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

SF ». oo ® i r a iy { ei al _North Dakbta’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1878‘ _ - ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Cloudy, probably snow tonight ‘and Thursday; colder tonight PRICE FIVE CENTS Kidnap 20-Month-C Colonel Li hI } Chinese Forced Into Westward Retreat DBFENDERS CLAIM MOVEMENT IS BUT "TACTICAL’ ACTION Say Communications Endang- ered By. Landing of Japs 20 Miles Up River JAPS FOLLOW ADVANTAGE Nipponese Declare Chinese Un- able to Stand Any Longer Terrible Attack (By The Associated Press) Fighting in the Shanghai area con- tinued Wednesday as negotiations for peace between China and Japan went ahead slowly. Japan formally accepted the League of Nations proposal for a conference but a Chinese spokesman said China would not accept so long as fighting continued. / Foreign nations, including the U. S., expressed willingness to partic- ipate in a conference at the scene of hostilities. Japan found proposals for an armistice unacceptable and presented @ set. of counter-proposals. The ini- tial plans were presented by Vice Ad- miral Sir Howard Kelly, British fleet. commander. The Chinese 18th route army, which withstood Japanese thrusts so long, was retreating after five weeks of hard fighting at Shanghai. The Ja- panese, following closely, claimed the Chinese had broken their lines oa that a rout was being approach- ed. Chinese military leaders, however, called it a “tactical retreat” for the purpose of establishing new defense lines before renewing the battle. CHINESE RETREAT AFTER FIVE WEEKS OF FIGHTING (Copyright, 1932, By The A. P.) Shanghai, March °2—()—China’s now world-famous 19th route army was retreating westward tonight after five weeks of stubborn fight- (Continued o2 page seven) Weather Report FORECAST * For Bismarck and vicinity: Mostly cloudy, probably occasional snow to- night ‘and Thurs- day; colder night. For North Da- to- 'y, probably occasional snow tonight and Thursday; colder tonight ‘central and east portions and northeast portion Thursday. For kota: settled and South Da- Mostly un- tonight robably: a somewhat tonight ntral portion. ; Montana: Snow .tonjght and Thursday; colder north and east por- tions tonight. For Minnesota: night and Thursday, probably occa- sional snow in east and north por- tions? no decided change in temper- ature. Mostly, cloudy to- CONDITIONS Low pressure, accompanied by rain oy snow, extends from the Misslssipp! Valley and lower Great Lakes regio: northwestward to the north Pacific toast. ‘The precipitation was heavy in parts of Illinols, Iowa, Minnesota and Washington, ‘Seasonable peratures prevall throughout the Vnited States but higher « pressure and colder weather prevails over the Western Canadian Provinces. Fismarck station barometer, inches? 27.95 reduced to sea level 29.78, PRECIPITATION 4 hrs, ending 7a. m, N Accumulat Jan. 1 105 NORTH DAKOTA POINTS m, Low Pct, BISMARCK, clear a Devils Lake, snow 20 Fargo-Moorhead, snow 24 Jamestown, clea! 22 Valley City, cldy Williston, clear Grand Forks, eld sey8! rome eSoens AL ‘Tempre. Pre, Low High Ins. 6z 00 GE Other Stations— ‘Amarillo, Texas, peldy. 38 snow. 32 Hoise, Idan 40. 112 Calgary, Al 200 it Chicago, 1 34 1.12 Denver, Colo. bo 100 Des Moines, 38 “Sltgr Kanes ek 8 jodge City, Kans., ¢ i Bane ta 0 Havre, Helena, Kamloops, Kansas City, Lander, Wyo, cl Medicine Hat, A, Miles City, Mont. No. Platte, Neb. clear. . Okla City, Oy polar: . Vi 'D., ‘cldy. ct E D. of 100 St. Louis, Mo., fo 16 St, Paul, Minn. cldy. 152 Ba cig 8S. Marie, Mich. cldy Seattle, Wash, snow Bheridin, Wyo., cleat Sioux City, ia,” cldy. Spokane, Switt Current, The Pag, Mi Winnemucca, Winnipeg, Mi bE 100 48 ‘00 2 200 n | Fargo is advanced for the oH 18) 2 08 Nonpartisans Here To Indorse Slate Thoresen, Langer, Lynner, and Garberg Are in Guber- natorial Running LEMKE WOULD GO TO HOUSE "Burdick For Governor to Remove Competition Selection of a candidate for gov- ernor from a field of five possibil- ittes confronted delegates to the Non- partisan League state convention, which opened here Wednesday. Indications