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VOL. XXV. NO. 157
PRESIDENT DEMES
. HE ORDERER PROBE
• INTO BANKRUPTCY
Governor in Financial Diffi
culties Would Hurt Party
Is Basis of- Charges by
State Leader
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 2.—(Bv
the Associated Press.) Charges
made by men thoroughly familiar
▼ with Governor Warren T. McCray’s
financial affairs trtat the executive
had embezzled public funds led to
the call of the Republican state com
mittee Ju Indianapolis yesterday,
former Governor James P. Goodrich
declared in a statement to the Asso
ciated Press today. The statement
1 was in reply to a charge earlier in
the day by John Moorman, of Knox,
Ind., political adviser to Governor
McCray, that the meeting had been
ordered by President Coolidge at the
instigation of Mr. Goodrich.
Mr. Goodrich denied emphatically
that he had ever discussed Mr. Mc-
Cray’s financial situation with Pres
ident Coolidge and branded “as abso
lutely false” Mr. Moorman’s asser
tion that the committee meeting was
ordered by the president “on the rep
resentation of myself that McCray’s
failure as a farmer would seriously
hamper the prospects of the Repub
lican party among the farmer voters.
Mr. Moorman’s statement was
made at the governor’s office here
today following a consultation with
the executive. Mr. Moorman Is
« chairman of the Thirteenth Indiana
* district.
“The committee meeting Monday,
said Mr. Moorman, "really was or
dered by President Calvin Coolidge
on the representation of James P.
Goodrich that McCray's failure as a
farmer would seriously hamper the
prospects of the Republican party
among the farmer voters. The pres
ident was made fully acquainted
with the situation in Indiana a short
time ago when Goodrich, who has
been thoroughly familiar with the
governor’s plight, was entertained at
luncheon at the White House. It is
patent that Postmaster
came to Indiana at the direcr re
quest of President Coolidge to look
into affairs, and this is borne out
by the fact that it was scarcely more
than twenty minutes after the post
master general's arrival that the
, wheels were in motion to call the
state committee to out Governor M>
’ Cray.
“Governor McCray was to be re
moved from office, to be branded as
a criminal, if possible, in order to
show to the whole country that he
was not a victim of agricultural de
pression which might be traceable to
the admniistration in power at Wash.
’ ington.”
Mr. Moorman also charged in his
statement that Clyde A. Walb, Re
publican state chairman, had told
him that before acceding to a re
quest by Mr. Moorman for postpone
ment of the state committee meet
ing it would be necessary to com
municate with Mr. New, at Washing
ton. Later, without giving him a
reply, Mr. Moorman declared that
Chairman Walb had said that the
meeting would not be postponed.
“The governor properly declined
to appear before the state commit
tee,” continued Mr. Moorman, “be
cause it was beneath the dignity of
a goyernor of Indiana to submit his
' personal misfortunes to a group of
politicians who were without proper
authority.
“He has done all any mortal could
do to protect his creditors from loss,
turning over all of his property, his
' wife evne waiving her rights. That
is not the act of a crook.’
Postmaster General New. who re
mained in Indianapolis today, when
told of Mr. Moorman's statement,
asserted there was not a word <.f
truth in the report that President
Coolidge had ordered the meeting.
is an utterly reckless and ab
-Bolm ely baseless statement,” declar
ed Mr. New. “There isn’t a word of
truth in it. So far as I know, the
president did not even know there
was to be a meeting of the Indiana
Republican committee. I came to
Indianapolis solely at the request of
the state committee.”
COOLIDGE SAYS CHARGES
ARE WITHOLT FOUNDATION
r WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. White
House officials declared “positively
without foundation” today charges
made in Indianapolis by John Moor
man, close friend of Governor Mc-
Cray, of Indiana, that the meeting
of the Indiana Republican state com
mittee held yesterday to consider ’the
Indiana executive’s financial affairs
was by order of President Coolidge.
X President Coolidge, it was said at
’ the White House, is not concerning
himself with politics in any state.
With reference to the further charge
made by Mr. Moorman that tne presi
dent ordered the meeting at the in
stigation of former Governor Good
rich, it was declared that Mr. Good
rich had not calico on the m-'sident
or been in- communication with him
sincethe financial troubles of Gov
ernor McCray became generally
known.
Postmaster General New attended
yesterday’s meeting of the state com
mittee, but he did so, it was declared,
merely as an Indiana political ic id< r.
and not as an emissary of lhe presi
dent.
