The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 18, 1914, Page 1

f=” READ THE SIXTH CHAPTER OF “THE HUMAN SLAUGHTER HOUSE” ON PAGE 3 ¥ MEAT WAY UP! WE SHOULD WORRY! SEE PAGE 2 | [as PRESIDENT ‘KAISER’S HUGE ae \ \ French frontier. designed to confuse t by the wholesome method of common coun n't that much more sensible than the old etyle, SAYS: “Soy Bean, our village cut-up, Saye that if Brussels is cap- tured, what will we do for car pets, sproute and German de- feats?” JOSH WISE / VOLUME APPEALS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO REMAIN The Only Paper in Se. 16. NO 149, SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914. The Seattle Star attle That Dares to Print the News AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST — Fair ARMY SMAS ONE CENT ttonight and Wednesday; warmer NEWS STANDS, be Wednesday; gentle easterly winds, ON THAINS ANT S OPEN WAY THROUGH BELGIUM people. greed. Whatever ma today is that can Indoubtedly the prolonged. sheer gambling on the to war causes. everybody theless, fix the price. EXCUSE. BRUSSELS, Aug. 18—The | Germans were thie | poeta back upon the allies’ maln back upon allies’ main ay several points along the battle line. There was almost continuous fighting the lines’ whole length. The only war office announce- ment made today is that the Germans facing the Belgian line to the northward are strongly entrenched and that German cavairy had been seen in the vicinity of Antwerp. it ie feared the Germane after tak- Ing Brussels may attack Ant- werp. Bruseels’ capture Is believed certain. All national records have been transferred to Ant- werp, which will be made the temporary capital. Attack a Feint. According to a message sent out) from Paris by the Reuter Telegraph | Co, French tacticians are agreed that the German ivities near| Brussels are in the nature of a| feint, and that the kaiser is massing his troops back of the Rhine, pre-| paring to repeat the successful precedent of the Franco-Prussian | war of invading France through the pass in the Vosges mountains | on the northern frontier. | Kaiser at Mainz The presence of the kaiser and) other members of the royal family| at Mainz lends credence to the be-| lief that the main German point of| attack will be the Vosges mountain passes. The main body of the German army in Belgium is said to be press-| ing south from nut, on both! sides of the Meuse toward the Following the bat- tle at Waterloo or Brussels, mili- tary experts are agreed that the scene of battle will shift to the French boundary, where both’ , armies are showing great strength. Hunt them down as you would | | robbers who are unlawiully ancy ut | There is no warrant at all | | | | The big trusts are. calmly HREATENS B nt down any for the hoist in war will advance some pr future. In the case of meats, for instance, there isn’t even a pretense of charging it The packers blame it partly on the farmers, most of whom, as can see, are not guilty, and partly on retailers, but the packers, never- EUROPE PILES UP BIG DEBT FOR THE FUTURE It Is estimated that the war is costing. Europe near- ly $50,000,000 a day. That staggering sum is being added to the tremendous burden which Its people al- ready bore. The national debte of the nations before the war started we Austria .$3,970,000,000 France 6,575,000,000 Germany ..... 3,705,000,000 Great Britain... 3,535,000,000 Russia - 4,500,000,000 It was not expected the allies would make any heavy sacrifices to keep Brussels from falling into the Germans’ hands. Can't Affect Campaign Its possession cannot affect the campaign's general outcome. Despite a rigid censorship, it Is known there was skirmishing in many places at daylight today. The Germans were in greatest strength near Huy, 40 miles south- east of here. This strength was Increasing as more men came up from the eastward. The kaliser’s vanguard consisted of cavalry, supported by rapid fire guns mounted on automobile trucks. 500,000 in Belgium The total German force in Bel gium is known to be at least 500,000. This is not including, of course, the Germans in Luxemburg and along the Franco-German fron tler, where there were fully as many more. It is expected the main German advance will be south of Brussels, the northern wing being relied on to capture the capital Il bet you never h towns In Wisconsi may make them famous some time. They're making democracy ri uk City, or of Osseo. and they’re doing something there these days that They're little In each town the school prin- cipal has been given an Increase "apex, to look after getting the town people together in the evening to t Already he has announced a s. voter. It's Now, frankly, ind tell why they @re running for offi ndidate or one party er their common problems. “8 of open meetings at which all nting a special plea to be a clearing of public opinion bands and torch, partisan, wind-jamming plan of campaign? trying to corner the food ~ ly ; —_ aEPS out of mankind’s dire needs; AND IN TH ie ASTE EY CAN'T WAIT TILL THE WAR GIVES A PLAUSIBLE EES AS ARMY RUSSELS HALT THIS ROBBER R. DISTRICT ATTORNEY CLAY ALLEN, it’s time for you to get busy in this investigation of food prices! A condition that threatens to affect the vital necessities of life faces Seattle And it’s up to you to do everything in your power to ferret out the values, and bring them to