anaheim-gazette 1918-12-12

VOLUME XXXXVIII BOARD OF TRADE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS PRESIDENT McCORD REPORTS MUCH ACCOMPLISHED BY THAT BODY DURING PAST YEAR PARK COMMITTEE STATES THERE IS NO HITCH IN PROCEEDINGS AND VICTORY IS ASSURED C. R. Prince...President Albert Graham...Vice-President J. H. Whitaker...Secretary W. A. Dolan...Treasurer Directors F. K. Gresswell William Stark A. Bayliss H. M. Adams F. A. Yungbluth These are the officers elected at the annual meeting of the board of trade Monday night. In surrendering the gavel after serving as head of the board during the past year, President McCord reviewed the work accomplished by that body. Notwithstanding during Christmas week, reported that the proposition was turned down, and the company will have to seek greener pastures. Chairman Ahlborn of the park committee announced that the trustees had met the committee half way on the Liberty park proposition, and granted all requests. Options on the ground are being signed up and there appears to be no obstacle in the way of submitting the matter to the voters. TED DICKEL GOES TO HONDURAS Commissioned to Inspect Mining Property For Wealthy Nevada Syndicate Herman Dickel was at the Santa Fe station on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, waiting to take the cars for Los Angeles. He heard the engine whistling down the road, and as he was about to leave, Agent Clabaugh said to him: "Here is a message coming over the wires for you from El Paso." Mr. Dickel remained while the train pulled out, and was soon in possession of the telegram, which was from his son Ted, who was on his way to Honduras, and telegraphed for a certified copy of Mr. Dickel's naturalization papers in order to obtain passports. Ted had wired some days before for his birth certificate, which was promptly forwarded him, but on arrival at El Paso found it necessary to J. H. Whitaker...Secretary W. A. Dolan...Treasurer Directors F. K. Gresswell William Stark A. Bayliss H. M. Adams F. A. Yungbluth These are the officers elected at the annual meeting of the board of trade Monday night. In surrendering the gavel after serving as head of the board during the past year, President McCord reviewed the work accomplished by that body. Notwithstanding the fact that everything during the year had been subordinated to war work, and that private and municipal affairs had been hampered by government restrictions, a review shows that much has been accomplished. Mr. McCord declared that much credit should be given the board of trade for the surprising success of all the war drives. The Liberty Bond drives, the Red Cross drives, the W. S. S. drive and the United War Work campaign had all been engineered mainly by active members of the board of trade, and each reflected honor on the workers and the city as Anaheim had not failed to go beyond the requirements in a single one. In addition to what has already been consummated he stated that the Liberty Park proposition was a child of the board of trade, and while the work was not yet accomplished it undoubtedly would be and it should be credited to the activities of 1918. At the close of his report Charles Eygabroad recounted some of the things President McCord had been responsible for during the year and moved that a vote of thanks be extended to him, which was done with a unanimous voice. Secretary Whitaker also read his annual report showing that the membership of the board at the beginning of the year was 124. Thirty-five new members had been added during the year and ten had been dropped by reason of death, change of residence or other causes, leaving the membership now 149. He also stated that the amount of cash in the treasury now over and above all outstanding bills was $17.20. A communication from Secretary Metzgar relative to the associated chambers meeting held at Placentia last evening, was read. He wanted to know how many plates the ladies of the Rbund Table should provide for the Anaheim contingent. After a canvass it was reported that at least twenty persons from the Anaheim board would attend. The Automobile Club of Southern "Here is a message coming over the wires for you from El Paso." Mr. Dickel remained while the train pulled out, and was soon in possession of the telegram, which was from his son Ted, who was on his way to Honduras, and telegraphed for a certified copy of Mr. Dickel's naturalization papers in order to obtain passports. Ted had wired some days before for his birth certificate, which was promptly forwarded him, but on arrival at El Paso found it necessary to obtain a certified copy of his father's naturalization papers. Mr. Dickel went to the bank, and from his safety deposit box obtained the document, drove to Santa Ana, where