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M BER :»•.;. 1?> 17. VOL XIV. XO. '-.M. I __\ Hull?mil I Diii__ifi-ip iy_f iiyn v Price Is Fixed, But Coal Is No Lower Coal in Tacoma is still selling at fro_i $6 to $9.50 a ton, delivered at the house. In the face of President Wilson's decree, fixing coal prices at the mines, the cost to the consumer the country over is the same—and in some cases, higher. Black Diamond prepared special s for sale here at the bunkers at $6, and with delivery across town, householders are fortunate if they get their coal un der the $9 price, , Of 23 representative cities in the United States, in which The Times has made inquiries, only two report the price declines the whole country expected. Tji seven cities prices have advanced. , Elsewhere, as in Tacoma, prices ha<re remained about as before Aug. 20, when the president issued his price schsdules. Mailed Notices Stolen (Hatted Prcaa l.raacd Wirt.) BITTTP:, Mont., Sept. 22.—Half A Silver Bow county's quoJa of drafted men failed to report for entrapment for Camp Lewis, Ta coma, and police and county au thorities are co-operating, with army officials today in rounding up the missing men. The failure of the men to re port Is attributed to missing no tices which were mailed to all the • men in the second quota. The no tices are said to have disappeared mysteriously In the postoffice. Two hundred men failed to re port. President Wilson sent Chief of Police J. J. Murphy a message to day commending him for his effi ciency in rounding up men wjio - failed to register for the draft. Six hundred men in Butte failed to register, BONDS SOON ! WILL ARRIVE Ralph Stacy, head of the Taco ma Liberty loan committee, has hopes today that the first series of •• the bonds, sold laßt summer, will arrive in the city about the first of the month. He received a telegram today from the San Francisco federal re aerve bank, thru which deliveries will be made, saying that the first bonds were expected to rea^h there Sept. 26. Oh, Mr. Hoover, These Fish Are Milking Farm Cows (Sperial <« The Tlnta.) SPRINGVALE, 111., Sept. 20. — Dairymen living near hear have asked the state to permit seining . Elk creek for fish, following the discovery that blg-mouth bass have been milking the cowb when they go into the water to drink. The discovery was made by Sammy Balrd, 11, while wat«shing -. his father'a herd pastured two miles north of town. Dairy men had been noticing losses In their milk supplies and blamed tramps. Local dealers declare that if the $3.60 fixed by the president as the price to be paid at mines in Washington, is made to apply to domestic, as well as commercial I coal, there will no longer be auch a thing as lump coal In this state. The cost of picking It would make the price out of the question, they say. The $3.50 price at the mine, they say, is the same as the price for the lowest grade steam coal before the president's decree was issued. Hence there has been no reduction In retail prices. IS Outs Profit. The Tacoma Trading Co., which today quoted prices ranging from $6 to $8 for various gradeß, fig ured out taht the $6 retail price leaves them with only 15 cents profit with a $3.50 rate at the mines, as follows: Price at mine $3.50 Freight charge 60 Handling 20 Shrinkage 15. Hauling to city 1.25 ' Total ' $5.85 Other Tacoma dealers, includ ing the Pacific Coast Coal Co., are quoting prices at from $7.60 to $9.50 a ton. The excuse mostoffered thru out the country for failure to low er the coal prices to consumers it —retailers had contracted for coal from the mines at a higher price than fixed by the president. liower in Oklahoma. Retailers In Oklahoma City, Okla., have lowered their prices from $1 to $1.50, but say they are selling the coal at a loss because they have to pay more than the president's schedule calls for, to abide by their contracts. In Memiihiß. Term., where coal is still sold In the old way—by the barrel-—retailers say they had bought a large supply, of coal at the beginning of summer, and therefore are not affected at pres ent by the now mine prices. High contract prices for coal to retailers, and, therefore, higher