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Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-18

The Boston Transcript, Re
publican, says the Republican
party should and doubtless will
receive a rebuke at the polls in
November for the present tariff
law.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-18

An oil boom has developed in
Monroe county as the result Of a
gusher brought i'll on Kettle
Creek. .Er Go
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-18

Ninety railroads compromised
with their striking shopmen by
taking them back with their
seniority rights restored.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-18

During the first six months Of 1922, the
L. & N. Railroad hauled approximately Is
million tons Of coal-enough to supply one
and one-half tons to every family IN the
United States.
During 1921-the L. & N. hauled 520,840.
carloads of coal, divided into Approximately
twenty-four thousand trains. Grouped lnto
one great train these cars would stretch over
four thousand nliles-or a distance greater
than that from Boston to San Diego.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
AND OTHER LEADERS WITH THE MOST
RADICAL MOVEMENT in THE WORLD

I. w. w. PRAISE TOWNLEY,
LEMKE AND FRAZIER FOR SAT-
ACTORY co OPERATION.
LABOR UNIONS BEING UNDER
MINED. BIG LEAGUE GUN IN
FARGO FURNISHED I. w. w.
WITH FUNDS.
Copies Of I. W. W. correspondence,
some of which is reproduced in the
form of Photographic copies on this
page, establish positively the closest
connection between the I. w. w. and
Townley, Frazier and Lemke in this
state, Van Lear, Cramer and Tom Sui
Ivan Of Minnesota and other league
leaders. >".
Under date of Oct. 18th, 1922, Gem
eral Secretary and Treasurer John
Grady Of the I. W. w. at Chicago, ILL.,.
wrote to Secretary Thorpe of the Fargo
headquarters as follows: "While we,
here in Chicago, give all the credit in
tho world to the I. w. w. delegates in
the field, at the same time we are
aware that the teachings and the
propaganda that have been put out In
the state Of North Dakota during the
past few years by other radical bodies
are in way responsible for the sue
cess Of our movement and our remark
able growth in that state.'
Under date of Sept. 18th, the holder
Of card No. 36223-A wrote from head
quarters of the I. w. w. on West
Madison Street, Chicago, ILL.,, to Eel
low workers." saying: 1--WE note
what you say about the good treat
ment accorded the I. w. w. in North
Dakota while the League was in power
and I agree on that. Now about this
big gun of the League in Fargo Civ
ing us money - get all he will
give. Our defense fund needs it and
we won't mention his name if he
wants it that way. Tell him to drop in
and see US when in town."
On August 21st, the holder Of card
No. 1908 wrote to "fellow worker y
from Minneapolis, as follows: "This
year must be our banner year in North
Dakota. We are now ahead of 1921
in regard to New Members. We want
more. Get them no matter how. W.
must show North Dakota who is who
Don't worry about the wheat crop
What we want is bumper crop Of
I. W. VS." No wonder that honest
working men get their brains beat Out
and bones broken if they refuse t.
join tho I. w. w.
/ Under date Of Oct. 10th, Jack Elem
ing wrets from Chicago to fellow
worker, A. Lund, stating that he knew
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

that the Working Peoples Nonpartisan
League in Minneapolis were with the
I. W: W.'s in their fight against the
Craft Union, also that Townley,
Lemke, Frazier and other league lead
ers in North Dakota were with them.
This confirms the contention that has
been maintained on the part Of the
I. V. AS that if labor unions give
any aid or comfort to the I. w. W.
element, they will have their unions
destroyed in q short time. Mr.. Flem-
ing's letter follows in full: "Glad
to hear about the way things are going
in North Dakota. Now, Fellow Work
er, you know if you can do anything
for the Boys in Jail, or tho Defense
Fund, it's up to you and the other
Wobblys there to do it. We know
the w. p. N. P. L. in Minneapolis are
with US in Industrial Union against
Craft Union. Van Lear. Cramer, Tom
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
IN oaaAx,zArssx y sfsxNcn%
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION NO. ITO. L ". VI

