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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
6
Bartolomeo Chapelli 32 and Mary Deiro 22 were involved in a fatal Sunday morning murder suicide at 1603 Melroseau Tooming House. Chapelli shot Deiro then wounded himself with two more shots and wounded lodger John Cardo before a third round ended his life. Doctors say Chapelli will recover.
Mrs. Silas Christofferson performs an exhibition flight at the Rainier Grand in Seattle and teases a race with rival aviatrixes while recounting a honeymoon flight. The N. G. and photographer Angel Jake tag along as she jokes about changing clothes and confirms she has flown before.
John D. Bird of Tolt, Washington rebukes a Seattle front page error claiming Tolt is a mountain town east of Everett. He asserts Tolt lies 17 miles east of Seattle in King County and taunts Boalt to verify gardens mills water works and playhouses within 18 months.
Mrs Florence Kelley of New York urged Pacific coast states to enact minimum wage legislation for men women and children before the Panama canal opens. She warned that imported European poverty could arrive with canal traffic without a labor code based on the Golden Rule.
Workers search for the dead man's identity after a body is located on a mud flat near Tumwater. A preliminary ruling cites death by own action as possible, noting clothing was found on a long trestle above the flats.
Rev H A Atkinson at Plymouth Church lauded labor unions as a means to enforce fair wages citing the Lawrence textile strike. He argued workers deserve justice and connected social conditions to a brotherly national spirit while noting IWW tactics as radical but concerns as largely just.
Detectives J F Majerki and Joe Mianchi pressed negotiations with the Italian consul to obtain a 5000 dollar reward for Jouy Donto charged with posing as an Italian lieutenant. Donto was captured January 29 with Charles Castro, later jailed for burglary. Donto was later returned to immigration, who sent him to Italy after learning of a murder charge.
A military source reports 30 600 troops under Gen LA Lie Chun gathered at Kian Li to oppose President Yuan Shi Kai as a new Chinese revolution appears imminent. The situation is described as grave.
A damaged OCR segment hints at a death related incident with unclear details and missing names or locations.
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