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    Medford I
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Sunday Morning Edition of the
Medford Mall Tribune wltb fuU leased
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Press Service, all the local newt, fea
tures, and guaranteed A. B. C Cir
culation. Twenty-Sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1931.
No. 214.
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BAGGAGE MAN'S SUSPICIONS UNCOVER MURDERS
Claims Governorship
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Comment
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The Weather
Oregon: Cloudy Sunday and Mon
day with ralm In the west portion
Sunday i moderate temperature; mod
erate to fresh aoutberly wind off-ahore.
IAI
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
TUCKED Inconspicuously down at
the bottom of a column about
the latest Los Angeles murder Is this
little item:
"Slipping through a clouded sky,
the navy dirigible Akron rode into
her home port of Lakehurst, In New
Jersey, today and nosed down to her
mooring mast."
Under that Item Is another to the
effect that the Qoodyear-Zeppeltn
Corporation has begun construction
of a sister ship to the Akron; which
when completed will make three
" Zeppelln-type airships owned by the
V, 8. navy.
ANOTHER mod eat little item In the
papers two or three days ago
Informed us that the Graf Zeppelin.
German built and German owned
lighter than air ship, from which
the Los Angeles and the Akron were
modeled, bad Just completed her
third trip this summer from Germany
to Brazil, carrying passengers and
mall.
The first of these trips was hailed
as quit an event. The second and
third have been accepted as routine.
lJOTB this point : -.
' When an airplane takes off
from one side or the other of the
Atlantic or Pacific and starts across,
we hold our breath until the daring
aviator either gets across. In which
event we oheer loudly, or disappears
tragically from eight, In which event
we shrug our shoulders and say:
Well, there goes another one."
But we have already accepted Zep
pelin crossings as so much a matter
of course that we pay little attention
to them.
nHHE Zeppelin Is Slighter than air
" ship, which means that It rises
In the air exactly as a child's gas
filled toy balloon rises. It Is pro
pelled by an engine, which makes It
possible to steer It, where a balloon
without an engine CANT be steered.
If the engine stops, the Zeppelin
stays up In the air because It la
lighter than air.
rjnHE airplane Is heavier than air,
" and rises because It la .PULL
ED UP by Its engine. If the engine
stops, the airplane has to come down.
It can stay In the air only as long
as It Is pulled rapidly forward by Its
engine.
'
QAFETY, at present, is the limiting
factor In navigation of the air,
and the fact that the Zeppelin can
stay up even though Its engines stop
gives It a certain measure of safety
that the airplane does not possess.
In the German ships of this type,
however, this safety factor Is offset
by the danger of fire, the great bal
loon being filled with hydrogen gas,
which Is highly Inflammable.
Only American Zeppelins are free
from the menace of fire, because they
are filled with helium, a non-inflammable
gas that so far has been found
only In this country.
1TTILL the Zeppelin provide the
" safety that the airplane still
lacks? That Is a question that can
not yet be answered. Of all the Zep
pelins so far built, only the German
Graf and the American Los Angeles
and Akron still remain In service. All
the others have crashed or burned
tip or both.
ANHANDLERS, In these days, are
a common pest, taking the place,
on the city streets, of the hitch-hikers
out on the highways.
Most people would rather make a
small contribution to the panhandler
than to refuse, but are restrained, in
most cases, by the fear that the so-
Continued on Page Two)
SMASH-UP FATAL
ROSEBURO. Ore, Oct. 34 (AP
James E. Salvage. 65, of alendale.
Ore., was killed In an automobile ac
cident near Myrtle Creek tonight.
Salvage's car collided on a curve
In the highway with a machine driven
by W. Holmes, of Riddle, Ore. He was
thrown out upon the pavement and
bis skull was fractured.
Investigators said Salvage appar
ently had been blinded or confused
by the lights from Holmes' car. They
aald tracks on the pavement Indicated
he had swung his automobile to the
rong aide of the highway.
Salvage Is survived by his widow
and a daughter, Mrs. B. M. Kroll, of
Roseburg.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24. (API The
Pennsylvania railroad today was
awarded the 8. H. Harrlman mem
orial award gold medal for the best
1930 safety record among railroads.
operating 10,000,000 or more locomo
tive miles.
OF TITLE SQUAD
Medford Wins Hard Fought
Fray 6 To 0 On Soggy
Field Thrilling Tackle
At Finish Saves Locals
Out-general Pelicans At
. Start.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Oct. 24.
