Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-07
BELIEVED STATE
CAR AND DRIVER
USED BY LElMKE
Drivers Itinerary and That
Of Former Attorney Gen
eral Coincide.
If Allegation is True, State
Paid Good Sum For
Campaign Tour.
(By Staff Corrcspondent.)

OSAA
Fargo. n. D.. Jan. 7.--Former At
torney General William Lemke has
some explaining to do.
An audit of the records of the state
license department which has jusk
been made under the direction of Al
torney General Sveinbjorn Johnson in
dicates pretty strongly that during the
last four weeks of Mr.. Lemkes speak
ing trip prior to the recall election.
he was travelling in license depart
ment car. driven by an employe Of the
license department and that the state
paid the expenses of the car and the
driver amounting to $248.67. The bill
was approved by Mr.. Lemke, III. F..
Dunbar, head of the license depart
ment. Governor Frazier and other
league members of the state auditing
board
Driven by May.
The car appears to have been driven
by one l.. r. May, an investigator Of
the license department. Mr.. Mays ex-
pense account for the period in ques-
tion shows that he left Bismarck in Il
license department automobile on
September IS last and drove north TO
Rolla, reaching Rolla on October /.
Attorney General Lcmke was also
speaking at Rolla on October /.
ItinCrary'S Identical.
From October up to and including
October 26. MT. Mays itinerary was
identical with that of the attorney
generals speaking tour, the expense
accounts flied show.
Furthermore. the expense account
when examined in detail as to the va
rious items shows that May was in
the various towns OF his itinerary al
\
Lemke.
When compared with the whole .ex-
rense Of the license department for
$248.67 was of course more or less
trining. From Jan. /, 1891. to De-
cember 16, 1921, the total expense Of
the department was $6e,oo6.41. the
audit report show. Nevertheless
every little bit counts and 1t hardly
seems proper that Mr.. Lemke's cam
raign expenses should be paid out Of
the public funds of the state.
May Have Explanation.
OF course there may be some other
explanation. 1t may be. for example
that the investigator thought the at
torney general was peddlins liquor Or
cigarettes or something of the sort
! and was shadowing him.
This hardly seems likely, however.
and if this theory is discarded the on
ly other possibility which seems rea-
sonable is that Mr.. May was driving
Mr.. Lemke on his speaking tour and
that his expenses and the upkecp OF
the machine he was driving were be-
, ing paid by the state in tho amount or
/ $24s.67
The Evidence.
| Here is the evidence:
/ Following are the towns which the
expense accounts turned in by l. f.
May an investigator" of the state Ii
cense department show that Mr.. May
made" between September 2S and
Oct. 26, 1921: ~
| Goodrich. Boden. Oberon, Cando,
Eisbee, Dunseith, Ro!la, St. John.
Manson, Rugby. Omemee, Westhope.
Antler, Uptam, Towner, Dcnbigh.
Glenburn. Mohal Sorthgate, Bow
bells, Lgnite, Crosby Kenmare. Hart
land, Carpio. Tolley, Thorne Fonda.
Farley, Olmstead, Gallo, Iona. Fair
! dale. Lankin. Fordviile, Southam,
f! Crary. Devils Lake. Starkweather
/ Lakota. Michigan. Iarimore, Park
River. Calvin. Michigan. Cavalier
! Hamilton. Hannah, Pembina, Minto.
Ardoch. Grand Forks. Hatton. Fargo.
Hiilsboro, Portland. MayvilIe, Arthur,
Knderlin. Rutland, Deiamere. Havana,
Lisbon Gwinner. Wahpeton, Fair
mount. kindred, Buffalo. Oriska,
Cooperstown, Grace City. Czrrineton.
! Wellsburg, Karlsruhe. Turtle Lake,
! McHenry. McCfuskey, Mckenzie,
! Wing, Bismarck.
Lemke's Itinerary.
Now the itinerary OF Mr.. Lemke's
; speaking tour shows that he was in
the following towns on the dates IN
! dicated below:
! October 1--Roila II a. M: ST.
John. 1 p. m. and Dunreith at p. M
(, October Manson, ! p. M; Rugby
I; s p. m.
October s-omemee. / p. m; West
hope, z p. M; Antler. 8 p. ln.
/ October 5-Mohall. 1l:30 a. M;
Northgate, 8 p. M: Bowbells- s p. IN.
October 6-Lignite, ] 1 a. M; Cros-
i ty, 8 p. m.
October 7-Kenmare, 8 D. m.
! October 8-Hartland,s 4 .. m; Car
:. pio. .. M: Tol:ey, s p. M
October S-Fonda, 8 p. M
| October I0-Olmstead. 1880 =. m.
Gallo. ! y. M: Iona, 5 p. M; Fair
! dale. 8 n. m.
/ October 11-LAnkin. III q. m;
Fordville. / >. m !: Crazy. s p. m.
| October 12-Stnrkweather, #17 M
Rock Lake. 4:3o p. M; aaries $3.50
/ p. m.
! October 1scaivin. 10 l. m;
Hampden. ? p. M; LAwton. 4 p. M.
Lakota. p. M: Michixan, $3.50 l.. NJ,
October 14-LArimure. u. In
Park River. 9 p. M.
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