The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1920, Page 1

THE WEATHER Uneettied. ——— THIRTY-NINTH YEAR ==|THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [==] LAST EDITION BISMARCK, NORTH cid all FRIDAY, MARCH "26, "1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS WESEL I$ STILL HELD BY EBERT; ~ LESS FIGHTING Infantry Attacks tacks Repelied, Tho Workers’ Artillery is Yet ‘ Aetive SHELLS FALL IN BELGIUM Stray Shot Ricochettes from Bank, Across Rhine from Prussia Buderich. Rhennish Prussia. Thurs- \day, March 25.—Ebert. government troops still held Wesel, across the ~ Rhine north of this city, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Fighting. -which had been in progress during the day, was seemingly dying, away at that hour and, although Wesel is under tire from artillery in the hands of the workers’ army, the troops had succeeded in re- pelling all infantry. attacks. Today's battle opened during the forenoon when the government troops attacked workers’ forces. which had advanced to within a few hundred yards of the Wevel bridgehead: Mov- ing rapidly to the onslaught, the regu: | Jars drove the redg across the Lippe river and southeast out Schloss, In the meantime government artillery opened fire upon’ the workers’ headquarters at Lipperdorf and par- tially destroyed the, Working south- ward from Lippe Schloss and eastward from Lipperdorf, the regulars began a double flank attack which swept the reds back, they being forced to retreat under heavy artillery and machine gua fire. ‘Au armored train kept up a steady fire on the workers, Many sitells fired by the workers’ artillery flew wild during the strug- gle... One of them struck at the gates of Fort Bluecher, on the Belgium bank of the Rhine. and then ricoehetted, bursting harmtessly. GERMAN CABINET QUITS’ Paris, March 26.—The German cab- inet, headed by Premier Gustay Bauer. has resigned, according to a message . received here from Berlin, LITTLE CHILDREN KILLED. , Wesel, Rhennish Prussia, Thursday (6:10 p,m. March 25.—Fifteen shetls fell in the clyilian part of Wesel today: Considerably. damaging a number of dwellings and: resulting in the killing of a nurse anid.two children. Wenel ih virtiaily ‘hit off, from tema of the outside world... rere: irty-this, ‘eftereon when ‘soldiers iia through one of the. streets: escorting three men bé lieved to be'#ptes;who bad been taken prisoners. The men were. compelled to walk ‘holding: ‘thelr hands. above their heada. ‘BUTTZ DECISION. UPHELD IN HIGH COURT'S RULING Homesteaders Must Relinguish Right of Way for Public \ Highways Devils lake, N. D.. March 26.— The supreme court of the United States has recently affirmed, on ap- peal from the supreme court of North Dakota, a decision of Judge C. W. Buttz of Devils Lake in a case aris ing in Benson county wherein it was held that whien one files on govern- ment lands he takes it subject to the right of the public to use the section lines through or by it as highways and that no compensation need be paid the landowner for the land so taken for rodd purposes. The question state wide standpoint, is a very im- portant one. a8 it determines the right of land owners to recover for land tak- en by highways on section lines valu- ed at millions of dollars, The action came from Lallie township, a thinty populated portion of the Indian resev- vation. The township board refused~to ‘al- low damages for land taken in open- ing a rdad on a section line that cut through the center of a farm. Jude Buttz held that when congress in 1866. granted a right of way over the public domain for the construction of highways and in 1871 the Territory of Dakota accepted that grant the right of the -public became: fixed and that such roads might. be opened without the payment of damages or compensa- tion to gnyone; that one filing on ‘government subject to that right in the public. The case went to tHe su- preme court of the state and thence to the supreme court of the United States, From West’ Bay township. in the same county, comes another road case of equal importance. In this case the question arises whether it is neces- sary to have any proceedings before the township béurd to open a road on the section line. This was alo trie! before Judge Buttz and recently sub- mitted. The township contends all section lines are public roads without any such proceedings. The court has the case under advisement. RED LAKE RIVER . TAKES FOOT DROP Crookston, Minn.. March 26.