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Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
 SMALL |S FIRST
 ILLINOIS CHIEF INDICTED WHILE
 HOLDING OFFICE

Governor Len Small Is the first gov ernor of Illinois to be indicted by a grand jury while holding office. He also is the first Illinois governor to face charges made after an investi- gation by an official body
 Available historical records give no instances of governors of other states being indicted while in office. but there have been several instances of impeachment.
 In 1862. Gov. Charles Robinson of Kansas was impeached. He was ac- quilted. Charges were made against Gov. Harrison Reed of Florida in 1868, the charges later being dropped.
 Gov. William H Holden of North Carolina, two years later. was the first governor to be convicted and removed from office.
 Impeachment proceedings against Gov. Powell Clayton of Arkansas were started in 1871. but were soon dropped. The same year Gov. Davie Butler of Nebraska was removed from office. In the next year. 1872, charges against Gov. Henry C. Warmoth ot Louisiana were dropped when his term of office expired.
 Gov. Adelbert Ames of Mississippi faced charges in 1872 and resigned from office. From that time until 1913 there were no such proceedings. Then came the sensational trial of Gov. William Sulzer of New York, ending in his removal
 In 1917. Gov. James F.. Ferguson of Texas was removed from office.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
WILSON $ 1 JAN J UNDERSTANDI|''.'G
 WI HI ALLIES |S BINDING 0N NEW ADMINISTRATION
Agreement To Defer Inter- est Payments on Allied Debts Reduced To Writ ten M c m brand a By Treasury Official
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WASHINGTON. July 20 The understanding reached by the Will son administration, deferring interest payments on loans made by the United States to allied nations will be binding upon the present admin istration, Secretary Mellon stated to- day to the senate finance committee.
 The secretary, however, did not disclose the policy which he will pur- sue in making collections and advised the committee he had reached no agreement with any of the debtor na- tions on the subject.
 The present situation, which the secretary called embarrassing, was caused by discussions in 1919 between former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Rathbone and Mir. Black cit. representing Great Britain with the result that the understanding" was reduced to written memora ntia. These conferences, the committee was informed, were held after Sec retary Glass and his successor. David s. Houston, had decided there was authority in law for the deferment of interest payments.
 Assistant Secretary Wadsworth, who accompanied Mir. Mellon before the committee. declared large part of the interest which the United States had collected upon it's foreign loans was from money which the allied governments had borrowed for that purpose Figures were pre- scented to the committee showing that on the foreign loans amounting to over ten billion dollars. there has ac cumulated accrued interest amount ing to s9f3.534.755 which is unpaid and has been deferred. Of this, France owes s2sz,14Ss ss3: Great Britain, S4o7 .30s.2ss: Belgium, $34,- 007.409, and Italy, s1s1.07s.0ss.
 Secretary Mellon submitted to the committee a copy of a letter written by him last May Il to the British ambassador on the refunding of the British debt. The secretar-, said he confined hims self to submitting to the amba ssador various memoranda pre- pared as a result of tho conference between MT. Rathbone and MT Blackett.
 "The papers cannot be said to have been in any sense the drafts or pro- posals of either government" the
 secretary continued. and the fac that any provision is contained ir them does not indicate that either was prepared to agree to it."
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
RUSSIAN AGENT
 |S HELD UNDER
 ESP|ONAGE ACT
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CHICAGO. July 20.-The arrest by federal authorities of Max Schall- man, a native of Russia, and the &C., tion today of United States Com missioner Glass in holding him to the grand jury in bonds of s5.oOO for violation of the espionage act, is be- lieved to have uncovered deals in which influential business men of Detroit. Cincinnati. Chicago and other cities are said to have urged their congressman and senators to hasten recognition by the United States of the soviet government so that contracts totaling s450,00o. 900 could be consummated with Russia through Schallman.
 Schallman, who is said to have been arrested as he was about to leave for Russia. has admitted. gov ernment officials say. that he repre- scented himself as an agent for Rus sia. There are three charges against him. one for Icpre renting himself as the agent of foreign country. demanding things of value. and act ing as agent of a foreign government without first registering as such at the office of the secretary of state. Each of these charges is a violation of the espionage act.
 Some of the business men thus ap- preached even went direct to Presi- dent Harding and Secretary of State Hughes with their appeals for rec ognition of the soviet government.
 Among the companies with which Schallman dealt is said to have been the United States Motor Truck com pany of Cincinnati. where contract for 90,000,000 of trucks was made. it was alleged. With the Charles Lapedus company of Chicago. $500, ,00C worth of overcoats. it is said. were contracted for. while s15.000.0 .000 contract is said to have been made with the Mutual Tailoring company, also of Chicago.
