The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1933, Page 1

. . Kailu, main Oldest Newspaper , ESTABLISHED 1878 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933 Generally amide ta ra Saturday; PRICE FIVE CENTS Laborite Scores C Officially La Japan HAS BIGGEST FORCE IN WAR AREA SINCE HOSTILITIES BEGAN Tanks, Bombing Planes and Armored Cars Attack Poor- ly Equipped Chinese FRESH TROOPS MUSTERED Infantry Division From Nippon Combines With Veteran Cavalry Brigade Changchun, Manchuria, Feb. 24— (?)}—Japan has officially started its military campaign to annex the rich Chinese Province of Jehol to the Jap- anese-fostered state of Manchukuo, The most powerful Japanese force massed in Manchuria since hostilities with the Chinese began 17 months ago was being poured into eastern Jehol Friday along two routes, about 150 miles apart. A modernized Japanese army, with tanks, bombing planes and armored cars, believed to total 60,000, is ex- pected to raise the flag of the rising sun in Jehol City, or Chengtefu, the provincial capital, in anywhere from a week to a month. Opposing this army are 150,000 poorly equipped Chinese under several commanders. Reports from Tungliao, starting point of the northern drive, said an infantry division, fresh from Japan, @ veteran cavalry brigade and a na- tive Manchurian force were plodding through a snowstorm against Chinese concentrations of volunteers in the Kailu region. Kailu region. Kailu was reported to have fallen, Concentrate on Chaoyang A big Japanese force of cavalry, infantry and artillery was directed against Chaoyang, second largest city of Jehol, and the shortest route to the seat of the Chinese government at Jehol City. These included mostly veterans of the battle resulting in the conquest of Shanhaikwan in early January. They closed eastern pass- ages in the great wall of China, blocking the entry of more Chinese troops into Jehol from that direction. The sixth infantry division, from the southern Japanese Island of Kyushu, was heading through the northern blizzard with a temperature of 10 degrees below zero prevailing. It is commanded by Lt. Gen. Masaye- mon Sakamoto. This and the eighth division, commanded by Lt. Gen. Yoshikazu Nishi, are expected to bear the brunt of the campaign. With General Sakamoto's troops was the fourth cavalry brigade under Maj. Gen. Kennosuke Mogi, which figured in the northern Manchuria drive in December that sent General Su Ping-Wen fleeing into Siberia. Marching with the Japanese is the army of the state of Manchukuo, commanded by General Chang Hai- Pen. Its advance into Jehol from the Tungliao region started early Thurs- day. The main Japanese movement on both fronts was delayed until the lapse at midnight of the 24-hour ulti- matum issued to the Chinese gov- ernment. aS Volunteers Chinese volunteers were reported encountered early Friday by Japanese troops in the north at Molimiao, 20 miles southwest of Tungliao. were said to have been dispersed. Molingiao was about half way to at the starting point of the route from the north to Jehol City. Nearly 20,000 fresh recruits from Japan are in the force being dis- patched into Jehol. Nanking, the seat of the Nationalist by the de- officials There’s Some Resemblance @ No, Edwin, 's not a new picture of the Ma- hatma Gandhi. It’s a Picture of William Silva of Boston, who finds the Sun one of Miami Beach's main attractions Say Cermak Is Dying in Hospital at Miami, Fla ARE PROVIDED FOR : ININCOME TAX LAW Brackets re Lowered | Rates Increased and Ex- emptions Reduced i Sweeping provisions for taxing in- comes of North Dakotans, with in- necessary to balance of state, it shall make no levy for state that year. Hie Hee Ky g tax| county hospital in Physicians Attempt to Bolster Vitality By Intravenous Injections BULLETIN Miami, Fia., Feb. 24.—(7)—At 3:20 p. m., Doctors Frederick Tice and Karl Meyer said: “The afternoon sleep and the stucose have temporosrily restored Mayor Cermak. In comparison with earlier in the day, he is in condi the recent changeable action of the patient's heart. At present, heart action is strong and the fell. Miami, Fla., Fev. 24.