The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1932, Page 1

ep North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 |, Chinese THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932 Nonpartisans in Peacetul Meetings LYNNER, THORESEN, LANGER PUSHED FOR GOVERNOR'S FIGHT Lemke and Burdick Supported in Two Counties For Con- gressional Race ADOPT MANY RESOLUTIONS Incumbents Nye, Frazier, and Sinclair Receive Wide Indorsement Fargo, N. D., Feb. 25.—(}—Peaceful county conventions for the most part were held by the Nonpartisan League throughout North Dakota Wednesday with the majority of delegates elected! to attend the state convention in Bis- marck March 2 uninstructed. There were at least thre: men who! will have some state convention back- ing for party nominations for the governorship race, it was indicated by @ few indorsements and expres- sions of favor in 30 of the 53 counties from which the reports were re- ceived. In the gubernatorial limelight, so far as the Nonpartisans are concern- ed, are Mayor A. T. Lynner of Fargo. T. H. Thoresen of Grand Forks and William Langer of Bismarck. Both Thoresen and Lynner are avowed candidates while Langer has yet to commit himself. Two Fargoans Supported Two Fargo attorneys, William Lem- ke and Usher L. Burdick, received the indorsements of two counties as can- didates for congress. In what expressions there were on measures to be voted on at the presi- dential preference primary March 15, not one did not conform to league dictates. No less than 25 different topics were touched upon in resolutions. For the most part they dealt with wanted changes in tax, bank, mortgage and election laws. proposed. three to four cents a gailon, and the measure calling for increase of signa- (Continued on page Three) ot | Weather Report FORECAST . For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair and slightly cold- er tonight; Friday partly cloudy. North Da- Fair and day kota: Fair tonight -and Friday; slightly colder west portion to- night. ‘For Montana: Unsettled tonight and Friday, prob- ably rain or snow west portion; little .change in temperature. For Minnesota: a slightly colder in northwest portion tonight; Friday fair, somewhat cold- er in north portion, Generally fair, CONDITIONS Low pressure covers the district be- ing centered over the Canadian Provinces (Edmonton, Alta. Pr. Al- bert, Sask. 29.58) except tor the High that’ continues to remain over the Plateau Region (Boise, Idaho, Win- nemucca, Nev. 30.52). Generally fair weather prevatis in all sections with strong winds reported from western Canada. ‘Temperatures have risen and continue far above the seasonal normals, rises ‘of 20 to 30 degrees or more being reported in eastern North Dakota, Minnesota, southern atchewan and southern Manitoba. ‘Bismarck station barometer, inci 28,01 reduced to sea level 29.81. TEMPRRATURE At 7a. Mares Highest yesterday Lowest last night PRECIPITATION Amt. 24 hrs, ending 7 a, m, .... Total this month to date Normal, this month to dat Total, Jan. 1 to date . Normal, Jan. 1 to date Accumulated 4 Jan. 1 eee 28 NORTH DAKOTA POINTS ‘a, m. Low Pet. BISMARCK, cldy. 42° 39.00 Devils Lake, peldy. Fargo-Moorhead, cidy... Williston, clear Jamestown, clear Grand Forks, cle Valley City, clear Minot, clear . 100 00 200. 00 00 eangcorseasses: Sseless: iL Temprs, Pre. Low High Ins. Amarillo, Tex. clear:s..42. 10.00 Hoise, Idaho, "eld 30 “20 algary, el x Chicago, Il, peldy. 200 Denvei 90 400 300 GEN Other Stations— Lander, Medicine Miles City, ‘Modi ‘tah, peld: No. Platte, Neb., Oklahoma’ City, 0. <1 Winnemucca, N,, cl ‘Winnipeg, Man., clés Winnipeg, ‘ORRI | ongress Is Behind - Stimson Thrills Broadway Claire Trevor is Broadway's new. est featured ingenue. She is a stock company graduate and is achieving a hit in “Whistling In The Dark.” (OFFICIALS AT TOKYO QUESTION VALIDITY OF STIMSON CLAIM |Japanese Official Says Secre- tary Displays Ignorance of Conference Tokyo, Feb. 25.—(?)—A high for- elgn office official after reading press dispatches quoting excerpts from Secretary of State Henry L. Stim- {son's letter to Senator Borah on the Sino-Japanese situation today ques- tioned the validity of Secretary Stim- son’s assumption that America's nav- al concessions in the Washington treaty were predicated on guarantees embodied in the nine-power pact. The terms of the naval agreement, he said, actually were completed at the Washington conference before the. powers began a real considera- tion of Chinese problems and Japan had agreed to the naval terms. Japan, he ascerted, accepted a 60 per cent battleship ratio early in the conference, thereby. leaving the Ja- panese delegation open to a charge of having laid all their trump cards down early in the game. Had Japan