The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 28, 1916, Page 1

RAILWAY MEN! LONGER THE IMPORTANC The Russians may gain Galicia and may enter northern and eastern Hungary; the British and French may compel a large retirement of the Germans in the By J. W. T. Mason Noted American Expert on European War Militarism is in its death throes as the second year of the war closes. It is fighting on the defensive, and is approach- ing inevitable surrender. SIAN MILITARISM CANNOT SURVIVE 8: “ ~ Hees MEN AFTER MEN TO BE MINATED WHILE The allies have demonstrated that they MUST continue GERMAN POPULATION AT HOME 18 COMPELLED the conflict indefinitely to defeat the militarists of Germany LIVE ON EVER SHORTENING RATIONS There are signs that the German people are realizing this fact, and, to save their empire, eventdally will refuse to ace the policies of professional soldiers. ‘ This is the main result of Europe's two years of warfare GERMANY WILL SURVIVE THE WAR; BUT PRUS SIAN MILITARISM WILL NOT The second year of the conflict has given the central em. Pires a stronger territorial hold on Russta, and hae seen the complete conquest of rbla, It has also witnessed a large victory in Asia Minor by Russia, and the loss to Germany of almost all that remained of her colonial empire BUT THE STUDY OF MILITARY MAPS fallure of the central powers to ¢ German people of things that would happen fn a world war; during the past year that it did not foresee the necessity providing for the wants of the German civilian during a protracted struggle As the conflict enters upon its third year, German empire. When thelr influence becomes dominant to overbear the militarists, the war wi! Thus, the wa end HAS NO WAR GAME TIED IN 8TH INNING ~ ByJ. w. T. hen Noted American Expert on European War It is the last of the eighth inning, with the score tied, 17 to 17. The tie score may carry over the ninth inning, but there are signs that the German battery is going up in the air, with no substitutes to send in—and starvation, the allies’ heaviest hitter, is next at bat. Dividing the war game into innings according to the principal phases thru which #4 has passed, and in each inning giving each side as many points as its successes are ‘orth according to a fixed scale, the box score stands about as follows: 123 45 67 8 91011 \ GERMANY ...7 10142 20 ALLIES ......22 122233 2 “Whe score by innings: ¢ FIRST—Germany, first at bat, gets Belgium and northern France; allies defeat Germans at the Marne, and enter East Prussia. Score, 7 to 2. SECOND—Germans drive Russians out of East Prumsia; allies block German drive at Calais. Score, 1 to 1. THIRD—Germans fail to score; Russia conquers Galicia and drives Germans from before Warsaw. Score, 2 to 0, for allies. FOURTH—Germans open successful drive toward Warsaw; effect. Score, 1 to 2. FIFTH—Germans reconquer Galicia, take Warsaw, drive Russians back to Riga; practically completed conquest of German colonies. Score, 4 to 2. SIXTH—Germans conquer Serbia; allies’ blockade makes German food crisis more severe. Score, 2 to 3. SEVENTH—Germans score when allies evacuate Gallipoll; mia, and Russians advance in Asia Minor. Score, 2 to 3. EIGHTH—Germans fall to score at Verdun or elsewhere; Russia opens successful offensive in Bukowina and Galicia, while Franco-British drive is started in West. Score, 2 to 0, for allies. Total at end of eighth inning: GERMANY, 17; ALLIES, 17. ? BRITISH ENGAGE GERMANS IN HAND-TO- HAND FIGHTING British blockade begins to have allies have allies seize Southern Mesopota- | BY ED L. KEEN ’ United Press Staff Correspondent | LONDON, July 28—The | @ame desperate hand-to-hand fighting by which the British 1 GIRL: CAUGHT! sci Pacem § | tons is proceeding today, in the | Outskirts of Longueval | yond the Delville wood: east of that town, as well as in the Foureaux woods. ~ SPEAK MONDAY Henry McBride, former governor, who {s a candidate for renomina tion on the republican ticket, will Looter of State Fund inder Arrest in Key Escay | Gen. Haig reported that in one West, Fla. | of théee clasties - Delvilie woods {T@¢ his opening gun in the north | i end of the city Monday night. —his troops had been successful. | °" "TELEGRAPHS FOR $30, The Bertin’ statement tnaiated, McBride is making an independ Vi ent fight His independence cost him a re nomination during the days when conventions ruled. Under the di rect primaries, however, he is now the leading candidate for the nomi that the fighting was still in prog |ress there, and that the British at |tempts had “broken down” before |the German