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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919. GOV. HARDING COURTS QUIZ III RATflBUN CASE Iowa Legislature to Take Up Investigation at Once; May Appoint a Spe- ' cial Committee. From a Staff Correspondent. Dei Moines, la., March 6. Fol lowing the address of Governor Wil liam L, Harding, who across from a sick bed today long enough to tell before a joint session of the Iowa senate and house his version of the Rathbun pardon case, which has been the cause of a national sensa tion, the house decided to take up the 'investigation of the affair at once. At a special meeting the house judiciary committee will vote on a recommendation to the house to further action. The appointment of a special committer empowered to incur expense to make a thorough probe, is expected. ' "If I had acted corruptly, that fact should be determined and 1 should be punished,'' the governor said. "If I had acted contrary to provision of statute or upon a false record, those questions could have been raised he fore me in a direct proceedings and my error in law pointed out, or false record corrected by providing me with a true one and I tell you gentle men, without any reservation what ever that if I had found myself in error, either in law or upon the fact. 1 should have been glad to be cor rected and should have thanked those who pointed out the error. The state has a right to know whether I have acted corruptly or whether I have acted honestly in granting this pardon and it is for you to determine and inform them and in this search you have my undivided support." Crowded to Capacity. Thus did the governor sum up his statement before the joint session of the thirty-eighth general assembly held in the house chamber. The chamber was crowded to the limit during the entire time the governor was reading his message. He be gan by declaring that many innuen does are floating about that possibly the governor was bribed or accepted money in connection with the grant ing" of the pardon. . tSik of Investigation. "Let me say to you," he urged, "that if these innuendoes have as suiyed such proportions in your minds as to create even a doubt, it is your plain and imperative luty to trace them to the utmost limit to ascertain their foundations." He further declared that if the investi gation convinced them that the gov ernor did not err, it was the duty of legislature to announce same so that people know the truth. The gover nor then went into the law confer ing the pardon authority of the gov ernor, saying that a mere reading of the statute shows the right of the governor to pardon on record with out going through the board of pa role. He said it was on this law and on the records as submitted to him that the pardon was granted. "It is reported that the pardon was set aside as void by the district court of Ida county, one of ' the grounds being that I acted illeg ally." said the governor. "If this statement was started by any one who was present at the court in Ida Grove at the time the Kathbun pardon was before the court, it is a malicious falsehood," said the governor, and "if it started by someone who was not present it is simply an ignorant falsehood." Me declared the court records show that "the pardon was set aside by a stipulation between the attor ney representing state, and the at torney representing the defendant or the defendant' bjmself. "Investigate Settlement. '"In other words," he said, "the settlement of this important criminal matter appears to have been made between the attorney general and the accused, and it might be inter esting to investigate fully the con sideration which prompted the de-. fendant to acquiesce in it." He declared that threats were made by the attorney general and his assistants that if the members of the Rathbun family did not enter into this stipulation surrounding Rathbun, and invoking his pardon indictments, prosecutions would fol low. In discussing the pardon further he said: "You thought from the re quests coming in as they did that the supreme pardoning power of the state was properly invoked to save from the penitentiary a boy who had committed an immoral .act, but who was not guilty of the crime of rape as charged in the indictment." Attorney General Havner submit ted a letter to the investigating com mittee today announcing that he was ready to furnish the names of witnesses and other Jnformation to the committee. Charge Brought Woman Here; Held Under White Slave Act Kansas City,Mo., March 6. Special Telegram.) Fred Botts, whose home is at Stewart, Neb., was irrested here Thursday by a deputy United States marshal on a charge of white slavery. The complaint was issued by the United States district attorney at Omaha. Botts was arraigned before Roy B. Thom son, United States commissioner, who fixed his bond at $3,000. His preliminary hearing; is set for next I'hursday. The charge is that Botts, a mar icd man, paid the railroad fare ner the Missouri Pacific road of a voman from Kansas" City to Omaha, January 5, for immoral purposes. Former Naval Secretary Dies at Age of 85 Years Tampa, Fla., March 6. Hilary A. Herbert, secretary of the navy dur ing urover ueveiana s secona term, died here today at the age of SS years. -Dr. Dixon to Eeturn. 