The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 4, 1924, Page 1

a « WEATHER FORECAST For; Bismtck ‘ax yvicinityt Fair tonight ant ok aa ESTA BLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | btm PRICE FIVE CENTS FUSION TICKET IS APPROVED HERE 40,000 CHINESE TROOPS BATTLE IN CIVIL WAR NEITHER SIDE GAINS GROUND Battle Front Extends Within 18 Miles of Shang- hai, and to Yangste River U. S. WOMEN STICK Remain in Hospital Protect- ing Patients in Spite of Bombardment There Washington, Sept. 4.—A pro- tective cordon composed of Shanghai volunteer corps and Americans, British, Japanese and French soldiers will be thrown about the foreign settlements in Shanghai to prevent the entry of armed Chinese forces there. Shanghai, China, Sept. ‘4.—(By the A. P.)—Though troops estimated to number 40,000 battled throughout this sunshiny day, competent eye- witnesses declared tonight that neith- er side had made material gains in the fighting. ‘The battle front extended from the line of the Shanghai-Nankin Railway / to the Yangste River, about 18 miles from Shanghai, at its nearest point, and about 25 miles at the most dis- tant, Lungwa headquarters of the Che- kiang troops defending Shanghai claim gains in the Hwangtu sector on the railway and in the Liuho sec- tor on the coast. Both sides reported that they had added reinforcements to their fighting forces during the day. « Firing Continuous Firing was continuous today, the second day of the fighting, from 6 a.m. on. When the Kiangsu troops opened their attack only about a thousand defenders were holding the Chekiang lines. Trucks were pressed inte servicerto. sush troops atid am- munition to the front and the moving of reinforcements continued all day. At several points the opposing fighters were hidden from each oth- er by fields of growing grain, through which the rifle and machine gun fire cut its way. Eye-witnesses said that undoubtedly the fighters were w: ing large amounts of ammunition in the characteristic of Chinese troops, firing wildly. U. S. Womea Remain The Kiangsu troops used artillery in their attack on Liuho which or- dinarily is a town of 8,000 popula- tion. There was no evidence that they had cooperation from any naval force on the Yangste river. ” Indica- tions were that the Chekiang troops would be able to hold that sector un- less the attacking forces were heav- ily reinforced. Two American women remained in Liaho during the bom- F ardment, They were Miss Grace Crandall, a woman physician, and Miss Susie M. Burdick, who were in charge of the Seventh Day Baptist Mission hospital there, When the firing began the Red Cross unit from Shanghai retreated 12 miles to the village of Liaho, but Miss Crandall and Miss Burdick refused to aban- don the patients in the hospital who were not war casualtiés, All day long the shells whistled overhead. Several of them passed through the hospital building. Late in the day the Associated Press cor- respondent obtained the use of an automobile truck and by using this truck and his own automobile man- aged to remove the patients, together with the American women, to safety in Shanghai. The rain. of bullets continued, however, while the escape from the hospital was being effected. Conscription of both men and wo- men for war work was reported con- September 15 to 19. tinuing today in many sections of the Chinese territory adjacent. to Shanghai. This drafting was started a week ago when hostilities became probable. oe IN CIVIL WAR. To EXPLOSION AT CAMP KNOX in Battery C at Camp Knox. cradle during practice. LAST APPEAL OF GUMMER IN COURT FAILS Convicted of Murder of Marie _ Wick, He Is Serving a Life Sentence William Gummer, hotel clerk, con- 'vieted of the murder of Marie Wick of Grygla, Minnesota, in a Fargo hotel in June, 1921, has lost his final ‘legal battle. The state supreme court denied a rehearing in the case in which it affirmed Gummer’s con- vietion and sentence to life impris- onment for the crime. Gummer now is serving his sen- tence in the state penitentiary, hav- ing been an inmate since shortly after his conviction by a jury in Valley. City February 26, 1922. The high court, in an opinion on the rehearing, ‘denies .the conten- tions, constituting essential elements in a chain of circumstantial evidence on which Gummer was convicted, was not answered by the court in its original opinion. “We are satisfied on this record that the verdict finds ample support in the evidence in that the circum- stances disclosed are such that, in