The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 8, 1918, Page 1

—— MORE THAN } t 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY VOLUME 20, NO, 112 Yuu NeaseD SS ASSOCIATIONS WIRE PPP ARAAARARAL LSS Kaiser Furious; Threatensto Renew War Upon Slav AMSTERDAM, July 8.—The kaiser, hearing of the assassination of Ambassador Mirbach, who was a close friend, ordered Foreign Minister Kuehl} mann to break off relations with Russian delegates in Berlin, according to dispatches received here today. The seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Katered an & SERVICH ond Clase Matter M y 3, 1899, at the Po SEATTLE, WASH., office at Heattle, W MONDAY, JU LY 8, 1918. tHUNS S i accused the other not knowing 4 6 the Lord's Prayer, whereupon the ; lone accused bet $2 he could repeat it | word for word. The bet was taken and he proceeded Now I lay me A SEATTLE family received a let gown to sisep: I pray the Lord my @er from its son in France. The om ou! to keep gapeepe was fat. and as mother open “You win,” cried the first reeruit fed it at the evening meal, sister re | wp, ake the money. I didn't think you marked that it must be a long one , f 2 ee To every one’s surprise, mother could do { pulled out a sheet almost entirely | blank, with a heading, “Dear Folks,” | , and down at the bottom, “Love to CA all, from Philip.” The censor had Waxy 7 ; used ink eradicator on the whole let q ter and substituted “Your son is well and happy, but he’s too darned| THE captain walking between newsy. ranks at inspection saw that one of | the men had * his shoes. a shine on the toon of but that the heels were ce very muddy How's this?” he asked. “Didn't you notice that your heels were dirty? : "A good soldier never looks be TWO recruits at Camp Lewis were hind.” was the reply. The man did One 10 days at @iscussing religious questions kitchen police Italy WINS (United Press Four Miles Summary of War Events From Foe * ‘Austrians Lose seretlaee] (1426th day of the war) | PICARDY FRONT—The Aus | ' tralans, with whom Americans are brigaded, made another ad vance last night. pushing for. q Struggle Along Dykes i in ward slightly on a front of ee: Venetian District py Mot a sa Mate li ad =’ ¢ RE 1,300 GUNS = MARNE FRONT—A violent artillery duel is reported on the 15-mile front from the Marne ‘mited os ‘d a ct By Press 1 sea Wee pies northward to the Villers-Cot EAN J terets forest, which includes the 4 ee eee FEALIAN AR. American position between Vaux | MIES IN THE FIELD, July s— | A™ "Tun power | ‘The latest Italian victory pushed FLANDERS FRONT. — the Austrians hack four miles | somes red tralian troops successfully raid further from Venice as the result ed German trenches east of of one of the most stubbornly Hazebrouck. Hostile artillery was active near Bethune fought actions of the war, in the wet triangle of dykes and mud- filled canals on the lower Piave. | The Austrians had strongly forti fied every house, mill and infrequent ed dry spot in this region. Italian ar tillery materially aided in the victory by preventing the enemy bringing up food from the mainland Thousands of soldiers water up to their waists ing their weapons and battling like primitive men, with their hands and Italian LORRAINE FRONT —Ameri can positions in the Toul sector were bombarded last night ITALIAN FRONT—The A, trians are concentrating hee reinforcements in the Innsbruck and Trentino regions, evidently for a resumption of the offens on both the mount and Piave fronts. Gen. Ludendorff is sald to have visited Austrian headquarters to hasten prep: fought in ive often low arations for the new blow ‘harmony some of will be ousted these gentlemen teeth. In many instances, ia soldiers, with vaulting poles, leaped RUBGIAN, — ixmploying © the ia over the wire entanglements in front) yriehach murder as an excuse j of machine guns and knifed the Aus-| Germany will demand free pass 1 pong gunn ige of troops to the Murman i Se far more than’ 1,300 machine| On.5: by way of Petrograd and guns and six trench mortars have! the right to police both Petro Beem captured. grad and Moscow ROME, July 8 y recon noitering parties on the Asiago pla teau and north of Monte di Valbelia were driven back,” the war office an | nounced today “North of Massif prisoners were taken and two machine guns and a number of flame projectors were cap 7 tured. BY GILSON GARDNER. i “Between the coast and the Toma- WASHINGTON, D. €., July | Rica valley, the attack is progress. 