The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-03
TOwnIey Uses Admiral Dewey's
Tactics In Fight.
Legion Men of Ten Counties
Take Part In War.
HOLD MEETINGS EVERY NIGHT
NOnpartisan League Head Uses
Corps of Workers.
Is Concentrating Best Efforts
On Kansas Now.

"A. Z. TOwnley is now using Admiral
Dewey's tactics in promoting the Nom
partisan league" said Phil E. zim-
norman, field secretary of the Kansas
Anti-Bolshevik league, this morning.
stepping to the map, Zimmerman
| pointed out that instead of ATTEMPTING
to take the entire western portion of
the United States at one swoop, Town
| ley is taking one state at time, and
concentrating his best efforts and his
best men on that particular state.
| Furthermore said Zimmerman,
these rumors that After Cash Town
/ ley is out of the Nonpartisan league
are absolutely false. He is still the
actual head of the league, the purse
strings of the leagues treasury are
still at his command. and the direc-
/ ton of the propaganda is his. Town
lley is as much the monarchial direc-
tor of the Nonpartisan league now as
he ever was.''
i Kansas is the state upon which
| Town1ey is directing his fire At
lpresent the Nonpartisan league advo-
cate is at Salina and his actions -gainst
/ the American Legion have so aroused
the local post of Salina that regular
nightly meetings have been called.
Legion Men Busy.
The American Legion boys of ten
Icounties are ION their ears" and their
factions against the Nonpartisan league
Header are expected to cause the ex-
ipulsion of Townley from Saline coun-
ty. Delegations of Legion members
from ten surrounding towns will be
lsent to Salina for the meetings to-
might and Tuesday night at the Le-
igion's headquarters. The towns repre-
sented will be: Great Bend, Herring
lton, ~ Abilene. Minneapolis, Gypsum
ICity. Lindsborg, Mcpherson. Solomon.
lConcordia and Junction City.
o. A. Kitterman. Saline county post
commander, received a wire today
from ]. o. Brien. chief executive of
the National Constitution Defense
League. stating that he will try to be
in Salina in time for the meeting to-
night. O'Brien is in Racine, al pres
ent and has been actively engaged in
1.-THE warfare against Townley for the
/, last three years in Wisconsin He is.
Ia legion member and a forcefuJ
4 the Townley methods of socialism to.
the legionnaires.
Many Trained Workers
I'm attacking Kansas said Zim-
merman, "Townley has brought a
number of his most highly trained
men with him, and they are now scat
; tered over the state, altho most of
them are right in Salina with their
chief. These men are all trained
speakers. and are skilled in the throw
ing of the Bolsheviki propaganda. I
procured the names of the men. Here
J. L. Bebee. W. II. Diamond, Fred
Diamond. Roy Curtis, G. o. Parsons,
J. j. Albert. George Wilson, w. L.
kearns, A. E. Bowen, J. A. Gray, Thos.
Lauder NJ. G. Hoksted. Arch I.engon.
o. A. Weekland. Gates f. NJ. Young,
G. L. Taylor. 3. 7. Dalheimer, Tom
Webb. Sir, John Hoenig. A. II Han
) son. Tom Willis, Jr., w. c. Coates,
| Gale Plagman, Cole Watson. John
Judde. w. Rogers. A L. Weaver. A i.
Coweles, George Breidel. n. f. Whip
pie, J. II. Peuder, Walter Hanson.
NJ. Gallagher, Elmer Schallabarger. T..
J. McCance. Clarence Scott, G. G.
Penny, q. 3. Harding, Fred Scheick,
4 Claude Townley, Julius Ii. Bender,
Charles Barnes. DR.. E. A. Cowles. n.
S. Davies, Roy Cooper, F.. G. Branden-
, burg, c. W. Brundage, George D.
Brewer, A. Aim, T. C. Schumacher. w.
, P. Oertle, c. p. Monahan. w. NJ. Pol
! lock, NJ. P. Montgomery, f. n. Fuller.
L. o. Welch. w. F. Haas. II. L. Nun
ger. c. P. Dahl, L. A. Evans, Fred
Herrick, Thomas Scott.
Make Convincing Speeches.
ANYONE of these men, said Zim-
norman, could get up and make one
| of the most convincing speeches you
J, ever heard. They are experienced agf-
t1tors and look out for them"
, When asked to make a statement
Zimmerman said:
PERSONALLY l am glad that Townley
and his crew of highly trained workers
have come to Kansas. In the cam
tpaign we have conducted the last three
6 years to save Kansas the horrible fate
: of North Dakota we have met with a
lot of indifference and apathy on the
part of some otherwise intelligent and
patriotic men. I have also been ridi-
: culed and placed in the Lucy Page
: CASTOR class or called an alarmist for
telling the mild truth about the
Townley socialism.
But now Townley himself is here,
proving more than / even asserted.
r and incidentally bringing a lot of the
Kansas slackers to their senses.
lTownley will do in a few months what
e we have tried vainly to accomplish for
y the last three year6-wake up our
n business men to the full Significance
! II of socialism in any form Townleyism
!. is red card socialism-nothing else"