Tacoma times (Tacoma, Wash. : 1903) (Seattle, Wash) 1915...

Tuesday, March 0,1915.

Local Drama and VaudevilleTacouia Theater—Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, "The Ger-man JSide of the War," five reels, oming next week, "Potash andPerlmutter," "The Whirl of the World." 'Bringing Up Father."Pntange* Theater—"Mum's the Word," musical comedy; Pierce

*Roalyn; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rebyna; Wright A Davia; Wil-liams Bros.; Menouies Aiken ft Co.; "The Creed of Clans;"vaudeville all week.

Empress Theater—"Kindling," with Florence Bell as Maggie ISthultz, all week. Matinees Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

THE TAOOMA TIMES

Interesting Story in"The Yellow Ticket"

A Jewish girl defends her hon-or and kills the head of the Rus-sian secret service in the climaxof "The Yellow Ticket." an in-teresting play which held the at-tention of facoma theater pat-rons last night. The Russiansystem ot Jewish persecution hasforced the girl to take a "yellowticket," the passport of Infamy.She fights against the evils of herlot and refuses to Kink to thelevel of life the police have as-signed her.

The head of the secret serviceinsulted her in his apartmentswhen she went to htm for aid.She killed him with a hat pin.She Is saved from Siberia throughtlie efforts of an American news-paper man, who has fallen in lovewith her. Belle Mitchell asMarya Varenka and WarnerOland as Barou Andrey take theleading parts acceptably. Tinplay on the whole is well jjone,although weak spot* here andthere are easily detected.

WholesaleQuotations

*. 1 *' I Prices Paid Producers ForI Meats, Butter, Eggs, Poultry <

4 . ' \u25a0&Livestock—Cows, CO 6c; calves

8«9c; hogs, 7V.sc; sheep, 4® sc,lambs, Be. Dressed hogs, 10c.

Butter ana Eggs—ttancn but-J«r, 31<?j>32c; strictly fresh ranchepgs, 18(!|>19c.

Poultry — nuckens. dressed.I4ffyl6c; ducks, 8c; squabs, $SQ2. Ur»; chickens, live, 10® 14c;turkeys, live, 25c.

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I Selling Prices to Retailers [For Butter, Kggs and Cheese |

e>- i •Cheese—Washington, 16c; Til-lamook, lG@l7c.

Kggs—Fresh ranch. 20® 22c;Parsley, 30c doz.bu. Early Rose

uiilter —Washington crqaraerf

13® 34c; Oregon, 29c; East-ern, 50c

Wholesale Meat Prices.Fresh Meats — Steers lay, tp

13c; cows, 11% @ 12c; heifers,12c; hogs, trimmed sides, 16 V4c,ewes, lie; mutton, wethers,

' 12 Vie; lamb. 14c; veal. 12® 14c.

iPrlcesPauT Wholesale Peal- fera For Vegetables. Fruit fFruits —Native apples, 75@$i.

Bananas, 4%c lb. Jap oranges,box, 75c. Oranges, Camella*,

" $2.35 per box. Lemons, $3® 3.50.Grape fruit, $3.50 box. Call grapefruit, $2.50 box. Persimmons,10c lb. Pomegranates, $2 box.Spanish Malaga grapes, $7.60 keg.Pineapples, $2.50 doz.

Vegetables—Gr'n onions, 11.81box; Oregon yellow, cwt., $ I .CO©1.75. lid lettuce, call., $2.25 prcrate; leaf lettuce, 7 sc. Yaki-

' man turnips, $1.25; rutabagas.$1.25 sack; carrots, $1.25. I'o;--

--toes. Netted Gem, $20@21 ton.

Great ComedyHere Sunday

Scene from "P»ta*h & Peil-\u25a0iiutter," the

«'«•"•comedy that

conieK in the Taconia theater Hun-day and Monday. The Maine vnstiiml production will i»- Keen herethat wired a big hit on llroml-

nay latit Hen mid.