1 Spartanburg. S. C. March 6. Dr. Clarence Dixon, prominent Ameri can Baptist minister, has resigned a pastor of the Spurgeon taber nacle, London, and will return to the United States in July. s I0T WORDS FLY AS SENATORS KEEP UP PROBE (Continued from Face Oip) the committee on a legislative in quiry to Milford at the instance t the civics department of the Lin coln Woman's club, and that they had been invited by Senator Brad street to assist in the investigation. - Mrs. Jay on the stand, testified that the only knowledge she had of immorality at the institution was the story told her by a girl whom she had interviewed at Milford, who ac cused a young man, a soldier living at the institution of being the father of her unborn child. Mrs. Jay testified that the girl had been in a delicate condition for about two months. She said that she had heard from other sources that within the past 18 months there had been three other instances where girls had become in the same condition at the home and had com pelled the authors of their shame to marry them. She knew of no names nor absolute facts concerning this; it was all gossip or rumor. She testifed that the girl now living at. Milford who was in a delicate condition had'become an employe icif the Soldiers' home last August. The' young man whom she accuses lived at Broken Bow and she had caused a complaint to be issued against him and planned to be mar ried after he had been arrested. Hensley Discharged Girl. Commandant Hensley testifed that he had discharged the girl in question some time before because cf her immodest conduct in the sleeping rooms of the institution and that she had not met with her mis fortune at the home. He said she had made frequent trips to Seward while the youhg man was thereand that the, misfortune must have Oc curred at that point. He testified that the'girl's broth er waB engineer at 'the institution and was in charge of the sleeping quarters as a sqrt of monitor at night. . Eli Shuliz, postmaster for the leg islature, an old soldier, whose home is at Steele City Neb., testified that certain members of the legislature had told him there was to be a vacancy in the executive office of the Milford Soldiers' home and ad vised him to apply for the post. Shultz Knew. Mr. Shultz said that he and his wife "went to the institution to in vestigate conditions and it-was his opinion that the adjutant was 'the cause of all the trouble. "I turned to my wife -and told her so, saidjie, "after I had seen the adjutant. I was a detective for a whole year in the union army during the civil war and my obser vations are never wrong." He testified that he found every thing at the institution in first-class shape and all of the- inmates per fectly contented. Things were neat and the men well fed and every thing done for their comfort and well being. The only complaint I could find against Hensley was from a Jew fellows who complained that he did nothing but walk around and draw his salary. Mrs. R. M. Walsh of Lincoln, former matron of the home, testi fied that she had found everything Satisfactory at the home with the exception of me housing of the help. ' Veterans like Hensley. Dr. Emerson Austin, who had been at the home as an inmate for five years, and W. L. Oztnan, 82 years old, a-veteran at the home, testified that Commandant Hens'ey was the best executive that had ever been at the place. Dr. Austin, with a knowing smile told of the visits of noisy automo bile parties and certain scandals at the institution, the latter coming to him as rumor, under a former com- mandan. but he said, since Com mandant Hensley has been in there has ben absolute peace and quiet and PARTY LEADERS' PLAN-ATTACKED BY LONGMPJII (Continued from rag One) members. The republicans will have 15 memberships. . Majority Leader Fight in-" House Grows in Interest Washington Bureau of The Bee. . Washington, March 6.--The rest of the house is beginning. to take a lively interest in the fight between Representative Mondell of Wyo ming and Representative J. Hamp ton Moore of Pennsylvania, the majority leader in the Sixty-sixth congress. The suffragists and the prohibitionists are commencing to bombard republican congressmen to stand by their party platform and prevent both ends of the capitol from the domination of Massachus etts and Pennsylvania. They point to the fact that Lodge and Penrose will control the senate, while if Moore should be elected floor lead er, it would be Gillett of Massa chusetts and the Pennsylvanian who would shape legislation in the house. While they avoid the suggestion of the house, they point to the record of both Gillett and Moore upon suffrage and prohibition, good roads and lastly upon the efforts made by the gentlemen to defeat the $1,000.- 000,000 bill to stabilize the price of wheat. Mondell is showing unex pected strength and it would not surprise anyone who has made a study of the situation, to see him win out. Allyn,Andrews' Secretary. Congressman Andrews today an nounced the appointment of A. E. Allyn of Hastings as his secretary until July 1, when Mr,' Allyn will be come a part of Governor McKelvie's administration as a member of the State Board of Control. Mr. Allyn is now chairman of the Adams county republican committee and secretary of the Fifth congressional district committee. all are satisfied. There has been no scandal and all are satisfied." Commissioner Mayfield, when all the evidence was in, and after all of the arguments had been made, called Senator Bradstreet on the carpet. "I wouldn't be a man," said he, "if I did not take exceptions to what the