07 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
1
The Star boasts rapid Seattle-wide coverage of major war events and pictures. It claims to be first on news such as Germany declaring war aviation battles Mrs Wilson's death and submarine sales to Canada. Extras cost one cent.
Berlin dispatches claim 100 socialist deputies shot by order of the emperor. Brussels reports German losses at Liege estimated in the thousands with three Uhlans wiped out. Belgian defenses, heavy bombardment, and fires damage key buildings as both sides suffer casualties and air actions occur near the Meuse.
The piece recalls the brutal nature of war and quotes a reader reflecting on its horrors. It then reports Churchill denying a general British German engagement in the North Sea with rumors that seven to nineteen warships were sunk or surrendered as the German fleet fled toward the Dutch coast.
In wartime weeklies a columnist cites Ban Johnson asserting it is awful for a player to boast in it for money. The piece notes money behind pro baseball, then shifts to war news of naval battles off Dogger Bank. It mentions British and German fleets, potential losses, and the use of dirigibles, with ongoing skirmishes and wounded sailors arriving at naval hospitals.
Mayor Mitchell forbids flying flags of nations now at war to avoid outbreaks. Parades planned for German, French and Austrian reservists this afternoon are banned. Financial situation clears in London as Bank of England resumes paying gold for notes and paper.
Berlin reports claim Kaiser ordered execution of 100 socialist Reichstag members while German commanders in Liege seek a 24 hour armistice to bury dead and tend the wounded. Austria declares war on Russia and pledges frontier protection as Germany fights elsewhere. The Admiralty acknowledges Amphion sunk by a mine. War famine looms across Europe. Crown Prince may have been wounded in an assassination bid.
At Messina on August 7 the German cruisers Breslau and Goeschen sailed out with battle standards and bands playing Die Wacht am Rhine, likely toward destruction as the British Mediterranean fleet awaits. Interned earlier, they chose to escape rather than remain. They sought safety after their companion Panther was sunk and a French force routed them off the Algerian coast.
Lord Kitchener, newly appointed to the British ministry of war, orders rapid army preparations as communications with Germany remain cut off and Russia cable links are severed. Reports indicate czarist troops pushing Germans back on the frontier while German ships attack the Sveaborg forts to threaten the Gulf of Finland. Austrians shell Belgrade again as weather forewarns fair at night, warmer Saturday with light southerlies.
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