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NORTHERN NOTES

J. T. Cunningham was reelected president of the Anchorage Shriner's club at the annual election. Maurice l. Sharp was the choice of the club for president, and Robert H. Romig was elected to serve another term as secretary.
 Fred Allen, 5, once the mighty ruler of the Eyak tribe, died Decem- Der 8, at Cordova, and was buried with impressive Russian and native funeral services.
 The annual election of officers for the ensuing year of the Cordova East ern Stars was held recently. Those electd were Mrs. Fannie Laurie, Worthy Matron; George L. Smith, Worthy Patron Mrs. Katherine Smith, Associate Matron; Mrs. Grace Liebe, Conductress; Mrs. Marion Foy- ston, Associate Conductress: Mrs. Ellen Chase, Secretary; Ed Currier,
 The Juneau Eastern Stars elected the following new officers at a meet ing last week. They were Mildred Mar tin, Worthy Matron; Ralph Martin, Worthy Patron: Mabel George, As sociate Matron; Alice Brown, Secre- tary; Mary Sutton, Treasurer; Lily Burford, Conductress; Jessie Keller, Associate Conductress; Anna Web ster, Trustee for two years; Lottie Spickett, Trustee for one year.
 @ :
 The Cordova Knights of Pythias have elected the following officers for the coming year; Chancellor Commander, Lee E. Dickenson; Vice Chancellor, William J. Nc Donald; Prelate, Walter H. Hodge; K. R. s., Victor Swanberg; Mastersof Finance. |E. E. Walsh; Master of Exchequer, V. c. Vance; Master-at-Arrns, Ralph Clarkson; Inner Guard;s George B. Stewart; Outer Guard, Chester Pred more; Trustees, George B. Stewart, Griff Ellis, E. G. LaBelle.
 At last weeks meeting of the Cordoya City Council, Assessor l. D. Rogart reported that the tax roll for the year 1927 had been completed and turned over to the Fown Clerk, the total valuation of taxable pro- perty being $1,OS7O97
Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-29
STOCK QUOTATIONS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2s. B- Bank Italy 1S7 1-2, Bank of Italy 245, Caterpiller Tractor 57 7-S, Hawaiian sugar A, Honolulu oil 37 1-2, Rich field oil 27 7-S, Richfield oil prd. 26 Is.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-29

The Alaska College basketball team arrives in Seward from Fairbanks on Saturday evening. They play the s. A. c. team two games, on Sunday and Monday evening.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-29
uNDEReoEs OPERATION. \ \. ;

Charles Price was operated upon yesterday by Dr. Alcorn, of the Sew ard General Hospital, for appendici- tis, which he went through in fair shape.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-29

L. B. Wallbridge, lower river min ing man, departed for the Interior to- day
Seward daily gateway., 1927-12-29

Chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
PRESIDENT FAv0RS
RADIO LEGISLATION
Declares Commerce Department
Should Be Entrusted With
Executive Authority.

Fast and furious developments on
the technical side of radio are being
accompanied by snail-llke progress on
the control legislation that lis OF up
permost interest to the listening pub,
lie today. There has been some delay
i'm the writing Of the compromise
control measure. which the conference
committee expects to present to Con-
gress, but new impetus has been given
their efforts by assurances given per
sonally to House members Of the radio
conference committee at the White
House Friday.
President Coolidge told the conferees
that he felt their differences on con
troll legislation can be composed, and
made 1t plain that he would not OPP
pose any legislation they might agree
upon. He expressed his anxiety that
there be some legislation this session,
declaring he believed the Department
Of Commerce should be intrusted with
executive authority, but there ought
to be an auxiliary board to decide upon
disputes.
While repea ting his personal con-
viction that establishment of an indie
pendent control commission was I'M
wise, the President said his policy is
not wholly in accord with his cOnViC
tons in the matter. Secretary Hoover
was present when he told the members
of the committee that whatever action
Is taken by the two houses of Congress
will meet no opposition from him.
On the fixing of control authority,
House and Senate members have been
at odds, the former favoring the Sec
rotary of Commerce, and the latter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

tanned by telephone between the OBJ
server and the operators at the con-
troll board hackstage, so that the OBJ
server can, by consulting the diagram
order the proper microphones cut in
or out as the act progresses and the
characters move about the stage. In
this way. since all the microphones
are concealed. the broadcast will be
carried out without disturbing the reg
ular performance or it's visible audi
ence in any manner.
Proper balancing Of the component
portions of the music is not being left
to the judgment of any one critic. On
the other hand, many musicians are
hearing the tests which are being
made and the finished broadcast will
be a consensus of the best musical
knowledge available. When the pro-
gram goes on the air 1t will be mont
tored by trained musicians at many
points along the line, as well as in
Chicago and New York, and correc-
tons of the balance or volume of any
parts can be made almost Immediately
by Geographic communication be-
tween these points.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
RADIO BEACON SERVICE
SHOWS MARKED GAIN
U. S. Leads with 80 Signals and 26e
Ships-Great Britain
Second.

