The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 14, 1917, Page 1

MORE THAN 61,000 _LAST EDITION “The only peace some men find at home is in the dictionary,” says Old Man Sage. The official The Seattle Star U. S&S. weather forecast is: “Fair FERRE SASS ’ Ce aeeh eS whineditaeil nan, tonight, heavy frost; Thursday rca ety, The, Star euch day. Counting four to a fhm THE “ONLY PAPER IN ‘SEATILE “THAT DARES- TO PRINT THE NEWS { ae VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917 ONE CENT®% AMERICAN CREW {trosue ‘uriosn GILL SURRENDERS "tid ince Cisam OF 27 ALL SARE "™ecst cseorsrae 19 BILLINGSLEY nesday morning, in the trial of ers recelved brothe Thomas Tracy, accused, with ‘ t ‘ offe t ' BY ED L. KEENE r4 other |. W. W's, of the (Saturday in case euppleme ' murder of Deputy Sheriff Jef le re not issued d « fact LONDON, March 14.—The American terson Bears at Everett, last tat Chicas © hard hit steamer Algonquin fell victim Monday to the| jorvrner, wns tne secielon of | actected arenine Curcago & Western German ruthless submarine warfare. list of citizen deputy witnesses {lians. Chicago m railway Sere ee . All of her crew of 27 were saved, ac- debe yghcda alla rslati © Michiga tral and That Mayor Gill was told of the existence {& editor and nager of the In . ¢ & Ohio, w undle the cording to official advices received by the {°° 2°) "20n0er sce: Wee American embassy from the American con- the |. W. a ea sul at the port where they were landed. stand a It is expected |men on the Gre The Algonquin was attacked—without [°0t% Manic, secretary of + Mhio and Doe naa ~ of a state subpoena for all the Billingsley '' papers on August 30, 1916, while he was still in Chief Beckingham’s office and that he stormed out of the office without doing any- 4 the Defense league of the |. W Chesapeake & Ohio and the \ aes —by shell fire from the German . »'!\ be called next by the l4 rauway will ko out a|thing to prevent Logan Billingsley taking the) -boat. OA. tense mament occurred third group, (he strike is scheduled) papers away, was the testimony of Cap- After her crew had taken to the lifeboats,| 3. o none oe the expooted'to newer all_men svt a tain Chas. Sullivan, secretary of police, in the German commander sent a detachment *#"'*y hearing a ingle Co., after , one graft conspiracy trial Wednesday rtion of his test! fi on ' of his men aboard the Algonquin. They set mony of Tuesday. read by At. the bureau of and I ‘morning. bombs which sank the ship. FW murning ef fierce cross. here to'wateh develamens "| It was the first bit of direct confirmation| Reports indicate that the submarine re-| °%%"\02°", denied that_ he Hallway nw see lt "'" of Logan Billingsley’s story of how the A a had made the statement con f inten fused assistance to the Algonquin’s crew tained In the stenographle ree- | tlon of the rovernme over/ mayor acted when Chief Beckingham pro- after they had taken to the boats. Charles Tucker, citixen deputy |A strike w une an tested that the papers were under subpoena, or ae ] ree os ta tae Bua Wes te rains Setar caes and that the mayor knew about the sub- pig hapenireapnsliredt exinteligennal bentyl ye sds erb hu some “8° Doena before Logan was allowed to take the| I THRONG T0 Stee Ten rta the dewand for} § | papers away the day of the compromise. | CHEER GERARD (iisiciio- semcsstece Strcctecrin Sect ox BOTH GAMPS ARE .i.:0 eo more of the big i 6 will convict the mayor chief . : : te Port Arthur, Ont. a@ a steel not expect READY TO “STICK” *", ares ah tute aad How Government three-ma steamer of 1,8 Laughed and Sang — dee a ity | Deateo AS HE ARRIVES oe eae wae Daite te 1808 Gt Cees]: F 08 oe a the boat eo eee ee ’ 4 MelLennse Expects to Prove gow : { to be an awf | Two cameos, from which nego. and wit ¢ ‘ ‘ r and was formerly owned by A,| appeare na 9 e vbw a B. McKay od tit tiations to avert the threaten. | iil! r $4,000 Incident ae : When she was transferred to the You nd singing aa 1 ‘i state e donennilp : Ww ASHINGTON. March 14.