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! 1 Ii' ; - ? FACT? TEN "The OREGON STATESMAN. SaKSf. f Oregon1, Wednesday MornlhT?. SlpTeinTSe? 10, TCT 3. . - - ! t 3 j 5 ! 4 4 .- REHEARING FOB KINGSLEY Slayer to b& Resentenced and Brought Back, Here For Execution RUDY'S BRIDE HOME FOR j VISIT; James Klngsley, under deata sentence for killing Sam Prescott; Ashland police officer, on January tearing in an opinion handed J - Aw Kw - of of A Alii. preme 'court. , Justice , Brown wrote the decision. It is now nei ' eessary to : rntenee Klngsley and to transfer him from Jack son county , jail to the. state pent tentlarr here. , , The records in the case show that Prescott was shot and kilted when he attempted to halt ftn au tomobile driTen by Klngsley. The officer had recelTed a report pret Tioualy that the automobile had been stolen, v Kingsley subset enentW was captured by a state efZleer. and later signed a confes-j - mUm that he had committed the murder. He afterward was trle and eonTlcted of first-degree mur ' tier in the Jackson county circuit court.- and sentenced to be bang . d. . This rerdict was affirmed lir the state supreme court, in am a r. In ion handed down seTeral Mkf its: . , Th netition for rehearing of the case was based on alleged er-j rors of the court and certain,, re marks credited to the district at tarntrr dnrine the coarse of the trial. , . No Authority for Mmvv Plea Cited "The brief o$ the , attendant Mntaina an. eloouent'; Plea - tor mercy," - the aupreme court opin ion denyinr" the rehearing read. "HowfiTer. counsel Tor the defen dant failed to cite a single author ity or text in support of such a plan. "WV are convinced that the verdict returned into the lower court by the jury was reached from, an analysts ; and considera tion of the strong proof made 1T the state and "corroborated by the .defendant. ' "The Jury knew from the. re cord that Prescott was armed for the purpose of executing the law, 'and that he was' shot, by the de fendant when, in the1 pursuance of tin dnty, he undertook to place him under arrest. . . ; Jfo Mercy Show , . By Defendant VThere was testimony of record that, following the first shot fir ed by the defendant, the officer xclaimed. 'My God, donf. The answer was a second shot fired 1y -the defendant that felled the officer to. the pavement," A third hot followed. f ; . . ,1 '"We are not convinced that the ; record of trial of this, case , Indi- j cates that the jrerdlcl of the jury fras the result of a prejudicial ar gument by the district attorney." Fifteen other decisions, none relating to Marion county people, were- handed down by the court. " -rT " ii Grumble as . Pre - Electric Days Revived WACONDA, Sept. 15 Resi dents of the Waconda community were without electric serri.ee for a time Sunday evening, a tre haying fallen across the wire near the Patterson hill. In a remark ably short time the damage was , repaired and service restored. - There , is truth in the old, say ing about never Imissing the wa ter until the well runs dry. For a few short months this summer, . tamers here : hare enjoyed the comforts and pleasures electricity aa give; yet it seemed 4 a long atep back Xo the coal oil lamp aad to have the radio -silenced for a few hours in one evening! Wacondaites all vagree that Jectriciclty is the great invention. ft.' i i ' Ik Here Is Rudy Vaflec's bride, the former Fay Webb, with her parents,' niiz ox roiice and Mrs. Clarence Webb, at Santa Monica Ca where me crooners onoe is visiting. Mrs. Vallee's health is said to have been threatened by the Eastern climate so the honeymoon was teiw sainated for av visit to sunny California. Rudy was too. busy in Newf ioix xo maae tne trip. i XJlldcr tllC Occurrences and Gossip at tne center of Oregon a state government EOPLE can . now seo through the clerk of the supreme. court, at least tney nave tne opportunity to