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MEDFORIX OlfMiON, MONDAY, FKISIJlT.ftY
No. :m.
Todav
V
By Arthur Briibane
Americans In Mexico.
The New Cement Plant.
Coal, Gold, Silver.
Any Heaven For Donkeys
Copyright King Feature. yndH I no.
HKRMO.SU.I.O, State of So
nora, Mexico, Feb. '2'2. It may
interest you to see United
.States citizens, working with
Mexican associates and employ
ers, installing American ma
chinery on Mexican soil. .V-ross
the Konora river, opposite this
CAy, is u long, high mountain
of solid limestone, and at its
foot unlimited supplies of pood
clay. American engineers have
called tlie raw materials per
fect for cement, and sufficient
in quantity to supply n big
plant for about 900 years.
In six to eight weeks a mod
ern American plant, only ce
ment factory on the west coast
of Mexico, will begin produc
tion. M
The MacDonald Kngineering
Company of Chicago has the
contract for the works. The
big firm, reaching out for busi- j
ness in the American way, is i
also installing in Russia cement ;
plants as big as any on earth.
William Reynolds, who cnines j
from Stockton, Cal., is in gen-
oral charge of construction for1
MacDonald. It is a blue-eyed)
young person, representing his I
country well.
(ieorge Hock is instiilliiif: a
1000- hoi,sjii)0Wiitistl.,.4ilujit:
for the WorthiiiKtou tHunpaiiy
of Buffalo, N Y. Thcso latest
diosol machines run themselves:
with a man to look at them oc
casionally. Mr. Kingsbury's
Standard Oil of California will
mipply them with fuel oil and
is installing storage tanks for
the purpose at, Ciuaymas, near
est west coast port.
You see the California Stan
dard Oil' sign, "Corona Roja,"
("Red Crown") H over this
leounlry. H. H. Titeomb, presi
dent of Southern Pacific of
Mexico, has run his tracks to
the new plant. He will carry
the oil and haul the cement. J.
C.Dean, -engineer and chemist
from Long Beach, Cal., will
run the plant, and is supervis
ing construction for the Mexi
can citizens that own it, and
will make excellent profits.
Cement brought in from the
United States costs $l.(i0 a sack
here, with freight and tariff.
The cement can be made f'r
.T cents a sa.'k, about one-fifth
, of the present cost.
The hih development of
.American industry and Ameri
can engineering genius is shown
in the fact that everything in
(Continued on Pace Four)
Abe Martin
I wins Jct wotHlerln'," uihl Tell
III nk Icy t'dny, "what tMxnnic o' till
Ih' hunie gnmn girl ur n-cil t
ht," Wltflt we nml In Hi hciuiIc
I it re big giiiiH Huit kin hfMit
beyond next election day.
LAWGIVERS
RECONSIDER
GAME CODE:
Defeated Measure Rerefer
red To Committee Fori
Removal of Objectionable j
Features Racing Bill j
Also Rereferred.
Unfinished Business
By the Associated Tress
lluuso Monday will consider
hydro-elect rir commission and
Cranife district power hills un
der special order. AIho haH
racing measure and excise tax
annuls 2t Mils on calendar.
Senate to consider f4 meas
ures, including commercial fish
code and enforced aid by rel
atives of inmates of state in
stitutions. legislature has passetl 105
bills, of which 55 were signed
by governor. Total introduced
In both houses, "15.
Measures, killed, postponed
or withdrawn. 182. Vetoed by
governor none.
Hills passing one house, 2Tt!.
Not yet brought onto floor of
either house, 212.
S A I -E M . Fc h. 2 3 . (P) M o ve
to reconsider the new game code,
defeated Saturday fn the f-'n-ati
was carried by 19 favorable
votes an the lewlatnre resumed
its Regions totlay. The mottun
va made by K. V. Miller, chair
man of the game committee, for
the purpose 0f referring it to
the committee to remove o
ject'onnhle feutureH raised by op
poncnlH of the bill. A legisla
tive hearing on the code will
he held immediately after 1:00
o'clock before the wesaiona take
up.
