MORE THAN

61,000f>r»on* buy Tho Star Nich liny. Ooiintlni; four to a fam-ily. It moans that 244.000 arts Star rvudrra dally.

The Seattle StarTHE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT TO PRINT THE NEWj

VOLUME 19. SEATTLE. WASH . FRIDAY, MARCH 16. 1917 ONE CENT J!ih?

With the United States Facing a Crisis, Why Doesn't the Supreme Court Get a Move on Itself and Decide the 8-Hour R. R. Case?

LAST EDITION

Ruaala »e»m» to Have aa much ex-

citement at Seattle tHeae day«. Theweather man aaya: "Fair tonightand Saturday, light froit tonight."

VAMDERVEER KNEW ITALL. SA YS FRED

CZAR DEPOSED; KAISER MAY BE NEXTDOESN'T OBJECT\u25a0 TO CALLING OFLAWYER IN CASE

George Vanderveer.erstwhile attorney for theBillingslevs, was draggedfarther into the mire ofthe case, and M. W.Palmer. Chief Becking-ham's chauffeur, gave tes-

timony contradictory tothat of other governmentwitnesses at the boo/e---graft trial of Mayor Gill,

the chief. ex-SheriffHodge and City Detec-tives Poolman. Peyser.McLennan and Doom Fri-day.

Testimony further in-volving Vanderveer in thecase brought on anotherbitter fight between attor-neys sr.ch as marked yes-terday's morning session.

. "Vtitot or advl«ed l.ogan andP*%ie to K'< to Mritish Colombia,

where he said friends of his whohad won out at the last electionwould give us full protection," FredBilllcgsley bad testified. In re-sponse to a question from VVilmonTucker, one of Mayor Gill's attor-ney*. a* to whether or not he hadever told Vanderveer that l<ogannever paid the mayor $1,000.

Knew in Detail'"Did your attorney, George Van-

derveer. know about details of yourcrimes a* they were being commit

t<Mt?' asked Assistant Attorney

Genera! Bumf, on redirect examfnstjon.

"Yes." salt] Fred."lie knew all tbe details of onr

business. even looked over oursecret hiding places for liquor."

Fred volunteered the statementthat he would have seen Vander-veer and his brother Logan Christ-mas eve. when Logan had been al-lowed his freedom by SheriffHodge, "if Vanderveer hadn't beendrunk.''

' You didn't volunteer the Infor-mation that Mr Van lerveer was

drunk because you dislike him. didyou?" asked Tucker, after Judge

Neterer had sustained objections

by the defense tr. further effortsby Reameg to discredit one of their

before he tskes theitand.

' So.' denied Fred."Would you be willing for

him to come here and tall allhe knows?" demanded Tucker.

"Yes, I would," said Fred."Logan wants to protect him,

but I don't. H« can tell every-

thing. so far aa I am concerned,

and If h« does he'll be indicted,

for he's just as guilty as the

other defendanta."Fred denied that at one time he

and Logan planned. as part of theframe UP the defense charges, to

have »x- Patrolman C. J. Mullln

shoot at stid miss !»ganChauffeur Aide Chief

Fred al»<> testified that he toldChief Buckingham of hi* plan* to

\u25a0teal the Tim Vogel car of liquor

that Hodge had stored In W. H. lie-

low'* warehouse. and Raid the chieftoUl him to make quick work of Itand not to let Hodge know that he

knew al>o'it It.chauffeur Palmer *ald Recking

ham was only In the Htar Carriage

Work* about three minute* the .lay

Fred I* alleged to have paid the

chief $W. and that the chief went

him to the. police station to Kft a

dry rquad officer to *elze Margelt*

ADVERTISING MANAGER'SDAILY TALK

Character Study ot the Gill Jury by Star Artist and Writer

Rev. Percy Chews Gum, Fontaine Rests on Small ofBack; Each Juror Has Characteristic All His Own

BY MABEL ABBOTT"Bom® of 'em aren't beauties,

btit tnoat of 'em have cot well-proportioned skulls." comment-ed **Vlc" Gauntlet! Star artist,ax h» finished (he las* of hi*\u25a0ketch** of the federal Juror*In the liquor-graft trial

Chief Kecklngham. Bob Hod*"and a quartet of policemen lia»eIwen the bought tool* of l<ogan

Hllllngsley. or whether Hillings-ley madfl up hi* mind to ruinthem l>e«inw he couldn't buythem.

