The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1917, Page 1

6 1,000 The S Cc attle S tar i, oes nen RRR ow A occasional rain. Tormons buy ‘The Star each day. Counting four toa fam | THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATILE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS _ VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1917. ONE CENT fia reson se ILL LAWYERS SHOW FlGd Win Bout! _2s2sine Boce-crate Deters _]Won'tLet Fp. sarnom ws ozan!) Dale Trio a ee : BY ROBERT BENDER 2 aegede . ; ‘ rrr harges o airr : United Pr ff Correspondent a ‘ : led at the covernment’s at j WASHINGTON, March. 7 \ th 1 plainly thr yunk issue at bata beg. hurled at the government's at \ f Formal announcement by the torneys Wednesday morni president that he will instruct Secretary Daniels to arm Amer * ican ships is expected within a x nselv ur es g the first bitter clash in the ; few hours. t t , t uhoun trial of Mayor. H. C.. Gill,! The president, it became ] lide want at sds—and they. vot Phelps erat oe en s = Saag known today on highest author ae i. hata’ thine : BONDS Chief of Police C. L. Beckin it, hae been told he has the he Aughtere ae i , ham, ex-Sheriff R. T. Hodge} j r power to do thi y didn’t want Dale and his crowd, the so-called No. 1, $275,000 for Montlake and four city detectives on Immediately the order is issue ynd dic j y slaughtered them, bridge—For 7,013, against 27,104, . at b egies: on gi Secretary Daniels will instruct com . No. 2, for arterial highways im- federal booze-graft conspiracy | q nN E |mandants of the navy yards at Bos try THETR OWN THINKIN provement—For 7,975, against charges. y ht Philadelphia, San Francisco D THEIR OWN THINKING 30,942. The scrap occurred over the} . ‘ : T yards to issue (we guns ‘o. 3, for municipal markét— qualifications of E. H. Talcott, , » available For 15,871, against 28,353. meantime arran ments a lotal civil gngineer, to act as -¥ % - for additional aemament aril bel <——— ——e Ne ga aw amare | PORT BELT LINE by three defense lawyers dur yor ‘ ; i Tushed to completion. Port No. 1, amending plan I thought the government , te ? : Tho « preaidan AY 0B T fi i RACY ) harbor improvement—For 12,295, § was trying to be fair. The ; ae, reached *nortl? wate Corb erence } against 22,386 ‘ « White House ne ™ at th hite House today-with xen Port No. 2, repeal of ports Bali Sete et as wo ie yj Cea Hoey “ens rom fair,” declared Wilmon Tuck- tary Lansing, whom had ir RY BEFO RE NIGHT oa qe: er, addressing Judge Neterer t ed, together with Attorney | Defense Attorneys Walter Fulton gory, to prepare for Port No. 3, $450,000 for muniek and George Tennant quickly reiter- ’ 1 opinion as to whet - yom el : pal be It line—For ated the same statements, jumping jhe had power to co ahead with his favorable juror. Attorney Vander- |} 21,398. to their feet. armed neutrality plans for protect TENTATIVE JURY veer resisted the challenge. There |) nile Talcott had admitted he was : ag 4 ing the lives and property of Amer pee rer vay | if rumor about the courthouse that prejudiced “toward one of the de s jean citizens. despite the filibuster ad a : i i e wig . Crag night session Seattle voters Tuesday fendants.” Defense attorneys in conference over prospective jurors in the government booze-graft conspiracy that deprived him of congressional farndran, * fs eegytcniog Hyp é | slaughtered all the bond propo. Judge Ousts Him case, Wednesday morning. They held numerous discussions from time to time, to decide what jurors sanction pra : 11 Yéaler ry seats seven and 11 seem sitions, but refused to eure Then followed strenuous efforts; they ought to eliminate. i . ’ t Harris, rane mit Mane rte, |= ° to have him disqualified by the} Reading from left to right, they are: George Tennant, attorney for Detectives Peyser and Poolman; GUNS ARE READY : Mr Dollie | © eat 11 has had nine different der the port's belt line Tiaay court. District At Allen | Wilmon Tucker, one of Mayor Gill's attorneys; Walter Fulton, representing Chief Beckingham; John Bowles, wife of police officer een eaaeanne si chise to the railroads, and would not submit. say e was | Frater, representing