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PETTIT CONCEDED A PLACE ON TICKET

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Send More Troops 'Alter Villa

HOLY SMOKE! ANOTHER ONE!

'Produce at Home,' Say Boys at

Work On Neglected Fruit Trees

By Edgar C. Wheeler

With hundreds of vacant lots

and back yards under cultivation

and with a juvenile public market

promised for early in the summer,

there appears to be no limit to

the constructive things which

progressive Taconui school chil

dren are doing to improve their

city this year.

THIS WKKK IT'S HOYS AND

RHl'lT TREES. INDUSTRIOUS

DADS. HATH OFF TO THK

YOUNGSTERS! THEY 11A\'K

YOl T BEATEN A HUNDRED

WAYS.

Your own boys this week are

swooping' down in a spring drive

on those unproductive or near

productive fruit trees which you

have permitted to dilly-dally

along without a boost or a help

ing hand, uncared for, in hun

dreds of your back yards.

They -'•> ihumus weak

limbs ItHck to life and the

striiiiß ones into doing h day's

work in fruit production.

Armed with scientific informa

tion which shame their dads they

Small

Business

Man

If you are doing a lim

ited business because

your capital i small,

see the

Puget Sound

State Bank

B* There la something

Lg.. about assistance and

PB| co-operation which pro-

I motes the small into the

5 large.

[ H. N. TINKER,

f*. President.

The Tacoma Times

VOL. Km. NO. 91

are pruning, clipping, caring for

disease and deformity.

While the old folks are slogan

ing "Huy at Home." these young

men are putting "Produce at

Home" into practice. They figure

that production comes on the list

even before buying.

Here's what started the spring

fruit tree drive:

A recent investigation

showed 11nit not one in 30

<if the. thousands of fruit

trees in Tac«im» yards were

properly cured for or produc

ing anywhere near the fruit

tlint they should.

J. H. Stahl, horticulturist at

the Puyallup experimental sta

'New York' Narrates

Story of Sinful City

In the sinful sinning of Hie.

brilliant <;reat White Way, as it

i« graphically pictured in "N«w

York," at the Apollo ttieater this

week, one pure light is kept burn

ing by Florence Iteed, In her por

trayal of one beautiful "mother

ing heart."

In the lending role, Florence

Itet'd pays ;i real tribute to moth

erhood in ■ screen world whrre

babies are bartered for gold and

where the kingdom of children

falls before the mad, alluring

whirl of bright lights and filmy

figures.

"New York" is the story of a

very moral young scion of a weal

thy family, Oliver King, who is

lured Into a clandestine love af

fair by Fannia Marinoff, in the

1 role of a voluptuous dnncer.

A baby, whom he ts led to be

lieve is his son, is made to Rerve

the purpose of a scheme of black

mail and extortion?

After the tragic death of the

dancer, the baby grows to man

hood under hi* guardianship.

In a frenzy of Inherited degen

eracy, the boy attacks his guar

dian's young wife who has tried

to uplift him with her "raother-i

Ing young heart." In self-defense

the kills him.

The innocent girl, about to be

• (mm a mother, ts cast off by her

125 c A MONTH.

lion, was called over to Tacoina

by Assistant Superintendent of

Schools Crook.

Stahl took a big bunch of

school boys and showed them by

practical demonstration and in

short talkr, what to do with fruit

trees that had been neglected.

The use of an orchard was ob

tained, and 100 boys were allow

ed to try their own hands at it

until they had familiarized them

selves with the details.

After several days of practice,

the hoys took this scientific, prac

tical knowledge home with them,

This week they are laying liold

of the fnmily trees and are doing

wonders with them.

husband, who MWMM her of mur

dering one of his own blood.

The pure heart of motherhood,

triumphant over the murky tra

gedy of a frenzied city, is the

story which Florence Heed tells

on the screen.

PETTIT AND WOODS,

SAY CITY PROPHETS

F. 11. Pettit and Owen Woods

were today conceded places on the

final municipal election ballots by

Mayor Fawcett and two city com

missioners.

Of 'Za other well informed per

sons interviewed, all conceded

Pettit a place In their selection of

the four leading candidates.

In prophesying the outcome of

today's primary, the city officials

all were positive that they could

name the three high men in the

race for councilman, but were all

doubtful over the fourth.

Mayor Fawcett said he believed

Pettit, Woods, Stayton and Mc

gregor would be the four high

men.

