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ONE CENT ALL EDITIONS AH the Time VOLUME 19 The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SSATTLE THAT DARfiS TO PRINT THE NEiVS SEATTLE. WASH. FRIDAY. MARCH 23. 1917 ONE CENT lO'^VmT' LAST EDITION Sime old atory, folka We'r« not dry yet in Seattle. Tht neith- er man aaya: "Tonight and Saturday, ram." KAISER'S MEN SLAY YANKEES BANK ROBBERS! F. J. Dusky. 50; A 1 J. Rounds. 60; Oscar Lowe. 25. and Walter Mac Donald. 30. held up the Bothell bank a few weeks ago for about $4,000. Dusky was sentenced to seven to 20 years in the penitentiary, hav- ing been mixed up in a Renton bank rob- bery. too. The other three were given terms of FIVE TO TWF.NTY YEARS W. L. Collier. 38, president of the North- ern Hank & Trust Co.. confessed to taking $30,000 of the depositors' money with which to buy stock. He was arraigned be- fore Judge Everett Smith yesterday in the superior court and was sentenced to ONE TO TEN YEARS Evidently there are bank robbers and bank robbers. For young Lowe, newly wed, and for his bride, there were no maudlin tears shed by the judge. For old man Rounds, to whom the prison may mean the grave, there was no word of sympathy. Mac Donald ?Dusky five years seven years?it was all in the day's work! But now the defaulting bank president stands at the bar of justice. Behold the judge. It is no longer all in the day's work. The warm blood of humanity now surges thru his veins. The "young man" had taken the money to buy stock and gain a stronger position in the bank, the judge observes. He didn't squander the money for some other purpose. Ah! Noble bank president! Carry the news to the 2,000 bank depositors of the Northern bank, who, today, two months after the failure, are still wholly in the dark as to whether they'll ever get a cent back. Tell them the gladsome tidings that the bank president did nof spend their money on foxy women. It will make them rejoice to know their bank president didn't take their money for champagne suppers and chorus girls' parties. It may make their mouths water with joy, even tho they may lack bread to feed them, to know that the bank president didn't gamble their money at the roulette wheel. They lost their money?yea, but listen to the learned judge: "/ have sympathy for a young man tempted the way you have been. ** * The demands of the law must be met. * * * I feel sure you will win back the respect of the community after you have served your term * * * and in saying this I BELIEVE J SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY" \ Speaking for the community, judge? Not yet, not even Whispering. The community is not going to make any distinction be- tpveen the rascal who robs depositors for more bank stock and the one who steals to get more "joy rides." If the community is going to make a distinction, it will be this, judge: The bank robber who betrays a public trust is infinitely worse than the safe cracker, and the maximum sentence is due the first class rather than the second. Speaking for the community? Great God! NORTHERN BANK HEAD ADMITS $30,000 THEFT !C»nfeeeing that he atole frcm ?30.000 to $35,000 from hia «wn depositors and purchased etock with it. W. L. Collier, 38, presi- dent of the defunct Northern and Truat Co.. waa sen- by Buperior Judge Ev Wett Smith late Thursday to from one to 10 yeara in the V'Ha Walla penitentiary. T.ie Specific charge wa» making f*Jee entriea. Mia commitment waa de- ferred for a month on hie II protntfi to help atate bank ax. » aminere untangle a maee of false entriea In the bank's ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Saturday Will Be a Busy Day Judging by tha bargaina which ar# off«r*<l I" th»» ada tolai Don' think of making uj» your Ma'ur-lay »ho|»ptr.g Ila» without «onaultlng tham Among th* ?tor*a that hmv apa-ilal off*rlnga *tgr<lar4 I'urninir# To. ..Pag* 2 tiro** KanMln C®. . .... Pag* 2 outfitting To fag* 1 < ar i h, t m-r «'?*? 4 M*' Doufall-H .uthwlck ' \u25a0 Paga I l(r>' «ttta IMorM »'«g« ? w.nfh »>?'» Market P«*a ? »'|n<* Mark#- . P*g« ? IMhlte Market Cantar . . Pag« 7 Pafaraoti f'*i* ' M A Oottataln Fur nltura ft, P»«* * »fo% l<* an*l arta Pa«t« 1® J TV Morgan A Co an/1 Mh»r P*** 11 Paga II 1. V W#*af*rman . Paga II H»*Ay CO \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 Pag* ll 1 WooUn Mill* ...Tim 11 Hon March* Pi** 14 Fr«<l«rt' k A Nalaon . Pa*» >4 MORE THAN 61.000 COPIES OAILV ?? W booke, for which Collier Is e- sponsible. His bond, mean- while. is $5,000. false entries, which led to Col- lier* being summoned before l'ro« e< utor I.undln, where his conci- sion was made shortly before he *a.H sentenced, were discovered two weeks ngn. At the tlmo ('fi- ller was railed In by