The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 18, 1919, Page 4

CITY ACCEPTS “TOO HIGH” BIDS R. Stare that bids filed for the conktruction of the Lake Union steam plant were excessively high and that he could save the city from $25,000 to $30,000 if new bids were called for, the board of pub- Ne works Friday awarded the con- tract to Charles C, Moore, of San Francisco, and the Allis Chalmers | Co, of Milwaukee, the total cost to) be $610,957. | Stare, who is president of the Pacific Lamp & Supply Co, failed) to shake the board with the excep- tion of Superintendent of Pubite Utilities Thomas F, Murphine, who, on the strength of Stare’s challenge that he could save the city from $25,000 to $30,000 on the contract, urged a call for new bide, City Engineer Dimock opposed the motion on the ground that if it prevailed it would disoredit Seattle in the efes of other firms if, after receiving bids on a published call, the city reject~ ed those bids on the protest of a Gealer who failed to act in time. Superintendent J. D. Ross, of the city light department, urged defeat of the motion because of a recent break in two pipe lines carrying water to the generating machines at the Cedar river dam. The ne- cessity for immediate construction of the Lake Union steam plant was very urgent, Rose said. then voted to accept COUNCIL REFUSES WELFARE NURSE City Health Officer H. M. Read's city cour on the fact that the 1920 budget ai- has been made up. | . Read was authorized to attend | ‘the seesion of the American Public STUDENT PLAYERS g ordinance. Bhivering tenants kicked. Hirami|forcements from the West were de- ‘was arrested. Jack Sullivan Leading Man And all the Stars. And the splendid Western Actor BERT SWEZEA CHARLES DAVIS HARRY CARROLL ‘ Scenes laid in familiar spots about the town. A Drama of the Goldfields— “The Plunderer” THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1919. DEFEAT OF RENNENKAMPE secu WAS GREAT ENGAGEMENT “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff Published by ‘The Star thra special arrangement with the McClure Newspaper Ryndioate, Copyriahted, Horper and Brothers All rights reserved, € hted in Great B tehinson & Com, in Spain by Mess ie Italy by Fri Australia All & Wrance, Scandinavian countries The battle of the Masurian Lakes tember 7 to 13, 1914) has not received the recognition it deserves. It was a decisive engagement, ambl- tiously planned and carefully exe cuted against an extraordinary nue merical superiority, It was attended with grave risks, but the enemy did not realize his strength, He did not even attempt to fight ft out, but withdrew go very hastily that under our proasure the retreat took on the character of @ flight. ‘The results of the battle were not 80 obvious as those of Tannenberg. There were no operations in the enemy's rear, for they were not pos sible, The enpmy did not make stand, but withdrew, #o that they could only be forced back still fur- ther by frontal and flanking attacks. Whilst at Tannenberg we took over 90,000 prisoners, we could now only count 45,000, But whatever could have been done under the clreum- stances had been accomplished. Our continuous movements, com- bined with the ever-present menace of envelopment, drove the retreating Russian army before us so quickly that they croased the Niemen in a state of diasolution. For the next tow weeks they need not be regarded as first-class fighting material, un- leas the Russians should reinforce them with fresh troops. This operation also was extraerdl- narily daring. To begin with, the Russian Niemen army, with its 24 infantry divisions, was very much stronger than the Eighth army, with Its 15 to 16 divisions. Moreover, the Augustevo, | (These figures would give a relative strength of: Kussians more than 600,000 men, and Germans less than 200,000 men, including other arma than infantry) ‘This immense superiority could be Apparently still under the 1i ence of the battle of Tannerbers, Rennenkampf had withdrawn his and the Bighth army was concen trated ready to advance between Witlenderg and Allenstein front. jOnly small forces were left behind for the defense of the frontier near Soldau, They were to advance into Poland in the direction of Miawa. As noon an the troops pad been de ployed, we intended to attack Ren nenkampf on a wide front between the river Pregel and Lake Mauer, while enveloping his left wing be yond Lotsen (15 miles south of the upper end of Lake Mauer) and far- ther south. The task delegated to our outermost southern wing waa to guard the army from attack from Auguatovo and Osowlec, opposite the southeast corner of Bast Prussia and 40 and 60 miles from Lotsen, where