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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3237.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
WOMEN WORKERS ATTACK WOBBLIES
CONCEDE HENRY
, FORD RICHEST
MAN IN WORLD
Fortune Estimated Between
Three Hundred and Five
Hundred Million.
NEW YORK. May 5.—Wa’l Sires'
Was 'generally .recorded Henry Ford
the honor of 'being t:’.ie richest man in
Uho world, following 'publication of
tha Fiord Mcf.or Company’s financial
CondiUjon.
fPho fitiatament shows assets of
1536,000,000, of 'Which 3150,000,000 i;
Un Oash
'Hoary Ford now has a 'fortune esti
inaited between 3600,000,000 and |750,
000,000 cOmlparad ho John D. Rocke
feller's fortune, estimuced at about
$300,000,000.
GOVERNMENT
IS CAUTIOUS
ON DRY MOVE
Administration Taking No
Chances on Making Law
on High Court Ruling.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—The Ad
artinisferatlon is 'movmg with extreme
caution in praparaitiions to apply the
•Supreme Court’s edict against foreign
vesscf.s in bringing liquor into Ameri
can. ports .and regulaitiloms will not he
tuarrounieed until every possible angle
fih® sJtuaition ns examined.
Ilevemie Ooinmis’stonei Blair c >n
*red with Harding before the Cailtl
irrtt meeting hell d yesterday alter
men, att w'hkth it 'is understood th
rifling was discussed for the second
time.
NEW TRIAL DENIED TO
HAILE BY JUDGE REED
George Haile, recently convicted in
the U. S. DPetrktt Court on a charge
’rtf forgery, was today denied a new
triWl when Judge T. M. Reed over
nfled a motion for that purpose
•Seritonee iwill be imposed on Haile
next week.
•Three persons were admitted to
‘Citizenship toy Judge Keied today in
a nlaiturallizatlton session of court.
These were: WrUlann Gray. Yukntat;
Harold Hangaard, ‘a niative of Nor
way, Who was recently tlCsclrarged
•frOm the Unailga, and Hans P. Olsen,
native of Denmark, allso formerly ’a
memiber rtf the Una.lga’s crew.
Thle 'shift of the Home Power Com
rpotny of Ska-sway, against the Alaska
'Sfjeatnu.'hiip Company, started before
Judge Heed Friday, was continued
orver today. It .wild ibe resumed Mon
day morning and 'Will go to the Jury
within a .hart tame.
MBS. NELSON BENNETT DEAD.
TACOMA. May 5.—Mrs. Nelson
Bennett, wife of Nelson Bennett,
pioneer and railway contractor, died j
today- at the ago of 67. When her1
husband died ten years ago leaving!
the Northern Pacific’s Point De-!
fiance tunnel uncompleted she took
personal charge and completed the!
work.
TEN MEW ENTOMBED.
TRINIDAD. Colo.. May 5—Ten1
men are entombed on the north
•tope of the Rocky Mountain Fuel I
company's Southwestern mine near
Aguilar. Their fate is not determ
ined. Rescue crews have been sum-1
moned. The cause of the explosion
is not known.
METHODIST CHURCH DELEGATIONS
RECALLED FROM RUSSIA; SUPPORT
TO SOVIET GOVERNMENT DENIED
WXGHITA, Miay 5.—The Board of
Btsfoops of the Methodist Church, in a
resolution today, recalls the church
delegation's In Russia and disclaims
resipoodvhViiiy for the utterances of
Bitlhop BdwUird Rhide, made before
the Russian Cendlav-e, who is report
ed assurintK it he All-Ruse tan conclave
■It Moscow yesterday .tNat the Metho
dist Hpincopfll Churches isuitports the
8.)vie: .government,
i Odd Trip Is
'Proposed lor
President
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' WASHINGTON. Mw.v 5. John T
i Adtinv», clMiniMn of ithe National Re
. pt'JKU in Committee, tas urged Presi-,
j der.tt Harding, on hi a Western trip, j
'to npend a day and night in a log-1
glng damp deep in the Washington j
iCir foreelt. The invLta'tioin hat been
extended to the President by 'the
[ JteldJottal I/ubor and Manufacturing
A'Ss'OQia't'ilon.