(AP) Medford blasted . the . champ
ionship bopea of the heretofore un
defeated Klamath Falls high school
football team with a to 0 victory
on Modoc field today, on a muddy
field.
The Tigers scored In the second
period when Clyde Flchtner dashed
across the line from the five-yard
marki
The Pelicans reached the Medford
one-foot line early in the first per
iod but lost the ball on a fumble.
Medford completed 12 out of 14
passes, and smeared the aerial attack
of the heavier Klamath team,
throughout a rough and bitterly con
tested battle. A I lamath back In
tercepted a forward pasa In the final
mlnutea of play, a' id was downed by
Shreve, Medford end, Just as he
neared his own goal line, just as
the final gun sounded.
Medford lost two chances to score
on fumbles, but outgeneraled their
opponents at critical stages.
An off-tackle cutback was Klam
ath Falls best ground gaining play.
(By Claude Manke)
The Klamath Falls football squad,
fabled conference contenders, suffer
ed a setback yesterday, when the
Medford eleven defeated them by a
6-0 score on the Klamath gridiron.
A costly fumble In the first quar
ter, by Taber, Pelican fullback, . on
the locals one yard line probably
cost Klamath the southern Oregon
title contendershlp.
The only scoring In the entire game
came In the second quarter when
Flchtner, local halfback, packed the
ball over the goal line after the ball
had been rushed within striking dis
tance by a series of line plays. Zum
brunn failed to convert the extra
point.
Shortly after the opening whistle,
Klamath Falls by a pass and end run,
put the ball within striking dlstanoe
of the Medford goal. Taber, fullback
for the Pelican squad fumbled on the
two yard line and Shreve recovered
for Medford. Harrington from hla
own goal punted to the thirty yard
and Klamath Falls' chances faded
from then on, for the Tigera launch
ed a brilliant defensive and offen
alve game.
Shreve Busy
On the first play. Shreve Intercept
ed a Klamath pasa on the IB yard
line, and Harrington again punted,
this time to the 50 yard line. Med
ford held Klamath Falls for downs
and the Pelicans punted to Medford'a
25 yard line. Schcll, on the first play
knifed through tackle for 12 yards
and followed with nine yards more
through the same hole. On a line
play Sheel made first down.
The Pelicans knocked down a for
ward pasa and Scheel made eight
yards on a reverse, aa the first quar
ter ended.
At the opening of the second quar
ter, Scheel tore through the line for
five, and Shreve carried the ball to
the Pelicans 21 yard line after re
ceiving a 20 yard pass from Scheel.
In two line plunges, Scheel made
three yards, and three n-ore on a
trick pass. Medford was held and
punted to the 80 yard line.
Klamath Falls failed to gain, and
lost the ball on downs. Scheel passed
to Shreve for 18 yards on the first
play, and the next pass waa Incom
plete. On the next play Scheel passed to
yard line and Harrington was down
led, flipped the ball to Harrington,
who made ten yards. The play was
declared void by Referee Deal. Har
rington on the next play, passed a
lateral to Scheel for three yards.
Medford punted, and downed the
Pelican receiver on the two yard line.
Klamath made four yards on a line
play, and Medford held and forced
Klamath to kick again, to the 41
Shreeve, who when about to be tack
ed. Scheel plunged through tackle
for alx. Scheel then skirted right
end for 15 yards. Harrington passed
to Shreve on the ten yard line, who
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EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 24. (AP)
The Oregon frosh defeat the Ore
gon State rooks, 25 to 13, on Hay
ward field tonight.
The freshmen scored all of their
touchdowns In the first three quar
ters and tlie reserves played a de
fensive game In the fourth quarter.
The rooks scored both their touch
downs on long runs against the re
serves. Pepenjack and Brown starred for
the frosh, Heikenen and Pangle for
the rooks.
CORVALLI8, Ore. Oct. 24 (AP)
The West Linn high school football
team defeated Corvallla high, 7 to 6,
Tier, tonight.
The game waa played In a driving
rain storm.
(Corvallia plays here next Satur
day).
The bullet-and-hatchet murders in Phoenix, Arlx., of Mrs. Agnes Le
were revealed after a Los Angeles baggage master refused delivery of
Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd. Notations on the tags (center) were made by
what the trunks contained. Mrs. Judd, (right) wife of a Santa Monica,
police aa a suspect In the crlm.
