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WEATHER.
(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and continued cool today; tomor
row fair with rising temperature.
Temperatures—Highest. 56, at 3 p.m.
yesterday; lowest. 49, at 9 p.m., yes
terday.
Full report on page 3.
No. .1,387—N0.
AL CAPONE CONVICTED
ON FIVE OF 23 COUNTS;
FACES 17-YEAR TERM
Jury Decides ill
Eight Hours and
IB Minutes.
ACQUITTED ON 17
FELONY CHARGES
Gang Chief Smiles as
Verdict Is Read;
Sentence Later.
By the Associated Press.
FEDERAL BUILDING, Chicago.
October 17.—Alphonse Capone,
Chicago's notorious gang charac
ter, was convicted by a Federal
Court jury tonight on 5 out of 23
counts charging evasion of income
taxes.
The jury took 8 hours and 18
minutes to reach a verdict. The
counts on which Capone was con
victed include three felony allega
tions of attempt to evade and de
feat income taxes for the years
1925, 1926 and 1927 and two mis
demeanor counts charging fail-;
ure to file income tax returns in
1928 and 1929.
The maximum penalty possible
is 17 years’ imprisonment and
$50,000 fine.
The big gangster was acquitted
on the one indictment charging
attempt to evade and defeat taxes
on a 1924 income. He was also
acquitted of 17 felony counts on
the second inoictment, many of
them duplications of the counts
on which he was found guilty.
The jury was polled once and then,
after Assistant United States District
Attorney Jacob T. Grossman said it
appeared that the jury might have been
mixed on the numbers of the various
counts. the attorneys went into a con
ference as a recess was called.
Grossman said it appeared "incon
sistent” that the jury should find Ca
pone guiltv of evading taxes in 1925
1926 and 1927 and not guilty of similar
felonv counts in 1928 and 1929.
The defendant smiled as the verdict
was read by the clerk of the court.
One of his attorneys. Albert Fink, an- !
nounced informally his intention to file ;
a motion for a new trial, but later ,
withdrew the announcement.
What Ahern Expected.
The three felony counts on which j
Capone was convicted charged that his j
income was $257,285 in 1925, $195,6 16
in 1926. $218,056 in 1927 and that he at
tempted to evade and defeat taxes on |
these incomes. The Government did i
not attempt to prove these exact
amounts, however, an dthe court in- j
structed the jury that it should find
Capone guilty if it determined that he j
had merely a "taxable” income, or one |
over $5,000 for each of the years in j
question. . |
The trial ended in confusion, with:
the Government apparently more con
cerned over the jury's failure to con- j
vict Capone on 17 of the counts than
the defense was with his conviction on j
5 of the charges.
Capone and his attorneys, all smiling,
went into a huddle in the corridor dur- |
lng the short recess, Michael Ahern, one !
of the defense lawyers saying, “It was
what I expected."
Judge Wilkerson after much discus
sion granted a request by_ the defense
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TRAWLER IN DISTRESS
Boat Speeds to Rescue Crew of 19
East of Cape Cod.
NEW YORK. October 17 UP). —A wire- j
less message picked up by the Coast |
Guard tonight said the fishing trawler
Boston College, of Boston, with 19 men |
aboard, had broken a crankshaft and
was in distress about 141 miles east
of Cape Cod. The cutter Mojave was
sent to her assistance and expected
to reach her in a few hours.
TODAY’S STAR
PART ONE—-34 FAGES.
General News —Local, National and !
Foreign.
News of the Clubs—Page B-4.
Schools and Colleges—Page B-6.
Serial Storv. City Girl"—Page C-6.
D. A R. Activities—Page C-7.
PART TWO— B PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Public Library—Page 4.
War Mothers—Page 5.
Naval Reserves —Page 5.
The Home Gardener—Page 5.
Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6.
Y. W. C. A. News—Page 6.
Army and Navy News —Page 7.
