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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
GERMANY FEARS
ATTACK ON ORE
MINES BY U. S.
Dispatch From William
Philip Simms
BY United Press Leased Wtr'
Direct to The Star

PARIS, Sept. 14.-It is unquestion-
able that Hindenburg expected the
st. Mihiel attack. The Strassburg
Post announced several days ago
that II was imminent.
Thus the American success cannot
be explained away as a surprise even
in Germany. where the public Is in
sistently told the Americans are
worthless and that nothing is to be
feared from these Barnums."
Wherever the Americans swept
forward. It was case OF the better
man winning. II will be one of Ger
many's most bitter pills that the Hun
high command did not spare its
tr pps in the effort to halt the Amer
leans and French.
Undoubtedly the Germans feared
less for Metz than for the Briey and
1Iongwy ore basins, from which, with
Luxembourg and the annexed por-
tions Of Lorraine. nine-tenths Of Ger
many's iron ore is obtained.
Vast Ore Region - =
These districts give the enemy n
total OF 60,0o0.o00 tons. Without
these mines they would have only
1000, 900 tons. Lacking occupation
of the Briey basin, Germany could
not have fought so long. Possession
of Briey, Longwy and Thionville is
absolutely necessary to Germany IL
its troops are to be kept in the field.
II any of these districts are placed
under allied gun fire. Germany will
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
MURDER ORGY
HITS COLORADO

DENVER. Sept 1.-THE murder
OF officer Luther McCahill. in this
city. early today was declared by
police officials TO be the work of the
bandit gang. the members of which
killed n detective and seriously
wounded another in Colorado Springs
late yesterday.
The statewide man hunt which
followed the Colorado Springs shoot
in resulted in the arrest OF three men
and one woman companion. At dawn
today the hunt for another bandit
was resumed in the foothills near Sc
dalia
Posses OF police. state constabu
larry, foresters and armed citizens
fought four pitched battles with vari-
GUS members of the gang. Several
officers were slightly wounded by
bullets.
Roy Sheriff.. arrested with Eva
Lewis de Morris, an actress. at Sc
dalia. early today, was shot in both
legs. Dale Jones was captured near
Sedalia later.
Frank Lewis, alleged leader of the
gang, was arrested at Palmer lake.
Twelve hundred dollars in gold
was found in the gangs Denver head.
quarters.
Bessie Clayton" wife OF Lewis.
their 9-month.old baby. and the
wife's parents are detained at the
Denver Jail.
The bandits shot Chief of Detec.
tives John w. Rowand and wounded
Detective Riley. in Colorado Springs.
McCahill's body was found in a sub
urb of Denver.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
ADVANCE z
MILES and
Nab 1900.
Sudden Sweep Liberates
More Towns From
Hun Grip
IN REACH OF VALLEY


LONDON, Sept. 14.-t1O4 p.
m.eIn an attack launched at 5
a. m. today on the Aisne and
astride the Ailette, the French
have advanced two miles ON an
1I-mile front. taking several
towns and 1900 prisoners, &C
cOrding TO battle front dispatches
this afternoon.
The French, striking toward
the western end Of the Chemln
des Danes, have captured Allc-
maui, just north Of the highway
leading toward the Chemin des
Danes Farther south they have
seized Sancy.
On the northern bank of the Aisne,
eastward the French have
reached the western edge of Vailly.
Mont Des Singes also has fallen.
This attack is in the direction Of
Laon, from the south and west.
American troops have been fighting
between the Aisne and the Vesle.
The French, astride the Ailette. are
in a position to flank the Chemin
des Danes positions from the west
and endanger Laon.
Astride the Ailette. the allied front
runs close to the Hindenburg line.
The river crosses that line IL milea
south and slightly east of La Fere,J
The most important town inJme-
diately before the allies in that re-
gion is Anizy-Le-Chateau behind the
line. and less than three
miles beyond the French front.
a move forward there would
threaten to flank st. Gobain and
Coucy forests. which form powerful
defenses for Laon.
In the last American thrust south
OF the Aisne, the river was reached
along part of the front, but at the
extreme right. northwest of Rheims.
the German line still drops down
from the Nesle. extending across the
plateau country between those
streams.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14

