Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-19
Right of Way and General Claim
Agent of Salt Lake Route
Is Bounced.
REFUSED TO CO UNDER FIRE.
But When 7 T. Gbbon Came Back
With Some Specified Charges, He
Stepped Down aud Out

Major ]. w. +. Diss, right OF way ant
general claim agent for the Salt LAX,
Route, has been bounced" His resig.
nation was asked for on account of
the alleged Sailing of the San Pedro
Los Angeles a. Salt Lake railroad
which came to light in Los Angeles
early In the week. Diss refused to re-
tire under fire, so yesterday he was
served with a notice that his services
were not required a minute longer. Diss
came back with request for specified
causes for removal.
vice President T. r.. Gibbon replied
with six different counts, among which
were the allegations that Diss had
been derellct IN his duty, by allowing
FRAUDS to be committed when he had
been informed that such was the case.
and that Diss frequently furnished
Hays with the official correspondence
of the railroad company, thereby put
ting him on his guard. II was also
stated that no accounting for 81 900 OF
the coihpany's money had been made
until pressure had been brought to
bear
l.
cashier of the Orange Growers Nation
al Bank OF Riverside.
The Los Angeles Times devotes three
columns to the scandal and among
other things says:
Hon. 4, Il, Gibbon, third vice presi-
dent of the company, stated that there
viii be y sequel which may be more
surprising than the first discovery OF
Hays grating lie would not an
nounce in advance what the company
proposes 10 do. He more than hint
ed. at the possibility that the matter
VIII ultimately reach the courts. but
refused to go into details. He Is sat
re are other cases. but
some of them have been so carefully
planned and executed that Il will he
difficult to place the blame upon any
individual.
"a dispatch to the Times from River
side last night contains the assertion
that the money which Hays secured
was his commission for making pur-
chases OF property for the railroad COM
pany This idea is laughed at by the
local officials Of the company. Both
MIR. Clark and Mr., Glbhon assert that
the question Of commission does not
enter into the matter, because Hays
commission was fixed and agreed
upon; that the amounts he received
were sums over and above what he
represented to the railroad company as
the actual purchase price paid for the
property which he bought for the COM
pany
The announcement that Tom Hays
has confessed that he has participated
In such questionable transaction Will
use Amusement to thousands OF per-
sons throughout this part of the state
who know him personally or by repu-
tation. There are few men OF wider
acquaintance in Riverside county. and
few who heretofore have been more
generally liked, Hays has been a
prominent figure in Riverside for years.
AS cashier OF one Of It's leading banks
he came into contact with Rivorsides
citizens and with the men OF wealth
and standing throughout that county.
He was formerly president of the Riv-
erside chamber of commerce, and was
noted for his ability to successfully
carry forward his plans. 1t was he
who when the president visited River
side, surrendered his palatial quarters
In Glenwood Tavern to the chief eX-
ecutiye and during the presidents stay
there he was a leader In the EFFORT to
give him cause TO remember Riverside
and her people. Tom Hays has been
high liver and big spender and
impressed one as a man who never did
anything by halves, and this charac-
terlstC won for him many friends, To
these the announcement Of his present
trouble will be a severe blow. Into
politics, as in everything else In which
he was Interested. he put his whole
heart He managed Maj Daniels
campaign when he was seeking the
nomination for Congress In that dis
trlct. and II was largely due to his
efforts that Mai Daniels was nomi-
mated"