The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1931, Page 1

| } North Dakota’s \ Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather snow probable tonight or Cloudy, day; warmer tonight, Fri BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Thousands Killed in Battle Boy Killed, Man BONES INBISMARCK [Hoover and Grandi MAN'S LEFT LEG ARE SHATTERED BY SHOT Ervin Miller, 17, Living North of Stanton, Dies From Bullet Wound RAILROAD MEN ASK CHANGE IN PLAN 70 ASSIST WEAK ROADS Want I. C. C. to Revise Sur- charge-Pooling Scheme Broached in October ACCIDENTS TOTAL THREE i. Fa ees Kenneth Peterson, Regulatory Department Employe, in Fair Condition Washington, Nov: 19.—()—Rail- roads of the country Thursday asked A 8tanton ith was dead and a Bismarck Sr Wa wounded Thurs-|the Interstate Commerce commission day as a result of two deer hunting/to modify its surcharge-pooling plan poi along the Missouri river gor saving the credit of many car- ttoms. tiers. Ervin Miller, 17, farm youth living 18 miles northwest of Stanton, was} At the same time they presented killed instantly when a Sen as for approval a plan for a railroad cleaned by his brother, Arnold, 18,| credit corporation to provide machin- a as the youth passed in| ey with which to operate the scheme. front of the weapon. ‘Thursday's petition is another step| Kenneth Peterson, 28, Bismarck,/in the effort of railroads to obtain ‘was in a local hospital suffering from} added revenues. The commission shattered bones in his left leg re-| Oct. 20 denied a plea for a temporary ceived in a hunting accident near/pianket 15-per-cent rate increase, Huff Thursday morning. and presented an alternative, unique Climbing from Tree and untried in Ameria. Climbing down from a tree about) Approval was given surcharges of 8:30 o'clock, Peterson accidently dis-!33 and $6 a car on some types of charged his 25-35 calibre rifle. The/ freight and 1 and 2 cents per 100 bullet entered his leg just above the/ pounds on others. Major farm crops knee and passed through the knee/ were exempted. The money realized pulverizing and shattering| was to be pooled and needy railroads assisted in meeting interest’ on their, The fragments of bone were re-/bonds. December 1 was the deadline moved and the wound cleansed by| set for the roads to present machin- surgeons shortly after fellow-hunters/ ery for handling the pool. The sur- brought him to the hospital. charges would be automatically re- His condition st noon was pro-| moved in March 31, 1933, unless ord- nounced “fair” by his attending Phy-| ered off earlier. sician. He suffered shock and some/ To meet the most serious objec- Joss of blood and his leg may be stiff} tions of railroad executives five the rest of his life, the doctor said. | amendments were asked. They are: Peterson, employed by the state} ‘That railroads should be granted regulatory department, moved here from Moorhead, Minn., two years ago. shot this season in North Dakota. Arnold Miller was pumping shel out of the rifle when Ervin walked into the path of the bullets and was accidentally killed. The two boys had returned to their farm home after hunting deer in the Missouri river bottoms. They were taking the hunting equipment from their car, and Arnold stopped to clean the gun. Ervin was carrying the remaining equipment when the eccident occurred. Ervin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller. He was the third) oldest of sixteen children. Funeral services were to be held ‘Thursday from the Lutheran church at Krem. Three hunting accidents have been reported since the first open season on deer in 10 years opened in. North Dakota last Monday. Vincent Bentleon, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bentleon, Flasher, was the first casualty of the season. He was wounded in the right thigh Monday when a shot from his father’s gun hit a tree, ricocheted, and struck him. FARMER OPERATION OF SHOALS 1 ASKED Committee Recommends Use of Big Power Project to Aid Agriculture Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 18—(#}—Pri- ‘vate operation of Muscle Shoals, pre- ferably by & “corporation exclusively ‘owned and controlled by organiza- ‘tions of farmers,” was recommended ‘Thursday in the Muscle Shoals com- mission’s report to President Hoover end the governors of Alabama and ‘Tennessee. The commission includes three members appointed by the governor of Tennessee, three by