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........ ... mmmm-7rmrm r"H"X" Th lTfV.nnfi STATESMAN KaUm nrcVrnn TnMilsv afnrniiKr 'nrmhr 1 ' IM . ! 7 . PAGE TWC Heart Beats- Show Killer 'Was-'' "Scared Tests Reveal Leaping Heart Executed Man's Reaction Taken by Scientific3 Instrument - By OTIS J. PUSET . - SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 2U (;?V-Killer John W. - Deeringt faced fire picked riflemen will inglj and without apparent emo-r - lion at, grim iaie s prison iouay, yetJe was literally "scared to death' - Study of an electro-cardio graph film tonight disclosed that Convict Deerng hd i n extremely emotonal heart behnd a "bold front." : Th 40-year-old, bushy haired Defering. behind prison bars most of hi adult . life, was executed by a "firing squad for the con fessed Tohbery-kllling of Oliver R. r Meredith, Jr., Salt Lake City - businessman. V h t y . i Jolin X. Deering amllAil ni1 ,nnV, ralmlr as he emerger from c'deeath row.'., . . He walked unaided tor lhe exe cutioners wooden chrirSagalnst s thoMrack wall and sat Tigid awaiting without a word four death-dealing bullets. i Tet his heart pounded like trip-hammer. - Peering, his life deemed failure,,, cooperated with - scien tist's record for the first time th 'actions of a human heart pierced by bullets. . . ' I, "Scared to Death" , 'Hie put on" a good front,' said. Dr. Stephen H. . Besley, prison' physician. The electro cardiograph film shows his bold r demeanor hid the actual emo tiona pounding within him." He was .""scared to death." Xeerlnga normal heart beat ' of 72 per minute pounded away at180 the few mlnutesae was in the chair. " - "Each time he was spoken to. his 'heart fluttered. The rhythm wis Terr Irregular." Y - When asked for a final state ment, Deefing'a heart" raced. It (calmed after, he spoke- and beat lay, but even the remaining .39 seeonds before the ahotji rang ... out. When the bullets shattered the heart, the beat fluctuated wildly then gradually ebbed. to a stop 1 5.6 seconds after Deering was . shot. Physicians pronounced the body dead 134.1 teconds after tne heart stopped. Dr. Besley. said the test was oftKreat benefit scientifically. It disclosed the effect of fear on the heart and how soon death occurs after a heart Is wounded. ,?; T. r ; Clatskanie Plans jCIub f or Sprague t - X women Sprague-for-goyer-nor club will be organised at Clatskanie today, with Mrs. George Moorhead, chairman of the women's Sprague. club in Salem, Intited to address the group and assist with the organization. Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, wife of the republican nominee, has also been Intited to attend the meeting at Clatskanie. "Wednesday night, Mrs. Moor ; head will address a meeting of all Benton cpunty republican precinct committeemen .and committee Vemen at the Benton hotel in Ccp-.Yallls. : ; , , ? Wife or WPA? i - - Oakland; caiif., Oct. s Mrs. Helen Sprinkle named the "PA today In seeking a divorce , " from George Sprinkle. She said he hadn't a spark of ambition and mmm J 7 Mountaineer Flees vv v . tmmm - x ' I K. - 1 ' f ( J " 5 ' 1 i .. 5--' . A - ' , I , ) , fi - . . -' : f v t 1 t i 1 -V , i " M., ' S - Thirty-four year old Fleming Tackett i mountain country by sheriffs year old Itosie Columbus, shown with him above. The child bride and her mother, who swore in obtaining a marriage license that the girl Was 15, are being held in custody. A charge of rape has been lodged against Tackett. -'Tobacco Road" Marriage of Child Aiid 34-Year-Old Mountaineer Ends With Law in Pursuit of "Husband" PRESTONBURG, Ky., Oct. 31. (AP) Child bride Rosie Columbus Tackett and her mother were jailed here to day on warrants growing out of the girl's week-old marriage to a 34-year-old mountain country coal miner. But the husband, Fleming