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The Washington times., 1927-10-08
BOOTLEGGER IS
FOUND SLAIN

John Henry Butler. coIored. about
40 years old. prominent bootleggef
of the Southwest section, was found
badly mutilated in his home at 229
G st. s. w. early today. He had
been dead for several hours.
The body was discovered by Sam
Bntle-. Of BIT G st. S. W.. at one
time an employee of the murdered
man. when he went to see him
about $40 a. m. TODAY. He mott
fled police of the Fourth precinct,
who are investigating.
Two men and two women, all col
ored. are being held at the Fourth
precinct pending an investigation
by the headquarters homicide SQUAD
and precinct detectives. The men
were arrested about go a. m. to-
day by Precinct Detectives w. c..
Curtis and o. A. Salmon on sus.
plcion of stealing milk.
Detective Curtis declared that
while patrolling this section on com.
plant Of milk thefts the two men
were noticed to be acting in a sus-
nicious manner. When arrested,
one of them nearly tainted from
fright. Detective Curtis declared.
When the murder was reported the
Police Immediately set to work to
see IL the men held were connected
with 1t.
The body was found in the
kitchen of the apartment where
Butler lived alone. with the head
showed under a settee. A. razor or
very sharp knife had evidently been
used. as half of the neck had been
gouged out. the body partly disem-
boweled and long slash on the
abdomen made after death had oc.
CURED.
Robbery was the motive. police be-
lieve. Butler had evidently been
cverpowered as there were no signs
Of a struggle. which leads police to
believe that more than one person
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The Washington times., 1927-10-08
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-LiVestock:
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; market
steady; top, $11.S5; bulk, 500
Ills; heavy weight, $1075@11.S5;
medium weight, $11.10@11.S5; light
weight. $10.75@11.75; light lights,
$9.25@11.35; packing sows, S9.25G0
1O.40s pigs, $9.15@1O.40; holdovers.
$1,000
le-Receipts, 500; market
steady; calves--receipts 100; mar
ket steady; beef steers-good and
choice, $14@16.90; common and
medium. $S.50@13; yearlings, $S.5c
@1675; butcher cattle heifers.
S6@14; COWS, $5.50110; bulls, $50
$50; calves, $1S@15; feeder steers,
$500 1850; stocker steers, $500
$50; stocker cows and heifers,
sos; western range cattle--beof
steers. $S.50@1S.5O; cows and
heifers, $5@13.60.
Sheep Receipts, 1000; marker
steady; medium and choice lambs
s13@1S.75; culls and common, $3.50
Z @11.50; yearlings. S90l1.50: com
mon and choice ewes, S4@6.75:
: feeder lambs, $12.50614.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08

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The Washington times., 1927-10-08
CITIZENS TO MEET

The Piney Branch Citizens As
sociation will meet at s o'clock
next Monday evening at the Ham.
line Methodist Church, Sixteenth
and Allison Streets Northwest. I'm
portant matters will be considered
an announcement by President
Edgar b. Henderson says.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
BALKAN WAR
IS FEARED
ny international News Service

BERLIN, Oct. S.-The possibility
of a new Balkan war was seen
today in developments between Jugo-
slavia tServia) and Bulgaria.
A dispatch from Sofia reported
that Jugoslavia had sent Bulgaria
a note couched in the terms of an
ultimatum. demanding to know what
action Bulgaria will take to pre-
vent raids and attacks upon Jugo-
slavian soil by Comitadjis bulgarian
irregulars.
A Belgrade dispatch said that
the Jugoslav minister at Sofia was
preparing to leave.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
SHoRT TERM SECURITIES
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Oct. Grains opened
Irregular today. Wheat was I'M
ehanged to re higher. Corn 80
&c lower, and oats, unchanged to
5sc lower. Opening prices:
Wheat - December, S1.31@1.311s;'
March. $1.33A @1,33R; May, 1880
i.36Ia
Corn December, 93k @93iac
March, 96@96ssc; May. 1914 @9Sisc.
Oats - December, 4S1ac; March.
S0%c.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08
FOREIGN BONDS
HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK, Oct S.-clearing
House statement:
Exchanges, S1,1SS.0O0, 900; bal.
ances, $107, 900 900; Federal Reserve
Banks credit balance. $SO,OO0,O00.
The Washington times., 1927-10-08

Tests by a Japanese scientist have
shown that compounds Of uranium
Introduced into the soil have bene-
cial effect upon crops by stimulat-
tAg friendly An@aa~tA to activity.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
Chicago's Chinatown
 Moves From Old Home

