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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary sale notice lists various fabrics and garments including white and black dresses with laces and embroidery. Mentions salesroom items priced at 95 cents and 5 cents, with references to buttons and trimmings.
Reported telegrams from Washington indicate socialists accuse police and demand government action after a sailors and soldiers riot. Cotterill defends Secretary Daniels, while Horner represents socialist claims of police failure and expected investigations begin.
A fragmentary note describes Fred J. Boalt’s tale of posses chasing a Shaw Island bandit as heat takes its toll and authorities close in. Gouverneur Morris’s grip on the sea is hinted at alongside a teaser for a story called The Little Don’t miss this master.
WT HOSPITAL Jats Q Clemmer manager of Cemmer theatre and his wife sustained minor injuries in an accident Friday morning. Mrs Lennon was not discharged from Noble hospital and arrangements for her care are pending. Relatives in Califor- nia report there will be no inquest, though relatives demand one.
A large crowd of sailors and soldiers attacked socialist and I W W facilities in King County, Seattle, wrecking the Granite hotel headquarters, socialists halls, and other buildings. Fires damaged property valued at 3000 to 5000 dollars as police watched and the crowd dispersed after a coast guard provost guard intervention.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels asserted to United Press that his Seattle remarks had no relation to Tacoma's I. W. W. turmoil. He said the Seattle address matched a previously given Erie, Pennsylvania speech and did not mention the W. W. or local events.
The mayor asserts control of the police force and issues directives to enforce laws, close saloons, curb liquor sales for July 19 and 20, suspend street meetings, and curb Seattle Daily Times circulation unless proofs are provided, aiming to quell riot risk and restore order.
Mayor Cotterill was served with an injunction restraining him from stopping publication of A. J. Blethen’s newspaper. Judge Humphries granted the order after Blethen and lawyers appeared at the courthouse. The injunction is returnable next Wednesday.
Seattle Mayor Cotterill directly takes charge of police under city charter to stop riots. He orders a ban on saloons until Monday and suppresses a Seattle Times edition today and tomorrow unless proofs are submitted. Police patrols and saloon closings follow, with fire department shifted to evening patrols.
The Star's Golden Potlatch girl tours downtown at 5 o'clock this afternoon at Second Ave and Union Street and Second Ave and Madison Street. She showers money on the crowd, distributing silver and gold certificates redeemable for coins at The Star office. The festive auto and trumpeter draw cheers as she repeats the performance at the two corners.
A barkeeper at the Hotel Savoy bar refused the mayor’s order to shut saloons, was arrested, and taken to police headquarters. Deputy Sheriff Roberts brought Dave Mitchell and Andrew Peterson to the county jail on Friday for allegedly beating two strikebreakers and striking coal miners the prior Thursday.
Four consecutively numbered coupons clipped from The Star and 15 cents entitle the holder to a 65 cent Washington State Pennant. Pennants are mailed if 5 cents more for each pennant is enclosed. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star at 1307 Seventh Avenue near Union Street.
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