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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
1
The Star defends its push for a grand jury and cites farmer investigator work by the Pomona Grange on road building. It condemns log rolling and pork barrel methods by County Commissioner Hamilton and asserts the paper remains the people's watchdog despite criticism.
The grand jury accuses County Commissioners Hamilton Rutherford Knudsen of mismanaging King county affairs and calls for McKenzie to resign for not working in harmony. It cites a $5000 take-off on the Clericus docksite deal, a wasteful crematory contract, and Goulds court house contract as costly missteps. McKenzie denies stepping back from public duty.
The Patriots edged a surprise foe in a tense game with a late rally. Key players delivered efficiency and defense as the team seized the advantage in the final minutes.
A critical column ridicules the Clapp docksite deal as a minor issue and praises the grand jury's outcome while urging public officials Knudsen and Hamilton to sever old pacts. It questions allegiances and notes McKenzie opposition as the county mess persists.
The Building Construction Employers' Association ordered a citywide lockout affecting 20,000 laborers on about 30 million dollars of building projects. A dozen skyscrapers are tied to the action. The association's secretary said every unionist in the city would be locked out by tomorrow once payrolls are finished.
In Atlanta area a gray faced Louisa Parker and her former husband F E Parker, once separated eighteen years, renew their romance after meeting in an Atlanta office. They recall courtship on a Barnesville trolley and plan to spend winters in Florida while making a summer home to tend flowers.
Colorado Springs report notes United States District Judge Smith McPherson of Iowa reading a paper on The Liberty of the Press to the National Press Association. He says judges must earn respect not by pageantry but honesty and openness and that criticism of courts aids justice.
Fred Nelson, Pomona Grange investigator, asserts officials did not deliver value for money in Commissioner Hamilton's district. He says investigations used official records and witnesses, who were not called, and notes the grand jury condemns road building methods while partially supporting the official. The Star’s Grange report sparked the grand jury indictment against The Star.
A quirky collection of brief items from the era includes John D. Rockefeller giving quarters to two girls after church, a minister announcing a first baby in 60 years, a Chicago man suspected in a strange disguise, a Mass woman losing fingers from a dynamite cap incident, and a Newark girl nearly poisoned by a rose scent.
An unidentified suffragist was killed during the Gold Cup race at Ascot as he tried to halt August Belmonts Tracery. He ran before the leading horse waving a revolver and a suffragette flag, shouting about Miss Davison before being struck down. Spectators failed to stop him before the horse trod him under hoofs.
Two tons of gold valued at 780000 arrive aboard the steamer Humboldt to unload the season's first consignment. The ore comes from Fairbanks Circle and Dawson and mostly belongs to the Guggenheim syndicate via the Yukon Gold Mining Company. A SPMILANNUAL CONCERT was given by the Seattle Choral Association last night in the auditorium of the First Methodist Church with a large audience.
An analysis claims a calculated Wall Street panic was halted when the Treasury pledged to loan up to 500 million dollars to country banks, with Wilson's approval, in a move seen as a federal effort to counter market manipulation and avert a broader crisis. The piece contends bankers sought to bankrupt rivals and undermine tariffs, while markets briefly froze before liquidity snapped back.
R F Ayers head of Pacific Terminals Co after prior threats of suit and calamities for harbor development proposed a compromise. He would not insist on Harbor Island’s original site and offered to become a partner in leasing wharves and terminals on adjacent publicly owned docks. The port commission postponed the offer for future consideration.
A periodical page listing features and page numbers for various stories across sections. Highlights include photography pages, profiles, social issues, home hints, a blind girl case, eugenics topics, and the creator of Kinemacolor color work.
The growth of Hyatt-Fowells School at Fourth and Pine is led by the endorsement of its just over 2,600 ex students Ady.
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