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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-13

Section G. That the Mayor and City
Clerk be and they are hereby author
lied and directed to execute and de-
liver with the said parties named in
Section l hereof an Agreement of Sale
for the purchase of said land and
premises in the form approved by the
City Solicitor.
Section T. That this ordinance shall
take effect ten days after the publ-
cation thereof after final passage.
Notice is hereby given by the Com
mon Council of the City of Somers
Point, New Jersey. that the foregoing
ordinance was passed on final reading
after a hearing at a regular meeting
Of the Common Council held on the
3th day Of September 1927 held in
City Council Chambers. City Hall.
Somers roint. y. j.
RONALD J. HARRIS,
s president OF Council
and Acting Mayor.
Approved Sept. ., ls""9..
Attest: JAMES G. SCULL.
City Clerk.
Somers Point. \. J.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-13

al Bank of Somers Point, and will be
coupon bonds with the privilege OF
rogistra ton as to principal only CT rs
to both principal and interest.
Bidders must inclose; their bids in
sealed envelopes addressed TO James
q. Scull City Clerk. Soners, Point,
New Jersey, and each bid must he
drawn upon all incorporated bank or
trust company to the order of the
City of Somers Point for two per cen
INN of the face amount Of bonds bid
for. to secure the City against any
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-13
BY SWAN !

loss resulting from the failure of the
bidder to comply with the terms of
his bid No interest will be allowed
on the amount of such checks. Checks
of Unsuccessful bidders will be return
cd on their award of bonds.
BY order Of the Common Council.
Dated Soners Point. New Jersey,
September 9th, 1927.
JAMES C. SCuLL.
CITY {>terls
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-13
'EDurO' Water
System Display
AT County Fair
Organization Has Grown
Since Establishment in
PIeasantville 6 Years Ago
PLEASANTVILLE PRESS
is GIVEN CREDIT
Newspaper Is Pronounced
Good Advertising Medium
Construction of New Home
For Duro Company Here In
dicates It's Growth

AS usual, q display Of Duro Wa
ter Systems will be demonstrated
at Egg Harbor Fair this week. w.
w. Edwards, factory representative
saho has charge of the Pleasantville
office, will be i'll charge OF this ex-
hibit and will be glad to explain
{ the many improved features of the
Duro systems.
This has grown TO be large bus
mess in our city. Mr.. Edwards
came to Pleasantville six years ago
to introduce Duro pumps. With
each year has come a decided in
crease in business. Last year was
an exceptionally big one, and the
first six months of this year proves
that it is going to be still greater.
The company expresses its thanks
to the many satisfied users who
have caused this increase in bust
ness. The service given to users
by this company also has much to
do with helping the owner Of a
Duro pump.
Mr.. Edwards says: Credit is al
so due The Pleasantville Press for
a good portion of this increase in
! business as we find that adyertis-
ing iD The Pleasantville Press is
the best bet of any paper that our
company has ever advertised in.
Many thanks that we have such an
advertising medium in our commu-
nifty. Every resident of city and
country should be very proud of
our Pleasantville Press
: The Duro company will soon oc-
!. cupy their new home which is un.
: der construction at 1910 South
!. Main street, Pleasantville.
8 A few of the large capacity in
stallations that have been made by
the Duro Pump Co. during the last
4 few weeks are: Standard Bitulith
I ic Co., Lake & Risley Lumber Co.
: Absecon School, New Gretna school
: .Oeeanyille school, Landisvillt
s@schoCl, Minotola school, H. C. Stoc
kinger, p. N. Bessor, Fred Albright
: Clark Adams, Benjamin r. Risley
s.Jr., Ward Hammell
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-13

