anaheim-gazette 1920-10-21

SCOTT TURNED OVER TO FEDERAL OFFICERS Was About to Be Tried on Charge of Giving Bad Check to Anaheim Man. How a man, sought by federal authorities throughout California, came to Santa Ana and lived there openly, after his wife had killed herself because of the odium which attached itself to her through revelations concerning him, became known Thursday. Charles S. Scott is the name under which the man in question was known in Santa Ana, according to authorities. Scott was the head of what was known as the Scott Advertising Agency. Scott, or "Herman Munn", or "Harry McMunn," sought for months on a charge of having obtained money by means of impersonating a federal officer, is in jail in Los Angeles following his arraignment before United States Commissioner Long, of the Department of Justice, Los Angeles. Scott's bond was fixed at $1000, which he was unable to supply. Scott, whose true name government agents say is Herman Munn, was turned over to federal authorities at Anaheim just before his preliminary examination on a charge of having given a bad check to W. E. Helling, oligar store proprietor. Government officials held Munn on the charge that had been pending against him for months, that of having obtained $25 from D. M. Robinson while posing as a federal officer. The suicide of Muriel Munn, nee Muriel Sennett, was the culmination of one of the most tragic romances in the history of Southern California. The marriage came after a brief courtship. Less than a month after her marriage to Munn, who posed as Muriel Harry Munn, late of the A.F. The contractor agreed that these irons should be made of copper, which was very scarce. He purchahed 79,000 pounds of copper, 20,000 pounds more than he needed to make the branding irons. Officials of the company testified that they were paid 39 1-2 cents a pound for the copper. The War department paid the company 39 1-2 cents a pound for all the copper, including the 20,000 pounds that the government did not need, and immediately the next day turned around and sold it back to the company for 11 cents a pound. And as a climax to it all, the company filed a claim for profits that it would have received if it had filled the contract and the government allowed $40,000, which was paid out of the Treasury department, and somehow or other, we managed to worry along and win the war without branding a single animal. This is the kind of management to which the Democratic party now asks the country to give its approval. WANT ALAMITOS ANNEXED Application was made by the school trustees of Anaheim to the County Supervisors to have them annex the high school district of Alamitos. Alamitos high school pupils are at present attending in Anaheim. Under the school law the Anaheim high school trustees must charge tuition to Alamitos pupils, and submit the bill to the Alamitos district, and the county assessor must levy a tax on the district sufficient to pay the bill. Under the proposed annexation, residents of the Alamitos district would merely pay the regular Anaheim high school tax rate. Procedure in the case is said to be that the supervisors must first publish the request in a paper in the entire distance with federals. Anyway, as soon as restored sufficient enrmation to function on for the national commute rights of the affect put it out as a Democrat of nations campaign of administration is nowantly with its handkerchief for the country's future and float it to the by any strange chance pen, the national cost $15,000 and the party rhetorical and hokum his professional reputation reduced to the broken heart of the world. WILSON DESTROY There can be no loss on the league referrer member 2nd, declares Publicity Association, President, Hon. Jonathan in the following statement: "Cox has returned whence Wilson started league has been given the campaign. In nationalists have succeeded it their sole issue although the Republic tend to permit the Deeight years of mal-adhind Wilson's nobility Wilson now plays tha battle of the ball given a small part in the understudy of Mr March fourth—if Amur proved itself insane oo of which there is no foe." In the Congressional 1918, Mr. Wilson, in return of a Democrat clared: "The return majority to either h Government officials held Munn on the charge that had been pending against him for months, that of having obtained $25 from D. M. Robinson while posing as a federal officer. The suicide of Muriel Munn, nee Muriel Sennett, was the culmination of one of the most tragic romances in the history of Southern California. The marriage came after a brief courtship. Less than a month after her marriage to Munn, who posed as "Major" Harry Munn, late of the A.E.F., the young bride awoke to the realization that she was wedded to an imposter. The discovery was more than her sensitive nature could stand. She jumped off the cliff at Portuguese bend, eight miles from San Pedro. Several days later, on December 