Spanish War Veterans—Page 7.
PART THREE—I 6 PAGES.
Society Section.
Kathleen Norris' Article—Page 7.
Women of Diplomacy—Page 10.
PART FOUR— B PAGES.
Amusement Section —Theater, Screen j
and Radio.
In the Motor World —Page 3.
Aviation —Page 4.
Organized Reserves —Page 4.
W. C. T. U. Notes —Page 5.
Fraternities—Page 5.
Veterans of Foreign Wat;s —Page 5.
American Legion—Page 6.
District National Guard —Page 6.
Marine Corps News —Page 6.
Radio —Page 7.
PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX—I 2 PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver
tising.
At Community Centers—Page 12.
PART SEVEN—2O PAGES.
Magazine Section.
The Bridge Forum—Page 14.
Notes of Art and Artists—Page 15.
Reviews of New Books—Page 16.
News of the Music World —Page 17.
Cross-word Puzzle —Page 18.
The Bovs’ and Girls’ Page—Page 19.
Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20.
GRAPHIC SECTION—IO PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLORED SECTION—B PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.; The
Timid Soul; Reg'lar Fellers; Little
Orphan Annie; Highlights of History;
Tarzan and Mutt and Jeff.
oi fij.fl ■ Entered as seeond class matter
01. JtU, post office, Washington, D. C.
Sports Summary
Upsets and surprises galore
were produced on the far-flung
gridirons of the Nation yesterday
as the foot ball season swung in
to full stride.
Maryland’s feat in holding the
strong Kentucky varsity squad to
a 6-6 tie was a source of grati
fication to its followers, while
American University bowed to
High Point by a one-touchdown
margin as its new field was ded
icated. Gallaudet finished on
| the short end of an 18-0 score
against the aviators at Langley
Field. Va.
Probably the biggest upsets of
the day were Wisconsin's 21-14
defeat of Purdue pnd Harvard's
14-13 verdict over Army, al
though Fordham's failure to do
| better than a 6-6 draw with
Holy Cross and lowa's outplaying
Indiana In a scoreless tie also
rome under this heading, as does
the 19-6 rout of Dartmouth by
Lou Little's Lions, which marked
Columbia's first victory over a
Big Green eleven in 42 years.
The 33-0 defeat Princeton took
from Cornell was the worst the
Tigers have suffered since back
in the ’9os, while Tennessee's
margin of 25-0 over Alabama and
Auburn’s 13-0 triumph over
Georgia Tech were surprising,
this being the first time in 12
years the Plainsmen have con
quered the Golden Tornado,
Yale's unexpected 27-0 rout of
Chicago was one of three notable
intersectional tilts. In the oth
ers Syracuse overwhelmed Flor
ida. 33-12. and Northwestern
bested California U. (Southern
branch) 19-0. Notre Dame, sub
jected earlier to some criticism
of a weak attack, used exactly 57
i players in romping over drake by
a count of 63-0.
BRIDE WILL STUDY
BRUTALITY CASES
Evidence in 56 Additional In
stances Said to Affect
Nearly Every Precinct.
Evidence of 56 additional cases of al-
I Lged police brutality, uncovered by the i
i Department of Justice, will be studied |
this week by Corporation Counsel Wil- '
; liam W. Bride to determine If disciplin- j
| ary action is warranted against the offi- I
| cers Involved.
j These cases are exclusive of those in
I which indictments alreadjLhave been re-
I turned against 18 members of the police
j force. The Department of Justice had
them listed in a voluminous case docu- |
ment which Attorney General Mitchell i
| turned over yesterday to the District j
I Commissioners and Corporation Counsel
; Bride. The number of policemen impli- j
| cated in the new cases was not revealed. '
| but it Is understood nearly every police j
precinct is affected by the charges.
Rover To Rush Trials.
