WHAT IF IT HAD BEEN WHOLE ARMY OF PLUNDERERS?The alarm clock has gone off under the ear of

the professional pacifist. Maybe he'll get up intime for business.

It takes just one porch climber and the disap-

pearance of the family silver to impel the manwho "isn't afraid of robbers" to buy a bull dog.

Pancho the Wolf, porch clumber and plunder-er, has just sneaked up in the dead of night andwalked off defiantly with lives belonging to the

American household. He has made a clean get-away with his bloody loot.

The U. S. lap dog was asleep on the porch.Besides, his teeth, such as he had, weren't in

working order.

When the villain fled to the hills and made astand, the poor pup licked his toothless gumsand didn't dare risk a tussle.

Now, Mr. Unpreparedness Man how do youfeel about getting the bulldog?

k YOUR LAST CHANCEYou willbe disbarred as a Tacoma citizen

for nearly two months unless you get yourname on the registration books today or to-morrow. Books open both evenings.

Unless you are registered you can vote atNEITHER the primaries nor city election..

\ 25c A MONTH.VOL. XIII. NO. 72.

The Tacoma TimesTHE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. 25c A MONTH. \

lc A COPYTACOMA. WASH.. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1!*HI.

NIGHT EDITIONWEATHER

Tacoma: Fa*r, light frost tonight.Washington: Same.

Head "An Onihlder"—l'uge _.'.

FEAR UNITED, MEXICO

'GOOD MAN GONE WRONG'The Tacoma Times and the Seattle Star sent Fred Boalt to Mexico in i913 on the occasion of

the last Mexican embroglio. What he has to say now about the Villa situation cannot fail to be ofinterest. -Editor.

By Fred L. Boalt.During Ihe time when our govern-

ment eras trying to make up Its mindwhether it would recognize Carran/.a or

Villa as the de facto head of the Mexi-can republic, my sympathies were allwith Villa.

I cannot claim to know Pancho Villawell. But I have two close friends whoknow Villa as well, I imagine, as it ispossible for Americans to know a Mexi-can.

These friends of mine arc Bill Shep-herd, United Press correspondent, andDurborough, the Newspaper Enterpriseassociation's war photographer, both ofwhom have since been covering theEuropean war.

1 first met Shepherd and Durboroughin Vera Cruz, during the American oc-cupation. 1 had come to Vera Cruz, atthe beginning of the occupation, fromthe Rio Grande, where I had interviewedVilla at Juarez.

Shepherd and Durborough had beenIn Mexico longer than 1, and they hadcampaigned with Villa In the north.They had shared grub and blankets withhim.

Shepherd and Durborough believed inPancho Villa; believed, too, in his sin-cerity and ability to carry out the taskto which he had set his hand.

Because American soldiers are aboutto cross the border, and take Villa—dead or alive—and perhaps execute himfor the bandit and murderer he un-doubtedly Is, I want to tell again theoft-told tale of this strange man.

I got It partly from the lips of Villahimself, and partly from Shepherd andDurborough.

Villa was a farmer In a small way,a little above the peon class- He hada little siter whom he loved, whose vir-gin beauty pleased the eye of the sonof a lord of the land whose great haci-enda was nearby.

The young aristocrat kidnaped Villa'ssister. Villastarted in pursuit. On theway he caught up with a priest whomhe compelled to accompany him.

They came upon the man and thegirl at evening as they were makingcamp. At the point of a revolver Villaforced tlie priest to marry the runaway

pair. He then made hi.s sister a widow.You will conclude from this that Villa

was n luwles man, and so he was. Hut,remember, there was, and is, no law inMexico for the protection of the classI'roin which Piincho \ illn sprang.

Diaz was dictator. The father of themurdered man had wealth and influ-ence. Diaz put a price on Villa's head.Villa took to the mountains, gathered aband about him, and turned banditchief.

Hut they will tell you In Mexico thathe was a Robin Hood of outlawry, rob-bing the rich and giving to tlie poor-

Diaz was driven out of Mexico.Maderu, visionary nnd saint, hornto martyrdom, rose to power. Villaworshiped Madero. liloody Huertatricked Madero, and murdered him.And then Villa came to Juarez, came

out of hiding—he and his band— to helpCarranza free Mexico und to restore thelaud to the people.

