The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 18, 1918, Page 1

~~ JUDGE U “Don't judge this town by several years. to be judged by its present showing. To be safe, let RRR RRR RRR RAR -IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR. THE STAR sign that greeted visitors in a certain town for And we hope Seattle is not going S NOT its depot,” was the War Savings Stamp us MAKE GOOD, THE GR Entered as Second Class Ma ATEST DAILY er May 2 FULL LEASED W VOLUME NO. 173 20. 55825 = IRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS CIRCULATION OF SSOCIATIONS SEATTLE, WASH., ANY PA at the Postoffies at Seattle, Wanh, under the WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1918. COMPLETE SERVICE OF The Seattle Sta PER IN THE PACIFIC Act of Ce NORTHWES 1879 THE ingress March & NEW Is Ann ret FOR IT- NIGHT EDITION ONE CENT IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 SPAPER {RPRISE ASSOCIATION Weather Forecast: Tonight and Thursday, fair; i moderate southwesterly winds. ORM METZ DEFENSES British Cross Hindenburg Line at New Point | HUN PEACE ' IS SCORNED BY BELGIUM Heroic Nation Rejects Abso- lutely Kaiser’s Proffer for a Separate Peace By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star Sept. 18.—Bel- PARIS, gium, after consultation with) the allies, has decided to re- ject absolutely Germany’s of- fer of a separate peace, the, Petit Parisien announced to- day. SEA be ete we PARIS, “France desires the honor of ex- pressing her gratitude to the splen- soldiers of the entente, whose ef- are about to free the popula- from the subjugation of czar ism," the premier said. “There will be no victory until such criminals are made to pay in full. “A reversal of fortune has brought about a falling back of the kaiser’s armies before the peoples of free) conscience,” he said. “What do they ‘want, and what do you want? You, must keep on fighting until the mo-/| ment when the enemy can under- stand there is to be no compromise) between crime and right. “I have heard it said that peace cannot be brought about by a mili tary decision. Germany said when she let loose the war with all tts horrors. Therefore, let it be as Germany has willed and as Germany has done. “We only seek peace so that fu- generations may be spared the abominations of the past. “Forward, then, to the liberation of people from the last fury of foul force! Forward to victory! The whole of France and all of thinking humanity are with you.” Enemy Ministers to Fall as Result of Peace Fizzle? ® ZURICH, Sept. 18.—Vienna papers ' are greatly excited over British and American press comment on the Aus | trian peace proposal. It is rumord | «that Foreign Minister Burian will re sign, A Berlin dispatch declared that the game excitement is evident in politi cal circles, and that the position of Hertling and Foreign Minister Von Hintze appears critical The resignation of Hungarian Premier Wekerle also is imminent, according to Budapest advices Papers of Italy Denounce Enemy Peace Camouflage ROME, Sept. 18—The Vatican chancellory had not received the Austrian note to the pope up to a late hour last night. It was consid ered possible the message was sent directly to the pope, not passing thru the chancellory We hope that the entente’s an swer to Austria will be prompt, pre cise and effective,” the Corrier del Sera said. “They know what is be- hind the action of Vienna. Let them respond immediately. Delays are too dangerous.” OU will find profitable to read The Star want ads every || day. | it |i Good buys in homes and autos featured are to- day. AMERICA WATCHES FOE! That was not what| | Bank building, at Everett, at 6 WILSON TO RECOGNIZE JUGO-SLAVS 6,000,000 in Austria to Be Accepted as Independent Nation LATEST THRUST AT FOE } WASHINGTON, | jept. 18.—Recog: | nition of the Jugo-Slavs in Austria | | will be President Wilson's next | thrust at the enemy, according to of-| ficials here today | Outright recognition .of the {nde- | pendence of over 6,000,000 Jugo- Slavs in Austria-Hungary will follow the blunt dismissal of the Austrian | attempt to entice the allies into a secret peace conference Jugo-Slava in the United States, | formerly Austrian subjects, have shown their loyalty to the alltes| again by defeating an alleged Aus. trian socialist coalition, which at- tempted to get control of the con- vention of the National Croatian so ciety meeting in Chicago. At the request of Secretary of State Lansing, officials began work on their brief setting forth the grounds on which they will ask rec: ognition. Military aid to the allies, as well as politica! organization look: ing to independence are the grounds on which the Jugo-Slavs will present | their case to the allies. In the reorganized Serbian army, which has made advances In Mace- | |donia this