of law-violaters, real and

alleged.

I He is clean. Nobody who lived in Tacoma

during the part of a term he served as pub

lic safety commissioner could doubt that.

Yet he is no fanatic. His practical expe

rience as heiid of the police department

would have shown him tlie mistake of nar

row-mindedness, if he had needed showing.

In a formal staleinent he remarks: "I do

not expect to indulge in any grandstand or

fanatical schemes of regeneration, but 1 do

expect to take a firm, consistent and contin

uous stand for a better, cleaner, more sober

ami more prosperous Tacoina."

If that hasn't the ring of good sense, we

don't know good sense when we we see it.

• • •

«J Tomorrow: The Controller Fight.

DEEP HATE BACKS

MEXICAN BULLETS

1»V I -MOP. FREDERICK STARR

I'l'ofcssoi' of Anthropology in

University of Chicago.

(lVof. Frederick Starr, the

noted anthropologist, knows Mex

ico better than any other Ameri

can. In pur .ill of lib studies

he mude 22 visits to that country.

Anti-Americanism is a reality

• in Mexico! We Americans :ire

hated as a people, we are hated as

a nation.

WHY do the Mexicans hate us?

Primarily and fundamentally

BECAUSE they are Spanish-In

dian, while we are Anglo-Saxon.

WE DESPISE THE MEXI

, CANB, because they differ from

us; THEY HATE US because we

THAT

SOMETHING

There Is something

about nature that ap

peals to us all. Spring

inspires new things, and

tlie coming of tlie sea

son opens up new ambi

tions. There is no ques

tion about prosperity

being here. All should

dress up this week and

show the right spirit.

Incidentally, call at this

Hank with your deposits.

Puget Sound

State Bank

H. N. TINKER, Pies.

The Tacoma Times

differ from them.

We have sent them luiantities

of adventurers who have gone

there to "show them how to do

! things."

But In a thousand ways Ameii-

I can methods of huslness are Ill

adapted to Mexican surroundings,

and the attempt to force them

upon the country Is pure folly.

The Mexicans hate us hecause

we have deprived them of terri

tory. The loss of Texas was a se

rious hlow, and they have always

ascrlhed it to us. We took from

them more than HALF their ter

ritory as a result of the unjust

war of 1947.

As a fact, we wanted land—

and we TOOK it! Mexico has

not forgotten—she will not for

get—that act.

But undoubtedly the chief rea

son why the Mexicans today hate

us so heartily is that THEY

FEEL WE ARE EXPLOITING

THEM AND THEIR COUNTRY.

Everywhere they find Ameri

can capital owning their sources

of wealth. Blindly, they feel that

they have been defrauded.

It has been so easy for such

Americans as William Randolph

Hearst, Harrison Gray Otis, E.

H. Harrlman, the Rockefellers,

the Guggenheims and others,

each to have obtained possession

of millions of Mexican acres."

The Mexicans know they have

been robbed. But they also know

that we Americans will fight If

need be for our so-called "rights."

So they feel the helplessness of

It all, and in that helplessness

their hatred takes "deeper "and

deeper root!

AMERICAN** FLEEINO

WASHINGTON, D. C, March

10.—American colonists at Na

cozarl and Torreon are fleeing to

ward the I'nlted States, it was re

ported today.

25c A MONTH.

VOL. XIII. NO. 75.

ON THE TRAIL OF VILLA IN THE HILLS OF MEXICO!

FRENCH

VESSEL

TARGET

AMSTERDAM, March 10.

—Three hours after a ter

rific explosion amidships, the

Royal Dutch Lloyd liner Tu

bantia Hank in the North Sea,

it ((as reported today.

She carried'ii7 passengers and

a crew of ;!00. All were reported

to have been saved.

The company's offices said the

Tubantia probably hit a mine,

though the captain thought per

haps she had been torpedoed.

The explosion occurred at mid

night, 12 hours after the liner

sailed from Amsterdam A huge

hole was ripped in her stern.

Wireless calls for help were im- j

mediately flashed. Passengers

and crew abandoned the vessel,

Only tlie fact that the Tu

bantia was near land is lie-

lleved to have prevented cas

ualties. It is possible a few

sailors perished.

Two life boats reached tlie

lightship at 1 1 this morning.

Dutch torpedo boats picked up

others.

The Tubantia is a vessel of

14,00(1 tons, engaged in the South

American service.

Sill ATTACKS until

XKW YORK, March l<».—

While carrying 'Jo American*

anions; her iiiiti passengers,

the Fa lire liner I'atiia. n

French steamer, wan attack

ed (villi..in warning; by n sub

marine off the coast of Al

giers, according to her cap

tain, upon the I'atria's arrival

here today.

A torpedo fired by the sub

mersible, lie said, passed 30 feet

to the liner's stern.