wished to bargain naval terms against . matters embodied in the nine-power treaty, he said, she cer- tainly would have delayed agreement indefinitely. Displays Ignorance “Mr. Stimson displays an ignorance of the history of the Washington conference,” he said. The views of the Japanese govern- ment regarding the applicability of the nine-power treaty to the present situation in China, he said, were presented clearly in paragraph sev- en of Tokyo's reply to the recent note ofthe League council and also in passages in Foreign Minister Yoshi- zawa’s statement of Feb. 21, written ;|for the Associated Press, which he- gan: “It would be equally impossible and undesirable to repudiate the Wash- ington nine-power treaty ...,”" and ending “‘to face the facts is the first requisite of statesmanship.” This, he said, represented the views of the foreign minister and the government {in connection with the issues raised in Secretary Stimson’s letter. ‘The spokesman recalled that in 1927 the American and British navies found it necessary to bombard Nan- king, despite the nine-power pact, when Chinese Nationalist troops ran riot.in that city. Japan is doing same thing now in principle at Shangtial, he said, and the only dif- a ‘00 | ference is in the scale of the opera- He demanded to know how Japan could have invoked the nine-power tveaty for protection of her rights in Manchuria, and to whom she could | 80D! ve appealed. “Certainly not signatories .of that “We do not beli our as ea gee. ps Hi gk f fe ney i E i Statement Letter Seen as Effort to State Policy and Stop Barrage of Notes REJECTS JAP SUGGESTIONS Some See Inference U. S. Would Feel no Longer Bound to Fleet Limits Washington, Feb. 25.—()—Secre- tary of State Stimson’s frank letter to Senator Borah outlining American Policy in China was seen Thursday as a definite effort to inform world opinion and stop the barrage of notes {between Tokyo and Washington. { Letter to Senator Borah calls for no reply from the Japanese foreign office and does not invite interna-| tional controversy: But it lets all powers interested in the international settlement at Shanghai and its perils know the U. S. believes existing treaties sufficient, it strictly adhered to, to protect the interests of China, as well as those of all other-nations which signed the nine-power treaty, framed at the Washington conference in 1922. Suggestions Are Rejected By this indirect method Japan's suggestions there should be treaty revisions or at least treaty interpre- tations to permit of foreign interven- tion because of Chinese inability to maintain domestic peacé and safe- guard foreign interests, are definite- ly rejected by the U. 8. without giv- ing Japan a direct rebuff. Congressional sentiment is aligned strongly behind the new Stimson {statément. Individual leanings color the interpretations placed upon the} letter but no note of objection has} been voiced. The forceful reminder by Stimson ithe treaties fixing naval ratios are interdependent with the nine-power pact for the preservation of China's territorial integrity and her free trade, and that this pact is threaten- ed bythe present conflict, was seized upon by. big navy advocates as fuel for their fire. See Inference In It ‘They saw in it an inescapable in- ference that the U. 8. would feel no longer bound’ to the treaty-imposed fleet limits or the pledge against further fortification at Guam and in the Philippines, if it decides Japan jhas violated the nine power pact. Sen- ator Johnson of California welcomed an “implication that we are free now to pursue our own course.” Strong believers in the power for; peace inherent in treaties and inter-| national cooperation refused to see any such implication, leaning instead upon the strong Stimson declaration the U. 8, stands firmly by the nine- power pact, the Kellogg peace pact,/ and all solemn international treaties | for peace. IN. D, MAN FATALLY WOUNDED IN WEST! Leif Jacobson, Fort Ransom, Shot in Head When Wan- dering in Yard Spokane, Wash, Feb. 25.—(7)— jShot in the head as he wandered in the back yard of a residence early Wednesday, Leif Jacobson, 23, of Fort Ransom, N. D., died at a hos- ital. Poy ‘W. Broadhead, occupant of the residence, said he thought Jacobson and another man were robbers and he shot blindly ia eat intend- ing to frighten off. Barney Larson,, a cousin, said Jacobson came home intoxicated and he went out with him for a walk. The two became separated and Jacobson apparently wandered into the Broadhead yard. Broadhead, who was riot held, said Jacobson ordered him to hold up his hands before the shot was fired. Fargo, Feb. 25.—(?)