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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-30
TO METROPOLITAN

An event for which patrons OF the
Metropolitan theatre have been pa.
tienuy waiting-the coming OF why
Marry" the scintillating comedy on
marriage-the one thing we all try to
enter. avoid or escape. by Jesse
Lynch Williams. Is definitely set for
the metropolitan for four nights.
commencing Sunday. September 20.
The announcement states that the
original New York company. which
includes Nat G. Goodwin. Edmund
Breese. Ernest Lawford. Leonard
Nude. Lotus Robb. Louis Randolph.
Anne Morrison. and a number OF 9TH
ers, will appear here.
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LIBERTY

Hen rurpin In she Loved Him
Plenty" the comedy film showing
at the Liberty this week. lives up
to his reputation ~ being the
cock -eycticst cock eye" ever seen on
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STRANI,

TODsY's PROGRAMS
IInTRTN ---Biiiie iiurks In In Fur
sait ~ roiiy."
CIEaMEH ~ Alfred Whitman In
Hare. son Of KssHn I"
IEty's OufuEtM Olive Tell and
Laurence Grant In ITO Hell with
the ksi-~r"
COLISEUM ~ Bvysnt ws.hbarn In
TIN . Come Hack 10 YOU
sTuAND--''rhs SIN Alarm"
tOfoSfsI.--M Marguerite tourtst In
The tnbelissrr"
ttrysnt Na.hburu In The
Ghost Of the Hsnehs.''
CLASS A-w iiiism Desmond la
"Iisii's End"
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Large Variety of Drama and Comedy at
Local Photoplay Houses and Theatres

the screen. Ills antics furnish "A
world Of fun.
The official war pictures show
several OF Uncle Sans great war
ships In the harbor at Nladivostok
and the recent landing OF allied
troops there.
Billie Burke IN THE Pursuit Of
Polly" In the feature attraction.
STRAND
Thomas Santshl. FRITZ 1iurnet'e
and Bessie Eyton are the stars OF
THE sun Alarm" now playing Mt
the Coliseum. The story ~ pic
Irritation OF the moiodrama of that
namc by Joseph Arthur and the hig
fire scene has been worked up 10 the
smallest detail,
Evening star., 1918-08-16
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported TO
the health department in the last twenty four
hours:
Anna B. Davis. sixty years. the Cairo.
Maria Baldwin. 50 years, Georgetown Uni
% siiss Il. Morrill,. 70 years. 1888 9Th street
Catherine E. Hipsley. e. years. 1910 18th
Martha ]. Lloyd. 81 years. loot Maryland
avenue southwest.
. Sailie c. Meyer. q years. 1o44 Jefferson
Ysientine Hull, IS years. bathing beach.
George v. Moore, q yeas, tuberculosis Hos
pital.
Margaret Mike. 4 years. Children's Hospital
Rose Viola Lynch, years. Georgetown Uni
Frances Murphy. 8 months. 80 7th street
infant of Clarence and Mamie Truitt. ~
hours. Sibley Hospital.
virginia jackson. p years. 1858 LIE Short
court.
Charles Il. Warden. IS years. 800 street
southwest.
Alexander King. 4s years. St. Elizabeth Hos
william Robertson. g years. St. Elizabeth
Alice Payne. a years. Washington Asylum
Lizzie Buriey. a years. St. Elizabeth Hos
pital-
pital
Evening star., 1918-08-16
DESERTED" TO FIGHT
Pershing Finds Missing Back Of
the Line" Men Are Serving
in the Trenches.

America has always been recog-
nized as the country in which novel
things are done, and even in war
there is no exception to this rule.
Recently a story came from over
seas that q number Of "Yanks"
sneaked to the firing limo in tho uni
forms Of Australians and were hon
ored by King George for exceptional
bravery. Now there has como to the
attention Of Gen. Pershing the fact
that scores of men in the engineer
ing and other pioneer branches Of
the Army have been ''deserting." The
charges came before the attention
of Gen. Pershing in such numbers
that he ordered the intelligence de-
partment to investigate.
The secret service men Of the Army
found that the men charged with
"desertion" were in the front line
trenches, making life miserable for
the boches.
Courts-martial that had been ar
ranged were abandoned and special
orders were issued concerning a new
military offense, "deserting to the
front" A system of furloughs dur
ing which the engineers are priv
ileged to get into the real fight with
out controverting the articles of war
has been promulgated to cure the
impulse and insure necessary work
behind the lines.
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Plan to clinch Hold.
Situation in the Caucasus.

