The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1932, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | The Weather bere ret fair tonight an@ Wed- nesday; BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1932 Chinese Fi vrinese Fign Mandan Scores Ja RESOLUTION URGES (Cashier Admits Part STATE VOTERS 10 | In Reynolds Robbery { DEFEAT PROPOSAL Chamber of Commerce in Mor- ton County City Takes Formal Action ARGUMENTS ARE PRESENTED Similar Resolution Is Received Here Tuesday From Ash- ley Citizens Expressing belief that efforts to re- move the state capital from Bismarck constitute an attack upon Mandan as well as upon Bismarck, members of. the Mandan Chamber of Commerce Monday night adopted resolutions calling upon all residents of North Dakota to defeat the capital removal Proposal. A similar resolution was re- ceived Tuesday from Ashley, county seat of McIntosh county. The Mandan resolution stresses the close inter-relation between the two Missouri river cities and opposed the removal idea from the standpoints of both policy and principle. Other resolutions adopted by the! Mandan group urged consideration by the state capitol commission of the use of Hebron brick in the proposed new building and advised Col. Knox of President Hoover's anti-hoarding campaign that no money ts being hoarded in North Dakota and a cam- paign for the sale of government bonds in this section would be useless. The text of the resolution con- demning the capital removal scheme follows: “Whereas, the voters of North Da- kota are to have submitted to them at the election on March 15 the ques- tion of removing the capital from Bismarck to Jamestown, Investment at Bismarck “And whereas, the state of North Dakota now has an investment of nearly $2,000,000 in property at Bis- marck which would be a total loss to Lene a) hee Fatally Injured | 7 \ MADAME GADSKI Berlin, Feb. 23.—() — Madame Johanna Gadski, noted opera singer, ;Who was seriously injured in an auto- ;Mobile accident here Monday, died Tuesday. Mme. Gadski was to have headed a German opera tour of the United States next fall, She was 59 Maske old and was especially noted for her work in Wagnerian operas. She was considered one of the most cele- brated “Bruenhildes” of the early 20th century. Her husband, Captain Mrs. Hep Busch, are left. ° LOCAL TAXPAYERS ASK GENERAL CUT IN MILEAGE COSTS Burleigh County Group Sug- gests Change in Proposed Hans Tauscher, with their daughter, the taxpayers if- the capital were-re-| att Initiated Law “And whereas, the location of the state capital other than at Bismarck, where it has been located since state- hood would entail an expense of not Jess than another million, aside from the cost of constructing a new capitol building: (Continued on page Seven) ae a | Weather Report | Cee tS Pu a FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and” Wednesday: little change in temperature. For North Dad kota: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; _not so cold east por- tion tonight. For South Da. kota: General: fair Wednesday; cold- er extreme west portion tonight. For Montana: tonight Wednesday, probably | snow west portion; colder east of divide tonight. For Minnesota: Mostly cloudy, light snow probable in northeast por- tion tonight or Wednesday; not so cold tonight; somewhat ‘colder in northwest portion Wednesday after- noon or night. CONDITIONS High pressure covers the district this morning (Boise, Idaho 30.54; St. Paul, Minn, 30.44). “Light precipita: tion ‘fell over Saskatchewan, Manito- ba, eastern North and South Dakota and the lower Lake Region, Temper- atures rose over the district except for the Lake Region where falls in temperature occurred. ” Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.25 reduced to sea level 30.13. TEMPERATURE At 7 a.m. rs Highest yesterday . Lowest last night PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 hra, ending 7 a. m. .. Total this month to date . Normal, this month to di Total, Jan. 1 to date . Normal, Jan. 1 to date Accumulated deficiency since NORTH DABOTA POINTS a.m. Low Pet, BISMARCK, peld: 11 0d Devils Lake, snow Fargo-Moorhead, Jamestown, cldy. Valley City, cldy. Williston, peldy. Grand Forks, sn unsettled fae and GENERAL, Other Stations— ‘Temprs. Low High Ins. Amarillo, Tex., clear .. 34° (52 Boles aan 48 Calgary, A 5e Chicago, 1! 