The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 25, 1918, Page 1

\:Cross Somme, Take Bapaume, Germans Claim ha 7 SEE THIS GAME teceipts above expenses are to be turned over to it THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST * or _VOLUME : 20 txt 3 SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MARCH | '400,000_ HU LOST IN DRIV GUNS RED HOT; (9s wut wr ) TEUTONS PAYING TROOPS FAGGED) =. :::, |TERRIBLE PRIC “Americans feel you will BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS “io.” | WASHINGTON, March 25.—Field Marshal Hag This was the message Presiden dri f 97 divisi ith a WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, March |] wilsonsentco cid Marsal lisigto- Il 27 dinkitg, oe botiine Tommases, it was stated by Bel a —With i sauey i ighti day, as*the great West front battle ~B. ae undeig Sy Sang ond the fighting thunders on ledecd kink eee military men here today. eh te The message reflected the confi- Ninety-seven divisions would be approxioataly 1 Rites the British and Teutonic troops are fagged but continue | dence of the abs ling in critical ‘000 men lined up in the kaiser’s y, age inst Captured prisoners declare that the heaviest blows are yet to) "His pea pire u. oe eri 'defense of 500,000 determined British. ae. is cable read: “May I not express British official timate the Ge l ata The Germans, at heavy cost, have progressed across the old | to you my warm admiration for the re bl gna , - 4 as . : steadfastness and valor with which imately 100,000 men a day in killed, wounded and a bed field of the Somme but the British line everywhere is your trodps diate. weithevond the Ger ban a total of oe 4 400,000 up to the beginning _ PRICE ¢ ONE CENT Evsasase® ep WIRE eY eeare vyeurses Haig’s troops have with-1 village, waving s revolver and bombing and war planes swarm over man onset and the perfect confidence drawn in the most perfect or-| Sour Gee te cee ck crevas leone ert nee a rT all Americans feel that you will win a Monday’ 8 fighting. ee. mega a Se der. Sots i ae bape fight-| to be a German. br the area of death scores of secure and final victory? At this rate, they maintain, they are justified in optimism fag “has been most severe, Guns Red Hot miles, few villages escaping. | “WOODROW WILSON.” jin the belief that the Germans are defeating themselves by especially along the Sapig-| Observers close up at the front Smash Air Records E eee bapanine road. The Ger-| signaled back to the artillery, and| When the sun rises, the bombers, | enormous losses. Bipans,, in dense masses, Were) ineir piece were poate ts | ai roots round ting’ epeoda | 4 --) ) | According to British strategy, it is believed Haig will not ru light while the British ma-| witout artillery support, trusting in| bombers, fly low aver the eleching | up a greater concentration of forces until he is ready to ; chine guns raked them in an| their ability to tend the British line | infantry, harassing enemy columns the offensive at the break in the German onrush. During a bon bardment it is not well to overconcentrate men, it is pointed out. 5 epoting rattle | racer force of number ind oiserning tacuery. “eeee HM ©6George’s Message Stilt Fight in Air to modern guns {7 German airplanes downed Friday ° meses llitomeeny axing stanton M cmcared withthe) he fignting on he road north af wore ausiad aetn,Maturday, an to Marshal Haig BERLIN, via London, March 25.—The German war office “No such targets were ever offered | airmen have smashed records. The probably t The battling is al this morning, and likewise south-| most exclusively between the Scarpe == day announced the capture of Bapaume. Stars. As is inevitable in the case of | ward, in the region of Ham and/and the Oise. While the struggle ceaselessiy both under the sun ch fighting. th ckers ha Nesle, the enemy ta de: tely continues out the lin “9 ; : - orn Se ® . sos . (a7 ia clr scent rata ego Baym ia il Ptasa ag tent ter ge all ONDON, March 25.— ‘The Divisions freshly brought up failed to bring a decision in but I do not believe in alarming | the Somne Altho making some presress, the empire stands calm and confi- vor of the enemy, the statement said. an bers. qT Drive Wed: Germans een unable © HANGS Cann af : ; me Eetafetmen whatinne the Tighting| Apiasentiy the Germans areat-|tain al thet gti ¥ dent in its soldiers.” was the “In the evening they were defeated and streamed west= fn the sky, creating new records © & wedge into ms ‘ Fe a ” “ . ssed hie. are withetanding the strain of ean er| i. ee oe message King George wired to Field ward,” it was declared. ‘Near Bapaume the enemy was Jong ( aichterigh gay oa ve creat od Mutflerl ruptine ‘te iee caauet dane Marshal Haig today defeated. ood’ FF branches is fine aa the prospect of smiling at the German wirelese claim | 4 cei reauan ithe tbidtiie.;coo mabe “Northeast