The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1919, Page 3

if a “ceived orders to report at the national ~ June, 1916, until September, 1917, and | TOWNLEY DRAFT RED WORKERS Morton County Farmers’ Press Calls Attention to War Record of McConnell HOW ART USED STATE JOBS Mandan, N. D., May 21.—“The des- perate situation in which Townley and the Red Socialists in control of the Nonpartisan league find themselves is made clear by the kind of men they are, compelled to hire as organizers and speakers and send into Morton county,” says the current issue of the Morton County Farmers’ Press, a * weekly newspaper owned by 500 league farmers in Morton and ad- joining counties and largely controlled er in the: last. two: state assemblies; > Simon: J. Nagel, league farmer,.mem- ber of the state board of control, and Attorney General William Langer. The: Farmers’ Press declares that following its exposure of Rep. Herman Hardt of Logan county, A, E. Bowen of the St. Paul: offices of the league and others they left in the county, and that they have been succeeded by: ‘a new corps in command of Lieut..Paul McConnell, “This McConnell,” says’ the league weekly, “will be recalled as the per- son who secured a great deal of no- toriéty last summer in attempting to fevade the draft. It will be recalled that he made an affidavit in which he alleged that A. C. Townley assisted him in: his attempt to evade service in the United States army.” The Farmers’ Press publishes in full this affidavit, executed December 26, . 1917, before a notary public in Polk county, Ia. McConnell, who at the; time of making this affidavit was a} . member of Co, D, 318th. engineers, ; tells of being employed as organizer | for the Nonpartisan league from he makes affidavit: A “That in May or June, 1917, I re- headquarters, Gilfillan block, St. Paul. On arriving at St. Paul I conferred with President A. C, Townley of the league with reference to my taking REPORT OF THE by Senator: F. W. Mees, a:league lead- | charge of the league work in Kansas. “During the conversation it devel- oped that I: was subject: to the’ draft. pon investigation we believed. that the holders of appointive state offices would be at least temporarily exempt from the draft. “IT WAS UNDERSTOOD WITH MR, TOWNLEY BEFORE I LEFT THAT SUCH AN APPOINTMENT WOULD BE ARRANGED FOR ME THROUGH THE PROPER AUTHOR- ITIES IN NORTH DAKOTA. “ACCORDINGLY, SEVERAL WEEKS AFTERWARDS, I RE- CEIVED AN APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY GAME WARDEN OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA AT A SALARY jOF $100 PER MONTH AND EX- PENSES. “ACCORDINGLY, MY SALARY, AS GAME WARDEN COMMENCED }ON JULY 15, 1917, AND CONTIN- {UED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15, 1917, |when I resigned to enlist in the army, |where I now am. they may be of service to my country. (SIGNED) “RAUL H. M’CONNELL, “Co. D, 818th Eng.” The Kind of a Man “This,” says the Morton county jleague paper, “is the kind of a man | | | i Socialist organization in this county. |He is well fitted for the task assigned him. That is destroying American lideals and attempting to supplant the |Stars and Stripes with the red flag of Socialism and to create in this country a government like that of Russia, in which the land will all be taken from jthe owners and held in common—a {state of society in which there is no 'private property.” oe Others Have. Records The Farmers’ Press also pays its respects to McConnell’s associates, |Rev. H. G. Dralle, whom the paper ‘accuses of having been an inmate of ithe Burleigh county jail last Decem- bacle, and one William Meyers of Press charges with having been im- plicated in the evidence presented in a not ‘nice criminal proceeding in Bur- leigh county. Exposure Threatened “As long as Townley persists in em- ploying men of. this type, there is no way. for decent citizens to protect themselves except. by an exposure of the character of these men, and the Farmers’ Press. proposes to. publish the truth if these men persist in their campaign,” .. concludes the league weekly’s story. CONDITION OF THE FIRST GUARANTY BANK at Bismarck, in the State of North Dakota, at the close of business May 12. RESOU Loans and discounts Overdrafts, secured 2 Warrants, stock tificates, clai Banking house, furnituce and fixtures \U. S. certificates of indebtednes: "Liberty bonds War savings and thrift stamps . "Due from other banks ..... » 1919, RCES $141,936.18 102.54 S, Cl Checks and other cash items 2 Cashes oe sud ase ccecnena'e 07 415,300.34 Total ... 31,363.71 Capital stock paid in . Undivided profits, less exp Victory Loan payments individual deposits subject to check . j Time certificates of deposit .. (Savings deposits ... Certified checks ... Cashier's checks outstanding . {Due to other banks Total STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, County 9 3 50,900.90 1,778.70 1,540.90 $85,427.11 66,363.09 1,579.75. 