La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 22, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVA MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES3 VOLUME XXIV LA CWANDK. OUKOOX, KIM DA V, .HM.V I'J, liVJl NUMBER 218 Republicans Prim Tariff, Past Mouse BOOKKEEPER ACCUSED OF SWINDLING C. R. AMMJX, IMATILI.A (-(l X.'.in:nairiT of the Wushinirt.in team, iul.l TV hoad iiih)kki;i;';i; Alt i;i:sn:i) yi;sti;iiuay CHARGED WITH PADDING PAYROLLS IMwovered by Investigators tbnl Amman llml Been Making linn" vy Deposit nt Pendleton Itanks AVhlle His Salary Was HiiMMl IVr Month; ISii'ercd Dulles Last Sep tember. lMONDLKTON. July' (. Amman, bookkeeper hi the office of the roaduiautor of Umatilla eounty, was arrested Thursday afternoon on n charge of having swindled the county out- of thousands of dtdler through padding of payrolls and the cashing of forged time checks, .lust how much money Amman secured through his -operations has not been ascertained hut behind the story is a get-rleh-'iulek romance that is startling in its boldness. A in man was taken Into custody late yesterday nflonrum after a war rant for .his arrest had linen secur ed from Justice Richards nt Alheua by C. Zi Randall, deputy prosecut ing at lorney. Mr, Han da II in com pany with County Judge I. M. Seha ii nop, "win first Ion r nod of sus picious facts reused in g I he. book keeper, have, worked on the case tor two days and have been assisted in their probe by. Headmaster I.. J. Shannon. It was discovered by the Investi gators that Amman had been mak ing heavy dnposita at he-al bank almost ever since he entered upon his duties last September. At times tho deposits have run above' $lunn a moot b and the ' lowest mini whs Hon. Tbee heavy deposits f mm a ins n drawing a salary of ?UUO monlli were reiirde d as suspicious , anil a check up showed that forged I time ch'-cks hail been used, it is said.' One KVKlem nlleged to have be-n I practii ed by ihe bookkec.per was l-i ' Insert an additional sheet of names in (lie road payroll nfler the road- master hud- endorsed the liniialidej ltiiroll. Another time additional) names were writtlen in nfler the' payroll hail been endorsed. j Till, check on which the warrant . for Aiiiliian'se arrest was Issued was nil"? made to (leorge 13. Darr. Tin-1 name of Karr was endorsed on lb" rb'M'k. presumably by Amman, ami lie hud th'Mi enitorsed tlie eheck him-f pelf. Mr. Ilarr dnniea lie ever rr1-1 lelvcd tin; warrant or had nndorse! (t Areording to officials the fraud ulent work was at times very care fullv handled but at other times lb-: bookkeeper became careless and eov- j ered his plot very slightly. i Thursday forenoon Amman was- : r'nl on u mission Stan field and I ii final search made during bis it - penre rotitirmed ine suspicion or nis wrong doing. The warrant for the,. , v ilT,(.I.noon r1T, ,(,, arrest was secured at Alhcn:; be cause .fudge Parkes was out of town ninl It whs not desirable that .ludrr Kchanncp Issue the warrant as he will he n witness iu the case. A peculiar feature of the Aminan eape is that his alleged fraudulent work was underway nt the time the count v books were audited In .l.