of Bapaume German troops broke thru and drow ee Ef pronation, the German unt'| Beitiah army te defeated. Fed ortts “ oe the enemy back by way of Ytres and Sailly (gy mange per iggy preaking the Une the first |"'“Estraordinary thing that we did! and self-sacrifice of the troops you “Hot fighii for th 2 £ Combl : Greed 96 British sflicers or | hace. Se command, which continue so heroic- Nesl te = >> ae ‘or the possession o en. ol hi * * ¥ ) far ‘bask: ot te Uoes, aévictor Fhe wirsigas said the ottensive was ally to resist greatly superior numbers, pag acd is reso gone’ f <—e 1 oe the people to flee, and announe- ed an offensive was imminent In re is realized by me and my people.” rong positions west of the Crozat canal were captured. ing the Germans ure in the next | 7 gait Ghipétohen ‘trom Suvieh, has ? : Dae “Guiscard and Chauny have been captured,” the statement One in the aniform of a mill- | in moonlig perc agt meant tr Bs gre ti lsaid. “Enemy losses are unusually heavy. tary policeman galloped into | to permit th tae exbat elas ob 4 | “Forty-five thousand allied prisoners have been taken, SHELLS FALLING ON PARIS” No pad seh ey - « “BATTLE’S CLIMAX Sa with more than 600 guns and quantities of other war mie CAUSE LITTLE DISTURBANCE United Press Correspondent DU E WITHIN NEXT | BERLIN, via London, March 25.—Passage of the Somm WASHINGTON, March 25.—Thi a ore at jriver was forced below Ham, the Berlin war office announce y her propaganda guns was PARIS, March 25—Mysteri- | more effective. French experts di-| Germany seeks to injure American | Pots. today toe | 53 ‘today. “We mounted the heights west of the Somme,” the si ‘nited Press dispatches | Fy ; . tention to the fact that t yea mg 4 ous German shells resumed fal at a slackened speed, with t ing upon Paris early today. f »Badir nator ( The people remained in bed The bourse today decided to con and were not disturbed. tinue operations regardless of the| ¢ > ed The force of the explosion of the great offensive and the air attacks nany’s official statement yea-| BY J. W. T. MASON of prisoners is very reassuring. ° . * . “a . shelle was not greater than that of on Paria, It was arranged In the] terngy vicina ameter toca (Famous War Expert) Plans Are. Fall Field Marshal Haig, in his official statement, admitted many shells dropped on the city In event of heavy air attacks to use the! were beaten back when brought up| Written for the United Press esr ragserd h of the past f bourse bas ¥ Wid Une Frenette aterm, Ue boche |e ee eon ene next! The Present German objective in|Germans crossed the Somme south of Peronne, near Licourt, The shi In the absence of any official re-| pay, NE c oe ee: the attacks shows evide of not day were port, the Paris Midi says the first sy falsity of this statement was |24 hours will probably mark the being fixed at any point he Brit declared they were driven back. { and made 4 the shell that fell upon Paris this Morn’ regarded as part of the Teutons max of Von Hindenburg’s unprec-| ish retirement has caused Hinden It is not plain whether the Berlin war office and Haig refer } ground. M o'clock. An | ane of undewinin the allies by |edented slaughter of his own troops | burg apparently to search madly at the holes a en by means of drums) discouragement with false scares. in an effort to overwhelm the Brit-/ numerous sectors for any special the same action. diameter and were not more t The shells seemed to No Word Yet ish armies in France. If the British] weakness of the line, with the in two feet deep. Bombs from aero-| arrive faster than heret ‘That American reserves will have|lnes hold their own during that/tention of trying to break thru.| | planes heretofore have beer h| Shells ceased falling at 9:30 a. m.| a phate in the deforms now stoutly | period, Von Hindenburg’s great bat-| Otherwise it is hard to explain satis | Kaiser Proclaims } ‘ _ —| made by the British is possible, Au-| tle must begin to go against him. | factorily the scattering nature of the | TODAY’S BATTLE ANALYSIS | sade the Beth 1 pon, au | mae Dal to a have ae a Great Holiday TTL | American apirit in stich that it will| gained two objectives They have After attempting to outflank the) AMSTERDAM, March 25.——Kaiser The gist of Field Marshal Haig’s official statement today ts not be ewieved' by tiles 40s larkely improyed their own defen | ie southern end, Wilhelm and Field Marshal Von Hin: that the German drive has been stopped temporarily. The enemy i“ 99 verses, nor even by actual reverses, | ive positiongg@Buarding their chief)? nes er Sunday |] is concentrating his attacks north and south of Bapaume, which _ Karly today no word had b lines of communication in| we of tho British front and falling. | evening Berlin dis evidently is one of the Germans’ objectives, Heavy attacks north — noknded here as to Armestban France, and they ye undoub Hindenburg has turned for a new) patches r oday of this city Sunday evening resulted in the enemy obtaining @ Pershing’s thoughts | disarranged British offensive plans|drive nearly 50 miles north, near)” ed flags hoisted, small foothold in the new British positions, but British attacks 1 ».