I.undln, evi- dence of the full amount of his de- falcations had not been untenKled by tlio examiners. He was mcom- lianled by his attorney. Will II Morris. Judge Shows Sympathy ('oilier told Judge Smith that he had taken the money to buy stork lr. the bun k and later transferred funds from other accounts to ro' nr Hie shortage when examiners tame to check up the bank. The judge then a <ked: "Was this money that you took i-sed for any other purpose limn the purchase of stock for yoirsclf? Mad you been gambling'''' No, your honor," replied Collier !t' ft low voice "I don't know you very welj, Mr. Collier," said the Judge, ?but I sympathize with you In your mis- take." Lundin Interrunt. I.undln Interrupted to te||th«- Judge that he understood that Col- lier had take.fl th" money to fur ther Ills own personal ends, empha sizing the |iolnl that the theft wan clear, and thai the use to which stolen funds were put didn't enter Into the case. The Judge, however, proceeded "I feel mire that you will he able to win back the reaped that you have heretofore held n the com munltv when \oil have nerved vour sentence In the stale prison The demands of the law must lie met, hut von are a young man anil I know lhat >011 will do all In j iur power to make amends for «v lat J you bave done, and in saying this I , believe I speak for the conitn inlty." Socially Prominent The Collier home, la Son llov|,t<.n j are. Collier la married and ha* '.been tocially prominent. I.undln explained thai Collier | "aid he had contracted to buy 60D ! thare? of Northern H.-tnk and Truat ;<'o ?lock, and had paid for over half of It with the $3n,n00 he took I I.undln didn't learn from what In I dividual or Indlvlduala Collier got j III* stock. The Northern Flank a ill Trust Co wan cloned two month* a*o. It* lla bllltle* were $1,<00,000, and It* &a- *e>* $1,100.00(1 Ho far «?< I.undln had been In- i formed by state bunk examiner*, no other employe* or official* of the bank were concerned In the false entries '"oilier I* now helpintr to check up. 25 PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF WHEN LINER GROUNDS VANCOUVER. 8 C. M>rth 23.?Th» Grand Trunk Pacific stasmship Prince Rupsrt, Cap tain McKsnno. which laft Prlne* Rupart at midnight for ftaattla. la aahora on Ornn island, ona mil* eiat of Law. ytr'a laiand light and i« raportad to b« cstsnaivsly aged. The ateatner ran aahore (Miring a heavy snowstorm and ho tfta- tir«* alcnala place the tlnie of »he accident a: 1 40 a in A*alitani>* v.*a» stent from I'Mnce Rupert ami £u pa»«cnjera were taken r.ff bv tugs at daylight and returned to I'rlti-? Hupert ('apt C II Nicholson. mnnnier of (I T I' ntcauiera. la «t riewnt (town South, hut AsaNtant Man aver Reginald Iti'aumnn'h ni.lcred the Salvagi- aaaoclatlon to tsl ar tlon and the) dlapatched the «al vage steamer Salvor from Victoria thla morning The G, T. I' uteamer Prince Oorge. which I* no* at I'rlnce R<i l.«-r» und«i going overhaul, will iie rimhed «>ilt to pick up the North- em aervlc«. Typical Spring! More ialn fell Friday morning In Seattle ill,in all the rent of the week combined. according to Weather Man Salisbury. Ho do clare* *o are bavins typical spring w rather. 1 'fitll Friday morning hut 17 inch of rain had fallen. Friday'* morn- ing report showed .20. Waiter Spilled Beans at Gill Trial, Says Halligan i Editor's Not*. Hilly lla'llnan. comedian, at tln> Alhambrp thee- tie, this week, lias limn "covirim;" the (Jill trial, and this In hi* thirl article, built for laugh purpose*. I BY BILLY HALLIGAN Kddle Metsdorf, waiter, "apllled the beans" then disappeared. ... Evidently be got a tip frot.i I«o- --giin Bllllng«ley. ? * . Or perhaps some one sent lilr.i alter a New England boiled dinner a a ? Yesterday Prosecutor Ueatnen forced W. T Kerry, ft witness, to admit he belonged to the under- world "fraternity." Evidently lie "I Tapa Kns" frat. ... Attorney Fulton, when crossex- nminlng, believes in the Latl't proverb. "Hoc-Kt -to-t'ni." ? 0 a According to the defense, part of l.ngan lilllingHlev's early life \vn« 1 pent, in seclusion, ow ing t<i ft -ilf ference about a horse. a a a Ma}or (ill! smoi.es 11 emu cub pipe, and raises potatoes In hi* bark yard 111 Hill vs. 11l ('. of L Wrong John Webb (Jets Right John's Booze; Big Squawk The right John Webb has his booie and the wrong John Webb languishes In the city donjon, so justice is satisfiaJ. Both Webbs are qentlemen of color. One is old, the other isn't. The old man was 111 in the hospital and when the noti- fication that his liquor ship ment had arrived came to his house, the wrong John Webb obtained possession of it. He would have gotten by except for the fact that he couldn't writ*. He was pinched. Then he went to jail for 16 days In lieu of a $50 fine. Now comes the right John Wsbb, limping on a cane and searching for his "llkker." Ha fixed It up in Justice Brinker'a court. NORTH ENDEIIS TO BUCK TRACTION CO. WAR ORDER GIVEN WASHINGTON, March 2:! The Immediate elevation of Allegheny river bridge* at I'lttsburg, as "i ec essary In the national Inteieat," was today declared Impel a'lvo !?