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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

iufntN,
Asked frequently FOR facts. Wood
repeatedly said all he has Is "ru'
mors" He was plainly nervous. but
finally became composed.
on cross examination. he said
he had no information that any one
connected with the administration
profited BY the leak
Ills mention OF officials. he said.
only meant they knew about the
note. or might possibly have prof
lted II they couid-and would
Doesn't Charge Profit
DO you charge Mr. Tumnlty
profited?" Chairman Henry asked
NO" replied Wood. or that any
one else profitcd.
multy whether Mr.. Baruch had
breakfast with him?
NO"
Haven't you found out whether
A. Curtis. your informant, is a
reputable man."
NO"
Doesn't Know Tumulty
tttffn gbu NoNF MI AiuHAAf
a grave injustice
Il wanted to give you names In
executive session. don't know
Mr. Tumulty. and thought he might
deem me insolent II I went to see
him"
Representative Harrison tried TO
bring out that representatives, OF
the Wall Street Journal and Finan-
clal America we're present at n
Lansing conference when reporters
we're told In advance that there
would be a big story later in the
day"
Hadn'. Heard Of II
Wood said he had not heard
about that"
Harrison thea tried to find
whether the news OF the note could
have come back from Europe be
fore the stock market broke.
Wood said he thought II could
He did not know whether Baruch
gave money to the democratic cam
paign fund He was sure tho that
the leak talk was not an effort 10
retard the presidents peace move. 3"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
Denied Social Recognition,
She Makes Society Paw

match was broken thru the interfer.
ence of her fiance's parents.
Her friends there declare IL was
real love match-on TIE part OF
each-and probably the only sincere
affair OF the heart that the Kane
beauty ever had Because OF the
refusal of his family TO permit the
marriage. Maize declared venge-
ance. swore quietly but emphatical.
ly that she was thru with the path
Of rectitude.
\ few days later she left Warren.
went TO Erie, and was initiated hy
woman notorious thruout the East
into the batting. bleeding. heart.
breaking and home-rending game
that she pursued for the next six
years in Philadelphia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

Secre;ary Tumuity shot statt
rsnt TO the capitol post haste. dc
handing an apology from Wood
Weed soush, Secrecy
Al the end Of an hour Wood was
TIM. and the rules committee
s,nt into executive session.
After being sworn. Wood made =
rrong effort 10 be permitted 10
rsse his testimony behind locked
doors Unsuccessful IN his effort
~ an executive session. Wood told
hos be had heard" Ia Fayette.
nd, and Oshkosh. Wis. brokers
received confidential advices to sell
short before the stock market
elosed.
Ne mentioned that =. A. Connolly
Co. who do an extensive busi-
rsss, have as a member OF their
frn "a Mr.. Boiling. a brother OF
Ms. Wilson"
Old Barney Meet TumuIiyg
Barney Baruch.~ he said. 4 am
'sllably informed. had several con.
'srsnces with Secretary Tumulty
n the Biltmore hotel. New York.
ns Of them at breakfast. and had
hforration OF the note two or
tirse DAYS before IL vas sent. Wool
iAsa asked that Otto Kahn be sub
rsnzed.
am informed" he said. Kahn
received information and advised
irsrds 10 sell short"
One was a prominent railroad
PRESIDENT.
"Only Hcarssy"
Woods whole testimony was ad-
niiisdly only on hearsay and rtl-
nor The committee had been in
session only ten minutes before
Wood asked TO be permitted to
MENTION names only In executive
session.
representative Chipperfield I'm.
ns1ed the session remain open.
benneii, a leader In the fight for an
nvestigation, wanted the meeting
tossd
lnen Wood said he had no facts.
sn reliable evidence" He sala A.
eartls. New York broker. was his
n'ornant as to some OF the state
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
TODAY'S VESSEL
MOVEMENTS here
ARRIVED AT SEATTLE

Steamship Umatilla, from San
Francisco. at $50 a. m. lisukushi-
ma Maru. from Tacoma, at $50 n
m. Jan. Motor 80 Wakena, from
B. G. ports. at p m.
SAILED FROM SEATTLE FRIDAY
Steamship Governor, for San Die
70. via Victoria. B. c.. and San Fran
cisco. at II a. m. Yokohama Maru.
for Hongkong, via ports. nj 1920
a. m. Admiral Farragut. for Taco
ma. at 3 a. m. Jan i-Steamship
Talthyhius. TOR Manila, via Comox
y. g.. and Japanese ports. at ; p.
m. Hokkai Maru. for Nladivostok
at 4;30 p. m. El Segundo. for San
Francisco. via Point Wells. at 2 p
m: Wilmington. for Tacoma. at
PAS p. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
What Does New Half
Dollar Look Like?
Ask Guardian Bank

