There's Still TimeIf you failed to start "The Red I meiaid,"

the great norel that l»t»n yesterday in TherinicM, you can make up for lost lime todayby reading the synopsis and going on withthe second Installment. .Page 2.-

The Tacoma Times"~7Tn 1 THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. I

__ ,_ 125c a NidhtMonth VOL. XJII. NO. 61. TACOMA. WASH., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29,1916. Edition

WEATHERTacoma: Rain tonight and

Wednesday.Washington: Rain west, rain or

snow east portion.

ARREST SCHOOL BOY AS BURGLARHeavy Tax Laid On Tacoma Auto'sRise In Gas and Tires

Costs Pierce CountyThousands ofDollarsa Day-Fine for John

By E. A. PetersEver stop to figure up }<\et

what "war tax" Tacoma autonio-Im.lmk are pay lag?

Xot to I'licle Sam, of course,but to .lohn Dm who handles thegasoline output, and the RoUis-

\u25a0 Mills, bosses of the rubber tirebusiness.

Get ready for a shock.• • •Every time John 1). shoots

up the price of gas one centii gallon, Tacoma alius up$-!ou aildltional perfectlygood dollars each day.

And Pierce county is pay-ing *:S,7K<i more every dayfor gasoline for Us automo-biles than it did a year ago.

• « •According to the figures of

County Auditor Morris, there are2,500 automobiles registeredfrom Tacoma, and 3,800 fromPierce county outside of thecity, a total of 6.300.

A year ago the price of gas**as 11 cents. Today you pay18 1-2 at the service stations, aflat increase of 7 1-2 cents agallon in a year.

The average dally consumptionof gasoline a car, including autotrucks, is eight gallons, accord-ing to automobile men.

If that seven and a half centIncrease holds, Tacoma willspend01, 379,700 aditional for gaso-llne this year, over the previousnormal price.

Auto owners of this city aredropping $9,324 into the Roelto-feller coffers every day for gaso-line, or $3,303,26. In a year.

It isn't "the high cost of liv-ing" any more. Now it's "the!high cost of autoiuobiling." A'l- jtomobile salesmen figure thati in- increased coat of gas is goinglO create havoc in the sales ofnew cars. • • •

As for tires —my goodness!When you think that the In-

crease In gas is staggering, just jgape a moment at the leap takeniv-cut li in the pneumatics onwhich all autos roll.

Rubber tires took a flat le.i).skywards of 10 per cent. Over- 1

size tires, which are becoming |more popular . every day, in J Iwhich are now being used on |probably one-tenth of the cars in ITacoma, Jumped ll per cent. ISome of the large overside liresidoubled in price.

On those 6,300 cars in Piercecounty, the average cost of a tire 'is $25. A new set of lour is!necessary about once a HUM,'I'hiti means $630,000 spent fornew tires each year in Tacomaand Pierce county. Ten per centIncrease is only about $63,000.

Of course, the Roths-childs, who control the rub-ber, limit need ihe money.

But »p know one thing—They've discouraged us

from buying that little ruu-iiboiii tills season.

WHY WILSON ISSO "STUBBORN"

The papers for days have been full of a new controversy

over the torpedoing of merchant vessels.Germany's latest policy, under which she will assume an

attitude of greater "frightfulness" than ever, is to go intoforce at midnight tonight.

You want to know about it. It is a complicated subject,but we have done our best to state It ln the simplest possibleterms.

First, it must be divided into two parts:"Hhi.ll the I'nited Ntates submit to the torpedoing

without warning and without the safe removal of passen-ger* of unarmed merchant ships of belligerent nations?

Shall the I'nited Htaies submit to ihe torpedoing,without warning and without tlie safe removal of passen-gers, of MiMl 11 merchant ships of tlie lielllgerents?

No, says President Wilson, and bis cabinet, because suchaction —in either case—by Germany is against internationallaw.

The international law on both Questions is written in thecustom of nations for hundreds of years. All civilized nationshave respected lite custom for so long that none of them—noteven Germany—denies that such is the law of nations. Tlieproof of this, and the binding nature of it is shown by the fart(lint the rules of every navy in the world, including Germany'suavy. Instruct officers in accordance with the law that mer-chantmen shall not be sunk without due warning, und thatmerchant men huve a right to go armed-

President Wilson's contention is that America must upholdevery international law as it was made by civilized nations be-fore the war. Inasmuch as these laws were made by allnations, all nations must first consent to change tliein. A cer-tain rule of international law may be olisolete, but one nationcannot change it of its own volition, any more than a defend-ant or a plaintiff in a civil rase can change Ihe law when heconies Into court because he believes the law Is obsolete.

