Grand Forks herald. [volume], February 03, 1919, Image 6

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E. Kelly, chairman of the demo
rratic state committee and former
Ka member of the Townley branch of
?Vr*lhe Nonp
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versus Tc
Ik the Nonpartisan league, makes the
ig statement of "The facts
Townley" which may be of
""Interest to the various factions:
I Tlio Facts Versus Townley.
Having been associated with re-
livte* form movements In the interest of
fiSwf better and more equitable conditions
for the agriculture interests of the
psS'Ss Northwest for many years,' and hav
ffZit Ing joined the Nonpartisan league
Sv'iJ two and one half years ago, believing
that farmers could unite and speedily
bring about desired mesaures for bot
'i terment, and now finding myself un
able to longer associate with said
league as controlled and managed by
its president. A. C. Townley and his
assistant, William Lemke, believe
that both the farmers of the North
west and the public in general ex
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I GIVES FACTS VERSUS TOWNLEY
(Withdraws Prom League Because of Methods of Manage
ment—Declares Townley Betrayed
Farmers in the Organization.
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Footwear that will put
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the evening dress.
Satins, Patents, Gold,
Silver and Kid, plain and
beaded.
Evening Shoes..
Just received a shipment of new, white footwear in
fabrics with low, military and high heels. Get these
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"IF I WERE
A RAILROAD MAN
I would bank my semi-monthly check at
once and pay every item of living ex
pense by check," said a railroad official
to us the other day.
"Our men who follow this plan are
our most prosperous and reliable men.
"The banking habit makes them
thrifty. They know where their money
goes."
YOU ARE INVITED TO USE
OUR BANKING FACILITIES
First National Bank
Grand Forks, N. D.
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At the outset It must be conceded
that Mr. Townley. showfed fine ability
as an organizer and co-ordinator of
the many disunited flements and
every indication at last pointed \o a
successful coming together where re
sults might be obtained.
South Dakota seemed to be a very
promising field. The cauM was just.
All three parties in the field adopted
the league demands and yet the
league failed. But little more than
half the actual membership went to
the polls and voted, or If they voted
the league candidate did not receive
their votes.
Betrayed by Townley.
So convinced were the farmers of
this state in the justice and reason
ableness of their cause, that a meet
ing was held last spring at Sioux
Palls for the purpose of considering
ways and means to best present our
issues to the voters of the state. At
that meeting were assembled over
to the reasons of my withdrawal from I thirty of the most prominent league
said league while under its present members of this state, including this
management. writer and II. G. Solem. It was un
animously agreed that we must have
a daily paper of statewide circulation.
of the most newest kind,
most moderately priced—
and the widest selection
—call at
HUESGEN'S
JEWELRY SHOP
"The Brightest Spot in Town"
We had heard that the Sioux Falls
Press could be purchased and we
I concluded that the Press should be
our paper. It was determined that
another meeting should be held In
about two weeks to make final ar
rangements to take over the Press,
and a committee was to be appointed
to solicit stock snbscription. I told
many league members of our plans
and al! were enthusiastic in their
favor artu many .ctpressed a willing
ness without solicitation to put up
their money for shares of stock. But,
alas! tliat other expected meeting to
take over the Press was never called.
Mr. Lemke was at the meeting and
favored the plan. The national man
agement was expected to put some
money in if they desired.
la the meantime many people
asked me why we never obtained the
Press, which institution we so much
needed in the approaching campaign.
On investigation I was Informed that
Townley did not favor the plan.
Reader, can you fathom the cause
of Townley's opposition to a move of
this kind? If .Townley was as sin
cerely Interested in this cause of the
farmers as the men who assembled in
Sioux Falls, or as you have been,
would he not have seen in this move
a splendid opportunity, without cost
to the national organization, to in
sure the carrying of South Dakota
and putting the league principles ih-
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The reason not han to discover
If this paper should ttecofrhe the
property, of the league members of
this state, the membership of 'this
state would have a' right to expresu
opinions of their oarn. to other mem
bers and to the wjpole world. Why,*
under such a plan th6 league would
be on the right track tbL'form a thor
oughly democratic organisation.
Townley could no more harmonize
with a plan of this kind than could
Raiser Bill. Some league,* members
might ask what had become, of
South Dakota funds. They might
ask, as .'Manager Duncan, did, that
South Dakota funds be kept in fiouth'
Dakota for which he had his .'official
head clipped off instanter.
THus we see that Townley was not
at all Concerned about pitting the
league principles into effect in this
state ,but what did concern, him was
to keep the members of this state
from having anything to say as, to
handling of money or as to nomina
tions of candidates for office or from
knowing anything pertaining to league
methods except what was given out
through Townley's papers by Townley
or his henchmen.
The treachery of Townley in this
act' alone, in preventing the people
of this state from obtaining a paper
of wide circulation to advocate the
principles of the league^ brands him
as a traitor to our cause and shows
that all he cares for the farmers is
to control them and handle the cash
that flows in a steady stream irlto his
coffers.
Is Townley a Dictator?
