The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51-N'O. 239.
OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1922.
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TWO CENTS
U. S. Insists
! Intoxication Lhargc
onraymentj
of Its Claim i
V
V
Stand of Go eminent Regard
ing Army of Occupation Srt
Forth in Note to Euro
pean Nation.
Provided Under Treaty
By Tli Amrif4 rrt.
. Wellington. March 22. The
American army of occupation wa
sent into Germany and mi continued
there upon the bif of the right of
the 1'iiited States to be "paid it
actual cost timn an equal footing
with our allies" and this government
"it unable to conclude that the jus
tice of it claim it not fully recog
nized." according to identic commun
ication delivered by American
diplomatic representative to the gov
eriimcnu of Oelgiuin, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan.
The tkote were delivered under in
structions front Secretary Hughes of
the Department of Mate, and were
occasioned by recent information
from American otacrvcrs in Europe
that the allied government appar
ently contemplated arrangements
which would iknore American army
cost altogether, although estimates,
both for army costs and reparations
were being made on the basis of the
entire capacity of the German gov
ernment to pay.
Expect Full Payment.
The amount of the claims of the
United State for its army costs, the
notes declared, was understood to be
free from any substantial dispute, but
it was deemed to be appropriate, "in
view of recent developments," to ac
quaint the allied governments with
the repeatedly reiterated statement
that the government of the United
Staes was cxpecing full paymnt of
the costs of its army in the Rhine
land. Basis for the American claim, the
notes pointed out, was found in the
armistice agreement to which the
United States was signatory, and
which provided for military occupa
tion of Germany by the allied and
American forces jointly. That agree
ment, the notes recited, expressly
provided that the upkeep of the
troops of occupation in the Rhine
districts should be charged to the
German government and it was ex
pressed as the view of the American
government that the armistice agree
ment had the clear import that the
powers associated in that joint en
terprise "should stand upon an equal
footing as to the payment of all the
actual costs of their armies of oc
cupation." Payment Provided in Treaty.
Priority of payment for the total
cost of all armies of occupation was
imposed by the treaty of Versailles,
the notes set forth and since the
right of the United States to share
in that priority was not "expressly
conditioned" upon ratification of the
treaty by the United States, failure
to ratify should not be construed as
affecting, in any way, American
tights. . , .
In that connection the notes point
ed out that Germany has explicitly
consented to the priority of payment
of the cost of the American army
of occupation, notwithstanding the
fact that the treaty of Versailles has
not been ratified by the United
States, and that hence "any techni
cal objection" to the discharge of
the just claim of the United States
would necessarily rest solely upon
the refusal of the allied powers
themselves to permit the discharge
of an "admittedly equitable claim."
and it was insisted that the rights
of America were free from any tech
nical objection.
Big Sum Due U. S.
The notes set forth that the -total
cost of all armies of occupation from
November 11, 1918. to May 1, 1921.
r mounted to 3,629,820,000 gold
marks, that the amounts due to Bel
gium, France and Italy for their
army costs for that period had been
paid in full, and that the unpaid bal
ance due. Mav 1. 1921, amounted to
l.onO .090.000 "gold marks, of which
6,o74.000 gold marks were, due to
the United States and the remainder
duo the British empire.
It was pointed out, also, that the
British government had received
130,696.000 gold marks between May
1 and December 31, 1921. and that
the "payment was exprsly made
and received subject to the rights of
the United States."
In conclusion, the -notes stated
that the American government would
welcome any suggestions from the
allied governments "for the reason
able adjustment of this matter," and
the powers were informed that
"upon receiving assurances of pay
ment," this government would be
"onlv too haoov to proceed to the
consideration of suitable means" by
which its claims might be satisfied.
Frisco Police Head and
Wife Robbed by Bandits
San Francisco, March 22. Dis
covery that Police Commissioner
Thomas E. Shumate and his wife
were held up in their automobile
near their home here several days
ago and robbed of several hundred
dollars- was made when it was
learned that detectives were work
ing on the case secretly, according
to a storv printed in the Chronicle
today. The robbery was kept quiet,
the account states, in hope of catch
ing the bandits. No arrests have
been made.
