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The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
FOR BETTER RAILROADS

Private control of the railway sys-
TENS of the United States has broken
down in this time of great trial, and
the railroads will be practically placed
under the government control. The
government is not literally taking over
the railroads, but they will be placed
under one central management, domi-
mated by the government That the
railroads will never again be permitted
to go back to the old chaotic regime is
almost a certainty, and this step now
taken is but the first in the complete
elimination of private owned railroads
and the taking over Of the systems
fully by the government. the roads in
the future to be, conducted for the
service of all the people and not for
the profit of the stoekholders-CAR-
RlNGTON IN. d. RECORD.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
Better Omit Politics

(From the Edgeley IN. D. MaiD
If the War Work council, or at least
the LaMoure county branch of it,
would devote it's energies to carrying
out patriotic plans instead of encour-
aging political discussions, the officers
Of the organization would command a
great deal more of the respect of the
general public. It is regretable that
one speaker at least at two of the
meetings drifted away from patriotic.
thought long enough to discredit the
National Nonpartisan league-iust as
it the outcome Of the war depended
upon the suppression Of the president
OF the organization, Mr. A. C. Townley.
lt:is well known fact that LaMoure
county is overwhelmingly Nonpartisan
and that the farmers of the county
stand solidly behind Mr.. Townley in
his earnest, honest and straightfor-
ward fight for their interests, hence it
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31

done at other flour mills in North Da.
kota where the North Dakota inspec-
ton has proven to be in the interest
OF the farmer. The mills have sent
samples to Minneapolis and have tried
to enforce Minnesota grading on wheat
grown, marketed and ground wholly in
North Dakota without ever once get
ting outside the state.
Mr. McGovern is a licensed United
States Inspector, just as are those at
Minneapolis. His experience is tho
equal of that of most men in the grain
business in the Northwest His COM
petence has never been questioned
until the three grain dealers found
guilty of wrongful practices and repri-
manded, brought charge of incom-
petence in order to get rid of him..
The matter will go to the railroad
commission and the Leader will carry
their decision to the farmers as soor
as it is rendered. The state is pre-
pared, Mr.. McGovern said, to back up
the law and ready to have it tested
IN court if those who object to it wish
to take it to court
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
>ToWNLEY IN NEW YORK
Culbertson, Mont

Culbertson, Mont.
Editor Nonpartisan Leader:
While sitting in the lobby of the
hotel here ran across this article in
the Irish World relating to President
IoWnley's meeting in New York City.
Maybe you have read it, but if YOU
have not it may seem worthy of re-
publication now that the League has
entered the national arena.
l am particularly interested in the
success of the League and L did my
bit in North Dakota when the League
1irst came into existence, by organic
ing in the western part of the state.
By united efforts the farmers will be
able to control the industrial and polit-
cal machinery of the country so that
they can at least see that justice will
be meted out to the producers Of
wealth. IT q FOJKsTAn
Inc article in the Irish World de-
votes more than a column to President
Townley's great New York meeting.
saying in part:
'THere was an important meeting in
cooper Union, New York City, on
Monday evening, November rs. 1t was
a meeting of the labor food conference,
and those who attended learned a few
things worth knowing. North Da-
kota farmer named ,Townley = A. C.
Townley-made deep impression on
all present."-THE EDITOR.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
ACT is MEANT FOR GRAIN
DEALERS AND FARMERS

There are few men who seem to
nnd 1T hard to do business honestly
There are few who seem to find it
second nature to take advantage of
their fellow men. To go down through
that country and see the way they have
robbed those farmers-stolen the
shoes from the feet of little children
is enough to make ones blood boil.
They have done this so long that
they seem to have no respect for a law
that is intended to curb their dis
honesty. AS l interpret the uniform
grain grading act it was enacted for
the purpose of driving the dishonest
men out of the grain business
You will find no complaint from any
licensed grain buyer who is trying to
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
WHY MILK Is HIGH

