The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 16, 1918, Page 1

That means that between now and the 28th, we have less than two weeks to make good on the War Savings Stamp campaign. Two weeks in’ , ich to answer Pershing’s message ee = 2 g That number means something in Seattle. September 28 is the day when the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign begins. Seattle is to raise 28 millions! “for men, guns and supplies quickly, to end the war in 1919.” Two weeks to rally to our own flesh and blood. The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ed as Bocond Cli NIGHT EDITION ONE CENT IN SEATTLE by Mail, a ON PAGE 9 The Star's War Savings Stamp pledge will be found. Turn to it. not Seattle be listed among dollar slackers, NN Por Year, to $9.00 Matter Mi SEATTLE, WASI 99, at the Postoffice at Beattie, , MONDAY, SEPTEMB Wash, under the Act of Congress March §. 16, 1918. ee, VOLUME Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday, tales 20.. NO. 171 gentle northeasterly winds, EJECT ENEMY PEACE ses 8 8 #8 @ ry AMERICAN GUNS BOMBARD METZ FORTRESS | ALLIES SCORN 1_ PROPOSALS AS } WAR TRICKERY Both Austria and Germany have started peace offensives. Emperor Karl’s government is in the field with a proposal to belligerent powers to discuss at some neutral capital “non-binding” terms. Germany has made a proposal for peace with Belgium. Sentiment in allied countries seems generally to | t be that the proposals are of the same old brand of ‘ tricks to delay the war in order that the central dba may gain time in which to reorganize their attered forces. On high authority it is stated that the United States will refuse to meet in any peace conference of the type asked for by Austria. The HAIG GAIN 2 MILES IN We Cannot Even TALK NO! Peace With Murderers NO! That must be America’s answer CO|f or cies Pree Tenied wee Direct to The Star i: Wy. Serbs and FOE TROOPS | French in FLEE FRONT New Drive , by. 14 3 By United Press Leased Wire || Direct to The Star I} o————_— | By , United Press INGTON, Sept. leased Wire e ° va < —% ‘rench and = Serbi troops ai ] Direct to The Star ithe proposal that we sit down with the ame)“ vss, so icon”) tthe ™eoncy tei yl OT 2 Te troops advanced their lines on a front of more than two miles along both sides of the Ypres- Comines canal last night, captur- ing a number of prisoners and machine gun Field Marshal front, according to official dis- under long range bombardment patches to the Serbian legation | of American guns, it was learn- here today. | ed here today. (Metz is ten After a day's artillery preparation, miles from the farthest known the allied troops advanced yesterday| advance of U. S. forces.) ee Haig reported today on the peaks Vetrenik (4,724 feet),| | The Germans apparently are Further alight advances we Dobro Polie feet) and Mountain | withdrawing along the whole 33 _ ahs in the Vicinity of Catnbral, Sokol (4,637 feet), piercing the enemy| mile front between Abeaucourt “During the night we carried out|front and capturing all three posi-| and the Moselle in an effort to” a successful minor attack astride the| tions, which the Bulgars have been| improve the protection of com- Ypres-Comines canal, advancing our | fortifying for 30 months munication in the vicinity of lines on a front of over two miles| Several hundred prisoners were| Meta. and capturing a number of prison.| taken, numerous guns and great| Americans advanced from two te ers and machine guns,” the state-| quantities of other material. The| three miles on this front and i® ment said. operation continues, the cable stated. some places their patrols pushed for+ 'bassadors of the world’s arch murderer, a wholesale rapist, to haggle over peace. | America must never confer with them. proposals were denounced as shams by practically all Mera MUN tiie deen’ - dharani ward an additional two miles. : eo. e Unconditional surrender must be their only allied newspapers, and official opinion is that the new 2 se“ ilgerefiphg adl eae lerpsach nr | Six German divisions, totaliaaeell erage tes 00 MINERS about 60,000 men, were operatin is 20,0 the 8t. Mihiel salient when’ on ore Se part in ending the war. eo We went into the struggle because the "3.202 ir inst te Mt aot et POTTSVILLE, Pa, 2a Pe Cambrai), and near Gavrelle. WASHINGTON, Sept Sept. 16.—In | semy (four and a half miles noi 16.