anaheim-gazette 1913-06-05

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION.....$1.50 Per Year Six Months.....$1.00 Three Months.....50 Cts. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. WHERE LIES THE FAULT? The Anaheim Gazette asks some questions in its issue last week relative to printing the tax list. It points out that the county gets 50 cents for every description on the delinquent list, while the newspaper which has been awarded the contract, gets 7½ cents for doing the advertising. It wants to know why the county should make a profit of the difference, or there should be a charge in excess of what the newspaper gets. The real question which seems to be involved is why the newspaper should be forced to do the work at a ridiculously low figure. Well, we do not know so very much about this thing, and would also like to ask some questions. But one thing seems to be clear. A newspaper is often looked upon as a sort of charitable enterprise invented and maintained for the sole purpose of helping the community and the county in every love of helping. The most serious fact about the situation is that the men who run the newspapers under-estimate their own rights, and obligations to themselves, and abandon business principles in the conduct of their affairs. The point is just this: A newspaper must be conducted along business lines just the same as any other business enterprise. All business is the science of service. But in order to be of real and permanent service, there must be a close adherence to fundamental financial principles. It is not good business to do work at less than it costs, or at exactly what it costs. Without a margin of profit there can be no permanency in any enterprise. LOCAL STUDENT WINS SENIOR ORATION (Continued from page 1) relentless in the prosecution of all criminals? The meat packers of Chicago, millionaires of high honor in the financial world, sold poison meat to the United States army during the Spanish-American war, murdering thousands of American soldiers for profit. Were they punished? Not one of them. They were paid exorbitant prices for the poison meats, even after this monstrous deception was known by the government officials. Then these same packers, encouraged by their success at killing soldiers for profit, undertook to poison the public. They allowed their plants to become cesspools of filth and disease, rather than to go to the trouble and expense of keeping them clean. They killed or permanently ruined the health of thousands of Americans for profit. We are all familiar with Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle," and the startling conditions revealed there, which later forced governmental investigation. The courts commanded these packers to desist, but no punishment was inflicted. Was this justice? Murder is murder, whether by dynamite or poison, and wholesale murders should be revenged more relentlessly than murders committed by retail. No one can excuse these packers on account of fanatical loyalty to a cause. Their purpose was greed alone, their god money. Without a shadow of remorse they planned cold-blooded murder in order that their own coffers might be filled. At the present time there are milk companies, which, by adulteration and the use of poisonous preservatives, murder thousands of children and adults yearly, in every large town in the country. Where they are not now doing so, the court has merely issued an injunction for them to stop. After the investigations were made into the operation of our milk companies, they were found guilty, they were told to stop, but they were not punished for the previous murder they had committed. Murder is murder, whether by dynamite or formaldehyde. These murderers of thousands of children for gain, are free today. The manufacturers of our common lighting matches because it was a tri- The point is just this: A newspaper must be conducted along business lines just the same as any other business enterprise. All business is the science of service. But in order to be of real and permanent service, there must be a close adherence to fundamental financial principles. It is not good business to do work at less that it costs, or at exactly what it costs. Without a margin of profit there can be no permanency in any enterprise. Now will the Gazette tell us if the fault does not lie with the newspapers themselves, and does it not consist of a willingness to do work at a figure that estimated by any real business standard, is less than actual cost, or so close to the actual cost that transaction ceases to be business and becomes charity. But even if this is so, what is the remedy?