IMPROVEMENT IN
WESTERN CROPS;
!
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. May 5.— !
The condition of fall sown (train,
crops on April 1, 1923. was r,lightly :
below the average of the last ten j
years in Washington. Oregon,
Utah. Idaho, Arizona and Nevada. I
and far 'below the average in Cali-.
■ fornla. according to a recent report
of John Perrin, chairman of thej
board, Twelfth Federal Reserve Dic-|
trict.
i Mr. Perrin says:
“Except in California, however,
these crops are now lu better eon
dlti .n than they were on December
11, 1922. hating been favored by a
i comparatively mild winter and a
plentiful supply of moisture. In
California the usual seasonal rains!
did not fall during the latter half
jef February and the month of!
March, and not only wheat and bir
' ley, but other crops suffered greatly!
; front lack of moisture. General:
'rains during the first week in April'
did much to improve the situation, j
and the condition of all crops iB
■ now considerably above that repot t-,
od on April 1.
Wheat Merkets.
'inactivity in the wheat markets
of the district, which lias obtained,
(titling tiie greater part < f the pres
ent season, persists ddnring March.
' and rales for both domestic and for
eign account were relatively small
jin volume. Exports of 1922 crop
wheal from Portland and the Puget
] Sound ports were lighter during the
last month than during any prev
jlour month of the current season.
“Commercial factors report that.
; plantings of rice in California this
| year will be somewhat less than the
(Continued on Page Two.)
NEW STUNT OF
RUM RUNNERS
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NEW YORK, May 5.—'The rum
! runners’ fleet, wliidli bobbed up in
i Jones Inlet aiBlcr be1 an driven from
tinktorings o(Ef !Sandy Hook, is using
I^eiaipOan'es to 'transport booze ashore
,<to defeat the nBforts uf the govern
i ment to prevent landing 1 Minor. This
jii's am announcement nsado 'by cus
j'Denis officials.
ALAMEDA* HAS
MANY ABOARD
FOR THIS PORT
SEATTLE, May 5. -Steamer Ala
meda sailed at it o’clock this morn
ing with 238 passengers for South
eastern and Southwestern Alaskan
ports, the following for Juneau:
Mrs. Scaife, Mrs. M. A. Jackson,
S. M. Mathew, V. Bulotovich, F. W.
Alcott, E. Haller, J. J. KeMeher,
Victor lx>ver, Harry Faulkner, L.
Karr and wife. Mrs. Holm, H.
Roseau, Chas. Hill and two steerage.
MOSCOW, May 5. -Father Vederus
ky, 'who yertterdav acted as prosecu
tor in fihe case ajsa.in»t former Blaftiorp
Tilclron, was Itoday nnido Bishop of
Mlono'aw bry the All-Russian Church
concla'vc.
The cone.tavp decided to abolish
1 -acred reltes which are declared to
foster supetaftftlons.
As la result of tho conclave’s de
cision, Bishops may marry when 35 j
years of age. . I
1-■
Keys to Meet Brother
, After Absence of
46 Years; Goes South
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To visit a son and a brother
whom he li.tis not seen in 4ti
| year*. Retptrcsen'taiU've E. M. Keys
of Heady will leave (tomorrow on
tilie Princess Mary en route to ^
Tacoma. He exj"rots ta be in
the State.-’ Cor 'I'tvcml weeks.
During this stay in Washing
! ton, i.Mr. Keys will visit a num
j iber of ope luting coal mines to
1 study the system** of mining
1 used there, lie and two sons
I are inter: sited iin the production
! of coaJ at the Heady River mines
| on the Alaska Railroad and he
| hopes to he able to adapt me
! a hods n sed in the Washington
1 mines to the work in the ln
| terinr.
| On his return to the North,
] .Mr. Keys 'i.lari* to stop here.
vtSiting ifriends for several |
! weeks, ansi making a trip over
j th'O dJstiflot (bath north and
; south from .Ttineau,
NEWTlUEsIT
STUDENT CASE;
MORE MYSTERY
Freshmen Leader Dropped
from Sight After Mount
Disappeared in Chicago.
