The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 2

| ENEMY HORDES MAKE VICIOUS © TRY FOR TOWN Teuton Waves Are Hurled Recklessly Against Allied | Defenses | VAST NUMBERS FALLING BY WM. PHILIP Simms Uelted Press Correspondent THE BRITISH AR. | FRANCE, April 6— | of the Amiens embankment, in the of Albert and the valley Ancre, and astride the Just outside Corbie (on the ei ee Somme, eight miles due| . particularly desper- | nay are being made. The} re hurling great masses of | +4 morning the enemy wancing In waves west wood (a mile and a half Corbie). Fighting Is continu ward from the heights. | bers of Germans are fall the battle. ' Huns Drive Wedge Jonnnnnnnn Rann the Zeuzey regions (where American troops have taken over sectors south of V were repulsed last night, war office reported today Americans Increase } Allied Confidence, ' Says King George LONDON, April 6—"The fact that American troops daily are taking thelr place in the battle line Increases more than ever the confidence with which we patient ly look forward to the triumph of our united efforta in the defense of the rights and liberties of Imation, King George wired te day, In replying to felicitatic from the guests of the lord mayor at a luncheon to Britishers and Americans, in celebration of the anniversary of America’s en trance Into the war. | REPULSE HUNS; BIG GUNS BUSY German raids in Vaux Les-Palametx PARIS, April 6 and dun) the Freneh There was mutual artillerying shattered long the right of the Meune (in goo an bayonets = ere which sector Zeuzey time this @ispatch is filed, Palametx are located) and early to give the definite, Apremont wood and Vaux Lew in the BY FRED 8, FERGUSON US. FIGHTERS | LIBERTY LOAN | DRIVE STARTS | WITH A RUSH! = Seattle Shows Much Pep in } ' Getting Third Call for Funds Under Way HIGH MARK IS STANDARD the Third } § { { Seattle is off on Liberty Loan drive. Subscriptions began rolling ta carly morning It’s to be a whirtwind affair, officials predicted Liberty Da brations, which | also marked America’s entrance into| the war one year ago, included bell ringing and explosion ef bombs at 5 a m,, blasts of whistles at 4. m., noon ceremonies and flag ral ings in the at and the bis military parade ntown at 91 p.m. City wide prayer for viet wan to be observed at $30 p. m. To make subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan, go to any bank Or ask your employer—he may have arranged to handle your loan and take the payments out of your pay 1 Seattle and the state are trying to overmubscribe their quota tn a week Saye important clashes yes:| United Press Correspondent % “ the Germans occupy a wedge | Wirh THE AMERICAN ARMY Seattle banks will re- ridge at the confluence of/tN PRANCE, April &—With the x til 8 p | ) the Noye and Avre, from where the! pattie again in full awing, the Amer.|| Main Open unth sp. m. P) Masin tine of the ParisAmiens rall-| joan army is unusually busy on the|| Saturday to take Third ieee & in plain sight. a mile and ® anniversary of America’s entrance || | iherty | bscrip away. This position overlook) into the war, Much of this cannot ADerty oan su scrip ti gardens, which supply Amiens now be described for military rea-|| tions. “and part of Paris. sons. It probably will be several days | 5 « ‘The Germans also hold & weds?! before much can be sald regarding |The firet seven days will be honor iN the Avre and the Luce and) the activities in Picardy,“ but there /daya You can help by subscribing between the Luce and the has been no let-up sigce the nove ments previously described. Meantime, other occurrences which 4 a @ight o'clock Friday morning. Bombardment, six divisions of | infantry (72,000 men) at to storm the railway em- Dernancourt was the of the attack. The fighting | the fighting to the sout this is an effort to gain high | which Hindenburg desper | needs before the next “kick - |The German artillery is increas active in the back areas of region, showing that heavier are coming up. A few shells nog previously only bombed air, will expose its famous to the same fate as that FURIOUS FIGHT | BEFORE AMIENS, WASHINGTON, April 6.