He came, a gorgeous bandit of melo-drama, from the mountains, wearing asombrero heavy with gold trimmings.His picturesque bandit's costume tinkledwhen he swaggered, so covered was itwith coins and trinkets.

His spurs were long- The heelsof his boots were high. In his beltwere stuffed knives and revolvers.He was a savage.But he soon saw that he was not like

the other leaders of theConstitutiona-lists. They, some of them, wore sackcoats and derby hats.

A smart man is Pancho Villa- One byone he dropped his barbaric ornaments.He wanted to be like other men.

When 1 saw him at Juarez, he wore abusiness suit, he had a senographer anda secretary, and he gave audience to thenewspaper reporters every morning at10 o'clock!

One day DuThorough said to him:"General, what Is It you are trying todo "

And Villa answered: "I am trying toget back the land, to split up the bigestates." And he told Durborough astory.

"When Torreon fell," lie said, "Ithought to gi»•\u25a0 my men a concreteIdea of what they had been fight-

ing for. So I gave them land.They were tired of war. They be-gan building homes and tilling thesoil."But by and by 1 told them we must

go on fighting. 'Why?' they asked.'You told us this war was to get backthe land. Well, we have it now. Wewant to have farms, and homes, andschools for our children.'

"1 told them there were millions olother Mexicans to the south. They, too,must get land. We must keep on fight-ing if all our people are to have land.

"So, reluctantly, they quit theirfarms, took up their rifles, nnd matchedaway. I nearly lost my army by thatexperiment."

Shepherd once put to Villa a some-what similar question: "General, whyare you a rebel?"

"When," said Villa, "I go to \u25a0Paso, and see there fine stores, andwomen shopping, and men at workal good jobs, ami children going toschool, and paved streets welllighted; and when I then crosshack over the bridge into Juarez,nnd see nothing but ignorance, andIlliteracy, and stupidity, and super-stition, mill degeneracy—when Isee the difference between El Pasoand Juarez, then I am a rebel!"When our government was trying to

choose between Carranza and Villa, 1was hoping they would choose the lat-ter. He had kept faith with us. Car-ranza had shown himself sulky andtricky and offish.

We recognized Carranza, and perhapsthat was the best thing we could havedone for Mexico. But I think I can un-derstand Villa's disappointment andsubsequent hatred of us.

His batied must have changedhtm. Pet Imps he Is the man lie wanwhen he came down from themountains. Perhaps he hstesAmericans now as he formerly hat-ed the land-owning aristocracy ofMexico.Well, he has gone too far. He must

be stopped and he must be punished.But it Is a pity.

A (.(MillMAN GONE WBOIfQ 18PANCHO \TI_I_A.

ArmyWithholds BlowIn Order to PrepareMore Fully and GiveTime for DickeringWith CarranzaKl> CAW. Miirch l:». —Threatened by mi organized

reslalt^'ie from iii-ouseilMe\i«-'i. tlie expedition locrii-b \ ilia is Mill bebl inleash.

Tree:-s cii r"ut_' M spe-inltrains an Ibeic waycither to participate in theinvasion or lo replace theHoop- nluag the Imii-ilci' whowillbe -ei'i at!I—a the line.lie..oris thai 11 Carraii/.Uta gar-1

rison b.i - lie nine mutinous and |is ntnki.i: threat* caused appre-|hension today. I

A former Carranslsta official Iasserted that all Mexico would Iarise against tlie Invaders.

"Camazlatai bate Villlstas.",he said. ' Imt all Mexicans bate '[Americans more."

He art* confident that Carraa-izlatas ami not Vllltstai, would;inlied tin rtral Amerteu blood 111Jthe cxp.diton is sent through i. Juarez.

