The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1914, Page 1

JOSH WISE SAYS: “Soy Bean, our village cut-up, th’ recent drouth.” “VOLUME Germans Meet Allies in The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the wows wuz severely bitten by a pet caterpiliar, But then Soy wuz cli ie th’ only green thing left after - eo 16, AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST—We are requested to say that fair weather will continue tonight and Thursday. Light northwest winds, SEATTLE, WASH,, NO. 144, WE DNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914. “Sin Roa he ONE CENT. War’s ri Blt BATTLE ‘THE HUMAN SLAUGHTER HOUSE’--CH. | First Chapter of German School-] master’s Terrible Expose of War, Which, When Published word picture of death on the battlefield with modern machine guns and war ap- pliances. Men go out to fight—“MACHINES”’— according to the author. By Wilhelm Lamszus (Public School Master in Germany.) (Copyright, 1913, by the Frederic A. Stokes Co.) CHAPTER I. ' War! War is declared! So the news speeds hollow-eyed through the streets. We are at war. It’s the real thing this time. Mobilization! The ominous word dominates the placards on the hoard- ings. The newspapers reproduce the proclamations in their heaviest type, and rumors and dispatches flutter like a ruffled dovecote round this day of Blood and Iron It is deadly earnest now. And this sense of the serious- ness of it has numbed the state like a stroke of paralysis. But then a jar, as of a lever thrown over, goes through the vast iron fabric. And every one has got to yield to this jar. The time for anxiety and hesitation is over, for doubts and oscillation. The moment has now come when we cease to be citizens, from henceforward we are only sol-| diers—soldiers who have no time to think, WHO ONLY HAVE TIME TO DIE. So they come flocking in from the workshops, from the factories, from behind the counters, from business of- fices, and the open country—they come flocking into the town, and every man falls in to stand by his native land Says Good-bye to Wife and Children “Four days from date” was the order on my summons Well, the fourth morning has come, and [ have said good- bye to my wife and my two children Thank God, the fourth morning has come, was not easy, and my heart aches when I “at home.” “Where are you going, Daddy?” asked Baby, as I kissed her for the last time with my portmanteau in my hand. “Daddy’s going on a journey,” said her mother, and| looked at me with a smile amid her tears. | “Yes, he’s going on a journey, girlie, and you, little chap,| you've got to be good, and do as Mummy tells you.” And then we got the parting over quickly, for Dora} kept up her pluck until the last moment. | for the parting} think of them Now we are drawn up in the barrack-yard with bag and baggage—we of the rank and file—we reservists and militia- (Continued on Page 7) Seine Syst Que Mavs Opa “1 am ain | am an i ‘Apisiien ,"’ @ young chap saying on the car today. | know him well. His parents emigrated from Germany. | i He was born in the Unit States. He went to school in Seattle, and he married a schooilma little girl whose parents came here from England, | Europe, England and Germany are at each other's throats. In Se. attle, England’s sons and daughters and Germany's sons and daughter: go to the same schools, play in the same parks, and stand together at| the same altars. | In Europe, centuries of civilization is being brushed away. in| Seattle, as all over the United States, there is that melting pot of| peace, wherein hatred of race is lost. Glad to be an American? The sons and daughters of all nations’ have good cause to be. ‘War on Germany | war on Germany. ‘Germans Attack at Tirlemont _tack in force. THE STAR PRINTS MORE EXCLUSIVE AND INTERESTING THINGS ruggle ‘World Territory Involved in the ‘European Stru a } j { \ nm PACIFIC ef GUAM(u.9) ie show pa affected by the war in scotloms mot yet affected LY pines, a Thornes, Summutee and other Crore tolande, Helland. Kmail blac! IG GUNS ROARING ALONG FRO RARKKHKKKKKKARKEE RHRKHKKHKKKKKKKKEE Sakekakahaeatatkt ane SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 Aug. 12.—Fighting betsresn| a Franco-British squadron, consisting of the French cruiser Montcalm, the British cruiser Rainbow, the British sloops of war Algerine and Shearwater and two British submarines on one side, and the German (By Ed. L. Keen.) LONDON, Aug. 12.—The first really great battle the war is believed to be in progress today. The battlefield, from all accounts, covers most of Eastern Belgium, an area American Refugees Throw Kisses At Statue of Liberty in N. Y. Harbor Pe cgomg EW YORK, Au 12— Keen “threw off their cruisers Nurenburg and Leipsic on the other, off the | NN “Srsing arto oa tatcy Moe sesmcatarae | of 60,by 100 mies . Golden Gate, was considered probable today. stats oF Ciecty newt Verk_ sting "iter Military men believe the German plan is to catch the | Belgian, French and British allies between these columns and | crack them like ‘a nut. A telegram from Maastricht, Holland, reported the sound Pe of terrific artillery fire in the direction of Tongres. j “The concussion,” said the message, “can be felt here.” A general engagement is now in progress at Tirle harbor, se’ | hundred Amer- arrived today on from Rotterdam Many of them jerything in their ay from war- leaving food on the Business in Paris was par- alyzed by the