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

! A Foretaste— “Japan smaller than of Japan’s land is cultivated the area Montana, the Year more food than Japan consume.” MORE 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY —— Ja Montana, Only rhe t on th nese far * 55,000,000 por Christy Mathew to Admiral Togo Basebal PARRA AAR THAN Knisely claims “the and light plant ‘ The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. __VOLUMI 20. NO. 11 CLA TIONS SERVICE NITED 2 v ' 3 Ws or May 2, 1808, at the I WASH., TTLE, office at TU Meattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879 The following excerpts are from Burton Knisely’s first articles on Japan, which begin publication in The They give you a foretaste of a genuine literary and political treat. sun is rising in the we commer cia act about will lay Twentic ( ap on the found NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast; fair Tonight and Wednesday, moderate westerly winds. 1918. ESDAY, JULY 9, PRIC verwhere n"Beatthe ONE CENT "§c%0'to"toee IBREAK FOE LIN Asks US.oTtalians Penetrate the Albanian Fron One of Greatest Battles of War Now i Progress; Austrians Suffer Hard Blow Lenine Arrests Kerensky Men Dior Moscow Revolt in Appears “Olga Petrova to Plead for W.S.S. Here Saturday a to Be Crushed 1 (By United Press Leased - ~ ae Wire, Direct to The Star) LONDON, July 9.—Premier Lenine has caused the arrest of minister of labor; M. Skobeleff, former M. Tchernoff, former minister of agriculture; M. Tseretelli, for-) minister of post and telegraph, and| ~ other members of the Kerensky cabinet, ac-) aims to a Moscow dispatch received to-) Savinoff, minister of war under Ker-| isky, also was arrested. ALLIED AiD T0 IVE RUSSIANS | PLACE IN SUN, BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 9.—Al- ready decided on the general course of aiding Russia, Presi- dent Wilson today was to coun- sel with his cabinet as to the personnel of the mission to be sent. This mission will be backed by a Police force of allied soldiers. Supplies it decides to send to Rus sia will have military police protec tion Each cabinet member was to sub mit the names of able men to form the mission and from that list president will make his choices ‘The British and French are consid. ering names of men whom they ge sire to add to the business army The size of the allied “police force” is undetermined. Military men say it ought to be large. There is some thought that the American-allied con tribution, however, would be relative ly smali and that if need arises later. the Japanese will give their aid. All authorities avoid the use of the term, “military intervention.” They insist the police force will be preferable; that it will be intended as an inspiration to the Russians to help themselves back to a place on the east front—and in the sun WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Water will be shut off in the new main on Harbor ave. 8. W Alki ave., from W. Florida st, to Du wamnish head, and on Al Duwamish head to 63d ave. 8. W Wednesday, from 9 a. m. to 12 noon the | | The above would seem to bear out the Bolshevik \claim that the counter rev- olution in Moscow has been | suppressed and would indi- jcate that social revolution- | ~ aries formerly allied with) ldewaste were among the! leaders. MARTIAL LAW "GRIPS MOSCOW BASLE, Switzerland, July 9.—Mar | o3 law has been proclaimed in Mow cow, according to dispatches received here today Sever Olga Olga Petrova—she of eyes—famous Polish actre com ing to Seattle Saturday to plead for thrift and the purchase of War Sav ings stamps The committee hasn't determi just where, or at what time appear Mme. F ¥, etrova the trova was born and edt rn 4 London admirers thr America of those arrested in con bs jnection with assassination of Ambassador Mirbach raid to have admitted the purpose wan to provoke annulment of the Brest | Litovak treaty. CZECHS GAINING ON BOLSHEVIKI TOKIO. troops ad+ land Ha the Red Guards statement issued by: war office The Czechs h strengthened t bulk of the Bi ‘Sige in Siberia, rdds the pee and and per at won » the photo drama STRINGER BACK WITHOUT LOGAN Shreiff Jack” Stringer came back official {rom Det Monday night, but Japanese came without Logan Tillingsle was assured by Seattle that Billingsle arrest in that city it wasn't Logan It was Ora entire Billingsley family now lives in Detroit, and after Stringer's arrival a general re Lup brought Jul ancing wire © been materially the statement FOE SOCIALIST RAPS HUN GOVERNMENT PARIS, July 9—~Resumption of the German offensive is necessary, but its result is doubtful, Herr Stroe- | bel, an independent socialist, admit ted in the Prussian landstag, accord | ing to a Zurich dispatch to the Matin today troebel declared that in the spring Saturday Is the Day Somet te in The Home pe in three of the famous brot but Logan had disappeared. Bach and every one waa known as Paul Allen und three separate and distinct busi news hou that name, Logan was registered as ul Allen at the most exclusive ho: tel in the city Geitte Uk flarman looms wore more | meee erate asintns ta |e OOO ta ullnad nignce Tene | Tuesday night with another set of | go Bh papers issued by Governor Lister lonses in the next phase of the drive, | authorizing Billingsley's arrest in he said, probably would be even|Onio, Toledo telegraphed Tuenday higher, morning that they had him there About 900,000 Americans are in —$$$__— s were being run under balances the allies’ losses and the German gain in man power thru new drafts and release of men from the eastern front “Several millions will Germans rid the ment of the war politicians,” said more come unless we govern Stroebel WASHINGTON, July 9.