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S IMPORTANT Hooaewlvea, read War HnMMI article on page 5. U-BOAT THREATENS NEW YORK Submarine Fires Torpedo at U. S. Destroyer, Escapes DON'T BE BUNKED BY THIS FOOD SCARE When you go to market, or Ihe grocery, Mrs. Housewife, don't qpeml the week's p;iy for a war supply of staple foodstuffs that you ■won't be able to eai up in months. Wait till you see what The Times has to say tomorrow about this high piii-e hysteria. Don't be bunked! Nobody is going to starve to death in this vast, rich country, with its innumerable miles of untilled acres. Don't let this food talk excite you. There's going to be plenty for all of us to eat. All over the city people are buying the grocery shelves empty. A wave of frenzied Stocking-up it running its course. Why"? Potatoes RAISE BELGIAN HARES.ADVISES VALLEY EXPERT City Hut-ll<-i. if you would make your latvu help feed you, it Is not ncceafiary to plow it up; iiim<-jhl feed the Krass (rimming* to liel glun hairs, and eM them. This la a *iiKge«tlon made by a man who knows what he is talking about, Henry Huff of Hiiuuicr, In the fol lowing cditorbil written for The Time*: BY HENRY HUFF State Horticulaural Inspector City folks who want to co-operate during those war times in enving the food supply and cutting down the cost of living can do nothing better than to ralno Belgian hares. It Is one type of food that is delicious to eat, cheap to raise, and unusually nutritious. You don't even need yard space for them. The animals naturally love confinement, and can ho raised in mall pens no larger than packing boxes. The confinement prevents them losing their weight by exercise, too. 1 am raising my Belgian hares in pens over my garago. A mother hare, with six or eight young ones, can ne bought for $2. The animals live on almost anything vegetable. Lawn grass is one of their favorite foods. They should be provided occasionally with a little alfalfa liny and grain. Cabbage leaves and the spare ends of almost any vegetable form excellent food for hares. The hare is coming more and more to be a common article of food in the Tacoma markets. In fact, many persons are raising them now instead of chickens, because of the ease of handling them, and the big demand already created. The young hares grow quickly and are edible when two months old. By providing a crate for their resting place, raised a little from the floor, and a *mall runaway outside, made of quarter-inch wire netting, one can have a hare nest that automatically keeps itself clean and inoffensive. CITY FOLKS MUST AID FARMERS In view of our universal shortage of food, it Is necessary that every person able to raise anything at home should utilize all his resources. It le not a case of cutting down the cost of living, so much as it Is one of helping the farmers to keep up with the food supply during war time. Northwestern farmers are tremendously hnndieapped by an inability to get labor. If every city dweller who can do it will assist by raising his -bare of garden stuff, chickens and hares, it will go a long ways towards preventing a further shortage. Potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower and peas should be planted im mediately. The ground should be turned over first. Spading Is more thorugh than plowing. .Cabbage and cauliflower seed should he planted closely in small beds, and then transplanted about June I, when the plants are commencing to develop. The Danish Bald Head cabbage is the most suitable class for this country. Plant the seed now. Corn and beans should bo planted about May 1. The Golden Bantam sweet corn is by far the beet. It Is a hardy little plant, not growing over 30 inches high, and has the very fin est yellow corn. It Is the easiest to grow of any corn. If people would refuse to purchase new potatoes, and would also refuse to dig up their own potatoes when they are still young, we would have tliree times as great a supply of fully matured spuds Inter in the senson. By eating new potatoes we are destroying a large part of the season's crop, and consuming a half-grown vegetable that has not half the nutrition of a full grown tuber. DON'T FORGET THE FERTILIZER Beans and sweet corn can lie raised in almost any kind of soil. A little fertilizer placed In the corn hill when the seed Is planted will help greatly. For potatoes, cabbage and cauliflower, a good soil Is necessary. Lettuce Is another plant that Is necessary for the health of the hitman system, and yet easily grown by an amateur gardener. The seed should be sown close together in a small plot, and the plants transplanted in rows later in the season. If we all get together and raise meats and vegetables in our back yards this spring and summer, we will be doing one of the most patriotic things possible at home. We have already seen in the European countries at war the necessity of conserving and amplifying the Vood supply. Tacoma has already done nobly—let her increase the good work. CONSCRIPTION IS OPPOSED BY CLUB The proponed conscription plan was condemned at the meetfnK of the Monday Civic club Monday afternoon. Telegrams were sent to Senator Jones and Congress man Johnson, expressing the club's disapproval of this plan. Agricultural preparedness was favored by the club members. BRAZIL SCENE OF ANTI GERMAN RIOT RIO DE JANEIRO, April 17.