“"henderson,
GATEWAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA.
NINETEENTH YEAR
House Votes
Japan Withdraws
Large Portion Os
Troops In China
One Division and One Bri
gade of Another Division
Ordered Home From
Shanghai
SERIOUS TURN IN
MANCHURIA REGION
Japanese Plane Forced
Down by Soviet Troop* and
Riot on Border Japanese
Stores Are Looted and Ja
panese Merchant Is Killed
Tokyo, March 14 (AP) —
The war office announced to
day that the eleventh division
of Japanese army troops and
one brigade of the twelfth di
vision have been ordered to
return home from Shanghai
“in view of the steady im
provement of the situation. ’ *
t-.iriier todny It announced
that the general staff decided to ask
the approval of Kmperor Hirchito for
the earliest possible withdrawal of
lieutenant General Kewichi Uyeda'.i
original Shanghai expedition. Genera]
Uyed&d expedition numbered approxi
mately 55.000 men.
RIOT IN MANCHURIA AFTER
•JAP PI.ANK IS FORCED DOWN
(•ondon. March It. (AP) An Ex
change telegraph dispatch from Har
bin. Manchuria, today said a Japanese
airplane was reported to have crossed
the Siberian border at Pogranichnaya,
where it was surrounded in the air by
Soviet Russian plan cm. which pursued
the Japanese ship and forced It down.
The dispatch also said that in a riot
*t Manchult, on the Siberian border.
* number of Japanese stores were
; ’"t*l and a Japanese merchant was
killed.
A division of Ihe Japanese army In
Manchuria was ordered to the frontier
t’> restore order In what was regarded
a- a serious situation.
CYR S OUSTER SUIT
DROPPED BY COURT
Judge Purler Upholds Louisiana Gov
ernor’s Contention on Lack
•f -Jurisdiction
i she Charles, 1a,.. March H. (AD
IHslrirt Judge Porter today dia
n "-<*d lhe ougier suit which Dr. Paul
N C.vr. elected lieutenant governor
"I l-ouisiaim. filed here several weeks
against Alvin O. King, governor
dr facto, in which Cyr sought to have
bim.-elf declared governor to succeed
Huey p. Ijong.
hidgr Porter upheld expcctations
ficld by King asking that the iitlga
• I'm be dipped for lack of the court’s
JuiUdiction. King claimed that only
•be legislature is empowered to rc
ni'ive a governor.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS
TO RECEIVE TROTZKY
hidanbul. Turkey. March 14.—(AP)
*<e<> Trutzky. the exiled bolshevik
lord, has been granted permls
to spend three months In Czecho
slovakia for his health and will leave
hn,. within two weeks.
11 "nil be the first time he has
, ' rp " allowed to leave Turkey during
*"■’ f hree years of exile.
high point man is
DEAD FROM ALCOHOL
Asheville. March 14. (AIM —J. E.
Tf'-gdon, .m. of High Point, was found
‘ ,r, 'l in his room at a boarding house
heir early today.
Coroner John L*. Carroll attributed
•H.ith i<> alcoholic poison. He said he
found several empty bottles which ap
t’Hiently had contained bay rum in
'hr room.
11 Negro Prisoners Escape
After Throwing Can Os Lye
Into Eyes Os Their Guard
Raleigh. March 14.(AP)—Eleven
■*egro prisoners escaped from the
***** Prison camp at Stokes dole.
In Guilford county, late yesterday
afternoon when one of the eon
'hts threw the contents of a box
,; f lye Into the eyes of a guard
**”*' blinded him, it was announced
*t Central Prison here today.
Hcttiteraim Batin Btstmirb
r & L raPSg*.®*, 'BBSS*
Barely Misses
*■
V l&js j
PRESIDENT I|NDKN%UGt
Preddent, Paul voh Hindeaburgi of
Germany lacked onfs 168,000 vote*** of
winning out against nhe field in the
German elections held Sunday. He
wws opposed by three other candi
dates for president. the nearest to him
being Adolph Hitler, who fell scene
7.000,000 voteu behind Hindenburg's
ctil.
IUDGE CAROOZO IS
GIVEN COURT OATH
New Yorker Takes Seat On
United States Supreme
Court Bench
Washington. March It. (APl—Beu
jßmin Nathan Caidozo today took the
oath which made Inn, an associate
iusticc of the United States Supreme
Court.
The judicial oath wag administered
by diaries Elmore L’ropley, clerk of
the court.
The new justice smiled as lie was
escorted to his seat by the marshal
of the court.
Just a few minutes before, in the
privacy of the robing room. Chief
Justice Hughes administered the con
stitutional oath. In it the New York
jurist swore to "support and defend
the Constitution of the United States
against all- enemies, foreign and
domestic.”
