The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1917, Page 6

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE. : FRIDAY, MAROH 23, 1917. SCOOP D sie InrL = SND 7 BALT- MD THE CUB REPORTER \F L HADBEEN Born RICH-ID | BE A NATURALIST- I LOVE TH STUDY OF BIRDS-SINCE TL CAME SOUTH Tv FODND 27 DIFF’RANT [4 No. 28 Is a Very Odd Bird CT ALL DEPENDS ON TH’ SPOTS, SHAPE ON ITS “Hop” NEP ITS A NEW ONE- ONE T NEVER KNEW EXISTED — 'TS ALL COVERED , WITH STARS: makes Uncle Joe Cannon look like an Mr, Divet is another Pro- Kansas City Star Man ee Tells How League Seized ‘Wy Star.) se ees North Da- * rhisan e govern- were (From The Kai be When the far * kota, through * League, seized the sti * ment, they thought they the about to realize the program * which, through the Equity Socie- * ty, they had demanded for seven * * or eight Ss previously, But the league leaders, by their * actions, e@ reason to believe they w ufraid that the moder- * * ate equity program would, by its * success, end all hope of state So- * cialism. Socialism was the thing * they were really working for. Ag The leaders tried to force state * Socialism by the famous House * Bill 44. When it was lost, they * * * * * * a oe ae * * * * carried down to defeat the farm- * ers’ state owned elevator Dill. * * * * « The assumption is that the league leaders still hope to ride state Socialism into control on the back of the farmers’ demands. Oecee oe ee eee ee ee {Second Part.) Fargo, N. D., March 23.—The North Dakota farmers seized the state gov- ernment by means of the year old “ Nonpartisan League,” and this sug- gests the more or less familiar query ' of the vaudeville stage: “Now you got it, watcha gonna do with it?” The fight for a state owned termi- nal elevator was the backbone of the whole farmers’ movement. Around it centered the whole Equity Society and Nonpartisan League program. There- fore it might be mildly interesting to know that a few day 1917— Lynn J. Frazier, newly elected farmer-governor, hurled into oflice by a farmers’ political explosion, vetoed a bill which provided for a state ter- minal elevator, which bill wholly com- plied with the demands of the people as expressed in their votes of 1910 and 1914.” The Turn to Socialism. What is the reason for this com plete reversal of form? The answer i: found in a_ leadership, drunk with power and determined to put the state under Socialism at the risk of wreck- ing the whole co-operative marketing | movement in the state. ‘They kill what used to be their own measures,” said Frank H. Hyland, leader of the senate opposition, the last night of the session. “It seems to be a case of rule or ruin.” Governor Frazi veto, dictated by A. C. Townley, president of the Non- partisan League, w: accompanied by a message of excuses, chief of which was that the bonding principle should be employed instead of direct taxa- ‘ SUITINGS AND OVERCOATINGS In the Latest Patterns Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed H. J. Vivian & Co. MERCHANT TAILORS ESTABLISHED 1878 IRVING VIVIAN, Representative Hoggart Block Upstairs Opposite P. O. PHONE 741R 1. The people had never ey themselves on any point here by the governor, The Ki tof the Nonpart AgUC, {had seen its cherished measure ki jagain, and this tim jas its friends. The Eq in revolt, and it st ley has overplaye | trying to throw the blame back on the “hold over” senators, but the general | opinion seems to be that he himself will have to do a Jot of explaining to the farmers. {s it The League’ “We have worked seven years to get such a measure through and now | it is blocked by this veto,” said on of the leaders of the Equity to a re. porter for The Star the day the gov- ernor’s act became public. This fecling of resentment is shar- ed by other influential men in the Equity Society councils, and the veto may be the beginning of the end of | the Nonpartisan League, that sensa- ; tional and meteoric outburst of the Flickertail State, Outside of the Torrens System Act, the lowering of interest rates, wo- man’s suffrage, the exemption of farm {improvements from taxation and the abolishment of the oil inspection. graft, the recent legislative session accomplished little of benefit to the | tarmer, although it was dominated by the league secret caucus. The league leaders blame the “hold- | over” senators for the lack of results, as they managed to secure a majority jin opposition to the league. Undoubt- ,edly these senators deserved blame ago—March 6, | for some things, as they voted against ;some meritorious measures. But 14 jot the 28 senators, composing this opposition to the league, were actual {farmers themselves, so the blame jlacks the punch. House Bill 4. The real cause of the failure is found in the determination of the Nonpartisan League leaders to stam- ede the state into Socialism. The limax of its effort was the introduc- , tion of House Bill 44, which was noth- ‘ing more nor less than a brand new Socialist constitution for the state, which the leaders daringly tried to! ‘omnibus through the legislature