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The Weather
Generally fair.
TXEKTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 296
PEACE PACT TO
BE EFFECTIVE
TO NEW YEARS
Cannot Be Cancelled Without
Seven Days' Notice—Sol­
diers to Fraternize.
ALL NAVAL FRONTS
AREALSO AFFECTED
Point of Demarcation of Euro­
pean Zones is the First
Line of_Defense.
Petrograd, Dec. 16—The terms of
the Russo-German armistice obligate
no transference of troops until Janu­
ary 14, according to a statement is­
sued here, which means January in
Russian terms no increase of troops
on the fronts or on the islands in
the Moon Sound or a regrouping of
forces. The Germans are not to con­
centrate troops between the Black
Sea and the Baltic east of the 15th
degree of longitude east of Green­
wich. Intercourse between the troops
niay be limited to 25 at a time, who
may exchange newspapers and un­
seal mails and who may carry on
trade and exchange articles of prime
necessity.
Special Arrangement.
A special agreement will be made
by the naval general staff, regarding
the extension of the armistice to the
White Sea and the Russian coast in
the Arctic zone. It is agreed also that
attacks on war and commercial ves­
sels must stop in these regions in
order to avoid attacks in other seas.
The armistice on the naval front
embraces all of the Black Sea and the
Baltic Sea east of the Meridian 15 ae
grees east of Greenwich. The de­
marcation line fixed for the Black Sea
is from the lighthouse of Slinka' 'to
the estuary of the Danube to Cape
Garros. In the Baltic, the line runs
from Reoguel to the western coast of
Worms Island, to the Island of Bag
sher to Kegarne. Russian war vessels
must not cross south of this line, and
the other parties must not go north.
Tlie Russian government guarantees
that the. Entente.war vessels will obey
the rules of this provision and that
Rnssian warships will not be allowed
to sail among the Aland Islands.
Text of Agreement
The text of the armistice agree­
ment follows: ,,
"Between the representatives of the.
higher command of the Russia oa th?
one haodrpwl of 'Bulgaria, Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, on the
other bandy for the purpose of achieve
ing a lasting and honorable peace be
tween both parties, the following
armistice is concluded:
"The armistice shall begin on De
cember 4th (Dec. 17th) at two o'clock
in the afternoon and continue until
January 1st (January 14th). The con­
tracting parties have the right to
break the armistice by giving seven
days' notice. Unless notice is gi\en,
the armistice automatically continues.
"The armistice embraces the land
and aerial forces on tl\e front from
the Baltic to the Black Sea and also
the Russo-Turkish front in Asia Min­
or. During the armistice the parties
concerned obligate themselves not to
increase the number of troops on the
above fronts, or on the islands in the
Moon Sound, or to make a regrouping
of forces.
"Neither side is to make operative
any transfers of units from the Baltic
Black Sea front until January 1st
(January 14th) excepting those begun
before the agreement is signed. They
obligate themselves not to concentrate
RED CROSS DOLLARS SAVE LIVES
OF DYING BABIES IN WAR ZONE
HERE IS HOW YOU ALL CAN HELP
HOME GUARD IN
THICK OF DRIVE
Campaign Which Is to Cover
Every Home in Bismarck
Launched Today. .'
1,000 NEW MEMBERS AND
1,000 RENEWALS IS GOAL
Three hundred and twenty four
new members for the Bismarck
chapter of the Red Cross resulted
from three hours' work on the
part of the Home Guard this
morning. This result was report­
ed at noon by eight of the eleven
teams which set out at 9 this
morning.
The teams lined up as follows:
No. S, Copelin 82
No. 4, Fields 54
•No. 9, Brown
No. 7, Whitney
No. 3, Lahr
No. 10, Marsh
No. 1, Lomas
No. 2, Marks
troops on the parts of the Black Sea eleven squads of tlie Bismarck Home
or Baltic Sea east of fifteen degrees (_
of longitude east of Greenwich. the Commercial club a campaign
"The line of demarcation on the
European front is the first line of de- which is to carry the great Red Cross
fense. The space between will be Christinas membership drive into
neutral. The navagible rivers, will be every home in Bismarck, and whose
neutral, their navigation being forbid- results must be, the guardsmen in
den, except for necessary purposes of
commercial transports or on sections
where the positions are at a great dis-!
tance. for the capital city.
"On the Russo-Turkish front, the The first fruits of the campaign
line of demarcation will be arranged were reported at a gathering of the
at the mutual consent of the chief squads at noon today. "There's noth
commander." ing to it—we re going over big," was
me message brought in by every one
of the eleven committees.