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Lee Curry Murder
Case Nearing Jury;
Insanity Is Defense
LYONS. Ga., Oct. 3.—The fifth
trial of Lee Curry for murder was
expected to go to the jury this aft
ernoon.
Curry, three times sentenced to
be hanged, is making an effort to
show that he was insane at the
time of the alleged murder Burleigh
Phillips, a taxicab driver, who was
buried alive, the state charges, aft
er he had been knocked unconscious
by Curry in an argument over
whisky. •
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FOUR-YEAR CHASE BY TEXAN
RESULTS IN ARREST OF LAST
OF GANG WHO FLEECED HIM
World News
Told In
Briej
CALGARY.—The Prince of Wales
departs for home from his Canadian
ranch.
NEW YORK. — Luis Angel Firpo.
heavyweight boxer, files application
for L’nited citizenship.
/
BOSTON.—Boston Masons will
join Knights of Columbus in observ
ing Columbus Day, October 12.
WASHINGTON. — Former service
women are to be admitted to sol
diers’ hemes, the war department
announces.
SEATTLE. —Four bandits hold up
main office of Western Union Tele
graph company here and escape
with 58,000.
LONDON. —Premier Von Knilling,
of Bavaria, resigns and will be suc
ceeded by Military Dictator Von
Kahr, according to Central News
dispatch.
WASHINGTON. Senator-Elect
Magnus Johnson, of Minnesota,
visits his offices in capitol and
makes arrangements for calling on
president.
ST. LOUIS.—Fred W. Patterson,
of Dayton, 0., is elected president of
National Aeronautical association
following resignation of Howard Cof
fin, Detroit.
MADRID. —Military directorate
has threatened to Close all centers
from which unfavorable news af
fecting quotations in bourse
emanates.
• OKLAHOMA ClTY.—Oklahomans
in special election by immense ma
jority give mandate to their legis
lature to review official acts of Gov
ernor Walton.
HARRISBURG~Pa. Governor
Pinchot. starts drastic campaign to
close doors of 1,300 Philadelphia
saloons under “padlock” section of
prohibition law.
PEACH SPRINGS, Ari z.—All of
the Colorado river surveyors emerge
unharmed from Grand Canyon,
where they have b’een isolated by
recent flood since September 14.
WASHINGTON.—Wright Butler,
third assistant secretary of state, is
chosen to welcome former Premier
Lloyd George on behalf of president
on arrival in this country Friday.
LONDON. —Wurtemburg govern
ment enters into negotiaitons with
BaiTarra fUr joint separatist action
against Berlin government, accord
ing to Exchange Telegraph dispatch.
BERLIN. Stresemann cabinet
confers all night over crisis growing
out of communist demand for re
peal of statd of emergency, and it is
thought that it may be forced to
resign.
SIX SOLTIKREND, Ind.—Resi
dents in suit filed at Indianapolis
declare that Ku Klux Klan is seek
ing to supplaryt constitution of
United States with its own super
government.
INDIANAPOLIS. lndiana Re
publican politics are in turmoil as
result of charges growing out of
Republican state central committee
meeting to consider McCray’s finan
cial troubles.
CHICAGO.—State Senator Thurlow
G. Essington, of Streator, is chosen,
by representatives of six potential
candidates for Republican guber
natorial nomination to oppose Gov
ernor Len Small for nomination.
WASHINGTON. Agriculture
showed continued improvement dur
ing September except in the wheat
belt, department of agriculture an
nounces in monthly agricultural re
view.
BERLlN.—Communique issued by
ministry of defense says that revo
lutionary movement originated by
nationalist organizations at Kuestrin
has been put down end requested re
inforcements will not be required.
Gasoline at 14 Cents
In Twin Cities; Price
Cut War Is Revived
ST. PAUL. Minn., Oct. 3.—Another
shot in the gasoline price war that
delighted the northwest motorists
the past two months, was fired today
when the Standard Oil company (In
diana) announced a further reduc
tion of two cents a gallon in Min
neapolis and St. Paul, effective at
once. »
The announcement of the reduc
tion, which places low test gasoline
at 14.!> cents and high test at 17.9,
declared it was to “meet certain com
petition here.” Independent dealers,
as a rule, when Apprised of the
change, said they would meet the re
duction.
Today’s reduction raises to 8.6
cents the total cut gasoline dealers
in the twin cities have made since
Governor W. H. McMaster, of South
Dakota, started the price war by put
ting the state in the gasoline selling
business after declaring regular deal
ers were getting excessive profits.
