The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 20, 1918, Page 1

FULL LEASED WIRE VOLUME 20. NO. 175 THE Yinte REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS 4 as Bocond Ch ASSOCIATION CIRCULATION OF 1899, at the Pontoffice The Seattle Star GREATEST DAILY ann Mattor May 3, PACIFIC NORTHWEST 1879 ANY PAPER IN THE at Seattle, W of ¢ March &, hh, under the Act verona THE SEATTLE STAR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, SERVICE OF THE NEWS COMPLETE NIGHT EDITION ONE CENT IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mail, 46.00 to $9.00 SPAP. R ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION 1918, Weather Forecast: fal winds. Tonight gentle 8 and Saturday, ithwesterly MN) AGREEMENT {What Does Ne Russ Move Mean? | GUNSS TO GET OUT Dispatches From Petrograd Declare Germans Ready | to Quit Occupied Land AFFECTS LARGE REGION ] nited Press Leased wire! | Direct to The Star Sept. 20.—An agreement has been signed at Vilna by Russian and Ger- man delegates providing for German evacuation of occu- | pied territory, according to dispatches from Petrograd. Ty —_siThe above dispatch is not con (i firmed. | Russian territory invaded by Ger- aside from the Baltic and ] provinces demanded from | Russia, consists of: | Parts of provinces of Petrograd Vitebsk, Pskov, Chernigon, Kieff and Kierson and all of Minsk. POLES, CZECHS AND SLAVS MAY WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Triple | alliance of Poland, the Czecho-Slo vaks and JugoSlavs for a united stand against Germany and Austria was held possible here today by Dr. * Thomas Masaryk, chairman of the .cho-Slovak national council and ‘commander-in-chief of the Czecho- Slovak forces in Siberia, France and Italy. Dr. Masaryk pointed out in a Unit ed Press interview that essentially | the three great oppressed nationali- ties have common grievances against Austria-Hungary and that it is to assistance in bringing victory to the en and the Hapsburgs overthrown He also indicated that graphical relationship of Czecho-Slov: and Jugo-Slavs, as well as their common bonds of sym. § pathy, will make close co-operation ‘ highly important. : This co-operation will form a solid barrier, he indicated, against Ger. ; man aggression in Russia and the | talkans, and will prevent a possible restoration of the European imperial scheme after Germany has been de feated and the Hapsburg dynasty abolished the Poles, HUN-LED REDS ARE DEFEATED LONDON, Sept. manded by German officers near Ukhtinskaya, was reported in official dispatches from the Murman coast today “German-led forces at Ukhtinskaya were severely defeated by Kare Mans,” the statement said. emy suffered heavily and was pur sued in disorder toward the frontier Over 1,000 rifles, much ammunition and many boats were captured.” A Pig— A Rabbit— A Chicken— A Cow— A Cat— _A Painting— A Stove— A Tent— A Piano— A House— Do You Want Above? It You, Do, Classified’ Any of the Turn to the Pages. MAKE ALLIANCE their mutual advantage to lend every | entente, that Germany may be beat-| the geo-| 20,—Overwhelm- | Ing defeat of Bolshevik forces com-| “The en: | | tember 29 or be lable to the draft, it! steamer was bound from Quincy to | Hohenzollerns TAKE 10,000 BUL % REPORT HUNS TO EVACUATE RU If the report is true that Germany has agreed to evacuate Russian territory, two reasons back of it may be suggested. Germany, in her desperate scurry for manpower to bolster up the western front, may have agreed to make this move to free troops now in Russia for the bloody fields in France. In this case, the evacuation would be the result of plain necessity and would be proof of the serious plight of the Hun. On the other hand, such an agreement may be a shrewd diplomatic trick designed to accomplish a two- fold result: First, it would aim to silence those who have pointed to Russia in proof of Germany’s annexa- tion policy, despite “peace” treaties. Germany, pursuing its peace offensive, would thus claim good faith in proposed evacuation of occupied regions in both the East and West. Moreover, it would place the Czecho-Slav allied intervention in Russia in an uncertain way. With recent official revelations showing the utter duplicity of Lenine and Trotsky, it is not unlikely that they have worked out this plan in conjunction with German diplomats as a means of checking the Siberian movement. With German troops out of Russia, the soviet government would be in a position to demand to know why the allies are maintaining troops there. An effort to arouse public sentiment against the -allies might follow, with the possibility of open warfare be- tween Russia and the allies as a result. If this could be brought about, Germany’s evacuation would be well worth the price from the Hun standpoint. That the Czecho-Slav movement and allied inter- vention have been worrying