our opinion, reasonable men may be satified therefrom to a moral cer- tainty of the defendant's guilt,” says the high court opinion. The fact that the evidence on which Gummer was convicted was circumstantial “in no way alters the respective functions of the court and the jury,” the court held. It is said the effect is to] ¢,, bring thousands of Chinese into the ‘Bi LEGION SPECIAL IS PLANNED American Legion members of Bis- marck are talking now of St. Paul. The Legion’s national convention, expected to attract 25,000 former ser- vice men, will be held in St. Paul It will be per- haps the best chance in years many Legionnaires will have of visiting a national convention. Lloyd Spetz Post, Bismarck, hopes r a North Dakota special, to leave ismarck Sunday evening, Septem- French and international settlements‘ her 14, probably on N. Pr'train No. seeking protection against the con-} 4 scripting offigial WILL MEDIATE BY FORCE The local post and auxiliary plan to use special tourist sleepers. he cars would be parked in St. Peal during the convention, and be ©. Shanghai, China, Sept. 4—Chang| used as a hotel. Tso Lin, military governor of Man- churia, has issued an ultimatum to the Peking government that unless it “stops its attacks” on General Lu Wung Hsiang, himself will mediate by fore: Saya a Japanese ne' agency telegra! from Peking. FRENCH LAND BLUEJACKETS Paris, Sept. 4.—Shanghai advices received tonight state that as fight- ing has begun between the opposing parties French bluejackets have been landed to carry out the measures Annual per capita consumption of declaring | margarine in Denmark has increased from 33 pounds in 1918 to 42.5 Phang pounds in 1928, Army officers are still marveling at the explosion of this 75 mm. gun! The tube of the gun was blown off the A similar explosion never has been experienced in the service, NEW THRESHING REPORTS MADE Additional threshing reports from the Missouri River division of - the Soo line include: Threshing report Lidgerwood to Cogswell wheat continues 20, Lehr wheat 14, rye 11, flax 4. Wishek no returns yet. Burnstad just starting. Danzig wheat 16. Herried 90, acres wheat 20, 45 acres averaged 31, outs running 45, barley Wilton wheat 15. Washburn wheat 20, rye 19, barley 32, flax 13. Falkirk-wheat 15 to 20, rye 15, flax 10 to 12. Cole- harbor wheat 20. Mux wheat 18, rye 20. Kief wheat 18. Makoti wheat ; tered the building. BANK CASHIER DRIVES AWAY BANDIT GANG i} Reaches For Gun When He Is} Told to Raise Hands, and Gives Battle FIVE YEGGMEN FLEE Drive up to Bank During Morning and Attempt Daylight Holdup Rosholt, Wisconsin, Sept. 4.— Armed burglars attempted to rob the State Bank of Rosholt here this morning and after a general fight with the cashier, Walter Rosholt, fled and are being follow- ed by a sheriff's posse. Five men in a large automobile drove up before the bank after the opening hour today and four en- Covering the cashier and three customers the robbers ordered every one to throw up their hands. Rosholt in- stead of complying reached for the burglar alarm with one hand and his pistol with the other. Three of the robbers started to go behind the counter and Rosholt opened fire which was returned ag the robbers retreated from the bank and took refuge in their machine which was soon in flight. Police authorities of uearby cities were notified and a posse af citizens organized here at once gave chase. MACDONALD IN NEW PLEA FOR DISARMAMENT Prime Minister Also Asks THIRD PARTY PLANS TO. GET BALLOT PLACE Will Run Poindexter as a Representative of the Farmer-Labor Party The Farmer-Labor Party of North Dakota will seek to gain a place on the state ballot two years hence, through support of one candidate for! some state office who may poll five percent of the vote but will not at- tempt to put any other candidate in the running in the fall election, un- der present conditions, according to Herman Hardt of Napoleon. The conference held last | night, which embraced a small number of Farmer-Labor Party men, discussed the platform, and agreed to principles| similar to those of the Nonpartisan, League. The conference favored sup- port for Senator LaFollette. The executive committee was, how- ever, given power to place other can- didates in the field for various of- fices in the fall election should For Development of League of Nations Geneva, Sept. 4.—(By the A, P.)