The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1932, Page 1

sd af - } f f » e a s i eee a * North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather ne eel re ESTABLISHED 1873 GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE ASK RELIEF FROM DEBTS TOU. 8. Government Already on Record Against Reduction or Cancellation CONSIDERATION IS URGENT Payments Due From Two Na- tions in December $95,550,- 000 and $19,261,438 Washington, Nov. 14.—(#)—Great Britain and France, each $4,000,000,- 000 debtors of the United States, Monday sought relief from further Payments pending an international conference on world debt problems. Publication of their formal requests, made to a government already on rec- ord against further reduction or can- cellation, coincided with a telegram from President Hoover to President- Elect Roosevelt, inviting his successor to a conference on the subject... @n action without exact precedent in all presidential history. It also brought suggestions of im- mediate congressional consideration. Senator Walsh (Dem. Mont.), said that if “it becomes necessary to dis- pose of the matter at once a special session of congress should be called.” Representative Ragon (Dem. Ark.). who drafted the declaration against further reductions which congress at- tached to the Hoover one-year mora- torium on inter-governmental debts, recommended an immediate meeting of the house ways and means commit- tee to consider the question. Only First of Many ‘The British and French notes, both asking suspension of Dec. 15 pay- ments of $95,550,000 and $19,261,438 respectiveiy, were considered only the first of similar requests to be made by all America’s war debtors for a re- Remaining Debts Near 12 Billion Washington, Nov. 14.—(P)—For- eign carn have paid the U. S. $2,627.580,897 and still owe this countyy $11,598,501,461, plus $184,- 000,000 in interest postponed under moratorium. Or the payments $953,343,602 was received before the debts were funded and $1,674,237,204 since that agreement was negotiated. ‘The total now due includes $62,- 000,000 in principal postponed un- der the Re eae ganas Under the funding ai . Great Britain owes $4,398,000,000 and has paid $202,000,000 in prin- cipal and $1,149,720,000 in interest. ‘France owes $3,863,650,000 and has paid $161,350,000 in principal ‘and $38,650,000 in interest. Including the amounts received before the debts were funded, Great Britain has paid $1,911,798,- 298 and France has paid $486,075, 891. The total debt includes those owned by Armenia and Russia, while the total payments include the debts of Cuba and Liberia which have been paid. vision of obligations. December pay- ments are the first due since expira- tion of the moratorium. In September, Estonia, Latvia and Poland took advantage of a 90-day notification clause in the debt fund- ing agreements and told this govern- ment principal payments aggregating over $3,000,000 would not be made in| December. Last week Hungary served notice she could not meet her Decem- ber installment and Greece failed to make @ payment then due. All of France's December payment is interest which, under the funding agreements, is not postponable. Eng- Jand’s installment includes $30,000,000 of principal. Britain’s communication was a note signed by her ambassador, Sir Roland Lindsay, Ambassador Claudel pre- sented for the French government an unsigned memorandum of like tenor. Ambassador Lindsay's note said in art: ¥ “The hopes which were early raised ‘by the president's initiative (mora- torium) unfortunately have not been realized ... Today many thoughtful men throughout the world are con- vinced that if the depression is to be ‘overcome, further remedial measures must be sought ..-- Quick Review Necessary “His Majestey’s government .. . be- eves that the regime of inter-gov- ernmental financial obligation as now existing must be reviewed. They are profoundly impressed with the im- portance of acting quickly ... “His Majestey’s Ley ene te a for a suspension e from them for the period of the dis- cussions now suggested or for any other period that may be agreed ‘oan - Poth communications stressed thi ‘Lausanne conference of last July at which the allied powers agreed to MILK DEALERS ASK | slash reparations to $712,500,000 on ‘eondition that there be a reconsid- tion of inter-governmental debts including those owed by Europe to . 8. ie reparations total, first capi- talized at $64,000,000,000, was scaled down to $31,500,000,000 1920, fur- ther reduced by the Dawes plan, and cut by’the Young plan to between $8,000,000,000 and $9,000,000,000. The memorandum from France said: hi French government asks that _. an ertension of te surpension of payments may be granted, .. . is fur- ther convinced that such a step would (Continued on Page Sever) ——— ° Noted Flier Dies | WILLIAM 8S. BROCK WILLIAM S, BROCK, ATLANTIC AVIATOR, IS DEAD OF CANCER Flier For More Than 20 Years, He Made Successful Flight Over Ocean Chicago, Nov. 14.