The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1932, Page 1

t yy PUAN hk » é ch» hee i | | fis ¥ P] ia 9 # » _North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 ' CARE PM ERE MN A eM A NNEC \ . ‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE _==~. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1932 Shanghai Offensive Launched Ben Marcovitz Found Guilty By Jury BISMARCK MERCHANT RACES SENTENCE OF ONE 10 FIVE YEARS Capital City Grocer Is Convicted of Receiving Stolen Property TO BE SENTENCED TUESDAY Burleigh County Jury Stands 11 to 1 For Conviction For Six Hours Ben Marcovitz, Bismarck merchant, ‘was found guilty of receiving stolen property by @ Burleigh county jury Friday night after six hours of delibe- ration. Judge Fred Jansonius expects to Pronounce sentence Tuesday. The penalty under the law is not Jess than one and not more than five years in the state penitentiary. At noon Saturday William Langer, defense counse], was unable to say whether or not the case would be ap- pealed. He said that he had been busy in court and had not had an apportunity to confer with his client. It was reported that the jury stodd 11 to one for conviction after the) second ballot, taken shortly after the jury had retired to consider a ver- dict. The case was submitted to the jury at 2 p. m. Friday after three days had | been spent in hearing testimony of | more than a dozen witnesses. Widespread interest had been) shown in the trial with spectators filling the court room all during the conduct of the case. The charges against the defendant grew out of the purchase of a con- signment of turkeys stolen from the; Northern Pacific railroad. The pros-; ecution alleged that Marcovitz, as a partner in the Produce company, purchased the turkeys, knowing them to be stolen. The state’s case centered around tes- timony given by Tom Brown, Hugh Caya, and E. D. Ditch, now serving prison terms for complicity in the affair. The defense admitted the purchase of the birds but denied the defend- ant was aware the poultry had been; stolen. Marcovitz, testifying in his own behalf, said that his connection with the produce concern was a fi- nancial one and that the details of the business were left to his part- ner, Ditch. He admitted paying for the stolen shipment in cash but tes- tified that he had done so at Ditch’s direction. Caya, Brown and Ditch, as well as James Douglas, out on parole for complicity in the affair, all impli- cated Marcovitz as a party to the der Sunday, moderate cold PRICE FIVE CENTS, |_InMother Role |/Plan Washington Programs Monday BESSIE LOVE Hollywood, Calif, Feb. 20.—(P)— The role of motherhood has been given Bessie Love, screen actress, who! in private life is Mrs. William Hawks, wife of a Beverely Hills broker. Mrs. Hawks Friday gave birth to a 7% pound girl. The baby has been named Patricia. "ROOSEVELT? MEN FILED FOR MARCH 15 PRIMARY RAGE Will Seek Designation as Dele- gates to Democratic Na- tional Convention Pledged to support Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for the presidential nomination at the na- tional Democratic convention, 10 candidates for delegates were filed with the secretary of state Friday. They are entered by. officials of the North ‘Democratic party, tena unanimously endorsed Roose- velt. ‘The delegates will compete for election at the March 15 primary with the slate of 10 candidates filed recently for Governor William Mur- ray of Oklahoma. Petitions also were filed for Demo- cratic candidates for national com- mitteeman, committeewoman and four presidential electors. Mrs. Nellie Doughtery, Minot,” was] entered as a candidate to succeed herself as committeewoman, and H. H. Perry, Ellendale,. to. succeed J. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, for com- mitteeman. : Candidates for delegates are J. E. Garvey, Cavalier, John E. Eaton of Fargo, Miss Gertrude Dwire of Minot, P. W. Lanier of Jamestown, R. H. theft. The case opened Tuesday morning at a special term of district court called to hear the case. _ Eleven men and one woman made up the jury. Two Fargoans Held On Federal Counts Fargo, Feb. 20.—()—A federal charge of transportation and posses- sion of liquor was placed against C. E. Beighley, Fargo, Friday and he was committed in default of $750 bond pending action of a federal grand jury. A charge of liquor possession also was filed against Peter Dunne, also of Fargo, arrested with Beighley. He also is in the Cass county jail. The pair was arrested near Argus- ville by federal prohibition agents. Warn Your Friends Rumors received in Bismarck from Jamestown indicate that a “roorback” or last-minute attack may be engineered by the capi- tal removalists there in an effort, to swing votes to their cause. This is an ancient political trick but one which has rarely been effective. Nevertheless, per- sons writing letters from. Bis- marck to their friends and rela- tives elsewhere in the state should ask their friends to be on the ‘The letter campaign is going along in fine shape. Have, you done your share by writing to those folks with whom. you Rave . 