> Secretary oi War Baker. TOO MUCH IS ENOUGH TANKER HEALDTON IS SUNK BY DIVER LONDON, March 23.?At least a score perished in the unwarned sinking by a Ger- man U-boat of the Standard Oil tanker Healdton, according to latest information to- day. The ship was torpedoed five miles north of Terschelling, Holland, Wednesday afternoon, in the middle of what has hereto- fore been announced by Germany as one of the "safety zones" in the barred area. Thirteen survivors have been landed at Ymuiden, Holland, of a total of more than 40 on board. < >nr Holland dispatch today <|ti<>tnl survivors as declaring that three lifehogts left the sinking tanker. Two of these, one with seven men and a second with 13, were picked up. The third, re|>orted to contain 21 nten, is stil! missing. Not all of the Healdton's crew were Americans anil it is not stated in Holland dispatches whether tlmse missing were citizens of the I'nited States. Some dispatches from Yniuiden declared at least a dozen had been killed or injured hy the explosion of the torpedo which s;utk the vessel. ACTUAL WAR MAY BE HEALDTON REPLY BY ROBERT J. BENDER I'llltrd Press HtHff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Marrh 2:! «lec- many'* latent affront In the torpe- doing without warning of the Amer- ican tanker Healdton will be an awered by continued speeding u|> of all preparations for actual hostili- ties, now regarded an inevitable, ?'resident Wilson and Secretary arc convinced that <Jer many's present course la merely hastening a clash. The president and Uiuslng are known from the highest and mod authoritative Declaring the time not far dis- tant when "larger and better" transportation will be needed by the north end, the Fremont North Knd Commercial Club has sent n letter to the council demanding thnt the city retain absolute con- trol of the traffic on Fremont brldgi . and facilities for running Division A tracks over the bridge be arranged. sources to have held the firm con- viction even before the sinking of the Hcaldton that the kaiser's gov- ernment Is determined oij forcing a declaration of war from this coun- try While the navv department bends every energy toward making that arm of the service more effective than ever before, the war depart- ment continues Ith more or less se- cret steps toward calling to arms every regular, reserve and National (iuatdsman when the moment »r- --rlves. 1,600 DIE IN BUST OF MUNITION SHIPS BOSTON. March 23.? The Brit- ish steamship llrltlsh Transport arriving here today, brought a story of having been In Archangel. Bus slii, when two ammunition steam irs from New York blew up sun. posed I \ .« the result of a German I lot -killing 1,500 people SAY CRIMINAL HIDES IN U. OF W. DISTRICT I'erslaienl rumors reach the sheriffs office that W. A. Coat*, convicted habitual criminal, who escaped from the county Jail March 4. Is hidlnt; in the University dl- trlct EDDIE METSDORF, WANTED IN GRAFT TRIAL, GIVES UP (BULLETIN) At 2 o'clock this afternoon the long miss- ing witness in the Gill trial, Eddie Metsdorf, surrendered himself to the marshal. United States deputy marshals and police detec- tives combed Seattle today for liddie Metsdorf, missint; witness in the booze-graft trial, but were unable to find the man whose testimony defense attorneys declare would upset the conspiracy case against Mayor Gill, Chief Beckingham and th«* four detectives. Metsdorf, according t<» United States Marshal Movie, has not been in his room at the Hyda hotel for the last two nights. Wednesday noon he made a sworn statement in the presence of Defense Attorneys Tucker and Fulton that I.ogan Billingsley had bribed him to testify falsely and further entangle the already involved liquor case. Margatt Won't Talk In the meantime. another monk- e> *rench *a* thrown Into the marhlner> of federal court proced- ure l>v K. J. .