The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 24, 1914, Page 1

YOUNG FOLKS out on a joyride? one evening to find out. For spooning, he says, BLUE-STOCKING “blue-stocking” folks do it. JOSH WISE SAYS: Th’ grand Jury hae indicted i > Star Man Tells of Battlefields in American Melting Pot Being Put to Its Severest HEP, HEP, HEP! LONDON Test, Says Boalt, After Visit to Japanese Newspaper Office. By Fred L. Boalt The American Experiment is being put to its severest test. We take the people of all nations, put them in a pot, stir them ‘round with a big spoon, and—they come out Americans! Japan has declared war against Germany. Nip- pon joins with Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Portu- | al and Servia against the Dual Alliance. Tomorrow | taly may be involved. | KIDS PLAY AT MA And we have in this country good Americans who were once Englishmen, Frenchmen, ly Russians, Austrians, Servians, Portuguese, Italians Japanese. The editor of “The North American Times,” a Japanese daily pub-| Niehed in Seattic, was ail smiles this morning. Smiling, too, were the members of his staff. ‘ The editor had just received a cablegram from Tokio. it sald that not only had the American embassador at Tokio tak: o the affairs of the German embassy, but the United States had also accept: td the responsibility of protecting Japanese interests in Bertin. “That,” said the editor, “ie good news.” ‘The cub reporter said he hoped Japan would lick the everiasting Btuffing—! do not pretend to quote his worde—out of Germany. But ~ rns S. shook their heads and spoke sadly of horrors of w: cost and True, crowds are on the sidewalk In front of that newspaper of- fice today reading the bulletins, the lines of which run from top to bot- tom and from right to left. But they are not at al! like the Tokio crowd described in another cablegram received by the editor today, which states that “at noon) today big crowds assembied in front of foreign department and cheered | lustily with many banzais.” No banzais were shouted by the Seattle crowds of Japanese. ereee 1 know a clever little watchmaker who, as he put a new crystal in my watch this morning, explained, while his face glowed with pat-) riotic ardor, how the Japenese would compe! the acuation by the! Germans of Kiauchou, and why, in his opinion, any ought never to have been permitted to secure that foothold in the Orient. —group of boys, engulfed by the wart A wave, marching through Whitehall. Note the dinner-pail drum. | > e@ bert Fridman fra mig \ The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Prin edachegirce!t VOLUME 16. NO, 154, ” SEATTLE, WASH. MONDAY AUGUST 24, 4; Where do they go? What do they do? Robert Rounder went in his article today on page 3, nothing can beat the hooded tonneau of an automobile, hidden away in a dense wood. This is the way Seattle’s perfectly respectable Mr. Rounder’s next article, which will appear in The Star tomorrow, will describe a Sunday picnic at Fortuna park, Lake Washington. But read what happened to Mr. Rounder on his | The Seattle Star the News N oO ONE CENT Human Side Belgium; Japan at War With Germany ACHING OFF TO BATTLE| =—3s # ] But his employer, an aged, thoughtful man, reminded him that wars! i} are costly, that the people of Japan are poor. } Noontimes | eat in the restaurant annex of a di atessen shop.) The proprietor, a German, has a bosom friend who is a Frenchman. S ILL | | Both are young men. At least they would do for the reserves. | | | But they will not enlist. And their friendship has not cooled, OCCUPIED BY Whereupon the Frenchman cries out that his friend owes him no/ OR DIED. BUT HE WAS AS A BROTHER TO ME.” prevent the German flag from fiy- Maj. Nameche, commanding the! “WHEN OUR BABY WAS BORN,” SAYS THE GERMAN, “DID NOT HE”"—MEANING THE FRENCHMAN—“SEND FLOWERS TO, titude, but, rather, that the debt his. — ti “FOR,” HE EXPLAINS, “WHEN | WAS SICK AND IN THE HOS-| ROTTERDAM, Aug. 24—Except Ing over Its ruins, all advices re- ERMAN PUBLIC ceived here today agree that the Chaudefontaine defense, was said to have perished when he himself | exploded his magazine. | Germans have been withdrawn ————— THE HOUSE? AND IS HE NOT GODFATHER TO MY CHILD? AND! PITAL HE CAME TO SEE ME EVERY DAY, AND BROUGHT FROM |for the Chaudefontaine fort at forts, both at Liege and at Namur, to such an extent from Northern | a - BRUSSELS DID HE NOT LEND ME MONEY WITHOUT SECURITY ONCE WHEN | TIMES WERE HARD AND | WAS IN DANGER OF LOSING MY BUSINESS? DO YOU THINK | WOULD SHOOT MY FRIEND? | HE SHOP SUCH GOOD DISHES AS THE DOCTOR SAID | MIGHT TAT DURING CONVALESCENCE. | WAS A STRANGER, TN Neen co mg be Saacskonr eter WITHOUT KIN; AND NO ONE ELSE CARED WHETHER | LIVED blown up by its own commander to till held by the Belgians. Belgium that trains are running between Antwerp and Dutch Lim-| burg. It Is conjectured here that every | Javailable German has been with-| {drawn from the north for the harder fighting In the vicinity of | Charleroi. | - | ARMY GRABS EDITOR’S COW men of Japan Into the conflict B shows that the allies are not Count J H. peer, Gaynen | confident regarding the out ambassador to the United | ¢q, States, arrived here today on | terdam from Hol- ee er freely of the and that Gen, Von Emmich is | European war. | dead are faise. The latter is | “From emperor to laborer,” | alive, but is