The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1918, Page 1

ARR AAA AAA A AAAA AAA RAR ODAY'S THE DAY !—Final paymen ’ due today. The amount is 40 per cent. Seed “ae to all bond purchasers except sew have made special - ; ose who ha mad. pecial arrange } ONE CENT IN SEATTLE ments for employers to finance them over a longer period. ' THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Per year by mail $5.00 to $9.00 Entered as Second Clase Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1878, | VOLUME 20. NO, 144 Ti a LEASED WIRE SERVICE i $ ASSOCIATIONS Weather Forecast: [nanttied weather tonight, ‘ 6-20 CLASS TO GO FIRST: “Wate bate tise Somme FO@ Retreats Above Albert ) {Alli SATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, HUNS QUIT “"'s GEN. MARCH on Secret | ee. ee 7 ON 9-MILE war trip OUT ry Me a Ny te ms . Sensational Diplomatic De- pte neyeies ff Vinny Wor 1 velopments Are Now Bonnay/ vive Manyesee "th : Ee : ee Ee xpected VISITING COL. HOUSE Alette en tees | WASHINGTON, Ang. 15.— French Are Reported to Have Taken) Witte! th: mcmary ianciie | Military Program of Allies Centered. nevertheless was a distinct feel- Entire Heights of Lassigny, OM ins tn sical auarters here to | on West Front, He Says, and U. S. that diplomatic events of Southern End of Picardy Line first magniinde are brewing. =| ~~ Army of 4,000,000 Will ‘Be Raised with Secretary State a a Lansing sudd decided to visit his oe oT _ LONDON, Aug. 15.—(3:37 p. m.)—The Germans have oo ey eM. itouse, at Maxnolia WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—An American army of | withdrawn one to two miles on a nine-mile front at the) Mas. He left last evening on a spe 000,000 in France, working in conjunction with our allies — i | western edge of the Flanders salient, according to informa- |“! ‘™!n and ts there today and under one commander-in-chief, will enable us “to bs tion this afternoon. It was officially stated the presi-|the German line wherever we please,” Gen. Peyton C. Vieux-Berquin, three miles north of Merville, was | {rt we oft (for a tot” At ae |chief of staff, declares. s : evacuated during the withdrawal. nificant—and in some cases, extreme. Testimony to this effect given to the senate military — The French are reported to have tured the entire|!y ‘elicate—international ‘problems | committee was made public when Senator Chamberlain re- Lassigny massif, the important heights which have formed |" king out on the world situation | ported the new man-power bill to the senate at noon. ~ r he Inst week, any one of 7 tg + ; ; ee Ini tatem at ime. | 4 ry omy . ., 7" LONDON, Aug. 15.—The Ge withdrawal towards) They include |mending quick action and quoting much begs fiyen Bapaume, 10 miles northeast of Albert and four miles east| '. The treat of Mexico to prac-/ by the military authorities behind closed doors and then lof the Ancre, apparently fal under way. jneevagabatse 0" 04846" | unpublished. wows : Gactpan paakiona 1 tan ie oben Saath ca eck Bion | Saenae Sieees naa toea| was quattl ce enping Ue gue A east of Ribe-| from Great Britain and the United | P . court, the capture of which was announced last night. | States, | “How long it will take will depend on what we do. The fall of Lassigny, announced yesterday, has as yet | ne The distinetly hostile attitude of we drag along with this bill we will be playing Germany’ not been confirmed by official communiques. | the allies, their arrest of allied con- | je.” . 3 - French outposts are established in the borders of Pim-|suls and vigorous hostilities against That heavy inroads will be made in the ranks of you prez, a mile east of Ribecourt, and Breslincourt, a mile north. | ‘%e Czechoslovak troops in Siberia |men below the age of 21, is indicated by March’s testim | They have also reported entering the southern part of Our-| 2, 7R¢ increasing gap between Bul “My opinion is unqualifiedly in favor of the young m . saat in and her Teuton all id the | A r . scamp forest, extending from Pimprez to within two miles of sewing pomibility of an armistice |He Said, replying to a question by Senator Reed. “The ya German artillery is heavily gassing Lassigny grove. between that nation and her enemies.