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*<***•NIGHT EDITION*****WEATHER

Tacoma: Unsettled, probablyshowers tonight and Wednesday.

Washington: Same, cooler to-night east portion.

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Send More Troops 'Alter VillaHOLY SMOKE! ANOTHER ONE!

CHEAP HOCUS-POCUS

'Produce at Home,' Say Boys atWork On Neglected Fruit Trees

By Edgar C. WheelerWith hundreds of vacant lots

and back yards under cultivationand with a juvenile public marketpromised for early in the summer,there appears to be no limit to

the constructive things whichprogressive Taconui school chil-dren are doing to improve theircity this year.

THIS WKKK IT'S HOYS ANDRHl'lT TREES. INDUSTRIOUSDADS. HATH OFF TO THKYOUNGSTERS! THEY 11A\'KYOlT BEATEN A HUNDREDWAYS.

Your own boys this week areswooping' down in a spring driveon those unproductive or near-productive fruit trees which youhave permitted to dilly-dallyalong without a boost or a help-ing hand, uncared for, in hun-dreds of your back yards.

They -'•> ihumus weaklimbs ItHck to life and thestriiiißones into doing h day'swork in fruit production.Armed with scientific informa-

tion which shame their dads they

SmallBusiness

ManIf you are doing a lim-ited business becauseyour capital i small,see the

Puget SoundState Bank

B* There la something

Lg.. about assistance andPB| co-operation which pro-I motes the small into the5 large.

[ H. N. TINKER,f*. President.

are pruning, clipping, caring fordisease and deformity.

While the old folks are slogan-ing "Huy at Home." these youngmen are putting "Produce atHome" into practice. They figurethat production comes on the listeven before buying.

Here's what started the springfruit tree drive:

A recent investigationshowed 11nit not one in 30<if the. thousands of fruittrees in Tac«im» yards wereproperly cured for or produc-ing anywhere near the fruittlint they should.J. H. Stahl, horticulturist at

the Puyallup experimental sta-

lion, was called over to Tacoinaby Assistant Superintendent ofSchools Crook.

Stahl took a big bunch ofschool boys and showed them bypractical demonstration and inshort talkr, what to do with fruittrees that had been neglected.

The use of an orchard was ob-tained, and 100 boys were allow-ed to try their own hands at ituntil 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 lioldof the fnmily trees and are doingwonders with them.

Tt is an ancient pnotlw of unwrupuloui politicians andtheir unprincipled newspaper allies to spring at the eleventhhour of a political campaign rouio yarn calculated t<> injurethe men they are opposiDg.

They take care always to make must of their attack byinnuendo^ and I<> deliver it wj lute Ihat ii i-amini be answeredbefore Ilie polls Open.

The present cainpaigu has seen this lioary artifice work-eil once more. A nasty underground t'iu.lll between twocliques dividing <>n so-calhtl religious linen has been draggedinto the open on the ai'teiiioiin before the primary with theidea of discrediting some ejuididate or sei of rundidates.

No sensible citizens li going to pay the least attention tosuch a venerable scarecrow.

'New York' NarratesStory of Sinful City

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

section of his or her dome lor thinking purposes is togo to the polls today t<» vote for the three candidates whomhe 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 thatthese men are Pettit and McGregor for commissioner, andany one of Meads' four opponents, for controller. Also thata vote for the proposed civil service charter amendment is astep along the same line.

And when this primary is over, regardless of who maybe 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 donot think it good citizenship to muddy the waters at this elev-enth hour with side issues.

