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GENERAL RETREAT
MAY BE FORCED
Allied Victory CroUs More
Important Daily.

PARIS. Aug. 1.-THE allied victory
daily 10 assuming larger proportions and
the military experts are discussing the
possibility OF general withdrawal by
the Germans, some OF them even de-
claring that the retrograde movement
already 10 becoming a general one.
The battle yesterday developed &C.
eording to the allied plans. Gen. Hum
berf'A army. when 1t was thrown into
the battle. compelled Won Hutier to
abandon Montd!dier and under the ire
sistible pressure the retrograde move
ment in the Montdidier region assumed
q rapidity vsrgins upon that OF a rout.
As soon as the French Infantry had
scored an advance OF between six and
seven miles east of Montdidier, the
cavalry and tanks, keeping upon the
heels OF the enemy, pushed on consider
ably further, reaching even as far as
the western outskirts OF Rove Gen,
Humbert's troops have now established
touch with those OF Gen Debeney to the
wsst Of tie town of Bus. In other sec
tors where the French and the British
were fighting important progress was
accomplished even at points where the
Germans offered a resistance which was
at times desperate.
The Echo de Parts predicts that the
evacuate Lassigny and that they will be
unable to hold either Roye or even
Noyon for any length OF time.
The capture OF the Chiplly ridge. on
the left flank Of the attack, 10 pointed
70 as extremely important. as the indlca =
lions were the enemy was endeavoring TO
OFFSET the gains on his left wing by
holding here.
With the expected capture by the
French First Army Of the town of Roye,
the Germans under Gen Won Hutier will
face the unavoidable necessity Of giving
up their entire position from the Mont
didier area TO the Disc and beyond re-
firing behind Noyon, on the outskirts OF
the Forest Of ST. Gobsin, In the opinion
OF the military commentator of the
Gduiots.
The Petit Journal speculates as TO
whether the enemy troops in the sector
OF Chaulnes will be able to escspe tho
dangerous trap that has been set for
them, pointing out that they are being
driven toward the Somme, where ali
the bridges from Peronns to Ham have
been destroyed by Franco British
aviators. The enemy will not let Rove
fall without violent counter attack. in
the opinion Of Lo Journal, as he is rush
Ing up troops for this purpose. il de-
clares. Recommending air sduadrons
says ihe newspaper, report that strong
German columns are being brought m
at top speed from Cambria, Peronne
and st, Quentin.
various newspapers comment upon the
hhe showing again maze by the Amer
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forces cooperat-d fully In the who'll,
movement
Al one point the French had trouol,
In q village wi ich was defended by ma.
chine guns, 30 they had TO borrow Az,
or our big tanks. These rolled into the
town. ana no sooner did they appear
IMAM German machine guns began e
o!aze away At them from the window.
OF houses. The touses In this town ar,
or a himsy character. being o. the
plaster type
Tanks Charge Like Elephants.
Inc tank commanders, after studying
the situation briefly. finally lined uo in
row and al signal, and with nosA,
down, they charged the houses like mn
elephants Knocking them OF their foun.
cations and sending the machine gun.
hers. along with their weapons. into 4
shattered mass of dust and plaster. In
InIs way tney knocked down practically
every house In the village.
Our cavalry was held I'm At Mar
ceiare by machine guns, 10 the horse
men withdrew until fleet OF small
tanks could be called into action. These
rdmnied into the town and made short
work OF tho machine gunners ana
snipers When the Germans saw the
tanks coming they scooted out OF th.
houses and tried 10 escape across the
open country.
Our cavalrymen, noting thiA leaned
their horses over the fences ana were
on them like hounds in a chase. saSer-
lnk the panic stricken Germans right
ana !eft. Seven hundred prisoners were
taken by the horsemen.
~ several places the arrival Of the
tanks and armored cars was the arst
lnufnalon the enemy had OF the ad-
vance. The small tanks have been par
ucuiafly valuable. A. one place, In A
nrld, saw tank tracks running in a
circle The tank apparently had been
running around helplessly, but on closer
investigation found an enemy machine
gun position that had been l,teraIIv
hattened out by the tank. which had
run bodily over the gun and s,,pnsrs
The circle OF tracks simply showed Thai
the tank had been looking for a favor.
able avenue over which 70 charge ths
machine gun position.
The benefits conferred on our inSar-
try by the tanks In routing out theaa
machine gunners cannot be oyer..,i-
mated doubtless they saved thousa nds
or lives All the troops are wildly en-
thusiastic over the tanks Their casual
ties are not heavy. either In men or
machines,
or the whole feet probably less than
nfty were Irt out Of commission. and
that only temporarily Many that bad
been crippled were towed back 10 tenn
porary machine shops and were b,ins
PUT in condition for more raids on the
enemy.
Our tank mon kept close watch for
the enemy's so-called elephant gun or
anti-tank gun, but there was no eyI-
dsncs OF any such weapon. Some OF
our light tanks were knocked out by con.
oentrated gun nre, and at . few places
they were stuck In the marshes, but these
were pulled out. The tanks had A ire.
mendous time, although the strain on the
crews was great
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leans In their repu!se of violent counter
attacks in the neighborhood OF Fismes,
on the Scissors Rheimy front. This Ger
mans, they point out, appear to still
have the intention Of making a stub
born stand north OF the Vesle The gen
eral balinf Is. however. that they will
begin to retreat when the Franco Amer
lean pressure upon them increases.
La Victotre has this TO say:
"Once again, British tenacity has
shown how TO profit by the lessons OF
advcrsity-to draw from them an in
centive to victory and chose good
opportunity"
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Navy Department Report.

