WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN OF ARMY OFFICER BURNED TO DEATH

STRIKESon in three Bridgeport

(Conn.) corset factories. With

the women folks, this may cut

quite a figure. The Tacoma TimesTHE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

30cAMONTH

HOMEEDITIONVOL. XII. NO. 212. FRIDAY, At (UST 27, 1915. TAOOMA, WASH.

WEATHER:Tacoma -Fair tonight and Sat-

Washington — Same; coldereast portion.

DDirCT Following Quarrel CUfifiTC DICUADrlxlLOl Over Appointments vfIUUI\u25a0> DliMlUrGERMANY WillACKNOWLEDGEU.S. PRINCIPLES

WASHINGTON, 1). C, Aug.27.—1t never Imm been Ger-many |K>H<y to torpedo apaMtcnger-rarrylng merchantfchip without warning. Sub-marine commanders alwayshave lieen instructed to per-mit non-combatant* alHMirdto «tii|w before Kinking suchve+vHCln.

If any commander lias(lone otherwise, he liax actedcontrary lo orders.

These representations, itwax learned on unquestion-able authority today, will heIncluded in Merlin's shewingto tlie United State* in con-nection with the Kinking ofthe Arabic.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 27.—A complete diplomatic victoryfor President Wilson may be ex-pected In a few days, when a notewill be received from Germanywhich will acknowledge everyprinciple of the freedom of the

seas for which he has contendedIt is said on good authority|

that the Germans will promise tocease their attacks, without warn-ing, upon merchant and passengerBllipS.

In fact, it Is said this policyhas been in effect since the sink-jing of the Lusitania, but that thekaiser has not felt It advisable tomake it known until now, whenhis armies have completed theclearing of Russian forces fromall Poland.

It is expected ulso, that If Ger-many is shown that the Arabicwas sunk by one of its submj-jlines, it will disavow (lie act andregret the deaths of Americansaboard.

Dispatches from Berlin are thatthe government there was asmuch surprised as the UnitedStates over the sinking of theArabic. Word is sent that nubcommanders had been definitel;ordered to guard against a repetttion of the Lusitania disaster.

America as aPrize of War

By Herbert QuickWhy should any nation attack

us?A year ago I should have Bald,

"There can be no reason."But since that time the world

has entered onKS? <s«. m.bsj ana of brigand-

age, loot androbbery such aswas never beforeseen.

On July 28last year welived on a globepar c c led outamong peoplesengaged mostlyin honest labor.They were goodneighbors. We

Herbert yuick did not need,apparently, to

carry a gun, to lock the doors atnight, or to watch our valuables.

On the second day of Augustthe black flag was flying at themasthead of some of the mostpowerful governments in theworld. Belgium was alreadydown and Germany had begun topick her pockets.

War has changed its tone sinceour fathers fought. It is now afight for money as well as fortrade and territory. The nationwhich was yesterday our friendmay be tomorrow our foe, makingwar on us, tearing up treaties asscraps of paper, and making usfinance her war on us if she canonce get us down.

Let us uHHiimp for a momentthat some nation could get usdown. What could they make usdo?

They could commandeerall the cotton of the Southand give Hlir script for It... Tlu'y could take over attheir own prices all our«li«'d(. our cattle, our hornex,our motor cars, our swine,our sheep.

They could seize our coalmines and make us workthem for their benefit.

They could seize our banksand loot them of their rush.

They could suppress ournewspaper* and magazinesand thus strike us blind.

They could make us keepcivil tongue* In our heudxwhen their soldiery passed-along the roads or streets.

They could seize our ironand steel works and put themto their own uses.

They could levy cash con-tributions on us in amountssufficient to bankrupt u« forgenerations, and largeenough to finance the waragainst us and pay a profiton the transaction.We are now engaged in a much

more serious controversy withGermany than the one betweenAustria and Serbia which brought

on th* war. War could be made

out of the situation in a week ifeither Hide desired war.

If Germany could get 200,000men into the United States., arm-ed as her men are armed, sup-plied as they arc supplied withartillery and machine guns andmunitions, unless we could meetthis army and defeat it, she couldmake us pay the expenses, notonly of the war against us, but ofthe remendous conflict she iswaging against half the rest ofthe world.

Moreover, she could cut off thesupplies of her enemies. Shocould double her own suppliedfrom American mills and factor-ies.

Why should she not do it is shecould? Ask Belgium.

Tl ere is only one thing In theway of an invasion of this coun-try by Germany today, and Justsuch a successful war on us as Ihave suggested. At least I cansee only one thing.

That thing is the British navy.And she may possibly destroythe Hritish navy.

I speak of Germany because Ido not like to call the roll of pos-sible enemies. There are others.