and) ‘past the people as a single amend- ment. The “heldover” senators block jed the progress of this unique “amendment,” which .consists of 52 pages of type, the keynote which provides that the engage in any occupation or busine: It would a remove the debt limit lof the state, it would remove the ban {against monopolies and railroad mer- it would prohibit woman .suf- would revoke the existing for tribunals of con ailroad legislation. and for | safeguarding of the state school jfund. Its measures for the benefit of ;the farmer were based on stale own- ed enterprises supported by unlimited onding. king this ground in oth- v legislation, the league secret cau- cus defeated bills for state owned ;packing plants and flour mills be- :cause they provided for a tax instead tof bonding—an issue that had never been ‘raised by the people. It also killed a two-cent fare Dill and a rural credit bill. The Secret Caucus, | “The world has never seen as per- ;fect an organization as the league, {nor such an abi to secure recogni- tion of authority,” said A. G. Divet, | leader of the house opposition, as he | watched the milling in the lobbies ithe last night of the session. “In spite of the fact that I oppose its pro- gram, I can't help admiring the effi- ciency of that secret caucus. It WHEN YOU ASK FOR s BUTTER, & NORTHERN 200 MODERN ROOMS With Bath......... MERCHANTS HOTEL ST. PAUL’S fam- ous and popular priced hotel With Running Water. ...$1.00 to $1.50 $1.50 to $2.50 Renovated, Redecorated, New Fur nishings. ona apatites New. Cigar Stand. New Gril loom, Convenient, Comfotéable, Home Like. led to pass the 'T State Then Lost Control: veto, whic {retary of the state S After pulling back until the. very last of the session, the caucus decid- minal Elevator Bill inst Townle, wish—the first de- nite evidence of revolt against his ip. But after its passage he stubbornly held on and sted on a wish was gratified. before the session clos signed by 29 mem- cus asking for A few day ed, a petition. wa bers.of the secret ci i ja reform in the league which would give iis members more power. “This movement came from . big business, Which is trying to destroy the farmer's, power,” shouted Town- ley to the cagcus in a fiery speech. “They are tryiyg to break up the league. If you want to help our ene- mies just go on With this petition.” His magnetic cloquénce staved off the reckoning. Killed Anti-l. W. %, Bills, One more phase of the. legislative session is noteworthy. Several anti- I. W. W. bills were introduced at the urgent demands of farmers from.over the state. Every one of them Wa: killed in the secret caucus. The re on is not hard to seek. Arthur Ley Sueur, brilliant Socialist and I. W. W attorney, w: sked to advise the ¢ ciency committee which passed on bills as they came up. Without going into the merits or demerits of Socialism, the personnel of the lea, leaders put into power by a farm movement is sure to be of interest to the observer, Charles Edward Russell, well known Socialist writer and speaker, spent several weeks in North Dakota during the formation of the league, contributing weekly articles to the weekly articles to the league organ, the Non-Partisan Leader. ‘The vital like passages from his book, “Why I Am a Socialist.” The “Brains” of the League, D. C. Coates, once lieutenant gover- nor of Colorado, later Socialist city commission of Spokane, was one of the league organizers and is manager of the Leader. He is generally known as the “brains” of the league. A. FE. Bowen and A. C. Townley, who fathered the movement, are both Socialists, the former having been a Socialist candidate for governor of North Dakota at one time. O. M. Thomason, one of the chief organizers, was a Socialist candidate for congress in 1914, Henry Teigen, secretary and right hand man of A. C. Townley, was sec cialist- party and editor of the Icono t. a Socialist paper published at Minot. Leaders Not Farmers, Some light may be thrown cu the situation by the fact that these men had not been ident with the equity or -operative marketing ‘movement in North Dakota to any considerable extent previous to the recent campaign. Their interest is academic, not vital. As a whole they are frec-lance opportunists and agi- tators rather than actual farmers, and they are not in close touch with the past and present life of the peo- ple of Nerth Dakota. As a matter of fi none of the real leaders is iden- with the everyday problems of verage farmel A. C, Townley, the only Jeader claiming to be a fi mer, bases his claims on having plunged on flax raising by thousands of acres “If, it is claimed, the farmers are lin a spontaneous uprising and know exactly what they want in legislation, why is it necessary to separate each one of them from $16 for two years’ dues in advance?” This was aques- tion put to A. C. Townley. “It is necessary for organization,” replied Mr. Townley. But some of the farmers are go finicky as to question the necessity of such a heavy tax, es- pecially since those who get the mon- ey are not held to any accounting to the membership and are not under bond. There are about 75,000 mem- bers in four states, and a little arith- metic will demonstrate that someone is handling a lot of money. “The bookkeeper gets the money” is as satisfactory a reply as could be gotten from Secretary Teigen. It is universally admitted. that the secre- tary-treasurer, O. S. Evans, does not handle it and it is definitely known that A. C. Townley paid certain large bills for the league during its exist- ence. Maryland ac tified the (United Press) Washington, March 23.