8.—The need for oil and gaso ing. We have taken 1.05 0 prisoners line for war purposes and the disposition of private interests to interfere with production have U. S. OFFICERS KILLED brought on a crisis which is likely to result in some spectacu- IN CRASH NEAR PARIS | tar consequence. PARIS, July 8—~Several American| It might mean even the comman | officers were killed when two auto.|deering of all oll fields, wells and | mobiles collided n Fontainebieu, it | means of production and transporta | nnounced tod Fontainebleu tion for the period of the war. } miles southeast of Paris. A shortage of ofl measured at _ 10,000 ‘to 30,000 barreia a day is re UES Tees ported by the oll producers } Incidentally there is like “n nA }/a general overhauling of IN {| ment. Some of the mer vaenley to ( help Garfield deal with the oil and nm { fuel problems have been recently terest which Attorney General = S ) gregory is fighting For the sake of { { t if Ho! Ho! Listen to the Web-Footers PORTLAND, July §.—When Di rector General McAdoo arrives here, this week, for a consultation with railroad men, the fine quali ties of the port of Portland will be poured into his ear Portland has set its heart upon ognition by the ernment as best shipping for war to R are ex pected to r magnitude i In The Star next puurday. Home buyers will be interested. Watch for it. the supplies gove point whi great h n McAdoo will be shown the deep. fresh water harbor and will, be told that while other Pacific eoast ports are already congested, Port- || Jand’s port is not, EEK os ® TO POLICE RUSS | UNITED STATES WILL AGREE TO LIMITED INTERVENTION BY ALLI Paws" > aaa THE ng as the crowd sought to get line at @ local theatre was in side to view a popular wildman film Out of the lineup was a man dressed in the uniform of an army camp li brartan, “Here, you soldier, take my place,” said a jolly fat fellow I'm not a soldier,” demurred the uniformed one. “No difference,” snapped the fat gentlem any fellow with a uni form is b I am—step up. A WASHINGTON boy in a Sooth ern camp Dear dad Anzacs Hit Enemy in New Drive Australians Move Forward on Two-Mile Front in Somme River Zone SCOTTISH TROOPS WIN 7 wrote back to hin father By United Press Leased Wire Dire to The Star LONDON, July §—Australian troops again advanced their lines on both sides of the Som me along « front of nearly two miles, Field Marshal Haig report ed today. The Austral vanced their line slightly 3.000 yard front, « both sides of the Som me. the statement said “A successful raid was carried out night ad by Scottish troops, south of the La Bassee ca sulting in the cap ture of a few pr rs “The enemy's nches were also entered east of Hazebrouck t a few prisoners being tralian troops both «ides of th of our operations » went of mont: Hamel ine 900,000 YANKS SOON READY T0 ENTER FIGHTING WASHINGTON and in the neighborhood Ju 4 In a Pershing will 4 half million men t command ready for to infor month or have more than under his dire the fighting line, acc mation received by wen tary affairs commit toda The 251,000 Americans now in the fighting line, a March, do not ir brigaded with the In addition to these ording the te m ording to lude Americans itish and French all the troops Gen sent over during June re still in training There are nearly 300,000 of these, who by the first of August will for ba tut “= BIG GUNS DUEL ALONG 15 MILES be ri PARIS, July 8.—An artillery tle along the 15-mile front bi Villers-Cotterets forest and Marne the French war office Between Forest De ets and the Marne the fighting,” the was reported by today iMers-Cotter artiller aid » war communique Camp Lewis Rejects 1,433 Draft Troops CAMP LEWIS, July & tions for the last draft will total 12.2 per 1,432 being discharged out of 13,157 who reporte to figures here toda Lack of sufficient height eases of the ear were the « quent causes for rejection. The new regulations in effect June 15, call for 4 minimum height of five feet and three inches and the under whieh the men we: shortly after they ‘received regulations amined inch their | questionnaires was five feet,and one) a cool Washington breeze, Down there's only a screen door be tween us and by Sac? THE doctors were examining him for the draft. He didn’t want to go to war, “My eyes are bad," was his plea. After a teat by an eye special ist, during which the youth pleaded earnestly that he “couldn't nee a thing.” the doctor aid: “All right, go into the next room and wait