Des Laos. N. D.
Editor Nonpartisan Leader:
There is whole lot of complaint
about the high price of milk. Don't
the food commissioners know that the
by-products from wheat are very good
milk producers and that if they would
cut the price on bran and middlings
1t would help to bring down the price
OF milk, butter and cream?
Let one of those worthy food COM
missioners come out here to North Da-
kota and pay sS5 for cow, and $40
a ton for hay and s44 ton for bran
and go into the milk business They
VIII soon see that they have got some
thlng more to do than set price on
wheat and then think they have head
ed orr the high cost of living.
WESLEY WHITE.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31

grain you are in measure acting as
an official of the state"
Inc lnterferences referred to are the
sending out of instructions authorized
by the law and exercising the author
lty conferred upon the department by.
the law. AS to not enforcing the gov
ernment grades, Mr.. McGovern said:
ihls is absolutely untrue. AS every
one Knows, North Dakota did not adopt
It's grades until after the federal grades
were established. Then we adopted the
FEDERAL grades exactly in every detail.
Ihese grades have been enforced to
the letter. No other grades exist in
North Dakota and no grain has been
graded by the department under any
other rules than those laid down by
the government.
We have every mechanical device
used by the government in determining
our grades, the same sieyes, the same
scales, and we do our work by exactly
the same rules. There is absolutely
nothlng to the charge that we have
peen enforcing any different grades
than the government"
Regarding the act in general Mr.
McGovern said:
There are 1900 licensed grain buy
ers in North Dakota and the majority
OF them have been doing good work
and are apparently well satisfied
consider them as a rule as honest as
any equal number of men engaged in
any other business. But there are a few
exceptions, naturally.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31

J. A. McGovern, North Dakota grain
Inspector, under the new farmers grain
act, who has been attacked in an un-
expected way by the grain interests on
account Of his enforcement Of the law.
has interfered with their business, that
he has been enforcing grain grades
different from the federal grades, and
that he has no legal authority to act.
In fact, they declare that the grain
grading law does not provide for any
such deputy inspector.
Farmers of the Northwest who hear
of this fight by the grain ring to dodge
the law enacted to curb predatory
practices in the grain trade, will at
once recognize it as the same old fight
of the farmer. Here grain men had
combined, as Mr.. McGovern's inves-
tigation showed, to grade all the dark
northern grain of their region as
merely northern" by which they gain
ed four cents velvet in addition to
legitimate profits. Under this law all
the elevators of the state are being
checked up. Every elevator has to have
a licensed buyer, licensed by the grain
inspection department over which Mr..
McGovern is the active head. One Of
these buyers was denied license the
same day the five were reprimanded,
because he had not shown himself cap
able of grading grain and because he
continued to violate the rules and ig-5
more the department.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
BIG MILLERS PREFER
MINNEAPOLIS TO N. D.

This is what Mr. McGovern has been
doing-grading samples Of carload
shipments as well as grading other
samples sent him. A short time ago the
Russell Miller Milling company of Min
neapolis, which owns a chain of mills
throughout North Dakota, sought to
evade this North Dakota inspection
where the grades were strictly applied,
and get down to Minneapolis where
things are more to the liking of the
big millers. Their mill at Grand Forks
bought shipment of wheat from Bis
bee, N. D., and the farmer sent in
sample to be graded. 1t graded No.
dark northern, whereupon the mill
sent a sample to the Minnesota inspec-
ton department and had it graded
No. g.
The North Dakota inspection de-
partment sent word to the Grand Forks
mill that it would not tolerate any
Minnesota grading within North Da-
kota, and Attorney General LANCER said
he would back up the grading depart
ment in insisting that there be no in
reference. The same thing has been
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31

do right. But the trickster who couldn't
get away with his game Of misgrading
will whine like dog with sore ear
in fly time @
The uniform grading act was es-
tablished for the purpose of protecting
the farmer and also of protecting the
honest grain dealer against the man
who tries to buy grain under tricks
and dishonest grades, and just as long
as remain chief deputy inspector the
farmer and the honest grain dealer
may rely on that protection"
The charge contained in the grain
mems petition that the position of
deputy grain inspector is not provided
for in the law is frivolous. The law
reads:
THE state inspector of grades,
weights and measures shall have pow
er to appoint skilled and competent
deputies" and a little further down it
says: 1T shall also be the duty of said
deputy to accurately sample and grade
carload shipments destined for some
central market either within or out
side the state and to make and attach
signed inspection certificate" etc.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
AWFUL coNTAMINAT,oN1

