The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 23, 1915, Page 1

Phew! Some Wedding! The Seattle Star ! GERMANS TAKE LEMBERG: SLAV ARMY IN ROUT Berlin Celebrates at Newsof Capture of Galician Cap- ital by Von Mackenzen. BERLIN, June 23.—Lem.- |setting all of the men and munitions berg, the capital of Galicia, oe ae has fallen. ike. ‘The “Our second army conquer ‘Germans gained control of the rail ed Lemberg after a violent ‘oad leading northward from fight,” an official statement sean ithinrewed announced today. road to Brody, east! The capture of Lemberg on the Russian frontier Kaiser Sees Victory A comparatively small force re mained west of the city to contest the final r of the Austro-Ger | mans and cove? the retreat of thel main Ruselan army ! Kalser W marks the completion of the second phase of the remark- able Austro-German campaign, which began this spring with the object of relieving Hun- gary from danger of invasion through the Carpathians and /fina! rushes « sweeping the Russians clear}'¢ — of Galicia. er Mle Reliable information that Lem-! with his troops berg had fallen reached Berlin last} Lemberg was occup the| night, tho official confirmation was | Russians September 3 last, within a] not received until today. }month after the opening of the war The news spread rapidly. Church} The Slav forces swept into Ga bells were rung and al! squares and} jicija, overwhelming the slight re parks were soon thronged |atstance offered by the Austrians. Bands Parade Berlin Streets =| From Lemberg they moved on te Flags were displayed from all|Przemys!, where a siege lasting for houses;"bands paraded the streets! nearly nine months followeda and the city was #iven over to! The Slavs then moved of across telehgating the victory the plains to the foothills of the ‘The Russians retreated in great | Carpathians disorder, the Cologne Gazette said. Close to Russian Frontier Reads east of Lemberg are biock-| At one time during the early win iam ed with munition wagons and ar-|ter they actually penetrated Hun | tillery. | gary | Commands of officers were disre- | rman troops aided the Aus-| garded and the retreat finally be-|trians in clearing Hungary of the! came a wild rush of a frenzied mob, | enemy, and a second campaign fol Causes Greatest Enthusiasm |lowed for contro! of the Carpathian The moral effect of the capture | passes. of Lemberg will really be greater) This lasted thruout the winter. than the military effect. The Russians now have lost all of The greatest enthusiasm has been|this territory gained in the early froused by the success of the Aus-| months, and fn their retreat upon tro-German forces and the recovery | Broday are within a few miles of of the Galician capital, with the| thelr own frontier. prospect of clearing Galicia of the| enemy within a short time, roused GERMANS CAPTURE. } | 60,000 RUSS TROOPS | Vienna to the highest pitch of patriotism. ‘The steady sweep of the armies of | Gen. Von Mackenzen across western | Galicia pushed the Russians steadily back until they faced the prospect BERLIN, buns 23.—Sixty } of being bottled up in the forts of} thousand Russian troops | captured by the Austro- Germans since June 12 In the drive upon Lemberg, an of- ficial statement announces | today. Nine cannon were } Przemysl. | also taken. This fortress was evacuated, and| the Austro-German sweep continued | It was believed a stand would be made by the Russians west of the, capital, but the steady hammering | of the great armies of the Teutonic | — id allies forced the abandonment of| ‘There'll be a public wedding in-| Lemberg. side the grounds at the Woodmen] The fall of Lemberg had been |of the World carnival, at Lenora at momentarily expected for 36 hours jand Second ave., Wednesday night For two days the Russians have |at 9 o'clock. Besides there will be been turning their efforts toward three other open-air at actions. QUAKE ROCES CALIFORNI “Te Wilson Day celebration swas finely conceived and finely handled, an al- together happy event, and it was just what it purported to be—an entirely non- It was the biggest thing r deserves a lot of credit for the idea, and day.” par I ever saw a newspaper pull off. The Sta for the way it worked the idea Ynto a big, MAYOR HIRAM GILL. President Wilson Sends City a Message of Appreciation oT TEL GEORGE W. E ! ATKING, vice-paaeiDEnt RECEIVED AT 1329 FOURTH AVENU £, SEATTLE, WASHINGT 3 Rae 33 GN? THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC JUN23 3935 EDITOR TME ‘TAR SEA'(TLE WASH TELEGRAM F(ECEIVED HEARTIEST ASSURANCE SUPPORT * ¢ The above message wpe received by the editor of The Star Wednesday from the president, in acknowledgement of a telegram sent to|!) the Masonic temple. the White House after the Wilson day mass meeting, advising the nat The president's reply read r “TELEGRAM RECEI‘/ED. HEARTIEST THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS ASSURANCE CERNED THAT | DEEP AY APPRECIATE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEIR PLEDGE OF SUPPORT. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON.” SEATTL!: CITIZENS MAK# DAY SUCCESS Promoting Cele! pte n Was Easie: Easiest Part; Public Gives E nthusiastic Co-operation. are congratulating us on the They give us more credit than Friends of The S success of Wilson Day. we deserve. True, the original suggestion came from us. The suggestion was all that was needed. Promoting Wil- son Day was one of the easiest things we ever did. We went to 'Gene Levy and asked him for the Grand theatre, and he said: ‘Certainly. It’s a good cause. Nam the day and hour, and I'll do the rest.” And he madi good. We approachen Col. Wilson at, paid Fort Lawton and Rear Admiral; Woe told ert Butterworth he was grand marsha) of the parade. Leave it to me,” he sald and his Tilikums worked like ‘ Pond at the Bregnerton navy yard, and asked if the soldiers and sailors could parade. | Ct coursesthey could and he an, patriotic demonstration by the people of Seattle. NEWCOM® CARLTON, pane PLEASE ASSURE ALI THOSE CONCERNED THAT 1 DEEPLY APPRECIATE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND TMEIR PUEDCE CF IGHT Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of we nuptials Honesto goodness, ah The Only Paper in Seattle 7/hat Dares to Print the News nna ae ee VOLUME 18 —-NO. 101 SEATTLE, WASH,, ' WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1915 ONE CENT 0%, thatne any Uae pom, 16d Hat pe om RM BiG BUILDINGS TOPPLE INTO — CTY STREETS the , city-wide observance of UNIONS== Fe ss aaee wnioin AM Ssattemcrse | Quarter- Million Damage at. BELVIDERE BROOKS, vica-raesioany Lembo! sopearing efter me sherk | El Centro; Looters Shot | by Troops on Guard. | EL CENTRO, Cal., June 23.—Earthquake shoe whic h rocked the Imperial valley early today and 1ast i damaged the district to the extent of possibly $250,000, partially destroyed many brick structures, ang injured a score of people. . No lives were lost in the Imperial valley. earthquake did not cause any deaths in Mexicali, ai |cording to persons who crossed the Mexican border te day, but a number of looters were reported shot there lby. troops. | I ne greatest uildings occupied by THANKS FOR YOUR CENEROUS damage in El Centro was done to | Baldridge’s drug store and Imperial Valley Falling walls carried down | and the wreckage presents a picture of utter Tul } The drug store’s demolition was begun when | wall of the Security Savings Bank building toppled ov on it. Ensuing shocks completed the destruction. The drug store was crowded when the bank build=? jing W walls came thundering down. There were no serio injuries, Perhaps the biggestSingle loss in town was do Part of the floor fell and lon’s chief executive of the resolutions of loyalty adopted at the meeting. | building split in the middle. A large number of buildings, partially wreck caved into the streets. Many thorofares are obstruct by mounds of masonry. : At times the earthquake shoc three in number, ~ Pecks to have a circular motion, so clouds of flying = icks literally sprayed out in all directions and were? sc ord broadcast. That no person was is c Press. oofs Woommow WILSON 16334 f PLEASE ASSURE ALL THOSE con. | VETS GATHER IN CENTRALIA, CENTRALIA, June 23 preliminary organization sessions| The streets were crowded with over, the seven patriotic organiza-| strollers when the first shock tions meeting bere got down to real | plunged the town into darkness rusiness today, Four avowed can-|and the booming crash of tumbling didates for commander of the G.| walls sounded from every direc He will leave tonight for a vaca-) A. R. for Washington are already |tion. All wires were down, The tion at the “summer capital,” last-jin the field, They are H. W.| whole Imperial valley was fllumt ing until July 6, and as it is evi-| North tt; J. Berry, Tacoma; | nated only by moonlight There dent the complications with the| E on, Puyallup; ©. D.| were numerous small panics. allies regarding the detention of MacDonald Hingham | Famili separated for a American shipments will reach a| A big r fon was held at the| few minutes and children ran thru climax shortly, he will be kept in|Commercial Club last night for the| the streets, crying for thelr par close touch with the state depart-| delegates of the G. A. R., the Wom-|ents en's Relief Corps, Ladies of the G.