The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1917, Page 1

ee ONE CENT} ‘The seattle sur Sad he THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT ‘DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : turday, occasional All the Time ; ; a LAAnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnann nna VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, FE 4 F ONE CENT 8) yy2 t | “Big Disaster,” Is not find the news account of the disaste On age one,” expla kids. “Don't you sea where ¢ | a a . passed th’ bone dry law | $45,000 IN OREGON 5 Ne / | The Oregon legislature Friday ; . bY | ; appropriated $45,000 for a tourist publicity fun Another $5,000 will | os ) f be raised thru private subserip bd P a tale of two cities in | “one P Pee BY ROBERT J, BENDER : i \ 2) : two chapters, Each of the states o : ‘rean Staft Correspondent Hy i of Seat. (ton and Oregon, and th ~ WASHINGTON, ta | ; \ . City representativ " tle pe » Shaeat went to Olym- | Of British lumbla, were 4 The United States may send : pia to ask for a public hearing | fF $50,000 by the Northwest Tour! its Yarrowdale note to Ge " t MEAT Ist association, of which R. L. Spa many, regardless of press re \ Li eat oie Ne drauave lit. [sur is the Seattle representative. | porte that the 72 American s , , , ‘ Ok BY JACK J JUNGMEYER e Jones, senator from The money is to be expended) sailors had been released. Up epnytning the ‘people Jthru state officials to 11:30 today, no official con PES " at é SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.—The tirmation had been received Tes chairman ot the otitities STEPS OUT FOR WALK o mate ie: nendy Se. fe. : i — : mystery of the Billingsley bootlegging spoils provides that the pubite service) — EN HES NIGHTSHIRT | ststements revercing treatment 2 to which completely baffled federal investi- Provides that th of German sailors, German cit : : . ’ ' gators in Seattle’s booze graft cases, was commission shall not be permitted to modify the terms of utility fran-| —_—_— izens and German property in ven by a city Clad only In a nightshirt and] the United States, the state de : “We 4 onrne cities wanted this bill [with bis clothes under his arm, a] partment, it was officially in. , - sie solved here today when Logan Billingsley, Electric Co. Didn't Want It man registered at the Federal ho-| timated today, may fee! that it , € |confessed head of the can, withdrew $85,000 i The utility companies didn't. The | tel under the name of Elliott, was should be sent, even should f f d : 4 "Beattie Electric Co., for instance, seen running north on Third ave.| thie government in the mean: : : rom a safety deposit vault. ants to get Out of paying the ex-|about 2:30 Friday morning. Sgt.| time receive official word that | . Billingsley had sedulously cultivated the penses of paving between tracks. as 4. Cinnamin fired several shots In| the Varrowdale prisoners have the franchise prescribes." They also che air nan effort co stop the man,| Been eet free, oe ; impression that he and his brothers, caught Hl off the provision to pay Such action would keep the re 1 ) ‘ ance te ine Or the eros te-|“Watson! Don’t Get {ord ctear and serve to place on : in the federal net, were practically penniless. ceipts as franchise rensmaior scase the Needle Today” tie pseriten ant Secretary Lan ey , Thoro canvass of Seattle banks failed to Ba aimee 2 sing consider a clear-cut violation : show a deposit in their names, altho their “Sure,” he told the city officials.| Sailors aboard S. army international law by German a are entitled to a public hear-| transport Dix, back from the Orient.) The department announced it fg : whisky profits were estimated at between How will next Monday do?” /say Chinese are preparing a new [has received further word from | = 2 | $200,000 and $400,000 bey et ak monil It was satisfactory and the city grade of opium that selis for $1 500; Ambaseador Elkus at Consta i representatives went home smiling.