The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1933, Page 1

LLL ~ "North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 Pederson Will Mana Retailers rs Begin Operations Under New Code PPFIGHALS SEE IP | AS BIG EXPERIMENT IN RECOVERY DRIVE | President Calls Steel Leaders to Give Their Views on Coal Dispute SHOWDOWN BELIEVED NEAR Executive’ Wants to Know If) They Will Accept NRA or Fight New Deal Washington, Oct. 30.—(4)—Most of the country’s retail stores, with mil- lions of employees, began putting into operation Monday the single com- pact applying equal standards of trade honesty and fair competition to tention with big problems of the day. Chief of these was up at the white Host to |, Host to Governors | GOV. CLYDE L. HERRING all. Pondering the troubles of American Officials regarded this NRA retaillagriculture Monday at Des Moines, code as the greatest experiment in} Iowa, are governors from the north- the industrial recovery program and) western states. Clyde L. Herring, the start of its operation shared at-|fowa’s chief executive, is host to the READY FOR BATTLE ON DIVERSION PLAN in Washington to. Urge Action by - Public - Works Adniinistration their coal mines the labor agreement which he demanded three weeks ago. With this session, the president ex- pected to establish definitely whether ithe steel men proposed to accept all lof his industrial program—including the portion they liked least—or to challenge his authority and force a test of the law's constitutionality. Hugh 8. Johnson, recovery admin- istrator, waited the outcome to de-| Assemble cide definitely upon a plan for start- ing almost immediately on a west- ward tour of the country. He wants to make several speeches directed at | | | Was looked upon by critics of both the {Host to Governors 1 EDWARD H, SOTHERN, NOTED ACTOR HALF A CENTURY, SUCCUMBS; Death of Shakespearian Thes- pian Announced Day Af- ter Occurrence PNEUMONIA PROVES FATAL Last Rites for Traditional Thea- ter Figure to Have No Audience New York, Oct. 30.—(#)—The last rites for E. H. Sothern, who devoted @ lifetime to audiences, will be per- formed without one. After the news of the 73-year-old actor’s death from pneumonia on Saturday was made public Sunday, his wife announced the services would be private, attended only by herself and intimate friends, The body will be cremated. brought to a close a stage career of half a century. He had started life; as a pied and became the best-/ known Shakespearian actor of his| ume. i Sothern entered the ranks of the theatrical profession when he was 19 because of his belief at that time that “anybody can make a living on the/| stage.” Married Julia Marlowe For 12 years of that half century, | | Sothern and Julia Marlowe, who be- came his wife, co-starred almost ex- | clusively in Shakespearian repertoire. The combination which they formed American and English stage as a charming merger of theatrical talent. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1933 Recognition Parley — Formula Completed ‘10 PURCHASE GOLD. | War Chief Speaks | SADAO ARAKI When Sothern retired in 1930 he! Tokyo, Oct. 30.—(#)—Minister of |retary Hull remained silent upon Lit- ‘War Sadao Araki, now in western Japan for the annual maneuvers, was quoted in Japanese newspapers Mon- day as advocating a parley on peace. In an interview, Araki was said to {have announced that he would pro- pose to the cabinet an international conference in Tokyo for all powers interested in the Far East. Japan, China, Manchukuo, Russia, Great Britain, France, Holland and the United States would be invited, it \w said. “The Orient has become the center of discords involving the whole world and Japan's recognition of Manchu- kuo has inflamed world opinion like oil upon fire,” the minister of war was quoted. State Department Guards De- tails of Roosevelt-Lit- vinoff Plans ALL DATA IS ROUNDED UP Extended Preparations for Re-' storation of Relations Are Ma Washington, Oct. 30.