The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 5, 1918, Page 1

wt y KAISER’S DYNASTY AT STAKE, SAYS HERTLING’ AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5.-German Chancellor Hertling, speaking at the meeting of the constitution convention of the Prussian house, declared the ~ kaiser’s dynasty was at stake, according to dispatches here today. “The kaiser’s dynasty is at stake, and it is therefore nec ment the royal pledge regarding franchise proposal,” he said. “However, it can be safeguarded to prevent our political life being made too radical.” sary to carry out to fulfill- Jane Lorimer NIGHT EDITION — Female str) nf wring maton" a ONE CENT IN SEATTLE it~. cs THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Soars by Mall, 060 66.1090 - FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS SSOCIATIO COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION — ™ \ > VOLUME 20. NO. 162 SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918 Weather Forecast: ; id Wriday, eee y ar 3 g in in ss # © & & ; ing a tlhe 3 o34323 BF27a2 & CROWD BY H. C, HAMILTON (United Press Correspondent) COMISKEY PARK, Chicago, Sept. 5.—Lacking greatly in en- thusiasm, but with some of the old-time pep left, a crowd of about 20,000 were in Comiskey park this afternoon, just before the Cubs and Red Sox met in the opening game of the 1918 wortd’s series. | 3372h@ ‘The sky was clear, after a morning that threatened a new disappoint ment. A spattering, drizzling rain fell over the city just before game time, but the sun was bright as the teams went thru preliminary prac- tice. Babe Ruth and Joe Bush were on the side lines, working out, early. On the opposite side were Jim Vaughn 4 Phil Douglas for the Cubs. All Our took a stiff workout. A band was stationed in the grand s@tand and started some music, while the crowd tried to whoop things up. Every one wore an overcoat. The Bleachers were practicalty filled be fore game time, but the grand stand had many bare spots. The upper ter and the pavilion, ao empty, save for the press x. PLAY BY INNINGS First Inning Red Sox—Hooper out, Merkle to first and second, which Merkle field. ed fast. Shean singled to right Strunk forced Shean, Deal to Pick Strunk out stealing. Whiteman out, Killifer to Hollocher. No runs, one hit, no errors. Flack struck out Hol- locher out, Shean to McInnis. The ball was an easy roller, Mann sin gied over Shean’s head. It was hard grounder that bounced to the out field. Paskert singled to left, send pe Mann to third. Paskert took second on throw in. Merkle walked, filling the bases. It was the first base on balls. Pick lined out to Whiteman. No runs, two hits, no errors. Second Inning Boston—Whiteman singled to cen ter. It was a ground ball hard hit between second base and Hollocher. McInnis sacrificed, Vaughn to Mer kle, Whiteman taking second. Scott flew to Flack. Thomas out, Merkle to Vaughn. No runs, one hit, no errors Chicago—Deal out, Ruth to Me Innis. Ruth lacked his usual control Killiter out, Shean to McInnis. Shean made a nice play on a hard hit grounder. Vaughn fouled to Ag new. No runs, no hits, no errors Third Inning Red Sox—Agnew fouled to Killifer Ruth lined to Paskert. The Cubs’ center fielder barely moved out of his tracks to get the ferocious smash. Hooper singled between short and second. Shean up. Hooper out stealing, Killifer to Hollocher. No runs, one hit, no errors. Chicago—Fiack singled to center It was a line drive over second base Hollocher sacrificed, Thomas to Mc Innis. It was a fine play by Thom 5. as. Mann out, Shean to Mcinnis, Flack going to third. Paskert out. Scott to, McInnis. Ruth settled down after a poor start. No runs, one hit, no errors Fourth Inning Red Sox—Shean walked. It was Vaughn's first base on balla. Strunk popped to Vaughn. Whiteman sin gled over short, Shean holding sec ond MeiInnia singled to left, scor ing Shean and putting Whiteman on second. It was a pretty dri to the foul line, and the p Right Now You can sell most anything provided | you let enough peo- ple know about it. od Suppose you tell the é hew line before winter sets extend to the Belgian border and fg) captured the village of Ploegsteert,| night, the war office announced to: | | I PP Li | with the Canadian forces, has died of |Hulet M. Wells and others, whom There will be no time to back of it before snow flies about two miles north of Armen. | day Flanders, has also been captureds , “ largest audience in| wounds, according to casualty listy|CoUncH members had consider | tieres Americans and Freneh, advancing |One hundred prisoners were taken, } the Northwest what| \agued at Ottawa today. Robertson's “°° singled out for attack because | north of the Vesle, have reached the) “On the Lys front, we hold the you have for sale? | address was not given. is eran He said the Central Labor Counci) | ed the a want ad. Call Main cask washed ashore at Penzance | moc by passing “silly, nonsensical s MADRID, Sept. 5.