anaheim-gazette 1914-07-02

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. MULTI-MILLIONIARE TAX DODGERS VS. HONEST COUNTY OFFICIALS A coterie of multi-millionaires who have dodged taxes in Orange county since its organization a quarter of a century ago, and who have been in recent years adequately assessed along with the poor farmer and laborer, have organized a campaign against several honest county officials who have been marked by them for defeat. Among these moneyed nybobs is an oil operator in the northern end of the county, who now stands accused of fraud in a suit filed in superior court by former associates in his oil company. This man, Otis Birch, was some years ago, superintendent of an oil company drilling at La Habra. After the well had been put down to a great depth, and finding rich oil sand, he reported to his associate stockholders that the well was a failure. He procured their stock for nothing, or next to nothing, and then proceeded to bring in an oil well which has poured millions of gold into his lap. This man, with other multi-millionaires, now seem to be eager to control political affairs in this county, and they have with them several other millionaires who want their assessments cut down. The county officials against whom their displeasure is directed, are Assessor Sleeper, County Clerk Williams, and Supervisors Talbert, Struck and Leck, all of whom are candidates to succeed themselves at next month's primary election. INDIANA SAFELY REPUBLICAN Indiana, the old doubtful state, which for years has been regarded as the barometer of any approaching political change, is pointing emphatically to republican victory this fall. Carried by republicans in recent years in which they were successful, it swung so strongly democratic, two years ago, that it wiped out the entire republican congressional delegation which had been so prominent in the Nation's affairs. The recent primaries in the Hoosier state tell a plainer story than can well be expressed in words of the direction in which the Indiana political tids is drifting and drifting rapidly. The primary vote revealed almost startling republican gains and corresponding progressive and democratic losses. Perhaps the most significant feature of the result of the primaries this far is the terrific slump in the Bull Moose vote. For instance, in Lake county, in which is located the industrial city of Gary, the progressive vote dropped from 5,659 to 1912 to a mere 660 in this year's primary. The democratic vote dwindled from 5,136 in 1912 to 2,250, and the republican vote increased from 5,176 to over 6,400. Will H. Hays, the Indiana republican chairman, reports that his advices indicate widespread dissatisfaction throughout the state, with present conditions, not only in industrial centers, such as Gary, but throughout the agricultural sections. For example, in Lawrence county the republican vote was nearly four hundred greater in the recent primary than it was in the primary of 1912, and the primary in 1912 was held long before a division developed in the republican ranks. The democratic vote in Lawrence county dropped off 90 per cent compared with that of 1912. Mr. Hays reports that the republican primary in Henry, Randolph and many other counties, which were lost to the republicans two years ago, are large enough to return all of them to the political system. The movement states Sleeper from the army make room for someone to the "rule of riot" by certain of the best interests of the country much headway if we true, for the average is too well informed record, and in common aware of why Sleeper from office is so eager be able to see through arguments advanced. Opposition to Sleeper from republicans, near the rank and moosers, for many o alive to the fact he fought a valiant fight victory in their stood up against su have overwhelmed us strong convictions o will therefore consterests by voting to champion in office, bell-wethers of the contrary notwithstanding. In the meantime it that Sleeper's oppo urehead, a dummy stalking horse from Sleeper is to be att ests whose enmity y and who are papu have assumed th e providing a blush fur sinews of war, and th e of the county that w vof every precinct. Sleeper however, l campaign expenses strictly to the busi- And so the movemen er will fail, for it isn' multi-millionaires, now seem to be eager to control political affairs in this county, and they have with them several other millionaires who want their assessments cut down. The county officials against whom their displeasure is directed, are Assessor Sleeper, County Clerk Williams, and SuperVisors Talbert, Struck and Leck, all of whom are candidates to succeed themselves at next month's primary election. If Otis Birch and his millionaire associates can defeat these men, it will be time for the people of Orange county to quit. Never in the history of the county have the multi-millionaires been adequately assessed until Assessor Sleeper began his work in the assessor's office. If this incorruptible official can be defeated by these men, who have put up Ed Vegeley of Santa Ana against him, it will be time for the people of the county to turn over their affairs entirely to them; and if these men can defeat County Clerk Williams by backing against him a Santa Ana job chaser, who is altogether un fitted for the office, and against whom serious charges are being made, it will be time for the people to close up shop and break for the woods. If these multi-millionaires can defeat Supervisors Talbert, Struck and Leck, who as members of the county board of equalization stood by Sleeper in his assessment of their properties, it will be time for honest people of the county to crawl. Magnificent oil wells which a few years ago were assessed at $100 are now being assessed by Sleeper at $15,000. That