Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1927, Page 2

2 81 ARREST IS URGED IN BUILDING GRASH Ozhmann Recommends Court Action Against Forum Publishers. Court action against the Innlgpem!-% ent Publ ublishers of the Fellow - alleged viola- | tions was | Commissioners ¢ Oehmann iminary investigation Saturday night of the rear of ¥ al paper’s head. | quarte sylvania avenue. In a formal report tiled with Engi- Ladue, Ochmann seen exeavating g without he today by Building Inspect Jollowing into t | Court Action Urged. ! Under the terms of the permit as| sed,” the repo there wis no exc c , and refer- | enc corporation eounsel s | on in the Police | m - ac .Court in accor The nes rar lation of the or contractors to secure n work Excavation Found. | L a call from the Police | Depar visited these | premises at building inspector repo found the northeast portion of r buil had_collapsed into and rumors of bombing were pced by the policeman on duty. Owing to the amount of debris it | ssible to examine the foot- cture of this portion of ng. Later during the day i {was discovered that excavation work “vas in progress, and upon inquiry I Avas informed that the cellar floor was being removed and lowered to accom- nodate new printing ma “This excavation was immediately pajacent to the brick wall and indi- ‘ated a possibility of the cause of the failure. Questioning along these lines, 3t was discovered that a deeper exca- vation had been made adjacent to the fallen wall to accomodate a large-sized motor used to operate a large press. Await Removal of Debris. “While nothing definite can be de- termined at this time, owing to the tnability to see the footings or sup- ports of the building, this cause is only a possibility, and its true value can be determined only when the tlebris is removed. “Tn this connection, however, it is found that there exists no permit for excavation at this location, mor is taere any record of a permit issued in the past two vears, other than permit No. 7971, issued April 6, 1927, to the Independent Publishing Co. as owners, granting permission to in- stall 33 moters of various sizes, ag- egating 70 horsepower, to run presses, which work was being done from time to time. * * * This office has no official knowledge of the prog- tess of the execavation work.” The report pointed out that “this structure is built in two parts, the bld original front portion, three stories in height, being known as Jackson Hall and constructed about 1847. The stories in this part of the building, are exceedingly high. The tear poftion was constructed some- time later, date of whicH cannot be ascertaifidd, and is five storles in height, approximately the total height pf the fyont portion, the two portions being separated by the rear brick wall of the original building.” Plan Excavation Inquiry. Oehmann explained later that prose- tution, if instituted by the corpora- ion counsel, would be directed against fhe publishing company, owners of the building and applicants for the origi- hal permit to install motors. The pro- teedings will rest entirely in the hands 5f the corporation counsel's office, he #aid. When the ruins are cleared out »f the foundation, a careful examina- tion will be made of the excavation, with a view to furnishing the corpora- ‘}'Jyn counsel with all information avail- tble, The building inspector today ordered the remaining walls braced. prepara- tory to removal of the debris by house wreckers. Dangerous sections of the walls were razed yesterday afternoon with the ald of a strong stream of tater from a fire hose, LOWMAN GIVES UP PLAN FOR MAKING MEDICINAL LIQUOR (Continusd_from First Page) t time was head of the industrial cohol division of the old prohibition unit, came to the conclusion that at the rate of withdrawal at that time it tould be necessary to make plans for A resumption of manufacture. Secre- reasury Mellon agreed ws. A bill was intro- ress providing for au- quor, under strict t control, but the s later announced that ed, and that it was plan of co-opera- the purpose in the proposed legi Conferences with the manufacturers Were held here at Washington and at lrew York, and y wecks were ipent in endeavoring to work out a plan tistillers themselves which would meet the approval of the Treasury. Protested. resume manufac- opposition from the . which contended Dry League existed for all - B. Wheeler, gue, personally Mellon to protest of manu- pral cou to. Secretary the resumption effective Mr. s resigned s succeeded by ng his original plans - this Fall before he t of office was never disclosed. to the reticence of Gen. to discuss the problem dur- : seks of his admin- abandoned sws policies, wself ditched ent out of office, There appeared no doubt today, v er, of the inte on of Assistant