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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
Especial to The Times.

NoPStsoh W hho AhhSosy
NEW YOPK, March TO-
The gay thrOngs that inhabit
Broadway are today dwelling
in a fortress that is fast be-
coming a naval base.
Beneath the tinsel and the
mask of pleasure, the metrop-
ais is already on semi-war
basis.
A ten-fold system for the
city's defense has been PLAN
ned and is being perfected
all in the expectation that IL
Germany strikes she will hit
first at New York, the ma
tons solar plexus.
AS the German army struck for
Paris, and the German airmen
struck for London, so will Ger
many's naval lords and secret
plotters, military men believe,
strike first at New York.
Explosion of half a dozen big
shells from battleship off Sandy
Hook, or of bombs from the air,
among New York's five and half
million highly-strung inhabitants
would be like dropping a monkey
wrench into turbine engine.
1t would stop the main office of
a great industrial nation whose
total wealth is estimated at $751;
73O,O71.O9O.
Fear Subs and Zeps.
Declaration of war would set in
motion a most efficient, intricate
and comprehensive machinery of
protection.
Governors Island and the
Brooklyn navy yard, in co-opera-
ton, would be the central of
this vast organization, whose ac-
tivities would extend far out into
the Atlantic. Starting from the
outer fringe of New York's sys-
tenn OF defense, and working to-
wards the center, this is the order
of the different lines:
(1) Submarine: (2) Sea-
planes; (3) Destroyers; (4
Patrol vessels; (5) Outer
fOrtresses; (6) Inner fort
resses; ca Submarine nets,
mines and captive balloons;
(S) Anti-aircraft guns; CO.,
Police; (1O) Home defense
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
MAY BE PRISONERS

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10
Fear that Captain Borum and nine
missing seamen of the City of
Memphis, American freighter, are
now possibly prisoners aboard the
German submarine which sank the
ship was conveyed in the second
of two dispatches received today
from Consul Frost at Queenstown.
The captains boat was found at
II o'clock with indications of
hasty abandonment, the captain
papers being found in biscuit tin
in the boat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
THINK CHILD
IS DROWNED

PORTLAND, Or, March 10. -
Acting on the suspicious behavior
Of little brown cur dog, the har-
Dor police today are dragging the
river at the foot of Montgomery
street.
They believe a child was
drowned there. For three days
the dog has paraded up and down
the river bank, endeavoring to get
employees of nearby laundry to
follow him. Finally a man fol-
lowed and found child's belt and
cap on the dock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

PETROGRAD, March 10. -
Full right to citizenship to Jews
and abolition of the pale was the
further progressive step which
democratic Russia took today.
Petrograd is astir with enthus-
iasm; its streets are packed with
orderly crowds.
Public utilities are now running
as of old.
Today all newspapers were re-
publishing-and with entire free
dom of editorial power. Many of
the newspapers that resumed yes
terday concentrated the event
by special editions full of eulogies
of the new free Russia'--includ-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
WARSHIP SUNK

UNITED Press Leased wire.D
LONDON, March 19.-German
destroyers sank a British destroy
er in the Straits of Dover yester-
day morning and torpedoed a Sec
ond British destroyer, according
to an admiralty statement issued
this afternoon.
The latter British warship was
not seriously damaged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

Or abroad that the efficient oper-
alton of the country's railways
would be hampered or impaired
in the face of its latest peril.
The railroads surrendered COM
pletely, leaving their end of the
adjustment entirely in the hands
of President Wilson's mediation
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
(BULLETIN.)
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
March 10.-President Wilson
this afternoon authorized Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels to
use the $115,OOO,OOO emer-
gency naval appropriation,
the navy department an
nOunced today.
The authorization was the
primary object of the presi-
dents visit this afternoon to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

/ board. A joint committee is to
thresh the minute details.
The following statement was
issued by the mediators at 6
| a. M:
I'VE desire to express our ap-
probation of the large and
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
REVOLUTION!
United Press Leased Wire.