— Prime Minister MacDonald of Eng- land, speaking with notable feeling and forcefulness, declared to the Assembly of the League of Nations that Great Britain saw the only hope for future peace in the extension of the policy of arbitration and the de- velopment of the League of Nations. The British statesman warned the world against regarding national se- curity as merely a military problem based on the predominance of force, and he urged the convocation of # disarmament conference in Europe attended by representatives of all countries, including the United States and Germany. Through the League, euaalavett was hoped to lay surely and finall the foundation of peace. The future happiness of the world must be based on agreement reached through the League. Warning against at tempts to base peace on force he said: “If we cannot devise a system of arbitration then do not let us fool ourselves that we are going to have peace.” , In his reference to place in the League, premier said: “We cannot sit endlessly with a vacant chair in our midst. The Lon- don conference created a new rela- tionship between Germany and the rest of Europe. She should have her seat here.” Germany’s the British change in conditions make this desir- able. The executive committee of the party recently decided to run A. G. Sorlie, Republican-Nonpartisan - nom- inee, on “stickers” in order to tablish the party in the state but this plan was found not feasible. It was decided that D. C. Poindexter, inde- pendent candidate for auditor, would file as a Farmer-Labor candidate, in order to aid in gaining a column on} the ballot for the party two years hence. At Dunn Center Lars Siljan, formerly editor lof the Farmer Labor Record, has taken over the management of the Dunn Center Journal at Dunn Center. "| HANGING DECISION WOULD BRING NEW BATTLE FOR LEOPOLD, LOEB Chicago, Sept. 4.—(By the A, P.)— required by the situation to insure | In the event of a hanging decision by the safety of the concessions. The situation’ at Shanghai today, however, is not regarded as alarm- ing for the foreign residents there. i MAY BAR GRAZING Judge John R. Caverly in the murder and kidnaping case of Nathan F. Leo- pold, Jr. and Richard Loeb the de- fense attorneys are understood to have under consideration’ two sur- National forests now can ba closed | prise moves by which they hope to against livestock grazing during out- | carty'on the battle to save the lives bursts of dangerous disease amon; @domestic animals. The regulation will assist greatly in th? eradica- of the, two, boys. - One would be the filing of a peti- tion setting forth that the boys have Hon of these diseases, it is believed.| become insane since the trial. This petition would ask that a jury be called to determine their mental con- dition. The other move, it is under- stood, would involve two steps, one before and one after the sentence is pronounced. The first step would be presentation of a motion asking Judge Caverly to permit withdrawal of the guilty plea and enter a plea of not guilty. The second step would necessitate a trial by jury. In the event either course should prove successful, a long-drawn out battle is in prospect. WILL BE AGENT GENERAL FOR DAWES PLAN Paris, Sept. 4.—Seymour Parker Gilbert Jr. former American under- secretary of the treasury, has ac- cepted the position of agent general for the reparations under the Dawes plan. The position has been tem- porarily filled by Owen G. Young, who aided Dawes and the other ex- perts in the drawing up of the plan. JAMESTOWN ATTORNEY IS BADLY HURT Detroit, Minn., Sept. 4.—A. W. Aly- mer, an attorney of Jamestown, was seriously injured this morning, when the automobile in which he and Mrs. Alymer were riding was struck by Soo train No. 112 just a block north of the Soo station. Mrs. Alymer suf- fered a-deep gash on face. The bones in both Mr. Alymer’s legs are broken and he is believed to have internal injuries though attending physicians say he will recover. They were en route to the Minnesota fair when the accident happened. The car was literally smashed to pieces and occu- pants thrown out. Mr. Alymer had the steering wheel in his hand when his wife reached him and placed a pillow under his head. |FLIERS BALKED IN ATTEMPT TO REACH BOSTON cling Aviators Held Up by Plane Damage MAY FLY TOMORROW 420 Mile Trip From Hawkes Bay to Nova Scotia Is Made Without Trouble Pictou, Nova Scotia, Sept. 4.—(By the A. P.)