WAsHlNoToN, Aug. 1i.-Coming to
the surface IN the midst OF q fleet OF
fishing schooners OF tho Massachusetts
coast a German submarine to-day sank
nine vessels of the fleet. the Navy De-
partment tonight announced. The
schooners sunk include the Kate Palmer
the Anita May. the Reliance. the Star
buck and the Progress. The names OF
the four other vessels were not CON
tanned In Navy Department dispatches
Four survivors from the crew of the
Kate Palmer, picked UP by the fishing
schooner Helen Murley have reached
port in safety. No information lfha
been obtained by the Navy Department
tonight as to the fate OF the crews OF
the other sckooners
The submarine held the crew OF the
Kate Palmer prisoner for one hour. The
men were then set adrirt In a small boat
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ALTHoUGH the Germans stifened their resistance
to the north of Chaulnes, the railroad centre of
the Germans in the Somne salient, that town fell to
British Colonial troops To the north Of chaulnes in
the vicinity of Lihons, the Germans offered stern re-
sisance to further advance by the Allies, but failed
to check them To the southeast Of Montdd.er the
French continued their advances and have approached
within miles of Noyon, probably tire centre of
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BORDEAUX, Aug. il,--I,ouis ]. Malvy,
former Minister OF the Interior, who
was found guilty Of holding eommunica-
ton with the enemy and sentenced to
FIVE years Punishment. passed into
exile to-day 1t Is announced that at
noon he crossed the Spanish frontier
at an unrevealed point
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WILSON CALLS
SHORTAGE A PERIL
Continued from First Pa1s.

hand in hand with a grim detsrminat ton
to rid the country OF It's greatest OBJ
stacls to winning she war can do II. II
10 with full confidence that | call upon
you to assume the burden o. producing
an ample supply OF coal, You will, am
sure, accept this burden and will sue
cessfully carry 1t through and In 30
doing you will be performing a service
just as worthy as service in the
trenches and will win the applause and
gratitude OF the whole naticn."
More than million copies Of the
proclamation Translated into all OF the
twenty languages spoken by the miners
n the tosl fields are being prepared Tor
Distributed tomorrow and Tuesday n
the mines, An effort will be made t. put
: COPY in the hand OF every person CON
n"Cicd W. any way with the prod Iriioa
and distribution OF coal whether en-
ployed In the coal regions or engaged In
the transportation and distribution Of
fuel on the railroads and al the big ter
m nails of the country.
The White House statement Is issued
At a time when the production OF coal
has shown steady decrease for three
successive weeks. Operators claim this
10 largely due to their inability to Sc
cure enough cars 10 keep their mines
In continuous operation.
Reports on Chr Shortage.
Reports OF the Geological Survey to-
day point to a car shortage ranging
from IL per cent In central Pennsyl-
vania to 39.S per cent, In the Kentucky
fields. While the output is l4.3 per
cent. over that OF the same week la 81
year. 1t is per cent. less than Il was
In the previous week and rs per cent.
under that of three weeks ago
The mines were ablo TO operate only
S26 per cent. OF their full time, It is
SHOWN. Their losses In percentages
were due to IA per cent car shortage
"a per cent TO labor shortage; Al per
cent to mine disability and IL per cent
to other causes
The output for the three last weeks
on which reports are made are July
20. 12.s24,oo0 tons; July 81, l2,ss0,0o0
and August 8. l2.42l.o60 tone.
Several days ago officers connected
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the next German lge In this sector the French oc-
eupied Canbronne, Chevincourt and Machenont
In the Flanders section there a short revival
OF fighting In the vicinity Of Mont KENNEL the Brit
ish report German attack repulsed while they ad-
vanced their lines near Robecq. The German report
says that there was renewed fighting in the Lys valley
and asserts that no advance made. 1t was here
that the Germans made their retreat before the forces
of Field Marshal Hzg last friday.
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U-BOAT SINKS NINE
AMERICAN VESSELS