—()—Billy Brock, pioneer pilot, air matl flier and con- queror of the Atlantic, is dead. ‘The man who survived the dan- gers of pre-war aviation, taught American soldiers to fly during the World war, piloted air mail planes, and then capped his career with a flight over the Atlantic, died Sunday night of cancer. William 8. Brock, as he was chris- tened, but known as Billy Brock in aviation circles, was born 36 years ago at Gladstone, O. As a youth the exploits of Lincoln Beachey, Arch Hoxsey and other early American fliers led him into aviation. he was a pilot, His 20 years of flying spanned the days when a London-to-Paris flight was set down as a record to the pres- ent era of around-the-world flights. In 1927 Brock and Edward F. Schlee tried to break the existing record for flight around the globe, flying first from Harbor Grace, Nfld., to Croydon Field, England. They flew At bia | BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1932 Hoover Asks Roosevelt's Advice Former N. D. Prohibition Agent Slain Nonpartisans Will | GERMAN NEWSPAPER CLAIMS FRANCE HAS WORLD'S BEST ARMY Statistics, Graphs and Maps Are Set Forth in Effort to Prove Charge QUOTES FRENCH LEADERS Designed to Prove Statement ‘In the Army Lies the Soul of France’ Cologne, Germany, Nov. 14.—(7)— In an exhaustive discussion of French military organization and equipment, to be presented in a special issue Tuesday, the Koelnische filustrierte Zeitung, a widely-read weekly circu- lated internationally and throughout Germany, reaches the conclusion that “before the gates of Germany there stands the best-equipped army in the world, ready to march.” Statistics, graphs and maps are set forth in the issue, along with photo- graphs, banner-lined quotations from the sayings of French statesmen and scientific analyses by German mili- tary experts. The purpose is to prove to the German reader that Jules Cambon, eminent French diplomat, correctly interpreted the French people in saying, “In the army lies the soul of France.” The publishers of the weekly—the English equivalent of the title is the Cologne Illustrated Newspaper—as- sert that much of the material they present never has been printed. Every declaration, they say, can be proved. Outstanding among the statements is that within a week, and without special parliamentary authorization, Prance could put into action 46 in- fantry, five cavalry and four air di- visions. Once general mobilization had been ordered, the writer continues, 30 to 40 more’ infantry. divisions would be available, and one more cavalry di- vision—making a total of 4,000,000 white and 1,000,000 colored troops, all trained and fully equipped. The writer asserts that France has built many new railways and roads to guarantee a quick drawing up of her forces, has equipped her army with motorized weapons of attack their plane, the Pride of Detroit,on toj and has shown an aggressive tend- Japan. But adverse weather condi- tions delayed them for days and; finally the plan to span the Pacific was abandoned. In recent years Brock had been. the private pilot of a wealthy Chi- cagoan. Four months ago he en- tered a Chicago hospital in his fight against cancer. He leaves his widow, Dolly; a daughter, June, 11, and a son by a former marriage. ency in recent maneuvers. “All this, together with the political factor of the French policy of alliances, and France's concern for her vassals in the east, proves,” he concludes, “that the French intend to conduct a new war by the method of attack.” Rear Admiral Gadow, retired, ex- presses apprehension about the range of the French air fleet. An illustra- tion accompanying his article de- picts a plane described as the latest Prench development for night bomb- ing—the S. A. B. 20 type—of which 60 are said to have been ordered. The Plane is equipped with nine machine guns, has a radius of action of 625 FOR ARMED GUARDS Ohio Situation Becomes Serious as Wagon Drivers’ Strike : Continues Cincinnati, O., Nov. 14.—(?)