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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
PERSONAL APPEALS |
BY ROOSEVELT ARE /
CAUSES FOR ACTION
Measure Would Continue for
Another Year Guarantee
on Small Amounts
'PAY.OFF' BILL REJECTED
President Opposes Scheme to
Liquidate Frozen Millions
in Closed Banks

Washington, April 49, R Two
personal appeals by President Roose-
welt are about to bring action on the
now dusty federal deposit insurance
bill.
Members Of the house banking
committee said Monday they expect.
ed to report the measure out next
week at the latest. It would continue
for another year the present tempo
rary guarantee on all deposits up to
$4,000.
Word Of this intent followed close
after the administration had turned
thumbs down on proposals to have
the government pay depositors NIL
lions Of dollars now frozen In closed
banks.
Roosevelt's Intervention apparently
saved the complete blocking Of the
deposit insurance bill. It passed the
senate q month ago.
Finally, the president sent word
directly to Chairman Steagall (Dem.,
Ala.) that It was essential to continue
the temporary plan until July /. 1885.
He made that attitude clear again in
his discussions Sunday night with
house leaders.
Without that bill the permanent
insurance plan would have become ef-
fective July l, 1894. Under this de-
posts Of up to $4,000 would be in
sured 100 per cent; up to $4,000, Is
per cent; and over $4,000. 50 per
Scu..-ses u
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Foshay's Friends to
Seek Roosevelt Helm

Minneapolis. April 16.-tR-Pinnine
their hope on an 18th hour appeal,
friends Of Wilbur B. Foshay and H.
H. Henley will seek an audience With
President Roosevelt Monday to place
q personal plea for clemency for the
two former heads Of the Foshay COM
pany.
A number of u. s. senator's and
congressman from various parts Of
the country. who are friendly toward
the two men, have been attempting to
arrange the conference. 1t was re-
ported.
Meanwhile the exact whereabouts
Of Foshay and Henley, who are un-
der order TO surrender Monday to be-
gin serving 15-year prison terms 70,
using the mails to defraud, were UNI
known. Both men have been out OF
town for several days but relatives
insisted that they did not know where
they could be reached.
1t was pointed out. however, that
both men are expected to come home
Monday before surrendering to the
United States marshal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Ex-Convict From n. D. Prison Slain
:: FREE ONLY Is DAYS =:
Paroled Pal Captured At Same Time

month, prison officials here said.
He made his last parole report April
6.
The Garrison man was sentenced to
serve 20 years for first-degree robbery
from Ward county Nov. a, 1870,
shortly after he had staged q day
light robbery Of q bank ct Douglea
single-handed. He secured 1900. Of
which about 1900 was recovered.
Sebastian, who was fatally shot in
q pistol battle with patrolman, was
sentenced to- serve five years for first
degree manslaughter from Richland
county Sept. 3, 1919.
While working In a. prison field, he
escaped from the prison here May ~,
1920. While fugitive from the North
Dakota penitientiary, he served time
In the Colorado state prison and was
returned here to complete his term
May 2, 1881.
He completed his term and was re-
leased March 80 Of this year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Organized Labor Is
Helping Motor BOARD

Detroit, April 16.-(ReO Organised
labor threw its support to the ma
tional automobile labor board Mon
day, bringing new promise Of gen
uine peace to the motorcar industry.
At meeting Of labor leaders in
Pontiac Sunday q plea was made to
workers to exercise patience while tho
labor board studies It's problems.
The leaders, from seven Michigan
cities, from Ohio and from Wiscon-
sin, urged the board to act with oil
possible speed, out Of consideration Of
the thousands Of workers who are now
awaiting board decisions.
William Collins, chief organizer Of
the American Federation Of Labor In
the automobile industry, sounded the
keynote Of patience. It was echoed
in . telegram from william Green in
which the president Of the federation
asked workers to keep their feet on
the ground while the board y work
ing out its problems"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Minneapolis Banker
To Give Address Here