—Break ing up of an ice_jam, which had beer backing up and flooding the low ‘see- tions of Crookston, caused Red Lake river to drop about a foot last night and the water was receeding slowly this morning and danger from serious floods is believed to be past. of Lippe | : ha RS INVESTIGATED SEIN FINNERS:;.: 1S SHOT DEAD Lontion, March '26.—Alan Bell, \ resident magistrate who presided over the in- quiry into the dealings _ of the Sein Finns with Irish banks, was shot dead this morning outside, the Mason- vie club at Dublin, according to a dispatch, from the city to the Central News. KIDNAPED BQ Father of Monin 1 Lad Leaves $25,000:as Directed; No Onj Wants It Texingtoy, Little. March = 26.—Paul gon of E, R. Little, ton’ can alist, who chas been held for ransom: by: kidna| was ‘found this moruing locked ‘8° room at a local hotel. PHONES HIS ' PARENTS Mr. and Mrs. Little first ley the whereabouts of their ‘son teleptioned his home it room. said he h prisonerfHere since W@dnesday night. Investigation discolsed that the room hgd been reserved in advance by # man’ fegistered as J. C. fox of Cun- cinnati.’ The frantic. parents. - over- joved at the news of his gafety, hur- ribd to the hotel. The boy disappeared from in front of.the Lexington postoffice Wednesday. where he had been seen in conversa- ed of then he the . hotei peen kept a | Little would not state positively. considered from «j tion with a man. Soon afterward the father received a note stating that his son. Paul. was’ being held for ransom but intimated that the amount usked: for was. $25,000. He declared he would abide by the kidnapper’s demand, that he did not mind paylug the money, and miy wanted thesafe Teturu. of f_hls oh Roki SOM NOT CLAIMED 7) oat 7:30 o'clock RA at the appointed hour, last ‘night, Little deposited ‘a packae containing ‘the ransom money in a Main street garbage can. When he “returned a half hour later the pack- age: remained intact... Believing the kidnappers failed to show up for fear of being “double crossed,” Little pock- eted the money and went home intend- ing today to seek othet means of ob- taining his son. At 7 o'clock this morning the kev for the room in which the boy wag found was turned in at the hotel desk. At 7:15 Mrs. Little was called to t telephone and .was overjoyed to hear the voice of ler missing: son. Nothing has been seen of the “ Cox” since, He left the hotel at 7 o'clock. PLUNKETT SAYS BOCHE GUNNERS BESTED BRITONS| “Stood ‘British on Their Heads” at Battle of Jutland, He Tells Senate Washington, March 26.—The -Ger- mans. by their super gunnery, “turned the British on their heads” at the battle of Jutland, Rear Admirai Pinkett declared today before the sen- ate committee investigating the navy’s conduct of the war. Admiral Plunkett was testifying ax to the need of keeping the favy per- sonnel at full strength so that mea might be adequately trained. He did not go into details. as to the Jutland battle and was asked no questions re- garding it by the committee. The admiral, who’ commanded the ‘reat naval battery of 14-inch guns on the western front.\wag the fourth wit- ern in the investigation of Rear Ad- wilar Sims’ charges that the navy de- partment failed. to co-operate fully with the allies in @e war. He told the committee that the navy war began. “If we had been up against | Germany at the outbreak of the war.” he said. “we would have been paying indemn- ‘ity ‘today and all because we did not have the trained men.” “We didn’t have the men because Mr. Daniels wouldn't let us have them and wouldn't let us do anything to get them.” PLANE SHIPMENTS OF ORE FROM B. C. Vancouver, B. C., “G., March 26.—Ship- | ments by airplane of ore from one of the northern British Columbia Thines will soon be an established fact, according to Lieutenant E. C. Hall of this city, who with other airmen, has contracted with a Seattle. Wash.. firm to delivér a specially designed hydroplane for use at Stewart, B.C. Sufficient contracts have been signed by mine owners of the district to kevp this and other ships busy for five years, Lieutenant Hull declared. j last night, when more than $5,000 was ‘city and. farms and ranches of the ~sectlon attended. was without sufficient men when the |/ BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS JOIN “HANDS IN FORMING ASSOCIATION FOR. R BEFTERING LIVEST@CK HERE Over $5,000 Subscribed. Subscribed Equally by City and Farm Interests} Following Enthusiastic. Meet- ing. Last Night With — splendid enthusiasm, — the Farmers Livestock Co.. formed to im- prove herds