he arrived in 20 minutes, obtaining a certified copy from the recorder and this was promptly mailed to El Paso. He returned home and filled in the day with Red Cross relief work. The letter reached Ted probably on Saturday, and he is doubtless now on his way south. He is commissioned to inspect a tract of mining property for a syndicate of Nevada capitalists. He will probably be gone several weeks. He speaks English, Spanish, French and German. He is 31 years of age, and is some kid. Recently he declined an offer to go to Mexico to examiner and report upon mining property in that country. He was at Rosario some years ago when one of the periodical revolutions broke, and not caring to be made a target for an assassin's bullet, he came home, and later went north and was married to a young lady who was a classmate at the Berkeley university. Ted said he left Mexico on account of the revolution, but his friends think the little girl had something to do with it. His wife and two children remain with their mother in Montana. RETURNING SOLDIERS WILL GET GOOD JOBS Staté Council of Denfense Sends Word Across the Sea In order to make good its message sent to California soldiers and sailors that they will be assured, on honorable discharge, either their old positions in industrial and community life or better positions, the state council of defense has organized an army and navy placement department with divisions in every county. The non-war construction department which under Commissioner L. E. W. Pioda did such excellent work, has some place, on some far days. I know whose form above me, I know whose prairie on my way. I know whose form seen her A thousand times beside, (I pray good angels screen her) Where broken mher and died If I must die, I knw near me, And whisper me and hope, I know the courage cheer me As feebly toward I grope. O lady of the Crime And help me keep age high When pain encomby try me, For then I shall die. "Well done, tho servant" will be peace conferencements of the Red in the great report. Without the agencies on the fil millions of women to the war machine be brooding over tha mas? Have you ever N of the Red Cross se of voice, in which mother? Wounded or whant, whose good fry arms for demen the Cross of Geneva parade of humanli Comes now tha a Christmas gift: for something mte It does not ask fo wants every man in America to be organization. It asks this men of the Christ who year to be celeb wish, with peace men. It asks for one dollar, the coa year. The drive for A communication from Secretary Metzgar relative to the associated chambers meeting held at Placentia last evening, was read. He wanted to know how many plates the ladies of the Rbund Table should provide for the Anaheim contingent. After a canvass it was reported that at least twenty persons from the Anaheim board would attend. The Automobile Club of Southern California also sent a letter of inquiry. The club wanted to know if this city had a camping ground where passing autoists could stop and cook meals. It was decided that the city's vacant lots on Cypress street where the old water plant used to be could be easily fitted up as a suitable ground. The trustees will be asked to grant the use of it. Secretary Whitaker also read a communication from the Industrial Welfare commission asking for a report on institutions employing female labor. This data is required in consequence of the act fixing salaries and hours. Fred Gresswell reported that the sign board which he erected some years ago on North Los Angeles street for the purpose of concealing the unsightly junk yard behind it was now a losing proposition to him. He had been renting it for $12 per year to the Anaheim brewery, but as that institution has no further use for it Mr. Gresswell found it a very unprofitable piece of property. He would allow it to stand and paint a sign free if the board would find a renter who would pay $12 per year. Charles Eygabroad volunteered as an auctioneer and within five minutes had the space sold to the Graham Furniture Company for $16. The committee appointed to consider the proposition of the Great Western Carnival Company to pitch their tents here and give a weeks' entertainment Across the Sea In order to make good its message sent to California soldiers and sailors that they will be assured, on honorable discharge, either their old positions in industrial and community life or better positions, the state council of defense has organized an army and navy placement department with divisions in every county. The non-war construction department which under Commissioner L. E. W. Pioda did such excellent work, has been transformed, with its 58 county divisions, into the army and navy placement department, and Director Charles C. Moore has