The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1937, Page 1

The Weather Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; no de- cided change in temp. Telephone | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE : 2 200 —— North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper Japanese Sink U. S. Gunboat; _ At Least One American Slain; BISMARCK, N. D., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1937 PRICE FIVE CENTS Nanking Is Taken by Invaders Slay Guard in Futile Prison Break Many Wounded BLOODY FIGHTING ENDS IN CAPTURE, JAPANESE CLAIM Announce Occupation of Gov- ernment Buildings Housing Machine-Gun Nests CHINESE DISPUTE CLAIMS Nipponese Assert General Re- treat From Captured City is in Progress Bloody street fighting, with: Ohi- nese contesting every foot of the Jap- Diced egpinrase apr nd tdod ied the city, Japanese Slowly, how- ever, , they took over they reported, Sed Naval planes co-operated with the army in the day-long attack, and the Chinese defenders were said to have; been. through. the driven northward Three-Fourths Inches af lce Contain .20 Inches of Precipitation New Chairman? | * FROM DEMOCRATIC 6 DESPERADOS DEFY GOVERNOR'S 2-HOUR PLEA; KILL HOSTAGE South Carotina Prisoners Rout- ed From Office by Tear . Gas Shells HAD SEIZED CAPTAIN, 61 ‘I'd Like to Live,’ Victim Pleads; Governor's Immunity Of- fer Ignored Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 13—(7)—Six desperate convicts who slew their hos- tage, the captain of the state peni- tentiary guards, after defying a dra- matic, two-hour plea to surrender by Governor Olin D. Johnston, were thrown into “solitary” Monday to await Sheriff T. Alex Heise announced that William 8B. Woods, 24-year-old STATE. COMMIT = Vogel Elevated as Chimes and! such Collette Named Treasur- i er at Meeting meremored John 0, Baton of Bl- Det “inooted Chasles J, Vogel, Fargo splined Ernest Collette of Grand ify i i a i rt se eee ‘ : F a i aes 3 5 F} £ i j : z i a i i i ; 5 é 2 rl i il COUNTY FARMER Wounds Fatal to Amandus Mo- line; Mike Len Faces First- Degree Murder Count | MILL EXECUTIVE DIES Grand Forks—James P, O’- traffic manager at ly, Minn. MONTANAN PLEADS GUILTY 70 MURDER Admits Slaying Former North Dakotan, But Not Wife; to Be Sentenced Wednesday Columbus, Mont. Dec. 13—(P)— ter | State Administrative Body Con- sidering NDAC Audit in Executive Session Members of the state board of ad- Gunboat Japanese Sank Charity For December 22 Miller Accepts Hospital Post Jamestown—C. Strike of Mill City Truck Drivers Ends workers, Wage increases of five cents an hour were granted to union in- side workers, bringing the scale to 60 cents, and 10 cents an hour for truck drivers, shipping clerks and foremen, bringing the scale to 70 cents. Man Found Dead Near Devils Lake Devils Lake, Dec. 13—)—8. E. Milton Rue Named Chairman of Enterprise to Aid Christ- mas Campaign Decision to stage a Charity Ball and appointment of Milton Rue as chair- Heart Cash Mounts to $230 $330.00 Make checks payable to Open Your Heart campaign and mail to 220 Main avenue, Bismarck. the Christmas season and one in | vited to take part, Ban Reporters at Session of Board will go on sale immediately, and everyone is invited to come, enjoy themselves and, at the same time, December 22 the date for the ball, which will be held in the Memorial building. Sam- my Kontos’ orchestra will furnish the jusic. Chairman and members of sub- committees in charge of various feat- In Bombing on Yangtze River Washington Prepares Strong Protest; Two Standard Oil Ships Also Sunk in Strafing Above Nanking JAPANESE ACCEPT BLAME, RUSH AID Number of Refugees Aboard Other Vessels Not Known; Two Officers Wounded; Indemnities Promised Washington, Dee. 13.—(AP)—President Roosevelt Monday conveyed to the emperor of Japan an expression of his deep concern over the bombing of the American gunboat Panay. . Simultaneously the United States government trans- mitted to the Japanese government a demand for full com-, pensation and apologies for the incident and guarantees against a repetition of such an attack. Shanghai, Dec. 14.