BANK GETS CHECK.
WATER MAIN FROZE.
51
49
31
22
20
15
Total 324
Not reporting: Larson, McGray,
Capt. E. G. Wanner.
Promptly at o'clock this morning,
uar(j
launched from the offices of
sist,
not less than 1,000 new members
and
a
1,000 renewals, meaning at leasi
25 per cent Red Cross membership
Bismarck homes are taking Rea
Cross memberships for each unii. of
the family, and sometimes more than
one. Practically every home called
upon to date has started out with one
$2 membership, in order that it may
enjoy the monthly visits of the Rel
Cross National Magazine, a periodical
which every thirty days brings the
latest news of the organization and its
activities.
Hamberq Institution Reimbursed
for Burglary Loss.
Hamberg. N. D., Dec. 17.—The Ham
berg State bank has received through
Secretary W. C. McFadden, secretary
of the North Dakota Bankers' associa­
tion, a check for 13800 as payment
from the North Dakota Casualty Co.,
on the loss recently sustained by the
Hamberg institution in the wrecking
and burglarizing of the bank safe
No trace of the yeggmen responsible
for this very thorough job has been ships taken this drive •-ruinate a
discovered to date. ^he
Memberships taken prior to July 1.
1917, are being renewed and extend­
ed to Dec. 31, 1918. New mtn:ber
same time do
Intense Cold Too Much for Gar­
rison's Riant Last Week.
r» 17 -n.D iar»!'ice flag sporting at least one star
Garrison, N. D., Dec. 1/.—The large
main at the outlet of the city's water
those whjch have
been renewed since July I, i!'li For
each of these memberships lahen
since July 1, the holder is entitled to
a star on his service flae:, and tin
Bismarck home which on Chri.'.tmas
eve does not display a Red Cross ser-
am)ear verv Deculiar
win feel
reservoir froze up during the intense "he Days of tne Week.
cold last week, and. while the pumps Each day of the ensuing week will
have been kept working, and Garrison have some especial significance in this
has not been without water supply! drive. Tomorrow will be civil em
and fire protection, considerable in- ployes' day, and Red Cross flags will
convenience has resulted. With the be hoisted over the city hall, public
return of seasonable temperaturei library and municipal auditorium,
this week, the damage is being repair- Wednesday will be women's day.
ed and provision made against anoth- snd special tribute will be paid to the
er freexe-up. (Continued on Page Three)
appear *ery peculiar,
French refugee children being out
fitted with warm clothing by Ameri­
can Red Cross women behind the
French lines in France. The baby In
the pictpure below is getting its first
bath in the same refugee station.
That's what Red Cross is doing for
the tiny victims of Hun ruthlessnes3
By C. C. LYON,
The Daily Tribune's Staff Writer in
1 France.
llehind .the French Lines in France,
—(By Mail)—Women of America, dc
you want to do something vastly
worth while for France in this warY
Then interest yourself in some poor,
sick, homeless French baby.
Get in touch with your American
Red Cross and tell them you want to
sew for and help dfess an unfortun­
ate mite whose father has.bedn killed
in the trenches and whose: mother
daily struggles against overwhelming
odds to keep body and soul together.
There are thousands of such chil
dren in the war zone.
Near |£ouI, only. a,,,few ihlles'lie
hind the.'.* reach front, iiuh(|reds of
children'1., ranging iii age from (5
months'"u'p, "to 11 years, have been
gathered together In a lied Cross in­
stitution and for the first time since
the beginning of the war they are re
ceiving proper food, housing, cloth
ing. medical attention arid schooling.
Dr. J. P'. Sedgwick of Minneapolis,
famous specialist in childrens' dis­
eases, was sent into the war zone by
the Red Cross to see what should be
done.
He gathered around him a staff of
specialists, among whom.sre Dr. J. 1
Durand of Seattle, Wash., Dr. N. O.
Pearce of (Minneapolis, Dr. Alice
Brown of Winnetka, III., 'Madame Del
ebecque of Chicago, and Miss Bessie
Spanner of Cleveland.
"We literally pulled these poor chii-j
ijren oft of the dark, damp unclcanl
caves and cellafs constantly under
bombardment by German guns and
airplanes," said Dr. Sedgwick. I
"It is well worth all the money I
and effort we are putting into the en
terprise to see the little things bios-1
som and improve under proper care."1
There's tiny Julia, for example.
