The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 31, 1918, Page 1

PAID COPIES DAILY FULL LEASED WIRD ca UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS ANKEES FIGHT POURING OUT OF | Geese and Chickens on => —Fr every point of the 60 INVADED FRANCE |7 gc 9 | Flight from Homes J IN HOUR 5 T AIMLESSLY WANDERING fe) WITH THE FRENCH AR ; i mile battle front between Rheins REFUGEE STREAM Mothers and Children Drive rs MIES IN THE FIPLD, May 41. BY FRANK J. TAYLOR United Preas Correspondent and Selssons streams of refu WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, May gone today pores ae — : ie: i F ; . » record 0 eading to central Franee—flee- {1—One American air squadron established the record of) ae Ge fer lovuden in one hour this morning. a} | la night) when T returned | Eddie Rickenbacher, of Columbus, Ohio, and) trom fighting Une where the Jimmie Meisner, of Brooklyn, figured prominently in two of| hemes of the are being en: | the battles, the former saving Meisner’s life twice. The] sHifed. the road were bordered with | drove down at least four enemy planes, while one) )° "SoU of Meow umtre our planes was destroyed and the pilot captured. side was all aflicker with tiny camp before § a. m. Rickenbach fires "of the re . On their weary Meisner diving after a march they tarried for reat wher with a.second Ger HEROIC DEFENSE ever night found them, sleeping i after Meisner, all| | where the ' Pitiful Spectacte | « huma ity | t , Wee immediately dived ‘The streams of fleets plane, chasing it away made a pitiful spect . the pursuit. Both en seemed to have its « escaped. caravan and the whole s minutes later Meisner was bled the exodus of the Children of ‘With @ patrol to protect a lerac! from Egypt as it deacribed | Brith Bombing squadron. A Ger in the Bible, Every able ve BY ED L. KEENE hicie was in use, from huge two ited Preas Correspondent wheeled French farm wagons hauled than patrol of six machines, two and " LONDON, May 31.—Thanks to | yy oxen to baby carriages. | These ox carte aro capable of | Continued) 60 Page Bleven) 'HARRY BOURNE HILLED; GIRL IS HURT IN WRECK Harry Bourne, 25, of the Avondale} hotel, 1106 Pike st.. was killed and Louise Lutaky, a girl who gave the was injured when an} The picture is t can get a little me Brave women. courage is unfaltering. stopped. | The allied troops are falling back slowly and in orderly fashion. and was nearing the | theit reserves are increasing the «up a German attacked POTt given the hard preased front unable to maneuver] !* troops at critical points. Developments of the past 24 hours The letter? ate Thure ky batue single-handed ; “te! upon, and finally accomplished | way near Ardena also sent to The Star. naw Meisner | {" the face of determined opposition | day night. An empt ‘ escape his pursuer.|'" *rtain military quarters was found in the wreckag H. Wood, driving along the road The Seattle Star “ THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918. SPORT SU THREE OF A KIND! 4 L-hnv@ before me the picture you see reproduced abovenn a) Soo) o> And T have also @ letter. ‘i ™ In France their menare fighting. But they, smile—their Many of them are widowed by war. we hearts. But their hearts are resolute. They. deny themselves even necessities. Meat is a bit of luxury. Oh, yes. West & Wheeler is the real estate firm which failed to contribute suf- ficiently to the Red Cros rench Troops Retreat Five Miles | Ona NINN RRR RAR PRL LRP AALRL AARP RAPP IRPS AARP RPS PPP SPDR IPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PDP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP MORE THAN 70,000 NIGHT EDITIO Weather I lay, fair; PRICE ONE CENT fg NAVY REPORTS SMALL LOSS OF DIVER VICTIMS WASHINGTON, May 31.