 Also the supposed soviet agent is alleged to have planned the purchase l of extensive warehouse facilities in Chicago and elsewhere, his projects ! even extending to the purchase of certain railroad canal rights. Schallman's attorney, who ap- peared with Schallman in federal
 court, said Schallman was in close touch with Lenine and Trotzky and
 is a bona fide representative of the
 soviet. His only mistake. according
 to the attorney. was that he failed 1 to register with the secretary ot 1 state.
 | Schallman was unable to raise his
 bond tonight and spent the night in
 the county jail.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR HELD ON FRAUD CHARC
Texas May Take Action Against
 White Cap Mobs
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 DALLAS. Tex, July 2o-Appeals from various parts of the state to the legislature, now in special session at Austin, for an investigation of the reported widespread activity of the masked bands in Texas. were supple mented today by the circulation by Representative Patman, aimed at the Ku klux Klar. asking the governor to submit a bill during the present legislative session. making it a felony to wear a disguise in public
 Since April 1 fifteen or twenty cases of masked activity have been reported. and eight have come to light within the last ten days.
 The latest occurred today at Luf- kin. where Sherwood Vinson was seized at the depot by four masked men. whisked away in a motor car and 40 minutes later was dumped out in town with coat of tar and feath- CTS covering his body It was the second attack there within the last IS hours. Last night Ben Wiley, 3t years old. was taken from town and later dumped into a street filled with theater crowds following an assault.
 No prosecution of alleged members of the masked organization have re- suited, except at Waso, where tai party episode resulted in the arresi of four. men. Three have been bound over to the grand jury on charges o whitecapping and the fourth released
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
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 JOHNNY scHAUER Fl Johnny of St. at of iehtweishts to md
 LION TRACKS FOR CHILD Sheriff J. Wight miles in four Re- ef MINNEAPOLIS Mnn- 2o-eeee Aen educational direese' 
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Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
Investigate Jap
 Deportations In
 Melon Districts
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1TRI-oCK, Gal, July 20-An in yestigation of the deportation of a number Of Japanf sf fruit pickers and melon field ssarsszs from the Turlock district early today was ber,,- by Sheriff R. l.. Dallas and Dis l. torney w. J. Brown of s IS county No arrests were ma
 Eighty eight male Japanese work CTS were forced to leave the district. according to corrected figures issued by the police. The women and chill dren and Japanese lease holders were not molested. Official figures show that the mob of whites who forced the Japanese to leave after putting them on automobile trucks was com posed of 150 men.
 The police said that so per cent of the mob were residents of Turiock and the others were itinerant fruit and melon pickers who objected to the Japanese picking melons under con tract at 16 cents crate while the union of white men demanded 25 and 26 cents a crate.
 Arrests were expected here tonight of several Turlock men charged with having taken part in the deportation. Sheriff R. l.. Dallas of Stanislaus county was reported on his way from Modesto, the county seat with war rants for five Turlock men charged with kidnapping.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

The alleged Illegal operations named in the indictments centered around deposits of state funds with the Grant Park Bank" held by tic grand jury to have been a fictitious institution since 1908. when 1t ceased to function.
 Individual bonds on each indiet- ment were fixed at s5o.o0o by Judge E. S. Smith
 Governor Small was notified of the indictments at his office through his secretary, George Sutton. Lieutenant Governor Stirling and Mir. Curtis were notified by the sheriff s office of their respective counties.
 Governor Small will appear in court at a. m. tomorrow, it was said. to arrange his bonds.
 The -Grand Park Bank" estab- lished many years ago by Alonzo Curtis. father of Vernon Curtis, and the late Senator Curtis. although having ceased to function several years prior to Smalrs term as treas urer, was used by the alleged con spirators as the agency through winch to make loans of state funds to Ar mour and company. and Swift and company. Chicago packers. according to the indictments. Although the packers notes drew and per cent interest, it is charged that less than per cent was turned in to the state treasury during the Small and Ster- ling terms
 Under the law in operation then the state treasurer was required to obtain at least per cent on state funds, but according to Attorney General Brundage. who pushed the investigation. the law did not permit the treasurer to use for private gain any interest earnings in excess of ? per cent.
 In its report. presented by the fore man. the jury said:
 From the evidence submitted 1t appears that the treasurer of the state of Illinois carried large daily balances and that during the admin istration of Fred E. Sterling hose balances have ranged from s22, ,000,c90 to s32. .00O, 900. During the admInis- tration of Len Small and Fred E.. Sterling. as treasurers. the law then in force in this state required the state treasurer. to deposit all moneys received by him on account of the state within five days after receiV- ing same in such banks in the cities
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21

of the state as in the opinion of the treasurer were secure and which paid the highest rate of interest
 We find that both the letter and spirit of that law were iolated- For the purpose oe circumventing those provisions an ingenious scheme vas adhered. To.
