The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 24, 1918, Page 1

and waked myself. ° thing, void of terror. N. E. The Star news correctly. Seattle that gives its readers the N. K. FULL LEASED WIR __ VOLUME 0. NO, 152 ‘That means Newspaper En- terprise Association. * N. E. A. means the up-to- the-minute articles, features and pictures, which beg readers must have to follow the big A TRENCH BANKED UP WITH SANDBAGS sttetched the stiffened body of my husband. —and be- fore me “War!” I screamed. “War! War!” Our country has been at war over a year, and yet to me, Jane orimer, wife of a young American, it has seemed a far-away, vague, But swiftly, surely, And is the only paper in A. service, E REPORT OF TH impossible over night, like some grim, foreboding THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF Entered as Recond Class Mi. May E UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS _- GERMANY IS DEFIANT IN SPAIN NOTE Threatens Break in Rela- tions May Follow Over Submarine Dispute WON'T STOP SINKINGS [nw United Press Leased “wire Direct to The Star eee csernnenetoeeemnini Sal LONDON, Aug. 24.—Germany has informed Spain that the tereatened seizure of interned German shipping, to replace Spanish tonnage destroyed by im the future “might re » the rupture of good rela- spondent of the Exchange “Tele. graph Co. Germany, however, tx reported to expressed willingness to con- limitation of submarine sink- outakle the danger zone. But | she will not guarantee such nor treat Spain as an exception to the rule she hag made concerning sub marine warfare. Germany is said to have stated she eannot give up submarine warfare, “which has become such a valuable weapon,” but “hopes Spain will ad here to her intention to remain neu- | tral.” “21ERS” SIGN UP WITH U, S, « WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Thruout land today men 2) years of age since June 5 last are registering for | military duty. One hundred and fifty thousand ts] the estimated total, and from this| number it is expected 75,000 fit for) general service will be speedily ob-| tained. By special arrangement or-/ thodox Jews can register Monday in stead of today, which is the Jewish Sabbath. Some of the new 21-year-olds will be inducted into the service at once. and the others found fit and without exemption can rely on seeing service overseas by early spring. | 500 Local Youths to Register Today As early as 7 a phone of William A chief registration clerk in the county-city building, commenced to ring, as youths of 21 wished to know where they should re: r By noon, draft board men estimat ed that more than half of the 500 youths believed to have attained their majority since June 5 had sign heir registration blanks. Gaines, Registration offices will be held| open until 9 p. m. Members of the Jewish orthodox church, and other sects observing Saturday as the Sabbath will not be wequired to register until Monday WESTBRIDGE WASN'T SUNK WASHINGTON, D. C,, Aug. 24.-— The steamship Westbridge, reported torpedoed in foreign waters Aug. 16, Was not sunk, but has reached port, the navy department was informed az Is it a job— Or a room— Or a Home— Or a girl— Or a man— Or an Automobile— *You want? hen turn to the Clas- sified Section, pages 10 and 11, it’s there. ?? | ment service with m, Friday, the | NEW DRAFT 1S UP FOR - PASSAGE Man-Power Bill Must End Slackerism in U. S., Congressmen Declare MAY BE PASSED TODAY Martin By United Press Leased | Direct to The Star Wire writing into the bill an amendment removing arbitrary exemption from legislative, state and municipal of ficlails as a class, It was the house way of saying that even members of congress dare not claim exemption while other Americana were being sent to fight A similar amendment will be of | fered in the senate. The feeling is recognized that many officials who | will come under the new age limits | ought to be exempted, but that ex emption should be based on personal | qualifications and not class condi tions. The intense antislacker feeling | was expressed thus by Represent ative Kahn, ranking republican member of the house military com: | mittee “We will send our last man, if need be, to whip Germany,” said, “but when he goes, we must send him with the certain- ty that there are no skulkers left at home.” Another amendment aimed at | weeding out those whose claims to deferred classification are not of the best is to provide for further dras tie recombing of deferred classes, Girts as Clerks Another will seek replacement of thousands of men clerks in govern girls, while the |men got to war. Every effort will be made to prevent any man hiding behind any sort of pretense. Republican congressmen declared that the house closed up last night with democrats panicky over their patronage, following amendments shutting off exemptions for govern. ment clerks and office holders. The house military committee has been told that if rred classifi tion were eliminated for many ma government clerks, confusion in war work approaching demoralization, | would be the result. gress by cabinet members, show that Vosntinnes on Page 12) | Marines Battle \ in