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New Ulm review., 1921-06-01
VOGTEL CASE TO
JURY YESTERDAY /
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO
INCIDENTS CONNECTED
WITH TRAGEDY.
FRK. GRUBER'S CASE AGAINST
THE CITY OF NEW ULM
is DISMISSED.

The suit of the Charles Vogtel estate
against the Equitable Life Insurance
leo Of Iowa, being the first of three
actions to force the payment Of life
insurance aggregating $4,000 due
ito the tragic death Of the late Charles
Vogtel Of this city, was called for trial
Wednesday of last week, after the
suit of Frank Gruber against the city
of New Ulm had been decided in favor
of the defendant. In the insurance
cases, Attorney George W. Burlington
of Minneapolis is associated with the
local law firm of Mueller & Streissguth
on behalf of the plaintiffs, while At
torneys Pfaender & Erickson of this
city are assisting Attorneys Hoke and
Richards of Minneapolis as counsel
for the defendant insurance companies.
1t required most of Wednesday after
noon to select the jury, whereupon
Attorney Hoke made his opening ad-
dress to the twelve men good and
true" outlining what the defendant
company would attempt to prove.
Looked Out Of Window.
After first calling DR.. Melvin E..
.iVogtel and Harold Vogtel, sons of the
deceased, for cross examination under
the statutes, the defense plunged at
once into the examination OF witnesses
! in and about the Radisson Hotel, Min
neapolis, bringing out testimony of
4 the tragedy by which Mr.. Vogtel came
to his death on November 8, last year.
/ A guest and one of the porters at the
hotel told of having seen the deceased
shortly before his death, looking out OF
different windows in the hotel.
I Saw Body Descend.
/ Charles Eickenbery, who operates a
taxi in the Mill City, was called and
j testified to his having been on the
i street across from the Radisson Hotel
and looking up the alley in which Mr..
IVogtel's body was found. Mr.. Eicken-
berry claimed that he first saw a mo-
4 ltion near one of the windows in an
| upper story of the hostelry and saw q
| man looking out. After a brief inter.
val, the man came out of the window
las it seemed to him feet first, and de
lscended short distance in that posi-
ltion. Then the man appeared to have
struck some obstacle and the body
Twas turned upside down so that il
came down head foremost and strucl
upon the head of the curbing right
next to the Dayton building, which il
across the alley about 13 feet from tn,
Radisson.
Corroborates Story.
4 Officer Bissonnette of the Mime
apolis police force corroborated MI
Eickenbery's testimony to the exten
of having seen the body some 40 of s.
feet in the air and descening about il
I the manner described by the taxica7
! driver. Other witnesses who wer
I at the scene Of the tragedy immediatel
: after it had occurred, testified to tn
condition of Mr.. Vogtels hands an
: his clothing.
Door Was Locked.
E. a. Rolph, assistant manager (
! the Radisson Hotel at the time Of th
i & + 7 -
~, Confined on psge 81
New Ulm review., 1921-06-01
Girl Won Prize Last Year.

Some Minnesota boy or girl, by this
time next year, may be enjoying at
tendance at some famous university
or college of his or her own choosing
just as Miss Katherine F. Butterfeld
16-year-old shoold girl of Weiser,
Idaho, winner of the 1920 prize, is now
at celebrated Eastern school for girls
as result of her effort and Mr.. Fire
stones generosity.
Must Act Quickly.
Pupils entering the contest may con-
suit their teachers and principals or
write the Highway and Highway
Transport Education Committee, Will
lard Building, Washington, D. c., but
they must act without delay, as Friday
of next week is the closing date for the
submission of essays in this contest.
The students of the New Ulm high
school should demonstrate their ability
by participating.
Essay Contest Rules.
The following rules apply to the
"Good Roads and Highway Trans
port" essay contest:
Subject" "Good Roads and High
way Transport.
Length-Essay not to exceed 500
words.
Eligibles-All high school pupils.
Closing Date-Not later than Fri
day, June 10.
Prizes-H. S. Firestone, $4,000 uni
versity scholarship and state and local
awards.
Grading-Essays to be graded on a
basis of knowledge of highway trans
port, good roads and style.
Judging Contestants to send essays
direct to J. M. Mcconnell, Minnesota
commissioner of education, St. Paul,
before June 10. State judges will
select best essays and forward them to
be considered for national prize by
National Highway and Highway
Transport Education Committee,
Washington, D. c., of which the chair
man is Dr. P. P. Claxton, U. S. COM
missioner of education.
1920 Prize Essay.
Miss Butterfeld's interesting essay
entitled "Ship by Truck and Coco
Roads," illustrates the idea, but
originality in the essays submitted fol
this years contest will be given much
weight. The 1920 prizewinning- es
say reads as follows:
s'Like curious children, the Indian!
of the plains watched the building O
the first transcontinental railroad
When the first engine breathing smok,
and fame steamed down upon them
they turned their ponies heads ant
fled wildly, expecting to feel, at ever.
jump, it's hot breath on their cheeks
But the monster never pursued then
over the trackless prairies. 1t had it
limitations then. It has them now
"a more mobile kinsman of tn,
locomotive demonstrates ability t,
travel without steel rails, the tractabl
truck. On the farm it is shortenin,
the distance to market, carrying twic
the load in half the time and eatin,
only while it works.
Freight traffic everywhere is clog
ged. The present condition is chokin
industry menace financial an,
otherwise to the whole country. Ever,
year to some extent, freight congestion
recurs. The railroads have no com
petitors for the long haul, which just
fes the short haul at each end. Sha:
they compete for the short haul, Q
advise the segregation of short hal
traffic, and invoke the aid of this "rurs
express for the hundred mile runs
Railroads cut through communit
areas single diameter. Truck higl
ways spread out innumerable radii.
ss'Trucks carry blooded stock
New Ulm review., 1921-06-01
Corroborates Story.