there. The boy sighed with relief. When he got to the door he halted, ducked his head and walked on Come back, my friend.” laughed the doctor “If your eyesight ts good enough to see that fine black thread, {t's good enough for Uncle Sam. You pass WEST IS the has | The courier who brought us mystery cargo from the Orient let the cat out of the bag The “Sun rising in the West Japan. The cargo, nent from the most in teresting country on the bottom side , of the globe, is a yolume of stories ‘and pictures from one of your neigh- bors, who is now in the Flowery | oe PPP PL PPP LPP ALLL LLP PP PPL DPD DPD DD NIGHT EDITION Weather Fore Tonight and Tuesday, fair; moderate westerly w “ps Everwhe In or PRICE {yBeattio ONE CENT °%,'s0'%Go "gaan 1 THESE ARE.THEDAYSOF. SIZZLING-SUN: READ-THE. JOKES-AND-HAVE-FUN AN American hero wh a dozen had killed rmans or #0 was pointed French girl, She and ‘Oh, out toa young rushed up to him cried let me kins the hand that killed thone Germans" "You sure a chump,” maid his partner later, “Why didn’t you tell her you bit them to deat = A TIMID young fellow appeared before the exemption board with the are right index finger badly bent. The final question was, “How was it be fore it became bent? rT himself for a mo jad forgot SUN RISING IN THE EXPLAINED Kingdom to interpret for you, thru The Star, Twentieth Century Japan This neighbor of yours Is Burton Knisely, a keen observer and trained wewspaper writer, whore stories form the mort comprehensive survey ot Nippen ever made for any news paper. Watch for hia articles in The Star Rar $6,000 HAULS Capitol Hill Residences Are Stripped of Silverware Silverware and jewelry, valued at $609, were stolen from two resi a in the fashionable Capitol district by burglars between 1 m. Friday and § a. m. Monday ne most daring burglary occurred at the residence of F 1 prominent business man holder, at 1052 Bast Galer st family silver was stoler Thi one of the ot hill r window was dixpla w In addition to the si » complet t of mink furs, worth $600, was stolen. The lue of the silverware is not yet estimated, nor has a complete in ce been taken of the r other residence, burglarized Saturday night, is the home of W E. Sims, Seattle business man and property owner # located at 1910 15t oN. Here, valuable jewelry tituted the principal loot Mr. and Mrs. Greer are in New York, and will not return until July 15, and a maid and the 7-year-old jreers were visiting daughter of th Edmonds at The maid, in charg girl ed at the residence morning at When th found chinaware ttered and smashed n disorder showed at time of the little Monday openes tables book arr door, she chairs bra and thrown Investigation basement window been secur the pried off. locked rear tho it and fas had tened Th psidence was burglariz brooch small ims f three gold different watches, a large with platinum with ¢ cuff diamonds and arnets, a link watch chain, a valuable and complete set of mink furs, including 1 cape of ten skins and muff of six and several suits of clothes Huns Were Nervous on Fourth of July WASHINGTON, J aiding activity in the Vosges Sunday was reported by Gen. Pershing toda The Germans were warned to be or wlert on the Fourth, since the 1s were expected to take the lence day, Per America offensiy shing reported LAWYER CHARGES $10 TO FIX DRAFT PAPER Seattle lawyer charging as high as $10 for making out draft ex appeals 1 waterfront worker on Ind emption Cash Gollar, told Monday of going to a New York block attorney to straighten out his draft “He that most lawyers would charge more, but that he would fix me up for $10," Gollar waid. IS “OVER TOP” Only $2,000 More to Be Raised by Saturday “We are virt over the top. Thus announced Hazen J. Titus manager of The Star's “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund” drive The amount fixed by the state council of defense for the drive was 1,200, This sum is now almost all in the City National bank, which nas ppointed to f act as cashier o! he campaign w lone with a big put ting urda nt 13, at at Woodland park About $2,000 mor “ have to be rained th TOBACCE Hans Radmann, 5.00 o 18th 2.00 rd, 1808 1.00 . Granger, 1.00 errebonne, Or. 1.00 r, Lyman, Wash. 1.00 Mrs. A.M. Bryson, Lyman, Wash. 1.60 Theima rdson, . Naval Training Camp, 2.00 PLAN FUNERAL FOR MITCHEL NEW YORK, July §.