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

| Our Silly, silly School Board! and lack of un-American institutions, of HE SEATTLE BOARD OF EDUCATION has decreed that the children shall not debate the Single tax theory. Whether you believe or disbelieve in single tax is aside from the question. No man, or Set of men, official or non-official, has the right to put a padlock on the lips of the growing genera- i they may or may not d cuss. They have not the right to limit or re- strict the free search for the truth. Both the fed- eral and state constifutions, the fundamental law of the land, guarantee and safeguard’ liberty of speech, liberty of the press and liberty of thought. But another step, and these self- -appointed czars can dictate the kind of religious views that each pupil may or may not adopt. The only for it, and the only way to search for it is by free | demonstrates the grossest ignorance discussion, the exchange of opinions, and the un- sense on their part, but it is rankly hampered exercise of reason. and repugnant to the spirit of our If single tax is a fallacy, surely free debate can penile the lettes Of our law » and S iret weet ; ' P the sacred traditions of the republic. point out its fallacy. If it is logical and sound, When Henry Ward her it should and will prevail. There is no safety in ured for permitting Ingersoll to occupy darkness he replied, “If Christianity true, it } harmed by any criticism.’ violative Wa hi will en- pulpit, not be Bee once PARIS, SEPT. 12.—“THE GERMANS ARE IN FULL RETREAT FROM THE RIVERS OISE AND MARNE,” WAS THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT POSTED HERE THIS AFTERNOON. “THE BRITISH AND FRENCH ARE IN HOT PURSUIT. APPARENTLY THE ARMY IS GREATLY WEAKENED. THEIR RESIST- ANCE IS DIMINISHING. “THEY ARE RETIRING ALONG THE SOISSONS- FISILES-RHEIMS ROAD. THEIR CAVALRY WAS GREATLY EXHAUSTED. THEIR RETIREMENT WAS SO HASTY THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO ABAN- DON MUCH WAR MATERIAL.” i} By Karl H. Von Wiegand } AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, Germany, Aug. ‘(By Sourier to New York, via Rotterdam to Escape British ‘|Censorship.)—America has not the faintest realization \/of the terrible carnage going on in Europe. She cannot {|realize the determination of Germany, all Germany— {|men, women and children—in this war. The German } empire is like one man. And that man’s motto is “Vatere Be Oder Tod!” (Fatherland or Death). Here in the German field headquarters, where every ‘aes on the great chess board of Belgium and France jis analyzed, the German side of the war to date is ree |ferred t to as the greatest offensive movement in the his- AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST.— ably fair tonight and Sunda the w, m., cheerfully. But we've got no use for that word “probably.” TheSe attle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, “Prob- 1914. ONE CENT ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS, be VOLUME 16. NO. 171. LINE, ON 75 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL the proposed deal is the most preposterous laugh at you if you ANY SUGGESTION THAT THE CITY CANRUN THE RENTON LINE, OR ANY OTHER RECEIPTS, 18 BUNK — PURE BUNK. The tong and short of the whole Renton matter is that business proposition ever made to a sane person. The grocer, the clothier, the baker, and the candiestick-maker would tied him down to an agreement of that kind. There are mighty few businesses that make a clear profit of 20 to 25 per cent. And that’s what the Renton line must pay If the city should take It over at the terms suggested. NO STREET RAILWAY IN THE WORLD I8 MAK- ING SUCH A PHENOMENAL MARGIN OF PROFIT. THE MUNICIPAL GEARY STREET RAILWAY, IN SAN FRANCISCO, ONE OF THE BEST-PAYING LINES DS THE COUNTRY, AND OPERATING UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, 18 RUN AT A COST OF 85 PER CENT OF THE GROSS 8. THE PUGET SOUND TRACTION, LIGHT & POWER CO,, PROFITABLE AS THAT SYSTEM I8, 1S FAR FROM EARNING 25 PER CENT PROF- ORTS MADE TO EX-MAYOR COTTERILL SHOW THE RENTON LINE HAS BEEN OPERATED AT A COST OF 91 PER CENT. To tle the city’s re by such an iniquitous and highway-robbery arrangement is nothing short of a crime. It will not help Rainier valley in the least. it will add of the whole city, And it will fail in th tial purpose of municipal ownership—better service and ch eaper rates. 9 | IC \C BRITISH WOMEN WITH BABES IN ARMS MARCH BESIDE HUSBANDS WHEN SECOND RESERVISTS ARE CALLED TO HELP FIGHT GERMANS| 5.R.&5.C0. DEAL UP > TOVOTER tz is : 3 : at tl Ing of the Co: day afternoon, against the coun- aire purchase of the 6. R. & &. cariine. Erickson cited the reports of ex- cae engineers, representing var- interests, and all - were anes that the Renton line cou! be for $800,000. \ “But their demands are now intolerable. The price of $1,600,000 is highway robbery. And I am now opposed to paying them any tribute whatever. I want to say that from now on, I shall oppose any plan that will give the owners of the Renton line one cent more than the line is worth.” Erickson also cited a report made by Councilman Cooley early in the From a eeeren Sent From Paris by War Correspondent Burton. T hese Reservists Are Middie-Aged Men—That Is, From 35 to 40 Years. Note the Women Marchin 9 With Their Hust bande year, in which the latter declared the Renton line wasn't worth over $700,000, He showed that with the payment of interest, the cost of im- provements and other expensos, the Renton line wotild cost the city be-| Se tween $2,500,000 and 