11,00 2,030.57 ++ 21,933.39 177,945.01 $231,363.71 of Burleigh, ss: I, E. V. Lahr, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. VL Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of May, 1919. (SEAL) EDWARD T. BURKE, Notary Public, Burleigh County, North Dakota. My commission expires Jan, 15, 1923. Correct—Attest: F. A LAHR, E..V, LAHR, Directors. ——— lingerie. Every Corset guaranteed not to rust, break or tear. Prices From $1.50 to $5.00 “Tam setting forth these facts of} my own free will, in the hope that} ‘whom Townley selects. to direct the} !ber in connection with a shameful de- | Morton county, whom the Farmers’; CAPETAL WIEL BETAXED TWO “TIMES IN 1949 Places Unfair Burden on Business Enterprises | HITS ‘HOME CORPORATIONS A large’ portion of the money and credits of retail and’ wholesale mer- chants, elevators, mills, manufactur: ing’ concerns, etc., which are operated by corporations organized under the laws of this’ state, will bear a double tax as the result of an attempt of the late lamented Sixteenth legislative as- |sembly to amend chapter 2110 of the compiled laws of 1913. It was the in- tent of the legislature to amend this law so that the corporal excess fran- chise value or “watered stock” would be subject to the general property rate of taxation. But in amending the law in other. particulars, either, wilfully or as a result of, a blunder, | the legislature changed the term ‘“per- {sonal property” to “tangible personal property.” The law worked something like this: If a corporation’s actual igoing concern value was $100,000 and its assessed real and personal prop- erty was $60,000, then there was a residue of $40,000 of corporate excess franchise. value or “watered stock” sudject to the general property tax rate. The tax payer was, allowed to deduct his money.and credits assessed under the money and credits act but the injection of the word “tangible” ‘into the amended law allows him only to deduct corporal property--he may inet deduct intangible property, that is money and credits, The result will be that all corpora- tions organized under the laws of this | state will be compelled to pay the general tax rate, which last year was more than fifty mills, upon large | portion of this money and credits as- ‘sessed upon the fifty per cent basis. They will also have to pay three mills upon the actual value of th and credits. The further subject to a fifty cents upon é thousand dol- lars of issued stocks and bonds, This change in the law will work a distinct hardship. on all corpora- tions organized under the laws of the state of North Dakota and, will doubt- less result in any future corporations organized to do busin being organized under the laws of another state, They may hope to avoid the tax in this way. But for those already organized under the laws of the state of North Dakota, their tax burden will be increased: by tens of thousands of dollars, STATE BOARD OF FARMERS’ UNION PLANS FOR MEET Arrangements Made for Great Assembly of Agriculturists Here June 16 The state executive committee of the North Dakota Farmers’ union met rangemients for a great meeting of ag- riculturists to be held under the aus- pices’ of the national hoard of cooper- ative farm organizations in Bismarck, on June 16, when the principal speak- ers will be Senator Gore of Oklahoma, r of the bill guaranteeing farm- s for the 1919 wheat, and Gif- d Pinchot, reclamation enthusiast, friend of Roosevelt and a member of his’ cabinet. Milo D, Campbell ana others of -national prominence. in, CG fulfil A-Day Corsets must be comfortable, fit well and keep their shape. also permit of the hardest kind They must of wear. Varner’ ust - Proof (Cor SCLS — all those requirements. They are admirably shaped to fit snugly yet to allow all the freedom necessary for the work. Then, because all ) metal parts are “rust-proof,” there is absolutely no danger of their staining the ss in this state] in Bismarck yesterday to discuss ar-; * }campaign in Galicia, according to an | ‘The argument. put forth by. Count DLS farmers’, movements. svill. addrésses, {.. ks The meeting’ of Tune 16° will’ He7held in the Bismarck Auditorium. It will be the-only convention. held by. these noted’ visitors’ for the western part of the state, A mecting for the Red Riy- er valley will be held the following day at Fargo, Members of the executive committee here yesterday were Herman Nather of Dawson, L, 8, Langedahl of Tuttle, W. F. Breen of Bismarck, J, H. Riley of Driscoll and C, 1. Malone of Re- gan, W. J. Mozley of Dickinson, state organizer, Was also in attendance, As usual, the farm lenders made . the} Grand Pacific their headquarters, for June 16: 9:30—Address of welcome on behalf of the state by Governor Lynn J. Frazier. Address of welcome on behalf of the city by Secretary George N. Kennis- ton, Commercial: club. 10:00 a. m.—Address by Milo D, Campbell, president, National: Milk Producers’ Federation, on “The Dairy Farmer and the Sherman Anti-Trust Law”. 10:45 a, m.—Address by Dr. W. J. Spillman of Washingtén, D. C., on “Farm -Organization and the Cost cf, Farm Production.” i Auliff, president, Farmers’ Union of. Kansas, on “Organization and Co-op- eration in Kansas.” 1:30 p. m.—Address by _ Gifford Pinchot, on “Reconstruction Problems as Effecting the Farmers.” 