The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1918, Page 1

MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY RUMORED AILMENT -SERIOUS © Heredity Weakness Is Displayed After Intense Strain of War; Diplomats Hear Many Stories BY ¢ SON GARDNER WASHINGTON, May 9.—It would not surprise our maniac and confined in an asylum. inside circles for some time that the German ruler has been suffering from all the symptoms of incipient insanity, and * the strain under which he has been laboring during the war has aggravated his trouble. Reports have lately been received that the kaiser has ‘ become obsessed with the notion that he has a “divine mission to save humanity.” His religious mania has been , much accentuated. Long ago the kaiser’s condition was the subject of com- on gossip, which, for diplomatic reasons, could not be sitten in the newspapers. Things happened on the oc- » easion of Roosevelt's visit to the kaiser which could be ex- plained only as evidence of a mind so erratic as to be border-| __ ing on insanity. Those who have had opportunity to study the kaiser’s case regard it as hereditary. His monomania for all things military, touched with religious mania, has made him tre- mendously effective as an inatrument of the of the militariat emit. PREMIER GIVES LLOYD GEORGE FULL ANSWER MUST FIGHT TO TO HIS CRITICS PROTECT OFFICE LONDON, May 9—The Lieyd LONDON, May 9. — “Gen. | Maurice's action was unprece. | George government will stand or eo as = aie | the state department that there is no| will not recognise the peace pact effective, The transport dented,” declared Premier Lioyd | fall in the momentous debate in Fact rake tpg Mem eapereo hant | f2undation for the soviet claims that Just aigned with the central powers working smoothly, and the a Meorge in the house of commo | commons today on the charges... i yet ‘aepabeadin ne ch consul | according to a dixpatch from Bucha.| hospitals are co-operating to the full y a today. during the course of the | brought by Gen. Macrice, im gel Har ao gopese th gases oun | rest published in the German pr eat extent debate resulting from Maurice's | peaching the veracity of the (20) ‘0 vanalary 0! fae pF grove 1 atatement| The queen is quoted an dec A letter found on a dead German , “ ans waiting for the sho 1 begin she would » abclicate testified to the effectiveness of the Soe ast Chanestier Bonar Law. | tae Pee oe meee Will Hindenburg hit again againet v i Awaticas ‘4 eres CC®) By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS |attack, almost completely stopping” F lor Bo a Py bed Boies pd 1 ¥ > in nerican A y »paren c . aid, Gar eas teirty. tae’ | CAMEL The Goverement 36 able to| De Fimah RIN? Will be make an en's children rin Inny, the let United Press Correspondent the store trospe on the:eaes aE fore the cabinet.” ped ap Sai acer a er eee Or will he denly swerve to a total Queen Marie in the daughter of |» demolished, ar a that the Germans, MIES IN FRANCE, May 8— the enemy was unable to cross, Owe ge quoted a document | PAO ive division. re lined | iy ditterent scene? ‘ the late Alfred Birnest Albert, duke 1000 Mot oN inerican shell hit in| Counter-attacking stubbornly last ing to field gun fire. ‘The latest re: e's department inaued | UP fo a ETE The future will nettle these quen-| Ses eh Ean eametaine Wal {ceo co ek ee Venlat of a ration parts, killing Might, the British recaptured ports show the French line intact, he premier’s speech,| After a day of unprecedented PO |tione Hut the bulk of * 1 Staten, the complat prince of the United Kingdom. Thus ¢ ® h t at r the p Siete’ Gllaiinaeenn: detkama ace ot (nm at the bu his army now Sal, latianae te tsob ton 5 hus | and wounding several their original line southwest of the Germans failing to renew the confirming that the combatant! | ® weet. Gat oe rate renolven |@PPeArK to be opposite the two the Byyisovdodiial bo a British princess, ™ van Dickebush lake. struggle. Strength of the British army was) ‘he op sary atres named lcs ae pie aoith cecapan ere Today, at the extreme right of At 3 o'clock this morning, the Ger- greater in January, 1918, than in| !t#elf into a situation such as is sum ‘ married to King Ferdinand in Ful ls-Faci tise Maa Matte drelk. Gar were. ait ace a rede. january, . med. up. by the Dally News, which Shift in Command ulton Is Facing his small battle front, they were mans laid down a barrage north of " f said Apparently there has been a shift Fed LA t compelled to retire, owing to | Amiens. At 4:15, this sector appare the extensi of the Ss mac! entl a quiete " agg yes he | a Charges have been made against |in the German command. The indi-| EAST MAY LOOK A BIT RUMANIA HARD edera rrest| heavy hine un fire. ntly had quieted without any at. emier said, Maurice was| inisters. If they cannot re |cations are that Crown Prince Rup-| OAKLAND, Cal, May 9.