The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 7, 1918, Page 1

S = — = = > S >| = : = ~ le = PPL PPL DA IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR. THE STAR IS FOR } wer! The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Mutered as Second Class Matter May %, 189%, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 6, 1878. eet LEASED ae REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ‘NO? TO BEUS.R stice Offer Is Not Satisfactory German Armistice | Peace Can Co WILSON PREPARING NOTE Retribution President Star Liberty Bell Ringer No. 13 RAGE “Eats” IN REAR OF a Unconditional surrender! This must be the peace proposal of Germany to which | gg, Moan: realy appreciate real honest-toJohn fee that has meet A this war and which would be ready | ring on another war. } asc “First, Says | Gets Both in a ruined chateau back of the lines. Near as Huns Make A sincere acceptance of President Wilson’s peace terms Use of Torch means the end of the Hohenzollern regime. It means the Noted Ally Proposals A IT- NIGHT-EDITION | TWO CENTS PER COPY Por Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 ASSOCIATION | Tonight and Tuesday, fair; gentle easterly winds. ENTERPRISE Ww eather Forecast: EPLY * + &» * ® a KAISER AND CHANCELLOR OFFER PEACE AMSTERDAM, Oct. 7. — The text of the note sent thru Switzer- land by Prince Maximilian of Ger- many to President Wilson, asking peace negotiations, follows: A doughboy, making a holiday feast of those few: and-far-between biscuits, declared with unction: “The first thing I'm going to do when I get home ie—not go and see my girl, but eat a couple of acres of flapjacks and apple pies, a lot of biscuits and a gal- fon oF two of ice cream. Then I'll be fit and feel like | (Special to The Star by N. FE. A) BOCHE LINE © eisi<'s Discuit#—hot, light and made of real white flour—ull A : We must not lose sight of this. | evacuation of prostrate Belgium and other countries suffer- PARIS, France, Oct. 7—Eats! That's THE big Anything less than that means a compromise with the | you eat a couple of dozen or so made by an a: cook | Abie \areat Evacuation Seems_ | milian’s latest peace venture must not beguile us. TIR i Prussian dominati condition precedent to RHEIMS ENTIRELY FREE)" from Prussian ination as a Pp & human being" armistice. “ — quests red age ge it ste United Gumdere your gets with theirs, und then dek-your Shp COldnis yee nale: birt ot Today, Kaiser Wilhelm is still supreme ruler of Ger-/Vjyjanj Says Germany Must} a, a aan Ee on ae a, Austria and Ger Germany Send many and Belgium and other lands are still under the Prus- bel- } whic! | toemcence if you have Une right to begrudge them more Raaions, which freed | that _ Ss heel. ‘Today, the Hun is OFFERING peace, not| Pay for Wrongs Before || liserent states of eee | New Peace Notes to fire me ia fue years, to expected | ASKING it. ait is * Peace Comes || ttaries for the purpose of opening || White House Ph ode me 5: ones Jong as condition exists, there can be no peace ote &: negotiations. paces | inal region ‘northward iste land. | negotiations. CAN'T DISCUSS TERMS REFUSAL 1S ' FORECAST: ora. But eae of pense is drawing nearer and nearer,| pia | | —— ‘Uneffietal rovorte gente tee en-|in of fe are us hope, te mage , ~ bao ext tire: - Halls and Churches: eT Geglare this presage: m retrograde We do not want to sit at the pence table and trade movement by the Germans. ‘colonies or privileges to the Huns for Belgium’s freedom, | to Be Flu Hospitals 25 asso: Ste ein Rescate MA aa ee ee eee ed ad tee ar: |nesTo's. new Teutnole offers will be a “re- ected = ant fou dataneh tha neseee | mi ve * not wont to fa then about the restoration faa, to sceept” according, te | of lands devastat yy the Huns. strong indications a DON’T BE A GRUMBLER tang sid“ are aig | That is not the time ite barter with Cormeny over| authority. ‘This authority, whe thetr own answer to rmany’s her paying the price for the war she s at price a | Amatatoin _ emt erumbie cane you cant ep & move or play | Ena sng ete being reparation tothe people he ha hared forthe ge" cme mate cum | Cretaneeeeae Tees || Sy & Se meee damage she did them. head of the French mission which | We do not want to have to TREAT with Germany| visited