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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
1
A Star subscriber argues that God’s promises favor those who love Him and questions prayer for victory in World War I. The letter reframes the conflict as a moral battle for love, truth, liberty, and justice, praising England and America while challenging atheistic France.
The star witness faced a flood of county order forgery admissions and denials during direct examination. He claimed the forged orders were created with the accused charity officer and that he could not recall names or details of the schemes. Prosecutors pressed to reveal ties to questionable figures as testimony described false deliveries and separate Callaghan accounts.
Field Marshal Haig reported that local enemy attacks on a post near St. Julien three miles northeast of Ypres were repulsed by machine guns. He said enemy posts in the Meteren sector were raided last night and prisoners taken. The French improved positions around Lacre with a minor enterprise.
A parade led by a band and a detachment of local fire fighters preceded five select service men as they left from the OW station for Vancouver barracks, departing at 10:40 a.m. The procession included men already in war service and those in the lead followed by the troops.
Seattle has reached 12,843,000 in Liberty Loan subscriptions in the last 24 hours, with 2,194 new subscriptions and an advance of 319,200. The city stands 12 percent ahead of its minimum quota but must push toward the maximum by Saturday to finish strong.
London May 1 The News declared the government will hold the Irish conscription policy in abeyance for a few weeks to see how the home rule bill takes.
May 1 report from Dublin says Sinn Fein demand for more radical action against conscription threatens an imminent split with Irish parliamentarians. A hastily summoned Irish party meeting followed the push for tougher opposition.
E. C Bridal, an employee of the National Nonpartisan League, was kidnapped from a Red Wing hotel last night and found today in Zumbrota, twenty five miles away. He was uninjured.
Non union telegraphers are being brought into Seattle to replace 130 Western Union employees ousted for union actions. Operators from Vancouver Portland and Salt Lake City will take the places of the locked out workers. The unionists have not struck and seek government backing to organize. Officials from Western Union and Postal Telegraph will appear before the war labor board to answer the union complaint. Five young women multiplex operators arrived from Portland and were housed at the Khutler hotel.
Gabriel Principe who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28 1914 died in Theresienstadt fortress prison near Prague He was eighteen at the time of the assassination which sparked the Austrian ultimatum and general mobilizations across Europe.
In Flanders on May 1, Allied pressure stalled Von Arnim after Ypres. British shelled west toward Hazebrouck. calm otherwise. A German prize of war included babies found in trenches. two infants in a hospital care, another saved by observers before shrapnel killed them.
Chicago aviator Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely was killed in France. His note urged no mourning but described a death for country as an investment, an honor to his family, and a time for weeping.
Mrs Rose Simmons of 1630 13th avenue was appointed to the library board by Mayor Hanson on Wednesday. She is the first woman named to public office by the mayor and was formerly president of the Women’s Century club and a board member of the Girls Home and Training School before city takeover. The mayor also said he plans to appoint a woman to the park board on the first Monday in May.
A Spanish statesman, fresh from Germany, told Paris reporter Andre Glanner that if the Allies hold, Germany is beaten. He cited Kaiser Wilhelm and leaders like Hindenburg Ludendorff and the crown prince, noting the offensive aims on Amiens Paris Calais and a possible new peace offensive after May 15 if it fails.
Stockholm May 1. The Roman Catholic International Press Agency, via Basel, reports Emperor Charles of Austria has issued a fresh peace offer. He appeals to Mary to weigh it in her own interests and consider a settlement.
A Hague report claims Pope Benedict will issue a new peace offer on Whitsunday May 19. Cologne papers cite the plan and mediation by the pope, but the United Press has not verified the claim.
Zurich May 1 Emperor Karl and Minister Burian with their staffs will go to German headquarters to confer with the Kaiser. The conference is of great importance and believed to discuss the future of Ukraine and the Balkans. Rockford Illinois May 1 Lieut Clayton Ingersoll 22 was killed yesterday in a practice flight at a French aviation field per war office message to his father.
President Wilson calls for a million Americans to purchase $50 Liberty Bonds with $5 down and $5 monthly payments in a new campaign. He already bought another $50 bond on installment, hoping 1,000,000 participants join him. third Liberty loan falls short of expectations and wealthy response lags.
New York dispatch reports General Foch’s pressure and German stamina at Ypres, Messines, and Mount Kemmel. It asserts German setbacks foretell a major American offensive later, predicting Hindenburg cannot progress without greater carnage and the collapse of German morale.
Copenhagen reports Chancellor Hertling warned in a tempestuous Prussian diet session that equal suffrage is coming and Prussia cannot long resist the progressive move. He urged swift action with safeguards to prevent radical consequences while liberals opposed delaying the proposal and accused opponents of betrayal.
German artillery adds to bombardment as American and French forces contend on the front near Amiens. Fierce duels rage through the night. one village is wiped out while American guns shell rear areas and frontline positions. Trench warfare evolves as lines steady and dugouts may rise. Location hints point to Franco American positions between Hangard en Santerre Hailles along the Luce and Avre rivers near Amiens.
United States marines in Seattle plan a 9 30 a m benefit event at the theatre. Fifteen Marines sell tickets with aims to fill the venue and raise tobacco funds for Our Boys France Tobacco Fund. The feature is The Unbeliever with other Marine participants and a 20 cent admission.
French refugees report that 25 000 Belgian men and boys are forced to work under German sentries in Valenciennes and Maubeuge. Mortality among the enslaved is heavy.
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