The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 31, 1918, Page 4

LIES BATTERING CONTINUED FROM f PAGE 1 danger to the enemy of a flanking operation against that {mport line eastward to Rheims. Bailleul, given up to the British without a struggle. Lens, British activities are increasing. the night. guns,” Haig's statement said. C he east bank of the Senseo river.) BRITONS TAKE POSITIONS ON LYS ZONE FRONT § (three miles north of La Couture), Bailleul station and the hill to the east of it, Our troops have entered Dranoutre (three miles northeast ‘Paltteud. have gained ground north of Kemme! Hii (five miles north BOCHES TH ARTILLERY DS. FERGUSON | THE AMERICAN ARM-| FRANCE, Aug. 20.—!) and vigorous ar- "battering of the German fm the Chavigny-Juvigny coupled with the brilliant ‘of the French tnfaritry, has the enemy positions more | ) harassing and destructive | all day in the American Meanwhile the infantry to the shelter of hastily dug Star-Liberty Film Has New Features ‘The Star-Liberty Weekly, start ing Sunday at the Liberty thea tre, will show a party of Seattle high school giris doing a bit of war work In the berry fields at Sumner. They help get the ber ries to make jams for the boys “over there. Theo. Karle, Seattle's famous tenor. in his uniform at Camp Lewis; the training of carrier pigeons for war service on the battle fronts in France and a few fast bouts at a recent boxing tour nament at Camp Lewis are also shown. plea | | | ‘BOMB HURLING IS FINE SPORT; IT’S TOUGH ON THE HEINIES, TOO AR AR ARR AAA RARA AAR AAAs which would probably necessitate relinquishment of the whole which changed hands several times during the ‘offensive, and was finally won by the enemy at terrible cost, has This was accepted as of operations which would connect the Picardy and Flanders Australian troops drove the enemy from positions him east of Clery (two miles and a half northeast of Peronne, on bank of the Somme), capturing many prisoners and a number “Our advance in this locality ts English troops carried out a successful operation north of nbrai road, capturing an important strong point, known as farm and the village of Eterpigny (a mile north of the farm, the Lys front our troops hold La Couture (four miles northeast and the line of the Lawe river, from VetlleChapelle to Les- both of which villages are in are approaching Doulieu (four miles north of Lestrem), and have known as Mont De of ‘SOLDIERS LIKE TEUTON DEFENSES 50MB SERVICE “it Combines Fighting, Skil " and Also Sport } BY PAU Special to The A. The love of the average American for competitive sport ite sports of the service The bomb hurler must combine strength with accuracy, and the long periods of practice laid out for the expert result in competition in train ing camps, which is not second even to athletic meets in interest. | Bomb hurting, in fact, [adopted by the American Athletic }union as a major sport for field | meets, and was one of the regularly | acheduled events in all the great col lege field =neets last apring The form used_in bombing ts en tirety different from that used in throwing a base or heaving @ shot. The long overhand sw . made necessary, as much bomb throwing is done from trenches which reach above the head. The above pictures, taken by the commission on training camp activi | tes, show every movement cnade by | the bomber in hurting a krenade. | In the first photograph the bomb- or is adjusting the explosive mechan ler of the bomb so It will explode the a it strikes the objective. In the second picture, the bomber } | ts estimating the distance and direc tion of the target. The third and fourth photos show the positions tak en just before the bomb is thrown. the position of the throwing hand In the fourth picture, which en ables the bomber to throw the bomb out of a deep trench The final picture shows the posi tion of the body after the bomb has been thrown Not n while patrols were maintain- with the boche. French in the Chavigny , on the American right, pro- so rapidly that for a time | cans indicate that fighting spread to the lines. ight artillery fired on from the heights opposite with direct, open sight fire. , maying he could not see “otherwise, stood on a rise in of the infantry, directing the| } of his guns. | te heaviest work in today’s fight: | to a French division. The| were cleared from an im forward tn the right flank area. propaganda | to satisfy every one of thé of Germany's cause. This has been principally effectiv among the Prussians, who fall t show any of the lost confidence o1 taken in the fighting along the Marne and the Vesie. Buy War Savings Stamps. your duty.—F. L. Hayn It ts iv, “IF WISHES WERE HORSES BEGGARS MIGHT RIDE” + he It’s all right to wish for things, pro- vided you go a step farther and WILL to get them. The WILL to save is aided by a savings account in this safe Nation- al Bank. IS old proverb is rather pes- simistic. Open Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock so that you may deposit a part of the weekly wage. THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE 3 - OF SEATTLE NS Second at Madisor al portant wood and the line shoved All prisoners taken by the Amert-| | wtill vigorously working in Gameny Justice | low morale displayed by prisoners | ~t CITY TO STAND FIRM; DEFIES SHIPPING BOARD to the average earnings for the years 1913-1917. Mayor Hanson | | r | stated after the j conference that if the company aun | refused to lease its lines, the would exact every possible anite from the franchise obligations the company agreed to. “We'll make them fulfill their obligations down to the smallest clause,” he said, “They can’t trifle with the city and treat their franchise as a scrap of pa- WEST CHANGES FRONT | The city’s letter to the shipping board