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

pase re Roemer = ae ea pe North Dakota’a Oldest Newspaper : ; peta Oh By Pickard ESTABLISHED 1873 MARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1932 Mo Move to Halt Sino-Jap Fighting Coxey to Open Presidential Race Here JAPANTO CONTINU DEFENSE POLICY IN GHNESE 61T18S|— Anriouncement Made in Tokyo Following Consideration of New Protests JAP FORCES REORGANIZED Nipponese Claim Right to De- fend 30,000 Nationals in Danger. in Shanghai Tokyo, Feb. 2.—(AP)—Dispatches received here telling of the opening of the new battle at Shanghai said Chinese had set fire to the Japanese district of Hongkew in the interna- tional ‘settlement and that a large section of it was burning. Newsboys began crying their. ex- tra papers in the streets, around the foreign office, describing the battle, while Foreign Minister Yoshizawa was conferring with the ambassadors of the U. S. and Great Britain, who called to propose plans for a peace- ful settlement of the Shanghai dif- ficulties. The Japanese were withdrawing into ‘the northern part of the inter- national settlement because of the fire, dispatches said, and the Japan- ese consul general was rounding up refugees near the Whangpoo river, from where they could easily be evac- uated, Consider Problems Official Japan spent most of the day con ing problems arising out of the situation at Shanghai and end- ed by indicating the country. would continue to follow what it called de- fensive policy in China. A reorganization of the navy was announced by the navy office. included formation of a third Japan- ese fléet uniting all the naval units in South China waters, including those at ey under one com- mand. Heretofore the navy has been divided into two fleets. Besides this change the navy was given a new general head, bringing it, he army was brought recent- ly, under the.direct supervision of @ member of the family of the ¢m-~ peror. 5 Admiral Prince Hiroyasu Fushimi, member of the supreme war council and head of one of the - collateral branches of the imperial family, was appointed chief of the naval general staff to succeed Admiral Shoshin Taniguchi. A short time ago Mar- shal Prince Kotohito Kanin, also a ive of the emperor, was made chief of the army general staff. Protests Are Presented - The cabinet heard reports on the Shanghai situation and orsign Min- ister Hoshizawa presented the epee tests of Great Britain and the U. S. against the policy there. A spokes- man indicated the wording and tenor of the verbal protests presented Mon- day by. Ambassador Forbes for the U. S. was quite “stiff.” Ss The British and American objec- tions to Japan’s using the interna- tional settlement at Nh base for operations, he said, wat equivalent to a request that Japai relinquish the sector assigned her in the common defense plan of the set- tlement. ‘ “We have as much right to par- ticipate in that defense,” he said, “gg the Americans or British. Among the things to be protected is human life, far more precious than any property or forms of treasure. Thirty thousand Japanese subjects. live Shanghai—double the total, ofthe American and British populahionee, and we have every right to protect the lives of these subjects.” Today’s session of the Tokyo stock exchange was suspended in the after- = hanghai 2s a! BISMAR ‘SNOW INCALIFORNIAL iN i wera hs) Buzzarp rears, tentatively poked his — nose From ‘his hole at 3:30 | he could not see his shadow. Augustus ventured forth to make his annual prediction with reference to the end of winter. been sunny and his shadow discern- | come out enough able, he would have scampered back later in the day. BRITON DESCRIBES Henderson Says He Cannot) tast october. ‘Contemplate Even the Pos- sibility of Failure’ ‘| Dr. Williams said. Geneva, Feb, 2—(?)—The> world lopened this evening after having been | dications.” delayed for an hour while the League of Nations council met to consider the {problem in the Far East. Arthur Henderson, the former Brit- ish cabinet minister, acting chairman, tia praecox type. ‘its problems. ‘TI refuse to contemplate even the possibility. of failure,” he said, “for if we fail no one can foretell the evil jconsequences that might ensue.” “The enfeebled chairman. in poor young.” “seize this opportunity —while it is still oura—to lead the peoples of the world oné more step toward the hign table land of peace and cooperation.’ At/the outset. he referred to the ominous thunderingg, from: the Far East. a noon because of drastic declines in all kinds of stocks. Following the structions from _ their would visit Foreign Mi zawa during the friendly discussion of the a situation and for the purpose of at- tempting to formulate plans for a peaceful settlement of the dispute. Also Sent to China f Similar instructions ‘ vanes under> stood to have been sent Amer- ministers to China. The conference opened in a more than hed three important objéctives. reduction and limitation of ts, mG) To determine that no arma- ments may be maintained outside the | Were Story of Japan. Runs in Tribune: pil iit aE ‘Says Ruth Judd Suffers ~From Dementia Praecox 322 225. sin He testified the 27-year-old de- fendant was not fully developed. in|‘ALFALFA BILL’ MURRAY idisarmament conference, attended by SE ee ti ene. bg ire cae charg statesmen of three-score nations,|/ her legs are too long—these are in-| William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray of Tuberculosis from which Mrs. Judd 13 suffering may often cause, or ~at. Teast be assoviated with, dementia Praecox, said Dr, Williams. health for several weeks, spoke more than an hour. \ 3A won oe creme HUGE FINANCE BODY SET TO BEGIN WORK esate ces ; ber of 51 meetings. His mode of : jtravel has not been determined, Taking Oaths to Do Their Level Best For U. S. First Event on Program ., Washington, Feb. 2.—(?)}—Tuesday | Federal ithe reconstruction finance corpora-| tion, biggest hope of the government! along the Mississippi gulf coast sec- (1) To reach s collective agreement |f0r ® quick restoration of confidence 1}in business, went to work. jon a practical program for substantial Taking an oath to do their level tag 'S.. was the first task commissions | his nad approached and then fled. A| BI DRIVE T0 BE FIRED. IN BISMARCK. SOON Leader of ‘Coxey’s: Army’ Will Leave Massillon in Air- plane Wednesday HAS PLAN FOR PROSPERITY est-Bearing Bonds Might Be Explained Bismarck will have an opportunity to see the launching of a presidential campaign within the next few days. General Jacob 8S. Coxey, now may- or of Massillon, .O., and famous as the leader of “Coxey's army” of 38 years ago, announced Monday night that he would leave Massillon Wed- nesday in an airplane for Bismarck to begin a campaign for the presi- dency. He expected to make # brief | Slaughter stop at Indianapolis and to spend the night in Chicago. Whether he was flying in a private plane or would use When Augustus J. Groundhog, into his den after predicting six more} the regular airlines was not stated in weather prophet for these many | weeks of wintry blast the Associated Press dispatch telling As it was, he remained non-com-Jof his plans. m, Tuesday, mittal and ‘delayed decision until 4 Coxey is a Republican and the prin- cipal plank in his platform is one Local weather bureau officials|calling for the issuance of non-inter-|the Bronx. bore him out, for they said there/est-bearing bonds as a means of re- Had the day| was just a chance that the sun would storing capes gurating his campaign here. fact, it is presumed that Coxey will primaries, to be held March 15 and here or the means he will: pursue in DISARMAMENT PLAN | ooemee.ne Court House, Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 2) at various times at as much as $100,- —(?)—Dr. Edward Huntington W1l-/ 000. Mams, Los Angeles psychiatrist, testi- fied Tuesday that.in his opinion Win-| Massillon, Ohio, of which he long has nie Ruth Judd, on trial for murder, : was insane when she’ killed Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig Samuelson/ speed, hence the use of an airplane. Miss Samuelson grew|He has been more or less in the lime- up in North Dakota. “I think that she did not know the/ Washington in 1894. He gets his title difference between right and wrong,”|as general from his leadership of that Last year he was elected mayor of been a resident. He is 77 years old but says he likes light since his famous march on tatterdemalion army. Minot, N. D., Feb. 2—()—Governor Oklahoma, candidate for the Demo: “I believe that the whole plcture'cratic nomination for the presidency. of ther since her babyhood. her ac- tions, manner, what she has done/announced in Minot Tuesday and the way she has done, it, definite- ly indicate insanity of the demen-! brother. will campaign in North Dakota, it was George T. Murray of Berthold, his The Oklahoma executive will visit “She has had a mother complex—jthe state during the week beginning began the session wth. an outline of], paby complex—since she was very March 6, the week just prior to the presidential primaries, and will spend two days in North Dakota, with one address in Minot as a positive fea- ture of his itinerary. The aétual dates of his visit will be, made known short- ly after confirmation by his campaign manager, George Murray says. During his tour of the state “Alfalfa Bill” will be called upon for at least four major speaking engagements, in though @ plane is being considered. Prohibition Agent Is _ Slain in ississippi Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 2.