The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1922, Page 1

THE WEATHER UNSESTTLED THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE LAST EDITION. ‘ABLISHED 1873 NESTOS LEADS BY 23,000 NESTOS CARRIES BISMARCK BY 1827 VOTES; PROBABLY WILL HAVE COUNTY BY 500 * Both Nestos and McCumber Are Leading in Burleigh County in Partial Returns SHERIFF’S RACE CLOSE Bulk of Country Vote Must Be in Before Close Race of 11 Is Decided When the counting of the city of Bismarck vote was completed late this afternoon Governor Nestos had rolled up a lead of 1,327 votes over B. F. Baker and Senator McCumber led Frazier by 1,050, Election offi- cials in the west precinct of, the Second ward were tallying up their books. about 4 p. m: after working all night and during the day. Seattered precincts outside of Bis- marek gave returns such as to make an estimate of a majority of 500 for Governor Nestos in Burleigh county appear to be conservative. In seven of the 10 precincts in Lismarck, including the Fourth and Fifth wards complete, the leaders in the sheriff race in the city had the following number of votes: Barnes 230; Kafer 225; Kelly 527; Thomp- son 317; Wilham 238; Hedstrom 111; McGarvey 174. The same number of precincts for states attorney show- eq: Allen, 513; Elliott 466; McCarter 87; McCurdy 690. It was apparent that a great por- tion of the rural vote would have-to be reported before definitely settling either the sheriff or states attorney contest, } There ‘was a slump in the league vote in some precincts. Thirty-four out of 68 precincts in Burleigh county gave: McCumber 2,486; Frazier '1,766; Nestos 2,605; Baker 1,544, z An example follows in these com- parisons: Cromwell tp,, Nestos 16; Baker 22. Recall, Nestos 11; Fra- zier 35. Burnt -Creek, Nestos 6; Baker 47, Recall Nestos 5; Frazier 56: Lincoln, Nestos 14; Baker 41. Recall, Nestos 5; Frazier 46, In. some there was a gain shown, * For the supreme court Judge. Nuessle led ‘in the latter well up, Judge Robinson was well up with Richardson and Eng- lert in some precincts. Poindexter and Olsness ran ahead of the» Nonpartisan ticket’ in many precincts while @bert Olson was ahead of the rest of the Nonpartisan ticket in some Bismarck precincts, E. J. Gobel had a-long lead for coroner anid Clough and Johnson were high men for auditor in the{ city of Bismarck. Twenty-three of the 59 precincts in Burleigh county gave the follow- ing vote: Frazier 1218; McCumber 1684; Nestos 1699; Baker 1017. ~ «GIVES TALK 10 CITIZENS “How to sell Bismarck to the pub- lic? was the main theme of a short address given by Howard J. Wise- haupt before a representative group of local, buisness men today at a noon day luncheon in the Grand Pa- cific dining room. Mr. Wisehaupt emphasized the im-! portance of using some publicity about Bismarck ‘when the new vehi- cular bridge was opened. He said that it would give the business men a chance to make a lot of noise abou the wonders of the city, and place it on the map once for all as a trade center for people 30, 40 and 50 miles away. } When this subject was brought up George N. Keniston stated that. plans were already under way for the stag- ing of the biggest yageant that North Dakota had ever seen when the bridge is dedicated. This’ affair was to b¢ put on by Mandan and Bismarck jointly, and will be a history of de- velopments of North Dakota from pioneer days. In discussing the arrangements with the business men, Mr. Wise- haupt emphasized the importance of giving something away. He said that when something was given away it must be better if possible than what was ordinarily sold, in order to win the complete confidence of the people Mr. Wisehaupt also touched upon the pulling power of advertising. “Women never read page adver- tisements, blocked advertising, ot announcement advertisements,” said the speaker. “They do not as a rule spend more than 15 minutes in read- ing an entire paper. They glance through it, searching for that which thev wish to find, seeking advertise ments pertaining to the clothes, cook. ing utensils, or furnishings that they may have use for but nothing more.” ‘The business men were enthust astic about the plans to put Bis- marck on the map. The giant bamboo of India, known as the “slowest” crop in the world, blossoms only when it reaches its thirtieth year and then dies, = this county, with | Birdzell second and Johnson’ third, INSURGENTS ARE HOLDING OUT IN ERIN Efforts to Dislodge Rory O’Connor’s Little Band- Thus Far Fails MANY CASUALTIES Ambushing Is Report, Insur- gents Adopting Guerilla Warfare © (By the Associated Press) London, June 29.