The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1932, Page 1

L ih 4 if L li uct 6 lal i wall. | forces and the late developments in Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARt ESTABLISHED 1873 Defenders Had Left on. Treop Trains, Taking Refuge Behind.Great Wall SHANHAIKWAN MAY FALL ' Observers See Possibility That Nipponese. Will Continue Drive Further. Chinchow, Manchuria, Jan. 1.—(4% —For the first time in centusies of history the Rising Sun flag flew ovct this city Saturday, signifying iis cap- ture by a Japanese army. ‘The first victorious tiene fare ed in early Saturday aft and took over without firing » shot. There was fot one Chiriese defender in the city, for the last troop train had left several hours earlier, rolling down f toward Shanhaikwan and the great wall at the end of a disordered exodus which began several days ago. ° ‘The Japanese had taken their time on the way down from thej Taling river, 15 miles to the northJao the Chinese could complete the tion. Having taken this last stronghold, it was possible ese might keep right on Peiping-Mukden. railway to Shanhal- Kwan, the real gateway to. Mar- churia, in the shadow of the great nese Japan- the As the Japanese swung into the main street of this city, tlie Chinese scitizenry—men, women ati! children —lined the curbs cheering and wav- Yag Japanese flags, many of which Jooked ag though they had been made; in a hurry overnight. The captors based over” ‘eae Lat are ment abd reued’a pro] mation in the name ‘of General| Honjo ‘requesting’ the Chinese civil offidals to remain in office and the civfilan population to go on With nom mal:business as usuel. A farther expansion of Japan's mil- itary and political strength on the Asiatic mainland beyond the bounds of Manchuria was seen by observers in her action in stationing a force of 700 infantry and artillery at Shan- hajkwan during the last two weeks. ‘This gives Japan control of the only sea level and easily accessible rout between Manchuria and China prop- er. m.. The great wall touches the sea there ard a huge gateway in it is the principal exit and entrance from and to southwestern. Manchuria. The Sino-Bri:ish Peiping-Mukden railway, only rail link between the two areas, traverses this narrow stretch of level shore land, through the historic great- wall gatewa: The British, French and Italians, under the boxer protocol, also main- tain small armed detachments there, but Japan has become the outstanding factor with her recently increased fanchuria, particularly the elimina- jon of Marshal Chang Hsueh-! provisioual government at Chinchow. In adiition to the Japanese land forces, 6 Japanese, aircraft carrier with 50 airplanes now lies at Chin- wangtac, 10 miles away. Chinese observers have expressed a belief Japan also intends to control the Peichipu coal deposits in southern. i ol alle a FISH WANTS PROBE OF ‘ALIAN ACTIVITIES, Wasmnngton, Jan, 2.—(7)—Congres- Honal investigation of Fascist and nti-Fascist “activities in the United -| Says Congress Must, Above is shown the wrecked inter-/50, an explosion expert, fatally injur- for of the ‘postoffice at‘ Easton, Pa., alse was Sao while open- where three persons were. killed in & Package after two _postoffice clerks had died from the blast which the first of a series of bomb outrages | occurred when they opened a first which have stirred the country. bundle, one of a series which had Below is shown Charles V. Weaver, | been placed in the postoffice. Prohibition Law Beaten in Finnish Referendum Vote MISSING ASSISTANT |oster See! ron wi CASHIER OF OBERON | BANK HELD OM CAST of Citizenry Helsingfors, Finland, Jan. 2.—(7)}— Tabulation of more than one-half th... votes in Finland’s prohibition. Tei. endum showed Saturday that 73.1 percent. were for repeal, 25.6 per- E. |. Tobler, Arrested in-Las An- geles, Faces Charge of Embezzlement cent for: Jaw and 1.3 percent for modification to permit light wines and beer. | W. C. T. U. LEADER TELLS REASON FOR OPPOSITION Washington, Jan. 2.—(7)—The Woman's Christian Temperance Union explained its opposition to resubmis- sion of the eighteenth amendment Saturday by contending it is no move for political justice but “an attempt by the same old selfish interests to restore the liquor traffic.” “The drive for resubmission,” said Ella A. Boole, president of the union in a letter to members of congress, thorities. ae be srommenraen! HG hisg lee oe wet propaganda wi as already Tobler, arrested at his home here 18 -Gvoeated violation of the law and ‘an exclusive residential section, de-' parades disobedience as a virtue. It nied the charge. iis @ vastly different thing to submit — jt the people a constructive measure TOBLER DISAPPEARED !for bettering conditions, than to sub- FROM OBERON AUG. 20 ity ‘a stibversive idea fraught with se- Minnewaukan, N. D., Jan. 2—(—| “Another national vote on prohibi- Los Angeles, Calif, Jan 2.