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HERE'S THE ANSWER :

I llci.v (he aiiHwer to the Ham Loyd war ',

••i nli puzzle printed in The Ti i » few d«yn '

HKu:

"The s|i.< ulai'.i's hohllnKH were worth '•

$12,84)0 before the decline. The *i.",iih rep- ;

re«cnt«d 7M9-800 of l-« of lilh Ktork before •

the .11-iw.in.us foot of tape Hhowed."

Villa Preparing to Make Stand Against U. S.

YOU'LL WANT

TO BE THERE

One of the must Impressive lists of speakers that

ever took part in a Tacoma political meetiiig, except

ji few presidential campaisii rallies, will open the

"drive for nonpartisanship in county and state af

fairs at Tacoma this evening.

The place is the Temple of Music, !)4o Broadway,

and the time 7:: i() o'clock.

Those who will speak Include:

J. W. Bryan of Seattle, former congressman

at large.

Otto A. Case, Seattle, general sercertary of

the Nonpartisan League.

W. D. Lane, member of the legislature from

King county.

Glenn Hoover, Seattle, socialist leader.

Robert Bridges, Seattle, democrat.

Mrs. Frances Axtel, Bellingham, republican,

member of legislature.

Govnor Teats, Tacoma, progressive.

Mrs. Lola Menzies, Tacoma, clubwoman.

Mrs. C. P. Balabanoff, of President's council,

Tacoma.

Dr. Eva St. Clair Osburn, W. C. T. U., Tacoma.

Charles Perry Taylor, Tacoma, secretary

State Federation of Labor.

I f you a I reach are a <-onvei 1 to 1 lit* idea of eliminat

ing party lines and party bosses in county and state,

affairs, just as we have done in city affairs, go to the

meeting to gain enthusiasm and information, so that

you fan effectively spread the doctrine among your

friends.

[f you have nut yet reconciled yourself to the idea,

go for the sake of obtaining the other fellow's view

point.

And take fl friend.

Woman Killed In

Crash In Which

3 Autos Figure

One woman dead at the Ktßl

hospital, four persons severely

injured and four others cut and

bruised about tlie head mid bodies

are the results of a collision be

tween three automobiles on the

]> H >-ifi, hlffbwav, one mile south

Of Kent about 0: :tO o'clock last

lllgllt.

A Kkidiug muchine, sliding in

between two other Hiitoinohiles

moving In opposite directions,

was the cause of the smash-up.

All of those who were Injured

were in two cars. Mr. and Mrs.

Oianetti and .Miss Maud Engel of

Scuttle were In the third car, and

escaped without a scratch.

The disunity lAst.

The dead:

Mrs. Minnie llogue, a trained

nurse of l'uyallup and former

owner of the General hospital in

that city.

The, injured:

Mrs. Sarah Ella Sanders, age

fin, wife of F. Ci. Sanders of

•Thomas; head nnd chest injured.

Mrs. William Ryan, 701 St.

Helens avenue, Taconia. injuries

about Imad and fare, with posai

l)le internal injuries.

William Ryan, Tacoma contrac

tor; lacerations about head and

arms.

Tony RprenF, of Gardenvllle,

former proprietor of a Tacoma

as loon and of the Rerenß road

houne; bruised.

(ie-orne Uerens, age 12; believ

ed to be injured internally.

Mr. nud Mrs. Fred Beeler of

the Standard dairy at Thomas,

and C. W. Nlnemlre of Montesano

wore cut and bruised.

Planned Wedding.

Tony Bere.ns was to have been

married to Mrs Hogue in two

weeks, and the couple had com

pleted all arrangements for the

happy event.

Mr. Berenfl and Mrs. Tlogue

wore In tko Ryan automobile,

taking an evening spin. Mr. and

Mrs. Fred Beeler of Thomas were

In another auto with Mrs. Beel-

ler's mother, Mrs. Sanders and

Mrs. Ninemire.

On the Pacific highway near

Kent, Hyan attempted to pass the

car of Mr. Gianetti of Seattle,

going the Kime direction. Gia

netti speded up, and Hyan in

creased his peeed. Then the

Heeler machine approached from

an opposite direction.

Him It Happened.

Hyan passed the Seattle car,

and tried to jerk his machine to

the right to pass the Heeler car.

His wlie'ls skidded, however, and

hia machine crashed sideways

into the oncoming machine. All

three curs piled up in a mass of

wreckage. All injured were hur

ried to the Kent hospital.

