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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-08

TO man meant 20 love him
enough 10 be Willing to help him
in every way. SO In order that my
sweetheart might save enough 20
buy lots on which we could build
little home for our future life to-
eether. I would not allow him TO
spend money on me for little treats
I would have enjoyed. Instead, I
would always say, whenever he
asked me 20 GO anywhere: Save
the money for buying the lots for
our home"
The day came when we were 20
be married. Ny rousseau was all
prepared. and ! waited for my fu.
ture husband. But. instead, came a
we ddIng invitation from him saying
he was - be married to another
woman.
was Frustrated with grief. In
three days he came to see me. HIS
only excuse was that he didn't
know what he was doing. He in.
sisted that he had been doped. He
had married a widow with four
children.
Now. Miss Grey, will you kindly
answer these questions 70 the best
Of your ability
Did | make a mistake in being
unseIfish and going without all
pleasures or should I have taken
all the treats he offered me? Do
you think my fisnce ceased to love
me, or do you believe he told the
truth when he said he was
"doped"7
FROM A WOMAN WHO FEELS
SHE HAS BEEN WRONGED.
Al think you made a mistake
to refuse inexpensive treats. be-
cause you denied the man as well
as yourself these pleasures. If II
wasn't for these little diversions
shared with those whom we love
from day TO day. life really wouldn't
be worth while. Perhaps the man
misunderstood your unselfishness
for avarice. Since | am not a mind
reader. IL would be impossible for
me TO even guess whether your H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-08
Forged Liquor Permits

They also operated the Triangle
drug store. AZ First ave and Rail.
road way. and the Westlake ware
house. which was raided but not
wrecked They obtained permits
for liquor. which were used over
and over again by forging names Of
new drug stores.
The prime mover was Logan. -
he said. and a great part OF their
liquors came In on the water front.
where the four detectives on trial
Marn aARiRnnd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-08
Pays Detectives 500

Pays Detectives 500
March /. in logan's room In the
ST Regis hotel" he said Logan
paid Detectives Peyser and Pool.
man 500. the government will at.
tempt to show, In order TO pass
their shipments. In all Logan paid
5000 To Peyser and Poolman. and
Doom and McIennan. who later
joined the first two in protecting
iDilliugsley whisky.
Logan complained continuously
against tho protection he was re.
ceiying. declaring he was paying
too much. and that the police would
cause him trouble after the liquor
got uptown"
After Logan had lodged Okla.
homa deputy sheriffs. who wanted
him. by having himself arrested
here on a fake charge. Reames
said, the protection price went up
TO 80 cents a gallon from 10 cents
a gallon" Billingsley learned an.
other bootleggcr (Margett) had
entered the field.
lie said Margett had raised the
price while Logan was hiding from
the Oklahoma officer.
Billingsley baked. He arranged
with William Pielow TO get ship
ments by express. On June II Pie
low went to get shipment AT
Wells-Fargo headquarters. "and
found Poolman sitting on one OF
the barrels"
Plelow phoncd Logan who said
he must have the liquor for his Sat
urday and Sunday trade. He sent
down Fred, who handed crisp
$50 bill to Poolman." Poolman then
left. and Pielow, who saw the mon
ey paid over, then paid the express
charges, which We're SAC, and as he
was leaving met McLennan and
Doom, who Seized the whisky and
took 1t to the police station. where
Il was destroyed Pielow was
later acquitted on the friendly testi.
mony OF the detectives. Reames
said
Some time in June, Reamcs said.
Logan had conference with pey-
ser. Doom, poolman and McI,ennan
and agreed to pay $40 a barrel pro-
lection money,
The plan was TO be changed. tho.
Continued on page y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-08
Take In $50 a Day

They first sold booze on pre-
Hcriptions. later To all corners. and
finally sold 20 freely that daily
booze receipts amounted TO $3.50
and 5000 a day. Reames said
Reames reviewed conflicts with
the police. and told how the place
was wrecked May by Chief Beck.
ingham. aided by an ak squad.
June they opened the Day and
Night drug store on Third ave. and
continued 10 operate until the store
was wrecked July &c under orders
from Mayor GIL"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-08
Letter Tells Another Story

"They sent that telegram" said
Bausman. ito hurt and ruin that
unfortunate man (pointing to Mayor
GID.
II Will show you another letter
Logan BillinRsley wrote 10 the Jesse
Moore-Hunt Co. which revealed the
true state OF affairs in the same
month--October."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-08
REAMES STATEMENT

