The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1918, Page 12

‘ON THE WAY TO CONSTANTINOPLE | Oa < TRANSsia. \ oe TREBYLOND : ASLATIC T URKEY { Nears ra F aegis aytigl G.va L i A lg Ae Bt SCALE OF MULES Here is a map of the battlegrot N d in Turkey. 1 shows where the allied action is t tive. No. 2 is the Mesopotamia area, which is separated from Gen, Allenby’s campaign in Palestine (shown as No. 3) by the Arabian desert. This he hopes to overcome and to unite the two British forces when he —Feaches Aleppo, 300 miles from the scene of his operations today. STRONG TRENCH SYSTEM BEFORE BRITISH CRUSH GERMAN ATTACK LONDON ridge where the German outpost sys: tem lies between Bellicourt and Rellenglise. In the latter strip the still maintain an enormous edge however, as the dry bed of the canal stretches for three miles there. But recent demonstrations of what tanks Germans ast night Seataek mance nenancor on S Tac | tions southeast of Gavrelle, support WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES | “phe Germans in this section have | ing their assault by a heavy bar IN FRANCE, Sept. 24.—The British the opportunity to resume their! rage,” Field Marshal Haig reported front seems about to become the favorite trench warfare and may | today secene of trench warfare again. If, hope to revitalize, or, rather, redis “This attack pulsed and our line remained intact their demoralized forces into was completely re a stand. Allies i in Siberia Capture Gunboats TOKY@, Sept. 24.—"“Japanese troops, of Americ have left Habarovsk and are proceeding toward. Blagavestschensk,” says an official statement issued by the war office. “Gunboats captured from the ene- my on the Amur river aime accom. panying the expedition, piloted by | Japanese cipline making the British succeed in their general @dvance, it will reflect greater credit than any of their semarkable suc eases in the past seal weeks \They are now fairly up against the Hindenburg line from St. Quen- tin to beyond Cambrai and, while the line itself is pierced on the front before Cambrai, there is yet such a wilderness of defenses barring their path as only the methodical, ma- chine-like Huns are capable of con. structing. These mazes are from a mile to two miles deep. Part of the way there is a canal 70 feet wide and probably 50 feet deep in some places, with deep-spread trenches be- | hind it. “We improved our positions slight |ly north of Moeuvres by a successful | minor operation iast night. “We regained a portion of the old British line southeast of Voormee zeele (in Flanders). Hostile raiding parties were driven off last night in fighting west of linglise and east puve Chapelle.” nting resulting to our advant uge occurred in this sector east of Vermand, where some progress was reported, A local attack by the enemy yes terday north of Little Priel farm was successfully repulsed, leaving prison accompanied by units n and Chinese troops, —— e our hands.” If this machine-like barricade PECCRRE rs in our = could save him, Hindenburg should PLACE BAN ON “C. 0. | —_— — feel safe, but the Germans un-| OLYMPIA, Sept. 24.—No_ con AMSTERDAM, Sept. 24.—Dr. Carl Questionably regard the situation | sclentious objectors will be inducted | von Helffrich, who succeeded Count von Mirbach as Germ mbassador to Russia, has resign | agcording to information today. Mervously with their first line from) Havincourt to Moeuvres cracked and with ng A ralians perched on a/ into the navy or marines, according to an order received here from the provost marshal-general. STORE HOURS—9 A. 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Children’s Fleece-lined cream and white; sizes 2 to 16, wit. to __ | sald Th THE SEATTLE St. Q Quentin Soon to Fall; Balkan Drive Is Big Winner . new t from ¢ Grand must cause the fall ientin to the all fre Thh bastion of the Hir now line has been occupied t the G mar Ince W144. ‘The British made several ineffectual attempts to capture it, after the big retreat sto the Hindenburg line Jast year, But found the Germans too powerfully positioned however, the British and northwest and the to the south are inve on three sides, and it the Hun armies is onl The allied to break the Hindenburg line big front, from the region of Cambrai to a point well south of St Quentin, From Lens to the north of Havrincourt the great defensive sy already in British hand In the Balkans the in, Greek ind Jugo-Slay armies are continuing their victorious pursuit of the Bul to the Freneh the vacuation by 1 matter of threatens west ting ety time. ndvance on & wide of the Hindenburg ti Macedo «sei front, w sive. p arrows show the direct on of the oe garian armies defeated east of Mon tir, and the Macedonian battle be ins to look like a major offensive The Bulgarians are fleeing in disor der and crying for help from Ger many and Austria, which in all prob ability will be denied them rting a successful offe o thacks, ONWARD 60 THE FIND NO TRACE ALLIES ON ALL OF BANDIT WHO BATTLE LINES HELD UP TRAIN —_—- 'Continued From Page Pde One! 2 % that Gen. Allenby’s armies have taken more Turk pris « in leads to the belief that thous nore will be added to this ‘Trap 50,000 Turks It 1s supposed that between 40,000 and 50,000 ‘Turks were trapped between the Jordan 1 the Mediterranean, when , and Indian cavalry headed off th retreat northward by seizing the line thru Nazareth te Sea of Galilee. Some ‘Turkish eastward from the Jordan, by Australian, New Zealand, Indfan and Jewish troops. “Bast of the Jordan the enemy is withdrawing toward Amman, on the Pedjaz railway” (55 miles east 1 north of Jerusalem), the statement are fleeing pursued eWst units “Australian, New Zealand, Indian and Jewish troops, pursuing | them, have reached Es Salt (19 miles least of the Jordan and 40 miles northeast of Jerusalem), capturing jguns and prisoners. “In the north our cavalry occupied Haifa (an important seaport and rail way town 10 miles south of Acre), and Acre, following light opposition The number of prisoners has been Increased, and the total will exceed 900 already mentioned under King Hussein have occupied Man and are harass ling bodies of the enemy retreating northward toward Amman, along the nz railway. he allied offensive in Macedonia is continuing successf: it was re in the Serbia mmunique of Sunday, received here today We continued to the Var dar, where we are in contact with the enemy toward Prilip,” the com > sald bian troops have the massif of wkaplanina and have reached | several points on road from | Gradsko to Prilip pnemy continued to burn vil that, © great quantity | War material fell into our hands. | Take Several Trains | “On the the ra{lway Ine in the Var |dar plain we captured several | trains.” Another communique declares “The success achieved by t in Macedonia is taking the character of a great victory. The French and Serbian armies making rapid progress in the center toward the middle Vardar valley and are advanc ing on the whole front of 150 kilo-| meters between Monastir and Lake | Doiran, The enemy is in retreat and is being pursued vigorous! t of Monastir the line of , Kanatlartsi and Kalyani has ached, Farther north Serbian ure arching toward Prilip and have reached the Vardar from Gradsko to Demirkopu. They have thrown some elements across the river to the left bank In the lower Vardar valley allied forces have passed the line of Koyn |sko and Zurinchet, on the right bank of the river. ‘The 0 takert } Geuvge' uli and all of the first en | positions as far as Lake Doiran. | Enemy rear guards are being relent lessly pursued “Upon the roads in the ion of tir, Kicheve Prilip enemy retre bombed columns atin and are being are in disorder without res | pite by allied aviators, Villages depots are in flames. Prisoners, can non and enormous quantities of ma, terial, which it is impossible to esti | mate, have fallen into our hands We have in particular captured on the Vardar valley railroad loco. motives, three complete. train of long-range artillery trucks, places and piec unted oF In many garian units have thrown down their arm demo: | ‘Our pre continues over the | whole fron attack,” Semi-off reports have been received here that Japanese troops have oceupied Blagovyeschensk, the Amur river, 500 west of Vladivostok d Austro-Germans leaeed in this operation. French troops south Quentin have reached the bank of the Oise, on the three front betwen Vendeull and ‘ Farther northward the British still battering the Hindenburg line, |between Cambrai and St. Quentin, miles north thou- w of West | In spite of! Rayburn of different | on | backed by | $100,000 a year. Altho police and sheriffs depu- ties searched all Monday night and Tuesday morning, they have so far failed to get trace of the lone bandit who held Northern No. Mukilteo, at 840 train n to the scene e placed on a trail the bandit was woods, but failed from Monroe we at the potnt where neen to enter the to catch the scent iff John Strin says the rot may be heading in the direction of Snohom ish. Deputies have been sent to in tercept him. | to patrol the waterfront between Se: attle and Everett and guard roads 1 highways. Great Northern officials say th will be unable to gauge the value of registered mail that formed the rob ber’s loot, for several days. It is believed the loss will come to at least $4,000. Blacked His Face ‘The bandit, according to the en gine crew, is not more than 25 years of age, and is believed to be a South: erner, speaking with a soft accent nd drawl. His face was covered with lamp-black and he had a flash: light and revolver, with which he menaced the engine crew and com pelled the entire train of passengers to cower in their seats. Bound for Seattle from Vancou- ver, the train had just passed Muk- {Iteo, when the bandit clambered up over the ofl tank tender back of the engine. Stopped Train « Fireman Rayburn, 3206 12th ave. W., ttle, with a re volver, he compelled him to check the oil flow into the engine fire box, and after the train had thun- dere on for some distan Engineer McLean to bring it to a top. Commanded to uncouple the first two cars, burn suddenly hurled a hammer at the head of the bandit, at the same time ducking behind the mail car. The hammer | missed, and the holdup brought from hiding with two Menacing shots. Scares Passengers Passengers manifested a curiosity to know what it was all about, and pulled up the train windows to look out shots that whistled the le » cars re- sulted in a slamming of windows. Ordering Mall Clerk H. L. Chap- man, of 131 W. 75th st, and En sineer McLean and Fireman Ray }burn into the engine cab, the bandit directed McLé A mile a further down the andit called a halt, and entered he mail compartment again, com pelling Chapman to assemble the registered mail and pack it in a small suitcase With the three men, the engine crew and mail clerk, In the engine ab, and the robber in front of tender, covering them with a revolve ngineer was compelled to proced to a dark spot, near Brown's ba the bandit called a halt, from gthe tender and vanishing with a part ing ferocious injunction. |What This Date Brought in War September 24, 1917—Six killed and 20 injured in latest German baby bombing expedition against London September 1916—Twelve Zep-| pelins raid England, kijling ) and injuring 110. ‘Two Zeppeli down and crew of one taken September 24, 1915—Greece izes pught ve mobil 24, 1914—French occu py Peronne. d Bul} |S. 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