The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1932, Page 1

A @ ie q f } 1 ots < ry { 1 «}> - ~ te a a « ae ie ™~ a North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Fair tonight and Thursday; not so cold Thursday afternoon. ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, ‘NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS. Says Progress Has Been Made N. D. Roosevelt Forces Arou Winter Holds Sway SENATOR WHEELER TO CAMPAIGN FOR NEW YORKER HERE Easterner, in Message to M’Lean, Favors Refinanc- ing of Farm Debts FAVORS WATERWAYS WORK Policies of Democratic Presi- dential Aspirant Are Out- lined in Letter Governor W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Mur- ray of Oklahoma has excited the ad- herents of Franklin D, Roosevelt in North Dakote. This was evident Friday when As-, sociated Press dispatches announced that Senator Burton K. Wheeler of; Montana would leave at once to cam- Paign for Roosevelt in North Dakota. F. W. McLean of Grand Forks, sec: retary of the state Democratic com-; mittee, announced at the same time that the New Yorker favors refinanc- ing of farm indebtedness at a lower In West YOUTHFUL PU-YI IS MADE DICTATOR OF MANCHURIAN STATE Attendance at Ceremony Limit- ‘ed to 30 Chinese and 15 Japanese Changchun, Manchuria, March 9.— ()—Henry Pu-Yi, young descendant of the former Manchu emperors, was formally inaugurated Chihcheng — “dictator”—of Manchoukuo, “Land of Manchuria,” this afternoon. The ceremony took place in the main hall of the new presidential pal- ace, formerly Changchun’s city hall, ind lasted only 25 minutes. The al tendance was limited to 30 Chinese, including several Manchus and Mon- gols, and 15 Japanese. and South East Struggles Out of Storm That Took at Least 33 Lives Last Few Days CRIPPLED BOAT HELPLESS High Winds Sweep Snow Into Large Drifts Throughout North Dakota Tuesday (By The Associated Press) ‘Winter ruled in the west and south Wednesday while the east struggled out of a storm that took at least 33 lives. From the Rockies east and south cold prevailed during the night. In Kansas four victims fell, including an elderly couple found dead of exposure. Snow, sleet and rain blustered through Texas. Snow as deep as 30 inches and cold as severe as 24 below wrought misery in the Rockies region. Many southerners saw the first snowflakes of the season. Low tem- peratures blighted fruit, flowers and rate of interest, that information “The people of Manchuria have vegetables. having been contained in a letter, long suffered under, tyrannical gov- The northeast was digging out of from Roosevelt to McLean. ernment,” the former boy emperor deep snow. On the Atlantic a dozen Roosevelt said he favored making: appointments to boards dealing with farm problems from among men “who isaid in his inaugural address. “In these troublesome times I must con- fess myself poor in talent and unable vessels were in distress. The crippled Collier, H. F. De Bar- deleben, rolled helplessly on the North understand and are in sympathy with | the great agricultural interests of, our | to devise means to relieve the people from their pain and suffering. Atlantic, waiting for the seas to mo- derate so her crew of 34 could take country.” He also urged construction “However, with a due sense of my to lifeboats. Two coast guard rescue of waterways and flood contrel. 4 Telegram Is Dispatched unworthiness, I come to assume the office of dictator, unable to refuse to boats were damaged by the storm. High winds held down airplanes McLean sent Roosevelt this tele- gram: “In considering candidacies of in- dividuals for president, questions up-) permost in the minds of our people) are what would be the attitude of our) candidate on the three following: issues: “First—Refinancing of farm indebt- | edness at lower interest rates. “Second—What sympathy for agri-| cultural distress would be expressed in appointments of the secretary of |state. agriculture and members of the fed- eral farm loan boards, and other (Continued on page Seven) f Weather Report | pi ehiacin is o FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Gener- ally fair tonight and Thursday; FAIR not so cold Thur! day afternoon. For North Da- kota: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; colder tonight east por- tion; not so, cold Thursday after- noon, For South Da- kota: Fair tonight and ‘Thur sda: slightly colder to- night extreme east; not 80 cold Thursday after- noon, For Montana: Thursday, except unse| extreme west portion temperature. For Minnesota: Generally fair to- night