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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
SNAKE DANCE OF HOPS
IN RAIN PRAYER OCCURS TONIGHT

ORAIBI TRADING POST,
Ariz., Aug. 20, (AP).-ScOres of
persons were arriving at this
point and nearby desert villages
tonight ready to drive to Walpi
Indian village on the first mesa
of the HOpi reservation, where
on the morrow the HOpi antelope
and snake priests will stage the
most barbaric and picturesque
ceremony that remains of the
American Indian--'the snake
dance in which poisonous rat
tiers are used i'll the prayer
ceremonial for rain.
The snake dance staged on
the ninth day of the ceremOnialS
and eliminating the annual ritu-
al, is the prayer of the HOpi for
rain, which the Indian tribes
men believe to be stored in vast
reservoirs in the heavens and
bowels of the earth.
1t will be sadly decimated line
of priests who dance the tribes
centuries old appeal for rain.
The tribesmen know their hearts
are heavy. However, the cere-
monies will not lack any of the
glamour or barbaric beauty that
has marked them throughout the
ages for the younger men OF the
tribe will participate in the cere-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23

LOS ANGELES, Aug. % P-
Charles Spencer Chaplin prOxied
into divorce court here today and
traded $625,OOO and permanent
cuStOry of his two sons to his girl
wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, for an
interIOcutOry decree of divorce.
Into an hours session of Judge
Walter Guerin's court, at which
Mrs. Chaplin played the leading
part, were rolled the final gestures
to the eight months martial strife.
A property settlement reached
out court was announced by Ed
win T. McMurray, chief of counsel
for the suing wife, and Mrs.
CEaNLin made her own routine
case of cruelty from the witness
stand. A few cOrrODOrative wit
nesses were sworn, testified briefly
and the decree was granted.
In addition to the $625,OOO
Chaplin agreed to pay his wife,
the comedian established trust
fund of 100000 for his two sons.
The principal of this fund will go
to the children when the young
est, sydney Earle, reaches the age
of IS years.
1t was understood that over and
above this $S25,OOO Chaplin agreed
to pay $4,000 as expenses Of his
wife during their separation;
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
CHAPLIN TRADES $625,OO0OO AND
TWO SONS CUSTODY FOR DIVORCE

$4,000 as receivers cost and fees;
$21OO court costs and $1,000 a
month for the support, mainten-
ance and education of the chill
dren for a period of five years
pending setting up of the trust
fund.
Mrs. Chaplin will receive $685.
900 of the total award at once in
cash, reliable reports said, the re-
mainder to be paid her over
period of three years, as follows:
On Sept. l, 1928, 100000; Sept. 1,
1929, 100000, and on Sept. 1880,
the balance of $4,000.
Within Is seconds after Judge
Guerin had completed reading a
temporary ruling barring certain
testimony, McMurray had an
nOunced the reaching of the set
tIement and Mrs. Chaplin was on
her way to the stand.
Rapidly and with finaIity she
answered the questions which Nc
Murray put to her. Neglect of
herself and the children, absence
from home at night and cruel
treatment which forced her to
leave the film comedian, were the
burden of her testimony.
Not word was mentioned of
all the sensational charges which
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23

mOnials as much as their expert
ence and ranking allow.
Time and civilization have
done their work. Years have
passed, and taken with them the
loyal old CIanSmen whose devO-
ton to the ancient rites has
made ceremonial history on the
Painted Desert, and whose spec
tacle has drawn thousands from
the sheltered east and more adj
venturOuS west.
The active priests Of the snake
and antelope clans are scattered
through all the settlements Of
HOpi land, among the colorfuI
mesas and gaunt plateaus of
northeastern Arizona.
Whether the Hopi snake dance
will be staged another year or fol
endless decades remains mere con-
lecture. Its origin, however, is well
in Hopi legends.
The day of the snake dance opens
with race of the young men. Long
before sunrise they start from dis
5ant point and the first to bound UP
the steep mesa path is sprinklcc
With sacred meal and water and
aiken to the antelope kiva where he
S given an amulet of power,
At sunset the snake dance is
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
FINAL APPEAL
FOR CLEMENCY
MADE TO GOV.
Wife and Sister of Con
demned Men Plead With
Fuller For Delay.