We are on tho threshold OF Il
very important criminal action. 20
aaid ReRmeH. going very close 10 the
jurors. and naming the defendants
slowly. aud the other alleged con
spira,ors who will be- used a. GOV.
eminent witnesses
Repeating the statute which the
defendants are alleged To have Ylo-
lated. no told the jurors 10 bear In
mind that ~ one OF the oonrpira.
tors commits an overt act. all are
guilty" and explained that tho de.
livery "of n single shipment OF liquor
10 "a fictitious consignoe. in inter.
state commerce. Was an overt act =
Tells OF louan's Career
He then declared that the Pielow
Transfer Co. headed by William
! Pielow. who viii be n government
witness. had delivered liquor ship.
fnents from San Francisco to fio-
titious consignecs. {
Reamcs then sketched the career
u Logan Blllingsley. who. no said.
WAS about 30 years old. born In
Tennessee. and has been in tho
boo,legging and gambling business
practically all his life"
He came her. Ia 1915" said
Reamea. and entered the cash res.
lister business, buying and selling
secondhand cash registers"
The prosecutor told how Fred
and sherman. Logan's brothers. had
Joined him In January. 1916. and
opened tho Stewart Street phar.
macy after the state went dry. in
vesurg some $1,000. 81 900 OF which
was invested In whisky"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
The aeorrs o. Youth.

After oil. tho plain truth In that nd
venture consists less In the experiences
one actually has than In the indefatiga.
BILE expectancy with which one awaits
them. writes Edgar J, Goodspced In the
Atlantic. Indeed, sometimes fear that
people must be divided into those who
have adventures and those who appre-
ciate them. And between the two the
affinity for adventure IL greater treas
ure than the experiencing Of II. Ii wc
are possessed OF tho affinity, adventure
itself Ia. at most Just round the cor
ner from us This opens the life Of
adventure to all vino cravo II. What
possibilities lie In merely crossing 4
street. for examplel Some one ro-
marked tho other day a. he lodged
across among the mctorcars. "Why not
take chance now and then nnd lead
a real life for d few minutesf"
therefore recommend the life OF nd
venture. II conceives each ray M 4
fresh enterprise, full Of delightful pos
abilities and promise. and SO preserves
the wine Of life from growing Nat.
Here IN the secret Of youth.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
AMERICAN TAKES PRISONER
German Prisoner Safely Taken Into
Camp by Intrepid United States
Army Captain.

American Eypoii,ionary Army An
American captain, just returned from
fhe French front brought In a German
prisoner,
The officer Was at the front only for
observation. but when he heard that a
small raid was planned, he begged to
BE- included In the party, His French
guide objected. saying:
My orders are not to set YOU
killed
hope YOU carry ens yonr orders =
replied the American, "hu, have been
instructed TO see jus, az much as !
can"
lie won hts point and made tho trip
over no mans land" to close lying
trench.
The German Was suhdued when
prodded In the abdomen with an auto
matte, but the captain was anxious II
reserve his souvenir, The German was
n sergeant
His vap,ors found /, Impossible 10
move him 10 enthusiasm By the nfpr,
NATION that he had the honor II Neins
tho first German captured ~ an Amer
ican. He weighed go pounds, and
vas the largest German taken on that
partieular from, In more than q month
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
SIX ARE SLAIN IN Rl0TING
Strikers Clash Win Soldiers In Street
Rlots---Martial Law Ia
Proclaimed.

raris,-Six persons were killed and
h!ne Others We're wounded when the
strikers clashed with soldiers at nar-
celona, according to statement is
sued by the Spanish captain-general,
and received here by the Petit Paris
len.
The csptain.seueral. in his state
nent. summing Up the strike situation,
said that several street cars. driven
by soldiers in Barcelona, were at.
tackled by the strikers. and Ia the
fighting thai followed six persons were
killed He declared that the peoples
house and the republican union office
at Gracia had been closed The state.
ment concluded nv announcing that
the Spanish government was deter
miSSSA III alt With the utmost risar
against the revolutionaries
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
MEN BUY DRAF r EXEMPTION
Federal Probe in New York Reveals
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Districts
10 Be Probcd.

New York,--The federal grand jury
IL conducting q rigid investigation
into charges OF irregularities In local
exemption district 90 Many witnesses
have told the grand jury how they
purchased their exemptions In this
district.
The Investigation into the operations
et this board Ii developing new trs.
Irregularities hourly" It Is learned
John Knox and Edward NJ Stanton.
assistant United States attorneys, said
II would. take several days to com.
plete testimony. Mr.. Knox said re-
ports OF irregularities in other dis
tricts were being carefully inves;i-
gated
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
ARMY TO MOVE IN FOUR UNITS
Work at Cantonn,ents 10 Rushed to De
Ready For National Army at
Early Date.

