MEDFORB MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OKEGON, SUNDAY. JUNE 24, 1934
PAGE THREE
GAS FUMES DEATH
CHEAPAND FAST
Warden Says Experiment
Worked Better On Man
Who Maintained Inno
cence To Last Than On
Animals A Success.
CANON CITY, Colo., June S3. (P)
An obscure grave on "Woodpeclter
Hill" at the Colorado penitentiary
awaited today the body of William
Cody Kelly, who paid with his life In
the prison's new lethal gaa chamber
for killing a rancher tosteal two cheap
pistols.
"The execution was successful,"
Warden Roy 'Best said, 'there were no
hitches. Keily was put to death speed
ily and the apparatus worked even
bettor than It did In experiments
with animals."
' While about 100 persona watched.
Kelly walked Into the death house,
wearing only shoes and "shorts"
to keep his clothing from absorbing
any of the death-dealing gas fumw.
Wearing a black mask, he was strap
ped to the "death throne."
The doors of the tank were closed.
Kelly chanted the 23rd Psalm. A bril
liant light shone upon him.
The witnesses stared through long
rows of windows at the prisoner.
Guards released twelve acid cap
sules costing 90 cents Into & crock
under the "death throne."
Whitish fumes rose as the capsules
struck a mixture of acid and water.
The prisoner slumped forward, gasp
ed two or three times, and was still.
Twenty five physicians held an au
topsy to observe the effect of the gas
In the hope of preventing deaths in
mine disasters. There was no cutting
out of the victim's heart, as was done
after executions under the state's old
system of hanging, to make sure of
death.
Kelly, sentenced for the slaying of
Russell Browning, wealthy Delta.
Colo., rancher-recluse, protested his
Innocence to the last.
CLEVELAND, June 23. (AP) The
American Federation of Musicians
wants Its local organizations to "use
their political strength to combat the
evils of the high school band."
By "evils," the resolution was
taken to mean an encroachment on
the business of the professional mu
sicians. All officers were re-elected by the
federation's annual convention, Jos
eph N. Weber of New York for his
35th term as president.
Dakota Governor's Aides Desert
Lieut. Gov. Ole H. Olson of North Dakota Is shown taking the oath
of governorship before Hope Snyder, a notary public, after he claimed
succession to the office of Gov. William Langer following the tatter's
conviction on federal conspiracy charges. Olson, however, was unable
to take over Langer'a office when the latter continued in possession and
ordered the sheriff to admit only employes. (Associated Press Photo)
BISMARCK, N.D., June 23. (AP)
Six members of Governor William
Langer's cabinet, all election officials,
revolted today and Joined Lieutenant
Governor Ole H. Olson, who claims
he is legal governor. They refused to
recognize Langer's authority, since
he was convicted of a felony recently.
Today's action was a, climax to a
series of events which began last,
March when opponents of Langer en
gineered a split In the non-partisan
league, a republican faction.
Langer's conviction with four
others a week ago was In the fore
ground of the developments which
came at the height of the campaign
lor the state primary election Wed
nesday, two days before the chief
executive was scheduled to appear
for sentence. He faced a sentence
ranging up to two years imprison
ment or $10,000 fine or both.
i In a statement announcing their
i position the revolting officers, sev
i eral of them serving with Langer on
, Important state boards, said they be
I lieved the governor's conviction for
' alleged fraud in connection with fed
eral relief work, automatically dls-
qualified him from holding office.
I His opponents were Lieutenant Gov
ernor Olson; John Husby, commis
sioner of agriculture and labor;
Robert Byrne, secretary of state; Al-
; fred Dale, state treasurer; S. A. Ols-
ness, state insurance commissioner,
and Fay Harding and C. W. McDon-
nell, members of the state railroad
commission.
! The six expressed fear that acts
; performed in conjunction with Lan
ger might be Illegal, and declined to
' "participate In any of his executive
acts In which he is a party until the
j courts have' clarified" .the question
of his right to hold office.
WALES IS 40, AND
STILL BACHELOR
LONDON. June 23. (AP) Life of
a new kind In the eyes of the public
began at forty today for the Prince
of Wal03. ,
Though it was not easy for the
world to realize from his appearance,
the cold figures of the calendar
showed the hair to the British throne
Is no longer a "bold prince charm
ing" in his thirties.
On his fortieth birthday the world's
most famous bachelor still seemed
as far-away from . marriage as ever,
and there was not even a rumor that
he Is engaged.
The gradual dying out of these en
gagement rumors gave strong sup
port to a statement made four years
ago by a close member of the prince's
entourage to the effect that he is
likely to be a bachelor king.