in this section and to fur- nish: medium for farmers to buy and sell purebred cattle aud hogs. was placed ou a firm financial foundation gubscribed équully by men from this Slope. The occasion was a banquet given at the Grand Pacitic which some of the jJeading livestock men of the state, as well as mnost of the progres sive farmers and business, men-of thig The company, which was, formed lust’ October, had been languishing for geyeral months, but recently under;the direction of H. P. Goddard, uew blood and {interest huis been injected into the proposition, and with the axsigtance of such men.as Alex Macdonald of Gleu- coe, Obert Olson, state treasurer; |, Thomas Lee. Thomas Hall, secretary ‘of. stute, and I. Ia Seroggiu of this city, the company intends raising $50.- 000 through the sale of stock withia the next two months. The subscrip- tion of $5000 last night was the first step toward! the goal set by the com- pany’s directors. BUSINESS MEN) HELP vAs far as is known, the Farmers Livestock Co. of this city is the first organization of its kind in the state that has received active financial sup port from businegs men. At Williston and Eargo. where similar companies have been in existence some time, th? business men failed to offer the live stock any financial assistance wheat thove companies first\ organized. _ At |) a meeting last night, there wag just Much enthusiasm among the busi- nd professional men present. as thers” was among the farmers from ike section. Mr. Goddard, in making his plea ‘tor financial support for the new venture, sounded # grave warning that if, farni ing conditions in this. section did not completely ‘change | from agricultural to livestock and dairying, that not only the farmers, but the business men of Biswarck; would suffer from a finan: cail standpoint... “We are practically’ broke in this part of North Dakota,” if OLICEMEN PENNSY | STUDENTS 5 WHO BANG WELKIN 'Fature Intellectuals of Country = RAID Lined up in Nighties, Bare-Footed fae seat Philadelphia, March 26.—Police- men raided durmatories of the University of Pennsylvania early today after an outbreak of, about 1.000 students in-celebration of the Pennsylvania. basketball victory over Chicago university. Shots: were tired at the police- men by the students. Twenty-two were arrested. They were given the ‘option of spending, ten.days in + jail or paying fines of $12.50 each. When arraigned some of the, students were clad in pajunias while others were: barefoot. HOPPERS INVADE OUNTY: BUMPER’ ROP BXPECTED Pests Make earance, Immed- iately Aftht Last Week's Blizzard MANY SECTIONS COVERED 5 Phe first grasshoppers of the season have made their appearance in various parts of Burleigh county. and indica- tions are that the ravages of these pests: this’ year, unless adequately checked, . will result io even greater crop damage than was occasioned last) year, a q Imthiediately after. the blizzard of Tuesday, a week ayo, swahing of Ainy | grasshoppers: appeared in many Weal. ties.” The little: animals are about half an inch Jong, ‘very lively and ave belleved.to.have been “born during the said Mr. Goddard, “and we must have avarni weatlier immediately. proceeding a commas reyersal jof our, farming. | the blixzard:, ‘ + Ufe..or, ste pen. dey nvred* <P INOSt saat "We: have. the: wane | tive ot kine ‘aby a cman’ May olf alee Ze Questo vith hi * e aumatic conditions as we. had forty yeats ago and we’ cannot»expect 2 change. We are fools, imbeciles and Idiots if we follow the’ same system.” TO BUILD PAVILION As! woon as’ funds. ate available, which the directors estimate’ will be by, the early part of: this summer, @ live! stock sales pavilion costing $30,000 will be erected. here. “With the, balance, the company will enter markets and bny and offer in. the local field the | finest specimeng of the various breeds it. can secure. The company, it was stressed, will belong to the entire Slope country and every breeder of pure bred and registered live stock, re- fardless of breed, will be urged to be come a stockholder. Alex Macdonald. who acted, as toastinaster, gave the business men of Bismarck the worst “scolding” they ever received in public. Mr, Macdon- ald. speaking from the farmer's view- point, said the business men took too little interest in the farmers’ welfare other than “how's your crop?” The toastmagter utged that the men of this city should take more personal interés: in the farmers’ welfare, their activi- ties, their hopes and strive to .gain their contidencé by