1 he , ,racKJ.in, one of the
fiinV iti'easuVert np for "cnns'lfTer
ation in the house, was re-referred
to the committee. The Col
umbia river fih bill, which the
majority of the fiwh committee
reported out without recom
mendation, and the minority re
ported that it do not paRs, was
placed on special order later to
day following vote on the two
power measures.
SAL KM, Ore., Feb. 23. (JP) The
senate committee on revision of
laws tli in afternoon voted to report
Governor iMeter's state police bill
out of the senate with a recommen
dation that it do not pass. Signing
the majority report were SenatorH
Strayer, Hall and Franclscovltch.
Senator Eddy announced that he
would submit a minority report fa
voring passage of the hill.
Senator Bailey, chairman of the
committee, said that he had not
decided whether he would join with
the majority or the minority re
port. The divided report means that
the fate of the bill in the senate
will be decided on the question of
indefinite postponement.
SALEM, Feb. 23. (p) Unani
mous support to the state depart
ment. of the American Legion in
meeting requirements of the na
tional department for the lMAZ na
tional convention of the Iegion
was given by the house today when
no dissenting vote was cast in con
nection with the diverting of $25,
niil) from the veterans' educational
fund to this purpose.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 23. (p) It
was the decisive judgment of the
state senate today that ft would he
bad policy for the state to add fur
ther manufacturing industries to
th state penitentiary, and a hill
that would have authorized tlx.
(Continued on Page 8, Story 1)
Blackjacks, Vanity Cases
Strew Dance Floor When
Irish and Italians Battle
NKW YOLK. Feb. 23. P
"The Hooligans, n gang from the1
Led Hook acctiun of Brooklyn, bat-
tied with "The Hudson Avenue;
Hoys," in n Urooklyn dance hall
early today, i !
The casualty list was one man
dead, another critically wounded;
and an uncounted number slightly
injured. Police said the Hooligans
were Irish youths and the Hudson
A venue ltoys an I Lilian fact ion.
There were between nun anl
l.ooo men and women, most of th
latter girls tn their 'teens, on the
floor of Paramount Danceland
when Ihe trouble 'tarted.
The f ought wildly to get the the
exits. In the scramble women were
tram pled, clothing was torn and
f.ce.i y.-rntched.
When police arrived friends of
Chat i-s H'lnif,' "4. a eh a uffenr, '
w '!' helping hfm down the ."tali".
Patrolmen took chnrge of him.1
loaded him In on automobile, and
I
Silent Husbands
An Aid in Bridge,'
Says Fair Champ
OHJOACIO, lb. 23. (P)
Silence from friend husband
and lots of it, may win
bridge games.
Mrs. Trudie 1' e n n 1 s h ,
4 crowned as champion woman
bridge player of the t'hicugo
4 area last night, gave the tip
to a curious reporter.
4 "loes friend husband ever
fr criticize your plays?" she
was asked.
4 "Absolutely not." she re-
plied. "He'd no more tell
fr me how to play bridge than
I'd tell him how to run
Ills law business."
NELLIE MELBA
BREATHES LAST
Mysterious Malady Con-;
traded In Egypt Fatal
After Long Illness;
Happy As End Nears.
M E LBOC RXE, A u-st ra 1 ia , Feb.
23. &) The curtain was rung
down today on the life of Dame
Nellie Melba. one of the purest
soprano grand opera has ever
: known, after weeks abed with a
i I strange lllnetw which baffled her
1 physicians.
I "Seventy-one years bid, the fam
1 ous prima donna for several years
; had fought a losing battle with a
jwkin malady picked up in Egypt
; and aggravated by a long journey
j home from Europe before Christ -'
mao and the extreme heat of the
Australian summer.
Friends believed sho hastened
her own end with Inslstcneo-upon
.spending Chrintmas in her native
Australia, disregarding the advice
of her physician in Europe under
whose treatment she was growing
better. She becume ill a.gain aboard
.ship and had to enter a hospital
at Sy d n ey be f o ro p ro coed ins to
Melbourne.