Well, well, Even the bankers
don't know what the new 5O-cent
pieces look like.
They're going TO get $500 worth
o, the new coins at the Guardian
Trust and Savings bank. First ave.
and Columbia St. Friday afternoon.
The first ! 900 who apply can get
one I'm exchange for any kind OF 30
cents.
"How do the new coins look?' the
young reporter asked the bankers.
None of 'em knew.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
ALLEN MUM ON
GILL Interview

Clay Allen, L. S. district attor-
ney, refused. at noon Friday. to dis.
cuss Gill's statement. or the rumors
on which the mayor had based his
interview to The Star.
Il may have something to say
later on" he said AN I'll say
now concerning the 200 cases OF
beer turned over to MS Is that they
were ordered condemned"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
LEAGUE TO meet

The Consumers league of Wash
igton will hold it's first meeting Of
the year at the assembly hall OF the
Chamber OF Commerce, in tho Arc
tice building. Friday night. at 7:30.
The major portion of the pro
gram viii be devoted to u discussion
of local manufacturing conditions
and the problem Of reating a great
o. demand for homemade goods.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
overland Red

is a tramp poet. Collie is
his pal.
Near the waterhole in the
desert OF the Moonstone
ranch a prospector is
found dead.
Did these two heroes of
Harry Herbert Knibbs'
novel. "Overland Red" do
the killing?
Start the novel Monday
in THE STAR and find
out.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
WALLST.LEAK
PROBE BASED
ON "HEARSAY''

WASHINGTON Jan. 5-NameS of men high in
Washington official and New York financial circles were
brought into the house leak to Wall ST." probe today
ty Rep. Wood of Indiana.
Basng his charges on "hearSay' reports and ere
liable information" Wood the author OF the probe reSo-
hion, mentioned Presidential Secretary Tumuty, Otto
Kahn of Kahn, Loeb Co.; Paul N. Warburg, OF the
federal reserve board and Mr.. Boiling, brother OF the
Presidents wife.
Wood became confused when demand was made
for supported facts.
He failed to mention one fact he would vouch for.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

plTTsBURo. Jan. 5.-Three
members Of pittsbure's eselu-
sive social set were paying, to-
day, the toll that Maize Colbert
declared, In Warren. Pa, seven
years ago, she would exact from
society because II refused TO
accept her. They we're Wen
man Lewis and his wife, father
and mother OF Bernard Wesley
Lewis and the widow OF the
spendthrift broker, who ended
his life in an Atlantic City no.
tel yesterday.
They will pay. I'll make them
or die in the attempt" Maize Is said
TO have told girl friend shortly
before she left Warren to embark
willfully upon the course that
brought death to her and to Lewis
BY they" she meant society.
Maize was waitress in the EN
change hotel. in Warren. There she
fell in love with a young million
aire. member OF one OF the veal
thiest and most prominent families
in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
MAYOR SAYS ALLEN
SHIELDS HUNT; ASKS
SPECIAL PROBER

seattle's bootleggIng proreeu.
tons may develop into feud
between Mayor Gill and local
federal prosecutors which will
reach the national capital.
The mayor. after hearing ~.
mors today that he was involv-
ed In confessions OF Logan Bill.
ingsley. bootleager. to U. s.
District Attorney Clay Allen,
threatcnded to "send to Wash
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
PROSECUTOR WAS PRESENT

Deputy Prosecutor Iese present when the papers
were turned over the said I'VE had copied all lists
OF customers, and afterwards utilized them The stuff they
got back was OF little value as far as could
"BllingsIey did get OF 3Oday jail thru
tbe deal the pending and these Judges
already throwing off the Jail sentences imposed by the lower
courts.
The settlement had nothing to do with county cases the
ma said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
SEN. JONES DIPS
IN ON PEACE ROW

