The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1917, Page 8

EIGHT PATRIOTIC FARMERS ORGANIZE TO OPPOSE TOWNLEY TEACHINGS AND 10 F New League Launched at Omemee Will Seek to Gain Things Non- partisan Managers Promi: gotten in Lust for National Political Power. Minot, N. D., Dec, 21.Believing that the farmers of North Dakota should organize and that the organization should be under the absolute control of the North Dakota farmers; for the! 4 tye BISMARCK _ EVENING. TRIBUNE. URTHER THEIR CAUSE ised, but Which Have Been For- ;be adjourned to permit many of the j farmers in attendance to make train ; connections for their homes. Plans iwere made before adjournment, how- ever, for a meeting early in January ; be filed those sent out Dec. 15, the opening day, except in the case of reg- istrants now in foreign countries or residing in points in this county which cannot be reached in three days. With regard to these classes, General Fras- , er yesterday received advice from Pro- vost Marshal General Crowder author- izing a reasonable extension of time,' | providing such extension is specifical- ly noted on the questionaire. Regis- trants from. this date forth whose questionaires do not bear such spe- cific extension, may take it for grant: ed that they come within the ten-day limit and that their questionaires musi be filled out and back in the office ot purpose of defeating certain vicious! when Nonpartisan representatives wiil| the local board within ten days from measures that have been agitated dur- ing the past eighteen months; for the purpose of furthering certain meas- ures believed to be beneficial both from a social and economic standpoint, and, for the purpose of bringing about closer co-operation between the farm- ers and the government to the end that all may work co-operatively to preserve the union in the present cri- sis, are the fundamental reasons for several hundred farmers in northwest North Dakota breaking from the Non- partisan league and organizing what is known as the North Dakota Farm- ers’ league. ing certain measures that we believe} A Special train will carry the Bis-) held in $500 bail, when: arraigned to- Northwest When A. CG. Townley, president of would be beneficial both from a social ; Marck high school basketball team to day charged with falsely representing ITALTANS HELD H t ‘] the Nonpartisan league, and a hand- and economic standpoint, we hereby TEA LaEH RE aoa eerene Sea to ve ine American citizen | 0 sade i ful of organizers set out to launch a organize ourselves as the North| the Manda po ten: > train will) when he shiped on a Belgian relief A High-Clom Hotel ot betes jm F farmers’ ror zation they found the Dakota Farmers’ league -and submit | leave Bismarck at $:30 and return at] ship in his effort to get back to Ive- FOR ASSAULT Reesnsoy Rae em eees| | farmers of North Dakota willing to the following platform | 12:20. Frases 4 cgepy_| land. McCarton was taken off the Gece ace 4 : eee get together for the purpose of secur- This wil be one of the most stren-| ship at Halifax:and brought here. Single room with bath, $1.00 Th McKenzie Adicining the McKenzie, om ing their economic rights. Un the We are unallerably opposed to the] UOUSly contested games of the sea- ——————— f oe aa ie ih Street wirlace the league give Tien luSlat bel-fasedeo OL hiw auch ineae that |Son. The Bismarck boys are sure of} — Amost. healtntuy,’up-puilding mea | Riots Leading to Police: Station Raning bot and cold water | ‘The Seventh Story of Noth Dakota. ove ing a simon-pure farmers’ organiza. known in the late legislative assem-| Victory. A large and enthu clicine gently soothes “tne. liver and ; in every room fiagatcte Decsroel Enrooean. EUROPEAN Alon aidiat: the! Indl Blalarcleel By 6 : slieve | Crowd of rooters will accompany the helps digestion, ‘sharpoas the Exolosion. Opposite McKenzie Hotel | on seventh floor. Dairy lunch open eet, ticket endorsed by the league re that 24 of the Plenty of room will be found brings refreshing sleep. — @ EUROPEAN dy ad sigh opvonte Depot Pas. Cole in connecton a big’ plurality. Lyun J. Frazier, a Declaration of figh that_meas- succlal stor a uumbor, of “ils: re, Rocky, Molintuin: Tew! siivaiked: Wis, Dec. 21-2A ver, oo. FEaGo fariver, was placed’ inthe chair OF the ure absolutely” paves thé: way. [Or wit rs who wish to attend the/ nature's gift. Thoro but no injuri:| Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 21—A ve ‘The NORTHWEST,100 Rooms _ The McKENZIE. 