s - Fair; heavy frost east portion
in. the morning; moderate north
erly winds. '
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Levy On Excess Incomes To
' ; 4 Be Repealed Next January,
Decisiprr of .Senate Flnan
: ce Committee.
NUMEROUS CHANGES
MADE IN MEASURE
IncomeiTax To Be Paid By
: Many Not Making Return s
v To Government-
WASUINGTON, I Sept. JLS
Corporations - would be required
to pay excess profits' taxes for an
other year under a decision today
Ot the ' senate finance committee
which . finally . approved provision
in the house bill repealing these
taxes as ot January 1 next, - in
stead of last. January 1 as recom
mended . by Secretary Mellon.
The . committee also, Inserted a
provision in the house measure
repealing the capital . stock tax.
i effective next year,; and 'Adopted
"an amendment increasing' the
corporation income tax frpci 10
to 15 per cent instead of 12 1-2
per cent, effective : next- January
15. These represented the major
decisions reached, today at two
sessions, although It was said -of
flclally that the committee prac
tically had decided; to amend the
bouse bill to continue the tax on
.express packages and oil trans,
ported by pipe line. - v
Future Policy ia Doubt
Whether any portion of the
taxe . on the transportation of
freight and passengers will be retained-
after next January 1 will
depend. Chairman Penrose said,
on a repprf to be made tomorrow
by the treasury as to the savings
. - " i -
f Continued on pfte 2)
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mmm
I . , TACOMA; Wish! Sept 13;
The capture of. Roy Gard-
- rter, California mail-lwindit;
who made his sensational
. break from the federal peni-r
.. tentiary Qn McNeil island La-
bor day, will be made within
i 48 hours, according to a state-
went" issued at the peniten
tiary tonight 4 ' ' '
. Since - yesterday, when a
number of new developments
led prison officials 4to believe
thci bandit near the end of his
- r rihe manhunt has taken
on new impetus."" , v .;
. i'The chase moved as rapidly to
day, beginning when two of the
f guards saw the figure" o? a man on
the. beach at Winter's point this
lTinmlfn anrl aT1
- - . , v.,wnt;U UJ B sansa-
1 sational encounter at 3:30 this
: afternoon, between ,TUon Brxby,
a ie.year-oid boy and a maa'be-
lleved certain to have been Grad
1 ner. .' v v
" Bixby declares he saw th man
but 20 feetk,away(;rom.toj&-'iu.a
Continued oa page; 2),,,
BABY'S BANK
ROBBED; MAN;
GIVEN JOLT
No Leniency Extended by Los
' Angeles Judge When Charge.
Is Made Known
LOS, ANGELES. Cal.. Sept. 13.
Ray Ivy appeared in the su
perior court today and pleaded
guilty to a charge of first degree
burglary; then he sought proba
tion. "What did this man take in
this burglary?" asked Judge
Willis.
"He Btole three pennies from
a baby's bank," responded the
prosecutor.
"There will be no probation,"
eaid Judge Willis. "Sentenced -to
San Quentin prison for a term, ot
from one to IS years." , ' '
Federarjury In Wurtzbe'rgar
Case May. Recommend'
.' . Against Execution, i
The federal jury sitting ou the
case of Mrs. Alma L. Wurtsber
ger, confessed 1 murderess of net
husband, Andrew Wurtsberger,
may: return a verdict of guilty and
yet restrict their verdict so that
she will escape the death penalty.
Under the government criminal
code la a first degree murder
case the jury has the right to
return a verdict of "guilty with
out capital punishment" in which
case the presiding judge must pro
nounce the sentence according to
the recommendation of the jury.
In case the. jury find the, de
fendant guilty of first degree
murder and do not restrict the
verdict no one can commute the
sentence other than the president
ot the United States.
