The San Francisco call., 1913-07-21
Responsibility for Fridays
Riots in Seattle Placed on
Secretary of Navy by Rad.
ical Wing of the Socialist
Party = Speech at Club
Is Blamed for Outbreak
DENUNCIATION SENT
PRESIDENT WILSON
All Warships Except Cali
fornia Leave the Harbor-.
Mayor Cotterill's Orders
All Held Up by Injunc-
tons Except That Whict,
Forbids Street Speaking.


Forbids Street Speaking,
SEATTLE. July oo.-Respo sponsibilitv
for the riots Friday night in which the
headquarters of the socialists ana the
Industrial Workers of the World were
sacked and the furniture burned in tho
streets by mobs Of civilians led by sa..
ors from the Pacific reserve fleet wa
placed on Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
in a memorial to President Wilsos
adopted today by the radical wing o.
the socialist party. The headquarter,
Of this branch OF the socialists at Fifti
avenue and Virginia street was one OF
the places wrecked by the mob Frida Y
night
SECRETARY DENOUNCED
The memorial denounces Secretary
Daniels for his speech at the Rainie.
club Thursday night in which he madc
denounced the red nag and its sup
porters.
The memorial sets forth that the So
cialist party has never advocated vic
lence and that the socialists have
never advocated. done, attempted OF
desecration to the flag of the United
States Or any emblem or insgnia
thereof.
Moreover" continues the memoria..
I'VE submit that the chief way in whica
the national emblem is being desc
Grated in this and other cities of the
union today Is by the cloaking of ras-.
cality and tyrannica1 abuses of tde
aspiring poor within its folds, In short.
making lie OF its symbolism. We CO Il
attention, Mr.. President, to the sayipf7
of Doctor Johnson, Patriotism is the
last refuge Of the scoundrel' We have
on the contrary steadfastly and cor.
sistently insisted that the issue toward
which our activities and our propa-
Randa were directed was not one Of
flags. but of bread
NEWSPAPER BLAMED
The memorial then reviews loca'
conditions and alleges that loea
newspaper has bent its energies to
ward the creation and infuriation OF
criminal lawless and incorporate MOB.
to avenge itself upon us. to destroy our
libraries, Office and bookstores and TO
threaten our very lives"
Then taking up the visit of Secretary
Daniels and his speech at the Rainier
club Thursday night the memoria!
says:
"Our propaganda and our educationa.
efforts steadily prospered under the
daily fire of abuse and misrepresenta-
ton until the coming to this city Of
Mr.. Josephus Daniels, secretary of tie
navy, who on Thursday evening, July
II. delivered himself of an lily consid-
cred address under any circumstances
and what under local conditions TIE
presence in port of the Pacific fleet o.
the navy under his ranking control!
under the artificial psychology OF
hatred and bitterness toward us
amounted to and had the early effect
of most incendiary utterance, result
ing almost Immediately or so soon
thereafter as it was possible to get the
import of his words to the men Of his
command. which occurred so soon as
the land mob, fostered and inflamed by
the paper. realized how we'll fortified
they were in the secretary's words, in !
the sacking and destruction by fire OF
our several organization headquarters.
~, q nrESTJnNUn
I'VE question the practice Of govern
ment officials speaking on public ques
tions to private clubs from which the
public is excluded Although delivered
to the private club, extracts OF the s
speech quickly appeared in all news
papers with the lawless and destructive
results outlined.
.Due directly to the official eminence
of the secretary, his authority and In
f1uence over such large number OF
naval men. not ordinarily contingent
Of the city's population, the secretary's
words afforded just the spark needed.tc
inf1ame the artifcialized confagration
and at the same time had the effect of
making towards of the civil police and
rendering them unable to cope with the
program of riot. arson and destruction"
SOLDIERS ATTACKED
The memorial then recites that sec
ondary cause was the attack made OH
three soldiers by a-crowd about a street
speaker In Washington street Thursday
night. which was not connected with
the socialist party. "and which. there
fore, can not be presented as an ex-
of the lawless. riotous and
nted interference with our ser--s