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

HUNS CAPTURE Rumors were circulated over the country that 400,000 Germans had been captured and that Fismes had been taken. The United Press has no cons" firmation of these reports, which are not credited to any responsible source. WHY NOT? (25. ITI he cowe NIGHT EDITION park and ° Raveena: cars cars are "at Sandie the carnival crowds rather effectively. Why not Fee eoomrnty wenternty wins, more trailers on all lines in rush hours? THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST \e7e, Batered as Gecond Clase Matter May 1%, 1899, at the Posteffice at Geattle, Wash. ander the Act of Congress March 5, FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS * COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATIO VOLUME 20. NO. 127 JU™ Paki" wttOGations SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918. PRICERestais ONE CENT °%.5%, Sage 0,00 GW PER me ALY GUNS AMERICANS ON STRIKE, WORRYING SWEEP FOE ADVANCING ON: IN ENGLAND “HUNLEADER q RULTOW O-MILE FRC British Munition Workers Fear of Foch Surprise and Aviators Bombarding |, Tie Up War Plants in Causes Hindenburg to cae Ree Big Walkout Strike Wildly Fere-En-Tardenois DISPATCH FROM FRANK J. TAYLOR (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) os ACT - pire seo a —EE ee GOVERNMENT MAY COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL =i IMPORTANT CENTER “" WiTH THE AMERICAN ARMIES f Pay United Preas Leased wei Battle * Dispatch F “Fred */ FRANCE, July 25.—(2 p. m.)—Ame | Diwect to The Star Dispatch From Fred troops, continuing their advance north > pati ee | J. W. T. Mason 1 S. Ferguson | a ? ‘ _ LONDON. duty 25 —The eraden | B¥ Uelied Prose Leases wire | By United Press Leases ne northeast of Chateau Thierry, are d eteliery comma ect to er : lowing 8 conference today with Ra Re ntodlh abled . upon Fere-En-Tardenois, to the : " teantitions workers £0 te- : yoy OT IN TRANCE Jot see Fismes, on an unbroken front of more“ 4 striking o Pperate counterattacks by the MIES IN FRANCE, July 25.— } 2 Lair Don hatin gale | Gene 4 Re sonthenst cor @ s. m)—FereKn-Tardencs ts 10 mile: ner ef the Alsne-Marne salient— q LONDON, duly 25.—Two hun | fagthest point removed from scene many coe) pe gene ser nn ( Be ee ee —< coving epee a | Hindenburg’s fear that his | | under fire trem Franeo-Aimert- Big fires are reported in Fere-En Oey, uedsrmee, t» |denois and Oulchy-Le-Chateau. In add bombardment is seriously inter. to the fires caused by allied bomb ering rement of . Sy ircop: aad motel, the Germans are blowing up ammur 7 fame joer Whe eave bid being cane x hi va (Fere-En-Tardenois |x the most im- ¢ idently i * f the of th 0 have } zi i mps, evi par: 3 j down their tools, and in Birming-| piew which Foch calehi’ touboee portant raifway and highway céntar GU » SVIGENUY 111. Pre son te @ ham 65.000 have waiked out. Hee) in the Dormans sector within the SoimonsRheims matient tion, QOulchy-Le-Chateau has been triclans were included in the strikes | it in te miles north and «lightly | east of Chateau Thierry The alled flanked, however, and a get-away will | fn the latter city, forcing the plants| Normally the principal attention ; ‘ mal . This map shows the outline of th he Soissons- Rheims pocket in which Gen. Foch’s drive surtounded « |jimes are leu than five miles to the , fr ys ong ‘“ ‘aupuraent = bother tone t, Keneral staff at thi! ¢eoman army. The arrow points to the town of Fixmes, which is reported taken, with the eapture of |west and only a little more than difficult. ; sho > = “ron Upon the results of today’s confer: | ap trong iccaiges eater chtagae Pannna Do yeen poe army eens that to the south.) aL tion of the railway between Fixmos| Heavy fighting ix under way to ta |elear Rix forest (northeast of Jan! DISPATCH FROM JOHN DE GANDT | gonne), following the capture of its i] (By United Preas Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) southern end, during which addition | — 1 guns and prisoners were taken. nye i nee 7 F ices Weieictaal ob Seutaanae bax PARIS, July 25.