—A homeward bound transport has been sunk. The loss of life is understood to have been small. The navy department had this information to- 'day, but withheld details. | The name of the transport was the Pres- ident Lincoln. She was the former German- American liner of the same name. WESTERN FRONT. — The Germans, in an effort to flank the allies south of Noyon, are westward towatd the river to the southwest. | A Rome dispatch said the pope had received a telegram from Card- inal Lucon, etating he was [al Cardinal Gasparri, “pa FRONTS IN NEW MOVE BY THE EDITOR i yer ie” yay sulting In» Gefinlte ‘of state, replied that. the iting in litle to'kes whe they then of the Pleardy Alsne pe will petition the Germans or Langon pipe iting. in ani fronts, southwest of te wpaciierta teenage ob the cathedral, Chateau. PICARDY FRONT —German The French war office today ad:| men attacked three hospitals in thi mitted a retirement on the five mile) rear of the American areas Wedi front between Blerancourt and Epag:| day night, dropping bombs and p They know what sacrifice means—do these women. Many have lost their sons, their sweet- i | this new assault. |The attadk was made on Corpus “ee “* | AISNE FRONT.—The eriemy, who}/Christi eve. - : . | was last officially reported six miles LORRAINE FRONT.—An Ameri It really has nothing to do with the picture. north of the Marne, has made a fur. can air squadron participated in ten bi tral of ne eo address. a A ~ M din Wea cnbsecddibined comscscee naneidiie ‘x which they were Hd | The letter is from West & Wheeler.. It is addressed to the Red Cross ther slight advance toward pat tights with German airmen in one ; lor o on the big . “ » letter, wri Jest & Wheeler Stati y, Was river, the French report said his hour terday, bringing down at | which Premier Lioyd George long in.| (ng crashed Into a 5 high: committee. A copy of the letter, written on West & Wheeler Stationery, was ag eighth be sac legged cod to Spat! hpi log | noted on Aisne front proper. ! On the west flank of the" Alsne| | front; the French are still holding} Americans lost one machine and the pilot was taken prisoner. FLANDERS FRONT. — Marshal according to the Red Cross executive committee. drove straight at the Public Optimistic ¢c ies Theoler [thie west tskirts of Solssons. Haig today reported only minor the ground und| The British press and public were] Rear Ardena, noticed the overturned The letter tothe committee from West « Wheeler explains i that the “eet ing erin Negroni he Lidl testhaibalde enteditnes ; Ife for the second |™ore optimistic today than at any|car. He got out ole amped firms of Jonn Dayis & Co., Henry Broderick & Co. and West & Wheeler, the only have held, but the French re-| FRANCE Eighteen persons wete the hour. |time since Monday. There ix not/ came craw "te sgh ae taser teat three largest rental agencies in Seattle, contributed like amounts—the sum hook hillois, three miles west of/killed- ahd injured in yesterday's sart At 9 song cecal fee ary whe ove be tera se | nedete tga ‘wee able io Abeer’ 00 of $100 each. 3 , Rheims, by a counter attack long-range bombardment of Paris, on shite n remen @ overwhelming nu-| hospital and was able to ate en nth F ~ ” dons SRR ‘a 4 He re cabl om the| Corpus Christi day. A ch @antered a German "decal. cease merical superiority of the enemy|her home early toda: Bourne's | “The office @f John Davis & Co. gave $100, the lette states, the office Bee cabo Te ties Sealy ray pe 8 ia Nt Mmeiean aviator was forced down) forces and the gallantry and eool-| body was taken to Tacoma | of Henry Broderick, Inc., gave $100, the office of West & Wheeler gave $100. authorities believe the Germans will| RUSSIA.—A Petrograd dispatch, fed landed between the German | headedness of the French defenders 3 a ND The individual-@ffice force of John Davis & Co. gave $194, the individual try to take Rheims by a wide en-|dated Monday, declared German ‘raches. jare fully appreciated here. fin vine ale -y Broderick .. gave vi individual office force of \ circling movement down the Ardre| troops are using poison gas against The Germans opened fire on him.