The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 17, 1918, Page 7

o> J BRITONS GRIN AT FOE PEACE Dispatch F From Lowell Mellett United Press Correspondent. | WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 17.—When Aus: tria’s peace proposal became known here I asked a high officer, in a po- sition to know, what the sentiment Was thruout the army, in his opinion. He grinned. I asked a general who had just finished dinner. He grinned. ] T asked a private just back from front line. h said was) German Ho, grinned. that Austria’s move inspired, the private “I don't know anything to see phe is whipped and she is squealing.” _ The general's view was slightly “Aifferent. “We can't say yet that Germany 1s beaten,” he sald, “but he Bees defeat coming. This is a * military move. Germany's hope, so far as the British are concerned, is | to prevent being compelled to ate the strong Hindenburg de ) this fall. She wants to keep us in the barren, unsheltered ground this of the line all winter? Maybe _ she has something to say worth list ening to, but if we agree to listen ‘we must not stop fighting in the Recently captured letters and pris oners’ statements show the utter de- pression of the German troops. A number of letters open’ lution”—a word that a G eabulary heretofore was not suppos €d to contain. the fix Germany is in on this front. | | RETREAT IS DUE TO FOLLOW SOON BY J. W. T. MASON NEW YORK, Sept. ASO | Wilson's rapid-fire counter attack | against the Austro-Hungarian peace | offensive will soon start, Von Hin denburg retreating once more out of Western France It is expected that the kaiser win| hold fast a litgle longer, until he sees | there is no h®pe of the allies being trapped into a secret conference for | ending the war; but President Wilson | has made inevitable the resumption | of the West front retirement. Von Hindenburg must now see he cannot tarry long if he does not de sire the Amertcan invasion of Ger many go by default. The Americart advance at St. Mihiel has had an ef fect not only on the battle front west of Mets, but also along the entire line, running thruout Lorraine and into Alsace, to the Swiss borders There are indications that Hinden burg has begun already the rein-| forcement of certain vulnerable post: | tions in this area, and is prepared to abandon outposts now lightly held at the first sign of an American ad vance | Patrol encounters !n Alsace and Lorraine are being’ increasingly re- ported, and raids by the Germans to secure information concerning the disposition of the American troops are especially noticable in Alsace. The German general staff cannot fail to have been deeply im pressed by the fact that among the | American units in the St. Mihiel bat- | tle were some removed from the Marne. It must also have been no-| ticed by the Germans that scarcely | any Americans at all have taken part | in the Picardy and Flanders drives, | tho large numbers were known to ‘ have been there recently, | ‘16 Years of Successtul THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1918. NUTONIC “PEACE” SCHEME ENDS IN DISMAL FAILURE “THEN YOU CAN TALK PEACE!” Dental Practice in Seattle HIS is the record of of satisfied patients in the West. ness of prices. in a year, Dr. Sipes is prices for first Genuine practice real Painless is attending this operati It costs you nothing to ined. nes, skill and courteous attention to the most trivial tooth complaints. In all these years he has built up a practice that now is probably the largest of any dental office His methods have been widely copied, but he still retains the lead in volume of dental work accomplished and reasonable- Because of the large number of patients treated class dental work. Because of this large number of patients, Dr. Sipes buys supplies in great quantities, and all chemicals and drugs used by him are, fore, the best, and always fresh. Dentistry Dr. Sipes and his corps of have teeth extracted FREE at any time in order that you may know how little discomfort there Come in today and let Dr. Sipes make an examination and show you just BOSTON DENTAL CO. 1420 SECOND AVE. (Opposite Bon Marche.) Dr. Sipes. Thousands testify to his thorough- enabled to offer lower there- Painless expert assistants Dentistry. You may on here. have your teeth exam- what is Continuous 11 to 11 GERALDINE FARRAR and Near Vision IN “The Turn of the Wheel” ADMISSION 20¢ CHILDREN 10¢ Plus 10% War Tax ble Bi-focal for Far DR. R. B. WEGNER, 1% agcUNoN siveet en Mesocbhontaets | U. S, REPLY IS ‘SHORT AND CURT Continued From Page One considerably. Tt 1s assumed Ger many, or her tool, Austria, will make further insincere peace efforts later. President Wilson's reply, saying flatly that our terms are well known, jand hence no conference can be held, is the shortest document this govern | ment has issued in diplomatic corre spondence. It was made public only a half-hour after the official Hun proffer had been presented to Secre: | |tary Lansing. This is a record for both brevity and speed. The purpose was to set an example |for all the other allies, to still any | pacific comment in this country, and to show Germany t this country |is in nowise “bluff about ita de termination to go thru until its terms | are accepted. } It meant that if Austria wanted | to acces Wilson's terms, notably those of last January, she had a chance any time, but that she could not get a secret council, and she could