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

THE WEATHER Generally Fair 4 LAST EDITION THIRTY-NINTH YEAR 8 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1920 BISMARCK TRIBUNE PRICE FIVE CENTS FARMERS BETRAYED IN MONTANA ALONG WITH REAL UNION LABOR BY TOWNLEY MEN IN CONVENTION Remarkable Story of How Red Card Socialists Are Given Con- trol of Nonpartisan League in Montana Given Here for First Time, Showing Conclusively Socialistic Intent of Townley Lead- + ers By WILL A. CAMPBELL Editor Helena, (Mont.) Independent (Special to The Tribune) Great Falls, Montana, June 26.—Arthur C. Townley’s manag- ers openly betrayed the farmers of Montana here in the state con- vention of the Nonpartisan league and turned the management of the coming campaign over to the Whatever was left of a “farmers’ movement” was eradicated | ering all descriptions an 1g 1D and W. F. Dunn, advocate of the red card socialists of Butte. soviet government, was permit- ted to name the candidate for governor in return for his pledge to deliver the radical labor element to vote for the Nonpartisan league candidates for a few minor offices. : B. K. Wheeler, smooth radical Butte attorney, champion of ; Bennet double loan, each in excess of the price paid by Mr. Bennet Dunn and advocate of turning over all industries to a soviet, driv- . ing all men with industrial property from the state, was named for governor on the Nonpartisan FARMERS THROWN ASIDE * S. O. Ford, candidate of the farmers, was put aside, the far- mers in the convention protest- ing. But Dunn, together with! Alfred Budden, the Nonpartisan | league manager, ran over them and wiped out the farmers’ .pro- gram with the plain consent of the Townley leaders, j Wheeler was former United States district attorney for Mon- tana, but was compelled to re- sign under fire during the world war for his failure to bring prosecutions and his general in- difference to enforcement of the sedition and espionage laws. He has since been attorney for Dunn and others in sedition cases and has made a fortune as a radical labor attorney. The defeated candidate of the farm- ers is present Attorney General ana is not connected with the rest so- cialist gang in Butte. ‘Following the meeting in Great Falls, when the farmers were betray- ed by the.Nonpartisan league man- agers and their convention made a farce by Buen, McGlynn, Martin, Ko- rab and Kremer, who readily con- ceded to demands of Butte reds, Dune openly laughed at. the trimming he had given the farmers in naming ‘Wheeler instead of Ford. Convicted of Sedition Dunn is editor of the Butte Bull2- tin and was convicted in district court during the war of sedition, be- ing given a new trial on technicalit by the supreme court. Wheeler has been his attorney and chief lieute- nant. Three days ago the department of justice anonunced that it had received a copy of the Bulletin in which a demand was printed for a one big union. The day following Samuel Gompers, head of the American Fed- eration of Labor, gave out an inter-| view in Winnipeg, Canada in .which he denounced the one big union id Gompers has successfully beaten off a fight in the American Federation of Labor of red radicals who have; been called by Gompers “enemies of labor from within” declaring they seek to destroy the federation anid install socialism and turn labor over to the I. W. W.'s. ‘Program of I. W. W.’s | When Wheeler was nominated tho Nonpartisan league manager and Butte agitators gave him a banquet here at which numerous inflamma- tory speeches were made. Dunn de- league ticket. GREAT RAINS IN WEST AND NORT REPORTED TODAY Crops Practically Assured Some Sections with Heavy Rainfall, Say Reports SLOPE COUNTRY HELPED Bottineau in Northern Part of State Get Heaviest Rainfall Weather, Map Shows A “several million dollar” rain fell in North Dakota in the last twenty- four hours, mostly between 10 p. m. jast night and 7 a. m. this morning. The rain fell in sections of the state where most needed. Reports to the United States Weather bureau here, received by telegraph and giving the rainfall up to 7 O'clock this morning, how that all over the Slope country, except the territory around Beach, re- seived heavy rains and heavy rains were reported from the northern part of the state. The rains virtually assure a crop in many parts of the state, according to he reports. Additional rains were re- ported today from several towns, in- cluding Fessenden. Heavy at Dickinson The rain in the Slope country was heaviest around Dunn Center and Dickinson, which were missed in other rains of the last three days, The rain. iall reported by the weather bureau is as_ follows: Bottineau, 1.68; Larimore. .05; Bis- .49; Pembina, .23; Dickinson, unn Center, 