CHICAGO. M'.iv 5.- William Me
Elw.iin and Thomas W Off. members
of the Northwestern University foot
ball el even, told qua".ultra o' the
District At1 orney's cCl'loe today that
■after the rii -Jippf .tiianc-i in Septom
Her. IASI, of DeMJtrm M:Mini, ■ it miaul.
J. Alilen M ‘Ms. loader if the fresh
men. (aipipekred to 'he worried. It is
not known wiiera M Ms is at .ho pres
ent Wine
'Mor.TK’s (Lady was ri -aiiMy found.
AnilhorXif.'s 'c laim he was a vii , n of
a class rush.
'■MILL8" UNDER ARREST
BBIIKEIjEY, C 'J!., M iy 5. A young
n*an giving lha t.lacii-e mf J. Allen Mills
Was arrested here In February. 1922,
latfter atiteitni.itlBg 'to o;>en an account
With a hank here with a check de
tcilared • iw'arlthlaf's and dra wn on an
Eva rattan. 111., fraancilrf1! institution.
The man wtw freed on account of
IttsKflfliClenoy of evidence and d is
lalpipparcd shortly i.ifterwaids.
NEILL BONDS
GOLD CLAIMS
IN HAWK INLET
Takes Option on Quartz
Property Owned by
Charles Williams.
It. K. Neill, prominent mining man
Of Spokane, lias taken an option on
09 godtl quartz tSuirns located on the
wont wide af Hawk Inlet, on Admiralty
Island. according to a statement
nmde today by Charles Williams, one
Of the ordinal locators anti now
owner of Hip (property. Mr. Williams
returned to Juncuti last night on the
Stunner Princess Mary from Sp3tt,le,
■where tilie deal wais consummated.
Under the terms of the option Mr.
Will terns will ih'ave- charge of de
velopment werk, to be inaugurated at
once. The necessary supplies and
equipment for the i-onst ruction of a
catnip will] be brought north next
week by ifrrighiier. which will lake
them dlrectdy to Hawk Inlet. The
catnip will Ibe bhi.lt to accommodate
(about 39 men. Aiboot 13 or 15
juen will be employed for this work.
Afiter the crump has ibeen construct
ed work of driving the tunnel and
blocking out ore will be started- Mr.
Williams expect* to leave Juneau .for
the mine on the freighter which la
Ibringing the supplies. Moist of h'l3
crew, coming from Seattle, will ar
rive hr-ne nest. week. Mr. Neill will
jirohably visit, the property in the
early part of July.
Mr Williams has held lha mining
ipropertv 'for five years this coming
July. He whs formenlv associated In
(partnership with R. n. Brown, of
Iflpokane. but took over entire can
trol last suinmer, ibuyirg out Brown'9
Interest.
Mr. Neill, who is well known In
mining oiroles. financed the Premier
mine when that property was in the
category of la prospect. He still re
tains an Interest In the mine.
BONE APPROVES
ALL BUT THREE
BILLS ENACTED
Only One Vetoed — Ninety
Nine Measures Already
Signed by Governor.
Only three bills of the mass passed
by the Legislature had not been ap
proved by the Governor up to early
| this morning. Only one, Senate Joint
Resolution No. 2, which authorized
the Attorney General to test the
validity of Presidential orders creat
ing fish reserves in Alaska, had been
disapproved by Governor Bone.
The three measures which had not
been signed today are: House Bill
No. 52, providing for a survey of
the Unalakleet-Kaltag portage; House
Bill No- 60. revenue an$ taxation, and
Senate Bill No. 98, regulating chiro
practors and providing for the ap
pointment by the Governor of a board
of chiropractic examiners.
| The acts of the 192:! session of tlio
1Legislature by short Utle are:
I Chapter 1, Amending Section 852.
I Compiled Laiws at 'Alaska.
Chapter 2, Authorizing the Enter
tain meat of the F!r*«klm of Wil
lin'j ed StaiteB and Appropriating
$2,000 t'herafor.
Chapter 3. dafllciewy nppropriatioE
Of $4,,500 (for the Pioneers' Home.
iCbaipter 4, -relative to the proof of
cither jurisdictions and making uni
form Uk* flaw with reifavemce thereto.
Chapter 5. amending section 1.302.