Commissioner Atkina predicted

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Tt is an ancient pnotlw of unwrupuloui politicians and

their unprincipled newspaper allies to spring at the eleventh

hour of a political campaign rouio yarn calculated t<> injure

the men they are opposiDg.

They take care always to make must of their attack by

innuendo^ and I<> deliver it wj lute I hat ii i-amini be answered

before Ilie polls Open.

The present cainpaigu has seen this lioary artifice work

eil once more. A nasty underground t'iu.lll between two

cliques dividing <>n so-calhtl religious linen has been dragged

into the open on the ai'teiiioiin before the primary with the

idea of discrediting some ejuididate or sei of rundidates.

No sensible citizens li going to pay the least attention to

such a venerable scarecrow.

Ever}* man and woman in Tacouia who uses the upper

DENIED

BANDIT

IS HURT

XI. PAflO, April 4. — American

troopi are kproftchlag Durtftfo,

Bii\itli of Chihuahua, und are mov

ing rapidly.

Friria.v Col. Dodds tpp—Ttd

near Cnilhuirinehic, and Villa ap

pcuved simultaiipously near Sa

tovo, SO miles Mtttil.

It is not believed he will at

tempt to join Iteyes at Tonron.

hut will head for the Sierras. It

is reported that IS, OOI Cairannis

tas are marching northward from

1 Toiieon. It is thought they plan

I to attack Reyes.

Cattlemen arriving today deny

the report that Villa is wounded.

Col. lrwin, and not Col. Dodds,

routed Villa, it was learned.

Mexicans warned Villa of the

approaching Americans, and the

surprise, was not complete.

SKM» MORN SOUHKHS

WASHINGTON, I). C, April 4.

—Additional American forces en

tered Mexico south of Columbus

Sunday to Htrenntiien the lilies of

communication, Secretary Haker

announced today.

It l» believed the detachments

belong to the fifth cavalry.

FOUR soi.DIKHS mi;

EL, I'ASO, April I. Four

American soldtei'R have died as

the result of illness and acciden

tal Injuries in Mexico.

Three hundred have returned

sick. None has been killed in bat

tle.

1 What's Doing |

Tuesday

Umt. Harry C. Ingles of V. S.

army explains the ÜBe of machine

guns: Commercial chili; 8 p, m.

Primary municipal tlMtlOB;

polls open ft a. in. to 8 p. in,

Commercial club trustees take

np question of selecting club sec

relHry; afternoon.

Membership meeting, Connner

i ial dub; open forum on "Why

We Do Not Buy at Home;" club

rooms; S p. m.

that Woods, Pettlt and Stoever

would head the list, with either

McGregor, Gronen or Clark as

fourth man.

Mills HHid he belieyed Pettit,

Woods and Stoevtr would.be high

but refused to express an opinion

on tlie fourth place.'

Drake was unwilling to express

an opinion, as wns Woods, who is

a candidate to succeed himself.

SCKXT CIUAR FRAUD

WASHINGTON —The treasury

department is investigating

charges that deputy internal reve

nue collectors and ilgar manufac

turers have been in collusion for

years In connection with the re

cent tobacco fraud.

KAISER DETERMINED TO TAKE

I VERDUN; SIMPLY MUST GET IT;

THERE'S A GOOD REASON WHY

• TIV J. \V. T. MASON

Xotitl .liuerirnti Authority mi

This War,

Qrrniany'i vlotoal <-f r«»rt to

cH|iii.rf Vt't(iiu). h! inch huge

i-0,-i if lift, means licit the kalur

;is |'t .irliiK fof th« (mi" when

Ills troopi win lie compelled ;«>

tbortcD their wrsicrn line of Je

j r<-ns( bj ■vacuaiing most of

northern Fiance and Belgium.

Tin- Verdun offensive is in

rtftlft) a DEFENSIVE caaiimlga.

In in effort to secure a vastly

' iinp<<i'i.ilit point of vantage, which

can nerve m Q«rmaajr'i FINAL

POINT Of RETREAT, if the war

is tv 'X foil (hi to h condition of

roDipletc exhauitiM f»r one wide

I or the nt her.

Needs 1.000.0U0 Men Now.

To hold Mtrcßchmrata under

imxlrrii londitons of warfare

ugHiiist gttackl cuch M can bf de

veloped li> Unlit Inn machines like

the British and Krench armies,

require* ■ defensive force of be

twei n 3,001 an<l .">,<ioo nirn a

mile.

