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I . ■Tssar-THE OMAHA IV ORNING BEE e°™n [ . * - 9 • ' : \ , • VOL. 63 NO 9 Entered u Second-Clata Idntter May 2S, 1906. at n AT A TT A WE1 TAM S'<511 A V 1TTNE1 97 1099 • •»» Mall tl Ynar): Dally and Sunday, IS: Sunday. 12 M. within tha «h loan. fTOQ CENTS '• yyyj. V. ^ Omiha P. 0. Under Aet of Horen 3. 1679. U iVl AH A, W EjUINEjSUA 1 , JUINre .1, lj£d. Outalda the 4th Zona (I Yaar): Dally and Sunday. 012; Sunday only. 0» 1 ''u Vvi a 1 ° El*a Caate Elaawnera JMARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN OKLAHOMA ---® - Nonpartisan Welcome Given Harding in Utah* Discusses Tax Question Enthusiastic Reception Extended to Nation's Chief Execu tive by Citizens of Beehive State—“First Lady" Almost Buried by Flowers at Every Stop—President Com ments on Prospects for Bumper Crops. Hundreds of Children Line Streets and Roads By Associated Press. Salt Lake City, June 26.—President Harding brought to Utah today an exposition of the views of the administration on the tax question and received, in return, renewed faith in the future of (lie republic through the welcome accorded him in Ogden, Salt Lake City and a half dozen small towns. .Making tlie sixth prepared address of his return trip, the chief execu tive, in the .Mormon Tabernacle tonight, discussed taxation. The address on this question was made here because Utah is the home state of the rhairman of the senate Ihianee committee, Senator Smoot. Auer naving ueen greeted Dy a. large proportion of the population of Ogden on his arrival there shortly before # this morning and after hav ing been accorded an enthusiastic re »option in every town and through <t.< fcountry as he motored toward Lake, Mr. Harding, speaking w\ om the pteps "i* the city hall at Bountiful, a little town near this city, declared that “the greatest joy, the finest compensation and the greatest inspiration which ran come to the in cumbent of the presidenital office are found in getting away from the office at Washington and meeting peo ple Just ns X am meeting you.” Nonpartisan Welcome. “It is a joy to those in authority to know that there is so much happiness and so much confidence in the future of our contry,” he added. "I have had my own faith renewed today and J rm grateful for the opportunity of greeting you as well as having you offer your greetings to us.1' The welcome given the president— and Mrs. Harding also, for at every stop during the motor trip Pf 40 miles from Ogden to Salt Lake City she was almost buried under flowers—was nonpartisan. When Mr. Iiarding stepped off his train at Ogden he was greeted by Senator Smoot, a republi can, and by Senator King, a demo crat. The reception committee also included Governor Mabey, a republi can who, with Mrs. Mabey, rode in the presidential car and pointed out the points of interest along the route which led to the foothills of snow capped mountains, through a farm section made fruitful by irriga ^^uon. Much of the land is used for fruit growing and the prospect of ce-nd crops was commented upon by t„e president in one of the brief talks that he made. Children Line Streets. “I have found a new slogan in your and roads, waving flags and some times singing patriotic airs, played a large part in the welcome and this led the president to remark in one of his addresses: “I have found a new clogan in your wonderful' country which I am de lighted to adopt, namely, the one which refers to ‘Utah's best crop' (a wording displayed on a banner held by several hundred children at one small town.) I do not know when I (Turn to Tog* Ten, Column One.) Text of President Harding's ad dress on taxation and expenditure at Salt l.ake City Tuesday night is on pages S, 3 and 5. Man Held in Asylum Tv/o Months by Mistake Br International »wi JWTlre. Chicago, June 2G.