CutmArmy
Approved
jby House
Semenoff Charged
With Seizing Furs
Vancouver. It. C. March 22. A
writ charging that Gen. GregoricrT
Semenolf, Siberia ariti-boUhrvik
leader now In v'v. 'vcr' wrongfully
deprived !. . U. Richard &
Uo.. V n. km and
hiJ . V . Siberia ami
CN company was is
.. ,aih Columbia su
-v c here today. The writ
V0 150.00) damages.
.ne complaint alleges that General
Semenot! seiiej the shipment, which
had been gathered from various parts
of Siberia, when he relinquished
command of the anti-boMievi.t forces
in that country. It further alleges
that the general disposed of the fun
and skin and has with him at the
present time, part of the proceeds of
the sale.
The complainants will seek an in
junction to restrain him from taking
the money out of the jurisdiction of
the court pending trial ot the case
41
Former Vermont Senator
v Marries American. in Rome
Pome, March 22. The wedding
of Henry. F. Hollis, former United
States senator from Vermont, to
Miss Ann White Hobbs of Con
cord, Mass., took place here yester
day, t
Richard Washburn Child, the
American .ambassador, and James
Fhelan, former senator from Cali
fornia, acted as witnesses
Jo! n Duval Dodge.
Kalamazoo, Mich.. March 22.
John Duval Dodge, son of the late
John V, Dodge, automobile manu
facturer of Detroit, was acquitted by
a jury m municipal court here today
on a charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated.
The jury was out about six hours.
The charge was the outgrowth of a
midnight automobile ride March 11,
which resulted in the injury of Mis
Kniniclinc Kwakernaack, .19, student
of Western State normal.
Dodge, who recently came into
possession of $1,600,000 from hi
father's estate, was also charged
with illegal possession of liquor
when Miss Kwakernaack s injury was
reported to the authorities and at
his preliminary hearing today was
bound over to the April term of cir
cuit court.
Irish Republican
Army Forces Defy
Orders of Dail
Will Hold Convention Sunday
Forbidden by Arthur Grif
fith Sniping Continues
on Ulster Border. .
London, March 22. (By A. P.)
The British government may have
to consider whether it may be pos
sible to draw a cordon of imperial
troops between the warring elements
on the Ulster frontier, Winston
Churchill, the colonial secretary,
stated in the house of commons today.
Dublin. March 22. (By A. P.)
It was officially announced in the re
publican organ here today, that the
Irish republican army convention, the
holding of which was recently forbid
den by Arthur Griffith, president of
the Dail Eireann, would be held in
Dublin Sunday as arranged. The an
nouncement is taken here to mean
that a definite split in the republican
army has come.
According to Commandant Roder
ick O'Connor, -director of engineer
ing of the headquarters staff of the
Irish republican army, 80 per cent of
the army's members believe the
army has been "let down" and that
the Dail Eireann has been, false to
the republican oath by agreeing to ac
cept the inclusion ot Ireland within
the British empire. -
Selected by Companies.
The newspaper men were invited
this morning to the republican pub
licity department, where they were
received by Commandant U Connor.
Discussing the army convention, the
commandant pointed out it had been
originally summor-d with the ap
proval of Kicharu Mulcahy, now
minister of defense in the dail cab
inet. The delegates, he said, had
been selected by companies and
numbered about 600.
O'Connor said the intention was to
restore to the army its old volunteer
constitution, under which it elected
its own executive. The constitution
was abandoned when tht Dail
Eireann was established. .
"Rank and File Always Right."
. Mulcahy, declared O'Connor, had
pledged himself in the dail to main
tain the army as a republican organi
zation, but the pledge had been vio
lated by the invitations given to the
members of the army to form the
nucleus of the army of the free state.
He said the army convention would
be held Sunday, as there was no gov
ernment in Ireland at present to
which the army owed allegiance.
A resolution would be submitted
to the convention, said O'Connor, re
newing allegiance to the Irish re
public. "You may, if you like, call us muti
neers," added O'Connor, "but the
rank and file is always right It is
the leaders who, have failed."