-n- itftiy and the doctoritm of the time , day, according to informa'ion received sheeis a id time cheeks was not dis- ' by the Whitmnh national forest offic ci'vered ,er here. Trio- to Amman s employment' itv me county he was wiih n con- ruction ompany here. He is re '(ir,;ed a very couiteni nffic. in ii n and the discovery of his aJtuc cd crooked work has created a Siition here. in man declined t dis fc tit : charge-, saying that he wiHrf W 1 salt his hiwyers U-forc 9jv tatenlent. PROPOSAL MAlf NOT BE GIYff5t OUT TO l.oNl(. July 22. The pr.M', nf the llriti-h pivcrnmi 't to Kammon le Vab-ia for 'he Irish peace may f It publisHed until r-nly has been re ceived from Dublin. The Irish k-adein d.partcl fr DiH.:in t-lay Tbt'He Placing Of Bets j Told During Trial John O. Sow, Secretary ChicHgo Na tional loiif.-ui', Identified x Louis Ivi, I CHICAGO, July 22 The first story Inf the placing of tho bets during the . mill world's series by the men charg-; jed with ilhe alleged conspiracy fori the throwing of games, was told in the baseball trial today by John O. Sets, ; secretary of the Chicago National ' (Mult. Seis identified Louis Levi, of! Des Moines, us one of "he bettors. ; He said that he and Clark Griffith, stakes for some 'beta "made by Attel j and Uvi, to'iilling $2,0.'i0. scott's sToiti-: i;axsacki:i LAST NK.IIT l-Alrnrts Taken in Large (Jiiaiitllics j and This Portion of Loot May Lead Cp To Arrest , , i . i ,.-, Lxtrncts valued at be! ween $12a , .,- , .ii.. i, i and were ainsiig the loot tnk-' " , ' ,' ' u 11 1 tcred tho store, helped themselves to ctolblng, cigars and cigarettes and flavoiing extracts, the value of iwhich has not been entirely deter mined but whirh is variously esti mated between $500 and HMH. - The amount of extracts taken Is known and the fact that some brands of extract a; e largely alcohol is lead ing officers to keep a sharp watch for men showing signs -cf intoxica tion. Internal consumption in loo lare quantities of Iheui extracts may lead to the arrest of the thieves. No cjues have been reported but it Is possible that woi Iters along the highway are responsible. "There are many lorelgnerB In Hie camps In the vicinity of Hllgurd. SOLDIER DIES AFTER SUBMITTING TO 18 OPERATIONS UOIS.K, July 22. Vivi;ni I'. Mallctl, I of. Oiil:'i-io. 211, died nt ii" j Stales Publii- Ileallh service hospital ' a Boise Wednesday morning, follow- i ing the eighteenth operation during at sickness of .Li iimutlts. The deceased was born at Ontario,' Ore., and enlisted in the M llh Kield i Ai tillery at San I'V.-nnciseo August I,, ( I D 1 7. lie was .taken .t'k in December j HII7, l ('amp Kearney. i Malletl is imrvived by his falher and : nn.mer, lour uroiiieis, ami live sis tcr- i it; Adelbei t I 'aimer, who di"d last night at ten o'clock will lie In Kt;iie Saturday from 11!. noon, to Sunday noon at tho Henry chapel. Mr. I'aliii-T has been a. resident of I.a C rande f((r manv years anil deal h came fi llowinc a Hugeilng illness, which left him partially paralyzed, I lie was about T"i years of age. ( The remains are nt the Henry 1 ! chapel and will lie in stale then.. T, r,m,.n. wiii H. iU!