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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE^
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“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXX., NO. 4565.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1927.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS I
SACCO-VANZETTI ELECTROCUTED;
PAY DEATH PENALTY FOR CRIME
FALL FISHING
IS CURTAILED
i IN S.E.ALASKA
Trolling Only South of 58th
Parallel—Gillnetting,
Trolling Here
No fail fishing will he permitted j
In Southeastern Alaska except by |
trolling south of tlie 68th paralle- |
north latitude and gillnetting an 1 ]
trolling north of the same line,
ft was indicated today by Com
missioner Henry O’Malley, of the
XT. S. Bureau of Fisheries. Th's
means that there will be no fa'l
canning of fish except in the lo
cal, or Icy Strait, district.
In the past seasons, regulations i
have allowed fishing operations
in the southern and Prince of
Wales island districts between
September 14 and October 16, It:
tills district operations have been
limited to trolling and gillnetting I
Makes Recommendation
In a statement issued today tne
Commissioner said:
“I have today that the season
for full fishing, namely, Sep
tember 14 to October 15, be clos
ed. This is due to the fact that
up to the present time no large I
bodies of fish have shown in tne
91 reams of Southeastern Alaska
and, furthermore, the streams are
remaining extremely low so that
if fishing operations were con
ducted the pink and chum sai
nion nowr awaiting to enter the I
streams to spawn would be cap
tured and leave the spawning
bods in a serious condition, Jeop-!
aidlzlng further future runs. Troll-]
lug will be permitted throughout]
Alaska which will allow the tak-1
ing of silver salmon for mild cur- {
ing purposes, , Gill netting, also,
will bo permitted north of the1
58th parallel north latitude as in j
seasons heretofore, as the escape
ment has been more favorable in I
tHat section than in other areas.
No change is recommended in tne
Stikine River district.”
No Other Course
'the Commissioner explained his
recommendation, saying surveys
made by bureau agents and war
dens, and investigations made Dy!
eannerymen and fishermen them-1
selves, revealed conditions w'hich !
lert him no other policy to pursue
It was essential, he said, to con
trol fishing operations to such in
extent that the pinks and chuirs
now showing up and to come
laler will have every opportunity'
to roach the spawning beds.
The recommendation of the
Commissioner, which was formul
ated yesterday, was shown by him
to Carl Sutter, president of the ,
Fidaigo Island Packing company j
which operates plants at Pillar
Bay and Port Graham. Mr. Sut
ter visited here yesterday while
the Admiral Evans was in porf j
He agreed, said Mr. O'Malley,
that Iherp was no other course
Which would produce the desired
results.
NORTHLAND DUE
HERE THIS P.M.
Newest Coast Guard Ves
sel, Successor to Bear,
Due in Port Today
The Northland, newest U. S.
Coasi Guard vessel and successor
to the famous cutter Bear, was
[scheduled to arrive in port at 4
p. in. today, according to Capt.
R. C. Weig.htman, commanding
officer of the Unalga. Capt. James
F. Hottel is commander of the
Northland.
The new cutter will berth at
the old Pacific Coast dock in the
rear of the Juneau Motor Com
pany’s property. Local people, said
Capt. Weighman, are invited to
visit the new vessel while it is
here. He had not been advised
how long It would remain in poit.
The Northland left Seattle last
week and is calling at virtually
every Alaskan port on Its way to
Bering Sea. It spent saveral hours
yesterday at Ketchikan and has
called at Wrangell and Petersburg
enroute here.
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PENALTY IS PAID FOR MURDER
DATES II\ CASE
BOSTON, Aug. 9. — Important,
dates In the Saeeo-Vanzettl case
are:
April 15, 1920—Murder of Fren
eriek A. Parmenter, paymaster of
Slater and Morrill Company, shoe
manufacturers, und his guard,
Alexander Berardelli, at South
Braintree, Mass.
May 5, 1920—Bartolomeo Van
zettl and Nicola Sacco arrested
In Brocton.
September 11, 1920 Sacco and
Vanzettl indicted.
May SI, 1921—Trial starts at
Dedham.
July 14, 1921- Both found guilty
of first degree murder.
December 24, 1921—Judge Thay
er denies new trial motion.
