The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 21, 1918, Page 1

FULL LEA VOLUME 20. NO. 149 ED WIRE rately and with dispatch, REPORT OF | TOMORROW! “The Confessions of a War Bride,” by Winona Wilcox Payne, Begin in The Star THE That stands for the United Pras. { ; © rt of the best news gathering | agency In the world—the United Press, With | ; Simms, Mollett, Taylor, Miller, Ferguson on the ' : war front as correspondents, no other service : can compare with the United Press in handling | ONE CENT IN SEATTLE ; i Gk F UNITED PRESS 5 3 sited ”* ii ais hi 43 : oF as A double allied drive is under way in Picardy. The British opened a new attack on a wide front north of the Ancre river to day. The French are still smash- ing forward between the Oise and the Aisne, increasing the menace to the German armies in the Noyon and Soissons regions. At the same time other French forces are attacking from the Oise northward to Roye, pressing up- on that city and Lassigny. The British continue to pro- PARIS, Aug. 21.—(9:10 a. villages have been occupied. w HUNS CAPTURE | TRAWLER; RAID ~ EASTERN SHIPS | . manned by a German crew of 16 and is raiding fishing vessels on the North Atlantic fishing banks, accord ing to survivors reaching here today. | 4, Three schooners are already said to have been destroyed by the new raide Crews of the destroyed schooners, which were sunk with bombs, have reached shore. y using the Triumph, the Ger- Mans were able to approach the ur suspecting fishing vessels without arousing suspicion. In an interview today, the captain of the captured Triumph stated that the commander of the U-boat which captured his schooner had told him that there were six U-boats now oper. ating off the Atlantic coast, and that they intended wiping out the fishing fleets along the coast. Steamer Battles tt ni a good wooded strong points aia (two of Soissons), west of Soissons), all lines southward w gress in Flanders, perforating the enemy lines seemingly at will and advancing at other points as the boches retire voluntarily, Haig's men also are showing unusual activity in the Arras sec tor on both sides of the Scarpe river, The extent of the new British drive was reported to be on a 10. mile front—between Arras and Albert. As the action develops it will probably spread to a wider area. Bapaume, 1! miles north. east of Albert, is apparently the m.)—Gen. The French, however, are making progress just east of these areas beyond Nampeel, here the most furtous fighting is going on. Takes Score of Villages Mangin is now in possession of a ore of villages and many scores of He ts holding the en re Carlepont-Cuta road (Cuts is 4% miles southeast of Noyon). the Boix pe de Lamontague, Hills 1130 and 141 A CANADIAN PORT, Aug. 2 »-Fontaine and Caixnes ‘The steazn trawler Triumph, report e is also believed to have taken ed seized by a German U-boat yester’ | pi) 156, and reached the tableland day, has been armed with guns and) north of Vaasens, occupying Vaure and a half miles northweat cpagny (six -niles north Valpriez farm and to Pommieres ‘wo miles west of Soissons). The number of prisoners, which Was reported more than 2,000 yester. day, is steadily increasing. Ludendorff is reported to have wir ed urgent orders to Berlin for train Ing the class of 1920. Prepar: f these youths of 18 must be fi ed in 10 or 12 weeks. Such an order means one of two things: Man Power Crisis? Either the Germans are still plan ing for a tremendous, desperate rive this autumn, or the man power jerisis is even more serious than ap- pearances indicate, Military writers are ‘ard the former belief. inclined to- They expect the Germans to attempt a big drive we this fall, unless Foch, meanwhile. Diver Off Coast) ics. thom too busy 2 AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. | The actions of the Germans in the 21.—Reports of heavy firing 85 = last few weeks, since the failure of miles off the Atlantic coast, | the Marne operation, show they de which may indicate a battle be | sire to save their man power, even tween a steamer anda subma- at the expense of losing territory rine, were brought here by cap- Altho they are putting up a stiff tains of several fishing vessels. | fight at vital points, on the whol i Capt. George F. Perry, of the they are surrendering territory -nore schooner Goodspeed, reported seeing freely than heretofore. a large steamer firing at an object Likewise, they are reducing sal in the water early yesterday. The |ients and shortening their fronts steamer was running at good speed whenever it ix poasible. There are and the flash of her guns could be| other indications that the enemy in plainly seen, according to Capt.