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...much discussed Mooney case is again before the public. Two days ago Mrs. Mooney, the prisoner's mother, addressed a large meeting in New York to protest against the continued imprisonment of her son for his alleged part in the bombing of the San Francisco Preparedness Parade of 1915. The perjury of the witnesses who testified against him has been admitted, and, as the Wickersham Commission said, his continued imprisonment is "shocking to one's sense of justice...
Ever since Mooney's conviction a continuous protest has been conducted by the Communists. They demand more than his freedom--for he has refused a parole--; what they want is an unconditional pardon. Mooney's release is now a demand of the class war, and his captivity is another objection to the capitalist system. It is this aspect of the question that bears an obvious analogy to the Sacco-Vanzetti case...
...most of the electors, for the functions of Junior and Sophomore class officers are so lacking as to be virtually unimportant. The Freshman officers serve definite functions in class activities; Senior officers are necessary for Class Exercises and Alumni activities; but Sophomore and Junior officers are as vain as protest against them...
President Baquerizo Moreno ground his teeth and issued a decree: Ecuador was off the gold standard. The president of the Banco Central immediately resigned in protest...
...outmaneuvering the Norwegian champion Ivar Ballangrud, the U. S. team had 29 points, more than its total in the Winter Olympic games of 1924. Next day, Shea won the 1,500-meter race, spurting at the start of the last lap to beat Alex Hurd of Canada. After a protest against U. S. speed-skating rules by Japanese, Norwegians, Finns and Swedes, and counter protests by U. S. skaters when they were compelled to recon-test preliminary heats, Irving Jaffee won the 10,000-meter race. Young Emile St. Goddard, of Le Pas. Manitoba, out-mushed old Leonard Seppala...