anaheim-gazette 1919-02-06

WOMEN DEMAND PUNISHMENT OF HUNS ORANGE COUNTY W. C. T. U. ASKS THAT RAVISHERS OF WOMEN BE TRIED AS CRIMINALS UNFORTUNATE FEMALES OUTRAGED BY INVADERS ARE TO BE CLASSED AMONG WOUNDED The Orange County W. C. T. U. has gone on record as favoring the punishment of every man of the enemy countries who violated the women of France and Belgium by passing resolutions to the governments of the allied countries, including the United States. The movement has been inaugurated by the National W. C. T. U. and unions all over the nation will be requested to pass similar resolutions. It is a very natural thing that American women, horrified and aroused at the ravishing of their sisters in France and Belgium, should heed the plea of the stricken and hasten to espouse their request for recognition as victims of the war and as having paid the price for their citizenship more terrible than that of the men who faced Hun shells and poison gas. Following are the resolutions: Whereas, There is overwhelming evidence that in the present war the armies of the Central European powers and of their allies have been permitted and encouraged to commit, and officers and men en masse have actual- MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR W. S. S. CAMPAIGN Program For 1919 to Begin at an Early Date Plans have been formulated for the early launching of the War Savings campaign for 1919, a big and comprehensive program having been scheduled to augment the general sale of these gilt-edged government securities. This is the announcement made by State Director G. A. Davidson, who at the same time makes known his decision to continue as the official head of the War Savings organization for California (South). Concomitant with Director Davidson's statement is the announcement of several changes of administration to be effective during the current year. This includes the appointment of John T. McBean to the office of assistant state director. Mr. McBean's affiliation with the War Savings work dates from the inception of the government's W. S. S. program in December, 1917, first as assistant to M. H. Flint, Los Angeles city and county chairman, and later as assistant to State Director G. A. Davidson. The success of the 1918 War Savings campaign in Southern California, is due, in no small part, to his enthusiastic and efficient efforts. One of the important changes effecting Los Angeles city and county is the resignation of Motley H. Flint, chairman for that district. In acceding to Mr. Flint's request to be relieved from his affiliation with the War Savings work, owing to the heavy demands of his banking-and other local interests, the Los Angeles city and county office was fused with the state headquarters located in Los Angeles. In other counties and cities of Southern California, however, the chairmen will remain to direct the War Savings work in their respective communities, as during the great aid," he said for the hundreds of are returning from. GROW OWN FOOD POLICE Secretary Replies Leaning T The following letter of Agriculture John M. Parker, oreral food adminis- "I have your lea in which you call that there is a fee ers that it would do to plant the maxi ing the coming ye- "The agricul ture with the joint extensi ion organizing for se ethe purpose of f farmers in the se ethe new year, de de the operations of states these jo neighborhood, me the early part off using for such tim sary to cover th e meetings the farr w with the latest department and t able to gather pects for the ne speaking, the ex agreed that the w ern farmers to make sure the pr home supplies of Attention will be an average yield age of 1918 will million bales mo n in 1918. "On account o rions in Europe the stricken and hasten to espouse their request for recognition as victims of the war and as having paid the price for their citizenship more terrible than that of the men who faced Hun shells and poison gas. Following are the resolutions: Whereas, There is overwhelming evidence that in the present war the armies of the Central European powers and of their allies have been permitted and encouraged to commit, and officers and men en masse have actually and persistently committed every form of sexual offense against the women of every country they have entered; Whereas, Such offenses are crimes under the laws of war as well as under the laws of peace, as well under the common law of nations as under the municipal law of every nation which is even superficially civilized; and under the Hague conventions; and. Whereas, Such crimes are a monstrous insult to the dignity of womanhood, and strike at the heart of society, the home. Their commission by the Germans and their allies was deliberate, wholesale and unauthorized. Silence at this time means that the violation, enslavement and compulsory rule of women and girls will become established by force of precedent as a permitted custom under the laws of war, and that precedent must be destroyed. And inasmuch as more than a million French women have unitedly appealed to the women of all countries to join them in denouncing this infamous and sinister attack on the common life of humanity through its womanhood; Therefore, we, women of the United States, hereby— 1. Associate ourselves with the women of France in their protest and appeal, which is annexed hereto. 