the governor of Alabama, and three named by Presi- dent Hoover. Governor Henry H. Horton, who made the report public here, withheld comment pending a Study of its contents. The report recommended that Cove Creek dam, above Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee river in east Tennessee, be constructed by the government. It was recommended that the Shoals properties be operated “pri- marily” for quantity production of fertilizer and fertilizer loans instead of gifts. That the commission remove its hterage That the $3 and $6 per car sur- by oa acc mrmciaraipae acaces That the commission revise its order barring surcharges on less than carload freight on hauls up to 175 miles and fixing 1 cent per 100 pounds between 175 and 250 miles so this section may be expressed on the basis of first-class rates. NORTH DAKOTA BOARD TO OPPOSE REQUEST The North Dakota railroad com- mission will strenuously oppose any Modification sought by the railroads of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion’s surcharges-pooling plan, Ben C. Larkin, chairman of the state com- the I. ©. C. to modify the plan, Lar- kin said that while the state commis- sion will oppose any increases in rates, it will take the stand that if increases are made they should con- form with the surcharge-pooling plan originally suggested by the federal The North Dakota commission vig- orously opposed the railroad petition for a temporary blanket 15-per-cent Tate increase, charge-pooling will be filed as soon a8 copies of the railroads’ application are received here from the Interstate WOULD-BE LOTHARIO KILLS TWO AND SELR Ohioan Slays Woman and Hus- band on Street; Later Takes Own Life Dennison, ©. Nov. 19.—(P)— Thomas Wheeler, 34, shot and killed 34, who had spurned his attentions, and ee husband, Russell C. Scheide- ger, 35. ‘Wheeler's body was found beside his automobile in which he had elud- ed posses of two counties for nearly jthree hours after the Scheidegers {were slain on a downtown street. Beside the body were two guns he had used—a 22 caliber revolver with concentrates, but the commission also advocated use of the for the manufacture of chemicals and for argicultural ex- periment and research. Railroad Chiefs and which Scheideger had been felled and @ shotgun which had been fired at Mrs. Scheideger. The Scheidegers’ 12-year-old son, Russell, Jr, who was walking home with them from a motion picture show, said Wheeler drove up beside Labor Leaders Meet item, jumped out and shot Mrs. New. York, Nov. 19.—()—Railroad residents As she fell, her husband sprang to- Wheeler and shouted “say you,” ward representing all sections of| only to be killed with another shot— P the country met here Thursday with labor union lead- in joint conference) this time from the revolver. Mrs, Rennicker, a neighbor of the ers to discuss informally matters per-| Scheideger's was slightly wounded by working conditions, Fda ay taining to wages, and unempl nt. loyme! It was pointed out that no official| existed since scattering shot. Tl feeling between the two men had Wheeler roomed wit ‘ection could be taken on any of the/the Scheldegers some time ago, po- gubjects discussed. lice were told. ~ Agree on Problems Italian Minister Talks to Musso- lini on Telephone; Is Satisfied POSTPONES STIMSON TALK Hopes Conference Will Point Way Toward Relief From Armaments Washington, Nov. 19.—(#)—For- eign Minister Grandi was enabled to} tell President Hoover Thursday that Italy and the United States see eye- to-eye on the world topics they have reviewed. The authority came directly from Premier Mussolini in Rome. Over the transatlantic telephone, he relayed son-Grandi talks would “go a long way toward increasing the harmony The premier based his expression on several reports his foreign minis- ter has given him. Signor Grandi postponed a confer- ence with Secretary Stimson Thurs- day morning in order to talk with his chief. Mussolini had no instruc- tions for the minister. They ar- ranged to talk again tonight before Grandi leaves for New York. Grandi was confident his conver- sations with President Hoover would Point the way to some measure of relief from world armament and debt. burdens. As the end of his Washington visit approached, Grandi found himself Personally in general agreement with the president on several subjects of international concern. WIDOW IS HELD ON POISONING CHARGE Says Illinois Woman Admits Causing Deaths of Hus- band and Daughter Pekin, Ill, Nov. 19.