1.30; Napoleon, senden, .18; Devils Lake. .10; .08; Williston, 06; Ellen- dale, tra Jamestown, .20; Minot, 92; Wahpeton, .21; Bowbells, .18. + Mott Gets Rain © Mott, southwest of Bismarck, is not ‘neluded in the weather map report, but a telegram received by the weath- er bureau said that there was an inch of rainfall. The one and sixty-eighth hundredths rainfall at Bottineau was the heaviest reported. There was no rain in Beach and 55; Fi Moorhead, in} GOLDEN VALLEY MAN TELLS INSIDE STORY OF BANK OF NORTH’ DAKOTA LOANS TO SPECULATOR IN LAND Contradicts Flatly Cathro’s Statement Concerning Lands, Quoting Information from Public Records, and Tells Reports of How Dealers Were Put Over F, W. Cathro, “$10,000 a year and meals” manager of the Bank of North Dakota, has said that he did not make a $50,000 loan to anyone inside or outside of North Dakota, despite the public rec- ords showing $50,000 loans to the uncle of the wife of Congress- man Baer, living in St. Paul and owning land in Golden Valley. | The following open letter is addressed to the public by J. M. Still, farmer of Golden Valley:: Dear Public: 1 noticed a statement in the Couricr-News that Mr. Cathro states there is no grounds for the $50,000 loan charge jin Golden Valley county. I would like to ask Mr. Cathro if he has, like Senator Mees, been instructed to ‘lie like a horse thief.’ The records of this county plainly show two $25,000 mortgages against the same property, maturing at different dates, one cov- the other divided in several separate mortgages. LANGER ATTAGK IN HOME TOWN FAILS UTTERLY League Picnic Attracts Less than 500 Instead of 15,000 First Day in Mandan PEOPLE APPLAUD LANGER Labor Agitator Who Speaks for | “Farmers Ticket” Says He Doesn’t Want Dakota Farm WHERE ARE THEY? The great league rally, from 10:30 a. m. to 10:30 9. m, an- Did some representative of the state bank slip it over this spec- ulator through fraud or did you, Mr. Cathro, get it slipped over you and your department in this double loan, as also the W. G. for this piece of Bad Land property? COMMISSION PAID It has been openly stated by the Real Estate man, who steered ‘these and the John Hague $20,000 loan, that a cash commission was paid. In the former it was said to be $1,250. Now Mr. Cahtro, who got this commission? Is it not a fact that you held up the settlement of this loan after the draft had been sent to Beach? i Did not the owners of this property and the Beach real estate agent come to Bismarck and meet you and Governor Frazier and ‘after this conference you released payment of the amount men- | tioned, or at least the amount this speculator received, H I am quoting you statenfents made by parties present. true or did they ‘lie like a horse thief?” You state you relied on your appraisers. You might spend some of the state’s money to a good advantage to go over some of their work. LAND NOT INSPECTED Look up the records of the John Hague $20,000 loan and ascer- tain when your paid servants inspected this land. Don’t rely on their expense account. I have been informed by Mr. Hague’s son that this land was never inspected. I also have been informed the deal was put through in Bis- marck between trains and the mortgages’ were signed by Mr. Hague before he signed the application. Mr. Cathro, were not the above deals the final cause of the break between you and my friend, J. R: Waters. What do you fear, that you become the goat? Is it Respectfully, J. M. STILL. gc ors DEMOCRATS I unareas | FRISCO READY FOR SESSIONS Contests Before Committee Be- ing Ironed Out as Conven- i tion Time Nears GIVE WOMEN PARTY POWER Minneapolis, Minn., June 26.— Flor. dropped 30 to 50 cents a barrel at the mills here today. The decline was due to a sharp break jn the wheat market yes- terday. Quotations at one repre- sentative mill for family patent wore lowered to $13.50 from $14.00 a barrel and the same grade of flour brought $14.25 at another large mill, which is a decrease of 30 cents a barrel» RAIL WORKERS ARE INVITED BACK IN UNION} "smi x pletion of the temporary roll of the |W. G. Lee Says 15,000 of 30,000; tomocratic national convention was | Who Went on Strike Have in‘sight today when the national com- i y. mittee resumed consideration of cre- i Been Reinstated dentials with the Georgia contest be- Hy fore it and Senator Reed’s effort t. gain a seat on the floor with the Mis- souri delegation also to be passed! Resolution May Go Before Con- vention to Put Women on National Committee Chicago, June 26.—W. G. Lee, presi- territory in the extreme western part, dent of the Brotherhood of Railway of the state, but weather bureau re- trainmen teday began work to bring ports say rain was not needed there.’ back into the brotherhood the 15,000 Rain was badly needed in some. workers expelled for taking part in sections where wheat had already the unauthorized strikes of the past clared Wheeler would be elected but] started to head out. Contrary to the Big Biz would assassinate him be- fore he could take the oath of of- fice. The program of the ‘Nonpartisan league in Montana thus becomes t program for which the I. W. W have been fighting and is net a farm- ers’ program. It is in reality a de mand for the confiscation of the great copper mines of Butte and turning them over to collective ownership under the socialist plan. It includ a demand for the release of all politi cal prisoners, including Debs, such as was made at the socialist national convention in New York, repeal of all sedition laws, public ownership of all the means of distribution and production, including the state owner- ship of all farm lands and a minimum of one dollar per hour for an eight- hour day on the farms. Dunn and Wheeler openly advocate the four- hour day, sabotage by slowing down and the dne big union in industry. Farmers in Revolt As a result of the Nonpartisan league convention the farmers who were deluded into joining the league to secure benefits for the farmers of the state are openly in revolt against Townley and the men to whom he has trusted the management cf the league in this state. WHO McDONALD IS | Duncan McDonald, who is now speaking for the Townley organiza- tion, is known as one of the Butte radicals. A former president of the fllinois Federation of Labor he is said to have broken with Samuel Gompers and other leaders of the American Federation of Labor and since has thrown his lot with the socialistic radicals. ‘He is a leader in the Civic Library League in Butte, Montana, along with W. F. Dunn, the man who controlled the Nonpartisan league convention and threw down the farmers of Montana, according to a dispatch received by The Trib- une today. McDonald spoke to a crowd col- lected at the McKenzie hotel corner Jast night. belief of some people, the weather bureau says. the rain is of great bene- ‘it even.in such intances. NEAR CLOUDBURST ‘Fargo, June 26.—Rainfall reaching 4he proportions of a cloudburst fell here today. The United States weath- er bureau in Moorhead recorded a precipitation of 2.60 inches in two hours. No damage was reported as a result of the rain. MURDER CHARGE FACED BY FIVE RIOTING BLACKS Chicago. June 26.—Five negroes charged with murder and assault with attempt to kill as a result of the Abys- sinian riot last Sunday when two white men were killed, were arraigned in sourt yesterday. The cases were con- tinued to July 7. Grover C.- Redding. one of the quin tet, is said by the police to have con. fessed that he planned the riot in ad-' vance and that he deliberately started t by burning an American flag. Po lice say he also confessed killing R. L. Rose, a sailor. |LABOR AUDITOR IS MURDERED Detroit, Mich.. June 26.—Authorities investigating the Dwyer. of Middlesboro, Ky.. a travel- ing auditor of the United Mine Work- ers of America, in a downtown law office last night today were question- ing further the party of lawyers who met in the office during the evening. Meanwhile Frank H. Dohany, prom- inent attorney and bank director, said to have been left alone with the union official when the party broke up. was in the psycopathic ward of a local hospital under a guard of de- tectives. Examination this morning showed that Dwyer’s death was caused by} concussion of the brain and not by strangulation as at first reported. killing of August | year. “With the promise of a wage scale decision before July 20, the retroac- | tive to May 1, there is no reason for | further dissension in our ranks,” Lee |said. “Already we have taken back 15,000 of the 30,000 men who were ex- | pelled and we will take back others who make proper amends.” | . Lee, who remained in Chicago after yesterday’s meeting of heads of the ' Big Four Brotherhoods, declared that efforts to take out trainmen and vard- men on strike at midnight would prove futile as a result of the promise of an early wage decision by the Federal Reserve Board. It is reported that the ‘board has agreed upon a tentative average wage increase for the various | crafts of 22 per cent. Members of the board refuse to corroborate this report. WILSON PLEADS FOR SUFFRAGE Washington, June 26.—President Wilson sent a telegram to Governor Roberts of Tennessee. urging that a special session of the Tennessee legis- ature be called to act on the Federal suffrage amendment. The president in his telegram said: “It would be a real service to the par- tv and the nation and if it is possible ‘for you, under the peculiar provisions of your state constitution, having in mind the recent decision of the su- preme court in the Ohio case, to call a special session of the legislature of amendment. very earnestly.” or Roberts of Tennessee announced of President Wilson that 4 special ses- sion of the Tennessee legislature be amendment. CLERGY SPEAKS UP Boston—Clergymen have started the boxing bill. Tennessee to consider the suffrage, Allow me to urge this) Knoxville, Tenn.. June 26.