—A re- quest for National Guardsmen to protect milk trucks coming into Cin- cinnati from nearby sections of Ohio,| Vies. Commenting on Admiral Gadow’s| . Kentucky and Indiana was in the hands of state military officials Mon- day as the strike of union milk wagon drivers here grew more serious. A producers’ strike also was considered. Milk dealers were arming guards to accompany interstate trucks after reporting drivers had been halted, threatened with violence and fired upon with guns. Authorities ex- pressed fear of violent clashes. The appeal for troops was made to Adjt. General Frank D. Henderson of the Ohio National Guard Sun- day by a committee from the Cin- cinnati milk exchange. He was asked to carry the request to Gov. George White, and left for Camp Perry after saying he would take the matter un- der consideration. The strike, called three days ago when the union drviers ‘refused to agree to a 20 per cent. reduction in wages, was marked by several out- breaks of violence Sunday. Police Teported more than a dozen non- union drivers and a police lieutenant, were attacked and at least five driv- ers beaten by men in automobiles who sought to prevent them from making deliveries. Milk plants are being picketed. Asks Observance of Thanksgiving Day Calling attention to the “manifold blessings that have come to us dur- ing the last year,” Governor George F. Shafer, in a proclamation desig- nating Thursday, Nov. 24, as Thanks- giving day, Monday urged citizens of North Dakota to observe the day in a spirit of gratitude. Governor Shafer recommended the citizens observe this day by refrain- ing from their usual labors and by gathering in their homes, churches and other places and there to give thanks for the favors “that have/out of miles, and can carry 5,500 pounds of bombs. A graph sets forth that, fly- ing from Boulogne, it could drop its load in Scotland. FRENCH GOVERNMENT BRANDS REPORT FALSE Paris, Nov. 14—(#)—The French government branded the Cologne Il- lustrierte Zeitung’s conclusions about French military strength as fantastic and false Monday and simultaneous- ly informed the Associated Press of France's proposing general propor- tional reduction of the world’s na- assertions, the statement said the Prench naval program prepared in 1924 provided a fleet of 860,000 tons by 1939. It also was set forth that at the London conference France stated she had renounced execution of the program and would be satis- fied’ with a tonnage slightly under 700,000. Explaining the new French naval Proposal, the document says France is unable for the present to fix French naval reduction, as this de- Pends upon international agreement, “but French tonnage probably will be around or under 600,000.” The document continues: “This means France will accept a cut of nearly 300,000 tons from her original program.” Illness Fatal to Kief Farm Woman Mrs. Martin Kandt, 71, died at her farm home near Kief about 6 p. m. Saturday from the infirmaties of age and complications of pneumonia, She had been ill for three days. Born in Rumania, Mrs. Kandt came to North Dakota 30 years ago and had lived in the Kief district since 1902. She leaves three sons and seven daughters. Funeral services will be condlucted at Kief Tuesday with Rev. G. Rauser officiating. APPEALS TO YOUNG New York, Nov. 14.—()—Dr. Nicho- las Murray Butler has issued a call to what he called the young, liberal elements in the Republican party to take over the reins of that party. The Columbia university president, in a statement Sunday, said that unless because been bestowed upon our state andjcity to face the future with under- standing and nation during the year.” Control Next House} §01 BY SUSPECT, [rary wn wave at tone! ANOTHER WOUNDED’ TASK OF PREPARING FOR NEXT SESSION 82 of 4113 New State Representatives ALRE ADY HAS BEGUN INDEPENDENT STRENGTH 31 Senate and House Committees At Work or About to Begin Various Studies Washington, Nov. 14—()—The task of preparing for capitol hill’s annual legislative grind began Monday with hearings by a senate group into the St. Lawrence waterway treaty be- tween the United States and Canada. Senator Borah (Rep., Idaho), at the head of a senate foreign relations sub-committee, invited witnesses to testify on the treaty negotiated unde: the direction of President Hoover and signed by Secretary Stimson and Ca- nadian Minister Herridge July 18. Meanwhile, out in Chicago the house committee investigating gov- ernment’ competition with business resumed its study. An investigation into the Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania elections by the house campaign committee will be launched Tuesday. Preparation of the nine annual sup- ply bills for government departments will be begun Wednesday. Those invited before Borah’s com- mittee included Peter C. Ten Eyck, president of the Néw York State Wa- terways association, Alfred P. Thom, Washington representative of the As- sociation of Railway Executives, and C. H. Tregenza, representative of the Great Lakes Seaboard association. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the New York State Power Authority, is to be heard later. President-Elect Roosevelt's opinion on the treaty is expected by Demo- cratic leaders to be influential in de- termining. whether the present senate will ratify the pact . RECEIVER FOR BIG POWER FIRM NAMED Western Power, Light and Tele- phone Company in Finan- | cial Difficulties Chicago, Nov. 14.