The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 23, 1918, Page 1

-IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR. THE STAR IS FOR The Seattle Star ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST | CENTS | Per Copy FULL LEASED WIRE VOLUME 20. NO. 177 THE GREATES Entered as Second Ch T DAILY REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS biel ULATION OF Matter May 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Warh, under the Act SE ATTL i, Ww. ASH., > MOND s%> SE PTEMBE R 28, 1918, Star Liberty Bell Ringer No. MY SON EARLY twenty-three years ago, on the 14th of December, 1895, at about 2 o'clock in the morning, I drove thru a blinding snowstorm, seven miles, to a little town in northern Illinois, to summon a doctor. Some days later, she who gave her life that our baby boy might live, was laid to rest in the village cemetery. We grew to be great pals, my son and I. Always, after he learned to know, he appre- ciated the sacrifice. Often, in the evenings and during our long walks together, we spoke of her, and to his mother’s memory he seemed to have consecrated his life. We moved to the Canadian prairies and we were happy among the wheat fields and cattle ranges until a mad ambition car- ried a European overlord into an unforgiv- able march over the bodies of women and babies, thru a tiny neighbor nation, whose rights he had sworn to uphold. My son came to me in the evening of the day we learned of the fearful ravage of Belgium. We talked a long time and finally we agreed that she would have it so, and my son and I drove most of that night so that he might enlist on the fol- “sJowing morning. : E knew it was the last ride. Try as we would to believe that he would return, we knew that with the strength which had been building for two score years inf the nation of the arch-murderer, those who went early into the fight must lose many of their number. I thought often during that ride of an- other ride I had taken years before and I told my son something of what the doctor pt and I had found upon our reaching home. 4 “She did not suffer in vain,” are the Py words spoken by my son, which I cannot and will not forget. OW he is buried in France. Sometimes I feel hardly toward the fate which ; i has taken the two whom I loved away from é me. It seems unfair at times, and then I iy think of the miseries of that little nation 8 which stemmed the tide of German invasion just long enough to permit those that Ger- many would destroy, to marshal their a forces, I recall the words of my son, and they seem so appropriate: “She did not suf- fer in vain.” R..T. & Editor's Note—Accompanying the above, came a short note to The Star from the man who wrote it one sentence of which belongs to the public If peo ple could only appreciate the reason, if they would take home to their hearts the magnitude of Belgium's would realize the unselfishne: War Savings Stamps, simplified.” sacrifice, if they the drives for funds { Bonds, would be much Liberty | WOMEN TO REPLACE ' THOUSANDS OF MEN a Seattle industries will be | McBride, employers will be repre a combed for war workers, and sented by President George P. Stet 4 women put in places of men who | son, of the Stetson Machine Works are doing non-essential duties, |sam Boddy, of the hoisting en while some industries will be | gincers’ union, will represent labor i] actually suspended to release | Lawrence Wood, federal director of ¥ employes for Uncle Sam's vie- | employment, will work with them tory program. ‘There is now a serious shortage A ommunity board,” headed by| of 5,000 workers in Seattle,” said ex-Governor Henry McBride, has| Wood. “The nation wide shortas been assigned by the government| is 1,500,000. The new order is going to check over all industries, and|to hit a lot of us. But priv ; decide on necessary adjustments terests must give way to the gov id ‘This plan of sifting industry for|ernment’s urgent war needs / thruout the United State Monday dela detailes Deliberations here have been pending ul of further instructions. arriv Will Hit Thousands WASHINGTON, Sept Ma This is, in effect, application of | Chinery designed to force men out the “work or fight” principle on a|0f nonessential employment and sweeping scale, and will hit thou.