—(#) —His; strength drained by complications which followed the bullet wound he received from the gun of Guiseppe Zangara, the assassin, Mayor Anton J. Cermak, of Chicago, Friday was given little chance to survive. the mayor's exhausted - through intravenous injections. They were in constant attendance at the bedside. Dr. Frank Jirka, Cermak’s son-in- asl said he had “little chance to ve.” Jirka said the mayor is “critically ill. His pulse is acting very peculiar- ly, showing he is making. a desperate attempt to live. “Even while sleeping he is talking about the possibility of paying Chi- cago employes, especially teachers, Policemen and firemen.” President-elect Franklin D. Roose- velt, for whom Zangara intended the bullet which struck Cermak, tele- graphed his great concern and asked to be advised of the mayor's condi- Dr. Karl Meyer, head of the Cook Fenenny, coe of g attending physicians, “There still is hope.” A new injection of glucose solu- ze © | rangements, appoint committees and jof Perry Hodgkins, 38-year-old Ver- p|imary hearing on charges of first- unches Jeh ! PLANS FOR LOCAL | AUTO-STYLE SHOW . Farm Board Is Seen GBT FLYING START | Trade Week Would Be Held in! Connection With Exhibition | Early in April | WAME GENERAL COMMITTEE, Capital City Merchants Are En-! thusiastic Following Pre- liminary Meeting Plans for an auto and style show ond trade week in Bismarck early in JAPANESE ABANDON LEAGUE CONNECTION FOLLOWING ACTION Acceptance of Manchurian Re- port Sends Nipponese From Conference Table | Geneva, Feb. 24.—(?)—Japan’s dele- | gation to the League of Nations walk- jed out of the meeting Friday after the league assembly in special ses- sion had formally adopted its report condemning Japan’s policy in Man- April got off to @ flying start Thurs- | churia. cay evening when a group of repre- sentative Capital City businessmen assembled to make preliminary ar- rangements. April 6, 7 and 8 were suggested as the best dates, since the local men desire to have the auto show here follow the Minneapolis auto show. A general committee, named to/ make @ survey and outline plans, in-| cludes B. O. Refvem, chairman, Jack Fleck, Theodore Quanrud, Charles Robertson, A. 8. Anderson and Doug- las Yeater. This group is expected to complete its preliminary work early next week and another general meeting next week is planned to make definite ar- put the wheels in motion. The show would be held at the| World War Memorial building, with automobiles exhibited throughout the main auditorium. Various merchants would rent booth space for the dis- play of their special exhibits. Ready- to-wear and clothing stores would stage a spring style show as one of the entertainment features and a se- ries of prizes for various contests would be offered. Music by bands and choruses and other special entertainment would be arranged. Under present plans, mer-! |chants would offer special bargain | {sales to attract a maximum number jef visitors to the city for the occa- sion, Business men were enthusiastic following the discussion Thursday evening. The meeting was called by ‘the Association of Commerce and held in the association rooms at the World War Memorial building. Plan Court Hearing _ In Drinking Murder LaMoure, N. D., Feb. 24.—(P)— Otto Wollerman, 57, canfessed slayer | ona farmer, will be given a prelim- Gegree murder here Friday, A. G.| Porter, LaMoure county states at- torney, announced after a coroner's | jury had returned a verdict that! Hodgkins had met his death feloni- | ously at the hands of Wollerman. The accused man, a farmer residing four miles from LaMourse, is held; i the LaMoure jail without bond. ‘The » at 6:30 a. m., Thurs- day in the offices of the Andrews} Grain company, climaxed a drinking Patty which began late Wednesday afternoon. In the course of the li- quor bout Hodgkins, Wollerman and | John Quam, manager of the eleva-| vor, argued, Hodgkins, it was re-| vealed, had taken particular enjoy-/| ment in taunting Wollerman of his German ancestry and in ridiculing! the Teutonic nation, its former ruler, | the kaiser, and other German insti- tutions, Quam is being detained as a ma- was completed at 2:10 o'clock] Wwollerman confessed the to afternoon and the physicians said neputy Sheriffs Carl ee Fae, fot See mane nad nen, bene A. A. Carroll who arrested him at terial witness. his farm. Yosuke Matsuoka, the senior mem- ber, informed the assembly that he and his colleagues no longer could co- operate with the league in the Man- churian deliberations but that Japan will continue “the utmost efforts for establishment of peace in the Far East and the maintenance of cordial relations with other powers.” His comparatively brief remarks re- Jecting the league’s report were a summary of the series of similar statements he has made during the Past week. When he had finished he and 20 of his staff left the meeting, but several subordinate members of the delegation remained. Friday afternoon, when the assem- bly met again to evolve its future Policy in dealing with the dispute be- tween China and Japan, Japan was not represented and it was announc- ed that Yotaro Sugimura, under-se- cretary general of the league, had re- signed his position. The other members set up an ad- visory committee of 21 to represent the league in subsequent negotiations. To Invite U. S. Ald The advisory committee was in- structed to invite the United States and Russia to cooperate in its work. It will report’ and make proposals to the assembly whenever it thinks fit. ‘Wellington Koo of China told the ‘assembly that the