—()—Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson Monday receiver for the Western Power, Light and Telephone company, a $20,000,000 holding corporation operating 19 pub- lic utilities in 275 middle western com- munities. The court had appointed Robert L. Tudor as receiver last Friday, but the action was suppressed until Monday. The various utility companies’ ac- tivities include sale of gas, light and power, water, telephone service, salt, coal and wood. Receivership was asked by a group of creditors holding notes totaling $150,000. J. A. Kennedy, president, consented to the receivership as a means to prevent law suits which might jeopardize assets. He stated is $3,500,000 annually. The petition cited that the company defaulted Aug. 1 on a bond issue of $46,802 and that $1,060,000 falls due next month and $2,999,000 in Febru- ary. WINKLER IS DEFENDANT Chicago, Nov. 14.—(7)—Gus Wink- ler, erstwhile Capone mobster and pal of “Killer” Fred Burke, has been named defendant in a $50,000 person- al injury suit by Charlie M. Jones cashier of the Plano State bank at Plano, Ill. Jones alleged Winkler was @ member of a group of robbers who robbed the bank in 1930 and said, that while they were doing s0, one of them hit him over the head with a revolver Winkler has not been convicted of the robbery. announced appointment of an equity) ayp) that normal income of the company | pe; Six I. V. A. Candidates in Pem- bina, Dickey and Bur- leigh Are Beaten Fargo, Nov. 14—()—At least 82 of the 113 members of the house of rep- resentatives elected last week are Nonpartisans, compilation of the house personnel just completed by the state election bureau. discloses. Independents, who controlled the house two years ago, will have an op- Portunity of mustering a maximum strength of 31 and their number may fall below that figure at the time or- ganization is effected. Election returns disclosed two ma- Jor catastrophies so far as the Inde- Pendents are concerned, for they lost five nominated Republican candidates in Pembina and Dickey counties, as well as one in Burleigh. The heavy preponderance of Non- Partisan house members resulted from the one-sided result of the June pri- maries, when Independents were de- feated in many districts they had long held without a break. Following is the personnel, those listed as (NP) being candidates of that faction while the others are eith- er Independents or were elected with- out either Independent or Ngnparti- san indorsement. 1, Pembina—Stone Hillman (NP- Dem.), Mat Mary A. Rathbun (NP- Dem.), Earl D. Symington (NP-Dem.). 2. Part of Ward—J. E. Stoa (NP). 3. Part of Walsh—P. J. Flatern, M. T. Lillehaugen (NP). 4, Part of Walsh—Andrew John- ston. 5. Part of Steedsman. 6. Part of Grand Forks—Arnold Sandlie (NP). 1. Part of Grand Forks—D. C. Cuniiingham. 8. Traill—Karl H. Brunsdale, H. W. McInnes (NP), L.C. Odegard (NP). 9. Part of Cass—K. A. Fitch, J. A. Jardine, A. C. Johnson, Nichol Mc- Kellar, L. L. Twichell. 10. Part of Cass—L. E. Correll, M. 11, Part of Cass—Carl H. Dittmer, F. Paul Smith. 12. Part of Richland—Dan R. Jones, J. D. Holthusen. 13, Sargent—C. C. Anderson (NP), A. N. Lavik (NP). Ransom—Martin Larson (NP), Martin Lund. Part of Barnes—Sam Oglesby Grand Forks—David 16. Griggs and Steel — Edward Savre (NP), Bjorn Fuglestad (NP), C. F. Carlson (NP). 17. Nelson—O. B. Larson (NP), R. R. Lofthus (NP). 18. Cavalier — William Crockett (NP), E, A. Hill (NP), M. P. Biewer (NP). 19. Rolette—James McManus (NP), Carl Anfinson (NP). 20, Benson—Minnie D. Craig (NP), J.C. Hanson (NP). 21, Ramsey—Frank Gesner, Edwin Traynor, C. O. Arneson (NP). 22, Towner—B. W. Lemke (NP), W. J. Gilchrist (NP). 23, Stutsman—W. J. Flannigan "| Jail here for questioning. (NP), R. R. Wright (NP), Ben Gil- rtson, R. E. Strutz (NP). 24, La Moure—C. H. Opdahl (NP), Milton R. Young. 25. Dickey—J. F. Fitzgerald (NP), D. L, Nelson (NP). 26, Emmons—Math Dahl Val P. Wolf (NP). 27. Burleigh — William Falconer (NP), Milton Rue, J. M. Thompson. 28. Bottineau—Fred J. Shurr (NP), ree Peterson (NP), C. O. Svingen (NP). 29, Part of Ward—Einer Muus, Al- (NP), fred Mostad (NP), H. L. Nelson (NP), Jack A. Patterson (NP). 30. Morton—J. T. Nelson, Gus A. Schauss (NP), W. J. Godwin (NP). 31. Stark—Fred Born (NP), Christ J. Hanson (NP), Ignatz Sticka (NP). 32, Eddy and Foster—H. A. Rindey (NP), W. W. Treffry (NP). (Continuea un Page Seven) Surgeons Drain Fluid From Brain To Enable Clearer X-Ray Pictures San Francisco, Nov. 14.—(?)