appointed John S. Mitchell, of Los Gatos, former president of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, as commissioner of placement. The following is a copy of the cablegram sent by the state council to General John J. Pershing: "General John J. Pershing, France: Please assure all California boys wherever they may be on the victorious fields, that California, through her state council of defense, proud of their achievements; will in addition to loving welcome, give tangible form to greeting by replacing them advantageously in civil life. Assure them that this claim on our consideration does not outlaw, and that as they were induced into service by officials of California, so will California now officially induct them into civil occupation, when they are ready. "CHAS. C. MOORE, "Director State Council of Defense of California." Pete Smith has sworn to a complaint charging a man known in the north end of the county as "Skunky" Corbett with giving a worthless $3 check to Smith. The check was given on November 10 on an Anaheim bank. It asks this men of the Christ who year to be celebrated wish, with peace and men. It asks for one dollar, the coa year. The drive for December 16 and ber 23. By that day when the Mc knew that all war the Red Cross have an enrollment tee it a working ing year. Never central committee of mercy, will th fore the public ass and subscription prevails in the w disaster taxes it deavor to prosec funds derived from one dollar a year ulation of America. No man who no woman who thanksgiving on fuse a Christmas and expect to ha in the months to Cross will be feed and remoralizing and Asia. The Red Cross workers all over requiring just aid and means as o time. Sick, di heartened, sorrow will teem in Eu come. The decl AHEIM GAZET Anaheim, California, Thursday, December 12, 1918 GIVE RED CROSS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT ENROLL YOUR NAME AND PUNGLE UP A DOLLAR IN THE COMING DRIVE EVERYONE OF AMERICA'S HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTED TO JOIN THE SOCIETY A SOLDIER'S PRAYER If I must die, away from those who love me, Some place, on some far field, on some far day; I know whose form it is shall bend above me, I know whose prayer shall speed me on my way. I know whose form it is, for I have seen her A thousand times, a thousand cots beside, (I pray good angels from all harm may screen her) hostilities cannot instantaneously indemnify these afflicted ones. They must be the wards of the Red Cross and kindred organizations for a long time to come. The Red Cross has no intention of slacking in its merciful work. Therefore the appeal for a Christmas gift of one dollar each from the people of America. One dollar buys a membership in the great comradeship for a year. One dollar gives the right to wear the red badge of courage until another Christmas shall roll around. One dollar gives one the privilege of being square with his conscience until the next birthday of the Man who said "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God." When the Christmas membership drive which begins on Monday, December 16, and ends Monday, December 23, there should not be a house in Anaheim that does not display a membership card in the window, and the entire family should be enrolled. The membership of the local chapter now is 1,200, but before the Christmas bells ring it should be 7,000. Without the help of this humanitarian branch of the army thousands of boys who are coming home from the battlefront healthy and happy, would now be lying under the popples of France. This is all that will ever be asked of you by the Red ORANGE COUNTY DRAWS MANY PRIZES AWARDED A MAJORITY OF THE RIBBONS FOR EXHIBITS AT LOS ANGELES LIBERTY FAIR LOSES SWEEPSTAKES BY A NARROW MARGIN, FRESNO COUNTY WINNING THE BANNER Although one of the smallest in its territorial demensions, Orange county has gained a reputation as one of the greatest counties in the United States for the quality and diversity of the products of her soil. People from this region who visited the Liberty Fair and saw the exhibits from all sections of the Southwest had no cause to be ashamed of the Orange county display. Every section of the county contributed to this display, much of it going from Anaheim, and local people who visited the fair and examined all the exhibits will not think it surprising that this county captured most of the Some train session on his Honour certified on patrols. There for was an armary to mother's. There broken men have smiled on her and died. If I must die, I know she shall stand near me. And whisper me sweet words of faith and hope, I know the courage in her eyes shall cheer me As feebly toward that dim, dim path I grope. L'Envol O lady of the Crimson Cross, be by me, And