Morning Oregonian., December 21, 1922, Page 18, Image 18

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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922
GRAND JURY IKES
, 3 SECRET CHARGES
Report Silent as to Soldier
Bonus Fraud Case.
ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED
winning consent of - the bride's
mother to the marriage.
It was shown that the bride was
only 15 when they were wedded on
November 6 in Vancouver, Alajor
was shown to have represented bim
elf to the prospective mother-in-law
as 21 years old. Immediately
after the wedding he was found to
be 32 years old. Relatives imme
diately interfered and the pair sep-
rated when the man's true age be
came known.
Other divorce complaints filed
yesterday were those of Frances
against Bert .Triffdle, Connie A.
against Lowell B. Bmith, Samuel W.
against Bertha V. Reimers and Olive
Fay against James Keedy.
Three of the divorce actions illea
involved marriages performed in
Vancouver and one a Portland mar
Many Witnesses Heard, but Ac
tion Is Not Indicated; Nine
1 rue Bills Keturned.
Although the federal grand jury,
In presenting a report of its work
for the past two weeks, late yes
terday afternoon, made no specific
mention of its investigations of the
central Oregon soldier bonus frauds,
known to have been under investi
gation, three secret indictments
were returned, which caused some
speculation in official and veteran
circles. ,
Such indictments, by law, are se
cret until after the persons accused
have been arrested by United States
marshals. No intimation as to the
identity of , the accused persons
would be revealed by members pi
the United States attorney's staff,
clerks or officers of the court.
Bench warrants will be issued and
the persons accused arrested at once.
AH matters coming up for grand
jury investigation either state or
federal are supposed to be matters
of the greatest Becrecy until after
Hie investigation has been com
pleted, but in the Bend case there
'was no secret as to the probe that
was being conducted.
Padded Values Charged.
The case arose because of alleged
overvaluation of lands which the
state accepted as security for loans
under the Oregon soldier bonus law.
Two of the appraisers were removed
from office in the latter part of Oc
tober. The case created consider
able comment in Deschutes county
at the time. A committee of he
American Legion investigated it.
A month ago, when a deputy
United States marshal appeared in
Bend with some 60 subpenas for
various persons having knowledge
of the case, the fact that the gov
ernment was investigating that
phase of the matter that had to do
with supposed fraudulent use of the
mail became an open secret in the
Deschutes county seat. The day be
fore the present grand jury con
vened two special cars were char
tered on the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle railroad to convey the two
score of witnesses who had been
served to Portland.
For a week the corridors of the
federal building were packed with
Bend people, ranging from bank
president to homesteader, who were
awaiting their turn to appear be
fore the grand jury. No attempt
was made to keep secret the fact
that the investigation was under
way. What transpired in the Jury-
room, though, has not been allowed
to leak out.
Recess Is Taken.
Even though none of three secret
Indictments returned pertain to the
persons accused in the Bend cases,
there is chance for further action.
The grand jury, in submitting fts
report, merely adjourned for the
holidays 'and will reconvene after
the first of the new year to con
duct further investigations.
In addition to the three secret in
dictments nine true bills were re
turned and three persons held to be
innocent of the charge placed
against them.
Because he paid the fare for Mar
tha Foster from Vancouver to Port
land on a street car Harold DeYar
"ion was indicted for white slavery.
The alleged crime was committed
on August 17. DeTarmon is in the
county jail.
Two men, who had in their dos
session a pair of stolen government
pliers, were also held to answer to a
trial jury. They are Emil Giovan-
atti and Armand Wattie, arrested &t
risn Lake, Marion county.
Richard Dyer, private soldier at
Vancouver barracks, who aroused
the suspicions of officers when he
was eeen driving about in a Peer-
less automobile, was indicted for
transporting the car, a stolen ma
chine, from Oregon to Washington
Alien law Held Violated.
Three Japanese K. Takaira, petty
officer on the - Japanese steamer
Ypres Maru, and Jutaro Kajimo and
loshitsuga Nimura, Aroprietors of
a hotel at 52 North Third street
were jointly indicted for violating
immigration laws, the sailor for
smuggling five Japanese "into the
country on his steamer and the
hotel men for hiding the stowaways
alter tney had reached this country.
Carl Johnson, disappointed swain
who sent a loaded pistol cartridge
through the mails to a girl who had
jilted him, was indicted for violat
ing postal laws and Arthur T. Mc-
Milium was held to answer for rob
bing the postoffice at lone, Or., on
December 4.
