Article 4, which accuses the gov
ernor of having placed himself in
the power of E. W. Marland, Ponca
City, prominent oil operator, when
he allowed the later to buy $30,000
worth of notes from him, the money
going to construct Walton’s pala
tial home, was the first of the im
peachment charges taken up.
The vote was 81 to 16 for im
peachment.
On Article 5, in which Walton is
charged with demanding personal
gains for approving an appropriation
to school at Tonkawa, the legislator.-,
voted 85 to 10 for impeachment.
A vote of 73 to 13 was east against
the governor on Article J 3, iu which
he is accused of attempting to pre
vent and prevention of the special
election of October 2.
Before adjourning for the day the
lower house found Walton guilty *>f
preventing the special session of the
legislature on September 26. The j
vote was 78 to 16.
TWO KLANSMEN HELD
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 24.—Two
members of the Ku Klux Klan ar
rested in an armed clash between
sheriff's officers and a crowd of
masked men last Thursday night
were held in $1,000 bail each in
Cambria court today, charged with |
being members of a masked mob. i
They are William Lozier and Charles
Turver of Niagara Falls. Roy Cram- ,
er. arrested at the same time, charged i
with assault, was set free. J
GALE TAKES TOLL
One Vessel Lost, Fate Of An
other Unknown And Many
Are Damaged
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—Furies of the deep. ;
stirred by the northeast gale that
blew from Monday night until noon
today, took their toll in ships on the
high seas and swept a destructive
hand along the Atlantic shore.