week, are 30,000 Jugo-| Slavs, formerly Austrian subjects, | representatives here say U. S. to Remain on | Guard Against New Teuton Peace Move WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Amert. can government officials are on guard to ward off any Teuton move in the desperate peace offensive. It was foreseen here today that! Germany and Austria are likely later to make some fresh maneuver perhaps attempting to start a dis cussion on certain points of Presi dent Wilson's peace terms. The United States position, how ever, is that these terms stand; and that there will not be peace until they are accepted. Any further boche peace drive will be considered just as insincere and unacceptable as the previous smashes | Only clear cut acceptance of all the terms w get an audience here, officials say They do not belie that Germany or Austria is prepar to go that now, It is expected the make as much use at home as pos- sible of the Wilson rejection. Al ready press comments indicate new attempt will be staged to the president for prolonging the thus perhaps stimulating the mans to new efforts On the other hand, it is held the | thinking of the central em United Teutons will | pires will that the | States has “put the shoe on the oth er foot.” In any event, officials here are anxious to have all pe talk cease in this country so that the main task of pushing on to victory will not be hampered. Reply of U. S. to Austria Is on Way | WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The | Austrian peace note has been cleared |from official tables. Secretary Lan. | sing handed the reply of the United States, refusing to consider the en | emy proposition, to the Swedish min ister yesterday. It was then pre pared for cabling to Vienna. 313,000 Yankees Embark in August) LONDON, Sept. 18.—Three dred and thirteen thousand American | | troops embarked for Europe during | August, it was announced today these, 180,000 were carried on British | haces oft} | Siesta Fly to Scale | Everett Building’ Jack Williams, “The Human Fly,” will scale the face of the American Dp. |m. Thursday. A portion of the col lection proceeds will be donated to |the “Our Boys in France” smoke | fund for soldiers MAYOR IN OFFICE SIX MONTHS | Mayor Hanson Wednesday cele brated the close of his first six} months in office, 5 } ; ) ) } } iq ) CLEAR THE WAY FOR LIBERTY LOAN Upon the urgent request of the Liberty Loan Committee, The Star will suspend its campaign to make up Seattle's deficit in War Savings Stamps until the big Fourth Liberty is finished. The Star believes that the War Savings Stamp campaign quota could be filled by Loan Drive Liberty Loan managers, to begin work on the big loan immediately, and the | committee counts upon, and is entitled to, the unlimited support of The Star in the big undertaking. Seattle must raise ap- proximately $28,000,000 in the coming Liberty Loan campaign. Plainly, this gigantic task will demand a hundred per } { {| \ \ } | as he is billed by his press agents, | Austrian Soldiers | “bloody collisions” hun: | 4 ; September 28th, and at the time The cent response from everyone. Clearly, ) Star undertook the campaign to raise the our full.efforts must be united upon } shortage of $2,000,000 in the War Sav- that task. Therefore, The Star and the ; ings Stamp quota, the understanding was War Savings Stamp committee have ; that the Liberty Loan campaign was not agreed to clear the way for the main ; to start until September 28th. It is | objective—$28,000,000 in subscriptions }) necessary, however, in the opinion of the | for the Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. Women! Alexander Will | Answer Your Questions If You Buy W. S. Stamps, Alexander, “the man who knows,” women have questions they want an- | swered by Alexander. 60 we have} drafted him into the War Savings campaign | Alexander will answer your ques- tion by mail, but you must do these When he was here last, recently, | two things first his work attracted tie attention of 1. You must send a Thrift Stamp | many thousands, Just how he !s{ with your question | able to answer questions people have| 2. You must also send along a will open ‘Thursday at the Metropol {tan theatre for a return engagement of ten days. in their minds, we do mot know. | stamped envelope with your name Maybe there's a trick. Maybe it’s| and address so that Alexander can science. Maybe it's mental telep-| answer you without delay athy. However, Alexander is the) The Thrift Stamps will be turned best of the occult performers that have appeared here We know that thousands of Seattle over by The Star to the Red Cross. Address your questions to “Alex ander, care of The Star.” | THE PERFECT AMERICAN RETORT | (By Milton Bronner.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.