The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 1

IT, IS MIGHTY ANXIOUS TO GET IT OFF HIS HANDS AT ANY FIGURE, DO WE HEAR A BID, GEN VOLUME 19. TO GET FIRST PICK OF LAND Bridgeport ave. Spokane, was | the first name drawn out inthe | drawing here today for home | id rights to the newly opened Colville Indian reser | vation lands. The second name was A. M. ‘ Wiiesesille : Anderson, Mukilteo, Wash. tad of Dry Squad Declines) the drawings are being held ' to Enter Contest for In the American theatre, 4 Sheriff | where the 90,000 sealed regis HE THANKS THE STAR ‘#tlon® are heaped on the stage. Sergt. Victor Putnam, head of the The drawings are under the | “ary squad” of the police depart direction of Judge John Mc Ment, will not enter the race for) Pheaul. sheriff. It is expected that 1,500 names He so declared Thursday will be drawn before the end of Since The Star voluntarily sug-|the day, by the four little girls | gested his name for this office, chosen to pick up the wttatng | Sergt. Putnam had the matter un- 94mes. x t der serious advisement. The sug. About 5,000 names will be gestion was a complete surprise to @7¥n and recorded in order. here 600 homesteads to be (but he weighed it from every, There are 600 homesteads t given away } The other winners, in the order in which their names were drawn, SPOKANE, Wash, July 27. mud, ete. The Star has called j of le kept his tele i ‘ed people kep' pond Postoffice Site. wire busy sing him to rl > the race. Others, equally as be bad “hy ag Winton, , thought he should remain) w,0),, ' fn his present position, because {t) euyward D. Purman, Spokane Offers more opportunity for service, a at this time, than the sheriff's of Charles Sander, Spokane ba | Thomas ceneve, Seattle The following. Sergt. Putnam's) Miss Lenda Dorberts, Princeton, letter to The Star, fully explains his| wig, Position: | Ella McCauley, Seattle Pater of The Sta t Glen A. Stoner, Mount Hope, Whewledse or consent kina Wash. beeper “and suitable 'c Andrew M. Larson, Seattle. of sheritt ernhard Olson, Spokane. opinion, ¥ A. Sekenbrock, Quincy, 1 sume paper known as the Margaret A. Wallace, Tekoa, Wash. Silvia Twohoska, Butte. John Jergosies, Spokane ment ef| Horald William McDermott, Har. wa are Pington, Wash. much to sacrifices for the| Harvey J. Roowley Kalispell, fleeting fortunes and promises of ® po-| mone. ae-| Emil Sjolander, Spokane. ly) Wm. H. Crossman, Spokane. “| Elmer D. Nichols, Moscow, Ida. | Leonard Funk, Walla Walla. eaponatble ttlon, , ee ih the, caen et ela Wath ‘ 9 of all questions in Hugh C, Lenke, Ritzville, Wash. orm that duty ¢ *| Wm. Ryan, Arlington, Wash. ot my ability and to the credit of| 0" ss Cote, Omak. Wash. Earl H. James, Spokane. George K. Walter, Odessa, Wash. Domianus Moske, Oroville, Wash. (soldier) Mrs. Fish, Spokane Frank Shields, Trail, B. C. August H. Harlow, Albion, Wash. Alden M, Moody, Seattle, @| Floyd H. Williams, Seattle. WOUNDED OFFICER DYING/| E. Nelson Sjolander, E. Stan- Police Officer Robert Wiley, | | wood, Snohomish. | shot in the gun due! at the Carl Nelson, Spokane, Wash. | Billingsley warehouse Monday | JohnH. Ribbe, Bremerton, Wash | night, is being kept alive by Raleigh C. Tomlison, Baker, Ore With the honorable PIEC morning paper has now property, Uncle Sam price somewhat. stimulants at Providence hos- ie M. Carr, Lind, Wash. pore prseee ruses pital Thursday. Rose Garvin, Alameda, Cal,| Edward 8, Paxson, Missoula, | At noon he was reported Hans J. Smith, Wenatchee. Mont. “very low.” Mrs. Amarda McCoy (soldier's) Ernest J. Kendtner, Renton 7} His pulse has jumped to 140. | widow), Seattle. Wash | He has suffered two relapses Frank Gale, Soap Lake, Wash Alex Ross Patterson, Spokane. ‘osiana 1 am. | Jas. W. Shinold (soldier), Seat-| Joseph A. Mills, Indianapolis, @ tle Ind Adelaide M. Stout, Spokane. j JITN EY MEN GIVE Petia ge ig img ie TRAINS TO RUN as UP RECALL PLANS (onic Jitney men have practically | le, Fitzgerald and Moore. decided, Thursday, not to start “We have reached the con petitions to recall Councilmen clusion,” said President Whit- SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.