Mrs. lloguo whs :;6 years of

aRe, and was graduated from .he

Tacoma (ieneral hospital in 1897.

Shortly afterwards she married

Dan H. liogue, a theatrical man

of Tueoma. He died four years

ago, and Mrs. liogue then went

to l'uyallup, where she opened

the General hospital.

She lived at I'uyallup with her

17-year-old daughter Martha H.

llOßue, and her mother, Mrs.

Chauiicey Potter.

NORTH END WILL

HEAR CANDIDATES

All six finalists of the city

primary election are expected to

speak tonight at S o'clock before

the Sherman District Improve

ment club in the Sherman school.

Northendern have prepared a

list of pointed questions regard

ing the candidates' views on ques

tions pertaining to the north end.

WAR DAUGHTERS

TO SELL FLAGS

Members of Virginia Dare and

Mary Ball chapters of the D. A.

R will sell little cardboard Bel

gian flags tomorrow for the bene

fit of the permanent Belgian re

lief fund

The Tacoma Times

25c A MONTH.

VOL. XIII". NO. !>4. -

U. S. Will

Make Own

Munitions

Congress Sure to

Pass Bills, Now

Understood In

Washington.

By Gilson Gardner.

WASHINGTON, 11. („

April 7.—"The riMMMW vi'<"

that till* m|NH "'II l*i'<>

\ idi- for a very lni'K<* ainiiiiiil

of uo\ eminent inniiiifactur<>

of war in ii nit ions.'' said It e|>

re^cntal iv«> Clyde 11. Tuveii

iici of Illinois loilay.

"Tin 1 action of the democratic

Iraucua in iwaeplni away parlla

meotary obattctot to this kind

of legislation is I lie bii^e^t thing

that Ikis happened yet," lie con

tinued.

"My this iiiiii'iiß action we have

succeeded in Kitting rlil of that

old dovlco, the 'point of order' iiy

which committee verdicts are

made all i>od"rt'til and which for

L'O yours liils been Ua*d to kill

every amendment of thin clinrac

ter (hat has b#M brought Into 'lit 1

house.

X >\v the way is open to bring

in our government manufacture

j amendments to every bill appro

printing money for war purpose*

- the army, the navy, the fortifi

cations, and the sundry vivil

bills.

"We huve the amendments

ill-nun and intend to ask con

j;ress to viii 1 for theiii. ilirii'

will he roll-calls and the

■ i■<-1111■<•■ s must go on record.

"The Tillmun hill for u«v

ertitiient manufacture of tir

mor plate, is, of course, one

of tlie principal ones. Then

there are the hills for jjov

i-iiiinriit manufacture of oth

er tilings in riled in the limy

—submarines, mines, torpe

does, munitions for the hit;

linns anil smokeless |H>\v<ler.

"The big hold-up of the peoiile

and the government in past years

lias been not so Mitch In the army

as in the naval appropriations.

Today 90 per cent of the things

used by the army are made un

der government auspices. In the

navy, on the other hand, there

has been that vile and increasing

scandal, the armor plate trust,

in:ule up. as Secretary Daniels

says in his animal reports, of

three firms -Hethleheni, Midvale

and Carnegie—which firms do

not even pretend to compete with

one another.

"Tlie sentiment in the house,

as I find it.- regardless of party,

is strong for the government

manufacture proposition. / have'

been surprised at it, considering!

how little encouragement 1 had

when J began this tight four

years ago.

•NOW THIS GOVERNMENT

MANUFACTURE PROPOSITION'

AFFORDS A COMMOX OROIXI)

ON WHICH THE MEMBERS

ARK MEETING, WHKTHRR

THEY ARK niG NAVY OR IJT

TI.E NAVY. BIG ARMY OR LIT

TLE ARMY MEN, OR WHETH

ER THEY ARE HKPI'BUCANS

PROGRESSIVES OR DEMO

CRATS."

WINTER WHEAT

PRICE DOWN

WASHINGTON, D. C, April 7.

—A reduction of 24 per cent In

the price of winter wheat as com

pared with prices a year ago, is

indicated in the report today of

the department of agriculture.

The average condition of the

winter wheat In Oregon Saturday

was 9!J, In Washington 8."., and

Idaho M. The small production

of 4!>.'i,i!ou bushels is forecast.

KWANfITtNO si-:< km s

LONDON. April 7—The prov

ince of Kwangtung declared its

independence of th« Yuan Bhl Kal

government today, a Aeuter dis

patch declared.