Compiled Laws df Alaska, exteaidlng
the time w'ji'hin which action for di
vorce inlay be instituted far certain
reasons.
Chapter 8. aim ending section 1,790,
OoiinpiilHd I jaws 'Of Alaska.
Chapter 7, repeoiln* Chapter 78,
Setovkm Lai wg of ,Ali-k:i. 1913
"Oha-fUer 8. ami'h.ili**- Am 1.814,
OmpUM Laws of Alaska, relathe to
J lid amenta of a j-u-JHifc court.
Chapter 0. amending section 010,
! -Compiled haws of Alaska.
Chapter 10, amending section 2.352
Conuipiled Caws of Alaska
Chapter 11. amending section 083,
Ciiuvpiled Laws of Alaska, relative io
garnishment.
<’hapter 12, to provide for extradi
tion of parsons of unsound mind.
Chapter 13, concerning taking of
I depositions in Alaska to be used in
■ any foreign jurisdiction,
j Chapter 14, wmending section 1.059
hand 1,060. Compiled Laws of Alaska,
| relating (to 'motions and affidavits
j-flor new trials.
I Chapter 15, amending section 1,299,
'Compiled Laws of Alaska, by pro
ivklinig for dlivaree on the ground of
| non-supifoTt,
i Chapter 18, amcntllnig section 2,278,
I C-onxplled laaiws of Alaiska, reiatlvo to
J time for mfoltllon f ir now trial in c.iin
trial case*.
Chapter 17, relative to proof of
signature and band'writing.
'Chapter 18. amending section SHI.
Compiled 1 .aw's of Alaska, relative to,
iprobf of service of summons.
Chapter 19. dedicating for highway :
ipu eposes a ttraut four rods wide along
section lines. #
• Olxaptor 19, repealing section 500,
Compiled Laiws or Alaska, requiring
husibund to join wife in conveying
•the wife's property.
C5hapter 21, amending section 1.112,
Cotarpilod Laws of Alwskii, providing
ifor the adjournment Of stales of prop
'erty on execution.
i Chapter 22. amending section 2.075,
Compiled Laws of Alaska, rela.’ivi
to commut.iUon of se-ixteace of crim
inal offense.
Chapter 23. Itio provide 'for proof of
servlfco of notices and demand
Chapter 24, to denounce false pro
I tense in s'olif'rting imkxney for associa
(Mops or orgatfiaations.
Chapter 25. amending Chapter 75,
sesaBon laws of Alaska. 1915, relat.lv.:
to (admin-ion of attorneys to prar
itlce Haw in Alaska.
Chapter 26, providing 'the ooiiac-1
ItU'on cf a fee f ir Issuance Of certlfi
o t,p.s wltfh spoil of the Territory at- j
fixed.
Ohlaipteir 27, amending section 1,558,
Compiled Laws of AJuaka.
'Clxaipter 28. providing for covering'
tertiaHn ifees into the .treasury , t tile
Territory 'of Alaska and repealing
section 328. Compiled Laws of A1-,
nska.
Chaipter 29, 'to -punish file execution j
'Continued on mx Two.i
Fire and Earthquake
Destroy Town;
Many Casualties
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5. The
town of Soilla, near Tokat, Asia
Minor, has 'been destroyed by fire fol
ilixwtrag 'am earthquake There are
■many victims biit the casualties have
•pot 'boon detonpliHtf,
MAN IS FORCED TO ACCEPT ALIMONY.
On orders from u Los Ansel'S Court, Fredrelck I. Moou mint j
accept $15 a month alimony fu m his wile, Mrs. Kthel Lou Moon.
If he refuses to take the mousy, Moon will he locked up. He )
cannot ' see" taking money frt m a woman, but, because lie is •
ill, the Court ordered him to take it. Mrs. Moon told the Court,
I lighting the alimony, that "any man who would take money
from a woman ought to be tarred and feathered!” But she has
to pay, just the same.
WHOLESALE PRICES DECLINING
AS EFFECT RECORD PRODUCTION
r——-r
; Believes U. S.