While Mr. Bride is making his study,
| United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
I plans to rush preparations for the trials
|of the 18 policemen and the one self
I styled "friend of the police,” indicted
i two days ago as a result of the grand
jury inquiry into the brutality charges, j
Arrangements already have been made '
to_ arraign. the 19 men Friday before j
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POLICE CHIEF IS SHOT
AT HOME BY ATTACKERS
i Jeffersonville, Ind., Official Takes
Pair at Roadhouse on
Charges.
By the Associated Press.
JEFFERSONVILIjE. Ind., October 17.
—John Hibstenberg, chief of police, was
shot twice as he fought off two men
who called him to his front door early
today and opened fire on him. Half an
hour later he led a party of officers to
a nearby roadhouse, routed James Con
lin, 38, and John Curry, 48. out of bed
and accused them of the shooting.
Police records showed Conlin had
once been arrested on liquor charges \
and ordered out of town, but had re- :
I turned and was operating the road
house. Conlin denied knowledge of the i
shooting, but police said Curry ad- 1
mitted going with Conlin, but accused
the latter of doing all the shooting.
Chief Hibstenberg said as he opened
his front door in response to a knock
he grew suspicious because the front i
porch lamp failed to light. He said
Conlin then fired at him. He leaped
back and emptied his pistol. He said
seven pistol shots and a volley from a
shotgun were fired at nim before the
assailants fled. One ouliet knocked a
diamond ring from the chief's hand.
His wounds were slight.
URGE CLOSE OF TARIFF COMMISSION
UNTIL BUSINESS IS IMPROVED
i
Proposal Likely to Be Subject of Legislative Action
During Next Session of Congress.
By the Associated Press.
Some officials here are urging that
the Tariff Commission shut up 6hop
until business has improved.
At least one member of the commis
sion favors a complete suspension of
revisions in tariff rates until normal
conditions have returned.
Whether the agitation has come to
the attention of President Hoover is
not known, but it is likely to be the
subject of legislative proposals during
the next session cf Congress.
Tliase contending for the suspension
maintain it is impracticable to fix tariff
rates on the basis of the rapidly chang
ing price structures now prevalent here
and abroad.
The commission, since its reorganiza
tion after enactment cf the Hawley-
Smoot act, has made few important
changes in tariff rates, but is now In
vestigating or Is about to Inquire into
the duties on many major commodities.
This month it is holding hearings on
the duties on a great many vegetable
products and has undertaken recently
an inquiry into the sugar duty, which
©he Jluuthm Siaf.
* WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
EDISON SUCCUMBS
AT 3:24 A.M. WHILE
STILL IN COMA
Members of Family at Bedside
as End Comes to Wizard
in West Orange Home.
CHILDREN AND SERVANTS
HAD BID FAREWELL
Bulletin of Doctors Heveal Steadily
Increasing Weakness in
Last Hour.
By the Associated Press.
WEST ORANGE, N. J. October 18
(Sunday).—Thomas A. Edison died at
his home here at 3:24 o'clock this
morning. He was 84 years His
wife, six children, his personal physi
cian and two nurses were at his bed
side when the end came.
Just before 9 o'clock all entrances to
Glenmont, the Edison estate, were
closed by police. A spokesman for the
family, however, stated at that time
that no emergency had yet developed.
Earlier the physician had said the
depth of the coma which has folded
about the 84-year-old inventor was in
creasing.
Dr. Howe was in constant attendance
at the Edison residence and all mem
bers of the immediate family were j
present.
Servants Bid Farewell.
Mr. Edison's servants and his grand
' children bid him farewell today. Dr
I Hubert S. Howe prepared to remain at
I his bedside. The household servants
I and the gardener filed into the sick
i roon one at a time. Each stood by the
: bedside for a brief moment and looked
: on the face of his sleeping master, and
\! each expected to see him again only in
1 death.
f The grandchildren were perhaps too
voung for realization of the occasion,
but they. too. were brought to the bed
; side for a moment.