—(P)— Ernest I. Tobler, former assistant cashier of the Bank of Oberon, at Oberon, N. D., was arrested Saturday on a charge of embezzling $9,000 from the institution. He is being held here pending word from North Dakota au- BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, | present, Cap Mercury Drops to: - 18 Degrees Below GATES EXONERATED DF BANK ROBBERIES FOLLOWING. PROBE Verification of Alibis Presented By Two Other Suspects Also Given ‘Washburn, N. D., Jan. 2—(P)— Gomplete exoneration of John Gates, former Sioux county sheriff, of any ¢annection with the robbery of the First National bank of Wilton De- comber 8, and verification of alibis given. by his two companions, held a3. suspects, came out of an investi- gation by McLean county authorities. ‘Gates was released on bond Satur- day, while Walter Underwood and Leslie Swift, both former convicts re- mained in jail on charges of obtain- ing money under false pretenses. Investigation of the Wilton robbery will continue, G. A. Lindell, McLean county state's attorney, said. While alibis given by Underwood and Swift were verified during the probe, Lin- Gell said information was obtained to warrant further investigation. Gates has been bound over to the Emmons county district court on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and was held until today when he was released on his own $500 bond, Swift and Under- ‘wood are in the Washburn jail. Find Parole Violation ‘The investigation revealed Swift violated a parole of the Iowa peni- tentiary and efforts will be made to return him to that state instead of trying him at Linton. Underwood is expected to be tried on the false pre- tense charge, and is to be returned to Linton within the next two days. Lindell; A. J. Loudenbeck, sheriff of McLean county, and Gunder Osjord, head of the state bureau of criminal Japprehension, completed a week's in- Thursday night. said the investigating group heim | ganmection with the Wilton robbery and no further ngpatier fica ‘wquid be necessary into tlt angle of the case. Centering their prdbe in South Da- kota, where Underwood an@® Swift claim to have been on the day of the ‘Wilton holdup, th: rities found that alibis both men were sub- stantiated, ©. ell said, however, the investiga- tion with respect to Underwbod and | Swift would be continued in view of |their identification, as two of the three men who robbed the bank, by (Continued on page three) BiG PRORTS HADE ON FOREIGN BONDS {8 MEN, 12 WOMEN: | HELD AS SUSPECTS Recent Abduction Victims Called in Effort to Identify Persons Held Chicago, Jan. 2—(7)—Pat Roche. chief investigator of the state's at- torney’s office announced Saturday }was*entirely satisfied Gates had ‘nd| ve Q . I. Tobler, arrested in Los Angeles. @ charge of embezzlement, disap- red from here Aug. 20, after leav- ing @ note indicating he alone was re- sponsible for the shortage in the totgled $9,901. The following | Tobler’s tion, the letter sald, would not take he would call in recent victims of kid the issue out of politics, but would naners to view 18 men and 12 wome assure it @ place there for many years. neid incommunicado in a hotel as Better enforcement and larger observ- suspected members of a midwest kid- ance were called for by Miss Boole. naning ring. CARDINAL CALLS FOR Among those Roche said he would REVIVAL OF TEMPERANCE Senate Committee Announces . Tabulation Made During { Investigation Washington, Jan. 2.—(?)}—Figures submitted to the senate by leading Tobler, about 40 years old, had been} bank for 16 years. Aug. 20, saying he was g0- ing to Devils Lake for medical treat- ment, and was not seen thereafter. failed to return, bank of- ficials began an audit and found a note from Tobler addressed “To whom it may concern,” and stating that “my PE A CALL WITNESSES AT -|SENATE BEER HEARING # Washington, Jan. 2.—(?)—Four wit- tion, Cardinal Dougherty asked re vival of total abstinence and temper. ‘ance societies. He spoke Friday, at a reception in his honor tendered by Catholic organizations of the Phil- adelphia diocese. nesses were called Saturday by the pig , : senate committee which opens he: leaving home and did not intend to|ings on legalization of beer next Fri. return.. aL vy day, as follows: Manipulation of certificates of de-|. Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the posits and extraction of ledger sheets | journal of the American Medical as- from the records were, the methods sociation; Dean Clarence Mendel, of used by Tobler in obtaining funds,/Yale university; Dr. Charles Norris, said. chief medical examiner of New York City, and Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, com- ts of health of New York City. committee's hearings will be based on 8 bill introduced by ‘Senator Republican, pence elh to Act on Taxes — Dickinson Surpasses: 2 Denecrtie wasers to 1980 Building Mark ‘Dickinson, -N. D. Jan. 2.—()—With 1931 past Dickinson has set an out- standing i Hy i banking houses indicate profits run- case against the suspects and that h® Tabulations of the deals, untotaled had enough evidence to place them on because of overlapping transactions trial but declined to reveal thelr and incomplete accounting in some names, saying he wished to prevent directions, show one firm alone made applications for habeas corpus write more than $29,000,000 in the sale of until the men and women were. $5.625,000,000 of such bonds. All banks booked. “| participating in disposition of $1,071,- The Tribune said, five confessions 000,000 of this total, made more than have been obtained from the suspects $97,500,000 gross profits, If this rate which involve 17 kidnapings and d@- held good for the entire amount, nds for ransom. Tsomething like $200,000,000 in profits “We have enough evidence against went to American banks. these people now to warrant trial,”| These and other figures were made Roche was quoted as sdying, “but we public Friday by the senate’s finance are not going to announce thelr committee in continuance of the bond names and have a flock of habeas sale investigation launched by Sena- ‘corpus writs filed in their behalf. tor-Johnson of California as a part \There are still many threads of the of his fight on the administration's linvestigation to be followed.” - {foreign policy. ———— It {s his contention that the bank- THREE BREAK JAIL | 4ng houses are interested in cancella- St. Paul, Minn., Jan, 2.—(P}—Three tion of the war debts to protect the prisoners at the St. Paul workhouse private loans and the bonds sold by leacaped. Friday night when they them to the public. Some of the pushed open the cell block door,’ Prominent witnesses have told the knocked the superintendent and @ committee they believed the private guard to the floor and darkness. i over government obligations. Coxey Takes Office As Mayor of Ohio = ty; Proposes ‘Prosperity’ Bond Issue|=7'=: F 3 ee \ fled in tha issues should have priority of payment - EYURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1982 nd Bombing Menace Bismarck: Experiences Coldest Weather Recorded Here in Last Two Years ~ MERCURY BEGINS SLOW RISE Torrential Rains-Are Recorded in Many Sections; Levees Are Threatened Bismarck, with a mercury reading Of 18 degrees below zero shortly. after 7 a. m., was the coldest point in North Dakota Saturday. The cold spell here was marked by some peculiar antics of the thermo- meter. Mercury sank to a low of 17 degrees below zero during the night, was 10 below at 7 a. m., dropped to 18 below a short time later, and was 12 below at 10 a. m. Not since Jan. 20, 1930, almost two years ago, has it been as cold in Bis- marck as it was Saturday morning. It was 19 below that day. No other point in the state reported @ temperature below zero, according to O. W. Roberts, federal meteorolo- gist here. Devils Lake had zero and it was four above at Fargo. Southern parts of North Dakota were the only sections of the state to get much snow during the week, Rob- erts said. There is no snow at Minot, Devils Lake, Grand Forks and Fargo. Wil- liston received very little snow but. the storm, which followed the course of the Missouri river, grew heavier as it moved in a southeastward direc-| tion. | Buses Are Blocked Buses of the Interstate Transporta- Aberdeen, 8. D., Friday because high- ways just over the South Dakota line; were blocked. Roscoe received 14 inches and, Aberdeen 10 inches of snow during a storm the middle part; of the week. - Roberts said the forecast calls for a {slow but sure rise in the mercury, with no more snow in sight here for awhile, _ mRecurtrent rains in many sections of | tHe ‘Dnited States, contrasting heavy snows and sub-zero weather in a lim- itedqrestern area, graduated to tor- rential proportions in the south and threatened towns in the Mississippi delta district with disaster as 1932 got under’ way, according to an Asso- ciated Press dispatch. tion company were unable to get to|¢; ures Chinchow —————_$______—__—_+ I Robber Suspect | GEORGE E. WHITE CONTINUE EFFORTS 10 EFFECT RETURN OF ROBBER SUSPECT Offer Larger Reward Than lowa For:Man Wanted For Bank Holdup Here Local authorities Saturday con- tinued their fight for the custody of George White, suspected as one of the men who held up the Dakota Nation- al Bank