The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 2, 1918, Page 1

DON’T PASS UP BABY! Baby is an important person there days fact, will Be Raby week » want to know what's what Pare 4 FULL bir UNITED VOLUME PR Next week, in and you'll ou today on the U tolls y ver st wep WIRE. SERVE ERS ASSOCIATIONS THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCUL: ATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE " The Seattle Star PACIFIC NORTHW. NIGHT EDITION — Tonight and Wednesday fair heavy Moderate northerly winds Weather Forecast: front tonight PRICE ONE CENT f'*sccere® British Break — Up Attack and | k Nab Prisoners |” LONDON, April 2.—Fifty prison ers and 13 machine guns were taken im yesterday's fighting between the Avre and the Luce (Moreull region) Marshal Haig reported today “Between the Avre and the Luce ® number of German dead were found. The enemy counter attacks Water Were broken up with heavy losses by our artillery “A German battery was success fully engaged at short range and silenced by machine guna ™ “On the remainder of the front \@ucceasful raids were made {n the) Reighborhood of Acheville and Hol uke, where several prisoners were | and a number of the enemy | LES SMASH | STEAM ROLLER ~ SCHEME OF FOE BY HENRY WooD | United Press Correspondent | WITH THE FRENCH ARM. | IES IN THE FIELD, April 2— | Complete checking of the Ger- | man advance renders possible | | comprehension of the stupend- ousness of the enemy's offensive It comprised three great simultane ous thrusts, each along three import ant railroads toward three railway jal and political centers While the armies composing the F German right wing advanced toward Afras, along the routes thru Cam "peal and Bucquoy, the center ad vanced toward Amiens, on routes from Bapaume, Vernand and Roye, while the left wing advanced toward Paris over the Montdidier-St Juis road, the Roy-Senlis rooue and| the Noyon-Compiegne highwa. Huns Change Plans To date the German advance |» checked along all the routes, and the enemy has modified its objectives, nea merely to capture the rail funning southward from teas; Creil and Beauvais A gigantic battle is raging between Lassigny and Moreuil for possession of the Amiens railways. The com pleteness of the check between La! Fer and Montdidier is shown by the fact that the Germans are now en ; Eemning that portion of the line Miantime, between Montdidier and Morull the Germans are still fight mg desperately Canadians Praised Prospective soldiers of the classes ‘of 1919, 1920 and 1921 were ordered to evacuate their positions before the German onslaught. They marched to the rear, singing “The Marseil Jaine.” and demanding permission to fight immediately. The French mili tary office warmly praise the Ca nadians, whose units are fighting with the French near the junctic of the Franco-Pritish lines, and who. with the French, recaptured Moreuil fn one of the bloodiest bayonet charges of the war. Moreuil has been retaken Jost twice. One Canadian rived before Montdidier. Learning Of the critical situation, they dashed into action, assisting the French ‘The American Red Cross is pi {ng an important role. It aided fans in the evacuation of Ham and Roye, and aided them in the farm implements, live stock and food with which they recornmenced Wife after the great retreat of a year! ago. and re unit ar ARRAS REGION _| BOMBARDED BY | TEUTON GUNS PARIS, April 2—Arras and St 1 Pol have been under the sheaviest Tbombardment since Thursday, it was ‘announced to Several civilians have been killed. Arras ix lens than three miles from | the battle line, while St. Pol is 21 Millen west and north of Arras, three titles beyond the farthest German| advance at that point in 1914 }less of party Tacoma Holding | trie (Acheville is four miles southeast of Lens. Hollebeke is three miles southeast of Ypres in Belgium.) “In the neighborhood of Hebu terne (eight miles north of Albert) a local enterprise resulted in the capture of 73 prisoners and three machine guns. Many Germans killed. A hostile counter at tack was repulsed were completely the PARIS, April 2.