\larlsett. ex pollccman and bootl<-uger kin*, and cornpet Itor against the Bllllngaley*. Catled to the Kitties* stand by the defense Friday and asked If KVed Itllltußslejr hail approach*!! him to establish testimony for (he government, Margett r< fused to answer. declaritis It might tend to incriminate him He atood for hi* constitutional right*. while defense and prosreut- Inn attorneys argued hotly. Finally Judge Neterer dismissed him tern- porarlly, saying he was not pre- pared to rule off hand 2 WOUNDED MEN TAKE STAND IN EVERETT TRIAL Reporter Delays Putnam John Kvana. es Times reporter, who. the defense d'dares, worked with the nillttiKsieys. was attain brought into the rase suddenlt this morning when Dry Squad Officer (' 11. Peterson said he believed it was Kvana who delayed S>ret Put- nam from seizing the Tint Vogel shipment of liquor, which was taken by deputy sheriffs and later sold by Fred Rllllnitslpy in October Kvans asked Putnam to watt tin til the Times photographer arrived Other dr> officers testifie<l that contraband liquor was sent into Seatile disguised as auto parts, pianos, skid grease and even cov- ered with shrimps in a never end- ing effort by bootleggers to smug- gle contraband. Other witnesses were Dry Squad Officer H S Kendall, forme- fee- rHary of Detectives J M. Kt'wards and es Polli-eman K .1 MariHl, it<- (Continued on page 2i GIRLS SHOOT EACH OTHER AS REVELING IN CAFE GOES ON PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. March 23.?Mystery today surrounds the double suicide of Ethel Stanton. 23, of Cincinnati, ind Margaret Spalding, 18, of New- ton Center, Mass. who ?hot themselves shortly before last midnight In a popular restau- rant here. Not a word as far as the police could find was left behind to tell of the disap- points and trials that led up to the suicide pact. Only a note addressed to C. F. Malabury, Johnson buildlu;;, Cin- cinnati. 0.. was ronuil on Miss Stanton. Another, intended for Mrs. il. F. Spalding. :18 Paul St . Newton tenter, was in Mlas Spalding's pocket book. Revelry at Its Height Revelry was at its height in the cafe when both girls entered. They ordered n meal and ca'.mly ?ie !t. then both stood tip, faced me an- other and sent bullets crashing thru their btalns from .32-calibor revolvers. The) had occupied a small stall, facing directly on the main dining room. Diners leaped from their seat.: at the sound of the shots. The girls lay across a table, each holding the revolver that had ended their lives. Miss Stanton died Instantly, and Miss Spalding a few hours later, in a hospital. Tw-o men who were wounded in the battle at the Everett dock. Nov. 5, when the Verona arrived there with a load of members of the Industrials Workers of the World, were among the six witness- es called by the state Friday morn- ing In the trial of Thomas H. Tracy, who was a passenger on the boat, and charfted. together with 73 fellow members of the organiza- tion. with the murder of Jefferson Ilea rd. The two men examined Friday, ; .Inines Mather and Klmer Buehrer. were members of the company of ctUirn deputies who met the boat to keep tiie I. \Y. W.'s from land- (Contlnued on page 2) NO REVOLT IN BERLIN, REPORT BKKMN. March 2o. ?"There is no revolution" In Germany. London. Holland and New York minors that trouble has been brew- ing in Germany are merely the re- sult of the entente's wish being father to the thought. she first intended to go back to the college is Indicated by the fact that a return ticket to Wellesley was found in her pocket. It was learned today that Miss Spalding whs a physical culture teacher In Boston. She graduated from Newton high school last June. Miss Stanton'a father and mother are divorced. The father, a pas- senger agent of the Hock Island, lives In Ix>s Angeles. The mother liveti in Cincinnati. BANK MESSENGER GONE WITH $19,000; MISSING A WEEK Carrying $19,000, George Uind- sey linden, age 10. a hank mes- senger, left last Friday and has not 1 een heard of since. He. was on his way to the local postoffioe the last time lie was heard ol Sin e|al agents for the Aetna and National bonding companies have Instigated n country wide gonreh to find the von nr fellow, who. they belle*« , has either absconded or fell victim to trickery. The note to Mrs. Spalding was brief. It told of the agreement of the two girls to die together. It then said: "IK) not feel bad. 1 will meet you In a better world and will watch over you and protect you." Father on Coast Miss Stanton is believed to have boeu a student at Wollesley. That He lived lit Alrl point ami vas not r.,urrled, according lo repre- sentftllvis of the honlir.g c. nil- panic i.. No warrant has been is- sued for Ilaydon according to the prosecuting attorney's offitc, Me vis employed at tlie Flrat National Neither our virtuei nor vices art our own. Johnson,
Transcript of EDITIONS Time MEN SLAY YANKEES - Library of Congress · The ateatner ran aahore (Miring a heavy...
ONE CENTALL EDITIONS
AH the TimeVOLUME 19
The Seattle StarTHE ONLY PAPER IN SSATTLE THAT DARfiS TO PRINT THE NEiVS
SEATTLE. WASH. FRIDAY. MARCH 23. 1917 ONE CENT lO'^VmT'
LAST EDITION
Sime old atory, folka We'r«
not dry yet in Seattle. Tht neith-
er man aaya:"Tonight and Saturday, ram."