Desultory Firing.
Belfast, March 22. (By ,A. P.)
Desultory firing continued all day
(Tarn to rie Two, Column Six.)
Proposal to Reduce Force
113,000 Ly July Kccom-
mended Return of
Troop Discussed.
Amendments Defeated
Why not
put that
"Want" Ad in
The Bee?
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, li 1h .Mwlnlnt TrM.
VahinRton, March .'J. The
house gave it approval today to a
provi.ion of the army appropriation
bill which would requite the reduc
tion by July of the regular army
enlisted strength to 115,000 men and
then proceeded to enter upon a pro
longed dicusion of whether con
gress should direct the return to the
United States of certain troops sta
tioned in China. Hawaii, the Panama
canal zone and on the Rhine. Sec
retary Weeks liat already ordered
the withdrawal of the troops from
the Rhine.
The bill provides that before the
beginning of the coming fiscal year
approximately 6.500 troops stationed
in Hawaii, 2.000 men on duty in
the canal aone and the entire force
of 600 garrisoned in China, as well
a all but 500 men and officers in
the army of occupation in Germany
must be brought back to continental
United States.
Point of Order.
" Representative Crago, republican,
Pennsylvania, raised a point of or
der against the provision on the
grounds that congress was attempt
ing to usurp xne power oi me presi
dent to direct troop movements. The
point of order, however, was over
ruled by Representative Longworth,
republican, Ohio, presiding, who
declared that while he did so "with
personal regret," he believed con
gress, in appropriating for mainten
ance of troops, could properly place
such limitations on the president and
War department.
A motion to eliminate the provi
sion from the bill was then made by
Representative Rogers, republican,
Massachusetts, but the house ad
journed before a vote was taken. The
bill will be taken up again Friday.
Reject Amendments.
After extended discussion the
house, by decisive majorities, reject
ed amendment which would have
fixed the maximum enlisted strength
at levels other than the 115,000, rec
ommended by the subcommittee
which framed the bill. Chairman
Kahn of the military affairs commit
tee proposed that pay be provided
for 143,000 men, exclusive of 7,000
Philippine scouts.
Mr. Kahn said he wanted an army
large enough to cope with any sit
uation. Declaring that the United
States was not really at peace with
Mexico, he added that "we also have
a situation in the west which may
lead to trouble." .
At the outset the house voted
down a series of amendments which
would have increased the $230,000
carried for the officers reserve corps
to amounts as high, as $3,900,000.
Moral Reform Wave
Sweeps Mexico City
Mexico City, March 22. A wave
of moral reform that might be lik
ened to the blue law agitation of the
United States is sweeping over. Mex
ico City. , 1
The latest agitation is for the sep
aration of the sexes in the moving
picture theaters. Most of the movies
here are quite dark during the per
formances and the moralists say that
there is as much uncensored romance
in the balconies and the dusky cor
ners of the orchestra as there is on
the screen. Leaders of the moral re
form movement predict national de
cadence and a rapid lowering of the
moral standard if the sexes are not
separated or the lights turned on.
Some of the moving picture houses
here are particularly adapted to the
development of romance.
Outlook for Women
in Mexico Now Bright
Chicago, March 22. The outlook
for women in Mexico is very , en
couraging. Miss Anna A. Gordon,
world and national president of the
W. C. T. U., said on her return from j
a tour of Mexico in the interests of
W.-C. T. U. work. -
"Women in Mexico," she saidH
"are just completing a women s
suffrage organization and for the
first time they have organization for
the prevention of cruelty to children
and animals.
. "Doctor Andres Asuna, a senator,
said recently that in September he
will begin the first legislative activi
ty for prohibition, either by advo
cating purchase of the pulque fields
and use of the maguey constructive
ly or by outlawing pulque.
Farmer Capitalist Pleads
. Guilty to Robbing Store
Denver, March 22. George Har
rison, . 72. who claims once to have
been a Minneapolis capitalist, pleaded
guilty Jo the charge of robbery of
a grocery store here recently, say
ing that hunger, the result of desti
tute circumstances, had forced him
to' the act Sentence was deferred
pending an investigation.
