The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 30, 1916, Page 1

The trouble with “Little Joe” is that he tried his monkeyshines on ston ave, tf he had been in ongress, or the legisiature, instead the law we him to live in a monkey house, ‘would it? Forecast Ton rain or snow: a night and little warmer It’s No Job for Any Bonehead Is a lack of co-operation between the United States district attorney’s office and that of United States Marshal Boyle responsible for the fact that Fred and Ora Billingsley are still at large? They were indicted along with their brother Logan by the federal grand jury a whole week ago. The fact remains escaped arrest. And the truth of the business is that they are baciy wanted by District Attor- ney Clay Allen to substantiate Logan’s confession as to how the Billingsley brothers conducted a wholesale traffic in liquor with the assistance of some cor- rupt public officials. It’s an open secret that the district at- torney’s office feels that the marshal’s office has not given the right support in the matter of making grrests. And over at the marshal’s office little effort is made to cover up the fact that the arrest of Fred and Ora Billingsley would have been easy if As- istant District Attorney Winter S. Martin hadn’t broken faith with the marshal by permitting the pre- mature publication of the fact that the Billingsleys hed been indicted. In fact, he permitted the whole story to become public before Marshal Boyle knew that Logan Billingsley had been arrested in San Francisco Tf the charge that the marshal's ce is not doing its best now to find Fred and Ora is true, it is also true that in the beginning, Martin's boneheaded play for per sonal publicity caused a lot of trouble that he had no right to cause. The public isn’t as interested in the blunders that have heen committed by both those offices, as it is in seeing them get together and get the Billingsleys without fur- ther delay. H The people of Seattle saw the Billingsleys tie city and county authorities in a knot and make a public spectacle of them. They expect their federal servants to make » more businesslike showing in their present combat with the booze kings. ‘ DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALLEN OUGHT TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MARTIN TO MAKE FURTHER “ADVERTISING” BLUNDERS, ; j AND THEN IF HE CAN’T GET ACTION FROM » | THE MARSHAL HE OUGHT TO TAKE THE { MATTER TO THE GRAND JURY WHEN IT | RECONVENES. HW BILLINGSLEYS STILL #) SAFE FROM ARREST bing the cit the slight that they have With federal grand ments more than a wet j se I | ing over their heads, Fre ; utes bas » Billingsley da W. H. Pi The grand still at liberty, supposedly some on where in Seattle, at 10:30 a, m. Sat i urday. 7 Officers of nas are said te ——$_— aa |the sr { ling, and ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Theatre Announcements in The Star Today | Incinde: Clemmer Mission |DRY LAW PUTS END TO SALOON LEASES en who held ur when the dry la lost cause to wor they received ourt had nt collect Liberty Colonial Former expired | ent into aturdé Metropolitan ffect Onk 20-round last might mill here Sunday ~~ ing industry, Seattle has forged ahead mightily. 4A “THE “ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO. PRINT THE NEWS” SATURDAY, ATTLE, WASIL., DEC.. 30, VOLUME 19. SI PROSPEROUS 1916 MAKES WAY FOR ~ AMBITIOUS 1917 HIS has been the Year of Promise.| Twelve months ago The Star heralded Kid 1916 with optimism. | ‘This Is the Year of Promise” was the slogan. Nourished on rejuvenated in- dustry, record-breaking port busi-| ness, and the sound expansion of the ship-build- Finally came the decision: of the interstate} commerce commission knocking out the South-| ern Pacific rate differential, placing Seattle on! § the tourist map. No longer will travelers out of the East be penalized $17.50 for taking the shorter Northern| route. | Che passing of old John Barleycorn failed | load down the community with economic! grief. Figures enough to make the city dizzy prove 1917 should be welcomed with a smile. to that under This menna that shipb: paying § 4 The ndustry a Iders are ANSWER KAISER PARIS, Dec. 30.—The allies today formally refused to en ter peace negotiations with t Germany without knowing aled d what conditiow the Teutonic | man ears, is today 50 per ‘ . ; salvek have io neaiees ae ariphar 2 AG as Consolidated body to be known m y The note of the allies reply. | Year, 1917, “the year of . . t entitle . bamber of Come ; Ply tn gga tl. Seen ailtcuer aes ree and Commercial Club. bvented to © oy this evening, charges that the | the Ungar fulfilled First annual election to be held 114 {1 totaled $154.609,013. | German proposal appears more | ‘The Commerctal Club friday 1 3, 1917 Seattie bank clearings for like a war measure than a | night unanimously adopted the ion of president, two vice 1916 totaled $790,217,95001, thus | Peace Proposition | | merger plan agreed to by spe idents and 18 trustees shall be brehking all previous Faeerae The ’ of Bet-| sink” Goiamittaes Seam oaal the combined membership. In The announcement wasmade | ®'" + Italy, | body, who met jointly with | ddition to the names presented by by J. W. Spangler, vice presi Rus} President Henry Suzzallo of nominating committee, nomina- dent of the Seattle National the University of Washington. ons may also be made by petition bank, at noon Saturday ty The latter acted in an advisory ed by 100 members. Last year the clearings capacit in 1918, six trustees @ amounted to $612,928,879.69 | Above Betty Kennedy, who started the row