DENIEDBANDITIS HURT

KAISER DETERMINED TO TAKE

IVERDUN; SIMPLY MUST GET IT;THERE'S A GOOD REASON WHY

• TIV J. \V. T. MASONXotitl .liuerirnti Authority mi

This War,Qrrniany'i vlotoal <-fr«»rt to

cH|iii.rf Vt't(iiu). h! inch hugei-0,-i if lift, means licit the kalur

;is |'t .irliiK fof th« (mi" whenIlls troopi win lie compelled ;«>

tbortcD their wrsicrn line of Je-jr<-ns( bj \u25a0vacuaiing most ofnorthern Fiance and Belgium.

runs trom Antwerp, tiuungtiI BruMcla, Natnur, Qlvet, MetelofMImd Sedan to Verdun, wiwro itIjoim t lie iircspnt southern o«'r-| man front i Minding through I.or*ralna »ud Alsace, i«o ajUaa.

Hy iiioiinu Ilie ImtMe-frouthiK'k la (111- |K>sittin, Ilii-re-I'oiv, (lie OanWNM \t"nlil if-

i|niii' ml) tiii).(loo niiMi usflii'ir ilt'NMiilinu ami).But •\u25a0veil this number might

prove too man) for the Qenaaato l<i'(|i eontlnuoutb mpplylng if

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

So \u25a0 third and last line of (Ip-

j bw hat iici'n prepared, whioiiruns trom tin' Dutch frontier, Ju*tBortli of Mege, through l.i<>K<' it-si'ir. mill tiicii ;ilinost porpradlcu*l;irly south, to \'fninn.

This line tip'.imih--. 110mile-, 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 thepreeent Lorralne-Alsaee lino, \nHi.- KIWI. POINT which theOertnam can bold.

I'usM'-sioii Mrvins a I <nIt is a ihorter front, than tho

Rhine, In c-aiiMf of thp flank pro-tectton afforded hy the seat rattty

| of Holland, aad it is hen; th.it the' Qertuana tnuai turn with tin-lr

liHckw to tlic wall if the war Isfniiiiiit to a ftniah.

The POBBKBBION of Vprdiin,if a iiirtaihiu'iit of the westernfront 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 Virrun Hup, idvantag4oualy pissedto (litiiiiHH tentll with tin- allies:without Verdun, the pfdonlaaatadvantage in iii<" peace ((infcrencawould 1)^ WITH TIIK AU-IKK.

V'iiliiii (\u25a0<*rin:in>'sIllllsl ( oiniMlll'lK illicit |i;t tllof invasion Illln I r.im iv

IContinued on l'nxe Kive.)

XI. PAflO, April 4. — Americantroopi are kproftchlag Durtftfo,Bii\itli of Chihuahua, und are mov-ing rapidly.

Friria.v Col. Dodds tpp—Ttdnear 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. Itis reported that IS, OOI Cairannis-tas are marching northward from

1 Toiieon. It is thought they planI to attack Reyes.

Tin- Verdun offensive is inrtftlft) a DEFENSIVE caaiimlga.

In in effort to secure a vastly

' iinp<<i'i.ilit point of vantage, whichcan nerve m Q«rmaajr'i FINALPOINT Of RETREAT, if the waris tv 'X foil(hi to h condition ofroDipletc exhauitiM f»r one wide

I or the nt her.

Cattlemen arriving today denythe report that Villa is wounded.Col. lrwin, and not Col. Dodds,routed Villa, it was learned. Needs 1.000.0U0 Men Now.

Mexicans warned Villa of theapproaching Americans, and thesurprise, was not complete.

To hold Mtrcßchmrata underimxlrrii londitons of warfareugHiiist gttackl cuch M can bf de-veloped li> Unlit Inn machines likethe British and Krench armies,require* \u25a0 defensive force of be-twei n 3,001 an<l .">,<ioo nirn amile.

SKM» MORN SOUHKHSWASHINGTON, I). C, April 4.

—Additional American forces en-tered Mexico south of ColumbusSunday to Htrenntiien the lilies ofcommunication, Secretary Hakerannounced today.

It l» believed the detachmentsbelong to the fifth cavalry.

The curving western front fromOdtend to Verdun measuresabout SCO miles. To hold thisMotion of the western line, (!or-

nianv must employ 1,009,000men. Thiit is, the CONTINUOUSMIMMIM iiiiist be 1,009,000men. The number can never beallowed to fall below that levelif the Uernian defenses are to bemade safe :inninst attack.