| Likewise, Gen. Foch’s refusal to PATIENTS A office force of nry Broderick, Inc., gave $174, the ¢ | several small towns in the vicinity! I be stampeded into withdrawing the he coolly ‘studied a pocket | bulk of his forces from the northern| @n instant, then started|front is commented on with ar fn the direction of the Amer-| Proval., The forcing of such a move trenches. ut he sturnbied and|!t is pointed out, was certainly one NURSES SLAIN BY AIR RAIDERS BY WM. SIMMS ras Correspondent tninjured, from his broken Hi $500.” fi I + ge German communication | Of the enemy's principal purposes in BRITISH ARMIES “in keeping and the boches grabbed him. | Planning the present drive. May Co., Henry Broderick, Inc. conto ped artiliery finished his Pi. + eralgee en into gudh a trap| airmen, on Corpus Chris f in theropinion of oe Beevent 't trom falting | oe ens caer bombed a British hosp! offices namiiishould be | the lines, killing woman fF 1: \ acai Luneville sector was shot thru the rescues ataandnnte. } Red Cross West & Wheeler gave $184. we are informe@ that Mr The letter goes on to say that West & Wheeler has always subscribed others of our standing’’—meaning, of course, John Davis & will not be found lacking. 4 subscriptions from $25 to $100; when small merchants are rated for It is only fair to say in this connection that « eff, Davis on behalf of the John Davis estate gave asphyxiating whole com- GERMANY ildren we fannheim hich follow ir raid, Eighteen women and » trampled to death im re of a stampede. a false alarm of an HUNS RUSHING “BIG MOVEMENT TO TRAP ALLIES ete, nur committe sked to incre: continues the letter, “the three « their respective contributions, we authorities believe. Chateau and the Oise river, American airmen have invented a GRAS PIER D +e tors and patients, setting , * . MY way of harassing their German| DEAD GERMANS PROVE | butiair If the other firms do the decent thing by the Red Cross, West & Wheeler BY HENRY woop } Menenta without using gun | After dropping flares, no as to r will, too! United Press respondent | jisting the Huns to death,” they| YANKEE MARKSMANSHIP} veal. their, Gages, re The letter, of course, intimates that an injustice was done West & WITH THE ENCH AR | Gilit. ‘The trick consists of getting BY FRANK J. TAYLOR | dropped a large number of hu _ The letter, , ates s . . € IN THE FIELD, May 31. | Ee tra” ot an enemy plane and United Preas Correspondent | bon Wheeler. 4 ° aawt, . Germans are determined ito the ground until tt) wiry tHe Ant | One, scoring a direct hit on a large There was an injustice—but not to West & Wheeler. The injustice was ire Rheims. | OUTWIT A ie : aS IN LORRAINE, Ma n| hospital, prominently displa rag to the people of Seattle, who were not apprised by the Red Cross committee Held ed x pang yer O99 | agrees Sentenan perate ore officers reported today that pr feral gin Sepa to that John Davis & Co, and Henry Broderick, Inc., were in the same class as the ‘enemy plans a wide encit. | PARIS, May 31.—The Ger. ma The German finally “ally every German body found aft-| 11, were pinned un wreck West & Wheeler. cling movement to the southeast, | mans, by an attack in the Ailette sper Wednesday night's fighting in th cather with the wounded sol When salaried men, earning from $150 to $250 a month, are rated for hoping to surround it, military | Fiver region between Coucy-Le | head or heart, showing the quality British front is fairly quiet to : “ . ‘To accomplish this, the Germans| have “definitely consolidated the oli WIRES | o Be Amerignn ape p. | ae pal raids, patrolling and ar-|[y like amount es Ann ely Ki Oy Henry Broderick, Inc., and West & Pr eoanel 5. Shigdeame » thelr Aneel ard battle fronts, OV. jerman prisoners said th: * ctivity was reported today Theeler & ne ree of a k ssure between Brouillet and Ja he French war of- s PHENS A T or ee ilery activity was reported t Wheeler are, indeed, three of a kind. i ; ¥ pressure between