were that none of the/| @ubernatorial possibilities would muster a majority on the first bal- lots and that the contest for the convention's indorsement would be, at least in the opening stages, a free- for-all. T. H. Thoresen of Grand Forks and William Langer of Bismarck re- mained the outstanding candidates for the indorsement for governor, while Mayor A. T. Lynner of Fargo, Peter B. Garberg of Fargo, and for- mer Governor Walter Maddock of Bismarck had serious pre-convention support for the position. . Maddock, however, Wednesday said he does not wish to become a candi-; date since it would interfere with his work with the Farmers’ Union. He thanked those who have supported him, but said he could not make the race if indorsed. Maddock is state vice president of the Farmers’ Union. Involved in the contest for gover- nor is the proposed fusion of the Nonpartisan League with the newly- organized progressive Republican Party of North Dakota. Committees | of. the.two political groups conferred today on the fusion, whiclt contem- plates that. the progresstves should be given the privilege of indorsing certain candidates for throwing the faction’s support behind the League ticket. Progressives Bidding The progressives are bidding for permission to indorse a governor, but this is one of the offices which the league leaders believe they should fill from their ample field of candi- dates. I. J. Moe, Valley City, is mentioned as the progressive candi- date for governor. Thoresen and Langer men Tues- day night and Wednesday made ef- forts to obtain a pledge from dele- gates for the support of th2 respec- tive aspirants to the governorship. {While each side claimed the heaviest isupport, neither candidate was said to have a majority of the 74 votes to be cast at the convention. Thirty- eight are necessary to-carry the con- vention. Holding attention is the indorse- ment for congressman with William Lemke of Fargo most prominently jmentioned for one of the two con- ‘gressional posts. Congressman J. H. Sinclair of Kenmare is assured re- indorsement, as is U. S. Senator Ger- ald P. Nye. “ Lemke supporters claimed they have Sufficient votes to nominate him on the first ballot, but this claim is dis- puted by those oprosed to the Lemke indorsement. Usher L. Burdick of race for congress and he has mustered some support in. pre-convention maneuver- Would Support Burdick The Lemke forces are agreeable to supporting Burdick for governor, as a means of removing Burdick from the Congressional. race. . A proposal to change the name of the party from the Nonpartisan League to the progressive Republican Party is expected to come before the convention for discussion. The argu- tems | int 5 ments advanced for the change is rthat the Nonpartisan League -is a. name that does not accurately des- cribe the , Nonparti leaders © Wednesday stressed the need for harmony if the party is to present @ serious threat to the Independent Voters Association ticket which will compete with the League candidates in the June pri- mary. Major attention centered on the candidates for governor and congress, but some delegates found time to dis- cuss the indorsements for minor posts. Of these positions, that for state treasurer presents a problem in that the incumbent, Mrs, Berta Baker, must retire because the sta- tutes limits a state treasurer to two 2\terms. Mrs. Baker is being consid- 1, ered as the League candidate for state auditor, while considerable discussion revolves around placing her in the field as a candidate for commissioner of agriculture and'labor. Alfred Dale, deputy state treasurer, is mentioned for. state treasurer. 2 “COOPERSTOWN SHOW OPENS Cooperstown, N. D.. Mar. 2—(?)