is what he is in the assessor's office for. If these oil men can defeat him, and these other honest officials who have stood by him, it will be time for the people of the county to close up shop and quit business. SLEEPER ON THE JOB Assessor Sleeper placed a valuation of $3,216,000 upon 80 acres and one producing well on the Emery ranch belonging to the Standard Oil Company. The tax upon this holding amounts to $60,600, and Mr. Sleeper gave the oil company until yesterday to pay this sum, failing to do which he threatened to attach the property. Sleeper is right on the Job all the time. He assesses the rich man along with the poor man. The effort now making by wealthy tax shirkers to defeat him is a response to the road was nearly ten hundred greater in the recent primary than it was in the primary of 1912, and the primary in 1912 was held long before a division developed in the republican ranks. The democratic vote in Lawrence county dropped off 90 per cent compared with that of 1912. Mr. Hays reports that the republican primary in Henry, Randolph and many other counties, which were lost to the republicans two years ago, are large enough to return all of them to the G.O.P. ranks this year by substantial pluralities. The weak showing of the progressive party in Indiana is indicated by the following comparison of the progressive vote in this year's primary with the vote cast by the progressive party in 1912, in the counties in which the cities of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Gary, Terre Haute, and Evansville are located, these cities being the largest in the state: Prog. Prog. vote vote 1912 1914 primary Allen (Ft. Wayne)... 4,519 164 Vanderbilt (Evansville)... 2,880 171 Lake (Gary)... 5,659 660 St. Joseph (S. Bend)... 5,180 800 Vigo (Terre Haute)... 5,172 350 Marion (Indianapolis)... 20,271 1,700 Total ... 43,681 3,845 COL. HEATHMAN LOOKS A WINNER AT THE PRIMARIES Col. W. F. Heathman of Santa Ana, candidate for nomination as superior judge at the primary August 25, was in town this week meeting with old-time friends, and distributing his campaign cards, which contain a photographic representation of what he believes a superior judge should look like. This photograph, the colonel informs us, is that of himself, not of Woodrow Wilson as some of his displaced critics have asserted. The colonel besides being a distinguished member of the Orange county bar, has invaded the realms of science, and some years ago patented a device for the extraction of gold from the ocean's waves, and another for accumulating sunshine from cucumbers. There ought to be millions in each one of these patents, but they have not yet come into general use. This statement is vouchered for by the Innocent Bystander, and as he is a gentleman of truth and veracity, we have no hesitation in accepting the declaration as solemn fact. The colonel is a courteous and distinguished gentleman, who has occupied the position of city attendant. We learn from the patches that the "Commission" has co-developing Balboa hills scale and is eagerly from the War Department approval of the survey of the harbor district steps may be gift of 2,000 feet oak from James Irvine land & Water Company Lew H. Wallace State Bank of Newport of the harbor commission. The government mourns the harbor nearly a cause of the narrow nel near Balboa island land, the War Department prove the survey. They been overcome by the Company, which has acres of land fronting to the United States dredged out, making feet wide. Another contingency approval of the governing of $100,000 bonds by property owner Beach, East Newport while this sum or a reason can doubtless purpose, it is not at the people of the city into debt unless it can constrast that their judiciously expended due returns. This main is the stuff of w made, and every little lace or some other e whirl at the subject splashes water and k that and nothing more. The Bystander know about harbor development the experience of those have mastered the fi subject has been gles Sleeper is right on the job all the time. He assesses the rich man along with the poor man. The effort now making by wealthy tax shirkers to defeat him is a reproach to the good name of Orange county, but they cannot defeat Sleeper. He is too strong with the people for that. Other oil wells which were assessed $100 by a previous county assessor, and which have produced hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars of oil, Sleeper now assesses at $15,000. What does this mean, Mr. Taxpayer? It means that Sleeper is an honest assessor. Was the previous assessment honest? You may answer the question yourself, Mr. Taxpayer. Are you satisfied with his work? If you are, vote to retain him in office. The campaign of Hon. Gavin W. Craig of Los Angeles is being vigorously pushed. The Gavin W. Craig Campaign Club composed chiefly of attorneys and the Craig Law Students' Club numbering about 600 of the students of the U.S.C. law school, have headquarters at 316 Tajo building, Los Angeles. Hurry along that story about that Santa Ana grafter. We are itching to take a crack at him. When you get ahead of a wild Irishman you get up early in the morning. Isn't that so, Werdy? A job-chasing rat at Santa Ana is going to be snaked out of his hole pretty soon. the extraction of gold from the ocean's waves, and another for accumulating sunshine from cucumbers. There ought to be millions in each one of these patents, but they have not yet come into general use. This statement is vouchered for by the Innocent Bystander, and as he is a gentleman of truth and veracity, we have no hesitancy in accepting the declaration as solemn fact. The colonel is a courteous and distinguished gentleman, who has occupied the position of city attorney of Santa Ana what time the memory of the oldest inhabitant