The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1931, Page 1

es. + North Dakota’s Oldest Newspape: ESTABLISHED 1873 , THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Cloudy and somewhat colder to- night; Thursday generally fair. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, ‘WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS Chinese Flee From Chinchow Stage Manhunt Near Fargo for Bank Robbers QUARTET ON FOOT IN WOODED LANDS ON BUFFALO RIVER Hot Pursuit Follows Holdup of Institution at Sabin, Minn., Tuesday DRAGNET IS THROWN OUT All Peace Officers in Vicinity Join in Search; Bandits Abandon Auto Moorhead, Minn., Dec. 30.—(?)—An| intensive manhunt for four bandits | last seen afoot near the heavily-/| wooded banks of the Buffalo river north of Glyndon, Minn., was the se- quel to robbery of the Sabin, Minn., State bank of approximately $2,500 in @ daylight holdup Tuesday. 58-106 ON LONG DISTANCE CALLS MOVIES CIGARET TAX UP 109% TAx 1033 % ih anam we! Bismarck Would Pay $90,000 Annually Under Proposed New Federal Tax Levy Glyndon were presesed into service; as officials attempted to keep a close | guard on all highways leading from the area in which the robbers are be-| lieved hiding. Within a short time afftr the rob- ery officials found the bandits’ aban- doned automobile near a farm home on a country road north of Glyndon. The robbers attempting to keep away; from highway No. 2, pavement leading | from Moorhead, had kept to country roads and apparently were bewildered ; when they took a wrong fork in the) road which led to a farmer's yard. | Turning back on their trail, they; drove a short distance, apparently | feared they were being followed, and: abandoned the machine. A farm hand said he saw four men leave the ma- chine and run through ‘he snow and; water covered fields for the heavy) woods on the river banks. : Within a short time officials had | been notified that the bandits. J been sighted and the hunt was inten- sified in the Gylndon area. + Threw Tacks From Window ‘The automobile was a large sedan, ! several years old, of light tan color. "The rear window had been shattered | to permit the bandits to throw roof- | ing tacks behind to handicap pur-, suers. | ‘The bandits speeded out of Sabin; on Highway No. 64, going southeast; toward Barnesville. Sabin is about| eight miles southeast of Moorhead! and Glyndon is nine miles east. i Members of a posse followed the: bandit car to within four miles of; Barnesville, when motor trouble de- | veloped. The robbers apparently left, the main highway there and traveled to near Glyndon via country roads. | ‘Within ‘a few minutes after they | entered the institution the gunmen; were making their escape, H All of the men were unmasked. | Three of them slipped silently into; the front door and surprised George) Carlson, cashier, working on books’ with his back turned toward the door. | After scooping the loot into what! appeared to be a flour sack, they: placed Carlson in the vault, which; failed to lock, and fled. Carlson) turned on the burglar alarm from in-; side the vault and within a few min-| utes the alarm had gone out. | Carlson was alone in the bank, and no one entered during the few; minutes the robbers were in the in-| stitution. Bottle Cap Is Help | For months Carlson each day has; placed a bottle cap in a vault door- way pocket into which the door bars/ must slide if the door is to be com- pletely locked, While the cashier was unable to make his escape from the vault without outside aid, the bandits were unable to close the door sufficiently for the time lock to have) effect. 5 | The holdup was the third time the bank, established in 1906, had sus- tained holdup losses. an In 1918 the bank’s vault was vir- tually blown to pieces during the night by thugs. More than $7,000 in cash, negotiable and non-negoti- able’ paper was stolen. The yeggs escaped. They were! unable to break into one of the smaller safes within the vault which held a -considerable amount of! money. In a daring daylight robbery, July; 14, 1927, two men took $1,922 from; the bank but were later captured and nov are serving 40-year sentences | in the Minnesota penitentiary. ° Sse haan Asserts Women Pop | Question Nowadays | | ° New York, Dec. 30.