36 Denver, Col bs 32 58 8 200 00 +00 00 Des Moines, Ia. 00 Dodge City, Kani 10 it., cldy. \.00 Kamloops, ld: Kansas City, Mo., Lander, Wyo. Medicine Hat, A., Oklahoma ‘City, Pierre, 8.'D., eles Pr, Albert,« Sas! Pars U., clear teh 0, cS +f 00 Spokane, Wash, cldy.. 00 Swift Current, 8, peldy 4 The Pi Man, Ww oll ‘00 ‘00 0 00 BERTS, clas. 3 ORRIS W. RO! alin charge. Offici: tonight and; ;|was given an indeterminate sentence + property in connection with the theft 0} during the course of his trial here 3 |be required to serve will be deter- Protest against submitting the question of mileage allowances for only two county officials to a vote of the people in an amendment to present laws proposed by the state taxpayers association has been voiced by the Burleigh County Taxpayers association in a letter to H. B. Nel- son, Rugby, secretary of the state or- ganization. Suggestion was made that “there are some 40.odd commissions and of- fices where the mileage allowed is much more than for these two and we do not feel that a discrimination should be made.” Action was taken by the local group at a meeting of the executive commitiee last Satur- day, according to A. J. Arnot, secre- jtary-treasurer. Members of the exe- utive committee are Walter Sellens, jchairman; Martin Bourgois, George Duemeland, J. P. Jackson and Milan Ward, all of Bismarck; Harry O'Neill, | McKenzie; Charles Swenson, R. F. D., Bismarck; and A. H. Erickson, ‘Wilton. Suggestion also was made to the state organization that it abolish the presidential preference primary elec- jtion, held in March every four years, and that an tmendment be submit- ted providing for four-year terms for «Continued on page Seven) MARCOVITZ IS GIVEN - ONE TORFOUR YEARS Bismarck Merchant Sentenced For Purchasing Stolen Turkey Lot Ben Marcovitz, Bismarck merchant convicted of receiving stolen goods, of from one to four years in the state penitentiary by Judge Fred Janson- jus in district court here Tuesday Marcovitz was convicted by a Bur; leigh county jury of receiving stolen of @ consignment of turkeys from the Northern Pacific railroad here in| December. Marcovits protested his innocence last week. The state based its case fon: testimony offered by Tom Brown, E. D. Ditch, and Hugh Caya, serving prison sentences from complicity in the same affair. He was given a stay of 15 days in which to put his business ‘affairs in| copes Retore averting. fo geeve tig set hee. |* i 0} Although he made no definite statement, William » Wi Langer, defense indicated that no appeal would be made. Pointing to the difference in the ely lenient in Ditch’s case because the man had admitted his guilt promp‘ly. Ditch is serving a sentence of from |and six months to two years. The length of time Marcovitz will mined. by the pardon board, which ordinarily paroles prisoners serving indeterminate sentences before the maximum sentence has been served. George Bradshaw Implicates Two Grand Forks Men in Jan. 21 Holdup - PART OF LOOT RECOVERED E. F. Doran and Thomas Fahey Were to Share, Bank Em- ployee Confesses Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 23.—(?)}— Traill county officials late Monday wrote “solved” after the long string of mysteries that arose from the rob- |bery of the First National bank at ‘Reynolds Jan. 21. George Bradshaw, cashier of the bank at the time of the robbery, con- fessed Sunday night to Sheriff P. C. Balkan and State's Attorney McLain Johnson the robbery was arranged by himself, E. F. Doran and Thomas Fahey, the sheriff said. The latter two were arrested in Grand Forks shortly after the robbery, and Brad- shaw was taken into custody Satur- day ai Substantiating his confession, Brad- shaw led the officers to a vacant farm house eight miles east of Rey- nolds and obtained about $800 of the loot, which he turned over to the of- ficers, Came Thick and Fast Developments in the robbery came thick and fast then. Doran, who had been out on $10,000 bond since Feb. 6, after he and Fahey had waived preliminary hearing on a first-degree robbery charge Jan. 22, was ordered re-arrested on a grand larceny charge. {He was taken back to Hillsboro. Fahey was reported by Sheriff Bal- kan to have made verbal confession to his part in the robbery. Bradshaw was arraigned on an em- bezzlement charge and was released under $5,000 bond after returning the money to the officers, Sheriff Balkan said. Doran and Fahey were to be arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges before R. W. Johnston, justice of the peace at Hillsboro. Were to Split Money ‘Thé bank