The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 29, 1917, Page 1

AAR APR ALD PRALD APD PP PPD PPL DPD PPP DDD AD WHAT WOULD YOU D DO IN MARGIE WAVERLY'S IPLACE? The coming chapters of The ‘ s famous serial, “The Confessions of a Wife,” are going to take tragic problem that Sale Margie unfolds, and before life gives her the answer, ponder it in your mind I ¢ othe city hall be-eleaned out.” and) as . their arguments thru the day. morning, unless « special session is “Ge H Margie Waverly, the heroine wh« every one has grown to admire and love, thru the GREAT CLIMAX of her personal history—she reaches, in fact, THE TURNING-POINT of her career! and try to decide WHAT YOU WOULD DO. You will not want to miss any of these coming chapters of the ‘Confessions,” one of the GREATEST CLIMAXES ever written into a human document! for they contain Here she is to face burning questions—questions that would make any woman stand aghast. As the nnn rn ren ONE CENT ALL EDITION All the Time (tHE 19. Bausman Pleads for Mayor; Allen Asks Conviction “There are two people who await your verdict most anxiously. One is little Mrs. Gill with her two boys. The other is Logan| Billingsley, emissary of hell!” With these words, Attorney Frederick Bausman this morning closed his dramatic| plea for Mayor Gill’s acquittal before the: grand jury that will decide the fate of the| city’s chief executive, Chief Beckingham and| " four city detectives on trial for conspiracy to aid the Billingsley bootlegging syndicate.' Bausman had opened his argument after, United States District Attorney Clay Allen made the opening plea, in which he declared the case had been pushed “in the interest of a cleaner American citizenship.” ‘Alien told the jurors that it w Bausman, with characteristic sat- that rotten, festering sore at ire, referred to Dr. M. M. Matthews | “that prominent clergyman and| “police officers have to get in public agitator.” game or keep their mouths “That good mi was com. shut” in Seattle. pletely taken in,” suavely de- Following Bausman, clared the attorney, “by Logan | Frater for Detectives Peyser and Billingsley, who sought to start | Peolman, argued. He was followed him recalling Gill by instilling | by Attorney Tocker for Mayor Gill} his subtie poison. ON THAT | “Defense attorneys will continue DAY HELL LAUGHED! each If the defendants are convicted side having been limited to six their attorneys will immediately ap hours?for pleading. The case will peal. Blut they expect a “not guil probably go to the jury tomorrow ty” decision. On the other hand, Attorney government| called for tonight. United States Attorney Reames will close the ar uments. And Hell Laughed j ly predicted convictions of all the men on trial as late as Wedne day | night. The Seattle Star RAPA AID AAPA AAA LAST EDITION Inn The booze-graft trial will be over soon, but rain stays with us, The weather man says: “Tonight and Friday unsettled weather.” [THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT. DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, WASHINGTON MATI@MAL CUARS HEEDS 1,000 “EB U.S. HAUY MEEBS 87,000 Mum For THE FIRST Labs OF SeFaNSB BILL State’s Troops to Mobilize at ‘SAYS HE LIED TO’ ‘ATTORNEY AS TO WHO SHOT — Declaring torney the Geor jail at E ebout the all-important the first shot in the fight Everett elty dock between I W n deputie point of | at the} W himself an 1. W.| er the charge of| int of the killing Charles The Second ‘regiment, Washington in- |fantry, will mobilize at Camp Cosgrove, that me. treated a wensation | 4merican Lake, Saturday, and at once be ke Ronald's courtroom Thurs | sworn into the service of the national govern= ination by Fred lH. Moore. in the' ment. Capt. Harol Coburn, U. S. A. game Chivga: Avepos. tont tat | be the mustering officer. He perfo was strald Vanderveer jth ie ceremony during the last mobili ati If the state shall not The call for the coast artillery corps Feet at noes tension (expected next Monday, and there is a iwill be held, Judge Ronald ingly authentic report that the big gun parte TA Wien ae will be sent to the Panama canal. The naval militia was called to col Wednesday evening. Its orders differ f. |those received by the other guard organi: itions. The sailors are called for “t Lioyd Black | weeks instruction cruise which may be left to the unanimousl to Saturday afternoon, tended. ie Miller Freeman says| ‘The order which probil that he believes that the men Will/jistment, or reenlistment, to finish the state's ca: ibe assigned to other duty at the conclusion of the voyage. They wil | *¢*¥e men is a source of much ti leave Saturday on the gunboat | ble to both officers and men. Vicksburg. There are seven offi jot the reservists (those who cers and 102 men in the Wasting-|served three years with the e on at w to tell have com:| by request The jury, which continue | if neces. this | cutor n was voted work wary week if it should by any chance be fin ished Friday, however, the defense) (Continued on page 2) IREPORT IS FILED ‘ON LATE GERMAN attorneys are known to have frank-| = AMERICAN BANK A report of “the finan nelal cand}. tion of the defunct German Amer- jean bank, filed by state ban eminers with the county may be the bi tion by Prosecuting Attorney Lun ¢in, it was believed today, officers ton state naval militia Thursday and Friday for all arms of pushed dA parade will and are subject to recall for thn reerujting| years) are eager and anxious to the service will be/turn to barracks, while their be} would lighten the labors of the | held each noon, and thruout the day jcruiting officers, who now | details of men wth parties of sol by automo- ex- | bile thru the residence and business | under Capt clerk, | districts on the lookout for men to ford, dierettes will “cruise” for an investiga [fill the gaps in the Seattle organi- zations. seek “raw material.” The Red Cross first aid © Mrs. Kathleen is recruiting at the and at the station at Third ave. Spring st. Decks were i eleaced for the arguments at 2:10 Wednesday afternoon, when the attorneys for ail of the defendants rested their cases. Immediately Judge Neterer called them to the bench for a short conference. It was agreed that each side would be granted approximately six hours for ad- dresses to the jury. United States Attorney Clay Allen made the first address. He od to the jury box, with one hand in his trousers pocket, and started talking in a low voice, first reciting how he had worked four months on the cases and “craved indulgence for any inaccuracies he might) Logan Arrested He complimented the members of | the jury on their attention and pa "thence, and entered into a lengthy discussion of the federal conspiracy yp and finally took up the story of Logan Billingsley “He was in San Francisco and “had no idea of what the federal | grand jury was doing until the band - of the law fell on him, there after he had been indicted,” said Allen. When finally brought before him here, Allen said, “he unfolded story which shocked my ears as tt must have yours.” No Time to “Frame” Shaking his forefinger at the jur- ors, and by this time worked up to an impassioned heat, he declared “they had no time to frame up a! story, and what Fred told me dcve- tailed perfectly with Logan's ac- count, and Fred hadn't seen Logan.’ “We don’t apologize for the Bill Ingsley record,” he shouted, “but these gentlemen (pointing to Mayor Gill and Chief Beckingham) helped make it “They went upwhipped of justice) (Continued on page 3) ire —~ T WAS OR. STITH In an editorial in Wednes Star, reference was Robert M ith as of the North Men's Training tion. The name been Dr. Robert | made to | vice president west Busine Camp assoc should have M, Stith ° via Sayville, March 29 BERLIN Repulse of all British and Frenc | attacks on the Western front was announced in today’s statement Four aeroplanes were brought down|crooks—to drag in someone with tently, by German forces. Attorney charged with animation, to distort the Frederick Bausman and expressions able his face in keeping with the sentiments he expressed, launched immediate into the opening argument for the | defense after | Attorney Allen sat down Wednesday afternoon He told the jury, by way of in troduction, that after hearing Allen's argument they must feel Itke the bishop who was sentenced to be “howled to death by young | preachers.” | Excoriates Billingsieys Then he laugehed sioned plea, while three of the men in the box were still smiling. “The maver of this city,” he ex | claimed, brought to this bar by the very men he put out of business.” Then he turned and dramati ically pointed across the Logan and Fred sat listening. There they of courtroom Billingsley, to! who are, sitting there, uted, “when they ought McNel!'s island—the Logan and frugal Fred! | Thinks Government on Trial “I think the government {s on trial! This case will decide whether a|OT not a mayor shall punish boot leggers—whether or not they can| say in the future, ‘Let us alone, | “The testimony has shown that | this man, born in Tennessee (menn-| ing Logan), is dedicated to | venge “It's a grave spectacle government admits the enforced the and must against the lingsley. ‘These men, whose broken up, threatened to ruin the| | mayor sooner or later. They cir-| {culated reports that they had paid | him bribes and the government has | |been so blind as to accept their word Saye Logan Fools U. 8. “This mayor of ours is supposed |to have sold himself outwardly. | “Such things happened? | “On whose tentimony “On the testimon wicked men ated to crim | heir me Log ernment kindly re when the| mayor ha laws for nine months | now defend himself word of this man Bil places he had de e must recognize This chief scoundrel ted by the gc " ar within like activity, has | government indict the and cover himself with the smok Hands Logan Crime Paim “This is always the principle of influence who they trust will get | Logan Billingsley is | snake that ever came into a pasture jerowd that ee Boe TO THE PEOPLE OF IV ASHINGTON: The president of the United States has called your only in- fantry regiment into the service of the country. The regiment needs recruits—NOW. If the regiment's duty becomes that of war— young men, why wait until after the declaration? Get in on the ground floor. If the duty proves to be that of guarding property the property will be that on which the business life of your cities depends. Let it not be said that Washington, with the least troops per capita of any state in the Union, could not supply regiment. * *% one complete J. HOWARD DARLINGTON, Lieut. Col., Commanding Second Infantry, |ley | In this the case of the govern. ime At againet Gill? NO! the Billingsley against Gill.” Allen had them out of the hole. “In all the novels of crime you'll find no more shining serpent | case of There are scoundrels out with a revolver chances, There are play the parts of asps. This reptile, | seeing Matthews and Gill are} who ao and take} others who CAR OFF BRIDGE : geterens. the wit es for the defense as “slimy ings from the underworld.” William Wilson, 23, of 1258 ‘This |Bausman suddenly referred to that lends, sé 6 op y . Jand exclaimed, “If we coul re “ari saw bis opportunity, @nd jig st had a narrow escape from| : f we couldn't have ook | “| wouldn't charge that man with |death when his auto truck plunged | laughing, but [ imagine he often lover the trestle on Sixth ave. S., ering, jnear Connecticut st., early ‘Thurs- |day morning. The steering gear licks and Wilson lost control of} the machine, which smashed thru the side railing and plunged 24 feet into the water Wilson sustained a dislocated hip | and minor injuries, He was taken to the city hospital Wilson, who is a coal and wood dealer, was driving his own truck in the delivery of an order when | |the accident happened gotten me wicked was because the all the rest of the He sald there had been no evi dence produced to show that Bil \lingsley liquor shipments continued to come here after October 11—that in five weeks after the compromise August 30 Mayor Gill “had broken up their new system of doing buat ness, having already broken jtheir drug store “And now,” he continued, “you see the mayor of Seattle, who had sriously enforced the prohibition , dragged to this bar to defend (Continued on page 10) CORBALEY WRITES Editor The Star: Thank for the welcome extended in Star, T am sorry that you went witnesses it yovernment had Cold Blooded Snake “He was the coldest blooded to corrupt.” Bausman fairly shouted at times He shifted back and forth in front | the jury box He leaned far over the jury rail and then leaned back. He shook his fists and raised his hands above hia head. Often he ned n a heel, and the crowd watched him an@ leaned forward, not to miss a word | I can imagine this man Billings ley, wt he first came town,” |went before the city council and suavely remarked Bausman \told them what he was up against “T can imagine them asking about /and asked for moral support. He officials—finding out which ones|then took up the methods of good were sociable, which were not. |old honest Carrie Nation Asked, ‘How's the press here?! “He took the tomahawk and went How's the district attorney—Mr. lafter these Billingsleys and theirjinto the past, as I don’t believe Allen? Is he a mam,! can fool” drug stores, Some people said, ‘My,|any of us are concerned with con “Billing® J understand, came |this isn't the way to do!’ But he/ditions as they wer here on the pretense of selling cash right on with the little} lam doing a good deal of thint registers, ‘Th , tine to ing about the future in build nest.’ ing toward that future 1 hope worthy of the g up you The went hatchet Strong Appeal for I ith « bift#r sf feeling Bausman houted, both arms extended: “The and | feel certain government wants you to think that|much of what 1 try to do man made jurors and the|Hi Gill-the man who redeemed |tain success thru your packed the court room|himself—then turned around sua-|tcrest and co-operation augh when he suddenly pointed to/denly and sold himself like a woman G, ©. CORBALRY, Mayor |, who sat listening in-lof the streets! Executive Secretary, That man,” he exclaimed,! “This case stands on the word of] Seattle Chamber of Commerce and “who looks like a boiled ow], finally perjurors—#'red and Logan Billings- Commercial Club, Gill He out a to s vou that will at friendly in- traced the adve he B be 1 wishe whisky busines Looks Like Boiled Ow! le nto the Hi ling extend So! of the orse borrowers many loan were without ir ment and with interest | | One of officers held the biggest | Joverdraft, $4,420.59. The total |emount of overdrafts is $6,737 out the payment of! SUNK BY RAIDE VANCOUVER, B. C., March 29.