The worldwide radio beacon service
is showing remarkable progress; 16
countries now report a total of 81
beacons and TOP vessels equipped with
radio cempasses.
The United States leads with 30
beacons In operation and 268 ships
equipped for receiving this service.
Great Britain is second, with IL
beacons and 252 ships, including
Canadian posts and ships. France has
only beacons, but AZ ships with radio
compasses, while Italy has l beacon
and 63 vessels equipped. China, Den
mark, Belgium, Germany, Neither
lands, Norway, Portugal, Panama,
Rumania, Spain. Sweden and Hon
duras are also reported as undertake
ing extensive measures to aid with
radio beacons the vessels OF all
countries.
The above lists are of commercial
craft and naval vessels, while numer-
Gus of them are radio compass equip
ped, are not included Besides those
beacons which transmit signals for the
use of the radio compass equipped YES
sells there are many established shore
radio compass stations, which give
ships their positions upon request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
RADIO WAVE METHOD
IN HEALING UPHELD
Court BALES Physician Whose Ii.
aeHse Was Attacked Had Not
Pfacticed Fraud

~ 'hs Asss.sasf s3 Press
G*EAt<Jy5$A. f0Ns.. January IS
Dr e 4 hhbott, OekalOosa. whose
''radip u54e' treatment was ques-
timed ~ me state lu an attempt TO
rsyDke his PHYSICIANS license, was
given a faYGfabio verdict today by
District Judge Henry r.. Wagner
More than ~ witnesses testified IN
defense ~ Dr Abbotts methods.
In an or8t opinion Judge Wagner
held the Hf3fc had failed 10 prove
charges ~ fra1d. Incompetence and
willfui neglect ~ patients or that DR.
Abbott had guaranteed 20 cure mani
festly iucurable diseases The court
expressed she opinion that If ali doc
tors who had made wrong diagnoses
were barred from practice there
would he few left
Testimony ~ State witnesses at
tackled Or. Abbotts method Of treat
ing patients al distance by means
of "broadcasting" electric waves
which the patient received" through
metal device on the head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Leslie Joy Still Working

Leslie Joy has not deserted WEAF.
The engagement of a new announcer
at WEAF in the person of c. A.
Schenk and the absence of joys voice
from the air waves has given rise to
the thought that he was no longer on
WEAF's staff. The popular Mr.. JOY
is very much on the job at WEAF', but
is missing from the air because he
now functions in an executive capacity
in relation to program building at
1875 Broadway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

permanent independent commission.
This has been the chief issue between
them, but an accord Is now in view.
Its nature has been withheld, but il
has been intimated that it involves
authority in both the Department Of
Commerce and a board, with most of
the discretionary power invested in
the latter.
Relief legislation very likely will
come before both houses next week,
with every likelihood, in view of the
Presidents stated position. that it will
pass before the month ends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

resentatives of the Society of Chem
ical Industry, the American Chemical
Society. the American Electrochem-
ical Society and the American section
of the Scoite de Chimie Industrielle.
Particular reference was made in
the talks to DR.. Teeple's specialized
scientific research in building up the
Trona, Calf, project, now the largest
borax plant, and one OF the three or
four largest potash plants in the
world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Officers Elected.

NJ. ]. Racioppi has been elected
president of the Confraternity of the
Blessed Sacrament at the Holy Rosary
Church, Third and F streets, for the
current year. Other officers elected
are: r. Vita. vice president; J. A.
Balducci, secretary: N. Astore, treas
urer; L. Turco. marshal; f. Balducci.
V. Pope and f. Di Francesca, con-
suItors; Rev. N. De Carlo, spiritual
director
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Asks $1,000 Damages.