—A royal de-| “During the night our troops) “Northward of the Lys, there was Do it with a Star 600. You can have fi it charged. RUTH AND VAUGHN ARE FIGHTING GREAT PITCHERS’ BATTLE RED SOX SCORE IN| Defend Sacred Kultur, Says Kaiser INNING | AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5—Telegraphing the municipality of Dresden, the kaiser said, ac- WITHD 3 | cording to advices recetved here today—"‘The German people understand our difficulty in the Pe in fact, were! Vaughn. It was a slow tap between | | | | ——— ————- EAT ite — 5 FOE FORCES FACE Chicago—Merkle few to Hooper It was a high fly that Hooper han died easily. Pick fanned. He hit at) two slow ones and then swung wild ly at a low curve that cut the plate Deal flied to Hooper. No runs, no jounson arrrer CV" Aisne IN DENOUNCING "Vest neve in Pursut DRAFT ROUND-UP WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Senator. | ALLIES INCREASE ROUT! fal Investigation of the draft round. | up in New York is likely as the re sult of failure of government d-|| Dispatch From Fred | > present decisive battle against an enemy filled with hatred, jealousy and a destructive will, and they | te have unanimously decided to devote all thetr strength to defend their sacred soil and kultur.” | IMMENSE SC f 4 ssieiiieiaanskicidiallaeastiaal aes ‘ seeeiiibas RS.) VERO - | E PARIS, Sept. 5.—The German general staff is day facing the possibility of a vast new withdra’ at Rheims | It is practically certain that the plans of Hindenk enn and Ludendorff must undergo important revisions, 0 French and Yanks in jand within six miles of Douai, while important Another Attack communications between Douai and Cambrai, as well as # VESLE LINE IS TAKEN Unless the Germans can stop the advance of G — Horne, the whole system of the Hindenburg defenses eases Se ee - Foe Troop The ‘‘Ludendorff’’ Line | New Drive I> —SRpATCH FON WILLIAM PRLS Sul which would entail giving up practically the Gen. Berthelot Commands to the British blow in the Sensee valley, which, as I ¢ highways and communications generally between th Dispatch From Joba crumble, and beyond this there appears to be nothing De Gandt hits, no errors. (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) | Starting | of France under the Teutonic heel. |has brought the allies to within seven miles of C: two cities, are themselves generally dominated. until the line is reached running from Nieuport on the | | | partments in Washington to accept S. Ferguson Belgian sea coas' t Lille and Mi fi h responsibility for the raids. Forty 1 py Untued Press Leased Wire || By United Press Leased Wire ||Mesicres and Charleville thru the valley of t the thousand men were arrested, most of Direct to The Star ' Direct to The Mar and joining up with the ‘old line. at Pont-a-Moissin; hi were later released. oe re 7 BY FRED 8. FERGUSON Demands for an investigation fol: | PARIS, Sept. 5—345 p. m)— Such a retreat would open the eyes of even the G h (United Presa Correspondent) | German home Gen. Herthelot’s army around | ‘© *tich an extent that the high command will not dare to face it Kheims, in cooperation with | forced to do so by allied blows. ’ American divisions, is today ‘The Germans will unmistakably sacrifice additional legions f helping Generals Humbert and | they begin such a crawl. They may yet be forced to save themselves 1 Mangin develop their success | fetreating from the Hindenburg line as they did of old. won elsewhere on the Aisne ‘There is reason to believe the Germans hope to snatch the Veale line. from the allies before the end of the season's campaign by rapidly (The armies around Rheims have | drawing the bulk of their armies to the Hindenburg line, leaving hitherto not been engaged in the| Picked troops and a screen of machine guns and heavy artillery to present battle. This is an entirely | Vent the rapid advance of the allies new operation. It is apparently Gen. | It is argued that they might have sufficient divisions rested to Berthelot’s belief that Hindenburg |® reserve for use as storm troops, then to attack at the precise Intends to continue his retirement | When the allies came {nto contact with the Hindenburg line, when east of Rheims. Berthelot is there-|Germans might believe them tired and disorganized. paring: $0 “atomept ter cates} FOCH’S SMASH DISARRANGED ENEMY'S HOPES the Germans off their balance when | this new movement toward the Bel But instead of stopping when they reached the Hindenburg line, n border begins.) sent the British tearing thru, smashing any plans the Germans had. line of the Vesle has been en.