— Pouring out part of the contents of the skull and replacing it with air is a new twist in taking peo- tographs possible. The forms @ contrast to the brain substance where the fluid, of its similarity to the grey matter, tends to make X-rays obscure. & U.N. D. GRADUATE Pair Had Sought to Arrest One Ted Wells, Alleged Boot- legger, Saturday ALLEGED SLAYER IS HELD) Former North Dakotan Was Salesman For Oil Company on Missouri Slope Fargo, N. D., Nov. 14.—(?)—A form- | er North Dakota dry agent who had/ headquarters in Fargo, Chester Ma- son, 28, was shot to death near Bea- trice, Neb. Saturday when he at-! tempted to apprehend a bootlegger! while making a liquor sale, the Asso- ciated Press reported. Twenty-eight years old, he was a graduate of the University of North Dakota, where he majored in chemis- try and was a lieutenant in the 352nd infantry, and was a former school principal of Grano, N. D., in Renville county. Before joining the North Dakota prohibition forces, he was a salesman for the White Eagle Oil company. For that company he oper- ated in the western part of the state but maintained his headquarters here. He was a prohibition agent in Far- go about a year, leaving here with his family for Nebraska. He left a wi- dow and three young childen. In Underwood, N. D., resides a brother, engaged in the implement business. He is the only other member of the family. Mason's companion, Byron Kennedy of Beatrice, Neb, was shot and wounded seriously in the attempted arrest. Kennedy told officers he had ar- ranged to buy some liquor from Ted Wells, 30, and that they drove three miles south of Beatrice and a mile east, met Wells and were shot. After a search lasting several hours, Wells was found at the home of his; brother, Robert Wells, in Diller, west of Beatrice. He offered no resistance and was brought to thé Gage county Wells told officers he wonld “admit nothing.” He said Kennedy had a gun and that when he met Mason and Kennedy on the highway one of the men struck him and knocked him to the ground. A scuffle followed, he said, and the two men were Shot. | Wells told officers that he yelled to Ray Mudge, a farmer who was work- ing nearby, and asked him to take a gun away from Kennedy. “I was in a daze,” Wells told county officers, “and don’t remember exactly what happened. I do remember get- ting into my automobile and driving to my brother's home.” Officers said they found no weapon either in Wells’ possession, in his car, or in the house, He had a cut on his mouth and a bump on his head. Kennedy is in a hospital here and physicians expect him to recover. He told officers he had arranged to buy some liquor from Wells and that Mason went along to make the ar- rest. “When we approached Wells, he opened fire,” Kennedy told Police Chief Paul Acton. Kennedy was shot twice in the! mouth. Acton said Wells was arrested two years ago and served a jail sentence here on a liquor charge. Police Offi- cer Harold Ketchley, at that time, fired a shot through a tire on Wells’ automobile to apprehend him. At the scene of the shooting offi- cers found three .32 caliber automa- tic cartridges on the ground. Mudge told them that after the shooting he went to the scene and took a gun away from Wells and threw it to the side of the road. It has not been found. Mudge said he did not wit- ness the shooting. Federal agents had been conducting @ series of liquor raids in which sev- eral arrests were made. Kennedy is not employed. He for- merly aided his father in the opera- tion of an oil station here. TO BE BURIED AT CARPIO Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 14.—(#)—The body of Chester Mason, Omaha fed- eral prohibition agent, slain while at- tempting to arrest Ted Wells, of Ellis, Neb. near here Saturday. Monday was taken to Carpio, N. D., for burial. His widow accompanied the body. Cold Is Forecast For North Dakota ‘(By The Associated Press) . Florida Beauty Upholding an old custom, Mary Fernandez, Spanish beauty from Tampa, won the title of most beau- tiful freshman at Florida State Col- lege for Women. (Associated Press Photo) STORM-STRUCK CITY IN INDIES BECOMES HUGE FUNERAL PYRE Total Deaths Will Never Be Known But Estimates Run Near 2,500 Camaguey, Cuba, Nov. 14.