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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
B0lSHEvlKl ARE AGAIN
DEFEATED IN SIBERIA

PEKING. Sept. a. Bolshcvik
troops have again been defeated by
the. allies advancing In Siberia. Gen.
semenoff today announced the cap
turc OF Oloviana from the Bolsheviki
by n turning movement. taking pris-
oners and four machine guns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
ITALIAN TROOPS
LAND IN NORTH

TIENTSIN. Sept. 3.-An italian
troop ship has arrived at northern
port.
This is the first announcement Of
an Italian movement into the north
ern zone and probably means n land
ing somewhere on the Siberian coast
or In the allied region on the Arctic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
Retreat Is
Rushed on
WideFrOnt
In Flanders and on Lines
South to scissors Germans
Are Fleeing Allied Blows
FLAMES REDOEN SKIES
Dispatch From William
Philip Simms

PARIS. Sept. 3.-Thc German
r~trcat continues both In F1an-
ders and between Arrza and Sois-
sons
Arrnenters is directly threatened
by Gen. Plummer's Second army.
aided by Americans. who are no, on
the heels Of Gen. Won Arnim's
Fourth German army and Gen. Won
ouast's sixth army. These are
krkduaIfy yielding the 9s6dnd won
at tremendous sacrifice In H.nden-
burgs April offcn.4ve.
South OF the scarpe the British
are driving on hourly. increasing the
depth OF the periious pocket at the
bottom OF which lies Qucant. one OF
the main cornerstones of the Hin.
denburg defense. Cambria lies only
10 miles east
New Disaster Near
With Queant gone. Ludcndorff
will have n hard Job to preven, dis.
aster thruou, this region. The fan
Of Hdcncourt and the capture OF the
German positions on the high
ground south OF that village has
brought the British UP against
oueant. which they completely domi.
nate nj close range.
Both here and northward as far
as the soarpe. the British are fight.
ing over country which was not even
reached during the Arras drive OF
1917. They are threatening 10 roll
up tho Hindenburg lines which they
have overrun TO d depth of two to
three miles.
Huns Burn Supplies
Further south between Pcronne
and ST Quentin and in the direction
OF Noyon. flames reddcn the sky by
night and great columns OF smoke
are visible by day, marking the Ger.
mans work OF destruction in their
retirement
The enemy IL burning as much
stores as time will permit. Indica.
tions are that he hopes 10 get all
his stores out and TO forufy the
country between Cambrai and La.
f'AN hi' Aipp' Va
capture by the allies.
Between Noyon and Scissors the
Germans are fighting most stub
bornly. but slowly and surely the
French and Americans are hattering
their way forward.
American troops are threatening
the enemy positions north OF the
Aisne. II their progress continues.
the German crown prince will be
compelled TO withdraw from the
Ncsle position.
Gen. Mangin's left is advancing
northward toward St Gobain. fur.
ther imperilling the crown princes
rear in this region. All along the
line from Ypres to Rheims the
French and Americans continue to
play n tune 10 which Ludendorff
must dance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
L. y. Leads Assault

stories OF individual incidents Of
Saturdays fighting today brought
additional honors TO French and
Americans alike. French divisions
on the right and left Of the crack
American units which participated in
this fighting did brilliant work. but
during the entire attack the Ameri-
cans led in the assault.
When one small French tank was
out OF commission It's crew Of two
men leaped out Of the machine, seized
rifles and continued TO fight along
side the American infantry.
At another point German machine
gun nests temporarily held up a Ger.
tain American detachment under
command OF Lieut.. Col. Harris. Har-
- crept up alone and single handed
captured the nest He has been
recommended for galiantry in action.
General Braves Fire
North OF Terny -Sorny an American
brigadier general went forward in
the open, altho constantly exposed to
terrific machine gun fire, In order 10
make personal observation Of n ma
chine gun nest preparatory 10 order.
ing artillery fire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
Draft.
Rules Slow.
TO Arrive.
Local Officials Have Orders
on Registration, But
Not on Classification
TO USE POLLING PLACES