2. Demand the trial before an international tribunal, and punishment, on conviction, as a criminal, of every officer, soldier or civilian of any said Central Powers, or any of their allies who shall be accused, whether as principal or accomplice, of any sexual offense against a woman in the course of the war. 3. Declare our own deliberate feeling, judgment and position to be that all women so injured by a despicable enemy ought to be treated and regarded, not as shamed, but as wounded in war. We implore our allies to confer that status on them, both officially and in public mind. Furthermore, we direct our commitment of Motley H. Flint, chairman for that district. In acceding to Mr. Flint's request to be relieved from his affiliation with the War Savings work, owing to the heavy demands of his banking and other local interests, the Los Angeles city and county office was fused with the state headquarters located in Los Angeles. In other counties and cities of Southern California, however, the chairmen will remain to direct the War Savings work in their respective communities, as during the campaign of last year. The active co-operation of all War Savings societies during the 1919 campaign is virtually essential to the success of the government's program, and from Washington comes word that these community and industrial organizations will be largely depended upon to carry the War Savings plans of the year to a successful fruition. Every effort is to be made by the government this year to establish War Savings as a permanent factor in our national life, and as Director Lewis B. Franklin of the War Loan organization succinctly put it at the recent conference held in Los Angeles, to inject a little of real joy in thrift. EDISON COMPANY SELLS SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS OF SECURITIES IN THE EAST Sixteen million dollars in Eastern money is now available for expenditure by the Southern California Edison Company. Coincidently with the return from the East of Chairman John B. Miller, on January 23rd, with a contract for the sale of these securities to a syndicate of bankers, the state railroad commission made an order authorizing their issue, as follows: $8,000,000 in general and refunding 25-year 6 per cent bonds, and $8,000,000 in new 7 per cent debenture. The decision of the commission (No. 6077) recites that the Southern California Edison Company applies for the authority granted as the first step towards placing the company in a financial position to resume the work of building up its properties. Comptrolled A. N. Kemp of the company, testified at the hearing that the issue of $8,000,000 debentures is a temporary expedient, and that the company will sell to the public from time to time enough of its capital stock to pay off these debentures, as they fall due. The following is an extract from the opinion of the railroad commission which accompanies the order: who shall be accused, whether as principal or accomplice, of any sexual offense against a woman in the course of the war. 3. Declare our own deliberate feeling, judgment and position to be that all women so injured by a despicable enemy ought to be treated and regarded, not as shamed, but as wounded in war. We implore our allies to confer that status on them, both officially and in public mind. Furthermore, we direct our committee in charge to deliver these resolutions, duly authenticated, to each of the governments (including our own government) allied against any or all of the said Central Powers, and their allies in the present war, and to each of these societies associated in the appeal of the French women, and to arrange for their publication in every allied country. There are none to deny the cry of outraged womanhood so voiced. The manhood of America, which arose in its terrible wrath at the spectacle described, will as quickly concede the claim of French women as will the women of America. Indeed, there shall be no shame attached to the heroic women of France and Belgium. There never has been in the eyes of America. Certainly no thought of shame could be discerned in the way Americans leaped to their rescue. No, the women of France and Belgium are regarded as all the rest, men or women, in or out of uniform, who suffered from the Hun beast. They bear no shame only honorable wounds. One of New York's world-famous hotels has just marked off of accounts due from guests $850,000 as "uncollectable," indicating that somebody must have spent the week-end there and got away without settling. Comptrolled A. N. Kemp of the company, testified at the hearing that the issue of $8,000,000 debentures is a temporary expedient, and that the company will sell to the public from time to time enough of its capital stock to pay off these debentures, as they fall due. The following is an extract from the opinion of the railroad commission which accompanies the order: "It is urged that the commission should authorize the issue of the bonds and debentures as applied for herein, for the reason that this is the first step toward placing the company in a financial condition to resume its development work and the building up of its properties. Applicants' development program covering a period of three years calls for an estimated expenditure of $18,945,000. The proposed hydro-electric plants when completed will produce in a normal year, according to the testimony of Mr. Ballard, an additional 310,000,000 K.W.H. per annum, compared with the company's present total hydro-electric resources of 660,000,000 K.W.H. per annum. Officials of the company believe that payment and refunding of the $10,000,000 of bonds due July 1, 1919, and approximately $5,000,000 of short term notes will enable the company to issue additional bonds and cell common stock for the purpose of carrying out its three-year construction program." Relative to the effect this new financing will have on the company's activities, President W.A. Brackenridge says: "It will enable the carefully prepared