When congress meets it will becalled upon to consider the ques-tion of whether or not those whothink this country might be suc-cessfully invaded are right, andwhether we should depend on theaccident of a possible enemy'sbeing tied up with the mistress ofthe seas to save us from humilia-tion, defeat and possible subjec-tion.

Horde ofRussiansCaptured

BERLIN, Aug. 27.—8ince War-saw fell, more than 200,000 Uus-sians have been captured by theAuslrn Ci'rinan forces, severalthousand cannon have been taken,and enough rifles and small gunsto supply several divisions of Teu-tonic armies

In the operations, the Russianshave been driven back more than100 miles.

The capture of Brest-Lltovsk,one of the world's great tort-;resses, aroused the greatest en-thusiasm in Berlin. A steady ad-vance into the heart of Russiawas forecast by many.

DEGE HOME FROMA TRIP IN EAST

James H. Doge, the haberdash-er, has just returned from a buy-ing trip in to* east.

MotherIn NeedOf HelpAtOnce

By A. J. EldredA little frail woman of 40

years came into The Times of-fice yesterday afternoon.

She had none lo Homer T.Homy, Times' attorney in themothers' pension ruses, mid hebrought her to us for immediateaid.

i mil June 1 I she was on thecounty mothers' pension roll.She wag entitled to this aid be-cause her husband Isft to go towork in Eastern Washingtonseven years ago, and has neverreturned.. Hut now that aid incut off. It amounted to $ ' • amonth.

She has three children, twogirls and a boy. The oldest isa girl, 15. The mother has notmuch left in life but an ambi-tion to give them a schooling—a chance.

She has been doing a littletailor-work, but it is off-seasonnow. The end of her resourcehas come. She is up against it.

To us, she offered to take inwashing to help her children.That la absurd. She is too frail.She la not large and worry andhard work have taken years andyears of vitality from her.

When she was cut off the pen-sion roll, Bhe was given slightdirect charity for a month. Thjn

that was cut off, without muchcause being assigned, except thatsuch money had to be spent care-fully.

Tin- rounty that haw no iiiiiclimoney that it »pt»n<lK ninny thoii*-ihmls for one sort of paving thattwo of it« ••iiiiiiiilssloniTs thinkbelter than ail other kinds can-not atford lo aid tliix widow keepher fatherless faintly together.

The whole courthouse atti-tude, this woman found, wasthat thin mothers' pension liusl-ness was all a lot of socialistictwaddle anyhow that ought to becut out.

What will Times readers do?

ScoresLawson

'Trial'WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 27.

—The conviction of John Law-son, Colorado labor leader, forthe murder of John Nlmmo, min-er, was termed today as the"lowest infamy in Americanlegal history," in the formal re-port of the industrial commis-sion.

It said:"The prosecution and convic-

tion of Mr. Lawson under thesecircumstances, and his sentenceto life imprisonment at hardlabor, marked the lowest depthsof the prostitution of Colorado'sgovernment to the will of theColorado Fuel & Iron companyand Its associates.

"It is the crowning infamy ofall the Infamous record in Colo-rado of American institutionsperverted and debauched by self-ish private interests. It 1b anar-chism stripped of eviery pretenseof even that chimerical idealismthat firoH the unbalanced mindof the bomb thrower.

"It iw anarchism for profits andrevenge, and it menaces the secur-ity and integrity of American in-stitutions as they seldom havebeen menaced before."

Lawson was convicted beforea Judge who previous to his ap-pointment had been In the payof the Rockefellers. Since this,the supreme court of the statehas granted Lawson a new trialand forbidden the Judge to servein further strike cares.

CURTAIL SALE OF

LIQUOR IN BERLINBERLIN, Aug. 27—Attempting

to curtail the distribution of dis-tilled liquors in the Berlin dis-trict,, the police have asked thegovernment to atop the Mle after7 p. m. on week nights and en-tirely on holidays and Sunday.

Wives of Ambassadors BroughtInto Limelight By German Crisis

C<»nn»e«B Yon IleriiNtorff, wife of flip <.<ri>i»n Mm. Nw WatMm (Jeriird, wife of the Anicrl-amhatiNador to the I ihiinl States, <\u25a0«\u25a0\u25a0 ainlwHsiKloi- to (Jermnuy.

Well, Well Cynthia GreyLands Right On Paae OneWe are just reminded b^ the dozens oflettera which have been pouring in

to the editor in answer to htfVall for suggestions that the < Vnthia Grey de-partment is one of the best road and most helpful features of The Times.

We always knew it, but;the almost unanimous testimony of these lettersbrings the •üblect again fonibl.V to our attention.

Cynthia Grey, needless \o say, is a real woman. She is a woman of cul-ture, of education, of wide rinding, of deep human sympathy and with a will-ingness which is almost a paisioii to seek out the answers to difficult questions.Cynthia Grey is not her real name. She prefers to use it as a cloak for heridentity.