Omitted Press Leased wire.)
NEW YORK, March 19.-.Wild
rumors of a revolution in Berlin
swept the United States and Can
ada this afternoon---with no ap-
parent basis SO far as could be
ascertained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
CHARGE PLAN TO
BUY DRY SQUAD;
BARTENDER HE'LL

Arrested Sunday evening
after he had handed Officer
W. II. Sears of the police dry
squad an envelope containing
S25 i'm bills, y. Lucas, bar
tender i'm the old st. Helena
wine house, 1918 Broadway,
was formally charged Nom
day with attempted bribery.
Punishment under the charge
filed against Lucas is maximum
sentence in prison of 10 years, or
a fine of $4,000. His bail has
been set by the police at 1900
cash, and he is held incommuni-
cadO at the city Jail pending fur
Their investigation.
The arrest of Lucas, or Newt
Nelson, as he is known on lower
Broadway, Is the elimination of
series of attempts to bride men,
bers of the police dry squad, ac-
cording to Police Chief Harry NJ.
Smith and Capt. Cornish.
Officers Sears and b. +. Bryan
of the dry squad were making
their rounds of soft drink parlors
and saloons Sunday evening when
the alleged bribery attempt oc-
Cured Sears, who was accom-
panying a small boy in search OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
RUSHING NAVY TO
QUICK READINESS

Secretary Daniels, IL was
said.
The money was appropriate
ed by congress to be used i'm
an emergency to speed up
shipbuilding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19
CRUSHED TO DEATH

Crushed by a log at camp of
the North Coast Timber Co. at
Thrift, WASH, A. A. Baker, %,
died of his injuries at local hos
pital Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

We are in favor, not only OF
government ownership of rail-
roads, but of government own
ership of the supreme court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

A few things have not yet gone
up:
Postage stamps.
Newspapers.
The Chicago, Milwaukee depot.
Even automobile tops haven't
come down.
WHAT ED THOUGHT OF THE
SHOW
(From Whitehall, Mich, Forum.)
Ed Rogers attended the automo-
bile show in Grand Rapids last
week and while there purchased
span of horses.
Wherein we show how an
American audience sings The
Star Spangled Banner:
Ohio, say, can you see by the
dawn's early light
What so proudly we haild at
the twilight's last gleam-
ing
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la Ia la q Ia ID
steaming?
And the la la la la, la la la la la Ia,
La la la la la la la la la la la;
Ohio, say (omit the rest of this
line--too high, and out of
breath besides)
Ger the land (omit AGAIN. and
the home of the brave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

Greetings, have you a
theory when spring will be
here?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

We note that somebody is
advertising Especial Sale Of
Missionary Furniture"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

Don't lay down the paper
until you have finished in
stallment No. 1 Of the Frank
II. Spearman story that begins
today on page two. Man Of
Music Mountain" 1t is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-19

Tacoma: Unsettled, probably
occasional rain tonight and
Tuesday.
Washington: Same, partly
cloudy east portion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05