—()—Mrs. Alice Mason, 50, widow, Delavan, Ill., was held Thursday on charges that she killed her husband, John, a year ago, and her daughter, Mildred, 12, last State's Attorney Louis Dunkelberg, who said she signed a statement last night admitting the slayings, an- nounced the case would be presented jto the Taxwell county grand jury ‘Thursday. The widow was arrested after Dr. Willard D. McNally, Chicago toxicolo- gist, reported to Coroner A. E. ‘Allen that he had found sufficient poison in isons. She died August 9, ostensibly |from peritonitis. Not many days lat- er, Harold, Mrs. Mason's 18-year-old son, became iil. He now is recovering at the home of his sister. Mrs. Mason carried $1,000 insurance on Mildred, her husband, and Harold, officials NORTVESTERN AREA BLANKETED BY SNOW Families in Drouth District Turn Toward Others For Emer- H gency Help Minot, N. D., Nov. 19.—(?)—-Snow blanketed North Dakota's drouth area Wednesday night, bringing with it increased need of clothing and at the same time hope that it presaged moisture long-lacking in the north- western section of the state. As the families receiving Red Cross aid viewed the first real manifesta- tion of winter, they turned anxious eyes to other portions of the state, whence must come sizeable contribu- tions to the fund drive. Junior Club Members To Meet Here Friday Approximately 250 members of Bur- leigh county 4-H clubs are expected in Bismarck Friday for the annual achievement day program. The junior club workers are direct- ed to meet at the office of H. O. Put- nam, Burleigh county agricultural agent, in the World War Memorial building, at 5 p. m. At 6:30 p. m. the visitors will be guests of the Bismarck Rotary club at the annual achievement day banquet. The dinner will be given in the me- cqram of singing, talks, and A program of s! . , club features has been arranged for the banquet by Putnam and Miss Esther Watson, McKenzie, president of the county 4-H club association. Following the banquet the junior club members will hold a business meeting. TWO KILLED IN CRASH Wallace, 8. D., Nov. 19.—(%)—Two persons were killed and another in- jured seriously when an automobile ith | overturned five miles east of here Wednesday as the result of a tire! puncture. Ww his conviction that the Hoover-Stim-! » of Italian-American relations.” | { August, with poison. | the girl's viscera to kill several per-| \ SING SING GETS Coached by professional footb Sing Sing prison have developed a of the prison team and thelr opp: IMMEDIATE PROBE OF FARM BOARD IS DEMANDED BY UNION Amendments to Marketing Act Also Sought; Simpson Re- named President * Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 19.—()}—An, immediate inquiry into the activities ‘of the federal farm board was asked Wednesday night by the National Farmers Union. The request was made in a resolu- tlon adopted at thé union’s-conven- tion, which adjourned early Thurs- day after reelecting John A. Simp- son, Oklahoma, City, president. Reelected with Simpson were H. G./ Keeney, Omaha, vice president, and the board of directors. E. E. Ken- {nedy, Kankakee, Mll., was named to succeed J. J. O'Shea, Roberts, Mont., jas secretary-treasurer. Directors are T. E. Howard, Denver, Colo.; C. N. Rogers, Indianola, Ia.; Emil Becker, Clarks, Nel E. H. Everson, St. Charles, 8. D., and Fred Schultheiss, Prairie Farm, Wis. Other resolutions adopted asked amendment of the farm marketing act and regulation of the value of money by congress; favored a grad- uated land tax; recommended gov- jernment operation of Muscle Shoals; demanded abolishment of military training; condemned the Hawley- Smoot tariff act, and urged correc- tion of “exorbitant” yardage fees at stock yards. A resolution to present a minority report by the resolutions committee to various state organiza- tions, was defeated. The minority report requested graduated income and inheritance taxes to become confiscatory on in- dividual incomes exceeding $1,000,000; that the national government control the monetary system to stabilize cur- rency; that the national bonding sys- tem be changed to one of the direct issue of currency; and that all profits, from manufacture of war materials be confiscated by taxation. The de- feated resolution suggested a farm- ers’. buying and selling strike if the government failed to grant these re- quests. ‘ Hiccough Victim Is ounded in Hunt Mishaps COLLEGE SPIRIT Assoclated Presa Photo all stars, prisoners at New York’s team of ability. Here are members onents, the naval militia team of Mell parading before the stands at start of game. Sing Sing won 83 to . ‘GROUP 10 PROMOTE RIVER DEVELOPMENT FORMED AT MEETING All Sections of State Repre- sented; Local Man on Executive Body Jamestown, N. D., Nov. 19.