War News Primed for The Star Readers in Seattle
The Star explains why evening papers lead war coverage and highlights United Press reports and the Newspaper Enterprise Association. It mentions Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly in Brussels delivering eyewitness material from Liege and Brussels with ongoing battleground reporting.
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Europe
London
Berlin
United Press
The
Star
United Press Service
the Star
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Geattle
Liege
Mine O'Reilly
Brussels
Belgium
The First Light of Death and the German War Book
A censored wartime tract titled The First Light of Death depicts the brutal death toll and machine gun warfare on European battlefields. The narrative sparked protests as a German author faced official censure and confiscation amid public controversy over its graphic depictions.
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Wilhelm Lameses
Wee
Euther
Battlefield Deaths Told In Stark War Scene
A narrator recalls marching through a field of stubble after a battle. The dead and wounded lie unburied as the speaker confronts the stark horror of death and the eerie stillness of silent faces and grotesque postures.
Trifles That Changed History Across Small Moments
A sprinkling wagon and wet streets trigger a fatal car skid killing a woman, then ponderings on small causes shaping grand events. The text links Dover to Scotland, Newton, Franklin, Waterloo, and a Balkan pistol shot, asking if trifles steer history.
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David Bruce
Scotland
Isaac Newton
Franklin
Waterloo
Europe
Balkans
Austria
Prices Jump Again as War Boosts Seattle Food Costs
The Commercial Club to probe rising food prices blamed on the European war. Secretary Otto Case says the increases are unfounded and conditions worsen in Seattle. Sugar has jumped 50 cents to 4.20 a pound with further hikes expected. bacon and ham up two cents.
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Seattle
Commercial Club
Otto Case
Wight
Star
Water Shut Off Notice for Two City Streets
Water will be shut off on Second avenue from Madison to Senecasta and on Madison street from First to Second avenue Sunday August 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Prince of Wales Serves as Real Soldier in Training
London August 15 The Prince of Wales acting as a plain sublieutenant serves as a soldier in the barracks at Warly. A 19 year old, he drills and marches with ordinary youths for several hours daily. If his regiment heads to the front he will go in this humble capacity.
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London
Prince of Wales
Warly
Mrs Werner Towed Again in Puget Sound News
Magdalena Werner, recently acquitted of her husband Henry Werner's murder, plans to marry Benjamin Miller of Poulsbo. The marriage license was issued today with Werner's young daughter present.
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Magdalena Werner
Henry Werner
Benjamin Miller
Poulsbo
Mr. Werner
Australia Beats Williams to Take Davis Cup Lead
Norman E. Brookes defeated R Norris Williams in straight sets to give Australia a two to one lead after singles at Davis Cup action. Australia secured the doubles to clinch the match as the U S flag dropped in New York on August 15.
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New York
America
Norman E. Brookes
R. Norris Willams
Australia
Kaiser Appeals to U.S. Asks Our Sympathy
London reports German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg issued a war statement urging American sympathy for Germany. The message claims the conflict is a life and death struggle against Russia and Muscovite influence, blames England for violating Belgian neutrality, and asks the American people to judge Germany's position impartially. It defends German actions as self defense and calls out France and Belgium for alleged anti German hostilities.
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Bethmann Hollweg
Germany
United States
Marconi Wireless Company
Russia
France
England
Belgium
Berlin
Japan to declare war on Germany soon
Paris Aug 15 The Petit Journal said Japan would declare war on Germany as soon as the mikado arrives in Tokio from Nikko. Tientsin Aug 15 Japanese firms at Tsingtau were ordered to evacuate, seen as a Tokio order ahead of a possible declaration of war on Germany.
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Petit Journal
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Germany
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Tokio
Tientsin
Tsing Tchau
China
Man Fatally Hurt by Auto in Whatcom and Connecticut Streets
A. Weeding of 902 East 40th Street was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. C. W. Wharton at noon and likely fatally injured. He was taken to the city hospital as the driver was held. At the same time, Swan Trapp was struck at Second and Main and also admitted to the hospital with dangerous injuries.
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A. Weeding
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C. W. Wharton
Whatcom
Connecticut
Weeding
Iwwase
Swan Trapp
Second
Main
Trapp
Sky Dotted With Planes as Germans Begin Major Belgian Battle
BRUSSELS Aug 15 With daylight furious cannonading along the front signaled the general engagement between German forces and allied Belgian French and British troops. German infantry advanced near Tirlemont Hasselt as aviators reported movements and the battle threatened to last for days. Von Buelow reportedly killed while leading an attack on Liege forts. deserters said many German regiments collapsed under bombardment and some drowned themselves in the Meuse.
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Brussels
Belgium
Waterloo
Tirlemont Hasselt
Tirlemont
Antwerp
von Buelow
Imp
Hancellor
Germany
Prince von Buelow
Liege
Gen Von Emmich dies by own hand says Belgian sergeant
London report confirms that General Von Emmich who led German forces into Belgium killed himself. A captured Belgian sergeant quoted a German officer saying Liege would be his tomb and that he preferred to die by his own hand. Eight German soldiers also learned the general had killed himself.
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London Afternoon Star
Brussels
von Emmich
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Liege
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