time. other criminal! food prices except criminal be true when merchant ships again plough the seas, the fact y a barrel of flour, a sack of beans or a can of tinned meats et from an American port to a port in Europe. es inevitably, especially if But the present advance very plainly is a speculative advance, a to coin dis- COVETOUS Moe meee ! Entrenchments are being thrown jap across all roads leading into |the capital, cannon are being | mounted, and troops concentrated for a defense. The impression prevails that so Hlong as they fight in comparative |safety behind thetr fortifications, | the allies will resis:, but that there | will be no such stubborn fighting as has already occurred at Liege, or as is expected at Namur, both of whieh are almost impregnably fortified and of capital strategic value. | Queen Goes to Antwerp The queen of Belgium, other members of the royal family, with |the exception of the king, who re- | mained in the field, the ministers |of war, finance and foreign affairs }and the French and Russian diplo- | mats had gone to Antwerp. The banks had transferred most of their funds to the same place. City Remains Caim | The city, despite its danger, was | quite calm, and business went on much as usual | Indeed, so much of the news had |been suppressed that not many people realized the imminence of \the capital’s capture. Proclamations had been posted, however, warning civilians, in the event of a German occupation, to refrain scrupulously from any act | which might be interpreted as hos- | tile, as anything of the kind might cost them their lives, Firing Heard Today The sound of firing was faintly audible today. It 1s supposed the Germans were | following the roads from Huy, and there were rumors that Namur was |besteged, but they could not be | confirmed MAKIN'S TO BE SCARCE Uniess those Austrians and Frenchmen quit fight- ing and go back to work, there will be a famine of “makin as the cigaret emoker those thin pa- pers which he rolls into pille, There are enough In America for a few months. The supply comes from Aus- tria, which makes @ epecial- ty of brown or wheat straw papers. The French furnish the world with rice and silk-tipped papers. RUSSIAN ARMY NOW FULLY MOBILIZED ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 18.— “Russia's army mobilization,” an- nounces the war office, “has been completed brilliantly, It was not expected it would be finished before the end of the month.” PY Neeson xt ind Ged J in ac a Food Prices—Up to Department of Justice to Stop Piracy IT IS ROBBERY, PLAIN AND BOLD — ROBBERY EDGED WITH MURDER. Were the like of it to be done in one of the countries at war, the military power would step in and hang the speculators as high as Haman In millions of American homes this grab of greed brings hunger and its fear. In normal times, when commercial piracy has plotted a raid on American con- sumers, it has got away with it Politicians have blustered, officials have fi- nessed, and the courts have droned, but the robbery of the helpless went on The czars of meat and of oi! and of sugar and of bread have taken each his extra and unlawful toll, till the millions of the rich have been piled high and ever higher, no matter what the cost in anguish to the masses underneath The people wondered, the people groaned, the people starved, many of them; but government ‘of, by and for the people” did not prevent, did not protect We are facing today not a normal condition, but an unexampled emergency. The tread of armed millions echoes across the ocean. Th ¢ usual machinery, the usual restraints of civilization are for the moment breaking down. It is not a time to flirt with the awful possibilities of a food crimp in the United States—of hunger not due to any shortage in American crops, any fail- ures of American industry, lous rich few to extort a if the Japs go to war again sion of Germany in China Prepared to strike quickly. ne ate but solel — due to audacious attempts by an unscrupu- jormal tolls on the products of the toil of others. Uncle Sam should lose no time in laying down the law. WARFARE IN ORIENT any, the first blow probably will be struck at Kiaochow, the rich Japan controle many strategic points, Germany possesses ali the mid-Paciflc territory shown in black In inset map—| Including Formosa, and is In addition to two of the larger Samoan Islands and one of the Guam group. DR.MATTHEWS NOW WANTED AT WINNIPEG Doe They're trying to take Matthews away from us again. As often as once a year, and sometimes two and three times, some big church tries to coax Rev, Matthews away from the First Presbyterian churc) of Seattle, the largest Presbyterian church in the world. This time the First Presbyterian church of Winnipeg is after him, Rey, Matthews received the call today, and will take it under con- sideration. Two years ago a_ Pittsburg chureh offered Dr. Matthews $10,000 a year, and a year ago a Los Angeles church wanted him so badly it agreed to pay him $15,000, The Yosemite Valley railroad’s pundhouse and machine shops at Merced, Cal,, burned, with $70,000 RENEWS REQUEST FOR LOAN OF GOLD WASHINGTON, Aug. 18,—De claring Switzerland ts in a state of siege, with clvillians facing starvation, Dr. Paul Ritter, Swiss minister, yester- day renewed his request to the state department for a loan of gold from the United States. He ridi culed the idea that making the loan would be considered a breach of neutrality. Michael Donlan, 2031% Lane at., father of Police Sergeant William F. Donlan, Patrolman J. 8, Donlan, and Geo. Donlan, employed in the composing room of The Star, died in the city hospital at 11:20 today while on the operatin table, shortly after he had been struck by a Mt. Baker car, at the corner of 21st av and Jackson st, He sustatned deep cut on the head and a fra tured skull, NEW GENERAL ON JOB LONDON, Aug. 18.