Star-Liberty Weekly Feature | ) Maneuvers of United States ma. | rines from Bremerton, on their rifle range near Charleston, fea ture the Star-Liberty Weekly, wtarting Sunday at the Liberty theatre. The “devil dogs” are seen “in the trenches,” with ma- chine guns, using real bullets. The | battalion is later reviewed by the } commander. ) ‘The flag presentation, Satur. } day, at the naval training camp } by mothers of the boys in training } § there is also shown. |Criticise Navy on Failure to Catch German Sea Raider WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Sharp criticistn of the navy and Secretary | aniels was voiced today in the sen ate because of the failure to stop thi German pirate raider Triumph, Senator McCumber, North Dakota, demanded an explanation of the fail- ure “of the great American navy to stop a little trawler making only 10 or 12 knots an hour from working havoc among our fishing fleets.” Lists now being presented to con: | {| wit Wipe Out This Libel on Labor Not more than 250 were present at the Central Labor Council meeting when it passed the resolution exoner- ating Hulet M. Wells, W. H. Kauf- man, and others, of war crimes under the espionage act, of which they have been convicted. This resolution now stands as ex- pressing the views of the thousands and thousands of union men of Seat- tle. Yet it is not the voice of the union men and women who subscribed to their limit for Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps. It is not the voice of those brave women who have denied themselves many comforts for the Red Cross. Surely it is not the voice of the mothers and fathers—thousands of them in the homes of labor union families in Seattle—who gave up their sons to fight on the grim battlefields of Europe. It cannot be—and is not—the voice of the thousands of union men of Seattle who are today sacrificing their all ‘over there.” The thoro-going Americanism of these men and women is too well [|| grounded to let that resolution stand as an expression of theirs. It is a libel on labor—and labor [| should promptly demand that it be | revoked, and WIPED OUT. ‘Mayor and City, ‘Dads Mix It in Free-for- Verbal Clash Today Wrangling over the Skagit power | traction system broke forth Saturday T and the s work t than one council should Bolton, “rather idual working by him-| development morning in nt meeting of the city budget committee and the city | seif council, attended b: ve on Councilman Erickson kept repeat and Corporation Counsel Hugh Cald- | ing that the mayor had stopped him | well, in the hall and “roasted him for not Mayor Hanson challenged Council: | pushing the Skagit r rapidly.” men Lane and Erickson with being| The council finally voted that the | first issue of $1,500,000 in bonds for lukewarm regarding the Skagit, if development be dated from Novem not secretly opposing the project | “Play in the open if you're oppos- | ber 15 ing the Skagit,” the mayor chal-| When the meeting was at its lenged, warmest, Erickson kept advising the | Both Erickson and Lane heatedly| mayor, “Don’t argue!” and Council denied ayor's charge. man Moore disgustedly proclatned, | T.H. B Quit chewing the rag around here, or I'm going to leave and stop wast ing my time!" | the council, par-| Those not taking part in the prin-| nee to the may: | cipal arguments whic government for a|ing kept calling, “Where are we at, | Mr. Chairman—where are we at?" n, president of the coun: Mayor Hanson of t city business ell, then conducting import consul ticularly with r were proceed asking the loan of $300,000 to develop the city YANKEE FLIERS — TAKE MORE THAN BOMB CONFLANS 100,000 BOCHES BY FRANK J, TAYLOR LONDON, Aug. 24.—The (United Press Staff Correspondent, | Geri peleonaectaen by the allea} WITH THE AMERICAN ARM total of | n since July 16 is well over 100,000, it IES IN FRANCE, Aug. 23.—(Night IES IN FRANCE, Aw : Me a was learned from an authoritative | srican en dropped 36 Amer’ eirmen ropr source toda cab | bombs on Conflans this morning. Six direct hits were noted, five on the| northwestern portions of the railway | yards and the other blowing up a| military warehouse All of our machines returned safe- ly, despite a battle with German| PARIS, Aug. 24.—The Toemeche planes and a terrific bombardment | Zeitung announces that Gen. Russ: | from antiaircraft guns. The Amert.|/ky, who has been missing for more cans scored ten direct hits on the|than a year, has arrived in Viadi-| road at Conflans yesterda vostok and offered his services to Lieut. Louis Verdi Gen, Horvats of the Lafayette rille, has been killed in action. He was cited five times and was a chevalier of the Legion of Monor, His brother, Lieut. |armies, Gen, Horvats is leader of | Paul Verdier, of San Francisco, now! one of the anti-Bolshevik armies in is in Amefica on @ special mission. Siberia, \Gen. Russky Joins Allies in Siberia} ay. " vows chief Russky was one time com- | manderin-chief of the Russian Gen At the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. ender the Act of Congress Mai SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, AUGUST | marines were killed and on | marines were monster, FEAR had grasped at the heart-strings, and clutching madly at every hear<+ beat, had brought the realization of war. The above is a synopsis of the first chapters of “The Confessions of a War Bride,” by Winona Wilcox Payne. You can now begin the third chapter on page 6. Begin day. The most absorbing heart-interest story produced during the war—a story 1 which every woman will be interested—one in which every man will be interested, .. ++ The Seattle Sta ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 1979. THE COMPLETE SERVICE OF 1918. NEW NIGHT EDITION ONE CENT IN SEATTLE Per year by mail $5.00 to $9.00 ENTERPRISE Tonight warmer ASSOCIATION day fair and rly winds, ?