The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 23, 1918, Page 1

Me, “i ible Hail to the FRENCH first day of mandant Georges Mellerai, holding I THE The WITH July 23 ARMIES the Germ SIN THE FIELD, n offensive, Com aslioux (two miles northeast of Chatillon) with two companies, was encir- cled by the Germans, MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY B YOU! JME 2 NO. 0, 125 UNIT aD PR ASSOCTATIONS ULL, LEASED WIRE SERVICE (CA Rims of Fire Circlimg Germans; Flames Add 0 Misery of Germans WASHINGTON, Jaly French aviators last night drop- ped 100,000 pounds of explosices upon enemy communication lines, cantonments and bivouacs in the valley of the Venie, French cables stated today. Enemy concentrations on the Ar @re were heavily bombed, while sta tions at Laon, Fismes and Berryau Bac were damaged. Fere-en-Tar denois was heavily bombed, and sev eral explosions and an immense fire resulted. Active German batteries in the region of Courmont, Roncheres and near-by points were silenced French aviators brought down my planes yesterday WILSON SOON TO ISSUE RUSS PLAN PROGRAM BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Correspondent) WASHINGTON, July 23.—Allied Action in Siberia impends President Wilson has completed an announcement which will set forth to the world the program for aid for Russia, assuring the Russians and all peoples that ours is not a policy ne Of aggrandizement or aggression Its issuance awaits only receipt of the formal acceptance by Japan of the international proposition. This is ex pected hourly The first step of the allies will be to occupy Vladivostok with troops The action “intervention.” It is the foundation work for the econ nomic assistance which A force of trained newspaper nen Will be sent into Siberia to establish contact with Russians, nate the news of America’s program of assistance for the people Action is now regarded as timely The Ccecho-Slovak forces have the in Siberia. The people that part of Russia are friendly TURKEY SENDS U.S. PLEDGE OF ‘FULL DUTY’ is not is to follow and dissemi ‘cut ot WASHING July Turkey has promised to do her “full duty toward the United States, sh it develop that her troops are responsi for, anti-American outrages ainst Tabriz This means she would attempt to pavoid war thru the pledge of repara ition for damages. The Swedish for eign office notified the state depart ment that Turkey is still investigat ing but is having difficulties with Poor communication Italians Welcome American Mission ME J The American Mission to It was given a welcome in parliament upon rival here. Under Secretaries warelli and the go formed the ‘After duced the He said with the I ite ar State Bor Gallenga, representing rnment; Rava, representing and numerous deputies reception committe: Ambassador Page had intro: members of the a4 wpoke in Italian Americans, together jane and all the of mission mm were firm. ided to win the war “and will win it without doubt, for democracy and liberty of all peo- ples.” ell! Well! Old Hindy Is Reported Alive, But Feeble LONDOD Dispatches from rcen indicate that Hinde been too ill since the beginn ar to participate in m m. He attended several imperial receptions at great physical effort. It is reported that it tires him even to speak. ~, o% Mapover. rousing | He is| During the after’ rier pigeon, telling ¢ noon he of hi valuable information The little body of Frenchmen held off the The Seattle Sta sent a message plight and giving the artillery back by car r seven hour Then, sent a final me: turned on the village which the sur nous. rmans “Les boches sont knowing he was lost, Mellerai , asking that the French artillery be Germans entered, Nous sommes perdus THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEATTLE, PTURE SIX TOWN Only Way Out Is 7 Mile Gap 23.