—Garden Grove News. Several members of the Four-Four Club motored to Cucamonga Sunday and spent the day as guests of A. L. Lewis' parents on their fine ranch at that place. During the day members of the party paid a visit to Charley Bauer, formerly a resident of Anaheim, who lives adjoining Mr. Lewis' home. Mr. Bauer is incapacitated for work at present from being thrown by a horse which he was shoeing and having his back wrenched. He was glad to see his old friends from this city, and extended a cordial invitation to return for another visit later. Those in the party were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Yungbluth and Miss Dorothy Yungbluth, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Welborn Wallop and Miss "Brownie" Wallop, Mrs. B. V. Beebe and Miss Elizabeth Beebe, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Melrose and Miss Winifred Melrose, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Backs and Miss Florence Backs, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLauchlin. Mr. and Mrs. John Cassou entertained with a barbecue Sunday last at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. August Tousseau at Fullerton, in honor of their niece, Mrs. Pedlie, of San Francisco, who is visiting them here. A hundred and seventy guests were present from Los Angeles and several from this city were invited. Decorations for the occasion were carried out with pink carnations and ferns. After the repast, dancing was enjoyed, music being furnished by the Anaheim orchestra. The affair was a very elaborate one and everyone present expressed themselves as having enjoyed a delightful day. The manufacturers of our common lighting matches, because it was a trifle cheaper, used deadly white phosphorus, exposing their employees to a horrible disease of the bones of the jaw, which ruined health forever, and killed multitudes annually. These manufacturers knew that the white phosphorus would kill their employees, but white phosphorus is cheap. A law was passed forbidding the use of this deadly substance in the manufacture of matches. The past offenders were not punished. Murder is murder, whether by dynamite or formaldehyde. These murders of thousands of children for gain, are free today. Is it not murder to use ground rock to make flour weigh more heavily on the scales? Is it not murder to put sand in sugar, adulterate coffee, put cheap, rot-gut whisky into patent nostrums, to adulterate the very medicine the doctor prescribes to save your child? Murder is murder, no matter how committed. And now the strange part—these murderous packers, manufacturers, railroad magnates, mine owners, food, drink, and medicine adulterators, these men who have murder copyrighted and patented, are the very ones who cry out loudest, when workingmen, unable to tolerate such a burden of wrongs against them, rebel against their oppressors. They must be punished, cry the capitalists. Punished, echoes the metallic ring of their bloody gold. This is not a plea to allow the working class to escape their just deserts, but a plea for equal justice. Let justice be dealt out to rich and poor alike, capitalist and wage slave. The stain of the triangle fire of New York has not yet been blotted from the minds of our wage earners. The sod is still fresh on the graves of the 156 girls who met their death in this fire. It is an old story, that of the condition that existed in the shirt waist factory of Harris & Blanch. Quoting Collier's weekly, "The floors were covered with the most inflammable of muslin fabrics. On the eighth floor there were three barrels of oil. Beneath every sewing machine, the floor was soaked with it. All the bins were filled with kerosene-soaked rags, which should have been collected every day, and the men, though not openly, smoked in these oil-soaked rooms. The 550 girls were packed so closely together that their chairs dovetailed. They had the use of only one narrow door on each floor." That this factory was a fire-trap was not even a matter of argument. And, yet, each morning Harris & Blanch marshaled 550 girls into this death trap. Then one afternoon, fire the use of poisonous preservatives, murder thousands of children and adults yearly, in every large town in the country. Where they are not new doing so, the court has merely issued an injunction for them to stop. After the investigations were made into the operation of our milk companies, they were found guilty, they were told to stop, but they were not punished for the previous murder they had committed. Murder is murder, whether by dynamite or formaldehyde. These murders of thousands of children for gain, are free today. The manufacturer of our common lighting matches, because it was a trifle cheaper, used deadly white phosphorus, exposing their employees to a horrible disease of the bones of the jaw, which ruined health forever, and killed multitudes annually. These manufacturers knew that the white phosphorus would kill their employees, but white phosphorus is cheap. A law was passed forbidding the use of this deadly substance in the manufacture of matches. The past offenders were not punished. Murder is murder, whether by dynamite or white phosphorus. Those murders of hundreds of poor working people, merely to swell the already swollen purses of the capitalists, are free today. Is it not murder to use ground rock to make flour weigh more heavily on