The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 25, 1918, Page 1

A fe kide of the w “Oh, Boy!” > 20 FULL UNITED PR vOLUME a MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY LeaseD Wik ‘An Hour of Joy LATIONS SERVICE THE GREATI SEATTLE, WASH.L, TUESDAY, JUNE “1918, " Of 26, Weather Forecast fair warmer V wir westerly PR ICE t ONE y—At the Met--Don’t Forget Thursday, Noon, Folks—To Help ¢ Jur Boys With ‘Smokes The Seattle Star T DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NIGHT EDITION Wednesday, north and moderate verwhel Seattle in JTALY STARTS NEW DRIVE i RO UTED AUSTRIAN F ORCES CONTINUE RETREAT TWO FOE ARMIES Maj. Gen. Hugh * Scott Divers and © | One of the Beauties ir in Writes for The Star Drive Plan» Former Chief of Staff to Interpret Army to Read- ers of This Paper The editor of The Star takes grea pleasure in announcing t, thru this paper’s membership in the News paper Enterprise Association, we are shortly to begin the publication o icles by Maj. Gen. Hugh I former chief of staff of the 1 States army, who was re and who now is com mander of the Natior Army can tonment at Camp Dix, N. J Gen. ptt's articles wi ov be military criticisms, but discussions of army life, the origin of army « toms, the reasons for discipline, ete the very things which all young soldiers. relatives of soldiers and men who expect to be soldiers will be most interested in knowing W. DAVENPORT LOSES HOME Fire from unknown the home of W ave. S. W., Monday ing a loss of $1,900 $1,000 wan carried. Dave afternoon Insurance of caus Stop and think! We are at war. And yet— More silk stockings t thing. More pianos and been purchased in Seattle by the cash registers of bi The reason why? Economists say it is bor. country, they say. same money, be made to win the war. And so, every dollar gantly—for luxuries—is a TEACH YOUR DOLL SENSE! DANIELS ‘DRY’; BURLESON ‘WET’ Cab June sharply WASHINGTON, inet members were divided question at the the prohibition on he committee Dar Postm agricultural with Secretary the measure and | Burleson on the ng of the senate 4 espousir ster Gene AYS GERMANY CAN’T KEEP BELGIUM PLEDGES AMSTERDAM Foreign Minister Kuehimann declared in the reich nnot bind Bel to-| ¢ that Germany ¢ heruelf to pledges regarding xium, according to advices here Teach Your Dollars to Have More Cents cures and more ice cream arising from the humming industry of our har- And yet there is only so much money in The w It is only shifting its circulating centers and put- ting it into operation in new territories. they say, that was spent on the thou- sands of activities of peace time living that must han ever before for one more Fords, more mani- sodas than have ever before are being rung in usy merchants. the abundance of money the ar is not making money. It is the that is spent extrava slacker dollar. ARS TO HAVE BRITISH BOMB ENEMY CITIES MOR LONDON, June 25.—British alr men made a series of attacks on Metz, arbruckhen and Dil lingen, night and Monday, it was announced today The railway establishments at Metz and Sablon and fact ir Saarbruchen and Dillingen were bad ly damaged. One enemy plane wa. bro down in flames. All the British machines returned safel DUBLIN, June 25 town of Tralee and certain adjacent towns and lands, which were the scenes of recent disorders, have n proclaim ed @ special military area within which unauthorized persons may not inter. of Kaiser ; Believe Huns Hope to In- crease Attacks Off the U. S. Coast LEADERS GIVE WARNING By Carl D. Groat By United as Leased Wire Direct to Star ” WASHINGTON, dune %5.— Germany is about to undertake two new offensives—one a re newal of her drive line, the second a fw smash against American ship- ping When Chief of Staff March, t 8. A, and British emier Lioyd rive « went rd ate . 1 ntelll. on show concentra indicate a biow before on Her allies routed In Italy, Ger many may hasten the weatern blow t allied reinforcements be sent to Italy to complete the disorganiza tion. Germany, herself. {t was learned today, cannot get reinforcements to the Austrians short of a week, and she can spare them only a few Just where the new emash will be attempted in France in not indicated. But it will doubtless be a develop ment of the major plan of reaching Paris or the channe! ports. Sinking of an inbound transport off Bermuda gives conclusive proof that German operations are still and that big game coastal steamers, is bein Warnings are out today whole Atlantic seaboard vicinity of Bermuda, to sought along and y | be on the watch for U-boats the As for the land situation, officials here entertain broader optimiam than they have for months. Un stinted praine is accorded the Ital japs, French and tich for b Want operations against the Aus trians, and there is a firmer outlook as to the future than at any time since March 21 HANSON AGAIN CARRIES FIGHT TO TRACTION CO. school tickets from hil ding the private schoolx of the city or I will bring mandamus make you do it. proceedings