The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 2, 1918, Page 1

0~O~“vo7oerrm”™ -IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR. THE STA W7~—_—_—_—_OOeeere ST. QUENTIN MAP_ | ‘ 5 j \ Turn to Page 7 and follow the war news of the western front on the graphic map presented there, St, Quentin and Cambrai regions hold the spotlight today, together with Damascus. 20. NO, 185 VOLUME Well-to-do citizens are “holding back,” the Lib- erty Loan committeemen say, waiting to see what the other fellow gives. If each husky dough- boy sat down and waited for the other fellow to get started, how would they ever get anywhere? And they are asked to give lives, instead of dol- lars. Star Sidelights on Various Angles of War News Today Bulgarian Resources Are Varied they secretly eatabliehed their own schools and would have to support them for their children. They be- as well as men. Illiteracy is un- its. No moral or spiritual Europe run thru Bulgaria, They ‘Theodore Roosevelt this people after the recent Balkan wars: “No other na all the world has traveled so far and fast in the last third century as Bulgaria.” The government, « constitutional monarchy, believes in the inviolability of person, residence, property. There has been total Uberty of press and speech. Bulgaria has universal manhood suf. ii, fi rat 7 \ ‘The large cities of Bulgaria have fine buildings, paved streets, q stream of carn, ‘There are 100,000 farmers with ‘farms of two and one-half acres and less than 100 farmers with more than 700 acres. Bulgaria has more than 1,26@ miles of railroad, all under gov- ernment control, now to be turned over to the allies. Five years of military training for able-bodied men {ts com. pulsory in Bulgaria. Men physically unable are compelled to pay a government tax. Bulgaria is one of the main highways of international trade. Bulgaria exports grain, tobacco, fruit, animal products, cloth and attar of roses. About 10,000 pounds of essence of roses, at $790 a pound, are exported a year. It takes 6,590 pounds of rose leaves to make one pound of essence. Bulgaria imports metal products, petroleum, coal, textiles. The pine trees in the north of Bulgaria promote a great cabinet making industry. ; “ Damascus Old as Written History Damascus, the principal railway and commercial cent in Palestine, which fell today, is 60 miles northeast of the Sea of Gall- lee. British forces were last reported at Tiberius, on the west shore of that body of water. Damascus in only 180 miles south and west of Aleppo, where, it is believed, Gen. Allenby’s and Gen. Marshall's : troops may form a junction. ‘The existence of Damascus as a city dates back to the dawn of history. It was the governmental! seat of a kingdom which reached the height of its power in the ninth century B.C. It is listed as one of the four terrestrial paradises of the Mohammedans. Beirut is the chief seaport of Syria and is about 70 miles north of Acre, where the allies were last officially reported in their opera- tions along the Mediterranean coast. Its population is about 150,000, the same as Damascus. Huns Began Spring Drive at St. Quentin It is connected with that city by rail. The lows of St. Quentin to the Germans is one of the most severe blows that has befallen them. It was from St. Quentin that they launched their spring drive on March 21 last. From that day until July 18, four months, they kept pushing the allies back until the second battle of the Marne was fought. Now the allies, for the first time in the war, are in possesssion of this stronghold. And they captured St. Quentin after but two months and two weeks of THEIR drive. Foch has been driving the Huns back at this point twice as fast as they had come! ¢ CITY PASSES EIGHT MILLION MARK IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Seattle and King county sub- ;by an aviator, will be a scriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan had reached $8,141,100, by 11 a. m., Wednesday. These official figures were given out at noon, by County Chairman C. 8. Wills. With a quota of $26,872,400 to be subscribed, Liberty Loan offi- cials predicted that Seattle will have attained one- ‘d of this sum, by Wednesday evening. While teams continue their office to office campaign for subscrip- tions, community meetings are be ing held, and a continuous perform- ance of stunts staged to drive home | the importance of the drive to every citizen Motorists of the city turned out in force Wednesday noon, at Second ave and com in passenger laden vessel, mand the captain to halt, name of the Liberty Loan. his bandit flight by Welford Beaton