210 Rooms $00, 125 Roome chief executive and the farmers felt ind detrimental enterprises. game. ous. f : dict of guilty of assault with intent to THE HOTEL CENTER IN| BISMARCK, N. D, _EDW. G. PATTERSON, Owner and Prop. confident that they would have c are opposed to the section in| Z BRESLOW’S. murder was returned tonight by the trol of the state machinery to bring about much needed reforms. The last session of the state legislature, hov ever, had hardly opened when Pre: dent Townley and his handful of or- ganizers assumed the roles of dic tors, and the farmers received no op- portunities to carry out the program they had planned. This crea tain amount of di stand of Townley and his fed advisors became more and more outstanding and defiant, North Dakota politics saw at a glance that time would bring about a serious break in the ranks of the Nonpar- tisan league. League Leaders Ambitious. The leaders of the Nonpartisan league have devoted most of their time to, organizing other states along similar, lines to the plan adopted in North Dakota,and,to meeting the op- Position, offered their organization ,by other: political organizations. They, felt confident that the farmer mem- bers of their league in North Dakota would remain in the fold, thus the new organiaztion of North Dakota farmers has been able to work along through its infancy without opposi- tion. The members of the Nonparti- san league who were opposed to the dictatorship set up by Townley, aided by representatives in the last legisla- ture who were elected by the farm-; ers, held a series of conferences in Bottineau, Minot and other county seats,and laid plans for organizatiop work. No professional organizers were employed..,The men who had the cause of the state.at heart spent their own time going from district to dis- trict, getting in touch with fellow members of the Nonpartisan league who were dissatisfied with the tactics of Townley, Frazier and other league leaders, and when the northwestern Part of the state had been gone over and sentiment in favor of the new movement created in every county, the farmers behind this new party de- cided to hold a general convention. The convention was held this week in Omemee and was attended by repre- sentatives from almost every county in northwest North Dakota. Several hundred farmers who havo been staunch supporters of the Non- partisan league since its inception have joined this new party known as the North Dakota Farmers’ league or have signified their intention of join- ing. An executive committee, com- posed of farmers and farmers only, handle the executive matters of the new league, while a sub-committee is at work in cach county signing new membet As a result of the stand taken by Townley on the Liber loan | issue and other patriotic measures andj} the conduct of Governor Frazier since} the war began, particularly his ai | ance at the St. Paul meeting where’ LaFollette and Van Lear spoke, and his effort to stamp the federal prose- cution of Kake Richards O'Hare as ¢ political more, the league members who have the cause of America at heart are found to be very willing to line up with this new farmers’ organ- ization which is composed of farm- ers and lied by farmers. Nonpartisans Represented. At the convention in Omemee the and close observers of i i Bismare be invited to debate with members of the new league on the platform of the two organizations. The League's Platform. The platform of the North Dakota Farmers’ league as announced at the meeting by Mr. Tiegen follows: Believing that the North Dakota farmers should organize and that the organization should be under the ab- solute control of the North Dakota farmers and for the purpose of defeat- ing certain vicious measures that have been agitated during the past eighteen months and for the purpose of further- sill No. 44 which mak ssible to bring about the unlimited bonding of the state and its political subdivisions removing the fe. guards that have served as protec tion in regard to banding questions since North Dakota was admitted as a state, would, in our judgment, place! our homes in jeopardy. Distrust H. B. 44. h distrust and are firm in our opposition to that section of House Bill No. 44 which would make le to curtail our political privi- leges by taking from us the right to state, county and township of- | Y This is un-American and in| rect conflict with the spirit of de- mocracy that has ever been held dear to American hearts. We favor the enaction of laws that will enable the farmers of North Da- kota to enter upon enlarged fields of co-operation.. We favor the