The quantity Of whole milk pro
7 duced in this country last year is
placed by the United @tates De-
apartment of Agriculture at 120T66,-
$4,000 pounds compared with 49,
sos 1895 900 in 1925, an increase of
Ssmore than four billion pounds. The
eAquantity sof milk used for house
-Ahold purposes is estimated at S.
417 100000 pounds compared with
: 54,325,776, 900 pounds in 1925. This
Increased consumption of milk has
@beea due to its greater use by the
city population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

by the lawyer. but Acting Attorney
General Farnum later said he told
Musmanno that the department had
no informa ton bearing on the MUIR
der charge against Sacco and Van
Zetti. 1t had been charged by friends
of the condemned men that the de-
partment had been active in their
prosecution. The Acting Attorney
General said. however. that the case
was one solely for Massachusetts to
handle.
Two petitions which it was sought
TO file yesterday asked the Supreme
Court 10 review the proceedings in
the Norfolk County Superior Court.
where the men We're tried and con
victed and also the action of the State
Supreme Court in refusing to review
the case. The petition went into detail
in relating the action of the two
courts and Contended that the con
demned men had been denied a fair
trial under the fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution, which guarantees
to ali due process OF law.
II was asserted in the petitions thai
Judge ThaYer, who presided at the
triai Of the two men. was so prcjudiCed
against them as to be incompetent to
sit and that his pref JUDGE influenced
him in ruling against the men when
exercising his discretion on motions
submitted during the trial. The pro.
ceedings in his court were denounced
rs constituting nothing but naked
form of law
Pointing out that it was not until
after Judge Thayer had disposed of
the case that counsel for the con-
demned men became satisfied of his
i,,Ii nd if1n of hn nat /.
tons insisted that the motion which
was made for a new trial should have
been passed upon by some other judge.
Tie State Supreme Court was Criti-
cized for its alleged failure to review
the case on its merits, It's action being
denounced as having denied the men
constitutional rights.
After his visits to the Supreme
Court clerks office and the Depart
ment Of Justice Musmanno left for
Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
ITALIAN PRESS SILENT.
Vatican Paper Is Only One to Com
ment on Convictions.

ROME, August 20 CPl.-Although
devoting much news space to the
Sacco'Nanzett case. the entire Italian
press refrains from comment, the
only exception being Osservatore
Romano, Official organ of the Vatican.
FaniCan.
a staff writer of this paper under
the title, IA Ray of Light" exalts
the mission of LUCIA Vanzetti. who
is stated to have gone to the United
States to convince her brother to
take the comforts of the church be.
fore his execution. The Sacco and
Vanzetti who. under the influence of
political propaganda, have decided
ito make a gesture rejecting the com
forts Of religion" the newspaper says,
are merely artificial cloaks for the
real Sacco and Vanzetti "of the
healthy countryside of Apulia and
Piedmont. led away from the training
of early adolescence by the anguish
and unheard.of sufferings entailed in
drama perhaps unique in history"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
VANZETTTS SISTER DEPRESSED
AFTER VISITING AT PRISON
Condemned Men Show No Signs Of Modi-
flying Views on Religion With Death
But 48 Hours Away.

, to induce her brother TO come back TO
/ the church.
she has come to express her own
| sisterly love and confidence in his
| innocence the statement said, "and
! to bring messages from his family
and fellow toWnsmen Of their faith
in him and III Sacco whom they feel
, To lac the victims of tragic and hor-
rible miscarriage of justice.
"Nanzetti is unwilling to have her
approach the governor with a plea
for mercy. but she cannot feel that
the people of America. through their
elected representatives, will allow the
execution to be carried out when so
many millions in America and the
rest of the world are confident Of the
innocence of the two men. She feels
that if these two men are put to
death American justice will he
crucified."
Calls on Cardinal.
Miss Nanzetti called on Cardinal
O'Connell at his Summer home in
Marblehead this afternoon. according
to statement issued by the COM
mittee. member of the committee
accompanied her.
The statement said that the cardinal
talked to Miss Nanzettf for an hour
ana half. after which he poured tea
for his visitors.
Inc following statement by the
cardinal was quoted in the commit,
tee announcement of the visit:
To mo, respecting as | do the
courts of the Commonwealth and the
Nation, as priest of God. Of clemcnCy
ana mercy as well as justice, my heart
IS TILED with the sentiment of sym.
pathy and compassion for these men.
Human Judgment is fallibIe always
AZ best. but il is the only human
method of government which civilized
lie. has and must depend on for order
and the conservation Of whatever is
best in human life.
But the justice of God is perfect,
and in the end He and His ways, as
mysterious as they are, are our hope
and salvation"
Miss Nanzetti after her visit to the
cardinal made the following state
ment:
Il fervently plead with the people
OF my faith. with the people Of all
faiths, who trust in God and in His
divine providence, to pray this Sunday
for clemency to save my brother and
his friend"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Initiative Up 10 State.

