The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1937, Page 1

Telephone Baby Mix- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, N. D., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1987 ESTABLISHED 1878 COUPLE WHO TOOK (Small Chicago Boy Kidnaped| JAPANESE DECLARE |DESTROYERS HUNT BOY CLAIM 10 BE | HIS REAL PARENTS ‘Admit to Chicago Police They Snatched Child From Fighting ‘Mother’ DENY MAKING RANSOM CALL Investigation Ordered as Claim Is Made Purported Father Was Hoax Victim Chicago, Aug. 4. — () — Thirty months old Donald Horst, reported kidnaped yesterday, was safe Wed- nesday while authorities investigated a bizzare contest between two families over the parentage and custody. Mrs. Otto Horst, from whose home the boy was snatched despite her screaming struggle, admitted, Assist- ant State's Attorney Wilbert F. Crow- Jey said, that Donald was not her son, Crowley and his aids found the boy at the West Side home of John Re- gan, 26, a machinist, and Lydia Nel- son, 25, who first said she was Re- gan’s wife, then admitted they were not married but claimed she was Don- ald’s mother and Regan, his father. Crowley said the Regans came to his office this morning after reading mewspaper accounts of the “kidnap- ing” of Donald from the Horst resi- dence in an exclusive northwest side section and told him they had the Deny Ransom Demanded ‘The Regans sente however, mak- t to ‘kidnaping” ut left a baby mixup to be investi- gated were these: Donald was born to Mrs. Regan Jan. 6, 1935 and Regan was the father Horst showed the boy was born to Mrs. Horst on Jan. 4, 1935, at an- other residence, home of friends of the Horsts. aded another aston- the case by declaring that “Horst was the victim of a fraud perpetrated by his wife.” Gilbert said that Horst was noti- fied he was a father and found Mrs, Horst in bed with a child and was congratulated by friends. Insurgents Move Into New Attack Positions (By the Associated Press) The Spanish government consolid- } ted its northern armies under a de- fense junta Wednesday and Gen- eralissimo Francisco Franco's insur- sent war machine rumbled into new advance positions west of Madrid and An insurgent communique said the nsurgents captured Villanueva de ls Canada, 15 miles west of Madrid, de- livering = severe blow to the govern- ment salient thrust out a month ago Fein Reems to UY Atte woge oF MB = Government battalions were re- One Dead of Injuries Received in Explosion railroads if their demands for a per cent wage increase were not mét. » jointly ators and representatives, completed its investigation of income tax avoid-. ance and evasion devices Wednesday and prepared to report to the house and senate Thursday recommenda- tions for closing tax loopholes. Appointment of New Judge Expected Soon|iiirc carpe starer picture. ton ———— The ‘be- ped the colony 5 he rail Ha Hf ‘SLOAN SALARY TOPS | REPORTS FOR 1938 Schenck Heads Film Colony |chinsse Money-Makers; Actors Rank Near Head of List top honors with $507,645 and reported $383,755 for Vice Pres. Charles. F. Kettering. Nicholas M. Schenck, president of film actors drew more than executives, Warner Baxter $284,364: Caprese tre Ses Gevege. Ratt, 6308. WHOLEHOPEH AREA ALREADY OCCUPIED Warplanes Blast Defenders From Path of Troops Marching Southward MAJOR ENGAGEMENT SEEN Clash Between Nipponese and Central Government Army Expected Any Time Peiping, Aug. 4—()—Japanese au- thorities proclaimed Wednesday that continuous bombardments by squad- BODIES OF 14 LOST “IN MSSING PLARE Submarines Return to Base With Grim Evidences of Clipper’s Tragic End re FOR PASSENGERS DIES Wreckage Found Floating in Mater Near Panama Where Ship Disappeared to] with evidences of the disaster which JAP SEWSPAPER URGES Tokyo, Aug. 4—(7)—The influ- ential newspaper Nichi Nichi urged Wednesday to set- with China once and for all by fanking ‘The paper declared Nanking was the source and bulwark of the anti- Japanese sentiment which Japan is seeking to stamp out of North China. Japan, Nichi Nichi said, hope of improving mediately.”. A major engagement was expected, | for however, at Nankow pass 20 miles north of Peiping where 4,000 Japa- nese troops ordered Kalgan, Chinese strong- hold and capital of Chahar province 100 miles to the northwest. Evacuate Chinese The government of China, appre- hensive of the safety of the 8,000 in Japan, was to befell a Sikorsky amphibian of the Pan American-Grace Airways as it neared the end of a regular flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador. crew would be navy rte- have started their evacuation from| West mpire. Mrs. Philip Aughnay, 72, Passes in Mandan includ. had io |nay ; Gary JOHN L. ENRIGHT'S MOTHER DIES HERE Body of Mrs. Ella Enright Will Be Taken to Wisconsin for Burial Indian Recovers Body After All Others Fail PRICE FIVE CENTS The Weather Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly warmer. rarily up Investigation Follows Kidnaping Kitten Saved From Sea VETERAN OF WORLD CHILDREN T0 DEATH Fan Wife, Stabbed Five Times in Back With Butcher Knife, May Not Live Columbus, Ky., Aug. 4.—(?)