—Fighting in the streets of Dublin is ‘increas- ing in intensity says a Central News dispatch from the Irish capital at this hour. Irregulars on the outskirts of the besieged Four Courts district are re ing reinforcements, the mess- age says. Three civilians were killed in today’s fighting, bringing the total number of dead to nine- teen. Business houses, as well as banks are closing the dispatch says, and the newspapers have suspended publi (By the Associated Press) ublin, June 29.—The irregu- lar Irish forces have captured seventeen troops of the provi. sional government in the Dom- inick street ear, according to a report late this afternoon, which could not be officially confirmed. (By the Associated Press) Dublin, June 29.—Rory O'Connor's band of insurgent. Irish Republican army men was still holding out in its Four Courts stronghold at noon to- day against the continuing attempts of the Free State troops to dislodge ite. ‘ Firing was.in progress all the fore- noon and there was an especially heavy. burst of fire at eleven o'clock. Sniping operations were almost in- cessant, with the casualties estimated | this morning at - more than fifty, jhourly increasing. The replies from O’Connor’s men to the firing on the Four Courts were | feeble. The garrison, which is be-| lieved to number. about 150 is said,/ however, to have ‘unlimited supplies of ammunition ‘and penty of provi- sions. The prospect was that the opera- tions at the Four Courts could in. creasingly assume the character of an investment. The building lends! itself peculiarly to defensive pur- poses, and it is considered unlikely that the Free State trobps will at least for the present, attempt to take it by assault. The most menacing feature of the situation from the provisional gov- ernment standpoint is the factythat the insurgents are developing activi- ties along guerrilla lines, particularly in the form of ambushes. Many: of the insurgents wear no uniforms and the Free State soldiers, like the British before the truce are exposed | to attack while traversing narrow streets to and from their barracks. The prevalence of these tactics make it seem improbable: to the gov- ernment side that the situation throughout the city will speedily be-| come. much better. ‘ | Direct. telegraphic communication | between Dublin and the North and West of Ireland is practically at a standstill. A number of wires be- tween Dublin and London were cut last night near Howth. y In other parts of the country the provisional government also has mil- itary affairs on its hands. In Drog- heda, the insurgents who are occupy- ing the round tower fort on the hill commanding the towns have been in- vested by the Free State troops in the same way as at the Four Courts in Dublin. The Drogheda position of the irregulars is tegarded as unusu- ally strong. From other parts of Jreland there} are many’ rumors of insurgent action; | but the reports are indifferent of; confirmation as Dublin is completely isolated. ‘ FRESH TERMS OFFERED. (By the Associated Press) London, June 29,—Fresh terms; were offered” the insurgents in the| Four Courts in Dublin today, says | Dublin dispatch to the Evening News, but they refused to surrender ana} after two hours delay, firing was re- sumed. The early evacuation of the strong- hold is expected, however, as the water and lights, have been cut off. An unconfirmed report was receiv ed here this afternoon that the rail- road station at Foyne, twenty miles from Limerick occupied by Irish pro- visional government troops was a‘ tacked and set afjre. The Dunsans, a curtous tribe of people inhabiting a section of Brit- ish North Borneo, are dominated by women priests. | tor of the estate. ALEX KENZIE ESTATE WORTH OVER $500,000 Late Political Leader’s Will Was Filed for Probate in St. Paul Today . $25,000 FOR FLANNERY |The Judge Named as Execu- tor of the Estate, Was Life Long Friend of Deceased (By the Associated Press) |, St. Paul, Minn., June 29.