to word President A. W ronard, of the Puget Sound Trac tion, Light & Power Co., Tuesday, by Mayor Hanson The demand was made as part of his plan all efforts at oc cillat the company the cit compliance w The mayor 1 out that one franchise prov ia that school children shall be carried for one half fare. /He ays he finds that the company has issued orders to conductors not to accept school tickets from puplls attending the Y M. ©. A. grade school We no desire to enlarge the rights of the « in ar articular but every clause in ¢ contract which your company has entered in the future,” the mayor told Pre dent Leonard CANADIANS HIT ENEMY SECTOR TONDON, June Successful raidin erations in the various sec tore of Picardy and Flanders fronts were reported by Marshal Haig Canadiar troop raided enemy night, taking prisoners and six machine guns,” the statement A few prisoners vd a machine gun were taken in successful raids south DRAFT LOTTERY DUE THURSDAY WASHINGTON The draft lottery for newly old men will be conducted at the te office building T 3 retary Baker announ At that time 700,000 ‘will learn the order of their call. Jur wen ie, Lavina Winn, one of the stars in. the “Oh, Boy! who, with a besuty chorus and s bunch of coshedliine, wht “Oh, Boy!” nnial comedy Thursday noon at the Metropolitan for the benefit of The Star smoke fund. Lots of Fun and Lots of Pep; Lots of Girls; Say, Get Hep; _ Hour ofJoy!Oh, Boy! 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Now I'm go ing J. Sullivan, member of draft board Ne said Tuesday morning. He proudly displayed his credential ing him a sergeant in the intelligence department of the Unit tates army. Sullivan report ed at Fort Lawton, Tuesday 67 MISSING IN TRANSPORT LOSS | \ tix. WAS! navy sinking of HIN depa GTON rtment American charter ata Phe boats Delaware ¢ ed there crew but Unofficial vessel Mag. was of 67 are report the young men | Dwinsk, formerly announc 700 miles by a no tre 148 n thus far 4 state British under the The ing the allied transport under | east of submarine ps aboard took to ing the steamer Russian mins that Haren J. 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For one, T ¢ would be more than glad to do ao. § I am renting a cottage, and ) have just received notice by the ( { owner that the p in for sal to move to, but am up { Kindly { difficulty ) ) will happen ) 8O expect to have to r likely not I rent the same the | ny moment as next place Iam not the only one in this A place am trying to find } Linst it | § { § i be my next suggest nothing to about had. So, how § winter's fuel? a way out of the A SHIPYARD WORKER. { { EY - — | A THRIFT STAMP a day | ! keep the Hun = away. | $1 Yanks Rain Explosives on Teutons Boches Near Belleau Wood Nervous Since Americans Made New Advance FIGHT INDIAN STYLE » a | Dispatch From Lowell Mellett By United Preas Leased Wire Direct to The Star *——-- x WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARNE, Jone 25.—44:05 p. m.—American artillery today heavily shelled German positions north of Belieau wood. The boches in this region are ex tremely jumpy. Last night they sent up rockets, calling for a bar rage, at every suspicious sound from the wood. WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARNE, June 24.—4Night) —The fight as the Americans completed their conquest of Bel leau wood was one of the strang eat of the war. man machine guns cunningly hidden in trees pulleys be tween trees we fired from Most of thes ensconced from where The Americans and or ow were howe points rocks, spat continuou: and w behind they crawled gied forward, dropping with the of roots and br hes down i de. clivities, where they would le mo tionless for a moment. Then they would resume their stealthy prog Fventu they swarmed over many emplacements, only to find that the boches had fled with their guns, leaving the ammunition be hind A series of such evacuations resulted in an appreciable advance of YANKS IN NEW TRENCHES NEAR HOMES OF FOE American « Dispatch From Frank J. Taylor By United Press Leased Wire Star Direct to The American troops are holding # mountainous sector southeast of St. Die, where the crosses from Lori man territory, it is facmilastble to announce here since the first of J but no mention of their presence was al jowed until the Germans had m: the discovery themselves. This oc curred Sunday, when an enemy raid on this sector resulted in two Amer bet weer Die and Luneville ed in the capture of other American prisoner an artillery was quite active north of Toul last night, probably in retaliation for the ng our gun ners gave their areas a few hours before } He'll Ri Ride Pesiten { of Graham Bldg. } Daredevil” Walter Ward is Jing to take his life in his ha Wednesday the } building st when he rides around ( of the J Graham ‘ond ave. and Spring on his bieyele There will be about 18 inches \ between himself and death, Ward ) is a member of the bicycle team ) of Ward and Useless, playing at the ne Hip theatre § { eee | Portee' Czar Is Reported Slain’ by Bolsheviki LONDON, June 25.