—A search of two months for Felix Polltowlc* ended to day when lie was found In the asylum for the Insane at Elgin, III., to wthcb he was committed April 30 as a re suit of being mistaken for. John Polltowlc*, who Is In no way related to him. Felix had dropped into the assesor's office to protest against his personal tax and was arrested by a bailiff, taken before a judge and committed to the asylum on the petition which had been sworn to for John. A petition for the release of Felix writ of habeas corpus as filed In court today by Erwin Glenn, a brother-in-law, who traced him to the asylum. Meanwhile John hIso had been found and sent to the asylum. Farm Hand Near Irvington Held as Burglar Suspect First arrest following a series of burglarjca near Irvington, Neb., was made Monday when Adam Stockman, farm hand employed by Dan Erdman, farmer, was taken in custody on a charge of stealing articles valued at $150 from his employer, according to George To'vnlry of the nailable De teethe agency, Omaha, The articles were recoveied at n hotel in Irvington. Stockman la said to have confessed. Deputy Sheriff Arrested for Seining Fish; Fined Sps-lsl Dlspateh to The Omehs flee. Pierce, Neb., June 26.—Walter Wordporst, deputy sheriff of Pierce county, was arrested for seining fish by Deputy State Game Warden Otto Gewinner. Wordporst was tried by County Judge lloatli and after pleading gull ty was llti'-d $1(0 and coats. Masked Mail Kills Baity. Chicago, June 20.- Detective* an rmuiiced till" afternoon that Frank Gerlaka hod been Identified by two g0s*-,tnesses ns the masked killer who earlier In the afternoon broke a win dow pane In the Gerlaka home and shot dead Gerlaka'a son, John, 3 tears old. Iowan Slain by Neighbor in Old Feud W. E. Zimmerman Shot by \A alter Bardsley, Acquitted of Attempt to Poison \ ic* tim’s Family. Family quarrel, which has been pro ductive of shootings and lawsuits over a period of four years, resulted yes terday morning jn the shooting and killing of \V. K. Zimmerman, 47, wealthy farmer, living four and one half miles west of Neola, In., by Wal ter L. Bardsley, a neighbor. The shooting occurred in the front yard of fthe Zimmerman home. The dead man leaves a widow; a son, Floyd, 20, and a daughter. Hazel Lafferty, 24, Bardsley, together with his wife, was arrested and taken to Council Bluffs. According to the Zimmerman fami ly, Zimmerman was on his way from the house to a shed just west of the house, carrying a pail in his hand. Bardsley appeared on the road in front of the house, and not more than 200 feet away, with a high power rifle and fired four or five shots, three of them entering Zimmerman s body and killing him almost instantly. Fired at Wife, C harge. Mrs. Zimmerman, who was on the front porch shaking a rug. declared that Bardsley shot twice at her. One of the bullets, steel-jacketed, pene trated the trunk of a tree and the front wall of the house. It was picked up In the front room. Following the shooting, Bardsley went to his home. Members of the Zimmerman family sent for a physi cian and rallfd neighbors. Sheriff P- A. Lainson of Pottawattamie coun ty went to the scene accompanied by Deputy Sheriffs George Gillespie and Kldon Anderson, and followed by Frank Northrop, county attorney, and Henry Cutler, cororner. The sheriff and his deputies sur rounded the Bardsley home and ar rested Bardsley and his wife. They obtained the rifle with which the shooting was done. t minis helf-Defense. Bardsley told the officers he shot In self defense. He declared he was walking along the road with his two sons. Frank. 12, and Harvey, II. when Zimmerman opened fire on him with an auto matic pistol. Zimmerman, lie said, fired twice before he answered the fire. He declared that ever jlnce 1921. when he was arrested on a charge of making five attempts to poison the Zimmerman family, he has been llv ing virtually under Zimmerman’s gun. Zimmerman last year had a permit to carry a gun, but .Sheriff I.