— Widespread anti-German riots were reported from Porto Aloge ro. Detail* were not available. The Tacoma Times NEW RED CROSS AUXILIARY FORMED A Red Cross auxiliary was formed at South Tacoma Monday afternoon with 40 members. Mrs. Everett Griggs and Mrs. A. E. Raze assisted in organizing the auxiliary. Mrs. Grlggs and Mrs. Raze alio spoke at Roy Monday. POLES OF TACOMA LOYAL TO WILSON "In the name of the progress of demoeraoy and liberty to all man kind," the Poles of Tacoma last night adopted resolutions of loy alty to President Wilson. More than 260 members voted. lie A COPY TACOMA. WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917. Y. M. C. A. Should Turn On the Light; Give Public Facts What in tue matter with Uio V. M. C. A.? \oboily connected with the instil in inn s.€-m-> to !>•■ able to Kit)', exactly. And If they know, they arc not inclined to sp»-;iU out iind tell what it in. This much Is certain, however: Something is the matter. If Tacoina would save its Y. M. C. A. and its fine Y. M. C. A. building, the Tacoma public must be taken into its confidence, must learn what the matter Is, and must get behind and push. Everybody Mum. The V. M. 0. A., if efficiently managed 80 an to gain the con fidence of the city's young men, has the makings of a powerful civic institution. The Times has made a sincere effort today to learn what the true situation is and how it can be remedied, through officers and directors of the institution. Most of them have refused to speak out. And what they have to say con cerning the conditions disclosed by City Controller Shoemaker In The Times Monday, they say guardedly. Man)' Resign. What has been established Is this: An undercurrent of discord, friction and dissatisfaation is run ning throughout the organization. Even certain of the directors have grown out of patience with the way things have been managed. It is admitted by those direct ly connected with the association that the insttttuion Is in serious financial difficulties, that salar ies have not been paid, and that efficient directors and secretar ies—men in whom the members have had confidence —have re signed for causes never made public. It Is admitted also that the present financial difficulties have been due largely to failure to in terest the public In an Institu tion in which they are vitally con cerned. Few Carry Burden. No consideration of our Y. M. C. A. problem is complete which does not recognize the fact that a few men in the community have been shouldering the financial burden of the Institution for many years," said City Control ler Shoemaker today. "The fi nance committee of the trustees meets frequently and these men have put up thousands of dollars to keep the 'V' going. "The community as a whole, however, lias given them little support, and they are carrying the entire burden alone. "Is the community entirely at fault In thin? In other matters it takes hold of a good thing and makes it go. What Is needed at the 'V' In order to win the confi dence and support of the entire community so that this splendid plant may be fully utillcedT" Air the Trouble. What Is needed? Where does the fault lie? The people of the city are en titled to know. They demand It. If the Y. M. 0. A. is to have any usefulness as a civic auet, It must take the public into its confidence. It must hare the co operation of «yory citizen. And it cannot do this If the public U to be left on the out- THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TAOOMA. arc selling at $40 a ton in Ireland after Ihree years of war. The law of supply and demand does not justify present prices. They're bound to come down. The Times will toll you tomorrow why. The food \u>n — the speculator—at whom we are always railing, is not the cause of the present situation. The direct cause is YOTJH anxiety to pile lip I great supply of foodstuff's in your home before prices tfo higher. YOU are the specu lator this time! Watch for tomorrow's Times. And in the meantime don't he a sucker and load up your basement with provisions. It must turn on the light. If it does not, It must fail. The Times has this to offer at* a suggestion: Let some officer or trustee of the association appear before the members' council of the Commer cial club or some representative body of citizens and make a Btate ment of the exact condition of the association. Turn on the light. The Times is ready and willing to help, If given half a chance. So fs every other good cltlien of Tacoma. SUB OUT TO 'GET' BALFOUR? O'niK-.l Pku Lcaacd Wire.) MBIT YORK, April 17.