The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 3, 1918, Page 1

I —e—eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ———ee FL. L. Ppl cane letters stand for } \ FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF __ Voll ME 20. NO. 186 rye THE SEATTLE, WASH., at the Postoffice at Beattie, THURSDAY, IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR. THE STAR : { : } “Fourth Liberty | “ Whenever and wherever you see “F. Lb. ) 1." let yourself be reminded that you should in.) vest in the bonds to your limit, { - THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Motered as Second Clase Matter May 3, JNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS . Wash, under the Act COMPLETE § oC TOBER 3 of Congress March 6, 1 SERVICE OF 1918. OPAPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP 1S FOR !T NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS PER COPY Por Year, by Mati, $6.00 to $9.00 THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION ARR Renee — EVACUATION BEGINS! Star Liberty Bell Ringer No. 10 A young red-headed Irish private was emerging from a front-line dugout with the other members of his squad. As the last man came into the open, a German-thrown grenade fell only a few feet away Without a second’s hesitation the young private jumped forward, put his foot on the grenade and saved the remainder of the squad, altho one of his legs was blown off and he suffered other injuries which resulted in his death two days later Back at the field hospital, how it happened, with @ grenade.” when he was asked he answered simply, “They got me He made no mention of having saved seven lives at the loss of his own. He claimed no credit, With him it was merely a matter of results of having accomplished what he set out to accomplish, regardiess of anything ¢lse. ‘This young American private’s example should stand as an emblem of the war—which is not a matter of who may get any credit out of it, but purely a mat ter of results. Beating Germany is all that counts——From The Stars and Stripes, France, Sept. 6. Buy Liberty Bonds, They count! Star Sidelights on Various Angles of War News Toda The Hindenburg Line In April of last year, the German forces in the west, thelr pos! tion rendered unwieldy and precarious by the awkward dent knock- ‘That position was the so-called Hindenburg lina lime ag before. but with its prestige badly damaged. Already it has been breached, and the victorious British arms are still going triumphantly forward. Its very name ts for it a thing of illomen. Last year Hinden- Durg’s was a name to conjure with; today he has apparently fallen 90 definitely and completely from grace in the high places of Ger- many that the world fails to grow unusually excited over the per- sistent rumors of his death. Hindenburg and his line are no longer the redoubtable things we used to think they were—and even then they were not so re- @oudtabie as all that —From Stars and Stripes, Sept. 6, France, Lille, a Great Industrial Center Lille (pronounced Leel, from which civilians have been ordered out by the Germans in preparations for evacuation, is situated In a fertile plain on the Deule and communicated by canal and railways with the sea and all large commercial places of Northern France and . Its fortifications were erected in the ilth century. The city is well built, with broad and) regular streets and numerous squares. It has a university, an academy of design with a celebrat ed collection of drawings, a botanical garden and many scientific and educational institutions. Its principal importance, however, it de- tives from manufactures. Much flax is grown in the vicinity, and the linen mantfactures of Lille were very extensive. Not less im portant is ite cotton-epinning industry. The tobacco factory of the ment was also located here, and gun-powder, beetroot sugar, and gloves were among the other manufacturing enterprises. Lille was founded in the ninth century; belonged alternately to France or the counts of Flanders; came into the possession of the House of Burgundy at the end of the 14th century; passed from Bur gundy to Sustria and Spain, but was conquered in 1667 by Louis XIV., since which time it has been a French city. Its population was, prior to the war, approximately 270,000. Hl Four years of war have cost the world $180,000,000,000 By New Year's day, 1919, it will have risen from $180,000,000,000 to approximately $217,000,000,000 These figures just issued by the Society of Swiss bank. The bank statistician admits he had to limit himself to approximations, partly because accurate reports were not obtainable from Belgium, Serbia, Rumania, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Turkey. But he points out that this is not vital, since most of the war expenses of these countries were underwritten by their allies. ‘The ficures show the cost of war to be advancing by leaps and bounds. The 1,461 days of the first four years of war, ending July 31, 1918. cost all belligerents an average of $123,000,000 a day. Dur. ing 1918 the dally average has been $244,000,000. That means the war is costing more than $10,000,000 an hour—and going up every minute! Four-fifths of the total expense of the war, says the Swiss re port, have been financed by treasury operations and loans. Such loans aggregate $135,000,000,000, or just three-fourths of what the war hag cost all belligerent nations. ’ , ' i ' ' 4 ) ' ' , ) , 4 ) ) ) ) ) ) y ) ) , , 4 4-MILE ADVANCE MADE IN woods BY FRED 8. FERGUSON WA boc he plane attacked, them, they (Wnited Press Correspondent) could not fight bagk, and were com: | yelled to glide ddéwn, landing in a} WITH THE AMERICANS WEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 3.--The Ameri: German-held territory. eight kilometers (four to four ahd a half miles) thru the tangled Arganne forest since the start of their offen IT five } Thia forward snovement has been Recomplished by smothering machine | gun nests, bridging great masses of | barbed wire entanglements and drag ging up artillery and wagons by WASHINGTON, Oct 3.—The hand Italian army in Albania A launched an offensive against gh ate neggerinf el Pema oh er ae i the Ital- jan emba stated today, nd regulating artillery fire, fEDLINE “ne purpone isto demoralize and| fantry and transports, In the latter | destroy the Austrian armies in. Al- fome of the planes fly ax low as 50|bania, with arview to facilitating Yards above the trees, the expected surrender of Turkey, In the region of Fresnes, east of the cable explained Verdun, on the tz front, a Franco Gen. Serrero, operating three col- German raid resulted in the taking Umns, tx advancing with the object 860 Austrian prisoner of effecting a junction with Liept rd, of California left wing under Gen. Experi The Austrians are ously, aiming to hold the check at all costs until arrive. Ueut. Alsat, of Newark, N. J thrilling experience yesterday, their Motor going dea just as they drop 94 & load of bombs on Grand Pre. | ments had a | Feported lost. e4 into their line in the battle of the Somme in the latter half of ‘the preceding year, retired to a prepared position well to the rear. {| pleted the conquest of St War Now Costing $10,000,000 an Hour! | field whieh ‘they thought sure was{ But the sight cans have advanced, trom sven to of'some aoughboys reassured them resisting vigor- allies in reipforce- Eyer: | Vessel Is Sunk Off English Coast, in Bristol Channel, on Sept. 26 NAVY GIVES ouT REPORT i} Direct to The Star ——— WASHINGTON, Oct 3.— U.S. S. Tampa, a former coast guard cutter, was sunk in for- number is given as 118. The Tampa was sunk off the Eng | lish coast, in the Bristol channel, Sep- | tember 26. Reports received here indicate thats the Tampa waa torpedoed at night, | while engaged in escorting a convoy ‘Ten officers and 102 enlisted men, be sides one British army officer and five civilian employes on board, were AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 2 | Reports of a German U-boat in oper | ation 600 miles off the Atlantic const | were brought here today by two mer chant veasels, Hoth vessels reported they received SOH, calls which told of shellings by a U-boat, but neither | | was able to catch the position or mabe 7F ager FRENCH MOVING Gen. Berthelot’s troops have com- ‘Thierry They | massif, northwest of Rheims. {hold Pouifiion and the fort of st.! | aime PARIS, Oct. 3.—French |pagne and Veale regions, | office annouhced today. Challerange (a mile and a halt | eat of Montpois) was captured | yesterday evening. North of Rheim: the French took Loivre. Th French attack was resumed at day. break this morning. 