They were Thomas Edison Sloane. 14:
John Edison Sloane. 9; Peter E. Sloane,
and Michael E. Sloane. 1 year old.
"I consider Mr. Edison is now gravely
ill,” Dr. Howe said. "He has had no
nourishment in the last 24 hours and (
his heart action is gradually getting
weaker.
"I have never before felt so con
vinced the end is not far off.”
| Dr. Howe spent the night in Mr.
Edison's room in Glenmcnt. the Edison
home in Llewellyn Park, where also :
were gathered the immediate members :
of the family.
Relatives Remain Near.
The Inventor's sons. Thomas A., jr..
and Charles, and his daughter, Mrs.
John Eyre Sloane. spent the day at the
I home and the other Edison children,
I Mrs. Marion Estelle Oser of Norwalk,
J Conn.; Theodore and William, re
{ mained within call at the homes of
j friends and relatives in the vicinity.
The deep coma from which no un
i usual efforts have been made to rouse
| him. gives him the appearance of be
; ing in a steady, quiet sleep.
Mrs. Edison, who has been constantly
I at her husband's bedside, is "bearing
up as well ns can be expected," her son
Charles said.
A bulletin, at 6 p.m., from Dr. Howe,
said:
"During the past three hours Mr
Edison’s condition has not changed as
much as it did in the preceding period,
, but his respiration is a little more shal
i low. The pulse rate and volume are
about the same.”
At 11:05 p.m. a spokesman at the
| Edison house said there had been no
i change in Mr. Edison’s condition since
j the issuance of the 9 o'clock bulletin.
Benefactor of Mankind.
In October. 1928, Thomas Alva Edi
son was presented with the gold medal
of the Congress of the United States,
the reverse side of which bore the in
scription, “He Illuminated the path of
progress by his inventions.”
On that occasion President Coolidge
saluted the venerable and renowned in
ventor thus, "Noble, kindly servant of
the United States and benefactor of
mankind."
These two sentences tell tersely and
vividly what Mr. Edison did, and was,
and encompass the achievements of one
of the most useful and fruitful of
American lives.
For more than 50 years Edison con
ceived ideas and then turned out de
vices founded upon them. An invention
i was born of the Edison brain on the
I average of about one every two weeks,
and his registration of approximately
1.200 patents at Washington made him
; the most prolific inventor of his time,
and perhaps of all time. i
Edison was foremost not only in the
number of his inventions, but also be y j
cause of the remarkably high percent*
age of his discoveries and evolutions
that became practical factors, both
commonplace and marvelous, in the life
.of the world. The latter fact probably
was due to the economic and financial
failure of his first patent.
When a young man working as a
telegraph operator at Boston, Mr. Edi
(Contlnued on Page B-3, Column l.)~
was one of the most controversial in
the entire law.
The findings of the commission are
not mandatory and do not become ef
fective until approved by the President,
so that he could, if he desired, prevent
any changes in the tariff on the basis
of present temporary* conditions with
out legislation.
Meanwhile. Senator Costigan, Demo
crat. of Colorado, annouced yesterday
that his committee set up by the Pro
gressive conference here last Spring to
report on the tariff would meet in No
vember.
Costigan said he would arrange a
definite date after conferring with other
members of the group, including Rep
resentative Lewis, Democrat, or Mary
land. Lewis and Costigan are both
former members of the Tariff Commis
sion.
The Progressive ocnference, called by
half a dozen Senators to draft a legis
lative program, was attended by inde
pendent* from both parties, who w’ill
hold the balance of power at the next
: session
WASHINGTON, D. C\, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1931-120 PAGES. **
WHEN AL CAPONE’S ATTORNEY FINISHED HIS ADDRESS TO THE JURY. I
DEFEAT OF BRITISH
IS RE-ENACTED ON
YORKTOWN FIELD
Military Leaders of Two Na
tions Watch Pageant on
Battle Ground.