83,000,000, in-| stead of $1,600,000 Erickson warned the people of| KAISER’S MEN Before a married man in Canada can enlist for the war, he must show the written consent of his wife. 1 wish the rule were universal! As the equal part In civilization’s finest unit, the home, wife should have the power of veto upon war; for unless war m better and safer home it ought not to be. in not one of the countries at war do women vote. Though they are war's chief burden-bearers, they have not only had no voice in starting the war—most of the men involved had none, —but they will be equally ignored when it comes time to fix up a pi A fine mess the men have made of things over in Europe, haven't hey? “ . It can’t be helped now, till the war heat is over. But it will be very strange, indeed, if the women of Europe shall not in a near time insist upon an arrangement like that of Canada. the! sa Seattle that they will be called upon|g to pay about $50,000 a year out of general taxes to defray the cost of the city’s running the Renton line under the proposed terms. He said) it was impossible to run the line out! ot 75 percent of the gross receipts. | WIPE OUT 3 GENERATIONS AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12.— The Dutch illustrated week- ly newspa Het Leven, prints a narrative by the Dutch writer, Or, Lamberts- Hurrelbrink of Maastricht. The story begins with the Francoierman war of 1870, and concerns a farmer's fam- fly named Hanff, then living in Alsace. When the Germans in- vaded Alsace they plundered Hauff's farm Hauff shot a couple of them and was shot himself, His wife found her little A Thrilling Story of What War Means to Woman and the Home. ‘The Inte Baroness Bertha Van Sutt ner stirred the civilized world with her At the reqaest of the American Peace toctety | first chapter. the it be. ‘published in The Star fro m day to day during the next two weeks By Baroncss. Bertha Von Suttner PURSUE GERMANS LONDON, Sept. 12—The official war information bureau today is-| the following statement: he British continue the pur- suit of the Germans in Northeast- ern France, forcing them back to- wards Rheims. They are rushing the enemy very fast and taking many prisoners. “The ailies’ cavairy is re- iy Friday * night: FS aos Solesens and Fiumes, on the Vosle river, “The enemy {s also reported re- treating north of Vitry Le Fran-/ cols and the third French army has taken all the artillery of one Ger corps. Our aeroplanes report the retreat is very rapid. ‘The allies are exerting powerful Pressure at the western end of German right, thus correspondingly weakening the kalser's center. CHIEF STOLE MYB.V.D. SUIT, HE TELLS COPS 7 It doesn’t do to make accusations | against the police. James A. Fry tod of Police Austin E. Grfffiths of wear ing both suits of his underwear, And now Fry is in jail He was sent to the police station | several days ago, and booked on an/| insanity charge, But today the doc- tors decided he was cured and or- dered him released. Desk Sergt. Smith handed him his | effects, “Where's the rest?" demanded | Fry. "You've got a ult of my clothes and two suits of underwear. Chief Griffiths wore one last week and got it dirty. Now he's wearing the other,” “He's still nuts,” decided the ser- geant, and sent him back to jail WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Be- cause of opposition to the proposed | war tax on freight, Rep. 01 derwood announced today hat® oe would not introduce the war tax bill in the house until President Wilson returns to Washington and approves the measure. The presi-| dent will return Tuesday accused Chief | Famous Austrian jer and Peace A dvocate, and tn 1905 Winner of the Nobel | Pence Prise, Still I recollect it was 2 good) A consequence the red-bound book | time, a kind of fairy dream. I had,|of lamentation remained empty for indeed, everything the heart of a/a long time. young woman could wish; love,| Stop! here I find a Joyous entry wealth, rank, fortune, and most of —Raptures over the new dignity of {t so new, so surprising, so incred- motherhood. On the 1st of January, thle! 1859 (was not that a New Year's ye vi ol my Arno) ® t?), a little son was born to us. shige er Mag with al the fire! Ofcourse, this event awakened in of our youth, abounding, as it was,|U8@8 much astonishment and pride 7 as if we were the first pair to which ONLY THE OTHER DAY WE read of German victories in France and Russian victories In Prussia. — | Today we read of German de-| feats in France and Russian de- feats in Prussia. This can mean but one thing: | That the kaiser has weakened his | forces in France to strengthen |those in Prussia. The allies’ left |tory of modern warfare. This city is just behind the apex of a wonderful triangle. This triangle is formed by the German offensive lines closing in on the British-French-Belgian lines. It has moved with relentless swiftness, hammering at every point, as it drove the allied armies south ‘and west jtoward Paris. Yet no one here knows whether Paris really is the bjective. Big Guns Shatter Nerves The German offensive plans were well laid. No army that ever took the field was mobile. Thousands of army automobiles have been in use. regiment has its supply: The highways were mapped nee... There. crossroad that was.not known. Even the trifling br been located. Nothing had been left to chance, and the advance. guard was accompanied by enormous automobiles, filled with corps of sappers, who carried bridge and road building materials. How well this worked out is shown when Namur, which it was boasted would resist