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McCarthyDi
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Gas Execution
System Found PrcfcraWe
7; to Hanging by Heads
i- ; of Prison.
Condemned Man Declared
31 Dead Five Minutes r
-1 : After Gassing
T Br PAUI H. HAUSER. JK. ;
& Calmlr and .wlthot apparent
pain. -. Leror Herstael .- McCarthy
went to his death yesterday morn-
Ins in Oregon's new gas execution
chamber, 4 .
- Without a ery and with barely
a shudder. : McCarthy, : who ; had
gone, through a, racking day be
for with a. hare hope of reprlere
or commutation, sucked . in , the
cloudy .white fumes of hydrocyn-
ante , add and . was , pronounced
- ceaa at s:i a m. .
Ult was the first time the state
of Oregon had put a man to death
by as. The method.- despite dis-
satisfaction with It In California.
was satisfactory to prison offi
cials. Warden George Alexander
said he beliered the method pre
ferable to hanging,, though yes
terday was the first time he had
witnessed - an . execution of any
sort. : .... - - . . v ' ' :
Doomed Man Pale, f
Bat is Calm '
' Pale after a sleepless night but
with the calm resignation' that
was his during IS months in pris
on, McCarthy took his place in the
gas chamber at 1:10. Blindfolded,
stripped to shorts his head sha-
. Ten, .McCarthy ..was Jed , to , his
- place -by rather John Reedy and
.Asst. Warden Gene Haller.
The chamber, sealed -and .with
60 witnesses watching ' through
fire' windows with, grim intent
ness, the gas began , rising-from
beneath McCarthy's chair at 8: ST.
Tightly in, .his . right hand, the
doomed . man-clutched a crucifix.
' McCarthy,, who had been breatb
Ia In deeo draughtf lot atr frotn
the time 'the chamber was locked
at S:SS, took 'two deep breaths as
(he 'gas hit' his face and then his
head slumped forward. 'Official
doctors, In a signed' statement'
later said . they beliered he lost
Consciousness after 1 5 or 2 0 sec
onds, fsr.'i '"
'His head straightened up again
In m partly' eonrulslTe 'tnoTement
and then; two minutes after the
gas generation began, fell finally
forward on his chert. He did not
more again. - T' '
Doctors Ustea -
To Heart Beats - ,
. Doctors listening to his heart
beats through a stethoscope taped
to McCarthy's chest - and leading
through the chamber walls heard
m slow and irregular beat during
the first minute.; Only occasional
beau could be heard at the end of
two minutes. At the end of fire
minutes no more heart beats were
beard and .death , was declared. .
Thus the J t-y ear-old three-time
loser paid society's penalty for the
laying; of Floyd Fuelner in a
Portland v service ; station r holdup
August 10. 13T and. brought to
an end a lS-year crime career.
S, The ' prison .was; deathly silent
before and during the execution.
Prisoners were marched t into the
-cold and foggy yard to aroid a
demonstration, in the colli. Extra
grardSwaUbed against an; out
break. . s -. 'r, - .
McCarthy.4 who learned falter
his serening meal, the last "one he
eVer ate,- that Oorernor Charles
A. Bprtgne had denied flemency.
had nothing to say to reporters
' before- his death. He met the
group of newspapermen standing
near a window in the death cell
room adjoining . the death , cham
ber. Barefooted and wearing only
snorts, he puffed at a cigarette
and. ahbokr his head to Questions.
He did not appear Tisibly uored.
