The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1932, Page 1

( | ‘ i ~ settlement. : . ese borrowings or an Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1932 Four Jap Marines Begin Occupat NIPPONESE PREPARE | TO FORCE DEMANDS UPON CHINESE CITY U. S. Detachment Ready to De-| fend Interests in Interna- tional Settlement WASHINGTON INVESTIGATING Tokyo, Replying to Stimson Message, Says U. S. Seems ‘Unduly Alarmed’ (By The Associated Press) Two thousand Japanese marines rolled into the Chinese quarter of Shanghai in motor trucks at mid- night and fighting broke out on the edge of the international settlement. Tt was estimated there were 24,000 Chinese troops in the vicinity: of Shanghai, but the Japanese were un- der orders to clear them out of the Chinese quarter, where a considerable number of the residents are Japanese. Japan has announced its intention of using force if necessary to sup- press anti-Japanese organizations outside the international quarter. The Chinese municipal authorities; capitulated Wednesday night to a Japanese ultimatum demanding dis- solution of the objectionable organ- izations inside the settlement. Japanese warships lay in the har- bor, presumably with additional landing parties should they be need-! ed. - U. S. Marines Prepared In the international settlement foreign troops, including U. S. imar- ines, prepared to defend their in- terests if the fighting threatened the Three more warships were ordered! to prepare to proceed to Shanghai by the Tokyo government. The ar- rival of these would bring the total number of Japanese vessels before the city to 40. » 2s . , The U. 8. government previousi; had asked Tokyo for information on just what steps the Japanese con- templated taking in dealing with the Shanghai situation. The reply stated the Japanese have no intention of aggravating the itua- tion. Secretary Stimson’s note was more m the form of an inquiry and it was explained authoritatively it could not) be considered as a protest. It was pointed out the U. S has Jarge commercial interests in Shang- hai and in view of conflicting §, orts of Japanese aims it would appreciate enlightenment in that. direction. It ‘was understood the note stressed that America, as well as other countries, is eager to avoid any measures might jeopardize such interests. “The U. 8. seems unduly alarmed,” ® foreign office spokesman said, com- menting on newspaper ‘dispatches. “We have only a handful of blue- jackets in Shanghal. There is no) reason why their presence should be considered alarming.” ‘Stimson, Lindsay Confer Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British ambassador, had a long private talk ywith Secretary Stimson Wednesday night at the secretary's home. Two possibilities appeared as to what might be done. One would. be Anglo-American economic pressure, which could cover blocking of Japan- on Japanese goods. : The other was that @ naval display in Chinese waters imight be undertaken. But there was, no official word as to what was likely ‘to be done. Meantime the public was given op- portunity to judge of the strenuous efforts which this country vainly. took to stop the occupation of Man- churia, The entire file of messages sent from this country to Japan was \given to the senate Wednesday by President Hoover. It showed Secretary Stimson re- peatedly had takett a tone so sharp as to be extraordinary in protesting the Japangse military. acts, and in informing the government of that country that its, explanations were considered inadequate. A communication to the Japanese consulate in a note from the Shang- hai mayor seid he secepted four de- mands, as follows: 1: That the Chinese citizens who attacked five Japanése monks on January 18 be 2. punished. That the Chinese pay an in-|ing. demnity for the attack. 3. That the Chinese apologize for the attack. 4, That the Chinese authorities | pert bring to a termination anti-Japanese activities in Shanghai. . Four U. 8. destroyers at Manila or- awaiting to proceed to Shang- hai. The destroyers were the Bul- mer, Edsall and Paul Jories, ‘men, ‘ Rail Labor Unions ' Are’Voting Again THEY WILL DOCTOR BUSINESS : Two southerners, Jesse H. Jones of Texas (left) and Harvey C. Couch of Arkansa: directors of the ere appointed w_$2,000,000,000 by President Hoover as democratic reconstruction finance corporation Created to stimulate business and industry. I. V. A. Leaders Gather | At Convention in Minot INDIANA MAN FREE WITHOUT GIVING UP $00,000 IN RANSOM ‘Howard A. Woolverton, 52, Re- ““‘Veased at Michigan City; Missing 23 Hours South Bend, Ind, Jan. 28—(?