0 Pe ae a npn 8 your I terature. and .use thove. spare Pid cave ie Mecla 1 available free at First: Na- tional and Dakota National banks, Hoskins-Meyer, Associatto Leavitt’ of Carson, A. C. Pagenkopf of Dickinson, Leo McDonald of Man- dan, William E. Glotzback of Ana- moose, David Kelly of Grand Forks, and R. B. Murphy of Bismarck. Candidates for presidential elec- tors are W. H. Porter of Calvin, Pierce Blewitt of Jamestown, K. H. Costello of Cooperstown, and State Senator W. D. Lynch of La Moure, Petitions for Republican candidates remain to be filed before March 1, the final day.Former Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland and “General” Jacob 8. Coxey, mayor of Masillon, Ohio, have filed as candidates for the Republican presidential preference vo! President Hoover will not be a pre- ference candidate, but a slate of del- egates pledged to him will be enter- ed in the primary, while another set of delegates, sponsored by the Non- partisan League Republicans, is to be filed in opposition. McFadden Will Seek . Seat in House Again : Towanda, Pa., Feb. 20.—(P)—Repre- sentative Louis T. McFadden, whose charge that President Hoover “sold out to Germany” in connection with the. debt moratorium cost him his Patronage privileges, will be a candi- date for reelection ‘from the 15th Pennsylvania district. With a fresh blast at the adminis- tration he announced his candidacy Friday and put at rest reports he might campaign for the presidential nomination or run for James J. Davis’ seat in the senate. i In ‘announcing his intentions, Mc- |*Y, Fadden assailed again the debt mora- torium.and the Glass-Steagall bank- ing bill: and said he would “continue to express by vote and speech by pro- test-against the further involvement of thé U. 8. in. European entangle- ments.” 3 Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Several Stores Razed | By Fire at Strasburg A and Sons general’ store | versation i" o 5 Colonel ly to hunt MORE RESOLUTIONS RECEIVED HERE IN FAVOR OF BISMARCK Groups at Steele and Hebron Condemn Removal Scheme as Costly and Unfair ‘Two more resolutions endorsing re- tention of the state capital at Bis- marck were received Saturday. ‘One came from the Lions cliff at Steele and the other from a group of businessmen at Hebron. The group at Steele stressed the fact that removal of the capital to Jamestown would throw a heavy burden on the taxpayers. That from Hebron con- demns the removal movement as un- just and unfair. The text of the resolution from Steele follows: “Be it resolved by the members of the Steele Lions club in regular meeting assembled, that we go on record publicly in favor of the re- tention of Bismarck as the capital of our state and as unalterably op- posed to a removal of the capital, now or at any other time, thereby loading an unwarranted tax burden on an already over-taxed citizenship and encouraging tactics which would place our state institutions on poli- tical wheels.” The resolution from Hebron says: “Whereas an attempt is being made on the part of certain individuals in North Dakota to remove the state capitol from the City of Bismarck to the City of Jamestown, thereby taking from one city and giving to another the location of the seat of state gov- ernment, and it appearing that no benefit would be derived thereby to the people of North Dakota while such a change would cause an irre- Parable loss to one city and a great gain for another, and it appearing in our estimation of justice and fair- ness that the capitol of the state should remain in Bismarck where it rightfally belongs. “Now, therefore, be it resolved by the business and professional men of the City of Hebron that we enter our protest against the removal of the state capitol from Bismarck and ask the good people of North Dakota to demonstrate that they ‘believe in the principles of fair play by casting their vote in favor of retaining the capitol at Bismarck.” The resolution was signed by 48 of Hebron’s leading business and pro- fessional men. RULES FRUIT JARS | VIOLATE DRY LAWS Federal Judge Makes Decision in South Carolina Prohi- bition Case Charleston, 8. C., Feb. 20.