The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1918, Page 1

No Gas on Sunday ere we still Bntered as Bocond Clas * at the Postoffice at Meattle, Wa an. be under the Act of Congress March 8, Complete Service of the Newspaper Enterprise Association The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWES NIGHT EDITION ONE CENT IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 -UME 20. NO. 169 SEATTLE, W ‘ASHL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1915. SAYS PERSHING; WHEN SHE DOCKS NOMCR THERE’ WATias STAMPS WILL H NG HELPER by Pershing’s Men ‘ 3 | BY J. W. T. MASON | NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—When America’s millions begin their in- vasion of German territory, in the final offensive of the war, they will be able to cross the Rhine at many points if the ne- cessities of the campaign re quire I The German army cannot re- tire behind the Rhine, take up defensive positions and defy the world to do its worst. The Rhine is vulnerable. Furthermore, every important city on the Rhine is situated on the west bank. America’s ar- | Offensive Mason Says Famous Hun Defenses Will Be Smashed BIG GUNS TO DO WORK | Famous American Military Authority ! | She Has Helped Thousands; Now She to Help Her ODAY, for the first time in the history of this de- partment, a hard and steadfast rule is broken. Cynthia Grey dares not only to ask a question, instead of answering one, but humbly seeks a personal favor of her readers. But today is different from any other day you or | have ever experienced. s, in all of his mad fury, is bringing swiftly, surely, the sacrifices of war upon our heads. I am not going to eulogize upon our demo- cratic stand in this great war. That is being done most wonderfully well by our capable authors and orators. I am not an author. I am not an orator, I am just a woman, who for the past six years has en- deavored to help those who in perplexity have come to me. And those people, young and old, know that sometimes the call has led me in the early morning hours thru dim and cheerless jail corridors; other imes, in midday sun to courts or detention homes, and then again in the still of evening to beautiful homes in an effort to find love and protection for some name- less babe. And I have ever been glad for the oppor- tunity to answer these calls. Aside from this I have Asks Them Cc mies will not have to cross the answered approximately 12,000 letters of general in- ti river to capture Strassburg, May- formation each year, making a grand total of 72,000 for 7 ence, Coblence or Cologne. | They the six years. Soe te ene It is to this army of people that I now appeal. , But before reaching the Rhine, Oftentimes in the past you have been generous, You the Americans must first break have offered me silver or gold for my services. But Coarse: erent ofteaeite, Bae your offerings were returned if your address was avail- or ward to Chateau Salins, then able. If not they were given to needy families, or sent , southeast thru Saarburg to to Phaptalls pe merge Strassburg. | ow I ask of you who have wished to remu- | tena froire nerong the, border from nerate me in'the past to come to bat 100 per cent with 4 your generosity. | stronghold against invasion. | probably the most tifically constructed. Rack of it is | remarkable web of military railway It is heavily fortified | line in the world, and the most scien BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS. Help your boy who has shouldered a gun; but help yourself most in the long run. For every four-dollar war sav- * | ings certificate will bring you just five dollars in five constructed years ago for the pur years, pose of preventing a French army If every person for whom I have answered ques- oer rest c ven 3 ig ne to | tions in the past six years would buy just one war sav- 4 |the line is So g. where immense i | ditratesic vaiwhy ‘yards have been | ings stamp, I would feel myself well repaid.