positions | Hatg claimed “further |around Longueval and Pozieres.” OLYMPIA, July 28—Gov. jeter today ‘etalled two trav- Hing guards from the peniten- tlary to go to Key West, Fila. with extradition papers, and progress E IT HAD FARIER RA THE WAR DING THE TO The vital fact of the second year of the war has been the eVise a Way to break through ot the Britieh blockade and provide adequate food supplies for the Prussian militarism foresaw an astonishingly large number but it has shown for population the German civillans are assuming greater and greater importance in the sufficiently in its third year, will take on an entirely TWO YEARS OLD TODAY bring back John F. Gillies, in. | Tne British report had it that) ation ia Gl dustrial insurance fund loot letrong German counter” attacks,| Monday night he will speak at By Cornel iia Glass bonaad |presumably directed at trenches| PTemont hall, Fremont and Blewett sre ima | he clty y . y r - ave. ties. faring to sail to a South Amer. |D°W'Y won by the British around) During the past week, Gov. Mc I was sent to Interview |those positions, had been beaten ; eM ae lean port, off with heavy joss to the Teutons,| Bide has been in Eastern Wash | Lafe Hamilton. gia ae J o 4 4 as to be t phanne ilies 7 “eres. ae be meceee, ne veuursad | atte sry | thru which Mr. Hamilton might fll be taken at once to the state |Combats, while the Berlin state CASE AGAINST JAHN | “come back” at The Star if he | prison at Walla Walla to com-|™ent conformed with the addition cared to, and that whatever he north of the “the highest al information that Somme it Increased to strength.” mence his sentence. He was picked up in Key West Sergt. John A. Roker QUICKLY DISMISSED it duels. attorneys, for money The mes-|ed heavy artille sage received oy Miss Trott read - “Wire $30, care this office. Love \Love Letters Are |charge of grand larceny by Justice Brinker Friday morning, when Dep- uty Prosecutor Summers told the court his office had been misin formed ward the door and say Bird. Wrote. be And I perfectly “J. H. PENFOLD.” was had told him from whence I came, point dramatically and coldly to: certain sald would be printed as he said by Police 5 ; bn after Gillies had telegraphed Miss| South of the Somme official) J. Henry Jahn, a wealthy realty pe BN pe Fa gg a a | . . . oe is Sale abo eing a cl el, Me ; Quinn Trott, stenographer for his | statements from both sides indicat: dealer, was dismissed from al fcoid wee Mr, Hamliton, aftor I > ‘ ‘ I should go—quickly. She turned it over to Prosecutor! R ll Wi h M Jahn was alleged to have misap-| that Yantis. eally ort ONEY sroprinted $70 he had collected as| Mr. Hamilton's headquarters on A description of Gillies was wired | rent from Jay KE. De Roy, a jeweler,| the sixth floor of the Oriental the Key West police. Late Thurs for u ication Instead of turning {t over to A.| bullding were full of men when I | day a return message said he was! Mack, for whom he was agent.| reached them, men who | recaptured If you don’t believe it, Mack brought the charge talking dou, srooking a reat 4 Thirty doliars to Gillies meant) “ zing ” De Roy, who was out of the city and apparently enjoying (Continues on page 12) | read “Amazing Grace,” the at the time the warrant was issued| themselves very much n -a-we - | fo 1 2 > ‘ Mr, Hamilton detached himse | sexs novel-a-week to ap- [for Jahn, told the court Friday that Jamilton detached himself DENY BREMEN CAUGHT pear in The Star. he had not yet pald the accused} from the group about his desk ; OTTAWA, Ont., July 28,—What | realty dealer the $70. } and came tow miling the naval department dese: "oor Starts Monday. | cordially. I en him later as an unfounded report that MOBILE-—Sharks ate the bodits| before. He ts a man of medium 6 German submarine freighter | Ends Saturday. of the crew of the three-masted| height. rather squarely built, with Mewes bad been captured off Hall-| = schocner Carrie Strong, wrecked| a ruddy smooth shaven face, keen hi created excitement here today One installment every in the July 5 hurricane off Dry| gray eyes, and curly unruly gray No one knew where the rumor or-| day. Tortugas, according to officers of| hair that ree 8 — mound | iginated the coast guard on the top of eat sy | new aspect Victories, success At the peace conference, the controlling influence rest with that side which can kill in larger num control, of course, must be exercised within limita, make the actual areas of conquered territory held side of secondary importance, in the old sense, are no longer necessary to will pers This but ft