the scales? Is it not murder to put sand in sugar, adulterate coffee, put cheap, rot-gut whisky into patent nostrums, to adulterate the very medicine the doctor prescribes to save your child? Murder is murder, no matter how committed. And now the strange part—these murderous packers, manufacturers, railroad magnates, mine owners, food, drink, and medicine adulterators, these men who have murder copyrighted and patented, are the very ones who cry out loudest, when workingmen, unable to tolerate such a burden of wrongs against them, rebel against their oppressors. They must be punished, cry the capitalists. Punished, echoes the metallic ring of their bloody gold. This is not a plea to allow the working class to escape their just deserts, but a plea for equal justice. Let justice be dealt out to rich and poor alike, capitalist and wage slave. The stain of the triangle fire of New York has not yet been blotted from the minds of our wage earners. The sod is still fresh on the graves of the 156 girls who met their death in this fire. It is an old story, that of the condition that existed in the shirt waist factory of Harris & Blanch. Quoting Collier's weekly, "The floors were covered with the most inflammable of muslin fabrics. On the eighth floor there were three barrels of oil. Beneath every sewing machine, the floor was soaked with it. All the bins were filled with kerosene-soaked rags, which should have been collected every day, and the men, though not openly, smoked in these oil-soaked rooms. The 550 girls were packed so closely together that their chairs dovetailed. They had the use of only one narrow door on each floor." That this factory was a fire-trap was not even a matter of argument. And yet, each morning Harris & Blanch marshaled 550 girls into this death trap. Then one afternoon, fire B. W. Payton, an employee of the gas company in Fullerton, suffered a painful injury while at work on the company's line one day last week. A grub axe which he was wielding became entangled with a piece of pipe and in extricating it, the implement slipped, cutting into the instep to the bone. The injured man was brought to this city and treatment administered at the sanitarium. The injury, while painful, is not serious, although Mr. Payton will not be able to work for some time. Prof. and Mrs. J. F. Walker, accompanied by their two small children, returned Monday evening from Banning, where they have been for several months for the benefit of Prof. Walker's health. He returns much improved by his stay on the desert, and looking fatter than formerly. A reception will be tendered him by students and faculty of the high school Friday morning. NOTICE TO THE LADIES Get your suits made by Fogel, the ladies' tailor, upstairs over Mullinix. On the eighth floor there were three barrels of oil. Beneath every sewing machine, the floor was soaked with it. All the bins were filled with kerosene-soaked rags, which should have been collected every day, and the men, though not openly, smoked in these oil-soaked rooms. The 550 girls were packed so closely together that their chairs dovetailed. They had the use of only one narrow door on each floor." That this factory was a fire-trap was not even a matter of argument. And, yet, each morning Harris & Blanch marshaled 550 girls into this death trap. Then one afternoon, fire broke out. One hundred and forty-six girls were burned to death. When they attempted to escape by the narrow door which opened inward, the crowd behind prevented its being opened. And one capitalist called the conditions which made this building a fire-trap carelessness! As Collier's weekly stated, "As long as a man can obtain $100,000 insurance on a $50,000 value, he will naturally be careless. If a fire means not loss but gain to him, if an insurance company encourages and permits over-insurance, as long as the insurance is proportionate to the risk, fire will follow as certainly as if kindled by matches and gasolene. And while the survivors were following the hearses, which bore their sisters, Harris & Blanch, with several others, were already making preparations to profit from the fire. Harris & Blanch bartered with death, and for $50,000 of insurance, sold the lives of 156 working girls, and these men are free today. Let the capitalists count their dead. There are 21 in Los Angeles, due to the MacNamaras. There are 207 dead in Bryceville, Tenn., due to the capitalists. The deaths which occurred in that mine in Bryceville were just as much murder as any premeditated crime could be. Those wealthy mine owners knew that if the mine had been properly ventilated, there would have been no accumulation of fire-damp or ANAHEIM GAZETTE gas. But that would have cost money, and those mine owners are not spending money for the protection of their workers. Let the capitalists count their dead. They have 21 in Los Angeles. The wage earners have 207 in Bryceville, Tenn. And yet, let but a workingman commit one murder, because of intolerable wrong to himself, and loyalty to a