The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1918, Page 4

WAGE 4 BY CARL D. GROAT ress Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13— The American attack on the St. Mihiel sector was a complete sur- prise to the Germans, according to reliable information at the “war department. The Germans | Were completely fooled by the ap- | parent inaction of the Ameri- | cans, resulting from direct orders mot to fire artillery and not to show signs of unusual activ- ‘ity up to the appointed hour. ‘The now famous Foch “squeeze is being applied successfuly in American drive. The Teutons are literally being Squeezed out of the salient which had St Mibie! as its apex. Army experts foresaw that quickly the boche pull out of that salient or face catastrophe. ) Pressure on both flanks of the sal- has left the wedge narrower, @pd it now appears that it will be @mly a short time before the line is out completely, run- from Fresnes to Pont-A-Mous- | Bight thousand prisoners had been by the Pershing forces up to the the commanding general sent report last night. The bag, tak- > ‘en with a maxtmum advance of five 4 the first day, was a remarkable Huns Flee Tanks @wept the boche on in terror. The 100 or more were used, ac- to United Press dispatches— struck terror to the heart of bothe, and neither his infantry his machine gunners can stand them. ‘ Artifiery and tanks appear to have | THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918. |__ THE LINE OF THE RHINE | the general thought here today. Be- |sides making it possible to reach | German soil by the shortest route, | this action is destined to relieve pressure on the allies farther north, army officers say. Incidentally, the present action) may be part of a plan to run the| Germans out of France and Belgium | by the same routes they took in en-| tering, four years ago. U.S. MEN TAKE GERMAN COUNT LONDONy Sept. 13.--Additional prisoners are constantly being re- ported in the Ame: n drive. Rain is falling at intervals The Germans are having great dif. | ficulty in moving their artillery from the salient, because of the bad roads. Among prisoners captured by the Americans was the German Count Schesyng. The American doughboys found him, with his orderlies, their baggage unpacked, waiting to be cap- | tured, Among the prisoners taken by the French are 350 Austrians, 'U. S. MISSION MEETS | SPAIN’S WAR CHIEF MADRID, Sept. 13.—The United States military mission had @ long | | conference with the secretary of war here today. b | _ | Maj. Frazier A. Boutello, officer in | fice, has been advanced to the rank | ‘of colonel, retired. — —ot This map shows the principal Rhine fortified cities, the present bat- | 5 rge of U. 8. army recruiting of-| tle line, and the Metz-Saarburg-Strassburg line, which Gen. Pershing must | ing the past four years break before he can invade Germany, Grand Finale of lothing Company Sale Saturday.’ f H. M. Rodgers _ ~ Winding Up Great Fire Sale 35¢ Wool Sox will Cotton Socks at 11¢. Slicker Coats, etc., in at rock-bottom Fir os _ /Fetail to $25.00; Fire beautiful and serges; worth to _ $30.00; Bire Sale price.. "7 to $5.00; Fire | ‘Gale price .............. ‘mer & Marx make in th ‘price to $40.00; Fire | $12.00 Boys’ School Suits large size; Fire Sale price. 3 Suits and Odd Coats, gold to $15.00; Fire ] Store Closed Monday—Sale Ends Saturday Night Overcoats, Boys’ Suits and Overcoats, made to sell at | of Men’s Suits and Overcoats, lly tailored, in tweeds, worsteds Dress Pants; a big selection, worth 's Fine Dress Suits, many Hart, Schaff- j 4 { \ the Great FIRE SALE at the Red Front Takes Place Tomorrow. Entire Stock Re- duced for Quick Wind-Up. Follow the Crowds to this Great Saturday, September 14th, marks the end of the Great Fire Sale at the Red Front Clothing Company. The entire | stock has been re-marked to prices nearly out of reason to attual value. Over $50,000 stock of high-grade Clothing, Shoes and Furnishings has been marked down to rock- bottom prices, so join the crowds and attend this sale Sat- urday. You can’t beat the following wind-up prices—they go for Saturday only: Hundreds of Arrow Collars 2 for 15c Genuine Arrow Collars will go tomorrow at 2 for 15¢, instead of contract price of 25c. All sizes, late styles. | HINDY’S FRONT Lowell Mellett ] | United Press Correspondent. WITH THE BRITISH AR- MIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 13.