March 27, 1923—Alienists de
clare Sacco sane.
April 9, 1924—Vanzetti declared
sane.
January 10, 1926—Celestino Ma
deiroa made statement saying
"Morelli gang” killed Parmentei
and Berardelli.
April 5, 1927—Judge Thayer de
nies new trial on the Madelros
statement and other new evidence,
April 9, 1927—Sacco and Van
zetti sentenced to die week of
July 10.
June 29, 1927—Governor Fuller,
having begun investigation of
case, postpones death of Medelrot,
Vanzettl and Sacco to and includ
ing August 10.
July 17, 1927—Sacco and Van
zetti begin hunger strike.
July 22, 1927—Governor Fuller
interviews Sacco and Vanzetti :n
prison.
August 3, 1927—Governor Fuller
gives decision refusing clemency.
August 10—Governor A. T. Ful
ler grants respite to August 22,
including August 22 to permits
Massachusetts Supreme Court to
make general review of case.
August 19-—Massachusetts Su
preme Court overruled all excep
tions in case presented by Sacco
Vanzetti Defense Counsel.
August 22—Chief Justice Taft
and Associate Justices Holmes,
Brandeis and Stone of United
States Supreme Court refuse 1o
grant stay of execution.
August 23—Madelros, Sacco and
Vanzettl electrocuted in State pri
son of Massachusetts at Charles
town.
TWO MURDERS
COMMITTED BY
TWO RADICALS
Story of Crime of Sacco
aud Vanzetti and Fight
to Save Them
BOSTON, Ang. 23.—The crime
for which Nicola Sacco and Buf
tolomeo Vanzetll were sentenced
to die was u double murder.
On the morning of April 15,
1920. Frederick A. Farinenter, pay
twister, and Alexander BerardelU
JjTk guard, arrived at the factory
Wf Slater und Morrill Compuuy,
9putb Ilrainlree, near Boston, to
rfAy off employees. They carried,
jjp satchels, $16,776. As they w-*i *
Ijboul to enter the factory door,
t%o men approached and fired at
lbom. Both fell mortally wbunde.t.
The two robbers grabbed the
Michels. An automobile, whldi
ifhd been walling nearby, speed
up i» the curb. The satchels were
tjirown In and the two robbers
dgamhered into the car. which was
(jfdven off at high speed.
Trap Is Set
* The robbery and murders at
South Braintree hud been pre
ceded by similar crlmdk. Police
and detectives had definite suspl
oions, und they set a trap to
■ ditch the owqer of an automobile
which was In a'garage at Brocton.
On the night of May f6, 1920, Sacco
and Vanzetti, with others, up
peured at the garage und asked
t.o take the car out. The garage
keeper’s wife slipped Intp her
house and telephoned the police.
Sacco and Vanzetti left the ga
rage, without taking the car, and
It was testified later that they
followed the garage keeper's wife
to her home when she made the
call and that they acted in a queer
manner. Police arrested them on
a Brocton street car. Both had
revolvers In their pockets.
Sacco was a shoeworker, and
was employed In Stoughton, whore
he lived. Vanzetti lived In Ply
mouth, where he sold fish. Both
were ''radicals," and were active
in spreading radical propaganda.
It was their contention that they
had gone to the garage with a
friend to get his automobile to
collect radical literature In the
possession of other friends, so
that In case Department of Justice
operatives raided their friends’
homes such literature would not
be found. The automobile they
sought to use In this work, It de
veloped, was not the car used In
the hold-up and murder.
Conflicting Stories
But on their arrest, both Sacco
umi Vanzettl told conflicting sto
ries of their doings. They late
protested they lied to conceal their
radical activities, through fear of
deportation, and not because they
had committed murder. At the
time, the Department of Justice
was active in deporting alien radi
cals, and numerous "roundups"
and raids were being made and
Sacco and Vanzettl had been ad
vised by a lawyer to collect the
' literature.
Trial In 1921
Sacco and Vanzettl were indict
ed September 11, 1920 and went
ou trial at Dedham, May 31, 1921.