—(#)—Virtual completion of a formula for Presi-! dent Roosevelt's recognition Giscus-| sions with Maxim Litvinoff of Russia! was revealed Monday by Washington | authorities, Although state department officials guarded the exact course to be fol- lowed by the chief executive in his meeting with the Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, no secret was made of the fact there had been a final roundup of data for the con- versations. Both President Roosevelt and Sec- vinoff’s assertion that so far as he was concerned the matter could be settled in half an hour. It was known, however, the president plan- ned to take considerably longer for what he termed the move to “ex- plore”, in across-the-table fashion, “all questions outstanding between our countries.” In the discussions, expected here to start early next week, it is Roose- yelt's intention to hit only the high spots with Litvinoff and leave de- tails to assistants. Hull Will Have Hand Secretary Hull will have a hand in this work, as will R. Walton Moore, assistant secretary of state, and wil-| lam C. Bullitt, special assistant to} the secretary of state. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ROOSEVELT DEGIDES "70 Ger wie Fa ON WORLD MARKETS Foreign “quctations on ae Surge Upward as Result | of New Move PRICE RAISED STILL MORE President Hopes to Steady Ex-' change and Force Com- modities Upward Washington, Oct. 30.—(?) — With foreign quotations surging upward in response to President Roosevelt's deci- sion to invade the world gold mar- kets Sunday. the administration Mon- day pushed the domestic price for newly-mined gold to a new high fig- ure, It estaolished a rate of $31.96 an ounce, 14 cents higher than Saturday. Meanwhile, the price of gold ad- vahced in London by 37 cents figured at Monday's foreign exchange open- | ing of $4.80 to the pound. Monday's Washington price was 47 cents above world quotations, while Saturday there was a margin of $1.25. ‘While these developments were tak- ing place. the administration went forward with its plans for buying gold abroad, a decision which was reached at a conference of the nation’s fiscal | officers Suncay at the white house. By these purchases, Roosevelt ap- | parently hopes to steady—but not, for the time being, to stabilize—the foreign exchange value of the dollar. | Beyond that he hopes to raise com- | modity prices to give the farmer and manufacturer a profitable return on | To Get Big Funeral | | jaeeeeee eters eee ey PAUL PAINLEVE died Sunday. He has been a leader in the nation for many years, having neld the portfolio of war minister for a time during the World War. The Weather Partly cloudy and colder to- night and Tuesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS ge Mill STATE LAND CHIEF TO TAKE SPENCER'S PLAGE IN INDUSTRY \Appointment Announced Sun- day At Grand Forks by Gov- ernor William Langer SATHRE SUPPORTS MOVE Employes At Institution Say They Expect Numerous Other Changes Soon Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 30—()— Ludvig Pederson, state land commis- sioner, will become manager of the state mill and elevator here about No- vember 1, Governor William Langer announced Sunday prior to leaving here for Des Moines to attend a con- ference of governors. The governor also announced the appointment of W. R. Schell of Beach jto fill the vacancy on the district jbench caused by the death of Judge France plans a “national funeral” for!T. H. Pugh of Dickinsor Paul Painleve, former premier, who/| \ — | The appointment of Pederson fol- |lowed numerous conferences of the governor with mill officials and P. O. |Sathre, who will become attorney gen- |eral November 1 through appoint- ment of the governor. Sathre shared FORMER PREMIER OF FRANCE TO RECEIVE NATIONAL FUNERAL Paul Painleve to Be Bur to Be Buried With Honors; Had Distinguish- ed Career in the announcement. O. L. Spencer, who has been con- nected with the mill for 11 years and |manager of it for the last nine, when | advised of the governor’ decision, said ‘he had no plans for the future, but Langer said he would be retained at the mill until the new manager was familiar with the operations. ceatne ere et Many Storms here in 1922, before the |state Seat was completed, Spencer was superintendent of milling for two |years and was then named manager | by Governor R. A. Nestos. Despite the political storms that beat about his head, Spencer retained the position junder Governors Sorlie, Maddock, what he considers misunderstandings [eee products. of the industrial program, and to ob- racemes ors Both had considerable stage experi-| “But,” he added, “it would be im- Oct. 30.—( \ Shafer and Lan; S i | One plan under consideration would | Economists Explain Move | Paris, Oct. 30.