anaheim-gazette 1919-08-14

U.S. WILL HELP BUILD COUNTY HIGHWAY WILL GO FIFTY-FIFTY WITH THE SUPERVISORS ON TRABUCO CANYON ROAD Federal Authorities to Have Charge of Construction Work—Camping Grounds to be Opened in the Canyon. The Board of Supervisors accepted a proposal of the United States Forest Service to go fifty-fifty in the construction of a good mountain road up the Trabuco canyon from the school house to the Forks. The county voted to appropriate $3500 to the project. This was done upon the written agreement of the Forest Service to appropriate a similar amount. The work of construction is to be done by the United States Bureau of Roads. The construction of this road is a part of the program for opening up a public camping ground in Trabuco canyon. For several years the Forest Service officials have had in mind the establishment of a camping ground in the canyon. Claims made by Gail Borden, successor to the Santa Ana Tin Mining Company, to portions of the canyon, have stood in the way of the development of the plan. Recently however, federal officials have found a way to secure a clearing-up of titles, and there is now every reason to be on the burning gasser. The men are resting, weared from nine days of incessant work in trying to check the flames. The well, which is 2100 feet deep, came in a week ago last Sunday and almost immediately caught fire when stones ejected from the well rubbed against the casing and caused the gas to ignite. The capacity of the well is estimated at 60,000,000 cubic feet daily. REVEAL HORRORS OF THE PRISON CAMPS Amazing Stories Told of Brutal Treatment of Men. The amazing stories of frightfully brutal treatment of American soldiers who were confined in American military prisons and prison camps in France have been confined in almost every respect by General March, Chief of Staff of the Army, in the hearing before a sub-committee of the House Committee which is investigating the conduct of the war. The sub-committee is headed by Representative Royal Johnson, of South Dakota, who was an officer with the American Army in France. General March furnished the sub-committee with copies of a cablegram from General Pershing to Secretary of War Baker giving a number of details. This report tells conditions at what was known as Prison Farm No. 2 and the prison stockade in the vicinity of Chelles, a suburb of Paris. General Pershing says various abuses of confined prisoners took place and that three lieutenants and a sergeant were tried and convicted as a result. Lieutenant "Hard Bolled" Smith was one of the brutal officers. Distinct feeling that officers higher up were not adequately held to account offered, it is said sixth to one-eighth. The conditions being to word, are tensions shall be stricter days. The first it is indicated, on near the Olive mile southwest of which the Standard years ago. That abandoned at about announcement of ing was ever made is said, has now on the land which it is oil bearing. BAKER EVADEM IN A Congress Gave Scruples the batam That Secretary only aided conscience the war, but doing so, is the representative Walter nesota. He says: "I was asked togress to use my life who was responsiption, sympathy and called conscientious making the requir service. He vollevery parent whicause. "From the aut present day eventhe numerous co pro-Germans, I were exempted ice, that they we consideration im emptied from mi For several years the Forest Service officials have had in mind the establishment of a camping ground in the canyon. Claims made by Gail Borden, successor to the Santa Ana Tin Mining Company, to portions of the canyon, have stood in the way of the development of the plan. Recently however, federal officials have found a way to secure a clearing-up of titles, and there is now every reason to believe that within a short time the question of rights in the canyon will be settled. The Forest Service has agreed to equip the camping ground with tables and public toilets. The Board of Supervisors made a trip of inspection to the canyon recently and returned thoroughly enthusiastic over the project. The canyon is one of the most beautiful in Southern California. "I have no question but what there will be dozens of cabins built in the canyon just as soon as we issue permits," said Forest Ranger J. B. Stephenson of El Toro, who was present at the meeting of the supervisors when the proposal for an appropriation of $3500 by the county to meet the Forest Service's appropriation was up for decision. "I have received many inquiries from individuals and groups of individuals, who say that they want to put up cabins on lots leased from the government. The lots will vary in size, according to the lay of the ground. A half-acre seems to be the most desirable size." Stephenson said that he was not informed as to when the United States Bureau of Road would commence the construction of the Trabuco road. He said that now that the money is available, he expects that an engineering crew of the bureau would be in the canyon within three weeks. There has been a rough mountain road up the canyon for years. The operations of the so-called tin mines resulted in a good road being built as far as the mining buildings. The flood of 1917, however, wiped out much of that road, and a make-shift road took its place. Automobiles have been making the trip up the canyon without serious difficulty, though the road is rough and very hard on tires. The road that is to be built will not be paved, but will be in good shape for automobile travel. "The principal point which the investigating officers desire to call to the attention of the Commanding General, so that immediate remedial action can be had, is the condition of Prison Camp 2, where the statements made by these soldiers indicate