It may be asked that since I have
been a member of the league
of his methods as a dictator. More
than a year ago in the city of Fargo,
N. D.. I met Townley and told him
that I had some questions to ask him.
He said he was ready to answer my
questions.'
"Mr. Townley," I said, "if you are
permitted to organize the state of
South Dakota, how long do you in
tend to.continue one man }ower."
Townley's reply "if you people in
South Dakota will leave me alone
until I get South Dakota organized,
I Will then turn the state over to you
to manage as you see fit and conduct
your political campaign any way you
like."
My reply to Townley "I will agree,
so far as I am concerned, to give you
a free hand in South Dakota until the
-state shall be organized, but when
that is done I want South Dakota to
manage its own affairs in every way
I think you will agree that at the
present time, Mr. Townley you out
Kaiser, Kaiser Bill."
Townley's reply: "Yes, B. G. I do."
Question: "Mr. Townley, I would
like to ask you who is the owner of
those papers you have established—
Nonpartisan Leader and the Courier
News?" The latter was purchased for
$37,000.
Answer by Townley: "I am with
two other men, a Mr. Wood and a Mr.
King."
Now it has come out in federal
court that Townley put no money of
his own into those papers. He has
denied in court that he owns them.
"Mr. Townley, I want you now to
answer, the following questions and
let the members of the league and
the world determine whether you are
an honest man or whether you are
enriching yourself at. the expense of
those farmers whom you profess to
serve. You admitted to me that you
did own those papers in company
with two other men. You testified in
federal court that you didn't own
them. At which time did you tell the
truth Will you answer the ques
tion?
"And again: If you still claim that
you falsified to me and that you told
the truth in court and that you do
not own them with all those presses
and machinery, tell us who are the
owners? Will you give the Informa
tion to an anxious public? And, since
you cajmoti-'deny that the money
ot
the farmers which went into your
possession, paid for all of those pa
pers and presses which you are now
controlling, will yoti not admit that
those farmers are the real moral
owners of them all. You have told
through your Jienchmen at Mitchell
that I was chairman of the demo
cratic states committee during the
last campaign. That is one time they
told the truth. I was. I took in
money in considerable sums from
various persons, who it appears had
faith in me, just as the farmers had
in you. Now, suppose I used this
money to acquire newspapers and
other property and at this time
should claim the property as my own,
could I be considered as anything
more than a smooth and rather dar
ing grafter? Can their be any ques«
lion as to who are the owners of any
perty or moneys that' came into
my hands Townley, you may have a
skin as thick as a rhinoceros but the
person must be very dull or willfully
blind who cannot see clear through
you.
Who Owns the Stores.
"Tell us also, Mr. Townley, about
the stores. Upon investigation it has
come to me that you are erecting
stores, especially in North Dakota.
This.is your plan, is it not? You pro
ceed through your henchmen to col
lect $100 a piece from a bunch of
farmers who have absolute confidence
in you. Say there is a hundred of
them. This gives you $10,000 for one
store. Then you start' the store. Of
course, since the farmers paid for it
it's their store, isn't it Townley? No,
No- No! Lemke figured out a
plan—for Bill is some legal light
so that the store now belongs to him
and Townley, and Bill knows how to
keep "within the law." Then where
do the 100 farmers come in who paid
them the $10,000? Why, they have
the privilege of trading at Lemke's
and Townley's store. Any other'
privileges? Yes, Townley and Bill
promised them that they would sell
goods to them for, a period of years
at 10 per cent above cost. Who Axes
the cost? Bill and Townley!
The Scandinavian American bank is
another bright and shining example
of the astute sense of self-preserva
tion possessed by this great humani
tarian Townley under the legal guid
ance of Lawyer Lemke.
Where did you get the money,
Townley? to possess yourself of a
controlling power over this institu
tion? You told the court you had no
property.
Finally, I wish to say to the farm
ers of the agricultural Northwest that
I haVe worked in season aid out of
Mason for more than thirty years to
wing the farmers of this country to
gether upon a plan whereby we
could obtain a greater measure of
justice and retain for ourselves more
of the wealth that our labor creates.
There Is scarcely a solicitor traveling
In the state or elsewhere, who does not
carry my literature which I publish
ed largely without pay, and it is a
fact that four of the 'great demands
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mental evidence, as being an^th
but cold-blooded and mercenary .to
the laft degree. Townley may be
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considerable tline, and a few fana
tics may follow him indefinitely. Biit
to imagine that sucty a man with such
methods cotild lead a great reform
movement' to a successful conclusion
is but the' visionary dreams of a
rhapsodist or the harplngs .Of a dis
honest trickster.'
The' farmers are entitled to and de-,
serve faithful honest and irreproach-*
able leadership.' Dark lantern
methods have'no place in our coun-
demands in
commendable, Only in this way ca:
we- hope to win we deserve, success
in no other way.-*—From Sioux Falls
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WOMEN DOING
]£ggs and Many Other Lux
uries Are Served to Men
From Trenches.
New York, Feb. 3.—Eggs in any
style, ice cream of any quality and
for an American, woman to serve them—
more than two years why I did not that sums up the requirements neces
find out Townley's methods sooner, sary to keep the American soldier
My answer is that I did know of some happy overseas now that he has fin-
ished the job for which he left home,
judging from letters received by the
women's canteen division, of the
Young Men's Christian association.