| the penitentiary and the adjutant gem
eral. In regard to these offices also.
there has been pronounced silence
as to the intention of the governor,
but it has been generally assumed that
John B. McManus and Harry n. Her
ring will be named to succeed them
selves.
The reason generally assigned for
the delay in making appointments at
this time is the fear that a political
wrangle over the confirmation of the
appointees will cause worry 90 Gov
ernor de Baca at time when II is es-
pecially desirous in the interests of his
health that he be Kept free from wor
ry. The prevailing belief is that all
appointments will be made in the
closing days of the legislative session,
when the time in which confirmation
may be made will be short. Then the
worry and fuss of it all will soon be
over. If the appointments are CON
firmed, well and good if they are not,
1t will he a simple matter for the gov
ernor to make recess appointments
after the close of the session.
Road Legislation.
That the state may lose the advan-
tages of the federal aid road law by
reason of misunderstanding of the
terms of pending legislation on the
subject Is the fear of Senator j. V.
Tully, the author of S. b. SO, which
is intended to put in motion the ma
chinery necessary to obtain such ad-
vantage.
Senator Tully points out that his
bill is simply standardized legislation
prepared by the federal authorities as
a statement of the formal consent of
the state in the provisions of the fed
eral aid road law, and under the
terms of that law it is necessary that
this consent be given at the first ses
sion of the legislature after its enact
ment, which is the present session.
The Tully bill does not appropriate
any money, nor does it obligate the
state to appropriate any special sum
in the future. 1t merely provides that
the state will. in the wording of Sem
dtoi IuilS, 80 lllty-iilty Win unCle
Sam on whatever road building isl
done hereafter"
Senator Tully is strong advocate |
of centralized state control of high |
ways as against county or local con-
troll, and declares that no state that
has ever adopted the former plan has |
it. He calls special atten- |
ton to the fact that there is no poll |
tics in the bill that he has introduced |
and no possible way that political cap |
ital can be made of it. The bill at |
present is in the senate committee |
on roads and highways
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
PARAT|0N To
SINK BIC LINER
SK|[FU[LY MADE
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Boston. Feb Federal inspectors
at work in the engine room of the
North German Lloyd liner Kronprin-
zessin Cecele, which was taken pos
session of in civil proceedings by
United States Marshal Mitchell yes
terday reported today that the ships
machinery had been tampered with
since it had been formally inspected
last Friday Nine valves and all the
brass plates on the manifold box indi-
eating the character and position of
steam and water pipes, had been re-
moved.
While the damage in itself appeared
superficial the inspectors said, il
would have been serious in the event
of a sudden thrush Of water. With
the plates missing, 1t would have been
impossible to determine in time to
save the ship what valves to open and
what to shut In place of the plates
removed were chalked figures which
were unintelligible to the custodans.
Soon after the first discovery that
all was not right with the engines, a
member of the crew was found asleep
on board, although it had been sup
posed that all had been taken off last
night. This man was sent to join his
who are lodged at the i'm
migration station.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
CREW GIVEN HOUR TO
TAKE TO LIFEBOATS

London, Feb. 4.-When hailed by
the submarine, the Housatonic was
flying the American flag and had the
American colors painted on her side,
says a dispatch to the Central News,
The crew was given an hour in which
to leave the ship, the submarine com
mander saying; II have orders to
sink every vessel coming to Eng
land"
The Germans searched the Housa .
tonic and took q quantity of soap.
which they said was difficult to OH
tain The second mate of the Housa 70
tonic WAS second mate of the Ameri-
can steamer Gulfight when that YES
sci was sunk by a German submarine
off the Scilly islands early In the war.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
Twenty-six Americans Sail on French
Steamer From New York to Bordeaux
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did not sight ship from the time she
left Liverpool, and the Frederick VIII
nassed only sailing vessel while ont
day out of New York.
Julius g. Lay of Washington, y, G.,
American consul general at Berlin, ar
rived on the Frederick VIII He said
he received news by wireless of Ger
many's last note and the severance of
diplomatic relations.
Steamer Ncars Liverpool.
p. A. S. Franklin, president of the
International Mercantile Marine. own
ers of the American line, announced
at 10 o'clock tonight that the steam
ship Philadelphia, which passed Fast
net at l O'Clock last night. was ex-
pected to arrive at Liverpool tomor .
row morning. The vessel is proceed
ing slowly he said, because of n
broken propeller.
The last wireless message received
from the Philadelphia's commander
was one last night which told of her
passing Fastnet.
Mr.. Franklin said he expected no
further word from the Philadelphia
until she docked at Liverpool, as it was
not customary to send out wireless
messages while passing through the
war zone around the British Isles.
He declares emphatically that he
would be informed at once If disaster
befell the vessel.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
AMERICAN VESSEL
CARRIED CONIRABAND

