The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 22, 1914, Page 2

GERMANS OVERRUN ORTHERN BELGIUM: - BRITISHARE WORRIED (By Ed. L. Keen.) i = LONDON hirftish military experts admit they are deeply | neerned over situation Relg ‘Torthern rt of the country and that the French outposts are retin! The defo the invade the southward | = Namur Is isxol Officials a the fight is ‘increasing {n volume and that The allies’ resource: be strained to t atmost to check the Ger man advanc That the the German strength ts ad b t Is ow that the Germans Pitted ty war I ' u everwhelming r ’ ity had the French to re tire from Lorraine, abandoning hope of f © kaiser's Moselle army <= The censorship is growing more severe daily = DEMAND $40,000,000 FROM CAPTURED CITY. ee objective point a matter of conjecture and with an al With th amost impregnable front, G bers are sweeping across man troops in apparently unlimited num- gium today and concentrating In the out { town in the line of march has fallen before the ‘overwhelming invasion, but the Teutons have pressed onward, leaving “only small guards in most of the cities and ato} « russels long enough only to declare a $40,000,000 war tax upon the residents there. = This information is conveyed tn a dispatch to the Datly Matl from Jts correspondent at Ostend, Also, that M. Hallet, treasurer of the ‘city of Rruseels, says the city will refuse to pay the $40,000,000, Ten ‘million dollars has been demanded of I Strategians are dividéd as to ¢ @ of the opinion they ar swith a view to invading © puch a plan is highly impracticable with the up by the English fleet in the North Sea and the to strike !f any such move fs made ANTWERP WELL PREPARED FOR SIEGE. Another opinion is that the Germans are concentrating about Ant- werp with the idea of making a speedy swing to the south and attack | ing the French frontier in the vict of Lite or Valenciennes. In the meantime the main body of the army has moved west of Brussels and Namur, with the latter heavily fortified city invested on two sides and now undergoing heavy cannonading by field artillery, | Open to the sea, with untrammeled communication with England and with fortifications able to withstand terrifice elege, Antwerp ts Well prepared to withstand siege by the Germans. Here the Belgian} troops are expected to make their stand In their plan of delaying the) invaders from reaching the French frontier until the allie¢ army ts ready to receive them. In the meantime the Germans are always subject to the danger of having their source of supplies cut off from the rear. To the northward, having taken Brusselg, the Germans were at Ghent and it ts believed they mean to oceupy Ostend on the coast. | Brussels is said to be quiet with many citizens shut in their houses, but the city’s life is going on to some extent as usual The Germans are understood to be holding a number of prominent citizens as hostages. having given warning that in the event of hostilities, these prisoners will be shot. df the Germans, Some) ast south of Antwerp time they admit that rman war fleet bottled French fleet ready German Uhlans Bum City ROTTERDAM, Aug. 22.—Citizens of Tongres, Belgium, having fired on the Uhlans, the latter compelled the entire population to march two miles outside the town, holding their) hands above their heads, and then burned the place’ The homeless inhabitants took refuge today in Hol'and. Austrian Battleship Blown Up _ PARIS, A' . — battleship Zrinyi was blown uj ivari, Montenegro,” the war office announced today. Shoot Mayor of City and several prominent citizens of Aerschot, Belgium, as stated by the war office today. | Ttaly to Mobilize Troops “ CHIASSO, Switzerland, Aug. 22.; Italy is on the point of a general) Apparently reliable reports that| army mobilization are current + | along the frontier. | No detatis are available, but the | impression is that the government) | felt sure Austria-Hungary fs about | Italans intend to take the aggres- sive against the Austrians, arguing that the concentration of Austr troops on the border constituted