will by either . Three great nations now at work killing Ger- mans. The Germans are slaughtering in return, but the lo of the allies are divided among the British, French and Ru The lonses inflicted by the three allies fall upon the Ger mans exclusively, except along a small part of stern front, where the Austro-Hungarians are making a stand It would take a long time to kill off enough Germans to compel the Teutons to retreat to their frontiers on all sides This i» not to be looked for. It is the killing that counts, while ever more and more food tickets are being issued at home. No country on short rations can continue the strain indefi- nitely of sending its men against the machine guns of three enemies at once In a permanently defensive campaign For a long time, Germany's heavy casualties were borne GIRL INTERVIEWS LAFE HAMILTON COMMISSIONER ASSURES HER HIS HORNS ARE CUT OFF His affable smile did not “Really,” Mr. Hamilton assured change in the least when I told me, “Il know no more about that him what I had come for, On the than you do, That comes contrary, he shook hands warm ly and invited me to sit down. vision.” I explained my role of “chan Mr. Knudson is a fellow com- nel.” missioner. “Well.” he mused. “Let me | He leaned forward confidential see. I think first I want to say | ly. ‘Keep up!’ I figure The Star “You weren't just sure when makes me, to my Way of count: | you came in here what sort of a ing, at least ten votes every time reception you'd get, were you?” he asked. I blushed gulltily I murmured, “I it prints a story about me.” He laughed aloud “T've a very friendly feeling for The Star,” he said. “Is it true that are all in the county wasn HIS HORNS ALL SAWED OFF, HE SAYS your relatives employ?” I asked, : fa? el Mr. Hamilton uncrossed his conknay ant he ran: hia knees and thrust his hands deep | gingers thru his halt Sawn Thee 1s Opok ats, “Look,” he said, “The horns 1 believe I have one relative |, oye been all sawed off. working for the county,” he ans: | Qvon q stub left. I'm glad wered a have people call here—gives me Only one a chance to distribute my cards" WELL, IT MIGHT BE He offered me two, and I TWO, HE THINKS them Well,” said Mr, Hamilton, eas “Are you going to run for ily, “it may be two. I believe it | ernor?” I asked is two.” Mr. Hamilton shrugged “And, please,” I went on, “what | shoulders is A ‘commissioner of rivers’? Rather think I will,” he said The office, you know, to which | “I'm never sure what I will do Mr Smith was appointed by | exactly, until the time comes the county commissioners, as told | always live up to my title, tho about in yesterday's Star | ‘A man of action 0 ms, CoD en- tirely under Mr, Knudsen’s super guess I eyes long Not gov. his The Seattle Star | | with fortitude, and In fact winning successes in east si serious and meaning for Ge Hereafter, certainly two and possibly three ( tined to fall for each single of the three nations that a facts that ata These are the with pride, w casualty NIGHT EDITION THE LEGISLATIVE BUREAU OF THE FOUR NA TIONAL RAILWAY MEN'S ORGANIZATIONS HAS WEATHERMAN SALISBURY (PRONOUNCED PREPARED A RECORD OF THE VOTES IN CON , OF SENATOR MILES POINDEXTER AND SAWLSB'RY, IF YOU PLEASE) 18 GETTING TO BE “MS cs ; c [= ONC 4 ie PAGE 9 TODAY, THE IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO P: NEWS PREDICTION: “FAIR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.” VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH,, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916 ONE CENT X,.7"A185,, 4x? 2 YEARS OF WAR SHOW MILITARISM WILL DIE, BUT THAT GERMANY, AS A NATION, WILL LIVE because her armies were est. Now, however, the pos- Nty of gaining further field successes which can have any y has vanished rmans are des- in the ranks of any one king the German fronts. point to the coming collapse of Prussian militarism, The diplomats of the allies have assisted in the work by announcing they have no desire to crush Ger many The militarist the ‘ore, are unable to urge their conquering {deals upon civilian pub ic opinion as the only alter- native to the blotting out of the German nation. How soon the inevitable overthrow of the militarists will happen cannot be foretold. The degree of per: which the allies continue their attacks will stence with have much influ- ence on the quick strengthening of civilian opinion in Germany, The growth of this opinion and its gradual seizure of power in Berlin will be the most important factor to watch in belligerent nation during the third year of the war. it is destined to bring the war