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Two re-
publican senators. Jones of Wash.
ington and Norris OF Nebraska. to-
day offered amendments to the
Hitchcock resolution indorsing the
presidents note to European ma
tions. This brings the total num-
ber Of amendments up to three. sur.
ficient. democrats charged. to fur
ther delay action on the Hitchcock
resolution
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
EXPLAINS COMPROMISE

"A right could convict bootleggers and get away with
IT, the club the Biingseys held this They threat
cncd to 90 California and get the liquor companies
the railway companies for damages for failure deliver The
railway companies preparing back for
illegal seizure claim had been filed could beat boot
eggers court but there danger OF being beaten by
the railways"
He declared that the prosecuting attorney had already
obtained what he wanted Of the papers seized by the police
,.hcn thev wrecked The Night and Day Drug store.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05


eeedings on information based
SOLELY on hesrssy and rumor."
Tumulty sent the statement up
to the capitol with the request
that II be read before the commit
tee.
Tumulty said no wculd appear
before the committee gladly aRd
without subpoena"
Tumulty's statement follows:
II am very glad TO say publicly
that did not kBog Of the exist
esee Of the presidents note on
peaee gHtil tbe newspapers were
tAfofa@a. Very frequently the
2 rEssdaeat. vfo knows that am
h-onoi,a ytied ~ new. nses and 9th
sy. sov IN for no stiop. saves nss enp
aasvnsasnosp, nv seeying such mat
ter. letels secret from me.
In fact. have often suggested
that this be done have not been
at the Blltmors I'm a year. never
talked about peace with Mr. Baruch
before or after the peace note was
sent. and never lunched with him
in my life. have met him. az 7
have a great many good men from
time TO time In hotels. at the the
atre aud elsewhere. A presidents
secretary meets a great many peo-
pie every day. and II II very easy
for some one TO circulate rumors
based. az Mr. Wood says. wholly
on hearssy.
Il think Mr. Wood owes me a
public apology for mentioning my
Eame at all merely on hearsay and
rurnpr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
FRIEND
OF MODEL IS
DEAD BY SHOT

PHILADELPHIA, JAM 5.-Bernard Wesley Lewis,
Yale graduate and scion of wealthy Pttsburg family,
reached the end OF the primrose path today His body,
dshgured by bullet hole thru the center of his fore
head-Self-infcted-waS in an Atlantic City morgue
today.
She who trod the same primrose path with Lewis,
Maize Colbert IS, Of humble birth and beautiful until
some frenzed murderer crushed her delicate features
and body into gross flesh and blood-waS in a simple
grave in Philadelphia.
Maize Colbert murdered. And Bernard Lewis,
all but confessed murderer of his beautiful paramour
when he committed suicide last night in an Atlantic
City hotel, officers about to seize him. The
primrose path led the rich to death as it led the
poor girl thereA
Search of Lewis effects today disclosed two i'm
portant items: First that Lewis wore woman's pink
silk undershirt second that the bloody shirt and col
lar found in Miss Coberts after the murder
Of the size that by Lewis and of the
same make. Efforts will be made to identify the pink
silk undershrt as one belonging to the dead girl
The strand of black hair cluched in Maize Cobert's
hand when the police found her body may prove
of the most significant factors in the being worked
Police declare these hairs, probably ripped from the
murderer's head in the girls terrible struggle for life,
seem identical with Lewis black hair.
In PSburg today wife, father and mother
waiting for final word from Phadelphias police to
render final verdict whether or not Lewis was actually
the man who fiendishly killed the pretty model
Their verdict admittedly be ed his trail
evidence Last night,
yer carried
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
Brands as False Report He Protected Billingsleys
Chief Rockingham Joins Mayor
in Denying Billingsley Paid Him


W crcula lat the city
ley wer when sionedb a
linealex aIep n.aidto inplcat him
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
IUMULTY DEMANDS AN APOLOGY

WASHINGTON. Jan. s.
'es'nln7ly denouneing Repre-
ssntative Wood for mentioning
nn name before the house
,O'es committee today. seere-
sy 70 the President Jos. p.
''mol'y In a prepared state
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

in the first place." he said, "Pm not
ready to believe that this fellow Billingsley
ever said took money from him.
"lf he did, say it is absurd ridiculous.
"On the other hand, If he has made such
statements to Allen, you'll see that it's
bootleggers effort to cover up on n. c.
Hunt, of San Francisco, the millionaire
liquor dealer from whom records show he
bought BOOZE"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
WATER SHuT-OFF NOTICE