KAISER'S MEN SLAY YANKEESBANK ROBBERS!F. J. Dusky. 50; A 1 J. Rounds. 60; Oscar
Lowe. 25. and Walter Mac Donald. 30. heldup the Bothell bank a few weeks ago forabout $4,000. Dusky was sentenced to
seven to 20 years in the penitentiary, hav-ing been mixed up in a Renton bank rob-bery. too. The other three were giventerms of
FIVE TO TWF.NTY YEARS
W. L. Collier. 38, president of the North-
ern Hank & Trust Co.. confessed to taking
$30,000 of the depositors' money with
which to buy stock. He was arraigned be-
fore Judge Everett Smith yesterday in thesuperior court and was sentenced to
ONE TO TEN YEARS
Evidently there are bank robbers and bank robbers.For young Lowe, newly wed, and for his bride, there were
no maudlin tears shed by the judge. For old man Rounds, towhom the prison may mean the grave, there was no word ofsympathy. MacDonald ?Dusky five years seven years?itwas all in the day's work!
But now the defaulting bank president stands at the bar ofjustice. Behold the judge. It is no longer all in the day's work.The warm blood of humanity now surges thru his veins.
The "young man" had taken the money to buy stock andgain a stronger position in the bank, the judge observes. Hedidn't squander the money for some other purpose.
Ah! Noble bank president! Carry the news to the 2,000bank depositors of the Northern bank, who, today, twomonths after the failure, are still wholly in the dark as towhether they'll ever get a cent back.
Tell them the gladsome tidings that the bank president didnof spend their money on foxy women. It will make themrejoice to know their bank president didn't take their moneyfor champagne suppers and chorus girls' parties. It may maketheir mouths water with joy, even tho they may lack bread tofeed them, to know that the bank president didn't gamble theirmoney at the roulette wheel.
They lost their money?yea, but listen to the learned judge:"/ have sympathy for a young man tempted the way you
have been. *** The demands of the law must be met. * * *
I feel sure you will win back the respect of the community afteryou have served your term * * * and in saying this I BELIEVEJ SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY"\ Speaking for the community, judge? Not yet, not evenWhispering.
The community is not going to make any distinction be-tpveen the rascal who robs depositors for more bank stock andthe one who steals to get more "joy rides."
If the community is going to make a distinction, it will bethis, judge:
The bank robber who betrays a public trust is infinitelyworse than the safe cracker, and the maximum sentence is duethe first class rather than the second.
Speaking for the community? Great God!
NORTHERN BANK HEADADMITS $30,000 THEFT
!C»nfeeeingthat he atole frcm
?30.000 to $35,000 from hia «wndepositors and purchased etock
with it. W. L. Collier, 38, presi-
dent of the defunct Northernand Truat Co.. waa sen-
by Buperior Judge Ev
Wett Smith late Thursday to
from one to 10 yeara in the
V'Ha Walla penitentiary. T.ieSpecific charge wa» making
f*Jee entriea.Mia commitment waa de-
ferred for a month on hieII protntfi to help atate bank ax.» aminere untangle a maee of
false entriea In the bank's
ADVERTISING MANAGER'SDAILY TALK
Saturday Will Be a
Busy DayJudging by tha bargaina which ar#
off«r*<l I" th»» ada tolaiDon' think of making uj» your
Ma'ur-lay »ho|»ptr.g Ila» without«onaultlng tham Among th*?tor*a that hmv apa-ilal off*rlnga
*tgr<lar4 I'urninir# To. ..Pag* 2tiro** KanMln C®. . .... Pag* 2
outfitting To fag* 1
< ar i h, t m-r «'?*? 4
M*' Doufall-H .uthwlck ' \u25a0 Paga Il(r>' «ttta IMorM »'«g« ?
w.nfh »>?'» Market P«*a ?
»'|n<* Mark#- . P*g« ?
IMhlte Market Cantar . . Pag« 7Pafaraoti f'*i* '
M A Oottataln Fur nlturaft, P»«* *
»fo% l<* an*l arta Pa«t« 1®
J TV Morgan A Co an/1Mh»r P*** 11
Paga II
1. V W#*af*rman . Paga IIH»*Ay CO \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 Pag* ll
1 WooUn Mill* ...Tim 11
Hon March* Pi** 14
Fr«<l«rt' k A Nalaon . Pa*» >4
MORE THAN 61.000 COPIESOAILV
?? Wbooke, for which Collier Is e-sponsible. His bond, mean-while. is $5,000.false entries, which led to Col-
lier* being summoned before l'ro«e< utor I.undln, where his conci-sion was made shortly before he*a.H sentenced, were discoveredtwo weeks ngn. At the tlmo ('fi-ller was railed In by I.undln, evi-dence of the full amount of his de-falcations had not been untenKledby tlio examiners. He was mcom-lianled by his attorney. Will IIMorris.