In the meantime, radical sym
pathizers had taken up their case
and demonstrations intended to
aid them were staged in many
countries. Their trial, hold In
Judge Webster Thayer’s superior
court at Dedham, attracted much
attention. Fred H. Moore, of San
Francisco, was chief of defense
counsel.
Their radical activities were
brought out at the trial, and It
also was brought out that both
were pacifists and had gone to
Mexico during the war to escape
the military draft. The prosecu
tlon, directed hy District Attorney
Frederick 0. Katzmann, explored
their radical views, asserting this
was made necessary by Sacco
and Vanzettl inserting this as a
defense.
Guilty of Robbery
Prior to the murder trial, Van
zettl had been found guilty, In
Judge Thayer’s court, of a roo
hery at Bridgewater, and for this
he was sentenced. But evidence
relating to this was excluded from
the murder trial by stipulation
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PAYS FOR CRIME IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
STATE EXACTS
PAYMENT FOR
TAKING LIVES
Three Convicted Murder
ers Go to Electric
Chair Early Today
CHARLESTOWN STATE
PRISON, Mass., Aug. 23 —
Nicola Sacco and Bartolo
meo Vanzetti, shortly after
midnight, paid the nenaltv ‘
of death exacted by the
State for murder.
Celestino Madeiros pre
ceded Sacco and Vanzetti to
the electric chair by a few
minutes, the world known
radicals following rapidly.
Madeiros died for the mur
der of a Waltham bank eas
ier, in a hold-up. Sacco and
Vanzetti for the murder of a
paymaster and guard at
Braintree more than seven
years ago.
Inside and outside of the
high prison wall stood a
small army of armed guards.
Hoth Sacco anti Vanzetti made
brief speeches before they took
their seats in the chair.
Sacco was pale but steady and
shouted in Italian: "Long live
anarchy," aH he sat down, and
then in broken English, he went
on: "Farewell, my wife and child
and ali of my friends."
The straps were being adjusted
as he said his laBt words: "Good
evening. gentlemen, farewell,
mother.”
Vanzetti entered the death
chamber the calmest of the three
men, shaking hands with the
guards as he came through the
door of the execution chamber.
He walked unassisted to the
chair and seated himself. In
broken English, he declared: "1
wish to tell you I am innocent
and never connected with any
crime but sometime, some s.u.
I thank you for everything you
have done for me. I am innocen:
of all crime, not only for this
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ITALIANS
RESENTING
EXECUTION
Sacco-Vanzetti Sympathiz
! ers Indulge in Protest- S
ing Demonstrations 1
ROME, Aug. 23.—News of th» I
execution of Sacco and Vanzetti ■
was communicated to the por>»>. I
latlon of Rome by a specia' edl I
tion of the Popolo di Roina 8
under the headline: “TraKic ■
Farce Is Finished: Sacco an.1 8
Vanzetti Killtd."
The entire front pige was de- 8
voted to the case with photo- a
graphs of Oov. A. T. Fuller, of I
Massachusetts, condemned men 8
and detailed diagram of the 8
death house. I
! Expressions of hilterness were I
l heard among the people and *i
! unusual precautions were taken fl
and a guard of 25 men were 4
plac'd about the American Em- 4
bassy. ■
“This is not the healthiest ■
moment for American aviators 9
to come to Home,’’ was on? re- 8
mark heard. ■
“Thank God it is over. Sivu S
and Vanzetti can rest peacefully
but we will not forget,’’ sj.d I
one man. I
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1 BYSTANDEE KILLED AT 1
GENEVA 1
GENEVA, Aug. 23.—Sacco and !H
Vanzetti manifestants demolished J
windows in the Great Hall of H
Liberty and League of Nations 1
Palace. Rioting followed the M
protest meeting organized by So- m
cialists. The mob marched to ■
the American Consulate but tlie 9
police beat them off. 9
Manifestants then took ven- ■
geance by attacking an Amcrl- J
can agency and two pict"ra 4
theatres, showing American 111 u». j
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NICOLA SACCO
Before his arrest charged with .
murder on May 5, 1920, Nicola i
Sacco, an Italian immigrant, work
ed by day in a shoe factory in i
Stoughton, Mass. His evenings for i
a long period were spent in at- ]
tending radical meetings and dis
tributing radical literature. i
He was of medium heighi,
smooth shaven and wore his hah' l
closely cropped. A fiery manner i
frequently characterized his at- i
tltude. He described himself as |
an atheist. He said he did not
believe in war and in 1917 tie !
