The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 29, 1914, Page 1

“So far Soy Bean le th’ only soda water stool.” Black D >>d>¢eC¢¢ REPORT ALLIES WEAKENING! PPP PPP PLLA PLL PLL LL DAL PAPA PDP DS The Seattle Star nly Paper in Seattle That D gymnast in BeeleyspoR who kin | Balance hisself gracefully on @ The O . Besece : 1 j Any one having the impree eton that Germany hae the me Jority of her avaliable men on the battlefield now is badly mie- taken, according to Mrs. Eugene Pfeffer, proprietor of Mrs. Pfef- fore bakery, 1513 First av. She has just returned from Germany, where she heard the eannone roar and saw hundreds ef wounded. After the war started there were 1,200,000 free enlisters, who offered their services, and were refused by the government, she says, because there were men enough in the rae ee ‘There are many more besides, thousands— declares — countless eager to fight. Take Only Trained Men ‘Mrs. Pfeffer has a 23-year-old son- inlaw, a student, who has not yet entered his required period of mili tary training, because he wished “first to complete his studies. Now be is anxious to get into the but cannot, because he lacks this training and because the mill- tary authorities are as yet accept ‘only trained men for service. Wwerybody in Germany, from com non people to high officials, ts de termined to win or to fight as long gs there ie a pemmy in the country or a drop of blood left, is her state- ment. Mrs. Pfeffer was at Rottenburg, a miles from Stuttgart, when war declared. At Rottenburg her her-inlaw publishes a newspa- leopie Couldn't Believe It "There was fearful excitement the tt day or two,” she said today. e war came so suddenly it fairly the people's breath. The pop did not want war. They could lieve there would be war erywhere prevails the feeling ‘that Germany is bound to win.” Mrs. Ptetfer declares the Amer in the country were accorded best of treatment. She was with “gesroup of Americans that left Ger- e y on & special train. “Germany has food enough to last year, at least. Her crops were ested as usual this year, al- igh most of the harvest hands at war. “City folks turned out and helped I saw a school teacher with 15 ‘ABINET MEETS BUCHAREST, Sept. 29.—King today called a special cab- {net meeting for Wednesday to set- tle the question of Roumanian par- ticipation in the wa:. | land, en route home. ermany’s Just || pginning,Says i Seattle Woman Young boy students at work in one field.” Hears Roar of Cannon Mrs. Pfeffer heard the roar of cannon at Mulhausen and saw four trainloads of French, German and/ English wounded. “Stuttgart was converted into an immense hospital,” she said. “The wounded were everywhere. All the big buildings of the city were hos- pitals. At every large station along; the railroad a force of Red Cross attendants was ready with tea, cof- fee, milk, checolate, sandwiches and tobaceo. The badly wounded were rushed to the hospitals; the slightly wounded ministered to on the spot, and in some cases return-/| ed immediately to the battlefield.” | Says Engiand Taunts Men Mrs. Prefter passed through Eng- She de England ts employ- ing desperate tactics to get men to enliat. “Why don't you enlist in the You will get good things to/ Ww posted on a Also the announcement that em-| ployers wouldjjsummarily dismiss single men employes if they refus- ed to enlist. Mrs. Pfeffer arrived in Germany from Seattle on a visit July 25, She was in the country a month. i VOLUME 16. NO. 185. >PI.ECE ares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914. at PME yrpdearnpr tii ts RS, eae This is Mother Ryther’s home for destitute working mothers and their children. The health department has taken away Mother Ryther’s permit and had her arrested for run- ning the home without one. The health department wants to close the home. A lot of other people want it kept open. Star on page 4. readers tell what they think of Mother Ryther and her home BOB HODGE’S | SON IS JAILED AS SPEEDER | Willlam Hodge, son of Bob e ys in the elty jail, dating from to- day, because he speeded his motorcycle, His father will | pay for him a $100 fine, levied | by Police Judge Gordon today. | His father, however, will take mn from Judge Gordon’s | jail sentence | Following ® conference with| Hodge, jr., soon after sentence was | passed, Hodge, sr., told his son he| agreed with the judge, that he was | | speeding, and that the five days would be a fine lesson to him | The speeding occurred on Mad-| ison st, Officer Dickenson ap-| | had occasion to visit Chinatown yesterday. As you know, there had been a murder there, and police and detectives and federal immi- be gration officials were busy The Chin equally bus: thing else except