—()— Leap year means nothing to James J. McCormick, chief of the marriage license bureau, ex- cept just another year with one day added. “The women folks don’t wait for leap year to pop the ques- tion any more. Most of them do the proposing nowadays any- way,” he said. INJURY PROVES FATAL i Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30.—()—Peri- tonitis from an injury suffered in a/ football game December 24,° caused | the death Wednesday of George) Schmidt, 17. ‘His brother poked a! knee against Schmidt's abdomen and; ruptured an intestine, An operatio.. was performed Christmas cay but in-| recommended to congress by Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon, would cost Bismarck in the neighborhood of | $90,000 annually if put into effect. ‘This estimate is based on figures furnished by local merchants and job- | ME | bers in a survey made by The Tribune. Estimates on annual business here in Call For Rump Republican Con- vention Is Issued By Fargo Chairman Fargo, Dec. 30.—(?}—I. V. A. Repub- had ijicans of North Dakota will meet in Minot Thursday, Jan. 28, to select candidates to be entered in the March presidential primary for delegates to the National Republican convention, and candidates for national commit- teeman and committeewoman. The call for the convention issued Tuesday over the signatures of A. W. Fowler of Fargo, state chairman of the rump Republican committce, and M. Tschida, Glen Ullin, secretary, contemplates a delegate gathering with the delegates from the counties to be elected at mass county conven- tions held in each county seat on Thursday Jan. 21. Repzesentation is based on one dele- gate for each 400 votes or major frac- tion thereof cast for Gov. George F. Shafer in the 1930 primary. The presidential primary is held March 19. The call for the indorsing convention follows: “A. state endorsing convention of the reat. Republicans of North Da- kota, both men and women, is hereby called to meet in Minot, N. D.. at 10 a. m., on Thursday, Jan. 28, 1932 for the purpose of endorsing the required number of candidates for presidential electors, for delegates to the Repubil- can national convention, for Republi- can national committeeman, and for Republican national committeewom- an, to be voted for at the March pri- mary. “The several counties of the state shall be entitled to the following re- presentation in such conventions, bas- ed upon one delegate for each 400 yotes, or major fraction thereof, cast for George F. Shafer for governor in the 1930 primary election, and one ad- ditional delegate from each county.” ‘The list follows in part: Adams, 4; Barnes, 9; Billings, 2; Bowman, 3; Burleigh, 11; Cass, 21; Dunn, 4; Eddy, 3; Emmons, 3; Foster, 4; Golden Valley, 3; Grand Forks, 16; Grant, 5; Hettinger, 4; Kidder, 4; Logan, 6; McIntosh, 5; McKenzie, 5; McLean, 6; Morton, 11; Mercer, Mountrail, 6; Ward, 14; Wells, 5; Williams, 6; Oliver, 2; Sheridan, 3; Sioux, 3; Slope, 3; Stark, 8; Steele, 4; Stutsman, 10. “Delegates to such state convention from each county shall be selected at county mass conventions of real Re- publicans, and such convention is hereby called to be held in each coun- ty at the court house in the county seat thereof, at 2 p. m., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1932. “The chairman and secretary of each county convention held hereun- der, should, at the adjournment there- of, make certificates, in duplicates, giving names end residents of dele- gates selected. One copy should be forthwith mailed to the undersigned, state chairman. The other copy should be taken to the state conven- tion.” Bank Officials Have Confidence in Future New York, Dec. 30.—(%—Contfi- dence in the future of business and “belief that the ailing world is near- ing recovery were expressed Wed- nesday by officials of the Irving Trust company, in year-end surveys. Lewis E. Pierson, chairman of the board, and Harry E. Ward, presi- dent of the trust company, were both of the opinion that deflation has Fropeennes so far that a turn for the tter can not be far awa: The panorama of econoiuic his- tory, Ward said, has been one of alternate periods of prosperity and depression «and the present should “warn us that this is no time for fection had set in. | pessimism.” a the lines which would be affected were used as bases in determining | what the additional tax might be. If the recommendations became law, Bismarck’s tax increases would {be as follows: | Tobaccos Amusements ... 