18, last—two boys found her body floating in the surf. Munn met the girl at the offices of the Western Union and Pontal Telegraph companies in Los Angeles. At the outset of their acquaintance Munn gave her a card, which, federal authorities said, purported him to be "Harry W. Munson," of a government investigation bureau at Washington. Munn was never connected with the government, according to federal authorities. The three brothers of Muriel Munn hold "Munn responsible for the death of their sister." It is alleged that fingerprint information identifies Munn with a long list of crimes beginning with an alleged burglarly at Fresno in 1908. Munn was arrested in Stockton on a warrant sworn out on August 7 by George Manderschied, of Santa Ana. Munn was also held for a check alleged to have been given to George W. Peterkin, of Santa Ana. He was bound over on Peterkin's complaint at his preliminary examination before Justice Cox on October 8. Another warrant had been sworn out for Munn's arrest by the Anaheim cigar store dealer, to whom Scott had given an alleged bad check for $10. Just as the preliminary examination was about to be conducted in Anaheim Wednesday on the latter charge, federal authorities intervened and on their rejuest Munn was turned over to them, with the understanding that if a conviction was not obtained on the impersonation charge, that he would be turned back to local authorities to be prosecuted on the bad check charges. It was alleged that Munn, or Scott, was a partner of P. R. Stock, recently the school law the Anaheim high school trustees must charge tuition to Alamitos pupils, and submit the bill to the Alamitos district, and the county assessor must levy a tax on the district sufficient to pay the bill. Under the proposed annexation, residents of the Alamitos district would merely pay the regular Anaheim high school tax rate. Procedure in the case is said to be that the supervisors must first publish the request in a paper in the Alamitos district, or else post the district, for purposes of a hearing. If no protest is made, and allowed within the allotted time, the supervisors then proceed to declare the district annexed. It is understood that such action was taken in November, 1919, by the school trustees of Fullerton in regard to the Centralia school district, but that nothing has since been done aboht it, and the annexation has never been declared made because the matter has not been followed up since trat time by the Fullerton trustees. "UNCLE SAM OF FREEDOM RIDGE" The Democratic national committee's literary adviser—said to be the party's highest authority on rhetorical hokum—has let the committee in for a $15,000 plunge for a piece of heart surge goods called "Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge." This piece of goods—shrunk at the factory and warranted not to run color though drenched with tears—is being put out as boiler plate to country newspapers, without charge and express paid. These papers are expected to run it as fiction story—which it is—and readers of fiction are expected to read it unsuspectingly and thereby absorb a full dose of administration league of nations specific. In other words this piece of fiction which originally appeared as such in the Atlantic monthly, is to be used as a bit of league propaganda designed to breathe low and sweet on the heartstrings of persons having imperfect self control and make the play "The Star-Spangled Banner" planissimo. The Uncle Sam of the story is an old gentleman with a chin whisker who lives in the mountains and isn't particularly strong in the head. His son is killed in the war, and his grief just about finishes off what was left of the old gentleman's mental faculties; so that when the village gets him to dress up as the national Uncle Sam—in the red, white and blue striped trousers, starry vest and high hat to load the Liberty loan parade. for $10. Just as the preliminary examination was about to be conducted in Anaheim Wednesday on the latter charge, federal authorities intervened and on their rejuest Munn was turned over to them, with the understanding that if a conviction was not obtained on the impersonation charge, that he would be turned back to local authorities to be prosecuted on the bad check charges. It was alleged that Munn, or Scott, was a partner of P. R. Stock, recently sentenced to San Quentin on a bad check charge. It was also alleged that he and Stock became partners while they were serving time together in San Quentin. Munn was said to have passed many other worthless checks here and to have contracted numerous debts. He disappeared about July 7 after having giving the check to Healing. In connection with the charges brought by Pickering and Manderschied, there was some doubt of obtaining a conviction, it was said, because it was shown that Munn had told both of them he did not have the money in the bank at the time, but soon would have. He was said to have