—()—France pre- ger. Oa ae eee eo Newt occur in 190 Ie was a succes from |« course sieady established concer: |@#ll for creation of special corps, Eeonomists, explained that buying |PS,"\ Sitvatrous satesmen, Paul Whether ot not Other changer at the Ford Issue Is Shelved_ Monday_in the office.of Besiaisie Nye | the start: Under. the direction of the |ing Manchuria. of mic and trade experts to|gold abroad for dollars (even though | On ve ae Een poeeny a wah pai wis cnesita pon — pons ‘The question of Henry Ford's com-/ (Rep. N. D.) to discuss with ‘Frank |Shuberts, and later managing their; “Treaties alone can not ae peace eco adore paar Al ii eas tellecatr 5 online . pebaairetin same malady that forced him out of |at the mill believe several other shifts pisceeier ee Iodine pa voeneienkevoda ya Lat aes Se ee ere aretere attr enact based on understand-|>-riment, would have a major part|paid for in commodities) differs but PRG eects caeere: nee ihe pacers mprgee niped tlre san pvernaent, motor contracts, es-|Missouri river diversion project in the United States and became great| "A conference of powers interested {17 He Set-up. algne with tepresenta-/ little from selling dollars in foreign | "10 Gied within 24 hours after Pres-| It has been common kmowledge {ablishment of Ford's intention in re- through the publie works machinery. | opular favorites as portrayers of the|in the Far East would give Japan 8n departments, She Reconstruction Cor-|* Little favorable reaction was founa| ident Albert Lebrun had dedicated here that Spencer's tenure at the mill 24 | explain her ba \- Ftlonal Antorblle Chamber ot lee romeo beciied veel ae elby mete ae elaborate bce ite seat acectacemticicns porno es pelle sHibe ig (anaiene rpabiel pred ae ee an ciate eared A \to. strife monn ite eataes ae fhe Commerce, and revelations of his at-| head” this week. It involves construc-|ideas as to how Shakespeare should! and the reason for leaving the league!“ Bofore the recognition question 1s| h ies licy to world Sears trades. |State industrial commission which titude on dealing with strikers at his/tion of a dam at Garrison, N. D., to|be staged, they acquired scenic equip- | | (of nations) ” finally ‘settled it is expected that!’ Critical comment was made to re-| Monday plans were made for the |manages the mill. The fact that At- Edgewater, New Jersey, assembly! store Missouri flood waters and divert | ment and costumes at @ cost of thou- definite arrangements will at least be | porters by Republicans and Repub. |body to lay in state there until a torney General Gronna and John plant. them into the James and Sheyenne ; sands of doilars and which required a! tentatively outlined on credits, and ‘ts who | ational funeral, set for November 4,|Husby. commissioner of agriculture A reason why particular importance | rivers to raise sub-surface water levels | special train of 12 cars to carry them | the-yolume.of trade to:be ealnnned Donan eaten cetaneee pe is tendered. Burial probably will be |and labor, were not in agreement with attached to the retail code was that,!in the Dakotas and Minnesota, about the country. In 1911 in the! lin cotton, foodstuffs, certain metals \in the Pantheon. Langer on the question of Spencer's unlike most manufacturing indus-| «This is the most outstanding pub- | Greek Theater of the University of| jand machinery on the one hand, and courte he sewn lee hoped {or an|_, Scholar. diplomat and statesman, | Successor made it impossible for the tries, hardly a unit in the army Of|1ic project in the entire west,” as-|California at Berkeley, Sothern and| : 22 |furs, manufactured goods and pos- | jp; 4 Pa‘nleve also found time to ride hard |80vernor to select the manager until stores regimented under the compact) sorted Murphy, the public works ad-/ Marlowe presented bance” a sibly lumber on the other. ie ee ee Peso geal hobby which interested him early—|the resignation of Gronna and the IN is engaged in interstate commerce.