Guarded Like HaremThey aren't beau Me* And

yet they are guarded like aharem, and prop«rly no. for a

Jurv's stat» of mind I* as precious aa a woman'* virtue.

Hach 1* of Interest to de-fendants. lawyers, witnesses.the public, and to "Vic" and me

Sits on Small of SackW II Funtalne, clerk of the

eminent domain commission,looks like a man who Is givinghis best thought and attentionto the case, and sees no reason

That's a pretty good sizing

tip of the I- men who are going

to decide whether Mayor GUI,

why be shouldn't tie as com-fortable a* he ran while he Isdoing It He *tt« on the smallof hi* bark tuo«t of the time.Kvery *o often he pull*himselfup. and then settles down again

with the *|ow subsidence of adish of Ice cream

Well, Here's a VeritableFeast of Bargains!

Saturday ?hoppara-? JuM taka &

look thru th* *»!» In Tha Htar to-day Hcattla a b<*at bullnAM Inafl-

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Tha bait affarlr *a of H»attl*'abaat atoraa appaar r#icularly lr» Tha? tar.

MORE THAN 61.000 COPIESDAILY

truck load of for whichKYed *aya he paid. Fred and Pie-low had said the chief wa* thereatiout 30 mlnutea and walkedaround the corner to get the bribe

Reames asked Palmer severaltime* If hla testimony before thegrand Jury waan't different fromthat he t«i giving.

That hla attorney. George Vanderveer. advlaed him and hi* brother lx>Kan to flee to Itrltlsb Colum-bia, whet*, because of friend*, whohad been successful at the recentelection, he could guarantee themprotection, wa* the testimony ofKred Bllllngsley In answer to cro«.vcxaminatlon by Attorney Tucker

He denied again ha\ lng told Van-derveer at the same conversation?held when he was In hidingfrom federal officer*- that bisbrother didn't bribe Mayor QUI.

Fred Hllllngsley took the »tanl(Continued on page 2)

4 Shortest and LeastBloody Revolution"

PETROGRA D, March I«?"There-establishment of a power, capa-ble of achieving a victory, a* dem-onstrated by recent event*, will In-rr'-inn the popular enthusiasm andmultiply the national forces of thepeople's anger and their determin-ation," declared Prof. Paul Mllukoff, new minister of foreign affairs today.

"Our revolution wan the shortestand leant bloody of any In historyhe asserted.

Grand Duke AdvisedCzar to Abdicate

PETROGRAD, March 14.?GrandDuke Nicholas, commanding theArmy of the Caucasus, telegraphedPresident Kodzlinko of the duma,today, that, in agrxment with GenAlexelff, Russian chief of staff, headvlM-d the, < /ar to abdicate. Huchaction, he held, wan the only possi-ble step to save Russia bring thewar to a successful conclusion, undavoid fateful consequences.

Defense Society MeetsWASHINGTON. March 1« The

National Oefense society met hur-riedly this afternoon to discuss thestrike situation. Members declin-ed to say what action, If any, wastaken.

EVERETT MAYORON STAND TODAY

"They said they had givenYakima and Wenatchee allthey wanted, and coat Spo-kane $225,000, and If Everettwanted a bunch of trouble, justto try to dictate to them."

"They said they wantedRowan released immediately,and if he waan't. the troublewould begin."

