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...i. EWOKDMAItT . J The Weather f i Weather Year Agjj Maximum 7 .Minimum .. ..i.,.a7 ivdlctlo.i (.tiici-nlly fair lajjiniiiii votorduy 7a.,i llnMiium today H5 CtallT Twntlrth Tfar. fvklr fifty fourth Tw MEPFOPD, OI.KOQ.V, MONDAV. 'OCTOHKK 1). H)2." NO. 18ft SENTENCED. TO HANG DEC. 18TH O RIBUNE MURRAY PLEADS FOR MERCY, BUT pipits Tom Murray Speaks in Own Defense Before His Sen tence is Delivered Not a Killer Only Shot When Life Depended on It No . Discretion, Says Court SALl.M. Ore., Oct. 19. Tom Mur ray, convict convicted of the murder of Guard John Sweeney In the prison break of August 12, wis this morning sentenced by Judge Percy It., Kelly to hang for the crime on Friday. Do ccniber 18. The sentence wan imposed after Murray had made a statement to the court pleading for mercy on his record and his youth. Asked l.y the court if he hud anything to say ri la- ! tivo to why he should not be sen- I fenced to pay the extreme penalty. j the convict replied: ! "Yes, I might say something," and . In n clear tone of voico continued: "The prosecution in this case has ' tried Its best to dig up my criminal record, hut the best they have been able to do Is to show Iwo crimes, a i burglary in California committed I when I was only' 18 yeurs old and S.M.K.M. Ore., (let. Id. The niys. didn't know any hotter, and the rior- terlous "Jordan" who advertised for ence bank robbery. a husband of four months duration to "After being released from San clear up an estate and ufrcred JUKI Quentin 1 went' straight for two. for the use of the man's name, up yenrs before wo stuck up the l-'lor- peared in person nt the Capital Jour encc bank. nai office lute Saturday evening ' lU'fllsotl lo Kill 'claimed the some fifty-odd letters "They havo said, that I was a killer, and Iclcgruins which came fur., bel li, ihe Florence Job .wii could have hnd disappeared in the night. Only killed but wo didn't." During the time an office buy was present to give her I have been In the nenitentlarv i have the e'liiiiniinieatlnus .mil us n result been shot at rivo times without tiny warning. They would shout first ami talk nftorward. . "In-tho break wo could have killed several we iMdn't even shuol ?it. 1 had John Davidson in my power and If there-wus any man at the peniten tiary 1 would have rcusun to kill It would have been. him. liul I didn't. I only shot when it was my life or the other man's.' . "Wo could havo killed Ouard third tier as he ran ahead of us toward the stale hospital to give the alarm and we could have dono the same thing at Monitor mid at the Newmans. I could have taken the clothes of Ihe Mnnlliir boys but I only look a coal ami kepi on niy prison pants. "There are several wo could have killed and kept from giving informa tion about us, bul we didn't." There was a hush' over Ihe crowded court room as Murruy spoke. As he finished and stood half facing the court Judge Kelly said: Neiiteniitl lo Hang Dec. IK "The law gives the court no discretion. You are to be dc- -livered to tho warden of the .Ore gon stme penitentiary within Iwenly days and on the eigh teenth day of Decomber you are ' to bo hanged by tho neck until you ure deud. And may tiod have mercy on your soul." .Murray flinched for the first time 1 during the course of his trial- when sentence was pronounced, but he sat down quietly bosldo Will R. King. Ills attorney, l'or ten minutes prior to the convening of court, Murruy sat in the court room and maintained the sions recently huvo nppenred In tail same nttiludc -of cumposure he lias ored blue suits, the cloth apparently shown throughout while conferring with King relutivo to the statement he was to make. Judge King announced tills morn ing that he had abandoned the idea of riling a motion for a new trial but that an appeal would be taken. The court