The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 30, 1917, Page 1

Y agree. Watch for it. ONE CENT ALL EDITIONS All the Time BITTER tion. Grim Call of War Takes T he Star's BELL ASSAULTS ALLEN; REAMES DEFENDS HIM ‘Outside of This, They Think Logan Billingsley a Charming Gentleman Defense attorneys in the trial of Mayor Gill, Chief Becking ham and the four detectives, have thus far during the trial re ferred to Logan Billingsley, the government's star witness, as Spider Doubledealing bootiegger Emissary of hell Ben of Satan Murderer Character assassin Confessed perjurer Liar Billingsley Briiliant criminal Cold-biooded snake Except for these few details, Messrs. Tucker, Bausman, Ful ton and Bell agree that Logan is a mighty nice young fellow Fireworks marked ‘the ‘dosing hours of the booze- trial, which will close today. Attorneys for the and the government exchanged bitter The display, set off largely for the benefit of the 12 bewildered jurors, was still flashing when Assistant ‘Aitorney General Reames continued his plea for convic- tions :30 p. m. i ose Sineduled to finish in the middle of the aft- ernoon. Following the receipt of instructions from Neterer, the fate of Mayor Gill, Chief Beckingham verdict in the Gill case. and the four accused detectives was to go to the jury. A verdict may be reached this evening. mE, §, Attorney Allen used his|they please, and disagree on oné loffieta! position to further personal all of the others | end: dramatically charged Atror-| » _ ney William R. Bell, after paying elaborate compliments to the con duct of Reames “He can take back his honeyed words,” replied Reames, whose turn followed; “they are just part ot the game and rankest hy pocricy After the United States attorney Jaunched into his argument, before ‘a crowd that packed the courtroom ri the judge's bench, he said that “if what Logan Billingsley says is true, George Vanderveer, his attor- mney. ought to go to the peniten tiary.” o o Attorney his plea at claring the others iittle unsaid.” We have had similes from getable and ar he sald. “You and prose and b reach down to th to find words with apply to the Leases.” Almost Forgotten Issue He said it had been well nigh forgotten that the defendants were being tried for a conapirac against the laws of the United States There must the minds,’ cbject finally act.” William R opened m. Friday, de had left “very 20 a the ktagdom, rd colleagues tha of hell ng enough to government's wit v poetry Logan testified Vanderveer, for mer prosecuting attorney, had ad ioe bim to testify falsely on dif ferent occasions. The jurors can convict or acquit all of the defendants, or acquit be the n ” whom they please, convict whom pe ee mere ot the confederation, the must be shown, and there be overt must some Doors Are Locked Judge Beli was interrupted for a few minutes, and the doors the courtroom be clo: be of made the overfiow crowd In the Try to keep in there must have There is no doubt that ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK The Ads Are Chuck Full of a pptr Biggest Conspirator Not Tried and nave. But, forsooth, the b spirator of all, Mr. Hunt, trial, nor are the Billing | When did Mayor Gill conspiracy? “When conspirac When you say scheme to “There | scheme, cause by that meeting the Jesse Billings- corr your min been a Make f Satu! Niet from ¢ mone is not on Btandard } y Grote-Rankir John WAndh Co. Rainaker Vian the chief join the the detec was ever violate was hecause the kept changing their "The only real on find is the cons the part of the heir associates fficiala who There witnesse | fictals Attorney Bell cose attention es? Can a definite this law? any definite bootleggers plan nspiracy you racy unfolded Rillingsleys and to drag down the destroyed them onspiracy between © drrg down the of there nev Tailored Read Bon Marche Frederick & THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST the held His the jurors oratory was | wa VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917. OU ARE INVITED to call up The Star, Main 600, any time up to midnight, to learn the The verdict may come early—or late. But The Star will be only too glad to accommodate you with the news. phone switchboard open till 12 The jury may fail to We have arranged to keep the tele- o’clock. Should a verdict be reached by 8 o’clock, The Star wiil issue an extra edi- It will tell the complete story. The Seattle Star LAST EDITION NT What'll the Gill jury do? Search us. But here's what the weather man says will happen: “Tonight and Saturday cloudy; heavy frost tonight. partly } ONE CENT EV enY wien N SKA ROW MARKS GILL CAS WITNESS TELLS OF RIFLE SHOTS IN TRACY TRIAL The mystery of the birdshot found in the pilot house of the Ve rona after the fight at