—At a meeting here Wednesday of persons from all sections of the state, the Upper Missouri River Development and Conservation association was or- ganized. Henry W. Wilson, New Rockford, was named: president.» Other officers are Sivert W. ‘Thompson, Devils Lake, secretary- treasurer; P. W. Eddy, Jamestown, and W. W. Blain, Grand Forks, vice Presidents; Gordon Cox, Bismarck, James Barrett, Minot, and William Stern, Fargo, who, with Wilson and Thompson, ex-officio members, form the executive committee. The organization will proceed as a Separtate body or become a committee of the Greater North Dakota associ- ation. The purpose of the organization is to further a water conservation pro- Sram on all streams and lakes by im- pounding of waters in natural and artificial reservoirs for flood control, navigation, water supply, recreational centers, irrigation, water power, sew- age disposal and other economic benefits. . Among speakers were Thompson; M. O. Ryan, secretary of the G. N. D. A.; L. W. Miller, Harvey; a director of the G. N. D. A; R. C. Bradley, Grace City; Gordon Cox; and M. H. Gra- ham, published of the Devils Lake Journal. Named to the board of directors ; Gordon Cox; William Stern of Fargo; L. M. Molander of Harvey; and A. L. Netcher of Fessenden, for three years; President Wilson, E. H. Lynner of Hatton, Angus Fraser of Fargo, J. L, Whitesell of Oakes, J. E. Sullivan of Garrison, Blain, and E. R. Bradley of Grace City, for two years; and Fred Mann, Jr., Devils Lake; J. Robideau of LaMoure, John Cahill of Williston, Dr. John Arneson of Mc- Ville, Jay Bliss of Valley City and Lee Cummings ‘of m, for one year. Members of the committee which selected the board of directors were M. H. Atkinson, Bismarck; W. P. Tar- nr | Still Going Strong | ee EEE PONE | Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 19.—(7)— ‘The condition of Ira A. King, hiccoughing for 12 days, was stronger Thursday’ but he con- tinued to hiccough in spite of many remedies applied by doc- tors. | o Wing, N. D., Nov. 19.—(P)—Ar- lene Dalbec, 11-year-old Wing baseball fan who has a front seat at every game, Thursday took the “front seat” in the eyes of her schoolmates by being the city’s first rust buster to report rust- spreading common barberry bushes. For her work in reporting the bushes Arlene will receive a medal and certificate signed by Governor George F. Shafer, making her a life mem- ber in the National Rust Busters club, according to word received by Mrs. Blanche Wagle, Arlene's sixth grade teacher. Plans are being made to present the awards between halves of a bas- ketball game scheduled for Fri- day night. The young rust buster, who besides being a baseball fan is @ pitcher of her team, found a barberry bush about six feet high * rell, Fargo; R. R. Wolfer, Jamestown; Howard Maher, Devils Lake; and L. B. Molander, Harvey. HAVE SPECIAL ‘TURKEY DAY’ Valley City, N. D., Nov. 19.—(P}— Approximately 80,000 pounds of tur- keys was marketed here Wednesday. Merchants paid two cents a pound premium: at a special turkey and trade ye 11-Year-Old Wing Girl First to Win Honors By Locating Barberry Bushes and spreading five feet as well @s several sprouts. The planting is the sole sur- vivor of a 100-foot hedge set out in 1915 by John Mueller. Leaves still clinging to the bushes and sprouts bore evidence of the heavy infection of black stem Tust they had spread to wild Grasses about the lot. Handfulls of grass with stems riddled in the same way that stem rust attacks small grains could be picked up at random about the vicinity. Arlene is one of the young army of North Dakota school children who have joined the National Rust Busters club to help control black stem rust by reporting common barberries. State membership at present to- tals about 30,000. The work is carried on by the United States department of agriculture in co- operation with the state agri- cultural college, Fargo, and the Rust Prevention asso@ation, Min- neapolis. | Late News Bulletins (By The Associated Press) “LEGION