The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 30, 1918, Page 1

AGE 6—Another interesting ‘Confessions of a War Bride” will be found You can begin right there, It is the story of a soldier's wife. pick up the threads of the foregoing chapters and follow this heart-revealing serial day by day in n page 6 today The Star, apter of the You can easily THE GREATEST DAILY Entered as Second under the Apt ~TheSeattleSta CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST of Congress March &, 1879 NIGHT EDITION ONE CENT IN SEATTLE Per Your, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 VOLUME 20, NO. 157 CITY } H STA TRACTION HEAD ACCEPTS SHIP BOARD OFFER What the City Offers: To take over traction lines and operate them for the duration of the war and six months thereafter. Guarantees rental equal to profits of past five years. It also agrees to buy juice from the company to run the lines, thus adding additional hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly. The city also offers an alternate proposition as follows: ‘To let company’continue at 5-cent fare. Will forfeit 2 per cent tax on revenues, release company from pay ing for paving between car tracks and make other concessions amount: ing to several hundred thousands of dollars. Traction Company Wants: To charge 6-cent fare with additional charge of 1 cent for transfers Release from franchise obligations and privileges to use more skip stop (one man) cars. Refuses to lease lines, but is willing to sell them. ° ° Shipping Board Recommends: ‘That the traction company be permitted to charge a 6cent fare with charge of 1 cent for transfers. Unification of car service so that all three car lines may operate over trackage, serving the shipyards under the direction of a committee composed of an official from each of the twa traction companies and the superintendent of public utilities. Permission for the city to withdraw from this agreement within 90 days, if operation under the control of the committee is not satis Recommendation by the shipping board that the government loan sufficient funds to complete existing projects relative to trackage and cars necessary to shipyard service. What the Employes Demand: A scale of wages ranging from 50 to 60 cents an hour. That the traction officials quit dallying fn their efforts to come to an agreement with the city and grant their demands tmmediately, They threaten to desert their cars and seek other employment. While city officials indicated they would stand pat ' and would not consent to the proposal of the local officers ' of the United States shipping board to permit a six-cent \ fare on all carlines in Seattle, and an extra cent for trans- fers, the Puget Sound Traction company was quick to ac- ; the proposition. a Proeldent A. W. Leonard of the traction company issued " @ statement today noon to that effect. 5 HM a The Seattle, peator & Rainier Valley line has also ac- the shipping board’s Ts shipping i by J. F. Blaine, the transportation division, the Puget Sound ey ae coreany, and the r Valley carline. In this terms. board issued its letter last night, signed district officer, and Edward West, of and_ both Rainier immediate} to the city, it demands settlement of the carline muddle on the six-cent fare basis and declares that if its recommendations are not accepted, “drastic action” will follow. A meeting of the mayor and city council was called) for 1:30 p. m. to discuss the to the shipping board. That the shipping board the traction company in declaring for a six-cent fare with a one-cent charge for transfers, was the opinion of city of- ficials, who declined, however, to commit themselves to a direct quotation to this effect. nie : : They indicated that if the shipping board's “drastic action” meant that the government body would take over the municipal car lines, the city would tell the board “to/ ahead and take them.” right wae me Hanson, in opposing the in- car fare, declined oo tement beyond saying that ced the council had sworn to uphold the constitution and laws of the state when they took their oath of office, and the mayor then quoted section 25, chapter 117, of the seate laws of 1911, which reads: “No street railroad company shall | charge, demand or collect more than 6 cents for one continuous ride with {n the corporate limits of any city or town.” Thomas Murphine superintendent of public utilities, said Friday morn ing that he would oppose the demand of the shipping board. While the traction company has agreed to the shipping board's ‘ulti- matum, it intimates that even fur- ther concessions should be made— bly the waiving of the city to ite franchise rights President Leonard's letter of ac ceptance reads: “On patriotic grounds, we agree to the broad basis of settlement of the atreet railway sportation situa tion in Seattle which you suggest. Your letter being drawn on broad Hines, omits the mention of certain supplementary forma of relief al- Miy tentatively agreed upon b tween the city and this compan which, in addition to increased fare are essential to enable the company to maintain adequate service by making it possible to pay increased | wages conditionally agreed to. We assume your request is that we should make an equitable business arrangement along the lines sug: | situation and frame a reply is playing into the hands of gested, and this we are ready to do.” Unification of the three city trac tion systems and the charging of a 6-cent fare with an extra charge of 1 cent for transfers is the request bordering on an