-ilnsnn was unable to say if he held a slml lar permit this year. Itruiiglit Suit. Following the arrest of Bardsley on the poisoning charge, ami his suhse quent acquittal in district court, he brought suit against Zimmerman for $31,000, charging false arrest. He failed to obtain damages. In the kitchen of the Zimmerman home, Sheriff I.ainson picked up an automatic pisfOt in a holster. The bar rel was powder-marked, but no one in the party was able to say If It had been discharged recently. According to Floyd Zimmermnn, the dead man's son, his father was unarmed at the time of the shooting Coroner Cutler selected a Jiyy of N'eola men, consisting of Ralph Hall. \V. C. Cole and It. J. Khlerbrock, wtm viewed the body nf the scene of th' shooting and held an Inquest Bardsley was held on a charge of first degree murder. (last* Knife Saws Foil nil Hidden in Prisoner’s Cell Special lllftpatch In Tlie Oinnhn Pee. Nebraska City, Neh., June 2ft Sheriff Ityder and Heputy MeCallum found two Improvised saws hidden in the celling nf a cell occupied hy Charles flypherd, held hero on n ( barge of assaulting a young married wnmnri In the western part of the county recently. The saws had been made from the blado of a "case" knife provided with the prisoners' meals. Pioneer Kesidcnt Dies. ft|M*rlnl IH-imfch to Tt»# Onuihii llrr. T’apllllon, Neb.. Jims 215 Mrs. George C. Raids of Springfield, Neh., pioneer resident of Hnrpv county, died at her home southwest of Hprlug field. Shs lesves s husband, three daughters and thres sons j EIopemep*\ ^ather - A. to bay Katherine Searle Porter. Bluffs Co-Ed Is Married Quietly II. A. Searle Refuses to Say Whether Daughter Eloped to Omaha. ‘‘We’re not ‘putting out’ a thing!” And the voice of H. A. Searle, head of the Monarch Manufacturing com pany in Council Bluffs, terminated the brief conversation over the tele phone. He had Just been asked regarding the suspected elopement of his daugh ter, Katherine Searle, 21, to Omaha Monday evening. Miss Searle was married at 5 to Eugene T. Porter of Grand Island. Neb. Young Porter said he is a grandson of William H. Thompson of Grand Island, one of the leading dem ocrats of Nebraska and known as the "little giant." The knot was tied by Rev. CharleJ W. Savidge, Omaha's "marrying par son,” at his home. The bridal pair was accompanied by John F. Wilcox. Jr., and Miss Gretch en Empkie. and E. E. Murphy of Council Bluffs. They drove up in front of the Savidge home in a large | automobile and "Jack" Wilcox, who is a tall, angular youth, reached the porch In a few long strides, smiling broadly, and asked Rev. Mr. Savidge ft he could marry a young couple. The entire party was In a Jovial mood. Itev. Mr. Savidge relates, but nothing was said about a surprise wedding. When the Searle home In Council Bluffs was called yesterday, how ever, there was no answer, and the comment of Mr. Searle at his office was brief, as indicated. The young Mrs. Porter is a Kappa Alpha Theta at the University of Nebraska. Man Charged With Threatening Harding Portland, Or**., June 26— Louis Rnder of Gnaton, Ore., was brought here today hy a federal se.-ret serv ice operative, on eusplclon of being the author of a letter addressed to the Portland Chamber of Commerce, which was aaid to have threatened the life of President Harding. He la being held at the office of the United Htatce marshal. Tb" letter, dated June T. was writ ten In an Illiterate manner. Rader Is about 60 years old. Dr James A. Haker, mayor of Gaston, was Juoted as stating that he regarded Rader na unsound In mind. When questioned, Rader Insisted he was not threatening the Ilfs of the president. "I was merely prophesying what would happen." he said. Dry Crusaders' Flying Squadron Hits New York By Intrmntlonitl New* New York, June 2ft.—A flying squadron of “dry crusaders," bended by the IIpv. MIhs Norma C. Brown | of Bloomington, Bl., Invaded New York today. Meeting* will l>e held at which speakers will urge strict enforcement and observation of the prohibition law*. Minn Brown 1* an ordained Minister of th** Church of Christ and formerly nerved na chap lain of the Blind* senate, Farmer, 7(1, Killed Vi lien Drawn Into Dears of Mower Hpn iiil IHapntrli to Tli* Omiiht Bee. Grand Island, Neb., Juno 21.