Cannot Remain
Aloof from World
' WAS-’HI.VUTON, M iv 5—Presi
dent inning's lf-iwilHr.-xm-f t.i •
wake i'i persow.il ii> up c;.f tin*
I World V..:i:< w : - r.'iteru.‘«l to
! duv in. . ho W-li>;.• House, hm
] the . l.utfinivr’Jt a'Mod Harding is
; •Wrnv’.y t' .iwVinlred mi President 1
| <"i»uWI leave tho White Houw
j wilt'll the bcijitif that tlhe United
! iHSatteH can srr she hid remain
j aloof from 'J’uc rest of the world.
RELATIONS OF
2 NATIONS ARE
LESS FRIENDLY
U. S. and Great Britain Are
Said to Be Indifferent
to Each Other Now.
NBW YORK, May ,Y The report
of t'he Sin',grave Institute ol' the
United 'Sl'ailes. nnadio pnhlte here to
day, Says the refladkims lietwoen Ureal
Britain and the United Suites are
less ifrlendly than at any previous
time in nine yea.rs. The report says
the two countries display "astound
In'R indilllt'fr; nee" to eiaoh other.
BAR HOWATT
FROM CANADA
Deposed United Mine Work
ers’ Official Is Not Wanted
—Statement Made.
OTTAWA, May 5. Alexander How
ttlt't, deposed pres rdant of the K ins m
Dfsftrtct of the United Mine Work
ers. has lieen denied admission to
Canada. This is aco<>! ding to the
Wetting MinMter of Immigration, who
made thp annomn'emeri in the House
I to Wait t. gained «si»n -ider.nble ro
•toriety by fighting the Kansas in
diWtrlal tYmrl and w.a- sente need to
Jail He is tailed an “agitator" and
'for fl hat mason is not wanted In
Canada.
MAY ERECT HOSPITAL
IN HONOR OF STUCK
KAl/r I.AKK, May 5.- Alaska In
dian friends of the late Archdeacon
.Stuck, are planning a tioapital t<
be erected in honor of his memorj
on the Yukon River just inside o'
<'I role, according to word meet vet
lay Kpifaopal officials,
!
1 NEW YORK, MUy 5. Dunn's re
ijfcwt Is-ued today says:
“The cfflfetnt of the record produc
tion is hr. lining more s'iuiiply de
fined and the rush to secure good-3
ha* alU-i'Icd.
“Wtboi .'ale prices show a slight j
j retcesUVm in i, tnfsiderlng the present!
| slacken'icg rtf ibusinetti expansion. j
"Th.“, fShould uot be dUre-,
j gurrled t.s a e untiler<- i,l recovery. j
“Thi s year lists seen a phenomenaI
ly r.itpid recovery and prices are
'trialarMHIy lalbove the low level
- ranched in aftcr-Wa-r delation.”
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OFF FOR SEATTLE
Among the passengers on the
I dt turner Prinosss Mary, tie vying Ju
jneen i tomorrow untornlug for the South,
| w'UI he a number of prominent Se
! a'ttle and Alaska re tridents who have i
been. here to albtend the 1 u-it session |
rif the Alaska. IiSgislature. They are:
Maurice I). Deoiiey, prominent Seat
tle and Ala.-'ka attorney; A. Zipf. rep
-resenting the Association ot Pacific
Fisheries; .1 I,. Pozard, superintend
ent of tihe Eaton ehe mine. and
'Charles 1). Oaitlfield, of the Alaska
| Bureau, Seattle Chamber of C’om
i merce.
RUSSELLSLEAVING
K. ('. Russell,' former owner of file
i .Alaska, Weekly Dispatch printing
' pla.nt. Saalttile, and former newspaper
email of Juneau, and Mrs. Itusssiil. will
leave tomorrow morning on the
steamer Princess Mary for Seattle.
They have spent the pa t week visit
ing in June .in and have been the
Mouse gue . s of .Vlrs. E. It. Jaeger.
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FOR AMERICAN MINERS
WASHINGTON, May a. Director
I Sc Obey cif lie C. S. Mint announced
today that only 16,000,000 ounces of
silver reiwaiined to be ipurcbased un
der the terms of the Pittman uc' and
ialWo mode public new regulation's of
purcIMase wbicli when introduced will
make certain that American miners
willl r< i c ve ibentiJil'S o-f the act up
to tlie latest possible date.