|tends to nurse along as many of peery. his reserves as possible, and then her captains also reported the| will hurl in every ounce of his pow firing. erina Bias antic gainble pt. Perry declared he heard one — ee shot, which was followed a few sec onds later by four more shots. Later | { & naval vessel was soon making full | { wenn cernsioe'| United Press | ‘ S. 0. S. CALL OFF COAST | Summary of | } REGISTERED BY NAVY } ; } * WASHINGTON, Aug 21.—~An |) § caminirn fs wet | War Events: miles off the New England coast | X~~~~~~~Y.Y.~ was received by the navy department) pyCARDY FRONT—Gen, Byng’s today. The department's policy 4s to! -phird army opened a surprise attack withhold the source of such calls un-| on » 10-mile front between Albert piegpeme nyt Investigated and the | ang Arras at 4:45 a.m. The assault _|was made under cover of a heavy mist; tanks airy and infantry preceding. By 9 a. m., the British dvanced th: miles and were that distance from Bapaume Main 600 ind tell your wants to the in the Want ads 111 cents per line—you can charge it. |diately for the © OISE-AISNE FRONT—Gen. Man You are as close to The || «in is advancing along the whole 25 ile ont be Oe) ne Oise and ne Star as you are to a phone. root Beactiapet OF Wlasna the Call advance has now reached a depth of five mile FLANDERS FRONT—The and taking a RUSSIA — American Ked Cross | units have arrived at Viadivostok from Tokyo. Some will leave imme necho-Slovak front SPAIN y that Spain has sent a to Germany, announcing British | believer It will got eves te attacked on a mile-front this morning | ae in the Locre sector, winnin, | objectives: prisoners all their | number of | Official confirmation was | received tod | note will seize interned German tonnage to replace any shipping sunk by | da: U-boats. she YNG’S TANKS SMASH WAY FOR MANGIN WINS 20 VILLAGES THE BATTLE SITUATION ON WESTERN FRONT objective of the attack. To reach this city would require an ad vance of between five and six miles. The great haul of prisoners taken by Gen. Mangin between the Oise and the Alsne, together with those in Flanders and else where on the front, apparently has brought the total of Germans taken in the Picardy offensive to about 50,000. { The French are now within | two miles of Noyon. Mangin's ( total advance is now six miles Mangin is continuing his advance between the Oise and Aisne, and has made additional important gains at some points. Several more He is gradually extending his fighting front eastward, until now it reaches from the Oise almost to Soissons, over an irregular line nearly 25 miles long. The Germans are rushing up reinforcements in motor trucks, and are concentrat- their resistance in Carlepont and Ourscamps forest (bordering the east bank of the Oise from Bailly | northward to Sempigny.) DRAFT MEASURE. BLOCKED BY AGE LIMIT DEBATE WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Un. willingness of some members of congress to draft men under 20 threatened today to block tempo- rarily the army program of get ting 40 divisions of American troops into France by next June. ‘This in the program Chief of Staff March has declared will beat Ger many during 1919. The man power bill, ax it will be reported to the house today by the military affairs committ carries. an amendment placing boys of 18 and 19 in special classes be called after all older men in Class 1 are summoned. amendment threatens to im pede the army program in two ways First, to delay its passage thru the se and senate, and in all proba force prolonged ec tween the Second do over ready Aa neces congr able provi« Would Delay Troops the nferences be two hou: Crowder t again much of the work completed in preparation to foree Gen for result, Presid appeal to strike n w Unless man power bill is en acted within the next month, th departmen forced t France ndustrial 4 clas ker eurtail . upheaval March Crowder amendment t hope that ft fi Every man who voted against t the right to fight point out that the country already hax the promise of