small swordhshermer. .he vessels
we're valued at from $4,000 to $4,000
each
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Tank Cru.hcs whole Village.

After this success the four compa MON
tanks engaged serious groups of the
enemy and the house wrecking chine
proceeded TO roll down and rlatten nine
other houses. This tank literally
crushed the entire village and all the
enemy within
When the French infantry, who had
paused until the way was made clear
for them by the British tanks, pro-
ceeded on their way they met with no
resistance, On the other side OF the
town. Germans who had witnessed It's
demolition. fed In terror.
German prisoners have boasted that
their forces now are equipped with new
anti-tank rifles. firing a large projectiie
at great velocity Actual encounter with
these rifles, however, demonstrates that
they are complete failures when trained
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
OSCAR MANU-.
Man, ACCUSED AS
AXE MURDERER
Prosecutor Allen Confronts Him With
Charge of Killing Napavine Grocer
Week Ago

With the arrest of Oscar B. Main. prominent Seattle
and Napavine real estate man. University of Washington
graduate and brother of State Supreme Court Judge John
MAN, for the alleged murder of Fred Swayne Napavne
of the most sensational murder mysteries in
the history of the Northwest developed Monday.
Swayne found dead, his head beaten in with =
Ratchet, in his store at Napavne, Sunday, January g.
County Attorney Herman Allen today indicated that
the eternal triangle" the moving factor in the murder
and said that Main in the neighborhood of the
grocery store at the hour that the murder must have been
committed
Main not only asserts his innocence but denies that
he the store at the time
ATTORNEY DENIES TT
Former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney n. E. Dunohoe
who has been retained by Main to defend him. declared
day that the charge against his client would ground
less.
Main is in way connected with this crime sid
Donohoe There has been proof of any sort brought
forth against him. He not the at the time
of the murder There is absolutely nothing to any talk
of undue intimacy between Main and Mrs. Swayne wife Of
the murdered man."
Supreme Court Judge John F. MAN, brother Of the
jailed real estate dealer is here investigating the
and former Prosecuting Attorney H E. Donohue has been
retained for the defense.
Main arrested at his home late Saturday night by
Sheriff Berry warrant issued by Prosecuting Attorney
Herman Allen. He submitted without protest. He an
old friend of the murdered and served pabearer At
the funeral.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
Catch GERMAN
ABOUT TO fire
US. EXPLOSIVE

NORFOLK. Va. Jan. i4.--wear.
lng the uniform of an American
army captain and carrying papers
showing him TO be in the pay Of Ger
many. man giving his name az
Walter Sporrman Was arrested To
day. while trying TO fire the powder
magazine at the aviation station at
Old Point Comfort. Wa.
Hporrman. who IN said 10 he Ger
man lieutenant. coming TO the Unit
ed States aboard the U.5a. when that
submarine visited these shores. car
ricd letters on his person. showing
he had been paid enormous sums OF
money for work In this country both
by Capt Boyd and Ambassador
B~rnHtorff.
Eight confederates. including one
woman. also are understood 10 be un.
der arrest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
PEACE CONFERENCE TO
MOVE TO WARSAW AND
REDS LEAVE FOR FRONT

PETROGRtD. Jan. la.-Rus-
sia's delegates TO the peace con-
ference will return To Petrograd
ON Tuesday. according 10 word
received from Bresi itovsk to-
day. Future negotiations will
be transferred 10 Warsaw. The
first detachment Of red guards,
under the Bolshevild army plan.
left for the front today.
A German officer who deserted and
escaped to the Russian lines told the
foreign office today that German sol,
dicrs were refusing TO go to the West
front. and that Mt once on the north,
ern front whore this refusal devei.
oped into a mutiny with open fight,
ing, the German commander had
shot $50 rebels.
DELAYED advices as to the final ses.
sions OF the peace conference nj
Brest Litcvsk. as received today. de.
eiared that the Russian delegates
demanded return of war refugees
from the Polish and Lithuanian dis
tricts before the determination
plan was carried out.
A further stipulation by the Rus.
SLAMS was that there be no forcible
mobilization Of the Poles or Lithuan.
ians.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
U-BOAT SCARE
AT GALVESTON