robbery: was a “frameup,” the sheriff quoted Bradshaw as tell- ing him and State’s Attorney John- son. Bradshaw, his confession said, was to get $800 and Doran and Fahey the balance—approximately $1,100. He said he did not know where the balance of the money was or how it ‘was divided. Bradshaw's story as to how the “robbery” was carried out conformed | with what he told the officers the day the money disappeared from the bank. _He said he left the bank with Fahey, got in the car and rode to a point near the beet sugar factory where he got out and caught a ride into Grand Forks. . Following Bradshaw's confession at Hillsboro that he was implicated in the holdup, he accompanied officers to the vacant farm. house shortly be- fore midnight Sunday. While the of- ficers waited outside the house, he went inside the building and return- ed with the money. & Returned to Hillsboro ‘The party then returned to Hills- boro where bondsmen were awaiting {his return, The bonds were arranged immediately and Bradshaw was re~ leased. Doran and Fahey were arrested within five hours after the daylight “holdup” of the Reynolds bank, about 4p. m., Jan. 21. State's Attorney Henry G. Owen directed the investi- {gation after Bradshaw had reported the bank robbery to Grand Forks of- ficers shortly after 5 p. m. and the arrests came after a manhunt con- ducted by Sheriff Ed Hough, his de- puties and the combined police forces of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. The license number of Ed Doran’ car, in which he is believed to have ridden with Fahey and Bradshaw from Reynolds to Grand Forks, fur- nished the tip that led to the discov- ery of the machine here with the engine still hot. Fahey and Doran were arrested shortly ° afterward. They were drraigned in Hillsboro Jan. 22 on first-degree robbery charges, waived examination and were bound over to district court. Fahey has remained in the Traill county jail at Hillsboro but Doran was réleased Feb. 6 under bond and was at liberty until re-arrested Mon- day. Doran had not confessed a part in the robbery Monday night, Sheriff Balkan said. Winnie Awaits Trip To Arizona’s Prison Phoenix, Artz,, Feb. 23.—(P)—Unless for the 26-year-old woman. eye 5 ef o hall {county city, for it is obvious that the MORAL LEADERSHIP OF OPPONENTS IS REMOVAL HANDICAP Presbyterian College President, Catholic Priest in Van ~ of Fight JAMESTOWN IS DIVIDED Hope For Victory Lags as Citi- zens Fail to Restore In- ternal Peace (Special to The Tribune) Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 23.—There will be “blood on the moon” at the meeting of the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce tonight if the question of capital removal is brought serious- ly before that organization. One gets that impression from talking with Jamestown business and {professional men and with plain av- jerage citizens of this Stutsman | { city is divided against itself. Hope for a Jamestown victory in the election March 15 is so slight as to be practically non-existent but its place has been taken by a feeling of bitterness which the removal fight has stirred up among some persons. And bitterest of all are the leaders of the capital removal movement. A year ago they had the town united jbehind them or practically so, for those oppased to the idea had little to say. Now, however, there are two distinct schools of thought on this issue and the group which is oppos- ing removal appears to be growing. As might be expected, there are good and definite reasons. First among these is the character of the leadership of the movement to wipe the slate clean and forget the capital removal scheme. The Names of many businessmen, profes- sional men and leading bankers were included among the famous 51 who recently repudiated the removal cam- paign. Many of these men are widely known throughout the-state and in Jamestown, but the names which ht Off Att ttle change in. tempera, PRICE FIVE CENTS ack mestown Efforts. TOM MIX MARRIES IN MEXICO Mexicali, Mexico, This picture of Tom Mix, film cowboy, and his bride, the circus per- former Mabel Ward, was taken immediately after their marriage at Japanese Will Send More Troops to General Uyeda BROOKHART URGB PROBE OF ENTIRE CNA INDUSTRY l4 , stood out most strongly in James-| Degrading’ Motion Pictures town were those of two preachers. { One was Dr. B. F. Kroeze, Presby- and Producers’ Activities terlan leader and president of James-| town college, the largest institution | of orivate learning in North Dakota. | The other was Father Edward Ger- Are Assailed Washington, Feb, 23.