officials expresses ‘surprise at | your statement that in the ev t of failure to take the necessary stepa for increase of fares and consolida | tion of the lines, some ‘drastic € tion’ will be taken by the govern | ment | q s city reminds West that “pur porting to represent the United Staten government” he stated in | open conference earlier in the week | that the United States government | would take no action whatever. The city’s letter then asks West why he has made a change of attitude and threatened drastic action | The elty denies its right to charge |a 6-cent fare and lcent charge for transfers or even uthorize the t | ¢ tion company to make such charges A state law is quoted in this connec tion INTERVENTION “UNTIM The city’s letter also charg Li that he “assumed to West and have n | dictate” and that their intervention | is “untime! In view of this inter: | vention the city holds that the trac is less Hable to consid ‘* proposal to lease the car system. Leasing is declared by the | situation the city to only solution of the traction and the only means by a fare in excess of 5 cens be charged should be to ba necessary. city, in Stes letter to Sound Traction, Light Co, cites an opinion for the traction company company cannot legally » than a S-cent fare and | which could shown The Puget Power counsel that the charge m this the and by that the city is powerless by virtue of the public service commission law to authorize an incre In the far northwest of Western Australia a man requiring surgical |treatment wan operated upon by a ei with a razor, according to instructions wired from Perth, The patient died, has caused | bombing to become one of the favor has been | Dean Burkheimer | Has Qualifications | for Legislature Dean Barkheimer | a member of the | Burkheimer 4 jo, ina candidate | before the republican primaries for | state representative from the 42nd district, embracing all of the city of | Seattle north of the Lake Washing | |ton canal, all of Queen Anne north of Weat McGraw st; also including | Interbay, Magnolia Bluff, Fort Law. ton, and the country precincts north of the city to Snohomish county He was born in Union county, ! Iowa, in 1874, and is a graduate of | the state univers! of that state. He in tnarried and has a fam! of four Dean Burkheimer law firm of She Burkheimer children, and resides at 2539 10th ave. W He believes the paramount duty of the atate at the present time is to support the r nal government to the fullest extent in the prosecution of the war, and that to that end the tem avers should reduce to the min state expenditures and act with ¢ a strong hand against profiteer ing in every form. He favors an ear lly ratification by the legislature of the prohibitory amendment to the | federal titution, he favors the qual pay for equai serv rdlens of sex; he favors the betes stem for munict county and state expenditures He was chairman of the Ole Han Jaon campaign committee during the last mayoralty campaign, and is an active supporter of Mayor Hanson's policies, including the municipal de velopment of the Skagit river pro} lect, and was very active tn its behalf in the contest, which took place on | the floor of the republican state con vention at Tacoma in June 18-45 CLASS TO SEPT. 12; EX Continued I From Page “O} | op 7 he of ne » complishment of that purpose, “The younger men have from the first been ready to go. They have furnished voluntary eniiat- ments ‘out of all proportion to their pumbers. Our military authorities regard them as having the highest batant qualities. Their youthful enthusiasm, their virile eagerness, their gallant spirit of daring make them the admira tion of all who seo them in act They covet not only the distinc tion of serving In this great war, but also the inspiring memories which hundreds of thousands of them will cherish thru years to come, of a great day and a great for their country and for service mankind “A Nation's War" “py the men of the older group. now called upon, the opportunity now opened to them will be accept- ed with the calm resolution of those lwho realize the deep and solemn significance of what they do. Hav- ing made a place for themnelves in | th respective communities, hav-| ing assumed at home the gra responsibilities of life in many spheres, looking back upon honor. able records in etyil and industrial life, they will realize, as perhaps no others could, how entirely their own | fortunes and the fortunes of all} whom they love, are put at stake in this war for right, and will know | that the very records they have made render this new duty the commanding duty of their H@es, They know how surely this is |the nation’s war, how imperatively it demands the mobilizing and mass- ing of all our resources of every |kind, They will regard this call| as the supreme call of their day,| |and will answer it accordingly. Only a Portion to Serye | “Only a portion of those who} | regi#ter will be called upon to bear | arms, Others who are not physic- ally fit will be excused; those ex- | gress CHRISTIANITY TO PLAY VITAL ROLE IN DESTINY OF JAPA BY BURTON KNISELY (Copyright, 1918, Newspaper Enter prine Amnocia KYOTO, Japan, Aug. 31.-These in Christian America interested in atatinuicn of Christanity’s spread in Japan can easily obtain from thelr home churches facts and figures on missions, schools and converts, It is not neceamary to travel to Japan to get these statiation But the disinterested observer Japan receives some main broad im preasions which the religious student at home cannot experience, but which may be more significant signs than mere mi figures of Ja pan’s religious trend, and the future of Christianity In Nippon Four broad fundamentals stand out: 1. There has been in the last half century far less change in retigious affairs in Japan than in political and economic affairs. t In spite of this Japan will become steadily, if slowly, Chris iantaed. 