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VAST SEAS GIVE
LITTLE HOPE OF
flNDIl FLIERS
Air and Ocean Craft Search
Trackless Wastes in Yain lor
Cine to Seven Missing
DEATH BY STARVATION
OR SDN'S HEAT FEARED
Vessels and Air Patrol Sweep Both
Sides of Ocean Fate of Six Men
and Girl Remains Subject of Mys
tery Rumor They May Be
Stranded on Pacific Island Will
Continue Search Longer.
San Francisco, Aug. 22 WV-The
aviation world, Its eyes held west
ward with a heavy heart, today
watched aircraft, naval vessels and
merchant ships continue their In
tensive search In the trackless
wastes of the Pacific for seven
fliers who flew down the airways
from Oakland toward Honolulu
last week and have not been heard
of since.
Prayers In Churches
Efforts of BS naval vessels, aided
by the merchant craft steering a
course along the 2,400 mile great
circle between San Francisco and
Honolulu after a six day search
failed to reveal any trace of the
three m(ssing planes the Miss Do
ran, the Golden Eagle and the Dal
las Spirit.
Worshippers in all Honolulu
churches yesterday offered prayers
for tha rescue of the six men and
one woman comprising the crews
of the lost airships.
A faint flicker of hope regarding
the plane carrying Miss Mildred
Doran went up from Long Beach,
Cal.,' last night when a carrier
pigeon landed there. At one time
Miss Doran spoke of taking carrier
pigeons on the flight and releasing
them 150 and 300 miles out In the
Pacific. Check of the markings on
the bird, , however, revealed it was
a participant in a carrier pigeon
race being conducted on the Paci
fic coast and had no connection with
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TWO WOMEN PLAN TO
FLY OVER ATLANTIC
Russian Aviatrix May
Wing Way Alone as
"Lindy" Did
Xew Tork, Aug. 22 OP) Two wom
en aviators today had accepted the
challenge of the Atlantic and an
nounced that within the next few
weeks they would attempt non-stop
flights to Europe.
Miss Liuba Philipps, Russian pilot
of sixteen years' experience who
came to this country four years ago,
plans to pilot ,a TVright-motored
Fokker monoplane from New York
to an undetermined destination in
Europe, while Miss Ruth Elder of
Lakeland, Fla., hopes to pilot a spe
cially built Stinson monoplane from
Wheeling, West Virginia, to Paris.
In the meantime, unfavorable
winds continue to hold to the ground
at Mitchel Field, Long Island, the
Rome-bound Fokker monoplane Old
Glory, while several test flights re
main before the Stinson-Detroiter
monoplane Sir John Carling can take
off on its projected flight from Lon
don. Ontario, to London. England.
Plans for the transatlantic flight
of Mrs. Philipps were disclosed by
the aviatrix and her manager, Oliv
er Morosco, theatrical producer, who
declared It will be solely "for the
advancement of aviation and women
in aviation." Mr. Morosco said the
names of the backers would not be
revealed until the flight is success
fully made.
Hose 11.000 Feet
Mrs. Phillipps recently made an
altitude flight of 11,000 feet at Cur-
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Have Restful Night
Cliarlestown State Prison, Boston.
Aug. 22 OP) Prison guards reported
to Warden William Hendry this
morning that Nicola Sacco and Bar
tolomeo Vanzetti slept soundly on
what was expected to be their last
night before execution. Celestino
Madeiros, condemned to die at the
same time, also slept well.
After the guards had awakened
them this morning all three men had
breakfast. Sacco and Madeiros ate
boiled eggs, toast and coffee. Van
zetti declined the solid food but
drank pome coffee.
A little later Madeiros' sister was
admitted to the prison to see her
brother for a little while. It was
expected that Miss Luigia Vanzetti
would arrive later in the forenoon to
pay another visit to her brother, at
whose request she journeyed from
her home in Italy to see him before
hi'' cYii!h.
Sicco and Vanzetti early In the
day Ind not been informed of the
i'fr.i'il of Justice Brandeis of the
t'ni'cd Stafoi supreme court to con
sider a petll'.cn for a stay of execution.
Col. Roosevelt Speaker at
3rd Ward Club Outing
COL. THEODORE ROOSEVEJ.T
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former'
assistant secretary of the navy and
son of the late President Roosevelt,
will be the principal speaker at the
annual outing of the Third Ward
Republican club at Lake Compounce
on Sept. 17. Announcement "that
Col. Roosevelt had accepted an in
vitation to speak was made today by
Donald L. Bartlett, . recently elected
president of the Third Ward club.