Happy in La"! Days.
She was happy, however, in
spending almost her last days in
Melbourne, near where she wh
born, and from which he took her
stage name, Melba. Her real name
was Nellie J'orter Miteneii, cnang
ed by the marriage In 1H82 to Arm
strong. Known to all the world as the
successor to Patti and Jenny IJnd,
Melba sang last in America at the
New York Metropolitan in Faust,
in 1 0 1 7-1 K. and after that was sel
dom heard in public.
The great singer rallied for n
few minutes this morning from a
state of coma and spoke a few
words to her sister and son, who
alone in the past few days have
been permitted to Bee her.
Death in Sleep
Her last request was that a min
ister he summoned end with his
prayer in her ears she passed
peacefully into a lumber that was
unbroken until death came.
Tokens ol world-wide sorrow in
the last few days bore testimony
of the affection with which Dame
Melba was regarded through the
world. Three times King George
and Ojiecn .Mary cabled words of
sympathy and hope. Messages
from Europe and America literally
poured into the hospital.
Although the singer's body was
wasted with disease It was only a
few days ago that she recognized
that her end was approaching. She
whispered to John Letnmone. fam
ous flutist and accompanist, her
lifelong friend: "I pray to God that
I die no lingering death."
Melba's life with Capt. N. K. Arm
strong, her husband, was not en
tirely huppy.
Analysis of water I' rum "I Mr1
Water springs," near Caddo, Tex.,
showed 13 different mim-rnls.
started for a hospital, Hefore they 1
gtit there he was fief id from two
bullet wounds. '
' A sireb pin red on the roof of the ;
dance ball for such emergencies,
was tho signal which brought po-
lire swarming into the plsee.
' Vh-n they Kot there li'.o persons I
still wore on the floor, struggling J
to get to the exits. The place wns j
in darkness,
Detectives said the overt net j
which . precipitated the warfare
came when the orchestra was piny- 1
Ing "Home, Hweet Home." fin1 of :
the gangster ordered a dancing
couple to et off the floor and go
home. They paid no attention to
him. A moment hiter the HkM
went out and the gtmplsy started.
Sixty persons. 40 of them wom
en, were held by police for o,ii-s-tioninr.
When the place finally vvni clear
ed t be floors were slreufcj with
clothing, MirkJ.H'ks, revolvers and
vanity cases.
FAMED SINGER
Murder Pair
f fry flf
E
'Iron" Irene S-liroler. liloiule bandit. In renter of group. Ih
shown being escorted by an official after losing: her final plea for
clemency beroro the Pennsylvania pardon IkhihI In Hie slaying of
Highway Patrolman llrtxly Paul. Inset shows V. Glenn Hague, Iter
companion when the shooting "it
inquiry .' -Instituted Over
Country To Ascertain
Number "In Distress Be
fore Veto Of Bill. '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. t
President Hoover today vetoed a
bill to extend hospitalization and
soldiers' home benefits to certain
veteran who served in the tiuart-)
ermasler corps In the Spanish
war, the Philippine insurrection
the. China relief
expedition.
I
2.1.
WAMJIMtlO. ren. .i.w t
resident Hoover, preparatory to
vetoing the veterans'
loan bin.!
is having an inquiry made
throughout the country to as
certain the degree and number
of veterans in d 1st reus.
At the White House today, it
was said various federal agen
cies are malting querfet to aw
certain ateo how effective the
legislation would be as a relief
measure.
Under the hill the ex-soldier
would be able to borrow up to
h per cent oi me nice a.u,r.
of his adjusted compensation c"r-
tificale.
The measure Is
between now and
to be Vetoed
Thursday. Kt-
forts are to be madf In con
gress to override t he vetu at
once.
AM'crtnln NiitiilM-r
Tailing l.Uun as the average
value of the certificates, the pres
ident whs said already to have
ascertained there are JlO.noo vet
erans who wtui Id be able to bor
i ow f 1 ti. on o, (mmi, or $sn apiece,
if they hiid received no advance
already on their eerlifi'-ntes.
ln tin group havhfg cert If if -JcateH
ranginir from I'fiO to $ I .