Capt. Dechelles, of the I'atiia,

said that upon his return to Eu

rope he would apply to the French

government for permission to

arm his vessel on the ground that

submarines in the Mediterranean

would not, in his opinion, refrain

from attacking merchant vessels

without warning them.

1 What's Doing |

Thursday

"Dress Up" week celebration

continues; new prizes offered.

Baseball committees meet at

Commercial club to determine

fate Of Tacoma Tigers; 7:30 p. tn.

Lincoln Park vs. Cushman In

dians; wrestling tournament; at

Cushman gym.

Friday

Public reception to Dr. Nicholas

Muray - Butler of Columbia uni

versity; Tacoma hotel; 4:30 to

6; banquet in evening at Univer

sity club.

Catholic women sell St. Pat

rick's tags for benefit of Briscoe

Memorial home.

T^ONLYINDEPENDENT iTEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

TACOMA. WASH., THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916.

WAR IN

MEXICO

NO JOKE

] NEW YORK. March 16.—What

will tlie American soldiers 1)0 "P

against in fight

ing Villa and his

bands of guerilla

fighters?

No man Is so

qualified to set

it forth so accu

rately and vivid

ly as John Reed;

the famous war

correspond c nt

who accompa

nied Villa and

JOHN REED, his army for a

year in Mexico.

Here is what he has to say

about our dash across the bor

der:

"We Americans are inclined to

consider greasers' as treacherous

cowards. In that we make a mis

take.

"The Mexicans have a sort of

courage that Anglo-Saxons do not

know—a Latin courage that leads

them to throw themselves in the

face of forlorn hopes.

"I have seen barefooted I

peons walk up the street to

the wall of a corral sur

mounted by five machine

guns pumping forth a steady

stream of bullets, and those

peons were unarmed cm ept

I'or sticks of dynamite sewed

up in cowsklns which they

threw by hand over the cor.

i d wall.

"Four times they did this

until they had succeeded In

blowing the defenders to

pieces.

"For us fighting in Mexico is

largely a question of opposing

guerilla fighters, ineffective in

Hie field, but extremely annoying

to an army.

"The existence of small posts,

would life endangered by mobile

forces of mounted peons, all good

shots, able to move quickly,

knowing the country Intimately

and capable of eluding pursit In

trackless mountains.

"It Is to be no Joke, tills raid

Into Mexico. It means the hard

est possible kind of warfare!"

CALL OFT MILITIA

SAN ANTONIO, Marcli 16.—

The state militia of Texas, New

Mexico and Arizona will be or

dered to the border soon. It was

reliably stated at Fort Houston

today. •» .

They probably will be used to

protect the border communities.

The call may come before the

end of the week.

Municipal officials in Arizona

and New Mexico are sending fran

tic appeals lo Gen. Funston for

additional protection, fearing up

risings of local Mexicans. The

governors must first ask federal

protection.

IT'S FINE

FOR THE

GAMERS

.Police officers are taking

_ no action today following

Tile Times e\|Kise yesterday

of open gambling nt the A.

& It. Smoke llou.se.

I'olice dipt. Read, who

ITM in charge of the depart

men! iii the absence of Chief

Smith, was unwilling to dis

cuss the gambling situation,

but declared he had no doubt

there were games running in

Titeoiiia.

"It is just as impossible to

prevent gambling in a ciiy of this

size M il is to stop prostitutes

from plying their trade," said

C'apt. Read.

"The police have no way to ob

tain evidence. We have no stool

pigeons' lo do this work for us.

A, detective cannot possibly get

Into a gambling room without the

knowledge of the operators, be

cause the gamblers make It their

Jbnsiness to know all officers.

" "The court! rule that you must

ita-ove In Kind a doubt that money

wi_si|v from one person to in-

HSer\or you have not sufficient

evidence to obtain a conviction

in'a JAiuhljug case. So you see

wmxtMhe police are up against.

"I i don't believe there Is any

open gambling in Tacoma. There

ntty _c private games, but there

are rrt> games where any outsider

can Walk in and put down his

money. The gamblers are too

shrewd to take any chances."

County "Too Busy."

'The prosecuting attorney's of

fice ban'l be expected to pol|.:e

tfce (ity of Tacoma," said Prose-

OM'toi' Itemann today, discussing

tfce «#idence of wide-open gamb

ling pi the city.

"\t we had the funds md

means to do it, we should run

the gamblers out of the city. But

as it is now, the work or enfor^

ti^; the prohibition law requires

all tbe funds and men available."

Reniann said It Is costing hi!

of tier more than $200 a week to

enjon c the dry law.