—(?)—Striking General Araki Says Move Will Be to Prevent Further Aggravation Tokyo, Feb. 23—()—General Sadao Araki, minister of war, and other high military officials decided today: it would be necessary to send rein-| |forcements to Lieutenant General Uyeda's army at Shanghai and the cabmet immediately began a session | to consider the question. H The decision of the military leaders | was made after receipt of dispatches from Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura by Japs nes Not Changed After 12 Hours of Daylight Battling Destruction of Chinese Airdrome at Hungjao Following Heavy Aerial Bombardment Is Only Success Which Japanese Are Able to Claim NIPPONESE MAKE BIG EFFORT TO SURROUND KIANGWAN Bloody Day on Front Between Chapei and Kiangwan Witnesses Barrage of Artillery Fire and Explosives and Utilization of Smoke Screens (Copyright, 1932) By The Associated Press) Shanghai, Feb. 23.—Shanghai’s Chinese defenders fought off a succession of slashing Japanese attacks today along the entire battle front from Chapei to some distance beyond Kiang- wan, meeting every drive with bullets and bayonets. The fighting died down as darkness came on and after 12 daylight hours of severe fighting the battle lines of both forces were virtually unchanged. The only success the Japanese were able to eke out of the bloody encounter was the destruction of the Chinese airdrome at Hungjao with a heavy aerial bombardment., The airdrome is five miles west of Shanghai. The Japanese dropped 25 heavy bombs upon it destroying all the hangars and the planes within. The hangars burned. Japanese naval authorities said their airplanes also de- stroyed the Chinese air base at Soochow on the Shanghai- Nanking railway. ‘Wave after wave of Japanese was thrown against the Chinese line dur- ing the day only to be hurled back. The fighting was hottest along the front northwest of Kiangwan where the Japanese spent every ounce of strength in an attempt to complete a movement begun yesterday intended to surround the garrison defending the blasted ruins of the village. A decision on the mastery of Kiangwan appeared to be far off, how- ever, and the strength of the Japanese attack began to subside after noon with nothing gained or lost by the forenoon’s efforts. RECOGNIZE CHINA AS ORGANIZED PEOPLE probably was happening behind the Chinese lines. Smoke Screens Used It also was a bloody day on the front between Chapel and Kiangwan. A barrage of artillery fire from the Japanese ‘lines prepared the way for the lunges of the infantry and air- planes ghowered high explosives on the embattled Chinese. Smoke screens 4 were used to cover the Japanese in- fantry thrusts and to ehield the sol- diers from the vigilant eyes:of the Must Drop ‘Fiction’, Nipponese Reply to League of Na- tions Note Tokyo, Feb, 23.—(?}—The Japanese government's reply to the note of the League of Nations council of Feb. 16 | Was telegraphed to Geneva today to jo Out vigorously at “degrading” motion {aah va a oe Fee ee | pictures, Senator Brookhart of Iowa, , Tuesday called upon the senate to in- ‘vestigate the entire industry. Revelations as startling as those of lest citizens. Built Fine College { Dr. Kroeze is recognized as an im-/ and Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Joseph Paul-Boncour, acting presi- yminister at Shanghai, stressing the dent of the council. It declared “it ‘gravity of the situation there and/must be emphasized that the Jap- anese government does’not and can- jportant factor in building up James. town college. He has nursed i through a struggling infancy and) made of it a going and growing in- the Teapot Dome oil scandal were predicted by the senator. He de- nounced Will H. Hays as a “smoke- screen” and charged the movies had ‘| stitution. The city has long looked| {been “permitted by a supine govern- | up to him as one of its leading citi-| ‘zens and one of the state's foremost educators. His opinions long have! carried weight in Jamestown. i Father Geraghty also is a builder.! It was his energy and genius whic! gave Jamestown a fine hospital, which built up a fine church and; Parochial school. It was he who was (Continued on page Seven) SPEK RELATIVES OF MAN WHO SHOT SELF Officials Communicate With Other States Regarding C. H. Gruning i pies tes Tee | Burleigh county officials Tuesday. were in communication with authori-! ties in South Dakota and Kansas in! n effort to locate relatives of C. H.