Y Lowman to let the matter e absolutely dormant for the present. He did not indicate when he thought it might be necessary to resume man- ufacture, before he w Damage Suit Explanation. Suit for $75,000 damages filed in Circuit Court, July 28, by Rose Perl- stein of New York against Tom Moore ©of the Hotel Roosevelt is not directed @zazast the Tom Moore who 18 presi- dent of Moore’s Theaters Corporation nd w lives » r the Ropsevelt, 4 was explained today, { rank and file of Government employes, | others in the higher-paid jobs are in- | sistant Secr THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1927." EMPLOYES STUDY DEDUGTION RULING Hundreds in Higher-Paid Grades, Eligible for Annuity, Scan Records. Hundreds of Government employes in the higher-paid grades and a few | in the lower grades were scanning their service records today to find how long they have heen off the voluntary deduction rolls for retirement annu- ities, following announcement of &/ ruling by the Interlor Department that they are eligible for annuity, but must repay to the retirement fund all the sums they have failed to pay be- tween the date of the withdrawal from classificd pasitions and the present. While the ruling does not affect the who are mostly in classified jobs under the civil service, it does affect many of the higher-paid administrative posts and a few of the lower-paid posi- tions. The ruling affects all presi- dential and secretarial appointees, and any employe who for one reason or another is still in the Government service, although no longer in a classi- fied position. Many bureau chiefs, ants to department heads and cluded under the ruling. Pointing out that on January 1925, the Interior Department, which is charged with administration of the retirement fund, called for the collec- tion of accumulated deductions under the civil service retirement law, As- y Edwards of the de- partment said that many employes have not adjusted their accounts, al- though they are eligible for payment of part of their salary into the retire- ment fund. Affects Higher Salaried Range. “To a great extent,” he said, “the employes involved are in the higher salary ranges and the deductions due at that time amounted to several hun- dollars each. “As the controller general in a num- ber of decisions has held that these uncollected deductions do not bear in- terest. the retirement fund is losing that benefit, and yet the employe, whenever he makes pavment of the principal sum, regardles of the period of delay, will have the same annuitable status as one whose deductions were taken correctly or as one who prompt- 1y paid the back deductions when called for. *‘As these items are of long stand- ing, some of them dating back more than five years, and as no penalty is being incurred for delay in payment, it would appear that some effective action should be taken to enforce set- tlement. “In view of the above conditions, this department has deemed it appro- priate again to call to the attention of the several departments and inde- pendent establishments the necessi not only of making proper current de- ductions from the pay of all employes who are subject to the operation of the act, but also the accrued deduc- tions where they were not timely taken.” Automatic Deductions Not Made. Employes on the classified rolls have no jurisdiction in the matter of deductions for retirement pay. Under the retirement law 31 per cent of their pay is automatically deducted, and they have no voice in the mat- ter. But employes, who by reason of special appointment, either by the President, the department head or for any other reason, are not in a classi- fied status, do not have the auto- matic deductions made from their sal- ary. They are, however, within the purview of the retirement law and may receive the henefits of the law by depositing with the Interior De- partment all the accrued money they would have paid had it been deducted semi-monthly, as in the case of those in the classified posts. Controller General McCarl has ruled P. and A. Photo. Above: The cortege passing up Penn- sylvania avenue. Center: Bugler sounding taps over the grave at Arlington. Below: Black charger, draped with crepe, boots and stirrups reversed, who followed the caisson, bearing Gen. Wood's body JURIST HOLDS LEAD IN KEi'TUCKY CONTEST Judge Sampson Believed to Iave ‘Won Gubernatorial Nomination. By the Asociated Press. LOUISVILLE, August 9.