|ever fresh reserves they were saving for offensive purposes were sent lowed hours of stormy discussion of WITH THE AMERICAN AR the raid In the senate. Lodge finally} MIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 5.— urged the senate to withhold its vote (Noon.)—The main German until the facts could be learned. forces have retreated across the “The department of justice dim | Alsne. The American artillery | avows responsibility for the raid.”| suj i the pursuit is over he said. “Gen. Crowder disavows it,| the Vesle, saying he knew nothing of it. The| Bridging material is being rushed judge advocate general disavows it.| forward to be used in cros the | What we should find out is who and| Aisne and the Olse-Alsme canal be by what authority ordered the|yond it, if the enemy withdrawal | round-up.” | continues to the Chemin des Dames. | “The law of sumpects, the law of| American patrols are filt the French revolution, has come into| down the draws on the slope our lives,” said Johnson, reading an| plateau north of the Veale account of the raid from a New York | plateau is entirely in the American paper sector, There is some German shell “Terrorism” Regime ing of this terrain and bitter resist s “Uniess I told you where this/ ance is being made by machine gun P » Charlerol and Namur, is that to/ trey taken. Undoubtedly tonight| fill the breach in the line. thing occurred, you would never be-|companies in the ravines on the| Which the Germans probably will retreat before snow files: the French and Americans will ap-| With the reported evacuation of Lens by all save nests of Heve it was in the United States rn slope. se8s &© &@ &® @ pear on the banks of the Aisne. Al-| une and with the great possibilities opened up by the threat You'd say it never could happen| Fires continue at various points lied troops are reported already Cambrai and Doual, the focus of interest is on this part of the line, here—in terrorized Pruss might the enemy 1s destroying his reaching the Aisne south of Vailly However, to the north, in Flanders, the British are at the doors What's the reason for it? Hundreds of guns and airplanes | Armentieres, in which region the Germans are continuing to retreat, “Terrorism—the terroriem that preasure north of Soissons rassing German columns /|around Soissons and in the vicinity of Noyon, the French troops ; : Fe h se terrorism ihe terror the promure north ot sonmeme TB elieve Germans Will = ccs e around olmone and in the vidnty of, Nevon. che, French Gia ing what they think, that keeps loyal| moving eastward in their flanking “ jen. Mangin’s progress intercepts | thereabouts imminent. citizens from voicing their honest Movement was steadily maintained M. k F l St d t the roads toward the Vregny table-| jee eee Rages ts, ceeteas oe ini today, Atperionn artillery participa ake Fina anda olny pe poping Ard re “These men were rounded up and|ed with the French in sweeping ing of which is most important to] closely following the German withdrawal in the Lys salient in Flanders, — D! ove nich the Germans bd : herded in a bull pen because some | Plateaus, over which t F t Th B l maintaining the Aisne crossing it. was. deanned. bebe teuay’ extrajudicial authority suspected | are retreating, or s ru e gt um North of the Oise the converging | The enemy has lost enormous amounts of material of every description, that they were in the draft age A» the my troops fell back to- movement toward Ham is still mak: | _ The broken line is the present battle front; the solid line in Belgium touching Ypres, Roubaix, Tournai, Mo: aia Bunt aarti ward the Chemin des Dames posi With the allied armies pound. fight rearguard actions. ing progress. The allies are nearly | ‘ eas sat, ahora @actePateilinaies 4 trom Pind’ Uons they are being steadily followed ing toward the Hinden The flight will have to be as Wee atliea beyond Gulacard tn thetic i hess LE ac yemndntenig ihe wereeie tae ae — Britain Threatens up. Rear guard actions contin burg line om sre redirtomperagerdy ay ap rpenyep. «Ps “ from march on Ham up the highway from| “Gatward of Soissons,” the statement said, “we withdrew our dee . + with pressure from the Americans and rapidly outfh ing it at the Marne in 1914—but on a the south ‘ | rv Ps a wens i to Treat Soviets sad. French. gradually increasing both enda, it becomes apparent much vaster 9 Beyond a fenses from the Vesle without being disturbed $ The first crossing of the Vesle that Ludendorff will not be able question thousands of prisoners American and Freach t ¢ Heads as Outlaws i '0is iiss tut nipst ty s to bait hin erent retreat at hin nd june wil_be' ett in. the gee udeanting nerivwara teen Teutons in Picardy Retreating LONDON, Sept. 5.