ed by Floyd county sheriffs deputies. .Sheriffs Deputy Tom JamesO ; Bald .the girl shown by medical i records to be ten years old was taken Into custody with- het mo ther at thetr former, home on Bar oett;s creek in adjacent Johnson county. ": y-v-. , , : Tlvs warrants were Issued here by County Judge-Edwin P. Hill. One charged the girl's husband with rape. Another charged the mother, Mrs. Grace Columbus, with conspiring Vlth Tackett "in the crime' of rape upon the person of Rosie Columbus." The third warrant charged Rosie jrith being ft delinquent child growing up in "idleness and crime." ' Mrs. Columbus told officers she didn't know where "Flem" was. Rosie shook her head at ques.- tlons. " ".-" ""Flem brought us here last nightr'then put on a coat and his cap and left," Mrs. Columbus said. Rosie and.ner mother were at the home of her father when the officers arrived-. Neither appeared worried orer their situations. "I'm not married, I'm not mar ried," Rosie called out? "my old man run off and left me." Both the girl and her mother were dressed in identical . cotton gingham dresses. . They wore brown cotton stockings and bad ly-worn shoes. The girl bride's 200-pound mo ther, on the 2 0-mile automobile trip uacK.io rresiouDerg, iom 01 fleers that Rosie had been so "took" with Tackett that ahe at tempted to kill herself shortly before Mrs. Columbus came to the courthouse- here and took out a marriage license for the couple. she "begged him to seek;, a job." J He told her the WPA would "al ways take care of him." . ' VouTJ thrill ta tha startling psnorams ttar . nrftpt blow you at tha Mart Hopkins. Th ' World i Fair, the bn'dgn. tha harbor ... - horiioni for advantura. And in this gay ' tt of (totals, tha par fact close-up of good Cving. ft.aarvatiori alwayt advisabla. ' Shop and thaatan 4 minutai away. Saraga in building. Itatat from $5 par day. , Jf Ceo. D. SmitR, Gtntnl Mtrier Law and Bride ti Is being sought in the Kentucky deputies after his marriage to ten Tackett, was" still being 'hunt Laura Davidson Last Rites Held HUBBARD Funeral serrlces ior Mrs. LAura uartdson Jackson who died at her home, a short distance north of Hubbard on the Pacific highway. Wednesday after noon, were held from the St Paul's Catholic church Saturday morning. Laura Jackson, nee Davidson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson, was born at .St. Paul May 1, 1869. She was married to jerome n. jacKson June . io( 1896. Four children were borhvtol ima uuiuu. naipa wacason oi xei ington, Mrs. Margaret Supple of San Francisco, David Jackson of Pendleton arfd Clark of Salem. Other surviving relatives are three sisters Mary Kirkpatrick and Blanche Gooding of St. Paul, and Hilda Guerln of Donald; Ive orotners, Chester, Eugene, Fred, Jack and Ralph Davidson, all of S Paul; also 10 grandchildren. Recitation of the rosary was at the Miller undertaking parlors Friday night. Burial was in the SL Paul cemetery.- Ex-Resident Moves BETHANY Friends have re ceived word that Mrs. Emily Schmiedeck, who made Ler home in this district i for many years. has moved from Phoenix, Ariz., to San Bernardino, Calif. She 1 1 v e d In Montana for a while after leaving here. Elimination Favored by i OragM State STATE OF OREGON BANKING DEPARTMENT ...,.