—The Amer- ican steamer, Maryland, was posted at Lloyds yesterday. as missing, the state department was advised in a cablegram this afternoon. MAIL WEIGHING TO START NEXT WEEK Under the direction of the interstate commerce commission, all mail | re- ceived aboard mail cars at different points will be weighed, beginning Tuesday, March 27 according to in- structions received in Bismarck. The weighing of mail will continue 30 days in order* that the expense of carrying the mail can be ascertained. sections of House Bill 44 sound much | ' ‘Jicy-holder its inde e e Is Missin Z| wherever situated, excepting a suffi- cient amount in value’ of such cash, PETITION. In the Matter of the Reinsurance of the Policies of The Pioneer Life Insurance Company of North Dako- ta by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Comes now The Pioneer Life Insur- ance Company of North Dakota, Peti- tioner, hereinafter designated as The Pioneer Life, and files with the Insur- Commissioner of North Dakota ion for Approval of the Contract for Reinsurance of the Pol- fcies of The Pioneer Life by The Lin- feoln National ‘Life Insurance Com- pany, hereinafter designated as The Lincoln National Life. The terms and conditions of said contract for such proposed reinsur- ance are as follows: THIS AGREEMENT, by and be- tween The Pioneer Life Insurance Company of North Dakota, a corpor- ation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Dakota, First Party, hereinafter designated as The Pioneer Life, and The Lincoln \National Life Insurance Company of Fort Wayne. Indiana, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana, Second Party, y hereinafter designated as The Lincoln National Life, ‘WITNHSSETH, WHEREAS, The Pionecr Life de- jsires to sell, transfer, deliver and _as- sign to said The Lincoln National Life all of its life insurance business and all of its cutstanding obligations of ‘every nature and have all of its policy contracts reinsured with, and its out- stand'ng obligations of, every nature) now accrned cr hereafter to accrue, id The Lincoln National ta { Life. tM ‘iD, WHISREAS, said The Lincoln desires to reinsure, take ume the life insurance i of said The Pioneer (Life, to- sether with all outstanding obliga- tions of said The Pioncer Life, NOW, TIMREFORE, in considera- tion of the premises and of the mu- tual covenants and agreements here- in contained, it is hereby agreed by and between tiie partics hereto as fol- lows: 1, ,The Lincoln National Life, upon the: approval of'this contract by the Auditor of the State of Indiana and by the Commissibn, esablished and acting under the Lawé of ‘North Da- kota for the approyal of reinsurance contracts upon petition filed with the Insurance Commissioner of North Da- kota, does hereby _ under-write, as- sun reinsure and guarantee all of the rance policies and contracts of said The Pioneer Life in force the date of such approval, whethe sued at such time or thereafter sued. And The Lincoln National L does hereby, upon such approval of this contract, assume and agree to pay all valid, legal outstanding contractual iabilit of said The Pioneer Life as of March 81st, 1917, and covenants and agrees to and with The Pioneer Life and to and with each of the hold- ers of the policies herein referred to, and to and with the beneficiarfes thereof and their legal representatives and assigns, to assume and carry out the several obligations of The Pto- neer iLife contained in the policies herein referred to, and covenants and agrees to forthwith issue to each pol- pendent Certificate of Assumption as of March 31st, 19 to. be attached to cacl® such poli reinsuring the same according and subject to the terms and conditions thereof; provided, however, that all obligations and liabilities hereby as- sumed by The Lincoln National Life are assumed subject to all defenses, counterclaims and offsets which are or might hereafter become available to The Pioneer Life. 2, The Pioneer Life does hereby, upon the approval of this contract by said Commission and by the Auditor of the State of Indiana, sell, transfer, assign and conyey to The Lincoln ‘Na- tional Life all of its right, title and interest as of March 31st, 1917, in and to all of its policy.contracts issued on or prior to such approval, or in force at said time, whether such poll- cies are issued at such time or there- after. 