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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 179.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
. Sacco and Vanzetti
Pay Penalty Death
Enacted by State
BOTH MEN CALM AS THEY ENTERED EXECUTION
CHAMBER AN AS THEY TOOK SEATS—MADE
BRIEF SPEECHES—SACCO SHOUTED “LONG
LIVE ANARCHY”—VANZETTI DECLARED HI
WAS AN INNOCENT MAN—FORGIVES PEOPLE
FOR WHAT THEY DID TO HIM.
Radicals were convicted murder Frederick A. Par
nienter, shoe-factory paymaster, and Allesandro Berar
delli, his guard, seven years ago—many appeals foi par
don or commutation rejected—counsel for doomed men
used every legal means to obtain reprieve. ^
*■ CHARLESTON STATE PRISON, BOSTON, Aug, 23
(/P)—Sacco and Vanzetti, shortly after midnight, paid thf
penalty of death exacted by the State for murder. Celes
tino Madeiros proceeded them to the electric chair by few
minutes, the world known radicals following them as rap
idlv as the execution routine would permit. .Madeiros
died for the murder of a Wrentham bank cashier, Saccc
and Vanzetti were executed for the murder of a pavmastei
and guard at Braintree more than seven years ago.
. SO MUCH LIOUOR
LYLE WILL ALSO BE ASKED
WHETHER MONEY PASSED
RUMMERS AGENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 23. (/P)
—Assistant Secretary Lowman, in
charge of prohibition enforcement,
announced an explanation of “W>hy
so much liquor flows into the North
west” would be demanded of Roy
Lyle, prohibition administrator of
Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
I_y> has been summoned to Wash
ington for a conference with Lowman
and Commissioner Doran. He -will
arrive September 1. Another subject
will be taken up he said, whether
sums of money passed between mm
runners and enforcement agents.
Much liquor has been coming into the
United States under Lyle’s jurisdic
tion smuggled from Vancouver.
“FER GOODNESS SAKE”
SEATTLE, Aug. 23. (/P)—Disguise
as a man and posing as anothe:
^ woman’s husband, Grace Thompson
age 32, is suspected as being a fraud
ulent check writer, and was arreste<
fc* here with ehr supposed spouuse- Bes
sie Clarke. Both women have beei
lodged in the city bastile.
Inside and outside the high priso
wall stood a small army of guard;
Both Sacco and Vanzetti made brie
speeches before they took their seat
in the chair. Sacco was pale bi
steady and .shouted in Italian, “Ldn
live anarchy”, as he sat doAvn. The
in broken English, he went on, ‘‘Far
well my wife and child and all m
friends.” While the straps were heir
adjusted his last words were “goc
evening gentlemen, farewell mother
Vanzetti entered the death chamh
! the calmest of the three men, shakir
hands with two guards as he can
through the door of the executio
chamber. He walked unassisted
the chair and seated himself. In bro
en English he declared, ‘‘I wish to t€
you I am innoednt and never was co
nected with any crime, but sometim
some sin. I thank you for everythii
you have done for me. I am innoce
of all crime not only of this one b
I of all. I am a innocent man.” Th<
| just as the guards slipped the stra;
j in place he shouted, ‘‘I wish to forgi'
i some people for what they are doii
j to me.”
died this morning
i CHARLESTON PRISON Aug. 2
(/P).Madeiros was executed at 12:1
Tuesday morning; Sacco was execu
ed at 12: 19 a. m. and Vanzetti ;
12:26.
GENEVA, Aug. 23. (/P)—One w;
* killed and several injured when
» Sacco-Vanzetti rioting mob smaslu
* the windows of the League of N
j tions Palace and tried to invade tl
j building. An attempted attack <
1 the American counsulate was ma.
1 and three times the mob thr€
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FOB DOLE FLIERS
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DONALD DECLARES HOPEFUL
AVIATORS BE FOUND
HONOLULU, Aug. 23. Acting j
under orders from Washington, the
i Navy’s search for the missing Dole
fliers, has tteen extended to various
small bits of Hawaiian waters which
have not been closely inspected.
| During the large and more general
operations Rear Admiral John D.
McDonald, commander of the 12th
Naval district, declared he was hope
1 ful the lost aviators will be found,
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SHIPS RECEIVE ORDERS
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. (^—Fif
teen distroyers anemone light cruiser
have been ordered to join in the
’ search for the missing aviators.
: SEN HEIRS TO FORM
: OF FIFTH MILLIONS
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j NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (£>)— Four
sisters, two brothers and a niece
will divide the $50,000,000 fortune oi
A. T. Walked heir to the Sears es
’f tate, who recently died from acute
indigestion. All the beneficents are
S living in moderate circumstances ir
1 Ontario, Canada. There was no be
^ quest to charity.
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’ iron OF NEW YORK
: in PARI! PAJAMA!
. PARIS, Aug. 23. (/P)—Mayor Jame
Walker of New York was receive*
1 by the Mayor of Cherbourg and offi
"j cials of Southampton, England whil
he was still wearing his pajamas
n”iUndaunted by the scarcity of cloth
e’ ing, the Mayor posed with the recep
tion committee while a squad of pho
tographers snapped pictures.
