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The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 4

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THE SALT CAKE TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING JULY II 1838 0 eoesme Daim Execution of Creen At Prison Seen by Throng Japanese Scan Shanghai Area For Murderer Deputies Back Blum inPolicy Toward Soviet France Gets Assurance Italians Will Join in Locarno Conference Delbert Green Executed for Triple Killing life Taken by Firing Squad Doom ed Man Calm at Death was "struck In tho fact with such fores that his glasses were broken-Mr Guss was handcuffed and s- 1 corted into tho prison yard but a0 few moments later was released -When Dr Carl Larson Salt Lake City chiropractor interceded in behalf of th newspapermen Sheriff Holbrook threatened to him up too" 3 Outside of the momentary demon- etration by fnmertes of th prison when th firing squad loosed its volley this was ths only untoward incident of ths execution Snow Removal Bills Appear for Payment OSSINING July 10 (UP)- -There was no snow In Chaining Frl- day but ths memory of It was brought homo with tore to taxpay eri who wart assessed for aoW-r moval last' winter and told to pay" It was over in a moment and the crowd riled out In an orderly manner Th body of Green was placed in a hear and started for its final resting place In Davis county Just as It left the gate however a newspaper photographer who had his camera set up on th sidewalk on Twenty-first South street snapped a picture Sheriff Smashes Camera Sheriff Holbrook and a deputized attendant immediately seized the earners smashed it to tho pavement and kicked it to pieces' after first wresting it from Carl Reynolds member ofthe Tribune-Telegram staff Morris Guss a reporter for the Telegram came to his in tho ensuing melee up- or else (Continued (rem Pest Oat) street welting Jnhearth crack of tho fivo rifles that wouldelgnlfjr Delbert Green bad paid ths supreme penalty for th crime of murder Tho guard at tho double gate into tho prison yard was kept busy for more' than an houf as various officials went -about final prepare tlohs for the execution -Then the throng of spectators divided as sister Dorothy her huaband Donald Dermont another Bister Mrs Ruth Newey and a half sister Dolly Alexander came from tho chapel and left th prison after spending the night with Green Bring in Rifle Just before 8 Sheriff Holbrook and his aids passed into the prieon yard with th rifle that a few minutes later were to carry their leaden death to Green Then every spectator who carried a gun was asked to deposit bis weapon in a room off tho main office Some 10 or 15 individuals filed in to deposit pistols of various descriptions Just after that th double gates were thrown open and the spectators marched out Into tho prison yard to bo halted just at tho south end of the cell block while Green was to tho place of execution and strapped into his chair This done tho crowd was permitted to within 60 feet of the execution scene They all passed Into the prison yard unquestioned and officials did not take up the passes issued by Sheriff Holbrook SPECIAL-SATURDAY TWO-POUIiDBOX Martha Washington Candies 05 Marines Occupy Sector Crash of Nipponese Briton Brings Protest SHANGHAI July 11 (Saturday) (AV-Heavily armed Japanese bluejacket searched a north Shanghai colony Saturday for the 'killer of Nipponese trading company employe down Japanese said while he was carrying a year-old baby The victim Kasaku Kayau died Saturday of wounds received Friday night while he was walking in the middle of the Japanese colony in the northern section of the city Take Over Area Immediately strong patrols of I Japanese marines took over the sec-I tlon hut their search failed to produce a trace of the unidentified gunman Who the Japanese said was a Chinese During the search two Japanese marines riding in a motorcycle and side-car equipped with a machine-gun were injured seriously in headon collision with a inotor car I which British and international set-tlemeht police said was driven by a Briton The driver described by the police I as Brooke aw employe of th Chinese maritime customs office was released by British police following a preliminary examination despite Japanese demands to the contrary One of the Injured marines had a shattered leg the other a badly smashed face Makes Demands Arata Suglhara the acting Japa-I ness consul general demahded of General Tsai Ching-chun director of publio safety for greater Shanghai that steps be taken for the