The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1937, Page 1

KAL SHEK'S FORCES SAD ‘STANDING BY Japan Prepares to Increase Ac- tive Army: in North: China to Full Corps. . 100,000 REPORTED EN ROUTE Virtual Severance of Region from Central Government Asked in Demands Peiping, July 17—()}—Huge troop the Japanese empite and the Central government of China, Actual troop movements were secret but clogged railways and other in- dications pointed to massing of. mill- tary forces outside Peiping. Reliable reports said “more than reached Paotingfu, 90 miles southwest of Petping. : Such a movement of Nanking’s crack army might bring China's main military forces face-to-face with a huge Japanese army for which rein- forcements are on the way from Man- churia and Japan itself. HAS DISCUSS SITUATION a States neutrality, law. ‘The White House aide, who said neutrality would be an important phase of the t's talk with visor, added, Previously Nanking troops have not been. involved in the trouble, but six divisions of the Central goverhment’s forces were said to be “standing by in North China.” “ Fi Authoritative. estimates dectared | only six divisions, which Nanking of- ficials admitted were as far north asq Changchow, had moved in the Pei- ping direction but that. only the ad- vance. guard had reached Hopeh pro- vince in which ‘Pelping is situated. Nanking dispatches quoted @ gov- ernment official ‘as saying China had “unimpeachable information” that’! five Japanese divisions “totalling 100,- 000 men” were en route to China. Virtual severance of North China from the realm of the Nanking gov-. ernment was believed to be the basis of the Japanese demands. Among the reported provisions of the demands were: Enlargement of. the North China autonomous region with a new capital at Tientsin, head- quarters of Japan’s North China gar- tison; permission for a Japanese naval base at Tangku, 20 miles east of complete suppression of anti-Japanese movements. JAPANESE CABINET APPROPRIATES WAR MONEY North China, An estimate, of iater mili was to be submit- tary expenses ted to the diet for approval on July Chalmers Adams, noted woman explorer snd wife of Frank- lin Pierce Adams, former ot the Pan American union. Elderly Hen Adopts Five Small Skunks BR ES Hl Ef Ege age E g tf if i E 3 a 4 5 E bE | i i is 5 fi ¥ : iz ze Hf i é i E i i g 3 i ! fe PPI SUPPORTERS HOUD MASS MEETING Spevial Train to Bring Dickin- son People Here to Talk With Mrs. Ulsrud Dickinson, ‘N. D., July 17.—()—In @ slope-wide demonstration hundreds of citizens jammed the memorial au- ditorlum of the ‘new courthouse here Friday night determined to uphold the presidency of H. O. Pippin as head of the State Teachers’ college, follow- ing well-founded rumors that the board of administration was ready to insist upon his.removal. In telephone conversations Satur- day Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud, state board of administration chairman, Officials here were unable to an- swer questions as to why he should be let out. BOARD WILL WELCOME VISITING DELEGATION Officials of the state bonding de- partment and board of administra- tion said Saturday they would wel- come the visit of Dickinson residents protesting against removal of H. O. Pippin as president of the Dickin- gon State Teachers college, about which rumors have been circulated. commissioner and manager of the bonding department, declared there was some question in connection with the bond under which Pippin is The application to transfer the bond of C. L. Kjerstad, former head of the Dickinson institution, to Pip- pin was rejected and he is serving under a private surety bond, Erick- son; aserted. Questions Bond’s Legality R. A. Kinzer, member of the board of administration which has super- vision of the Dickinson institution, said Pippin has a private surety bond and stated there is some “question if this is legaj” under state law. However, members of the board said the question of his bond was the only matter discussed at any board meeting in connection with the pres- ident and that there had been no consideration of his replacement. - If the Dickinson delegation, which has arranged for a special train to bring Pippin supporters to confer with the board, comes to Bismarck, the members will be “very glad” to meet with them, said Mrs. Jennie Ulsrud, chairman. “If the Dickinson delegation wants to appoint a committee to confer with me on reasons why the bond- ing department would not issue a bond to Pippin, I will be glad to do 80,” Erickson said. French Franc Drops To Lowest in Years July 17.