America soon after the United States entered the war. jon the subject of German militarism and Hun power lust. pe Reseasonny-elyleel Ne SP? effort to throw the Germans schools and churches closed. The health of the city is more important than all else. An ounce of prevention now is worth a thousand cures. The state department declined offf cial comment on the peace note situe Meanwhile the allies are prens-| . : ation. In Boston, influenza has taken a toll of thousands. We |ing forward in Serbia and Albania, defeating Austro-German reinforce- And if we fight until the Huns surrender UNCONDI- TIONALLY we will not have to do. those things. President Wilson's propositions,” he said. with enormous exertions and al. || It was officially noted that the most without pause in the fight. | Swedish minister had delivered the do not want to court that situation here. ments in the former country and We can bury German militarifm and greed without, “To discuss them under an armis- | ing, has prone against it latest Austrian note shortly after ? aeeing. the Austrian retirement asking the kaiser’s permission. | tice dows not square with our mill: | lines. In weeks of the struggle, Sl Sane pec i Y In the latter. |tary advantages. Mentioning onl often without purpose, you ha: onaangensedd tee Ger Preparations were under way | Precautionary measures were tak-| Capture of Debra by the Serblans We can compel Germany to free all soil she has taken! Qn? Qucnual roint whee ee had to persevere and resist a nu. |/™man note, was calling at the White Monday by Mayor Hanson and [on in shipyards two weeks ago seriously menaces the east flank YY conquest and all people she has enslaved. cord or not to accord autonomy for | merically far superior enemy. || House. He delivered the note to — ea ae amas | __“We don't know how long it will/of the Austrians. This place in east When Germany surrenders unconditionally the peoples|Alsace-Lorraine—there can be no President Wilson dance hails, and churches if | 0", necessary to enforce the general and slightly north of Durazz0,/who love liberty, who believe in the principles of democ-|iestion. We demand restitution, The president passed up his morn | closing order,” said Mayor Hanson |which the Austrians are not yet purely and simply. ing game of golf—an unusual pro necessary, into emergency hos Monday. “I have not made any officially reported: to have reachea. T&CY; Who respect the rights of other peoples and other! ”™.),” ' possible, after 50 monthn of ceeding, and locked himself in his pitals to care for Spanish im predictions, and cannot make any ps nations, will write the terms of peace and will dictate the) niooasned that “anybody can ev study, where he busied himself with Miuenza cases if the epidemic Is | We have received citywide coopera things Germany must do and must not do. think otherwise?” rier writing. It was understood he was Bet checked. | tion with practically everyone af = : * Dispatch From "Webb | This action was decided upon | fected” except school satheniting If the allies are unable to do this, the war will have See ee ee ae 8 preparatory measure. sup | who objected i Miller to be fought all over again. All the lives which have been y ] | State department officials made it onic the order of Satur- | “I have the police to enforce ‘the || By United Press Leased Wwe | Sacrificed will have been given in vain. All that we have T |] forces, and is unwaveringly sup] plain that, while President’ Wilson -< Alygped a eg Aor | order, and intend to see that it is || Ditect to The Star done our children will have to do—and more. 5 porting the army in its difficult || haa not given them his confidence, pool halls and all indoor assem. OP**rved. The health department in| TS ae | task. lit.was safe to assume the American | doing everything possible to pre PARIS, Oct. 7—~(1:37 a or } H TAND “The eyes of those at home rest |) position would, in general, be unal- SS Tent, the spread of the epidemic. It] mhe Germans ary burning vit ‘(AUSTRIAN INVASION with pride and admiration on the | tered from the stand taken on the is vital at paren’ cep their con towns behi their > deeds of the army and the navy. |) Beenie aera ening mation | children in thetr own yards, and| limes along the whole front from CEE es re Se mannY Goes not 3 | “oth ‘Germany hours, making a total of ten casu- that all stores keep windows open } Lille to Rheims. 