—A cablegram to the Ca nadian News from Tokio, Japan, received here last night, stated that a German raider had sunk a Japanese warship in the Southern Pacific ocean. The names of other vessels reported U-BOAT TAKEN _ AFTER SINKING WASHINGTON, March 29.—Be n the lines of what at first red to be a conflicting state} |department cablegram, naval men|/ lteday patched out the story of | |how a German submarine torpe-| |doed the British bark Neath, took | her captain hostage and then her self was captured by a British ship A message from Consu! Frost said the captain had been taken prisoner and also added later that [he landed at Queenstown the fol }lowing day. What at first seemed | to be a conflicting statement con- | vinced naval men that the Britons had bagged the U-boat and freed | the captain, MISS RANKIN WILL AID SUFFRAGETS: WASHIN Jeannette Montana,” gress the Susan B, Anthony consti- tutional amendment for universal suffrage as her first official act While Miss Rankin pushing her resolution in the house, § tor Jones of Washington will start the battle for ballots in the senate, according to plans hatred pleted today THAT $5,000 NOTE WAS PAID, SAYS GILL’ Mayor Gill today denied that the 000 note, exhibiied by the in th booze-graft trial dav as ¢ that he n executed sunk were not disclosed. | The presence of a German | raider has been rumo: | al times in the Southern and in the Indian oc ne reports having been given out to the effect that two British merchant ships had been sunk in that vicinity. WILSON HOLDING BY ROBERT J. BENDER nited Pr ff Co WASHINGTON, March 29.— President Wilson is holding /1 judgment on some vital details | gaan wor, of his “war message” to con- | The preponderance of — gress pending developments of |Vinion, however, is that the presi: the next few days. |dent is thru with exereisin, The German imperial chan. |tience toward Germany, is on cellor, Von Bethmann-Hollweg, |Vinced that a state of war exists according to reports, is expect- |etween the two nations as a result ed to deliver a speech in the jot Teutonic aggression, will so de reichstag today which may give jclare to congress, and ask that an outline of Germany’s future |@Very means be taken to bri course, both as to the conduct | #reat war to a spedy and successful of the war and as to the possi. |" bility of her making peace. i At the same time the effective ness of armed neutrality, as illus trated by the safe passage of armed merchantmen to England, has cre ated a rather strong impression here oa ge | May Mean Exactly Nothin iB . “ it i panied out that not Sie FRIDAY IS BARGAIN |did the steamers eseape attack, but | DAY |so far there is an absence of the usual Teutonic bombast that the nd the ste | Americ liners escaped “only by| nt with a |acciden | Thruout the last few days the| absence of Berlin criticism and} boast fulness ainst the United| States ha commented upon by officials Thi may in ormer head of the {air 1909, or was His statement follows German. all nations to talk reason before the: S. is foreed by np not of her own choosing” to wet ess Ste espondent ON, Rankin, will reintroduce in con March the atias | lady from| ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Sn & handsome saving by ‘looking over” thesads with extra eare today. Standard Furniture Co. ... been here, result in nothing, or an important influence ident determining of his forthcoming ress, Wedne was hard | te Jacob Furth ‘raction company uppald “That may it dene wield the features up, ha bee pre ce ad ly dress to cong War Plunge Seems Sure note was executed to the| ‘There are some who believe that Puget Sound National bank and |with the great preparedness move: was secured by a mortgage on|ment now under full swing in the Green Lake property. It has sinca/United States, the president may, been fully repaid.” while presenting a bristling front to } of Seattle's best) in The Star THE FASTEST GROWING IN THE NORTHWEST ee The report shows that of the bank, as individuals and as | ) 4 the officers of various investment | and manufacturing companies. q ere amo the bank's largest | ft UP WAR MESSAGE . still hold out an appeal to ~