The day Julia was born, 18 months!
ago, her father was fighting in the1
first line trenches not 20 miles from
his home village.
A French army doctor uslier&l Ju­
lia into the world in a bomb-proof
dugout constructed in the yard behind
the shattered walls of the family
home.
That same night the mother learn-'
ed that her husband was dead. I
For nearly 15 months the mother:
and baby eked out a miserable exist
ence in their cave-home", !l-nourished,
with hardly enough clothing to cover
them, terrified night and day by the,
German shells.
Then, one day, the Americans came
along and persuaded the mother that
Julia would do better off in the chil-j
dren's refuge station behind thej
lines.
1
Today, little Julia is getting fat and
rosy. She i)o longer cries from fright
at sudden noises.
"I gave Julia her first bath hcre,"j
said Miss Bessie Spanner of Cleveland.
"It was the first she had had in
on
School instruction begins for the
tots as soon as they are two years
old.
Tne other day a mother from aj
shell-swept village brought her two
year-oid baby to the station.
"I can't keep her at home with mej
any longer,'' she said. "I have to run]
to the cave so often that I'm exhaust-]
a in he
Another mother, always comes at,
night.
"The German sharpshooters try to]
pot me every time I stick my head
out of doors. I have to dig my pota­
toes at night and wear a gas mask
while I work."
It is the children of such mothers
who comprise the population of the.
refugee station. In caring for them
the Red Cross is doing a noble work,
which should be encouraged by all
American women at home. Instead ot
one such station there is need (or
scores.
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
BISMARCK. NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1917
BELIEVED PEACE
WITH RUSSIA TO
FOLLOffORTLY
Large Masses of
JSerman
Troops
Have Been Moved From
That front.
,.
GENERAL SKET0NS KILLS
SELF DURINGlCONFERENCE
No Confirmation if Report That
Kaledines, Cossack Leader,
Was Arrested.
London, Dec. 17.—^The predominant
fact as regards the Russian situation
at the moment is tlje signing of an
armistice, which is announced official­
ly at the capitals of all the countries
concerned. According to special dis­
patches from Petrograd, everyone
there believes that a permanent peace
between Russia and the central pow­
ers will result. 'Correspondents, in
general, treat as negligible the under­
taking of Germany and her allies not
to withdraw troops from the eastern
front. A Petrograd dispatch to the
Tintes says thatlarge masses of Ger­
mans already'have been removed and
that probably the German command
has transferred *11 its foces it pro­
poses to employ elsewhere so that
plans are not to be deranged seri­
ously.
May Have Been Murdered.
The reported suicide during the
armistice negotiations of the Russian
General Sketons apparently has made
a considerable. Impression at Petro­
grad, although the Russian national
coniniissarlCT.'are silent in regard to
it. A Petrogrid dispatch to the P6st
says General Sketon was responsible
for the armistice conditions, including
the evacuation of Mo0n Sound, which
so offeiided the Germans at tho first
meeting of the negotiators and ren­
dered nugatory the efforts of the first
missioh. General $keton returned
most up willingly for the second meet­
ing, under imperative orders of his
superiors. The correspondent seeks
to show there is nothing to prove he
committed suicide, which is almost
improbable and insinuates he was
murdered.
There ie no confirmation of last
week's Bolsheviki announcement re­
garding the arrest of-General Kale
dines. The situation in southern Rus­
sia .continues to be obscure, and news
is fragmentary and contradictory.
The latest' returns from the- elec­
tions to the constituent assembly, as
supplied by the Bolsheviki show that
of 237 delegates, 85 are Bolsheviki,
115 socialist revolutionists, 10 consti­
tutional democrats and the others
scattering. About 80 delegates are
now in Petrograd, but no further at­
tempt has been made to hold a meet­
ing. A strike at Moscow began yes­
terday.
CAPTURE HOLY CITY
IN TORRENTIAL RAIN
London, Dec. 17.—In attacks pre­
ceding the surrender of Jerusalem,
the Turks employed storming troops
in successive assaults on Nebl Samuel
northwest of the Holy City, then held
by London troops, according to a
Reuter dispatch from British head­
quarters in Palestine. The dispatch,
which was sent by airplane, gives de­
tails of the. capture and the entry
into Jerusalem.