post-dated the two checks. No such evidence was alleged in the Helling case, on which Munn would probably have been prosecuted had he not been handed over to the federal officers. COPPER TURNED INTO GOLD A small, wasteful item—small yet illustrative of the War department's method of doing business—was cited by Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, during his Columbus, Ohio speech of June 29, 1920. It was this: To brand some 391,000 horses and mules, 195,000 branding irons were ordered. The Uncle Sam of the story is an old gentleman with a chin whisker who lives in the mountains and isn't particularly strong in the head. His son is killed in the war, and his grief just about finishes off what was left of the old gentleman's mental faculties; so that when the village gets him to dress up as the national Uncle Sam—in the red, white and blue striped trousers, starry vest and high hat—to lead the Liberty loan parade, the old gentleman gets to believing he really is the Uncle Sam of pictorial patriotism. In that character he goes around arguing for the league of nations and making it appear, a good deal of a bore to himself. He is full of what Huck Finn called tears and flapdoodie, and we imagine the well meaning people who first dressed him up as Uncle Sam must have run when they saw him coming. This amiable but rather wearing nut finally gets to writing crank letters to the United States Senate, and when that body at last kills the treaty ratification resolution, the poor old chap, who by this time is virtually dissolved in his own brine, makes a complete job of it by killing himself without reservations. The sequel, of course, is too plain to require setting forth. Only one thing could happen after that: The entire village bursts into tears and goes and votes the Democratic ticket. We rather imagine somebody even voted for the corpse. This engaging piece of hokum is said to have been received with terrific bursts of weeping throughout administration circles in Washington. They could be heard from the White House to the Capitol—which may not be so remarkable, perhaps, seeing that Pennsylvania avenue is lined the en- ANAHEIM GAZETTE tire distance with federal office holders. Anyway, as soon as composure was restored sufficiently for the government to function orders went out for the national committee to buy up the rights of the affecting story and put it out as a Democratic and league of nations campaign document. The administration is now sitting expectantly with its handkerchief out waiting for the country's flood of tears: come and float it to the polls. If that by any strange chance, shouldn't happen, the national committee is out $15,000 and the party's chief literary rhetorical and hokum adviser will find his professional reputation, as such reduced to the broken condition of the heart of the world. WILSON DESTROYS THE ALIBI There can be no Democratic alibi on the league referendum after November 2nd, declares the Republican Publicity Association, through its President, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., in the following statement: "Cox has returned to the point whence Wilson started him. The league has been given first place in the campaign. In fact, the internationalists have succeeded in making it their sole issue in the campaign although the Republicans do not intend to permit the Democrats to hide eight years of mal-administration behind Wilson's nebulous covenant. Mr. Wilson now plays the stellar role in the battle of the ballots. Mr. Cox is given a small part and will become the understudy of Mr. Wilson after March fourth—if America shall have proved itself insane on November 2nd of which there is no fear. In the Congressional elections of 1918, Mr. Wilson, in demanding the return of a Democratic Congress declared: "The return of a Republican majority to either house of Congress other issue to the league of nations, he demands for it a solemn referendum of the people. The issue is clearly defined. The repudiation of Mr. Wilson and his internationalists which will come November 2nd is an absolute repudiation of the Wilson league. There is given no opportunity to establish an alibi. Mr. Wilson has escorted his party from so doing. With the counting of the last ballot the propaganda for the league should cease and the attention of the American people should be turned to the solution of those domestic problems which so surely vex us. A congressional resolution for peace should be the first move of the Republican Congress, following March 4th. It will receive the immediate signature of then President Harding. "Then comes reconstruction, the program for which calls for well-nigh superhuman activity. The people must not expecet too much. For one thing, the Democratic party has committed the nation to an annual exenditure of $4,000,000,000 for some years to come. Much of this sum is to meet interest on indebtedness incurred during the saturnalia