—"Between and the Somme the night was) relatively calm,” the French com-) munique said today | French-British forces made progress between the Somme Demutn. In the region of Calonne. | we, by two coupe de mains, 4 ee some prisoners.” (LOYALTY TEST ON AT POLLS IN WISCONSIN BY L. E. EARNEST United Preas Correspondent MILWAUKEE, April 2—Wis- consin went to the polls teday to record her attitude toward the war and elect a United States senator to succeed the late Paul Hosting. There are three candi dates. All demand election be | canse they are for the war or | against it. They who stands for a single-purpos »n of the war are: Joseph Davies, demo-| crat ed protection and indorsement of Wilson in 1 Lenroot republican, whose war stand is indentical with Davies Victor L. Berger, socialist, who is “100 per cent for peace,” and who | has declared that if elected he will! work for immediate recall of Ameri } prosecuti | can troops from France ‘The certainty that the “loyalty” vote will be divided between Lenroot and Davies was causing some pertur ation in both camps. So confid have the leaders been that Berger 4id not stand a chance of election | that they have devoted the final days | of the campaign to partisan skir mishing among themselves. There was a feeling that possibly Berger's strength had been underes: timated, and that the division be tween Davies and Lenroot would give him a chance to win The election today is the climax of | ~ the b Jen Wiscon sin's history. | terest cam) CHICAGO IS HOLDING | “DAYLIGHT ELECTION” | chooses aldermen and a congress today In the first election” the city ‘has ever had closing at 4 p. m The election of John W. Ralmey, mocrat, in the Fourth Congression district 19 conceded | In loyalists, regard-| combined against so cialista to elect men pledged to sup: port war measures Dry reversed themselves at the eleventh hour and cancelled in structions to their followers to write in a vote against saloc The elec tion commission announced that ballots would be thrown out If “mu. voters writing in their | votes on we basal queation man | | several wards Election Today TACOMA, April 2.—A primary election to nominate two candi a) for mayor, two for comptroller four for two city commissionershipa! in being held here today In additon the whether the city shal istue bonds to the amount of $5,200,000 for the purchase and equipment of the elec railway lines in the city limite quention of ia up. The candidates for the mayoralty nomination are Mayor Fawcett George M. Thompson, C. Riddell and Edwin W. Beedle. M. The Valentine Case Mayor Hanson has removed Superintendent Valen- tine of the city utilities department. He has named Thomas F. Murphine for tbe place. The mayor has taken an important step, It to him to make good. And he is entitled to the chance to make good. It is his business, directly, not the council's, to see that the city utilities department functions actively and satisfactorily. That the work of this department can be improved, must be conceded. Let no one interfere with the mayor and Superin- tendent Murphine if they are on the way toward such improvement. is up DANCERS MAY ALL OF CITY'S ‘CLEAR MYSTERY =EMPLOYES TO | OF MINING MAN GET MORE PAY facing ° that | wil Alaska City detectives Tuesday, 3,000 employes the extreme probability Fred Lau wealthy man, was murdered, are search ing for a mysterious party of two men and two wor attended a dance with at Clear Lake Saturday night, and were last with him at o'clock Sunday morning, a few hours previous to his death. Every indication leads to the ¢ clusion of murder, the detectives A study of the dead man's condi tion revealed several Important f J One of these is that, while front of Laubnor’s coat w cov ered with blood, there is no bloc his Another is that the pen knife was 1c in grasp, his hand scare being closed over it in for the fire and police At the Clear Lake dance, Lau or $20 increase, but the tickets the party hokaot $20 bill, which he extracted m from & huge “roll ording to Miss Emma Van Valanbur who was ticket seller on the occasion This| a from $700 1,000, was when Laubnor’s body city’s receive wage increases next month amounting to $15 a nth for altry and 50 cents a day for those paid a day wa The in er will mean an dition of $500,000 a year to the city’s payroll The council. ads of departments and Mayor Hanson reached an agree ment at a conference Monday after noon, and it was decided to pass the authorizing the increases at once, so that they effective in April will sign the bill as soon ed to him The ordin the meetin increase for employes rec than $200, but this was rv here Was an attempt mad oF, those on ordinance would become Mayor Hanson as present on his depart Council ‘Thomson d to 1 $15 raise nis decided upon for paid for or with a but In fe amount question has been be fore the council four months money missing found And what is considered unusually BOARD OF TRADI significant, the and women| CHICAGO, April 2 who were with cannot be} board