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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1914
Page
1
A strong defense of free speech and press rights against school board actions seen as restricting discussion. The piece invokes constitutional guarantees and historical quotes to argue that open debate is essential to truth and American ideals. It references Henry Ward Beecher and Ingersoll in support of criticism as a path to truth.
Paris reports the German army in retreat from the Oise and Marne fronts. British and French troops pursue aggressively as German resistance fades. Retreat lines form along the Soissons Fisilles-Rheims road. German cavalry exhausted and war materiel abandoned in haste.
A unanimous council vote directs a referendum on November 3 to approve a $1.6 million purchase of the R and S car line. Erickson, Lundy and Marbie absent. debate centered on valuation with critics calling the price highway robbery and arguing the line could be duplicated for far less.
Renton line would cost the city between 2.5 million and 3.0 million dollars with warnings that Seattle residents would pay about 50 thousand dollars yearly out of general taxes under the proposed terms. Erickson argues the line cannot be run on 75 percent of gross receipts.
The author argues wives should consent to their husbands’ enlistment, praising Canada’s requirement as civilization’s model. She notes women vote in none of the warring nations and bear war’s burdens yet lack influence to start or end wars, predicting European women will push for similar consent rules after the fighting ends.
Bon Marche announces autumn fashion display will be staged Monday through Wednesday with window displays ready tonight for Saturday night crowds. Full details appear in today's page 8 advertisement.
In Het Leven a narrative by Dr. Lamberts Hurrelbrink recounts a farmer Hauff who faced German invasion in Alsace. He shot attackers and was killed. his wife later sheltered, and his son vowed revenge. Years later the Hauff lineage sees a farmer and two sons executed by Germans after being forced to a wall.
The Star presents the first English translation of Baroness Bertha Van Sultner’s Lay Down Your Arms at the request of the American Peace Society. The narrative offers a vivid, graphic account of modern war from a woman’s perspective based on the author’s own experiences. The rest of the serial will appear daily over the next two weeks.
The narrator recalls a joy filled period with love wealth and happiness at Marienbad and a later joyous entry marks the birth of a son on January 1 1859. The diary resumes with pride and astonishment at motherhood and the couple's happy life.
The war office reports the czar's forces are ready for a march on Breslau as Russian troops press forward. The continued advance is noted from Petrograd with the statement that the offensive continues.
London dispatch reports the British driving Germans back toward Rheims with rapid pursuit and many prisoners. Allied cavalry participate near Solesmes and Fismes on the Vesle, while German retreat accelerates north of Vitry le Francois as the French third army seizes artillery from a German corps.
James A. Fry claims Chief of Police Austin E. Griffiths stole his underwear and two suits, is jailed on insanity charges, then released after doctors deem him cured. Fry demands the missing clothes as the sergeant calls him nuts. In Washington, Rep Oscar Underwood delays war tax bill until President Wilson returns to Washington to approve it.
The report contrasts German setbacks in France with Russian gains in Prussia. It notes German right wing retreating after reaching Provins, 50 miles southeast of Paris, suggesting a strategic redeployment to reinforce Prussia and complicate allied enveloping efforts.
The article analyzes German right wing movements near Paris and Verdun as part of the European war, noting Gallieni's counterattack that pushed the German forces back. It describes Verdun as a fortified corridor with multiple forts, and reports Russian retreat in Prussia with hopes of forcing a Russian move on Berlin.
A dispatch from AIX-LA-CHAPELLE details German resolve and strategy as Berlin hammers the British French and Belgian lines. The report describes Vaterland Oder Tod as a guiding motto and notes a powerful German offensive triangle pressing toward Paris with uncertain aim.
Wartime dispatch describes the German assault using extensive mobile units and Krupp weapons that broke through Namur in two days. Reports from wounded soldiers and Belgian prisoners recount terrifying carnage, hand to hand combat, and mass casualties with no reliable count of German deaths.
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