Judge Shows Sympathy('oilier told Judge Smith that he
had taken the money to buy storklr. the bun k and later transferredfunds from other accounts to ro' nrHie shortage when examiners tameto check up the bank.
The judge then a <ked:"Was this money that you took
i-sed for any other purpose limnthe purchase of stock for yoirsclf?Mad you been gambling''''
No, your honor," replied Collier!t' ft low voice
"I don't know you very welj, Mr.Collier," said the Judge, ?but Isympathize with you In your mis-take."
Lundin Interrunt.
I.undln Interrupted to te||th«-
Judge that he understood that Col-lier had take.fl th" money to further Ills own personal ends, emphasizing the |iolnl that the theft wanclear, and thai the use to whichstolen funds were put didn't enterInto the case.
The Judge, however, proceeded"I feel mire that you will he able
to win back the reaped that youhave heretofore held n the communltv when \oil have nerved voursentence In the stale prison Thedemands of the law must lie met,
hut von are a young man anil Iknow lhat >011 will do all In j iur
power to make amends for «v lat
J you bave done, and in saying this I, believe I speak for the conitn inlty."
Socially ProminentThe Collier home, la Son llov|,t<.n
jare. Collier la married and ha*'.been tocially prominent.
I.undln explained thai Collier| "aid he had contracted to buy 60D! thare? of Northern H.-tnk and Truat;<'o ?lock, and had paid for overhalf of It with the $3n,n00 he took
I I.undln didn't learn from what InI dividual or Indlvlduala Collier got
j III*stock.The Northern Flank a ill Trust Co
wan cloned two month* a*o. It* llabllltle* were $1,<00,000, and It* &a-*e>* $1,100.00(1
Ho far «?< I.undln had been In-i formed by state bunk examiner*, noother employe* or official* of thebank were concerned In the falseentries '"oilier I* now helpintr tocheck up.
25 PASSENGERSTAKEN OFF WHEN
LINER GROUNDSVANCOUVER. 8 C. M>rth
23.?Th» Grand Trunk Pacificstasmship Prince Rupsrt, Captain McKsnno. which laftPrlne* Rupart at midnight forftaattla. la aahora on Ornnisland, ona mil* eiat of Law.ytr'a laiand light and i«raportad to b« cstsnaivslyaged.The ateatner ran aahore (Miring
a heavy snowstorm and ho tfta-tir«* alcnala place the tlnie of »heaccident a: 1 40 a in A*alitani>*v.*a» stent from I'Mnce Rupert ami£u pa»«cnjera were taken r.ff bvtugs at daylight and returned toI'rlti-? Hupert
('apt C II Nicholson. mnnnierof (I T I' ntcauiera. la «t riewnt(town South, hut AsaNtant Manaver Reginald Iti'aumnn'h ni.lcredthe Salvagi- aaaoclatlon to tsl artlon and the) dlapatched the «alvage steamer Salvor from Victoriathla morning
The G, T. I' uteamer PrinceOorge. which I* no* at I'rlnce R<il.«-r» und«i going overhaul, williie rimhed «>ilt to pick up the North-em aervlc«.
Typical Spring!More ialn fell Friday morning In
Seattle ill,in all the rent of the
week combined. according toWeather Man Salisbury. Ho doclare* *o are bavins typical springw rather.
1 'fitll Friday morning hut 17 inchof rain had fallen. Friday'* morn-ing report showed .20.
Waiter Spilled Beans atGill Trial, Says Halligan
i Editor's Not*. Hilly lla'llnan.comedian, at tln> Alhambrp thee-tie, this week, lias limn "covirim;"the (Jill trial, and this In hi* thirlarticle, built for laugh purpose*. I
BY BILLY HALLIGANKddle Metsdorf, waiter, "apllled
the beans" then disappeared....
Evidently be got a tip frot.i I«o---giin Bllllng«ley.
? * .
Or perhaps some one sent lilr.ialter a New England boiled dinner
a a ?
Yesterday Prosecutor Ueatnenforced W. T Kerry, ft witness, toadmit he belonged to the under-world "fraternity." Evidently lie"ITapa Kns" frat.
...
Attorney Fulton, when crossex-nminlng, believes in the Latl'tproverb. "Hoc-Kt -to-t'ni."
? 0 a
According to the defense, part ofl.ngan lilllingHlev's early life \vn«
1 pent, in seclusion, ow ing t<i ft -ilfference about a horse.
a a a
Ma}or (ill! smoi.es 11 emu cub
pipe, and raises potatoes In hi*bark yard 111 Hill vs. 11l ('. of L
Wrong John Webb(Jets Right John'sBooze; Big SquawkThe right John Webb has his
booie and the wrong JohnWebb languishes In the citydonjon, so justice is satisfiaJ.