White River, $19 020 ton Cab-bage, $1.75 cwt. Ore. cauliflower,$2.25 cr. Walla Walla spinach,$1.10 box. Chill peppers, $1.35 bx.Wax beans, Be. Pumpkins, 1 V4c.Ore. cider, 25 (!f 30c. Celery, $4fj>4.50 crate. Sproufs, 8c lb. Flor-ida tomatoes, $:. crate. Rhubarb,10c lb. Sweet potatoes, $3 cwt.seed potatoes, $45.

Brussels \u25a0pronto, 8c lb; egg-plant, 10 lb. Cal. iiiihh.ii.isquash, 2 He lb.

Hops, 1914 crop, 23® 15c;13 CT 14c.

nWholesale Hay and Grain fI*ricea I

Wheat hay, $14® 15; clover,»nidi 17. alfalfa, $14@>15; corn,$36; cracked, $36; wheat, $62;short.*, $34: bran, $32; oats, $41.

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11l l\< l» M>XIM>X.(Continued Ki-om Ycwterday.)Me |>ut a few spokes over, and

I watched the compass rard swingslowly to N N \V and steady Itselfwith Hliplit oscillations.

1 took a fresh hold on my bed-ltiihcs kud was liiopiniim to start

mi. when some movement caughtmy eye and 1 looked astern to thei";iil A »inewy hand, drippingwith water, was clutching the rail.A second hand took form in theliarknesH beside It. 1 watched,fascinated. What visitant fromthe gloom of the deep was I tobehold? Whatever It was, 1 knewthat it was climbing aboard by thelog-line. 1 saw a head, the hairwet and straight, suape itself, andthen the unmistakable eyes uiulface of Wolf Larsen. ills rightcheek was red with Mood, whichflowed from some wound in thehead.

He drew himself Inboard witha quick effort, and arose to hisfeet, glancing swiftly as he did so,at the man at the wheel, asthouxh to assure himself or hisIdentity and iliat there was noth-ing to fear from him. The sea-water was streaming from him. Itmade little audilile gurgles whichdistracted me. As he stepped to-ward me I shrunk back instinc-tively, for 1 saw that iv his eyeswhich spelled death.

"All right, Hump." he said ina low voice. "Where's the mate."

1 shook my head."Johanse.nl" he called miilv.

"Johansen!"'Where is he?" he demanded of

Harrison.The young fellow seemed to

have recovered his composure, forhe answered .steadily enough, "Idon't know, fir. 1 saw him gofor'ard a little while age"

"So did 1 go for'ard. Hut youwill observe that I didn't comeback the way 1 went. Can youexplain It?"

"You must have been over-board, sir."

Wolf I.ins. ii shook his head."You wouldn't find him, Hump.But you'll do. Come on. Nevermind your bedding. Leave itwhere It Ib."

I followed at his heels. Therewas nothing stirring amidships.

"Those cursed hunters," wanhis comment. "Too damned fatand lazy to stand a four-hourwatch."

lint on the forecastle-head wefound three sailors asleep. Heturned them over and looked attheir faces. They composed thewatch on deck, and it was theship'H custom, in good weather, tolet the watch sleep with the ex-ception of the officer, the helms-man, and the lookout.

"Who's lookout?" he demand-ed.

"Me, sir," answered Holyoak,one of the deep-water sailors, aslight tremor in his voice. "1winked off Just this very minute,sir. I'm sorry, sir. It won't hap-pen again."

"Did you hear or see anythingon deck?"

"No, sir, I—"But Wolf Larsen had turned

away with a snort of disgust,

leavlng the sailor rubbing his eyeswith surprise at haxlng been letoff »o easily.

"Softly, now," Wolf Lareenwarned me in a whisper, as hedoubled his body into the fore-castle scuttle nnd prepared todescend.

1 followed with a quakingheart. What was to happen 1knew no more than did 1 knowwhat had happened. But bloodhad been shad, and it was throughno whim of Wolf Larnen that hehad gone over the side with hisscalp laid open. Besides, Johau-sen was missing.