—Balked in their plan to get away for Boston today, the Amer- {ean army world circling aviators are getting ready for the take-off tomor- row morning, weather permitting. With more than 22,000 miles of their flight completed they are eager to get back on the soil of the United States and begin the trans-continen- tal tour which will mark their trium- pha} home-coming. Lieut. Wade and H. H. Ogden, with} a new plane to replace the one they! lost on the hop to Iceland, have re- joing their comrades and will leave with them to complete the flight to the Pacific Coast. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Eric Nelson and their as- sistants Lieut. Leslie Arnold and John Hardy Jr., decided before beginning their hop here from Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland, yesterday, that they would continue on to Boston after a night’s rest but this program was overturned by a combination 06 cumstances, including the breaking of a spreader bar on Lieut. Smith's plane and the lateness of their arri- val which precluded the possibilities of refueling, oiling and repairing of| planes before dark. The 420-mile trip from Hawkes Bay, which required six hours and 26 minutes, was made under generally favorable conditions for this region, although the airmen were somewhat) delayed by rain. squalls and head Wins, The visibility was good, there being no fog. The men received a great popular and official welcome from Nova Scotians and were taken in procession through the streets. ST. PAUL READY TO RECEIVE DELEGATES 20,000 Legion Delegates Are Expected to Attend the Auxiliary St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.—The four convention halls which will house the national gatherings of The Am- erican Legion, The American Legion Auxiliary and The Forty and Eight, to be held here Sept. 15 to 19, will |have accommodations for nearly 20,- 000 delegates, according to Judge Royal A. Stone, general convention chairman. A stage with a seating capacity of 4,000 persons has been placed in the municipal auditorium, where the main sessions of the convention will be held. The Legion Auxiliary sessions will be held in the Central Presbyterian church and the Forty and Eight will meet at the Junior Pioneer Hall. The special offices for Legion offi- cials will be arranged in the senate chamber of the old capitol building and in the armory. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis will ad- dress the Legion Auxiliary. The out- standing feature will be the states dinner on Tuesday evening at the Masonic Temple. National officers, department delegates, national exec- utive committeewomen and all the chairmen of national committees of | The Auxiliary, as well as national officers and department commanders of The Legion, will be present. Memorial services will be con- ‘ducted by Mrs. Dora Platner of El- lis, Kansas, national chairman of the Gold Star committee. FARMERS PICNIC AT HEBRON Hebron, Sept. 4.—The farmers com- manity pienic held on Sunday tat the ranch belonging to Matt Crowley, county commissioner, was attended by people from Beulah, Hazen, Zap, Golden Valley, Dodge, Halliday, and Hebron. | “Speakers on the Rev. Burns, Hazen; Rev. Garwick, Beulah and Hebron; Rev, Blumhag- en, Beulah; Rev. Vetter, and Rev. Walker, Golden Valley; Rev. Lutz program were: American Army World Cir-} and Rev. Saxowsky of Hebron, and Henry Klein of Halliday. The Beulah band played throughout the day, and special attractions for the children were a part of the days entertain- ment. Picnic lunches were provided by those attending. The Egyptian scarab is the com- monest “lyck” charm. HOW SEA BATTERED OCEAN GIANT One glance at the shattered lifeboat will give a slight terrific hurricane that struck the liner Arabic off the } idea of the Nantucket coast Miehes injury to scores of SOE and great damage to the ship. PLATFORM IS ADOPTED ON WHICH FUSION CANDIDATES WILL STAND ONLY ONE OF HERRIN GUILTY! I$ YET ALIVE Coroner’s Jury Finds All But) One Victim of the Death Riots in Town GARAGE OWNER HELD Charged with Murder, and Order Is Given for Imme- diate Arrest to be Made Herrin, Il., Sept. 4.— (By the} A. P.)