Detectives Doom and McLennan, and Walter Schaffner, who aiding in the Gill de FOR SOUND VESSELS 408 La Fayette ave.; > ba 6 preghyicee Barre Ned to ca elected to the council Robert 8. be 3 pacity long before court opened “no legal reason | fense. Mrs. | e Ra 5 ws 2 I . Hesketh, W. D. Lane and Ol- | . jows facing ige Ron After the trio of defense attor-| i are prepared to follow out ariner, 6237 27th a i were still darkened| iver T. Erickson. neys had made their or par roe Walking over to the press table, [© @ asked Jae Baume t psident's orde > arm mer “onfairness,” Reames and Allen| he leaned over and said Good U the re a aid Commandant es t hield bh 7 ymandan s to shield his eyes, who attempted to Jumped up and withdrew their ob-| morning, girls JURY AT NOON er hold office?” ask 1" the Puget Sound navy which have been under special) American fag for political fections, and Judge Neterer excus How are things stacking up ” jee f ver the long distance te : 1—F. Jc , i . po! 23 Taloott Ihe waa a : ‘ee wie had : . : a a § treatmer Propaganda, ran in last place, Spectaters jammed and crowded Beautifull answered ! y ! on V ee . akin ei een Bhhery v “3 Caso Fee re ee va to get into the courtroom. At noon| mayor. with remptor 0 to because of ju i that eS commas ae " ; a enges a as one M. Calhoun and Byron Phelps, the government had exercised five Things couldn't have gone b lenges ye je: James rv . t y 0 Sarah F. Brown tenes fete | Mable. be Did Own Thinking peremptory challenges and the de-|ter yesterday. 1 would ha - ores t Bap. Reiger ; 4 . 3 2 two. The voters refused to toe up the fendants eS willtsig to accept them as they « fpindte ® 2 'p Beckingham More Eager t i James \ . Mrs. Liz H. Drury said she! bond issues with the council ean ary Stand ees Jooks to. me like we ot a t . atlcer The « tive defendants t| fer r voats coniing iat, 1 er oe Rarer iseed the papers didates. The Dale group, ignoring At noon We ae A hapa ag Me good ry : , pe te ed tened a 5 mr Dawson 8 . Lieut. Chas. O. Curtis, one of| the fact that Dale himself was fee ment had exercised five oe hen he walked over to 4 . rcodure 1 Ct ’ r f e, contractor n who killed at Everett sponsible for two of the bond prop. nix peremptory chi = silo ‘ neys, as court cor : ster who was a friend of "\ositions, had labled themselves as. prosec r i the con e sat looking 1 » € 7" V nesd while t , ¢ acm . ‘ he said I called her on anti-bond” candidates, and they sed seven | duri ne minute . ; hone and condoled over tagged the Hesketh-Erickson-Dale around while a 1 At noon Wednesday the state | o , ther trio as the “pro-bond” candidates, t 7 +t r jor had exhausted all its peremp She Sympathi zed jaltho Erickson and Lane were n two federal grand juror a 7 ye nee b mached y Talcott said tory challenges when 45 jurors Did the i f th e zainst two of the bond proposi- iled to report, Judge Nete de ; ‘ ‘ rn ’ ae e t ' t render a fair and ur od service had been called in the murder of your friend's rot any | tions ared they would not be permi eee : , mp A as a jure case against Thomas Tracy, athy at that tir » wa The Dale newspapers took up the }to delay the machinery of th plihger exit ge 9 Breed Is Eliminated You answered you hold an opin-| one of the 74 1. W. W.'s charged same false issue, but the voters = |court by unnecessary dela , gover r ated/ion in this case which would re-| with the murder of Jefferson " calmly decided things for them Reyer ane MANAGER'S | The tentative jury in the booze-| Hreec |quire evidence to gemove,” de Beard at Everett on Novem- | “Has anything har - ¢ > They didn't want bonds— DAILY TALK | : a i graft case Wednesday was in sineer | clared Fulton | ber 5. move that prejudic ince then?” | and they voted no, emphatically, iret . |charge of Deputy Marshals F. R Make Hot Fight on Him The defense will us all of its continued the defense | | How They Trounced Him! Toley and A. Rooks, instead saarag ed rte ‘ 4 “Vm quite confident this juror | challeng ne) 1 r Yes, to a certain extent.” They didn't want Dale, so they ‘Auto News and Ads_ |i" ‘ort Angeles contracto} pon to do ai '& lealonets ed don’t think the lesid “ye »| She was excused