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PAQE FOUR TIMES EDITORIALS Let the Truth Prevail! :. Like Geronimo In Rending United States t roups into Mexico Pres ident Wilson has acted on well established prece dent- the capture of Ocronimo "the terrible Apache". Geronimo was chief of the Chirieahua tribe of Apaches. His native name was Uoyathlay (the yawner) and "Geronimo" was only a Mexican nick name. He was born in New Mexico near Tularosa but in IH7H he fled to Mexico, rather than be re moved to the San Carlofl reservation in Arizona. There began his career of crime, hla/.cd across the history of the west in letters of blood. United States troops finally pressed him hard. Tn a pitched battle the cavalry was defeated. As Ger ouinio himself testifies, "Though many soldiers were killed we lost only MM warrior and three chil dren." Emboldened by this victory, Qeronimo, with his hand of Apache braves, began a reign of tenor in New Mexico ;iii<l Arizona and in Bonora and parts of Chihuahua in old Mexico, He battled repeatedly with both tlif United States and Mexican troops, on first one side of the line, then on the other. With his own hands Geronimo killed one of the leading generals of the Mexican army. The Mexi can troopers grew to fear him and avoid his wild and fearless band. Finally orders were issued to take Geronimo "dead or alive", the same identical mandate as has now gone forth for Francisco Villa. General Nelson A. Miles was placed in command of the frontier forces, superceding General Crook. Miles sent word to the Mexican generals that he was going into Mexico even unto the heart of the coua try, if need be- to get the murderous Apache. The Mexican authorities acquiesced. There was no "reciprocal arrangement". Headed by Captain Lawton and his scouts, the pursuit began. Geronimo retreated into the moun tains, murdering every Mexican he met as, he went, apparently for the sheer joy of killing. Miles pressed relentlessly after him. Five times the Indians were surprised in camp and attacked. Indian braves were picked off, one, two, a half-dozen at a time. The pursuit grew too hot. Hard pressed on every side, with little food for liiß followers or their ponies, Geronimo surrendered to General Miles and was scut, with his leading war riors, to Ft. Pickens, Fla. Later they were taken to Alabama, thence to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In the movement which resulted iii the final sur render of Geronimo the I'nited States forces operat ed iv accord with the Mexican troops. Governor Torres, of Sonora. had freely sanctioned the movement and kept the I'nited States authori ties well advised as to the progress of the campaign and the whereabouts of the hostiles, as far as pos sible. There was little, if any, friction between the soldiers of the two countries. They had joined in a determined effort to stamp out a common enemy, to capture or destroy a ravening beast, roaming at will. The Villa case is exactly parallel, except in the one fact that the bandit is a Mexican citizen. He has probably retreated to the same mountain fastnesses in which Geronimo vainly sought sanctuary. He will turn and twist and dodge in the same way the Apache chief did in 1888, With the whole-hearted assistance of Carranza's forces the result of the coming campaign will be the same. Villa will he taken. But can we count upon that assistance? "Kditor: In regard to Mexico, hud I'nsitli in Wilson long ago— ".I. H.. A RKAI.Un." Tills is all we'll print of J. H.s long card, which he evhlenlly •at up nlxHit four nights lo write for us. We'll answer him briefly, too, aad profoundly wish thai our answer could ring In the halls ot coagnww.— — oh: Shut up! P-r-o-s-p-e-r-i-t-y Thirty million feet of Washington lumber —yes, ■we said 30,000,000 feet—is the amount of an order to be placed next week by the Great Northern railroad. It means that a third of a million dollars will be spent here. That means more mills will reopen, oth ers will run to greater capacity, more men will be employed, more money will be spent for groceries and clothing and movies. , Tin- Milwaukee railroad lets out the information that it has leased two more Tacoipa docks to handle its mounting overseas commerce. More business, more men, more money for Tacoma! Chester Thorne, big banker, returns from the east saying that he "heard" a large ship-building con cern was coming to Tacoma. Now The Times knows that Mr. Thorne more than merely "heard" this rumor. Mr. Thorne knows a great deal about that shipyard, and it need not sur prise any Taeonian for it to materialize on an im mense scale within the next few months. For this is the year of promise. "Itulguria dismayed by coming cloud*," says a Sofia dispatch. llnlgnriH should hare prepared a storm cellar before it venture*l He guess oa the war propositi..., or at least hare stowed an umbrella •way handy. Bulgaria le doe for a wetting. Lf^ tacoma times I 9 MKMBBR OF TUB SCRIM'S NORTH WKST JUKAfU'R OB I MfWr.JA.