—(4:05 p. m.)—French and America been enlarged. The French and troops are closing in on the important German strategie American troops are advancing there base of Fere-En-Tardenois from two sides. While the allied VLADIVOSTOK Goapite sharp reer guard actions. artillery and airmen are subjecting the city to a tel | Enemy Saffering ‘bombardment the infantry is advancing eastward and n While the Americans continne to er workers to quit their tasks. Americans are now within five miles BS Fc tei sae wer at Summary of ence between the representatives Of) 14 Fere-En-Tardenois, along wi Winston Churchill will be represen: | of Fere-En-Tardenois, whose cap Seep <f e'geverament in the con: tess would be a matter of serious STRIKE T0 AID t@ence. | Instead, however, of using what taken the position that inas . initiative he still poxsesses for the % much as the strike is a direct blow! sees of Fere-En-Tardenais, Von SENTENCED MAN War Events the government and union depend | {0° 0" A ANS VOTE pe in the Aisne and Marne) riworkers quit their tnaks | salen! are panne The , brane United Press | concern for the Germans. at the government, plans will be laid Hindenbarg last night struck bi i " 5 Shey , ° r at once to force the striking men PGChoWes Mae rere there han haow| TACOMA, Wash. Juty 25.—Uniews RY ROBERT J. BENDER progress east of Epieds and north of Ward toward the city, slowly overcoming the enemy’ into the army unless they return (0) 1 worious fighting since the present| Thomas J. Mooney, now under sen SOISSONS-RHEIMS FRONT— (United Press Correspondent) Jaulgonne, the Germans are leaving fens = awhile «'few.plante are atrug-| Series of Franco-American amaults|tence of death in California, is| Allied troops continue to gain WASHINGTON, July 25.—On the behind them, in evacuated villages, The capture of Epieds has enabled the French ny “Manchester thru the| >°682 granted a new trial or wet free, ev.| Ssainat half a million Germans | eye of the expected action in Siberia, |tlftale evidence of conditions in Americans to penetrate to the center of Fere forest (fi sting on at Man | now attempting to make a stand Germany. The boches in the rich ~ | a resolution of 5,000 women workers Defenstve Stroke ery member of organized labor here! [tne aniient in which they were the allies are confronted by demands Marne valley were endeavoring to Miles directly south of Fere-En-Tardenois). wort ution| _ It is scarcely conceivable that the ‘ ois tal be re “ ead gg tity reeseed omnmaua ere dcruewed & new of | Mill Ko out on strike August 1. This! caient by the Foch drive for recognition from new anthRol- aid their families at home when the The strategic enemy mass, estimated at 20 divisi thelr to: malty the government and| fensive toward Epernay. The Dor.| Wa# the substance ot a resolution PICARDY FRONT — pritisn ("D*VIK governments springing up Allien struck. The Americans found (240,000 men) is expected soon to aid in a counter m mans stroke is esmentially a de-| unanimously adopted by the Central all over Russia everywhere parcel post packages j to the men in the trenches troops advanced slightly in the | walabs dus’ barks hat na chance 16 (OUret: - fensive measure, destined to safe Labor council last night. Hebuterne sector, north of Al Tt in indicated in diplomatic quar iutiniihiasiaas forward. They contained wheat e © Germ: ro " A EN GET ae ot tae poverty 1 Secretary A. L Dickson in org) bert, and repulsed German raids ters, however, that the allies will leather, children’s shoes, seats and é " 5 __ ling immediate action, said the ismue) on both sidex of the Somme. son sounds “ie iteesdeaiy Maite of cuir But such an expenditure of Ger-| \’facted