and Thursday, except . snow flurries tonight in east periton; con- tinued cold, with somewhat | colder tonight. Fair’ tonight and led Thursday slowly rising’ CONDITIONS The high pressure area is still cen- tered along the eastern Rocky Moun- tain slope (Havre, Mont. 30.94 inches) while: low pressure areas cover tho Great Lakes region and the south- western states, Cold weather pre- vails from the eastern Rocky Moun- tain slope to the Atlantic coast but slightly warmer weather prevails over the Far West. Sub-zero temper- atures occurred as far south as Ne- braska and southeastern Colorado. Light precipitation occurred trom the Plains States eastward to the Great Lakes region but generally fair weather prevails over the Rocky Mountain region and Plains States this morning. Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.77 reduced to sea level 30.73. TEMPERATURE At Ta. mM sesseee Highest yesterday Lowest last night PRECIPITATION a. m. NORTH DAKOTA POINTS 7 a. m. Lo’ BISMARCK, ‘clear Deville Lake, clear: el Valley City, clea: Williston, clear Grand Forks, cld; GENERAL Other Stations— Amarillo, Texas, Boise, Idaho, cle: Calgary, Alta,, clear. Chicago, Il. cle: Denver, Colo. cleat Des Moines, Ia., cldy. Dodge City, Kan. clear Edmonton, Alta,,’ clear clear Fea Pierre, 8, D. Br, Albert, Qu'Appelle, Rapid Cl Rosebul Mo., ‘cl inn, snowing 6 Lake City, U., clear 32 Marie, M., snowing 6 Seattle, Wash, eld; ie, St. Sait 5.8. | ‘The Japanese proposal, in the form jof a letter from the Japanese minis- 0 jname its 24 delegates in convention */De Valera Elected )|vote of 81 to 68 when the new Dail Please the people. Therefore, I am determined to use my utmost efforts, with the kindly aid and wise advice of you all, to seek peace and safety for the state and the people.” “The heaven and sun above know all.” Among the Japanese present were the highest authorities of the military organization in Manchuria. Their presence was taken to indicate Ja- pan’s friendly regard for the new ——- { NEWEST JAP PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO CHINESE Shanghai, March _10.—(Thursday) —()—Sir Miles Lampson, British minister to. China, transmitted to the Chinese authorities early today Ja- pan’s newest proposal for ending the hostilities in this area. Even while this new move for peace was made, reinforcements and sup- plies in huge quantities were on the western Shanghai front. ter, asserted that Japan is eager to negotiate a truce because of the “critical situation existing at the! front and the imminent possibility! that hostilities will break out afresh.” ROOSEVELT WINNER _INNEW HAMPSHIRE Governor of New York Given Eight More Delegates in Battle With Smith Washington, March 9.—(?)—Po- litical leaders and observers sought to calculate the effect Wednesday of Franklin: D. Roosevelt's victory in New Hampshire on other eastern states which must soon line up in the contest for the Democratic presi- dential nomination. ‘The New York governor was hand- ed New Hampshire's eight votes in the national convention in Tuesday's: first delegate primary of the year. It was a test of sorts between Roosev- elt and. the supporters of Alfred E. Smith for it was the latter's slate of delegates entered with Smith’s con- sent which was defeated by a sweep- ing margin. Smith jeaders are not expected to consider the result an indication what will happen in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, where further contests between the two are impending. Unquestionably, however, the Roosevelt bandwagon crew hailed the result as an enthusiastic omen. James A Farley of New York, leader in the Roosevelt movement, saw in it the first part of a definite answer to the “Stop Roosevelt” drive. He predicted the governor would have 100 votes by April 1, including Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota, Washington state and Alaska.. Minnesota was to Free State’s Head Dublin, trish Free State, March 0— ()}—-Eamon De Valera was elected' President of the Irish Free State by a Eireann convened Wednesday. Frank Fahy, deputy for Galway and a follower of De Valera, was: elected speaker of the Dail. Sheridan, Wyo., clei Sioux City, Ta, cid: Spokane, Wash., clear Swift Current, 8, clea The Pas, Mi Toledo, Ohio, Winnemucer Winnipeg, Mi SORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official in charge, STARS’ GRANDMOTHER DIES waiting to search off the New Jersey coast for a coal barge and two fish- ing schooners, missing with 18 men. East of Cape Charles the motorship Tidewater picked up six fishermen from