The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1932, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 | Protest Occupation of Shang Canadian Posse Searches for _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMAR FATHER AND MOTHER Tribute Paid to Two AND FOUR CHILDREN HACKED AND BURNED Believe Slayer Suspect May Freeze to Death in Sub- Zero Weather BOY IN CRITICAL CONDITION Manitoba Provincial Officers Brought to Elma in Special Train Elma, Manitoba, Jan. 30.—(?)—A madman fled in sub-zero cold Friday before the wrath of a posse, the blood of six members of the Martin Sitar | family on his hands. A special train brought vrovinciai officers Friday from Wininpeg shortly after word was sent that Sitar, his wife and four of their children had been murdered and their farm home set _afire, Tom Hrechkosie, a laborer employed by the Sitars, is missing. The possi- bility he may have perished in the fire was discounted. He slept in the loft of a small house with Frank Pioneer N. —— Will Visit Here i ! RT. REV. BARTLETT |Rt. Rev. Frederick B. Bartlett, who jSucceeded the late Rt. Rev. John esol Tyler at Fargo recently as {Episcopal bishop of North Dakota, will be the guest of St. George's Ep- iscopal church in Bismarck this week-end, according to Rev. D. Pierce-Jones, local rector. Bishop | Bartlett will officiate at all services D. Editors mory of George B. Winship and Charles Edward Boy- den Is Praised GOVERNOR SEES PROGRESS North Dakota Press Associa- tion Hears Battery of Speakers at Minot Minot, N. D., Jan. 30.—(P)—A tribute to the memory of two pioneer newspapermen was paid Davies, Grand Forks, dean of North Dakota newspapermen, in a memorial address before the State Press as- sociation meeting here Saturday. George B. Winship, former pub- Usher of the Grand Forks Herald.) and Charles Edward Boyden, former publisher and editor of the Lisbon Free Press, were described by Davies as men who “carried on with cour- age and fortitude when times were dark and the future was uncertain.” Edward Sullivan, Mohall, president of the third district group, address- Velva Man Named by W. P.|- CK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1932 ° | Wins Scholarship | p eee o CHESTER RHINES Chester Rhines, son of C. E. Rhines, Regan grainbuyer, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the National Research council and will do experimental work in microbiology at ithe New Jersey Agricultural Experi- ment Station, New Brunswick. He will work under the direction of Dr. S. A. Waksman, one of the leading soil microbioloigsts in the United States. Rhines graduated from the North Dakota Agricultural college with 2 COLDEST WEATHER IN TWO YEARS HA NORTHWEST IN GRP Mercury Drops to 30 Below at Napoleon and Minot, 20 Below Jin Bismarck MOST HIGHWAYS ARE OPEN Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, South Dakota, and Mon- tana Report New Lows (By the Associated Press) The coldest weather in two years swept the northwest Saturday as the mercury, declining 40 degrees in 24 hours in some areas, touched 31 be- low in northern Minnesota. The extreme cold brought suffer- ing to many. In St. Paul a man |froze both feet as the thermometer |registered 15 below, the coldest since Jan. 25, 1980. The cold wave, sweeping out of the Canadian provinces where 40 Slayer of Six This chronology-map shows how Japan's troops, utilizing the most modern methods of warfare, swept swiftly and steadily through Manchuria in the! Japs’ Onward March Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Sunday, PRICE FIVE CENTS hai UNTED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN SEND MESSAGE 10 JAPAN American Fleet Ready to Eva- cuate Nationals and to Protect U. S. Citizens EIGHT DESTROYERS READY Chinese Decide to Declare War But Have Not Yet Made Formal Announcement (By the Associated Press) On the heels of vigorous protest by the U. S. and Great Britain against the Japanese seizure of Shanghai, the navy Saturday or- dered its Asiatic fleet to stand ready to protect American lives in strife- ridden China. “Our fleet,” Admiral William V. Pratt said, “will be ready to