Ruth Lahore, a minor. of No. .
Seventeenth street southeast, has filed
suit against tile Electric Sanitary
Laundry Co. 10 recover 5000 dam
ages for an alleged assault and bat
terry which she says was committed
on her by an employe of the company
November 80. Attorney r. Morris
Wampler appears for her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Vocal Solo Requested
By Mayor of Luray
Picked i'm Contest

The sixth station selected for
Identification I'm The Stars
radio contest broadcast last
night mt 1888 o'clock vocal
solo. Garry Me Back to Old
Virginny," which the artist
sang at the request of Mayor
w. III. Hoffman of Ltiray, Va.
Can you identify the station?
Answers should be sent to the
radio station Identification con-
test editor.
The final station for identifi-
cation for the second contest
week will be picked up between
1880 and 8 o'clock tonight.
Listen-in. A cash prize of S.
will be awarded the fan who
identifies the greatest number
of stations for the week. The
winner will be announced We'd
nesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
raEDAL WINNER POINTS
TO CHEMISTRY'S NEEDS
DR.. John E. Teeple Tells of Bust
ness and Technical Wants
to Upbuild Industry.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. January l5.-More
chemists who know business and more
business men who know chemistry are
needed for the advancement OF indus'
trial chemical enterprises, Dr. John r..
Teeple of New York said last night in
q speech accepting the award of the
1927 Parkin medal for distinguished
service in applied chemistry.
DIR. Teeple. who is treasurer of the
American Chemical Society, was de-
scribed by speakers at the Chemists
Club as "the American chemist who
saved the potash industry in the
United States"
Tributes were paid to him by rep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Local Radio Entertainment
Sunday, January 10, 1927

NAA-Naval Radio Station, Radio,
Va. (434.5 Meters).
9:55 p.m--Time signals.
1905 p.m.--Weather Bureau re-
ports.
withdrawing Radio Forum
(293.9 Meters).
1880 to $50 p.m.-Concert by the
Wardman Park Little Symphony Or
chestra.
WRC-Radio Corporation OF America
(468.5 Meters).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
APPOINTED to West Point.

Edward G. Herb, Medford, Mass.
and Eugene II. Cloud. Fort Amador,
Panama Canal Zone, have been APP
pointed by President Coolidge cadets
at-large at the United States Military
Academy, subject to qualification at
the entrance examination in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16


II a.m.--Services from Mount Yer
non Methodist Episcopal Church
South; Rev. DR.. Earle Wiley VIII
preach.
4 pm. -- Services from Bethlehem
Chapel of the Washington Cathedral.
Rev. William l.. DeVries, Chancellor
of Washington. will deliver the ser
mon.
GAS p.m.-Peoples Vesper Concert
with Marguerite Clark Cromwell
soloist.
7:20 p. m.-Musical program under
the direction of Maj Edward Bowes,
broadcast jointly with WEAF from
the Capitol Theater. New York.
915 p.m.-Atwater Kent Radio
Hour-with Maria Kurenko, Russian
coloratura- soprano--broadcast jointly
with WEAF. Salvatore oil Stefano,
harpist, assisting artist.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45 to 7:45 am. - Tower health
exercises, broadcast jointly with
WEAF from the Metropolitan Tower,
New York City.
1855 a.m.-Arlington time signals.
10 noon-Live stock flashes.
1915 p.m.--Ralfe' Palace dor Or
chestra from WEAF', New York.
1:15 to 2:15 p.m.-Organ recital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
RADIOS BEST OFFERINGS
TONIGHT

ltJAIbfi
Musical program from ij5s
Capitol Theafer. b. tbs 81
toll Family" WRC. Wkhf Asd
French program. WB/. = 81
9:lS O'Clock.
French program. WE, y ~
9 O'Clock.
Atwater Kent hour with
Maria Kurenko. Russian col
oratura~soprano. and Salvatore
di Stefano. harpist, WRC and
other stations. 7.z0 10 9.ls
o'clock.
Old-time Ministries, WEBS
and WIP, 9 80 10 10 80 O'Clock.
Melody time, WBBM, 9 pm.
TO | am.
Evening star., 1927-08-19

