The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 12, 1917, Page 1

MORE THAN 61,000 Persons buy The Star each day. Counting four to a fam. fly, it means that 244,000 aro Star readers daily, tf LAST EDITION a ] Logan Billingsley may have been weather bureau man has him beat, mwa He's got some more wet goods for | THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO _PRINT THE NE EWS a : the town today. Thus he speaketh? Tonight and Tuesday, rain.” ONE CEN Sewa SEANDM, he S THATS y F -- ene That he gave Dr. M. A. Matthews $1,000 with which to hire detectives to get evi- " dence against Gill to be used as the basis of a recall campaign was the most sensational _ bit of testimony given by Logan Billingsley shortly before noon Monday in his third day — of cross-examination in the federal booze-graft conspiracy trial. Billingsley said the donation was made prior to his now famous compromise with Mayor Gill on August 30, 1916, when he says she paid the mayor $4,000 to drop city cases against him and his brothers and return incriminating evidence. He said he promised Dr. Matthews more money later but didn’t pay it. His testimony corroborated a story he told The Star in January to the effect that he had hit upon the recall plan as a method by which he could — scare Gill into compromising with him and that he thought he could stop the recall movement when he wanted to but » was s mistaken as to the latter part of his plan. : uid oe ¢ 4 ¢ to who wa | Y our name was Virgil iva t boo! fg Billingsley, | Bickel 1 do ber making 3 j flourlabing en he had 1 simply signed that name Vi ou made it? | of Grilling He said, how Why didn't you mention Virg E concert Dr know their|Bickel when I asked you your ou say, ‘We've got Giliy iad saben eaeatne: 2 2a gua |" Not an Rnoyelepeltia ee cre: conducting} “I never kept a note book of every remember eting Pat us one of the big point er recital of |detail. I'm no eneye a the American cafe in ¥ ; efense attorneys hope to| the circumstances surrounding the You call that detail? January la om mpeach ¢ nesley test latter's alleged payment of $4 Yo mimi 1 don't ber.” 4 ili incite and the fp m of Mayo Mayor Gill Aug. 30 ened " el in't And Ma ° t # ef Reckinghar ex-8 Logan 1} ngst walked ru | you? , At that time I wasn't speaking | Hodge r detect ° the courtre ep hneyr ‘ig ie: oho." geet yt igh Pgs oe tt. No, I didn’t meet) Sea ttl ( Corellia on hag Rt a ff which Leeen’ (hadi wignes "walt, HIGH Memory's Good ring tc a £0 , a Franct th?” | Bicke | Is your memory good? ‘ a 44 ro cer ul r ere ¢ x interstate i : Fulton, Not Perjury, He Says Why, I thought it was pretenaa “dese Ye You said you were Virgil Bickel | good a Matthews Got Gill Once Remember a little trouble w nd signed - at name—you want the Did you meet Secord, Gerald, | — ee = 7 Welter § hata ve hb iry to understand that's not per and Pat Sullivan last October im WM.HAMILTON, ‘Duff Baby Not Registered KAISER SPEEDS so eutaciti fit, wanes om oS er 4 5 u a DY ot egis ere payment to ney sr ae Whe “at a 1 read Satur. | 7 oop ts Hin I used.” oat you know John Evans, au oo 5 evidence which sent fo a Did you go to Vanderveer and! Times eter 7 Miss Irma Shaw, stenographer and statistician in the health “aiet W apper m to the f ad it ask him if you would get imr munity | Very well.” ) department, feeis slighted 4 d in the recall! if you tand and testifie j Paid Him $50 q Among her duties is that of registering all birth certificates My sa or Gill in 1911 | “No.” | “Was he in your employ?® = RE } and filing them away in the archives of the city ITED S "He ted Gilt 4 all his extraordit Denies Drawing Gun Wen’ List Vendervess Apeest 2-1.Aanu t uy ee-siemurge in The Star thet whe Dulty baby tes) ary ability to confuse and.trap the| “Isn't it a fact Smith was going|- “You have no objection to Mr.