—Am-| , | bagnoth fin aan . / q & pice ed country wide railroad strike Contradiéte Logan peye BILLINGSLEY eT i bassador Gerard reached the end | 4 eriean registry and flew ¢ wor will be conducted, wore Sullivan at theseame time f ed he paid Mayor Gill $4,000 in the ‘ of his 7,000-mile journey from Ber-| Am ar og. The Clyde line has e from thelr established in the Grand Cen- | contradicted ; oH piiingsic ‘* office, of dhe: Metine on. the i this, Steamer of the same name. f Nh hey were looking for tral termingt district today, statement enat Theenter tert wir of afternoon of . The cir ; _ afternoon. “and “hi alt The steamer 5 feet long. ° Brotherhood chiefs coming |f8® 1 Fei the papers, ns S| cumstantial ev © ecenrectionate if were met at the station here by a With a beam of 40 f ging and! were from Washingten today : 1 Rigg this aecerdine to the boverasent large er ow’ of cheer ng r ere looking for for the meeting with the rail. | reque . | s and newspa ‘NO OFFICIAL WORD road conference committee to e Putnam of the dry d.| ARTHUR R. HATTON, Logan's raid was in hi ts, as BY CARL D. GROAT expression of| morrow had decided for peace Attorney H. R. Powell and Corpora Soskkeopor— estified he heard L¢ was every t party Unite * art spondent P ful settlement, " possible n Counsel ( aldwe pearing as An os ] ‘ Pd He and Mrs. Gerard gaily waved| WASHINGTON, March 14—The expression « The de Bot «. [ROVE ent witnesses, clinched ot ere in thelr ro their hands at the throngs ! trated in statement from |¢? ‘ g the x a hotel, Aus Imme tely upon arrival, gh-loc Bi the — Fact = ° ‘ © ine ray ’ ed sa It's te ard was given a memorandum wid ; ; elt t t tention > “atch W he ‘ ene é aye lor n say, rm the White House, suggesting that Another int w the . . ay \t rey Walter 8 Ft to ere ee ar he continue to make no comment . ake In tl in a happy fra orer A] 4s H. DAVIS, Proprietor of the whatever on the Gert situation tlon ¥ e 7 " a . ws Rraengten Annex Hotel —Said Lo-| report to the state departmen setae nua" ACCEPTING FREIGHT °)'"":.,.: as the president se before. MRS, CARRIE FERRY, Claar Girt se ary Lan Doesn't Know ie oxa ley testified he gave at the Washington Annex—Test sing a t en ‘| partie word of| brag al | : : ; ; nd that she } (ua wre a afternoon. A further statement! ti torpedoing u : ov n affecte ’ ot oe mit wild Fred Billingsley, one of the government's chief witnesses in the may be issued then, but the am « (Continued on page 2 Order ver en receive Government Calls Matthews whch - booze-graft conspiracy case, who is expected to be on the stand late Seultion taken a por ny oe : BERNSTORFF GETS JURY FINDS HE ic eriahable 0 br M coe : at : for] OFA BILLINGSLEY, Logan's today and tomorrow, telling of paying $1,200 to Chief Beckingham on B « Logan ‘ wed three occasions. went to luncheon Thomas ow hit : Hugt e WAS MURDERED Sound freight department #aid that /ed to the stand Tam going to give these to Gill. papers and storming out of the dentia ™ AMSTERDAM, Ma t not a 5 an ‘ A his direct testir Cald-| gg bes office?” asked Fulton om rs of } rty, Count — lor Me fd anid said that he|, GEORGE PARSONS, Auto Sales He was angry, but) dente Von B orff ha ived hon um Hamilton, Seattle » that t he Man—Told of driving Logan to po-) remember his language,” said WITH GER - eo ayppllidesy pAlb iy bea yt ‘ s a og [er & red ‘ ORE roy cee: ln et ey George Ten-| WASHINGTON, March 14.—Preme ache in Washingto Dr. Be ' died, it was found, from| feet of wate old. The Grif 4 ein ek ont Tsu ti, bc fa pep siping FeesMeaet Detectives Pes ident Wilson has selected members vn iN i German te e rag be tuffed down { " ! M wo to}, oe Stik Phiai he t Lo.|ters with the ‘aia Sachets ze of watching | of new tariff board, as follows? AS yTON, Ma 14.