of trade was el account of city election. was CLOSED The Chicago wed tod: two men Laubnor on } LAST BATTLE ‘HOOVER TO MT PROFITEERS IN FOOD SUPPLIES WASHINGTON food adm strike so The to April tion in expected teers in corn meal Limitatior profits in these »ked for batitutes is | n the w rigid probe now about complet The rve wheat cents pund for white « is stated—twice the and as against 1.16 cents before in its effort is now payi od public. sincere to con: 1 This Jeorn supplies a tion. Exports terlor points were 12,849 5,243,000 for the last year Corn m 8% cents prevails huge ailable for consump: corn at primary in r one week last cnonth bushels, against corresponding week pric despite al is selling at retail for pound in New York and nt« in Chicago. price thruout United States is about 6% cents, Un restricted profits push prices out of poor, Herbert Hoover to equalize the burden on al rs at he ts working to limit profits on wheat substitutes RUSSIA PLANS TO PLACE NEW ARMY IN FIELD LOGRAD, April 2 off, commander of the Moscow dis trict, declares he expects to form an army of a million for defense of the Russian government within two months, according to advices re. ceived here today POPE PROTESTS TEUTON | BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS PARIS, April protested to Bi bardment of Par Rome said today the reach of the ne has inst the bom dispatch from pope hlete in the h at the Famous as a college ‘90¢ and a former track University of Washington, James H Maybury died last week in a Paul hospital. Word of his d was made known here today, st. | SPEED ‘GREAT FORCE BY CARL D. GROAT + Correspondent WTON, April 2.— trade is being strip: ped to the bone to provide ton- nage for speeding troops abroad. Shipment of non-exsentials is being so curtailed, it tx inti mated that much additional ship- ping is being obtained from un expected quarters. Already troop transport has been er earlier Substantial na guard ing’s tonal arm r re Gen wh 1 be qn the yottekt wy Answer Call of Allies a in responding steadily to of France and Britain for more troops. All arms of the war government are cooperating to |keep the transport lines unbroken | during the great western crisis. | ‘The announcement in London that |. & troops would be brigaded with allied units, officers here maid, will affect most of the forces now te thelr part stated If the f however, w (Continued on Page Seven) RATIFICATION OF MURPHINE | UP WEDNESDAY The city couneil, in special ses- sion Wednesday afternoon, will take up the matter of ratifying Mayor Hanson's appointment of Thomas urphine ax super. intendent of city utilities to suc- coed A. L. Valentine. Valentine was discharged by Hanson Monday afternoon when he refused to take advantage of an opportunity to resign. Hanson immediately made public the following letter to Valentine When the people elected me may or th did primarily because they felt that I would my pledge and foster, develoy Ir needs the h superintendent inforcements army w fore the wets in firing lin mmer weather for the most part ined take up great ere it will be necessary keep protect survey nonstrates to me that of public at no time gone out of the path to s them have not ente into their battles and their struggles a wholehearted friend would is my purpose to have men on guard at the city hall who are whole-heartedly for the city and the city-owned utilities “Therefore, I hereby as superintendent of pu I do this because I feel t crucial time Seattle needs sive, aggressive, forward-looking men in time with the spirit of the day you are not a real frien utilities, You hav beaten our ve you as It remove you ° utilities. “Tried to Do Duty” Valentine's only comm ried to do n dut and if I have ma mistakes they were not in When fternoon ppointment, a discussion follow indicated a diffe of atter was decided to refer to committee have de ntions the council any meeting Mon day the 1 ed which opinion on the 1 it pointment who Councilmen Erickson and Lane went on record as in favor of imme: diate ratification, Hesketh pleaded for more time, Thomson opposed the removal of Valentine and said it was a violation of the spirit of | civil service. Opposes All Appointments Thomson said he would against appointment of any new de- partment Councilman Fitzgerlad doubted the legality of the appointment and will obtain an opinion from the corpora tion counsel before the next meet- ing A test viva voce vote showed four favored |t and four oppoged it, lentine’s term would have ex pired Dee, 31, 1918. He has been with the