—Leif Jacobson, killed in Spokane, Wash., was the gon of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jacob- son, farmers west of Fort Ransom, N. D., and brother of F Dickinson Man Found Not Guilty by Jury VOGEL IS SEEN AS LANGER LEADER AT STATE CONVENTION Local Attorney Selected as County Delegate; Colehar- bor Man to Be Alternate ENDORSEMENT IS BEATEN Friends of T. H. Thoresen Block Move to Put Party on Record Here Burleigh county Nonpartisans, meeting Wednesday in the court- house, selected William Langer and W. B. Falconer as delegates to the Nonpartisan state convention to be held here March 2 and nominated a| slate of legislative candidates. | Although forces friendly to Langer controlled the convention, a motion to instruct the county's delegates to the state convention to support Lan- ger for the Nonpartisan gubernator- jal nomination was laid on the table. Opponents of the motion, made by Fred Argast, Moffit, pointed out that T. H. Thoresen, a rival candidate, has many friends in this, his former home county, and that an endorse- ment might breed ill feeling among adherents of the party. They also Pointed out that the delegates would obviously support Langer’ in the con- vention anyhow. A hint that Frank Vogel, formerly of Coleharbor, McLean county, and now deputy internal revenue collector here, would be Langer’s floor man- ager in the convention was seen in a motion permitting the convention del- egates to name their own alternates if they should be unable to attend the convention. Langer Favors Vogel Commenting on the selection of alternates, S. S. McDonald said he understood that Langer might be,un- able to attend the’convention and that the gubernatorial aspirant would like -to have Vogel selected as his alternate. ~ Friendly feeling, for the Progressive Republican party. was expressed by the convention and a resolution urged the Nonpartisan convention to work with that group in selecting candi- dates for office. Another resolution, adopted by a vote of 37 to 10, recom- | mended changing the name of the Nonpartisan League to “Progressive Republican Party.” Speakers favor- ing the resolution said the League must eliminate the prejudice against! the present name built up when the| organization was controlled by Town-! ley and his associates, Other resolutions endorsed the Frazier farm relief bill, advocated in- creased income and inheritance taxes, CHENIU SHA NIYO 27 AR CHENJ SS en The Japanese tactics at Shanghai are attempted to break the line and roll PAOSHAN@., WOOSUNG FORTS the situation there at noon Thursda: Chinese Line Remains Unbroken CHINESE HELD UP ADVANCE. XXX CHINESE FORCES GBB MPANESE FORCES @OO AMERICAN FORCES made clear by this map, which shows y. An enveloping swing around the Chinese left, combined with a heavy attack on the center at Kiangwan, was it up to the south and west. Unex- Pectedly bitter resistance and counter-attacks at Kiangwan held up the Plan, and a new attack was believed in the making in Chapei, which would aim at squeezing the other end of the Japanese pit cers, and rolling back the Chinese right, unless Chinese attacks in this quarter anticipate the plan. WINNIE RUTH JUDD IS LOCKED IN CELL IN CONDEMNED ROW ‘Trunk’ Murderess May Not Be Hanged For at Least An- other 15 Months Arizona State Prison, Ariz, Feb. 25.—(?)}—Sentenced to hang May 11, Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted “trunk” murderess, Thursday occupied a cell in con- jdemned row, hopeful her attorneys {may yet save her from the gallows. Mrs. Judd was brought to the state urged decreased appropriations for all Purposes and especially for war and| endorsed the progressive bloc in con-| gress. ‘ | A separate résolution demanded al cut of “30 per cent or more” in all/| taxes and urged economy on all! branches of the government, from| townships to the state. Abolition of the ‘“numerous commissions created by the last legislature” was recom- |mended as an important step in the! economy program. Opposed To Jamestown Unanimous approval was given to 2/ resolution recommending that the) state capital be kept at Bismarck. Delegates to the convention num-| bered 58 and there were approximate- ly 100 spectators in attendance. Vet- eran Nonpartisans sgid the attend-| ance was the best recorded at any; Burleigh county Nonpartisan conven- tion in years. C. D. King, Menoken, was elected’ chairman of the convention with M. H. Chernick as secretary. Members| of the resolutions committee were S. 8. McDonald, Alfred 8. Dale, Mrs. C. G. Boise, W. B. Falconer and Fred Argast. The present county executiye committee, consisting of Falconer as chairman, Langer as treasurer and) Mrs. Boise as secretary, was re-elect- ed: The treasurer's report showed all bills paid but no money in the treas- ury. Sevoral persons made speeches urg- | ing Support of the party for the North Dakota Progressive, a semi- monthly