The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 27, 1918, Page 1

They are hammering the foe on all battle fronts. Let us do the same at home. A quick response to the Liberty Loan is a swift blow to the enemy. We can st as well subscribe our bonds tomorrow as later. Let’s stagger the foe by our promptness IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR IS FOR IT—— TOMORROW ONE MORE DAY Liherty Loan Drive will begin. Are you pre- gared to make your subscription tomorrow? VOLUME 20. NO. 181 THE GI Enter tEATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNi1TED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS nen nA nnn AA AAR AA SEATTLE, WASH., FR at the Postoffice at Seattle, The Seattle Sta ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Wash, under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879. NIGHT EDITION | TWO CENTS PER COPY Per Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEW SPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION DAY, SE PT EMBER 27, 1918 Weather Forecast: Tongiht and Saturday, fair; contin= ued warm; gentle northeasterly wind Star Liberty Bell Ringer No. 5 Fourth Liberty Loan SEATTLE ALL SET FOR JUMP-OFF IN WAR LOAN DRIVE 4 FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS America’s biggest war loan campaign, which opens Saturday, j will raise $6,000,000,000. Seattle and King county's share is a | $26,872,400. Aa pe Fourth issue bonds will bear 4% per cent interest, and may ” be purchased at any bank or from committees appointed for prac i tically all employing organizations. } Chief features of the opening day's program will be the great est parade in Seattle's history, at 3:30 p. town joy-fest in the evening. ‘DS TOMORROW! m., and a big down : With a crash that will shake | strations and comedy stunts are in vy the entire city, Seattle will open | preparation for the downtown ‘nad Fourth Liberty Loan cam- crowds, but the details are being Saturday, at 7am. Busi- withheld by campaign headquar ness and residence districts alike ters. If you see a crowd gathered, |run for {t as fast as you can, no one knows what may be up. | Big Parade at 3:30 will reverberate with wave after rp wave of sound, as thousands of high-powered bombs are exploded simultaneously at 35 fire halls. Thruout the morning bands will Seattle's bombardment will last/ play at intervals in front of the for 15 minutes, while every siren Liberty Loan headquarters on and whistle in the city will ser ond ave At noon singers and forth its message—a roar of sound speakers will visit every restau that will leave every citizen in a/rant and entertain the diners, tingle. The afternoon will be marked by Marie Dressler, famous woman a huge parade at 3:30. From fomedian, arrived in ttle Friday Lenora st. the procession will wind morning and spent ral hours|its way thru the business district (Continued on page 4) Call Us Up If You Meet Full Quota If your firm or your firm's em. going over her program with Lib- erty Loan chiefs. Marie will be on the jump right from the blow-off, ft 7 o'clock. With motors and the entire campaign facilities at her command, her aides promise that | she will show Seattle folk some-| oven Ribstbaien eee ae oe thing oe ae their quota in Fourth Liberty Loan bonds, let T' Stir: iow be ad Be downtown Saturday as much| Pods aroay : Mottin Min meiyou can—even if you have tol goo” we want to puthish a lone bring your family and Your list tomorrow meals in a restaurant. This is the a, ae advice the Loan Campaign men give. There's going to be some- thing doing every minute of the time. Marie will rush upon silent theatre audiences and break up the i show. She will perform a host of BY | AlD | stunts which the Liberty Loan pub- i men are keeping a dark se- ss yb i aie order to maintain the ele GE wa wpe 27.—The military 4 commandant at Mannheim has is- ¢ ment of Seagal sued a proclamation warning that a bra ee the novelty campaign that|®" aerial barrage zone exists a le being tried for the first time.|#found Mannhelm and Ludwigs- bi A host of novelty surprises, demon hafen Wire fences, eharged aide Rey "electricity, also surround the zone ae he warned. DRAFT LOTTERY Machine Guns Play ; on Enemy Rioters | BERNE, Sept. 27.—Recent riots in | slasburg were of a most serious na WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Pro-|ture, dispatches received here indi yost Marshal General Crowder an-| cate. Troops have occupied the city, nounced today that America’s great-| posting machine guns in the squar est draft lottery—to determine the The damage frocn the rioting is esti-| ( order of service liability of the 13, mated to be several million crowns, 000,000 men registered September 12, will start next Monday at noon. \was stated. The situation has been restored, it} YANKS AND HUNS QUIT FRENCH NET IN DROVES 16,000 FOES 10 BRITISH |Smash Way Thru Maze o Bef Camb Wire and Gain Miles on | - ee Mi =a na Champagne Front eralle: Fron | CAPTURE NET OF TOWNS, CAPTURE STRONGHOLDS| cal on United Pr Pre Direct to 7 q ita Pay United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star WITH THE BRITISH AR- see ence taten tao MIES IN FRANCE, Sept. 27.