prices to consumers, obtain In 12 of the 23 cities investigated. In one. Harrlsburg, Pa., the only coal available had been contracted for Young Bald noticed a commo tion in the water and -saw two large bass engaged in a furious battle. One was a large-mouth bass, the other small-mouth. The small-mouth fish was driven off and Baird watched the other fish swim leisurely up to a cow and begin milking it. Investigaton showed several other fish similar ly engaged. A community fish fry Is plan ned 'if permission to seine this stream is granted. hy the year. BUT THK COX-1 TRACT PRICE HAPPBNI TO BK LOWER THAN THK PRESI DENTS. The dealers there immedi ately 1....X uilwintage of HiK ••itiuitliiii and ralseil tlie re tall price*, of the .'.ml they I. i.l emitracittl for at a lower rate, from $!.'_.% to SI .(MI a ton! They hold the mine opt-i'itUirs to the lower ain.iiiiit mmmteket tor, hot are rataing the price* to the I'onNiimers, to < (inform wiUi the president'n M-he<dule. One curious angle of the coal situation in Louisville, Is that lust across the Ohio river, at Jeffer sonvllle, Ind., soft coal may lie Lour.hi hi $ I under the quotations of Louißvllle coal men. In Jer sey City, N. J., coal bought aj the yards is $1 less a ton than that delivered. VALUATION GIVES MORE CITY FUNDS Real estate in Tacoma is valued at $42,20(5,405, according to val uations j.laced by County Assessor Cameron and transmitted to Con troller Shoemaker Saturday. The total valuation of all real, personal and public service prop erty In the city is given at $66, --397,956. This total Is $700,000 than that of last year, the ttirrease be ing caused hy raises in personal property made this year by the assessor. The increase will give the city between $10,000 and $15,000 more tax money for public ex penses in 1918 than was allowed this year. ALL THE ELKS WANT HIS JOB About all the Elks in town and a whole platoon or two of their soldier guests are threatening to apply to Rhodes Brothers today tor the window dressing job of Bert Cultus. They are laboring under the Im pression that his daily labor con lists In the same sort of task as he performed at last night's smok er. That was to dress a live mod-1 ip a nifty red, white and blue cos tume, Btartlng only with an un dressed model, some red, white and blue material and some pins. JURORS^FACE BITTER QUIZ Jurors drawn Monday to try the army post condemnation suit will have to run the gauntlet of ex amination by a large part of the Pierce County Bar association, un less gome arrangement can be made to shorten the process. Any attorney out of the large number of representing the de fendants is likely to have to try his cases before either one of the two juries, consequently all are legally entitled to examine every juror drawn. Judge Clifford said Saturday he did not expect that more than one Jury could be drawn on Mon day. The first Jury will Immedi ately be sent out to view the land involved In the first suit. \^_ _________. .___—— _ —. —*.a»«a.i. yry...*,}- HERE ARE THE EYES SECRET SERVICE HEAD BIELASKI IAS SET ON THE GERMAN SPY SYSTEM IN UNITED STATES. MYSTERY CODE! Tacoma Police Worried by Suspicious Memorandum A mysterious code for se cret messages, tiellcvcd by the | ..lire to have been use.l either by spies or clever crini- Inuls, is causing Tacoma de tectives nun h worry today. The code was found at 17th and Broadway by two women Fri day afternoon, and turned over .to Patrolman KlHng*—i a*\ .. later gave it to Detective Capt. Kin caid. It was written in pencil on a tiny piece of thin paper, which tad been folded Into the size of a postage stamp. The word "call" headß the list, and after it are two dashes and a dot, as used in the Morse tele graph code. In Morse, this sym bol spells the letter "G." Beneath It are Uie follow ing messages, and tiieir code words: "Answer," > . (two Arts.) "Come to rounsel, . — (dot and dash). "IjBJ- low," . . . (three dot*). "Get out of the county," — (two dots and dash). "Help," — — (two TACOMA SOLDIERS MOWED DOWN BY MACHINE GUNS BY HALP.H W. IMXKBRTON. t Wim.ihl, 4tJl to.. Wash 0. A. C. FORT FLAGLER, Sept. 20 — (By mail.) —This was our