threat which could be angwered only by hostilities It is deemed a perilous step for King Yictor, on account of the ngth of the anti-militarists, are speaking freely of a revo lution. MOTORCYCLE HITS BOY The police are on the trafl of a motorcyclist who ran down 10-year. old George Foster, son of T. F. Fos- ter, 9350 50th av. The lad was adiy bruised People Who Use the Following Car Lines your share of it in the bank to be used | 'n helping local trade and industry? Good crops help the farmers, the rail- roads, the merchants, TAKE NOTICE,’ STAR—SATURDAY, AU | TIVOL! OPENS WITH MUSICAL COMEDY; IT’S GOOD SHOW WEEK Shop.” coming to the Metropolitan, Princess,” at the Tivoli. 43 THE TIVOLI 7 e “3 ° With an all-star company recruit ed from New York and Chicago, and with a large list of splendid plays, Keating & Flood will open . 22.—“It is reliably reported that the Aus-jat the Tivol! theatre Sunday eren- during a bombardment of ne August 30, & straight mue- y house, with popular Prices. ‘The company will be headed by Jeannie Mal, recently seen tn sow bdrette roles with “The Candy Shop” and “Mme. Sherry” compani: PARIS, Aug. 22.—That the Germans had shot the burgo-|Luctile Palmer, prima donna last \year with the Mme. Sherry com- pany; Myrtle Franks, an exception ally capable character woman Inst year with the “Mme. Sherry” com |pany; Lou Dunbar, a comedian for merly with one of the Morosco com panies; Joe Kempner, Juvenile last year with the “Broadway Jones” Eastern company; A. C. James !n characters, and a chorus of Wastern girls which Manager Keatt the The opening attraction will be|German cruiser Leipstc and made|®dorned with cheap “The Filrting Princess.” ore °——~"FHE moore ° The story of the GianteW Sox world tour will be shown motion pictures at Moore theatre for one week, commencing Sunday A number of kings and high officials of Buropean powers are seen on the | screen sonal interview to the players. For a scenic trip around the world there has never been a better collection |shown on a motion picture screen in this country. Among other features there are ors shown some of the favorite pla pulling off playful pranks, such Hana Lober’s great ra around the ainst a horse will be two performances daily, at 2:30 and & =H the manufacturers— All cars which run on First av.,/¢ __THE PANTAGES. adi =| everybody. You are Second av. James st. and Yesler| Poney Moore and her big com- ~f\ bound to get some way. pany, including Fifi and Morgan Davis, in “The Jolly Tars,” « scenic of the 1914 prosper- Pid you know that there ts 8) musical extravaganza, will be the drug store convenient to these lines where you can get the services of Experienced Physician ity. When you do, see that a goodly por- tion of it goes into the Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank in a savings free of charge? Our Doctor is a graduate of American and European | account to your cols! He will examine, advise credit. That will help and prescribe for you free of| 7 the bank and charge. you, You pay only for the the community. medicine. DEXTER HORTON | TRUST AND SAVINGS { BANK Brendel Drug Co. 117 Yesler Way, Between First Av and Occidental Av. A STAR WANT AD will | sell it quickly. DIRECTORY ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES |G. & J. TIRES—NOBBY TREAD 5,000 MALES GUARANTEED headline feature of the new bill at Pantages, opening with the mat inee Monday. Other acts are Low’ Winsch and Josephine Poore, {n No Trespass’ Coogan and Cox comedians Betty Blythe, Califor nia nightingale; Gilbert Girard, ani mal and tnatrumental mimic, and Love and Wilbur, aerialists. eee | THE EMPRESS ~ Pf vicinal a Next week will be a red-letter | week at the Empress theatre, with! the Five Diving Nymphs as the headline attraction. On Thursday evening, at the close of the second show, Manager Bronson announces » silver cup diving contest, in which hoth Jedies and gentlemen will be permitted to enter, Th inner will be presented with ¢ er cup, suitably engraved. Con testants may leave their names at the box office. Other acts: Ar thur Devoy and Evelyn Fi r, om pably supported, in a dramatic play let, “The Victim Sherman, Van and Hyman, vocalists; Joseph Laurie and Frances Aleen, singing and dancing; Edward Aveling and Albert Lloyd, conversationalists, and Swan, a jugeler. 