Harrison . told the court he ' bad
subsisted on one soda' cracker for
four days.
Lady Astor to Arrive
in New York April 19
New York, March 22. Lady As
tor, who has been fjjvcn headlines
ever since she got into the British
house of parliament, will arrive In
New York April 19. This was the
word received today by Mary Gar
rett Hay, chairman of the New York
City League for, Women Voters.
Senate Holds
Night Session
on Pacific Pact
Oratory Divided Equally Be
tween Friends and Enemies
of Treaty La Follette
Leads Opposition.
By the Aoctatd Trtu.
Washington, March 22. Eight
hours more of oratory, divided about
equally between praise and condem
nation of the four-power Pacific
treaty, wnt into the senate record
today as the ratification debate ap
proached its conclusion.
So great was the crush of rena;
tors who wanted to get their views
recorded before the hour for voting
arrives on Friday, that an all-afternoon
session was not sufficient to ac
commodate them- For the first time
since the debate began, the senate
recessed for dinner and met again
in- the evening to let the discussion
wear itself out.
On the side of the treaty pro
ponents, Senator Pomcrene, Ohio, a
democratic member of the foreign
relations committee, took up the fight
for ratification with a speech telling
his party colleagues they could not
consistently oppose the four-power
pact if they had honestly favored the
league of nations. He characterized
the treaty as a "pocket edition" of
the celebrated article 10 of the league
covenant and said that although he
would have preferred the league or
the "association of nations" advocat
ecNby President Harding, it would be
inexcusable to reject the regional un
derstanding now offered. ) ,
.La Follette Opens Opposition.
For the opposition the day's debate
was opened by Senator La Follette,
republican, Wisconsin, who denounc
ed the treaty as a another alliance
binding tht United States to support
imperialistic policies in the Pacific
and far east. In any conference, held
under the treaty, he said, the Ameri
can representative was-certain to be
outvoted by a Japanese;British com
bination against American interests.
Senator Shortridge, republican,
California, and Senator Townsend,
republican, Michigan, also spoke in
favor of ratification at the after
noon session, the former arguing that
the provision excluding "domestic
issues" from the scope of the treaty
constituted an admission by Japan
of the right of the United States to
handle the Pacific coast immigration
problem in its own way. At the
evening session, Senators Walsh,
democrat, Massachusetts, and Shep
pard, democrat, Texas, were given
right-of-way to deliver prepared ad
dresses opposing ratification.
Conferences Numerous.
Numerous conferences between
various groups took place while the
day's discussion was in progress and
although some of the irreconcijable
group declared they had consolidat
ed an opposition totaling within two
or three votes of enough to defeat
ratification, the administration lead
ers insisted the margins would be
much greater. The leaders also stood
pat on their predictions that no reser
vation would be adopted except the
"no-alliance" declaration drawn by
the foreign relations committee.
I:i all, seven reservations and one
amendment are pending arid it was
indicated that at least one more
would be presented before the final
vote. It is' expected to provide that
each signatory nation shall decide
for itself what questions constitute
"domestic issues" . within the mean
ing of the treaty.
Church Woman Is Denied
Injunction From Ouster
New York, March 21. The peti
tion of Walter Fairchild, attorney
for Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, for
merly a leading figure in the Finst ;
Church of Christ, scientist, for an in
junction restraining the trustees of
that body from ousting her from
membership, was denied by Su
preme Court Justice Joseph A. New
"I Smell Sulphur!!"
WHEN' Mrs. O'Hara's
roomers read about
Millicent'a new dia
mond, dog collar they
hadn't the faintest
idea that Millicent
would be looking at
the flat upstairs a few
days later.
MILLICENT
by Louis
Weitzenkorn -
A BLUE
RIBBON
story in
Next Sunday's Bee
House Leaders
Predict Early
Action on Bonus
Rules Committee Adopt Res
olution for Special Suspen
sion jpday Democrats
Plan Determined Fight.