President A. G. Townley of tbe
Nonpartisan league committed
treason by being in hall once
Where Senator La Toilette spoke
Subsidized Press.
Last Friday President Wilson re-
celved MT. Townley and they had quite
a chat. Now we wonder what Subsid-
lzed Press will find our worthy execu-
tive guilty of.-EDGELEY IN. d.
MAIL.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
McGOVERN BRANDS
CHARGE AS FALSE

An inspection department that can
not be ignored or Influenced by the
grain trade is an obstacle to be re-
moved In reprimanding the five grain
men, the railroad commission said:
"You are warned to avoid such errors
in future" and also: "You are ad-
monished to remember that in grading
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31

state grading department,
the grain handling interests tried to
have it declared unconstitutional in the
courts. They failed. The farmers won
the decision. The law was declared
valid and the North Dakota farmer Of
ficials started to enforce it. Now the
grain interests have started a new
attack
Three of the five elevator managers
who were found guilty of wrongful
grading of grain under this new far
mers' law, and were reprimanded by
the railroad commission, have united
and asked that Deputy Inspector J. A.
McGovern be removed from office.
These are the managers whom Mr..
McGovern caught grading No / dark
northern wheat as No. northern, thus
depriving farmers of four cents per
bushel that belonged to them. One of
them has since admitted his act and
has settled with at least one farmer on
the grades Mr.. McGovern said should
have been given but N. G. Nelson of
Stanley has declared that he will not
come across"
The three men who have started to
get McGoverns scalp are: N. G. Nell
son of Stanley, A. J. Arnold of Stanley
and r. A. Rasmussen of Palermo In
their petition to the railroad COM
mission to have him removed they de-
clare that he is incompetent, that he
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-12-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Seek Removal of Movern the Farmers
New Grain Law North Dakota Passed

HEN the farmers elected by
the Nonpartisan league put
through the North Dakota
legislature a law establishing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-20

In the resolutions adopted by the
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Asso.
citation there is @ pointing with pride
t1 I52 voters now controlled hy sut
lUeo states in the electoral college
and a demand tor nationwide prohi
hfDu
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-20

sons and three daughters, John Meyer,
of Joplin. Mo- T. y. Meyer, of Oklaho-
Ina city, Mrs James Carroll, Of Ard
more. Mrs. Ada Sprague, of Globe
Arizona. and Mrs John Preuss of
T.urrdalp Texas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-20

some good Mohammedans believe
me kaiser would steal their religion
IL he could get away with il.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-20
BRITISH HONOR LEE
BhLFCUR AND OTHERS PLACE
WREATHS ON TOMBS.


Richmond \d- May l9. buu.l
Foreign Secretary jaI.uW and Obj"
other members OF tine mi. Jon r.ccy
ed mos. uo-pl'1aIe Welcome 600 their
arrival here shortly after noon today
The old Confederate capital turned oar
WiJh true southern hospitality TO make
their brief call of courtesy ON tIo
south 20 truly memorable affair
As the train came to rest at the sta-
jion % salute of 10 guns Was fired by
% battery from the Richmond howIt
/rrs after when the band struck up
God Save the King The party was
officially welcomed by Governor stu.
ara of Virginia and Mayor AlusIec of
Richmond while several companies of
the Virginia Institute cadet corps. p
iuII dress uniform stood at salute.
Automobiles then took the party
through cheering, ilagbcdcckcd lines
of people. tu the governors mansion
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
VISITED BY
A SEVERE STORM

Waycross, June 26.-During a brief
but unusually severe storm here yes
terday afternoon, j. S. Craven, age
6S, employed at the Atlantic Coast
Line shops, was almost instantly kill
ed and J. r. Hall received serious in
juries when a window frame at the
foundry in the shops was blown in
on them. Both men were taken to
the hospital and later the body of Mig
Craven was removed to the under
takers. Mr. Hall today was getting
along as well as could be expected
His condition is still critical, but
hopes are entertained for his recov-
cry
The storm was not an unexpected
one so far as the rain was concern
ed. Heavy clouds gathered over the
city early in the afternoon. The
rain was accompanied by several
minutes fall of hail, which did some
damage in and around the city.
The storms only victim was well
known in Waycross. He made his
home in Gilchrist Park, and is surviv
ed by his wife and five children.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
NINE SWEEPER IS
StEN ON 4 SHIP
THEM TO SURFACE AT A
SAFE DISTANCE.