 "Beginning with the administration of former Treasurer Small, the daiIy balances were carried on the COOKS under two primary funds, one de- nominated as the vault fund and the other as the safe fund The so- called safe fund represented loans made to the so-cailed Grant Park Bank which was formerly a private banking. institution which absolutely ceased to function as a bank after 1908. Although this purported bank was purported to be owned by a single individual and not not trans act banking business whatever and had no depositor other than the state of Illinois, yet it was given huge de- posits of public moneys by two for mer state treasurers. Small and Sterling.
 "The evidence shows that money was taken from the state treasury generally in lots of s5o0.o0o and de- DOSltcQ (llc SO-NdAfC4 oAdHt d1 - Bank, which thereupon issued and delivered to the state treasury cer- tificates of deposit for the amount received but without any collateral security. In other words. the only evidence of indebtedness and the only security held by the treasurer for loans aggregating $1o.0oo.ooo were paper obligations of a fictitious bank. The moneys so received were used in purchasing at a discount short time notes issued by Swift and company and Armour and company. two large corporations engaged in the packing business in Chicago. These transac- tions netted the purchasers of the notes large profits. If any portion of the profits so realized was paid into the treasury it was less than per cent
 "The records of the treasurer's of flee for July 10. 1919. illustrate the manner in which the public funds were handled. On that day the vault fund is debited with s7.957, 500. of which s3.000, 900 was deposited in a private banking institution. while the safe fund was debited with s1s.- coo 000.'
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
M 'KELLAR SAYS.
 DE IN UNIONS BENEATH AMERICAN HONOR
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WASHINGTON, July 20.-Aroused by description of methods used by private detectives in obtaining infor- nation about activities of union miners, Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee. at today's hearing be- fore the committee investigating dis orders in the Mingo, West Virginia, field, declared it was not right for men to work themselves into the con fidence of union officials and then to report to detective agencies on what was transpiring.
 c. F.. Lively had testified that while a member of the United Mine Work CTS he served as an agency operative in behalf of mine owners. During the past nine years. he eaid, he had at tended union meetings, was vice president of a local and attended con- yentions as delegate and all the while had made regular reports to the detective agency.
 Then the Tennessee senator in quired of Lively whether the miners would have let him into their meet ings if they had known he was de- tective
 Let me in?p Lively retorted. "They would have turned me over to the undertaken"
 s. D. Avis. counsel for the oper- dtCfs, TeHdIkeO lHe uSpdTlIilcHI -os justice resorted to the practice of having it's agents join unions and other organizations in order to report developments.
 I don't care if it does.' declared MT. Mcclellan. Conduct like that doesn't fit in with my idea of Amer ican honor. No wonder you're having trouble in West Virginia Lively testified he kept the fact he
 was a detective a secret both from i coal operators for whom he worked i and from union miners with whom he associated until after the West l Virginia gun battle in May. 1920, dur i ing which 10 men. among them seven company detectives. were killed. The day of the shooting, Lively tolo
 the committee. he was at the United Mine Workers headquarters IT 1 Charleston, w. Va. When news oi
 the affray was received the witness 1 declared almost all the union men al l the headquarters agreed it was
 pretty good thing and seemed tt | enjoy it'
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
British Premier Plans Generous
 Offer To Ireland
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LONDON. July 20.-The British cabinet sat for two hours and half this evening considering the Irish plans, after which Premier Lloyd George went to Buckingham Palace and laid before the king the proposals for submission to Eamonn de Valera, the Irish republican leader, at tomor rows conference.
 The prime minister presided at the cabinet council held in the house of commons and outlined his new offer to Ireland, which is described as being drawn on generous lines.
 The financial arrang ements in the new offer have given sconsidera ble trouble to the ministers, it is under stood, but eventually were agreed to It is also understood that the general lines of the premiers offer have the approval of Austen Chanberlin, the government leader in the house of commons: Sir Robert Horne. Sir Laming Worthington Evans, secre- tary for war and other ministers, and that probably, with modification the entire cabinet will assent to the pro- posals.
 Whether Mir Lloyd George has sue ceeded in overcoming the reluctance of Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre- mier, to join in a i-partite confer ence, is not known. but an announce ment that Sir James is coming to London again, proba bly, next week is considered favorable omen, and in any case no hint of a breakdown ir the negotiations is apparent. These however. may be more protractec 1 than had been generally expected.
 General Jan Christian Shuts, pre- mier of South Africa, is holding him
 self in readiness to go to Ireland | again, if needed.