The invasion is now expected .'to he starlet! 'I'iiesdny, though

Fuiißton's policy of thorough pre-;paredne.s may cause a further t

delay. •Carranz.'i's threatened opposi-1tlon and \ ilia's flight toward tlie |

settlement of the American jMormons, who are at bis mercy, jhave torn the border citizens with janger and fear.

t'liri-iiii/.istas already havehud (liflieulty in suppressionaiiti-.-iiieiicaii deinoiist ra-tions. Six Americans _irriv-

e<l from I'hihiiuhiia today.They reported two (urranza

officers had threatened theirlives.

"A force, of 12,000 Americanaare mobilizing. The invadingforces may avoid all cities, thus |making it Impossible for non-1combatant* to be involved in the'battles.

.It is expected, however, that i

the Americans will seize the |iMJexiciiu .Vorlbwestern railroad !at Juarez.' The troops will leavethe railroad HO miles below the |border at Gasman and attempt Ito envelop Villa.

LETTER FAKED!WASHINGTON, D. C March

13.—T\To considerations are stillhalting the invasion of Mexicoand the pursuit of Villa.

First, the government desiresCarranza's consent; and, second,Gen. Funston Is holding his menback until he is completely pre-pared to smash the hardest.

Army officials predicted todaythat V. K. troops will enter Mex-ico Wednesday at the latest.

Misinformation given to theMexican embassy caused It to an-nounce that President Wilson hadaccepted the terms of militaryreciprocity.

This statement was withdrawnwhen the White House denied It

Prevent Opposition.The admlnlstratoln believes It

will be possible tv conduct an ex-pedition against Villa wlthoitmeeting Carranza opposition.

Fear Is expressed that shouldthe president accept Carranza'snote, Gen. Villawould spread re-ports that the expedition was forthe pur pone of invasion and thatthe V. S. Intended to subjugate

Mexico. With tlii-' slogan liecould undouljtdly rally an armyto bis support.

Letter Misquoted.The embassy declared today

thai Carransa's manifesto pub-lished ibis morning was grosslymisquoted. It bad declared the.Mexican government would not

I grant the 11, s. \u25a0 ri^ in to send an| armed force in pursuit of VillaIwithout the consent nnd reclpro-jcal privilege being first obtained.

The copy which the embassy re-Iceived whh essentially the samelas the letter sent to SecretaryILaBSIBg previously.

MARCH BEGINSDOOGLAB, March I::. Thei

[Culberson ranch, tin miles cast of I', Douglas, was officiaiy designatedtoday as the one point from i

which Amerlcea troops will eaterl.Mexico.

The forces will include the 7th'j and nub cavalry. The 10th cav-jally started to march this morning

I from Slaughter's ranch. 110 miles |east of the mobilizing point The Itroops Hie accompanied by one!battery of the Hlh field artillery.:

A scouting party of one officer !jand nine men crossed the borderj last night. This led to the re-

I port thai the invasion lunl alreadybegun. The result of the scout-ing party's efforts is unknown.

RUSH TROOPSLAUKIK). Tex., Mutch it.—

Anticipating a refusal by theCnited States of bis request fora reciprocal agreement in thematter of sending troops across

j the border In search for bandits,

General Carranza. it was learned| here today, is rushing 10,000itroops to .luarez, .".,000 to N'ogalesland 10,000 to several otherI points.

CALLS CABINETMEXICO CITY. March 1 f!.—

Venustiaiio Carranza, provisionalpresident of Mexico, today sum-moned his cabinet to meet imme-diately at Querelaro, 10n milesnorthwest of here, to consider theMexican-American situation.

CMINKIt MAY 00MOBILE, Ala., March 13. —-

The U. S. cruiser North Carolinaat Pansaocla has received sealedorders. It was reported today.

It is presumed the cruiser hasbeen directed to participate in theMexican operations.

What's DoinMonday

Next to last day to register;office open In evening.

Ministerial Alliauec meets; Y.M. C. A.; 2 p. m.

TuesdayLAST day to register for April

elections.Tacoma Arm league meets; of-

fices of Dr. South worth; 8 p. m.Regular monthly membership

meeting of Commercial club;special program land entertain-ment; 8 p. in.