Robert H. Wiley, mining man in
(the Rialny Hollow, near Haines, was
o passenger on tlie Princess Mary for
Skagiway.
E. AhUpJist. former radio operator
at tiie Juneau staitdon, who lias been
I m Cordova several months, is aboard
the U. S. mine sweeper Swallow, en
I route tto Bremerton.
PAIR OF TROUSERS RESULTS IN
DOUBLE MURDER; DIES ON GALLOWS
1 SAM QI MNTtX, Cal , May G. T.
Mumi was hanged hare yesterday
Xrr a murder oommvPtted In Monterey.
SAN' QUHNTIN. Cal., May 5. T
Marui, Jiaipanase. was 'accused of hav
ing stwit and Willed Mr. and Mrs. T.
Kbituni. a I Sr) Japanese, In Monterey,
1 October 29, 1921. Me fled into the
hklls back uf tihe town and Was cap
' lured ithrce days later. According to
1 testimony .tdducod at the trial, the
c.ptjio was committed because M u rut.
WOBBLIES LOSE
IN FIGHT WITH
WOMEN WORKERS
Pickets Are Routed in Marsh
field, Oregon—Banners
Carried Are Destroyed
MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 5 —
Women workers in a local veneer
factory yesterday attacked and rout
ed a party of Wobbltos' pickets
and destroyed the banners carried
by the pickets.
VIOLENCE AT SAN PEDRO.
SAN PEItRO, May o.—-The first
violence in the Wobblies’ strike oc
curred when alleged Wobblies at
tacked and severely beat up J. W.
Crawford, foreman of the San Pedro
Lumber Company.
The police arrested Floyd Lewis,
alleged Wobblie for fomenting the
attack.
ONE STRIKE SETTLED.
EVERETT, Wash., May 5. — A
settlement of the longshoremen's
strike was reached late yesterday
when the men and the employers
reached an agreement. Both sides
made concessions and the men were
back at their old jobs this morning.
VOTE TO END STRIKE.
SEATTLE, May 5.—John McIn
tosh, manager of the Federated So
cieties of Washington, declared to
day the Wobblies have voted to end
the labor and marine strike in this
Dtate.
Comment, has been withheld at
the headquarters of the Wobblies.
GREEN EXONERATED.
ABERDEEN. Wash., May 5—E.
I. Green, watchman, killed William
McKay, 1. W .W. striker-picket, in
tho performance of his duty accord
ing to the verdict of the coroner’s
Jury.
Prosecuting Attorney Graham an
nounced today that Green neverthe
less will be held and charged with
murder or manslaughter.
HUMAN BLOOD
ON GARMENTS
New Evidence Is Presented
in Whitfield-Nosko
Murder Trial.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 5. —
Bicwd Found on the garments cf
Whitfield and the knife which hit
sister turned over to the authorities,
was pronounced "himiun" by Robert
L. Benson, of the University of Ore
gon -Medical School, Who testified of
401) ite - s Benson wis an Itnp-rt
i»»i witness for the pi;: locution in
ihe case of George Whitfield, charge 1
with the murder of Anita Nosku, 11
ye.r-ohl girl.
ALLIES MAY GO
AFTER GERMANY
LONDON, -May Lord Gurzon in
x speech today announced the gov
rtrnment was in a close session with
both the French and Belgian gov
ernments and initial .tied that concert
ed 'in-Don by the Allies still might
be puWslbie as a moans of confront
ng Germany with such influence ns
to -induce that country to take more
affective stops towards a settlement
if the reparations question.
MANY ARE INDICTED
HOUSTON, May 5—The Harris
county grand jury today Indicted 26
retfidenits of Goose Creek in connec
tion wirh the Investigation of recent
horsewhipping episodes there.
Who ihart been sent out to buy a pair
of trooper* for one of the Shitani
children. wan susptx ted by the Shi
't-ini* of having abort (honied them.
Manti Was convicted by a jury .In
the Superior Court at Salinas and
on December 27. 1921. was sentenced
'by Judtre J. A. Bardin to be hanged.
An appeal was itakeu to the Starte
Supremo Court, but the Judgment of
llte lower court was affirmed and
Alarm re-stmient od to be banged
M;<y 4. _