The Tacoma times. [volume], March 16, 1916, Image 1

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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.