There was a tense few moments
as witnesses, who were shut from
view of officials behind the scene
by a, wooden partition, waited Mo-
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Baseball King
To Former Dancer in Chorus
By SCOTT HERSHET r
NEW TORBV Jan. jaiy-One
of the hundreds ot smalHowa
girls who came to Ksw Tork In
HIS dreaming ot theatrical tH
and fortune today was given, the
real-life rola ot an' heiress to cne
thlrd of the vast fortune left Tby
the -: multi-millionaire - bachelor,
CoL Jacob Ruppert. 1 ,s
' She 1 Miss Helen VWlnthrope
Weyant, native ,ot Eprtngfleli,
Mass a striking: brunette in her
late thirties who appeared as a
chorus girl M vwi ' Broadway
productions under :? the name ot
Winthrope Wayni.Ia addition t6
an outright bequest of $5(TD.0OO
she will receive one third of the
Rutpert baseball.; brewing and
building fortune estimated vartJwUL; The first I. learned about it
ously at from f 30,000,000 to 70y
000,009. .. - :
? Uncfaclil. estimates u Indicated
federal and state, Vues might re
euc ti.9 estate to about 312,000,
0 0 " c : --' V-"" '- v-.i.-w:.-.- "
Colonel Ruppert'S -wl, admlt
tei'ta prelate today, naiaed' two
tieces, Helen Ruppert SlUeck
J?!rs. Joseph Holloran) and Ruth
SPANISH JilSURGEm :jTElimRRAGONA'.
Kararrese troops of the Spanish Insargentrnrniy are shown entering Tarragona after - its .capture - This
'. was one of the cities to fall as the tosargents drove on Barcelona. With activity at a lull on the Ma
drid front, loyalist forces were -reported rnsbing additional troops by motor ran and boat to the aid
of Barcelona. This picture was radioed from London to New Toriu (AP Tetemat.) ' '
Spli
Precip
In Martin's Union
Ousted Board Members to
Impeach President of
I Huge CIO Body ...
' DETROIT. ' Jan. 20 -iSVAntI-Martin
majority members of the
United Automobile Workers'' ex
ecutive board, retaliating-, after
their- suspension of President
Homer Martin,- voted unanimously
tonight to impeach the president
of the big ClOmnion. Xt
iae ooaxa pr oior ra-u.eigni
e h a r g e i against Martia. who
locked the international' 'union's
headQuarters hero this morning,
removed records to his hotel and
announced '- he had snspended IS
members of the board who have
opposed him. ', v
' Those 15 and two other board
members not disciplined by Martin
joined in the unanimous vote to
hhring the union president to trial
with a v;ew to removing him from
office.
In opposition to the anti-Martin
board, theTJAW president desig
nated the remaining . seven mem
bers as his own ' executive board.
His board met with him . at his
hotol headquarters. . a i ' ii
Martin could not be reached for
comment after the board revealed
Its latest step, but an aide at his
headquarters remarked:
nor can tne auspenaeu sus
pend?' ;
at Portland
- PORTLAND, Jan. 20-ttVSally
Band ''likes older men besf be
cause they give you what-the
young: saea -promise. she told in
terviewers -last night : in a ;short
stop Between pianes nere..- . s-
There is, Sally alsa eontendfd,
ho such thing. as n fan dancer... X
"JThe .fan-dance to the name ot
a composition of dancing, she as
serted.! fl am .- no i more a? fan
dancer than John McCormack Is a
Mother Machree singer.- . .
She revealed that her. fans cost
120 a pair, and that she keeps 19
on hand.: For the bubble dance,
Which she described as "abstract,
ouobies cost - fZ J each . but .she
owns her own factory, from which
she also sells bubbles to the gov
ernment tor target practice and
, weather observations. - -
Wills Fortune
Rita SlUeek (Mrs. J. Basil Me-
Quire) both ot Greenwich, Cona
as the other major beneficiaries.
The Lenox hlJJv hospital wag ?ra-r
qneathcd -tlSMOOand the
Coloners collection ot art objecU
goes .to the JletjopoHtan Mf senm
ot Art, t'-'tA t-y-f-
WTha, bequests , to the Colonel's
nieces were not unexpected, , but
the naming, of. Miss Weyant left
even her upset and she declined, to
see . reporters. A spokesman for
Miss Weyant said 1 she- had "no
knowledge of the bequest until she
received a telegram this morning.
The spokesman quoted her assay
ing; ' Ci - ' .
