fa**"'mKJBf ao^^ HA A get together rally of Tacomans that ought to be m m _^^^ \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 H^^ Rev Mark A Matthews, Seattle pastor, is counted _B^^

JBW H m one of the most inspiring patriotic occasions of thir, _m^^^B 111 on for &xx elo(luent' Plea for Uncle Sam. There'll beV patriotic year is to be held at the Tacoma theater to H^H MM | | M g°od mußic, too. m^^l\u25a0 MaWWW MmBW I I W WMmW mmnWBB WSmW The need of buying Liberty bonds and of otherwise *^mW

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weather tonighl and Es*^s£Saturday; probably Kii^*^^showers. . '

MILLIONAIRE'S SON KIDNAPEDFather Tries To Pay $6,000 Ransom; Friends Prevent

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Thank heaven, Tacomans apparently have hadno hand in the treasonable and asinine anti-draft |conspiracy! What few manifestations of it wehave seen locally have been brought in from Seattleand other cities that have been shamed in the eyesof the world by little groups of fool-ingrates.

The anti drafters carry on their Berlin hatched plot under the name ofdemocracy.

What is democracy I If i vast majority of a nation, acting through itspresident and congress, adopts selective service as its policy, is it not thepart of democracy to abide cheerfully by that decision!

And If a few conscientious objectors sincerely believe the foolish theorythat the law is contrary to the involuntary servitude paragraph of the con-stitution, written to prohibit the owning of negro slaves by individuals, isit not the pari of democracy for them t.. try out their case quietly in thecourts, rather than to plot against the government 1

The anti-drafters are confusing liberty andlicense. They are confusing democracy and anarchy.

They are serving, some of them with intent and some through sheerbull headedness, the cause of the kaiser. Twenty years in the penitentiaryis a light enough penalty for their offense.

Let Tacoma rejoice that thus far it has furnish-ed no traitors.

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WILSONWARNSSLACKERS(lulled rrr«» l.'-iis.'il Wire.)

WASHINGTON, D. C, June 1.—President Wilson today issueda proclamation warning "slack-ers" that attempts to evade regis-tration by fleeing from the coun-try will expose them to prosecu-tion upon return to this country.

At the same time part of con-gress is aiding the anti-registra-tion plots.

While the department of justiceis hewing at the roots of the na-tionwide conspiracy, some me li-bers of congress are franking outanti-conscription speeches, In-cluding that of Speaker ChampClark, it became qnown today.

Many supposedly are usingtheir franking privileges to ex-plain their votes on the selectiveservice bill, but the effect of theiract —be it intended to block regis-tration or not —is manifestly toencourage the plotters whereverthe literature reaches.

The antl-reglstration conspiracyIs taking on broader aspects than

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Anti-Draft'High Sign'

(By United l»rcss.)SAX FRANCISCO, June

1. —Men who greet eachother by closing one handover the thumb of the otherhand, are anti-conscription-lsts and that is their "highsign,'"according to a lettersigned "Lafayette" in pos-session of the authorities to-day.

The letter says 10,000men In this vicinity havepledged not to register andare maintaining headquar-ters here.

even the most pessimistic hadfeared.

So extensive is the propagandathat fear of repetition of the Civilwar anti-draft riots Is expressedsecretly here.

Treason has heen charged inthe Ohio cases and it may be laidagainst other alleged plotters al-ready netted in various sections ofthe country.

A new brand of anti-registrationplotting was uncovered today inthe South, where negroes are be-

(Coatlaued on Page Five.)

Some Select ServiceQuestions AnsweredQ. —I recently moved to

Tacoma from Salt Lake City,and will be within the con-scription age limit, but donot know where to go to reg-ister. Will you tell me?

F. \V. S.A.—First learn in what, city

precinct your present residence islocated. Registration next Tues-day will on in- in the pollingplaces of each precinct. The ad-1dresses of these polling placeswill lie announced as soon as theyhnve all Ix-cn compiled by the cityofficials. Register between 7 a.in. and O p. in.

• • *Q.—Ho you have to claim

exemption to get it? B.A.—That depends upon the

rase. .Men physically unfit will,no douht, lie exempted, whetheror not they claim It. The govern-

' mem has provided a blank, andasked that those who intend toi laiin exemption indicate it whenthey register June 5. This Is large-ly for the purpose of giving the

\ government some idea of the num-|l>er of exemptions tlmt will beclaimed, and it does not bind or

I prove anything.

• * *Q. —Can I volunteer In the

na' ry after registering?ANXIOUS.

A.—Anyone can volunteer In{the navy until he is chosen for so-iled service, according to interpre-tations based on instruction nowat hand. It is possible that nil thevacancies in the army, nationalguard, navy and marine corps willlie filled by select service, though.

• • •Q.—My son is a marine

engineer, with a governmentlicense, and is employed on a*tug with a dredge. Will thatgive him a claim for exemp-tion? MOTHER.A.—The registration board will

have to consider his rase in thelight of government instructionsyet to he Issued concerning exemp-tion!). The select service law per-mits exemption for men employedin industries vital to American's

conduct of the war.