—It’s not a very pretentious restaurant, but the food is good and the prices—for Washington—are very reasonable. the kind of place where everybody likes to jolly the pretty cashier and which its patrons affectionately dub “The Clattering Dish.” The other day a grouchy individual ordered a meal and, when it came, stared long and hard at the little envelope which contained his sugar allowance for his coffee. Then he growling- ly told the waiter he would like to have some more sugar as he liked his coffee sweet. The waiter passed the request along to the man who was serving behind the counter. Now it happened that the latter was in the army fora while as a cook. He's full of the army hatred of the siacker. So he didn’t hesitate a minute. He didn’t pass over any more sugar. He merely bawled out in a stentorian voice that might be heard for a block: “ASK THE MAN. GENTLEMAN IF HE'S A GER- and Germans Clash Sept. 18 have occurred in Several | from the fact that the Austrians are being used only for garrison duty while Germans are being sent to the front. It is estimated that more according to the Bel-/ than 30,000 Austrian soldiers are on The trouble arose| garrison duty in Belgium | ‘ @ 2 @ | | | Terror Reigns as Yanks Near Rhine) BERNE, Sept. 18 AMSTERDAM, Belgium between Austrian and Ger: man soldiers, Dagblad gische Hungarian Troops’ Revolt Is Checked ‘Terror is reign LONDON, Sept. 18.—A revolt by ing in the towns of the German two regiments in Budapest recently | Rhine region, according to travelers told of by a Hungarian officer,| from Kreuzlingen, despite the fact cording to battle front dispatches. | that officialdom has declared the Order was restored when machine | Franco-American push is not im guns were brought out ang turned portant. ‘The travelers say Germans on the | have warned the population of Mul hausen to prepare for possible evac: ation |Alexieff te to Lea Attack on Soviets Germany May Be AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18.—Gen. Al s > exieff has taken the offensive Planning Retreat against the Bolsheviki near Slagove in Balkan Region) senzek. His forces consist of a num WASHINGTON, Sept, 18.—Ger many gives som indication of pre- ring for a future withdrawal from the Baltic provinces State department advices today re-| ted that the Teutons had begun | removal of useful materials from the | provinces (probably chiefly Esthonia | and Livonia) with the apparent in- [tent of getting out later. ber of Cossacks and strong ¢ | ments of White Guards. | vi 3 | WOMAN FACES JURY Rose Fiori, a Russian woman, charged with selling liquor without a license, was placed on trial before a jury in Federal Judge Neterer's court Wednesday, \ing that a wire had been sent to-Witt | | tivity soon will | Verdun front, (CITY SENDING TO CLEVELAND | FOR CAR CHIEF Peter Witt, famous munictpal trac- tion expert, of Cleveland, wht" that city successful three-cent car- tare service has been called to Seat: | tle to advise on the taking over of | the local system by the city. Mayor Hanson and Councilman | Bolton announced Wednesday morn asking him to come to Seattle as) soon as possible. | Witt worked out in Cleveland the | system for the raising and lowering of car fares proportionate to receipts @ schecne whieh has the indorse- ment of Mayor Hanson. Councilman Erickson advised that Witt be sum- moned, “All difficulties facing our taking over the traction system are being gradually cleared away,” the mayor said Wednesday. Hanson also declared that the loss of $250,000 annually, which the com- pany paid to the city in taxes, would be offset a score of times by the ben- efits resulting from municipal own- ership. | | 100 Survivors of U. S. Steamer Dora Landed in Ireland! AN IRISH PORT, Sept. 18.—One hundred survivors of the torpedoed American steamer Dora have arrived here, aboard an American store ship. | The Dora was a steel screw steam er of 7,037 tons, built in 1903, in Italy. She was one of the shipping board's | fleet. | SPANISH CABINET MEETS TO DISCUSS | U-BOAT SITUATION| MADRID, Sept. 18.—-The Spanish | cabinet will meet today to discuss the international situation. | Foreign Minister Dato stated that | the government's decision regarding German submarine warfare, as it af-| fects Spain, would be published “at | the proper time.” He urged the press to be prudent in a ing with foreign affairs. T binet held a long session | yesterday. Former Rus: lan War Chief Shot| AMSTERDAM, Sept. —Contfir- | mation of the report that Gen. Suck- linhoff, Russian minister of war un der the czar, was court-martialed and shot September 8, was contained in Petrograd dispatches Predict Big Fight in Verdun Region TERDAM, § German | orrespondents predict that ac be revived on the where a great battle is said to be likely Seattle Battery to Give Smoker! Rattery A of the 39th field artil: | lery at Camp Lewis is composed en | tirely of Seattle men, who expect to go overseas shortly This unit, thru Sergt. George G. King, has issued an appeal for funds | to stage a farewell smoker and en tertainment before they leave America, DRAFTCALL FORTIFIED — DUE IS FOR: : _ NAVAL MEN Will Select Men Also for Marines From New Select Service Lists NO MORE _ENLISTING Re United Press eased Wire Direct to The Star WASHINGTON Sept. 18.