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DAILY CAPITAL NEWS Jtfftnon City's Ltoding Ntwspaper--Full Limd Wirt of Hit Associated Prttt and United Prtts HJiusttfD ivonr WEEK DAY MORNIN4 EXCEPT MONDAY XXVI NO. 63 JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOUBJ, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937 PRICE THREE CENTS PWA Approves Contract for State Prison habitation Ickes Informs Governor of Approvol of Award for General Construction to K. C. Firm Work to BeStarted At Once, Stark Says New Adminis a i Building, Two Blocks, Factory Units, Kitchen to Be Added (By Capital News Staff Writer) Work of rehabilitating Missou- Hanging of 'Red' Jackson to Follow by Few Days Enactment of Lethal Gas Condemned Murderer to Be Token from State Pris- on Here This Morning to Scene of Ex- ecution Tomorrow at Galena Within a few hours after the en- actment of a bill in the state leg- islature which will forever do away with the public spectacle of taking the lives of murderers by hanging, Roscoe "Red" Jackson, called by Missouri officers one of the coldest-blooded murderers to ever hit Missouri, will be taken from the state prison here this aft- ernoon and returned to the Ozark hills, where he committed the crime which will cost him his life early Friday morning. Jackson was convicted of the murder of Pearl Bozarth, a travel- ing salesman who befriended him, in the Stone county court at Ga- lena, in December, 1934, and has been in the state prison here ever since, while appeals were waiting in the courts.

Last March his ap- ri's century-old state prison here delayed for months because of lack of federal approval--will get un-jf A A der way at once' llYll UOCK6I 10 B6 Gov. Lloyd C. Stark announced! late yesterday he had received word Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, public works ad- ministrator, had approved the of the contract for the gen- eral construction work to Boyle-Pryor Construction of Kansas City. The governor said work under the $2,000,000 contract would "be itarted at once." Awaited Breakdown on Cost Approval of awards for plumb- ing, heating, ventilating and light- ing was withheld, he said, "await- ing the breakdown on detail cost." The governor released the fol- lowing statement: "Word was received from Wash- ington this afternoon that Secre- tary Harold Ickes, Public Works jvorce cases is turned out by the peal was denied, and the date set for bis execution. Clemency on the part of Governor Lloyd C.

Stark stayed his execution one month. Sheriff I. H. "Dez" Coin, with deputies, will come here this morning to take Jackson back to Galena. Col.

B. M. Casteel, super- intendent of the state highway pa- trol, said last night that a detail of patrolmen from the Jefferson City troop will be sent along as guard, and will be relieved at Leb- anon by Troop D. Sheriff Coin has erected a forty- foot enclosure on the court house lawn at Galena, where the execu- tion will be held at 6:30 Friday morning. Location of the gallows over- (Continued on Page 2) Taken up by Sevier At Today's Session Wymorc Files Injunction Suit Against Nix and Andy's Resort The May term of the Cole county circuit court was adjourn- ed yesterday, to be reconvened to- day, with a number of civil cases docketed for hearing.

Circuit Clerk Guy M. Sone said last night that Saturday is expect- ed to be the big day of the May term, when the usual grist of di- Administrator, approved today the award of the contract for the gen- eral construction work at the state Penitentiary at Jefferson City. The iontracts have been executed and 1th the formal approval of the award the construction work for rebuilding of the old at Jefferson "City, at once. "The approvals of the awards for plumbing, heating, ventilating and lighting were withheld await- ing the breakdown on detail cost. New Administration Building mills of the court.

Prosecuting Attorney Carl F. Wymore yesterday filed an in- junction in the circuit court, seek- ing to close a resort known as Nix Andy's, on highway 50 west of the city, and owned by H. Rutledge. 1 Some time ago charges of main- taining a nuisance were filed against the resort, but were drop- ped when Mr. Wymore returned from a trip to Oklahoma, the case having been filed during his ab- "That part of the award which sence He contended yesterday is included under the Boyle-Pryor that a nuisance charge would not contract amounts to approximately result in closing the place, where- as an injunction, if granted, will put it out of business.