isdiction is not open on the present
record.
"The case of Hall v. Thayer, 1o5
Mass 219, and kindred cases which
depend on statues expressly limiting
the jurisdiction of the court are dis.
tinguishable. 1t is not contended by
the petitioners that the single justice
abused his powers or that his action
was arbitrary and unjustifiable. The
petition was rightly denied.
Coram Nobis Writ Obsolete.
"The third and last case is a peti
ton filed August Is. 1927, addressed to
the full court for a writ of error
coram nobis. Prior to the enactment
of the revised statutes our statutes
referring to writ of error made no
change in the mode of procedure at
common law. But by the revised
statutes, in so far as here material,
it was provided that a writ of error
in capital case shall not issue un-
less granted by single justice of
this court, and the provision has re-
manned unchanged. A period of 81
wears has elapsed since the original
statue was enacted in 1886, during
which time it has been uniformly
followed
1--WE are Of opinion that a writ of
error coram nobis at common law has
been obslete in view of the express
purpose Of the Legislature as mani
tested by the statute. We have con.
sidered all questions presented by the
defendants in so far as they are per-
tinent and the result is, in the first
and second cases, the exceptions are
overruled. while in the third case
the petition is dismissed So ordered"
Evening star., 1927-08-19

piece, designed by means of a false
bottom to allow the contents to drop
into a furnace three stories below
The liquor seized. according to Sergt
Little, was found in the chute, but
the police agent was said to have COW
cred the men before it could be dis
posed Of
Mr.. Douthitt modestly discfaimed re-
sponsibility for the raid upon being
questioned, stating that he was
merely in the neighborhood when it
occurred and came into see the opera
ton out of curiosity.
A large crowd collected in front of
the premises, while the raid was be-
ing conducted.
A police agent had been planted"
in the premises before the raid was
made and he held the five men in the
rooms at the zero hour in subjection
at the point of a pistol while the raid
ers came through the door.
The black book that Sergt Little
seized was filled with names and
numerals, apparently dates. Sergt.
Little refused to permit inspection of
the book. He said he would hold it in
case it was needed as evidence.
He did admit. however, that a
large number of names, many of
which were familiar to him, were
entered on the pages of the book
The raiders included Policemen
George G. Deyoe, Leo Murray. Il. o.
Montgomery and Prohibition Agent
X. f. Cornet.
Evening star., 1927-08-19

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Mass. August 19.-The
text of the MasSa achusetts Supreme
Court decision in the VanZetti
case follows:
THE defendants, Sacco and Van
zetti. who were indicted, tried and con-
victed of murder in the first degree,
alleged exceptions to rulings at the
trial. as we'll as to the denials of
numerous motions for new trial, on
various grounds, and the rulings of
law thereon. which were overruled.
and rescript was sent accordingly
on May 10. 1926
The defendants. on May %, 1926,
filed a motion in the trial courts for a
new trial on the grouidS of newly dis
covered evidence. which was denied
subject to the exceptions of the de-
PENDANTS, duly entered and argued in
this court. On April 5. 1927, these
exceptions were overruled.
Argument Full and Exhaustive.
The argument for the defendants
was full and exhaustive, covering
every error claimed to have been com
mitted either at the trial or any subse-
quent proceeding. and it was decided
as a matter of law there was evidence
which would warrant jury in finding
the defendants guilty. On April .,
1927, sentence of death was imposed
in accordance with G. l.. G. 265, V. z.
The defendants were delivered to the
sheriff in execution of their sentence
and application for executive clemency
was made under the provisions of
Chapter 9, Section |. Article s, ConStitu-
tion Of the Commonwealth. The appn-
cation having been denied, the defend
ants on August 6, 1927. filed motion
for new trial on grounds or newly
discovered evidence and for revocation
of the sentence. At the hearing of the
motion the trial judge refused not only
to rule as requested by the defendants,
but denied the motions, and the de-
PENDANTS excepted, raising the ques-
tions presented by the record in the
first Of the cases at bar.
ut is contended that the affidaVits
in support of the motions show Such
prejudice against them by the presld-
ing Judge at the trial on the merits
that they have been deprived of their
constitutional rights to trial by
judges as free and impartial as the
lot of humanity will admit BY the
common law as amended by the stat
ute of 1922 motion for new trial
in capital cases comes too late if made
alter SeUteIlC6 mas bccll DIoiiOuLlCCh
1t is within the limitation expressed
in the statute.
Failed to Show Error.
I'VE now come to so much of this
motion as asked for a revocation of
sentence. The proceedings already
referred to before the motion was
filed when reviewed showed no error
of law and the cases were ripe for
sentence or judgment. The iurisdic-
ton of the trial court ended under the
statute of 1922 when the defendants
were committed in execution. AN ap.
plication for such revision (motion for
revision of sentence) Is like motion
for a new trial. Commonwealth v.
Lobel.). The defendants, therefore, have
failed to show error. The judicial con-
duct Of the trial judge in hearing and
deciding the motion based on his own
alleged bias or prejudice, although
urged in argument - counsel for the
defendants, nee" not be discussed be-
cause, as W. nave just said, neither
Evening star., 1927-08-19
FIVE MEN CAUGHT
IN DOWNTOWN RAID
Clever Chute Fails in Pinch.
Black Book Seized at
14th Street House.