|ministration’s representative in the {300 persons on the stage, oni Hardly one, until passage of the in- kotas, Mi é braska, I | dustrial law, could have been reached Dako ss, -Minneneta, Ne ie Soggit by federal regulation. and Wyoming. “The dam can be; built. It is feasible and practical. Even under the new law the ex- People in North Dakota, South Da- tent to which regulation may be en-/,o1a and Minnesota are back of It forced has not been established clearly, Only the declaration of the indus- trial act that the employment emer- gency is a burden upon interstate commerce gives the federal govern- | reat ment any right to get at lécal trade, | orca! and this authority will expire in 1935,|P) or whenever the emergency is de- clared at an end. to a man. The farmers are insisting | upon it.” Unless lakes and streams in that area are agsin filled with water, Mur- ‘the desert will claim that .” He said’ the en dam would prevent floods on the Missouri and make possible navigation trom Sioux City up to and Officials believe success of the pro- | beyond Garrison. gram must rest chiefly on the will of business to rule itself and to conform Yellowstone Causes Trouble Although Murphy declined to dis-| ous of self interest. They are look- cuss the project in terms of the Fort ing also for action by states to es- Peck, Montana, reservoir, already ap- tablish laws for pernaneet regula-| Proved by the public works adminis- tion. Wiggin’s Big Profits tration as a Missouri river navigation and flood control project, he pointed ut that the Yellowstone, Milk, White and Little Misdouri rivers empty into Continue Under Probe}: Mssour! below Fort Peck and 60 per cent of the flood waters passing Bismarck, N. D., come from the Yel- | most spectacular JecaN eens of “| work of Shakespeare in this country. il the spring of 1916 when, coincident with the tercentenary of Shakes- peare’s death, they announced their, retirement because of the ill health of | Miss Marlowe. At a farewell dinner | given to the two stars in April of that | year in New Yprk, more than 400! i men and women paid tri- bute to them. They were presented | with an album of signatures, leading off with those of President Woodrow Wilson and former presidents, Theo- | dore Roosevelt and William Howard |Taft, and which declared they “had | adorned and uplifted the American stage.” and testified to the affection ; which their friends felt for them. | Miness Forces Rest | The next year Sothern went on tour | in “If I Were King,” but illness forced him to abandon his work. Subge-| quently, he toured in Shakespeare re-| FOR AGRICU AGRICULTURE Want Governors to ani calial Far-| Flung Program, Featured by Inflation Des Moines, Oct. 30.—()—Demands uf the National Farmers Hoiiday as- speciation and the National Farmers Union, presented to a governors’ 10- state agricultural conference here Monday, were: Guarantee of cost of production for farm products, to be sustained by an embargo on produce shipments, until President Roosevelt: Declares 4 moratorium on mortgage foreclosures and evictions. Pegs prices of all industrial com- mModities at cost of production levels. ¢Expands the national currency, “Preparations Extended Although the president has warned | that the invitation to the Soviet did not necessarily imply recognition, the state department has been making jextended preparations for the actual lrestoration of diplomatic relations, with Russia. | MYSTERY SURROUNDS LITVINOFF IN PARIS Paris, Oct. 30.—(?)—Abrupitly bring-| ing to an end the mystery which had surrounded his movements for hours, Maxim Litvinoff, Russian foreign commissar,- rested here Monday en} route to the United States. He was reported to have left Ber- lin for Paris Sunday, but did not) arrive on the train he was believed to have taken and it was not until he showed up of his own accord that) it was generally known what had happened to him. His plans for sailing to the United States, where he is to confer with! President Roosevelt regarding possi- ble American recognition of Russia, lican policy is “antagonistic to foreign | standard,” he said. intended to drive them off, but it will (few days for every nation to be off |the banking committee, sai |danking and finance committees, said |me had not the “slightest idea where che move, but little “actual” help. \ ‘Thomas considered the unfavorable comment and talk of a currency war trom abroad natural, since the Amer- interests.” “They are trying to keep on the gold | “Our policy is not have that result. I look in the next the gold standard.” May ‘Coerce’ Price Rise Chairman Fletcher (Dem., Fla.), of | the buy- ing of foreign gold would: “tend to adjust the exchange rates and may coerce a rise in commodity prices here.” Senator Couzens of Michigan, Re- publican Independent member of the the administration is going” and was ‘quite sure it is not on the right road”; adding that “everybody is dis- turbed about the