— There were 113 events in’the various departments of the Central State; Poultry end Seed Show when the ex- | position opened its doors here Tuesday. |More entries are expected. Washington, March 2—(#)—David 09 | Jayne Hill, 81, educator, historian, and former ambassador to Germany, DEMOCRATIC RANKS INN. D. ROCKED BY Filing of C. D. Perry For Com- mitteeman Said Parallel of George Norris Case C. D. Perry of Crosby Tuesday filed jhis candidacy for election as Demo- ,eratic national committeeman on March 15 and thereby touched off a |lot of fireworks among North Dakota | Democrats. | He will oppose J. Nelson Kelly of Grand Forks, incumbent, and H. H.; Perry of Ellendale, the choice of the Valley City state convention, and therein lies the difficulty. Democrats friendly to H. H. Perry characterized the filing of C. D. Per- ry as a case similar to that in Ne- braska in which George W. Norris, | Broken Bow grocer, field in opposition to George W. Norris, running for re- election as United States senator. The fact that the-C. D. Perry filing was made by Charles Simon, assistant attorney general and a Democrat af- fillated with the wine opposed to H. H, Perry, also drew bitter comment. some of which was directed against the attorney general's office and the state administration. Simon said he was not responsible for the filling but had acted only as a “messenger boy” for a friend in Mi- not who sent the papers to Bismarck ‘The heat which ‘the filing generat- ed was indicated by the following statements: : | Murnhy Makes Statement R. B. Murphy, Bismarck, former national committeeman who defeated H. H, Perry for the place in 1924 but who now is supporting his former rival: “This reported last-minute filing of one Mr. Perry, now of Crosby and formerly of Grand Forks, an absolute unknown in Democratic circles as far as my memory goes, smacks strongly of the recent famous George W. Nor- ris grocer-clerk case in Nebraska, as a manifest attempt to confuse the Democretic voters of the state in the choice of a national committeeman. “My belief 1s that the reaction of | the Democratic voters of North Da- kota will be as it was in Nebraska and will result in an increased determina- tion to elect Mr. H. H. Perry of Ellen- | dale, the state convention choice. “T am also certain. that the fact that this last-minute filing was made by John’ Gammons, secretary of the state industrial commission. and Charles Simon. assistant attorney general, will be taken notice of by the yoters of the state in the June pri- maries in a way that will not redound to the credit of the present state ad- ministration.” Kidder Man Is Angry i John Hinkle of Kidder county, ®/ delegate to the Valley City Demo- cratic convention at which Perry was inated: ner ‘am astonished to learn that such contemptible tactics would be tried in North Dakota after the result of the «Continued on page Seven) SIXTH SUPPLY BILL, CUT BY $55,000,000 Bill Would Provide $986,447,- 000 For Operation of 30 Independent Offices Washington, Mar. 2.—(?)—Nearly $55,000.000 was slashed from. budget estimates of $1,041,395,000 for running the government's 30 independent of- fices Wednesday by the house appro- Priations committee, in reporting the upply bill for the coming fiscal year. big cuts were made in the vet- erans’ administration, Interstate Com- merce Commission, and farm board. (As received by the. house, the meas- ure carries $986,447,000 to cover prac- tically all activities not in the execu- tive departments. It is $319,750,000 less than expenditures for this year and $54,948,000 below the budget. It brings the total reductions, to more than $100,000,000 with five bills yet to be drafted. given ,$949,237,000, of which $100,000,- 000 is for loans on bonus certificates. The committee allowed the full budget estimate of $429,380 for the executive office, including $75,000 for President Hoover's salary, A cut of $1,533,000 under budget es- timates for the Interstate Commerce Commission was made in view of the of the transportation act of 1920. The commission was allowed $7,228,000. ‘The thira largest cut came in the farm board allotment, which was re: mate of $1,880,000. ~ NRW DEVELOPMENT) Fargoan Willing to Support | on_a bus. f are welcome. The veterans’ administration was | ¢; prospective repeal of recapture clause! Early Photograph of Kidnaped Lindbergh Baby aow York, Marea 2—(?)