Liberty Loan speaker, who wil to the crowds the decks, on Berlin, will fly over the front, in actual sky battles. uled to fly Wednesday at 3 p. m. Big Sonfest Friday will be held at the Arena and Virginia st., for the | rally “shriek” parade Friday at 8 p. m. Headed by fire trucks, a long with joint singing by all the com each driver honk ing @ raucous horn, wended its way | been taking to Jackson, where the parade turned | music drive. into First ave. and disbanded. The holp-up of a Sound steamer, (Continucd on Page Five) | Troops to Sof THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCUL Entered as Second Clases Matter May 3, FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS Atel emrteataiten Bh a ee actntade Silat Mid nik Ld inant SEATTLE, WASH., WEL The Seattle Sta ATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC At the Postoffice NORTHWEST eae March 8, 1879. Wash, under the Act of COMPLETE SERVICE OF TH ESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1918. E NEW NIGHT PI IS FOR IT. PPI eee EDITION TWO CENTS PER COPY Por Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $0.00 SPAPER ENTERPR ISE ASSOCIATION GERMANY PREPARING TO E BREAK THRU HUN LINE Giving Up Railroads | iy United Press Leased Wwe 1] Direct to The Star PARIS, Oct. 3.—Bulgaria has Pn ready stated fulfillment of the con: | ditions under which she was granted | jan armistice. It was learned from authoritative sources today, that the Bulgarian army is being disbanded [Arms and munitions are being handed over to the allies, Entente troops are taking charge of the rail | ways, | \Germans Sending | ROME, Oct. 2.--A general flight |of Germans and Austrians from | Sofia and Constantinople has begun, according to advices from Swiss sources today A Hague dispatch, states that | 250,000 German and AustroHun garian troops have been hurried to } from Rumania, to protect the Orient ratiroad, linking Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey —F. L. L. |Serbia and Greece | Announce Demands 5 ? i { §| | s, | | in Bulgar Peace} | WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—Serbia| and Greece today announced thelr peace demands on Bulgaria. They are: 4—Reparation for all damages in occupied territory. | _ 2—Abandonment of all plans for | dommation of the Balkana | 5 { { 5 { { 3—Guarantees that Greeks living | in Bulgarian territory shall not be | exterminated ‘Serbians Are Now _| North of Uskub) LONDON, Oct, 2.—Serbian troops | entered Kumanovo, 12 miles north: | leant of Uskub, Monday evening, it was announced in the Serbian war | office statement today. TEUTONS ALSO DEMAND PEACE AMSTERDAM, Oct 2. — Ven | Hertling, German imperial chan }eellor, who has just resigned, has | been under ful individuals, who Germany take advantage pressure from power- | that Bul new informa urged of garia’s surrender to make a offer, according | tion here today. peace to Just before Von Hertling started |for headquarters, the advices said, | Philip Scheidemann, and other #0-| }| cialists called upon him and told | him it was necessary that Bul-| | garia's move be taken advantage of with a general peace offer to the | Later, it wan reported Admiral | }| von Hintze, the then foreign min }} ister, gaye Hertling similar advice. | «| }|Hun Leaders Now | | Play to Gallery| {) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2—"At the! | request of Chancellor Hertling, we| {| will discuss today with the leaders | {|of the parties the best way to at-| | the kalser'’s goal—full recog-| WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Oct. 2.—(10:30 a. m.)—The sup- porting trench system behind the Hindenburg defenses, known as the Beaurevoir line, has been broken. Utter demolition of Germany’s fixed defenses seems to be in sight. The Hindenburg system has become a sieve, soon to be a memory. c the days when the Germans reached France, has been made possible. The British Ninth corps, operating in connection with Australian troops, has captured | the village of Beaurevoir, forming the northern end of the defenses, as well as Bran-| \court (eight miles northeast of St. Quentin and six miles east and south of Le Catelet). | The French have thus been enabled to push eastward and above St. Quentin, cutting the latter off and compelling its evacuation. ALLENBY’S MEN ENTER ANCIENT DAMASOUS-CIT i= y. The Americans are said to’have been ejected cus was occupied by British | forces at 6 o'clock yenterday | munique, recelved today. There were no he | The Turkish commander of Dam- ascus has asked for terms of sur: | render, according to reports re| cetved here. With Damascus