1 express to you the thanks of my- self and the fatherland. Both Germany and Austria are in accept the Wilson terms for peace in Employes, and those who must| Th Prince Max's speech to the reich “The f the Macedoni. the field with new pelioe mover. a Aities since the epidemic hit the » . his is believed to presage a retire: stag; she merely says the 14 and collapse o! a + || Austrian minister at Stockholm was Giepte: Five deaths have been shop, should keep themselves cloth: ment in several sectors. South of an front has occurred in the midst || instructed to ask the Swedish govern- Teported among the civilian popula- tion of Seattle. Only one of these ¢tvillan deaths occurred in the last ed properly and carefully contracting cold or grippe.” Sunday's downpour of rain ts a vi tal element in checking the spread of avoid Cambrai the enemy is reported al ready to have fallen back two -niles on & seven-mile front. By J. W. T. Mason four points “form a basis for nego- tiation.” Therefore, of the hardest struggle. “In accord with our allies, I have resolved once more to offer ment to transmit to President WIb- son a proposal for, an immediate ED Sas. bO; Ho, Daten armistice with him and his allies, until Germany makes full reparation At least a-score of ph in : | and to start at once negotiations for % hours, Over 200 naval training |iniyenea, according to City Health flames, Loan the sreat communica SO ieee tet will ioeure | Dente, «hii Veqoest ores Tie ae station boys are being a % a Commissioner McBride. “Flu” germs \tion center, and base of the St. Go- Famous War Expert ‘This in the stand in Paris and al! | OPable peace. We owe that to the J urday. Rowpital for influenza and 45 for|are swept into the moutha and nos-|bain massif, was set afire yeaterday, of France on the peace statements | Heras who have laid down their |) ‘Tho proposal follows: pneumonia. trils of pedestrians in street dust, he | Saullaumines, east of Lens, and sev.| NEW YORK, Oct 7Alled opera’ the Berblana pute the millon mauide coming from Germany {ements I tives for the fatherland, and we || “The AustroHungary monarchy, Health officials estimated that says, and by settling the dust the eral villagen southeast md went, of Hons ins Serbia are being resumed the main railway leading thru North) Aw stated in. the F* at make thato ur duty to our chil- || which has made only defensive war- there are approximately 490 civilian rain has worked a distinct benefit | Lille and between Doual and Somay,|“#ainst the Austrian and German ern Serbia to Belgrade, the capital. there ean be no nnasaane Sie ine dren. | fate, and has borne witness several Mafloenza cases in Seattle, altho! Street car conductors are being |are burning. The Frnech found Ne. | tfoopa ‘who still hold about halt of |Operations alone chic Sapwey would | srapesal in tts present form. ‘There Vhether arms will be lowered || times of its desire to put an end to ealy 125 have been of the “proven” | compelled to enter into numerous ar gent-I,Banses! and villages in the the Serbian territory have a their objective the rescue of must be concurrence. it is declared, | &® auestion. Until then we must J the bloodshed and conclude an honor- &nd placed on the health records guments with passengers over the Suippe valley in flames The abandonment by the Austro- | all that remains of Serbia in the ene: in the evacuation of Belgium end | 20t slacken. We must, as hither- }/ adie peace, purposes by representa- Twenty-five cases were reported opening of windows. The health de Civircus, writing in the Matin,| Hungarians of Albania, which bor-|my's hands Wrens, and. euitable eu aicee ¥ S| to, exert all strength, and, | tion to President Wilson to conclude ¥ morning. partment has ordered that all cars be | says: ders Serbia on the west, has undoubt — en Lv ap || God's gracious help, we feel our- Close to 100 men are reported to be Suffering from Spanish influenza and mevere la grippe in Seattle's three shipyards, the Skinner & corporation plant, the J. F. Du- thie Co. piant and the plant of the thoroly ventilated and the conductors | are forced to indulge