—Char! les Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., is cniy 20 montis cid but he's a worid-famous Person. His birth was one of the biggest news stories of 1930, and his first photograph was one of the most prized pictures in the history of journalistic photography. And he’s the “living image” of his famous father. He came as a birthday gift to his mother, Mrs, Anne Lindbergh, for she was 24 that day, June 22, 1930. His father was 28, and he’s just past 30 now. News of his arrival was “let out” an hour after the birth by his grand- father, the late Senator Dwight W. Morrow, who told a friend: “I'm a grandfather and it's a boy. But don't tell anyone.” But the secret was one tifat could not be kept long, for many friends had been aware of the pre- parations made at the Morrow home in Englewood. At birth the child—robust and promising—weighed seven &nd one-half pounds. He now, is strong and golden-haired. Blue eyes peer out from a chubby face, and his locks have a way of curling and rumpling like his father’s. He had begun to toddle about and lisp. WOMEN INVITED 70 ATTEND BIG MASS MEETING THURSDAY Anyone Who Cares to Do so May Speak at World War Memorial Building Anyone who cares to do so. may speak at the capital defense mass meeting to be held in the World War Memorial building at 8:15 p. m. Thursday—and women as well as men Members of the committee in charge of the demonstration made this clear Wednesday in response to questions. Several women expressed anxicty to attend but said they weren't sure that the meeting ~ was not for men only. No program for the meeting has been announced other than that the juvenile. band will give a concert pre- ceding the meeting and that arrange- ments are being made for speakers. One or more will be Bismarck men and there may be several from out of the city, since the capital defense fight is not merely ‘a local affair. Suggestions and questions from the audience will be welcomed, J. E. Davis, chairman of the arrangements committee, said Wednesday and the meeting will be “wide open” in order that the opinions of everyone may be/ heard. The time is 8:15 o'clock Thursday evening. The place is the - World War Memorial building. GOVERNMENT BEGINS SEARCH FOR EAGLET Clamor For Legislation to Check Such Crimes Is Launched in Congress Washington, March 2.—()}—The/ federal government Wednesday ‘en- tered the hunt for the son of Colonel Charles A: Lindbergh and his kid- napers amid a clamor’ in congress! for legislation to check such crimes. ‘The cooperation of the department of justice was pledged after Presi- dent Hoover had conferred with At- torney General Mitchell. Customs and immigration authorities Ukewise watched for the culprits at the por- ders, particularly the Canadian, where cars were subjected to thor- |for the flight and the St. Louis {tal $50,000 yearly. $21,000,000 { Disposal of Morrow Estate Estimated at $19,000,000; Lindy and Anne Have $2,000,000 New York, Mar. 2.—(AP)—The fortune on which the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby apparently seek [to lay hands constitutes one of the largest in New Jersey. Col.. and Mrs. Charles A. ' Lind- bergh are believed in aviation circles here to be worth between $2,000,000 Jand $8,000,000 while the fortune iwhich the late Senator Dwight. W. |Morrow, a former Morgan partner, jleft to Mrs. Lindbergh’s mother has ‘been popularly estimated at nearly 1 $19,000,000. Col. Lindbergh was a poor boy when he hopped off in a borrowed plane for Paris in a flight that made him the world’s foremost birdman. Fortune smiled. He got the $25,000 Orteig prize group which backed his venture \gave him the “Spirit of. St. Louis” {plane in recognition of his success. He: received an undisclosed sum. {from Daniel Guggenheim for mak- ing a tour of the U. S. after his re- iturn, later becoming technical ad- | viser to the Pan-American Airways and {T, A. T.