The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 1

LONDON, ~~ sw June 17.—“Arrivals of American troops in the past few days MORE THAN ‘70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY __ VOLUME 20 Gita PRESS ASSOK TATIONS Nee (oe? ASK PROB ON PRICES YANKS CRUSH FOE AT TOUL The people of Seattle and of : : BY FRANK J. TAYLOR in the attack, whieh was mado on a United Press Correspondent | ast mite front, extending on.beth | ‘0 Sate leek connitens® Mi the WITH THE AMERICAN | sides of the village pare ceca fixed by the fuel a¢ /4QRMIES IN FRANCE, Jane 17. The enemy losses were estimated ministration. 2 Cates sd at more than 300, as @ result of the This belief was expressed by —More than a third of a large | \mericans deadly rifle and machine y ‘ Mayor Hanson, in addressing « welcome to the delegates of the United Mine Workers of Ameri ca, Washington district, gather. force of Germans which attack- | gun fire. Our lonwes were light, and we took eight prisoners. The Germans began to bombard the towns held by the Americans be hind Xivray at midnight and con, ¢@ in annual convention at the tinued the ecannonade thruout Sur Labor Temple, Monday q 4 | day morning. In the meantime © A strange condition of affairs fe ' ' | crawied across No Man's Land with|owners of thie state,” said the z | the assistance of a barrage. They| mayor. “The bins of the peo} The Germans were discovered just stead of befor reak The Amer opened a deadly machin fire from numerous pe Fight hundred boches pietdilikesa | Americans asleep. that they bi nsjand yet the miners are workin «| from one to th «. Simul-| stead of ix days WASHINGTON, June 17— | tancously the boches started their| quitting tt fi be forthcoming soon. With the | Stan's Land toward the American | vention try to fit spr gla Austrian offensive under way, | trenches ludgment,. the’ reason the people are this fact developed today. With new gun directty| not buying coal at the behest of the In line with pledges of Presi- behind them bey ne wer or nited ates ment at the dent Wilson and Secretary Bake fo) country the <mae baa sw a sb gpontgyon oo er, United States forces will take them down s their places along with the Ital- The wave was complete t i re fans and other allies. with the exception of a sr were thor nega ‘Their purpose is to show Italy con: |; miter ir é ’ and fourteen cretely that the United States is| One hundred Ameri-| ple of Seattle would bu backing her. American aviators and | Cans held the age 900 of tons within the next fev cosy for some tim a ‘ rete a ers, cutting off their re owne f oe and make pla idiers in the Itali ced to run thru it 1 have driv ‘en them clear LINE IN RAIDS i PARIS, June 17.—French troops | Ur own barrage.” said one dougt { A Be tion: th ho be @0t them The ¢ ntion was called to or obaees ota 2s celnaggaen BR sion ad The Germans ca ed number of oat pe Coren rried a number of) der at 10 a. m. by President Martin Vosges western portion of the the French war office an day German raids in the It will con Many conditions of the district tinue until Saturday ing out of war discussed Flyzik were (Continued on page 4) lems ari ig sis me 4 are to be were have eclipsed all records, officers were ncore sented for troubles,” was the American Feder rig The convention voted t pute be held in abeyan conference reached an agr th olution to remove expecta lly ng the free movement of labor the Post GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF Gy 44 whit s / Hanson on Coal “The coal bins of the people are } empty.” “The miners are working from oe to three days a week.” FOR COAL \ make a plain statement that the “The people feel that the price of coal ix unjust and exceaaive.”’ “If you will investigate and price fair one, the people of Seat will reepond. Mayor Han: in peech to mine work ern ay OO OO eee) SEATTLE LABOR | UP | ATALF.L MEET = T. PAUL, June 17 Oo officer selection of on attention of the American Fed ¢ of reso! Win th mandate jon of Labor Interna national convention rt und quie » with war work Electric crane operators in c arguments. A st in the attle shipyards was said to be mminent as a result of one A resolution dealing with t e situation and asking for ment aa f ha r ham war pre council makes a deci war wotk since declared todé Ww ASH., ‘ | pando the: Soesail barriers arising _U. 3 ARRIVALS “ECLIPSE ALL RECORDS,” SAYS LONDON PAPER y. “Considered purely The Seattle Star THE ANY PAPER IN THE MONDAY, JU NE 17, i The Never Ending Line of American Soldiers Marches This is only a part, a very small part, of the:tremendo us army of Americans that stretches from coast to coast and reaches across the sea to France, hordes of the Hun. These are infantrymen on their way t o the training camp in France. The line will never stop its unceasing march to the front until autocracy is crushed to e arth. The photo is by Underwood and Underwood. ‘United Press HANSON | PANS U.S. BANKER! NiinniinNiapnnsnanaannnAd| Federal inyentigation of reports that the patrioti«m himeelf and ther city off & been at tacked by C.J the federal reserve bank of Seattle, was asked Monday by Mayor Han son in a telegram