The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1925, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE HIGH COURT TO RULE ON BANK TAXES' Case Before Supreme Judge of Vital Importance to N. D. Institutions Of vital importance to all banks the state as well as to the legis! ture is the case pending in Su court of the State Bank of Flaxon vs. Burke county in which the bank is resisting collection of taxes. Tax Commissioner Thoresen instrumental in bringing the to the high court after tho d court had issued an injunctic straining the Burke cou and treasurer from forsing coll of taxes. History of Case The history of the case goes back to 1919 when the legislature passed a law exempting money and credits includ- ing stocks and bonds from inxes One bank in Cass county claimed exemp. tion from taxes under this law ond the Supreme court later unheld its claim. In spite of this decision manv banks paid assessments voluntarily while about twenty refused to be assessed. To remedy this condition a law was passed in 1923 which pro vided that taxes for four previous years be validated and confirmed. The State Bank of Flaxon holds that this law is unconstitutional. The law which validates bank stock taxes fol- lows: Sec. 1. All taxes levied and as- sessed in the years 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1922 upon bank stock are hereby validated and confirmed and shall be given full force and effect by all ad- ministrative and judicial officials notwithstanding the language con- tained in Section 1 of Chapter 62 of the Special Session Laws of 1919 and Section 1 of Chapter 230 of the Laws of 1917 purporting to include stock as money and credits in the exemp- tion given to money and credits. Sec. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state, recog- nized for many years, that all classes of property owners possessing a con- siderable amount of taxpaying abili- ty shall contribute to the expense of government in proportion to their relative abilities to pay, and that owners possessing such taxpayinz ability, and that the inadvertent in- clusion in the legislative enactments of the 1917 session and the 1919 special session of a mistatement of the law and of fact in that it is therein inferentially stated that cor- porate stock is credit, does not and did not indicate a deliberate depart- ure from established leislative poli- cy, and it is further declared to be in harmony with sound pyblic policy that bank stocks of the sdveral banks should be assessed upon and should be taxed upon a uniform basis, and that such stockholders as have not paid taxes for the years in a ques- tion should be required to pay taxes upon the same basis as those who have already complied with the terms of the settlement above referred to; and that this exercise of the limited power to enact retrospective legisla- tion is in furtherance of firmly es- tablished and universally recognize: principles of justice and equity. Exemption Not: Intended The law exempting money and credits from taxation was not intend- ed to exempt banks, Commissioner Thoresen pointed out. Tnw law vali-! dating the collection of taxes on banks was passed to correct an err: he said. To show the extent to which the tax collections qn banks had depreciated on account of the Supreme court's interpretation of the law, the commissioner said that on twenty millions of bank property, ex- cept real estate and personal, only $4,000 in taxes was collected, or a little more than $7 per bank. { Church Leaders To Attend Big Meeting Here Church leaders of national prom- inence will stop in Bismarck July 1 to attend the thirtieth annual North | Dakota Sunday school convention which will open June 28, it is an- nounced. The leaders to visit here are speakers at the International Christian Endeavor convention at Portland, Ore., and will arrive here in a special train with delegates from eastern states en route to the Portland meeting. Among those who will stop here sre Dr. Francis EB. Clark and wife, who organized the first’ Christian Endeavor society; Dr. Amos R. Wells, editor of the Christian Endeavor World; Dr. Daniet Poling end Mrs. Poling, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Gates and Alvin J. Shartle. Mr. Gates is gen- eral secretary of the united society’ “Why! He’s Nothing But Skin and Bones” | “Marry Him? Never” “Quit kidding me, Agnes; when I get ready to lana a man he's got| to bea real man with plenty of | good healthy flesh on his bones.” “Of course, I dance with Ed; He's a good enough fellow and I just feel sorry for him, but no skinny, hollow cheeked, spindle shanked lath is going to sail the voyage of life with me.” Cheer up, Ed —things aren't as bad as they look to you right now. Many hundreds of skinny, gaunt, emaciated men looked even worse than you do till someone told them about McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Com- pound Tablets (the new way to would put pounds of good firm, healthy flesh on their bones in just slew weeks. \ Nothing like these health creat- , weight producing tablets for ny, underweight men, as thou- sande can testify. Start to take them today—60 tablets—60 cents ar and Mr. Shartle is and field secretary. The train will remain here for two hours on the morning of July’ 1. A meeting will be held in the cit auditorium, to be attended by dele: gates to the state convention. treasurer STATE GIVEN LAND TO MAKE PUBLIC PARK Ground in Ransom County Donated by F. R. Strong, Pioneer Farmer (By The Associated Press.) j Lis Strong, who settled in the “big bend” of the Sheyenne river near what lat- er became Schoville, in 1879, and who since that time has built un a prosperous farm in the fertile valley, has donated to North Dakota a tract of about two acres along the river bank as ano-her of the state's his- torie parks, In the southwestern part of this (Ransom) county, the Sheyenne makes up its mind to give up its trip to the south, and joins the Red River of the North in its trip to the North. Where this change of direction is made miles of timbered valley clings and fringes the river's “big-bend.” Before the coming of the whites this was a recognized home spot, because of its pure springs, sheltere groves and other ou ities. And the remains of the previ- ous habitations are now found along the river. Mounds, and stone circles, ridges “and graves, heaps of refuse and old trails show where the Indians and even the later men who treked the country unconsciously left rec- ords of their being in the “big bend” country. The Strong farm, built up around a fine spring that the pioneer settled near, is adjoining a “Cheyenne vil-{ lage,” said by historians to be a re- markable walled village site of the former plainsmen. The tract donated to the state, therefore is in the midst of one of the state’s most importunt historic sections. It is covered with a good growth of young timbe-, wild flow-} ers and native grasses. The Shey- enne forms the eastern border of the tract and the visitors to the new state park may fish, swim or go boating in the quiet river. A foot bridge con- nects the park with the state high- way just east of the river. Across the river also is a district school, and the children are. expected to enjoy the park. The state historical society will have general responsibility for the place and a local board will be ap- pointed to care for and improve the new park. According to state historical socie- ty officials two other historical sites in Ransom county are under consid. eration as state parks. PRESS AGENT FLAYED BY MOVIE PASTOR Hollywood Minister Deplores Wild Tales Told About Picture Stars By RUSSELL J. BIRDWELL NEA Service Writer Hollywood, June 11.—Motion pic- ture stars are living in a “selfish age,” placing personal glory above service to mankind and surrounding themselves with a halo of egotism which is almost impenetrable. The motion picture business is censorable because it is infected with human beings—some who err and some who do not. _These are the startling declara- tions of the Rev. Neal Dodd, known as the “Chaplain of the. Movies,” who, during the past eight years, has been administering spiritual - ance to such members of Hollywood’s film colony as desire it. “Wherever you find people you will find immorality as well as mor- lity, be it in the film world or else- where,” declares Rev. Dodd. ‘There are good folks in Holly- wood as well as in Keokuk or Ban- gor. There is also a bad variety. A great many of the stories concern- ing vile acts of leading film men to- ward pretty girl aspirants are prob- ably true. There are a great many stories, however, that have been ex- aggerated.” We sat talking in the chaplain’s = GOITRE WAS SEVERE Caused Eye Pressure And Headache. Could Not Sleep Without Several Pillows. Colorless Liniment Re- meved It. ‘Mrs. E. H. Hollingsworth, North Platte, Neb., says: “After using Soi b<i-Quadruple for three days, I ‘could notice a great relief. Now my goitre is entirely gone. Will gladly tell my experience by words or letter.” Sorbol Quadrur‘e is colorless. applic! externally and as easy to use as a toilet water. See it at all drug stores or write Sorbol Com- ‘pany, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. ly at Finney’s Drug Store. ———>SSS— IE DR. R. 8. ENGE Chiropractor . Consultation Free Lucas Blk. Bismarck, N. D. ‘study in the rear of Church Around the Corne the Episcopalian clergyman had junited many film pairs in matri- mony, later to read of his handiwork wrecked upon the altar of popular instances the movie stars, innocent of any actual wrong doing, are still responsible for their predicaments because of their pr. agents. They instruct their publi ty men to get