—The Austrian note, asking a secret con “We have established new posts the face of the order and importuni- | ¥@St of St. Quentin) thus wiping o e * | Aceeian dering A ee Reese aEETinn hetalon eke tonagenemntien of peace negotiations. KAUN Was Murderin METICAN MEN, WOMEN » 2 won, of sauchy Caucny y ernment, it was learned. The communication will be submitted to Secre- d hild A b h e | Oppy ‘ | and children; because he was preparing to porta | en or ae ete ee e $0000 caaninthe mot mecmeee beg tar i 20, a In thet: I 1 ti . * plunder our land, despoil our women an oe also peace note and will deliver it to the British foreign office today An} Amsterdam dispatch also says the Austro-Hungarian minister to Switzer taryeLansing this afternoon. st eda (French Capture on strike th ing because the | Hrench ha land handed the note to an allied representative in Berne Sunday. 2 his morning because the | French have taken 2,500 prisoners, A London report says the Swedish minister has received the Austrian Vailly in Push government has not granted them h ° ili ° ° : h did ° B ] | Up Aisne Region fir iircuse in wares they demand a - PARIS, Sept. 16.—French troops|ed. Business men and others plead. sae By United Press Leased Wire Pov United Pron toed weel|CYUSM OUF ClVvllization just AS NE GIA IN Deke riirea’ Vally On the northern ed with the men yesterday to pateot |e Oa a Direct to The Star | Direct to The Star a s bank of the Aisne, eleven miles south | ically remain at work WASHINGTON, Sept. 16— AMSTERDAM, Sept. 16.—Aus- of Laon) last night, the French war| President Matthews, of the Mine F: tria has asked for peace discus- sions with the belligerent pow- ers. Official proposals from the Austro {Hungarian government urge that | representatives of the warring na This, course will be followed by| tions meet in a neutral capital to the entente governments, according | discuss tentative peace proposals to indications here. | which shall be non-binding, and that Taken as the most desperate|there be no cessation of hostilities peace offensive the boche has at-| because of the conferences tempted, this latest drive is regarded) Austria suggests that the discus o as the most insidious. sions continue only as long as there It is considered as intended to dull /ig a prospect of their success and the war spirit and the war work of the associated nations, partic:/a thoro knowledge and are in accord ularly America, and is held to be/ with the peace ideas of their respec- The United States government will not accept Austria’s pro- posal for a get-together for peace conference, it was stated on high authority here today. \ another of the series of efforts to| tive governments bolster up the Austro-German home| The peace discussion plan has been spirit. | placed before the governments of all ; ~ When it is rejected, Germany and | neutrals and the Vatican. “All peoples, on whatever side they may be fighting. long for a speedy end to the bloody struggle,” the official note declares. ; The communication also maintains that even among the allies there is a growing sentiment in favor of a (Continued on Page Seven) No Hasty Reply to Austrian Note to Be Made by Entente ; LONDON, Sept. 16.—There | Peace which is not the result of f will be no hasty response to Aus- | crushing force of arms, ; trian peace The peace note charges that Aus. tria’s overtures of 1916 were a fail ure because the very suggestion of peace was being rigorously sup Pressed among the allies. proposals. According to the best available information, the reply will come only after the most intimate ex- change of opinions between the entente and American govern- ments, Huns Clumsy Actors, Meanwhile all official opinion will be withheld pending this de- cision, which diplomats declare | SAYS Sec. Balfour will be the “most delicate’ question of policy since the declaration of of Peace Proposals LONDON, Sept. 16.—Foreign Sec war. etary Balfour, speaking at the Unofficial opinion is divided. | brote! savoy today, declared his be “stalwarts” believing the perce lief that the Austrian proposal can ¢ being merely a super offensive! 