—Robert H. Lucas, collector of internal reve- | nue, said today that Judge Flem D. | Appeals “probably was nomi for governor by the Republicans in last Saturday's primary. He added that he made this statement on the face of incomplete returns and that in justice to his friends and support- ers he would not concede the race until the official tabulation was com- pleted. The Democratic nomination for gov- ernor already has beén conceded to J. W. C. Beckham by his opponent, Robert T. Crowe. James Breathitt, jr., was leading Albert H. Barker for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor The leaders in the other Democratic races wer cretary of state, Miss Ella Le attorney general, Judge J. W. Cammack; auditor, Clell Cole- man; treasurer, Mrs. Emma Guy Cromwell; commissioner of agricul- that the employes paying into the retirement fund the accrued money, do not have to pay compound inter- est on the accrual, thus impcsing no penalty for failure to meet the ordi- nary requirements of retirement pay. CLASH FOR CONTROL MARKS TYPO MEETING Factions Split on Proposal to Ad- vance Pension Age Limit. By the Associated Press, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 9.— A clash between Charles P. Howard of Chicago, president of the Interna- tional Typographical Union, and Daniel J. Tobin, international presi- dent of the Teamsters’ and Truck Drivers’ Union, personal friend of James M. Lynch, veteran former president of the Typographical Union, marked yesterday’s session of the dia- mond jubilee convention of the print- ers’ organization, Tobin, in addressing the convention, advised the delegates to “get rid of anything that was Folding back the union,” referring to a proposed refer- endum on a proposal to advance the penslon age to 65 years instead of 60 years. Howard, head of the progres- sive contingent of the union, took | sharp ssue with Tobin. Lynch is rec. ognized as the leader of the admin- ion forces. Howard defended the referendum and brought the delegutes to their feet cheering when he said “the in- herent power in this organization comes from the men who compose the organizatio Lynch was defeated for re-election as president of the typo- graphical body in 1926 after backing the increased pension age plan, Mr. Lynch, in a message read to the convention yesterday, urged the dclegates to avoid ‘‘petty squabbles and recriminations” and to advance the interests of the I. T. U. Mr. Lynch is confined in a hospital in Syracuse, N. Y. The message was received by the delegates with an ovation, although the progressive forces seemed in control today. The wrangle between the two forces broke out anew later in the day, when protests azainst the seat'ng cf dele- ates, most those of the Mailers’ | Union, were made. James J. Huban | of Cleveland, administration leader, took the lead in the fight against the unseating of delegates. A show- down is expected n the creden- tials committee rep! on the pro- te The convention is in session for six Qays. | ———— | RESENTS SACCO CHARGE. Justice Department Denies Part in Trial of Radicals. A telephone request from a sympa- thizer of Sacco and Vanzetti to the Department of Justice yesterday for information in its files which might relate (0 an alleged effort on the part of the Federal Government to “frame" the two men was flatly denied. The Federal Government had no connection with the trial of the two men, Acting Attorney General Far- uum said, in angvering the query. ture, Newton Bright, and clerk of the Court of Appeals, W. B. O'Connell. E. E. Nelson of Williamsburg, with 13,1 es, was leading the other candidates for the Republican nomi- nation for lieutenant governor. Re- turns from 40 counties gave: Nelson, 13,195; Tom Wintersmith, 11,859; Charles H. Duncan, 6,349; M. E. 8. ;’g;oy, 4,731, and Andrew O. Ritchie, | 1. | SACCO-VANZETTI PLEAS FOR RESPITE DENIED BY THAYER| ge.) (Continued from First Pa today, petitioned Gov. Fuller to par- don Sacco and Vanzetti, but decided against issuing a strike order. Counsel for Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco today filed with the clerk of the State Supreme Court an appeal from the decision of Supreme Court Judge George A. Sanderson denying the condemned men a writ of error. Judge Sanderson’s decision was ren dered yesterday. HUSBAND SHOOTS POLICE. WILSON, August 9 (P).—Pa trolman Joe Ellis was fatally wounded and Patrolman Luther Barnes shot in the chest early today when they an- swered a call from Mrs. Eugene Ma- son for aid in handling her hu and, who, she asserted, had come home Intoxicated. 