MEMBE! Fargo—National headquarters at Indianapolis was advised by wire that the North Dakota American Legion has 3,740 mem- bers signed for 1932. Last year at this time the total was 1,875. Bismarck was the only large post “over the top.” Others were at Brockett, Wyndmere, Aneta, Kin- dred, Osnabrock, Wishek, the joint post at Rolla and St. John, Sharon, Cavalier, Abercrombie, Edgeley, Hamburg, Wilton, Wat- ford City, Hebron and Rhame. ASKS WAGE REDUCTION St. Paul—Executives of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Mil- waukee railroads said Thursday ef- forts are being made to have em- ployes accept a voluntary reduction. in wages until business improves, ‘PATHOS AND PROBLEMS’ «...Chicago—Arthur M. Hyde, sec- retary of agriculture, opened the land utilization conference here Thursday with the statement that too much land is under cul- tivation and that the “pathos and problems” of the farm situa- tion emphasizes the need for a long-time program. FRANCE - GERMANY AGREES Paris—France and Germany came to a complete agreement Thursday upon calling the advisory committee provided under the Young plan to jconsider revision of the reparations schedule. ‘WOULD EARN GRATITUDE | Chicago—Senatop Hiram John- son, California, told reporters to quit “kidding” him about being a candidate for the Republican eer nomination and then “The decision of Mr. Coolidge not to become a candidate next | year entitles him to the highest praise of the American people. If Mr. Hoover were to make a like decision he would have the undying gratitude of the rank and file of the Republican party.” (COMMUNITY ACTORS GIVE THREE PLAYS |Enthusiastic Audience Packs Auditorium For Home Tal- ent Production packed the lower floor and most of any indication, the Community Play- ers were successfully Jaunched Wed- nesday evening in their first enter- tainment, a group of three one-act plays. Stage settings were simple but ef- fective, giving the desired atmosphere with a minimum of equipment. .Most pleasing was “When the Whirlwind Blows,” a tragedy by Es- sex Dane, rich in emotional appeal and dramatic suspense. A peasant C,| hut in Russia at the beginning of the! revolution was the setting and the play depicted the age-old struggle between representatives of the aris- tocracy and the servant class. Mar- jJorie Ackerman and Ruth Jordan as Madame Androya and Anna, a ser- vant girl, were exceptionally note- worthy and Elizabeth Manning gave’ @ faithful impersonation of Josefa, a| Peasant. The play was directed by Antoinette Morton. Lacking entirely the heavy tragedy of the previous play, “The Romanc- ers” by Edmund Rostand was a play especially suited to close the enter- tainment. A fanciful romance, it re- lated the love story of Sylvette, played by Jane and Percinet (Fay Brown), who had carried on a flirta- tion from opposite sides of a high stone wall, believing their fathers to be enemies. How the parents scheme and contrive to bring the young peo- ple together provides a situation at once humorous and romantic. The dashing bravo eager to arrange any of a score of abductions was well played by Raphael Van Neste. Alfred 8. Dale and Joseph 8S. Wright played the parts of the irate fathers admirably. Adolph Englehardt, Katherine An- drist and Mrs. Arthur Bauer were the trio of musicians who provided an ap- propriate musical background during the abduction scene. The play was Marketing Charge Defended by Union... Manager of Farmers Organiza- tion is Witness at Minne- sota Hearing TELLS OF GROUP’S DOINGS Says Storage Act Helped Farm- er But Was Opposed By Commission Men St. Paul, Nov. 19—(#)—A charge of eight cents a bushel made by the Farmers’ Union Tterminal association for marketing grain on which North Dakota and Montana farmers had re- ceived loans, was defended Thursday FIGHTING CBASES AS JAPANESE ARMY TAKES TSITSIHAR Begin Formal Occupa- tion of Manchurian City Thursday CHINESE FORCES RETREAT eceemicacsa Casualties in Engagement Wed- hesday Were 300 Japs, 4,000 Chinese (By The Associated Press) Dispatches from Tsitsihar to Muk- den said Japan’s army began the for- mal occupation of the city at 10 a. m. Thursday, (8 p. m. Wednesday, east- ern standard time). Earlier dispatches from Nanking said the Chinese were still in posses- sion of Tsitsihar and Anganchi, but it appeared Japanese forces had by M. W. Thatcher, St. Paul, general ;™0Ved into the provincial capital manager of the