 Mir. de Valera gave a reception to- i night which was attended by mem
 bers and executives of the variou, | Irish organizations in Great Britain
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STER- LING AND GRANT PARK BANK ER' ALSO HELD IN GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY INVOLVING OVER S3,OOO, 1000 IN STATE FUNDS
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SPRINGFIELD, H.. July 20-Warrants were issued for Governor Small Lieutenant Governor Ster- ling and Vernon Curtis the Grant Park banker follow ing their indictment this afternoon charges of bezzlement, conspiracy and operating confidence game through the alleged ue of interest state funds for their personal gain
 Four indictments were returned. They cover charges of fraud by the trio during the terms of Small and Sterling the state treasurers office between 1917 and 1921
 The first indictment charged the governor, lieu of $7O0OOO A separate indictment against Governor Small charged him with embezzlement of $500, 900 while Lieutenant Governor Sterling individually charged with embezzlement of $700,000. The fourth indictment charges the three with conspiracy and opera ton of confidence game, involving S2000000 interest on state funds
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
Kidnapped" Sharon Man Returns Home;
 May Be Arrested

SHARON, Pa, July 20.-Thomas D. Randolph. business man here, re- ported to have been kidnapped Monday night last and held for s50,000 ran som. returned to his home at o'clock tonight. according to word received at the police station.
 Thomas D. Randolph, business man of Sharon. missing since Monday and for whose return a $50.000 ransom was said to have been demanded by alleged abductors. was arrested fol- lowing his return tonight to the home of his father-i in law. Boyce Fogle, on orders of Mayor Frank Gilbert
 He was held without bail on the technical charge of being suspicious person. it was said.
 Randolph will be given a hearing tomorrow before postal inspectors and the district attorney. He ap- peared to be exhausted and talked in coherently.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
Famine Threatens To
 End Red GoUernvnenf

BERLIN, July 20.-The possible downfall of the Russian soviet gov ernment unless means are found to prevent the starvation of large num- bers of persons because of the crop failure in Russia is suggested today by the Rote F'ahne, the soviet organ, which asserts that 25.0e0.o .oo0 Russians are in imminent danger of dying.
 The newspaper expresses the fear that the capitalistic countries will take advantage of the confused con- dition to cause new military action against Russia.
Arizona republican., 1921-07-21
HOUSE REFUSES
 I | PU I I TAX 0N LEATHER SHOES
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 ASHING TON, July 2o-The house refused today to put an import tax on boots and shoes and other leather products, although it prev iously had fixed a tariff on hides.
 The house voted. e9 to 62. a ways and means committee amendment proposing a duty of 10 per cent on leather products. which was regarded as an indication that the house may reverse itself on the duty of 15 per cent on hides when that question comes up for separate vote tomorrow
 Action by the house on the leather schedule came at the close of a. stormy session. Tomorrow at 5 o'clock voting on amendments and on the 'bill itself will start, with the understanding that final action on the measure will be taken before ad joHrnment. The bin then will be sent to the senate
 Many members who voted for a tax on hides opposed today the added tax on the manufactured article. The bulk of the Republican members of the committee stood out, however, for the compensatory duty.
 Representative Kreider, Republican of Pennsylvania. shoe manufac- I turer. precipitated. an uproar during | the debate by urging the duty on i shoes and leather goods, half of the house breaking in with demands for a vote
 Representative Rayburn, Democrat of Texas. in reply declared that shoe manufacturers in the business for the last few years ought to be satisfied l with fortunes already made. In the discussion that followed telegram from Representative Kitchin, the Democratic leader. ill at his home 1T North Carolina, was, read by Repre-
 sentative Garrett of Tennessee. the acting leader. The fight being made against the Fordney bill, Mir. Kitchir ] said, was 'nerying Democrats every Il where for an enthusiastic and united
 fight in 1922 and 1924 and giving
 them fresh hope of coming victory. He asked that the strongest possibl, | appeal be made to every Democra not to mar the excellent record mad,
 thus far by voting for Republican
 protection of hides, cotton, oil, asphal
 or other products.
 The house action on leather shoe
 did not hold, however, with respec
 to shoes the uppers of which ar
 made from cloth, felt or kindred sub
 stances, on which a duty of 25 pc
 cent. was placed. The vote on tn ] paragraph was close, but it will stan,
 in the bill, since a separate vote il the house is not permitted under tn
 rules. A duty of cents a pound, al } increase of 1 cent was placed O. 5 coffee, acorns and chicory. Certai : kinds of cedar logs were reduce from Is per cent to 10 per cent an [ the tax on phosphorus was lowere from Is cents to 10 cents a pound.
 Of the increases, perhaps tn greatest was on citrate of lime, by :, i, product of lemons, which was raise ], firm 21a cents to cents pound. {. . An amendment also was adopte
 substituting the. Payne Aldrich la, F provision with respect to drawback
 Or rebates of duties on commoditie imported and manufactured and agai f exported.
 One entirely new paragraph Wa . included in the chemical schedul n putting a duty of 10. cents a poun d on bromine, bromide and compound = of. either. 4