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

TACOMA, WASH.. FRIDAY, APRIL 7. l!>l(i.

He's Talking of Running Again

BANDIT NOW REPORTED

TO HAVE 2000 IN ARMY

WASHINGTON', I). C, April 7.

— Americans and VillistHß fought

their third engagement Tuesday,

the war department announced

today. Tlio American troops co

operated with Carranzistas and

killed 10 and captured two.

The battle, occurred near Ciene

nuilla. Tlie BMaU(* confirnied

illie reports of the fight which

were received Saturday from

Aquas Calienres.

\i:itoi'i..\\i: \mi:\i»

SAX ANTONIO, April 7. — Gen.

Funston's forces together with

several thousand Carnui/Jstas

have gathered south of Satevo

| to Intercept Villa, it was learned

today. Villa had -'00 men when

he passed through Clenaguilla

| Tuesday.

An aeroplane is covering the

entire country ahead of the troops

with tlie hopes of locating the

bandit. A telegraph operator re

| fused to wire money today to buy

food for the troops. It was neces

sary to send a special courier.

Consul Letcher reported that

Brown's troopers had been living

on corned beef for two weeks. A

mining company sent a tralnload

of fresh supplies to thp inside

from the border, Letcher said.

WILL MAKH STAND

RL PASO, April 7.—Villa nas

gathered 2,000 men at Parral

and is determined to muke a

stand against the Americans.

Mexicans today informed Gen

Bell. ..». ..

Dodd's column of cavalry is re

ported nearing Parral, and some

thing may happen soon.

The size of the Vlflista forre ii

a surprise to officials. The Vlll

istas jure believed to be_ poorly

mounted 'and are compelled to

rest frequently. •

There supposedly In a Caranza

garrison at Parral, where many

foreigner* reside. Fears are felt

for the letter's safety.

SAN ANTOtfTO, April 7. —

.Marching southward In defiance

of the danger of breaking the

line of communication, the Amer-

icans today are believed near

Sateve today.

Funstou urn received word that

Do«hl already bm iiased Satevo.

iircv m i(norted I'roin Clllthui

raililo 'liat he l»elie\ed Villa is

hidinj; bet wen Satnvo anil Snnla

RoHnlla,

F'lnston spoke rcaMHrlß(ly to

day dI the prOMMCt of lapliiriug

Villa alan early (late.

On, (lonuloa, just appoiatad

commander for northern Mexico.

is reported n route to bmnim

suprcine command of the de facto I

armies pursuing Villa.

FLASHES j

WASHINGTON, D, C — Only

the immediate action of the. Teu

tonic government will prevent

tlicaduilnistration troin handiiiß

PMiportl to nil Herman officials

at tlie capllol, it wan rumored to

day.

J

CjllCAdO -Sen. Harding of

Ohiji was named temporary chair

maij today of ihe national repuh

-11( an convention to b« held in

ChifoßO in .Itine.

■OMB —- A Home newspaper

'announced today that (lerniany

had lost 358 aeroplanes and IC

X*ppelins since the war started.

BERKELEY— MtM Violet Wil

son. I'niversily of California st'i

deni, tiunoiiiiced to a hundred of

girl students tliut blio liad found

her soul und iv the future would

wear a dancing costume in which

to let her soul grow.

CHICAGO — The extreme Rer

iouKiiH.-s of the milk shortage be

came known today when a census

was taken to find the families

'With babies and Invalids in need

of milk.

BI'TTK— James Marcella shot

and killed lilh roommate, Sera

fino Tonalo, thinking him a bur

glar while he walked in his sleep.

Tlie S. E. Kreund & Son Shoe

ft Clothing Co."b plant In St.

l.oui: was ilfiKrciycil In fire today

with loss of $140,000.

25c A MONTH.

le A COPY

i.ii:ii.i;:i I KLOATN WVAV

PHNIACOLA, Fla.. April 7.

The new $.".u,U(i() iirm\ dirigible

■irahip, wblcfa recently wag

brooghl here for txpeiinentai

tnantuvarlnK. slipped its mooring

today and drifted rapidh to tha

woal ward.

An aaroplana will ba sent after

the (tlrlglbla as soon as the winds

lierniit. Army officers fear it

may have drifted out to sea viitli

a change in the air eurrmta.