Both Webbs are qentlemenof color. One is old, the otherisn't. The old man was 111 in
the hospital and when the noti-fication that his liquor shipment had arrived came to hishouse, the wrong John Webbobtained possession of it. Hewould have gotten by exceptfor the fact that he couldn'twrit*. He was pinched. Thenhe went to jail for 16 days Inlieu of a $50 fine. Now comesthe right John Wsbb, limpingon a cane and searching for his"llkker."
Ha fixed It up in JusticeBrinker'a court.
NORTH ENDEIIS TOBUCK TRACTION CO.
WAR ORDER GIVENWASHINGTON, March 2:! The
Immediate elevation of Alleghenyriver bridge* at I'lttsburg, as "i ecessary In the national Inteieat,"was today declared Impel a'lvo !?>
Secretary oi War Baker.
TOO MUCH IS ENOUGH
TANKER HEALDTONIS SUNK BY DIVERLONDON, March 23.?At least a score
perished in the unwarned sinking by a Ger-man U-boat of the Standard Oil tankerHealdton, according to latest information to-day. The ship was torpedoed five milesnorth of Terschelling, Holland, Wednesdayafternoon, in the middle of what has hereto-fore been announced by Germany as one ofthe "safety zones" in the barred area.Thirteen survivors have been landed atYmuiden, Holland, of a total of more than40 on board.
< >nr Holland dispatch today <|ti<>tnl survivors as declaringthat three lifehogts left the sinking tanker. Two of these,one with seven men and a second with 13, were picked up.
The third, re|>orted to contain 21 nten, is stil! missing.Not all of the Healdton's crew were Americans anil it
is not stated in Holland dispatches whether tlmse missingwere citizens of the I'nited States. Some dispatches fromYniuiden declared at least a dozen had been killed or injuredhy the explosion of the torpedo which s;utk the vessel.
ACTUAL WAR MAYBE HEALDTON REPLY
BY ROBERT J. BENDERI'llltrd Press HtHff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Marrh 2:! «lec-many'* latent affront In the torpe-doing without warning of the Amer-
ican tanker Healdton will be anawered by continued speeding u|> ofall preparations for actual hostili-ties, now regarded an inevitable,
?'resident Wilson and Secretary
arc convinced that <Jermany's present course la merelyhastening a clash. The presidentand Uiuslng are known from thehighest and mod authoritative
Declaring the time not far dis-
tant when "larger and better"transportation will be needed by
the north end, the Fremont NorthKnd Commercial Club has sent nletter to the council demanding
thnt the city retain absolute con-trol of the traffic on Fremontbrldgi . and facilities for runningDivision A tracks over the bridgebe arranged.
sources to have held the firm con-viction even before the sinking ofthe Hcaldton that the kaiser's gov-ernment Is determined oij forcing adeclaration of war from this coun-try
While the navv department bendsevery energy toward making thatarm of the service more effectivethan ever before, the war depart-ment continues Ith more or less se-cret steps toward calling to armsevery regular, reserve and National(iuatdsman when the moment »r---rlves.
1,600 DIE IN BUSTOF MUNITION SHIPS
BOSTON. March 23.? The Brit-ish steamship llrltlsh Transportarriving here today, brought a storyof having been In Archangel. Busslii, when two ammunition steamirs from New York blew up sun.posed I \ .« the result of a GermanI lot -killing 1,500 people
SAY CRIMINAL HIDESIN U. OF W. DISTRICTI'erslaienl rumors reach the
sheriffs office that W. A. Coat*,convicted habitual criminal, whoescaped from the county Jail March4. Is hidlnt; in the University dl-trlct
EDDIE METSDORF,WANTED IN GRAFTTRIAL, GIVES UP
(BULLETIN)At 2 o'clock this afternoon the long miss-
ing witness in the Gill trial, Eddie Metsdorf,surrendered himself to the marshal.
United States deputy marshals and police detec-tives combed Seattle today for liddie Metsdorf, missint;witness in the booze-graft trial, but were unable to findthe man whose testimony defense attorneys declarewould upset the conspiracy case against Mayor Gill,Chief Beckingham and th«* four detectives.
Metsdorf, according t<» United States MarshalMovie, has not been in his room at the Hyda hotel forthe last two nights. Wednesday noon he made a swornstatement in the presence of Defense Attorneys Tuckerand Fulton that I.ogan Billingsley had bribed him totestify falsely and further entangle the already involvedliquor case.
Margatt Won't Talk
In the meantime. another monk-e> *rench *a* thrown Into the
marhlner> of federal court proced-ure l>v K. J. .\larlsett. ex pollccmanand bootl<-uger kin*, and cornpet
Itor against the Bllllngaley*.