GALVESTON. Jan. IAN
enemy submarine was sighted
late yesterday about I25 miles
u routheast Of here, according to
wireless reports received here
from an American patrol boat.
Altho officers at Fort Crockett
declined to comment on the report.
they admitted troops of the Coast
artillery away for the evening on
leave. had been hastily summoned
last night to man the shore bat
teries. and that all passes have been
suspended.
While the report might be n case
Of mistaken identity as 80 often has
happened along the Gulf and At
Iantic coasts, in the past. the au-
thorities evidently we're taking no
chances.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
ANTI-DRAFTERS
DUE FOR JAIL

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1t.--sevcn
persons who tried TO defeat the draft
plan by inducing young men not to
register last June must serve the
sentences imposed upon them. the
supreme court ruled today, In decid
Ing appealed cases Of the anti-con-
scriptionists.
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman. New York anarchists
Louis Kramer and Morris Becker.
also Of New York. and three Cieve.
land socialists. Charles y. Ruthcn.
berg. Alfred waEenknecht and Chas.
Baker, are the persons affected
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
AGED FANATIC
SHOOTS CHILD

CHICAGO, Jan. 1s.--William Dial
kowsky. 81. who turned childrens
mimic warfare into reality yester-
day, was under arrest today. charged
with murder. He shot and killed
Stella Kozulowski. years old.
Children of the neighborhood were
digging a trench" In the snow IN
front OF Dalkowsky's house. Dali
kowsky. who is said TO be a religious
fanatic. suddenly appeared In his
door with q revolver and began fir.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
IS KILLED IN
TEXAS WRECK

HOUSTON. Jan. 1t-Sixteen per
sons were killed and 20 injured when
a Houston A. Texas Central north.
bound passenger train split a switch
at Hammond, Tex. early today. ac-
cordIng to word reaching company
officials here today.
The dead and injured reported TO
include soldiers. were all on train No.
1854. Dallas to Hearne. standing on a
siding at Hammond. Burstcd steam
pipes scalded passengers to death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
CITY FISH MARKET
HASN'T OPENED YET

Seattlc's municipal fish market,
where salmon Will be retailed at
onc.fourth the present quotations,
cannot be opened for at least anoth.
or week. Health Commissioner Nc.
Bride said today.
THE council was to pass the fish
market ordinance Monday" he said.
"and everything is awaiting this
action"
Some of the fish has arrived and
liz in cold storage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
RAMSAY WON'T RUN, is
RUMOR: HORR ENTERS

Ralph Horr. former graduate man.
ager OF athletics Mt the University
of Washington, and chairman OF the
King county republican central com.
mittec. filed ms candidate for mayor
Monday morning. lie was primary
candidate for prosecuting attorney
in 1914. and is graduate OF the
universities OF Illinois and Washing.
ton.
II was rumored today that County
Commissioner Claude Ramsay has
decided not to run
Ole Hanson continues to be the
most active candidate thus far. His
organization now embraces every
precinct. II In claimed.
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DISTRESS CALL
SAYS texan IS
S. ABOARD

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Jan. IA
A mysterious "a o. f." message
picked up early this morning by a
steamer which arrived today. may
OF the Hawaiian steamship line. has
been sunk.
Tho message. which Is said 20 have
come from the Texan. gave no ioca.
ton. II said:
We were struck amidships. Are
sinking. Lowering life boats star.
board side. Have lost aft boat
Spliiinx oil on water. We have &c
men. Lowering forward iifeboat.
Good bye. No more"
Tho Texan IL a large steel steam.
ship. displacing s.sis tons. She IL
al feet long and was built in 1909
by the New York shipbuiidinR Co,
She In registered a, New York.
Immediately after the dramatic
message was picked up. II was
either being sent from or to the
steamer wliammettr. and ordered
assistance be rushed TO the Texan.
Efforts TO get IA reply from the
Texan after her operator flashed
good bye. no more" were unavail.
ing Whether tn. Texan was struck
by another phip. rammed an iceberg.
or perhaps was torp~doed. 10 not
known.
The nteamer Texan was comrnans
d~~r~d by the 4. y. shipping board
last September and went at ono. 10
the Atlantic coast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
THEY'RE FRIENDS NOW