—(AP)— prohibition authorities of two states Tuesday led a manhunt tion for moonshiners who Monday night killed one member of a dry squad faiding party and gravely wounded another. R. M. Buck, 43, operative with the ifederal prohibition office here for the last four years, was slain, and Otis Williams, 25, a special agent, was shot in the breast and left arm j urprised a party of men attending a still 30 miles north of Gulfport. Smith D, Robinson, the third agent, escaped without injury. He seppried ‘the still attendants opened fire hounds “were sent to. the scene of the shooting to take up the Details of Proposed Non-Inter- Presumably he} Monda; hi , burst= ut the afternoon | will outline his ideas further in inau- |Mc"ey night as gang gunners, to make his shadow visible. Although no mention is made of the; #Partment, slew @ woman and two enter the North Dakota presidential! two men, and fled as one of the chil- that this is his reason for beginning en ee ee ee iio ana ing his drive for the presid 3 Los Angeles Psychiatrist Testi- | Cenmng bis dutve tor the Presidency /war again; that Schultz gangsters fies For Defense in ‘Trunk Although famous as the leader of'in sending death to three others. an army of unemployed years a@g0,j Those Pasquale Del Coxey 1s not and never has been &/Greto, 32, a Coll confederate who has really poor tz en arrested five timés in*as many ent means which have been estimated months; Florio Basile, 40, an ex-con-/ charged the Farmers’ National Grain viet whose record dates back to 1912, ! corporation fraudulently. failed and | eee ee I Opens Drive Here ‘ el GENERAL JACOB 8. COXEY GOTHAM GANG GUNS FATAL 10 TWO MEN AND WOMAN MONDAY Takes Place in Apartment; Three Others in Party Are Wounded e The screams of children echoed ing into a Commonwealth avenue men, wounded another women and. der to the corner policeman. Police said Tuesday it was the “Dutch” Schultz-Vincent Coll gang {were hunting Coll and succeeded only killed were: and Mrs. Emily Tarrizello, 35, whose ;connection with the others was not’ entirely clear to police. The wounded: Mrs. Lena Vinco- guerra, 28, mother of four children rand sister to the slain Fiorio; Louis iBasile, brother of Florio; and Joseph! {his heart. The six, together with six children, were eating a mid-evening lunch— sandwiches, salami and gingerale— when there was a knock at the door. One of the children ran to open it. |Three men carrying guns burst into the room, brushing past the children. |The guns began roaring without a {word being spoken. The shots raked resistance, and police later said there was not a firearm in the apartment. At least 18 shots were fired befors; ‘the killers turned and fled. ‘FRAZIER’S BILL IS BACKED BY FARMERS John A. Simpson, Head of Farmers Union, Heads West- ern Group to Capital Washington, Feb. 2.—(#)—John Simpson, president of the Farmeis Union, headed a delegation of farm- ers from eight western states who ap- peared before a senate agriculture sub-committee Tuesday in support of the Frazier farm relief bill. The farmers were from Oklahoma, South Dakota, Iowa, Colorado, Wis- coeuins Minnesota, Tlinols, and North cota. : Simpson testified that the Frazier New York, Feb. 2.—(P)—Once more; With care. The court directed the the dogs of gang war are barking in | Plaintiff be allowed 10 days to change ; Which, the ruling said, the allegations \ger, the national farm board act; that by | the entire y. ‘There was ‘no! this contract, without written notice | _THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Four Powers State Fighting Must End [GRAIN CORPORATI MOTION IS REFUSED BY JUDGE GUILFORD North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers Association Bring- ing Damage Action Minneapolis, Feb. 2.