,sstv Continued on psge 81:
New Ulm review., 1921-06-01

Continued on page 81
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
COUNTY COURT

1t is ordered by the Court that d
warrant be issued to II. w. Cottieid'
County Treasurer for $171.05 for Cor
Oherf' Inquest Fees.
Pool table license granted to E. L.
Sonar of Frankclay. :,
Comes now H. w. Coffield and pre-
sents to the court his semi-annual set
Element which was by the court ap-
proved.
1t is ordered by the court that the
order made on July 9th, 1921, refus-
ing to renew the contract with the
State Board of Agriculture and the
U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture be and the
same is hereby recinded.
1t is ordered by the court that there
shall be appropriated for the salary
of a Farm Agent the sum of $500 per
annum and for the expenses OF said
Farm Agent a sum not to exceed
$1,000 per annum, for a period of three
years from July LIST, 1921, the same to
be paid to the Treasurer of the st
Francois County Farm Bureau in ac'
cordance with the contract heretofore
entered into between st. Francois
Codhty' and the st. Francois County
Farm Bureau.
1t is ordered that pool table license
be granted to G. e. Godat Of Bonnie
Terre.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
Admission Children 10, cents Adults Is cents

the home of Edw, Richardson Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Riddle visited at the
home of Mrs. E. Grandjean Thursday.
Misses Thelma Horn and Gertrude
Riddle and Emmett and Roscoe Roug-
gly visited at the home of Turner
Horn Thursday.
Turner Horn was a Bonnie Terre Wis
itor Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. C. Rhodes and
children visited at the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Heaton Fri
day and Saturday.
Mrs. David Frazier visited at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harver-
stick Thursday evening.
Misses Carrie Shannon and Clara
Douglas visited at the home of VIM.
Heaton Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Porter were
Halifax visitors Monday.
Mrs. r. H. Rowe is i'll at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Geo. Whitesell visited at the
home of Perry Whitesell Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Lena Stated was in this COM
munity Monday CO..
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
SHERIFFS SALE UNDER
DEED OF TRUST

Whereas, George W. Bess and Sa-
rah E. Bess, his wife, of the County Of
st. Francois, State of Missouri, by
their certain deed of trust dated the
first day of May, 1913, and recorded
in the office of the Recorder of Deeds
of st. Francois County, Missouri, in
Book 95 at page 1919. conveyed to
Thomas c. Young, as Trustee, the fol-
lowing described real estate and all
the improvements thereon, situateyly-
ing and being in the County of ST.
Francois and State OF Missouri, to-.
wit:
All of the Northwest quarter Of the
Northwest quarter CT the Northeas.
quarter CT Section SO, Township 81.
North, Range East, containing, 10
acres.
Which conveyance was made in trust
to secure the paymen. of certain
note in said deed CT trust described, /.
and whereas, said note has become, due {
and remains unpaid, and whereas. said
Thomas C. Young is absent f!em the
State of Missouri, and will ret act a;
such trustee; now theiicfoie at the re-
quest of the legal holder cf said ae.e,
and in pursuance CT the terms aa,i
conditions of said deed of trust men
toned, the duties Of said trustee haas
devolved upon me, the Sheriff of STD
Francois County, Missouri. Therefore,
Il will proceed to sell, the property
above described, to the highest bidds
for cash, at public vendue, at thu
south front door of the Court House
i.i the City of Pennington, St. Fran
co.'s. County, State of Missouri. ON
Saturday, August 49,. 1921,
between the hours 6f nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and FIVE o'clock In the. af1i
terRoon for the purpose of satisfying d
said indebtedness and the cost Of s;S-,e
ecuting this trust. . ,,,,;.h.,t; -.
of 81. Francois County, iGlsscufi.:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22