protection of Japanese real-I dents" A similar communication was dis-I patched by Suglhara to Major Gerard British commissioner of the international settlement police Deploring the killing Suglhara said: was but Friday that I exchanged with General WO Teh-cben mayor of greater Shanghai promises of cooperation in promoting Sino-Japanese amity through the pre-Iventlon of untoward incidents" I Workers Rush ie Finish Bridg PARIS July 10 France's leftist government moved firmly across A broad Intsrnatlonal scans Friday It rsoslvsd from its chamber 'of deputies a 403-162 vote of confidence on "technical and cooperation with soviet Russia after Air Minister Pierre Cot had denied a rightist charge he had delivered a secret aircraft gun to the bolsheviks Get Assurance Diplomatic sourcee said the government received indirect assurances Italy would rsturn to ths European fold by joining the Locarno conferenced at Brussels next week Usually well-informed persons asserted they now consider a common European front between Italy and Germany unlikely Officials indicated they expected Premier Mussolini to send a delegate to the Locarno conference before Germany Is fnvltsd to join In later phases of theetalks Responsible French observers In-tsrpreted abandonment of Its Mediterranean mutual assistance Agreement with Great Britain ae a further step toward easing ths European tension It followed they asserted announced Intention to withdraw its home and oriental fleets from ths Mediterranean and hints that Italy may reduce Its forces In Libya Bolsters Blum The chamber vote of confidence bolstered Leon government in Its course of International cooperation although Cot avoided an explanation of hg exact policy toward the soviet union Although he denied he had delivered the model of a new 23-mllli-meter airplane gun to the soviets Cot refused to discuss "If the gun Fill be delivered or and said the government would make Its own differentiation between "indespensa-ble secrets and necessary exchanges" under the Franco-Russlan mutual assistance pack The rightist deputy Henri De Kerillls said the weapon mounted in an airplane motor would fire 800 shots a minute 1-80 alt Ogden Store) jT Former Premier Admiral Kelsuka Okada who narrowly escaped assassination in the bloody military uprising of February 26 in Tokyo is shown as he emerged from the deep secluslan in which he has lived since in a Tokyo suburb to attend a luncheon given by the emperor for mem bers of the Hirota cabinet ant the preceding Okada cabinet EMMFS FIVE STAR Presenting Sensational Values WITH SAVINGS FOR EVERYBODY Arab Warfare Cuts Revenue Of Palestine Zionists Can See Little Relief Snipers Gaim Lives of Three Jews Fall of Cabinet Appears Near Jn Bucharest Government Resignation Likely in Gash on Favoring Nazi Policy Retainers Urge Ruler To Speed Marital Plan Continued from Page On) the yard Just outside the door the black hood was draped over his head and the march to the scene of the execution started "My God! Have mercy on me These were the only words Green uttered after leaving the chapel Prior to that Sheriff Joseph Holbrook of Davis county who had charge of ths execution inasmuch as the criihe was committed there had read the five-page death warrant to the condemned man Green listened stoically Asked 4f he had any statement to make preen replied he had nothing to say From there it was but aJ few short steps to the steps tnat seemed to the spectators to taks'an son of time Father Moreton Mr Farnsworth the two Davis county deputy sheriffs who stood ths death watch a handful of prison guards and flanked the prisoner as he stepped from the cell block into the driveway Watch Death March There the almost 75 spectators watched Green walk with only' touch at the arm Uke a blind man requires in crossing a busy street to His place of death They saw him strapped into place tbfey watched as this group stepped back against the north wall and they heard the almost simultaneous crack of the five rifle as from a position not more than 30 feet away they sped four missiles of death into' heart With the crack of the rifles ths other $15 prisoners within ths walls set up a dismal din that could bs heard blocks away They pounded with anything they could lay their hands on against ths steel bars of their cells Th shouted at th tops of their lungs These were the same men a number of whom received bonus bonds who offered to finance an appeal by Green to the supreme court of the United States Green refused this gesture Demonstration Brief The demonstration was over