—410:50 a.m)! As a result of the allies’ bombard ment from both sides of the Rheims» Soissons pocket, the German crown prince has only a seven-mile passage | for withdrawal of his troops, it was| reported from the front today | | salient on the is about 25 PARI July The width of Fereen-Tardenois miles. FOCH'S ATTACK NOW COMPELS HUGE RETREAT BY J. W. T. MASON (United Preas War Expert.) NEW YORK. July 23—Gen. | Foch is still conducting his at | tacks along the AisneMarne sal lent warity, giving Von Hinden- burg no chance to catch the Franco-American troops in a po- sition where they might be trapped by a sudden and reckless expenditure of German man power. The present the Une engagement cannot be judged as if it were a major of fensive. It is therefore perfectly in accord with every technical consid eration for Gen. Foch to conserve his armies in the face of con Unual of fresh German re serves south of the Aisne. own The interruption of Von Hinden burg’s sup) system in exerting pressure upon the Germans. This work, however, ix slow The same result could be accom plished more rapidly by uninterrupt American attacks however, would cer ed French These ass tainly cau very heavy allied cas uaities, which is contrary to Gen. Foch's present principles: Von Hindenburg’s strategic plans r further offensives have been completely demoralized by the French and Americans during the ast six days. This is a sufficient result for the immediate future It is certain that Von Hindenburg cannot remain on his present line for an indefinite period. He must move still farther north toward the If he does #0 his lines of communi cation will grow increasingly pre ious and the danger of disaster will continue Aisne Government Takes Control of Cape Cod Canal Region WASHINGTC 23 ‘The government today took over the Cape Cod canal. As a direct result of the U-boat meni off the Atian tle coast, and also to facilitate coal shipments to New England, the railroad administration applied for and today secured executive approv- of the privilege of operating the al Running boats and barges thru nal, now operated by the Bow Cape Cod & New York Canal will save approximately 70 miles on Buzzard’s bay and Sand wich, Maas. The fog be removed the « ton Co. betw and U-boat menaces will Parents of Men in Service Will Hear MacRae and } service pins ervice flage Robert C “Wear bring along your { the message of ders, president of the Parents’ as \ sociation of American Soldiers é Sailors from Washington ( will gather Tuesday night the Masonic temple, Harvard 5 nd Pine st., to hear Will G } MacRae. for : : your Saun and which at war correspondent the Post-Intelligencer, tell of the doings of Washington men in France Rae makes no claim to ora lity, but he says that a message Tor Seattle peo } ple who have sons, brothers, hus ands, fiances in France. Since } puary MacRae has been with the Washington troops, lived with S then, slept with them and) } thought their thoughts. He wa minute they ? with them up to the went to the front. Big Night Tonight! * Hecond Clase Matter May 8, LL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS Police Chief and Seattle Capitalist Appear The senatorial warrior on the left is none r than Joel E. War ren, Se police chief, arrayed as a Roman general for the elaborate xymbolical pageant on the university campus, Standing in Harry Whit ney Treat, brother of Maj. Gen Treat, in command of Americana in Italy, who will portray, bare legs and all, a Roman emperor WASH.,, * COMPLETE TL BRAX, JULY ef 1918 at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March &, 1879. ERVICE OF THE Spirit That Knows No Conqueror mai fait de belle ville! nous avon “The boches are upon us. done good work. NIGHT Weather Forecast: fair; gentle E WSPAPER ENTERPRIS Eve in Seattle PRIC We Fire upon the village!) Fait feur sur la besogne. are lost, but we have EDITION Tonight wenterly and Wednesday, winds, : ASSOCIATION “The Road to Victory’ Harry Exhibits Gorgeous Pageant Bare Legs and Chief Tin Hat Ladies and ger Fifteen mdred Mayytion dancing girls! Chief of th po-lice 1 tin helmet! ‘Arr Whitney Treat in his bare legs!” That's what the ballyhoos are yelling out at the university campus today. For Joe Warren. police chief, and Harry Whitney Treat, together with hundreda of pretty irts, soldiers and saile sare nd hundreds of all tors in “The Road to Victory the gorgeous pageant of the Girlw Victory carnival, It will be pre ented for the first time at 9 p. m. Tuesday in the natural amphitheatre, which seats 10,000 chief represents a general, He'll wear a lot clent harness