Col. Roosevelt is a figure of na
tional Importance in the republican
party. President Bartlett feels
elated at his success In obtaining a
favorable response to his invitation
and other officers of the club believe
that Col. Roosevelt's presence will
result in the largest attendance in
years.
COOLIDGES EN ROUTE
TO YELLOWSTONE PARK
Pilot Engine Runs Half a
Mile Ahead to Test
the Rails
'Aboard Presidential Special, En
Route to Yellowstone, Aug. 22
Guarded against Sacco-Vanzetti
demonstrations, the special train
hearing President Coolidge and his
party of 40 persons wound through
Wyoming creek beds today up to
the continental divide in Yellow
stone National park, where the pres
ident is to see the scenic sights,
fish, and ride horseback for a week.
A pilot engine ran half a mile
ahead of the 'presidential train to
test the rails, and secret service
men were ordered to be watchful
to see that no unusual incidents
were staged along the route.
Accompanying the president were
Mrs. Coolidge, his son, John, and
his usual retinue, including news
paper correspondents, photogra
phers and his military aides and
physicians. The special train left
Custer, S. D., 12 miles from the state
game lodge, at S p. m., mountain
time, last night and was due to ar
rive at Gardiner, Mont., entrance of
Yellowstone at 1:20 p. m. today.
The. president's plans are very In
definite. Arrangements have been
made for him to stay one day at
Mammoth hotel, five miles from
Gardiner, which is inside the park.
Then he is supposed to go to Old
Faithful inn for a day before pro
ceeding to Lakeside inn, where he
expects to spend most of his time
fishing. How long he will remain
in the park also is indefinite, but
the executive offices at Rapid City
made arrangements to receive him
back a week from today.
Mr. Coolidge was suffering from
slight indisposition yesterday, but
v.-as fully recovered this morning,
according to Major James F. Cou
pal, his personal phsician. Coupal
said Mr. Coolidge felt a slight cold
and had a minor attack of indiges
tion. When he boarded the train at
Custer last night, 2,000 Black Hills
citizens were out to bid him good
bye. He arrived at Edgemont, S. D.,
at 9:30 p. m., and another crowd
greeted him there.
GOHTTEES CHOSEN
FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS
Golf Course, Airport and
Investigation of
Paving
Councilman Samuel Sablotsky was
appointed chairman of a committee
to consider establishment of a muni
cipal golf course, Alderman William
H. Judd was appointed chairman of
a committee to investigate the South
Main street paving which was said
to have been done without permis
sion of the city, and Councilman C.
H. Maxon was appointed chairman
of the committee to consider the es
tablishment of an airport by Mayor
Weld today.
Others on the golf course commit
tee are: Councilmen Donald Bart
lett and Stanley Cooper.
Alderman Judd will have Alder
man John Maerz, Alderman David L.
Nair, Councilman Samuel Sablotsky
and Councilman Donald Bartlett
with him on his committee.
Those on the committee which will
investigate the need of an 1 airport
with C. H. Maxon, are: Lucien Ma
cora, of the common council, and
Fred A. Osgood and Nels Nelson.
SEVEN DEAD, 25
HURT IN MISHAPS
Murder and Snicide in New
Haven; Double Drowning;
Two Anto Fatalities
GIRL NEAR DEATH IN
NEW BRITAIN HOSPITAL
Nine Injured, Three Seriously, In
Winsted When Two Machines Col
lideRhode Island Man Held On
Charge of Drunken Driving Eight
Hare Narrow Escape In Bus
Touring Car Collision.
New Haven, Aug. 22 OP) Drown
ings, suicides, murder and automo
biles took seven lives in Connecticut
over the week-end. Automobile
crashes brought suffering to at least
25 persons.
A double drowning occurred off
Morgan Point, this city, when two
boats containing a fishing party of
six capsized. The body of one of
the victims, Daniel Colangelo of
Waterbury, was recovered immedi
ately after the accidental overturning
of the second boat by Colangelo. He
had climbed into it from a smaller
boat which had previously gone un
der. Colangelo's two companions in
the smaller boat reached shore safe
ly but Rocco Larusso, 13. of Water
bury, was drowned and his body dis
appeared during the confusion re
sulting when the second boat went
down. It has not yet been recovered.