the Everett city dock, November 6. Ween cit izen deputy sheriffs and an | ing boatload of Industrial Wor was cleared and the first dire testimony the rifles side rharged Friday Thom. om as ou norning in he trial of of L Www urderiug deputies C. BR. Schweitzer, plumber, of Everett citizen-deputy, testified that aff emptying his own ver and two others at the boat accused of rd, one th (Continues on page 2) |finished, and scholarly | | "| will wot sty the government | witnesses have a promise of in| yountty, because that hurts the feel ng of the government attorneys Le continued “But they have a fear of punish mept. And to take away the tes timony of Loran and Fred Fillings ley and Plelow and the whole case falls Their testimony corrupt sour e the basi Ie Delicate Question question of Bat he tmiled often and refused to rant. Speaks of immunity He declared KM was .@ judicial rule to analyze a» witness #8 to ve come 4 should rdiet from a never The delicate with th that is no reason treat it delica never reduce the writing or 80 m. of those strong to the punish immunity is government ‘ou and I should Prosecutors agreements to but each mi and from nent deserved p understood the other carrying out their They pleaded guilty ago and yet they have not| sentenced—why? _ Because sword the hold ° heir heads would have been withdrawn In a few weeks the will 1 before his honor whe manner, plead f fenc Piclow is admitted embez zler and thief. He admitted fe that he stole a of whisky in the middle o night. An¢ the governmer@ asks you to believe his word Perjury Is Shocking Billingsley is Unblushingly t you from the stand that the He told you he had committed per. jury 14 times in superior court—it to me the most shocking per formance I've ever heard {n a court room. | thought my hearing had become defecti yet the admis-| sions came time and again. And| the only one in the courtroom not sickened was thé witness himself, If Capt. Kid or were alive today, green with envy Passes Palm to Logan an, Manner easy, light, never! cool, caleulating, was the remarkable witness I eve ® justl bee: been the prosecutors government and in at len an on Fred felon. told n adm Jouse they James would be; Log angr most heard “It occurred to me that he. out that record, could to the with. | end any man penitentiary 1 did not| marvel that he had fooled the gov- ernment attorney with his marvel ous recital. No wonder he duped Dr. Matthews and Mr. Allen Bell Aimost Believed He almost jaded me to the truth of bis story,” declared Bell Then he recited the crime Logan had glibly admitted But he sald he never committed perjury ! Bell, “and then proved he had committed perjury twice—the one crime in the whole catalog he had artfully reserved.” Taking Logan's story of bribing the mayor, Bell said It_ doesn't | sound probable-—a stranger to the mayor, a notorious law-breaker lares he bribed the mayor in the| first meeting He saye when he told he Jaid the walked to make the sal we he was ‘only kidding the newspaper men bribe on the table and th window, #0 not to mayor blush when he} | picked it up Gill Personally Honest Bell said Gill had never been | defense Office Bo WAR LOOMS AS | HOLLWEG FAILS | TO BACK DOWN BY ROBERT J. BENDER WASHINGTON, March 30, President Wilson has completed the first tentative draft of his “war message” to congress. WASHINGTON, March 30.— Only actual war wae talked here generally today. Chancel. lor Bethmann-Holiweg clinched the idea, President Wilson and his cabint, booked for a late afternocn cession, were ex- pected to shape the last de tails of what will mean the entry of the United States into the conflict in some fashion to be decided by congress. Holiweg, considered defiant, weak and misicading in his ar- Guments, swept aside all doubt in the minds of international experts that President, Wilson will make @ forceful 4 upon esp for America how aah art in the etrugg' That 9 had made a poor case for himeeif and his nation the general view. That President Wilson is raptdly | ironing more strongly in favor of form of universal training ts view of offictals who have fol-| wed events closely The presi dent himself has made no an-| nouncement Hollweg Shows Weakness The pacifist element in congress} will be stampeded beneath a patri-| ate ording to unofficial canvasses Congress will up. hold mm to the last) diteh rs That t will make Cer many’s guilt evident is regarded as a foregone conclusion. ech, trying to cast the bur of responsibility on the Unite ndicated a tone of fatigue he it was regarded as| showing first time a lack the chanc usual “punch"—a sort of resignation to fate Zimmerman Note Cited wave. today tent W now @ re States to men the Hor interpreters here sald} message insince espe regards his statements