Just who win be called first,
aft-r men from rs TO i5 register
for military service. sept. i,'
WIN married men. between ii
and Is. come under liberal ex.
emption rcGuistions'
Nobody In Seattle knows.
Detailed instructions have no,
been received.
But Instructions governing the reg
istrntion procedure to be conducted
under direction OF City Registration
Clerk william Gaines. have been re.
ccived.
All men between ases Of is and IS.
10 not already registered. or not In
actual military service. must regis
ter at the polling place OF their resi-.
dsncc precinct
Usc Question
We arv trying to arrange for ear.
llsf registration for those who can.
not conveniently 20 TO their polling
places Sept L." Gaines explained
today. We also want to have the
draft registration places identical
with the Sept 10 election polling
places
II IL probable. draft officials point
out. that all Of the new rcgistrantn
will be classified. by auestionnaire.
after they register. Doubtless men
without dependents. or Industrial cx-
(confinucd on page ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03

WASHINGTON. Sept. 3.-Thc s..
$. West Haven. gunned by n subma.
rine 400 miles off Halifax. August
81, escaped. according to n navy de.
partment radio today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03

The regular monthly meeting OF
Minute Men. Precinct 2s6, will be
held I'm Hiawatha fiedhouse, West
Seattle. at 3 p. m. Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
AMERICANS RIP
WAY OPEN FOR
S0|SSONS GAIN

WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMIES IN FRANCE. Sept. 3.
American artillery Is ripping
up the fields, roads. trenches and
woods along the enemy lines, In
conjunction with the French
who are attacking northeast Of
Gnissnns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
u. S. Nation
the CZechS
Lansing Notifies Czecho-
SIovak Patriots OF
important Step
FIGHT COMMON ENEMY

~ Usifcd Press LEASED Wire
Direct 10 The star
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03
The Mooney Case

The trial that has been heard around the
world Is becoming daily more and more Of an
international question. The Star has arranged
for special series of articles the Mooney
case. Tomorrows edition viii contain the article
detailing some Of Moneys labor activities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-03

edge OF the Chemin des
northeast Of Soissonsl.
positions toward Laon.
times north OF the Aisne
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
AMERICAN GAS MASKS BEST
Takes Only Six Seconds to Put It on
and Il Is Gas and Fool
Proof.

Chicago.-When 1t comes to fighting
gas attacks the American soldier is the
best equipped in the world.
This Is the declaration made here
by Maj. ]. ]. Aud, chief advisor of the
British scientific mission, who Is a
chemical expert.
He said that the German command
has become so enraged at the failure
Of its high-powered gases to discOm-
fit the Americans that they have Of
fered a reward of ten marks to any
soldier who brings in an American
gas mask.
1.-THE American mask Is the marvel
Of the allied armies" says Major
Aud. ut is absolutely gas proof and
fool proof. 1t takes only about six
seconds to put it on. Unlike the Ger
man mask it does not hang down and
get in his way when one bends over"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
IS BRAvEST WOMAN IN WAR
Officers Tribute to Miss B~eaton, Just
Returned After Two Years
Service.

Denver, Colo.-Miss Eunice H. Bea.
ton, known to the officers of the allied
armies as "the bravest woman Of the
war" has returned to her home in Den
yer, after two years service on the
western front in France as a Red
Cross ambulance driver. After a brief
rest, Miss Beaton again will enter the
service Of the government in training
women as ambulance drivers.
Miss Beaton is known in the West
as a typical outdoor girl. She excels
In swimming, tennis, golf, trap-shoot-
ing, motoring and horsewOmanship.
On the western front Miss BeatOn
was under fire a score of times. She
helped carry wounded from No Mans
Land and was driving an empty am
bulance from a hospital to the front
when the car was wrecked by a shell.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

Empey tells In the next INSTALL
ment how the war is erumbllng
the British wall Of caste, which
once was insurmountable.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
WORLDS BIGGEST TRUST COMPANY
h PART OF UNCLE SANS WAR WORK
Making German Money Invested in This Country Work for the United
States, Is Important Work Being Done by the Alien Property
observation-disclosures Urged to Help by Reporting Any
Enemy-0wned Property in Their District.