Sullivan, and others, and Townley
Lemke, Frazier and the other leaders
of the League in North Dakota. So
if you Fellow Workers there can got
together and get any assistance TO,
the defense fund out Of that outfit,
hop to it. Saw johnson and Red
Walker this A. NJ. They told me t.
say hello to you. Red will be in, Min
neapolis this winter. Watch US 60 in
the North Woods this winter.'
With these disclosures there can BE-
no question but what to re-elect either
Frazier or Lemke in North Dakots
would be to approve of the ravage'
that have been perpetrated by tha
I. w. W. in this and other states. In
tho light Of these facts, no farmer whs
wishes to protect his property and
harvest his crop in peace, can find any
reason for voting for either Frazie,
OF Lemke for any kind Of office.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

dinavian-American Bank in Fargo.
Naturally Lemke would like to be Gov
eraoy when these trials get past the
District Court. Sveinbjorn johnson
and Shafer made an effort to get these
cases set for trial in October this
year but Messrs. Lemke and his
friends prevailed on the court to post
pons their trials until the day after
election.
Apparently LLemke is fighting to
keep himself out Of the penitentiary
and undoubtedly they feel that these
trials would bring out evidence that
would involve other League leaders.
Frazier would naturally also be re-
quired to disclose more about what
he knows about these cases. The
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
Vote "No'' on Grain
Grading Law

It is proper that the voters should
understand what tho Lemke Grain
Grading Law, which will be voted on
Nov. 7th, involves. The law is known
as the Lemke law, because Mr.. Lemke
wrste It and insisted on it being initi-
ated. It even has the support of many
Of the leaders Of the Nonpartisan
League. ~ .'
The law il so drawn that it provides
for the appointment Of chief by the
Railroad Commission instead Of by the
governor and the senate, which is the
customary way Of making such ap-
poin tments. BY means Of this law, the
man whe is appointed chief inspector,
can have q political army Of upwards
of one hundred. The cost Of main
tanning that despotic bureau, win be a
hundred thousand or more dollars every
year and nothing can be accomplished
by means Of that law which cannot be
dsns under the grain grading laws we
new have with some slight additions
and changes that can be taken care of
when tho legislature meets, which will
be within sixty days after the elec.
tien. It should also be remembered
that Il this law is approved, no legis-
lative body can make even the slight
est change in it without less than two.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

Whispering Campaign was started BY
those various League leaders that al,
under Indictment. They dare not b.
noisy about it but if they can suo
ced in defeating O'Connor and gs
their own man in the Governors char
and their own judges on the bench
they would be in good shape to LEI
these cases 60 to the Supreme Court
There is motive in their madness. Bu
the people Of North Dakota believ
that a square deal is square deaf NJ
matter who it hurts or helps and the1
know that men who are under indict
ment are not the proper men to b.
elected to prosecute themselves, there
fore they are going to vote for Shafts
instead Of Lemke's man. ..
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The Nestos-OConnor group believes II carrying sn ts
Doitieal eanpaisns respectable manner and enpleving
Doy fall tactics and does net belisvs II
sorting deliberate misrepresentation and Impossible
proises votes Every promise nads ~
his group II tn. election has been kept Asost
twice as many farm mas n nine nsnths
~ the Nestos the Frazier anistratioA
made n twenty The mill and elevator pre-.
lect which had .rn with scarcsy more than
foundations ~ the project iaid fs now ID
running rrms- rssiuce the cost q running tAe
veate gOvssnnent hAvs also been kept
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
WHISPERING CA11pA1aN AGAINST
sHAFER

"A whispering campaign is being car
ried on against Geo. Shafer through
out the state. Many Of those who are
taking part In it do not reaiize whose
erran9s they, are running. .shafer, as
First Assistant Attorney General de-
livered the work before the Grand
Jury II Cass County which indicted
Townley, Lemks and other League
lesd..rs eA vsyious charges which grew
sss Il their sonnsctioa with the scan
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

group believes that the Christian
religion Of civilization and must be
perpstuated civilization Is to be maintained They
stand consistent with constitution for the proposition
that religion shall not be taught in our public
theory they insist that the prin
eples Of the Christian religion shall not be attacked OF
undermined either common schools our higher
institutions Of learning
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY

The LemkeFrazier group believes in state Industrial
ISM During five in office their followers among the
state officers and in the legislature well their political
boss A. c. Townley together with all his outside advisers
such David Coates Eugene Debs Charles Edward Rus
SELL other radicals combined in mighty effort using
at their command saddle onto the taxpayers
Of this state Industrial experiments requiring unmited
money They broke down and removed con-
stuona safeguard against excessive taxation and rec
less squandering Of the peoples tax money
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The Frazier group centralized all possible
in the hands of state officials Power to spend money to
appointments of of inspectors and to
untold debts placed in the governors hands
many ordered sent to the state treas
urer while all public ordered sent to the Bank
North Dakota where it disposed Of by Frazier and
appontees with what disastrous results is well known
system centrazaop of power logically results in
state slavery official tyranny and exploitation of the
rank and file Of the common people. -
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
THE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT

@ The FrazierLem group in general stands for the
proposition that the funconng government
only be protection Of individual rights but also to take
lines of industry and business TOR personal
freedom state agents and for class privileges and class
control based occupation and equal political
rights These ideas and principles have for
over seventy years a. communistic socast radical
They were outlined fully in Karl Marx and Frederick
Engeps manifesto issued in 1s4s They have been tried
out smaller scale by nearly two hundred comunistie
societies in America and introduced the basis for the
present bohevistic in Russia They have been
consistent failure up to date They called radical
because they aim to and destroy the principal in
stutions, achievements Of the the matter Of
government religion home education art business and
industry claiming that they all wrong The publica
tons of Eugene " Debs Kate Richards OHare, Walter
Thomas Mills and Charles Edward Russell advocate these
theories These well known socialists hired lee
and advisers for the League and mapped out the
program which Towney Lemke and Frazier trying to
put T.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
RELIGION

The Lelnke-Frazier group of which Towney is the
leader and whose mapped out in this state
originally by Eugene " Debs, Charles Edward Russell
Walter Thomas Mills and other advocates Of the MARKHAM
socialism have denied that they quietly support
ing the MARKHAM theory Of materiasc civilization which
idea of God the keystone OF perverted
civilization that be destroyed Socialism insists that
the Of liberty equality and culture s athssm Noted
socialists put in educational institutions and or-
ganizers" among people sought through
the columns Appeal Reason the most radical Socialist
paper in the world. y5% 4sGs
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
TAKE YOUR CHOICE ON NOVEMBER SEVENTH


andy
November 7h between candidates q
FIRST J. F.. Connor
The SECOND
What tmayb
Of them. 0s gEa 4
THEF Or #
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
HOME RUL j. OR AUTOCRACY

y The Nestos O'Connor group believe in home rule as
possible for all minor units Of such
county, township city village school district because by
plan freedom and popular government has grown and
developed both in the free European countries and in
\ America. t#.@#
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
SWINDLERS AND SWINDLING

The Nestos OConnor group believes that the public
officials should either their offices Or public funds
the privately owned business or that false
Representations should be used Or permitted AZ means q
xetting the thrifty Industrious people Of the state to
mart with their savings fer and
much less that not banks that
are looted large commissions for radical newspaper
promoters s4& s$ 5$5S 55.5yESla.l
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
NEIGHBOR RELATIONSHIP

The Frazier group have preached the gospel Of
class hatred between and the local business
BY abuse charges downright lying they
bringing turmoil hatred and suspicion int
community in North Dakota BY teaching class tyranny
privilege they have destroyed good WILL conf
neghborliness the farmers and business
men of the state
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
TIE CREDIT

The group destroyed the states credit
and good by defyng slandering and insulting all
business interests with whom did business As
has become and interest rates
high Work the mill and elevator had to be Abandoned
months before they recalled and the Bank Of
registering checks because
Of the damage done to the states credit
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The OConnor group believes that all people IN
North Dakota whether farms Or not are equally In
Of the farmer and In the development
Of fields clay deposits and natural resources
banker the merchant the grain dealer the implement
and machinery dealer and all mechanics depend on the
products their
work service for agriculture Accordingly CO
operation good viii and mutual helpfulness should mark
their business and social relations s5 s..
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The OConnor group believes in building the
states credit by securing outside capital for loans and
money marketing and operating expenses By cutting
down and marking out economical and honest
course states business they have made It possible
to renew credit for business men and
operating capital banks and to get cash and for
hail warrants E,[
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The Nestos O'Connor group does not believe in the
snixng and confusing and business It does
not believe In taxing people for all sorts of industrial
experiments because successful business Is the
duct of and economic seldom given by
political appontees whose first is to keep their jobs
and those Office who give them jobs in return
Tor political support
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