program of hydro-electric development work to start in time to meet the growing demands in the large region in which the Edison system operates, and to hold steam plant operation down to a minimum." "This will be a ANAHEIM GAZETTE PAIGN at an for the savings compreshed sale of quarities. made by who at decline head of for CaliDavid-cementation to to year. of John assistant civilization from T's W. 171, first Los Anan, and vector G. the 1918 southern part, to effort. the effect is the chairleading to aid from Savings lands of interests, my office quarters over councalifornia, main to in their caring the great aid," he said, "in finding places for the hundreds of our employees who are returning from the war." GROW OWN FOOD POLICY IN SOUTH NOW Secretary Replies to Letter Tellling of Leaning Toward Cotton The following letter from the Secretary of Agriculture has been sent to John M. Parker, of New Orleans, Federal food administrator for Louisiana: "I have your letter of December 16, in which you call attention to the fact that there is a feeling among the farmers that it would be to their advantage to plant the maximum cotton crop during the coming year. "The agricultural colleges, in co-operation with the department, through the joint extension forces, have been organizing for several weeks past for the purpose of bringing before the farmers in the several states, early in the new year, definite suggestions for the operations of 1919. In the cotton states these joint forces will hold neighborhood meetings, beginning in the early part of January and continuing for such time as may be necessary to cover the territory. At these meetings the farmers will be furnished with the latest information that the department and the colleges have been able to gather concerning the prospects for the next year. Generally speaking, the extension forces are agreed that the wise policy for Southern farmers to pursue in 1919 is to make sure the production of their own home supplies of both food and feed. Attention will be called to the fact that an average yield of cotton on the age of 1918 will produce two to three million bales more than was produced in 1918. "On account of the unsettled conditions in Europe, it is impossible to AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING FIRST Quarterly returns upon shipbuilding as published by Lloyd's Register show that at the close of the quarter ended September 30 last there were 383 merchant vessels of 1,746,933 gross tons under construction in the United Kingdom. Of 1,774 vessels of 4,624,444 gross tons of all types which were being built in the British dominions, overseas and in allied and associated countries, 1,020 vessels of 3,382,709 tons were being built in the United States. The total number of merchant vessels being built in the United States consequently exceeds that being built in England by 1,635,776 tons. Of the total in the United States, 494 steamers of 1,169,683 tons were being built of wood, and 46 vessels of 59,670 tons were sailing ships, and comparing the construction of steel ships alone there were 107 more steamers, representing 411,273 tons, being built in the United States than in England. In numbers and tonnage of merchant vessels under construction the United States, therefore, easily takes first place. THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT Acting Secretary Polk of the State Department certified on Wednesday to the formal ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, prohibiting the transportation or sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes in any territory under the jurisdiction of the United States. Before this amendment could become effective it had to be ratified by three-fourths of the States, and before Demon Rum can come back it will be necessary for three-fourths of the States to agree to a repeal of that amendment. All of which means that PROTECTIVE TARIFF TO BE THE BIG ISSUE Two Great Parties Will Again Battle On Old Lines "A protective tariff, the old issue upon which the Republicans and Democrats have fought many campaigns, seems likely to be the big issue in the next national election," declared T. C. Niedringhaus, of St. Louis, former Republican national committeeman, in Washington the other day. "It cannot be avoided," he continued. "Just now, when alarmists are prophesying bread lines by May 1, serious minds turn to economic conditions and the possibility of preventing industrial and business depression. The Republican party always has been the party of protection, and at this time, when the nation is confronted with the prospect of competition with the cheaper labor of Europe and the Orient, the thought inevitably occurs that the tariff must of necessity be the great question in the next campaign. I do not fear competition with European nations nearly so much as I do competition with Japan and China. It is self-evident that when the people of one nation can manufacture goods for $1 that cost the people of another nation $2 to make, the problem of competition is a serious one for the $2 nation. If we are to protect America from competition with the cheap labor of Japan and China, we must build a protective tariff wall high enough to shut out the goods of the dollar nation. Japan already has her commissions in the United States casting about for opportunities, and China will followw example of Japan. China has enough iron and coal to supply the world. "On the issue of a protective tariff I do not believe:the voters of this country will hesitate long between the two parties. The Republicans have rarely states on this large scale and it can be Spanish." THE LAST LOAN "The coming Victory