Secretary Baker that boys of 18 will be the last called, and that the calling of these men cannot be deferred in any event later than next June Gen. Crowder's statement that such a plan would force amendment of regulations and reprinting of quest ulting in long de la also will be used to battle ted on the commi bill r They will na and ¢ \fusion. the amendment Administration called ure om it becom pr nto the fight if Work Clause Doomed Another amendment faker, which will likely bill, provides for the drafting of called cnarriage slackers, Baker has asked-that this be left to regulations. because they writ ten statut The Thomas work or fight ment is almost sure to be the bill when It goes to the Altho the man opposed by go into the are not #0 rigid amend left out of house power bill will be reported today, Chairm Dent of the military committee does not ex pect to call it up until Thursday. He in one day en. Otani Now in Siberian Command LONDON, Aug. 21.—Gen. Otani, | commander of the allied forces in Si-| ria, arrived at Viadivostok Sunday according to a dispatch from that city today. British artillery is reported to have been active in that region for several reducing the superiority of the nemy's artillery, ATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER tered as Mecond Class Mi ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, Aug. %1.—The| If « corporation, however, earned | ; “ vente Mangin's army. . house ways and means committee to-| sey ee ae gid ipa ap jLa Follette’s Son diefas oa se | Ay B ught al ¢ we years, en a ° — | re Bro Down | day tentatively adopted an 80 Per | fine 19 per cent exemption before the; 18 an Army Officer) saprip, aug. 21.—The newspa-| LONDON, Aug. “21.-—Twent cent war profit tax, and fixed excess | war tax becomes effective FORT SHERIDAN, UL, Atop. $1.—|por Lineral gedoted Te eobee Mine lekaree aleitanen ate pb Ny oad OO EEEEEEaEaEaEaEeEeEeaEeEeEEEeeeeeee NIGHT EDITION Per year by mail $5.00 to $9.00 IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 70. er May 8, at the Postoffice at Meattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 8, COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE 1918. ASSOCIATION Tonight and Th fair; gentle NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE probably wind reAny weaterly Weather Forecast: EW DRIVE STRIKE HUNS NEAR ALBERT WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 21—) a Gen. Byng’s army struck the Germans on a 10-mile front between Arras and Albert during a heavy fog this morning. The attack began shortly before 5 a. m. and by 9 a. m. the British had captured Moyenneville, Courcelles, Bucquoy, Athi —, Achiet-Le-Petit and Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre. The attack, which the Germans are known to have been expecting burst upon them thru a camouflage of mist which lay thickly over the ragged worn battlefield. Tanks, cavalry and infantry pushed their way over and around the trenches © and new wire entanglements. The British had made good progress before the sun broke thru the mist at 9 o'clock, revealing them. The boches had been cleared out of most points on this side of the high embankment of the Arras-Albert railway. A single crash of are tillery preceded the advance. = — At 5:20 the big guns, which had! -——————— WARNING SENT <= srSccu2 sexs TANK GENIUS IS TO KAISER BY SMASHING NEW and the troops swung into action Old Line Is Passed By 6:10 parts of the old line were | passed, Moyenneville, where resist ance was weak, was captured at 650. Prisoners taken there said they had lexpected the British for the past | may week. Two hundred prisoners were’ i MADRID, Aug. 21.—The ministry |"POfted taken at 7.05. Some ma. NEW YORK, Avg. %1—Te of the interior issued a statement | Chine guns had been captured. Only) ais. siacy by the to the newspapers today announc. | * few casualties were suffered by the ing that Spain had sent a note to British. At 715 Courcelles was cap-| Atmy north of the Germany, declaring if there are any | tured the immediate purpose further submarine sinkings of Span. No reports have been received ing the German front inh Vexwels, Spain will temporarily ‘fom the Miramont and Logeast tween Albert and Arras replace them from German tonnage W00ds, two high points where trou ating another dangerous ARR audi tn lata a in Spanish harbors. ble