do so. j Improve ments in the supreme court buildings included, plate glass panels In the entrance to the clerk's officer ; A great; Improve ment, and really permits some light; on the Intricate subjects. , Well, Warden Jim Lewis at the state penitentiary can now start printing his Invitations to the : formal ! party to be staged there sometime soon. The court refused! to give James Klngsley another chance for his life and he will hang. The date is tne only detail remaining to be de termined before formal invita tions can be issued. After a long vacation the state supreme court yesterday again started, banding down opinions, and It certainly handed them down. Sixteen of them ini addition to oral, opinions were the first week's contribution of the state's tribunal. Opinion day, as in the past, ! falls on Tuesday i of each week. ' : 'P. . --I ' J I Jerry -Owen, , state ! bonus commissioner, left for Portland last night and tonight will leave with the Salem drum corps anda others for Detroit to attend the national legion convention. ' Jerry carries with him Gover nor Meier's r official invitation to the national convention to meet in Portland -next year. It looks as "though the Legion naires will 'meet in Oregon in 1932. If they don't they will have to Ignore a solid front in advance welcomes. The state labor conven tion here yesterday unanimously passed a resolution urging the session In Portland. . The resolu tion. was the first to pass in the convention now in session with out first going to committee, i UEUCEPTIJ ISHIS'PII School Heads; new ' Church Men to be Included In - Invitation Also A reception to all Salem school teachers members of the school board and new ministers ' and sponsored. by the Salem Minister ial association will be held at the T. IX; C; A; Tuesday , night, Octo ber ,t Rev. W. Earl .Cochran, president of the ministerial body. announced yesterday. t . committees appointed to ar range for the' event follow: " pro gram, II. C. 8tover and'Grover C. Blrtchet; " decorations,! Fletcher Galloway" and J. M.' Comer:- re freshments, Mrs. Elisabeth Gilla- her and C. A. Kells; invitations. Hugh B. Fouke Jr. and . D. J. Howe. 'r'.-J't President Cochran says the reg nlar meeting periods of the asso ciation were changed Monday from that day to tha' firsthand third 1 Tuesday . mornings of each month. The first hour, starting at 10 o clock, win be devoted to tne program,, and- the hour before noon the Y, M. C. AI gymnasium will be open for use of the pas ters. ;;v " . ' ". ' : ' Fletcher Galloway, pastor . of the First Nasarene church," was elected secretary ' of , the associa tion, succeeding Rev. L. "W. Bid- die, , resigned. j ; convention, which continues here for two more days, a sur vey of the roll call will I indi cate tho delegates are true Americans. Names ranging all the way from Smith around the loop back to Jones are on the register, and every nationally sounding name Is heard iii the call. It looks like Astoria will get the next convention of. the labor federation. -The decision was cinched yesterday when the Invi tation of the Astoria hol!eI in cluded a "key to the wine cellar.". The convention greeted xthis invi tation with cheers. It looks like the prohibition modification res- n1itfn wlfl V. I ALT ill v.uwwu nm uv ityiiiuvm i in uae manner. i lf diaries K. gpanlding of Sa lem, sta(e highway commission er, was one of tho targetf of the la bo rites. Resolutions f pre sented incloded en condemn ing SpanUling for his attempt to reduce wages in the high way department. Spauldlng has not yet presented such! a plan, but reports have been issued in dicating his intentions to do so. Senator J. E. Bennett of Port land was here to present his 150, 000,000 bonding plan to loan out to property owners, to the labor convention. Newspapermen here should be almost familiar with the plan now They have heard It presented