— An electric thrill ran the longth of the British front at the news that the Americans had attacked on @ big scale far at the other end of the long line. The word was passed from mouth to mouth, and by wire from the back areas to the first line trenches. “Good for the Yanks,” said many & Tommy and many an off! Re gardless of the fact that there was s “a | Dispatch From |no information as to the success of the attack, all seemed to assume that the battle was going well. In the region before Cambrai the Yorkshire troops, and others have pushed thru 4,000 yards of the Hindenburg line. With rain pouring down, thunder attempt ing to rival the roar of the guns and lightning vying with the flashes of batteries, the British swarmed out from the edge of shattered Havrin court wood, and, despite the treacher. ous footing the chalky, muddy slopes, they overran the first on |trenches of the Hindenburg system, | J advancing to th long stone wall sur: punding Havrincourt chateau and Creot hill They found difficult obstacles | when they carried the same territory lat fall, but knowledge of the Men’s Shirts have been marked at final wind-up prices, 9¥n4 aided them in this advance Those that sold to $1.25 will go at 69¢. Others that sold to $2.50, including Cluett and Monarch brands, will go at) °°!¥ when the village of Havrincourt | 98¢. And Men’s Pure Silk Shirts that sold up to $10 will go for $4.85. Men’s B. V. D. Underwear at 45¢. go at 18¢. Heavy Flannel Shirts, worth to $3.50, at $1.38. Men’s Chambray $1.25 Work Shirts at 69¢. fact everything for man’s work or dress wear, will be sold e Sale Prices. Come tomorrow to the wind-up of this Great Sale. Join the crowds and save while you still have the opportunity. wore SHOES iss [A lot of Men’s Work and Dress Shoes, worth to $10.00; damaged; $2 48 ° Fire Sale price Children’s Shoes, kid and gunmetal; sizes; worth to $2. $1.98 Suits $9.85 Fire Sale price re $4.00 Boys’ School Shoes, Fire Sale price $11.85 and Florshiem Shoes, Fire Sale price .. $3 .85 Ladies’ White Canvas Button Shoes, all e lot; regular sizes, worth to $5.00; dam- | aged; Fire Sale price Men’s Heavy Work Shoes, worth to $8.00; $15.95 wan $4.85 po. $3.45 damaged, that | Men’s Fine . oe worth to $5.00; $1 98 . e : $3.98 of styles; Fire Sale price ..... | | $1.98 | iS opportunity and if pos- Opposite the Public Market Just North of Pike Street |ened German resistance | zeaucourt of doubtful value and pre-| ‘Genuine 50c President Suspenders will go at 28¢. Men’s Dress Hats that sold to|saged an carly withdrawal there and Protection for Frankfort from a west: | will go at 98¢. Men’s Union Suits, values to $2.00, will go at 88¢. Men’s 20c a Gloves will go at 11¢. Men’s Wool Underwear, worth to $2.50, at $1.25. Men’s Underwear, summer weight, 48¢, and 10c Handkerchiefs go at 4¢. Saturday we'll also sell Men’s Overalls at 98¢. Boys’ Suits, worth to $10.00, go at! 85. Suit Cases, Black Bear Union-made Overalls, Work Gloves, Mackinaws, Loggers’ MISSES’ | *#!4 the statement. Men’s $7.00 and $8.00 Stetson, Walk-Over | »ounced 98c\4 assortment {municipal bath house, Come to this sale Saturday, for Saturday is positively the last day that the items! + advertised will be offered for sale at these give-away prices. Our store will be| Stamps day Monday, September 16th—sodon’t delay, but grasp t all tomorrow. And as a favor to us, please attend this sale in the morning id remember, ) Rogers Will Cash Your Pay Check ("{ People, the Great Wind-up of this sale starts tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 9) ! foclock. Come early and shop early, for we are a Union Store—our doors close Satur- * day night at 6 o'clock sharp. As a patriotic duty please attend this sale mornings if possible. Make no mistake—note address carefully. | LOOK FOR THE BIG UNION STORE WITH THE RED FRONT ‘The Red Front Clothing Co. 1508-1510 First Avenue They smothered the German ma chine guns and went on, stopping was captured Thursday's operations mako freah- h, BERLIN TELLS OF NEW ATTACK LONDON, Sept. 13.—The American offensive is developing “under the best of conditions,” according to the night report of the French war of. fice. “The American army attacked this morning in the region of St. Mihiel,” 2 operation is developing under the best condi- tions.” Berlin said: “Between the Meuse and Moselle the French and Americans attacked | al] | the St. Mihiel bend. The fighting continues.” The night report of the Paris war office also told of progress on the Holnon-Savy road, three and a half miles west of St- Quentin. Further north the itish war office an- Haig's men advanced to- ward Cambrai, taking Trescauit, Moeuvres, Gouzeaucourt wood Havrincourt. Iki Club Gives W. S. Dance Party The Alki