evacu- ate our nationals or to protect them if a crisis arises where mob rule prevails. “Our forces will go in and take whatever steps are necessary to pro- tect our people.” He pointed out there are a large number of women and children in China. He also said that the ships of the battle force will leave San Diego Monday for winter maneuvers off Hawaii as scheduled, but will not go beyond those islands at present. Eight destroyers are now being Prepared at Manila to leave at a moment's notice. Four are now en \scholarship record which never has|degrees below was registered, en- been excelled at that institution andi veloped Minnesota, the Dakotas, jhas since held an experiment station | srontana, Towa and Wisconsin. jscholarship in bacteriology. The new North Dakota looked forward to last four months before occupying Shanghai in China proper as a reprisal for anti-Japanese boycotts. Seizing Mukden in the first real conflict wilh Chinese soldiers, the Japanese drove northward through the Nonni river district to Anganchi and Tsitsihar. Then came the “big push” through Sitar, eldest son of the family. Those dead are: Martin Sitar. and his wife, Sophie; Frank, 20; Walter, 11; Bert, 10; and Association Head Minot, N. D., Jan. 30.—(P}—W. | in St. George's church Sunday and jalso will. speak to the church school; jat 10 a. m. At 6:30 o'clock Monday ‘evening he will preside at a banque. Jennie, seven. A son, Paul, four years old, was taken alive from the burning dwelling, but his condition Friday was precari ous. Mrs. Sitar, too, was alive when neighbors burst into the flaming (Continued on page three) Fon ee te aS | _, Weather Report DG Binet coi scree | r soand vicinity: Gen For Bismarck and vicinity: - erally fair and continued cold tonight and Sunday. For North Da- kota: Generally fair and continu- ted cold tonight and 8 2 For South Da- kota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, except possibly « snow Sunday west por- tion; continued cold, For Montana: Generally fair extreme east, un- settled west’ and central, snow west portion to- night and — Sun- day; colder tonight extreme south- west portion. : For Minnesota: Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Sunday. CONDITIONS The high pressure area, with its accompanying cold -weather, extends from the Mississippi Valley to _ the eastern Rocky Mountain slope. Sub- zero temperatures prevail to southern Towa and southern ®ebraska this morning. The temperature is rising over the Southwest but it continues to drop over the Canadian Province Prince Albert, Sask. reporting 40 d grees below zero. Except for gene ally fair weather in North Dako! light precipitation occurred through- out the northern and far western dis- tricts. . Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28,36, Reduced to sea level 30.33, Weather outlook for the week end- ing Feb. 6: Ing or the region of the Great Lakes: Abnormally cold first of week, fol- fowed by rising temperature latter art; generally fair at beginning. fol- lowed by rather frequent precipita- jon. For the upper Mississippi and low- er Missouri Valleys and the northern and central Great Plains: Abnormal- ly cold beginning of week, followed by rising temperatures north portion, rising temperature beginning of week in south portions, then mostly normal remainder of week; rather frequent precipitation indicated. At 7 &. m. Highest yes Lowest last night . PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 hrs, ending 7 a. m. ‘Total this month to date Normal, this month to date . Total, Jan. 1 to date . . 1 to date 00 35 4 35 Al = 06 NORTH DAKOTA POINTS 7 a. m. Low Pct. BISMARCK, clear .. 20.00 Devils Lake, clear Fargo-Moorhead, Jamestown, clear Valley City, clear. Williston, ‘clear. Grand Forks, Minot, ... GENERAL. Other Stations— Temprs. Pre. Low High Ins. Amarillo, Texas, clear c Boise, Idaho, snow Calgary, Alta., el Chicago, I Denver, Des Moines, ia., odge Kas., Edmonton, ‘Alta. Havre, Mont. cle Helens, Mon\ 8. =14 TS, ‘icial in chatge. 