—Wets to da temporarily blocked considera tion of prohibition by the senate ator Penrose raised a point of against the amendment to the emergency food act, on the ground that it is general legislation on an appropriation bill TEUTON WRITER DEMANDS PEACE COPENHAG 9 The com dis ternhard PALACE i LON . BY AIR RAID The British air norning erest of thi accord ing to a Basle dispatch to the Ex press today. Twelve persons were killed and 23 injured The northern part of the station was seriously damaged, and ION, July 9 time now bh to openi Cobleng, ured G writing in the Vossiache Zeitung Having regard for the ideal con lition laid down by President Wilson unanimity will be reported in Ge many favoring his demand for seit government of small reasonable disarmament.” cuss peace,” ¢ was the se war royal palace were hit. lw | son oi office "| ne SENATE DELAY | Investigate Coal Prices “ Mayor Hanson Wants Fed-! eral Trade Commission to Make Probe HE FEARS PROFITEERING A federal invtatigation of the coal situation in Se. with a view to determinths if prices charged here fer coal are excessive or not was asked for by Mayor Ole Hansen Tuesday morning in a telegram sent to the federal trade commission. in Seattio may be all right said the mayor in discuss ing his request They may be al right, but the people will never be satinfied that the prices are correct unless assured of thin by some out side and impartial body ” This was the message Mashed to ington, D.C, from Mayor Han “The majority’ of people in Seattle are convinced the present Prices of coa “The miners are only working one ta three days weekly hecanse of the email demand, and next winter we will have a coal fam- ine, unless more coal is mined now, and more purchased. Noth: ing short of a federal investiga tion, conducted by impartial in- Veatigators, not connected in any way with local business inter. esta, will satisfy the rank and file of the people. “Is it possible that soch an in. vestigation can be had at once, in order to get at the real facta? The public would have full con fidence in the decision of your investigaters, and conditions would adjust themselves within ten days thereafter.” Mayor Hanson said that he had been prompted to ask for the federal investigation of fuel valnes and sup ply of numerous com « being made to him by citi ns that profiteering must be en tering into present prices an the result ee ey Tuesday’s Rain Not Enough to Break Drought } reatened King tial which fe { Drought t th broken by rain { Tuesday. Thunder and a few flashes of lightning, added distinc tion to the moisture “Trouble is was just raid Weatherman there t enough bring much re Altho:t slight rainfalls June on and mont ene norma ) lens than half the normal amount { of rain and April only one-third U. S. ISSUES SUB WARNING BY CARL DPD. GROAT United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 9.—The navy department has reason to believe that German U-boats are about to strike again at Atlantic | coast shipping. | Because of this, an official warn | ing to all shipping to be on the alert | has been sent out, covering the} stretch of ocean from the Virginia “ northward to the vicinity of ew York and eastward a consider distance out to sea i} The recent inactivity of — the U-boats haw not deceived navy fs into belleving that the dar was and recently confidential Infor: | tending to prove| about to fall - past mation has come: that a new blow Is 11 HUN PLANES ARE SHOT DOWN LONDON, July 9—Bleven Ger brought down and three the air! Sixteen airplanes were during air fighting July 7 British machines were lost reported today man ministry the tons of bombs were dropped on ene-| for several days have reported heavy nations and| Rhine and Moselle bridges and the|my targets during the day and the | movements of men, supplies and am | following night. One of the greatest battles of the war appears to be developing in Albania. Starting with an Italian advance Sun- |day, over a front of about 30 miles from the Adriatic inland, the fighting now has ex- tended clear across Albania to the Serbian SAYS SUN Is RISING IN WEST laims the sun is “rising in the west.” a newspaper man for at 21, he In seven year is the man who at 1 leading Ohio afternoon daily has been 15 years. went shortly on the in the » Scripps newspapers erviee largest newspaper, he stepped on every « to managing editor and most of the Ohio's y reading ts he was editor newspaper. After thoro training in charge of the Pacific bureau Orthodox in most geographical s one idio.ynerasy the sun is rising in the into Japan to prove it 1 begin in The Star tomorrow from co For four oO time manager, of a central office of N. EB. A., he was placed and jurirical jugations and contae He cl west—and has jumped off the western horiz His GUAM ISLANDS ARE SWEPT BY TYPHOON July 9 uam, Marana h material dam a few, as far as today Halt irticles wi aflont materially damaged. Scores in jured, One-half of inho tute and homeless Food Am feeding destitute natives from navy supplies and com mandeered foodstuff The Marana are a group of about 30 small islands the chief of which is Guam, ly tween Honolulu and the The navy governs Guam WASHI ty phoon sw lands, July age, but kil reports ar¢ the inhabitants homeless, according to a report from Capt, Smith, U. 8. N., Guam govern or, today His men All pub PERSHING INDICATES NEW FOE OFFENSIVE WASHINGT ing proof of Germ to make a new offensive is gi Gen, Pershing's daily reports in: | Crops destroyed carce. available are destitute Ladrone, islands ng be said Philippines. property ashore and July 9.