6.500 | Bank checks and drafts... 21,000 ‘Telegrams .. 700 Autemobiles 23,682 2,400 Tires . 2,259 Radios .... 2,000 Real Estate transfers ..... 100 Postal rate increases ...... 27,500 | It is estimated Bismarck residents spend $67,850 annually for tobacco; $65,000 for amusements; $90,000 for automobile tires; $80,000 for radios, phonographs, and phonograph records. In 1930 Bismarck spent $473,650 for new automobiles and $80,800 for new motor trucks. Bismarck residents, ex- clusive of state departments, spend about $55,000 annually for two-cent |stamps and use approximately 1,050,- 1000 bank checks and drafts each year. Eighty-nine Bismarck real estate transfers were registered during 1930, the average valuation of the transfers being between $700 and $800. Recommendations “Listed Secretary Mellon's recommendations for new taxes and inc-eases on exist- ing taxes follow: Tobacco products (excluding cigars) —Increase of 16 2/3 per cent over |present tax. (The present government tax on a peck of cigarettes is six cents. A man who smokes a pack a day now pays the government $21.90 @ year. He would pay $3.65 more). Amusements—Ten. per cent tax on all tickets selling for more than 10 cents. (At present, no tax on tickets selling for less than $3). Bank checks—A stamp tax of two cents on each check or draft. (No such tax now). Telegrams—A tax of five cents on each message costing from 14 to 50 cents; a tax of 10 cents on each mes- sage costing 50 cents or more. (No tax at present). Long-distance telephone Same as telegrams. Automobiles—Five per cent tax on new cars. (No such tax now). ‘Trucks—Three per cent tax on new ones. (No such tax now). Tires and accessories—Tax of two and one-half per cent. (No such tax now). Radios and phonographs—A sales tax of five per cent; which also would apply to phonograph records. (No such tax now). Real estate transfers—A stamp tax of 50 cents for each $500 of value in excess of $100. (No such tax now). Stock transfers—An increase of one (Continued on page four) Color Photography Opened to Amateur Binghampton, N. Y., Dec. 30.— calls— for the amateur with his small fold- ing camera have now been mad commercially possible, it was an- nounced Wednesday by Horace W. Da president of Agfa-Ansco cor- poration, where experiments have been going on for many years. A special film is required, but the ordinary camera may be used, the only change necessary being a sim- ple device known as a pressure plate to keep the film secure while in use. The film is actually three films in one, each separate surface being sensitized to a single primary color. | BELIEVE STEAMER LOST London, Dec. 30.—()—A message to Lloyd’s from Koenigsberg, Ger- many, Wednesday said a lifebuoy and some wreckage from the miss- ing stesmer Liro has been found off the ccast of East Pressua. The steamer left Hull, England, December 10. It is an Esthonian ship ard carried a crew of 17 and some passengers. It has not been reported since December 13. (®)—Photographs in natural colors; 4 | NORTH DAKOTA AND IOWA CONTEST FOR | CUSTODY OF WHITE 'Both States Want California Suspect to Answer Charges of Robbery A contest between the states of ‘North Dakota and Iowa for the cus- tody of George E, White, bank robber suspect held in Long Beach, Calif, has developed. © White, alias James L. Murphy and known to police as “the Turk”, is | charged with participating in the rob- bery of the Dakota/National Bank and Tout company of Bismarck Aug. 7, 1 He also is wanted in Iowa on a charge of participating in the robbery of-a bank at Calumet last June. With Iowa officials already on their way to Long Beach in an effort to get son, Bismarck police chief, Wednes- day was considering ways and means of bringing the man here to answer the North Dakota charge. Martineson was informed by C. L. Yancy, chief of police at Long Beach, that officials of the Iowa state bureau of criminal identification are on their way to California at present. W. C. Macfadden, secretary of the North Dakota Bankers association, has requested the California Bankers as- sociation to do everything possible to assist in bringing the man to Bis- marck to face the charges. More Particulars Asked In his telegram to Martineson Wed- nesday morning, Yancy asked for more particulars regarding the North j Dakota charges. Martineson hopes to be able to offer as large a reward for White as that