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THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1923 TWO GIRLS TESTIFY AGAINST RIGKARD Children on Stand Tell of Al leged Attacks. MONEY HELD ATTRACTION Chilli of 15 Declares She Divided With Her Mother Coin She Received From Rickard. NEW YORK, March 22. Two little schoolgirls testified today, before the jury trying Tex Rickard on a charge of attacking Sarah Schoenfeld, IS, that the sports promoter had improp erly conducted himself with them. that he had given them money on each such occasion, and more than once had offered them wine. One of the witnesses was Sarah, the other , her 12-year-old chum, N'elli Uafcko. Sarah was on the stand about four hours, and throughout a ion cross-examination she stuck to he storv of haviner been attacked five times by Rickard in two neighboring apartments Just off Fifth avenue on Forty-seventh street. Nellie said she was present in another room on four of these occasions, that Rickard had tried to attack her once, but that she then escaped him. He told her, she said, to watch out and see that Sarah didn't go around with other fellows. Sarah was asked by KicKaras law yer. Max D. Steuer. if she hadn't con aidered Mr. . Rickard's act a terrible thing and she replied affirmatively. "Why did you go back to a man ' who had done such bad things to you?" Mr. Steuer inquired. "1 wanted some money off of him Sarah replied. Money Given to Mather. She told of having divided with her mother the sums received from Rick ard. Rickard, one arm crooked against the back of his chair, the other held up against his chin, gazed straight at both girls while they were testifying Hundreds of persons loaiea in tne courtroom from an-d to his cell in the corridors of the courthouse to watch Rickard as he entered and left the Tombs. Sarah declared that three days after her arrest the sports promoter took her and Nellie Gaske for an automo bile ride through Central park and tcld them to say "another man did it" if they got caught. Rickard was under arrest at the time for an alleged attack on Alice Kuek, la. "Isn't it too bad," Sarah quoted Rickard as saying, '"that Alice had to tell such lies about me. 1 am awful awful sorry for her, and wish I could help her." Continuing, the girl said: "He said we musn't tell on him, because if we did we would be locked up until we were 18 years old, and we couldn't visit our friends and have any more good times. Sarah said that after coming out of the park Rickard drove them to an elevated railway station near their home. Chum Taken Into Custody. Rickard's counsel objected to sev eral portions of the girl's testimony. One sustained objection referred to a telephone conversation that the wit ness . said Nellie had with Rickard soon after the latter' arrest. The same week that Rickard was arrested, Sarah said, she went to Nellie's home and learned that her chum had been taken into custody by the Children's Aid society. The wit ness said she told Rickard about it. and he advised her to keep away from Madison Square Garden for a while. In winding up his direct examina tion. Assistant iistrict Attorney Pe cora asked: "Sarah, you never were marrie'd to this defendant, were you?" "No. sir," she replied. Mr. Steuer opened the cross-examination by asking the girl where she first had met Nellie. "In the swimming pool at Coney Island known as 'The Fountain of Joy.' " , MANY PLANS ABE OFFERED CABINET GOVERNMENT M.AJV VOIX STATE INTERESTS MANY. Traveling and Gathering of Much Data Is Required in Govern- -mciital Investigation. SALEM. Or., March 22. (Special.) Investigation of the cabinet form of government now in operation in New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Idaho, Wash ing and other states, is a responsible task and will require considerable traveling and gathering . of many data, according to statements made by members of the investigating com mittee which held its first meeting here yesterday. The committee recently was ap pointed by Governor Olcott and is composed of T. B. Kay of Salem, Frank Miller of Albany. H. A. John Bon of CorvalHs, F. I. Dunbar of As toria and Judge C H. Carey of Port land. Members of the committee who have been close in touch with Oregon gov ernmental affairs for several years recalled today that several attempts have been made to consolidate and eliminate commissions and depart ments, but that in each instance the efforts of the persons responsible for the programme failed. T. B. Kay, ex-state treasurer and at present a member of the legisla ture, said that a few years ago he piepared a bill providing for the con solidation of three state labor depart ments under one head. He said he submitted the bill to the legislature for consideration, but It was defeated on the grounds that a certain woman might lose her position as head of one of the departments. Another member of the committee recalled that at the 1921 session o the legislature Governor Olcott urged the consolidation of the