has allowed him until licccnv her to file a bill of exceptions on appeal. . K.'llcy Trial Marled Immediately nftor Murray had been sentenced the court resumed consid- (ration of the case of Ullsworth Kelley and James Wlllos. .Murray's companions In the hreuk. who are 'Continued on Paro Ela-hM JAZZ GRAND OPERA 10 BE PUT ON IN CHICAGO BY TITO SHIPA CHICAGO. Oct. 19. (A. IM Juzr.. announced that he hnd made plans the ranged waif that only a few years for the production of Ihe first work ..go was timidly begging shelter in tho of this character and had employed ...uilcal family, at hist Is knocking ut a 24 year old t'hlcagoan. Ted riorlto, the Olympian portal of grand opera, to write te score. CraduatiiiK from tin pan alley ..nil . "The typically American motifs in but lately molded to Ihe forms of Jazr. and syncopated music are cupa rhapsudy and symphony by such mod- Ide of carrying symphonic or grand erns as (ieorge Oershnin anil l."o opera significance." said the tem.T. Kowerhy. .. Jass opera Is -fjw In the Klorito is the composer of "The Dra ma kins;. Tito Hhlpa. famous tenor ma of Dreams." "Tmd.Tott, Tousle." of Ihe Chliago Clvb icra company .and "oh! Mnble." Babies Cost $8 Per Month Extra, for First Two Years IIKltl.lN. Oct. 19. (A. I'.) A statistician has fuund that tu every fa hilly each liuliy costs $X v per iniiiilli extra during iliv first two years nf its lift.. Tin- figures are effective tinly S after Hit' stork has performed 4 his filler duly mill his assistant, I ho doctor, lias rendered Ills bill. together Willi that nf tht' nurse. fr The;.- also an' based on the as- sumption that the mother tines lint indulge In the luxury of n luuid. TO GET L ETTERS Mysterious 'Jordon' Gets 50 Letters Answering Marriage Ad in Salem Paper Tele grams and Letters Continue to Pour in her Identity is still concealed behind the cloak of myatery. Km her opportunities were not all wrapped lip In Ihe bundle she re ceived Saturday evening as since then ,,.., ,. m .. .. " .,,.;... .., "' togr ,. The' latest ..notour....!, Is t ,, ....!. v- i 'HEIRESS COMES THEN VANISHES oil., who says he Is "ambitious and l"' to " other places Idealistic and foresees great possibil.of muHem.,nt and various other pro- Itles and uppurtunilfes In life Many of the Inquirers are approach hiK the subject carefully. They ad dress 4 heir foinmunlcalloiiH to the t'apllal Journal directly, Imiuiring fbntit I he woman so that siimethiug of her antecedents may be shown lo fttro taking Die final dip Into a ven ture so surrounded with mystery. LATESTTHINGlN I LONDON, Oct. 111. (A. I'.) It Is tlm fashion for husband nnd wives, particularly those whu spend a good deal of their time In tlm country, to havo clothes which match. The, Uuke nnd Duchess of tork on several nccn having been cut from the same roll. A prominent Savlllc How tullor last week had a client who chose a suit from a Btnort pattern. Ho wits told that there wns Just cnouvjh goods to n.ake his suit. "Is that nil?" asked the customer. "Then I tun afraid It won't do. My wife wants n skirt and coat off the same roll front which my suit tonics.'' I I' Marooned on Pike's Peak, ' COLORADO SPltlNOS. Colo. Nine lnt'"' marooned at the summit of I'ikc's peak, were hrotight down from '""t hleak snot l.y a special cog-road train. . ncy were apparently none me worse for their night tif exposure. HEAVY TAX URGED BY I ON Secy, of Treasury Outlines Plan of Tax Reduction to Total $300,000,000-Would Retain Auto and Theatre Tax Repeal Estate and Gift Tax-Cut Surtaxes Half Washington, Oct. 19. (A. P.) A reduction of (ho maximum Income surtax to twenty per cent with cor- rcHuomllnj; docroanes till alonn the. line wrh propoNcd to the house ways and means committee today by Secretary hum ion. The normal rate would he fixed un der the Hccretary's augment ions at one Imlf per cent instead