ARMY LIEUTENANT AT i ‘! SAN DIEGO RESIGNS' I t1 HAN DIfclGO, Oct. 6.— First1 Lieuten- 11 ant Harold H. Taiutor, Company A, | 1 First United States Infantry, accused ° I j by Colonel 1) J. Baker of conduct un- ~ becoming an officer, has sent in his resignation to the War Department, §(according to announcement made at 8regimental headquarters. 1 Ilieutenant Taintor was accused, it | is said, of passing a number of checks 1 on a Yuma bank in which he had no § funds. The army officer later, how- | ever, validated these checks, but not § before Colonel Raker received con-; I firmation of the affair. i 9I Less than seven months ago Lieu- M tenant Taintor was courtmartialed at ■ the order of Colonel Baker for an al- 1 leged military offense. He was found § guilty and sentenced to serve six i B I months in the confines of the military L camp. The sentence expired less thaii B two months ago and Lieutenant Tain-1! I tor was on leave of absence in San gj Diego when the check matter was re- I ported. I