—Begin- | ning the latter part of the month, men of the navy and marine corps will be drafted, as well as those of the army, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today. Calls for the navy probably wif be | announced the end of September or first of October, and marine corps aoe | calls also will be issued within a few | weeks. This extension of the draft means | the permanent abolition of voluntary POSITIONS GIVE WAY American, French and . and British forces are gradually exerting greater pressure against the Germans in the Joevre and Picardy sectors. Unofficial reports from Paris declare the meee have made substantial progress northeastward along the valley of the Rupt de Mad, and apparently are striking | at the important towns of Chambley and Gorze. oa The latter is in German territory, only seven |southwest of Metz. At the same time the French advanced on a front }about ten miles northeast and east of Verdun, driving sharp salient into the German lines in the direction Etain, which is one of the bastions of the new Hindenburg line in the Woevre region. The French are reported within jthree miles of Etain. British troops, after capturing the little village of Hoelnon, two and three-quarter miles west of St. yesterday, suddenly attacked northwest of St. Quentin this morning. LONDON, Sept. 18.—(4: 20 Pp “m.)—The British hi enlistment in all branches, and inci-| crossed the Hjndenburg line in their new attack at Vill dentally places in the hands of the war department the work of man- ning the nation’s defense arms. and at the sugar beet factory south of Gouzeaucourt, cording to battle front dispatches received here this after- Calls for the navy and marines will | MOON, ‘be made exactly as of the) ariny? “A> distinctive ‘witl | be provided for men inducted under navy. calls, bearing the letters “UV. O.°N.” In selecting tnen for the navy, the | present physical standards of the! 'y will apply, with the following | ceptions: No vicediseased men, no color- blind man, no man with a vision minus glasses of less than 15-20 in either eye, no man with transmissi- ble skin diseases, no man over 74 inches in helght shall be forwarded. McAdoo Asks for Deferred Class Among R. R. Men WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Rail way employes, like all other workers | must prove their services are essen tial to avoid the draft. Provost Mar- | shal General Crowder has ruled that there can be no blanket class exemp- tons of any kind. | Director General McAdoo, who| sought such blanket exemption, to- | day directed regional chiefs to’ ask | deferred classification for every nec essary employe. “Please state to the district board, he directed, “with my full authority that there is no surplus supply of a labor from which employes be drawn to replace those who may be taken for military service Any competent railroad employe taken from an indispensable branch | | of the service will be subtracted from | a force which is already too small and which cannot be adequately re. plenished. | “The taking of any such employe! by any district board would be a step tending to injure the war oper ations of some railroads. “The tak ing of such steps by numerous dis-| trict boards, would be in the aggre. gate institute a cumulative and far. reaching injury to the U. 8. admin istration and would destroy the pur pose for which the government took possession of such control of the} roads." | | Pershing Answers | Lloyd George Note | Epehy). Villeret is five:and a half miles northwest of St Quen- tin. Gouzeaucourt is five and a half miles north and west of Villeret and seven miles southwest of Cambrai. The advance was made on a front of nearly 15 miles, extending northward from the village of Holnon. The latest | advices said the British had advanced an average of two to |three miles and had taken 1,500 prisoners. Poilus and U. S. Men Tighten fs Line Beyond Verdun and Mihiel PARIS, Sept. 18.—American forces, striking north- eastward along the valley of the Rupt de Mad, in the direc- | tion of Gorze and Chambley, have captured a series of important fortified positions, La Liberte announced (Gorze is seven miles southwest of Metz and a within the German frontier. Chambley is five miles Gorze.) ae At the same time the French, operating in the Weer i advanced two to three kilometers (a mile and a quarter a mile and three-quarters). They occupy a line east of Watronville, Hautecourt, Dieppe and Moranville, it was reported. .