—De ——————~ | Ing, of the Auto Drivers’ union, | ering there will be no strike by our interests will be bet- | jis i inen la of the Western E] | ter served by letting the matter | railroad tod stated that they an 7 Don’t Throw = a e trouble in keeping Since the announcement, Wed-| trains m¢ n regular schedule nesday, that officials of the union iclals stationed here Bway were seriously considering the re the differences call of the three councilmen, Whit aid Fitzgerald and Moore had rbitration p ing | } ha onday s given thelr word that they were today fol jstill “for” the jitney brotherhoods rday that the s | “The discord be Star Until Jand the auto drive oted a nation Moore and Fitzgerald ex-| MISSOURIANS VOTE TO STRIKE en the council | wide st ose when | Dale, pressed themselves as , “i ctr ih: ata You have read the first in- Iitney a Eton in pies mieting ae Seaton ot ry ‘Missourl ; stallment of “Amazing Monday members of the four raflway broth 4 Grace.” It is a charming | G oO. &. Anderson, secretary of ethoods are in favor of a strike, novel by Kate Trimble the ion, made the following|This was learned today from usu Sharber. tatement Thursday ellable source ‘The union does not at the pres 4 THEN BE SURE jent time contemplate the recall, ROLLED AT SAVOY rh to read the five following nor are the any consi beeaie - installments, Tuesday, ey a ate rise -n ; We pelle ve on R. E. McDonald, who lives in San Wednesday, Thursday, | august we will receive justice Francisco, reported to the police Friday and Saturday. |from the city council, and we be-|that $40 in bills and his watch were | He ry Councilmen Fitzgerald and {stolen from his room in the Savoy “A NOVEL-A-WEEK” | Moore are our friends.” Wednesday night, st TLEMEN THE ONLY PAPER IN illingsleys Put NAMES ANNOUNCED FO. L FOR SALE: “THIS VALUABL 6 ENNON OF BUSINESS PROPERTY” truthful and fair editorial column, matter of fact, “it is a valuable piece of business Property in close proximity to the railways and many of Seattle’s big institutions.” It is plain that The Star was wrong, as usual, and that the P.-I. is right, as usual. We want buyers of valuable business property to believe us when we say that The Star was wrong and the P.-I. right, because Uncle Sam, who paid $169,500 for the “valuable piece of business property,” wants to sell it, and The Star, with its plain duty, wants to help Unele Sam sell it. and reliable P.-I.’s piece of business prop- no question a tee that it is a ‘valuable erty,” we trust that there will be it. For emphasis, we repeat IT IS A “VALUA E OF BUSINESS PROPERTY.” Yet Uncle Sam will sell it at a bargain price. There has been some talk of $50,000, but since the always honest and truthful guarantee to the may feel like raising added its ed Nolan wa noon In addition, Warren taken last night, and W* HAVE here, a picture. It is a picture of water and cat-tails and “The Humphrey However, the honorable and reliable morning P.-1., today, in its always says that as a We suggest, therefore, that buyers in the market for pieces of “valuable property in close proximity to the railways and many of Seattle’s big institu- tions” jump right in and grab up this valuable “4 MORE ARRESTS MADE IN BOMB PLOT LETTER THREATENS || toner oes Po POLICE IN PLOT SAN FRANCISCO, duty Be a7— Four more suspects day's dynamiting outrage were reported to have been arrested by the police today work of attempting to fasten the crime which cost nine lives upon an organized band of dy- namiters. Capt. Mathewson, of the spe- cial bomb squad, refused to dis close the identity of the sus pects, but would not affirm or deny that four had been taken into custody. Two of th to be Nolan, and a man named John ora Word of Nolan's was received at the of the Machinists’ union, officers of the ther information The arrests were made at differ: ent times and places. was taken into custody early in the|.22 and morning and two later landlady, are held Such close secrecy has been maintained regarding tivity of the special bomb squad of the police that the police will not even admit that Warren K, Billings is under arrest, from other sources It Is known that he is. selling it for about men held are union bad Belle Lavin |the par SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916 Piece. You really ought to grab it tod Sam has time to learn that its value is now guaran- teed by the always truthful Niable P.-l. The Star has said that maybe Germany will want this postoffice site as a submarine station, but The Star was wrong in that, too, in calling it a duck-pond. We have found out since deep enough for a submarine station. In talking of this “valuable property” this morning, the honest P.-1 phrey had nothing to do with helping Uncle Sam buy the property. This only goes to show that no matter how honest and reliable a newspaper may be, it is liable to make mistakes—honest mistakes. On August 21, 1911, Humphrey wrote a confi- dential letter and signed his name. addressed to a treasury official. “The price asked for the postoffice site is REA- “IT want to sée as I told you SONABLE.” He wrote the matter go forward without del in our conversation.” Even tho the P.