—France Britain at bay before Amiens stand off the boche and turn| Back, in the opinion of military - t that protection of this strategic: | | 4 teportant center will be a de-| | Deane of men fighting for their very | | existence. —- — | ‘Phe fall of Amiens, the experts|| LONDON, April @—German at would be more tragical than| tacks “In considerable strength” on capture of Paris, at least from! 20-mile front north of the Somme| Military standpoint. Because of | thruout yenterday and this | important rail lines Amiens is|morning, were repulsed, Marshal -- to the allies. ARTILLERY DUEL 4 | Avette’ @ tafiaa worth of Arras ana| 0% i \ or pat pes holds $30 in war savings stamps Coliseum. 4 Somme) until late yesterday,” the) @UCt & Liberty an campale| seclaration: “We call it a lie of Petro Mot ye of the SOMME ATTACK | sistement vasa. jameng city and county employes ail ita National Ship | - “ | When the tal of thrift and} BY HENRY Woop “The enemy attacked in strength. = india n ri n WITH THE FRENCH AR- | without further successns during the| The Bey Scouts of Seattle om Heney Completes Work | tnritt’ stamps. A card = MIES IN THE FIELD, Aprit 5. | morning pean Appar ag make Lib) CHICAGO, April &—Termination | *chool and became a busines —A violent artillery duel, usual- “South of the Somme ae or ee . jot Fra connection | fr with “0 he digs weed Ty presaging an attack, is under | neihborhood of Hangard (a mile) oo. rat | With. the comnmiasion’s | C@rpeta and runs r way on the entire front south of | west of Demuin and nine 7 first) packing an the’ naural | Neighbors, and ever a un urroun in Oo the Somme. southeast of Amiens) there was local) *PPearance Saturday tr the Liberty | result of mpletion of his work, | C@rns Koes to he Wevertheless, the Germans appar-| fighting yesterday afternoon. We| lan Parade. They marched With| he explained today . ' Mm ed ow "6 c i ante = - ood — = . Th are in Ita ‘ently plan a vastly greater artillery |!mproved our positions in counter! eee | P ; . | oe ] Y Ag H F concentration before risking the | attacks | Spanish-American war veterana| Warn Lumber Companies | Vite! is a native Americar ee ear 0; as . ree | . main drive toward Amiens. After | l¢rom Campa Fortson and Thygesen| WASHINGTON, April 6.—Unfair| >” a Ms se sare te coms cet 20 DIARREL ENDS tree ee tees Bo ease festa Wout moro WAR ASSISTANTS namen} 1X0AC INO ay to in ia Many 1 iaecriace’ Sip aemosters | i dered stopped Friday by the federal! WASHINGTON, April 6—Edwing When the United States enter- ed alanost to the gates of coos of the U. S. shipping board heard. Still heavier c: |. Four Washington state counties| trade commission. R. Stettinius, purchas « Sal ed the war, a year ago, it loo! ¢ assuring him that he would take were 4 eavier cannon ari had oversubscribed their Liberty | ~ the ar department, and Fred rather gloomy for the Hw He Russia °) utterly. Ru . 7 _ T Stee Bother Ha: jloan quotas before the campaign] try had planned impressive cere . 1 \e ¢ Columbi was then surrounded by a com | Italy is In a| immediate steps to have Director ME ee‘ tegtente Tn started moni and a whirlwind selling ty, were today nominated by | plete cirele of steel. To the east eneral McAdoo release steam pith Poros r co ia pees . oe etart Wilson to be second and and to the west the armies of the has grown so/train equipment to haul shipyard Semeeanceabty increasing The Eagles signed up for another Presiden | third assistant secretaries of war, re-| allies bottled him up. The out ain of taking | workere to ‘and froin wortedavtbeatal omar féifticuities. Dn the con- | Is: 000 worth of war bonds. Thia| resident to Talk ws ic bake’ & Sak Gat ao Ga Beall mr ig ork in Seattle, trary, rench railways, working 32.200 The president wan to o; up o urley also asked a report from organization now holds $32,200 in p pen up at isfactory for the allies hee In the West 1 ly ‘ with the same precision that charac- ‘ a tr agg for an alleged | | bec riptions to the different Liberty | Baltimore with a ringing war mes JOSE, Cal, April 6.