The final Turkish attack was pre­
ceded by such a heavy shelling that it
appeared the enemy was confident the
British would be blown off the sum­
mit, but all their attacks were re­
pulsed sanguinarily. The Turks bad
a strong line west, south and north­
east of Jerusalem. They were well
provided with machine guns, and their
artillery dominated the crusts over
which the British should have to ad­
vance. Some Turkish guns were
placed just outside the city walls,
making it impossible to reply to the
fire without endangering the town.
"A torrential rain made the roads
impassable," the correspondent con­
tinues, "the problems of supply and
transport almost drove us to despair."
LEITH LODGE ELECTS.
Pythians Name Executives for
the Ensuing Twelve-Month.
Lcith, N. D., Dec. 17.—Concordia
Lodge No. 84, Knights of Pythias, has
elected for the ensuing year the fol­
lowing officers: Chancellor command­
er, Ralph Cornell vice chancellor.
Jay Somenrille prelate, Thomas A.
Wray master of work. William F.
Wessell keeper of records and seals
and master of finance, George W.
Oebhard master of exchequer, Clair
Cornell master at arms, Olaf Anden
nes inner guard, T. R. Weatherly
outer guard, Claud Lackey trustee
for three years, James Glavkee.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON
ENLISTS AS PRIVATE AND
ASSIGNED TO CAMP MEADE
Washington, Dec. 17.—•'Representa­
tive Royal €. Johnson, of Aberdeen,
S. D., enlisted today as a private in
the regular army and was assigned to
Camp Meade. He has not resigned
his seat In the house.
SUBMARINES IN
NORTH SEA SINK
MERCHANTMEN
Allies Show More Sympathetic
Treatment of the Bol­
sheviki.
LABOR STRIKES SEEM
TO BE OBSTACLES NOW
in
Except for Short Stretch
France Battle Lines Are
Quiet.
SIX SHIPS SUNK.
London, Dec. 17.—One British
and five neutral merchantmen, a
British destroyer, and four mine
sweepers, have been sunk in the
North Sea by German naval for­
ces.
The losses were the result of
the attack on a convoy bound
from Scotland to Norway, Sir
Eric Geddes, first lord of the ad­
miralty, announced today. The to­
tal tonnage of-the lost merchant­
men was 8,000.
BY ASSOCIATED PRES8.
When the armistice agreement 'be­
tween the Russian government and
the Central powers goes into effect
on the eastern front today, the emmis
saries of the several countries will be­
gin negotiations looking toward peace
between Russia arid her former ene­
mies.
Meanwhile, it is indicated in I^on
don tiiat the Allied powers may be
preparing to deal more sympathetic­
ally with the Bolsheviki government. I
Lbndori newspapers forecast that
the allies will glVfe recognitloti bf the
Bolsheviki' "in1 ordfer to prevent Rus
sla from passing" under' th&V political
artd economic ^ieel of Germany*.'"Great
Britain Isl said to have decided lo re­
lease Tchltcherin, a Russian- political
prisoner, and Bolsheviki" are now per­
mitting British subjects to leave Rus­
sia. To the American delegates at the
Paris conference is said to belong the
credit for the tempering of the allied
attitude toward' the Bolsheviki.
Labor Strikes an Obstacle.
Labor strikes appear tp be the great
obstacle before the Bolsheviki at pre
sent, especially in the Petrograd dis-
trict. The railway and fuel sltua
tions are serious. The counter revolt
is still more or less of ,a menace to
Bolsheviki authority,, and the constit­
uent assembly Is anqther knotty prob
lerti. l"he confisciatioli of'all proper-
... i": I"
A 1 A .k a A. a a A
all privileges of the clergy.
No Marked Action.
been no marked infantry activity on
fort to break the Italian northern de-
fense. In hard fighting, just east of
GERMAN PEACE PLANS.
Confirmation Comes That Kaiser
Will Make Another Offer.
Washington, IX C., Dec. 17.—Inform­
ation received here today among neu­
tral diplomats agrees with intimations
from abroad that Germany is consider­
ing another offer of peace.
3(!nate
VOrable
the Lrenta, the enemy has gained Col. I difference must be adjusted in confer
Caprille, at the head of the San L®'"-1
enzo valley after two attacks had
been repulsed.
Troops on the C'ambrai front have
repulsed raids made by infantry and
bombing parties on the southern end
of the new salient. South of Lens,
the British improved their position.
The. artillery battle has been more
marked south of the Scarpe, in the Ar­
ras area, and north of Langemarek In
Flanders. In Champagne, and south
of St. Quentin, German efforts have
been checked by the French, while in­
termittent artillery activity has con­
tinued over a greater part of the front
from S. Quenin to Switzerland.
