The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 14, 1932, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 “THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1932 Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, possibly snow; rising temperature. PRICE FIVE.CE: N. D. Will Go to Polls Tues Police Probe Activities of Gang from Denver “House Votes 227 to Rem | 187 Against Wet Bill OFFICIALS ABANDON OLD LEADS FOR NEW IN LINDBERGH CASE York, Pa., Osteopath Says Pair Claimed They Had Most Famous Baby ARE WORKING UNDER COVER Hope Blooms and Withers When Child in Tennessee Proves Wrong One Hopewell, N. J., March 14—(P}—A “suspicious gang” has come east from. ~ Denver, Colo., and is involved in “mysterious activities” in and around New York, Which are being invest!- gated in connection with the kidnap- ing of the Lindbergh baby, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police, announced Monday. The colonel also revealed that a radiogram had been sent to the cap- tain of the 8. 8. City of Baltimore, which sailed from New York March 2, and was due in Hamburg, Germany, Monday, requesting information about @ report that a baby resembling. the Lindbergh child was aboard, in the care of @ stewardess, Denies Hopewell Arrest The state trooper chief denied re- Ports that an arrest in connection with the case was made in Hopewell Monday. “We have nothing to indicate that such an arrest was anticipated,” he said. Another promising line of investi- gation into the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby turned into a blind alley Monday, the 13th day since the child was taken from his crib. York, Pa., police announced they had dropped their inquiry into an os- teopath’s story a patient had appear- ed at his office with a baby and had forced him to telephone a ransom de- mand to Colonel Charles A. Lind- bergh. soe Mey te An optimistic note was sounded by Abraham H. Kesselman, attorney for Salvy Spftele and Irving Bitz, the two men commissioned by Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh to act as their agents (Continued on page seven) r Weather Report FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Un- settled and Tuesday, p sibly some snow; rising | tems ture tonight. North Da- and Tuesday, pos- sibly some snow see! t perature ht Unsettled = ond east portion Tuesday. For Montana: rain tonight a Helena. tonigh For Minnesota: Cloudy tonight and ‘Tuesday, probably local snows Tues- day; not so cold tonight; rising tem- perature Tuesday. : CONDITIONS The high pressure area is centered over Minnesota this morning and cold weather continues from the Plains States eastward. A low pressure area, accompanied by considerably warmer weather, is centered over the north- ern Rocky Mountain région. The weather-is mostly unsettled through- out the northern. and central districts and precipitation occurred in the Tuesday; warmer at tonight/Hitler, his closest competitor. tempe ra- | April 10, t|man armies missed obtaining the re- ihalf of one per cent of the 37,660,377) Occasional snow or |: Great Lakes region-and over the north Pacific coast. Bismarck station barometer, inghes: 28.16 reduced to sea level 30.03. TEMPERATURE At 7 a.m. Highest y: Lowest last night PRECIPITATION a NORTH DAKOTA POINTS a.m. Low Pi BISMARCK, cldy. . we. Devils Lake, cli Fargo-Moorhead, Jamestown, cld: Valley City, pel ‘Williston, cldy. to s 1ed. Pi aritloy Ria wir: ‘oo Deny, 5 Des Moines, 008 Dodge City, K 100 Edmonton, Al Laas aoneas Sa ae Vinn' D P q Pes, ORR ep td ce THE ZERO HOUR (An Editorial) Bismarck will face its zero hour Tuesday. When the polls open for the presidential primary election, the forces of North Dakota's citizenry will troop forward to a battle which, for Bismarck, will be the most important in its history, The results will be known late Tuesday night or early Wednesday. Returns from the front will not consist of casualty lists, with stim mention of dead or wounded, but of ballots cast on the ques- tion of removing the state capital from Bismarck to Jamestown. The campaign is finished and this is an historic moment in the life of Bismarck. The fate of a elty hangs in the balance. On the one side the road leads away to new heights of civic opportunity, to new fields of usefulness. On the other there is the dark chasm of devastation for both the community and many of the indivi- duals in it, Bismarck girds its loins with confidence born of knowledge that the people of North Dakota are sufficient to see through hypocrisy be misled by false statements or propaganda designed to stir up Prejudice and hate. Whatever the outcome of this election, Bismarek may take Pride in the facts that its campaign has been fair, that it has con- fined itself to assertions which can be proved, that it has