a more thorough co-operation between the two interests than has ever been shown heretofore. PROMINENT > MEN C. M. Turner of Philadelphia, repre- sehting the Country Gentleman, the national farmers’ magazine; B. H. Critchfield of Fargo. one of the best known live gtock experts in the state: A. H. Martin of the Dakota Farmer of Aberdeen, 8. D.. known all over the northwest as one of the best posted men on live stock in this entire part of the country, A. L. Burdick, former Heutenant governor, and; one of the most influential live stock breeders in the state, who was instrumental in the formation of a live stock sales pavilion company at hig home at. Williston: Saut Crabbe of Fargo. who has some of the finest pure bred cattle and hogs in the state, and many others of equal prominence, including William Mc- Carthy of Medora, whose fame as a breeder of horses and cattle is sur- passed by none in North Dakota, w@re |- present to help the buginess men ail the farmers of this section to put their company over. J. 1, Bell of the First National bank of this city told how cream checks tdi bringing money to farmers every hile the grain farmer was pala bh a year for his work, G. H. Russ, Jr.. said the meeting was an eye open- er to the people’s outside of the state who think that North Dakota is pure- ly a grain growing state. Dr. J. H. Worst said that stock raising always meant prospefity and by personal recollections told how th? live stock men were the only ones with money. during panies of bygone yéars. DOCTOR IS BREEDER; _Dr. L, A. Schipfer, whose fame as a raiser of pure bred cattle and hogs is gaining him a state wide reputation, said he hoped ‘to have the first pure bred Duroc hog sale ever held in this county. Mr. Burdick, known to all livestock men from one end of the state to'the other said that in a period. of ‘unrest and turmof] such as the country is now passing through, the country’s fate rested in strong hands, as far as live stock men are concerned, because “the very essence of our busi- (Continued on Page Three) ey, are of various at ‘this ‘perioa”ot the year fs their eB laying ability. f 6 DISCOVERED PESTS Richard: Borner, who-has: a farm near Baldwin, brouglit the first grass- hoppers ‘to Bismai turning - them oyer to County Agent George W.- Gus- tafxon. “Mr. Boruer said the prairies in his vicinity are filled with, the little jumpers. George W. Hendrix, who lives south of the city, reports large humbefs:of the young grasshoppers in his vicinity. Mr. Gustafson has re- ports from the country south of Men: oken where the grasshoppers are thick. i The county intends to wage an in- tensive campaign against the yrasss- hoppers this seagon, ‘using poisoned bran similar to the plan used last yéar with a certain degree of success. The cgunty spent thousands of dol- lars lakt year in an attempt to con- trol. the grasshoppers, many dying .n this way. PLOWING, PREVENTATIVE County. Agent Gustafson. says that poison Pran at this time of the year would not be a practical remedy of the Zrasshopper evil. “Plowing and double discing ure the ouly two preven- tives that can be employed at this time,” said Mr, Gustafson today. 4H faymers, whether thé hoppers haye made their appearance in the different sections or not, should plow deeply so asx to destroy the- millions of eggs that were lid last‘ year and which will hatch out in a short time.” AUTO BANDITS IX $30,000 RAID OX MINNEHAHA BANK Five Men Early Today Hold up Officers and Take Liberty : Bonds and Cash Minneapolis, March 26.—Five men early today held up and robbed the Minnehaha State bank of Minneapolis of $20.000 in Liberty bonds and $10,000 in!cash and escaped in an automobile. Four of the men entered the bank and ordered three employes, G. W. Laloneg, cashler; Arvid Lund, and Elmer Johu- son, to hold up their hands. Lalone thought it was a‘ joke and be- gan to laugh, but was driven into the vault.) Lund: endeaverod to resist and was hit over the head and knocked unconscious. He wag then dragged into the vault and Johnson driven in with him. Money in the vault and on the tables was gathered in by the robbers, As they were leaving: the bank the men met a patron entering the bank. « One of the men struck him and knocked him dgwn. They then fled to a wait- ing machine and sped away. \ BEAD COLLECTIONS Wooden beads are extensively use:] as decorations for hand-bags, hats and even blouses and dresses. Most of these bands are brilliantly colored, ' Gacy or that a majority of those at- | } Posed to be called prior to the prim- ' SUSPENSION OF WORK CERTAIN IN COAL MINES! Peoria, Ms. March March 26.