wood. Il, ,ho roar ,,,,o,, ,,oro sro
in clouds n, ybt,o s-,,oLo
snadon,,, 80 d,,,,,.t,t.,,,. 49,, .,~
inc int ~ g,,,oi,, ,,a,,5 ,rha,. H.,
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ana 90 a,on, ,o,.,.ar, h,' sa,'
few returned. carving comrades.
Others ran on into the smoke cloud
and disappeared I'm the woods
Tamil Flee, a,,,.Ls
on our ieit, ieaier 10 Mon'sec' lhe
s"iSSes re'eaieu SIX american tanks
nus S''auliy ior"hfu i'oIh
ons aiois 'ne roan, tne o'h'
o99 '"e iieiuS' Doushooys sur
ouu ~. e"e'' ~a'Aihs toNal MONT.
30 nus was put s'i'ai si'Ilpse oi
VuI iist laiih A'lacA
u'uei oiach ciouus'
,''t"s i"s io", e'nie an "irpiane udSh'
.ie y'i'h anu iortn uahse'ous'y close
70 .ne GROUND several others foi'
'e "as iiot siiiste nos
..o WIN an a'iipitioh 10
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sun po'ii's 'thAs were uistih'
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'N.e ou' wires ana pushihs
'"' pu. apparently en-
ING sHohs 'erhhh POSITIONS
'"o "'' age hao swept the ter
ram
- ~ Dn'o"hs A'd
Into the sky half a dozen American
balloons shot up almost directly
above the front line trenches. They
had been moved forward in the night
to carry out battlefield observations,
direct the artillery and watch Ger.
man movements.
one American airplane circled
Gironville so closely IL was possible
to see II was equipped with a new
Liberty motor. The plane, after do
ing its part. left. and new deluge Of
artillery broke out. creeping up the
valley into the Apremont hills, as the
French infantry advanced to keep
pace with the Americans and help
surround Montsec.
German flares continued TO shoot
frantically before the American in.
fantry pressure. Along the whole
line our artillery persistentlv bonn.
barded the enemy. moving forward
as the infantry advanced
Americans, driving across the
heights OF the Meuse from the west
cut thru the pocket seven miles to
Vigneulles. where they met other
American forces, smashing in from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
DISPATCH FROM FRED S. FERGUSON
lBy United Press Leascd Wire Dircct 70 The Starl
AMERICANS ON THE METZ

WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE METZ
FRONT, Sept. 14.--Having defeated and routed the
Germans at all points in what the famous ST.
Mhie salient, Americas victorious First army today
faced the enemy along new line, in some places p
miles north of their old one.
Secretary Baker, Gen. Pershing and Gen. Petain
tered ST. Mhe shortly after the enemy had fled from it.
The inhabitants greeted them with enthusiasm They said
the Germans had carried off large number of and
boys aged 16 to As.
Numbers of Germans have been caught behind the
American nes and the work of moppng up the salient
is in progress "
The task of wiping out the salient which had existed
for four years. actually achieved in 81 hours The
German defense caved in that the Americans ad
vanced hours ahead of their time table everywhere.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Struve, Ankeny,
Boole, Nettleton,
Purchase the P.-I.

The Post-Intelligencer has again
changed hands, and formal an
nounce-nent of this fact is to be made
shortly. George Boole. of the West
ern Hardware and Metal Co, and
Clarke Nettleton. lumberman, are to
be the active managers of the prop.
erty. Frederick Karl Struve. presi-
dent of the Seattle National bank.
and r. V. Ankeny. cashier, handled
the financial arrangements.
It Is understood the property has
been sold for a price well over a mil.
lion dollars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Oldest Officer of
u. S. Regulars
Ends Long Career

The oldest United States army
officer in the regular service, aft
er recruiting soldiers In Seattle
for 10 years. folded up the Ameri-
can flags and closed the office
last week on orders from the war
department. 1t was Maj. Bou-
telle. New draft quotas. hence
forth. will supply Americas man
power This last scene OF a busy
career Is just one OF the interest.
ing features shown in the Star.
Liberty Weekly, which opens at
the Liberty Sunday. Other inter
esting happenings in Seattle are
depicted in the film, which also
shows how Seattle men earn $50
a day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
) Tacomans Hurt
in Trolley Crash