Washington, Efforts 10 complete
the sixteen cantonment camps have
been redoubled by the war department
which Is working at top speed In an
effort to complete every preliminary
TO getting the new drafted army into
training by early in October
And so well had plans progressed
that II was believed there would be
no hitch when the first 80 per cent Of
the rev army Of es7,ooo starts for the
ean,onments on Sept g.
Under the latest announcement an.
other 40 per cent will entrain Sept
Is. and a third 30 per cent Sept. &c.
The remaining 10 per cent will be
modified as soon after that date ~
possible,
The various increme,is VIII he ex.
anined physically and o.'xanixed BE-
fore the succeeding increments ar.
rive, and in this way much Of the con.
fusicn which would hare resulted had
me eatire drafted army been mohihzed
q: CAGE. will he avoided
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
TO CONTROL CEREAL PRICES
Food Administration Names Fifty MIi.
Hon Dollar Corporation TO
Buy Crops.

Washington. --GovArnment purchase
OF enough OF the 1917 wheat crop to
stabilize prices in the United States
was forecast In the information Of 4
$50, 900. 900 corporation by the food ad-
ministration. The Intention La to take
over the entire wheat harvest II nee.
essary to maintain fair prices The
corporation win make all allied pur-
chases OF wheat and flour and thus
will stabilize 9rices to the allies.
Through this arrangement, too, II
hopes to secure itself against any pos.
sible loss.
The food administration will open
agencies at all Me principal wheat ter.
minals, carrying on its transactions
with the usual dealers No commits.
sion charge will be made except TO
cover cost Of operation. The price to
be paid for wheat will be fixed by a
committee under the grain division.
headed by President Garfield, Of VIII
l.ams college This price The food ad-
minis.ration expects to see maintained
In private as well a. governmental
transactions. .,a,set ,oe.a,,.as ,s,e,a'. "a
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
WANT NINE BILLION
T0PAY DOGs0EWAR
SECRETARY McApoo PRESENTS
pRoHlEM TO CONGRESS TO
WRESTLE WITH.
PLANS FOR MORE WAR TAXES

Washington Congressional leaders
nave been informed by, Secretary Nc.
!. Adoa thai Il. VIII he pecessary for
them to authorize a, thts and HE WIN
ter session OF congress an additional
5000. 000. 900 for war expenditures to
June 80. 1915. including additional
loans to the allies.
Five billions In bonds already have
been authorized, and q 100000, 900
war tax bill Is pending now In the
senate,
Within an hour after the secretary
mad conferred with Representative
Kitchin. chairman OF the house ways
and means committee, plans were un.
der way to raise the money. A meet.
ing OF the ways and means committee
was called for Aug. rs. and arrange
ments made for the house to resume
its regular meetings on Aug, 81. and
expedite financial legislation. issuance
OF between $1,000. o00,co0 and $4,000.
100000 In bonds 10 meet new allied
loans. authorization OF an additional
$500 100000 In taxes to be added to
the bill before the senate. probably
wiz be proposed by tho committee
and agreed to by the house. No de.
lay in either authorization is antici.
pated.
The plan IL TO have the remainder
OF the $4,000. 600 900 authorized at the
next session Of congress, beginning In
December. Whether Il will be raised
by bonds or additional taxation or In
what proportion OF both, Is unde-
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
POPE ASKS RULERS
TOEND.WORLDWAR
SPECIFIC PEACE PROPOSALS
SAID TO NAVE BEEN SENT TO
AL BElliGERENTs.
US. TO CONSULT ITS ALLIES

Rome. Pope Benedict has made
peace proposals which haze been sent
40 all neutIal and. lbelllgsFeRt -coppr
tries. Heretofore the pope has made
only general proposals. This new call
for peace, however, Is a formal peace
move, containing specific terms
1t calls on the Christian world to
end the war, and suggests the restora-
ton OF Belgium, Serbia, Roumania and
peaceful solution Of the problems OF
Alsaee-Lorraine. Trent. Trieste and
Poland, Vatican reports say,
The problems of Trieste and Trent.
affect territory which Italy claims IL
rightnlly hers and which she IL seek
ing 10 take from Austria. France de-
mands the restoration OF Alsace.Lor-
raine, her Lost Provinces" while
there has been discussion ever since
the war started OF creating An indie
pendent Polish nation. such as once
existed. from the polish territory now
held by Russia, Germany and Aus
tria.
Washington The state department
admits that unofficial word OF the
popes peace offer has been received,
The United States will then confer
with It's allies before making reply,
At the apostolic delegation II was
said there was no information regard.
Ing the pope's action,
II Is believed that the offer does not
meet the aims Of the allies
Moreover, the allies inay view the
proposal as pro-German, Austria.
which liz known 10 desire peace. Is
closely related 10 the Vatican. Ger
man Catholics also we're responsible
for tho recent internal flurr, in Ger.
many, In which demands for specific
statement of war aims played most
prominent part
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
CAR IS SENT TO SIBERIA
Former Russian Ruler and Entire Fam.
ny Taken On Ordinary Train ~
To Tohoisk.