almost as soon as it started and the men who are confined behind gray walls and Iron bars paid a silent tribute to their fellow prisoner whose life was taken for'the crime oLmurder "Please leave as quickly and quietly as possible" the guards admonished th spectators and th group at the west end of th prison driveway dissolved into a normal world leaving a deathlike quiet be hind the prison walls But the throng did not dissolve until Dr Keith Barnes Davis county physician placed his ringers on pules then a stethoscope over th place where a moment before bis heart beat strongly "I pronounce this man dead" he said It was exactly 5:10 a Then men loaded the body into the black hears from Davis county and it purred quietly out of the prison yard bearing its burden to its final resting place Six-Year Battle Thus was ended a case that has been shunted back and forth between the trial court In Davis county the Utah supremo court and the state board of pardons for six and a half years The original trial was held in March 1930 and since that time Green had been five times sentenced to die Four times ths execution had been stayed by appeals of various kinds but the fifth appeal in which Green personally sought commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment Thursday was denied by Governor Henry Blood and other members of the pardons board Technically Green was executed for the murder of his uncle James Green but actually his life was taken In payment for the slaying of his wife Gladys his mother-in-law Lola Green all of whom he killed on the night of January 4 1930 when he ran amuck at his home near Layton execution was the first In Utah since February 5 1926 when Edward McGowan negro faced a firing squad for the slaying of Bob Blevena another nejfro In Helper was the thirty-second execution in Utah and the twentieth since statehood The Utah law always has provided for a choice between the firing squad and ths gallows and only one of those executed has chosen' th noose as a means of expiating his crime He was John Morris who was hanged in 1913 Sun Baked Onions FOND DU LAC Wis July 10 Mrs Sizer said onions in her garden were "baked half-' way through by heat By Tribune Leased Wire JERUSALEM July 10 A a terrorism is undermining finances it was disclosed Friday The Palestine treasury faces a serious deficit because of the sharply decreased revenue resulting from the bitter racial warfare which has -visited the Holy Land with death and destruction for the past three months By Tribune Leased Wire LONDON July King Edward VZQ Is being urged by dose friends to marry Princess Alexandrine of Denmark before his coronation next May intimates of ths royal household Insisted despite recent official denials to ths contrary The 22-year-old Danish name has consistently headed the Acetates--Flowered Lace Light and Dark Washable Prints Uropstitch Minnehaha Crepes ALL SIZES 14 to 52 Smart styles and appealing colors for every summer need Pastels plenty of whites and an excellent selection of serviceable darker prints Plenty of larger sizes A few lilac Feather-Fleece COATS included i Zionist circles alarmed by the re- list of eligible! in past speculation NEW YORK July 10 High above the East river upward of 2000 men worked frantically in the heat Friday night to dress up the triborough bridge for its formal dedication Sunday by President Roosevelt And the' publio opening of 14 miles of connecting highway In the lingering twilight painters sprayed aluminum paint on steel girders and themselves their faces hair and clothes were caked deep with the silver mixture If their aim was podr it was only because they hurried to complete on time a monumental the largest completed I A project in the east Into this second most expensive bridge in th United its total cost has been set at $64000000 government poured $14200000 Ian amount its sponsors the tri-borough bridge authority believe soon will be returned as the traveling publio drops its quarters into turnstile caqh boxes I Crowds of Shriners Descend on Seattle regarding the bachelor eventual marriage The reports have been denied as consistently but friends of ths 42-year-old king again declared Friday the colorful coronation ceremonies will be heralded by wedding bells if they possibly can prevail on the monarch to take the atep China Famine Drouth Take 5 Million lives EXTRA SPECIAL COTTON SPORTS AND STREET Special Purchase I WOMEN'S Arch-Support ports that the British government Sinned an immediate ban against eir further immigration saw little relief In eight