and Trust company of Bis- marck Aug. 7, 1930. eee is being held in Long Beach, The first action taken by authorities to get the custody of the accused was to offer a reward of $300 for his cap- ture, which is $50 more than offered by the state of Iowa where White al- so is wanted for questioning in con- nection with the robbery of a bank at Calumet. Chief of Police C, J. Martineson said munication with operatives of the Burns Detective Agency in California, who have consented to act for North Dakota. Prepare Extradition Papers Governor George F. Shafer has agreed to sign extradition papers for White, Martineson said, and docu- ments will be in the hands of Long Mississippi Swells Swelling waters of the Tallahat menaced leveés and isolated communities. Residents of to ‘considered in gravest danger their homes and sought safety higher levels as levees crumbled. D: ; Moderating temperatures prevail in all except the Dakotas, Nebras’ and Western Kayisas. fl The Rocky Mountain area fe\; warm sunshine Friday with modera temperatures in Colorado, Montan.. ‘New Mexico and Wyoming. Towa’s snowfall ranged from one to pes inches but temperatures were Both the east and west coasts saw steady rains but the weather was un- seasonably mild. A novelty baseball game scheduled in one eastern town had to be called off on account of; U. 8 RAFTING ARMS PARLEY PLAN Present Decision Is to Make no Overtures to Other Na- tions at Geneva ‘Washington, Jan. 2.—(7)}—The Unit- ed States will make no opening over- tures to the nations at the next month’s general disarmament confer- ence at Geneva, but a detailed policy has been laid down to guide the American delegation. Many guns, so many soldiers, ammunition. Budgetary limitation al- lows each nation to spend defined Beach officials at the time of the suspect's release Jan. 5. according to the Bismarck chief, ‘Daniel O’Brien, police commissioner at San Francisco, has become interested ‘in the case and has agreed to use his influence in having the prisoner re- turned to North Dakota. Martineson expressed himself as be- brought to justice if White is brought back here. The North Dakota Bankers asso- ciation has taken a hand in the case by forwarding a request to the Cali- fornia Bankers association to use its influence in behalf of North Dakota. Has Criminal Record White is serving a 30-day sentence for petit larceny at Long Beach. Known to the police as the “Turk” he has a long criminal record. Martineson claims White is the man who stood guard while four com- looted the local bank of more than $26,000 in cash and negotiable securities. White was identified from a photo- graph by Charles Whittey, Jr., who entered the bank during the holdup. pai oe cian a “Tate Bulletins | HOLD ROBBER SUSPECT ONE KILLED IN WRECK ~ Marinette, Wis., Jan. 2.—(?)—One person was killed and four others in- jured when a passenger train of the Northwestern railroad derailed and plunged through the station at Car- bondale, Mich., 12 miles north of legislative act wes suggested as im- Perative to rescue Chicago and the ‘and | country from bankru) ~ " ‘The Weatht Part! and Sune day; in temp. © PRICE FIVE CENTS LOCAL AUTHORITIES AID GOVERNMENT IN FIGHT ON PLOTTERS Dozen Deadly Machines Sent Through Mails Terrorize Middle West MANY LOCALITIES AFFECTED 14 Places, Under Guard in Chi- cago; Italians in Other Cities Menaced (By The Associated Press) Federal and local authorities in many cities worked Saturday to end the bomb menace which has spread through the east and middlewest. Since Wednesday, when the first of the infernal machines exploded in the postoffice at Easton, Pa., caus- ing the death of three persons, at least a dozen bombs have been sent. by mail or express. Most of them were intended for Italian consuls or others’ identified with the fascist moyément. c Scattered bombings or attempted ‘bombings were reported from many localities Saturday. Fourteen places in Chicago, homes and business houses of prominent Italian-American citizens, were un- der guard. Among them were the Saturday that he had been in com~-| tori SPECIAL SERVICES SET FOR NEXT WEEK Protestant Churches to Cooper- ate in Prayer Programs For Six Evenings the Churehes of Christ. Similar pro- grams will be held all over the United States. Churches cooperating in the series Presbyterian, The program follows: Monday — at First Evangelical church—“Prayer for faith in and loy- alty to a conquering Christ,” by Rev. Baptist church. a Tuesday—at. First Baptist chuieh— “Prayer for the leadership of the Holy Spirit,” by Rev. Emil Benzon, pastor of the First Lutheran church. Wednesday — at First Lutheran church (Avenue D between Sixth and plaetél eEgaE i & Ellis L. Jackson, pastor of the First *