Slog - Comments on Seattle, 1912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/seattle_1912 City Hall's internal news letter, The Legis-Letter, has a column called "Who Knew!" where they dig up a City Hall controversy from the past. (Here's a great one from 1957 when the City, fearing a teenage riot, shut down an Elvis Presley concert.) This month's installment, from 1912, is interesting. The mayor tried to shut down the Seattle Daily Times after anti-Socialist riots rocked the downtown core. Mayor Cotteril blamed the Times in part because he felt their "false" and "perverted" coverage of the Socialists had helped spark the drunken, thuggish right wing riots. Cotteril told the police to prevent... Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:14:13 -0800 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DOUG. Shouldn't it be titled Who Knew??

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]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/seattle_1912#c972742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/seattle_1912#c972742 History Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:21:47 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 huh, who knew the seattle times hasn't changed in a 100 years

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http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2540

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