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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-16


The first witness called was Mrs.
Lawrence who was returned to the
stand by the defense to clear the rec
ord as regards the changing of Ma
RE Wicks call from $50 a. m. to six.
She was only on the stand a few min
utes.
GUNNER Slightly Pale
When GUNNER was placed on the
stand he was slightly pale and APP
peared more nervous than at any
time during the trial, evidently dread
inc the ordeal to which he was about
to be subjected. In spite of any
slight nervousness which he might
feel he makes good witness, not
hesitating much in replying to the
questions asked.
William GUNNER said that he was
% years old last December, had been
born and raised at Mayville, N. u.
and that the first time he had ever
been in Fargo was in the spring OF
1917 when he had attended basket
hall tournament there. He had gone
to Fargo again in the spring OF l9zo
and had first begun to work IN the
Prescott Hotel in June, 1920. he
worked there until January 10, l92l'
when he laid off, went home for a few
days visit, returned to Fargo ana
roomed at the Addison flats and sold
accident insurance for about two
weeks. While he remained IN Fargo
for some time he was not working
after the first of February ana ne
returned home about the first OF APP
ril and worked for two months on the
farm with his father. During TINS
time he also assisted Brown little
IN the sale of equity stock. He re-
tnrned to Fargo on the twenty-seV-
enth Of May at the request OF MIS-
Lawrence who called him up by teie-
nhone and asked him to come PACK
and 90 to work.
GUNNER was questioned as to the
time of arrival Of all guests regis
tered in the hotel after the supper
hon, and substantiated previous tes-
timonv on this point Marie Wick was
tho fifth guest to register that nlght
and WAS registered and assigned 10
room 30 by Mrs. Lawrence. MARIE
!! Wick came into the hotel while yum
mer was showing w. H. Flaughei
o,d CON to their room and was stand
;,o at the desk when GUNNER re-
+,,,nod to the office. GUNNER show
nd bor IN her room at the request OF
Mrs. Lawrence.
Hesitates Mentioning Name
The first time that it became nee
essarv for the accused to mention the
! name of Marie Wick he hesltated
colored. ard see.nngl y was emoar-
assed.
When taking Marie Wick up the
| stairs to her room the murdered girl
asked GUNNER as to the leaving time
| If her train in the morning and ne
told her that it left at 7:45. GUNNER
asked her if she wasn't going to STICK
around the city for awhile and she
said "no". After reaching room 81
GUNNER tossed the key to the room
on the dresser and in response to
| question by her as to where sne
should leave the key when she lett
the room GUNNER told her that, since
she had two suit cases, to lock the
1 door and leave the key at the Office
The accused was shown two keys
which are numbered Is and Fl and nc
stated that the key to room ~ was
very much similar to these keys bu'
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-16
Farrell Enters Hotel