association, at the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission ouster hearing. The charge, Thatcher said under cross-examination by Tom Davis, at- torney for the Farmers’ Union, cov-| ered all costs of grain handling re- quired by the federal intermediate credit bank and the federal farm board from the Farmers’ Union, and soliciting, radio and field men, office expense and interest reserve for losses. Thatcher took the stand to explain the elght-cent charge which Senator George T. Mullin, Minneapolis, con- tended was “excessive and exorbitant” in his accusations against the com- mission. Testified Wednesday ‘Thatcher was questioned concern- ing the charge when he testified Wednesday, but asked time to refer to his records. A statement was pre- pared by him prior to the hearing Thursday, but when Davis attempted to introduce it Governor Floyd B. Ol- son, who is hearing the charges, ruled the statement not proper upon objec- tions of Chester Nichols and W. M. Nash, attorneys for Senator Mullin. Davis then started to bring out the facts in the statement through cross- examinaion. Previous to farm storage laws passed in Montana and North Dakota, which permit farmers to store grain in farm bins, the farmers were forced to ship grain to terminal elevators in the Twin Cities, Duluth and Superior, because of the limited capacity of lo- cal elevators, Thatcher said. As a usual practice this grain of the farmer, which he desired to have held in storage, was sold when shipped to these terminal markets, Thatcher claimed, although he was charged one cent a bushel a month for “ostensible” storage of the grain directed by Miss Ruth Cordner. “Sham,” directed by Mrs. Alfred S. Dale, was°e contrast to the two others. A modern play characterized by repartee, the plot centered around a young couple whose choice of home furnishings was not of the best. Their bad taste was brought home to) them by a discriminating thief, play- ed by Bill Smith. Others in the cast were Winnifred Barrington, Art Cayou and George Moses. Musical numbers were given ky Mrs. J. Lovell Powell and Otto Bauer be- tween acts, with accompaniments by Mrs. Forrest M. Davis and Mrs. Grace Duryee Morris, respectively. A brief talk on the plan of the organi- zation for this season was given by John Reel, director of recreation for Bismarck, |tmternational Harvester company. on which he held a storage ticket. The grain allegedly was sold without the consent-or knoweldge of the farmer holding the storage ticket. Practice Glutted Market The result of such a practice, Thatcher said, was to glut the mar- ket and depress the price of grain and to charge the farmers for storage they If an enthusiastic audience which|did not receive. In order to correct the alleged the balcony at the city auditorium is]abuses, Thatcher testified, the Farm- ers’ Union inaugurated an intensive educational campaign in 1928 to in- form farmers of “this condition” and bring about public sentiment for enactment of storage laws enabling them to store his grain on the farm as a basis for credit. The program was opposed by men engaged in the commission business, ‘by the Minneapolis Chamber of Com- merce, and the Duluth board of trade, ‘Thatcher asserted. it Under the provisions of the farm storage laws, farm storage tickets were issued and the Farmers’ Union arranged a line of credit in order to| Joan the farmers money on the wheat stored on their farms, Thatcher said. ‘The Farmers’ Union arranged loans approximating $200,000 at a rate of interest of 5% per cent he said. Aged Holdup Victim Suffers Breakdown » Minn., Nov. 19.—()— Henry Hartz, aged retired farmer, Thursday was suffering from a nerv- ous breakdown as the result of a rob- bery of his farm near here 10 days oerarte and an older brother, Nich- olas, and their 70-year-old sister, were tied by two gunmen who came to their farm home and stole $1,000; from a safe. A few days later, two brothers, Bar- ton M. and Stuart Russell, were ar- rested at Rochester as they walked into police headquarters to report an automobile accident. Officers said the numbers of their North Dakota license plates ded with the/ numbers reported by the Hartz broth-; ers. Alfred A. Burkhart, Wabasha coun- ty attorney, said he learned that Bar- ton Russell formerly was manager of @ hotel in Bismarck, N. D., and that his brother, Stuart, until recently was @ resident of Mott, N. D. Harvester Agent Is Killed in Accident Ulen, Minn., Nov. 19.