The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1923, Page 3

KOPRIVA CASE BEFORE NESTOS Hearing on Ouster of Auditor Is Held Hére Governor R. A. Nestos will decide within a day or two, he says, as to whether €. J, Kopriva shall be per- manently deprived of his position as auditor of Burk county. He is ac- cused of irregluarities while in of- fice, having been suspended from of- fice by the governor last November Fuh A hearing was held yesterday in « the governor's office at which Fran- + cis Murphy, Minot, represented Burk county taxpayers, desiring Kopriva’s removal, and E. R. Sinkler, of Minot, representing Kopriva, pre- nted their arguments. They went over the records of the case. Amonk the charges against Mr Kopriva, who was elected auditor of the county on the League ticket, are the following: ' +. That he received about $700 in hunting license fees on or before September 15 last and that he did not attempt to return this until a number of days after he was sus- pended. (A case is pending in Burk county -district court, in which Mr. | Kopriva is charged with embezzle- ment in this connection.) That he falsified the records of a county commissioner's meeting by suppressing part of the proceedings. . Namely, that his records did not show action of the commissioners in designating certain banks as de- positors for secd loan fund, That-he violated the law designates who shall be called on a county vassing board by calling as two of three members of the board county officials who were candidates in the election whereas the law provides that where possible those of the officials designated, yho are not gandidates, shall be dalled, ‘ CRIMES DONE 1° UNDER COVER OF REFORM (Continued from page 2) indictment, predicated upon his tes- timony would be quashed by the « court." * * a4 Not Established 5 “The corpus de has not béen established to a reasonable certain- ty to say ne ng of the rule that it must be established beyond rea- sonable doubt, Two bodies were found in Lake La Fourche, the coro- ner of the parish, Dr. O. M. Patter. son, a man of unquestionable integ- rity and standing both as a citizen and phy , 4 make any examination of them. He never got closer than 40 feet to the bodies while they were yet in the water and he v told that he could not make further exa ton while at the same time two pathologists seemed to have alread: been ar- ranged with even prior to the find- ing of the bodies, who were to come and make an cxamination whieh would disclose great brutality, ete. As to the manner in which the bo- dies found came to their death, and it might be said here that their testimony here is not altogether ppointing in this regard. ere is more than doubt as to the identity of the bodies in the minds of the.people generally. Those who heard the testimony exception entertained such doubt and after the pathologists had made their full report on the matter there was a gene unbelief left in the minds «of all fair-mindedy people.” Many witnesses were called to identify persons connected with the mob that carried Daniel and Richard away. All the testimony tended to show that’ it had been worked up by the department of jutisce and was go eonflicting as to destroy itself. It wad manifest-— ed from the evidence that the real motive behind it was constituted to convict the Kw Klug Klan in the ‘)* forum of public opinion whether the perpetrators of crime could be uncovered or not. “Without exception there wag no material or vital points brought against them, and only partisan testimony, and the testimony could not stand the fire of cross exam- ination and the test of character ‘to give it weight. “The activities of the Ku Klux «Klan were gone into with great pains and they did not show the; For Piles. ~ It ls Pyramid < Pyramid Pile Suppon 1 ¥"Brought Hellet to Who Had Suffered Severely For Years, You will quickly realize that Pyramia Pile Suppositor:! are simply wonderful to ease pain, re- “Vieve itching, allay that aggravating sense ‘of pyessure and.enable you to rest and een ‘ith comfort. The fact thgt almost every drug- | gist in the U.’S. and*Canada carries Pyramid in stock at 60 cents. a box shows how highly these Suppositor- ies are regarded. Take no ti tute. You-ean tay them’free:by send- ing your name and address to Pyra- mid Drug ‘€o., 627° Pyramid Bldg, . Drug Marshall, Mich, ve * ak which | not permitted to} without | _farising-out of hig roving inclina- SEEN. BY EX-HEAD OF U. S. RHINE FORCES By Harry Hunt NEA Staff Correspondent Washington, Jan, 25.—@ollapse of tae German government— Seizure of power by commun- ists and extremists— Coalition between Germany and Rassia with Russia’s army of 1,- {000,000 at Germany's disposal— Rallying of the German people to a “war of liberation,” with condi- \tiong for success strongly in Ger- | many’s favor— | These are seen by Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman as immediately | possible results of further French encroachments on Germany. Dickman, who commanded the |Third division in France, led the | American army of occupation into Germany and was in comfiand of American forces on the Rhine until |July 1919. He is particularly fitted to gauge the seriousness of the | present situation. i Breaking Point Near \ | Dickman’s outspoken opinion is | that the breaking point in Germany jhas almost been reached and he |fears unless French pressure is { modified a new war will result wita: in two weeks. “Unless the cold counsel of Great Britain prevails with France, a new | war between Germany and France is almost certain,” Dickman says. “In it Germany could raise the ery of ‘war of liberation’ as she did lin 1805, And the. conditions for a | MAJ.