A.. Petrograd Tho semi.officiai Rus.
sian news agency announces that for.
sner Emperor Nicholas and hls family
we're removed from the palace ut
Taarskoe Selo and are being transport,
Cd to Tobolsk. Siberia. They were re.
moved In an ordinary train. The for.
sner emperor appeared to BIO very much
depressed. Former Empress Alexan.
ORA seemed to be pleased at the pros
pkct Of a change,
Tobolsk Ia an out Of the way town
of Western Siberia. far from the rail-
road and visited only by steamers
which ply the lrtysh river. In former
years II was an administrative center
Tor exlles banlshed to Siberia by the
Russian caars, II Ia city OF some
thing more than 10000 inhabitants.
The climate IL extremely severe In
winter
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
CANADIANS TAKE
IEUI0h FIRST Line
sAfrisH p0sH LiNEs INTO OUT.
sMiRTs or s..sss....ssa TOWN.
TAKING srRoNcMoIn
WIN HILL DOMINATING LENS


British Front In France ana Belgium.
--Hiii 10, the lannon's Gefmaa ssroag-
hold northwest Ut the Frenea mining
city Of Lens. which dominates the city
and the Loos salient. was captured by
the Canadian forces Tho British also
passed their lines into the northwest
ern environs OF Lens. In q senicircls
around the eastern side OF Hill no.
Hill 10 IL to Lens and the Looa %.
lient what Messines In To Yprs. and
In some ways IL Ia even q more envia.
bic position than the Messines ridge.
Hin 10 was bombarded with guns u
all caiiber. which worked havoc snons
the German defenses. The Germans
undoubtedly prepared for the attack.
for there 10 no question they wsre
aware II Was impending So II Wa .
case OF the better side winning
Tbs British guns dropped protect
ing barrage before the Canadian
trenches. and the troops leaped over
the parapet fos the charge. The
troops swept forward with the invinci.
BILE precision which has characterized
the latest work OF the Great British
fighting machine.
The British attack was made on q
&,seoyxrd 'front.' which had IN extreme
.sasepss, 81 so ssr4A. yns<innlNg st 2
point just above Hugo wood, the ns~
British positions now run southeast
and beyond Hill 10 toward Lens. The
tine then bends southwest and en-.
circles the suburbs OF 81. Laurent and
st. Emile.
The British guns have been pound
ing for days Hin 10, which the Ger
mans considered tmpreguafyie The
capture Of Hill 70 ranks In importance
with the biggest military operations
pf this year. 1t Was the las, dominat-
Ing position in this section which re-
manned In the hands OF the Germans,
and from II wide territory can bs
controlled
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
TOSPEND B|GsUNs
ADVERT|S|AGLOAN
PLAN SUBMITTED TO SECRETARY
MeAooo FOR PUBLICITY or
NEW LIBERTY LOAN.
WILL USE COUNTRY PAPERS
Expects Appropriation OF Not Less
Than One Million Dollars VIII Be
Made--Govsrnmen looks With
Favor on Plan.

Washington. detailed plan for
advertising the next issue OF the
Liberty loan bonds In newspapers
and other mediums OF publicity. TO
cost from Si,000.000 TO si.60o.ooo. and
% be paid for by the government. was
presented to Secretary qMcAdoo by
the national advertising board OF the
Associated Advertising clubs, with the
recommendation that II DO adopted.
On the basis OF an expenditure OF
100000, the following distribution
Of the fund was suggested.
Daily. monthly and weekly papers.
Including those printed In foreign Ian.
guages. s7ee.000s farm papers. $780,
900: small town dailies and weeklies,
100000: printing posters, circulars.
etc. 100000
The medium which tho board pro-
poses to use are detailed as follows:
Newspapers, magazines. farm pa
pers. business press, religious press.
foreign language press, painted hulle-
tins, bill boards, street cars. circulari-
stations, house organs and factory bull.
letins.
A delegation, headed by Herbert 8.
Houston. Of New York. chairman, pre-,
SenseA ,Ase.. reas,, ssSsrs,asS4 ASsy
Adoo and strongly urged that tho gov
eminent pay the bills for advertising
space in disposing OF this issue. The
space devoted TO advertising the first
issue cost the government nothing.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24