BOSTON, Aug. %, Rp-A final
appeal to Gov. Fuller to grant "any
form of c1emency" rather than allow
the two men to be executed was
made tonight by Michael A. Musman-
no, of defense counsel.
While a habeas corpus petition was
being argued before Judge Lowell in
United States district court, Mus
manlo arrived at the governors Of
flee shortly after six o'clock.
The attorney before entering said
Arthur D. Hill of defense counsel
had been detained in Maine and could
not return to Boston before tomorrow
The attorney was with the COVER
nor for about ten minutes and was
then told to see the attorney gen-
eral. That official was absent from
his office at the time and Musmanno
sat for some time waiting for his
return.
Holding court open for an hour
after regular closing time, Judge
Lowell listened to an hour and a
half argument and then declined to
act on the matter was outside his
jurisdiction.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
ISacco Shouts ''Long Live
Anarchy" as He Sits
Down in Chair.
BOTH ARE CALM
.Vanzetti Protests Innocence
of Crime as Straps Slip
ped On.

CHARLESTON STATE PRISON,
BOSTON, Mass, Aug. % R)-Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti short
ly after midnight this morning paid
the penalty of death exacted by
the state for murder
Celestino Madeiros preceded them
to- the electric chair by few minutes,
the world known radicals following
|as rapidly as the execution routine
would permit
Madeiros died at 1908 a. m. for
the murder Of a Wrentliatfl bank
cashier Sacco and Vanzetti were
executed for the murder of a pay
master and his guard at Braintres
more than seven years ago. Sacco
was dead at 1919 and Vanzetti at
1926.
Inside and outside Of the high
prison wall stood small army of
armed guards. Waiting also were
the press wires to inform the world
that the long fight to save the men,
which had continued until the last
minute, was at an end.
Both Sacco and Vailzetti made brief
speeches in the death chamber before
they took their seats in the chair,
Vanzetti protesting his innocence to
the last.
Sacco, pale but steady, shouted in
Italian: "Lor1g live anarchy" as he
sat down in the chair.
b Then in broken English he went
on: Farewell my wife and child
and all my friends"
+ The straps were being adjusted as
Me said his last words:
+ Good evening, gentlemen; farewell
mother"
Vanzetti entered the death cham.
Der the calnleSt of all the three men,
Shaking hands with two Of the guards
as he came through the door of the
execution chamber, he walked un-
assisted to the chair and seated
himself.
AS the guards began the hasty
adjustment of straps to his head
and body ne began a speech.
In the broken English that char
acterized his dramatic plea for
Justice" when sentence was passed
on him in Dedham on April 9, he
declared
IT wish to tell you I am innocent
and never connected with any crime.
but sometime some SIM I thank you
for everything you have done for
me. am innocent of all crime, not
only of this one but all. am an
innocent man.
Then just as the guards slipped
the straps and head cap in place,
cutting off further speech, he
shouted
Il wish to forgive some people for
what they are now doing to me-"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
LAW IS URGED.
CONTROLLING.
SUCH FLIGHTS.
Recurrence Of Such Dis
asters Must Be Prevented
Say Officials.
CONTINUE HUNT.
Admiral Eberle Orders 40
Naval Vessels to Keep
Up Search.
CONTINUE HUNT

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. % tP)-
While navy boats and planes searched
under an extended Zero hour Sec
retary of the Navy Curtis d. Wilbur,
San Francisco visitor, and officials
in Washington, D. c., agreed today
that some federal move must be
made to prevent recurrence of the
disasters that have befallen the Dole
air race entrants, crews of the Golden
Eagle, Miss Doran and the Dallas
Spkit.
Admiral Eberle, acting secretary of
the navy. said in Washington today
he predicted the enactment by
congress of a law to prohibit long
distance airplane "stunt flights" ex-
cept under rigid conditions.
AT the same time Admiral Eberle
ordered the 40 naval vessels searching
the Pacific for the missing fliers to
continue their efforts until Thursday.
The original plans were that the hunt
should officially terminate tomorrow
night. Extension was given following
the disappearance of the Dallas Spirit,
piloted by Captain William Erwin, of
Dallas, Texas, and navigated by A.
H Eiehwaldt, of Hayward, Cal, which
apparently dove into the sea nearly
700 miles west of San Francisco
Friday night after flashing an S. o. s..
call on it's radio.
Secretary Wilbur was quoted by
the Bulletin as agreeing that some
step must be taken by the federal
government to prevent future loss of
life in long distance stunt flights"
He declined to comment on Admiral
Eberle's prediction.
The secretary said that the preSi,
dent had some power in this respect,
but said he was mot sure" that this
was sufficient to cover the situation.
He declared it was inevitable that
some action will be taken ito prevent
needless loss of life"
That navy men conducting the
hunt for the missing men of lie
AJanas spirit who failed to reach
their Hawaiian objective held little
hope for their rescue was reflected
in signed article published by
Lieutenant Commander William G.
Tooze of the destroyer Hazelwood III
the San Francisco. Call today. He
said
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
Declared Purpose of Con-
ference Destroyed If Cal
ifornia Prevails.
ASK UNANIMlTY
Four Upper Basin States
Desire Full Signature
Before DevelOpSent.