7. THE METROPOLITAN BALLOU & WRIGHT G17. Eike #¢.. sear Broadway || | $ y William Rock and Mande Fulton. MM prabably the greatest of America travesty stars, will come to the pd —__| Metropolitan for one week, begin ~ 7G NEW AND SECOND ning Sunday night, August 30, with MOTORCYCLES HAND, ALL MAKES “The candy Shop,” fun-and-song 4 i oR SEW TShen “Movoverege show success, with a chorus of 60 Phone Kast 471 | 417 K, Pike St (BALLOU & WRIGHT near Browdway |] girls and chorus men. Among the well known stars are Frenk Deshon, 1. One of the Nymphs with the “Diving Nymphs, 2 “Fifi,” at the Pantages. 3. Maude the Empress. with “The Candy jal, with “The Flirting t Fulton, 4. Jeannie Daphne Pollard and George Rald win, Seattle's pete, In addition to the famed special {ets that long since have made them topliners In the houses of the big vaudeville clreulta, Rock & Fulton are offering a travesty on Mme. Sarah Bernhardt. This team ts sur- rounded by @ supporting company of such diversified talents that not one act even approaches similarity with the remaining acta of the show, TANKER HELD UPBY CRUISER If you want to hear some real wa: | talk, go down and listen to the crew of the Union Of] tanker Catania, which, en route, was stopped by the to show her colors. | The Catania obeyed the Leipsic’s demand h considerable speed for the war craft seemed all primed to shoot. As soon as Old Glory fluttered up the German sped away jand In a few the horizon | Marine men believe the Leipzig simply was searching for a British commerce carrier, with the purpose moments was below The late pope gave & per | of taking off supplies and then run-|to have picked up a bit ning away, | Here {e reckless driving with a A woman last night ran down a policeman. She was Mrs. Paul S. Ring. Her Jauto was coming along Fourth av | just as Motorcycle Patrolman J. B | Clark rode out of the garage in the basement of the city hall, Clark fays the auto knocked him off the | motorcycle. She was booked on a reckless | driving charge. “THIS I$ THE LIFE LONDON, Aug. 22—Shoot all newspaper correspondents found | in Belgium on sight.” | This was the order issued by the terday, according to the Amster- |dam correspondent of the London Chronicle. He adds there Is a rush of corre. spondents for the Dutch border. 9 DEAD IN STORM NEW killed YORK, Aug. 22.—Five v Yen Injured in a pante people at a bathing ilion yesterday when the build. ing was struck by Hghtning. The spectacular electrical storm, which made the city black as night for an hour, caused a stampede on Broadway |GERMANS LOSING | MANY BIG CANNON nd we among 2,000 Aug. 22.—The graph company's F orrespondent sums” ap German losses of munitions of war, as 24 cannon taken by Belgians at Liege, three cannon taken by French at Othain, 24 cannon taken Rus. jans at Stafahohen, Hast Prus sia, beside 19 motorwagons, rapid fire guns and a number of aero. | planes. GUST PAGE THINGS TO ESEENAT A) (Continued From Page 1.) 1914 as she jockeyed me into a corner, and deliberately kissed me, Not one of these pecky sort of kisses. but a long, shar that insted half way across the room 1 wan horribly embarrassed. She had, I fear, been drinking much A glance about us showed me that others were doing it, not only on the dancing floor, but at the tables, and nobody seemed to mind When, at the end of the dance, I deposited the girl at her table, she murmured that I “sure was @ bear.” ° “Next two-step, now,” she warned “Don't forget to come for me.” 1 didn't go. She came to though And she got me, Sho crew confidential this time. told me all about herself, and ed me to take her telephone number, The other girls in the party took her in tow after that, and wouldn't let her dance with me. “Don't you see,” they asked her, “you're getting the old guy sore?’ And any one could see with half an eye that the Lumber Baron wa & good thing. He was buying wine. The Baron kept going from table to table, sitting awhile at each one, and buying all the time, and by and by-—-along about 3 o'clock, I « he couldn't remember whether he'd started out with one bunch of janes or another. But the bunch that didn’t have an honest claim to him sent him 4 where he belonged, after they had stung him for a couple of rounds It was a square and sporting thing to do, considering what a good thing he was. By 8 o'clock there must have been 30 autos packed in the yard The fellows that hadn't brought any girls out stood in the wide door jway between the dance hall and jthe hall, and kidded us as we | danced past And they grabbed and pinched our girls, and tried to pull them away from us. me, too bg GIRLS DON’T WEAR 5 | CORSETS — « T found out one thing. The girts jat Clancy’s don’t wear corsets. At least the * 1 danced with didn't, and the ¢ ts in our party report Jed the name thing. Between dances |we crowded into the corners and drank beer and spooned Habitues of Johnny's tell me there In @ vaat difference between Clancy's by day and Cinancy’s by = By day you wil! find Pack- ards, Wintons and Pierce-Arrows parked in the yard, and fashionably gowned people Inside. Wine buy- ers, a lot of them. They come to Johnny's, ostensibly, for chicken inners. For Johnny does serve very fine chicken dinners, I'm told But at night the parking space ts | general staff office in Belgium yes-| 4 METROPOLITAN Att REPULSE | Season's Opening ADMITTED raction Extraordinar George By WM. PHILIP SIMS, | PARIG, Aug. 22.-—"The Ger man heavy artillery is keeping | up @ constant fire on the Na mur fort the war office an nounces | “The Belgian cannon are re plying effectively. There is no danger of Namur'’s capture Ite forte are far stronger than those at Liege and have ample supplies of provisions and am | munition. CONTINUOUS SUNDA BEGINNING MONDAY Hee MARCUS LOEW'S | Empress AUG, 30 || wun ROCK & FULTON mime CANDY SHOP rs: PRich10-15-20¢ | AFTERNOON AT 1:30 “The Germans have crossed 4 the Madan: ONtTEsnd a enero A Splashing, Laughing, Melodious Week of bridges for the purpose. THE DIVING NYMPHS | “The Beigian defense has 6—OTHER BIG MARCUS LOEW ACTS—5 vaatly helped the French armies | 6—PHOTOPLAYS—5 now awaiting the German ad || "un GUP DIVINc as vane | SILVER CUP DIVING CONTEST | After leaving a large foree be-| (Ladies or Gentlemen lhind them to ce the Namur Thursday Night, August 27, end of Second Show |forte; it is believed the Germans /—__ - suas " oil jare striking bard at the French —_—a— - - |lines, though no defi wows Of ae the engagement has made | public The army of the Meuse and the firet and ne of the |Monelle are in the Unequaled Vaudevilie—Our Policy Never movement. The government ad imite that the Germans have an) umed the offensive in Alsace and BEGIN Popular Pon YING MO) | ce the fighting fs said to be desperate and it is reported the Germans are attacking Mulhausen, which the French took, evacuated and then recaptured. The German forces in Lorraine are belived to consist of the army lof the Saar, alded by Austrians, It} is a formidable body. A Beautiful Direct from the Front! Scenic Other Big | Changes y Moore —__—__——. NDAY MATINEE and Her Company in THE JOLLY TARS Music Extravaganza. Direct from the Front! EUROPEAN WAR PICTURES ‘10e and 20¢ Fi eatures FINDS TROUBLE UNDER HIS AUTO J. W. Donnely, an auto mechanic from the Northwest Motor Co. crawied under an auto truck at the offices of the American Express Co. last night, in an effort to detect lung trouble fn the anfmal | SHANGHAI, Aug 22— Japan's fleet and such military forces ae it considered the He didn't find the lung trouble,| capture of Kiaochau would ri but be found other trouble. A pool of gasoline ignited by a kerosene, ae a cee 4 jlantern, and {f they hadn't dragged strike promptly if a satisfac- jhim out he would have been burned |to a crisp. He ts at the city hos | pital, | MUST GET BIDS censorship ts Asa result of a kick yesterday to the park board by paving contrac- trey ene ce ects MODERNISM IS PAPAL ISSUE tory reply to the mikado’s uitl- matum to the kaiser had not been received by Sunday noon, Tokio time. more contracts without first adver- Using for bids. The complaint resulted from the) awarding of a contract to resurface) West Interlaken boulevard to E. M. Chadbourne. full of Fords, Cadillacs and taxi taba, fr ian’e exactly” 2 society |ITALY MOBILIZES | . Sy Hemy Weed crowd that goes to Clancy's after ME FE ROME, Aug. 22.