25 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
1
A desert trail leads to a well where an old woman stands after 31 years. Wealthy visitors demand water and seal the well, while a hungry mother and child seek relief. The analogy likens Mother Ryther and the Ryther Home to the unsealed well amid pressures from officials and philanthropists.
London reports a Zeppelin attack on Ostend 70 miles from Britain. The airship dropped bombs on harbor and fish market causing considerable damage with no reported deaths. English aviation crews stand ready to strike any dirigibles near Ostend as London braces for possible further raids.
A blaze at 8415 Duncan Ave. leveled the two story frame residence of H. Cassell while the owner was away. The fire, reported at 10:34 last night, caused about 1600 in damage and spread to 8411 Duncan Ave., with minor damage to the adjacent property.
A reviewer condemns a theater piece about a wife entertaining rich men in a luxury flat and her husband the real estate agent who signs a lease with the woman manager. The critic calls the play vulgar claptrap and urges more wholesome, Old Homestead style productions that teach true social lessons.
London dispatch relays a Globe reader's letter claiming Sengalese soldiers in Havre wear a necklace of German ears and bear a Uhlan head at the belt as trophies from battles with German forces. The account cites prior atrocities by German troops and suggests Allied retaliation.
A. F. Low, a Seattle businessman living in Hillcrest, returns from Berlin and recalls crowds in Unter den Linden reacting to Britain declaring war. He describes police on the Bristol hotel scene and notes Germans did not seek war but are now compelled to fight until their strength is exhausted.
Roy W. Howard president of the Associated Press urges Americans to hear Germany’s side on alleged Belgian atrocities. He warns against the lynch law of British censorship that lets only indictments stand without Germany’s defense. He spoke after returning from Europe aboard the Mauretania, visiting England France Holland Belgium and Germany.
A wounded Turco allegedly strangled four German wounded on a Red Cross train after a stop. The writer cites first hand stories of brutal mutilations by Germans and others around Arras, noting not all may be true but reflecting wartime terror.
Antwerp dispatch says Germany offered peace terms to Belgium and King Albert rejected them. Foreign office asserted the claim today.
New York September 25 Andrew Carnegie arrived on the Mauretania and told reporters the kaiser was compelled to wage war by the Prussian military machine. He said he knows the kaiser personally and that Prussian militarism is stronger than the ruler. He expresses pity for the kaiser and notes his efforts for peace.
Washington reports Secretary of War Garrison cabled General Funston in Vera Cruz that withdrawal of American troops from Mexico within the next ten days is impossible.
Allied forces conduct reconnaissance across the Oise and Aisne line formerly held by Von Kluck to gauge German strength and seek weaknesses. If a gap is found a concentrated assault may follow to break the line.
The report centers on Peronne as a critical point on the Western Front. It describes its strategic location along key highways and the Somme river heights, linking to the Rheims-Laon-La Fere fortifications. A direct Allied drive through Peronne would sever German units, but defenses now hinder that move.
British troops land at Ostend and Boulogne to reinforce a mobilized French army in the south as the war office signals possible end of the Aisne battle. Germans reportedly weakening northeast of Paris with a planned general retreat and Franco British pressure on the Oise and Rheims fronts. Kaiser’s cold watched for pneumonia risk amid trench exposure.
Berlin reports a spy arrest in Petrograd of Prince Radzivil the Polish delegation leader in the reichstag. He faces court martial. Germany orders inquiry into Louvain destruction methods and civilian treatment. A Petit Parisien says French troops from Africa must return to Morocco for winter campaigning.
The Rev. Father James Malloy of Trenton New Jersey, long stationed in New Zealand, arrived in New York from Europe aboard the Mauretania. He spent 19 days on the European front with British troops and described sailing with Gen Sir John French to France and landing at Boulogne before moving to Mons as part of the left wing of the expedition.
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