-v 8A1XM 'I '';: ' Th conditions which prevailed im adiar yaaxs ao doubt war coaaid- ' arad a foanileatlom lot tha anaetaaat oi this constitutional prorision. How vat, recant ohaagas la eu baakiag laws, both Federal and Stata, htva bromght aboat a ooaditloa which coa elaslvaly damoaatiatea mat this pro vision la now obsolete and its rataa tioa can mo longer ba consklaiad JostifiabU. Based apoa my xparlaaca aa a banket and liquidator, I have no kee ttatioa in urging the approval of this amendment. ' . CSlgned) MAKX SUKlfZlL ' - i Superintendent el Banks. The Oregon LegUlature, in 1937, recognl slag the lajaetioe now opera Hag egalast the 28 state-charteced baaka affected by this law ordered that a constitutional amendment be sub Kitted to the people ol Oregon' to ' eoirectitafe coaditioa by elimlaatiag the - Doable Liability of Stockholders la Oregon State Banks. . I In justice to y"G Rally Program Is Announced as Marshal for Torch Light" Parade Announcement ot the complete program for the republican rally at - the Salem armory Thursday night, and -of the line of march for the noise ! and torch parade which will precede the rally, was made-yesterday by Lewis Judson, general chairman, and W. R. Mc PherBon, parade chairman. Jack Eakin of Dallas, former state commander of the American ueg'on, wm oe master of cere monies for the rally, Judson said, Chief marshal for the parade will be Colonel Carle Abrams of Sa lem. Starts at 7 O'clock Trucks, marchers and bands in the parade will begin forming at :30 p. m. Thursday, and will moe off at .7 p. m. sharp. The column will move from Marion square south on Commercial to Ferry, east on Ferry to High, north on High to Center, west on Center to Liberty and south on Liberty to the armory. Several numbers will be played by the Purvis family orchestra. - Candidates Speak Five-minute talks will be given by Alex Barry, candidate for short-term United States senator; Ruf.ua Holman, for long-term Ben atorj James Mott, for . United States representative, and Charles A. Sprague; for governor. Singing by the Willamette uni versity male quartet will furnish a brief intermission, followed by talks by Earl Snell, up for re election as secretary of state: Charles A. Rice for state super intendent of public instruction and C. H. Gram for state labor commissioner. Jerry Savior wli lead the audience In a few well- known songs. Other Speakers Two-minute talks will be given by legislative candidates, includ ing Dean Walker for senator from Benton -Polk counties; Douglas McKay and Ronald Jones for sen ator from Marion county; Lyle Thomas for representative from Polk county,; and Walter Fuhrer, George Duncan, John Steclham mer and Hannah Martin for rep resentative from Marion county, Jim Smith, candidate for Marion county ' commissioner, will also speak, as will Earl Odom for con stable. On the program committee in addition to Judson are Guy New gent. Polk county central commit tee chairman; Mrs. R. L. Wright, Marion county vice chairman and Mrs. D. A. Hoag, Polk county vice chairman.; Hugh Craig of Polk conaty will be floor -manager at the rally, assisted by Win Jenks and FlpfLHastay. head ushers. Halley in Charge Of State Prison Governor Charles H. Martin, at the direction ofthe state board of contwlp-iioiraay. ' notified Gene Halley, deputy warden of the Ore- state ; penitentiary, that he d be In complete charge-, of the institution pending election; of a-successor to Warden James W. Lewis, who died Fijday. i The boaTd of control was not expected to elect Lewis' successor until late next week. Halley has served aa deputy warden of the prison for many years. The board of control adopted a resolution deploring the death of Warden Lewis and ordered a copy sent to. the family. Homecoming Is Staged By Dayton's Rebekahs DAYTON The Naomi Rebekah lodge of Dayton annual home coming was held Friday night with 35 members present. Five Ltnfield 'college dramatic class girls . furnished a program con sisting of a play, readings and music Mrs! Martha O'Dell of McMlnnvllle : is the only surviv ing charter member, but she was unable to attend. WWT T If Tl ' . r, 11, -.- .