not only the life of Mooney,| German artillery w: ive |PUFAUA & course of officially recog ny man man power in this compara nizing no particular government, but| [#tters written by folks at home Re; but of every citizen astride the Scarpe. The French . | jd ae yin ptrbon would mot > © have an instanee right here| took 30 prisoners in a raid | work thru the people as a whole. (Continued on Page 18) J et 1 0 mt , ~ id ied at Pec ha-Petdenate. cui|t our own city,” sald Dickson,| south of Montdidier A visit by President Wilson to the 5 ae “where -« group of 25 citizens 4D) WE ANDERS FRONT — The state department tofay, plus unusuat Merchantman Fires less the Germans feared Foch was! jointed by the city council ha ° netting a new trap for them. The| POlnied by vee etablishing a 7.| O*Fmans bombarded positions on reticence within the department on! on U. S. Diver Off reason for so restless an attitude on cent carfare.” various parts of the front the subject of the Siberian project. th Coast Thru Mistake art of the Hohenzollern militar 4h led to belief that Japan has officially | = “ copy of the resolution was or iNG > — e rT ” | - a WASHINGTON, July 25.—Director | ists Ix highly favorable for the allies. | 4, °ODY Of (he Tit ne | en ete ene iin imeng {reported on her attitude toward/the| WASHINGTON, July 25. BY WEBB MILLER BY FRANK J. TAYLOR General McAdoo Mi nenpiand ae A confused Prsoys pe 3 is becoming | «. muel Gompers | workers were reported idle to Mery mo that the first a in the | American submarine, fired on ro (United Press Correspondent) | (United Press Correspondent) the wages of railroad shopmen § noticeable in the German plana and = dae aldto-Russia program is about to be mistake by an armed merchantman,| paRis, July Germany's des: WITH THE AMERICAN cents an hour, an advance of 5 to 13 4 new reapect being shown for | | taken Advance information on! uty suffered slight damage, the | iin rithienely eusrttiethc har bag Grape ; = cents. The increase pes into effect the strategic genius of Foch and the New Blow at Italy | ITALY—ttalian naval forees | Japan's reply indicated it would be | nuty “danareoent wenounced today peration in ruthlessly morific tg her IN FRANCE, July 24 (Nigh: from January last, and backypay| fighting ability of the Americana. attacking Cattaro sank two Aus | favorable at pelea ta tir Whee under tee litaatce a. arclaion Pigg: 2 Mo) | lied airmen report increasing ¢ ecks will be given the men as soon| Von Hindenburg has begun to guess to Offset Defeat | trian transports. While the president was still clow | own power | throwing, in division after divistes. | 7 etween the Gerzaan Sl the necessary bookkeeping can be| wildly. The German people, in turn, . | i . eted with Acting Secretary Polk, | jto ¢ by be ticer at 7 Rie tompleted may soon begin to distrust the sci in West, Hun Plan) Pes: grog cae cnc | they were Joined by Secretary Baker Lacee emerge. ences He follow: | Rheims front, is due to four reasons. tion centers and thelr fighting Fight hours will be considered a/| entific efficiency of the kaiser’s war! WASHID July 25,—Stung inapitieg perro or ae Austrian | DO® British ambassador, Lord Read Sine Lary Biearmint te sirorniea| First—-The allied smashes around | tion standard working day, commencing | machine by the defeat of their! Obinet. Emperor Kart has in. |{0& arrived Inter. Tt wan believed! tnat a United States submarine was TS ae ine ittiaiie Ste Some of this movement of. i. a — "sanmmeeemed s the Teut © — . aps ° sd word of te ae bi giving the former the ative at a f 2 devs lf he Asay enter a3) . et ee eienniy | trusted Baron Von Handel with ie inva ere Ge Sepen's Act |fired on by mistake by an armed | moment when it disrupts the careful- | ™aterials ls away from the front overtime, Sundays and holiday Schooner Captain believed about to : that vert son Sees Raker merchantman on July 