outlook and hesitant jister of air in the last Herriot cab- aviation. In 1908, he was Wilbur Wright's first passenger in France. Afterward, he was a champion of | aircraft appropriations and was min- inet. He was premier of France in 191 and in 1925 and served for a time as war minister during the world con- flict. Rose from Obscurity Painleve, born in 1863, son of a, baker in the Latin quarter of Paris, | |@ prodigy in mathematics at eight, a world famous scientist at forty, and) premier of France at 54, missed by a! narrow margin becoming president | of the French Republic at 61, in 1924. | Few men took as active a part in; the politics of his country during the | war and the reconstruction period. He had th: reputation of being the youngest man of his work in France, and the most absent minded. At 62! he had the hair and complexion of | a twenty-year-old boy, while, like a great many men absorbed in scien- appointment of Sathre gave him control of the commission. He had held Spencer in power through his veto power of the commissions acts. Pederson formerly was in the real estate and farming business at Lang- ion. He was named land commission- er immediately after Langer was in- augurated governor being one of the first appointments of the new admin- istration. MRS, BARFKNECHT DIES IN BISMARCK Had Lived Here for 30 Years; Leaves Five Sons, Daugh- ters in City tifiz and social problems, he had dif-| . ann: jas to our money policies.” ficulty in remembering where he was| Pee a pagers resident ct Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, Re-|to lunch or dine. at 8:50 o'clock Monday morning at publican member on the finance com-| Painleve always showed pride in his|the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. A. mittee, contended: humble origin and shaped his politi-| Brown, 617 Sixth St. | Orders national control of all mone-|remained veiled in secrecy. Washington, Oct. 30.—()—Albert| iowstone alone. vertory until 1923, after which his ap-| Order iE H, Wiggin and his family made more | A definite date for presentation of eparances. were infrequent until hejcary gold. 0,000, went extended lecture tour in monet i iver. + Chase Neona! oa ihe |tme project to public works officials |io23 with which he concluded his ene aes Nee ced that these |EDARCE Will Default Le aot Ties 30 te, woes. demands be incorporated in an NRA| Qn War Debts Again| ‘1! we attempt to buy gold abroad, cal action to suit. A Republican, Just| Death of the 75-year-old woman it will mean that the whole world will|on the edge of Socialism, he was|was caused by hardening of the ar- five years as its head and senate in-| a. ‘oulowing were present at: * — . Oct, 30——The govern-|throw a wall around themselves as|dragged from his figures and equa-|teries, from which she had suffered reer. try to find Rs s Sothern was born at New Orleans,/|code for agriculture. car ees things affected his in- | Monday's meeting: La., December 6, 1859, of English per-| “The promises of relief to the farm- BN pson, Devils Lake, pres-| ents. ‘The latter at that time werejer have nct been fulfilled by the ad-|-nent of Premier Albert Sarraut, it|far as the export of gold is concerned, |tions into the political arena by the|for some time. She had been seri- come taxes. a ‘When he retired at the end of last [kaa 9 Missourl River Diversion |touriog the country with » company| ministration,” Milo Reno of Des|‘ras learned in official quarters Mon- | It will lead to a complete disruption | Dreyfuss Affair in 1608 The vigor|ously ill since last March, when she year, Wiggin and his family still own- Fargo. , chairman of the state Democratic ed 194,000 shares of the bank stock, which at current market prices mark- sommelier: ae Roherty, Bismarck, ed a paper loss of $46,560,000 from the | mem! state highway depart- ment; C. A. Smith, Kansas City, engi- Peak price of the security. oy the ‘igi femy even cn BePer y the ft even on paper, because it was not all acquired at the market peak even though much of it must have been. Thousands Gasp as Stunt Planes Collide Amarillo, Tex., Oct. 30—(P)-—While ‘housands of horrified spectators watches, two bring Cigoed col- Bs fal i ett oes playing “Our American Cousin,” in which Sothern’s father, Edward A. Sothern, a leading English comedian, was appearing as Lord Dundreary. ‘When their son was five ycars old, the Sotherns returned to England, where Edward was educated. - As a youth Sothern showed an ap-/ color and line that be- Moines, president of the Holiday as- sociation, told a senate gallery crowd- ed with his followers. Nearly 300 representatives of agri cultural organizations were present at the conference, called by Gov. Herring of Towa to consider the ills of farm susan '@ Halt Everything Ré00. fiery sponsor of the present midwestern farm strife, was applaud- 1 That the president of the-United mortgage until form are restored to a osidan fix 2. That the it or peg prices of fat Sntucries commie 8 cost-of-| production levels. 