The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1921, Page 1

The Weather Generally Fair FORTIETH YEAR BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS STATE SUMS UP MURDER CASE BRINTON GOS ON STAND FOR OWN DEFENSE Testfiies Concerning Connection With Nonpartisan League in Early Days STATE Is SATISFIED Special Prosecutor Appears Satisfied After Resting , Case in Court Declaration that he had told A. C. Townley, president of National Non- partisan League, that money being paid.into the Consumers United Stores company in 1917 was being misused and he was afraid federal government would start action charging use of mails to defraud was made by J. W. Brinton on witness stand in his per- jury trial here today. A letter in Brinton’s possession, purporting to have been written by Norbert O’Leary, then Townley’s sec- retary, at the instance of Townley, Brinton testified, referred to the stores company and said ‘“‘we can re- write books if necessary,” Brinton tes- tifying this referred to rewriting, books to avoid difficulty with federal officers. The witness asserted that Townley and William Lemke directed organiza- tion of Consumers Stores company and he asserted that it was organized to spread propaganda for Nonpartisan League. Money paid into stores com- pany was misused for league purposes, Brinton asserted. Deals With Organization. Brinton’s testimony dealt chiefly with organization of League and various so-called league enterprises in 1917 and 1918, when Brinton was he claimed personal rep- resentative of Townley and active or- ganizer for Nonpartisan league. He asserted he had many angry discus- sions with Townley over alleged mis- use ©f money. < The letter referred to was on the sta- tionery of the Nationa) Nonpartisan league, dated Nov. 13, 1917, and in it Townley referred to complaints by Brinton which the witness: std, he made because the money paid into the stores company by farmers was not being used to carry out the contract, and contained a statement that “we can rewrite the books if necessary,” which statement Brinton said was prompted by his protest that the fed- eral government might start prosecu- tion for using the mails to deftaud be- cause the money was not used to car- ry out the contract. Townley Letter. The letter follows: J. W. Brinton, St. Paul. Dear Jim: I am compelled to leave tonight to arrive in Buffalo in time for a talk Friday so am not able to attend to the matter concerning the stores company as planned. Sunday and Monday practically all the organizers were in Fargo, where; they discussed for twe days matters concerning thefr work. We got set- tlement with Gordon and his crew and I discussed with Heck and Elliott the whole matter in general and in some detail. I met McGregor but didn’t make any definite arrangements and would prefer that you make none un- til 1 get back. We have a man mj sight for the work who will, I think, be satisfactory. Now I just got Keys and Lemke to- gether and told them that I would leave a note asking you to call on both the first thing in the morning. They will discuss this matter very frankly with you. Until I can return please turn over to Keys all reports now in your possession. Report to him on the paper taken out any loan you may have made; everything in full, and he will receive the reports ag they arrive from now on from Far- go. I arranged with Elliott and Heck while in Fargo to change the method of transmitting reports. When you meet Elliott he will explain that we want all the bookkeeping done here and of all things we want these re- ports to come into Keys hands as soon as they arrive in St. Paul. Please do not make any loans, disbursements or deposits without Keys knowledge and through his co-operation. I think you realize that we have a great deal of confidence in Keys, and since he is handling a part of the paper and finances while he is held responsible for a part the only way we van use him is to hold him responsible for the care of @ll the paper and finances handled and have it all go through his hands. Had a talk today with Cooper. Seems to have a good grasp of his work and be very competent. Seems to be able to properly manage to make the five western stores we have com- ing up a success, If you are ready to start any more stores before I get back take the mat- ter up, with Lemke and Keys, and Keys will advance the money to Keys that is necessary to open them. I suggested to Keys and Lemke that instead of buying stock in factories and purchasing associations for the present that we advance Cooper $5,000 for him to use to fill the ofders of the association wanting to fill. This arrangement at least until J return. I am coming back as soon as I get through without going south, and will make the trip south a little later. Meanwhile just keep your eyes on things in a general way and above (Continued on Page 9) ; AUTO DRIVER IS GIVEN FINE | Fred Gruenberg, whose automobile struck Robert Falconer . Wednesday ANTI-SMOKING Little Rober} Falconer was reported | in good condition in the hospital here, though suffering severely from’ his broken leg. The little yellow bicycle which was stolen from him and which caused the boy to go to the ball park where he was injured, has not. been returned. OF HIGH COURT Measure Effective Today With Many Others of Last Leg- 1 islative Assembly | The anti-smoking law, one of the | most widely discussed bills passed by States New Laws President Harding Sends Name to Senate and it is Con- firmed i MEETS SOME OPPOSITION Washington, July 1.