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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1915
Page
5
Paris dispatch reports French officers foreseeing a German push toward Paris would fail and force a grim outcome for the Kaiser. They credit General Joffre's strategy and the Allies' cautious troop conservation shaping the long war.
One of the largest Seattle Italian community funerals took place Sunday for Rocel Sandacio who died Friday after a long illness. Services were at 1129 Hiawatha Ave with Rev. Father Carmell of Mt. Virgin Catholic Church officiating. Survived by six sisters and other relatives in the city. Notable: two mourners who were father and son and brothers-in-law attended, Frank and Mike Napple, who married sisters after the elder Mrs. Napple’s death.
Miss Isabella Austin dean of women at the University of Washington since 1909 died Sunday at Swedish hospital from complications after an appendicitis operation. Alumni and students mourned as telegrams and notes poured in to her mother Mrs F Austin. She was en route to Berkeley to attend a deans of women meeting where she served as secretary. She leaves a brother Charles C. Austin of Minneapolis en route to attend the funeral.
Portland reports a 16 year old Miss Margaret Platt died after being rescued from an undertow at Gearhart Sunday. Attorney E T Stevens and his son Harry aided, but she collapsed and died, likely from heart failure after surf effort. In Marshfield, siblings George Lecocq 22 and Helen 13 drowned Sunday while teaching swimming.
Fred Dennideratco, a 3 year old boy, remains missing from 108 Taylor Street since Sunday. Neighbors report he was last seen with a man walking down the street, and his mother fears abduction.
German forces led by Gen. Von Gallwitz with about 300000 troops push toward the Warsaw area. Praga on the Vistula east bank is reported occupied as German batteries cover crossings over the Bug river and a ring closes on the Russian capital. The German press predicts large Russian losses as operations continue.
London report cites Berne dispatch noting German fatalities wounded and missing total 2,178,638 to date. The figure reflects World War II casualty tallies through the Berne correspondent of the Post.
Reports from Petrograd say Russian forces have driven German troops from Courland and recaptured Mitau. The war office offered no official confirmation and had no information to release on the reports.
The notice announces a special purchase of linen damask at the MacDougall Southwick store located on Second Avenue and Pike Street priced at $2 50. The item highlights a sale event and location details for shoppers.
Fred L. Boalt profiles a Pacific Northwest Shaker faith mixing Indian rites with Catholic and Protestant elements at Neah Bay and neighboring reservations. Priests and priestesses join meetings, believers shake and fall into trances, with missionary Miss Clark opposing the practices as heathen superstition.
Or Woods, the agent, sent for Charney a Makah Indian child who trembles and shakes with others or alone. A doctor labels it self hypnosis as the Shaker movement spreads to the Peninsula from Ohio while Presbyterian missionary Miss Clark notes grief among locals.
A 12 year old wound veteran Peter Rutledge spoke to Toronto mass recruiting, declaring his service and urging others to join. Toronto crowds packed Massey Memorial Hall and nearby plaza as 35 000 gathered. Canada’s aviation camp near Lake Ontario under Glenn Curtiss expands, with 80 youths training and 12 commissioned in the royal flying corps ready for England. Curtiss plans 500 trained aeronauts within a year and is building a Toronto biplane factory.
Copenhagen dispatch reports England cannot mount a summer or autumn offensive with Kitchener's army. A harsh munitions shortage cripples British operations on the Continent, risking peace prospects and delaying a major push until next spring.
Seattle enacts a new milk ordinance requiring pasteurization or tuberculin tested cows. Enforcement will be gradual with new permits issued Tuesday as old ones expire Monday night. The act raises solids standards for buttermilk and butter fat in ice cream and applies to all milk products. Tuberculin positive cows face quarantine or slaughter with $35 state compensation. workers in milk plants must undergo free medical exams.
More than 100 secretaries and many with wives and families returned Monday from the fourteenth annual Northwest Employed Officers conference of the Y M C A. The event, held at Seabeck, featured talks on association activities by Richard Morse, general secretary of the Y M C A's worldwide.
Gen. Bobo ends his uprising and orders Hai tien followers to disarm. He proclaims his candidacy for president under a reorganization Admiral Caperton seeks to implement. Tom Wilkinson of Centralia enlists with Canadian troops.
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