The situation in the Caucasus has
been extremely involved ever since
the conclusion Of the Brest, ,Litovsk
peace. Under that treaty Turkey was
given important territory in the
southern Caucasus and the Turks
shortly proceeded to occupy it. They
met with considerable resistance from
the Armenians in the district. how
ever. particularly when they endeav-
ored to push even beyond the limits
set by the treaty made with the boil
sheviki and moved up the coast of
the Caspian sea toward Baku.
AS long back rs April 81 an Ar
menian force was said to be holding
Baku, and, although the city has since
been reported to have changed hands
during the fighting. a dispatch on
August 8 declared 1t was still in
Armenian possession. Germany is
said not to look with approval upon
Turkeys aggressiveness in seizing
territory in the Caucasus, Germany's
own eyes apparently being set par
ticularly upon the Baku region. which
is one of the worlds greatest oil
producing districts. Domination of
Baku by either Turkey or Germany,
however, would be decidedly unwel-
come to Great Britain. not only be-
cause Of the supplies of oil there, but
because Of its comparative proximity
to India Hence, probably the feat
performed by the British in throwing
a force into the Baku territory in the
face of what would have seemed al
most insuperable difficulties of trans
port
Evening star., 1918-08-16
BRITISH FORCE AIDS
INBAKU'SDEFENSE
Army From Persia Seeks to
Hold Possession Of
Oil Fields.
GERMAN PLAN IS BALKED

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. August ia British force
from northwestern Persia has reached
the Caspian sea and take over a part
Of the defenses OF Baku.
Whether the allies will be able to hold
Baku permanently In view of the diff
culties Of transporting supplies is too
early to predict. However. il the Brit
ish can hold their position a short time
longer. which now seems likely. they
probably will be, able to cut off the
enemy from an outlet to the sea, thus
protecting the important oil fields Of
the Baku district.
1t appears from the meager informa-
tion at hand in London that the British
detachment voyaged by steamer from
Enzelli, Persia, to Baku, demonstrating
that the allied hold on the Caspian sea
already is fairly established.
Plan to Clinch Hold:
The allied naval forces now undoubt-
edly will endeavor to secure their COM
and once this task is ac-
complained, there will be hardly a pos
sibility Of the central powers gaining
possession Of the Baku oil fields.
The brief advices received, here indi-
Gated that the Russian general, Doku-
chaieff, was commanding at Baku.
The British advance through Per.
sia from Bagdad was accomplished
under the greatest difi1culties. In the
sections they were re-
sisted by a few groups Of tribesmen.
but they quickly overcame this oppo-
sition. The British force crossed the
Persian frontier and reached Enzellf.
on the Caspian sea, by the way Of
Hamadan.
Evening star., 1918-08-16

though they have been refuted hun
dred times. Their program. In truth,
is AZ imperialistfc and annexationist
rs before. It hardly ts imaginable
that reasonable consideration Will
take tangible form 80 long as the ha-
tired and the passion Of the peoples
are continually stirred up by unscru-
pulous agitators, AZ 10 the case In en-
emy countries"
In concluding. Admiral Won Hintxe
was emphatic in asserting that guilt
not with the Germans. but with the
entente statesmen.
German Paper Urges Courage.
AMSTERDAM, August 1s.-com-
menting on the recent interview given
by Admiral Won Hintxe. the German
foreign secretary. in which he laid re-
sponsibility for continuation Of the
war upon the entente. the Frankfort
Gazette says:
I'VE must continue the hard and
bitter struggle for the defense of the
fatherland. for our enemies show lit
tie inclination for peace. and neither
from Lloyd George nor Clemenceah Is
any readiness for an understanding
to be expected.
THE daily increasing influence OF
America upon the entente Is of still
greater importance. Any sign Of de-
sire for an understanding on the part
balanced by the war craze of the
United States In such circumstances
there Is nothing to be done but to re:
press all premature hopes and arm
ourselves with courage and perse-
verance for the next Developments"
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SPEEDING AUTo1sT KILLED.
J. J. Dauch Of Sandusky, Ohio, Is
Victim With Chauffeur.