by the judge be-| trounced him mercilessly Breed Was Deputy Sheriff : r asked Reame ern ought to want such ajcomple by evening cause of her intimate relations with| Councilmen ‘Erickson and Hess Today on Page 7 ‘overnment’s attack wa perenin challenge 0." ingen.” said Bausman, who arose,, The serious situation of drawing /the sister of Lieut, Curtis, The) keth will begin their third termy in ae wk \ Port Angele , »| tecing the court she duty we nd Wednesday (State agreed to excuse. two weeks. It will be Lane’s first He knew r » artine < t Orchard ex mar oor ; ! . ally, when Talcott sald it} when Judge onald questioned| James R, Williams, employed by | term in the council, He served i We are starting an : aver he defendar a general wa € , ny social relations! would “require an ¢ emove | H Schinidt, 78, as to his quali (Continued on page 2) jthe 1915 sion of the legislature, auto page in I he Star if . fpr Boy sete 7 4 aid, and head t 7 overnment officers? prejudice,” all , ‘ense a® fications as a juror, Schmidt said | being elected as a member of the < es of Seattle paper cerning | asked Attorney Fulton orneys asked he be disqualified by|that his hearing wa hot too | progressive party. today. It will appear) owes, sears? cane ight Sat Heat uot quatibe could oak ae TWO EXTRA “JURORS C Allen Dale, who, was, empliat is r As fs | 1 don’t remember Would you lag a » any im Says He's Prejudiced | Judge Neterer took no action iocks from the court house to the ically repudiated at the polls Tues- ach Wednesday and} Defense Bars Farmer hanes carte gia glo ogg bri Later he said: “I'm prejudiced) “His answers have estab Y. W. C. A. for meals, providing SIT IN TRACY CASE poy Reket pee = See a ago will contain snappy, up-} “Didn't you bring prisoners to DEM*DApers”” a ked Reame r au rst one of the dete ndant and |that he cannot render a fair there was something to eat or drink eens alk: ieee aae a . ct |the King county jail? ba We eclared mind is not entirely | jon toward at least one de ant," Jat the end of the walk. The court A second night session was |ina «nec aueal to-the-minute news of) “once Have you any hostility to en-| open and tree |said Fulton, pressing the effort tolroom burst into laughter, and the| held Tuesday in the trial of |tte Special champion of the trac: Meet Hodge?” forcement of the prohibition ls ton addressed the court |have Taloott eilmsinated, hour nasiped toe: cetee Thomas H. ‘Tracy, firet of the | ‘oR compan , . i y doing along) «x: } Your honor, | submit this juror the interests of justice,” he recess Was de d Judge| 74 Sling aie | Thenaen what’s g g ; Sidiebscitutlaskdiialadwnn lie arr taaiine In the in 1 Ar was d 1, and Jud 74 to be tried in connection In 1911, Erickson led the council , e 4 That's all.” ry ° aid, “this Juror should be excused’ | Ronald told the 200 persons that with the Everett shooting af- le th q % Auto Row, as well as a} {Thats anne then Any of the fede ral grand jurors Let him answer questions,” said] ‘Tennant addressed the court, say-\they « laugh fair of November last. ae eet in Secteene re ine challenged Jutte: 4 the court ing, “We should be entitled to Jus the noon sessiot ORS bee’ 3. a ive line of {challenged W. R. Sutter, Clallam , ; ing ’ f he noon session! Prosecutor Black of Snohomish > fiz antere: representat ‘ county farmer WIFE aoa DIVORCE ott said he “would feel quite! jurors who have no prejudices in! closed sts attorneys and those|county exercised two of his per. Be enh ads from Seattle’s live| “George Ss Bowers, a plumber safe” if he were a nt and | a case of this kind for the defense were fighting over |emptory challenges Tuesday, leav. | PHCH*On. Nis running mats, ae was next cs He lives a mile G0 STAR the jurors in state of mind Allen urged that the challenge be | Juror Gus Johnson, No. 7, 68 Stew-| ing only one. The defense used t auto dealers. south af m Lake, and knows FROM EX- LF Contest Grows Warm resisted, saying the | A who Says he is @ socialist,|/ three of its peremptory challenge “The Dale-Calhoun-Phelps combi Gil am and once met! WHEATON, IL, Mareh 7.—Mr The contest grew hot over Tal.