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Evening star., 1919-09-06
PLUMB PLAN DENOUNCED.
Station Agents Head Declares It
Would Drive Out Brains.

The Plum plan was denounced as
1.-The best plan ever devised to- drive
brains out Of the railroad business
by Earl H Morton, president of the
railroad station agents. before the
House interstate commerce commit
tee.
The plan is so prep0sterous," Nor
ton added, that it would not merit
serious discussion but for the fact
that the so-called Plum Plan League
seems to be securing the support of
large numbers of railroad employees
who have not really informed them
selves as to what the plan is and as
to the way in which it would actually
work.
Adoption of the plan" he asserted,
would destroy efficient operation of
rail lines. cause tremendous rate In
creases or deficit to be paid by the
public. and wreck the rail systems
physically and financially"
Evening star., 1919-09-06
What Records Disclosed.

'Yet you are led to believe by Mr..
Williams statement" said Mr.. Ho-
gan. that Allies reached into the Treas
ury and took nearly $4,000. 900 of gov
ernment funds for his bank. Ana all
the time the records in the treasury
showed that this was not so, but that
the deposit was merely transferred
from one bank to another. Mr.. Allies
as 1t happened was connected with
the National City Bank as well as
with the Riggs National Bank"
Other statements of the controller
regarding alleged dummy loans by
Riggs Bank and regarding the loan
ing of books of confidential instruc-
tions to Mr.. Allies and the National
City Bank were answered by Mr.. Ho-
gan. Thes witness insisted there new
err had been any dummy loans In the
sense of the term as it is generally
used, and that the loans in question:
had been more than secured by the
collateral deposited to make them
good.
Charges Negligence of Duty.
Mr.. Hogan said that in the years
1914, 1915. 1916 and 1917 national
banks in Washington had not re-
ceived the two examinations required
for national hanks by law. He
charged that Mr.. Williams f~ld been
negligent in his duty as controller OF
the currency in this respect and that
the constant use of the national bank
examiners in the Riggs Bank for
months during the controversy with
that bank had been one reason why
the other banks could not be exam
ined. In 1915. he said, no national
bank in Washington had received the
two examinations except the Riggs
Bank. ..
The witness said he regretted to see
that r. w. Boiling had written let
ter under date Of July 22 to the Sem
ate committee denying that he had
ever been in John Poole's private Of
fice in conference with him, in the
Federal National Bank. The letter
was written to Offset the testimony
given by Mr.. Poole regarding certain
alleged offers to obtain for the Fed
eral Bank deposits Of Emergency
Fleet Corporation funds If deposits
were made in the Chatham-Phoenix
National Bank. Mr.. Hogan produced
letters from the cashier Of the Feder-
al Bank and from Mr.. Peele's ste
neSrapher verifying Mr.. Poole's state
Evening star., 1919-09-06
SINGLE CAPTURE IN WAR
RANKS BILL" DONNELLY
WITH TENNESSEE HERO


NEW YORK. September s.-One
lieutenant, celonel, twelve other
officers and $50 snipers of the
German army cried "Kamerad"
to Sergt. "Bilr Donnelly, a
fghti1g Irish member of Com
pany b. 18th Infantry, during
the SECOND battle of the Marne-
thereby placing Sergt. "Bill' up
in the. class with Sergt. Alvin c.
York of Pail Mall, Tenn, cham
pion hero. Of the world war-it
has heen announced here.
York. who in peace time had
been second elder in the Church
of Christ and Christian Union
in the little Tennessee village
on the winding Wolf river, kill
ed more than twenty Germans,
put thirty-five machine-gun
nests out of business and took
prisoner 1872 of the enemy, in
cluding major.
Donnelly, according to his Of
fcial record. with squad of six
men. surrounded" a chateau in
which German snipers were at
work. drove them to their
"hombproof" and then loudly
!; called. for grenades with which
. to blow them up.
The result was that all sur
rendered, filed out and marched
7. back to the 1st Division lines
under Donnelly's able direction.
and won Sergt. Bill the French
military medal, highest war
decoration of. France. and
recommendation for the con-
gIessional medal of honor. the
highest military award of the
United States.
Members of Sergt. BILLS
company. at Camp Mills an
nounced confidently that Gen.
Pershing and the lst Division
will parade with Bill on We'd
nesday."
Evening star., 1919-09-06
OPIUM sMUaaLERs REVEALED
Woman Arrested in Toledo, Ohio,
Accused Technicallq.