1son, believed wound- ed by u shot from Barnes' gun, es caped. Mrs. Mason told officers her husband came home early today in a violent mood. He began abusing her and his aged father and in response to a call for help Ellis, Barnes and Patrolman L. J. McKell went to the scene. Ma- son is alleged to have opened fire on the officers as soon as they entered the house. —_——— BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band | at Montrose Park, Georgetown, 7:30 o’clock. March, “Sons of Uncle Sam”..McCoy Overture, “II Guarany”........Gomez (a) Russian song, “The Volza Boatma. Arr (b) “Joyeux C: Trombone solo, “Wonde Musician Hervey J. Selection, ictor Herbert's Favorites” ... Valse de concert, 1tz Dre . O. Strauss Grand March, “The Bohemians,” Hadley | “The Star Spangled Banner."” AW y the United States Navy Band, Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, 7:30 o'clock. March, “The Washington Grey Grafulla Overture, “Merry Wives of ‘Windsor” .. Nicolai Cornet solo, “Arbucklenian Polka,” Hartmann Musician E. Hruby. Characteristic, “Reminiscences of Ireland” ... .Godfrey Humoresque, “Plccolo Pic’ S American suite .... ‘he Tiger's Tall ) “When Milandy Sing: (c) “The Watermelon Fete, ch. Serenade. sketch. SCENES AT MILITARY FUNERAL OF GEN WOoOoD {APPEALS TO COOLIDGE MARK PROTESTS THROUGHOUT WORLD BY the Acsociated Press. Lome of the more important late devciopments in foreign countries indfeating the widesnread interest in the fate of Nicoln Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a5 shown in dispatches to the Associated Press. EUROPE. FRANCE.—Crowd breaks police lines before American consulate at Cherbours, singing the “Interna- tionale,” and demanding release of the condemned men. Laborite dem- onstrations in Pa following Monday’s partial strike; similar movements at Marseille, Nante and other principal industrial cen- ters and ports. BELGIUM.—Hugh Gibson, new American Ambassador, today refused to receive a Socialist dele- gation seeking to intercede for Sacco and Vanzetti. The Soclalists left a letter at the embassy de- manding clemency, RUSSIA.—Members of the Mos- cow sects of the Tolstoyans, Bap- tists, Dukhobors and Molokans ave sent a cable to President Coolidge appealing for mercy for Sacco and Vanzetti in the name of Christianity. RUMANIA . —Socialists, evading armed guard, penetrate American legation in Bucharest and present petition. SWEDEN. — Fifteen thousand participate in meeting and parade in Stockholm. Addressed by Branting, i visited America to study the case. Conference of educational fellowship, sitting at Locarno, appeals to President Cool- idge. AFRICA. FRENCH MOROCCO. flag reported burned at Casablan ca during demonstration before American consulate. Crowd dis- persed by police returns and stones consulate, breaking windows. SOUTH AMERICA. ARGENTINA.—Sporadic strikes continue in provincial centers after three-day partial strike. Trade unions order general 24-hour strike throughout the country Wednes- a Leading Buenos Aires news- papers, hitherto refraining from comment, publish long editorials deploring violence but urgin clem- enc: American URUGUAY.—Chamber of Depu- ties sends telegram to President Coolidge asking intervention. Sol- dlers and police held in readiness to prevent disorders in general 24- hour strike set for today. Ameri- can legation, consulate and busi- ness houses under guard. PARAGUAY.—Asuncion, the cap- ital, flooded ,with handbills and posters in favor of Sacco and Van- zetti. Newspapers declare ‘“con- scionce of the world” clamors for clarification of the case. ECUADOR.—Workers in Guaya- quil disregard police order forbid- ding manifestations, and arrests follow. Labor federation cables Governor of Massachusetts protest- ing death sentences. CENTRAL AMERICA. PANAMA.—Labor syndicate of Federal district organizes meeting of protest, but permit is refused. Civil Chief Galindo declares, “We cannot permit public censure of the Excerpts from *“High Jinks,” Friml Valse, “Garden of Roses,”. .Brooks “The Star Spangled Bann‘r." United States, a friend of Panama.” Panaman foreign minister denfes American Minister has requested | to give prominent display to the dem- protection, and says precautionary | measures taken by police will be suffiicient. XICO. — Executive committee onal Confederation of Labor, largest workers® organization, ruled against strikes or public demon- strations of sympathy with con- demned men. Radical labor organ- izations continue agitation. AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALES.—Un- known person affixes paper to American wreath on war cenotaph at Sydney, in ibed in red, “From the Nation That Wiill Murder Inno- cent Men."” . 145,000 IN NEW YORK STRIKE; THOUSANDS OUT IN OTHER CITIES (Continued from T - —e k Eage) ders for a 24hour strike, but most other workmen ignored the call. At St. Etienne the miners and tramway operators struck, and there were pa- rades with red flags and the singing of the “Internationale.” The Parislan newspapers continue ations both in Europe and in The more conservative pa- pers express the opinion that the dem- outside the United S*ates are the result of an effort on the art of the Communists and friends of bol- shevism to use the universal interest in the Sacco-Vanzetti case to test the strength of their own party. THOUSANDS LEAVE WORK. Clothing Workers and Coal Miners Strike as Protest. BALTIMORE, August 9 (#).