In the sinful sinning of Hie.brilliant <;reat White Way, as iti« graphically pictured in "N«wYork," at the Apollo ttieater thisweek, one pure light is kept burn-ing by Florence Iteed, In her por-trayal of one beautiful "mother-ing heart."

In the lending role, FlorenceItet'd pays ;i real tribute to moth-erhood in \u25a0 screen world whrrebabies are bartered for gold andwhere the kingdom of childrenfalls before the mad, alluringwhirl 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 islured Into a clandestine love af-fair by Fannia Marinoff, in the

1role of a voluptuous dnncer.A baby, whom he ts led to be-

lieve is his son, is made to Rervethe purpose of a scheme of black-mail and extortion?

After the tragic death of thedancer, 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 triedto uplift him with her "raother-iIng young heart." In self-defensethe kills him.

The innocent girl, about to be-• (mm a mother, ts cast off by her

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 thestory which Florence Heed tellson the screen.

FOUR soi.DIKHS mi;EL, I'ASO, April I. Four

American soldtei'R have died asthe result of illness and acciden-tal Injuries in Mexico.

The heavy Mack line imlii.it r- Ihe piest-nl (.ennan hn< inInline liiiiii (Ktend to Xeidiin: the dulted lines iuiliciit«> paMlM*"fiimls" to which (ierniMiiy imilil uioxe to shoiieii lier line.

replaced •vary six months. If thisholds true for tlie OIfUMM AHwell. 2, tinii.noil new mm must hefound each year to hold the <;\u25a0>•-ni.in lines between Otttfid andVerdun.

fr.iMl.li- fill' tin- (.eilllHlls to""i'i i» -" liuk<' it iiiiiiii>i-i c.r• hell' rili/.onv tar the firingline. I in- iillics .in- l.iiti..-]\Mi|ulrior to ilipTeutonic pow-ers 111 |)O|ll||ll|il>ll.if iho w.ir, ik*nfort, sittlps

down into a ii't-i of endurance tol lir \ery (ml ili«> (Jrnnan llnu intin- wi'Hi will hurt to in' sliorten-iil. B) no oilier MHiiiis iin (!it-

nian> rPtMiii hrr ability to fiimlslithe number of nen kecesMry forproper defoMive opontttois. Thelt.ii miles of trenciics betweenOetend ami Verdun imis<t be il?---nertrd mid new poetttOM, reiiuir-inv, far lfss troops to n...n themmist BH rOUND.

Three hundred have returnedsick. None has been killed in bat-tle.

Will lte<|iiirri >l«re.Where ll no certain rule for de-

teViniiiiiij; the VMtl|l of men atthe front, but it was recently stat-ed b) tli*- Hritish Koverniueiit thatBritish units niiiKt he completely

The iniif must inevitablycoiiio, as the war projjn'sM1-,

when it will no longer he1 What's Doing |Tuesday

Umt. Harry C. Ingles of V. S.army explains the ÜBe of machineguns: Commercial chili; 8 p, m.

Primary municipal tlMtlOB;polls open ft a. in. to 8 p. in,

Commercial club trustees takenp question of selecting club sec-relHry; afternoon.

WHAT THEPRISONERS

TOLD PETEMembership meeting, Connner-i ial dub; open forum on "WhyWe Do Not Buy at Home;" clubrooms; S p. m.

Bitch a line has iiiHiucMionalilvalready been planned in advanceby the (ierman general staff. It

PETTIT AND WOODS,SAY CITY PROPHETS

tooavh cuuumiClearings $ 375,47!) 19Halauces .10.872.41 1

Transactions ..... 1.162.295.46

By E. A. Peters

F. 11. Pettit and Owen Woods

were today conceded places on thefinal municipal election ballots byMayor Fawcett and two city com-missioners.

Of 'Za other well informed per-sons interviewed, all concededPettit a place In their selection ofthe four leading candidates.

