The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 23, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXX., NO. 4565. FALL FISHING IS CURTAILED IN S.EALASKA Trolling Only South of 58th Parallel—Gillnetting, Trolling Here No fail fishing will be permitted In Southeastern Alaska except by trolling south of the 58th paralle porth latitude and gillnetting {rolling north of the same # was indicated today by missioner Henry O'Malle; v 3. Bureau of Fishe means that there will be of fish except in cal, Iey Strait, distriet, In the past seasons, regulation: have allowed fishing in the southern and Wales Island districts September 14 and October this district operations have lmited trolling and gillnetting Makecs Recommendation In a statement issued today Comm oner said: “lI have today that the season for fall fishing, namely, Sep- tember 14 to October 15, be clos ed. This is due to the fact that up to the present time no bodies of fish have shown in streams of Southeastern Alaska and, furthermore, the streams remaining extremely low so if fishing operations were coi ductgd the pink and chum mon now awaiting to enter sireams to spawn would be cap- tured and leave the spawning beds in a serious condition, jeop- ardizing’ further future runs. Troil. fng will be permitted throughout Alaska which will allow the tak- ing of silver salmon for mild cur- ing purposes., Gill netting, also, will be permitted north of the 58th parallel north latitude as in seasons heretofore, as the escape- ment has been more that section than in other areas No change is recommended in tue Stikine River distriet.” No Other Course The Commissioner explained his recommendation, saying surveys made by bureau agents and war- dens, and investigations made cannerymen and fishermen them- selves, revealed left him no other policy to pursue It was essential, he said, trol fishing operations to such extent that the now showing up and to come later will have every opportunity to reach the spawning beds. The recommendation of Commissioner, which ated yesterday, was shown by him rl Sutter, president of the lgo Island Packing company which operates plants at Pillar Bay and Port Graham, Mr. Sut- ter visited here yesterday while the Admiral Evans was in port He agreed, said Mr. O'Malley, that there was no other course which would produce the desired results. ————— NORTHLAND DUE line Com of the fall 1o canning the or Prince of between beeu to tne the an the HERE THIS P. M. Newest Coast Guard Ves- sel, Successor to Bear, Due in Port Today The Northland, newest U. S. Coast Guard vessel and successor to the famous cutter Bear, was scheduied to arrive in port at 4 p. m. today, according to Capt. R. C. Weightman, commanding officer of the Unalga. Capt. James F. Hottel is commander of the Northland. The new cutter will berth &t the old Pacific Coast dock in the rear of the Juneau Motor Com pany Capt. Weighman, are invited to visit the new vessel while it is here." He had not been advised how long it would remain in port. The Northland left Seattle last week and is ealling at virtualy every Alaskan port on its way to. Bering Sea. It spent saveral hours yesterday at Ketchikan and hu, lealled at Wrangell and Petersburg enroute here, DR anl| large | toe | sai | favorable in | oy | conditions which | to con- | pinks and chuirs | was formul- | property. Local people, said | 1 PENALTY IS | { This | operations | | It | arrest charged with May 1920, Nicola Sacco, an Italian immi nt, work led by day in a ry | Stoughton, Mass. His evenings I {a long period were spent in & | tending radical meetings and dis | tributing radical literature. He of medium | smooth shaven and wore { closely cropped. i frequently char; | titude. He desc lan atheist. He said he did I believe in war and in 1917 fled to Mexico to evade the draft His speeches were usually made {in Italian, his English being very broken. In his testimony at toe | payroll murder trial be attack>d American institutions. It was the tear that he would be ! for his radical activities, fied, that led him to lie to tne police regarding his movements at the time of his arrest. i When he came before Judg. i\’\'t'h\'lvx' Thayer for sentence on his on \ Before { murder b, shoe fa heighi, his hair manner his at- himselt as was ibed no i NICOLA SACCO in| deportel | he testi-| ]UNFAU