in the hands of | the Rritish, and French approach ing Belrut, the way is practically | open to a march on Aleppo, 200 miles north of Damascus, where the railways from Damascus and Hag- dad to Canstinople converge. Aleppo is about 550 miles southeast of Con stantinople | —F. ln L TEN ARMIES OF ALLIES PRYING GERMANS LOOS By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star | shal Foch is relentlessly prying off the pillars of the German front. At 15 distinct points crowbars have stabbed deep into vital places in the enemy | the lines, and are being shoved | home. | The points of Foch'’s crowbars| are 10 to 15 miles in width at some} points, and at others they are only | a few thousand yards Among the most important re-| sults of the advances in the north, | are the menaces to concentration VACUATE TW {| tain | nition of. the wishes of the Ger- | " ‘ er-| centers, and disorganization of the jman peaple,” Vice Chancellor Von | German lateral communication lines. | Payer .declared in addressing the | Liberty Loan stunt at 4 p. m. Friday, when | Eddie Hubbard will swoop over a) the Hubbard will be accompanted on | make an address from the airplane, | gteamer’s Hubbard and his brother aviator, business district Saturday morning, and give | an exhibition of the swirls and turns used by aviators on the Western | Weather permitting, he waa sched- A big Liberty Loan songfest and | munity and soldier choirs, that have part in the campaign's | * prof. C. Biasett and W. Dwight | jmain committee of the relchstag | Monday, according to advices here| today. , “Iam confident we will find the |solution of this matter, which 1s of the highest importance for the future of the Fatherland.” MADRID, Oct. 2.—Several cases of Asiatic cholera in Vienna have prov. ed fatal, according to official dis. | patches from the Austrian capital to- day. | PERSONAL i] SACRIFICES Occasioned by the war are told every day in the }| Classified columns of The Star. For instance, un- if der the heading of Busi- ness Opportunities in to- day’s paper you can read || of a soldier boy who is '| compelled to sell an |) Auto Repair business It will be opened | here in Seattle to take |) | Classified |) -'| his place “over there.” Read the columns for news, Possibly the most interesting movement under way is between the | North Sea and Lille, where King! Albert and Gen. Plummer are push-| ing on with wonderful success, | which is highly dangerous to the Germans, because, unless it. is! stopped, it will mean the fall of Ostend and Zeebrugge Both the gravity with which the Germans regard this contingency, | and the state of Gen. Ludendorf! reserves, shown by the appear. ance of divisions on the Belgian front, rushed from points 100 miles | down the line Plummer and the Relgian arch are accomplishing a double purpose by simultaneously edging around to the north of Lille, while Gen. Horne, further south, is strik: | ing between Cambrai and Douai, thus drawing a big half circle | around the important city of Lille, and the great industrial and coal | basin. Farther south, Mangin is rolling ahead, shoving the Germans off the Chemin des Dames heights. | jen, Berthelot, smashing them on Mangin's right as far east as Rheims, is hastening their with drawal here. On the extreme south of the great battle front, Gen. Pershing is slowly pushing ahead against the most bitter resistance, and is overcoming | the difficult natural obstacles in the Argonne forest. Gen, Gouraud's new attacks on Pershing’s left have won considerable success, mon. | passing beyond them an Von Hin. | donated for use of American soldiers Damascus Surrenders; St. Falls; Cambrai Partially Occupied; Allies Create Wide Gap and Open: Warfare Expected on Big Scale. | Open warfare, LONDON, Oct. 2.—(4:35 p. m.)—Between the Vesle and the Aisne, where the French are pushing northward, in the encircling movement against the St. Gobain massif, 2,000 additional German prisoners were taken today, battle) front dispatches stated. LONDON, Oct. 2.—(4:36 p. m.)