| Muster women of the nation to take gands of 18-46 men now employed on| their places, was put in motion to: jobs nomessential to the war pro lay by 1,000 communit labor q gram boards, reaching into every section if Even in war industries, men will| of the country be replaced by women where pos The woards are acting under de sible to rele men for more es. | tailed, ructions from the govern sential work. ment, ing thru the U. 8, em-| On the “community board” with| Labor Adjustment Is on Thruout U.S.A. ued on page 9) HUNS LEAVE CAMBRAI, IS NEW REPORT Haig Makes Slight Gain in Struggle for Cambrai STORMS ARE CONTINUING Fa United Pre: Leased Wire| Direct to The Star = PARIS, Sept. 23.—The Temps declares the Germans are evacuating Cambrai, send- ing the inhabitants to Mons. WITH THE BRITISH AR- MIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 23.— Regardless of » heavy rain, the British and Germans continued local fighting for possession of various positions between Cam- brai and St. Quentin test’ sight and early today. South of .Oppy. the SMW tat night advanced 600% yas onan 1,100-yard front, taking 50 prisoners. At 10 p. m., British = tre vanced near Epehy, drawing, emy out of several trenches protect ing the Hindenburg outpost line. LONDON, Sept. 23 British troops progressed on a front of about three quarters of a mile east of Gavrelle (five and a half miles north of Arras) last night, Marshal Haig announced today The Germans temporarily pene trated the British lines near thaucourt (four miles west of St Quentin), early in the evening, but were driven out by a counter at tack The British also advanced between Vendhuille and Villers-Gu tak ing a number of strong points and some prisoners ‘Last night English troops made progress in the direction of Tombois farm (two miles directly west of Le s of hard “Far a group of trenches and strong st of Vendhuille n of prisoners were taken dur nt, also over 100 prisoners outh of lain occupied held Northwe n in local attacks 4-Guislain East of Graville ed on a front « Sixty pri h troops three-quar progre ters of a mile taken Early last night the er ta Rerthauce under co 1 artillery barrage. The penetrated ¢ ine at one point. Ar immediate counter attack completel In the afternoon, English troops aptured a German strong point in the n of Ronssoy-Bony road which had held out stubbornly all day. Eight prisoners were taken Later in the afternoon, a hostile counter attack from the direction of Guillemont farm (midway between Ronssoy and Bony) was repulsed with heavy loss by rifle and ma chine gun fire ARCHBISHOP IRELAND RECEIVES LAST RITES ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 23.—Last rites of the church were administer ed Archbishop Ireland _ toy by Bishop O'Gorman, Sioux Falls, 8. D. ind the Rev Welch tary to the prelate archbishop was till consciou' talked with friend Why Keep It a Secret? If You Unfilled he and Have An Want It to - “the Audience orthw Tell Larg in the Phone Your Want Ad to Main 600 You Can Have It Charged If more convenient, you may leave copy for the Want Ad at Bartell’s, 610 Second Ave. Palestine Drive Heading Toward Constantinople By J. W. T. Mason Famous War Expert NEW YORK, Sept. 23 plains of Sharon to Naza Gen, Allent th has covered s remarkable advance thru the 50 miles in two days’ fighting, which is the record for the present war The British are now within 75 miles of Damascus, the capture of which is certain if the present disintegration of the Turkish forces con tinue. Once there, Allenby can begin to make plans for uniting his own forces with t northwestward ritish army ong the in Mesopotamia, Euphrates. which is working This army has as its objective its way the capture of Aleppo, where the Constantinople railroad joins the Bagdad and the Damascus lines From Damascus, Allenby, too, will advance toward Aleppo. It will be possible fc tions immediat The Arabian desert which now the Mesopotamian expedition loses it ting the two armies to unite under approach to Aleppo MOVE WITH REMARKABLE SPEED Gen. Allenby is less than 300 mileus from Aleppo a 1 half ‘the distance from Suez to that major Turkish railway center. The extraordinary speed of