—Govern-! that he would comply with the desire; called to act on the Federal suffrage} upon, Other business occupied the first session of the committee yesterday, preventing discussion of these trouble- some questions, committeemen ex-! pressed confidence that the Georgia case would be put through, probably without a vote, against the seating the delegation lined up for Attorney Gen-! eral Palmer. They were not quite so} sure on Senator Reed. McAdoo Boom The influx of delegations which be- gan yesterday continued and added hourly to the physical and conversa-) tional congestion in hotel lobbies. Out; of the din arose what some observers’ profess to recognize as a spurt of, nor Cox of Ohio. The elusive McAdoo boom also gained ground and this! time made a public appearance. The movement for nomination of the for-, mer treasury secretary took the shape of cards appearing in hat bands of delegates here and there with the legend: ‘Mac’ll do.” Woman's Resolution Action of the national committee yesterday in adopting a resolution urging the convention to grant equal suffrage and membership to women of, the party gave the delegates another subject to discuss. Women delegates of whom there are an unusual number; present were elated. If the national | committee's plan is ratified by the; i I first organized protest against boxing| the league of nations covenant has ; i here by seeking a referendum on the! unanimously decided that this court Commissioner of Insurance. is a farm- | sion of jurists in session here for the} convention the committee will here-; after be double its present size and composed of a man and woman mem-; ber from each state with equal voting; power. Arrival of part of the Pacific fleet from the south added a touch of color to lobby scenes and to the streets not; known in previous conventions. Of- ficers and men piled ashore in boat loads. The convention proper opens Mon- day. WORLD JUSTICE COURT AT HAGUE, The Hague, June 26.—The commis- formation of a permanent court of in- ternational justice as provided for in shall be located ai The Hague. nounced for Bismarck today was in the thin air at 4 p. m. this af- ternoon. In despair the league im- ported, naid county manager Sent an automobile through the streets trying to get 2 crowd for a meeting at the state capitol. At that time there were 75 to 100 people: strofling around the capitol grounds. And Townley was nowhere, anparently. Mandan, June 26.—The great effort of the Townley organization to rub the name of William Langer into the dirt in his home town has failed. The failure is so complete that ii is the talk of the town. A great two-day picnic was advertis- ed for Mandan for yesterday and to- day. The Townley managers scattered great bills throughout at least three, counties, advertising tie meeting. Ra-! ces, band concerts, airplane exhibi- tion, greased pig contests and simi- lar amusements were advertised to get a crowd. And— There were less than 500 people at the Mandan fairgrounds yesterday at- ternoon. anger Friends There In that crowd were at least 200 wo- men and children.| A few came and a: few left. One man who said he counted every person declared there were 496 people present, including at least 250 women, girls and boys. The actual number of farmers was small. In the automobiles parked around the grandstand were many bearing “Langer for Governor” or “Norton for Congress” banners. The applause which greeted the Townley speakers! was infrequent and weak. The speak- ers were on the defense. The old- time spirit Was gone. Last night theae was a parade ia which just 58 people marched, At noon today there was scarcely more than the usual Saturday crowd in the city, Later it was thoughet the crowd might reach 1,000. A” baker had been asked to bake bread for 15,000. Ernest Meitzen, league organizer, who admitted he came to North Da- kota only four years ago and had gone back to Texas in the meantime to work in a political campaign, made a vicious attack on Mr. Langer. But the people of Mr. Langer’s home county and his home town did not respond with enthusiasm. League organizers had_ predicted crowds of 15,000 people. The flat fail- ure was far greater than anyone had expected. With added attractions to day the league organizers hoped to re- deem themselves. They advertised that A. C. Townley, whom many looked for in vain, would be at the picnic by 4 p.m. today. One Applauds Frazier When Congressman J. H. Sinclair, who wrote a letter to friends in North Dakota asking them to get up a peti- tion for the release of Kate Richards O'Hare, referred to Governor Frazier as the “greatest Governor North Da kota has ever had” one man applauded. When Meitzen, at one time, inadvert- ently complimented Langer there was applause. Duncan McDonald, Illinois labor man, who has been known as one of the group of Illinois mine workers of the ultra-radical type. which attempt- ed to overthrow the present officia’ of the United Mine Workers of Ameri- ca and were charged with trying to (Continued on Page Eight) RECORD MADE BY ts 7aae DeRaUSANONS DELEGATES | . SAN FRANCISCO.