Chicago. Aug. 26. R1Chicago's chinatown is moving.
 For fifteen years, it has been es- tablished along Twenty-second Street near Archer Avenue. but in a few years, the Chinese will be at home on South Wentworth ave- nue to Twenty-third street.
 Widening of Twenty-second street necessitated the move.
 The On Leon Tong, an associa- ton of merchants, began the trek by building a new headquarters south of Twenty-second street on the west side of Wentworth avenue.
 The building, a four-story struc- ture, will cost s50o,000. and will be opened in October with elaborate ceremonies.
 This is the second move for the Chinese Colony.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
JAPANESE FACING
 BUDGET PROBLEMS
Worst Economic Conditions in
 History of Island Empire

Tokyo, Aug. 26 R)-The Tanaka government. confronted with the worst financial and economic con- ditions in the history of Japan, must soon begin the compilation of the budget for the next fiscal year. With an unfavorable trade balance last year of more than 22e.O00,0O0 yen, and the prospects exceedingly gloomy for the present one, the cabinet must face the almost impos- sible task of finding money where there is none.
 Officials of the ministry of finance admit there is no prospect for any substantial increase in rev. enue. Last year there was an in crease of 10000 yen in revenue, but officials doubt if any increase at all can be expected this year.
 Moreover, no substantial help can be expected from the surplus re- serve. There is a balance of 10.- 000,00o yen in the hands of the treasury but this must be reserved for emergencies. The whole of this surplus, according to the esti- mates of the treasury officials, will have disappeared before the end of the year.
 The surplus expected from 1926 is estimated at 00,000,000 yen. Out of this about 90,000,000 yen will have to be reserved to take care of additional expenditures for 1927 and 1928.
 The third channel through which the Government can hope to find money for new enterprises is the Notation of a loan. The govern ment has already decided to raise approximately 15o,000,000 yen mainly for the purpose of making up the loss in revenue due to the transfer of the land taxes from the treasury to the prcfectural govern ments. There is considerable doubt whether the government could raise any larger amount, in view of the prevailing depressed financial condition.
 In the meantime the I apartments are compiling estimateY and some have decided upon costly new en- terprises. as part of the expansion policies of the Seiyukai govern ment.
 The war office plans a system of anti-aircraft defenses in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, reconstruction of army barracks and payment of increased subsidies to motor car and aviation schools, and to con- cerns building automobiles for the army.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
RUNNING HOUSE IS
 DIFFICULT TASK
Harder Than Plotin8 Boat,
 Woman Skipper Says

New Oorleans. La. Aug. 26 R- Piloting household is much more difficult than directing the progress of . Mississippi river steamer, de- clares Mrs. Blanche Leathers, who has done both successfully.
 Mrs. Leathers is the only regular ly licensed woman captain of Mis- sissippi river steamboat.
 The worst ever heard on the river in my years of association with men was a little clean curs- ing," she says. Women are much worse than men,"
 Capt. Leathers directed the ac- tivities of the steamer Natchez, fourth of that name. It was a di- rect descendant" of the Natchez which made the memorable race up the river with the Robert E. Lee.
 Jefferson Davis was passenger on her boat on his last trip to his Mississippi plantation. He gave her bottle, of rare Madeira wine with the parting injunction the wine should be opened in honor of her first child.
 River steamboating was in its heyday during the period in which the Natchez moved 'majesrfcally up and down the stream. Gamblers made regular trips with the cotton planters. who were their greatest prey. Capt. Leathers saw fortunes won and lost aboard the boat. Plan tations were mortgaged. she says, to pay debts to the gentlemen of the green cloth"
 The Natchez also had its bar. Here Southern gentlemen slipped mint Juleps or drank their whiskey straight. Many dinner parties with dancing to the accompaniment of banjos and guitars took place on the Natchez.
 But there was serious side to the life too. Passengers, some times numbering 500. had to be looked after as well as crew and boat. Once she brought the Natch- ez into New Orleans with $500 bales of cotton aboard. Wrecks and near wrecks came into her ex- perience.
 With the demand for more speedy transportation and the growing popularity of railroads, business slumped and the Natchez finally went under the auctioneer's ham, mer. After the death of her hus- band, son of the captain of the first Natchez, Mrs. Leathers quit the river. She now regards the world quietly from the comfort of her home But times are not like they once were on the great, rolling Mississippi, she regrets.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
Filipino Boy Pleases
 Banker With Fiddling