Japanese Thurs- day delivered an ultimatum to Nank- ing “which was a virtual declaration of war” as regards intentions towards Jehol. Actual warfare already exists on the eastern borders of Jehol, he said. He asked the assembly to take ac- tion against Jal aggression in Jehol, which he said was in prepara- tion for an attack on Tientsin and | Peiping. In his final remarks to the assem- ‘bly Matsuoka said, “The Japanese government now finds itself compelled to conclude that Japan and other members of the league entertain different views on the manner in which peace in the Far East is to be achieved, and the Japanese government is obliged to feel that it has now reached the limit of its endeavors to cooperate with the League of Nations in regard to Sino- Japanese differences. “The Japanese government will, however, make the utmost efforts for establishment of peace in the Far East and for maintenance and strengthening of cordial relations with other powers. “I need hardly add that the Jap- anese government persists in its de- sire to contribute to human welfare and will continue its policy of co- operating in all sincerity in the work dedicated to world peace.” China Approves Report Shortly after the opening of the League’s most critical assembly meet- ing, W. W. Yen accepted the report |in behalf of China. He called it “a terrible but just indictment of Japa- nese militarism.” Immediately afterward, Matsuoka Roosevelt Expected Not to Ap- point Successor to Stone, Who Resigns WILL TRANSFER ACTIVITIES Actual Work of Reorganization to Be in Hands of New Farm Secretary Washington, Feb. 24.—(?)—Early abolition of the farm board, which was the Hoover administration’s re- ‘sponse to farm relief demands, was forecast Friday by friends of Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt. ‘They expressed the opinion that the vacancy created by the resignation Thursday of James C. Stone, board chairman, would be left unfilled by the incoming chief executive. Stone resigned effective March 4. A group of Roosevelt's agriculture advisers, now studying reorganization of scattered federal farm organs, have recommended transfer of the board's activities to other existing agencies as one of the first steps to bring about greater centralization. Another vacancy on the board also will go unfilled if this plan is carried out. C. C. Teague of California ree signed the vice chairmanship nearly a year ago and no successor has been named, Stone, whose resignation was form- ally accepted by President Hoover, said he intends to take a “long rest” in an effort to recover from recent ill-health, His home is in Kentucky where he headed a large Tobacco Co- operative Marketing association. Friends of the President-elect said the actual work of reorganizing ag- ricultural agencies will be placed in the hands of the man Roosevelt se- lects as secretary of agriclture, under- stood to be Henry A. Wallace of Iowa. Present plans call for transferring the division of cooperative marketing back to the department of agriculture where it functioned before the board's formation. Indications are the board’s loaning activites will be turned over to the federal farm land bank board, which has handled a heavy volume of co. operaive loans through the interme- diate credit banks. mbers of the agricultural re- search division of Cornell university have been asked for suggestions on reorganization. PLAN 10 COMBINE U AND A. C. GIVEN SENATE APPROVAL Presidents of Two School Would Act to Consolidate Courses Offered With numerous amendments at- tached to make the proposal less drastic, the resolution to unite the University of North Dakota and the North Dakota agricultural college passed the North Dakota senate Thursday 34 to 14. Introduced by Senator W. E. Matthael, it had been previously ordered for indefinite Postponement, but was brought up tor reconsideration. Amendments provide for the schools retaining their present names and announced Japan’s rejection, flatly|give the presidents of the two schools contradicting most of the important findings. Announcing Japan’s rejection of the findings, Matsuoka repeated charges that chaos existed in China. He narrated again the cases of armed interventions by great western pow-. Lung Congestion Gone hina to the lives of ‘watch set | %> = ¢ | ers in CI protect in Zollbwing the heart weekness after| | Polygamous Dancing ||‘ own nationals, colitis pains, had largel foie || ond ie gyre the agony of col ale | Featured in Britain || and independence of Manchukuo be- disappeared, e mavecinee were ad- | “—-——__— | cause it belleves, under the present mAREMETS Of tne athe sick room.