not place the burden of respon sibility for continued war upon the allies The effect within Germany and | Austria is likely to be the reverse of what the Teutons hoped. Th parently planned to use a re. |to bolster up their armies’ waning morale, on the plea that this {s a war of self-defense, with the opponent bent on destruction of Germany. | Wilson, however, robbed the cen: tral powers of this plea, for he said that he had spoken candidly in the | past—and that his terms then are his terms now. | | These terms would restore Bel-|ed a franchise to lay tracks on East |gium, rob Germany of her stolen| Marginal way, | gains {n Russia, right the wrong} Counclman Roland Cotterill was |} done in Alsace-Lorraine, give small | back in the council Monda | |nations the right of self-determina | tion, avoid punitive indemnities or | Jannexa ations, establish a world peace | league, and free the universe of detri. | mental influences that could hereaft er disrupt world peace. | America proposes to fight on. And having abandoned all hope of a ne | gotiated peace, she will throw 4,000 000 men into the struggle next year | |to guin a military victory from which | she and her allies can dictate the Wilson terms | British Editors Support Balfour in Peace Stand | LONDON, Sept. 17—Without ex ception, London newspapers today placed their indorsement on the un official reply to Austri pro: | Posals, as voiced by Foreign Secre | tary Balfour, when he declared there | would be no peace on such a founda: | ton, | Even the Daily News, which had| urged consideration of the invitation | of “unbinding peace” discussions, de- clared Balfour's attitude to be rea, sonable, “Balfour's attitude is perfectly rea sonable,” said this paper. “It does | not bring up the question of whether { |the reply shall be unqualified rejec- | tion or Unqualified acceptance, but what reply is best calculated to ex tract a positi gain from the situa: | tion, particularly to frustrate the en- | jemy's obvious intention of making | political capital at home out of a flat | rejection by the allies.” | “A compromise is impossible,” de- | |clared the Times. “Balfour has no | doubt as to the true character~of | Austrian ‘peace.’” MAYOR ATTENDS :: needed to give you perfect mouth-health, and American people mean to have com | 2 e wi 2 ylete victor: red Senator | what the charge will be. Loge Aiday) th speech on Austria's “CATHEDRAL FAIR. ayor Hanson and Right Rev. Ed- | |ward J. O'Dea, bishop of cae opened the St. James’ cathedral fair, | at Third and University, Monday | prompt and curt refusal of the Aus-| WEGNER OPTICAL CO: evening troHungarian offer was not only Proceeds of the fair, which lasts | right, but for it will, I believe, | until the evening preceding the open ling of the Liberty loan campaign, | will be devoted to the St. James’ ca thedral school, which is supported by | ® Similar fair each year, | the question of initiative was agreed | front are also evidence. lare not responsible for continuation | put an end to loose and feeble OFFERS TO BUY SKAGIT BONDS The city of Seattle will lose $150,- 000 if its Skagit river power bonds are not placed on the market before the new revenue bill passes at Wash- ington, G. A. Haskell, vice president of Carmens & Earles, warned the council Monday, Mayor Hanson also urged the coun- cil to take immediate steps to float the power bonds, if the council de cided the new revenue bill would prejudice the market value of the se curities. | Maskell said investors were seek ing for nontaxable securities, and the surtax on the municipal bonds, under the new law, would make the bonds almost a drug on the market unless they were issued speedily. On behalf of his firm, he offered to ac quire the first issue of $1,500,000 of Skagit paper “at a fair price.” The corporation counsel will be asked for a ruling on the subject The council wired Washington, pro- testing the taxing of municipal se- curities. The threatened strike of city pow. er employes was held in abeyance after the council had ordered their request for a wage increase investi gated by the finance committee. Mayor Hanson and Councilmen 3olton and Erickson were appointed to check the inventory of the trac. tion company which the street car company offers in return for $15, 000,000 J. D. Ross, superintendent of light- ing, with Councilmen Moore and Lane, will investigate the intercon- nection of power problem between the city and traction plants. The rail administration was grant illness of several months. The cat ordinance, pro’ cense fee of $1 for male anc | female cats, was passed. C out license will be collected by the police if found running at large. French Official Says Austrians Play Hun Fiddle BY JOHN DE GANDT PARIS, Sept. 17—An_ offictal of the ministry of foreign affairs inter viewed by the United Press today declared the Austrian note was not unexpected, in consequence of the pacifist campaign announced by the speeches of Von Solf and Von Payer and the Czernin interview. “Austria has been Germany's fid- dle since the Spa conference, when upon between the two kaisers,” he said. he recent meeting of Austrian and German statesmen and the pres- ence of Austrian troops on the west “The Austro-German aim is double. The first is the home viewpoint. They still want to make believe they of the war. The second is the ex- terior viewpoint. They are trying to influence allied radicals and social ists