children visited at the home of John
Ellis Sunday.
Misses Elsie and Olga Heaton and
Carrie Shannon visited at the home of
Tom Head Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Eckle were
Bonnie Terre visitors this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ellis and little
son Raymond, visited at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rhodes Sunday.
Miss Katherine Moon and Mrs. Mar
tina Bentley, of Bonnie Terre visited at
the home of Henry Turley Saturday
and Sunday.
Misses Eva Frazier and Merlin
Hawk, of Festus, were Wales Mines
visitors Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Clara Douglas visited at the
home of DIR. c. W. Shannon Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Sykes were
Bonnie Terre visitors Sunday.
Quite a crowd attended the picnic
here Saturday night.
Misses Clara Douglas, Carrie Shan
non, Elsie and Olga Heaton were
guests of Mrs. H. G. Rhodes Saturday
Emmett Roughly was a Desloge
! visitor Saturday.
I Tom and Chas. Turley were guests
of Emmett Roughly Sunday.
Henry and John Speidel were Wales
Mines visitors Sunday.
Misses Lorena and Mae Polite
were Wales Mines visitors Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Fenton Millen was a Bonnie
Terre visitor Monday.
Misses Olga and Elsie Heaton Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fen
ton Millen Monday.
Miss Bessie Sturgeon, of st. Louis
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hammock
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Decker and chill
dren visited their daughter, Mrs. Mon
roe Nash, Saturday.
Alb Rowe was Bonnie Terre visitor
Sunday.
Miss Adelphia Thurman was Hal
flax visitor Monday.
Miss Gertrude Riddle visited Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ratty Saturday anc
Sunday. ..'-.
Rudolph Bellville was a Vale!
Mines visitor Sunday.
Homer and Elmer Moon were De
Soto visitors Monday.
Emmett Roughly was Bonn'
Terre visitor Friday.
Miss Larkins, of Bonnie Terre, Wis
tied relatives here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Nash visitec
at the home of her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. VIM. Decker, of DeSoto, Sunday
Fenton Thurman visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ham
mock Sunday.
| Lee Douglas visited H. E. Thurman
Sunday.
Reuben Horn was aNHalifax visitol
Sunday.
+ Miss Mamie Turley visited at tn,
home of H. E. Turley Saturday ant
4 Sunday, RI SOL.
Leeman Richardson left Saturday
for Nebraska to seek employment.
VIM. Myers made business trip tt
Halifax Tuesday.
Miss Susie Richardson visited al
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
THE I. @. o. F. INSTALL OFFICERS

st. Francois Lodge No. 48, l. o. Q.
F. of this city installed the following
officers for the ensuing year at the
regular meeting Monday night:
N. Coco. A. Miller.
v. &C. B. Perkins.
W--Josiah Bruett.
l. G.-L. B. Howell.
0. G.-E. p. Cox.
B. S. Sd. E. Beard.
L. S. ST. C. Elayer.
L. S. N. G.-M. P. Griffin.
r. S. v. &C. w. Hinkle.
L. S. v. G.-S. D. Ebrecht.
The following officers were ap-
pointed, but were unable to be present
for the installation:
r. S. N. Oh. A. Wines.
C.-M. s. Richards. +
T. L. Ferguson, District Deputy
Grand Master, of Bonnie Terre, was in
charge Of the installation ceremonies,
being assisted by Past Grands Pat
rick and Northcutt. .aaa-e.ao.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
NOTICE

To Auto Owners in the City of Farm
ingtOn:
Your City Auto License was due and
payable July list, 1921.
Auto owners without a license are
SUBJECT TO A FINE. The City
Council has ordered the City Marshal
to apprehend all auto owners without
a City License. The list will be turned
over to the City Marshal in a few
days. By order of City Council:
Is GEO. C. FORSTER,
-u, City Collector.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
WALES MINES

