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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1913
Page
6
Two Japanese parliament members arrive in San Francisco aboard the Korea to study California anti alien laws and conditions fueling the agitation. Ambassadors Soruku Ebara and Kohiso Hattori plan to visit major Japanese colonies in the state and query Governor Johnson on the legality of the measures.
The Asiatic Exclusion League executive board meets in San Francisco to draft an initiative measure to exclude Asiatic agriculturists from California. The action follows a unanimous vote condemning the amended Webb bill for permitting three year land leases to aliens ineligible to citizenship without perpetuity bar.
Mrs. VV J McGrath driving with her husband struck Mrs W H Bowles and two others as they pushed children in go carts at Interlaken and W 63rd. Louise Bowles 5 BE M Sanders 55 71 Canfield were among the injured. Police released Mrs McGrath on personal recognizance.
In San Francisco on May 19, Raymond BE. Wilson, 24, of Berkeley, died after a car jumped the track and crashed into a metal trolley pole. Wilson was thrown from the rear area and died before aid arrived. three others were injured in the incident.
Two people died and one was injured when a touring car plunged over the banner grade near Julian in the mountains sixty miles from San Diego. The deceased are Miss Jessie Frost a local schoolteacher and James McCulloch an attorney. Chauffeur Jenkins who worked for G. W. Marston was severely injured. A party with doctors headed to the scene has not yet returned.
U S Senator John W Kern of Indiana urges a congressional inquiry into West Virginia coalfield turmoil. He accuses Governor Hatfield of martial law and suppression of press reporting, cites alleged peonage conditions and a military court trial of Mother Jones, and argues for full investigation of constitutional rights abuses in the region.
William Morris a large police officer was badly injured after his motorcycle skid while avoiding an automobile on Galer Street Sunday. He sustained a scalp wound and severe bruises and was taken to Providence hospital for treatment.
In San Francisco a year old case unfolds as Thomas H Backstern, a chauffeur held for abduction, recounts the father sold the girl Mabel Wilson for 100 dollars in Baker Oregon. The girl, held in detention in San Francisco, was found in want in Los Angeles after being deserted by the purchaser.
The body of a man believed named Stedman or Stegman was found in the San Diego harbor with a sack filled with stones tied around his neck. The discovery was reported May 19 by United Press. A separate Los Angeles grand jury reopened inquiries into white slavery with other matters on the docket and could resume probing vice conditions soon.
The Queen Anne Methodist Episcopal church congregation answered Dr. W M Jeffers plea Sunday to wipe out a $4000 debt in under an hour. The funds will settle the building debt and purchase a new organ.
London May 19 An English actress Misa Pearl Aufree, noted as a beauty of musical comedy, is to wed Viscount Dangan eldest son and heir of Bal Cowley next Wednesday. The union would join stage celebrity to aristocratic lineage in a high society pairing.
A Washington State Peace Society mass meeting at the YMCA Auditorium sparked a heated debate over arming for peace. Ex Senator S H Piles urged building two battleships annually until global disarmament, while F Whaley Rev Dr Powers and Rev Pretlow argued the United States should lead in peace without maintaining arms.
In Fairbanks on May 19 Lawrence Siberly of berry and Brown reported finding gold at bedrock in the Koyokuk diggings. After signaling the find he fled a 10 foot water inrush, planning a new shaft to drain the claim. A meeting at John Hay school will feature Hamilton Higday on The Port of Seattle. In Tacoma a grand jury probe of the police department is demanded by Police Chief Loomis after Mayor Seymour sequestered his resignation.
Rev. Dr. H. D. Chown, general superintendent of the Methodist church in Canada, urged revising school books to reflect the 1776 war between Britain and its colonies. He spoke at a British Columbia church closing session, noting English reluctance to fight the colonies and the reliance on mercenaries for empire battles.
In Bremerton on May 19 the Navy Department revoked the order for the cruiser Pittsburg to sail for California until tensions with Japan over anti alien land legislation are settled. The ship had been set to voyage to replace the U S 8 for general service. The Colorado, long in need of repairs, awaits a board of survey to assess costs and status.
Harold S. Howard of Pasadena California is to face a jury inquiry into his sanity after a week of persistently annoying President Wilson and his family. He was arrested at the White House after seeking an audience on woman suffrage and has followed the president and written many letters.
Mrs. Margaret Metz, 10 Pine Street, was revived at the city hospital Sunday after being found unconscious from gas poisoning at her home. She was discovered on the floor by W. Paden, a Standard Oil employee, and the gas had been turned on from the oven. Florence Hutchinson, 25, daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Hutchinson of Loveland Ohio, died of tuberculosis at her brother Norman Hutchinsons home on Roy Street Saturday.
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