—cr Russia had just raed from ar ble to make any mate.| C&Pt: Blain, his representative here, terized the 1914 mobilization, have | tneult Pita asine ae tenia sage, warning against false peace| Davidac Swede, toasted Kaiser gutocracy to a jocracy a year) ria The allies, however,| ich will be used in making the ti aT ta ” ». SEES oth ave. &. res a ec sa ern © , 3 ye rda & one men ‘an - ae i ay ; | forma eques y S01 ir ees te ee ygerd nye ne Dathemigy The tin) Chie ety hoapttal ee lures and voicing a stern call for re.) Bill lay, San J firemen after a reve born | ba unable.to make any | "Mal request. Mayor Hanson wir fet against Acniens, the artillery | at the point of death ; You pay 5 per cent on application, | !entless pressing of the war | dampened his ardor with a fire hose t pr in on the Hin-|°¢ Hurley again late Friday and urg-t | persist against A-niens, the artillery ‘Thomas MePhearson, the neighbor,| 29 Der cent May 28 per cent July cretary McAdoo, generalissimo| and toda b tarted serving 280 | ¢ art of t ar ed prompt action. The request for ire preceding the shock of battle will} | Thomas Metihearson, the nelghbor.| 14 274 49 per cent August 1 he campaign, will address a huge| days in jail saa thba baeed Mea ate tens steel which surrouna.| Bltin's report was made by Hurle; go esteet ot be var aaa i‘ A ; fs tha aon, aes ee thering at Philadelphia, where a Fast ed the . year ago has faded | “fer receiving Hanson's message. indica: are plentifu A eo} to have ic I e gu are | replica of the Statue ot v1 3 F . 4 an faded olen per: - oe pes ree for a secona| both being held on an open charge| Third Liberty Loan bonds pay 4% Pinsgorets i Statue of Liberty will has practically a clear| away i East, but It is claimed Voffensive elsewhere, for which the| Pending Investigation by the prose-| Per bes payable ms miannually, on} "°. retary of the Navy arden road to India by military experts that the war's “4 © meas-| Cuting attorney's office. | September 15 and arch 15. They'll Me et : rw A year ago the Italian forces were ¢ will t ed only in the West French have taken adequate mea The affair was the culmination of| be sold in denominations of $50, $100,| WhO will spend a large alice of the more than b ¢ their own against |—and it is there that the American | ) SEND YOUR WASTE Following the decision of the|® lond-standing enmity between the| $900, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 eit Ginke at Ceveana the Austr Today the enemy influence will eventually be felt. TO THE RED CROSS . n ices art things leveland | 2 sce 5 American government regarding the | McPhearsons and Pettypiece, accord St. Louis declared a legal holiday. | ) The F . Iv . 0 Reports from Bremerton to the} ” Cross salvage depart se of its troops, the French general | !"* to the police. Billy Sunday opened the Chicago} as ent hae iss olarak mtatt declared the American forces| Friday _nient when MePhearson state agency were that 1,000 people| Cvicbration | SHIP MEN OF NATION | LIBERTY BOMBS INJURE i ca Sanaa "tne — e theli ight felt in the | returned ‘om wor! he was met at we he there. ” . ‘ ee - him Pettyplece had insulted her Three thousand men were can-| Opening ¢ found every city WASHINGTON, April 6—Ship-| LOS ANGELES, April 6—White|} salvage department of the Amer- } SE A | erence, Seeman went over| ans Bins crane Mecertay. | ne ogame Sarre spouse et boilers in America’t “Victory shite arty morning crowds were cheering || 120, Cross Send us al your . 