(i :;o on Henry j chapel. Masonic Interment cemetery. will be in the SIIKEI" CAM I' III KM:D. ' HAKKIt, July 22. The McCorrignll ' sheep camp on China creek, about , three miles from the Whitney-Unity t road was destroyed by fire Wednes- 1 nf nro was ''gnle'l tirst ny me . ! Its kout on llurkleterry mountain Uv- 1 tween Whitney and Sumpter, the re- . pint sn4. Fireman (lililmn of the . ,ifcUi.t stiiifton, with the air of ranch . ' , t tb fir umArr control. j Tw fiiff, wrnch is the larg- . r-vfv44 t thw Whi man office ' , tbbM )riUf I have started ' j Prcp m tM 'w Vk camp stove by fW'Sy. Jf oi itrniKT SATl ii'AV TO mm fiddLd Ul & CONS ING ENGINEER S BIG WITNESS JWJOlt CAKMSON PABCOCK OK SliAITLK OKCI.AHliS KQUI1'. MENT IS OHSOLKIE. SYSTEM OF CONTROL IS ' FROM THE . EAST Says Telephone and Telegraph Com pany in I'ortlund W as Discouraged by Powers frcm Kas( in L'sing Tour Parly Line, Which He liclicvcs Would Itc IliR Benefit. ' SAI.K.M, July 2i Major Garrison liubrork, of Seattle, testifying as the 'consulting engineer for Pon land in the telephone re-hearing today, dcclar- . .,. , . . , , cd that the Pacific Telephone and Tcl- . ' . . n iK"ilu um,.i,.v i-.uipiii,. v III VJI.uil was obsolete.! lie criticized the sys- em of control of the company's af fairs from the ea.'t and said that the company in Portland was discouraged in the use of four party lines, which he ftaid were a benefit to the cummuii in bringing lower rates. Mrs. Anes Johnson, former tele phono employee, testified at the tele phone hearing late yesterday con cerning tho coinplalnlH by thuVoit land telephone users. She called o subscribers and told of the va riety of complaints. The commission permitte'd CMy Attorney Motl, of Astoria, to call N. YVigdon, telephone company rate ex perl, and ('. C. Klegger, plant en gineer at San -lvancisco, u-s - wit nesses. Mott ronionried iliiit. Asto ria was paying too bl'ti a ran: of return to the company. Attorney Shaw said that the rater, we'e bused on the plans for the imprcveuiuntii to be made at Astoria. . fl P i l i;VKHi;TT. Wash, July SlierilT West has- received ji IMMi tliiil' li speedlug c:ipltll mi Oregon license nun been seeit with Ivto ii urtMMigei, M-yliig (he lb-. one nf Ihi'in aiihU m i iptlun of Dr. Itnimllelil nf llMs biMg, Un Ih tnisshig, niut minted n n rbnrgi of iniinler. The deputies arc seiirrliing. DKMI'S CMAIKii:. WASlllNiiTuN, July Major ' k 'j'riicc C. ('ampbell denied before the "i ii I...t l. K...I i.. I the $,WH) to aid ill the IVtgdell vx- cape. WATCH C! 1 era I ltllV sJf-i-, bus T . j i 3 yOO 5T05t: VOO COUUP Y:?m&0&V& Missing Lad Returns Fourtcen-Ycnr-Old Ariel Page, of lin ker. Says Hp Han Been In Pendle ton Came Home, on Freight. I BAKKI!, July 22. Ariel Pago, Hie 11-year-old son of Mrs and Mrs. Jos I eplt ffifrn. who had been missing since hTuosday aflci'tioou. arrived iu Baker ' vesterdav iiinriiiiiir 'on nn eastbonnd freight. No explanation has been made as to why he left homo, Ihe only bit of information given by the lad being thnl he bad been iu Pendleton. Mr. and Mm. Page have been al most dislractod since his disappear ance Ttlesdav afternoon and rfforlji j had been made in all directions to find him. The police of the different cit ies for miles around had been notified and were all keeping a strict witch for him. The father of young Page was in I.a (irande Wednesday when, assist ed by local officci-s, u thorough seaivh was made for the missinij lad. CAR SAID TO BE SPEEDING CAUSE OF AUTO WRECK in lih'by's Car Tucnj Sediut Ih'lven lly .Mrs, David I. Stoddard j Completely Over . .... .,.,B..Mun ,w u.t u-; .lvtm, mm ransaeked. uecordlng to At half past twelve this afternoon I llpr3tan(lil,8 with J"m,n in 1!)"8- '''1-( discovery made yesterday evenlim. Dr. I'.. (1. liirby, di ivliig south along j !'tiv- t '"e contiol o! llvi l.ip inese j Thn (Ireen family' Is nway on a Sixth street, erashed Into a l-'rank- immigra.''ion to the United States. I'hc : ramping trfji and II could not bo do ll,, .sedan, driven by Mrs. David 1. 