city since 1909. Murphine is a graduate of the Uni versity of Washington law school. $ the of vote reaches the point, | was asked to confirm | Bombardmentof Paris Fatal; Huns Lose 525, 000 Men Fighting in Region of Triple German Objective Intense, But Allies Halt ~ | Enemy Advance The triple German objective of capturing Amiens, cutting Calain-Patis railway south of that city and driving a wedge between the British and French armies in that region is resulting in the most, sanguinary fighting at the present stage of the offensive. The combat is centering around Moreut!, Demuin and Hangardy between the Avre and Luce rivers and midway es have not officially admitted the capture of Moreuil the Germans, they are proceeding west of those two these towns from the enemy Saturday but afternoon, according to a United Press dispatch the al and Demuin t cities. The a them again from the front. The night statement of the British war office said ground been gained in this neighborhood by counter attacks including a weed: between Moreull and Hangard. The latter is a mile due west of Den and about four miles north of Moreuil. The Berlin report declared allied attacks between the Luce Avre had broken down and claimed the number of allied prisoners |] been increased to 75,000. | WASHINGTON, April 2.—Senator today offered a resolution in the senate ing for a declaration of war on Turkey Bulgaria. tes took nda PARIS, April 2. —Four American wom |were killed in the German bombardment o 'a Paris church on Good Friday, it was an- omngaee today: j They were: Mr: rod Edward S. Landon, of New York; Lucy Landon Speed, her daughter, wife ag Ralph S. Speed, of the British fp uth Landon, another daughter; Miss Movie Grinnell, of New York. | Yesterday’s bombardment resulted in the death of four persons and the injury of nine | others. | ROME, April 2 Germany’s losses in the present battle at 525,000 men. PARIS, April 2. —The bombardment of Paris started again this morning. 'HANSON CALLS |SAYS U.S. GAS CONFERENCE TO | MASKS RUINED DISCUSS VICE|BY PRO-GERMANS A conference representative of all WASHINGTON, April 2—De _ rts of the state will be held in ttle three days this month to dis.| “laring that 2,900 of a shipment ns of supressing| Of 5,000 American gas masks according to! were found to have been tam : Mayor Ole) pered with and made defective ~ Tuesday feb vi ja by proGerman factory work § t of state hospitals and| i ents country, Senator § of Colorado today started a blaze of senate fire against those in- terfgering with war work, mps will be discussed Hanson has called the meeting for| April 23 and 24 at the Frye hotel, and has sent invitations to the] | mayors and boards of health of alll ‘Thomas maintained that tie ii ities of th and to all county | ous strikes in the South were due te commissioners. The state board of German propaganda. > Senator Reed vigorously condemn+ (ed striking shipyard workers, who he declared, “are starving and de feating the American army cuss ways a and vice announce) the Hanson establishme: | internment ns sta mi » invited to remain for the sessions of the conference. |BELIEVE WHITE STAR | LINER CELTIC SAVED BULGARIANS NOT ON NEW YORK, April 2.—No addi-| WEST FRONT, HE SAYS. tional information had nore ceived here early today on the White| WASHINGTON, April 2.—Investi- Star liner Celtic which was tor. | gation by the American government pedoed by a German submarine off | has revealed that no Bulgarians are the Irish coast on a voyage from {participating in the West front bat: England to America. | tle, according to reports here today; THREE DIE IN |cabled that information shows, Bu QUE BEC RIOTS |garians were only on the Macedé& ‘Three civilians | health ets here April Dele: nian front, and it is assumed his in- {formation came direct from the Bule ‘ y as a result of anti-/ Saran government. P nscription street riots, and more! This indicates the United Stated will not alter its position of not de > than 100 are under arrest Protected by a dense fog last | ¢laring war on Bulgar night, snipers fired on the military from doorways and from behind) \GERMANS AFTER - snow banks. {BELGIAN COAST IS HIT LONDON, April 2.—Germans are. BY 4 HOUR AIR RAID asain disputing the mastery of t air, according to dispatches from FLUSHING, Holland, April French front. Their greatest a An air raid on the Belgian coast ator, has reap) continued for four hours Sunday/ and’ is commanding a night, squadron of airplanes. between Montdidier § Mary G. Landon, wife , /“AIR_ SUPREMACY —A neutral report places ~