BLIND MAN'S BUFF

Q. —I have been rejectedby a railroad doctor becauseof poor lungs and have a goi-ter on the neck, and am 27years of age. Must I serve?

A. B. C.A.—You must register. Tlie

goiter and weak lung* would nodouht make you physically defi-cient for military service, but thisIn for the district registrationhoard to determine, some timeafter registration.

Q.—My brother Is at seaand knows nothing of thedraft law or registrationproclamation. He is expect-ed to reach San Francisco inAugust, but his home Is here.How should he go about reg-istering. Will he be subjectto arrest? H.A.—He will lie required to reg-

ister at the first American port, hereaches within five days, andswear to an affidavit. After fill-ing out his card, it must be sent,with the affidavit, to the registra-tion board of his home pnyijict.

Wears HeartOn the Right

I I lill.-.l I'rrai l.rmrll Wire.)PORTLAND, Ore , June I.—

The navy surgeon was puzzled.With his carefully adjusted andsensitive instruments he huntedup and down the left side ofLyle ('arrow, a Salem youth, andback again. But there was notrace of a heart.

"The boy must have a heart,"the physician mused, then, turn-ing to Carrow, exclaimed: "Here,run around the room a dozentimes as fast as you can."

Carrow did, then stopped foranother examination. Anothersearch on the left side failed toreveal trace of a heart, but thedoctor noticed a throbbing on theright side, under Csrrow's arm,and there the heart was found.

Carrow's request for a waiverwas granted.

HOQUIAMFIREMENSTRIKING

In the face or a United Pressdispatch that Hoquiam is withouta fire department as the result ofthe wnlk-out of the entire organi-zation at 8 o'clock Friday morn-ing, Mayor Fawcett declared Fri-day that the city fathers will Ig-nore the demands of the unionizedTacoma firemen for a wage in-crease.

Hoquiam has absolutely no liraprotection Friday, according todispatches. Both headquartersand outside stations are withoutmen.

May Strike Here.The men's demands are for a

flat wage 'increase of $10 amonth, the same as the demandsof the Tacoma men.

Unless the Tacoma city councilacts favorably on the firemen's de-mands next Wednesday this cityalso may find itself with aboso-lutely no fire protection.

Tacoma firemen have completedtheir union organization and haveaffiliated with the American Fed-eration of Labor. They are de-termined to quit in a body unlesstheir demands are granted.

"I'd like to see the wages ofthe Tacoma firemen and police-men raised 50 per cent, to keeppace with the cost of living, butIt is out of the question whenwe haven't any money in the cityfunds to do it with," said themayor.

Police Also?"The firemen's claim that the

city has enough money won't holdwater.

"They tell me the police depart-men Is planning a strike, too. Itmight be a good thing if they didstrike. It might result in get-ting some more efficient men ontbe force."

TODAY'S CLKARINGBClearings f 645,164.20Balances 110,984.05Transactions 1 489,514.93

Find BirdWith Hands;Walks on All Fours

(Special to I Ik- 'Hiiii'M.)

raW YORK, June I.—Hcl-ence has discovered a birdwhich walks on all fours withthe uid of hands on its wingtips; dives under water likea reptile, and ran scarcelyfly at all!Dr. William Beebe, curator of

birds at the Bronx zoo and mem-ber of the New Rork Zoologicalsociety, lias sought out and de-scribed this most remarkable birdliving on earth today.

It is called the "Hoatzln," andits home is in British (iuiana,along a few tropical rivers.

Dr. Beebe believes this bird isa survival from dim, distantgeologic ages, and that it is the

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"missing link" which separatesreptile, bird and mammal.

Protected by Its strong bodyodor, which resembles musk, andby the bunduri pimpler, or thorntree, upon which It feeds andwhose tremendous thorns "would!defend a trench against the mostcourageous regiment," as Dr.Beebe declares, the Hoatzln hasdefied the tide of evolution whichhas swept away so many ancientforms of life.

The Hoatzln, although unmis-takably a bird, is almost unable tofly.

"Its flight resembles that of anover-fed hen," says Or. Beebe.

At ilk- end of its wings areunmistakable mittens or

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City Detective James Mllone oithe Tacoma police department, re-nowned In police circles as one olthe best identification men on thePacific coast, resigned his positionFrday.

Milone gave as his reason forquitting the department the lowscale of salaries paid by 'the Ta-coma department.

He notified Commissioner Pet-tit that he could not support hisfamily on his police salary. Theformer detective will engage inbusiness for himself, opening agrocery store at Cosgrove near thearmy post.

Detective Mllone has been amember of the police departmentfor 10 years. During that tt-nehe has made numberless Import-ant catches of criminals because olhis remarkable ability to recognizefaces.

"It Is no disparagement to theother officers to say that MlloneIs the best detective, for his lineof work, that Tacoma has everhad," said Commissioner Pettlt.

Mllone has been offered posi-tions with other police depart-ments and with the governmentsecret service, but wants to re-main in Tacoma. The fact that heIs of Italian birth, and speaks thelanguage fluently, has been of bigassistance to the Tacoma police.