3. The Pioncer Life does hereby, upon such approval of this contract, sell, transfer, assign and convey to The Lincoln National Life as of March 31st, 1917, all of the assets and property of! The Pioneer Life, includ- ing mortgages, notes, bonds, accounts, cash, agents’ balances and other evi- j fixtures, and all property of every kind and nature owned or possessed by The Pioneer Life at such time bonds and mortgages to cover the cap- ital and admitted surplus of said The the condition of said The Pioneer Life as Of March 31st, 1917, as _com- puted and determined by the Insur- ance Department of ‘North Dakota. To such amount of capital and admit- ted surplus shall be added interest at the rates provided in such securities covering capital and admittcd sur- plus from March 31st, 1917. 4. Upon sueh approval of this con- tract, all_receipts and_disbursements. of The Pionéer Life ‘on and after March 3ist, 1917, to and con- nected with the or policies hereby transferred to Lincoln National Life, shall be and be- j said Order of Notice and said Petition 2} the State of North dences of debt or credit, furniture, | Pioneer Life as shown by a report of: come the receipts and disbursements of The ‘Lincoln National Life and shall be accounted for by The Pioneer Life to The Lincoln ‘National Life. 5. Provided this contract, is approv- ed by the Auditor of the State of Tm. diana and said Commission, said The Lincoln National Life shali pay to said The Pioneer Life, its successors or assigns, a commission of five (5) per cent of each of the cash premium3 falling due on and after March 3tst, 1917, which shall be obtained, collect- id to and accepted by Tac Liti- tional Life on and ater March Bist, 1917, on the policies of insur- ance herein referred to and «assumed by. The Lincoln National Life, for a period of five (5) years fram March st, 1917. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the par- ties hereto have caused this agree: ment to be executed by their respect- ive officers, duly authorized, and their corporate seals to be affixed this —— day of March, 1917. fi THE PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH DAKOTA, By — (First (Party) Its ‘President. THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, By (Second Party) Its President. Your Petitioner prays for the ap- proval of said contract of reinsurance, or any modification thereof by the Commission hearing said Petition, and that the Insurance Commissioner shall issue an Order of Notice requiring no- tice to be given by mail to each pol- icy-holder of the said The Pioneer Life Insurance Company of North Da- kota of the pending of this Petition and that the time and place at which hearing thereon will be held; that In- surance Commissioner publish the as required by Law. THE PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH DAKOTA, By ARTHUR F. HALL, President. THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, By 'SAM'L M. FOSTER President. ORDER OF NOTICE. Whereas, The Pioneer Life Insur- ance Company of North “Dakota has filed in the office of the Insurance Commissioner of North Dakkota the foregoing Petition for Reinsurance cf all its outstanding policies of insur- ance in The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company of Fort Wayne. Indiana. ‘Now, therefore, it is hereby order that said tion be heard the of fice of the Insurance Commi ner of ota in the Cap- itol Building at Bismarck, Nota Da- kota, on the 2nd day of April, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m., and that netice of the pending of said Petition and of the time and place of the he: g thereon be given by depositing a copy of this Order of Notice in the Postofti Fargo, North Dakota, postage prep:id, directed to each policy-hold2r of The North Dakota at his last known place of residence, on or before the 2lst day of March, 1917; and by publica- tion of said Petition and of this Or- det of Notice for at least two weeks Pioneer Life Insurance Company of}- “PIPER” soared to the topmost wave of popular- ity way back in ’82. Today there’s only one brand for the discriminating American—that’s PERN CHEWING P richness, the snappy, fruity flavor ee a wonderful “champagne flaver” " oe ili EIDSIECK ToBAcca Piper S-A-T-1-S-F-I-E-S! Yes sir! 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Dated at Bismarck, N Dakota, this 14th day. of March, 1917, (8—16, 23) BOOSTER BUG BUZZING IN THREE SLOPE TOWNS According to word reaching the of- fice of Secretary G. N. Keniston of the Commercial club, booster organiza- tions may be launched at New Eng- land, Flasher and Mott. Some of the towns have written the local office for information and “one has asked the secretary to make an address and as- sist in-the organization. Last week Secretary Keniston assisted in the or- ganization of a Community club at Braddock. : You will find more of the leading People of North Dakota registered at the Radisson. than at any other hotel in the Twin Cities. Phone 453. are raw and gusty. Many bins will be empty. . If you want the ‘Best Serviceand the Best Lignite: Coal Mined send your orders to Washburn lignite Coal Co. F. J. MCCORMICK, Agent : Office: 9th St.. and Broadway. -