a smashed vessel. The distress- ed steamer Virginia reached Luding- ton, Mich., fleeing a storm. Most of the east expected more snow Wednesday. It already had plenty. Some communities in New York still were isolated. ‘Milk short- ages threatened Tuesday at Rochester and Buffalo when trucks stalled. At Oswego a sick woman was taken to hospital by sled. About 40 people marooned in buses near Baiavia were finally rescued. or more Passengers spent a night in a snow- stuck train near Geneva. An old-fashioned blizzard raged in North Dakota Tuesday but subsided in the evening in the Bismarck dis- trict. A 32-mile-an-hour wind drove i v, h drifts iway to the Japanese lines on the fate. roads. snow, silos, huge. ‘hampered. Snow and a cold, strong Automobile traffic was north wind also had the Red River valley in its wintry grip. ‘LABOR'S MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunc- tion Bill Will Go to Presi- dent Hoover Washington, March 9.—()—The house passed the Norris-LaGuardia anti-injunction bill with but 13 dis- senting votes. It was a mighty victory for organ- ized labor. Coupled with the 75 to 5 approval given the measure earlier in the senate, it represented 9 sweep- ing triumph over the forces which for years beat back this legislation. When it. becomes law the “yellow dog” contracts which bind workers not to organize will no longer be recognized, and federal judges will be limited stringently in their powers to quiet labor disputes by injunction. Above these definite mandates the act declares the policy of the na- tion to, favor labor's right to organ- ize and bargain collectively. The house vote came at the close of Tuesday's session. In seven hours of debate but two men spoke against the legislation, and the roll call of|showed 363 representatives favoring it. Minor differences will require a conference with the senate before the measure can go to the white house. There has been no indication of the president's attitude toward the meas- ure. " SCORE. INDIAN BUREAU. Washington, March 9.—()— Ad- ministration of the Indian bureau was attacked in the senate Tuesday by Senators Wheeler of Montana and King of Utah, Democrats. Wheeler said the bureau was maintaining too many employes at the various Indian reservations, paid out of Indian funds, adding “they are letting these people rob the Indians and it is time it is stopped.” Sousa’s Body Lies In Marine Bandroom Mh SCORE FARM BOARD SLASH Washington, March 9.—(#)—Two national ferm organizations—the Grange and the American Farm Bu- vreau federat.on—are taking up arms ‘> ¢ | Solons in Romance RUTH HANNA McCORMICK Colorado Springs, Colo, March 9. —(P)}—A romance that budded in the house of representatives at Washing- ton, was climaxed at noon Wednes- day with the: marriage of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, former congress- woman from Illinois, and Albert G. Simms, of Albuquerque, N. M., who formerly represented his state in the house. A small group of intimate friends attended the ceremony in the bride’s home at Broadmoor, an ex- clusive suburb of Colorado Springs. CAPITAL REMOVAL ARGUMENT GIVES HEBRON A CHUCKLE’ Jamestown Crew Working in District Said to Be Mak- ing Little Headway A crew of capital removalists work- | ing at Hebron Tuesday gave as a rea- son for moving the state capital that the state pays no taxes on the insane asylum. at Jamestown, according to 8. O. Le Barron, Bismarck, who re- turned from that section of the state ‘Wednesday. Le Barron said the removal cam- paigners, a motley crew, appeared to! be making no headway and that the argument about the insane asylum iwas giving Hebron citizens a chuckle. The report was further affirmed by a letter received Wednesday by/| The Tribune from @ prominent He-/| bron citizen who -suggested as heading for his letter the caption: “Hebronite is told why the insane asylum is not doing any good. The text of the letter follows: “One of our citizens was ap- proached by one of the James- town-For-Capital boosters, who were canvassing our city for sup- port. Upon being told to vote yes, he asked the solicitor if they were not satisfied with having the state insane asylum there, and this is the ariswer he got: “Why, the asylum does not do us one bit of good; they do not even pay taxes in James- town, being located in the next township.” Le Barron said Hebron citizens, who are unanimous for Bismarck, as- serted the Jamestown campaigners were really helping Bismarck west of the river since they are emphasizing the fact that to support Bismarck citizens must vote NO on the capi- tal removal amendment. Meantime, the first of a number of crews of workers who will cover the state between now and élection day out of a tax on larger incomes. It is MANUPACTURES TAX IS MOST DESIRABLE Will Yield Greatest Amount With Least Disturbance, House Is Told MIGHT BRING $595,000,000 Proposed Increases in Income Taxes Are Described in Group Report Washington, March 9.