help me keep my faith and courage high When pain encompasses and tortures try me, For then I shall not fear, not fear to die. "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" will be pronounced at the peace conference when the achievements of the Red Cross are recounted in the great report. Without the Red Cross, with its agencies on the field of battle and its millions of women feeding supplies into the war machine would democracy be brooding over this world this Christmas? Have you ever heard a soldier speak of the Red Cross save in the same tone of voice in which he speaks of his mother? Wounded or whole, the young militant, whose good fortune it was to carry arms for democracy, salutes when the Cross of Geneva passes in the great parade of humanity. Comes now the Red Cross asking for a Christmas gift. It does not appeal for something magnificent or costly. It does not ask for sums of money. It wants every man and woman and child in America to become a member of its organization. It asks this membership in the name of the Christ whose natal day is this year to be celebrated as He would wish, with peace and good will among men. It asks for a Christmas gift of one dollar, the cost of membership for a year. The drive for membership begins 23, there should not be a house in Anaheim that does not display a membership card in the window, and the entire family should be enrolled. The membership of the local chapter now is 1,200, but before the Christmas bells ring it should be 7,000. Without the help of this humanitarian branch of the army thousands of boys who are coming home from the battlefront healthy and happy, would now be lying under the popples of France. This is all that will ever be asked of you by the Red Cross. Membership fees alone will pay its expenses hereafter and you should be one of those who help. FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER Mrs. Isabella Hahn, of Long Beach, sends us the following recipes for a Christmas dinner which, she declares, she has used for 50 years. Try them: Fruit Cake That Will Keep a Year 1 pound of flour. 1 rather heaping teaspoon of soda sifted in the flour. 1 pound of butter beaten to a cream. 1 pound dark brown sugar. 1 pound each of seeded raisins, currants and seedless raisins. ½ pound of nut meats, more if liked. 3-4 pound mixed peel, lemon and citron. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. ½ teaspoon each of cloves, nutmeg and allspice. 5 eggs, whites and yolk beaten separately, whites beaten stiff. ¼ pint of brandy or best whisky. Use no other moisture; line pan with white paper. Bake 2½ hours in slow oven. Mince Meat 3 pounds fat beef. 8 pounds tart apples, chopped. 1 pound each of seeded raisins, currants and seedless raisins. 1 pound mixed peel, lemon and citron. 1 teaspoonful cinnamon. ½ teaspoonful cloves. 2-3 teaspoonful of allspice and nutmeg. 3-4 pound sugar (more if liked). ½ pint of brandy or whisky. For more moisture use the water the beef was boiled in or boiled cider or both; salt to the taste; boil for 15 or 20 minutes, stir constantly to prevent burning. English Plum Pudding 1 pound bread crumbs. 1 pound beef (kidney) suet, shaved, not chopped or ground. 1 pound seeded raisins. 1 pound currants. greatest counties in the United States for the quality and diversity of the products of her soil. People from this region who visited the Liberty Fair and saw the exhibits from all sections of the Southwest had no cause to be ashamed of the Orange county display. Every section of the county contributed to this display, much of it going from Anaheim, and local people who visited the fair and examined all the exhibits will not think it surprising that this county captured most of the ribbons. Orange county took one of the two big first prizes for exhibits at the Liberty Fair, now being held in Los Angeles. The sweepstakes prize of $500 went to Fresno county with Orange county as a close second. The first prize of $100 for the largest, best and most complete exhibit exclusively of farm products by any county or organization in California went to Orange. Thus with first prize in one of the big classes and second prize in the other, Orange county has landed extremely high honors at the big fair. The Orange county exhibit was prepared, arranged and placed by D. W. McDannald, county lecturer at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He went all over the county gathering exhibits. McDannald is busy explaining and showing the people the wonderful variety of productions grown in Orange county. The Orange county exhibit has taken sixty-five blue ribbons, fourteen red ribbons, and one white ribbon, which is more ribbons than all of the rest of the exhibitors together have taken. One big feature of the