Murder and Suicide
What the medical examiner de
cided was a murder and a suicide
ended the lives of John Massaro, 30,
and his wife. Rose, 28, in this city.
The two bodies were found together
in a room which the wife had en
gaged Saturday. Both throats were
horribly slashed and beneath the
body of the man lay a razor which
police said had been the instrument
of death wielded by Massaro. The
couple had only recently effected a
reconciliation after several years'
estrangementt. No motive for Mas
saro's actions was evident Police,
however, said that there had been
premeditation on the part of Mas
saro.
Local Man Is Suicide
Steve Kowalczyk, 48 of New Brtt-
in, took his own life by drinking
poison yesterday. He had been ill
for three years.
Although only one fatal automo
bile crash was reported in this state
Saturday and Sunday, the victim of
a motorcycle accident in Winsted
August 9, died In that city yester-
day. The victim was James Bron
son, 19.
The fata! crash Saturday in Derby
caused the death of Emma Jackson,
38, of New Haven. She was a pas
senger in an automobile operated by
Harry Anderson of New Haven who
escaped with lacerations. Their car
hit a telephone pole.
The body of Harold Havenfeldtz
20, of Bridgeport, who with a com
panion was drowned off Fairfield
Beach last Monday, was recovered
yc-sterday being washed ashore at
Southport.
Nine, persons were injured, three
seriously, in Winsted yesterday when
two automobiles collided. Charles
Winslow, John Brequet and Edward
Brequet of Torrington, and Burton
Tiffany of Winsted, were taken to
Litchfield county hospital. All ex
cept Tiffany had possible fractures
of the skull and lacerations about
the body. They were passengers in
a car operated by James Gouthier of
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DEATH OF KOWALCZYK
IS CALLED SUICIDE
But Daughter Denies
Father Intended Self
Destruction
Despondent, it is believed, be
cause of continued poor health,
Steven Kowalczyk, 4S years old,
drank a preparation containing poi
son at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. Bertha Kuczmarczik of 64
Union street and despite first aid
treatments at New Britain General
hospital, died yesterday morning.
When the announcement that her
father had committed suicide had
been made, his daughter, Mrs. Kacz
marezik was emphatic in her denial.
She claimed that Ihere was nothing
in her house which contained the
poison. According to her the liquid
he drank was a poisonous alcoholic
beverage which was not taken with
intent to end his life.
The attempt was made at 1
o'clock Sunday morning, four hours
before .Mr. Kawalczyk passed away.
He had been in poor health for the
past three years. Dr. John Purney,
deputy medical examiner, viewed the
remains and proclaimed death due
to acute poisoning taken with sui
cidal intent. He gave Stanley Roraw
ski, undertaker, permission to pre
pare the body for burial.
Kowalczyk was born In Poland
and emigrated to this city when he
was IS years old. He leaves be
sides his daughter, a son, Stanley
Kowalczyk, with the United States
navy stationed at China.
The funeral will take place to
morrow morning at 7:30 o'clock at
Sacred Heart church Interment
will be In Sacred Heart cemetery.
Governor to Whom All
Friends of Sacco Turn
GOVERNOR A. T. FULLER
Boston, Aug. 22 OP) The, fact that
up to 1 p. m., today Governor Fuller
had not summoned the executive
council to meet with him indicated
to newspaper men at the state house
that he had not considered up to
that time the question of granting a
respite to Sacco and Vanzetti.
Under the law any respite granted
by the governor must have the ap
proval of the council, which com
prises eight members elected from
various districts in the state and the
lieutenant governor.
When the men were granted a
respite 12 days ago the decision was
delayed until only a short time be
fore the hour set for execution ow
ing to the deliberations of the coun
cil which had the governor's recom
mendation before it.
MONROE DOCTRINE IS
MISUSED-KNOWLES
Former Ambassador At
tacks U. S. Invasion in
Latin America
Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 22 OP)
A wholesale indictment of American
policy in Latin America was made
before the Institute of Politics to
day by Horace O. Knowles, former
American delegate to Rumania, Ser
bia, Bulgaria, Nicaragua, the Domin
ican Republic and Bolivia.
A ruthless and indefensible policy
of invasion and intervention and
misuse of the Monroe Doctrine to
facilitate the success of its actions
was charged to Washington by the
former ambassador, who declared
that nothing was hurting America in
the eyes of foreign nations more
than this attitude towards the small
nations south of it.