TOLELO. Ohio, September 6.-In the
arrest of woman known to New
York police as Goldy Goldman, twen-
ty-seven years old, government off,
cials today declared that an opium
smuggling organization, having its
headquarters in New York, has been
idiscoYered The woman was arrest
ed yesterday in an East Side apart
ment house on technical charge of
selling opium to Toledo drug addicts.
The arrest revealed, officers say.
that members of the organization. on
a buying trip to obtain the drug in
Windsor, Ont. we're detected there and
scattered. .
Evening star., 1919-09-06

hazards" and that sit is equally i'm
peratiye that within the nation in
dividualism must not be supplanted
tions would come. he said. only when
the conduct of nations toward one
another was governed by just laws,
and when they submitted their con-
trSxsrsss to o, an impsrsial 1nrdsp 1udicdaspy
to the immutable principles of jus
tice.
The association brought its conven-
tion to q close with the election Of off,
Evening star., 1919-09-06
REVIEWS CHARGES
IN WILLIAMS CASE.
Attorney Hogan Alleges Bank
Loans to Members of the
Controllers Family.
is ANSWER TO CRITICISM

Replying to criticisms of the Riggs
National Bank by Controller of the
Currency John SHELTON Williams, be-
cause the bank had lent money to sec
retaries of the Treasury. assistant
secretaries or controllers of the cur
rency or, members of their families,
Frank j. Hogan. counsel for the bank
during its controversy with Mr.. VIII
lams: yesterday afternoon told the
Senate banking and currency commit
tee that since Mr.. Williams became
controller The Commercial National
Bank and the Munsey Trust Company
nave both had loans on their books to
members of Mr.. Williams family and
yet had not been criticised by the
controller for that
Mr. Williams seemed to imply that
there was something sinister about a
natl lafal bank in Washington lend
ing money to Il secretary or assistant
secretary of the Treasury or members
OF their families when he asked Riggs
Bank to report upon loans made to
such officials and their families in
December, 1914 said Mr. Hogan"
Evening star., 1919-09-06

GERS yesterday and q dinner last night
Hampton l.. Carson Of Phifanelphja,
former attorney general of Peansyi-
tary, George whitlock OF baltimore.
and treasurer. Frederick E. Wadharps
of Albany. N. Y, were re-elected.
Evening star., 1919-09-06
Assigned to Two Hospitals:

Lieut. Col. Horace NJ. Evans, Medi-
cal Corps. on duty in the Office of the
surgeon general, this city. has been
assigned to temporary duty at general
hospitals at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, and
at Fort MCPHERSON, Ga.
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ment that Mr.. Boiling had been for at
least half an hour closeted with Mr..
Poole in his private Office.
Another Accusation Denied.

another Accusation Denied.
Mr.. Hogan told the committee that
the Riggs Bank had never made
loans on real estate, as charged by
Mr.. Williams. He said that while the
Mr.. Williams had criticised the RIGGS
Bank on the ground that it was fire.
quently below the mark in it's re-
serves. other national banks here had
been below their reserves and had not
been attacked because of that He
said Mr.. Williams had charged that
the Riggs Bank had been behind in
it's reserves "on the average for
thirty days al time AS a matter Of
fact, Mr.. Hogan said. the bank had
been behind in its reserves for per-
haps five days, and up to or over the
reserves for the other twenty-five
days. but Mr.. Williams. by his state
ment, tried to give the impression
that for thirty days it had been be-
hind.
Turning to the case of H H. F'lather.
ca shier of Riggs Bank at the time
of the controversy. Mr.. Hogan said
Mr.. Williams had sought to make 1t
appear that Mr.. Flather had been
forced to resign after he had been
indicted. along with other officers of
the bank. for perjury in connection
with the affidavit filed by the officers
in the equity suit against Mr.. Will
liams and Secretary McAdoo.
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Hogan
said, Mr.. Flather had resigned some
time before any Indictment was
brought, and had resigned because
directors of the bank. when they as
certained that he was running a
speculative account of his own with
Lewis Johnson & Co. brokers.
held that it was not good business
for a cashier to do that. Mr.. F1ather
said that if he could not maintain
such an account. Mr.. Hogan testified,
he preferred to resign as cashier.
Says. Jury Exonerated FIather.
Mr.. Hogan denounced the testi-
mony given by Mr.. Williams and at
torneys for him that H. H. Flather
had swindled customers who sought
to purchase stock through the bank,
saying that this matter had all been
brought out at the perjury trial and
the jury had held Mr.. Flather en-
tire1y guiltless.
"Yet Mr.. Williams repeats this
story here before the Senate com
mittee when he knows that his. testi-
mony is privileged and he cannot be
sued for libel" said Mr.. Hogan. ~.
The committee adjourned last night
to meet again Tuesday, when Mr..
Hogan, Williams, and Nelson Crom-
proba bly, VIII be witnesses.
Evening star., 1919-09-06
Calls the Letter a Slur.