senator says. "No man can say to me, 'Mayfield, you make thatsman resign his of fice oryou get out of this.' I will go as far" to protect the purity of womanhood as any man, even to the sacrifice of my life, if necessary. To this moment the housing condi tions for the help at Milford were unknown to us. Not because of any ultimatum or threat that has been made, but because it is right we will order this condition to be removed at once. I will say to Senator Brad street I will not be intimidated nor will I see injustice done. I will do my full duty and pass judgment on the evidence and the verdict will not be swayed by threats of any one to cause my removal. The name of the girl involved in the enquiry is Emma Bittzenbaugh, formerly of Peru, Neb. ONCE-A -YEAR HEARS BENEFIT BIG CONGRESS (Continued from Fife One) t known as manager of the Chamber Commerce, paid tribute to the mem bers in attendance by assuring them that they represented the "flower of the business interests of the city." He detailed a portion of the work performed by Chamber of Com merce members during the recent war and assured the members of the committees that with the war ended, there remains plenty of work to do during the reconstruction per iod. , The duties of the various bureaus of the chamber were explainedand stress laid upon the importance of some of them particularly tlpse hav ing to do with publicity, industrial and traffic problems.! Mr. Brogan related the story con cerning a speech made by the late A. J. Poppleton, something more than 50 years ago. At the time when Mr. Poppleton delivered the address, it was upon the occasion when the news was flashed to OmVia that the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific railroad had been located here on the west bank of the Missouri river. Following the receipt of the news, there was a jollification and Mr. Poppleton, as x5ne of the speakers, climbed upon a drygoods box and made the assertion that within half a century from that date, Omaha would be a city of 50,000. Protect Nation's Business. During the course of his remarks, Mr., Brogan urged the Chamber of Commerce to protect and foster the business interests of the city, do ev erything in its power to aid in the employment of labor, giving special attention to the returned soldiers, adding that the greatest service that can be rendered the boys is to cre ate employment for them; so that they will not be singled out as spe cial beneficiaries. Readjustment of conditions' with reference to capital and lahor was urged, the assurance being given that members of the chamber are always ready and willing to promote the best interests Of employer and employe. It was pointed out that during the war labor was one of the chief bul warks of the country. During those years labor was patriotic and, with reference to the welfare of the coun try, it occupies the same position today. In discussing transportation ques tions, Mr. Brogan contended that right now there is the need of more lines of railroad to the north and the south, thus enabling the business to and from these sections to be handled in a better and" more ex peditious manner. While upon the subject of rail roads, Mr. Brogan expressed the hope that the time is not far distant when the Burlington will be re leased from the domination of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern. 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The speaker, declared that he has faith in the air mail route that is to place Omaha on the coast-to-coast line and closed by asserting that even with Omaha having the best buUding and loan associations in the world, there must be various ways provided by which the small investors may lay away their sav ings that they may receive fair re turns and still have them safely kept. One year ago President Gamble of the Omaha Chamber of Com merce inaugurated the plan of a "once-a-year-gathering" of chairmen and as many members as. possible of the working committees of the organization' for the purpose of briefly outlining the work per formed during the previous 12 months and such that might be ex pected in the reasonably near fu ture. - V The committee meeting of one year ago was a pronounced success, but in no point of interest and en thusiasm did it compare with the one held- Thursday night. Chair men and members of the 28 commit tees, to the number of 250 gathered. Copper Producers to Handle . Government's Surplus Stock Washington, March 6. A tenta tive agreement has been reached be tween copper producers and the War department under which the producers will sell the government's surplus stock at prevailing market prices, charging only the actual cost off selling. Cold. Cum Orl intf Influ.nn LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE Tablet, remove the cum. There 1. only on. "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S tlmitur. on the box. S0c. Adr. Half Million Dollars Back Pay to Electric Workers Lynn, Mass., March 6. Air-award to employes of the General Electric company in this city by a conference KrtnrH u',a ntmrmnrH tnHav. ttS rV , r i -I. -f terms provide ior oacs pay oi ap- Don't Change Y.our Husband. Adv. About 1,000 Wyoming Men Failed to Answer Draft Chejenne, Wyo., March 6. (Special.) The war has just be gun for approximately 1,000 Wyoming men, listed as delin quents in the draft call. Provost Marshal Ray K. 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