"We have imposed cur force upon
weak, helpless and defenseless coun
tries and slaughtered thousands of
their citizens," said Dr. Knowles.
"We have attacked them when they
expected we would defend them. We
have used the Monroe Dqctrine to
prevent sympathetic European na
tions going to their rescue when we
abused them. In our dealings with
them we never allow them their day
in court, and we ignore and disre
gard that principle of due process
of law which our constitution safe
guards to all our citizens whenever
their personal liberties or property
rights are involved."
Mr. Knowls asserted that while
calling them backward, unedcated
and uncivilized America has made
no Christian move to remedy this
condition, and that our national
policy has been to take all and give
nothing, despite the promises which
the Monroe Doctrine held out.
Geologist, Trapped Six Days In
"Cave of Darkness," Digs Way Out
Shellmound, Tenn., Aug. 21 (IP)
Trapped six days in Niek-A-Jack
cave, Lawrence S. Ashley, geologist,
who entered the cave last Monday
on an exploring trip, dug his way
out today.
Ashley said that he had been
trapped by falling earth as he
crawled through a narrow passage
way while attempting to reach a
huge cavern.
Although weak and in a dazed
condition, Ashley said that he had
not suffered from hunger. A small
shovel he carried was used in dig
ging his way to the surface, he said.
Ashley, who had given more than
two years to the exploration of the
famed Nick-a-Jack cave, went in
last Monday, leaving a message that
if he did not return by Tuesday the
government be notified.
After three days of fruitless ef
forts appeal was made to Governor
Austin Peay, of Tennessee, who or
dered Chief Mine Inspector O. H.
Pine and a crew of trained mine
rescuers to take charge of the
search. This crew concluded that
Ashley had met his death in the
"River of Darkness" which flows
within the cavern. Preparations
were made to thoroughly drag the
stream today.
The cave has a large number of
sub-caverns, some of which have
never been explored. For a mile
and a half from the entrance the
'River of Darkness" runs through
the cave. The river is said to be
15 feet deep in places and at others
tuns under walls of the cavern
where a boat cannot go.
The cavern in early history, was
the rendezvous of marauding bands
of Cherokee Indians. "
The entrance of the TCick-a-Jack
cave is on the Tennessee line where
42 ARRESTED IN
BOSTON PROTEST
Letter Signed "Sons ol Italy"
Threatens Destruction ol Rail
road Bridges and Banks
JUDGE WEBSTER THAYER
IS GIVEN EXTRA GUARDS
Demonstrations Against the Execu
tion of Two Radicals and Ma
deiros Staged in Many Parts of
World Police Ready To Meet
Riots and Outbursts in All Largo
Cities.
The hour of execution nearing,
protests, mass-meetings and "red"
demonstrations begin to be staged
both in this country and in Europe
for Sacco and Vanzetti. Three hun
dred workers in Boston effected a
sympathy strike, despite the refusal
of official union sanction. A line of
pickets rapidly grew around the
state house and ended only when
42 arrests were made. Reports of
new strikes and demonstrations con
tinue to pour in from all parts.
Strike In Boston
Boston, Aug. 22 OP) Efforts of the
Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee to
have members of labor unions in
Boston go on a sympathy strike to
day had brought about 300 workers
out up to noon today. They report
ed at headquarters in the Scenic au
ditorium in the South End district.
The full result of the committee's
appeal could not be told until a
canvass of the needle trades worker?
had been made in the afternoon.
Labor union officials had refused to
sanction a strike.
42 Are Arrested
The line of pickets in the second
demonstration of the day grew rap
idly and again the police intervened.
Forty-two arrests were made. A con
siderable crowd of spectators had
gathered and some of them applaud
ed when the police stepped in.
As the officers were starting for
the Joy street police station three
more pickets began walking up and
down in front of the state house.
They were promptly arrested. '
Threaten Destruction
Ridgefield Park, N. J., Aug. 22 OP)
Police today received an anony-
mous letter signed "Sons fo Italy,"
I in which threats to blow up railroad
I bridges, banks and the town hall.
were made.
The letter which was mailed in
this place Saturday, read:
"Sacco-Vanzetti. Warning town
police, quicker than you. Sons of
Italy. They die 22 of August. Rail
road bridges blown up. also banks
and town hall. Try and find us."
Chief of Police Frederick E. Lar
son turned the letter over to Ber
gen County Prosecutor A. C. Hart.