—(#)—The house was told Wednesday by its ways and means committee there was no other source of revenue that would yield the amount required for the treasury as the 2.25 per cent manu-! factures sales tax is expected to do.! In the formal report on the new $1,096,000,000 revenue bill which the house will begin to consider Thurs- day, the committee said: “There is no other source of reve- nue which will yield the amount im- Peratively required with as little pro- test, as little annoyance and as little disturbance to business as a manu- factures excise tax.” The tax proposed by the committee is expected to yield $595,000,000 of the $1,096,000,000 estimated return of the bill and forms the legislation's foun- dation, The report of 5,000 words explain- ed every provision of the new bill and included the minority views of a group of three committee members, who advocated a $5 a barrel tax on beer of 2.75 alcoholic content by weight. Sees Possible Surplus The report, drawn by Acting Chair- man Crisp, explained that while the anticipated deficit in 1933 was $1,- 241,000,000, the committee expected President Hoover's budget estimates to be reduced $125,000,000 by congress and that $25,000,000 would be saved through new legislation for the post- office-department. « With the $1,096,- 000,000 bill, these would leave an ex- Pected surplus of $5,000,000. It showed the deficit of $903,000,- 000 in the last fiscal year and the ex- pected deficit of $2,123,000,000 this fis- cal year. . The committee attributed the trea- sury deficits primarily to “a drastic reduction in the yield of the income taxes,” due to the business let-down. “The bill as reported provides for an increase in the income tax of all married men with incomes in excess of $2,500 and of all single men with incomes in excess of $1,000,” it said. Scale Is Rearranged “The individual income tax was in- creased from 1.5 to 2 per cent for the first $4,000; from 3 to 4 per cent for the second $4,000, and from 5 to 6 per cent on the remainder. The surtaxes; become effective on incomes in ex-j; cess of $10,000. “Rates on the higher incomes, be- ginning above $10,000, are graduated up to a maximum of 46 per cent on the largest incomes. “It is the opinion of your commit- tee that these increases in the rates, particularly on the higher incomes, Teaching, as they do in the proposed bill, a maximum of 46 per cent, equal if they do not exceed the point of diminishing return. “No more revenue can be obtained significant that these increases in in- dividual income tax rates, amounting as they do to practically a doubling of the taxes on large incomes, will produce, it is estimated, only $112,- If this gavel doesn't keep order in the house of representatives, nothing will. Eight feet long and weighing 259 pounds, it is the largest of more than 100 gavels which Speaker John Garner has received as gifts. Here pretty Josephine Sterling, secretary, uses it for a chair. Bang! sed By Murray (COMMITTEE. CLAIMS POLICE CLAIM FATAL BOMB PLOT SOLVED BY CHICAGO ARREST Colombo Boeri, 47, Fugitive Anarchist Suspect, Held By Authorities Chicago, March 9.—(?)—A nation- wide bomb plot of two months ago, directed against prominent Italian- Americans, was said by authorities Wednesday to have been cleared up with the arrest of Colombo Boeri, 47, fugitive anarchist suspect. ant secretary of labor, said he had “positive evidence” linking Boeri with @ bombing last December in Easton, Pa., which cost the lives of two pos- tal clerks and an explosive expert. Two suspected accomplices of Boeri are sought, Garsson said, In a raid on Boeri’s home, Garsson Said, a large quantity of explosives was found. Some of the explosives were simila? to those used in the bombs, including one intercepted in Chicago. The bomb seized in Chicago was addressed to Oscar Durante, editor of D'Italia, a pro-Fascist publication. It was destroyed by police, as were others intercepted in Detroit, Cleve- land, and Youngstown, O. Boeri refused to answer questions. He was held under $100,000 bond on a technical charge of entering the U. &. illegally. Seed Loan Regulations Are Modified by Hyde left Bismarck Wednesday and more 000,000 additional revenue for the fis- Washington, March 9.