Wymore expects to be ready to try the case some time next week. two million dollars and includes the construction of a new adminis- tration building, garage, two cell blocks, two factory units, kitchen and inter-communicating corrid- ors." Word of the approval was re- ceived by members of the bi-par- tisan advisory board with express- ions of, satisfaction and pleasure. The construction, when completed, will be the first major improve- ment and modernization at the prison since it was built. C. A.

Haskins, chief engineer and architect for the board, has been in Washington the past sev- eral days conferring with federal officials in an effort to expedite approval of the contract. Only Tuesday night, he was quoted in press dispatches as say- he hoped for early authoriza- the PWA Knights Templars to CapilaKily in 1938 KIRKSVILLE, May 19-- (AP)--The 76th annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Mis- (Souri closed today with the elec- tion of officers and the selection of Jefferson City for the 1938 con- clave. J. F. Parks, West Plains, was advanced to grand warder, suc- ceeding R.

B. Strader, Independ- ence, i Other new officers, all of whom advanced to the next higher of- from the PWA to proceed fice! were: am es A. Kinder, Cape with the construction. The con- Girardeau, grand commander; tracts were awarded last July but Leo ohnson Neosho, deputy commander; John W. Calhoun, St.

Louis, generalissimo; Thomas A. Matney, St. Joseph, captain gen- eral; Thomas P. Bedford, Fayette, iimi LI II senior warden; Z. M.

Williams, It WPA DrOUQnt ROllS! Webb City, junior warden; Frank C. Bamhill, Marshall, prelate; Ray V. Denslow, Trenton, treas- not executed because withheld funds. 10,000 State Farmers Spring work on the farms has dropped to 4,000 the number of Missouri farmers- on special drouth relief projects, Matthew S. Mur- ray, state WPA administrator, said yesterday.

"We reached a peak of 34,000 in October, last year," he said. "We entered this year with 14,000 on the rolls, but 10,000 have dropped off this spring." No reduction orders have been received, he said, and "there have been no dismissals." District WPA directors con- ferred with Murray on financial needs for their areas prior to June 30. Weather MISSOURI: Mostly cloudy, owers in east and north por- ons Thursday; Friday cloudy and cooler in west portion, show- ers in east. High temperature yesterday 76; low, 54. RIVEB STAGES 7.S Baf 5.8 Fall 0.3 6.8 Fill 0.2 5.8 0.2 7.8 0.1 7.9 Rise 0.3 6.7 Rise 0.5 Lake of OMifci 2.1 tset below full fjservoir.

Kansas Waverly Boonville Jefferson City St. Thomts Hermann urer; Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville, recorder; Louis F. Heger, St. Louis, standard bearer and Earle B.

Potter, Kansas City, sword bearer. Social Security Hearing Postponed Until June 1 The social security board's hear- ing in Washington for Missouri officials to show cause why fed- eral aid for old age assistane should not be withheld until the state laws meet the federal re- quirements has been postponed until June 1, Governor Lloyd C. Stark was advised yesterday af- ternoon. This is the second postponement of the hearing. Originally set for May 11, it was delayed until May 25 at the request of the executive.

The delay was sought by Stark to permit additional time for the general assembly to pass its social security legislation. Senator M. E. Casey's measure, combining the administration of old age as- sistance, relief and child activities, will probably be acted upon by the house social security- committee tonight. Assembly Finishes Action on Bill to Repeal Tax Statute Measure Setting up Old System of Collecting Back Taxes Passes The general assembly' complet- ed action yesterday afternoon on a bill by T.

A. Shockley, Pulaski county, to repeal the Jones-Mun- ger delinquent tax collection law. The measure, which would set up the old system of collecting back taxes through the filing of suits in circuit court by a tax at- torney, now goes to the governor. C. P.

Turley, Carter county, charged during debate on the measure that repealing the Jones- Munger law would be to restore the "old plum tree." Tax attorneys, Turley said, can from $10,000 to $75,000 a limes. The Jones-Munger bill, passed by the 1933 legislature, provided for the sale of land on which tax- es were delinquent by county col- lectors after publication notice. Its sponsors labeled it an economy measure. Before re-passing the measure, the house concurred in some sen- ate amendments making minor changes in fees to be' charged. The senate voted 16 to 15 against submission to voters of a consti- tutional amendment to permit sheriffs and coroners to succeed themselves in office.

The meas- ure, by Rep. Oliver E. J. Schick, St. Louis, had been adopted by the house.