The next guest to arrive was Jas.
Farrell whom GUNNER said same IN
the hotel about 2 o'clock that morn
ing. Farrell asked the price OF a
room and GUNNER told him that he
could have a room for 81 but that it
would be $3.50 if occupied by two per
sons. Farrell told him that he had
Il buddy and would go out and find
him. Farrell went out and returned
in a few minutes saying that he
could not find his buddy but that ne
would take the room. He paid the
dollar for the room out of $40 bill.
AS there was less than SO in the TIL
in change GUNNER took 81 in paper
hills out of his own pocket to make
change. The following day GUNNER
called the attention of Fred Lawrence
to the 81 discrepancy in the cash
and Fred gave him back the 81.
Did Not write NAME
Barnett-"Did you write the name
FLAMES Farrell" on that hotel regis
ter?"
Gummer-"No sir, l did not"
O.-"Did Andy Brown write the
name flames Farrell'' on that hotel
rcgister?"
A-"No sir, Andy Brown did not
write the name of flames Farrell on
the register.
Q.-"Did you see the man write
the name of "James FarrelP on the
register?"
A.-"Yes sir, l did,
GUNNER stated that he was not
out of the lobby from the time Ma
rie Wick went to her room at ll:lo
until he took H. J. Hagan to his room
shortly after l o'clock.
GUNNER changed Marie Wick's call
from $50 a. M. to six o'clock him.
self. This was done after talking
to her over the phone. While he was
talking to her Mrs. Van Worst was
standing at the desk about ten or IL
feet from GUNNER and according to
GUNNER was not talking herself and
could have heard his part OF the con-
versation. When asked to give his
version of the conversation GUNNER
said:
II asked her what time she want
ed to be called and she said that she
had left call for $3.50 a. m. but she
wanted it changed to six o'clock.
then asked her if she was still up OF
if she had gone to bed. She said that
she was still up and asked me to be
sure and call her at 6 O'Clock and
said, call right, will" That wa:
all there was to my conversation with
her."
GUNNER stated that when Haga1
came in about / o'clock he was seat
cd behind the desk in a rocking char
and did not hear Hagan come in the
lobby and was not aware of his pres
ence until Hagan was nearly acros:
the lobby. GUNNER did not know
whether the double light above tn
deeE 1,os turned off or one a ttha
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was no pain during the extraction and
There are letters also which were
written. by Mr.. Hall to Mrs. Mills.
These have been in the possession Of
q woman attorney employed for Char
lotte, Mrs. Mills sixteen -year.old
daughter.
The minister's letters are full Of
high flown romance, in which he calls
Mrs. Mills "wonder heart" and dear
est sweetheart" and gypsy. In one
of them he speaks Of being "eIalted"
and longing to talk, talk, talk" He
hazel eyes" he says. He calls them
crystal eyes, and sees and feels "all
the awe and wonder of the universe in
them."
Asks Meeting on "Our Road
The minister protests that he feels
like Tennyson's "strong son Of God,
immortal love-" and he says he wants
Mrs. Mills and music, 80 he will bring
the victrola. He tells her, too, that
he has been thinking a great deal about
prayer, and asks II she has been pray
ing for him that morning. He is sure
Of It, he says, and links love and prayer
as wonderful powers" In his letter
he suggests that she 'call' up "a be-
tween 80 and 2" il she cannot meet
him at ''our road at 2:15 that after
noon.
He says Mrs. Mills is "all the won
der Of life for me todny-life-love--
mystery--will power-affection-all are
bound up in you"
In another letter the minister refers
to ride and expresses pleasure
at having seen her well and her old
self again" He says he ''hated to
leave her out downtown--but it seemed
wisest--It would look queer to 60 clear
up to Carman street first--and 1t was
just time people would be on the
streets"
A third letter begs Mrs. Mills to
try to realize how sweet she looks eat
ing eclairs. oh. love to get them for
you a fourth letter says his Thoughts
and feelings are too full to put into
words or on paper" which he says
is Just one Of my moods" He says
in the same letter that Mrs. Mills is
his 'anchor,' and that he wanted to
fly off with her to henvenland," be-
cause here everything seemed so sor-
did, earthly. commonplace" Once
more he asks her to meet him in the
afternoon on "onr road" proposing to
'go to a show IL it rains"
III IHIs IOuTtn lctter the minister
refers to his wife and Mrs. Mills hus-
band, saying he cannot talk to her any
more in their presence. Something
gets all out Of order and then lose my
peace and self possession" he writes.
Fake Clues PLANTED" at Scene
It was said last night that two hand
kerchiefs and cuff link had been found
near the scene of the crime the day after
the bodies were discovered. Detective
Totten was asked to verify the report
It was said one OF the handkerchiefs
ho-" tho l"tter $50 nri the other was n
woman's handkerchief. Totten smiled
as he said
There have been a bushel basket Of
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FOURTH L. S. AIRSHIP
LOST IN TWO YEARS