If the Anfierican woman is there, the
soldier will forego if necessary the
eggs and the ice cream. More than
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Mr*.' Rebecca Ely, of New York
city, who' was sent to France in the
latter part If 1|17 tells a atory that
btegins with one hoy'bringing her a
present to show his appreciation of
many things *he had dono for him.
"You must promise to eat this all
yourself, Mrs. Ely," he said. "It's a
surprise."
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was a rare treat/ In, Francfe—a half
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cils the bro^d and merciless ligh' of dozen fresh eggs. Eggs were then
day should be able to penetrate to the „?n!,,waaot,uc^
farthest comer of our activities., uar S" "*1^ fff
fair, honorable and
a dosen. Mrs. Ely went back
to the barracks carrying the eggs. An
orderly came 'out to meet her', an^i
said that*,a' sick officer was asking
for her, and would she please come.
She went and found a very depressed
patient.
"What's'the use, Mrs. Ely? You
couldn't give me what I want," grum
bled the officer, in 'reply to her ques
tions.
"Maybe I could—try and see."
"Nope, they don't grow in these
parts. The only thing I really want
is a couple of poached egks. That's
what I'd have if I Were home."
"All right," said Mrs. Ely, pro
ducing her treasures to a very as
tonished young man. "How would
some tea go with that order?"
So for three days she made tea
and poached eggs on toast for him
with-Iter own hands, just as he would
have/had them' at home. At the end
of that time he was so much better
and more cheerful that he was able
to mess in the'barracks.
There was another time,' at Belfort,
when an orderly brought Mrs. Ely
word that- a dying .soldier wanted to
see- her. When she went to the bad
side she found a boy she had often
served at mess.
"I wish I had some ice cream,"
came a pleading voice from a weak
parched throat.
Now ice cream was an impbssible
thing in that part of France. But
Mrs. Ely said he should have some.
She made a) boiled qustard and froze
it by the skillful use of a pail of
artist never frames his master
piece until he finishes it.
So the new Maxwell, a com­
pleted work, is now robed in new
garments.
They do not make it run any better.
They make it look better.
Mr. Whistler, himself, were he here
today and saw anew Maxwell pass on
the street, would probably give it a
second look.
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A little touch here, the straightening
of a line, there, the bringing of a fender
a little closer to the wheel, a Circassian
walnut dash before you as you sit at
the wheel, the strength lent by putting
the gas tank in the rear, the multipli-'
cation of bonnet vents, the adding of
three more painting coats, the increased
thickness of the seat cushions—these,
though but a few of the many changes
ma^e,—show the tendency of the new
beauty.
It is in the sum of many little things
that the full story is toid.
*^he car was first checked off in
squares, as a doctor sometimes marks
off a man's chest and back to test every,
square inch of the lungs.
And there was an improvement
made in nearly every square.
When the task was done it looked
like a different Maxwell.
But it wasn't.^ ^,
It was the same, sound, go-get-there
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howi good it tasted to that American
boy wheti she fed it to him.
"Please make mis some
morrow,'1' he, said.
Be died that nitfit.
The sick jsoldiei' is very much- like
a little boy, and hev,longs for tne lit
tle attentions his mother would give
him. So that is what this woman
and many more of them have done—^
been mothers to them-
Herald Wants Bring Remits.
We couldn't
Maxwell any better so we
made it better
LOUVRE
A truly 'classic
model of utmost
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A design pos
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purity of line
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See the latest Maxwell at our Salesroom
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chassis built to stand the gaff of rough
and- ready driving, built to endure, to
"stay put," to.vStand. all the erratic
moods of the careless driver.
It was a five-year drive to reach this
present peak of Maxwell efficiency* But
the engineers and the manufacturing
men knew that building a chassis with
out fundamental chang^ in design year
after year would ultimately tell re
sults. For every ope knows that doing
one thing results in doing it well.
So in five years 300,000 Maxwells
have come forthjall built on the orig
inal chassis plan—each new one better
than the last.
There is no self-starting automobile
in the world that has such a manufac
turing record.
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Think what it means to a man who
owns one:
He has not paid for a false overheads
He haa noi paid for man ufactoring
mistakes.
He has not paid for experimental-work.
We has not paid for the Changes of
mind of another man.v
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Today you get a better Maxwell
than any of the 300,000, and a better
looking Maxwell. It is a finished
work, a completed task, a! thing well
done.
You run no risk—and wh^n you cast
your eyes on it you are tempted to
feel that the price might easily be $200
more.
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gVBWlNG EDITipi
duirements of Grinnel college have
been lifted so far as soldiers are con
cerned, atid those who show sufficient
aptitude will be .admitted as war
specials," '.regardlifs of the extent ot
thelr prevlous schooling. It is declared
that the War KM brought to light
many men of exceptional intelligence
who have not *He requisite scholastic
credits for ehtrdnce as regular,, stu
dents, but who, if given a chance,
would easily^ Mslmilate. the collegiate
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