- IT w. it. iticrnersfmiQfigajsaawrtfprtteiasT? of Oregon Doable Liability State and Federal Authorities FEDERAL DEPOSIT DCSUBAKCE ' ' COBPORATIOH, Inasmuch as mora than 98 ol the depoattora la insured basks are fully Insured against toes by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, re peal ol docble liability will not afiect thelx interests adversely. Doable Us. bility of stockholders la suet national banks kae been eliminated. Paseage ol the proposed amendment to the Coaatttattoa of Otegoa will pot atock koldars of state beaks la Oregon oa a pat with stockholders of setioaal baaka, thus avoiding discrimination. , pgaed) LIOT.CHOWLTT, By Toting ior this amendment the Double Liability ptovieiom of the Oregon State Law will be eHmleated-thna placiag all State - Banks la Oregon oa ad equal basic and, in e ler ae liability U coaeeraed. ea the same baste an all Katioaal Banks la Ike United States. ' . - . the smaller State Banks in Oregon, rapport this Amendment ?7 - '302:"i - ' i. ! T ' ' . .. .. 1 9? Broom Denies, Part in theft no Part in Burglary ;; . of Creamery - ,r ' - Mart' Broom,, 59-year-old Lane county man, f took the witness Btad .in , his own behalf, greater- day afternoon and denied he ac companied ciovis rrencny" Bourg. 34, on-, the trip last Jan uary 10 during which the. state alleges they broke into - the Charles Bochiler mTlkiouse near Mt. Angel. ; Bourg, brohght "from the penitentiary at the request of District Attorney Lyle J. Page, had testified earlier and impli cated Broom in the theft ot gaso line, two sacks of potatoes and a ,milk! can from thjT Bochsler plate. -f Denies "Knowledge Broom denied he knew any thing of the Bochsler burglary with which he is charge but said he suspected other articles which companions had loaded in their truck before he, Bourg and a third man, reached, Spring field may have been stolen. He said he called on Sheriff C. A. Swarts of Lane county to clear himself but was arrested and bequght to Salem January 20 Asked by defense counsel if he had ever been convicted of a crime. Broom told of two liq uor law offenses and of an en counter with "hijackers" that resulted-In his going to- the peni tentiary .under three-year sen tence. "Heldup" Officers Two men he did n't know were officers stopped him and his wife while they were driving in Til lamook county several years ago and proceeded -to search them and ther car, he related. He said he thought they were hijackers and so held them up with -a pis tol he said his wife was -taking home for their children' to play with. He asserted the gun was an old one that wouldn't shoot, This incident and perjury to which ho pleaded guilty at trial on a charge of assault and rob bery while armed with a danger ous weapon netted him the pris on term. Judge L. H. McMahan called halt in Broom's readily-told story soon after he recounted his ar rest by state police here in 1934 for haulinc 10 eallons ot alco hol. The trial will reopen at a.m. '"today. Defense counsel said thejr would put "two or three more witnesses on the stand. The state closed its case with testimony by Glen MacHutchln Bourg. Mr .and Mrs. J. E. Bate man. Ben Barrett and T, H Johnson. . Land Board Forecloset Mortgage on Property The state land board Monday ordered' the sale of several farm properties on which- the state holds delinquent 'mortgages and approved a bill of S3 00 received from Jay Upton, Bend attorney, for legal services. ' Lewis Griffith, secretary . of the board, reported that, the demand for eastern Oregon lands showed an Improvement over last year. LEARN TO Join the "NU-WAY" Flying Club and Fly at Actual Cost of Operation! I New! Startling! See Leo Arany at Salem Flying Service . Salem Municipal Airport :::v'TES:': rt Robert Woolsey, Comedian, Called Wheeler and iWooIsey Pair Split by Death of ; - - Funny Man MALIBU BEACH, Calif, Oct tion picturecomedjanjcjjo4a Dumc UCIB aim m At hia bedside were his illness. wife,, the former Mignone Reed, and