MAYOR WILL

INQUIRE INTO

PARKS' WORK

Following vigorous complaints

from eoßWarcial organizations to

tlie effect that 1., (i. I'arks, -ity

harbormaster, MM Be|l«CtlSg his

duties and failing to sec Hint Ta

eoina received full credit for its

waterfront comnipri'tl, Mayor

Fawc.ett today declared thai he

would make a complete invent iga

tlon.

"I have received otlior coin

ii 1 in' that Mr. Parks was not

handling lilk office propertlj, " de

clared the mayor, 'and in;iny de

mands that lie be discharged."

Parks is an appointee of the

uiiiyor.

Thu Tacoina Commercial club

Ik behind a movement to put a

competent man In the harbor

master's job. Kver since Parks

tinll- Mi.' uiiiee in nil he hnn

foiled to nmkf» any complete

monthly or minimi reports of the

commerce of Taconia, and as a re

sult. Seattle ban been able to

claim Taconia's marine huxiiiexH

by twisting th« federal figures

taken by the IWlilll at Port

Townsend.

The present harbormaster took

an active part In the recf'iit cam

paign, acting as manager for I-. Y.

Stay ton.

TODAY'S OLKARINOfI

Clearings 9404.41 ."...'.2

Balances 92,509.12

Transportation H3.790.92

mwiwwNIGHT EDITION****

: WEATHER

Tacoma: Fair tonight, Saturday

1 showers.

Washington: Fair tonight, light

j frost' east portion; Saturday, fair

east, showers west portion.

Gruesome Crime

Is Committed On

Saskatoon Farm

S\< KATOOV. Sask., \;.ii|

'■ — \ l.'imil.v of ua.s iiiiii

ilf'ifil. llii> Ikiiik" liiiiiii'il. and

•In li\«"-t«>(k sli<M, ill lli<

\\iil.it\\M ilisiiiii la-i Right,

Ppufcoß Naiirlniic. his w if«•.

lii'otliei -in-la\\. i:ml three

iliihlien Her fiiiinil in the

allies ol tlit* linliie.

it is believed thai ■ madman

was re:-|i(iiinlile.

a rifle wrai found In Hie ruliw

Each penon urai t\ tdentlj shot i

bi fore i lie house «,k lurncil.

Si\ UorMI iithl two > itT; I■' v.i'. i '

inn tied to (lentil iii the barn and

i lireu I'Neii shot.

Tv. ii i ItauMnd ijn-heis of « heal

uer destroyed.

Vani hure wai ■ i>roap roiu

ram her and «ai not know n t«i

have bad an) enemies. Buipiilon

hart i- directed agalnil b str.iiiL-o

man • lio aai bean >■• < d tl Inter

niii in tin- rough couutr) Ju»t

south of the N'ani'hure ram h.

Lawyer-Husband Swore at

Her In Austrian, Declares

Uthougb aha can't underatand

the Vnatrian laaguage. Mrs. i-:dna

I. i uiii 11 testified todaj In the

■llpcrior court that shn kmw her

husband, Proaiwr Jurleh, cussed

her (enrentl) and repeatedly in

his own tongue,

She said slip COUld tall that he

was saying something, mean about

her by Mm expression. Tho in-

GOV. LISTER GIVES

BOYS HAND SHAKE

Oor, I.lstcr was I Visitor ,\es

terday at Hip Parental home at

.Midland where 111 shook t lie

hands ol :', I lioys and lined then

to prepare t liehj.-i-lves to lieconte

irorth) citizens.

What's Doing 1

Friday

Central iroup oi churches be-

Kin siiniiltaiiPou-, Better eMrVteea;

Firm MiMiioiiist church; avanlns.

Caiididiiti's for municipal ot

fices Mpeali at SlnTinaii Khoolj

I p. in.

Lecture on "italaeafMttOß,"

liy Prof. L w. Ho«('r» of the Na

tional Tlieosopliiral society; Ma

■onle ball; tvaning.

Tboobm Eaglai banQust;

Baclei' hall; s p, in.

Non-partisan laafm BMai nioot

iiiK. Tc'inplf ol Music, h p. ni.

Saturday

Forma) opening Kfgenl ihvatcr

i formerly Bmpma I,

New Vorli flynipiiotiv orchestra

and leMf llofinan: coBCOTt; Ta-

COtni tlioater: 1:11 |i. ill.

Klus day for Hit- B»-lnian nlicf

fund. condiKH'd by Daughtara of

AiMi-rii an Rrvolnilon.