a condition exists rivalling that of Siberian prison camps, and much worse than conditions which existed in German prisoner of war cages. It should be borne in mind that these prisoners are in the main soldiers from the combat divisions, who are men above average intelligence, and who are in the main perhaps technician of details. This report tells of conditions at what was known as Prison Farm No. 2 and the prison stockade in the vicinity of Chelles, a suburb of Paris. General Pershing says various abuses of confined prisoners took place and that three lieutenants and a sergeant were tried and convicted as a result. Lieutenant "Hard Bolled" Smith was one of the brutal officers. Distinct feeling that officers higher up were not adequately held to account for these abuses of soldiers has developed in Congress. The evidence is clear that prisoners were wantonly beaten and in some cases injured so that they had to be sent to hospitals; that they were cursed and kicked by men in command and that in some instances personal property was taken from them and not returned. In one of the prisons known as the "Bastille" it is represented there was an atmosphere of special hatred for members of the National Guard. The astounding nature of the real conditions is officially shown to a large extent by the report of the division inspector of the 27th Division, Lieutenant Colonel J. Mayhew Wainright, and Lieutenant Colonel J. Leslie Kinkaid, Judge Advocate. This report was made to Major General John F. O'Ryan. The 27th was composed of men from the New York National Guard. It is declared in this report that conditions at Prison Farm No. 2 are such as would not be tolerated for an instant in any New York penal institution, that conditions rivalled those of Siberian prison camps, that prisoners are "drilled in front of the muzzle of machine guns and automatic rifles," and that unbelievable inhumanity and brutality is practiced. In the course of their report Lieutenant Colonels Wainright and Kinkaid say: "The principal point which the investigating officers desire to call to the attention of the Commanding General, so that immediate remedial action can be had, is the condition of Prison Camp 2, where the statements made by these soldiers indicate a condition exists rivalling that of Siberian prison camps, and much worse than conditions which existed in German prisoner of war cages. It should be borne in mind that these prisoners are in the main soldiers from the combat divisions, who are men above average intelligence, and who are in the main perhaps technician of details. This report tells of conditions at what was known as Prison Farm No. 2 and the prison stockade in the vicinity of Chelles, a suburb of Paris. General Pershing says various abuses of confined prisoners took place and that three lieutenants and a sergeant were tried and convicted as a result. Lieutenant "Hard Bolled" Smith was one of the brutal officers." Distinct feeling that officers higher up were not adequately held to account for these abuses of soldiers has developed in Congress. The evidence is clear that prisoners were wantonly beaten and in some cases injured so that they had to be sent to hospitals; that they were cursed and kicked by men in command and that in some instances personal property was taken from them and not returned. In one of the prisons known as the "Bastille" it is represented there was an atmosphere of special hatred for members of the National Guard. The astounding nature of the real conditions is officially shown to a large extent by the report of the division inspector of the 27th Division, Lieutenant Colonel J. Mayhew Wainright, and Lieutenant Colonel J. Leslie Kinkaid, Judge Advocate. This report was made to Major General John F. O'Ryan. The 27th was composed of men from the New York National Guard. It is declared in this report that conditions at Prison Farm No. 2 are such as would not be tolerated for an instant in any New York penal institution, that conditions rivalled those of Siberian prison camps, that prisoners are "drilled in front of the muzzle of machine guns and automatic rifles," and that unbelievable inhumanity and brutality is practiced. In the course of their report Lieutenant Colonels Wainright and Kinkaid say: "The principal point which the investigating officers desire to call to the attention of the Commanding General, so that immediate remedial action can be had, is the condition of Prison Camp 2, where the statements made by these soldiers indicate a condition exists rivalling that of Siberian prison camps, and much worse than conditions which existed in German prisoner of war cages. It should be borne in mind that these prisoners are in the main soldiers from the combat divisions, who are men above average intelligence, and who are in the main perhaps technician of details. This report tells of conditions at what was known as Prison Farm No. 2 and the prison stockade in the vicinity of Chelles, a suburb of Paris. General Pershing says various abuses of confined prisoners took place and that three lieutenants and a sergeant were tried and convicted as a result. Lieutenant "Hard Bolled" Smith was one of the brutal officers." Distinct feeling that officers higher up were not adequately held to account for these abuses of soldiers has developed in Congress. The evidence is clear that prisoners were wantonly beaten and in some cases injured so that they had to be sent to hospitals; that they were cursed and kicked by men in command and that in some instances personal property was taken from them and not returned. In one of the prisons known as the "Bastille" it is represented there was an atmosphere of special hatred for members of the National Guard. The astounding nature of the real conditions is