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

‘ se rere ape opr picep nnn pe ane eettecmeataanie nes With the United States Facing a Crisis, Why Doesn’ t the Sup reme Court Get a Move on Itself ‘end Decide th the 8-Hour R. R. Case? Setaseatarereaesestststszeseseseaesastesestaeseaeseaeseanatttttenet gaits: ESTES SESS ete Ton n+» lteendbnite ste moe dy sent hil BST SStISCitiissisiistisistiteiiisticittitiiisitesteetestiiiestieiitsiestteciiiSece See ei istees ists ss ssetisSteitesESeseSeeiseee ret SSe eset 61,000 64 == and Saturday; light frost tonight.” y, it means that 244,000 are Star readers daily, Persons buy Tho Star each day. Counting four toa fam. Si THE ONLY. PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES ‘TO “PRINT THE ‘NEWS VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1917. ONE CENT Si wittintod AND VANDERVEER KNE w IT ALL, SAYS Fi RE CZAR DEPOSED; KAISER MAY BE NEXT The czar has been dropped. Good! The whole democratic- DOESN'T OBJECT Ir Character Study of the Gill Jury by Star Artist and Writer \lminded world is glad. Events are moving rapidly these daa T0 CALLING OF na J pretty much in our direction. Before many more months there — will be another stepping down and out. P Kaiser Wilhelm II. will become Private Citizen Hohenzollern. — LAWYER IN CASE This is going to happen just as surely as a 42-centimeter gun re-— . coils when discharged. George Vanderveer, No more kings, no more war, is a sentiment The Star has ex- “=i ame ying ia Nae pressed heretofore. ities iin the mire ot Autocracy and democracy are at war— and on the side of — the case, and M. W J autocracy now remains the kaiser. a 1 cogaiecnan pn M oo Just one week ago today, Charles Edward Russell, writing in The Star and pre- timony contradictory to padhbebias shiek! CHALMERS dicting that we can hasten the cause of a speedy peace with victory for democracy that of other government men by joining the allies, expressed it in this manner: witnesses at the booze- “The ideas of government and of civilization held by the people of the United graft trial of Mayor Gill, States cannot by any possibility jibe with the ideas of government and of civili- the chief, ex-Sheriff zation held by Germany. Hodge and City Detec- | “The two can never exist side by side in the same world. They are absolutely tives Poolman, Peyser, irreconcilable, and always will be. There can no more be peace between them McLennan and Doom Fri- than there can be peace between freedom and slavery, fire and water, right and day. wrong.” Testimony further in- Russell’s sentiment still holds good, and The Star repeats: volving Vanderveer in the “ : ” case brought on another No more kings, no more war. bitter fight between attor- Somebody kindly page the kaiser! neys such as marked yes- terday’s morning session. - . a “Vanderveer advised Logan and ( . he to go to Brit Columbia. HENRY C fy Where he said friends of his who} | MS Crane By had won out at last election tp Would give us full protection,” Fred Billingsley had testified, in re eponse to a question from Wilmon | Tucker, one of Mayor Gill's attor-| neys, as to whether or not he had} aR ever told Vanderveer that Logan never paid the mayor $4,000, ME CREIGHT. Knew in Detail P Seen 7 7 “Did your attorney, George Van- Pemato ~ Comp ee derveer, know about details of your crimes as they were being commit e Attorney redirect exam- j € | |PETROGRAD, March 15.—VIA LON- ; aa 93 eg ote Chart SA He ane DON, F sage -B = ; ‘Democracy er ot CABINET TAKES 5 ted. | ac ac uror as aracteristic 1S wn Soin Duke "Michael Riensiadrowtash will HAND T0 FE age. PraGermen robles of the old reese RAILROAD P on. Yes,” said Fred. | “He knew all the details of our} business, even looked over our) secret hiding places for liquor.” | Fred volunteered the statement that he would have seen Vander veer and his brother Logan Christ-| mas eve, when Logan had been al- lowed his freedom by Sheriff BY MABEL ABBOTT Chief Beck and a quartet of ‘ham, ite » Hodge jury's state of mind is as pre pn have cious as a woman's virtue. f shouldn't pe asx com he can while he is been the bought tools of Logan Each 1 of interest to de doing it. He sits on the small “Some of ‘em are but most of ‘em b t beau Hodge, “if Vanderveer hadn't been got we cae ph r drunk.” proportioned skulls,” comm: Billingsley, or Ak — tendaaie, lawrertss witnesses of his back most of the have been captured and a new ministry of , “You didn’t volunteer the infor ed “Vic tlett, Star artist, his mine ve public, and to “Vie” and me. Every so often he pulls hime mation that Mr. Vanderveer. was|] as he finished the last of his mse he couldn't. buy Sits on Small of Back up, and then settles down again || the people has been