The Weather
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
Louisiana: Generally fair, little
change in temperature.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy.
East Texas and West Texas: Part
ly cloudy, probably scattered thun
dershowers.
Virginia, North Carolina: Fair, not
much change in temperature.
South Carolina. Georgia, Florida,
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi: Generally fair; lit
tle change in temperature.
Tennessee, Kentucky: Fair; little
change in temperature.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
kwngvt Follows Trail Into
Canada, Cuba, Mexico and
All Parts of U. S. Until
Six Are Taken
DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 2—J. Frank
lin Norfleet, of Hale Center, Tex.,
has at last got his man.
Fleeced out of $45,000 in Fort
Worth, Tex., in November, 1919, for
four years Norfloet has covered this
country and others, tracking down
and causing arrests and convictions
of seventy-five confidence men
Finally in Salt Lake City yesterday,
he arrested the last fugitive of the
gang which fleeced him.
“Caught my man today in Salt
Lake City,” was the brief message
to Charles Gunning, chief of police
here, with whom Norfleet has con
ferred from time to time. /
Norfleet has at times taken as
sumed names and traveled in dis
guise when nearing neighborhoods
where he believ- some of his quar
ry were hiding. He has been on
their trail far into MexLo, i.i many
parts of Canada, in every state in
the United' I. ates save one, and in
Cuba.
Os the original six who were ac
cused cf staging 'he fake stock
game, by which he was fleeced, the
Hale county ranchman says that
two are no- in the penitentiary,
one was acquitted, one committed
suicide, one died of an illness, and
the sixth is now in prison awaking
trial.
Norfleet has considerable land
holdings in Hale bounty, on the
south plains of Texas. He has at
various times served as a deputy
sheriff in that that region.
Veteran detectives here declare
the south Texas ranchman has done
more to break up operations of con
fidence men in 'the United States
than any other man in the country.
CONFESSION BY LAST MAN
TO NORFLEET CLAIMED
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 2.
Identification here last night of M
P. Hunt, a Salt Lake City sales
man, as W. B. Spencer, of Texas
ended for J. Frank Norfleet, Texas
ranchman, a. fdur-year search for
six men who fleeced him out of $45.-
000 in Fort Werth, Texas. Hunt is
in jail on three federal narcotic
charges, and the government re
fuses to surrender him for trial in
Texas on Norfleet’s charge until
after his trial here.
George Chase, superintendent of
the identification bureau here, rec
ognized’ Hun. as one of the sextette
who victimized Norfleet after he had
seen a picture sent out by the Texas
rancher. He informed Norfleet and
the Texan arrived here yesterday.
Norfleet “had quite a chqt with
Spencer,” who readily admitted his
participation in' tn-' fleecing, accord
ing to Chase.
Jim Conley Denies
Knowing Negro in
Phagan Confession
Jim Conley, negro chieif witness
in the prosecution of Leo Frank for
the murder of Mary Phagan at the
plant of the National Pencil com
pany on Alabama street, ten. years
ago, was reticent to discuss the
Phagen case Monday night, in con
nection with the revelation of an
old confession that accused him of
the crime. Conley is now at the
South Bend convict camp in Fulton
county, serving a twenty-year sen
tence for burglary.
“I never knew a negro named
Freeman, and I wasn’t playing
cards with anybody at the pencil
factory on the day that girl was
killed,” Conley said. 1
jDeputy Warden Clark declared
Conley has refused to discuss the
Phagan case with anybody since he
has been at the camp. He has been
a rather stubborn prisoner, and it
has been necessary to put him in
solitary confinement several times,
the official declared.
Judge R. E. Davison, of the Geor
gia prison commission, who gave
out the details of the confession of
a negro federal prisoner, thought to
have been named Freeman, to the
effect that he and Conley were
“playing cards” at the pencil fac
tory when the girl was slain, is not
certain that the negro referred to
cards, but might have said “gam
bling.”
The statement of the negro fed
eral prisoner was made to Dr. J.
Calvin Weaver, former physician at
the federal prison, who communi
cated it to Governor John M. Sla
ton and Judge Davison. None of
these remember all the details.”
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Found Treatment Which Heal
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widely known physicians and sur
geons in the central west, an
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which completely healed him of
catarrh in the head and nose, deaf
ness and head noises after - many
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BULLARD, ON STAND.