000. there are ftOO.ooa veti'rans
who If they hud not previously
borrowed would be able to get
$77,500.010 or $i:i7 each.
ANTI-GAS TRUST
SALLWI, re., Feb. 23. Wi
Restrictions In gasoline trade are
set forth in one of the uncalled
"ant I -gasoline trust" measures re
ceived by the house,
Discrimination, either by dert
or Indirect methods, 1ft declared
unlawful white a purchaser shall
lie held hh selling at wholesale if
he deals in quantity In excess of To
gallons. Terms such as "tank
wagon price" to "posted tank wag
on price'1 or "posd price" sho 11
be construed to mean the ctu:i I
wholesale price fn the community
where the gasoline Is snld.
Snow In tfaiM Oregon.
PKNDLKTf fire.. Feb. 23.
rfl'i -Some enow was r-ported at
Mcai-hfirn and Weston tchiy fol
tewUijr a general ra n in Ibis ter
ritory last night. The h'ghuay
in the mountain was reported
slippery in spots.
HOOVER PROBESHOUSE REJECTS
VETERANS NEED EMBARGO UPON
OF BONUS CASH SOI
Pay Penalty
4
1
frT i-
Aasoctiitttl
ihtpiI.
F '' r"
S-i til'' Ja
LnnniMIATA I,,l,turo policies he nnnounccd will
IJUI II II II I V ' form " tonlc for (""t'UMHton. Ru
I iTikIEIIIbI ' mors have been current a resolu
I liUUUU I U tion H 1pnK fra,no(l 10 I1UHh thlH
Bil&A Lose .-Chance -For En
actment In
Present
n ,,L n -xi fever heat of activity. Yesterday
SeSSlOn When Committee. Senator Morrison of North Caro
n , . , . Una, baby member of the senate
POStpOneS ACtlOn. but no newcomer to national poll-
lies, asserted his group had suffl-
WASHINGTON. Feb. J3. (P
All embargo and tariff bills In
cluding the proposed limitation
on oil imports today were re-
i,M.i,(i i,v the house ways and
mpnns committee.
j Chairman Hawley said that af-
, j,,,. votintf ,,,wn a proposal to
limit oil imports to Iti.ooo.onO
barrels annually, the committee.
,lllol rui,.tl..ii noslnoninu'
... t tnmM,mrv K.
,..,, ,.,,,1.,, ,,,! .I, Wil-
rieulture embargo
liamson bill to ban all Uussian
products.
Hawley declined to make pub -
lie the vote in the committee..
ine rcso.m.on aoopun, . .:
"W ureas, in the opinion of
the committee there would not
be sufficient time during the
remainder of the present ses!or i
for the eonstdenition of larlM
or embargo bills, therefore be It
j roroiVP(1
mu n,f(?rre(1 to
lominI u.furft 1h(, ,.m,itte
be
(nns
postponed." 'i he coin mitt
not
expect to meet anin this
I session.
WAHMINUTON. Kcli. 2S. I'l
ChniiniiiTi Wood ut the I'r.'Hlcli-nt'K
I'miT'iii-y roiiitnlitt'o f'ir iirnpl,,y
ment nll tnil.iy that work Wii
progressing in i amornia n -.
402.H13 worth of river and harbor
work, under supervision of the war
department.
Projects being planned, on which
work will start shortly. Included
the Crescent city hurbor develop
ment, for Which $fi0,!7H is lo be
expended.
i WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. UPt
A house bill to swed the construc
tion of the puhllr building program
through elimination or delay In
volved in condemnation proceed -I
Jngri was passed toduy by the sen
iate. It now goes to tire White
House.