—Eight thousand members of the Baltimore branch of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America will leave their work at 1 p.m. today in a Sacco-Van- zetti “protest strike,” Philip Ruelich, head of the local union, said last night. A mass meeting is scheduled for later in the day, when it will be determined whether the strike shall be continued beyond today. 4,000 Coal Miners Out. DENVER, Colo., August 9 (#).—The number of coal miners on strike in southern Colorado was estimated at 4,000 last night by A. S. Embree, spokesman of the I. W. W., which or- ganized the strike movement. Mr. Embree estimated represented 80 per cent of the normal force. He termed it a “demonstra- tion” rather than a strike, saying it was called for the sole purpose of ex- presing a protest against the sched- uled execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. The I. W. W. leader also said the demonstration would continue only three days, and not four, as reported. This duration depended, he said, upon the action of the operators. If the strikers are permitted to return to work without discrimination and if a “black list” is not posted, the miners will return to work Thursday. Em- bree declined to predict what action the strikers would take if the miners encountered discrimination. Clothing Workers Strike. this figure | | ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 9 (#). —Four thousand " clothing = workers went on strike at 10 o’clock this morn- ing in protest of the Sacco-Vanzetti Qecision, ‘ in CHURCH BOMBING PROBE UNDER WAY Blast in Chicago Attributed to Sacco-Vanzetti Sympathizers. By the Associated Pres: ICAGO, Au; of an Itallan C t 9.—Tie bombing tholic_church, attrib- uted to local Sacco anzetti sympa- thizers as theiv fitst violent protest inst execution of the two anarch- . was under investigation today. The church, situated in the center of an Italian parish of 15,000 members, was damaged by the explosion of a black powder container yesterday, the blast shaking two clergymen from their beds in the parish house, at the rear of the church. he bomb exploded in the church en- trance, shattering the front pillars and the church windows. The police theory that sympathiz- ers of the two condemned men per petrated the bombing was strength- ened later in the day. the police eaid, when the entire vicinity served by the parish was flooded with handbills ad- vertising a protest meeting set for to- night and advocating a strike of the workers. DYNAMITE NEAR TRACKS. Explosive Found Under Culvert on Railroad Line. PITTSFIELD, Mass., August 9 (#) —A box containing 35 pounds of dyna- mite was found under a culvert of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad tracks near here last night. The hox was a few feet beneath the main line tracks. It originally con tained 50 pounds of the explosive, but 15 pounds had been removed. Trackmen found the box after a tip had been received that some explosives hadben pleaced under a raflroad bridge. Police officials said that the dyna- mite had bene there only a short time. They began an_ investigation in an effort to determine where the explo- sives came from. The culvert under which the dyna- mite was found-is less than a haif mile from the home of Associate Jus- tice John C. Crosby of the Massachu- setts Supreme Court. There were no fuses, percussion caps or wires in the box, and police expressed the belief that the explosive was stolen by Sacco-Vanzetti sympa- thizers and either cached for “use as needed” or that some one had placed it there with the intention of return- ing later, setting a fuse, and blowing up the tracks. REPORT ON BALTIMORE BLAST. Mayor’s Home Damaged by Explosive, Say Investigators. BALTIMORE, August 9 (#).—Dyna- mite or some other high explosive and not gas was the cause of the blast which early Saturday partly wrecked th home of Mayor William F. Broe- ning, four inspectors of the city high- ways department, two of them experts high explosives, reported today after an investigation of the wreckage. Mrs. Broening and a neighbor yes- terday said they had seen a car with all lights out leave an alley in the rear of the Broening residence about three hours before the blast. BLAST IN RAILWAY STATION. London Transit Company Declares Incident Work of Joker. LONDON, August 9 (@). vas exploded in the Aldw of the underground railway at o'clock this morning. No one was in- Jured. The bomb caused no damage. Some newspapers made a sensation of the explosion, connecting it with the world-wide demonstrations over the Sacco-Vanzetti case, but an official re- port issued by the underground rail- way company expressed belief that the explosion was the work of “a practical joker.” The statement