hostile reinforcements were expect- ed. The concentrated Bighth army was to fight in three groupe from the river Prege! to Lake Mauer, east of Lotaen and in the direction of Lyek (80 miles southeast of Lotsen). HIS ARMY READY TO MARCH At the beginning of September the following units were up ready to ad- vance: The garrisons of the Vistula fortresses, near Soldau. Von der Goita'’s Landwehr 4i- vision, near Neidenburg. Third reserve division and First army corps, near Willen- berg, Ortelsburg, First cavairy brigade west of Johannesburg. Seventeenth army corps, Pass- enheim Twentieth, Eleventh army corps, and First reserve corps, in and on both sides of Allenstein. Guard reserve corps coming up from Elbing towards course of the river Passarge. Pighth cavalry division ad- vancing fn the direction of Lotaen. The First cavalry division, minus one cavalry brigade, was still occupying its positions facin gthe Niemen army. It was also to advance via Lotzen The main Konigsberg reserve holding the line of the Detme (the first defense line of the Konigsberg fortress). The main Posen reserve and the Count von Bredow Landwehr 4i- vision wore being brought up, but @id not arrive in time for the battle. The advance against Rennen- kampfs army began on September 4. On the {th, the Guard reserve corps, the First reserve corps, the Bleventh and Twentieth army corps nflu-| SHtrenched @ position in front of the enemy lines at Wehlaudierdauen- ‘ad.| Nordenburg-Angerburg, between the river Pregei and Lake Mauer, and vanced units several kilometers, b' e ate Intend a stand between {attacked uring the following days the river Pregel and Lake Mauer (a line of about 35 miles more than 50 | miles inside the East Prussian} these of the Twentieth frontier). The Bighth army was compelled; In to use all its available strength. the execution of this plan, the rein- trained on the Allenstein-Elbing line, MOVIE DRAMA— according to pian. The engagements, particularty @id not go well for us. THe | K i i g z i i I tie i i 5 333 3 Fs : : j £37 ag i E e g? & + : i iit; it this Givision had to be returned to the corps. The front of 50 kilometers, on which the four corps attacked the enemy, was cer- tainly too long. Further, the staff of the Guard reserve corps feared a Russian attack, and had therefore concentrated its unit. coul4 only do everything in our power to ensure the result for which we were striving. On the morning of September 10 we received the decisive news that during the night of the 9th the enemy had given way before the Firts reserve corps to the north of Gerdauen—probably in consequence of the continuous attacks of the First and Twenty-seventh army corps (making the enveloping movement to the south) It was said that the corps had ~«-cupied thelr position, and intendei to march on. The rejoicing at headquarters can be imagined. A great success had once more been achieved, but still nothing decisive. The Russian army ‘was not yet beaten by any means. Northeast of Lotzen we’ had only had local successes. It was import: ant to carry out a frontal attack with all our strength, and throw ourselves on the engmy whilst the enveloping wing advanced | ing east of Rominten W: the Wirbalien-Kovno road, In this way we intended to drive the Rus- U , | mente sians as fur as possible towards the Niemen, | It had also to be taken Into ac- count that Rennenkampf, who was mow in touch with -the reinforce arriving further south, would be able to make # vigorous at- tack in any direction. Our lines were very thin everywhere, tho the two northern groups, which had hitherto been separated by Lake Mauer, had joined up again. Tho situation was extremely critical, and the tension was great. ‘The troops had @ fresh task before them. Keeping in close touch with each other, they had to pursue the enemy unceasingly by forced marohea, and attack him whenever he made @ stand. At the same time they had to wait for the cooperation of neighboring columns before mak-} ing local enveloping movements, so aa to minimize the losses. GERMANS FIRED ON GERMANS The Seventeenth army corps, and more particularly the First army corps on the extreme right, and the First and Eighth cavairy divisions, had to strike again and again. vigorous frontal attacks, and did not | await the cooperation of neighbor- ing columns, But the most serious @ifficuty was caused by the fact that on September 11 the BE ih army corpse thought it was being a! tacked by @ very superior force. ‘This was quite conceivable and had to be taken into account. Under the existing conditions as regards the strength of the two forces, the front line required the clowe tactical support of the envelop- ing