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTOV,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
YORKTOWN. Va . October 17 —On
j the sacred soil where American inde
pendence was won 150 years ago. there
was re-enacted today In the chill of a
| beautiful October sunset, before the eyes
t of the most distinguished military lead
: ers of two nations, descendants of those
j who fought here, and thousands of
j American citizens from a score of
States, the closing events of the mili
tary campaign which stuck from the
13 colonies the shackles of His Bri
tannic Majesty George 111.
While muskets rattled and cannon
roared. American doughboys in the
resplendent uniforms of the fighting
troops of Lafayette, Rochambeau and
De Grasse, abreast of the blue and buff
clad Continentals trained by Von Steu
ben. charged the Hessians of Cornwal
lis. In the great stadium among the ,
thousands of spectators were Baron and
Baroness von Steuben, descendants of
i the friend of Washington.
Ends “Revolutionary Day.”
! The pageant brought to a close “Rev
olutionary day." the second of the four
day observance of the sesquicentennial
of the battle that ended the War of
the Revolution.
Today's program served to prepare
the way for the arrival of President
Hoover, who on Monday will take part
as tha leading citizen of the United
States in celebrating the birth of the
United States as an independent world
power. Following the President Mon
day morning there will be enacted by
2,800 American troops the climax of
the four days of pageantry and cele
bration, the surrender to George Wash
ington of the army of Cornwallis on
October 19, 1781.
Secretary Adams Speaks.
Following addresses this morning by
the Acting Secretary of War, Gen.
John J. Pershing and Marshal Petain, I
Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis
Adams this afternoon took the speakers'
stand in the court of honor to predict
that, if the courage and understanding
which enabled the Colonies and France
to forge a free Nation in 1781 can be
brought to tear on the troubles of the
world today, "away will be found to
bring safety, contentment and plenty
to this sadly stricken w-orld."
Secretary' Adams, in his role as leader
1 of the American Navy, paid high tribute
1 to the French naval force of Admiral
i Count de Grasse, which 150 years ago
I blocked the escape of Cornwallis by the
sea and gave to the armies which con
fronted him an opportunity to achieve
the victory which spelled the end of
British rule in America.
Secretary Adams was followed by
Admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius, U. S. N..
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—
Masquerade Dance Planned.
BRADBURY HEIGHTS. Md„ October
17 (Special).—A Holloween masquerade
dance will be given in the Bradbury
Heights School October 30, under the
auspices of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation.
Suggests Program
~ to Solve Transient
Jobless Problem
Hoover Organization Rec
ommends They Be Re
turned to Homes.
By the Associated Press.
A five-point program for tackling the
problem created by the migration of un
employed to the cities was rccomTended
yesterday by the President's organiza
tion on unemployment relief.
Explaining that this movement had
“irked hundreds of cities increasingly,”
the Unemployment Committee offered
the following plan to community execu
tives:
“1. —You can make an intelligent plan
quickly to return them to their former
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THOMAS A. EDISON.
i
HUGE CREDIT BANK
PERFECTS DETAILS
1
G. M. Reynolds of Chicago Is
Chairman of Board.
Buckner President.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 17.— Directors
of the huge National Credit Corporation
suggested by President Hoover to thaw
out frozen bank credits, held their first
meeting today, perfected machinery
they expect to start functioning within
a few days, and predicted the corpora
| tion “will contribute materially to busi
! ness recovery generally.'’
I The directors, hastily summoned from
widely separated parts of the country—
| one from each Federal Reserve district
j—were in session from 11 a m. until 7
I p.m., when they left for their homes |
i to start working out the details of the ,
! plan in their individual districts. I
George M. Reynolds, chairman of ]
j the executive board of the billion-dollar :
| Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co.:
| of Chicago, was chosen chairman of
, the board of directors.
