Morning Oregonian., June 22, 1920, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1920
NON-PARTISAN PLANS
behind an Industrial programme. It
Is not a political party, but works
by getting control of the dominant
political party." (Since your corres
pondent was introduced to the gover
nor by a representative of one of the
opposition papers here the governor
evidently was suspicious and declined
to be drawn out further.)
Townley's Backer Talks.
Lieutenant-Governor Howard Wood,
the young: rancher who financed A. C.
Townley in his first campaign and is
still one oj his heavy backers, how
ever, was most affable and willing
to talk, but he did not agree with his
superior in office for in his opinion:
"The Non-Partisan league is a po
litical organization, or a political
party for I can't differentiate be-
What is
Workings of League as It Af
fects Public to Be Told.
WORTH DAKOTA DIVIDED
STUDIED
BY WRITER
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People of State Are Either for Xevr
Organization or Are Emphat
ically Against It.
This ia the first of a series of articles to
appear In The Oregonlan by George K.
Aiken, well-known Oregon newspaper man,
who has gone to Minnesota and North
Pakota to study the workings of the Non
partisan league as it affects the general
public and the general public welfare.
Mr. Aiken formerly lived in the country
where the Non-Partisan league Is r,ow
strongCMt and most active and has a wide
acquaintnee there. In recent years he has
been in newspaper work in the northwest,
and for several years past has been enn-
irected with The Oregonian as correspond
ent. He is the owner and publisher of
the Ontario (Or.) Argus and is promi
nently connected with the development of
that part of the state.
BY GEORJK AIKEN.
GRAND FORKS. X. D., June 15.
There are no agnostics in North Da
kota, so far as the non-partisan
league is concerned. The men and
women, too, are either for it or em
phatically against it.
Just what they think of the league,
if they are against it, can easily be
learned; all one needs to do is to
ask them; but the leaguers, many
of them, decline to discuss the pro
gramme with a stranger, while oth
ers evade the question by referring
one to the leaders or headquarters.
Some of the more candid admit after
close questioning that they do not
know what the league really is; nor
can they particularize on its pro
gramme, nor even on the benefits that
have accrued under the laws already
enacted.
There are others, of course, who are
decidedly of the belieef that results
are being obtained and present start
ling figurers for proof.
On the other hand the opponents of
the league are as emphatic in declar
ing that no good has come from its
programme as yet. that it is bound to
be a failure, and that its continu
ance in power spells disaster to the
state of North Dakota, or any state
that follows its example and submits
to the rule of the organization.
What la the Leaguef Asked.
In order to furnish a direct state
ment both from the non-partisans
and their opponents as to character
and purpose of the league; its organi
zation and its leaders, the writer haB
asked representatives of each this
question: "What is the non-partisan
league?" and the following, in their
own words, are answers leceived:
J. D. Bacon of Grand Forks, former
stock raiser, business man and prob
ably the jnost energetic of the league
opponents says:
They are a bunch of political
mount banks who are trying to foist
socialism and all its evils onto the
farmers of this staXe. They are do
ing it with the most autocratic or
ganization ever conceived in the
world. It has Russia backed off the
boards. You can't say anything about
them that we cannot prove something
even worse than the declaration made.
"We have been fighting them for
years. We have shown them to be
HOcialists, disloyalists and anarchists
and have done so openly, by word of
mouth and books and- pamphlets. Yet
they have never called upon us to
prove our statements, because they
know we can prove them and more.
Strong; I.anKDaKe Used.
"You understand I mean the men at
the head of the league, Townley,
Brinton, Bowen and the Inner circle,
not the rank and file of the league,
the members who have paid and are
paying to continue this bunch of po
litical hyenas in power.
"I am for the farmer, for I am a
farmer and always have been. Town
ley has had investigators wear thin
the pages of the journals of proceed
ings of the legislatures of which I
was a member in their frantic desire
to find any single act of mind that
could, In the mcst remote manner, be
construed to be against the inter
est of the farming industry of this
state. That they have not been able
to do so and to herald it to the pub
lic is proof enough that no such act
was ever committed.