|men between 18 and 20 are usually not married, they h rman withdrawal from forward positions north of Ancre presages a| Were it not for this chain of cir-/not settled down in life, they have not any encumbi ances, coupled with the extend > "si 4 today, ‘ ed conferences, the ‘president nad | 20d they are better off physically. Some authorities believe the enemy will retire as far as the Somme | with Lansing before leaving, and the| Center on France line, while others believe he will fall back even to the old Hindenburg line. | suddenness of the trip, it might well| “The president has finally an They recall the retirement of 1917 started in a similar manner be, and possibly is true, that his visit|Mounced that the military policy |} wag re tress per ashy fica etme as made on | Howe merer forrest |trom na tine on cetera on Se} United Pregg | the fivemile sector between Beaumont-Hamel and Bucquoy With him are Mrs. Wilson and| western front and he has declined to Brith patrols pushed eastward of those towns, as well as Serre and (Continued on page 4) jun erverted trem “teat one Came ae war @epartment has now adopted | Puisieux | this as a policy, and it is the policy Beaumont Hamel in five miles directly north of Albert f the United States that the military FIGHTING SEVERE LAST NIGHT DIVER A ACKS program is to be centered in France. Severe local fighting last night resulted to the allies’ advantage, espe “The purpose of America is to fur- Summary of War Events ‘The allied armies in Picardy are approaching their 1916 line in the thrust against the forces of j Crown Prince Rupprecht. The dotted line in the map represents the starting point of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916. The British advanced, and, in two months of furious fighting, captured Ba- paume, Peronne and intervening towns. | Cally east of Rainecourt (six miles northeast of Chaulnes), where the Brit nish enough man power to whip the | In a week the allies, starting on the line at the left, have reached the 1916 line im many places, {/'*" PrN raped ita ova “eoiceat , vir C0 a to opie | “PICARDY FRONT. Below Albert, ti have takén Morlancourt, Bra: Chipilly, and, rther ‘ | *atrol and raiding activ! ed in various sectors of the “The only way that Germany can ’ aoe —The ts cond fe ema en ee atvanes, comsed tho |! rout as far northward as Fianéere. be whipped is by America going into | Portion of the Picardy battle front Germans to biow up stores in Peronne and cross the Somme. Near Chauines, the 1916 line has been crossed. In the southern end, Montdidier, Reasons, Gury and Ribecourt have bech taken, and Pimprez, beyond the 1916 line, is gripped. The swing around the south- en end menaces Noyon, Roye, Nesle, Chaulnes, Peronne and Bapaume. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The | thi. thing with her whole strength, |PParently has become stabilized and schooner Dorothy Barrett was at-|amne policy of the war department is the fighting consists largely of artil- tacked off Cape May, N. J., by n sub-|¢, hut the maximum number of men | !€FY duels and local infantry thrusts’ yesterday, the navy depart typical trench warfare. This con- "Severe local fighting last night was to our advantage,” Marshal Haig's statement said. “East of Raimecourt, our lines were advanced slightly. One of our patrols rushed a hostile post north of Albert, cap- 5 ‘ {| turing a machine gun. Between Albert and Ayette, our patrols were active | marine in France with the idea of shortening | “Purther progress has been made at a number of points, and several, Th rew abandoned the vessel | «we found from the figures fur. | Somme southward to below Las Bi +| prisoners and a few machine guns have been taken |shortly after the U-boat appeared! nished by the provost marshal gen. | S&DY —_— “Hostile raiding parties were repulsed south of Arras and near Mer. | 894 began firing, The attack took | oral that we could embark on a pro: Humbert's turning movement — along the Oise valley appears to be | ville. The enemy's artillery was active east of Robecq and in the Scher. | Place six and a half cniles off North-| cram of 80 divisions in France by » € ond li house, near Cape May, 4 " ¥ progressing slowly, while on the y a ast End lighthouse, near Cape May,| june 30, 1919, with 18 divisions at exe Yank YOO S Started Boches HORDE OF FOES CAPTURED No |home. ‘These’ divisions consist of | me of the battle front—in the Aime | } ators ing over the scer . —the German: “Total prisoners captured by the British Fourth army since the morn weabcabs arriving over the scene | roughly 40,000 men to a division. ji peepesthar arr atte s are evident+ : : : ‘ ter reported they saw a wake and bub-| « é toa Stained under eh |ing of the eighth are