anaheim-gazette 1918-12-19

BARGAINS IN FORDS GOOD BARGAINS in used Ford Touring Cars and Roadsters in first class condition at the following prices: $305.00, $315.00, $350.00, $375.00, $380.00, $400.00, $475.00, $605.00, and $615.00. The last two are 1918 models, nearly new. A good Ford Truck with Body, $175.00; also two new Ford Trucks and a Sedan. At these prices, we will close all of these cars out during this month. Also new OAKLAND SIXES at the new prices. Come early and get a good selection. Cash or easy terms. Come early and get just what you want. WICKERSHEIM IMPLEMENT CO., Fullerton, Calif. Everything you purchase from us entitles you to coupons that will help some little girl win a doll. Mullinix Drug Store. OUR NEW YEAR'S GIFT TO YOU —TEN DOLLARS IN GOLD will be given by us to each new student enrolling for our complete course before Christmas, and Five Dollars to each who enrolls between Christmas and New Year's. Your scholarship will date from Jan. 1, 1919, and you may enter now if ready and get the remainder of December free. School every school day except Christmas. Positions for all worthy graduates. Call or write J. W. McCormac, President, 626 No. Main St., Santa Ana, California. ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS COLLEGE WE HAVE Customers for orange and lemon groves and will be glad to hear from owner or agent having one to sell if the value is equal to the price asked. B. O. KENDALL COMPANY, Pasadena, Cal. Yes! Jackson's HAVE JUST THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT You Want for the Jackson's HAVE JUST THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT You Want for the MALE SEX. In keeping with the spirit that will prompt the giving of useful articles as Christmas Gifts this Year We have assembled many things that will at once suggest themselves as acceptable gifts. Relations and friends will appreciate the assistance we can render, because of our intimate knowledge of What Is Correct A few reminders: Neckwear, Bath Robes, Home Coats, Belts with Sterling Silver Buckles, Suspenders, Silk Shirts, Mufflers, Caps, Hats, Flannel Shirts, Night Shirts, Pajamas, and many other things. Prices Are Always Right at this Store. JACKSON'S MEN'S WEAR SHOP YOUR MONEY'S WORTH ALWAYS ANAHEIM During this, the Holiday Season, You Want The Very Best MEATS We have only the "very best" and our service can't be beat. Fancy Cuts of Beef, Pork, Lamb and Veal, Dressed Poultry. New York count Oysters. Anaheim Cash Market 109-111 No. Los Angeles St. Anaheim, Calif. YANKEE GAS WOULD HAVE ANNIHILATED HUNS Uncle Sam Preparing to Fight the Devil With Fire If the war had continued throughout the winter America would have literally smothered the German front with a deluge of poisonous gases such as probably the Germans never dreamed of when they started this type of warfare. Amazing secrets of the variety and deadliness of the toxic substances developed by the United States, zealously guarded during hostilities, were disclosed by officers speaking at a dinner recently given by the commissioned personnel of the chemical warfare service to Major William L. Sibert, director of that service. Colonel W. H. Walker, gas production chief, told how the poison gases—one of them the most deadly ever discovered by chemical science—had been developed in an isolated region in Maryland known as the Edgewood arsenal. This plant had to be invented as it was being built, as no such industry as it represented had ever existed before. Enlisted men, he said, had worked with its dangerous products and he added the astonishing statement that at times the casualties had been such as would be hard to match on the battlefront. No German army could have lived through the gas attacks planned by the United States chemical warfare service. General Sibert announced at the dinner that on the day the armistice went into effect, plants for the manufacture of the standard gases were in operation with a manufacturing capacity greater than that of England and France combined. This capacity would have been trebled for certain gases before the new year. Shells filled with these gases were going to Europe by the ship load. a "confession" that was a lie, T. O. Barrett, of Brea, has been given a warrant charging William Dayton with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. The warrant is out, but Dayton has not been brought to jail. It is declared that he is suffering from the flu. It is a strange tale that Barrett had to tell District Attorney West and Deputy Menton. He had fear in his voice, perhaps, at least enough of it to convince the officials that a warrant should be issued. Dayton's side of the affair has not been told. What he has to say, when he gets a chance to say it, may make quite a different story from that told by Barrett. Barrett said that he is employed by an oil company. Saturday morning about 1 o'clock when he returned to his home after finishing a shift for the company, Dayton came to his room and with drawn revolver pointed constantly at Barrett's chest he made Barrett write out and sign a statement involving Mrs. Dayton. Barrett declares that he hardly knows Mrs. Dayton, that he never talked to her but once in his life and at that time he merely inquired for the location of a man who was supposed to be at work on the lease. He says that upon that occasion other men of his crew were in a rig not far away while he stood outside the door of the house and talked to Mrs. Dayton for a minute or two. He said he did not know why Dayton had come to him and had made him sign the statement he says that he would not have signed had he not feared that Dayton would have killed him. Barrett further told the district attorney that at the time he signed the statement he protested to Dayton that it was a lie and that Dayton knew it was a lie. Dayton is employed by an oil company. COMMUNITY DAY UNITED STATES chemical warfare service. General Sibert announced at the dinner that on the day the armistice went into effect, plants for the manufacture of the standard gases were in operation with a manufacturing capacity greater than that of England and France combined. This capacity would have been trebled for certain gases