appointed. | WASHINGTON, March 16—= drunk because you dislike him, did sketches of the ral jurors W. B. Fontaine, clerk of the With the slow subsidence of a |] * . The government has acted In ceo Meee rocker, after Judge|| in the liquor-araft t Guarded Like Harem eminent domain’ commission, dish of ice cream : Bw greatest hunt for traitors and spies| an ‘effort te prevent an Neterer had sustained objections That's a pretty good sizing beauties And looks like a man who f# giving He watches the witnesses . } ‘ Pg aa dtunes to further efforts up of the 12 men who are going guarded like a his best thought and attention closely, not only while they are in istory was on late tonight The populace) gressive nation-wide railroad and the army joined in this systematic hunt trike at 6 p. m. tomorrow. Secretary of the Interior to decide whether Mayor Gill, by Reames to discredit one of their and properly so, for a to the case, and sees no reason (Continued on page 11) befor he tak th ged es uaa ahs ot ae — - |for pro-German intriguers. Lane, Secretary of Labor Wik “No,” denied Fred. AOE TEN SP TOL ; It was their brazen activities that were! *°". Samuel | Gompers, and “Would you be willing for jtruck load of whi mw which Russ C snail Here Danie! Willard, president of him to come here and tell all | Fred says be paid. | Fred and P Ref Speak D lOTING the prime cause of the downfall of the czar) the Baltimore @ Ohio, were os T . low had said the chief was th fises ak . this aft he ewe sir eald Fred, [about 20, minutes and walked eee and his absolute government. Not even the) cent Wilson to conter with the “Logan wants to protect him, around the corner to get the bribe information | ir brotherhood chiefs and railroae but | dont. He can tell every: | Heames asked Palmer | soveral 9 {ntormation regarding [eameot nobles were exempt from this spy! managers in a final effort te thing. so far as | am concerned, | times testimony before tines cf Nissan anrietionsicy avert euch «. osianiad and if he does he'll be indicted, [grand jury wasn't different from the offices of Nicolas Bostaviens’ PETROGRAD, March 16.—~ All will leave at once for New for just as guilty as the /that he was giving. “They sald they had given the berate sonetl MA Mentils Less bloody than cans massa. | The czar is at Pskoff and the Or Press | Lark other defendants.” That his attorney, George Yakima and Wenatchee ail! Whe: Star representative re . -Se Following a meeting of the p Fred denied that at one time he|derveer, advined him and | they wanted, and” coet 050 |quectal th com SINEAD cranei| fee. thet! have. ‘stained: the is at the imperial palace at Tsarkoe-Selo, ac- dent's cabinet today, at which @ and Logan planned, as part of thejer Logan to flee to British | kane $225,000, and if Everett |over the phone a member of h pages of Russian history was | cording to the latest information from Petro- strike situation was discussed, See frame-up the defense charges, to) bia, where, because of friends, who, wanted a bunch of trouble, just taff » the receiver after the revolution from hich | retary Baker issued a statement” have a C. J, Mullin{had been successful at the rec ment to try to dictate to them.” : kena Bi golavh nky Wale ving Slav democracy aeniteaa he | grad up to noon today. announcing the above decision, 2 lection, he could guarantee th ‘ . . . Asked if a course of 4 shoot at and miss Logan election They said they wanted jout no information. c a irse of action had Chauffeur Aids Chief protection, was the testimony of) Rowan released immediately, essa SINPNARE “ENOR: - GOntUrin |@id The en ee said to be in perfect worn decised upon in event of fall- Fred also testified that he (old|Fred Billingsley in answer to cross) ang if he wasn't, the trouble | pr i41: f Prense autocracy |safety, contradicting early rumors that she "°° ‘is mediatory course, Bake Chief Beckingham of his plans to|¢*amination by Attorney Tucker would begin.” ling oO remier | Coming as a culmination of had be d ined by th lution: er replied that he woul dnot care to | Gat the Tim Vosel car_ of liquor| , He dented again having told Van-| ““erhey aid they would wipe Ts NopGantitned| eters and trapte: etcvesn [om en detained by the revolutionists. discuss tha that Hodge had stored in W. H. Pte — pi oe conv ey re Everett off the map.” ie. against oppression, the | A government to be based {quay and summarily executed low’s warehouse, and said the chief | —he! when h * was in ding These are threste which Mayor ES: we | g ows on universal suffrage and equal Deuntses Arvaiied ont him to make quick work of it|from federal offieers—that his! p Merrill i Everett tostified| STOCKHOLM, March 16,—Asnas-| nese and lack of extensive cae | voice of the people in its ad- i eben ere ae NTS LOCAL NAVY 4 not to let Hodge know that he| brother didn’t bribe Mayor Gill Fr morning « trial of ination of former Premier Sturtner| alties with which the czar’s | ministration has succeeded the jount Sredericks, the aged min- and 1 Fred Billingsley took the stand as T t rw y em.