—(P)—One) man was killed, one seriously injured and another slightly hurt in an auto- mobile accident south of here Wed- nesday night. The dead man is Tom O'Toole, 60, Crookston, Minn., representative of the Fargo branch of the International | Harvester company. Seriously hurt is H. O. Fuglie, Ulen, local agent for the jfrom Tsitsihar station, south of the walled city. Wednesday's fighting, in which the Japanese were first reported to have jcaptured Tsitsthar, apparently took ;them only as far as Tsitsthar station, although the advance guard entered the outskirts of the walled city, Japs Warn Russians The Japanese government has in- structed its ambassador at Moscow to convey to Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, a friendly warning regarding the dan- ger of serious complications if Russia should send troops into north Man- churia, The ambassador was charged at the same time to reassure the Soviet for- eign commissar no damage was done to the Russian-owned Chinese East- ern railway during Wednesday's of- fensive in the Anganchi area. Reports reaching here said quiet prevailed in northern Manchuria fol- lowing the smashing victory of the Japanese advance against General Mah Chan Shan’s army in which the casualties were given as 300 Japanese and between 3,000 and 4,000 Chinese. Simultaneously, a dispatch to the Rengo news agency from Harbin eae ners governor of the ‘ar’ and friendly to Japan, declared the independence of Heilung- kiang province and eet himself up a8 governor, May Enter The dispatch said he proposes to enter Tsitsihar with his own troops and take over the administration of the city. Official dispatches from Tsitsihar, however, said the formal occupation of the city by the Japanese was be- gun at 10 a, m. Thursday, following the Japanese drive We in which the Chinese army under Gen- eral Mah Chan Shan was routed. An official communique issued by Japanese headquarters said commun- {cation with the front was constant- ly interrupted, presumably by ban- dits operating in the Japanese rear along the Taonan-Anganchi railway. Chinese prisoners taken by the Japanese said General Mah Chan Shan told them only they were op- posed to the forces of Chang Hai- Peng, General Mah’s rival, and that they were ignorant of the nationality of their foes until the Japanese took the first line trenches, after which the retreat began. As a result of the fighting thou- sands of Chinese civilians were flee- ing their homes. The cold continued Thursday. Thermometers at Tsitsihar station registered 20 degrees below zero, cen- tigrade. A strong wind swept down from northern Manchuria, Fighting Is Over No further fighting is taking place, it was said, and the Japanese troops were expected to be withdrawn in a week or two, Their only object in driving north- ward, @ war office spokesman said, was to break up the concentration of Chinese troops which threatened the Nonni river bridge-head. Newspaper reports said, however, General Mah’s best troops escaped destruction in the battle and are still at large. Moscow advices said the reported occupation of Tsitsihar by the Japan- ese is bound to cause concern to the Soviet government because it in- volved crossing of the Chinese East- ern tailway, jointly owned by China and Russia. Official comment has not been forthcoming yet, but Maxim Litvin- off, the foreign affairs commissar, referred to just such an eventuality in a recent declaration to the Japan- ese ambassador, whom he reminded that any attack on Tsitsihar which involved cutting the railway might cause material damage to Russia's interests. He reminded the ambassador that Japan had given assurance that Rus- sian interests would be protected the Manchurian conflict and ad that the Soviet government expec.c< such assurances to be kept. Man Pleads Guilty to Driving While Drunk Pleading guilty to a charge of driv- ing an automobile while intoxicated, Andrew A. Chabat, Bismarck, was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail by Judge Fred Jansonius in Burleigh county district court Wed- nesday afternoon, Chabat was arrested on the charge Nov. 7 and was bound over to district court on the charge Nov. 10 by Police Magistrate Edward 8. Allen. The sentence was suspended tem- porarily by the judge, who indicated | he would investigate the case further, with the possibility that he would sentence, jsuspend the