>APER Weather Forecast: ss * #& & MATERIALS TEUTONSON ABLAZE ON RHINE FEAR ; AISNE LINE Boches Getting Ready to Germans Are Horrified at Flee From Yankee Troops | Thought That Invasion in Vesle Area Is Coming to Them TANNERY Nase PREPARING TO heseenmanngecamenaaneapede| Dispatch From om Fred | BY J. W. T. MASON (United Press War Expert) ful news in at last beginning to AMSTERDAM, Aug. 24.—Ger- | S. Ferguso 1} faltering. According to » Dutch empire. The general staff is tak- WITH THE AMERICAN |} IERICAN || tion @ month ago. with local infantry Bombardment of the Veale and the Aixne, suggesting |"pread among the German people man Iilusions regarding the invio- | By United Pyar tases “whe } lability of the “Heme Lan” are Direct to | The Star report, many families are prepar- ) ing to move to the center of the | BY FRED 8. FERGUSON (United Press Staff Correspondent) |{ Ing precautions in a way that would have been out of the ques- ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 24. |{ —The Veale front is buzzing operations, which are possibly the prelude to s German withdrawal. rear areas has been slickened and numerous fires can be seen between that material and «mall ammunition dumpa are being burned inevitable outcome of America’s yn ALLY DRIVE ;HUNS YIELDING ON SOMME | DESPERATE COUNTERS FAIL. TO CHECK ALLIES FLEE) harman | morning. The result is not yet known. The the American! NEW YORK, Aug. 24—The Wee | west of the city). that an invasion of Germany is the | 46 44, bloodiest battles Sethe war. clashes have occurred inthe past 24 | Prectdented accomplishment in pour: | hours, In one instance the Ger-|ing soldiers by the million into) mar and Americans attacked at dif. | Europe ferent points, practically at the sume | The German army passed to the time. A general mixup followed. | defensive last month, when Amer: companies and platoons fighting in| jca’s strength permitted Marshal the open Foch to st the initiative from Take Roche Company Von Hindenburg As an instance of the open nature| | ‘phe German people are now like of the fighting, one boche company, separated from the others, and seek Ing to locate the companies at the right and left flanks, suddenly found the Americans in the rear. The Americans took most of the com: pany prisoner Sudden infantry fighting indicates mates the boches elther are feel ing out the Americans or are stag ing a demonstration with a smail force prior to an early withdrawal, | Go not count. 1M Under the circumstances the latter | thine falling ies is too grave appears more likely, as itis an old) “ne Rhine area must now be put wise passing th jefensive. G many is realizing the kaiser cannot win the war Evidence is accumulating that Von Hindenburg’s retreat before Marshal Foch’s incessant assaults is becom ing known among th ple for its true significance. ‘The Hohenzollerns dare not longer keep up the deception that America The danger of the American arm boche trick in a state of defense, and the Ger The "between Fismes t be told what | | and Bazoches, will take its place in| Mn Willy-nilly, mus c n these activities mean. No longer is Hindenburg planning conquest. Th is now plann! fensive campaig tory, which is destined to taste Belgium and France, the and desolation of modern warfare ‘The terrible fact is now presented to the German people that tho there history wit being the scene of unui fighting. The tannery i affair, standing near an open road (Continued on Page 12) many similar spots, as g how to fight a de like BANDITS KILL THREE MARINES ‘Three jeans in the vanguard in France, they are not being used now. Where are the Americans? .To these despairing but one answer. WASHINGTON, A 24. ig tr The America in a skirmish between t rines and bandits in Seibo province anto Domingo, August 15, marine corps headquarters was informed to day A great number of bandits were killed or captured. The marines re- ported killed were Germany No modern, fir ever before be desperate a situnti nifies. Germany is ia di it class power has nfronted by nas this fact 80 sig. beginning to vitiar Weeks and rivivates | Buenteall ROLPH AND STEPHENS W. Jones. Alton, Pa. and Jos. §./ LEAD CALIFORNIA RACE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 24.