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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
CHARGE PAIR AIDED
ARMY DESERTIONS

Charged with aiding three Camp
Lewis privates to desert by pro-
viding them with civilian clothes,
Adolph Erfson and Sam Jones, ar
rested with four others in the raid
on I. w. w. headquarters two
weeks ago, are in the county Jail
to await the action of the grand
jury.
Following hearing before U. s.
Commissioner Brockway Monday,
they were bound over to the grand
jury on $4,000 bail each.
Mrs. A. r. Tucker, arrested in
the raid, held in jail as a gov
eminent witness. Her bail was
fixed at $1,000.
The charges against Mrs. Sam
Jones, A. r. Tucker and Victor
Maroney, the remaining three
caught in the raid, were dismissed
for lack of evidence, on the motion
of C. d. Folsom, assistant att0r-
ney general.
The evidence showed that on
April 20 Privates Bartsch, THESE
and Saunders went to the I. w. w.
headquarters in search OF assist
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
DEPOSITS
INCREASE
MILLIONS

A gain of $900,91S.47 in Taco
ma bank deposits since March A,
and an increase of $S,33S,526.s9
in deposits since May /. 1917, was
shown ip the statement of Tacoma
banks issued Tuesday by r. r.
Mattison, manager of the Tacoma
clearing house association.
The total deposits are $500
954.64, as compared with $22.-
739,036.17 March and $25, :
427.75 on May year ago
The statement was issued at the
call of the government.
All except two banks showed
increases since the last call March
4. The statement of deposits in
the various banks follows:
National Bank of Tacoma, $13,-
4OS, S62.S0; Bank of California,
Sc, 156,302.37; Fidelity Trust Co.,
$6,647,742.41; S Ca n inavian-
Bank, $3,65S,373.27;
Puget Sound Bank & Trust Co..
$2,134,639.10; Tacoma Savings
Bank & Trust CO., $1,29S,431.G3;
North Pacific Bank, So. Tacoma,
$335,603.O6. Total, s33,639,-
95464.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
TACOMAN
in ; SUB
ATTACKS

Attacked by submarines three
times in two hours was the
thrilling experience recounted in
a letter received here by Mrs. F..
T. Philips from her husband, F..
T. Philips, who is at present in
France with the American forces.
Philips is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. O. Philips.
While he was residing in Ia
coma he was employed by the
Pacific Telephone G. Telegraph
Co., and he enlisted with the men
Of that company who went from
the coast as a unit about a year
ago to do telephone work in
France.
The letter received here by his
wife reads as follows:
II passed thru the submarine
zone this afternoon and was at
tackled three times between noon
and 2 o'clock.
There were at least five sub
marines in the attacking party.
We were conveyed by several
torpedo destroyers at the time of
the attack, and they succeeded in
sinking at least three of the
subs, without any damage being
done to any of our ships, altho
there was torpedo discharged at
us.
II was at dinner when the first
attack occurred. We were told to
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was due to IAN error" only served
to accentuate the mystery.
IL was suggested here that per-
haps followers of Gen. Maurice,
or at least opponents of Lloyd
George, had hand in the matte.
The incident also revealed tina.
the brigading plan has not please
American officers, including Gen.
Pershing.
Lack of Harmony.
Relieving them, as il does, OF
certain leadership, the plan was
accepted only as an emerselcy
measure and the war depart
ment's plan is to Gull out the bIi-
gading men as soon as possible 10
be reformed and re-equipped into
divisional units.
Besides revealing this spirit tbs
episode has tended to uncover 4
growing lack of entire teamwork
between Pershing and the war de-.
partment.
Responsible authorities suggest
that sooner or later a showdown
will come, probably in the form
Of test of strength between Gel.
Pershing and Gen. March, acting
chief of staff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
BOCHES PREPARING
FOR THIRD THRUST

United Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH AR
MES IN FRANCE, May 13.
While the German high
command is completing prep
arations for the third and
perhaps the biggest thrust
Of all, n sinister silence
spreads along the battle lines.
Six weeks have passed since
the combined drive of the German
and Bavarian crown prince was
checked on both sides of the
Somme and comparatively little
ground has been won by Won Ar
MIN and Won Quasi an the Lys
during the past four weeks.
Yet today more than $50 Ger
man divisions G,S0O,000 men
have been used on these two bat
tie fronts, and Hindenburg's
promise to Germany of quick de-
cision has gone by the board.
Must Start Anew.
The allies, fighting as one
army and under single COM
mander, not only have frustrated
the enemy's plans, but have
forced an almost complete over
hauling of his entire army and
have necessitated a brand new
start.
Hindenburg, obviously forced
to scrap his original plans, has
brought new leaders to the ives,
front, including Mackensen. and
according to reports is concen-
trating the German empires total
output of brain, muscle and ma
terial.
Many Gas Shells Used.
Meanwhile the lines are curl
ously inactive.
The battlefield has been un.
usually dry. Today, however, a
cold autumnal drizzle was drench-
ing the area. The airmen scarce.
ly left their perches.
Frequently the artillery on one
side, or both, cuts loose in a
spasm of Smelling, but soon quiet
ed down.
, The principal feature of Ger
man activity is the lombard
ment with gas shells of the back
areas. Even villages of consid-
cradle distance to the rear are
dosed with a harassing fire.
But the British gunners are
better at this game than the
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ance. They met Erfson and Jones,
who took them to the Tucker home
where they were given civilian
clothes, according to the evidence.
They took the clothing to the
outskirts of the city where, unob-
served, they made the change, leav-
ing their uniforms in the bushes.
Then they took the interurban to
Seattle, from where they made
their escape into Snohomish
county.
All three soldiers appeared at
the hearing under guard. Two
of them, Bartsch and THESE, testi-
fled for the government, admitting
that the civilian clothing was fur
nished them.
Mrs. Tucker admitted she saw
the clothes furnished the desert
ers, but declared she did not know
the purpose of it. III
Maroney, whose case was dis
missed, has been in trouble with
the military and police authorities
several times, once being held as
a Stacker. He was involved In
the I. w. w. roundup at Camp
Lewis last fall officialssdeclare
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Is at Outs
With Chief
of U.S.Staff

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. G., May
14.-ThOusands of men call
ed in the last two draft incrc-
ments will soon he on their
way to France.
So rapid has the movement OF
American troops across the Allan
tic become that soldiers who had
no hope of active service within
six or eight months will perhaps
be on the firing line this summer.
After two or three months ele-
mentary training, these new Sc
lected men will be given their fla
ishing touches in the sound of the
enemy's guns and even under fire
If the nsed for men is acute.
Reports from the cantonments,
army Officers said today, tell Of al
acceleration of the training work
under good weather conditions.
Politics i'm Statement.
Meantime, the impression grew
here today that British politics
had a hand in the mysterious OF
tawa statement about using Amer
lean troops only as full individI.
al army.
Explanation that the statement
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hun drive WAS
WAR SURPRISE!

The beginning Of the Ger
man offensive March 21 was
a surprise attack, according
to astonishing new infOrma-
ton that has just come out OF
the battle zone.
Surprise attack, that is, in
one important point - the
size Of the attacking force.
1t was not a surprise as to the
place where the attack fell. The
council had anticipated
that 1t would come at the junction
of the French and British armies,
and the third and fifth British
at this point-a sector of
about As miles--numbered 1907
900 men. This gives an idea OF
the strength which the allied COM
mand assumed the Germans could
bring against these armies.
They had figured from the
known German concentration, and
on the basis of the usually accept
ed ratio of offensive and defensive
troops, that the enemy would at
tack with not more than 100000
men.
The Germans attacked
where they had been expected,
but instead of attacking with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14

Especial to The Times.)
RIO JANElRO, Brazil, May
ifs the missing L. $. col
lier CylOps now a German
raider? Has she been fitted
up at some caribbean OF NeXi-
can port to prey on allied
commerce?
Brazil is investigating a Ic-
port that such is the case.
The mystery of the lost COLI r
last heard from on March 4, I.
deeper today than ever.
Search of the southern Atlanti'
has been fruitless.
Belief grows that the vessel wa,
not lost at sea, but was lured int
the hands of German agents.
The strongest clue Is this:
Three weeks before the
vessels disappearance was
announced from Washington,
there appeared I'm u Rio
JaneirO newspaper small
al announcing that a funeral
mass would be said for A. l..
NJ. GOttschalk, L. s. consult
general i'm Rio JaneirO, who
was on the CyclOps when She
saileds
No reports had been received
here then OF the vessels disap
pearance. .----...
Efforts to trace the ad show Ell
it had come unsigned, accom-
panied by the money to pay lo'
its insertion.
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100000 men, they threw In
with the greatest suddenness
not fewer than One-half mil
lion selected troops with UNI
expected artillery support,
and this constituted the sur
prise.
1t would seem difficult to ex-
plain a surprise of this magnitude
in a war which had brought the
development of the airplane.
How could the Germans concen-
trate such a number of divisions
on a front where an attack was
expected and which was constant
ly watched from the clouds?
The answer that is now ad-
vanced in France is simple Tut
The attacking troops were not
on the front until almost the
minute they went in, nor were
they sent there by moter or rail-
road transport which would have
been observed.
They were held 60 miles back
of the front, where for months
they had been trained in forced
marching, and were sent forward
by night watches, resting by day.
Their march was so timed that
CONTINUED On Page Two.)
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Is
Hun Raider
Now Belief