The curving western front from

Odtend to Verdun measures

about SCO miles. To hold this

Motion of the western line, (!or

nianv must employ 1,009,000

men. Thiit is, the CONTINUOUS

MIMMIM iiiiist be 1,009,000

men. The number can never be

allowed to fall below that level

if the Uernian defenses are to be

made safe :inninst attack.

Will lte<|iiirri >l«re.

Where ll no certain rule for de

teViniiiiiij; the VMtl|l of men at

the front, but it was recently stat

ed b) tli*- Hritish Koverniueiit that

British units niiiKt he completely

WHAT THE

PRISONERS

TOLD PETE

By E. A. Peters

As M>i.. as the other prison-1

era, in my wing had returned

frflin the dining room, the swei'p

er began making his 1 Vminiite

trips down the. deck with Ms oil

lamp and his Invitution to "Light

'em up."

"Say, kid, do you smoke?" the

old man nuked me.

"Yen, but they took my pipe

away from me when I came in,

and 1 haven't had a smoke all

day," xaid 1.

I reuti/cd for the first time

that I had been harboring a crav

ing f<n a whiff of tobacco.

He shuffled away. A moment

later lie was out Hide my cell door

again. He shoved an old briar

pipe and a tobacco can through

the small hole.

"Here's a. pipe that I keep for

the fish," he explained. "I don't

smoke inyielf. That (obacco is

greenleaf, raised here at the prls

mui. It's pretty strong, but It

may soothe you a little."

The old convict's sympathy -tnd

thnuebtfulness touched me. I

25c A MONTH. |

lc A COPY

section of his or her dome lor thinking purposes is to

go to the polls today t<» vote for the three candidates whom

he or she thinks will he able to give Tacoina the most effic

ient, dean and proffressive government.

The Times, as it has made clear heretofore, believes that

these men are Pettit and McGregor for commissioner, and

any one of Meads' four opponents, for controller. Also that

a vote for the proposed civil service charter amendment is a

step along the same line.

And when this primary is over, regardless of who may

be the winners. The Times is going to nave something fur

ther of a clear and |)iuigeuf nature to say regarding the p<»

litii-al activities of certain Tacoina ward heelers. Uut we do

not think it good citizenship to muddy the waters at this elev

enth hour with side issues.

The heavy Mack line imlii.it r- Ihe piest-nl (.ennan hn< in

Inline liiiiii (Ktend to Xeidiin: the dulted lines iuiliciit«> paMlM*

"fiimls" to which (ierniMiiy imilil uioxe to shoiieii lier line.

replaced •vary six months. If this

holds true for tlie OIfUMM AH

well. 2, tinii.noil new mm must he

found each year to hold the <;■>•

ni.in lines between Otttfid and

Verdun.

The iniif must inevitably

coiiio, as the war projjn'sM 1-,

when it will no longer he

thanked him volubly.

Only an inveterate sinokrr lias

been deprived of his tobacco dur

ing an entire day of thrilling

event*, (an appreciate my condi

tion. Normally I would have

spurned a pipe that had been

smoked by Qumberlm convicts.

But to Peter Wilson, convict of

only one day. It was a Godsend.

1 cleaned the stem by washing

It in my untested tea and by wip

ing It on the little towel in my

cell.

That m|| was the sweetest I

ever tamed.

• * •

Many of the inmates at Walla

Walla, because they had been

tried out by the honor system

and proved honeßl, are allowed

unusual liberties. One of their

upeilal privileges 1r that they are

not forced to go Into their cells,

to be locked up for the night, un

til 8 p. m. All other prisoners

are locked In Immediately ufter

supper.

That Is how It happened that

niore than 20 men came to my

(Continued on Page Six.)

*<***• NIGHT EDITION*****

WEATHER

Tacoma: Unsettled, probably

showers tonight and Wednesday.

Washington: Same, cooler to

night east portion.

'• >Wfclii>imiiiiWiiim>myniHiiiHmin

fr.iMl.li- fill' tin- (.eilllHlls to

""i'i i» -" liuk<' it iiiiiiii>i-i c.r

• hell' rili/.onv tar the firing

line. I in- iillics .in- l.iiti..-]\

Mi|u lrior to ilip Teutonic pow

ers 111 |)O|ll||ll|il>ll.

if iho w.ir, ik*nfort, sittlps

down into a ii't-i of endurance to

l lir \ery (ml ili«> (Jrnnan llnu in

tin- wi'Hi will hurt to in' sliorten

iil. B) no oilier MHiiiis iin (!it

nian> rPtMiii hrr ability to fiimlsli

the number of nen kecesMry for

proper defoMive opontttois. The

lt.ii miles of trenciics between

Oetend ami Verdun imis<t be il?