Gen, Allenby's advance from Jaffa to Nazareth last week indicates that the second half of the Journey will be out of all proportion to the first in rapidity of accomplishment. With British armies in possession of Aleppo, the nearby port of Alen Gretta will certainly be seized. Therefore a major campaign may be begun for the capture of.Constantmople thru Asia Minor. ith Alendretta in possession of the allies, troops could easily be landed there, ready to move aléng the Aleppo railway leading acroas Asia Minor into stantinople, The distance to be covered is about: 800 miles This sounds like a stupendous wu taking, but with a demoralized Turkish army in opposition, the possibility of success exists; certainly the mere threat of so gigantic an experiment will work havoc with the morale of the pan-Germans AMERICAN GUNS CAN him to get in touch with the British Mesopotamian opera the use of cavalry separates Gen. Allenby's forces from density north of Dama permit 1 single strategic direction for the at Damascus by SMASH METZ DEFENSE %| thing as an impregnable fortress BY A. EK. GELDHOF Liege, Antwerp, Przemysl, Lem (War Editor of the Newspaper berg demonstrated that modern can Enterprise Association) non will prevail Lgaingt any fortres ” sy * and that fighting men and The fortified city of Metz must arms are the best military reliance now be regarded as the objective of the American and allied whether the drive to capture it takes But before. the American fighting men can make any appreciable ad vance toward the Rhine, American armies, place this fall or in the spring.|guns must reduce the fortress of Therefore it is time to examine the | Metz. military obstacle it represents in the The country about Metz is of high path of the march to Berlin strategic importance, and has beer Metz has been a fortress since the forbidden ground to tourists in Ger days of the Roman empire,fand has|™any for years. The city les in a en considered one of the| fertile valley, which widens out in in Europe. Probably Paris | the hills to the north and narrows city in Europe which ts| toward the French frontier, The rongly fortified. In these | Powerful detached forts which guard range guns of great | the city are placed upon the height however, there is no such (Continued on P ‘lions Drive to Open With Big Songfest Seattle roing to sing its'way|Saturday night, will make Second Into that 000,000." ave. ring from Pike st, to Cherry This was the declaration of C. J.| Thousands of soldiers and’ MacVittie, chairman of the music| will hold places in the ga committee of the Fourth Liberty | while the song leaders of the No Loan campaign Monday west military camps will lea Six military bands will help start | singing the great drive Saturday, while a iveuia. Ga: tie dob sing, scheduled for t community “Everybody Lyons will hold forth at one n of the gathe visi rs, Montgomery Lynch, Lowell tton and Walter Jenkins will lead jother sections, Second avenue will be cleared of all traffic Every business estabiishment will be notified by letter Tuesday morr ROME, Sept The report that | ing of the quota set for its employes . Wilhelm ot Germany js ill| by the Liberty Loan payroll bond confirmed by German news: | committee coral Half From Workers The kaiser, it ix declared, has been| «Only 50 per cent of our $28,000 forced to cancel all high engage} 999 quota can come from our finan ments ciers and business men,” said R = aes Taylor, payroll committee secretary * Monday “It's the wage earner Berlin Statement we're depending upon In this drive Says Strong Push as never before. Every business house in the city will have to subseribe its quota by, Yanks Repulsed RERLIN (via London), Sept “We want to establish an aristo Repulse of a strong American attack | cracy of old clothes here, We want yesterday on a front of over five| People to do without that fall suit mi between Haumont and Rem- | @nd wear a Liberty Loan button in ; he Ger-| stead.” erco was reported by the Ger cae ; Artillery | ‘The quota to be subscribed by ny. 1 on the whole Lorraine heights | atement said man war office t fighting was incre front, between the and the Moselle, busir house multiplying t seriptions by Aw: taft is Merey estim ‘d Emblems Afterward