0 I lice held his wife pending an investi- 1) apparently used was in a linen closet ¢/ Whittier Funeral to be given by St. George's parish in the service club room of the Grand Pacific hotel. This will be Bishop Bartlett's first visit to Bismarck. ARIZONA WILL FIGHT MISTRIAL MOVES IN WINNIE JUDD CASE Judge Will Await Recovery of ~ Jurors No Matter How Long it Takes Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 30.—(#)—The state of Arizona, having spent near- ly $25,000 to date in the trial of Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, will make every effort to prevent a mistrial because of illness of jurors, Judge Howard C. Speakman stated Friday. No testimony has been given in the case since Wednesday, when two men in the jury box were stricken by se- vere colds. Judge Speakman declar- ed he would await recovery of the jurors “if it takes days, weeks or Court has been recessed-until Mon- jday. Physicians of Joseph L. Stand- age, alternate juror, said he had de- veloped “‘a pronounced case of intes- tinal. influenza,” Mrs, Judd observed her 27th birth- day in jail Friday. Sheriff J. R. Mc- Fadden allowed her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Harvey J. McKinnell of Darlington, Ind., ahd her husband, Dr. W. C. Judd, Los Angeles physi- cian, to visit her. Mrs. Judd is on trial for the mur- der of Mrs. Agnes Anne LeRoi. She also‘is accused of slaying Miss Hed- vig Samuelson, who was born and {grew pp in North Dakota. Minneapolis Man Mysteriously Shot Minneapolis, Jan. 30.—(?)—Edward |Olson, 35, shot in the head, was found near death in his apartment under |myasterious circumstances Friday. Po- gation. - Detectives summoned by Mrs. Olson found him in a hallway. The Pistol | nearby. i Olson first said someone else had. shot him. and then said he had shot. himself, according to police. He was believed wounded fatally. Is Set for Monday Northfield, Minn., Jan: 30.—(?)}—; services here! the lignite industry at Columbus, N. D., seling his holdings there in 1927. OF . » SATURDAY Senate o ‘Nordbye nomination for Min- Judgesht: J ings on considers ip. Agriculture comimittee Expenditures committee. considers ‘consolidation of war and’ navy de>) Merchant marine committee inves- | tigates shipping board. | Nels Simonson, Finley; E. D. Beek- H. Francis, Velva, was elected:| president of the North Dakota | Press association, holding its an nual midwinter convention in Mi- not. R. Gilbertsen, Glenburn; Hal 8. Davies, Minot, and B. W. Condit Mayville, were elected first, second and third vice presidents, respec- tively, * i Mark Forkner, Langdon, was re- ' elected secretary-treasurer. Members of the executive com- mittee. include Fred Jefferis, Washburn: immediate past .presi- dent Francis; Gilbertsen; Forkner; ins, Carrington; and Fred Roble. Granville. @a the convention on business con- ditions, and urged the newspapermen to build up the confidence of the public. i Pessimism Is: Scored Calling pessimism one of the: worst of sins, S. J. Dornan, Alameda, Sask.,; scholarship becomes effective April 1. | Rhines attended school at Regan but graduated from high school here. He matriculated at the agricultural \college in 1927. ‘AMERICAN QUARTET | RELEASED 70 NAVY BY HONOLULU COURT Four Principals in, *Hondr Slay- ing’ Are Given Freedom Under Bonds Honolulu, Jan. 30.—(#)—The navy president of the Canadian Weekly, "aving agreed to cooperate in keep- Newspapers association, said “Nu! country was ever built by a pessimist and no country will ever be saved by this type.” With the announcement of winners and the awarding of trophies in va- rious contests conducted among members, the annual convention of the association was to be concluded Saturday afternoon. A symposium on “Building News- Paper Volume” was among the feat-/ ures of the sessions. Edward Sui- livan, Mohall, W. H. Francis, Velva; F. G. Orr, Mott; H. G. Wambheim, Hatton; and Harry Morris, James- town, were among those contribut- ing to this feature. Shafer Notes North Dakota's record of progress in the 42 years of its statehood fur- nishes an inspiration and @ rebirth of confidence in the future of thé com- meeting. . “If the next 42 years are to be as glorious in terms of achievements and progress as