The Department Of Justice might
itself nf it's own motion. have sent
the material in its archives to Gov.
Fuller, had it not felt that since the
case was Massachusetts case the
initiative could with propriety come
only from the Massachusetts author
tiles
1t had been suggested here that the
Department Of Justice or the state
Department might, without any solicit
tation from outside sources. issue a
public statement giving all the facts.
/ This course. however, Is seen az being
open 70 the criticism that the Gov
eminent would be regarded as engaged
simply in WhiteWa shing itself
Some responsible officials here,
therefore. even at this late moment,
. when the execution of Sacco and Van
zetti may be little more than AZ hours
away. are expecting that somebody III
! Washington or somebody in Massa
| chusetts will bring the situation 10
! Gov Fuller's attention and that he
may request a fun disclosure Of the
contents Of the Department Of Justice
files.
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ton office Of the Bureau Of Investiga-
ton Of the Department Of Justice 10
query the New York office Of the
bureau az TO whether or not any sud
den moneys had been received by GER
tain anarchists in New York immedi-
atcly after the South Braintree muir
dcrs. The New York office made an
investigation with no results, and so
reported To the Boston office, which 50
reported to the local prosecuting
authorities Of Massachusetts.
This vas the closest that the De
pnrtmcnt Of Justice came to furnish.
ing any evidence for the conviction Of
Sacco and N3nzetti for the murders at
South Braintree.
1t nevertheless is again, on the other
hand. clear and Obvious that the re-
lentleSs activities of the Department
Of Justice against red radicals in 1919
and 1920 have To he considered as an
important element in the state of
mind Of S3CcO and EanZetli and in the
nature Of their behavior when arrest
ed and while on trial, The full ma
terial for that picture is to be found
only in the Department Of Justice
.tga}gr,tas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
100 PICKETS TO SAIL.

NEW YORK, August 20 (P).-One
hundred local sympathizers of Sacco
and Vanzetti will sail on a Bay State
Line steamship tonight for Boston
where they expect to picket the State
House in Boston and the State prison
In Charlestown. Mass. it was an.
nounced by Rose Baron, secretary Of
the Sacco-Vanzetti emergency com
mittee.
Miss Baron said the Svmpat hizer~
would leave with the knowledge that
they might be arrested and sentenced
to prison terms for their participd-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
PETITION BARRED HERE.
Records in Case Being Sent to Su'
preme Court, However.

BY the Associated Press.
Efforts made in the Supreme Court
Yesterday 10 file petitions for review
of the action Of the Massachusetts
courts in the Sacco and NanZetti case
failed because Michael A, Musmanno,
one Of counsel for the condemned
men. did not bring with him records
of the proceedings in the State courts.
Musmanno left with the clerk Of
the court the petitions in the two APP
peals together with the filing fees and
the cases will he docketed when the
records are received III the proper
form.
The attorney later advised the
clerks office that he had been in.
formed by his associates in Boston
by telephone that the record in one
case had already been forwarded and
that the record in the other would
be sent early this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Columbus, Ohio, on Guard.

COLUMBUS. Ohio August 90 lP)
-Ohio's capitol, the State arsenal and
the governors mansion went under
guard again today as a preventive
measure against any disorders at.
tending the Sacco-Vanzetti develop
ments
Plain clothes men went on guard
at the State House at noon today and
uniformed Ohio National Guardsmen
will go on duty ut the three points
tomorrow noon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
20 MEETINGS IN PARIS.
Big Outdoor Demonstration to b
Held Beyond City Walls.