MI didn't know that Mr. Rup
nert even considered me In his
was a telegram this , morning.
was a dreadful shock to me and I
am so nervous and upset that it
is Impossible tor - me 'tor Ulk to
anyone. . -J ' V."- '?.. fr,
Byron aark Jr Colonel Ru
pert's personal Jawyer, said .lyss
Weyant was a Tery-rflear friend
of the Colonel's, a charmlnr
whom X have met socially.
SaUy
Shop
Water Directors '
To File Tax Suit
To Detenuine Bill
Suit to determine whether, or
not the citr of Salem owes Mar
lon county approximately $S3,000
in taxes and interest on water sys
tem properties was ordered start
ed by the water commission, last
night. The- commissioners direct
ed ? City .Attorney Paul R. Hen
dricks to prepare and tile the ac
tion, -probably one' for a declara
tory Judgment, and to hire legal
assistance? that mixht be needed
SH:ll4n4t A. V lft Sal nbnTATMVnVl ,
si The ta sin-was presenteoT afte
the city bought the water system
from the Oregon-Washington .Wa
ter ServUe -company. August - X,
1135. The old company, paid the
1135. taxei; the possibility that
under a 135 : leaislative act the
city might be liable for 113 1 tax
es was raised soon thereafter.
Sale of Japanese
Bonds Is Stopped
WASHINGTON, Jan.' 10.-ffr-
The securities commission an
nounced tonight ltjhaa halted the
sale in Hawaii of a Japanese bond
Issue to raise funds for hostilities
in china.-'..,
The 'commission said It had se
cured an injunction from the TJ. 8.
district court for Hawaii, restrain
ing the Doshikai, otherwise known
i the Patriotic Bond Subscrip
tion society from soliciting , Sub
scriptions in Hawaii for a one-
million yen issue of Japanese
emergency bonds. "
The bonds are known in fi
nancial circles as "the Chinese
incident issued i j
About S5M9 collected from
subscribers will be returned,; the
commission said.
, ;;Ths injunction was consented to
by the society and by Its principal
officers, who were named among
the . defendants, the - SEC an
nounced. -; ' -
Silverton Council
Asks Bond Votiiig
'silverton, Ja !). TheSii-'
verton city council tonight decided
to call a special election reo.
for a Vote' on bond Issues to help
pay for a proposed sewage disposal
system and a municipal swimming
POOL . - '1 -'t W. i ' .: if
n A 310.000 bond issue will be
sought for the sewage system
which is expected to cost about
$110,009; Including f gorernment
aid." A $1000 issue is . asked- for
the swimming pool, which Is ex
pected to eoet-13,000,'
Hort on Fond Committee
PORTLAKd; Jan! 'tPf-Vtl-mer
- Hort, manager of the Port
land Oregonlan, was appointed to
the endowment fund committee of
Slgm DelU ChW jrof esslonsJ
journalistic fraternity,- cn an
nouncement revealed today. " '
McMlNNVILLE, Orean. SO.
P)-Paeifle coUege held its lead
In the Northwest conference 1 to
night by beating -Unfleldr 3 S to
S9. It was Pacific's second lesgue
win" in a row. without defeat; The
halftime v score -was ,,43-ie-nfor
Pacific' r - v .
i: , , i" '""-'fit -
w ASHLAND, Ore Jan. 20P)
8outhera Oregon normal defeated
Mount Angel college here tonight,
X 8 -"2 3, V The : norcal .team r was
ahead at half time, 22-lL-lIaener
of the losers was high 'with vine
points.' Sethers, SON3got eight.
l Late Sports ;
FDR Puts Stamp
On Guam Project
Fortifying Question Left
Open as Japan Anger
Is Aroused
WASHINGTON. Jan. S0.-bjl.
rTesiaeni Aooseveii enaorsea to
day legislation authorizing naval
improvements' at Guam, but the
touchy question of fortifying that
pacific island was left open.
In tact, the president indicated
that If world sondltfin ehtnnwt:
even m comparauveiy minor, sro-
jvms wHiMwywiw ' inner ui -rv-eently
introduced legislation
might be abandoned. -
The impression prevailed in
many qaarters here that the
Guam proposal was largely a dip
lomatic - move, intended perhaps
to prod Japan Into a more sympa
thetic attitude toward American
rights in the far east. .