— than 16,000 prisoners in their The British, attacking at dawn Champagne-Argonne drive, ac- in the direction of Cambrai, cording to authoritative informa- smashed forward on = 18-nile tion here this afternoon. fie paleteatiig- hore.” tam PARIS, Sept. 27.—Seven thou- A strip of the Hindenburg line sand prisoners tare been taken seven miles wide, including five miles in the FrancoAmerican Cham. | "ee? Mules wide et pagne offensive announced to- Hundreds of r taken was crossed. | | | three miles at sorne points. | | have been prisoners y. day The attack was resumed this morn. ‘ 3 army and some o' ing and is progressing satisfactorily, | Byr army and some of Aeaplte bad Weather The armies o¢| Gen. Horne’s, including Canadians, Gens. Gouraud, Barthelot and Per- is get agiboee: einen Person shing attained all their first objec: |, BY 9 o. rvnas a * Pr gress tives very quickly, and are pushing |nad been made, They had crosee¢ on 4 he oy eri ®\the enormousiy difficult canal be “A French attack in the Cham.|t¥een_ Moeuvres and Havrincourt, pagne took place yesterday satistac.|®%4 7,000 yards of Hindenburg torily,” the communique said. “From ches and deep wire barriers be nd At 7:55 the Suippe river to the Argonne, the first German position, consisting of trench mazes and barbed wire to the depth of more than five kilometers tho organtizz pssfully 5 the British were advancing on Bourlon spur (four miles west of Cacnbrai), the Germans su ndering in great dr Tanks had reached » miles southwest of Cambras), at 8:25, the infantry push ing in behind them les), 1 since and on kilometers (nearly surpassed at certain varin farm, Souain hill, Mont) large. | Tahure and Mesnil hills, and, primary objectives between ages of Tahure, Ripont, Rouv-; Moeuvres and Havrincourt have roy, Cernay-en-Dormois, Sevron and pe tained, that east of Moeuvres Melzicourt, organized in stronghold | being a distance of three miles, while of formidable defense, w that east of Havrincourt was scarce- quered after fighting on the first iy a mile, since the German positions unusually strong points | here were Following th main attack between the Arras-C road, near Mar. quoin (six and a half miles northwest of Cambrai), to the vicinity of Ban (seven miles south of Cam. i), elefnents of Gen. Rawlinson's WITH THE IRST ARMY, Sept. cond offensive of the American der command of ershing, which began yes- has swept the Germans seven miles behind the Hinden- burg line on a 20-mile front, from the Meuse westward to the Ar- AMERIC ond touzelle br to protect the flank. | gonne forest Americans LONDON, Sept. The British | continue to progress. forces attacked on a wide front south On the merican left French | of the Sensee river, west of troops are attacking on an equal |@t 5:20 this morning, it was frontage xtending westward to|ed Marshal Haig. He reported the Suippe river, they have advanced | “Satisfactory progress.” to an average depth of four miles Villages already occupied by the| ‘The Sensee river flows northeast Americans include Varennes, Mont| ward, crossing the battle line three Blainville, Vaquois, Cheppey, Melan- | mile uth of the Doual high court, Bethincourt, Mont Faucon,| way, 12 mile st of Cambrai Cuisy, Nantillois and Septharges pe Mont Faucon, 12 miles northwest Jof Verdun, was encircled and cap. | titred at noon, just six hours and a | halt after the attack Cuisy | Nantillois, ptharges a other | points were similarly cleaned up or YANK ADVANCE" taken by formal ass @ operation reflects the attack: | : acai ing power of the Americans better RLIN Via London), Sept. 2 than did the St. Mihiel assault, this |¥Tanco-American forces attacking in being our first frontal attack over a|the Argonne yesterday advanced as wide area. The advance was far|*#? 44 Mont Blainville, Mont Faucon ahead of schedule all day and the bend of the Meuse, northeast of Mont Faucon, the German war of fice announced today German reserves brought them to ral » the vem spots urtillers 's wire were encountered failed to smash ntanglements, The doughboys cut these obstructions by |# standstill on this line, the state , Sy | ment saic wee and R |hand and pushed on without any no-| Ment said tween oes pont (three miles eastward), the allies ticeab! Arti nd squadrons of planes bombarded the Germ ause, ; ted in ad ts northwes neing as far as the t of Tahure, as far F succe air. | areas with deadly effect, sm 5 | Font et rare . He ll i it bridges and setting fire to a number | CMMY'S local bre iru “shot its bolt,” owing to the resista i of ammunition dumps. | Prisoners said an Amer | (Continued on page in reserves, it wa ican attack | Man reserves, | m1) LONDON, Sept. 27.