officially shown to a large extent by the report of the division inspector of the 27th Division, Lieutenant Colonel J. Mayhew Wainright, and Lieutenant Colonel J. Leslie Kinkaid, Judge Advocate. This report was made to Major General John F. O'Ryan. The 27th was composed of men from the New York National Guard. It is declared in this report that conditions at Prison Farm No. 2 are such as would not be tolerated for an instant in any New York penal institution, that conditions rivalled those of Siberian prison camps, that prisoners are "drilled in front of the muzzle of machine guns and automatic rifles," and that unbelievable inhumanity and brutality is practiced. In the course of their report Lieutenant Colonels Wainright and Kinkaid say: "The principal point which the investigating officers desire to call to the attention of the Commanding General, so that immediate remedial action can be had, is the condition of Prison Camp 2, where the statements made by these soldiers indicate a condition exists rivalling that of Siberian prison camps, that prisoners are "drilled in front of the muzzle of machine guns and automatic rifles," and that unbelievable inhumanity and brutality is practiced. In the course of their report Lieutenant Colonels Wainright and Kinkaid say: "The principal point which the investigating officers desire to call to the attention of the Commanding General, so that immediate remedial action can be had, is the condition of Prison Camp 2, where the statements made by these soldiers indicate a condition exists rivalling that of Siberian prison camps, that prisoners are "drilled in front of the muzzle of machine guns and automatic rifles," and that unbelievable inhumanity and brutality is practiced." FULLERTON IS "BROKE" Pity the poor city of Fullerton. With an assessed valuation of only about $20,000,000, it enters the new fiscal year with only current bills to pay and nothing to pay them with but $85,000 in the bank and about $50,000 in Liberty bonds and other securities. The book balance, as given by John Gardiner, city treasurer, in his monthly report to the council last Tuesday night, was $134,394.50 and there is nothing to look forward to this year but $183,000 taxes besides miscellaneous receipts. In other words, Fullerton is "broke." Just like John D. Rockefeller and Andy Carnegie and Coleman DuPont are "broke." Other cities may issue bonds but Fullerton reduces its tax rate and still raises enough money for all improvements and pays for them in cash.—News. BURNING GAS WELL Two charges of dynamite failed to extinguish the flaming gas well of the Standard Oil company in the Elk hills, 30 miles west of Bakersfield. Tons of chemicals mixed with steam from 20 boilers also have had no effect General so that immediate realization can be had, is the condition of Prison Camp 2, where the statements made by these soldiers indicate a condition exists rivalling that of Siberian prison camps, and much worse than conditions which existed in German prisoner of war cages. It should be borne in mind that these prisoners are in the main soldiers from the combat divisions, who are men above average intelligence, and who are in the main perhaps technically guilty of absence without leave." Not the least interesting phase of the revelations was that while three lieutenants and a sergeant were tried and given prison sentences upon charges growing out of brutality, the colonel of the 158th Infantry who was the superior officer held responsible in a report of army inspectors for conditions of the prison camps escaped court martial. The colonel was sent to Blois but what became of him General March did not know. Representative Johnson and Representative Bland of Indiana criticised the Chief of Staff or tolerating a system which made subordinate officers or non-commissioned officers the "goats" and enabled higher officers to escape court martial. DRILLING AT OLIVE Seven hundred acres of land at Olive have recently been leased to the Standard Oil Company for oil drilling purposes, it became known, and as a consequence the oil excitement of that district is running high. It is reported field men have been busy the past four or five weeks—very quietly—and have succeeded in signing up twenty to thirty leases. The royalty head of this bus win, was sent for one year for And this person Baker so condemned that he was more request of the ANAHEIM GAZETTE offered, it is said, ranges from one-sixth to one-eighth. The conditions of the leases, according to word, are that drilling operations shall be started within ninety days. The first hole will be sunk. It is indicated, on the point of the hill near the Olive schoolhouse, about a mile southwest of the old test well which the Standard drilled four or five years ago. That hole, it is said, was abandoned at about 3500 feet, but no announcement of the result of the drilling was ever made. The Standard, it is said, has now taken leases upon all the land which it has reason to believe is oil bearing. BAKER EVADED THE LAW IN AIDING OBJECTORS Congress Gave Those With Religious Scruples the Right to Noncombatant Service. That Secretary of War Baker not only aided conscientious objectors during the war, but disobeyed the law in doing so, is the charge made by Representative Walter H. Newton, of Minnesota. He says: "I was asked as a member of Congress to use my best efforts to find out who was responsible for the consideration, sympathy and favor shown to so-called conscientious objectors. The one making the request had a son in the service. He voiced the sentiments of every parent who gave a son to the cause. "From the autumn of 1917 until the present day every one has known that the numerous conscientious objectors, pro-Germans, I. W. W. and Socialists, were exempted from