Accompanied by Harry n. Douthitt.
field agent of the Citizens Service AS.
sociation for Law and Order, Sergt.
George Little's flying squadron of liq-
uor raiders today raided premises on
the third floor Of S26 Fourteenth
street, Selling 71z quarts of alleged
liquor and a little black book Five
men who were in the premises at the
time of the raid were taken to the first
precinct for investigation. Each of
them disclaimed any knowledge as to
the operation of the premises and the
proprietor was out at the time the
raiders arrived.
The raiders came through a big re-
inforced door in order to obtain entry
to the premises. which were fitted up
like a social club, with chairs lining
the walls.
The raiders discovered clever
chute encased in a wooden mantle
Evening star., 1927-08-19
SERVICES TOMORROW
FOR REV. DR.. MENEFEE

Funeral services for Rev. DR..
Flournoy Menefee, founder Of Wash
ington College, in lexington, a finish
ing school for girls, who died at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. Amelia NJ.
Olmsted, 1905 Thirty second street,
Chevy Chase, yesterday, will be con-
Quoted there tomorrow noon. Rev.
DIR. J. ]. Muir. chaplain of the United
States Senate, will officiate, assisted
by Rev DR.. Roy Palmer and Rev. DR..
George Duncan. Interment will be in
Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore.
Honorary pail bearers will be
George Ross, Lamont Williams,
George B. Linkens, William H. Gott-
lieb, Francis Brown and L. P. Steuart.
DIR. Menefee, who was 73 years old,
was widely known, having served at
Baptist churches throughout the
Evening star., 1927-08-19
SACCO-VANZETTI DECISION

the Judge nor any of his associates
had jurisdiction to entertain the mo-
ton.
THE second case is petition for a
writ of error filed in this court Au-
gust s. 1927. 1t was heard and denied,
subject to the petitioners exception,
by a single justice on the petition,
which contained the following assign
ments of error:
81. 1t appears from the aff1davits
filed and made a part of the record of
said cause in the Superior Court that
the Hon. Webster Thayer, the justice
of said court. who presided over the
trial Of said cases and who subse-
quently passed upon various motions
with respect thereto, was so preju.
diced against your petitioners and
their counsel from the time OF the
beginning of said trial to and through
out the hearings and rulings upon said
motions that your petitioners have not
had such a trial as that to which they
are entitled under the Constitutions of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and of the United States of America.
and that they have not had such
trial AS constituted due process of law
within the meaning of the fourteenth
amendment to the Federal ConStitu-
ton. nor a trial by a judge las free,
impartial and Independent as the lot
of huminity will admit" as required
by Article XXIE of the Declarat tion Of
the Rights of the Inhabitants of the
Commonwealth Of Massa chusetts.
"'2 1t appears from the record of
the proceedings, including the sub
stance Of all the material evidence Of
fered at the trial. that the finding of
the i,lry was plainly wrong.
"'3. 1t appears from the record Of
the proceedings, including the atfida
Wits filed in support 70 the several mo-
tions for new trial. that the findings
of fact made by the presiding judge in
passing upon the petitioners several
motions for new trial are plainly
wrong
Provision Of Common Law
at is provided by the common law
as amended by the statutes of 1925
that in capital cases writ of error
shall not issue unless allowed by a
Justice of this court after notice given
to the attorney general or other at
torneys of the Commonwealth. The
wording of the statute is clear and
must be construed as meaning that
the issuance of a writ of error in
capital case rests in the sound judicial
discretion Of the single justice to
whom the application is presented.
If we were to decide otherwise, the
plain intention of the Legislature to
discourage and prevent unnecessary
delay would be defeated. This ap-
pears in note 16 of the draft revision
of chapter 112 on the proposed revised
statutes, on page 224 in the report
of the commissioners to revise the
General Statutes of the Commonwealth
in 1894. Our system of criminal
procedure in criminal cases makes
ample provision for the protection
of the rights of those who are charged
with the commission of crime by ex
ceptions. by motion for a new trial
before sentence has been passed and
by petition for a discretionary writ
of error either before or after sentence.
1t Furthermore may be said that the
assignment of errors of facts not be.
ling connected with questions of jur-