It was my first descent luto theforecastle, and 1 shall not soonforget my impression of it, caughtas I stood on my feet at the bot-tom of the ladder. Built directlyIn the eyes of the chooner, it wasof the shape of a triangle, alongthe three sides of which stood thebunks, In double-tier twelve ofthem. It was no larger than ahall bedroom in lirub street, andyet twelve men were herded intoit to eat and sleep and carry onall the functions of living. Mybedroom at home was not large,yet it could l.aye contained adm. M similar forecastles, and tak-iug into consideration the heightof the celling, a score at.least.

It : in)-iini Hour and musty, andby the dim light of the swingingsou lamp I saw exery bit of avail-able wall space hung deep withsea boots, oilskins aud garments,clean and dirty, of various sorts.These swung hack and forth withevery roll of the vessel, giving riseto a brushing sound, as of treesaguinst a roof or wall. Some-where a hoot thumped loudly andat Irregular intervals against thewall; and, though It was a mildnight on the seR, there wan a con-tinual chorus of the creaking tim-bers and hulk beads and of abys-mal noise beneath the flooring.

The sleepers did not mind.There were eight of them—thetwo watches below- - and the airwas thick with the warmth andodor of their breathing, and theear was filled with the noise oftheir snoring and of their sighsand half-groans, tokens plain ofthe rest of the animal-man. Butwere they deeping? all of them?Or had t liey been Hleeplug? Tbitwas exldeqtly Wolf Larsen'ii quent—to find the men who appenredto be asleep and who were notasleep or who hud not been asleepvery recently. And he went aboutit in a way that reminded me of astory out of Boccaccio.

Ho took the sea-lamp from itsswinging frame and banded it tome. He began at the first buukaforward on the starboard side. Inthe top one lay Oofty-Oofty, aKanaka and splendid bcaman, sonamed by his mates. He wassleep on his back and breathingas placidly as a woman. Onearm was under his bend, the otherlay on top of the blankets. Wolfl.arsen put thumb and forefingerto the wrist and counted thepulse. In the midst of it theKanaka roused. He awoke asgently as he slept. There was nomovement of the body whatever.

The eyes, only, moved. Thi

nMf iii khiq him irri, nun lor mil

if bia tremendous strength I felt |hat there »«» no hope for htm.

Tho forca with which they1 mug led whh vividly lin-T(>sß»>d on me; for I wm knockedtown by their surging bodies and;>ucll> hrutaed. Hut In the con- 1

fusion 1 managed to crawl Intoin empty lower bunk out of theway.

"Allhand*! We've got him:We've got him!" 1 could hearLeach crying.

"Who?" demanded those whoiiuil been really asleep, and whohad «uk.-iu-ii to they knew notwhat.

"It'l the bloody mate!" wanLeach's crafty answer, atralnedfrom him In a hiiioiluuml aurt ofway.

This wm greeted with whoopsof joy, and from then on WolfLarsen had aeven strong men ontop of him, Louis, 1 believe, tak-Ihk no part in It. The forecastlewan like an angry hive of beenamused l>y some marauder.

'What ho! below there!" Iheard Latimer shout down thescuttle, too cautious to descendinto the Inferno of passion hocould hear raging beneath him inthe darkness.

"Won't Homebody get a knife?Oh, won't Homebody get a knife?"i.i'iuli I'li'iicirii in the first Inter-val of ioni|>nr.iip. \u25a0• silence.

The number of the atwallantswas a caiiHi" of confusion. Theyblocked their own efforts, whili>Wolf i.itrscn. with but a singlepur|K>(M>, achieved him. This wasto fight bin way across the floorto the ladder. Though in totaldnrkiii'KH, I followed his progressby Its sound. No man less than aKlanl could have done what hedid, once he had gained the footof the ladder. Step by step, bylh«> hilklil of his arms, the wholepack of men Htrivlng to drag himmi' k ami down, he drew his bodyup from the floor till he stooderect. And then, steps by fttep,

hand and foot, lie titow'ly struggledup the ladder.

The very last of all, I saw. ForLutimer, liavtriK fin My gone for alimtern, held it so that its lightshone down the scuttle. Wolf Lar-m n wax nearly to the top, thoiiKhI could not see him. All that whhvisible wt» the mans of men fas-tened upon him. It sulrmedabout, like some huge many-leg-ged uplder, and swayed back midforth to the regular roll of thevessel. And st.ilt, Htep by step,witli long Intervals between, theimiKH amended. Once It tottered,about to tall back, but the brokenhold was regained and It stillwent up.