$ as well as serving in an advisory capacity for the airways di- jvision of the department of com- merce. His salaries from the two aviation concerns are reported to to- Large sutns came to him from newspaper syndication, and from a book he ‘wrote. The first check he received for the book was $100,000, aviation: circles said, and royalties still are coming in. Miscellaneous awards in recognition of his flight swelled the total, while in 1929 newspapers said the then Ambassa- dor Morrow had ‘established a $1,- 000,000 trust fund for their daugh- ter Anne, Lindbergh’s wife. > le Late Bulletins STOCK MART HAS RALLY f ——9 ° many to $7 on lively buying during the and the market closed with a strong tone. WETS BACK MEASURE control constitutional amendment, house Democratic and Republican wet blocs Wed- mesday agreed to join forces in support of a bill legalizing 2.75 per cent beer. ough search and occupants ques- loned. In the house there was quick com- mittee ‘approval of @ bill making it. a federal offense to send kidnaping threats’ through the mail and im- nosing heavy penalties for violation. A special committee meeting was sought to consider another to lay a federal ban transcend duged taan000 below the budget ft sion against abduc-|ball games and a dance. state boundar-| Driscoll: tions that = high echool will take on <8. Sterling in. the featured attraction The opinion was expressed by|while the Drigcoll girls will meet the Sterling Will Have Celebration Friday Announcement has been made of a public celebration at Sterling Friday night whieh will include two basket- Fortune at _ Grieved Pair NEW REVENUE BILL COMPLETELY DRAWN Designed to Raise $1,000,000,- 000 Extra, It Will Be " Ready Saturday Washington, March 2.—(?)—The big new revenue bill which is to raise more than a billion dollars a year for the federal government in addftion to its present income, has been com- pletely drawn, at last and is to be teady for the house by Saturday. Acting chairman Crisp brought the draft Wednesday before the full ways and means committee after a subor- dinate group had whipped it togeth- er, including a two per cent manu- factures sales tax to yield about $525,000,000: Special excise levies on selected industries to produce $300,- 000,000, and increases in income, estate and gift taxes to bring in an additional $200,000,000, Crisp hoped to get all committee action done by Saturday, to start the house debate next Monday and speed it to the senate. The bill will carry several changes in administration to stop leaks by which the government is estimated to lose $100,000,000 an- nually. It will not quite balance the budget submitted to congress by the President, but the house Democrats, Crisp said, are calculating a saving of $125,000,000 in government ex- penses. If it materializes and the revenue bill gives the expected yield, the government will. find itself on an even keel again at the end of the fis- cal year 1933. ; SMALL OHIO BOY 18 KIDNAPED BY PAIR 11-Year-Old Son of Prominent Niles Contractor Taken Away in Auto Niles, -D, Marah 2—VP)—James DeJute, Jr., 11, son of a prominent ‘contractor here, was kidnaped early Wednesday while on his way to ‘school,- police “reported. The boy was driven off by two men a not attempt to molest her, she said, ‘Anna May is visiting the DeJute family. S h-Old Son of — ndbergh and Anne One of Most Famed Babies of World Is Snatched from Crib No Trace Has Been Found of Blond, Chubby-Cheeked Child Since He Was Taken From Second-Floor Nursery of Lone Eagle’s Estate in New Jersey LAW FORCES IN THREE STATES MOBILIZED BY HUNDREDS Only Clues, Which Are Vague, Indicate at Least One of Kidnapers Was Woman; Footprints Reveal Man Was in Stocking Feet or Wore Moccasins Newark, N. J., March 2—(AP)—A postcard was mailed to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from here Wed- nesday reading: “Babe safe. Instructions later. Act accordingly.” ~ The card was picked up in noon collections from a box in the heart of the city. The message on the card | was printed. Director of Public Safety William Egan | immediately called out the entire police force and a house-to-house search of the vicinity of the corner was begun. Washington, March 2.—(AP)—AIl men and facil- ities ef federal prohibition enforcement Wednesday were placed at the disposal of authorities investigat- ing the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. = (Copyright, 1982, By The Associated Press) Hopewell, N. J., March 2.—(AP)—The little heir of the flying Lindberghs—the blond, chubby-cheeked Charles Augus- tus Lindbergh, Jr..