|a pound gold {tinople. giving additional details o : period. Wednesday, Senator Jones hus “They're packing the dope in two [the situation as Americans are af * tied the Dill out of committee and |tael cane now.” the “sallors aaid, |frcted in Turkey. “Avpareatty. con a The whereabouts of this money had been M J “which x vall package,| ditions are not as sat first ° iets “4 % A had it killed. Poor, poor Jesse ch makes s small package, |dition pad rs ‘ : . |an important missing link in the circumstan- He must have forgotten his promise |easier to smuggle Mae eve of te argeet cites| Pelee acre ballity of thle | baste tial chain of evidence on which Mayor Hiram peo! £ two of the largest cities NIVERSITY GROWS government's sending the Yar : = 5 : fo ibe ate. ss v romdale nots eve tRo| the sailors : . Gill, former Sheriff Robert Hodge and . | aged, the mei rank- : ‘ BUT LAGKS FUNDS |i oct. ee coenenes eae a | Police Chief Charles Beckingham of Sea The other day Frank A. Renick, [ r Ole yg ert oe Aoyed at the “apparently grudging Ti |were indicted by the federal grand jury o announced be would amend the; OLYMPIA, Feb. 16.—The enrol) ™@mner” in whi do- bill which bears his name. He re-| ment of students at the university | (PE “only what ot shana 65° be \the whisky conspiracy charges. alized it cost the people of Séat-|{, constantly increasing, but the | 4Sing the ratlors. ing in Seattle. secure suffictent teachers and butl¢ “the old Renick bill to stay with-| ings. So declared Preaident Suz|,, While oo official statement was say by me today after trailing him for six days. out change. They are the chaps./ zallo before the revenue and taxa. |{rthcominy today regarding Aus Plenty of m are anxious to be ? trian-Amierican ‘relations, questions Giaka Tittle oF cclioncentta te I saw him take four blocks of $100 bills you know, who get that extra $30-|tion committee at Olympia last 000 or more on account of the way | night. put to the department heads aa to attle : the Renick bill ties up the city] He says some courses had to be|that phase of.the situation indicat ‘There are 350 applicants waiting from a box, rented under an assumed name, funds in their hands. abandoned, and in others the stand-|*¢ that negotiations continue tend. take the firemen’s civil servi ; 4 1 ‘Amd id Kenick have Dis dilllarg had to be raised. in order 10] !08 {0 avert a break with Austria ttaninulon sols signed wy te| Which he carried away wrapped in a news-, modified? keep the classes down to as few as \¢ pite Austria's ideotical U-boat take the patrolmen’s test | paper. Ho, hum! The amended bill) | possible onouncement “We'll have to use Broadway high | ———_______ ri 7.5 il, pending sem- This government, it was offictally | school to conduct the y Federal Judge Neterer om hasn't even been introduced. To} “No further economies are pos-| Fp ee ‘ day is the last day, too, Renick \* ble,” he said stated, has pot advised Americany| OLYMPIA, Feb. 16—Repre- [Northwest combination forces r 'tions,” says Civil Service 8 BRIDGES TO SPRING — = vies of suitty to a federal indict now says he has changed his mind — —— |to leave Austria | sentative A. &. Puller OF King (re ait willlion dollare s year ex (2mm ment, Billingsley had come to Sam 1 h + b ya f ye Renick did NOT forget the iNEW NONPARTISA In this connection, the prevailing] county today introduced a bill ‘ ic Paid Nek Hot Bode thet ol “HOT” SE SATION? =" N {question fn Washington is, “What| 4 tra toll is taken from the state, It ithe list of eligibles who ‘have li N Oe Goan After Betrayers te some $30,000 extra a year. legislature has failed in the pant to| The department declined to re ro ; Billingsley’: s $85,000 cache in the Union ™ 1 the conte " Siku 5 . ! 3 ‘irae moog a ttle} make the necessary provisions to} 12, es wee a e emell and Firemen Jobs Trust company’s vaults here was discovered bankers. | state cement fac- " MEASURE FILED |: the president's idea of an overt bs semen is claimed, bi cement trust ready passed the examinations Before leaving Seattle, he inth act, su th as would warrant his going| try 6: trust ha n following Out and are waiting for jobs will expi 3 hairman of the ‘8 ‘afte ’ , | > ‘ i it is 4, of offer ng ons expire ridges, « man of the! mated he was “after the scalps” of “The Pr gun in a fight against an al c positions to state and counts : ~ a L4 nt has no when F € trayed him to government proseeut- _ OLYMPIA Feb 16.—While the | iden of what the “overt act” 9 leged combination of cement al apl thing “h ND FOR St tiny htt | reo iat wren eve] ea cement gaan “wow woe SEATTLE LINES UP 2 (2s enurie ho urday noon at Good Eats cafeteria, He is known to have had conten to the recent initiative measure, May Hasten Action political contro! in this state > “time at’ Portland ! ade ———.. _-. teach.| @PParently has been put to sleep in| In the meantime, the most imme-| While cement has been selling P violations of the FOR BANK GUARANTY :: on the “Belt Line” proposition./ences here with United States spes” OLYMPIA, Feb. 16.