suffering from a | he said, “Germany is ready to wound in the leg. defend itself against the unwar- | “When this war is over Japan ranted attack of Great Britain, | will be supreme in the Pacific. France and Russia, And the | he took advantage of the Germans are confident of vic: | present situation to strike a | | | NEW YORK, Aug. 24— “Reports that the German crown prince has been wounded follows, (See map above.) The German army in Belgium, known as the army of the Meus! whelming burst across the French border in the direction of Pari nouncements of defea Belgian border of France. blow which will result In her su- | (see map). That army, known as the army of the Moselle, will | army has it raging. Ho drinks no milk, The army does. ‘WINS VICTORY ALREADY ATIT Let me now rise in defense of an infant industry. I am not a It will be noticed that, despite all a this German army, 300,000 or, perhaps, 400,000 strong, is gradually nearing the CLOSES ’EM UP Anxiety concerning the where- crown prince's army is have to buy a pair of suspenders to keep your clothes on while you carry q hl cidiiininhasuidindaStBdlts i ibid i icles A AINA i es i eins Ss isso Mark Hanna protectionist, elther. EET WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The| LONDON, Aug. 24.—Varlous un Pacific coast banks are ar cine tesy hein good ona, at] WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The|German embassy here announced confirmed reports concerning naval rH posters plage ae teakes, is largely 0 joke 4 German wireless station at Tucker-|today that it had received the fol- br araaiay Rap aarcmnt, Dery, ° They say they have plenty of gold, but In war times, the people |ton, N. Ju wan ordered closed bY | lowing message from Berlin via) Ono is that Japanese warships are tempted to hoard gold. You see, if the war creates a Juicy premium pet Ss the station had been {Wireless at Sayville, L. I. are already bombarding Tsing on gold, the banks will have gold and the folks won't. The difference |” erated contrary to “nettrality “The German crown prince's | ‘Tehau and that transports had is only one between the folks’ stockings and the bankers’ vaults awe P | army won a decisive victory north- janded troops to attack the city on But I'm not uneasy on that account. Our loyalty to metal money | ~ west of Diedenhofen, near Metz, the land side. ‘ oi elf, | would re lover five French army corps. A her has been very largely based on sentiment. For mys | nother had it that four Danish fard greenback» much more convenient to handle if 1 had a lot] FEAR FOR JAPS | the retreat of the Southern vossels had been blown up. by of money, and they are backed by all that Uncle Sam has got French wing on Verdu was cut off. mines and that the crew of one of But think what a terrible blow has been struck to the infant in | The French retreated to the River thom was lost, dustty of manufacturing suspenders. Get a gold coin changed and you WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.— Of none of these reports was there definite confirmation, “ rf ” “J | 7 Ne if your change be abouts of the Berlin staff of the | chasing the French, and has taken) —. —— home the “hardware” you get as change Not #0 | Japanese embassy was ex- |a number of prisoners. The 1° ee oiexpect to hear soon that my friend of tileage grabbing fame, Will| pressed at the Japanese em- | French no longer are able to face| A STAR WANT AD will £. Humphrey, will make a speech to protect the suspender industry, | bassy here ithe terrible fire of the Germans,” sell it quickly, 1S THIS GERMANY’S PLAN OF ATTACK ON PARIS? The movements, skirmishes and feints by the German army are explained by one military student as In the meantime the bulk of the German army ie in the duchy of Luxemburg, perhaps 500,000 all told burst overwhelmingly, irresistible as a AND STEEL. “Othe calling of the Yellow premacy.” tidal wave, across into French territory, moving ina straight line for Paris. | PARIS, France, Aug The steadfastness of purpose of these two armies Is expected by the Germans to be so great and on. cae oe iM its march so straight that they will Joln in one grand army Inside of France—one grand army of 800,000 James Gordon Bennett, owner | men! and editor of the New York Note the triangle In the map. From Its point clear back, as it widens, to Liege and Luxemburg, IT Herald, had one. He would |WILL BE ALMOST ONE SOLID MASS OF FIGHTING MAN, STEED drink the milk from no other That is the German plan—the tidal-wave plan, with the whole ocean of the German empire behind it. animal. When he coursed over | - 2 eae 2enen German empire the seas in his great yacht, the cow went along. It will go no more. The Editor Bennett ts | WILSON PULLS FOR SHIP BILL WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Pres!- |dent Wilson told callers today he | expects the bill for government pur- |chase of merchant vessels will be passed by congress within two weeks. | He said the fleet was Intended largely to develop new trade, and did not think it would discourage | private enterprise. WILL ARRAIGN MURPHY Pat Murphy, suspected of being the prisoner who kicked John Al len in the receiving cell of the city jail Friday night, will tell his ver sion of the affair in police court this afternoon, | Belgian Farmers Set Fire to | The ride to LOUVAIN began to tell me how very terrible this Comet = cri AST EDITION Wouldn't you be horribly disap- pointed if you found anything new in thie space? Cheer up—there’s no change. Fair tonight and Tuesday. KWe BTAN De N_FHAINS Star Correspondent Visits the Heart of War | Zone; Mixes With People and Tells How They Live Through It—Incidents of Street, Shop, Cale and Homes. By H. P. Burton, j LONDON, Eng., Aug. 24.