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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1914
Page
1
The Star pledges help to Seattle housewives in coping with rising food costs. It will publish daily money saving tips and food bargains and invites reader ideas to offset war time prices.
First Real War Pictures EKIN Aug 17 reports Chinese forces moving to take the German port Kiaochau in Shantung. The move aims to forestall Japan and prevent US involvement as nations seek support amid the China Germany Japan dispute. President Wilson says the United States will stay out.
In Sacramento August 17 an inquiry from the German American Chamber of Commerce asks Governor Johnson for views on England's move to draw Japan into war. The telegram warns Japan could base fleets at the Carolines and Samoa and threaten the Philippines to the United States. The governor, in San Francisco, has not yet seen the telegram.
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