—()—A new money” across Engl the franc plummeting downward to its lowest level in 11 years and raised fearé in, Wall Street of a second fi- crisis in Paris within the ‘HURT WHEN INDIAN TRAIN IS DERAILED Unofficial Death Toll of Wreck at Close to 300 SABOTAGE HINTED AS CAUSE Two Coaches Uninjured; Administer First Aid Patna, India, July 17.—(#—The death toll in India’s most disastrous railway wreck grew Saturday as res- cuers pulled scores of bodies from tangled debris of the Punjab-Calcutta express, The official government railway estimate was 80 dead and 65 injured, while an unofficial estimate was about 300 dead and 25 injured. The exchange telegraph (British) news. agency gave the unofficial es- timate. It previously had fixed the death toll at 281. Bodies still could be seen in coaches. The express was en route to Cal- cutta from Delhi when the engine derailed and toppled over an em- bankment, reeeine with it seven of the coaches—dozing after a cramped night’s journey. Scores were killed instantly. Others were mangled or burned by resulting European passengers in the last two coaches were not injured, and they gave quick first aid. Nurses, doctors and ambulances were brought Railway officials suspected the train, was wrecked deliberately, but also worked on the theory that a re- cent monsoon had weakened the road Estimate Places North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper A scene of bitter warfare rep! pene outside the gates of force of its North China dominance in “|STRATOSPHERE AIR mates, WARD 0 ADDRESS RA MEETING HER Regional and State Study Phases of Organiza- tion Monday Regional and state RA chiefs will direct study sessions on various phases of the organization under the leadership of L. L. Scranton, assist- ant regional director, at a two-day conference of North Dakota Rural Resettlement supervisors opening Monday. ‘ There will be round-table discus- sion and lectures qn the organization’s House Postoffice Committee Appropriates Money to Make Experiments Washington, July 17.—()—Air mail officials talked hopefully Saturday of using post office roofs as autogyro ports, the gyros to transfer mail to Officials to|stratosphere planes which could cross the continent in a few hours. ‘The house postoffice committee ap- Proved this week a bill by Rep. Haines (Dem, Pa.) authorizing # $100,000 ap- propriation for such experiments to speed up air mail delivery. Superintendent Charles P. Grad- dick of the postal air service said, “We pare go experimental irons in the 1, Coast-to-coast flights monthly by high-speed stratosphere planes. 2. Speedier transfer of mail between airports and postoffices by autogyro. 3. Use of experimental pick-up-de- loan and collection section, legal prob- | vices. lems, farm plans and managements. debt, adjustment, co-operative pro- gram, renewal and extension work. - Cal A. Ward, regional director of the Lincoln office, will be the prin- cipal at the banquet program Monday night at which he will discuss the present and future program of the RA. Other officials expected include George McLeod, regional farm man- agement adviser; R. W. Hutchinson, regional debt adjustment supervisor; E. E. Greene, regional co-operative specialist; John T. Grigsby, regional attorney, and W. Dodge, regional loan officer, all of Lincoln. Farm Managers View Crops in Forks Area 4. Establishment of passenger “air ferries.” Graddick said postoffices at Chicago | and Philadelphia already are suitable for autogyro landings and take-offs. Part of the $100,000 probably will be used to continue experiments along this line, he added. Loans Made Available To Schools, Counties St. Paul, July 17—(?)—State loans totalling $562,000 were available to school: districts and counties Satur- day following authorization of the loans by the state executive council Friday. The loans include: Madison school istrict, $100,000 for a new school; Pipestone school district, $90,000 to take up maturing bonds; Moorhead Grand Forks, N. D., July 17.