Loan will be the last," was the advice received yesterday from Washington by Chairman Henry S. McKee of the Southern California Liberty Loan State Committee. The advice continued: "There is one more big job to do and that is to pay for the Victory that is ours, and then Liberty Loans will be history only. "The interest to be paid by the Victory Liberty Bonds to be issued in April, is not known. The interest part of the bonds should be the last item considered. Our boys in France, when duty called did not stop and ask the commander what bonus they would get if they won the objective, nor did they ask for a guarantee against loss. Their government and their people called for action and they acted. The Victory Loan is the last call for action from the American people and they will act and the interest will be the least consideration." A sloggin and essay contest is being prepared by the Southern California Liberty Loan Committee, and will be announced in a few days. This will give every man, woman and child in Southern California an opportunity to share in the work of putting over the Victory Loan. It is expected that prizes will be offered in attractive sizes. SATSUMA ORANGES The Satsuma orange, from Klushu, the southern island of Japan, on account of its general superiority, has rapidly displaced other groups of oranges in the country of its origin, according to a special publication, "Varieties of the Satsuma Orange Group in Japan," from the Bureau of Plant Industry. BOYS MAKE BIG MONEY Twenty-three boys under 16 years of age in a Haywood county, Tenn., pig department certified on Wednesday at the formal ratification of the Eleventh Amendment to the Federal Constitution, prohibiting the transportation or sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes in any territory under the jurisdiction of the United States. Before this amendment could become effective it had to be ratified by three-fourths of the States, and before Demon Rum can come back it will be necessary for three-fourths of the States to agree to a repeal of that amendment. All of which means that national prohibition will probably abide with us for a few generations. The amendment becomes operative on January 16, 1920. Chief opposition to the national prohibition amendment has come from the Atlantic Coast. New York and Pennsylvania have always opposed prohibition by big majorities; they held out to the end against ratification; but as soon as the amendment had once passed Congress, New York with its millions of votes counted for no more than Nevada with its thousands. The prohibitory amendment passed Congress fourteen months before it was ratified by the States; the period of consideration by the States is the shortest on record. The Federal income tax amendment was before the States for four years before it was finally ratified. Curiously enough, there is no limitation in the Constitution concerning the time which the States shall take to consider amendments to the Federal Constitution; some authorities have held that an amendment might hang fire for a generation and still be legally ratified. A number of interesting questions concerning the scope of the amendment have already arisen. Does the term "jurisdiction" include any territory over which the United States exercises a protectorate? If it does, then any German colonies placed under the supervision of the United States would become automatically dry. Will foreign embassies be so many oases in the great American desert? The laws of the countries they represent are in effect in the quarters actually occupied by the embassies; under what interpretation of the law can liquor be eliminated? If the embassies remain "wet" territory, their popularity will be enhanced a thousand-fold, at least until the present generation with its thirst shall pass. PEANUT CULTURE J. M. LeFever, a Corona (Riverside county) rancher has been more than successful the past year in the raising of the Virginia peanut and this year he intends going into the business on a larger scale than ever. Last year he also worked some acreage in the Citrus Belt which was fairly successful. A short time ago Mr. LeFever made a trip to Los Angeles to interview Mr. Bishop, of the Bishop Company, regarding the advisability of again planting the virginia peanut when he was urged to plant the Spanish nut for the reason that this nut, while containing a greater amount of oil, is also desired above other varieties on account of its size. He was told that practically all the peanut butter is made from the Spanish peanut. The oil from this nut is now largely used in the making of oleomargarine. Of late years Japan has been a heavy shipper to this country, of the Virginia nut but for some reason the Spanish nut does not do well there and for that reason is not cultivated. Ralph Fenerborn, Corona's represen- SATSUMA ORANGES The Satsuma orange, from Kiushu, the southern island of Japan, on account of its general superiority, has rapidly displaced other groups of oranges in the country of its origin, according to a special publication, "Varieties of the Satsuma Orange Group in Japan," from the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. In this publication six varieties of the Satsuma group are dealt with in detail, the Owari, however, being considered the best of this group for commercial purposes in certain restricted districts in the Southern States because of its early ripening quality, its large size, and good form and appearance. This variety is now being cultivated commercially in a few localities in the Gulf coast region of this country. Japanese horticulturists have propagated several distinct uniform strains