123,000 TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER PARIS, Oct. Belgiucn during September, it | was officially announced today, The | captives included 120,192 men and 2,844 officers, During the same period the allies captured 1,600 cannon and more than 10,000 machine guns. From July 10 to September 30, the allies took pris- loner 248,494 men and 5,518 officers, and captured machine guns. 3,669 cannon and 24,000 lL. Le | Definitely F ixed”—Clemenceau ~The. victories of | PARIS, Oct. the last few sian have definitely fixed the outcome of the war,” Pre- mier Clemenceau declared, in a letter to the Loulre council Oct. Bim Ben. Lewis will confer with President Wilson at the White’House at 5:16 p.m What Have You for Sale? What Do You Want to Buy? You are reason ably sure to ge what you want if|/aree a you will tell your | needs to the larg est audience in the Northwest. Phone Your Want Ad| to The Star. Call Main wy United Press Leased W legit wie] ana > "manera ad | the war) 1—The Allies took | 123,036 German prisoners in France | jand ors. is a strong smoking out the slackers pointed out that Seattle is in no mood to permit those most able to wubseribe to dodgé their responsibil ity. The race between the Red and the F ollow Today’ r Action on This Map "4 Withdrawal From Belgium 2 lapavew Arse OComausy Amis ry es Predune back gian territory, yesterday. back slightly The French attacking south of St. Quentin, are nearing the Oise thus extending the which is destined to pinch off the St. Gobain, in conjunction with the river at Berthenicourt, movement, and Laon, Rhetms. LA FERE-RHEIMS FRONT—Gen. Berthelot, attacking north- west of Rheims, has carried his line forward to within leas than three miles of Berry Au-Bac, and less than five miles of Craonne. This is the companion movement to that south of St. Quentin. RHEIMS-VERDUN FRONT—The French drive in the Cham- pagne region was resumed at dawn today. sulted in the capture of Chellerange, on the western fringe of the In the region of Argonne, the Germans are re- ported to be falling back before the Americans, between the Meuse Argonne forest. and the Argonne forest. TOLEDO, 0., Oct. 3—The Lib- erty loan committee today an- nounced that Toledo is the first city of the metropolitan class to reach its quota. Ralsing of the quota of $19,000,000 in five days Declaring that the small in- veator was doing his part, but that the business man and the wealthy citizen was failing to re spond as he ought to the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, King County Chairman Wills today t9- sued a statement concerning the failure of the large firms in the city to “come thru.” “The wealthy citizens and the lar, iness firms of Seattle are not oy>:| ‘seribing the them,” Wills declared, | cases these people are not even show- | ®eToss, and now have ing the proper respect to the solleit: | Drastic action will be taken, if | need be, to force these shirkers to do | their part.” quotas assigned Show Disloyalty Chairman Wills said that the num ,| ber was not large, but that several | firma were showirfg an attitude which tended toy ft 4 | prove their disloyalty to tha Country, | eertere are escaping to Swi elaine nd influential ¥ ; & St Quentin Continues in Allies’ Favor } FLANDERS FRONT—The fighting front in Flanders spread from Dixmude, southward in a. wide semi-circle to Lens, a distance of. 60 miles, The Germans yesterday began a new re Urement on the lower third of this front, between Lena and Armen- tieres, Already they have retreated two miles and are still falling This apparently is the firet step in the evacuation of Bel- reported to have been definitely decided upon by the German staff some time ago. PICARDY FRONT—The British resumed their attack north of St. Quentin this morning, evidently in an attempt to effect another breach in the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme subsidiary line, behind the Hindenburg defensen where a break-thru was nearly accomplished ‘The Germans restored the «tuation there by a desper- ate counter attack, which closed up the gap, and pushed the British “and in some SUS AT oo Tan ere? Lae Baus: me om 20m KE THON = Teee) emp LPNS Mons ‘ BVA gm ERM OS APYANCING HORTH now has northern encircling Massif thrust northward, west of Yeaterday's attacks re- TOO MANY WEALTHY» WAR LOAN SLACKERS Blue armies, which are representing | different fections of the city, is wax- ing keen. At the present state, the | Blue is leading. The Red army has turned in the largest amount, but as their quota is much larger than the south team, their showing has not! been as good, Up to last night the Red, or north, | bpp