0 the home of Pettypiece, dernand Aberty poste: T ppeals by yards” all coasts d to , ‘ \ ome ¢ a TROOPS IN PORT | in tnat the tatter come out ana] A telegram received at headquar-|the country’s most famous popular Schumann yards” on all heard today | the Liberty bombs opening the great|} money. We have markets for ¢ | fight ltera from Prosser: “Prosser went] artists told the loan story from mil stirring appeal to “t open the seas| bond drive tod: two men were |) tin or lead foil folded flat, collaps- } OF VLADIVOSTOK | "reitypiece came out, worsted oc-| over the top ut 10 this morning: | ona. of ilhourds, In mtreet. cara, - nigel meruck by explocfven and’ one waay{f We, paste and. paint tiben aia WASHINGTON, April 6—A amail|Phearson in the struggle that follow. see newspapers and magazines | ulintet piine tus 250,000 woekers tuaselaneutt wemaas } automobile tires and inner tubes, ed, and chased hi ° 1 . ’; The loan started off with an in. by he lives Marion Gentry, 30, |} t 2 ee ) armed force of Japanese haa beah| m up the street.| A telegram from Hatton, Wash yards participated in national flag-| will be mutilated for 1 THe ag |) fruit Jars, cold cream jars, ete, — { landed from Japanese cruisers in the| McPhearson ducked into Hanson's| “Hatton went over the top at sun-| creased Interest rate over its prede-| ‘posed of the celebs 1 a! face was blowr elias | ‘On Monday, April 8, a bargain | harbor of Viadivostok, Siberia residence, recelved calibre rifle, | rise.” 4% per cent. The bonds lata: Carl A rt rafsing ceremonies and received a)" piste snl Dns ins.d TC enensanane sith will be held at the ) ‘The landing, according to advices |%"d coming out, shot Pettyplece, the od sg oder et maturing in Portune, Mise H rtun personal appeal for added effort salya » department of the Red) | * trol ne | POlice way. Monday the state committee will | 1° years from May 9, 1918. Interest ire. Grace Ka from Chairman Hurley, of the ship ) Crdéss, 2010 Westlake. iapeertce: bond mons! at Viadivortok, wan | ‘The McPhearson home is located|send a delegation to Kent, Auburn| Will be paid semiannually on Sept.|m Kabir, will | ping board. The American flag and CHICAGO ENTHUSIASTIC \ Tins ah Bata clothing, old ty i geetect life and property ter |@t 6115 35th ave. 8, next door to|and Tacoma 16 and March 16 the new United States shipping) QVER BIG DOLLAR DRIVE} books, recent magazines and oth here Pr piece live <n pains poard flag were unfurlec eac s are ee naesans had invaded one bepptece iy gh ed oo] THE schon ai a hl oe i sation CHICAGO, April 6.—Chicago joy i} interesting bargains. ees series 6 the sity. a ENTIRE NATION PUT YOUR AUTO INTO a pgs ~ |ously entered the seventh reserve e Vatupten: helpers are needed and seriously wounded, two ctners| NEW YORK LOAN DRIVE | JOINS BIG PUSH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE || Singing of national hymna, with Mistricts “dolar drive” today, deter | he warehous in the office, after being refused K patriotic addresses were followed by Mined to exceed her quota of | we Imoney which’ they nad demanded, | ,STARTED AT MIDNIGHT) FOR THIRD LOAN)\\ tian sou an automonie: | View and Univerntty — | the repetition en masse by ail work. 180.000 Inthe "Third Liberty” Loan, NEW YORK, April 6—The cam. WASHINGTON, — April ) ‘Then put it to work for Uncie { Sunday Hvening, April 7¢h, | ors of the pledge, “I pledge allogiance | The roar of cannon, the blare of the) BRITISHERS CELEBRATE q Many School Chiltren Are Sickly paign for the Third Liberty Loan,| America’s third giant drive for Sam. At least, register your car at O06. to my flag and to the republic for bands, the clanging of gongs and " | altho scheduled to begin at 9 o'clock | Liberty Dollars opened thruout for Liberty Loan drive service which It stands—one nation, indivis.