—()—Secre- were to take the field Thursday and cal year 1933.” Friday. Those who will canvass the northeastern and southeastern and northwestern’ and southwestern cor- ners of the state left first. Those with shorter distances to travel will leave later. One of the crews which left Wed- nesday will attend a joint meeting of the Rotary and Lions clubs at Dick- inson tonight and a district meeting of the Lions club Thursday. Rep- resentative citizens from the West! Missouri Slope are expected to at-/ tend both meetings and to carry Faas message back home with em. Detroit Unemployed Riot Is Investigated Detroit, March 9.—(?)—Authorities went ut their investigation of | Monday’s fatal riot at the gates of the’ Ford Motor company’s plant Wednes- , day with a weather eye out for new/ neral for the four dead, announced for Saturday. The meeting and the mass funeral Minnesota Democrats Meet for Convention) / St. Paul, Minn., March 9.—()—Se- | lection of delegates to the national convention at Chicago in June drew, Minnesota Democrats together for. their state convention Tuesday. Supporters of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, insisting on a, delegation definitely instructed to' sul him for the party's nomina-! tion for president, prepared to resist the faction seeking an uninstructed delegation headed by the forces of’ former Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Joining with the. Smith forces to the extent of opposing an instructed | delegation was a small group favoring the nomination of Gov, William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Oklahoma. This group, admittedly incapable of winning an instructed delegation, urged delegates be given a free hand at the Chicago vention. Would Make Loans Available at Once were announced in hand bills circu- lated Tuesday, which also professed to | set forth demands the demonstrators | had intended to make on Ford of their representatives. | Chief Carl Brooks of Dear-| 9.—/P) — Great lorthern railway uarters Tues- day were informed that J. A. Hoff- beck, former auditor in its dining car service, killed Washington, March 9.—(?)—Legis- lation to make all of the $200,000,000 authorized for loans to farmers under: the reconstruction finance corpora. tion law immediately ‘available was waiting for sale of the corporation's | debentures. { the South Dakota congressional dele- gation the agricultural department has modified its regulations in order that tenants on state lands can obtain additional seed loans. The delegation, headed by Repre- sentative Williamson, Republican, had protested several times against the or- iginal ruling that not more than $1,- 600 could be loaned to tenants of one land owner. More than 4,000 tenants of South Dakota state lands and many on fed- eral lands in Indiana were unable to obtain loans under that ruling. Secretary Hyde modified regula- tions so that lands in public owner- ship could be excluded from the limi- tation, which will make it possible for public land tenants to obtain funds to Plant this spring. German Freighter Is Reported in Trouble New York, March 9.—(#)—The Ra- dio Marine corporation announced Wednesday it had picked up a mes- sage from the liner President Hard- ing, stating it had intercepted an SOS call from the German freight steamer Harburg, which reported it was helpless at sea because of a broken rudder. Another ship was en ue to help. ‘Only $75,000,000 is now available for loans to. and the committee's Murray W. Garsson, special assist-| tary Hyde has informed members of | “ 14Killedand Four Injured: As Purifying Box Explodes Scene of New Jersey Blast Har- rowing as Police Rope Off Streets Camden, N. J, March 9.—(P)— Fourteen workmen ‘were’ killed and four injured, two seriously, in an ex- plosion of a purifying box at the Public Service Electric and Gas com- pany plant here Wednesday. Officials of the company gave out the following statement: “The “cause of the explosion has |mot been definitely ascertained, but teous combustion. “The latest information that we have is that there were at least 18 laborers employed in the purifying box. Fourteen bodies have been re- covered. Four employes were taken to the hospital. Later two were re- leased. The other two men are in a serious condition.” At least one man escaped from the purifying box without injury just prior to the blast. The. scene of the blast was made harrowing by the cries of relatives of the doomed men. Police roped off the streets for a block. A