was anticipated from machine which will compel Hi he decision is but tural, ob £¥P nests. (Miracnont wood ison the! withdraw still further eastward. _ Bing! He's at'em again, is Byng igatory defense of our essential in re sy Bhi ad miles northeast of Al-| Gen. Byng is the creator of Good old dashing, smashing Byng! pores Mees spent le yotatiindd ORS north and a mile and wait Obesiete the Jone Dooheenan fag ; 7 cannot further risk prejudicing our i eclarsttiigi co x re! mfp ive Hes last fall. And he caught national dignity and life. We feel ax. {east of Bucquoy.) | Umtnary to the infantry going : pping agaim today. sured that Germany will recognize Fog Is Big Help riage? 4 His tanks scatter and batter the eneniy the decision agrees with loyal neu: Conditions for the attack were|_ Gen. Byng brought the element /@@i) He has Hindenburg on the run trality deal. No smoke barrage ever equal: | TUrPrise back Into modern tare, ; Three cheers for Byng. } ‘The statement also declared that ¢d the effectiveness of the fog. So! haa to show his para : Bing! Bang! Byng! the final status of German vessels | far as the tanks were concerned, the | sive commander since he BORE ) 7 r commandeered in the future will be | CTEWS Were able to see as far as nec: | ss essary, while the tanks themselves | were hidden from the Germans until | @— i wag 00 late for the enemy to make | The Man Who Tea" when peace is negotiated.” That such a note had been sent from the southeast than from the| southwest. 5) e was reported several days ago, but! @"Y effective tesistance. The foreign ministry today denied . Rent;Widowed Mother * Captured by Bone LONDON, Aug. 21.—(1:15 p. m)—| The British in their new attack be- | of Soldier Is Eje tween Arras and Albert, are report the center, reaching Achiet-Le Because she is leged to ha fa Yesterday altho the rent was Grand (three miles northwest of Ba ed to 5 a boost in her rent from | paid, they put a sign on the house paume) | $40 te month, Mrs. C. M. Bohn: | and when I home my furniture At other pointh in the line Byng’s | ert 23 levue ave, widowed) was out in the street. I have al BY FRED 8. FERG' . men have gone ahead two miles. In. mother of a United States soldier | ready paid my $40 for this month's (United Press Correspondent) formation is indefinite but Beau now in France, found her entire fur. | rent but they want $55. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES COUrtSur-Ancre __ Achiet-Le-Petit, niture and belongings out on the| Mrs hnert claims thats he was iw FRANCE, Aug. 21.--The French | MOvenneville and Courcelles are re- street Tuesday afternoon rent to an agent at 314 Seaboard | aayance between the Oise and the | Ported to have been occupied During her absence, a deputy sher- | building whom she believed to be the | Aiane in rendering the German line The attack {is reported to have iff raided the pi at the instance | representative of her landlord, John | Gn the Veale more difficult been a complete surprise and to have of the landlord, it ie charged Slattery been made without artillery prepara: | The of the furniture piled on Will Investignee As the boche line is swung back | tion neighborhood that today the matter utive committer of the induncri pou tons oant — nis will b nosing line between Arras and a point near be Re arp pies Chg entra taba organisation together with Louis A. | before the Americans from the Vesle| He withstood the enemy assaults GEN. SIR JULIAN BYNG iif pattienia suewicn tf srieaige'y ‘: Harr: esd sige ye to the Aisne , Successfully until Gough's fifth army Mra. Bohnert has a son, Private | council of patriot Sie pi American patrols are in close con: | On cine right sudde ae gave way. | Hindenburg line at Cambrai, at the Arthur L. Bohnert, fighting with thé| Liberty loan headquarters "Wednes. | ct with the boches to detect the | when he was compel a retire in| end of the British campaign ast ae” 158th infantry in France. Her #ec-|day morning to discuss Mrs, Bohn. | {St signs of withdrawal Wynn. ib tiataleke at Gone igs ond son is an invalid | ert's ca: | ‘The American artillery heavily yng. in his attack at Cambrai! ‘The sector along which Gen. Without a roof to cover her, Mra.