Mortimer N. Buckner, who headed
the committee appointed more than a
week ago to form the corporation, was
elected its president. He also is presi
dent of the New York Clearing House
, Association, which embraces leading
Wall Street banks with aggregate re
sources of some $9,000,000,000.
Formal Statement Issued.
After the meeting a statement was
issued which read in part:
“The plan adopted by the directors
embodies the thought of the country s
leading banking authorities and rep
resents an unusually widespread knowl
edge of business conditions and experi
ences in banking affairs. Essentially
the corporation is intended to supple
ment the services of the Federal Re
serve system by enabling banks, when
necessary, to borrow on sound assets
which are not now eligible for loans
from Federal Reserve banks.
“It is the opinion of the directors
of the National Credit Corporation,
who represent banking communities in
all parts of the country, that the cor
poration can best serve the purposes
for which it has been formed by con
ducting its affairs on a conservative
business basis and in accordance with
well tested principles of banking. To
this end, it will be the policy of the
corporation to advance its funds in
such away that all loans made will be
secured by a pledge of sound assets in
excess of the amount of the loans
granted.
“Reports received by the directors
indicate the plan will have the sup
port of practically the entire banking
system of the country.
Most Constructive Step.
"The directors desire to state that
they regard the formation of this cor
poration and the work it has set out to
do as one of the most constructive steps
that the banks of the country could
undertake in the interest not only of
the banks themselves, but of the whole
business community.
“This action today is an expression of
the faith which the directors and the
constituencies which they represent
have in the soundness of the country
and in the capacity of the country to
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'HOOVER MUST TRIM
! 31.000,1 FROM
BUDGET ESTIMATES
They Exceed Appropriations
by That Amount, Explain
ing Drastic Cuts.
—
BY THEODORE C. WALLEN.
President Hoover's determination lo i
, eliminate all new projects, meritorious
or unmeritorious, from the new budget
is based cn figures which confront him
with the task of trimming nearly $300.-
000.000 from the original estimates of
Government departments.
This information, coming from an
official who Is co-operating with the
( President in the effort, is cited as ac
counting in part fer the order for a
| sharp cut in the Navy. It is explained
I that the President was not satisfied (
that the Navy had done all that it
| could to help solve the problem when
it presented its original budget of about
$400,000,000.
The reduction of more than $50,000,-
000 in the new naval estimates sub- j
mitted Thursday by Charles Francis
Adams, Secretary of the Navy, coupled
| with cuts that have been breught about 1
' in other directions, is understood to re
! duce the excess of estimates over cur
rent appropriations to a point well below
I $200,000,000.
Mr. Hoover’s stated objective is to
| keep the new estimates within the total!
i of this year's expenditures. Administra
| tion officials say that the President is
determined to brook no interference in
this direction and is pressing all depart
ments to canvass and recanvass their
situations to see what else cap be dis
pensed with in the fiscal year begin
ning July 1 next.
Second Public Appeal.
It is cited as accounting for the j
President's second appeal for public
support in his counter-offensive against
propaganda for special projects. The:
fact that the Treasury deficit already j
i has passed the $500,000,000 mark, with
the current fiscal year only three and ;
one-half months old, is regarded as
further incentive. For all of the last
fiscal year, the deficit was $903,000,000, |
and today it is approximately $485,000,- j
000 more than it was for the corre- j
sponding period last year. The present;
! deficit is growing at the rate of $6,000,- j
! 000 to $7,000,000 daily.
Under normal circumstances, it is ex- j
plained, budget requests nearly S3OO.- .
000,000 in excess of current appropria
tions would not be unusual. In the
present circumstances the situation is
| somewhat according to ad- j
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GRAF PAST GIBRALTAR
Zeppelin Holds to Course on Third
Trip to Brazil.
GIBRALTAR. October 17 UP).—' The
Graf Zeopelin, German dirigible, passed
over Gibraltar at 8:30 tonight (3:30
p.m.. Eastern standard time) on its |
voyage to Pernambuco, Brazil, from 1
Friedrichshafen, Germany.