Washington, Feb. 4.-The possibil-
! ity that the sinking of the American
steamer Housatonic will become Sc
rious factor in the crisis with Ger
many apparently was eliminated to-
day by evidence that the attacking
submarine acted within International
law. American Consul stevens, at
Plymouth, reported tha: warning was
given ard provision made for safety
of the crew
AS the HousaIonic was carrying
contrabaud any contrnvCrsy over her
destruction Is expected to present no
more serious issue than a claim for
monetary damages. If the consul's
report is correct, the case apparently
falls into the same category as that
of the American ship William +. Frye,
destroyed with cargo of grain early
in the war by raider after her crew
had been taken off
In some quarters the unusual pre-
cautions taken to insure a safe land
ing for the crew was taken to mean
that international law and Germany'S
submarine pledges would be observed
more scrupulously than ever in the
case of many vessels which were on
the high seas when the restricted
warfare became effective February |.
In her note announcing the cam
paign, Germany said immunity from
the new measures of warfare would
be extended to all ships which had
left their home ports before the ef-
fective date.
There was n suggestions that TINS
regard for vessels already on their
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05

New York, Feb. 4-No decision had
been reached by the government au-
thorities late tonight as to whether a
convoy should be provided for the
American line steamship st. Louis,
scheduled to sail from this port at
noon tomorrow for Liverpool
Officials of the company announced
that the liner would be held at her
pier until the government notified
them what its course in the matter
would be.
Twenty-six Americans were among
the twenty-eight cabin and fifty three
steerage passengers who sailed tonight
on the French line steamship Ro-
chambeau for Bordeaux. There were
twenty-five cancellations in the last
two days. The Cunard liner Carmania
and the Atlantic Transport line steam
ship Manhattan also sailed today. The
Carmania carried eighteen passengers.
Persons were not permitted on the
piers to say goodbye to those sailing
on any of these vessels.
Lanes Bare of shipping.
Officers of the White Star liner
Cedric and the Scandinavian Ameri-
can line steamship Frederick VIII,
which arrived here today, reported a
dearth of shipping in the lanes these
vessels Travelled. The ocean appeared
to be deserted, they said. The Cedric
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
President Invites Au Other Neutral Nations TO Join United States
Breaking Off Diplomatic Relations With Germany Are
Trying TO Render Useless AU Their Vessels Inte,ed American Ports

way to the war zone might preclude
the possibility of any serious develop
ment affecting American interests for
period of two weeks or more. and
might make it impossible to determine
for that period Just how effective the
German blockade would he.
News that a warning had been
Eiven and that the crew, which in
cluded several Americans, had been
saved, caused distinct relief here.
FIRST fragmentary reports of the at
tack had a sensational effect in some
quarters, and led to fears that the
overt act which might mean hostilI-
ties actually had been committed.
The White House and state depart
ment, however, have declined to form
any opinion on incomplete evidence
and Consul Stevens dispatch was
made public today without comment.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
Submarine Gives HH0uSatonic
Crew Ample Time to Get
Away From Doomed Ves-
sci, Says ConSu'S Report,
UNDERSEA CRAFT ALSO
T0WS BOATS TO SAFETY
Steamer Sunk Was Carrier Of
Contraband and No Inter-
national Complication From
Incident Is Possible,
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London, Feb. 1.-THE crew of the
American steamship fsousatonic has
been landed at Penzance, England.
The Housatonic was warned by the
German submarine which sank her,
according to John G. Stevens, Amer
lean consul at Plymouth. Mr.. Stevens
today sent the following telegram to
the Associated Press:
Total crew OF thirty-seven of
Housatonic landed at Penzance Sat.
urday. Vessel torpedoed by Ger
man submarine, 1890 Saturday.
Warned Crew towed ninety minutes
by submarine toward land"
Mr. stevens telegraphed today to
Robert p. Skinner, the American con-
sui general, that the Housatonic was
halted by n German submarine at
noon and that, aftcr being warned,
the crew took TO the boats. The Hou-
satonic was then torpedoed and sunk
and the submarine towed the boats to
a point off the English coast.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
SAFE CONDUCT To
GERMANY ASKED
FOR BERNSTORFF
Former Ambassador Is Hav-
ing Baggage Packed Ready
for Shipment; Embassy Is
Now Kept Closely Guarded