her mother. MrsJ Mary Reed, Woolsey, who teamed v with Bert Wheeler in numerous come dies, had been suffering from a kidney ailment for the past 18 months,' said Dr-" RalpnTandow- sky, his physician. He finished one picture after being stricken, but then was forced to retire. Woolsey was. bora in Oakland, Calif., August 14, 1889, the son of non-professionals. The future comie star was reared and educat ed in Murphysboro, III, After appearing in - vaudeville and stock-shows, Woolsey teamed up with Wheeler and the two en joyed a long association except for a split-up in 1932. Some sort of argument, the nature ot which neither revealed publicly, led to their break, but after a few months they made up and ap peared in several more films. In 1932, Wheeler and Woolsey came to Hollywood to co-star in Rio Rita." They also starred in The Cuckoos," "Halt Shot at Sunrise," "Hold 'Em Jail," "So This Is Africa" and many others, Building Permit Value Decreases Total, of $77,785 Written in October. Less Than Same 1937 Period While 17 more building per mits were issued last month than in October ot .1937, the valuation suffered nearly a one-third " de crease, city building figures re leased at the dose ot the' month's business last night revealed. rnougn 1Z4 permits were Issued last month.to 107 for Oc toDer, i3i, tne total value was but $77,785 to a total valuation oi sizu.z&z.m uctooer ot a year ago. ' A $69,122 permit for the Will ameite university library was given by city building authorities as the reason for October of 1937 being so much higher than the month just past. Or tne 124 permits, 14 were for new dwellings, with a valua tion of $48,935. This better than doubles tho October, 1937, figure of 12 .permits at a valuation of 124,300. Rickreall Aid Society Plans to Hold Dinner Election, Day RICKREALL Mrs. Jack Wall general chairman ot a Ladies' Aid dinner, has . announced ' the date to be Tuesday, November 8. The proceeds will go toward shingling the church roof Mrs. Walter Bates (Eva May Hamilton) entertained with a lam ily dinner recently at home in West Linn, Ore., honoring her father's, J. P. Hamilton, birth day. Present from Rickreall were Mr.: and Mrs. Hamilton, Georgia Shum way, Robert Hamilton, Mr, and Mrs. "V'erlin 9. Hamilton and Frank Hamilton. Every straight-thinking and vote to SOTE-WIDB fROHieillti BILL Wholly aside from the heaT7 losses this Ticious inflict oh communities, ori business and working thinking-citizen should rail to DEFEND OREGON'S .STATE LIQUOR CONTROL SYSTEM ANDyREUEF REVENUES FROM DESTRUCTION BY PRQHIBlTIOri AGITATORS! . ; Under the ridiculous pretinse that it is merely seeking to prohibit the sale otllghter beyerages In stores and Uverns, the Anti-Liquor League's' biE svctuaHjr provides foif. closuw; of practically all STATE LIQUOR ST0BES by trick prbvis1ons ;ahd REPEAL -of all GOOD LAWS that "conflict" witiyts own fantastic state prohi bill entitled "Regulating Sale of Alcoholic Liquor for Beverage Purposes". Not only does the -bill close State stores and Uverns but it makes it a jail offense to give a friend a glass of. wine; makes citizens and State Liquor Commissioh liable for'damagra done by others beyond their control; takes away Aut( Driving licenses when no auto is Involved; compels cancellation of In&fvidual liquor permits without right of hear ing if anyone "having a direct financial interest" in the victim protests; forces every citizen to take out a liquor permit before he can buy a bottle of beer. Oppressive legal indignities, too, are included. : ; . DE SURE TO JELL YOUR FRIENDS Wm MID ' Defeat Statc-vidc Prohibition dditics L . . in the New ( By The Associated Press.