DENVER, Colo, Aug. % R--Born
in an atmosphere heavily laden with
declarations of states rights, the
seven state Colorado river governors
conference, which opened today re-.
ceived statement of Arizona'S posi-.
ton and a promise of CALIFORNIA; S
tomorrow.
Two plans for settlement of the dis
pute between Arizona and California
relating to division of the water
allocated to the lower basin states
by the Santa Fe, N. M, compact,
drawn in 1922, were put on the con-
ference table by the governors of the
two states, George w. P. Hunt and
C. G. Young, respectively.
: The one contained a clause de-.
nanding that Arizona be given half
the water so allocated- 900 600
acre feet annually, and the other
that a commission of nine members
be appointed to determine the needs
of each state and draw up a basis
for settlement of the dispute.
Late in the afternoon the con"
ference appeared to be On the verge
OF breaking UP when California was
called upon to submit more definite
proposals" than had been presented
at the morning session. California
c0ntended that it's proposal was as
concrete as that presented by Arizona
Governor Young finally announcing
that the matter will be taken under
consideration
A half hour after recess, however,
he issued statement in which he
said that California would submit
concrete proposals at 10 a. m. Tuesday
when the meeting is scheduled to
recOnVene.
The demand that the California
delegation put it's needs into figures
was made by George Malone, Nevada
state engineer, representing Cover
nor Balzar, who could not be present
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PRESIDENT in
OCULAR MOOD
ON PARK TRIP
Expects to be. Pretty Much
on the HoOf Entire Week
Sightseeing.
YETI, ,OWsTONE NATIONAL PARK

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Wyo., Aug. %, P)-With week of
sightseeing and rest before them,
President and Mrs. Coolidge, came
into Yellowstone National Park today
to view it's grandeur on a program
which might have been arranged for
any less distinguished but ambitious
tourists.
It called for steady gait through
the cloud-hooded mountains and
through valleys bubbling with gey-
sers and hot springs from now un-
til Saturday. program of pretty
much on the hoof'' as the president
himself views it.
They had scarcely settled them
selves for the first nights stop in
the spacious mountain residence of
H. w. Child, president OF the Yel-
1owstone hotels corporation, when
they slipped on heavy overcoats for
an automobile drive to Camp Roose-
velt to visit the Tower Falls region.
Returning this evening, they rest
ed in the Child home across from
Mammoth hotel for the crowded
weeks itinerary before them.
Even here in this wonderland OF
Nature where everything is peace
full and sparsely populated, large
crowds eagerly followed the pres1-
dents movements. His arrival at
Mammoth was a good deal like COM
ing to gay week end party where
the guests stood in front OF the
lodge and waved a "hello" in the
manner of folks on vacation away
from their every day cares.
And for the president and Mrs.
Coolidge this was to be a week OF
genuine pIeasure-actually the first
of this kind Mr.. Coolidge has had
since he entered the White House.
Apparently anticipating it's pleasures,
the president was inordinately talk
ative and jovial. It is not usually his
custom to talk much when stopping
on trips but today as his train pass
ed through Montana cities, he SPAR
red verbally with some of the folks
who came down to his train and
joked Governor E. j. Erickson OIL
Montana, at Livingston, about a
mistaken assumption of the ,city's
population. He was on a holiday and
seemed to be in holiday mood.
Reaching the Yellowstone while
the vacation season is in full swing,
the president will be in the midst of
some lively times. Hundreds of guests
are crowding the hotels where music
from the jazz instruments of college
boys helps to while away the eve
ming and in the daytime there is
ample opportunity for horseback
riding, fishing and hiking and many
places to go for sightseeing.
No one knows definitely just where
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23

BOSTON, Aug. %, (AP).-
Crowds at two downtown news
paper office bulletin boards, vis-
ible from the Associated Press
office, received the news in 81
lence. They filled the street be-
fore the boards. They dispersed
Immediately after the executions.
LONDON, Aug. %, RAThe Gem
eva correspondent of the Exchange
company describes last
nights rioting in Geneva as serious
He says the city was in the hands
Of 5000 rioters who attacked and
damaged American shops,
raided motion picture houses where
American films were being shown
seizing films starring Douglas Fair
banks, Mary Pickford and Norma
Talmadge. The films were taken to
the streets and destroyed
Crowds stormed the police sta
tion, the correspondent adds. He says
many of the rioters used revolvers
and that one person was killed and
Is were wounded.
WASHINGTON, Aug %, B-A
last minute appeal to Governor Full
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
ARMY AIRCRAFT
CONTINUES HUNT! !!
FOR LOST VET.