space in the newspa- ‘pers at almost any cost. “Then follows a flood of tirades, ranging from the star losing mil- lions of dollars’ worth of jewels to being found in a ‘love nest’ and get- ting a divorce. “A new keynote must be sounded in the publicity sent out about Hol- ilywood film players. Press agents are in great measure responsible for some of the unfavorable public opin- “Little Here help the prosecution, shares the de- fense’s hopes that Scopes will be con- victed, but for a different reason, state being his idea of the right way to prove there’s nothing in the evolu- tionary doctrine, ie Prohibition Indiscriminate shooting by const guardsmen on anti-rum duty has ex- cited so much indignation that Sen- ator Edge of New Jersi is included in the blockade, ha tested to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, the guard being a branch of the latter's department. One sea captain is quoted as de- claring the waters off Jersey and Long Island more danzerous than the war zone during the world con- flict. What especially annoys mariners STRAIN WAS T00 GREAT FOR MARSHALL Vice - Presidency, Like White, House Post, Is Wearing Job to Handle BY CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer tician to wait until he knew “how the wind blew” before making up hie mind, He made it up in advance and regardless of the wind, which horri- fied his party’s more cautiously in- clined. F He never broke himself of this habit. He never tried. If there must be anti-foreign out- breaks in China, the State Depart- ment hopes for them like this last one, at such places as Shanghai. Peking is inland. Surrounded there by Boxers, the foreigners were al- most overwhelmed before relief cut its way through. Shanghai is only a few miles from the sea, on a big river. In it sev- eral warships always lie, their guns ready.. Helped by a few landing par- ties, the “settlement’s” volunteers ' THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925 Nor would vee Japan forced some small transaetions on a few communities, but they amounted to nothing. Her trade, fallen flat, Japan had to make terms. | | Chinese resentmient at domination in the | “treaty like Shanghai, is natural. On soil the foreignersi have their own cities, under their «swn governments; their own courts anid their own laws, under which Chine:ge are punished— often unjustly, they consider. In their own cou;ntry the Chinese are treated—or ill- freated—as an in- ferior people. Rejsisting inhuman commercial exploitation, as in this most recent instance, they are shot down in their own streets by foreign policemen. { “Bolsheviki!” cries the Shanghai No | wonder the Chi- Her One Reckless Hour When Dolly, an orphan, at th of seventeen, she wi as ignorant of life could be. Tobe sure, the star of the traveling company she had joined told her a thing or two—but Dolly was utterly unequipped to cope with the moral peril she faced when home sickness and loneliness led her blindly to accept the is that the peril is to quite legiti- Washington, June 11.—The presi- could stand off enormous odds. foreign pres: ttentions of a perfect strang- ion which hovers over many a screen player.” The movie chaplain believes that the world is passing through one of its most critical periods, the “selfish age: to mate shipping, the smugglers having abandoned the blockaded coast, where. land strip of their cargoes else- D., June 11.—Frank R.|, “The period which has Hollywood jin its throes is comparable to few ages in our history,” he said, “In Hollywood it is especially true that men and women are not accom- plishing things. They dream them- selves what they want to be and their press agents inform the world lly achieved these Utopian goals. “and what is the answer to the riddle?” Rev. Dodd was asked. He smiled. “The cure for this selfish age can only come by curing people of their giant egotism; curing motion picture stars of the habit of thinking of themselves first and not the public that actually controls their desti- ‘CHIEF EVENTS OF THE WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD BY CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer The original oil indictments against ex-Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, Harry F. Sinclair, E. L. Doheny and the latter’s son, returned in Washington and later dismissed on a technicality, charged conspircay to defraud the government and bribery. On reindictment Fall, Sinclair and the elder Doheny are accused only of conspiracy. H The defense says the bribery charge was dropped because “un-! supported by evidence and wholly un-| tenable.” The prosecution says it’s because it had been outlawed under the statute of limitations, which runs out in three years on bribery, while conspiracy takes six. E. L. Doheny Jr. is left out this time and the defense makes much of the fact. Elk