| “How much money @id you] ? yet Mr. Allman hasn't filed any birth certificate yet, |fovermment’s star witness into con-|to testify against you in a case |Vandervoer coming here to testify—| bim?” complained Miss Shaw today ltradicting hie direct testimony andj and you offered him $300 to leave | do you waive any privilege you ha e| “Fifty dollars.” Beaten up, gagged and} raid | shail have to report it to the authorities.” By Basi. M. MANLY had succeeded on m points town a client of his? (Continued on 7 strapped to his bed, William RP ASHING TON D C., March 12 Pastor is Man Behind No Mr. Vander r can take care of Dr. Matthews, former moderator Did you draw a gun?” himself. Hamilton, 50 years oid, proprie- tor of a grocery store at 100 PB sora gee teeta me lot the I Westlake ave. N., was found by , Jeriman submarines | een neighbors Monday morning at jwill a © Atlantic coast 3 11 o'clock. f he Gulf of Mexico, ready to | oi ‘ resbyterian general con No. | “ ‘Yes’ or ‘No'—do you waive any a close personal Denies Blackmail jright in his case? RESUME SAI t Wilson, has] Didn't you him a $100 I'm not going to waive anything. redited for months | marked bill and then tried to have] “Do you waive it or not? aa man behind the/bim arrested for blackmail? Won't Embarrass Vanderveer NEW YORK, March 12.—Am Capt. of Detectives Chari shipping th present prosecution of the mayo No. If you'll permit me to ex-| “I refuse to put Mr. Vanderveer in| nouncement posted today in the o& Tennant, Lieut. E. L. Hedges t erican f and other officials | plain an embarrassing position fiees of the International Mercame: and Detective Wm. Peterson, the ext tion given Tclamations wy those st Answer my question | Yes’ or ‘No’? tile Marine here carried thi Motorcycle Officers Ben Wil- T SUDDEN CESSATION of trial showed how sensational th Reame emanded the witness} “I've answered six or seven{mation that the American _ Sane Soa, OF: Renters want be “ S of Merchant ve , Jeemed the testimony directly be given chance to explain his an-| times rassen and freight vessels ; the scene to make a thoro in — x » last wee “ bs cting the noted pulpit or swers | Yes’ or ‘No resume -eailing ? igation of the murder. t that the last » plan to clean up Do know a man namedj| “Well—No Four passenger ships, the Mi » Sigpresrmaedees aged eu the submarines Judge Neterer rapped|Bowen, a negro? : houted Fulton, sarcas-| York, Philadelphia, St. Path a since early Saturday evening, had wt la esident W . lifts to 1 kno o you are referrit c Ist na lres pre Sticatiy walled on the customer, The |. W. W. trial in Judge ‘ Paonia lig wg f and told ballff t a penniranite Louis already are fitted with loaf of bread and a pound of} Ronald's court settled down s-examina wa naisted Bh pea a one who disturbed the court | t¢ : i icke ermit te ead superstructures and deck plates butter were wrapped on the counter.; Monday morning to a steady on the ar a line euldent \ ; “You gave him $100 to leave| The permit signed “Bickel” by/ the ing of guns, and th Th t a fight ensued after the cus | pounding by the defense at the ing. ' ey testimony was ¢ town when he was a logan was submit ed in testimony. | n fitted in a short time, og hat been waited upon {s| testimony of State's Witness C Wh did you get spring Agron t who have beer Gave Him Money } The m asked = fomer had been val ecins on the| A: Mitchell, citizen<teputy and 1 borrowed it from a marines were losely, for it was| “I gave him some m 1] "Ms ngsley, do you n MILLIONAIRE sr shown ig bee io ggg employe of the Clough-Nicker. | Rankin “ nde ‘ o finally persund-| don't know bow much. I » him |ing taken to Tacoma, on Thursday ee. floor and broken gla , Hl, at Everett. Where does