—()— ‘school district, $60,000 for addition; Northwest farm meanagers Saturday |Swanville district, continued their three-day summer tour, after the group spent the first day studying farming methods prac- ticed on the farms of Ole Flsat and Fiaat fertiliser experiments and farm struc- tures at several of his North Dakota Minnesota farms. At his large Young Beau Looks Ahead in Proposal Los Angeles, July 17.—(#)—Ken- neth Carlson was walking through a cemetery with Miss Rose Shan- “How,” asked, “would you like to have my name on your tombstone some day?” The wedding is set for Sept. 5. $32,000 for new BISMARCK, N. D. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1987 Chinese Theatre ROUTE IS PLANNED of War ee the leisu: mili spectacle jing, celaurety oo has hurled the y in an effort to establish its ercial explatation. He’s Mae’s Hubby, But What About It? Los Angeles, July 17.—(?)—The Judge finally said “yes” to hoofer Frank Wallace's appeal for rec- Ognition as Mae West's husband, but now that Wallace has got it, everybody was wondering, what has he got? ‘True, Superior Judge Robert Kenney ordered “Diamond Lil” to pay costs of Wallace's suit, but he declined to decide whether they ‘had ever lived together as man and wife. IRRIGATION TRAIN “WILL RUN JULY 28 County Agent Plans Trip to Sidney, Mont., to View Activ- ities There July 28 has been set as the tentative date for the excursion train from Bismarck to Sidney, Mont., to view the Yellowstone river irrigation pro- ject there, H. O. Putnam, Burleigh county agent and @ sponsor of the trip, announced Saturday. Present plans include departure from Bismarck at 5 a. m. and return late that same night. One hundred fifty passengers are necessary if the special train is to) ; be assembled, Putnam said, and urged both Bismarck business men and Burleigh county farmers to make the . journey. ‘The round trip will cost $5.56. Sid- ney business men have agreed to furnish auto transportation from the train to the irrigation site. “Not only will the trip be bene- ficial to business men and farmers actively interested in irrigation,” said Putham, “but it will also be valuable from @ purely educational view- point.” a Bismarck civic clubs and service organizations are backing the trip. Spanish Civil War Is Draw At End of Year (By the Associated Press) 8 unds out ® full year of civil war Saturday with an explosive world government and those of Gen- eral Francisco Franco's insurgents. Franco holds the western half ex- government army Saturday cut at the rear guard of Madrid's in- surgent besiegers. Detachments drove forward in ‘two sectors, one 18 miles west and one 25 miles south of the capital. Government sources said an insur- gent radio station broadcast that of 15,000 to 25,000 Italian volun-| citizen army, has built s new war ma- chine, while the man in the street, half-uniformed, dug trenches, built barricades and fought with a hodge podge of arms. For‘. year the fortunes of war have been with elther side. Few unfortified Madrid to resist for long. Shomehow the militia, with women here and there in the ranks, stood fast while raw recruits were drilled into disciplined soldiers. “Volunteers” from the United States, Russia and (Continued on Page Three) Ld PALDA NANED PRESIDENT OF ND STATE LAW GROUP New Chief of Bar Association Succeeds C. J. Murphy, Grand Forks Lawyer HARVEY ATTORNEY ELECTED State Constitution Is Discussed by Christianson in Speech Saturday Valley City, N. D., July 17.—(P)— L. J. Palda, Jr., of Minot was elected president of North Dakota State Bar association at the concluding ses- sion of the annual convention here Saturday. He succeeds C. J. Mur- phy of Grand Forks. Aloys Wartner of Harvey was named vice president and M. L. Mc- Bride of Dickinson vas re-elected secretary and treasurer. North Dakota's constitutional con- vention gave earnest and careful cot sideration to the question of estab- Ushing a unicameral or bicameral legislature, Chief Justice A. M. Chris- tianson of the state supreme court told pccpers in his speech Saturday. nm usses Constitutio: Unicameral legislature proposals, free right to employment, and other provisions of the constitution of North Dakota were reviewed by Judge Christianson in the light of what was said