office of state sealer of weights and measures with the state dairy and food commission This proposal also was defeated in the legislature, it was said, because the state treasurer alleged that the consolidation movement was a slap at his department. At the present time the deputy state sealer of weights and measures is appointed by the state treasurer. Discussion also was had by the committee with relation to -an effort made a few years ago in Oregon to rearrange the departments through consolidations and eliminations. At that time a so-called expert on gov ernmental affairs was brought to Oregon from Illinois at a large ex pense and maiy months were devoted to studying local conditions. The legislature which received the report of the expert, which had the support of the consolidation committee, re jected each and every recommenda tion submitted, it was said. Another. meeting of the committee will be held in Portland early in May, when definite data with rela tion to the success of the cabinet form of government in other states will be at hand. Following thl meeting the committee probably will visit Idaho and Washington with a view of getting first-hand informa tion. ' GOVERNOR ACCUSED BONUS BILL IS UP TODAY HOUSE EXPECTED TO PASS MEASURE BEFORE NlGHT Last Preliminary Step In Pro gramme Taken With Adoption of Rules' Suspension. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 22. Extreme confidence that the soldiers' bonus bill would be passed by the house before sundown tomorrow was expressed today by republican leaders in charge of the legislation. The last preliminary step to- the presentation of the programme was taken today with the-adoption by the rules committee of a resolution mak ing tomorrow a special suspension day and setting aside four hours instead of the usual 40 minutes for debate. This resolution- was to be presented when the house convened at 11 A. M tomorrow. There was to be an hour's discussion of the resolution, with 30 minutes allotted to each side. Demo- crtic leaders planned to make a de termined fight against the resolution, but the republicans were satisfied it would obtain the 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 Represent ative Garner of Texas, the ranking democrat of the ways and meanr committee. Mr. Fordney expected to allot one hour to republican opponents of the bill and Mr. Garner planned to give one hour to democratic sup porters of the measure. After a conference today with Pres ident Harding about his bill to appro priate 117,000,000 for hospitals for sick and disabled veterans. Repre sentative Langley, . republican, Ken tucky, announced 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 committee said he would be unsuccessful. Mr. Mondll said the hospitalization bill would be taken up soon. NTRUDERS MUTILATE MAN Chicago Resident Attacked and Is Left Unconscious on Floor. I I E Oklahoma Official Arrested; Released on Bond. OTHERS ARE INVOLVED Ex-Banker Charged With Taking Deposits in Insolvent Bank, False Reports and Embezzlement. CHICAGO, March 22. (Special.) Two men entered the apartment of John Silk, a married man at 133 South Paulina street, overpowered him and mutilated him with a pocket knife. They told him they did it at the be hest of a girl. There was no other person in the apartment and Silk lay unconscious until his wife returned after several hours. The men obtained entrance by posing as instructors. I don t know any girl that would demand this kind of revenge," said Silk. "I think the men made a mis take, for they called me 'Williams' all the time. I pleaded'with them until they gagged me. I am innocent of any affairs with girls." Silk is 45 years old, a mechanical engineer and formerly lived in Sault Ste. Marie. There he bears an excel lent reputation. S. & H. green stamps for cash. Hoi- j man Fuel Co., cola and wood. Broad way 6353 560-21. Adv. OKMULGEE, Okla., March 22. Governor J. B. A. Robertson of UKia homa submitted to arrest here to night on a charge of accepting a bribe to permit operation or tne Guaranty Stato bank of Okmulgee while it was in an insolvent condi tion. The governor immediately gave bond of $5000 for his appearance at trial. - John P. Cook, prominent local on man, and John H. Rebold, well-known oil and lumber operator, were ar rested on indictments returned by the district court grand jury after an investigation in bank failures in the county. Cook was president or tne Guar anty State bank, which was merged with the Bank of Commerce nere January 3, 1921, and Rebold was vice-president. Later J. Hay Brown, president or the defunct Bank of Commerce, was arrested on eight indictments, four of which charged accepting deposits in an insolvent bank, tnree emDezzie ment and one that he made a false report as to the condition of the bank He gave bond and Tvas released. Kx-Officlals Are Arrested. A.. J. Peters, former vice-president of the Guaranty State bank, and now president of the American National bank here, was arrested on an indict