Brouillet and Jar rding to t THOMAS ov cdlaages ft pie ah - Se ve oir prose Se ok alll Only one hundred doilars to the Red Cross—and rents going higher and vry, with the intention of breaking | fi erm today, ¥ e > © purpose of ta rrie-| 7 ’ thru, along the Ardre river, and, fol (Seemingly nis is an effort: to onets., Probably 70 Germans were ENGLAND HEARS higher. row! this valley southeastward, | drive toward the Oise, to the wést- SAN PRANCISCO, May 314-8u Perlor Judge Grittin iited ata wounded," | GUNFIRE NEAR | 352. NEW HOMES who, on Tui fied oa aetna t 44 raat to | This strategy would entail the cap tion < Ge. éphens about the cas ~igae | turo of F Tardenois, four| Before this attack the French have Teles declined to reveal the} ORDERED IN MAY Uiicavy guntire was ‘heard in the : " 7 . {miles southeast of Broulllet and two withdrawn from | Blerancoute sim siteats of hismensage. Frequently| Seattle increased ita rate of rexi-| direction of the Be stan ccna for |Chamber of Commerce Committee Says Profiteers Are Active tallest Cie west of, tha rare. ie flapting alubhornly penay Wie'bast, Judge Griffin has ex-|@enee construction 275 per cent dur-| five hours last night pee Kents in Séadtle.nre higher trustees of the Chamber of Com-| Trades Council and the Central La-| ou, mites north of the Marne at | Blerancourt is five miles northwest He the belie that. Mooney | ing’ May, 1918, over the same month| aluo terrific explosions and a great| | Rents in Bagiigean Cae) Tilton | 1 resolution, calling | bor Council of organized labor to ap-| ys \ornay, Tt. flows northeastward, |of Epagny and about eight: miles ld have a new trial hey ate ‘ pe Rew ag) curs segaende stints | profiteer landlords a losing one, | upon the Seattle Real Estate agso- | point a joint committees to c¢ ate aoe ite with the-Veole at Wienen | @gUthesst-a? Novon:) " te -Atniw — Count |p Bullders took out 352 permits for) ramagate in situated south of the| according to the-hansing commit. | clation to formulate a schedule of| with a committee of the chamber in ities: is Reower Tn: the catiter the Gaeete Settee sealer kph construction this | month,| | Hamam the Thames river, 57 miles| tee of the Seattle Chamber of | fair rentals to prevent extortion and | preventing extortion in rents and! ye German has been slower for | Advanced slightly toward the } Te ee eee ett. oe the GAs tom saat of London, It is about 20| Commerce, in the Arcade build- |; ring during the war emerg:| other necessaries of life the past several hours, owing to the| On the left the French are cies strect, havi ine vata 06 |) ae ig oy replat | far ba Qucshoey | ing Fri eney period. A few days later the| Since then, the trade councils have | jten 4 Dideitoe*Shakinkh ‘wedates the’ Wweaterh * ontaniie id his mistress in a fit of $449,720, while that of last May's a8) sat n fram “Ramsgate, | acrosa a Me FAT. ro, theshoaca’ chlcberater appealed” tor the: Metall Gao RaLbing, acd the*Geacuartibay | keNcy. serivalvof French reseryes ‘ skirts was $112,000. English chann Estate association has practically en-| drei checked at most points on this| On the right a French counter ate couraged the raising of rents, Cham tack | “THEY'RE ALL RIGHT!” “RIDICULOUS!” WHAT? SUMMER FURS? FIGHT IS ON! iri cence enn een Women should wear furs in gum-|#ide of the fence and classifies the! doesn't think much of them, tho. { times, the ore meeded.” j Mer if their little hearts so desire,| fur in summer aa an identification) “They are absolutely ridiculous!” Mr Ww 1 Hawthorne, prom Mis Betty Brown, fashion expert. |of the class which has nothing to| she said. “They are uscless, Noth-|nent clubwoman, says that she prey should not ays Winona|do. Besides that she says they cling is ornamental that is out of thinks furs in summer are be Wheox, sociologica tudent inhealthful, in bad taste and lots| place and fura in summer are most ming but entirely inappropriate The na t certainly out of