SANDUSKY. Ohio. August 1e-J. ].
Dauch, millionaire head Of the Hinde &
Dauch Paper Company Of this city. and
his chauffeur. Harry Hicks. were killed
yesterday when the automobile in
which thy were speeding to Cleveland
overturned at a curve.
Dauch and Hicks were crushed under
the car. Dauch's wife and daughter,
who were riding with him, were seri-
ously injured.
Evening star., 1918-08-16
Aided by Bolsheviki.

LONDON, August ia curious
coincidence comes to light in con-
nection with the arrival of the British
at Baku. The garrison consisted
largely of bolsheviki, who, with
Armenians. were opposing the Turks.
Thus the British, while fighting the
bolsheviki in the north. are cooper
ating with them in the south.
Aside from the Caspian operations
there has been a movement of Brit
ish troops from India to Turkestan.
These passed through Baluchistan
and eastern Persia and Joined forces
with the Turcomans, Bokharans and
local social revolutionaries who are
fighting the bolsheviki. The British
also arc guarding the Transcaspian
railroad to prevent the enemy from
gaining access to Afghanistan and the
Indian frontier.
Evening star., 1918-08-16
DENIES GERMANY
REJECTED PEACE
Hun Foreign Secretary Class
es Lloyd Georges Statement
as 3'vague and Uncertain"
By the Associated Prss,,


AMSTERDAM. August 15.-Admiral
Won Hintze, German foreign secretary.
before leaving for main headquarters
to take part in the conferences be-
tween Emperor William and Emperor
Charles of Austria and their advisers,
vast interviewed by the Berlin corre-
spondent of the Cologne Gazette. Ad-
miral Won Hintxe discussed the state
ment Of Premier Lloyd George in his
war anniversary message that six
months ago Germany deliberately re-
jected Just and reasonable settle
ment proposed by the allies and that
Germany discarded finally the mask
Of moderation toward partitioned
Russia and enslaved Rumania- Ad-
miral Won Hintze said:
Lloyd Georges statement was
vague and uncertain. Nothing Is
known authoritatively in German po-
litical or military circles about such
reasonable peace proposals.
No Question Of German Refusal"
Had the entente statesmen seri-
ously intended to pave the way for a
peace of understanding they could
have approached Germany through
the properly authorized persons with
view to discussion that would bring
both parties into contact. There can
be no question. therefore, of a re-
fusaf by Germany Of any reasonable
peace proposal"
Referring to the half-year period
mentioned by Premier Lloyd George.
the German foreign secretary pointed
out that at that time entente states
men had left tho world under no de-
lusions whatever regarding their real
war aims.
what was the position at the
the end Of December. 1917 the central
powers invited the entente nations
to take part in the Brest-Litovsk
peace negotiations with a view to a
general peace by an understanding.
period for participation for negotia-
tfons to pass"
Reviews Conditions Laid Down.
Admiral Won Hintze reviewed the
conditions of peace that had been
laid down in other speeches of Pre-
mier Lloyd George, in the messages
of President Wilson and in the de-
cisionS of the entente allied con-
ference at Versailles and the views
expressed by German chancellors and
Count Czernin, former Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister. He said that
several German chancellors had
pointed out that the enemy continued
to show will to prosecute the war
until the annihilation of Germany
should be accomplished.
Subsequent developments have
shown the same picture" Admiral Won
Hintze declared. Sane propositions,
wherever they originated. with a view
to bringing about by authorized per-
sons reasonable preliminary discus
sion aiming at peace by arrange
ment have been treated with contempt
and disdain.
Alleges Ambiguous Phrases"
'"The entente statesmen still resort
to the same ambiguous phrases. al
Evening star., 1918-08-16
7. N. c. A. Camp Quartet Formed.

The camp quartet of the 7. N. G. A.
has been filled. The singers are: Pri-
vate Lotus H. Ward of American
University. baritone: Benjamin A.
Lineback. bass: Herman Purner, tenor.
and Bryant st. Clair. tenor. James
Jenkins. jr., is the director and Miss
G. McRae will be the accompanist.
The quartet will sing at all the camps
in the Washington district and will
probably assist in the campaign for
funs in October,
Evening star., 1918-08-16
On Way to Australia.

The French mission headed by AL
bert Metin, is en- route to Australia
to discuss wartime questions with
officials there at the special invita-
ton Of the Australian government
The visitors passed through Washing
ton recently. and during the long
journey across the continent stopped
at several middle western and west
ern cities.
When here NJ Metin apparently
was in robust health, and officials of
the French embassy and the French
war missions were shocked by news
of his death.
Evening star., 1918-08-16
CARDS OF THANKS.