hike day again. This time parts of three com panies marched out six miles, ate their lunch, then came back to at tack the fort. The regulars are left to defend It. The judges decided the sham battle a tie.. Capt. Llndborg and an attacking party were complete ly annihilated by machine gun fire. Several of the regulars were captured by men of the 4th and 10th companies. Crawling thru dense under brush was apart of the battle that gave the new soldiers a touch of real army life. Next Thursday another sham battle will be fought. a a a The best place In the fort. That's where I am writing from, and that's what we all say of our new Y. M. C. A. tent. It Is situated In back of our new movie house, is 40x80 feet in ■ize, and is well heated by a lan?e stove. Every night after retreat until call to quarters It Is full of men. There are about eight or nine tables, a bunch of magazines and plenty of pens and ink. The Seattle public llhrary has sent up a large box of books, all of popular titles. In the musical line, a Vlctrola with at least 100 records adds en tertainment for the men. Check ers and chess games are popular. Athletic equipment also goes with the tent. This was all provided for us thru the efforts of the War Work Council which raised several thou sand dollars in the country to es tablish tents wherever Uncle HE GETS 'EM! Bit'laslvi Knows How Tl ( (Special to The Timea.) WANIIINGTON, l>. <"., Kept. _'_.—While administration officials ure not making knon ii how they ohtnineil the text of yon lie. listol -fl's in* s aage disclosing tin- (ierninn Kt.-.tMitui slush fund to infill tMmt <*4 ingress, then* is one in.iii h< .<• who could tell. dashes). "Meet at the plnce," . , . . (four tints). "I didn't get you," . . . . . (five dots). "Homebody is monkeying," (clx dots). Polite reneari:li in eastern cities litis shown that criminals often use the Morse teleprapli code in transmitting messages. One of the commonest ways is by tapping the dots and dashes with a pencil or key on the transmitter of a telephone. A person at the other end of the line can hear the code mes sage, without the sender taking any rlek of revealing his identity by voice. Similar messages are used In chalk marks on fences or walls previously designated by the per sons communicating with each other. » Because the wording of the code Is not in criminal parlance, police detectives are inclined to believe that the messages have been used by spies. Several detectives are investi gating the code signals, and the case will also be given to federal officers for Investigation. Sam's soldiers are stationed. It is the most welcome gift that has come to the camp. If I remember correctly, Taco ma raised a nice sum for this pur pose. The money was certainly well spent. *s To everyone who did give, we say thanks. Hoquiam Pupils Paint Town Red (Special to The Times.) HOQUIAM, Sept. 22.—Thirty boys, members of the senior and sophomore classes of Hoquiam high school, were temporarily sus pended yesterday as a result of a display of class rivalry which the night before resulted In an at tempt by members of the two 1 classes to "paint the town red." Red paint was applied liberally to the residence of Principal F. E. Schmidtke, the First Presbyterian church, the white front of a dairy In the residence district and the high school gymnasium, and also to several sections of wooden and concrete sidewalks. The thirty boys must clean off the paint where possible and where not to provide money to re paint the buildings. , In the case of the wooden side walks the boys found It necessary to turn over the boards to elim inate "the evidence." STUDENT FLYER FALLS TO DEATH <t nIK-.l Prettt M.rmmr* Wire.) MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Sept. 22.