The statute affecting the rich)
of restricted verdict is found
either in volume 4, section 330 of
the United States Statutes Anno
tated," or in volume 4, section
10504, "United -v States Compiled
Statutes. t
,j Mrs. ' Wurtsberger in a confes
sion to Sheriff Oscar, Bo wer, ad
mitted that she killed her hus
band while he. slept at their home
at Chemawa. She is basing her
defense-against first degree mur.
der on, - grounds of temporary in-i
sanity said to be the result of con-t
tinuous mistreatment by her hus
band. Red Cross, To Inquire i
Into 4 Flood Conditions
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.t Sept. 13.
Major S. A. Shaw, field direo
tor for. the American Red Cross;
today waa ordered to make a sun
vey of Che San Gabriel river Hood
conditions and left for. Taylor. He
said relier work was progressing
cmoothly here.
- One additional body, that of a
negro woman, was found late to
day, .making, the total drowned
i50.";v:r;.:i ;;- .;'; s
An unofficial estimate of - the
loss In the business district made
today was 14.000.000 to $6,000.
000. City officials, however. 6aid
that they did not believe that the
total financial loss would be more
than $3,000,000.
'-"- ': ; -
Peterson To Be Brought
- Back For Another Trial
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 13..
Chief Deputy United States Mar
rhal 'John .Mann: left today, for
McNeil tbland to return .r.red. Pe
terson, -recently r. sentenced . to
serve two years, in the federal
prison - there on the charge ' ot
having, stolen war savings stamps
in ; his possession. ' The sentence
waa reversed by the circuit court
of appeals, but Peterson is to be
tried on another charge.
DEATH PEPWLTY
wi mm
RErUJEUEJV fi J J Li ill a
PRISM
HE KILLED
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 13. Excerpts of a conver
sation said to have taken place last night in the county jail
between Chandler Sprague, reporter for the Los Angeles Ex
aminer and Arthur C. Burch, indicted with Mrs. Madalynhe
Obenchain for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, broker, were
made public tonight by Deputy -District Attorney W. C.
Doran. : " 1 '
Doran said the conversation was, brought about through
efforts of Malcolm McLaren, nationajly.knpwn detective, who
has been investigating the case for the prosecution. .Sprague
was summoned before the county ; grand jury today.
The 'conversation, Doran asserted, related to a copy
righted stoiy published this morning ir the Examiner-in
jwhich, Sprague asserted under his signature that Burch! on.
Aug.st 14, confessed tohira the slaying of Kennedy August 5.
. . w .. .(Continued
SILVERTON. Or., Sept. 13.
(Special to The Statesman.)
Althousli the Sllvcfton Fooda
Producfs company was- a good
thing for Silrerton "lart year, it
lias been even a bigger 'thing this,
year. During the entire season,
beginning with the ' strawberry
season, the cannery has maintain
ed an average pay roll of $1,000
a month.
Much fruit that was formerly
left to waste because there was
no call for it at Silvertonr and
chipping rates were loo high' to
make it worth while to ship to
larger marls,. .has hecome
through the cannery a source of
income to. SilvcrLon farmers.
SALEM FARES 'WELL IN NEW
VOLUME OF PROMINENT FOLK
JUST FRESH OFF THE PRESS
Educators Are Jurists, of Oregon Capital Mentioned in Who's
Who in America" United States Sfnat ant) State Li
brarian Also Come in for Honor
In the large volume published
annually, enUtlQd. "Who's Who. in
America," Salem, Ore comes in
for .considerable mention., considt
ering the size of the city and the
fact that the velume mentions only
about 25,000 . prominent person!
in! the United States.
; ?Th volume gives a short biog
raphy of -only, those-who have ac,
CQmplished something' worthy of
note and, is sort o - a clearing
house of those who have really
accomplished things.
Among Salem, residents V who
are given biographical .write-ups
inj the book are the following:
I George Henry Alden, of, WilU
1 When Angelo Turin, who' lives
in' Mt- Angel, married a' German
girl when he was stationed with
the army or occupation at Cob
iepi, he started a lot of trouble
for hinjsel.. AIbo , for the state
deparftuent.at :yashingtpn diplo.
mats t Berlin,, army con)mand4
ers.'the American consul at Ber
liU. Redj Cross- national bead
quarters at Washington. Red
Cross headquartera at Seattle,
AiDlTl
mm
on page 2A)
The cannery has put up 18 tons
of strawberries and 85 tons of
loganberries. Of evergreen black
berries alone it has put up' 17."
tons so far, and there is yet two
weeks left of the evfrgrcen sea
son. - Tho cannery has just begun to
receive prunes. The apple sca
iion. which 'closes the cannery
season, has not yet begun.