ALASKA TUESDAY AUGUST 23, 1927. PAID FOR MURDER April 9, 1927, Sacco had his say about his beliefs, “I know there are two classes— | the oppressed and the rich,” he | e aimed. “We fraternize the peo ple with books and literature. You prosecute the people, terrorize and kill. We try to educate them. “That's why 1 am here today | for having been in the oppresscd class, while you are the oppressor and you know it. I've never been guilty, never.” Twice strikes. acco conducted hunger The first time was while |he was in the Dedham jail in | February and March, 1923, while motions for a new trial were pend- |ing. That one lasted a month [ Then he was taken to the Psycho- pathic Hospital in Boston and fo.- cibly fed once, whereupon he abandoned the strike. The second | hunger strike came in the state prison and began while he was awaiting Governor Fuller's deci- sion as to whether he should .u- terfere with the court's sefitence ALASKA ISLE el s — = : Col. Lindbergh | Thinks Fast: | Evades Kiss ” MADISON, W’ s —Fast thinking Charles A. Lindbergh kept | | him from being kissed last night by a young lady guest | at a banquet. She presented | him with a bouquet and sought to kiss him on the cheek. Col. Lindbergh held up the flowers, stepped back- ward and the woman with- drew. Aug. 23. by Col. 1 | | ‘Miles Poindexter Is Home on Visit NEW YOR 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. — e Among the passengers on the Dorothy Alexander are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garfield. Mr. Gar- field, after visiting in Juneau for several days, left last week for Ketchikan,” where he boarded the steamer and will continue on w0 ‘his home in Seattle, REPORTED LIKE RFGULAR INFFRNO SEATTLE, Aug. 23. — Hending Plaun, Danish Consul, arriving here upon his return from Us:, Siberia, on a trading vessel, de- clared that Bogoslof Island looks like it would explode like a giani firecracker. “We went within three miles of the Island,” Plaun said. “Th2 entire island seemed afire. Smo%e wnd 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 werc jn the water off the Island roaring as if in protest to the burning cf their home. We could hear their roar six miles away. “Thousands of birds swarm-d about the Island and the water was discolored. There was a strong smell of sulphur in the air.” - FRED GINES DEAD Fred Gines, 18, native of the Philippine Islands, pased away at the St. Ann’s Hospital at 1:38C o'colck this morning from acute infection of the brain. Gines was brought in from the Libby, Me- Neill and Libby cannery at Taku Harbor on August 20 with an infection in his noge, Which rap- idly spread to his brain, causing his death. The body is at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. DATES IN LASIL BOSTON, Aug. 9. lnmor!‘u |\ah~ in the Sacco-Vanzetti '3 A]u)l 15, 1920—Murder of Frea erick A. Parmenter, paymasier of Slater and Morrill Company, shoe manufacturers, and his guard, | Alexander Berardelli, at South Braintree, Mass. May 65, 1920 zetti and Nicola in Brocton September 11, Vanzetti indicted May 31, 1921 Dedham. July 14, 1921—Both, found guilty t degree murder. December 24, 1921—Judge Thay er denies new trial metion. March . 27, 1923-<Alienists clare Sacce sane, April- 9, 1924—-Vanzetti declare sane. January 10, deiros made “Morelli gang” and Berardeili April b, 1927—Judge Thayer de- nies new trial the Madeiros statement and other new evidence, April 9, 1927—Sacco and Van zetti sentenced to die week July 10. June Bartolomeo Sacco arrestd b, 1920—8acco- and Trial " starts at of de- 1926—Celestino M- statement saying killed Parmenter 5 5, on ol 20, 1927—Governor. Fullgr, having begun investigation of case, postpones death of Medeiros, Vanzetti and Sacco to and includ: ing August 10 July 17, Sacco and zetti begin hunger strike. July 22, 1927—Governor Fuller interviews Sacco and Vanzetti m prison. August 1927-—Governor Fuller gives decision refusing clemency. August 10—Governor A. T. Ful ler grants respite to August 22, including August 22 to permiis Massachusetts Supreme Court (o 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 to grant stay of execution. August 23—Madeiros, Sacco and Vanzetti electrocuted in State pri- son of Massachusetts at Charles- town. TWO MEN ON " WORLD FLIGHT RECORD TIME NEW YOXK, Aug. 23.