—The teach-| 1, diately 9 hi ¥ It's ing to startle some folks, it! ejal agents and United States Mare house committee on elections xatious matter s that of | ¢o 50 a barrel in the st, the § trust act of a sult for $25,000 da Fred Howes, 118% Pike st. w: arrested Thursday afternoon who have served 20 years in the vhen a Stdr man inquir | phases of contraband syndicates Ba night sbipments pil law will be pressed to @ vote of the sational developments t ate b: h pasted In the senate yesterday >>| WM ATO MO LOBBY AT vicner ant tisher at tanorn oe E'S CHARGED WITH Holiday From Her iiuistire thie soosie ““ NEW BILL HOLDS Billingsley told friends he Wile chool districts of the first class s ation, it ts felt a solu Rat Holliday, 1008 Washing men schi tht K all behind the move to give the de WASHINGTON 6.—Con-; In this connect his former i ng bill say out today tha vis matter ou filed by M. M, Rouse agair positor state guaranty for every q Sea cae Seni fede eeu anti-lobbying bill. He says today that this ma ages filed 1 pensions will come both trom con) 1 6s have been too taille to ne rry in the potential call) the Fox Film Now at Police Don’t Care | *he# conditions continued 1 nef road tan. | Complete econ pwede wdews st 4 the senate toda tified he had done a $60,000 So Was His Stove| |sult come, it Is belleved any peace salary with the National Bank of 4 achieed eee! Despite prospects of a prison sem ctively disseminatea, will go He did a checking business with \ Koy er, who for the past year has beet |fessed part in the gigantic whisk¥ - Van Horn, at the auto registration | for relief from the threatened food) said, thinking they undoubtedly | iy jidg sSised te 2 aw acted the thirsty public like deputy sheriffs on a charge of illic-} Van Horn, at the auto reg lon Holliday refused to take his wife, !aw acted on the thirsty pu ‘a. | found dead Friday morning. Ac-| difference while in San Franciseo, “1m wick,” Howes moaned, when| Mont., when a number of ers’ retirement bill, by which those] o00 ator Johnson has put forward » |economle conditions that ar toe ored. Bridges was mum, | shal Black relative to entirely new | bill fn the senate for nonpartisan | growing worse as a result of the { With Seattle I ® 2 i 8 uit their work a sult o 0 Sea t ti ; y Ccogpeigerryes erty A evn ork {election of all county officers |direct blockade of American ports, _ ASKS lEstella Seeking ly unanimously, a bank guara ed about it the Coast that promise highly sen« With tf 25 to 2 Brote of 35102 eoathk: kedithe data akeor ta Holliday Mate 7°" ye mo vrepared to spend any amount of a ered ty enien voters is! WORK IN OLYMPIA? "22.272 22201 tn a quandary, PHONY CHECK GAME the lawmakers adjourn DRASTIC CLAUSE ° money and to aid federal authori was attached, } over this si ring men, busines: tee in every way to land his alleg- will have the final say whether nae wie Feb A 16, Senator acer to if probs gee oe ton st., married Pr Holliday (Professional men and women are ' Jed “betrayers” in the penitentiary, oa is t hipps of Spokane has withdrawn | $00! neldenta ame officials al hack in ins Nebr tla gamed mgr sécanggin bi ed pdb dip itor tamale abel 1 drastic provision against] triendship for. the Jesse Moapes . e nd by the Co, ted Fride® at ada, ait _ jeent entrusted to the banks h ortation of liquors into pro-| Hunt comy also under {nina trib mines ot tears and the] ne country that drastic ac-| before Superior Judge Dykeman. |) 0%) "? cosy ew ser neva Many will write letters to the leg ition states and appropriating| ment in Seattle, has turned to hate school dis | be taken. They said that if} Rouse sa » was employed b ‘ Tahoe aleaee te pep | Slators advocating the passage of | $330,000,000, the postoffice bill red. With this company alone he band, she s in her * iokger food shortages may result He aid a rangements > busine He Was Sick and | About Baby Buggies|\. 10; ccstions Shots wie te! withthe management to bane hie RTIOT Court Frida}, sone of Voce | Deere Rush Due FIND AGED MAN DEAD ssn toe Room rts ‘thie the } where vehicles | Propaganda, no matter how widely Commerce in Seattle ; Ag to Bone Dry Law __ w. #1. baminister, 60, dock work: |tence and heavy fine for his con are registered?” inquired Mrs. J. E.