of the Owari variety by taking buds from special trees or branches bearing superior fruit, and the writer of the bulletin advises a similar practice by American horticulturists. He further recommends the trial in the Gulf states of the extra early Wase variety, the flat-fruited Hira variety, the Ikiriki variety, and the luxuriant Mori strain of the Owari variety. The richest man in the world can be bankrupted and the richest people in the world may be impoverished if you put the right people on the job. It's certainly the irony of fate when an apostle of violence in alleged behalf of the people becomes the victim of violence at the hands of the people. Twenty-three boys under 16 years of age, in a Haywood county, Tenn., pig club, each bought a pig. The average weight of the pigs was 78 pounds. Most of them were registered. In 180 days they produced a gain of 266 pounds each, at a cost for feed of 10½ cents a pound. These pigs at the time of the local pig-club show were worth 15 cents a pound at meat prices, making a profit of 4½ cents a pound, averaging a net return to each boy of $11.97 over cost of all feed—a total gain for the club of $275.31. Now, see what the corn club in the same community has done: Thirty-three boys, 16 and under, each cultivated one acre in corn, according to instructions furnished by the county agent, produced an average of 53.1 bushels to the acre at $1.40 a bushel selling price—$74.48—making a total production for all of $2,457.84. Cost of raising the corn was 27½ cents a bushel, or a total cost of $477.51, leaving a clear profit of $1,980.33. Now add to this the pig-club profits of $275.31 and you have a grand profit for the boys of $2,255.64 from 33 acres of land and 23 small pigs. Some exalted utterances are like a chapter in Revelations,—to be interpreted according to the reader's views, and therefore calculated to satisfy everybody, with a baffling mystery at the finish as to what it is all about. HOTEL VALENCIA Modern in Every Respect Finest Hotel in Orange County Accommodations Unsurpassed By any hotel in the Southland and prices reasonable. Corner Lemon and Center Sts Anaheim, California Rates, $1.00 per night, up. Special Rates by the week or month. STATE THAT RIVERSIDE COUNTY WAS GIVEN THE CREDIT AT THAT TIME OF BEING THE LARGEST RAISER OF THE VIRGINA PEANUT AND IT IS HIS JUDGMENT THAT THIS RECORD CAN BE SECURED IN THE RAISE OF THE SPANISH PEANUT. SELF DETERMINATION A cablegram sent by Governor General Harrison, of the Philippine Islands, to President Wilson, urging the President to authorize him to make a declaration of the intentions of the United States relative to complete Philippine independence, has been made public. It is interesting to note that Mr. Harrison believes that declarations of American legislative purpose are entirely a function of the executive under the new freedom. The question of Philippine independence is one upon which the ten million Filipinos should be consulted, and this means merely not the Tagal politicos or the American politicians who profess to have a commission to speak for the people of the islands, but all the inhabitants of the archipelago. In accordance with the principles of democracy and self-determination of peoples, independence of the United States should not be forced upon the Filipinos by mere legislative enactment, either by the American Congress or the Philippine Assembly. The matter should be submitted to the vote of all the people of the islands, "women not excepted," as Lincoln put it. There are a thousand islands in the Philippine group, and upon these islands dwell various and in many instances conflicting racial and religious groups. The principle of self-determination of peoples requires that if certain of these islands, or groups of islands have national aspirations of There are a thousand islands in the Philippine group, and upon these islands dwell various and in many instances conflicting racial and religious groups. The principle of self-determination of peoples requires that if certain of these islands, or groups of islands, have national aspirations of their own, they should have the same freedom to separate themselves from the new Philippine government it is proposed to erect, as is demanded for the Filipinos to separate themselves from the United States. This noble principle of self-determination must, in all consistency, be followed to the bitter end. Mindanao may not desire to be governed by Luzon. There are many tribes in the Philippine Islands which have expressed a preference for continued connection with the United States to domination by Tagal politicians of differing race and religion. Here, therefore, is offered an opportunity for the application of pure democracy, and the doctrine of self-determination, if these things are principles and not mere political catch phrases. The American government cannot afford to put bayonets behind any plan to erect a certain specified insular government, which proposes to impose its will upon the islands as a whole without giving to the people of the various provinces opportunity to say whether they wish to affiliate with the new nation, or establish separate governments of their own. It is a poor principle which its own friends will not carry to its logical conclusion. Griffith Lumber Co. SEE US FOR YOUR BUILDING MATERIAL In Any Amount, Large or Small South Los Angeles St. H. M. ADAMS, Mgr. Good Place to Buy— G-O-O-D L-U-M-B-E-R C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY Anaheim, Cal Good Place to Buy— G-O-O-D L-U-M-B-E-R C. GANAHL LUMBER COMPANY Anaheim, Cal ANAHEIM FEED and FUEL CO. 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