The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 20, 1914, Page 1

Fred L. Boalt, The Star’s staff man in Vera Cruz, has written his side of the U. S. naval inquiry into Boalt’s charge that Ensign Richardson directed shooting down of non-combatants when United States forces occupied the city. Military censorship after the first day of the hearing prevented Boalt from cabling his news. The information below was received today in the mail. The naval board of inquiry exonerated Richardson in the Vera Cruz hearing, and Boalt was accused of falsifying. Boalt’s answer is printed on this page today. A second letter will be publishedtomorrow, and a third Wednesday. In them Boalt tells YOU the facts. He leaves it with YOU to say whether he told the truth. AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST’ — More fair weather for tonight and Tues day—having quite a stretch of it, rent wet The Only Paper in Seattle That SEATTLE, MAYBE PROSECUTOR MURPHY IS STILL BUSY POTLATCHING John Murphy, prosecuting attorney, either is still Potlatching, or else he has the nerve of a burglar. PO er = John says he’s going to snap his fingers, or something, and then—bingo! Good night, Hamilton and Knudsen recall! John says the recall committee, by failing to WILLBESHOT 9 specify Saturday in its itemized statement of expenditures, the amount of time spent SALT LAKE CITY, to get up the petitions, did not obey the law. If Bill Jones volunteered one hour's time at the public market, or at the post- office, or anywhere else in King county, to circulate petitions against Lafe and Krist, his name and the time spent by him, hour by hour, or maybe second by second, must be itemized and filed with the county auditor. “Time is money,” says John. So time must be expenses. Cute, isn’t it? The recall committee filed with the auditor a statement showing they had re- ceived $75.80. The recall headquarters at the Lippy building had been obtained without any cost. The statement shows what the money was spent for—postage, saf deposit boxes, etc. recallers filed the same kind of statement of expenses as John Murphy filed included in the statement of * , Joe when HE ran for office. But “time is money,” yo Murphy now. And he's going Hillstrom, poet of the pro to tell County Auditor Phelps not to begin the check names on the tions letariat, love © next Thursday, as had been contemplated, until the recallers put in their time. and I. W. W. leader, will IF AUDITOR PHELPS PAYS ATTENTION TO THIS RIDICULOUS RE- be shot at dawn Septem- UEST FROM MURPHY, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO LEGAL PRECEDENT, ber 4! HE RECALL ELECTION PROBABLY WILL BE DELAYED SO IT CAN- A woman's name will go NOT BE HELD, AS THE RECALLERS PLANNED, COINCIDENT WITH down to his grave with THE SEPTEMBER PRIMARIES. IF A SPECIAL ELECTION IS NECESSI- him, locked behind the TATED, WITH ITS ADDED EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYERS, SAID TAX- dead lips which refuse to PAYERS NOW WILL KNOW WHOSE FAULT IT IS. utter yg it would | REGO L I Mm Sle mean honor, happi- a Lake ’ G. Morrison, and Kerchiefs. ; ! Que of the ed in _ é i | 7* i peared at gett Lake City po ee Se it CHIHUAHUA, July 20.—The ex- Pleading that a gap-| genera! strike 1 baseba’ (tradition of ex-President Huerta pay tp ae in his chest be| playere in the pes anger and land his followers from whatever| cared” = Gas c wobina.” ho 'mnt- Goes wy tarts 4, Prmta, resi |country they may visit will be one The had been| dent of the Baseball Players’ |of the first things the prospective da eee = |Carranza government of Mexico took Gay, uniess ional com | will attempt, according to prom!- bandanns| mission f. cetonllhnel yr ed = \nent rebels today. psa The charge against the refugees, vidence aa SP aI | it Ie atated, will be that of complic- circumstances i ity In the late President Madero'’s romantic “poet of | assassination, before the BOARD GETTING | | Under existing extradition treat- inder the law ‘tes, they aay it will be difficult for preference to ithe United States or any European DANCE FIGURES \power to refuse to extradite the ex- her name,” dictator. ot Gasth bs tote oe nse : deat! > Because th: rk board adjourn. rather than that dishonor should be| | ,Pe "Potiaten “Friday. action on the proposition to establish a mu- FARGO, N. D. July 20—Gesing} Laschi park iP greta Aig cong And so the myste the req] icipal dance hall at into a candy store mirror here for -—— ba tmurder, which. has| 9 deferred until next Friday.) Y nths has won for James| PUERTO MEXICO, July 20,—Ex- ‘The committee consisting of Erastus Beans ons —_— — ‘amoke | lister, appointed to investigate the is Ke | matter, has asked for data on the | municipal dance halls in other cit- \ies, and to estimate the cost of op- ‘eration and the probable revenues lat the Leschi pavilion. Harry A. Stine, director of play Olong, a local fruit