JAIL CONFRONTS
Charged With Outraging
"Public Decency And
Morals," And Metropolis
Is Angry Harpooned For
Science, Says Accused.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23. (AP)
Ethelbert Is dead and hla slayers
were under arrest tonight.
"Grossly disturbing the public
peace and health and outraging
public decency and morals," waa the
charge preferred against Edward O.
Lessard and his son, Joseph Lessard,
who early today harpooned the whale
that had entertained hundreds of
thousands of people during hla two
week stay In Columbia slough here.
The complaint was signed by A. L.
Cross, state officer for the Oregon
Humane society.
If convicted, the Lesiarda face a
sentence of one to six months In Jail
or fines of 50 to $200 each. Hear
ing of the case was set for Monday.
"For scientific purposes," said the
elder Lessard when pressed for his
reason for killing the whale. He said
he had hunted whales commercially
and' waa "Interested In them." Just
what "scientific" questions might be
answered by Ethelbert's death, Lea
sard could not say.
Indignation ran high throughout
the city tonight as word of the kill
ing spread. During the day, while
it was not yet generally known
Ethelbert had been killed, thousands
of boys and girls lined the banka of
the slough, unmindful of a pouring
rain, In the hope the whale would
show himself.
Ethelbert made a valiant fight af
ter an especially . designed harpoon
had been plunged Into hla back.
When he apparently waa dead and
had turned over on hla back, the
harpooners sailed nearer. Intending
to slip a rope about toe whale's tall.
As they -were almost near enough,
the whale suddenly turned over,
rose high out of the water and made
at the boat with, hla mouth wide
open. The boat raced away at fuU
speed with the whale In pursuit and
gaining. It drew up within a few
feet of the boat when a knife har
poon, hurled by Joe Lessard, stop
ped It.
A moment later It rose almost on
Its tall and then plunged to the bot
tom. The harpoons came out.
The carcass bad not been recovered
tonight.
AT OPENING DAY
OF STOCK SHOW
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 24 (AP)
31st annual Pacific International
Livestock Exposition opened here to
day with the largest opening day at
tendance In the history of the show.
O. M. Plummer, manager of the
exposition, said that 27,000 persona
filed through the gates.
Plummer said 3000 animals, ex
clusive of the poultry and dog ex
hibits, valued at 2.500.000 were on
display.
The poultry display waa consider
ably larger than expected and Includ
ed, for the first time, exhibits of
pheasants and quail.
Tho day waa given over largely to
activities of Smith-Hughes vocation!
students, future farmers of America,
4-H club members and intercollegiate
stock Judging teams from western
agricultural colleges. More than iOO
4-H club members from six western
states and British Columbia were reg
istered.
Fred Brunnell, 19. graduate of the
Coos River, Ore, hlftfh school, won
first place In competition with 189
boys from Oregon, Washington. Mon
tana and Idaho. In the future farm
era of America livestock Judging con
test. He scored 684 points, is points
more than hit nearest competitor. He
will receive a gold m?dal. Wayne
DeWltt, Eatonville, Wash, placed
second with 869 !4 point.
'rf-ASfr j) -Jj- SOUVHCRN PACIFIC
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IT RULE
OF HOUSE LOOMS
AS G1P. SPLIT
Predict Gamer Next Speak
erIndependents Balk
At Tilson Or Snell Pres
ent Line-up Indicates Tie
Vote.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (AP) An
lndependant's assertion that the out
standing candidates for the republi
can speakership ronri nation were not
satisfactory to his group, today added
to the uncertainty over which party
will control the next house.
Representative Christ gau of Minne
sota asserted that neither Tilson of
Connecticut nor Snell of New York
suited the Independents or other
members from the west.
Calling upon the Independents to
"assert their leadership," the Minne
sota member said that unless either
the republican or democratic parties
adopted a constructive legislative pi
gram, hla faction would offer a can
didate for the speakership.
Senator Watson of Indiana, the
republican leader, predicted the
democrats would organize and that
Representative John N. Oarner of
Texas would be the next speaker.