However, the president denied
the Guam improvements were be-'
lng pressed at this time as a pos
sible basis for negotiating with
Japan, on Pacific problems.
(Advance word of the proposal
to strengthen Quara bad aroused
anger in Japan, and had led to
official expressions of concern
there over United States' inten
tional -" J . -.
A -3l5.000.00e administration
measure for naval air bases, tiled
yesterday .in toe . senate and
house, f would authorise future
outlay of 13,000,000 on Guam.
Questioned at his .press confer
ence," Mr. Roosevelt called atten
tion to the fact that the bill in
volved no actual , appropriation
hnd that it covers only harbor im
provements, along with added air-
craft facilities and marine bar
racks.
Count Forest Dwellers
, GRANTS . PASS,- Jan. tt-UF)r
Animals as ' .small as sqnitreu
were Included in a Siskiyou na
tional "forest" census today which
showed, an animal population of
13,176.' Deer showed an increase
over, previous years, and cougars
a decline. Rangers reported only
six wolves.
Passengers Near Pamc as Vaves - -
v ; Batter Huge
Elo.ies ef Jiysteria and near panic among the 880 passengers n the
r Italian liner Ya'cania, which v 19 struci fcy a furioos storm wticb
- silenced its radio," were told by passes sen when the boat docked
V at New Torlc J. C UcClellan :;, Lonvicw, Wash publisher, said
at leasfeetx .persons' Were injv 1 and scores braised. "The waves
crashed over, the top of the si breaL'ns Windows on the ; tT
C deck, be said. This view ot t..e Vulcania wallowius tlxc't tL
. heavy seas was nude br a passeazer-(AP Telemat) - - y - -
Sdiacht Given "
I7alldiig Paper
err Hitler
RcichsLank Switch Seen
i as Slap at Americans
; in Washington .
Funic, , new Head, Noted
for Animosity .Toward
United States
Adolf Hitler changed - o resi
dents of the reichsbank yesterday
In a shift that alarmed British
business and -was regarded by a
high commerce . department offi
cial 'at Washington as a slap at
th united States.
To bring the powerful financial
institution under full nasi con
trol Hitler removed Dr. Hjalmar
Schaeht, who often quarreled with
nasi leaders over tremendous gov
ernment expenditures, and nam
ed Economics Minister Walther
Funk, Germany's number one bar
ter, salesman, as reichsbank head.
In British eyes Schaeht repre
sented soundness. There . was a
feeling that he was the only man
who understood Germany's com
plicated; currency system. He oft-
had been a brake , on nasi
spending, schemes.
In Washington, officials who
recently made a survey of the Ger-
sltuation described Schaeht
as friendly to this country and
said Funk was noted for his ani
mosity to the United States.
Only yesterday Funk threaten
ed to transfer Germany's trade
with America to the Balkans. The
threat failed to worry American
experts, who said Germany for a
lone time had been buying here
only the good she absolutely
needed.
. German securities . tell about
four per cent in the London mar
ket after the Berlin announce
ment, and there was a pronounced
weakness' of German marks . in
fCfreignetchange.;
Derlia Expects v
Arms Inflation
.Specifically, Berlin expected the
Reichsbank switch to accelerate
credit inflation . for rearmament
financing, intensify Germany's!
economic drive througa tne Bal
kans, and delay tor the time being
at least the possibility that-several
hundred thousands Jews
might emigrate with the aid of
the intergovernmental refugee
committee. '
Bchachts dismissal ended
gotiations he had been conducting
with the committee.
. The Reichsbank; change almost
overshadowed developments In the
world's two -wars.
Spanish Insurgents speeded up
their drive' toward Barcelona; an
nouncing' the capture of two. Im
portant towns. One was Igualada,
IS miles northwest of Barcelona
and described as the key to the
center of the government defense
line. The second was Yendrell, SI
miles southwest of Barcelona and
communications center near the
Mediterranean coast. Vendrell was
an' advance post of the govern
ment's southern : defenses;
. In China Japanese columns were
fighting deeper Into the Interior
to expand the suffer gone about
Hankow, fallen ' provisional capi
tal.