| Gtuning, farm hand, who shot him-! self to death at the Elmer Bloomquist | farm seven miles north of McKenzie! Sunday. | ‘Gruning, who was known as Henry! Kline, in the McKenzie district, shot | himself in the head with a 16-gauge, shotgun between 3 and 7 p.m. while members of the Bi ment to be successfully monopolized.” Allegations of releasing “indecent” pictures and of violating the anti- trust laws were contained in a resolu- tion he introduced calling for an in- quiry by the senate’s Interstate Com- merce committee. The resolution also ‘said “it has been alleged that the Mo- tion Picture Producers and »Distribu- tors of America, Inc., of which Mr. Will H. Hays is president, is primarily @ political organization and has ex- ercised undue influence with private, state and federal agencies.” Brookhart also introduced a bill in- tended to outlaw which he contended the large pro- ducers are able to dictate what pic- tures shall be shown in the country’s theaters. “The so-called Hays morality code,” Brookhart said, “is admittedly a fail- ure.” Since its promulgation, he said, movies have become “even more de- grading.” “Last year it was the fashion to ex- ploit, I might say exalt, the gangster on the screen .. . for the entertain- ment, not to say edification, of the impressionable young minds of the country. “While some gangster films are still being made, the trend this season is definitely toward prostitution. . . .” Rhinow May Return “block bookings” by: urging the sending of additional) j troo) ' { | The request reached Tokyo last night and the war office said: General Uyeda did not join in it, but insisted jhe would be able to accomplish his mission with the present forces at his {command. The cabinet continued in session until 1 p.m. and then recessed with: out having reached a decision, plan- ining to take up the matter again later jin the day. The opinion prevailed here the cab- inet and Emperor Hirohito would ap- iprove the decision of the military au- thorities. General Araki, in announcing the decision, said he honed the sending of reinforcements would not be “misun- ‘derstood.” The purpose, he said, was jmerely to complete the operations at {Shanghai as soon as possible and pre- ‘vent further aggravation of what he i | Admiral Nomura emphasized the gravity of the situation in the mes- sages sent here last night. The most disquieting feature of the situation on the battlefront at Shang- hai appeared to be a report that di- visions of General Chiang Kai Shek’s ; Nanking army had joined the Canto- nese 19th route army, which has been Shanghai's defender. A navy office communique said jthat Japanese airplanes shot down a {Chinese combat plane over Soochow yesterday, but that Lieutenant Otani, Japanese patrol commander, was wounded fatally in the combat. Final returns from the general elec- ‘tion showed that the Seiyukai party of Premier Suyoshi Inukai—‘“The Old Gray Fox”—had won an overwhelm- {considered a situation already grave.| not consider China is an ‘organized people’ within the meaning of the League of Nations covenant.” Declaring China in the past, by common consent, has been treated as |an organized state, the Japanese note ;Said “fictions cannot last forever nor jcan they be tolerated when they be- come grave sources of practical dan- r, “The time has inevitably come,” the reply added, “when realities, rather than fictions, must be reck- joned with. If Japan had no interests ithere it might be possible to continue indefinitely respecting the fiction that the region 1s occupied by ‘an organ- ized people? Japan, however, has ‘enormous interests there and it is im- {possible long to treat the chaos in (China as if it were order. “The Japanese government does not |pretend it is easy to work out the im- |Plications and consequences of this situation. It is not easy, but it is 'necessary. We must face the facts, jand the fundamental fact is that |there is no unified control in China ‘and no authority entitled to claim en- tire control. In conclusion, the government repu- {diated what is called the “stigma” | which the world is attempting to at- tach to Japan of favoring or desiring war. If the efforts of the 12 neutral jshould succeed in bringing about a |pacific attitude on the part of China {nowhere will more sincere delight be felt than in Japan. Motor