put up by Iowa, which is $250, he said. Since Governor George F. Shafer is out of the city at present, the local Police chief has been unable to se- cure help from the executive in the fight for custody of the fobber suspect. Martineson wired a copy of the North Dakota warrant for White's ar- rest to Long Beach authorities Tues- day. White was identified by photograph last June 3 as one of the robbers by Charles Whittey, Jr. customer who entered the bank during the daylight holdup here. Martineson claims five men com- mitted the robbery and declares three of them, including White, already have been fdentified by photographs. White is serving a 30-day sentence for petit larceny in Long Beach and swill be released Jan. 5. ‘The Bismarck police head has been searching for the .“Turk” since last June, when he received a “tip” from Minneapolis that White was one of the five who robbed the Capital City institution. Martineson got his first trace of White last Aug. 19. He was arrested (Continued on page Seven) ' Farmer Arrested in | | ‘Mercy’ Murder Case) ———— Wayne, W. Va., Dec. 30.— (®)—A mountain farmer is held in jail Wednesday in the alleged “mercy” murder of his mentally deficient daughter. Smith Webb, who, his neigh- bors say, “did his best” to care for the unfortunate girl for 26 years, was arrested Tuesday night. He protested innocence, declaring the girl might have swallowed beetle poison. Officers say he poisoned his daughter, Maude, and then dressed her in “Sunday best” to place her in a home-made coffin. A rough grave had been exca- vated before authorities started a probe when they heard Webb had no death certificate. ‘The daughter died in convul- sions December 14. Physicians | In Bomb Three Others Seriously Injured in Mystery Blast at Easton, Pa. ONE LOSES BOTH HIS ARMS Postal Inspectors Seek Identity of Persons Who Perpe- trated Crime | Easton, Pa. Dec. 30.—(#)—One clerk was killed and three others in- jured seriously Wednesday when co bomb in a mail package exploded in the parcel post division of the Easton postoffice. Edward Werkheiser died in a hos- pital shortly after his admission. John House was in the Easton hos- pital with both forearms blown off, one eye blown out and other injuries which may result in his death. Arlington A. Albert aiso was in the hospital. His condition was reported) as fair. Clarence Keller was ordered to his home. His condition was not con- sidered serious. Postoffice work was suspended as explosive experts and state, county fi city police began an investiga- jon. Five other packages, believed mail- ed by the same persons who sent the one which exploded, were being | examined. i ‘The explosive was believed to have been mailed by two young men, de- seribed as foreigners. At the same time they mailed five other packages, addressing all of them in the lobby of the postoffice. . Werkheiser, before he died, said he and the other clerks were suspicious of the packages and decided to open one of them. age which was resting on a scale when it exploded. ‘The steel scale was twisted like wire and was thrown about 10 feet. Werkhelser apparently ;had one of his hands on the scale for it, too, was torn off. Examination of an insured parcel receipt by police led them to believe the package that went off was ad- dressed to J. Everhart, Huntingdon, Pa. Three of the others were di- rected to New York City, one to Balti- more, Va., and the other to Pitts- | burgh. | All the packages carried the same custody of White, Chris J. Martine-j return address, Mr. J. Makey, Dover.) diamonds. Mrs. Culbertson, who held | NJ « HEAVY POLL MARKS VOTE BY FINNS ON PROHIBITION ISSUE Flock to Polls in Larger Num- bers Than For Presiden- { tial Election Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 30.—(?) —Finland began the second day of its. ! House had both hands on the pack-'nis psychic bids and sets to prevent} | Proposed Taxes Would Cost Bismarck $90,000 a Year M ail Clerk K illed ‘ Explosion LENZ PICKS UP 520) POINTS IN CONTEST; LIGGETT PLAYS WELL New Partner Is More Conserva- tive and Psychic Bids Are Absent New York, Dec. 30.