—Former Presi- | dent William Howard Taft was nomi- | nated late yesterday by President Harding to be chief justice of the | United States and his nomination was confirmed by the senate in executive session, | . The nomination was not confirmed without opposition, however, and a roll call was demanded. The opposi- tion was understood to have been the last legislature, is effective today. With it also becomes effective a new bill providing for heavy fines for the sale of cigarettes. All of the laws passed by the legis- lative assembly which did not carry the emergency clause, and which were signed by the Governor, are effective July 1. House Dill ‘No, 51 makes it unlaw- ful to smoke in the dining room of a hotel, cafe, restaurant or eating room | in which both men and women are j being served, or in’ a street car or; railway coach, except in compart- ments specially provided for that pur- pose., Fine for violation is not less than $5 nor more than $25. ! ‘House bill No. 154 reenacts the anti- cigarette law, and provides penalties Nonpartisan | voiced by Senators Borah, Idaho; : Johnson, California; and LaFollette, ior sale of cigarettes as follows: Wisconsin, all Republicans, who were | First offense, fine of not less than $26 | : 2 | nor more than $300; second offense said to have criticized Mr. Taft's A and every successive offense, fine of | Fecord and: hls nomination. not less than $100 nor more than Roll Call Not Public - | 8300 | $a or confinement in county jail of ; On the roll call, however, only four | 15°44 39 days. i votes were cast against confirmation. These were by Senators Borah, John- Conciliation Law son, and LaFollette, and Senator| Among the unusual laws given the | Watson, Democrat, Georgia. | state by the legislature is senate bill | i The final vote was sixty to four;|No. 158, providing a method of con- | An agreement was reached not to ciliation of controversies, designed to | {make public the roll call. “| eliminate some~disputes from court | Mr. Taft is the first man in the : action, | |nation’s history to be chosen for! This bill provides that within 90; the highest ‘office in both the execu-| days after taking effect of the act tive and judicial branches of the gov- i district. judges shall appoint a con-! ernment. For more than 30 years | ciliation board in each of the counties | : prior to his retirement from the -presi-| of their districts to consist of just \Wency in 1913, he had been almost; such members as the judge may de- {constantly in public service. | termine, but “not less than. six nor | Now From Connecticut | more than twelve. ‘After 90 days from | Although he came to the presidency | today no process shall be issued in | as a citizen of Ohio, Mr. Taft now |,commencement of a civil suit by any is selected chief justi¢e as a citizen | justice of the peace or by any other of Connecticut. Soon after he left| trial court unless the moving party the White House he made New Haven | shall file in court a cettificate of a! his legal residence, acceptnig a posi-| conciliator showing that an attempt | ; ton he still holds as professor of | has been made to attempt a settle- {international law at Yale university. ; ment of the claim and that such at- ; Mr. Taft is 64 and is said by Its| tempt has failed “but the foregoing friends to be in robust health, | shall not apply to actions known as ‘Mr. Taft has not yet been apprised | provisional or remedial remedies, ac- | of his appointment by the president, | tions involving to or possession, of it was stated at the White House,! real estate and suits involving over | land the first news he is expected to | $200.” A district ffiudge may, in a par- have of it, it was added, will come j ticular instance, direct the issuance | trom the president. -| of a process without recourse to con- |The former president is now in | cillation. i; Montreal aiding in a railway arbitra- One conciliator may hear a matter, | | tion for the Canadian government and | it is provided, and may issue a cer- is expected to return to the United | tificate that an attempt at settlement {States soon to familiarize himself} has failed, permitting the suit to be! with the work of the court. begun, | | Senay Bismarck Utility Bills | SIGNS COMMISSION The so-called utility bills, which ; Washington, July 1—The commis-; were the subject of a bitter fight, also sion of former President Taft as chiel | are effective. House