the murder, and it European war with one very intellig was called the mayor of Chinatown. “Me Chinee heathien. heathien and 6 Chlistian want d not civilized like Chlistia with velly low-down god, says Chi “Me low-down heathien Chin In Chiistian God's name. Women, baby Chiietiant Hee kind: good for Chlistians. No s e Chinee god out be, when Chiistian men and boys all kill and give Chinee g eping mum. They'd talk Chlistian no likee Chin: nd much yen and player making Chinee Chiistian. Muchee men killed by big guns, little guns. | in their effort to locate the culprit. was my good fortune to discuss the jent old Chinaman, who, at one time, He smiled as he said: No likee of Chinee countly velly bad, Chinee | but just velly heathien, velly low-down, n. | Chlistians making muchee war | blow up by bombs. Chistian God | em good for Chinee heathien. May- each other plenty muchee, “kidding” me. peared against young Hodge. At the close of the morning ses sion of court the young man asked | Judge Gordon if he might take an appeal, and the judge told him to go al , but advised against his notifying Hodge, er. “I'm afraid he'd spank you,” aid the court. However, Hodge, sr, Was summoned, and a confer ence between son and father en ned, When it ended young Hodge was taken under the bailiffs care and led away to Jail. | FLIES BOTHER BRITISH ARMY FRENCH SAYS LONDON, . .- | third report of the progr the battie of the Alsne EVERETT MAN IS CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR 7 | | OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 29.— W. W. Black of Everett has been nominated for the U. 8. s on the democratic tick- et by a lead of 15 first and sec- ond cholee votes over George Turner of Spokane, Not until today, when the of- ficlal canvassing board met, hae the result been definitely known, though the primary election was held three weeks 90. The total first and second choice vote received by Black is official ly given out as 12,550, ner’s combined vote is 12, 5. The canvassing board also offi | clally decided the progressive nom |{nation for the house of represent |atives in the second congressional | district in favor of State Senator . fur- nished by Field Marshal Sir John French ce the start of that engagement, under date John E. Campbell of Everett, who of September 24, was le leads W. J. Biggar of Bellingham public by the official presse bu- by 299 votes, counting both first reau last night. The report and second choice. says In part: “For four days there has been a lull along the front, accompanied by a period of fine weather. The e ‘ALL HANDS SAFE result of the sunshine is the r a lease of millions of flies held tor-| ay) hands on bos d ard th ‘ates pid by the cold. Reinforcements | revenue cutter Tahoma have feo have arrived and were sent to the| saved, according t front immediately and several! save teeuived to | sage recetved toda units received their baptism of fire| punwoody, of during the week. A 0 & wireless mes ay by Capt. FM the local revenue ir cutter department, from Unalaska ‘On Tuesday, Sept. 22, recon- A report from the steamer Cor- noitering parties sent out discov-| goya y yesterday, however, says the ered that the Germans had aban-| vessel, which was stranded on a doned many trenches, leaving dead| reef ‘on the Western Aleutl, and wounded and a quantity of|isiands, is a total loss os arms, All over ‘no man’s land,’ be-| si te ON tween the lines, bodies of dead} Germans are lying where they fait | FOUR MORE SUNK at different times during the long) 1 Knox gan LONDON, Sep the German cruiser Emden, in Indian ocean, of four more battle.” British steamships, was admitted LONDON, Sept, -29.—-A message} by the war information bureau to. to the Exchange Telegraph Co. from | day. The vessels sent to the bottom Budapest, via Rome, says 15 new cases of Asiatic cholera have broken’ were, the Tumertc, King Lud, Li- 9—The sinking | by the } out in the military hospital there, beria and Foyle, while Tur. | ONE CENT ‘§ DN | Chorus Dead BANK ROBBER “DISCOVERED WITH WOMAN The arrest is momentarily expected today of the “nitro- Glycerine bandit” who held up Paying Teller Walter A. Heath of the Bank of California and secured $1,500 during business hours on September 19. A trail of gold led to the bandit’e hiding place. Yest tant Prosecuting At: | | furnished by Manager Thayer of the Burns detective agency. on information The money which the robber compelled Heath to hand through the bank window, under threat of dropping the bottle which he satd contained nitroglycerine, in the event of refusal, was all in gold, | And the robber has been spending |gold lavishly in his flight He is accompanied by a woman The bandit'’s name