runeth not to the contrary. He is on record as having kept the members of the board of trustees of that city out of jail on numerous occasions, and God knows they deserved it many a time and oft, if what the Innocent Bystander says be the truth. The trustees of that city have refused the P.E. permission to lay a curved track at the intersection of two of the city's principal streets, until the company constructs its tracks out on East Fourth street, and perform sundry other acts which the trustees claim it agreed to do, but which it appears, it has failed to come through with. The colonel declares, so we have it from a veracious chronicler, that the P.E. has the right to lay this curved track without further acquiescence on the part of the board of trustees. We are with him till the cows come home. Whatever may be said of Col. Heathman in jest he has been a consistent and distinguished member of the democratic party since he attained his majority, and has never been a political flopper, nor has he ever turned his political coat since the war, nor before it. He moreover has the distinction of having killed off more candidates in democratic conventions in Orange in the last 25 years, by talking them to death in his nominating speeches, than any other man who ever lived in the county, bar none, yet he is a vote getter, and has never been defeated for office at the county seat. We wish him all manner of luck in his campaign, and we hope and believe he will qualify at the primaries for the horse race in November. The Bystander knew about harbor development the experience of those have mastered the fil subject has been glorious that one of the trials is a pull at War the needed "drag" and harbor so near on the Pedro also so close a look like an impossible governmental backing out of the proposed project. The political pirate to get republican votes them in office are to and shown up in their cording to the following adopted by the regular organization of San Francisco. Whereas, it has coined of the regular republic of San Francisco to members of the legislature elected as republican Francisco in 1912, and elected republicans at Sacramento and other republican electorates California by elimination can party from a place are at this time seeking the republican voters for re-election to office be it "Resolved, that we as members of the re-organization of San Francisco lily denounce through by every means in o POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS (By the Innocent Bystander.) The movement started to oust "Jim" Sleeper from the assessor's office to make room for some one more amenable to the "rule of reason," as applied by certain of the big landed and oil interests of the county is not making much headway if what one hears be true, for the average property owner is too well informed as to Sleeper's record, and in consequence too well aware of why Sleeper's retirement from office is so eagerly sought, not to be able to see through the specious arguments advanced by the opposition. Opposition to Sleeper does not come from republicans, neither does it come from the rank and file of the bulldoosers, for many of these latter are alive to the fact that Sleeper has fought a valiant fight and won a brilliant victory in their interests, and has stood up against such odds as would have overwhelmed a man of less strong convictions of right, and they will therefore consult their best interests by voting to continue their champion in office, the desires of the bell-wethers of the organization to the contrary notwithstanding. In the meantime it must be admitted that Sleeper's opponent is a mere figurehead, a dummy to be used as a stalking horse from behind which Sleeper is to be attacked by the interests whose enmity he has incurred, and who are popularly believed to have assumed the responsibility of providing a blush fund to furnish the sinnes of war, and to make a canvass of the county that will include a poll of every precinct. Sleeper however, is paying his own campaign expenses and attending strictly to the business of his office. And so the movement against Sleeper will fail, for it isn't a real movement to the people the names of those members of the legislature now seeing republican suffrage, in order that no registered republican voter may be misled to voting for those traitors to the republican party elected to the legislature from San Francisco as republicans in 1912, who as such members of the legislature then and there disfranchised the republican electorate from the right to vote its party ticket, and who have been active in the organization of a third party in an attempt to destroy the republican party." County Highway Commissioner Ralph McFadden seems inclined to stand no monkeying in regard to the condition of the state highway through Orange county, as at a recent meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce he went on record as against acceptance by the state of the highway in its present defective condition and gave his reasons in forcible terms. Commissioner McFadden seems to be the right man in the right place and his appointment by the supervisors was a decided acquisition to the board. Los Angeles democrats have endorsed Edward White, of Watsonville, as the democratic candidate for governor of the state, and have gone on record for him as follows: "Believing there will be no further entries in the list of candidates for the democratic nomination for governor" Santa Ana city trustees will continue to stand pat and await developments. W. W. Simons, a fairly recent addition to the Orange county bar, has at length definitely decided to try for the assembly as a candidate for the nomination on the democratic ticket. Attorney Simons has made many friends since his arrival and by them is known as a courteous, scholarly