}— Howard A. Woolverton, 52, sought throughout northern Indiana and Il- linois for 23 hours after being kid- naped, returned alone to his home here at 11:35 o'clock Wednesday night without, he said, having met the de- mand of his abductors for $50,000 ransom, A bit incoherent, and highly nerv- ous from his experience, Woolverton was placed under the care of a phy- sician, Exhausted from many hours of riding about blindfolded in an au- tomobile under constant guard, Wool- verton, after being let out at the out- skirts of Michigan City, Ind., boarded @ train and came to South Bend 36 miles away, without being recognized, Woolverton said he was really frightened only once, and that was at the beginning of the ride Wednesday night which ended with his release. “We are going to take you for a ride,” he said one of the men told him. Forced to wear dark glasses and submit to a blindfold across his eyes, Woolverton said as best he could re- call he was driven about in the ab- ductor’s car for about three and a half hours before a stop was made at 8 house. . ‘There, he said, the men talked with explained, he would not tell whether there were two or three at the house. Theft Is Believed _ Motive in Slaying Middleburg, Va., Jan, 28—()}—Theft was revealed Thursday as the possible motive for the slaying of Mrs. Agnes Isley and her maid, Mrs, Nina Buck- ner, Jan. 13. ‘Walter 8. Buckner said an investi- had ‘belonged to Mrs, Iisley 1s miss- ‘Meanwhile blood-stained coat and laundered @ blood-stained ‘on the morning following the double tragedy, Minneapolis Bids Farewell to Consul Minneapolis, Jan. 28.—(#)—Lead. ing citizens of Minneapolis and other northwest cities gathered at a din- ner We night included Governor Floyd B. Endorsement of Hoover Sought; A. L. Netcher Made Per- manent Chairman Minot, N. D., Jan. 28.—(?)—North Dakota's “Real Republican” organiza- tion Thursday laid the ground work for a fight to send a slate of del- egates to the national Republican convention to support . President. Hoover for reelection. Delegates to the party's state con- vention . agreed. to. sacrifice sectional differences in the interests of setting up a formidable front at the state primary for the election of Hoover delegates. A resolution to nominate delegates without regard to geographical loca- tion so that “well-known men and women” could be placed on the ballot for delegates carried unanimously. The convention planned to endorse Hoover later in the day, and the pre- liminary action was with a view to |setting up a slate of delegates aimed |to defeat the slate offered by the failed to endorse Hoover, but went on record in favor of a presidential can- didate offering “progressive principles and ideals.” Nestos Is Speaker Former Governor R. A. Nestos of Minot in an address, extolled the rec- ord made by Hoover and drew en- thusiastic applause from the dele- gates. Striking as a keynote the necessity of sound government, Senator A. W. Fowler, Fargo, chairman of the or- ganization, opened the party’s con- vention. Before the convention will be placed the plan to endorse President Hoover for reelection and to enter his name on the presidential preference primary ballot March 15. William Stern, Fargo, was the out- standing candidate for national com- mitteeman, and his endorsement was freely predicted by party leaders. Fowler called on the delegates to continue their “battle for sound gov- ernment.” The convention call and roll was read by Mike Tschida, Glen Ullin, secretary of the “Real Republicans.” Mayor A. J. H. Bratsberg, welcomed Fessenden, was unanimously elected permanent chairman of the convention. Reiterating the keynote sounded by Fowler, Netcher called for harmony and a united fight. -His mention of the Republican administration’s re- construction bill brought @ round of enthusiastic applause from the gath- ering. A motion for the appointment of s committee of 15 to draw up nomina- tions passed, as did one for the selec- (Continued on page Seven) Denver Kidnaping Believed Solved Denver, Jan. 28.