The three not true bills freed
Joseph Huber, accused of transnort
ing a stolen automobile in inter
state commerce, and Willard John
son and McKinley Jackson, charged
with introducing liquor on the
Klamath reservation.
DOCTOR'S KIT IS STOLEN
BAG TAKEN BY ADDICT FOR
YEW GRAINS OP DRVGS.
Unknown Thief Later Tells Owner
Where Case Is After Narcotics
Are Removed.
Physicians of Portland, with
whom the story is current, are
guarding closely their medical and
surgical kits since a wishful, drug
addict took toll of Dr. E. i. Labbe
through the theft of the inevitable
little black bag. Of the divers
ways in which narcotic slaves out
wit the law to gratify their crav
ings, the instance is "without local
parallel.
He didn t get a great deal, said
Dr. Labbe, "scarcely enough to make
stealing worth while merely the
few morphine and cocaine tablets
that it is customary for doctors to
carry."
A night or so ago Dr. Labbe had
parked his car before his residence,
at the head of Lovejoy street, leav
ing his medicine kit in the auto. A
few minutes later, when he again
took the wheel, he glanced at the
back seat to discover that the bag
was gone. Though he racked hia
memory to account for the loss, be
lieving that he had mislaid it, he did
not seriously entertain a thought of
theft. However, he notified the
police.
Hours late, as the physician was
making up" sleep, his telephone
rang, and a masculine voice an
swered his hail. Was this Dr. Labbe
speaking? It was.
'You'll find your bag, doctor,"
said the voice on the wire, "in a va
cant lot at Park and Davis streets."
Police retrieved the kit, its con
tents unmolested, with the exception
of the missing narcotic phials, pre
cisely where the unknown addict
had said it would be found in the
public playground opposite the cus
tom house.
BANKER DENIES FRAUD
Idaho Officials Are Defended by
Chicago Witness.
BOISE, Idaho. Dec. 20. (Special.)
J. Lynn Driscoll. officer of th.
Livestock Exchange National bank
of Chicago, again took the stand to
day in the federal court case against
n. p. JJiCKneii, j. i. Jtsiack and G. R,
Hitt, former officials of the Over
land National bank charged with
c-rimiiiai violation or tne banking
laws, ana was examined and cross
examined concerning alleged false
financial statements which Bicknell
and Black submitted to the Overland
xvatlonal.
The witness characterized the
financial statement made by Bick
nell September 1, 1320, as "as ac
curate as most financial state
ments" and said that as officer of
the Chicago bank he was willing to
make a large loan on the strength
of it. He admitted that he knew
that Bicknell was joint maker of at
niast f-o notes which were not
listed, but said he knew nothing of
otner irregularities.
MARRIAGE IS HELD VOID
Bridegroom Shown to Have Falsi
fied to Mother-in-Law.
Suit for annulment of the mar
riage of Beatty Jane to Robert W.
Major was filed yesterday morning
and heard during the afternoon.
Presiding Judge Stapleton entering
a decree declaring the marrias-'
void. It was charged against Majo
DEI OF TEACHERS
DIES DF FI1D1
Long Illness Fatal to Miss
Christina MacConnell.
SERVICE HERE LENGTHY
CHILD LAW HELD POOR
Idaho Statute on Minors May Be
Changed by Legislature.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 20. (Special.)
At the request of the state depart
ment of education, Attorney-General
Black is preparing an amend
ment to the child delinquency law
of this state to make parents or
guardians of a child parties to the
action -taken against the minor.
Under the present law neither the
parent nor the guardian are made
parties to the action w'th the result
that under habeas corpus proceed
ings after a child is committed to
the state reformatory they are able
to bring action in the district courts
or before the supreme court.
Michigan Fugitive Arrested.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 20. Thomas
Stapleton, 43', formerly a merchant
of Port Huron, Mich., was arrested
here Monday night for the authori
ties in that city. Stapleton recently
arrived by automobile from Michi
gan, and was living here with his
wife and three children. Local po
lice were notified he is wanted on a
warrant charging irregularities in
administering an estate. He said
he would waive extradition and he
Is held in jail pending the arrival
of officers from Michigan.
Well-IsnoAvn Instructor Taught in
Public Schools of Portland
for 42 Years.
Miss Christina MacConnell. dean
of Portland school teachers, died
early yesterday morning, after, a
prolonged illness from pneumonia,
at the home of her grandniece, Mrs-.
Edward J. Failing, 616 East Twen
ty-first street North. Private fu
neral services will be held.