permitted ‘Ro venom on its part to cloud the issue, One job remains for the embattled citisens of Bismarck and that is to go to the polls Tuesday and cast their ballots. Anyone who is eligible to vote and fails to do so through fault of his own is lacking in both patriotic citizenship and a sense of regard for his own interest. In this case, duty self-interest go hand in hand. The list compiled by the American Legion shows 5,250 persons in Bismarck who are eligible to cast ballots at this election, The tabulations Tuesday night should show that 5250 persons voted. They should show 5,250 ballots marked NO on the Proposed capital removal amendment, Veterans to Make Hourly Check on Balloting Here HINDENBURG EASILY DBREATS HITLER BUT FAILS FOR MAJORITY ss Veteran President of Germany Will Run For Office Again “Next April 10 Beflin, March 14.—()—Germany began Monday to prepare for a second Presidential election, but the tension Over the outcome was lessened by the result of Sundays’ vote, which gave the veteran Paul. Von Hindenburg a lead of more than 7,000,000 over Adolf The run-off election will be held; It was made necessary by, the narrowest margin. The 8£-year- old former commander of the Ger- quired clear majority over all candi-; dates by only 169,752, less than one- votes cast. The election commissioner issued | the following preliminary summary} of the complete results: President Von Hindenburg.. 18,661,736 Adolf Hitler (Nazi) 11,338,571 Ernst Thaelmann, 4,982,079 2,557,876 111,470 8,645 Total vote.........++ ++. 37,660,377 The most surprising feature of the election was the relative weakness of Hitler. His lieutenants were confi- dent his strength would run from lig 000,000 to 18,000,000. Hitler said, however, he would try again. Force Jap Plane Down in Siberia London, March 14—(#)—An- ex- change telegraph dispatch from Har- bin, Manchuria, Monday said a Jap- restore order in what was regard- as @ serious situation, Senate Would Make Farm Loans at Once fair, that they have intelligence and sham and that they will not to the state and community and Legionnaires Ask Cooperation of Citizens in Getting Votes to Polls Bismarck will have an hourly check on the number of ballots! which have been cast in the election to prevent removal of the state cap-! ital from Bismarck to Jamestown. Members of the American Legion. on duty at every polling place, will re- | Port at 11 a. m., as to the number of | ballots cast and will report each hour | after 1 o'clock in order that mem at headquarters may know at what Points to inject more ‘drive into the effort. 5 The fire whistle will blow hourly to Jog the memories of the voters and a check-up to be made by Legionnaires late in the day will bring the last. stragglers to the polls, according to! the plan adopted. ¢ 8. 8. Boise and Charles F. Martin, co-chairmen of the Legion effort to! get the vote out, joined Monday in! appealing to every resident to cast his ballot early. Businessmen, employes, housewives and others are asked to cooperate, In a circular letter sent out to busi- ness houses, the Legion asked that some one be designated to make sure that all employes have voted by 2 p. m.. at the latest. Business houses are jot asked to close but the request is made that employers allow employes to go to the polls in shifts on the firm’s time if possible. As won as every employe has voted, the business house is asked to notify the world by Placing its United States flag in the ‘curb as a signal of the fact. Scores of persons cast absent voters ballots Saturday with the assistance of notaries public who were located in the Legion club rooms at the World War Memorial building for the pur- Pose, and it is expected that the num- ber of absent voters ballots will be the largest in Bismarck history. Boise and Martin particularly asked | for the cooperation of housewives, | pointing out that this electicn is of: vast importance to them. Indications are that Mrs. Bismarck will be just as, enthusiastic about registering her op-| position to capital removal as her husband will be. Each edition of The Tribune will carry an account of the number of votes cast in the city. Election headquarters will be main- tained by the Legion at its clubrooms all day Tuesday and persons seeking to get in touch with it are asked to call 790. Injured Montana Boy Proves Sto’ ic ee) CANDIDATES LISTED” ACCORDING TO THEIR PARTY DESIGNATION Names Appearing on Baltot Will Mean Little to Uninform- ed Voters 68 ENTERED IN CONTESTS ee ne __ $15,000 a Year Delegate Candidates Are pledg- ed to Hoover, Murray and Roosevelt (By The Associated Press) Candidates on the Republican and Democratic ballots in Tuesday’s pri- mary election will be listed without designation as to the political group with which they are