gentleman, and his chances are said by those who assume to know to be bright indeed. In the meantime Assemblyman Welsel has announced his candidacy for re-election, and has taken his stand as a "progressive," while J. C. Burke is industriously making hay while the sun shines and basing his expectations of a bumper harvest on promises made by stand-pat republicans, although, a few bales of democratic or bullmoose votes would probably not be rejected in rounding up the crop total. Parke S. Roper is an announced candidate to oppose W. B. Williams for the county clerkship, and while the Bystander thinks Roper has no more show than a rabbit to win the nomination, it is rumored that a strong combination has been formed to oust Williams, and Roper may therefore develop considerable strength. There is said to be a story connected with this alleged combination that may "break" before the date for the primary election, and if the published version should come anywhere near being as racy as the across-the-table account, there will be wigs on the green ad libitum before the whole matter is threshed out. Sleeper however, is paying his own campaign expenses and attending strictly to the business of his office. And so the movement against Sleeper will fail, for it isn't a real movement at all—merely a vibration. We learn from the telegraphic dispatches that the "Newport Harbor Commission" has completed plans for developing Balboa harbor on a large scale and is eagerly awaiting word from the War Department announcing the approval of the government survey of the harbor district so that the proper steps may be taken to accept a gift of 2,000 feet of water frontage from James Irvine and the La Habra Land & Water Company, according to Lew H. Wallace, president of the State Bank of Newport and chairman of the harbor commission. The government made a survey of the harbor nearly a year ago, but because of the narrowness of the channel near Balboa island and the mainland, the War Department failed to approve the survey. This difficulty has been overcome by the Newport Beach Company, which has deeded free, 16.5 acres of land fronting on the channel to the United States government to be dredged out, making the channel 600 feet wide. Another contingency outside of the approval of the government is the voting of $100,000 channel improvement bonds by property owners of Newport Beach, East Newport and Balboa, and while this sum or any other sum in reason can doubtless be raised for the purpose, it is not at all certain that the people of the district will rush into debt unless it can be plainly demonstrated that their money will be so judiciously expended that it will bring due returns. This harbor talk in the main is the stuff of which dreams are made, and every little while Lew Wallace or some other enthusiast takes a whirl at the subject and figuratively splashes water and kicks up sand, only that and nothing more. The Bytander knows very little about harbor development, but from the experience of those who assume to have mastered the finer points of the subject has been gleaned the informa- Los Angeles democrats have endorsed Edward White, of Watsonville, as the democratic candidate for governor of the state, and have gone on record for him as follows: "Belleving there will be no further entries in the list of candidates for the democratic nomination for governor of this state, and desiring in the interests of the democratic party as we see it to nominate the most available man among the able and worthy democrats who seek this high honor at the hands of the party, we are impressed with the general availability of Edward White of Watsonville. Mr. White was born in San Francisco and has resided in this state all his life. He is a member of the notable family which gave to this state his brother, the late Senator Stephen M. White. Edward White has been a conspicuous member of every democratic state convention since and including the famous Stockton convention of 1880, which made history. In 1906, Mr. White was chairman of the platform committee that drafted the platform on which he party made the campaign of that year. This platform established Mr. White as an advanced fundamental thinker. No man in the state stands higher. He is clean, aggressive and forceful. His knowledge of the needs and affairs of the state is a knowledge born of experience. In business he is a farmer and fruit grower. He is a practical man of affairs, of ripe and sober judgment and will make for our state a safe and capable executive. For these reasons we bespeak for him the earnest and enthusiastic support of the democratic voters of this state at the primary election, Aug. 25." The time-honored campaign roo-back is being requisitioned against County Auditor Lester who is seeking re-election, the particular form of this petiferous method of political brigandage in his case being the implied accusation that his manners are gruff and discourteous to ladies who call at his office to transact business. If there were any truth in the charge it might prove interesting reading to recapitulate the events that led up to the launching, but the game would not be worth the candle and the Bystander will therefore not spoil good white paper with the story unless it should too often be repeated. The Pacific Electric Railway Company, whose business methods in its dealings with Santa Ana have as Mr. Dooley would say, savored of a mixture of porch climbing and petty larceny with the finer points of both accentuated, is endeavoring to play Santa Ana against Orange with the hope Prince L. Tople and Howard Wassum were in town one day this week, the former acting as chaperon to the latter in his campaign for sheriff. Mr. Tople was himself some weeks ago considering the propriety of becoming a candidate for county clerk, but