over “Little Joe,” t of the joint t-|Year are to be chosen, 12 holding fdeligh n the reasons f | when he scratched her, and below Dr. Whiting and “Little Joe.” read by Worral j over “i The trustees will choose the sec be sacred in Japan, ! on Boy! monkey ffictal (Continued on page 6) Aha! East Learns |,» ‘ r How Seattle Big | Ae tev an tun paatite eoncnned Guns Got Spanked |\\: no nores facta, dates and Hence * that Germar ed ang declared the Joe had beer en Westbrook — weighe The me and hence Joe and iven out ited three rs ed monkey of rat, in all pre Hapalida family according to Dr. W “Little Joe” to him by “Big pear han ar It wax presente West Remember the story in The Star, telling about Seattle busi. ness men, professional men, poli judges getting rubber hose ticlans and spanked with a is t when they leaned over to look | fat at fake blackmail pictures In |; a romance the city hall? he or 8« omething :| The Chicago Tribune lifted an in the the story, word for word, from j|ternational com the ere "| The Star, and Saturday the |czar's arbitrat from this, “Little Joo” | new issue of the Literary Di Jelgium was the dozen or more f gest carried the account in full | em which iat ghborhood in wi ath as it appeared in The Star. lereatt were € also disliked heart ws n other families Dislike Accumulates iat | ‘ h een growing | Offers to Sell Baile to Be ne t 1 Iston ave. for the Highest Bidder to Save Becht ee Life of His B est Friend ‘: by indign to Py Monkey, “Smarter Than Children,” Has Friends as Well as Foes on Boylston © GUARD EXPECTS wre NIGHT EDITION Give the kid the start possi The Seattle Star Ue Help make it “A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT," ONE CENT S3u!!'30in2 200 WILL TRY TO KEEP DOWN DISORDER LID ll be placed on duty at Year's eve joy seek- 10 p. m. Sunda jers from becoming Oft will drink cabarets An emergen to dash out disorderly tationed at and theatres all dance halls, soft y detail will remain at Central station, and escort troublemakers to the city re jail. | Ins spector of Police Mike Powers admits that he is ituation this and that the police ta new year, w what's going to happen. ] “We cent on saloons and cabaret shows in other years,” he said, “‘becau the trouble usually | started where the booze flowec This year we may have as 4 elo er way, where ors are expect dance halls, a crowd on » the police Is that they will be open » New Year's celebrators shortly before midnight Sunday wat tles on the b (COMMERCIAL CLUB | AND CHAMBER TO MERGE MARCH 3 | MERGER DETAILS pocial wateh will the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial | Club, the dream of Seattle for A union of ived with ry and treasurer. ere are to be nine bureaus, of which is made up application by voluntary Senator S. H. Piles of Other committees are to be ap pointed by the ‘an Catlod eer ob Dues paid up in the Commercial but had | Clb, not exceeding $20, the annual e sign with a | fee. Will be credited in the new ors sae aly big yay of the pro. | 8aniza to all active members € stor of that body Anyway, Mrs, Kennedy says that There'll be no dining room. jetty” was terribl atched previous attempts to com- e the two clubs, once in 1911 failed. 1 r committees consist f the following f " scared ¢ The ib is to mercial Club — Presid 4 | Pt lent (Continued on page 8) have its e new Aretic m F. Eckart, Worrall Wilson BY lub t the Chamber | Ge W. Dilling, David We r Bowen and E. C. Wagner. of the new] Chamber of Commerce—Judge far} Thomas Burke J. Smith, D. B, !. D, Lowman and Sam- ort makes no for officers, recom- TO DO SERVICE OVER BORDER Natio! elieve it is onl before the " | leaving it to th trus- | mendations .. It Heralded Death! Wash ie A young lawyer named Ferris, in Los Angeles, There {8 nothing official to base came into possession of a peculiar Chinese jade 1 aid Adjt. Ger upon the death of his father, a former teaf™ on Saturday bu * Dane ar aricas | hant rhe ring was inclosed in a carved ly a matter of time box, on had been asked to; mor among enlisted men! AND IT SEFMED TO POSSESS STRANGE OAKLAND, Cal, Dec i An operation will uve yuty Pr utor I r scour r To cave the ite of « friend | friend, orocided ate tenet Se. ghich, 30 pore “auietameto the}! the border in" few DEATH-DEALING POWERS! m, William ise the money, and | monkey, but could find nothing, ue |™ONt ‘ Fae han dhkisahe ee : = : offered to other than hi vas at last commissioned by Tus-| “Officers have probably predicte Then thru the mail came a second ivory box. In d that for sale, | tice Brinker to instruct Dr Whit. | Si pie: tat ey py hg it was a diamond, the size of a hickory nut. not included in ng to construct @ cag and if, aft-| , * * He is opposed to jer his inspe ms it sag |™e, and started the rumor The a ; im etm a an eae ice. tha dade, will pasdsapoue The my of the situation made grizzled old Los highest bidder ean take a Pending the construction of the| WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The de- | Angeles detectives scratch their heads my be and 1 will wise, the neighborhood, split in |partment of justice today ann ed! ras his slave wlegiance, is treadt time andj filing a t Newark, N. J ler But it was solved Little Joe” chatters at the end of jthe anti-trust laws, against the ims # not opposed to selling 1. ebain a dark basement ovell ~ MeConnell M facturing | ze “The sen Seal.’ ich s H himself to a medical college for | Frightens Little Girl ‘ manufacturers of Klaxon auto | Read “The Green Seal,” which starts in Monday's Ne he tables are turned. | experimentation The monkey War, like the great horns. Star. i ‘ ; \