by the railway com- pany said a small can containing some sort of explosive mixture had been exploded in the lavatory of the Ald- wych station, causing _considerable smoke, but no damage. The explosion was not loud enough to be heard in the street outside the station. As soon as the incident was reported to Bow Street, a detail of police hur- ried to the scene, gathered fragments of the bomb and began an investiga- tion. Aldwych station is in one of the city's busiest sections, on the Strand and almost opposite Bush House, con- sidered by many the finest American building in London. When the ex- plosion occurred, however, the morn- ing rush was over and there was scarcely any one in the station. GEN. WOOD BURIED AS NATION OFFERS SOLEMN TRIBUTE (Continued from First Page.) missioner, and a_ group of Filipino residents of the Capital. Maj. Gen. Hanson Ely, commandant of the Army War College, was selected to lead the funeral procession. The pallbearers were Maj. Gens. H. P. McCain, M. W. Ireland and Frank MclIntyre, Brig Gens. Frank E. Mc- Coy and Frank Parker, Cols. Charles E. Kilbourne and E. H. Humphrey and Maj. Burton Y. Read. Difficult to Get Troops. Due to the suddenness of Gen. Wood's death, the War Department had difficulty in mustering sufficient troops to comply with the regulations, which specify a full regiment for one of his rank. Howev::, by summoning detachments from nearby posts, the component units of a regiment were assembled. At the south gate the Cavalry and Artillery detachments left the pro- cession and proceeded back to thelr posts at Fort Myer. The Engineer contingents from Fort Humphreys, however, accompanied the body to the grave. AS the procession first ascended the slopes of Arlington it was saluted by a guard of sailors standing at attention near the World War section. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, was out of the city and unable to attend, but had designated Brig. Gen. B. H. Wells to represent him. Wealthy Radical Pays Fine to Avoid Chosen Jail Term By the Associated Prees. BOSTON, . August 9. — Edward Holton James, wealthy radical and Sacco-Vanzetti champion, last night changed his mind about serving a 40-day jail sentence for inciting to riot und assaulting a policeman and paid a fine of $75 instead. James was arrested during a Sac- co-Vanzetti demonstration on th Common yesterday. When ar- raigned in court he refused to rise when_the complaint was read, de- clared he refused to recognize the court's jurisdiction and declined to plead to charges against him. He was fined $50 on a charge of inciting to riot and $25 on the as- sault complaint. He asked what the fines would total in prison sen- tence and when informed it would be 90 days elected the jail term. Several hours later, just before his vemoval from the prisoner's cage to jail, he notified the clerk he had changed his mind. He was allowed to pay his fine and go. ARRESTS ARE MADE IN SEVERAL CITIES Eight Held in Philadelphia. Others in Boston, Utica and Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 9—FEight men, who police say were attempting to incite transport and electric work- ers to a 24-hour strike beginning to- morrow in protest against the execu- tion of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were arrested here yesterday. One of them, apprehended handing out circulars, who gave his name as Thomas O'Mara of Boston, is sald to be known as a radical. O'Mara and two others had applied to police early in the day for a permit to hold an open-air meeting. The per- mit was refused. A short time later O'Mara was arrested while making a speech and_handing out circulars APPEAL FOR SACCO IS MADE BY GREEN Head of A. F. L. Wires Gov. Fuller Urging Com- mutation. By the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C.. August 89— Speaking for his organization, William Green. president of the American Fed eration of Labor, has appealed to Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts for commuta- tion of the death sentences of Sacco and Vanzetti. In a telegram dispatched last night Green asserted that in spite of the in vestigation, findings and decision ot the governor and his commission many people still entertained “grave doubts regarding their guilt or inno- cence.” His appeal, he said, was “in behalf of the millions of men and women" affiliated with the federation. NOVEL PROTEST STOPPED. Man Sitting in Electric Chair Ordered Off Streets. OMAHA, Nebr., August 9 (P).