-GEN. JOSEPH T. DICKMAN Great Britain would not, in all prob- Italy and Beigium might ita her, but even that is un- certain. “If the, European powers had adopted the policy enforced during the period of ‘ecupation by the American army, the situation might be far different. This required that non-combatants, women and chil- dren be disturbed as little as po ble and that local self-government be continued. “All domestie and governmental activities continued undisturbed ex- successful revolt’ against the French are much more favorable today than ; then. | “My opinion is that if the French | push matters too far, they will lose Hall. “The immediate danger is that the | demands of France will force the col- |lapse of conservative, industrial | cept for regulations necessary to in- Germany. That means bankruptcy | sure security for our troop: jand the immediate seizure of con-| “The French policy, however, was jtrol by communist and extremist | far different. Naturally they were | groups which at oftce will join aands with Russia, “Russia already has an army of 1,000,000 men, equipped and mobil- ized. As to man-power, the German- Russian combination could master eight or ten to one against France. With German officers to train and lead Russia’s forces France quickly bitter against their former enemies. Their policy was to impose regula- tions restricting civilian affairs, The outcome of that policy was the growth of hostility on the part of the German people. “With this as a background, present French moves seem to the me would be far outnumbered. certainly cannot be far away. If Cites U. S. Example the break comes—well— “And France would face this new “I fear France will lose all she war virtually alone. The United ; has gained or stands to gain.” States certainly would not join it. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service) Klan to be responsible for the re- cent outrages.” And the other activities of minor importance which were investi- gated only showed that the Klan took part only in those things which were for the furtherance of law enforcement and order~ < INVESTIGATE PROBERS (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Ill., Jan, 25.—Imperial wizard Hiram Wesley Evans and three .other imperial officers of the invisble empire of the Knights] The Engineers made their debut of the Ku Klux Klan became visi-| last evening and notwithstanding ble in Chicago today for the an-| the fact that it was the first game nounced intention of “making an| for the majority of the team they investigation of alleged activities! gaye Judge Bronson’s Hi Brows a of Klansmen and the committees} busy time. When the smoke of the appointed to investigate Klansmen| fray cleared the Hi Brows were on activities. the long end of the 15-11, 15-7 score, | MANDAN SCHOOL 1 Ellictt. Enginecr E. Kaulfuss Cap- tain, H. R. Topping, L. H. Belk, D. H. Payne, 8. R. Sharts and A. A. (Continued from Page 1) Hawkinson but if anyone was going to be help-|_ Phil Mcyer’s Rotarians trimmed ed it was the small farmer, He|Dr, Stackhouse and his High Finan- said his brother might raise $200,-.| cies 15-11, 15-11. | 000 worth of crop on'his farms in| The line up—Rotariaris, Phil Mey- Jone year, gnd he didn’t think he|er Captain, Geo. Bird, Bob Webb, Jought to have one-third, or over | Geo. Will, J. J. MacLeod and B. 0. $60,000, exempted. Ward. Rep. Carr said he had studied the] Financiers—Dr. Stackhouse Cap- bill and couldn’t make out what jt| tain, E, W. Leonard, C. C, Converse, | meant. / ‘|W. R. Lumry, Benton Baker. | House bill No. 1 was indefinitely] The Gymnasium class wil meet postponed, 48 to 54, only to be|as usual on Friday but there. will kept alive after the committee of| be no League Volley ball games the whole. adjourned, when the|all the teams will be represented house refifsed to adopt the report.| the All Stars vs. Rotary game as a ; Stark and Burleigh county represen-| preliminary to the Casselton Basket | tatives switched their votes. Ball match. The amendment to house bill No.