anaheim-gazette 1921-05-19

GOOD OFFICES, BUT NO INTERFERENCE Again President Harding has avoided the net set for him by scheming Europe. This time the invitation came from Germany. It was a request that the president project himself into the reparations controversy and actually "fix the sum to be paid by Germany to the allied powers." The message at least had the quality of frankness, so lacking in many of the other communications that have come to us from across the water. There was no mincing of words, but the president was asked point blank to announce himself as the dictator of reparations, discard the indemnity program that the allies have determined upon, and write another schedule of payments. The corollary of such a proposal, if it had been accepted by President Harding, is simple enough. The moment payments under it lagged, the allies would let it be known in no uncertain terms that the reparations program had been proclaimed by America, and they looked to America to see that its terms were compiled with. There would be little enthusiasm among the allies for enforcing penalties in the framing of which they had no hand, and the United States, having accepted the German promise to pay, would be held to be morally bound to see that the promise was made good. But President Harding unceremoniously rejected the suggestion that he assume the role of umpire. And in doing so he carefully refrained from going to the other extreme or writing an endorsement of the reparations schedule as now fixed by the allies. He kept as clear from entanglements with that side of the question as with the other. He intimated that if Germany cared to resume negotiations he would "consider bringing the matter to the atten- available form of tax, and that must be ascertained by cool and rational discussion and by trial. But that such a tax would be far fairer, less burdensome and infinitely simpler than the excess profits tax, which has done more than any one thing to load unconscionable prices on the people, there can be no doubt in the minds of any informed person. MODERN METHUSELAH One may readily believe that the ancient tortoises of the pools of Plantation House on St. Helena are surviving witnesses of Napoleon's exile on that island, an exile that ended with the death of the great Coriscan just 100 years ago. These slow-moving reptiles are well known to reach great ages, perhaps because they never get excited, and there are trustworthy records of others in captivity for more than a century. But that any human being still lives who ever laid eyes upon Napoleon is almost beyond the bounds of possibility. It would be possible, though there is no record of such a fact, that some infant on St. Helena born before Napoleon died might still be living. But that is all. About seventeen years ago there died in Oakland an aged physician, Dr. Frotow, who remembered as a child of 5 in a German village seeing the emperor of the French pass through his way to Moscow and disaster. There can be no such cases now. For all the constantly recurring talos of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, unless it was Mathuselah, ever stretched out a life for more than three or four years beyond a hundred. Such stories used to be believed even by physicians. In older medical works may be found long catalogs of individ- FARMERS CAN COOPER FOR MARKET Republican Majority Them Thin By a vote of 294 to majority in the house bill permitting farmers associations for mankind. "This bill," said Pike stead, chairman of committee, in explanationize co-operative as farmers for the purposes their products. The many of those associated all over this country they have threatened with states have modified to legalize those organs last national convene great parties. Republican crats, passed resolution isolation of this kind understand, a general among the farmers situations have practically form of a bill. "The objection mostizations at present lie in the Sherman anti-thesis upon the theory that a separate business combines with his own purpose of securing in the disposal of charges charged with a conation contrary to trust act. Business by putting their motions, but it is impossible to combine their facts corporate form. The bill is to modify the business organization so that farmers make of the form of organization used by business co- But President Harding unceremoniously rejected the suggestion that he assume the role of umpire. And in doing so he carefully refrained from going to the other extreme or writing an endorsement of the reparations schedule as now fixed by the allies. He kept as clear from entanglements with that side of the question as with the other. He intimated that if Germany cared to resume negotiations he would "consider bringing the matter to the attention of the allied governments." Aside from the specific issues involved in this particular note, the communication is notable from its sustained adherence to the Harding policy of non-interference with the affairs of Europe. The United States stands ready to further the cause of peace in every proper way, and is willing to act as the intermediary in the exchange of views between Germany and the allies, but further than that America can not go. Such a policy is precisely in accord with American traditions under Republican administrations. It was exactly the course pursued by Theodore Roosevelt in extending his good offices to Japan and Russia in their war of 1904. He avoided any expression as to the merits of either side in that struggle, merely facilitating the mutual discussions that eventually led to the treaty of Portsmouth. America was then, as it is now, a great moral force for peace and justice—a force that would only be weakened by foreign commitments. TAX