of two per cent on incomes up to $4000; at 3 per cent Instead of 4 per cent on incomes of 40UU to $Hmoo and at 6 per cant In stead of 6 per cent on incomes in ex cess of 8000. WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. (A. V.) A tax reduction of $250,000,000 to $300,000,000 was recommended to congress today by Secretary Mellon. Without attemptlnuff to lay down definite Kchcdulea he suggested that a reduction lit surtaxes to 20 per cent In place of present 37 per cent would not cripple the treasury, This would reduce the maximum tax, surtax and normal, levied on the largest Income to 25 per cent. It now is 42 per cent. Tlie set-rotary also advocated theso additional, changes:.-.- Uopeal of tho catato'tax. V Uupeal of the gift tax. , Reduction of automobile tuxes by repeal of tho levies on trucks, tires and accessories. Kepcal of rt number of miscellane ous taxes, such as that on works of irt brought from abroad. Repeal of the publicity section of ltepeal of tho publicity section of 11,0 "K'0n, '? ,BW- He opposed repeal of the tax on Me opposed repeal of the tax on posals for amendment of the present law. including an extension in the Jurisdiction of tho board of tux peals. The secretary's recommendations, based on the conclusion of treasury officials that a surplus of J2!i0,nnt. uyu Is In prospect this year In fed eral reveuiios, was submitted to the house ways and means committee at the opening of lis hearings on "lax , reform lie Out Inequality. He made rcferenco In his state ment to "an inoquallty In taxation." produced by tho earned incomo ex emption ullowod In the present law, but, ho added. If the 20 per cent maximum surtox is accopted. tho In equality fostered by the clauso giv ing credit on tho Incomes below 10.000 as earned Incomes "will not bo so pronounced." Tho treasury secretnry also renew ed his ndvoency of a constitutional .intendment abolishing tax exempt securities. Ho observed, however. that tho nmount of outstanding tax exempt securities now is so la rite .up by him at Los Angeles us a travel he estimated them at 14 billion dol-llng companion. Htiyd also said Ihe bus that tho" government should at- liquor purchased In the southern city tempt taking uway the "artificial" i as tlie host niuney could buy. ...i.-,.nin.. .'.,. i,v .hnsn securities. I ICnnctmcnt of tho proposed 20 per cent surtax will do the work, tho sccrotnrv added. ' I ti, ir. in. was characterized l.y the seerutary as ono of a great many arlifirlal restraint and Inequalities' now In the taxing law. I ;ift Tax Has No Kxfi.se. He duelarcd "the excuse for the gift tax would entirely dlsuppc.ir" If the 20 per cent maximum on In-, comes Is adopted. Mr. Mellon told the committee that neither the tax on admissions ' nor . the bulk of automobile taxes consti tute a burden on taxpayers. The government Is contributing $nn,000.- noo u year towards road building and j vm m. il... diiii.mnhl n lnvn 1 Iwl II (1 1 n 11 til OHO ... i....t, tlnna nml flnnnuiuil- Pll n Til yielding about $125,000,000. "The $3 5. 000. 000 mlftm bo token off." Mr. Mellon wild, "but (to lonif us the ffovornment I contrlbutlnir tho $90,000,000 a year to the romlw on which theiie automobiles run. they certainly ought to pay their way." He warned that It wan not well ot cut the rerelptn "beyond reuwinahio neede." The treasury, ulnre the war. he noid, "hnd been living partially as constituted bv re- turn of Investments made through the war finance corporation, re- puvments of loans to railroads, and sale of surplus war sup piles. I "A, these sources give out." he continued, "we will have to pay our' current ext.enses out of revenues. (Oontlnuad on Pit turhtl Montana's Prettiest Is Unbobbed M ent'' Montnn ha an uiihohhrd Bcrta of Rrd LcnV. was elrctcd to preside over the state fair a Helena by trinccsc clcitcd bv the 50 countries