—The battle in the Ar- is fluctuating, battle. front dispatches re- from Exermont (five miles north of Varennes). Cambrai was partially occupied this morning, it was stated in battle front dispatches. The city is now believed) to have fallen. | The allies have broken thru the German line northeast of St. Quentin. | This thrust, together with the combined push of Man-| gin’s and Bertholot’s armies between Ailette and the Vesle,| is threatening the St. Gobain massif and Laon by a gigantic) pincers movement nearly 50 miles across its base. The big wooded plateau of St. Gobain is recognized as) the greatest natural Eetanee on the West front. Laon is a! vital center of communications. The French advance along the Chemin Des Dames and west of Rheims has been one of steady progress the last few days. The reported break thru northeast of St. Quentin, how- ever, is the result of combined smash of British, French and American troops along a 50-mile front in Picardy and is believed to have been made possible by the French occupa- tion of St. Quentin. Haig reported today that a breach was made late yes- terday in the German defense line between Fonsomme and Beaurgevoir. A battle front dispatch received by way of London this afternoon said that this success had been ex- tended and that a break thru had been effected. The extent of this new success was not revealed, but its possibilities are ‘enormous. Capture of Damascus by British cavalry yesterday, officially announced today, has opened the way to Aleppo, 200 miles north, where Allenby and Marshall, the latter commanding the British armies in Mesopotamia, may effect a junction for a march on Constantinople from the south. The Serbian communique reported that after the Bul- garian withdrawal began Monday, Serbian troops occupied Kumanovo, northeast of Uskub. The allies thus acquired an excellent “take off” for the race northward to oppose German armies filtering into northern Serbia from Ru- mania. Allies Ten Miles Beyond Hindenburg’s Old Front north, in the’ Lille sector. Battle Analys by | It is still part of Hindenbur IW.T me | strategy, to attempt to inveigle . W. T. Maso: F into developing a major offen | United Press War Expert sive. This accounts for the stub: a ——~— | bornness with which the Germans NEW YORK, Oct. 2—The [are fighting their rear guard allies today are 10 miles in the | actions. rear of the Hindenburg line, be- They desire to exhaust the allies tween the Cambrai and St. / as much as possible, by the time the Quentin sectors. Belgian frontier is reached. Hindenburg is retiring along the! Hoch, however, is showing no de. direct road to Maubeuge, the strong | sire to fall into the trap. He is| French fortress, near the Belgian | following closely on the heels of the border, which is the principal supply | Germans, giving them no rest and center of the German front in re-| threatening to break through. But treat. the allied commander in chief is The town of Le Cateau Is the for | not risking the lives of his men by ward » on which the Germans! too ardent. attacks. r are now dependent for the mainte This is why, at times, the German nance of their communications It | movement k to Belgium seems 1s therefore Marshal Foch’s new| comparatively slow. When Von objective. Le Cateau’s fall will) Hindenburg temporarily pauses and compel Hindenburg to fall back | arranges to inflict severe punish with little interruption to the Bel-| ment on the advancing allies, Mar gian border. |shal Foch halts his own program It is more probable now than| and waits. ever, that Hindenburg has been! Ry these tactics Foch is accom completed to adapt his strategy to! plishing the unique feat of keeping the abandonment of northern France, | his own casualties below Hinden by this winter. burg’s, altho the allies are on the Lille Sector Important offensive, and the Germans are Cambrai and St. longer landmarks for troops of the allies Quentin are no the aspiring | The push is fighting defensively Chateau de Clermont, built in 1640, denburg has begun to turn his at-|by Comte de Maupassant, cousin of tention to further retirement in the |Guy de Maupassant. Quentin on a scale similar to| FRENCH TROOPS DRIVE GERMANS Gau- chy, so the Iine now runs practically straight north and south from the vicinity of Leverges to Urvillers. German troops set fire to St. Quen- tin as the French entered it, Premier Clemenceau informed Marcel Hutin. | military critic of the Echo de Paris. | The city of Lille is being evac- uated by its civilian population, ac- cording to advices today. Lille, one of the chief cities of Northern France, and one of the German strongholds, is seriously menaced by the British advance at Cambrais Gen. Berthelot's army has made more progress west of Rheims, cap- turing two additional villages and completing the conquest of St. Thier- ry plateau, the French war office an- nounced today At St. Quentin the Germans con- | tinue to hold the south bank of the canal. “At St. Quentin there were sharp attacks during the night,” the com- munique said. “The enemy was driven back to the south bank of the canal, where he continues to resist energetically. “Between the Aisne and the Oise | French troops gained new advan-/ tages west of Rheims. We took Pouillon and Thil, and reached the southern borders of Villers-Fran queux. St. Thierry plateau is in our possession. “We gained ground north of La Neuvailette and carried our lines to the southern borders of Betheny | “In the Champagne there was no | O SUBMARINE BASES Huns Plan to Get Out of Belgium By United Press Leased Wire | Direct to The Star WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.