"They said they would wipeEverett off the mip"These sre thr» >ts which Mayor

D. II Merrill <?: Kverett testifiedFriday morning In (lie trial ofThomas Tracy, the I \V W metnber who I* heading the lint of 74to be tried for the murder of Jefferson Heard, were made to themayor In August by I. W. W.'swho called at Ills office to demandtJM right to speak at the comerof Hewitt and Wet more aves , andthe relea*e of one of their numberwho wa* In Jail.

Attorneys and Jury will have aaliort rest Saturday, after 11 days

of strenuous work. Another case,

which cannot be delayed, will takeJudge Ronald's entire time on Sat-urday, and the Tracy trial will notbe resumed until Monday,

The reading of I W. W. songsand literature to the Jury was re-HUtneil by 11. I>. C'ooley. FYorn the

(Continued on page 2)

TWO YANKEES AREKILLED IN MEXICO

KL PASO, March 10 Two Amer-icana were murdered by Villa andhis follower* last w<«Ji at Magis-tral, Durango, according to a re|iortbrought to 11 I< Htuler, local repre-sentative of the National Minesand Smelter Co. The victims were1,. A. Winn of New York city, as-sistant maunder of the company,and Hert HlMfcl, of Pittsburg, Pa.

THIRST THIEVESThe home of W. M Pease. TIT.

21st st. N., wrts entered hy thievesThursday night, who thoroly ran-sacked the place. Pease reportedto the police that five bottles ofbeer and $10 were taken.

Kuss Consul I lereRefuses to Speak

No Information regarding therevolution In Russia or opinion ofthe offices of Nicola* Rtigloavlensky,the offices of Nicola* llogtavlensky,Russian consul general In Seattle

When a Htar representative r<>quested to Rpeuk with the consulover the phone a member of hi*staff hung up the receiver afterstating llngniaviensky was givingout no Information

Killing of PremierIs Not Confirmed

HTOCKHOI.M. March Hi. Assas? Inatlnn of former Premier Htunnerand Minister of the Interior Proto-popoff by Russian revolutionist* liasnot vet be»>n officially confirmed,according to dispatches from Petro-grad today by the i'olltlken.

The advice* sav that Grand DukeNicholas, whom the revolutionist*tru*t, probably will be appointedprovisional dictator of the army.

U. S. Asks for Infoon Armed Vessels

WASHINGTON. Mnrrh IB.?He.cause aotno foreign governments

are Inclined to object to harboring

armed American merchantmen. thisgovernment ha* Inquired of the Ku-ropean nations whether they wouldagree to ndmlt the vessels

They CelebrateSchool Election

Sixty-five people met at the Du-wamlxh school Thursday night, tonhow friendship and loynlty lo Ottofloscberg and W. K. McKec, newlyevicted school directors. The evenIn* wax largely spent In progressivewhist.

Nobility ApprovesPKTHO(iHAI). by Wireless to

London, March 16 Fifteen assetnbiles of the ItusHian nobility mettoday and adopted resolutions dedaring their participation In thepopular revolution. The resolutionsvigorously assailed those officialsof the old government responsiblefor the crisis which resulted In theovert brow of Iho czar.

lie watcbe* the wltne»*esclosely, not only while they are

(Continued on page 11}

FOOD RIOTINGBEGAN REVOLTPETROGRAD. March 1« ?

Less bloody than many massa-cres that have stained thepagee of Russian history wasth« revolution from whichSlav democracy emerged tri-umphant over centuries oldautocracy.

Coming as a culmination ofa long and tragic struggleagainst oppression, the swift-ness and lack of extensive cas-ualties with which the czar'sreign was ended, the pro-Ger-

man and autocratic ministersdisplaced and leaders in sym-pathy with the common peo-ple placed In control of thegovernment amazed and heart-ened not only Rueeia but theworld.Tin- remilt attained in the cli

max of tilI m lalPKt of worM dramaswhb not unexpected. Hut (he manner in which it wan attained w mbewildering.