—(>)}— The town of Santa Cruz Del Sur be- came a gigantic funeral pyre Mon- day on the order of military authori- ties. The destruction of wind and wa- ter that also took the lives of prob- ably 2,500 Cubans last week, thus was completed for the sake of sanita- tion. This action made it probable the exact number of lives taken by the hurricane of last Wednesday never will be known. : Meanwhile, President Gerardo Ma- chado was ready to leave the capital to inspect the hurricane-torn areas, and governmental agencies sped up | the task of relief and rehabilitation. Dr. Octavio Zubizarreta, minister of the interior, who estimated the dead at 2,500, traversed much of the 100-mile-wide path of the hurricane during the night with military au- thorities. His train carried 350 sacks of rice, 6,000 pounds of lard and 20,000 sacks of beans and other rations for tem- porary relief of the thousands of homeless in Camaguey province. Camaguey city, where more than 1,000 injured refugees are concen- trated, mostly from Santa Cruz, Mon- day effected repairs on the aqueduct, assuring water supply. The military authorities ruled the city, and vac- cination to avert epidemics was com- pulsory, It was learned Monday Mrs. W. 8S. Rogers of Gloria, Camaguey, the principal American colony in the province, was killed and her hus- band and sister seriously injured. Her home in the United States was not known. At Garden City the homes of sev- eral Americans were destroyed, but there were no casualties. SAYS RUM RUNNERS DROWNED ROBINS Man Arrested on La@ceny Charges Purported to Have Revealed Details Boston, Nov. 14—(®)—A story of Continued cold weather was fore-|rest. ‘cast Monday while the mercury hov- ered around zero throughout North Dakota. ‘The cold temperatures were accom- panied by snow at Jamestown, Willis- ton, Bismarck and Fargo. Jamestown received one-inch snow. The week- end precipitation recorded over the ‘week-end totaled .10-inch at Williston in the 48-hour period ending at 7 a. m. today. Bismarck received .05-inch and Fargo .04. The temperatures dropped to zero ‘at Minot, Devils Lake and Williston Sunday night while at Bismarck it ‘was four degrees above zero, Fargo 6,/it would bear “deeper At 7a. and Fargo, while at Williston it was two degrees warmer. It was 7 above at Valley City and 3 above at James- y = the authenticity of the story, but WILL PAINT MELLON London, Nov. 1 ‘one of most painters, said been commissioned to doa of U, 8; Ambassador Andrew. investigation, ' PRICE FIVE CENTS EXHCUTIVE INVITES HIS SUCCESSOR TO WAR DEBTS PARLE Unprecedented Proposal May Result in Meeting of His- toric Consequence PLAN MEETING WEDNESDAY Says Any Change of Attitude Will Be Affected By New Yorker’s Views On Board the Presidential Special En Route to Washington, Nov. 14— (®)—President Hoover hurried east= ward Monday toward what may prove a historic conference between himself and President-Elect Roose- velt over debt questions of moment to the world. Informed virtually all debtor na- tions of the United States intended to seek suspension of payments due Dec. 15, President Hoover Sunday made public a lengthy telegram he sent to the New York governor at Albany inviting him to visit the white ate) this week to seek @ com- mon basis of action extending into the next administration. Up until early Monday morning, the chief executive had not received an acceptance of his invitation, but nevertheless he laid plans for such a parley shortly after his return to the executive mansion Wednesday. It was learned authoritatively he has various definite steps in mind for dealing with the situation as it touches individual nations, but de- sires a cooperative conference with Roosevelt Reply Planned Tuesday Executive Mansion, Albany, N. ¥., Nov. 14.—(P)—President-Elect Roosevelt Monday prepared. a re- ply to President Hoover's invita- tion to a white house conference on the war debt situation. It was believed by those close to the New York governor that he would accept the invitation and suggest the conference be held on Monday or Tuesday of next week. The announcement of receipt of Hoover's invitation to Roosevelt to discuss the latest notes from England and France on reopening the debt question was made in- formally. It was said the presi- dent-elect would make public the text of his reply Monday after- noon, for publication in morning papers of Tuesday. This course was assumed to have been taken by Roosevelt to allow preparation of the text and also to allow ample time for the reply to be in the hands of Hoo- ver before it was made public at Albany. the president-elect before taking ac- tion. Must Be ‘Common Wish’ “I am prepared,” he wired to Roo- sevelt, “to deal with the subject as far as it lies in the power of the ex- ecutive, but it must be our common wish to deal with this question in a constructive fashion for the common good of the country. “I am loathe to proceed with rec- ommendations to the congress until I can have an opportunity to confer (Continued on Page Two) Senator Gerald Nye Rests Comfortably St. Paul, Nov. 14—(?)—U. 8. Sena- tor Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, injured Saturday when his automo- bile left the road near Hudson, Wis., was “resting comfortably” morning at St. John’s hospital in St. Paul where he was taken after the mishap. Hospital attaches : of