— jchnrles Kotelson, farmer, 70, was killed shortly before noon on his farm near Boup City by falling from the mower which he was operating and being drawn Into the gearing portion of tin morbific. Ills wife heard scream* for help, but when she reached hi* side be was dead Railroad Boosts Wage*. Scranton, Pa.. June 26— Ths Dels wars. Ijickswiinim K Western rail road will Increuss ths wsges of Its shopmen 2 cents mi hnur beginning July 1. Notice to thnt effect was posted at all shopa of tha system to day. * Woman Is Slain; Man Kills Self Charles Fraeger Ends Life Aft er He Leaves Room Where Mrs. Maude Holloway Is Shot. Police Connect Deaths Charles Fraeger, 65, 1410 Oh'o street, shot and killed himself before a mirror at his home Tuesday Just after he was seen to rush from the apartment of Mrs. Maude Holloway, 2612 Sherman avenue, where Mrs. Holloway was found dead a few mo ments later. Fraeger formerly was a boiler maker in tho Missouri Pacific shops. He has been out on strike nearly a year. He owns his house and other property, neighbors say. He is a widower, ami lived by himself. For some time, however, and until three weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. Onie Iloilo way lived at the house. Then they moved to apartment No. 9, at 2612 Sherman avenue. Changes Her Mind. Shortly after 1:30 yesterday after noon, little Viola Borsen, 2414 North Eighteenth street, who was on her way to the Holloway apartment to shew Frena Holloway, 7, some doll clothes, saw Fraeger rush from the rear door of the apartment, down the steps and down the alley at the rear of the building. For some reason she changed her mind, and instead of going to the Holloway apartment, she went to the apartment of Mrs. Holloway's sister, Mrs. Hattie Travis, in the same build ing, apartment No. 7. Ben Dove and Earl Dove, brothers of the dead woman, had Just finished eating luncheon at the Holloway home, and left before the shooting. It was Earl Dove, returning to the apartment, who found his sister dead on the pantry floor. Sometimes Played Cards. The brothers explained they had taken their meals st the Holloway home since the Holowaya quit house keeping for Fraeger. Fraeger entered the apartment yes terday noon while they were at^ din ner, they said, and asked Mrs.' Hol loway if she would cook eomething for him. They flnlshed their meal and left leaving Frager In the apartment. They aaid he sometlmea came to the Holloway apartment at night to play cardfc. According to Ben Dova, Fraeger had been drinking. He was wearing a heavy coat and perspiring freely. Hark to Play. Frena Holloway, the daughter, at the time of the ahootlng. was In the apartment of her aunt, Mrs. Travis. She took a letter upstairs to her mother, probably after the shooting occurred, and before Earl Dove re turned, but as she heard no noise, tTurn to Pn*e Ten. Column One.) 14 Foreign Ships Defy Liquor Ban Thirteen Keg* of Beer Dump ed Overhoard From French Liner Paris. ll.v .\Hnrlalfd Tress. New York, June Id.—The French liner *Fari», the third vessel rhalleng lug Amerlran dry taws to be visited by fe<lera| officials, was deprived of its excess beer snd wine late today Thirteen kegs of lieer were dumped overboard and several thousand bot tles of wine were carted away to government warehouses. The number of foreign liners which have entered New York with liquor supplies since the Treasury depart rnent made its bone dry ruling will lx Inrreased tomorrow to 14, when fnut more ships are due. Other vessels are expected to arrive later In the week. The latest arrival slipped In this morning. It was the Scandinavian liner. Frederick VII r. At Us off Ice* It was said its liquor ail was marked "medicinal supplies," but that it ex evaded the usual amount. The other nine vessels which have arrived to date are: Baltic, Borengaria, Paris, Cedric. Cuffren, Cnntn Verdi. Providence. Tuscans and Caronla. The four approaching the** shores are the Canopic, Chicago, Olympic and Saxon la The Baltic and Berengarla, whose supplies were arlxod me bound l ick for Humps, but It be. ime apparent today that selsure* would have to la made more rapidly or the vessel* would snll buck With their liquor m tlielr salting dates w- uld have to be postponed. Democratic Senator Defend* Trial Trip of Leviathan Washington, Jun* 26. -Thara wnr> no laviah axpandlture t»f public money on tha trial rip of h* F*vlahnn, in ih* opinion of Rcnntor Fletcher of Flnrldfi, tanking d^morratlc member •►/ tb»» aetiAta comment committee, who enld he had mmlr the trip t• * sitlefy hltri i lf tv;;iir(Iinir «h-iu * of wRRteftil ua«» mad* of the fttnd* Appro priated to recondition tho *hip. If WHi n#t»M*airy mid pnrp*r In have a trial trip, tin aenator naltl, Adding that the government otitlny for fuel Ami I tic* pay *>f the officer* nm1 crew would hnv* been the amIP* had the voyage been made without ^UMtA, On Being Nice to Each Other WHY THE HIGGEN BOTHAMS WOULD JUST THINK IT TERRiBLfc 7 IF WE WENT EIGHT THROUGH THEIR TOWN AND DIDN'T ~'\ STOP TO SEE THEM—— THEY'D NEVER. FORGIVE US ^ AND THEY'RE AMONG OUR. NICEST TOiENDS*: ) REMEMBEtR. IHEvi DQNT YOU? __L_ cant? we just TELEPHONE? 'WE'RE WA'? BEHIND .SCHEDUlC NON r -WHY HESTER, SINGLE.? [ ? VJMERE'O YOU COME FROM? -YOU COME RIGHT OUT HERE IMMEDIATELY AND WE’LL KUHOCR, Ybu ip You don't stay to dinner,—no-no You've GiOT TO OR WElL NEVER. SPEAK TO. YOU AGAIN ? j---—— Br’TER TTVJO HOURS OF STRENUOUS KUSTUNG, -E*C Hi ■iOEAVORlHC. TO COfAE UP TO WMAT THETAsREJURE / 'HE OTHERS. V^ILL EXPECT-----> Surgeon Guiltv r j on Murder Charge c Jury Deride* Dr. C. I.. Egbert. Hastings. Shot Soil-in* Law. lii*|iairh to The Omaha Be#. Hasting*. Neb.. June 26.—Dr. <'. I. Egbert, Hasting* surgeon, was found guilt}- of second degree murder In the killing of his son-ln law. Charles K. Gordon, by a Jury here today. The Jury retired at 5:40 Monday afternoon nnd returned the verdict at 10:07 thin morning, a few minutes after.asking additional instruction on penalties for the different degrees of murder. The Gordons, who had lived with the Egberts, left the home to make their abode elsewhere a few days before the shooting. <>n February 21. last, they returned to get some be longing*. L>r. Egliert was In the home alone, his wife being In a sani tarium. He picked upa revolver when the Gordons entered. Home words Were spoken and two shot* were fired, Gordon dying Instantly. 1 Hermans Slain by Ib'lgiau Sentries at Bner By laletl l*rr«*4. Iluor, Germany. June *6.—Four Germans were shot and kitled and three others were wounded hy Bel glan sentinels here Sunday. Three of the Germane were killed by a patrol In u section of the town where travel had been forlbdden a* the result of the killing of three Bel I glsn soldier*, It Is send officially ex ] plained. The fourth w i* killed bj a sentinel along tho railway. The three persons who were j wounded were struck by bullet* while: walking In the streets after curfew. Essen. June 26 Sixteen billion marks, which the French assert were sent Into tho occupied regions for a strike fund, were seised today hy the force* of occupntlon. Half flit* amount wu* confiscated In the Mucl helm brain h of the ltelch«bank nnd the other eight billion marks, while In shipment through Mayenca. Department of Interior to Control Alaska Hoad Wuahtngten, June 26 — operation of tho government railroad of Alaska Including all branch line* and trie graph and til* phono line* ronnerted with It, ha* been plaeod under the Jurisdiction of the Interior depart mrnt through an egacutlve order in aued hy Prealdent Harding. Publico lion of the order followed the formal notification that th« la*t length of •tandard gatina track had hecn laid Into Fautank*. thua completing al! the engineering work on the main Him*. I’la-tiTcr* Hot SI I a Da>. Ht Louie, .June 26 