Russia and China with the inter Hollweg; and Look at Moreover the clatly wtih We neve nal affairs,” Washington Zimmerman plot war congress uthorize at least ax respect to meddl said answered the ri In is ex 500,000 men Next nation the call and the believe the a response to! colors that the coun. will be ama week officials will # o the world stole. | ~ of being personally dishon est The terme: Star Carriage Works story d “ailly,” He said he knew Beckingham when the chief was a messenger for the Puget Sound bank He always held responsible positions—went into the messenger and ended up t | Is it likely that a man of his! type would suddenly fall to the {Continued on page 9, column 6) | he ne has Atty. Reames @ ollowing voiced a resentment! given him by Bell} coupled with "the insidious attack” | Allen | Hie intimated that the flattery | not neere “nor was Mayor |* ii, when he called me ‘judge’ from the witness stend | Goes After Defense Attorneys deliberately Reames, f as low! sald attorney for write a code as attorney ought to the attorney for defense Smile, you dog.’ ‘Don't be deceived, men of the jury. It's all in the game. It’s all Speaking earnestly, he 1 wish some would a district If he smiles, the to what do. the says rank hypocrisy Not After Another ‘Notch’ He denied he had come here to vdd another noteh in my gun He #aid he would not believe tor of corruption that wa corroborated by three had not met He sald he would “mail his com rission back to Washington,” and resign as a prosecutor, if he had al not men who | permitted a brief recess, |! | pe. SR Albert ene, The S OY SCOUT, SAY CYNTHIA; Z0 BY THE EDITOR OF THE STAR HE day he put on long pants was an event. The Star office med with the excitement of it. Albert, the office boy, ig long pants! The news flew from department to department. The foren the composing room came rushing out—I can remember him d @ black smudge on his face, his sleeves rdlled up, a bunch of “ one hand, a measuring rale in the other. . The Buttle of the Marne had reached its climax that day, whole world was tava then eagerly to know if the kaiser could make his boast re Bra lending in Pari: deta hever ar bned here. Bk ‘But 5 tae ites “aa Manner underwent a change. There he stood, confronting good-natured grin spread over his face, and exclaimed: “Gee, Great Caesar's Ghost!” i | It WAS big news. Our office kid had become a young man, I sow Al grinned—and half-blushed. The sporting editor “haw- UH him and smiled |The reporters cracked jokes about it | hawed. Everybody had a good time. * * * * * + novelty of it wore off, Al was the same fresh kid at whom we used to rage, and at other times we used to praise and His duties gradually grew more important. There were occas! | when we sent him out to interview people, but to us Al was the same boy—the boy we knew in knee pants I remember the day we sent nim to interview Sam Blythe, the Pe 5 Vial political writer for the Saturday Evening Post. Al bubbled over, How proud he was. He saw his man at the Washington hotel. BI 3 spoke to him we journalists,” and, 1 think, offered Al one of Bit famous 50-cent cigars Al was somewhat disappointed that his interview did not carry am” | eight-column” head as the leading feature of the paper that day. But | it was on the first page, anyhow Last July, when the president called out the National Guard, Albert _ went to enlist, and was turned down. He was under age, and under | height, and a few other things, and the officer told him to go home and grow up first Al did not But, after the to as go to Calexico. * * * & & & Al came to work this morning in the olive drab uniform of the t artillry. Again the news of Al's “new suit” flew from room to | r room The reporters did not joke this time. The office solemnly learned. that Al is 18 now—a full-grown man—that he is 5 feet 5 in height, that. he Weighs 125 stripped, that he expects soon to be defending the Palme) jama canal, and that he enlisted a week ago. e: | Cynthia Grey alone, quite innocently, failed to observe the soleme nity of the occasion You look like a Boy She meant no offense boy—it was only yesterday, re sequence of | a grand jury) Fulton r ich as this paper. nation’s | it, the may | Th quoting 'have the refused to a corroborated facts to men, tn a ¢ No man « jaw, 1 care not what office old,” he sald Returned “Honeyed Words” Then he immediate! aid it} Allen hadn't discussed Hodge 1 | time ould.” They can “take their hon- | mis¢ words back fede “Did Gill Ask to Appear?” an plying to Judge Bausman's ar kument that Mayor Gill was not to go before the grand jury, he eaid, “Did any one hear of Mayor Gill asking to go before the grand jury? All this criticism of me just a of th said his conduct” was m and snare” and it “didn't