| The All Stars will be Dr. Stack- 42, amended to provide that $500 of | house, J. E. Kaulfuss, Dutch Hous- the crop mortgage, was defeated, 53| er, E. W, Leonard, Judge Bronson to 43, The bill as originally draw, ba) providing that crop and chattel mortgages be separate, which the author had said would preyent per- and M. D. Aver: sons from taking advantgge of an _INVESTIGATION “California Fig Syrup” is Indianapolis, Ind—The National Child’s Best Laxative tions and his cage will soon be it was taken on appeal. Meanwhile, Sleep$-From-Home desires to change his name, since he now has a home neither here, hither or yon ENGINEERS IN FIRST GAME AT VOLLEY BALL Executive Committee of The Ameri- can Legion met at Indianapolis on January 14th and 15th. This Com- mittee adopted resolutions approving the action’ of the authorities of the Staté of Louisiana in their endeav- ors to enfroce law and order and condemned the murder of an ex- service man by a “lawless band.” An- other resolution was adopted - urg- ing the government of the United States to Iend its aid to abate the world crisis and assist in the es- tablishment of peace, tad The resolution on the Mer Rouge investigation was short but to ‘the point. It follows: “Be it resolved, That this Committee approve of the action of the authorities of the state of Louisiana in their endeav- ors to enforce law and order and condemn the foul murder of one of our comrades by 4 lawless band, and that we await with serutiny the bringing to the bgr of justice the Perpetrator of this crime.” NOTHING IN |. THIS NAME Fort Yates, N. D.,Jan, 25.—It there is anything in a name, George Sleeps-From-Home, an In- dian whose habitat is on the reservation “near here, does mot ‘belfeve it. Géorge belongs to the Sioux nation. His wife, nee Yellow |Fat, a pretty young woman, is re- ported to have brought suit for divorce there on’ the ground that he has persisted in sleeping away from his: Jawful home; for several ‘moons. ‘Recently, Sleep-From-Home was hailed into court for infractions Even a sick child loves the “fruity” taste- of “California Fig Syrup.” /If the little stomach is upset, tongue coated, or if your child is cross, feverish, full of cold, or has colic, a teaspoonful will never/fail to open the bowels. In a few hours. you can see for your- self how thoroughly it works all the constipation poison, sour bile ‘and waste from the tender, little ‘bowels and gives you a well, play- ful child again. Millions: of mothers keep “Cali- fornta Fig Syrup” handy, They know a teaspoonful today saves a sick Schild tomorrow, druggist for genuine “California Fig Syrup” which has directions for babiega and ‘children of all ages printed on bottle, Mother! get an imitation fig syrup, most dangerous. The breaking point™ heard in the district court where | 4 Ask your | E BANK MERGER BILL PUT IN _ STATESENATE | Would Permit Two or More AssociationS“to Combine Assets | | The proposed bank merger bill | was laid before the state senate by Senator Walter Bond, Ward county. It provides for the merging of any two or more banking associa- tions (any kind of a bank but a.na- tional one) in the state. Following are some of the provisions of the bill. | That an association (or bank) | may decided to enter a merger or | consolidated upon two-thirds vote | of the stock-holders at a: meeting | notice of which shall have been serit out 10 days in advance. | The new association—the ~ one i formed by the merger—shall have | at least two-thirds of the aggre | gate capitol of the old associations. | Notice of the decision of the as+ | sociations to merge must be giv | the state examiner within 30 days. This official shall investigate the associations to decide whether .they will make a sound organization | when merged. | If his decision is adverse the as- sociations may appeal, informally to ! the banking board. | ~ If the examiner or board approves | of the fonsolidation the. directcrs | of the associations (or banks) con- cerned shall appoint representatives who shall make out a schedule of | the assets and liabilities of the va- rious agsociations and reach an agreement on the basis on which i the merger shall be made, | After the papers making the mer- | ger shall have been signed the mer- | ger shall be irrevocable. | Provision is also made that the associations shall petition a dis- | trict court of the county of at least | one of the associations and that the court shall provide for three notices {on three weeks the last publication (all of which must be in a legal paper) ot be 20 days before the | merger. | If there is no opposition the court, | may permit the merger within 20 Provision is also made to permit objections by creditors of the asso- tions or by stockholders who have voted against the merger. After the district court | permitting the merger, the order to that effect shall | subject to appeal. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY” LOST—Leather handbag between 8th and Dohn’s Meat Market. Reward if returned to Tribune office. 1-25-3¢ decree court not be FOR RENT — Furnished room in THREATENED \ R. P. Poole, Herrin (Il.) real estate dealer, testified for the state in the trial of those accused in connection with the strip mine massacre. Now Poole says he’s received a note threatening his life and, along with it( the hang- man’s noose shown in. the picture. WISCONSIN TO CONSIDER NEW TAX MEASURE Proposed to Raise $16,000,000 From Incomes of Resi- dents of State Madison, Wis., Jan. 25.