—(®)—Thanks to the help of a jovial, conservative new © partner, Sidney S. Lenz was 520 points | nearer Ely Culbertson Wednesday in the prolonged test of contract bridge | systems. ' With Commander Winfield Liggett, ! Jr., U. 8, N. retired, opposite him inj Place of Oswald Jacoby, resigned, Lenz won five of nine rubbers at the; fifteenth session and cut the Culbert- | son plus to 16,320. | There are 38 more rubbers in the series. Culbertson’s side has accumu- | lated 98,850 points as against 82,530) and has won 63 rubbers against §49.! Play will be resumed Wednesday! night. | Three doubles were factors in the. session’s swing. Liggett, doubled at five clubs, took all the tricks. Dou-} bled at five hearts, he fulfilled his, contract. He was not vulnerable either time. Doubled when vulner- able in a contract for four spades, ! Lenz made five. | The advantage obtained by the! doubles was diminished when Mrs.| Culbertson succeeded at a little slam, ! jvulnerable, giving her a 700 rubber.) Liggett could have prevented the slam's success by correct choice of an) opening lead. He could have set Mrs. | Culbertson once when he doubled her at two diamonds, but failed. Lenz in Good Humor With the departure of Jacoby and ithe other side going game, Lenz was in good-humor, which he retained even! when pointing out errors to Liggett, long a favorite partner of his at auc- tion and now a member of the ad- jvisory council of Bridge Headquar- ters, Inc., sponsors of the “official” | system of contract. Lenz and Liggett were set only three times for minor losses. Culbertson blamed the decrease of | his plus on freak distrbution. For in- stance, when Liggett took 13 tricks on | @ tract for five clubs doubled, Lenz} had no spades and Liggett had no two aces and two kings, could take no tricks. Distribution favored Lenz and Liggett on the other doubles also. Culbertson remained confident; about the outcome of the 150-rubber match, pointing out the rate of gain for Lenz's side in the last two sessions would leave it far behind at the end of the match. Presumably Liggett wi!l continue as Len’ partner to the end, since Ja- coby announced he would not return. Mrs, Culbertson has at least 10 more rubbers to play, and Culbertson has various othei* partners in view. One epee he had in mind, Mrs. John A. Warner, daughter of Alfred E. Smith, Ihas found she will be unable to play. With both sides vulnerable, Cul- (Continued on page seven) two-day prohibition referendum Wed- nesday with a heavier vote cast than is usually polled on the first day of regular national elections. Complete figures for the first day's poll in the capital showed that 36.4 per cent of the voters registered their preference Tuesday, as compared with 33.7 per cent on the first day of the last presidential election. In some “silk stocking” districts in Helsingfors the poll was as high as 48.9 per cent. In working class dis- tricts fewer votes were cast, the per- centage dropping as low as 18. Percentages reported from other points ranged from 25 to 43, ‘The count will not begin before midnight Wednesday. Both sides, in newspaper argument | Tuesday, made much of the fact that several American newspaper corre- spondents have come here for the election. The prohibitionists said an adverse vote might affect prohibition in the United States. The “antis,” however, suggested | that the presence of the Americans showed the United States has dis- covered prohibition resulted in cor- ‘ruption and hopes Finland may point || way out. Campaign Costs Are Put Under New Fire Washington, Dec. 30.—(4)—A_per- manent governmental agency to look jinto campaign costs was urged Wed- |mesday by Senator Cutting, Republi- can, New Mexico. Cutting, whose views often coincide with those of the leaders of the sen- ate Republican independent group, al- so advocated a constitutional amend- jment giving congress the power to deal with primary and nomination conventions. i DILL FAVORS ROOSEVELT | Washington, Dec. 30.—(#)—Senator |Dill asserted Wednesday that “the {best way for the Democratic party to meet the threat and even the creation ‘of @ third party in 1932 will be to said she died of a different chemical than the beetle poison. 3 nominate Franklin D. Roosevelt for president.” DEMOCRAT FAVORS HOOVER PROPOSAL Chairman of House Committee to Act on Government Consolidation Plan Washnigton, Dec. 30.