withdrawal of men.” Mrs. Swift had a ticket for accommodations on the steam- ship Imperator, but as she be- lieved that vessel would not Steamships returning to this port from other coast cities reported seeing the Nurenburg and Leipsic off the Farallone islands. The steamship Beaver car- ried on a megaphone conversation for nearly an hour yesterday with the Algerine near Cape Mendocino. The positions of the French and British warships, | yg torn Europe. Among the Mrs. M, K. 8. Swift of Los An- refugees were sail, she went to Rotterdam it is believed, are such as to make it possible for them|| ee WC. Keen and Mrs. as a stewardess. mont, between Belgians and the German forces ad- to effect a junction before sundown. |] Smith of Easton, “Pa. The dam,” she ssid, “wae ‘pet love, || Vancing toward Lille from Tongres by way of Brus- Vancouver Gets Big VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. sels. Another German army is engaging the French |troops in a line of battle extending from Liege to | Longwy on the Luxemburg frontier, and along the — Keens were in Paris when the troops were calied to colors. “Waiters in Paris cafes,” ly to me. He took my Imper- ator ticket and even offered to have me reimbursed.” Guns 12.- 18 the fear that Van- couver will be attacked at an early date by the German cruisers reported in the Pacific, orders issued yesterday re- i\Kaiser’ Ss Troops Prepare for. Franco-German frontier ‘to Switzerland. sulted today in the arrival here of two 10-inch guns and With cavalry raiders screening the entire front, thirty bluejackets and gunners to man them. The big guns Another Attack on Lie e the Germans have brought modern field artillery to will be mounted on a point overlooking the narrows. The g | bear on the French forces in the vicinity of Longwy, government steamer Quadra leaves immediately for Esquimalt PARIS, Aug. 12—A general | = The _Belgian-French-English land are att ting to f ir through ie for more guns and more men - German advance is In progress allies are drawing a strong cor- | ‘e attempting to force an entrance thro! the don across the Teutonic front In readiness to contest the ex- pected forward movement. The government conceded that “im- portant events impend.” The Brussels defenses are being strengthened in anticipa- tion of cavalry raids. The Germans, from ail ac- counts, are showing much con- | sideration to the Belgian pris- oners at Liege. The war office maintained the French force, which invad- ed Alsace, is holding its posi- tion along a line drawn to the westward from Mulhausen to PAARL SOL db frontier. | gap north of Verdun. Another engagement is reported to be in prog- |ress at Mulhausen, in the south of Lorraine, | where the French are said to have withstood a ter- rific onslaught by the Germans, who used | field pieces of tremendous range with deadly effect. The forts at Liege are still holding out, but the invading Germans have established railroad com- munication with the rear and are bringing up men and supplies and big guns. It is thought the allies have moved to the defense o Brussels. German aviators flew over the city today and it is thought they located the allies’ position, The London Times’ milite Ary expert gave it as his opin- ion that 1,000,000 Germans, with 5,894 pieces of artillery, are in Belgium This, he said, is the first line of the German strength and did not include the reserves massed in the rear, The bulk of the kaiser’s forces, he declares, were north of the German province of Lorraine advancing, in the hope of outflanking the French on the north. He expressed a view, however, that the allies'can prevent this, “But it will be the most frightful, the most destructive collision in modern history,” he added. ABOUT THE EUROPEAN WAR THAN ANY PAPER IN SEATTLE In Belgium, the French war of- fice here admits. It Is stated also that a cav- | alry engagement is raging. The war office did not an- nounce its location, but it is believed to be west of Tongres, a city ten miles north of Lieg: and south of the city of Lou- ‘Montenegro Declares BERLIN, Aug. 12.—Montenegro today declared Montenegro, which today declared war on Germany, isn’t big enough to successfully slap the Teutonic nation on the wrist, Statistics give it a population of 600,000, not much more than the population of the city of In size, It is about the same as King county—4,600 square miles. Its available soldiers number 30,000. It has no aeroplanes or | dirigibles. The kaiser had better he nlrlios AOR CRP out. holding out, but the Germans had re-established rail com- munication with the rear, and “4 are bringing up siege guns, evi- dently preparatory to a des- perate assault. | vaine. The Liege forte are still | ‘Belgians Flee in Panic i ST. TROND, BELGIUM, Aug. 11.—(Delayed) | —St. Trond was in a panic tonight over news that the Germans were advancing in its direction from PARIS, Aug. 12—A_ general engagement is in prog- ss today at Tirlemont, Belgium, the war office announces. The Germans attacked the Belgians at dawn and the bat- Tongres. tle was still raging when the announcement was issued, The Hair-raising stories have been told of the shoot- war office referred to the battle as “serious,” and added:|, # one + oes * “The Belgians are energetically resisting the German at-| ing of civilians accused of resisting the invaders or| Infantry, supported by artillery, are engaged.”! disregarding their orders. re