—The ad- ministration general tax bill, es- timated to raise $16,000,0Q0 from incomes, and to establish ap- proximate ratio of $1 of income tax to $5 of general property taxes in Wisconsin is prepared for introduction into the legislature. This measure, the most import- ant single proposal to be brotght before the present session of the legislature, repeals the % mill tax for the university, the 7-10 mill tax for the common schools, the 1-6 mill tax for normal schools, and the surtax to raise funds for the teachers’ insurance and retire- ment fund. It removes the per- sonal property tax offset to the income tax, leaves the exemptions under the income tax at their pre- son and establishes an entirely new set of rates. A flat rate of 6 per cent is set by the bill on the net income of all corporations in the state. | To Re-apportion Returns \ Re-apportionment of returns! from the state income tax is pro- vided in the administration bill. It | calls for distribution of the reve- | nue on the basis of 50 cent to} the state, 10 per cent to counties | and 40 per cent to municipalities, in place of the. present apportion- ments of 10 per cent to the state, 20 per cent to the counties and 70 per cent to municipalities. i Following..is the rate schedule on taxable income set by the ad-| ministration proposal. | On the first $1,000 of taxable | income 1 per cent; from the sec- | ond $1,000 of taxable income to the | $11,000 the rate increases 1 per} cent with each $1,000, | From $11,500 to $15,000 of tax- able property, 11 per cent. | From $16,000 to $25,000 of tax- | able property, 12 per cent. From $26,000 to $51,000, 13 per) cent. | From $51,000 to.$75,000, 14 per cent. | On all income over $75,000, 15 per cent. The effect of the proposed new tax law is to increase ‘taxes sharp- | ly on larger incomes of individuals. | It creates a new fund on the state | treasury to be known as “the state income tax fund.” | Any balance in this income tax | fund above appropriations above $1,000,000 will be held to guard against unexpected shrink- | ages in income and will be paid | annually into the common _ school fund. tax, and will burden of the re-adjust the property tax law was enacted in 1911. The secrecy clause is repealed by the proposed statute. | Cities Income Increases | Through its operation the rev- enué to cities from income taxes would be increased slightly, al- though their proportion of the whole is less. By repeal of the present special mill taxes for school purposes, property taxes will be cut approxi- IT PAYS | to keep your garments dry- cleaned, pressed and re- paired. Unless handled by experi- enced help with proper equipment it does your gar- ments more harm than good. Our $8,500.00 cleaning and dyeing plant, at your serv- ice. KLEIN TAILOR AND CLEANER moderp house. Close in. 218] sent level of $800 for a single per- 2nd St. Phone 832R. 1-25-1wk|son and $1,200 for a married per- SANA =| |= + i > eck ce A eA i ATTEND THE BIG Dollar Sa Friday and Many New Items — Arriving Every Day See the New Tissue Ginghams _ 2 yards for $1.00 - Sale Ends Saturday Night —b 1 / Main Street, You must say “California” or: you cn vas /WELLWORTH STORI Bismarck, N. D. | i le Saturday This London and | tittle service. | oats. ‘mately $8,000,000. This It will erase entirely any state | will be made up by repeal of the tax! personal property offset, expect- and in-/ed to add $4,000,000 to the income comes to approximately the rela-/tax annually, and by the increased tion that existed when the income | income from Dr. KINGS NewDis horse demands arrives, he WNow-check it! Now-nostrils sore from blowing— throat rough and scratchy—chest tight and oppressive with conges- tion and coughing—what discom- fort! Then—cool, head-clearing relief MARIE in a fast moving, vivacious comedy drama with thrills, romance and heart interest entitled— Ts A UNI Will Rogers as When the time for summons the groom by ringing the bell. amount the higher rates. AAP TTOL Dainty Demure Coming Monday “THE HEADLESS HORSEMEN” Mrs. Addie Hottell Beauty is But Skin Deep and Good Blood is Beneath Both Minneapolis, Minn.—“I want to make this public expression of what Dr. Pierce’s medicines have done for me. Some years ago I was in a weak, run-down condition with nei- thor strength nor ambition. A ndighbor suggested that I take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. IT secured a bottle from the drux store and this was so helpful that I had no need of a second bottle. To those whose condition needs build- ing up I can and do recommend Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.” ~—Mrs. Addie Hottell, 711 Bu- chanan St., N. E. Gain health and vitality by ob- taining Dr. Pierce's Discovery at your drug store, in tablets or liquid. eee The biil as drafted will be brought into the legislature this week by the committee of the leg- islature and will be sponsored by the administration rather than by any individual. a following the first dose of Dr. King’s New Discovery! How ef- afective—this dependable 50-year- old remedy. Grandmawill tell you it is dsafe cough syrup forerery member of the family. Your druggist has it. TONIGHT and FRIDAY PREVOST VERISJAL “Teabod Crane” in +EBB with James Kirkwood, Lila "Hatton, Jacqueline PATHE NEWS Wednesday, Thursday, Next Week Return engagement at popular prizes of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” FRIDAY and SATURDAY Robert Louis Stevenson’é dramatic tale of the South, Seas’ LAST TIMES TONIGHT THURSDAY with _- E CONSTANCE ~ TALMADGE as Ming Toy Also—— Movie Chat / end Comedy TIDE” Lee, Gee Logan PAGE THREE