Tlie questions, equally ieedlesa to say, are real questions sent in by realTacoma and Western Washington people. They sum up real problems in thosepersons' lives. Miss Grey answers them privately by mail, when a stampedenvelope is enclosed. The range of subject matter is practically unlimited.

Just to interest any few readers of The Times who may not already haveformed the habit of followii^; her daily column, we are going to plunk her de-partment right down here ot page one twlay, with the hope that she will gainthe full 100 per cent of attention which she deserves.

Here are the questions Itnd her answers for today:

Q. —I am a man 24 yearsof age. Last December I wassecretly married by a instil p

of the peace to a girl 18years of ftge.

The parents of the girl ob-jected. They took the girlhome and kept us parted.

Within the last few monthsthey allowed us to come andgo at will. We then madearrangements with the par-ents that the wedding becelebrated the last of thismonth, which seemed satis-factory. Within the past fewdays, the father Informed methat the above mentioned oc-casion was to be canceled,and that the girl and I wereto separate.

As I think the world ofher, end,as she reciprocates,kindly inform me as towhether the father has theauthority to Interfere.A.—lf the girl In 18 ye«rs old

(the ran marry without her par*

fills' rmiscnt and go to her hiivhand's homo, wlierever lie rhonMMto make it. Slu> lum passed fromthe control of her parenta.

Rut thin girl Is alr«w<l.v yiwrwife, arrordlnß to tlie statementIn the ftrnt paragraph, of your let-ter. A Nerond wedding ceremony«11l not make the first more bind*Ing, and a Hepaj-atJon willnot re-store her own name to the jjlrtnor return to her the privilegeof an unmarried young womu

ll,i^ with her |w»r«Mit-. TnKteiwl,a <l*<>r<r is the only way of 'li.s-kiiMui: the marriage, even If Hiegirl were not of age when theceri»n»!i) r kiu iierfwrHied.

Q.—Is it proper for ay jung lady to hold a younggentleman's hat or cap at a[icture enow or at the the-after? W. E.

' .—A ni'in is Kuupooed to lie

WOUNDS AREEXPECTED TOPROVE FATAL

competent to take <art of life ownpersonal belongings under all \u25a0 |r-

< iiiiistjtnics. A young womannever helps him. r.'ven in her ownhome lie find* a pl»< <• to put hi*roat and hat when lie < «IN, hii-Jmoreover gets into Ills overroatwithout her as*tat.an<-e. Manygirls, nevertheless, feel Ita sacredprivilege to help the man when-ever possible.

(Continued on Page Four.)

GENERAL'S FAMILYT PERISHES IN FIRE

\\ l\<>\\. Minn., Aug. ±~.IMsliop I'ntrlck llrffriin. of

\\ liv.mi. \V«h -.Inn lulu- l.i-

iln> liy l.illn-r Mi..(-ins I «s---tiies.

I In- Nliooting ori uiiiil Inthe library of Ilio ('nlJioliu

I>lklk>|in' MM here.HKliop lleffron'N condition

In serioiiH.The decision of Hitthop Heffron

not to send Father LpucheH to anyfurther HppolntiiiPntK Is believedto liHve been the cause of theshooting.

Tho priest Ik said to have beenregarded an unrellitlilo by thebishop and recent failures on thepart of Father Leaches <'ausedhim to decide to withhold ap-pointment!).

I'livii Inns said after a carefulexamlnailon of thn wounds thatthey could not tell whether thetwo hnili'is would prove final*I I'urlicH Is generally believed t<|be dwnonted.

Following Hie -tiiiniliiK he bar'ricnded lifniHelf In hln room, •milrefused to open thn door.

I'uiim (iiticcih were forced tobutter down tho door and over-*power the priest before they couldtake him to Jail.

A lively argument, In which thebishop in Hald to have made sharpaccusation! against the priest*preceded tho shooting. No i>er»sons were present, but aervanta inthe home heard Hounds of a tenseargument In the library juat be-fore the two simiH rang out.

CALLSDOWN

MOLLS

lams." The remaining member*of the party, H. K. liavls, Mre. M<Rucker and Uertha Morrla, are"till in Jail. The party wuscheduled to be tried in policecourt today. No other charge butthe "drunk and dlaorderly" <>:>«has been made against the sextet*

Sh>h Clierk* Are Had.M. ruhii«, a Japanese of An*

burn, who used his horses to pullthe Kniri-iiiid auto out of theditch when It was wrecked oofthe Pacific highway, appeared Atthe court, house yenterday nftur-noon with checks for flO and $6given him, he said, by Falrchlld.The money was paid him for hlnservice*, ho declared, but thechecks were declared worthies!when taken to a bank.