TELLS DETAILS OF
BOW HE WAS SHOT
Mrs. Bullard’s Face Lined
by Worry—Husband Says
Edwards Alone Knew
Where Gun Was
BY RALPH SMITH
(Staff CorresiMindent Journal)
MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 3. —A jury
of Cobb county farmers is sitting
in judgment here today on the case
of Sim Edwards, who is charged
with assault with intent to murder
D. D. Bullard, a farmer from near
Powder Springs, last July.
Mrs. Ruth Bullard, wife of the
victim of the alleged assault, will
be arraigned on a similar charge
at the conclusion of Edwards’ trial.
It is alleged by the state that an
illicit intimacy between Edwards
and Mrs. Bullard furnished the mo
tive for the shooting of Mr. Bullard
on the night of July 9.
The case is being heard before
Judge D. W. Blair, of the superior
court of the Blue Ridge circuit. So
licitor John A. Wood, assisted by
Mozely & Gann, appear as prose
cuting attorneys. The firm of Mor
ris, Hawkins & Morris represent the
defendant.
Crowd Includes Women
Attracted by the sensational ele
ment involved in the trial, a crowd
that taxes the capacity of the Ma
rietta courthouse is in attendance.
Many women are among those pres
ent, but for the most* part, the audi
ence is composed of farmers.
While most of the morning was de
voted to the selection of the j- ry, the
calling of some forty or fifty wit
nesses for prosecution and defense
served to break the monotony.
,Mrs. Bullard, who is to appear as
a witness for the defense, was the
center of interest when she appeared
in answer to her name, when called
by former Judge Newt Morris. She
is a small, frail, little woman, with
rather pretty’ features, marked by
evidences of worry and nervous
ness.
In the selection "of the jury eight
veniremen went off the list for cause,
nine were struck by the state and
nineteen were excused because of ex
ception by the defendant.
Names of Jurors
The jury as selected follows: Rob
ert Marble, foreman; A. G. Hollifield,
C. C. Ireland, J. M. Finley, Clift
Harris, W. T. Hicks, H. B. Wade
John B. Collins. R. N. Arnold, R. F.
Strickland, T. E. Hill, T. O. Brown.
From the number of witnesses, the
care with which the jury was select
ed and the alertness of both prose
cuting and defense ‘rftforneys, it is
apparent that the case will be hotly
contested. It is believed that some
three or four days may be required
for its disposition.
D. D. Bullard, victim of the shoot
ing, was the first witness called by
the state. Judge Morris, of counsel
for he defense, challenge< his right
to testify and asserted that since he
is the husband of Mrs. Bullard, his
testimony uas incompetent. He con
tended that the state has built its
ease upon the assumption that Mrs.
Bullard and the defendant, Edwards,
are guilty of a conspiracy, although
they have been indicted separately
and ar e to be tried separately. He
stated also that the solicitor general,
in his summons to the jury, alleged
that illicit relations between Ed
wards and Mrs. Bullard were the
motive for the crime. He recited
court decisions in support of his con
tentions that Bullard was an inconi
petent witness.
Objection Overruled
Judge Blair overruled the objec
tion, and Solicitor Wood took the
witness in hand for direct examina
tion.
After the usual formalities of get
ting his name, his age and place of
residence, Bullard said he had been
married nearly five years. On the
evening of July 8, he recited, he
went ,to bed about 7:30, about ten
minutes after his wife had gone to
bed. He recalled only a few in
stances prior to this time in which
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Citizens of Oklahoma Overwhelm
Governor Walton With Ballots
UNITED STATES ARMY PONY BLIMP, OA-1, WHICH CRASHED TO EARTH MONDAY NEAR
Woodstock, Ga., after having escaped from its pilot and mechanic Sunday afternoon near Belleville,
111. Above is a broadside view of the balloon, about 100 feet long when fully inflated, while the bot
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his wif>> had been first to go to bed.
He said, he went to sleep quicker
than usual, but was waked up about
1 o’2clock to find himself the victim
of a gunshot wound that injured
his hands and singed his hair, set
ting fire to the pillow under his
head.
The witness testified that he
found liis wife partly in the bed on
the left side, with her feet on the
floor. He said that sh 6 made a
light and that when he got up he
found a single-barreled shotgun rriid
way in the floor. He declared that
this gun, which had been fired,
belonged to Edwards, and had been
left at his house some six weeks
before. It had been in his dairy
loft, he said. He declared Edwards
was the only person besides himself
who knew where the gun was.'