—Un confirmed Petrograd re- ; ports stated today that the | former czar had been killed at Ekaterinberg by the } Bolshevi PARIS PLACED IN ARMY ZONE d Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star PARIS, June 25.— An official order today placed Paris in the army zone. pc me life will not 0 000 TEUTONS by Unit and Hungary, reaching here today clared that ers went on strike in Mulheim last Thursday, “on account of reduction of the bread ration.” (No previous mention of any actu- al reduction in the bread rations in Germany has been made, altho offi cial announcement has been made that.it was contemplated) A general strike has been called in Budapest, according to a Geneva dispatch, and the railway, postal and legraph services thruout Hungary are crippled ENEMY REPORT HIDES DEFEAT LONDON, June 25.—The Aus. trian war office admits the Piave disaster to the extent of an- nouncing that “by reason of the high water and bad weather,” its armies evacuated “Montello and some sectors of the other posi- tions which we had won on the right bank of the Piave.” Vienna claims that the order for the reUrement was given four days ago and that the maneuver was car out with such sec! at Ita artillery was in into bom empty trenc ring : United Press Summary of War Events a! (1.4234 day of the war; 97th day of the big offensive.) ITALIAN FRON ‘The enor. mity of the Austrian defeat on the Plave becomes more appar. ent as each report ts received. Italian cavalry is pursuing the fleeing enemy far beyond the river, while large infantry forces ar ng their determinedly en the east Thousands 0! captured and ed and wounde been drowned in cross the I PICARDY ish made ‘succe south Arras. Hostile artillery was from the Ancre to south of the Somme. WOEVRE nk Austrians have hold on thousands Many have attempting to ‘The Brit AND LORRAINE FRONTS—American lines north of Toul were heavily shelled. The French conducted success. ful minor raids in vartous se: tor VLANDEI FRONT Allied line vily bombed on the western portion of the front MARNE FR rench con solidated the positions they won yesterday, west of Soissons, « NEARING CAPTURE Cavalry Is © Shattering Foe Hordes Scope of Italian Victory Is Growing Hourly—Aus- trian Report False AIRMEN AID IN SUCCESS By United Press Leased Wire D to The Star LONDON, June 25.—The be Italians have started a ¢ po Baba rlte in the mount was re seria citetive source tl atts — pes be Ae ON WAR STRIKE "i ita W. ASHINGTON, June 25, LONDON, June 25.—The political|—Italian forces are and economic situation in the dual ing for a great drive monarchy has spread to Germany the Austrians in the Trentino according to reports| and expect to repeat the dis-— aster inflicted on the enemy A dispatch from The Hague de along the Piave, official Rome WITH THE MIES IN THE —Night.)—The 20,000 munitions work-| cables declared today peers retreat continues. The importance and scope of the Italian success grows hourty, It is now reported that the troops of Archduke Joseph and Gen, Von Wurm must surrender or be annihilated. Austrians The across the have been Piave on the whole front from Montello to the sea, except for and ©. fores a three-mi ti sector between Musile ile. where a covering Nl holding out, it was semi: officially announced tonight The Italians have occupied enemy trenches Mont H 1473 ment war office ment allied air men. Asolove, he Piave d and the as voluntary is false. Mont and on Valbertia and have captured is choked with enemy debris of their equip: e attempt of the Austrian to represent thé retire In only by » Italian army and The few bridges also were pelted with shells and air bombs It is positively established that the enemy's are n greater in th the Alliec active in the tel ptured been wiped out by gun and rifle fire, t by drowning. retreat than as a direct result of Italian counter offensive, Swept From Montello r forces were particularly harassing the Austrian re treat across the river at Falsee, after enemy had been swept from Mon= D. American aviators played a prominent role in this work. ‘Thousands of Austrians have been Other thousands have artillery, machine air bombs and Italian cavalry is pure suing the enemy far beyond the Piave The horsemen are pushing for toward the line between | ward Conegtaino and Oderzo, The infantry (Continued on Page Twelve) FRENCH TROOPS — | MAKE ADVANGE | PARIS, |who advanced slightly Port yesterday, \Le June 25.—French troops, northeast of maintained their |new positions, despite a violent Ger- | man attack, Jed today. “North of the Aisne, the war office announe after violent |shelling and grenade fighting in the works taken by us yesterday north- least of Le Port (six miles west of Soissons), maintained,” “There was fairly in the fighting regions. “Twenty the three raids in the Woevre and | Lorraine French front the communique the was said, active artillery ‘averolles and Corey prisoners were taken in ‘