Lyman z. Wakefield. sr., president
Of the First National Bank Of 0inue-
apolis, viii b the feature guest and
the principal speaker 1T . public
luncheon here Thursday noon, accord
ing TO n. p. Goddard. secretary Of the
Bismarck association Of commerce.
The luncheon, arrangements for
which are being made by the Capital
City commercial organization, will b
conducted IN the dining room Of the
Grand Pacific Hotel, beginning -
1915 O'Clock.
The public i invited to the lunch-
con, for which . charge Of s. cents
per plate VIII Be made. Goddard
urges Ill who plan to attend to make
reservations - soon - possible ~
communicating with the association
Of commerce office In the World War
Memorial building, whose telephone
number Is 10.
wakefield - one Of the leading
bankers In the entire Northwest area.
ne i the father o. Lyman =. wake
fold, r., who = employed q the First
National Bunk Of Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
STAND
ON SILVER issue
CAUSES COLLAPSE
Wheat, Corn and Oats All SUI
fer Maximum Declines Per-
mitted for One Day
WALL STREET FOLLOWS SUIT
Announcement Of Presidents
Ideas Follows Active Sill
verite Sessions

Smashing downturns in grain prices
at Chicago, as well as stock quota
tons in New York City, followed
Speaker Rainey's announcement In
Washington Monday that President
Roosevelt was opposed to silver legis-
.ation during the present session Of
congress, according to Associated
Press dispatches.
The cereal declines were at the
maximum permitted In q single days
session. five cents for wheat, four
cents for corn and three cents for
oats.
The maximum break came just be-
fore trading ceased for the day 1t
Chicago and at the close prices were
resting flat on the bottom.
May wheat closed at 001s cents q
bushel, only * higher than the days
lowest quotation. May corn, under
pressure from the start, closed at as
cents and May oats finished at 26k
cents, both the lowest points for the
day.
Selling assumed gigantic proper
tions Monday, compared with the re-
cent average daily trade. On the
downward slide the pits seethed with
action.
The presidential silver announce
ment came shortly after immediate
passage Of the silver legislation was
demanded unanimously by the special
senate silver committee.
Senator King (Dem., Utah), chair
man Of the group, said 1t was the
unanimous view that silver must b
lifted from its status as . commodity
and made a primary money"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
DRIVE FOR SILVER
RAGING AS NATION
RECALLSGOLDMOV
Left Yellow Standard Year Ago
in Spectacular Action by
President

Washington, April 16.-(R-The
United States left the gold standard
. year ago-and now Is hearing much
about silver.
President Roosevelt's declaration Of
an embargo on gold exports, the eff
feet Of which was to take the dollar
off gold, reverberated through the
economic and financial world q year
ago this week.
Since then 10 per cent Of the dol
lars gold content has been Clipped
away and q new money system in
stalled. Secretary Morgenthau calls
the new plan an international gold
bullion standard"
A government silver purchase pro-
gram Is embraced by the new system
but this has failed to check the hue
and cry for remonetization Of the
white metal.
Senator Thomas (Dem., Okla.) one
Of the leaders Of the silver bloc, issued
q call Sunday night for q congress
sional conference April % for the an
nounced purpose Of working Out
something constructive in monetary
action"
A year ago the country was emerg-
ing from the economic fog that fol-
lowed the March bank holiday. Colo
hoarders were under orders from the
president to shell out. Exporting wa,
licen,led and early in April, 1888, abou,
$9,O0D0 900 in gold was shipped tx
France, $ly8o0, 900 to Italy and $1,000
900 to England.
Then on April 10, President Roose.
welt declared an embargo on gold
Next day IN executive order made the
embargo effective.
Roosevelt's sensational announce
ment was only the first step in .
chair Of monetary developments eli.
NAKED in the gold reserve act Of 1884
which nationalized old gold and then
on January 81, encompassed revalua-
ton Of the dollar at 59.6 per cent Of
its former gold content.
Whatever the cause, since last April
the federal reserve boards index Of
wholesale commodity prices has In
creased from 60 to more than 70 pei
cent Of the 1926 level. BY the same
index, industrial activity has advanc-
ed from 90 to 81 per cent Of the 1923
IS average.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16

Freedom from the North Dakota
state penitentiary for only IS days
proved fatal to Harry Sebastian. 10
year-old ex-convict, at st. Louis, Mo-,
Saturday night.
Sebastian, who was released from
the prison here just last March 80, was
shot and killed Saturday night by
police who were seeking two men who
had attempted . holdup.
Captured at the time Sebastian was
slain was John Peters, 38-year-old
Garrison man, on parole from the
North Dakota penitentiary.
Prison authorities here Monday said
that Peters case likely viii be laid
before the state pardons board in the
near future and 1t Is probable the
board will take steps to have Peters
returned here to complete his 20-year-
term for bank robbery.
Peters, under the terms Of his pa
role which was ordered last Sept. 20,
has been reporting regularly once
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Mills Begin Mixing
Grasshopper Poison