exhibit is an American Flag, made from Orange county beans. Mr. and Mrs. McDannald burned many pints of midnight oil in tracing out the waves on this flag, as well as placing the beans thereon. This took first prize and a money prize. One does not realize that Orange county grows apple-in a commercial quantity until he sees this exhibit and the way walnuts are shown one would think that this was the country in which walnuts originated. MRS. ROSALIE PRESSEL HAS NO VALID CLAIM Court Denies Her Suit and Gives Husband a Divorce Because Mrs. Rosalie Pressel was unable to give evidence to show that A Christmas gift for something magnificent or costly. It does not ask for sums of money. It wants every man and woman and child in America to become a member of its organization. It asks this membership in the name of the Christ whose natal day is this year to be celebrated as He would wish, with peace and good will among men. It asks for a Christmas gift of one dollar, the cost of membership for a year. The drive for membership begins December 16 and continues till December 23. By that day, on the even of the day when the Magl saw the Star and knew that all was well with the world, the Red Cross hopes and expects to have an enrollment which will guarantee it a working fund for the forthcoming year. Never again, announces the central committee of the great agency of mercy, will the Red Cross come before the public asking for contributions and subscriptions. As long as peace prevails in the world and no unforeseen disaster taxes its resources it will endeavor to prosecute its work with the funds derived from membership dues, one dollar a year from each of the population of America. No man who professes Christianity, no woman who breathed a prayer of thanksgiving on November 11 can refuse a Christmas gift to the Red Cross and expect to have peace of conscience in the months to come, when the Red Cross will be feeding and reorganizing and remoralizing the peoples of Europe and Asia. The Red Cross has mapped for its workers all over the globe a program requiring just as much of intelligence and means as during the actual war time. Sick, disabled, wounded, disheartened, sorrowing men and women will teem in Europe for many years to come. The declaration of cessation of English Plum Pudding 1 pound bread crumbs. 1 pound beef (kidney) suet, shaved, not chopped or ground. 1 pound seeded raisins. 1 pound currants. ½ pound minced peel, citron and lemon, sliced fine or put through chopper. ½ pound dark brown sugar. 1 heaping tablespoonful of flour. 4 eggs. 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon. 1 scant half teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cloves and allspice. 1 teaspoonful of salt. Enough milk to make stiff batter; tie in a strong cloth and boil for 3 hours. Serve with brandy sauce. At least three school districts of Orange county are making plans for new school buildings. The trustees of Bolsa district have employed an architect to make preliminary sketches and estimates for a frame building and for a brick building. After the report is made by the architect, a decision will be reached and probably bonds will be called for at once. Greenville trustees are preparing for a bond issue of $10,000 that a new school house may be built. Olive trustees are also expecting to ask the voters of their district for $10,000 for a new school building. It is stated that the suggestions of members of the grand jury have set a number of the school districts of the county to thinking about the advisability of replacing old structures with new. MRS. ROSALIE PRESSEL HAS NO VALID CLAIM Court Denies Her Suit and Gives Husband a Divorce Because Mrs. Rosalie Pressel was unable to give evidence to show that she was divorced from John Fischer, whom she married in Youngstown, O., in 1908, she lost her suit for $100 a month separate maintenance against G. Fred Pressel of Anaheim. For the same reason, Judge West gave Pressel a decree annulling his marriage to the woman. Mrs. Pressel sought separate maintenance on the ground that Pressel was cruel to her in that she was once arrested on suspicion of having poisoned him. Evidence was that the woman was a fortune teller and medium. She met Pressel, married him and lived with him from April 1, 1917, to June 2, 1917. Much of that time was spent in quarrels over attentions paid by the wife to Albert Ptaczek, whom Pressel alleges was an old sweetheart of Mrs. Pressel. At the trial Mrs. Pressel admitted the Fischer marriage. She said Fischer had written to her that he got a divorce in Chicago. She was never served with any papers, and did not really know that she was divorced. Since the marriage was proven and the divorce not proven, the action for separate maintenance was