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.. OcL SI -George l-" -t w. good time for bis --j t.v- hn ho took out a S1000 tesurancef PoUcrt6' that purpose 10 yearS,ago, but ne u fun instead,.:. :i- ,A The pdllcy maturea moj Mtvit of mv dead and .tbey '.couian come yway." phopWsd the 70-year-old Coanctt Blaffs . attopney. --- " iWttoiti i was undecided wnai to do with the money and added "I'm going to call a meeting, or my irtenSs the young ones ana the old i enes--to decide on a course ot action." They; all want In on it." . .' ' , ." NEW SfdRK. Oct. 3 lrThe ar dent wooers ot history had better ote over "and " make room tor Charles f Whalen, -34, w ho s e strange courtship of attractive 20-vear-old Jknce Bowles he explained bv savins: "There's no 1001 uae an old fool and. I gueas I m tne old fool.T Ha rave his explanation to Magistrate. Anthony Burke after the court had heard that Whalen, among ofner inings: - . Sentf an . undertaker ana hearse to call at Miss Bowles place of business while Whales sang Xearer, My God,, to Thee- J : - - V Had ? Ionchoons sent "up to Miss, Bowies' office COD when she already had eaten and was ; not hungry. t Sent hired automobiles to the office, ! automobiles for which Miss Bowles had no use. Bombarded her with news paper clippings reciting tales of ' lovers ! killing their . I aitnless sweethearts, and Intimating, SUss Bowles said, that the same fate might overtake her. That was enough for Miss Bowles and she had "Whalen ar rested s on. a disorderly conducjt cnarge. j .... .. s Whalen pleaded guilty, "'-. " "WI, I was madly- in love with hjcr, he told the magis trate. f And I'm head over heels in lovef with her. I didn't want to injure or hurt anyone." - The young woman told the court she did not - want Whalen sent to I Jail, but simply 'wanted him to atop annoying her. Magis trate Brke ordered Whalen held withoutNail for sentencing Fri day. I SlOUk FALLS, SD. Oct 3 1 The. yc-iyo, popular toy of grade and high school pupils, was defi nltely unpopular at the home of M. R. Canada today. Whfle a 12-year-old neigh bor bcc dexterously was swish ing one of the toys about, some thing I went, wrong and the whirling disc struck -Mrs. Can ada .above the eyes." In the hospital records opposite her name was the notation "frac tared skull." - LocalComposer's Waltz Published Emll Berggren of Salem composed the music for a waits. "My Beau tlful Garden of Dreams," which has beqn published and has Just been put on the market. - Charles G. Raymond ot Portland wrote the lyric i v - 1 The song, first played at the Lonesome club In Portland by Claude f Brereton and hia orches tra, hai been presented over KGW 0 American should work against defeat the ANTI-LIQUOR LEAGUE'S ON NOVEMBER'S STATE on Stcto Dnllot November D . Law aa Tesenace League f Oncoa, Aitlsaas Xldg, Ferdaaoi W. P. yH, Prea, ; Kecruit Accepted By .Sergeant Is Put in Hospital . , ... -- .. 1 Sergeant Joseph" Scarpa of the army recruiting station herei ad mitted the laugh was on him yes terday, with the tear in the tale being possibility that there might be a kickback. and sent on for final examinations In Portland Recruit, weivm k. Mayfleld, Salem route 4, box 265. Yesterday S e r g e s.n t Scarpa- learned that Mayfleld was quar Intined and'seni to the hospital at Vancouver Barracks upon his ar rival Saturday night. r - d '-4 . PROGRESSIVE IN IDEAS-' CONSERVATIVE IN FINANCES 2L Sustain civil maintain dean, libertiesi cf&dent government. . Pftrtectlabot into rights; opposej violcnc and coer cion. Foster industry and in crease employment . . mora jobs tor workers. - Promote better market ing of Oregon product; im prove ; rural living condi tions. ...-. A Develop and ust Ore gon's power in the people' interest. Adeouatt eld age pen- aiont for a decent living. mm GOVEmip, ' Ta nob. O. Ber. Sm fat Cmnor Haah. BALLOT! prohi measure would people, every straight . ' o ? 54 1 : C. Thrmd, :