Mr.. and Mrs. Gentry Larkin and
son were Bonnie Terre visitors Sunday,
Miss Thelma Larkin, who has been
visiting relatives here, returned to
her home in St. Louis Sunday.
Miss Edith Whaley, who has been
visiting relatives here, returned to
her position in st. Louis. w
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Rhodes and
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES
Lutheran Church
H. Hallerberg, Pastor

H. HaIlerberg, Pastor.
Ninth Sunday after Trinity.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching service at 1890 a. m:
A hearty invitation is extended tx
all without a church home.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES

July l5-Roy w. Wagner, of
Blodgett, and Naomi Vol, Of Farm
ington.
July 16-Wm. Cornman and. Maud
Holmes, both Of Libertyville. i ,
July 19-Clarence Blunt and Virgin
ia Elizabeth Jackson, Both of Desloge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
NOTICE

Oil Tax was due and payable July
LIST, 1921.
All those who are subject to this tax,
and have not paid same, will please
remit at once. By order of the City
Council.
GEO. C. FORSTER, ne
City Collector,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22

WANTED-A private home for a
boy, o years old. Apply to R. C.
Tucker, Probation Officer. Farming
ton, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
20 4 .
5Gd q Rts gso III y Il
aka ,b9aHa tam
Monarch Theatre
rue nd
1 ared zirO,,I aoytas@s as1Ada1
PROGRAM FOR WEEK BEGINNING JULY rs 4
~3x Y
MONDAY, JULY rs
LEW CODY in

OCCASIONALLY fUUKS
The trouble was that he did
not know which one he loved the
most. He asked one and then
decided that he loved the other.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
TUESDAY, JULY 26
Six-Reel Pathe Feature
"a BEGGAR IN PURPLE"

The story of a poor youth
who makes a place for himself
in the financial world, at the
same time seeking revenge on
his enemy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
REDUCED RATES TO STATE FAIR

The Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
will sell round trip tickets to Sedalia
at three fourths regular fare. or $16.-
26 from DeLassus and return. Tickets
will be ON sale August 9Th to goth,
good to return to August 22nd.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22

ergy well spent. am firmly con-
WINGED that education of the right sort
is the salvation of this nation"
]. CLYDE AKERS,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
FOR SALE

Oak Lumber, Dimension and Boxing
at reduced prices. Call or write ]. 7.
Russell at Pennington mill or Houck
depot 28-4t
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
WEDNESDAY, JULY 81
BRYANT wAsHBURN in
"IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE,

The tale of a ne'er-do-well,
who shook the dust from indus
try. Guaranteed 10 bring relief
to grouches, peeves and ingrown
dispositions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
THURSDAY, JULY 2s
VIM. S. HART in

BORDER WIRELESS
It's pretty hard luck on Ger
man spies when Hart is around
with his shooting iron and a de-
termination that Uncle Sam
gets a square deal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22

FOR SALE-Bakery and store
building, good business; also residence
across road. On Pennington road,
at Gofftown, Fiat River, Mo. Andrew
Harago. u.s. 29-8t
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22
Classified Ads.

FOR SALE-10-acre farm and good
equipment, in Doe Run. Address j.
P. Mcdonald, Doe Run. Mo. 30-2t
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22

FOR SALE-Ford Roadster; new
paint, new casing, motor in good run
ming order. Priced right, McAtee Pro-
duce Co., Pennington, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-22

FOR SALE-Country Club Overland
Automobile, 1919 model; little beau
ty, in good shape. See j. B. Allen,
City Cash Store. 30-2t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17

about their peaceful pursuits AL their
lives and who have steadfastly re-
frained from taking part in armed
activities
The report. the result Of extensive
investigation in nearly 100 communi-
ties scattered throughout twenty two
Of the thirty-two counties, wss made
public, officials of the American COM
mittce said, in order that the Ameri-
can people may have the opportunity
OF judging by this first-hand evidence
OF unbiased witnesses the extent of the
restitution and suffering which, the
American committee is confident, they,
with their traditional generosity, will
help to alleviate"
The report did not include an Official
estimate Of malicious damage" done
to the City of Dublin. but said that be-
tween October. 1920, and March, 1921.
the claims for malicious injuries, in
GLIDING both material damage and
death, presented to the county court
for Dublin have amounted to 594,899
pounds.
"The awards granted cut these claims
to 222,928 pounds" continued the re-
port. "At this moment we can hazard
only the approximation that the ma
terial loss in Dublin during the last
six months did not exceed $4,000
pounds"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17