Washington, Aug. 22 OP) A de
cision by the department of justice
to allow inspection of its files by
high Massachusetts authorities If
they should desire it and the com
pletion of a petition for a review by
the supreme court in connection
with the Sacco-Vanzetti case were
contemplated today by representa
tives of the condemned men as ave
nues to stave off their execution.
Following announcement by Act
ing Attorney General Farnum that
the department of justice would
permit examination of its records
dealing with alleged radical activi
ties of the two Italians if the Massa
chusetts authorities requested such
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that state joins Alabama and Geor
gia and the passageways of the
cavern run far back into the latter
two states.
Ashley entered the cave last Mon
day to examine an unexplored sub
cavern, a cavern which he believes
"is much larger than the famous
Mammoth cave in Kentucky." and
it was there he was trapped by a
landslide which cut off his retreat
and forced him to dig his way to
freedom with a pocket knife, and a
small shovel, which he had carried
with him into the cave. A supply
of food which he had cached in the
cavern, and from which he was not
cut off by the slide served to sustain
life during his six days fight to free
himself.
After a brief rest at the home of
a friend, near the cave, Ashley ap
peared much refreshed as he re
lated his experiences of the past
week. He was indigriant at sug
gestions that the whole affair was
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HIGH TIDE
(Ausust 23 Daylipht' Time)
New London 7:15 a.m., 7 :34 p.m.
'cw Haven 9: 15 a.m., 0:34 p.m.
THE WEATHER
ew Britain and vicinity:
Vnsrttlcd tonisht ami Tues
day, not much change In temperature.
SHADOW OF DEATH CREEPS ON TRIO;
CHAIR DUE TO TAKE LIVES TONIGHT;
DOUBT FULLER WILL GRANT REPRIEVE
Stay of Execution Re
fused By Supreme
Court Justices Taft
and S t o n e S o 1 e
Hope Remains In Res
pite From Governor.
Petitions for National Re
view of Proceedings in
Massachusetts Court
Docketed Today in
Washington Journalist
and Minister Ask Com
mutation of Sentence to
Life.
Stonington, Maine, Aug. 22 UP) A
stay of execution in the Sacco-Vanzetti
case was refused today by
Justice Harlan F. Stone of the
United States supreme court at his
summer home at Isle Au Haut.
Justice Stone was visited at the
little island, eight miles out to sea
from here by Arthur D. Hill, chief
counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti.
Attorney Hill made the trip to the
island by boat after coming here on
the steamer J. T. Morse from Rock
land where he completed early this
morning a 200 mile motor drive
from Boston. He brought his auto
mobile across the western entrance
to Penobscot Bay from Rockland on
the steamer so as to have it avail
able here to return to Boston.
Justice Taft Refuses
Boston, Aug. 22 UP) Michael A.
Musmanno of Sacco-Vanzetti de
fense counsel announced today that
Chief Justice Taft had sent him a
telegram in which he announced his
refusal to receive a petition for a
stay of execution because the matter
was outside his jurisdiction.
Elias Field of defense counsel,
said later that Chief Justice Hall
had placed the petition for a stay in
the hands of Judge Sisk of the supe
rior court, who was with Chief Jus
tice Hall at a conference with de
fense attorneys last week. Field
said that he would go to the Suffolk
county court house some time dur
ing the day to see Judge Sisk.
Keep Text Secret
Musmanno withheld the text of
the chief justice's telegram but add
ed that Mr. Taft had advised him
to go before one of the three su
preme court justices now in this dis
trict, if he wished action on such
a petition.
The defense already has appealed
in vain to Justices Holmes and
Brandeis and today Attorney Arthur
D. Hill was on his way to place a
petition for a stay before Justice
Harlan F. Stone at Isle au Haut,
Maine.
Musmanno said that he expected
to receive some time during the day
a decision from Chief Justice Wal
ter P. Hall of the superior court
on a petition for a stay laid before
him last week.
He had said' earlier in the day
that as he understood it Chief Jue-
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TOURS N. Y. SEWER
"-Tear-Old Boy Falls into Manhole
and Speeds Onward for 20 mln-
i utes to the East River.
j New York, Aug. 22. '.IP) Swept
j more than half a mile by the swirl
i ing underground waters of New
York's sewers and finally washed
j into the East river, 7-year-old An
thony Agostino today was little the
worse for his experience.