"But what have these men done?
They have taken millions from the
farmers for their aggrandizement and
rower. They have spent millions on
their schemes without an accounting.
They have misled the farmers and
imported into this state socialists
from all parts of the world to stir up
hatred and strife, the clement upon
which they feed.
leaders Called Socialises.
"That is what the non-partisan
league is, a gang- of men who have
failed In everything and will fall in
this, who have soured on the world
and are trying to loot the state of
North Dakota in order to establish a
socialist government in the United
States."
"The leaders of the league are so
cialists of the most extreme Marxian
school," declared Rev. F. Halsey Am
brose, ipastor of the First Presbyterian
church of North Dakota, the largest
church of that denomination from St.
Taul to Seattle.
"Their programme is but applied
socialism. Their leaders are social
ists, they are or were registered as
socialists, worked as socialists and
do not deny it. If the farmers real'.y
knew' the kind of men who are at the
head of the organization' tar and
feathers and riding the rail would
be tame to what they would do to
those leaders. But they do not know,
for they will not believe anyone who
is not a leaguer, and the bunco gams
works."
These are but samples of what the
men have to say and they are mild
statements compared with the ob
servalions of most of the men to
whom I have talked. The others are
often unprintable, though they lack
nothing in emphasis.
Non-Partisans Differ Greatly.
Now tho Non-Partisans are not so
unanimous in their appraisal of the
league. In fact, practically every
leaguer has a different definition for
the organization. An exceptional op
portunity was afforded today to ob
tain the Ideas of those who ought. In
the ordinary political sense, be called
leaders, for all but two of the candi
nates for places on the state ticket
were in Grand Forks to attend a
"ratification picnic" in honor of the
passage of the first step in the league
programme the laws approved by the
1919 legislature. Governor Lynn J.
Frazier was here. Lieutenant-Gover
nor Howard Vood, Commissioner o
Agriculture and Labor John X.
Hagan and the lesser lights came to
tell the people what has been done
and what to expect in the future.
And all were asked to give the!
answer to the question. What is the
Non-Partisan league? And these are
the answers received:
Governor Lynn J. Frazier: "The
Kon-Fartisan league is an association
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George K. Aiken, Oregon
paper man. who Is Investigat
ing; nen-partiian league af
fairs In middle west.
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tween- organization and party with
a definite programme that is aimed
to combine the producers in both the
country and the towns, who are the
majority of the people, to give a' free
functioning of the majority."
That is what he said. What it
means, I do not know.
. "The Non-Partisan league is an
effort mark that word, effort to
reduce the spread between the con
sumer and the producer," said F. W.
Cathro. manager of the State Bank
of North Dakota. Mr. Cathro "was
emphatically opposed to the sugges
tion that it was a political party.
Rancher Ulves Views.
While these are the ideas of the
office-holders or office-seekers the
following was the illuminating de
scription of one of the rank and file,
"Kid" McManus, a rancher of Inkster,
who drives a big automobile and is
one of the chief ballyhoos at all the
gatherings In 'Grand Forks county.
The "Kid" first declined to state his
views, pleading a lack of ability, and
suggested seeing some of the "big
fellows," but after hearing them
voice their opinions came forth with
the following:
"Call it anything you like, socialist
or what not; anyway, it is an or-
ganlation of farmers to market grain
to the best advantage and eliminate
the middle man.
O. H. Hanson, manager of the party
in Grand Forks, without realizing it
admitted its identity as a politcal
party when he answered "yes" to the
question, "So you are the manager
of the party in this county?".
Many other instances of the lack
of unity of deas as to the com
plexion of their organization might
be given, but these will indicate the
diversity of views, and it must be
remembered that attempts to get
numbers of the ranchers to express
their definition failed perhaps out
of diffidence, but apparently out of
a lack of a clear understanding of
what the whole commotion and agi
tation is about.