had turned in a total of 1,922,500, while the Blue, with a/ alee quota, had aceounted for $1,801,650. Contrasted with the failure of many big business men to subscribe their quotas, the industrial and pay. roll divisions report that the working mén of Seattle are backing the loan me | loyally. Subscriptions by Skinner & Eddy to ¢Mployes now total $1,350,000. J. ¥ Duthie workers are still coming $210,000 to jthetr credit (Continued on page 9) Bavarians Tired of Fighting for Kaiser WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—German Names of war loan slackers may |!) large numbers, French cables re- | be made pubife, if men who are able to subscribe fail to fall in line, com. | mitteemen indicated Thursday, There in favor of It was sentiment v | West, |frontier have been replaced by Ba ported today, Because of the pressure in the German troops on the Swiss varian landsturm, These have been lux in keeping the frontier closed. Bavarian officers declare German morale is low, and say they have had | Jenough of fighting for the king of Prussia, jand Lens was admitted by the German war office today. | eium, | Is “Stalking Horse” | Baden has been appointed German | south of St. Quentin, ix reported to lion of | hair and a brown mustache,” Gerard | told the United Preas today. ‘The subscriptions of the | {of occupying Bulgaria militarily Certain as Huns Retreat on 20-Mile Front in Flan- ders and Along Meuse BERLIN, Via London, Oct. 3.—Evacuation of the line between Armentieres The retirement was car- ried out Tuesday without fighting, the statement said. INGTON, Oct. 3.—Turkish forces in Persia‘have been ordered to withdraw on account of the Palestine disaster, according to Teheran reports reaching the state department today. The same message said the British probably will reoccupy the more important city of Baku. The withdrawal, the war office said, left Armentieres and Lens in the hands of |the allies. “Yesterday evening the enemy followed over the Fleur Baix-La Bassee-Sullach line, “In the Cambrai region the day was quieter.” Despite official announcement by Marshal Haig of a German withdrawal on the Armentieres-Lens line, no reference was made by the British commander to German evacuation of those towns. JUNKERS | ALSO The evacuation of Belgium, hoped and fought for by the | | allies thru four bitter years, appeared to be under way The Germans are retreating on the 20-mile front be- tween Armentieres and Lens, with the British following up retirement has already +e a maximum depth of two miles. The Germans have given up strongly organ- ized positions, which they have maintained since trench war- fare and which vay a portion of this sector the most thoroly stabilized on the whole northern part of the west @ forward on this front, are within about seven French industrial center of Lille, the civilian of which is already leaving | under orders of the THEY WILL A ASK PEACE | Armentieres has been practically surrounded and its fall is expected hourly. The enemy is oO to be burning Roulers, at the apex of the Anglo- cigian wedge farther north, which also has been nearly encircled. The progress of the allied armies has necessitated im- mediate si on the of the enemy for the evacuation of |the submarine bases of Ostend, Bruges and Zeebrugge, re- | gardless of any previous plans. | Barlier unofficial reports from va- Sores~ se OLOSELY AFTER FLEEING ENEMY Coincident with the reported with- drawal in Belgium, the Germans at WITH THE BRITISH AR- MIES IN FRANCE, Oct. 3.— THE REICHSTAG By United Press Leased Wire i Direct to The Star LONDON, Oct. 3.—There are An interesting thing in connec tion with this is the report from Amsterdam, stating that the ma jority members of the reichstag the other extreme of the long battle have adopted the following program: | front have begun a Hous Indorsement of the July (1917)| ment between the Meuse oy peace resolution; restoration of Bel-|#onne forest, according to staff die declaration of Germany's readiness to join the league of na- | dons; autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine | back from his advanced positions to ase in "| the newly constructed Kretmhelde-| north of St. Quentin today, wrest- a ee ere Stellung line, which runs west of| ed the villages of Le Catelet, M Grand Pre to the vicinity of Dam-| Gouy, Ramicourt and Sequesart Gerard Says ax villers. He Reads Emerson |¢1:!ciing LONDON, Oct. 3.