|0r ¢ ernment provides quarte » Payl | by| Meisner, 4915 45th ave. of R. F |down und weight of demand|this bank while on the road, he| Wits inovites — ae | The atate legislature's “bone dry" | living with wm “iW Taylor in alring conspiracy, Billingsley maine rs, hovel at 1150 Van Buren ave., Was tained an attitude of cheerful in office at the police station shortag would comply with his. wisher On February 12, he ret a west heat wave on a ther ! itly selling whisky What hares gower?’ an. Horn He was arrested in MI “AP Per pital Si mpd cording to the corone _dieat n "to Every night he danced in the rose iid anita 2 anes . t tr ane to heart failure e had no} room of the Francis. Auto rides, fa a quart bottle|*%ked, as he filled out a blank summons served on him. There are the biggest business t s the officers rein wg) A tet Oh, this is a baby carriage ' BELGIAN FOOD is checks were returned, signed “not not sum children maladies die bt in the history of the de tives here aret dinners and kindred social from his coat pock f liversions featured his last brief 4 . .|thought you had to register them sufficient funds as EA mkoatk “Chrtioas,” ka ee eee ea they ithe answered HALVED BY KAISER | cx, 0%. t's embarrassment) Revciy SOaanty “ Barkeed. (Har 2 SUBPOENAES our holiday before he is called upon iil Eeoethe officers remarked, as they lo-|*hY anavered tank he seeks judgment PATRIA,” THE first serial pho-|“when we ireued 2,900 permits face the court ted another bottle where the oil | z |toplay in which Mrs, Vernon Castle cate ieee tek ie 16 | Peters oreabtaline had ea pArner ought to have been. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 16.—-The| LONDON, Feb. 16,—Authori THE POULTRYMEN of Western] famous dancer, is featured, will be PROF. CHARLES W. WALLACE, ae al preparation for the trial of |, alled America’s biggest “bootleg The stove was confiscated as evt| erliner Tageblatt today declared| tative information received Washington will devise ways to| presented to Seattle folks for the noted American student of Shake. | the 1, W..W charged with |; Billingsley, who {e 32, wali negotiations between Austria and| London today asserts that Ger- lower the cost of selling eggs as a| first time at the New Washington are, declared no real biography | murder to start in Judge Ronald’s|the government Indian civil seneian wings were| America submarine warfare| many has reduced by one-half | result of a meeting held Thursday| Friday night, five chapters being |of Shakespeare has ever been writ-, department on March 6, when two lin Oklahoma, and later became @& eae none nee erg | have been broken off, according | the rations set aside for the |in the Chamber of Commerce and|given at this time. It will begin at/ten, in an address in Meany Hall,secret subpoenas were issued Fri-|salesman for life insurance and Pete meh uextreek. | Bertin advices civilian population in Belgium, | Commercial Club rooms the Pantages Monday at the university Thuraday night, ‘das n registers,.\He has bean die about her in The Star n 7 edit et — : contraband liquor traffic about four Kathleen SEATTLE FOLKS TELL STAR WHAT THEY THINK OF BONE DRYLAW. a newspaper under his they [62nd 8 “I am not prepared to}"I think that the morals of the peo-|to the best interests of the state Jarm, Billingsley was whisked away “The ‘ y i] ould prohibit in the strictest give my best opinion on this new/ple of Seattle and of Washington Judge Dykeman, superior court: |from the Union Trust Co.'s entrance elves passed a prohibition law “The ‘bone dry’ law 1s a good thing, should —proht ‘ ple of Ses 2 : r : and I'm glad to see the legislature |sense of the word.” law, but I do think people shontd {will be a lot better when the ‘bone| “Personally, [ am in favor of the/in a high-powered touring car. Nor If 1S Providing a permit system by tai, uch action. I have been| Mrs. George L. Butterfield, 206|have some privilege in knowing |dry’ law goes in effect. It seems to|‘bone dry” law—there is no ques-| Whether or not he is on his way which liquor could be obtained = ayainat the permit system from the|W. Boston If they are going to what they want me as tho it is a mighty good tion but that the prohibition law/| back to Seattle, federal agents Who in limited quantities. first, The state undoubtedly will|have prohibition, why, I think the Dr, 8. W. Giffin, 5617 Rainier | thing has done a Wonderful amount of have been guarding him fromy pas One of the best fiction After a year's trial an attempt be helped.” should make laws that will insure] ave. “I! hope to thunder the Mra. J. H, Clausen, 123 N. 77th: good in this state sib’ bing rofessed not to writers in America, is the was made to make the law more Mrs. T. M. Albarada, 1208 Summit the people The conditions which| bone dry law sticks. 