Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1923, Page 16

EX-GOVERNOR WINS IN BRIBERY TRIAL :‘lahoma Judge Rules Al- *leged Deed Was Not in if Line of Official Duties. INDICTMENT IS DISMISSED Okmulgee District Attorney Says He Will Appeal Case Against Robertson. By the Assoclatad Press. ADA, Okla, February 14—J. B. A. Robertson, former Governor of Okla- homa, stood freed today of charges > THE Contentment—A Sonnet I love my fire of crumbling logs Plled in my fireplace so wide; In front of it my terrier dog's | Asleep—content by me to bide. ‘Without, the snowflakes fly and whirl, All ‘round my house thc wild winds roar; I hear the waves—Hark! how they hurl ‘With all their strength against the shore; Before my hearth I sit, and weave Those age-old fancies in the flame, Nor can I reason find to grieve That I should live Away from all men Since I can have my coziness. —mm—mmm—mm— PRESENT PLAY FRIDAY. Tech High Students With Give First Spring Performance. The first performances of the 1923 edition of Tech High School's annual spring play, “The Road to Yesterday,” will be presented in the auditqrium of Central High School on Friday and Saturday nights, February 23 and 24. ’2l'he play will be repeated on March and away from fame, call success, B. K. MURRAY. * ““The Road to Yesterday” is a roman- EVENING - STAR, WASHINGTON, HUSBAND AS DEFENDANT. Marine Summoned in Suit for In- Junction and Alimony. Chiet Justice McGoy of the District Supreme Court, yesterday Issued a rule on Eugene A. Madgin, an enlisted man of the Marine Corps attached to headquarters, to show cause Febru- ary 23 why he should not be énjoined from taking his two-year-old son to New Jersey and why he should not pay temporary alimony to his wife, Helena E. Madgin. The court’s order is based on & suit for a limited divorce filed yesterday by the wife through Attorneys Bell, Marshall and Rice. The wife says as married October 6, 1919, and tic comedy in four acts. It is based | upon the old English superstition that a wish uttered on midsummer eve comes true and holds for a year un- less unwished before midnight. —_—_———— She—Henry, you simply must buy a new car at once. My new gowns clash dreadfully with the old one. He—But, dear—— She—And be sure it isn't brown. Brown simply doesn’t go well with Fido's complexion. 8 CONSTRUCTION CO.* 407 Blackintone Building ‘When Repairs About the House Bl —are in order, it's mn. to .-me flu has one child. Because her husband insisted that she secure employment, she says, to help support the family, she was obliged to_ place the chiid with sMrs. S. A. Turner of Falls Church, Va. Her husband deserted her) last Decamber, she tells the court, and has threstened on the termina- tion of his enlistment next month to take the baby to his relatives at Bur- lington, N. J She' seeks to keep_the child here and asks that its custody be awarded to her. —— The farming wealth of Canada is estimated at $7,000,000,000. ORIENTAL RUG SALE We only sell artistic and rare pleces. A visit to our store will assure you that we carry the very best in Oriental Rugs at moderate prices. Washing and sepairing a specialty. A. H. Bakshian 818 Conn. Ave. N.W. D. C; WEDNESDAY, -FEBRUARY 14 1923, The First Dollar Is the = Safety Deposit Bozxes Now available at our Uptown Bank 1333 G St. Large, Roomy Bozxes, $3.00 Hardest to Save After you have started saving, the fascina- tion of seeing your money grow keeps you everlastingly at it. If you could but make up your mind to put away just a little out of each pay—as little as a dollar—the result would be like a snowball rolling downhill, growing larger and larger as it goes. When you make up your vudget, put this as Per Year and Up. that he accepted a bribe while in of- fice to permit an Okmulgee bank to operate after it had become insolvent. A demurrer to the Indictment against the former executive which was returned by a district court PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 - or 8 months. It the very first item—Savings Account, Then come here and start one. grand jury in Okmulgee March 22 of last year was sustained in district court here last night by Special Judge Hal Johnson of Shawnee. Rules Act Not Bribery. Judge Johnson held that the official acts charged in the indictment were not within the scope of the official duties of the governor, and hence could not be the subject of bribery. Supervision of state banks and the depositing of state funds is solely in the hands of state bank commis- sioner under the statutes, Judse Johnson ruled. Mr. Robertson was charged with accepting part of a $25,000 bribe al- leged to have been paid Fred Dennis, former state banking commissioner, to allow the Guaranty State Bank of Okmulgee to continue business when it was known to be in a failing con- " Our U 'ptown Bank is open Saturday afternoons from 4:15 to 5:15 o’clock. Both banks will be open on Thurs- day and Friday of this week until 5:15 p.m. Lots, of billing and cooing. The billing, by the way,is g5a year for any year of §2 weeks. Have a heart-to- heart talk with your newsdealer. You’ll find him fair. 15cis all he asks for Life. Pays 4 Per ‘Cent on shares withdrawn- be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,000,000 Surplus More Than $800,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. Second National Bank “The Bank of Utmost Service” Downtown Office, 509 Seventh Street N.W. Uptown Office, 1333 G Street N.W. T he only acceptable (omic Ualentine It was also charged that s i > $150,000 in state funds had been de- gvzkv SUFFERER from Cupid’s bowanarrer, and every target that he posited In the bank in an effort to . . Y pull it through. e missed, should be heartily dehghted to exchange the valentiny sum of Tiendames Are|Discarae 15c to see the following elephants jump the fence: Charles Dana Gibson, Gluyas Williams, Percy Crosby, Rea Irvin, “Hippo” Sullivant, Robert Dickey; and all your other favorites. Watch them go through all the antics of the Season! THE UALENTINE NUMBER_ OF fe Upon_ sustaining the demurrer, Judge Johnson exonorated Mr. Rob- ertson and discharged his bondsmen. The_court held that the facts stated in the indictment could not form the basis of a new indictment, although the indictment was ordered referred to the county attorney of Okmulgee county for further action. Grant Gillespie, newly elected Ok- mulgee county attorney, gave notice of an appeal to the state criminal court of appeals. —_— The museum of the Catholic Uni- versity counts among its objects of interest a small FEEEFF PP PP FFPPPPEPP Cous Schisano of Telics were given de Montholon, them from his ontholon, and from Gen. Bertrand. The two generals, as is well known, remained with Napo- leon during his exile on the Island of 8t. Helena. OBEY THAT HEARTFELT IMPULSE LOOK FOR THE GIBSON COVER B F PG RPPLE FEEFFEEEFFTEEFTTETTCCTTTTTTTTT® iE ] SERIES ‘The 1923 series Studebaker Big-Six Tour- ing Car is essentially the same splendid automobile that has proved its merit in the service of fifty thousand owners. The 1923 refinements and betterments enhance its value and make its ownership even more desirable. The Big-Six Touring Car is not to be classed with other cars that sell at about the same price. It is comparable to the finest— and highest priced—cars built. 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