by the framers of the document in acting on its sections, Delegates were awaiting this after- noon the report of various commit- tees including those on state bar board and resolutions. After an ad- dress by R. B. Graham, of Winnipeg, Canada, the convention will close late Saturday with an election of officers. ‘Wittiout referring directly to labor strikes, the. chief justice said -that ot the: b . zy vided that any ‘person, or agent thereof Leeper pd or hindering in any way any citizen from obtaining or enjoying employ- ment already obtained from any Other corporation or person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. “The record of the debates of the convention shows that this section was given much consideration,” he TWO SHIPS LEAVE HUNT FOR EARHART Lexington and Three Destroy- ers Remain in South Seas Seeking Aviatrix Honolulu, July 17.—()—Tapering off the seemingly hopeless South Seas hunt for Amelia Earhart, the first two vessels in the search started home- The latest romance of Mrs. Nancy Hoyt Curtis (above) struck a very rocky road. Balked from marry- ing James Baker, 27-year-old taxi driver at Bar Harbor, Me., by Maine's 5-day law, the twice- divorced society author set out with him for Canada. They were turned back at the border, then police detained Baker “for his own good” wie Mrs. Curtis wept. CROONQUIST TRAILS CAMPBELL 4 HOLES AT TURN OF MATCH ‘Former: Champion~Shoots. 715 |S 2.0. Bismarcker Slips to 40 on Second Nine Minneapolis, July 17 —(?)— Bobby Campbell of Duluth re- tained his four hole edge over Neil Croonquist of the University of Minnesota at the end of 21 holes of their 36 hole final match in the annual state amateur tour- cement at the Country club to- = The two players halved the 19th, 20th, and 21st holes in par figures. Minneapolis, July 17.—(?)—Bobby Campbell of Duluth, shooting sub-par golf, blazed his way to a command- ing four-hole lead over Neil Croon- quist, University of Minnesota fresh- man, at the halfway mark of their 36- hole finals match in the annual state amateur golf tournament at the Country club course Saturday. Utilizing four birdies to the best advantage, Campbell, who weighs a scant, 96 pounds, equaled par of 35 going out and then toured the back nine in 36 for a 71 total, or one un- der regulation figures, Unable to match Campbell, par- ticularly on the putting phase of the There was no announcement here how long the Lexington ,With its 63 planes, and the three de- ‘stroyers would remain in the search, which naval authorities have indi- cated will end Saturday. Navy department officials said Sat- urday that unless there were new de- velopments, the navy search for Amelia Earhart, filer lost in the Pa- cific, probably would be ended by Sunday. Bonzer Trial Is Recessed One Week Grand Forks, N. D., July 17.—(®)— poned by Judjge Daniel B. Fargo to Monday, July 26, at.10 a. m, complaint lists 31 causes of which number ten and eleven were post- poned Saturday. W. E. Wilde of Bismarck was on the stand Saturday as the twelfth cause was submitted, It alleges that Bon- ser paid a personal account owed to Ed. G. Patterson of Bismarck sending Patterson flour valued at $1,007.25. DENY CARNERA APPLICATION New York, July 17.—(#)—Peter B. Olney, Jr., federal referee, Saturday recommended to the courts that Primo Carnera’s application for a dis- charge from aac ad be denied. | penitentiary early Seturday morning.’ game, Croonquist, who weighs only 120 pounds himself, had a 36 going out and slipped to a 40 coming back for a 76. Campbell birdied the second, fifth and eighth holes going out and slipped one over par on the third, seventh and ninth for his 35. Coming in Campbell birdied the par four 10th Jour- | 8Md then equaled par on all the re- maining holes. Winner of the amateur title in 1934, Campbell had a one-hole advantage at the end of nine and won the 10th, 12th and 15th holes for his four up margin as all others were halved. The cards: Par out .. Campbell The championship consolation title ing went to Herman Ridder of White Bear Lake when he conquered Herb Lewis of the Country club, 6 and 5, in the 18-hole finals match. Murder Investigation Runs Into Stone Wall Providence, R. I., July 17.