now 21,844. In the same period prisoners taken by |i 10. Depth bombs dropped explod. All be oe regents yey | Haig offictally ean e | the French First army are 8,500, making a total of 30,344 German prison: | or oo the bubbles ereponns beri nt prey esha German prisoners in the P ers captured in operations by the allied armies on the Montdidier-Albert |) 00NT 100 O00 ea the whole | ook Go navarin Trance he June 30, /cimpaign now total 30,344, apparent: | front i ity. The crew of the Dorothy Bar-|oi9.") : "| ly exclusive of the 10,000 credited to | It in a week today since Field Marshal Haig pushed thru the German| i> was tanded at Cape May, The| seeretary Baker was quoted in the | Humbert B. lines between the Anere and the Avre, carrying the war into the open : Ms Secretary as i | oad ¥ sf BATTLE ANALYSIS BY J. W. T. MASON | thetd the plateau east of Amiens | vessel was on fire at last reports | testimony as supporting March's po-| | FLANDERS FRONT—German ar” asheee waaaeed porrnegg end ot tillery was active last night east Robecq and in the Scherpenberg i | ty y finds the lines re-solidified and the Germans are prepared to By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star a » « uff fight anywhere between Albert and Noyon. Crown Prince - ry . Ba 5 sew YORK, Aug. 15.—One month | strated Marshal Foch realized the) there. This is why Germany lost the | ft urecnt. Mey eELet Latweek $4 and 40 tvudeansthere (oroeably teen Civilization at Stake tor. Enemy raids were repulsed Rew " = aie tuppree a ie bate 7 a " “ha Merville. ago today, Germany lost the war on|infiiative had passed into his own| war at Jaulgonne. se toe 00. 800004 mind In summing up the bill, Chairman : the field of battle, when the Ameri-| hands, The Americans put it there| Henceforth Von Hindenburg must bea tll "momase AMIRNS CATHEDRAL Chamberlain said the committee be | CHAMPAGNE FRONT—A Ger ; cans broke the center of Von Hin-|and the Americans will keep it| fight on the defensive. aN . ADEEESESE é lieved that, in view of the fact that|man raid near Marquises, east of & denbure’s fifth offensive and drove | — ak ra - ———_ — | ‘The boches have their backs toward the Amiens cathedral, which today “civilization itself is at stake," it was | Rheims, was unsuccessful. i the kaiser’s troops back across the '- - | wan rededicated. It had been unused, locked up and protected with sand |necessary to draw upon the younger! RUSSIA—German sheriff in Wene t Marne, at Jaulgonne ( h ck ! ( hi k ! Wh | bags wince the civilian evacuation of Amiens in March, | linen | dott, ‘Lavoaia’ Bac bec ee This initial use of American man vi en. cKen. fe] | PARIS, Aug. 15.—Artillery fight-| Referring to the work or fisht| according toa Riga dispatch power on an extensive scale com | ‘This total of 30,244 prisoners is accredited only to Gen, Rawlingyon’s| ing between the Avre and the Oise (Continued on page 4) Hee ne igs ¥ pelled Von Hindenburg’s first retire | ° 9 and Gen. Debeny’s armies. and the repulse of a German raid ia a b wh ice Admiral Behnkh weet eines be started hie bloody | te Stolen ACen i Reet notriciatly credited with 10,000 prisoners, thus ruis-|east of Rheime were reported by the [as Deen appointed miniter Of a gampaign to win the war with a de | ing the total in the entire drive to more than 40,000 | French war office today | | rine, succeeding Admira ‘on Cas Between the Avre and the Oise 1 1 | Pelle. “& Cisive victory along the west front. When Mrs. Anna Markiund, of | person of one Gust Alecks, 56, Greek £ digo et nip : at F # f there was artillery activity last 7 a = s Tt wan not until three days after| 4348 Henderson s#t., reported at the|at Fifth and Main, Tuesday morning G Hi be: B kk En : the successful American counter.| central police station Thursday that|at 3 4, m, The police were unable en. jum rt Broke emy night,” the communique sald | | blow that Marshal Foch ordered a| six dressed chickens and two dozen |to determine where Alecks obtained |» Thrust B ond Montdidier | “In the Champagne, a erman | ’ general attack along the Marne| eggs were stolen from her while she | them. raid in the Marquises sector (six oe é ; 5 celty te ; 7 les east of Rheims) was unsuc-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The sailient. |was en route to the elty from Ren-| However, Mra, Marklund was not| ; 7 ps DAT e CRaAEr tafdt, 06 Gisela mi 4 ‘The interval was used to determ.