—Out to establish a new time record for encirling the globe, BEdward 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 for Harbor Grace, Newfoundiand, 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 first stop. Costs Chaplin Over Million For Divorce LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 23. —-Charlie Chaplin's price of do- mestic peace has provided a wedlth of figures for comjecture and gossip of movie pegple and newspaper readers following the 62 minutes in court yesterday in which the comedian’s young wife, Lita 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 STRETOR, Ill., Aug. 23 —The body of Mrs. Maryann Hill, aged 56 years, estranged wife of Dr. H. C. Hill, oculist, was today found burfed in the basement of her home. A fracture on the skull indicated murder. She was last seen three weeks ago. The authorities ' are searching for Harry Hill, aged 22, the woman's son, Van- B o U S —— Van- TWO MURDERS COMMITTED BY THO RADIGALS| Story of Crime of Sacco and Vanzetti and Fight to Save Them BOSTON, Aug. 23.-—The crime for which Nicola Bacco and Ba tolomeo Vanzettl were sentenced to die was a double murder On the morning of April 15 1920, Frederick A. Parmenter, pay Waster, and Alexander Berardelli guard, arrived at the factory Slater and Morrill Company uth Braintree, near Boston, to y -off employees. They carried satchels, $15,776. As they wo out to enter the factory door fwo men approached _and fired at them. Both fell mortally The two robbers grabbed the chels. An automobile, whi:h d béen waiting nearby, speed tofthe curb. The satchels were ;-uwn in.and the two robbers lambered into the car, which was iven off at high speed Trap Is Set robbery and murders South Braintree had been pre- ceded by similar crimés, - Police and détectives had definite suspi @lons, and they set a trap to catch the owger of an automobile which was in d"garage at Brocton. On the night of May B, 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti, with others, ap peared at the garage and askod to take the car out. The garage Jdeper’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 & Brocton street car, Both had revolvers in their pockets. Sacco was a shoeworker, was employed in Stoughton, where 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 and Vanzetti told conflicting st ries of their doings. They later 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 alfen radi- cals, and numerous ‘“roundups" and raids were being made and Sacco and Vanzetti had been ad- vised by a lawyer to collect the literature. woundel The and Trial in 1921 Sacco and Vanzetti were indiot- ed September 11, 1920 and went oun trial at Dedham, May 31, 1921, In the meantime, radical sy pathizers had taken up their case and demonstrations Intended to aid them were staged In many countries. Their trial, held ip 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- tion, directed by District Attorney Frederick (. Katzmann, explored their radical views, asserting this was made necessary by Sacco and Vanzetti inserting this as a defense, Guiity of Robbery Prior to the murder trial, Van- zetti had been found guilty, in Judge Thayer’s gourt, of a roo- bery at Bridgewater, and for thls he was sentenced. But evidence relatfng to this was excluded from the murder trial by stipulation MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SACCO-VANZETTI ELECTROCUTED; PAY DEATH PENALTY FOR CRIME PAYS FOR R A0 i CRIME IN ELECTRIC CHAIR BARTOLOMEO VANZETTI Bartolomeo Vanzetti was an Ita llan immigrant and an admitted radical leader. He went to Mexicn to evade the draft in 1917 Vanzetti was a fish pedler in the historic town of Plymouth Mass. With a fairly good com mand of English, he was a writer as well as an orator, and his style was dramatic. After his arrest charged with murder he wro'e voluminous documents setting forth his views and pleading that he was being persecuted for them He was thick set and swarthy. A huge black moustache droop- ing at the ends' covered his mouth. So active was he in radi cal councils that when a fellow radical named Salsedo disappear- ed, Vanzetti was chosen to go to New York to search for him. This was late in April, 1920. On May 3 the body of Salsedo was found on a New York sidewalk where he had jumped or fallen from a window in the federal de partment of justice rooms on tha 14th