New York. Oct. 17.-(By a. p
Destruction by fire Of the army dtrisi-
hi" CO NJ Brooks Field today marks
The fourth spectacular loss Of Il big
n!rsE'p within less than two years.
On February u the Roma blew Up
over Hampton Roads; on August q,
1921. II" XR-2, built in England for
tn" Nr;ed States. burst into flames
over HVN, England. with 4 death toll
ot fort two; on January !, 1921 the
RIB which made two trans \ .iantlc
voyages in 1919. was wrecked IN gale
at How Ten, England.
ptA"r airship accidents included IN
aTintirR history are: July Fl, 1910
loss of ten lives when a dirigtble fell
in flames into the Illinois Trust and
Savings Bank at Chicago.
July y, l0l0--BritiSh airship ES-ll
fell into the North Sea with n loss OF
tweIvcs lives, after being struck by
June 90, 1914-Airship and nirrIane
collided at Vienna, killing nine.
September 0, 19l3-Zeppelin Ill 10 I.
stroycd off Heligoland with loss Of Al.
teen lives.
October II, 1913-Zeppelin IL er.
plrd"d over Johann!sthGl a!rdrome
killing twenty eight.
July z. 1912 - Balloon Akron,
groomed f5r a trans Atlantic voyag-,
exploded ut Atlantic CITY, killing i've.
l'csiies the Zcppelins ] and ., Count
ZCppclin lost four other grrut pence &.
time dirigibles In accidents Zoppelins
3, i and Dcutschlands l and ..
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handkerchiefs found on that farm since
the murder. Some practical jokers
even have gone SO far as to get hand
kerchicfs, cover them with beef blood,
hold pistol close to them and fire. The
natural result would be blood stained
handkerchief with powder burns. l
have seen over dozen Of these hand
kcrchcfs around town.
what about cuff link being found
upon which was engraved the letter
s." Tottcn was asked.
"Besdc the body Of Dr.. Hail." he
said, "wns found gold tie clasp with
O. engraved on it. ] questioned Mrs.
Hall in reference to this and she cx-
found the tie clasp In the Sunday school
room OF the church. He advertised for
it on the church blackboard. but no one
claimed the clasp and it was buried with
DR.. Hall. No cuff links We're found cN-
cept those worn by DR.. Hall, which had
L. W. II. engraved on them
Mr.. Hall Defended
State troopers who are investigating
seem to have buried the hatchet with
the county detectives and they snilingly
worked hand in hand. They came in
and out OF the courthouse all day and
refused to answer questions.
Henry T.. bartholomew. junior wal den
of the Church of st. John the Evangelist,
denied there had been any scandal in
the church
''rhey may have been indiscreet, :"
said Mr.. Bartholomew. In fact, I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17
POLICE GUARDING DOCKS
TO QUElL STRIKE ROWS
Senssnoremen Say Employers Won't
Revise Wage Scale

A police detail was placed along the
river front today as a precautionary
measure in the so-called strike" Of
1000 lonGshoremen. So far there have
been no disorders.
The longshoremen say they report for
work every day, but that they are
turned away, whereas officials of the
steamship lines say the men in failing
TO report for work have taken action
tantamount to a strike.
According 10 tho Lnngshoremen's
Union, the dispute hinges on revision
Of the wage scale. They say they have
been working from : o clock until q,
while their regular hours are 8 to !.
They had been receiving pay, they
say, at the rate Of sxty-fve cents an
hour for the hours between md ,
and n dollar for the extra hour in the
morning and at night.
When the scale was changed to a
Aat sixty five cent basis, as they claim
it was, the longshoremen say they re-
fused to accept it, a shipping hoRrd
ruling, the union men claim, upholds
them in the stand.
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SAFER Gas SOUGHT
FOR Z. S. DIRICIBLES

Washington, Oct. 17,-fRy 4. p 49,
Loss by fir" Of the army dirigible &C
at San Antonio today, following on the
destruction at Hampton Roads several
months ago Of the giant airship Roma,
Is expected by air service officials here
to renew the agitation for development
Of non -combuStible helium gas for use
IN all Government lighter than air
ships.
While no official report on the acci-
dent at San Antonio had been received
officers said it was evident that destruc-
tion of the CO was due to the use of
hydrogen, as was the case with the
Roma. The &C measured 1872 feet in
length, was GA feet wide and 81 feet
high, the bag having capacity of
l72, 600 cubic feet OF gas. She was
propelled by two l5O- horsepower Wright
motors, and normally carried crew of
six officers and men. Her speed was
rated at sixty-fve miles an hour.
She was built at cost of approx
mately $4,000. When the blimp left
her home station at Langley Field, Vir-
sinia, September IA, on her trip to
the Pacific Coast thesa was nc inten-
tion to establish newt @hrds for speed
or endurance on th ~gSross the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17
LEGION DELEGATES
II GREET GOMPERS.
Federation Head Tells Conven-
ton Of labor's Rights
and Duties
BIG WELCOME TO LANDIS