Catled to the Kitties* stand by
the defense Friday and asked IfKVed Itllltußslejr hail approach*!!him to establish testimony for (he
government, Margett r< fused toanswer. declaritis It might tend toincriminate him
He atood for hi* constitutionalright*. while defense and prosreut-Inn attorneys argued hotly. FinallyJudge Neterer dismissed him tern-porarlly, saying he was not pre-pared to rule off hand
2 WOUNDED MENTAKE STAND IN
EVERETT TRIAL
Reporter Delays PutnamJohn Kvana. es Times reporter,
who. the defense d'dares, workedwith the nillttiKsieys. was attainbrought into the rase suddenlt thismorning when Dry Squad Officer(' 11. Peterson said he believed itwas Kvana who delayed S>ret Put-nam from seizing the Tint Vogelshipment of liquor, which wastaken by deputy sheriffs and latersold by Fred Rllllnitslpyin October
Kvans asked Putnam to watt tin
til the Times photographer arrivedOther dr> officers testifie<l that
contraband liquor was sent intoSeatile disguised as auto parts,pianos, skid grease and even cov-ered with shrimps in a never end-ing effort by bootleggers to smug-gle contraband.
Other witnesses were Dry SquadOfficer H S Kendall, forme- fee-rHary of Detectives J M. Kt'wardsand es Polli-eman K .1 MariHl, it<-
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GIRLS SHOOT EACHOTHER AS REVELING
IN CAFE GOES ONPORTSMOUTH, N. H.. March
23.?Mystery today surroundsthe double suicide of Ethel
Stanton. 23, of Cincinnati, indMargaret Spalding, 18, of New-
ton Center, Mass. who ?hot
themselves shortly before lastmidnight In a popular restau-
rant here. Not a word as far
as the police could find was
left behind to tell of the disap-
points and trials that led up to
the suicide pact.
Only a note addressed to C. F.Malabury, Johnson buildlu;;, Cin-
cinnati. 0.. was ronuil on Miss
Stanton. Another, intended forMrs. il. F. Spalding. :18 Paul St .
Newton tenter, was in MlasSpalding's pocket book.
Revelry at Its HeightRevelry was at its height in the
cafe when both girls entered. Theyordered n meal and ca'.mly ?ie !t.then both stood tip, faced me an-other and sent bullets crashingthru their btalns from .32-caliborrevolvers. The) had occupied asmall stall, facing directly on themain dining room.
Diners leaped from their seat.: atthe sound of the shots. The girlslay across a table, each holding therevolver that had ended their lives.Miss Stanton died Instantly, andMiss Spalding a few hours later, ina hospital.
Tw-o men who were wounded inthe battle at the Everett dock.Nov. 5, when the Verona arrivedthere with a load of members ofthe Industrials Workers of theWorld, were among the six witness-es called by the state Friday morn-ing In the trial of Thomas H.Tracy, who was a passenger onthe boat, and charfted. together with73 fellow members of the organiza-tion. with the murder of JeffersonIlea rd.
The two men examined Friday,; .Inines Mather and Klmer Buehrer.were members of the company ofctUirn deputies who met the boatto keep tiie I. \Y. W.'s from land-
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NO REVOLT INBERLIN, REPORT
BKKMN. March 2o.?"There is norevolution" In Germany.
London. Holland and New Yorkminors that trouble has been brew-ing in Germany are merely the re-sult of the entente's wish beingfather to the thought.
she first intended to go back to thecollege is Indicated by the fact thata return ticket to Wellesley wasfound in her pocket.
It was learned today that MissSpalding whs a physical cultureteacher In Boston. She graduatedfrom Newton high school last June.
Miss Stanton'a father and motherare divorced. The father, a pas-senger agent of the Hock Island,lives In Ix>s Angeles. The motherliveti in Cincinnati.
BANK MESSENGERGONE WITH $19,000;
MISSING A WEEKCarrying $19,000, George Uind-
sey linden, age 10. a hank mes-senger, left last Friday and hasnot 1 een heard of since.
He. was on his way to the localpostoffioe the last time lie washeard ol
Sin e|al agents for the Aetna andNational bonding companies haveInstigated n country wide gonreh tofind the von nr fellow, who. theybelle*« , has either absconded orfell victim to trickery.
The note to Mrs. Spalding wasbrief. It told of the agreement ofthe two girls to die together. Itthen said:
"IK) not feel bad. 1 will meet youIn a better world and will watchover you and protect you."
Father on CoastMiss Stanton is believed to have
boeu a student at Wollesley. That
He lived lit Alrl point ami vasnot r.,urrled, according lo repre-sentftllvis of the honlir.g c. nil-panic i.. No warrant has been is-sued for Ilaydon according to theprosecuting attorney's offitc,
Me vis employed at tlie FlratNational
Neither our virtuei nor vices artour own. Johnson,