___. l-_«is|ihl. how. mttlm of tbe Called Pree. r Knfreg at (ha |wet«flee, Tacoma, Waaa., a* ■ecoad-cla** [ >*fr»ad bf t*e TacoMia Time* Pnb. Co. Erery ■ortf Monday. Official papr. of alt/ of Taeoata, H____B£^^ jtoeparfßKat*. Mai* IS, fl Handling a Strike Uncle Sam is up against his first strike. But, strangely enough, unlike a big private corporation, there has been NO VIOLENCE, NO ORDERING OUT THE TROOPS, NO REFUSAL TO RECOG NIZE THE UNION, AND NO ATTEMPT TO IM PORT STRIK EBH EA X ERS. The strike occurred on the new government rail road in Alaska, at Anchorage. Secretary Lane received a delayed cablegram from Alaska notifying him that the common laborers on the government road had formed a union, demanding and increase in pay, and had struck. The men were receiving 'Ml/_ cents an hour for an eight-hour day. They demanded 50 cents an hour for the eight hour clay. There are about 800 laborers at Anchorage wait ing for the spring opening up of work. About 100 were at work on such jobs as could be done during the winter. These were the men who struck. Immediately on receipt of the message Secretary Lane got into communication with Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson who appointed a COMMIS SION OF CONCILIATION to go to Alaska, investi gate conditions and recommend an adjustment. The men were perfectly satisfied with this ar rangement and have returned to work, pending the adjustment, and with tho understanding that if the commission finds they, are entitled to more wages, the increase will date from the time of the strike. The commission consists of John A. Moffitt of New .Jersey, and Hywel Oavies of Kentucky, official conciliators of the department of labor, and B. M. Squires as statistician. Molierly. Mo., Is in the throes of a violent reform spasm. It is enforcing MM local ordinance* ns blue __» Indigo itself. The cditoi-H of Molierly's three morning palters wore arrested for KMiing ii piper on Siinduy. Tu.h-ahs ambled aimlessly urouud the town, but were not allowed lo carry paM>eng<'rs. The loun whs so darned good It hurt all over. Musca Domestica The 1!H() model Musca Domestica will soon be .seen in numbers! It will ran erratically into dirt}' sewers and rub bish heaps and over helpless pedestrians and inno cent little children and babies. Tt will spot them with filth from the streets and disease from the al leyways. It will be just as much a menace as was the 1015 model. We are talking about this .year's house fly. We are talking about it this early because we want you to begin "swatting it" early. "Swatting it" means many things. It means fly traps, window screens, fly paper, kerosene, manure removal and tightly covered garbage cans. While it is well to kill the individual fly, it is still belter to direct one's efforts against the breeding places. These breeding places include every rubbish heap, every garbage can, ((Very manure box and ev ery corner where filth has accumulated during the winter months. Start now to clear away rubbish heaps. See that the rovers of your garbage cans are 'fly-tight." Be gin cleaning up and airing out for fly eggs will not hatch in direct sunlight or if exposed to direct cur rents of fresh air. Start swatting! IN THE EDITOR'S MAIL Slo.ri letter* from Time* reader*, of general lateraat nuil without personal malice, ..._l be prlated. Write about anything or anjrbodr fstss \_l__h, lint do not have mallre a* your motive. Many letter* are not piiiii. ii beeaaae iL.v are too lonif. Keep Vn_ nkort. A RAP AT mjß'iaa Editor Tbe Times: Since 1 know Mr. Seth Hunter, candidate for commissioner, and want to boost for him, I aHk space to tell what I know. For that is the only way to boost a man. Mr. Hunter Is a good socialist in every detail. He sent word to the school teacher at the Rogers school that he did not want his children to salute the American flag, saying that it did not stand for tlie work ing class. I don't think that a man who docs not want his children to re spect the Hag would be a very good man to put in office. Mr. Hunter seems to have left this out of politics, but I hope to hear him speak some time and am anxious to ask him some ques- FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS THI TAOOHA TIMES tlons. I write this because I like to see a man get what he produces. Yours, J. WAMPLER, 812 South O st. OH, COVER, RKAII THIS! Say, Ed: Don't you think that of all the high-priced soft Job men Uncle Sam has he could best spare the weather man to go down and get Villa? Any old cut-rate farmer at $1.89 per, set out anywhere on a stump, could hit the weather fully as often as his weather guys do. We have six auto trucks out every day and I always tell the drivers that if the weather man sa>s fair tonigh^ and tomorrow to be sure and take a raincoat along. Try and see Sam about this. Yours, THE KICKER. SQUIRREL FOOD—What's the Use? qjp 1 Dlmj OTIJyL/. fjmp IM HIGNI i> TO KKKP YOU JOYFUL TILL MONDAY. IT BEGINS TODAY, FOLKS. WHAT DOES? WELL LISTEN- Lynn 0. Leum's Great Novel "Though False He Loved Them Pearly Teeth" CHAPTKR ONE. Luke Leher worked In a clam foundry, and the quitting whistle had Just blown. Slowly he laid down his clam knife and kicked off his boots. Luke had a heavier load on his head than his hat, and his heart waa all aflutter. On the way down to the "ma__uma" window he passed Aaron