Senator Allen McReynolds, Car- thage, tried to change the proposal to eliminate entirely the office of coroner, but lost on a 16-15 vote. McReynolds said the coroner was "a useless appendage to the body politic of no value save to the holder of the office, for collection its fees." He and Phil M. Donnelly, Leba- non, also opposed the entire sug- gested amendment as making pos- sible "creation of a county politi- cal machine which would be un- beatable." Earlier, the senate passed house bills to remit penalties on delin- quent taxes, and to reimburse owners of livestock and poultry killed from a dog tax fund. It al- so passed a bill by Senator Mc- Millan Lewis, St. Louis, to create a legislative council.

Quadruplets Born to Woman in Oklahoma MUSKOGEE, May 19-- (AP)--Quadruplets were born to- day to a farm woman with only her 16-year-old son as attendant. One of the infants, a girl, born to Mr. and Mrs. William Mullins, died shortly after birth but the other three, two boys and a girl, appeared to be winning their fight for life in an incubator here. Dr.

H. K. Riddle, Coweta phy- sician, arrived at the two-room farm home shortly after the mul- tiple births. He said the infants were a month premature. Mullins, 40, said: "Sorry, we couldn't break the record." The mother, 39, was reported doing well.

There are seven other Mullins children. Admits Fatally Beating Child ROSEBURG, May 19-- (AP)--Cordelia i 22, pleaded guilty today to beating her 4-year-old step-daughter to death. Judge Carl Wimberly postponed sentencing her on an involuntary manslaughter charge. Reuben Wood Again Heads i on Springfield Lawmaker He- elected to Post He Has Held in State Federa tion for 25 Years 1938 Convention to Be Held in Moberly James Frazier of Jeffer- son City Named a Vice President; Roosevelt's Court Plan Endorsed Reuben T. Wood, of Springfield, president of the Missouri State Federation of Labor for 25 years, was re-elected by unanimous vote in the federation's closing session here yesterday.

Awarding the 1938 convention to Moberly, the delegates elected other officers as follows: Secretary and treasurer, Frank J. Murphy, Kansas City. Vice Presidents--Guy E. Tip- ton and William Bingel, St. Louis; Leonard Williams and 0.

C. McCoy, Kansas City; Richard Johnson, St. Joseph; C. W. Ver- ink, Springfield; Emmett Sullivan, Sedalia; Mrs.

Delia Wright, Han- nibal; James Frazier, Jefferson City; P. L. Patton, Moberly; and Robert L. Brought, Joplin. Executive board--Lawrence Raftery, St.

Louis; Mrs. Mamie Lampe, St. Louis; Edward Mulla- ley, Sedalia; Max Dyer, Kansas City; Warren Welsh, St. Joseph. Legislative committee--Arthur Rogers.

St. Louis; Jack Yost, St. Joseph. Secretary Murphy was elected delegate to the American Federa- tion of Labor convention. Only changes in 1937 officers came in vice president, with Wil- liams succeeding Rose Marksbury, Kansas City, and Patton succeed- ing G.

Howell, Moberly; on the executive board, where Welsh succeeded A. R. Hendricks, St. Joseph; and on the legislative committee, where Yost replaces John Kramer, Kansas City. The convention adopted the re- port of its president, endorsing President Roosevelt's court re- form plan, and urging the Mis- souri general assembly to enact a (Continued on'page 2) Daughter of Late Sheriff Succumbs Mrs.

Cclia Gilbert Dies at Home After Three Years Illness of Mrs. Celia Goodin Gilbert, 54, daughter of the late sheriff, Ben F. Goodin, died at her home, 506 East High street, at 10:30 o'clock last night following an illness of three years. Mrs. Gilbert, a resident of Jef- ferson City since childhood, had been bedfast the past two months.

She was born Aug. 10, 1882, in Henry county, Missouri, and came to the Capital City with her parents when a child. She was a lifelong member of the Chris- tian church, a member and past president of the Emma McKenna Circle and of the Women's Coun- cil of that church. Mrs. Gilbert is survived by three daughters, Mrs.

Alice Pavitt, Mrs. Marjorie McFarland and Mrs. Jean Ousley, all of Jefferson City; a brother, W. W. Goodin of this city, and a sister, Mrs.