—(AP)—Police believe identification of @ dead man as one member of the extortion gang which kidnaped Benjamin P. Bower and the arrest of two other men has is} brought the abduction case near com- lete solution. Bower was freed last Euinday without payment of the $50,- 000 ransom demanded. Albert T. Clark, chief of police, said Joseph Clinton Riley, ex-con- vict who committed suicide Wednes- day rather than. surrender to a raid- ing squad of officers, was the ring leader. G. W. Reed, 36, and Fred Creeley, 35, were arrested a few hours after Riley shot himself to death in a Denver rooming house. Clark said he believed the two were associates of Rile: it the abduction of the 62- year-ol manager. Bower ident the house. His collar. and necktie were there. He npeieres tee the motor ear ride that e jed:in his The Weather 8 tonight with moderate Cold wave) geuersily fair Friday. PRICE FIVE CENTS FLOTILLA UNABLE 10 BOAT SANK TUESDAY Prospects For Finding Crew of M-2 Alive Small as Oxy- gen Supply Wanes NEW SEARCH IS LAUNCHED Two Days and Nights of Scann- ing Floor of Dead Man's Bay Prove Futile fj Portland, England, Jan. 28.—(AP) —Practically the entire flotilla of the British navy which was search- ing for the British submarine M-2 which sank in the British channel Tuesday was moved to a new loca- tion Thursday eight miles away from the spot previously searched. . Although hope for rescue of the three score members of the submar- ine’s crew was almost abandoned be- cause the time limit of the supply of oxygen in the ship was practically expired, the shift was made because of the tragic possibility the search of the last two days may have been conducted at the wrong place. The new search was begun at the spot where Captain Howard of the coastwise steamer Tynesder said Wednesday night he saw the sub- marine go down, although he did jnot know at the time the tragic sig- nificance of its disappearance. The new search took on a desper- ate and dramatic intensity as the day advanced and only a few hours remained in which the entombed men could possibly find air enough in the submarine’s hull to keep them alive. Some naval experts believed. the official calculation of the wir supply for this type of craft, originally fixed at 48 hours, might be extend- ed to 56 under favorable circum- stances. In any event, the limit would expire ‘sometime between 10:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. (5:30.a. m, and 1:30 p. m. (E.S.T.) Thursday.) Diving operations on the original spot continued, however, as an ef- fort was made to determine the character of the two objects touched by the sweeps as they dragged the floor of Dead Man’s Bay Wednes-| Nonpartisan League Republicans who 4 lay. The channel was very choppy, however, and swirling tides made every descent into the sea a peril- ous adventure for the divers. The faces of all the officers conducting the search were grave and most of them felt the‘diving operations were hopelgss. A white blanket of fog hung over the whole scene. Two days and ne of searching the floor of Dead Man’s Bay, failed to sryanliah any contact with the vessel, DELAY I$ CAUSED BY ILLNESS OF JURORS Two Men Become Ill as Defense Begins Insanity Plea For Winnie Judd Court House, Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 28.—(AP)—The murder trial of Mrs, Winnie Ruth Judd was delayed Thursday by the illness of two men in the jury box who were ordered to bed because of severe colds. Superior sndge Howard C. Speak- man recessed the court until Friday, when the trial will be resumed pro- viding improvement is shown in the condition of, the two jurors, M. T. White and Joseph L. Standage. They became ill Wednesday. Standage is an alternate. White’s condition was said to be bordering n_ influenza while Standage’s con- dition was not so serious. “We must not take any chances with this jury,” said Judge Speak- man. “We might excuse one juror, but we cannot excuse two. If neces- ny I will, recess court again.” ednesday’s session ended as the defense .was completing the struc- ture for the -insanity plea to be made in behalf of Mrs, Judd, on trial for the slaying of