23, off the! jy jaid summer campaign which Lu- the greater part is toward the The addition to the annual payroll ‘4 Maj. Gen. Emilio Gugltelmottt, The president was closeted with | American coast z ca auld briak vie. ki by the new wage seale is estimated) Believes He Saw Italian military attache here, be- BRAZIL, — The Brazilian gov. | Polk and Baker an hour. He left the| “one shell penetrated the outer | (neos ee s vir |lines, thus Gating weeht Se at $199,000,000 ° lieves the boche will try this means| ernment has ordered confiscation | building without comment on the! yu of the submarine, but did ge ‘ sat = 4 dences that the Germans are Five hundred thousand men are Raider Off Coast '’ sopping Italians from going to of three German banks in Rio | purpose of his visit Nesleds: “ato -Wateraanisdary a te ene eich cake |to Debt it aut skbiee aaee affected, being given an average in GLOUCESTER, Maas, July 2 the west front, and will also try} Janeiro which have handled the | That the allies have already ex-| done, only a xmall section of shell page a we ke eek? aad retirement 2 nees of i Op a id o b. an ° € crease of $200 a year |... |A German raider or submarine moth: thus to cover up at home the fiasco| finances of German propagan: | tended aid to th Cone Oavake tinting being damaged. No one| Third—The German <nilitarists so| The allied heavy artille The advance was made on the rec-|er ship may be lurking off the At-| of the Rhelma smash ba as learned today “arge NUMbEFS | aboard was injured and the subma-| encouraged the public with, the idea ing to the airmen, is contin: mally, OO emmendation of the commission of jantic coast today, according to the |” cugticimotti saya the blow ix mont a of French officers have arrived in/rine proceeded to her base under!of taking Paris that they dare not a railroad wages and working condi-| story of Capt. William Price of the| ely to come in the mountain Viadivostok. and some have taken her own power.” oeeeicickattse that their chases] oe eh Ue tions fishing schooner Elizabeth King. |¢ont. because the Austrian forces command of Czech brigades. Finan. | me rag ith ation, damaging ra + which arrived here last night cial aid has been extended thru these f oa ze a in thin section were the least af. % 7" z | . Fourth—Ludendorff accumulated ing up ammunition dumps, . : CHICAGO, July 25. Damage enti! A steamer of about 2.500 tons,| ete by the rout along the Piave. fficers bv the French government, |Austrians Flee rast muanciin "of material within | Aviators are cooseraing Sy ; mated by owners at $200,000 was) with guns mounted forward and aft it was said | * tha? Melaasae Hivlie ‘novkut for fe oer : caused here carly today by fire| preceded the little fishing veesel P The Czechs also have been armed to Mountains; on ee a Oe he im teying (Ping numerous bombs. Le Shich destroyed onefourth of the| Sunday when she was about 20/German Man Power and supplied with guns and ammu D t Big G eave by throwing in fresh divin |. American airmen report. few of amusement devices in the Forest) miles southeast of Nantucket shoals. | Begi ‘ to W RIO DE JANEIRO, July 25.The! nition taken from the huge stores at eser 1g {UNS | to save by throwing in fresh divis-| one planes in the vicinity “SOaain i park resort here She disappeared after looking over ginning to ANC) grazilian government today struck | Vladivostok. Continued successes in| ROME, July 25.—During the Al age eae ‘ battle, either because of thelr scares 7 ————— —|the fishing vessel LONDON, July 25.