Among the gentlemen thus slurred,"
Mr.. Hogan. 'were Horace
A. Taylor, Robert B. Armstrong,
Charles II. Keep. Louis A. Coolidge
and A. S. Statter And this. despite
the fact that most of these gentle
mep conducted theif entirely legiti-
mate = business transactions with
Riggs National Bank even before or
after they ad. any official connection
with the Treasury Department"
Nr. Hogan, called attention to a
letter written by National Bank Ex-
aminer Trimble in regard to the loans
by the Commercial Bank and the
Munsey Trust Company to the mem
bers of Mr.. Williams family. in which
Mr.. Trimble declared that the loans
were well secured and proper The
letter is in the record Of the testi
mony. Mr.. Hogan said the letter "ob
viously was dictated by Mr.. Williams"
Senator's" said Mr.. Hogan, you
have seen Mr.. Trimble and Mr.. Will
liams here during this hearing day
after day. DO you not know that
Trimble would sooner enter a den of
lions than criticise any loans made
to members of Mr.. Williams family
by the national banks?"
Evening star., 1919-09-06

When a sailor notices the deck, COW
cred with dew he knows that hts ship
is within thirty miles of land. Out
side that distance dew 10 not de-
posted. ~
Evening star., 1919-09-06

those corps, but that he knew from
personal observation that the Cana
dian and overseas hospitals were ex-
cellent.
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Rheumatism
Relief 25c.
Natures Remedy (NR Tab!ets), Are
Helping Thousands Who Tried Ex-
pensive Things Without Result,
tbs Guaranteed.

There are three vital processes Of
human existence,-the digestion Of
food, the extraction of nourishment
from it and the elimination Of waste.
Poor digestion. and assimilation
ment from food and that in turn often
means impoverished blood, weakness,
anemia, etc. Poor elimination means
an accumulation Of waste matter
which poisons the body. lowers vitality,
decreases the power Of resistance to
disease and leads to the development
Of many serious ills.
misunderstanding to some inter-
ference with the process Of elimina-
ton, failure to get rid Of certain body
poisons,- be expected to yield
the condition responsible for it, Could
any reasonable person expect to rid
himself Of rheumatic pain as long as
rheumatic poison is allowed to remain
in the body.
Think Of this. 1t explains the sue
cess Of Nature Remedy (NR Tabiets)
medicines have failed. Thousands are
using Mr. Tablets every day and get
ting relief. Why pay five or ten
times as much for uncertain things?
Tablets, containing enough to last
twenty-five days,-must help you.
must give you prompt relief and sat
asfactory benefit or cost you nothing.
Natures Remedy is not only for
the relief of rheumatism. 1t i'm
proves digestion. tones the liver, reg
ulates kidney and howe, action, I'M
proves the blood and cleanses the
system. You've tried the expensive
medicines and doctors, now make the
real test. You'll get results this time.
Just try it. Natures Remedy (NR
Tabiets) Is sold, guaranteed and
recommended BY your druggist,
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Burlington Merchant Should Study
PiGOlOry