President Wilson's whole policy can be summed up brieflyas follows:

I iilcss the 1 mini siiites upholds international law duringibis war, no other nation will. As law breaks down, interna-tional anarchy will build up, aud Amerlru itself, und Its citi-zens, will be victims of such unarchy sooner or later.

International law—the custom of all clvllzed nations—pro-vides that a war vessel shall order an enemy merchant shipto lie to. Then an officer shall visit her, take possession andprovide for the safety of crew and passengers, after which themerchant ship can be disposed of as the officer pleases.

An indication of how international law has been on thissubject is shown by instructions issued by the various govern-ments to their officers at sea. The Hritish admiralty manualof 1888 stales in article 304, which covers the destruction ofan enemy vessel. "The commander to remove her crew andpupal-, and, if possible, her cargo, and THEN destroy th>'vessel."

The French instructions of Lee. 19, 1912, provide In arti-cle 154: "lie-ore destruction you will{dure in safety tlie per-sons, whocier they may lie, who are found on board."

The Russian prize regulations of 1895 authorize com-manders of cruisers ."to burn or sink Ihe detained vessel. Afterhaving first taken all the people off It."

It Is immensely interesting to note the Germany prizeregulations adopted the first month of this presnt war, August.1914. In the German regulations, article 116, says:

"Ilel'ore proceeding to the destruction of the vessel, thesafety of all iiersons on board, and, aa far as |iosslble, theireffects, is to lie provided for."

The naval code of the United States even goes farther,recognizing the right of an armed merchantman to resist cap-ture by an American man-of-war.

There are many citations In the works on internationallaw on the subject of the right of a neutral merchant to armfor defense. It has been the custom for hundreds of years.Our own great Chief Justice Marshall settled its status as in-ternational law by deciding that merchant ships may goarmed.

This decision in the United States supreme court nearlya century ago was accepted by all nations.

Therefore an American citizen is absolutely within hisrights to travel 011 an arulfcd merchant ship, the business ofwhich is to carry merchandise and passengers. It is not awarship under any law, rule, or custom.

The Coyotes 3 Deadliest Enemy

Atto p: Borizla, Rush wolf-

hound, t«n months old. Hhe hasalready ad oxen coyote kills to hercredit. At right: Ivan, chain-plonohip winner at Wetitnilnster\u25a0how at New York. Holding him

ifcMV. O. Matthewi, his owner and

director of the tortliooining coy-ote hunt. .

on daring forages, -or slaysingly, ravenously.But their doom has been

sealed.

\ls Charged With Blackmailing

FLASHES

i 100? Years

AgoDid you know that 100

v years ago the first savingsbatik was given a charter todo business In the V. S.?

This is the year to cele-brate this centennial bypracticing thrift.

We welcome your savings

account at any time, anyamount.

I. PTOET SOUNDBANK1115 Pacific At*.

FARMERSPLOTTING

REVENGEBy Jack JumrmeyerkphhATA, mTsli., Feb.

a».—The pig and sheep

J*tev» o'th ___f"_.°n _S \u25a0_ln* to •»• k,u^> _

"»»»•*m°r?* M •008 •» ***,now"molt.

Irate ranchers, long har-aseed, hay* isued the edict.But th" "tleves know noth-ing of tie murderoua plans.They are coyotes.

the wolf breed developed

****k,",«r« «• °n «»* Wgranches around Hoap Uke.

Their toll of lambs, calve*Mid pig, haa ran np Intothousands annually. HhrewdoM aioaarrtu lead the pack*

Russian wolfhounds have beenbrought ln to police the rauges—fearless dogs that can outrun thefleetest prairie wolf and lay hisflank or throat open with a singlesla.,h of the long, deadly muzzle.

The first big hunt Is to btfi-.ta; i'd as soon as the snows havegone from the marshes where thooutlaw packs roam. Race horseswill be used by ranchers in fol-lowing the chase

The kennel of prize wolfhoundsowned by W. O. Matthews herewill guide the less experienceddogs in the coyote round-up.More than 30 will be in theavenging pack—most of thempracticed killers who have beentrained to the deadly work frompuppyhood.

George Drumheller and P. D.Donaldson, the former a 45,000---acre rancher, will direct the hunt.Automobiles as well as fleethorses are to be used in the bigdrive, the first of an extermina-tion campaign.

"PICTURE BRIDES"ON THE INCREASE

BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29.—George D. Leslie director of thehealth bureau of statistics, saidtoday that the Japanese customof "picture brides" la graduallyincreasing Up denies the recentrumor from the east that these iJapanese seldom marry.

LONDON—Military reports is-sued today say that hoth Turk-jyand Bulgaria are seeking an un-derstanding with the allies to-ward peace.