Watson, at Bloomlngton, Ind., bas
ed his remark on the lineup of the
house since the death of Representa
tive Fletcher Hale of New Hampshire,
which gave the democrats 214 seats;
republicans 213 and farmer laborlte
1. with seven vacancies. Five of the
vacancies are to be filled at special
elections Nov. 3. Three vacancies are
normally republican districts and two
democratic. If the democrats fall to
carry the usually republican first
Ohio and the eighth Michigan dis
tricts, as they expect, each prjty will
have -216 seats.
Governor Larson of New Jersey has
called the legislature Into session
Monday to change the laws so an
election may be held to fill the va
cancy In the 5th district created by
the death of Representative Ernest
R. Ackerman 't Sunday.
Governor Winant of New Hamp
shire la expected to decide on a spec
ial election next week after the burial
of Representative Hale at Laconia
Sunday.
LADY FLYER OFF
TO EAST COAST
OAKLAND. Calif., Oct. 24. (AP)
Ruth Nichols, American avlatrlx,
hopped off from Oakland airport at
:17!4 P- m., Pacific Standard Time
tonight on a projected non-atop
flight to New Tork, In which ahe
hopes to establish a new distance
record for women.
The famous society avlatrlx of Rye,
. r., spent seven and a half min
utes warming her motor. Then ahe
eased her Lockheed-Vega monoplane
down the runway, and after rolling
2.600 feet, the heavily , loaded craft
rose easily from the ground and the
mgnt waa under way.
The plane carried 650 gallons of
gasoline and 25 gallons of oil. Miss
Nichols took wjth her, Jor food and
drink, a quart of water, a quart of
coffee, two sandwiches, two bars of
candy and six packages of chewing
gum.
R. W. St. John and Eddie Cooper,
officials of the National Aeronautical
association, clocked her start to
make the record attempt official.
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FOR ENSUING WEEK
The weekly outlook la for unsettled
weather and occasional rains went
of the Cascade mountains; and for
fair weather elsewhere here In the
far west; temperature will be normal.
CO. -
Amnam Prtit PJItt
Rol (loft) and Hedvlg Samuolson
trunks containing the bodies to
the man who was auspicious of
Cal, physician, waa hunted by
10 IDAHO LADY
DEFIES HE-MEN
IN GRIM SEIGE
Posse Firm To Starve Or
Freeze Out Mrs. May
Who Stole Can Of Cream
She Puts Up Lively
Resistance With Trusty
Rifle.
BAYVIEW, Idaho. Oct 24 (AP)
The tragi -comic pursuit of Mrs. Floyd
May, believed demented, Who has
held off chivalrous posses armed with
riot guns, smoke and tear gaa bombs,
rifles and pistols, since yesterday, as
sumed the aspect of a musical comedy
today.
As the curtain rose tonight, Mrs.
May, wanted for stea'lng a can of
sour cream, was Intrenched In the
cabin of Charles Burns, deep In the
timber, while deputy sheriffs akulked
at the edge of a clearing determined
to starve or freeze her out.
She eluded the posses last night to
;h- the-tjabin while Burns aided
In the search for her. Mrs. May was
armed with a 30-40 rifle and appar
ently well supplied with ammunition,
and dozens of times yesterday ahe
convinced possemen she waa a good
ahot.
Aa she reiterated her determination
not to be taken alive, the officers kept
respectfully out of range.
This morning a squad of the posse
called off the siege long enough to
feed the woman's chickens, geese and
ducks, and to do other chorea about
her cabin.
Tonight the officers rallied around
the cabin. Intending to wait until
the amall supply of provisions and
firewood gave out, forcing the woman
and her eight year old daughter out
side. Then, If they could get her
rifle away from her. Sheriff Henry
Traue of Sand Point said, capture
would be simple.
Dozens of times yesterday she was
within range of guns, but the offic
ers refused to shoot her. After pep
pering another cabin in which she
had taken refuge with tear gas and
smoke bombs yesterday, a riot squad
from Spokane, Wash., headed by Chief
of Police Wesley Turner returned
home. The squad came Into battle
with bullet proof vesta, but Turner
said these were not made to turn
lead from a high powered rifle.
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'GERMAN AGENT'
WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 24 (AP)
Senator Borah was termed a "German
senator" by an Indignant Polish press
today aa a result of his statement
suggesting revision of the Versailles
treaty.
His action was called the "shameful
step of Senator Borah, a German
agent," and a "satsnlc Oerman In
trigue against Prance, Poland and
Czechoslovakia, organized by Ameri
can pro-Oermans."
