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s i A : lot to Wreck the Léague ( Facsimile Reproductions from the Fargo Dally Courier-News) Are Individually Responsible :f:’:{?;d ety . for All Debts of That Body ™ v e ot 700 o NONPARTISAN LEAGUE IS IHIIIJIHIIIE INTO LIABILITY ‘Widespread interest has been awak- ened In the state and considerable anxlety by the publication of the fact that members of the Nonpartisan league sre liable: for the debts in- Nothmg curred by its organizers and managers. 1 ; As the president himself is on record Q}t L by Byery member of the Nonpartisan league Is liable for the debts and bills contracted by organizers &nd officers of: the organization. The lncu-. not- being incorporated. fs & partnership, and members Wwho do m ruln a\lrlnt the year for which their:dues are paid. are personally tiable for its debts. - This is the deciston of several of the ablest attorneys io ‘mrmm ‘One of thess men once collected ‘& simi o2 money from each of more than. & hundred “members” of a similar assoclation in the courts. GREDITOR! CAN ENFORCE THESE CLAIMS In came the movement should break down ‘or blow up and leave bills un< fl‘l.,nt tu otticers’" tbnld acquirs & large debt, say $100,000 or such a mat- " |as having hundreds of thousands of is | doltars 1n mortgages-and tiens against Au him in 1912-13, this bids fair tq be- come an acute jssue. One letter from T jy respopsitle: T Ly mis YTATTY; g Uni £ 0 JA oanse o MEXICAI\ b rpom Tate tonighi. froi ! fconference wl}h.rot-,‘ received here | message was recet : m‘;u':h: ‘}:I::“A:‘:;I:.n &t au-_ |of the m:l of th, istration officlals, ADWAY|" " of the lvad- ganizer. regularly employed by the management. ieaves beb! —_— him. the hotelkeeper WMay sue any. member. of the luxlu- tor’ th-/-une and| Washington, May. 3.—President Wjl- | press dispatches artiaig in regard to the """ + | obtain ®-fudgment . son. Secretary Lansing and Cclonel E- P'“h'd and de leagye,’ |mmary. court Evervman who paid his 38 of his 39 ia lable for all debta unm he reslgnl M. House held . long conferse+- ¢ snight neral Sc with han ca- th Teague for every dollar ef oblization which Townley' the most famous a mu teport ¢ «meral Bli* ar the W How ms alsta No- ey h "a =" ~course upon the R PR e : a nr ' , G One Thousand Dollars for Proof 1 | —An Offer to Editor Guild . : In the columns of the pubhcatlon edlted by you the'statement has been made that : N the members of the Nonpartisan League are “partners” within the meaning of the law N : and 1nd1v1dually liable for the debts of the organization. § B . Are you willing to make some effort, for the sake of your own reputation for honesty, ; e . to prove that statement was not a mahclous falsehood, devised w1th the intent to in- - jure the League? If you are, the Leader is Wllllng to pay you for the effort, and to pay you well. IF YOU WILL PROVE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE ARE : INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE FOR THE DEBTS OF THE ORGANIZATION THE b LEADER WILL PAY YOU ONE "THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH. : There are no. strings to this. You are not asked to put up any money. You say you have been advised by “able attorneys” that the facts are as you state. A | right, youi “able attorneys” ought to-be able to tell you how.to go about it to furnish clus1ve proof that what you say is trulggal The. I%eader mv1tes you todoit and will pay ; proo w;hen you have iurmsh y this i 1 have an eo »fidence at ali mfiae advice of your u ought to be glad to earn this money, because the kind of publi- at you need.» -money and shows how badly you need it and to What o