Nsw orIc,ns oct ~ Tho Amar.
acsn Legion IN national convention
here, today heard Samuel Gompers.
head Of the American Federation of
' ''N y, i"'o, "'li'' "'''
uons, its right ana duties.
Mr.. Gompers and Kenesaw NJ.
XAndis. commissioner Of baseball, re
ceived n noisy welcome from the bud
dies" when they entered the convention
hall. The session was slow in getting
under way, after merry night.
Numerous delegations marched TO the
hall over the ancient cobblestones that
have been doing duty as paving almost
since the day of Andrew Jackson. Mist
hung over the river and the gray hulks
Of destroyers of the navy tiotilla doomed
bg through the rising vapors.
Presentation Of the national cOlors TO
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PHILA. DELEGATION
NOT SHY WITH GIRLS

Now Orleans, Oct. 1.-THE Phila
dslphia delegation has taken charge Of
the St. Charles Hotel and has shown
this old citr--'thc city that care for
6et''-how to put on real show. Errol
White, Philadelphia attorney. last
might organized parade Of Philadel.
phians and staged show which NO far
has not been equaled at the American
Legion convention.
Aided by DR.. s. A. Dlatz, John J.
Dervin and other Philadclph!ans, he
captured mule brought here by the
Missouri delegation, decorated him with
Pennsylvania colors, Communicated a
Jazz band and invaded all of the hotels
and many Of the restaurants and then
showed the Creoles how 70 put on 4
Jazz dance in famous old Jackson
Square.
Southern bellies were no. averse to
being grabbed from the side!nes and
whirled in the arms Of the fun loving
Philadelphians.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17

guess they were kind Of foolish, but
nobody can get me to say persons
guilty till he Is proven so.
"As treasurer of the church 1 was
pretty close to Mr.. Hall. We kept
the. books together, and you can't make
1t too plain that never saw anything
wrong in his talk or his actions. Some
say we nre going too far in defending
him the way we do, but I guess every
body will be glad II things turn out so
both of them are exonerated.'
Detectives learned last night that on
the afternoon Of the murder a woman
went out to the Phillips farm from
New Brunswick and walked severnl
squares beyond the farm and sat down
on the porch owned by a Hungarian
family. After waiting there twenty
minutes she left. The Hungarian house.
wife recognized the photograph of
woman who has been frequently men,
toned in the case and which has ap-
peared in the newspapers rs the WON.
an who visited her. The family upon
whose porch the woman rested will be
questioned today by the Investigators.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17
DAVIS HITS RUM0R AGAIN
Insists There ls No Friction and
That He viii Not ResIon

State Prohibition Director Davis
declared again today he had no inteD.
ton of resigning
II still repeat the Director soid
"that there is no truth in the rumora
that am going TO get out of office
There absolutely no friction betwaen
Coinmi .oner Haynes and myself Of
any sort whatever.
Asked regarding the report that y
special detail was sent from Washing.
ton to investigate the liquor situa ton IN
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Davis said he knew
nothing about 1t.
''The doors of this Office are omen M
all times for Investigation, and T LII
welcome any that might he going o( Var
may be pending Ec( said ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17
ALLENTOWN HAS MAN.HUNT
oearch for Frank Bathanoy, Who
Fired at Former Landlord

Allentown, Pa, Oct. l7.-Allentown
police and the county officers are on n
man hunt for Frank Bathanoy, who to-
day from ambush fired at John Ham
merel.
Bathanoy, World War veteran,
twenty eight years old boarded at the
Hemmercls' from Faster until July,
when he eloped with Mrs. Eemmerel.
The husband located them In Brook :
Iyn, forgavc the wife and brought her
home, while Bathanoy got a jail sen.
tence, from which he was but recently
yaleased.
z Iast evening he resppesred and Hem
nerel threw him out of the house,
Iathanoy fred two shots at Hemmercl
a tine street and escaped. The police
Dom Philadelphia to Scranton have
zen notified.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17
ATTORNEY PROMISES NEw
EVIDENCE IN TWIN HnAy
Mrs. Mentally Held TO Wait H.,..
Ing In Court Tonnorrov,