the last 42 years have been, and I believe they will be, I think we might be well satisfied,’ the governor said. Governor Shafer called attention to the comparative youthfulness of North Dakota, citing the fact when North Dakota was admitted to the union, Nebraska was 22 years old, Minnesota a1, Weonan 41, Iowa 43, 1%. NOVEL LBRARY 1S KEP NNDERWOOD Edward Erickson, Through His Own Methods, Maintains Institution Free (Tribune Special Service) ‘? | tution. Today in Congress ness-men rent and heat ment provides that he. nishing the books and Ubrary without charge. shall goon fur: Managing the ys ing defendants in the Joseph Kaha- hawai slaying in their jurisdiction, civil officals announced Saturday they would permit the release of Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, E. J. Lord and A. O. Jones under bond. Circuit Judge A. M. Cristy said Mrs. Fortescue’s bail would be $5,000 and that for the three navy men $2,500 each. ‘The four were arraigned Friday for the second-degree murder of the young Hawaiian who was one of five youths charged with attacking Mrs. Fortescue’s daughter, Mrs. =Jassie. Apparently stirred by the -navy's attitude in sending to Washington critical reports of court administra- tion here, Judge Cristy asked co- operation of the navy before fixing bonds. Lacking the cooperation, he sald, their bonds would be $50,000 each. 5 Secretary Adams of the navy de- partment announced in Washington his approval of plans for the navy to cooperate. The defendants must report daily to a probation officer. Judge Cristy denied a defense mo- tion to quash the indictment. The motion charged the court had coerced the grand jury into bringing in the bill of accusation and it did not rep- resent the true findings of the in- quisitorial body. Plane With Seven Passengers Missing Los Angeles, Jan. 30.—(7)—A tri- tored air passenger plane with a jot and 7 passengers aboard was lost Friday night somewhere in the rug- ged mountain and desert country be- tween here and Bakersfield, Calif., about 150 miles north. ‘The plane ieft Bakersfield at 3.50 p. m,, and was due here an hour later, but late Friday night nothing had been heard from it. Officials of the joperating company, the Century Pa- cific, clung to the hope that although terrific winds were reported over the , aera, the plane landed on some little valley floor, possibly far distant from a tele] Three women and four men, all i pilot is J. V.. Sandblum of Los Ang- eles.. Continue Efforts to Find Lost Submarine Portland, Eng., Jan. 30.—(?}—The bottom three Abbot A The.find was considered the most im- portant since search began. 4 continued cold weather as the mer- cury, which dropped to new lows throughout the state Friday night, ranged from 18 to 28 degrees below zero Saturday morning. Cold Will Continue ’ Continued cold Saturday night and Sunday was the forecast for the state. Minot and Napoleon, where the mercury dropped to 30 below zero, reported the state’s coldest weather while close to that were Devils Lake with 28 below, Jamestown 24 below, Williston 22 below, Valley City 21 below and Fargo and Bis- marck 20 below zero. Valley City’s minimum recording of 21 below was the coldest of the year and at 7 o'clock Pian t morning had not changed althoug! the mercury at Devils Lake, Fargo, and Minot had risen one or two de- grees. The state highway department said highways in the vicinity of (Steele and Medina on U. S. No. 20, {which had been partially blocked by !drifting snow, were open Saturday. (In the Devils Lake district, a heavy snowfall was being cleared away by highway snow removal crews. Hibbing, with 31 below zero, was the coldest point reporting in the jnorthwest. It was 40 degrees be- !low at Prince Albert, Sask. i Dropped 40 Degrees | At LaCrosse, Wis. a drop of 40 |degrees was recorded in the last 24 ‘hours, The tearrerais Saturday jmorning was 10 degrees below zero, ;against 30 degrees above Friday. } Rice Lake, Wis., had the coldest weather in two years when the mer- jcury sank to 28 below. The mercury descended 30 degrees at Charles City, Ia., since Friday }morning. The thermometer regis- tered 