—A truck in which an electric chair was placed as a protest against the execu- tion of Sacco and Vanzetti was or- dered off the streets by police last night. Roy 1. Stephens, secretary of the Omaha chapter of the Interna- tional Labor Defense League, was sit- ting in the “electric chair” with a hood over his head when police stopped the truck. Stephens sald he had a permit from Acting Mayor Hopkins to use the streets, but this was denied by poli BERGER' WIRES APPEAL Soclalist Congressman Sends gram to Coolidge. MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 9 () Victor L. Berger, Socfalist Repre. sentative from Milwaukee, today ap- pealed to President Coolidge to inter- vene in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Representative Berger made his up- peal in a telegram to the President at the Summer White House at Rapid Tele- printed in English and Lithuanian. The circulars read: “S8acco and Vanzetti must not die! Marine transport workers in Philadel- phia, where do you stand? These men have given all for you. An injury to one is an injury to all. Show your solidarity by going on a 24-hour strike August 9. We cannot get justice in milliopaire court. * * ¢ Strike! Strike! Strike!" \ The three men were arrested, but had been in jail but a short time when five others sought them. They, too, were arrested subsequently after they were found addressing a street crowd. DEFENSE SECRETARY HELD. Los Angeles Police Find Literature Calling Mass Meeting. LOS ANGELES, August 9 ().— Tom Connors, secretary of the Sagco- Vanzetti defense committee in Los Angeles and former sectetary of the California_branch of the general de- fense eommittes, was arrested last night on suspicion of criminal syndi- calism. He was held without bail. Police declared that they found lit- erature in his possession urging peo- ple to attend a mass meeting today, which read, in part: ““Make this day the historic Tuesday when the workers of Los Angeles, in unison with the workers throughout the world, helped to save the lives of two martyrs. Sacco and Vanzetti must not die.” UNION HEADQUARTERS RAIDED. Boston Police Seize Handbills Calling for Strike Today. BOSTON, August 9 (#).—Members of the police riot squad today raided the headquarters of the Cap Makers' Union and seized several bundles of handbills calling on needleworkers to strike at noon today. No arrests were made. Members of unions in the needle trades industry announced last night that the strike had been called in sympathy with Sacco and Vanzetti. Later in the forenoon a girl dis- tributing coples of the strike handbills to commuters at the South Station was arrested and two men were taken to police headquarters as suspicious persons. The handbills, printed in red, bore the heading, "Strike for the freedom of Sacco and Venzetti!” THREE ARRESTED IN UTICA. Owners and Youth Held in Connection ‘With Explosions. UTICA, N. Y., August 9 (#).—Three persons are under arrest in connec- tion with two bomb explosions which early yesterday wrecked half a dozen bufldings in East Utica and smashed plate glass windows in about 100 other structures. Damage to the extent of $150,000 was estimated. Those arrested include Anthony Gumina, barber and owner of the Blecker street property, near the Utica jail, where the second and worse explosion occurred. He is held on open charges. The others are Luca Azzarito, laborer, owner of the dwell- ing in Morris street, five blocks away from the second explosion, and his son Anthony, 16, both held on charges of arson. EXECUTIONER GUARDED. | EW YORK, August 9 (#).—A spe- clal police guard has been posted about the home of Robert Elliott of Richmond Hill, Queens, the execu- tioner who will throw the switch that will send Sacco and Vanzetti to their death in the electric chair at Bostan. With a high-powered rifile and a double-barreled shotgun at his side, Elliott rested at his home with his family on the eve of the executions, calmly reading newspapers and smok- ing his pipe. Elliott is executioner for four States. T _Lightning Destroys College. JACKSON, Miss., August § (P)— Belhaven College was destroyed by fire early tnday as a result of a stroke of lightning during a severe electrical storm which swept the city. All fire companiea were called out and fought the blaze for more than three hours. Vanzetti's Witnesses Demand Arrest, Holding Decision Makes Them Perjurers By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 9.