|Haig’s Men Strike New Blow on 12-Mile Front Before Quentin BY LOWELL MELLETT | south of the La Bassee canal.” (United Press Correspondent) |. British operations on the Picardy |front this week have been centered WITH THE BRITISH AR- in the region northwest of St. - MIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 18.— of St. Game | tin, where they have improved their line by local attacks. The villages of Le Verguier and Massemy were captured this week |and Holnon was approached. The | three villages constitute a front of | about five miles, Holnon is less than three miles west of St. Quentin. In this area the British are within two to four miles of the Hindenburg line. (Noon.)—British troops attacked on # front of about 12 miles west and northwest of St. Quentin this morning. They drove for- ward repeatedly, after a heavy bombardment of only three min- utes. They were preceded by the usual barrage. ne British are reported to have reached Fresnoy-Le-Petit (two and three-quarters miles northwest of St Quentin). as Stiff enemy resistance has been| Davis Is Named encountered in Epehy (12 miles | Sorthwest, of St. Quentin and at} U. S, Ambassador Ronssoy (three miles southeast of | to Great Britain BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—John Davis, solicitor general of the Vermand (five miles west of St Quentin) and Holnon wood (three miles southeast of Vermand) are un der heavy gas bombardment w. reels Labi 18.-Gen. Persh-| ‘The attack was made against posi-| United States, will be American am- Premier Lloyd tions where the Germans have been | bassador to Great Britain, legram of congratulation | conducting rear guard actions during} Davis, who is now en route to on the St. Mihiel victory, said the |the past fortnight. It may bring the | Berne to confer with German agents American army would endeavor to| jcontinue supplying the premier with “occasional doses of the same sort of medicine.” “Your telegram of congratulations | was deeply appreciated,” wired Per- shing. “It shall be the endeavor of the American army to supply you with occasional doses of the same sort of medicine, needed, from now until the final victory has been attained “I trust this finds you fully covered from your illness.” (Lloyd George, who dictated the mess to Pershing while ill in bed, » American success was as re. | better than any of the other medi-| y had taken.) | |cines he Food Riots Beenik | Out in Amsterdam AN Food TERDAM, Sept. | riots broke out here Monday night | hes and Tuesday in various parts of the | city, Shops were pillaged. The po- lice and infantry and cavalry detach: | ments dispersed the mob, Four per- | sons were injure# |sion of Holnon village, British into actual contact with the |OM questions involving exchange of main German defenses along the | Prisoners, is one of the less widely Hindenburg line. known but most popular officials of a | the government. eras ics S ic ion of his selee LONDON, Sept. 18—The British| Official confirmat! attacked this nonthees tion for the post at the court of St. attacked this morning northwest Of | yames, succeeding Walte® ; Hinas! St. Quentin, Field Marshal Haig an petty 4 Page, resigned, was made by Pres British troops yesterday captured | ent Wilson today Holnon, two and three-quarters miles| John William Davis was born at west of St. Quentin. The Germans | Clarksburg, W. Va, April 18, 4878, He was graduated from Washington and Lee law school, and later was as- sistant professor of law in the instl- tution. He has been prominent in democratic polities all of his life, be- ing a former member of the West Virginia house of delegates, delegate to democratic conventions, and mem: + ber of the 62d and 63d congresses, | from which he resigned August 30, 1913, to beome solicitor general, at the request of Pr is a 82d degree Mason, an Elk and a” prominent clubman here. Davis is married and has a daughter, recaptured most of Moeuvres (seven miles west of Cambrai) by a counter attack yesterday evening. The Brit ish advanced slightly last night south of the La Bassee canal in Flanders. “As the result of our operations | sterday on the southern portion of the battle front, we guined posses with several prisoners,” the statement said “This morning our troops attacked northwest of St. Quentin “Yesterday evening the tacked at Moeuvres unc artillery barrage our troops kk to the western out: | skirts of the village. | “By a successful local operation | carried out during the night, we ad-) vanced our line slightly immediately | officially announced today, enemy at ver of a LONDON, Sept. . Lioyd George is convalescing, 18 was _ - 44 ah