Japanese determination to pur
sue the campaign was voiced again
in the Japanese diet' Foreign Min
ister Haehiro "Ariu d e e 1 a r e d
Japan's readiness r take "proper"
steps ta cut Soft overland ahlp-
ments Of supplies to the Chinese
by way of French Indo-Chlna "and
other territories.
Italian Lmury SMp
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Farmer Accused of Murdering
Wife Slashes TJhrdat in Jail
While Officers Discuss Case
Settling Basin
At StaVtonls
ToBe
Plans; Begun for t- Better
Water Supply From
Isle Source .
i P 4
Commission Decides on
' Filtration Plant as j
Next Expansion i
Working plans tor the Improve
ment of S a 1 e m s underground
water' supply on Staytoa island
were ordered by the city water
commission last night after It had
been decided without a rote that
future expansion should be
through construction of . a plant
to filter water taken directly from j
the North Santlam river. !
Settling Basin
First Project
The immediate Improvement
will be a settling and screening
basin to remove sand sedlmct
from the underground infiltration
source ot supply. Engineer R. E.
Koon, who estimated roughly the
basin would, cost $12,000, was
asked to hare plans and specifica
tions ready tor adoption at the
February S commission meeting
If possible. 8peed was urged in
order, that the basin might be fin
ished by early summer, when the
water demand increases sharply.
Declaring the' commission had a
highly, valuable investment in the
underground ' system"; f -In that- it
fall needs during at lastsevth or
eight months of each yeai?the en
gineer advised the water officials
that any Increase in the supply
should be sought through a source
about whose adequacy there-could
be no doubt. That soaree, he said,
was filtration, the plan that pre
ceded the Infiltration' idea. . -
FfltmtJosi Plan,
Seem in Unit '
The settling basin would be con
structed so that the filtration plant
to. be built at some later -date
could be constructed on top, the
two forming a single unit.
' The commission has approxi
mately fSO.oeo In cash on hand
for v the. basin project. Manager
Cuyler VanPatten said.
. ... .
Three Sentenced
For Extort' Plot
PORTLAND, Or Jan. 2
Federal Judge James A.- Fee sen
tenced taste men to prison terms
today shortly after a jury convict
ed v them ot attempting to extort
$16,000 from Dr. W. E. Savage,
Portland physician, , , ' t.
Alexander Drummond, sell-a
mitted ringleader. of the groap
which sent a threatening letter to
the physician, . was .sentenced to
20 rears in tederal prison." Wit
llam John Jackson was given a
10-year term and: tony : Bogdon,
who was employed to pick up' the
package supposed .to contain the
money, was -sentenced to - two
years. ' 'r Y : V ' ::-'f
i Dmmmond .and Jackson were
convicted pf conspiracy to extort
and use of , the : malls to .extort.
Bogdon was found guilty, only of
the conspiracy charge.- '. . , :
. The men were arrested at ren-
dexvous by tederal bureau ot in
vestigation agents last zau. , :
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MoAvrys toKssteL
'':.In"RoisjW.Aau
- PORTLAND, Ore.; Jan. 10 P)
-George and John Mowry. Port
land attorneys, will assist in the
next attempt of Al g. Rosser to
obtain Oregon supreme court ap
proval of a re-trial. -
- George Tanderveer, 'AFL attor
ney at Seattle, made the announce
ment today. Rosser," fcrmer-AFL
teamster anion head here, faced
12 years in the Oregon penlten-H
tiary on an arson- conviction, t
n Both' George and John Mowry
are former Multnomah county
deputy district attorneys.' f-' :i
ft
o at Portland
V Visitedby Storh
PORTLAND, JanJ 20-J)-The"
stork; or whoever brings lion cubs
to lions, dropped three bundles of
jeonine joy nt toe vaui5tou
park soo here today. Three cubs
were born to Nero and Cleopatra,
old inhabitants at the soo, w v:
The cubs were put in the care
of Cecil Montgomery, who has
protea adept at mlnisurins to the
infants el the soo-i
Ordered
Prisoners Jlear uGulrgli.Sound,,, CaD
Eight ftHnutes After Rose
Taken From
Broadacres Rlan : Admits Slaying Wife
With Stick of .Gordwood Before v
BeingOwii Executioner
Herman S. Rose, 51, Broadacres farmer, closed his own
murder case last night when,
ox his wife, he committed smcide in the county jail by slash
ing his throat and an arm with a safety razor blade.