Hills Besides the elder Doheny’s' re- indictment, the Doheny oil interests received another jolt in Federal Judge McCotmick’s order in Los Angeles that ‘they surrender for cancellation their Elk Hills (Calif.) oil land leases, granted by Fall when secretary of the interior, and their Hawaiian oil stor- age contracts. This is on the ground that-there was fraud in the so-called loan of $100,000 by Doheny to Fall about the time the leases and contracts were executed, and that the late President Harding exceeded his powers in transferring the oil lands from the navy to the interior department, which made the arrangements Judge McCormick now sets aside. Doheny is required also to account for all Elk Hills oil he has taken out. Of course the case has been appealed. Evolution Unlike the defense in most crimin- al cases, John Thomas Scopes’ law- yers hope their client will be con- victed of teaching the theory of evo- lution in the Dayton (Tenn.) public schools, because they want to test the Tennessee anti-evolution law's consti- tutionality. Scopes’ witnesses many of America’s greatest scien- tists and theologians. His legal ad- visers are among the country’s fore- most. will include Willima Jennings Bryan, who wilt Economy With the government's department heads just starting to estimate what money they'll need during the fix year 1926-7, President Coolidge has told all of them that they must cut their figures lower than ever. To representations that they can’t economize much more and “carry on” with their present forces, he answers by quoting Budget Director Lord to the effect that the government is badly over-manned anyway, 80 reduc- ing their various personnels will do no harm. EVERY DAY HOLY Washington.—Every day in the week is observed as a Holy Day in some part of the world. The Greeks observe Monday; the Persians, Tues- day; the Assyrians, Wednesday; the Egyptians, Thursday; the Mohamme- dans, Friday, and the Jews, Saturday. THOSE PROFESSORS =, Professor (to student entering late)— When were you born? Student—On the second of April. Professor—Late again.—Manchest er Evening News. HER CATTY FRIEN First Co-ed—He stole a kiss from me last night. Second Co-ed—I have a date with him Saturday night. “I guess you'll find him a prett; honest fellow.”—Ohio State Sun Dial. dential job often is referred to as a mankiller. The vice presidency gen- erally is considered something of a sinecure. It seems to have occurred to no- body that, with Thomas R. Marshall's death, the country has as many living ex-presidents left as ex-vice presi- dents—that is to say, one of each, re- spectively Chief Justice Taft and President Coolidge. This gives rise to the guess, either that the vice presidency must be more wearing than was popularly supposed, or that some deadly quali- ty other than the work involved lurks in both the chief magistracy and its understudy's post. The fact is, though we have had what we called young presidents and vice presidents, they were young only for the high offices they held. After a term or two, most of them were pretty well on in this life and not far from the getting off place into the next. aetie Ex-vice President Marshall w: of the most popular statesman ington ever has known. He never took himself too seriously. Affable and easy of approach, his circle of friends was enormous His humor—antiseptic but healing —was delightful. His oft-quoted re- mark during the postwar reconstruc- tion period, with everybody telling what the country needed, “It needs a good 5-cent cigar,” was typical of hi Frivolous, as it fell on the ear, it was packed with meaning on analy- sis, a meaning the man in the street could understand. Marshall wasn’t the type of poli- ~ How About Your Clothes? ~ YOUR CLOTHES ADVERTISE YOU WEAR THE BEST Have Them Made For You by Bergeson’s Firesto ne ONS ‘Win Battie of Tires At Indianapolis, May 30 aNew World. Mark of 101.13 Miles per hour—500 Miles without Tire Trouble At worst everybody could be taken| nese don’t e it. off. Property loss is imaginable; not a massacre. er in a Kansas town. THOSE U. 8j TOURISTS J son she has never forgotten. Rome.—Americang; rank third in ‘The details will hold you spell- A prolonged boycott would be worse. Foreign Shanghai depends absolutely Italy's tourist trade, the number of bound. Dolly tells them under on Chinese labor, industrial and do- mestic, common and skilled, manual Equally it depends on the “hinterland” for supplies. it would be paralyzed. Japan experienced a Chinese boycott There was a dis- and clerica Cut off, a few years ago. pute. “We can_ lick you,” “We won't fight. trade with you.” Neither warned Japanese. “True,” the Chinese agreed. will we people from the Umited Itates visit- ing the country befing exceeded only by those from Great» Britain and France. 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