Sacco and Vanzetti Denied Clemency and Death Respite
Judge Webster Thayer denied revocation of Sacco and Vanzetti's death sentence and any stay of execution. Respite expires at midnight Wednesday. Telegraphic notice issued from Worcester to Dedham officials with full decision text. Simultaneous unrest included a New York sympathy strike, Rochester clothing workers walkout, Newark police ban on protests, and a Boston cap makers raid before a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacco
Vanzetti
Dedham
Mass
Webster Thayer
Suprior Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Thayer
Worcester
Norfolk County Court
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Newark
N. J
Boston
Cap Makers
Prominent Chinese Killed in Vancouver Feud
Three Chinese men died in a political feud battle in Vancouver yesterday. The victims include Louie Man Ha, president and editor of the Canadian Morning News and Vancouver Chinese Nationalist League commissioner. Also killed were Wrong Park, a News writer, and a man believed to be Wong Suey Sang of Kamloops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Chinatown
Louie Man Ha
The
Canadian Morning News
Chinese Nationlist League
Wrong Park
Wong Suey Sang
Kamloops
Three Held After Bombing in Utica
In Utica New York three suspects were held without bail over bomb explosions in East Utica causing 300000 dollars in damage to half a dozen buildings. Detectives found no link to Cacco and Vanzetti sympathizers.Owners and occupants were away at the time of the blasts. Suspects are Anthony Gumina 29 a barber Luca Azzerito 51 a laborer and his son Anthony 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
East
Cacco
Vanzetti
Anthony Gumina
Luca Azzarito
Anthony
Bomb explodes in Aldwych station in London
A bomb exploded at ten this morning in the Aldwych station of the Underground. No one was injured and damage was minimal. Some newspapers sensationalized the event linking it to global protests over the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aldwych
Sacco-Vanzzetti
Defense Committee seeks federal inquiry in Sacco-Vanzetti case
The Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee telegraphed Senators Borah and LaFollette and Jane Addams urging a delegation to Rapid City to press President Coolidge for a federal inquiry, aiming to mirror Wilson's Mooney case precedent. They say previous appeals were rejected as Massachusetts matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
United States
William E. Borah
Robert LaFollette
Jane Adams
Chicago
Rapid City
S. C
Coolide
Wilson
Mooney
Sacco-Vanzetti
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge silent on Sacco Vanzetti case
Rapid City South Dakota Aug 9 The White House reiterated that President Coolidge sees the Sacco Vanzetti matter as one for Massachusetts courts and says he has received no appeal from defense counsel. Clemency recommendations have been sent to him, but are referred to the department of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
White House
Coolidge
Sacco-Vanzetti
Massachusetts
New Appeal Filed by Sacco and Vanzetti
Boston August 9. Counsel for Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco filed with the state supreme court clerk an appeal from Judge George A. Sanderson's denial of a writ of error. Sanderson's ruling was issued yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
George A. Sanderson
Sanderson
Dynamite explosion kills and wounds workers in North Carolina tunnel
In Robbinsville North Carolina on August nine a dynamite blast at the Tallahassee Power Company project on Yellow Creek killed one man and severely injured six more with two others entombed in tunnel number seven. The tunnel is part of a water conveyance project from Yellow Creek to Rhymer's Ferry Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbinsville
N. C
Tallahasse
Body of Virginia Episcopal Bishop arrives in Richmond
The body of the Right Reverend William Cabell Brown Episcopal bishop of Virginia arrived in Richmond today with Bishop H. St. George Tucker and Rev. G. McLaren Brydon. He died in London on July 28. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at St. Marks Church with interment in Immanuel Church yard at Brook Hill. Bishop Tucker will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richmond
William Cabell Brown
Virginia
H. St. George Tucker
G. McLaren Brydon
Brown
St. Marks Church
Immanuel Church Yard
Brook Hill
Tucker
Labor Turmoil Nears Crisis Over Sacco Vanzetti Case
The Sacco-Vanzetti case triggers a worldwide labor and radical protest. As Judge Webster Thayer weighs the last appeal in Dedham Massachusetts, large strike actions surge with up to 150000 NYC workers prepared to idle. Police guard public buildings and officials. arrests occur nationwide amid bomb incidents in Utica and the arrest of Tara Connors in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Webster Thayer
Dedham
Mass
New York City
Metropolis
Union Square
Boston
Alvan T. Fuller
Thayer
Utica
N. Y
Tara Connors
Sacco-Vanzetti Committee
Los Angeles
Thirteen Planes in Honolulu Race Beginnings
The $35,000 Dole Prize air race to Honolulu drew wide interest as 13 entrants prepare for Friday start. Bennett Griffin of Oklahoma City won first takeoff slot after Frank L. Clark and Robert Fowler withdrew. The field includes Norman Goddard of San Diego and Charles Parkhurst of Lomax, with the event staged at Oakland airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Honolulu
Pacific
South America
Bennett Griffin
Oklahoma
Travelair
Frank L. Clark
Hollywood Flyer
Robert Fowler
Clark
Fowler
Oklahoma City
Oakland
Norman Goddard
San Diego
Charles W. Parkhurst
Lomax
Ill
Former Supreme Court Justice Sees Peace in Alliances
Advance dateline Charlottesville Aug. 9 Former U S Supreme Court Justice John H. Clarke told the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia that world peace will come through many international agreements rather than a single universal League of Nations treaty. He praised separate pacts like Locarno and urged the United States to join a Franco proposal outlawing war between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