She is 17. I LEGGER CAUGHT AT CENTRAL PL Jack lluyd uml Jack ilai'tln of 1'ort P""'1 a,.' he.lnK heM lnit Clty:jull charged with transportation and nos- ( session of liquor follow lug their arrest at J o clock this nu.inlng a short .lis- tance north of Central Point by lncul officers, M .cases of alleged whisky PORTLAND BOO tip-land gin, valued at $1750, bultiK found in tiieir possession. .lltc Incn wore hound for I'oitlaml from l.os Angeles, when:, it is said. the liquor wlis purchased. At tlm tlnio ot their arrest tltny hail parked Iheir car. -h new i:involanl six, at the oilgi i" enjoy a snort nnitii "i"1. wcr" "wakened by the off! cors, who wnru souniiing for a stolen car. Tho men wore put under arrest and hrotight to this city, togotlicr with car and Its contents, which was piled lovol with the top of the sont In tho roar and covered with a lap robe. Martin, a small man. was sleeping on top of this pile while Iloyd, the driver, slept in the front scat. Accord itv; to Boyd's story, this is tut. .irst tune ue nan ever been en- gaged In running liquor through this section and was iinraiuillnr with the country, driving ninny blocks about the city before he could find his way north on the highway. Martin, he stated, had no connection with (he liquor, having been nicked ihe two have their iireliminarv hearing set for tills afternoon ut Jus- "e s court at Jacksonville. Tho ?fn.ce wl '"k Part In the arrests : Htato Truffle Officers .1. .1. M Malum and 0. V. Talent. Federal Kit lorcement Officer Clotiis McCrudle una bpocial Slate Agent T. A. Talent Wire Report on the Pear Market CHICAGO. O't. I IK (C. H. Huiciiu of MrkrlH.) Twn vnifi Culifiril(a noarH; two Ciilornrto; oiu IlltnutH ntti. ttwli.iit.. . ii v 11 O-w i "i K , tki-ft uiiiir, I.I Vi linillllKK'll : llltV I'";,'!"1"" v " .... 10 .V; niONlly i.ko to 4.. The Noted Dead CINCINNATI. Ohio. Oct. 19. (A. I'.) Oencn.l Thoiiias T. Heath. HI, among the last surviving brigadier generals of the civil war. died yesler- ''ay at his homo nl Loekh.nd. Ohio, " loeveted for gallantry in the battle of Waynesboro, (i... lluri.e.l lo ,-all. on l-Vrry OAKLAND A. .1 Cook, an uph.,1- slerer. believed to .be from Portland. I was found burned to death in the boiler pll if a trans-hay ferry. nucrn of henutv. fi flamrtni 3 ARMY FLIERS KILLED BY FAIL l "A I'M MAS" COUltT IIOUSK. N. J., Del. 19. (A. 1) Three men were killed today when an nirplano hear ing the number A-SQK534 fell near here. The identity of the airmen was not known. A package found In tho plane was addressed to a Lieutenant Haley. WASHINGTON. Oct. 1!). (A. I'.) The three men killed today In the crash of an airplane at Cape May i nun House, N. J., were army offi cers. M ITCH III, 1-1 ;LD, NKW YORK, Oct. III. (A. I'.) Army plane No. ilSfiL't lert here at 10:30 a. m. today for Uingley field. 11 was piloted iiy Lieutenant. Abbot! C. Martin who had with him as passengers Captain Rob. ert A. Klnloeh and Hlutt Hcrgeunt Joseph Colson. 1 Lieutenant Martin's ship was ono of two big bombers attached lo the twentieth bombardment squadron at Ihe Virginia field, which (eft tills sta tion ut the Biimu lime this morning. Daily Report on the Crime Wave NKW YOI1K. Oct. III. (A. I'.) A band of five robbers, one of them wearing u pollci-mmi's unifoi-iu, com muted u series of holdups In Itrook lyn early loduy while In ' Manhattan iwo gunmen shot und probably fa tally wounded tho proprietor of it lower east aide restaurant In which there were eighteen patrons Including rive women. The boldest rubbery of ihe Itrook lyn baud was Ihe holdup of Mr. anil .Mrs. Samuel (loldman and their chauffeur us their ear was passing along laislern parkway. After they had crowded the (loldinan automobile to the curb, (he robbers took $!iouo In Jewelry and fiiv in cash from tlielr victims. Wall Street Report NKW YORK, Oct. Ill (A. IM Tho stock market arter experiencing another series of violet up and down movements In the motor shares this morning quieted down this afternoon when a sustained demand developed for the railroad shares. Total shares were caleiihitei! by the Assoeti.ted I'ress tabulators nt 2,f97.ll0l. as coin- pared with 1. 