An Atlantic Port, June ga mine
sweeping device calculated to pick up
and safely bring to the surface any
mines that may be in the path of yes
sells is now being attached to ii mum
Der of ships proceeding through wa
,ers of the war zone.
One OF these devices was observed
on a passenger liner which arrived
here today. 1t is attacred to Ne
bows and when let down a netted
projection extends a dozen or more
feet on either side of the ship. If Il
mine is encountered, it is picked up
and brought to the surface at a safe
distance from the vessel
The ship to which the device was
attached is on her first trip here since
April, when she was compelled to
seek a dry dock in British port or
account of damage from a mine.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
HUNDRED MILLION GOAL
FOR RED CROSS PASSED

Washington, June 26.-The collec.
tion of Red Cross subscriptions OBJ
tanned in the weeks campaign which
closed in most cities last midnight
began today throughout the United
States, with indications that the
amount will exceed the hundred mil
lion goal by several millions. The
amount of the over-subscription de-
pended largely upon the success in
New York and some other cities
where the campaign was being con-
tinued
Stories of generosity which amazed
even the campaign workers reached
headquarters. 1t is pointed out that
the additional funds for which cam
paigns are still being conducted in
many cities this week will be sorely
needed, as the hundred million asked
for is to meet immediate pressing
emergencies.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
TO SELECT NEW
ARMY NEXT WEEK
BOARDS ARE NAMED
IN "a STATES ARE READY
FOR WORK..

Washington, June 26.-Announce-
ment of local exemption boards in
"A states, who will select candidates
for the national army under the draft
law, were made here today. The rules
governing exemptions have not vet
been issued, but will be soon, so the
work of selecting the army may be
begun next week,
In a great majority of the cases
the personnel of the boards shows
that President Wilson followed the
suggestions of army officers that city
and county officials be utilized. The
president had asked the governors of
the various states to nominate can
didates for the boards and it may be
assumed that the boards as an
nounced have the approval not only
of the president, but also of the
state executives.
The "a states are: Washington,
West Virginia, Utah, Georgia, KEN
lucky, Mississippi, Minnesota, Ne
vada, New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Colorado,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Tennessee, Connecticut, Illinois, New
York and Pennsylvania.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
GREATEST HORD
Of GOLD KNOWN
$765,000000 IN ENGLISH, FRENCH
AND AMi3 RlCAN PUT INTO
MELTING POT.

New York. June 26.-The count c
what government officials believe the
greatest hoard of gold ever stored 81
multaneously in one place in the his.
tory of the world, consisting of Ems
lish, French and American coins and
bullion, have all gone into the melt.
ing pot together, totaling S7G5 900 COG
has just been counted at the Unite.
States assay Office here without {;
penny found to be missing" it wa.
announced today by Edward p. Leech
head of the settlement committee nov
making the annual inventory and au
dit of the offices.
Verne NJ. Boyle. superintendent O
the office, said bullion now on han(
is more than ten times the norma
average of previous years.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
CUTS OFF BABY'S
FINGER AND HAND
HORRIBLE CRIME is COMMITTED
BY YOUNG NEGRO GIRL
NEAR ALBANY.

Albany, Ca, June 26.-News was
received here today of one of the
most horrible crimes ever committed
in Baker county, which occurred yes
terday on the Tevus Parson place, in
the Seventh district.
Mary Bradley, an eleven-y ear-old
negro girl, was sent to a neighbor's
house to borrow some soap. She
found all the family absent from
nome except a two-year-old child, who
was crying. Mary told the child to
hush crying, which the baby did not
need. Mary then took the baby into
the kitchen and cut one of it's fingers
off with a case knife. Then she cut
off the little ones hand.
When found by the baby's mother,
Mary was dragging the baby over the
yard. Mary was taken to Newton and
lodged in Jail. When asked why she
did such horrible thing, Mary re-
Piled: Il did it from pure devil
ment"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
Let People Decide,