mothers, innocent women and children
arc shot down in cold blood by soldiers
driving through the streets in motor
lorries
Penalties are laid upon towns and
villages as the result of acts Of in
dividuals for which they cannot be
held legally responsible: homes are
broken into in the dead of night. the
inhabitants tcrrorized and the houses
looted and burned During the wear
1920 more than $4,000 homes were thus
terrorixed.
FACTORIES. crcameries. hay ricks and
other food of domestic animals owned
BY non ombatanats arc burned and
destroyed, leaving thousands of people
without means of gaining q livelihood
ana thus bringing on much suffering
and starvation
"A policy of reprisals has been in
stituted. by which villages are laid
waste and homes are DESTROYED. con.
trary to the law of nations and OF
humanity.
The property of religious, educa-
tional and civic institutions is de-
stroyed."
The resolution concludes:
Whereas: This situation is max
ing it exceedingly difficult to maintain
unimpaired and unembarrassed the
long standing good will and common
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17

alleged the laws of land warfare arc
violated. They are:
Prisoners Of waY are net treated ~
prisoners of the British government.
out as prisoners OF the individuals or
corps that capture them.
Sueh prisoners are snbjectca -
cruel and inhuman treatment
Prisoners are assassinated without
excuse, or under the pretext that ,hev
are attempting to escape.
tiscatcd. - No"-
Prisoners. as we'll as non-combatan.
civilians. are compelled " military
force 10 perform excessive Dor.
irish Nationals are forced 10 take
part In tie operations CT war against
their own people.
Hostages are carried bv the = itish
forces when engaged in war operations
Irish Nationals are forced to swear
allegiance to the government Of the
invading forces
Irish citizens are forced under ex.
IRENE torture to give information
about their armed forces.
Family rights and honor, the lives
OF persons. and private property arc
violated by arson. pillage and assassi.
| nation Husbands and sons are killed
in the presence of their wives and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17
Years Damage in Erin
20 Millions, Say Quakers
Results Of Independent Inquiry
Ciren Out by Irish Relief
Board Lists 100. OOO in NcoI

The American Committee for Relief
IN Ireland last night made public a
report of an investigation Of conditions
IN Ireland by unit of the Society of
Friends in which the Quakers asserted
that material damage inflicted by the
British forces within the last twelve
months amounts to approximately s2o,-
100000"
The unit, which was sent to ireland
byb the relief organization in Febru-
airy, also reported that there were $685.
900 families in ireland, numbering ap-
proximately 100000 men, women and
children, in pitiful need of instant help
from the American people"
signed by Samuel D. Mccoy. head Of
the unit. were composed entirely of
men and women who have quietly gone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17

less the proceedings are sanctioned bv
the military governor.
This proclamation originated from
the protests of Judge Bodkin, presiding
over the. Quarter Sessions in Ennis.
County Clare, and Judge Cusack. of the
Iralee Quarter Sessions, who on Fri
day declared they had been directed
by the chief commanders of the Crown
forces to prohibit courts hearing cases
in which allegations were made against
either the military or police forces of
the Crown. Judge Cusack protested
that the order means suspending the
civil courts in the martial law areas.
CORK. April 1s.--A dozen houses
were burned to-day in Ballymacelli-
gott, County Kerry. including q pres
hytery in which priests resided, fol-
lowing the shooting to- death of Major
MacKinnon, commander of company
of auxiiares, on the Traee golf
course Friday afternoon There have
been no reprisals in Tralee, where the
military took charge of the town. All
the shops have been closed and bust
ness suspended.
In Ballydwyer creamery, which
previously had been burned and recon-
structed, was again burned. young
civilian, running on the approach Of
military lorries, was shot dead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17
Could Enjoy Bergdoll's
Funeral, Remarks W eeks
Secretary Admits Note From
Stacker in Germany, but -
Won't Give IL Out

FROM Ifs If1ouHsS washington 5ursdu
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-Secretsry
Of War Weeks would prefer attending
the funeral of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, the Stacker Of Philadelphia,
now in Germany, than being present
at any other event in which the mil
lionaire fugitive from justice might
be the principal actor
When asked IL he had received \
communication from the draft deserter
similar to the one which was in the
mail of Representative Kahn yester-
day. Senator Weeks to-day admitted
he had been included in Bergdolvs
mailing list.
WAS it an invitation to his wedding
or his funeraly" Mr.. Weeks was asked
If it had bene his funeral, would
consider it q pleasure to attend" the
AYR Secretary replied.
Mr.. Weeks added that he had re-
ceived a communication from Bergdoll,
but declined to make known its nature.