M. M. Sheley of Fulton. Expert Has Traffic Under Control Only Where He Operates J. S.

Clardy, traffic expert, employed three days ago by the city to carry on a campaign of education particularly for the benefit of pedestrians, had things under control yesterday afternoon--on his corner. Situated for the third day at the intersection of High and Madison, general observance of the changing traffic lights was noted, with only now and then a preoccupied individual step- ping out into the path of a stream of traffic. Little knots of pedestrians gathered on the corners and patiently waited for the light to change to green. However--and here's another story--at the intersections one block removed from the scene of direction, the old careless habit of crossing against the red lights still prevailed, with mo- torists forced to slow up, and the pedestrian ducking across the streets when he found a hole big enough to get through. Youth Injured in Car He Allegedly Stole at Sullivan Identified by Patrol as George Furman of La- Grange, III.

Fingerprint officers of the Jef- ferson City troop of the state high- way patrol late yesterday after- noon identified a patient in a hos- pital at Washington, as George John Furman, 25, of La- Grange, 111., who was seriously injured in an automobile wreck in a car he is alleged to have stolen at Sullivan, Mo. Antone Solaz, 22, whose home is in Michigan, a hitch-hiker, who was picked up by Furman shortly after he is alleged to have stolen the car, also is in a semi-conscious condition as a result of injuries in the jtfreck, but not in critical con- i i Furman is said to be suffering from concussion of the brain and with little hope of recovering. Officers said that Furman stole the car in Sullivan, and as he was leaving that place picked up Solaz. Less than two miles from the town the car was wrecked, and the two injured men taken to the Wash- ington hospital. Furman was identified through fingerprints made by St.

Joseph police when he was picked up tl-ere for investigation in June of 1936. He had no criminal record, troopers said, although his prints had been placed on file here. The troopers said last night that a charge of automobile theft will be lodged against him if he recovers. Wymore Asks Return of State Prison Fugitive Carl F. Wymore, Cole county prosecuting attorney, appealed to Gov.

Lloyd C. Stark, yesterday, for the extradition of Fred Fen- ton alias William Johnson, to Cole county, next Saturday when he is discharged from the federal pris- on at Leavenworth, Kan. Fenton is wanted here for es- caping from the Missouri tentiary on May 22, 1929. peni- Wy- more's petition for the governor's requisition states that Fenton es- caped while outside the walls in custody of a guard. He was sentenced from Cass county in November of 1926, and sentenced to eleven and one-half years for grand larceny.

The nature of the offense which landed him in the federal prison was not learned, nor the length of term he served there. Lindbergh Has No Desire lo Celebrate Tenth Anniversary Today of Ocean Hop Bill to Raise Circuit Clerk Pay IsPassed Senate Approves Measure Placing Office on Sal- ary Rather Than a Fee Basis in State County Treasurers Restored by House Stork Must Nome 74 for Posts Abolished Jan. 1 Pauline Hopen Men- tioned in Cole County The house opened up a pa- tronage scramble in 74 Missouri counties yesterday by re-estab- lishing the office of county treas- urer, while the senate passed a bill hiking compensation of cir- cuit clerks in counties under 000, on a scale ranging from $300 to $700 a year. Action on the treasurer bill was final. It affects all counties un- der 40,000 and not under town- ship organization.

Offices oi treasurer and collector were con- solidated in these counties on January 1. Placed on Salary Bub The circuit clerk measure, plac- ing that office on a salary rather than a fee basis, must go back to the house for approval of a sen- ate amendment. Governor Stark, who must name 74 county treasurers to serve un- til the next general election, said late yesterday he would ask each county Democratic committee to submit a list of three names, from which appointees would be chosen. Mention Hopen The name of Miss Pauline Hopen was most prominently mentioned as a candidate for the office of county treasurer, yesterday, when it was learned had been re- stablished by act of ture. Miss Hopen is now employed in the treasurer's division of the collector's office, and held the office until January 1, having been appointed to the position upon the death of her father, William Hopen, and completing his unexpired term.

House vote bill, attacked on the treasurers' by Senatpr Phil Donnelly of Lebanon as one of several "grab bag" measures in One Killed, Two Hurt in Crash On Highway SO Cor License Fees Are 'Out of Line' Senator Cope Says The house ways and means committee heard Sen. Clyde C. Cope, Salem, criticise Missouri auto license fees last night as "way out of line," but lacked a quorum to act on his bill to cut fees for passenger autos in hall. Sen. Will G.