IcHILOREI ARE INFECTED
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caterpillars is said by the Prussia
board of health to be the cause <
numerous cases of skin disease amon
Berlin children^ While not all cate
pillars have this effect nor all chi
dren are equally suscepitible, tt
board cautions parents against lettin
their children touch caterpillars i
any description.
Medical experts say the skin eru
tion is caused by the hooked end <
caterpillar hairs imbeded in the ski
The accompanying fever is caused 1
the worm’s pungent excretion.
MAYOR WINNER OF POOL
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (£>)—Mayotj
Walker, now in Paris on a vacation,
won a $1500 hat pool.
FORMER OFFICIAL DIES
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (^—Rhine
lander Waldo, former police commis
sioner, died at his home here. He had
been ill for the past year.
OVERSTEPPED BOUNDS
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (£»)—Acting
Attorney General of State of the
State of New York, ruled that the Box
ing Commission overstepped itself
in fixing prices of fight tickets.
DISPLAY WINS RACE
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (^—“Dis
play,” owned by W. J. Salmon, ran off
with the Champlain stakes feature
'race at Saratoga. The purse was
$3850.00.
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TEAM SAILS FOR VENICE
LONDON, Auug. 23. (/P)—The Bri
tish Schneider Cup team sailed foi
Venice, Italy, to try to take the Inter
I national Seaplane Trophy from th<
Italians. There are six racing air
planes in the British contingent.
COMPLAINT DISMISSED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. (IP)—'Th
federal court dismissed the complain
of the First National Bank of Pasad€
na against the comptroller of currer
cy which was the first test of the Me
Fadden Branch Banking Bill.
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE
MONTREAL, Aug. 23. (/P>—Fiv
persons were killed and six others ii
jured by an explosion which demo
ished buildings and set them on fir<
Tbe buildings were large apartmer
houses.
BODY ENROUTE TO U. S.
LONDON, Aug. 23. (/P)—The bod
of J. Ogden Armour, late Chicago me;
? packer, will be brought to the Lnite
1 States on a vessel sailing Saturda
No plans will be made for funeral u
3 I til New York is reached, Mr. Armour
: son-in-law said. .
PREDICTS AVIATION BOOM _
ST. LOUISE, Aug. 23. (JP)—Wil
48,000 miles covered by aviators
! the United States last year and wil
a low fatuity record, Colonel Lin
^"bergh, ^rans-Atlantic flier, predict1
an aviation boom, in a speech ma<
to the St. Louis Chamber of Coi
! merce.
FALLS FROM GIRL’S ROOM
-hi NEW YORK, Aug. 23. (/P)—Edwa
n Ebling, wealthy realter, fell from tl
»f fourth story window7 of the apartme
S of Miss Marie Rles, and suffered s<
r‘!ious injuries, including possibly,
fractured skull.
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PLAYS WITH CHILDREN
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 23.
I Charles Chaplin, for the first til
since last December, saw his childr<
He went to the mansion where, wh
his wife and mother-in-law looked <
he romped on the floor with, their c
spring.
GREATEST IN OF
SHIMON IN HISTORY
SIBERIA REPORTED
SANTA ANA ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
WITH $300,000 MILD CURED
KING SALMON
SEATTLE, Aug. 23. (£>)—Although
Alaska had an unusually light rui/ of
salmon this year Siberia is experienc
ing the greatest run in history and
the Kamchatka River is filled with
fish, officers of the steamer Santa
! Ana said, who arrived here from
iUst, Siberia. The steamer brought
approximately $300,000 worth of mild
cured king salmon in tierces. One
trap used in Siberia yielded an aver
age of 75^000 red salmon per day.
Ship's officers said the salmon
on the Siberian coast were large and
fat and being of fine quality as well
a3 numerous. Russian fishing inter
• ests this year shipped 1,000,000 sock
‘ eyes in refrigeration from Ust to
• Japan where the fish were canned
> in three canneries. Ust packed
. 250,000 cases of red salmon in half
pound flats. Returning from Siberia
[the Santa Ana was marooned in the
j ice 20 miles off the Siberian coast
I for three weeks fighting gales and
t iceburgs.
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FOREST HILLS, X. Y., Aug. 23.f/P)
—Francis T. Hunter, playing his first
singles match since his selection as
a member of the American Davis Cup
team, bombarded his way to decisive
triumph today over George Lott, 20
year old Chicago star, and clinched
victory for the east over the "west in
the annual intercity tennis series.
The score was 7-5, 8-6, 6-4.
FOOTBALL STOCK OF CLUB
j SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23 (/P)—
Football stock of the San Francisco
l Olympics soared sky high today with
I the announcement that Mo "ton Kaer,
j last years all-American star of the
! University of Southerrf Caufornia,
| had pointed the club and would play
.with its eleven this season. Kaer
has started practice with the club
I team. Manuel Laraaetta will appear
in a club uniform this season. He
'.is one of the strong baclcfield men.
THREE PARTIES SQUABBLING
LONDON, Aug. 23. (£>)—While it
seemed certain that three parties
seeking the downfall of the Cosgrave
government had been smashed by fail
ure in no confidence vote, the out
standing fact remains that the Presi
dent will not be able to effectively
rule until the result of thei next gener
al election is known.