fled to Mexico to evade the draft. 1
His speeches were usually made
In Italian, his English being very
broken. In his testimony at tee :
payroll murder trial be attacked '
American institutions. It was the
fear that he would be deporte 1
for his radical activities, he testi- i
fled, that led him to lie to tne 1
police regarding his movements
at the time of his arrest. i
When he came before Judge i
Webster Thayer for sentence on i
Vpril 9, 1927, Sacco had his say
ibout his beliefs.
"I know there are two classes—
he oppressed and the rich," he
ixclaimed. "We fraternize the peo
ile with books and literature. You
jrosecute the people, terrorize
md kill. We try to educate them.
"That's why 1 am here today—
or having been in the oppressed
lass, while you are the oppressor
ind you know it. I’ve never been
;uilty, never."
Twice Sacco conducted hunger
itrikes. The first time was while
te was in the Dedham jail in
February and March, 1923, while
notions for a new trial were pend
ng. That one lasted a month
rhen he was taken to the Psycho
lathlc Hospital in Boston and fo.
;ibly fed once, whereupon he
abandoned the strike. The second
lunger strike came in the state
irison and began while he was
iwaiting Governor Fuller’s deci
ilon as to whether he should .u
erfere with the court's sentence
ALASKA ISLE REPORTED
LIKE REGULAR INFERNO
t . y
Col. Lindbergh
Thinks Fast;
■ Evades Kiss
j MADISON, Wis., Aug. 23. |
| —Fast thinking by Col. |
| Charles A. Lindbergh kept j
j him from being kissed last |
j night by a young lady guest |
| at a banquet. She presented j
| him with a bouquet and {
sought to kiss him on the j
i cheek. Col. Lindbergh held j
| up the flowers, stepped hack- j
ward and the woman with- j
I drew.
Miles Poindexter
Is Home on Visit
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Miles
Poindexter, United States Min
ister to Peru and former United
States Senator from Washington,
has arrived here on his way to
visit his home in Spokane, Wash.
Among the passengers on the
Dorothy Alexander are Mr. and
Mr*. Charles Garfield. Mr. Gar
field, after visiting in Juneau for
several days, left last week for
Katchikan, where he boarded the
steamer and will continue on io
> his home in Seattle.
SEATTLE, Aug. 23. — Hending
Plaun, Danish Consul, arriving
here upon his return from Us:
Siberia, on a trading vessel, de
clured that Bogoslof Island looks
like it would explode like a gian;
firecracker.
“We went within three miles
of the Island,” Plaun said. “Ilia
entire island seemed afire. Smoke
and steam was issuing from every
part of the Island. Many huge
cracks were seen and .It had tne
appearance of an inferno.
“Hundreds of sea lions were In
the water off the Island roaring
as if in protest to the burning tl
their home. We could hear theii
roar six miles away.
"Thousands of birds swarm (I
about the Island and the water
was discolored. There was a
strong smell of sulphur in the
air."
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FRED GINES DEAD
Fred Cines, 18, native of the
Philippine Islands, pased awa)
at the St. Ann's Hospital at 1:3C
o’eolck this morning from acut<
infection of the brain. Gines wai
brought in from the Libby, Me
Nelli and Libby cannery at Takt
Harbor on August 20 with ar
infection in his nose, which rap
idly spread to his brain, causing
his death. The body is at th<
C. W. Carter Mortuary.
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BAETOLOMEO VANZETTI
Bartolomeo Vanzetti was an Ita
Han immigrant and an admitted
radical leader. He went to Mexlcr
to evade the draft in 1917.