3. dapan will be Christian in fact before she is Christian in name or form, That is to say, the Christian way of living will advance faster than the formal re of Christian dogma. of Christianity’s Festaseantaie will spread faster than its preaching. 4. The best and most rr ing young Japanese are is jo bd often by profession and al- jon.) in on they expect time Christianity will be broader and more liberal than the old _dogmatic theology. Relatives of Boys in War to Be Filmed The Parents’ Association of Sol diers and Sailors will hold a big mass meeting at Volunteer park Sunday afternoon, at 230. If the weather should prohibit an Outdoor meeting it will be held In the Arena Moving pictures of the crowd will be taken for exhibition at the train ing camps and base hospitals where King county are located in France very wearer of a service pin in the city ia urged to attend. Ah Sing, a Chinese, charged with selling opium, freed upon testimony of witnesses to his character, after investigation by United States Com missioner R. W. McClelland. REGISTER ON PECT 13,000,000 fempted by alien, allegiance; those who should not be relieved of their present responsibilities; above all, those who canot be spared from the civil and industrial tasks at home upon which the success of armies depends as much as upon the fight- ing at the front. But all must be registered in or der that the selection for military service may made intelligently and with full information ‘This will be our final demonstra tion of loyalty, democracy and the will to win, our solemn notice to all the world that we stand adequately together in @ common resolution and purpose. It is the call to duty to which every true man in the country will respond with pride, and with the consciousness that in doing so he plays his part in. vindication of a gwreat cause, at whose summons ev ery true heart offers its supreme service, ‘Who Are Exempt In addition to those who have regis tered under previous drafts, the fol lowing are exempt from registration Officers and enlisted men of the reg ular army; officers commissioned in the army of the United States and men of the forces drafted; officers | officers and enlisted men of the Na tional Guard; officers of the officers’ reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisted reserve corps while in the service of the United States; officers and enlisted men of the navy and marine corps; officers, enlisted and enrolled men of the naval reserve force and the marine corps reserve, and diplomatic re nical at ntatives, tech- os of foreign embassies and ions, consuls general, con suls, vice consuls and consular| Agents, A day of registration in the terri tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto will be named later, Aug. 31.—Con. must appropriate between $4,000,000,000 and $5,000,000,000 be: fore its part in creating the army of w ASHINGTON victory is complete, congressional finance experts estimated today. The bill providing men wag in President Wilson's hands today. F saedy | WA (LS aa! a fea ripe Baddhstic idol worship cannot, survive in a brain filled with weet | ern education and in a scheme ot} life based on western science. The Japanese upper classes never | paid much respect to the claptrap of Buddhism, and certainly do not now. And there is no longer much awe or reverence visible in the de meanor of the Japanese peasants and working class as they kneel be fore the gilded idol of the Buddhist temple. The old Samurai bushido does not fit_ modern economic life Japan. So Christian ideals, Chrivfian prac tices, Christian methods, Christian social progress, Christian commercial conduct are constantly being extend. ed in Japan One of the mont inapiring sights in Japan is the growing number of young men who are Christians, often without profesming their faith or ally ing themselves with any chureh, but wtill in their hearts recognizing them selves to be Chrirtiang in name as well ax in deed. The universities are full of them In Japan just as in America there are only two alternatives for the unt versity student who is intelligent enough to really amount to anything | Christianity or religious apathy. | Americans know how many of their | own university students are agnostic | or atheists or non-religious, I do not believe the proportion is any | larger in Japan In Japan I have had a peculiar and significant experience—the sort of experience the student remaining }in America cannot get, but which | tells more than any statistical mis | nlon reports of the probable religious future of Japan, It ts this Whenever I have met » young Japanese whose qualities and | a member of any church, but he was YOU’ HAVE TO. WALK 100,000 If you were to attempt to visit every home where The Star is read in Seattle and vi Send Your Messenger—a Star Want Ad N ‘These young men know Christiant lity all over the world is broader an@ | more meaningful than it used to bey They expect this process to continue, And they expect that kind of q tianity eventually to be the relig of the new Japan. Its ideals are today the strongest spiritual force helping to mold this coming Nippon, and its servants here in missions and schools are among Japan's greatest benefactors. ry promise psrticularly impressed me I have almost invariably Iat- er found that young man to be a Christian, Often, perhaps usually, he was not | on & professing Christian just the same This does not refer to the young) Japanese who have been in Ameri ca, but to those as well who have received all their education and in | spiration at home Coatinecss PALACE HIP. 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