corpa, We had therefore to de to bring the Seventeenth and First army corpe further north than the lower| was originally intended. After a few hours the belief of the Eleventh army corpe proved to be unfounded, But the order had already been | their given to the enveloping wing. Later, the corps were again diverted to Orfinal route, but by then at least half a day had been lost. The Kighth army did magnificent work. The whole advance, which covered well over 66 miles in four Gays, was « brilliant march of vic- tory for these troops, exhausted as they were by continuous fighting and strain of every kind. This ap plied more particularly to the orig- inal unite of the Eighth army; the Guard relief corps and the Eleventh army corps had fought valiantly tn the West at Namur, but they had certainty had an easier time hitherto. GRAND DUKES RELIEF HALTED Away from the main battlefield, the Third reserve division, under their energetic leader, General von Mor- gen, and von der Golts'’s Landwehr division had fought a very success ful action against @ superior force near Bialla on Septetnber §, and then beaten the reinforcements which were brought up. In #0 doing they had removed a grave source of dan- ser to the army fighting further north. General von der Goltz was held up outside Osowiec. General von Mor- rendered good service, but only the cavalry and the army headquarters staff possessed it. So I was obliged to rely mainly on motorcars, and relays of staff officers. The gentlemen of the volunteer motor corps did magnificent work as dispatch+idera, They accomplished journeys which recafied the most daring patrol work. I needed the fow airmen urgently for reconnoiter- ing, and could not spare them for dispatch bearing. But in spite of the scanty means of communication, we always succeeded in being well informed and getting our orders thru in good time. I used the telephone a good deal also, giving encouragement where it seemed advisable, and blaming in no measured terms where the success of the whole operation required it. This personal intercourse with the commanding officers was useful, as it afforded opportunities for per-|*t Sonal contact and cooperation. We made our headquarters in vari- ous places, first place we came to which had been in the hands of the Russians! for a considerable time. there was incredible, The market was full of filth, The rooms were disgustingly unclean, At Intersburg we stayed at tho Dessauer hotel, in the same quarters which Rennenkampf had left, Tho Grand Duke Nicholas is also said to have feft the town at the last mo- ment. GLAD THE The dirt RUSSIANS RETIRED ‘We had an opportunity of Pa eee a eee more closely, were all deeply thankful that we had not been obliged to storm them, Wo should have paid a Nordenburg was the| .A picture which comes mighty near being the ideal photoplay. A sweet, clear and pretty comedy-drama for the whole family. A story of smal] town life, full of laughs and pathos that will bring tears to the eyes— JACK PICKFO with an exciting capture of bank robbers, scenes at the old swimmin’ hole, and girlhood loves and fights—and the little old red schoolhouse. STRAND ORCHESTRA under S. K. Wineland, playing Rossini’s overture, “William Tell.” Serenade, by played by Rogovoy, Biancone and Winders. Many of the Russian troops be haved in an exemplary manner in Bast Prussia in August and Septem- ber. Wine cellars and provision stores were guarded, and Rennen- kampf kept strict discipline at In- sterbure. But the war brougnt with it end- less hardships and terrors. The Cos- sacks were rough and cruel. They burned and plundered. Many inhab- {tants were killed, women were out- raged and civilians sometimes car- ried off. There actions were for the most part quite senseless, and one sought in vain for any reason for them. The people had not offered the slightest opposition to the Russia they were docile and had not taken part in the fighting, in accordance with our wishes. The Russians alone must bear the responsibility for their misdeeds. 7 The Russian army had been a heavy burden on Bast Prussia. Now we felt proudly that we had reacued German soil from the enemy. The joy and gratitude of the people was very great. This province was not rescued only to come under a foreign yoko. Heaven preserve us from such a humiliation! | In Monday Star General Lu. dendorff tells how he was called from his rejoicing in vic- tory to the rescue of the shat || tered Austrians and of his warn- ing to Germany, in view of the defeat at the Marne, that the || war was to be a long one, i Petal onie ates GIRL ATTACKED; ESCORT ROBBED SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.