The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-02

trial on the ground that he gave his
confession of guilt while under ner-
Gus and mental strain produced by
third degree tactics to make him con-
TESS. He now wants to change his plea
OF guilty to not guilty and to stand
trial. If the man is innocent he is en-
titled to new trial but this new EVIL
dence business looks mighty fishy at
this time. The alleged finding Of a
blood stained cap belonging to a wom-
an is brought forth as new evidence
favorable to the defendant. Judge
Neussle is hearing this petition for a
new trial and his decision will be
watched with much interest. Most
people believe Layer absolutely guilty
of the terrible crime and feel that in
life Imprisonment he was not half
punished enough.
The Courier News is very frank and
outspoken about repeating the initial
ed law to return funds from the Bank
of North Dakota to the various coun-
ties. In trying to work up lot of
sympathy for the repeal of the law it
says that it is positive that every
league senator and representative
will vote for repeal. You bet your life
they will. A truer saying never fell
from the lips of the Courier-News edi-
tor. The greatest ambition of their
young lives-that is the league gang
is to get this law repealed. They
know that they have gotten the state
in band and tehy know that the bank is
in bad and so they want a special ses-
sion to repeal before the real facts
can be made known. They are a wise
lot Of birds all right. The present
monetary stringency insa large meas
ure is not due entirely to poor crops
and poor prices but to the unsettled
condition Of the affairs of the state.
Investors have been afraid of their
holdings under this wildcat admins
tration and millions upon millions of
dollars have been withdrawn from the
state because the men having this
money are afraid of the policies of the
present administration and have with
drawn their money. When we get a
state government that will run the
state in business manner the money
will be reinvested in the state and not
before. Minnesota has no trouble
about money because the people there
are being governed by business men
instead of socialist theorists.
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Frank E. Packard, former editor of
the Times-Record, has been appointed
tax commissioner with headquarters
at Chicago for the Standard Oil Com
pany, at salary of one thousand dol
lars per month. This is some job, but
F. E. will make good at it. That goes
to show that being editor of the
Times-Record leads to big jobs. There
is Packard right in with big business
job. There is Frank Ployhar, former
editor, owns a couple of municipal gas
plants and is state senator. Then
there is Mr.. Nye, holding down some
big job in Oregon. Then there is
Dunlap, also holding down a big job
somewhere out west and then there is
the present editor-liable any time to
have call from big business at an
enormous salary. In fact many peo-
pie are already saying that the editor
Of this paper does not own the plant
that it is owned by the banks and 9TH
er big business interests and that the
editor is only hired man drawing a
salary and puts in the paper only what
he is told to say. Just think of this
awful charge. We really thought we
owned the Times-Record. In fact we
are sure we do, but then if we are to
have the name of being owned by big
business for goodness sake let US get
the game as we'll as the name. Hurry
up that big job with the big salary
Anyway we want to congratulate Mr..
Packard, who is rising very rapidly
and whose worth is evidently appre-
ciated where worth counts.
The Republican, newspaper print
ed and published in Washington, D.
c., declares that new drive is being
put over to force the United States
into the British made League of Ma
tions, even more tremendous than the
drive made behind Wilson and Cox in
the recent campaign, is now going on.
The people of the United States by a
popular majority vote of over six mil
lion majority, spoke in no uncertain
terms that they did not want this
league of nations as manufactured by
Great Britain under the guidance of
Woodrow Wilson. That issue was
made paramount one in the last
campaign and the voice of the people
has been heard. This should scrap this
league Of nations as made by Great
Britain and O'keyed by Woodrow Will
son. The Republican says that re-
ports are reaching the nations capital
that big business forces are reported
to be backing the scheme at Geneva
to force all nations to pool their raw
materials by which the right of the
American congress to control even the
natural resources of this country
would be abrogated if we join the
league. It is claimed that the big
money interests of Wall street have
hopes Of getting to-. President-elect
Harding, so says the Republican.
There is quite likely to be something
doing in Washington along these
league Of nations line in the next few
months. This country must awaken
to the necessity Of keeping absolutely
clear Of any entangling alliance that
this league might bring forth.