—(7}— Federal Judge Ernest F. Cochran, un- jder an order filed here, instructed that quart fruit jars seized here by a U. 8. marshal be destroyed as goods received under the prohibition law, but half gallon jars be returned to the owner, Ben B. Bodne, Inc. Judge Cochran divided the large and varied stock of the Bodne estab- lishment into two schedules, items on one declared forfeited and items on the other ordered returned. One lot of hops was returned to Bodne but another was declared for- turned included flavors listed as dry Vermouth, English dry Mougquin, Manhattan cocktail, Martini cocktail, Queen Mary, Sloegin, Swedish punch, Bernadine, London dry, Apricot, Grenadine and Peach cordial. Among jthe items ordered forfeited were fun- (nels, gallon glass jars, paraphine lemon extract, medicine droppers, test tubes and bottle openers. |_ The order was filed in @ civil case jgrowing out of the seizure of Bodne’s istock last August. Judge Cochran, in his order, said: “There are @ large number of ar- ticles of various kinds and the court does not deem it necessary to set jerning its decision. It is sufficient to Ithey clearly were intended for the uor and are forfeited to the U. 8, “There are certain other articles feited. Other articles ordered re-|4 Schools, Churches, and Other Organizations to Observe Bicentennial HALF HOLIDAY IS ARRANGED Scores Will Participate in Dif- ferent Affairs Through- out City ~ Although Bismarck will hold no community program in observance of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington Monday, church- es and schools of the city will mark the opening of the bicentennial cele- bration with appropriate services. Bismarck-Mandan business houses will observe a holiday Monday after- noon . Stores and business establish- ments will close at 1 p. m. (Bismarck time) and noon (Mandan time). During the last few weeks clubs and social and fraternal organiza- tions have paid tribute to the first president with special programs and other affairs of this nature will con- tinue throughout the month, Monday afternoon. Most auspicious of these will be a George Washington Pageant to be presented by the high school students under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Jones, American history instructor. Surrender at Yorktown The pageant opens with a scene showing the surrender of the British at Yorktown, with the high school band playing “The World Turned Up- side Down.” Lorin Duemeland will tead the prologue. This will be fol- lowed by a ball at Yorktown, with Washington and other Revolutionary leaders represented. David Davis (Continued on page three) if Weather Report ‘ FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Snow probable late tonight or Sunday; colder Sunday wth moderat ‘told wave: For North Da- kota: Snow prob- able late tonight or Sunday; colder northwest portion tonight, colder Sunday with mi erate cold wav For South D: kota: —_Increasii cloudiness, colder northwest’ portion tonight; Sunday probably snow and much colder. For Monta’ Unsettled tonig and Sunday, probably snow west por- tion; colder north ‘central, warmer extreme east portion tonight, colder Sunday. For Minnesota: Cloudy and warm- er, possibly snow in north portion tonight: Sunday snow and colder, moderate cold wave in northwest por- jon. CONDITIONS Low pressure covers the Canadian Provinces and the northern portion of the United States from the Pacific to the upper Mississippi Valley (Cal- gary, Alta. 29.38); high pressure Iles over the Lake Region (Toledo, Ohio 30.54) and the Plateau region. ‘Tem- peratures rose over the district ex- cept for the Lake Region where slight falls occurred, Precipitation fell over the central Canadian Provinces, the lower Mississippi Valley and’ the north Pacific Coast. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 27.97 reduced to sea level 29.83, Weather outlook or ginning Monday Feb, 22: For the region of the Great Lakes: Some snow at beginning of week and again toward middle; rather cold much of week. For the upper Mississippi and low- jer Missouri Valleys the northern jand central Great Plains: Mostly fair and rather cold first half of week, with considerably below normal over northern sections; some precipitation with moderating jatter half. TEMPERATURE tTa.m.. Highest yesterday Lowest last night PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 hrs, ending 7 a. m. Total this month to d Normal, this month to Total, Jan. 1 to date . Normal, Jan. 1 to date i Accumulated deficiency since an, athe week be- NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Ta. Ha Low Pct. BISMARCK, foggy 9 00 | Devils Lake, peldy. 8 00 Fargo-Moorhead, 14.00 Jamestown, clear 9 00 Valley City, clea: 5.00 Williston, clear 8 20 Grand Forks, cldy. L GENERA Other Stations— = ‘Temprs, Pre. at igh Ins. Amarillo, Tex., foggy.. 