The Siiverton Foods Product
company is introducing Sllvertou
as a rruit center to eastern peo
plp. Very ntUc of the canned
Roods is. being sold to western
concerns.' St. Louis and Philar
delphia rurnish two of the larg
rei, markets for Siiverton canned
fruits.
ametto uulversity. ne Was
n lumoriage, vt. in I860 and
received his first schooling at
t IT , V 'c,H1y ana later at
lUB umvemu oi Chicago in 1893
9. He taught historj- in the uni
. 'V. "L ""now 1896-37 and in
tne. fniversity of Washington.
1905. Ho was dean and acting
T . ,7 wiuamette univer
sity in X914,and since 19.15 has
been professor of history in the
university. ta a member of
f" American Historical ascocia
lion and author of a vninm. an
titled, "New Governments WeBt of
(Continued on page 8)
and Willamette chapur at alem.
Wlllf ?4 f IrM,
All that Angelo Turin wanted
as nis wue ano; baijy ! jn Ge.
many, and that wag what niad
all the trouble, Tor, when! he wat
ordered honje, on account of the
illness of his 3-montbs-oid baby
he left, the mother and baby jn
Germany. ' - ;
' He lived in Cleveland, and Was
(Continued; oa pap f)
NO WHISKEY
OR TOB FOR
: ATWOOD BOYS
If Trjcy lse the Stuff They
Lose Bequest From Their
." Millionaire Father
CHICAGO. Sept. 13. Tf either
f the two sons of the late F. H.
itwood, Cliicago attorney, use to
bacco or alcoholic drinks during
he life, of their mother, they will
forfeit, an inheritance of $400 -000
under their father's will,
made public today.
If the witfow remarries, she
will be deprived of her bequest,
according tp the will.
. No restrictions were placed on
a daughter. .
i
10 H E
f T
Evidence-Found Late Yester
day Indicates iBalliet
Shields Doctor
J. R.. Balliet, who is alleged to
have been Dr. iirumiieia s accom
plice in the attempted jail deliv
ery at Roaeburs Monday night
was held in the Marion county
jail a few days prior to the inci
aent at Roseburz. i
' Balliet was arrested here by
leputy Sheriff Lee Morelock. act.
inc upon information lunnsnea
hv f?heriff Starmr. of Iou?la3
county. Sberift Bower tstate last
nieht that Baliiet had attracted
no attention while held as a pris
oner here, pending the arrival oi
nsnuiT Sheriff Webb who re-
turned him to the soumern Ore
r ..
gon city.
ROKEBURG. Or.. Sept. 13.
Evidence found late today in a
xecoud search of Ibe IKmglaa
county jail led local cfircers to
believe that Dr. K. M. tirumueia
nllezed murderer of Dennis Rus
sell, was implicated in an attempt
ed jail break last night, in spue
of the assertions of J. R. Balliet.
another prisoner, that he alone
was responsible in springing tne
door of the cell in which he and
thi dentist are confined.
A small iron bar. with wnicn
the door was bent, was one used
to support a caging in an up
stairs cell where BrumOeld was
tonfined when first brought back
to Roseburg. A? tTIere are no
other bars of this nature in the
lair t any other place, it is be
lieved by officers that-Brumfield
hmntht this one with mm wnen
he was transferred to the lower
floor. .
The attempt to destroy the door
was discovered when the officers
parried breakfast to tne prison
ers this morning.
Boxer Dies As Result -
of Over-Exertion
kassas CITY. Mo. Sept, 13-
-Pade "Tiger" Gaulding. whose
death followed a blxlng bout In
which he participated in Kansas
City. Kan., on Labor day, died as
a result of ovr-exertion. accord
ing to the verdict reached today
by a coroner's jury. Gaulding.?
opponent was Joseph Woolf who
la out on bond on a ! technical
chartte of . boxing In violation of
the Kansas 'statutes.