Mrs. Agnes Anne LeRoi. Mrs. Judd also is un- der indictment for the murder of Miss Hedvig Samuelson, native of North Dakota. Rev. Harvey ‘Joy McKinnell, 72-|%, ear-old father of the defendant, fol- lowed his wife to the witness stand. He elaborated a story of ‘nsanity, allegedly. ere’ in the McKinnell family, as told by his wife. Four meml of the family, he said, had died mentally unbalanced. Mrs. ‘Judd .listened to the testi- mony showing emotion. © The defense, b; insanity, fe nd left them behind when ib Healy mieata ‘Feviewed by 8 list of spenkers| te Ses ted out b; the sy tee is hopeful of say the gallows. SEVELT ENDORSED Burlington, Vt., Jan, Democratic stat pleadii Mrs, Judd from | other 7 Wanted Organizing one of the greatest man- hunts in the state’s history, Acting Governor Robert Burns of Oklahoma has offered a reward of $1,000 for the capture of Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, shown above, “dead or alive.” Floyd is charged with leading a gang blamed for 10 Oklahoma bank rob- beries, in which six persons were WILLIAM fl. CONNER, PIONEER RESIDENT OF N. D., SUCCUMBS Father of Three Bismarck Per- sons Dies at Home of Son at Wibaux, Mont. William H. Conner, 83, a pioneer resident of North Dakota and of Bis- ‘Wharok, diet Wednesday mdrning at the home of a son, Charley Conner, at ‘Wibaux, Mont. He was the father of Marshall Conner, Mrs. W. A. Hughes jand Mrs. Faye Kent, all gf Bismarck. {Conner had been ill since the latter part of December, death being due to the infirmities of old age. Conner settled in Emmons county in |1890 and lived there several years be- |fore coming to Bismarck where he made his home until 1921, when he went to Montana to live with his son. Born at Logansport. Ind., he lived there until he came west to North Da- kota. He was married to Charlotte Wingfield at Peru, Ind., in 1875. She preceded him in death 19 years ago this January. Besides his son and two daughters in Bismarck, he leaves two other sons and @ daughter. They are Charley Conner, Wibaux, Mont., Tom Conner, Ollie, Mont., and Mrs. Charles H. Pearson, Braddock, N.. D. There are 13 grandchildren and one great- grandchild. One son, Lieutenant Arthur Conner, was killed in France during the World war. The Bismarck lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he was a charter member, will be in charge of the funeral services, which will be conducted from the Perry Funeral Home either Friday or Saturday. He will be laid to rest be- side his wife in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Dennis Funeral Will Be Held Friday Puneral services for Mrs, Sarah Lake Dennis, mother of Mrs. George F. Dullam, 710 Fifth 8t., who died at the home of her daughter Wednesday, will be conducted at 4:30 o'clock Fri- day afternoon from the Perry Funeral Home. The Rey. D. Pierce-Jones, rector of St. Georg Episcopal e's church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Olympia, Wash. Mrs. Dennis was born April 29, 1844, in Plainfield, N. ¥. At an early age she moved with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Lake, to Rock county, ‘Wis., where she lived until her mar- riage to Harrison Dennis in 1870. They made their home successively in South Dakota, Iowa and Washington. Mr. Dennis died in Tumwater, Wash., in 1915. Surviving Mrs. Dennis besides her Violent Explosio Fatal to Fireman ounties Favor Bisma | Mandan Youth Will Get Carn John A. Dewey, Jr., Also Wins Four-Year Scholarship in U. S. College IS JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL Recognized For Attempting to Save Lives During Flood of Heart River Pittsburgh, Jan. 28.—(AP)—John A. Dewey, Jr., of 514 East Main Street, Mandan, N. D., Thursday joined the roll of Carnegie heroes. The Carnegie Hero Fund commis- sion awarded him a bronze medal at its 28th annual meeting for at- tempting to save Forrest E. Mar- vin, nine, from drowning at Mandan Feb, 21, 1930. Dewey was a 14-year- old school boy. While Forrest was riding in a boat which his father rowed on overflow water at the Heart river, the boat struck a piling of a viaduct and 6 set. Forrest drifted in a gul where the current was three miles an hour toward a bridge of a railroad track that crossed the gully. John, fully clothed and a poor swimmer, waded a step or two from the track and then swam 15 feet to Forrest, who was unconscious. Sup- porting Forrest, he tried to swim to- ward the track, but he was carried by the current under the bridge, the clearance of which was but 10 inches, and also under a_ similar bridge 125 feet from the first span. Soon afterward, he became numb and lost his hold of Forrest. He then swam and drifted 200 feet to shallow water. He was too numb to get out alone and was aided by aman. Forrest drifted to shallow water and a man rescued him also. He was revived. 