3: 46 Be Idaho Cldy...... 22 Des Moines, ia., clay... Becee City, Kans., rain monton, ‘Alta, snow. clay. el City, Ta.,’ peld; 8 Wash, pela Beate Gar, Bask, pet drawn around Shanghai wan. ‘Woosung. (1) Chinese (4) Chinese defenders at ‘Yangtze river. (2) Japanese lines in Hongkew and Chapei. Each school will have a program| This map shows how the battle lines in the Sino-Japanese conflict are defense lines at Chapei and Kiang- (3) Japanese lines at Woosung. (5) Japanese warships in (6) Japanese forces at Liuho. (SUGAR FIRMS WON'T GUARANTEE PRICES | Farmers Must Plant Crops Without Contract and Take 4 Own ‘Chance’* Denver, Colo., Feb. 20.—(7)—Re- ‘|ports which were given credence in jfinancial circles here Saturday indi- cated sugar companies in the Rocky Mountain region would not guarantee {growers a minimum price for sugar {beets this year. Officials would not comment on the reports. The Denver Post said that “if the farmers want to grow beets they will have to plant the crop with- jout @ contract and take a chance on the price the sugar companies will pay next fall when the crop is har- | vested.” The Post said this was the explana- {tion of the action of the Great West- jern Sugar company in canceling without any explanation the series of jmeetings arranged to show Colorado jand Nebraska growers how they could | produce large crops. mm. | East Grand Forks, Minn., Feb. 20.— | (®)—Whether the status of the Rocky {Mountain region beet sugar industry {will affect the East Grand Forks plant of the American Beet Sugar company is uncertain, J. B. Bingham, manager of the plant, said. He pointed out that, as in other parts of the country, the sugar beet j industry of the Red River Valley is ‘badly upset. Nothing definite can be announced jon the situation at present. he said, as Officials of the company have just begun the consideration of the con- tract problem. COURT ORDERS NEW TRIAL FOR BOSSARTS Brothers and John Ellingson Found Guilty on Charge " They Didn't Face Murray Urges Less Taxes, More Trade and No Trusts Potential Presidential Candi- date Gives Views at Ok- lahoma Convention Oklahoma City, Feb. 20.—()—A “less taxes, more trade and no trusts” creed from the pen of Governor Wil- liam H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray was presented Saturday to the Oklahoma Democratic convention as its nation- al issues platform. The policies enunciated were those which “Alfalfa Bill,” potential presi- dential candidate, hopes to see em- bodied in the national Democratic Platform. Trusts, monopolies and “inferior federal courts,” were attacked and Democrats in congress would be pledg- ed to impeach federal judges “who by abuse of equity power attempt to Sreeoy, Provisions in the constitu- lon.” Tax Corporation Officers The platform urged highest income tax rates on “excess salaries paid to managers and officers of corpora- tions” and favored assessment of a corporation and all its subsidiaries as one concern. Provision for unemployed, abolish- ment or limitation of ad valorem taxes on homes or farms, tariff revi- sion and extension of credit and banking privileges to farmers and in- dependent merchants were urged. Congress, the platform continued, should pass legislation defining pow- ers of states to levy equal taxes upon property and business employed in interstate and intrastate commerce. The tariff should equal the differ- ences of cost at home and abroad, the Platform continued, for “under such @ tariff monopoly can never arise.” ‘The platform didn’t mention prohi- bition, but Murray, before the na- tional Anti-Saloon League, advocat- ed zoning of states into wet and dry regions. Many Proposals Made It urged: , Installation of the Scotch banking system; abolishment of unnecessary boards and commissions; conservation of natural resources through a league of states and state-federal treaties; payment of the remainder of the sol- diers’ bonus, coinage of “enough gold and silver to meet normal demands” of business and to aid the farmer and independent merchant; speedy pay- ment of public debts and basing of bank notes on products or articles of value. European nations were called upon to “preserve their honor” by paying obligations to the U. 8. in “the same coin received.” - “We balieye that less taxes, more trade and no trusts are essential alike to the emancipation and to the pros- perity of the unprivileged masses,” the platform recited. Norse Skater Grabs Another World Title Olympic Course, Lake Placid, Feb. ‘20.—(?)—Ivar Ballangrud, of Norway, Saturday added the 1500-meter world speed skating crown to the 5,000. meter title he annexed Friday, de feating an international field of 26 other skaters with a time of two min- utes 24 and 8/10 segonds. Michael Staksrud, Norway, was second in 2:25.8 and Bert Taylor, U. jmembers of the family but Slorby Chinese Massacred | As Japan’s Big Guns Pound All Day Long Reserve Lines of Defenders Weakened By Bombardment From Land, Air and Sea; Hundrds Are Dead and salut in Chinese Support Lines NIPPONESE TO PROTEST AGAINST RAID BY U. S. MARINES Japanese Claim They Had Taken Important Kiangwan, But Chinese Deny Report; Village of Woosung Is Fur- nace of Ruins After Heavy Shelling Shanghai, Sunday, Feb. 21.