Kukow learned the identity ofFalrchild and then left the courthouse. A:< yet he has made nocharge. j

"Mr. MilK. what Is your|Hiliio il«|pmi lincnl lining—trying to i*n>ti-< i Joy-riders?A few ilayH ago tlie officerswere HiixioiiH to get hold of|ntsiiiis wlio were driving• His while intnvlriilril. Wlliltdo you mean by covering up\u25a0Ms Kalnhlld affair?"Mayor Kawcett thus caused

considerable excitement in today'scouncil bpbsloii by attacking thepolice department for attemptingyesterday to keep quiet all detailso| the "joy party" that resultedin arrests of J. W. Falrchlld, sonof < * Senator VV'ilburn Falrchild,and five companions, two men andthree women.

But Why Light Charge."Why, mayor, the police can't

force anyone to give their rightnames when they are arrested,"protested Mills.

"Maybe not, but when theyknow the identity of the prison-ers, as they did In this case, it isnot their duty to protect theparty from publicity," respondedFawcett.

"Anyway, why is it that themembers of the party are charg-ed only with being drunk and dis-orderly, ami not with driving anautomobile while intoxicated?"

Police Knew Names."But, Mr. Mayor, the car was

standing still when the officercaught them,' 1 replied the com-mission with mild Indignation.

It developed today, as Millswas informed, that the policeknew yesterday morning the fullIdentity of the members of theparty, but that officers tried tosuppress the case.

Fairchild, who is married tothe daughter of Detective FrankGeary, was released from jail lastnight on $25 cauh bail, as weretwo of the party, who gave namesof "R. B. Wood" and "Eva Will-<

i AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—Mn . John J. Pershlng, wife ofBrjfeadter General Pershlng or theI luted States army, and her threedaughters were burned to deathtod py when fire destroyed theirrea dence at Presidio.

] ler five-year-old son. Warren,wa.! rescued by soldier*.

The wooden structure was atnus of flames before the tirewas discovered. A general alarmfor the whole garrison was call-ed, but It waa too late.

Qen. Pershing is serving on theMexican border.

The bodies of Mrs. Pershlngand her daughters were found .In

\u25a0 the front bedroom. They vere\u25a0 not badly rharrei, and officers

believe all three nad been suffo-cated by smoke before the firereached the room.

Mrs. Pershlng was the daugh-ter of Senator. Warren of Wyom-ing. She married Pershlng InCheyenne In 1905. The origin ofthe fire probably never will beknown, but Commandant Whitneyhas ordered an Investigation.

HOSPITAL TO BEOPEN TO PUBLIC

OVER WEEK ENDThe Tacoma General hospital

will be opened to the public forInspection again Saturday after-noon and evening and Sundayafternoon and evening-

OLITAFALLS

BERLIN, Aug. 27.—The fort-ress of Olita, oue of the last twoRussian strongholds defendingthe Warsaw-Petrograd railway,today was occupied by the Ger-mans, the war office announced*

Grodno is now the only forfholding out.

KIODIESIJLL'BE WARM NOW

Within an hour after ThaiTimes was published yesterday,aftornoon with its article con«earning a destitute family ofleight children in Tacoina, both,parents of whom are sick in bed;charitable persons began takingclothing to Police Matron EllaBuck, who was taking care of thefamily.

This morning Mrs. Buck had agreat pile of children's clothingof unusually good quality, forthe family. The clothing was de-livered them at noon. There wasa sufficient number of garmentsin the lot to insure each childplenty of warm clothing for the

coming winter. [

ARREST SAILORS;CHARGE MUTINY

Thirteen, able-bodied seamenfrom th« British steamer Caluluwere booked at the county Jail to-day on warrants sworn out byLucien AgassU, British consul,pending an investigation.

The nallors are charged with"raising trouble" aboard whentheir wages were not forthcom-ing.

At the jail the prisoners al-leged that Capt. Plunhett was in-toxicated during the greater partof the vessel's trip and that hespent the money intended fortheir wages.

When they demanded their payfor two months, they assert, theywere offered only a small amount.It was then the trouble started.

The Calulu, flying the Austral-

Lan flag, left Australia with «cargo of munitions for England.While in Liverpool previous tostarting for America, a belliger-ent aeroplane flew over the ve»*Bel at night, dropping a bomtfwithin 30 yarda of the vessel.

It was still tied op at the dock.The crew immediately assemble)on -deck ready to Jump into twater, but no more bombs wsrdropped.

The Calulu Is.at the LondotJdock where she will Uke onwheat for the United KingdonIt is expected th« seamea willhgiving a hearing late today.

If found guilty of Insubordina-tion they will probably be place*In Irons, It is thought. This p$possible under maritime law. M