CLOTHING OF MISSING
M1N0T HAN FOUND NEAR
WEST BANK OF MISSOURI
Mandan. X. D., Dec. 17.—A month-1 concoaled in underbrush. The wear
old mystery surrounding tho disap­
pearance of Deputy Sheriff Clark F.
Hovey of Ward county may be cleared
pthrough the discovery on the west
bank of the Missouri river last night
of an overcoat, vest and trousers,
which apparentily have been positive­
ly identified as the possessions of the
missing man. In the trousers pocket
were found seven cents and a jack
knife bearing the name of "Clark F.
Hovey, Attorney at Law, Akron, O."
On the suspenders attached to the
trousers was pinned a Ward county
deputy sheriff's badge, and in anoth­
er pocket is a receipt for house rent
in Minot made out to "Clark F.
Hovey."
Hovey came from Minot to Bis­
marck about thirty days ago. Since
that date no trace of him had been
found until last evenii when A. \V.
Xordholm,
just north of the Northern Pacific
bridge, on the Mandtn side, ran
across this heap of clothing, partially
STATE SEEKS TO SHOW
THAT HALL COVERED DP
1
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNAN
SAYS DUTY IS UNPLEASANT ONE FOR HIM
Prosecutor Devotes Hour to Opening Address to Jury—Makes
It Plain That Hanna Hired Chartered Accountants—Exhibits
by the Bushel and the Drayload—Trial Expected to Con­
sume at Least a Week.
The question of admitting any statement made by Eugene
M. Walla, late clerk in the automobile registration department of
the secretary of state's office, and charged by the state with the
same offense for which his chief is on trial, became a very live
issue in the Hall case this afternoon, when an hour was taken
up in arguing the point.
The state of North Dakota is seeking to prove that Thonrias
Hall, secretary of state, put over Marwick, Mitchell, Peet Co., an
expensive Minneapolis firm of accountants whom the state paid
$30,000 for an audit of the various state departments ending
December 31, 1916, and that a deficit of $1,200 in the auto­
mobile registration department of the secretary of state's office
was covered up by taking credit for 4001917 automobile licenses.
BOTH FORCES
CONFIDENT ON
EYE OF VOTE
Drys and Wets Equally Assured
in Claims for Victory on
National Prohibition.
BIG SHAKE-UP AMONG
WAR CHIEFS COMING
Major General Goethals Offered
Job of Quartermaster
General.
1!,
tie*, lands, and money of the R«s- jj0„se
Vote
'Man church has 'been decreed by the amendment resolutions, set for r' p, Atrial will
L'olsheViki, who also have abolished
tnn
Except on the short stretch between two-thirds
the Brenta and Piave rivers, there has
ati0ption
last August fixes a time
0f gjx
years for state action. Fa-
house action today means the
en(.et aIuj a
conference report adopt-
ed by both bodies before it is submit
ted to the states.
Galleries Jammed.
The galleries were jammed as the
debate opened. It began amid a round
(Continued on Page Three)
BAER INTRODUCES
T0WNLEY BILL IN
NATIONAL HOUSE
Measure Calling for Appropria­
tion of $50,000,000 Put in
by N. D. Member.
Washington, D. ('., Dec. 17— Repre­
sentative Baer of North Dakota intro­
duced a bill today to appropriate $r0,
000,000 to aid western farmers in buy­
ing seed grain, and feed for livestock.
of drought and crop
On account
si".™
many farmers, Mr. Baer said, may
be unable to crop their farms or main­
tain their livestock in 1918.
ing apparel had been hidden near a
point where the cutting of ice now is
in progress, and was only thirty feet
from ll.e river bank.
Mr. Nordholm reported immediately
to Night Officer William Meissner,
who with Sheriff Oscar Olson went
to the scene of the discovery and
made as thorough an investigation as
possible. Sheriff Olson then com­
municated with the sheriff of Ward
county, who now is on his way hithei.
The local authorities regard every in­
dication as pointing to suicide. If
this should prove the correct solution
cf Hovey's disappearance, there is
much question as to whether his body
ever will be recovered. The waters
of the Missouri now are locked in by
a heavy coat of ice, and any general
search at this time would be impos­
sible. With the spring break-up
would come high water, and the Pro^i"ra|^:lt(giri^homas,^
sr "jzsrxj
while searching for wood would come high ^atej%^andJhe probj ®^t
nVEOENTB
$1200 DEFICIT IN 1916
W. R. Edwards of Examiners' 0 ffice Claims Secretary of State
Put One Over Marwick, Mitchell, Peet Co. and Took Credit
for 400,1917 Automobile aqs in Last Year's Business.