to legislative groups, to the governor, and now to conven tions. : ' ; ' State Police to Inspect All of Schools? Busses All- busses used in the various counties for the transportation of school pupils are to be Inspected, according to announcement made Tuesday by Charles Pray, super intendent of state police. The Inspection will Include the mechanical condition of the buss es, whether the drivers are prop erly licensed, and If they are equipped with proper accessories. The inspections will be'made by highway patrolmen of the state police-department. m SCHOOL DAYS Don't rob your child of the ben efit of keen vis ion at the risk of permanent visual impairment. e Our glasses" are f insured against breakage. i j ii Kill Committees of Grange Approve ! Salaries Slash The agricultural committees of the. Marion county grange Monday adopted a . resolution indorsing a proposal by C K. Spauldlng, state, highway commissioner, that the salaries of Roy E. Klein, state highway engineer, and other em ployes of the highway department he reduced, v ..' . .--..; Saauldlnr has sronosed that jueia's And speaking of the labor S7200 to SSOOO a year; He also has urged the release of at least one engineer, and readjustment of the duties of other employes. ! " ' f ' J p ' 4 Subpoena Power Is Not Provided Eddcation j Chief There apparently. Is no legal process, whereby the state super intendent of schools can subpoena a witness to appear before him in a ease where the revocation of a teachers' certificate' is at issue. Attorney General Van Winkle held in' an opinion handed down yes terday. The Opinion was requested by C. A. Howard, state superin tendent, of schools, in -connection with a complaint filed against Da- salary be reduced from vid Lee .Byers of Sutherlln f - t T 1 PEDEE r 0: COMPANY T SSBW .1 w w mm mm : mm mm mm w . . mm 17V i Save on these. We're ready; jwith the largest stock of school; needs we have ever carried and as always, you'll find the lowest prices h6re. T,2 oi?g U En h ca J W Q f A c Cx r ; Mot-Toe 'Oatfordi ' Hr'a m xf rd ' bmill xptMily-' lor ehool wtr. Hcsry, slack frmia ppm and fall leather lolai aiCd hem with tool Soot pltUi. ; f . ; Pair I Ato iae stylo for gntwig irl. Boys School Shoe ' nSjecial '.'-! : p.- Horo's tt rtr' jnlity' ochool - hoo for boy. Hoary oik opperi sod donblo r oioo ond koela. - Hothcr counter aad in oolo. Ob.' Solo ot .l -i ' --.j, ' -f ... n .48 Pair -i Chfldren's -School Footwear ? A hoo that will otoiid lot of weo In either block or browm la tkoo otylo or oxford.- Bio op ' f 51 .39 Pair Men's " . ' , Brogue Oxfords ;.v ..' ..." , Y : '; - .-. ; : r;r - . , A koary woicht llaek grain ltathor kocl and solo oxford for oehool. wear. A, Tory wondorfal valuo winf tip too atylo." On aalo m . , i. , . $2 .78 Pair . Growing Girls '.. i-si. Brogues icr." in a rood-looiine. 'lonf-wearior vet- in too (tylo with! leather X)lo;ano (tool heel plate. It's a Ibeir for "wear. 4- 8 Pair Boys' No-Mark ; . i t -it " ' Black-oik inooeaain too I hoe with double ! w.ar, no-mark soloa alto 007ft' , block ' Jroio ox fordo ' 5i .98 Pair jGirl' Oliicjali i Gyin Shioes. Wo hare tho offielal tecnia ahoo for sT, aa all white ahoe with heavy weight wkito oolea. (enuice ."Ked." All aiiea np toS, women 'a. 97 Pair 007s I ouu ijpccucr 1 Tennis Shoes - Keds ; Bero'o a aplendid ' white tennio ahoo in ehildren'o and boya' eiiee. Black triir , and heary weight aolea. Special ' 77 oPair Boys' Hi Cuts , A- ooaaplet otoek of Vbre U cota, for okool wesr.l In leather aolee and lieela or doable wear aolee. ; . f. . ? $0.98 - .78 Men's Hi CuU Mea'o 18 inch hi onto in oil tan opperi nd leather Unod Tamp outido counter renTiino Barbonr welt- leather insoles tad eountera. . $7.78 Pair Other Stylea I3.7S-I4.7S Young Men's ! Corduroys Horo'a a' guaranteed eordaroy that - la aado oorrectly and will riTe n world 1 . a ;-i 01 weer. opeciai i 1 .97 Pair Our Number 278 Work Shoes Tho hi gsst bay ja town. " Extra keary weijht aolea and jrenuino Barbour welta. Grain leather inaolea and connter. . Black oik nppera, plain too- (tylov , $0.78 Pair i;: I II Why pay fl.00 mora for thcaof Clo ie Out Boys' Knickers . ; r : ".. . I " ' , A close oot of nil boya wool and cotton knieker panta. If oat all siifs and Talco np to 1.98. ' Bpocial . 