ultimatum tasued by Capt. J. F. Blain, district officer of the shipping board, and Edward A. West, Pacific coast representa tive of the housing and transporta: | tion section of the emergency fleet corporation The step taken by the government men is announced in letters for. warded late Thursday to the city | and traction officials. The uni fication scheme under the plan of | Blain and West would have particu lar regard to the shipyard district. | Its operation would come under the direction of a managing committee of practical traction men and the commissioner of public utilities, In return Blain and West promise thelr efforts to secure loans to complete contemplated traction projects for the bettering of service—the money to be secured from the federal gov-| ernment. Failure of the city and traction | company to reach an agreement will result in “ drastic action by the government,” Thursday's communi. | cation warns, | Farlier in the day the city sent| an ultimatum to the traction com pany demanding an acceptance of certain vers and continuing at a Seent fare, or leasing the entire traction system to the city, the lat-| ter guaranteeing the same profits as | it had during the past five years, | (Continued on Page Ten) « Mattor May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattie, Wash, SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, AUGL INE COLLAP se 8 #® #8 & DS PAT ON CAR LINE The U.S. 3ST 30, 1918. Tonight and Satur warmer; gentle north Weather Forecast: Shipping oard Proposal The shipping board’s offer to settle the car line muddle has, ap- parently, only further complicated the situation. The tone of its letter to the city and the traction companies indi- cates scant or no consideration for any of the city’s sincere proposals. It virtually commands the city to give the traction company ex- actly what it demands. Thus it un- justly places upon the city respon- sibility for the inadequate service and the inadequate wages paid to the carmen, instead of where it be- longs, the traction company itself. On top of it board practically city, too, charge all, the shipping demands that the 6-cent fares, and more, on the municipal lines. The city lines are paying on a 5-cent basis. There is no reason why the shipping board should ask the city lines to charge ITS patrons 6 cents. This whole proposition must be decided in the interests of the pub- lic, taking into consideration at this particular time the necessity of supporting the government’s war program. ATTHEWS TO TALK ON GREENE The Green Park mess is going to be aired. And aired semiofficially by Dr. Matthews, pastor of the First Pres byterian church, Sunday. He will “speak officially about Gen. Greene and the cowards who have tried to reflect on him. So he announced in word sent from the Kast, where he has been on a tour of investigation. Dr. Matthews, who also knows President Wilson personally, was close to the ear of Gen. Greene. When Gen. Greene wan demoted and sent to the Philippines, Dr Matthews got busy. He wanted to learn all the inside details Now he says he has ‘em. He will be in the pulpit in the morning and again in the evening. | an important messa nd relatives of t boys in France, he announced, Dr. Matthews will return to Seattle Sat urday night. SENATE VOTES DRY MEASURE WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Pro. hibitionists in and out of congress to day jubilated over the practical cer tainty that the nation is going bone ary. Roth houses have now adopted amendments to the food stimulation act, or sale of any malt, vinous or spir ituous liquors in the country. ‘The manner in which the amend ment is written into law makes it certain there will be some sort of bone-dry prohibition on the books be fore long. General belief is that it will be the one passed yesterday by the sen ate, which prohibits the manufac ture of intoxicants, except for medic. inal and sacramental purposes, after | May 1, next, and the sale after July 1, and until after the American ar mies have n demobilized a | A THRIFT STAMP a day | will keep the %- Are You Worthy to Be “Fought and Died For” Of the many inspiring port of our brave soldiers appeals for complete sup- and sailors in France, we recommend the following gem from the current issue of the Saturday Evening Post, as one of the best: “Those American soldiers are making the name of the United States shine with a new luster before the world, pride in our country. only a month away. see that you—just The They are splendidly justifying our faith and next Liberty Loan drive is When it comes time to subscribe individually you—PROVE WORTHY TO BE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR. DO YOUR PART AS THEY ARE DOING THEIRS. prohibiting the manufacture of | Americans Blast Huns | _at Juvigny Germans Rush Up Rein- | forcements in Vain Effort to Stop Advance ALLY TANKS RUSH FOE BY FRED 8. FERGUSON (United Press Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICAN AR MIKES IN FRANCE, Aug. 30.