Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-30
States Attorney Elton Asks
Enforcement League Head
to Explain.
SUNDAY NIGHT MASS
MEETING INCIDENT
Watkins and Finwall Hur-
ried to Catch Train to Far
60 Without Replying.

regular Sunday night union services
and was called primarily for the pur-
pose Of raising funds to carry on the ne
Enforcement league work. Some OF
the leagues activities were described
+ by F. L. Watkins, superintendent, and
u c.. w. Fnwall, his assistant. Z
After Mr.. watkins and his assistant
had given details of the Minot and
East Grand Forks raids, in which
they made bold charges against public
officials, States Attorney T. B. Elton
answered Mr.. Watkins charge that
the did not hold out any promise Of
cooperating" in the cleanup" In
his address Mr.. Elton told Of his eff
forts to end the so-called evil and of
his attempts at getting cooperation
from the attorney generals office to
combat 1t. He read from correspond
ence he had had with the attorney
generals office relative to the matter,
In which he showed that he was will
ling and ready at all times to CO.
operate. s9Fi 43a g 4
He ended by demanding q public
apology from Mr.. Watkins. but, by
I, this time, Mr.. Watkins and Mr.. Fin
wall had left to catch a train.
Tell Of Minot Raid.
with a detailed account Of conditions
cieanSup thew had made. This part
OF the address was coupled so closely
with the East Grand Forks brewery
raid that the casual hearer might
have inferred that conditions in Grand
Forks were as bad as in Minot.
Mr.. Watkins followed with more
charges against Minot officials, more
4 details Of the east side situation and
a afstatement Of the number Of bawdy
houses Watkins and Finwall had
closed since 1909. Again those not
knowing conditions would infer from
q the manner in which the statement
4 was given that all the bawdy houses
4 had been closed in this city, when as
q matter Of fact nothing Of this sort
has happened IN Grand Forks. and.
u when he spokeaof hotels ard rooming
Iidiisas hafborfng; n. in1niora women,
many thought he was referring to
n 1sss ioeal VI conditions. sa..
Roasted the Elks,ss Too.
\ I'm his address on the Mtnot stu
ation, Mr.. Watkins made some bold
charges against officials i4of Ward
county. Mr.. Finwall had spoken Of
the Elks club as s.the most polished
kins told: how they had attempted to
close the club. He told Of examining
railroad records, In which he found
that during June, Juiyiand 26 days Of
August. 1916, the club had shipped
out Hls4 empty beer cases of 5 u
qiiart bottles each.'' He had asked
that. an Injunction be placed upon the
building and In the spring an injunc-
ton ioraer was signed by Judge X. q.
Leighton. 8. i-.,s s5Ia5-,SE Is 7, i. 3gi4 r
.s. Ihe club proceeded; In spite Of the
Injunction order. to violate the law"
( SAID MI Watkins. Judge Leighton
is a nember Of the .Elks and thus
! was q party 70 the breaking OF his
sWn order ana thus a Xiolator of the
ilaW. fhe president OF the city com
MISSION is memper and the chief OF
i,,. Eonce Is memper. they were send
ing n q ,C,o Gonstant stream q hirelings to
Himself waa WsiH ,a1 se y 'u9g wh4 ia3
Z tha9Sman i,irha,. nm ] 4 90 int Aey yara ~,
Y sendinp drums ang vs 81 ~ ia;1,, q
4. i. 8 ' 50 es e =
Mr. Elton aCalls" MIR. Watkins.
vieaao,sv s.aons A1.0Tney sn11sg Elton most