—()—A motion by the Farmers’ National Grain cor- poration asking the complaint in the $1,181,000 damage suit of the North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers’ as- sociation be thrown out of court was denied Monday by Judge Paul Guil- ford in district court. ‘The court also rejected the applica- tion of the defendants, which asked, as an alternative ruling, the plaintiff be directed to amend its complaint to make specific separate causes of ac- tion, which the defendant motion contended were incorporated in the complaint. set up only one cause of action, but added the pleadings were not drawn certain sections of the complaint, in were intermingled in such manner as some essential language was omitted from’the complaint. Charge Violating Contract ‘The Wheat Growers’ association brought suit on the charge the Farm- ers’ National through failure to carry out certain contracts had ruined the credit’ rating of the plaintiff and re- :Sulted in the financial failure of the {association. | A memorandum attached to his or- linterpretation of the real allegations of the complaint. |.This was that the North Dakote- Montana Wheat Growers’ association refused to perform its obligations un- instead of encouraging and aiding Producer-owned and controlled co-/ force them out of business. False Reports Charged Further allegations, as interpreted by the judge, were that the grain cor- poration made false representations to induce the Wheat Growers’ associ- ation to sign a contract with it June 19, 1930, and that the grain corpora- tion on April 5, 1931, in violation of as the contract provided, “failed, neg-| lected and refused” to continue to fi-| nance the Wheat Growers’ associa- tion, and that, pursuant to a conspir- acy the grain corporation circulated false reports to grain exchanges as to the solvency of the Wheat Growers’ association. Arthur Le Sueur of Minneapolis 1s; attorney for the Wheat Growers’ as- sociation and Oppenheimer, Dickson, Hodgson, Brown and Donnelly are at- torneys for the grain corporation. | FEAR 16 PERSONS IN PLANE MISHAPS Three Night Airmail Pilots Miss- ing; Wreckage Sighted in California (By The Associated Press) One airmail pilot was dead Tues- day, two others were missing, and it was feared 13 persons had met dis-| aster aboard two air lines on oppo-| sité sides of the continent. ‘absolutely necessary,” “Good prices will not bring the farmer out of the burden of debt un- der prevailing high interests rates,” Simpson said. ‘The dead pllot was John W. Sharp- nack, pilot of a Pacific air transport mail plane. He was killed when his Plane, en route from Oakland, Calif.. Judge Guilford ruled the complaint emphatic declaration of policy, Dino jaer by Judge Guilford. included his} | pute.” operative marketing in the grain | “a Bade the grain carpi ren conspited!ich-apesking nations the, two Eng: unknown parties wreck and| digg ye<deret |Parrone,.19. Louis Basile was.critic- | Gestroy the beat See reek and |to stop the fighting and to bring ally wounded. A bullet lodged near ition and other like associations and/and in the spirit of the Kellogg pact. Declaration That Sino-Jap Bloodshed Must Stop Is Issued at Geneva GERMANY ALSO IN: ACCORD Discouragement and Cynicism Press Down on Disarma- ment Conference Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 2—(P)— America, Great Britain, France and jItaly announced in brisk military style at an extraordinary meeting of the League of Nations council Tues- day that the Sino-Japanese fighting “must come to an end” and that they had decided to make further diplo- matic efforts to stop it. J. H. Thomas, a British cabinet member, spoke for his country and the U. 8., and the American delegates to the disarmament conference sat near the council table. That conference was delayed for an hour while the council met. When he had finished his brief, but Grandi for Italy, and the French representative announced their gov- ernments approved the stand of Washington and London. The Ger- man delegate made a similar cordial statement. Cited Kellogg Pact not to be in logical sequence and that) Thomas had cited the Kellogg pact] * and the nine-power treaty, and presumably it was upon the basis of these that the American government was cooperating with the other great, powers. The Anglo-American proposal to id Nanking which Thomas’ “(1)—That all acts of violence and preparations for hostilities shall be brought to an end. “(2)—That in the Shanghai area both sides shall withdraw their troops as further protection to the international settlement. .and.a..neu- tral zone shall be arranged. “(3)—That negotiations shall ‘be-. gin immediately to settle the dis- The American and British govern- ments, said Thomas, would be glad if the other powers would follow thew about a settlement under the terms Cynicism Is Prevailing While the doors of the chamber which is to house the long-expected world disarmament conference from Tuesday on were prepared to open on. the first session, discouragement and ism pressed down under the. Keenly conscious of the fears and bitter rivalries shaking governments the opening session at all. Secretary of State Stimson was not there from the U. 8. Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain remained in London. Premier Laval of France was in Paris, and Chancellor Bruening of Germany was in Berlin. Maxim Litvinoff, commissar for foreign affairs of Soviet Russia, was on hand, however, prepared to pre- sent in due time his proposal for a re- Says War in Progress “War—in everything but name is in progress,” said Thomas. “Shang- hai has been the scene of conflict in which artillery and airplanes have taken part. To such a state of af- fairs members. of the league cannot be indifferent. If we allow it to go on the league covenant and kindred international treaties must inevitably lose the confidence of the world. “It is not without significance to the league members that the gov- ernment of the U. S. holds an iden- tical view of the situation in all the efforts of peace which the council has made in the last four months.” The armies of both belligerents must retire, he asserted, and a neutral zone must be organized un- a British and American super- ion, . cynic! wight of the news from the Far East. | and peoples, most of the world’s best; knowns statesmen did not appear for! PRICE FIVE CENTS : UNITED STATES AND CREAT BRITAIN PUSH CONCILIATION PLANS France and Italy Are Expected to Do Likewise in Effort to Avert Warfare FIVE PROPOSALS DRAWN Cessation of Violence, With- drawal of Troops, and Settlement Sought Washington, Feb. 2—()—In what was termed at the state department as a “good Samaritan” move, the U. 8. stood with Great Britain Tues- day in a concrete endeavor to halt hostilities in the Orient. France and Italy were expected to do likewise. While gunfire again raked Chinese sections of wealthy Shanghai, Presi- dent Hoover and his cabinet waited anxiously for word whether the peace efforts would have fruition. The far eastern authorities took them under consideration. The pro- Posals were: Preparations. Withdrawal of combatants from or of contact. leutral zones to the in- temational settlement. * Prompt negotiations for per- manent peace. The text did not mention what further steps would be taken if the table, eserving plete freedom to act as future events Mealy at his president at leck, the t studied developments as told in dis- ‘Patches from the navy. One was that the Japanese had agreed to discontinue patrols in the Anglo-American quarters of the in- Shanghai, ternational settlement at 8. gommand. of the United. States mar- fnes at Shanghai—notified that “re- liable reports state two regiments of Japanese infantry and of artillery (Continued om page nine) ee 4 Weather Report | FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy jtonight and Wednesday; not much change in tem- perature. 5 For North Dy kota: Cloudy t night and Wed- nesday; not much change in temper- ature, For South Da- kota: Snow prob- east and south portions to- night and ex- treme east por- tion Wednesday not change in temperature. For Montan Partly cloudy warmer to- night and Wedn night, For Minnesota: Mostly cloudy, snow probable in south portion to- night and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. CONDITIONS Low pressure covers the district except for a narrow crest extending from the North Pacific coast across Montana into Western North and South Dakota. Light precipitation has been very general over the Lake Region, Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, the Northern Rocky Mountains, and the Southern Plateau Region. Tem- peratures have risen generally over the district except for the Southern Plateau and Southern Saskatchewan where temperatures fell somewhat, Bismarck station barometer, inches, 28,09, reduced to dea level 29.99, At 7a. Highest yesterday Lowest last night m ity Amt. 24 niavending Tat a rs. ent a. Total this month to date Normal, this month to dat Total, Jan. 1 to date . BISMARCK, cidy, Devils Lake, snow 3 Fargo-Moorhead, snow. 4 4 :01 The British representative with tremendous emphasis, and by his side, listeni: ys sat Nao- take Sato, the Japanese - represen: -|tative, poring over a booklet of the prevail- Sato Rises to Reply Thomas finished, the said he has Jamestown, snow, <3 los ‘alley eldy. 0.00 Williston, clay. , +4 00 Grand Forks, snow! Oo -1 01 GENERA! Other Stations— ‘Temprs,