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Today's Wire Reports This newspoper offers rur al readers a fresh, full, an--thcntlc wire report the day (lie paper Is "printed ; not du plicated In Salem. ' THE WEATHER Ir but occasionally clou dy today and Monday; cool; Max. Temp. Saturday . 00V Mia. o, riTer -a., north winds. ! - EIGHTY-PUtST YEAR a aaa m m m mam mm m m a a i m a a a . m l a j a a a a a : m a "a a -a it - - . .niin a i nnnmir - I SB Bill! . R r I ll'JU ,HL UnfrUlNL GUILTY, EVADING DAVftflCMT nE tlt in u u hv Jury Convicts on Five out of 23 Counts in Federal Court; -Deliberation Lasts Over Eight Hours With no Rest; Maximum Penalty 17 Years and $50,000 Rne; Pos sible Inconsistencies in Verdict ! Defense Granted Opportunity to Argue for Arrest of Judg ment Tuesday After Judge Wilkerson First Refuses and Indicates Immediate Sentence; big Gangster Smiles As Jurors' Decision is Read pEDERAL BUILDING, Chicago, Oct. 17 (AP)-AI-JD phbnse Capone, Chicago's notorious gang character, was convicted by a federal court jury tonight on five out of 23 counts charging evasion of income taxes. The jury took eight hours and 18 -minutes to reach a verdict. The counts on which Capone was convicted include three felony allegations of attempt to evade and defeat in come taxes for the years 1925, 1926 and 1927 and two mis demeanors counts charging failure to ffle income tax re turns in 1928 and 1929. - . The maximum penalty possible -is ! 17 years imprison ment and $50,000 fine. . . sThebig gangster was acquitted on; the one. indictment charging attempt to evade and defeat taxes on a 1924 in fome. Ho was also aequiited of 17- : : felony accounts on the second ln i dictment, many of them duplica i tlons of the counts, on which he I was found guilty. ? i The defendant smiled as the rer I diet Y as read by the clerk of the f court. One of his attorneys, Al f brt ' Fink announced informally ' Intention to file a motion for a --jfw trial, and later withdrew the announcement. Three felony counts on which Capone was convicted charged that his Income was $257,285 in 1925; $195,676 in 1926; $218,056 in 1927 and that he attempted to vade and defeat taxes on these Incomes. The goTernment did not attempt to prore these exact amounts, howerer, and the court Instructed the jury that it should lin Capone guilty If It determln- lUAfc aiUVU - mm able" income, or one over $5,000 for each of the years in question. . The trial ended In confusion, with the government apparently more concerned oyer the jury's failure to conTlct Capone on 17 of the counts than the defense vas with his conviction on five of the .- charges. - Judge Wilkerson after much dis cussion granted a request by the defense to argue their motion for arrest: of the Judgement and set 10 a. m., Tuesday as the time. The court at first denied the motion point blank when Attorney Fink presented it," saying it was "obviously improper and there could be no argument about it. lie said that unless the defense moved at once for a new trial he would pronounce sentence tonight. Fink persisted, however, and the court then asked for "assur ance that you have grounds for the motion." . ; - . (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Coivallis Upsets Dope, Beats Salem High 23-6 Salem high lost Its hope for state championship honors Satur day night, not by-a -'tie score as was thai case last season, but by losing to Qorvallla high In the lat ter's town by a 23-6 count. The Corvallls eleven played In spired ball and took advantage of every opportunity "to - farther chances for victory. Salem play ed mediocre ball and lacked the punch to gala a substantial lead in the first half when Corvallls stopped a scoring drive on the three yard line. One the first kickoff Salem re ceived and Perrlne, after fumbling the ball, was downed -behind his own line for a safety making the score 2 to O for Corvallls. Woodrow Joslin, fullback , for Corvallls, shot a SO yard pass to Schultxe over the goal line for the -first touchdown of the game. Jos lin converted the try for : extra point as he did on each of the succeeding two Corvallls touch downs. In the second quarter the Cher rians made a determined drive down the field and Sugal bored through the forward : wall for a CALL jiTIONS' ATTENTION TD PEACE PACTS United States and Twelve Others Send Note to Japan and China Plan to Make Briand Pact Basis ! of Negotiations In Manchurian row i. GENEVA, Oct. 17 (AP) The United States and 12 other nations agreed through their League of Nations council representatives tonight to send a note