—Fred Fighting continues about a — tack At Versailles, altho not present in| it ese charges they must resign. |precht of Bavaria now commands | _ HEALTHIER TO DILLON HIT BY TERMS °&20. »ea0~ small pocket which the Germans | On the rest of the front the guns the chamber. The extension was} ie they can answer satisfactorily |only the Fourth and Sixth armies, er bearcat,. will faced arrest by depar occupy at a strong point east of are ceaselessly pounding. Near cussed there, Lioyd George | onli ate he ao ground for veetgne- down to near Arras. Mackenzen in|, ate STERDAM, May 9%.--Austria officers on Mille Kruisen (a mile northeast Buequoy, the British were slightly sald, being already an accomplished| 1 CFF “rhe single isnue in whether |F te the British right! x a aniien AA Waeaey | tea ata bh of La Clytte) forced back from positions which fact. <4 ‘ ce . fr he R tor " The French withstood a German they won yesterday 7 the ministers dealt honorably with 0 ank, seemin eandwiched between | re f the Ruma Fulton wa . at an Oak t s 2 Maurice Was Present pr rs a P ' | Grown. Prince Fried-| rhur ording toa d and theatre. Wher 1 agents = ——— Loyd George said the statement Vienna today. of the department ¢ came 2,000,000 MAY BE IN 26 SEAMEN KILLED IN The consensus of the press s regarding three British divisions be on to this tod n could ’ {| to be that the government will lied with| that he was ; eu ge m today, Fulton could not be Mae tapi eas tale at's catumet|t® be that the governm A ew Heston, ts | FRANCE BY YEAR'S END SINKING MINE VESSEL meeting 3 ree he said, was Pry ag ore ge ania by the war Fulton w be fically charged BY CARL D. GROAT LONDON, May 9--Three officers: Present, but did not corre im Simsne’ ..4 —— " t s r with bringing M rothy ( en P “ nd: $3 then t imma’ dinpe ould indicate! a fight the nat with bringing othy Gaynen United Press Correspondent and 1en killed when the The premier intimated that Av |MAY ARREST GENERAL iia Macken ; ecg La of New York into California seek i , i Mine wa . ae Ueakeras. “ths honduacce 4 BILL WOULD HIT nt ni wimenntoet. tir 4 tm Deen Mine was sunk, auith was responsible for, the Der] IN BRITISH SENSATION |Serbia and 0 odo lee ee nat ees SP rarpal manele Oi admiralty ristent press attacks 4 . ble Italian det inmand of HITCHCOCK GETS POST | UN NAMES HERE +4. Kan., May $—Rev.| well on the way to the 2,000,000 | HoUnced today K George) had undertaker LONDON, May 9—The Fyening|the German armies 1° Amiens Ww. G. ¢ G Geetnma tiaitierall Cie cytes coh GF th cok ke i r eee of the war. News dec today that it under: | region, where American troops are HELD BY SEN. STONE Representative Smith, of Michigan, minister at Worder southw : of Sc Stee EAA sea Substitutes for st I axk commons to judge today,” | stands Maurice, forcer director fighting. ‘The disp: this| WASHINGTON, May 9.—Senator | nit Kin Lahti: atansh ben Fo ee ee gs 2 as added today | > is waid George: of military operations, will be court: | ¢ “ Hiter Nebr «elect ; Kyo Ee bee krone from, Secretary of War Waker 5 state Cc ti Will ‘ atten Gi onadar biscstsblae” Mictanica San Glasead neni Seedanstion. te od stele Bis ha a pore SRSetESY SE Wat eed ‘arnations Wi er my se vigoro martigjed because of his accu onal posite — the hairman of the senate foreign rela and other Germ al A aeemipl agro ie COI aas | ya the war I have been « nst LioydGeorge and E r}which is « onverge with tons day by the demo-|from the maps of the Ur 500,000 mark “over there. | Be Ready Sunday p ith cocoa press slop the French etonneux,| cratic + mittee to succeed! Within 100 miles of S« ex Included in this are regulars, Na-| substitutes will be found for the ak Th feren c ‘ ju uth of the Sommi he lat tor Stone, Missouri tx Berlin, Wash jtonal Guard and National army | ueua) red and white carnations, for V that certain persons interested in| regarding the extension of the I - | forces 3 a | " Mothers’ day, next Sunday, to make HE the cocon business are understood to| igh front. “Thix controversy ix par ne addition to the half million | uy for the shortage of the chose se P's "ey ee" Stn ants” “4 @QLONEL ORDERS TOWN WIPED OUT—AND YANKEES DID! » en tea a } - f preen. ich hax been opposed to the | Georg id. “At this moment the . A maximum effort ts expected sunday will be observed all over |» ne resent go | fate of the empire ix hanging in the to be reached this month or next! ine United States as Mothers’ day, \ ia Dhire. wa reaking at-' balance, while the Germans are plan BY €. €. LYON Jcause I'm getting awfully tired off the town won't be of any use to) happened and to continue well along into the! 4 req flower will be worn as a token ack tendance galleries | ning the biggest blow of the war Star Reporter With Gen. Pershing’s! it, I've never made any as ent! the enemy because every build Every other bull nour town | summer Aig? living’ mathemati jack ; ; y ‘ re Ma wn of honor to living mothers. Those ” Were kod otable G Army any German headquarter ing is down. was down and the will wear a illione were the p of Can-| brea IN TH! AMERICAN TRENCHES alone Our el got put on | population had left y| Three women were injured in a 5 terb La am, the | declared. Mr , " IN FRANCE, May 9.