st. Paul, April l6.-lReEisht mills.
which have been abandoned for the
grinding Of flour and feed Monday
began mixing thousands Of tons Of
poison grasshopper bait under the
supervision Of government inspectors.
The bait Is intended for distribution
in at least eight northwestern states,
including Minnesota. The mills are
located In Minneapolis, which has
two, and one each In Billings and
Livingston. Mont. Omaha and Ne
braska City, Neb., Council Bluffs.
Iowa, and Eagle Bend, MINI.
The states already included 70 re-
ceive the mash. which will b shipped
out as soon q It Is mixed. are Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, North and South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana and
Wyoming.
According to IN infestation chart
prepared last winter. Montana Is the
most heavily infested area, although
the grasshopper eggs are prevalent n
parts Of North and South Dakota.
Minnesota Is more free Of eggs this
spring than It has been for several
years, the chart shows.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
50 RAILROAD MEN AT
CONFERENCE sunday
Northern Pacific Employees Of
Western North Dakota
Discuss Problems

Eighty agents and employees Of the
Northern Pacific Railway Co., met
with st. Paul officials Of the railroad
ct their annual get-together In the
Lewis and Clark hotel at Mandan
Sunday.
The conferees came from points
along the main line from jamestown
to 0lendive. Mont, and the Linton.
Mott and Killdeer branches Of the
system.
Items up for discussion ct the all
day session were truck and bus legis-
lation, what has been done 50 far and
what progress Is expected: new pas
senger rates to Chicago for the worlds
fair; special passenger rates for vari-
GUS types Of tours: and . general dis
cussion Of railroad mems problems.
Special trains came from Mott and
Killdser to bring the branch line men
to Mandan.
The st. Paul men came Saturday
night and were to return home on
passenger train No. : Monday. In the
group were Howard Ellsworth, assis-
tant general freight agent: NJ. z. Har-
Ian. assistant general passenger agent:
+. J. Elliott. travelling passenger
agent: g. H. 0oodhue. mail. baggage
and express MANAGER: A. J. Dexter.
agricultural development agent: and
"A. +. lliesen. formerly agricultural
agent Of Burleigh county. livestock
development agent.
Other officials here included Dan
Driscoll, division superintendent at
oleudiye; James Mercer, assistant d.
vision superintendent ct Fargo; and
Walter Helm, general agent Of the
railroad at Fargo.
Special entertainment features were
presented BY Bismarck persons during
. special luncheon IN connection with
the meeting. Among entertainers were
the NFYR Ranger, under the direc-
tic4 q Miss orace Hand. and Miss
Marie Lemohn. pianist, who played
several solos.
Details Of the meeting were ar
ranged ~ 0ber KObs, travelling freight
agent IN charge Of this territory. At
tho conclusion Of the meeting, Ellis
worth rid he noted . pronounced
fealing q optimism among the rail-
road man.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Incumbents Endorsed
At Railroad Meeting

United States Senator Lynn J.
Frazier and congressman J. II. Sin
clair and William Lemke were en-
dorsed for reelection by q state con-
vention Of North Dakota railroad
men here Sunday.
Seventy-five delegates attended the
meeting over which L. e. Bordwell,
Mandan. presided.
Called by a committee Of railroad
men. the meeting had as its purpose
endorsement Of congressional candi-
dates who will work In the interests
Of legislation favored to railroad men
It was pointed out in the convention
call that legislation ''vitally affecting
railroad employees in the future will
eminate from the federal coordina-
tor of railroads and the national con-
gress."
Members Of the committee calling
the convention are Bordwell; Charles
B. Haney, Bismarck; w. NJ. Malloy,
Jamestown: G. =. Dorfler, A. ]. Ham
neral and E. q. Draemer, Mandan.
Frazier and Lemke have been en-
dorsed for reelection by the two fac
lions Of the Nonpartisan League,
while Sinclair has the endorsement OF
the "auti-Langer" faction Of the
league.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Oklahoma Guardsmen
Prevent Tax Sales

oklahoma City. April l6.-(AP)-
Armed national guardsmen are on
duty in II Oklahoma county seats
Monday with Instructions from Gov
ernor william H. Murray 70 prevent
resales Of property tor delinqusnt
taxes.
The governor In issuing his order
late Saturday, declared that "protec-
ton for the homes Of the people In
etressful times like these Il . vital
:,olicy transcending any temporary
lodB ii taxes" He ordered tho arrest
g. any county official who attempts
to conduct . deltnquent tax sale.
The crisis conferred "a Cotton,
Blaine. Bryan, Garfield and Craig
counties. Officials Ii Cotton. blaine
ana Bryan counties said they had -
ceiyed 10 direct orders fren tn chief
executive 70 cancel tho sales and a.
pset14 = hol6 r. = - aohadule4 !
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
TR0TZKY FLEES AS
POLICE OF FRANCE
RAID hiding PLACE
One Time Communist Leader
Discovered Living in Sc
clusion Near Paris