| Two ON VACATION BY JOHN EDWIN NEVIN WASHINGTON, June 24 Elab- orate arrangements were made to- day to keep President Wilson in formed of all international develop. ments while he is at Cornish, N, H bedly hurtyshaken up and one of its tall gam nsidered re- tanks today leans at an angle of |) 45 degrees. cial A Globe Mills warehouse split 7 tons of barley b) a open, allowing pour into the street. One side of the Holt Ice plant — split. The Imperial Valley Bank-— ing Co. building was twisted and many timbers shattered. The town of Heber was scarred by the quake. The bank building © there partially collapsed and se¥+ eral wooden structures were leve eled like houses of cards. At Calexico and Mexicali, the shocks were more severe. The lat ter town, on the Mexican side of © PRESIDENT IS by se missiles markable With the| Streets Crowded were thousand contraband Chi. ment. New York {mporters with more|4. R, Daughters of Veterans, Sons|nese detained at Mexicali disap- | the line, was reported partly de than $5,000,000 worth of goods tied | Of Veterans, Spanish War Veterans, | pe It was feared they had | Stroyed up in Holland are pressing the ad. Auxillary of Spanish | ta advantage of the excitement Bandits attempted to run wild i ministration for aid to cross the border into the U. 8. the debris-littered streets, and Mexican troops were called om Shock Causes Fires Crossed wires caused fires in El BIG DOINGS ON IN sen" es al ships seizing them a They were quickly con Thru Senator O'Gorman of New citizens being impressed as York the importers asked today for| |fire fighters When the They cannot get the goods to the United § because of the danger of Pritish or French war. There were many stories circulated of loss of life there. In Calexico, an American cavalry regiment assumed control and pre- served order. One brick structure wes damaged by fire excitement subsided, And wouldn't \we like the bands, —— | an audience w the president. | Time—Thursday + iecitaesl o ebte b “ We told the ‘mail carriers about to take up the question with Sec What—Everything sa ad . | Wilson day Count us in—band retary Lansing | \eeaiany treciped > thin, littemsa and all,” they sagd, And they went LANSING NAMED? Fireworks, parades, brass bands,| streets all night William Chouinard, bridge | without their moonday meal to NAVY YARD FESTO y-eorounds, danote inshort,a| A crowd gathered around the | draughtsman for King county, @ march ‘ smbyie ma F arnival celebration—whic ch will new four-story Barbara Worth ho- |g aduate of the university in 19f All Musicians Volunteered WASHINGTON, June 23.—It was be known as the Rainier Valley| tet Reports had been circulated | was married Tuesday night to To . The police ated the firemen re- rumored today that President Wil The develobine nt of this country | Fiesta. It’s to let people know that | that it was about to collaps Greene, daughter of Rev. A. BE There was insubordination yes-jthere, as an old friend of Star| ived the ghgifestion. You #8W/ gon will announce the appointment, will be shown {n a pageant, Thurs-|Rainter valley is @ large dot on the} Windows In it were broken and|Greene, at the Greene residenc, perday in The Star office readers, to introduce a lot of new) tian in the pigcade. The merest) oe Robert W. Lansing as secretary|¢8Y nd Friday, at Bremerton, |map. bricks had fallen from the walls,|328 Seventh ave, The bride is @” Tom Duff and his wife, Helen, | comic folk hint was all t'hat Wagner's and|° “over * i. with the Episcopal church backing| It begins at 2p. m., and ends at] giving the building the appearance of Broadway high school, Whose joys and troubles have been| When he learned this and saw) (0 enw baigde needed, Not one) Ff state before leaving for Cornish jt, and Vera Jane Edwards in midnight, and every man, woman of being partly demolished They're off to Portland for eecies iy ams cod regen ., se faa yee ecitar was speaking the) oo ine hundred § of musicians was! ti night ‘charge and child in $ is Invited __The Holton Power Co. plant _was_their_honeymoon. pottom of page daily, were pret- hen he ot the dr ty mad when .they found that they/sald that page 4 were to appear after this on page 4. hereafter would They kicked, and stormed, and | be the finest com page ttle | or on the Coast protested fe But the editor got up on his dig nity and told them who wes boss. | for that matter | And besides, Duff felt better| Duff began to about it when he found why he was| smile once more. | going onto e 4. He was put! Just like this DO YOUR BUYING THRU — - || THE ADS | It means money saved for you, it means newer, | fresher merchandise, because the merchant who ad- vertises is the one who keeps his stocks moving, consequently he has merchandise to sell at all tim Also remember this—the merchant who advertises to his to get your trade must keep you coming store in order to make any profit on the transaction —therefore he is going to logk after your business with especial care. Make this a resolution from on—do your buying through the ads in The today Star. | land, | 11! come back {by some lucky chance, reached him lin the trenches. His letter in | answer and his signature had been formally witnessed by a junior lieu BY MARY EJOYLE O'REILLY LONDON, Eng June 2° | “Honest, Liz, tenant, was a duffer isot But there are other “Toms” fight U ling the trenches who do not w. It ing in thi vied i" | write back—-thousands of them who ny, Toute. | will never come back—because they one says it itin't |have been piled into shallow graves Somewhere in France” or Belgium And meanwhile England is about to do him in. 