erection by. the state of flour mills, grain ele- vators, and cold storage and packing plants, based on laws similar to those under which enterprises of like char- acter are operated in the western provinces of Canada. We favor the principle of state in- surance, but are of the opinion that the present law covering the same will remain inoperative until it is simpli- fied and made more definite by reme- dia} legislation. We belie evthat the abnormal and enforced marketing of grain in the autumn months is detrimental to the) farmers and that some provision! should be made by the state whereby they would be enabled to retain phys- s e, ‘ ieal control of the grain that they «TRISH AMBASSADOR not wish to sell. For this reason we of favor the enactment of legislation which would enable farmers to se- cure cash advances at reasonable interest rates on grain in the bin. Against Class Hatred. We deplore the fact that the politi-) cal agitation of the past eighteen months has served to engender class hatred; that the arraying of one class against another will never serve to bring about constructive legislation of | material benefit to the farmers, but vill only result in retarding progres: ive legislation. We stand united behind our presi- dent and our government in this greai! crisis in which the freedom and lib- erty of the world is threatened. We stand prepared to make every sacri- fice that the cause of the allies may triumph and that the world may be; made safe for democracy. ! ATTORNEYS NAMED AS LEGAL AIDES the date upon which the questionaires originally leave the office of the board. The initial grind on these question- aires will begin the day after Christ- mas, when the first set of answered blanks will be ready for consideration. | BISMARCK TEAM 0 PLAY MANDANITES for Burleigh county, reports that a! 1 few questionaires have begun to come F | : 4 in. Dec. 25 is the last date upon may - i : OF RULINGS T0 EXCESS AND SIMPLIFY THE INCOME'TAX LAWS Washington, Dee. 20.—Internal Rev-[ enue Collector Roper last night issued a series of rulings designed to el:min- ate much unnecessary, accounting and other interference with normal busi- ness in computing’ excess profits and income taxes and in many cases to materially reduce the amount of tax to be paid. The rulings, based on recommendations of the’ excess prof- by Secretary McAdoo, in’ substance are as follows: .° “Partnership and . individuals. are permitted fo deduct reagonable sal- aries for the partners or the individual before figuring excess profits on the business. A partaership also may deduct pay- | ments to a partner as interest on a bonafide loan. ~. ‘i A partner in his individual capacity is not subject to excess profits taxes on his share of profits except at the eight per cent rate on profits exceed- ing $5,000 applicable to businesses with no capital or only nominal cap- ital. A tax payer need not go to the trouble of reporting his pre-war earn- _ings if he is content to accept the ; minimum 7 per cent deductions in cal- |its advisory committee and approved j culating excess profits taxes, Stocks, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness are to be considered ‘tangible property included in “in- vested capital” in estimation of excess profits. Another ruling issued tonight ex- tends from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1 the time in which corporations may file income and excess profits tax returns on the Vbasis of their fiscal year. Sentence of the Court. Mr, Potter, an Trish maistrate, in pronouncing the sentence of the court, aid to a notor drunkard: “You will be confined in jail for the longest period the law will allow and £ sin- cerely hope you wil devote some por- tion of the time to cursing wh “T will,” was the answer, “and Pc ter, too.” Superhonesty. We must not look for absolute per: fection in this old vile of tears, and probably all that it is reasonable to expect of an honest is that you can trust him to tell the truth exeeps in Jetters of reegmmendation.—Ohioe State spain. haan Hen Sapo Best Carnations Near ‘Coast. Californians long have known that the hest carnitions are krown near the const. Now Eastern growers near the interior are spraying the! plants with salt water and declare good stiff flower stems cannot be obiained without such treatment, World’s Popcorn Center. The hillsides of Sac and Ida coun: ties In Idaho are said to be the world’s popcorn centers. The section covers about 5,845 acres, on whieh’ are pro- duced 197,322 bushels ‘of popcorn. The growing sensdh ‘Covers about 130 days. PLACED UNDER BOND Suspected of Sinn Fein Re- lations. New York, Dec. 21.