97cPir ' ' LsMHsaBaHsBaM Boys'! Cord Longies !i - -.-'- t' It'"' ' ' 1 ' t', ' In tho popular Dronio or nary felae 'hdea. A well mad jnamnUed eordo- roy that will wear aatUfsctorjly. Special Pair ,1 A " OTc Boys' School Blazers . Boya all wool blaxera with knit olastie bottom In a Tarlety of color tomWn : tiona to choose from. 2,98 ialuea. ' ft- : - - : . T T Boys' Bib Overalls A wall made OTeraU of good, -heavy , MteriaL ' Lota of pockets blue or preea ' atrlpe. . 47 c Pair Women f s Footwear Wonderful now ahoea for. women brown kid tloaod tie orch support black kid open Ho A. 8. black rrowinf Sirls fords ,and others at' ..... Pair r- s' si $.98 ji; j II ; Bovs'i 'i Fast Color Shirts i- S ; Si ' .7 ' i'?r. i A? well aoado, fast color, broadcloth thirl for tho -School boy. Si sea to 14 H ! t " f ' -.li- r Special gc i Boys' Fancy Slip-On Sweaters A good looking, Jacqaard, nlip-oa sweater for boya Sara to wear. alt Incomparable Value and Style in This Sale of Go Extra effort to bring to our custom ers better; coats for. less money, has brought splendid results. You too should share in these savings, for we offer these new coats in all the correct styles for! fall and winter. Dress and Sports styles. ; Beautifully tommed with choice quality furs,- and only, 79 c Each Students' All Wool Sweaters 100 per cent wool alip on sweater with tho much wanted! breast pocket. are royal, nary, biers. Special Colors Boys' School Hose Joat like Dad's. In black, tan or -grey folors. A serriceailo school koto, 10 c Pair Children's School Hose Children's fins equality cotton hose for school wear.T All aiies, all colors. :j A' Bear brand aomber. ,i 15 c Pair Boys'j Genuine Rockford Socks Tko beat sock for wear and comfort. ' Vo seams la ths too. : Special Pairs 25 -J Garter Belts Kew numbers ar. her. for oehoel noda. 1st ' serriceable materials and tho atyles arc rirkt. ; I i 25cand-48 Girls' Knit Bloomers A well made knit, cotton bloomer for school' wear. '8ises np to 14 CleanUp Child's Hose sfslii lefftth hose. Talnes to 5 Co pair. kc Pair Ons lot children's . Salt, I threo-qnarter i Announces opening of ' office r and yard at 1 23 1 it Eldgewater street, West Salem, Ore., : on Dallas-Salem highway, 'Telephone 381 1 . r ' - : ' "; ! f- : iWe solicit your business in Lumber, Shingles and Building Materials. - Pedee Lumber Co. .ji. W. L GRIER, Mgr. Office Telj 3811 After. 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I Bpecial II B " Oc Each I Women's Pure Silk Hose Tare silk, full fashioned ink hose In rariety of new shades, iienlar 11.00 ft. ' ralue. Special : i 78' S3.78 F Men's! -:1 Colored Suspenders Men I Hero's a any. New solid color (j potterne in tho beat oualitT almti-s H. II f ralar o valoo. Special. I - II r7c Eabh :' B 1 t The Largest Stock, of Footwear in Marion County J ! - Eyery Pair Has a Definite Guarantee of Wear V ; ! . A LfULtluAli OA &U IS A UUJULAU , J VHiy not let aa autre you a dollar an maybe more oa yoor achool aeedsT i ... LARGEST ASSORTJIENTS-i-LOWTST PRICE ALWAYS-! r SERVE YOURSELF AND SAVE .1 37S Stalsf Si. SALEM-Between the First National and Ladd and Bush Bank.! iooic ior me l eon, illumination over our storty front f ' 1 . , -j - ; TA Friendly PJace to Trade' -1 4 V! ; - 1 1 i i . A, si r M ' ' ' ' . . 1 1 i M 1 . , ' - . . . ft C . 1 -r- r i ! in - 1 '- " - i ' ' ' ' ' 1 I i ,':.! Fi 1L-. ' T 7 -.. j .( - ' ISII f f . f anmnn, ' - - 1 ' 1 I: , ... . ' . 7 k . 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