bill No. 134 au- justice of the United States was sign: | thorizes the ‘State of North. Dakota ed today by Attorney-General ‘Daugh- to engage in the business of furnish- erty in the presence of Senator Willis | ing electricity for power and lighting of Ohio and later was forwarded to! purposes for the people of the City the White House for signature of the | of Bismarck and County of Burleigh, | President, state buildings and state street car | \line. It gives the Industrial Commis- | sion power to issue $250,000 of bonds !to consolidate the penitentiary and! capitol plants for this purpose. | The water works bills also are ef- R on ifective. Included in the above bills ‘is a provision that any city may ac- quire by eminent domain any system of water works, well reservoirs, etc, | N B A R K and provides that if such property is ‘acquired by condemnation proceed- ;ings the municipality instituting the | | proceedings shall be bound by the i ! decision of the court and jury in such Recall Candidate For Governor ‘House bill No” 137 pro- proceedings, Encouraged Over the vides that special assessments may Prospects be levied for use in purchasing a | water works system either separately or as part of a new system. Another defines private property which may be taken by eminent domain. | Among the other laws effective to-| \ day are: | Act making it unlawful. to use in- signia of American Legion without au- thority. Amending concentrated feeding stuff law, requiring plain marking of in-! gredients. Act to promote and foster creation R. A. Nestos, Minot, recall candidate for governor of the Independent Vot-} ers association, arrived in Bismarck | today en route to the Standing Rock reservation, where he will address a gathering of Indians. Mr. Nestos arrived at noon from Far- go, where he appeared on the er platform with Governor Preus. “We held a very en@husiastic, meet- ing at Fargo,” said Mr. Nestos and the OOS FIVE MEN WILL DECIDE ACTION ON RAIL WAGES Meeting in Chicago Takes Up the Pay Dispute and Names Committee WAGE CUT IN. EFFECT Reduction of Pay on Lines Under Board Decision Chicago, July 1.--Final decision whether the railroad employes of the country shall accept or reject the wage decrease which went into effect today will be referred to a commit- tee of {hyn ting the sixteen railroad % tou. : reports from the en now in Chicago eral recommenda- embership. The committs composed of B. M. Jewell, presidentYof the Railway Em- ployes Department of the American Federatiqn of Labor; K. H. Fitzgerald, | president of the. Brotherhood of Rail- way and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Em- ployes; L. E. Shepard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors; E. J. Manion, president of the Order of Rail- road Telegraphers, and Timothy Shea, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firmn and Enginemen, The four big brotherhoods after a short session at which the wage ses- sion was outlined, separated, the engi- neers, firemen, conductors and train- men going into separate meetings to consider the wage cut. The four groups will report back to a general session at 11 o’clock tomor- row morning. ‘Chicago, July. 1.—Ninety-five per cent of the international brotherhood of firemen and oilers have voted against accepting the wage cut. . Healey, ‘international president, made the announcement today as 1,500 union leaders gathered here to pass on the order. The mainte- nance of: way men and shop craft, {which have aldo taken a vote, will not announce the result’ until, after the conference One thousand general chairmen of the four big brotherhoods went into j Session at ten o'clock. TO ESTABLISH LUTHERAN HOME Fargo Convention Authorizes Gathering of Funds Fargo, July 1—Delegates to the | North Dakota district convention of the Norwegian church of America decided to authorize the gathering funds by the Lutheran home finding society of ‘North Dakota for the main- tenance of a rescue home for girls and a receiving home for girls. The institution is to belocated néar Fargo. A drive to increase the district en- dowment so that each superannuated minister may receive a _ pension of $500 annually was decided on. ¢—_______________, |. FACTS FOR THE | | CITY TAX PAYER | —_— More than a million dollars in bonds outstanding must be retired by the taxpayers of Bis- marek. Get your pencil out and figure the interest. This is a fixed charge against the people of the city largely for paving of which the citizens are justly proud? but before launching into more debt it is just as well to cut this figure down and give the people a breathing spell. Here’s the bond score—and still there are some who are shouting that the city does “not owe much.” Auditorium .....