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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1914
Page
12
The article surveys Europe’s new arms and arms race from battleship guns to aircraft and dirigibles, weighing how small and large calibers, rapid fire weapons, and aerial scouting may shape future war. It cites Napoleonic, Civil War, and World War II era casualty scales to compare potential losses and concludes the horror lies in vast numbers rather than the tools themselves.
An editorial compares Pickett’s charge at Gettysburg to modern warfare noting the 1,700 yard open ground, advances in machine guns and rifles, and the futility of infantry assaults against fortified positions with artillery from two to three miles back, concluding infantry must rely on artillery in future European wars.
The current program features The Fair Co Eds a tuneful musical comedy with pretty girls and light fun the Hekenka Schiller String Quintet Kitner Haynes and Montgomery in a splendid musical novelty and Chase and La Tour singing topical songs Four of five acts are musical Night Hawks a clever playlet will be next week headliner
A meeting Tuesday at Fourth Ave and University St will cover ways and means for a municipal auditorium and the impact of forming a permanent organization. The temporary committee is led by Rabbit Samuel Koch, with members A F Haas Lucy K Cole Mrs Helen Howarth Lemmel Bamford A Robb Mrs H W Lang Mrs F W Bert K C W Eckart L D Lewis L Baeder George B Littlefield Carl F Gould C J France T H Bolton D B Trefethen M B McBride and James Wood.
Montgomery Milne, accused of posing as a naval officer, is charged with forgery for cashing a $300 check at a Bremer bank. The case alleges deception and financial crime linked to the bank transaction.
Public appeal seeks information about any natural oil seepage appearing at the surface in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Respond at once with details to 8728, Care Star, aiding development of a potential natural resource.
A. J. Rhodes representing R. B. Realty Co. challenged an $87,500 assessment for a Fourthay and Pike street lot, arguing it was $45,000 in 1913. The board cut the value to $82,000 after a spirited argument. Henry A. Bigelow protested a second lot valued at $140,000, noting it was $85,000 last year and the board reduced it to $130,000.
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