2:30 p, m:—Address by John A. Mc- Sparran, on “The Federation of Farm Organizations and the Temple of Agriculture.” 3:30 p. m—Address by Charles S, Barrett, national president, Farmers’ Union, on “What Part the Farmer Took in the Peace Conference, and the Part He Should Take in the League of Nations.” 5:00 p. m Address by A. A. El- more, president, Farmers’ Union of Washington, on “The National Boavd of Farm Organization, and the Plans of the Temple of Agriculture.” 8:00 p. m—Address by Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, on “Farm Organization and Government Price Fixing.” SLATTERY SITE | SOLD TO HUGHES WHO WILL BUILD Modern Building to Be Erected on Oldest Bus Corner in Canital City One of the most important real es-} tate transactions reported in Bis- tmarck in some time was concluded enally oppostie the federal building, to Senator E. A. Hughes, who is said to plan at once the erection of a mod- ern two or three story business struc- ture, Senator Hughes now owns all tef the corners at this street intersec- tion except the one occupied by the federal building. The Slattery corner is one of the oldest business sites in Bismarck, One of the very first business structures erected in the city was located on this corner and it was razed only a few weeks ago. That there is a brisk de- mand for Bismarck business realty is proven by the fact that a higher bid was received for, this corner shortly after the sale. Cabinet Says Nation Faces Politieal:... Dishonor and Moral Degradation in Terms (Contiv.ued trom Page One.) to infringe on the sovereign rights of Russia.” eet. CAPTURED BY POLES. Warsaw (Tusday), May 20.—Dro- robycz, Broyslaw and Mikolajow have been captured by the Poles in their official statement from staff headquar- ters here today, which adds that the Poles have crossed the Dneister river near Rozwadow. The statement says the Poles have captured vast quanti- ties of war materials and that the prisoners taken have not yet; been counted. i} “The enemy is fleeing in; panic. Great enthusiasm prevails in cities taken by the Poles,” says the state- ment. TOO LATE NOW Paris, May 21.—It is too late for Germany to seek to deny both the aggression in the war and her respon- sibility for it. This declaration is made by. Premier Clemenceau as pres- ident of the peace conference, in re- plying to the German note on repara- tion, the text of ‘which, with the re- ply, was made public last night. von Brockdorff Rantzau. was that Ger- many did not start a war of aggres- sion, and that the German people were convinced they fought a defensive war, and that the present German srovernment canont be held responsible for faults of the former German gov- jernment, FOUR PROJECTS FOR SUBWAY IN TOKIO 2.—Plan: afoot for y giving ce traf: out, MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN Minneapolis, May 21.—Wheat re-| ceipts, 83 cars, compared with 123 cars | a year ago; cash No. 1, $2,60 to $2.65; corn, No. 3 yellow, $1.69 to $1.70; oats, 65 5-8¢ to 66.5-S8c; flax, $4.17 to $4.19. STRAYED—From my place 5 miles east of Wilton on April 21, one light bay mare with small. star in fore- head, 3 yrs. old, weight 1050; one black mare, 2 yrs. old, weight 900 lbs, small star in forehead. T. J. Asplund,, care Asplund Mine, R. R. No, 3, Wilton, Dak. 5-21-1w Following is the tentative program 11:45 a, m.—Talk by Maurice Mc- |] when the Slattery property at the| > corner of Broadway and Third, diag-| . was sold through the Halloran agency | # The styles that — young men want VEN if we didn’t make a business E of knowing beforehand what young men would want, we can tell by the way they take to these welt-waist Suits and Overcoats that we have the right things, Business styles in men’s suits and overcoats HE “solid” business. man wants stylish clothes; but he wants high quality in materials, and the best of tailoring; he wants clothes that fit. We offer these things in these special Business Men’s Suits and Overcoats. We have the right fit ready for any figure. Fine Tweeds and Worsteds tailored for us by Hart, Schaffner & Marx. Copyright 1919 Hart s CUSTOM TAILORING HAND PRESSING The Home | ExpERT REPAIRING DRY CLEANING | The Home of Standard of Standard wewntie] B.S. BERGESON & SON [tem aede lms a : : EDUCATION OF ORIENTAL WOMEN 1 'L, MeCoy and Mrs, Harold Wright] ; Will bring glimpses of some of their colleges. The report of the Presby- TO BE DISCUSSED) terial meeting which was held at Haz- elton will bo given by Mrs. James RET Fe Nebergall. The closing of the pro- All who are interested in the edu-| gram will be “The Challenge of the eation of the Oriental women will be} four’ py Mrs, Robert Boyd. { interested in the program to be given| Refreshments will be served by | Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock inj ) Cecil Burton, Mrs. BE. B. Wood: | the Presbyterian church parlors, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Dutton. 1 F. J. Grady will give an interesting z i talk upon what -has been accomplished | by these women who have ha opportunity to be educated. 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