702. 000 on l-'rlday and 1,4x2, son In Ihe two hour session on Haturday. Willie ll.e Tox liiiglied flKNHKO. N. Y. Severn! women fox burners bave won u race for life gainst train. Trapped In a deep cut. they spurred their -horses for safety to the end of the cut with little rnoTii lo spare. IN NEW JERSEY Chicago Could Pay Crooks $600,000,000 and Make Money 4 (illt'AtlO. (lit. ill. (,. p.) Crime in Chicago costs tlio city so much each year that It could well uppord to jmy each of Its estliiiated 30.001) crooks no.ooo annually, or t;ih).ooi).- 0000. to leave town. Charles n. -I llolden. president of the Chi- cago crlnui coinmission. told a cliurch uudiencc yestenWiy. Henry Sweet, Found Dead Near Eureka a Week Ago, BEAUTY PARLOR GIRL SLEW BOY STATE CLAIMS e,( u.. n t... r . 'uvas.un aim an oiner waracts. WaS ShOt by Pretty Com- The contracting parties agr to. 8ttbnilt all questions in which!. .their paniOn, Declares District respective rights are questioned to Judges, whose decisions the sjgna AttfirnPV A W Hill Itorlcs undertake to accept. HllUlllty H. VV. mil I .Ma1Ucnam.e of the "territorial . , status quo frontiers of GormanyJ Bel- KURKKA, Cal Oct. lit. IA. l'.j glum and Franco are guaranteed hy District Attorney A. W, Hill stated the contracting parties, individually today that hn was In possession of and collectlvnlv. Tbov nlsn unrinroka conclusive evidence thnt Henry Sweet, the Dyervillc youth who was found Mill', In f.nll.h l 1,1a fl,.f ...... .1.11.. ....w v.. ,..,.. ,., uii.iiiuiiiiii uii the highway south or here a week : ago, was killed hy a bullet from the' rtrii. r nuu t'n,-.,.n.. w... ....... i.i.. ...... . "t'Hiiui. mn hunting companion. Miss Wagner has boon missing since the shooting. The rifle, curufully concealud, was fOlll.ll Vnslei-llllV 111 11 clmiili it ueriili tf ...... . vmua UV.II-. -i.iiu...iuuiii!g . ycuuo. 4 yno. ejected shell, which fit the rilln, was loitntl behind n thicken liouso 75 font froni tho point whore Hwoot wns found. Tho shell corrospondod in ago nnd texture with Ihe flvn roniiiitilnK In tho maga.lno of the rlflo. "Tho theory Hint Sweet was shot with his own revolver is blasted," Hill snld today. "Thnro Is no longer any doubt that lie was killed by u bullet' frm C.i-i,,..t'-u pIM.. COLD KILLS THREE r'HICAfiO, Oct. It). (A. 1".) Oc- tuber's repulnllon as a month of If half thn signatories plodgo tllolr'co indolent sunshine unil plneld autumn operation. ;- : t beauty bus gone by the boards this ' ; ' ', fl'' your. instead of in, Intermezzo has I'ARIH, Oct. 1!). fA. IM Rxpoctn conie the discordant notes of Hie tern-' Hons thai the evacuation of 'the fin pest, driving snow und cold weather iKun bridgehead would bo ono of the Into the middle west. Death even 'I''"' tar.'tlhlo rtsu'ts or the security has , lurked - In the swirling miiav- SKreomont reached at tho Locarno flake harbingers of blcuk winter days. Frec.lng temperatures generally wore sprinkled through' the prairie and mountain slates last night, the lowest mark being registered-' at Cheyenne, Wyo.. IK degrees. Den ver ' ,. ' 21,. iinifinir fillii,!- I,.,.. miifbM. !... 