TACOMA. Sept 1.-two persons
are suffering from serious injuries
here today. as a result of an accident
caused by a runaway street car
crashing into n ''one-man" trolley on
jefferson ave. last night
Mrs. w. h. Collier, a passenger on
the smaller car, was severely injured
about the back, and A. Larsen was
taken from the wreckage uncon-
scious and seriously hurt Three 9TH
ers were badly cut and bruised.
Defective brakes are said TO have
caused the crash
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
MARCH PRAISES
HEROIC FEAT OF
Yankee TROOPS
Dispatch From Carl D.
Croat
United Press Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. Sept. i4.-seven
billion dollars for next years mill
tary operations will be asked OF con.
gress by the war department.
Chief OF Staff March let this be
known today in hotly disposing Of
press intimattons that America will
not go thru with the war.
Such "A claim" he said. ''is pre-.
posterous in it's falsity." He de
clared this country Is asking more
men and more millions TO smash on
to victory.
Discussing the American St Mihiel
victory. he paid strong tribute to the
spirit. enthusiasm and dash OF the
American staff and men.
These elements. he said. are hot
stuff"
The new line created by wiping out
the salient will be the basis OF fur
ther operations.
@'@'-s~ pexYs~New Drive
The general pointed out that the
line has been shortened % miles by
the st. Mlhiel operation. and added
that this leaves much better base
for further offensive" Whether
these operations will be continued
Immediately or develop later he did
not say.
With a trace OF sarcasm, March
referred TO the Teuton communique
which said the German withdrawal
was planned for years. This. he said.
did not cover. however. the fact that
over $4,000 prisoners. the battle
strength OF an entire German divis-
ion. had been captured.
Units participating in the drive
have not yet been reported.
Reviewing the military operations
of the week. March pointed out that
in the north the British and French
are nowhere more than five miles
from the Hindenburg line
AZ for the st Mihiel situation. he
said this salient was the first TO be
established, the last to go and the
narrowest one in the French line.
March declared he had messages
showing that on one occasion 80 900
Americans were landed in one day
and IL 900 the next. on another oc-
casion Is shiploads OF Americans ar
rived one day and IL ships were
cleared and homeward bound the
next day.
Gen. Pershing's staff, with the gen.
eral. planned the st. Mihiel opera
ton, II was announced
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
TEN YEARS IS
DEbS' SENTENCE

CLEVELAND. Sept. 14.-Eugene
V. Debs. four times candidate for the
presidency on the socialist ticket.
convicted here for making disloyal
utterances, was today sentenced to
the penitentiary for 10 years on each
concurrent.
Debs is to serve at Moundsville, w.
Va.
He was allowed bail. pending a
hearing Of his appeal. only upon con-
dition that he return to his home at
Terre Haute. Ind. and remain there
until his case is passed upon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14

Qu1et BEFORE Storfn
The night before the American at
tack there was little TO indicate a big
offensive was about to start. AS the
sun went down and night fell over
the towns, woods. fields. roads and
the sharp outlines of Montsec. moth
ing save increased streams of speed
ing army vehicles over busy roads.
all moving toward the front, indicat-
ed other than the usual quiet.
The American preparations had
been well protected in the darkness
and clouds. The evening turned to
a drizzling. rainy night. Thru hours
of watching. 1t was impossible to dis
tinguish a single outline in the inky
blackness. All up and down the
fighting line no gun sounded. Then
solitary American flare shot up.
Frightening the landscape, flashing
"All's we'll"
Several times squir-ny German
outposts shot up frantic punches OF
flares, anticipating attacks which did
not materialize.
Gun Huris Challenge
peaceful blackness. single Ameri-
can gun behind Seicheprey, the first
American battle field in France.
flashed a challenge TO the kaiser.
This was followed by flashes along
the entire line. The flashes increas-
ed, piling on top OF each other. up
and down the front, near and far, un-
til. at l:10 a. m. the spectacle look.
ed like a continuous winking of light
ming along the horizon. so amazingly
fast as the eye could follow the blaz-
ing OF the cannon.
More flashes. less dazzling and
more distant. marked the steady ex-
plosions on the German side of the
lines. In front of Montsec a huge
light broke out, telling that shells
had struck an ammunition dump. Its
flare Illuminated "A vast expanse OF
blown-up wire, trenches. dufouts and
strong points no longer strong.
Flames Leap Sltyward
Another dump burst into a blaze
under the pounding of the accurate
American artillerymen. Clouds OF
battle smoke above reflected varia.
tions of red and yellow glow, as the
fire spead over the German positions.
Our batteries turned loose toward
Montsec, brightly silhouetting it's
crater.
Up and down the 35 miles OF front
the continuous fire raced, dmming
slightly, then flarine brilliantly
again. The German batteries replied
but feebly. apparently out-barraged
and cowed.
The zero hour came. Its first sur
long, which darted into the German
positions.
This was life-extinguishing chem
icals, shot off simultaneously, and
produced huge smoke clouds. Gas
was sent against the enemy concen.
tration, points.
Suddenly an officer shouted. excit-
edly: Red flares! See! They are
red flaresr'
Red flares were shooting up from
the trenches, yet they could not com
pare with the sheets of flame.
Red flares mean the Americans
are attacking" said the officer.
DoughbOys Go Forward
At daylight thru glasses. saw the
doughboys in a mass advancing on
Rhinecourt, following a barrage and
taking the town easily, evidently
without fighting.
Then we saw them apparently
pressing thru Lahayville, toward
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
$4,000 More Nurses
Needed by Jan. !

