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DEDHAM, Mass., April 12 (/P>—Nicola Sacco and
Bartholome Vanzetti, the two Italian radicals whose
murder trial has echoed around the world for seven years,
were sentenced by Judge Webster Thayer of the Massa
chusetts Supreme court to die in the electric chair during
the week of July 10 for the slaynig of a paymaster and his
guard in South Braintree, Mass., during a holdup April
15; 1920.
Before sentence both men rose in court protesting
their inrocense and assailed the judge before whom they
were tried and now was about to sentence them, and in
sisted they were victims of persecution because of radi
cal views. Cacco talked about five minutes and Vanzetti
made a 42-minute address which at times attained elo
quence.
• Judge Thayer dm not reply directly
to the prisoners’ denunciations. He
said the provisions of the Massachu
setts law put restrictions on presiding
justices and he had sentenced the men
to death. Sacco leaped to his feet
andshouted: “I am innocent. I never
stole, never killed, never spilled
blood.” Vanzetti followed and charg
ed that the judge and jury were
against him from the very beginning,
and said: “My lawyer betrayed me
for 30 pieces of silver.”
The attorneys of both men immedi
ately laid plans to appeal nte sentence
in the Federal court on a habeas cor
pus action.
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PHILADELPHIA FAVORITE IN AM
ERICANS — PITTSBURGH FOR
NATIONALS
>'T:W YORK. April 12. (/P>—Chang
es are epected in baseball starts when
the big league-; open the season today.
T' p Phil, delphia Americans are show
ing the most brilliant list with the ad
dition of Ty Cobb. Eddie Collins and
Zack Wheat, favorites for the pen
nant. The Pittsburg Pirates are the
National League favorites, with the
Giants and Yankees promising a close
race.
MILLION DOLLAR SNOW
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STORM HITS WYOMING
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CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 12. (£>)—
Roads are blocked in sections and no
^ ' air mail planes have reached here for
4^ hours, except one from Denver, in
what stockmen and farmers call a
million dollar snow storm. Tempera
tures are mild.
SEATTLE, April 12. UP)—Captain
Backland is preparing for his
twenty-first trading voyage to Point
Barrow.His sailing schooner, C. S.
Holmes, is being overhauled, ile de
pends entirely on wind for power and
carries two launches for maneuvering
the vessel and landing shipments.
NATIONALISTS IE
MET REVERSES; ARE
1 FULL RETREAT
RECAPTURE OF YANGCHOW AN
NONCED—FANG’S OUTPOSTS
ON BANKS OF YANGTSE
SHANGHAI, Ajril 12. (/pi—All re
ports indicate the Nationalists have
encountered serious reverses in their
advance from Canton. Foreign and
Chinese reports announce the recap
ture of Yangchow by troops of Mar
shal Sun Chan Fang and announce
his outposts already are on the banks
of the Yangtse river. Other reports
state that the Nationalists are re
treat ng on Pukow.
COLLIERY ROOF COLLAPSES
BARNSLEY, N. Y., April 12. (/Pi
Three men were killed when the roof
of the Weirncluffe Colliery collapsed.
Fourteen men were entombed, but
were rescued by crews who forced a
way htrough fires which broke out
following the collapse.
DEFINITE ANTI-BRITISH MOVE
MENT TAKING FORM OF BOY
COTT
SHANGHAI, April 12. (jp)—A split
between the moderate and radical sec
tion has occurred, the moderate groups
in one case using field guns to attack
radical gatherings at Shanghai. Han- J
kow, Nanking and Amoy, killing and
disarming many radical laborites. Ad
herents of General Chiang Gua Shek
descended upon every known labor
union centre of Shanghai early this
morning arresting 600 and capturing
machine guns, rifles, pictols, bombs
and ammunition. Fifty laborers in
one building refused to surrender until
field guns were brought up. The
troop occupy the labor headquarters
and the secretary is missing.
The definite anti-British movement
which may take the fori: of a bov
cott similar to those recently declared
at Canton and Hongkong, was launch
ed in the native section of Shanghai.
The Gre^t Anti-British League was
organized by the Cantonese. Martial
law has been declared at Amoy and
Chinese troops are occupying all of
the foreign houses and office buildings
of the Standard Oil company at Chin
kiang.