of wanton waste which has horrified the Old World and stunned the American people into something of a mental incapacity to sense the meaning of a billion of dollars. On the honor of the Government, and to the dishonor of the Democratic party, those commitments must be met. The promises of the United States may not be impaired by any party. "When our own house is in order there will be opportunity to discuss and to provide, if possible, what cooperation we can give to other nations in minimizing the chances of war, fixing our minds always on the fact that we must never imperil American independence. That is the sine qua non. We will not be out of the wilderness on March 4th, but Wilsonism" Luis Obispo, where he said he favored a tariff of one-half cent on lemons, and his non-committal speech in Ventura have injured his chances for re-election. Franklin D. Roosevelt says the Republicans are "after the German vote." The Republicans are after all the votes they can get. So are the Democrats. What peeves F. D. is that the Republicans are getting what they go after and the Democrats are not. NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS OR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals or bids will be received by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim at the office of the City Clerk of said city up to 8 o'clock P.M. of the 28th day of October, 1920, for the furnishing of all labor and materials for the construction of vitrified sewer pipes on Wilhomina Street in the City of Anaheim, from a point one hundred twenty-five (125) feet westly of the West property line of North Los Angeles Street to a point one hundred sixty-five (165) feet East of the East property line of North Los Angeles Street in said city and also upon certain alleys of the Elliott and Anderson subdivision according to a map thereof on file in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Orange, State of California, as is more specifically delineated upon certain plans for said work hereinafter referred to. Said work to be done and materials furnished shall be in accordance with the plans and specifications thereof, which said specifications are marked and designated. "Specifications for the construction of sanitary sewers in the City of Anaheim, California," and were adopted by the Board of Trustees of said city on the 8th day of February, 1917, and are on file in the office of the City Clerk of City of Anaheim, and which said plans are marked and designated. "Sewer plans and profiles No. 5", which were adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim on the 30th day of September, 1920, and are on file in bind Wilson's nebulous covenant. Mr. Wilson now plays the stellar role in the battle of the ballots. Mr. Cox is given a small part and will become the understudy of Mr. Wilson after March fourth—if America shall have proved itself insane on November 2nd of which there is no fear. "In the Congressional elections of 1918, Mr. Wilson, in demanding the return of a Democratic Congress declared: 'The return of a Republican majority to either house of Congress would be interpretative on the other side of the water as a repudiation of my leadership.' This was followed by the return of a Republican majority in both houses, the first instance in American history in which a President of the United States had been repudiated while the country was at war. To that repudiation Mr. Wilson paid not the slightest attention, but proceeded to Europe and 'acting in his own name and by his own proper authority' attempted to barter American independence for a supergovernment of which he hoped to be the reigning head. "That supergovernment remains his chief obsession. Submerging every SHORTRIDGE'S PLATFORM The platform of Samuel M. Shortridge, Republican candidate for United States Senator, is considered by Republicans and Democrats of the San Joaquin Valley as the strongest ever presented to the voters of this state, and leaders of both parties claim that Shortridge will win a decisive victory as a result of his firm stand on such vital issues as the protective tariff, the Wilson League of Nations and Asiatic immigration. Reports received at Republican head quarters from all counties in the San Joaquin indicate an increasing sentiment for Shortridge. Farmers, vineyardists, cotton growers, bean growers and canners, together with wool men and hide sellers, have come to the front during the last week as not only favoring the election of Shortridge because of his stand on the tariff, but they are working to insure his election. The Japanese question is one upon which every Californian agrees, so it is not an issue in the campaign. The issues are the tariff and the League of Nations: The tariff is the question uppermost in the minds of the voters in San Joaquin Valley. California wants and needs a protective tariff—a tariff that will foster California industries and protect California