sent to President w vee Dn manager of found that Shepard has he will inaist on| the banker's removal, Mayor Hanson "The wire wan ax follows | am reliably informed that C. J manager of the federal re k in Seattle, has attacked| triotiem of the mayor and ot officials because are | : ne tion for al by the car ommit of the anu bonds by Seat tle t hydroeteot pwer in your f Shepard de As mayor) tion to congrens » admit or deny attack I urge federal investigation If our} jotinm has been attacked, I in| on immediate removal of Shep ‘| Eenagloeedy Welessal to Hear Rent Talk Seattleites w an ty to hear bot! rent question rtun high MC! A. at 8 m. Monday < re urenc esentatives w tate the land case, Judge Hall w what the courts can do and Justice Whitehead will explain } r heap burdens « ervice committ BRITISH TAKE HUNS AT ARRAS LONDON, June 17.—Raiding oper ons and a brief enemy bombard n the Albert jon were re ported by Field Marshal Haig Kast of Arras, we made ful raid and took a few the report said today a success prisoners, HOSTILE PLANE WITH THE AMERICAN | from one union to another, caused 5 esis ARMY ON THE MARNE, June |Gen, Wood Assigned « tensthy debate OVER ENGLAND —American forces holding Fesolution offered by J. A.|conditioha, uniter” which the LONDON, June 17.—A hostile air eau wood beat off two Ger: | to Old Command pins, sestuie Content Labor Cour cats plane croased the Kent coast at noor 1) attacks within two hours | WASHINGTON, June Maj.| cil ud ¢ in hist t but turned back over the rea erday morning. They ins | Ger ird Wood has been rea.) “By reason of a peculiar combina: |1 fee being bombarded by antiair-| Mieted heavy losses on the en his command at Camp| tion of circumstances, the workers of MIRLIOH Sa "tite ‘abs to ehat craft guns, it Was of an emy, but got off without a Funst the war department an| our countr today are in & more|these conditions will be after the | serateh | nounced toda equitable position to bargain as to| war nounced i i | ; “BE A CAVE MAN, SEIZE YOUR MATE, IF SHE SHOWS YOU SIGNS OF HATE!” | kissed, and there certainly could be no element of disorderly conduct But if he isn't, there might be, and I might make an arrest AUSTRIA TAKES 12,000 CAPTIVE VIENNA, via London, June The Austrians have taken 12,000 prisoners in the Italian offensive, the Vienna war office declare The bank of the Sile river, was reported Pinve, we have wrested more ground from the enemy, capturing Capo sile,” the statement said An Eastern judge the other day! about Seattle Judges? {gullty of disorderly conduct for kiss : Sind man of disorderly —— they side in with the San|ing hi write when he objects ne 6 me ¢ ‘ co gentieman Might, tho, 1 » didn't kiss her, j eonduct for kissing =e ome mee Within His Right whether st 4 or not i she didn’t want him to k her GIMME KISS Deputy Prosecutor Carmody says uperior Boyd Tallman ; It is oman's ina ble right dai he ldn't even issue a warrant to| King county's only bachelor judge want to be kissed,” this judge said band arrested for kissing ber vers \ sdding, “and she doesn't forfeit th Domestic wrangles are aired be-| “I won't go on record on that sub right when she marries the snar fore Judge Otis W. Brinker for |Ject," he said But on the other hand, Judge Gra ‘hours every day, but that question| Prosecutor Carmody was firm and ham, of San Francisco, official ha er come up before him for de-| determined about the matter ules that a husband may kiss his P No husband would ever be arrest: | } wife wie r he plea whether n't think that a man who ed at my order for kissing his wife it pleases the wife or not nuld kiss his wife against her wish | shouted Jack. “It 1s one of his con Indeed, so firm w the judge's would) be exhibiting much disere-|stitutional rights, and if his wife convictions upon the subject that he tion,” ways Judge Brinker, “but it is objects she would certainly be guilty was moved to put his decision in certainly within hia right if that Js of contributory negligence verse what he wishes to do Sheriff Stringer gave the only ray “Be a cave man, seize you ate; Superior Judge King Dykeman of hope. After pondering r the If she shows you signs of hate; took a more sentimental and gallant) matter for # time, b Let her serateh, let her bite, view the « tion If the husband is good looking, |. "Certainly, 1 wouldn't find a man|no woman should object to being | But kiss her, boy; it is your right.” | “Our pri PACIFIC 1918, where they are making A merica’s might felt in the battle for humanity against the i 1.415th day, of the war; 89th duy of the big offensive | PARIS, June 17.