—( = —The Americans have COPENHA ppt. 27,—Dis y (two miles north of patches deglare there are persistent ording to battle reports that Gen. Von Stein, the front dispatches received here | Prussian war minister, has resigned. this afternoon, f Haig Is Smashing Defenses| The casualties were expected to be | Blow After Blow Dazes: the Enemy The greatest series of battles in the history of the world was being fought ‘ today. Practically every allied nation was involved. Progress was reported on every one of the active fronts. With the Americans and French ad- vancing steadily on the 40-mile front be-| tween Rheims and Verdun, where they at-! tacked yesterday, the British suddenly launched an offensive on a wide front west of Cambrai this morning: The allied offensive front was thus completely linked] up from north of Ypres to east of the Moselle, a distance of more than 275 miles—forming the greatest battle line | in military annals. The scope of the allied victories in the Balkans anal Palestine is growing hourly. The Bulgarian defeat had become so crushing that Czar Ferdinand5s country was reported today to have| offered an armistice. For several days it had been re-| ported that Bulgaria was on the verge of a revolution. | depth of 75 miles. Bulgarian territory was entirely being overrun by British and Greek troops. Veles was captured and the centers of Uskub and Stroumnitza were in danger of occupation. Capture of Uskub would complete isolation of large portions of the Bulgarian armies in southern Serbia, southwestern Bulgaria and northern Greece. Latest reports from Palestine indicated that the| army on the right advanced slightly ne Turkish army still operating in that region faces | tur annihilation east of the Jordan. | Allied forces in Siberia, northern and southern i,|Russia, were enlarging their successes day by day. Only offensive operations on the Italian front and |in Mesopotamia were necessary to bring every war zone in the world into action. Military experts have looked for renewal of operations on these fronts for several weeks past. BULGAR PEACE WOULD CRUSH ENEMY PLANS, SAYS MASON BATTLE ANALYSIS BY J. W. T. MASON \J (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) t |e i he aN | NEW YORK, Sept, 27.—Bu lare war against Germany and garian Premier Malinoff's offer protect Serbia | of an armistice to the allies is | Malinoff May Win the first break in the central | Venizelos fell from power put | powers’ alliance, that was because of the success of | tempting ng their can re German But s the and That Malinoff may be to trick the allies into stopr offensive until Bulgaria organize her fo with aid is of urse ibility it is more likely he si doom of German | the German Now that the victoriously bring about Bulgaria and sign » with the entente Malinoff's efforts show troops in overrunning Serbi gressing be able allies are pro: Malinoff may a coup d'etat a separate ay that ambitions in attempting to save his country as ‘ ia | Venizelos tried earlier in the war to| there is a large loss of morale in align € p with the allies. the Bulgarian army. <A continuation P man report that the ezar|of the allies’ movement to Uskub | of Bulgaria and the members of the | Will increase the fear at Sofia as | cabinet oppose Malinoff suggests a) nothing could. | striking similarity to the situation It is, therefore, reasonable to be at Athens, three years ago, when | lieve that if Malinoff is meeting with Premier Venizelos defied King Con-! Serious opposition on the part of stantine and demanded that Greece (Continued on page 11) The allied advance in Macedonia has reached a|_ PENETRATE BULGARIA TEN MILES Stroumnitza, Ch Chief City Southwest, Is Captured by Allies CAVALRY NEAR USKUB es United Press Leased Wi Direct to The Star LONDON, Sept. 27.—British forces invading Bulgaria have captured the important town of Stroumnitza, 10 miles north of the border, according to dis- patches from the Saloniki front this afternoon. The British and Greeks have crossed the Bel- ashitsa mountains (paralleling the Bulgarian-Grecian border) on a wide front, LONDON, Sept. 27.—Stroum- nitza, the chief ci of South- western Bulgaria, was captured by allied troops yesterday morn- ing, it was officially announced in the war office report from Saloniki today. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 Austria. is rushing reinforce- ments to the hard-pressed Bul- gars, according to diplomatic ad- vices today.” LONDON, Sept. 27.