Washington. Aug. 26 Rl-A Fil- ipino boy fiddled so well for a bank CT that he now has valued gift.
 Erneso Vallejo climbed on a stool to be in view of the audience when, at the age of four. he be- came the violin prodigy of Manila music halls.
 Mischa Elman, on a concert tour discovered" him and prevailed upon the government of the Philip
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
Russia to Celebrate
 TOlstOy Centenary

MOSCOW, Aug. 26 R}-Russia is making great preparations to cele- brate the approaching hundredth anniversary of Leo Tolstoy's birth.
 The Tolstoy Museum in Moscow, which up to now has been located in a wooden building. will be trans ferred to more spacious and better premises by special order of the Council of Peoples Commissaries. The Council also decided to pur- chase all manuscripts. notes and drawings concerning the famous writer in order to increase the ex- isting Tolstoy collections.
 The house which Tolstoy and his
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26

pines to send him to New York to study. That was three years ago when Ernesto was thirteen.
 The young violinist arrived in Washington recently with his treas ure.
 This Landolfus." he explained, Ifs . gift from Mir. Henry Selig- man. the New York banker. He liked my playing so we'll he gave me this. It's sweet. The con noisseurs says it's 300 years old"
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
Vanderbilt Must Delay
 Cupid Usual 10 Days

Paris, Aug. 26 @ = William K. Vanderbilt. jr.. of New York was denied an application to dispense with the usual ten days notice of marriage by the government au- thorities who decided they had no right to act in the matter. He must, therefore. publish the usual notices of marriage in the mayors office of the 18th ward.
 Mir. Vapderbilt had filed his ap- plication in order to secure secrecy for his contemplated marriage to Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton, jr., of Philadelphia.
 DEAN uI,DAVn rI ccVEVE.n Anc
New Britain herald., 1927-08-26

family occupied during their stay in Moscow from 1889 to 1901 will be restored and the furniture of the rooms carefully copied. Tol- stoy's country house in tho Tuln province will be repaired and re- stored exactly as 1t was at his death.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23

April 9, 1927, Sacco had his say
about his beliefs.
81 know there are two classes
the oppressed and the rich" he
exclaimed. I'VE fraternize the peo
pie with books and literature. You
prosecute the people, terrorize
and kill. We try to educate them
That's why | am here today
for having been in the oppressed
class, while you are the oppressor
and you know it, I've never been
guilty, never"
Twice Sacco conducted hunger
strikes. The first time was while
he was in the Dedham jail in
February and March, 1923, while
motions for a new trial were pend.
ing. That one lasted a month
Then he was taken to the Psyche
pathic Hospital in Boston and fo.-
chilly fed once, whereupon he
abandoned the strike. The second
hunger strike came in the state
prison and began while he was
awaiting Governor Fuller's deci
sion as to whether he should III
terfere with the courts sentence
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
Alaska ISLE REPORTED
LIKE REGULAR INFERNO

SEATTLE, Aug. 49, - Hending
Plaun, Danish Consul, arriving
here upon his return from U.s.
Siberia, on a trading vessel, de
clared that BogosIof Island looks
like 1t would explode like giant
firecracker
1--WE went within three miles
of the Island" Plaun said. "1hs
entire island seemed afire. Smoke
and steam was issuing from every
part OF the Island. Many huge
cracks were seen and 1t had the
appearance of an inferno.
Hundreds Of sea lions were in
the water off the Island roaring
as IL in protest to the burning Ct
their home. We could hear their
roar six miles away.
Thousands of birds swarm,j
about the Island and the water
was discolored. There was a
strong smell of sulphur In the
air."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
DUE
HERE THIS P. M,
Newest Coast Guard YES
sci, Successor to Bear,
Due in Port Today

Tho Northland, newest U. s.
Coast Guard vessel and successor
to the famous cutter Bear, was
scheduled to arrive in port at 4
p. m. today. according to Capt.
r.. C. Weightman, commanding
officer of the Unalga. Capt. James
F.. Hotel is commander of the
Northland.
The new cutter will berth al
the old Pacific Coast dock in the
rear of the Juneau Motor Com
pany's property. Local people, said
Capt Weighman, are invited to
visit the new vessel while it is
here. He had not been advised
how long 1t would remain in port
The Northland left Seattle last
week and is calling at virtually
every Alaskan port on its way to
Bering Sea. It spent several hours
yesterday at ketchikan and has
called at Wrangell and Petersburg
enroute here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
FALL FISHING
IS CURTAILED
/ IN S.E.ALASKA
Trolling Only South of 58th
Parallel Gillnetting,
Trolling Here