— Women dele-| gates are rather numerous in the pre-} convention crowds here. Among them aye Mrs. Illis Meredith, member of the woman's bureau of the Demo- cratic national committee and Mrs. A, C. Shallenberger, 2 Na- tional committeewoman trom Neb ka, and wife of Governor Sha! berger. YOUNG PRAISES MR STREETER Congressman. Tells Audience He Showed Sante Qualities as Father in Late War Braddock, June 26.~-- Congressman} George Young will receive a big vote in this locality. This was assured af- ter large crowds greeted him here. With him on the platform here ap- peared Elmer Anderson, a grain and! stock farmer who is a candidate on the anti-Townley ticket for the legis- ature. Regarding Frank B. Streeter candi-; date for lieutenant governor, Mr. Young said: “[T recognize in our candidate for lieutenant governor a man with fight- ing quality and a high type of modern American. He followed the example of his father who served in. the Civil War, by promptly entering the service of his vuntry when the recent war was declared. I am assuyed that the people of Emmons County who know him, best will give him a tremendous majority and he will doubtless be the choice of the Republicans at the pri- maries next Wednesday.” GREEKS ATTACK TURKISH FORCES IN ASTA MINOR Troops Closing in On Four Sides Says Official Statement Issued by Athens ‘BRITISH ALSO ARE ACTIVE Turkish Reply to Peace Treaty Presented by Allies About to be Presented GREEKS ATTACK Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 26— Greek forces engaged in the offens- ive against the Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor are advancing in four directions and have taken a number of towns, according to a communique from Greek army headquarters. Confirmation of the recently report- ed annihilation of the ‘Fourteenth Turkish army corps has been receiv- ed here. The statement reports the capture of three pieces of heavy artillery, numerous machine guns, some rifles, a ten-car train and numerous pris- oners, Our loses,” the statement says, “were one captain killed and 10 oth- er officers wounded and 20 men Killed and 100 wounded. Our enemy losses were considerable. Fifty bodies were found on the regimental front, WARSHIPS OPEN FIRE London, June 26.—British warships at Smid, Asia Minor, have violently bombarded the Turkish line stretched around that place and have inflicted heavy losses, it being estimated that 1.000 Turks have been killed accord- ing to an Exchange telegraphic dis- patch from Athen TO MAKE REPLY Paris, June .—Turkey’s peace delegation was ready this morning to submit that country's reply to the terms of the treaty presented to the allied nations. This reply was to have been transmitted on June 11 but an extension of time amounting to fif- teen days was granted on June 7. The Turkish nationalist forces are assuming an aggressive attitude along the eastern shore of Marmorah and the Dardanelles but have been forced to fall back before the advance of Greek troops in the Smyrna hinter- land. Advices state the nationalists have been forced to retreat north of the Greek area of occupation and that a nationalist army corps has been cap- tured by the Greeks at Allah—Saehr, 83 miles east of Smyrna. Should the Turkish protest against the cession of Smyrna to Greece be futile. however, it is believed the na- tionalists will concentrate their armies for a drive against that city. Dispatches from India indicate con- siderable unrest among the Moslems of that country regarding the Turkish situation. HARDING FAVORS IRISH FREEDOM WALSH DECLARES Senator Expresses in Letter “Sympathetic Feeling” for Island’s Independence Emmons County eee ‘Townley and the ajority of the; Kansas City , June 26.—Frank P. farmers are saying with Gustave; Walsh, former chairman of the federal Swanson a pioneer farmer near Kin-| industrial relations commission, made trongly anti- tyre that Townley has gone too far and all must wake up and end his public what he said was a copy of a letter Senator Warren G. Harding, re- publican presidential nominee, wrote to him in which Senator Harding ex- pressed “a very sympathetic feeling for the movement to bring about the independence of Ireland.” tyrrany. A pound of diamonds represents! 