Coyote On Roof Emits
Howl; He Is Captured
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. . 13.
Employes ot the Uke Union
foundry here heard a wild hoyti
'ng on the roof today. Investiga
n d'srlosed.a full grown'coyote
who had stepped across a plank
leading . tronx, a wooded .bluff to
uie' uctory rooL' Th edog catch
er was summoned- He snared the
animal, with, a" net only, after
bard battle The coyote ; was
placed in the municipal zoo. , , f
RUMFIELD
1ES
OF GRAND JURY
AETCD rVAMIMATIAM Ifm.f
ir
WHO ATTENDED HOTEL
i
BE
larence Wilder Said To Be
Leader of Murderers of
Automobile Men
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. Clarence
Wilder, named in the alleged con-
ession ot Leon Parks and Harvey
W. Church in connection with the
laying of two automobile men to
Obtain a $5,400 automobile, will
he in the custody of the police to
morrow, it was announced today.
According to the police, Wilder
was the real leader in the plot
which led to tbe killing of Ber
nard J. Dausherty and Carl Aus
mus, salesman and chief demon
strator for the Packard otor Car
company , of Chicago. Both men
were slain while completing a
deal with ciurch for the pur
chase of an automobile.
The plot, according to state
ments attributed to Church and
Parks, wit 3 a simple plan fqr the
robbery of the men and the even
tual sale ot the automobile, the
money to be divided three ways.
Miners In Washington
Are Allowed To Picket
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 13.
It is not unlawful in this state for
strikers to picket coal mines, ac
cording to a decision today by
Judee Austin E. Griffiths in su
perior court here denying the Pa-
cific Coat Coal company a per.
manent injunction against mem
bers of the United Mine Workers.
temporary restraining order was
dissolved. The conipay gave no
tice of appeal to the state supreme
court.
Pioneer of 1852 Dies
At Her Home, In Albany
ALBANY. Or., Sept. 13. Mrs.
M. Sears. Oregon pioneer of
1852. and resident of Oregon con
tinuously for 69 years, and of Al
bany for the past S3 years, died
at her home here today, aged 73
years. She had been Identified
prominently for many years with
the activities of different fratern
al organizations. Mrs. Sears wa
born in Iowa, and crossed the
plains with her parents when 4
years old.
T
n
ssin to
n
WET MAYOR IS NOT
WAfflEDINGOTffil
CURRAN NOMINATED
NEW YORK. Sept.
didate won the Republican nomination for mayor today over
three opponents, leading his nearest rival, r . H. Laguardia,
president olthe board of aldermen, by a vote of almost three
to. one. is-; - i
Judge R. L. Haskell who made his campaign on the wet
issue, Jran a close third, and W. M. Bennett, former state
senator, was a poor fourth. .
The vote with 1,223 out of 2,733 districts missing was
Curran 55.576: -Bennett 2,497; Haskell 18333; Laguardia
21,240i ' ' -
Tfe nf her nrincioal coalition nominees Charles C. Lock
wood for comptroller, and Vincent Gilroy, independent Dem
ocrat, led their, opponents by overwhelmingly pluralities.
? Mayor Hylan and Comptroller Charles L. Craig, were re
nominated without opposition in the. Democratic primaries.
; Murray Hulbert received the Democratic nomination for
president of the board ot aiaermenwiinQut couwu ,
ing Rcscoe Arbuchle with manslaughter in ccnnccfxcn
with the death of Miss VirgimaMcppe was vpiei Izte
tonight by the San Francisco county grand jzry.-
The vote of the grand jurors, it was reported, czs
12 to 2 for a manslaughter indictment. -
The indictment, it was said, will he returned Thzrz
day in the superior court i - ,
District A ttorney Brady
slaughter charge would have no. el fed on the murdct
charge now pending in justice xourti ? .