Rankin live . ‘ d his rs to plead|money two or three time evening following Christr % ered articles over the rear of the} #07 mill, at Everett. assigned before the im an 1 : re Blood stains in the | No more persons than the ‘On 21st and Colby a ig go before the recent] “I ou ever committed per- I was taken there on various oc aeaee: rooms. os er" courtroom would seat were al- Where did you get your ammu-|"*% : which indicted the| “I don't remember ever commit-| casio: | next room leading to his bec sn barter at | nition? jermany always in the past made oe has tan etter With a deputy marshal on the| 4 he had been drag lowed to pass the e tar to strike the it an a oth 2 oe SAN DIEGO, Cal, Mareh 12 indicate: uy ed “a the turn of the hall, where a I bought It at the ¢ Raid: © gesanitinal Glaer poamiie te ‘Did you, last summer, give Have you ever c itted per-| interurban?” ie ; dws Ke api pipte tied and sess jong line waited patiently on , Ware Co — as enh he eaible 88) be. Matthews, how much, for a . | “I was taken to Tacoma ( jWm. Clayton, vice president the chance of an occasional seat Mitchell testified that he dropped | came inevitable. ‘wer De) Campaign fund to get Gill?” | Used New “Alias” jmas day : eneral manager of the Spreqhaaaam NEXT TO FALL | being vacated Sto the entrance Of the weet wart Mor 3 U-boat | gave Dr. Matthews $1,000." | “Not that I know of | “The Thor following companies, owning the streciiaams MOSUL The crossexamination was | house when t vooting started goer cag Aaa rere sa “And you promised to give | “Do you recall applying for a drug 1 wouldn't q tem and other big utilities of thaws canaaies by Attarney Alfred Mitchell testified that bata ae aka Masadie: s him more, didn’t you?” gist permit on June 26?” | “Do you remember entering into}San Diego bay district, was SHOE AFTER B H. Moore, who put in much tha Me gor aaa : : “Yes.” | Ye 1 tirade against Mr. in shortly fternoon today by Lorenze 7 of his time in getting Mitchell hand ’ rg ! “How much—three thousand What did you sign? I don't remember it now. I) Baloma. The extent of his injunesas ; r . ey era rs?” Virg 1 think wo! sWear or the cause of the attack is mot N. March 12.—Mosul {s| to admit he had borrowed a re i t ' ot dollars Ss | . eyiieen nL EEO | a ‘ ee eiieetive ‘ot Gen, Meade's| volver two weeks before the on I bie Png csc “No amount was fixed.” ————_————|_ logan continued emember | yet known vttcrious British forces in Muso-| Verona shooting, “because he “ wands of I boat ‘When Wj i L | Wo SS ok See a : a While details of the oceu-| wanted to keep in order,” but hie | While in American Betore August 30.” ! ¢ “ag Wot i remver ie you! PRISONER FREED potamia pr a fad | that he had no personal know! You are positive that it was hi ia “ogy agate r “When you had it in for . Bi Ple ouldn’t you remember if you pation of the ancient city ed) hi id |right hand that he held up?” At “ ” sig V “ote Ca jhad been a Mr. Gill are lacking, and the public Is exp sas lg <plbakinan bd tor Moor ! troyers, supple , ba I don't remember the marshal,| ee B full narrative} Indicate that there was likely taaos by the small number of British “Ves; | went to Dr. Matthews | : sae ini CHICAGO, March 12. — Frit’ tantly awaiting a | because | was not more r iritish hi how Gill | myself and another discussing my , - ; which would show important cap-| to be disorder. € feet from t } cruiser ich came to light dun| and told him how GIl was | ltrouble. Gill's. name was men-| Wulf, alleged escaped German salle tures of prisoners and material from| Just before court adjourn eet from, ham, 7° Wit | ing the. U-68'e exploits treating me. | told him | was Higeats Te ee or, Who Was arrested here last Frik the rh in the taking of the city,;noon, W. B. Booth, Wie Gar Oho. fret