cause, and our papers, printed by capitalists, and backed by gold wrung from the working class, will cry, "We demand justice." Justice! What a firebrand to wave in the face of our workingmen. The McNamaras are getting their just deserts. All concede that they deserve their punishment. Consistent failure to punish such crimes would soon plunge this nation into anarchy. The McNamara crime was a spectacular occurrence, easily made public, easily punished. Failure to punish the more subtle, but far more deadly crimes of the capitalists, is producing an ominous discontent among the masses which must be allayed. Justice to all must be made a reality, instead of a hollow mockery. Let the united public demand that the courts arouse themselves from their deadly lethargy. Let them demand punishment for the rich as well as the poor, and we shall have justice to all. M'DONALD TO HAVE A NEW TRIAL Will Be Returned to Santa Ana Upon Reversal of Orange County Court's Decision R. C. Macdonald, last October sentenced to 25 years in San Quentin, is to have a new trial. Monday the appellate court reversed the superior court of Orange county, and set aside the judgment. Macdonald is now in San Quentin, having gone there immediately after sentence so that he would have advantage of that much time should his attorneys, Clyde Bishop of Santa Ana, and Epstein of San Francisco, fail to secure a reversal on appeal. It was a year ago Memorial Day that Macdonald walked into the jail and gave himself up. A few days previous to that time he had been charged with Christian Science services Sunday morning at 11 A.M.; Sunday school at 9:45 A.M.; Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at 7:45 P.M. Reading room open from 3 to 5 P.M. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and from 7 to 9 P.M. on Tuesday and Thursday. Church, corner of Chartres and Hedwig streets. Twenty members of the newly organized Blue Rock Club of Anaheim on Sunday participated in the weekly shoot which it is planned to hold every Sunday afternoon on North West street. Frank Mauerhan won first honors and Clark Scott landed second. Anyone wishing to join the club should see the field captain, Péte Wisser, or Bill Houts. Miss Frances Richardson, who instituted flag day in California, is going to give an entertainment at Buena Park, June 10, at 8 P.M. It will consist of a series of readings and stories. Miss Richardson recently returned from Nebraska, where she was engaged by the state federation of schools to instruct patrotism in the schools. Prices, children 15c, adults 25c. The regular meeting of the Parent Teachers' Association was held in the Fremont school building Tuesday afternoon. Annual installation of officers was held following the regular business meeting. A delightful program consisting of music and readings by students of the high and grammar schools was rendered and was much enjoyed. Light refreshments were served and a social hour enjoyed. R. W. Jackson has returned from a recent trip to Waterloo, Iowa. ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in the city are invited and urged to attend the memorial service to be held in the Methodist church next Sunday evening. Meet at I. O. O. F. hall at 7 o'clock sharp, and all will march in a holy to NOTICE TO THE LADIES Have you seen the beautiful ladies' suits at Fogel's? If not, have one made. They certainly fit. Upstairs at Mullinix' drug store. DATES TO REMEMBER June 6—Senior class play in high school auditorium. June 13—Senior reception, high school. June 15—Baccalaureate sermon, high school. June 19—Graduation exercises at high school. June 13—Close of grammar schools. Ever Been Held Up in a store just because the salesman thought you didn't know much about the goods you were buying? Never went there again, did you? Of course not. Well all our customers come back for more of the same kind of meat they got here last time. There's a reason. The Palace Market Wm. Schumacher, Prop. E. Center St. Anaheim, Cal. Closing Out our entire line of Odds and Ends of to have a new trial. Monday the appellate court reversed the superior court of Orange county, and set aside the judgment. Macdonald is now in San Quentin, having gone there immediately after sentence so that he would have advantage of that much time should his attorneys, Clyde Bishop of Santa Ana, and Epsten of San Francisco, fail to secure a reversal on appeal. It was a year ago Memorial Day that Macdonald walked into the jail and gave himself up. A few days previous to that time he had been charged with criminal conduct, the complainant being Helen Hambelton, aged 14, who was a pupil in the McKinley school, at Santa Ana, of which Macdonald was principal. The first jury disagreed. The second trial resulted in conviction on October 9, 1912. Judge West sentenced the man to a term of 25 years. A number of points were alleged in the appeal as causes for reversal. It is not known here which ones were the ones that caused the appellate court judges to bring in a reversal. It is understood