Record of Boalt Trial Reaches Washington
Washington August 4 1914 the court of inquiry in Ensign W A Richardson case reveals alleged use of the law of flight against Mexicans at Vera Cruz. Boalt claims officers distorted facts while the naval court appears to have dismissed key testimony. Records show Boalt and Shepherd faced contempt threats and the public case questioned the trial’s openness.
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Washington, D.C
W. A. Richardson
Boalt
Vera Crus
Ridley M. McLean
Congress
Garrison
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Richardson
Richard
Naval Court
Naval Board
Vera Cruz
Judge Advocate General
Gilson Gardner
Simpson
Associated Press
Hut
Mr. Heart
Ensign Richardson
Seattle Star
Fred L. Boalt
W. G. Shepherd
NAVY
ARMY
Shepherd
Coursel
Grant
Menspaper
Bomit
Seattle Star Publisher Note Records Service Details
The Seattle Star notes its affiliation with Scripps Northwest and United Press as a daily paper. It lists address, post office status, and phone contact for the Star Publishing Co. along with routing for department connections.
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The
Star Publishing Co
Three Kings and a War and the Telegraph
Three monarchs in distant palaces stand near the telegraph as fate of millions hangs on their decisions. The text laments that the rulers of Germany Austria and Russia bear the power to send or spare lives while ordinary people are unaware and powerless against war's will.
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Wii
Germany
Austria
Russia
Ford Remembers Consumers and Slashes Car Price
Henry Ford proclaims share profits with workers and cuts $60 from car price while offering a $40 buyer dividend if 1915 sales targets are met. He argues better wages boost output, contrasting with profit seekers who overlook consumer welfare.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Not Barred Men Target Suffrage Funds in Seven States
A stirring call urges raising money for suffrage campaigns in Dallas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and Ohio this fall. The appeal asks men to contribute clean money for literature and trinkets, insisting democracy requires shared effort beyond gender lines. It contrasts with banker reluctance and notes various political quips in a mosaic of opinions from the era.
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Dallas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Ohio
Man
Laugh Department Corrections and A New York Etching Tale
A Seattle Star humor piece includes corrected misstatements about Earl and Clarence. Another item features a New York artist who trades a barn sketch for pink pigs, noting the animals are valued at a dollar each.
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New York
New England
Cockney Repartee at London Music Hall
A plain faced young gentleman complains the hat of a pretty girl blocks his view. She retorts in a cockney style that he would never run home to change his ace. A joke about George enlisting follows, noting his fighting stock ancestry and a militant relative.
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George
Murmuring shadows in Seattle staged by late night crime
A sequence of robberies and an assault reported in Seattle last night includes a purse snatching at a Cobb Building desk, a diamond and gold ring theft, and a stabbing scare that left Mrs. Hattie E. Graham injured near Harvard Avenue. Police investigated, with suspicious activity centered around addresses on West 75th and 63rd Avenues Southwest.
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A. Johnson
Murphy
Johnson
West 75Th
Hattie E. Graham
Harvard Av. N
T. J. Marks
Av. S. W
R. W. Howell
Cobb Building
A. F. Hazel
Judge Moore Enters Race for Congress in Democratic Bid
Judge William Hickman Moore launches candidacy for Congress as a Democrat in this district, opposing Rep Humphrey on the Republican ticket and Rep Bryan on the Progressive line. Col J M Hawthorne withdraws to back Moore, with Austin F Griffiths likely joining the Progressive slate.
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Judge Moore
Congress
William Hickman Moore
Moore
Humphrey
Man Bryan
Austin FE. Griffiths
Col. J. M. Hawthorne
Hanson Opens Campaign Here in King County
Ole Hanson progressive candidate for United States senator opened his campaign with two large street meetings in Auburn and Kent. He was joined by J. W. Biggar candidate for congress. Tonight he speaks at Renton and sag... уаn. (Note: OCR fragment continues with Renton and Issaquah.)
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Ole Hanson
United States
King County
Auburn
Kent
J. W. Biggar
Congress
Hanson
Renton
Snsaquah
Austin BE. Griffiths
Skunk and Fire Blazes Highlight Diverse August News
In San Diego a lone skunk halted a large crowd and auto parties before being killed. Nearby Sisson, California endures a $40,000 forest fire suspected to be incendiary. French socialists choose defense of the nation over retaliation for Jean Jaures assassination.
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San Diego
Sisson
Cal
Jean Jaures
Metropolitan Players Stage Graystark Romance at Met
The Metropolitan theatre presents Graystark a romance behind a throne based on George Barr McCutcheon novel. Miss Alice Fleming and Dwight A Meade lead a capable cast delivering a melodramatic drama with close fidelity to the original text.
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Metropolitan Theatre
George Barr McCutcheon
Graystark
Alice Fleming
Dwight A. Meade
Metropolitan Players
Two Greeks Die in Pit Avalanche Near Auburn
An avalanche of gravel in a Northern Pacific gravel pit one mile east of Auburn killed two Greek men, Jim Neruchos aged 22 and Lewis Siakandares aged 40, reported yesterday.
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Auburn
Northern Pacific
Here
Jim Neruchos
Lewis Siakandares
Three babies die and divorces granted in City
Three babies die and seven apply for divorce while local officials report several court actions. A traffic manager is named for the port, with duties to start soon. A widow receives $500 in a Wellington disaster settlement as a transport ship carries ammunition to Manila. Admiral Sampson returns with a smoking Mt St Augustine report.
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Leipsic
Imberhorne
Straita
P. Lucas
Port Commissar
Grand Trunk Dock
F. R. Hanlon
Dutles
Will
F. O. Wheater
Lake Dorothy
Ernesto di Natale
Wellington
U. S
Dix
Manila
Mariposa
Admiral Sampson
Alaska
Mt St. Augustine
Niagara River rescue scare after dummy raft drifts ashore
Hundreds of volunteers from Canada and the United States join a large rescue effort along the Niagara River after a boy's dummy on a raft causes alarm and prompts swift evacuations and warnings.
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Niagara River
National Convention of Eagles
Kansas City
London
Redfield
Alaska
Senator Lippitt
Rhode Island
Jimmy McBride
Yellowstone Park
Harlan Jackson
Cowlitz
Kelso
Prince Roland Bonaparte
Redondo Beach
Rochambeau
New York
Chicago
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
U. S
Europe
Mexico City
Wilson
Circus comes to town as youths prize cheap admission
Amid war worries, Seattle youths focus on the Gentry Brothers circus this Friday and Saturday, eager for low price tickets and distraction from the home-front anxiety.
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Scripps Northwest League OF Newsr
Aris
Telegraph News Service
United Press Association
Seattle
Wash
Postoffice
Judge Humphries
Czar
8Am
Colorado
Willie Wied
Albania
Seattle Star’s Laugh Department
Earl
Wunat
Clarence
Everett True
Bo Willie Smith
Mies Curley
Ulsterites
Skunk
Slide Kills
Olympia
Herman D. Crow
A. A. Mills
Tacoma
Danelson
Spinning’s Cash Store
California
A. C. Shaw
George Chandler
Spokane
New Orleans
Essex
Mont
Los Angeles City
Resinol
Baltimore
Hougen
Union St
Madison
MR. Deceber
Diana
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