and-—hones' tights! Toman of an t—pink Harry will appear in his bare legs! Sure, He's a Roman emperor—ruler of Loyal Heights! They'll head a procession of spear toters The chief waa little bashful at the rehearsal Monday night, but he's regaining his nerve, and is not going to let his k rattle the armor sth celebrities, and dozens of others, have good-naturedly co: operated to make the big ven ture a success United States to Take Control WASHIN communic ernment control Wilson today » providing fe under tion's ation under ¢ President executive order wire ation resolution Postmaster General Burl supervise the work, with Lewis as director. ope the of The na will July 31 ined an federal Aswell go i eson will David J, and Wires on July 31) of Victory Ready Fifteen handred men, women = Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and and children, gorgeously array: | Friday nights ed, will present the pageant, ze Se eae ee he sports program, including two “The Road to Victory,” in the bali games daily, v fr sports, war natural stadium on the univer 9p. m. Tuesday. outstanding fea sity campus, at It will be the big ture of the Seattle Girls’ Victory car- dat the university to provid for a war workers’ hospital and the nival, atllam which oper Tues tugs and evening b uled on thi xing ched port pages of The Star. ‘The marathon was held Tuesday aft erne thru the downtown district starting at Second and Pike at 2 p.m. Tho band concert and singing pro cram begins at 230 p. m; drills at 4:30; concert and singing, at § p. m.; are funds Ped eee ety atte a ‘dancing in the armory each night at ps cdl rs ps 9, Meals are served 0} e every ¢ and last until Sunday als are served on the grounds. night ‘There will be sports, dancing, ° . re trl military dette, concerts | Will Guard Against and n | training camp features ev Carnival Accidents er da Sund is @bor union 4 Every precaution against accidents has been taken by the committee in York, ed, complete built ving. Hundreds Take Part aplendor of ing “Might nother pk port of Christ, Then ¢ of decnoc in ntal dancers, dancers ancient Rome, symboliz 16 Coming of Light,” ys the Nativity nes the triumph | The Road to Victory,” direction of Lila A, Stewart, is the most ambitious spec ever attempted in the Northwest great stage setting has been arrang detail, curtain and Grecian effects, painted under direction of will y, depicting * under the of New of arrangements for the Seat- First aid charg tle Girls’ Victory carnival. stations will be maintained at van tage points over the grounds, and lungmotors will be available near the edge of the lake or canal, Two fire stations will be manned by selected chen from the city fire department. Special police details will be on hand, working in conjunetion with guards of the naval reserve. Chief Warren to Be Barker for “Stella’”’ Not content with his role of Ro: man senator in the Seattle Girls’ Vie with steam Irene jan maidens, portray the Vie tory and J The pageant ends | tory carnival, which opened Tues jin a tab! “Peace A massed | day at the University of Washington |band of 125 will furnish the music. |training camp, Chief Warren will ere are 250 soldiers, sailors mount the soap box as official bark marines on the stage in the ae tor “atallac"i the phoat besutitul tableau woman of the ag ‘The main entrance to the carnival|” «traye you seen Stella?” the big in at 40th at. Ravenna, Eastlake. | police official will query of the Cowen park and Broadway cars will crowds for a whole week, in front of provide extra service A pontoon the identical Stella props ured at the bridge has constructed Across Panama-Pacific exposition the canal to serve arrivals on the vid ave, line, Autos will be parked | AFFIRM RTLAND 6¢ FARE |and guarded. | SALEM, Ore., July 23.—The state Fine for Pienies supreme court today affirmed th The pageant will be presented 6-cant street car fare for Portland. FRENC | the allies, irmen Rain Bombs om Enemy RETAKE OULCHY Dispatch | From "Webb Miller | By United Press Leased Direct to he &tar »- - * PARIS, July 23.—<10:15 a. m.