and even officials. Lodge Says Wilson’ Decision Will End Feeble Peace Talk BY L. C. MARTIN WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—"Presi dent Wilson's prompt and curt re- fusal of the Austro-Hungarian peace bait will go far toward making the German people understand that the note to the allies, suggesting “un- binding” discussions, “The president's reply to this stu-| pid note will meet, I am sure, with universal approval,” said Lodge. “His | talk | about these Austro-Hungarian offers | a kind of talk which is not only debilitating and confusing, but dis- tinctly helpful to Germany.” Store Hours—9 to 5. PAGE 7 FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE A Purchase of Lace Curtains Offers Exceptional Values at $2.95, $3.50, $7.50 and $9.50 Pair HIS unusual display of high-grade Curtains offers an opportunity to cur- tain the bright warmth of your “winter quarters” Sixty patterns—from six to thirty-seven pairs of a pattern—are arranged four exceptional groups: AT P $2. 95 PAIR— Highly _mercer- ized Marquisette Curtains with firm- ly-woven Cluny-de- sign lace edges. In white, cream and ecru color, $2.95 pair. AT $7.50 PAIR— Embroidered quisette Curtain: combined with cut-work insets borders fine, Curtains; shown in white, cream and ecru. yards long and an unusual value at $7.50 | round thread Voile pair. borders elaborately trimmed with Cluny pattern insertion and edge give a very “hand-made” effect to these Mar- fine hand-drawn work, worth-while savings. on PACD at in AT $3.50 PAIR— Strong Marquis- ette Curtains fin- ished with Cluny design insertion and edging. White, cream and = ecru color, $3.50 pair. AT $9.50 PAIR— Finely cut borders of Swiss applique give a heavy laci- ness firmly-woven to these Curtains of English net. both are All 21%, There is Point de Gene ap- plique as well—both are im- ported and an unusual value at $9.50 pair. —Upholstery Section, Third Floor. When Mother Goes Calling There's shiny brown fur (t's called Kolinsky) on the collar of the Navy Blue Coat sketched at left. a sailor's reefer, and has pock ets with flaps. In brown coat ing, too; size 2 years, $12.50. The Napoleonic Hat has fur balls, $6.00. Ashes of roses shade of fine broadcloth is used for a small Coat with very full skirt Joined to a deep yoke which drops at sides. Collar and cuffs are of beaver fur; for two-year-olds and three-year-olds, $20.00. Hat to match, trimmed with $6.00. beaver balls, It's double breasted like she will be proud to take a little girl dressed in the Burgundy Imported Vel- veteen Coat pictured at right. She has a pink tasseled tam to match. Even the sharpest wind will not pierce the softly quilted interlining. The very full skirt is shirred with three cordings to the short yoke. In black im- ported velveteen as well, and rose or navy blue fine broadcloth; sizes 2 and 8 years, $16.50. ¢ Tam o’Shanter, $3.95. A Coat of fine broadcloth in rich Burgundy shade, has a ery full skirt hanging in box m a pointed yoke; size There are fur balls on the sides of the Hat to match; with round crown and close, turned back brim; $5.00, Becoming Hats for four- and five-year-old girls are of, velvet with Tam o'Shanter crowns made of corded strips, and s pompons at side. In Burgundy Brown and Black, $3.95. For every-day wear there is a cunning Hat of black plush with narrow brim a round crown; $2.25. Among the long silk tassel hanging from the top of the Infants’ Section, Second Floor. New Victor Records for September Over There, Caruso. A Little Voice I Hear, sung by Galli-Curci. Dear Old Pal of Mine, sung by McCormack. Story Book Ball, by Billy Murray. Oh, Frenchy, sung by Arthur Fields. sung by sung | Sinbad, Among the Instrumen- tal Numbers to be recom- mended are: Oh, Lady, by Lady, and Waldorf Or- chestra. “Bluin’ the Blues” and “Sensation Rag,” by Dix- ieland Jazz Band. Quartet in E Flat, Elman String Quartet. —Victrola Section, Fifth Floor. by $6.00 HERE is warmth Velvet Overdrapes, hangings in a set. Overdrape lustrous velvet. rose, blue, brown, $9.50 set. cheering color for “dark days An effective self-col-| or braiding finishes an| blue, brown or green, fin- Overdrape Set of soft,| In green andjvalance. Finished ready to War Kitchen. Program Auspices U. S. Food Administration Auditorium of Frederick & Nelson Sept. 18-21 2to4p.m. Miss Madeline Libegt, Demonstrator. Wednesday: Canning of vegetables. Canning of fruits without sugar. Thursday: Camser- vation of sugar and fats in cakes, pastry “and desserts. Mrs. Selma Strom, caterer, will assist Miss Libert by interpreting in the Swedish language. Employers of Swedish cooks and maids are invited to send their helpers to this demon- stration. Friday: Canning of'fish and chicken. Saturday: How a 21%4- - pound sirloin steak can be made to serve a family of four for three meals. Can you do it? RUIT stones, dried and cleaned, are needed by our government in the making of gas masks for our soldiers, Barrels are provided at the entrances of this store, where the stones may be deposited, to be collected by the proper authorities. New Velvet Overdrape Sets $9.50 $13.50 against Winter drafts and in these new a valance and one pair ets of good quality velvet—in Rose, Blue, Green or Brown—finished at top with heading and rod casing, $6.00 set. Soft, silky velvet in rose, ished with self color silk edging makes an Over- drape with ample over-all |hang, $13.50 set. —Third Floer. — eat