Barbizon, France, April l6.-lR-
Leon Trotzky, fearing an attack on his
life by White Russians, fled Monday
from his newly uncovered hiding
place In Barbizon.
Neighbors said the Communist lead
er, an exile from Soviet Russia, and
his wife left the secluded villa here
where they had been in hiding for
three months, shortly after daybreak
In a black automobile. Their destin-
alton was not revealed.
The surete generate started hunt
for the fugitive Soviet exile as soon as
his disappearance became known.
His flight, after suspicious rural
policemen had Numbered into his for
est refuge, was SO sudden that the Of
ficialS who had authorized his stay in
the neighborhood were not aware Of
his departure.
Believed Seeking Haven
Secret police said they doubted if he
had gone far and hazarded the guess
that he is seeking q similar haven in
q nearby town since permit to live
in France restricts residents to that
locality.
The exiled Russian revolutionist
was dicovered Sunday when gen.
darmes. expecting to find spies, coun-
terfeiters, Stavisky gangsters or gun
smugglers, raided his villa on the edge
Of the forest Of Fontainebleau.
Trotzky said he hid himself behind
the high wire fence with its two lock-
ed gates because Of renewed threats
on his life. He suspects white Rus
slams. AS q result of the threats,
Trotzky was granted secret permission
BY France to come here four months
ago, unknown to local authorities.
Here In the secluded villa, Trotzky's
spectacular defense against detection
attracted so much comment that the
place finally was raided.
Find Little Old Man
The raiders found q little old man
with beady eyes, seated nervously at
his desk in an upstairs room, stroking
his goatee. Two pistols lay within
inches of his hand. He shifted UNI
easily. He forced q smile.
II am Monsieur Sodroff," the man
said.
mo-" flashed the magistrate who
headed the searching party, recog-
MIXING him Immediately, s.. You are
Trotzky!"
The former head Of the Red army
Of Russia admitted his identity.
He told the authorities he was pre-
pairing . new party along Commune
istic lines. He calls 1t the fourth in
ternational."
The disclosure led to strict watch
over his voluminous mail Monday.
Otherwise, there was no indication Of
further official action.
In his recent history Of the Rus
sian revolution" Trotzky revealed that
he chung to the idea that Q world re-
volution Is necessary before Commun-
ism can be q success In any single
country-even IN Russia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
IN NORTHWEST AREA
DECLARED IMPROVED
Department Store Sales and
Building Contracts Take
Lead in Upward Swing

Minneapolis. April 16.-R)-Major
increases in department store sales,
both In rural and urban areas, .were
shown In March compared to the
same period q year ago, the ninth
federal reserve bank Of Minneapolis
said Monday in its monthly prelimin-
airy report embracing the district.
Thirty rural department stores In
the district. which includes Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Mon
tana and parts Of wisconsin and
Michigan, showed sales gains Of -
per cent, while 81 city department
stores had 28-per-cent increase.
Six times as many building con-
tracts were awarded during the month
than q year ago, for the greatest per-
centage increase Of any individual
lire Of business shown during March.
the report pointed out.
However" the report continued.
upon analysis, It appears That this
enormous increase was due to the
small volume Of building contracts In
the northwest last year.
ANRSeD1o0
A comparison Of the volume Of bus
mess during March Of this year with
that Of last year Is Of small sign
ificance. the report said. because the
bank holiday period q year ago great
II hampered transactions Of many
kinds Of business, resulting In the
smallest volume Of business during
that month than any since the start
OF the depression.
However, business in the district
was somewhat more active In March
than In February Of this year, after
allowance for purely seasonal factors.
1.-THE index Of bank debts" the
monthly statement said. Increased
from 81 In February Of this year to o.
In March while country check clear
ines rose from 30 In February to 10l
In March.
Decreases in volume occurred Ia
freight carloadings Of ore, grain mar
ketings, flour shipments, linseed prod
ucts shipments and market receipts Of
hogs and sheep.
Higher prices being paid for dairy
products and grain were largely re-
sponsible for Is per cent higher In
come to farmers In March than .
year ago.
Butter production during March was
IS, 725 900 pounds compared to 4l,S67.-
600 pounds q year ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Six Babies Are Born
Here Over Weekend