1 committee ndopt-d a nsulution re- lorinlned bow much (jot was taken Stoddard, 'at the corner or Sixth ami ijnuesting tho state department to pro-1 by .tho thieves. It Is not known O streets, completely overturning ' llucc the diplomatic correspondence when the robbery leok plnrn but Mrs: Stoddard's ear. In Ihe ear lending to the agreement. I probably Wednesdey night. with Mrs. Stoddaid wero two or horl The committee took action aflsr When tho robnory was discovered young children, Mary Kllun and ' V. A. McMut my, chief of the state I tho police dopaiimnnt and sheriff's David 1. Jr id tho three owe their j uVpurtmen,', division of the far eastern I otriro Immediately made an Investl- llves to the fact that the I tip on the I "fxir-s, staled that Japan had never I gallon. They found that thu thief maeliliin. was strong enough 10 hold I "PP'icd the restrictions to Hawaii n,:. or thieves had gained entrance the chassis According to Mrs. Stoddard Hie (Contliiuud uu Pago Throe) City Combed For Men to Fill Jobs Without Success yi itf-ff,. JA ' Jt fti larrTtrr'iri'iiii InP'-rt I I he -ilii-nl (lr-find a few minutes ,ij06ieW XiJmgngBSS't& n-r. a .nnnertltwppTl In asking -f-feji..r.....i..r.Mi)f. ili-iif. I.-orfiKoUrfffaid la securing a many" iiio'iil lis men have been calliiiEljcjyr-'or cherry pickers'. With the dally asking, tor Jons nun wtr I.... t I ..I.I,. I1....U ttl iiirh wiin any joih wuaiever. nev- days n gn the tables were turn- and jkbs beualn couilng Iu fust- er than inen ATrTis. I'owlor in reiilred to no U t ) tell Ihe men applying whether there Is work or iiU. Hut her heart I 'hm lU for that. This hiornlim tun Mlraocers, decent looking yoiipg Piians, canen on iiji juii hm.;i umii i cH v oft lren hnd -tMiened. They want - 1 1 eo ed work anil said Ihey Would do! h.ilf being pair) Iu the WHIunx-He iibeiit auythhiK but "beg, borrow orlmlley, two centri Is liidug pabl for steal." Their nlncerlty struck Mrs. ' picking a pound. Other farm work Kiiwler In the ifghl wny and she re-1 Is als opening rapidly iin-1 Idle nun rietied that she Imd succeeded in I willing to work are having lesi. dif lilting the last Job open before clos ing lo-r office last night. ABOUT THIS TIME 0' YEAR INVESTIGATE IMM 1111 1 UN IS -BEQUEST INDKBSTAMMNC WITH JAPAN IN P.MIH IS TO II K IN VICS I l(i,AT 101) BY HOUSK COM MITT KK. JAPAN HAS KEY TO THE SITUATION Kcsidutioiis Condemning (ho Deporta tion of Ihe Japanese Laborers in Turlm-k, California, are Made Pub lic By Ihe I'Vuil and VeKWahle Workers Union. WASIllNCTON, July 22. The house immigration eommili'ec has .... , . I that Japan rcguli'i cd the number of 'a''" Riven passports to Hawaii i, uiHiuKii an tigi lenient wiln iiic ttugiu I phynter, . This Morning , two men who nan jus i ni" oni- ee Iu mind she scorned thn town trying to locate these and nouie in uu bill after visiting many places where Idle men spend llielr time, hi iiuiiIii:; the streets and giving the roftnu rinits the once-over, she relnriiMil in lo-r office without the men. As n result Iho liiltleilu bonrd at the illy hall still haii c.i I In for men. . Cherry picking Is morn lucrative i lien: now titan In other parts id tll'l ' slate .Instead of the cent and 1 H' ul l y than for many mouths in gel i ting