Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-08-19
WATERS CHARGE OF FORGERY
ON RESERVATIONS FOLLOW.
ED BY ATTACKS OF N. p.
LEADERS.

Resignation as Manager of Bank of
North Dakota Was Forged, Says
Waters; Lie, Is Answer of League
Men
Jim Waters, former manager OF
the Bank of North Dakota, charges
in statement issued over his sigma
ture that his resignation from the
Bank of North Dakota was forced.
The charge is answered by the Far
go league organ by calling Waters
a liar, and making purports to be the
records of his resignation and the
events leading up to it.
Waters and his associates declare
they will make public record of
graft and crookedness" within the
league organization, and declare that
the control of the league organization
has passed from the hands of the
farmers who started it into the hands
of Socialist bossas.''
Prospects of the accusations of both
sides being aired in the courts were
strong following the statements OF
both sides of the controversy. The
statement of Waters, which started
the imbrolgio, follows:
To Whom It May Concern:
My resignation published in the
Courier-News was not written by me
at Miami, or elsewhere, was published
without my knowledge and consent,
and is forgery committed by the
Courier-News editor, Mr.. Lemke, or,
some other employe of the League OF
Bank of North Dakota.
The first l saw of this resignation
was in the Courier-News while sitting
in Miami hotel This so-called res
ignation does not express my senti-
ments and is false and an attempt to
cover up strife and friction that sx-
listed in the Bank of North Dakota
during the entire time 1 was acting
as manager, in name only.
1t is we'll known to the governor,
Mr.. Cathro, Mr.. Townley and Mr..
Lemke that the management of the
bank was never in my hands and that
I was out of harmony with them a,
all times, and opposed and objected
to numerous transactions that took
place in the institution, such as the
sending of unlimited funds to the
Fargo bank, the sending of funds ou,
of the state, the putting of league pa.
per into the institution, the payment
of excessive salary and expense bills
to bank employees and the paymen,
of money to League employees unGe,
the pretense of expense.
l had notified Governor Frazier or
several occasions that 1 would nc,
continue as manager of the Bank un.
der such conditions and only agreed
to stay the first year as a persona
favod to him, but expected tc be givcr
the courtesy of writing my own resig.
nation, giving my own reasons for s:
doing, instead of having the Leagu.
Bosses do it for me in my absence
will have more to say regarding
this affair and the Banks management
as soon as have a medium tnrovg,
which to speak and through which
can reach League members.
(Signed) j. R. WATERS
Waters claims that he is for til,
original program of the league tina
he is out to put the league bosses wa'
are not farmers friends out of power
| Appealed to Frazier
| A. C. Townley, who is the psrtic
ular target of Waters, ran or a So
cialist ticket in Golden Valley count.
in 1914, in opposition &c the IF rmers
ticket" according to one of thu char
ges of Waters and his associat.,.
One of the statements made is tha
Governor LynnJ. Frazier was appeal
ed Gin putting stop to graft ant
crookedness within the organization.
Apparently having failed they ga:
they will "now appeal direct to tn
league membership and demand IT,
ousting of certain high state officials
and officials in the league and a re
organization Of management withn
the league"
cTnCK AND NnAIA1 EAnAx r0I