2li. among other lnv Whlle rising temperatures were pre dicted for today ovor mosl of tho territory, the cold apparently whs progressing eastward with lower mer cury marks In prospect In tho laku Slates until Tuesday. Three deaths resulted rroni win ter's first general visit to Hie north wosl, Iw en being killed at Red wing. .Minn., and one al Minneapolis, by trains, while they were blinded bv snow.. From one to four Inches fell In various Wisconsin liml j innes.ila communities. , ........... I'ollii- Look rui- Aviator Bi:ltKi:i,l-;V. O.I. -Cllee were seeking lo establish the Ideotlly of an iivlaior who looped the loop over the heads of li.VOiio spcciiilnrs In the Ciillfornhi ii mini st.iilliiiu during SaUirday's foolball game. W KHT I AL.M IIKAlil, ia.. Oct. ) l ive highwaymen were ' 19. (A. P. the objects of a search today by no- ... n . . .... , , ., . lice nnd sheriff s forces following the reported robbery of Mrs. Nlnu Wilcox Putnum. well known writer and her companion. II. W. c.auger, of ilooo in Jewels, pupcrs und cash euiiy Jester- 'V- NINA ICl PUTNAM HELD UP ON HIGHWAY AND $6,000 TAKEN LEAGUE IS KEYSTONE OF PEACE PACT Terms of Epoch-Making Se curity Pact Signed at Lo carno Made Public in Paris Versailles Treaty Upheld German Boundaries Declar- ii ed Inviolate Outlaws War I'AKIS. Oct. 19. (A. P.) Article nno of tho liOcurno troaty guarantees "tho inviolability of tho frontlets of (icrninny nnd Belgium and Germany and Krnucp as fixed by tho Versailles treaty." ,vl : Germany, Belgium and Franco un dertake reciprocally to refraln:from to refrain I'rom tho concontrati,on of troops in the demilitarized zone fifty bll...,.nl-.. 1- .... 11.- ,'..'. niiuilicium w lUO UU IIIU . lU I. OUUK Ot the Rhino liver. " , . The signatories agree to refer any ..in...n.. ,.r i. . . r.rtl. m , 'luiHiiuii ut liio pitisi-iit treaty or oi articles 42 and V of the Versailles treaty to the ouncll of the loaRiie or nations, lending their assistance to '.lln l.artt. 'ul.lol, 1, lnn . -TT.. . . ...v. ... v.. uiu iuaF.uu 'i jllMyiuuil i ..as--ruinu uh iiu vtiKf ueen ' tttiucKed.- " (Articles 42 and 411 of the Virsa'llleS treaty forbid Gorniany to nialjitain or, construct any fortifications ofjtimr on tho loft bank of tho Rhine or.iiii the right bnnk to the west of a lln? drawn fifty kilometers east of the river. In this area the maintenance und.aitaom-, lily or tinned forces or military mun- Olivers of any kind aro forbidden.) The present treaty does not,. litter r.... ...ill. u. i i.i.l .r, fere with the tights and obllgufinnH of the contracting parties undoe the Versailles treaty and Is iloatlnetl to assure tho maintenance of peace In conformity with tho league of nations covenant. It cannot ho interpretdd as restraining the mission of the ittttor nnd it will bo registered with tho league. ' The proamhl. expresses conviction that with enforcement oi' tho pact and ti outles, moral obligation between na tions will act In, that it will facilitate the solution of numerous political and Miomlc problems anil that It will effectively promote a general move- men! for llm universal disarmament comeroiieo were strengtliened hy. do- durations made hy Ihe British foreign seerutary. Austen Chamberlain, this afternoon nfler un interview Willi Premier Pnlnleve. - Mr. Chnmherbiln said hn had talked with the French premier about tho "loetefll clinse.ltlntlr.na ll' .t.n Unumn security pact," and udded thnt j-'tlioso .-. . ... .! 1 ,,ri.iii emtsntitifincr.u will unin nnecmu uConi apparent. . i.i ih anoi;i.,i:s. Oct. .ia.-PfA. : P.) An appeal for members was Issued on bebalr of tlte Bryan Bible leaguo here lust Iilubl bv (lie Itev. I'linl Itniwl nf 'Tin - lock, Oil., speaking from the isll.le Inslllote liillnlt. in Ills nones I which was hull.. hr.MMlc.ixl. . Mr. Kood explained he planned to build hn' un organlzal Ion of one million Amor- leans pledged to fight the teaching of evoliit Ion In public schools. Mis. Potiiam told police theyllwd slopped to repair a minor accident i 10 Ihctr .lutoiiiolille when ino' biindlls i api.roacbed. first to offer assistance ,,,,,, t0 r,, I Tho writer told uollco the thieves took from her a, set of oar rings valued at looo. a 50i vunltj east', papers worth !.".00. and J70r rrom her end her companloD. '" . e o