-I. was mistaken, and HONESTLY MISTAKEN, on this minor i Humphrey himself said the price of $169,500 is reasonable only goes to prove that the reliable old P.-L. is right when it says that it is a of business property So, with this point all settled, and settled beyond dispute, it is up to the bidders. STEP, UP, GENTLEMEN! OFFER? a Anil who has served a term jin Folsom prison for carrying dyna |mite on a passenger train, was| taken into custody at Lane hospital | when he appeared at the free clinic |there for treatment No newspaper men have been permitted to see him, and a “sweat ing’ which was begun yesterday jcontinued today Immediately after Billings’ arrest jpolice hurried to the lodging house jof Mrs, Belle Lavin, where Billings |rooms, searched his room and took |Mrs. Lavin into custody Find Bullets in Room This is the house at which or|Mathew A. Schmidt and James B.| y were |° veadquarters | planning the dynamiting of the Los McNamara stayed when t Angeles Time: At that time Mrs fur-|Lavin was detained, She was cross examined at length toda) | | The search of Billings’ room dis-| man |closed 200 steel-nosed cartridges of | caliber hidden in a tin} box. According to the police, these | arrested shortly before |coincide with bullets ked up near Saturday Stewart and Market g4,|after the bomb explosion. An auto: matic pistol was also found in the room The latest bomb theory of th lice Is that the infernal machine was exploded in an effort to kill or maim representatives of the United Rail ONE CENT NEWS #TANDS Up 520,00 IN COLVILLE DRAWING E PIECE before Uncle and the always re- as it was wrong says Hum- Humphrey wrote: “valuable piece WHAT DO YOU latform men Net that el may this connection San “Francisco bomb outrage eceived today “To Whom It May Concern: You, the police of San Francis- co, have the wrong victims as suspects of the machine mur- You may get “Curly-Headed Crook. “San Francisco, Cal, development came in connection namiting last embles one of the two men said she could not be positive until he had seen Billings. Wilson had decided to keep the Na tional Guardsmen on the Mexican| ed r until after the election, Mooney, who recently attempted!cause he feared to start a strike of United Railroads the enmity of the militiamen, Is, Who were marching in| LAST EDITION NIGHT AND FRIDAY; AND fe THE P.1, SAYS THE DUCK POND posTorricr w N ; N HIS G . a EATHERMAN SALISBURY'S ON HIS GOOD BE 4 VALUABLE PIECE OF BUSINESS PROP HAVIOR, WE TRIED TO GET HIM TO POSE FOR ERT) UNCLE SAM, WHO PAID $169,500 FOR A PHOTO YESTERDAY WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE STAND FOR IT, TODAY 80 WE COULD 8HOW YOU BUT HE WOULD NOT 3 FORECAST FAIR TO- WARMER FRIDAY.” Bail! ONE BROTHER -ARRESTED; ONE ESCAPES Ball was fixed at $10,000 each for Fred and Logan Billingsley, by Judge Gordon at 11:15 a.m Thursday. The two brothers, charged | with first-degree murder, lit cigars and sat down to await the return of their attorney, George Vanderveer, who told | the court bail would be fur | nished immediately. At 11:50 Vanderveer posted | $20,000 with the clerk of the court, At the same time complaint charging the Billingsieys with first degree forgery were In the | hands of Prosecutor Lundin, ready to be served the minute they were relea 5 It part of the program discussed by Mayor Gill and Prosecutor Lundin to make Se- attie “too hot for the Billings- leys. After leaving the county jail ac 1p. m., Fred was rearrested on the new charge. Logan had gotten his possessions and left the jail 15 minutes before the officers from the polic ment got there At 1:30 m., Fred wes in the elty Jal, but Vogan was at Mberty Crowds packed Judge. Gordon's court, and listened to the state- uty Prosecutor Hei- Vanderveer, who judge to “briefly outline the general nature of the ments of D sel] and Attorne were told by th case.” No witnesses were called. cers was placed in his ha Deni State's Charge He pointed out that the Jap janese, in a dying statement, had said a Billingsley gave him the gun He said they had constantly been fore the courts a law b kers, ind had jumped bonds in Oklahoma Attorney Vanderveer broke i and said: “I take exception. The was not furnished by the and I can produce a gun Bilt witnes: who did furnish the gun Judge Gordon said that could be produced at the regular hearing in the cas The new charge of forgery based on the finding of about 40 Hquor permits that show evidence of ‘having They wer iT the police from the Day and Ni drug store tampered wit depart- y Prosecutor Helsell de- that “there are many indi cations that the gun with which the Japanese watchman of the Billingsieys shot the police