TWO KILLED, PAIR BADLY HURT
IN CRASHES NEAR WASHINGTON
Fred Newton, Capital Salesman, Drowns When Car
Plunges Into Fredericksburg Canal.
Two men. one from Washington and
the other from Upper Marlboro, Md.,
were killed and two others seriously in
jured in automobile accidents on Vir
ginia and Maryland highways last
night.
The dead are Fred Newton. 45-year
old salesman, of 2400 Thirteenth
street, who was drowned when his car
plunged through a guard rail into 18
feet of water in a canal near Fred
ericksburg. Va., and Ernest Smith, 23,
of Upper Marlboro, killed when a ma
chine driven by Allen Sweeney, 23. also
of Upper Marlboro, struck a truck at
the intersection of Central avenue and
Ritchie road, in Prince Georges
County.
Sweeney and William Roy Smith, 33,
believed to be a brother of the dead
man, were hurt seriously. Sweeney re
ceived contusions of the face and a
possible broken beck, while his com
panion suffered scalp wounds and pos
sible internal injuries. Frank Miles,
colored, driver of the truck, was being
held last night by Marlboro police
pending an inquest into Smith's death.
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FIVE CENTS \
IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS
LEAGUE WILL INVOKE
KELLOGG PACT TO END
CRISIS IN MANCHURIA
Agreement Reached by 12 Mem
ber Nations, With U. S. Taking
Part ill Deliberations.
COMMITTEE OF Vi AT GENEVA
ANXIOUS ABOUT SITUATION
Economic Boycotts Reported Urged to
Bring Pressure Upon Japan to Force
Mediation With China.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, October 17.—The United States and 12 other nations
agreed through their League of Nations Council representatives to
night to send a note to Nanking and Tokio directing the attention
of China and Japan to their engagements under the Briand-Kellogg
pact.
Prentiss B. Gilbert, the American spokesman, and the 12 council
members, who are not parties to the conflict in Manchuria, - partici
pated in this agreement.
! The step was taken to place the Briand-Kellogg pact, under
which the United States is associating itself with the council's dis
cussions, formally into play as a basis of international action for
mediating the trouble in the Far East.
League Members Anxious.
The action resulted from a lengthy secret session of the council
: at which an attempt was made to find a formula which would con
sider China’s appeal for intervention and at the same time respect
\ Japan’s insistence upon direct negotiations between the two nations.
The effort to reconcile two such divergent views aroused pro
found anxiety lest the situation grow worse before Geneva's scheme
for pacification could be put into effect.
The International “Committee of Thirteen” from which Dr. Alfred
Sze and Kenkichi Yoshizawa. Chinese and Japanese delegates, were
i excluded, held two sessions today.
Official Communique.
| At the conclusion of the night meeting, the following commu
nique was issued:
“The members of the council, with the exception of the two
parties concerned, continued their examination of the Sino-Japanese
conflict today and discussed what proposals might be submitted
to the two parties.
“Further, the members of the council, who are also signatories
to the pact of Paris 'the Briand-Kellogg pact*, deemed that their
governments should call attention to the governments at Nanking
I and Tokio to the obligations which they have undertaken under
article 2 of this pact.
"This article reads: ‘The high contracting parties agree that
the settlement or solution of all disputes or conflicts of whatever
nature or of whatever origin they may be. which may arise among
them shall never be sought except by pacific means.’ ’’
Discuss Economic Boycots.
While the council was in session, it was learned that from many
quarters the League was being urged to take strong measures to in
duce Japan to accept its mediation.
Economic boycotts were talked of as a possibility. Scarcely any
observers thought there was any chance of military coercion.
Study Under Way
By U. S. to Prepare
For Arms Parley
By the Associated Press.
An intensive preparation, designed to
fit the United St.ites into a leading role
at the coming General Disarmament
Conference, is in progress at the State
Department.