KI.AMATII I'.M.I.S', OK',
I'l. --tA'i .1. I'. AiriHWiirlh. lrllnnil
liitnkiT. Mini Sum Hoiinlmiiti. tn
; fhiifK' uf piukp fur )!) Mtntn IiIkIi
wny rdlnniifHhill, toduy lil.'nln n
! tour of hli:hwitN tHlJJict'nt lo Klft-
. tTidl h Kullw. Ttify am tntiTCHtfil
in iTi'ntlnK pttrkn l inv-N.-i'vo 1
, niitunil Hi-ctilr spotn nlont? IiIkIi
wuys tf tin1 Htnte.
DRY OEMS
PLAN FIGHT
ON RASKOB
Move To Line Up National
Committee On Wet Side!
Of Fence Will Meet Ag
gressive Opposition From
Prohi Advocates.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23. (P) Chlea-
' go democracy started a boom for
James HatiiHluii Lewis for presi
dent today when the Illinois sena-
tor-elect returned from a vacation
, In Arizona.
I The former senator was met at
the station by a large delegation
, and taken on a parade through
i downtown streets. Dozens uf auto
i mobiles carrying banners "Lewis
: for president" were flanked by
! motorcycle officers who kept their j
sirens wide open. j
I Col. Lewis urged democrats not ,
i to enter the republican mayoralty .
i primary tomorrow but to back ;
' Or murk solidly despite the fact ;
! that he has no organized oppoat- ,
; tion. He said Chicago was the
, worst governed community In
. America ami that the voters could ;
j not escape responsibility if they
continued to elect republican
mayors. ;
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. (PV
Whatever Intentions Chairman
i Haskoh may or may not have in
regard to lining up the democratic
( national committee on the wet side
' of the prohibition fence, dry mem
bers of the group aro set for an
j aggressive try at squelching any
such plan.
Th e co m m 1 1 1 ee will meet h e re
! March fi, at the chairman's call.
prohibition fence. The rumors
have not been denied.
... , . Jr,VH AroiisL,
Capitol Hill have been roused to a
j cient votes to defeat any wet reso-
lution. He Is North Carolina's
! national committeeman. Other
(democratic leaders in congress are
; trying to head off the Issue by
1 having the rumored resolution
I shelved now.
Senator George, of Georgia, has
; Joined this group, asserting the
i committee has no right to form
party policies, a function he holds
j belongs to the national conven-
tion. This view haa been commit
: nleated to the chairman. Inciden
J tally the aetivo drys count upon
I the support of Senator Robinson
; . ,,,' mn( ' f "Air--,. v
of Arkansas, in a pinch. He wan
,mrly N,ll(4,r ln thP 8onuto.
Tariff Factor
White prohibition engrossed
- ,...,... ,, of r'
nessoe, came forward yesterday
i with an exprensinn of concern that
and!"" -;" ........... ..p
: to give the party committee a high
' tariff program. Recently he called
upon the party to assert a vigorous
stand opposed to republican tariff
policies.
The Impending meeting, already
drawing Interest away from tho
closing days of congress, has
brought out a crop of presidential
candidates. Most of those being
boomed are far from dry.
Three Kentcnrcil
PKNDLKTON. Ore.. Feb. 23.
lyi'lljimiir Ghrlstensen, convicted
on a bad check charge, was sen
tenced to four years in state
prison when he appeared before
Judge Alger Fee here Saturday.
Robert Dumas and George War
ner, convicted on the same
charge, were sentenced to three
(, two.yeilr iormm respectively,
j.z; ,-; l r .- .r
Washington Extolled By
Solon For Statesmanship
In Recognizing New France
WAHIIINdTON, Kh. 23. (!)
fleorun WflnlilnKtou'H rccnKiiltlon
of ttin Rovfrnttit'iit Hft up hy thft
Krf'iii h rnvolutlnn in the iHtlnr mrt
of tho INIh cnnttiry whh iiraiHi'ri
hy Mi'nnti William llornli today
an n "marvploilH pxhlblllnn of rour
UK'1 and vlnloii."