1T was just a friendly fight. We
are good friends again"
This was what Douglas Anthony
and Frank Bennett. IL and 19.year-
old youths, told Judge Gordon Mon
day morning.
The two were arrested Sunday for
fighting on the street.
Remain friends and quit fight.
ing" said the judge. allowing them
to go free.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14

Eastman Real Estate company a
Seattle, at Napavine. and delt n
logged-off lands.
At the University Of Washmg1pn.
where he graduated in 1909, Oscar
Main was an active and prum1nane
student He WIS a member OF -
Y. NJ. c. A cabinet. and Of aaxua
Nu fraternity.
In 1908 he helped establish IL
Washington Magazine. of which
Prof. Edmond S. Meany and Riley
Allen. the well known Honolulu
newspaper man. were editors.
John +. Main. state supreme
court Judge, is an older brother Of
Oscar. who is the next to youngest
member OF the family.
Oscar Main started making head
quarters at Napavine three years
ago. but spent much time in Seattle.
He was n member OF the College
club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14

For "a week prosecutor and sheriff
investigated clues concerning the
brutal murder.
Swayne is believed TO have been
attacked Sunday. January 6. while
he was invoicing his grocery stock.
His wife and s-year-oid daughter
passed the store at p. m. going
home from a neighbours. and raped
on the door. They went home to
prepare dinner. and phoned TO the
store at 6. but received no response.
At Mrs. Swayne sent Bob Meyers.
is-year-oid delivery boy. and Bob
Evans. another i6-year-old boy. to
the store
Boys Find Body
They found Swayne lying in the
back room with his head beaten in
A bloody Ratchet was near by. APP
parenly the murderer floored
Swayne with a blow with the blunt
side OF the Ratchet. and then crushed
his head. The safe and money in
Swayne's pockets were untouched.
Was Pailbearer
Feeling ran high as the news of
the murder spread. Swayne was
popular and had a wife and little
children.
When the funeral was held.
Oscar Main was asked to serve as
pallbearer. and he did.
Then the startling news became
known Sunday that Main had been
arrested and was held in Chehals
Jail.
Herman Allen. the prosecuting at
torney. and Sheriff Berry had been
working on the case all week.
Inquest Friday
The coroner's inquest into the kill
ing win probably be held Friday.
Allen and Main are both Uai-
versity OF Washington graduates.
Main liz married and has a son.
age Q. and a daughter. age Z. Mrs.
Main was Miss Virginia Carroll. of
Seattle, before her marriage, in 1901.
and is the niece of w. t. Whitney.
164 Highland drive.
Was Y. NJ. G. A. Worker
Main was agent for the David p.
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RUSS SAILORS
MUTINY;LYNCH
81 Of OFFICERS

PETROGRAD. Jan. ia.--Sixiy'
two Russian Officers. including
Vice Admiral >ovitski. three nd.
mirais and onr army general.
were lynched In carnival Of
horror nj Sebastopol. according
20 word received here today.
Sailors Of the feet joined In the
iynehing.
The officcrv were all taken 70
Maiakoff tower and shot
A majority were members Of the
inquiry committee which. In 1919.
convicted II rebeilious Russian sail
oru and condemned them TO varying
puni~hm.ntH. from death 20 life Inn
prisonment.
Admiral Nemc,x. commanding the
Black Sea fleet. has resigned as a
result Of the murders.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14
FRANCE |MPRISONS FORMER
PREMIER ON TREASON CHARGE

The chamber of deputies and =
special commission heard the
charges against the former premier.
1t was alleged he aided Bolo Pasha
in the Levantine's efforts to deceive
France into a German made peace:
that he sought to create discord be-
tween France and Italy and was CON
stantly opposing the nations war
efforts.
Madame Caillaux. wife of the ac-
cused. was the center of one of Eu-
ropes most sensational murder
trials few years ago when she was
acquitted OF murder of CASTOR Cal
'rette. editor Of the Figaro.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-14

PARIS, Jan. 1f.-Joseph Call
Icaux. former premier and min
lister Of Justice for France, was
formally imprisoned today. as
the outgrowth Of charges of trea-
son lodged against him In con-
nection with the Bolo Pasha
ease.
Calllaux Is member of the cham
Der of deputies, and until that bod,
recently voted formally to suspend
the immunities from prosecution
granted all members he could not b,
formally hailed before tribunal Oh
the charges.