the sricans advanced ei in strong force toward Haumont and|_ A bond club in every business es south of Damptivoux (a mile east] tablishment in ttle id King each with its own subscribed ‘ounty, and quota to be tary and Rembercourt (fiv this is of Haumont) miles east of Haumont). one of the drive pla A rich posit of asphalt has been An enormous saving of clerical*la discovered in the Philippi so near | bor will be made, it is pointed ami, a. inland| the cashier, or other representative (Continued on page 9) that no transportation is necessary. the water's edge of Congress all § Monday sub- | March 8, 1879. COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER IT - NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS PER COPY Per Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION ther Forecast: 7 "ends ays gentic westerly Winds: warm- winds. ‘WIPE OUT 2 TURK ARMIES ALLIES TAKE 25 MACEDONIAN TOWNS. 25,000 MEN, 260 GUNS CAPTURED IN PALE War Action | on All Fronts at a Glance The great wedge driven inte } the Bulgarian lines, between Mon- astir and Lake Doiran, has al- ready virtually separated their armies in Southern Serbia and northeastern Greee Both the railway supplying the Bulgarians in the Lake Doiran re- gion and) German-built railway ( serving Prilip, have been cut. The Serbian war office reports nemy in all the sur- y is feeling the operation “enor: the this ‘ N ) The allied advance up to Satur- day had reached a depth of more than 40 miles between the Var- dar and the eastern reach of the Cerna, No incursion has yet been ro porte into’ Bulgarian territory, but the allies are now within five miles of the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier, northwest of Lake Doi- ran, and their lines between Lake ) Doiran and the Struma river ap- ( proach to within less than four miles of the Greek-Bulgarian } border at one point, In Palestine the British have ly wiped out two Turk- ies, captured 25,000 pris- oners, 260 guns, and advanced 60 miles from their original lines. The British and ¢ are } } stil struggling for possession of : the Hindenburg line, between Cambrai and St. Quentin, r slowly shoving with for. north, the } on a front of nearly ) of Gavrelle, on the main ) a mile, east Arras- Doual highway. 5 BULGAR PRESS FAVORS PEACE ZURICH, Sept. 23—The Bul garian press is unanimously in favor of peace, according to information here today It is high time to listen to rea * declared the Prepore. “The ss of the entente in France can not be denied,” the Vir said. “For accomplishment of peace says the Narod, “it is necessary that the period of negotiations which are on the verge of beginning, sitall be ible RUSS SOVIETS __ASK “PEACE” governmen the Austrian p ne gotiations, according to rumors con. tained in dispatches from Koyno. F; ota Capture Fort of Vendeuil South of Quentin terminated as quickly PARIS, Sept, 23.—Capture of the village and fort Vendeuil (on the west bank of the Oise, nine miles south of St. Quentin) is reported by the French war office “North of Ly-Fontaine, our troop: penetrated the wood toward Hina court,” the report said “We captured the village and fort of Vendeuil, pushed on as far as the Aisne and near took some pris. “North of the tte du Mesnil, oners.” we |Expect Quarantine at M. I. Navy Yard) VALLEJO, Cal, Sept |day quarantine of Mar PO ‘o | prevent spread of Spanish influ enza, was expected today, following th of an order quarantin jing Yerba FE vd. | ay said Mare | Ista and has not yet been quarantined | but such an order is expected Nrousands of sailors ana marines | wosid be preve n leaving the wand thru such an order, ssuance “| unit southeast of Charry (four miles 5 (By United LONDON, Sept. 23. i ish armies have been practically wiped out in Palestine, it was officially announced today. eased Wire, Direct & The last avenue of escape for the Turks — west of the Jordan has been closed thru seizure of the fords at Jisreddanier. “The Seventh and Eighth Turkish armies have virtually ceased to exist,” the statement said. ‘Their entire transport is ours. “More than 25,000 prisoners and 260. guns had |been counted by.8 p. m. Sunday. Many were |uncounted. “Having seized the passages of the Jordan at Jisred- danier Sunday morning, the last avenue of escape for the enemy west of the river is closed,” the statement said. Nazareth (where the angel Gabriel appeared before the Virgin Mary to announce the conception of Christ) has been occupied, and the famous battlefield of Armageddon {has been traversed by British cavalry.inpursuiteof the fleeing remnants of the Turkish army. PARIS, Sept. 23.