London, June 26 A dispatch TO the
Times from Athens says that as soon
as parliament is convoked, NJ. Veni-
zelos will probably propose TO the
deputies that Greece join the allies
lie does not intend, however, to mob
iiize the nation against its will He
is expected first to undertake a great
campaign explaining to the people
that Greeces interests are bound up
in the entente cause
If his mission is successful, he viii!
be able in about three months TO pu:
the entire forces OF Greece into the
balance.
A Reuter- dispatch from Athens
says it is stated on good authority
that NJ. Venizelos will form a cabi
net not later than Wednesday,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
LIGHTNING STRIKES
CHURCH AT CAMILLA

Camilla, Ga, June 26.-Camilla was
visited by severe electrical storm
yesterday afternoon, during which
one of the steeples on the tower of
the Methodist church was struck by
lightning The steeple was set on
fire. but the blaze was confined by
the firemen to that particular part of
the building and was extinguished
with a loss of 1000 or $4,000, most
of which was caused by water. A
good rain fell during the storm, but
it was confined almost exclusively to
the town section, and the surround
ing country received but little benefit
from it.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
ARGENTINE WILL
SEVER RELATIONS
DECLARATION OF WAR is Ex-
PECTED AT ALMOST ANY
MOMENT.

many began her indiscriminate exter-
mination of shipping with subma-
rines, a rupture between the Kaiser's
government and the Argentine repub-
was has never been so close as it is
today This condition was brought
about by the torpedoing of the Ar
gentine steamship Toro, off the coast
of Gibraltar No definite action has
yet been taken. The government is
awaiting details.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
JAMES R, GRAY Of
ATLANTA IS DEAL
AELE EDITOR OF TIE JOURNAL
PASSES AWAY AFTER RE.
TURN FROM EAST.

Atlanta, June 25-James r. Gray
editor of the Atlanta Journal, dice
last night.
Mr.. Gray returned from a trip tt
New York and Washington. where liz
had been to visit his daughter ant
to attend a meeting of the executive
per Publishers association. Mrs
Gray accompanied him.
He was taken i'll on the train. bu
seemed to recover. Shortly after ht
reached home, however. he suffered
another attack, from which he died a
$3.50 o'clock. His physician said ape
pleXy was the cause
James R. Gray was born in Adaira
vile, Ga, Sept 20, 1859. He was ed
ucated at the North Georgia Agricul
tural college and later admitted tt
The bar in 1879, and practiced law fol
several years in Atlanta
In 1881 he married Miss May In
man, of Atlanta, daughter of a cot
ton factor and philanthropist.
Since December, 1901, he had been
editor in chief of the Atlanta Journal
He was chairman of he southern
section OF the Associated Press.
Besides his widow. two sons ana
three daughters survive.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
GUARD PROTECTS
NEGROES IN JAIL
MOB THREATENED TO TAKE OIL.
YER AND BASS OUT AND
LYNCH THEM.

Jackson, Miss, June pa com
pany of the Mississippi national
guard early today was guarding the
Jail in Canton, about 80 miles north
OF here. where mob last night
threatened to stern the Jail to re
move and lynch Two negroes. George
Bass and c. o. Oliver, charged with
assaulting and making threats agaius-
a white man, following trouble at g
lumber camp. The sherin last nighr
held off the mob until the troops ar
rived and dispersed the mob
Reports from Canton were that The
town was quiet today and there Wa!
no indications of further trouble.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
ENGLISH DROP ALL TITLES
OF A GERMAN ORIGIN

London, June 26.-According to the
Times, King George has revived for
Prince Louis of Battenberg the dor
mant royal title of Marquis of Mil
fordhaven, which was used by King
George II before he ascended the
throne
Prince George of Battenberg, eldest
son of Prince Louis, will be Earl o.
Medina, and the second son of Prince
Louis will be Lord Louis Mount
batten. Prince Alexander of Teck
will be known as the Earl of Athlone.
The changes are the result of King
Georges decision to drop all titles of
German origin.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-27
Greek soldiers fighting.
End Disturbances.

London, June 2G.-A Reuter- dis
patch frcm Athens says allied troops
nrercd Athens Sunday night to as
sist in quelling disturbance. Tie
demonstration was organized by a
number of reservists ana sailors un,
Ter the leadership of followers OF
lemetrics Gounaris, who was deDort-
ed after Constantine abdicated. He
5 accredited with being 4 pro-GeIman
.dvisor of the former Kings.
This IS the second time allied
roopa have entered the city since the
var started.