—-For sever - ng srs: enue his cos! sald about (cat or two and a lot of rats had| runaway auto accident Wednesday issi are to be had in abun- King’s necretar deprecated it. If motion is car «in succession, just about sun-| another shell droppe on ux, and| him ‘ tayed behind | night, when the car which one of | ds and florists advocate the sub: ps ‘ the war|ried, Mr. Asquit again dowr erman artillery had been|this time there were a few casua Now, let's all get out of here This action on the part of our col-| them was driving rushed down the) stitution of this fragrant and inexe LL rr Field Marshal| sponsible for the c¢ t of the dropping one, solitary, high ex-| tien | They’ 1 his town within a | onel that is, putting the German | Madrona drive incline plunged | pensive blossom for the customary, and Chief of Staff Robertson | war sive wh " French vil Our colonel was furiou Hie} few minutes. headquarters town out of business | over the trestle at the end white carnation. J immediate ck of the Ameri-| stormed and raved and threatened; We withdrew from the village in completely, even at the cost of hav ——_— can lines, where an American col-|the most terrible reve: hasty fashion; most on foot, but ajing his own town razed—was evi TERS onel had hi« headquarter | Clean Out Town few on horses and in autos dently a shocking reminder to the 4 a ind the German lines, was another | this town is going to be the death | Germ headquarters town the en. | propose to the game ording q ttle village, where a German col-| warrant ole boche outfit |emy had feebly replied v an oc: to any unofficial rules thine Sunday, May 12, is Mothers’ Da onel had his headquarters yver the I'll wipe | casional shell into our tow ut as when they hit us on one cheek we're t's your chance to say “thank you" to your best friend Just as the ery had | their whole town off the | soon as our guns quit firing the Ger. going to paste them back on both tay, May 12, is Mothers’ Day your Mother the exact rang so our | map.’ evidently came out of their! The Germans were so peeved with It is set apart for tributes to Motherhood 1 flower for Mother; white for Mothers not living @ gecond’s notice, to ir teasingly, the next evening before we were outside the chateau that had housed their col Wear a flower in Mother's honc colored flowers for Mother still with you. ‘ “They're M Our colonel took down his tele shells began raining on us in! onel, that they brought up their long A white one if Mother 1 colored flower for living Mother some gay spring flowers, a brilliant bouquet french insttuctore attached. lolphone and got the ‘artillery. com-| torrents yange gins and pit shells into re or @ thrifty plant outfit. insisted to our colonel | mander on the line Germans Return Fire French villages far back of our lines Send Mother a box of spring flowers. M. a dainty cap “dress-up” gown or shirtwalst as a must be some mistake about c them everything you've got I saw our town the next day, and that had never been bothered before Mott Write ‘har a: letter—-8 long one itt to Mathes tien! German shella that kept ap-| but first ofall dvmoliah the vu} T had to hunt around for what was |German airplanes had found that Give Mother a whole day of your time for that “good visit If Mother far away, send her a “special delivery letter noying iis where that German colonel has hia/ left of the building that had hou in reserve troops were in Boe epee roe for her Sunday treat We never shell each other's head: | headquarters,” he commanded, “Aft:|our colonel and his headquarters places Send Mothér ‘your ploture and! €nabm@iots of your! Ross: 1 Mother the book you just enjoyed reading quarters towr the French officer /er that, clean out the whole town.” | Only one wall was left standing. In addition, the German. planes é your children, your work forget to wend her pictures of yourself, your friends explained. “They did in the early| Our artillery firing Insted nearly |the mass of debris that had fallen ¢ been bombing us nights and ir Feil Mother your plans and ambitions—she made them possible. and your good times days of the war, but both sides soon | four hours and wher ended our (into the cellar [ noticed several fa other ways making life disagreeable Rell’ Sather: Your’ smaller {POOnia-se bes Ae eee ee fother ir small joys and sorrows, and ask her advice foi it. didnt. be Bo we leave|colonel got thie message over the! millar artictes, one of them a crip-|for us