Ranchers Loyal to Party.
But these very ranchers gave evi
dence of their deep loyalty to the
party, nevertheless, and frequent were
remarks like this: "Maybe everything
we want is not right, but- why
shouldn't we try? We are willing to
pay the bills. We put up our money,
and so long as we are satisfied we
don't see why the other fellows
should kick." This, in substance, was
the statement of C. Slagerman of
Bath Gate, Pembina county. North
Dakota, and is typical of the atti
tude of the rank and file of the
en who attended the Grand forks
meeting today.
With these statements from Doth
the leaguers and their opponents of
what the league is we will present
a sketch of the political happenings
In North Dakota that gave rise to
IUj existence.
IS?" If Xy m
Sales for Summer Comfort!
Genuinely Reduced Prices on Seasonable Apparel for Men
and Young Men
Thousands of Men's Shirts
Cool, comfortab'o and extremely pleasing in color
and pattern. . '
$3.50 and $4 Shirts $2.45 $5 and $6 Shirts $3.85
$7.50 and $8.50 Shirts $4.85
Summer Thousands of
Athletic Union Suits Men's Silk Ties
Regularly $20, $3, $4 Regularly $1 to $5
Only $1.95 Three for $5.75 HALF PRICE!
All Mens Haberdashery Shown on Main Floor
Wl-U - tT ! i a. sTT
jprriscaxStreet at
At the Theaters.
$432,000 HELD AVAILABLE
Senator McXary Reports on River
Improvement I'und.
Information received by the Cham
ber " of Commerce yesterday from
Senator McNary indicates that the
fund available for improvement work
on the Columbia and Willamette
rivers below Portland will be about
X432.000 after the end of the pres
ent fiscal year. This information
came in a dispatch in response to an
inquiry from the chamber. The tele
gram said:
"Board or engineers advises that
June 1 $166,900 available for work
on Columbia and Willamette rivers
below Portland and that it has al
lotted from rivers and harbors bill
passed June 5, $266,000. Approxi
mately $432,000 for construction work.
this year."
Orpheum tonight before parade.-Adv,
Orpheum tonight before parade.-Adv.
Pantages.
ANOTHER spectacular act from the I
fun. and entertainment of-Lang-don
McCormick tops the new bill at
Pantages. It is called "Thunder
Mountain" and unfolds a fascinating
romance in the heart of a mountain
glen in the great woods of the north
west
The scene Is laid in a lonely cabin
on the mountainside and there are
woods and forest primeval girting the
edge of the clearing A realistic
thunder storm occurs, with real rain
beating against the window panes.
pattering on the leaves and realistic
lightning flashes while the thunder
rolls and reverberates in the hills
Scene two shows a silhouette, start
ling and spectacular, of asman who
rides across the hills, the fitful gleams
of lightning throwing the figure into
wonderful relief.
Scene three is a terrific climax to
the storm, with the cabin caving in
and trees crashing into it. Electrical
contrivances and marvelous mechani
cal effects make the working scheme
of the presentation a splendid one.
The cast consists of a clever youth
ful actress of dramatic ability, named
Ann Hamilton, who plays the role of
the girl; Charles Bartling, a capable
and forceful actor in the role of the
hero; Walter Uealand, an excellent
actor, as the "Intruder." and John D.
Murhy in a clever character study
as a halfbreed.
Mabel Harper is a big bright spot
on the bill. Mabel has personality
and pep and so much originality that
the unexpected is always happening
in her song studies. Mabel leads
where others copy. She does wierd
things with her hair and her face,
and is first and foremost a delightful
comedienne. She has a pianist in the
background, a clever musician who
plays excellent accompaniments for
the especially diverting song origin
alities Mabel offers. '
"Correct imitations of a half dozen
celebrities Is offered in the Sharp act.