Germany, is evidenced by the clamor of the Hun press recently for action. “The Czecho-Slovak danger is underestimated both by the soviet government and Germany,” declared the Bremen Weser Zeitung. “It has developed into a threat of the gravest danger to Germany, and must be com-, batted and, if possible, removed.” And a writer in the Deutsche Politik makes plain the bond between Germany and the Bolsheviki when he says: “For us there is no greater interest in the East than the interest of maintaining Bolshevism. * * * Let us preserve that situation, and we shall at the same time earn the gratitude of the Bolsheviki and the profits for Germany.” Is the evacuation announcement a subtle Ger- manic scheme to preserve their Bolshevik dupes? and w LONG RANGE Germans Admit U. S. Ar- tillery Is Finding Its Mark TRY TO SILENCE NEWS WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—An American long range gun has been shelling Metz, according to te cables today, quoting German official press reports. The bombardment has been carried on several days and word has traveled thruout Lorraine, despite German attempts to sup- press the news. The Germans say they have ex pected the long range shelling for some time, and point to their big | guns which fired on Paris to prove that long range cannon have made possible shelling of cities at great distance. German reports indicate that the gun is located at Pont-A- Mousson, METZ REPORTS U. S. SHELLING AMSTERDAM, Sept Metz newspapers publish an official report stating that for several days the city has been under bombardment from enemy long-range guns. The state ment adds that such a bombardment has long been expected. 20 United Prees dispatches several days ago reported bombardment of Metz by American artillery, A dis patch from the front yesterday stat- ed that airmen reported shells drop: ping in the center of the city WASHINGTON, Sept Nine inch and larger caliber guns can now | shoot into Metz from American posi tions, members of the house military affairs committee said they were told at the war department today Department officials were 20 quoted | “ ALLIED BLOWS ARE |that 7,000 Liberty motors had been | | turned out, of which 2,500 went to DECREASING BOCHES ° WITH ‘THE AMERICANS ON| visions less rested but apparently re THE METZ FRONT, Sept. 20.—Di-| garded as possessing better fighting minishing of German effective fight: | qualities. ing forces as a result of the allies’| Aside from artillery and aviation hammering this summer is shown in activity, the Metz front continues information received at American | comparativelyquiet. The boches at- headquarters. tempted a raid near St. Die, farther The enemy has 87 divisions (about | south yesterday morning, following 1,000,000 men) in reserve, not count-|an hour’s bombardment, but were ing three Austrian divisions which | repulsed before they reached our probably are in the Metz region lines, Thirteen of the 87 divisions have| Airplane photographs of the re-| had more than a month's rest and | gion about Metz show that bombing are regarded as fit for immediate |by allied planes has been very ef. | service. Twenty have rested three | fective. The triangle between Mon | months ry and Sablon, just south of Then there are the totally rested is an extremely important divisions, which include three first | junction point of three railroads, | class, six second class, two third | The form a veritable maze of class and two fourth class. All the| tracks and more than a thousand others were engaged in the German | freight cars are shown in the pic attack July 5 or in the allied coun-| tures. The results of many direct ter offensive. |hits can be observed in the photo. The quality of the rested reserves | graphs. may be shown by the fact that they| Mars-La-Tour and Chambley, | have not been used in serious fight-|which are being shelled as well as ing. The ‘mans’ command Is | bombed, 0 have dam making replacements f from other di been badly Ten Caught i in Net After U. S. Probe of Leather Plant) YORK, Sept. 20.—Ten em Woman Leader of Death Battalion Reported Slain Sept. 20.—Madame Alex-| NEW LONDON, andria Bedschakeuna, organizer of| ployes and government inspectors at the Russian women's battalion of| the factory of Rosenwasser Brothers death, was executed at Vitebsk Sep-| Long Island City, have been arrest ed, charged with conspiring to de. tember 12, for participation in a| 00: Oot ee vornment counter revolution, according to a The department of justice has is Berlin wireless dispatch made pub-| syed statement th fi per eant lic here toc The dispatch de- of jeather jerkins for tors made clared the woman was shot at the nwasser factory were un fit. The Rosenwasser plant has British Recruiting | been under federal investigation for | months, in U. S. to End Soon Ww YORK, Sept. 20.