—Wilbur D. Mong, Tltus ville, Pa., a student at Selfridge aviation field, was Instantly kill ed today and his Curtis flying ma chine was buried In the earth 'when he fell 1,500 feet to the earth during a trial flight. list* Notes Are Grabbed. He i A. Brii.c llielaHki, head of the 11. S. Seiret service. Isluk »P three or four Hteuog raphi'i's a day ilictiitiiii; orders and kMplag In personal tiiii.li with the remotest points of the vast net spun by his operatives, has not ;uld«'<l a wrinkle io the face of the boyish chief of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, engaged at :M in a I.utile of wits witli the win id's master spi.se. "Diver-ions! | pet all the diver sion I need runuiiig (lilk Job now! No, I don't need a vacation" Bruce Uiclaski told a subordinate who urged him to lake a few days off. The reply of I'nclc Sum's so- , (•ret mtltea head tells the whole , ■tor? of the punch lie Ih pulling I, Into bis work. II He Keeps Tit. Biolaska whs lit when the job came. Twelve yeais of bard work und planning in the government j, service were buck of him when the war began, lie practiced keep- . inn fit Willi the devotion of a fanatic. Hi* used to piny third base on iin amateur l< ..... nearly ' every afternoon in summer aft<-i' a day's work, eat, din ner mill spend the teat of tin* i evening at the Y. M. <'. A. holing with the instructors , or liny professional pug who n.f I.( drop in. I The chief of Uncle Sam's! sleuths is human. There is no Sherlock Holmes and Hoc Watson Fluff about his office It looks like any other business office. His Second light. TMelaski's battle witli the Prus sisii spy system is his second (Continued on Page Six.) HANGS SELFf AND CHILDREN! it .ili.-.l l*rraa I rn.r.l Wlrc.l DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 22. — [ Mrs. Julia Mi Mi la of Hamtramckj p hanged herself and three children' In their home today. The children, all girls, were aged 18 months, three years and five years, respectively. The father, a Hungarian, and two older children survive. No motive is known. Can't Take Case Itno U. S. Court A ruling was made by Federal Judge Cushniiiii Saturday on the petition of Mary J. Lyon and George Lyon, jr., for the removal of the army post condemnation suit to federal court, is believed to settle the question which has been raised by two or three simi lar attempts in the superior court. .The Lyons, who are owners of 1,045 acres of land on Lake Se qualitchew, live in Nebraska, and asked the change of venue on the ground that the defendants live in different states. Judge Cushman remanded the petition to the state court, ruling that the action is covered by the state law, tho Pierce county ap pears as the condemner, and that the federal court has no jurisdic tion. TODAY'S Ot-BABIXO- Clearings $ 439,732.84 Balances 83,789.52 Transactions 1,347.194.22 CAMP LEWIS AT NIGHT It's Gateway of Army of the Democracy As In Day By Mabel Abbott Late afternoon is not the end of the day at Camp Lewis. Workmen on the buildings knock off; "dinner bucket spe cials" rattle homeward; the parade ground empties as bugles call the awkward squads to mess, and visit ors crowd the outgoing buses. Presently far down the long'line of barracks, the lights flash up. The strains of phonographs fol low the clatter of knives and forks; groups of soldiers crunch thru the gravel In the darkness, laughing and talking qqietly. or crowd around the shed to watch the new arrivals. Later still, the crowd melts away again; the lights in the barracks go out; oil. silence and darkness of the prairie* steal up ami cover the 'amp. Rut still the receiving abed glows. ... .. m U. S. Senator Has Evidence 11' in i .-.I Press lc:iv..t Wire.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. -Definite evidence that Former Ambassador yon Bernstorff paid out large sums of money to certain publications is in the hands of Senator King of Utah. King told the senate today he had photographic copies of checks and receipts for money paid by yon Bernstorff to the Fair Play Publishing company and Marcus Braun, its editor, among others. Among his photographic copies, he Mid, is a German embassy check for $2000, drawn on a Washington bank, payable to the Fair Play Publishing Co., and shown to have been paid by the bank. Another is a receipt for $1500 showing that Marcus Braun, pacifst, had received that sum from the em bassy. King's data Is known to be nh- soluleiv authentic and further shows the extent of yon Hern slorff's web of influence st ret. he.l hhriiout this country. This peri