all military service, that they were being shown special consideration in the camps and exempted from military law. Who was ENGLISH SPARROW HAS A VORACIOUS APPETITE Little Pest Doing Much Damage at San Bernardino. Declaring that milo maize crops are being literally "thrashed" and other crops are being greatly damaged by English sparrows, Ed Poppett is leading a campaign in the effort to interest citizens of the city to take the initiative and adopt a method of destroying the birds, says the San Bernardino Index. Poppett cites an instance where the birds have "thrashed" a crop. He and his brother, John, planted a crop of milo maize at the corner of Highland avenue and D streets. As fast as the maize appears on the stalks, the sparrows eat it, and Poppett says it will be impossible to get any kind of a crop. Other persons who have crops of milo maize along Highland avenue have reported the same conditions. The sparrows, they say, are so numerous that they will destroy any number of acres of the grain. Fruit growers also say that fruits and berries are being destroyed by the sparrows who eat anything and eat in large quantities. A rancher on Base Line, just east of A street, has adopted a comical but yet effective manner of combating the sparrows. He has taken old rags, stockings and sacks and put them over the stalks of his milo maize to keep the birds from eating the corn. Several years ago a nation-wide campaign was started against the little sparrows, and Poppett declares that this season, the pests are far more numerous and destructive. "People who expect to raise gardens," he said this morning, "will experience great trouble as the sparrows will eat the young sprouts as..." FROM the autumn of 1917 until the present day every one has known that the numerous conscientious objectors, pro-Germans, I. W. W. and Socialists, were exempted from all military service, that they were being shown special consideration in the camps and exempted from military law. Who was responsible? Was it Congress? The selective service law provided that any member of a well recognized religious sect, the creed of which forbade participation in war, and whose principles were consonant therewith, could appeal to his local board, and, upon submitting proper affidavits, be exempted from combatant but not non-combatant service. "The Secretary of War issued his orders setting aside this part of the selective draft act. He enlarged the exemption clause so as to permit the I. W. W. and Socialists to evade military service, either combatant or non-combatant. He issued orders to the various cantonment commanders to kindly and considerately and specially treat and deal with these so-called conscientious objectors, going so far as to engage sympathetic men to travel about the country and see that they were so treated. These orders were issued quietly and instructions were given to keep them secret. When he did in the first instance was to issue an order directing that 'personal serviles against war' should be considered as constituting 'conscientious objection.' This was a deliberate enlargement of the law which he had no right to make. At that same time he supplied information to and co-operated with the enemies of the selective draft law. Assistant Secretary Keppel testified to having consulted the Secretary of War about not continuing to supply information to or co-operate with the Civil Liberties Bureau. The head of this bureau, Mr. Roger Baldwin, was sentenced to imprisonment for one year for evading the draft. And this personal friend of Secretary Baker so conducted himself in prison that he was moved elsewhere at the request of the prison authorities." WHAT THEY DID TO CHINA China, one of the nations associated in the war against the central powers, made nine demands at the peace convoys. EAST-BROADWAY ANAHEIM CAL. 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. ONE FAMILY'S LOSS Details have just been received from Lille on what is considered without question the greatest "contribution" made to the war by any one single family. The head of this family was Monsieur Vanhee, a farmer living at Reminghe, near Ypres. At the outbreak of the war he was the father of thirty-six living children, fourteen girls and twenty-two boys. Of the latter, during the course of the war, twenty fought in the French ranks. Of these twenty, thirteen were killed and three were permanently discharged as the result of wounds unfitting them for further service. Still another was wounded four times during the war. In 1917, the widow of one of the sons, Alfred, was also killed during the bombardment of Dunkerque. She left five orphans. But even before this, Monsieur Vanhee had already given up his life to the Germans. In October of 1914 he had come to Lille with one of his daughters to celebrate the birthday of a relative. On his return home, the two were caught by a German patrol and both shot. SUGAR FORECAST ABOVE AVERAGE The sugar season of 1919-20 begins with a forecast of production of about 1,108,000 short tons, made by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture, or about 43,500 tons more than the average of the preceding six years, during which time the total of the two sparrows. He has taken old rags, stockings and sacks and put them over the stalks of his milo maize to keep the birds from eating the corn. Several years ago a nation-wide campaign was started against the little sparrows, and Poppett declares that this season, the pests are far more numerous and destructive. "People who expect to raise gardens," he said this morning, "will experience great trouble as the sparrows will eat the young sprouts as soon as they grow out of the ground. Some organized action should be taken, either by the city or by the state