North Dakota rigtfuly
recalled msusie
Of public
suprse
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The OConnor Nestos group general stands for the
opositon that should be the
purpose Of protecting individual from any infringement
upon his rights by Others private ownership prop
sry and for equal political rights persons rrespec
ove OF class occupation This group stands for the
principles of government and ideals of social life which
have been known American since colonial days. and
which are expressed in the Declaration Of Independence
the national constitution, state constitutions charters and
statutes These ideas the fundamental principles Of
our government It that theory of government
that the United States founded and that the mutton
has been built No nation in the history Of the world has
ever achieved such marvellous development in short
period Of time and nation that has had many
pexes Of interest and the assembling Of the people of
many nations with their varied standards of civilization
has made Of its people happy and
country The peasants Of Europe have become land
lords here Under form Of government the servant
today can become master tomorrow. 9ssss
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The leaders Of the Frazier-L Lemke group personally
promoted the guise Of Companies Of various kinds
the schemes for getting two million dollars
out Of the pockets Of the people and into their own
stockhOder Consumers Stores company
get nihOn asars wsrth Of checks notes ans
cash with which into operation chain OF stores ana
yet single Consumers store In existence
Newspapers panned off the farmers at cost OF
two three times their value Banks were organizes IN
prosperous communities means Of assembling large
Of cash furnished by their followers. Postdated
cAes and other worthless put int the banks
to take the place that taken away. Even
pubhc money taken Of the Bank Of North Dassta
Vith knowledge approval Of Townley Leke and
Frasier al put the treasures Of worthless
panfes and jobs provided fer their henchmen.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02

The Lemke-FraEer group has stopped to the drtiest
political tactics employed In this state They made
political army ont Of public employees and resorted
all kinds of misrepresentation and false promises
to get votes In f916 they promised cheaper better
prices pnd lover fer the farmers Tie farmer knews
FraEler promised that the people Vt the would be
given ample opportunity ssrurding to the provisions OF the
constitution ~ carefully consider al changes that might
b proposed ~ that document and lie scarcely
natarl In his nice when he urged the adoption House
to Immediately reject the document without
chance nn what In It. In 1920 he advised
heldisg wheat $3eO bushsl the great Of
enly the who had faith il hek promises but
the slHla The price q whsst went down In
sphe IT him has done In spite Of Nestos
Trey making an Of promises In order to get
te them to the jobs and the public
trpMsl.T!es Are their promises any good now7
The New York herald., 1922-10-27
Hope I'm Attitude of Paris.

After dwelling on the urgent necessity
to the United States OF European settle
ment Mr.. Bedford said.
There was a ray OF light a few days
ago from Paris. The newspapers re-
ported that the French Government had
at last decided to abandon its purely
political attitude with reference to rep
arations and Germany's capacity to pay.
and had decided to invite the nations of
the world to establish a commission Of
business men who could determine what
in fact as business proposition was
Germany's capacity to pay.
Does not this offer to all OF us
suggestion OF great value? Is Il not time
to abandon our efforts to decide this
difficult and complex question merely on
he basis OF what we believe will be
popular. and make up our minds to study
these problems in the light OF economic
fact and sound business principles?
My parting question is. therefore.
whethe- the time has not arrived when
the business men of the world should
assert the right, based on their knowl-
edge and experience and their interest
to come forward and state in no uncer-
tain terms that the vital problems now
SO seriously disturbing the peace and
prosperity of the world shall be settled
on economic principles, principles which
will promote the peace and welfare OF
mankind rather than primarily the popu-
larity of individuals or political par
tics"
The New York herald., 1922-10-27
W. c. POTTER Is NOT
IN GERMAN PARLEY
Guaranty Trust Head in Berlin
Found Conditions Very
Much Depressed.
spseiaI Cable 10 THE New YosK HzxAiD.
1898, ,Noy TIE NEw YoxK HrnAtp.