{and Minister of the Interior Proto-| | ister of the imperial household, and knew about it omas Trac e 1 W. W. men Miniat reign was ended, the pro.Ger. | reign of the most despotic of str of tite imperial househol Chauffeur Palmer said Becking (Continued on page 2) ber who is heading the list of 74, Popoff by Russian revolutionists has ah eral aa ‘ | modern sovereigns. aide cams ae he emperor, was t r © be tried for the murder of Jef-|not yet been officially confirmed, utocratic ministers | discovered in hiding. His life was h: was only in the Star Carriage| to be tried for the murder of J | | To Hold Election Work bout three minutes the day) lferson Reard, were made to the|according to dispatches from Petro-| ‘!splaced and leaders in sym- eee al Rees ue pared, but he was sent to prison 8 abot ee mint he 6 ¥ ee ee ie eae 5 ecutive comm! ta inin aiken steht ‘“ 4 Fred is alleged to have paid the| ‘ Shortest and Leon mayor in Angust by I. W. W.'s|srad today by the Poe | Ot aiteea hi Pcl aL ed the. dune. WNIOn Relay: beaan, | ootee pedi de ea Lok the pid ary of es Navy tata has ‘un 500, d that the chief sent 3 re 9» who called at his office to demand The advices say that Grand Duke} . J e » his house had der consideration the immediate: ere tas potion station to ust al Bloody Revolution” | ie ea ee rei the corner | Nicholas, whom the revolutionists| government amazed and heart- ite task of | transforming the n completely wrecked. equipping of the Puget Sound and a se soe selze Margeit’s| one lof Hewitt and Wetmore aves. and|trust, probably will be appointed] ened not only Russia but the | most absolute of monarchies Countess Klein Michael, long Portsmouth, N. H., navy yards, in are ween etauer $0 eolun erent DE 3 “The | rovisional dictator of the army world. | into a modern democracy, an- | suspected as a German spy, was | order to start work at one a PETROGRAD, March 18—“The| the release of one of their number | Pro qn : Tho result attained in the cli-| nounced It would firet restore | discovered in hiding at the Chinese least a part of the && “sabe — re-estabiist nent of @ power, capa-|who was in jail : et . max of this latest of workd drat: 4 complete order thruout the em: | jasation oiaiars’ drommis roo : ye! al partial oes ma | ble of achieving a victory, as dem-| Attorneys and jury will have a it . 8. Asks for Info |was not unexpected. But the man-| pire prior to holding general ~ her into custody a ship ys oe ADVERTISING MANAGER'S | onstrated by recent events, will In-|short rest Saturday, after 11 days 7 ney in ‘Which tt WAS dttaldat srg]! elestion®: 1 "No Sabre’ GPRSRLiOC incite private allo verde, welch DAILY TALK | crease the popular enthusiasm and) of strenuous w Another case, | on Armed Vessels |ii\iuerins ‘ - These general elections will | curred in the last few days of rit (day fei ____| multiply the national forces of the| which cannot be delayed, will take od | It was the realization of a dream| give all the people of the em- — ing, than that of the arrest of the, a people's anger and their determin Judge Ronald's entire time on Sat WASHINGTON, March 16.—Be-|of jiberals for a government. re pire an opportunity to voice former minister of war, Gen * i ation,” declared Prof. Paul Miluk-/urday, and the Tracy trial will not) cause some foreign governments] sponsive to the will of the peoplo,| thelr opinions as to the form — sukhomlinoff. A group of soldiers; War Not Against Well, Here S aVeritable off, new minister of foreign af-\be resumed until Monday. — are inclined to object tf ieattoring | (Continued on Page 1 “| ‘of government and the pereon- larg ‘hastily armen proce en t Aga ‘ sag) hg The reading of I. W. W. songs /armed American merchantmen, this | bi) nel of the officials who will him. ‘The soldiers demanded. his Romanoffs, Claim Feast of ms peel Our revolution was the shortest | and literature to the jury was re-|covernment has inquired of the Ku administer that government instant execution, recalling vivid | p and least bloody of any in history,” | sumed by H. D. Cooley. From the | ropean nations whether they would FRANK FORRAY MUST Order was being rapidly restored | stories of the former minister's du-| SAN FRANCISCO, March 16-50) he asserted | (Continued on page'2) a to admit the vessels today thruout Russia plicity and treasonable dealings | Fear that reactionary elements com far to- hen | ANSWER FOR MURDER cating baselines aie : Hes with Gerniany, jtrolling the Russian government rt " ba iis ' : | suffering from sterica Kereneky 8 Hi ight take steps for peace bel : Grand Duke Advi sed Two YANKEES ARE | They Celebrate paisa tack. The czarevich was ill 1 com pentaaey MAVeE Elm: stot, aerm had been erased aa , Prices for provisions kept up to y Czar to Abdicate KILLED IN MEXICO School E lection |, ki ae MUrTAy, Who | shot and) tortionate levels by duplicity of one of the duma leaders in the re eee iM Wy Pabst Grote-Rank aoe? ETROGRAD, March 16.