he became engulfed in the stormy waters of the River of Doubt, jettisoned his cargo, and for a time it was feared he was lost in the turgid waters of that turbulent stream. While he was in for a number of days over his head, he swam out successfully, but declared he would have nothing whatever to do with politics except to boost other progressives. Tople used to be a republican, and so did Wassum, but they now belong to the Bull Moose herd. Chief Justice Beaty of the supreme court has signed the primary nominating petition of Justice Frank M. Angellot for nomination for the office of chief justice of the supreme court, thus formally endorsing his candidacy. The supporters of Justice Angellot believe he will receive a majority of the votes cast for the office of chief justice at the primary election to be held on August 25th. If so, he will in effect stand elected to the office at the primary. Justice Angellot's name will appear on all ballots. Is the shadow of the millionaire tax dodger again to be cast athwart the assessor's office? God save Orange county! CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank our friends and neighbors for the courtesies and kindness shown us during our late bereavement and for many floral tributes offered. Also to the U. P. B. M. I. lodges, No. 6 of Anaheim and No. 8 of Santa Ana. MRS. SARAH DANIEL AND FAMILY. M. Royer, of Anaheim, was before the court at Santa Ana Monday on two charges. The first charge on which he was tried was having no number on his motorcycle. He was found guilty on this charge and fined $10. He was then tried for having no lights on the motorcycle and pleaded guilty to this. due returns. This harbor talk in the main is the stuff of which dreams are made, and every little while Lew Wallace or some other enthusiast takes a whirl at the subject and figuratively splashes water and kicks up sand, only that and nothing more. The Bystander knows very little about harbor development, but from the experience of those who assume to have mastered the finer points of the subject has been gleaned the information that one of the very first essentials is a pull at Washington without the needed "drag" and with San Diego harbor so near on the south and San Pedro also so close at hand, it would look like an impossible task to secure governmental backing sufficient to carry out the proposed plan. The political pirates who are trying to get republican votes to continue them in office are to be smoked out and shown up in their true colors, according to the following resolution adopted by the regular republican organization of San Francisco recently: "Whereas, it has come to the notice of the regular republican organization of San Francisco that progressive members of the legislature of California elected as republicans from San Francisco in 1912, and who as such elected republicans sat in convention at Sacramento and disfranchised the republican electorate of the state of California by eliminating the republican party from a place on the ballot, are at this time seeking the support of the republican voters of San Francisco for re-election to office as republicans; be it "Resolved, that we pledge ourselves as members of the regular republican organization of San Francisco to publicly denounce through the press and by every means in our power convey" The Pacific Electric Railway Company, whose business methods in its dealings with Santa Ana have as Mr. Dooley would say, savored of a mixture of porch climbing and petty larceny with the finer points of both accentuated, is endeavoring to play Santa Ana against Orange with the hope of creating a situation that will eventually lead to the granting of a concession that has long been tried for by the railway company, being the right to construct a curve track at the intersection of Main and Fourth streets in Santa Ana to facilitate the running of through trains between Orange and Los Angeles. The city trustees of Santa Ana are unanimous against allowing the railway company any further concessions until some of the latter's promises to this city have been fulfilled, including the completion of the East Fourth street extension and the finishing of the double track between Buaro and Benedict, and will not allow the required curve to be put down until these two demands have been satisfied. On the other hand comes Orange with the statement that the railway company assured its citizens that if they would raise money to pay for required rights of way to reach that city there would be no trouble in getting the Main street curve in Santa Ana, and that now since the money has been raised and the rights of way absolutely donated to the railway company, Santa Ana should see to it that Orange does not suffer. And to add to the galley of the occasion, Col. Heathman, Santa Ana's city attorney, has advised the Pacific Electric Company that it has the right to put in the curve whether the Santa Ana city council consents to it or not, and adds that the Santa Ana solons are standing in their own light by protesting against the proposed rape. City Attorney Heathman's pronunciation is a palpable bid for political favor, but he is not taken seriously as regards the real status of the case and the M. Royer, of Anaheim, was before the court at Santa Ana Monday on two charges. The first charge on which he was tried was having no number on his motorcycle. He was found guilty on this charge and fined $10. He was then tried for having no lights on the motorcycle and pleaded guilty to this. He paid $5 for the latter misdemeanor. He promised that he would be very sure to obey the law in the future. The young ladies of the Catholic church will give a card party and dance on Tuesday, July 7, at 8 P.M., at Knights of Columbia hall. Mrs. N. A. 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