Washington, March 22. Extreme
confidence that the soldiers' bonus
bill would be passed by the house
before sundown tomorrow was ex
pressed by republican leaders in
charge of the legislation.
The last preliminary, steps to the
presentation of their program was
taken with the adoption by the rules
committee of a resolution making
tomorrow a special suspension day
and setting aside four hours instead
of the usual 40 minutes for debate.
This resolution was to be pre
sented when the house convened at
1 1 tomorrow. There was to be an
hour's discussion of the resolution,
with 30 minutes allotted to each side.
Democratic leaders planned to make
a determined fight against the reso
lution, but the republicans were sat
isfied it would obtain-4he necessary
majority for its adoption.
With the adoption of the rule,
Speaker Gillett was expected to rec
ognize Chairman Fordney ,of the
ways and means committee, for a
motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bonus bill. There would then
be four hours more of discussion,
two hours under the control of Mr.
Fordney, and two hours under the
control of Representative Gardner
of Texas, the ranking democrat on
the ways and means committee.
After aconference with President
Harding about his bill to appropriate
$17,000,000 for hospitals for sick and
disabled , veterans, . .Representative
Langley, republican, Kentucky, an
nounced he would try to call the
measure up ,ahead of the bonus bill.
Representative Mondell of Wyo
ming, the majority leader, and Chair
man Campbell of the rules commit
tee said, however, he vould be un
successful. Mr. Mondell said the
hospitalization bill would be taken
up soon.' " . "
Guitrys, Famous French
Actors, to Appear in U. S.
New York, March 22. Lucien and
Sacha Guitry, father and son, con
sidered the greatest contemporary
actors on the Parisian stage, will
make their first appearance in Amer
ica next season, it was announced
last night by the Selwyn theatrical
interests. Several players from the
Comedie Francaise, by permission of
the French government, will appear
with them. .
The elder Guitry once was leading
man for Sarah Bernhardt, -while his
son is a noted playwright. The finan
cial offer which induced them to
come here was said to exceed that
made to any other star, including
Mme. Bernhardt.
Edison Predicts "Politics" ,
Will Defeat Ford on Shoals
Jacksonville, F!a., March 22. Pre
diction that Henry Ford's proposal
to lease the government projects at
Muscle Shoals, Alabama,' would not
be accepted because of "too much
politics" was made by his friend,
Thomas A. Edison, in a statement
here last night while enroute to his
winter home at Fort Myers, where
Mr. Ford will join him tomorrow.
"Wall street is fighting Ford, and
Ford is fighting back," Mr. Edifon
said. "The fertilzer interests and
Wall street are as one, and politics
will keep Ford from acquirng the
property."
Business Slowly
Gaining Ground
Increase in Prices . of Farm
Products-Outstanding
Change.
Washington, March 22. Business
is gradually approaching normal, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
department of commerce, and while
the favorable movement has not
been evenly distributed among the
different industries, the improve
ment in those industries which "con
stitute the backbone of American
business" has been "very marked"
over conditions of a few months
ago.. '
The outstanding change' in condi
tions during recent weeks, the de
partment's report said, has been the
"substantial increase," in prices of
agricultural products. Compared
with December, the improvement
has been still more marked.
In the principal food commodi
ties, the following prices increased:
Hogs, 45 per cent in two months;
sheep and lambs, 40 to 70 per cent
and wheat and corn 20 per cent each.
Wool increased 28 per cent, while
cattle and minor Cereals showed sub
stantial gains.
Coal and gasoline production in
creased during the month and there
was an increase in building opera
tions throughout the country of $11,
000,000, despite the shorter months.
Weeks Studies Report
of Airship Disaster
Washington, March 22 Secretary
Weeks had before him tonight for
examination the 'report of the spe
cial army board headed by Lieut.
Col. Arthur G. Fisher appointed to
investigate the wrecking of the army
semirigid dirigible, Roma, at Hamp
ton, Va., recently with the loss of
many lives. The secretary declined
to make public the board's findings,
but said he expected to give out the
report tomorrow.