That the trainmcn's corps Of the II
linois Central railroad. under com,
mand OF Capt John r. Walsh. has
reached France in safety ia evidenced
by cabiegram received at Jackson
by Mrs Harry Hodgson, from hei
brother, Grady Rosser. of Memphia,
who enlisted In the regiment which
was organized at Memphis six weeks
ago, There is an entire regiment u
locomotive engineers. firemen, tele
graph operators and train dispa,ehers.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24

The Tennessee highway commission
has laid out system of state high
ways and plan OF work, which means
that the Volunteer State Ia 10 take
front rank In modern highway con.
struction. The action follows weeks
o; careful consideration Of the states
complex road problems and aeeompa.
MED with a statement from Chairman
Crownover that "the time has PASSED
for talk, roads must be huflt FOR ,raf
nc and the benefits of the public"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
STATE B0lRDlh SESSION
Litsr NETTING or BOARD or EnH
CATION 0EroRE SCHOOLS OF
STARE oFgh wtNrER TERM.


NAshsslie.~-ThS regular cuarseray
meeting cf the state board cf edacA,
tica was hold Ut the state capitol. The
terms Of three members OF the board
sxpifcd this rear and Prof ]. III
xsigisr os Chattanooga assumed tina
place Formerly held By o. l. MeMaAcn.
Il Newport.
Prot. G. b. ijans OF jackson. shcse
term has expired. has been reappoint-
ID By Cos. Rye.
The state board In composed Of nine
members. three from each grand divis.
ION Of the state. and the minority par
" or the Republican party, In Team,
essce Ia entitled 10 have st least three
members.
Prof xiegier. who was appointed by
Cor. Rye to succeed Prot, MrMahan.
u . walLknown educator of East
Tennessee. aud Ia at presen, head OF
the high school tn Chattanosa.
Under the act reorganixing the state
hoard Of education. the board must
meet Thursday after the first Monday
N February. May. August and Novsm.
Der.
President Robert l.. Jones Of the
Middle Tennessee Normal AT Murfrees,
bofo, President Sidney Ciierea,h O.
the East Tennessee Normal. at aIem.
phis: President r. A. Early II TIE
Tennessee Polytechnic institute u
cocksyilic. and Prot. w. J Hale q,
the Tennessee Agricultural 4 Indas
trial Normal. Nashville, met With the
board and discussed matters In con,
norton with their fesrpcyive irsfsta.
tinns.
From reports ID Ire boafd f tilt Fl dor.
mails and other state schools will open
In September with every indication Of
very large attendsnces. There are In.
dieations that there will be az extra
heavy registration Of wcmen q, all
normaia Tho military ;raf, viii not
affect the attendance materially In TIE
opinion OF the presidents
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
REBEL CHEF SHOT.
Revolutionary Leader In Mexico 10
Killed Near No6Alea

Juare9, Mexico --jose Ynez Salazar.
former chief OF staff 10 Francisco VII
Ia. was shot and Killed at the Nogales
rancd near Ascension Americans ar
irving here from Casa Grandes
brought tho details Of Salazar's death
a, the hands Of small band Of horne
guards. who were organized 10 protect
the Cascas Grandes Ascension district.
Salazar was mistaken for raider.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
Teaching Conservation Of Coal.

One OF the serious problems confront
ing the manufacturers OF Tennessee Ut
the present time Ia the scarcity and
high cost Of steam coal with which TO
run their plants. In view OF the fact
that the government: Ia urging econ.
omy and conservation OF all elements
that enter into the manufacture OF
goods. the Tennessee Manufacturers
association. jointly with the University
OF Tennessee, Ia arranging trip
through the state for the purpose OF
imparting Information to the coal US.
ers ~ to how they can get more power
efficiency from their plants with i less
quantity OF coal consumption.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24
THIRD DRAFT or ARMY ALREADY.
over 100000 Yovrs Men paesed a.
phvsicalis Sound.

Washington. Over sca,aoe youns
men physically II, have been accepted
IN the nations seiective drsft exanl
nation, aad would be ready to more Il
transportation facilities we're provided
WIKI 4 third OF the draft army on THE
nations list II IL practically certslr
that ne task q. getting the first ss7..
a0o men lor the national army will -
cula .leted by the end OF the 1oEsa.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-24

No bids were received by the state
OF Tennessee fW 100000 ~ per
cent 4o-year bends for the henefi, oil
the University OF Tennessee Thirty
days ago the bonds were offered a, 4
per cent and receiving no bids, were
readvertised They win now be NJ
fered again In 30 days at ~ per cent