Back Door Opened
The back door -of the house was
open, although he said that he had
closed and locked it before retiring.
Solicitor Wood developed by ex
amination that the empty shell
found in the gun was the same shell
z (Continued on Page 2, Column 3)
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, October 4,1923
VAGRANT ARMY BLIMP RESTS
IN PATCH OF VELVET BEANS
“OA-1” Guarded by Soldiers
From Fort McPherson Is
Viewed by Throngs of
Curious
BY HUNTER BELT.
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
WOODSTOCK, fra., Oct. 2.—Tug-
I ging lazily at its improvised moor
: Ings in a patch of velvet beans
three miles north of here, the runa
way United States army blimp, the
I OA-1, continued to furnish a thrill
today for Cherokee and surrounding
I counties, although a detachment of
: soldiers from Fort McPherson, in
Atlanta, prevented the close, inti
mate inspection of the big ship that
was made by approximately one
thousand curious persons Monday
afternoon.
After sailing sluggishly over
Woodstock, its huge form outlined
against the sky like a monster
silver capsule, the blimp settled to
earth in a pine scrub thicket on the
farm of D- J- McCurley about 11
i o’clock Monday morning. A group
; who had been trailing the balloon
' in automobiles assisted Mr. McCur
: ley in pulling the balloon out of the
thicket into the field, where it was
i anchored by three ropes and by sev
j eral iiooked to the
fuselage.
In the cockpit were an aviator’s
cap and gloves, together with an
army belt, two parachutes, several
crosscountry maps and a mass of
I mimeograph report blanks. Pen
i cilled on the inside of the cap.
' which appeared to be one issued to
: an enlisted man, were the initials
I “A. M.” Otherwise, there was no
, clue to the crew of .the ship, and
there was considerable speculation
concerning its home field and
whether any one nad fallen from
the ship.
Reporters and photographers, ar
riving from Atlanta, however,
, brought the information that the
I balloon was believed to be the one
that had escaped from a crew from
Chanute field, in Illinois, Sunday aft
' ernoon. after its occupants had made
a forced landing.
The clock in the cockpit was still
• running, despite the crash to earth.
Inflated to capacity, the balloon
I would be approximately 100 feet
long, but a large hob torn in the
gas bag had deflated several rear
compartments and the rudder was
hanging only by a loose bolt. The
gasoline tank just back of the me
chanic’s seat was half-filled. A flag,
taken from the ship, was flown
from the McCurley porch.
Mr. McCurley was forced to keep
“open house” all Monday afternoon
for the crowds who’ swarmed to nis
farm miles around. They be
gan arriving a few minutes after the
balloon made its unceremonious
landing, and the road in front of the
McCurley farm was blocked all the
afternoon. One enterprising com
pany ran an excursion bus from Ma
rietta, fifteen miles away.
Before the soldiers arrived about
4 o’clock in the afternoon, the cu
rious hundreds swarmed all over the
ship, inspecting the fuselage in in
timate detail and discussing wnh
sustained interest the event that
had given the neighborhood its
1 greatest thrill since war days.
Guards stationed by the Fort Mc-
Pherson officers, however, forced the
crowds to keep at a distance of
about twenty feet.
No advices had been received
Tuesday' morning as to the disposi
tion of lhe balloon, but it was ex
ported that the aviation department
would order it deflated and dis
mantled so that it could be shipped
back to Illinois.
PILOT OF STRAY BLIMP
WAS FORMER ATLANTIAN
BELLEVILLE. HL, Oct. 2.—The
pony blimp which landed yesterday
afternoon near Woodstock, Ga., got
away' from Lieutenant Dache
Reeves, of Chantite field, Rantoul,
Hl.. Sunday afternoon. Lieutenant
Reeves’ and his mechanic yere
forced to land about twenty miles
northeast of here, because of a
heavy wind. When the two alight
ed from the ship, a gust of wind
carried it in an eastern direction.
Lieutenant Reeves is a former
Atlantian. When the United States
entered the European war he en
tered the services as a flier, and
was several times cited for bravery
while in France with the American
air corps. Since his return from
the war he has been in the govern
ment balloon service.
Young West Point Boy
Killed While Playing
WEST POINT. Ga., Oct. 3.—Little
Grover O. Crcnchaw. seven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Crenshaw,
of Lanett, is dead of injuries recciv
cd while playing with a cart loaded
with sand and stones. The boy fell
under the wheels and the cart rolled
over his chest, inflicting ' dal in
juries.