No fail fishing will be permitted
in Southeastern Alaska except by
trolling south of the 5Sth parable.
north latitude and gillnetting an
trolling north of the same line.
II was indicated today by Com
missioner Henry o'Malley, of the
u. S. Bureau of Fisheries. This
means that there will be no fall
canning of fish except in the To-
cal, or ley Strait, district
In the past seasons, regulations
have allowed fishing operations
in the southern and Prince of
Wales Island districts between
September IA and October Is. In
this district operations have been
limited to trolling and gillnetting
Makes recommendation
In a statement issued today the
Commissioners said:
81 have today that the season
for fall fishing. namely, Sep
tember II to October 10, be clos.
ed. This is due to the fact that
UP to the present time no large
bodies of fish have shown in the
streams of Southeastern Alaska
and, furthermore, the streams are
remaining extremely low so that
if fishing operations were coa-
Quoted the pink and chum sal
mon now awaiting to enter the
streams to spawn would be cap
tured and leave the spawning
beds in serious condition, jeop-
ardizing further future runs. Troll
ing will be permitted throughout
Alaska which will allow the TAX
ing Of silver salmon for mild cur
ing purposes. Gill netting, also.
will be permitted north of the
58th parallel north latitude as in
seasons heretofore, as the escape
ment has been more favorable in
that section than in other areas.
No change is recommended in the
Stikine River district"
No other Course
The Commissioner explained his
recommendation, saying surveys
made by bureau agents and war
dens, and investigations made Dy
cannerymen and fishermen them
selves, revealed conditions which
LETT him no other policy to pursue
1t was essential, he said, to con-
troll fishing operations to such an
extent that the pinks and chuirs
now showing up and to come
later will have every opportunity
to reach the spawning beds.
The recommendation of the
Commissioner which was formul-
ated yesterday, was shown by him
to Carl Sutter, president of the
Fidalgo Island Packing company
which operates plants at Pillar
Bay and Port Graham. Mr.. SUIT
ter visited here yesterday while
the Admiral Evans was in port
He agreed, said Mr.. O'Malley,
that there was no other course
which would produce the desired
results.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23

Bartolomeo Vanzetti was an Itl.
lian immigrant and an admitted
radical leader. He went to Mexico
to evade the draft in 1917.
Vanzetti was a fish pedler in
the historic town of Plymouth
Mass. With a fairly good com
mand of English, he was a writer
as well as an orator. and his style
was dramatic. After his arrest
charged with murder he wrote
voluminous documents setting
forth his views and pleading that
be was being prosecuted for them.
He was thick set and swarthy.
A huge black moustache droop-
ing at the ends covered his
mouth. So active was he in radi
cal councils that when a fellow
radical named Salsedo disappear
ed, Vanzetti was chosen to go
to New York to search for him.
This was late in April, 1920. On
May 8 the body of Salsedo was
found on a New York sidewalk
where he had jumped or fallsr
from a window In the federal de
partment of justice rooms on the
18th floor. The next day Vanzettt
returned to Massachusetts,. and on
May s he was arrested on the
payroll murder charge.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
SACCOVANZETTI ELECTROCUTED:
PAY DEATH PENALTY FOR CRIMI
DATES IN CASE

BOSTON. Aug. g. Importan,
dates in the Sacco-Vanzetti case
are.
April 10, 1920-Murder of Fren
erick A. Parmenter. paymaster ol
Slater and Morrill, Company. shoe
manufacturers and his guard
Alexander Berardelli, at Sout'i
Braintree. Mass.
May 5, 1920 Bartolomeo Van
zetti and Nicola Saceo arrest ID
in Broeton.
September Il, 1920 sacco and
Vanzetti indicted.
May 81. 1921-Trial starts al
Dedham.
July Il, 1921-Both found guilty
of first degree murder.
December "a, 1921--Judge Thay
er denies new trial motion.
March 27, 1923 Alienists de
clare Saeeo sane.
April. 9, 1924 -Vanzetti declared
sane.
January 10, Celestino Ma,
deiros made statement saying
"Morelli gang" killed ParmenteI
and Berardeili.
April 5. 1927-Judge Thayer Ge,
nies new trial on the Madelros
statement and other new evidence
April 3, 1927-Sacco and Van.
zetti sentenced to die week o.
July TO-
June 90. 1927-Governor Fuller
having begun investigation OF
case, postpones death of Medeiros
Vanzetti and Sacco to and inclnd-
ing August 10.
July II, 1927-Sacco and Van
zetti begin hunger strike.
July %, 1927-Goyerno Fuller
interviews Sacco and Vanzetti N
prison.
August 8, 1927-Governor Fuller
gives decision refusing clemency
August 10-Goyernor A. T. Full
Ter grants respite to August 90
including August % to permits
Massachusetts, Supreme Court to
make general review of case.
August Massachusetts Su
preme Court overruled all excep
tions in case presented by Sacco-
Vanzetti Defense Counsel.
August 22-Chief Justice Taft
and Associate Justices Holmes
Brandeis and Stone of United
States Supreme Court refuse io
grant stay of execution.
August -Madeiros, Saeco and
Vanzetti eleetrocuted in State pri
son of Massachusetts at Charles.
town.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23