The Jurjer Zerwony, government
newspaper, said it thought President
Hoover had been "painfully com pro
mlsed."
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TO
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 24. (AP)
Consolidation of the United States
National bank, of Eugene, and the
Eugene Loan it, Savings bank, ef
fective at the close of business to
day, was announced today.
The United BtatM National of Eu
gene Is affiliated with the American
National of Portland.
"The capital of the United State
National bank of Eugene has been
Increased so that the combined cap
ital and surplus js now 1300,000 and
the tout asseti of the United States
National are approximately 12,000.
000," H. L. Edmunds, president of
the bank aald In announcing the
merger.
IN . fH PLOT
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Jealousy J . Man Given
As C s )f Murder In
Lette 3 rieved From
Sewer uath Threat Of
'Sammy' Told.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 34 (AP)
Further Involving a wealthy Phoenix,
Ariz., business man whom Mrs. Win
nie Kuth Jutld angrily charged
"knew all about" the dual trunk
murder of her friends, a ten page
letter In which the writer admitted
the killings because of a quarrel over
a man was turned over to police late
today.
Police expert who examined the
letter aald the handwriting waa Iden
tical with samples of that of Mrs.
Judd who waa arrested here last night
and charged with slaying Mrs. Agnes
Le Rio and Miss Hedvlg Samuelson.
The quarrel about a man, the
watersoaked letter aald, and the fact
that Mrs. Judd had Introduced an
other woman to him, caused Mra.
Judd to shoot and kill Miss Samuel
son. Then, the letter declared, aho
killed Mra. LeRlo "because I waa
afraid ahe would turn me over to the
police."
"It waa horrible, packing those
things," the letter said. "Aa I did
It I kept anylng 'I've got to, got to, or
I'll be hung. I've got to.' It waa
worse than the war. The police will
hang me."
The letter waa found soon after
J. H. Halloran, Phoenix lumberman,
had been brought prominently Into
the case for the second time by Mrs.
Judd'a statement In the county Jail
that "he knowa-all about It."
At Phoenix, Halloran, found on a
golf course, was summoned to the
county attorney's office for question
ing. Halloran, early In the week was
questioned regarding a party preced.
Ing the shooting, at which authorities
claim he aroused Mrs. Judd'a anger
by attentions to Miss Samuelson and
Mrs. LeRoi.
Mrs. Judd refused to say what Hal
loran knew.
Deciphering of the letter, retrloved
as almost a pulp by police from the
plumbing In the restroom, waa a
delicate and laborious task.
It was addressed to Mrs. Judd'a
husband, Dr. W. O. Judd of Santa
Monica, aa "precious husband, Dr,
Judd."
It tended to place the time of the
killing as last Saturday morning, oc
tober 17, Instead of the previous eve
ning as originally conjectured.
Mm. Judd denied writing the letter
or attempting to destroy one.
The letter waa found aa defense
and prosecution prepared for legal
struggle over the determination of
Arizona authorities to remove Mrs.
Judd speedily to Phoenix.
In addition to the letter to Dr.
Judd, the police recovered a brief
note to a Los Angeles physics ask
lng that he deliver the first message
to Dr, Judd. The note waa signed
with Mrs. Judd'a name, followed by
Dr. Judd'a Santa Monica address.
Jealously, quarrels, threats and in
trigue, all about a Phoenix man
whose name authorities refused to
divulge, wore revealed In the letter.
The writer said that on Friday
night, October 16, ahe, Miss Samuel
son, Mrs. LeRol and Evelyn Nace, a
nurse at the Orunow cllnlo where
Mrs. Judd also was employed, had
planned to play bridge,
It had previously been determined
that Miss Nace visited the Samuel-
son-LeRol home Friday night. The
letter Indicates that ahe left early.
Mrs, Judd apparently arriving after
she bad gone.
"I atayed all night," the letter aald.
"The next morning all three of us
were yet In pajamas when the quarrel
began, I was going hunting. They
said If I did they would tell Mr.
I had Introduced him to a nurse who
was ill."
The letter then charged that Mrs.
LeRol threatened Mra. Judd.
"Ann," It read, "said before Sammy
got the gun, 'Ruth, I could kill you
for Introducing that girl, and If you
go hunting I will tell them and they
won't think you are so darn nice any
more.