—Bhe choice of a midnight Its the outpourings,| FOR HO} 8 DE NSE successor to the late Pope Pius X Mieeok "ot the senna ied oat teq| ROME, Aug. 22.—Orders for a| will binge on the question of mod- lend aed of Gaieanmene Oth «| Seneral army and navy mobiliza-/ernism, it is sald | were a fow—a very fow—who were| Um for bome defense were report-| pius was an anti-modernist young | One Iittle chit, all in red, even declares will put to shame) which arrived from Port San Luis|to her tam«o-shanter, looked scarce. and ability of any of the! ly 17. She waa drinking and dancin; to declare war, or perhaps that the | traveling roaihoon rong ag a 1 bp benfiiel olbeDe Lead try Mery : : ‘4 [with a tall, foppish Jad, much Jewelry and with his hair slicked down smooth- lly over bis forehend. They sat at the next table to us. I heard her aay something to him about going home. He sneered in his worldly wi way Hom he sald, “ts all | when rs no place else to Ko. } You stick with me, kid." | She subsided, and the next time |1 noticed them her spirits seemed She had | had several drinks in the meantime. Her face was flushed and she was |preasing it warmly against his as they wriggled to the inspiring strains of “Too Much Mustard.” It wasn't long after that before they went out together. I wondered if he had taken her home Johnny honestly tries, he says, to keep the young folke | out. And he succeeds fairly well. “It isn't the kind of a place boys and girls ought to come to,” he told me. - ° DANCING IN THE GRASS 1 must tell you another thing I have on the word of habitues of Johnny's place I didn't see this |myself. It was too chilly and foggy for such sport the morning we visit od the house. On warm nights, | am informed, the doors are left open and couples d 1 off into dark reces of the lawn, while the “professor bangs away inside. The real stuff,” I was told by a black-eyed young girl, with a peaches-and-cream complexion, with | whom I danced, “is to ‘rag’ out on the grass in your barefeet.” I expressed polite surprise and she was openly scornful “You oughta see us when we get to going,” she sald. “Some of us don't stop at our shoes and stock- ings, either.’ All this, however, fs outside of the house, and therefore outside, we surmise, of Johnny's Jurisdiction also, So, too, are the midnight swimming parties In the river, if my Informant be a truth-telling fe- male, be JOHNNY PLAYS THE HOST * Sa o I don't but was a Star man, and he laid him- self out to be nice to our party sat down with us and drink “Well,” h expr danc place.” I told place. | Afterward Johnny took us to an }upstairs parlor, with a plano In it, and personally served us some hot coffee and sandwiches. Also he know who told Johnny, bought a sald to me, wave of his arm at the what do you thing of my him it sure was SOME right| ed today drafted and signed. The| report was unconfirmed. Among the members of the sacred sai Casini dinals De Lal, Billot, Sevin and play for us |Dubiliard favor a continuation of George doesn't think much of bis| the late pontiff's policies. fod. Another group, led by Cardinals “I'm at it for elght hours or more! starr, Ferrari and Gasparri, sup- every night,” he said. “I generally get through by 4 or & o'clock, but ported a change in the direction of sometimes they stay later Clancy suggested he would be very pleased, indeed, to have me bring a party out for a chicken din ner. “Just let me know when you're coming,” he said, “and I'll have everything all ready. It won't cost you a cent.” I thought that was mighty nice of the “professor,” up to modernism Pius’ body again lay in state until 