Point Community Patri- otic club has the right fdea. It will give a dance Saturday night at the and Fancy dancing quartet will be of the evening. The other feature will admission price will and a of the ailors’ on features be be Thrift Years of ex- Perience in fitting and making glasses, and low operating ex- pense, enable us to make better glasses for less money. ¢ our FI Reading or Distance Glasses, gold-filled frames, in complete for Broken Lenses duplicated on short notice at reduced prices. Free 1: nd Satisia SCHOONMAKER OPTICAL Co, 1328 First Ave. Main 477. One Bleck South Public Market. New Zealanders | round Gou- | that | HUNS COMPLETELY SURPRISED BY PERSHING’S TROOPS ANKEES PUSHING "BIG “SQUEEZE PLAY” GERMANS CAN'T MAKE STAND ON RHINE DEFENSE - ———w! || Cc d From Page One! Lo ea ae aa « they guard the Rhine. Immediately to the north of the line are the great coal and iron fields of the Saar dis- trict. These fields are one of the three main mining groups in Ger-| many. If they are captured by the | | Americans, as they will be, Ger- | many’s munitions output will be seri- Jously curtailed. One reason for be Heving that Gen. Pershing’s plan of | ‘campaign calls for an invasion of |Germany northward thru Lorraine is | because of the location of the Saar | mines so near to the American front in France, | Rhine Extensively Fortfied | Having “noved back the MetzCha |teau Salins-Saarburg line, and hav-| ling got possession of the Lor- raine mineral area, the Americans may then be expected to reach out | |further east of the Rhine and widen | | their front. The Rhine is lavishly protected with fortress protection. From the! Swiss border northward, the princt- | | i ‘ontinue: pal fortresses are Neu Bi Strassburg, Germershetm, | \(or Mainz), Coblence (with Ehren breitstein), Cologne and Wenel. Of| these, the only fortresses on the east | bank are Wesel, which is a defense | against invasion from Holland, and| | Ehrenbreitstein. Regardless of their situation, the alue of these fortresses for defen: | ive purposes has been greatly re juced by tactical developments dur- | Before the | Present war began, many believed Jin the impregnability of the Rhine line, Not #0 now. The German |guns that reduced Liege, Antwerp, Maubeuge and other entrenched camps early in the war, made:obso- lete the Rhine fortifications, The allies now have similar cannon of their own. At long range they will be able to pulver- ize any fortified German position above ground which the kaiser may be foolhardy enough to de fend. | This doesn't mean the Germans cannot protect a single point along the Rhine by a lavish use of men |The French defended Verdun, but it | wasn’t Verdun that defended France. | Verdun, equal in strength to any Rhine forttification, was held from the enemy not by its own immobile guns, but by the Infantry and mo- bile cannon that protected the citadel in distant outlying positions. Can't Defend All Forts So it will be when the Americans | reach the Rhine. The Germans may | cling tenaciously to Strassburg, Col- | omne or any Other one point, but they | haven't got enough men to cling to | all of them and keep the Rhine invio- late. It will be part of the Ameri can strategy to try to prevent Lu- dendorft from accumulating a suffi- cient reserve to hold even a single Verdun permanently along the | Rhine. To do this, the battlefront on German sof] must be made very Jong. The greater the mileage the Germans are called upon to de- fend, the weaker will"be their re serves. On the other hand, the allies will be be so superior in man-power that their own re serves will not suffer thru an en- largement of the front. The Rhine runs thru a wide valley from the Swiss border as far as May- ence. The banks are low and flat The river is wide, varying from 500 to 3,500 feet, but at many points there are islands which will material. | |ly assint military bridge making. | Above Mayence, the banks | are rocky | and difficult to bridge. But, begin-| ning at Coblence, these obstacles gradually disappear, and at Cologne | the west bank is flat, tho there are | hills acroas the river, | Essen’s Fall Would End War The rocky sides of the river are al | but do not prevent a} | sortie across the river from the jfouth. Frankfort is about 20 miles | east of the Rhine, and will certainly | | be @ point of attack if Gen, Px rshing | makes a serious effort to carry the war back of the Rhine Frankfort is the financial capital of Germany, and its capture would be |inferior in importance, pol only to the capitulation of B Colog Hamburg. Proceeding northward along the Rhine, the Americans probably will neck to reach Cologne, The fall of Cologne would threaten Germany with strangulation, In the immedi | ate environs of Cologne the second of Germany's three great coal and fron fields is located, Dusseldorf, the center of this mining district, {s 25 miles north of Cologne, and the great Krupp works at Eesen are about 20 miles still further north ward, An advance by the Americans to Essen would mean the ending of the war, unless the Germans acknowledge defeat before that catastrophe overtakes them. 