—A pér- sonal estate of “over $500,000” and real estate valued at $5,000 is dis- posed of in the wil] of Alexander Mc- j Kenzie, one time political leader of North Dakota, filed for probate here today. Mr. McKenzie died in St. Paul last week. Petition for proof of the instru- ment was signed by two daughters, Mrs) Anna McKenzie McDonald of Regaud Quebec and Mary B. McKen- zie Foster, West Mount, Quebec. These two daughter@ are left the residue of the estate after bequests | of $50,000 to his wife, Mrs. Elva Mc- Kenzie now deceased and like amounts to Jeanette Alpha McKen-'| zie, an unmarried daughter, Alexan- | der J. McKenzie and Thomas 0. Me-| Kenzie, sons, of Yonkers, New York are made. The bequest to the wife will elapse and become’a part of the residuary estate, it was said. The will also leaves $25,000 to Judge G. P. Flannery, St. Paul, a life long friend who is named as execu- | Three half-sisters, Catherine, Mary and Jeanette McRae and five half-brothers, Duncan, Farquer, Wil- liam, Donald and John McRae, all of whom live at Beaverton, Ontario, | Canada, are given $40,000 to be; shared a like/ by the eight. . Specific Bequests This makes the specific bequests in money, in cluding the $50,000 given to the wife, $265,000, so that the two daughters named as_resi- duary legatees will get at least half the estate. None of, the other heirs or legatees except the two daughters join in the petition, so there is noth- ing to indicate whether the two sons and the other daughter will acqui- esce in the’ provisions of the will or} will seek to overturn it. The will drawn in the testator’s own hand is dated at the outset and in the attesting “clause, February 5, 1918, while in the body of the will, the testator recites that it is made “this 30th day of January 1918,” fn- dicating that it was not executed on the ‘date originally intended by the testator. In a gevise of the farm ‘land on Lake Simeo to his. half-brothers and half-sisters, William McRay is men- tioned twice while the name of Don- ald is not given, which was taken by court officers to have been an error; in drafting) the will. < | | 1 i | { * YOUNG PATROL WOMAN WASN'T AFRAID OF BEARS Duluth, Minn., June 29.—Three and one-half years in an office convinced Miss Eileen Carroll, 21-year-old’ Min- neapolis girl that a person perfectly at‘home in, the: great outdoors ‘had no business doing stenographic work for a living, so she applied for a po- sition doing patrol'work in the Su- perior National Forest. She impress- ed Superyisor Valvin A. Dahlgren and now she is a full-fledged patrol- woman, the first to be permanently stationed in the north woods." Miss Carroll plans to’ cottinue.in forestry work. the year Arotitd. She said she wasn’t afraid of béars):0 the forest service promptly gave her the acid test and assigned her to + post deep into’ the forest. Here she was virtually lost for three weeks. Finally she received a letter asking) for an interview. Apologizing for the} delay in answering she explained that “q lookout’s hors are rather long—j I haven't had time to answer soon- er.” | Bottineau BISMARCK,- NORTH DAKOTA THU Y, JUNE 29, 1922 (Leased Wire of Associated Press) PRICE FIVE CEN SENATORSHIP LYNN J. FRAZIER Who is Crowding Senior Senator AMERICAN IN BANDIT HANDS MAKES ESCAPE A. Bruce Bielaski Reaches Mexico City After Hard Four Days’ Journey. OTHERS ARE SAID SAFE (By the Assocjated Press) Mexico City, Jifne 29,—Escaping from‘his bandit kidnapers after four days of captivity, A. Bruce Bielaski, former head of the American depatt- ment of justices investigation