4 : JOHN ONE OF HAPPIEST YOUNGSTERS IN STATE John Dewey, Jr., student at Man- dan high school, was one of the hap- Piest boys in North Dakota Thursday. He has been advised that not only will he receive a bronze medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund commission for attempting to save Forrest E. Marvin from drowning about a year ago, but that his entire college course expenses will be paid. Interviewed by a representative of the Carnegie commission, he said he was not sure where he would con- tinue his higher learning, but that he was inclined toward the Univer- sity of Washington. John, now 15 years old and a jun- jor at Mandan high school, is promi- nent in school activities and a modest youth. His marks rate above those of the average student. PARENTS, CHILDREN ARE BURNED IN FIRE Minnesota Father and Mother Near Death Following Farm House Blaze Clarissa, Minn., Jan. 28.—(?)—A mother and father are near death and two small children were burned seriously in a farmhouse near here ‘Thursday. All four probably would have per- ished had it not been for James Bain, 24, neighbor, who noticed smoke coming from the roof. The victims are Mr. and Mrs. W. Schieve and two daughters. Dorothy, two, and Eleanore, three. Two other niga were at grade school at the ime. The mother, her entire body seared and her eyesight gone, was unconsci- ous at a Bertha hospital. Physicians said she will die. The children were burned badly about the face and hands and phy- sicians termed their condition “cri- tical.” The father also was burned about the face and hands and his recovery was doubtful. A four-year-old daughter, Agnes, owed her life to the fact her older brother, Henry, seven, chose to take her to school as a “visitor.” The blaze is believed to have start- ed following explosion of a gasoline can. The theory was advanced either Mrs. Schieve was attempting to quicken a fire by pouring gasoline in the stove, or the gasoline can ex- ploded while it was standing too near the hot stove. Bain rushed across the road to the Young Girl’s Slayer egie Medal e Carnegie Hero | = Sees eens WILL COORDINATE WORK OF FINDING JOBS IN BISMARCK United Plan to Curb Unemploy- ment Outlined at Meeting in Labor Hall Arrangements to coordinate the work being done in Bismarck to pro- vide jobs for, the mnemployed were: made at a meeting Wednesday night at Labor hall. Those present, in ad- dition to membors of the Bismarck Trades and Labor assembly and other workers, were members of the As- sociation of Commerce unemploy- ment committee and of the city com- mission. Members of the Association of Commerce committee, who have been conducting a survey to locate jobs, made it clear they are not interested in having work done at reductions from the standard rates of pay and that the manner in which a job shall be done is to be decided by the per- son furnishing it. The labor group said some persons had interpreted the job-survey cam- paign as one designed to have peo- ple employ workers at less than reg- ular prices. Dr. J. O. Arnson, chairman ot the Association of Commerce comn.'ttee, Said Thursday that 300 prospsctive jobs had been listed by the 10 solici- tors who canvassed the business dis- trict early this week. In some cases, however, it will be necessary to con- fer with landlords regarding the items of work suggested before they can be listed as available. In other cases jobs will not be available at once but are listed as future pos- sibilities. The list of available jobs has been turned over to the city empioyment bureau in the city hall, which is co- operating in the effort to give gain- ful employment to citizens. Although each person giving work is asked to make his own