—(AP)—Japanese heavy artillery in Hongkew park began a terrific bombardment of the Chinese sector in Chapei early today. The firing was heavier than all day yesterday while the attack was concentrated on Kiangwan, half way between Chapei and Woosung. The Chinese guns went into action immediately and Shanghai trembled to the cannonading. Shanghai, Sunday, Feb. 21—(AP)—Pounded all day long by Japan’s big guns, the Chinese reserve lines were weakened early this morning as Japanese infantry began a frontal and flanking movement against the front line in the Chapei sector. There were hundreds of dead and wounded in the Chinese support lines after the long artillery bombardment and a series of air raids. Apparently the Japanese strategy followed that which be- came familiar in the World war. The attack falls first on the reserves, then the infantry goes over. In France the front line Developments on Sidelines Washington—Japan was informed by U. S. and other neutrals she could not avoid large share of responsibility for jeopardy to foreign life and property in struggle. Nanking—Chinese national government, in official statement explaining rejection of Japanese demands for military evacuation of Shanghai, charged Japan was “determined on war.” Tokyo— Approximately 9,000,000 Japanese voters turned from eagerly watching latest bulletins from Shang- hai to vote in the country’s general election while govern- ment officials prepared to fight before League of Nations eae at Geneva to uphold Japanese activity at Shang- ai. Geneva—While their country’s guns roared at Shang- hai, Chinese and Japanese delegates to League of Nations council sat calmly together trying to settle another minor international dispute—that between Germany and Lithu- ania over city of Memel. Secretariat proceeded with plans for extraordinary session of League assembly summoned for March 3 to adjudicate China’s case against Japan. London—Week-end holidays were canceled by mem- ae re avin cabinet to keep close .eye on events in ‘ar East. Changchun, Manchuria—Five hundred Chinese sol- diers fought stubbornly for three hours to capture town of Tunhua, but were driven off with heavy losses, usually was taken with comparative ease but if reserves still were available a counter attack wiped out the gain. The Japanese command announced a protest would be filed with the American consulate against a raid by American marines on a cotton mill near the American patrol lines where a number of Japanese soldiers were billeted. The marines, the Japanese said, announced they were searching for signaling apparatus. The Japanese said they had made their search un- necessarily thorough and had invaded the ladies’ bath, which was occupied at the time. ‘ Marine officers said they found not only signal! pparat ®& quantity of munitions. Further they caid this aS ioe the time ‘Ge eer, ny discovered the Japanese using the American sector as a signal- base. Yesterday the Japanese announced they had taken tht = wan, objective of the first day of the engagement. It ‘s peed nd between Chapei and Woosung, and an important strategic point. UOCALMANTAKES SPS mec OWNLIFE SATURDAY off Japanese tanks and infantry. the C. A. Slorby Drinks Poison; Had were right but the fall of Kiangwan Been Despondent Because of Ill Health imminent and the Japanese command expected to have the town before. much . : C. A. Slorby, Bismarck photogra- flanking move- pher, took his own life about 2 p. m./ment by oe Japanese pions the pears psig Polson at his) with Chapel as an axis, resulted in jome, leventh street. gains of from one to two and a half Dr. W. B. Pierce was called by| miles, ‘Under a artillery barrage jand continuous attack from the air, the Chinese offered only ‘passive re- sistance, taking to their dugouts and waiting for the tt. was dead when he arrived. The phy- sician said it was apparent that the man had taken a powerful poison and barrage to lift had toppled over dead. ‘There hand to hand * In the absence from the city ofjing. wie eB Sane Coroner W. E. Perry, A. E. Shipp, de- puty coroner, investigated the case) and said it was e “clear case of sui- cide.” He said he was informed that Slorby had been despondent for some time because of ill health. In addition to his widow, Slorby; leaves five daughters, Neola, 17, and’ Elvira, 15, born to a previous mar-! riage; and Rosemary, seven; Joan- nae, five, and Patricia, four. OCOD | mer |! Today in Congress. | o