$ 30,000 of cooperative marketing associations, New county officers salary law, in- creasing salaries in some counties. New game laws, including open sea- son for deer from Nov. 21 to Nov. 30; bag limit for grouse, etc., protec- tion of beaver, muskrat and otter, and restricting hours of shooting to the time elapsing between actual sunset and one-half hour before sunrise. Minimum salary for teachers law. Law requiring all teachers in public schools to be citizens of United States Providing for classification of acre recall] forces are greatly encouraged over the prospects.” Mr. Nestos will go to Mandan on the midnight train and motor, from there to the Standing-Rock reservation. From there -he goes to Larimore, where he is the speaker at the Fourth of July celebration. Together with Representative Kitch- in, My. Nestos has been making the counties west of the river. Mr. John- son of Grand Forks, recall candidate for attorney general, is accompanying Governor Preus on his itinerary. property for taxation. : Mr. Nestos states that he is address-| A large number of the important ing mostly farmers’ picnics on state| measures enacted by the legislature issues and plans a vigorous campaign | had- emergency clauses attached to from now until next November. them, and became,effective upon sig- He spent the day in conference with | "ature by the Governor last winter. NCA LS Fea AW OEKerS: WILL INCREASE PRESSURE, Dog License Case. During the excessive heat the Bis- George Snyder was before Police|marck Water company through use of Magistrate Cashman on a charge of | the Booster pump will give the people failin' gto take out-a.dog license. The| additional pressure betwen the hours case was settled on payment of the |e 6:30 and 9:30 to facilitate the wat- cense fee and costs. ering of lawns. Fire Hall........ 6,000 Improvement ... 21,000 Sidewalk ........ 16,000 Street Lighting. 6,000 Sewer ......... 120,000 Paving Dist. No.1 112,000 Paving Dist. No.2 337,000 Paving Dist. No.3 284,000 School Bonds.... 160,000 Total. .......$1,092,000 Of course to those who know that the city is now bonded in excess of one million, a nibble like $30,000 may not seem much, but it is another straw on the camels back and if the voters are ever to call a halt to increases in the city debt, now is the accept- ed time. . As a sign of the times, St. Cloud voters this week turned down a proposed $75,000 bond issue for an armory. The vote was approximately 1500 no to 700 yes. ‘CHEER UP! MAY NOT BE SO HOT TOMORROW, WEATHER BUREAU SAYS AFTER MORE RECORDS ARE BROKEN | i | ‘ H ' HOURLY TEMPERATURE mum being 90 at*Williston. The gov- i 8:00 a. m. . 82 ernment agricultural station near | 9:00 a. m. 85, Mandan reported a temperature of 108. 10:00 a. m. 87 The record was equalled here, ac- i 11:00 a. m. 89 cording to the weather bureau, The | 12:00 noon 91 mark of 107 was reached in July in 1 13:00 p. m. 93 1916 and 1910, but has never been ex- 2:30 p. m. 95 ceeded and hag never been equalled 3:00 p. m. ¢ 93 in June. On top of the hot day Bis- marck had the hottest night in her history, the lowest temperature being 77. A breeze ameliorated conditions somewhat during the night, however. Rain was reported at the following Cheer up! The weather man says that it will not be so warm Saturday. Unsettled weather is promised for to- {night but no rain is predicted. The weather bureau report today Miows that it was 100 or above at jeight weather stations, as follows: |Amenia, 100; Bismarck, 107; Grand The heat wave continues over the Plaing states, the weather bureau re- Ports, and extends eastward. Show- ers have fallen over portions of the Bismarck was the hottest place in| points: Bowbells, .73; Dunn Center, North Dakota yesterday, but it was] .45; Fessenden, .15; inot, .04; Wil-j not the only hot place, liston, .04, DEFENSE ASKS WM. GUMMER BE "GIVEN RELEASE States Attorney Argues For Binding of Gummer and Defense Resists HAGEN NOT ON STAND Defense Demands to Know Why Banker Did Not Give Testinony Fargo, July 1.—Willam Green, State’s attorney, today gave the Forks, 100; Lisbon, 104; Minot, ‘103; Napoleon, 105; Wahpeton, 103; Moor- head (Fargo), 100. Everyone of the 20 weather stations reported a maxi- mum of 90 or more the lowest maxi- Two Forest Fires Are Raging Near Duluth ‘Duluth, July 1.—Two forest fires in | the ‘Superior National park have burn- ed over 300 acres of white and jack pine and are still raging, according to a long distance message to the As- sociated Press from C. A. Dahlgren, | Superior national supervisor at Ely. DEMPSEY GOES eee ee | | Declares Propaganda Seeks To Canadian Northwest, northern Mon- tana and northeastern North Dakota. Unsettled weather is prediction for to- night with a lifting temperature sat-| urday, version of the prosecution as how Marle Wick was assaulted and beat to death In summing up the preliminary case, He summed up evidence: presented against Wil. Mam Gummer and asked that he be held to trial, The attorney took the brass fire hose nozzle with which the girl was killed and showed how he be- Meved the murderer must have stdod over her after he had gagged and tied and attacked her, raining blows down on her as she tried to dodge; how he missed, battering