odical the Fair I'lay magazine - 'may be one of the guiding hands Jof the "organization" mentioned by yon JUernstorff as a possible factor in successfully Influencing congress against war. King also said he has copies of papers showing payment* from the Austrian embassy to forclKii language newspapers. Anwn; Tnl'Flr'Wwspaper. Demand Searching Probe. The King expose today, coupled with the state department revela tions yesterday, stirred congress to new demands for searching in quiry into the use of the disloyal press in spreading German propa i ganda. Secretary Lansing informed I Chnirnian Flood of the house for ! elgn affairs committee today that he thought investigation into llernstorff's attempt to influence congress with a $. ri(),000 fund un necessary. The secretary, however, said lie had no desire to interfere with congress if members thought an investigation should be made to clear teh reputation of the house. Leaders in both house and sen- TACOMAN KILLED AT WALLA WALLA Police headquarters received a I telegram Saturday from Walla I Walla saying that Robert J. Clark i of Tacoma, 20 years old. had been i killed there. The police were I asked to locate Clark's father, 1 employed on one of the railroads entering Tacoma. As yet the po lice have been unable to locate the father. HURT IN FALL AT . CITY PLAYGROUND Udwrtrd Crevlston, a 10-year old school boy, 030 Fawcett aye., fell from playground apparatus at the Central school Friday even ing and broke his right arm. He was taken to Tacoma General hos pital, where Dr. Layton, school physician, attended him. Italian university professor says he has found radium In dew. For the trains tha*. are bringing the second quota of the national army come at .ill uourj of the day and nigbt, and nt whatever time they come, the camp is ready for them. The officers ct the receiving shed work in throe shifts of eight hours each, and they check and re-check and record the newcomers as carefully at 1 o'clock In the morning as at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. In the intervals tetwoen arrivals they huddle *rmi.*i<f bonfires and nod or yawn or talk in discon nected sentence, of Camp Lewis' part of the country's huge job. "System's working all right," said an overcoated silhouette Fri day night, to nobody In particular. "Kind of hard to handle so mjinv men without making them feel like'sheep. I believe this is as near aa we can come to it." ate are eager to probe the ramifi cations of (icrmany's lntrlgua (Continued on Page Six.) rpALKOTffI; (■'reelings, what are YOU going to do at...ut Taconua'a exor'Htant bread prices? Lnily next door says: "And also, nothln' loses like a loser." While the new faahioaa last, slackers will find it harder thnn ever to hide lie- Inii.l women's skirls. Perhaps the druggists, foresee ing a gasoline shortage, have Im ported all that whisky to sell for auto fuel. Senator Jones declare* the I nit.-.I States must fight tile German people. You can keep a thing secret for a while liv* eventually some United Stales senator Is sure to hear (As sung at Camp Lewis.) "My wife took in washing, on* fifty per day; I clerked In a grocery at naif tk« same pay; The kids picked up penniea la some doggone way! My gawd! How the money rolled In!" "Mary Garden Is Back, Wearing Her War Medals.'' Even Mary has to muffle af these cool mornings. I ran remember When we used to laofh At tho low brow Who always ordered Ham and egga. Silver is selling above a dollar an ounce. Boy, page Mr. Bryaa and the Heaven born ratio. His neighbor lit a clgaret with a flaming chunk of wood. After a silence— "Yep." "That was a fine-looking bunch that came in last." observed on* of the clerks. "Wonder what the kaiaer thinks, when his spies Mil titan what's going on la 16 Atter e-t places in the Cafe* States, eh?" Several olive-drab mum_n.ee around the fire emitted sudden grunts. "Well. I'll be glad when they're all In, declared a sleepy youngstei* with a pistol on his thigh. "Is that It was. And thru the daikama stumbled another column of Wak- Ing boys to the receiving she 4 ■ ■ THE GATEWAY OF THB AAM OF DEMOCRACY, THAT 18 OH 24 HOURS IN THE PAY, ._Srf_l