for months, fell in two days. The terrible-work of these great Krupp weapons, whose existence had been kept secret, is hard to realize. One shot from one of them went through what was considered an impregnable wall of concrete and armored steel at Mamur, nd killed 150 men Aside from the effectiveness of these terrible weapons, Belgian prisoners with whom I have talked here—men who were in the Namur forts—declare their fire absolutely shat- ters the nerves of the defenders, whose guns have not suffi-_ cient range to reach them Tells Story of Fighting This city is one of the principal centers for the wounded. |The losses, according to the wounded of both sides, are ap- palling. This is admitted to be the casé on the German side, as the Germans are constantly on the offensive and have refused to wait to besiege entrenched positions, but have taken them by direct charges, Trainload after trainload of wounded passes through here. 0 | Prisoners as well as German wounded are sent to the concen- tration camps and later the German wounded are sent home to get ready for further service. Although lists of dead are published, the last one filling three and one-half pages of a newspaper in small type, there are not even approximate figures obtainable as yet of the number of German dead. Describing the fighting, one wounded soldier said to me: “It was indescribable carnage. We met hand-to-hand. It was bayonet to bayonet, rifles clubbed, automatic pistols and swords. The dead were piled like barricades everywhere. Blood ran like brooks. “It seemed like a horrible nightmare. Here and there in the pile of mutilated corpses, a hand would move or a leg twitch convulsively. A mass of bloody flesh that once was a man would murmur for water. But there was no time to aid. We had to fight until we won. Then we tried to save life. But it was usually too late.” Spend Five Minutes Here Every Day and You'll Know All About the European War! kaiser’s plan to have the right wing make a juncture with the left and center at Provins to complete the enveloping movement. But the right wing moved too swiftly, It got there first. Driv ing down from the north, it crossed the Marne to join the Germans |coming from the east. But the Germans did not come door into France from the east, an alternative to the unfortunately- chosen route through Belgium. Verdun is one of the strongest fortresses in Northern Francs, on the line from Metz to Paris, Num- erous forts guard all approaches from the frontier. The city is en- tirely surrounded by bastions with four gates. There are 16 forts and Bon Marche’s Fall Windows Ready Tonight The Bon Marche will hold its autumn fashion display Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. For the benefit of the Saturday night crowds, the window displays will be ready this eve- ning. Complete details will be found in their ad on page 8 in today’s paper. in life and scenes of beauty And it #0 happened that my dat- ling hussar was besides a worthy, good-hearted, noble-minded young gentleman, with the education of a man of the world and a cheerful temper—{t happened so; for he might as well, for anything that the ball at Martenbad could testify to the contrary, have been a vicious, rough man—and as it happened also 1 was a moderately sensible, good-hearted creature; for he, might just at the gald ball have | ues, fallen in love with a pretty, capric-| day lous little goose. | The czar's forces are ready for| Paris from the ‘And so it came about that we'their march on Breslau, it ts were completely happy, and that as added. IT WAS 20 smatier fortifications within a radius of abeut eight and a half miles. from the east. They were checked in the Cataluanian fields district, |where Attila and his Huns met defeat in the fifth century. The speedy right wing was iso- |lated. Then did Gen. Gallieni, the |military governor of wisely. He loosed the garri Paris on the German right wing, anything of the kind had happened; | wing now, for the first time, out: and this accounts also for the re-| numbers the German right wing. sumption of the diary The allies must be given credit Of this wonder, and of this dig-|¢or good stra nity of mine, the world of the fu-| right wing | (Continued on Page 7.) land broken u RUSS FORCES TO [fre“iystery ‘ts aiven in the rows ATTACK BRESLA and it fell upon the German flank | that the German right wing had |reached Provins before Its repuls PETROGRAD, Sept. 12—The| Provins is 50 miles southeast of |and drove It back and back. Russian general advance contin-| Paris. It dominates the highways| Now the German right wing is 50 asserted the war office to-|which the German left and center|miles northeast. of Paris, near |would have used in enveloping | Solssons. south, ard OBVIOUSLY THE boy weeping over the body of his father. “Mamma,” said the boy, “when I have grown up I will shoot the Germans who killed father.” Mme. Hauff settled near Vise. Her son married and had two sons When the Germans came into Vise the other day Fe mer Hauff shot one of the Germans bundled the far- mer and his two sons out side, placed all against a wall, and shot them, o- THE RUSSIANS ARE RE- treating in Prussia, and Berlin pre- dicts a speedy raising of the Rus- jsian siege of the East Prussian city of Konigsberg. Russia continues —_ successful against the Austrians, and St. Petersburg hints that, while the army of the north remains on the . |defensive for the present, another THE GERMAN ATTACK ON | Russian force will march upon Ber Verdun was an attempt to open the! lin from a different quarter.