The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-06
Movie Folk
Threaten to
Sue Hotel
FontenelIe Faces Possibility of
$4,000 in Suits as Result
of Board Bill
Arrest.
Accounts Now Paid
by International News Service.

Des Moines, Ia. March Suits
totaling $4,000 may be filed against
the Hotel Fontenelle of Omaha. Neb.,
by seven Of the moving picture stars
here who were arrested today on the
hotels complaint that they had de-
frauded it out Of s237.
Bryant Washburn. one member Of
the company. said that Attorney Guy
Miller had been questioned regarding
the suit. The basis Of action would
be false arrest and the humiliation
incident thereto" he said.
Des Moines. Ia. March 5.-Four
moving picture actors and actresses,
together with the managers of tho
Movie Frolic." with which they we're
connected and who were arrested,
here this morning on a charge Of
jumping a board bill at the Hotel
Fontenelle, Omaha. spent two hours
in the police station and were re-
leased al noon after their business
manager. II. A. DeNeaux, had secured
the S227.10 due the Omaha hostelry.
The actors and actresses stated
their intentions of dissolving their re-
lations with the Cosmic Production
company and Of continuing their tour
of the country as an independent and
cooperative organization without
managers.
Those who were arrested were
Anna May Wong. Cullen Lands, Ena
Gregory. Jack Daugherty. actresses
and actors, and II. L. Tighe. presi-
dent of the Cosmic company, DeVeaux
and Harry Anderson. managers.
Bryant Washburn, Joe Murphy and
Ruth stonehouse. other members OF
the company. we're not taken into
custody.
After the arrests, DeNeaux, in ccn,-
pany with his wife and detectives. Sc
cured the money for payment Of the
hotel bill by soliciting the aid Of some
Of Mrs. DeYeaux's friends in Dcs
Moines, it WIS said.
Warrants charging effort. to de-
fraud an innkeeper were Issued Thurs
day by Deputy County Attorney Dan
Gross against seven members of tho
| famous Hollywood movie party which
fizzled here Monday night.
According TO the complaints, the
seven members Of the company are
charged with leaving Fontenelle hcrel
without paying their hotel bills.
which aggregate s237.10.
Complains were issued against the
following persons:
Eny Gregory. S6.s5: Cullen Ian.
dis, $3.50: Anna May Wong. Ss.i5;
II. l.. Tighe. S50.45; Jack Daugh.
erty. sl5I5; Harry Anderson.
Ssf.1i. and ID. :. Fridener. SlO9.S.,
According 10 Herbert Moore, man
ager Of The hotel. the stars left early
Tuesday morning for Des Moines.
Leave in Style.
They had our porter and clerk
help them into taxicah. with fhe:,.
baggage. tipped the porter and ieft ia
great style. except they neglected 20
pay their bills" said Moore.
While stopping az the hetel. the
stars bills included room rent tsls-
phone calls. shoe shines. beauty par
lor. drug store. laundry. valet. restau-
rant. telegram service. and on top OF
this. several of the members pur-
chased railread tickets and charged
them 10 the hotel
Some of EN- Paid
According 10 Moore the following
members of the show paid their bile:
Bryant Nashhurn, Ruth Stonehouse
Joe Murphy. IT. \. DeNsu. vice p-esi-
dent Of the Cosmic Production com
nany which is promoting the tour
Manager Moore was strong n HI.
denunoiation of the movie stars to.
dsy
Il never dreamed they would leave
without paving their hiil.T h ssn
IF I had noticed they were chers-
ing shoe shines and beauty parlcr
work on their bills. I would have had
them here
Bellhoys Al the hotel said the en-
tire company seemed to have a socS
time and was free with their tip..
Manager Moore was making p,ars
at noon TO accept several fur coats
In payment Of their bills when he 70.
eeived word from Des Moines thst y.
A. De Nsu. manager OF the tour. had
paid 70 Des Moines police the entire
bill for the company. s2s7.Ie.