Held In Vienna
In Tuf verson Case
WASHINGTON, June 23. ( AP)
The farm administration noted to
day a mounting total of rental and
benefit payments which on June 20
had reached $216,000,000. To the end
of May, $388,370,500 had been col
lected In processing taxes.
Payments in wheat growers, ex
clusive of administrative costs of
county production control associa
tions, totaled 966,945.373 aa of June
0: corn and hog payments $5,713.
563;tobacco $11,751,982.
Texas Wool Lower
BOSTON, June 23. (AP) -(U. 8.
Dept. Agr.) The outstanding devel
opments of the week In the wool
market was the report Involving the
sale of Kerrvllle accumulation or wool
In TexaB to an eastern mill at a
price substantially lower than the
current quotations on spot Texas
wools in Boston.
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His Conscience Goaded
PORTLAND, June 23. ( AP) Law
rence Poole, 24, conscience-ridden
youth who surrendered to state pol
ice at Myrtle Point and admitted
two Portland robberies, was received
at the city Jail here tdoay.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 23. (AP)
An opportunity for 798 Oregon
youths between the ages of 18 and
25 to Join the CCC will arise. after
July i, according to word received
today by the Oregon state relief com
mittee from W. Frank Persons, a
representative of the department of
labor. Enrollment will start immedi
ately. Quotas for the state are: Multno
mah, 283; Baker, 14; Bent, 14;
Clackamas, 39; Clatsop, 18; Colum
bia, 17; Coos 24; Crook, 3; Curry, 3;
Deschutes, 12; Douglas, 18; Gilliam,
3; Grart, 5; Harney, 5; Hood River,
8; Jackson, 28; Jefferson, 2; Jose
phine 10; Klamath, 27; -Lake, 4;
Lane, 45; Lincoln, 8; Linn, 1; Mal
heur, 0; Marlon, 61; Morrow, 4; Polk,
14; Sherman, 2; Tillamook, 10; Uma
tilla, 20; Union, 15; Wallowa, 8;
Wasco, 11; Washington, 25; Wheeler,
2; Yamhill, 18.
Bean Fatal To Babe
BEND, Ore., June 23. -(AP) Vic
tim of a bean which lodged In his
lungs yesterday, Leonard, two-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson George
of Bend, died today in a Portland
hospital, It was learned here.
TOO LATE 70 CLASSIFY
CASH PAID tor men'a and hand aulta
hate and shoes. Will H Wilson. S3
No. Front.
LOST Red Cocker spaniel, female
Return to 108 cottage. Reward.
This picture, ' transmitted from
London to New York by radio show.
Ivan Poderjay who Is being held In
Vienna In connection with the mys
terious disappearance of his wife,
the former Agnes Tufverson of De
troit. An International search for
the Detroit woman, who has not
been seen since she left New York
In December, la. being made. (Asso
ciated Press Photo)
Smartly Waved
Hair Is Your
Best Attraction
At Murray's you get the
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PERMANENT WAVES
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Fame Beckons
ROSS KLINE HEAD
OF
Seventy-five Jackson county tur
key growers, including sixty members
owning 15,000 birds, were in attend
ance Saturday at the first annual
meeting of the Southern Oregon
Turkey Growers' association, held in
the courthouse auditorium.
Officers were elected, with I. R.
Kline of Eagle Point, president; Dick
Straus of Sams Valley, vice-president;
George Ousterhout of Eagle
Point, secretary-treasurer, and the
following also members of the board
of directors: G. W. Byrd of Ashland,
Charles Elmore of Applegate and
George Drake of Phoenix.
A. H. Banwell, manager of the
Jackson County chamber of com
merce, gave the welcoming address,
with the response by Mr. Kline,
chairman of the organization com
mittee during the past year, and
master of Pomona Grange.
Feeding and breeding were dis
cussed at length by H, E. Cosby, ex- j
tension poultryman from Oregon ;
State college, whose topic was "Tur-
key Production Problems." George j
Turkey Growers' association, spoke
on "Marketing Turkeys In Califor
nia," and because of his 23 years as
an independent grower, and five
years In a co-operative, he gave many
interesting sidelights to valley grow
ers. "Advantages of Cooperative Mar
keting" were told by R. G. Weide
meler, president of the California
Turkey Growers' association, and
"Turkey Marketing in Oregon" was
the topic of the address by J. C.
Leedy, manager of the Oregon Tur
key Co-operatives, Inc.
During the afternoon meeting.
County Agent Robert G. Fowler ex
plained how the extension work In
Jackson county would fit into the
proposed program of the association,
and spoke on plans for the turkey
tour July 25, of which he was named
chairman.
Members present voted to affiliate
with the Oregon Turkey Co-operatives,
Inc., which, In turn, Is asso
ciated with the Northwest Turkey
cooperative. Kline was also voted as
the representative on the state board.