RUMANIA LEANSTO ALLIES' SIDE

LONDON, March IS. With thepermission to buy war suppliesin Russia, it Is thought that l(u-

--lnania has reached a definite un-derstanding with the allies andwill adhere to their cause.

\u25a0fTalko'the Times rGreetings, have ion nhlil

good-bye to our nationalguard boys?

New York may do a little moreexporting than Tacoma, but wedoubt It.

Tiicomans who celebratellress-l p Week all the time:

Andy Knov,Chris Clausen,\\ imhllhii n McDonald,John 11. Stevens, Jr.,James liege.

Washington dispatches assureus that Senator Jones stands alikely chance of being the com-promise candidate for temporarychairman of the national U. O.I\ convention. We don't doubtIt. Anything that Is at once tem-porary and a compromise soundslike our Wesley l.orlmer.

WF I'KOI'HW'VWar being formally de-

rlared, we'll bet 10 rentsHint Germany can lick Por-tugal, If nobody Interferes.

Great discoveries of molybde-num In California are announced.

Now turn the page ovei

POLITICS II\u25a0" '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 11 \u25a0 i i \u0084.. —

CHAPTER IV.

Some More Ideas That NeedAiring This Campaign

In these talks lasi week I suggested that the voters |!ought to insist on knowing how every candidate for com- !mtssloner will acl in regard to tho franchise renewals the !T. It. A; I. I'o will want, ami how lie will treat our water i|Bid light plants and other city-owned utilities. jl

Here are \u25a0 few other pertinent questions to make ;'

tboee aspirants for Office answer: ''What Is your attitude toward civil .i'i\in'.'In. you favor Ihe |Milicy of the pi-cscnt council of set- ('

ting aside itetinilc siiiiik of money lor .1 sinking tnml toleiin- the city's outstanding houileil iii<lchtts.lnes.','

Whut woiihl be your policy in legaril lo Ihe vice, boot- j|legging and gambling evils? ij

Who are your ideas 011 the jitney bus.' Slmuhl it heencouraged, developed, iegulal-.il, or killed.

Whal lire your ideas on genera I unto regulation?IN WHAT PARTICI I.Alt WAV IMI YOl KXPMOT |!

Vol 1: KLKiTiov to Hi; a in:\i:i IT To mi; cm of \u25a0

TACOMA?When you voters propound these questions you are I]

asking notliing unreasonable, nothing ever) candidate Ishould 111 it willingly answer to the best of his ability. I

\s spokesman for you. The Times has taken the dulyon Itself of directing these questions to the candidates,In a letter that reached them all today we requested IIanswers. I

When the replies are In and tabulated, I shall pass on jthe information to you, fairly and Impartially, and letyou be the judge. 1]

If any candidate dodges or refuses lo answer, 1 willtell you so, und let you draw your own conclusions. j)

Tomorrow I intend to discuss lv n hide more detail ]]Ihe lust i|iiestioti suggested above, .hu going to tell you IIwhere The Times -lands in this campaign und am goingin spring 11 Looking I'orwurd idea on you. Jj

SNOW SNUFFS OUT252 HUMANLIVES

VENICE, March 13.--Abouttil persons were burled In anavalanche in the Agordo districtvestcrday Several houses werecompletely coy red.

Look it up In the dictionaryyourself, we had to.

We hop,, the directorywon't fail to get in Hie namesof all Ihe new sens m- seespring up on every hand.

What has become of the old-fashioned man who was alwaysgrowling because the Commercialclub was a dead one?

FLOHHIF F1.1.M FLAM'SANHWKHS

HAY CUmU—Are youjesting me when you ask ifthis war in K.urope Isn't justa big movie company mak-ing new spectacular war pic-tures?

IIAKOI .I) BItOOMKI.I, —Jay M. Musi.!i-ii's next re-lease Is up to the governor.I'm not sure If that wasFrancois Olson In "Alger-non, Ilie Box Car Tourist."You may be \u25a0 igbt, though, Inever am. ('ertalnly.

OIDDAP!He took In two bad dollars.

And now he's baring fits;But, pardon me, I mean that he

Is having counterfeits.

and start the new novel.