| ,2ondon, Feb, 24—UP)—Wall- circumstances, this is the only basis one by one flowers get a chance in the for keeping peace in the Far East,” ay Saar were: Graham of| “threesome dance” being tried out | he declared. State Sen oe ey ‘e out of the| {2 ballrooms. By the new method, | Matsuoka concluded with an emo- Ilinois said a ie oes asted:| invented by Alex Moore of the ; tional appeal. pig. coe fine to live?” | British board of ballroom danc- | “I beg the assembly to realize the “Do you think PO ee A ing, each man dances with two {facts and see the vision of the fu- ‘Sure, gh gle Fo Gi women at once. ture. I earnestly you to deal with you'll make it ” Geanee The two women stand one be- | us on our terms and give us your said he answered. hind the other, facing the man, |confidence. To deny us this appeal Ree ree. culongo who dances with them as if they | will be @ mistake, I ask you not to ona tt lk 1 ‘quoted were one. adopt this report,” he said. Cermak as saying. : had to see the mayor. Pre- womens .'-|Fun Fest Brings to uy only a times. Sigel at te hewital sen. tien cae . =~ aid se ice prevents vcnaal ie ture ‘who have ing ot cP Satmal hed & restieas saw itself mirrored Thursday by , themselves ragged’the last week, to found time to relax as they sent night and that colitis continued house and senate.employes who Lieut. Gov. Ole H, Olson and Sen. cause Gleconatort and distress, | “panned” the members on econ- | ©, £. Erickson out to get candy és ee beta. of much anx-| OMY, investigation, rules of order, | and gum. Even Sen. W. E. Mat- However, there is a well. md ® motley group of other sub thee! and his big police dog were fucfained ‘ciretiation-” Congestion of| 42¢t# ne Gotog - thelr Ti. Ane Speaker ‘disap Hardly a member of either body Minnie D. Craig was trotting back the Jungs has practically escaped the jibes that brought | and forth between the desk and eared,” “he added. amiles to hundreds of visitors who the “serious” minded make-be- “Comparatively, his condition 18) titted the suditorium. leve senators and representatives. considered satisfactory, but he is not) when the roll was and Chief Justice -W. L. Nueasle, yet out of danger.’ the impersonations of W. J. Governor William Langer and An extended quiet zone in the hos-/ Godwin and Sen. D. H. Hamilton former Governor George F. Sha- pital wing where Mayor Cermak’s} could not be found, someone vol- | fer took thelr share of “punish- Toom is located was ordered. unteered: “They are out looking ment” in the two hours of fun Physicians denied there was 8! for beer.” Both are authors of climaxing. the busiest week the Pneumonia condition “wet” bills, ‘ legislature has had this session, authority to act in consolidation of courses under the direction of the board of administration. After setting forth the need for economy and that duplication of courses of study exists in the two institutions, the resolution resolves that duplication be eliminated com- mencing with the school year 1933-34 “or as soon thereafter as prace ticable.” Under its provisions the Univer- sity at Grand Forks would offer courses in “liberal arts, fine arts, education, business, social sciences, economics, journalism, law, medicine, etc.” with the agricultural college at Fargo offering courses in “agricul- ture, architecture, , home economics, chemistry, pharmacy, ed- ucation and the sciences, etc.” The resolution as amended states further that “it shall be the imme- diate duty of the presidents of University of North Dakota 3 respective institutions as to effect it im full accordance with the intent and spirit of this resolution, and that it shall hereafter be their further duty to so direct the work of the re- ‘spective institutions as to comply with this resolution.” Voting against the resolution were Atkins, Bangert, Eastgate, Jones, Martin, Murphy, Pat- 3 Lynch, ten, Plath, Porter, Tinnes, Watt and Whitman. The others, except Cain who was absent, voted for passage. a | Quits Federal Post | o i ° apitol Report ol Campaign uick Abolition of FEDERATION CHIEF ASSERTS N. D. MEN FAVORED ON WORK Charges ‘Terrible Misstatement of Fact’ to Majority of Probe Committee SAYS QUERIES MISLEADING Says ‘All We Have Been Able ta Furnish’ Have Jobs on Construction (By The Associated Press) Declaring that citizens of the state JAMES C. STONE James C. Stone, chairman of the fed- eral farm board, resigned Thursday, effective March 4. President-elect Roosevelt is not expected to appoint a successor. “to my own certain knowledge are being employed on the capitol build- ing in all capacities where we have been able to furnish them,” Roy G. Arntson, president of the state fed- eration of labor, Friday took issue with a finding by the majority of the legislative investigating commit- tee that their records show only two North Dakota residents are employed on the state capitol building. He termed the finding “the most terrible misstatement of facts,” and said he was never called to “refute the misleading questions” by the committee's attorney. Arntson’s statement read: HALT FORECLOSURES MINNESOTA'S CHIEF Olson Issues Proclamation as Emergency Measure, Ef- fective Until May 1 St. Paul, Feb. 24.