PARIS. August 20 CP).-Twenty
meetings Of Sacco-Vanzetti sympa-
thizers were scheduled in Paris and
its suburbs tonight. All will be held
indoors. as open,air demonstrate
are forbidden within the SHH a..
consequence cf this fdle. toinorrow's
demonstration will be held at Pre-
st. Gervais, several miles outside the
oitv wallis.
The afternoon papers print long dis.
patches from New York and London
on the subject but there is little edi-
,ptlal comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

proving all that the petitions think
they prove-which IS somewhat more
than | have drawn from them.
II do not consider that am at
liberty to deal with this case different
~ from the way in which | should
treat one that excited no public in
terest and that was less powerfully
presented | cannot say that | have
a doubt and therefore | must deny
the stay. But although / must act
on my convictions | do so without
prejudice to an application to another
OF the justices which | should be
very glad to see made, as | am far
from saying that / think counsel was
not warranted in presenting the queS-
ton raised in the application by this
and the previous writ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
CONSUL THREATENED.
Guards Placed Around U. S. Offices
in Vancouver, B. c.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
August 20 LR).-Police guards were
placed around the offices of the United
States consul general and United
State immigration Bureau here again
today after receipt of an anonymous
letter threatening violence if Sacco
and Nanzetti are executed.
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and ought TO be set aside by those hay
| ing power to do 1t, but until set aside,
| the proceedings must stand. That Is
| the difference between void and void
! able-and / have no power to set the
proceeding aside. That. subject to the
exception that ] shall mention, rests
wholly with the State.
Has Received Many Letters.
Il have received many letters from
people who seem to suppose that |
have a general discretion to see that
justice is done. They are written
with the confidence that sometimes
goes with ignorance of the law. OF
course, as I have said. | have no such
power. The relation of the United
States and the courts of the United
States to the States and the courts
Of the States is very delicate matter
that has occupied the thoughts Of
statesmen and judges for hundred
years and cannot be disposed of by II
summary statement that Justice re-
quires me to cut red tape and inter
Vcne. Far stronger cases than this
have risen with regard to the blacks
when the Supreme Court has denied
it's power.
a state decision may be set aside
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States~-not by single justice Of that
Court~-if the record of the case shows
that the Constitution has been in
fringed in specific ways. An appliCa-
ton for q writ Of Certiorari has been
filed on the ground that the record
shows an Infringement; and the writ
of habeas corpus having been denied,
| am asked to grant stay of execu-
ton until that application can he con
sidered by the full court
Power Rarely Exercised.
II assume that under the statutes
my power extends to this case. al
though I am not free from doubt.
But it is a power rarely exercised and
| should not be doing my duty IL |
exercised it unless | thought that
there was q reasonable chance that
the court would entertain the appH-
cation and ultimately reverse the
Judgment This l cannot bring myself
to believe.
The essential fact of record that is
relied upon is that tho question Of
Judge Thayer's prejudice. raised and
it is said discovered only after the
trial and verdict was left to Judge
Thayer and not TO another Judge
But, as | put it to counsel il the
constitution OF Massa chusetts had pro-
vided that trial before a single Judge
should be final. without appeal. il
would have been consistent with the
Constitution of the United States. In
such case there would be no remedy
for pre- JUDGE on the part of the judge
except clemency. Massachusetts has
done more than that / see nothing
in the constitution warranting a com
plant that ii has not done more still
Judgment Held Not Void.
at is asked how it would be if the
Judge were subsequently shown to
have been corruptly interested or In
sane. ! will not attempt to decide at
what point a judgment might be held
TO be absolutely void on these grounds.
1t is perfectly plain that although
strong language is used in the present
application the Judgment was not void.
even if I interpret the affidavit as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Brusque ''Cuard''
In Federal Building
Is Too Energetic

CHICAGO. August 20.-The Fed
eral Building has lost one of its
most energetic guards.
Loiterers about the corridors
for several days were sent on
their way by an abrupt and de
termined old man. SO busily Wig
orous was he that attorneys and
other persons with legitimate
errands in the building COM
planned Of his brusqueness.
NO I'm not employed here,
tho old fellow said. but I'm 100
per cent American and | don't
want radicals planting bombs
about this building"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Investigates Kentucky Case.