—Threatening to crossing in force when large bodies famous and strong fortified hands of the allies German mill the Vesle toward the Aisne and ° declare members of the Bolst of allied fi ra marched over the line. tary power will be forever all lave cov T d Base N S Qu governthent interaations) outlaws,|sream et a number of different The question of greatest in- crushed. Tt will only be neces sieety ave covered halt the LOWANGS ear St. Quentin Great Britain has demanded instant | places terest to observers of the great Sary then for Foch to wait until Germans appear to be abandon- PARIS, Sept. 5.—{10:20a.m)— | “East of Nesle we crossed redress for the attack on the British| At last reports the Americans were battle then becomes, where will Spring permits the resumption of hea tis weeks Velo Han North of the Oise, on the south- | Somme canal in the region of Voyens embassy in Petrograd, according to beyond Vauxcere, Blanzy and Bas. the Germans stop after they hostilities to drive the ¢ a nofficial staternent made public | lieux quit the Hindenburg line back to their own borders about three miles south of the front, the French line is push- | quarter miles northwest of Ham), — here today. Punishment for all in Bazoches and Fismette fell into There seems little doubt now As for the next German line, Aisne. The Paris war office re ing forward hou according “We ried our lines north: to advices from the field today. | of Guiscard, until we-reached. the volved in the assault also is demand rmans At Vauxcere the allien are | ern flank of the Picardy battle | nes and Offoy (about three and threes ids thru a flanking that the Huns are enaged in a {¢ Must be located miles behind ported French and American | od. great retreat which will not ‘¢ Hindenburg positions for troops had reached the edge of The advance is so steady that it border of Berlancourt (about five “We have now learned that the #o- is nearly three miles sop until Foch'a. hammering ‘h¢ territory between the pres hetahte which Geminata’ the is Impossible to outline the pres- | miles south of Ham). ; viet, on August ordered the ar-| north of the Vesle. Blanzy is about tactics permit it T northern ent front and the Franco Belgian Aisne. | ent location of the foremost Between the Ailette and Aisne, rest of all British and French sub-| two miles north of Fismes and Bas end of the Wotan section of the order is not such as will permit Meanwhile, to the left of this bat troops. we took Clamecy, Braye and Misslys jects between the ages of 18 and 40,"| Meux is southeast of it, about a mile Hindenburg line, from Arras to making a stand. tlefield, the French have made fresh| The Germans are withdrawing in| Sur-Aisne. (This shows rapid devel the statement said. “British offi-| north of the Veale.) Queant, has already been flanked Will Stop in Belgium progress eastward in their flanking | neral direction of St. Quentin. | opment of the flanking maneuver clals have been arrested on trumped i by the British, who are more Just inside the Belgian border, movement above the Aisne, so that| ccording to captured German of: against Germ positions along the upeh s of conspiring against the than five miles beyond it however, is a line of fortifica whon the enemy retreat reaches new | ficers, the enemy has established a | Aisne and Chemin des Dames.) soviets WILLIAM SHORT North of ssons Gen, Man. tons erected by the Belgians, defenses on that line and on the| new provisional oo pe ere E ¥ me end of yeateaay eastward “Bolshevik troops on August 31 at git's French army, with Af over which the Germans swept Chemin des Dames these positions|Tuns thru Ham, Berlancourt and of tue y. we repulsed two violent tacked and forced entry into the Brit can units, is acting in a in their rush of 1914. This line will be in @ pocket with allied troops | Dampicourt. ; Des "Tobe pr 2° ish embassy, murdering the naval with the flanking program and uns roughly from Ypres thru vancing from the south and the| (Bé lot Te ee ecranieedh taker Leokthtale "i ur positions were attache, Capt. Cromie, who defended driving toward the Hindenburg