| ‘Tucker then addr Beles d working at the Seattle Con-/ and has three.more left. There are | nation organized elaborately for the Both new and used ndee nd had read about the! telen ¢ sawyer, wife of Ned/|cott, Allen attempted to show the|@nd Judge Neterer then disquali-| struction & Drydock Co two extra jurors, provided for by | campaign, maintaining special head f + |case in all the papers. Sawyer, former Western amateur | juror was not prejudiced sufficient. {fied Talcott : ‘ |. The state having then only one] law, to be drawn, These will sit in| quarters and precinct workers. cars will be featured in He was passed, and the d golf champion, has been nted ally to disqualify him Clarence Wilder, 1218 E. Sprague! more peremptory challenge, was|conjunction with the regular Jury,| Dale's repudiation is especially " id ants the ted C. J divnens Gate be wheats eine Der souideniehty bexicustacre (Continued on page 5) Itighting to disqualify him as an un-1 (Continued on page 3) ; , at conan the announcements and |*"*_" imatnated'/O. J. Be erarey Bere oe Sa oe ‘ . fuel ~ —— - = ct kt lL RRO or and ee there will be many an Thomson who took leading parts ; ri ’ in his campaign. excellent bargain — in With Lane's lection in place of ’ . Dale, the “popular rule” advocates fact, there are a number gained a vote in the council, ‘od. , that are worth fell over each other when they The story begins a good He was something of an | friends rallied enthusias y Gill policy and partly an edge | ce Vie eal | _ By Mabel Abbott paves sists Ue ACM aeiintait na | ceklemk apa then Tac waa ths || acuRE SE pietconn cia meat movement that eee /QREGONIANS DEMAND careful attention. This is the story of Seattle's But in all the erowd there a member of a mccéssful law torney, friend and often the Kept His Promise making itself felt all over the | figure aug firm qi Ke and prospe boon companion of the tough He was elected, 1 ept country, ousted her mayor. And great enigma. as just one figure that caught irm, had a larg nd pr late “har " tentic 64 ous clie oO itlemen who est element of a tough seaport his prom because the weapon of the re. oO he auto It came to me as | sat in the id held attention—a lean U8 n f ger W atch for t r 7 federal courtroom yesterday, angular man, with a weary, needed good lawye d need town it he was generally Gambling houses and disor call was new, and also because | —— section each W ednes- watching the regiment of de d face—a man all gra ed them often, Gill could keep considered honest, so far as his derly houses ran without pre the recall election was the first | PORTLAND, March 7.—In pro | fendanta and the battery of pag suit, necktie, sean a dive-keeper out of jail longer personal character was con . at concealment ifter the state adopted woman | test against’ his support of the fill day. | lawyers line up for the liquor y hair, complexion, everything and him off easier when he cerned Wak , town was so wide open suffrage, Gi picture and the buster against Pre ident begs conspiracy trial who sat quietly with the rest was finally caught than any | Presently Gill ran for mayor shocked itself. story of his disgrace went from armed neutrality | petition de- The space inside the rail was jammed in behind his lawyer, other lawyer in town, it be He was paralyzingly frank And then it was that Gill be one end of the country to the |manding theresignation of United MORE THAN 61,000 COPIES full of Interesting people—so the least conspicuous, but the | came known among the frater- | about his policy, He sald if he came famous, For Seattle, other State Senator Harry Lane is being DAILY full they had to untangle their most dramatic figure in the nity, And the fraternity was were elected he would run the swept by a wave of reform that Yo add to the completeness | cireulated among the voters of Ore- legs in order to stand up and room—Mayor Hiram ©, Gill, appreciative. } town “wide open.” And his was partly reaction \from the (Continued on page 10) gon today, to be the hoodoos—the hardest to wore a heavy pair of Councilman C. Allen t of ten challenges When Mayor Gill ne into the Grand Jury Is Late courtroom Wednesday he was smil Low GH George S rs, Gr plumber Van itd