LEWD. We wish to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation 10 our relatives and friends
for their kindness and sympathy and for the
beautiful noral tributes at the death Of our
son. WILLIAM A. LEWIS.
NIB. AND MRS. GEORGE W. LEWIS.
LUCAS. We wish to express our thanks to
our friends and relatives for their Kindness
and sympathy and beautiful doral tributes
In our bereavement at the death OF our dear
mother, ANNIE LUCAS.
Evening star., 1918-08-16

A PACIFIC PORT. August 1s.-Al-
bert Metin. head of the French eco
nomic mission now in the United
States, former minister of labor in
France and minister of the blockade,
died here at midnight last night from
a stroke of apoplexy.
NJ. Metin was stricken early in the
evening. shortly after his arrival
here with the mission of which Gen.
Paul Gerald Pau, noted French mill
tary leader, was joint heal
Physicians who attended NJ. Metin
|ascribed the stroke. to exhaustion
brought on<by his journe. to This
city. He was found lying unconscious
on the floor of his apartment He died
without regainfng consciousness.
Gen. Pau or other members of the
mission mace no statement other than
that the body would be returned to
France at once for burial.
NJ. Metin. who was forty-nine .ears
old is survived by his widow and two
small children, now in France.
Evening star., 1918-08-16
DIED.

U4EkOs
ASHTON. Departed this life Wednesday
evening, August IA, 1918. WINNIE ASH
TON, beloved daughter of the late Robert
and Agnes DanEerfeld, stepdaughter Of
Harry Dangerheld and devoted sister Of
Jenny DangerheId Middleton
We knew It was not death. but life.
When Jesus stopped to say.
II am the way. the truth. the light"
And led my dear sister away.
Funeral Sunday, August Is. at 1:3o Pm, from
the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Rev.
Randolph, pastor. Friends and relatives in
-yited.
DAVIS. On Thursday. August 15. 1918. ANNA
B., widow of Gen. Writ Davis.
Funeral services at the chapel Of Joseph Cav
ler's Sons. 1880 Pennsylvapia avenue north
west. OH Saturday, August IT. at 10 am.
Interment in Arlington national cemetery.
HP6LEY. On Thursday, August Is. 1918. At
the residence Of her daughter. Mrs. W. W.
Youngs, 1910 14th street northwest. CATH
ARINE e. HIPSLEY. widow Of Evan Hips
ley of Howard county. Nd.
Funeral on Saturday. August II. at 1 O'Clock
pm. Friends and relatives invited. Inter
ment at Brookeville. Nd. Baltimore papers
please copy.) 16s
Evening star., 1918-08-16
Reviews Conditions Laid Down.

Alleges Ambiguous Phrases"
'"rhe entente statesmen still resort
to the same ambiguous phrases. al
Evening star., 1918-08-16
MARRIED.

DRuRY- At Baltimore. Nd,
August 15, 1918, SEvELLON B. DRURY and
MARY r. CARTWRIGHT. BY Rev. Father
John Il. Cartwright Of st. AIMS Church.
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learn after you get on to them. I
can speak a few words now-I am
learning right on. ..
VIII Minton says tell Messrs J. T.
Evans and L. W. Kellar, hello, and he
is doing fine and will write them soon.
Fred Henry sends love to Mr.. Earl B.
Wosmansky.
Write me all the news. Tell me
everything 1 want to know-all what
is going on. Wish you all the good
luck in the world. Tell Gillian
will write to him Sunday. Glad to
hear Of such a good cotton market.
Now is the time I sings the song,
wish I was in Dixie. May the Lord
watch between me and thee while
we are absent from one another. This
I ask in Jesus name, amen.
Answer at once and tell me all the
news. From your old friend,
Prt. 1st CT. Joel e. Bacon
Co. A, 534 Engrs.
A.E.F., via N. Y.
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eoLoRED Soldier WRITES.
Joe Bacon, Formerly Employed by
Mr.. R. L. eMabry, Writes His
Former Boss.
Co. "A", 5S4 Engineers, A.E.F

