Municipal debates over Seattle, Renton rail purchase clash
City council factions led by Erickson Lundy and Marble oppose a costly deal to buy the Seattle Renton and Southern railway. A Municipal League committee reviews the plan as the council prepares a final framing in committee of the whole. If the city finishes within its limits it faces about 1.6 million in added costs and heavy bond or revenue obligations.
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Lundy and
Marble
Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway
Commercial Club
Lundy
Public Utilities Committee
Municipal League
Lundge City
Seattle
Renton & Southern
Renton Line Fight Rages Over City Ownership Costs
Six Seattle councilmen push a Renton line deal valued at over 1.5 million dollars, while critics say the line is worth about 750 thousand and could be rebuilt for 900 thousand. They warn the city would face paving, track rehabilitation, and high operating costs, risking a net loss approaching a million dollars.
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Renton
Seattle
Rainieray
Dearbornet
Fourth Av
Austria May Quit Kaiser War Headlines From Rome
Vienna reports expect Emperor to seek peace as anti German sentiment rises. Public opinion blames Germany for leaving Austria to face Russia and the French threat, with heavy Austrian losses and scarce rail capacity to move wounded. Russian forces in Galicia estimated at 1,500,000. Engineer E E McCullough gives a positive Palouse irrigation report.
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Vienna
Rome
France
Austria
Russia
Peror
Galicia
German chemists as model for wartime industry
The speaker argues Germany’s long partnership between industry and academia boosted chemical production. He contends American colleges should align with factories, fund research, and scale profitable chemistry to avoid reliance on German methods and materials during the war.
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Ness
United States
Bush
Lay Down Your Arms translated for American readers
The late Baroness Hertha von Suttner’sLay Down Your Arms has been translated into English at the request of the American Peace Society. It presents graphic depictions of modern warfare from a woman's perspective, reflecting events the authoress experienced, with the first chapter appearing now and the rest to follow in The Star over the next two weeks.
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Hertha van Suttner
American Peace Society
Star
Autobiographical Reflections On War and Fame From Baroness Bertha Von Suttner
The writer recalls diaries preserved from youth revealing a fixation on warlike heroism as the measure of greatness. She notes admiration for battlefield winners, cites her father’s Austrian generalship at Custozza, and frames history as led by rulers and conquerors, with a hint of melancholy and a page 3 continuation.
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Martha Althaus
Alps
Himalayas
Custozza
Radetzky
Take Exam Then Go Out to Death
In Liege Belgium Sept 11 the patriotism of Belgians is shown as university candidates finish an exam then march to the battlefield. After the test the graduates join defenders at Liege and within hours many are dead.
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Antwerp
Liege
American Girls to Sail from New York to Nurse in Europe
See Hay quickening a Red Cross convoy of Cleveland nurses among 150 who will sail from New York aboard the Red Cross to the battlefields of France. Inset shows Miss Helen Scott Hay, general supervisor of nurses.
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New York
Europe
Hay Red Cross
Cleveland
Red Cross
France
Helen Scott Hay
German Army Demoralized, London Reports Retreat
London reports the German retreat in Northeastern France is general with the British and French in pursuit. About 1,500 prisoners and several guns were taken as the enemy falls back near Soissons. Hiding soldiers surrender on sight, showing disorder and demoralization in retreat.
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London
War Office
France
Soiszons
Newark Teacher Guards Burglar With Razor Until Police Arrive
Miss Mary L. Vin cent, a Newark school teacher, stood over a burglar with a razor for about 30 minutes until officers could take control.
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New York
Mary L. Vincent
Newark
Red Cross 10 Sail Monday for Europe
Captain Rust reports the steamship Red Cross will sail for Europe Monday with a crew of Americans aboard 150 nurses and medical relief supplies for the European battlefields. The British and French governments objected to departures due to German crew members.
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New York
Europe
Rust
Red Cross
Czar's Army Retreats as German Forces Break Russians East Prussia Line
Berlin reports a notable German victory in East Prussia with the left flank crushed and Russian forces in full retreat. The war office says the breakthrough opens possible German attack on the czar’s main army in Russian Poland and potential flanking moves as Austrians renew the offensive in Galicia.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
East Prussia
War Office
Russian
Poland
Warsaw
Galicia
Baby falls from second story saved by fireman
A seven month old child of Harry Lippman dropped from a second story window and was caught by a passing fireman. The infant sustained only slight bruises.
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New York
Harry Lippman
Newport Isle of Wight offers bounty for rat tails
London report notes rat plague in Newport Isle of Wight with council offering a penny per rat tail to encourage control and reduce infestation.
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London
Newport
Isle of Wight
Paris Joyful as Allies Hold Front in War News
Paris greeted favorable front reports with relief today as the center held and advances elsewhere were noted. The populace believed the Germans must withdraw or be overwhelmed, and danger to the French capital was regarded as passed.
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Paris
Raise New Army of Half Million
London reports the war office moving to raise 600000 additional regular troops, authorized by Parliament. The vote followed Premier Asquith’s appeal for stronger military capacity, with a short debate and unanimous support.
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London
War Office
Asquith
British Claim Prisoner Losses as German Retreat Proceeds
The report says German retreat in France continues with the British capturing about 1,500 prisoners and several field guns. Miss Leila Wittler of Seattle was injured in New Rochelle New York after being knocked down by a moving object in an incident at a cousin’s home.
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Leila Wittler
Seattle
New Rochell
N. Y
German Right Wing Seized by Allied Pressure Near Paris
Operations east of Paris grow tougher for Germany as British pursuit drains troops. German forces are now being pushed north toward the La Fere Laon Rheims fortifications while allies had earlier driven them southward to the same line.
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Paris
Belgian-Luxemburg
la Fere-Laon-Rheims
German Front in Retreat Near Rheims Signals Risky German Right
The German retreat worsens on the right toward woods swamps and ravines near Rheims. Allies push a semi enveloping move from west and south aiming to force Germans to back toward Rheims. French and Belgian resistance, plus British aid, shape a favorable Allied position.
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Rheims
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