John H. Clarke
United States Supreme Court
League of Nations
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Clark
Clarke
United States
France
Leonard Wood Laid To Rest In Rough Riders Plot
Major General Leonard Wood was buried in Arlington in the Rough Riders section after full military honors and a high official procession. The funeral, attended by Mrs Wood and children, featured Philippines tribute representative Pedro Guevara, flag at half mast, and a gun salute from Fort Myer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wood
Rough Riders
Philippines
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac
Arlington
National Cemetery
Boston
Union Station
Hero’s Burial Ground
Hanson Fly
Army War College
Frank R. McCoy
Wood
More
TRAIN HALTS FOR TRIBUTE TO WOOD AT PA STATION
Through the Pennsylvania Station dawn the train shed’s vastness frames a brief ceremony for Major General Leonard Wood’s coffin. Soldiers stand at attention around the casket as a wreath from the Grover Cleveland Memorial Association is placed, with reporters present. Cleveland and Wood shared historic ties from their early days in public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Station
Leonard Wood
Grover Cleveland
Weather synopsis for Virginia and Tennessee
Cloudy and cooler tonight with Wednesday cloudy skies across Virginia and Tennessee. Showers expected in the southern portion of Virginia and in the west of Tennessee, with moderate to fresh west winds shifting to north. Readings from the U.S. weather station at 6 p.m. show yesterday’s high 91, low 68. Rainfall for the last 24 hours ending yesterday 0.30 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Tennessee
U.S
C. L. Bunn
Defense Fight to Save Sacco and Vanzetti
In Boston on August 9 AP reports defense lawyers for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti pursue every legal avenue to halt their execution next Thursday. They aim for a possible sentence revocation, appeals to state and federal courts, a habeas corpus writ, or a gubernatorial stay, as Charleston Prison readies for the electric chair amid tight security and a looming crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
Mass
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Vanzetti
Sacco
Hendry
Boston
Webster Thayer
Thayer
State Supreme Court
Alvan T. Fuller
State House
Charleston
American Flag Burned in France Demonstration at Consulate
In Paris at Raba Moroco a demonstration for Sacco and Vanzetti led to the burning of the American flag Sunday evening. Police dispersed the crowd but demonstrators returned and threw stones, breaking windows at the American Consulate in Place De France. Several arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Raba
Moroco
Sacco
Vanzetti
Place de France
le Matin
Riot Barricade Swept By Crowd At Cherbourg Consulate
In Cherbourg France a crowd demonstrated before the American Consulate opposing the Sacco and Vanzetti execution. They swept the police barrier and sang the Internationale before reserves arrived. A few protesters and officers suffered minor injuries as order was restored after a city procession and public meeting led by American consul Samuel H Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
France
Sacco
Vanzetti
Samuel H. Wiley
Laborite Disorders In Paris Show Sacco Sympathy Fights
Paris August 9 Laborite demonstrations in sympathy with Sacco and Vanzetti ended in clashes with police. Riot scenes and arrests marred the protest as demonstrators pressed calls for clemency and noted court actions in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sacco
Vanzetti
Shipbuilding program approved by Geneva board and Coolidge
Rapid City dispatch reports the Geneva board plan for navy shipbuilding as moderate and approved by President Coolidge after a White House conference with Secretary Wilbur. Full speed ahead orders target eight additional cruisers, with construction to begin in the three year completion window. Keels laid for two of eight. plans exist for six. Congress overruled last winter on funds for three vessels now pushed forward after previous delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. D
Geneva Board of the Navy Department
White House
Coolidge
Wilbur
Congress
Knoxville Slayer Ends Sensational Murder Story
Knoxvilles May, labeled killer of his wife Bernice and Carl R Roberts, died in Riverside Hospital after a coma. He had shot Bernice May and Roberts a week earlier in a jealous, violent spree that ended with his own death after a rapid decline in kidney function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. May
Carl R. Roberts
Knoxville
Tenn
May
Riverside Hospital
Bernice May
George W. May
Deaderick Avenue
Carl Roberts
The
Roberts Undertaking Company
Union Avenue
Roberts
Presbyterian School for Girls Destroyed in Jackson Fire
Bellhaven College, owned by the Mississippi Presbyterian Synod, destroyed by lightning fire in Jackson. No students were present. two janitors the only occupants. Summer term had been closed. Loss estimated at 350000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Bellhaven College
The
Mississippi Presbyterian Synod
New Jersey Storm Leaves Homes Lifted and Fires Burned
A third weekly electrical storm in New Jersey caused floods and destruction with no injuries reported. In West Berlin Camden County three homes were lifted from foundations and roofs blew off while trees were uprooted. Fires from lightning damaged barns and farm equipment at Lindaburg near Bernardsville and Schley at Far Hills, totaling about $100,000. Newark and Irvington fire departments fought blazes as storms raged and heavy rain aided containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
West Berlin
Camden County
Richard V. Lindaburg
Bernardsville
Reeve Schley
Far Hills
Irvington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Superior Court
Rock City
Department of Justice
Hawaii
Fuller
Geneva Naval Board Suits Coolidge
Undertaker
Presbyterian School For
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!