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

GUARANTEED PAID CIRCULATION 90,000 COPIES DAILY AST EDITION WEATHER TIDES AT SUATILE 1. Low 10.0 ft mn tt The SeattleStar The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VOLUME 16, Sunday fair a p.m NO. 250 SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 1914. ONE CENT vs Thatse nat 1198 a mm ALLIES ATTACK DARDANELLESF Former Officer of German Staff Reveals Plans for Invading and Conquering United States 1s of extracts taken from the book “Operations on the Sea,” written by din thie country by the Outdoor Press, of New York, by which the book is copyrighted. these very remarkable extracts. Special perm Von Edelsheim is one of the highest military lon by the publishers has been granted The Star to publish perts of He is an officer of high standing in the army and was in 1901 a member of the German gene Il the military operations of the kaiser's army. We respectfully refer this article to the American patriots who think that this country should not be better prepared to defend itself in case of attack. Editor.) “By Freiherr Von Edelsheim Formerly of the German General Staff PERATIONS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA: With that country, IN POLITICAL PARTICULAR now been removed chiefly through acquiescence on our part However, as this submission has its limit, the question arises as to what means we can develop TO CARRY OUT OUR PURPOSE WITH FORCE in order to combat the encroachment of the United States upon our interests. Our main factor is our fleet Our battle fleet has every prospect of victoriously defeating the forces of FRIC COMMERCIAL AIMS, HAS NOT BEEN LACKING IN RECENT YEARS, and has ytd) rk A ATLANTIC OCEAN ' eS. dite IN, MANIFEST IN the United AN; a, aaa aaa =EUROPE =| =| Map Shows Routes Across the Atlantic, Giving Distances Prom German Seaports to Large American Cities on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. States, widely dispersed over the two oceans. f It is certain that after the defeat of the United States fleet the great extension of un- protected coast It must be an engagement at sea. It is evident then that a naval war against the Ui suceess without at the same time inaugurating action on land Because of the great extension of the United States it wou ‘ading army to be directed toward conquering the interior of the land ty, however, that a victorious assault upon the Atlantic aperation of an inv It is almost a certa line of that country would*compel them to make peace. deemed a possibility that the battle fleet of the United States would not ri nited States cannot be carried on with Id not be satisfactory for the! coast, tying up the importing and-exporting business of the whole country, would bring about such an annoying situation that the government would be willing to treat for peace. Under average conditions, " CAN SOIL WITHIN AT LE The United States at this time is not in a position of equal .rank If an unexpected invasion of the United for the transporting, of our troops, it must be empha perience of their regular army It is upon the whole questionable 1 for any length of time so large a stretch of land as the United S The fact. that one or two of her provinces ing TH AST FOUR WEEKS ized (states) would not alone move the Americans to sue for peace To accomplish this end, that are occupied CORPS CAN BEGIN OPERATIONS UPON AMERI-| jaw, the dog’s viclousness is entab- to oppose our troops with an army |)" States is prevented by the length of time the weakness would essentially facilitate a quick invasion whether there is anything to be gained in occupy-|as the result of the bite. "PADGETT PANS | invad the invaders would have to inflict real material damage by in- juring the whole country THROUGH THE SUCCESSFUL SEIZURE OF MANY OF) and inex- tates by the THE ATLANTIC SEAPORTS in which the threads of the entire wealth of the nation meet juncture with of these important and rich cities, It should be so managed that a line of land operations would be in close the fleet, through which we would be in a position to seize many to interrupt their means of supply, disorganize all governmental affairs, assume control of all useful buildings, confiscate “all war and transport supplies, For enterprises of this sort small land be unwise for the American garrison to attempt an attack As a matter of fact, A POSITION TO CONQUE England could, of course, be prepared to protect her ( sate themselves for a total or R THE UNITED STATES carry out a successful attack on the sea, but she would not} ‘anadian provinces, with which the Americans could compen- crushing defeat on the sea GERMANY IS THE ONLY GREAT AND LASTLY TO IMPOSE HEAVY INDEMNITIES. forces would answer our purpose, for it would America’s unpreparedness for war POWER WHICH IS IN <4 WAVE SEEN THE PLANS OF 2 NATIONS NOW AT WAR FOR AN INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES”---EX-PRES. THEO. ROOSEVELT