to Nanking and Tokyo directing the attention of China and Japan to their en gagements under the Brian d-Kel-logg pact. 1 Prentiss iB. Gilbert, the Ameri can spokesman, and the 12 coun cil members who are not parties to the conflict in Manchuria,; par ticipated in this agreement.; - The step was taken- to make the Briand-Kellogg pact, . under which the United States Is associ ating Itself with the council's dis cussions, the bass of Internation al action for mediating the trou ble in the far east. touchdown from the 18 Inch line. The try for point was unsuccessful and Salem! scoring was ended, for the night. I . ; . , Woodrow Joslin crossed the line for another touchdown la the third quarter with a 10 yard run. In the final period Salem opened up with an aerial attack in a fu tile effort to score and It Brought further disaster when Schultze, the Corvallls captain who started as - tackle and ' was later shifted to end. Intercepted a .pass and sprinted for a touchdown. This was In the final period. - Inability to solve the aerial at tack or to get thj Jump on their opponents spelled defeat for Coach "Holly Huntington's men. ' Lineups: , - - Oorvallls 'Salem Pearl. . . . i . . .RE. . , Scheibner Schultxe. .... RT. ...... . Coffee Post. RG. ... Bennett Batchelor. . . . C. ... Sanford Flint. . . . .. . .LO . ..... Martin Wagner. .... .LT Otjen Griswold . . . . .LE Reid Patterson .. Q.; Perrlne D. Joslin. ... .LH., . Sunderman Brandt. ..... RH. ....... Sugal W.' JoJslfia. . . .F Weisser 1847 I I Thfimas viva Edison i19il Max Change -in Financing Fire Protection Principal Item of Saving Salaries, Emergency; Fund, Parks, Incinerator in ; For Slashing ESTIMATE OF TAXfeS TO BE RAISED FOR CITY'S 1932 EXPENSES i 103i J 1932 Gen. bod. f 173.9M $18494 Fire etqp. 85,000 17500 Bonds. prtg Int Si. rprs. 217,763 204,158 20,250 2050 f459,90 $43202 A tax reduction of slightly more than one mill for expenses of the dty of Salem In 1932 over those of 1911 will be accomplished if the tentative budget prepared by the ways and means committee of the council Is accepted by j the latter body when It meets tomorrow night. Sitting with the 14 alder men will be the 14 special budget committee members named by the eouneilmen under the provisions of the city charter. - ; . ? j v While the general budget of the city, has been raised from 1173,- 95i to 8184,394 In the estimate for 1932, the" tentative budget In cludes an Item; of 936,360 addi tional for fire department salar ies, this1 sum having been met In 1931 out of the special two-mill levy. which the city attorney has (Turn to page 2, col. 3) w Sia&e h";. ! if- : -ri 4 - 'I' i - , OVER ONE MILL FROM ESTIMATE r 1 ' ' iiiw W v 11 . l - V Changed Linen Mill Ownership 1 Now Completed A Joint meeting of the directors of the Oregon Linen mills and the Salem Linen mills was held Sat urday afternoon at which details were concluded effecting' the re organization of the old Oregon company under the new corpor ate form of the Salem Linen mills. John Veatch of Portland was In attendance. The new company Is operating steadily with new automatic looms fast being put into service. CREDIT DICH MEET NEW YORK. Oct. 17 (AP) The huge national credit corpora-; tion suggested by President Hoov er to thaw out frozen bank cred its took definite form today as the 12 directors, hastily assembled held their first meeting. George M. Reynolds,' Chicago banker, was chosen chairman of the board of directors. He is chairman of the executive com mittee of the billion dollar Con tinental Illinois Bank and Trust company. -l Mortimer K. Buckner, who beaded the committee appointed little mors than a week ago to form the corporation, was elected president. Mr. Buckner Is presi dent of the New York clearing bouse association which embraces leading Wall street, banks with aggregate resources of 8 9,000, 000.000. The 12 directors one, from each federal reserve districtsmet at the New York federal reserve bank and were In constant session throughout the day, save for ; a brief Interruption for lunch. . I In addition to the selection of officers; the meeting was given over to a detailed discussion of policies. It was . unofficially ex plained" that It Is hoped to have the giant machine well oiled and ready to function darly next week. 0 mm t- - v: tit- i PROPERTY LEWY TO BE SLASHED N 10. CLAIM Three Mills Will be "Enough Next Year, Commission Members Predict Dropping Market Road Levy and aid of Income and -Intangibles Cause A reduction of 3 H mills In the state' tax levy is in sight for taxes payable in 1932. Last year's