Before his arrest charged with
murder on May 5, 1920, Nicola
Sacco, an Italian immigrant, work
ed by day in a shoe factory in
Stoughton, Mass. His evenings for
a long period were spent in at
tending radical meetings and dis
tributing radical literature.
He was of medium height.
smooth shaven and wore his hair
closely cropped. A fiery manner
frequently characterized his at
titude. He described himself as
an atheist He said he did no.
believe in war and in 1917 M
fled to Mexico to eyade the draft
His speeches were usually made
in Italian, his English being very
broken In his testimony at toe
payroll murder trial be attack ID
American institutions. 1t was the
fear that he would be deporte |
for his radical activities, he testi.
fled, that led him to lie to the
police regarding his movements
at the time of his arrest.
When he came before Judgr
Webster Thayer for sentence on
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23

1t was Vanzetti's claim that on
the night of his arrest he and
Sacco were starting on a tour ol
which they intended to pick up
a mass of radical literature which
they had distributed. They wish
ed to dispose Of 1t, he asserted,
because they feared capture by
federal officers and deportation
for their radical activities.
Before he was brought to trIai
for murder Vanzetti was convicted
of an attempted holdup in Bridge.
water and sentenced to IL to Is
years in the state prison. Judge
Thayer presided at that trial as
well as the payroll case
Vanzetti made a lengthy plea
when brought before Judge Thay.
er for sentence for murder.
"In all my life," he declared
81 have never stolen and never
killed. | have struggled all my
life to eliminate crime from the
earth. have refused to be q
commodity. to sacrifice myself fpl
good position. have struggled
to eliminate the exploitation anc
oppression of men. You know We
were radicals. under dogs. | have
suffered because am radical
and because am an Italian"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
ITALIANS
RESENTINC
EXECUTION
Sacco-Vanzetti Sympathiz-
ers Indulge in Protest
ing Demonstrations

ROME. Aug. 23.-News of the
execution OF Saceo and vanzefti
was communicated to the POM
lation of Rome by special edi
tion OF the Popolo di Roma
under the headline: Tragic
Farce Is Finished; Sacco ana
Vanzetti Killed"
The entire front page WIS de-
voted to the case with photo
graphs OF Gov. A. T. Fuller. Of
Massachusetts, condemned men
and detailed diagram OF the
death house.
Expressions OF bitterness were
heard among the people and
unusual precautions were taken
and a guard of 25 men were
placed about the American en-
bassy.
This is not the healthlest
morlcnt for American ayiators
to come to Rome" was ons re-
mark heard.
Thank God il Is over. Sacee
and Vanzetti can rest peacefully
but we will not forget" sad
one man.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
FRED GINEs DEAD

Fred Gines. 1S. native of the
Philippine Islands, passed away
at the st. AIMS Hospital at 1:3C
o'colck this morning from acute
infection of the brain. Gines was
brought in from the Libby. Nc
Neill and Libby cannery at Taku
Harbor on August 20 with an
Infection in his nose. which rap
idly spread to his brain. causing
his death. The body is at the
&c. w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-23
TWO men ON
WORLD FLIGHT
RECORD Time

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Out to
establish a new time record for
encirling the globe, Edward
Sehlee. Detroit business man. has
landed here in his Stinson De-
troit monoplane piloted by Will
liam Brock.
The plane left the Ford Air
port at 1921 o'clock yesterday
morning and arrived here at
5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Brock plans to hop at dawn
Wednesday for Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland, from where he
and his pilot will make the offi-
cial start on the around the
world fight. The fliers will wait
there for favorable weather. Lon
don will be the first stop.