Aroma, the man ager of the clam chasing depart ment, in which Luke was now at present. "Hello, Aroma," Luke said, as Aroma went by, but Aroma just gritted his teeth. Luke smiled as he put his week's wages of $4.88 in his hip pocket. Luke wasn't much of a whistler, but tonight he whistled his head off as he washed .lis celluloid collar, for he was going to call on Phoebe Pheedbag on a very important missison. Phoebe Pheedbag, the belle of Hicks county, answered the door bell which didn't ring, and found I.uke scraping his shoes on the mail box. "Hello," blushed Luke as he handed Phoebe a bag of pop corn. After sitting around impatient ly for a half hour, Luke could stand it no more. "'Phoebe, I love you! Life without you would be as empty as a chorus man's head. I want you to marry me, and split fifty fifty with me on the wheat cakes and goulash! Will you be mine?" Phoebe gave him a look that meant, "You poor fish." "Luke, how silly of you, I'd be crazy to marry you, a poor clam opener. You haven't any future." Just then Aaron Aroma walked into the room, "Hurry, get the What Tacoma Labor Unions Are Doing Prof. J. Allen Smith of the University of Washington, speak ing last Sunday at the Central La bor Council hall, said that the dif ference between labor and the employer is that the latter is al lowed to boycott and combine while the former ls forbidden to do so. Prof Nathan Fasten of the state university will give the next lecture of the series under the auspices of the Tacoma Central l_abor Council at 2:30 p. m. to morrow at 949 Market st. His subject will be "Various Phases of Herdity and Sex." A .Motion picture, showing methods of avoiding mill acci dents, will be screened tn the (Don't Get Personal, Sltai, Don't Get Personal!) BYAHERN air, Luke, me and Phoebe lias a date to go to the penny ar cade." Back in his dismal room Luke took out a revolver and pointed it at his belfry. "I guess she's right, I'm only a poor boob," and he pulled the trigger. The bullet glanced off his nose and struck the ceiling. When Luke recovered he felt a big bump on the top of his head, but it wasn't from the bullet. No, down by his foot was a wallet of bills that would Bhame a bale of hay! Luke hurriedly opened the wal let, and out dropped a pile of tailor and grocer's bills. Then he (Continued next Saturday.l GENE A HERN. * • • SOCIAL NOTES Mrs. Asa Bixby of Puyallup has Longshoremen's hall March 23. The films are being shown by the National Safety Council. The Label League will forget business for a few hours and hold a "get-together" social at the next meeting. All delegates and their wives are invited. Reports of the Painters' conven tion held recently at Belllngham were made at the last meeting of the local union. A political slate was framed, opposing Hawthorne and Jamison for city council. The lumber handlers are be coming optimistic. The lumber business is picking up, and they believe work will be plentiful in a short time. kicked to the editor of The Wheeze because she came into town last week and we didn't put It in tlie paper. We surely are sorry for tho omission, but we can't watch both trains. We've got to spend part of the day set ting type. * » • The clock ls the only thing that has stopped at the Warbur ton building for the last ten days. • • * Old man Horton got a bill for $3.75,fr0m Ernest Carstens, our popular butcher. In reply he sent Erney a bill for $4 for wear and tear on his path and back steps. He says Erney got to pay him a quarter now. They'll go to law ■ • 11.»u t It. OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE Saturday, March 18,1918. COOK SAYS MAYOR GOT HIM TO RUN "I trust the public will pardon me if, in justice to myself, I make a statement of tbe final word of advice I took before announcing myself as a candidate for city controller, says a statement given out today by C. A. Cook. "To be brief, the d;iy previous to the announcement 1 met Mayor _. Fawcett in tlie city hall and he ankeil me 'what about the city rommissioncrship,' Home mention having been made that 1 might be a candidate. 1 told him noth ing had been done so far. "He turned to me and said, 'I advise you to go after the con troller's office; you can easily de feat Johnnie Meads.' "I stated that others had told* me the same thing, and 1 would very likely follow his advice which he and others had volun tarily suggested that I should do without knowing my own inten tions in the promisee. "Following that interview tha papers made the announcement of my candidacy. The mayor said lie would take no part in the first* primary election. I told him I considered this very proper and in keeping with the dignity of his office. "Of course any candidate would be glad of his support in tho final election." BAR FIXTURES TO BE SOLD BY CITY; BIBLE IN THE LOT The first auction sale of saloon • und bar fixtures ordered in Taco ma under tlie prohibition law will take place at the colored club of Reese Lee and Harry Robinson, 2409% Pacific avenue, which was raided several weeks ago by the police. Judge Evans today ordered Constable Mathies to sell Ihe par aphernalia within in days. Among * the articles is a Bible. BY BLO3SER