affiliated. Here are the candidates giving this des- ignation: REPUBLICAN TICKET (I. V. A. Candidates) Committeeman—William Stern. Committeewoman—Selma Stener- ‘sen. Electors: Sod Bergenthal, Cary, Vine D. Lord, P. 5 Delegates (for Hoover . E. Davis, Mark I. Forkner, A. Hunter, H. P. Jacobson, R. A. Nestos, Oscar Olson, A. J. Rulon, Burleigh F. Spal ing, Mirlam Taylor, Edwin Traynor, Lilian M. Wartner. Individual Candidate Committeeman—H. C. Schumacher , Anne A. Norton. Speaking of filing systems—well, anyhow, Fraulein Irene Elsinger, above, is the highest paid manicurist, in the world. Listing among her clients members of royalty and the richest women of Europe, she real- izes about $15,000 from her work an- nually. HEAD OF SWEDISH (listed on ballot but has filed with- drawal). (Nonpartisan Candidates) Committeeman—F. J. Graham. Committeewoman — Minnie D, Craig. Electors: E. H. Brant, Ida M. Fish- er, Nels Magnuson, Gilbert Moskau. legates: A. M. Bergseth, James P. Curran, Jennie A. Dale, Thomas Devaney, J. M. Gibbons, Theo Kal- dor, E. G. Larson, L. H. McCoy, Em- ma C. Nagle, Girdell Patterson, Arthur F. ‘Thompson. DEMOCRATIC TICKET (Roosevelt Candidates) President—Franklin D. Roosevelt. Committeeman—H. H. Perry. bec lene hace — Nellie Dough- erty: Electors: Pierce Blewett, P. H. Cos- ;tello, W. D. Lynch,.W. H. Porter. Delegates: Gertrude Dwire, Jon: than C. Eaton, J. 8. Garvey, W. Glotzbach, David Kelly, P, W. Lanier.| [til after close of trading in world lurray. é President—William H. Murray. Delegates: Charles Baldwin, L. T. }._ Clifford, monson, Sara M. Wood. (Individual Candidate) John J. Sprafka, MANY N. D. CITIES TO HAVE ELECTIONS} epee. Mandan, Ray, Velva, and Wash- burn Are Slope Cities Having Local Contests (By The Associated Press) Numerous North Dakota cities will hold their biennial municipal elec- tions Tuesday. Cities with commission form of government and a number of alder- manic or council form of government will choose officials. Six cities with commission forms of government are among the municipal- ities that will have elections, These are Grand Forks, Langdon, Mandan, Ray, Velva and Washburn. Twenty candidates mpeting | Copenhagen gen in the lig |lncld for six municipal offices in the election at Grand Forks. At Mandan, C. D. Cooley, incum- bent, is unopposed as candidate for reelection as president of the city ‘commission. Seven aspirants are competing to displace Dennis Tobin, incumbent and to fill a vacancy on the loners. Voters will mark their ballots for city commission, a police magistrate ‘and a city justice of the peace in a. municipal election at Washburn Tues- day. x There are no contests for any of the Seek Life Sentence . For Ohio Kidnapers Warren, ©,, March 11,—(P)—Lite it for the ll-year-old James sought the state Monday. as Myo tial the rat of th |Shoals to show good faith: b leasing "of this measure. MATCH SYNDICATE COMMITS SUICIDE Leading World Financial Mar- kets Bear Up Well After Ivar Kreuger’s Death sNew York, March 14.—()—Leading world financial markets bore up well under. the shock of the sui- cide of Ivar Kreuger, Swedish match king and one of the world’s leading capitalists. Prices of the Kreuger issues in New York, London, Paris and other mar- kets declined drastically, selling in ome instances at less than half of ‘he final prices on Saturday, for news f Kreuger’s death was withheld un- markets last week, Despite the severe breaks in the Kreuger issues, however, it was not- jable that other securities in the main jheld up well. In New York, Kreuger |& Toll company American certificates opened with a transfer of 150,000 cer- |tifleates at $1.87, in contrast to Sa urday’s final price of $5. Incidentally, this was the largest opening, in point of number of shares, in any issue in the history of the New York stock exchange. But domestic issues sold off only about $1 to $2 here and there at the start, then turned upward, regaining much of their declines by midday in quiet trading. In Paris, Kreuger’s death was said to have had a somewhat more de- pressing effect upon the bourse than expected. Traders in London, how- ever, adopted a watchful waiting Policy, and activity in the stock ex- change was restricted. In Amster- dam, breaks in the Kreuger issues had a somewhat unsettling effect upon the rest of the market. Prices in Berlin |Were somewhat lower, but in’ that ; market particularly, as well as in oth- ler markets, the heavy vote polled by jPresident Von Hindenburg in Sun- day’s election seemed to have a buoy- ing effect. Stockholm, as the headquarters of the Kreuger interests, was principal- \ly affected. The stock exchange was jelosed, and the Kreuger companies were granted a 30-day moratorium to prevent an excited rush of creditors. ; But such nearby centers as Oslo and were reported fairly Propaganda Drive on Muscle Shoals Scored Washington, March 14.