Jobs. National Guard Protects Officials Court is to Decide on linmunlty IIMiioIh l.overnoi' on Tuesda) ; Much Interest in (,'ao of SPHIN;i'li:i,ll, 111., July 22 The fact that the. officers of tho naiioiiHl guard arn in uniform at the. cupilol is considered slKiiilirnnl iu now or the opinion of the (lovernor's attorney that the tloveruor ban power to sum mon tho slaty troops to KUiird him from aires! on the warrant eliaiR liiK embezzlement of tho Interest on the slate fluids, while ho was tho stato treasurer. Tho llovornur Is claiming immunity and the court Is to decide the question on Tuesday. I J. GREEN E W HII.l: I AMII.Y IS AWAY IIDISK is Looi'i;i) No I'-.slhnale or 'alui! of (.oods Tak en Can lie .Made Colli Kauillr Itetiirus I'rom Mieiilloii r i in: iiimihi in ... .1. viioeil, iwn Ihrough a window and round that all of Die drawers In the bed tooiiih hud been opened -and Hoarched. It In believed that tho ., robhury was commuted by local .parties, al though nothing ilunnlln has boon an nounced by tliir pollen regardlitu cVie.i tn the guilly parties. DIVORCES IN CALIFORNIA NOT TO JBE ON Q. T. , S AC It A M 13 NTO, .1 u 1 y 2 2 K 1 gli t more dayH In which lo secure your diverse 'oii tho guict," r After that the public, if It wmiM to. will be In on all tho details. The bill providing 'that divorce complaints, along with other legal business, must be open (o public lu speelmn gea into etfeet AuttiM 1. Thin ought lo contend Damn Scan dal, If she bus happened lo notice anil scarcity of divorco publicity Inlety. Fl STOP AT CURB: 1 ROBBED MACH NE FAILS TO llerniisc bin machine failed lo slop." record vole, on Hit, curb and when lie pulled up (iarncr Joins Issue. to Ihe North hide of thn KoW-y hotel I ,u. before the time came to poss Dim auto blbi plunged over the,.),,, Kepcsentalive Garner uf plate glims rronl demolishing about Texas, ranking DemoC:;! on .the ways eveiyllilng In ali bi, a man by the and means committee, stepped to tho name nf Alinphy Is having his share ol grief today III paying damages ami eplalniui; why uuli mobile brakes are not always reliable. Mr. .Minpliy Is a traveling sales man who makes La Cralldo orea shinally by iniio, but his experience last night, ha: caused him to won der If the aiiloiiiobllo Is not more expensive Hum the Ktuam ear.i and has also caused him lo ponder liver ll declaloll id Ihe Orccoil Supremo t'oiirl to the. efieel thai Ibo iillloliio tille u ii diiugeroiis weapon, Iu the eyes of the law. CAN JI A K E PKOITT ON SODAS. , CKK, July ii. I he ciet of sn,i,,, a, ,wo, ..,, ,,. ,,1, production of an tec cream soda 1. , ,u t wavt. . le ,11,. 71 cents, a prominent pharmacist stal- I ,,,. .,,,1!,,,, Vllti r n(c.,jt! t jQ id in aiinoun. log thai he could make a I hi, lv,.r .. Wiscons.i; t;hn. reasonable profit liy charging the rus-I ,,,. Knight, Ohio; Lamport, WiM-o,v-tomei- Id cents. The cost is divided , si. jm, M N,.(1,li xvisconsi.,; Sin. as follows: Syrup I cent; milk 1 .iir v..r-il, h.,K..i,. .,i v.,;..i.n... ceil'; ic cream 2 cents; labor, lircak age, wa.-te, etc., lii celll. Most prices in New Yoik urc cents ami lip, plus war tax. i Action Condemned 'If II LOCK, Calif., July TJL.'