4p. m, today, when it was returned to its temporary tomb in St. Peter’s with solemn ceremonies. Anna Sarto, the late pope's sister, had completely recovered today from the physical shock of her |brother’s death. college a faction headed by Cat-| JAPAN'S FLEET AND ARMY ARE ALL READY TO: STRIKE nothing has been heard from Berlin up to today, and so far as could be learned, no prog ress has been made toward the | transfer by Germany of its | China coast possessions back to the Chinese. it was doubted here if, the Germans in Kiaochau would | make any serious resistance since they could look for no | help from home, and the “ides of holding out for long unaided was hopeless. JAP LEARNED HOW TO FIGHT FROM GERMANY The Japanese army is or ganized om the German | basi German officers have drilled the Japanese in methods of warfare; modern methods are fol- lowed and the latest me- chanical inventions are used, But nearly all am- munition and arms now from Japanese ar senais and factories. Candidate for | County Treasurer | In the Republican Pri *RTISING) } «ap Ar he found out somehow that 1! He |! with an) © Jobnny | | Y * PROTECT SEALS LUMBER BARON GETS | “SPIFFED" | } e e ss By and by we went downstairs) The ruthless slaughter of young again, and, oh, my eye! but things and female seals In the Pribilof is! had got bilions, The Lumber Baron ands, the gr t seal producing was spiflicated ab-so-lutely. The district in the world, must stop, jeirl with the dreamy eyes was S#ys Uncle Steps will be ldancing with an abandon they taken by the government to deal wouldn't stand for in darkest summarily with offenders. This ac-| Atrios tion will follow the filing of Dr. Les The Lumber Baron poured wine down inside the corsage of the dress of one of his girls—a plump one—and she told him he was no gentleman, and cried | Then we beat It. It was 4 o'clock And as we flew townward, we passed a lot of autos going out, In ithe morning I had a headache f the aystem by Bactilt living In the| Yo you know that YOGHURT is the only ee eee ee Seen polaons? | If you are a slave to your digestive! apparatus, a sufferer from liver, kidnoy, | biadder, heart, throat troubles, nervous | Aisoases, or any malady due to poor cir-| culation constipation, appendicitis, ete. write for Informatio: YOGHURT CO. |THE VIRGINUS HOTEL Virginin St, and hth Ay eattake Ay Kiliott 80% AINE, WASH | | Use Care Via | lenwt | Weekly 0 to $4.00 cated for walking and # | SQ Mr. Out-of-Town Buyer ti aig) your printing by mati FRANK P. NOLAN 1407 Fifth Ave. i Ke will save you money on an] printing orders, ter Jones’ report of conditions. He} is deputy fish commissioner and has | been cruising among the islands on| the United States fish commission's | steamer aa aie 5 9 LOOKING EM OVER Crawford E. While WASHINGTON Austin B. Grif- ry ination for the office @ tle’s chief of police, Burke, spent a Prosecuting Attorney fiths, and his son portion of yesterday inspecting the District of Columbia police depart- ment under the guidance of Major} Sylvester, superintendent of police Griffiths believes he will have to abandon his tour of Europe to in- spect police departments there, HEREDITARY DUTCH SOLDIERS FIRE ON ZEPPELIN | "Arias amereroaw:Avs...22 | For County Clerk usually active making flights | “ over Dutch territory for sever. | al days past. Yesterday a Zep- pelin was observed following the Rhine. It was fired upon | by Dutch soldiers, RUSSIANS CROSS GERMANY’S BORDER LONDON, Aug, 22 burg dispatch to th Exchange Tel- egraph Co, says official announce. | ment has been made that the Rus sian army is now advancing along the Austro-German border, success fully maintaining the every point where met (Paid Advertisement) THE OFFICE SHOULD NOT BE 22 AMSTERDAM, Aug, A St. Peters. offensive resistance 18 Restaurants are going to charge war prices; if it works as in war we'll take what we want and pay | Candidate nothing. ROBERT A. TRIPPLE for the Republica Nomination | CD SEER _SSLBABELE BSSE_ SF BRSATSEES wees £2 ES. Se, LE STEERS FF a3 LI ‘Seed! | pemeimiidige is ticles ——<_ | SRIy SOFSZees er