--nertrd mid new poetttOM, reiiuir

inv, far lfss troops to n...n them

mist BH rOUND.

Bitch a line has iiiHiucMionalilv

already been planned in advance

by the (ierman general staff. It

I -rTalko'the Times r 1

<.i-ri'tini:-.. huve you voted?

— 1

OK frlrml down In Old Town]

I hi- 1' .ini'. til to ilsk If (Tie salooriK

will he 1 toned today hecaiiKe of

the iirlinary election. No, because

of the election of November,

1914.

UK V<M( I! A kit X

In that table-full of technical

imd hixlily interestinß llternture

the Commercial club keeim In the

(•enter of the bit room we ye«

ttrtfay ran ucroHß a copy of The

An-, ni'.i Journal.

Though we read it carefully,

we didn't find a word in it about

Mayor Fawcett, colioab, Mills,

Atkins, Stoever, T. 11. Martin,

ftainmyperkliiH. Uev. Trimble or

any other Taconia angora or an

gora procuror

runs trom Antwerp, tiuungti

I BruMcla, Natnur, Qlvet, MetelofM

Imd Sedan to Verdun, wiwro it

Ijoim t lie iircspnt southern o«'r

| man front i Minding through I.or*

ralna »ud Alsace, i«o ajUaa.

Hy iiioiinu I lie ImtMe-frout

hiK'k la (111- |K>sittin, Ilii-re-

I'oiv, (lie OanWNM \t"nlil if

i|niii' ml) tiii).(loo niiMi us

flii'ir ilt'NMiilinu ami).

But •■veil this number might

prove too man) for the Qenaaa

to l<i'(|i eontlnuoutb mpplylng if

itlir war wt-ri- to ko on liuli'linltP-

So ■ third and last line of (Ip

j bw hat iici'n prepared, whioii

runs trom tin' Dutch frontier, Ju*t

Bortli of Mege, through l.i<>K<' it

si'ir. mill tiicii ;ilinost porpradlcu*

l;irly south, to \'fninn.

This line tip'.imih--. 110

mile-, iiml imiiilil i'i-i|iiuo

I lO.ikmi men fur It* .1.f.i.-.-.

Tin' Outcb iioiiti'r l.ii'n<-Ver

(iim postUoa, MergiM into the

preeent Lorralne-Alsaee lino,



Hi.- KIWI. POINT which the

Oertnam can bold.

I'usM'-sioii Mrvins a I <n

It is a ihorter front, than tho

Rhine, In c-aiiMf of thp flank pro

tectton afforded hy the seat rat tty

| of Holland, aad it is hen; th.it the

' Qertuana tnuai turn with tin-lr

liHckw to tlic wall if the war Is

fniiiiiit to a ftniah.

The POBBKBBION of Vprdiin,

if a iiirtaihiu'iit of the western

front i« made nereaaejry, will k!v«

to the Onrmann all thp DIFFER

ENCK betwea moderate BUCCESB

:ind FAII.riUC

With Verdun in li«r crip, tier

many inn reel on the I logo Vir

run Hup, idvantag4oualy pissed

to (litiiiiHH tentll with tin- allies:

without Verdun, the pfdonlaaat

advantage in iii<" peace ((infcrenca

would 1)^ WITH TIIK AU-IKK.

V'iiliiii (■<*rin:in>'s

Illllsl ( oiniMlll'lK illicit |i;t tll

of invasion Illln I r.im iv

I Continued on l'nxe Kive.)

tooavh cuuumi

Clearings $ 375,47!) 19

Halauces .10.872.41 1

Transactions ..... 1.162.295.46

Why riopßti't tli<> club take thin

matter up with the editor* .in<l

Rots our KoatH .1 little publicity,

too?

Our Mr. Peters broke Into the

penitentiary, but we know nnoth

er I.< 1 reporter (not a Times

man) who is going to break into

another stute institution out be

yond Steilacooin lake one of these

days.

Thin second reporter called re

cently at the home of a wealthy

man who wits very 111.

When the servant informed

him the great man waa not dead,

he replied:

"Very well. I will wait."

If Ntoever were running

for weather man, he'd prom

ote "cold but warm; Miimy.

<>»i'i<«-i; dry, rainy" days.