— Oulchy Le Chateau, the dominat ing point on the line between Solssons and Chateau Thierry, is reported to have been captur. od by the allies this morning. Additional important gains are said to have been made in the Sotssons region. Gen. Mangin is tightening bis grip on Monte De Paris, which commands Wire the city of Sotesonn The Germans are fighting desper ately to prevent the allies trapping them in the RheimsSoissons pocket The best proof of their plight t# that they are hurling divisions into the fight which have been borrowed from neighboring armies, in an ef fort to ease Foch's grip. The allies on both sides of the bulge are aiming at two vital points Fere-En-Tardenois and Fismes. There are plenty of indications that the enemy is attempting further withdrawals of men and material before he is enveloped Airmen report the Germans hur riedly preparing to retreat from the entire center of the salient Oulchy was used by the Germans as a supply station, a railroad ex tending from it into the interior of the Rheims-Soissons salient. Ita cap- ture is of the utmost importance to since it further cuts off food and munitions the beleag uered enemy horde inside the “Foch Pocket.” BOMBS RAIN ON GERMAN POSTS BY JOHN DE GANDT (United Preas Correspondent) PARIS, July 23.—44:30 p, m.)—Al lied aviators have set fire to Fere-en Tardenois and Fismes, the points of enemy concentration within the Sois sons Rheims salient More than 32,000 pounds of bombs were dropped on the two cities: The allies are still progressing at several points on the front, and the Germans continue to withdraw ward the Vesle river The operation north of Montdidier this morning is regarded as an effort to fmprove the French positions in | that region. to MAJ, ROOSEVELT WOUNDED IN LEG PARIS sor.) Maj, wounded July yed by Cen. The fon Hbos velt, Jr. Friday while leading his men in a charge on a machine gun nest southwest of Chateau ‘Thierry probably will be disabled a couple of | months. Ho was shot twice thru the teft| leg, near the knee, and was brought to Paris. Following an operation, he was taken to his home here and is being nursed by his wife "The wounds nothing—the main thing is that men fought wonderfully he the United Press. "I'll be the fight shortly.” Young Roosevelt inquired eagerly regarding news of his brother Quen. | tin, and the progress of the fighting (At this time the death of Lieut. are the told back in | Quentin Roosevelt had not been offi. | cially confirmed.) T. R. Isn’t Interested in Governorship BAY, N. Y., July Col. Roosevelt is too deeply interest ed in the war to be a candidate for governor of New York. He gave out this information today in a message |to Attorney General Lewis, replying | to Lewis’ offer to withdraw from the race for the nomination if the col onel would run. ° i United Press Summary of War Events FRONT. pressing Solssons-Rheims SOISSONS-RHEIMS While the allies are in on the salient from all sides, varying success, unofficial ports indicate the Germans are preparing to withdraw clear to the Veale river line, midway be- tween Solssons and Rheims, and representing an average retire- ment of about 17 miles north of the Marne. PICARDY from the front Crown Prince Kupprecht start a drive against waiting only favorable omen from the Cham- pagne battle. French troops advanced on a three-mile front north of Montdidier, capturing Mailly-Raineval, Sauvillers and Aubvillers, The British gained slightly south of Hebuterne and in. the Hamel sector, north of Albert. FLANDERS FRONT.—British troops improved their positions between Merzy and Meteren. YANKEES TAKE TWO NEW TOWNS AND SWEEP ON LONDON, Jaly 23.—The Amer. jeans have captured Jaulgonne (on the north bank of the Marne) with re- FRONT indicate Reports that is ready to the British, some and are continuing their ad- vance, it was learned authori- tatively this afternoon. They took 300 prisoners. They are also reported to have taken Buzancy (four miles south of Soissons and east of the Cha tean Thierry highway). The German artillery in the Rheims and Soissons regions is com. paratively inactive, indicating a with: | drawal of guns, according to author: | itative information The French hold the entire Marne bend, from Chassins to Prelop. Between the Aisne and Oureq, Franco-Amer n troops are pro gressing. The French are reported to have regained all the ground they lost yesterday at Grisolles. (An offi cial report said yesterday the Frenc x were driven back half a mile nort of Chateau Thierry by a counter it tack) Along the Marne valley, French are experiencing aitticalty rs crossing near Verneuil, owing to ar- tillery and machine gun fire. They crossed at Port-a-Binson late yester day POILUS EXTEND ° BATTLE FRONT, LONDON, July 23.