beds Re \rip the ttorneys Calls Bausman's Plea Silly Judge Bausman asks n't the overnment thing M Gill did w money Why if took money it would have put it tn Perjur a Vi not defend it—but ed to subornation of there is no comparison who get the Billingsleys » much worse Logan Billlagsiey, in asl of his faults, wasn't alone to blam He Flays Vanderveer He flayed Attorney Vanderveer, nying, “Logan told facts whieh if true, should Van derveer rom practicing lav and put him in the penitentiary It's inconceivable that men who sve learning would speak to you they bave about a witness and leave the conduct of Vanderveer unchallenged I'm here to tell you District At torney Clay Allen never tried a ase before Judge Rudkin in his life. Charges Misquoting You don't curry favor with me you attempt to belittle the attorney with whom I am present said 4 testimony from the eft out when he read ny that explained it some excuse of mis stimony when they don't transcript isquoted the testimony | after time and anybody who| uotes be! » federal juries and al courts ought not to criticize body No Excuse, He Says He said there “wasn't any excuse {for that.” Tuc took up most of his time} in attacking Logan Billingsley. You will remember, in the opening statement, we told you Billingsley was a bootlegger—our very case is founded on that n abuse he Scout, Al,” she said. It did not dawn on her that Al, the offies it seems, that he was wearing knee pants— now is, as he indignantly informed her, “a real U. 8. soldier.” “Our boys in khaki"—boys, indeed OF SUCH IS OUR ARMY MADE! ‘130 ON LINER ARE _'FQQD RIOTERS ARE ARRESTED. REPORTED SAFE IN CHICAG aa over. CHICAGO, March 30.—Food Fe” ots, which last night resulted im the wrecking of a score of kosher butcher shops in the Northwest side Ghetto district and the arrest of more than 60 women, broke out — egain today, § Five different riot squads were sent out from here last night to ~ quell disturbances, Twenty per sons were injured in one el before the women could be dis | persed The women, jing as high ei.ops, and, else 8. all play this flat ter just a part He game Fulton's for neer any: | apology ie fool 4 continued his arguments effort to defense | nm up of doe been silly 1 bank terrible crime as compar perjury The men to do it Will be credited with an error if you fail to begin reading our new nove some mobs number — as 200, stormed the after roughly handling: customers and destroying their: |purehases, overturned counters, “The Double len quarters of beef into the — gutter and sprinkled kerosene and ” | sons, | Squeeze gasoline over visible stocks, At Which begins Monday. we you prohibt going Yet they took three-fourths of their time denouncing Logan Bil- NEW YORK, “March jectives they applied to him, it|/due, will dock here today. Her de would take all my time. lay has caused some uneasiness, I couldn't help but wonder why |She has 130 passengers aboard. made them, He was the same ET MS SE Logan Billingsley August 30 as he | Y A vis today Make Mayor Gill, when he han Pe © | pack that ieriminating evidence, hal new what Logan Billingsley was. | to It doesn't hurt the government | case for them to call him names; | it simply shows Mayor Gill ought If it hadn't been for the United States government, Logan Billings: | ley’s crimes would have gone un-! punished—unchallenged. In the early stages of the trial, were promised they were going ley were pardoned Didn't Call 'Em They shouted ‘We're put Allen and Martin on th tend? Hut they didn’t do it i . the station last night 400 perm ~ Logan, Fred and Pielow, before mostly women, gathered and — sentence on them, said they have p been promised no immunity Bree i meg then tie ea bat on t ed to disperse them the mob ere Is the Deal? jshrieked “Cossacks! Cossacks!” If the deal is made, by whom, in “ God's name, are the goods going: Henry Beach Needham ‘ wrote a story full of} before you and say it’s a fact, when The harbors and public grounds when they are afraid to put Allen on the associate stand this yarn of the baseballjrecommend to the council Monday working. _ — |that an appropriation of $500 % I thought by the time they got to} Uxcitement, — thrills romance, “| diamond and men, made for plowing vacant lots in the” i * city as a part of the garden move: Thrills—Baseball—Chills went. Fulton about lingsley. If 1 simply read all the ad-| Cunarder Orduna, three why!" Mayor Knew Logan's Record | not to have compromised with him to show Logan and Fred Billings the Ju who Is going to pronoun lcheered the scores of women im: With w iat decency do they come thrills, when he penned | committee of the city council wil a everything they eould say | baseball! “The Double Squee: Logan Billingsley had been| Watch for The Star Monday,