Thank Mother for her care and her hings—tell her how will be good : ‘ other alone. tray sb phone pled chair that the colonel had been Never mind,” says our colone thay penned 7 1 to tell you ubout her girlbood— you'll both enjo are mistakes in ranges or someth very Building Down wont to use, and about two-thirds of | Phere never was a game that two Don’t toreet phat: MMA. ae ee oe her is a girl, too, She Hikes pretty things, love, laughter a “Colonel, the job's d ‘iat’ tin: phi, of: bhaechex {hat had: onob | couldn't aiay at & Mother was your first and truest rt—don't f and compliments. Give her some | "Then the Germa unners had ut of business | been my own, You see, I had been| We're all wondering what he'll tomy “Lt dove you |better be a little more careful, be tes, and the rest of ‘visiting the .colonel when all this spring on them next Ff 2 FULL LEASED WIRE SERVIC VOLUME UNTED. PRERS VASSOCIATION state department to learn that Kaiser Wilhelm was a raving ;.; It has been known in 5, GET INCREASES OF 20 PER CENT Waterfront workers — were awarded approximately 20 per cent wage increases Thursday, in an award handed down by Henry M. White, local agent for the national adjustment board. The new scale goes into effect at # am, Friday, The eight hour day, temporarily granted by employers a few days ago, pending agreement, is made part of the new award. The big raise in wages for the long horemen was secured without a as a concession «ranted trike, but t commisn e ernment « time was lost b ent sight t Coastwise long#horemen get an rease from 60 70 cents an houg eleht hours and from 90 cents to jour for ¢ rtione, deep-sea | ents an instead of $1 an hour unsed it VAST NUMBERS OF HUNS WAIT BATTLE ORDER BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Correspondent BRITISH AR- MIES IN FRANCE, May &.—One of the hugest concentrations of enemy troops ever assembled on the battlefield lies today inside the great bulge in the tine which sags down past Arras, Amiens and Montdidier. North of this, in the salient pointing toward Hazebrouck, is a secondary con- centration, but proportionately UNS BOOM FIERCELY I RR ADAP ASA LLL ALLL AA LALA ALLA PAP ALA PPA APA ALA The Seattle Star f THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AISER GROWING INSANE DOCK WORKERS “== UXTRY! MR. EVERETT’S LID IS | } \U. S. ANSWERS + Voree Tonight mode PRICE ONE CENT SEATTLE, W ASH., THU RSDAY, MAY 1918 GEN. HAIG © COUNTER ATTACKS |Enemy Presses Fiercely Around Ypres’ Region But Fail to Make. Appre- ciable Headway _ HEY THINK WE CANNOT BEAT THEM. m It will not be easy. It will be a long job. It will be a terrible war. But in the end we shall march thru terror to triumph. E SHALL NEED ALL OUR QUALITIES; every quality that Britain and its people sess—pr udence in counsel, daring in action, 5 po tenacity in purpose, courage in defeat, moder- ation in victory, in all things faith; and we shall win. Spoken by Lloyd George on September 19, 1914.4 few weeks after the war began, and long before he became the “man of the hour.” How truly he spoke. The Germans are again striving desper- ately to reach Ypres from the southwest. The fighting, which began early yester= | \day morning, still is proceeding with varys ing success. Altho this assault was made ona narrow front of three miles, between Voorm ; and La Clytte, official and staff dispatches indicate it was extremely desperate. The British and French were c TEUTON LINES PLOWED UP BY CRUSHED IN TODAY! UXTRAW! folk oi ta wis! “ni back slightly under the impetus of the ated Pverett usual U.S. ARTILLERY waa cine wane enemy rush yesterday morning, but re-estab- _ ANAL = ee 2 Curd Pe orremond lished their lines by a counter-attack last Se ata eee cridesy Contjaces pounding Today the British were again obliged to retire Wew lb Mieay vig ro! greveeral in known | Slightly near La Clytte. : To f Ke tate aieht, Indeed.) to have blown up. Another, in Field Marshal Haig today reported minor fighting | See particulars on Bos de Aa eer eecuy at different points along the whole British front. The Australians continue to improve the Somme and the Ancre. Near Montdidier the American artillery still i§ pounding away at the German positions, and, seeme+ is outshooting the enemy gunners. FRENCH AND BRITISH shelling our positions, was stop- their positions between ped by the American retaliatory | fire | While there is speculation as to where the next German attack Is coming, the Franco American staffs responsible for barring the way to| ingly, Paris are on the alert. There are in ations at the boche is bringing is region Franco American Mason is ex with the comical fel lown |QUEEN MARIE IS COMPLAINT OF | OPPOSED TO HUN RUSSIAN SOVIET TERMS OF PEACE WASHINGTON, May 9.-Ambas AMSTERDAM, May 9.--Queen Ma sador Francis haa veen informed by rie of Rumania has announced she