who is An acknowledged authority on
poultry and has flock of prize win
ming fowls which was procured from
in the east and west. However,, we'll
versed this citizen may be, in the lore
Of feathered creatures it must be ac-
knowledged that his information re-
garding livestock must be very meagre
as he recently purchased thorobred
sow and Immediately began booking or
ders for spring pigs. After booking
some so orders he finally concluded that
somehow. someway, it was not reason
able to assume that the one SOW would
farrow sufficient number Of pigs to
all his orders and therefore concluded
to dispose of the SOW. Just what steps
will be taken by those who placed Or
ders for spring delivery is not known
but the Independent understands that
action will be taken by some of the
more disgruntled ones.
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Nathaniel Smith and Hugh Wood
wise braved the weather Saturday
and went to Minot.
Paul Klimple's small bows found
yearling colt, belonging to someone
drowned in slough we'll on the
Welding & Nelson land.
Fred Taylor had a four year old
dapple iron gray mare stray away
from their herd and after LOOKING
for her the past three weeks, he found
her Saturday in a drove of horses *
miles south and west of Samuel Ral,-
er's farm. Fred was sure quite nap-
py to find the animal, he said if hors-
es are cheap, that he couldn't well
afford to lose one.
Inc Jerome sisters spent Saturday
visiting at the home Of Mrs. E. q.
Diehl.
Charles Taylor is looking for two
good hired men for springs work
and Ed Anderson, Mr.. Taylor's SON.
ln-law also wants man.
Clarence Mackey has leased the
Grandpa Jerome quarter for the com
ing year and Charles Taylor will farm
the Jack McKinnon quarter section
that joins him on the north and the
McKone quarter is for rent.
Mrs. E. E. Diehl and son Tracy,
M. Palmer spent Sunday visiting at
the home Of the Jerome children.
Fred Book is going to try patching
and farming another year and he says
if he can just raise two good crops
he is going to get housekeeper Of
his own.
Some Of the boys say that Jake
Beighle is going to marry very pref
ty girl of Garrison in the very near
future.
Charles Taylor and Clyde Nelson
were in Minot last Friday market
ing butter, eggs and cream. Mr..
Taylor says this cold weather he al
ways likes to have a driver when he
goes to town.
Bonnie Klinlple visited over Sunday
in Sawyer.
Ed r. Walker will farm the All
simpkins one-half section this year.
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Yours truly,
ANTHONY WALTON.
MINOT and VICINITY

Aksel Bratsher@. insurance man. is
transacting business in Chicago
Aug. Zethren we'll known Max n,er-
chant, is transacting business IN the
city today
Mr.. and Mrs j. M. Reiner Of Rurling-
ton. accompanied by Mrs. Jack Lehman
Of Burlington, were in the city today on
a shopping expedition.
Architect Ira Rush, now with the
ry proving grounds, near Fort Clinton,
Ohio. writes relatives in this city that
he expects to return and re-open his Mi
not office about April J.
Girde1l Patterson representative from
Renville county, was in the city several
days this week enroute to his home at
Donnybrook. Del as he is familiar
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Bismarck, N. H., FeD. 20
| The Ward County Independent,
Minot, North Dakota.
Dear sirs:
At 1881 p. m. Gov. Frazier appear
ed before a joint session of the House
and Senate while the orchestra
played the Stars and Stripes
Forever and at 1855 signed House
Bill II creating the Industrial Com
mission. This comission will COM
posed of Governor Frazier, Attorney
General LANCER, and Secretary of
Agriculture and Labor John N. Hag-
e., who will have authority to con-
duct and manage in behalf Of the
State Of North Dakota all it's public
owned utilities.
At 4:O7 Gov. Frazier sgned S. B.
20 creating the North Dakota Mill
and Elevator Association. This bill
gives the Industrial commission the
power to build and operate terminal
elevators, mills, packing plants and
warehouses.
At 4:01 the Governor signed H. B.
IS, creating the Bank of North Da-
kota, which will do more to break the
power of the Chamber of Commerce
than any other act of the Legislature.
At 4:05 he signed H. B. 40 Great
ing the Bonds of N. D., Bank Series,
S2,000,OO0 issue to be used as the
capital Of the Bank of North Dakota.
At Ali p. m. the Governor signed
S. B. rs creating the bonds of N. D.,
Mill and Elevator Series. This is a
S5,GO0,000 issue to finance the build
ing and operating of the mills and
elevators.
At 4:14 the Governor signed H. B.
35, the Mining Code of North Dakota.
The first mining law ever put upon
the statute books 1t creates the Of
flee of State Mine Inspector.
At 4:21 p. m. Governor Frazier
signed S. B. 49,, creating the Home
Builders Association, and the strains
of the orchestra playing Home Sweet
Home could be heard thru the cheers
that rent the air. This bill makes it
possible for 10 or more depositors in
the Home Builders League to coop
crate together for the purpose Of
building homes for themselves.
These bills which Governor Frazier
signed today before the largest crowd
that ever witnessed the signing of
bills, puts into operation the pro-
gram Of the Nonpartisan League. It
sure was big day for North Dakota.
Feb. 25th will be known as Industrial
independence day to future genera
tons.
&,s,,1
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WILLIS TOWNSHIP
March A