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TROOPS REAPPEAR;
SURROUND CAPITOL
TO PREVENT FILING
Governor Overwhelmingly
Beaten in Election of Tues
day on Impeachment Call
Amendment
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. L
(By the Associated Press.) —A tem
porarily restraining order preventing
the state election board from certi
fying the returns from yesterday’s
special election was published in
state district court here today on
application of counsel for Governor
J. C. Walton.
The order was granted immediate
ly after the executive's petition was
filed before Judge Tom G. Cham
bers. Jr. It enjoins W. C. McAlis
ter, secretary; John P. Logan, de
posed” chairman; Ira Mitchell, new
ly appointed chairman, and Claude
Baker, member, from certifying the
returns of “the pretended election”
to the secretary of state. The ac
tion was brought bv Mr. Walton
as governor.
The state capitol was again under
guard of state troops today. Frank
Carter, chairman of the state cor
poration commission, declared it was
his understanding that the guards
were under orders to prevent cer
tification to the state election board
of returns from yesterday’s state
election.
New Accusations
At the same time, it was announc
ed by Campbell Russell, former chair-
I man of the state corporation and s
leader in the opposition to Governor
| Walton, that he would file immediate
i ly a petition for a grand jury in dis-
Tict court to investigate official acts
of the executive. Mr. Russell cir
culated the petition on the streets
early today.
The petition, Mr. Russell said,
would seek an investigation of alleg
ed misuse of public funds by Gover
nor Walton and also would direct an
inquiry into the governor’s actions
in commissioning thousands of
special state police.
A former .grand jury, called upon
pet.tion circulated by Mr. Russell
to investigate the executive's use of
public moneys, was stopped by the
military authorities who trained a
machine gun on the grand jury
room.
The charge of misu-e of funds
grew out of the allegation that thi<
governor used state employes con
trary to law in checking signature)
on the initiated petition, approved
yesterday at the polls, to provide a
way for the legislature to meet with
out his call to review official act*
of state officers.
Hearing on an application to mak<=
permanent the restraining order
against the election board was set
for October 9.
Walton Loses Election
Opponents of Governor J. C. Wal
ton scored a sweeping victory/yester
day in the most spectacular election
ever held in Oklahoma.
By a decisive majority, a const!
tutional amendment was approved,
empowering the state legislature to
meet on its own call to consider
impeachment charges against th»
governor.
Despite thn executive’s proclama
tion postponing the election end his
threat to block it by armed force,
opposition was negligible and the ,
balloting proceeded peaceably, ex- '
ce.pt for minor incidents throughout
the state.
Indications early today were that
the heaviest vote for a referendum
election in the history of the stale
had been polled. It was estimated
that if tha ratio is continued, more
than three hundred thousand votes
will have been cast.
One-Sided Returns
Complete returns from 1,393 out,
of 2,837 precincts in the state, as
tabulated by four Oklahoma news
papers, showed the count on tha
legislative proposal:
For: 147,269; against, 37,404.
The overwhelming success of the
measure, however, is believed to
have been responsible in part for
the defeat of five other constitu
tional amendments, including a sol
diers’ bonus. These questions re-
J quire a majority of all votes cast
and it was pointed out that in ad
-1 dition to the fact that they were
failing to command even favorable
counts the “silent” vote, which is
great, due to the comparatively ex
cessive interest displayed in«the leg*
islative proposal, forecast their de
feat when the heavy vote on tha
legislative amendment became evi
dent.
On the face of latest returns to
day, the vote on these measures
stood:
Bonus. 1,022 precincts, for, 53,-
687; against, 72,953.
For refunding depositors in fail
ed state banks—9B2 precincts: For .
38,798; against 68,492.
Schobl Levy Vote
Additional school levy—l,o24 pre
cincts: For 62,504; against 55,301.
Establishing eligibility of women
as elective office holders—97o pre
cincts: For 73,532; against 37,fc1.
Compensation for death in indus
trial accidents—94s precincts: For
57.349; against 59,080.
In. only three counties, according
to reports, was the election wholly
prevented. These were Cimarron
and Harper, where the non arrival
of supplies made balloting impossi
ble, and Delaware, where the civil au
thorities barred the election in com
pliance with Governor Walton's or
ders.
The sheriff’s seizure of supplies in
Bryan county did not interfere with
the voting there. Led by Federal
Judge D., L. Williams, former gover-
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