1t developed during the day that
Musmanno was making inquiry into
recent actions taken by Justice
Holmes in granting stay of eXecu-
ton in the case of two negroes SEN
fenced to death in Kentucky, who,
like his clients, commended that they
had been denied a fair trial. The De
partment of Justice also was consulted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Judge Denies Authority.
Cannot Claim Doubt.

After setting forth his reasons for
his decision at considerable length. he
said:
Il do not consider that | am at lib
erty 10 deal with this case differently
from the way in which I should treat
one that excited no public interest and
that was less powerfully presented. J
cannot say that | have a doubt ana
therefore I must deny the stay"
This, he said, he did without preju-
dice to an application to another
Justice, which, ne added, Il should be
very glad to see made, as | am far
from saying that ! think counsel was
not warranted in presenting the ques-
ton raised in the application by this
and the previous writ"
Two other United States Supreme
Court justices now are in New Eng
land. Justice Stone at Isle de Iiaut.
Maine. and Justice Brandcis in Chat
ham, Aiu3s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Case Under State Laws.

The text Of Justice Holmes state
ment follows:
This is a case Of Il crime charged
under State laws and tried by a State
court. ] have absolutely no authority
as Il judge of the United States TO
NEEDLE with it. If the proceedings
were void in n legal sense. as when the
forms OF i trial are gone through in
court surrounded and invaded by an
Infatuated mob ready to lynch prs-
oner. counsel. and jury If there is not
a prompt conviction In such a sense,
no doubt | might issue habeas cor
pus-not because | was a judge Of
the United States, but simply as any
one having authority to issue the writ
might do so, on the ground that a
void proceeding was no warrant for
the detention of the accused.
mo one who knows anything OF the
law would hold that the trial Of Sacco
and Vanzetti was a void proceeding.
They might argue that 1t was voidable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Within Legal Rights.

II il manifest that the Department
Of Justice was absolutely within its
legal rights and duties in watching
alien anarchists and associates Of
allen anarchists.
II is also clear that it is not only
customary but altogether permissible
for the Department OF Justice 10
w}pply facts 10 local prosecuting
authorities when requested for them,
II such facts are ohlaiIlable by the
department ~ 'hiS case the loca!
PROSECUTING authorities asked the Bos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
SACC0-VANZETTl
PLEA Is REJECTED
BY JUSTICE HOL MES

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he ever understood the relation of
the Department of Justice to the
SaccO-NanZetti case" and had dis.
played much concern"
Warden Notifies Prisoners.
Shortly before 8 o'clock tonight
Warden Hendry and Father Murphy.
prison chaplain. visited the con.
demned men in the death cells again,
where the warden told them that
their last chance Of appeal apparent.
~ had been lost. He quoted late
afternoon newspaper stories of At
torney Hills unsuccessful attempts
TO obtain a stay from Justice Holmes
while both men stood at the doors Of
their cells
The men took the news calmly.
Warden Hendry said. and Vanzetti
warmly thanked the prison official for
your extreme kindness in permitting
me to embrace my sister this after.
noon" Vanzetti also gave the war
den a letter to one of his friends in
Plymouth in which he again touched
on the warden's kindness"
Warden Hendry said he was visited
this afternoon by a woman employe
of NatertoWn rubber company. who
said that she was a spiritualist and
that she had been warned" that the
prison would be bombed by airplane
on Monday night. The warden as
srred her that every precaution was
being taken to guard the structure.
Judge Denies Authority.
Justice Holmes, in statement made
public here tonight, through Hill, left
the way open for similar application
to another justice of the same court
Pointing out that the crime for
which Sacco and Vanzetti were con
victed was charged under State laws
and the case was tried by a State
court, Justice Holmes said:
II have absolutely no authority as
a judge of the United States TO NEEDLE
n 4
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