CHARGES GRAFT

IN SHELL ORDERS

OTTAWA, Ont., March 1«. —

Charges that 580,000,000 will be

taken Improperly from the peo

ple of the United Kingdom and

Canada through orders for shells

placed at excessive prices In the

U. 8. and Canada by the Canadian

shell commission, were made in

I parliament yesterday. |

25c A MONTH, j

le A COPY

SHATTER

GERMAN

COLUMN

LONDON, March If,. -The

French Communique today denies

the Herman claims that Silesian

troops have extended their lines

to Headman's Hill.

Murderous French fire cut to

pieces two Herman regiments at

tempting to encircle Betliincourt

and baited the offensive west of

the Meuse, dispatches claimed.

The French took tbe offensive

In a series or skirmishes at Vaux.

The Herman assault west of tbe

Meuse evidently was planned with

great dire.

Following a terrific bombard

ment tbe Hermans charged

through three separate lanes

which their bombardment open

ed. A hundred yards separated

the successive waves of Hermans.

French artillery shattered two

of the colums. Paris admitted the

third column captured two sa

lients, about IN yards. This ter

ritory was recaptured in counter

attacks.

TRENCHES STORMED

PARIS, March 1 fi. — French

troops stormed the Herman

trenches east of Apreinont forest

south ol Verdun last night, II was

officially ai nounred today. Se

vere bombardment on both banks

of tbe Meuse continued, especial

ly directed against the French

lines west of Douaumont.

In Belgium the French hurled

shells into the Herman trenches,

killing great numbers.

CANADA AFTER

75 MILLIONS

NEW YORK, March 16. — A

group of American bankers head

ed by J. I*. Morgan ft Co., are

negotiating with the Canadian

government for the flotation of a

new Canadian loan.

The amount may be in the

neighborhood of $75,000,000.

TODAV'H CLKARIXtiH

Clearings $ 624.11 .•..94

Balances 67,639.33

Transactions 1,082,230.48

NIGHT EDITION

Tacoma: Showers tonight; Friday fair.

Washington: Showers west, fair east por

tion tonight; Friday generally fair, cooler

southeast portion tonight.

Ainei icmi Troops iii Oie lloclt} I lefiles of Northern Mexico,

i Note the Itlcitk Itocky \|(|>» malice of flit* < 'oiinlr>, Ideal for Hinluishes.

Greatest Manhunt

of History Begun

SAN ANTONIO, March 16.—

The biggest man hunt in history is

on today.

No news has been received from

(len. Pershing's army of 4,000

Which crossed the herder from Co

lumliiix yesterday. Hen Funston

incived a message outlining the

lories ill Pershing's disposal. He

refused to make the telegram

public.

It is reported a nun li larger

force will cross the border soon.

The government has leased a

telegraph wire from San Antonio

-Talk o'the Timesr

(•reelings, have you a stiff

neck from watching for the

old Havoy to MIT

So'\e we.

I iinston'll git you if you

don't watch out. Mr. Villa;

remember what hap|iened to

Agulnaldo.

Gosh, hut It's (JHEER**

• good town ~^ ifTJI £\%

mid a good Wvi !v\

World, MO— &_mm—mmmA—sik

Our Spanieli-speaklng friend

tellß us that "Villa rhymes with

"ee-yah," which the baseball fans

made famous.

We spent last evening in

reading carefully the 'I rib's

explanation of how It got

those three Mexican (?)

war(?) piduresC.'). If the

< ,it"i will explain tonight

with equal care what these

THE OI.ORY OF RATTLE!

"I asked the boys If there were any prisoners," said Private

Johnson, discussing the battle at Columbus, New Mexico, "and they

answered that nobody took any, 1 know I brained one black Meal*

can with an ax"

Glory! *

to Colli in bm.

El. PASO, Mar. h tit.

Ihe main American detach

ment which is hunting Villa

bivouacked Inst night at I'n

l<.iii.i lake, nine miles soiilli

of the border, and continued

Ihe march south today.

Cavalry Is scouting ahead, with

Slnciim's men following the line

of Villa's retreat from Columbus.

The c'diimiis are close on Villa's

In .'ls and a sharp battle appears

to lie imminent.

iContinued on Page Eight.)

ph lures('.') were of, we slmll

be greatly obliged.

All who behove E. H. Gary

will be found guilty, stand ujk

and be counted.

As we expected, not one.

Noozenledger finds new bntcli

of crimes Louis Brandeis com

mitted. My goodness, but that

■U is a desperado!

Could X be thai the wide

o|ieiiiie«H of gambling in Ta

coma might have any rela

tion to the fact that A. I .

Mills' pathway to private life

also Is wide open .'

WASN'T IT TERRIBLE?

"Terrible Tribune Extra! AH

About the Terrible Battle! Ter

rible Loss of American Life!" we

heard a "newsboy call yesterday.

Right, boy;.lt was terrible, all ex

cept the battle and the loss of life

which didn't occur.