Forty-two years of service in
Portland schools, continuous until
her retirement a year ago, rounded
out a career of great constructive
value. Of her 82 years of life
were spent in the school room as
an instructor, for Miss MacConnell
had been a teacher of 17 years be
fore she came to Portland. -
Scores of middle-aged men of this
city, and many others, scattered
over the continent, recall the well-
loved school teacher as she who
taught- them when they were boys
and scores of matrons likewise sum
mon back those days when the city
was far smaller than now, and Miss
MacConnell was the "new teacher."
With these memories merge those
of the younger generation, who
knew her as the veteran of the pub
lic school service a tiny woman
with lively eyes and merry man
ner, and the shawl and bonnet of
the long ago.
Board Pays Tribute.
"There are hundreds of good citi
zens in Portland who owe more than
can be expressed in words," resolved
the school board on the occasion of
her retirement, "to inspiration,
sound judgment and forceful in
struction given them by their friend
and teacher, Mies MacConnell. This
board knows that her duty has been
well performed, and hereby adds to
the grateful expressions of admira
tion by her pupils."
Her philosophy of life was broad
and comprehensive, and it was this
sensible attitude that refreshed and
encouraged both her pupils and her
friends. There is, or was, a very
successful milliner in Boston who
might have chosen another and less
lucrative, less happy career had it
not been for the blunt but com
petent advice of Miss MacConnell.
The story is typical of her.
Advice Is Typical.
"She came home one day," re
lated Miss MacConnell, some years
ago, "and said, 'Miss MacConnell, I
do not believe I can teach. I do not
care for children do not like to be
around them.'
"I asked her, What would you
like to do?' She replied, 'I like to
trim bonnets.' I said, --'Then trim
bonnets.' "
Miss MacConnell is survived by a
sister, Mrs. S. B. Stewart of New
port, Ky.; two grandnephews, C. R.
Holcomb of Portland and Eliot Hol
comb of New York; a niece, Mrs.
C. R. Holcomb of Portland, and two
grandnieces, Mrs. F. E. Falling and
Mrs. E. J. Failing, both of Portland.
Born in Edinburg, Scotland, May
31, 1841, Miss MacConnell came to
America with her parents when an
infant, and spent her girlhood at
Newport, Ky. She was educated in
the Newport schools and at the Uni
versity of Cincinnati. In 1876 she
came to Portland, and was a mem-
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i wrist watch
i dinner ring
i necklace .
i bar pin
i string of beads
i manicure set
i silver toilet set
vanity box
i beaded bag
i vair of earin&s
i diamond bracelet
i mesh bag
a boudoir clock
an umbrella
for Him
a diamond ring
i watch
: pair of cuff links
i scarf pin
i watch chain
an emblem
, a gold knife
i military set
billfold
i suit case
i traveling set
i fountain pen
a cigarette case
a. humidor
i desk clock
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ber of the faculty of the old Port
land high school for many years,
remaining there when the institu
tion became Lincoln high school.
DEAN THOMPSON COMING
Illinois i Commerce School Head
to -Address Oregon Teachers.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 20. (Spec'al.)
Charles M. Thompson, dean of
the school of commerce in the Uni
versity of Illinois, will be one of
the principal speakers at the Ore-
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son State Teachers' association in
Portland, December 27, 28 and 29,
according' to E. P. Carleton, chair
man of the publicity committee. -
While m Portland Dean Thompson
will attend a meet'ng of the deans
and faculties of the schools of com
merce and business administration
of the Pacific coast universities and
colleges. A large number of col
lege men will be in attendance from
California. Oregon,. Washington,
Idaho and Montana.
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Linn County Schools Economize.
ALBANY. Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Only 59 of the 128 school districts
in Linn county voted s.pecial taxes
this year. Including the three union
higti .schools. This is 38 less than
the number levying special taxes
last year. Indications pointed out
by the county officials are that
economy brought on through the
election campaign in October is responsible.
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Buy a pair today and see how
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Your Old
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There are dozens of things to do aboard the
comfortable Southern Pacific trains..
Some travelers enjoy a game of cards.
Others find a quiet spot for reading or medi
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Club and observation cars furnish a place
to loaf comfortably or a chance to enjoy the
fresh breeze and the scenic beauties you pass.
.Drawing rooms and compartments provide
privacy which many men use for completing
important work.
And Dependable Service
Tn addition, there are manv thines about
Southern Pacific service which you take for
granted.
You know that a high percentage of the trains
go through right "on the dot." You know that
they will take you to your destination despite
rain, sleet, fog, or other unfavorable conditions.
And finally, if you have traveled on the
Southern Pacific, you know that Southern Pa
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