In prophesying the outcome oftoday's primary, the city officialsall were positive that they couldname the three high men in therace for councilman, but were alldoubtful over the fourth.

Mayor Fawcett said he believedPettit, Woods, Stayton and Mc-gregor would be the four highmen.

Commissioner Atkina predicted

that Woods, Pettlt and Stoeverwould head the list, with eitherMcGregor, Gronen or Clark asfourth man.

Mills HHid he belieyed Pettit,Woods and Stoevtr would.be highbut refused to express an opinionon tlie fourth place.'

Drake was unwilling to expressan opinion, as wns Woods, who isa candidate to succeed himself.

SCKXT CIUAR FRAUD

WASHINGTON —The treasurydepartment is investigatingcharges that deputy internal reve-nue collectors and ilgar manufac-turers have been in collusion foryears In connection with the re-cent tobacco fraud.

thanked him volubly.Only an inveterate sinokrr lias

been deprived of his tobacco dur-ing an entire day of thrillingevent*, (an appreciate my condi-tion. Normally I would havespurned a pipe that had beensmoked by Qumberlm convicts.

But to Peter Wilson, convict ofonly one day. It was a Godsend.

1 cleaned the stem by washingIt in my untested tea and by wip-ing It on the little towel in mycell.

That m|| was the sweetest Iever tamed.

• * •Many of the inmates at Walla

Walla, because they had beentried out by the honor systemand proved honeßl, are allowedunusual liberties. One of theirupeilal privileges 1r that they arenot forced to go Into their cells,to be locked up for the night, un-til 8 p. m. All other prisonersare locked In Immediately uftersupper.

That Is how It happened thatniore than 20 men came to my

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As M>i.. as the other prison-1era, in my wing had returnedfrflin the dining room, the swei'p-

er began making his 1 Vminiitetrips down the. deck with Ms oillamp and his Invitution to "Light'em up."

"Say, kid, do you smoke?" theold man nuked me.

"Yen, but they took my pipeaway from me when I came in,and 1 haven't had a smoke allday," xaid 1.

I reuti/cd for the first timethat I had been harboring a crav-ing f<n a whiff of tobacco.

He shuffled away. A momentlater lie was out Hide my cell dooragain. He shoved an old briarpipe and a tobacco can throughthe small hole.

"Here's a. pipe that I keep forthe fish," he explained. "I don'tsmoke inyielf. That (obacco isgreenleaf, raised here at the prls-mui. It's pretty strong, but Itmay soothe you a little."

The old convict's sympathy -tndthnuebtfulness touched me. I

I -rTalko'the Times r 1<.i-ri'tini:-.. huve you voted?— 1

OK frlrml down In Old Town]Ihi- 1' .ini'. til to ilsk If (Tie salooriKwill he 1 toned today hecaiiKe ofthe iirlinary election. No, becauseof the election of November,1914.

UK V<M( I! A kit XIn that table-full of technical

imd hixlily interestinß llternturethe Commercial club keeim In the(•enter of the bit room we ye«-ttrtfay ran ucroHß a copy of TheAn-, ni'.i Journal.

Though we read it carefully,we didn't find a word in it aboutMayor Fawcett, colioab, Mills,Atkins, Stoever, T. 11. Martin,ftainmyperkliiH. Uev. Trimble orany other Taconia angora or an-gora procuror

Why riopßti't tli<> club take thinmatter up with the editor* .in<lRots our KoatH .1 little publicity,too?

Our Mr. Peters broke Into thepenitentiary, but we know nnoth-er I.< 1 reporter (not a Timesman) who is going to break intoanother stute institution out be-yond Steilacooin lake one of thesedays.

Thin second reporter called re-cently at the home of a wealthyman who wits very 111.

When the servant informedhim the great man waa not dead,he replied:

"Very well. I will wait."

If Ntoever were runningfor weather man, he'd prom-ote "cold but warm; Miimy.<>»i'i<«-i; dry, rainy" days.