—Seven persons who have testifled at various time as alibl witnesses for Bartolomeo Van- zetti appeared at the governor's offic in the Statehouse yesterday and re- quested that they be arrested as per- jurers. They were received by Her- man A. MacDonald, Gov. Fuller's sec- The governor had left for the day. z ‘Word of their'coming had preceded them, and several State police officers were present in the exeeutive cham- bers when they arrived. The deleg: tion was led by Beltrando Brini, who acfed as spokesman. Brini testified at the Plymouth trial and was 13 years old at the time. Brini left a letter for the governor, which read, in part: “We, alibl witnesses for Vanzetti, in accordance with our written re- quest to you that you bring us to trial charged with perjury in the event that you did not free Sacco and Van. zetti, ' now present ourselves in per- son. ¢ ¢ ® ‘Your refusal to believe our words is tantamount to calling us llars. If City. His message said: “President Wil- son intervened in the cases of Tom Mooney and Joe Gill, California and Utah. Department of Justice under Mitchell Palmer was very rotten and its actions and accounts ought to be investigated. Also its activity in con- nection with Sacco and Vanzetti. In view of the international excitement which this case has created I most re- spectfully suggest again that you in- tervene until it is made clear that these men were not framed. If the men are guilty, the courts will still have them to punish. but if they are innocent, a fearful crime may thus be prevented.” Hotel Workers Protest Executlons. PORTLAND, Oreg., August 9 (#).— A resolution protesting against the de- creed execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, under ‘sentence of death in Massachusetts, was adopt- ed at the opening of the twenty-fourth general convention of Hotel and Res- turant Employes’ International Al liance and the Bartenders' Interna- (dlorml League of America here yester- ay. The resolution protests against the execution on the ground that the two men did not have a fair trial, but were convicted because of “their devo- tion to the cause of the working class. Rules were suspended for its passage, Mass Meeting Permit Denied. NEWARK, August 9 (#).—A per- mit for a mass meeting today in pro- test against the scheduled execution of Sacco and Vanzett! was denied by police last night to Nathan Kleinman, local representative of the Amalga. mated Clothing Workers of Ameri In apolying for the permit Klein- man declared that 5,000 members of the union would go on strike tomorrow morning. He said no time had been fixed for their return to work. Detroit Meeting Forbidden. DETROIT, August 9 (#).—A mass meeting scheduled for this evening in a public square to protest the impend- ing execution of Nicola Sacco and Bare tolmeo Vanzetti, will not be permitted, Police Commissioner William P, Rute ledge announced last night. Handbills advertising the proposed mass meetin; were brought to the ate tention of authorities today, resulting in the immediate announcement that police would be massed in the square tq _prevent such a demonstration. Thousand of the handbills, said to have been distributed to factory and shop workers throughout the city, ;gfld' ‘Sacco and Vanzetti shall not e.” Plan Appeal to Coolidge. BOSTON. August 9 (#).—The Sacco- Van-etti defense committee has tele- graphed to United States Senators Wil- liam E. Borah and Robert La Follette and to Miss Jane Addams of Chicago asking them to go to Rapid City, S. Dak., and wait as a delegation on President Coolidge with the view to in- ducing him to follow President Wil- son's precedent in the Mooney case by ordering a Federal inquiry into the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Previous requests to Mr. Coolidge for intervention have been answered with the explanation that the Presi- dent believed the matteer exclusivly one for Massachusetts to handle. $80 A MONTH FIXED IN ALIMONY CLAIM George J. Voigt Consents to Tem- porary Order for Maintenance of Wife and Children. George J. Voig{, amateur golf cham- pion, whose wife, Charlotte V. Voigt, is suing him for maintenance of her- self and two children, today consented through Attorney William McK. Clay- ton to an order by Chief Justice Me- Coy fixing temporary alimony for the wife and children at $50 per month. Mrs. Voigt said in her petition that her husband was paying only $50 per month and told the court the amount was not sufficient. She makes $10 per week for part-time employment, No answer was flled by Voigt to the rule issued against him by tne court, Attorney Crandal lJackey appeared for the wife. Payments are to be made on the 1st and 15th of each month, — BOMB SUSPECT FREED. Dentist, Held in Subway Explo- sions, Is Released. YORK, August 9 (P.— Maurjce Sfegel, a dentist, who had been held without bail on suspicion of implication in the bombing of two subway : ations Friday night, was discharged in Yorkville Court today we have been liars under oath in the court of Massachusetts, we are sub- Ject to punishment.’ Young Brint said that the Sacco Vangetti defense committee had noth- ing to do with the visit and that he had omnlnd‘flu group, for lack of evidence. Siegel was arrested early Saturday morning by a patrolman who said he became suspicious when he saw the dentist peering into a window of St. Patrick’'s Cathedral at Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street. i