—John H. Smith, Herrin, garage owner, was charged by the) coroner’s jury with having shot) and killed Ghester Reid here last Saturday noon in a shooting af- fray in which five other men were killed, The jury recommended that he be held over to the grand jury and a warrant charging mur- der signed by Coroner William Mc- Gowan and placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff George Walker for immediate service. Smith was the only one of those accused by the jury to escape the fracas with his life. The jury found that Deputy Sheriffs J. P. “Bud” Allison, slain, was killed by Green Dunning, also slain, and that Dunning wag killed by Alli- son that Chester Reade, while act- ing as a peacemaker was shot and killed by John Smith; that Otto Rowland, Dewey Newbolt and Charles Wollard were killed by persons unknown. Newbolt and Wollard were ack- nowledged Klansmen and Rowland was a bystander killed by a stray bullet. PONE: { Weather Report | e———_- o For 24 hours ending at noon: Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: tonight and Friday. ature Friday. For North Dakota: Fair tonight and Friday. Rising temperature Friday and northwest portion late tonight. General Weather Conditions The high pressure area on the north Pacific Coast yesterday morn- ing has moved eastward and covers the northern Rocky Mountain region and northern Plains States this morning. The low pressure area has moved to the Great Lakes region and another low pressure area has ap- peared west of the Rockies. This pressure distribution has been ac- companied by light precipitation in the upper Great Lakes region and in Manitoba, and fair weather in all other sections. Rising temperatures prevail in the Great Lakes region and in the Mississippi Valley while cooler weather prevails in the nor- thern Plains States and over the northern Rocky Mountain region. Temperatures are rising slightly in the extreme West. Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. Fair Rising temper- Water shortage and excessive heat sion partisan this year has caused a decrease of 125,000,000 pounds in Californi grape crop. Referendum on Grand Forks Mill If It Continues to Lose Money Is Included in the Planks on Which Candi- dates Will Go Before the People For Votes in No- vember. The platform adopted by the fu- which anti-Non- League candidates will go committee in before the people in the November election, is as follows: Resolutions We heartily commend, the ad- ministration of Governor R. A. Nestos.and his associates, as being as honest, efficient and econom- ‘al management of the State's af- ‘airs; for its success in restor- ing the credit of the State and sanity in government, and. keep- ing its pledges made to the peo- ple. The paramount State issues in "eampaign are: State indus- m and tax reduction; and the line of cleavage is between the League and Independent for- ces of this State. We are opposed to the etxension of the State ownership program advocated by the Nonpartisan League, which program has lead the State to the verge of finan- cial ruin, destroyed its credit, and has resulted in the creation of a huge bonded indebtedness against the State, with its consequent ex- cessive tax burden for years to come. We oppose the further bonding of the State for the pur- pose of engaging in the State) operation of elevators, warehouses, coal mines, etc. as declared for in the Nonpartisan League platform. We commend the present ad- ministration for keeping faith with the people in completing the un- finished Mill and Elevator pro- ject at Grand Forks, and for its efforts in giving that experiment a fair busingss trial. We recom- mend that paar enterprise continue to lose financially that the question of its future con- tinuance be submitted to the people for their determination by a referendum vote as soon as practicable. We strongly oppose the proposal of the Nonpartisan League to re- peal the Board of Managers law, which repeal would place the Mill and Elevator management baek in the hands of the Industrial Com- mission, We approve the present policy of this Administration in confin- ing the functions of the Bank of North Dakota to a rural credits business mainly, and we oppose, HALVORSON TO GET SUPPORT FOR GOVERNOR Democratic Candidate to Head Ticket to Oppose Leaguers in the Fall ELECTORS UNDECIDED LaFollette Republican Elec- tors Expected to Quit; Others To Be Named Final touches were placed today on the plan adopted by the Demo- cratic and independent Republican state committees here yesterday for a fusion ticket in the November election, to contest for state offices against the Nonpartisan League candidates, With both committees agreed that Halvor Halvorson, Democratic nom- in should head the ticket, a com- as being highly dangerous and detrimental to the best interests of the State, the proposal of the Nonpartisan League to revive the the functions of that Bank as con- ducted under the Frazier adminijs- tration, We believe that the de- positary functions of that Bank should be discontinued as soon as