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A series of hearings will be held immediately by the war labor board and representatives of the Bethlehem Steel corporation and |labor representativ: HUNS LOSING IN YANKEE RAIDERS QUENTIN REGION GAIN IN VOSGE —————— LONDON, Sept. 13.—The G = PARIS, Sept. 13.—Americans are i |have been driven from the s|haraseing the Germans at many 1 before St. Quentin, Field Marshal| Points along the front south of the 4 Frits ‘announced today St. Mihiel salient, where the big bat- | m tle is being fought. | eee rday the English gained | Holnon wood, driving the enemy| 1" 4 series of daring raids ~ aon from localities which offered resist: | ine and in the Vosges, the Ameri- ance,” the statement said, “Far. |°%ns captured eae je see § — ther north our line was advanced | Hons. ae bi Tiek clataan, east of Jeancourt, which is in our|%t some points, meeting resistance, | nese iy |and before retiring destroyed all the | “In the evening, strong hostile | terial they could not carry away. | forces. sisted by a squadron of low Machine gun nests, blockhouses | rss f and dumps were blown up, and very| The us : s flying German airplanes, attacked | %™ he use of Poslam for skin disor- our new positions “Rt Havrineourt, | Reavy losses inflicted on the enemy.|ders should be your trustworthy, 4 set Ised with tl | Artillery fire is quiet on the less ac: | health-aiding habit. When you They were repulsed with great loss. | ATTUMTy Ae te tet come. 4 eed by ccnema or ethee itene “Opposite Moeuvres (Cambrai | UVe stre ad eds ing ¢ uble remember that Poslam front) hostile infantry assembled for | supplies at once a soothing, cooling? | influence to a ‘avated 5) h stone the one skin, that it ry itching, that it exe erts concentrated healin ORKERS subjected to a heavy and accurate power, artillery fire. The attack which de. THREATEN TO STRIKE toa bel ee, and energeticall veloped subsequently was completety| WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Steel| tion. Moreover, Posi eit oa unsuccessful, the few Germans who| workers of the Bethlehem steel|C@Mot. injure and it takes only @ reached our lines being killed or! works have ‘threatened to strike, fol-| ‘ula everswhare, Bers samptell captured. |lowing the alleged failure of the|write to Emergency Laboratories; \ “Progress was made by our troops] jethiehem Steel corporation to ap-| 243, West 47th St. vy York City, 7 during the night west of Auchy-Le- Labassee” (south of La Bassee in Flanders). Ce an ieaienansnead EMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN Girls! Make bleaching lotion Poslam Soap is a daily treat to a wage grant awarded by tender skin. Contains Poslam | ply the limit of America's war plans for the time being. Cologne itself, which | would be the base for operations | against Essen, is on a line almost parallel to Brussels, Expressed this way, the dist doesn't seem far, tho by direct measure from the pres: | ent American front it is about 150 miles away. The terrain is about the same as that over which the present | firhting is proceeding in France, ex- cept that in one or two places there are hills which run to mountainous | | proportions. Nevertheless, nothing | impregnable stands in the way. | While the main American offen: | sive probably will move northward | along the Rhine from Lorraine, aj subsidiary drive may well be devel oped in Alsace, to the south. The Rhine ts more easily crossed in Al sace than elsewhere. Ry moving to the enst bank and striking into Baden, two important purposes will be served, First, South Germany, which has no love for Prussian arrogance, will be given a bitter taste of the world's resentment against the Hohenzollerns. Second, and most important, the line of battle will be lengthened, Von Hindenburg is now trying to| |abridge his front in France so as to| accumulate enough reserves to make | & concentrated defense possible against the Americans inside Ger- man territory. 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