RUTH DEMANDS HIS
OLD SBO,OOO SALARY
hit. Petersburg, Fla, March 14.
(AP)—Babe Ruth- failed today to
reach an agreement with Colonel
Jacob Kuppertt, owner of the New
York Yankees. , on salary terms
for this season- The Babe again
rejected Ihe proposal for a one
year contract at fltjHt, and count
rred with a demand for the same
salary he has been getting—9B9,
ee.
The prison here had not been
given fall details of the affair to
day, but officials were Informed
that a guard whose name waa not
reported was preparing to lock
the prisoners In their quartern
last night when a convict tossed
the fall can of lye in the guard’s
face aa he marched by.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
ONLY DAILY
227 To 187 Against Liquor Control Bill
Match King Suicide
3 A
The apparent suicide of tvai
(above), Swedish “Match
King, * in his Paris apartment,
created a sensation throughout Eu
rope. The dead man was an asso
ciate of statesmen of important
countries throughout the world as
the result of match monupolict
operated by his companies. Thie
photo of Krcuger was made during
s visit to the United State* lasi
year.
gSmparT
jfNOTHER ELECTION
i SET FOR APRIL 10
President Vqn Hindenburg
La<« Only 169,752 Vote,
of Defeating Entire
' Field
LED HITLER, NEXT :
IN LINE, BY 7,000,000
t
Run-Off Election Made Ne
cesaary by Narrowest Mar
gin; 84-Year-Old Leader
of German Armies Missed
Complete Victory by Small
Measure
Berlin, March H. (AP» Germany
began today to prepare for a second
presidential election, but the tension
over the outcome was lessened by the
resuit of yesterday's vote, which gave
the veteran President Paul Von Hin
denburg a (end of more than 7,000.000
over Adopli Hitler. his closest com
petitor.
The run off election will be’ held
April 10. It was made, necessary by
the narrowest margin. The 84-year-old
former commander of the German
armies missed obtaining the required
clear majority over all candidates by
only 169,752, less than one-half of one
percent or the votes cast.
STATE EmIONS
Number of Charitable and
Correctional Ward*
Gains 839 in Month
Unity uinuMet nWreae.
(n the Sir Walter H»t(L
>T J. r. RACK ICR vrui.
Raleigh. March 14.—There w«*re 18.-
127 persons in -State chairtahle and
directional institutions the •ast
oi January, ar in. of since
Jit jury 1. tlesp!*-? the fuel that -1.317
were dismissed or discharged and 125
paroled during the month, according
ito the figures for all institutions re
leased today by by R. Eugene Brown,
director of the division of institutions
of the State Board of Welfare.
Th total population of all these in
stitutions on January 1 was 17,888.
During the month, 4,556 new patients
or inmates were admitted and 4,442
discharged- making the total on the
test day of January amount to 18.127,
counting the 125 paroled. Os these
18,127 persons in State institutions,
January 81. 7,000 were white men and
3,462 white women and 6,141 negro
men and 1,524 negro women.
These totals include the number of
’persons in 22 county homes, 41* county
(jails and 18 county prison cusps or
workhouses.
“Virtually all of these 18, 127 persons
are being fed, clothed and housed at
State or county expense, the major
ity at State expense, with mouey col
lected from the taxpayers,” Mr.
•Brown pointed out.
Those in the various prisons num
ber 8,656. of which 7,390 are in State
r *
■ • cuantinuefl on Page Sis.)
HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1932
HANCOCK LINES UP
TO SUBMIT LIQUOR
ISSUE TO STATES
114 Democrats and 112 Re
publicans Vote in Opposi
tion to Plan For the
Referendum
97 REPUBLICANS AND
90 DEMOCRATS FAVOR
Resolution Must Now Stay
Rejected in Committee;
Two Thirds Majority In
Both Houses Would Have
Been Necessary To Submit
Bill Back to States
Washington, March 14.—(AJ»>—
Tim Hihimi of ltepreeentativee
voted 327 to 187 today against
taking up legislation designed to
turn hack control .of liquor to -he
states.
The roll call showed 114 Democrats
and 112 Republicans, with Represen
tative Kvalc, of Minnesota, the lone
Farmer-Labor member, in opposition
to the motion to consider the wet
bloc’s proposal.
Hancock for It!.
Republicans favoring bringing up
the legislation immediately number 97
and the Democrats 90. Among the
Democrats voting for tHe motion was
Representative Hancock of North Car
olina.