12 degrees below Saturday morning whereas 24 hours ago it was 18 above. The mercury varied 18 degrees since Friday at Rapid City, 8. D., where 14 degrees below prevailed. It was four above Friday. Huron, S. D., reported 16 below and Pierre 12 below. Above-zero temperatures were re- Placed by sub-zero marks.in many Montana localities. DAMAGE SLIGHT IN many cities to the west, reaching a climax in the capture of Chinchow. Meanwhile, street fighting broke out in many Chinese cities and an Amer- ican mission at Tienstin was shelled. ! ing steps to protect citizens in the Now the United States is consider- e foreign settlement at Shanghai. Rail Heads Stand Pat on Refusal of Union Offer UTAH MAN SELECTED ‘FOR FINANCE BODY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wilson M'Carthy, Salt Lake/ City, Last Named By President Hoover Washington, Jan. 30.—(AP)— Wilson McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Democrat, banker and lawyer, is President Hoover's choice for the seventh and last place on the Re- construction Finance Corporation’s board of directors. His nomination will go to the sen- ate Monday, and should be approved forthwith. The other six directors, half of them serving ex-officio, half appointed, already have pitched in to work although the appointed three—Charles G, Dawes, president, Harvey C. Couch and Jesse H. Jones —cannot receive their commissions and take oath of office until Wed- nesday. a On the remainder of the economic program now before congréss, Dem- ocratic leaders of the senate got their heads together and decided to pe the Glass (D., Va.) bill for ank-law revision and relief to the depositos in closed banks. hey gave an eye to the pending LaFollette-Costigan $375,000,000 di- tect federal measure, but with- out reaching a final party decision on the project, arranged to make a try to put it back in committee for new study. A Democratic group composed of Senators Walsh, M tana; Wagner, New York, Black THREE FIRES HERE Flames Cause Loss Estimated at $25 in Residence in South Side of City Two fires which occurred in Bis- evoneey. end bg ciogd caused | damage while a partialiy residence, A fire reported from 1120 Front reet at 11:20 a. m. Friday was ex- cinguished after it had caused dam- $25. The blaze started after tenants had astempted to thaw out a frozen waer pipe in a, parition. A chimney fire at 321 Eighth st, Friday evening and a fire in the basement of a house at 208 Rosser avenue Saturday morning did no famage. Californians, are the passengers. The) dai Minnesota’s Oldest, Active Judge Dead St, Charles, Minn., Jan, 30.—(7)— Municipal-Judge W, al of Alabama, will make their own report on the bill in the meantime. Williams and Kraabel Leave for Washington Fargo, N. D., Jan. 30.—(?)—Jack Williams, state adjutant of the American Legion, and T. O. Kraabel, North Dakota veterans service com- missioner, both of Fargo, left here Friday night for Washington, where they will attend sessions of the na- tional Legion rehabilitation board. Kraabel is North Dakota rehabili: ation chairman for the Legion. En route to Ws they will stop at Cincinnati, where they wil attend a child welfare conference for officials of the Legion. They expect. to return about Feb. 7. Nonpartisan Meetings _ Scheduled for Feb. 24 County conventions of the Non- partisan League will be held Feb. ©. N, Lee, state chairman, announced Friday. Precinct meetings in counties it the state are to be held 10, he said, at which time del- another attempt to change the point Conference Near Deadlock, Al- though Both Sides Still Profess Some Hope Chicago, Jan. 30—(7)—The rail-j| road presidents stood pat Saturday on their rejection of compromise plans offered by the 20 railway brotherhoods at their joint wage con- ference. With only passing reference to la- bor’s counter proposals, Daniel Wil- lard, spokesman for the carriers, turned back to a reiteration of the fundamental demand that union em- ployes accept a 10 per cent deduction from their pay checks for a year. The conference seemed to be near, a deadlock, although each side pro- fessed to hold hope for an