Rio Janeiro jumped to the con
clusion. when this was recalled,
that Germans had placed time
bomb in the Cyclops' hold.
Then somebody asked:
"How could the spies know The
bomb had not been found and the
ship saved? She had already
called at West Indian port, ami
was less than week overdue?'
Next came reports of a myster-
ious vessel in West Indian waters
which answered no halls al night,
and was not to be found the fol-
lowing day.
That leads to the theory:
The Cyclops, some time after
March 4. was captured or deliv-
cred into the hands of Germaa
U-boat or of pro-Germans secretly
on board, changed her course, an
has now been fitted up as a rail-!
err at some Amazon or Caribbean
or Mexican port.
The ad in the Rio Janeiro paper
was the code" announcement of
the success of the plot or coup.
1t is pointed .out as perhaps I
coincidence that the two most im-
portant men on the Cyclops had
German names.
They are Consul-General Colts
chalk, and the commander, Lieut..
Comm. c. X. Morley, whose name
at birth was Wichtmann and who
was a native of Germany.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
MERGER OF
SHIPYARDS
CONFIRMED

Confirmation from WASH
ingtOn of the merger COM
pleted between the Skinner
q Eddy corporation Of Seattle
Construction Il DrydOck Co.,
owned by the Todd interests,
undoubtedly means extensive
enlargement OF the Todd Con.
structiOn a. DrydOck Co. in
Tacoma, 1t was learned Nom
day. :.
While Assistant Manager J. A
Ewes of the Todd plant mere had
not received any word of the mer
ger, it was reported the Todd in
terests are to transfer all of their
repair work to the Tacoma plant
1t is also reported that the Ia.
coma shipyards are to be enlarged
to include six to 10 shipyards III
stead of the four now being OF
Grated. The Tacoma plant now
is constructing Nos. 5 and ways
and the acreage owned by the con-
Germ Is enough to accommodate
from eight to 10 additional ways
Skinner Admits II.
Confirmation of the deal came
thru Seattle, when ID. +. Skinner,
president of the Skinner & Eddy
corporation, received a telegran al
Monday from the representative
of his firm at Washington, d. g.,
announcing the deal had been
closed with the U. s. shipping
board.
Just when the operation Of the
Seattle plant under the Skinner &
Eddie management will commence
officials decline to diccuss.
The negotiations for the mer-
ger were considered by the u. 5.
shipping board as a war meas
ure, and were completed with the
idea of placing ship constructor
of both plants under one manage
ment, thus eliminating the i'm
mense repair jobbing done by tna
Todd company from the ship
building program.
Means Permanently.
Manager David Rogers, of the
Skinner & Eddy corporation, VITO
has produced woodworking re-
suits in speedy ship construction
probably will have the manage
ment of the consolidated Seattle
yards.
The moving of the Seattle bus.
ness to Tacoma makes 1t more
certain than ever that the Todd
plant here will be an immense
permanent industry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
LYNCH|NG
MENACES
SOLDIERS
Especial to The Times)