It wan the realization of a drenniof liberals for a Kovernment r<sponslve to the will of the people.

(Continued on Page 11.)

FRANK FORRAY MUSTANSWER FOR MURDER

Prank Forray, who shot andkilled Ills wife Wednesday evening,wa« charged with murder In thefirst decree in it complaint swornout by Deputy Prosecutor CarmodyFriday morning.

At the county Jail, Porray continues to tell that 111* wife hadbeen untrue to him. The two chil-dren Htlll maintain that their moth-er never »»h k>>lll> of being un-true to Porray.

The czar has been dropped. Good! The whole democratic-minded world is glad. Events are moving rapidly these days, andpretty much in our direction. Before many more months therewill be another stepping down and out.

Kaiser Wilhelm 11. will become Private Citizen Hohenzollern.This is going to happen just as surely as a 42-centimeter gun re~coils when discharged.

No more kings, no more war, is a sentiment The Star has ex-pressed heretofore.

Autocracy and democracy are at war -and on the side ofautocracy now remains the kaiser.

Just one week ago today, Charles Edward Russell, writing in The Star and pre-dicting that we can hasten the cause of a speedy peace with victory for democracyby joining the allies, expressed it in this manner:

"The ideas of government and of civilization held by the people of the UnitedStates cannot by any possibility jibe with the ideas of government and of civili-zation held by Germany.

"The two can never exist side by side in the same world. They are absolutelyirreconcilable, and always will be. There can no more be peace between themthan there can be peace between freedom and slavery, fire and water, right andwrong."

Russell's sentiment still holds good, and The Star repeats:"No more kings, no more war."Somebody kindly page the kaiser!

CZAR IS REMOVED;DEMOCRACY NOW

RULING RUSSIAPETROGRAD, March 15.?VIA LON-

DON, March 16.?Democracy controls Rus-sia. Czar Nicholas has abdicated. TheGrand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch willact as regent until the czarevich becomes ofage. Pro-German nobles of the old regimehave been captured and a new ministry ofthe people has been appointed.

The greatest hunt for traitors and spiesin history was on late tonight. The populaceand the army joined in this systematic huntfor pro-German intriguers.

It was their brazen activities that werethe prime cause of the downfall of the czarand his absolute government. Not even thehighest nobles were exempt from this spyhunt.

TREATY PUT OVERWASH INO TON. March 16. Ad

ministration senators today gave uphope oi ImvitiK the Colombiantreaty latlfled during the a pet la IanHalon of the senate, and consented to put It over until the extrasession on April 10.

The czar is at Pskoff and the empressis at the imperial palace at Tsarkoe-Selo, ac-cording to the latest information from Petro-grad up to noon today.

The czarina was said to be in perfectsafety, contradicting early rumors that shehad been detained by the revolutionists.

A government to be batedon universal suffrage and equalvoice of the people In It* ad-ministration has succeeded thereign of the molt despotic ofmodern sovereigns.

To Hold ElectionsThe executive committee of

the duma, which today beganits task of transforming themost absolute of monarchiesInto a modern democracy, an.nounced it would first restorecomplete order thruout the em-pire prior to holding generalelections.

These general elections willgive all the people of the em-pire an opportunity to voice

their opinions as to the form

of government and the person-nel of the officials who will

administer that government.

Order was belli* rapidly restoredtoday thruout Russia.

The empress was reported to besuffering from an hysterical at-tack The c/.arevlch was 111.

Prlcea for provisions kept up toextortionate levels by duplicity ofministers and grafting underline.*,of the old government decreasedenormously today. Great stores of

foodstuffs were found concealed It.varlUH parts of the city -the samesort oi foodstuffs which the formerministers asserted had been ex-hausted thruout Petrograd.

Baron ExecutedGeneral Sukhomlinoff. former

minister of war. was one of thosearrested tonight, lie went to Joina notable company of those whosewords were law in other days.