—The Cana-| STEAMBOAT GROUNDS dian and British recruiting mission in the United States will close all its recruiting offices October 12, it was| BURLINGTON, lIa., Sept. 20. announced today by Eric. Gen.|phe steamboat St. Paul, with 400 White, commanding the mission. Aft ‘ . wr that date aif Eritons and Canaai|persons aboard, grounded in the ang of military age will become liable | Mississippi river, near Quincy, Il to draft, ‘This applies to men in the |last night, according to reports re new draft age. Those within the| ceived here today gers draft ages must enlist before Sep-| were taken off without injury. ‘The | | was announced, Canton, Mo. WITH 400 ON BOARD) the navy and the allies, and the re- mainder to the army. 150 U. S. Airmen | Swoop Down Upon Fleeing Germans| LONDON, Sept. 20.—One hundred and fifty American airmen swooped down on a road crowded with Ger- man soldiers during the advance into the St. Mihiel sector, dropping bombs and firing machine guns cording to stories of America’s first personally conducted battle printed here The Germans were retreating along two main roads, the dispatch said. One of these was closed by American fire, and the Germans were all sent down the other road, with the result that they we and attacked by the Americans seen KAISER GAMBLES aged , | tria- Hungary nd the Rhine, he is wying to ment of traction trouble | Its t at any cost while Austria: | land. | PARIS, Sept, 20—France’s reply {Hungary repeats her appeal for Witt gave his indorsement of the | to the Austrian peace discussion pro: | peace, It is a highly dangerous posi-| plan to have the firm of Ford, Ba-| posal, handed to the Swiss ministe tion for the German army, but the|con & Davis, Cleveland traction ac-| consists of Premier Clemenceau’s become moro | countants, check traction property | speech to the senate refusing the than graspers after strawa, here. offer. ON PEACE MOVE BY J, W. T. MASON (United Press War Expert) NEW YORK, Sept. 20—Von Hin denbure's stiffening of his defenses in Western France coincides with a renewed effort on the part of Aus- to secure consideration of the Hapsburg plea for a peace con ference It is evident that the kaiser has ordered a fresh supply of man power, in the despairing hope that Austria may yet accomplish the plan and Germany t able to steal into a peace congress from the conquered fields of France and Belgium The kaiser ) inveterate gam bler with destiny. The crushing fail ures of the submarine campaign and this year's bloody offensives do not seem to have cured him, He has re turned to the tables for another throw He is now gambling with his re: ve Instead of moving slowly kward and conserving his man power for the defense of German ter Star 2c Per Copy Starting Saturday In the face of mounting war costs, The Star has maintained its old price of le per copy, while other papers here and thruout the country have doubled, many of them trebled, their pre-war rates. As a result, The Star and has been for many months the only paper of its size anywhere in the United States still selling at le per copy. It has been both a pride and a pleasure on the part of The Star management to maintain the old price, despite the many handicaps, but now, added to the pressure of war costs, has come the plain desire of the government, as expressed thru the war industries board, that all 1c papers should increase their price to conserve news print paper. In France, Italy and Eng- land, the papers have raised their priées as the result of government orders. In the United States the lc paper is now a rare commodity. The Star has struggled with the same problems that compelled other publishers to raise .their rates more than a year ago, but present conditions—war costs and white paper shortage—make it imperative that The Star subscription price be raised to 2c. The new price becomes effective Saturday, September 21st, on papers sold-on the streets of Seattle. The price by carrier delivery within the city will be 12 cents per week beginning Monday, September. 30. SPLIT SEATTLE “LIBERTY DAY” ON OCTOBER 12, | WILSON ORDERS WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— The president, by proclamation, today named October 12 as Lib- erty day and requested the citi- zens of the Y. S. to celebrate the discovery of America in or- der to stimulate a generous re TO COMPETE IN LIBERTY DRIVE Seattle will be divided into two big district teams—north and south—to compete in the Liberty Loan campaign for the largest number of subscriptions. Each diviston will h: com- manders, whose duty it will be to war against the opposing side | sponse to the Liberty Loan. wilt, salisesigtiian Maaks! “Every day the great principles Each district will have its honor as hips bol ts orate aan Viel dhl ; : , old upon our intent and purpose at stalk to overwhelm the foe by and make clearer what the end the size and