« constructed. y The defenses have been planned decries eenanaatenesnneioeeee 6 TA with unusual care, not only because | s=="” LOOK YOUR NAME 7 : ) ° \ ! ? . | ‘United Press | ! ? | ummary o& MAY BE IN WEEK These firms have invested $1,000 in war savings , stamps. Look the list over. Is your name there? METZ FRONT—Americans con The list is not long enough, you will admit, for there foes the ir big ative. h pore ie are many firms in Seattle that could well afford to invest " they ace cnet gps have advaneea 94,000 in war savings stamps that have not done so. iH eight miles and from the western Next week we want to print another list of names of i side three miles : those who have invested to the limit—and we want that Riles aaa fier ues list to be 10 times as long as it is today. roops remaining in the pocket are : ; 4 = vin fade no danger of being sur. , ined names found pers are those which were listed with 3 ' rounded the ar Savings committee u ) F: ] This is another of Artist Spurgeon’s contributions to The Star's war savings stamps campaign to pull Se"? fied He aANE Shiba” os gS p to noon Thursday: | attle out of its $2,000,000 deficit. We want to be proud of Seattle—and A rtist Spurgeon shows us how we can PICARDY i sire ag a Abercrombie Packing ( | foshua eonscientiously feel that way. Today The Star prints its War Savings P ledge on page 10. Turn to it—and do | Wuered = Holnon wood before & pper River Packing ¢ Seiter ' War Events’ your | Quentin. French took Savy near St.| point Warde Packing Clark a: Quentin | Ackerman & Harris Kelly ITALY—The cabinet at its Mon-/ Alaska Junk enig Candy Co, ° ° day Tuesday meetings decided | \ohn Alden & ie bakin ne” to inform the allies that Italy con ° Lundquist : on Nn l or: u " siders the Jugo-Slav movement cor McRae | 3 i, responds to the allies’ war aims rag ae: ' RUSSIA—s nty-three counter rkman Co. Manning C Merrill & Ring Lbr. Co. f | officials Mc Amusement Co. i DENMARK—Reports are in cir-| [TAM ley Hatato Ce ‘ coer gh fame s06: alarm.’ gg yal culation that Gen. Brusiloff has been | roadway Dairy ona Co > Dispatch From Ed. L. || Germany in a hast | It’s a superb day's work,” this | pumuon that te | Pek &'Thase ; New Washington Hotel | In huge black letters the Mirror| newspaper declared, “the effects of Frohne | Klyn Dairy Products Co orthweat Motors Co. | Keene iH which will deep loon ? that WEDEN—Hijalmar Branting, s0-| frown Tiros Northwest Optical Co. By United Press Leased Wire || Americans strike blows in| setling over the fatherland.” lalisy Jenlee, ip. © gnesch declared | Burroughs ne n Norton t , Direct to The Star Verdun sector Look he map," demanded the jes’ war aims were those of all eG % “| “Unless the Germans repel one or| Express. “St. Mibiel is not far from | 80cla sti nb j LONDON, Sept. 13.—Battered the other of the American forces| the German frontier.” —W. BE ei aia t in from the south and west by |they must resort to ‘elastic de-| Headlines in the Post, the Tele Macbonald & Vincent Miller, the Americans in their ee fense,'" said the Times. “The Ger-| graph and Chronicle respectively Senators Oppose cw. hamberlain & Co great offensive, the St. Mihiel mans a 1 sack and the strings | proclaimed ph inp salient is undoubtedly doomed. | are being drawn.” "Great Attack by Americans,” New Bond Measure Chicago Machinery & Equipment Co um Dye Work The only question is whether the | The Graphic printed a photograph | “American Army Strikes," and “Big WARRINGTON, © BEE «Boe Sivas Mautpment ¢ e t& Summer ¢ Germans can get out of their | of Pershing and on the first page de-| American Attack on the Lorraine tered by fear of creating in the | Uiyee ia &. 8. & Barge Co. 4 garrison in time to prevent its ared: “Americans smash St, Mi.| Front United States a bond holding cla MM man Co. ‘utter Head Co. capture, os opposition is breaking in the senate Volumbia Salmon Co. Hash Hote This salient was one of the strong ie ia bill re McAdoo } Conmell toa. Co. a k Ked cong o exempting | Continental P g. Co. est and most vital points on the ner 5 xemy jontinental | iff, Co. Ee terns ihe Tarnahe tad been from taxation the Interest on Lib- | corinne, Simp Wilson a erty Bonc + aogli Ch fortifying it for years r Denny Renton Clay & Coal Cb. *O, i oie Sees hs penny ti Mining Co Meat Market erie: the aeetaney ie .steniler (0 ' Perera heen aL Mataan hg Record Publishing Co. that which existed in the Soissons ' ; Deep Bee Shinn’ ng i i Rheims pocket except that now the | Oe rae a, wn & Co, Americans and French are pniching| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—The the war labor board has made an| } Vairmount Hotel a ee e salient, working at a double | governme ook no interfer. award which more than 90 per cent| $ Federal Shoe Repair Co r off the salient, % at a double government will brook no interfer } ; a : quick pace. It is not believed Per-| ence with work in war induatries,|f the workers affected accept ; . ; ; Supply Oo cher Hardware Co. shing’s objective is more than the| 7" ii S ; “You who constitute less than 10) $ The largest au $ | Gateway Printini oO swing & Malting Co. ‘ar. | President, Wilson announced in a no: hiatiaa she sod