lifcliirlnK WiiHlilnKtnn'fl c n m
mamliiiK ixTnonallty anil r'pii!iitl"n
iih ti Holdlur "ovrrnltHilowi'il IiIk
KriMit alilllty ttn a HtHloHtnnti," the
Idaho Kr'iuitor rWi'rrpifclo the lirlrf
calilni't niontlnK In which Alexan
der Hamilton anil Tlmnum Jeffer
non Hat with tho rirnt preniilnnt to
determine llm A.nierlfan Kovern
ment'H attitude towurd tho Kreneii
revolution.
lie nald: "No one In the rahinet
approved of the practice of the
French revolution, hut W'anhlnKton
suid thut, while It wua a bloody
AlartT "lock Key
Is'S, llowed By
Mil ukee Infant
MII.U'AIKM-:, Wix., lb.
2.1. ttv-lt John ICokits in
I. lati' fnr work tlu n'Xl fow
tlays he's Kolim n liavo an
:i 11 11.
His two-yfar tiM ilaunh-
Wr liiilu'i-tu .loan. unHcrew-
fd tlw kty to llio family
alarm cluck anil swallowed
It last nlk'lit.
ltubfM-ta wa taken to a
hospital.
l)H-tor said she was In
no llatlKiT.
U. S. PLANS
BI. FALLS
First Independent Federal
Fish Unit In State Will
Be Established $35,000
Available Bureau Offic
ial In Medford.
1
! Jackson county is to have tho
1 first trout fish hatchery in Oregon
to be established and maintained
' by tho U. H. Hureau of Fisheries.
The new hatchery will be estab
; lished adjoining the atato trout
hatchery at liutte Falls and tho
j wator for the hatchery will be
! taken from Butto creek, which is
; said to bo unexcelled for hatchery
1 purposes and of which there is an
1 abundant supply.
It is not known Just what the
hatchory will cost when completed
hut an annromiation of $35,000
' passed the last congress and Is
I now a law to build the first unit.
j This fund Is nvHllHhlo July ltof
jthis year and work Is to be started
I then.
Hureau Official Hero
; A. K. Russell, of Seattle, field
, superintendent of the U. H. Bureau
! of Fisheries, and Matt L. Ryck
t man, of Portland, superintendent
of Oregon state hatcheries, are In
Medford and drovo to tho site of
j tho new hatchery today, accom
I panted by T. K. Daniels, chairman
! of tho Rogue river fish bill com
;mltte and II. L. Noblit, weoretary
i of the Jackson County Game Pro
tective association. They will also
' visit the Savage Rapids and Ray
J Gold dam fish ladders; also the
' Klk creek hatchery.
Federal Assistants
I The government has been as
sisting financially In maintaining
the hatchery at Klk creek, In con
nection with the state game com
I mission and the Rodney Mncleay
I estate that owns the ground pn
! which the hatchery Is located.
Salmon and steelhead are hatched
. at Klk creek and this hatchery will
! he continued. The now federal
f hatchery will handle all kinds of
, trout. Including tho steelhend.
j This good news, In addition to
' the closing of the Rogue to com-
merclal fishing, will be welcomed
: by all who want to Increase the
supply of game fish in the Rogue
: river and other streams of the
I state.
THE END IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 23. P
Attendants at St. Vincent's hospital
said today It was feared Samuel
Hill, 74, Internationally famous
highway and railroad builder,
wouhl not survive the day. He has
been critically 111 since last Wed
nesday and has been In tho hospital
since February 9. '
roiicl. It wnn the only road lo a
Hane and utalde democracy."
Heferrlnir to the fall of the linn
tile and the hehcadliiK of the hitiR
3ml queen of Krance. he added:
"It whh a inarveloUH exhibition
' nf enlirnue mill vlHlnn thul llniler
thotie clrciiniHliiiiceH WaHhlnRton
fihould recomilze the Krenrli revo
lution." Senator Hratton nf New Mexico
read WHHhlnRton'ii farewell nddreHK
before crowded frallerlea to open
! tnday'a HcKHion of the Henate.