—Allied forces in Macedonia have captured 25 illages in the last 48 hours, accord- 5 additional v ing to a dispatch received from the Saloniki front today. LONDON, Sept. 2: Serbian official communique. also has been cut, thus stopping all supplies to the Bulgar- ians on the whole 65-mile front from Prilip eastward to the Lake Doiran region. Up to Saturday the allies had made a total advance of more than 40 miles. Certain infantry units advanced 25 miles in one day. “To Saturday we advanced a depth of over 65 kilo meters,” the communique said, “Certain infantry units ad- |vanced 40 kilometers in one day. “Certain elements crossed to the left bank of the Var- dar and cut the main railway from Scopele (Uskup) to Saloniki. Our troops also crossed the Cerna and cut the railway from Gradsko (on the left bank of the Vardar, 25 miles northeast of Prilip) to Prilip. “All the surrounding enemy enormously.” YANKEES WIN THREE RAIDS IN METZ ZONE ——fi| has been organized which has proved Dispatch From Frank highly successful. Flying at a low altitude in the moonlight, they have (dee J. Taylor been enabled to make accurate fe United Press C ‘orre ports of German movements and ar is feeling the loss = Fa tillery positions, WITH THE AM The night observers encounter no THE METZ FRONT, Sept |trouble from German anti-aircraft guns which are unable to fire ae curately enough at night to hamper the machines. The observers have added to the effectiveness of their work by dropping bombs and direct: ing machine gun fire against move ing enemy troops. American troops made three su ful raids on this front early yi day, taking more than 30 pr and inflicting considerable the G The | the chaussee | court) | The | barrage close | ting off the e oners losses on rmans principal raids were made in region of Houmont-Les-La (five miles north of Thiau ~ TO COME SOOH bout the ‘village, ny communications, |Our infantry dashed into the box| thus created py encountered a number of boches, killing and wound ing more than 60. They brought|, WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Amem back 20 who surrende after severe | i¢a’s greatest draft lottery, determin- hand-to-hand fighting in the streets, | ing the order for call to duty in different classes of over 13,000,000 men just registred, will be held very soon, possibly this week, it was | learned today. 3,000 FOES IN SIBERIA TAKEN another imultaneously American Haumont) raided a German outpost trench, bringing back six |surprised boches, Earlier in the morning, east of Haummont, Ameri can troops raided enemy trenches, | encountering stiff fighting. Braving a heavy German barrage, they cap. tured five ind inflicted a number of casualties. | Huns Digging In boches : TIENTSIN, — Sept ~Chinese Patrols report that the Germans | toons negotiated the surrender of Jare busy digging trenches and build: |S") austela. Hong, to a tO ws gun emplacements andd ugouts, | oF Gechs near Kaikhita, when then especially near Dommartin-Le-Chaus:| mediated between the Czechs and see (a mile and a half northeast of ary), | “Artillery is 4,000 | fleeing. Austro-Hungarians who were intermittently active long the whole Metz front. The | Jenemy is using gas and incendiary | shells. Despite unfavorable weather, | American aviators have dropped 18 | tons of bombs on airdromes and rail way junctions, observing successful | Six thousand |explosions and fires. Recently the! Hungarians are threatening the Irk- | nights have be ptionally clear | utsk district. ‘The population of the Vin spite of cloudy days. Baikal region is anxiously awaiting A night reconnaissance squadron ‘the arrival of Japanese troops. Enemy. Threatens HARBIN, Manchuria, Sept. jermans and Austro- 3.—Allied troops in Macedonia have 4 cut the railway from 'Gradsko to Prilip, according to the — The Uskep-Saloniki railway ~ Irkutsk Region - 20— |