IN BANK TRIAL
Seattle!, Oct. 24. (AP) The
Jury In the third Puget Sound Sav
ings & Loan embezzlement case, un
able to reach a verdict more than
48 hours after the case was given
to them, was summoned before
Judge William J. Stelnert late to
day and Informed It was not neces
sary for them "to prove that a de
fendant Intended to eteal." .
Attorneys for the three men being
tried. Adolph F. Linden, Edmund W.
Campbell and Carl O. Nelson, heard
the Instructions apparently with dis
favor. The three are charged with
the embezzlement of 1126,000 from
the Institution during 1028.
O. 5. C. to Utilize
Questioned Player
CORVALLI8, Ore., Oct. 24 (API-
Arnold Heikenen, Oregon Btate col
lege rook football player, whose eligi
bility Is reported to have been ques
tioned by the University of Oregon,
will be played tonight In the first
Rook-Prosh game at the University
of Oregon field tonight unlesu Presl
dent Owens of Via conference rules
otherwise.
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Lieut, Gov. Paul N, Cyr (above)
took the oath as governor of Loulsl
ma at the first step In hla move
nent to test the legality of Gov,
Huey P. Long continuing In officii
iftap hla election to the senate.
AS CELL
FOR TAX EVASION
Chicago Gang King Starts
For Prison Monday No
Favoritism In Federal
Court.
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. (AP) "Scar
face Al" Capcne was sentenced to
11 yeara Imprisonment and fined
50,000 and court coats today and
taken Immediately, snarling and 111
tempered, to the county jnli to await
arguments by his attorneye for re
lease on bond pending appeal.
Capone walked Into Federal Judge
Jamee H. Wtlkerson's courtroom at
10 a. m. today, looking worried.
Thirty mlnutea later he walked out
again, vicloua and angry, a united
States marshal holding to each of
hla arms.
In that brief half hour, he heard
,hla attorneys refused a writ which
would have quashed the income tax
Indictments against him and thrown
out his conviction. Then he stood,
handa clenched behind him, and
heard sentence pronounced.
The 200-pound gang chief made
no attempt to conceal his rage, Ho
started forward as If to strike an In
ternal revenue agent half his size
when the official presented him aa
he left the court with llena attach.
lng his property for ovordue Income
taxos.
. Again at the county Jail, he show
ed his n rath, seizing a water bucket
and attempting to atrlke a news
paper photographer, shouting "I'll
knock your block off I" Guards aelz
ed tie enraged gangstor and hustled
him away to a cell.
Government attorneys and Chicago
ctvlo officials were Jubilant over the
conviction and aentence. Capone' at
torneye had little to aay except that
they were "not through yet." After
his first outbursts of rage, Capone
sottled down In hla Jail cell and
said:
"It waa a bit below the belt, but
If we have to do It, we can do It.
I've never heard of anyone getlng
more than five yeara for Income tax
trouble, but I guess when they're
prejudiced agalnat you. you've got no
chance, evon If you 4ave good, law
yers." Judge wllkerson first ordered that
Capone be taken tonight to Leav
enworth to begin serving hla sen
tence. Two hours after court ad
journed, however, the court Issued
an order that Capone be held In the
county Jail until Monday, so his
attorneys could have time to file a
writ of aupersedeas with the circuit
court of appeals.
If granted, the writ would admit
Capone to ball while ;h!a conviction
and aentence more than twice aa
severe as any other pronounced In
the gangster-Income tax cases were
appealed. The gang leader's sen
tence was five years In federal prison
each of three felony counts
charging evasion of Income taxes and
one year each In the county Jail
on two misdemeanor counts charging
failure to file tax reports. Two of
the felony and both the misdemeanor
sentences wlli run concurrently,
making the total 11 years.
Assistant United States Attorney
Dwlght H. Green, one of the prose
cutors, said fie maximum amount
be could reduce the penitentiary
term by good behavior was three
years. At the end of seven years in
Leavenworth, therefore, he might be
gin serving the Jsll aentence.
In addition Capone was fined tfiO,
000 and ordered to pay the prose
cution costa In the case, estlmsted
at 10O.0OO.
The amount of Income tax which
the government charged he owed was
215,000, and that figure was ex
pected to be doubled by penalties,
fines and taxation on other Income,
evidence of which waa brought out
by the government during the gang
leader's two week's trial.