departments." Poppett declares he is only voicing the sentiment of hundreds of persons who have lost heavily because of the sparrows destroying their crops. Anaheim Cash Market A Good Place To Trade J. E. STROUP, Prop. Home 282 Pacific 300 109-111 N. Los Angeles St. INSECT HELPS CONTROL OTHER INSECTS A European parasitic fly that may become of far-reaching importance in the control of the gypsy moth and brown-tail moth and certain other serious pests of similar character is being multiplied from importations of this new insect enemy. A report of the work with the parasite—known as WHAT THEY DID TO CHINA China, one of the nations associated in the war against the central powers, made nine demands at the peace conference. Not one of these was given the slightest consideration, although if there had been any honest desire to carry out the spirit or the letter of the Fourteen Points, not one of them would have been refused. China asked the various European powers to surrender the concessions and territorial acquisitions taken from China at the point of the cannon, the cancellation of the various "leases" under which Chinese railways and natural resources have been mortgaged to aliens and requested the cancellation of the concessions wrung from China by Japan in exchange for loans made while the European war was on and the European powers had their backs turned, agreeing, of course, to pay off the loans. China even was unable to secure a hearing on her request to be permitted to fix her own tariff rates. Yet we are told that the powers which refused to give consideration to such requests as this, coming from an ally, honestly intended to abandon the old system of grab-all-you-can-and-keep-all-you-get, and that on this assurance we are perfectly safe in joining them in a world government that is going to abolish war and end the strivings for national advantage. SUGAR FORECAST ABOVE AVERAGE The sugar season of 1919-20 begins with a forecast of production of about 1,108,000 short tons, made by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture, or about 43,500 tons more than the average of the preceding six years, during which time the total of the two crops of beet and cane sugar has slightly exceeded 1,000,000 tons every year except in 1914-15. The beet-sugar forecast for this year is higher than the record crop of 1915-16 by nearly 75,000 tons and is above the average of the preceding six years by about 169,000 tons, but the cane-sugar crop of this year is forecast at only 159,069 tons, compared with which is the average of about 254,500 tons of the preceding six years. During many years the cane-sugar crop of only 1915-16 has been lower and of only 1912-13 has been nearly as small. The low prospects of this year's crop, at the date of July 1, are due to a wet, cool spring and to a somewhat low acreage. In recent years cane sugar has usually been about one-quarter of the total of cane and beet sugar produced in contiguous United States, but this year the prospect is that it will be only about one-seventh. The area planted to sugar beets this year is the largest one on record and, it is estimated, reaches 890,400 acres, or 200,700 acres more than last year and 83,800 acres more than the largest previous area in 1917. The condition of the crop July 1 was low, on account of adverse weather conditions. INSECT HELPS CONTROL OTHER INSECTS A European parasitic fly that may become of far-reaching importance in the control of the gypsy moth and brown-tail moth in the New England States, where they were so abundant and destructive that they ate the leaves off enormous areas of forest and shade trees every year. It has been found that Compsilura also aids in the control of other insect pests. The white-marked tussock moth, a serious pest in the New England States a few years ago, has practically disappeared since Compsilura has become established. The cabbage worm, still a serious pest, has been lessened in some sections. Celery worms are not as common as formerly, and the fall webworm is scarcely noticed in the Northeastern States now. The entomologists do not claim that this parasite is the sole cause of this reduction, but it has proved an important natural enemy to all of them. It is thought that Compsilura may become one of the most important economic parasites in this country. The results of the study of this parasite have been issued in Bulletin 766 of the Throw Away Your old washing machine, tubs, buckets and rub-boards. —Call our wagon and have us do your laundry work. Save your wife the drudgery of the washtub. Patronize a home concern. 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Mexico must be pacified and civilized within the near future. That is one of the implications following our entrance as a world Power into the Peace Treaty at Versailles. To subdue the bands of brigands who have terrorized that unhappy land and destroyed the property of Americans and their Allies, aviation is necessary if such pacification is to be accomplished with the minimum in casualties. The broken terrain back of Tampico where Zapatists have ruled and ruined, can be read at will by observers in scout airplanes and a squadron of modern air bombers can terrify and round up the little bands of terrorists without serious loss of life to the inevitable force of pacification. With this course plainly before us, the action of Congress in destroying the air service of the American Army was both short sighted and wasteful. It costs more to build again from the ground an efficient aerial fighting force than to maintain a service that is in a sense a going concern. We must have planes, observation balloons, pilots, bombers and observers if we are to maintain a well-rounded fighting force. This is true without reference to Mexico.