The grand jurtf taction tonight will not make Ah
buckle eligible for. bail: Brady. sad... v , - .
He will not be able to obtain temporary liberty cn
bail until the murder charge is disposed of! ' said th!e
district attorney. "If the murder, charge is withdrawn,
he wiU be able to obtain his fru
on the manslaughter charge'
A warrant for the film comedian's- arrest on the
manslaughter charge is expected to be issued Friday.
T
IS
Sheriff Bower Says He Did
n't Get Name of Person
Who Put Up Money
ForreBt Brown, held in thi
county ja l on a charge of illegal,
possession of intoxicating liquor
was yesterday released under
$250 cash bail furnished by an un
known person. Sheriff -Bower
stated that he had, not ascertained
the name of the individual furn
ishing the bail money. Brown
was arrested by prohibition offi
cers, recently when bis father,
M. Brown seriously wounded Ar
thur Lewis, an anti-saloou leaglis
employe. J. Mi Brown Is held. In
the county bastile upon failure to
provide' $2500 bond. f
BROWN
mm
Din
13.-Henry H. Curran, coalition can-
wtni report of tt if"
Press, the imt- 4'
liable pre, "-""f r ? 1
12
llDI'fl.:.1
explained that the
Shortly after 11:30 o'clock
the irrand jurors left the
courtroom but returned and
ballotted on the evidence in-'
troduced. About 15 minutes
later the manslaughter indict
ment was agreed upon.
Explaining the probable
reason for the jury disband-"
ing and then resuming its ses
sion, Mr. Brady said he be
i Jicved the, jurors were not;
? 1 ; i.i t i f
(june trear ou uie jaw in re
gard to manslaughter;
District Attorney Brady de
clined to comment bn the ac
tion of the grand jury in in-
(Continued on page ):
COAST BASEBALL
Aagsui 7, Vmhi . M
MM AVGBtKH. Sent. 13. iW Itwln
rily dft4 Vernvm t U 4 Ulr t
hilling lh Tifere about to to
, K. If. E.
Vrno -- - . - " L. 4 7 o
Lo Anr-ltt 1 if . T 13 . 4
Hitebell and iUonah ; Cr4M and
Baldwin.
OaaUaa II. rrtoc S. i
SAX rRA.VCIRCO, Spi. 11. Oak Lad
today won it a third alranht fan from
San Fraaeiara lit S. t'oorh proved in
effectiv m4 th Oaka aiekad kin far a La
raaa an4 kit. Tba Oaka pH4 up a
Bine-ma Iea4 p M tk aevcath iaalBf
kea 8i Franriaca arored ita flrat ran.'
Tba other two Hal tallica wer Mod in
I ha eighth and ainth inatnt.
Oa'kload lV,,i.;,;;.,M.,; .V.'.tt ' ! S
San Kranriaro . ... S It h
AltfB and Kocblar; Cooch, Ilaaaea aad
Telle, Aafinaoa . .
Seattlo . Fortlaad t
SCATTER, Sept. ia.Sattl got oven
for ymWrday 'a oefsat hf trtmrniug PorV
land to 2. Pillatt prod aay for tba
Indiana. Kea worthy led the attatk, mak
inf fear hita oot of foar time op. liorb
Breatoa twirled eUtoeatly. - -
Portland 8 4 0,
Seattlo i.iu...r. L. ..... 14 O
' PiUetto and Bakor; Breatoa aad Tobln.
-. Salt Lak 7, Sacrnitato t.
8ACRA Jl EKTO, Sept. 13. Sarraosentn
loat aa exciting fame to Malt lk Tto
la tea ineiasa. . tiewia broach! the
winning ran with a koner ore the right
field fence. Tba Bm fo ' B,1 nd
a walk- off Kuai ia the fifth frame for
Salt Lake , ,,' .... 1
Sacrament
Lerei, Oould and Lyaa; Kuai, Vei
Kana aad Cook. . " . -
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T2
73
79
at
64
Baa rraociaeo
Seattlo
Oak lead -
Teraea
Aalt Iaka
Portland
43 m
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