Senator Harkley of Kentucky
then delivered a Iouk addrena In
which he huIiI hlHtorlnn had done
WaRhlnKton an InJimtli'O by "de
hunianlzltig" him.
"It linen not detract from hla
Rreatnenn to recoxnlite that he pna
aeaneil human fralltiea," Harkley
suid.
HATCH ERY
GUNMAN
AND DAGUE
DIE CALMLY
"Iron" Irene Schroeder
Walks Unfalteringly To,
Death Chair In Pennsyl
vania Prison Man's
Execution Follows.
By L. R. Lindgren
KELLEKONTE, Pa., Feb. 23.
Disclosure Irene Schroeder
and Walter Glenn Hague had
asked their counsel not to take
steps to obtain a further stay of
sentence "because we do not want
life imprisonment now," wa con
tained in a letter written by Dague
and made public by the Rev. H, O.
Teagartlon today.
ROCKVIEW l'KNITENTIARY.
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb . 23. Iff)
Calm and collected, Irene Schroe
der and Walter Glenn Dague went
to their deaths In the electric chair
at Hockvlew penitentiary today
I just alter break of dawn.
' The state claimed of them the
, supreme price for the killing of a
! guardian of its highways.
Neither of the Rlayers spoke, nor
was a.iy word spoken to them.
The woman who once wielded a
gun with her gunman lover in mer
ciless bloodshed was as unflinching
at her doom as ever she had been
during her days of banditry and
! subsequent flight and fight tor life,
j Woman of Iron
j "Iron Irene" they called her at
I her' trial. "Iron Irene" she was
; until the end. The spirit that bore
' her up when the Jury ln the Law
I rence county courts pronounced
death ns her sentence, held with
' her as she walked into the grim
chamber of death here and surren-
dered her life for the life of Cor
, pornl Ilrady Paul, of the state high
j vb) patrol, on December 27, 1929.
I Shu was clad In a gray, artificial
silk dross, loose and poorly fitting.
'.S)ie wore beige .stockings and black,
I slippers. ' The hair was clipped
'away from the back of her head
at a spot where an electrode was
j attached. ; ";
I Support Unneeded
i With a guard holding either arm
and a matron procedlng her, the
woman walked Into the death cham
ber, apparently not needing the
slight support the guards gave her.
.She walked Into the brighter circle
nf llirht oafll ),v n hn.a flnAJ lam.
over the chair, and in the state's
grim instrument of death the.
guards placed her and quickly fas
tened the straps binding her to It.
The matron stepped aside to a wall
of tho chamber.
As she sat the woman's ftngera
trembled just a little. The only
human voice ln the cold, gray
chamber was that of the chaplain
offering up a prayer for the doom
ed woman.
Hood Adjusted :
' The straps and death hood were
adjusted, the voice of the chaplain
whispered on, and even before he
had completed bis words the con
tact was made. The woman's body
roue up against the straps that
bound her, fists clenched, the body
tense and struggling.
Hoboit Elliott, the state's execu
, tinner, was at the switches- con
! trolling the current. It was he
who served as executioner of Ruth
Snyder for the killing of her hus
band In New York state.
So died the first woman ever to
be electrocuted for a crime la
Pennsylvania..- . ...
Something less than a minute
later the death chamber door open
ed again and admitted the Rev. H.
O. Teagarden, and behind him
Dague, flanked by a guard on either
side. The minister was Hague's
(Continued on Pago 8. Story 2)
WILL
ROGERS
&ays:
HOM.YNVOOI), Cnl., Feb. 23.
Here ht what OcurRC WasliiiiR
Inn niisNOil by not living (o his
birtlulay. lie would have
(teen our great political syotem
of "eituil riKhtfi to all and
. privileges to none" working so
' snioot lily that seven million urn
1 without a chance to earn their
i living. He would nee 'em hand
ing out rat ions in peace time
that would have reminded him
i of Valley Korue. In fact, wo
jhave reversed the old sjstenij
i we all net fat in war times and
! thin during peace. I bet after
' seeing us he would sue us for
j calling him "Father."
mtUNUMM