Inside the enemies lines Is subject to
Immediate seizure. Also all interned
aliens here In the United States are
Chased as enemies and their property
treated accordingly.
Agents OF the bureau Of ~lnvestlga-
ton Of the allen property custodian,
under the direction of Francis p. Gar
van, an experienced assistant to for
mer District Attorney Jerome Of New
York, are cOmbing the country for
enemy Owney property and millions Of
dollars worth have been reported. But
as much more is confidently believed
still unrepOrted. Some of 1t Is actively
helping Germany's deadly campaign Of
spying. bombing, and arson all Of 1t is
potentially a menace
A. Mitchell Palmer, addressing him
self to the citizens Of the United States
and shareholders in this, the biggest
trust company on earth, said: 1.-THE
more Of this property reported the
more harmless It will be, the better
the business Of your trust company,
the bigger the returns to the treasury,
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

Washlngton.-Call It what you will.
the biggest trust company, auction
shop. or bargain counter sale, Uncle
Sam has Il among his war activities.
Congress gave It It's charter. the goods
dealt In are enemy owned, United
States citizens are Its stockholders.
and the title Of the business manager
is alien property custodian.
1t Is doing a trust company business
because the bulk Of the property taken
over belongs to individuals and has
to be safely administered by Uncle
Sam. II is an auction shop because
the great Industries here In the United
States owned and controlled by Ger
man trade barons which are seized
under the trading with the enemy act
will be sold outright to loyal citizens
Of this country, Americanlzed, and Ger
man control Of commerce and industry
In the United States Of America
stamped out forever. It Is a bargain
counter sale because many times In
odd collections Of German owned prop
orty here and there are small pieces
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
GERMAN BANNED IN SOUTH
Language Of the Hun Is Being ELM
mated In Schools and
Churches.

Birmingham, Ala.-German dan
guage and German names are being
eliminated in the South. The most re-
cent evidence Of this fact is shown
by announcement of Rev. Hans
Reuter-, pastor Of the Zion Lutheran
church, to the effect that he will dis
continue preaching sermons In the
German tongue. Hundreds of schools
have eliminated teaching German and
business houses in several Southern
cities have changed from German to
English names.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
A. Mitchell Palmer, Head of Biggest Trust Company on Earth.

that have to be quickly converted into
cash to prevent loss either to the in
dlvldual owner or to Uncle Sam. AS
such, they are passed across the u
ter In spot sales and the money turned
into Uncle Sans treasury.
But whether earnings or sales, this
money is turned over by the alien
property custodian to the treasury of
the United States and there converted
into Liberty bonds. Thus is German
money made to work for Uncle Sam.
to help build ships, buy food and sup
plies, and keep fields and factories at
home humming with industry against
the Hun.
Palmer lie Director.
The allen property custodian in
whose hands the direction Of this great
economic force against Germany has
been placed is a Pennsylvania Quaker.
His name is A. Mitchell Palmer. His
%forefathers came to America In the
same ship with william Penn. and the
family has lived for several genera
lions within the lines Of the original
Quaker settlement.
When appointed by the president,
Mr.. Palmer for several days carried
his oath OF office In his pocket. He
could not find even desk room in
crowded Washington. That was only
five months ago. Today his force num-
bers oyer 400 employees In Washing
ton alone, besides the hundreds scat
tered across the country. The head
quarters force is now established In
IN elght-1Oor apartment house In one
OF the best residential districts of
Washington which the government
Communicated and took possession Of
before II was finished.
From here the allen property Gus
tOdian Is today making pencils in New
Jersey, chocolate in Connecticut. brew
ing beer In Chicago. saving lumber In
Florida, mining metal I'm Mexico, run
ming real estate stores and commission
offices and public utilities IN all parts
OF the country. This enemy owned
property may be stock certificates. or
bonds or debts, life insurance premi-
ums. or cash, real or personal property,
but 10 come within the reach OF this
big government trust company II must
be either owned In whole or In part
by persons living within the enemy
lines or by persons trading with inter
ests within the enemy lines.
Safe II He's Good.
II a German citizen lives here In the
United States, Obeys It's laws, does not
trade with Germany, and does not en-
gage In any perniclous activities
against the government, his property
and his business are free from any In
reference on the part Of the allen
enemy custodian. On the other hand.
the property OF a citizen OF the United
States who maintains his residence
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