— State department advises this afternoon indicated that Germany is preparing to evacuate the Belgian subma- rine bases, and perhaps to make a more extensive evac- uation of Belgium generally. The message came from a secret source Incidentally, the department had indirectly appointed a commission to confer about the matter of sending Germany an ultimatum against de struction of Belgian cities when the evacuation does come. Civilian authorities generally are being recalled and regulations regard- ing the maritime district are being made more severe, which, the de partment said, seems to indicate measures for evacuation of the U- boat bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge. At Antwerp the naval base staff, under Admiral Von Gohensen, is pre paring to quit the country. AMSTERDAM, Oct. ?.—Plans for the evacuation of Belgium, if “Plans are weady for early evacua- tion of Belgium, if necessary. The German army can return to its own frontier in order to show the world we really want to defend Germany.” The Dutch are said to be strength- ening their frontier garrisons to pre- vent violations of their neutrality by |. | the retreating Germans. A correspondent on the frontier states that Falkenhausen secretly in- structed the provincial governments in Belgium to rush their archives to Germany. Several hundred luggage vans arrived in Brussels from Ger- many to send back the German offi- cers’ furniture. German soldiers are quoted as say- ing, “We won't be here more than ~ six weeks longer.” Three days ago allied airmen flew over Brussels, dropping thousands of proclamations, saying: “Have patience—the hour of li erty is in sight.” ‘The Germans did not turn anti-air. craft guns on these aviators. HAIG'S TROOPS SMASH DEFENSE ON NEW FRONT LONDON, Oct. 2.—1:20 p. m) —With the capture of St. Qnen- tin, an enemy retreat on a fairly large scale is being contemplat- ed, according to battle front dis- patches this afternoon. Mili- tary authorities hint that an “in- teresting development” is about to happen. PARIS, Oct. 2—(4:40 p. m)-—-Vio lent fighting is continuing north and change.” | south of St. Quentin, battle front dis Patches reported this afternoon, YANKS BATTLE “HARD i Ferguson | United Press Correspon ICAN OF VERDU: While « on the remainder of the line is con fined to repulsing bitter counter-at- | tacks and consolidating newly won| positions, the Ameriains in the depth of the Argonne forest are shoving forward somewhat today. ' Overcoming almost insurmountable | obstacles, they are tifying their | line. The density of the forest ren-| ders liaison most difficult, but each | group goes forward as ‘rapidly as| possible, maintaining communication | with the aid of runners. The Americans are continuing to beat the boche reserves. The fact that they have not made any great strides forward in the past few days | does not indicate that the Americans are thru. On the contrary, they have | just begun and from now on the First army can be counted on to make a steady, tho not spectacular, | advance. Prepare to Flee Evidences are accumulating that (Continued on Page Twelve) French troops have passed above the canal tunnel at Le Trenquoy and are progressing eastward. An attack is developing upon Omissy, a mile and a half northeast of St. Quentin, LONDON, Oct, 2.—(1:50 p: m) —The German line thru Reaure- voir and Fonsomme, northeast of St. Quentin, has been broken, ac- cording to battle front dispatches received here today. This threat- ens the enemy's line of retreat from the Oise valley and St. Go- bain massif, if he is forced to withdraw in that region. The Germans have been driven from Crevecoeur and Rumelly, Haig announced. The British have oceu- pied the high ground to the east of those places. Italians Report : Artillery Duels ROME, Oct. 2.—Artillery duels in the Asiago and Montello region, were reported by the Italien war office today, There were patrol encounters in other sectors. Bank Clearings Go to 10-Million Mark The biggest daily bank clearings, in the history of Seattle, were re- corded at the clearing house Wed- nesday, when a total of $10,177,529, was reached, Balances totaled $1,- 431,837, <a