—()—Strong support in the house is assured for President Hoover's proposals to save money by grouping governmental agencies whose efforts overlap. | Chairman Cochran of the expendi- tures committee, which will handle the consolidation legislation, is in ac- cord with most of the chief executive's recommendations. The committee plans to begin work Jan. 7 on the consolidation program by taking up shippingboard activities. Hoover wishes to transfer most of its work to the department of com- imerce and Cochran already has asked the white house for concrete ideas on how this can be done. Then the committee will turn to the presidential suggestion for the con- solidation of all federal construction under an administrator of public works, “When that was suggested once be- fore, we didn’t approve because it was ‘proposed to take rivers and harbors work away from army engineers,” Cochran said Wednesday. “We un- derstand now the administration is ready to let that duty stay where it Hoover and the Missouri Democrat also hold similar ideas on these presi- dential suggestions: Consolidation of public health services and creation of a single bureau to handle all conser- vation activities, Efforts to slash federal expendi-| tures were pledged support at the white house by Chairman Jones of the senate appropriations committee. The Washington Republican said he/ informed President Hoover he pro- posed to cooperate with the Demo- jeratie chairman of the house appro- |Priations committee in every way pos- | sible. . + Held In Slaying Associated Prevs Photo Marcella Royce (left), 17, and Dorothy Evans (right), 16-year-old divorcee, were arrested by Chicago police six days after a restaurant hold-up tn which a policeman was shot to death, One of the four youths also held charged that Mar- cella did the fatal shooting. WINTER RETURNS T0 NORTH DAKOTA WITH HEAVY FALL OF SNOW Temperatures Are Mild in State; Fair and Colder Is Prediction Heavy snows brought winter back to North Dakota and the west- ern states Wednesday after a pe- riod of abnormal warmth in almost every section. No ported in North Dakota, however, and O. W. Roberts, federal meteor- ologist here, said it would clear up Wednesday afternoon and the weather would be fair and colder Wednesday night and Thursday. The snowfall in North Dakota fol- lowed two days of intermittent heavy fog, with some sections re- porting sleet. Streets in Bismarck Tuesday were coated. with a thin skim if slippery ice following a night of dense fog. Though many persons slipped and fell on the streets in the city, no serious injuries were reported Wed- nesday morning. Temperature here at 7 a. m. Wednesday was 30 degrees above zero, Four and one-half inches of snow had fallen here at 2 p. m. Though motor traffic has been hampered considerably by the snow, Roberts said the absence of wind throughout the state has minimized the danger of its drifting on high- ways. No wind is in sight for the immediate future, he said. Golf and tennis gave way to win- ter sports of the’ Rocky Mountain re- gion after a snowfall Tuesday. Col- der weather was forecast for the east. Silver City, Idaho, a mining town, was cut off from the outside world by a snowstorm residents described as the worst they had experienced in 20 years. Reports by telephone to Boise, Idaho, said there was no distress among the inhabitants. Snowshoes were the only means of entering or leaving the town. Snow fell in the mountains of California and streams, swelled by previous precipitation, still were rising. The flood situation, how- ever, was not acute. PA a es tee | Local Man Hurtin | | Peculiar Accident , N. C. Lewis, 46-year-old Bis- marck man, was in a local hos- pital Wednesday suffering from undetermined injuries received in @ peculiar automobile accident near the state penitentiary early Tuesday afternoon. Lewis, driving east, was just rounding the “S” turn immediate- ly east of the penitentiary, when @ truck driven by Alfred Arisman, Driscoll, approached from the east. Arisman applied his brakes to slow down for the meeting, he told Bismarck policemen, and his truck began spinning and contin- ued whirling around and around for about 200 feet. The whirling truck sideswiped the machine which Lewis was driving and wrecked it. Arisman attributed the spinning to the thin coating of ice on the highway. Lewis may have suffered inter- nal injuries, his doctor said Wed- nesday before X-ray photographs were completed. The injured man, employed by the Chris Bertsch, Jr., garage, resides at 300 Avenue B. o low temperatures were re-/ JAPANESE ARMY IS PUSHING ADVANCE ALONG WIDE FRONT Two Columns Are