2270 carats. VICTORY TICK | STUTSMAN, KRUGER, QUANBECK AND WHITE nominational sentiment toward Gover-' | Senator Harding’s letter, as given out by Walsh, was dated March 24, “T have a very strong conviction my- self of the very great part played by the Americans of Irish birth and an- cestry in the winning of independence and the making of our own great ET SKETCHES Sketches of various candidates for) state offices on the Victory Ticket | have been presented to the readess/ of the Tribune in the last few weeks. | The sketches have laid before the pub- lic the records of the various candi- dates. The Victory Ticket, as shown by the sketches, is representative. | Farmers, union labor workmen, law- yers, business men are included. In concluding the series, and sketching | the qualifications of W. H. Stutsman, | Victory Ticket candidate for railroad: commissioner; E. J. Kruger, candidate ; for railroad commissioner; Henry T.| Quanbeck, candidate for Commission- er of insurance, and Arthur H. Whit candidate for Commissioner of Agri- culture. An Able Man. Mr. Stutsman is one of the best known men in North Dakota. A form- er chairman of the railroad commis- sion, a citizen of Mandan, highly re- spected by everyone in his sommu ity, he is ably qualified for the posi- tion for which he is a candidate. E. J. Kruger, of Marmath, candi- date for railroad commissioner, deep- ly impressed men of the Langer-for- Governor club who heard him talk} here last night. He went into the army as a private and won a commis: | sion. He is a trainman and a mem- ber of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He is president of his le- igon post. A straightforward Ameri- can of poise. ability and determination he is regarded as a strong candidate. Farmer Candidate. Henry T. Quanbeck, candidate for; er and bankér. Born May 22, 1887, on! United States,” the letter read. “More than that, I have a very great sympa- thetic feeling for the movement to | bring about the independence of Ire- | land and the establishment of Irish nationality, which is the national as- piration of any liberty loving people. “I must confess I did not think well of the insincere demonstration in the mee A bed : 5 senate recently in handling a reserva- neapolis, Minn., graduating from the tion in behalf of Ireland in the reser- academic department in 1907. receiv-| . ions f the Le lati ing the A. B, degree from the college! Vations | of | the League of Nations department of the same institition in| 'Tealy. The insincerity of it was made 1911. | manife A a when 16 senators wae SRB os ees .,| pressed the Irish reservation refuse For five penrs ne an oes aa a vote for the treaty after it was in- ongronsing-and-enrolling| corporated. F Thad the satisfaction my- self of casting a favorable vote after n the state senate and in : ‘ ” hatwassaanemberot _| the incorporation was made.’ resentatives. He h been a ier, te tans kee) HUNT PROFITEER everybody a sau THROUGH WEST deal and equal chan He is opposed} to soc ism and bos: » believes, in one country, in one flag and in one Washington, June .—Encouraged ard of morals. by success in obtaining indictments White Competent. | under the Lever act against profiteers hur H. White, candidate for Com-| in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, yner of Agriculture, knows what) St. Louis and Pittsburgh. department uiture is by personal contact. He! of justice agents, it was announced knows the needs of the farmers of| here today, are now turning their at- North Dakota. He is well qualified) tention to the Pacific coast, and num- for the important position for which erous indictments in Los Angeles, San he isa didate. Franc » and Portland, Ore., may be Men h farming interests predom-| expected, inate on the Victory Ticket. Th | the lie to the Townley claim to solely TAKES TUMBLE s Next in line is| London—Robert Tipp, steeple jack, unior labor workmen. They give the, was taken ill while at the top of a lie to the Townley claim to solely rep-! flagstaff here painted and for two resent the laboring men. The ticket hours was suspended at the tip of the is balanced throughout, and every can-! swaying pole, 70 feet from the ground. didate submits his entire life record) unabel to descend. A fellow workman to the people. rescued him. a Nelson county, North Dakota farm, he lived on a farm in the same county until a year ago when he accepted a position with a bank in his home town. He still has his farming interests. His education was commenced in a little country schoolhouse.’ He later studied at Augsburg Seminary, Mir-