It has been a practice for several
years to send out application blanks
two or three months in advance ot
the new year, testified W. R. Edwards
of the state examiner's office, first
witness for the state in its prosecu
ion of an embezzlement charge
against the secretary of state. Dur
ing November and December, 19145,
approximately 400 of these applicA
tions came back accompanied by a $3
fee in payment for the 1917 licenses.
I The secretary of .state's office.depbs
llted these checks, without serial nwn-
identifying the ncenses which
they covered, as a part of Its 1910
business, testified Mr. Edwards, apd
this alleged deception was not detect­
ed by Marwick, iMitchell, Peet Co., be
testified, but the $1,200 which acty
ally anticipated 191i7 business,. Ed­
wards claims, was accepted by these
accountants as covering .1916 tags of.
which a record had been kept, and
in this way a balance was struck, and.
the accounts in the state secretary's
office squared.
Books and records, which .are to
*orm exhibits for the state arrived.!.',,
the court this morning by the dray*
load and in bushel baskets. Only six­
teen exhibits had been introduced .up
to noon, and the examination of 'Bd':
Washington, D. C., Dec. 1*7 —The' wards had only begun. At th« 'preik'
becomes apparent tuat the
consume at least a week,
in., took the center of interest over and probably longer. Each exhibit is
war issues in congress today, witH| being carefully examined 'by each In
prohibition leaders confident of the I dividual juror at the request of A»
ttauiiigiuii, v/.| i-n5v. ii- ",lu
on the federal prohibition ent rate'It
i{ *tin center of interest over and nrobab
majority necessary for
As preSented
the front from the North Sea to the lution requires ratification by three
Adraitic. Although their losses have fourths of the states within seven
been heavy, the Austro-Germans con-, while the drhft approved by
tinue their strong attacks in an ef-,
to the house the reso-
sistant Attorney General Brennan,
conducting the prosecution.
Edwards told of finding that license
tage were issued two and three
months in advance of the year whicft
they covered. The fees, he stated,
covering these registrations, to the
number of 400, deposited with tho
state treasurer in November and De­
cember, 1916, were no identified by a
license number, as were those cover­
ing business for the remainder of
the year.
The entire morning was consumed
with the introduction and examination
of exhibits for the state, including
practically every book and ledger and
filo included in the bookkeeping ma­
chinery of the automobile registra­
tion department of the secretary of
state's office. Each was introduced
singly and identified with much min­
uteness of detail. Original find dupli­
cate typewritten records of deposits
made by the secretary of state with
the state treasurer from Noc. 22, 1916,
on were produced. Iems shown on the
deposit slip for Nov. 22. 1916, were
identified by nuinUers corresponding
with the tags for which the fees were
TGCGiVGd
Deposits made on Dec. 18, 1916. are
recorded in the same manner as those
for Nov. 22, except that serial number
are not indicated, and this mark ot
identification does not reappear dur­
ing the remainder of the year. When
the Marwick, Mitchell. Peet report
was made Dec. 31, 1916. the depart­
ment was not charged with the 400
1917 applications for which it had
received credit to the amount of about
$1,200 in the state treasurer's office,
thus balancing the books for 1916, said
Edwards. The witness then gave
specific instances by which he sought
to prove that there was deposited In
November and December. 1916, and
credited to 1916 business fees for tags
which did not go out of the office un­
til January, 1917.
The report of Marwick, Mitchell,
Peet Co. for the period ending Dec.
was introduced and offered in evi­
dence by the state. This report dates
back to July 1, 1913.
July 1, 1913, $1,741 was shown as
balance actually on hand in banks
where it had been deposited by tn«
secretary of state. Receipts for the
period were shown to be automobile
licenses, S4.624, totaling $253,273
4,297 otorcycle tags, $12,891, and other
items making the total receipts for
the 3% year period $267,276.04, in
which Marwick, Mitchell. Peet CO.
'made no charge for Aug. 1917 receipts,
but giving the secretary of state's of­
fice credit* for the deposit of these
1917 funds made prior to Dec. 31.
\V. R. Edwards of the state examin­
er's office went on the stand as the
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many
and
this morning
repeated the story
miles down stream. (Continued on page Cnr).