Co. "A", 594 Engineers, A.E.F
October %, 1918.
Dear Mr.. Mabry:
I received your most kind and af-
fectionate letter of September 19.
I was truly more than glad to hear
from you. I think of you most all
the time, because if man ever was
friend to me, it was you. also
think of what you gave me the morn
ing I was leaving for tn CAMP will
never forget you. just keep on read
ing your letter. 1t is a great con-
ISOLATION for me to read something
straight from the plase love so well,
old 'Abbeville. I am having fairly
good luck with the bones, but it was
hard for me to count this money at
first, but now I can beat the man
counting it who made it. I have
not got any mail from Essie as yet
only some what was transferred from
Camp Upton. Tell her to write me.
I writes her weekly. I have been
looking for Mr.. Francis ever since I
have been here, but / cannot find him.
What is his company number? Let
me know so I can find him. I also
want Messre. Albert Morse, Carol
Swetenberg and G. A. Neuffer, ,Jr...
Hope to hear from you real soon.
/ have not seen a white boy from
home yet, but I have seen colored
boys by the hundred. The time is
not long now. We are giving the
Huns H. I want you to pray
for me because I think we have al
most wound up the huns. I would
like to have few papers and maga-
zines, just to have something to read
for consolation to keep my mind from
wandering off. Well it is about time
for the second Taps, I will have to
finish tomorrow night-lights must
all 60 out at second Taps.
Well, I am starting again. We
IAN get the real stuff to drink rum,
champagne, and so forth. Cham
paigne costs Is francs per quart, that
is about s2.S5 in American money.
'ou can judge how am on Saturday
nights. No more lemon extract for
mine, at that rate. The people here
are certainly friendly, it is like talk
ing to deaf and dumb people talking
to them, but their language is easy to
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DEATH OF LAWRENCE NICKLEs

Last Monday at noon Mr.. Law
renee Nickles of the S. A. T. c., Frs
line Unit, died in the Infrmary. This
young man had been sick about a
week with influenza, which at the
ast developed into pneumonia.
He was given most careful medical
attention and efficient nurses were
untiring in their ministrations.
Mr.. Nickles was nineteen years old
tthe twentieth of this month and a
member of the Freshman class. He
lived near the "Brick House" about
seven miles southeast of Due West.
A military escort will, if permissi-
Bile, accompany the body to Green
vile church, the family burying
ground, six miles east of Due West.
Rev. j. M. Dallas, pastor at Green
vile church, will conduct the religi-
Gus exercises
This is a very sad death and a
shock to the community. It is the
first death that has occurred in the
student body at Erskine in a great
many years, Mr.. David Kerr of &C.
dar Springs, probably, being the last.
The heart of the student body and
the community as well, goes out n
unstinted measure to 5fe bereaved
family and large lircle C friends
A. R. Presbyterian.
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K DUE WEST. \
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A\A\A<k\AA\\A\\<
"a. r. Presbyterian.)

Friends of Miss Virginia Reid will
regret to hear that she is quite sicl
with influenza.
Mrs. Ruth Robinson Long ant
daughter, Elizabeth, are visiting
friends in Due West.
Corporal R. S. Galloway, Jr., spen
the weekend in Due West with rel
atives and friends.
Mr.. C. C. Clinkscales has returned
home from the hospital in Andersen
much improved.
Mrs. L. T. Miller of Hartsville, S
c., is visiting the family of Mr.. H
G Donnald.
Rev. j. G.. Dale was in Due West
for a short while last week. He
spent the night with DR.. F. Y. Press
1y
Mr.. Wisby, a student in Erskine
has gone to his home in Abbeville to
recuperate after being sick for some
time.
Mrs. j. B. McCutcheon and child.
rem of Greenville are spending the
week in town at the home of Mr.. R.
S. Galloway.
Mr.. Allen Davis is at home from
the Navy on a furlough, coming
home to see his father who was hurt
last week.
Mrs. John Magill who was called to
Atlanta two weeks ago on account of
the serious illness of her mother, re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr.. W. H. Davis fell against his
shredding machine last week hurt
ing his face and shoulder. He was
rushed to the hospital and his friends
trust he will soon feel well since re-
ceiving the message from the doctor
that his wounds are not serious.
It was pleasure to the many
friends of DR.. w. L. Pressly to have
: him in town for twenty-four hours
last week. He is off for short fur
Tough and stopped by here on his way
from Montgomery, Ala, to Roanoke,
Va, to visit Mrs. Pressly and son.
He was very much in demand during
his short stay.