The populace anil the fully sym-pathetic troops of the city brookedno opposition to (heir control.

Itaron Stokelderg fired on agroup of soldiers from hla window-

Ills house was promptly stormed.The baron was dragged out.

lie was carried to the side of the

quay and summarily executed.Countess Arrested

Count Fredericks, the aged min-ister of the Imperial household, andaide-de-camp to the emperor, wasdiscovered In hiding. His life wasspared, but he was sent to prisonto join other notables of the oldregime. .Meanwhile, his house hadbeen completely wrecked.

Countess Kit In Michael, lon*suspected as a Herman spy, wasdiscovered In hiding at the Chineselegation. Soldiers promptly tookher Into custody.

No more dramatic incident oc-curred In Hie last few days of riot-ing. than that of the arrest of theformer minister of war, (Jen.Sukhomllnoff. A group of soldiersand hastily nrmed people seizedhim. The sold lei s demanded hisinstant execution, recalling vividstories of the former minister's du-plicity and treasonable dealingswith Germany.

Kerensky Saves Him

He put y Kerensky, of Saratoff,one of the duma leaders In the re-volt. and minister of justice In theprovisional government, interven-ed. He app aled to the mob tospare tiie minister's life, declaringjustice would be meted out to him.

The crowd wavered and Keren-sky won the day. Hut then thesoldier> demanded their formerchief's degradation. Sukhomlinoffhimself tore Ills epaulets from hisshoulders and handed them tosoldiers which guarded him. Hebowed brokenly and submitted him-self to their mercies. Tottering Inhis disgrace, and overwhelmedwith despair, he was taken awaywith difficulty, hardly being ableto walk. He was imprisoned InTauris palace.

A bird In the pie Is worth morethan it us' (1 to be.

CABINET TAKESHAND TO EFFECTRAILROAD PUCE

WASHINGTON, March H,?The government hat acted ll»an effort to prevent the pro.gretsive nation-wide railroa*strike at 6 p. m. tomorrow.

Secretary of the InterloiLane. Secretary of Labor WiL? on, Samuel Gompera, ant?Daniel Willard, president ofthe Baltimore A Ohio, werf'thi* afternoon named by Pre*ident Wilson to confer with thfbrotherhood chiefa and rallroacmanagers in a final effort tcavert such a calamity.All will leave at once for New

York.Following a meeting of the presi-

dent's cabinet today, at which thostrike situation was discussed. Sec-retary Maker Issued a statementannouncing the above derision.

Asked if a rotirse of action hadbeen decided ui>on in event of fail-ure of this mediatory course. Rak-er replied that he woul dnot care todiscuss that.

WANTS LOCAL NAVYEQUIPPED AT ONCE

Washington, \t nrch i6.~see-retar.v of the Navy Daniels has un-der consideration the immediateequipping of the Puget Sound andPortsmouth. N. It., navy yards. Inorder to start work at once on atleast a part of the 38 new subma-rines. without waiting forbids fromprivate ship yards, which are to beopened April 11, it was learned today.

War Not AgainstRomanoffs, Claim

SAN FRANCISCO. March 16.?Fear that reactionary elements con-trolling; the Russian governmentmight take steps for peace beforeGermany had been crushed wa\

the cause of the Russian revolution,according to A. M, Wywodseff, R'tsslan consul general here. He doesnot consider the uprising as beingdirected in any way against lh«Romanoff dynasty.

MAN SANDBAGGEDClaude Hcgan. 25. of 2413 First

ave N'? was sandbagged about10:110 p. in. Thursday night on Firstave. between 40th and 47th sts.

110 was going out to see a friendon the Meridian car line, and sotoff tt'e car at 4,">th and First av».He was held up by a man. whogot off the same car. and whostruck him over the hrad with asandbag

The holdup *01 In money anda gold watch.