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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
5
The Seattle Star has led Seattle papers in world war updates with "live wire" correspondents from United Press. Readers received Germanys blockade plans days before rivals, based on interviews arranged by Star reporters.
Aug 11 Petrograd dispatch reports Kovno may be evacuated by Grand Duke Nicholas forces before week’s end. German bombardment devastates forts while officials stay optimistic. if abandoned, defenses shift to Vilna. War fronts near Warsaw see intense fighting. two hospital trains from Warsaw to Sledice bombed by Zeppelins, many wounded killed.
A collection of world war scoops furnished to Seattle Star readers. Highlights include mobilization orders, declarations of war, uncensored front reports, the death of Pope Pius, Liege fighting, fall of Namur Lem berg, arrests of Cardinal Mercier, blockades, Dardanelles bombardment, and interviews with leaders and notable figures such as Churchill Von Tirpitz and Okuma.
A Star feature profiles United Press war correspondents led by Ed L Keen William G Shepherd William Philip Simms Carl W Ackerman Henry Wood Wilburn S Forrest and Alice Rohe outlining their careers and notable front line dispatches across the Philippines Boxer rebellion Mexico France Italy and Britain with emphasis on their roles in reporting early war events and Europe bureau leadership.
The agency abandons London centered authority for universal bureau autonomy. Each office now operates with its own staff and sources, removing delays from London instructions. United Press rejects entangling alliances with subsidized European agencies and pursues strictly impartial reporting.
The county board of equalization made sharp reductions in several assessments Tuesday afternoon. Another hearing is set for next Tuesday. J. Compton received a $2,870 reduction on waterfront property near the country club. Other successful appeals included FE P Richards Bellevue W J Thompson Falla City and George Fowler Seattle.
Dr L R Clark defends his dental practice against competitors while promoting his high standards. He highlights his all-registered staff, state board certificates, written guarantees, and lowest price policy to attract patients with free examinations and estimates.
A Polish wartime caravan moves through Warsaw as hundreds of lost boys and girls in vivid provincial costumes are herded toward convent refuges in Kiev Russia. A citizen notes half the Kalish group died before Christmas while the convoy crosses bridges into a ruined capital.
Theodore Burton former United States senator and 1916 presidential possibility will arrive Wednesday night and attend the Seattle Press club event. He will speak Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon and Friday to the Young Men’s Republican club. Burton will tour the boulevard with Judge Burke and ex Senator Piles after the luncheon. He declines to speak on the same program as George A Pope and James A Emory at Spokane.
An auto driven by T J Templeton of Wenatchee struck and severely injured H Ripley, 42, a Fauntleroy line motorman, while he walked to a car from a report box. He was taken to Seattle General Hospital.
Bradford denounces Star protest of deputies private practice as political maneuver tied to municipal elections. He says rivals use claptrap, notes occasional private cases but insists none interfered with public business. Bradford criticizes Mayor Gill on economy policy amid budget committee remarks.
Berlin reported two German mine sweepers lost after a German squadron met Russian warships in the Gulf of Riga Sunday. Petrograd claimed three large German ships were damaged, a report Berlin dismissed as false.
Paris Aug 11 The German crown prince’s army wasted half a million shells in three days trying to storm French works east of Vienna Le Chateau and reach the Verdun railway. French positions held not only at Verdun but also in the Argonne according to an official report.
London reports a sharp upturn in U boats activity with four ships sunk overnight. The British steamer Oakwood of 4,279 tons, the Norwegian bark Mornia, the Dr. Rosalie, and the small Russian bark Baltser were torpedoed and sunk during the night.
Constantinople Aug 11 The sultan issued a proclamation declaring public drunkenness a crime punishable by military court martial. The edict remains in force during the war period.
The budget committee rejected a Brad ford stance and raised the estimate from 12 000 to 15 000 for witness fees. The exchange echoed Disraeli on economy and efficiency as the mayor urged restraint despite political pressures.
BELLINGHAM August 11. Joe Burke age 35 and Frank McLain age 40 are under arrest in connection with a plot to blow up industrial plants to drive Japanese labor out. They are suspected of involvement in the Blaine reservoir dynamiting attempt.
Spokane reports the St Stephens hotel closed for six months after a Ministerial Association complaint. The court ordered furniture sold to cover costs and fined the building owner $300 as part of penalties under the redlight abatement statute.
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