— Belief thut Germany may have obtained information of the departure of British I <>i - • ■inn Minister Balfour, liciii't al Joffro, French Minister of Justice Vivlaiii and other members of the allied com iniuMion en route here, was expressed here this afternoon Ms explaining tho sudden ap pearance of a I -lKi.it off the American coast. It was recalled that Germany learned in some way of the de parture of Lord Kitchener when he was en route to an allied con ference and sank the vessel on which he was a passenger. The report of the engagement with the submarine by the de stroyer Smith served to empha size the dangers faced by the al lied commissioners in their jour ney to this country. STILL A MVBTKRY. (United I'i.ss Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, April 17.— Where Great Britain's high com missioners are, or when they will arrive is a mystery to the state department today. It was stated officially this forenoon that the department had absolutely no word as to their whereabouts, but that it wa» keep ing close touch on the prospec tive visitors. Indications were that the department hoped for definite information before night. The French commissioners are not expected to arrive before to morrow morning. CANADIAN WHEAT LOWERS PRICES <FBltrd Pmu 1.m.,,1 «|rf.l CHICAGO, April 17.—Free en try of Canadian wheat into the United States seared the traders at the opening today and sharp losses were registered in the pit. May wheat opened down 4He to $2.31 H; July down 2 5-8o to 11.97 and September down 4He to $1.71. May recovered as rap- Idly us it fell off to $2.35 H- July and September showed less sharp recoveries. 5 KEY POINTS ON HIN'S LINE ARE TOTTERING II mini Preaa Lrnarcl Wire.i LONDON, April 17.—Five key points to tlie much vaunted Hln denhurg line were struck at ho savagely by the great Fnmco-Brlt lnh drive today that their continu ation In the enemy's hands much longer seems Impossible. Of the five, La Lens, Fere and St. Quentin may fall to the allied onslaught at almost any hour. Cambrai and l.aon are less closely enveloped, but the menace of the drive was none the lens patent. General Halg'u report today told of another successful thrust to the couth of Cambrai, around Epehy, aimed at LaCatelet, 1L miles south of Cambrai. l.nssi-s Tremendous The Paris official statement more than confirmed the most sanguine hopes of success In the joint offensive entertained here. Unofficial battle front dispatch es received here today declared the German losses were tremend ous In opposing the French of fensive. The greatest offensive of the greatest of wars w«h on today. Over a front of nearly 170 miles Franco-British forces were driving with all the strength of energy carefully conserved through months of winter preparation. Forecast through four days of tremendous artillery concentra tion, the French movement began (Continued on Page Five.) TACOMA WILL SHIP WHEAT FOR ALLIES One hundred < ih-lojmls of «h< ,ii a ilhj for the next two months, will !>•■ rushed from the three northwest states to the Atlantic sea- Ik.mkl for shipment to tlio allies. Railroads, co-operating with the Bhlppers at the suggestion, It Is said, of the American and British governments, will give the grain shipments the right of way across the continent. Ten million bushels are held in Tacoma and other northwest warehouses awaiting shipment to England and France, according to authoritative estimates. The average car holds 1400 bushels. When shipments start on the 100 cars a day schedule, wheat will be moved at the rate of 140, --000 bushels a day. It will re quire 71 days to transport the wheat arroßs the continent. Northwest wheat is said to bring $2.50 today delivered on the Atlantic seaboard. Water shipments of grain from North Pactflc ports this year have been unusually light, and the car shortage has revented any exten sive movement of grain by rail. As a result the northwest still has a large amount of wheat on hand, and It Is this stock which In normal times is sent to Eu rope by water that will take the trans-conttnental trip. CUBA WILL JOIN (United Pr*M I.<-M«r,i Wire.) WASHINGTON, April 17.— The republic of Cuba will send a commission to Washington to confer with English, French and American commissioners here. le A COPY. I VOL. XIV. NO. 101. ThiH map nliown how GCB. Hajj'l offensive Imri the road Hint runs from IH>uai to (temtmil hM skirted the north end of tho fa moiis "Hliidenhtirg line" and may i<iiii|m-I the (Jciiimns to retire fur- Uu-r from their new position. Tb<> "lino" runs from caat of Arras to south of l.iiiin. and the n«'.v British push nlready has passed Its north ern end. TURKS ROUTED II Mir id I'rran t.rnmra TVlrr.l IjOXDON, April 17. —Turkish troops in Mesopotamia are stead ily retreating bofore General Maude's advancing forces. On Trial We shall be very glad to have you open an account with us on trial, subject to termi nation at your pleasure. pußßiSmmMßmih _____^__ M ._ I NIGHT EDITION WEATHER J Tacoma: Fair. E^sSSff Washington: Same, E^S^V , except showers along { " * coast; light frost east. FSRST CLASH OF WAR OFF NEW JERSEY it mii-.i Tress leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, APRIL, 17.