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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1914
Page
2
Paris remains hopeful as German advances slow and military authorities may accept a siege with equanimity to trap Kaiser forces. The front is believed to run west to east through Oise Aisne and Ardennes departments with desperate fighting at Rethel.
A fierce storm with a heavy southeast gale pounds Nome. Sea drives waves onto the life-saving station front while merchants move goods to safety. Steamers Victoria Corwin and Bear have departed to sea for shelter.
Dr. Nevin D. Pontius of Seattle attended an ophthalmology congress in St. Petersburg. The czar outlawed the event as a wartime distraction and soldiers filled the streets. He fled Berlin under martial law, rode a taxi briefly before being halted by a German soldier, then walked away as the soldier and companion rode off. He ends by singing Home Sweet Home.
Paid notice solicits memory of Steve William the Bloody Polleh miner who left Black Diamond five years ago and recalls a nameless lawyer who defended him. Calvin Rutherford urges readers to place an X next to his name on Tuesday to receive an answer.
The article details Paris as a fortified capital with thirty six turreted forts housing 170000 troops plus 200000 in secondary defense. Three fortification lines encircle the city, with vast minefields, trenches, and fortified rings. It discusses the high ground, moats, and the plan to starve the metropolis into submission while farming outside the lines.
A vivid eyewitness account describes Seattle under siege with Mount Vernon nearby and the enemy threatening from the north. Fortifications, entrenchments, and a vast mobilization fill streets as civilians and soldiers endure hunger and fear yet vow to fight. Everett fallen headline stirs anxious resolve as the siege looms tomorrow.
Seattle crime note cites R. D. Ellis contributing cash and butter to an armed holdup, N. A. Parquette paying for two holdups, and C. E. Mills giving to two robbers with machine guns. C. C. Bigelow befriended a stranger who robbed him while he slept at the Northern, with $35 missing.
Antwerp reports a 3:30 a m airship bombardment with bombs hitting a sparsely populated suburb and causing panic though damage is described as not serious. London officials condemn German air raids and warn a Zeppelin raid on England remains possible if coast defenses falter.
After an unsuccessful effort to rescue the 22 survivors of the Stefansson exploring ship Karluk marooned on Wrangell island since March 10 the U S revenue cutter Bear returned to Nome to coal up following a severe ice struggle.
French airmen prepare an armored aeroplane to strike German aviators as Paris reports another German bombing. Some Americans here criticize the American committee led by Ambassador Herrick for protesting bombs on a city not yet besieged, arguing fortifications justify attacks.
The Tilikums finance committee reports Potlatch receipts of 9316.15 and expenditures of 9281.78, leaving a balance of 34.27. Earlier in the year 500 was borrowed for the Potlatch and will need to be raised.
The boards of commissioners for King and Pierce counties rejected all bids for the Stuck River excavation yesterday. Commissioners Reed of Pierce and Hamilton of King favor purchasing a dredge and contracting for the labor.
In Galicia five thousand Austrian dead were left on the field after a defeat, with thousands more captured including their commanding general and 32 cannon. Russian efforts on the center and left, and a left wing advance from the Dniester, threatened the Austrian army’s retreat.
The Japanese steamship Canada Maru now bound for the Orient anchored at Victoria yesterday and picked up 100 Russian reservists.
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