Hammond. Ind, Oct. 17.--(By A
P.)--Mrs. Hazel McNally, younr ui,. q.
Of Frank Mentally. fifty .five.year. .ois M
factory worker Of South Bend. IN a." r
today emphatically denied chat sbs he ~! Ivy
the mother Of twins whom her bn.h"s W.
charges abe disposed Of. Failusos ilsna
find the twins or their bodies and II" /"
Nally,s admission that he never actiaII.
saw him led the local police ouaiIy ~ .sy
belief that McNally was the victim a. tns y
honx. VI
McNally claims his wife vis,t.s
physician, and that he saw two bnnd,.
of blankets which he was told d",u,es "as
tanned the babies supposed to have fUa' Soa.
born last December. No record 80 I'm IN
births has been found. VI tns
Prosecutor Joseph TODD today, bo,
ever, obtained a continuance ~ NJ
hearing until tomorrow y. .
result Of what he said was new a 40,
dence. the nature Of which he ref,,sessV sV.' .
discuss. "
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dueed the starch digestant in the saliva.
That is there to digest starch deposits
on teeth which may otherwise ferment
and form acids.
They reduced the alkalinity Of the
saliva. That is there to neutralize the
acids which cause decay.
Pepsodent corrects those mistakes.
1t multiplies the starch digestant, mul.
tiplies the alkalinity. Thus every use
gives manifold power to Natures great
tooth-protecting forces in the mouth.
That is why Pepsodent is so fast
bringing a new era in dental hygiene.
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After.Dinner Tricks

A match box Is shown and rubbed be-
tween the hands. II falls to the floor,
and the performer picks 1t up with his
right hand. When he opens his hand
the box has disappeared.
The trick IS done when the box falls
to the floor. As he stoops to pick the
former holds his left wrist behind his
left knee As the right hand reaches
the knee it t0sscs the box into the left
hand. The performer stands up and
pretends to rub away the box from his
right hand, while the left hand rests
against HIS hip, where It holds the
box. After little practice, If this
trick is done rapidly, 1t will prove very
deceptive,
Copyright 1888. py Ppb'ic Ledge, Comsany
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Mrs. Agnes strahan Edoa,

New York, Oct. 17.-Mrs. A,r..
Strahan Edgar, widow Of Nsr.h",ss
Edgar. of New York and Soutbnmntt""m.u'
died yesterday Of heart disease. Shs ,a
the daughter Of the late AleIsnMds.s W.
Strnhan and granddaughter Of the ia..
Bishop Strahan, Of Toronto. She ieea.e ,a.e
three daughters: Mrs. Ricbord ~ ~
Williams, Jr., Mrs. Henry Sanford M ~;
Mrs. r. Steuart Davis. ""a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17

Nearly every mother knows that. I'M
der old ways of brushing, teeth still
discolored, still decayed. Tooth troubles
were constantly increasing. until 40 in
50 suffered in some way. Very few
children escaped.
Now there's better method. Mil
lions of people now employ it, largely
by dental advice. To careful people of
some fifty nations it is bringing a new
dental era.
Tell them about it-let them test it.
They will quickly see and feel the ef-
tects. And it will aid them, all life long,
to better avoid troubles which you suf-
fered.
Film-the great enemy
Modern research proves that most
tooth troubles are caused by film. Film
is that viscous coat you feel. 1t clings
to teeth, enters crevices and stays. The
ordinary tooth paste does not effec-
lively combat it, SO old-way brushing
left much of it intact.
Film absorbs stains, making the teeth
look dingy. It forms cloudy coats.
Tartar is based on film. It holds food
substance which ferments and forms
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Those Pretty Teeth
Seen everywhere today

oeen everywhere today
Millions now use Pepsodent. Wher'
ever you look you sec the results in
gAstening teeth. And people smile to
show them.
Look about you. You can see that
some great change has come. And
those prettier teeth mean cleaner, safer
teeth, multiplied protection.
Send the coupon for a To-Day Tube.
Note how clean the teeth feel after
using. Mark the absence of the viscous
him' See how teeth whiten as the film
coats disappear.
II you want prettier teeth, you will
know the way to get them. If you want
safer teeth for you and yours, you will
know that this way brings them. Cut
out the coupon SO you won't forget.
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cHAprER 100 YEARS OLD

Columbia Royal Arch Chapter, No.
n Btll celebrate Its Tooth anniversary
nastow ntght In Scottish Rite Hall,
epA Hacs streets. The scheduled
M M he nishop Joseph r.. Berry
David a. Reed,