ment alleging that he had removed abstracts and papers of the Guaranty State bank and was released on bond H. D. Cooke, a former director of the Guaranty State bank, was the next to be arrested. He was charged with borrowing money from the bank while serving it as an officer. L. B. A." Robertson, fourth governor of Oklahoma, assumed office January 1919, having been elected on the democratic ticket the preceding fall. He has een 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 Com merce is not the first time his name has been linked with the Oklahoma bank situation. Impeachment- In Averted. In a sensational report returned by the investigation committee of the house of the eighth Oklahoma legis lature of March 31 of last year, the governor was charged with, having aecpted a bribe In an indictment re turned for misuse of his official powers in connection with alleged illegal transactions involving the Guaranty State bank of Okmulgee. His impeachment was recommended, but in a spectacular scene, in which a democratic member of the house was brought to the chamber in an ambulance to vote, the body rejected the committee report, 42 to 42. J. T. Jerkins of Oklahoma City, who left hissick bed to vote against the report, later' died. The majority of the house were republicans and the governor and his friends at the time declared the attack on him was po litical. The executive denied in detail the accusations brought against him. Illegal Transaction Reported. The report charging the governor with misuse of hia official powers be gan with a report of an alleged trans action between the governor, Fred Dennis, then state banking commis sioner, and John H. Rebold of Okmul gee, vice-president and a large stock" holder of the Guaranty State bank. In this connection the report declared that the Guaranty State" bank of Ok mulgee 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 statemoney. The same day John Rebold gave Dennis a check for $25,000, of which Dennis later gave the governor one third, according to the report. The money paid Dennis was said to have been for an oil lease sold by Dennis and the governor. The report then asserted that the committee was of the opinion "that the lease sold by Dennis to Rebold was at that time, as both Dennis and Rebold knew, not worth $1 an acre, and that the sale of this lease, if such sale was made, was a pretext to cover up a corrupt transaction in which Rebold paid $25,000, and In j which the governor participates 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 consolidated with the Bank of Commerce, now defunct. CAPTIVE TO BE RETURNED Ex-Convict Charged With Stealing Diamonds and Cash. Inspector Grism of the police de partment lett, for Seattle last night to bring back Albert Earl Higley, who was arrested there during the day on a warrant issued in Portland, charg ing him -with larceny by bailee for decamping with diamonds worth $2200 and $80 in cash, the property of Mrs. Josephine Karey, Palace hotel. Mrs. Karey swore to the warrant and said she had given Rigley the jewelry two weeks ago when he said he could ob tain a loan on it. ' Detectives Tackaberry and Phillips, assigned to the case, say that Higley has served one term in prison at Walla Walla on a felony charge and two terms in; the Oregon state peni tentiary for burglary. When arrest ed in Seattle pawn tickets for the dia monds were found on him. He waived extradition and will be brought back today. ASSAULT AWARD $1000 Jury Gives Damages to Vancouver Man for Bodily Injuries. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 22. (Special.) Edward Reinikka received a judgment of $1000 for personal damages against Sanford Brown in the superior court of Clarke county. Brown assaulted Reinikka near Ilockirnson in the presence of several witnesses. "Brown held Reinikka was responsible for informing the sheriff that Brown had liquor in a pool hail he was operating at that time. Sheriff Thompson testified that Reinikka had nothing to do with the liquor case. As it was, when the raid . was made the sheriff did not find .any liquor in the pool hall. NEW ERA WOMAN PASSES Mrs. Albcrtina E. .. After Brief Williams Dies Illness. OREGON CITY, Or., March 22. 'Special.) Mrs, Albertina E. Will iams, wife of Robert Williams, died at the family home near New Era this afternoon after a brief illness. Mrs. Williams was a native of Montana and was 28 years of age, She came to Clackamas county with her hus band and two children eight months ago. . . She is survived by her husband and children, Virginia and William Jr. of New Era; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jenni, and three brothers and five sisters living in Montana. , Her mother is expected to arrive here to morrow morning. i There is only a small difference in price between ordinary tools & Billings and Spencer. But the one may fail - and the other must last a lifetime if Billings Tsrapencer jo Hartford. Conn. 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