—Prince Max of | be chancellor, succeeding Von Hertling, | 04 ig to be | according to an Exchange Telegraph vancing on the whole fron! —___.. | dispatch from Amsterdam today. beginning of trench warfare. The retirement already has reaai- ee acre a, ed a maximum depth of two miles, ceed Chancellor Hertling, in the opin- posse adap soa apy ibe wettes ra the British advance is continu- ee er Gees south of Craonne. The Germans have fallen back to ‘And this. stalking horse totes a|_. French experts see as a result of | the line of Cite St. Auguste, Dauvrin, this pincers operation, made possible | east of La Bassee, east of Aubers and copy of Emerson's “Exsays” instead .| thru the capture of St. Quentin, an| west of Bois Grenier. of a gun. In the new German chan: (ite Gt. Atiyuste lia mile diresunl immense German retreat, extending Tow C bh eee ene aerate: German {from east of Laon, in the Champagne |north of Lens. Dauvrin is a mile pe and a quarter southeast of La Bas region. statesman. “Prince Max of Baden is about 51 Challerange, which forms one of |S¢¢ Aubers is four miles north of the Germans’ principal defenses on | 1 Bassee. Bois Grenier is two miles | YOREw ON, CAL, well taaite, San beeen |e. stern PRs 9 the Argonne | directly south of Armentieres.) The British attack north of St. “ aed ree. Marshal Haig renewed his at: Quentin Was resumed this morning. will suc him on the jing, where yesterday the British sives in Flanders and before Cambrai duke's death. He is a full general in| nearly effected a break thru by |*4 St. Quentin, combined with the the German army, but has not eh- | smashing a breach thru the Beaure | losses incurred by his troops {tf iain kaged In any npecitic military activi. |¥olr-Fonsomme subsidiary defense | en@eavors to resist the allied attacks, pm ict ie line. A counter attack yesterday | @8 compelled the enemy to ubder- Not Wi nl closed up the hole and won back Se | take an extensive withdrawal,” the “In manner Ptince Max is not | @uehdrt for the enemy, Haig appar-| Sttement said. Prussian—not even German, He has | ¢ptly {8 determined not to-permit the | | From Lens to Armentleres the @n- none of the arrogance and wooden. | Germans again to consolidate’ their /C™Y [8 evacuating highly organised headedness which characterize most | Positions there, positions whieh he has held singé the LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3.—Germany has sent out a stalking horse by ap pointing Prince Max of Baden to suc- “He is | forest, has been captured. of the ruling statesmen of Germany,| * The fall of Damascus, officially an-|COmMMencement of ‘trench wastage, His mother was a Russian, and that |OUNced yesterday, added 7,500 pris-|&Pd which hitherto were defended gives hin an international viewpoint, | ners to Gen. Allenby's haul in Pales- | With the utmost resolution. This not tine, making the total 67,000. British | UNexPected Movement is being fol- jand Arab forces, after capture of |!©Wed up by our troops, who are |Turks Tell Kaiser that city, pusned rapidly northward, | ™#intaining constant touch with the German rear many casualties ers. FAIR RENTALS 1d and are inflicting and teking prison with Aleppo, nearly 200 miles farther They'll Ask Pea on, as their obvious objective. Seiz LONDON, Oct. 3.--Turkey has no-| Use of the latter city will give the tified Germany that she intends to| British control of the railways from propose peace to the allies, a Zurich | Damascus and Bagdad to Constanti. dispatch to the Daily News declares, | nople. Germany ts said to have replied ah —F LL. some length, partly fn a menacing! and partly ina pleading tone. Tur- Prussians Adopt BOARD T0 MEET Key's decision is believed imminent. Ss | Key's decision is: believed en ffrage Plank, ‘The dispatch further says that! Germany has declared her uatly. | COP: HAGEN, Oct. 3,—The suf. The first meeting of the fair rent- frage committee of the Prussian | a's commission appointed by the fed- A Central News dispatch from|ypper house has adopted the goy.|eral government to take evidence Paris states, on the contrary, that|@nment proposal, granting a sup-| against profiteering landlords, will be ns 40 | hed! at 909 Securities building, Third decided to maintain the alliance with| years of age and older, according to ave. and Stewart st., Thursday, at Germany and Austria-Hungary. [8 pm the Turkish ministerial council has| plementary vote to those cittz lz Berlin dispatch today.