The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-26

merely endorsed the scheme ana
recommended 1t to the farmers. and
the same was true, he said, Of the
Nonpartisan league.
Leaguer's Loyalty Record.
A. L. Maxwell Of Turtle Lake,
Nonpartisan member Of the last
house and renominated by the league
to succeed himsek, was the last wit
ness for the defense placed on the
stand Wednesday afternoon. Under
cross examination he testified he
had bought no Liberty bonds Of the
first issue; no Liberty bonds Of the
second issue and no Liberty bonds OF
the third issue. He had actually
paid for no War Savings stamps, he
stated, but testified that he had sub
scribed for some on the last drive.
when he was solicited.
Dave Larin, publisher Of a news
paper at Parshall, told Of a consum-
ers' store meeting there in which he
had heard Brtnton say nothing that
seemed to the witness disloyal. Mr..
Larin said of his personal loyalty
record that he and his wife had pur-
chased $1,000 worth Of Liberty bords
and War Savings stamps and that,
although 40 years old, he had volun-
teered to serve the country in any
capacity in which it could use him
in order that some younger man
might be released for service at the
front, and that he expected to go.
Larin on cross examination testified
that he registered four years ago as
a Democrat and that this year he
registered as a Republican, in order
to use District Attorney Hildreths
words, that he might vote the
TownleX ticket" He admitted that
he was interested in the success Of
Townleyism in his own community
and that he had supported the
Townley league.
Sullivan Again.
H. Mackenzie, formerly a Congre-
gational preacher at Garrison, and
who left the ministry to sell gro
ceries for John Sexton because it
paid better, testified that J. F. Sui
livan's reputation for truth and
veracity in Garrison was bad. Mac
kenzie was born in Canada, has been
in America since 1905, but is not yet
a full fledged American citizen. He
was formerly a Presbyterian minis
ter. After selling Sexton groceries
for two years he took a job with the
Equity packing plant as stock sales
man, with which he testified he did
quite we'll until last December, when
he took an agency for automobile
tire protectors. He denied that he
had left the religious world for the
commercial world" but insisted that
he carried his religion with him
seven days q week..
Accuses the Post.
Brinton accused The Saturday
Evening Post Of permitting it's ad-
vertising patronage to influence its
editorial policy. He said that be-
cause Armour was a great adver-
tiser, The Post published his pic
ture, in spite Of the fact that Armour
opposed the taking over Of the rail-
ways by the government. He showed
that The Post received S., 900 for in
side pages and 10000 for outside
pages Of advertising. and he dis
played page ads Of the Pullman
company, for Armours oats, Camp
bells soups and Dutch Cleanser,
which he intimated had been paid
The Post wanted to run a page ad-
vertisement Of the Consumers
United Stores company brands, but
that he had replied that they in
tended to name their product
"Townley Soup" and that it would
need no Advertising He said he
had urged the farmers to buy bonds
even though they had to borrow
money at 10 per cent to pay for
them, while the profiteering corpora
tons were reaping a huge return
from the war. He defended the
loyalty record Of his father and said
that although 80 years old, he was
still struggling on the farm.