vendor, a wife. President Huerta refused today to Olong’s fruit stand ts located Just leave Mexico until his entire party ouside the candy store where Vera of friends was safely on board ship. Rees is employed. | He, exWar Minister Blanquet, Though Olong could not see their families and staffs, had ar- Vera's face direct, her profile was|ranged to go to Jamaica on the constantly visible to him by means Germain cruiser Dresden. The reat of a tilted mirror as she busily of the party, numbering 110, were packed boxes and filled bags for|to #ail on the steamship City of forever from the gun that strikes down Poet Joe Hiilstrom. Woman Helping Him There is one woman, Mrs. Vir- ites one-time president of the Mormon | rounds, will supply the committer) cit inary Mexico. Huerta chartered this church, who has fought with| With the information before the)" Cioe sayy ne never would have |vessel Sunday | money and influence for Hill. | next meeting. a i mustered up the nerve to court any —————— strom s release. Mrs. Stephens is a wealthy so- os elety leader of Salt Lake. |) wa OFF N c wie tke LW elite a the | Water will be shut off in the new poet-prisoner’s cause! {main on Canada drive, from 49th She says it is because she be-|av. 8. W. to Alki av. and on Alki Heves no man who has com land 63rd av, 8. W., north of be such music as Hilistrom has could drive, Tuesday, July 21, from m. until 3 p. m. if in ave Lawes Just Cie Mavs QRINTOV woman fac to face OFF NOTICE * TODAY'S CUTEST Editor The Star: Our little girl, aged 3, sat listening to her father and brother-in-taw talking about weighing cattle. The young man said: “Well, | know very little about it as | have never seen any weighed.” The child oa “Oh, Harry! | know all al it, | saw a cow wade the river.” MRS. J. J. W. STAR'S AEROPLANE FLIGHT RAINS MONEY ON SECOND AV. Spoilers,’ at the Moore, overboard as the big machine tore along, and “watehful walters” enjoyed a merry scramble, “Wow!” exclaimed Jim Marquis, 618 Spring st., as a flying envelope slapped him in the face, Each en- velope was loaded with three small shot to make it carry to the ground. “By George, 1 thought I was shot at first. 1 was well satisfied, though, when I opened the thing, for I got an order for $2.00.” Woman Gets an Order Mrs. T. Kewley of the Normandie apartments was another who an- nexed a $2.00 order, which she cash ed at The Star office. Rn. W THEY’LL HELP THAT ACHE IN YOUR LEGS Escalators or moving stair- be installed on Sen- Second and Fourth ave. Property owners of the district will meet Wed- nesday to disc the propo- sition. It is believed they can be placed for $25,000. Somebody sends me a letter and beseeches me to take up @ certain Eternal Triangle prot In short, my correspondent advises me with 1 can gather proof to show that a certain ays prominent, you know—is hunting on rn just where | can discover js of it all, It rained money from the skies Saturday night The Star's golden shower came | off on time, wife go, and hew| If you happen to see a little en-| d how certain tele-| velope lying on the streets or on a n know about their| buliding top, don't scorn to pick it sit} up. It may mean money for you Silas Christofferson, who thrilled ess of folks.| Potlatch crowds last week with his. y, wonderful exhibitions of aerial com-| daring in day and night fights with | might sic an) his alr yacht Tilikam, very gallantly ; the preserves of a fi all this information and look into the inwi | am advised where the man and the long they stay, and where they get their mail arams re and what the conductor and bra journeyings, and where the husband is right now—oh, this fellow hai all down—or maybe it is a woman; the letter is unsigned Now, The Star is NOT intruding on The Star is not prying into family troubl of a newspaper's business to regulate vied toa © a munity. While! it a real nice “story,’ rate tisbandon Seer tocuterane provide a neat corpse for the cor: offered to take the place of Alys oner, | don’t believe that sort of murder by proxy is included in my job. Mck ey Pryant jolden Potlatch So far as possible, The Star endeavors to keep from being the in-| Girl,” who was Ill, and could not strument of anybody's vengeance, wrath or malice. | take her machine more ‘i But, too, it occurs to me howe your sins do find you out. Probably | i Mechanician Goes Along this man and woman have no more idea that their goings and comings, Claude French, his expert their “secret” meeting: d even their letters and their telegrams, are | mechanician, armed with a boxful) smoney orders and tickets to “The | ing. *” alin igh aii anata Swalley, 94 Virginia st intly half a town knows | of “shower ammunition,” went with| Troy Alford, Rivoli apartments, | a sence i one outalty aaneen eran | him Robert J. Bonfer, Jr. and Albert Probably these parties concerned would have an acute attack of| After his usual evening “wing”! Torgeson, 1428 W