No definite decision has been re
ported by the War department on
the question of whether the Roma is
to -be replaced in the army air ser
vice. Mr. Weeks said this decision
was not. necessarily dependent in anv
way upon the findings of the board
which investigated the disaster, but
would , be' reached after a . careful
study of the probable military value
of dirigible, airships.
.' For his own part, the war secre
tary is inclined to believe that such
aircraft have not a sufficient value
to warrant a propect for replacement
of the Roma.
Indian Maid Sues for
Ponies Held for Fees
by Paleface Doctor
Mary Whitetiawk of the tribe of
Winnebago Indians on the govern
ment' reservation in, Thurston
county, Nebraska, had two horses.
They became ill and unable to
do farm work. All this was. in
1918.
To the veterinarian, the squaw
led the animals.
Days went by and Mary forgot
to call for her ponies, but on the
64th day Mary, together with her
tribe, traveled to the veterinarian
"I must hare $143.50 for the herb
cure I gave them," quoth T. O'Gor
man, the veterinarian. Mary ob
jected and appealed to Uncle Sam.
A writ of replevin in federal court
followed. Wednesday the suit was
ended when Judge Woodrough de
cided that Mary should have the
horses
Coal Mine Strike
Now Inevitable.
Union Heads Say
No Hope Held Out of Avert
ing Walkout on April 1 hy
Government Action
Committee Silent.
Br The Asociled Prm.
Indianapolis, March 22. Xo hope
was held out in union circles here
that the coal strike set for April 1,
might be averted by government of
ficials, who have not entirely aban
doned their efforts to et a settle
ment, particularly in ttie soft coal
fields.
. Even an unexpected decision on
the part of operators of the central
competitive field to meet the miners,
was said to be dftubtful of stopping
the strike, which it was pointed out,
was authorized to be effective unless
a new wage contract had been made
by union officials and approved by a
referendum vote of the miners. With,
only 10 days intervening until April
1, the time was said to be too short
for carrying out the union's program
for reaching a settlement. Though
the union's policy committee has au
thority to forestall the strike, there
was no indication that any such ac
tion was contemplated.
The exact financial resources of
the union for carrying on the strike
are not known, but the internation
al organization had about $500,000
cash on hand August 1, and a spe
cial assessment, collected in Novem
ber, December and January was un
derstood to have brought more than
$1,000,000.
90 Days Supply in Iowa.
Des Moines, la., March 22. (By
A. P.) Approximately 90 days' sup
ply of coal is believed to be on hand
in Iowa should the 12,000 mine
workers of the state strike on April
1, as ordered by international union
officials, it was unofficially an
nounced here today by E. C. Smith,
(Turn to Pace Two. Column Four.)
Iowa Professor Urged
as Minister to Sweden
Washington, March 22. Appoint
ment of Prof. Arthur J. Pearson of
Drake university. Des Moines, la.,
as minister to Sweden was urged
by Senators Cummins and Rawson,
of Iowa, who called today on Presi
dent Harding.
Auction of Soviet Furs
Is Halted hy Injunction
Leipsic. March 22. The civil court
of Leipsic )-esterdav halted the auc
tion of a large consignment of furs,
pelts and hides for the account of
the t Russian soviet government on
an injunction obtained bv the Rus
sian Trading company of Copenha
gen, which claims to be owners of
the , goods stored here for the ac
count of the Moscow government.
Oklahoma
Governor
In dieted
lccuthe and Former State
Hanking Couuiiicoioner Al
leged to Have Accepted
$23,(H)0 for Aid.
The Weather
, Forecast. (
Thursday: Fair and warmer.
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Ex-Banker Under Arrest
Br Th AMwrlalrd I'm.
Okmulgee, Ok!., March 22. Gov
frnor J. B. A. Robertson of Okla
homa submitted to arrest here to
night on charge of accepting a
bribe to permit operation of the
Guaranty State bank of Okmulgee
while it wis in an insolvent condi
tion. The governor immediately
made bond of 15,000 for his appear
nc for trial
Okmulgee. OkJ.. March J.'.