ROME—Swiss d*Apntche3 de-clare the terific Herman batter-Ing north of Verdun Is only afeint and that the" Teutons areconcentrating at Noyon and St.Quentin for an attack on Paris.

BAN FRANCISCO — Questswho became ill at the banquetyesterday of the Methodist min-isters believe their Illness Is dueto ptomaine rather than poison.

CHICAGO—Members of Re-ligious Educational associationare in an uproar today. Part ofthe body favors religious studyin public schools while the re-maining portion opposes it.

ISAIIKI, CI-AYIU'IUiH.

Mrs. Clayburgh recently was arrested in I,os Angeles on tele-graphic request from Sheriff Boh Hodge of Seattle. She is accusedjof being a member of a daring blackmail ring (hat mulcted wealth)jmen from one end of tlie roasl to the other of large sums of money,!after photographing them in compromising positions. Gov. Listerivestenlav forwarded an application for her requisition. She has de-Jnled stoutly all knowledge of the operations of the gang.

SAN FRANCISCO—Messagesreceived here today claim thatthree passengers of the wreckedsteamer Kifleld, together withCapt. Back man, are fighting fortheir lives on the bar of the Co-quille river In southern Oregon.

TODAY'S < I.KAIUNGHClearings I 319,011.51Balances 41,-20.1UTransactions 1,121,152 11

Indian School PupilsFigure In Elopement__»___- — _ _ _ _ClM|lnating a romance at Ihe

I Cushman I'rades school that be-gan two years ago, Martin Reavy,age 17, and Margaret Yukton,

I age 1"). Indian pupils at I'ncleI Sam's big educational colony onthe K.isi Side, eloped Saturdayafternoon and have not been seensince

Details of the elopement be-came public today, when Supt.

IT. B. Wilson of the Cushmanj school asked Police Chief Smith|:to assist in searching for tlie cou-Bo||

The Cushman school is a co-educational institution, with sep-arate dormitories. The se\es

'mingle freely outside of schoolhours, and during the past twoyears Reavy and Miss Yuktonhave been together frequently.

Reavy came from a MontanaIndian reservation, and the gir! shome was at Nlsqually agency.

Saturday the girl came to Ta-coma with her father, who wish-ed to make some purchase Latein the afternoon the father putMargaret on a Portland aye. car,bound for the Trades school.

At. mooa Saturday young Reavyhad obtained special permissionto go to Tacoma.

["What's DoingToday

Last day to take out 1916 autolicensee.

Leap year day.

TomorrowSevernj five deputy assessors

begin checking personal property

Members' Council, CommercialClub; 12:15 p. m.; to discuss Sta-.dliim high gymnasium.

TAKE PERSONALTAX ASSESSMENT

Seventy-five special deputle.will begin taking personal taxasaesments tomorrow. AaaessoiCameron said that the workwould be completed within st>weak*. He urges that all clalmiforr exemptions be and* to thldeputies.

Neither has returned to theschool, the girl having alightedfrom the car a lew blocks awayfrom the corner where her fath-er put her on.

"Neither the girl or hoy hadany money, and they couldn'thave gone fur," said-Supt. Wilsontoday.

They have not obtained a mar-riage license in any Sound city,so far as has been learned.

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H I CUPID IS.1 ASLEEP N f

kfina should be hardest at s,s\

MM '"'' (OUMt-v auditor'smT office and the auto- HAm mobile department 93rWM ,n<l the rushing IkjF business Instead. U

iJjA The young people —mKny of the city who con- /I

templated taking Pfwm—93 advantage of Leap XJfmEJ Year evidently post- JVJT poned their step- MgEk

EX- ping off, for not a 93mEEW single marriage 11- TTtT cense had been Is-

AfewS sued at a late hour. I \u25a0Auto licenses, ntW

jr however, are goin_ mm.ak like hot butler. Hep- 3—93m uty Doten said that *m

8.260 already had _fl^been written. M

*m About SI6O motor- IgmIT cycllsU out of 870 JLQjAm last year have taken ef&mh\om out new licenses. \&J

Finger Prints OnWindow of ShopOnly Clue to theThief's Identity

Finger prints left on a pane (•!" glass that wasremoved by to intruder bom i window in the meatmarket of George Johnson, :;.><>:» Sixth avenue, re-sulted today in the anvst of Marcus Peterson, aga17, a West End schoolboy.

Although Peterson denies any knowledge of tin.crime, and his parents arc equally positive thai hewas not tlir wrongdoer, Deputy Prosecutor GeorgeThompson has filed a forma] charge of first degreeburglary against tin- youth.

The crime OCCUrrad Kat'iinlav —-years ago, compared with thoseon the window. Microscopic In-vestigation showed them to >.cprim s from the same finger, ac-cording to Officer Smith.