—What is the actual | hting like in the very heart of the great European war: What is there to be seen in the villages, along the | roads, in the fields? How do the people in the homes, | in the streets, in the country places take it? | I am just a plain American citizen who has never seen war! I have always lived in the peace of Cleve- land, Ohio, mostly, and in Chicago and New York. | Could I not go to this scene of horror and devas- |tation and tell the folks at home, my country people, something definite, something of human interest, | something that would interest them more than the dull, |heavy mass of cable dispatches about fighting, skir mishes, bao Som pre any | and the like? Could I, whe had always where there was peace, not tell them just how terrible this war is? : I said I'd try. nai ett ites ail a _.._ Sol went to BELGIUM and now I am just b in London to cable exactly what I saw. In performing my task I succeeded in penetrating |to within a dozen miles of LIEGE, to a point where the sky was alight with fire, the air acrid with powder and the whole arch of the heaven reverberating with he thunderclap of cannon. Tt had been easy to reach Brussels. I rafled from FOLKESTONE, England, to OSTEND, the famous resort on the Belgian coast. The trip to BRUSSELS through the marshlands was uneventful, tho train but ten minutes late. | But in BRUSSELS | began to notice the first active signs of war raging so terribly from LIEGE westward. The great Palace hotel at BRUSSELS had already been turned tnto an immense hospital and big Red Cross signs were painted In every window. I was at once sent to the bureau of the gendarmerie, on Boulevard Waterloo, to declare myself, and there I requested a pass to LIEGE. “How shall I get to the front?" I asked a sergeant. “Automobiles are fifty dollars a day.” “The trains are still running,” he laughed. “The Germans cant hurt us; Belgium is still the greatest summer resort in the world!” Wheat So I bought a second-class ticket to LOUVAIN, fifteen miles away, then still the seat of thetBelgian army. Biott European war is going to be. Everywhere I saw farmers setting fire to their ripening wheat fields so the hated Germans could get no food —could get not even a dry kernel of hunger-satisfying wheat. Belgian, French and English flags decorated all houses and groupe of Belgian peasants stood at every corner discussing “the terrible war.” Just outside LOUVAIN the train suddenly came to a stand- still and a squad of Belgian cavairy came along guarding several Uhlans, German cavalrymen, who were laughing and joking with their captors while cigarets hung impudently from their | lips. The Uhlan’s uniform is a dusty green so that they melt into the landscape and are bad targets for the enemy. Sees German Aeroplane in Sky At LOUVAIN the streets were fairly choked with soldiers. They marched along the sidewalks, drank before the cafes, played checkers on the curbs or dashed about in automobiles, but everywhere children were running and playing as . usual, and pretty milliners | stood in doorways waiting for some one to buy the hats they had im tended to sell to the American tourists this summer. | While waiting for my passport to be examined before proceeding | to TIRLEMONT, I noticed a black speck in the sky, It slowly grew into |a giant aeroplane. There was a general rush into the streets and cries “Cest un aeroplane allemand!” (It is a German aeroplane.) Then followed a subdued hush the winged cruiser hung (Continued on page 2.) GERMANS PIERCE ALLIES’ DEFENSE, ENGLAND ADMITS LONDON, Aug. 24.—That the Germans in Belgium have broken the first line of the al- lies’ defense was announced by the official war information bu- reau tonight. | 8 gathering momentum for an over- | Audenarde to Brussels to Mons to Namur, The heaviest fighting is half way between Brussels and Mons, | If the Germans should be beaten, experts say they will be in danger of having their column cut fn two. As a result it Is stated the withdrawal had become neces- sary of a part of the allies’ forces to their original position on the French frontier. It was explained that this withdrawal was in accordance with prearranged plans, and was for strategic reasons. The war office here declared the outcome of the battle prob- ably will mot be known for days. Experts here agree that should the Germans be defeated they will fensive, French Forces Fall Back ‘The German army in Luxumburg |has also assumed the offensive. In Alsace the war office says the French are holding their own, the Germans having been repulsed at Mulhausen. This was the conflict’s third day, There were points where the allies’ defensive wall had been broken, but reinforcements, rushed forward at top speed, had invariably filled up these gaps. Germans In Great Strength The Germans are tn enormous lhave to fight hereafter on the de-| strength, however, and experts sald nearly 1,000,000 reserves were be- The fighting was like a “Z," from' hind the kaiser's three main armies ‘