—“There will undoubtedly by a suspension’ of work in the coal mines of Ili- nois April 1,” Frank Farrington, president of the United Mine Morkers of Illimois said here to- day, ‘ “Understaud it will uot be w Strike, but an unavoidable suspen- sion of work. It may be for a short me, 01 ora Fa long thine time.” R. A. NESTOS IK GUBERNATORIAL RAGE, HE SAYS Minot Attorney Announces Can- didacy in Letter to I. V. A. Headquarters | R. A. Nestos of Minot announces 1h candiaacy for the republican nomin tion for governor of North. Dakota in the Yollowing letter: Minot, No. Dak. Mar. 25, 1920. Secretary, The Independent Voters Association. Fargo! North Dakota. Dear Sir:— During the past winter a conside:- able number of people have asked me ! to become a candidate for the republi- can nomination for governor. ‘In ans- wer thereto I have stated that I was not a candidate but that if it should appear during the spring that there was a general demand,for my candid- tending the state wide meeting, .pro- arles by the Independent Voters’ as- sociation, should express a wish thai T become a candidate for the govera- orship, upon a platform opposed t> Townleyism and socialism, that then IT would consent to make the race. ‘So many requests that I make the race have come in of late, and sv many of these have urged me to an nounce my candidacy at this time, even though such an annopneement he made subject to the judgment of the majority of those present at the state wide meeting, that I feel it my duty, to: Announce’ ty candidacy ai this time and should appreciate it it you would lay the matter before your membership. ADOPTS I. V. A. PLATFORM I have therefore concluded! to be- come a candidate for the republican nomination for governor subject to tne will of the people to be expressed a: the primaries in June. In substance, I endorse the platform adopted at tie \} Coneéntibn of the Independent Voters’ association at Grand Works, and 1 re- spectfully solicit the earnest co-opera- tion of eevry member of the inde- pendent Voters’ association, and of every other citizen who feels that the best interest of the state now de- mands that Townleyigm and socialism no longer be permitted to parade as republicanism in our state and to «continue their administration of wasie,| extravagance and radicalism. In connection with the announce, ment. I.deem it proper at this time lo state my position ‘on some of the is sues now before the people of the state, leaving for future statement a more complete analysis of some of those laws and a statement with ref- erence to the other matters of inter- est'to the citizenship of our state. ‘FERNINST THE BOSSES T am not now and never have been a believer in bossism in any form, ho matter by hom exercised. I was opposed to McKenzieism in former days. I have been opposed to Town- leyism in recent years. I am unalter- ably opposed to the political domina- tion by the spirit of McKenzieigm ot Townleyism or the combination of the two in the years to come. I believe that the intelligent, independent, lav abiding citizenship of our state is capable\ of: self-government, that they do .not need the domination or the supervision of their political thinking and activities by bosses residing in and by agitators and workers import- ed from other states, but that we have enough intelligent, experienced and capable people within our own state so that we could and should emphal, teally declare for home rule: in \Norti) Dakota. I believe that the radicalism, the preaching of class hatred, the pro- fanity and sacrilege that has been taught our people from the platform during the last four years in the name of industrial liberty and political™in- dependence has done our state and our people great harm and that today the great majority of our people long for the day’ when. the bitterness, the class hatred and the vindictiveness of the contest of the past few years shait have passed away and we shall in our state secure an administration in the interest of all our people and seek- ing honestly and efficiently to pro- mote the welfare of the whole state. THINKS PEOPLE WANT CHANGE | The fact that an ‘increasing num- ber of people desire a change and have become dissatisfied with a great many of the laws enacted and administra- itive acts performed under the cloak of a farmers program is also indicated by the fact that in the refetendui. election last spring an average o1 