bed frame and wall; how the girl tore one hand free and died with her head hanging over the side of the bed and with her free hand on the wall. The crime was committed by someone Inside the hotel, the at- GOV. PREUSHITS SOCIALISM IN FARGO ADDRESS Russianize the United States T0-FIGHT CITY | IN SPECIAL CAR Champion Not Worried as He; Prepares to Meet Georges eee nee { Fargo, July.1—Governor Preus of! Minnesota spoke here last evening up-| on “Socialism.” He touched mostly up-| on what he contended were the evils of the theories of Carl Marx. ! The Minnesota governor was billed { to speak at several picnics in Griggs and other counties. It is planned to! jbring him back to North Dakota in| jconnection ‘with the proposed ~ecall election in November. | Mr. Preus said: ‘The first. Ameri- can colonists came here mostly to en- joy religious and political | liberty. Those also who came later came large- | ly because the United States offered; then a Laisa opportunity to acquire, | old an levelop private roperty. | Atlantic City, N. J., July 1.—Demp- | This was the principal astive which sey is an unusual champion in at least! brought most of the settlers in the; one conspicious respect. “Virtually on| Northwest to this country. Some of | the eve of his engagement with Car-! these settlers and their discontents| pentier he is displaying none of that|have in recent years been attracted by | grouchiness and unapproachability | the doctrines of socialism. | that traditionally, has come to be-re-; “Yet I am sure that if they under- ;8arded as the conclusive proof of aj stand what these doctrines mean they! fighter being on “edge” for an impor- | will find that socialism will take away | tant battle. |the very things for which they came That the bout will be held was as-/|to this country. The fundamental prin-| sured when a state permit was issued | cipal of socialism is collective owner- despite objection of clergymen. }ship and management of the’ wealth | ear eaGD of the earth and its industries, with-; MODERATE TEMPERATURE out any reward to those who supply! Washington, July 1——The weather |the means and instruments of pro- bureau here has predicted a moderate : 4 duction. temperature for the Dempsey-Carpen-| “The Communists manifesto usually | tier contest tomorrow, RESIDENT OF - BISMARCK, DIES of inheritance. “The congressional} platform of the Socialist party in 1918 Message From Minneapolis Hos- pital Comes as Shock Atlantic City, July 1.—Jack Demp- sey, the heavyweight champion, lefi here shortly after 2 o’clock this after- noon for Jersey City, where he meets Georges Carpentier tomorrow. Demp- sey and his party left in a sp&cial car. | | | declared for the retention by the na- tional, state and local governments of | tinuous acquirement of other land by; reclamation, purchase, denomination, taxation or otherwise, such land to be} organized as rapidly as practicable in- to socially operated farms.” The governor also read from the Communist manifesto and from state- ments of socialistic leaders to show that the aim of socialism is to destroy | | ' to Friends both family) relations and religious} | beliefs. | ‘The family of Gottlieb Huber, who] He showed how this socialistic) program is being put into effect in Russia, how the righ tto private prop- erty is being abolished there, how the family relations are menaced and how the religious beliefs of people are be- ing undermined. “The socialist party and other socialist organizations in has been ‘a resident of Bismarck for | forty years, received a message this imornig that he had died inthe hospt- tal in Minneapolis, where he has been j taking treatment since April of 1920. | His children have visited him sev- eral times during his sickness and only ‘recently received word that he { was getting better and was out in the open air. After the good report that | they had go recently received, the sud- |den news of his death was a severe ; Shock. to them. ; Miss Anna Huber left on No. 2 to- | day, accompanied by Oscar Selvig, a | representative of the K. of P. lodge, to | bring the body to Bismarck for burial. | Funeral arrangements will be an- | nounced later. Vente heritage. Let us cherish the institu- ‘HOT WEATHER ‘tions of our fathers. Let us preserve | the republican form of government in- | ‘stituted by our forebears an_ per- : {fected by ourselves. The Communists PROSPECTS fs issued by Carl Marx and plish the same things here,” said the governor. “They are not always advocating all these things openly -or expecting to make the change all at once, but they are hoping by their insidious propa- pay too much for your pottage when you trade your birthright of private ties of home for the impracticable vis- ions of socialistic adventures. “Let us not despoil ourselves of our Fredrick Engls is the expression of the doctrines of socialism just as the Bible is the doctrine of Christianity. {Socialism is socialism whether you find it in Russia, Minnesota or North Dakota as christianity is christianity no matter where you find it. The two have nothing in common. Let us stand by the principles of christianity upon which this nation is built and which has brought more happiness to a greater number of people than any governmental experiment that, has ever been tried.” NAME SAN FRANCISCO Detroit, July 1—San Francisco was selected as the 1922 meeting place of the disabled soldiers. Cincinnati was named as_ headquarters and Judge Samuel Marx of Cincinnati reelected national president. Estimated Five Bushels to Acre Lopped Off of Minnesota Yield Chicago, July 1.