"I wont need to do that," he had told Deputy Sheriff
B. G. Honeycut a few minutes earlier 'when the officer told
him he could go into court, plead guilty before a jury and be
sentenced.
Rose may thereby have
man to die in Oregon's new
Power Plan Given
Congress by Ross
Administrator- - Envisions
Spread of Power Over
- -: all Northwest a .
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20-hUP)
A "master plan" projecting the
Bonneville power program Into
1141 and involving the spread of
transmission lines over Oregon,
Washington , and Idaho waa dis
closed today byJ. Ross, Bonne
ville dam administrator, in an an
nual report to congress. ; .
' Cities Ross said would? receive
power threugh intareonaecUons
with existing power systems in
cluded fiaattle, Taeoma. " Spokane;
Lewiston, Wallas Wana, - Baker,
Boise, Pocatello, Astoria, WaId
port. Bend, Pendleton, Pasco, Ya
kima and Ellentburg in. the three
states. These lines, he said, would
be constructed in addition to pres
ent Jobs. -.i
" . ' California limit ; 5 .
- The lines also would stretch
down the Oregon coast; dowa the
Willamette valley to the Califor
nia line, through Idaho ur ricn
phosphato beds - in? the southern
portion, and would , tie -into re
clamation and power projects on
the Snake and Columbia rivers.
Ross predicted -Oregon would
nse 120,000 kilomatu by 1045,
and Washington would take 240,
000. He asserted, th4 Bonneville
power: would aid in solving .; the
problems of increased immigra
tion from the dust bowL depletion
of timber resources and ualavor-
able trade balances.
..Northwest, products he said
might be processed with. Bonne-
,-tille power Included iron, alum
inum, copper, chrome, lead, sine,
magnesium, manganese, paos
phate and limestone. Ross, pre
dicting a great industrial develop
ment In the northwest, said the
Columbia basin could develop one-
third ot the nation's hydro-electric
power, . . . : V.
Prfcadentaof?
and-ink;"drawtjigs ridiculing Freei
dent RoosevtUwere-selsed today
by Boston detectives, who ' said
ther were destined. for dlstriftn-
tion at a Boston dinner f unUeati-
.- Police Commissioner Josepn r.
Tlmilty. announcing that he would
seek .obscene literature warrants
tomorrow, declared: .,v-f
nt is about time some respect
was shown the ofDefof the presi-.
dent of the United States. In some
foreign countries. Instead at wait-
ing untu tae next oay t oacaia
a court warrant,' offlcjals would
order an immediate firifij s?uad
for snch an offense.;" :
Switch 6f PUD
Ih Bill Diie
Repeal of the existing public
.utility district law and substitu
tion of an entirely new statate had
been agreed upon . today hy . spon
sors of. such legislation in this
session the legislaturawThe new
proposal- la scheduled . for intro
duction in , the senate Jllondsy.
Senator Lyman Rose will take the
lead in urging Its passage. J
Sponsors of the act said yester
day that It would contain a pro
vision that yoters must approve
any issue. of revenue bonds' la
their districts when the first issue
is brought out. After the Initial
i,cil.
directors of the ? district
could issue bonds. .
-The provision was mads at the
reouest ot Governor Charles A.
gprtS,e after the original draft of
the bill had not Contained such a
' provision- t ' ..
1 The mentie r eertificati - clause
was one of neven points outlined
Jafl Office
after confessing to the killing
escaped becoming ..the second
cyanide gas chamber, in which
OLeroy Herschel McCarthy, an
other slayer, was executed yester
day morning.
