CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BE REVIVED IN CUBA
AFTER 19 YEARS LAPSE
HAVANA, July 31. (iT*)—Capital
punishment, unknown in Cuba since
1906, is to have a revival. President
Machado, recently stated that all fu
ture death sentences will be execu
ted. Two cases, both from Pinar del
Rio. have been confirmed by the
criminal section of the Supreme
court, sentencing Valentin Martinez
and Nazario Hernandez to death.
“I have not yet received the sen
tence which condemns to death Mar
tinez,” said Secretary of Justice Bar
raque, ‘‘but if there exists no reason
to the contrary, it is certain that the
president and his secretary of jus
tice will inflexibly comply with the
law.
“And the sentence of death of our
courts, to whose mapesty we all
have profound respect, will be com
plied with quickly and without pro
crastination, in the form which our
legislation places in force.”
Secretary of the Presidency Virato
Gutirrez, in an emphatic statement,
said the President intended to sanc
tion the sentence as soon as it reach
es him, and does not intend to com
mute any death sentences imposed
by the courts, but wil see that they
are carried out.
Closely following the statement of
Secretary Gutierrez was the action
of the Supreme Court in confirming
a second death sentence which the
Audiencia Court of Pinar del Rio had
imposed on Nazario Hernandez of
Pinar del Rio.
Valentin Martinez was tried ana
convicted for the murder of his wife,
Paula Ledesma, on the night of
March 29, 1923, in Candelaria, Pinai^
del Rio province.
Nazario Hernandez was given the
supreme penalty for the killing of
his illegitimate daughter in Pinar del
Rio, during November, 1923. The
child’s mother was Rosalina Lopez,
si-ster of his wife.
The last man to die by the garrote,
Cuba’s death chair, was Juan Capin,
of La Lisa, near Havana, convicted
nd sentenced for the murder of his
nephew. Capin, the twentieth in Cu
ba to pay the death penalty, was ex
ecuted on June 12, 1906, by Patricio
Lopez, called “El Gallego Colorado,”
(the red Galician), the official execu
tioner. Since that time an execu
tioner has held office, he being al
ways a long term convict, whose sen
tence is shortened for each execu
tion. The present executioner, An
tonio de Paula Romero, was appoint
ed June 12, 1922.
The garrote is a relic of the Span
ish regime, and furnishes almost
painless death to the victim. The
criminal is seated in a chair, with
his back against a post, and a brass
collar, the garrote, is placed about
his neck. In this collar is inserted
a screw, at th? point where it touch
es the back of the neck. The execu
tioner turns the screw, and the spin
al column of the condemned man
snaps in two, producing death. A
quarter to a half turn i3 sufficient.
About six years ago a bill prohibi
ting the garrote, substituting life im
prisonment for capital punishment,
passed the senate. No action was
taken in the House of Representa
tives, however, until recently, when
the bill was dug out of a mass of
tabled legislation, and attempts were
made to place it on the calendar.
The House, at the close of the last
session of Congress on June 30, had
taken no further action.
Pope Gives Painting
Gegina Coeli Prison
ROME, July 31. (JP)—Pope Pius,
whose interest in charitable work
for prisoners and former prisoners
is well known, recently presented to
the Regina Coeli Prison, where ma
jor criminals are confined, a valua
ble painting of th evenerable Gius
eppe Cafasso. The latter for many
years devoted himself almost entire
ly to charitable and religious work
among the prisoners of Turin.
A record for slow flying, 32 miles
an hour, was recently made by Capt.
Leprier, a French aviator.
Effective at a height of three miles
a new anti-aircraft machine gun shoots
between 500 and 600 shots a minute.
BABY PEGGY HAS
STRONG HUMAN ROLE
As the “proof of the pudding lies
in the eating,” the proof of dram
atic ability for motion pictures lies
in the reflection of one’s talent on
the screen.
When Baby Peggy, the tiny star
of “The Family Secret,” the Uni
versal-Jewel production which op
ened at the Liberty last night, was
doing small parts in comedies, ru
mors used to float out of the movie
colony in California that the child
was due for great things. She was
called a “Baby Bernhardt” and oth
er complimentary things.
Then the Stefn brothers of the
Century Comedies announced that
through an arrangement with Uni
versal the child was to be starred
in a series of multi-reel productions
at the Universal studios.
The picture is one of three made
under such an arrangement. It is
a screen adaptation of Frances Hodg
son Burnett’s famous novel, “Editha’s
Burglar,” and the story has been
carefully built around the child star.