—(7)—The senate agriculture committee Monday In recommending enactment of, the Norris bill for government operation of the plant the committee challenged those who have been seeking private production of fertilizer at Muscle y accept- ing the slterna provisions ie MTT LEE ANOTHER WOMAN IS ATTACKED IN OARU; ASK DEATH PENALTY 17-Year-Old Chinese Is Outrag- .ed on Day, Investigator Richardson Leaves Honolulu, March 14. — (®) — The} third assault upon a woman on Oahu/| Island within two weeks >rought de- jmands Monday that the’ attacker be| jhanged under a new law providing the death penalty for such offenses. | The victim, Bernice Lum, 17-year- | old Chinese girl, identified Joseph | Young, burly Korean-Hawalian, as{ the man who drove away her escort and assaulted her late Saturaay night. Young was arrested early yesterday. | The girl's body and throat were ibruised. Miss Lum said she and Gilbert Halm, another Chinese, had left a private dance near Waikiki and were| sitting on some neighboring steps when Young approached and ordered the slightly-built Halm to “scram.” When the girl's escort obeyed, Miss Lum told police, Young choked and assaulted her. Chief of Police C. F. Weeber led the demand for the death penalty. “The only way to deal with this situation is to hang the criminals guilty of assaulting women,” he said. John Fernandez, a Portuguese, re- cently was sentenced to life imprison- ment the same day he assaulted a Japanese servant woman. Exactly two weeks before the attack upon Miss Lum, Mrs. Kathleen Hope, wife of @ naval man, was assaulted in her home by a masked man she sdid she thought was an Oriental. The latest sex crime occurred the} same day Seth W. Richardson, as- sistant U. S. attorney general (form-| ally of Fargo, N. D.), and a corps of department of justice agents sailed for San Francisco on their way to ‘Washington, D. C., after investigating | Honolulu’s crime wave. Richardson declined to reveal his findings. Most notorious of the city’s recent crimes was the assault upon Mrs. Thomas Massie, wife of a naval lieu- jtenant, last September, and the lynching of one of her suspected as- sailants. CHARGE MAN WITH ASSAULTING WIFE 42 Year-Old Larimore Resident Charged With Assault With Intent to Kill Grand Forks, N. D., March 14.—(?) —Ray Ferguson, 42-year-old cattle buyer of Larimore, was arrested there | Sunday by Grand Forks county of- ficers and charged with assault with intent to kill. He is accused of hav- ing seriously slashed and beaten his | wife, from whom he had been sep-| arated. / States’ attorney H. G. Owen said! had carried a knife and a hand axe when he broke into the home where his wife was staying. Mrs. Ferguson's 12-year-old son, Merton, escaped from the house and ‘summoned help. Ferguson was ar- rested at a Larimore hotel and brought here. Mrs, Ferguson's condition is serious, but she is expected to recover. She is in a Larimore hosiptal, She was slashed from mouth to ear with e knife and beaten severely with | a club and a flashlight. Ferguson, State's Attorney H. 3. ae said, es- cal but was arreste rr. Brought to Grand Forks by Sheriff Ed Hough and Deputy B. F. Benson, Ferguson was placed in the county Questioned by State's Attorney |Owen, Ferguson admitted going to the wife's home and struggling with her but claimed she took the «nife from his pocket and he struggled with her to defend himself from the knife. Many in ‘Attendance At Seefeldt Rites Many residents of Bismarck and ineral services if Anti- Prohibitionists -Jubilant Over Stronger-Than-Ex- pected Showing MEMBERS PUT ON RECORD Democratic Floor Leader and Whip Vote in Favor of Discharge Motion Washington, March 14.—()}—The house of representatives voted 227 to 187 Monday against taking up legisla- tion designed to turn back control of Uquor to the states. The roll call showed 114 Democrats and 112 Republicans, with Repre- sentative Kvale of Minnesota, the Jone Farmer-Labor member, in oppo- sition to the motion to consider the wet bloc’s proposal. Republicans favoring bringing up ithe legislation immediately numbered | 97, and the Democrats 90. The vote, putting the members on record for the first time in 12 years on prohibition revision, was on wheth- er to discharge the judiciary commit- tee from jurisdiction over the Beck- Linthicum resolution for amendment of the 18th amendment. It was forced under the liberalized Democratic rules by 145 petitioners after the measure, sponsored by both Democratic and Republican wet blocs, ‘was defeated in committee by 14 to 6. ‘The petitioners numbered 76 Repub- licans and 69 Democrats. Two of the foremost Democrats, Reprensentatives Rainey of Illinois, Statistics Show Wets Have Gained Washington, March 14.