—Increas ny'’s known t by These areas, and that can only mean con centration for an attack At present the indications are that it will be a further development of the major plan of reaching the chan munition behind the German rear | nel ports. frontier—front of nearly 100 miles—and it involving the French forces in the Devoli valley, southwest of Monastir. British monitors are co-operating bombarding the Austrians from the Further extension of the battle to the . ward will involve Serbian troops. The Italians appear to be pushing f ward at great speed and the Italian ¢ munique today stated that cavalry deta ments may have penetrated nearly 10 beyond the original front. It is known that hajf a million It |soldiers are in Albania under Gen. a veteran of the Turko-Italian war. Since the Italian forces constructed itary roads over she mountains from Vi: to Monastir, a distance of 125 miles, the lied forces have been receiving most ¢ itheir supplies by this route, instead of | Salonika. ROME, July 9.—The Italian offen in Albania is growing and the Austrians being pressed back everywhere, the Ital war office announced today. British monitors are co-operating by bombarding positions. The Italian cavalry is doing ‘effective work ting the Austrian lines and taking the enemy from fl rear. More than 1,300 prisoners and great quantities of ? terial have been captured. : the action is continu FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE MILE; TAKE 450 HUNS. By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star PARIS, July 9.—Striking be “In the center, the very strong po: — Montdidier se Se nestle ‘d cornceot, French troops, with the aid of of s . tanks, advanced more than of the mile on a front of two and @ 1 car the con half miles northwest of Com-/ piegne this morning. A German counterattack was pulsed, the French war office sai All gains were maintained. Fous hundred and fifty prisoners were taken Retween Montdidier and the Oise “ French troops effected a local operas tion at 3:30 a. m. west of Antheull (six miles northwest of Come piegne). With the help of tanks French penetrated the German If on a front of four kilometers, took Porte and Lesteges farms and ade vanced 1,800 meters. A German counter-attack against Lestoges farm was repulsed. The French maintained all their gains and tool 450 prisoners, including 14 officers “South of the Aisne there was ace tive artillery fighting. At Chivgny farm (eight miles southwest of Solwe sons) we accentuated our pro; taking 20 prisoners, including one officer.” 25 DIE, 75 HURT IN TRAIN SMASH NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 9,—Bee tween 75 and 100 were killed and ins jured when two passenger trains collided near Bosley Springs, a few miles from the city, shortly after 7 a. m,, according to reports reaching: here 4 DAYS BY FOE No details of the manner in which RO! the collision between the two Nash. le, Chattanooga & St. Louts July 9—The Austrians lost 2 040 men, or half their troops | Iroad trains occurred are avail engaged during the fighting in the| mouptain region and on the Piave | from July 2 to 6. ent said “On our left wing after preparation, in which Br itors participated, the infar ed trom the lower Vojutsa r carried, after a bitter struggle between Levant and y of Pojan | “Between the wes Matakastra and the |passed thru the Austrian and attacked the enemy from the rear, troying the bridges at Semel and tall, We captured the village of | Fieri artillery sh mon: start and the the ern slopes of sea, cavalry lines sitions at were captured We captu Tomorica valley tested heights “Our than 1 plane and guns great numbers also f Cafade now prisoners total more 300 we have taken an air and machine guns in London, July 9 an forces made ad the Austrian war a today the VIENNA via Freneh and Ital vances in All office admit In Albania al the French. gé tement said the Italian a AUSTRIA BALKS AT HUN LEADER ROM July 9.—Austria has re. fused t qpt a German generalis simo to direct operations on the Ital front, according to advices re ceived here today Upper Devo. ground,” the ‘oward the Vojut dvance tinue: Recent ral reports said that shakeup of the Austrian command Gen, Von Below, who di rected the former Austrian offensive, | had been commander in chief of the Aust armies, Later, it was said that Gen. Ludendorff had hurried} to gyake Von appointment to Austrian headquarters evidently effective. in the gene Lelow's. Reports say the death toll will rua over 25 and the injured over 7 Fire broke out among the splint