Six babies were born ct Bis
marck hospitals over the week.
end, evenly divided between boys
and girls. Five had Bismarck
parents, while the parents Of one
was from Mandan. Three were
born Monday morning, one Sum
day and two Saturday: The list
follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest J. George
Of Mandan, N. D., daughter, born
at st. Alexius hospital ct $40 Z.
m. Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence M. Nc
Clure, 62l Twentieth st, Bis
marck. daughter, born ct 1880
p. m. Saturday 1t the st. Alexius
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bittis. 3os
Ninth st., son, born ct the 81.
Alexius hospital, ct l2:45 .. n.
Sunday.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Edward WorNts.
q Bismarck, daughter. born at
2:lO I. n. Monday. 1t St. Alexius
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Isaac Esko, 90
Sixth st., Bismarck, sou. born ct
100 p. N. Saturday. ct 81. Alexius
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs.. 4. Y. Nelson, Of
102o Fourth g., Bismarck. son,
born It 800 p. N. Sunday At the
Bismarck hospital.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
Decentralization of
Wheat Being Urged
World Conference Would Reduce
Present Surplus by Use
as Animal Feed
RECOMMENDATION IN SIGHT
Il
Proposal to Make Some Grain
Unfit for Human Use May
Win Approval

Rome, April 16-(R-Tens Of mil
lions of bushels Of wheat are to be
removed from the possibility Of hu-
man consumption through q process
Of denaturization, II plans discussed
Monday before the world advisory
wheat commission are ratified by the
governments here represented.
Under the craftsmanship Of Ameri-
can Minister John MacMurray, the
commission discussed arguments for
and against denaturization and tech
meal means Of achieving it. Dena-
turizati0n means q chemical treat
ment Of wheat SO as to make 1t unfit
for human consumption but still very
palatable to cattle and pigs.
Decentralization, 1t was said, would
materially reduce world stocks Of
grain and thus permit the reaching
Of firmer market, with higher
prices for the farmer. It Is the ire
mendous existing stocks Of wheat
which depress prices SO heavily.
It seems to be the intention Of the
commission to recommend to the gov
ernments Of, the United States, Ar
gentina, Canada and Australia, the
overseas exporting countries; the
Danubian exporting states, and the
importing nations such as England,
France, Germany and Italy, to di-
vide wheat into two classes. reserv-
ing the high grade for human con-
sumption and consigning the low
grade definitely to animal conSump-
ton.
h Good Stock Feed
The commission had before it tech
meal tests showing that wheat has
as many good qualities as other grains
for cattle and pigs If not more than
40 per cent Of it is placed in the food
mixture.
Delegates argued in favor of inter-
national decentralization that low
grade wheat completes with high
grade wheat sold for human con-
sumption and lowers It's price. De-
maturing such wheat before export,
or before import, would decrease
wheat stocks, increase the price Of
high-grade wheat and lower the price
OF low-grade wheat so as to let 1t
compete more favorably with OATS
barley and maize.
The only argument advance
aginst decentralization is that it might
react unfavorably on the price Of
other cereals used for animal feed
ing.
Delegates said that If the denaturi-
cation were agreed upon, the dena-
tured wheat could be exported out
side the export quotas agreed upon
at the London conference last Aug
uSt. New quotas could also be made
for denatured wheat.
The commission Is interested in the
method Switzerland practices Of de-
maturing low-grade wheat Is 1t enters
the country, that is, before import.
Government officials plunge q forked
instrument filled with an oil into the
sack. The oil permeates the wheat
and makes 1t unfit for human use but
leaves 1t m excellent animal food.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-16
C0rn-H0g. Contract
Deadline Saturday

Deadline for signing corn-hog
allotment contracts has been set for
next Saturday night, April q, In
Burleigh county, according to H.
Q. Putnam, county agricultural
agent.
To date only about 500 farmers
In the county have signed con-
tracts, Putnam said, while the
agent estimates that around 500
others are eligible to share in the
allotment In exchange for reduc-
ton Of production.
Contracts may be secured and
signed in the agents office In the
World War Memorial building in
Bismarck.