—-German man|at the financial end of German localities dominated by the Crechs|banian debacle the Austrians aban.) Mven Were the ales to bol ity or because they have beanie ; power is now on the down curve,| propaganda in Brazil by ordering|are reported in advices recetved | doned practically the whole of their|Stopped now, they have accom ai wn iy it was learned semi-officially to-| liquidation of three German banks/ here. In no locality have the Ger- | field artillery and in one day fled 2% plished far more than they in Hane Lack es HPL HHH 44**4*4%4| French Using 800 day. The casualties of their storm| here, which had been the center of/ mans and Rolsheviki been able to re-| miles over the roadiess mofintains, |tended when they started their) k Planes Aj troops especially heavy. German activities lestablish thenselves after once hav-|@ dispatch from Valona declared to-| counter blow.~ Our observation planes are-closety Tanks In New Push So far in the p he banks taken over were the|ing been ousted. day | following the operations of our infam: ent fighting, Do You Want a AMSTERDAM, July The|the enemy has used 64 divisions; Allemao TransAtlantic company | Great numbers of Austrian sob | try and artillery by guiding barrages, | French have used &00 tanks in their| (168,000 men) from four army | CAPitalized at 40,000,000 marks; the! pi | ew eneriae ane ee ie hilly siving ranges and carrying Sia Used Car? counter offensive, the Kolnische Zej-|groups-—Crown Prince . Friedrich's, | Brazilianache Bank Fur Deutchiand, | | |where they were hunted down and| Similar work by the Germans i im tung declares 1 ® 7 : . * 7 000,000 marks, and the Deutsche AR PRESS BREAKS DOWN killed by Albanian bandp possible, owing to lack of planes and a Crown Prince Rupprecht’s, Duke Al- | 2! 20,000,000 k The Star press broke d the sverwhelming ¥ ‘ brecht’s and Gen. Von Gallwits'—| Sudamericantache Me ‘ ney s | san a 2 “8 broke down ie alte c elming su hea? / jon of the banks ix be-| | yesterday ‘afternoon, Thru the \Baker to Decide nthe ai —— This German newspaper probably | apparently drawing reserves from Boe : » the immediate forerun courtesy of the Times, The Star Northwest of Dormans this 4 en pe agin bad alr, EGA art Riel 9 gi lhl donee ner of a general uprooting of Ger-| | was enabled to publish as usual on Baseball Fate TON, July North- | ing. @ small American escadrille-ene) the French are employing in increas A man interésts | | The paper today is also being | | TAS rt 26, Sec: | uigonne, American troops countered a German squadron ing nombers | Ship L WASHINGTON, July 25.—Seere- ° y of 12° June ip Losses | | printed on the ‘Times presses. | |tary Baker expected to hand down | have forced the Germans back to a Planes. The Ame) mptly at! Consult the Used- | go sHEviKi FORM NEW | Near Lowest Mark || eee. sei veriea water se | [Ris declaen today in the matter of |EPLROg ‘eoomed tedcy, under date|a buche mashing, aa r¢ | Sine niet 4e°d ; Car Chart appearing GOVERNMENT IN URALS|. LONDON; July 25—Total witiea terday and today, Mis condition | |sitering the work or fgbe order ‘aa! .6 Suiy' 4 During Hat ah hour's battling, . Ey land neutral shipping losses during | ¢ it affects baseball. It was anticl- |°", Sais 4 : will be remedied as soon as pos 4 The communique follows four boches crashed to the ground every Saturday in The | AMSTERDAM, July 25.—The Bol-| June, as the result of submarine ac: | sible in. the next few days. The | |Pated the ruling would serve to! «petween the Oureq and the two in flames, The others fled, Star. sheviki have abandoned Orenburg,| tion or marine risk were 275,629 | | Star wishes to express its thunky | |e the same over to the end of Marne our troops participated in lo In the afternoon, and in the Be: ‘ and 4 new government jas been | tons, according to figures made pub- | to the Times for generous us. | te Present season, [eal combats, which resulted in fur-/ location, an American escadrilie formed in the Urals, dispatches to: | lic by the admiralty, This is the| ROME, July 26.--Two Austrian! | sistance, and to Star veaders for | | ther forcing back the enemy lines. ought a Germa Ph Ob Ah he A 2 He Hh 4% % %: | day from Moscow stated. The gov-| ams nee ’ :