14+ produce peace nor divide the al j movement, acceptance of which| j\2. } would be to trap the allies into| phere ig something cynical in the compromise terms. Austrian proposal, coming within a } On the other hand, those who) row hours after the speech of Vice f favor peace by negotiation assert) Chancellor Von Payer,” Balfour said i that acceptance would not be “I cannot believe it is the enemy's i dangerous and would be the best desire to arrive at an understand way of learning whether it will be| ing which we can possibly accept f necessary to carry on the war, or| it is an attempt to weaken the if the allied terms can be obtain °d | forces which are proving too strong { in the near future. for them in the field. I am sure it Both factions agree that the allied | cannot produce peace. I am just nd \ decision depends upon which opinion sure it cannot divide the allies. the government considers the cor-| “When the Germans try to dress rect one. | themselves in President Wilson’ t Offer to Belgium clothes, or try to play a part they At the same time the allied dip-| think President Wilson wants them lomats must take cognizance of | to play, they are clumsy actors.” Germany's offer of a separate peace tnt Mlenkss . to Belgium. Germany put forward the following terms: Hun Papers Warn Beligum to remain neutral unti Py ier | Wad “Gnd of the war; reconstruction Against Optimism of Belgium and political and eco-| AMSTERDAM, Sept. 16.—The nomic independence after the war;|German press seeks to give the im by re-establishment of German-Belgian on that it is not whole-hearted “* commercial treaties existing before|ly in favor of the Austrian peace theywar; Belgium to aid by moral | note su Mion in restoring of German col-| The Berliner Neuste Nachrichten Jes; the Flemish question to be|calls the note “risky.” ‘The Boersen considered and the Flemish minor-| Zeitung thinks there is little hope ity, which permitted the German | of its success. The Post fears the invaders to go unpunished. |allies will interpret the note ‘a The London morning papers com-|sign of weakness. The Vorwaerts mented on Austria's proposal as| Warns against “over hasty opti follows: mism.” | Express—The proposal brings A farmer near Caruthersville, Mo., went to St. Louis recently and bought a street car from two con- fidence men, paying $100 for it, peace no nearer. It is true that ‘all peoples long for a speedy (Continued om Page Twelve) that the conferees be men who have | | A parley with the Hun monster? Im-: gium. possible! i} saries of Hunism. BERLIN. ‘THE NECK UNTIL DEAD. bargain with gallows-birds. | of nnounced today Workers, labored until last night try- They also took Mont Des Hinges, |ing to keep the men in line. The| SLASHES HUNS The kaiser was a cut-throat, a violator ‘of women,a crucifier of children then. He';:: icifier today. He will never be anything else. Picture, if you can, an American mother and an Ameri- can father who have lost a son in the fight for freedom '™: : Wilhelm to discuss how much of his loot he may retain, IN-| «=. Our single course is to crush him and his Prussian sys- tem. Then shall come peace—just and lasting peace. The American terms have been told to the world by \President Wilson. Germany understands what they mean «:; —UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE FIEND OF If any amendment is to be made in ‘those terms today, it should be only the ad- \dition of one proviso: That the kaiser and his responsible officials who planned and authorized the looting, the raping, the cru- icifying, the murdering, BE HANGED BY America cannot, will not, shall not | together with 300 prisoners. “Between the Oise and the Aisne | last night we continued to progress,” | the communique said captured Mont Des Hinges with 300 prisoners and also captured Vailly.” is a cut-throat today, a rapist today, a cru-'p,12; says U.S. | Casualties Small in Mihiel Battle LONDON, Sept. 16. — Se er, in an interview toda ed that the American c the St. Mihiel salient were surpris | ingly small, considering the scbpe of the operations. ary declar Very few men were seriously in- jured, he said. The majority of the wounded were only slightly hurt and will re over quickly r secretary personally vis. ited American hospitals and declared work of the surgeons and calmly setting themselves down at a table with Kaiser (ic ori us Monee crmienn All prisoners are treated well, he described the American morale as “superb.” (CONCEIVABLE! And it is just as inconceivable for these! austrian Maneuver parents and the rest of us Americans to send American representatives to discuss the same subject with emis- Laughable—Taft WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—For. mer President Taft, head of the league of pes today disposed of the Austrian peace maneuver with neatness and dispatch, to wit: “It is not only laughable, but it is ridicu lou DISLOYAL RANCHER GETS 6-MONTHS TERM en | strike cuts off a daily production of | 3 ipsa | ON NEW FRONT, | War Board Plans : to Curb Gouging | Dispatch From Fred }/ by the Retailer S. Ferguson IERICANS ON WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The war industries board is about to de. TH METZ FRONT, Sept. 16.