levy was 8.5 mills. For next year the tax commission estimates that 3 mills on prop erty will be sufficient to provide funds which together with those from other taxes and other sour ces will pay the current expenses of the state government, the amount required for the ele mentary school tax and ' the amount under the mlllage laws for the support of the higher ed ucational Institutions. This is made possible through the dropping of a one-mill market road tax levy by the last. legisla ture, the expected dropping this year of one-half mill levy by the veteran's aid commission; and the application of receipts from - the new state Income, excise and In tangibles ', taxes to the reduction of general property tax. The amount required from the state property tax,' exclusive of. the ele mentary 1930 levy 'to not more than 11,250,000 tn the 1931 levy. These estimates .: have been made by the state tax commission and are contingent upon the uphold ing of the intangibles tax low by the courts. New Taxes Help Cat Property Load Although the exact -retelpts (Turn ,to page 2, col. ) MASTER : If Ml I MORNING: IS MQUF I " ""iaaaaaaaai(aaaiBa mm mm GREATEST Mi wSW SSSSSI Bf Bl BS HWIW naiwa 111 nnnnrnii mil I i. vuutniuiiH na il Changed Living Habits for Most of World; his Beginning Humble j Incandescent Light is Held Greatest Contribution Of Many he Gave : To Thomas Alva Edison more than any other man does the modern world, owe Its amazing progress. He was the greatest In ventor of all tlmahd principally because he devoted himself to creating useful things. Without them the rapid advancement t of commerce and industry would not have been possible. ' i - 1 Edison did not invent the tele phone and typewriter, but his Im provements made these Inven tions successes. Half the Portland cement produced in America i is made in Edison kilns. He In vented the phonograph, the stock ticker, motion pictures, street ear, mimeograph, storage battery and that Aladdin's lamp the In candescent light' and has i a thousand odd patents to his name. ) " i ' His was the first bold concep tion of the application of elec trical energy for 1 all! purposes particularly for power! light and heat. The machinery for making his Inventions. The vacuum bulb which we call an electric globe, and which Edison was the first to make, is also used In the rectifier for changing alternating current electricity in the giant power houses which dot the cities of the world and for distributing it was developed from a multitude of to direct current, or the reverse, and It Is also the radlotron, the foundation of radio, which picks up silent ) electrical waves and transforms them into sounds. 1 - Edison's genius he called It hard workwas wholly self-de-(Turn to page 2, col. 1) ; OUTSIDE HELP ,0E TOKYO, Oct. 17 (AP) The Japanese foreign office declared tonight Japan and China, left to themselves, would settle their dif ficulties peaceably, thus intimat ing if war developed from the Manchurian situation the Interfer ence of the rest of the world could be blamed. I f r Officialdom sought; a formula tor the future, pointing out : the army's freedom of cabinet con trol and Is uncompromising stand against outside interference would place the government In a perplex ing position should the league or der Japanese troops t leave Man churia. : '" ;. 'ji '. The troops took oyer strategic southern Manchurian centers : a month ago after a clash between Japanese railway guards and Chin ese soldiers convinced Japanese officials the lives and properties of their nationals, were endanger ed. China has appealed; to the lea gue of nations, 'charging Japan with violation of .International ob ligations. '-.-.'. , Hartman To Be Speaker Monday L. W. Hartman. president i of the Portland chamber, of com merce, will address the j Salem chamber of commerce luncheon on Monday. He will talk on th 'Relationship of Silver to the Economic Welfare on the jPaciric Coast". Mr. Hartman is past pres ident of the Portland shipping club, consul for Panama In Ore gon, and director of the) Pacific Foreign Trade council. i HOT: FJEEOEO UFO SOUNDS FO End Comes at 3:24 a. m TodayJVith'Wife, Children and Personal Physician Present? Wizard of Electricity Was 84 Years old; Illness Started With Pneumonia Attack Over two Years ago Remarkable Stamina Shown in Fighting off Death' Many Weeks; Collapsed-August 1 at Glenmont Estate and v Has Been Considered Critically ill Ever Since; Passes Away Quietly FronT Coma WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 18 AP) Thomas A. Edi J son died at his home at 