| "4 E pounded Bazoches, three miles west last year, was the first general ever |is attacking today is the nearest ta P Aibivori geass see erniture | AS ® Feault they waited on George | of Fismes, yes y. High explo: |to employ tanks successfully. He i8|the Hindenburg line of any part @f gguncars Taine and wold it,|Donworth, ex-f al jud, who is! sives and gas shells were used by |Tecognized as one of the greatest |the west front. The distance piece by piece, to the neighbors — 4 ang egal services to the | the Germans in great quantities field commanders developed in the| from two to 20 miles. arian; 0 wor j 9, Council of patriotic service free. Don-| ‘There is a peculiar state of war. | war ¢ i haps okay 4 4p Sees worth promised to investigate the en- | fare along pr gore having the ar Push Toward Bapaume iad tds was” ane aera tire matter and hold an investigation | jiery characteristics of a trench The most important intermediate prod " with the sheriff's office to determine | sector, but is semiopen as regards point is Bapaume, about eight miles Original Rent $30 the validity of the order by which the | infantry operations. Both — sides POILUS NEARING east of the British front and tem Mrs. Rohnert claims that she was| Widow was dispossessed have extensively dug in their front miles west of the Hindenburg line, disp db landlord because Attorney's Statement | lines. There are no real trenches, The principal high road and raily she couldn't pay $55 a month for her ¥. J. Carver, attorney in the Sea-|or communication trenches, how: | TOWN OF NOY |road running into the German front home. She could not find a place to board b ling, said Wednesday noon | ever, the front line being merely | jbetween Albert and Arras passes move into when the rent boost came, | that he had been handling the man: | q series of shallow hol 8. | | thru Bapaume. Its capture by ‘ ne gain agement of Mrs. Bohnert's home for | eae: | _BY JOHN -DE GANDE | British would tend to per the Gare I used to pay $30 a month,” she| the owner, John Slattery, who is out (United Press Correspondent) —/ mans back to the Hindenburg line at said. “Then they raised it to $40,|0f town. Carver said | PARIS, Aug. 21.—43:50 p. m)—|a point where they would have to be and I have been payine that regular I don't know exactly what rent French troops, outflanking Our-| Supplied from Cambrai ly.” Mrs, Bohnert has been paying, but scamps forest, have reached a point| The association of Gen. Byng’# ‘On three different c ions my | I do know that even if she paid $60 near Pontoise, less than 4,000 yards} name with the British success at” landlords have put signs on my|a month it wouldn't be enough to NOW IN SIBERIA (slightly more than two miles) south- | Cambrai suggests that his present house telling me to pay my rent or|give a fair return on the inv east of Noyon stratesy has as its ultimate obe move ment.” Pressure is being methodically ex. |Jective the development of a situa: | 3 ———— | LONDON, Aug. 21.—American orted towatd Lassigny and Noyon,| tion that may again bring Cambrat — ted Cross units arrived at Vladi ne jatter is now more threatened | into the area of actual combat. 80 | | vote from Tokyo, bringing 70,000 The situation contains highly @ra: pounds of hospital supplies and pro- | matic possibilities, while it is cei | visions, a dispatch from that city/ Gamelin (seven miles southeast of | to disarrange still further Von Hine j A reports yt units will go to the/NoYon) and Blerancourt (a mile denburg's essential plans for building” Parts of eu “! ‘o the ns | Up a new reserve arm: T : cxecho-siovak. front immediately ole a of Camelin) have been | UP new reser y This latter progress repre: | sents a total advance of six miles by (21 Enemy Planes profit rates for the new revenue bill,| All profits from 8 to 15 per cent | Philip La Follette, son of Senator La The war profit tax bill takes 80 per | are taxed 35 per cent; profits from 15 | Follette, was one of 200 to win army dinand of Bulgaria is at Frankfort, |and various German military centers cent of all earnings of corporations |to 20, 50 per cent, and all profits |commissions at the Fort Sheridan | desperately ill, and believed to be dy-| were bombed, the air caleietry 44 in excess of their profits for 1911,/ above 20 per cent are taxed 70 per/ training cacnp, it was announced to-|ing. His family is said to be with | nounced today. ee 1912 and 1913, cont. him. Seven British authoritative sources that Czar Fer-| balloons were brought down M