meanwhile from the Arab scourge of terrorism as three more Jews were killed One met death in a murderous attack upon an auto bus between Jerusalem and Nablus TWo British soldiers were slightly wounded before the military escort repelled the attackqrs Two other Jews were fatally wounded when Arab snipers ambushed an automobile carrying five laborers from work The three deaths raised the Jewish casualty roll to 89 dead aince the disorders first flared Another terrorist bomb exploded here near police headquarters but no one was reported Injured British troops again felt the hatred against their Interference last night however when Sergeant Thomas Spencer a non-commissioned officer was wounded in a brush with Moslem raiders In the Kalkileh Formerly $150 to $249 Values to $3 $199 Just 400 Pain of Whit Kid Dressy Tie and Oxfords in smart tailored pattern) also models with fancy etltchinge and comfort Shoe modish In appear- Scores to Select Perfect for Cool Summertime Comfort Sheer ever so delightful for the hot days! Nautical trims buttons appliques grosgrain ribbon suede belts etc Outstanding values! Europe Enjoys Cool Weather SEATTLE July 10 Nobles of I the Mystic Shrine poured into Seattle Friday as the city completed arrangements for their annual con-I clave next week Engineers set up 200 powerful I searchlights to illuminate convention spectacles in the University of I Washington stadium The chamber of commerce esti-I mated Seattle would have 100000 visitors during the combined Shrine land naval fleet week Musio will be furnished by 60 bands and nearly 600 chanters And there -will be a block-long Chinese dragon brought from San Francisco mounted camel patrols Arabian horse patrols and colorful marching units in the pageant parades I ICC Appoints District Motor Carrier Heads BUCHAREST Rumania July 10 (AV-The resignation of Premier George government appeared Imminent Friday night Foreign Minister Nicholas Titu-lescu was hastening home from the Dardanelles conferences at Mon-treux Switzerland In political circles It was reported Tltulescu would demand a retreat from the nazl policy which the premier has been tolerating if not openly supporting Due to Arrive He is due in Bucharest Saturday and it was believed he would seek definite action to end recent anti-Semitic excesses His political associates said he was determined to resign if the nazi course was permitted to proceed Should he quit it was expected the entire cabinet would' fall Political observers expected in the event of the resignation that Alexander Averescu former premier who is classified politically as a moderats rightist would bs commissioned to form new government Admires Titulescu Averescu in all probability would reappoint Titulescu whom he admires as foreign minister Political observers said Premier resignation would be regarded as a setback for the pugnacious "iron guard" whose propaganda has been promoting attacks on Jews Isle Regrets Murphy Plan A I NGTON July 10 AV-Hope that Frank Murphy would remain Philippine high commissioner "as long as possible" was expressed by Resident Commissioner Quintln Paredes "It is regrettable" Paredes said "that Murphy has been dragged back into domestic politics as candidate for governor of Michigan but he remains in a position to be of continued great service to the American and Filipino peoples "His counsel and sympathetic attitude have been invaluable to the Philippines and I hops he will be available for a long time to Paredes said he hoped Murphy would be successful in the Michigan campaign If elected governor he would tak office next January 1 Paredes said ha was relieved the leave of absence granted by the president will permit Murphy to take active part In the Philippine-American conversations planned for November after the election They are designed as a preliminary to a general economlo conference next year Ship Springs Leak PORTLAND Ore July 10 (UP) exchange radio reported late Friday that the Danish freighter Nordpol had sprung a leak off Coos Bay Ore Rats ate through a gaspipe in a museum in Hull England causing a leak and the escaping gas asphyxiated an attendant while cleaning tbs room CHENGTI Szechuan China July 10 The worst famine and drouth ever to visit this hapless province has taken five million lives relief workers said Friday Millions more are considered doomed to death by the plague of hunger and white heat which has brought frightful reports of cannibalism child selling and banditry National and provincial authorities were taking heroic measures to relieve distress