in many squab bles with fussy passengers who try to insist on the closing of windows |and the keeping out of fresh air. City drug stores and chemists re- | “The fighting will continue to the | edly. been undertaken for the purpose end, until there is a general German | 0f reinforcing the Teutonic line in retreat. This retreat is announeed by the burning of villages. The reat | | evacuation seems near. “a | Northern Serbia Dramatic action by the allies is | probable in this wector, and might Local Fighting Is Reported by British Marshal) | immediately with him and his allies | general armistice on land, on sea and in the air, and start without de- | lay negotiations for peace. “These negotiations will be based on the 14 points in President Wil- fore there can be talk. An armistice would give a beaten enemy a chance to reform his shattered armies and improve his disastrous military situ- | ation One selves to be strong enotgh to de- fend our beloved fatherland. (Signed) “WILHELM.” newspaper declares it is| lead to an invasion of Hung: The a ‘ e of y Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. port a regular flood of requests for | | fact that the allies have secured full| LONDON, Oct. 7.—Local fighting, Sigh tie saaaiis: po haess Vgedlsyiony petertere his ee ce reece is believed the number of cases in liquid antiseptics and antiseptic |use of Bulgarian territory for mili-| North of St. Quentin and Lens and| {int the devastation of Geemany. 12 (February 11), 1918, and those all the shipyards in Seattle will ap-| throat tablets. | tary purboses brings them within 35 |Cambral. was reported by Marshal! ““«Germany leans upon penn: 0 tes | equally of September 27, 1918." Proximate close to 200. Dr. M. A. Matthews held an in miles of Hungary, at the southwest: | Haig today which would only make the pertery cr} Ty 1") Prince Maximilian, the new Ger- One death was reported at the formal service in the open air in ern corner of Bulgaria “In local fighting yesterday in from our hands,” Le Temps said man chancellor, announced before Ames yard Sunday. So far, no deaths front of the First Presbyterian 1 0 MILES Threaten Grain Area the region of Aubenchel-Au-Bois ‘Then, when the fighting has ceased | the reichstag that he had sent a note te been reported by the other church at 11 a. m. Sunday. He urged | This intervening area is thru Serb-}(@ mile and a half north of Le the German troops have Bev! __ BY LOWE! 4 MELLETT to President Wilson through the ipyards that all possible assistance be given PARIS, Oct. 7.44.05 p. m.)—| jan territory, leading to the famous | Catelet) we took 400 prisoners,” the |their breath and the imperial gov. WITH THE BRITISH ARMTES | Swiss government, asking the presi- —————— the Oo Rg Aico Taegan a French and American troops across |1ton Gate, which marks the passage. Statement said. “Yesterday after: ernment is popular and strong, the|1N FRANCE, Oct. 7.—The British | dent to take in hand the question of rangements w Want Ads Placed in The Star are the quick, sure method of tell- open air services next Sunday if the ban on public meetings had not been rémoved. Police, enforcing the influenza clos- ing-up orders, have experienced little trouble in gaining instant coopera tion. When the Toorri pool hall, 116 Fourth ave. S., refused to obey or the Suippe river, on a 10-mile front, are advancing northward toward La | A movement by the aliles thru the (La Neuville is | Iron Nouville and Semide. 15 miles northeast of Rheims. Sem. ide is 10 miles east of La Neuville.) Despite desperate resistance in this region and north of St. Quentin, the Germans are reported to be with- drawing their material and destroy. way over the Danube into Hungary. the Ger. Austro Hungarians to} evacuate Kurnania and concentrate for defense of the Hungarian grain and cattle Jands. These Gate would compel mans and are the principal sources of noon one of our patrols in the Oppy | sector brought in 34 prisoners and | four machine guns. “During the night we established posts at Aube canal chel-Au-Bols, crossings, also north of northeast and west of Oppy “A German post east of Borolau was captured We German plenipotentiaries would | 8fmy is ready to answer Germany's knock down one after the other the | Peace