Governor Ci. It. A. Kolrrtoii of
Oklahoma, and Fred Dennis, form
er state banking commit signer,
were named as recipients of a $25.
000 bribe conditioned on their de
posit of $150,000 of state funds in the
Guaranty State bank of this city to
permit the bank to continue to oper
ate while in an insolvent condition,
in an indictment returned by the
district court grand jury against
John P. Cook, former president of
the bank, and John H. Rebold, vice
president. The bill was made public
shortly after noon today after Cook,
and Rebold had been arrested.
The indictment charges that the
money was paid to the governor and
Dennis with the "felonious intent to
influence the acts, decisions and
judgment of
them" after Den
nis had conduct
ed an examina
tion of the bank's
affairs on the
same day and
found the institu
tion to be in an
insolvent condi
tion, and that
to the bank for J- B. Robertsdn.
money borrowed in the sum of $400.-
000.
Sheriff Frank Sowers of Okmul
gee county now has a warrant for
Governor Robertson's arrest, but
said he expected to hear from the
executive some time during the day
and that he did not intend to serve
the warrant today.
The bribery charges state Re
bold and Cook gave $25,000 in a
cashier's check to Governor P.oberi
son and Dennis. ' - .'
Born In Iowa.
Oklahoma City, Okl., March 22.
J. B. A. Robertson, fourth governor
of Oklahoma, assumed office January
1, 1919, having been elected on the
democratic ticket the preceding fall.
He has been a resident of Oklahoma
since 1893.
Governor Robertson was born in
Keokuk county, Iowa, in 1871.
The indictment accusing Governor
Robertson of connection with alleged
illegal transactions in connection
with the failure of the Bank of
Commerce at Okmulgee is not the
first time his name has been linked
with the Okmulgee bank situation.
In a sensational report returned
by the investigation committee of
the house of the Eighth Oklahmoa
legislature of March 31 of last year,
the governor was charged with hav
ing accepted a bribe for misuse of
his official powers in connection with
alleged illegal transactions involv
ing the Guarantee State bank oi
Okmulgee. His impeachment was
lecommended, but in a spectacular
scene, in which a democratic mem
ber of the house was brought to
the chamber in an ambulance to ,
vote, the body rejected the commit
tee report, 42 to 42.
Leaves Sick- Bed.
J. T. Jerkins of Oklahoma City,
who left his sick bed to vote against
the report, later died. The major
ity of the house were republicans
and the governor and his friends at
the time declared the attack on him
was political. The executive denied
in detail the accusations broucht
against him.
lhe report charging the governor
with misuse ot his official powers be
gan wiHi a report of an alleged
transaction between the governor.
F. Dennis, then state banking- com
missioner, and John H. Rebold of
Ukmulgee, vice president and a
large stockholder in the Guaranty
State bank. In this connection the
reports declared that the Guaranty
State bank of Okmulgee was nearing
insolvency in the fall of 1920 and
that Fred Dennis in an attempt to
save the bank, deposited in it $150,
000 of state money. The same day
John Rebold gave Dennis a check
for $25,000 of which Dennis later
gave the governor one-third, accord
ing to the report. The money paid
Dennis was said to have been for an
oil lease sold by Dennis and the gov
ernor. . Bank Defunct
The report then asserted that the
committee was of the opinion "that
the leasehold by Dennis to Rebold
was at that time, as both Dennis and
Rebold knew, not worth $1 an acr
and that the sale of this lease, if such
sale was made, was a pretext to cov
er up a corrupt transaction in which
Rebold was paid $25,000, and in
which the governor participated to .
have his bank passed without criti
cism and to receive this additional
$150,000 of state money."
The report then recounted the fact
that the bank's condition became so
serious that it was consoridated with
the Bank of Commerce, now defunct;
Unions Vote to Strike
Copenhagen. March 22. (By A.
P.) Thirty Danish trade unions" have
voted to declare a gtntral strike beginning-April
1 in retaliation against
the general lockout, which was. de
clared February 15. -affecting nearly
all industries and about 150.000 employes.