— termine what is a fair profit for the American position on the 3 retailer | eight-mile front between (on the Mad river) and the Mo- Moved by the flood of complaints | on profiteering, the board has under | selle were markedly improved to- nsideration regulations to force| day, the Germans further re the stamping out of wholesale prices| treating in that region, on all merchandise sold in the United| A certain American division caps States that the consumer may check | tured an entire artillery park near the blood money makers individual: | Jaulny, taking 72 cannon and make ly. He will know when he inspects | ing its total 90 for the drive. Au any article of merchandise just how | their attempted counter attacks have much profit the retailer s. This, | ing been repulsed, the boches appar+ | members of the board believe, will be| ently are giving their full attention sufficient to stop most price boost-|to strengthening their withdrawal ing positions. 4 b To the left of Final Count Made attempted a raid Saturday night as a result of which the Amer+ boche on Votes for Judge) icans took six prisoners. Late yem The final count for the nomina-|terday the enemy made a counters the Moselle, the q tions of judges for the superior}! ‘k in the same region. urt tabulated by the county| They were seen massing for the auditor's office Monday and shows | effort The American artillery Clay Allen in the lead, with 15,256 | Opened up on them. They were eut | votes. Whether or not he has re-|to pieces before they could starts ceived a majority of the total vote | The boche is doing considerable work t will be determined Tuesday when the canvassing board, compos ed of the prosecuting attorney, chairman of the board of county commissioners, one and the county over th pallots. with Hall, the incum Revelle with 9. in the rear of the Hindenburg line, The operations in the past 2@ hours, tho small, have resulted im — additional prisoners and material, While there is a comparative lull on the ground aside from artillery fights BE. Whi ing, the battle in the air is “ Calvin S.| constantly more bitter. The bocke | ss 12,000. | airman are being reinforced and are — and| becoming more daring. will che Crawf Jui ho h ; Ellis 6,398 Walter Barrett, a Marysville | Altho sang rancher, convicted by a federal jury | Wooten 4,1 follow. | rane Seats in acest be alies* | ; Bh eat eapintines cha % Pen rere zs | line, not an enemy plane has been | saat raha aon oo Heats cata : oTERANS UPHOLD REA} able to proceed more than five kilo- ae ve six months in the Skagit George H. Fortson ¢ | meters (about three miles) behind the county jail by U. S. Judge Jeremiah | the United Spanish War Veterans, at | line. : Neterer Monday. a meeting in the Armory Thursday| A great number of German ma: | night, commended the action of As-| chines were brought down in aerial TO D USS LOAN WORK | sistant Attorney General Clarence L,| battles yesterday. | Division No, 4, of the council of | Reames of cleaning up the slackers,| The enemy's observation balk patriotic service, wilt meet at 8 p.| sedition :nong and traitors, and|loons also are being constantly at m. Monday to discuss Liberty Loan| took issue with the Central Labor | tacked and many have been destroys campaign work and the council's council for its attitude toward him. | ed. —— — -=: — British, Italian and American ) : z g bombing planes are busy in the rear. }Learn to Give—Not Till It Hurts—_§)*s shane a. ; Premier Clemenceau visited Amer- e ican headquarters yesterday and i But Till It Becomes a Pleasure } ‘iri.stsincs tne sate ) s “ Airplane reconnaissance patrola 1) { y erously. hurts. And still we give not only till it hur That is not going to pull us thru the war suc- We must learn to give until it no cessfully. longer hurts to giv URE ” Address to United War Workers, at Seattle, Saturday. “At first we were admonished to give gen- And we did. surplus. ‘Then we were told to give until it report that the Hindenburg line ap- pears to be in poor condition, TORPEDOED SHIP LONDON, Sept. 16.—One hundred and forty-four persons are missing today following the torpedoing of We gave out of our must give. We must ts. That is not enough. Seaticgee, pT RAG he sh steamship Galway Castle, hi c BUI IS A PLEAS- }) oir vas en route to Sout Agee 4 TO GIVE.”’—Nathan Eckstein, in Of this number St SS: oe The ship was struck at 7 a. m, while stormy seas were running, Women and children victims were Jost. The submarine was not seem,