isf HoNN'No JooNNsL sFtCsI Lssbep ~lNhl
Washington. Feb. 4.--Althougf
plans for his enforced departure from
the United States still were incom-
plete, Count Won Bernstorff began to-
day preparation of his baggage ano
that of his staff for shipment back
to Germany,
When passports for the embassy
staff were handed to Count Won
Bernstorff yesterday, they were not
accompanied by a guarantee of safe
conduct through the allied blockade,
but the state department is preparing
to secure one. The request probably
will be made within day or two
through the British embassy here, and
officials do not doubt that it will be
granted.
No definite arrangements have been
made for the departure of Count Won
Bernstorff and his suite because DR..
Paul Ritter, the Swiss minister, has
not been authorized by his govern
ment to take over the interests OF
Germany in this country, in compli-
ance with the request made to him
yesterday. The minister hourly is ex-
pecting instructions from his govern
ment.
For the first time since the war be-
gan, Count Won Bernstorff denied
himself to newspaper correspondents
today on the ground that since he
no longer had official standing, there
was nothing of interest that he could
say.
In addition to ag>-nts of the United
States secret service stationed in the
embassy as measure of personal
protection. three uniformed policemen
were on guard on the inside,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
BRITISH MEDAL GIVEN
TO JAPANESE TROOPER

London, Feb. 1.-The British medal
has just been awarded to Il Japanese
Private Harry Ohara, who has worn
the British uniform on the western
front since the outbreak of the war
and who has seen so much hard fight
ing that he has seventy scars. He has
been in hospital six times, the last
time with twenty shrapnel wounds.
Ohara entered the army with the
Sikhs, being really taken for an Indian
by the recruiting officer Later he
fought as member of MiddleseS
regiment and now, having earned his
discharge, he expects to enlist In the
flying corps.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
THE WEATHER
WEATHER FORECAST.

Denver, Colo, Feb. Anew Mex
leo. Monday and Tuesday fair; much
colder Monday east portion; warmer
southeast portion Tuesday
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Rio Janeiro, Feb 1.-The foreign
minister. DR.. Lauro Muller, has been
in conference during the last twenty
four hours with President Wenceslau
matte corps. He is also in constant
communication with the Brazilian en-
bassy at Washington. The Brazilian
reply to the German note regarding
naval warfare probably will be made
known tomorrow. There is reason to
believe that the attitude maintained
will undergo a change as d result of
recent developments
In this city, the break in relations
between the United States and Ger
many created deep impression, and
the action of the American govern
ment was approved enthusiastically.
The League of the Allies adopted Il
resolution urging the president of
Brazil to put an end to the CONNER
cial neutrality which shames us be-
fore the world, and injdies us eco
nomically and financially, while caus-
ing US to be suspected by the allies as
passive accomplices OF the German
government"
Strongly Fayors Allies.
Medeiros de Albuquerque, a mem
Der of the chamber of deputies, in com
menting in his newspaper on the cur
rent opinion that Brazil will follow
a
States, expresses regret that Brazil
has missed the opportunity to take the
action which the dignity of her ira
ditions commanded her to do long
ago; namely. to take her position on
the side of the allies
With the force of such a policy"
he continues, I'VE should have gained
have found ourselves bound up with
the commercial interests of the great
est nations in the world. But against
this noble aspiration of the Brazilian
people, cowardice on the one hand
and the activities of Germanism on
the other, humiliating Brazil have re-
duced us to the unfortunate situation
Deputy Gonzalez says in the news
paper O'Paiz:
Declaration of War.
Under international law, the dec
laration of Germany is equivalent to
a declaration of war against Brazil,
and the government should hand their
passports to the German minister and
the German coDStIIS
The Journal do Commerce. asserts
that the German note is presumptu-
ous act of folly. which the entire
world understands to be q signal of
despair. 1t continues:
"All American nations form a So
cial and moral unit. American
ism would be a vain phrase if it were
not associated in O singleness of |
thought with the idea of defense
against common menace We do |
not doubt that Brazil will take action |
and that the Pan-American chanceI- |
ories will do. their duty
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-05
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.

For twenty-four hours ending at
6 p. m. yesterday
Maximum temperature. So degrees;
minimum, IA; range, As; tcmpera-
ture at p. M, "a; south wind; clear.