but it' was considered Inevitable there must be additional suffering before new and urgently needed crops mature Banks of the national government were financing rehabilitation work on a scale never before witnessed in this country New' Trouble Reported In Orange Walkout SANTA ANA CaL July 10 ID New Instances of lawlessness were reported Friday as harvesting of Orange $20000000 orange crop went ahead under the protection of approximately 400 sheriffs deputies highway patrolmen and guards employed by growers Night riders struck at the striking orange pickers late Thursday night using what strikers alleged were tear gas bombs and club to disperse a group of 150 strikers gathered on a public handball court in Placentia Voiles Lawns Dimities Organdies Swisses 80-square Percales Weaves and others GUARANTEED FAST COLORS Sizes 14 to LOTS OF LARGER SIZES! SALE OF LINGERIE Whit Karen Combinations Dance Seta lowered Batiete Gown and Pajamai exceptional value at 2 for $1 LONDON July 10 It was "wish you were weather on south coast Friday with slushy icy hall in the streets at Eastbourne and a spotted weather map on the continent Europe found time to sympathize with sweltering America while viewing conditions that ranged from serious storms oft the northern Spanish coast to bright and balmy skies in parts of ths mid-continent Twenty-Deaths Twenty deaths most of theln of fishermen lost at sea were reported in northern Spain Britain with rain over most of the country cancelling numerous sports events had the most freakjsh conditions During the height of a two-inch rain end hall storm at Eastbourne lightning struck the excursion steamer Brighton Belle Injuring the captain and the wireless operator Houses and shops in cities were flooded pedestrians knocked down and cyclists swept off their machines by the rush of water Snowball on Coast In London where the maximum temperature was 63 one evening paper banner-lined: "Snowballing on South In mid-Europe Austria had a bright day with the mercury around 80 following heavy rains Thursday and storms earlier in the week Rain fell over parts of Germany cooling off following a heat wave Ireland Polishes Up Shillalahs Fete Battle of Boyne Sunday DRESS cnoDREirs HI WHITE- SHOES WASHINGTON July 10 (A7-The I inerstate commerce commission announced the appointment of the following supervisors for service in the field with the bureau of motor car- riers: District No Smith of Nebraska District No Gilbert and A Mayer of Texas District No 14-t-B Penn of Utah District No Russell Bevans EL Longnecker Paul Tibbetts I Watson A White and I Lb Wimberly of California and Whitworth of Arizona Chess Giamp Dies of Injuries INDEPENDENCE Mo July 10 Mr Eveline Allen Burgees 79 LamonLIowa who held the national I chess championship from 1 1906 to 1920 died in a sanitarium I hers Fridky of ln juries she suffered In a fall at her home a week ago Mrs Burgess was the mother of Samuel A Burgess of Independence church historian for the ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Lattei-daj Saints Sizes 81j to 2 Values to $159 Really Unusual Values I BELFAST July 10 (AV-Northern Orangemen mad ready Friday night for celebration of the "Battle of the with last riots and bloodshed still a fresh and painful memory The 1935 festivities commemorating the celebrated victory of the forces of William DOC the Prince of Orange over those of James II In 1690 started a fortnight of sectarian disturbances that ended with nine dead dozens wounded and nearly 150 arrests Original object of Orangeism was the maintenance of Protestant ascendency and that spirit still survives in modern dress Tho Roman Cathoiio bishop of Down and Connor this year has issued a letter asking members of ths faith to keep away from the Boyne celebrations where their presence might bs th pretext for hostility or resentment A corresponding appeal for order was Issued by the Protestant bishop Serioiis riots In Northern Ireland with Its substantial Protestant majority and Its aggressive Catholic minority date back to 1880 The possibility that feeling may again run high this year Is seen in the public warnings and In Jhe religious political and economic differences which still arouse outspoken comment In ths six counties1 Drape models with take-in buckles at sides Checked patterns in grays browns serviceable-and attractive- Swimming pools In Holland are being kept pure by a new process of filtration which uses a certain microbe to fight any disease bacteria in the water i 4.

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