proposal as ® answered that pretended bases for negotiations. | Of Austria a short time ago. “We would have to re-begin the “Let them talk peace while the war or sign for a peace that would fighting continues,” weaning” the soldiers had the pleasure today of breaking the peace news to many officers and men of the British | | restoring peace, ana to invite all bel- | ligerents to send plenipotentiaries for | the purpose of opening negotiations. The American press today is gener- is the spirit of | ally opposed to accepting the enemy peace offers. The sentiment is that | Germany must be thoroly beaten be (Continued on page 9) peeentitigih I Pershing Reports : f + r . food supply for the Hapsburg empire made a slight) sae Seger pe ge ine the largest audience | irr Greek coffee house proprie. ing that which is too bulky to move/and have also been drawn upon to\Mivance north of Wesmacquart” | Advances by Yanks, .77,,2eatt,* be train shed at “Only a Part of in the Northwest of your || tors were ordered to limit customers Wick!y. feed the Germans. | WASHINGTON, Oct, 7.—Slight ad-| It was apparent from what was y A ” to 10 minutes each aot. calsuerin, writing in the! | a. threat by the allies to Kastern| WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST | vances by American’ troopein the| heard on ch sides, cron word of Hun War Drive. needs, "HOt course, we'll have kickers,” | Vossiche Zeitung, urged the German| siingary would result, and for this| ARMY, Oct, 7.-Both wings of the . > command to shorten the weat front. region of the Meuse and much artil- | the latest proposal went the rounds, Effective, profitable. Use || commented Mayor Hanson on the oir ne eater if we make a reason is a situation of the utmost | American sree between the AS lery action by both sides Sunday was that, so far as the British army is | Says Roosevelt os order, “but we would rather have etreat rovided the front W#neer to the central powers, fonne massif and the Meuse river reported by Gen. Pershing today concerned, something more definite| MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. %—“The One tomorrow. Phone your | jive ‘kickers than have to bury Yat Binc-tye Actual starvation would overtake | continue to advance, despite great ef-| His report follows in the way of peace offers is neces-|German peace drive,” declared for- want ad to them.” sotto witally nécossary to hold the | Austria-Hungary {f the allies could | forts by the Germans to increase thir| “Our troops have made slight-ad-| sary, before scrious conkidertion |mmec Pretient Rossovelt today, “te Superintendent of Schools Cooper bMagh Ah deg reach the Magyar plains resistance vances during the day. Between the | will be found only a part of the German war drive. e said he thought the closing of schools | fT" @t any Wate § The unconditional surrender of the| A German counter attack agninst Meuse and the Bois des Agones| “We must keep the Germans|I hope that under no cireumstnces p was a “senseless thing,” pointing out |Hapsburgs might even be brought our right center near Cunel (three there haa been’ stubborn infantry running until we find out what's| will we consent to a suspension of ye ain that children permitted on the streets T t f Chancellor about by the development of a seri. miies west of Briulles), temporarily | fighting. Farther to the west ma- behind this,” said most of the men. | hostilities until Germany surrenders a would be less safe than in school ex, Ol || ous threat against the wheat lands, | slowed up our progress. chine gun and artillery combat were “The world has had enough of | unconditionally. 7 | Labor unions have postponed y Maximilian’s Speech to || without the actual accomplishment | An extremely heavy bombardment constant find heavy, with everywhere war to last it forever,” one officer | Roosevelt addressed a mass meet: - ou can charge it. 1 esdetinge and evidenced a desire | Reichstag on Page 10. | ef conquest, land the stiffest kind of fighting is|increased artillery fire by both | asserted. “This war should be ing at noon today, urging fullest sup : (Continued on page 9) ot i The reported capture of Nish byunder way along this whole front. | sides.” | finished so it will be the final war.” port of the Fourth Liberty Lom,