place n hot weather neem of shiny noses and hin Cee ee MBburned facen being upon the He Doesn't Care Listen’ 16 Alt I dot't really know wh th AMertion of wu) er f ira ag an ad- do matte folka think rr cuting Attorney A. I Lun-| men should iy nowle ‘ acts weer ot th | thia controversy? din sparred for time when he wag! them. It ls a matter entirely up to ne dalam! ; wan f the (ndividual taste.” ibject t's nothing in the atrenu-| asked for an opinion a 1 th le of our Mayor Hanson Are you kidding me?" he quea Me n't Wear ‘tim nnot we included yuld the or shouldn't th t 4 ummer - 4 Should women necegnities, ne ered, Well it's this way Weill, of yuree, approyv fiv t 9 a ce Tair aman, 1 don't personal! care, With or) ‘em You see, my has a set. ior Judge King eman, in charge SMe arnaments many be recom-| without, they look good to me Hesides L think that they are very, of juvenile court affairs, gasped a, if Mra. W. FP. Harper, woman mem beeoming, and n this country, “1 don't know; I never wear ia Wioona Sete right on the other|ber of the municipal school board,| where the nights are coul some-\them, summer or winter, but mei- a : 4 - | BELGIAN COAST AGK HELP TQ CHECK RENT HOGS [ther do I ever butt in on women’s | satisty thelr vanity." ward in an effort to flank the allied forces below Noyon, on the southern portion of the Picardy front, turning to th from the south gradually east a0 a8 to approach Rheims His efforts now illois sntrated in driving toward Fere En-Tardenois part of the at tempt to take Rheims. Every German regiment engaged in the southern drive advances in seem to be recaptured 1 two miles and a half west of Rheims “The Germans prolonged their ef. forts toward. the Oise by violent at- tacks in the "the statement said. front ber of Commerce men say “Without co-operation, are placed in a defensive position,” de: clared Phillip Norton, publicity man- | ager of the chamber, “if, in the in we ns a affairs. I know better then that | terests of patriotism, the rent hogs | successive “bounds.” Four com. | drew, fighting, north of Blerancourt ne rong peta een are ure to checked, it is about time j panies are in the front rank each | and Epagny } i for the labor councils to act. We time, Bach company has four port In the neighborhood of Sotssons » are doing all that we can, The cham-| able machine guns, with one in re. and farther south German attacks Ilelen Ikoe, Seattle's fashion ex-| ber is maintaining at its own ex-| serve, Each regiment, in addition re broken by the French resist: pert laughed when she was asked. | pense an efficient and well-equipped | hay three machine gun companies.) ance. The French maintained their “The weather has been so cool | housing committee, which bh ne | possessing 12 machine guns apiece | positions in the western outskirts of so far that there certainly could jong way toward settling the rent/and three mounted trench mortar, the town and along the Chateau he no eriticiam of a woman who! problem. But it n help, or it 18 | compan’ which have a new long| Thierry road wore furs on Puget Sound. this| going to lose out.” |ranga weapon. “In the center the Germans made apring » & @reat many women| m “weg As each wave of four companies | 4 slight advance north of the Marne, they are most becoming, but I 44-| Seattle industrial growth was dis-| leaps forward it is able to pre “Further to the | east—northweag mit that the women L know Who! eusged by Mark Odell F y noon, in| itself with a machine gun barrage, | And north of Rheims, all German ef- persiat in wearing furs in ve} the Oriental building, before mem-| while the portable trench mortars | f were in vain, An energetic very hot weather, dislodge the allied machine guns and| French counter attack retool do so merely to | bers of Seattle Real Estate associa- tion. { wipe out the centers of resistance, ! lois." GERMANS UNITE TWO a ; ‘any and Sotssons and Rheims before | ing machine gun fire into the tents, 4