The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1919-10-16
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CAPITAL NEWS letter
Sent out weekly by Earle II. Tostevin,
Secretary North Dakota Press
Association

Bismarck, N. D.. Oct. 1s-what
will the supreme court do? That is
the question and the court is the
body towards which all eyes are
turned today in the Scandinavian
American Bank case The hearing on
the temporary injunction forcing the
state banking board, LANCER and
Hall. to deliver to the Frazier ap-
pointee, Bank Examiner o.. E. Lof-
thus, all of the records and docu-
ments taken, was to have come up
yesterday Since William Lemke Sc
cured his temporary writ Of injunc-
tion, Attorney General LANCER sought
modification that he be allowed to
keep the files which would be used in
the criminal prosecution against the
bank officials. This was refused.
LANCER then petitioned the supreme
court for permission to proceed with
the receivership appointment hearing
before Judge A. T. Cole at Fargo.
This was refused. However, the SUI
preme court on Saturday also refused
a petition by William Lemke, as at
torney for the bank officials. for a
continuance Of the hearing The SUI
preme court stood pat to hear Lem
ke's argument on Wednesday. as to
why the temporary injunction should
be made permanent.
Late developments have been in
teresting. The League publicity de-
partment has issued a. call to all
farmers to rally in "We'll Stick,
Well Win" convention where each
will make good his postdated check,
Facts have been confused and twisted
until they no longer resemble the
original. o.
The letter of Roy M. Halliday writ
ten for ]. R. Waters to ]. ]. Hastings
when the latter was vice president. of
the Fargo bank. said 'tthe plan is to
shoot out all the Objectionable paper
to the other league banks at Grand
Forks, Buxton, Hatton. ETC." This
created sensation but two letters
written to A. G. Townley by H. J. Ha-
gan, president of the bank, and P. R.
Sherman, cashier, urgently request
ing that he get $5oo,0o0 deposits for
the institution, as he had promised,
in addition to the state deposits, al
so admitted the bank to be in a
shaky condition, largely due to the
large loans made TO the Nonpartisan
League enterprises, and these have
shown the method of carrying on
business in clear manner.
4. Failure of the governor to act in
the Beach case wherein Sheriff Pier
zina and States Attorney Gallagher
were removed from Office pending an
investigation Of charges preferred by
Golden Valley residents, has caused
considerable speculation
Attorney T., J. Krause, Mandan,
who listened to the arguments. has
stated that someone made a mistake
in trying to infect politics into the
affair, or intQ the Bowen murder
case. This coming from the COVER
nor's apppintee, is decidedly inter-
esting. It is known that Attorney
James Manahan. who was counsel
for the governor, requested Frazier to
meet him and 60 with him to St.
Paul. At the Nonpartisan League
headquarters, it is asserted the mat
ter was threshed out with Townley.
Persons familiar with the hearing
Of the officers removed, and the
events in connection with the Bowen
murder, declare the whole attempt to
saddle blame on the county officials
and the attorney general has devel-
oped into farce. ~
Still Gallagher. and Pierzina are
out Of their jobs and the governor
has failed to take action Attorneys
for the removed officials intimate
that unless there ,5is action taken
shortly. they will demand q reopen
Ing Of the hearing upon the stipulated
seven-day notice. ana that witnesses
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