}—Ac- cused by his wife of slashing their four children to death with a butcher knife and stabbing her, W. J. Morse, 45, was rushed away from a crowd of stabbed in the back five times and a physician who examined her Wed- nesday said she might not live. The ed it} Elmer R. for the capital of the United States. Mrs. Morse said her husband be- came because she remonstrat- ed with him over his treatment of the children, She said Morse grabbed the | 5! knife, ran to a bed and slashed the | good throats of their son, James Theodore 5, and their daughters, Inez, 3, and Margaret Elizabeth, 1. She said ne next plunged the blade into the back of the oldest child, Billy Lee, 8, five times. The child ran from the house and was found dead later about 100 yards away. Town Marshal Charles Burton and Sheriff H. A. Hicks were summoned by. neighbors who heard Mrs. Morse’s screams. The sheriff said Morse sur- rendered and told him, “I don’t know why I did it, just crazy, I guess.” Sheriff Hicks said Morse iad sut- fered from shell shock dur.ng the World War. There was no mob, thic sheriff declaced, but neighkors were talking excitedly and to be eure the man would not be molsstei, he sent him to jail at Mayfield in an adjoin- ing county. Former Chief Decries Forest Service Shift Washington, Aug. 4—(7)—W. B. Greeley, former forest service chief, urged a senate committee Tuesday to withhold authority, for the president to transfer the service from the de- tion’s government reorganization bill would give the president power to shift the service, abolish it altogether or “dismember it like Poland and scatter its fragments about the gov- ernment generally.” Breitbach Gives Up Jamestown Franchise White, president of league, he has given up the franchise of the Jamestown club because of BROOKS SERVICES THURSDAY Minneapolis, Aug. 4.—(#)—Funeral services for Anson 8. Brooks, promi- nent northwest lumberman, who Tuesday, will be conducted at his home here st 10 a. g, Thursday. BLOODHOUNDS END LONG SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED SLAYER Track Quary to Earth in Woods Near Albert Lea; Quick Justice Seen Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 4—(7)— Quick justice appeared likely Wednes- day for Jens Thompson, triple slay- ing suspect, routed from soggy brush by bloodhounds and captured in the desolate hill country 100 miles south- east of here late Tuesday. A special district court grand jury convened Wednesday as the 34-year- old farmer sat in a county jail cell while only a handful of curious per- sons gathered about the closely guard- courthouse. County Attorney trouble. His hands and face scratched and rough clothing torn by brambles Jagged rocks during the 12 days he eluded possemen, Thompson was pronounced in “remarkal physical condition” by phy- sicians. Talks Glibly ‘Thompson, quoted by Sheriff Arthur Brown of Houston county and others of his captors as talking glibly about the rifle slaying of the three Lukes brothers, Louis, Joe and Anton, afternoon of July 22, said he slept in tree tops and barns. He lived mainly by eating green corn, wild berries and hazelnuts while in the rattle-snake . infested backwoods country and, according to authorities, recalled many narrow escapes before finally tracked down by_bloodhounds. Sheriff Brown said Thompson told how he slid down a 30-foot cliff once to elude his pursuers, how another time he stood within 100 feet of posse- men as they swept by and how once he watched from a hayloft of a barn while men, armed with machine guns and rifles, searched the ground floor and nearby woods. His face freshly shaved, Thompson told his captors he bought a razor in Houston, four miles from the scene of his seizure, Tuesday forenoon a few hours after « fresh tip that he had TENDERS SERVICES UNTIL PERMANENT PLAN IS ARRANGED Seven Discharged Members ot Staff Await Hearing Be- fore Board U. S. AWAITS EXPLANATION Undersecretary Hints Aid May Be Withheld From College at Fargo (By the Associated Press) Dr. John C. West, president of the University of North Dakota, Tues- day night announced he had accepted an appointment as head of the North Dakota Agricultural college “ the formation of more permanent plans.” In a written statement, he advised the board of administration that “I am not able to accept a regular ap- poin iment at the agricultural . col- ge.” The announcement came after two days devoted to discussion of the sit- uation by the board of administra- lon, Dr. West's statement to Chairman Jennie Ulsrud of the board said: “In response to your letter will you kindly inform the board of admin- istration that I am not able to accept @ regular appointment at the agri- cultural college. Tenders His Services “At the request of those legally in Meanwhile seven members of the agricultural college faculty, dismissed last poche awaited a hearing be- Peterson expressed no fear) the Tuesday, C. W. direc- tor of the extension service, said fed- (Continued on Page Two) ==|NORTHGATE WINS SERIES OPENER North Dakotans and Lead Will Resume Series Here Sat- urday, Not Friday stead of at W: eon Wace es at Wat , af originally .