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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1918
Page
1
Burton Knisely of The Star starts a multipart Japan report describing the country now reshaping world politics and business. He will interpret Twentieth Century Japan for readers during his months in the country.
Tokyo July 10. A writer in The Star portrays Japan’s rise from isolation to global power, citing shipbuilding cotton spinning and steel making as signs of rapid progress. Captain Hardy, veteran of Perry’s era, returns as an American ambassador to Japan and a bridge between nations in wartime alliance.
Police face a baffling case after Jack Tennant, 19, is shot in Bremerton area and found at Minor hospital Seattle. A note pinned to the Tennants door reveals the injury but offers no clues to the shooter or the two missing youths. The hospital refuses to name the arrival person.
A brief note indicates that the best buys in Seattle will be listed at a designated location or publication, inviting readers to check for the forthcoming shopping highlights and deals.
Star columnist Irton Kaisely previews his Tokyo observations in tomorrow’s piece. He notes rapid electric car travel from Yokohama to Tokyo, compares bicycle use, remarks on horses and labor in Japan, and comments on Japanese babies and carriages in a compact travel vignette.
Property owners rally to Hanson appeal for working men homes to house expected arrivals. Hanson leads by promising eight affordable homes on his property and calls for 30 more in Gatewood. Seattle real estate figures back expansion to 2,000 homes and note a 7 percent earning potential if many owners build rapidly. Promoters favor small groups to stabilize values and avoid a building trust while workers face crowded housing and high rents.
The map shows the scene of the new Italian drive in Albania and the allied zone across the Balkans. Italian forces push Austrians back on the Albanian front while French troops operate farther to the coast. The allied army includes Italians Greeks Serbians French British and a few Montenegrins against Austrians Turks Bulgarians and Germans.
W. F Boeing of Seattle, a millionaire airplane maker, offered his plant to the government through Senator Poindexter. Boeing officials at the Georgetown plant said they had heard nothing of plans to turn over the plant as the nation entered the war.
Frank Shaffer of Everett was convicted of sending Volume 7 of the International Bible Students banned Finished Mystery through the U S mails and was sentenced by Federal Judge Neterer to two years and six months. The judge denied a new trial and criticized the association’s position while warning members against present policies.
The resignation of Foreign Minister Kuehlmann has been accepted by the Kaiser. Admiral Von Hintze, German minister to Norway, is likely to succeed him. London commentary views the move as a pan German victory but warns Hintze’s appointment could bring renewed intrigue within the German diplomatic service.
A public gathering is planned at 7 30 p m Saturday in the bandstand of Woodland Park to raise funds for the tobacco relief drive. Red Cross women in the Motor corps will display donor automobiles including a $4000 Marmon and other cars, with Manager Hazen J. Titus promising big doings.
Seattle street car workers will receive higher wages by August 1 after a morning conference between Mayor Hanson and Traction President A. W. Leonard. The move is expected to make street car operation a highly desirable job in the city.
George Hershfield, inspector for the Russian artillery commission and head of the New York office of the Russian mission on communications, declares President Wilson knows what to do how to do it and when to do it regarding Russia. He calls Wilson the world's greatest leader.
Don Stewart former University student and former sporting editor of The Star is back in Seattle after ten months in aviation camps in Texas. He enlisted at Fort Lawton last August and served at Kelly Field and Brooks Field before returning on a 23 day furlough to stay with his mother in Richmond Beach.
British air crews claim 130 German planes brought down on July 8 while losing four planes themselves. More than 19 tons of bombs were dropped on enemy targets in the operation.
In Copenhagen on July 10 General confusion followed Vice Chancellor Von Payer announcing Foreign Minister Kuehlmann’s resignation. The socialists refused to vote for the new war until the incoming foreign minister outlined his policies, prompting the bill to return to committee to avoid possible rejection.
Strategic warfare aimed at delaying the action on a resolution authorizing the president to take over the telegraph and telephone systems resumed in the senate as opponents of government control pressed their efforts.
Civilians scramble to house service members after beds fill at the Soldiers and Sailors club. Ed Thomas notes overflow on a cement floor and in gymnasiums as hotels reach full capacity. A fundraiser dance at the Armory aims to raise funds for 1,500 cots with 50 cent beds and 50 cent admission. Tickets and sales routes are arranged by A W Leonard and Main 4746 numbers.
An American liner from Chile with 85 passengers and 2600 tons of nitrate for munitions was attacked by a German U boat off Cape Henry. Two torpedoes were fired but missed narrowly, while the ship was about 350 miles from shore. Passenger Benito Elvariz of Buffalo, N Y., witnessed the attack.
The Hague July 10. A German air raid on an ambulance station at Lapanne Belgium killed fifty four girls workers and wounded many others. More than fifty hazardous devices were dropped during the afternoon raid.
Premier Lloyd George told a House of Commons dinner that he is more confident than ever in victory. He cited the American troops he observed in France as superb in training and conduct, bolstering his optimism about allied success.
Von Der Marwitz, commander of the German second army near the Somme east of Amiens, warns that discipline is shaken and urges full punishment for unruly spirits. He says commanders must not shield officers or men guilty of breaches of military regulations, or spare them with mild penalties.
Russian newspapers report allied forces in Murmansk landed a detachment of British marines and light infantry to support the Red Guards against Finnish White Guards and German forces. An armored train accompanies the landing as two British ships and one French warship, plus several British trawlers, are anchored in the harbor.
Rome reports Italian forces in Albania still press forward on a 40 mile front between the Osum river and the Adriatic. They have reached the west of the lower and middle Sementi areas and sit on both sides of the Osum as shellfire and infantry push inland.
Washington reports continued enemy troop movements in France with indications of German buildup. Pershing's dispatch notes numerous enemy aircraft over the Chateau Thierry area during July 5 and 6 as Allied forces prepare.
London reports renewed enemy artillery activity along the 10 mile front from Brettoneux to the Ancre. Haig says night operations around Merris in Flanders advanced lines and captured prisoners and machine guns. A hostile raid south of Bucquoy was driven off yesterday.
Allied airmen bombed Constantinople, according to the Turkish war office, with no damage reported. The release, dated June 30, notes five enemy planes carried out the attack.
Slavs report capture of Nikolask a key railway junction near Vladivostok after a heavy fight with Red Guard forces and German and Hungarian prisoners who used an armored train and artillery. The state depot confirmed the victory today.
On the Picardy front German artillery bombarded a 10 mile British line between the Ancre and Villers Brettoneux after repulsed attacks south of the Somme. Reports state raids, aerial bombardments, and small advances across Belgium France and Russia with various prisoner gains and a noted assassination link in the Mirbach case.
President Wilson signed the army appropriation bill totaling 12 billion dollars in funding. The bill allocates broad defense spending and supports wartime mobilization efforts.
A wartime thrift stamp campaign urges daily purchases to support the war effort, promoting patriotism and financial backing for military needs through simple, steady contributions.
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