■■Talk o'the Times?!

<.i<«intn~. ha\e j«hi l»een

ItiiiliK u|> iitiythin^ ilniinu

I/Oiif.' Personally, we «a»e

up |iai>ni|is.

Jukl as Itttll HI koiiiiij; Mtti

to tluit nubiiiurinu poHtofrice

"nlte" that GwgTMMtM Huni

phroy Indiiord the government to

buy, it awuKpfi to find that Ino

acres of a new county farm tire

under \v;iter. too. Seattle ought

to develop I sreat fishing indus

try.

K. A. I'elers recently from

Walla \\ .ill. i »uj« he -.moked

the |ii|n- the first «ln,v in pris

on. Kellow .luurnallKtM lima

in-fii liriinl to i-emark he Mill

has pi|ie (Ireuins.

.My wife's pet uuetsion i».

"What have you been <lolnjf to

<tny?" and my pet answer iv.

"01), nothing." And really, I am

This niiiii bai api cured in torn

■nd ragged • lothlng. his beard

long .Hid 1111 U.■. ■ 1111. do h;is been

Hie tradlioi al 'm lid man" or tba

\ irillll \ ,

Posse* (H ap*i ill deputies on

horseback, armed with rifles, ;tb

■roiirlai the countryside today

tor the man. Tin- entire prov

ince is horror-stricken over tiio

prime.

Thai tht murderer crept into

(be rancher'i home during the

dead of ni^ht and attacked the

■lei plni fnmllj «itii an at, so

ihiii iio would Dot aroma Me

minis by an> noisp. and tli<»n

shot ;iii -i\ before aetttng fire to

i lie home, is bettered today, Tba

ukullii di throe of tlio vlctima

•/era naved in.

Nam Imre's i.inili whs (u<>

mile- Iruni hi* nearest ncluli

hof. lly llip time rrscucrs

iiiri\c<l itt lln« liiiiniii^ fanii,

the ilwelllnt; ami tun ii li.ul

lion nilin<'<l to aabaa.

'lunations of his voi< r made it only

100 claar thai .she would talie Inn

words to heart had they iie<>n spo

ken in B&gllah Jurtefa is a T«

--; i cmia attorney

Judge rilfford iranted bar a

divorce and $-."> a tooata allmoay,

Rhe obtained tin- mata4j oi >«o

L'hlldrea. Jurleh contented th«

divorce for more tiian a year,

liul diii not appear today.

WASHINGTON

SEES BREAK

WASHINGTON, I>. C, April 7.

Evidence collected by the gov

einniciii lias lonviiiced officials

thai a Qerntan lubmaiißa torpe

doed I lie SusmcX.

UKHABII HOT woitltll |i

ItKKI.IX. April 7.—Ambassa

dor Ocrard do«a not bMto?a •

(ii'Miiiin- Aiin-iii'idi Bituation ,n

sciioiis D«npite the allied re

ports, b« t"«-• -1 k confident Oaraaajp

Mill meet the (nittd Statca with

tun arUllncaeaa n. iiisius-- and

■Cttla any i|ili's|ioiiH i''i,'ai diiiK ilie

five ihlpa wliich wera dwtroyed

I ii intly.

GERMAN U BOATS

STARVING GREECE

LONDON, April 7. — Prlnre

Mcliolhh, of Grepce, In a litter

y«\sterda> lo KiiklUli olM.iaK be

guiled the |, iU alwi'il oondltoii of

(ircrian oomtaCK*, rlaimiriK (irr

niHn Hiilii'i.irinp« In the Meriltpr

raneaa hud threatened that pow

er with starvation.

aiiHuerlng it about truthfully,'

I'DMcards In a Sylvan man.

We note that .< lot of MMI

wrens that v." to tho Iteutel

bmtaMai (ollrKe are carrying

•»«il the Mini of "paint np"

and "clenii up" netk alreiuly.

Lefi kpp; Isn't this Kthel Oli

ver I hey found had lieen living in

Seattle iince she left Taroma lust.

Seiiteniber, tlio Hame Kthel Oliver

that one Tacoma evening (taper

"found" In A.very, Idaho, and

whom a rival sheet hotly declined

was In McMinnville, Ore?

Ntoever brtteves that the

office ought to neck the nun

nil i mhl. only. In Ji|n ruse,

lie knew that the/job wus •

fat one, aad wm • little wop

rlml for frar It might get

winded before It restlved

him.