about 49000 of the voters of Norti| Dakota voted against the re-} ferred laws. Reports from every | part of the — state —_ indicates | that thousands of others who in June voted for those measures have since become convinced thai many of them are of doubtful value and some so obnoxious, that they should be repealed. It is my purpose, if nominated aad elected governor of this state, to elim- inate as far as may be,the factional feuds of the past and to disregard wherever possible factional and party lines in state affairs in order to give the state an administration that wil. insure harmonious development of ali while others are in natural wood. The sizes are as varied as the colors. state interests. (Continued on Page Tnree) COUNTER OFFENSIVE ON LANGER MAKES APPEARANCE IN ATTEMPT 10 INJECT STEEN INTO CONTEST Not SEEKING | JOB, LANGER Commenting on the Steen and Nestos candidacies, At- ‘, torney General Langer to- day said: “Press dispatches of today | indicated the candidacy of certain gentlemen for the office of governor. My an- nouncement for governor was made only hecause I con- sidered: that the time had ar- rived when some one had to get out and openly lead a real fight. The petitions of 20,000 farmers and citizens, and the resolutions of the Federated Farmers clubs re- questing me to announce my- self, seemed to. indicate that the people thought I was the Proper man to lead a win- ning fight. | “I wish to make one thing | clear and that is that I am not seeking the office. If the people of this state be- lieve that any other man can head the ticket better than myself, I will immedi- | ately withdraw from. the rave, be a candidate for no office, and will take off my coat and stump the state in behalf of the ticket, provid- ed it is made up of honest men and women of the state, | standing for the planks con- tained in my published plat- form; BISMARCK MAY GET RECOUNT OF POPULATION Congressman Young Acts Very <> Promptly, on» Protes( irom Commercial Club © a SP Bistnar ck, given Jess thay 7,000 peo- tle by the recent decennial .census, May get a recount, of its population. Secretary George N. Keniston, who filed a protegt in behalf of the Com merciti] club as soon as the census ftig- ures v announced at Wash today received the follor wire from Congressman George M. Young: “Your telegram of protest in re- spect to the census taken at Bis- marek received this morning. — immediately took the matter up with Samuel L. Rogers. director of the cengus, and called the facts set forth in your telegram to his attention, giving him ‘also my per- sonal assurance from my knowl- edge of Bismarck that the enum- eration was very faulty. “Mr. Rot has promised me to sefid a: supervisor to Bismarck with sufficient, agsistants to thor- oughly check ‘over the work al- ready done and add the names of all omitted, and in such work he will accept\to the fullest extent the co-operation of your commer- cial club, . “To my mind this is absolutely fair and all that is now required is for your people to take an ac- tive hand in the work. Wire | when yo will be ready to begin the task. —o On dl Con- (ORGE M. YOUNG, Secretafy Keniston has wi gressman Young that Bismarck is ready to go flow. Those most conversant with Bis- marck’s development feel certaain thay an adequate enumeration will show a popuation of at least 9,000, @ FINAL ACTION ON AMENDMENT AGAIN PUT OFF ————- | Nothing Likely to be Done by Delaware Legislature Be- fore Next: Week Dover, Dela, March..26.—Plans for disposal of tesolutions to ratify the woman's suffrage constitu- tional amendment were uncertain when the Délaware legislature re- convened today. The struggle of suffrage w sand antagonists — | reached w max with the time for voting and the result both in | doubt. With the fight at high heat, an | adjournment planned tonight until | Monday, a vote in either house be- | fore next week was doubtful. W BANK PR D J, P. Zweber, former cashier of the New Leipzig State bank of New Leip- zig. but recently made president of the institution. was in the city yesterday transacting business. Mr. el lowing the resignation of ; ALN. Nie- ter, who accepted an important posi- j upon Langer, who was elected and re: 4 harmless ; tion with a Minneapolis bond house. roe, Slaledeat Coming tes from P. O. Thorson’s Weekly at Forks Hints that Former State Treasurer, Who Failed to Beat Frazier in 1918, Would Like to Make Another Trial—Victory for Townley Seen as Result The ink was hardly dry on the printed) announcements of Attorney General William Langer’s candidacy for the governorship when there was mailed from the offices of a weekly publication at Grand Forks, controlled by P. Q.