Fnlon planter | ••te here today announced they had j won their fight for $14 for the eight hour day. Thla 1* aald to l*e the htghe*t wage paid theta craftsmen in ilia Lnltcd titatca. Corbino Denies Charge He Slew His Sweetheart Defense Counsel Attempt to Show Father of Annie Greco Was Her . Slayer. Attorneys for James Corbino, who is charged with murder on two counts. In their direct examination Tuesday afternoon, sought to impress on tiie Jury in District Judge Goss’ court that Ham Greco and not Corbino shot Ore-co s 14-year-old daughter. Corbino denied that he fired a shot ■it ills sweetheart and that 4he first time he heard she was shot was when he was called upon to make a slate merit at central police station. "What did Annie do and where was she during the exchsnge of shots?” queried Corhinos attorney. "She was standing between us." replied Corbino. The defense introduced 20 letter* purported to hare been sent Corbino by the girl. The letters sre addressed to "James Corbino, my dear hus band." “Why do -gou call Annie your wife?” County Attorney Heal asked COrblno. "Because she called me her hus band," ho replied. "I* that the only reason you call her your wife?" "Tee. that’s the only reason." Heal stated lhat he was going to show lhat Corbino can read, write and speak English and that It was Corbino who wrote the letters to Annie In reply to some she sent him and were not written by a ftten-l of hi* as he testified Boy Caught in Vt liirlpool in Republican River Drowns Sperlsl Itlspatrh In The Omaha Her. Bed Cimid. Neb.. June IS—Ivan Barker, 17. son of tiuy Barker, farm er. was drowned in the Republican river near Inavale. seven mile* west of here, late Monday night. The body has been recovered one half mile below the spot where the lad was drowned Marker, with two companions, went swimming and all three were caught In a whirlpool In deep water The companions, com plotely exhausted, mansged to sate themselves. I rin! of Woman Chnrgrtl \N itli Mnitlcr Regina Tmlat Special l>U|.HI,b la The Ontsha lire ' Knot t aid tiff, Neb., June IS Hrlcc tlon of n Jury to try Mr* Julia'John son of Mitchell for murder progressed toward Its end in district jcourt and first testimony Is expected in be in troituccd Wedneaday Hhe I* held in connection wtth tho slaying of Policeman Albert Peterson by Ki ink Allen, -soaping bootlegger April 2r. Eor two days attorney* have exam-ntd talesmen, % Lightning Kills ! Two Noted Actors Two Other Men Struck While Watching Storm Off Coast of Long Beach. N. Y. Ixmg Beach N. Y., June 26.—Bert Savoy of the vaudeville team of Sa voy and Brennan, and Jack (f. Gross man, both of New York, were killed by a bolt of lightning late this after noon. Two other men were injured by the same bolt. The men were walking along the beach at the water’s edge, watching the progress of an electric etorm that did not reach Bong Beach. Savoy ard Grossman were walking to gether and the other men. R. V. Webb and John Haley, also of New York, were behind them. The bolt killed Savoy and Gross man inetnatly. Webb and Haley were knocked tp the ground, severely shocked and slightly burned. They were revived a few minutes later by physicians. Savoy was well known In «he the atrical world as a female imperson ater and was nn« of the star attrae ttons of the Greenwich village fol lies. Grossman was* also well known in the vaudeville world, playing In mu aioal skits under the name of Jack Vincent. Webb and Haley also were con net-led with well known vaude ville teams. The four came from New York this morning to spend a few days at Savoy's summer cottage here. Massachusetts Hard Hit l»y Phone Vi orkers* Strike B* tntnrnnf tonal Netii Sentee. Boston, June IS.