The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1928, Page 11

RUSSIAN GOLD IS BEING SENT '- TO GERMANY Legal Skirmishes Which Kept Treasure Idle Six Weeks Not Yet Ended —— New York, April 6.—(AP)—Five million dollars worth of gold bars sent here last February by the Rus- sian government was on the way back to Europe today, but the legal skirmishes which kept the treasure idle in bank vaults for six weeks were not yet ended. The gold was on the liner Dresden en route for Bremen. : The soviet gold arrived on Febru- ary 21, olen abel to the Chase National bank and the Equita- ble Trust company. It was to have been used as a basis for credit in trade reldtions between the soviet and the United States. But the treasury department re- fused to accept it for assay. Mean- while, the bar lay stacked in vaults, losing interest at the rate of $700 a day. Shortly after the treasury depart- ment «announced its decision, the Bank of France started suit in the United States district court for pe: session of the gold, alleging that be- fore the Russian revolution it had deposited with the State Bank of Russia $5,000,000 which never was returned. This action still is pend- ing, but no attachment was issued against the gold and there was no — bar to its removal. presentatives of the soviet bank here said the gold was being sent to a bank in Berlin, where it would be restored to use for credit purposes. This would not affect the status of pending legal actions, they said, and the interests of the two New York banks concerned had been fully pro- tected, Two Veteran Hotel Men Join Staff of Patterson Hostelry Two veteran hotel men have joined the Patterson hotel staff, Ed- ward G. Patterson, proprietor, an- nounced today. F. W. Delfs, for 30 years an own- er and operator of hotels over the midile west, has become steward, while Walter Barker, veteran North i greeter, will act as night cl Mr. Delfs comes to Bismarck | from Grand Forks where he opened the New Ryan hotel and also was oat manager of the Dacotah rel For over 10 years, Mr. Delfs acted as assistant manager of the Schlitz hotel in Milwaukee. He was owner of a hotel at Colorado Springs, Colo., for a number of years and has hotels in Minneapolis and St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Barker also comes from the Dacotah hotel in Grand Forks. Prior to accepting a position there, he was for many years clerk and as- sistant manager of the Waldorf and "owers hotels in Fargo. SPECIAL PROGRAM TONIGRT A special Good Friday program broadcast this evening from 7:80 by radio station KFYR, and cial music has ‘been ar- Tan, Those taking part in the sed include the Rev. F. H. avenparts the Rev. and Mrs. Pau S. Wright, J. LaRose, Orwoll, Mrs. John Larson and N. Bystrom. NATION MOURNS DEATH OF DEPEW Messages of Condolence Pour in—Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow will be 6:30 —_ New York, April 6.—(?)—Half- mastec: flags, black draped railroad stations anda sense of personal loss in the hearts of millions of per- sons todsy marked the passing from the world’s stage of one of its best loved and kindliest actors—Chaun- cey M. Depew. To the modest brownstone house in west 54th street where he died, messages of condolences poured in from the great and near-great of all the world. He is to be buried in the town of his birth, Peekskill, N. Y., tomor- tow after services at St. Thomas’ ey el church, where for years he paid reverence to a God in whom he believed utterly. He had often said that God had never failed to answer him when he talked to God in prayer, fter the services at the church, scheduled for 10:30 a. m., a motor- on squadron of police will escort the body to the city limits of Yonkers where another escort will clear the way through that city. State police will then lead the pro- cession to Peekskill where his body will be interred in the Depew mau- soleum. Leaves Huge Fortune An official of the New York Cen- tral railroad since 1863 and director in some 20 other corporations at his death, he left a fortune estimated between $5,000,000 and $15,000,000. Part of his estate is the first $100 he ever earned which he deposited in a bank at Peekskill in 1861 and had never withdrawn. It has grown to more than $1,000 now through interest additions. President Coolidge, Secretary of State Kellogg, Chief Justice Te . Governor Smith, Charles Evans oe John D. Rockefeller, Sr., William K. Vanderbilt, Patrick E. Crowley and other associates and friends, high in the political and fi- nancial councils of the country, either sent or carried condolences to Mrs. Depew and Chauncey Depew, Jr., his only child. Flags at Half-staff The concourse of the Grand Cen- tral terminal in New York city was draped in black today as was the en- trance to the executive offices from where Mr. Depew had watched the erection of the towering new build- ing of the New York Central, whose last piece of steel was laid a few hours before he died. Governor Smith ordered the flags on state buildings at half-staff and many of the clubs to which Mr. De- pew belonged also half-masted their flags as a mark of respect to their distinguished former member. Flags over all New York Central stations will fly at half-mast until after his funeral. SOUTH PART OF ° | MINNESOTA IS SNOW COVERED Temperatures Below Freezing in Many Sections—Fore- cast Is ‘Colder’ st. al cast) certs eee green pre-Easter ty, neat a cloak of white today as heavy snow fell in parts ot the northwest, threatening to interfere with trans- portation and communication. Precipitation was not gereral, with southern Minnesota getting most of the snow, and traces of snow and rain reported in parts of North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. With temperatures below the freezing ‘k in many eections to- day, snow and colder is the weather forecast for tonight. The snow belt of Minnesota, with the Twin Cities getting a driving stcrm, extended throughout the southern part of the state. St. Cloud and Little Falls were beyond the northern bouncary of the area, and reported cloudiness, as did Willmar and Fergus Falls. With more falling, Fairmont had six inches of snow on the ground, with prospects of bad drifts if THE TRAGEDY OF MANY LIVES IS CONSTIPATION Guard against it in time ‘This evil ecourge ruins thousands of promising men and women. It saps vigor. It kills initiative. It Mth pate eat tne less nights, draggi: : pot Lap ttlios oye, fall in its wake. Frequently it leads lasting and serious disease. Yet there is safe, prompt relief. 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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE HUGE MERGER OF RAIL LINES AGREED UPON snd snow, | Several Months Will Probably ported temper- ature in the etate, while Fargo, in North Dakota, had 25. In Minneapolis and St. Paul the snow was several inches deep, with no sign of immediate cessation. Transportation and communication were pered. MINOT RATE APPROVED Announcement that it had ap- proved the electric water heating rate for the city of Minot, filed by the No mm States Power com- pany, was made here today by the state railroad board. ANOTHER “SWIFT” ADVANCEMENT Swift & Co. have advanced Burton Scouten to their St. Paul branch, after a short try-out at Far- Mr. Scouten is a graduate of Bakota Business College, Fargo. Asa result of his D. B. C, AC- TUAL BUSINESS training ( righted—unobtainable elsewhere), ived 2 $300 Highway Commission. sacl" Spne em, Mar ce$$ful’’—Spring term, May 1-7. Write F. L. Watkins, Pres., 806 Front St.. Faroo, Be Required to Work Out Details of Plan New York, April 6.— (AP) — The York Times today says the merger of the rail transportation systems of the east into four great trunk lines, with L. F. Loree continuing to oper- ate his Delaware & Hudson road, has been decided upon. Mr. Loree’s plan for a fifth trunk line was definitely discarded at conference of executives here, the Times says, but. an. agreement Hello, Bill:—The Elks club is open for you every evening after 6 o’clock. Come up and make it your headquarters. Dr. Geo. F. McErlain Osteopathic Physician Blectrotherapy Solar-Ray Chrenie Diseases a Specialty Phone 240 Bismarck, N. D. America’s la Acceptable to him was consummated at_a second meeting. He had left the conference at noon without ‘dats to join the e Times says, how- with Otto H. Kahn, a member of Kahn, Loeb & Co. as arbi. trator. 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