Bk aaa" sT
in which Billy Sharp scores with his
unusually fine dancing. The act takes
on the proportions" of a modern min
strel show, and various clever per
formers present impressions of Belle
Baker, Sophie Tucker, "'Frisco" Tren
tina and Caruso, with song and dance
specialties interwoven. The act is
called "Broadway Echoes." The cos
tumes are attractive and colorful.
A high-class, artistic act made up
of smart songs and chatter, with
steps is sponsored by Walter Winchell
and Rita Green, who call their act
"Puppy Love." They are both youth
ful and full of the joy of youth, and
all they do makes for capital enter
tainment. Rita is good looking.,
Lohse and Stirling, who open the
bill with a trapaze novelty, are . so
clever and "different" that they were
recalled for a half dozen bows at
yesterday's matinee. They call their
turn "Frolicsome Follies," and it
sparkles with electrifying adventures
in midair.
The picture serial of Mr. Dempsey
is finished and a new comedy film
called "Who Did That?" causes much
hilarity on this week's bill.' A new
comedy film will be run each week.
The Oaks.
Hogan arrived In Egypt with all
the other Arabs Monday afternoon
and again on Monday night when the
Adelphia Musical Comedy company
opened the new. week at The Oaks
amusement park in the Oriental fan
tasy prepared by Frank L. Wakefield
for the . Shrine convention entitled
"Hogan in Egypt."
The offering is a dazzling array of
light and costume, sparkling with
breezy humor and weaving into the
whole a plot that is as welcome as en
tertainment can be. Hogan has -a
merciless time of it on the hot sands
of Egypt but in his mixups with the
gay girls of the Adelphia company he
finally comes out right side up to
prove that he has been handled care
fully. The title role in this pleasant bit of
convention entertainment is played
by George Rehn and he is supported
hv fttmh talAnt.H .nl.rl.in.r. on Ui.
hrva Ureka. Martha Biehle, Violet
Woods, Paul Locke and the Real trio.
The bill divided interest with the
display of official Shrine fireworks
at The Oaks last' night but won a
large attendance from visiting
snriners ana tneir wives. Jt will con
tinue to divert visitors throughout
ine ween, closing Sunday night.
BRITISH CONSUL IS DEAD
Alfred Ogstbn Received Appoint
went Here Two Months Ago.
Alfred Ogston, who two months ag'
was made British consul for this porl
died late yesterday from inflamma
tion of the heart valves after a Ion;
illness. He is survived by his wif
and two small children, who are mak
Ing their home at 1S5 North Twenty
fifth street.
Before cominir to Pnrtlanii u, n,r
ston had been in the diplomatic serv
ice and was connected with the Brit-
lsn omce in Washington, D. C. He
had left Scotland four years ago when
he crossed to -the United States. Us
was 48 years old.
TWO months a c n Inhn Tva... ...
had been appointed British consul for
the district, was notified that he
would be transferred to another cit
mr. uysion succeeding mm. When the
i&ner arrivea in Portland 'he was '.n
such poor health that Mr. Trant de
layed his departure. He will tiaj
remain here until the foreign office
can mint a suitaDie adjustment and
send a new consul.
Mr. Ogston's funeral will be at
tended only by his family.
IJlosh
Japan has "got our goat." The dreadful..
mask of the Yellow Peril has been menacing us,
across the Pacific for fifteen years. What is be- ncH
hind this mask WlLLIAM DUDLEY PeLLEY took , H
a long, thorough look and laughed. You will
laugh with him. He saw a poor little, peaceful,--:.
undersized, conceited well, you must read the article. It's the best anal ysia-"--"
of the real strength of Japan written in years. 'V'
The New Man on the Job in Mexico is Alvaro Obregon ' He lost an -.';V
arm fighting Villa. He retired from politics to grow beans and organize the bean
growers. Herbert C. Thompson tells what America may expect from him, '
Senator Hiram Johnson describes
primary and convention methods.
The Value of the Worker's Smile is
analyzed interestingly by Walter V. Woehlke.