The boy fell into a sewer man
hole while playing with several
I companions in a subway excavation
at Third avenue arid 63rd street.
Cries of his companions attracted
watchmen who notified the police
and fire departments.
Manhole covers ajong 53rd street
and second avenue were opened and
firemen lowered with ropes and
flashlights. But each time the res
cuers were too late, Tony had al
ready shot by.
Police then learned that the sew
er into which the boy fell emptied
into a trunk sewer at Second avenue
which in turned emptied into the
East river at 4Sth street.
Firemen, police and members of
the United States Volunteer Life
Saving Corps, which has a station
nearby, gathered about the sewer
outlet to await the arrival of the
boy.
Minutes passed. Tony had been in
the so'a er waters twenty minutes and
hope of his rescue alive began to
ebb. Suddenly from the outlet from
which three to four feet of water
rushed, came a mud covered body
which began to kick and squirm as
it struck the river. Several firemen
jumped into the water and- hauled
the boy into a boat.
"It was terribly cold in there," re
marked Tony as he was rushed to
Bellevue hospital. There it was
found he was suffering slightly from
submersion and several bruises.
Seven Years Alter Not
Doomed Sacco's Fate
Boston, Aug. 22 UP) Nicola Sacco
and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are under
sentence of death by electrocution
shortly after midnight tonight. Both
were born in Italy. Sacco became a
prosperous shoe worker in Stough
ton with a family of a wife and two'
children. Vanzetti was a fish peddler
in Plymouth with no relatives near
er than Italy.
A paymaster and his guard were
killed in a holdup in South Brain
tree on April 15. 1320. Vanzetti was
convicted after this crime of a rob
bery while armed a short time be
fore. He was known to department
of justice operatives because of radi
cal activities. A jury in 1921 took
only a few hours deliberation to
reach a verdict of guilty of the
Braintree murders. Repeated mo
tions for new trials were made and
denied, the case three times going
to the state supreme court.
The state's case rested on identi
fication by eyewitnesses; the fact
that both men were heavily armed
when arrested. Sacco with a revolv
er claimed to be that carried by the
slain guard; a cap identified as Sac
co's found on murder scene: and
various other circumstantial evid
ence. The defense contended the men
were armed because they feared de
portation as radicals; produced wit
nesses to contradict identification:
charged collusion between federal
and state officials; persecution for
political ideas; prejudice on the part
of trial justice and jury foreman;
and general denial of state case.
Vanzetti's Sister
Asks Brief Strike
Boston, Aug. 22 OP) An appeal by
Miss Luigia Vanzetti, sister of Bar
tolomeo Vanzetti for "people
throughout the world to stop what
ever they are doing for a few min
utes at noon today" in protest
against the impending execution of
her brother was issued early today
by the Sacco-Vanzetti defense com
mittee. The committee announced plans
for an all day conference of Sacco
Vanzetti sympathizers at the Scenic
auditorium and promised an abund
ance of speakers including Edna St.
Vincent Millay "who has written and
will read a poerti entitled 'Justice is
Dead in Massachusetts'." The com
mittee also announced arrangements
for continuous picketing of the state
house by delegations drawn from the
auditorium conference.
RADICALS DECLINE TO
RECEIVE CHURCH HELP
Refuse Spiritual Consola
tion and Will Die as
They Have Lived
Boston, Aug. 22 VP) Sacco and
Vanzetti today refused the last rites
of the church, saying they preferred
to die as they had lived outside its
pale.
Father Murphy completed his visit
ahead of the physician and issued
the following statement:
"I visited the men as I promised
them I would last night, when I left
them. I once again urged them to
prepare themselves for eternity, to
receive the sacrament and to meet
death fortified by the rites of the
church.
"Each one refused, saying that he
preferred to die as he had lived, out
side its pale.. However, I shall hold
myself in readiness to offer one or
all the consolation of religion, until
the end."
Miss Luigia Vanzetti, sister of
Bartolomeo, and Mrs. Rose Sacco.
wife of Nicola, arrived at the prison
at 10 o'clock and were taken to the
warden's office. After waiting there
for an hour they were taken to the
death house to visit the two men.
Both Sacco and( Vanzetti during
the forenoon spent part of their
time reading prison literature. Ma
gazines from the prison library were
brought to them and Sacco read por
tions of the life and letters of Lin
coln. FUND FOR CONDEMNED MEN
Italians At Picnic in Kensington
Contribute to Further Legal De
fense of Sacco and Vanzetti.