bu- reau has reached Mexico City. Covered with dust, unshaven and showing plainly the marks of his im- prisonment in the mountains, Biel- aski was taken to his apartment where his wife and a half dozen friends greeted him. His friends declared the former American official’ had escaped from his captors at. Tetechal, walking the thirty miles to Cuernavaca near which place he was captured last Sunday. Jules La Caud, head of the Mex- ico City banking firm which is un- derstood to have furnished the $10,- 000 for the ransom on the order of Mr. Bielaski’s New York company, said he hhd been authorized to state that Bielaski eluded his captors be- fore ‘the money was paid. Bielaski suffered no more ill effects than might be expected from four days of roughing it in the mountains. Press dispaches from Tampico quote W. P. Taylor manager of the Tampico branch of the Cortez Oil Company _as confining the capture of forty employes at the company’s Aguada camp by the badnit Gorozave but do not state whether the ransom has been paid. Washington, June 29.— Mexican rebels who seized the Aguada camp of the Cortez Oil company, in Tam- pico region Sunday, hoding the prop- erty and forty American employes for 15,000 pesos ransom, withdrew ' VOTE ON SENATOR AND GOVERNOR ., ; Number Precincts COUNTY Received Adams Barnes . Besson Billings . Frazier 436 283 ne 1466 231 600 1218 2552 1464 Bowman, Burke | Burleigh Cass Cabalier Dickey ~ ore Divide 893 Dunn oe Golden Valley . ‘Grand Forks - Grant ......... CHINESE REBEL ASSASSINATED (By the Associated Press) Manina, P. L, June 29.—Chen Chiung-Ming, whose recent coup d’ etat drove from Canton Sun Yat Sen,- president cf the South China republic, has been assassinated, ac- cording $o a cable dispatch received here today from Shanghai by Kong- Mopo, a Chinese daily identified with the adherents of Sun Yet Sen. Reu- ters News Agency fails to confirm the report. RUST FOUND IN SO. DAKOTA Brookings, S$. D., June 29.—Black stem rust has ben found on wheat in Moody county, it is announced by Dr. Lynn D, Hutton, state leader in bar- berry eradication at South Dakota State College. June 29.—Harold F. Mc- Cormick announced intention of suing for libel every newspaper which published the report that he purchased a gland from another man to be grafted on his own body. Chicago, | Griggs . Hettinger Kidder ... LaMoure Logan McHenry McIntosh McKenzie McLean Mercer Morton “. Mountrail Nelson Oliver Pembina Pierce Ramsey .. Ransom Renville Richland . Rolette Sargent Sheridan - Slope . Sioux . Stark . Steele... Stctsman Towner Traill . Waish e Ward ..-- Weus . Williams --. 1072 1371 1397 412 1024 945 2565 403 536 A HORSERACE PORTER J. McCUMBER Facing Race of His Political Life With Result in Doubt A Likely Winner GOV. R.’A. NESTOS Who has made a wonderful run upon short record in office and whose nomination seems assured. on Monday without damage or.injury! to the employes, bu twith threats to return, Consul, Shaw ut Tampico’ to- day ‘advised, the stdte department. The départment! received a later message,’ however, ‘which . said the same rebels: yesterday seized a camp} of the La’ Corona Oil company, a! Dutch-British| concern ‘in the same vicinity and were holding 85 em- ployes including, about six Ameri-| cans, | | ORDER WEED INSPECTORS... ‘St. Coud, Minn, June 29.—Judge| Roeser,‘of distriet’court today allow- eda writ of mandamus to be served on the board of commissioners o! | Mille Lacs county, ordering the board to comply .with. requests ‘made by C. P. Bull, state weed inspector, for the appointment of two county weed inspectors ‘or appear in district court in this city July 11 to explain why they have failed to do so. The appli- cation with Mr. Bull as relator was} drawn up by Attorney General Hit-; ton. i Baker 410 244 662 1331 Nestos | 204 364 | 1329 844 McCumber 188 338 1095 706 97 580 1684 4887 2292 m9 ‘ '5894 | /4945 | 2775 | 532 2043 1726 1188 849 687 3 190 480 194 2130 274 1040 564 1209 301 [eral weeks: ect 2048 | 257! 1090 | 214; 1813! 