bottles with his entrenchlng tool
handle and smash It, to give the i'm
preston that Alkali was a good shot.
Alkali Ike started In and aimed at
the right Of the line Of bottles instead
of the left, and the poor boob behind
the scenes started breaking the bottles
on the left, and then the ~boxholders
turned loose; but outside of this little
iasco the performance was a huge sue.
cess, and we decided to run it for a
week.
New troops were constantly coming
through, and for six performances we
had the rs. r. o." sign suspended out.
side.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

and the more powerful on the reckon
Ing day will be the U. s. A. / want
the citizens to send this office infOrma-
ton and reports on the existence Of
any enemy owned property In their
district. That information will be con
sldered confidential. l want citizens
who have custody of enemy owned
property to report 1t. They will be
given fair and square treatment. We
stand ready and willing to cooperate
in any way with any citizen who may
write us for direction or advice. This
is an opportunity to those Of us who
have to stay at home and cannot fight
in the trenches. Here we can render
a most powerful service.
81 want your help"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

q -Teuco u Ridge Sly Of Yakima, a
member Of the United States Marine
corps now with General Pershlng's
forces in France.
Sly's mother received a letter sew
eral days ago from her son in which
he described his ~fuflough. spent
somewhere In France" out Of the bat
tie zone.
In the letter he tells Of being quar-
tered In me Of many hotels set aside
for American soldiers on leave. where
he was given the honor OF sleeping in
the chamber formerly used by the
Grecian monarch.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
WHEN U. S. GOT BUSY
MAN MADE CHECK GOOD

Bartlesville, Okla.-D uring
the Liberty loan campaign here.
a solicitor secured a subscrip-
ton from a business man who
gave the WORKER a 50 check as
first payment on a 500 bond.
The check was turned down
at the bank when presented. Re
peated calls by the collector
found the man always absent.
The solicitor turned the check
over to a federal agent. As a.
government receipt had been
given for the check, the latter
called on the business man and
presented the check. 1t was
made good at once.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

sketch should Immediately run In OPP
position to "Blighty-What HOpesf"
When we returned to our billet from
the march, Curley Wallace, my the
atrical partner, came running over to
me and said he had found a swanky
place In (which to produce N show.
After taking off my equipment, and
followed by the rest Of the section, l
went over to the building he had picked
out. II was a mOnstRous barn with q
platform at one end which would make
an ideal stage. The section got right
on the job. and before night had that
place rugged out in apple-pie order.
The next day was Sunday and after
church parade we put all u time on
a dress rehearsal, and it went fine.
1 made four or FIVE large signs an
nounclng that our company would open
up that evening at the King George the
Fifth theater, on the corner Of Ammo
street and Sandbag terrace. General
admission was one-half franc. First
ten rows in orchestra one franc, and
boxes two francs. By this time our
BAinltu pIuElAluo nuu IGluAnEu lAbAu
London, and 1 further announced that
on the night of the first performance
a program would be given free of
charge to men holding tickets costing a
franc or over.
We had an orchestra Of seven men
and seven different instruments. This
orchestra was excellent, while they
were not playing.
The performance was scheduled to
start at 6 p. m.
At 5:15 there was a mob in front of
our me entrance and it looked like a
big night. We had two boxes each ac-
commOdating four people, and these
we Immediately sold out. Then q
brilliant idea came to key Cohensteln.
Why not use the rafters overhead, call
them boxes, and charge two francs for
a seat on them2 The only difficulty
was how were the men to reach these
boxes, but to key this was a mere de-
tail.
He got long ropes and tied one end
around each rafter and then tied a lot
Of knots in the ropes. These ropes
would take the place Of stalrways.
We figured out that the rafters
would seat about forty men and sold
that number Of tickets accordingly.
When the t~icketholders for the boxes
got a glimpse Of the rafters and were
informed that they had to use the rope
stairway, there was a howl of indigna-
ton, but we had their money and told
them that II they did not like 1t they
could write to the management later
and their money would be refunded /;
but under these conditions they would
not be allowed to witness the perform
ance that night.
After a little grousing they accepted
the situation with the promise that II
the show was rotten they certainly
would let us know about 1t during the
performance.
Everything went lovely and It was a
bowling success, until Alkali Ike APP
peared on the scene with his revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. Behind
the bar on a shelf was a long line Of
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left Of this line and break
six Of the bottles by firing at them with
his revolver. Behind these bottles a
piece Of painted canvas was supposed
to represent the back Of the bar, at
each shot from Alkali's pistol a man
behind the scenes would hit one of the
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER xvllI-contlnusd.

