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COMBATING INEXORABLE LAWS
Cowering in their ceils, while the enormity of their
offenses hovers like an accusing ghost to torment them,
a man and a woman are awaiting the day when they will
be called upon to pay their debt to the society of man
to which they were disloyal. The penalty that is to fol
low in the “mysterious bourn from which no traveler re
turns” is a matter of metaphysical speculation. Yet a
background of history which no man has yet been able to
impeach, tells us that there are yet penalties to be paid.
The Gray-Snyder murder, the trial of which has just
ended in the prescription of the extreme penalty, death,
is representative of a series of progressions fro ma com
mon base—morality.
Like water dropping upon a stone, the moral sense
became worn until is was no longer capable of resist
ance. First, the woman, with vows that are, or should be,
sacred, pledged her fidelity and love to a man. When she
first broke this vow, she laid the foundation for that which
was to follow^—avarice, abandonment of all moral scru
ples and finally murder of her mate.
In like respect the man violated the sam meoral
law, progressed to the point of where his avarice blinded
all sense of responsibility, and like his confederate, suf
fered his reasoning powers to become distorted to a point
where he believed he could destroy his fellow man without
paying the legal penalty.
Had Ruth Snyder been faithful to her vows, she
would be a free woman today. Had Henry Judd Gray
obeyed the command “Thou shalt not covet’” he likewise
would have still stood among his fellows.
Every fracture of the moral code-does not lead to
a tragedy similar to the Snyder-Gray case, but each one
has its penalty attached it is merely how far the moral
sense becomes worn and calloused as to how far infrac
tion will lead.
The moral law is as old as time and is the outgrowth
of the experience of those who came before. No age has ;
been able to disprove or defeat it, and never will.
The world shudders at the thought of what is to fol
low when the culprits pay the penalty. Yet, had the de
tails of the murder of Albert Snyder been portrayed as
vividly by the yellow press as it portrayed the emotions;
and incidents of the trial, little compunction could be felt
for those who now are displaying their cowardice when
facing a just penalty.
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m BATTLESHIP IS
AGROUND IN DEBRIS
1 GOVERNOR'S ISLAND
^THOUSANDS OF SAILORS FLOCK.'
ING BROADWAY; CELEBRA
TION PLANNED
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NEW YORK, May 10. (/P)—The
battleship Colorado, pride of the
Navy is aground in debri- of blast
ed roek near Governors Island. The
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big ship which sailed in with the
rest of the fleet had started to the
Brooklyn Navy Yard this morning
when it struck the reef. When high
tide failed to float tlie vessel it was
decided to wait before making furth- j
er efforts to release her. Seventeen j
tugs fought all day to Tee the Colo- j
rado which is listing slightly but
they could no: budge her. Meanwhile
thousands of sailors from other bat
tleships in hte harbor are flocking
■ to Broadway, and New York is plann
ing many celebrations for the officers
and sailors during the visit of the
IT. S. Fleet.
N, If. urn WILL WED
MISS ERNESTINE DULLES
MEXICO CITY, May 10. (^—Wat
son Robertson, a New York lawyer,
will marry Miss Ernestine Calles,
daughter of President Calles of Mexi
co, within the next few days, accord
ing to official announcement. Robert,
son met Miss Calles when she visited
New York last year.
ALLEGED GEHHH SPY j
IS JAILED IN ENGLAND
LONDON. May 10. (JP)—Ethel
Chiles, a German spy. has been sen
tenced to two months in prison and
faces deportation. Scotland Yard de
tectives discovered that the woman
had landed with a false passport and
possesed documents written in ink
which related to the espionage system.
YOUNGEST SLAYER EVER !
ELECTROCUTED III OHIO,
DAYTON. O.. May 10 (/Pi—When
Floyd Hewett, 16, meets Ms fate in
the electric chair on August 10th as
sentenced, he will be the youngest
slayer ever electrocuted in Ohio.
Hewett was sentenced to die for the
slaying of Mrs. Fred Brown and her
five year old child.
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m NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVISION, SEWARD PRECINCT,
AT SEWARD
NO. 133
In the Matter of the Estate of
GEORGE SCHMIDT, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned, Executrix of the es
tate of George Schmidt, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons hav
ing claims against, the said deceased
to exhibit them, with the necessary j
vouchers, within six months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said Executrix, at her residence in the
Town of Seward, Third Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska, the same being the |
place for the transaction of the busi-!
ness of said estate. Dated Seward, !
Alaska, May 9th, 1927.
EDITH SCHMIDT,
Executrix of said Estate
First publication May 10, 1927. i
Last Publication June 17, 1927.
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WE ARE now taking orders for 1927 Pups,
as well as proven breeders. Registered
or eligible to registration.
By ordering early you have SELECTION
WELL FURRED PROLIFIC FOXES
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payment. Write
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American Fox
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ciation.
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