—The federal authorities were informed by Dr. Pat- rick McCarton’s counsel today that | the only object which “the ambassad- or to the United States of the Irish republic” had in trying to return to Ireland last October was to resume his professional practice there. Nev- ertheless McCarton, whose real pur- pose, the government alleges, was to engage in Sinn Fein activities was By reaxon of thorough distribution with the drug trade in the United Sta lower telling conte, red are’ now possible for Eckman’s Alterative FOR THROAT AND LUNGS IN SECOND DRAFT who will ac legal ad without cost to Burl county registrants king advice on the new draft have been named by the Burleigh County Bar association! to serve on the following dat J. Miller and Alfred Zuger.! January 2, 14, Ben Tillotson and John Fort, Dec. 31, and Jan. 12, 24; rn Coughs and Colds arcotic or Habit forming Drag $1 Size Now $1.50 Now 80 Cts. Fickman Laboratory, Philadelphia, . FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917. — ‘jury in municipal court against eleven! s Italians arrested following the Bay j Tiots. View riots Sept: 9. A hearing for ay new trial was set for next Thursday. 1 | OTHE R's f R | [ NO) The riots occurred during a patrio- | tic’ mass meeting in the Italian ceed ' One Italian was killed by a city detec: | FOR tive, who later was killed in the bom) | EXPECTANT MOTHE RS explosion in the police station. The! explosion of the bomb at the police | MAKES THE CRISIS SAFER. “Exclusive Service”. Lahr Motor Sales Company THE PATTERSON HOTELS The home on Christmas morn to and the finishing touches of ‘happiness and the Christmas spirit. | The wite, mother, sweetheart or friend appreciate a beautiful box of fragrant blooms to decorate the room or festive board There is nothing that entails so small an expense that will earn so much pleasure and appreciation in return. Let us plan your selection with you. You can l:ave your order now and depend upon prompt de- livery of fresh, fragrant flowers bright and early Christmas morning.. Bismarck. Hoskins wweeaccaccocencconeo oo oorcos enn cee econo cee e eo coeooowe, coco o cocoon oooococooce. North Dakota There must be, or at least | should be, flowers in every ation was a sequel to the Bay View Nonpartisan league was represented “ , + ie ! by L. A. Knoke of Willow City, who GF. Dullam and ¢ : te ae ee ae “ > ran for state office on the socialist 28, Jan a feet ers ticket at the last election, and L. L. tg? aoe Stair of Bottineau, also very prom- D e inent in the socialist party in this vd 8 state. They produced a series of ques- : te er aad tions pertaining to the aims of the Toslor, Dee on. new party and were answered by M. steies cA AY LOE ate F Tiegen of Kramer, one of the organiz-. va 1 P. E. MeCuray an ia oO e Oo e ers of the new party. Mr. Tiegen is| O'Hare, Dec. 21, Jan. 4,16. = one of the state's most prominent R. D. Hoskins, clerk of registration farmers and was one of the men who ———_—_ ' first joined the Nonpartisan league. 1 His desire to do his own thinking soon brought him before Townley’s atten- tion and Tiegen’s insistent demand that the farmers have a voice in the executive work of the league placed him in bad graces with the head of the league. ‘USED CAR BARGAINS ‘Dodge Bros. Touring... -. $700 Tiegen has been identi, Chalmers ‘Touring, 7 Pass. 500 325 | We Close This Store Forever fied with the Equity since its organiza-| Chalmers Touring, 5 Pass. tion and the differences between him : and Townley widened greatly ‘when ; Chalmers Touring, 5 Pass. 600 b . ° Beane Silent els Viel Oetand Teatine’ > Cater 7000.00 worth of men’s and Boys Suits, Overcoats Shoes, Hats, Caps, Underwear, Shirts, Bave out a statement criticizing the Qverland Touring, 5 Pass. 250 and Mackinaws ata sacrifice. BUY NOW— action of Governor Frazier in vetoing Michigan Touring 5 Pass 5 es 200 o ’ the Equity measures for a terminal Maxwell Tour, 5 Pass ni Eppinger Bldg. BISMARCK North Dakota elevator passed at the last session. ‘They met at an impromptu meeting of Velie Truck Ail cars worked over and in good ° Main St. Phone 234 | h in Fargo after the annual convention of the Equity society last spring. It was at this meeting that Townley op- ened fire on Tiegen and Johnson de- claring he would not be dictated to by the Nonpartisan league leaders held running order. Free storage to May 1, 1918. any * peas baieed Norwegian or long MISSOURI VALLEY MOTOR CO. hadto, 7 th and Main