made at Theodore speech Col In a recent Princeton, N. J. Roosevelt said: “| myself have seen the plans of two of the countries, now engaged in the European war, to Invade the United States, capture our greater cities, and hold them for ransom, considering that our standing army was too small to be dangerous, “This would cripple our country and give the enemy the means to pursue the war. H “| would rather see the cities de-| stroyed than to have one cent paid in ransom. “| have seen the definite plans for the capture and ransoming of New York and San Francisco. “{ hope to see the time when our nation shall come to a status In which every young American man| ghall bave the training in marks manship and military customs which will enable him to take an| effective part in the defense of his nation should her rights be in vaded. “Tt is also my earnest hope that) we shall finally achieve interna tional status by which there shall! be a posse comitatus, when we can combine to coerce any recalcitrant power; but we have seen the utter worthlessness of scraps of paper and other treaties that may be swept aside like dust in a windy street “A fight was never won by par-| leying; you've got to hit and not hit soft. The American people owe {t to themselves to make their hand | safeguard their head.” EXCHANGE OPEN NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The New| York Stock Exchgnge, operating | under a new plan of restricted trad. | ing, opened for business at 10 a, m today. ‘The market was fairly | steady. The first sales showed} some large gains over the closing | prices on July 30. Rumor that Hill liners will aia here without foundation. \ { TOM,LET ME HAVE PART OF THE PAPER, PLEASE | Be ee The War IT’S LONESOMENESS THAT FORCES GIRLS Situation | into FAST LIFE, ASSERTS FAMOUS MODEL FRANCE AND BELGIUM—Germans evacuated Yaer canal's west | bank; allies claimed succe | GERMANY—Deciared kal: the front In a week or ten days. burned at many point 's health will permit him to return to Gottorp barracks, Kiel, mysteriously along line | RUSSIA—Siave claimed German advance is checked, but new, crit | ical battle, Is developing for poss jon of Warsaw AUSTRIA—Austro-German attempt to break Slav fine south of ' | Cracow a failure. TURKEY—Uneuccessful attack rdaneties. 1 ENGLAND—Two Germ. reported by Anglo-French fleet on submarines reported sunk in series of | | two unsuccessful efforts at raid in Firth of Forth. AHLBOYS. GREAT IS. THE LAW Fido hae an inalienable right to bite of human flesh, accerding to law. if Fide tries to hog hie privil oe Away back In the age when grown-up men wore Muffy lace cuffs aod powdered wigs, and} knee breeches, some wise old) judge laid down that law. Saturday morning, Judge Hum | phries of Seattie, hi od old prece- | dent close to his ample bosom and | retused to let go. | Consequently. little Ernie Engle, | | 7, will get no damages for the bite |received from the dog owned by |J. H. Young “The plaintiff did not prove,” aid the judge, “that the dog ever pit any one before.” The owner of a dog ts not re-| |sponsible for damages unless he| had previously been given full no- ltice of the victous tendencies of | the dog, declared Judge Hum. phries, and under the old common ished by proving he had bitten a iman being before. Therefore, the dog gets the first bite for nothing. Attorney Philip Tworoger filed a claim of $2,000 in behalf of young) Engle, who, it is alleged, will have to carry a scar on his face for life EDITORS WHO WARN OF WAR | WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—) Criticiam in certain newspapers of | was characterize’ today as “clap-| trap and humbuggery,” by Repre-| sentative Padgett, chairman of the| house cOmmittee on naval affairs. Padgett sald his committee has a record of the powder, torpedoes }and munitions held in reserve by the navy, and this, he asserted, dis- proved the contention that the navy was short of ammunition Indications are that the commit | tee will favor the program for two new battleships and eight sub. marines. WHEN A MAN’S MARRIED DID You READ THiS ITEM HEADED, “ona WIFE *T0O MANY’? WANT To READ THE SOclE TY News /LL | Lang be brought into jsing of their woes HUNGER STRIKE IN JAIL Members of eat-and-get-away guild have been on a hunger strike at the city jall for three ry strike, However,” esta Chief Lang today, “le practical- ital, James Grundon is recovering from | the effects of starvation—self- | Imposed—and forcible feeding —not self-imposed. In the next cot lies John Haysley, who fasted himself sick in the midet of plenty. The strikers, 20 in number, were) why #0 many arrested Dec. 4, after they had re- Misg Mauri ne Rasmussen BERKELEY, Cal, Dec, 12—) “The stage doors were packed | Sheer lonesomeness 1s the reason| with them every night. It was im- chorus girls accept possible to get away from the place the invitation of the stage door) without at least having them talk fused to