The Number of Boy Criminals is
growing on the Pacific Coast. Elford Eddy
tells how a bachelor makes good boys out of
"bad" ones.
You Have Fliwer-Complaint! Read
Partridge's "Favorite Prescription" and curse
the gas shortage.
The Making of Herbert Hoover."
This intimate biography describes how Hoover
laid the foundations of his success in
Australia.
"Black Rose of El Forja" by Vingie E.
Roe, is a thriller. "The Gloria Kids," by
Badger Clark, will make you smile. "Lassa
of the Elephants," by George Gilbert, is a
rattling good story of romance and adventure
in Central Asia.
Practical, helpful, valuable advice for Western horns,
seekers, investors and home-makers in every isau.
the July
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ity of the livestock In the Pacific
northwest and it is probable that
some prize-winning stock will be sent
to the island empire.
AIaskan9 Take River Trip.
Members of the Alaskan society, to
gether with former Alaskan Shriners
and their friends, took a river trip
last night on the barge Swan. The
anniversary of the midnight sun was
the occasion for the party. Though
practically unknown in this country,
in Alaska it is a holiday each year
and parties hike to t"he hills and hold
appropriate ceremonies.
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ROBERT LOUIS
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Immortal classic
on the screen in
a wonderful
superproduction.
COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA
V. C. K.OWLES
Japanese Agent Here.
Dr. Ishi Tannlmura, special repre
sentative of the emperor of Japan,
was a guest yesterday at the mem
bers' forum of the Chamber of Com
merce. Dr. Tannlmura Is in this
country to purchase thoroughbred
livestock for the Imperial stables, and
was an interested spectator laBt
night at the horse show. He Is fa-
Sumnicr Reaches Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or., June 21. (Spe
cial.) Pendleton experienced today
her first taste of summer weather.
The official record for the thermom
eter here at its highest period was 96
degrees and after having enjoyed
pleasant weather up to this time the
people of the city sweltered in the
unaccustomed heat.
term. Professor Gibson states that
about 40 per cent of the teachers will
be new next term.- This percentage
will run even higher in the city.
LEGION PROTESTS DELAY
Wauna Post Urges Punishment of
Espionage Act Violators.
WAUNA. Or.. June 21. (Special.)
Louis Larsen Post, No. 68. of this city,
has adopted the following resolution:
Whereaa. Henry Albern. Dr. Marie Equl
and Kate O'Hare have bren convicted un
der the efTlonai;e act; and, whereas, these.
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notorious characters sought to obstruct th
draft and aid the enemy through theiro t
manipulations, and, whereas, they htre
been sentenced by impartial judges afwr.
fair and lmpartlaj trials by juries of thair.o
peers; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we. the Louts Lars&o
Post, No 68, American Legion, do protest
against any further stays of sentence
being granted to either of the cente.need1'
trio and against further suspension of thtr'
Imprisonment through the acta of public
off irial; and be It further , t
Resolved. That any reverses of former"
sentences will be a gross miscarriage of
justice in view of the evidence, and we
further brand as traitors any individuate'
or act of individuals who circulate or sign -,
any petitions for the pardon of either or
all of the above defendants or who lrC 11
sny other way jeeek to oWptruct ,1ustice. '
Many New Teachers Employed.
HOOD RIVER! Or., June 21. (Spe
cial.) Except for three vacancies, ac
cording to I B. Gibson, county super
intendent. Hood River county's teach
ing listlscojnpletefor the coming
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SHRIKEDOM'S OFKlClAL OPERETTA.
A Potentate's Pilgrimage to Mecca
Taaefal. colorful and dcltchtfal
to aar the leaat preaeatlaa; Cleo
patra Tho Thooaaad Poaada of
Hannenr Am Orleatal Dnulac
ballet aad the Mratie Shrine.
OPEN at 9:45 A. M. TODAY
Be a devil
and stay up
late tonight.
Last show
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