| Walls of steam sirens at midnight! YU, §. WAR ANNIVERSARY és savamere who valve thelr own comfort| this morning, really started at :nid the nation today, Bumper bil- Cara will be called for only in MILDRED HEID ible, with liberty and justice for all.” | found the city entering the loan cam- LONDON, Atel $2) dotinaeiie Deamaatie a ben of taste jnight. The campaign was launched| tions in war money will be sub- |) case of vital necensity. D ti i paiga as into a fextivel ed company of 260 Britishers and 100 Powders for Children. for we |iN many sections with enthusiastic| seribed during the 28 days’ cam “There in a crying need Yor'an }| Nurned trem Buropee wilt GE. anda gM Rehatears sate tote ote tthe season. ‘They Break up| rallies, patriotic demonstrations and| paign, officials here confidently |) unusual number of cars, the,” (| alan EBDRAY Gn The GEORGIA FORGES AHEAD, acorn rancuer net entaee etna fe taser era anness, Constipation, | public meetings | predicted. says J. W. Spangler, in charge of (| ATLANTA, Ga., April 6,—More " . ge lord mayor at a luncheon in cele; ‘Troubles. Peed by mot ave tor 10 ate ew Mee federal Sarrhy dis Headed by President Wilson and/s the drive in ttle. §| ? than 50 counties and cities of the ey reer Mghen : ses Brae Bh sod, apa doeinia ee ted . THES! EVER | trict, with an allotment of $900,000, his war government officials, public Register your ¢ ne 5 Admission sixth federal reserve distric Tanihad minkes Becket ee ave oe eee. @ Serene nie All Drug Mores, 260. Don't 90-1000, has net an its goal one half of tha | lends ‘ i Di ) . negmater your oar at the war { ixth federal reser lixtrict have! United States flag on hie barn,” Allan|. American Ambassade Page and er aamterey gare, DO, ce rs f the | leaders had put party scores behind|{ service bureau of the Chamber of } ‘clephone oversubscribed their Liberty Loan * lan Mother Gray Co, Le Koy, N. x, ' total amount of the loan, $1,500,000," them to stump for the loan Gdisiasen oe salt Sasa onan day pies eate oan) Brooks, Auburn rancher and former| Foreign Secretary Balfour were the : : Rl Daan cag a OO 5060, § ding (© an announce: | socialist candidate for the legislature, | principal speakers, The menu con. t today. was arrested Friday, formed to strictest war rations, % cannot be Inentioned have augment of Albert, after two hours’) 4 1)... allies’ strength. Americans heretofore looked with | mingtving on the tiny freight cars, but hope they can become accustom. ed to traveling in them. The Toul front in quiet, n.| fire patrol encounter Thursday night with normal artillery One German was killed in a Flashes From PARIS, April 6—Violent bom. bardments along the Avre, especially near Monchel (near Montdidier) were reported in the Freneh official com | munique today fantry engagements in There were no in this region. Zeuney in seven miles north of St. Mibiel and 14 miles south and east today. of Verdun. VauxLesPalamelz is ‘That strong defenses are before the | two miles north of Zeusry. fs assumed. The military men | ». annie , BRITISH Haig reported today forth of the Somme there was j heavy fighting everywhere south of | early eee Maj. Gen. Greene was unable to re. view Seattle's Liberty day parade. He had already promined to be coma's guest when asked to Seattle Ta come to . Allen the Col. 8. FE UL AL ie charge of Seattle's parade The work of organ pageant was tn charge of Parade King Bert Swenea eee coast artillery, «rand marshal in ng the o handeu! Tell people the patriotic parades, ‘Tell ‘em to app are marching.” . them selven and down to says Hert Swena pliaud the men who The 500 men from Camp Lewis ame to Seattle aboard a special troop train, leaving the camp imme diately after mean, It was the first time national army men have parad ed in Seattie. . “Why is It so few pedestrians lift thelr hats when the colors pass by?” asks E. M. Warner, 202 Ninth ave. “Only one among thousands removes | his hat.” | : Rear Admiral R. F. Coonts, U. & was reviewing officer. The stand Hotel Washing ee N was in front of the ton No Man's Land waa paraded down cong arranged by a float at Fort oe ave. on . F ted m | Bellingham the battalion Worden n from Seattle, Everett. and Snohomish made up of troops from Fort f the departments in the building have formed