pay for restaurant meals | Johnnies, is the opinion of Miss| to you. which they had ordered and eaten. Maurine Rasmussen of Berkeley, a| “The temptation to let them talk Placed in the receiving celis, they | former Harrison Fisher model, then| was the greatest because—well, lots say they had nothing to eat but} s New York chorus lady and now) of chorus girls are pretty lonesome mush and dry toast In the morning | moving picture actress with Dus-| and they work at night and haven't and soup and bread at night tin Farnum of Hollywood any home or social life, and they Trampled Food on Floor | She declares that the new posi-| might as well go to dinner as not.” ‘They sang songa, smashed win. |! pleases her most of all, — their pres. the Ife of the Winter Garden of KAISER BET TE New York that were not aftogether The chief came, heard their | desirable,” Miss Rasmussen says. 2 ad plaint, but offered them no relief.| “The nearest a stage door John- racket in the receiving cells that|sent through the mail. Then it's! BERLIN, Deo. 12.—The kaiser ts they were removed, in bunches of| up to the girl | convalescing satisfactorily, his per- five, to smaller and more {rolated| “But the Winter Garden was the| sgnal physician informed me today cells. They again broke windows, | center for all the Johnnies in the! Ths majesty will be able to return eat Soren When food was brought, they smashed the dishes and trampled the food on the floor. | from sheer exhaustion. A doctor was called, Grundon was forcibly | + ] fed through a tube, and he taken to the hospital. Haysley col- | They're Eating Now The knowledge that one of their) number had been forcibly fed| broke the backbone of the strike, ecb ers have not the stern qualities of LONDON, Dec. 12.—It was 8 tated here officially today that the British suffragets, or reject the pope's proposal of a Christmas truce. The jailera reported Saturday Probably, it was said, Gen, Jof fre’s decision would depend on the that the strikers, though they still/ military situation just before Dec ember 25 and make a! Russia's reported rejection of the suggestion, it was explained, did their frugal nourishment twice a/ {nthe west day. Dishes are still broken, but not . “¢ | don't celebrate Christmas on Decem ber 25, but on January 7. b c! . y 7. weer er bees Se inne. It is believed Berlin would agree to such a truce if the allies dows, and demanded that Chiet| “There were lots of things about ence. The strikers made so. much {nie can get in this game is a letter) By Karl H. Von Wiegand sang Of their woes, and refused to | country to the front In a week or 10 days, Yesterday Grundon toppled over | lapsed three hours later. | | it being apparent that the prison. martyrdom which characterize the| British were leaving It to the French to decide whether to accept show of defiance, are now taking | not necessarily mean that it would be rejected also by the combatants would Deputy Sheriff Taylor of Poca. tello, Idaho, slain by prisoner. omens et ROME, Dec. J. L. Billard and J. 8. Elton, New| the pope's efforts In the interests of a Christmas truce between the Haven directors, plead for tm-| warring powers. It was stated that one power was opposed to the munity | proposition. Incidentally, attention was called to the fact that the Russians | 12.—The Vatican announced today the failure of | OFF BY BIGGUNS | BERLIN (By Wireless to jLondon), Dee. 12.—The | {combined British and © French Mediterranean fleets have made an unsuccessful © attack on the Dardanelles, © lit was reported here today. — | The big guns of the | forts, it was said, drove the | warships off. SUBMARINES RAID COAST OF SCOTLA to raid the Firth of Forth, Scot- land, were reported by the Daily Mail. It was stated that the attacks were made Wednesday and two submarines were be- lieved to have been sunk. The report was without confirma- tion. BRITISH FLEET TO LAND 300 WOUNDED» BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 12.—A re — | quest that 300 beds be prepared for men wounded in the battle off the ~ Falkland islands was received at | Monte "ideo today by wireless from the British fleet under Admiral — Sturdee. 3 It was stated the wounded would — be landed Monday. Nearly all of them were believed to be Germans. BARRACK AT KIEL | BURNED; MYSTERY LONDON, Dec. 12.—The © | Germans’ great Gottorp bar- | | racks at Kiel have been burned, according to a message from ‘TARS HUNGRY FOR PILLS, STOP SHIP NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Exeite- ment ran high among the passen- gers aboard the Italian liner Auso- nia, when a British warship stop- ped the vessel in mid-ocean. The | war dog had run ont of tobacco, Jer wants filled, the battleship pro- ceded, ‘MUCH OBLIGED! The Class A theatre today turned | over to The Si 22 for the “little. | chimney kids’ ristmas show at Dreamland. “ONE Wire TOO MANY, HUH, | SUPPOSE IT'S AN ACCOUNT OF THE DOINGS NOT NECESSARILY I ) WONDER. WHAT HE MEANT