1 don't |[“I ani opposed to the ‘bone d Dr. MeRride, city health depart . author of “The Story of | liberal by allowing the manu ave am decided against any have prevailed of late are awful, [| happen to have a wife, but if |law. I think that is going a little ment I think that the bone dry - lia Page.” facture of beer in the state. such law. In fact, I have never, think I did, and she didn't agree with too far law will work all right and w . T00 ENTHUSIASTIC Julia Page. The people themselves re- been strong for prohibition, I feel Mrs. William Campbell, 412 29th| me, we'd separate.” Mrs. Lavra Goodwin, 5274 45th/an improvement over. the 1 pr nt i is i fused to change the law. The as hurt business, but of cours I don't t k it is fair to aged SHE SHOULD WORRY 8. W 1 HAVE THRE BOYS. permit system,” L Tho it is fiction, the asda. desiolve o ; q Mrs, W. W 166 28th|] THINK THAT MAKES THREE! Mrs, George W. Davison, 1126 WITNESS ON TRIA A A voted decisively against the ke everything else, | am getting people and othe who need liquor Dearborn, ; story contains a vital, proposed liberal measure, used to it.. There Is nothing we can as a stimulant, but otherwise 1 ave. [ am indifferent to this|GOOD REASONS WHY | AM EN 23rd ave If we're going to have! Walter Pird. prove good wit modern lesson which will Now the legislature of the do, is there? think the law is a good thing.” law, one way or the other.” FAVOR OF THE ‘BONE DRY'/a dry state, let's have it all dry, I{ness for Johr ident during i te has decided to make the FOOLISH AND EXPENSIVE Mrs. A. Forsyth, 290% Estelle Mrs. J. F. Davenport, 7022 28th LAW.” am in favor of the ‘bone dry’ law."|a recent trial before Tall open ys 0? eC iad ‘ae more drastic. It has passed Mrs. F. B. Bacon, 516 Sixth ave. am for it, absolutely, I don't be-|N. W The ‘bone dry’ law is a SHE'S NEUTRAL FLATLY OPPOSED man in which Vandenberg was sen the sympathies of those a bone dry bill, and the gover- N.: “Iam against the bill, because lieve in this half-way proposition. If good thing. 1 believe that is much| Mrs. S.C. Barrington, 2524 11th) Mrs. M. J. Dignan, 1423 25th Ti tenced to serve from one to 1@ who know nothing of the nor will sign it. T think it i# foolish and expensive. they are to have it dry, Cam fn|better than the permit system now|W.: “Iam glad the state has pro: /am flatly opposed to the ‘bone dry*| years in » penitentiary Sanaa struggles of “the other Maybe the people of the state By this | mean it will be almost im- favor of making it as dry as pos-\in use hibition, but as far as the ‘bone dry’jlaw—to even. prehibition in any | saulting ¢ Miller during the half.” wanted their prohibition law possible to get alcohol and such sible.” Mrs. 1, U. Cassel, 7048 17th N.jlaw is conc 1 am rather form. Put between the two I think |longshoremen’s strike i changed into a “bone dry” things for medical use, The idea Mrs, Chris Carstensen, } W I certainly favor doing every-|neutral, However, L suppose it will|the permit system is much better] Pird proved so enthusiastic that ‘, " measure and maybe they didn’t. of being required to obtain a doc 8 I think that " thing that will drive liquor ¢ of | help. than a totally dry state, Prosacy ndin filed perjury Don't fail to read ane To get an pipe the tbe te tor’s prescription is absurd ing things too far. The leas this state, and I think that ‘bone| Daniel Kelleber, banker Iam Mrs. John M. Earies, 1133 ge vst bin Story of Julia Page” in opinion, The Star interviewed Mrs. Ray A, Bates, 2842 14th ave. \could have done would dry’ law is a good step strongly opposed to the ‘bone dry'| 16th N.: “I am in favor of wee busy defending The Star, starting Mon- men and women in all parte of (|W.: “tf think th ne dry law is\to let people vote on it.” MIGHTY GOOD THING law, It is a very unwise piece of| prohibition, but 1 do not know ' ainst these charges bee day. the city. Here's what they say: a good thing. If they are going to, Mrs, Thomas J. Garrison, 9801, Mrs, O. A. Clark, 2051 W, 6ird at,; [legisiation, and will be detrimental | (Continued on page 3) fore Judge Ronald. The people of the state them- Mrs. L. Aamodt, 117 24rd ave. N.: [have prohibition, I believe