—(?}—An emer- gency proclamation, halting mort-| gage foreclosures in Minnesota until May 1, pending legislative relief ac- tion, was issued today by Governor Floyd B. Olson. ‘The governor filed the order with Secretary of State Mike Holm and also sent copies to both branches of the state legislature, he accompanied the order with a message to the legislature requesting proper steps be taken to enact relief legislation to meet the situation. In his order, he pointed out that attempts are being made to stop foreclosure sales by private citizens, and stated it would be “unwise and unjust” in this emergency to use farmed forces to compel the fore- | closures. ‘The legislature, he said in his or- der, has the power and authority by adequate legislation “to prevent in- Justice” in such foreclosures by al- tering the procedure now prescribed | by law. | Issues General Order | Governor Olson ordered that every sheriff, constable or other police of- ficers of the state “refrain and de- sist” until May 1 “or until further order” from foreclosing or attempt- ing to foreclose any mortgage upon any of the following properties in the state: Real estate upon which the mort- gagor has his residence. Furniture and household goods | used by @ householder mortgagor. | Farm machinery and livestock in use and possessed by a mortgagor actively engaged in farming. Agricultural produce in the hands | of the producer. In his message to the legislature the chief executive said his order was not to be confused with moratorium Proclamations that have been made by governors of other states. “It is not based upon a morator- ium but is based upon the necessity for preserving order within the boundaries of this state,” Governor Olson said. “I have refrained here- tofore from making such an order because I did not believe that I had jegal authority therefore until an acute situation developed in the state. Such an acute situation has now deevloped.” The chief executive also stated he is attempting to create a “debt com- mission” for the state, with subordi- nate committees in each county which would be made up of a rep- DIRECTS SHERIFFS}; “Press dispatches February 23nd gave the following as part of a state- ment by the investigating committee having to do with the capitel build- ing commission. I quote as follows: of fact, as far as the true of labor on this nas ever been my contact with, therefore believe that members of “I was told by Mr, Flannigan I would be given an opportunity give the actual fact of this job labor's standpoint. Also Mr. thaei, chairman of the investigation , committee, stated that it appeared; the facts would not be made public; as they actually are, unless I wouldj appear before the committee and! give them. However, I was never! called to refute the misleading ques} tions by the attorney for the com: mittee and answers by men wi know nothing of the actual facta, Labor's Represent Ry Is tative Me have been labor's rey 3 negotiations with the tol mission and Lundoft-Bictnall Co. st all times. And except for members of the state federation of labor who served with me as a committee, no one else has had any part in labor's interests. “I want the people of North Da- kota to know that labor on the capi- ‘ol job is all right and if permitted 10 be left alone, free from agitators and calamity howlers, will continue to be all right. Citizens of the state, to my own certain knowledge are be- ing employed on the job in all ca- Pacities where we have been able to furnish them.” Senator W. E. Matthael, chairman of the legislative investigating com- mittee, said Friday that the contained in the committee major- ity report are “badly distorted.” He said he is drawing up a separate report which will be available not later than Monday. Matthaei made the statement in commenting on the ch: made Arntson. ‘ies m He said he agreed with Arntson “relative to the testimony at hear- ings of the capitol investigating com- mittee not bearing out findings of the committee in regard to the em- ployment of North Dakota labor.” “Virtually all laborers employed, as shown by the transcript of testi- money,” Matthaei said, “were North Dakota men. In this particular, as well as other of the findings of the ap Bh cagcialenareis who signed the majority report, the facts badly distorted. ™ “Mr, Arntson, however, much in error in testify in regard to the labor situa- peaeniauye a the debtors and the FOR Oe the ie.” and a third member to be a ee selected by the first two Bond Issues Blamed @ proposed debt commissi = ii der the governor's plan Snky oe For High N. D. Taxes upon the “reasonableness and jus-; tice” of any contemplated foreclos- ures. Senator Walsh Will Marry Cuban Woman lr will take United Beaten exrbuaty ia ww