- Ki-miIu-'itoits trideiimir(j ,the deportHtiori of (be gioup o .lapunrsc field laborers WtiliicMiHy, whs made public Iwiay . bv the California Fruit and Vegetable ; Workern I'nion, fnUowing the rrt:st (of .1. L. Shn, acttntf union prvsidcstt, a- the .ilegi.d lingleader in . he detor i tal urn. F G. 0.P.BULE EIT'OIIT TO KI.IMINATK AMfSI. CAN VALUATION PROVISION IS CIIKCKKD. VOTE IS 289 FOR AND 127 AGAINST THE BILL Seven Republicans arc Shown as Vot ing Against the Measure; Not Much Chance of Imposing Duly on Hides and Cotton After House Defeated Amendments. WASHINGTON. July 22. The Re publican proteoi'ivc tariff bill, esti mated by Chairman l-'ordney to raise, around five hundred million dollar in . revenue annually, was passed1 Thursday night liy tho house by a vote of 289 to 127 precisely the vote by which n Democratic motion for elimination of its American valua tion provision was defeated. ' Seven Republicans ivotcd against the measure, whiloitho nno number o DcmociuU supported it. Oil, hides, cotton and asphalt re mained on tho free list. The l-oiie- lltlnrll. ,1.... A...I......... I.n..lr,l I...-'.. U pu,1U.BI1'fclnllJor-it; tho ani ' ... ' ..." Ii . V menns committee, was thrown oul. 200 to 101 Aided by Uepublicaus not satisfied with all tho bill's provisions, Ilia Democratic minority mado Ihe moat of its chances, and tho ways and meuns committee lost nut on threo of the five iimcndincnUi laid before the house. t Committee Concedes TXefcat. ; Thcro was not much ehance of Im posing a duty on hides and cotton, after tito house, in committee of .the whole, hud defeated amendments cW. ryintf compensatory! rates .on their manufactured products. When tho oil1 umendmcnt wns nL-hed there waa such a shout of, noes that a roll call was not demanded. 'A moment later. Chairman Kordney, trying to inako himself heard nbovo tho din which prevailed during three hours oT vot ing, announced thai sentiment in tho committee of the whole against taxing asphalt hn ' been so overwhelming that it wasn't worth while to go j through the form of calling the roll, i More I bun 2110 committee amend ments, rushed through during thn last. Tew days were put up to be voted on in a block. Some merely correoted spelling in the bill mid some hanged the rates, bill 1he Democrats, still holding their forces in line, compelled ; front with the expected motion- to j send tin .bill back ' its frainers with i instructions to strike out the American reciprocal provisions. This was where the Democrats and the Kepublicnns di vided siuarely on the whole tariff is sue, although they had splij widely on some of the earlier voles. w It probably wns4he fii-st time silica wartime d: ys that the house found itself wi h such a iui.runi on the evo of a vole. Ckising ti e li ng wrangla over lite bill. Chairman Forihiey brought Republican members to their feel by declaring it would bring j greater prosperity to the country than lit now enjoyed. Tee veteran tariff I l, .nt, .r tiki-lH...! I. Ilw, .1 .....I. ..... - ',...,: ' 1 I1 ,- , i iiioi-cMn vo'ing ior it were! i1 , i it f. .... .... ,. MAJORITY LI DEMOCRATS . iiiipH-n, i eunsyivania; uupre, elar dial, Fnvro ami Laiaro, Louisiana; , Harold Knker, California. Hcpirsenta. ive Umikn, Sotialift New Yoik, voted against it. STEAMER ADMIRAL ; I FARRAGUT MEETS WITH ACCIDENT SAN FIIANi'ISCO. July Tho steamer Admiral Farragul, which was disabled by an explosion III tint feed pipe off the coast ten miles north or here last night, arrived in Ihe harbor here today In tow 4i tug. Twelve members cf the crew were Injured in Ihe explosion, -vol rolitlll'ie . . J 1 - , Z