Trouble Halts Plane Mark Attempt i powers on the council, the note satd, | Chinese gunners. The slashing machine gun fire from the well-concealed Chinese “nests” which dotted the entire area {Succeeded in stopping the Japanese sees ne have succeeded in simi- lar attac! luring the last four days. Much of the fighting was hand to hand. The Japanese were cut down by the Chinese bayonets as they at- tempted to rush the defenders’ trenches. A survey of the area northwest of Kiangwan revealed many bodies of Japanese dead which had not yet been picked up. Behind the Japan- ese lines on the northern sector was a scene of utter desolation. Every |building had been burned and smok- |ing embers, over which little knots of Japanese soldiers attempted to ;c00k food, dotted the countryside. Grave Mounds Blasted rhe whole area was blasted ter- ribly by airplane bombs and artillery shells. Numerous grave mounds had j been. blown open and large numbers of Chinese and Japanese dead lay j here and there. A bomb exploded at the entrance to the postoffice at Szechuen road jand Soochow creek in the interna; |tional settlement this afternoon, in- | Juring a foreign policeman and blow- jing in fronts of buildings across the |Street. The blast was similar to that which wrecked the offices of the Japanese Mitsui Bussan, Kaisha last jweek. It was a time bomb. Chinese artillery continued bom- bardment of the Japanese naval ves- at in the Whangpoo and one of Japanese naval headquarters said the Chinese aim was improving and that the shells were falling closer every time. Officials said the ship would remain at her present mooring, on Board A spokesman for Admiral Nomura said several shells dropped in the river near the ship last night, but loomquist family | |were away from hone." | To Dry Law Position — ing victory. Reis ee Authorities have been unable to learn of any reason which might have ¢aused Gruning to take his life. The body was discovered by the | Bloomquist children first to enter the house when the family returned in| the evening. Two exploded shells were found, one in the chamber of the gun and another on the floor by! the victim’s body. Attaches of the! St. Paul, Feb. 23—(#)—The St. Paul Pioneer Press says General W. F. Rhi- now, former prohibition administrator !tor the northwest, is expected to be a] ted ‘to that position again soon. Teac to the Pioneer Press, he will succeed Robert D. Ford, recently transferred here from Baltimore when ‘ML. Harney was sent to the Chicago | district. ‘The newspaper says reports from “apparently well informed sources” at the federal building here were that 'Ford’s transfer here was only tem- porary. 'e o-—+ ree AERTS SPE ' Today in Congress | o————_—--+ ‘TUESDAY Senate 3 ‘Tekes up Norris bill to curb in- junctive power of federal courts in labor. ites. * committee considers of Judge Benjamin N. New York to supreme Cardogo, -of Wife Denies Report Flier Was Kidnaped :O’Brine, wife of Forest O’Brine, hold- er of the unofficial endurance flight jrecord, called police to ner hotel Tuesday and told them her husband ‘had been kidnaped by a woman, who jdragged him into an automobile when the met her by appointment in front of the hotel. A city detective later talked to Mrs. O'Brine and quoted her as saying that her husband merely departed in an automobile with a woman. -She said she does not know where O’Brine is. IOWA SCHOOL DESTROYED Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Feb. 23.—(?) —A .mysterious fire destroyed the Seely Memorial high school early to- . ‘The loss was estimated at about $150,000, And airmail pilot on the Chi- cago-Kansas City route veered 10 miles off his ¢ourse to rouse the Boston, Feb. 23. — () — Nat C. Browne, former army flier and Ed- ward Muldowney, who took off Tues- day from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on a projected non-stop flight to } St. Louis, Feb. 23.—(?)—Mrs. Elsie’ Buenos Aires, landed their plane, the! “Lone Star,” at the east Boston air- | port two hours later because of engine , trout | The plane's auxiliary landing gear | was smashed in the landing, but both (Browne and Muldowney escaped in- ‘juries. The plane came close to turn- ing over as it nosed into the earth | wheel collapsed. when the left 1 Browne, who was at the controls, said the “Lone Star” was over Cape Cod when a cylinder burned out, Denies U. S. Reserves Have Received Order ~aireraft {vicinity of Chenju, northwest of the international J 1