newspaper being edited by Nonpartisans and intended as an in- strument for disseminating informa- tion during both the presidential preference primary and state primary ‘campaigns. Obert Olson was named as date for state senator from Burleigh county, getting 36 votes to 19 for Falconer, who had asked that his name be withdrawn and that Olson be nominated. Legislative candidates nominated were Falconer, Otto Uhde of Regan and A. S.A , Bismarck. In- git a 4 i ! dications Thursday, however, were that at least one of the candidates di- | Mrs. prison from Phoenix late Wednesday night, having left Phoenix a few hours after Superior Judge Howard C. Speakman denied her a new trial and sentenced her to death. Although the execution, date was set for May 11, state authorities said it was not likely she would be hanged for at least 15 months. ‘Appeal Is Mandatory Under ,Arizona law, an appeal to the state supreme court is mandatory in all cases where the death penalty is set. If the defense does not make an appeal, the state must ask for a) review of the evidence. Because this appeal must be made. the execution cannot take place for more than a year. Sheriff J. R. McFadden, who ac- companied Mrs. Judd to the prison from Phoenix, said the convicted |woman was in “very jovial spirits” songs. Mrs, Judd learned Spanish while living in Mexico several years ago. McFadden said he questioned Mrs. Judd about. details of the killings of Mrs. Agnes Anne Le Roj and Miss Hedvig Samuelson, native of North Dakota, but that she declined to an- swer most of his questions. Says She Was Helped In answer to the query, “Did you have an accomplice?” the sheriff said Mrs, Judd replied: H. W. He Support for Bismarck Is Voiced at N. P. Meetings Mercer, M'Lean, Bottineau and Burleigh Bodies Condemn Proposed Move With resolutions and endorsements favoring Bismarck coming in steadily, four Nonpartisan county conven- tions, the Dunn Center Civic club and the Lemmon-Whetstone local of the Farmers’ Union having reported action Thursday, the Capital Defense committee Thursday launched a movement to get the Burleigh county vote to the polls March 15. In charge of the effort to get out; the voters in Bismarck proper will be 8. 8. Boise and Charles F. Martin, commander and adjutant, respective- ly, of the Bismarck American Legion Post. Directing the work in the rural pre- cincts will be George M. Register and S. 8. McDonald. In these arrange- ments, as in its other work, the com- mittee is avoiding any hint of partisan Politics by placing members of the Principal opposing polticial groups in | charge of the work. Four Counties Act The Nonpartisan county conven- tions which acted at meetings Wed- nesday were those of Bottineau, Bur- leigh,. McLean and Mercer counties. The text of the Mercer county resolu- tion was not available Thursday but the capital defense committee was notified by wire that one had been unanimously adopted. The , McLean county — resolution, adopted unanimously, asserted that those present are “undoubtedly op- posed to any attempt to move the State capital from its present loca- tion” and that... “We beyond the personal interest at stake for the citizens and property owners | total of Bismarck, the whole state has an equity in the state capital. “Particularly should the voters in this part of the state stand solidly be- hind Bismarck in its fight. We pledge the support of our organization to this effect.” Members of the capital defense committee said they were glad to (Continued on page nine) Letter Drive Gaining Speed Capital defense letters from of whom were indifferent until the appeal was made directly to ing 4 that, | i Turn Back New Attac ‘e The Weather Fair and slightly colder tonight; PRICE FIVE CENTS Counter-Drive Wins Back Ground Lost in Terrific Day Battle {Japanese Throw Their Full Force on Handful of Defenders Northwest of Kiangwan Village, Beat Back Chinese First Line, Cause Retreat NIPPONESE TAKEN BY SURPRISE AS BLOW IS RETURNED Belief General Yoshinori Shirakawa Will “Supersede Lieutenant General Kenkichi Uyeda in Command of Jap Forces at Shanghai Develops Shanghai, Friday, Feb. 26—(AP)—The rolling thunder of heavy guns crashed on the Chapei front early today as the Chinese bombarded the enemy base in Hongkew Park. Shanghai, Feb. 25.—(AP)—Hammered all day long by a it had lost during the day. Kiangwan still was in their hands. DRAFT CONVENTION BASIS ADOPTED BY. PARLEY AT GENEVA Soviet’s Proposal of Total Dis- armament as Framework Is Defeated Geneva, Feb. 25—(?)