—Gov. William D, Stephens and Mayor Jas. Rolph, of San Fra 0, were favor ites over the field for the gubernatorial nomination at ext Tuesday's primary election. Rushford, Brook but escaped after Private Thos. J lyn, was wonded, a hand to armed with hand fight with bandits dead machettes, The buried at San I Mucoris, Santo Domingo A Wide-Awake View HE STAR is Seattle’s greatest home- going daily newspaper. Four out of every five English-reading families of Seattle are STAR readers. STAR was instituted to serve EVEN- ING DERS. THE STAR, therefore, em- ploys 5 distinctively EVENING NEWS-G- ATH- ERING service, namely, the United Press, largest and best exclusively evening paper news. service in the WORLD. In addition, THE STAR has the peerless service of the Newspaper Enterprise Association, having representatives in all quarters of the globe. THE STAR gives you a wide-awake, broad point of view. German peo: | German general staff (qa mile and a half northwest of Bapaume) and adv over German terri: | he Score | below Neuvile-Vittasse (3 miles southeast of Arras). are a million and a quarter of Amer. | | questions, there is dropping bombs with terrific effect. assembling to carry the war into| weather today was damp and cloudy. day in the race| Mard and the French are now firmly established north of |Haig’s Troops Take Nine Villages BLOODY BATTLE RAGING ALONG PICARDY FRO (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. —The British advance today carried them forward on % wide front between the Ancre and the Somme. Bray, Becordel-Becourt and Ovillers-La-Boissele are re= ported to have fallen in rapid succession.” ‘ Bray is on the north bank of the Somme, five southeast of Albert. Becordel-Becourt is two miles direc east of Albert. Ovillers-La Boissele is three miles no east of Albert. The Germans heavily counter attacked on be |ground north of Happy Valley (north of Somme; |is already covered with dead. At 7 a. m. the Germans were still opposing the ad toward Bapaume at Bihucourt (two and a half miles The British and Germans struggled all night, back |forth along a 30-mile front on the old Somme field in The British advanced appreciably this morning at m 669 Foch can reverse the situation in a few weeks, driving the enemy with heavy loss from two fields, by the exertion of little or no numerical su- periority, what can he do when he wields a three-to- two or even, if needed, a two-to-one superiority, such — as American reinforcements make possible? Here at — last we hold all the elements of victory—the power, the method, and the directing intelligence.”—New York Evening Sun. * | points, gaining several important villages and figh sitions. The Australians early this morning smoth eral machine gun nests, which had been a continual me inflicting heavy casualties and taking many prisoners, The high ground toward Fricourt (three miles of Albert) was seized during the night. The line is now reported to be east of QOvill helle. We pushed ahead below Biefuillers-Les-Bap Bois patrols are reported near that town. Terrific fighting is going on in a maze of trenel Welsh troops waded across the Ancre east of court last night and reinforced a party of their own who crossed Thursday night. Great numbers of airplanes are sweeping back |forth above the boches, firing machine guns at them Two howitzers destroyed by bombs. Tilleoy was bombed heavily. French Guns Are Sweeping Enemy in Entire Region Around Noyon LONDON, Aug. 24.—Fall of Noyon is expected |minute. The Germans are still holding out in the town, but they are in a dangerous position, as the French guns no command all railway and highway communications le from the place. E The south banks of the Oise and the Ailette have been completely cleared of the enemy as far east as Pont St. _ Ailette. Opposite Coucy-Le-Chateau, the French continue $9 progress principally in a southeasterly direction. West of Noyon French troops are advancing methods jically upon Cuy (four miles west of Noyon and three miles jeast of Lassigny). The rate of progress between the Matz and Soissoni however, had generally slackened today. the in Area North and South of Somme British troops have pushed forward to within less than two miles and a half from Bapaume. » Third army's progress continues and it has advanced in som@ places to the depth of four and a half miles, Both British and French are striking vigorously on a combined front of 60 miles, equally apportioned between them. i Gens. Byng and Rawlinson are attacking between Mareatel, three miles south of Arras, and Lihons, a mile and a half west of Chaulnes, while Gens, Humbert and Mangin are pushing ahead between Evricourt, ~ four miles west of Noyon, and Hommiers, two miles west of Soissons, — British troops advanced a maximum of two miles in yesterday's fighting. The villages of Herleville, Chuignes and Chuignolles, south of the Somme. re captured. The British night communique also come ~ firmed the capture of Gomiecourt, Ervillers, Hamelincourt, Boyelles and Boiry de Querelle, north of that river. Several thousand additional prisoners were taken and heavy casual” ties inflicted on the enemy ‘ The French made additional progress late yesterday toward Noyon, Chauny and Coucy-LeChateau, They crossed the Divette near Ev pushing closer to Noyon from the west. Between the Ailette and Aisne they advanced toward Crecy-Au-Mont, south of Coucy-Le-Ch