Bats Co. capture of the pocket, which is near- | per cent refuse to abide by the| } dience in a Hata So e Dairy ' ly completed | tice served on labor and industry. | fward, altho you are best paid of | $ Norehweat lai reed Pa BOO onlay Hardware ¢ With this operation developing so| | He called upon striking munitions ‘the whole body of workers affected Ing one iat, st NOE ae ee etague Blavadorine. C6 Master Plumbers & Heating ‘ | workers at Bridgepor onn,, to re : " i ery day you iffi s rey wictoriously, however, there is a| Workers a : Ps dare, refore, least entitled to rossman | sf a a great likelihood of further American | turn t baad pla te Nd poy ess a further increase of, wa ; wish to a ened rote ttle Plumbing & Supply Co n he Woevre cott against future gove ent € es Ot thé. hth cést. oO a what you have to Haines ai peeee hope ployment of any kind and loss of oe ee ae OF Living: ; rent, buy or sell, $ | Hainsworth . mith & [loxom, pnesivance on the Mets front J9 |e og 1 from arash uae nA ue tut whatever the merits of this | 3 , § | Hallidie Machinery Co. tally important. It brings Briey | Tight of api famie, it ie closed by the awata|$ or the kind of hel P. b, Harris & © (the great mining basin of France)| tal grounds Your strike against it » breach | 3 or situation yo! ; Apo i oe di e same © he announced 4 7 i a breac lesire, then tele 5 weer ne fire 9f Jong range gun: ns ne eee te ee a monneed | of faith, calculated to reflect on the ene , . ; perciays Oo. Loilon morning newspapers pay | the se pate dt S#0n | sincerity of national organized labor kanes Waist Mfg. Co. t ol ” et d. ‘01 © ¢ . high tribute to the Americans, giving | Co. of SOTO ate for Te/in promoting its acceptance of the MAIN 600 ; the story of their offensive promi-|timl to acéept Tedertl mediate principles and machinery of the na- : wood. Fangs nence over Premier Lloyd George's| The preside Se Mean addressed | tional war labor, bo rd. And have your i Ti iT aes speech at Manchester. to District Lodge } ey a yh er ——— _ | Want Ad charged. Imperial ¢ “This {3 one of the great moments ipomel Association of Machinists, | : ie pend: Co. i the Mail. “1 “and other striking workmen of ore bo * ; of the war,” said the Mai Luden: TURN TO PAGE 10 FORW.S. @orff has feared a blow in this quar-| Bridgeport, Conn.” says in part: PLEDGE | tee for weeks, The kaiser screams! “The aribitrator thus chosen by fy International Stevedoring Co, Jobst & Hibler, Jue's Places mes Printing Co (Continued on page lebih 3) "WE WILL WIN IN 1919” YANKS FLATTEN OUT SALIENT, CAPTURE 12,000 Rhine Line CYNTHIA GREY|Make 2 Gain Can’tStand| ASKS FOR HELP| 8 Miles in Big Smash WASHI ‘ON, Sept. 1 supplies quickly and we'll win this war in 1919.” This is the message Gen. Pershing sent to the Ameri- can people thru Congressman ed a congressional delegation ican field headquarte LONDON, Sept. 13.—(7 completely flattened out the St. Mihiel salient, according to battlefront dispatches here tonight. Twelve thousand prisoners have been taken so far. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 18.—During the night the vacuation of the salient was completed without interfer- ence, and we are now standing in new lines which have been the war office announced today. “South of Thiaucourt, west of Moselle, the enemy was prepared,” repulsed.” (It is not clear from the text of the Berlin statement whether the evacuation referred to was the entire St. Mihiel salient or merely that part oe recently. dent Wilson late today to report on his trip. "13.—Send us men, guns and John Tillman, Ark., who head- that was entertained at Amer- Tillman was to see Presi- p. m.)—The Americans have the southwest of Thiaucourt.) oe By 1 nited "Pre ss I. ased wi | 1 Direct to The Star ————__ — AINDON, Sept. 13.4 18 Pras m.)—The advance of the Amer- icans into the St. Mihiel salient from the south has now reach- ed a depth of eight miles, ac- | cording to information from the front this afternoon. Dispatches report that prisoners taken by the Americans now total 9,500. The U. S. troops are making | Progress so rapidly that the sit- uation is changing momentarily. St. Mihiel, at the apex of the «al- ient before Metz, has fallen to the French, it was unofficially reported. | (The report of the capture of St Mihiel was also cabled to the United Press by Frank J. Taylor from the front. There is no official con. firmation.) The important town of Thiacourt was captured by the Americans |Thursday afternoon. They also | seized Pannes, Bouillonville and Nonhard. Thus far 60 guns have been taken, They