—The British resolution to make the draft conven- tion of the preliminary disarmament commission a basis of discussion for the world disarmament conference, was adopted unanimously Thursday by the -delegates. line of a general disarmament treaty drawn up in 1930. It has generally been regarded as providing in the main for stabilization of present arm- aments.) Action on the British solution, in- troduced by Sir John Simon, came af- ter the conference had rejected the Soviet proposal to use their scheme of total disarmament as the frame- work of the present conference. |_ The great powers, including the U. ‘8. and France, accepted the British plan Wednesday, but met objection from Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet delegate. Litvinoff made it plain he had no serious plan to put obstacles in front of the British resolution, but insisted he wanted his own plan considered. The conference deferred to his wishes and agreed to let his scheme come up as a substitute. Litvinoff then let it be known if his plan was rejected he would support the draft convention idea. Litvinoff made a long argument for disarmament Thursday before he was voted down. Andre Tardieu, the new premier of France and head of the French dele- gation, then moved the conference constitute @ special political commis- sion to consider the French proposals on security and their plan to arm the League of Nations. ‘ ‘ALFALFA BILL’ SAYS HE TS ‘FIGHTIN’ MAD’ Will Go to Georgia From North Dakota to Expose ‘Skullduggery’ Gary, Ind, Feb. 25.—(?)—' H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray, says is “fightin’ mad” so he is going “to take @ run down to Georgia to tell the people there about the skullduggery used to keep me out of the preft = tial primary in that state.” The Oklahoma governor, ant for the Democratic nomination, iat i : Ment F f 5 z F B z ui terrific Japanese bombardment, wan sector swarmed out of its trenches tonight, launching a surprising counter-attack, and won back nearly all the ground t (The draft convention is the out- the Chinese army in the Kiang-_ In the afternoon the Japanese threw their full force on the handful of defenders northwest of Kiangwan village, beat back the Chinese first line and drove it into a disorderly retreat. The attack swept forward around the village, ripped through the line and virtually surrounded the Kiangwan garri- son. The artillery. pounded the Chinese second line and a fleet of 40 Japanese planes rained 250-pound bombs on the defenses. Then the attack halted for a time while the heavy guns continued egal ala tas cis on the Chinese rear. e counter-attack appeal we taken the Ja: foc‘ it’ pursiod bie (Chinese eck: nveas ‘tiesatsll torn, groaned and aegae There were reports two to three Japanese divisions were due tomorrow or Saturday and that a big Japanese drive would begin early next week. Dispatches from Tokyo disclosing the emperor had talked with Gen- eral Yoshinori Shirakawa was taken here to mean he would supersede Kenkichi Uyeda in command of the army at Shanghai. The big guns poured a fire on the Chinese while the tant try advanced. Fighting desperately, the Japanese took Miaochungchen, northwest of Kiangwan and con- tinued .their wheeling drive from there. The entite area was covered with smoke which made it almost impossible to determine the details of what was going on. Pounding As the afternoon wore panese claimed they the Chinese first line eee of tifa she and tillery was then pounding upon the second line. At the time a fleet of 40 airplanes rained 250-pound bombs on the Chinese, While the battle was raging a Ja- Ppanese transport arrived at the paces within the international set lement, All of the international settlement, and especially the French * showed considerable nervousness be- cause of an attack by the Japanese planes on the Lunghua railway sta- tion, two miles south of the French concession. The inhabitants were fearful the Japanese would bomb the Lunghua arsenal, reported to contain enough explosives to smash every window in the international settle- ment if a bomb were to hit it, Chinese Gunfire Continues Although the Chinese appeared to be being blasted trom their front line Positions, their rifle and machine gun fire continued and occasional boom- ing of their artillery from the rear indicated heavy guns still were working all th their bombard- ment was weak compared with the thunderous fire from the Japanese guns. Late in the afternoon the weight of the Japanese artillery was directed against the Chinese rear Positions, which Japanese military Officials said they Chinese first line was completed. The southern front lines toward Chapel were quiet. ended. . int settlement said they soon would an- nounce @ plan by which all Americans in the whole settlement area. be concentrated quickly for evacua- tion in case of an emergency. The U. 8. officials said they did not con- _ sider the danger greatly yet, but they thought it best to have made*before an emer-