PORfLAND, Oct. 24. (AP) Ap
proval of a refinancing plan for all
Cathollo parishes In the archdiocese
of Portland In Oregon has been made
by Archbishop Edward D. Howard
the chancery office announced today,
E
OF I1H00VER
Golden Hoards In French
and American Banks to
Be Turned Into Trade
Channels President" and
Premier Confer.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (API
Ways to use the well-stocked banks
of the United States and Franc to
create the blessings of confidence
were devised today by President Hoo
ver Bnd Premier Laval.
Tired but smiling, the president
made clear his starting point had
been the belief that people d
nations Buffer "more from frozen
confidence than frozen securities."
His aim and that of the premier
had been, he said, to find a way
of spreading confidence both In
International relations and econom
ics. They felt they succeeded. .
The slow-speaking French states
man told of being deeply Impressed
by "the greatest frankness and cor
diality" of the talks with Mr. Hoo
ve. He refrained from answering
any question on the precise polnta
of agreement.
From the White House meeting.
which carried well through today
after lasting long into Friday night,
win como tomorrow a concise sum
mary of the principles for action on
which they are agreed.
Formulation of this statement,
which la to reflect progress toward
simplifying the delicate questions of
war debt and reparations adjust
ments, occupied a good part of to
day.
The subjoct of Inter-govemmental
obligations, especially those arising
from the great war, was approached
with the realization that no final
steps could be decided.
Any conclusion would have to ba
approved by their national legisla
tures.
Despite tedloua difficulties, both
men wore pleased. Mr. Hoover ex
pressed confidence that M. Laval's
coming "will be profitable In results
from the future."
Their search he defined as one for
"fields from which contrlbtulons can
be made to enlargement of confi
dence In the relations between nat
ions and the economlo world."
Detalla of the forthcoming state
ment were carefully withheld from
eager Inquirers. The president and
his distinguished visitor may ap
prove ip tonight or early tomorrow.
That done, the premier la expected
soon to leave the city. The state
ment will not be given to the pub
lic while he la at the White House.
In it will be shown that the gov
ernmental heada were aa one on the
spirit which ahould govern collabor
ation between governments, espec
ially between America and Franca
toward aiding humanity by helping
economics.
There will be nothing therein.
nowever, in the way of an Ameri
can guarantee for ttie aecurlty of
r ranee. From the speech the pre
mier made on arrival In New York,
it had been hinted he would press
for promises of cooperation with
France In time of war If needed.
But no such discussion occupied the
conferees.
AS on yesterday, ths president was
helped today by Secretary stlmaon,
of the state department, and Under
secretary Mills, of the treasury. Am-
Dassaaor ciaudel of France and
Jacques Blzot, French financial ex
pert, aided M, Laval.
Relaxing from the Intensity that
has marked his movements for the
past 48 hours, the chief executive's
face was lined but smiling aa he
talked at the preaa conference.
Besides continuing the discussions
with the president, M. Laval had a
very busy day. At twilight he vis.
Ited the Washington cathedral to
place a wreath on ths alab w.blch
marks ths resting place of Wood row
wuson.
Hs and his daughter were e-uesta
tonight at "Woodley," home of See.
retary stlmson. The premier was
honored by dinner there, with only
men present and numbering among
them powers In financial, adminis
tration and legislative affairs. The
sama was true at the atag luncheon
given the premier by Secretary Mel
Ion. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (API
Premier Laval and Chairman Borah
uf the senate foreign relations com
mittee failed to find an understand
ing on International political rela-.
tlone at their long conference to
night. The French statesmen and the
senator held a frank discussion for
almost two hours at the home of
Secretary stlmson.
At the end It wes perfectly plain
that each held to the views he held
at the start.
The opinion waa expressed later
that there was no prospect of any
sgreement between France and the
United States on such questions aa
disarmament and debts at this time.
"We found ourselves no closer to
gether," the Idaho senator said,
"when we parted than when we
started. We talked over everything.
It waa a very pleasant visit and very
frank."
It Is the senate which must ratify
any Franco-American agreement. In
consideration of any such agreement,
Borah, has a powerful voice.
FERNANDO DO NORNHA ISLAND,
Oct. 24 (AP)-The Oraf Zeppelin,
on the way back to Germany from
Peraambuoo, passed over this Island
125 miles off the Brazilian mainland
early this morning.