—The allied advance in Macedonia reached a total depth of 75 miles, it was announced in the Serbian war office statement, received re toda: Allied cs alry is believed to have d the plain just south of Uskub, according patches received here today, Serbian infantry, the dispatch said, probably is from 10 to 16 miles from Uskub, in Macedonia. The capture of Uskub, experts de clare, would complete the crushing victory in the campaign against Bul garia. It is the center of the en emy’s lines of communication, anc when it falls an army of 300,000 v be in danger of annihilation or terday our cavalry entered | Kochane, and is pursuing the en emy,” the communique said “In the fighting in front of Veles a great number of German and Bul garian prisoners and enormous booty were taken roads abso: 16 lutely crammed with wagons loaded with material the Bulgarians have abandoned “Our total advance has reached 120 kilometers, in a straight line “We entered Istip on Wednesday the same day taking the important point of Belik Amen. We have also taken Begos Lobatz mountain.” Kaiser Wilhelm Hides in Cellar to Escape Bombs ci ‘A 3 7 The German kai recent raid by that city p sta rman ruler was making a visit along the Rhine to allay fears of the inhabitants follow the allied dispatches re ring a to towns in| Premier to unofficial dis-| at Mannheim | ‘WHOLE WEST FRONT _ ABLAZE WITH ACTION Guns Boom on Area of 275 Miles as World’s Greatest Series of Battles Progresses; Americans Roll Foe Back in Second Offensive; British Attack at Cambrai; Allies Gain Depth of 75 Miles in Serbia; Bulgaria Asks Armistice as Revolt Movement Daily Gains Momentum. BULGARIA SUGGESTS ARMISTIC Malinoff Makes | Proposal to Entente to |. , Suspend. Hostilities FERDINAND IS OPPOSED By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star PARIS, Sept. 27—Gen. ae commander in chief of the allied armies in the Balkans has received at his headquarters Bulgarian pleni- potentiaries, who proposed an armis- tice with the view of conclusion of peace, according to dispatches ban ceived here today. The general said he could not grant an armistice, but would trans- mit the cba Sic to the government. LONDON, Sept. 27.—Bul has offered an armistice, ree announced today. The announce- ment came in a from Copenhagen, stating that it was officially reported from Germany | that Bulgarian Premier Malin. off had proposed an armistice to the entente. Berlin has learned that Malinoff's” Proposal for an armistice was not supported by the other members of the cabinet or Czar Ferdinand, and caused great dissatisfaction thruout the country, Strong measures have Fy 7 been taken to support the Bulgarian front, it was stated. : A counter movement against Ma- linoff’s proposal already has been started in Sofia, according to a dis» patch from that city, by way of | Berlin and Copenhagen. Malinoff is leader of the anti-war party in Bulgaria, and bitterly op. | posed Bulgaria’s entrance into the war before he became head of the government. ed premier a few months ago, it was predicted he would engineer some move tor a separate hansscies' ad j -| Washington Shows No Surprise Over Bulgarian Request | WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Re- | ports thru Ger channels that Bulgaria has asked an armistice as result of the terrific onslaughts | ot allied troops in Macedonia, which have penetrated Bulgarian territory and threaten complete disaster to her armies, were received with no surprise here today. | While there is a tendency on the | rt of some to Bul- an move & t of the Teuton ® maneuvers, there also is @ nviction that the appeal of Premic alinoff is on the square, P |» strong ¢ Germany Wants Malinoff Killed for Peace Move AMSTERDAM, Sept. 27.—Ger- many intends solemnly to protest against Premier Malinoff's armistice proposal, according to a Berlin dis patch today | Garman newspapers demand im: ing raids of air craft | mediate courtmartial of Malinoff on An attack was made on Mann-| grounds of high treason. It is be heim at the time of the royal visit.| lieved his offer was due to Ger everal bombs landed near the cellar | many's ref to send reinforos: where Wilhelm was hiding | ments to Macedonia to meet the HINT BULGARIANS NOW READY FOR REVOLUTION GENEVA, Sept. 27.—The defeat of Bulgarian forces in Macedonia caused a great sensation in Sofia, dispatches here state. The capital of Bulgaria, it is declared, is ready for a revolution, | has | sent allied’ offensive ‘Not ¢ Good Military Move, Say British LONDON, Sept. 27.—British mif- | tary officials consider an armistice | with Bulgaria to be disadvantageous in a military way, tho, perhaps, ad- vantageous politically, When he was appoint. ©