— (10 a, m)—American artillery bs pouring » heavy fire into the woods east of the Juvigny-Cha- vigny line, smashing boche ma chine gun nests in the thickets and the entrances to caves. A heavy destructive fire has been turned on Juvigny. Two new German divisions have been identified opposite the Ameri cana, The American positions are *till located along the railway, with their patrols penetrating beyond. The Germans are fighting dexper- | ately and doggedly to hold this line | of the Aisne heights, north of Sols sons, which has been assailed by the | French Tenth army, in which Ameri cans are brigaded. If the Huns are driven back any considerable distance, it will be by | he superior qualitien of the | Preach and Ameficans and their kreater gun power. | In yesterday's attack there was no} indication that the line would be! safe behind the usual rear guard machine gun nests. The element of surprise cannot enter this fighting, as the German staff obviously recog nizes the importance of the line un-| der attack, and undoubtedly has ex-| pected the assault for some time. — | Is Varied ‘The fighting ia over ground which | has been a battlefield since 1914. It contains a series of great plateaus | with an extensive caves and a net work of old trench systems. We are |fighting, in consequence, a curious | mixture of open and old trench war- | fare, the latter requiring strong artil lery preparations, Yesterday's operation carried the | French and Americans forward, but the fighting is of a far different na- ture than that encountered in the re cent rush from the Marne, when the | Americans marched for miles with- out encountering a German. Every foot of the Chavigny-Ju- | vigny region is contested. The fa- |mous Prussian Seventh regiment is opposing the Americans. Prisoners (Continued on Page Ten) HAIG CRUMPLES NORTH WING OF _ ENEMY FORCES BY ED L. KEEN (United Press Correspondent) LONDON, Aug. 30.—The ques- tion today is not whether the Germans will retreat to the Hin- denburg line, but whether they Arras region, the British are now two to three miles past the Hindenburg line on a front of 12 miles, They are already beginning movements designed to crumple up | the end of the line and fold back the enemy's northern wing. Fall of Noyon and Bapaume in a single day {llustrates the momentum of the allied steam roller at a time when it might be expected to be slowing up. Peronne is practically lost and the rmans seem to have definitely ndoned all pretenses of holding the south Somme and the west Somme. There is only one point of resist- ance on this side of the river now— the angle where the river turns southward near Peronne. Capture of Juvigny by the French and Americans is extremely im: portant as this town is located on the heights north of the Aisne, which | |form the gateway to the Chemin des | Dames, behind the Germans on the | Vesle. | | By the capture of Morlancourt, Gen. Mangin turned the Nesle | Noyon canal line, where Gen. Luden: | dorff undoubtedly intended to make |a stand. Did You Register? Books Close Today Friday is the last day voters may register for coming primaries on September 10. City registration | Clerk Wm, A nes has announced that the registration office will be| lopen until a late hour, Persons who have moved since their last registration must register | ex: United Press Summary of | War Events PICARDY FRONT — British troops have broken thru the Somme line south of Peronne, which in invested from the west and outflanked from the south French and Americans continue winning operations. FLANDERS FRONT — British troops advanced along the Lys and Lawe valleys. AISNE-VESLE manraids last night pulsed. CHAMPAGNE FRONT— French troops broke up German raids last night. LARRA FRONT—Ameri- can airmen shot doWn a German airplane near Pont-A-Mousson, VOSGES FRONT — German raiding and patrol encounters are increasing AUSTRIA-HUNGARY—Martial law has been proclaimed in the Vinkovie district, where deserters have turned oullaws. RUSSIA—The population Kieff ix reported to be starving PERSIA—?Persia is reported to be on the verge of declaring war against Turkey. FOCH PRESSING FOE. IN POCKET ON VESLE LINE FRONT—Ger- were re at | ] United Preas War Expert NEW YORK, Aug. 30—En- trance of American troops in the fighting north of is for the purpose of squeezing the sal- iant which Marshal Foch has created to the west of German positions along the Veale. This operation in the strong French and British press- ure between Noyon and Bapaume, be- fore which the Germans are retiring to the old Hindenburg line. The two drives have a common strategic pur pose to throw Hindenburg into con- fusion concerning the disposition of his reserves, The Franco-American operations are threatening to outflank the Che- min des Dames defenses and bring about a disastrous retreat of the Ger. mans along the V . Eventually the Vesle line must be evacuated any way, in conformity with the pressing necessity for short- ening the German front. Today's retirement of the Germans in the vicinity of Peronne is suffi ciently precipitate to suggest that Von Hindenburg will try to stabilize his front temporarily elsewhere, while he moves his army of the Somme eastward, in the general di rection of St. Quentin. Doubt no long er exists that St. Quentin is in fact the main objective Von Hindenburg's beaten armies are now trying to reach, Draft Contingent to Leave Sept. 6 Quotas from all 12 draft boards in Seattle will leave for Camp Lewis September 6, constituting the big. gest contingent to depart for one month. A farewell banquet and parade for the men are being arranged by the King county council of defense, AVIATORS KILLED WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Aug. 30. —Cadet Ellis B. Babcock and Lieut FL R fin, instructor at Call field, were instantly killed today when their plane fell 2,000 feet while uting a loop. Lieut. McGiffin's home was in Canada, He married in San Fran cisco in May, when he was commis. sioned. His wife was at the field when the accident occurred. Your Want Ad in The Star conveys your message to the largest audience in the Northwest. Phone Main 600 Or leave your copy at Bartell’s Store, 610 Second Ave. = { J. W. T. | British Troops Are Now Circling independent of | SE * #8 ALLIE | The German line on the Somme, south of Peronne, been pierced, British patrols crossing the river at point this morning. This is the most significant ment since the Hindenburg line was broken east of Ar With both Hindenburg and Somme defense li |pierced, the Germans today faced gradual dissolution © the former and sudden collapse of the latter. 