John Laurence Seymour, 41.
(above), head of the dramatic arl
department of the Sacramento, Cal
junior college has been advised the
Metropolitan Opera Association ol
New York Is considering his opera,
"The Eunuch", for presentation
during the next season. (Assoclat
ed Press Photo)
WEEK'S OUTLOOK
OREGOr: Fair Sunday and Mon
day but overcast mornings on coast;
moderate temperature; fresh north
erly wind offshore.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. (AP)
The outlook for the period June
24 to 30 Is for generally fair weather
but frequent coastal fogs; tempera
tures will be near the normal.
(iraut Cnnnl C'ontrnct
WASHINGTON. June 23. ( AP)
Contracts for excavating the first 30
milee of the all-Amerlcan canal In
southeastern California were awarded
today by Secretary Ickes.
Liquor Audit Approved
SALEM, June 23. (AP) Urging the
state liquor control officials to com
ply with the suggestions made by
S. W. Starr, chief auditor of the sec
retary of state's office, in his recent
audit of the liquor control commis
sion's activities, George H. McMorran,
chairman of the liquor group, ad
dressed a lengthy letter to the com
mission today.
RETAIL HERS
A retail merchant committee com
prising one merchant from each di
vision of the retail stores has been
appointed by W. F. Isaacs, chairman
of the retail merchant committee of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerco, It was announced yester
day. During the past year it hna been
the custom of the Chamher of Com
merce to call the retail merchant
together as a body but Mr. Isaacs
believes that better result can be
obtained by having one representa
tive from each division. Those sel
ected by Mr. Isaacs are: lumber deal
ers, Harold Wood; auto accessories,
C. J. Prltchett; restaurant, Dale
Franklin; paint dealers, K. D. Ross:
wood dealers, Harold Hichstelu; con
fectioners, Ransom Webster; auto
dealers, George Gates; flower shops,
M. Morthland": men's stores, Dan
watson; department stores, C. D.
Bean: grocers, Wm. Holloway; seeds,
W. O. Andrews; hardware dealers. R
M. Marti; ready-to-wear stores, Mrs.
Ethelwyn Hoffman; furniture stores,
A. E. Orr; barber shops, E. G. Rose
borough; drug stores, Maro Jarmln;
meat markets. Con Devore; stationers,
Sam Colton; vnrlety stores, C. W.
Gilstrap; gift shops, Jack Sworn;
radio stores, Almus Prultt: electric
stores, Ben Trowbridge; Jewelers, J.
F. Lawrence; beauty shops, Mr. C.
J. Chord.
(Conttnueo irom Page One)
to find out where the hidden 60,
000,000 gallons of old-time bootleg
really were, and they reported back
that there might be a few gallons
lying around somewhere, but no one
seemed to know where.
The tip Is out in the blgger-busl-ness
quarters that two men are cer
tain to bo appointed to the new
securities commission In addition to
Messrs. Landis and Mathews. They
nre James C. Auchlnloss, a veteran
New York financial man, and Dean
Witter, San Francisco broker. Wltte
is supposed to be backed by the Mo
Adoo forces and Auchtnloes ha some
remote family connection with a
prominent administration adviser.
They would represent the busineaa
side, and may be blocked for that
reason.
The story about the book which
cite Mrs. Roosevelt, Mayor Lft
Guardla, et al., as radicals, caused
a loud yawn here. It sounded too
much like publicity for the publish
ers of the book. The real list of
radicals la in the bureau of investi
gation, department of Justice. Only
a fraction of the names cited In th
book are on the D. O. J. list.
An NRA official, telling his trouble
the other day, said: "The NRA busi
ness reminds me of the time when
I was a boy and alt the people la
the town would arise early and rush,
off to church, but, by the end of
the day, the preacher would hav
to go around pulling half the eon
gregatlon out of saloons."
Use Mail Tribune want ads.
75-A Grass Fire Is
Blamed on Cigarette
In a grass fire east of town Satur
day afternoon, 75 acres wore burned
over, according to the report of the
city fire department. The fire, whl:h
was thought to have been started by"
a carelessly thrown match or cigar
ette, was soon extinguished.
The alarm wa turned in at 3:10
p. m., and firemen saved a number
of shed and small buildings In the
vicinity of tho fire, which waa near
the Valley school.
No P. U. C Permits Fred Wini
fred Hall, of this city, waa arrested
on the Pacific highway near Phoenix
today by state police for driving a
truck with no P. U. C. permit, and is
cited to appear In court Tuesday.
June 26. Vernan L. Benjamin, arrest
ed in Ashland on the same charge,
posted $100 ball and wlll'appear June
30.
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