The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 16, 1919, Page 13

A The Lowest Priced Farm Truck | Do you know how you can save 15 cents on ev<ry bushel of grain you haul? Do you know how you can own a farm truck and make it pay its own cost? Do you know why the Hawkeye is the cheap- est truck in America? Do you want to know what the experience of other farmers has been in hauling grain and live stock with Hawkeye Trucks? VIDENCE connecting William Langer with plots of the Independent Voters’ association of North Dakota, the or- ganization ‘of League enemies, to raise money to overthrow the farmers of the state, has been dis- closed in an affidavit recently publish- ed in North Dakota. The affidavit was signed by Roy A. Moore of the-Thiel detective agency ‘and formerly em- ployed by the opposition against the Nonpartisan league. Moore’s affidavit was made in St. Paul on May 28, and contains Moore’s sworn statement that he talked with Langer, who thought Moore was a detective working for the overthrow of the League and the new laws of North Dakota. Moore relates that Langer asked that money raised in Nebraska to fight the Leagues be placed at his disposal. Langer, the affidavit says, talked openly in favor of the I. V. A. and against the League. The affidavit first recounts a visit to H. D. Paulson, editor of the Fargo Forum, to whom Moore introduced himself. Paulson, he said, at once be- came enthusiastic when Moore told him that he had been offered a posi- tion with the League and wanted to negotiate with some of its opponents to sell its secrets. He suggested that Moore go to Bismarck to see Langer. Moore protested that he understood that Langer was not opposed to the League, but was merely dissatisfied with two or three of the League bills. In answer, according to the affidavit, Paulson pounded the desk violently with his fist, saying: “I know what I’m talking about. I know where Bill stands. Langer is out after big game. One or two of those bills is not worrying Langer or any of the rest of us. Langer is like me or any of the rest of us. He is not doing any- thing for the fun of it. I can as- sure you that I am getting mine and Langer is getting his, and I don’t suppose you are in this for your health.” PAULSON INTERESTED IN NEBRASKA MONEY When the talk swung to Nebraska, where Moore’s home was and where he had been previously employed against the League, Paulson evinced considerable interest, Moore’s sworn statement says, and plied him with questions as to the possibility of get- ting financial aid in the fight from that quarter. Moore replied that he be- lieved it could be arranged, and Paul- son insisted that he delay his visit to Langer and return to Nebraska in- stead to try to raise some more money for the fight against, the League bills. “I arrived in Omaha,” Moore’s state- ment says, “and called on J. P. Palmer, former head of the League opposition in Nebraska and lobbyist for traction interests in the legislature. Palmer told me that it would be easy to ar- range for the finances: and suggested that I leave the matter entirely in his hands. “] returned to Bismarck on April 8 and on the following day I called on Langer at the state capitol. I intro- We want you to know that we pay the highest cash market price for wool. Top market price paid.” No com- w 0 0 L Credit allowed for sacks returned filled. - Just send a postal card with your name and ad- dress, and we shall send you this information. tplaces you under no obligation whatever. We want to hear from Hawkeye Truck Co., % Sioux City, Iowa armers. Light and Powerful Strong and Durable Five Years’ Successful Service for Satisfied Owners Our FREE CATALOG and Suggestions for Tractor Users will interest you whether you buy an ALLWORK or not. Write for them { ; ELECTRIC WHEEL COMPANY : Box330A, QUINCY, ILLINOIS . ' , Owned and CONSIGNWOO i Controlled by YOUR Farmers TO The Equity Co-Operative Exchangeg MINNESOTA TRHANSFER ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA And Get the Highest Market Prices. Liberal Advances. Prompt Settlements, Sacks and Tags Furnished. mission, no delay. Check is sent Last year we handled wool for U. S. promptly. Large or small ship- ments accepted. Ten pounds or a carload. Sacks and twine at wholesale prices. lished over 25 years. PAGE TWELVE e e i e e et et e e et A This year we buy it for spot cash direct from growers or through merchants. Ship us all the wool you have. Estab-- Handling and storage facilities for over million pounds. Top prices paid for Pelts, Hides, Tallow. Write for Price List. ANDERSCH BROS., 411-419 Main St., aneapolls, an.\ Mention fl:e Leader When Wntinz Advertiwn Another Slush Fund Uncovered Detectlve, Hired by League Enemies, Tells How Money Was Raised to Fight Referendum duced myself. Langer, however, it seemed from his conversation, had re- cently met Mr. Nelson of the I. V. A. in Fargo. Langer told me that he was being watched and hounded - all the time and said that he could do nothing openly just then. “Langer asked me about the method that was used to overcome the League in Nebraska and I told him just what was being done at that time. Langer then asserted that the future prospects of the League in Nebraska depended on the outcome of theyNorth Dakota referendum. “‘Why don’t those fellows come in with funds to help us out?’ Langer demanded. ‘So far the burden has been ‘entirely on the men in North Dakota .and the campaign has been very costly so far, but we haven't be- gun to spend in comparison to what is coming.” He also intimated that he was the proper man to handle any such funds. TOLD OF $50,000 RAISED AT ST. PAUL MEETING “That night I received a telegram from Palmer requesting me to return to Nebraska. I started from Bismarck and stopped in Fargo to see Paulson and then stopped again at Grand Forks to meet Jerry D. Bacon of the Herald. I learned that he was in Minneapolis or St. Paul, however, and followed him to the Twin Cities. I ar- rived in St. Paul on April 16, and went to the Merchants hotel. Here I met H. A. Burgess, an attorney; a man named “Brody, a real estate dealer, and H. J. Blanchard, also an attorney, all from Dickinson, N. D. All of them, I learned, were bitterly opposed to the League. I asked them to come to my room, where I showed them my credentials and told them that I had been investigating the League. All of them thereupon ex- pressed regret that I hadn’t been in the Twin Cities a day earlier, as there had been a meeting on the previous evening at which $50,000 had been subscribed to fight the League in the referendum election in North Dakota. “After a few days I left again for Omaha, and arrived there and met Palmer in his office. Palmer told me that he had been in touch with the League opponents in North Dakota and Minnesota, and had been asked by Fred H. Carpenter to manage the campaign. " All the arrangements, with the exception of his fee, had been arranged, he said. “Palmer said that practically the same men who had financed the anti- League campaign in Nebraska in 1918 were behind the referendum fight at present, and planned to co-operate with North Dakota and Minnesota in- - terests, and that he (Palmer) was go- ing to do the work for these interests. “Palmer said his plans were to get into pamphlet form all the past his- tory of Townley, Lemke and others and to get into this pamphlet as well all the socialistic stuff that could be collected. He said it would be their plan to show that the League was composed of, or run by, a bunch of radical Socialists. Palmer asked that I recover from the League the book written by W. E. Quigley. He stated that Quigley’s description of the per- sonnel of the League would be valu- . able to them, and that they also want- ed to publish what Quigley said in the book regarding Liberty bonds. Palmer stated that after they had collected all that, they would like me to steal from the League office in St. Paul all the account books, ete., that could be gotten. He said that the League had no standing in the courts and that they could get me out .of any trouble I might get into by stealing books from the League office.” - S N IR B o, e o R