is withheld, as is also his exact whereabouts He is under survefllance in a Mon | tana town, “We know where he is and can put our hands on him at any time,” said Thayer today The delay in making the arrest is said to be due to the time re jquired to get extradition papers | prepared | The man fs described as six feet \tall and having bulging eyes. He lhad been around Seattle two years {before pulling off the robbery of \the Bank of California | BURGOMASTER | IS LOCKED UP OSTEND, Sept. 29. moster Max of Brusse insisted on paying th latest In- stallment of the city’s German war tax in German bonds, in- stead of coin, was locked up to- day until the instaliment, amounting to $6,000,000, is paid in gold. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 29.—Twenty thousand Germans had reoccupled the Belgian town of Alost today, and a Belgian force was advancing from Antwerp toward Brussels. Between the Germans and Bel- gians there was already fighting, and it was believed here that a gen- eral battle was beginning, TRAINS WS RTANDS, Be efeats Tuer by 15 Votes sdS<CSeE —_—_——. AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST — To- night and Wednesday unsettied; —— probably rain; brisk southerly AND winds. Groans Echo in Mournful on Battlefields; Buried at Night By Karl H. Von Wiegand | BERLIN (By Wireless), Sept. 29.—Leaders of the German campaign in France predict a break in the allies’ lines within a week, according to dispatches received here from the front today. They declared the resistance to the attack of the kaiser’s troops was already weakening. The surgeon in cha of the hospital train in which | returned to | a visit to Alx-la-Chapelle said many of the wounded had to be sacrificed because of the scarcity of doctors at the front. | He accused the French of disregarding the Red Cross, and declared many German doctors had died while attending the wounded. Conditions at the front he descri 3 hellish. The fighting, he sald, Is the fiercest in history, and in: it, day and night. t alterna he explained, between artillery duels and charges by one side of the other, usually checked by machine gun volleys, and sometimes actually at the point of the bayonet. The troops, he said, were compelled to remain constantly In trenches half filled with water, the slightest sign of activity anywhere being the signal for an Immediate rain of Is, To attempt to gather up the wounded, except at night, was impos sible. Their constant groaning is one of the most painful features of the situation, he said. ALLIES BLAME GERMAN SPY The e given by Gen. French, in the field against the Germans, | In his latest official report to the German espionage system, is signifi- | cant. It undoubtedly is meant as an explanation of the allies’ failure to make an impression on the German defenses. | Heavily intrenched though the Germans are, the allies largely out- number them, and it is not flattering to the latter's prowess that they | are forced to stand still after a full fortnight’s fighting. Gen. Joffre’s able strategy during the allies’ retreat toward Paris, and the stamina shown by both the British and French troops through- out the battle of the Marne, provide material for arguing a man-to-man equality on their part with the Germans. Nevertheless, something oc- curred between the battles of the Marne and the Aisne which gave the invaders an advantage. This new element undoubtedly was the German espionage system. It must have been prepared long ago, and perfected with true German thoroughness during the advance on Paris. When the Germans, in turn, were forced to retreat, their spies evi dently stayed behind to furnish them with a constant supply of infor. mation. | Every time the allies attempted to penetrate the Germans’ linet | the Germans have been at that exact spot in sufficient force to keep them at bay. The battle front now extends 65 miles south from the Belgian fron- tier and 150 miles east to the German border. CANADIANS RUSHED TO FRONT LONDON, Sept. 29.—Fresh shifting of German troops In the west- ern fighting zone was indicated by dispatches from the front today. | The Ninth German army, commanded by Gen. Von Boehm, had been heavily reinforced. This suggested that the kaiser fully realizes the | Importance of resisting the allies’ attack on his right wing until the | Meuse fortifications can be demolished, opening to him an avenue to- ward Paris directly across the Franco-German frontier, The allies’ line in the Oise and Aisne region was being strongly re- Inforced. A landing of Canadians at Boulogne was reported. A portion of the volunteers reviewed Saturday by the king and War Minister Kitchener was bell to have been sent to the front, Ss