Water will be shut off in the dis
trict between Holden st. and Rox-
bury st. from 4Srd ave. $. to Lake
Washington. on Saturday from 3
q. m. to p. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

Their verdict admittedly must oe
based on clrcumstantial evidence.
Lewis Visited Model
But Il was Lewis who took tax
icab TO the Wilson apartment,
where the girl lived. who was the
last man known to have seen her
alive. and who ran away, seeking
TO lose himself. when police fasten-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

THE UNIVERSITY OF WASH
ington Glee club will give con.
cert Friday night in Meany hall.
which will be followed by an Oval
club roushneck dance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

Hunt is member of the Jesse Moore-tlunt COM
pany which is alleged TO have conspired with Margett
and BilngSley TO make illegal shipments of liquor into
the state
According to the information which has reached
the mayors Office Bilngsey has also claimed 10 have
paid money to Chief Rockingham.
ave heard the rumorS," Rockingham said. 'They
are not worth discussing by me. All ask is that the
federal grand Jury keep going and land Hunt"
The rumors affecting Gill chiefly concerned the
"cean slate agreement between the mayor and the Bill
ngSleyS by which the city dropped prosecutions against
them their agreement to quit the hootleggng buSi-
and not to the mayor and the city for damages
for destroying the Night and Day Drug store and other
property On August %, when this agreement was
reached, papers and documents seized in raid on the
/ BilngSley store returned To them
"The inSnuaton that there graft con-
nected with this said the mayor, "is utterly absurd.
We had broken the BillingSeyS. Their business was
smashed This was done largely thru the efforts OF
Sergeant Putnam
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
e.YEAR boy BROWNS
IN Lake WASHINGTON

The body OF little Julian New.
reicher. age 6. was found in Lake
Washington by Irving Needs. ferry
boat man, at 1890 a. m. Friday.
The child had wandered away
from the home OF his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. \. j. Newreichor. 92gl5
Blewett St. Thursday afternoon.
He was reported missing TO the
police al b p. m. Thursday.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.-Ger.
many has requested the United
States to remove Minister Voplcka
from bucharest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

ed upon his trail.
Last night. in Atlantic City's
morgue. the taxi driver who carried
man to the Wilson apartment on
the night Maize Colbert was mur-
dered identified as his fare the man
whose body was then in the
morgue. bullet thru his head.
Lewis must have felt the net
Continued on page 1o)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05
REFLECTION ON PUTNAM

"It's reflection Putnam say the Bilngseys ever
got protection and that makes mighty because he's
the fellow who put them OF business in this town
The navor explained in detail, his position at the time
the clean slate" exchange made.
II was in this position: We had seized shipment after
shipment in car load lots OF Bngscy whisky consigned
Alaskan points.
"The bills Of lading learned. the hands of
local transfer companies We knew the stuff Bingsey
booze and seize
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

n the weather man hits IL RIGHT
tonight ought 60 be one OF those
nights when fellow would like TO
pull his legs over the fireside and
smoke his pipe IN peace. Forecast:
Tonight and Saturday. unsettled
weather. probably rain; cooler TO.
night"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

ment declared Wood should
publicly apologize for bringing
Tumulty's name into the pro-
ceedings on information based
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

mayor SAID.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

Argue win the
iaw7 II can't be
done. u can do
queer things, too.
Read the lead ed
ltorial on page 4
today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-05

Secretary Tumulty shot a state
rsnt to the capitol post haste. de
r.ndinr an apology from Wood.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
FOR LETTERS OF ADMINS
TRATION.
State of South Dakota, County