offt s with instructions to shoot if necessary.” » effects taken by |time On ral occasions similarly 1 permits have been found ots of liquor consigned Arket Pharmacy,” Lundia said In such cases only the first lew ter of the word “Market” was wiped out The maximum penalty for first- |degree forgery is 20 years in the penitentiary. Lundin said he would ask for the maximum if the Billingsleys were convicted. Vanderveer outlined the story, from the angle of the defense, builds ing on the theory that the Japa- | nese shot the officers, thinking they y Were burglars. Mayor Interrupts He repeated the story of omnes who said the Japanese telephi about having some trouble. He pointed out that a “jimmy” had been found, as a logical proof j of the theory I heard the next morning that the mayor had a fit and was going to pick up the Billingsleys. I told them they would be arrested—” | Mayor Gill was in the court room, “While you are talking about je," he interrupted, “just say that |there is another Billingsley still | hiding % | Wants Other Brother “He's not hiding,” retorted Van- |derveer. “Your captain of detec tives told me he didn't want Sher- man Billingsley. He's still in town, and rode in his automobile with | me past police headquarters yester- day.” “Well, I want him, too,” sald the mayor, “why don’t you turn him lover?” The two Billingsleys were taken into the booking room of police | headquarters, while Vanderveer went out to get the $20,000, He posted it with Raymond Fry, |clerk in Judge Gordon't court, at | noon. Telegrams and papers reveal- ing that the Billingsley bootleg ging syndicate extended inte Tacoma, and embraced many Seattle drug stores heretofore unsuspected by the police, are | in the hands of Sergt. Putnam and Mayor Gill Thursday. The discoveries were made Wed- nesday afternoon, when Sergt. Put- nam checked over business files seized when the police wrecked the Billingsleys’ Day and Night drug store. They were immediately taken to Mayor Gill, who called in Prose cutor Lundin Police under Lieut. Dolphin late | Wednesday broke into the room of Mayor Gili ond Prosecutor Lun-|I. Suehiro, the Japanese watchman din reached the conclusion that it] was the intention of the Billings leys to use the permits a second for the Billingsleys, who shot the | police officers, and found evidence (Continued on page 5) -HOW’D YOU LIKE A is wanted in the be. have information » to the police | JOB LIKE PETE’S? Smith, 8. P, H. M. 8. K. C. Mr, Smith is one of our most constant public servants, One time he was county com- missioner. He stayed off the public payroll a few minutes when his term was up. } Mr. Smith, however, “came ; back.” |Lafe Hamilton, | were of them a job Would he take it? He would MR, SMITH _V PERINTENDEN PARKS. OF COUN AND CONSTAN VERY DIFFICUI TICULARLY AFT COVERED THAT THE HAD NO PARKS TO ND. monthly Is Made River Director Then appeared unappre\ stopped Mr. Hamilton was greatly agitat So was Mr, Smith. Perhaps he would have failed but |for the assitance of the generous who recognized the opportunity to annex the votes of | Mr. Smith's friends, what there Mr. Hamilton offered Mr. Smith AS MADE SU. i MR, SMITH LABORED HARD LY IT WAS WORK, PAR SR IT WAS DIS-/¥ SOUNTY PERIN ‘M’CORMICK ANGERED ":: } | But Mr, Smith was a dutiful pub- lic servant, and drew his salary ain the crool, They de manded that Mr Smith s salary be SMITH WAS MADE THE DIRECTOR OF RIVERS, PER MONTH AND EX- ) MR. | And so it is, Mr. Taxpayer, that you see none of the rivers running |up hill any more |__ It is all due to the capability of r. Smith, public servant. | Gets Another New Job So active has Mr. Smith been durin he past few months that om June there was only $467 left in the river fund. It was apparent at that time that Mr. Smith's energies must be di- rected to other fields of endeavor. The $467 will probably be needed to |keep the river channels greased the |rest of the year. | So you now see Mr. Smith in an entirely new role—at $125 per month, It is in this ‘role that he obtains the entitlements, “S. P, H. M. 8. K. C.." which means, it may be @x+ plained, PUBLIC HIGH- AY NTENANCE SUPERIN- FOR KING COUNTY,” Has an Easy Berth In this capacity the public serv- ant is now employed in the North road district, under the direction of | Krist Knudsen And Lafe Hamilton and his po- litical gang are depending on Mr, Smith to develop all the votes in that district possible before the pri- maries: Mr. Smith has very little else to jdo just at this season, as the coun- ty engineer has already given the But not for long. The publicjroads their annual spring cleaning servant would not be crushed, and repairing.