PHOENIX, Aug. %, P)-Two army
airplanes, soaring just above the
ground over the desert wastes north
and west of Glendale, today con-
tinued the week-long search started
last Tuesday for Alfred z. Menard,
who walked away from his brothers
home in a state bordering on mental
hysteria.
Scope of the man hunt, begun by
Sheriff Jeff Adams and friends of
Menard, was augmented Friday
with the arrival of the two Douglas
transport planes from San Antonio,
Texas, and was again increased to-
day to include the aid of every per-
son living or travelling through the
zone under observation. In addition
rewards totalling $3.50 have been
posted for discovery of the she'll
shocked war veteran.
Posters, carrying full description
of Menard, his condition and the
circumstances under which he WAN
dered into the desert, we're dropped
from the planes today at every
camp and habitation in the search
zone and in front of every person
seen walking or riding in the dis
trict.
Sheriff Adams expressed the be-
lief that Menard is either dead in
some obscure spot on the desert, or
that he has left the country.
eff Menard is still on the desert, .
Sheriff Adams said, "I am convinc-
ed that he has perished. He had no
water nor food when he left his
brothers home and no man could
survive on the desert Tor week
under such conditions"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
Charlie Chaplin's Cost
OF DiUorce Jumps From
100000 To $625, 900

y LOS Angeles, Aug. % R)-
81 One ex-wife of Charles Chaplin,
x who took 100000 for a divorce
y decree from the comedian, was
y working for a living on d vaude
*yille stage here today while Lita
y Grey Chaplin tucked into her
y handbag a promise of $625,O0 on
* similar trade.
* She is Mildred Harris, first
* wife of the famous comedian,
4 whose romance with Chaplin was
H shorter = ! than that of the
* girl wife who won her first decree
4: today.
y
y * r. * 81 y * = * * 81 y * =:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
SACC0, VANZETTI ARE ELECTR0CUTED
Hope Nearly Abandoned for Honolulu FHers
SIDELIGHTS ON
EXECUTION

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 22
-SaccO and Vanzetti manifest
ants demolished the windows of
the great hall of the library of
the league of nations palace to-
night. The riOting followed a
protest meeting organized by
socialists. The mob first marched
ON the American consulate, but
the police beat them off.
The manifestants then took
vengeance by attacking the
American agency of two picture
theatres showing American films.
In the struggle with the police
shot was fired by some uI1-
known hand, and killed byStand-
er. Fire hose playing streams of
water on the crowds eventually
dispersed them.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 22,
(AP).-A SaccO-V Vanzetti dem
OnStratiOn cost the life of
Pennsylvania state trooper today.
Private John j. DOwney was
slain at AcmetOnia, in the heart
Of AIlegheny's coal mining region,
after a detachment of state police
had broken up mass meeting of
1900 sympathizers of Nicola Sac
co and BarthOlOmeO Vanzetti,
Massachusetts radicals, condemn
ed to die early tomorrow.
DOwney was shot and killed
as he and other troopers were
dispensing small groups Of men
who had collected along the
highways after the meeting was
broken up.
Several suspects were arrested,
but none had been identified as
DOwney's assailant.
The troopers were forced to
resort to tear gas bombs before
the mass meeting was scattered.
Riot clubs were used freely and
the crowd soon scattered. The
officers then began the work of
dispensing the smaller crowds.
DOWney ordered three men who
were standing near store, to
move on. They replied with Of
fensive language, said Deputy
Coroner, John t. McQuaid and
DOwney raised his mace ana
brushed them lightly with it. ne
of the trio drew a revolver and
fired point blank at the trooper
who fell dead with three bullet
wounds in his body. ALI three
then ran.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-23
BARTHELMEss ENGAGED

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. % (P)-
The engagement of Miss Katherine
Wilson, New York actress, to Richard
Barthelmess, screen star, was an
noanced here tonight.
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FLAMES drive
Three FAMILIES,
OUT OF HOMES
Cigaret Stub Is Blamed for
Fire Which PeriIs Lives
of Six.