State of South Dakota, County OF
C%odington, SIS.
In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Amund
Johnson, Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends
greeting to Matthias johnson Grace.
vile, Mimi; Matte Peterson, Brad
ley, S. Oak; Marie Annettee McKin.
ney, Appleton, Mimi; Peter johnson,
Louisburg, Mimi; John johnson,
Hume, Sask., Canada; Emil Otto
Johnson, Minneapolis, Mimi; Alma
Davis, ST. Cloud, Mimi; Mona Helena
Johnson, New London, Mimi; Edward
Lloyd Johnson, Lila Josephine John
son and Grace May johnson. all of
Odessa, Mimi; and Il. w. Berry, Wa
tertown, South Dakota, Guardian ad
Item of Edward Lloyd Johnson, Lila
Josephine Johnson and Grace MAJ
Johnson, minor children of Christian
Johnson, deceased, heirs at lar and
next of kin of Amund Johnson, de-
ceased, and to all whom these pres
ents may come.
Notice is hereby given that Matthias
Johnson has filed with the Judge of
this Court, a petition praying that
Letters of Administration of the Es-
tate of Amund johnson, deceased. be
issued to Henry d. Rice, of Water
town, South Dakota, and that Friday.
the first day of June, 1917, at ten
o'clock a. m.. of said day, being a day
of a special term of this Court. in the
Lamm Block, in the City of Water
town, County of Cedington, has been
set for hearing said petition, when
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at Watertown, S. Oak, this
10th day of May. A. d. 1917.
John Nicholson,
Judge of the County Court.
Attest
Ralph II. Horawin,
Clerk.
dfirst pub. May II, last pub. May s1)s
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24
NOTICE TO COAL DEALERS.

The Board of County Commissioners
of Codington County, South Dakota,
will receive sealed bids up to 1000
O'Clock a. m, June 9Th, 1917, at the
office of the County Auditor at the
hourt house, in Watertown, S.. D., for
120 tons of P%ocahontas Smokeless
Lump Coal, to be delivered as follows:
As tons to be delivered in the bin at
the yards October 1st, 1917, 40 tons
to be delivered in the bin at the court
house, at any time after the contract
is awarded and signed, and 35 tons to
be delivered in the bin at the court
house February LIST, 1918; all coal to
be weighed over the city scales.
The right to reject any and all bids
is hereby reserved by the board.
Dated at WATERFOWL, S. D., this
Srd day Of May, 1917.
j.. S. Johnson,
County Auditor.
First pub. May 10, last pub May BY
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24
NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERS.

Notice is hereby given that the
County Commissioners of Codington
County South Dakota, will receive
sealed bids up to 300 o'clock p. M,
June 5th, 1917, at the commissioners
chambers at the court house at wa.
tertown, S. D., for the construction
as pei plans and specifications on ale
at the County Auditors Office at Wa
tertown, S. D., for the building of
the several bridges to be let at said
cate.
All bids must be accompanied by
certified check for 10 per cent of hid.
All bids to be submitted in strict
accordance with all state laws. The
board hereby reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at WATERFOWL, S. D.. this
End day of May, 1917.
J.. S. Johnson
County Auditor.
(First pub. May 3 last pub. May 24)
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24
The Man in the Moon
AT Met. Friday Night

Unlike most musical comedies "The
Man in the Noon presented by Hyatt
and Lenore that will appear at the
Metropolitan on Friday, May 25, does
not rely on suggestive dialogue or sug-
gestive situations to make it a sue
cess. The story is built on pure fun,
the situations are natural and true to
life and throughout the play musical
numbers are introduced both operate
and popular hat while adding to the
evenings amusement in no way inter.
fere with the plot,
The comedy is fast and furious. so
much so that at times it is difficult to
follow the merit of the dialogue. Al
the same time the performance is a
satisfying one in every way and
leaves nothing to be desired.
The company engaged are compe-
tent and clever and include Larry Hy-
att, Edna Lenore. Billy Deane and
Bunny Whitlock who possess voices
operate timbre. The comedy ele-I
ment is in the capable hands of Mr.
a ~blackface comedian who has
few equals in this branch of the pro.
tession. Patrons of the Metropolitan
may look forward to a performance
hat will compare favorably to any
hat has ever been seer here vet.
for this engagement are 81. 900,
75c, soc and Csc. Seats on sale at
Sreiser's Drug Store.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24

CHAs. G. SMITH, D. 6.
cHiROPRAcToR
Graduate of the Palmer School of
Chiropractic. Member OF the Univer-
sal C~hiropractic Associatisn.
Chiropractic is the Art, Philosophy
and Science Of Locating and Adjust
ing the Cause Of Disease.
Rooms 306-3o7, Granite Block
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-05-24

the following described road machin'
cry, to-wit:
/ elevated road grader, and four
dump wagons, more or less.
2 12-foot blade graders, a fresno or
buck scrapers.
] road plow.
All bids to be accompanied with
certified check of 8 per cent of bid,
The board hereby reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Watertown, S. D., this
f4th day of May, 1917.
ID. NJ. Bannister,
Chairman.
J. S. Johnson,
County Auditor.
(First pub. May II, last pub. May Sd