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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1914
Page
2
Paris August 26 German cavalry surprised the Eighteenth British Hussars as they bathed in a river. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Britons before survivors seized weapons to hold off the attack until reinforcements arrived. The report did not specify where the incident occurred.
The Japanese cruiser Idzuma reached Esquimalt last night and is now filling bunkers with fuel. Unofficial reports say it has been assigned to cruise off Cape Flattery to convoy British and Japanese merchant ships arriving at and departing from Puget Sound ports.
London Aug 26 The British Red Cross society can call upon 60 000 persons, many of them highly trained, to undertake field ambulance and hospital work. Ground is broken for YMCA building on San Francisco exposition grounds.
Wilson's Modern Business College unveils its new two story home at the corner of secondary and Stewart streets, opened by Mayor Gill. The cream terra cotta building features glass partitions, 270 feet of exterior windows, five departments including bookkeeping shorthand stenotypy academic and full commercial, and low tuition aligned with high grade instruction.
In Austria the war causes a shortage of girl typists and hotel chamber maids as Vienna offers free nursing courses for girls volunteering in war service. Meanwhile in London a German resident returns home to rejoin his regiment leaving a son in Britain to serve, and a British widow bears sons by German and French husbands facing service. Paris also reports a war funded gambling tax as racing crowds continue. London odds place peace by year end with Lloyds pricing total loss policies.
Tramp ships from Ostend indicate British warships off Folkestone and the chance of shelling Germans if they seize the city. Reinforcements rush to the continent with reports of detachments landed in France. Twenty thousand Canadians sail Thursday for Europe, convoyed by warships, aiming for action within a fortnight. France’s offensive tactics face criticism as German gains hinge on French troop haste in Alsace Lorraine.
The Seattle Star announces a newly published twenty page war atlas showing Europe in detail with maps of Europe world possessions and Balkan changes. Two pages cover Austria Hungary France and Germany each, two pages for Italy. other nations featured on large maps. A six month subscription offer includes one atlas with each copy and extended prepaid subscriptions.
Seattle faces potential collapse of foreign trade if war interrupts relations with Japan. Most of Seattle’s imports and exports pass through Oriental trade via Nippon Yusen Kaisha ships. Officials warn that Japanese withdrawal would ruin Seattle’s foreign trade, though line manager predicts no immediate changes.
London Aug 26 The Belgian legation says no official information supports German capture of Namur forts. They believe a majority remain intact though Germans likely entered the town.
The war has come home to Seattle as Bernard Pelly the British consul announces Canada wants and needs British volunteers in Washington. About 60 men in the area have been contacted by the consul's office asking if they wish to enlist.
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