The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-16

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| @. Who?
4. I think the checks are signed
/ by the manager. III .s
| Q. Who is the manager?
! A. Mr.. Brinton.
Q. Well, the solicitors up there
were secured by you?
| A. What solicitors?
Q. What soiicitors-Mr. Elliott
and Mr.. Heck?
A. presume a dozen or more
were secured by me.
! Q. So you exercise general super
vision over 1t?
| A. Yes, do.
Q. And you have something to
say about the disbursement Of the
| funds?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. I am going to put broad
! question to you now. AS / under
stand your testimony, you haven't
the slightest bit of financial interest
Guaranty Company the Nonpartisan
| Publishing Company, or the Con-
sumerS United Stores Company
other than the 800 stock In the
! League Exchange?
A. You are correct.
Q. And haven't any promise on
| the part Of any individual or
| combination Of persons that they
will carry any interest for your
Q. or that you will derive any
profit from 1t In the future?
A. There is nobody carrying any
! interest for me.
@. And you haven't any promise
or understanding with any person or
persons that you as an individual.
you. A. c. TownIey, will in the
future. obtain any profit from this
organization If there is any pTofttI
A / have no understanding that
will or will not.
Q. You never had any under
standing Of any kind. with reference
TO those matters?
A. No, sir.
Q. MY purpose is to make that
Just as broad as ] can. So you would
be understood to testify that you
haven't any promise OF profit or
interest in these various concerns and
don't expect any?
A l haven't any promise or ar
rangement with those Organiza tons
any more than have with the Great
Northern Railroad Company or the
Electric Light Company OF this town,
or any other banking institution, or
anything else.
q. You haven't any connection
WIN those EOuCGAAE @AAH ~AAN@~"
Northern railroad?
A. Not that I have discovered my.
O. You don't control their affairs
at all like you do these other Organi"
cations?
A. No.
q. So you will admit there is q
distinction? *
A. Yes, there is. II would prob
ably be easier for me to break into
one OF these organizations than the
railroad.
Q. II you were SO inclined. it
would be much easier for you to
acquire some OF their property or
money II you wanted il, than to get
IL from the Great Northern or the
Hughes Electric Co?
A. Yes. s.r.
Q. Have you got any Liberty
bonds among your assets, ! sec you
haven't listed any?
A ] believe L bought a Liberty
bond, that was after the petition
was filed.
o. Have you got it now?
A. l believe I have.
Q. Do you know how much it
was?
Q. Did you use any part Of this
$500 that you listed here, to buy that
bond with?
was purchased after this schedule
was made out. by Mr.. Reyes, for my
self and the other boys in the office.
Q. For the employees and all OF
you?
A. I purchased one.
O. Now, AIT. Townlsy, YOU ret
5000 a month salary from this league
and that is all.
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Aside from the expense &C.
count?
A. Yes. sir.
O. What latitude are you allowed
on the expense account?
A. Ny expense varies, when I am
around st. Paul, it is very little.
O. ] am not trying to get the
amount Of it, want TO get at the
latitude, as to what you call eI-
penges? Does It include your per
sonaI expenses, your home expenses,
for instance?
A. No, IL doesn't.
Q. Does it include the support
Of A. y0P No, ia IT doesn't include olOta-
3. How about clothing and food
Of your wife?
A. No, that is paid out Of my
q. You pay for that out CT your
salary
A. Yes. sir.
to covers only the actual expense
YOU are mourning when In and
about the business Of the league?
n EoT instance If you travel
somewhere, that expense is paid out
OF the league fund?
o. And any other expenses, per-
sonal expenses, are you alloWedT
A. Yes, sir.
O. And all this expense money,
suppose. is accounted for on the
books Of the league?
q. And whatever information
that we need along that line we can
find IL we are permitted TO go into
the books Of the league?
q. So that the $500. 5000 from the
league. and 800 from the Nonparti-
san Publishing company represents
your entire income from any source
during the period you have testl-
0 A got $500 dividend on the
share OF stock In the League Ex-
change.
q. Aside from that, that covers
your entire income?
A. Yes. sir.
q. That is all the money YOU got
in from any sources during the per-
iod we have testified TOT
A. Yes, sir.
@. / assume, OF course. that the
in st. Paul?
A Yes sir