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New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Oct. IS.
William C. Potter. president OF tho
Guaranty Trust Company of New York.
who has just arrived from Berlin. said
he had not been invited to participate In
any conference of experts in Berlin to
consider the stabilization OF the mark.
During three days In the German
capital" he said, "I met and talked with
some OF the principal German bankers
and a few business men. Conditions In
Germany are very much depressed. ana
this has been accumulated to almost o
panic by the fall of the mark. 1t Is
difficult to see how the present condi-
tion can continue very long, owing to
the great discrepancy between the value
OF the mark calculated In Its purchasing
power and the increasing cost or the
essentials OF life.
Judging by what heard and saw
on my short visit. there must be
large percentage OF the German pop
ulation suffering real hardships due to
present conditions. and I should judge
that the leading Germans would be
very glad TO have the situation studied
by outsiders. so that the crisis may be
generally understood. cannot see
how tho proposed visit OF the Repara-
tions Commission to Berlin can produce
The New York herald., 1922-10-27

controlled a world now IN control OF
its people. He went on:
Real democracy Is asserting itself.
Before long we may see a labor govern
nleA, in power in England"
The United States he regarded "the
showing what a democratic people really
could do. He made plea for Russia
and Russians who for centuries had
been slaves, saying:
~ want you to keep Russia az a free
nation. The Russian Government Is
learning a lesson. Communism Is inn
possible The Russian Government is
beginning to see It 1t Is beginning 10
accept the principles OF your own insti-
tutions.
'If Europe Is restored there will be
no danger of another war. Otherwise. IL
Il is not. there Is. starving nation
will not sit down quietly and starve. l
hope the inquiry Mr.. Bedford proposes
will be made at the earliest moment in
the interest of Europe-in your own"
Mills Commends< the Tariff.
" Representative Mills said that since
each member of Congress could not be
familiar with the whole tariff bin. he
actually represented only the industries
OF his district Mr.. Mills praised the
new tariff and thought its shortcom-
ings would be corrected by the Tariff
Commission.
Senator Calder said he believed Con-
gress would attempt a reorganization
OF the whole revenue system at once
and that he personally favored tho eX-
emption OF all incomes below $4,000 and
q maximum tax on large incomes of 35
per cent.
The rules OF procedure adopted by the
Tariff Commission. as made public by
Chairman culbertson. will be found
on another page of this newspaper.
The association adopted resolution
thanking the bureau OF foreign and
domestic commerce of tho Department
OF Commerce for its assistance In the
development OF foreign trade and urging
Congress to make larger appropriations
for the Department.
The New York herald., 1922-10-27
WANT BUSINESS MEN
TO FIX PREPARATIONS
Manufacturers of Export
Association Call on
America to Lead.
BEDFORD is SPOKESMAN
Standard Oil Chairman
Urges Dealing With Debts
on Economic Basis.
AGAINST ALL ISOLATION
Says Our Future Lies in Man
ufacture - Paish Expects
Better Times in Russia.

It is time for politicians 10 take a
recess and for the business men Of the
world to get together, find out how
much Germany can pay and insist that
the reparations problem. which is
muddling the whole world. be settled
as a business question on basis OF
practical economics.
That is the point OF a resolution
adopted by the American Manutac-
turers Export Association at tho Wal
dorf-Astoria yesterday and OF a speech
last night by A. c. Bedford. chairman
of the Standard OIL Company OF New
Jersey, at a dinner which closed the
annual convention OF the association.
The resolution says:
"Resolred, That in view OF the i'm
portance of arriving Mt n sound ma
tional policy with regard TO the inter-
national war debt the American Manu-
facturers Export Associa lion earnestly
recommends that an international con-
ference OF business men be called to-
gether at the invitation of the United
States Chamber of Commerce TO con-
slider the fact and make public their
findings