that it will be 30 days before the remittitur arrives from the upper court. Possibly Macdonlad will not be returned until that time. JUNE RECORDS A few selections from the June list of Victor double-faced records now on sale: "I Hear You Calling Me," "A Dream," Charles W. Harrison; "I'm Going Back to Carolina," Collins and Harlan; "Welcome Home," Peerless Quartet; "Roll On, Missouri," (Macdonald-Carroll) Collins and Harlan; "In the Golden West," (Bayha-Cowan) Willjam J. Halley; "When I Carved Your Name on the Tree," Orpheus Quartet; "The Land of Golden Dreams," Elsie Baker-Frederick Wheeler; "Bobbin' Up and Down," Peerless Quartet; "There's No Place Like Home," Murray; "Good-Bye Everybody Medley," Victor Military Band; "I'll Get You," Helen Clark-Walter J. Van Brunt; "Little Flatterer," (Bell Solo); "Spoontime Two-Steep," (Bell Solo); "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Edna Brown-James F. Harrison; "To Have, To Hold, To Love," Harry Macdonough; Weber's Book & Music Store. CARD OF THANKS We wish to announce to our many friends and customers that we have sold the Anaheim Bakery, which we have conducted for over 18 years, to Dan Marshall, who has been our trusted employee for some time past. We take this means of thanking the public, our customers and friends, for the liberal patronage accorded us during our long term in business here and be... CARD OF THANKS We wish to announce to our many friends and customers that we have sold the Anaheim Bakery, which we have conducted for over 18 years, to Dan Marshall, who has been our trusted employee for some time past. We take this means of thanking the public, our customers and friends, for the liberal patronage accorded us during our long term in business here, and be speak a continuance of the same generous support to our successor. MR. AND MRS. PETER SYRE. SWAT THE FLY Heying's drug store last week started a "Swat the Fly" campaign by receiving and offering for free distribution 10,000 fly "swatters," made by a piece of screen wire 5x8 inches, equipped with a handle, which proves disasterous to flies with which it comes in contact. Hundreds of them have been given away, and are proving of benefit in abating the fly nuisance. This is a commendable move, and one that will doubtless aid in exterminating the pestiferous house fly. "Swat the fly and protect your health." THIS IS UNKIND Anaheim is to have a big Fourth of July celebration. Possibly A. A. Mills of that city, in a kick act, will be one of the features.—Huntington Beach News. See Witman's stock and get his prices before you buy. Chas. H. Rockwell Repairs all Makes of Gasoline Engines and Pumping Plants LARGE AND SMALL See us about digging that CEMENT PIT 201 South Los Angeles Street Good Place to Buy Good Lumber C. GANAHL LUMBER CO. Anaheim, California Thursday, June 5 Ford THE UNIVERSAL CAR Put the rest in the bank. You’ll find yourself in the best of company — your troubles lighter—your purse heavier—if you buy a Ford—and join the happy throng of those who know car comfort plus service satisfaction. :: :: :: More than 275,000 Fords now in service—convincing evidence of their wonderful merit. Runabout, $600; Touring Car, $675, with all equipment. Get interesting “Ford Times” from factory, Dept. F, Detroit; Ford Motor Company. :: :: :: :: Ingram Bros., Anaheim, Calif. STILL WE GROW! WHY? BECAUSE: This is a strong, careful, safe and successful institution. It is a growing, active, up-to-date bank in every particular. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Our officers are experienced bankers. Our directors are all well known, well-to-do business men; they are directors who DIRECT. : : : : : : : : : : : If you are not a customer of this Bank, let this be your invitation to become one. THE SOUTHERN COUNTY BANK WHY? BECAUSE: This is a strong, careful, safe and successful institution. It is a growing, active, up-to-date bank in every particular. Our officers are experienced bankers. Our directors are all well known, well-to-do business men; they are directors who DIRECT. If you are not a customer of this Bank, let this be your invitation to become one. THE SOUTHERN COUNTY BANK COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS Capital Stock $50,000.00 HELLO! Yes, this is 212 R.C. Petermann CASH GROCERY EAST CENTER STREET Yes, the Bride’s Happiness depends upon her Cooking and Saving Ability. A Hint to the Newly-weds: Buy Your Groceries from Us PHONIT There will be no HIGH COST OF LIVING if you will hold down the COST OF HIGH LIVING. HUPMOBILE 32 H. P.—2, 4 & 6 Passenger Full equipment. The right kind of a car :: :: :: Pianos, Playerpianos all grades Tuning and Repairing G. E. WEATHERWAX Full equipment. The right kind of a car :: :: Pianos, Playerpianos all grades Tuning and Repairing G. E. WEATHERWAX "THE PIANO MAN" 111 East Center Street Phone 246 R Special for one week beginning Saturday, 6-7 50c W. J. Tea - - 40c 60c W. J. Tea - - 50c 1 lb. Ben Hur Bk. Powd. - 35c 1-2 lb. " " " " - 20c Fine line of Coffees Edmiston's Grocery