practicable and that its loans open and closed banks be liquidated as soon as may be possible. We deem the matter of tax re- duction to be the most vital gov- ernmental issue confronting the people at this time. We, therefore, pledge all candidates for State and Legislative office, running upon this platform, to as strict a pro- gram of tax reduction in State affairs as is possible, consistent with efficient management, and to the adoption of laws which will encourage the reduction of taxes in all local political sub-divi- sions.” Hay crop in the United States last year had an estimated Aled value of $1,391,000,000. mittee of 12 worked out the final draft of a platform in the early hours of today, putting into lan- guage the instructions of the com- mittees. A campaign committee met again this morning to perfect de- tails for a vigorous fall fight. The platform upon which the fu- sion ticket will go before the people follows the lines of the Jamestown platform of last April. It commends the effort of Governor Nestos and associates to carry out pledges, de- clares the big issues of the campaign are state industrialism and tax re- duction, opposes extension of the state ownership program advocated by the Nonpartisan League, and proposes that in the event the state- owned flour mill at Grand Forks continues to lose money the question of its further continuance be submitted to the people. It op- poses repeal of the law providing a board of managers for the mill and approves -restriction of the Bank of North Dakota to a rural credits institution. The campaign committeee named includes. W. F.:Reko* and W. BH. Stutsman of. Mandan; Charles Sim- on of New England; S. J. Doyle of Fargo, and Oscar Seiler of Jam town, and H. P. Goddard of Bii marek. Victor Corbett of Minot probably will accept the position of campaign manager and will maintain bead> quarters either in Bismarck or Fargo, If Mr. Corbetts business does not per- mit him to become campaign manager he will be made a member of the campaign committee, A meeting of the fusion executive committee is planned early next week to work out complete compaign plans, Probable Ticket The fusion ticket will not be en- tirely completed until the committee, clothed with full power by the inde- pendent Republican and Democratic state committees, works out details, It will include Halvor Halvorson of Minot for Governor; either J. H. Mc- Coy, Democrat, or a successor, for Lieutenant-Governor; Miss Lillian Gubelman or a successor for Secre- tary of State; W. S. Hopper for Com- missioner of Insurance; George Shaf- er, Attorney-General; J. A. Kitchen, Commissioner of Agriculture and La- bor; John Steen for state auditor, George Leonhardy of Williston, Dem- ocratic nominee for this office, to resign; Railroad commissioners, L. M. Byrne, Edward Kibler and Ed- ward Hadley. Electoral Question No further action had been tak- en today with regard to presiden- tial electors. It is expected in political circles, however, that the four Republican electors who favor LaFollette will resign and the Coolidge forces will be per- mitted to name a complete slate of Republican electors who favor him. The LaFollette electors are expected to be bracketed in the independent column. F. A. Vogel, LaFollette campaign manager, said that an announcement pro- bably would be made in this matter within a few days, An advisory committee of 12 members, to act with the Repu- blican state committee as con- trolled by Nonpartisans, was an- nounced by Roy Frazier, chair- man, as follows: .Jud LaMoure, R. J. Hughes, F. J. Graham, Harry Lynn, John Hagan, R. R. Smith, D. H. Hamilton, E. J. Myhre, Frank Lyons, L. M. Ho ra Wm. Stern, Mrs. E. O. Bai- ley. The occasion of the biennial organ- ization of the Republican and Demo- cratic state central committees brought together also the LaFollette campaign committee and a mass con- vention of the Farmer-Labor Party of the state. The outcome of bickering and re- crimination among members of var- ious factions brought out a more clarified atmosphere with regard to the state situation, both with respect to the national and state campaigns. sion Plan A committee of six Democrats and six Republicans opposed to the Non- partisan League agreed to a program of fusion for the fall campaign, which would result in the withdrawal of Democratic candidates for offices won by anti-League Republicans in the June primary and the indorse- ment of other Democratic candidates, headed by Halvor Halvorson o} (Continued on page 8).