'P por Lold = girl God, to be invaded by an army of un don't | feel me in! known size. An army of “War Say, Liz, | cign't Babies"—and already England is get home, you terrified at the prospect. Here is can't come out the truth about the situation. here. Ask that] @ . re {Lady If we ¢anmary B. O'Reilly War babies? Yes, and they are te married decent | going to occupy & prominent post [ana right by pisoxy—you back there! tion in the social problem of the and me out here. I'm ready. Hon-/near future,” declared the founder est. Your Thomas Wilkins, Bom-|of the War Rabies’ lea as she bardier.” |weated herself to another day's From “Som ywhere in France’) work Tom has writt jn to the girl he feft} 1 sat near by, a neutral, taking behind him—f br her letter telling notes. For pharientcal England xe him that ther) was a little “War|/hemently protests the very exist into the world had,!ence of the War Baby Baby" coming County councils confess in vainj mythical War Baby. Mobilization, Hill 60? asked the London lady,, permitting the potential mother to that the total number of illegitt-) and enlistment on a large scale did) new tolerance in her tone have it decided legally who is the mate children shortly to be born|not take place until November For an instant the tragic face father of her child before the child is very many thousands December. ‘This is May. The Great) was raised two women looked) is born. se 8 Baby Rumor is a legend, Still at each other on equal terms, On proof by any unmarried Mrs. Helen Bast, chief scout of her troubled glance wave to her My Ned was Fighting McGregor, woman that she is expecting to be- the arriving army, knows 200 ex-| pu Still, in ease there should | ma'am We kept company for) come a mother, the father of her pectant mothers in one Sussex vil be something in it She laid seven years before the war,” said child, being a British soldier, dead Inge, 400 Ip a small Surrey town, $25 upon the table Fighting McG or’s) girl or untraceable, justices would in- 2,500 about London who are already “Women may at least help wom She smiled at us—a wan, yet vestigate the claim, and if tt proved receiving food, clothing or work, | en,” observed the London lady, | proud little smtle—thru tears. to be true, the mother would re- Roland McNeil, member of parlia-| We sat, an unc al committee os 8 ceive an allowance from taxation ment, steps up to testify of three, to consider a problem The fault Mes primarily on the not exceeding that now paid under I know one country borough] more important to the England of|/army system which biileted troops, the regulations to unmarried but where there are over 2,000 cases. tomorrow than the long-threatened vee of tiny cottages,” saia| Dominated: wire. And this is not ptional German invasion ee af sere ta “Moreover, in view of cir All over England, where large ae the founder of the War Babies’) cvngtances arising from the encampments have been, a great| A girl entered, broken by her league, “The result was practically! \.. ai War Babies should be number of unmarried girls Will) sorrow, One thin hand clasped !nevitable In guch cases the within the next few weeks, become! i, eather case of a great military | Mother Is respec™ble and reput legitimatized by the subsequent mothers. ° “able and suffers doubly in the los marriage of their parents, But [ tell you the War Baby ts! decoration of her relatives’ esteem, To force “| hope to see the state take 1 fraud,” protested the typleal West The war office sent it home,”! girls like that on the poor law and) over the care of all children Enq lady of fashion, Last year she! said the toneless voice, “Ned never, the maternity ward of a union is) whose fathers die fighting for was dancing the tango, next month, knew, His aunt said I should have) iniquitous us. It would be a shameful terrible gaps thing if they suffered or were she may be nurs' for the Redjit, I've read everything 1 could The war will leave Cross. Just now she is trying to! find about Hill 60, but somehow it to be filled. War babies will be) crippled for tife, just beca find herse'f, doesn't seem real an asset of the nation in the future! their father dies that we may \ “L simply will not believe in the “Was your Ned a defender of, “An act of parliament is required! live in pea'