—French forces | opened an attack on a mile front, | northwest of Montdidier, at 8:15 this| morning, capturing the villages of} Aubvillers and Sauvillers-Mongival and the crest at Mailly-Raineval (This attack pparently is the same as that described in the Paris communique, as the French war of fice mentioned the capture of these towns.) TYPHUS BREAKS OUT IN BERLIN AMSTERDAM, July 23.—A seri ous outbreak of typhoid has occurred in Berlin, according to advices re ceived here today, It is believed to have resulted from poisoned milk Five Children Die n Michigan Fire GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July 23. Five children known to be dead three missing, three seriously burned and six slightly injured are the toll of a fire which destroyed the county juvenile home near this city early today, The ply burned are in a local hospital. One may die. seve: Jewelry burglaries are becoming more pronounced in Seattle, accord ing to the detective department. Jew elry valued at between $500 and $600 was stolen from approximately a| dozen residences Sunday and Mon day nights. | some desperate stand, and the fighting, following unsuccessful counter ate |tacks, has temporarily resolved it- | self into an MEN OF 4 NATIONS ATTACK The condition of the G ; caught in the e ° sailent by the rapid allied # vance is hourly becoming mo serious. Operations today French, British, Amertens allan troops, now the ring around the foe, materially to the success the allied arms. Most interesting of the wire patches from the battlefield is fact that the allies’ n from both sides of the sons salient has further cl the top,of the now . famous Pocket,” leaving the crown, gap of only seven miles in attempt a retreat What may prove of intense portance is the scanty report the enemy appears to be wil ing guns from the Soissons Rheims areas The French have extended zone of operations to the area, sweeping ahead today. three villages. This new should have its effect on the come of the battle pressing the foe in the Rhei region French troops today took the 4 portant enemy supply base, Le Chateau, midway between sons and Chateau Thierry, adding to the enemy discomfort cutting off food and supplies, The Americans captured B south of Soissons, and Jaulgonn the bend of the Marne river, east of Chateau Thierry, to reports today. British, French and Italians ~ swinging ahead with the attack the area between the Marne Rheims. ‘Towns held the “Foch by the boches Pocket™ were set flames today by allied aviators d rd huge quantities of bombs: heir targets AMERICANS ARE ~ FORGING AHEAD” * ' Dispatch From Fred S. Ferguso: j By United Pearaa rr Wire} Direct to The Star WITH THE AMERICAN AR- MIES IN FRANCE, July 23,— Despite stiffening resistance, the allied advance continues general ly in the Soissons-Rheims salient, American troops are pushing: ward on the five-mile front bel poet 3 and Bezu-St. Ge north of Chateau Thierry. French and Americans are making progress farther eastward, north of the Marne. French, Brite ish and Italians are advancing slows ly on wide sectors between the ~ Marne and Rheims. Between Oulchy Le Chateau and) 7 the Germans are making & | Soissons, rtillery duel as this ts. bled As I went among officers and men © fresh from the fight early today, I heard some of the most thrilling: stories of the war A certain brigadier general person- ally led his men in a charge, going! over the top with the first wave f infantry One unit fought 86 hours without: (Continued on page 10) Airplanes to Make 2, "500 Mile Journey WASHINGTON, July 28.—An alr plane journey of 2,500 miles, covers ing the principal Midwestern cities, will be undertaken next month by Brig. Gen and others of the Royal air under American auspices. The art is planned for Indianap. olis about August 14,