|Pation or Sar SOUM, Morte 36-Aial, 1 “It tn miy belief and that of my ae-| 02” 1h, Gevelopments in. the, amnaeh for the coming summer. But, the| Arras, A breaking up of the Ger-| rockets fired and schools given a hol later ejected him Gen, Wood emphatically — sociates that the migsiles reported st the British lines. Pershing's| Germans have not yet regained all| man stre neth in sind manner indi-}iqay thruout Germany, in celebra. (The Berlin report of the fall of Bapaume hed ‘sit bemaae of his belief that no mysterious fo iing on Paris nerial torpedoes 4 were studied thoroly yester. the territory they voluntarily | Von Hindenburg is now act-| tion of Peronne's capture |] mitted by the British war statement at the time this was wee new German gun is firing on ; 7 ‘a inet nlaht. by Gen, March | abandoned last March, when they re-|ing a an opportunist, ‘The failure! ‘The German losses in taking | os . Paris. DOtHIAG . S0RG" 6814 Ney eee ee ee ral stattoitione. | tired to. the Rindenbure ‘line | of ortuniats has been almost in-|panaume were “comparatively | South of Peronne, German troops forced a crossing of the “{ have read all the reports | house, of the board of governors of | "4 Keneral staff officers. Pay in Blood variable in the present war ven lin deentah ale. Somme near Licourt sf ding the attack on Paris,” the Aero Club of America, after ‘ “ The British front is resisting an!| ——___—_— The British drove them back to the east bank. Peronne ig Gen. Weed, in * statement after reading all the reports in the| Turning Point Is tendency to give way in disorder. | ~~~~~~n~~~n.-~~.-~~~ 12 smilen, west of the front, ax held previous to the present drive: ‘ a norning papers. * bye an day ve nis probably marks the greatest advance to r V ri couvineed thet no new gun | "it is practicable to build an or.| _ Near, Officers Say) ,,A* {2% 4, this slow orderly 18°} Kaiser Calls It LONDON HEARS FIRING | aus Be grea date in the big of marvelous range is involved. dinary maxim silencer that would WASHINGTON, March 25.—The ks must tend to Ger. LONDON, March me The participation of French troops in resistance to the drive, y firing was he: Kentish coast thruout last night | Houses were shaken by the concus-| officially announced as having begun Sunday, is a natural se quence of the German attempt to drive a wedge between the Brit- ish and French lines at La Fere, “In my opinion, a great aerial at-| a: n the report of a gun throwing| turning point of the great west tack is taking place, and it seems! shells into Paris from the sulmrbs of | front battle is near, officers here be very possible that radical develop: the city,” Hudson Maxim, famous in- | lieve. Jing compensating advantages. |} AMSTERDAM, March 26.—The ans confess to an im-| German empress, says a Berlin ment of airplane guna by the Ger- ventor of explosives, declared today) ‘The British are holding them| proved British defense in their state-|{ dispatch, has received the follow. ¢) sions. ‘ & | The French evidently have been compelied to fall back at na is involved. 1 hold this belief after reading accounts of mysterious now,” one of the highest ranking | ment of captured prisoners. During} Ing from Hmperor William | yey wea least four or five miles, to preserve their connection with the officers said today, “but! | the first two days of fighting, Ber. “Tam pleased to be able to tell {} om * British, The Paris communique says the French at this point pite the assertion that the pos! shells falling in Paris. tion of « great new gun has been ac If the Germans really have built curately ascertained. J am sure that a 70-mile long range gun, it would t time it will be estab be so expensive and futile as to in and British official! the combat only 00 additional Quentin and 1 irplane bombardment dicate their mental deterioration and statements convinces me that th aptives have been announced from The Lord has resulted in the misleading re-| should be the cause for allied rejolc: allied cause is not in great danger, ! the Germans \\ May He furt » dort.” | ad ‘and I see no reason for pessimiam, This sudden decline in the number \ WO Wwnnw gains by the Germans! jin reported 25,000 British had been |} you that, by the grace of God, the ted, A comparison of | taken. For the held the heights on the right bank of the Oise in the face of heavy — enemy attacks. i Elsewhere on the French front only artillery and raiding activities were reported two days of { battle of : ny’s man power without odrre German se ' More War News | On Page Ten | aa