Especial to The Times)
WASHINGTON, May H.
HE who in the name Of
patriotism takes part In q
lynching does more than
violence to a human being
accused of being pro-Ger-
man. He also lynches the
laws Of the land.
"And while falsely wrap
ping the American flag
around himself, he strikes a
deadly blow at our American
boys who may be taken pris-
Oner by the Germans. The
kaiser's men would want no
better excuse to abuse our
soldiers than mob OutrageS
to German enemy aliens i'm
America.
"Their record OF treatment
Of French, Belgian and En-
glish prisoners indicates what
reprisals they would inflict.
almost invariably "a mol
claims that it acts in the caus,
of justice, but not ipfrequently it,
leaders are inspired by persona
against the individual.
The speaker was T. w. Gregory
attorney general of the United
States.
He spoke quietly to a staff cor
of the Tacoma Times
but with intense earnestness
Uncle Sans chief law officer il
not given much to talk.
Laws Were Weak
The excuse Is Often made tina
the, department of justice is no
protecting our boys at the from
and our people at home. Within
the last few days congress has err
Continued on Page Five.)
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She's the Kind
of German We
Like in Tacoma

Altho she was born and brought
up in Germany, Mrs. Henry Salzer,
janitress of the Steilacoom school,
is for America right down the line.
She has sent two sons into Uncle
Sans army; she has bought a
Liberty bond; but that wasn't
enough.
Tuesday she clipped her Liberty
bond coupon and took 1t to Vic
tory Hall, turning IL in to Mana
ger Slayden as her subscription to
the Red Cross.
IL want America to win, and
win quickly" she said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
FIRST LOCAL
BERRIES RIPE

HOMEGROWN straw0errIes are
in!
The first crate of them arrived
Tuesday from Purdy. 4. Rortyedt
was the grower. He consigne
them to the Island Produce 60.
and the latter sold them for $40
to the North Yakima Fruit Co.
Dealers say that Tuesdays rain
was Just what was needed, and
that with continued favorabls
weather good volume Of the
berries will be coming within 10
days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
Gay Old Boy of "a Tries
to Be Fiance to Pair Of
Girls at Once; 1t Simply
Wouldn't Work.
NOW HE is SUING
TO RECOVER $1,000

Especial to The Times.)
DETROIT, Mich, May
15.-When gay old boy of
"a is engaged at one and the
same time to two young sis
tiers, and they find it out,
something is sure to happen.
Something did!
And now Orville w. Sexton
the's 74) is suing Grace Sherwood
tshe's 2D for recovery of ST.
600 home he gave her, on Can
field ave. west, in response to
what he now terms Subtle means
and devices, artful caresses and
cunning overtures."
Celia Sherwood (she's 24) also
appears in the testimony as an
other wearer of a diamond ring
which Sexton paid fora ring al
most identical with that which he
is alleged to have slipped over the
dainty finger of Miss Grace, pretty
school teacher from OwossO.
Celia the Huntress?
Sections attorneys are seeking
to show that Celia was the hunt
ress, so far as her part of the en-
gagements was concerned; that
she pursued Sexton with atten-
tions, and even threatened to sue
him for breach of promise If he
didn't discard Grace and marry
Celia.
Grace told on the witness stand
in circuit court how Sexton used
to send her letters that Celia had
written to him. Finally she had
asked Celia what about it all.
And Celia evaded the question.
Finally l got her to admit,
We'll, we're engaged, said
Grace. $50 am L. l said.
"I'm going to marry him, said
Celia.
Both Have Rings.
"'You are not; l am, told
her.
Well, there's the ring she
said, and / held up my hand and
showed her mine.
They we're very much alike. >
When Sexton took the stand he
told how Celia proposed.
"She threw her arms around
me and kissed me many times,
the old man mumbled. "She said
she wanted to be my little house
wife,"
A little later he testified:
"Grace (Celia's sister, enter
tanned me in her fathers home in
Lapeer. After the family had
gone to bed we sat in the parlor
looking thru the family album.
| kissed her several times. Then
when / went to my room she fol-
lowed me in and demanded one
more kiss.
Asked for Money.
81 told her l wished she were
mine.
"I am she said. I'D rather
be an old mans darling than
young mans slave
"Grace warned me against
Celia. who already had broken sew
eral appointments with me to go
out with young men of Owosso.
She was always asking me for
money. began to suspect she
was quite CRATER
Sexton at first didn't know the
girls we're sisters. lie knew Celia
under the name Townsend
which, she later explained, she
frequently used"
The two girls sat witt their
,arents turnout the tsial and
iidn't seem to mind the testimony
!: little bit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
1000 HUNS
KILLED BY
RUSSIANS!