Lockridge, Fay- ette, described Cope's bill as "the most popular measure we'll have before us this session." "Give the average motorist this saving and he'll not object to a one-cent hike in gasoline tax," he said. First Labor Union In Hotels Here Is Formed at Missouri 46 of 49 Employes of Hos- telry Organize AF of Affiliate Jefferson City's first labor or- ganization affecting hostelries and restaurants has been formed with 46 of the 49 employes of the Mis- souri hotel entering the organiza- tion, it was learned last night. William N. Brandt secretary of the St. Louis Central Trades La- bor Council, announced the or- ganization in the closing session of the State Federation of Labor Con- vention yesterday.

Employes of the hotel are seek- ing a charter from the Interna- tional Union of Hotel and Restau- rant Employes. The International, he said, is aa affiliate of the American Federa- tion of Labor. Organization of the Jefferson City Union was effected at a meet- ing Tuesday night. It was said last night that the hew union ex- pects to receive its charter from national headquarters about the first of next week. A temporary list of officers in- cludes Carl Frank, president, Alma Cameron, vice president and T.

Woodson, secretary-treasurer. Dr. Simpson, manager of the the was 98 1 to 23. The Miss0 uri, could not be reached last senate passed the circuit cleric bill 26 to 3, "Grab Bag" Donnelly Says Donnelly again lashed oul against increases in governmental cost during debate on the circuit clerk measure, reiterating his charge that this might go down as the "grab bag" session of the legislature. "I have no apology to make for my statement about this being a grab bag session," he said.

"I arn willing to rest on the rec- ord this senate and house have (Continued on Page 2) Five School Children Become 'Nine-Pointers' LONDON, May 19--(AP)--Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has no wish to commemorate tomorrow the tenth anniversary of his epochal solo flight Paris. 35, from New York to the American expat- riate succinctly told a questioning friend: "I did it. Why should I celebrate it?" He will spend the day quietly at his country home at Long Barn with Mrs.

Lindbergh and baby Jon. There will be no telephone anniversary congratulations; the phone has been disconnected. One of his friends spent two days with the colonel recently and remarked on the approaching an- niversary of the flight which never has been duplicated. "How am I going to celebrate it?" Lindbergh asked, his friend related today. "I am not.

If any- body else wants to ell right. But I participate in any ob- servance." "I was with him two days," the friend related. "But he volunteer- ed nothing. He and the family seem supremely happy, though." Residents of the village seldom see the couple, although passersby occasionally get fleeting glimpses of the colonel or Mrs. Lindbergh working with Jon in the spacious garden.

Lindbergh makes frequent trips to Cambridge to conduct experi- ments furthering his biological studies, but secrecy surrounds these activities. The two have done no flying (Continued on Page. 2) Fifteen children of pre-school age were examined at a clinic held at Immaculate Conception school yesterday morning, with Shirley 3eckman, Eita Mae DeBroeck, Francis Feind, Harold Lauf and Roland Eugene Hyan qualifying as 'Nine according to Miss Hetty I. Joach, county health nurse. Similar clinics are to be held at St.

Peter's school May 25, and at the Lutheran school on May 26, with doctors belonging to the Cole County Medical Society conduct- ng the examinations. Miss Joach urges parents to have children between four and six (years subjected to the examina- tion. Foul Play Suspected in Death of Man SEWARD, Neb. May 19--(AP) --Police Chief Rufus Anderson said he identified the body of a man taken from the Blue river here tonight as John Henry Heck- man, 59, Kansas City, Mo. Ander- son said that name and address appeared on a social security card in the man's pockets.

Anderson said a gash on the man's left temple led him to sus- pect "foul play" was involved in the death. Anderson estimated the body was in the water for at least five as re- action to the unionization of his employes, but members of his staff, and the new union, said that it had his hearty co-operation. Sf. Louis Rabbi Dies After Lengthy illness ST. LOUIS, May 19-- (AP)- The.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Sale, rabbi and rabbi emeritus of Temple Shaare Emeth here for more than 50 years, died today after an ill- ness of several years. He was 82 years old. Widely known as a student of Oriental and classical languages, Dr.