—T pre nt in Ar 5 \ a with a cargo - cunt maley and ' t t for liquor shipments after) Professor Frank Taussig, of Har Jomatic relations betw feetia AARP PADD PPD DD PDD DPD DPD DD DAP PPP DLP PD aebepiiataddactns ecret ference faight GOING UP! SKIRTS 4, whe detectives were | vard; who will act as chairman} Wy 4 ¢ ere broken by ( a 1 elieved f 2 4 a ‘ § ® ” - ae ‘ ere the . ieved S. Culberson, Texas; William Kent, | 7 nt or es . bs 1 b Cali y J. Lewis, re Bh steric ngs “|Innocent Looking assenger Trippec ap eae TO BE SHORTER == "2" \Califoraia: David J. Lewis, Mag we ere at Ut D Attorne h Logan Billir F land, E. P. Costigan, Denver, and all German merchant e er request, to Wilmon 7 ttorney for Gill. | Daniel Rohrer, formerly with tie xin number, tn. Shangh Dumba--How Secre Service Len Work janie ether ogo i Mae mt tvore coe” male Patan pcopeaae tiaes a ee amet { we him any good to ¢ P : : Told Mayor of Billingsleys te guards have | Wwanwnrnrnnrrrrrnrwnerrrrrrrrree ARRAR AAD ALARA dad ooelpeg gc ski «year will be shorter role. Maver of eM ers ik vessels | BY FREDERICK M. KERBY at their lathes were placed by A ‘ t, for malts ; Is the official |aistrict attorne AH HA! MYSTERY! NEW YORK, March 14—The| Scotland Yard in the American ed dat w. tro ¢ of the Fashion Ar Ye 9 ‘ ES act it eoeent: éf four Gesmes munitions factories. the adr the I : Pasi What was the object of the — HE SWIPE ‘ eee ase: eee As a consequence, the explo s/got in ca of w , § ee Nesta eer 8 DOt PO esting About 3 a. m. Wednesday a man spies in two da sions lessened in number and the defendant detectives bad been will “ind sh ig ars everything This in regard to establishing drove into the garage on Stewart . and the uncove finally none were reported for wor , taken off the water front detail,| "i! be. when they appear, accord-| tne dates of some shipments t., between First and Second aves, 16th ng of the weeks. been taken ereas before that the shipménts| '"H.)° Wie same experts, U. S. Attorney Reames took the | Wi blood-bespattered car and a 4 ‘ednesday th 4“ pread plotting Then Ship Bombs by Blelaski's di-| were not so large SNe ueHe SOwn Wil be “il wing broken wind-shield. : robbed last night and is the culmina Ne there attem and the! The questions indicated the de rm 8 er in ite, again Did you early in September ad Forget about it,” he replied ‘Nnee taketh of weeks plow ig bomt 1 agents | fendant shift t Me noteay hates { Is expected tO/| vise the mayor that the Billing when questioned as to what had j sie aes months of board, Imn reet st hely for Bilt rations to Put prot nat Aout everything the short |javs were still operating?” asked ened and then left. .) — ent work b et wis waik of 1 Write Most nam’s sboulder | hide Reame It is believed that it was an auto ¢ e HOt are f the Br Everything Powell Sees Papers Surrendered Ye September 2." accident not reported. 4 rilling « 0 ervise The one thing! Attorney H. W. Powell followed TRAIN OF IMPORTED Warned Second Time 4 ADVERTISING MANAGER'S tion for d uC on steam Which makes nd told of being in Again September 22, 1 9 DAILY TALK itting a} T Brit Ye turned « easier to deal f when Capt, Charle OIL SHIPPED EAST told the was no doubt ‘CAN T FIND SOUDAS fe a en f to t anded and receivec that the were operat Pi a on e Britis! m's protest, the {neriminating ng again “4 ° taki yrity to ma ordi. evidence rned to Logan Bil The first 1 train of import Attorney Tucker asked bid | sa Soudas, ail breaker, is still Auto Page Again t the any cases all they did nay criminals is lingsley by Mayor Gill, Aug. 30. Jed Japanese t bean oil ever |the mayor ever tell you not to Ko | of st iat x rant b the plotter e extent to Great God! They aren't going| shipped overland from Seattle will {after r be hereaboute Today ‘or wee plan the Ger-|to give these back?” Powell said] jeave tl embling yards at Argo | fore after August 30 wing county and este No King Brady It was a British agent, riding everything | Putnam said over the Union Pacific tans o No, ed Putnan is be ing woauirert by sno 7 wi -to-the he Old Kir on levated train in New carefu on pape Every German Corporation Counsel Hugh Cald 0 o'clo 1 t , The defense attorneys were evi r deputies, but without On page with up-to-the T n ane d tra c k tonight r Cineir pete yn page 7; mie ad 7 ly type of York, and sitting beside the | as rom the walters, barbers,| well next testified that because “he|nati, and will be rushed thru on (dently well satisfied with the an. {avail so far. Reports have come minute news and ads tell- tective ex!st famous Dr. Albert who picked urkeepe and servants, up thru! didn't want to be the goat,” he re-|the fastest possi edule, The |swers they got from Putnam, |t0 the sheriff's office that Soudas ing what’s doing on Seat-|o in fiction. Uncle Sam's secret| up the doctor's brief-case