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Show IDAHO TREASURER IS NOW IN JAIL Boise, Idaho, Oct. 21. State Treasurer Treas-urer O. V Allen was arrested here at midnight tonight on a complaint sworn to by Governor John M Halneg, charging him with the misappropriation misappropria-tion of $70,364.58 of funds belonging to the state of Idaho. The arrest was made at his home In the Hurit apartments. He is now in the count: jail awaiting arraignment, which will take place tomorrow. This action was taken by the governor gov-ernor on the showing made in the audit of the treasury department and following the action of the executive committee of the Republican state central committee in repudiating th" state treasurer and calling on Repub Means over the state not to vote for him. Irregularities disclosed in an audit of the books and accounts of Sute Treasurer O. V. Allen were tonight placed before the executive committee commit-tee of the Republican stnte central committee and will result In a demand de-mand of the declination as a candidate to succeed himself. Although the committee had taken no official action ac-tion up to a late hour tonight, due to the fact that Governor Haines hart missed a connection in arriving from the southeastern part of the state, it is given out on excellent authority that this will be the result of the committee's conference |