il
While they are talking, an old Jew
named key Cohenstein comes along.
and Abe engages him for cashier. After
engaging key they meet an old
Southern negro called SambO, and
upon the suggestion of key he Is en-
gagged as porter. Then the three of
them, arm in arm, leave to take pos
session of this wonderful palace which
Abe has just paid $4,000 for. (Cur-
tain.)
In the second act the curtain rises
on the interior Of the Diamond Palace
saloon, and the audience gets its first
shock. The saloon looks like a pig
pen, two tramps lying drunk on the
floor, and the bartender in q dirty
shirt with his sleeves rolled up, asleep
with his head on the bar.
ENTER Abe, Sambo and key, and the
fun commences.
One of the characters In the second
act was named Broadway Kate, and l
had an awful job to break in one of
the Tommies to act and talk like a
woman.
Another character was Alkali Ike, an
Arizona cowboy, who just before the
close of the play comes into the saloon
and wrecks 1t with his revolver.
We had eleven three-hour ~rehearsals
before 1 thought it advisable to pre-
sent the sketch to the public.
The whole brigade was crazy to
witness the first performance. This
performance was scheduled for Friday
night and everyone was full of anticl-
patton; when bangl orders came
through that the brigade would move al
two that afternoon. Cursing and
binding was the order of things upon
the receipt Of this order, but we
moved.
That night we reached the little vii
lage of s. and again went into rest
billets. We were to be there two
weeks. Our company Immediately got
busy and secured the village for q
suitable place in which to present ou1
production. Then we received another
shock.
A rival company vas already estab-
lished In the village. They called
themselves 1.-THE Bow Bells" and
put on a sketch entitled, "Bllghty-
What Hopes2" They were the divi'
siOnal concert party.
We hoped they all would be soon
In Brightly to give us a chance.
This company charged an admission
Of a franc per head, and that night
u company went en- masse to see
their performance. 1t really was good
l had a sinking sensation when ]
thought of running my sketch in Op'
position to It.
In one Of then scenes they had q
soubrette called nossie. The soldier
that took this part was clever and
made a Incorporating and chic girl
We Immediately fell In love with heI
until two days after, while we were
on a march, we passed Flossie with
"her" sleeves rolled up and the sweat
! pouring from "her" face unloading
shells from a motor lorry.
AS our section passed her I yelled
out: "Hello, Flossie; Blighty-What
! HOpes" Her reply made our love die
out instantly.
"Ah, go to hill"
This brought quite a laugh from the
marching column directed at me, and
instantly made up my mind that ouI
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
EMPEY WRITES AND STAGES A PLAY BEHIND THE LINES
WITT GREAT SUCCESS.

sy~nopss-Ffred by the sinking Of the Lusitania, with the loss OF
American lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living In Jersey City,
goes to England and enlists as a private in the British army. After a
short experience as a recruiting officer In London, he is sent to train
ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound Of big guns and
makes the acquaintance of Coolies" After n brief period of training
Empeys company is sent into the frOnt-lne trenches, where he takes
his dyst turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
learns, as comrade falls that death turks always in the trenches.
Chaplain distinguishes himself BY rescUing wounded men under hot
fire. with pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger
in No Mans Land. After exciting experiences on listening post detail
and observation post duty. Empey is picked for patrol duty in No
Mans Land and has narrow escape from death.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31

CTo BE coNTINUEDA
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-31
SLEEPS IN BED OF KING
United States Marine on Leave In
Paris Is Also Attended by Highly
Decorated Valet.

Seattle. Wash.-Sleeplng in the
luxurious bed once occupied by the
king of Greece when he visited France
and being attended by a valet attlred
In velvet and gold lace was the novel