farmers, growers and labor. California can receive this protection by putting Samuel Shortridge in the Senate alongside of Hiram Johnson. With the election of Shortridge, California will be able to back up a Republican President and a Republican Congress. Without his election, the state will be crippled. Phelan is a free trader. His remarks in San Jose, where he opposed a tariff upon lemons, and his speech at San Francisco shall be in accordance with the plans and specifications thereof, which said specifications are marked and designated. "Specifications for the construction of sanitary sewers in the City of Anaheim, California," and were adopted by the Board of Trustees of said city on the 8th day of February, 1917, and are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, and which said plans are marked and designated. "Sewer plans and profiles No. 5", which were adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim on the 30th day of September, 1920, and are on file in the office of the City Engineer of said city. All proposals or bids offered must be accompanied by a check payable to the City of Anaheim certified by a responsible bank, for an amount which shall not be less than ten per cent of the aggregate of the proposal or bid or by bond with the said amount so payable signed by the bidder and two sureties who shall justify before any officer competent to administer an oath, in double the said amount and over and above all statutory exemptions, and which said bond shall be approved by the Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim. Said check or bond shall be forfeited to the City of Anaheim as liquidated damages in case the successful bidder shall fail to sign a contract and furnish the bonds required within ten days after the award of said contract. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish a bond to the City of Anaheim for one-half of the amount of the contract price specified in his bond with two or more sureties who shall qualify in double the amount of said bond in free and unincumbered property within the State of California and above all statutory exemptions, or by a corporation authorized to execute bonds within the State of California. Said bond shall guarantee the faithful performance of the contract and completing of the work done and repair thereof until final acceptance of the work. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish an additional bond in a sum equal to one-half of the amount of the contract price as security to laborers, mechanics, and material men employed by him in said work, which said bond shall be executed by at least two sureties who shall qualify in double the amount of said bond in free and unincumbered property within the State of California, above all statutory exemptions, or by a corporate surety as provided by law. The Board of Trustees of the City of Anaheim reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Trustees of the City of Anaheim. Dated this 12th day of October, 1920. EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim. For 35 years he has been fighting California's battles. His record proves his worth and now of all times, you need his help in Washington. The nation knows him as the Man. who is leading your fight to Keep California White Re-elect James D. Phelan U.S. Senator M. W. Salscheider 133 N. Los Angeles St. Sole Agent For Anaheim for K.B.L. The Famous Kidney, Bladder and Liver Specific Manufactured by the La Rue Medicine Co. Of Los Angeles, Calif. The Gazette $1.50 Per Year Best Local Paper Subscribe Now WHY Everybody Eats at the Dew Drop Inn Cafe Excellent Service and Good Eating A. KLUEWER, Prop. "TRAVEL BY MOTOR STAGE" TRAVEL IN COMFORT Cars of special design, superior construction and complete equipment, assure comfort & ease in travel that is characteristic only of the Motor Transit Stages. Make your trip to Santa Ana, San Diego or Los Angeles over this line. THE DIRECT ROUTETO SANTA ANA. SCHEDULE Leave Anaheim for Los Angeles 6:30 A.M. and every half hour thereafter till 8:30 P.M., then TRAVEL IN COMFORT Cars of special design, superior construction and complete equipment, assure comfort & ease in travel that is characteristic only of the Motor Transit Stages. Make your trip to Santa Ana, San Diego or Los Angeles over this line. THE DIRECT ROUTETO SANTA ANA. SCHEDULE Leave Anaheim for Los Angeles 6:30 A.M. and every half hour thereafter till 8:30 P.M., then 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 P.M. Arrive Los Angeles 1 hour 30 minutes after time of departure. Leave Anaheim for Santa Ana 7:30 A.M. and every half hour thereafter till 9:30 P.M., then 10:30, 11:30 P.M. and 1:00 A.M. Arrive Santa Ana 20 minutes after departure. San Diego schedule is furnished at Anaheim Station. MOTOR TRANSIT CO. ANAHEIM DEPOT South Lemon Street (Near Valencia Hotel) Phone 520. LOS ANGELES DEPOT Union Stage Depot 5th & Los Angeles Streets Phone Pico 3850 No. 41823 Treasury