--Gen, Smith- Dorrien will succeed Gen. Crier. son, who died suddenly Monday in command of one of the expedition ary corps, both soldiers and} WHEAT DOWN The nation-wide investigation of the cause for the increased price of foodstuffs, a share of which ts being conducted here in Seattle by the district attorney's office, has revealed the fact in Kansas that the price of wheat is decreasing and the price of flour is going up. The federal authorities are puz- zled. Chicago will attempt to invoke the government's method in the canal zone of supplying cost to residents. Col, Goethals, governor of the zone, has been asked to explain how it ia done. New York city is going to house. wives for its information. They will be asked to tell the federal of- ficials how present retail prices compare with those on Aug. L. food at Advance; Expect Kaiser's Forces to Fight Their Way Onto French Territory. PARIS, 18.—Military experts admit that | : | Finding It Impossible to Stop the German | | they’ doubt if the allies will be able to stop the Germans _ \in Belgium. Their number is far ter than previ- |ous information indicated, it is sald Their lines stretch today from the extreme north of the gium down through Luxemburg. The army of the Meuse is investing forts. It is deemed evident that the two armies of the Moselle will do the fighting farther south. It is surmised Amana is to crush the allies in Southern ium and burst into France before his — enemies have time to reform. ie ~ By KARL H. VON WIEGAND. (United Press Correspondent) Ye THE HAGUE, haw, 18.—The German off man war office’s declaration only a matter of days. ntil the kaiser and his staff went to Mainz, t futing Pt ~ Past Imperial jancellor von Sehmant-Helloen ene al ai it! peal war bulletins, the kaiser personally drafting comments on German friendship for Americans, Berlin advice: fested everywhere, the authorities doing their semeet . reo make the ae tore’ rhdsapie oA ag ie Germany as pleasant Possible, and the newspapers speaking of th in t pate paogoe 9 em in highest terms and urging that So anxious are the people of Germany to earn American tae Pp a that German and American flags were intertwined In man: numbers of Germans wear both In thelr buttonholes. of Commerce in Berlin has given out a Ilet of families wi to care for penniless Americans. Many hotels hav "4 food and lodging. 4 je been trusting them for ‘Would Give Territory Back WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The best thing Germany could do te prevent a slaughter of Germans in Kiaochau wi province back to China.” ond eto Oe This was the declaration today of Charge 4’Affaires Von Haim monees of the German embassy, following a conference with Secretary ryan. - Von Haimhausen was greatly concerned over the situation. He ad- mitted he had received no advices from Berlin as to what Germany's attitude would be. German Cruisers Seized TOKIO, Aug. 18. ‘Two German cruisers, disabled in battle, have arriv: prizes, according to a message from there today. It wi ed that their upper works were riddied and | their decks were spattered with blood. Their names, however, were not given. Strasburg Threatened NANCY, France, Aug. 18—"On to Strasburg,” was the French troops’ slogan today. é | A huge army of them was pouring through the Vos; passes into the Schirmeck valley. The Germane in ‘Alsace were Shai retiring before the invaders. Evidently this retreat was in accoi | with earlier orders. It was expected the first German stand would be | made at Molsheim, about 12 miles west, of Strasburg. | French aviators reported the Kaiser's infantry intrenched there in force. ‘Doctors Fear for Pope ROME, Aug, 18—The pope | opinion that in the present state of was gravely ill today. He was civilization such a conflict was im. | In with Drs, Amici possible. | Marchiafava in constant at- | His physicians have forbidden tendance. that any more reports of the pro He suffered severely from bronchial catarrh, with gouty manifestations, but perhaps | even more serious than these physical ailments was the deep jerome of the struggle be brought to» “It is such a pity!” he exclaimed, when he realized that the armed contest actually had begun, “When melancholia which affected him |I remember that they are all my ai result of the war news, people, and that now they are fight He disbelieved to the last that/ing one another, it breaks my there would be war, holding to the heart.” MRS. HOUSEWIFE, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS SPOT Here are just a few of the numerous good things to eat that are still cheap, and which you can buy by simply visiting the markets: Lettuce, 2 heads for 15c; American-rhade cheese, 20¢ Ib. until Sept. 1; canned tomatoes, 2-Ib. can 10c, 2-Ib. can 15¢} rice, ‘olled oats, 5 Ibs. for 25c; green corn, 25¢ p Jeo per bunch; bananas, 10c, 15¢ and 20c per do: box,