3 :24 a. m. today. He was 84 years old. His wife, six children his personal physician and two gurses were at the bedside when the end came. j The stamina and energy displayed by the master "wiz ard'f during a career in which he lighted the world and con tributed more than 1,300 patents to its well-being enabled him to bear up for a long , time against an illness which would have killed most men of his age quickly. More han two years ao he suffered a severe attack of pneumonia. .He conquered this, ailment and returned to rus WjOrK, dui nis inenas Denevea lttnaa a permanently weakening effect. On August 1 of this year he collapsed suddenly in his home and the eyes of the world were turned j '. . . 1 . 1 con the 15-acre estate, Glenmont, IIUTERViTIONIIil -I - . - IS Opponents of Intangibles Tax Fight Move of j Realty Owners . The petition of George Hobson of Multnomah county and E. S. Porter of Marion county, In which they seek to Intervene on the side of the state in the suit filed by Maude ' B. Greene and others, Involving the - constitu tionality of the 1931 Intangibles tax law, met strong- resistance when arguments were heard by Judge Hill In 'the Marion county circuit court Saturday. Sidney Graham, attorney for the plaintiffs who are attacking the intangibles tax act, declared that It was likely that a new com plaint would be filed as the issue apparently was becoming becloud ed by the addition of new conten tions. Judge Hill intimated that (Ttjrn to page 2, col. 8) . CASE OPPOSED Pupils Insist They rr ill y u iu ijvxiyi utt, High; Plan is Told ' ;- i- J. Parents Will Take Turns Transporting 1 8 From Outside Districts; Mew Angle Springs up in Bus - r . STAYTON, Oct. 17 The 18 in! territory not served by will attend Stayton school anyway. This was revealed here tonight when another page w as 44Aa. 4 Via aT,suti fiii fmnsoortation drama which has VVlilkCU W" v . rpvrilvd about Stayton S nauuug uuyiia Aiuu ctxwuiia iu which other districts eiaimeo- it was transgressing. About a dosen farmers from the North Santlam and West Stayton lections' met with the Stayton Li ons club and chamber of commerce In the city hall here tonight. The visitors Informed, that their chil dren are most anxious to come to the Stayton school and are' deter mined to attend here even If they have to walk. . t . Parents declared that the chil dren would continue In the high school' here, the parents to take turns In hauling them to a , Stay ton school bus In territory "defin itely allotted to Stayton. It will take three cars to handle .the IS pupils. ;' ".. - - This action was taken after the rronn ascertained that the ruling of the boundary board does not af . - x RNED where the aged inventor lay ill. Dr. Hubert S. Howe said the collapse was traceable- directly to a curtailment of diet to relieve gastric ulcers. Earson also was suf fering from diabetes, Bright's dis ease and uremic poisoning. The' pronouncement of death was made by Dr. Hubert S. Howe, Mr. Edison's personal physician, at 3:24 a. m., and transmitted at Arthur Walsh at 3:37 a. m. With Mr. Edison when he died were his wife, Mrs. MIna Miller Edison, his six children, Dr. Howe, and two: nurses. ' I Dr. Howe had been at Mr. Edi son's bedside for the past 48 hours. '. The ! announcement of death, given to the Press by Mr. Walsh, vice president of the Thomas Edi son industries, said: "Thomas Alva Edison quietly passed away at 24 minutes after 3 a. m.; Oct. 18, 1931." Signed: Dr. Hubert 8. Howe. r v Although physicians said he probably never would be out of danger, he amazed them by his quick rally." Sick as he was. he still displayed his love of science by questioning a matter of time. He had for the first time refused to eat on' that day, a fact which (Turn to page 2, col., 8) Route Squabble j high scnooi students wno nv Stayton's changed bus route . - . fect . attendance at the Stayton schools, i VI Stayton agreed to abandon a, bus Into disputed territory when school boards from there, Jeffer son, Turner and Aumsville met at Turner Tuesday night to iron. out the situation which had as sumed proportions of a legal bat-, tie. The settlement was reached; after the other three districts' said they would sign agreement not to contest Stayton's claim for elm-' bursement for tuition and trans portation. - Through the controversy, the Stayton district has held that the boundary board failed to grant a hearing before It ruled on the transportation routes for 1931, and that it had a legal right to op erate on lines laid down for 1923 . and sanctioned by the boundary board in 1929.