full |the various grades to the top—tis| fused to dismiss city cases pending| train will consist of 30 tank cat h failed to show at the | has been seen. ] 58. Peg ier leeet ervice men use none of the meth-| of documents that incriminated [required to report to his superior] against the Billingsleys, except on| carrying 8,000 gallons each or tried to favor the Billing ae tle’s Auto Row. ods attributed to this famous char-| the Austrian Ambassador Dum n writing written order from Mayor Gill | by having Putnam wink at |with Mayor Gill relative to dismiss« acter ba, and led to his recall, It is this work that causes the ar-| He identified that order, written] , doret’ Pat their operation al of charges pending against Loe If you are thinking of| The lations worked up by! ‘This agent, assigned to watch Al-| rest of many by the mayor Sept Me eng Naor ner tte ee ner | Attorney Saw Papers Taken |gun and Fred Billingsley?” Pallett ae @ # lthe men under A, Bruce Blel be wat h chance, reading . proximately a month after Gill had | ( . golem e hac Henry W. Powell, 719 North 26th Yes,” he said. “The mayor's at- . f rae s <¢ ¢ It has been said that the Germa nee )poenaed to deliver | . : phe. getting a car this Spring iief of the division of inforr his newspaper, taking tile funob, or! A n a TMAN| surrendered the evidence, He said : mt i" ‘e4 aed - leliver in} st. a lawyer, was called torney came to my office and asked look over this page Care-|of the United States department of| riding in subway or L tr intil| @splonage system is so complete, | railroad companies had sued the Paenisah fla ' Sau | He said he thought he was in|i¢ Attorney George Vanderveer had JOR db wn enga| Justice, had thelr origin in the #e- Dr, Albert deposited papera in|that such detatils as the color of| mayor for liquor seized or destroy cdaree) gine : latly contradicted one |sergt. Putnam's office on August /spoken to me relative to dismissal: fully. There are some rare of Britalr atlanta convenient iocatlor the hair and eyes of every impor-|ed, and that George Vanderveer Aa 4 na rie 4 he ae i ‘ Logan | goth, and said he saw Putnam|] said Vanderveer had come up and hargains in used cars, too, tives put the American) The agent picked ther tant army and navy officer are on| ‘he Billingsley attorney, had talked | Melee” neckingh hen he|hand the package of papers to 'talked to me about it. 1 told him rke rot he n the scent off at next stat wnd the sis: inefti.|t0,him about a compromise before | Sail Civet = Heckingham | a nt for! Capt, Charles Sullivan my policy was one of co-operation, ? and one of them might be ly after the start of the| Austrian ambassador went back to| record In Ber be it itd : J he | the mayor ordered it Jand dic ig ‘. or Me sil | Putnam Expressed Surprise I told him if the mayor would make just what you want. there were ex) enna es Aeaia ' CADE UHare Merete Carr liniea, ABilingsley .: teatitied oh Sergt. Putnam said, ‘Great God, /the request in writing, 1 would dis- ee ju : making, Von Papen and Boy-Kd were | here ) f police, testified that — the | mi 3 : ed that|they're not going to give these |imiss the cases. We discussed dame J munitions f allie strikes|sent home because some Dit of in rhe employ of persons of a| Rillingsle were arrested by the| the chief went out after the pa-| yp?” Powell testified age claims that Were pending. smong munitions worker formation, dropped somewhere, put| comparatively low grade of intelli-| police 20 times prior to the Aug, | Pers Vanderveer Saw Caldwell | 2 . MORE THAN 61,000 COPIES The British secret service |the secret service on the trall gence to gather such insignificant) 30 compromise and not once after| “Don't you remember the Hugh Caldwell, corporation coun “Didn't Want to Be Goat j DAILY | got busy. Quiet mechanics in Vor the past year the United|information results in their being! that mayor saying he didn't give a ‘wel, was the next witness Why did you require the mayor | a . | overails working day after day |States department of justice hasl tripped t up easily, He told of getting the papers] damn what you did with the Did you have a conversation. (Continued on page 2), i Leen SEE ENS EEESEEE