The ground hog must have certain
ly seen his shadow Feb. 2, by the
winter we have been having the past
several days.
ii. Chambers returned to Sawyer
Sunday noon from his trip down IN
the east part Of the state, where he
had real estate deal in hand.
Quite a number from this locality
attended the Hayes farm sale near
Sawyer Tuesday. which had been
postponed one week.
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Good Opportunity for Renter

]. Fl. Cover from surrey, was IN the
city today and Informed the Independent
to take charge of his farm, four miles
north and one mile east of Surrey. The
farm is all under cultivation and is ex-
ceptionally well improved, with good
we'll, etc. He has about so acres OF
grass land to be plowed for wheat which
ought to produce a number one crop.
He is willing to furnish the seed and
pay half the Irvine and thresh BILL Mr..
Cover to get half the crop. Anyone
looking for good farm should address
him at Surrey.
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r.. T. Holton and Curtis Peterson
returned Tuesday from the cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Haraldson enter
tanned at o'clock dinner Saturday
at Hotel Fredeen. The guests were
royalty entertained.
The Evangelical meetings at the
Lutheran church last week was we'll
attended Notwithstanding the severe
cold weather.
Mr.. Aafeldt returned from Mime
apolis Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Oakley who has been
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Settling Jones Estate

Harry Jones Of Lone Tree, brother
of the late j. w. Jones, was in Minot
Tuesday taking legal steps to settle
the estate of the deceased. ]. J.
Genres was appointed administrator
and ]. C. Cogdill, A. G. Spicher and
j. J. Genres appraisers.
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olander patents usefu, pey,ce

A. c. Olander, former Minot business
man, is attending to business in this
city. He invented the "Never-forset'
gas reserve value to use in gas tanks
on automobiles, to indicate when there
is but certain amount of fuel left
in the tank. Mr.. Olander operates a
machine shop and factory at Billings,
Mont, for the manufacture of this use
full device, which he patented.
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RYDER
March e

Edgar Lomen left for the twin cit
les Monday.
E. n. Holton and Curtis Peterson
returned Tuesday from the cities.
Harold Haraldson of Northwood is
guest Of his brother Alex.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Dickinson are
the proud parents of baby daugh-
ter born Thursday, Feb. II, at a
Minot hospital.
Mrs. Christensen returned from the
twin cities Saturday.
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Cure for Asthma.

O. E. Kegley tells about man out
in the Berthold district who doesn't
do much work, claiming asthma as his
excuse. He suggests for sure cure,
walking a mile before breakfast each
morning, then doing fair days work.
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snkler & Eide in New Quarters.

Messrs Snkler e. Eide, well known
local attorneys, have moved their offices
from the Lee block into handsome new
quarters in the Sons of Norway build
ing near the viaduct They will occupy
the entire suite of offices in the front Of
the building and the new furnishings
which they have installed will give them
exceptional office quarters
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j. NJ. Mccain of Des Laos brot his
wife to this city Sunday. She is suf-
fering from a stroke Of paralysis and
has been places in the home of her
son, Elias Mccain where she is under
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visiting friends at Gilmore and Crarv
returned to her home Thursday.
A number Of Ryder people attend
ed the basket social south Of town.
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weed who have spent
the winter in Oregon returned Thurs
day.
H. p. Miller who has been sick with
the flu at Minot, returned home Fri
day.
John Campbell returned from Bis
marck Saturday.
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ly known among his constituents, was
floor leader in the House for the League
during the recent session of the Legis-
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BILLS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
FRAZIER.

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. Is
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Minot, North Dakota.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-01
SOLDIERS SCORN
HUSH MONEY OF
RICHHUNGARIANS
One Yank is Offered 100000
Crowns by Smuggler, But
, Refuses to Take it.

Vienna, Aug. 3l.-Along the bor-
der between Austria and Hungary
there are stationed about 20 Amer
lean soldiers of whom America may
we'll be proud, for they have stood
the test. They are all enlisted men
or noncommissioned officers, and
their duty is to see that the blockade
against Hungary is enforced along
the border that they patrol. There
is immense profit to be made in
smuggling valuablee or commodities
in or out of the bolshevist country.
Rich Hungarian noblemen or
bourgeois will pay almost any sum
to persons who will bring put jew
elry or securities or other valuable
things for them, and dealers will pay
huge sums to get contraband across
the line into Hungary.
The most important incident of
the kind was when one of our men
was offered 100000 crowns to let
some forbidden stuff pass. He not
only refused the bribe, but imnedi-
stely seized the stuff and took the
briber into custody.