—Grand | gixty-five people met at the Du first degree in a complaint rworg {of the old government decreased | Provisional government, interven- | ® 4" Consider the Uprising aac tar ad | Nicholas, commanding the| 1, PASO, March 16.—Two Amer-|wamish school Thursday night, tol out by Deputy Prosecutor Carmody {enormously today. Great stores of ed. He appealed to the mob to! ivocted in any way against the Ma |Army of the Caucasus, telegraphed |jcans were murdered by Villa and|show friendship and loyalty to Otto| miany mmtias OF HAEMOST toodstutts were found concealed n, | spare the minister's life, declaring Romanoff dynasty ' 4 f be | President Rodzianko of the duma,/ nix followers last week at Magis-; Roseberg and W. E. McKee, newly | At ies eounes Te ee ,.|Yarlus parts of the city—the same justic # would be meted out to him. | ™ f “ “ ‘ pane 7 [today, that, in agreament with Gen. |tral, Durango, according to a report! eeicted school directors. The even-|tinues to tell jae i Potaay: oon |xort of foodstuffs which the former » crowd wavered and Keren- n Furnit Alexelff, Russian chief of staff, he) brought to R Stuler, local repre-| ing was largely spent in progressive | joon untrue t him, ‘The a hil |ministers asserted had been ex.) Sky won the day, But then the MAN SANDBAGGED Page Jadvised the czar to abdicate. Such|gentative of the National Mines! whist a alheater © two chil-) jausted thruout Petrograd soldiery demanded their former Jdren still maintain that their moth Baron Executed chief's degradation, Sukhomlinoft er never was guilty of being un himeelf tore hi aulets from his Thifiee, las pla Nag Msg General Sukhomlinoff, former . ’ war to a successful conclusion, and| sistant manager of the compeny.| Nobility Approves rue to Fr minister of war, was one of those uded them to ave was sandbagged about \" vold fateful consequences jand Bert cel, of Pittsburg, Pa arrested tonight He went to join soldiers which guarded him He | 10:30 p. m, Thursday night on First” Ki | PRTROGRAD, by Wireless to} TREATY PUT OVER a notable company of those whose des bravely 884 5 pate him-| ave, between 46th and 47th stse assem ; words were law in other days self to their mercies, Tottering In| tig was going out to see a friend | jaction, he held, was the only possl-|and Smelter Co. The victims were} - - |ble step to save Russia, bring the], A. Winn of New York city, as 5 . of 2413 Firat 7 Cla e Re shoulders und and & Seyned Brockman ee Woolen Milla e . . | London, March 16,-—-Fiftee Defense Society Meets THIRST THIEVES bites of the Russian nobility moet his dise and overwhelmed | on the Meridian car line, and got The populace and the fully sym pee ies a ur, he was taken away) off the car at 45th and First @¥eule The best offerings of & heed WASHINGTON, March 16,—Ad-| pathetic troops of the city brooked with des) pent stores appear regularly in The | | today and adopted resolutions de ccs tOh tar | WASHINGTON, March 16.—The| ‘The home of W. M. Pease claring their participation in the| ministration senators today gave up| no opposition to their control with difficulty, hardly being able! tie was held up by a man, Wheel | National Defense society met hur-| 21st st. N., was entered by thieves |popular revolution, The revolutions | hope of having the Colombian] Baron Stokelderg fired on a walk ae was imprisoned in) pot off the same car, and wha —— RE ——~| riedly this afternoon to discuss the, Thursday night, who thoroly ran-|Vigorously assailed those officials y ratified during the special] group of soldiers from his window, | [Urs Palace, — struck him over the head with ae MORE THAN 61,000 COPIES strike situation. Members declin-'sacked the place, Pease reported|of the old government responsible |session of the senate, and consent-] His house was promptly stormed. sandbag. DAILY ed to say what action, if any, was|\to the police that five bottles of |for the crisis which resulted in th |e o put it over until the extra] The baron was dragged out A bird in the pie is worth more! The holdup got $3 in money ond Be ~ | taken. beer and $10 were taken overthrow of tho czar. session on April 16, He was carried to the side of the| than it used to be, a gold watch, # LS bi