| ton last Saturday, there was a hasty | informed of this, She was tartly | ke sel age ow Somrhilh Seaweaeey talline nae oor begat | cesstu h infantry from Manila is arriv-| r 0 ation of p officia old 1e was tardy nited rres 7 and ts oved | —________— ———_. ing at Viadivostok today! Secretary {ne whether Von Hindenburg could | consultation of police officials. told that she was tardy in forward. They found few boches and ing at Vladivostok today! Secretary | 2 FRENCH ARMIES D, Aug. 15.—Gen, | these were paralyzed by the sudden decisive and dra.| Mess and fury of the attack of War Baker announced. This ef I regiment, composed of from 1,200 to PARIS, Aug. 15.—Including 10,000, 1,500 regulars, is landing in Siberia | Germans taken by Gen, Humbert dm WITH TH }IN THE heft, and’ nat by now d time to ha recover from the stunning effect of| ‘The fact that there are seven his failure and reestablish his line | chickens in the jail ice box—or were, | would have h mth of the Marne. He tried feebly| for heaven alone knows what hap-| the chickens and eggs Humbert, whose 7 a : ‘ by | to do #0, but his strategy had been| pens to chickens stored in the pub | In other words the chickens have| matic appearance in the Montdidier) The Germans had no time to pre to cooperate with the Czecho-Siovak | the operat ons which ae etl ila 4 5 A 7 y ‘ 4 led hig lar|pare for a retreat with the usual i ese forces oping, prisoners c i sterrupted by Per.| lic safety building—was reluctantly | somehow disappeared from jajl—| battle Saturday recalled his simt and Japanese force ee eee“ interrave “— aa . ; sements. AS a first announcement re-| Western front since July 15 total This is th part in stopping the Ger-|machine gun empl 9 7 lrecalled by the officers. These flown the coop, an it were. effective shing’s men : told | consequence, Humt e1 nvestigating. man break thru in Mareh, tod | 72,000 and 1,700 guns have been rts army reach nent of American sol. garding move lemon: | chi vere tured on the| The police ‘ forts in the past six days, | sons-Sur Mats and Ch pourt— | | } Paris estimated today. To begin with, Humbert’s partic | within an hour. (This represents an | rie Ak cy py In Seattle gi ron Newspaper Hnterprise As ee vein no sudden conception on| advance of a mile to two miles and a | The best buys in the Labatt cA a , e.gives x bi paper iunterprise /As- the part of Marshal Foch or the high | half.) Star's classified You | LONDON, = ee ey prise sociation war service. Unless you read The Star ey went on, taking Boulogne-La otar’s Classified, | oners taken in the Picardy drive to command, | | ' ‘ A low 3 1 4 Gen. | Grasse, Conchy-Le-Pots and Rieque- : 7 : . tal 30,344, Field Marshal Haig am you aren’t fully informed on what’s going on White be athe sacred the dee beads te fare? aktanes ot-car ln wil find ‘it pays to | BOMBS YANKEES nounced today. i 2} fi artists ¢ 8 Ww a Neardy campaign, Humbert with: | four miles). oo a a ta | Nee uy: Over There. E, A, writers, artists and photographers follow the flag, and they Gein erhietioue ana ‘continued quiet | Instead of continuing toward Roye,|J turn to the Classified || wrrarae american ARM Allied Casualties tell you what they see, thru The Star. }IN FRANCE, Aug. 15.—-More for two days, But on Friday night) they swung eastward on Sunday, ad a 5 In addition, The Star receives the complete Leased Wire report of the United plane bombs than artillery shells! Less Than Number a be chk AA ? or Germans, realzing the situation |vancing four kilometers (2% milea)|{ Pages every day. jhave been thrown into the Vesle likely to tempt an attack |and gaining strong tactical points. o* or by the Germans during of Foe Prison & Press Association, which seryes more American afternoon newspapers than all besten his quarter, started withdraw |The next day German reinforcements river se: other press wire services combined. If you want the completed news of the war ling guns and material Zrom before | appeared, retarding the advance, but| the last 48 hours. LONDON, Aug. 15.—The total cas bert already had obtained a hold They took him into consideration ‘Little Switzerland with the | too late, however. On Saturday | strongholds of St. Cloud and Mon.’ morning Humbert's operation opened | tigny farmer | ‘The boche heavily bombed Ameri: | yaities since the start of the Picardy can front lines and rear areas from | drive, August 8 are less than the fleets of airplanes. There was little] number of German prisoners, it waa infantry activity, learned today. : te his front, see The Star EVERY DAY.