Peggy proves to a very marked
degree in this picture that he press
agenting was not based on an idle
dream. The child has a naturalness
that is winning, and a knowledge
of mimicry that is cleverly utilized.
She can look sad and cry, too, in a
manner that touches t.he heart
strings. In addition to her ability
j the child has an unusually charm
ing “baby” personality and beauti
ful eyes.
The picturef was carefully direct
ed by William Seiter with a view tc
bringing out the best of the young
ster’s ability and the supporting
cast is of exceptional worth, includ
ing Gladys Hulette, Edward Earle
Frank Currier and Cesare Gravina.
Gateway wam-ads bring results.
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your family without it. For
stomach aches and pains; for
sudden cramps, severe intesti
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eating and drinking, for
changes in water, diet or cli
mate, take
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REMEDY
Take it with you when you travel.
Keep it always in your home.
Take
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MAGAZINE
and know the fur business. It
deals with every phase of fur
farming. Learn how others made
a success of farming fur bearing
animals.
Address
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Gas Launch
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FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
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TO MILE TWENTY
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OLD CLOTHES MADE
NEW
By Dry Cleaning Them,
and for quick service
, this machine
Presses your Clothes in
from 15 to 20 minutes
Sanitary Hoffman Presser Does It
Jordan’s Valet Service
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SEWARD, ALASKA
Long Pilgrimage To
Rome Made Afoot by
Mother and Children
ROME, July 31. (/P)—Thousands of
devout Catholics have made Holy
Year pilgrimages to Rome, but few
have come in the manner in which
the word truly connotes. One such,
however, has been completed by Lui
sa Cruces, a Spanish woman living
in Morocco, with her three children,
whose ages are seven, four and two
years.
Senora Cruces left Morocco with
her little brood on December 9, 1924,
and they made practically the whole
journey on foot. They stated with
25 pesetas in their possession, and
thruout the trip they had no other
means of support, except from the
sale of picture postcards showing
their photograph. For the most part
they slept on the grass under the
stars or along the sand beaches, but
occasionally they were taken in by
kind people along their route.
They have received the special
Holy Year Benediction from Pope
Pius XI.
Birthrcom of Italy’s King
To Be Preserved Empty
NAPLES, July 31. (^P)—After much
discussion as to the best way of pre
serving for posterity the room here
in which King Victor Emmanuel III
was born, Minister of Public Instruc
tion Fedele, after consulting Benedet
ta Groce, noted Sicilian philosopher,
has decided to leave it entirely emp
ty, except for a marble tablet in
the middle of the room to record
the event.
It was first proposed to restore
the room to its original appearance
at the time the king was born; then
there was a plan to fill it with rel
ics excavated from the ancient city
of Herculaneum, but both these sug
gestions were abandoned.
Prof. S. H. Tulehin, psychologist at
the state university for juvenile re
search in Chicago, says girl babies
develop souls in 18 months, boys in
30 months.
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German Vineyards
In Healthy State
BERLIN, July 31. (/P)—An excel
lent grape crop Is expected thruout
Germany this year according to the
federal statistical bureau. Almost
all the win eproducing areas report
that the vines are in splendid condi
tion so that the hope for a duplica
tion of the banner year of 1922 ia
justified.
Bathing Suits at Urbach’s.
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The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
Mon.—Wed.—Fri.
A train leaves Seward at 7:30 a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate points. Arrives Seward at 1:45
p. m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:00 P. M.
Tues.—Thurs.—Sat.
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING FOR WESTWARD AUGUST 3D
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON IS*. SEWARD, ALASKA
;
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from Arrives South from
Seattle Seward Seward
July 15
July 21
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
July 28 August 4 August 11, 9 p. m.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Service
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IH.F.ALEXANDER. PRESIDENT!
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alacka
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
July 25.
Aug. 1.
Aug. 8
August 15
Aug. 22,
Aug. 2D
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Aug. 1.
Aug. 8.
Aug. 15
August 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5.
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
Aug. 2.
Aug. 9.
Aug. 16.
August 23
Aug. 30.
Sept. 6.
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Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call E
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska. zz
Steamers in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR E
O CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing date.
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with E
s.te.amers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is- E
land points, subject to change without notice.
punMc J- H FLICKINGER, Agent
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See the Interior
VIA
“The Golden Beit5’
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understand, and
to enable them to acquire first hnnd and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and devleopment; travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
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ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the 2
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm, An- 2
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt. Me- 5
Kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley ad Fairbanks, hold 5
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent; 5
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the 5
good things that Alaska has to offer,
For train and automobile schedules, passefigef rates and other in- 5
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska I Railroad I
(McKinley Park Route)
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