Vanzetti was a fish pedler in
the historic town of Plymouth
Mass. With a fairly good coin
mand of English, lie was a writei
as well as an orator, and his style
was dramatic. Afte11 his arresl
charged with murder he wro’r
voluminous documents seltinp
forth his views and pleading thai
he was being persecuted for them
He was thick set and swarthy
A huge black moustache droop
ing at the ends* covered hb
mouth. So active was he in radi
cul councils that when u fellow
radical named Salsedo disappear'
ed, Vanzetti was chosen to gc
to New York to search for him
This was late in April, 1920. Ot
May 3 the body of Salsedo wai
found on a New York sidewall
where he had Jumped or fallvi
from a window in the federal de
partment of justice rooms on tin
14th floor. The next day Vanzett
returned to Massachusetts, and oi
May 5 lie was arrested on tin
payroll murder charge.
It was Vanzetti a claim that on
the night of his arrest he and
Sacco were starting on a tour o 1
I which they Intended to pick up
a mass of radical literature which
they had distributed. They wish
ed to dispose of it, he asserted,
because they feared capture by
federal officers and deportation
for their radical activities.
Before he was brought to trial
for murder Vanzetti was convicted
of an attempted holdup in Bridge
water and sentenced to 12 to 15
years in the state prison. Judge
Thayer presided at that trial as
well as the payroll case.
Vanzetti made a lengthy plea
when brought before Judge Thay
er for sentence for murder.
"In all my life," he declared.
“I have never stolen and never
killed, 1 have struggled all m./
; life to eliminate crime from the
: earth. I have refused to be a
, commodity, to sacrifice myself for
a good position. I have struggled
to eliminate the exploitation and
i oppression of men. You know we
were radicals, under dogs. 1 have
i suffered because I am a radical
and because I am an Italian."
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TWO MEN ON
WORLD FLIGHT
RECORD TIME
NEW YONK, Aug. 23.—Out tn
establish a new time record for
enclrling the globe, Edward
Schlee, Detroit business man, has
landed here in his Stinson De
troit monoplane piloted by Wil
liam Brock.
The plane left the Ford Air
port at 10:21 o'clock yesterday
morning and arrived here at
5:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Brock plans to hop at dawn
Wednesday tor Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland, from where he
and his pilot will make the offi
cial start on the around the
world flight. The fliers will wait
there for favorable weather. Lon
don will be the tirst stop.
Costs Chaplin
Over Million
For Divorce
LOS ANGELES, Cai., Aug. 23.
—Charlie Chaplin's price of do
mestic peace has provided a
wedlth of figures for conjecture
and gossip of movie peQple and
newspaper readers following the
62 minutes in court yesterday
in which the comedian’s young
wife, Llta Grey Chaplin won an
Interlocutory decree. The di
vorce will cost the actor In ex
cess of $1,00,000 including at
torney and court fees, it Is said
Woman’s Body Found;
Murder Is Indicated
3TRETOR, 111.. Aug. 23 —The
body of Mrs. Maryann Hill, aged
56 years, estranged wife of Dr
H. C. Hill, oculist, was today
found buried in the basement ol
her home. A fracture on the
skull indicated murder. She wat
last seen three weeks ago. Tht
authorities are searching foi
Harry Hill, aged 22, the woman’:
son.
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Presiding Judge at Sacco
Vanzetti Trial Is One of
State’s Leading Jurists
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nOSTON, Auk. 23.-Judge Weu
ster Thayer of the Massachusetts
superior court, even before he
presided at the SaccoVanzetl.
trial, was one of the leading jurists
in the state. He Is noted for his
watchfulness in the courtroom.
Often he called attorneys to order
when he thought they were not
conducting a case properly. H:s
decisions were marked by terse
and vigorous language.
Outside the courtroom Judge
Thayer has been active in frater
nal organizations and has main
tained a lifelong Interest in sport
which began when he was eau
taln of the Dartmouth College
baseball team for three years. In
that period he piloted the Dait
mouth nine to Its first basebal1
victory over Harvard. In later
years he has been an ardent golf
er. His home for many years h is
been In Worcester, aot far from
the Worcester county town of
Hlackstor.e where be was born on
July 7, 1857.
At Dartmouth his classmates in
cluded Samuel W. McCall, who as
Governor of Massachusetts ap
pointed him to the superior bench
In 1917, and John A. Aiken, who
1 later became chief justice of the
JUDGE WEBSTEB THAYEB
Massachusetts superior court. One
of his fellow members of Athel
stan Lodge, A. P. and A. M., is
Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg of
the Massachusetts supreme court.
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