before the new year. Shells filled with these gases were going to Europe by the ship load. This country alone, when hostilities ceased, had ten tons of mustard gas to German's one. Several other lines of endeavor in the toxic field were at a high stage of development. Colonel Bradley Dewey, in charge of gas defenses, told of a mask evolved by American ingenuity requiring no nose clip or mouth piece. He said a soldier could wear it indefinitely—could sleep in it, if necessary. SIGNED A STATEMENT AT REVOLVER'S POINT Brea Man Declares It Was a Choice Between a Lie and a Bullet Declaring that at the point of a revolver he had been compelled to write COMMUNITY DAY Governor William D. Stephens has designated Friday, December 27th, "Community Day." He has named it in a proclamation in which he calls upon "all public spirited citizens" to join in the movement for the establishment of community councils. The proclamation follows: "In order to preserve to the State of California, the social and moral asset which it has acquired through the development of the co-operative spirit during the war, and in order to weld our people into a more perfect democracy, I hereby appoint Friday, December 27th, 1918, as Community Day, and call upon all leaders of war activities, all state, county, and city officials, as well as all public spirited citizens to join in the movement, and to urge their friends and neighbors to join in the movement inaugurated by the State Council of Defense to the end that on that day a community council will be organized in every community-district in California. The idea of community organization has already been endorsed by the President and other national authorities. "During the Christmas season let us thus put the spirit of Peace and Good Will into practical application." They Say There was great hilarity and much laughter on Center street early Saturday evening, when Citizen Fixit experienced another of his exciting episodes when he crossed the path of an irate business man who wanted to take a punch at him. As usual Citizen Fixit was fleet of foot and soon was on his way and took refuge behind some boxes. In a near-by store. The irate butcher man took umbrage at the latest effusion of Citizen Fixit and desired to lay hands on him just for a few moments so as to muss him up a bit. These footracing escapades are becoming so frequent with Citizen Fixit as to be a joke, but this latest was really the closest call for him, and in all likelihood he would have had his physiognomy made unpretty had he stood his ground. After going into hiding he sent out the S. O. S. call for help and two husky policemen responded. They viewed the landscape o'er and at last espying Citizen Fixit safely entrenched behind the box barricade called to him to come out and they would shoo away the irate butcher man, who was pacing up and down the sidewalk in front, with his sleeves rolled up and fists clinched ready to go over the trenches. Citizen Fixit said he wanted protection and under the wings of the obliging cop was permitted to come out and lost no time in making his escape. Christmas Season, Peace—Peace on Earth: Good Will Toward Men. To the citizens of Anaheim and vicinity who have so faithfully labored here at home—to you who have so nobly answered Freedom's Call across far and misty seas—to you, Brothers All, we of the Golden State Bank, extend in this closing month of the old year, our hearty Christmas Greetings. OFFICERS ADOLPH THOMAS, President E. E. SMITH, Cashier J. B. REA, Vice-President W. E. RUSSELL, Ass't. Cashier DIRECTORS J. B. REA E. E. SMITH LOUIS DENNI C. F. GRIM ADOLPH THOMAS W. A. BONYNGE FRED KOESEL Your Mother Used It. Why Don't You? ROYAL BAKING POWDER, of course! No other baking powder is "just as good" to those who know. Contains no alum. Leaves no bitter taste. "My mother always used Royal and taught me no other baking powder was quite as satisfactory. I have found it so in my own experience." — [From an unsolicited letter. Name of writer given on request] Royal Baking Powder Co., New York ERA OF ROAD BUILDING Extensive highway improvements throughout this section of the state and speedy completion of those in progress were predicted by Henry W. Keller, a director of the Automobile Club of Southern California, before the legislative conference held at the chamber of commerce. In behalf of the organization he represented, Keller also solicited the support of the legislators present for highway improvement appropriations approximating $10,000,000, bills for which he said, will be introduced when the Sacramento session convenes. Supporting his prediction, Keller asserted the members of the Automobile Club anticipate a Superior Court judgment in favor of the condemnation proceedings which are now being waged against the Rindge estate to open a road through the Mallbu. If Judge McCormick renders a decision in favor of the road, he said, the unfinished 130-mile portion of the California boulevard from Ventura to San Diego ifmediately will be completed. This strip, he estimated, will cost nearly one-half of the sum it is desired the State appropriate. The laterals from the State highway to the sea, which already have been provided for in the original $15,000,000 highway appropriation of the last legislature, soon will be finished within this expenditure, but additional work, he announced, will cost the balance of the $10,000,000 to be requested. What Shall I Buy for Christmas This is the question that is worrying many people now, but the sensible shopper is spending his money for something useful. Nothing you can buy is more useful than FOOTWEAR That is something that all members of the family must have, therefore why not spend your Christmas money for something necessary. We FOOTWEAR That is something that all members of the family must have, therefore why not spend your Christmas money for something necessary. We have Shoes for Men, Women and Children Of the best quality and the latest styles on the market. Also Felt and Leather Slippers. Nothing is more acceptable at Christmas time than a pair of slippers. We can fit you, suit you in style and guarantee the quality. JOE LAUTENBACH Cor. Lemon and Center ANAHEIM