MOSCOW, May 11.-FOur
thousand Germans and members
of the Finnish white guard were
killed in a battle near Lahtis, 60
miles northeast of Helsingfors, ii
was reported here today.
The German bombardment
killed many civilians.
After the occupation of Tam
merfors, S5 miles northeast OF
Abo, by white guards, 500 Rus
sian officers and soldiers were
shot.
They were executed in groups
of 40 or so by machine guns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14
SUGGESTIONS FOR AN AID
WpITED nv ONE

SUGGESTIONS FOR AN AID
WRlTER-BY ONE
For a clothing store, use tle
phrase: Clothes for Men and
Young Men,"
Underwear advertisements are
unusually attractive when the
scene is laid in the parlor wit
Daddy, Muvver, and Riddles al
dressed up in Their unmention-
ables. The box is very decorative
on the center table.
When at a loss to know how
to illustrate any ad, Ii is always.
safe to work in a soldier or sailor,
battleship, tank, or air plane.
We don't know who draws
the German peace terms, but
he's almost as liberal as Jess
willard.
What have I not done to pre-
serve the world from these hor-
rors?"
The All Highest's question can.
be answered In one word-"Noti.
ing"
Says the lady next door:
'Life is q circus with q
few ringmasters and many
clowns"
Writes a Tacoma naval militia
man:
"In my ensign's regalia l was
mistaken for passenger agent.
in Buffalo. and for hotel door.
man In Detroit; but here's tbs
best: at the Bronx zoo the ami
mails mistook me for tespei.s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14

,enemy, plastering the German
communications so that many
have been abandoned as imprac-
|ticable.
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WEATHER FORECAST

Now | Won
DER says the
office boy, was
{ h e daylight
savings plan
really meant
for war gar
dens, or was it
meant for twi-
light baseball?"
Tonight a n d
w Q d n Q S day,
showers a n 4
coIdar Watch ,
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A hysterical writer In one CT
the Tacoma papers says Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Greene crossed the
theater and took their places in
the generals Logon his tunic."
Personally, We don't believe it.
Gen. Greene, as we've observed
him, never makes fox passes like
that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14

Buy "A bale Of Red Gross
receipts!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14

Says the lady next door:
life Is q circus with q
few ringmasters and many
clowns"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-14

We don't know who draws
the German peace terms, but
he's almost as liberal as Jess
willard.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-10-31
PRINCESS SOHIA
 SINKS $50 SOULS PERISH
Terrific Storm Drives Princess Sophia Over Reef on Which She Had Spent Two Days and She Sinks With All on Board.

In |. binding snow storm. the steamer Princess Sophia. Capt. J. r. Locke in command. went ashore on Nandervilt reef about half way between Juneau and SkagNay at 2 o clock Thursday morning. She carried a crew of 75 and had aboard 26S passengers taken on at SkagWay. There were S4 officers and members of the crew of the White Pass and Yukon company aboard from river steamers.
 The calls of the Sophia's wire less were heard in Juneau l5 min utes after striking and the Peter son from Fort Seward, the Este. beth Amy. Lcne Fisherman. kihg and Winge went Immediately to her rescue. Other gas boats left later in the day, and the L. $. Lighthouse Tender Cedar arrived there that night
 A heavy sea was running and as the Sophia was resting easily, Capt. Locke did not deem 1t ad- Visahle to transfer the passengers. 1 Friday the storm became terrific. The boats which had been tying oy all the time sought shelter that night. Late in the afternoon Capt. Locke Wirelcssed Juneau that the condition of passengers was normal ard that the vessel was not taking water. That WIS the last that was heard from the scene until [ o'clock Saturda, morning when the Cedar wired that She was leaving for tho,Prir- cess Sophia About two hou'S later came the fateful W3Feless dispatch saying that the vessel had sunk and there were no sur vivors. The story of the last hours of the doomed yes&e! and her hundreds of human sou,s will probably never be told. Every available boat was sent 10 the scene of the disasJ,r 02cl POO bodies have been recovered and brought to Juneau and tAe work of identification started at once by means of letters, registration cards and contents found on bodies.
 Many vaiuabies and much mon- ey were found on the bodies and it is safe to say few vessels ever carried the same number of pas sengers with a larger average in money.
 As each body was identified. 8 careful notation was made and the valuables filed away.
 The City of Seattle which lift Seattle Tuesday afteraoeN : bringing POO caskets to>Jupeau.