number of its contribu-| must be and what we must do to Mons achieve it,” the proclamation reads. | “We now know more certainly The commanders, as appointed a Liberty Loan headquarters Friday than we ever knew why free brought the great nation men and gov | noon, were: ernment we love into existence be- | North or Red division—W. A. M./| cause it grows clearer and clearer | smith, W. In Rhodes and J, W,|What supreme service it is to be fpangter, | America's privilege to render to the | world “The anniversary of the dis of America must therefore h us in this fateful hour a peculiar and thrilling significance. V should make it a day of ardent re dedication to the ideals upon which our government is founded and by |which our present heroic tasks are inspired.” puth or Blue division—James H Kane, A. F. Haynes and Walter B pttleton ‘Thousands of church members rep- resenting congregations of every re ligious denomination in the city will hold a monster religious demonstra tion Sunday, Sept. 29, at 3 p. m. on the second day of the Fourth Liberty Le n dri¢e. pre will be 40,000 marchers and rs, he church congregations on the march will be headed by military, naval and marine buglers. Roy Scout messengers will deliver | to each minister in the city a pack age of sealed orders Saturday morn ing, giving fi instructions, E. V. Shayler, oh AUSTRIAN OFFER IS STILL OPEN AMSTERDAM, Sept. 20.—“Aus- tria-Hungary'’s offer still is Mark's church, Is al Oates atakoimaent Ae committee of ministers handling de-| Oben- This statement was cor tails of the demonstration, which| tained in an official dispatch will be featured by a parade thruout| from Vienna received here today. the central section of the city. The} The dispatch further stated that | marching congregations will sing | ;, : ; Fore! Secre! y ta » 's ce hymns, such as “Onward Christian | Foreign Secretary Balfour's recent goidlera,’” ed by their | Speech “contains rash conclusions re choirs and song leaders. | garding the central empires’ attitude Repsrebantatves’ of 1: Extesthnty|itoward's which he could not [Catholic and Jewish churches pledg: | nave made if he had accepted the ed their part in the religious demon: | Fi proposed discussion.” tion at a meeting of city minis: | ters addressed by Frank Waterhouse | “From reports abroad, the rejéc- | Thursday |tien of the Austro-Hungarian pro- Liberty Loan Sunday in ttle | Posal cannot be doubted,” the dis will hear Loan sermons delivered | Patch said. “Official replies have from every pulpit in the city at the| Mot yet been received. Only Bal morning services. | four's exhaustive discussion is avail I. G. Rosebaum, head of the Fa-|able. His arguments and the de. bates in the French and American mous Players-Lasky corporation dis: tributing office in Seattle, will be in| Serfutes show how correctly Baron charge of the routing for Washing. | Burian's proposal judged the situa ton and Idaho of the 360 Loan films| tion. Only adoption of the proposal the confusion of minds erywhere will master | prevailing ¢ which will show one day in each the atre. we | “Balfour's speech contains rash |conclusions regarding the central Cleveland Expert apireals. aRituda tl Uwasd Genee) which he could not have made if he Won’t Come Here) haa accepted the discussion Peter Witt, Cleveland's municipal | open LEAT offer is still street car expert, will not be able to come to or E x | French Reply to Austria on He wired May plaining he is engaged Way © GS MEN | SUCCEED IN Struggle Before. Hindenburg | Line Is Going Against - Desperate Enemy /ENTERING NEW REGION BY LOWELL MELLETT Uniited Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH ARM- IES IN FRANCE, Sept. 20— | The British have made the ex- traerdinary successes of the past | two days complete. rmans who held the outposts of » Hindenburg line in spots between ‘ambrai and St. Quentin, have béen cleared out, while in other places |the British have regained outpost | | positions temporarily recaptured by | the enemy, which are absolutely es- sential to the safety of the great defensive system. This is especially true on each side of Bony (a mile and a quarter southwest of the important town of Le Catelet), where the dry bed of | the St. Quentin canal, running just jeast of the village, forms one of the |main defenses of the Hindenburg | line. British troops now occupy a ridge approaching the line and their artil- jlery is now overlooking the final Jerman stronghold in this sector. Australian troops have pushed far- ther forward in this zone than the | allies have penetrated since 1914. | These facts explain the earnest: | | ness of the German counter attacks. LONDON, Sept. 20.