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-More
than $4,000 additional nurses will be
required to meet the needs of the
army alone between now and Janu-
airy /, Brig. Gen. Charles Richard
acting surgeon general. today ann
nounced, in denying the report that
nursing needs of the army have been
met. In less than year, he said. So
900 nurses will be required to meet
the demand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Must Speed w. S. S
Cash Sales Here

Up to August 81 of 1918. Seattle
savers" have bought s4.919 1885
worth Of War Savings Stamps, ac-
cording to the figures issued by
County Chairman c. II. Clarke. Sat
urday morning. This is s3.321.s .s61.75
short Of the quota for the year and
s574.S61.75 short of the quota for the
first eight months OF the campaign.
Clarke reports that pledges for
stamps have speeded up materially
in the last week. since The Star
started its campaign.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Foch Inspected u. S.
Men Before Battle

PARIS. Sept. 14.-Before the
Americans launched their attack at
the ST. Mihiel salient they were in
spected by Marshal Foch. 1t was
learned today. He enthusiastically
approved the steps that had been
taken in preparation for the blow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
13 Miles Is Gain
of Pershing's Men
in St. Mihiel Push

LONDON. Sept. 14.--d:45 p. ny
North OF the obiterated St Mihiel
salient, the enemy is readjusting his
line. said advices from France today.
In the region of Chatillon Ton the
line running northwest from the
hinge Of the pocket, the Germans
retreated "A couple Of miles. French
and American patrols are keeping in
close touch. The maximum depth of
the American penetration is reported
at 13 miles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Mihiel Operation
"Cleanest of War;

PARIS, Sept. 14.-Paris newspa.
pers today hailed the st. Mihiel bat
tie as one of the most clean-cut and
best-executed operations of the war.
Marcel Hutin, military critic of the
Echo de Paris, declared the operation
was virtually executed in 12 hours
which is sensational speed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Negro Minstrels
Aid Tobacco Fund

Fourteen dollars and sixteen cents
was turned over to The Stars Our
Boys in France Tobacco Fund" by T.
w. Redmond and Charles Pape, two
musical negroes. who displayed their
ability TO sing and play in front OF
the postoffice Friday and took up
the collection between songs. 8
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Five Men Killed in
Chicago Smashup

CHICAGO. Sept. 14.-F'ive men
were killed and so injured today
when a Chicago & Western Indiana
freight train backed into n street car
at the 116th st. crossing. near the
southern limits of Chicago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Yankee Soldiers
Died With Faces
Toward Germany

PARIS, France. Sept. a.
Chaplains of two Yankee regi-
ments that stormed the slope
above the Ourcq river came wear
lily back at sundown from the
task Of burying their dead. They
we're two men spiritually uplifted.
and their eyes were shining as
they made their brief but eloquent
report.
I'm all that battlefield" they
said, I'VE found. without a single
exception. that EVERY ONE OF
THOSE BOYS DIED CROUCH
ING FORWARD-DIED WITH
HIS FACE TOWARD GER
MANY"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
OPEN IL NATIONAL CAFES

Especial to The Star by N. Il. A.
LONDON. Sept. l3.-The national
restaurant has proved such success
that four more are to be opened in
London and eight in the provinces.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
Lloyd George Now
Improved, Report

LONDON, Sept. II. - Premier
Lloyd Georges temperature has fall
en-. and his progress is favorable, his
doctor announced today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
SHELL RHEIMS CATHEDRAL

PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE Germans
are continuing to lombard Rheims
cathedral. The north tower threat
ems to fall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14

WITH THE AM ERICAN
ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept. IA.
I'm their offensive the Ameri-
cans conquered more than 1870
square miles Of territory con-
tanning upwards Of 100 towns
and villages.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14

PARIS, Sept. 14.-Q1:30
a. m.)--The French alone
took 1000 prisoners in the
st. Mihiel operations, includ-
ing 5000 Austrians, making
a total of more than 10000
prisoners taken by the Amer
leans and French, the Echo
de Paris announced today.
Gen. Pershing has reported
1890 already counted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
FRENCH LAUNCH NEW THRUST TOWARD LAOl
Eyewitness Tells Story
of Famous u. 9. Victory

Enormous Flare of Deadly Chemicals
Shoots Out for Miles Towards Huns
as Yanks Attack-Guns Roar Vast
Challenge-Lurid Flames Tighten
Sky-Baker, Pershing and Petain
Enter St. Mihiel
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
The Answer TO
the Home Problem

VIII be found ON Pages
8 and o; also to many
other momentOus ques-
tions, such as help, the
house or room yOn aOdnt
to rent and the auto yoa,
are thinking of buying.
Read about 1T.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14

ICi. Oi oiiiiiS hesS h~f~A WV
1890 already counted.
LONDON, Sept. IA
(1:06 p. m.)-Americans in
the st. Mihiel battle have
taken $4,000 prisoners, ad-
vices from the front said to-
day. More prisoners are ex-
pected as the territory won
by the Americans is not yet
cleared of Germans who
were caught in the pocket.
The American offensive having
achieved in 81 hours it's purpose of
capturing the St Mihiel salient, Mar
shal Foch today started a new drive
along the Aisne and west of the
Chemin des Danes.
French forces attacked at a. m.
Gains of two miles. capture of $500
prisoners and seizure of several
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
w. S. S. PLEDGE

Nou'll find the War Savings pledge ON page
10 today. Let's win the war In l9l9-and
can. says Gen. Pershing. by furnishing him with
his supplies and men promptly. Fill out that
pledge today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-24
GOLD MINING HIT BY WAR
Many Properties That Were Profitable
Have Been Forced to Close Down
Temporarily.

Gold is one of the war victims. The
was has forced down, In market value,
measured by human labor, many kinds
of property and most of the staple
commodities, until some gold mines
which yielded fair profit before the
war have become temporarily useless
to their owners. 1t costs SO much to
operate them that they cannot be
worked without loss.
There has been change in the value
Of gold itself, in the money of great ma
lions which have maintained their
monetary systems on the specie basis,
while almost everything else has gone
up. The result is that any given num-
Der of ounces of gold mined will buy
much less material used in mining,
such as explosives. drills, pumps and
other machinery, and will pay for few
er days work. This change is still
going on and the position of the gold
mining companies grows less and, less
secure and sound.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-24
7LITTLE PLEASURE m TRAVEL
German Trains Creep Along in Dark.
ness for Fear Of Bombs OF
|, Allied Aviators.

Special precautions against air
raids are now being taken on the Ger
man railways in those districts espe-
cially liable to aerial bombardments
by the allies, Railway Age states.
The Palatinate railways, in particular,
are adopting precautionary measures
and writer in the Lokal Anzeiger who
recently travelled on this system de-
scribes the darkening methods adopt
ed at night.
"For hours,' he writes, 1.-THE train
Travelled as though in dark cave,
without lights, without conductors,
without any station names being called
out when the train stopped. When
every lamp Is extinguished throughout
the countryside, and the towns and vii
lagos. as though constrained by agony,
have closed their shops, the journey op-
presses ones mind and Is nowise reas-
surfing. One goes on in uncertainty,
facing danger.
Everywhere placards Indicating how
to behave during air raids show that
one is in the aviator's territory. Slow
~, very slowly, the train proceeds on
its journey; in a river alongside the
line one still sees the locomotive which,
togther with its train, plunged into the
water on the occasion of a recent acci-
dent. A train with broken windows
not pane has remained intact-passes
near us; another train passes all black
ened and half consumed by fire. And
on arriving at the end of this dismal
journey the first question heard by the
traveller is, viii they come tonight?'