Guynemer NowHas Score of

43 Airplanes(Halted Preaa I.eaaed Wire.)

PARIS, June I.—Lieut. Guyne-mer, France's superman of theair, was officially credited todaywith destruction of four addition-al German machines, bringing histotal record of destruction to 43planes.

Two of his last four victimswere downed simultaneously, ac-cording to the official citation.

MYSTERYIN THEFTOF CHILD

United Picks Ueamti Wire.)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 1. Crazed with griefover the kidnaping of his son, J. H. Keet, Springfieldmillionaire, today blames friends for his failure torecover the boy from abductors last night.

Following directions, he stole silently away in theheight of a raging wind and rainstorm in his highpower yellow roadster to meet the kidnapers at somespot near Springfield.

With him he carried $6,000 ransom demanded forthe safe return of the 14 months old child.

Before leaving last night Keelasked his friends noi to attemptto follow him.

The letter from the kidnapersstated that alone he must Afiredown a certain country road,

where, if convinced of his goodfaith, an agent of the kidnaperswould present himself,

Once the money had chanp dhands, he would he inforim dwhere lie could find his baby.

I'lieniN Trail Him.Friends, fearing Keet would

meet with foul play, followed hi 111

almost continually through thenight.

In desperation lie circled, dou-bled hack on his track and shothis yellow phantom car at break-neck speed through torrents which

16 CAMPSONLY TOBE BUILT

(t'nltrd Fiym I.enneil Wlrf.)

WASHINGTON, 1). C, June 1.-The war department has ileculed to reduce its cantonment campsfor the new army and national Iguard from II to 16 and to placethe national guard under canvas.

The situation is confused andin some instances orders havebeen sent out for men in chargeto suspend operations until thenew regiments can be straighten-ed out.

Augusta, Oa., is one of the can-tonment sites already checked offthe list.

The matter of cost was offi-cially assigned by Secretary ofWar Baker this afternoon as thereason for the shift in the plans.

The appropriation now underconsideration of congress calls for$77,000,000, while the estimatedcost of ,'!2 cantonments would beabout $1 50,000,000.

BRITISH AIRCRAFTRAID ENEMY COAST

.Uiiltril In.i I .-nartl Wire.)

LONDON, June I.—British air-craft last night made extensiveraids over Op.tend, Zeehrugge andBruges, the admiralty announce-ment today declared. Many tonsof bombs were dropped with goodresults."

instead down the hillsides.Hut tin' kidnapers, fearing mp-

tiirr or tin> iioiiiiii' eraaa, <n<i notappear al the schadutad plana.

Keet relumed to Ills home this[ iiiorui'm i baataa. brokaa man.

fiughoutthe iniiinlriK ha

raatlaaatjr on his bedMrs. Kfi't. srhoaa cytis hava•ad in sleep since the liabystolen Wednesday night,

paced the floor in despair.

Threaten Muliliitlon.Friends, neighbors and rela-

tives have been Inured from thehome sad tin' curtains are drawn.

Fearing that the kidnapers willcarry out their threat to mtillllateor kill tin' baby If an attempt lani.ide to discover their identity,the Keets .no almost desperate intheir attempts to shun attempts offriends to offer assistance.

Associates stated today thatKeet was preparing to take up hisSearch for the hoy again tonight.

The ransom money has not heenrelume 1 to the hank and policetear, others of the circumstancesmay expose the real kidnapers orattack the lone traveler.

Kept, who Is n."i years old, untilrecently was \ Ice president of theHolland Hanking Co. He resignedto devote his time to the manage-ment of a large estate valued athalf a million dollars left him byhis mother.

Crime M\Mrs. Keet is 28 years of age

and one of the leaders in Spring-field society.

The kidnaping of the child tookplace under mysterious circum-stances.

Mr. and Mrs. Keet were at-tending a dunce si the SpringfieldCountry club.

The baby was left at home witha nurse, who has heen In the em-ploy of the family for severalyears.

Another boy, four years old,was sleeping with the kidnapedhahy. He was not awakened bythe abductors and neither of thaother occupants of the housenoticed any disturbance.

V.H. Ip Jewelry.The kidnapers evidently were

not bent on a robbery, as morelhan $1,000 worth of jewelry wasIn plain sight on (lie chiffonnler.

The letter, which is the onlyclew, was addressed to "Mr.Holland Keet," care HollandBanking Co.

The contents, except that athreat was made to mutilate tbechild if the ransom money was notpaid immediately, were not dl-\ll Ifpit In k'.itl

Talk o' the TimesGreetings, have you walked

tlu-ough the I'antages tunnelyet?

BUY A BOND.Mary had a lltie bond,

She bought it for a dollar;And when she clips the coupons off

It makes the kaiser holler.

Now the V P. ought to paton a batch of women aaswitch tenders.

Tbe lady next door says:"There's nothin' easier t' makebigger th'n a leak."

Instructions on the cover of

the telephone directory inJacksonville, Fla.: "In ease offire, call fire department. Forpolice assistance, call police."You can't go wrong.

There may be more circuitousroads than the one to Brown'ePoint, but if so we never circuitedit

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Smith.)"Name?" said, or rather snap-

ped, the Individual.

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