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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1914
Page
1
Berlin dispatches report German leaders in France predicting a break in Allied lines within a week as front conditions grow hellish. The hospital-train surgeon cites scarce doctors, wartime sacrifice, and rampant groaning from wounded amid relentless artillery, machine gun fire, and bayonet charges.
Mrs. E Pfeffer, Seattle bakery owner, returned from Germany describing crowds eager to fight and government conscription limits. She cites 1 200 000 free enlistees turned away, food stocks and hospitals in Stuttgart, and English recruitment pressure with employers threatening dismissals.
King called a special cabinet meeting for Wednesday to decide Roumanian involvement in the war. The Sept 29 dispatch notes the timing of the session and its focus on the nation’s role.
William Hodge son of Bob Hodge progressive sheriff candidate will serve five days in city jail for speeding his motorcycle. Police Judge Gordon fined him 100 dollars and the father will not appeal. The conferral with Hodge Jr followed the sentence and the youth agreed speeding was improper. Officer Dickenson was on Madison at the time of the incident.
The narrator recalls a police and federal inquiry into a Chinatown murder while discussing views on the European war with an elderly man who claims to be a former mayor. The exchange questions Christian mission and warfare, leaving the narrator unsure if the remarks were in earnest.
At the morning session Judge Gordon allowed an appeal by a young man who feared a reaction from Hodge. The judge advised against notifying Hodge, but a conference with Hodge senior followed. After the talk the youth was escorted to jail by a bailiff.
London September 29 The third progress report on the Aisne battle from Field Marshal Sir John French notes four days of lull and clear weather. Reinforcements arrived and new units saw action while German trenches, dead and wounded, and arms were found in no man s land after September 22 reconnaissance.
A message from Budapest via Rome to the Exchange Telegraph reports 15 new Asiatic cholera cases at the military hospital in London.
W. W. Black of Everett is the Democratic nominee for the U S Senate by 15 combined first and second choice votes over George Turner of Spokane. The canvassing board also confirms State Senator John E Campbell of Everett the Progressive choice for Congress in the second district, leading W J Biggar by 299 votes.
The German cruiser Emden admitted to sinking four British steamships in the Indian Ocean. The vessels named were the Tumeric King Lud Liberia and Foyle.
The so called nitro glycerine bandit, with a woman, robbed Walter A. Heath of $1500 at the Bank of California on September 19, using a bottle of nitroglycerine as threat. A Montana town shelters him under surveillance while authorities prepare extradition papers. Thayer of Burns detective agency provided the information leading to the warrant issued by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Crawford E. White. The suspect is about six feet tall with bulging eyes and traveled from Seattle two years earlier.
Ostend reports Burgomaster Max of Brussels was detained for refusing coin and paying the latest German war tax installment of six million dollars in German bonds. Amsterdam dispatch notes twenty thousand Germans reoccupying Alost as Belgian troops approach Brussels amid ongoing fighting.
The report argues German espionage gave the invaders an advantage after the Marne and Aisne battles. It claims spies stayed behind to relay information, allowing German forces to concentrate at points where Allied advances were attempted. The front now spans 65 miles south from Belgium and 150 miles east to the German border.
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