tremendous roar announced the mishap while practically the entire force of workmen, many earning their first pay in weeks, were trapped below. A fierce torchlike flame which fol- lowed was speedily extinguished by the firemen and then the search within the chambers was begun. Outwardly the tank showed no signs of the explosion. It is @ square steel structure 20 by 20 feet and 15 feet deep raised from the ground on Steel girders 15 feet high. Within it is separated into upper and lower compartments braced by AW. girders and divided into cham- Ts. The metal interior was coated with & mixture of charcoal, sawdust and sulphuric and other acids used in purifying the gas which then is piped fehl the street to a distributing In the sawdust composition gas collects. Several times a year it is necessary to clean it and the work- men who had done this work before commented Wednesday on the un- jusually heavy accumulation. Second Slain Woman Identified by Police Balsam Lake, Wis., March 9.—(?)— Sheriff James Olson Wednesday said the second of two women found slain in a burning automobile early Sun- day had been identified and that the killers were known. The woman, he said, was Marjorie Schwartz, 27, of Duluth, who spent some time voluntarily at the St. Louis county, Minn., industrial home for women at Duluth. The other: woman was identified is believed to have been due to spon-/ ISSUES FIRST WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT | IN LINDBERGH CASE Declaration From State Police Official Without Amplifi- cation, However CAPONE LINKED IN RUMORS Officials Will Not Discuss Alleg- ed Notes or Activities of Investigators Hopewell, N. J., March 9—(P)— Progress! It was the new word of hope in the search for an eaglet overlong missing from his nest. It came from the lips of the spokesman for the New Jersey state Police at Trenton. They are the agency designated at the outset by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh as the official bureau of information concerning news of their stolen son. The police would not say any word: had been received from the persons who took the child from his second- rid nursery crib the night of March They would not say the ransom ar- rangements had been made. They declined to discuss the activ- ities of private investigators or even those of certain branches of the state Police itself. They were silent concerning a my- Sterious journey made late Tuesday Police Deny Baby Has Been Returned Hopewell, NJ, March 9.—(?)}— Police at the Lindbergh home stat- ed flatly Wednesday that the kid- homes and that they knew noth- ing of a report emanating from Boston that the child had been returned. As soon as it was reported from Boston that Mayor James M. Cur- ley had what he considered reli- able information concerning the baby’s return the following ques- tion was framed and sent to the police headquarters at the Lind- bergh home: || “Mayor Curley of Boston has announced that he has received information from an ‘authorita- tive source’ that the baby was re- turned on Sunday night and that the police had been cleared away from the Lindbergh home to give the kidnapers 72 hours in which to make their getaway. Has the baby been returned? Is Mayor Curley correct in any respect?” Police conferred for more than an hour on this and other ques- tions submitted at the same time and then replied to the question about the baby’s alleged return: “We know nothing of this.” ‘To another question as ta wheth- er the baby was now in the Lind- bergh or Morrow homes the police answered flatly “No.” by one of Col. Lindbergh's represent- atives. No Comment on ‘Break’ Nor would they comment on re- ports that spread with the speed of an airplane Tuesday night that the long-awaited “break” in the case was only a matter of a few hours away. The question was asked: “What are the latest develop- ments in the police investiga- tion?” The answer, coming on the author- ity of Mayor Charles Schoeffel of the state police in charge at the Lindbergh estate in the Sourland Hills, was: It was terse and without amplifica- tion; but it was the first definite, authoritative word of encouragement. that has been spoken among the hundreds of thousand of words, ANNE'S HEALTH REGARDED Trenton, N. J., March 9—(P)}— Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf, su- Perintendent of state police, an- nounced Wednesday that police “cannot interfere” in the private negotiations being conducted by the Lindberghs in their search for their kidnaped baby because of the Mrs. condition of Lindberg! health, ne