Fires forced three INDIANAPOLIS
families from their homes early to-
day.
Smoke dreams grew into burn
ing, checking reality for Allen
Moorehead, %, travelling salesman
and a sound sleeper, when a smol-
dering cigaret stub set fire to an
overstuffed davenport at the Moore
head residence. at p. m.
Allen was deep in slumber in a
rear upstairs bedroom. His mother
and father, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Moorehead, slept in a room at the
head of the stairway; his sisters,
Elizabeth, "a, and Claire, IA, in an
other, and his grandmother, Mrs:
Clara Moorehead, 70, an invalid, in
a front room.
Dream Becomes Real
Elizabeth was first to be awak-
ened by the smoke. Her cries awak-
ened other members of the family.
excepting Allen. 1t took shaking
and shouting to convince him that
his dream was an actuality. A few
deep breaths Of smoke strengthened
the conviction and he responded by
throwing his clothing out the win
dow.
Flames were tapping living room
furniture downstairs when the up
stairs door to the stairway was
opened. Slamming it shut, the elder
Moorhead carried his aged mother
onto the front porch roof. Other
members of the family jerked open
frozen windows and were carried
down ladders by fremen, summoned
by a neighbor who heard Mrs.
Moorehead's cries.
Fire was confined to the living
room and extinguished with chemi-
Gals at a loss approximating $500.
Other Families Routed
Moorehead is confident a cigaret
was left burning after midnight on
an ash stand near the davenport,
and dropped on the arm of the day.
EXPORT to start the blaze.
Two other families were driven
from their homes in night clothing
when fire broke out in double
house at 835-837 S. Capitol Ave. at
the same hour. Joseph Hines was
the occupant of the south side of
the double, and I. Gerdocky the
north side. All occupants, includ-
ing Gerdockys five children, tum-
bled out first floor windows to
safety.
Roof Of the house was destroyed
with a loss of $4,000. Battalion
Chief John J. O'Brien was injured
about the head and neck by a fall
ing ladder and will be off duty sev-
eral days.
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Play onsSecretary's Name
y Brings SIS to First Place
! Writer.
BY LIMERICK LARRY

Andrew Mellon, secretary Of the
United States treasury, is to be
thanked by today's limerick winner,
according to the choice made by j.
Reid Mccain, Indiana public serv-
ice commission secretary, who acted
as limerick judge for No. 16.
Here is the limerick and the win
ming lines:
A suffering young fellow named
Mellon
Met an innocent f1apper named
Helen;
He started to speak
She emitted shrek
(Note: Rhymes ending in Gin"
or "in'" accepted)
FOR HE WASN'T CANDY" AT
TELLIN'
This line won F. G. Smell, 845 N.
Drexel Ave-, today's first prize of IS.
NOW THREE TIMES A DAY SHE
SERVES MELLON"
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Long Ride Unexplained

BIZ Times Special
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Dec. I'll
Identity of the man who hired a
taxicab here for SITS drive to Al
bany, N. Y, had not been disclosed
today, despite return of Ross Par
rish, local Yellow Cab Company
manager, driver on the long trip.
Parrish said blizzard halted the
cab at Silver Greek, N. Y, and the
passenger travelled the remaining
300 miles to Albany by train.
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Andy Mellon Is Help to
Limerick Prize Winner

won Mrs. Jean Snyder of Atlanta,
Ind, second prize and SO.
AND "SQUASEED" THE HEART
OF THE "MELLON"
was Mrs. Mary D. Sullivan'S, 1923 N.
Gray ST., last line. 1t won third
place and So for her.
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$40 Fine After Tragedy

BUTIfnteS Special
VINCENNES, Ind, Dec. ala
fine of $40 and costs has been i'm
posed on Isaac Gross for driving a
vehicle at night without lights, as
an aftermath of crash which oc-
CURED when Cross buggy was struck
by a motorcycle ridden by Max Reel,
causing Reels death. Parents of
Reel had asked that no serious
charge be made against Cross.
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Fraternity to Aid Needy

B1 United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 21.-
The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
at Indiana University will make some
poor boy happy this Christmas. The
organization will completely clothe a
needy lad deserving such a gift. He
will be selected by the faculty of
the Bloomington High School. He
will be the guest at a banquet be-
fore the Christmas vacation.
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HURT IN CAR CRASH
Wife Learns Of Mans Injuries "a
Hours Later. .


Mrs. John Heard, 1850 Martin
dale Ave-, had not heard from her
husband for twenty-four hours,
when police called and said that his
car had been wrecked by crashing
into a telephone pole at Mccarthy
st. and Virginia Ave. early today.
The machine was driven by
Homer Billups, 80, of 1905 North
western Ave-, who was arrested for
driving while intoxicated and vag-
rancy. Heard was not found.
Billups said that he had been at a
liquor party on YandeeS st. and
when Sergeant Willim r. Fisher
called there he found festivities still
in full swing.