864 | 2054 | 460 1674 11 533, 524 996 481 720 137 2072 712 867 706 530 593, 1548 1315 3335 738 2000 1411 3185, 626 1299 982, 1014 1415 350 1119 1 2291 359 1073 36,927 , Totals e 56,182 32,110 “UNION HEADS ARE SUMMONED BY RAIL BOARD Officers of Six Shopcraft Unions Are Cited to Ap- pear for an Inquiry JEWELL SERVES NOTICE | Says that Strike’ Call Has Been’ Issued for the Shopcraft ‘Unions (By the Associated Press) Detroit, June 29. — Decision whether to call a strike of the approximately 400,000 railroad maintenance of way men in the country probably will he made late today, E. F. Grable, interna- tional president of thee United Brotherhood of ‘Maintenance of Way Employes and. Railway Shop Laborers announced. B. M. Jewell declared he per- sonally would attend’ the meet- ing called by the labor board “only under protest” and that he could not speak for the six shop craft presidents until he had con- sulted with them. Several. of them are said to be on their way to their headquarters to direct strike operations. 4 (By the Associated Press) Chicago, June 29.—The United States railroad labor board today cited the national officers of the six shop craft unions; the railway exe- cutives now meeting here and the In a Washington dispatch, The Fargo Forum which has issue. As for Nestos, the Forum lead, declaring that it is fast Baker. ; McCUMBER BY 7,500 LEAGUE STRENGTH BOOSTED BY LV. A. OPPOSITION TO RETURN OF SEN. PORTER J. M’CUMBER Nestos Machine Fails to Deliver Strength to Support of Sena- torial Candidate——Gives Governor 900 More Votes in Fargo than McCumber Polls.—Baker Fails to Get Benefit of Frazier Support.——Total Republican Vote May Reach 180,0C0.—More than 800 Precincts Heard From. With 79,692 votes tabulated Senator McCumber has a majority of only 7,548 over Frazier. Out of 91,468 tabulated on governorship Nestos is maintaining a lead of 23,000. His majority has not begun to shrink very much although he lost 1,000 in the last 19,000 votes reported. A table of the vote by counties is reprinted in an adjoining column. FEARS DEFEAT Senator McCumber admitted that in face of returns he appeared to have been defeated. He gave this statement to the Associated Press. been a bitter opponent of Sen- ator McCumber predicts the senior senator’s defeat at the hands of Lynn J. Frazier, recalled governor of the state, whose nomination the Fargo organ predicts in this evening’s LOSES THIRD DISTRICT’ is content to point only to his reaching the point of safety. Comrilations of that newspaper give Nestos a lead over Ba- ker in the First Congressional district of 14,000; in the second between 3,000 and 5,000 and concedes the third district to Returns from 843 precincts gives Frazier 37,440; Mc- ‘Cumber 44,611; 849 precincts gives Baker 35,228; Nestos, 58,214, i Fargo, N. D., June 29.—Complete returns from Ransom officers of four other railroad unions !county: | Frazier 1,985; McCumber, 1,310; Baker, 1,797; Nes- ;to apepar before the board tomor-i vow afternoon in an inquiry into ae threatened interruption of traf- ic.” In addition to the shopmen, whose strike order already has been is- sued, the four other unions cited, now taking a strike vote, are: the Clerks, Maintenance of Way, Sta- tionary’ Firemen and Qilers and Signalmen. | B. 'M. Jewell, leader of the. shop- men, today served formal notice on the railroad labor board that a staike call has been issued “on all raYtroad and Pullman operating de- partment Jocal lodges of the six shop crafts.” i The meeting of the’ railway ‘exe- cutives and hédd# of the ten unions, was set for 2 o’clock tomorrow ‘by the labor board, when‘ the formal notice of the strike ‘call was receiv- ed from the shopmen, announcing the date for the walkout, as next Saturday at’10 a, m. Chicago, June. 28,—Strike orders signed by the six craft presidents of the railroad shopmen’s organization were sent out today to general chair- men, representing 400,000 men, au- thorizing a strike at 10 a. m. July 1 “on all raidroads and Pullman shops in the United States.”" Letters of instruction regarding the progress and condugt