"No two persons In the world

I have the same sets of tiagor*I prints," said Smith today. "I will1 go on the stand and swear to the| jury that the prints on this pie«'oI of glass are from Marcus I'eter-I son's fingers Klnger-prlu-sI never lie."

This is the first time In Taeo-- ma ihal a person has been ar-rested purely on finger-printlili'iiiiflciition.

There are no other clues Mi connect Peterson with the crinn ,

it is said.

_aa. i inn. ii , - , .-, a I llI 11,1 \

night. A glass-cutter was needto remove a large section of win-dow.

Although the lliief broke op»na casli register, and ransackedthe store, nothing ni stolen.

Detectives brought the pieces ofglass lo police headquarters. Ber-tlllon Operator Harry M. Smithapplied an Intensifying powderto the surface and Immediatelythere appeared on one edge Ihe]imprints of thumb and fingers oftwo hands.

Smith traced the finger-prints 'nnd compared them to lists Madiv his office.

The finger records of MarcusPeterson, who had been sent tothe Chehalis reform school tVO

#EXTWEEK'S NOVEL in The

Times will be "The Ranch at tin;

Wolverine/ 1 by li. M. Bower.It is a typical western story, with

the scene in Idaho, and is filled withthe tang of advent inc.

BillLouis is a plucky girl butyou must read it to understand.

It will start on Monday and and on Saturday,And by the way, arc yon reading "The Bed I.iii.t

aid" this week. If nut, turn to gage 2 quick.

GRONEN GOES OUTFOR DRAKE'S JOB

Throwing a flurry into theranks of office-seekers who have I

announced themselves as candi-

dates at the coming primaries,Hamilton F. Gronen, engineer incharge of construclion of theXlsqually power plant, today de-clared himself I candidate for theoffice of commissioner of lightand water.

Gronen declared his belief *hatthe new council, which meets InMay, will re-arranpe Ihe lommis-sionershlps. He said he was con-vinced Commissioner Hrake, pres-ent head of the light and waterdepartment, would be switchedto some other department.

"I feel that 1 am more quali-fied as chief of the light andwater department than of anyother commissionershlp at thecity hall," said Gronen today."And I feel confident that .he

entire city council will be re-ar-ranged this spring.

"I am not making any chanwtat Ibis time against Mr. Drake,but I believe tli.it I could opera titthe department efficiently md.aye the City I great d.al Mmoney by It."

(ironeu was for four .ears -11charge of Ihe construction ol l.aGrande, lie declares the record!will show that he Hived Ihe 'HvgL'u 1.077 on this work alum. ' cwas appointed commissioner oflight and water in I !»!_>. wlimCommissioner 11. J. Weeks re-signed, but lost out. at the nestelection to Nick I .aw son.

BAKE ARMENIANBABIES TO DEATH

CHICAGO. F<l>. 29.—Rev. ...jA. Yarrow, American mission 1(7from Turkey, claims the Turk*

I are filling large ovens with Ar-menian baiiie; and baking thento death. Rev. Yarrow recentlyreturned from Turkey.

\u25a0rT alk o' the TimesTlaMaiMaaaan-aa_Baaa__aßaMa_MMGreetings, have you partl-

cipated ln any proposals to-day?

The lady next door says thecollecting link between the ani-mal and vegetable kingdoms is—hash.

Jean fronee, the miuppoisoner, hasn't shown muchIn the way of style In Kim-llsh In his letter* regardingthe police, but you'll have toadmit he has the Ideas.

U. of W. professor says collegestudents don't know how tothink. How much at Jiome heprof, would feel in our city hall.

"Don't punish a child forexaggerating," pleads a wom-an's club torturer. Certain-ly not. Cultivate the liabltand some day lie may he amovie manager, er candidateor rental agent.

Or the editor of Talk .'The Times. ,

TODAYS WOHST KIIHM.I.When is money damp?Answer: When It Is due in

the morning and mist at night!(Subtle stuff, boys—subtle

stuff!

Our heart goes oat to ourlittle comlc-Miip friend, TomDuff, who's trying to dosomething for m fenuiie withan antl-fat bug.

FLOSSIE KI.IM FLAM'SANSWERS

RALPPH. H SHAFFKR- No,that was an accident In the courtroom scene of "The MysteriousHash." It seems that AdolfKelly, the lawyer, played his partwith ouch realism that he gutoverheated and his rubber collarcaught on fire. You're welcome.

GBOROE M HAl.Lßß—lierflIs Vernon Tailgate* recipe formaking pugudeon: Two bucketsof water, one onion. Yet, hi.mokes (if anyone ha* the _oefe>ins.)