—Four thousand ITALIAN FRONT—After be | teo~German troops ‘are repressing ter-attacks 70-mile offensive front, the Aus trians renewed their assault yes terday in the gion Piave rivers points « A special ight deck being nu, while French forcen evi It is still possible that the line will flow backward and 4 ~ © flebting in the Mount | forward, but the situation seems assuring. ee tie dinue. ‘the tmak tat The enemy, with 60 divisions (720,000 men) has not Rome admits the enemy is fight. | Sueceeded in passing the advanced areas south of Montelle,” ng “west of San Dona Di Piave where they succeeded in crossing the Piave in num! San Dona Di Piave east bank of the from the line which runs the iatrians have crossed theePiave | One of their objectives, it has been learned, is to reach the n 600,000 Austrians are being | plains southward of the mountains. They also intended to) | used in the drive teen : sareiye9 tela si (about 10 miles). of Hautebraye, between the Oise | im eo ery and the taking a hundred sy att ees LTALIANS BEAT “tas CLAIMS PICARDY FRONT—Germans FLANDER FRONT At. | en } ALBACE FRONT— Americans | WITH THE ITALIAN AR- LONDON, June 17.—The long. — olding the new sector east of MIES, June 16.—"The situation | heralded Austrian offensive, _ rt. in German territory, | is highly satisfactory,” declared | launched on the Italian front — : off raiders Sunday morn an officer in the British sector | early Saturday, was still under — ENGLAND when the latest offleial lares the troops in the eclipsed all record NEW DRIVEIS trian effort is the greatest since the beginning of thi Corriers to det It is a resumption of plain (we mander of 1916 for conqu of the Vicen renta, a 10-mile line stern Venice), ‘Thi t Pending details from all points, it| Vienna claimed capture of 10,008 under the same Austrian com-|{g difficult to gauge the results of | Prisoners, but the Italian war Otte Gen. Conrad, with more! the attack, but it is clear the Aus: |™ade a counter clain of 3,000 pEisgmaay and material than before, trians were less successful than they | & q New enemy — divisions which! expected from such an effort The strugsie did not diminish dm ched the Trentino from the east Aitied airnen have brought down | “ielence during the night and is Comm have been distributed be: 34 airplanes and three balloons since | {nuing fiercely,” Rome's report gala tween the Mount Grappa, Asingo! the drive begar i (Continued on page 4) and Lagarina valley sector ee plateau The eleventh 's now total 12,000," jthe line from Astico to the Piave. Pq a hula feat, it is some hii hitherto never accomplished in mercantile annals.” NIGHT EDITION ight and Tuesday, faire 4 rly winds. 3 Weather Forecast: 7 moderate wente NORTHWEST PRICE ONE CENT fn "Beattie Beatle Steadily On to Battle | “ENEMY FORCE HURLED BA ee of War Events mporarily checked by coun in the Lemberg district, according to n advices today. Food rioting in Vien | Budapest and Prague is said to be parti larly serious in the latter city. ome the latter stream. communique isrued | WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES IN THE FIELD, the Italian office last | 17.—The Austrian pressure is continuing strongly on ared that the enemy is | whole new front between the Asiago and the sea, with fl oy greatest force exerted on both pa ie of the Brenta. new drive began Saturday after a fierce bombardment. slong the’ new mountainous re between the Astico and und also at various war ritivh troops are opposing the jans along the Asiago a gy ‘ave | There they are being gradually pushed backward -heiaane hentai indie bo <) The Italian reaction on the lower Piave came quickly. The Austrians who crossed the river at points between Candela, Senson and San Dona Di Piave, were counter-attacked and driven back almost immediately, The Austrians have been carefully trained for the drive. They are attacking with light equipment, then opens / the | ing out in storming formations, protected by artificial fog. is on the ve, 10 miles | the railway southwestward to nd on tre, the railway junction on mainiand, north of Venice. than 20 miles south whe ¢ the 5 yeach Treviso the first day, an advance of 15 kilometers London F arrival of Am past few day statements were issued. The drive, which followed an bombardment between na valley and the Adri- distance of about 100 miles, was begun on the 7 mile front between the Asiage plateau and the sea. stig The eastward from the plateau to the Piave river, in the vicinity of Segusino, then follows the southeastward to its mouth, Austrians forced a crossing of at Nervesa, 15 miles south: rusino and 10 miles north and at Fagare and Mus ctively, 10 and 20 miles | now under assault by the Austri- | way | ans today. Documents found on | the prisoners showed the Austri- jectives included hills three |; intense .s behind the British front. | the Lag the fact that the Austrians! atic sea, a {fensive after four days rain and mist, which rendered observation almost impossible, line extends tillery had been ordered to start fir a.m, Saturday, and MILAN, | a ter © was started at river midnight The ined for enemy co! ne 17—"The Aus. It was maint 0 minutes anized the n Austrians followed the of rushing up men attack | the Piave war,” the Della Sera declared to- and disor trations. The German. tactic to break thru)in = the la principal aim is before from the sea valley, enabling the enemy | One army in the Trentino '" ach and British troops all h into Vailstagna. BA guns, while 1,500 were |@long the front later restored most of the ground yielded under the first shock the offensive ntrated between the Astico and Austrian army un: | Bf Schonchensmhel occupied AR FRONT ON P MAP OF ITALIAN t