—British troops | recaptured Moeuvers (seven miles | | directly west of Cambrai) in an at Ee last night, Field Marshal Haig | announced today. Fighting is still | |continuing in that region. There | were local engagements on other parts of the front. The British advanced their lines a mile in the Lempire-Epehy sector (west of Le Catelet) yesterday, in the face of strong opposition and heavy artillery fire The Germans’ desperate stand on | the Hindenburg line, between Cam- brai and St. Quentin, is developing | some of the most sanguinary fight: ing of the war. | The whole region, from a point northwest of Cambrai to southwest- ward of St. Quentin, has been the scene of an alternating series of at- cks and counter attacks, which have been carried out with great | ferocity, despite bad weather. | 10,000 Are Taken The fighting has resulted favor-| for the British and French, the | |enemy’s counter blows only adding | to his already staggering casualties. Prisoners taken by the British since | Wednesday morning already tavel passed 10,000, according to official figures. Little battle nature consolid was noted in the line yesterday, owing to the of the fighting. The British a their gains northwest of St. Quentin, while the French pushed forward slightly south of | that place, reaching the outskirts of Benay 1° British troops have entered the| Macedonian fighting on a big scale, striking northward in the Lake Dot ran region, which now forms the right flank of the allied offensive | The French and Serbians are pur, suing’the fleeing Bul in the Cer. |nay valley. They have captured 45 | | villages. The Greeks are fighting alongside the British | “Shortly before midday yesterday tacked in the Lem lish troops sector,” the statement change | “In spite of considerable opposi. and in the face of heavy ar. and machine gun fire, they val of more previot able progress to the depth than a mile beyond the line y gained in this locality. A point, known Malassie between Lempire and aptured after obstinate resistance, and with it a number of small woods, posts and defended lo: calities, forming part of our old de fensive system | “A few prisoners were taken in local engagements in other parts of | the battle front, and also north of Hunluch Yorth of Lens party was repu strong as a hostile raiding “LEAGUE OF - NATIONS” | SPREAD BROADCAST} LONDON, Sept. —_20.—Viscount | | Grey's pamphlet, “A League of Na tions,” is to be widely circulated both lin neutral and enemy countries. GARS | villages, SIA ALLIES GAIN ON 35-MILE LINE INEAST Serbs, French, British and Greeks Now Operating Against Bulgars CAVALRY BREAK FRONT; By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star LONDON, Sept. 20.— Allied troops are advanc- ing on a D a5 mile front in Macedonia, according to dispatches received from the Saloniki battlefield to- day. Ten thousand troope are reported to have been} captured Wednesday. The Serbians Tate ‘crossed, the Cerna river, between Rasinbey and Godiyah, cap- turing Mrewcsko. The fights ing front has been widened | until it extends 25 miles east of the Cerna, along which the allies have advanced between 15 and 17 miles. Near Lake Doiran the British and Greeks are moving forward on a ten-mile front. The British official foun Sees declares that * e Bulgarian trench system in the Lake Doiran has been captured and tha city of Doiran is now held, FRENCH CAPTURE ENEMY POSITION PARIS, Sept. 20.—French troops. yesterday captured Essigny-Lea Grand (four miles directly south of St. Quentin), the war office announo- ed today. “In the region of St. Quentin, French troops yesterday evening captured Essigny-Le-Grand and took additional prisoners,” the commu- nique said, “East of the Ailette the night was- marked by violent enemy reactions, Five different counter attacks were. broken up before our new positions | north of Allemant and east of Moissy jfarm. The enemy suffered very heavy losses without obtaining the: least results, “On the Aisne we occupied terri- tory west of Aizy and northeast of Vailly. “An enemy attempt to cross the; Vesle at Jonchery was broken up. “Our patrols penetrated the enemy |lines northwest of Souain, in the | Casrapeeoe: and brought back prise er: Colored Yankees Do Buck and Wing for Gen. Petain WITH THE AMERICANS QN THE METZ FRONT, Sept, 20.— jen. Petain saw his first. buck ind wing dance during a visit to 4 sector occupied by American negro troops. As the general left headquar- ters, a band struck up an irre- sistible jazz tune. A black dough- boy slithered out into an open re and cut a few pigeon wings, tched and listenéd ap- tively then smiling, con- gratulated the dancer and the band leader. Ukrainians Take 10 Villages and Smash Hun Train STOCKHOLM, 20.—Ukraine insurgents have blown up a German military train and have captured 10 according to dispatches Sept. from Petrograd. Dispatches regarding Siberian op. erations declare ‘the soviets have oo | cupied Rindovsk and that the Czechs have captured Bizertski, ‘The Bol shevik troops are retiring trem Crasnofimsk,