"Who is It?" Latlmer cried.In the rays of the lantern I

could see his perplexed face peer-ing down.

"Larsen." 1 heard a muffledvoice from within the mans.

l.iiiiiiMTreached down with hisfree band. I Haw a li.iml Hhoot upto cluhp liih. Latmer pulled, andtlhe next couple of Htepn weremade with a rush. Then Wolfl.arsen's other hand reach up andclutched the edge of the scuttle.The limn* Hwung clear of theladder, the men atUI clinging totheir escaping foe. They beganto drop off, to be brushed offagainst the sharp edge of the scut-tle, to be knocked off by the legswhich were now kicking power-fully. Leach was the last to go,falling sheer back from the topof the scuttle and striking on headand shoulders upon hi« sprnwllnßmates beneath. Wolf Lumen andthe lunturn disapi>eared, nnd wewere left in darkness.

I('outinued Tomorrow.)

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flashed wide open, big and black,and i-iiin-d. unblinking, into ourface* Wolf Larten put his fin-ger to his 111'« M a sign for si-lence, and the eyes closed agalu.

In the. lower bunk lay Loul«,grossly fat and warm and sweaty,aitleep unfelgnedly aud sleepinglaboriously. While Wolf Laraenheld his wrist he stirred uneasily,bowing his body so that for a mo-ment It rested on shoulders andheals. Ills lips moved, and hegave voice to this enigmatic ut-terance:

"A shilling's worth a quarter;but keep your lamps out forthruppeuny bits, or the publlcan- II shove 'em on >nu for six-pence."

Then be rolled over on his Bid*with v heavy, sobbing sigh, say-ing:

"A sixpence is a tanner, anda shilling a bob; but what a ponyIs I don't know."

Satisfied with the honesty ofhis .in.i the Kanaka's sleep, WolfLarmn panned on to the next twobunks on the starboard side, oc-cupied top and bottom, as we sawin the light of the sea-lamp, byLeach and Johnson.

As Wolf I.iirscn bent down tothe lower bunk to take Johnson'spulse, 1, Htnuding erect and hold-liiK.iln' lamp, Hitw Leach's heudraise stealthily an he peered overthe -nil of his bunk to nee whatwas golag on. He must have di-vined Wolf La t Ben's trick and theBureiuss of detection, for the lightwas ai once dashed from my handand Iho forecastle left in dark-ness He must have leaped, also,at the same instant, Htralght downon Wolf Larsen.

'i'lh first Hounds were those ofa conUict between a bull and awolf. 1 heard a great infuriatedbellow go up from Wolf Lawen,and from Leach a snarling thatwas desparata and blood-curdling.Jolm '>\u25a0 ni'iHi have joined him In-\u25a0MUtlly, so that hiH Hbject andKiu\ <\u25a0liiiK conduct on deck for thepast i'-w days had been uo morethan planned deception.

I was so terror-stricken by t hisfight in the dark that I leanedagainst the ladder, trembling andunable to ascend. And upon mewas that old sickness at the pit ofUlt \u25a0toftiach, caused always i.y theaitf< tude of physical violence. Inililt iuMtance I could not Hee, butI.ioula hear the Impact of theblo"w.s —tiie soft criiHhlng soundmade by flesh striking forciblym .in'! iHi -h Then there was thecrashing about the entwined {bod-ies, the labored breathing, "theshort, quick gaspß of sudden pain.

Thore, must have been moremen In the conspiracy to murderthe captain and mate, for by theHounds I knew that Leach andJohnson had been quickly rein-forced hj some of their mutes.

"(Jet a knife, somebody!''Leach was shouting.

"Pound him on the head! Mashhis brains out!" was Johnson's

cry.Hut after his first bellow. Wolf

Lait-i-n made no noise. He wasfighting grimly and Hilently forlir*..lit wan sore beset. .Down

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