Sale came to St. Louis in 1887 after serving Jewish congregations in Baltimore and Chicago. A native of Louisville, Dr. Sale was graduated from the Uni- versity of Louisville in 1872 and then studied at the University of Berlin, Germany, and a rabbinical seminary in Berlin. He completed his work in 1878 and returned to the United States.

Surviving Dr. Sale are two sons and four daughters, all of St. Louis. Trooper Ellis Escapes in Car Accident MARSHFIELD, May 19-- (AP)--J. D.

Ellis, state highway patrolman assigned to the head- quarters detachment at Jefferson City, escaped injury early tonight when his car turned over on Highway 66, about three miles east of here. Mrs. Ellis suffered minor cuts and bruises. Trooper Ellis and his wife were on their way to vi-sit Mrs. Ellis' parents at Crane.

Captain Lewis B. Howard, who investigated the accident, said El- lis apparently got one wheel off onto a crumbly shoulder and pulled the car back too suddenly. Virgil Schouweeker, 20, of Westphalia, Dies Short- ly After Collision Near Osage River Bridge Injuries Suffered by Two Women Hot Serious Mrs. Mayme McKinney, Resort Owner, Receives Broken i Knee; Mrs. King Bruised Virgil Schauwecker, 20, son of William Schauwecker, of the Westphalia community, was killed early last night when a Dodge se- dan he was driving and which belonged to Mrs.

Mayme McKin- ney, who lives at the Osage river bridge on highway 50, east of Jef- ferson City, collided with a Ply- mouth sedan driven by Mrs. Flos- sie Sullins King, West Mala street, city, a short distance east of the bridge. Mrs. McKinney who was riding in the car with young Schauweck- er, and by whom he was em- ployed, sustained a number of broken ribs, a broken knee bone, one severe cut on her upper lip and numerous bruises. Mrs.

King suffered cuts and bruises but no serious injuries. According to an account of the wreck told by Mrs. McKinney to police, she and young Schauweck- er had been to a nearby farm to purchase some chickens, and had driven onto the highway going east about 500 yards when their car was struck headon. Unable 1o Avoid Crash said that Signs Fund for Congress WASHINGTON, May -President Roosevelt signed today bill appropriating $24,000,000 to run congress in the next fiscal year. saw the car approaching and oc- cupying almost the center of highway.

She called to young Schauwecker, she said, to pull to the side of the road. He com- plied with her request, she said, but was unable to avoid the col- lision. The two cars were forced from the highway by the force of tha collision and rolled down an em- bankment into the roadside ditch. Schauwecker and Mrs. McKin- ney were brought to St.

Mary's hospital by ambulance, with the young man dying within a few minutes after arrival there. Phy- sicians said the cause of his death was a brain injury. The King woman was brought into the hospital by some unknown person who left immediately after escorting her into the reception room, i The King woman was seen at a filling station near Westphalia a sort time before the accident, high- way patrolmen learned last night. The car was identified by the fill- ing station attendant because of its dealers license number. The at- tendant told officers that at the time they saw the car a man was Lying in the back seat of the se- dan, but they were unable to iden- him.

One Man Disappears Oificers were also puzzled last night as to what became of the unidentified man, since it was be- lieved certain that he had not left the car at any point between the Westphalia filling station and the scene of the accident. The King woman appeared dazed when she was brought to the hospital and told officers and hos- pital attaches that she could re- member nothing. Later, officers aid, she changed her story by say- ng that she had started out with a. man to go to Freeburg. Further han that, she said, she could not emember.

The father of the dead youth said last night that he had been working for Mrs. McKinney for some time. Purse Also Disappears A strange angle of the accident appeared in the fact that a pocket- jook belonging to Mrs. McKinney and containing about $100 in mon- ey disappeared during the wreck, while Norbert Becker, ambulance driver, lost his hat, believed by theft, when he removed it and lay- ed it down after arriving at the wreck scene. The dead youth was born on the family farm near Westphalia and had lived there all his life.

He is survived by his father, mother, one sister, Cordula, of the home, and four brothers, Arthur of the home address, Bruno, Martin and Romeo, all of Chicago. No funeral arrangement! had been made last night..