—Dry hot weather in the northwest accompanied by crop damage reports had a bullish effect on the grain market. In Uinnesota the loss was estimated at five bushels an acre throughout a large section. Predictions were current that un- less rains come soon northwest crops would be greatly reduced. Opening prices which varied from half a cent lower to a quarter cent higher were followed by material upturns all around then something of a reaction. (Middle names were illegal in Eng- land, 400 years ago, this country are working to accom-! her three times on the phone. ganda to bring this country into a|door. state similar to that of Russia. You! see her, and there she lay just as she torney declared, and. not by a hotel prowler bent on theft. fl Fargo, July 1—The state rested this forenoon in the preliminary hearing of William Gummer, charged with the murder of Marie Wick, 18, Grygla, Minn., in her room in a hotel here June 7. William Green, states attorney, be- gan his plea that the prisoner be held to the grand jury. Claire Brittner, of defense counsel, declared, that no evidence had been introduced to incriminate the young night clerk, who is defendant, in any greater degree than any of the guests o fth ehotel the night the murder was committed and asked why H, J. Hagen, formerly president’ of the \Scandina- vian-American bank, who oi:cupied a room next that in which Miss Wick was killed, was not brought into the hearing for questioning. Mr. Green replied there had been absolutely no evidence to implicate Hagen who, he |said, has been called to Seattle by sickness. Mr. Brittner did not insist that Hagen be called. Experts On Stand. Morton Sydness, finger-print expert, Miss May Melaas, chambermaid, and Fred Lawrence son of the proprietor of “the hotel were recalled to the stand this morning to give more general tes- timonw regarding circumstances of the murder, Officials hope to complete the hearing today. ' The transcript of the testimony read ‘by States Attorney Green detailed Gummer’s replies to his questions about the time when Marie Wick reg- istered and when he went to her room next morning. Gummer admitted talk- ing to her over the telephone early in the evening two or three times when all land owned by them and the con-| she called and said she did not want him to forget to call her at 6:30 a. m. Following is part of the transcript relating to Gummer’s action on the morning of he murder. Herein Gum- mer refutes his former declarations: Q—Bill, tell us again some of the —tell us again about when you went into the room at 6:30 Tuesday morn- ing. A.—When L went up there you mean -—how I happened to go in. Q—AIl about it. Goes Into Room at 6:30 A—When I first called her on the phone at 6 o'clock I didn’t hear an answer. I called her again in prob- ubly 10 minutes on the phone; then I called her again. 1 think I called I went up there and rapped at the door. Then when I came down a little while later I rapped at the door again. I took those keys along, those two on the safety pin, and I rapped on the door. She didn’t answer. 1 unlocked the 1 opened it and I looked in to was found that morning. Q—How far did you go into the property, religious freedom and sacred} room? A—I didn’t take more than three steps. I don’t think I had my right hand »ff the doorknob. Q—Then what? You locked the door and then what did you do? A.—hen I locked the door and then I went and—let’s see—did I go down stairs before I called Fritz, or not? Then I went and told—this is how it was: Then I went down stairs and I called Fritz on the telephone and I told him this party was alseep and I says get up and | am coming up to talk to you. I went up to Fritz, woke him, told him there was a party asleep in room No. 30. I told him they didn’t answer, I had called them twice—that is I had rapped on the door, and when I told Fritz he first kind of thought it was a joke. When 1 told him, he says, well, he says, I am tired. Call me in about 20 min- utes, he says, and I says no; you got to get up, there is something to it, [ says. I says she has either got sleeping sickness or dead or some- thing. That is what I said to Fritz. And Fritz said that is nothing. There has beer times it has taken two hours to get them up, he says. Q—You were interested in getting Fritz up because you knew there was something wrong in there and didn't (Continued on Page Six)