thrown out on non-suit, and annulment was granted to Pressel. W. S. Baird, of Los Angeles, appeared for the plaintiff and R. Y. Williams and Tipton & Callor for the defendant. FORMER RESIDENT HERE VICTIM OF INFLUENZA Body of John L. Smythe Brought to Anaheim For Burial John L. Smythe, a native son of Anaheim, and for many years a resident here, died at his home in Coachella early Saturday morning of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza. A telegram was received here notifying friends of his death, and stating that the body would be brought here for burial. The body arrived at 5:30 Saturday evening and was taken to the undertaking parlors of Backs & Terry's. Mass was read at St. Boniface church at 9 o'clock Monday morning and funeral services were conducted at the undertaking chapel at 10 o'clock. The remains were interred in Anaheim cemetery. Dr. W. W. Adams and Miss Beatrice Smythe went up to Coachella Thursday in response to a telegram announcing his serious condition. Mr. Smythe left Anaheim many years ago, going to Los Angeles, and later to Coachella, where he was engaged in the mercantile business. He leaves a wife but no children. Other relatives who survive him are his mother, who resides in Los Angeles, a brother, F. C. Smythe, of Coachella, who was engaged in business with him, and three sisters, Mrs. F. C. Rimpau, and Misses Zoilia and Beatrice Smythe. FLETCHER TALKS IN FAVOR OF A CITY PARK NOTED LECTURER ENTERTAINS LARGE AUDIENCE AT BANQUET OF ANAHEIM MERCHANTS RECOMMENDS GENEROUS SUPPORT OF WINTER'S LYCEUM COURSE AT HIGH SCHOOL The Anaheim Merchants' Association was extremely fortunate in securing Thomas Brooks Fletcher as the principal speaker at the banquet which was held Friday night. Mr. Fletcher had spoken here on two previous occasions, once as a guest of the board of trade, and the second time as one of the chautauqua lecturers, consequently all the tables in the big banquet hall of the Masonic temple were crowded, notwithstanding the night was a stormy one and the flu still a menace in the minds of the timid. The ladies of the Eastern Star provided the banquet and served such a generous feed that every person who par- Mr. Smythe left Anaheim many years ago, going to Los Angeles, and later to Coachella, where he was engaged in the mercantile business. He leaves a wife but no children. Other relatives who survive him are his mother, who resides in Los Angeles, a brother, F. C. Smythe, of Coachella, who was engaged in business with him, and three sisters, Mrs. F. C. Rimpau, and Misses Zollia and Beatrice Smythe. ANAHEIM REMEMBERS GREAT BRITAIN'S DAY Royal Salute of Twenty-One Shots Given With Capt. Henry's Cannon Saturday was British day throughout the United States, many cities celebrating as a return courtesy for the Fourth of July jubilee given by King George's subjects. No preparations were made to fittingly observe the day in Anaheim, but Alexander Henry and Fred Gresswell determined that the day should not pass without some slight testimonial of our feelings toward our allies in the war. Mr. Henry's cannon was therefore conveyed to the vacant lot east of the Masonic temple at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, and a royal salute of twenty-one guns given. Mr. Henry has tested his cannon in various parts of town and as it has had no shattering effect on the windows he purposes to bore it out to larger calibre in order to get more noise out of it. On the 31st of December at midnight he expects to speed the dying year with a parting shot or two and welcome the new one with a salute. SOLDIER BOY KILLED BY SKIDDING AUTO Coroner Winbigler Holds Inquest in Middle of the Night Called out in the middle of the night, Coroner Winbigler went to San Juan Capistrano Saturday night and held an inquiry at 11 o'clock over the body of H. H. Hoagland, son of Fred T. Hoagland, a druggist of Long Beach, who was fatally injured a short time before near the San Diego county line when the automobile in which he was riding to Los Angeles from Camp Kearny, skidded on the wet pavement and overturned. A verdict of death from the accidental overturning of the car was given. Six Kearny soldiers were in the car, but Hoagland was the only one hurt. His left leg was crushed, his chest was held Friday night. Mr. Fletcher had spoken here on two previous occasions, once as a guest of the board of trade, and the second time as one of the chautauqua lecturers, consequently all the tables in the big banquet hall of the Masonic temple were crowded, notwithstanding the night was a stormy one and the flu still a menace in the minds of the timid. The ladies of the Eastern Star provided the banquet and served such a generous feed that every person who parook of it felt that he had