selection of workmen if possible, the city employment bu- reau is offering its cooperation in this phase of the endeavor. It has listed the qualifications of applicants for work so that painters will be as- signed to work they can do best and carpenters will be given the jobs in this classification. If the movement is to be successful, Dr. Arnson point- ed out, persons giving the jobs must be satisfied with the work done. probably will be canvassed by sclici- tors for the committee and Arnson is hopeful that the list of jobs to be done will show substantial increase. He asks that householders be pre- pared to tell the committee's agents of any employment they may be pre- Pared to give, either now or in the near future. The canvass of the downtown dis- trict, Arnson said, showed the heav- jest call to be for painters, carpenters, common laborers. Man Is Ejected from Indianapolis, Jan. 28—()—Admin. | istration forces in the United Mine Is Declared Insane|wnicn beran when he Next week the residential districts |: floor cleaners, men to haul ashes, and Am United Mine Meeting|=: rck ion of Shanghai!2s uct Hope for Rescuing 56 in Submarine Fades i LOCATE SPOT WHERE | WARD, MOUNTRAIL OPPOSE REMOVAL Action Taken at Large Meeting Held Wednesday After- noon at Garrison PLAN CONSERVATION BODY impounding of Waters and Building of Bridges Also Considered By Group (By Tribune Staff Man) Garrison, N. D., Jan. 28.—Residents of four northwestern North Dakota counties went on record at a meeting here Wednesday in favor of keeping the state capital at Bismarck. The session of men from McLean, Mercer, Ward and Mountrail counties was called primarily to consider prob- lems of mutual interest, chief among them being the conservation of sur- face waters in the area, but the effort to move the capital was one which they felt they could not ignore. A resolution, offered by Lars J. Siljan, editor of the McLean County Independent, and adopted unani- mously by more than 100 persons Present, asserted that moving of the capital would result in further in- creasing the tax burden on all prop- erty in the state and would set a Precedent which might do untold harm to the state in the future. Other actions taken put the assem- bly on record as favoring immediate at Bibowoods and at the Big. Besse al and at the south of Garrison. oe ion Is Launched the state and national its. Its immediate object is to foster the construction of dams to wa- en composed of: W. N, Harris, Turtle Lake banker; Siljan; Rube Scholl, (Continued on page seven) Weather Report j ——— °o FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: snows tonight with mod wave; fair Frid vise lives terests. For North Da- kota: Local snows erate cold wave; generally fair Fri- day, colder east portion. For South Da- kota: Unsettled = and much colder tonight; probably local snows; mod- erate cold’ wave tonight or Friday with generally fair Friday. Snow flurries and much colder tonight; cold wave‘ east ef Divide and northwest portian; Fri- day partly cloudy, colder southeast portion. For Minnesota: Mostly coludy to- night and Friday, possibly occasional snow; colder tonight, moderate cold wave in northwest portion: much cold- er Friday, moderate cold wave in northeast portion. For Montana: CONDITIONS A low pressure area, accompanied by warm weather, is centered ‘over the Mississippi and lower Missouri Val- leys while high pressure and colder weather extends from Saskatchewan westward and southwestward to the Pacific coast. Sub-zero temperatures prevail in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Light, scattered precipitation occurred throughout the northern and western districts, Bismarck station barometer, inches: 27.90. Reduced to sea level 29.74, TEMPERATURE At 7 a. m. Highest yesterday ; Lowest last night PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 hrs, ending 7 a. m. Total this month to date NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Ta. m. Low Pct. BISMARCK, eldy. .....+ 5S Devils Lake, snow’: 33 20 ‘02 Fargo-Moorhe: Jamestown, cldy. Valley City, clay, x Williston, Sad, a 2 100 Grand Forks, T GENERA! Other Stations— i ‘empra. Pre, Eee tes Tes a ae fe Huron,’s. D., cldy.. Eannas te MS Eley. MS. Lander, -Wyo., acre poskasasersccesns.