—has been kidnaped. He was taken Tuesday night from his crib in the second- floor nursery of the Charles A. Lindbergh estate—five miles back in the Sourland Hill country—as lonesome as a solo flight from New York to Paris—and there has been no trace found of him since. : ¥ The forces of the law in three states mobilized by hun- dreds at dawn Wednesday to track down the kidnapers of the 2 enteo baby—one of the most famous infants of christ- endom. _Ransom has been demanded for the baby. Lindbergh is willing to pay if he can get the infant safely back to its moth- er’s arms. -A note found pinned to the sill of the window through which the baby was taken from its sick-bed by the kidnapers made a definite ransom demand. __It also threatened harm to the child if the money was not paid, if the contents of, the note were divulged, or if the method of payment suggested in the note was revealed. There were clues, but the trail was vague. At least one of the kidnapers was a woman. Footprints told officers that. One of the men—there was one man and perhaps more—was in his stocking feet, or wore moccasins. There was mud on the sill of the nursery window. There was a three-piece ladder by which the kidnapers reached the sleeping child. There were tracks leading a considerable distance and then being lost as the kidnapers apparently got into a waiting automobile. All available state police in the north New Jersey district were ordered to report for duty at the Lindbergh home at dawn. This concentrated a force of 50 men at the estate where the noted airman and his wife, the former Anne Morrow, spent a night of torment. The lean colonel, who dared death along the uncharted New York-Paris airway with silent calm, appeared numbed by the catastrophe that reached into the lonely hills to strike at him. Dressed in a leather jacket, an old cap and @ worn pair of trousers, his shoes caked with the sour mud which gives name to the region, he tramped most of the night, seeking some clue to his lost namesake. Mrs. Lindbergh, the attractive daughter of the late Senator Dwight W. Morrow, who expects another child ‘with’ the late spring, remained indoors, secluded from all cailers. Grandmother Expected Mrs. Dwight Morrow, the baby’s, grandmother, remained at her home in Elglewood, after first news of the kidnaping came to her over the tele-| Phone in the sobbing voice of the child’s mother. It was believed she would come here during the day. | In the early hours Wednesday | | morning a truck driver, arriving at) Philadelphia, reported he had seen a! blanket-wrapped bundle “that looked : like @ baby doll” lying in a ditch be-; side the roadway a mile and a half| from the Lindbergh place. State po- Lindbergh Baby Had Severe Cold Hopewell, N. J., March 2.—(P)— The Lindbergh baby was ill with @ severe cold, his mother revealed Wednesday. She expressed fear lest the child, clad only in night clothes, suffer from exposure. + Mrs. Lindbergh said he had bees under treatment for several lays. No blankets were taken, lending substance to Mrs. Lindbergh's fears that the child was taken away improperly clad. lice, who immediately searched the entire area, reported they were unable to find any such bundle. had put him to bed at 7:30. When jshe returned to the nursery he was gone. She rushed screaming downstairs to the dining room, and told the col- onel and his wife, eating a late din- ner, what had happened. Col. Lindbergh immediately tele- phoned the state police and the news of the kidnaping was broadcast to | Police in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. State of Minnesota Expresses Sympathy st. IS HIGH MISDEMEANOR Newark, N. J., Mar. 2—(P)— Kidnaping is a high misdemeanor in New Jersey and any person found guilty of it is subject to a life sentence in state prison at, hard labor. The minimum sen- tence is five years. Police had not intended to reveal their: discovery that one of the kid- napers was a woman, but after the in- formation had been inadvertently re- vealed, they elaborated somewhat. They said the clear mark of a wom- March’ 2—()—The Paul, ot .. Where Colonel