eventual settlement of the problems of wages and unemployment. For more than two weeks the nego- tiations had progressed until Friday the nine railway presidents flatly re- fused labor's four compromise plans, basic among them a stipulation that if a year’s wage cut is agreed upon there must be no further discussion of reductions for another year. At the petition of the union del- egat the presidents reconsidered. Saturday, but returned to the Joint conference only to restate the need for a 10 per cent wage reduction to save the railways financially and make a step toward general pros- it y. Said Willard for the carriers: “A flat 10 per cent deduction is essential to railway finances.” Said David B. Robertson for the brotherhoods: “Something must be done for the unemployed railroad workers who are in need. We feel that our offer to accent a 6 1-2 per cent cut outright, and deduct another 3 1-2 per cent for direct relief of fur- loughed employes and for additional employment is not unfair.” Robertson said that “we both made of view of each othe One Sentenced, Three Fined in Minot Court Minot, N. D., Jan. 30.—()—One man was sent to jail, three women were fined, and sentences of six other liquor law violators were deferred when they pleaded guilty in federal | court here Friday before Judge An-| drew Miller. i Reinhold Grams was senteced to six months in the Ward county jail; Dor- othy Boyd, Ruby McCauley and Rae Norris were fined $350 each and sen-j tences of Mrs. Oscar Hague, Don Mc- Cauley, Gle Cassner, Thomas Mor- row, Louis were deferred. Man Who Slew Son Is Declared Insane to the county conventions will ‘The state meeting, Lee said, will at Bismarck at a date yet BOX FACTORY BURNS pee Mae mtn a “zero we ‘apped they fought urday and Massillon state sane until cured. BOY INJURED FATALLY Verndale, Minn., Jan. 30.—(AP) >-Run down while riding his bi Gordon Sjobeck, 14, was inj tally. by a car by Fred Wood. of Minneapolis » - By: standers said the and Floyd Trapp r to route from there to Shanghai. In the strongest move since the horror of battle has strangled nor- mal life in Shanghai, the U. S. and Great Britain applied their protest to the Japanese occupation of the native city of Chapei. Report From Consul It was on the basis of reports re- ceived from the American consul at Shanghai, Edwin S. Cunnin, 1» to the effect that Japan—after the Chinese had agreed to Japan's de- mands—had taken sections of the native city by military force. ., The state department had before it a general summary of the situa- tion, as it applied to the interna- tional settlement, handed to Cun- |ningham as senior consul by the mu- nicipal council of Shanghai. The decisive stand by this coun- try and Great Britain went much further than earlier representations, which were based only on the safety of foreign citizens and property in the international settlement. In reply to those representations, Secretary Stimson announced Fri- day, the Japanese gave strict assur- ance that rights of foreigners would be respected. This assurance was repeated Sat- urday morning to Stimson by Am- bassador Debuchi, of Japan, an hour or so before announcement was made of the latest protests to Ja- pan. Further Protests Probable The Gara forwarded by Cun- ningham to the state department may be the basis of further protests o Japan by the U. S. and Great Britain. It contains a general pro- test “against the violation of the neutrality of the international set- tlement In a second point the municipal council protested to the foreign con- suls at Shanghai against the settle- ment being used as a base of opera- tions by the Japanese against the Chinese. It protested against interference by and the sending of Japanese troops into yarts of the interna- tional settlextt set aside under the settlement defense plan for other nations to defend. It specifically mentioned Japan- ese troops being sent to sections assigned to American Marines for protection and to the sections Honan Road, Range eke. Creek. » Socialist ing, a dispatch to the Reuters news decision was reached at the officials, hospital for the in- | costs.’