—(Tuesday)—(AP)—The British gunboat Bee reported early Tuesday she had rescued eight Americans, seven of them seamen from the United States gunboat Panay, sunk in the Yangtze river above Nanking by Japanese warplanes Sunday. ese rescues brought to 61 the known survivors among 72 persons believed to have been on the. Panay when - she was bombed. “The report from the Bee further said it was understood two more Americans—not included in the 61—were'safe ashore. (By the Associated Press) The Japanese navy tonight accepted full blame for the warplane bombardment and sinking of the United States guns boat Panay and two Standard Oil company ships, and avowed “profoundest regret” for the “terrible mistake.” One American seaman died of injuries from the bombard- ment by Japanese warplanes indiscriminately strafing all craft in the Yangtze about 25 miles above Nanking. Fifteen of 54 survivors aboard the Panay were injured. NORTH DAKOTA YOUTH BELIEVED ABOARD PANAY Douglas, N. D., Dec. 18.—(AP)—A North Dakota farmer awaited word Monday from government officials regarding his son, Lieut. Earl K. Solenberger, former Douglas, N. D., youth, reported by relatives to be on the staff of the U. S. gunboat Panay sunk by Japanese bombers on the Yangtze river. The father is H. H. Solenberger, residing 13 miles from here. : Carl E. Knudtson of Bismarck, uncle of the young man, said last word received from Solenberger was from aboard the Panay to which he was transferred from the U. S. S. Augusta two days before that vessel was bombed near Shanghai. The father said he had received no recent word from his son and was unable to definitely state if the officer was aboard the Panay or the U. S. S. Monocracy on Yangtze patrol. Casualty lists did not name Solenberger, an Annapolis graduate of the class of 1934. Seventeen at first were reported missing, but advices by the British gunboat Bee said tonight that 12 Europeans had been sighted on the Yangtze river shore. They possibly were sur- vivors of the Panay but definite confirmation was not at once forthcoming. In Washington, Secretary Hull prepared vigorous Tepre- sentations to be transmitted to the Japanese government on the bombing and sinking of the American gunboat. The secretary of state went into conference early in the forenoon with a group of his advisers on Far Eastern affairs, preparatory to drafting his protest. His aides indicated that as soon as complete information concerning the incident was in hand here, a strong note would n | be dispatched to Tokyo. Might Demand Indemnity There was no indication, meanwhile, as to whether this government’s representations would include a demand for in- demnity covering the cost of the Panay and suitable compen- sation for casualties involved. Before dispatching the note, Hull was expected to confer with President Roosevelt. The Japanese flyers which bombed the ships, said Rear Admiral Tadao Honda, Japanese naval attache in China, were ioable to see the foreign flags and believed the craft to be jinese. This resulted in the “terrible mistake for which the Japa- ;|nese navy feels profoundest regret,” the admiral said. Three naval aircraft participated in the attack, Admiral sig a he said ing to punish those e Japanese navy, he said, was preparing to punis! responsible for attacking the American craft, “identity of the flyers naturally being known. Action will be taken after inves- "| tigation.” Japanese, however, pleaded ignorance of most of the de- tails of the attacks. : “The flyers didn’t notice what happened after they observed their bombs found their objectives,” it was explained. Tokyo Dismayed 3 At the navy ministry offices in Tokyo, high staff members .|obviously were dejected. One of the aides of Naval Minister Vice-Admira] Mitsumasa Yonai sat holding his head between his hands. His eyes were shut. “I would like to resign my life/” said another. “We had been: doing everything in our power to cultivate