—(7>)— Some comparisons of Monday's vote in the house with the last record votes on prohibition: Monday, on consideration of the amendment: Against: 227. For: 187. The 18th amendment, Dec. 17, Against: 128. The Volstead enforcement act July 22, 1919. For: and McDuffie of Alabama, the party floor leader and whip respectively, voted in favor of the discharge mo- tion. The 187 votes commanded by che anti-prohibition forces was larger even than many of them expected. Blanton Starts Fireworks As soon as the house convened, Representative Blanton (D., Texas) raised @ point of no quorum but al-|1 ¢, most immediately withdrew it when it became evident from the members coming in from the cloakrooms that 218 could be counted. “It just shows the gentleman from Texas is wrong as usual,” comment- ed Representative Sabath (D., Ill.), anti-prohibitionist. As the 20 minutes allowed for de- bate got under way, Representative Linthicum, Democratic sponsor of the N. D. MEN VOTE DRY Washington, March 14.—(P)— North Dakota's three representa- tives, Burtness, Hall and Sinclair, ‘Monday voted no on the motion to take up the 18th amendment sub- stitute. bi-partisan Beck-Linthicum resolu- tion, said “with the thousands upon thousands expressing themselves as jopposed to the present state of af- fairs, should have a right to express ir views. Certainly no «Continued on page Seven) GEORGE EASTMAN COMMITS SUICIDE Millionaire Manufacturer, Phil- anthropist, and Hunter Shoots Himself Rochester, N. ¥., March 14.—(?)— George Eastman, million aire manufacturer, philant and ithropist, game hunter, shot himself to death Monday in his home’ here, his phy- day RESDENTS 10 VOTE ON 68 CANDIDATES AND STATE ISSUES Murray-Roosevelt Race For Presidential Delegates Commands Interest TO DECIDE GAS TAX ISSUE Polls to Be Open From 9 A. M. to 7 P. M.; Large Vote Is Predicted Presidential politics and state issues will be on parade before North Da- kota voters at Tuesday’s primary, the first of three state-wide elections this year, Nationalist interest was focused on North Dakota by virtue of the contest between Governor William (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Oklahoma and Gov- jernor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New | York for the state's Democratic pref- erence vote and delegation of ten to the party's presidential convention. Of the state issues, the proposed constitutional amendment to move the state capital from Bismarck to Jamestown, and the referred four- cent gasoline tax measure command- ed the most interest. A sufficient variety of contests ap- Pear on the ballot to indicate that the bugaboo of indifference has been well dissipated, and that the “get out the . vote” cry will be answered in a big way. The average voter will encounter some difficulty in choosing his fa- vorites from the 68 candidates on the ticket, unless he carries a guide card with him to the polls. Political fac- tions supporting certain slates have emphasized this angle repeatedly, as the candidates for national commit- teemen and committeewomen, dele- gates to the presidential conventions, and presidential electors are listed on the Democratic and Republican bal- lots without designation as to political affiliations. From 9 Until 7 ‘The polls will be opened at 9 a. m., and close at 7 p.m. North Dakota's 10 delegates for the national Democratic convention are much sought for by Roosevelt and Murray in their preliminary contests for delegates. Roosevelt already has 48 delegates pledged to him, while Murray has 22. Peculiar situations have arisen in the races for both the Democratic and Republican national committee ts. Pon the Republican ticket is listed H. C. Schumacher, Fargd, who has filed an affidavit withdrawing from the contest. His name, however, re- mains on the ballot because his with- drawal came too late and at a time when there was no legal remedy available to strike the name. William Stern, Fargo, is the candidate in- dorsed by the Independent Voters’ association, while F. J. Graham, El. lendale, the incumbent, has the dorsement of the Nonpartisan ague. On the Democratic ballot, two men named “Perry” are in the race. One is H. H. Perry, Ellendale, who has the indorsement of the state Demo- cratic party, and the other is Charles D. Perry, Crosby, a last minute en- try. J. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, the incumbent, is a third candidate. Nellie Dougherty, Minot, has no op- Position for Democratic national committeewoman. Two Women in Race Mrs. Minnie D. Craig, Esmond, in- cumbent, is the Nonpartisan League candidate for reelection as national committeewoman, and is by Mrs. Elma Stenerson, Minot, I. V. ‘A. candidate. The Democratic slate of presiden- by the I. V. A. Jacob 8. Coxey, Massillon, Ohio,