floor. The next day Vanzetti returned to Massachusetts, and on May 5 he was arrested on the payrull murder charge. It was Vanzetti's claim that on the night of his arrest he and Sacco were starting on a tour 01 which they intended to pick up a mass of radical literature which | they had distributed. They wish- ed to dispose of it, h because they fearcd capture by federal officers and lh-pullulmn for their radical activities. Before he was brought to triai| for murder Vanzetti was convicted | of an attempted holdup in Bridg- 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 plev when brought before Judge Thay- er for sentence for murder. “In all my life,” he declared, “I have never stolen and never killed. I have struggled all my 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 oppression of men. You know we were radicals, under dogs. I have suffered because I am a radical and h(wulm- [ am an [Italian” Presiding Jud eat Sacco- Vanzem Tnal Is One of State’s Leading Jurists) BOSTON, Aug. Judge Wen ster Thayer of the Massachuseits 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 orde: when he thought they were not conducting a case properly. His decisions were marked by terse and vigorous language. Outside the courtroom Judge Thayer has been active in frate:- nal organizations and has main tained a lifelong interest in sport which began when he was cao- tain of the Dartmouth College baseball team for three years. In that period he piloted the Dart. mouth nine to its first baseball victory over Harvard, In lacer years he has been an ardent golf- er. His home for many years hisg been in Worcester, mot far from the Worcester county town of Blackstore where he was born on July 7, 1857. At Dartmouth his classmates in- cluded Samuel W. McCall, who s Governor of Massachusetts ap- rointed him to the superior bench in 1917, and John A. Aiken, who later became chief Justicg of the 2 asserted, | PRICE TEN CENTS |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 nenalty 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 ca:h- 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, Both Sacco and Vanzetti made brief speeches before they took their seats in the chair. Sacco was pale but steady and shouted in Italian: “Long live anarchy,” as he sat down, und then in broken English, he wont on: “Farewell, my wife and child and aii of my friends.” The straps were being adjusted as he said his last words: “Good evening gentlemen, farewell, mother.” - Vanzett! entered the death chamber the calmest of the thrée 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: “I wish to tell you I am innocent and neyer connected with any crime but sometime, some s.i. |l thank you for everything you have done for me. I am innoceni ot all crime, not only for this | (Continued on Page Seven.) ITALIANS - RESENTING EXECUTION ‘Sacco-Vanzetti Sympathiz- ers Indulge in Protest- ing Demonstrations ROME, Aug. 23.—News of tha execution of Sacco and Vanzetii was communieated to the ponwv- lation of Rome by a specia' edi tion of the Popolo di Roma under the headline: “‘Tragie !Farce Is Pinished; Sacco and Vanzetti Killed.” The entire front page was de- jvoted to the case with photo- graphs of Gov. A. T. Fuller, of Massachnsetts, condemned men and detailed diagram of the ¥ | death house. [ e JUDGE WEBSTER THAYER Massachusetts superior court. One of his fellow members of Athel- stan Lodge, A. F. and A, M, 1s Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the Massachusetts supreme court. | Expressions of bitterness ware heard among the people aund |unusual precautions were taken land a guard of 26 men were !pln‘. « about the American Em- bassy. “This is not the healthiest moricut for American aviaters |to come to Rome,” was on: re- mark heard. “Thank God it is over. Si~re and Vanzetti can rest peacefully but we will not forget,” sad one man, BYSTANDER XVILLED AT GENEVA, Aug. 23.—Sacco and Vanzetti manifestants demolfshei windows in the Great Hall of . Liberty and League of Nations Palace. Rioting followed the protest meeting organizéd by So- clalists. The mob marched to the American Consulate but the police beat them off. Manifestants then took ven- geance by attacking an Ameri- can agency and two pictire theatres, showing American Il'u‘. (Continued op Page Seven.) (Coutinued on Page sma.], e ;