aust : And in the event of a declara- | going to expose the whole mat- en b Threat day by federal officials, has been it was known the British forces do|tate man, citizendepnty and trom the eabbin?” or ame) tion of war, either by the og “Didn't you say you bad it-ie tories ad. Aside from stating that not intend to rest on their arms mer treasurer of Snohomish cc at Sipepaee United States or Germany, the “Then you did give Or. Mat- | Gill, and was going to get him | Wulf had been ed, and that — k ty, Was put on the stand Hae area me oe damage that the U-boats can thews $1,000?" | t caabale ie BIA tok government orders forbade him dis= se vi 1 r Mi de ahi Kaacae ibaa tots ¥ | 5 racy ;, (closing any information, Hinton G8 i Because of the noise ‘ gaol | Didn't you say on that trip, in D ; During the war of the sees Moore’s crossexamination 0} destruction of vessels a to be used for eacaane. TTA going to make Gil}/Clabaugh, federal investigator, Teg succession, rey let Age ‘ a: Mitchell was so severe at see i. Read Clay's Testimony Armed with six-inch guns, To get a check on Load rfc sain | sbawase: watered “2 gat thra| {sed to make comment, - years ago, the question of potatoes |) cai) forth ob: ion by the Then wh you unable to ex the submarines will be able to |of gambling, the number of hot ump way { € r zh Be became #0 urgent that the ph ge ad state's attorneys plain w the second and third] tie safely at sea and pour ex. [of ili-fame that ranning, and "Re ee objected SURVIVORS SAFE Stselt came to be known as the) ¢ 4 shots came from, expecially when| plosive shells into the scores |the amount of whisky that was be Faaon’ fae toate thet deabanaed a kartoffelkreig—the “potato war ath de ou were especially interested of unfortified towns and vil- | ing sold | be tho presence of kt. Caluaun pecan i — ae erson 1 tizen deputy, the first | the sting 2” lages along the Atlantic coast Was it to be used against May-| land a Mr. Millet?” re LONDON, March 12.—The two) state's witness called to the stand| “1 don't know.” and in the Gulf of Mexico. oP Git tne ‘spoall campaign | “I'm not acquainted with Mr. Cal-|™8sing boatloahs from the Norwargg . | Monday, testified he was standing} “Have you talked to any one | *~ |gian steamship Storstad, sunk ¥ ADVERTISING MANAGER'S Tee tne wardmoeis Ou the leince Beturday?” | «rhat’s all,” concluded Fulton hon and a Mr. Millet.” i= preted, son ae DAILY TALK | between n ince Saturday OR 7 ‘ You mentioned Mr. Gill |German submarine, arrived safely” | Everett dock, when both Shoriff No one except Mr. Black.’ | hat Billingsley secured a drug: | I don’t remember—I might have | in port on the Irish coast today. » | McRae and Jo Henson Beard were “Did you read any of the testi gist’s licen under the alias of} aid wy triende tadiall tt i ie ani q shot mony? | WRECK; 4 KILLED Virgil Bick that he wouldn't re Nee” taatacik make Aue Batol a He testified that he saw several Ye I read Clay's testimons lease George Vanderveer from obli lene didnt make the state {7 PLANES LOST 4 ° the h ne dec ‘ t s first tions as his attorney to testify, “bel ey men on urricane deck You aiso testified that the fir MEDFORD, March 12.—Four n atl anae Mer ‘ Teague Le meeity \eWhy?? ; ‘ noat shoe hot s muffled and the second). o seriously injured that they |*" “teh ahh 2 setletpedagget oe ! Unreasonable BERLIN, via Sayyille, March 18/7 H eved the first louder. How do you to “make Gill jump sideways before | f ' a ¢ } : died and eight other ustaihed |) pat thru with him,” while on e trip | “It would have been unreason he entente forcss on the West , by some men on jexplain your difficulty in locating |iminor hurts when a freight train| | Sot thru with him,” while on a triy able ront lost 17 aeroplanes and two * t t OF