The Bismarck tribune., 1921-10-26
FAIR WEATHER
IS PREDICTED
FOR ELECTION.
0. w. Roberts, Of Weather Blu.
reau, Sees Present Condi-
tions Lifting
RAIN IN SOUTHERN PART
No Rain in East or Northwest of
State -Other Gossip of Ap.
preaching Election
RAIN IN SOUTHERN PART

Fair weather for election day, FRI.
day, in the western part of the state
was predicted today by D. w. Roberts
in charge of the United States Wealth
er Bureau. The prediction for today
was clearing weather for tomorrow
with probability of the clear weather
continuing.
There is possibility CT more rain
however, it was said at the weather
bureau. A low pressure weather ex-
lists over the Northwest If it goes
straight eastward it probably will
! mean fair weather in the southern
part Of the state; if it swings south
east it probably means rain.
ThefOrecast for tomorrow is for fair
and rising; temperature. Freezing tem-
peratures. were reported in Montana,
Wyoming aid northwestern North Da-
kota this morning.
While rain is reported over the
southern part of the state, in the west
1t has not rained in Fargo or in Will
liston. There may have been rain in
the northeastern part Of the state.
PLOTS, COUNTERPLOTS
CHARGED IN FIGHT
There. were charges of plots anil
counterplots brewing in the recall cleo
tion campaign in the. :wo camps to-
day. The leagues charges as mad"
in the Courier-News and the answer Of
the l. V. A. follow:
Reports of fraud in the circulation
of the l. V. A. recall petitions con-
tinue to pour in to Attorney General
Lemke. These reports come from all
sections of the state, and have con
WINGED O. B. Tewes, WHO is handling
this investigation for the attorney
general, that frauds are widespread
and were deliberately encouraged by
the l. v A. officials who had charge
OF the circulation of the petitions. 4,
a 1T is pointed out, furthermore, that
the disclosures of fraud thus far made
have marked only a mere beginning
of the investigation Only few out
Of the thousands Of petitions have
been covered by the investigations
thus far made. In many sections Of
the state the signers' names have not
yet been published and t.o people have
not had an opportunity to scrutinize
the lists.
Under the circumstances. there.
fore, attaches of the attorney general $
office are inclined to Believe that the
petitiois from all over the state are
tainted with fraud and cannot stand
close scrutiny. In the names of dup
lications and unknown s;gners furnish
ed today from the attorney generals
Office all Implications that have al
ready been published III the Courier
News have been excluded"
The l. V. A. headquarters wired out
the following answer:
/, t"'The reason for all tie wild talk by
.deagnes speakers and by. league news
sipa neEs about alleged frauds in the
signatures on recall petitions were
brought to light when it was discov-
sered that false lists of alleged dupli-
cate signatures have been sent by
league headquarters TO their local
workers. The idea is to- challenge
people whose names ara on these lists
and if possible prevent them from vot-
ing. The lists are made up for this
purpose only. Independent state head
quarters Immediately instructed work
ers by wire to be on guard against
this and other tricks Every man and
woman over twenty-one years old
have right to vote whether they arc
registered or not