of the strike were being prepared at general headquarters here today and wefe to be mailed out tonight. _ “The issue “is cean-cut, with, no strings attached,” snid B. M. Jewel. president of the railroad unions sec- tion of ite American Federation of Lubor. “It is up to the railway ex- ecutives at their meet{ng today. They ean stop this strike today or tomor- row, but after Saturday at 10 o'clock it is all off. The telegrams of the union heads to Cityler, is the union’s last word,” The general’ committee of 90 chair men today: were on the way to their home Mistricti to take activa charge of the strike, A sub-committee re- mained at ‘headquarters to direct operations. ; yi While union heads refused to dis- us the striké, it was’ said a stato- ment would be issued Idtet’in the day. No provisions for calling off the strike, after an acceptable settlement, have been made, it was understood, but instructions being prepared for district leaders will include such ar rdngements later, on. telegraphic tn. structions, Members of the Association of i-Railway Executives under the chair jmanship of 'T, DeWitt Cuyler, to whom the shopmen’s ultimatum was addressed, were to mect here to- day, in response to a call issued sev- go, but the program of this conference was not announced. The stfike issue is based on all three ‘of the questions on which the shopmen have heen voting for two These questions were on ac- cepting the $60,000,000 wage cut or- dered by the railroad labor board July 1, the modification of rules cut- ting down overtime pay by the board and {the farming out of railroad work to obtside contractors. \The strike ballots continued to come into union headquarters today and the complete count will not be announced’ before Saturday, it was said’ The original returnable date of the ballots were June 30, although the vote was urgedito be ineby June 25, last Sunday. Union leaders said today they would await the, last bal- lot tomorrow before compiling and announcing the total vote. Associated Press) | cnigeeen Jane 29.—The | United States railroad labor beard today cited the national officers of the six shop craft untions; the railway ex- ecutives now meeting here and the officers of four other reilroad unions (Continued on page 3) : Christianson. “POET. CONVICT” IS RECAPTURED Moonshine Liquor Cause of His Arrest, Glynn Says | (By the Associated Press): Chicago, June 29.—John Francis Glynn, the paroled convict from the | Stillwater’ Minnesota penitentiary t whom ‘the local polite identified yes- terday ‘following a revolver battle with two policemen, today blamed his arrest on-, moonshine liquor. Glynn, who was known as the “poet convict” because of his verses and other writings‘ while in prison, was captured after he was alleged to have entered a west side residence.' When captured the prisoner had in his possession several booklets and other of his poems and stories by which the police were able to identify him. OBENCHAIN TRIAL IS FULL OF SURPRISES ; Los Angeles, June’ 29.—Still more surprise testimony was promised for today by the state at the trial ot Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain for the murder of her sweetheart, J. Belton | Kennedy. ‘ Counsel declined to tell in advance: | the exact nature of the testimony it was planning to, produce, but it was declared it might be as “surprising” as that given recently by Pau) Roman, convict, regarding correspondence and conversations he said he had with | Mrs, Obenchain. —— | THE WEATHER | oo _—_ For twenty-four hours ending at noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon .... Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night .. Precipitation : Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For ‘Bismarck and vicinity: Unset- tled weather tonight and Friday, probably showers; not much change in temperature, For North Dakota; Unsettled wea- ther tonight and Friday, probably showers; not much change in tem- perature, General Weather Conditions ‘An area of low pressure is advan- cing from the Northwest and show- ers are reported from Montana, wes- tern North Dakota/and northern Wy- oming. Showers have also occurred in Kansas, Missouri and the Lower Lakes region. Moderate temperatures prevail, ‘ cl’r 83 eldy a 62 70 14 Amenia .... Bismarck Bottineau .. Bowbells .. Devils Lake Dickinson .. Dunn Center Ellendale. . Fessenden . Grand Forks Jamestown Langdon ... Larimore Lisbon Minot . Napoleon Pembina Williston Moorhead .. ORR SesScocooesS SScoofS 56 0 iS W. ROBERTS, “ | or referred measures. Meteorologist, tos, 1,716.’ I.‘V. A. will have one member in the house, C. 0. Nomination Predicted Unless Governor R. A. Nestos suf- fers an unprecedented set back in returns from the rural precincts, he should be nomianted over Senator B. F. Baker of Glenburn by between 8,000 to 10,000 votes. Until 1,400 precincts are in, it will be hard to make accurate estimates, but both sides seem willing to concede the nomination of Nestos. I. V..A. Oppose McCumber The situation as regards the sena- torial race ‘is distinctly different. Senator McCumber did not receive the solid- support of the Nestos ma- chine, but ail down the line the senior senator failed to poll the Nestos strength. In ‘Fargo alone nearly 1,000 more votes were given Nestos than McCumber. In Bismarck, Nestos carried the city by 300 more votes than McCumber. Frazier’s lead over Baker in practically every pre- cinct can be accounted for by the defection from McCumber largely due to the I. V. A. plan which ‘seems to be the supporting of J. F. T. O'Connor, a democrat, in the fall as the price of fusion support for Nes+ tos in November. Nomination in Doubt While the defeat of Senator P. J. McCumber is not certain his renomi- nation is in grave doubt as the lead of the senior senator is not large enough to consider him safe from tho assaults of the rural precincts which now are beginning to decrease both Nestos’ and McCumber’s early lead. There is one fact in McCumber’s favor. The vote on United. States senator is less than that cast on the governorship.- It would appear that the Republican vote on géovernor- ship would be between 175,000 to 180,000 as against 218,000 odd votes cast for governor at the recent. re- call election. Demise of League Nestos’ victory would mean an al- most certain demise of the league machine. It functioned very feebly in getting out the vote for Senator Baker and Frazier’s showing is -easi- ly explained on the ground that there was a concerted effort by the bitter opponents of McCumber to settle up old scores either by refus- ing to vote at all or throwing their support to Frazier. The disgruntled Gronna organization which has al- ways blamed the McCumber - stal- 3| warts wtih the late Senator Gronna’s defeat were not idle when it came to throwing votes to Lynn J. Frazier. A dispatch from Minot reads: “In the gubernatorial contest the cities, towns and villages of Ward county did not give Nestos the lead given him by these precincts in the recall election. In Minot his recall majority was cut down by 230 and Kenmare, Berthold and other town and city reports indicate a similar re- duction. In the rural precincts, how- ever, returns available indicate that Nestos is making better headway against Baker than he did in the recall election against Frazier. In 35 precincts outside‘of Minot he gained 123 votes dgainst his recall election effort. With returns on hand from 47 precincts in Ward county including Minot, the vote stands Nestos 3,393; Baker 2,472. In the same precincts in the recall election the vote was Nestos 4,077; Frazier 3,045.” Balance of Ticket Gov. Nestos seems to be carrying the rest of the. ticket along with him although a complete check-up may disclose some close contests. Obert Olson, Olsness, Poindexter and .| League railroad commissioners seem to be polling a vote that may bring them closer to their opponents by far than Baker is to Nestos. Practically no returns are available upon the judiciary or the initiated It probably will be another day before such in- formation is available. (Continued on page 3) |