—()—In- vestigation of the slaying of Dr. George W. Webster, society physician, reached an impasse Saturday as po- lice prepared to terminate the ques- tioning of the second of two women in “| connection with his death. Deputy Superintendent James Cu- sick said Elizabeth Prince, 25, who remained at police headquarters over- night and was questioned Saturday, would be allowed to leave. She was ® roommate of Dorothea Gilligan, 33, the physician’s secretary, who was questioned 5 Police indicated they were up against a blank wall in their efforts by | to obtain clues. LIFER STOPS PRISON BREAK Lincoln, Neb. July 17.—(?)—Ne- braska prison officials reported Sat- urday that Robert R. Garrett, 52, serving a life term for murder, fru- strated an attempt by three of his fellow inmates to escape from the Fair tonight and Sun- day; not so cool to- night, warmer Sunday The Weather DEBATE LEADERSHIP AND COURT CONTEST EN ROUTE 10 RITES Roosevelt Indicates His Neutral: ity By Talking With Both Candidates |LINES ARE TIGHTLY DRAWN Harrison and Barkley Both Mus- tering Strength; Caucus Is Called Aboard Robinson Funeral Train July 17—()—This crowded special train carrying the body of Senator Joseph T. Robinson (Dem.-Ark.) to his Little Rock home for burial, hum- med Saturday with a thinly veiled struggle for the Democratic leader- ship of the senate, left vacant by his death, Out of respect for their dead chief, the two principal candidates for his tors Alben W. Barkley, (Dem.-Ky.) and Pat Harrison (Dem.- Miss.) held themselves carefully aloof from the contest. Pre’ canvasses indicated that neither candidate could be con- fident of victory Wednesday when Robinson's successor will be chosen in @ secret party caucus at Washington. Opponents of the president's court bill rallied almost solidly behind Harrison in the belief that he would find a way to bring the bitter fight over that measure to a speedy end. They claimed they had about 30 votes already pledged for him. ‘Freshmen’ Support Barkley Administration supporters built their lines around 16 first-term sene- tors, all enthusiatic New Dealers, who organized a Barkley bloc a few hours before the train left Washing- ton. Postmaster General Farley, 1, President neutrality by conferring with Sen- ator one of of the candidates, The other, Senator Barkley of Kentucky, previously had been at the White House. 2, Senator Byrnes of South Caro: lina withdrew from the race and was backing Harrison. 3. Harrison and Barkley agreed on & Democratic caucus next Wednesday. Both on Train Both the candidates for Robinson's post were on the train. Besides administration Senator Wheeler (Dem., Mont.), Burke (Dem., Neb.), and Clark (Dem., Mo.), headed the opposition on the. court change-plan, while Barkley and Senator Hatch (Dem., N.M.), were re~ garded as Roosevelt spokesmen on that issue. i Out of respect for their dead leader, most senators were reluctant to com- ment publicly on either the court or leadership fights. Privately they con- ceded that the battle lines on both questions were being tightly drawn. Nearly all the Democratic foes of the court bill were inclined to sup- port Harrison for the leadership. Both he and Barkley have pledged their support to the measure, but the Ken- are has been more active in its Harrison and Byrnes were called to the White House Friday, less than a day after President Roosevelt had written to Barkley urging passage of & court reorganization bill at this ses- sion, President Heard Rumors “The president had heard,” Harri- son said afterward, “that some had interpreted the letter to mean that he was thereby injecting himself into the leadership contest. “He wanted to give me the absolute assurance that neither he nor the administration in any way was tak- sides; that that was a matter entirely for the Democratic member- ship to decide.” few hours before the funeral train left Washi yn Friday night, Byrnes his withdrawal. Earlier Burke had said he would back him for the leadership. An armistice will be declared Sun- funeral party day morning when the reaches Little Rock. There ‘Robinson’s body will lie in state in the Arkansas capitol until mid-afternoon, when the senator? and representatives will accompany it to a church service and burial. Night Flying Plane Puzzles Londoners ritated light In some sections of the press it has been the teri