to an end on the grave of Prussian militarism, after which it may begin the creation of a new Germany for the future. BATTLE IS FOUGHT BERLIN, via Sayville Wireless, OFFSCOTCHCOAST July 28—The Dutch newspape Handeisblad reports a naval battle off the Scotch coast between sev. eral German submarin: Onward and Eve. and the British patro! boats Nellen, Nutten, The Nellen and Nutten sank. Three sailors were killed, the remaining sailors being rescued by a Dutch fishing boat off the Doggerbank and landed at a Scotch harbor, The other two patro! boats are supposed to have been lost with | thelr crews. It Is understood that three of those rescued from the a consequence of their wounds, Nutten died later The above newspaper report of a naval battle was circulated by » emitted in connection! the official German news a; ncy and by | with daily wireless news to the United States via Sayville. it ti LAST BILLINGSLEY IS CAUGHT; FREED AGAIKo" Just after ShermaneBil- lingsley, the only member of the notorious family who had escaped arrest this week, cashed a check for $1,000 in the Union Savings & Trust Co. bank 1 started to walk out, he nabbed 9:30 a. m. Friday by Officer A. G. Ford of the dry squad. “Here, you can't arrest me with out a warrant,” protested the young man, who says he is just 19. “Come along with me to head quarters,” replied the officer. Ford clamped handcuffs on Sher man, and they went to the police station, where, an hour later, he was released “We didn't hive any him, and Prosecutor Lundin he didn’t want him in connec’ with the figst-degree 1 charge,” sald Chief Beckingham. He's just a kid, We might want ar was sald | warrant for | | } FUGITIVE CALLS UP STAR Logan Billingsley is still out of jail, Reports were current on the treet Thursday afternoon that he had been recaptured, So Logan called up The Star, “1 just wanted to tell you that Logan Billingsley is still at large,” he said, “despite the talk on the streets. This Ie Logan Billingsley talking.” And then he hung up, Ce veer posted $20,000 cash ball for the brothers Thursday, their belongings at the county jail, lit their cigars and prepared to de part Police immediately Fred on a warrant charging first degree forgery. A similar charge had been made against Logan, but he walked away from the county jail just before the officers got him later on.s warrant for violat. | there. Ing the lquor law The chief ta over the phone. with Mayor Gill * Gill said Logan Still Missing Police officers expected to ar rest Logan in Judge G Friday morning He was scheduled to show ur there on a continued case in which Ihe is charged with violating the | iquor law on July 3 His attorney, George Vanderveer appeared, But ot with his client | I move the ) ball be forfetr Jed," announced City Attorney Ker | wedy Vanderveer asked for a continu ance. Vanderveer Has Plan “It I knew he was I'd have him he nderveer ‘Of course t it him to Ne in jail 8 soon as they get their hands upon him, and they're not going to get away with it. I think |I know a way to end this state of He would not explain what hi way” would oe. It is believed at police headquar jters he will try <nd get a court in junction against arresting — the | Billingsleys ‘al ‘| on open charges The ease Was continued Saturday morning Fred was again in the county jail, after being arrested twice Thursday, and officers were still searching for his brother, Logan. After until _Attorney _¢ rdon’s court an go. but keep after | jai) He fs still at liberty. Takes Down His Bail Fred was taken back to the city Attorney Vanderveer |$1,500 more bail, liberty once more “Out againg “Arrested Clothes Poli as he slapped ley on the back Vhat's the idea?” ney Vanderveer. “The idea is that I got orders to arrest these fellows every time they get out,” explained the offi- cer “If it's the game to arrest these boys as fast as I can put up bail, I'm going to quit,” said the attor posted setting Fred at nned Fred, in,” said man James young Mr. Plain Fraser, Billings- asked Attor- ney He went to the clerk of Judge Gordon's court and withdrew the $1,500 he had just. posted. View Officer's Body Judge Gordon signed papers coms mitting Fred Billingsley to the county jail » first d ry warrant an jointly, Ex amination of the body of Sergt. Weedin, killed in the gun fight at the Billingsleys’ warehouse Mom. |day night, has convinced the au. thorities that he was killed by @ bullet from the Japanese watchs man’s gun, The coroner's jury for the case. was to be impaneled Friday, to feorge Vander-| view the body Sergt, Weedin. they got re-arrested