- Thorson, recently suspected of nourishing similar aspirations, a statement to the effect. that Johu Steen.of Rugby, former state treasured and! Frazier's opponent in the 1918 primaries, was again at least a re- ceptive candidate. © Whether John Steen seriously con- | siders an attempt to divide the anti- Townley vote by opposing Langer is yet to be discovered, But the Grand Forks communication, accompanied by a personal letter.from [. J. Siljan, political writer for the weekly named, would indicate that there is to be an attempt upon the part of someon? to create such a division. THE GRAND FORKS COUP; The Grand Forks “coup” is contain- ed in the following statement, released for publication today: “That former state treasurer John Steen of Rugby will be a candidate for the republican nomination for gov- ernor at the June primaries is, the opinion of the-——————, which has interviewed Mr. Steen on his return to North Dakota from an extended recreation trip in \the south. The standard-bearer of the anti-Townley forces Nel two years ago did not defin- y State that he would be a candi- ying that he had been back state too short a time io have come to a final decision, ‘but he admitted that he had, been asked to throw his hat In the ring, and that he hes very much tempted to obey that impulse. “Mr, Steen left for Hot Springs, Ark. and other places in the south after, havitiz haryested his crops anl cleaned up, affairs.at his Pierce ‘coun- ty farm Jast fall and returned home last. week. During’ a visit to Grand Forks, he* was interviewed by local Newspaper men, and he expressed sur- prise-att that: jomore. had, beens dove to -gather ), the « ‘fdwnley opposition around a suitdtle candidate, “The Tu- dependent ‘Voters’ association is an excellent organization and is in good shape to lead the opposition to victory t the coming primary election,’ sutd Mr, Steen, ‘but it is not one of the objects ‘of this organization to pick candidates for the voters. It is for the candidates to come out and an- hounce themselves’.” NOT YET DECIDED. In reply toa direct, question as to whether he would. be a’ candidate, the Grand Forks stutement quotes Steei opposed to Towuleyism and ele vated for me for governor in 1918 showd be given a chance to yole for some- one who is not only anti-Townley but anti-Townleyism. It seems to me that it is up to those of us who never lef: the track to now deal as wisely as possible with .both Townleyism and Townleyites. We would not permit ourselves to be hoodwinked by former tools of |the big league boss, even if they do c 8 td, an eleventh-hour repentance, They helped to put it over on us, and it will take some time be- fore | for one, am willing to trust them.’” This, of course, ix a direct attack elected attorney general on the To ley ticket, and who did not part Townley until about a year ago. S that time. however, while Mr. has been sojourning in more pleasant latitudes, Mr. alnger has: been gal- loping up and down the state doing more damage to Townleyism than Mr. Steen and all of his friends have a complished in their five years’ an- tagonism, insist friends of the attorney general The Grand Forks statement pro- ceeds to quote Steen as follows: ‘e must get untangled from Town- le in as it is expressed in autocracy in government; in arbitrary, high-han- ded law-abiding’ and imported radi- cals; we must untangle the state fro this mess in. such a way as|to leaye as little damage as possible. As to those who are responsible for Townley- ism in our midst, we should deal with them in a manner so as to make them # that the next generation at least will not so easily be led so far astray by political demagogues that villify their fellow citizens who are not at all times ready to jump off the track with them, “T am not. as yet, a candidate, but if [ enter the race I shall make it plainly understood that TL will not tolerate compromise with Townleyism IPPORT STE! Herald may have anticipated the Steen statement Wed (Continued on Page Three) sity Glee club of the i California will leave San Francisco May 26 for an extended tour of the Far East including points in Japan and China, returning by way of the Phillipines. Plans to include Australia in’ the itinerary have been abandoned, Twen- ty members and the director will take the trip, intending to return to Ber- keley about August 20,