The resolution in question, which
now must stay rejected in commit
tee. would, in effect, put up to the
states an amendment for replacing
national prohibition with a State con
trolled plan. If today's motion had
prevailed, it would be neceaaary for
those favoring the legislation to com
mand a two-thirds majority in both
congressional branches before the pro
posed new amendment could be sent
to the atatesr • ' ' • -**-*
The anti-probibitionists held no
hope of getting such a vote as this,
and even if they did, it would be
necessary for the proposed amend
ment to be ratified by three-fourths
of the states before becoming ffective.
Bailey’s Contest
Before Committee
Tuesday Morning
Washington, March 14.—(AD—
TIi'- Senate elections committee
will r lent tomorrow to consider
the contest brought against the
election of Senator Bailey, Demo
crat, North Carolina, by George
M. Pritchard, his Republican op
ponent.
Chairman Short ride called the
committee meeting to act on the
demurrer sought on behalf of
Bailey to discharge the contest.
The committee also will consider
a request from North Carolina of
ficials for return of the Impound
ed ballot boxes because of the
forth-coming primary In June.
GLOOMY REPORT OF
STEEL MADE PUBLIC
Intimation Is There Will Be No Divi
dend on Common Stock at The
Period
New York, March 14. (AD- The
annual report of the United States
Steel Corporation, made public today,
was of interest to Wall Street chiefly
as throwing light upon dividend pros
pects.
In January director ordered a dis
bursement to stock common stock
holders of 50 cents a share, and warn
ed that further dividends on the com
mon would require improved earn
ings.
The first quarter of 1932 is now
nearing a close, and the corporation's
ingot output has shown but slight Im
provement from the low level of 54
percent of capacity reached in De
cember.
KRUGER AND TOLL
STOCK SLUMPS $3-12
New York. March 14. -(AP)
Kreuger and Toll Company opened in
the New York Stock Exchange today
with a sale of 150.000 shares of "Amer
ican cerificates" at $1.87. off $3.12.
This was the largest opening in
point of number of shares in any is- •
sue in the history of the New York
Stock Exchange. Specialists In thS
Issue were overwhelmed with selling
orders, as some 100 brokers formed
about the trading post.
'weather*
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair and somewhat colder, with
temperature below freezing on the
coast tonight; Tuesday fair and
continued coljl; rising tempera
tun Wednesday.
SUSPICIOUS GANG FROM DENVER
IS WATCHED IN LINDBERGH CASE
WHEN BABY LINDY IS RETURNED
Empire Slate Tower
When this historic old fire gong
at Hopewell, N. J., breaks its si
lence of 20 years, and when the
floodlights, illuminating the tower
of the world's tallest building, the
Empire State, in New York, flash
Believe Maxwell Gaining
At Expense Os Fountain
New Eaglet Clue
New evidence has been brought te
light ‘in the Lindbergh case by
Joseph Weber, manager of a
Hopewell roadhouse. Weber told
of a meeting at hia place ad -
business between Betty Gow,
nursemaid of the Lindbergh baby,
r.nd men who have not been iden
tified. None of them wa* "Red*
Johnson, Weber say*. The meet
ing occurred the night before the
kidnaping.
BAN mlgeT
MEANS BIG SAVING
Also Tribute to Present
Jurists, but Blow to
Frostbitten Lawyers
Dally Dispatch Harraa.
la It* air Walter Motel.
*1 J. C. BA *KFRV"ti»I»
Raleigh. March 14.—The announce
ment by Governor O. Max Gardner
that he does not intend to appoint
any more special superior court
judge*, despite the three vacancies
that now exist and which he has pow
er to fill at any time, is being in
terpreted here as meaning two thing*.
First, that the governor intends to
continue to save the $24,000 a year
which three additional judges would
cost the State, and, second, as a tri
bute to the amount of work'Atelng
done by other' Superior Court* judges
(Continued on Page Five.)
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY,
Fire Tower
on and off for five minutes every
half hour, then the world will
know the Lindbergh baby has
been returned to his home by the
kidnapera The lights in the Em
pire tower are visible 50 mile*
But Ehringhaus Has Best Or.
ganization, Which May
Count For Most
In the End
FOUNTAIN’S TALKS
VERT VULNERABLE
Some of Hia Pet Schemes
Losing in Former Popular,
ity; Maxwell Gaining In
Numerical Following land
in Perfection of His Or
ganization
Dally Utapatrfe Her** a,
In the *lr Waller Hutu.
*V J. C. IU«KERV|(.t
Raleigh, March 14. —WUn develop
ments pointing more and more toward
no additional candidate getting into
the contest for the Democratic nom
ination for governor, although Solici
tor Tom McNeill, of Lumberton, is
still said to be "considering the mat
ter,” political interest is centering
stronger daily upon the three candi
dates already in the race—Richard T.