received the worth of his money before the speaking began. Mr. Fletcher did not confine his remarks to any one subject, but touched on various topics. Evidently he had been coached, as a considerable portion of his talk was in advocacy of a city park and civic improvements. He censured Anaheim people for endeavoring to make their city attractive to visitors and overlooking one of the essential things, the creation of a park. His remarks on that subject fell upon responsive ears as every man and woman who heard them thoroughly agreed with him and loudly applauded. Judging from the unanimous approval accorded his remarks the people of Anaheim need no outside influence to stimulate their determination to give the city a long-needed recreation ground. The speaker also touched upon the high school lyceum course to be given this winter, and recommended that it be liberally supported by the citizens, as the high class entertainments will be of much educational benefit to the people, especially to the young folks. Mr. Fletcher may possibly be one of the speakers on the lyceum program. At any rate he will be one of the attractions at the next chautauqua. Manager King, of the Redpath-Homer Chautauqua Circuit, who accompanied Mr. Fletcher, also spoke briefly in support of the lyceum course, recommending that the merchants get behind it and make it a success. J. Lloyd Moore, secretary of the Merchants' Association, acted as toastmaster and introduced the speaker with a few appropriate remarks. TAX DODGERS NUMEROUS Income dodgers—and there seems to be many of them—who failed to respond to the call of the government to meet the need for extraordinary war revenues are to be relentlessly pursued by the federal authorities. H. H. Hoagland, son of Fred T. Hoagland, a druggist of Long Beach, who was fatally injured a short time before near the San Diego county line when the automobile in which he was riding to Los Angeles from Camp Kearny, skidded on the wet pavement and overturned. A verdict of death from the accidental overturning of the car was given. Six Kearny soldiers were in the car, but Hoagland was the only one hurt. His left leg was crushed, his chest was severely bruised, and he was injured internally, dying at San Juan Capistrano where he was taken soon after the accident. Hall P. Calvert, a soldier from Los Angeles, who was riding in the same car, remained in charge of the body, the others returning to camp. Coroner Winbigler responded to a telephone call from Major Herbert Fay, and held the inquest immediately on arrival when informed that a military ambulance from Camp Kearny was already on its way for the body. Hoagland was about 24 years old and a snare drummer in a regimental band at Camp Kearny. He was a graduate of the Long Beach high school and well known in musical circles of the beach city. Names of the driver of the car which overturned and those of the rest of the party were not learned, as they had returned to camp before Winbigler arrived at the mission town. Kenneth Sloop, a newspaper carrier boy, while riding down East Center street Friday evening, was struck by an auto driven by Bernard Dresser. The boy was picked up and taken to the sanitarium where it was ascertained his injuries were not of a serious nature. He sustained a sprained ankle and several bruises. Merchants' Association, acted as toastmaster and introduced the speaker with a few appropriate remarks. TAX DODGERS NUMEROUS Income dodgers—and there seems to be many of them—who failed to respond to the call of the government to meet the need for extraordinary war revenues are to be relentlessly pursued by the federal authorities. This warning is contained in the annual report of Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper made public recently. For the purpose of securing the returns of delinquents a special corps of deputies has been organized to make an intensive nation-wide canvass. The total collections from all sources during the last year aggregated $3,694,638.72, as compared with $809,393,640.44 in 1917. Of this sum the income and excess profits' tax furnished the great bulk, the exact amount being $2,838,999,894.28. The report also deals with the efforts of the bureau to suppress the illicit sale of intoxicants and narcotics. It shows there were 2238 contraband distilleries in operation in addition to 1849 illicit stills. It adds that during the year the "moonshiners" were unusually active in the Piedmont section and in other localities adjacent to the army camps and cantonments. Violations of the Harrison narcotic law amounted to 16,995, and of the law regulating the manufacture of opium to 248. J. T. Bush, who gave a $15 no-fund check to the Anaheim brewery some weeks ago, was held to answer to the superior court.