a Heads county ity permanent organization for patriotic STAR—SATURDAY, | Awaeernnnm Seattle Passes \ 3 Million Mark n subscriptions had $4,000,000 mm at in First Hours } { H faturday, necording to a tatoment by Chairman Swalwell Bank subscriptions . alo { ; more than $2,000,000 i \ ly f opportunity to mign } subscriptions in practically every } bank ( 5 }{ ‘Three towns In the ntate ex: { { ceeded their quota before noon. | } ‘They were Sedro-Woolley, Hatton } and Pr or { Triat W. I. Stokes, 1109 ¢ ‘ nt. and A. J, Hendernon, 214 W. { « kett wt, wig the fir 5 scriptions Saturd } learned at the war trade t much more tonnage in retu needed war 1 to move immed der t rary agreem only prom nm of BY CARL D, GROAT has been turned WASHINGTON April 6 Pree Under tb om t dent Wilson te y will Giapose un | now being negotiated comprominingly of all present peace) get from the t talk tons of whent, 80,0 nw of whe Burrounded by soldiers of the | flour, 60,00 ts, 40,000 bags Camp Meade cantonment, in a thrill of coffee a tiful supplies of | ing Liberty loan meeting at Balt! | manufactur more, he will make his long-heralded | war talk While war and peace almost ly mingle, the president w nt out that the only path w to peace is by beating back the con APRIL 6, 1918. ‘BATTLE OF AMIENS RAGING ~~~) AMERICA GETS Negotiations RELEASE WASHINGTON, April 6.—One hundred tons of Swedish shipping | in to be ch ed to the United | tates under temporary trade ADVISORY BOARD WILL questcrased Teutons pound at France's heart spot—Amiens That he may have something ¢ my of Count Caernin’s recent chatter and the revealed secret diplo matic Austrian peace maneuvers with entente agents In Switzerland tn deemed likely That he knows fully of Austria's attempts to gain peace terms for! | presentation to Berlin is considered probable In view of French Premier reference Wast to Austrian ington and} importunitios at elsewhere Wilson diplomacy Neht" bran the true nature schemes FRENCH SPIKE AUSTRIA CLAIM | PARIS, April 6.—An official state ment issued by the government Indi cates that in August 1917 Karl Reventera, a personal friend of the | Austrian emperor, engaged in a par- | ley in Switzeriand with Commandant | Armand of the French staff, desig Worn opponent of secret and advocate of the “day may quite likely reveal ot Austrian nated for that purpone by the French | minister of that time. Premier Clemenceau, ing office, deci. |leys | abi " upon ansum. Jed to allow the par. 9 continue in order to get valu information, the statement sald. told Armand to listen t hing | Later Reventera handed Armand Jan autographed note which said the arleyn had been engaged In to ob ut to may tain from the French government peace proposals to be made to Aus trian Shich would be of such a nature as to be supported by Bertin The French statement mid th a Reventera was the “solicitor,” not the ited.” and declares that | Foreign Minister Czernin in his tate Ment before the Vienna municip | council transposed the facts #0 as to represent France to be begging for PAGE 2 NEW SHIPPING FROM SWEDEN | Now Under} Way Between Two Coun- | tries for More Tonnage FOODSTUFFS} MEET THREE NIGHTS Heginning the medical a y wh ” fted ¢ reterred, w 1 n. on Monday, Wednesda riday, in the public safety bul He Digs Weeds to | Earn S. S. Money Virgil Medica Moedica’s war savings card Virgf Woman God Forgot,” Whispering Chorus” guided As it “horus” is made the voice of the Tempter, of Self-Sacrifice, ice of Mother Love, of Fea of the T Down halted for of Sorr until on That Ve John Trembie heard mpter, then the went In @ moment by the p ow and of Love, voice dominated all ce will speak to yo! John Tremble, Du. Cecil De Mille, creator of Geraldine Farrar’s wonderful “Joan,” and “The has added another triumph to pictures. It’s The | WHISPERING CHORUS SEVEN ACTS speaks to #0 “The of many the the Voice Voice of Fear. his fearful descent, romptings then on and on the rest, u Sunday