Department Office of Comptroller of the Currency. Washington, D.C., August 27, 1920. WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Golden State National Bank of Anaheim" in the City of Anaheim, in the County of Orange and State of California, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required to be compiled with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of banking; Now, therefore I. John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The Golden State National Bank of Anahelm", in the City of Anaheim, in the County of Orange and State of California, is authorized; to commence the business of Banking as provided in Section Fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion Of The Golden State Bank of Anaheim, California. In testimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of office this Twenty-Seventh day of August, 1920. JNO. SKELTON WILLIAMS 9-16-10t. Comptroller of the Currency. CERTIFICATE OF CO-PARTNERSHIP TRANSACTING BUSINESS UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we are co-partners transacting the business of practising medicine and surgery under the firm name and style of "Johnston-Wickett Clinic". That the principal place of business that the principal place of business of said co-partners is at No. 117 North Claudina Street, in the City of Anaheim, Orange County, California. That the names of the members of said co-partnership and their respective places of residence, are as follows: Herbert Allan Johnston, residing at No. 104 East Broadway Street, Anaheim, Orange County, California. William Harold Wickett, residing at Chapman Ranch, Fullerton, Orange County, California. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 23rd Jay of September, 1920. HERBERT ALLAN JOHNSTON WILLIAM HAROLD WICKETT STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE On this 23rd day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, before me, Homer G. Ames, a Notary Public, in and for the County of Orange, State of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Herbert Allan Johnston and William Harold Wickett, known to me to be the persons described in and whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion of The Golden State Bank of Anaheim, California. In testimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of office this Twenty-Seventh day of August, 1920. JNO. SKELTON WILLIAMS 9-16-10t. Comptroller of the Currency. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Notice is hereby given that the city taxes on all personal property secured by real property, and on all real property in the City of Anaheim, will be due and payable on the first Monday in October, 1920, and will be delinquent on the last Monday in November, next thereafter, at 6 o'clock P. M. Unless said taxes are paid prior to the last Monday in November, 1920, at 6 o'clock P. M., 10 per cent will be added to the amount thereof. Said taxes are payable to the undersigned at his office in the City Hall, in said City of Anaheim, between the hours of 8 A.M. and 12 M., and between the hours of 1 P. M. and 5 P. M. N. F STEADMAN, Marshal and ex-officio Tax Collector of the City of Anaheim. 9-23-10t. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Anaheim Union Water Company, location of principal place of business, 303 East Center Street, Anaheim, California. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on the 21st day of August, 1920, assessment No. 56 of $5.00 per share was levied on the capital stock of the corporation payable at once to the Secretary of the company at Anaheim, Orange County, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 15th day of October, 1920, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction and unless payment is made before will be sold on the 5th day of November, 1920, at one o'clock p.m. to pay assessment together with cost of advertising and expenses of sale. L. J. SHERIDAN, Secretary of ANAHEIM UNION WATER CO On this 23rd day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, before me, Homer G. Ames, a Notary Public, in and for the County of Orange, State of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Herbert Allan Johnston and William Harold Wickett, known to me to be the persons described in and whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. HOMER G. AMES. Notary Public in and for said Orange County, California. (Notarial Seal) 9-30-t5. J.-M. ASBESTOS ROOFING GIBBS LUMBER East Broadway ANAHEIM CAL. Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50, payable in advance. Make the approaching Republican landslide such a huge one that the whole world will know that no President who trades off American rights interests and ideals can deliver the goods. After having learned to spend the taxpayers' money with such abandon it certainly is tough on these Democrats to have such a small campaign fund that it wouldn't finance even one little cost plus operation.