are reported to have captur. Jed Vigneulles (in the center of the | salient, seven miles northwest of St | Baussant, where the offensive hit the German line), and Beney (four and a half miles north a east of St. Baussant). The town of Zendicourt is also reported to have fallen The attack of the western side of the pocket has run into more diffi-| cult country and m serious re sistance, but the Americans have |advanced there to a depth of three German ammunition dumps are also being blown up at Domboux. | (This town does not show on avail able maps, There is a town of Dampviloux, slightly north of the actual battle zone:) WASHINGT( ture by the Americ oners and an adv at some points in the St tor was reported by Gen in Thursday's communique. Sept. 13.—Ca ns of 8,000 pris nce of five miles Mihiel sec Pershing “This morning our troops, operat ing in the St. Mihiel sector, made considerable gains,"" Pershing said. Assisted by French units, they broke the enemy’s resistance and ad at some points to a depth miles. We have counted |8,000 prisoners up to the present. |The operation still is in progress W.S. 8. Stiff Resistance Met by British in Cambrai Fighting WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 13.—(10:35 a, m.) Germans in force continue stiff re sistance about Gouzeaucourt against the landers’ attack. In this encounter the enemy troops exposed | themselves to heavy casualt WSS LONDON, Sept. 13.—German pa pers received here have learned that aglishmen were included among 500 persons massacred by the at Moscow the Bolsheviki The Star was the first attle that ations paper Bi conducted by in § sensed the gantic the Yanks, ope under Gen, Pershing, in the Toul sector yesterday. Shortly after 9 a. m. the first edition, containing the big news. was on the st It contained uso a map, criptive of the Toul sector the Lorraine area The Star was hours in advance of any other Seattle paper with di and and slightly | The Star First With the Pershing Drive “AUSTRIA SAYS ~ GERMANS FLEE | VIENNA, via London, Sept. 13.— |In the St. Mihiel sector, Austro-Hum | garian regiments southward of Com- | baa heights assured by strong re | sistance the systematic retreat of the. Germans, the war office anno! | today, —W. 8. 8. "Difficult Fighting _ Ground Is Found in | St. Miliiel Salient The territory within the Mihiel salient, into which the Amer- icans are advancing, is partly high jand wooded and partly compara tively level In the western side of the po jare the heights of the Meuse, diffi< cult fighting country, but toward |the northern hinge of the salient, Pershing’s men, in the first blow, | penetrated about a mile and a halfé to Dommartin and mbres, some — of this gain being made into the hills, | | On the southern side of the pocket, where the greatest initial advance was won, the terrain was smooth and well adapted to opera- tions of tanks which crossed the enemy line near St. Baussant, The Americans have crossed the Madine river, a small stream, and are reported clear thru Thiaucourt wood, north of which is Vigneuelles, in the center of the pocket. Thiau- court and Pannes, taken by the Americans, are both junctions of | seve highways. An important highway runs from Thiaucourt die rectly across the salient near its base. Toward the base of the pocket the terrain is smoother and the woods thin out. This district is dotted with villages and hamlets, around which there has been no fighting since 1914. North of the salient, but slightly out of the direct path of a drive toward Metz from the base of the pocket, is the important town of Conflans, which has frequently been bombed by al- lied airplanes Four of the ep the base | salient. | -W. AMSTERDAM, Relgische Dé ent civilian e also says the ¢ ing a number across the forts of behind Metz the St. Mihiel 8.8. Sept. 13.—The blad reports an appar- uation of Lille, It rmans are construet- of auxiliary bridges Meuse. Ww. 8.8. AVIATOR IS KILLED FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 13.— Lieut. Chas. Raymond James, Chi- cago, was killed and Private Fred Lantz, et City, Pa., official field timekee was fatally injured here seauy When thite plane crashed near the field, service bomblet or the cries | its war yesterday, a tootlet of Th not | newsie | For war news and its interpre its high lights and its sidelights, you must get The Star to keep well informed. ‘Today's article by War Expert ason detailing the strategy of the Rhine campaign is not dupli- | cated in any other paper. It is timely, to the * point and well worth your attention, tations,