The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-22
Wireless Pirates Pick Up
Star Dispatches and
PeddIe Them Out.
Published in Seattle Morn.
ing Paper as Message
From Admiral.
BY u. lee cLorwoRrHY.


hElLlNGHAM. May 22-swire-
tapping has long been looked upon
az most reprehensible offense. II
has occasionally been character.
lzed rs a crime With the advent
Of the wireless telegraph the wire.
Taper Is rapidly being snpplanted
bf nsN genus Of similar type--ths
air pirate The air pirate has
no need Of nippers and other me.
ehauieal equipment OF the wire.
tapper" and his calling" is not 80
hazardous lie simply lntercepts
wireless messages. aud when they
are 81 public interest peddlea bis
aerial loot out 20 newspapers. who
AJAX no questions.
A striking illustration Of the On.
isrprlse ~ this "alr.plrsie. IL shown
Ia the following two dispatches.
The Star IL the only Seattle news
paper that has had a correspondent
with the fleet CA the cruise from
California.
The correspondent Of The Star.
Mr. Cloixurthy. oh the nlght Of
MAY ~. seni the following dispatch
20 thln paper
uss Geossla.
AZ s~s. 10 N. MAJ 10
~estfis star - I allied fF~.. Assa.
Ia Ifsnstsre. Cal
~ nsiaalsht fisst Is uil.. of ras.i.
astvssu haspirs sisp and tHapaaas Stses.
ls ie,iteas a. asNrr~.. . minsies asssh.
Ap~sd ~ - knat. sa~tsta~d tbrsasb
h-ass sasfi ~ high sod. ranntna vest
b .eaih. isdie-flax hss ti~~ net fer
srvas speed 81 .w.n faItias ships nter~
thar sapsft~nred .taer l-satns H4mptan
Had. Oider .hip., In. k=siasty and
$500. ssls,ss ge.s'i ass ssl~ad'a.,
sssst.sers 10 .es dest. ~hish sariss asy
Isg. IN .le-s 's .he's ne
teeun.sr.ixnsd q. ~ A. NC.
ship's Csmnas der.
An "sirpirate" intercepted the
message aud. though Il Was Ad.
dressed to The Star. Il was pub.
lissed A. communication from
Admiral Spcrry TO the Post.Iulelli.
geucer Of thIs city. - follows.
Through the Inlted Wireless rssapsas.
working with Pert Nsfdsa station. last
nlshi a y sstssk She fsii.ssiss disp@fsh
s~ut a. tho re-t- fntsiftssne~s frsm
Admiral Nt.~frfl
: The fleet passes eis.s ts the esiutn-
hia riveF. hsi does act sssp. At midnight
as Hiaaiss psrth. iensitsde Iet DEGREES
- uainafes sests
"a sped 81 lhists~a kast. ha. h~~n
snstata s1 nsie outstanding heaty sueils
al AN ta4fGrs4tea. hie
blow not far sway. The great -p~cd Of
the SWEETS which felisw the chip. eaas~s
tb~m 10 seli nlsr. Than 80 hsse 90
psrtsacsJ siase leAtinE Hsasptep Hasds.
fh~ targ~F ships. such a. tho krntacky
ard the k~ar~ars~s are haidtne their PEE
sittans spirsdidis and have shown In
creased speed In heavy seas The shores
have been lined With spectators all das ="
The promotion OF Admiral sperry
Co the rank OF special correspond
ent OF this particular paper. en-
titles him 10 wear rampant quill
or a oouchant typewriter between
the two stars OF his blue pennant
nut though Admiral Sperry Is an
iilnstrious Eeafighter. he Is very
much 10 the blink. as they say in
the navy as correspondent. IL
this initial dispatch attributed 10
NM eau w AaNth - - htAttlNaA VI
his pencil pushing ability. In fact
he shows a lamentable ignorance
concerning the ships OF his own
fleet
For instance. In his 90 dispatch
II says The larger ships. such as
the Kentucky and KearsarEe---.s
As the Kearsaree and Kentucky are
49,, - fk, afaagf and small elirq
in the fleet this statement indi.
Gates that Admiral Sperry needs
instruction concerning his ships.
Then again the above mentioned
Kearsarge and Kentucky are stated
TO have shown increased speed In
heavy seas Rather remarkable
ships. Just what the navy Is look
ing for-ships that. when the sea
gets to rolling mountain hieh.
Just take a running jump and 20
over them The heavier the sea,
the faster they run--especially
when It Is a head sea
IL Is needless to say that Ad
miral Sperry rcsigr ed hrs job as
special correspondent before he &C
cepted t. The honor imposed upon
him will no doubt be greatly rel
ished II the "alrpirate" who stole
the message from The star had
broken ln" when he did not I'M
derstand word. and requested a
repeat u would have h,er cheer
fully given Tim. IL for no other
reason than To save Admiral
Snerty' 3 reputation.