rd st, were heart failure if t 0 read the communication relating to their| over the vessels in the harbor, among others who cashed dollar or. most private affairs | have received. Doubtless none of the three sus- Christofferson swing in above Seo- ders Saturday evening. pects he or she + you fool foiks,| ond av., where the Potlatch throngs, There's a lot more money lying and when you the guilty, and! qwalted his coming around loose somewhere, folks; a, if any sense of either Mechanician French tossed hand-| $5.00 orders and $2.00 orders and end this miserable. business. fuls of the envelopes with Star | $1,00 orders. It's yours for the find WASH., MONDAY, JULY 20, | ‘ i The Seattle Star Dares t o Print the News 1914, __ONE CENT oiquii'3s NEWS STANE Get Your Portrait in Silhouette; Free Harrison and His Silhouettes of Two Seattle Children Ww never rest. In the words of the poet whose name we've for- gotten, it’s one good thing after another in The Star. Saturday night, the strains of the Mendelssohn wedding song filled the Butler cafe as The Star's couple and their immediate family sat down to a splendidly decorated and well-filled table. We have scarcely gotten over the wedding and throwing away money from the skies. But today we have a brand new stunt ~something that will be sure to entertain and interest readers of The Star. We want you to be silhouetted FREE OF CHARGE. It's the latest fashion. A. H. Harrison, the famous sil- houette artist, is in town. We've talked it over with him, and have arranged for him to establish headquarters at the Bon Marche, to silhouette | all comers, beginning Wednesday morning. Now, then, get into the swim. The water is fine. Get a shadow picture or silhouette OF YOURSELF FOR YOUR- SELF. Harrison cuts them with his magic scissors while you wait. The black and white art, as it is sometimes called, is all the style now Harrison has made over 100,000 silhouettes in his time It takes him only half a minute or so to make an exact profile. It’s quicker than photography. The silhouette art is being revived through the East. The art dates back to the days of Croesus, and before paper was known The shadow profile was cut of stone then, The art received its highest development in the days of Louis XV., and to ridicule Eiten de Silhouette, the prime minister, because he preferred to have his picture cut out of paper than to have it painted by the court artist, the art was named Silhouette It became very popular, however, throughout Europe during the 18th century, and the artists became extraordi- narily skillful in it Tarrison, who is today the leading exponent of silhouet- ting, is considered by many authorities fully as good as the artists of the 18th century, SCREAMS FRIGHTEN FOOTPAD The screams of Mrs. J. M. Johnson, 7047 17th st, N., frightened away a footpad who attempted to hold up Mr, and Mrs, Johnson with a gun at i7th N. and W, 57th sts, last night RRR emer ToT Se eee Re RL ae RE 1S BOALT A) LIAR? HERE | 1S HIS SIDE | Explains, in Letter to Star, Just How Naval Officer Told Him and Others of Shooting Unarmed Men. By Fred L. Boalt. ERA CRUZ, Mexico, July 11.—I want to set down on paper the events of the past few days, while jthey are yet fresh and vivid in my memory. An hour ago I returned from the monster battle- ship Texas, where the conduct of Ensign William A. Richardson during the occupation of Vera Cruz is being inquired into. n Richardson is, you understand, the “de- \fendant.” The title of the case is “the United States | vs. William A. Richardson, ensign.” I am, | suppose, the chief witness for the prosecution. Per That is, technically, Richardson is the fendant.” As a matter of fact, 1 am the def for, if Richardson is acquitted by this naval court of |inquiry, I shall, almost without doubt, be deported |back to the United States for having written an “sensational and untrue,” and for being unfit to con-— tinue my work as a correspondent in Vera Cruz. i j Go back now with me to the early days of May. The three fighting was still the engrossing topic in camps, cantinas, and the portales on the Plaza Visualize, if you please, y small tables, and, seated at groups of officers--navy, army and marine corps—eating, drinking talking always of the one thing—the fight. * You must work into the picture newspapermen going from table to table, from group to group, getting acquainted, listening to anet dotes, asking questions, getting news. One such group—all navy men—was joined by William G. Shep herd, a United Press correspondent, and myself. There were, perhapa, seven or eight officers They knew Shepherd and | were correspondents. They knew why we had joined them. The taik had to do, of course, with the situation. Some one said, with that cock-sureness which is a nly one way to deal with NO. teristic of military men, that there wi leans, and that was to usc the IRON 5 Some one «ise said that “Bully” had used the iron hand during ti fighting. “Bully,” it seemed, was one of us. For eyes were ti pr ge od upon a bronzed young giant in spotless ducks, Who was group. : And “Bully” told a stary of having applied the “ley de tuga"—the law of flight—during the taking of Vera Cruz, ol oe ° Now, I am, | believe, as good a patrict as the next man. It is because I am a fair sort of patriot that I like to believe that Americang go to war reluctantly and wage It fairly. * a It cs therefore, as a shock to me to hear ‘Waval officer telling extmly and with what Pleasure of having applied. the infamous “ley de faga”, to prisoners, and to see bis fellow-officers listening to his tf apparent credulity and approval. Presently “Bully” rose and went to ancther table to greet fi Asked who “Bully” was, one of the group replied: r “Why, that’s ‘Bully’ Richardson, the best football player OFFICERS ELABORATED A) ever hai i TH ND DISCUSSED THE THAT “BULLY” HAD TOLD. P I have since been asked if I believe that “Bully” Richardson ¢ ally did apply the “ley de fuga.” I have answered that I ‘ tas said he did, and that when an officer of the American navy, form and sober, makes a statement of fact concerning himself, prod TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT AS AN OFFICER AND A G AN. As I am on trial before a naval court of inquiry and also the higher tribunal of public opinion, | want to say that I used | same method in getting that “ley de fuga” story that every reporter uses in getting stories under ordinary circumstances. ‘ That is, if some one had told me that Ensign Richardson of | Arkansas had said he applied the “ley de fuga,” | would have gone Ensign Richardson for verification, jut, as Ensign Richardson told the story to a group in newspaper correspondents were present, 1 DID HIM THE HON BELIEVE HIM. cee ee 1 did not, however, write the story immedia | a few days, pondering. I realized that, if the States, it would probably get me “in bad” with Gen. Funston. On the other hand, | am opposed to war. | believe war to be 1 do not believe th can be any such thing as “civilized” or “eth warfare. . And f wanted to show, by example, what men will do when engaged — he business of killing other men, So, after much deliberation, I wrote the story, but I did not name Ensign Richardson, Why? Because it didn't make any difference whether it was Richardson, or Smith, or Jones. ALL THESE CLEAN, STRONG, EFFICIENT RICHARDSONS AND | SMITHS AND JONESES ARE PART OF TWO KILLING MACHINES— THE ARMY AND NAVY—AND WHETHER IT WAS THIS SMALL | UNIT OR THAT SMALL UNIT THAT CARRIED OUT THE BLOODY WORK IS A MATTER OF SMALL IMPORTANCE. And so | wrote the story and sent it to you. What came of it I shall tell tomorrow. lint GIRL TAKES ACID © S$ FATHER WAITS | While her father, Wm. G. C,)thorities upon complaint of her Smith, 5008 Oregon st., was waiting} ther, who said she had been tra’ in the reception room of the juven-|ing in bad company, She had left ~ ile detention home, at Ninth av. and| home Saturday morning, Smith ~ Jefferson st. to take her to the; says, and failed to return till Bum — House of the Good Shepherd, Annajday afternoon. Smith notified the Marguerite Smith, 17, swallowed a/ Juvenile authorities and told the sirf bottle of carbolic acid at 11:80 to-| he would have her placed either in day, in her room upstairs. the House of the Good Shepherd or — At the city hospital, the physi-j{n a convent in Ballard. cians give but a slim chance to re-|/ This morning he called for her, taken to a home, the girl drank the RENTAL OFFERINGS | prepared by the Shaw pharmacy> city, These offerings will be pub-| Miss Smith had been employed as Seattle's rental agencies and will} 3 : tion, accommodations, price and ent thing for the hous» and apart; The founder, A. R. Fenwick, cover, Without leaving any explanation of The girl had been brought to the| her act, other than the Infet detention home by the juvenile au-| that she would rather die than be acid. . Where she got the acid je not | known, otler than that it had heer For the benefit of renters this| It is believed it was in her suit paper will publish Saturday a let | C@%e, Which she had taken to the de of the best rental offerings tn the | tention home last night, lished on the classified page of}# domestic in a Queen Anne home The Star Saturday, July 26, over | Until a month ago, Her father de the names of the most reliable of | Clares she was unmanagei 3 consist of flats, cottages, bunga ‘ lows and apartments located tn every section of Seattle, The loca-| | particulars will be fully set forth . jin each instance, This Rental Di) Tacoma’s first weekly paper will | rectory will prove @ very convent: | 56 started ina week OF #0. {ment hunters, as one oan make a) selection from the information of-| says it will be something like the | ferea and find the place without] geatte Argus. : unnecessary inquiries, a