Summoned from Geneva by Secretary
Stimson, Hugh R. Wilson. American
Minister to Switzerland and one of the
Washington Government's two key
men in the disarmament problem, yes
! terday laid before Secretary Stimson
: his observations on the whole question.
/The Minister's reports will furnish a
basis for conversations on disarmament
| between President Hocver and Premier
t Laval of France. In addition, they will
i supplement the conversations which
t the President had a few months ago
I with Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassador to
Belgium and co-worker with Wilson in
i the disarmament endeavors.
Preparing Holiday Reply.
The immediate and direct result of
the Minister's visit to Washington will
I be America's reply to a League of Na
tions’ suggestion for a general one-ycar
naval holiday. State Department offi
cials said last night there was no doubt
: but that the reply of the United States !
would be one cf whole-hearted favor. I
i The third committee of the League As- |
! sembly. dealing with disarmament and
upon which Wilson was the American
! member, asked that the nations reply ;
! by November 1.
On the basis of reports from Europe,
i it has become apparent to the American
! Government that the attitude toward
the forthcoming conference had changed
decidedly during the past two months.
| Gibson, in his conversations with the
I President, made known his personal
i doubts over the prospects for the con
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Newton, a member of a prominent
Westmoreland County, Va„ family, was
returning to Washington from Fred
ericksburg when he plunged to his
death about 6:30 o’clock. He was driv
ing down a blind street which he ap
parently had mistaken in the darkness
for the highway into Washington.
Children playing nearby saw the car
go through the railing and rescue ef
forts were started immediately. New
ton’s body was not recovered until
more than two hours later, when it
was found floating 100 yards down
stream.
Efforts to recover the body were ham
pered by the depth of the canal, an
outlet for a power plant. It was not
until the canal had been drained that
the automobile was visible, but mean
while the body had floated through a
broken window.
Newton, who moved to Washington
from Orange, Va., only about a week
ago. is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Kathleen Newton, and a son and three
daughters. One of the daughters. Miss
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\ TEN CENTS
ELSEWHERE
U. S. APPROVES ACTION".
State Department Makes No Formal
Content But Indicates Optimism.
By the Associated Press.
Invocation of the Kellogg-Briand
anti-war treaty by the League of Na
tions Council was said by American of
ficials last night to meet with the Wash
ington Government's approval.
Prentiss B. Gilbert, American consul
general at Geneva, and representative
; of the United States sitting with the
Council in its efforts to bring peace in
Manchuria, was authorized to partici
pate in consideration of possible invoca
-1 tion of the anti-war treaty.
While there were no reports of ac
tive hostilities during the past. 30 hours
in Manchuria, the action of the League
Council was described as setting “the
limiting line" beyond which further ag
gressive action would be considered of
an offensive nature.
Department Optimistic.
There was no immediate formal
comment at the State Department, but
it was said informally that the action
added to the feeling cf optimism ex
pressed during the day that the Man
chutian situation was rapidly clearing.
Secretary Stimson talked with Presi
dent Hoover, but declined to comment
on the purpose of the conference.
Throughout the day he followed press
and official dispatches closely All. he
felt, indicated a subsiding of warlike
activities.
Undersecretary Castle reiterated his
view that an adjustment of the under
lying causes of the dispute could best
be obtained through direct negotiations
between China and Japan. Thus far
China has refused to negotiate while
1 Japanese troops occupy Chinese terri-
J tory outside the S:uth Manchurian
Railway zone.
The Japanese position, as outlined to
Secretary Stimson by Ambassador
; Dcbuchi of Japan, was that troops
would be withwravn if China guaran
j teed the safety of Japanese lives and
! property.
Desires to Prevent War.
Reports from Tokio that military of
ficials consider American participation
in the League's de liberation s as "med
dling.” brought from the State Depart
ment a reiteration of its desire to take
on Page 4. Column 4.)
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