3. That the president: &, Immediately expand the national ye en ae Maree me ont Sse the substitution of credit . Would Centro! All Gold c. That the presidgnt require the) Fire, swept by a strong treasurer of the nation yo ly take @ That pega of all|blooks of ocean-front day, intends to default on the Amer- ican war debt installment due Decem- iver 15, as did Premier Edouard Dala- aier June 15. It was said semi-officially the gov- ernment would abstain from raising she question in parliament, and this policy, rather than his health, would be responsible for the absence of for- mer Premier Edouard Herriot because revive the debt question. QM. Herriot is an advocate of the! aebts Byeant, The December 15 Payment due is $22,200,928.) officials have been pre! for & continued war debt default by France as probably inevitable, regardless of| who might be heading the cabinet bait isis 15, the next due date, ar- ves. COOLIDGES HAVE DAUGHTER New ae Conn., Oct. Leen idge ors a baby en put hey laven't decided what to name her. ‘The baby, Jacksonville Beach, unofficially estimated at his participation would be certain to|chinery for gold purchases abroad. of foreign exchanges. “This is a very unwise policy and after the president has tried it for aj} few days he will realize and, I hope, ack out of it.” Senator Nye, North Dakota Repub- lican Independent, said he could not “enthuse” over the program. It is expected it will take a couple of days, at least, to put up the ma- The president has directed this be fone through the Reconstruction |Corporation. which is making the domestic purchases of newly-mined gold. ‘The presence here Sunday of of- ficials of the New York federal re- serve bank led to the opinion that this institution would be employed as ene agency for making the foreign purchases, i Gotham Mayoral Race Swings Into Last Lap New York, Oct. 30—()—The three- cornered mayoral campaign swings to its last lap this week with mount- accompanying the first » Tecovery | party Sunday of an in- ing excitement real contest in Joseph V. Standard-Bearer, . night to work for with which he advocated the revision of the trial brought him into contact with all the leaders of the Socialist and Racical parties and made him one of them. Never again was he able to get out of politics. 1,465 Tests Made by Bismarck Laboratory A total of 1,465 bacterial and other examinations were made by the Bis- marck branch of the state public health laboratory during July, August and September, according to a report issued Monday. Examinations made by all public nealth laboratories numbered 4,381. Of those made: here 356 were Was- sermann blood tests, 329 were of gonorrheal pus smears and 146 for diphtheria. These items also led in examinations by the other labora- tories, f suffered a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Barfknecht was born at Has- tings, Minn., Sept. 4, 1858, the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Clark. She first came to Bismarck about 50 years ago to visit her aunt and was married to John Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Lee moved to Glen- dive, Mont., where Mr. Lee died in 1893. In 1903 Mrs. Lee moved to Bis- marck and married Robert Barf- knecht, who died two years ago in Oshkosh, Wis. Leaves Six Children Mrs. Barfknecht leaves one daugh- ter by her second marriage, = ‘Walter Woodmark of Bismarck, ; three daughters and two sons by her first marriage. They are Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Sam Frank Lee and Tom Lee, all of Bismarck, and Mrs. W. J. Reibold of Waseca, Minn. LINTON PASTOR TO SPEAK Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 30.—>)— Rev. Grant 8. Moore of Linton, dis- trict president, will be the principal speaker at an Epworth League rally at the First Methodist church here (000 to, $200,000. :