Roubaix, Tournal, Mons, Charle | enion She pate spfeooes alntaines himself until three of his assailants | | line, where it comes down to fol and Ni Aes Vurther north the French are | "8 gg CGhauny a a ‘On the Vesle front, the Franeo. had been killed. His corpse was out | ward Coucy-le-Chateau ‘and turns Some ese fortified cities. closing in on Ham. Advancing from | Teachet pays eee and La) Americans have reached the edge of raged.” | | H Se us tc eens ee Mammur aha: Char the west, they have seized and push. | Fere ore initams front the French | Cclghts dominating the Aisne. | ifs i ee | have been captured in’ this ad roi, were destroyed or damaged ed thru Hombleux, Esmery-Hallon| On the A ; spe larging their action, our troops ee , guns in the and Flavy-Le-Meldeux, — bringing | @dvan continued Along and) crossed the Vesle between Les Ven- NAME VON LEWETZOW William Short, president of the vance. : by but they them within three miles of the cite {above the Vesle, signs multiplied | teaux and Jonchery.” hus flanked from both ends, for a final German stand on oc Advancing from the south, they ihe rtadgrtel- ade yercieaditis . AMSTERDAM, § 5.—German| ell ites -rger ed Bade ta a withdrawal on a grand scale oupied territory sau have reached Berlancourt, approxi tortie Hine beyond the Aisne : Famed “Plugstreet” apers announce the appointment of assing of the resolution calling yecome necessary for the ain tha frou Ee va ing belo py 4 “rom Rheims to Juvincourt fires Capt. Vor Minlet of the| for the removal of Clarence Seernate while ween the present front and FA ay ee tam hlah rom (°™" OP larg increasing behind the German| Ig Recaptured by Capt. Von Lewetzow Germans which will force them this line are few strategic lines the Noyon-Ham high road naval war department headquarters,| Reames, special assistant U. 8. completely out of France, except o¢ defense which would be valu It has been reported that the Ger.| front, indicating destruction of eae * He was formerly chief of the light| sttorney general. perhaps for‘a amall salient in able, except the cities of Mes soap intentad:to make & etand at| sore | aed British in North naval forces | “Organized labor does not defend the vicinity of Verdun. It will jerey and Maubeuge, which are Berlancourt | Closing in on Ham, striking east.| LONDON, Sept. 5.—The famous any man who states that th -- Lib be the greatest military disaster many miles apart In Picardy, the Fritish easily re | ward to flank new German positions Ploegsteert village, in Flanders, two SEATTLE MAN DIES erty Loan is a disgrace,” challenged in history It seems most likely to Brit pulsed the German counterattacks at | above the Vesle nd advancing miles north of Armentiers, has been. Short, in telling the council what he wae ‘This retreat will have to be ac: ish observers, therefore, that the [| isolated places along the front. Driv. | northward from the Vesle in pursuit |taxen by the British, Marshal FROM BATTLE WOUND ppb ale 04 r st that Pree complished rapidly to enable the German retirement, once the ing forward in Flanders between | of the retreating enemy, the French | Haig dent Wilson force Reames out of his | i r r m1 denburg line is brol pntieres and. Ypre: . es gained steadily during the J. Robertson, of Seatile, serving | job for prosecuting W. H, Kaufman, Germans tom a stand on Hindenburg line is broken, will | Armentleres an pres, the British | armi Li ie reported today. Hill 63, southwest of Messines, im they had been supporters of organ: | ——— labor. Additional French troops have cross- | ghem, Ploegsteert, Nieppe, La Ven+ the statement comer anistaramcmancmtl ‘LIBERTY OF SPANISH | edge of heights dominating the Aisne. | general line of Voormezeele, Wulvers between Les Venteaux | tie id Givench: from a ship which was torpedoed in| resolutions containing statements | cree made public today susp nds all| maintained contact with the German sharp fighting yesterday,” the rev 1915 were sold for $20 a dozen at the| which they could not prove.” ZURICH, Sept. 6,-—Turkey has] treaties injurious to Turkish inter-| guarantees for Hberty of the press, | rear guards and progressed eastward | port sald, sale of wines and spirits in aid of Short stated that he wi thoroly | sent a note to Berlin protesting | ests in the Caucasus, it was reported | Premier Dato is conferring with the|of the north canal toward the | “Bouthwestward of Messines . the British Ked Cross in London, | (Continued om Page 12) against supplementary Brest-Litovsk | today, king at San Sebastian, Aisne,” the statement said, (Continued on Page 12) v2