Ae ea saa | tee eae, Mater tay Weed fired) way derailed by a broken axle, twolt).,ccome With a deputy marsha Reade False Affidavit captive balloons, the official stat estimony, but was over Dake eae all oat nl af a ford earl ne uy. He denied flatly that he had | Fulton read the druggist permit] Ment declared today ‘ . The dead anc jure were all saic jf . sawor ob OFAN as _ ruled It it from the fact that you A oan atealinn aiside threatened recently to “get” Mayor | alsely sworn to by Logan as “Vir | JOHNSON QUITS THURSDAY 5 aca Mr. Mitchell, was thero|talked to some one slog I | SUL ene Chistes esknanan So SINGIGN Wau omnia iat te) SACRAMENTO, March -12.—Hite ot the .| No.” He said he might have made such | Fulton was on the aggres e j ‘ jany » standing on the gang vo. “ ram Johnson announced today that | = inquired Prosecutor Black “What happened when thia fir |U 8. Bought Seward’s | statement at the time the mayor had ‘ [bad Log Mn boxing es endlibat cw renigat gk prey: Bs | “Yes, I saw some. hot was fired?” ¢ inued Mabie, . a ra him arrested for murder, before his ATNARINE hha Ae eg in the) rhure m | He Met in Secret shot was fired?” continued Moore,| Tce Box” 50 Years Ago|compromise with Gil | Morty liquor busir n you signed| Thursday at noon | “Did you see any persons in the | ell | —_— How John Evans, for four year: use Darmity: e — ’ ” ‘ y McRae gave o| ‘Tuesday marks the 50th anniver-|a Times rep , Was fired atter| More than 1,000 women seeking) I object, to con-| STORM WARNING cabin? Why, McRae gave a littl sentia tied | o, but I did see a man shoot-| Jump leary of the purchase by the United] accepting $50 from Billingsley, was|the vote are preparing to mobilize jduct of counsel—e statement is| @ - —_ | bil : " | s asia for| brov ut b orney F Jat Washington, under the leader-|a sneer.” Southwest storm signals were Om from the pilot house Hut there was no shooting from |§ of Alaska from Russia for} brought out by Attorney Fulton at | si a on cross-examination, Mitehell| the dock 7,200,000, It was called “Seward Billingsley denied Evans, who is|ship of Miss Morey of Woston, to] “Will you swear you never said| dered displayed at 6:40 a, m, at ally 4 that t 4 Not \ co Box,” and v liculed at the/an ex-convict, now said to be want-|demonstrate the greatest plea for|you would ‘get Gill and Becking-| ports in Washington and Norther nied that he had taken part in a ‘ that time lee Bi | | eet PE opcao cating ian the W¥eratt Ce WtcW cisahe ta ania had time. Today people think so wellled in Canyon City, Col, for violat-| suffrage ever staged at the capital.) ham’? ‘Oregon, A marked disturbance 7 RT eat he ak mn gg i i aba ob Aon dt x that cong F parole, g 1,000 f 6 wome 1 come from all o 1 said I would either make anjcentered hear Prince Rupert, am ORE THAN 61 OPIE mercial Club on the nig revious | guns on the do of the Ice Box that congress bas ap-|ing bis parole, got $ from him| The women wil ; Sickel V4 Agaric tn alah ad ce Oh i a oo ke 00 had cuna{propriated $35,000,000 for the cou-|or Wrote articles at his dictation, |the country, having begun to arrivelagreement or bring him to terms.”| moving to the southwest, and Prove ely de - th at he saw a table The testified that ps struction of 1,000 miles of railroad The defense tried to show that| March 1, and will represent all Did you make such a statement{ably will shift to southeast Tues. q a hia wih ahiaane oF an! (Continuba. onspaee 6). lis: Adanice | Billingsley knew that Evans, and ranks of life in Gerald's cafe on the 15th of Jan-! day ‘Read The Star for Complete Stories of the Gill and Tracy Trials—Delivered to City FeO 25 Cents a Month See ee eee Foe OPO TO ewe ee Ore seatic rerievdathean etecenaaleteecaanienerenin-neeneecet ceeeceqrapcmenmencia caries ie