5 Combles, south of Bapaume, has been taken. Peronne, which next to Ham, is the most impo railway center within the Picardy salient, is now in from the west and outflanked from the south. This op tion also threatens to flank Ham from the north. successes together with the capture of Noyon, have re dered practically untenable the new Somme line which | oe sought to establish from north of Peronne Noyon. ae In addition to crossing the Somme, the British b @ new attack south of the Scarpe this morning and reported to be progressing favorably. They have alr penetrated four miles beyond the Hindenburg line in region. The French have made further progress |Peronne, while between the Ailette and the Aisne, ane Dmerieep iors are striking sercesre thre the hei \protecting the Chemin des Dames ridge the |" Americans and French today north of Solssons , a cavalry charge by a large body of enemy mow Important Rail Base of Peronne BY LOWELL MELA2ZTT (United Press C WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 30.—The today had Peronne under the same direct and flanking threat resulted in the fall of Bapaume. : Combles has been taken, together with a battery of field guns. G paratively few prisoners have been reported. So far only 260 have taken on the river below Peronne. "i ae is a picture of desolation, almost as complete as that At noon the Australians faced Peronne across the Somme | south and had reached almost within striking distance on the north of the river, The British hold the entire western bank of the river in con with the French, while at one point south of La river south of Peronne), they have succeeded in crossing the canal, here is practically the same as the river. All bridges have been smashed, except at Clery, toward which Australians’ advanced on both sides of the river. Along the river, below Peronne, the Germans are withdrawing field guns. Their heavy pieces already are some distance behind the Americans and French Crush 'Attack of German Cavalrymen BY JOHN DE GANDT (United Press Correspondent) PARIS, Aug. 30—(4 p. m.)—American troops, attacking with French north and east of Soissons, engaged in their first battIe’with Ges man cavalry today. The enemy hurled a large body of mounted troops against the Franco American forces in an effort to break up their advance. The attack was entirely unsuccessful and the allies continued their steady progress in furious fighting. ia Ten fresh German divisions (120,000 men) have been rushed up to op pose this advance, which seriously threatens the whole western portion of the enemy's Aisne-Vesle line. In the Ailette region, the French have reached the borders of G forest, which merges into St. Gobain forest, generally regarded as one the greatest defensive positions on the west front. ‘The principal roads at St. Quentin are rapidly falling into the co of the allies, Northeast of Nesle, the French are outflanking the north canal of the Somme. North of Noyon, French troops are progressing along the road to Ham, a Guiscard, and have reached Paplincourt. eae ‘They are threatening envelopment of Autrecourt wood and the table land northeast of Noyon. Canadians Launch New Attack This Morning on Cambrai Road LONDON, Aug. 30.—British troops have crossed the Somme river south and west of Peronne, Field Marshal Haig announced today. f The British advanced more than.a mile on a front of seven miles between Bullecourt and the Scarpe today and are now within a mile of Queant, the junction of Wotan and Siegfried sections of the Hindenburg line, it was learned today. They have captured Riencourt, two miles south- east of Bapaume. Canadian troops smashed forward this morning in a new attack south of Arras-Cambrai road. In yesterday's fighting the British pushed more than four miles be yond the Hindenburg line in this region. British troops also are pushing ahead in the Lawe and Lys valleys on the Flanders front The allies now hold the German Somme line from Buscourt to Noyon, of which they have captured the northern and eastern suburbs, The French have captured Quigniny, Rouy Le Grand, Rouy Le Petit, | La Panneterie and Ferme des Fonds-Gometz. | Noyon and Morlancourt were vanquished by the French yesterday, while Bapaume, Ginchy, Guillemont and other defense positions of the Ger+ mans in Picardy fell to the British CANADIAN ATTACK GOING FAVORABLY “Between Hendecourt (two miles and a half east of Croiselles) and the Afras-Cambrai road (three miles to the northward) an attack by Canadian. troops early this morning was reported developing favorabiy,” the state: ment said. : “Astride the Scarpe, British and Scottish divisions continued to’ ad. vance yesterday and gained valuable ground around Eterpigny (eight miles east and south of Arras), Hamblain Les Pres (two miles north of Eterpigny) and Plovain (four miles northwest of Hamblain Les Pres), 2 | “We hold Remy (a mile west of Eterpigny). A number of prisoners | were taken in these operations. ce Lys, we continued to push forward, “In the valleys of the Lawe and