—With Maasaohu sells and Rhode Island the hardest hit. the strike of telephone operators in five New Rngland states was on this aftrrnoon. Telephone communi cation in Rhode Island was practical h- at a standstill. Service In most of the larger Massachusetts cities out side Boston was badly crippled Tele phone company officials in many dis tricts limited calls to emergency ones In New Hampshire, strike leaders denied the company’s claim that the operators remaining at work could handle traffic satisfactorily. In Maine and Vermont service was pra, tlcally uninterrupted. Lntl of Mexican Recognition Conference Believed Near tty I ni versa] Per view, Washington. June I«.—The State department hopes to tie able to a 'nounce In a short time, the final re suit of the Mexico City reci*gnitlon conference. It was stated officially to day. The termination of the negotiations which h«*e hern conducted lie I ween American t'otuin s»„>nrtw Charles Beecher Warren and John Barton Bayne, and their Mexican colleague*. Ramon Rosa and Fernando Oopsale: Row since May 14 la In sight. It w.*« [indicated. Okmulgee County Is Taken Over Proclamation Charges “State of Lawlessness Exists”— Sheriff Accused of Neg lect of Duty. Move Without Warning By A iaf e«J Preai. Oklahoma City. June 26.—(Jot. 3. C. Walton today placed Okmulgee county under martial law. declar ing in his proclamation that a state of lawessness and terror exists there. The action was unexpected. An nouncement of the issuance of the |;'reclamation was made by Aldrich illake, the governor's secretary, late this afternoon. The proclamation, he said, asserted that "a state of lawessness and . terror” exists in Okmulgee county as a result of the "neglect of tfre sheriff to enforce the law.” John Russell, democrat, is the -heriff He was elerte^ jn the gen eral elections last November. Signed Statement Made. The governor acted, Blake said, on the strength of signed statements sub mitted to him by three well known Okmulgee county citizens, which, he said, detailed lawne«sess in the county. They are. according to Blake, the Kev. J. Curry, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Okmul gee: James Stormcnt. chief of police at Henryetta, and W. L. Sullies, an Okmulgee automobile dealer. Military control probably will be confined, for the present at least, to the sheriff's office, the governor's secretary said, adding that all civil authority would be superseded. The statements submitted to the governor set out three specific in stances of al’eced abuse of official authority by deputies under Sheriff Russell. Minister Arrested. One related the alleged detention of an Oklahoma City minister who ap peared at Okmulgee t<# speak in the interest of a relief campaign. The statement said he was arrested by a deputy sheriff and held Severn! hours incommunicado, belnj- released later by order of the sheriff. Nc charges were filed against him. the statement said. About three weeks ago, according to the statement, John Turnbull and Ivan Harris, who were tiding on a public highway with two young women, were "held up by two deputy sheriffs, insulted and abused ” The statement said that "as the deputies approached the car. It was fired upon and later one of the boya was struck by one of the deputies." The third alleged example cited In the statements was the death of a negro who. it was declared, had been killed by a deputy sheriff when the r.egro fled at his approach. The of ficer was sa:,i to have been search ing for lkiuor. ^ alton Bank Is Hobbed of $2,300 | Bandits Cover Cashier and Girl. Then Flee in Anto Toward Omaha. Lincoln, .Tune 24.—Two unmasked bandits obtained approximately $2,300 in a bold robbery of the State bank of Walton. Neb . a few minutes after 3 Tuesday, according to a telephone message to the Lincoln Star from F. K. Copple. cashier of the tank. The robbers entered aa a girl waa at the cashier's window asking for change for a bill. They covered the girl and the cashier with pistols and compelled the tank cffgial to hand over the money, Copple said. Then they escaped In an automo bile. The men were described as being about 25 and 35 or 40, tfle former blonde and the other dark. 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