Converging on Kowpangtze, Important Railway Center TAHUSAN FALLS TO JAPS | Road to Important City Along Peiping-Mukden Railway Line Is Wide Open (By the Associated Press) China’s troops were in full retreat southward from Chinchow toward the great wall of China Wednesday while two converging Japanese col- umns pressed toward Kowpangtze preparing to swing down into the walled city which Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang has evacuated. The Japanese division advancing southward from Hsinmintun cap- tured the town of Tahushan Wed- nesday afternoon and the force mov- ing west from the direction of Ying- kow pressed on toward the junction at Kowpangtze. From there the way to Chinchow down the Peip- ing-Mukden railway was wide open and it appeared the drive on Chin- chow was in full swing. A Kuomin (Chinese) News Agency dispatch from Pelping said Japanese planes had bombed Kowpangtze, in- flicting heavy casualties. As the retreat progressed the gov- ernment at Nanking debated the new situation and in Tokyo reports cir- culated that Chang Hsueh-Liang had ordered the withdrawal from Chinchow “under the advice of a certain country” which was not named in the dispatches, Marshal Chang’s headquarters at Peiping said the retreat was part of a prearranged plan of defense and that although most of the armed. forces already had started south from the Chinchow area the pro- visional government would remain there protected by a garrison. General Kamura’s brigade, advanc- ing westward from Hsinmintun, en- tered Tahushan at 2:35 p, m. Wed- nesday. A powerful contingent of General Tamon's division, ling north- ward from Panshan in armored trains, occupied strategic positions commanding Kowpangtze at 6 p. m. The advance from Hsinmintun be- gan early Wednesday morning. Move in Motor Trucks One regiment moved in motor trucks and the other, which entrain- ed at Mukden, continued on by train from Hsinmintun at 7 a. m. ‘The fact the vanguard was using motor trucks was taken to indicate the Japanese expected littie re- sistance. A large Chinese concentra- tion recently reported at Paichipu 18 said now to be mostly withdrawn. The mission or destination of the brigade General Kamura is com- manding was not stated but the be- lief was expressed here it is not like- ly to halt before the Chinchow re- gion is cleared of Chinese. Nine trains loaded with Japanese troops went from Mukden to Hsin- mintun Wednesday morning. All reg- ular services on the Peiping-Mukden railway have been halted, as well as all railway telephone and telegraph service. A number of trainloads of Chinese troops moved southward Wedneéday toward Lanshan, inside the great wall and other Chinese forces to the east of Chinchow were withdrawing rapid- ly westward. The Chinese populace at Kow- pangtze was in the greatest confu- sion. Everybody was attempting tc crowd on the already jammed south- bound trains. Travelers reaching Chinchow from Mukden reported their train was de- layed for long periods at a number of stations while Japanese soldiers searched hundreds of Chinese civil- jans. Women, as well as men, in many cases, they said, were forced to remove all their heavy layers of win- ter clothing as the search proceeded. The few foreigners who were on the train said that at Hsinmin a thor- ough search was conducted by the Japanese. They themselves were eyed suspiciously but none except Chinese were molested. Clergy Restriction Law Made Effective Mexico City, Dec. 30.—/?)—Presi- dent Ortiz Rubio has approved the clergy restriction law passed last week by the senate and chamber of deputies, and it is effective Wed- nesday on publication in the Diaric Oficial. The law permits the Catholic church to have 25 priests in Mexico City. Tt was passed last week by the senate and chamber of deputies. The law allows three days for the speci- fied number of priests to register themselves with municipal authori- ties. Registration of priests by state | authorities was the prime issue un- ‘til the religious settlement of 1929. |That_ settlement was aided by_th | late Senator Dwight W. Morrow. Dur- ing the interval a bitter religious |fanabee was waged, costing many | lives. | PIONEER BALLOONIST DIES |, Canton, Ohio, Dec. 30.—(/?)—Frank |S. Lahm, pioneer American balloonist, ‘died in his Paris, France, apartment |Tuesday night according to @ cable- gram received here.