—The body of Maj. John Purroy Mitchel, who was killed Saturday in an airplane ace dent at Lake Charles, La, will rive here tomorrow morning and be taken to the home of his mother Wednen¢ t will lie in state ‘1 the rotunda of the hall, The military funeral will be ‘Thursday morning and burial will be in the family plot at Woodlawn cemetery with funeral services at the Church of St. Francis Xavier The following honorary pallbear ers have been named; Col. Theodo Roosevelt, Cleveland H. Dodge. Nicholas Murray Butler, George W Wickersham, Jacob H. Schiff and Frank L. Polk STRICT DRY LAW BEING PLANNED VASHINGTON, July 8 ate agricultural committe to dry The sen greed to a new bi amendment making the prohibition laws even eter, It provides that no b shall be made after str win 1, next, and that the s wine and beer shall cease J 1, next Huns Aid Austria in New Drive Plan PARIS, July 8—-Ludendorff visit od rian headau s in the Tre to hasten p offensiv to resumption of the Italian front, according from Swiss s¢ 8 today Reinforcements are said to be con Advices jcentrating in the Innsbruck and Trentino regions. The Swiss fron tier has been closed. . ment and said, straightened Like this,” ALL the privates work for promo- tion. One boy in a certain outfit was wure he would get a corporaiship be cause the sergeant told him the oth all the boys were § a march but him er morning that out of step du A SOLDIER boy in camp got from his mother his pals pounced on regularty of course. 4s soon as it arrived home, he wrote s; the cand) And his supply hin T Ie Wire Chief Ends Order for Strike _ Konenkamp Calls off Move on Request of Secretary Wilson and Gompers TO WAIT U. S. ACTION By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star CHICAGO, July 8.—Recalled at the eleventh hour, the Commer. cial Telegraphers’ union strike order to Western Union em ployes was not effective today. lant letter sks for the chocol one 8S J. Konenkamp. Sec Samue President in compliance with tary of requests by Labor Wilson and Gompers, withdrew the strike or yesterday, Konenkamp declared y that there will be no strike un rnment further op WIRE MEASURE re the « has In| nananmaniete * COUNTER REVOLT GETS UPPER HAND Dispatches from various sources indicated today th it rmany may seize upon the murder of Ambassador Mi bach as the long awaited excuse for completion of the military conquest of European Russia. The kaiser, accor ing to Amsterdam advices, has directed that relaions the Russian delegates in Berlin be broken off. Diplomatic messages received in Stockholm stated Germany will demand free passage of troops to the Mu coast thru Petrograd, thus facilitating the German-Fir campaign against the small allied forces at Murmansk ¢ Kola. It was also stated that Germany would a the right to police Petrograd and Moscow, which ‘ virtually place the Russian government under ma: domination. . The Bolsheviki are doing everything possible to 3 pease the kaiser. 3s, Economic Bolshevi Help to Be Defeate Main Idea inMe To Send Troops Sufficient Fierce Street Fighting to Prevent Huns Getting | sults in Victory for Food and Supplies Revolutionary Forces WILSON TO, SPEAK SOON KILL HUN AMBASSAB BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, duly &.—A 9 ee “army” of trade and business ex- COPENHAGEN, duly perts, supported by a sizable po | ‘Serious counter revolution lice force of inter-allied troops, | broken out in Moscow, will be sent to Russia to aid in to a dispatch carried today & establishing order. the Wolff bu pres “ie The United Press today, scek- : at iF ing to clear up considerable con- cial German news agency), Be” fusion as to the allied course to- vere sireet fighting is going on ward Russia, is able to state between Bolsheviki and semi-officially that the advance __ dal revotutionari ith the * mer getting the seo ae hand. By United Presa ii Leased Wire program has been determined upon and will be put into effect very soon. There gwill be no “military inter- now sident Wilson has asked Secre Wilson, Houston field and to submit t tomorrow's meeting of men who would a list AMBASSADE constitute such experts on th’ mis sion. The personnel of the mission LONDON, July §—Count will be announced within a week German ambassador to Russia, n % New developments in the Russian murdered at 2 o'clock Saturday “ Dispatch From L. C. situation the assassination of the noon by two unknown persons Wh” Marti ierman ambassader at Moscow and obtained entrance to the German @m= in the anticipat mand of Germany | bassy by false credentials, Premier By United Press Leased Wire for additional