Battles within North Dakota Nonpartisan League spark bitter power struggle
The Brinton Waters faction splits from Townley Lemke, accusing each other of graft and forgery over consum ers stores and Bank of North Dakota dealings. The feud reveals long running tensions and mutual suspicions among league leaders as editors warn the public to purge corrupt influence from state government.
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Brinton Waters
Nonpartisan League
Brinton
Waters
Townley
Lemke
League
Townley Bunch
Townleyites
Walter Thomas Mills
Roylance
Cahill
St. Paul
Bowen
Frazier
Bank of North Dakota
Valley City
Jack Hastings
Hagan
Halliday
Consumers Stores
Administration
Courier-News
Ters
Nower
North Dakota Leaders Face Libel Attack Over League Charges
J W Brinton accuses A C Townley and William Lemke of graft and forgery in a criminal libel dispute with Attorney General Wm Langer offering to appoint a prosector in the case Brinton calls for Brinton arrest if charges prove false and pledges to prove the allegations in court to purge league leadership
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Nonpartisan League
A. C. Townley
Wm. Lemke
North Dakota
Wm. Langer
J. W. Brinton
Mr. Langer
Townley
Lemke
Burleigh County Farmers’ Press
League
Brinton
Arge
Workmen's Compensation Bureau Reverses Threshing Outfit Rule
The Workmen's Compensation Bureau abandoned its demand that threshing outfit operators join the act and pay about 200 dollars each after Attorney General William Langer advised against the bureau's position. McDonald had earlier claimed several supreme courts classified threshing outfits as not agricultural service, but reversed after protests. The bureau had pressed for collection while a court challenge loomed, leaving a fund of about half a million dollars.
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Workmen’s Compensation Bureau
William Langer
Sis. McDonald
Bureau
Supreme Courts
Attorney General
Langer
McDonald
Regional Campaign Notes Amid Socialist Controversy
In Montana the August 24 Democratic ticket features league candidates. The O'Hare family travels state lecturing on socialism praising Governor Frazier who helped release Frazier supporters. North Dakota's August 14 Leader covers the Waters Brinton dispute, copying from the Courier News, while Aneta Panorama in May 1911 reports on socialist focus at Kloten with a program continued on page 5.
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League
Montana
Kate Richards O'Hare
Frazier
North Dakota
Waters-Brinton
Courier- News
Aneta
N. D
Kloten
Lost Baby Sparks Wide Search in Small Town
A young child abducted after a movie night triggered a large crowd as residents and car owners joined a lengthy hunt. The infant was later found asleep in the back of another car, after two boys borrowed the vehicle for a ride and helped in the search.
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Chris Bosch
Chris
Red Cross Emmons County Meeting for Fund Use
Emmons county Red Cross members will meet at the Court House in Linton on Wednesday September 1 1920 at 2 pm to elect five county executive members a secretary and treasurer and discuss spending 7000 to 8000 in county funds. Miss Thompson of Minneapolis will attend.
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Emmons County
American Red Cross
Court House
Linton
North Dakota
Miss Thompson
Minneapolis
The
Red Cross
Legion Meeting At Dan R Richardson Post
The Dan R Richardson post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting in the club rooms under the First National Bank on Thursday evening September 2 for officer elections and other business. All members urged to attend with lunch served after the meeting.
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Dan R. Richardson
The
American Legion
First National Bank
Attorney General Takes Lead in Wage Case Defense
Attorney General Langer personally leads the defense of the minimum wage for women employees facing challenges from telephone companies and laundries. A hearing is set for Fargo on September 2.
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Langer
Fargo
Record Man and Family Return From Auto Trip
The Record man and his family return from a Minnesota auto trip featuring pleasant weather and good roads. They traveled from Linton to Fargo for North Dakota Press Association meetings, then to Wadena and the Twin Cities. They spent a week visiting friends around Lake Minnetonka and notes mention Governor Frazier’s nonattendance at Nicollet Park and a political event by Jana.
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Braddock
Becker Minn
Lions
Minneapolis
Pine City
Turner
Minnesota
Twin Cities
North Dakota
St. Cloud
Hazelton
Linton
Brinton
Waters
United States
Townley
Jeds
Canital
Dakota
Emmons County
Jack
Berhl
Fargo
North Dakota Press Association
Wadena
Lake Minnetonka
Frazier
Nicollett Park
Jana
Indianapolis
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Seeman Park
Capital News
Burleigh County Farmers Press
H. P. Knappen
C. M. Brinton
William Lemke
Wells County Free Press
Fessenden
Farmers’ Organization
Burleigh County
Poland
Augusta Nicusma
Holland
Mich
Ed. Nicusma
Westfield
Bialstok
Warsaw
Kaliss
Bialystok
Paris
England
Meeting of Red Cross
Coventry
Temp
Legion Meeting
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