Fountain of Rocky Mount. J. C. B.
Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City and A
J. Maxwell of Raleigh. The convic
tion is growing stronger constantly
that these three will be the only can
didates for the nomination when the
voters go to the polls on June 4.
There is still much difference of
opinion as to the presen ts tan ding
of these three candidate* and very
few will venture to say just how they
stand at the present time In the va
rious communities and counties of the
State. But most of those who will ven-,
lure to discuss the gubernatorial sit
uation agree on the following points:
Fountain Following largest
That Fountain apparently seems to
have a larger personal following over
the State than either of ’the other
two, but that this following Is not
organized and is composed very lar
gely of the type of people it is dif
ficult to organize, such as farmers,
filing station operators and employes
(Continued on Page Two.)
Quadrennial Assessments
Advocated, By Ehringhaus
Beaufort, March 14.—(AP) — ‘‘We
must return immediately to our long
tested policy of quadrennial assess
ments," J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Eliza
beth City, said in a campaign address
here at noon today, as he continued to
stress the necessity for tax relief.on
real property.
Ehringhaus seeks the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination. He is op
posed by R. T. Fountain, of Rocky
Mount, and A. J. M&xwpii. at Raleigh.
The absurdity of any' tax imposi
tion which is based on false or fid
tious values is apparent,” Ehringhaus
6 PAGE!)
TODAY
FIVE CENTS COP!
MYSTERIOUS ACTS
OF WESTERNERS IN
EAST ARE WATCHED
New Jersey State Police
Head investigating
Gang ’s Movements
Around Hopewell
ANOTHER HOPE GOES
INTO A BLIND ALLEY
Osteopath s Story of De
mand for Ransom Falls
Flat; Only Word of Opti
mism Comes From Under
world Connections Con.
tacted by Lindbergh
Hopewell, N. J., March 14 (AP)
—A “suspicious gang" has oome
east from Denver, Col., and is in
volved in “mysterious activities”
around New York which are be
ing investigated in connection
with the kidnaping of the Lind
bergh baby, Colonel H. Norman
Bchwarzkopf, head of the Hew
Jersey State police, announced
today.
ANOTHER PROMISING HOPE
LEAD* INTO BLIND ALLEY
Hopewell. N. J., March 14.—AP)—
Another promising ikam of Investiga
tion into the kidnaping of the Lind
bergh baby turned into a blind alley
today, the thirteenth day. a]nee the
child waa taken from hta icrib. and
the only word of optimism came from
one of the underworld souroea that
have a hand in the search.
York, Pa., police announced they
had dropped their inquiry Into an
osteopath story that a patient had
appeared at his office with a baby
mid had forced him to ttgepnode a
ransom demand to Colonel Charles
A Lindbergh.
The optimistic note waa sounded by
Abraham H. Kesse]man, attorney for
Salvi Spilale and Irving Rftx, the two
men commissioned by Colonel and
Mrs. Lindbergh to act aa their aganta
In negotiations with underworld
sources.
Kesselman, who obtained the ac
quittal of Spltaie and Bits last week
in a Brooklyn court, where they were
(Continued on Pace stx>
Captain Farmer
Offers Services >
.To Col. Lindbergh
Raleigh. March 14,—(AP)—Cap
tain Charles D. Farmer, comman
der of the North Carolina High
way Patrol, said today he would
offer hi* services to negotiate for
the return of the lildnaped eon of
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.
Farmer said hi* offer waa made
“for the sake of humanity—the
baby, his parent* and woman
hood.”
He offered to meet the kidnap
er* anywhere tuialdt of North
Carolina and N«w Jersey and
* negotiate for the retain of the
child.
DEATH PENALTY FOR
HAWAIIAN IS ASKED
Honolulu, ’March 14.—(AP)—A
third / npwn a woman on
Oaltii !• !»*» | within two weak*
hrmish* rt«rland today that the
*i>”.kcr I's lianged under a new
low nr* vii/ing the death penalty
for such offenses.
said. "Real estate values particularly
are not static, and to continue to levy
taxes on the basis of values fixed un
der entirely different conditions Is to
practice noot only s^lf-deception, but
cruelty and oppresahm.”
Ehringhaus will vtelt five other
Eastern Carolina toiwns this weak.
Tonight he will be ia Atlantic, Tue*.
day night he win njseak at Klnstoh,
and Wednesday at moon he *#iks at
Smithfield. ‘
Wednesday night he is scheduled to
talk at New Bern, ami Thursday night
be will spjak at Goidubora