A gathering of 200 Italians who
attended a picnic yesterday at Hart's
Pond in Kensington, passed resolu
tions in favor of the two condemned
radicals in Massachusetts,' Sacco and
Vanzetti.
The resolution asks clemency for
the two men and urges an additional
reprieve and a new trial. A collec
tion was taken and forwarded to the
defense committee.
STEAMER OUT OF DANGER
Bordeaux, France, Aug. 22 (IP) A
wireless message from the Danish
steamer Cyril, reported in distress in
the Bay of Biscay yesterday, says
It is out of danger and is being
towed to Brest.
Preparations for Exe
cution Completed At
State Prison Every
thing Ready for Exe
cutioner To Throw On
Switch.
Several Protests Being
Staged in This Country
and in Europe Gover
nor, Judges, and Publid
Officials Protected
Madeiros May Be Firsf
and Vanzetti Last td
Die.
Charlestown State Prison, Boston,
Mass., Aug. 22 UP) All details of
the plans for the execution of NU
cola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti,
due to die in the electric chair her
some time after midnight tonight
were completed at the prison todj
Unless the last-minute moves of
their counsel serve to bring then!
another stay the respite which saved
them from death barely a half-hour
before they were to start the march!
to the death chamber on the night Of
August 10 will expire at exactly II
o'clock tonight.
Despite the international Interest
in the case the steps in carrying out
the law will differ in no particular
from those surrounding the least
known murderer from whom the law
exacts the highest penalty. There
will be the customary number of
witnesses, the same executioner, the
usual prison guards.
Only In the arrangements outside
the execution chamber will there be
any difference. Outside guards, state
and city police will keep crowds a
block or more from the prison gates.
Within the gates the largest crowd
of newspaper men who ever gather
ed for an execution in Charlestown
will be stationed to flash the new
to ever" corner of the world where
the case has attracted attention.
But 40 Feet From Chair
Sacco and Vanzetti and Celestino
Madeiros, due to die at the same
time, though for another crime, rest
ed today in their cells approximately,
forty feet from the chair in which'
they are to die, though shut Olt
by brick walls that hid . the knowN
edge of its presence. There they win
remain until the guards summon'
them, one after the other, to start
the march to the chair. Custom
arily this occurs within a minute el
the stroke of midnight.
The official witnesses, invited bV
Warden William E. Hendry, will
gather in the warden's office shortly;
after II p. m. The group will to
elude, besides the warden and den,
uty warden James L. Hogsett, the)
medical examiner of Suffolk county
Dr. George Burgess Magrath; tha
prison physician. Dr. Joseph I.' Me"
Laughlin; the surgeon general of the)
Massachusetts National Guard. Dft
Frank P. Williams: Sheriff William;
H. Capen of Norfolk county and W
E. Playfair of the Associated Press,
The law permits two other witnesses
at the discretion of the warden, and
two physicians may attend. Fivej
prison guards will be In attendance
The witnesses will start for the)
death chamber soon after 11:30
They will walk within the prison t
the death house, a small one-story
brick building which houses the
death cells and the death chamber
with the chair.
Snitches Are Hidden
Sacco, Vanzetti and Madeiros oe
cupy adjoining cells, facing a cor
ridor. On the opposite side of the,
corridor a door leads into the death
chamber. The chair stands at one
side of the room; a few feet away
is a small niche in the wall, in which
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EIGHT HURT IN CRASH
Many Have Narrow Escape From
Death When Bus and Touring Car
Collide on Boston Post Road.
Darien, Conn., Aug. 22 OP) Eight
persons were injured early today
when a large touring car , and 4
New Tork-to-Bridgeport bus collided
on the Boston Post road.
All were treated at the Stamford
hospital, but the injuries of only
two were serious enough to warrant
their being detained at the hospital.
They were Mrs. L. Van Allen ef
Ypsilanti, Mich., a passenger in the
bus. and Thomas E. Bartram ef
Bridgeport, operator of the touring
car.
The other injured were: L. Van
Allen, Clarence Davis and Miss Da
vis, all of Ypsilanti, Mich., and Mr,
Sarah Hoten, S. B. Hastings and
Arthur Wren of Bridgeport.
The bus was driven by Herman
Lucier of Bridgeport. The touring
car. according to police, was ilgzea
glng down the highway and ran
into the bus which carried a number
of passengers.