—Miss Genevieve John#on was kidnaped at midnight while strolling with Robert Bruce, @ chauffeur. Two men robbed Bruce of $10, she told the police to- day, and then took her to a secluded spot, where they assaulted her. The 1,200 University Students {CHIEF OPPOSES at the Mercy of Landlords The University of Washington is facing its old, old problem—that of providing rooms for hundreds of out- of-town students. With a record reg- istration of over 4,600 students the Problem has reached an acute stage this year, Approximately 1,200 students are reported to be rooming outside the dormatories exclusive of those stay- ing at the sorority and fraternity houses. Every home in the vicinity of the university is filled up. The only “for rent” signs seen are 15 to 20 blocks away from the institution. The question of housing the non- resident pupils has always been a sore one for the university adminis- tration, State funds for the con- struction of dormitories on the campus is the only solution, accord- ing to Arthur R. Priest, dean of men, who recently returned from France, where he was engaged in personal service work on behalf of the parents of Washington soldiers, “The state ought to provide dor- mitories for out-of-town pupils,” he says. “A system of democratic dormi- tories for men and women on the campus is the sensible solution of the housing problem. Altho this idea has been experimented with be- fore it has never been given a really fair trial. “This year we have taken over two buildings from the naval train- ing station and we're going to house 160 men students in them, “About 26 upper class men are oo- cupying Terry Hall, which was formerly the home of naval officers, Landers Hall, a much larger build- ing, is filled to the brim with more than 126 freshmen and sophomores, “IT am living with the men in Landers Hall. I have two rooma— one for sleeping purposes and one for an office. Most of the men sleep two in a room, while ina few extra large rooms there are four to utx #irl was hysterical when the police | beds. questioned her, “In my office the men are always welcome to come for advice or aid in the solution of their problemas. The men that live in these dormi- tories are as fine a bunch of men as are found on the campus.” Dean Priest's idea of a democratic dormitory system provided for by state funds is the only logical solu- tion for the present and future scar. city of rooms for non-resident atu- dents, according to the sentiments expressed by @ majority of those of- fected. The men in the dormitories pay $30 per month for their rooms and three meals a day at the Commons. the college restaurant. This aver- ages about $20 less than the amount paid by pupils living outside of the campus. One of the features of the dormi- tories is a community study room and another, a large hall, where many of the university social func- tions will take place, WOMAN BLUFFS OUT TIMOROUS HOLDUP SPOKANE, Oct. 18.—When a young holdup walked into the store of Mra. A, H. McVay here last night she told him that the cash register was locked. “And it’s no use breaking it open,” she said, “There's nothing in it.” Binffed, the holdup left. The reg- ister contained about $100. AVIATOR KILLED; GIRL IS INJURED 8T. PAUL, Neb,, Oct. 18.—Lieut. Cameron Wright, manager of the lo- cal control station in the transconti- nental air derby, waa instantly killed, and Miss Helen Haggart of this city STATION Si City’s Purchase Unsalisa tory, Says Stetson” Fire Chief Frank L. bosed to removal of the fire SRS i at Third ave. and Pine st re . site at Fourth ave. and The new site was xsl week by the city. The old weg sold to the Bon Marche for (THM “I am opposed to the J and Battery st. site because ® useless to figure on ung headquarters there,” Chief paid. "While I am not satisfied main at present h prefer this location to the “The best location for re quarters would be in the O City building.” City Architect Daniel Heat has begun preparations of for the Fourth ave. and station, but it will be some fore actual plans are under pestntiemenncinnshemiete ps ala tae seriously injured when & privately- owned airplane, in which they were riding, fell 860 Sect here Friday after noon, LOCAL BARBER HAS “EDGE” ON LOND Seattle barbers have “an London barbers, even in the) wrinkles of shaving sanil A London news item Marylebone barber who ae “patients” without the use of 7 soap or brush. r) “We've been doing months,” said a Seattle 1 4 today, A Seattle barber set long time ago to find @ that would soften the contain no caustic and brush, He perfected some months back and ing marketed under @ You gust rub it over the with the finger tips ahead with the razor.’