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ROY A. HAYNES HAS FULL AU
THORITY BUT MUST HAVE
APPROVAL ANDREWS
WASHINGTON, April 12. (/p)—A;
check rein was placed yesterday on
Roy A. Haynes, the new acting Com
jmissioner of prohibition, to prevent
| him having full control of the dry
forces. Acting Secretary of the
Treasury Department, signed an ord
er delegating to Haynes full author
ity to decide in all prohibition mat
ters, but first, he must obtain the
approval of Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, Lincoln C. Andrews.
CONSTRUCTED SHELTER
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NOME, April 12. (/P)—Merrill re-1
ports that after missing Candle in j
a stonm the plane nosed down over,
'landing cn Selawik lake. Nobody was
! hurt. The wings of the plane were re
moved and used to build a shelter for ;
protection against the blizzard. They |
stayed 36 hours and walked part of,
the way and caught a dogteam the
rest of the way into Candle. He ex
pects to bring the plane to Candle
j at once.
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Only An Earthquake
Can Keep Coolidge
From Another Term
GROUP EXPERIENCED REPUBLICAN POLITICAL
LEADERS BREAKFAST AT THE WHITE HOUSE;
SMITH IS PREDICTED AS DEMOCRATIC NOMI
NEE WITH GOVERNOR DONAHEY OF OHIO AS
RUNNING MATE
WASHINGTON, April 12. (/P)—A group of experi
enced Republican political leaders breakfasted at the
White House, on the date Chairman William Butler of the
national committee is scheduled to start a national survey
of the political situation. Senator Willis of Ohio, who
just toured the country, called after breakfast and told
President Coolidge he would be renominated and re
elected. “Only an earthquake’' could keep Coolidge from
another term, he said.
It was predicted that Smith would1
be the Democratic nominee with Gov
ernor Donahey of Ohio as running
mate. It was also predicted that this
ticket would lose by 250,000 to Gool
idge. “Any party that gets into the
next campaign and proposes tc repeal
the e'ghtheenth amendment will be
wiped out of existence for 20 years,”
was another pdiction.
PROMISE ABSTAIN FROM FUR
THER VIOLENCE ASKED; ALSO
REPARATIONS
SHANGHAI, April 12. (JP)—'The con
sul generals of the United States,
Great Britain, France, and Italy pre
sented a note to the Cantonese de
manding punishment of commanders
and troops responsible for the Nan
king outrages, a written apology from
the Cantonese commander-in-chief and
a formal promise to abstain from vio
lence against foreigners’ lives and in
terests and full reparation for injuries
and damages.
FOREIGN PROHIBITION
TREATIES HELD VALID
WASHINGTON, Ajril 12. (/P)—’The
Supreme court sustained in effect the
treaties with foreign governments to
aid in prohibition enforcement. The
court held valid prosecutions against
the crews of vessels seized under the
treaties.
CRUSHED NOT BURNED
MODESTO. April 21. (/P)—Investi
gation showed that Edward Neher, Pa
cific air transport pilot -and a Schal
ler company official were crushed to
death and not burned when the plane
made a forced landing and •struck a
pool of water and turned over.
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RECEIVED CLOSE TO S100, OR
HELD OUT FOR $103 A SHARE;
S116,700
ST. LOUIS April 12. (/p)—A satis
factory settlement of the controversy
between Rogers Hornsby and baseball
officials regarding his eligibility to
play on the Giants has been reached.
Harnsby agreed to sell his stock in
the St. Louis National Club for $116,
700, which is about $100 a share. The
settlement was reached at a confer
ence between Hornsby and National
League officials. Hornsby has been
holding out for $103 a share for his
stock. The stock will revert to Sam
Brendon, president of the Cardinals
and will be paid for jointly by the
Giants, Cardinals and Naitonal League.
MRS. RUTH SNYDER AND
PARAMOIHT TRIAL APRIL 18
NEW YORK, April 12. (^—Su
preme Court Justice Scudder ruled
that Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray, her paramour, must stand
trial together for the murder of the
woman’s husband, starting April 18.
LONDON, April 12. (/P)—A Toyic
dispatch to the Daily Mail said the
Japanese correspondents at Harbin re
ports large concentration of Russian
and Chinese troops on the Siberian
border preparing for possible hostili
ties growing out of relations between
Soviet Russia and Northern China.
The Russians have four divisions and
the Chinese one and a half on the bor
der.