control over the Rus-| Lenine informed Adolph Joffre, Direct to The Star | sian government—gave impetus to sian ambassador to Germany, x * day to Americanallied efforts to! cording to a wireless dispatch WASHINGTON July &—The| reach a decision on the form of aid Moscow today wherewith the government for Rt The assassins threw a bomb the telegraph and tel The killing of the German envoy,| the room occupied by Mirbach, phone lines now rests with congress,|Count Mirt h, was epted here message said, inflicting Pera With telegraphers agreed to remain as certain to provoke sharp German which resulted in the ambassador™: quiescent until action has been had action, with the resultant need for | death a few minutes later. ‘ by the government, congr today quick decision by the allies Joffre was instructed to inform again considered the w wuth Tentative Program Foreign Minister Kuehimann of orizing the president to ove As a result, fresh significance was | /Mdignation of the Russian go) the lines hed to over-Sunday considera-|™Ment and to express sympathy The senate interstate commerce tion of the problem at a conference attrbach’s family. family committee proposed to start hear ween Presid Wilson, Chief of ings early this week on the tele state March and Secretary Baker. It graph resolution passed by the/ way generally believed here today START TERI TERROR per ttiaee lil 4icd rex thee that announcement of this govern- ment’s course would come in the prohibition held the senate’s atten:| romn of a statement delivered by the tion, the house took up the water) president to congress, probably early power bill, designed to aid inland : yment as an adjunct waterway ¢ to the railways 150 STRIKE IN ATLANTA OFFICE ATLANTA, Ga., July 8.—One hun dred and fifty telegrapners employed here by the Western Union left their keys today, following action by the company in locking out union early employes over Sunday Union officials sent a message to President Wilson telling him the ac tion was taken only because the tele graph company failed to play square, and issued lockout orders. A strike of telegraphers thruout the Southeast be of the whole sale discharge of men by the Western | Union yesterday is predicted by Pres- ident A. F. Joyner, of the local union. By noon, he said, there will be no (Continued on page 7) W. U. DENIES KNOWING OF ATLANTA WALKOUT NEW YORK, July 8 —Western Union officials here today disclaimed any knowledge of lockout orders is sued in AUanta and declared busi | ness at all points was going ahead as usual, this week As affairs appea and offic (Continued on page J. W. T. MASOD United Press War Expert NEW YORK, July Nihflism has returned to Russia, The assag sination of the German Ambassador Von Mirbach, at Moscow, is the be ginning of Russia's reawakening.” — Russian liberty enmeshed by the Hobenzollern militarists is taking to bombing its way to freedom, The people who risked their lives for lib- erty under the czar are not of the |) breed to be cowed forever by German. militarism tos today ainly wer v HUNS DEMAND MOSCOW ENTRY STOCKHOLM, July 8—-Germany will demand the right to police Mos. cow and Petrograd, under the guise Bombs Play Part of maintaining order, as the result of the assassination of Count Mirbach,| Opposed to the terror of the Gems German ambassador to Russia, ac- man sword has now come the terngR cording to information from diplo- | Of the Russian bomb rags “nobeol tonne The Germans are placed in a The Germans, Who charge that difficult position by the killing of ambassador. the murder is the work of the en If they take no tente, will further demand free pass-| measure of reprisal their pi age of troops to th Murman coast | Will fall if, on the other hand, by way of Petrograd. [insist on assuming control of The Russian inhabitants of that, police of Moscow and Petrograd, tht region, in anticipation of a ( will inevitably invite still more fe. Finnish invasion have rocious: Bi mb attacks, their allegiance to the all and are expected to join with allied oye ‘ see cuardine the supply base Socialists Admit there * The Bolshevikt either will noce Mirbach Murder AMSTERDAM, July 8.—Several ist revolutionaries, arrested. in Moscow, have confessed to complici« ty in the murder of Ambaseadeg: Mirbach, according to a from Berlin today, to the German demands or will at cate, The former action is mor probable as Premier Lenine is re ported to have prepared an apology which will be forwarded to Berlin at