Admits Crime Jast
Before Saicide
Rose died in his solitary cell
at 11:02 p. m.. not more
eight minutes after he had
mitted for a second time to Honey
cut, that he beat his wife fatally
with a 10-lnch stick of store weed
In - their farmhouse 1 miles
northwest of Broadacres last Men
day morning. She died la a. nee- .
pital Tuesday afternoon,
District Attorney Lyle J. Page.
Honeycut and ' a Statesman re
porter were' sitting in Sheriff A,
C Bark's . basement living room v
In the courthouse dlscussinr tha
Rose case when they heard Doyle
Orr, Jail trusty shout: . - -
1 "Honeycut! Quickff That old
man's killed himself! C .
:RoseT was dead when the' elfW"
cerCeached :Mmriilched; out"
to ;his six-root, nine-incn iengu:
on' an army cot In his cell. The '
double-edged rasor blade he used -was
lying In a .pool ot. blood. on-
the flr,n;:r '-';i,tv
Prisoners HeaV . . . ' ..
Gnrgllng Boand " " '
. Orr had hurried'to. the ttanS
cell when Leo Kflian and f Prank :
Peeler, nrisoners in an .adioinlnr'.
cubicle, heard what they described
as a gurgling sound and called! or,'
the tmsty.' wbtf had liberty or the
Jail corridor,, to,lnvestlgate.They-
had leas than five minutes earlier,
tossed Rose a pencilU-fho pencil'
with which he scrawled f death
note, found Inserted - Inside a
magaiine.' .' ..'' "
"Dear kids and officials," it
read, "Mrsv is the cause of all -
ot our. troubles and the death ot
mama. I am sorry but I hare been -
persuaded in to this trouble. I no.
I ort not listened to her. . . May:
God bless .you all and I hope yea
prosper and do wen. Put dear little'
Harold through school , If. yOu cam,
sell the place. It you -rather, or,
do. the best you -can. May f3od.
bless you alL With love and best
wishes from papa.
.-..r . . - -B. S. Rose., j
Weman'i Identity
Is Withheld " t
, Page withheld the Identity of
the woman named by Rose and
declared she not only Xad no part "
in the ease but also had given
lnf ormaUoa that- led Ae the" in
vest lratio A If rs. om' flutk.
; fA': danShter and aV neighbor -
woman, who Monday noon found
Mrs.' Rosa lying gravely injured
at the foot of f the' farmhenaa'
sUirtf, according. Its Page, quoted
her as saying;
3-rHe.done it." 1 Papa done IU.
Donttett. ; v
T They didn't . teU uatfl Tuesday'1
afternoon. . ; . y, !
: : The a n s a i n Urestigatio.
brought Rose's . arrest," followed
by a fresh climax- at 4 : 2 0 o'clock,
yesterday afternoon when he In-,
timated to VDepsty Honeycut, in ;
the JaU here, that he would con-!"
fees,Jage and his' deputy, Joseph
Felton, were at Broadacres search
ing tor the murder weapon.. . . . ,
' ?Tnrn towage l.olttmn :
latcd Moved
oh Senate Flo bri
,. a ...
at a, recent conterence of- rower i
users.): The voluminous till -' pre-'
pared today also lists most c t thai
other objects, ' Including deMgna
tion of the hydro-electric commie-v
sion as chief authority on study,?
investigation had reports on re-
quests - for,: people's power dls-f
triCtSw-Sr ? ' I
Cltles,-it they wisbrnsy eon-.
tiaue to rttz'-7m fc:-
tiy
Provision -wiil b mada to i vr
the county coort-to call an elec-.
tioa for a district covering an en-1
tire county.; -" -3 3 '- - :
j Under the blllrany 'Small par-, ' "
eel that voted favorably In the re- .
cent unsuccessful efforts tostab-;'"
lish large districts of several coun-Ji
ties will he permitted to form a
district. - :' 4
I To establish a 'district, only one (
rcUtiod - ot . fire per ce&t . ot the c
voters.' . . . , A