—GERMANY FIR ED THE FIRST SHOT OF THE WAR AGAINST AMERICA TODAY AND IT MISSED! Official information reached the navy department shortly after noon that the United States Destroyer Smith was fired upon by a German submarine at 3:30 a. m. The torpedo launched by the U-boat missed the Smith. The latter gave chase, but the enemy ship submerged and escaped. The navy department this afternoon issued a bulletin in ulilch it MJWI "The submarine fii-ed a t«n|Milo at the Smith, which missed her by ;n >arils. Wake of torpedo plainly seen crossing the I i.v. Submarine diHui>|>eared." The wireless message came fioin Fire island, off tlie eitsteni l.onu island coast, and was relayed to •!»■ na\y yard hero by thfl sconl (iiilser < liesier, which |*Ta her position as latitude 10, long] tilde 78. 'Hit te\t of the MNP MM brief and simuly stttted lh.it tha Miliiiiarine "disap|H-aje<l." I In- I.hi that tin' enemy submarine is in iid.jurcnt water*, Mill probably vtell armed, caused a ntntl stir in shippiiiK and na\al clr < les iilmiu the coast. Tin- nn\ \ de|iartnieiit has not heard about the i lush until after press roporis broiii>ht word of It. Hie hiibniiii iue's efforts to sink the dextrojer wore the first definite e\ldeu<e of the <ift-rep<>iited rutnoi-s that (icrman I ■imaU lurked off our • . -i Tin- fuel that tin- Klre Island lightship conveyed the oii^lnal information led to tin' belief that the. <>cruinn «a.s not far <li*i.nut from New York «'it.v, Inasmuch i\s tin- Ilghtvliip In only ;"..", aiilcH b^ Viiil Handy Hi.1.1., tin' outer |••>• rji I nf Ml York's luilx.r. While, for military reasons, lli«' navy does not say What J* !■<m( done about liiintliif the submarine it is assumed that a redoubled milch is being put Inlo (ili-cl. Kepol'tN to tllO llosfoil 111 l \ 111 station llnllc .ilcil lli.it lln sub liliii'lnr n»» hovering oil (lie Jersey coast midway liviuwn Atlantla City mid .\shiiry I'urk and only n short dlxtuncc Ih'lom New York city itM'lf. Tho nmy hns no MU of knowing uhollior tlio siibiiinrino Ims iii.-klc tin- |oiiru<>y fi'om lliimim'i lihvoii, iiiK'ndliig to iiiake a qui<k Ntrokc mi.) return or whether it hits i.mi lyiiiK off il»- Anu'riean con.ut for MM time, its IMMIkM from n hitideu base on Mia Mrxiran coast or elsewhere nlonti the AtJantii' roast. Ik* IX-stroycM- Hiititli Is of the "M" (MM, built In 1000, w i ( b a leiiKth of UMH feet and a (ll*]>l;ir<-iiiciit of Too ton!*. Her an>-ed la "IH& knot«, and t>he is armed with five li-i mk-r dun* uud tJiro* is-im h torpedo tubes, Slio i-arrics K7 men. New York In War Zone i i nii.-ii PMM Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, April IT.—The greatest city in the world is In the war zone thlw afternoon. The jiri-atest secrecy Is beinn maintained as to steps that are heiiiK taken to protect the port, but with a (jerman V-boat reported by the navy department imniedintuly off the coast, the city was ad mittedly menaced. If Huccessful In eluding Hip American patrol ihlps. the sub marine night slip into Ixmg It-lami sound arid bombard outlying BcctioiiH of the town. New York harbor la jruarded by submarine nets. The navy yard In Brooklyn was closed to every one thin afternoon. Inquiries by telephono brought only the curt response that there waa no In formation to Rive out. At Governor's Inland, headquarters of the urmy or tin- Hast, there was the greatest activity. It Is there that aeroplanes ure held ready for duty. When the report of submarines being In Lour Island Found were circulated recently army aviators took to the air and aided in the search for them. Stretching from New York to Atlantic City are scores of towns blouk the Xew .Jersey coast which are entirely unprotected and might be bombarded by hostile Hubmarlnes. All are "open towns" and Immune from atUrk under Interna tional law, but (jormany has bombarded many such towns on the British coasts. The hotels at Atlantic City, fringing the famous board walk, offer a templing target. Talk o' the Times f.Mi imilv, how many • 11-1 you •■-lininii- wore in (lie |iaiH<lc? We know a certain telegraph operator who Is very proud be cause he has had strawberries al ready thin Reason. That's noth ing, flo've we. Had three of them on a shortcake at Carl.vlo's. What lihn iii-i'oini- of iln- I boat that "apparrntly rrodl ble ivpnrin Imllriiii- In prob ably off i in- uc-1 Mexican ooMt" and hnwled our direc tion? The Intent theory in that lllnil.nl.iiru I* luring the French and Btitiah into the Alaourian lakes. Too bad that Tom Carstena wouldn't let the crew of his fer tiliser plant join the parade Quite a few of us noticed that they were still at work. In the Hume < iiiiikv tion, we iiii<lor»tjin<! Ms finttrmit fac tory in to Im" Kimrdril by S ol ■ h.i- Is iho idea to keap iin> riirmj out of oar >.i< ii< in - ■ The most peaceable dog Is tht dog that la there With the buckle and clinch whe* he's caught unaware. And who "never starts not'n" that* not on tho Rquare, And lick* hia own wounds when it'i over. He goea on hia war without pick ing a scrap; Ills bark is of peace, but the scan on hU map Are nothing compared with the cuta on the chap That thought he could hand It to Rover. k —By "H«k."