PROPOSALS Nobody likes to be taxed. To every form of tax proposal somebody is going to object. But everybody able to pay must be taxed to help defray the cost of government—there is no getting round that. The country knows by now that the excess profits tax was fallacious, that it did not in fact reduce profits, but did in fact pyramid prices and promote profiteering practices. It is a mischievous legacy of the war with its hasty fiscal expedients to meet a national emergency, and with the rest of the fiscal lumber of the war is going to be repealed. Something more radical, equitable and scientific will have to take its place. The form of tax now growing in favor is the gross sales tax and Senator Smoot, the possessor of one of the best and clearest heads in congress on such questions, has framed a sales tax measure meant to replace the ex- through on his way to Moscow and disaster. There can be no such cases now. For all the constantly recurring talos of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, unless it was Mathuselah, ever stretched out a life for more than three or four years beyond a hundred. Such stories used to be believed even by physicians. In older medical works may be found long catalogs of individuals who died at ages anywhere from 110 to 115. But modern science, which is more critical in its demands for evidence and asks to be shown before it will be believed, no longer puts any stock in these yarns. The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr, a Shropshire farmer, who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to a total of 152 years. He alleged himself to be 130 years old at the time of his last marriage. How much longer he might have lived no one can tell, but he might have lived on forever if the king had not heard of him. He was invited to the palace at London,and being there seated at table with too many good things before him, he ate himself into a fatal illness. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his tombstone still records that he lived from 1483 to 1635. But careful investigation has shown, as it has in other cases of reputed old age, that Parr's supposed longevity was a fable. No such case has ever been proven. Invariably the persons about which these tales have grown up have been, like Parr, peasants, obscure persons, of whose lives there are no certain records. No instance is known to medical science where records have backed up a claim to more than 105 years. In this country, where we are constantly hearing of the death of some venerable relic of an antiquity anywhere between 100 and 200 years standing, the subjects are almost exclusively Indians and Mexicans. They did not know themselves how old they were, or if they ever had known they had forgotten it in their senility. Sometimes they have found that a reputation for great age returned dividends in charity, or tickled their vanity. In other cases their minds merely wandered. And as they were, of course, very old people, no one around, in the absence of records, could contradict them. There is an assumption current that Indians and other people living "close through on his way to Moscow and disaster. There can be no such cases now. For all the constantly recurring talos of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, unless it was Mathuselah, ever stretched out a life for more than three or four years beyond a hundred. Such stories used to be believed even by physicians. In older medical works may be found long catalogs of individuals who died at ages anywhere from 110 to 115. But modern science, which is more critical in its demands for evidence and asks to be shown before it will be believed, no longer puts any stock in these yarns. The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr, a Shropshire farmer, who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to a total of 152 years. He alleged himself to be 130 years old at the time of his last marriage. How much longer he might have lived no one can tell, but he might have lived on forever if the king had not heard of him. He was invited to the palace at London,and being there seated at table with too many good things before him, he ate himself into a fatal illness. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his tombstone still records that he lived from 1483 to 1635. But careful investigation has shown, as it has in other cases of reputed old age, that Parr's supposed longevity was a fable. No such case has ever been proven. Invariably the persons about which these tales have grown up have been, like Parr, peasants, obscure persons, of whose lives there are no certain records. No instance is known to medical science where records have backed up a claim to more than 105 years. In this country, where we are constantly hearing of the death of some venerable relic of an antiquity anywhere between 100 and 200 years standing, the subjects are almost exclusively Indians and Mexicans. They did not know themselves how old they were, or if they ever had known they had forgotten it in their senility. In other cases their minds merely wandered. And as they were, of course, very old people, no one around, in the absence of records, could contradict them. There is an assumption current that Indians and other people living "close through on his way to Moscow and disaster. There can be no such cases now. For all the constantly recurring talos of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, unless it was Mathuselah, ever stretched out a life for more than three or four years beyond a hundred. Such stories used to be believed even by physicians. In older medical works may be found long catalogs of individuals who died at ages anywhere from 110 to 115. But modern science, which is more critical in its demands for evidence and asks to be shown before it will be believed, no longer puts any stock in these yarns. The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr, a Shropshire farmer, who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to a total of 152 years. He alleged himself to be 130 years old at the time of his last marriage. How much longer he might have lived no one can tell, but he might have lived on forever if the king had not heard of him. He was invited to the palace at London,and being there seated at table with too many good things before him, he ate himself into a fatal illness. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his tombstone still records that he lived from 1483 to 1635. But careful investigation has shown, as it has in other cases of reputed old age, that Parr's supposed longevity was a fable. No such case has ever been proven. Invariably the persons about which these tales have grown up have been, like Parr, peasants, obscure persons, of whose lives there are no certain records. No instance is known to medical science where records have backed up a claim to more than 105 years. In this country, where we are constantly hearing of the death of some venerable relic of an antiquity anywhere between 100 and 200 years standing, the subjects are almost exclusively Indians and Mexicans. They did not know themselves how old they were, or if they ever had known they had forgotten it in their senility. In other cases their minds merely wandered. And as they were, of course, very old people, no one around, in the absence of records, could contradict them. There is an assumption current that Indians and other people living "close through on his way to Moscow and disaster. There can be no such cases now. For all the constantly recurring talos of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, unless it was Mathuselah, ever stretched out a life for more than three or four years beyond a hundred. Such stories used to be believed even by physicians. In older medical works may be found long catalogs of individuals who died at ages anywhere from 110 to 115. But modern science, which is more critical in its demands for evidence and asks to be shown before it will be believed, no longer puts any stock in these yarns. The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr, a Shropshire farmer, who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to a total of 152 years. He alleged himself to be 130 years old at the time of his last marriage. How much longer he might have lived no one can tell, but he might have lived on forever if the king had not heard of him. He was invited to the palace at London,and being there seated at table with too many good things before him, he ate himself into a fatal illness. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his tombstone still records that he lived from 1483 to 1635. But careful investigation has shown, as it has in other cases of reputed old age, that Parr's supposed longevity was a fable. No such case has ever been proven. Invariably the persons about which these tales have grown up have been, like Parr, peasants, obscure persons, of whose lives there are no certain records. No instance is known to medical science where records have backed up a claim to more than 105 years. In this country, where we are constantly hearing of the death of some venerable relic of an antiquity anywhere between 100 and 200 years standing, the subjects are almost exclusively Indians and Mexicans. They did not know themselves how old they were, or if they ever had known they had forgotten it in their senility. In other cases their minds merely wandered. And as they were, of course, very old people, no one around, in the absence of records, could contradict them. There is an assumption current that Indians and other people living "close through on his way to Moscow and disaster. There can be no such cases now. For all the constantly recurring talos of persons who have lived for decades beyond the century mark it can be put down as very doubtful that any one, unless it was Mathuselah, ever stretched out a life for more than three or four years beyond a hundred. Such stories used to be believed even by physicians. In older medical works may be found long catalogs of individuals who died at ages anywhere from 110 to 115. But modern science, which is more critical in its demands for evidence and asks to be shown before it will be believed, no longer puts any stock in these yarns. The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr, a Shropshire farmer, who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to a total of 152 years. He alleged himself to be 130 years old at the time of his last marriage. How much longer he might have lived no one can tell, but he might have lived on forever if the king had not heard of him. He was invited to the palace at London,and being there seated at table with too many good things before him, he ate himself into a fatal illness. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, where his tombstone still records that he lived from 1483 to 1635. But careful investigation has shown, as it has in other cases of reputed old age, that Parr's supposed longevity was a fable. No such case has ever been proven. Invariably the persons about which these tales have grown up have been，like Parr，peasants，oscure persons，of whose lives there are no certain records.No instance is known to medical science where records have backed up a claim to more than 105 years.In this country，where we are constantly hearing of the death of some venerable relic of an antiquity anywhere between 100 and 200 years standing，the subjects are almost exclusively Indians and Mexicans.The did not know themselves how old they were，or if they ever had known they had forgotten it in their senility.Since they might have found that a reputation for great age returned dividends in charity，或 tickled their vanity.In other cases their minds merely wandered.And as they were，of course，very old people，no one around，in the absence of records，could contradict them. There is an assumption current that Indians and other people living "close through on his way to Moscow and disaster.The most celebrated of these cases was that of Old Parr，a Shropshire farmer，who was reputed to have pieced out the three score years and ten to a total of 152 years.Here could also be added:that President Harding issued by former son，which put postscript civil service. The executive order by for postmasters tha three candidates tha in a civil service enrolment regulations requlte highest and tha regulations is o give general more leeway masters.The order affects s masters whose terms will apply to other intemes expire.A total postmasterhsips are totalof 50,kood.All are towns and cities. It was the contentthat if the Wilson o lowedto stand many pointtees would have "This leaves，in therer hoave thal ultietyfor efficient adminisssory constitutionalPresident Harding ment commenting on "This rightof select responsibility which chievous legacy of the war with its hasty fiscal expedients to meet a national emergency, and with the rest of the fiscal lumber of the war is going to be repealed. Something more radical, equitable and scientific will have to take its place. The form of tax now growing in favor is the gross sales tax and Senator Smoot, the possessor of one of the best and clearest heads in congress on such questions, has framed a sales tax measure meant to replace the excess profits tax (which might more accurately be called the excess prices tax) and the swarm of annoying petty taxes resorted to in the war. The sales tax is no new thing. It has been tried out, and where tried out it has been a success both for revenue, for ease of collection and for the comparatively small amount of complaint from the taxpayer. Early in the war the French government resorted to it and French testimony is that it was the best method of collecting war taxes. Canada has employed it with good results. For sixteen years it has been used in the Philippines, and the former attorney-general of the islands testifies to its success. There will, of course, be arguments and outcries against it, as there would be against any tax proposal. Taxation is as popular as the smallpox and every proposal to tax is a tempting text for demagogic declamation. But taxation we must face. There is no honester mind in congress on any question of taxation, no mind more bent on saving money for the public and a square deal for the taxpayers as such than Senator Smoot. His name attached to a tax bill is some prima facie warrant for its merit. The sales tax may not be the best Johnston-Wickett Clinic Clinic Building, Anaheim Dr. H. A. Johnston General Surgery DR. W. H. Wickett General Surgery Dr. J. A. Jackson X-ray and Radium Dr. W. M. Cole Internal Medicine Dr. H. D. Newkirk Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Dr. R. D. Alkman, Assistant Dr. H. van de Erve Pathology Dr. J. Robinson Diseases of Children Dr. A. H. Galvin Orthopedics J. S. Ward, Ph. G. Pharmacy It was the contention that if the Wilson or lowed to stand many pointees would have "This leaves, in the er who have the ultility for efficient administrative constitutional President Harding ment commenting on "This right of selection responsibility which and it not abridged and is in exact harm of the civil service p The order prohibits the examination if his sixty-fifth birthday is sided within the delimited office for two years. President Harding urged that permanence enacted to embody the executive order so would be brought up requirements by law executive will. "It is a step forward the requirement soft one which I hope will president stated." FARMERS CAN COMBINE FOR MARKET ADVANTAGE Republican Majority in House Gives Them That Right By a vote of 294 to 49 the Republican majority in the house has passed the bill permitting farmers to combine in associations for marketing purposes. "This bill," said Representative Volstead, chairman of the judiciary committee, in explanation, "aims to authorize co-operative associations among farmers for the purpose of marketing their products. There are a great many of those associations today scattered all over this country. There are a great many of them in Europe. In this country they have been constantly threatened with prosecution. Many states have modified their laws so as to legalize these organizations, and the last national conventions of the two great parties, Republicans and Democrats, passed resolutions indorsing legislation of this kind. There is, as I understand, a general demand for it among the farmers and their organizations have practically agreed upon this form of a bill. "The objection made to these organizations at present is that they violate the Sherman anti-trust act, and that is upon the theory that each farmer is a separate business entity. When he combines with his neighbor for the purpose of securing better treatment in the disposal of his crops, he is charged with a conspiracy or combination contrary to the Sherman anti-trust act. Business men can combine by putting their money into corporations, but it is impractical for farmers to combine their farms into similar corporate form. The object of this bill is to modify the laws under which business organizations are now formed, so that farmers may take advantage of the form of organization that is used by business concerns. It is objectionable." Home Town Helps BENEFIT OF LOCAL COUNCILS Deal With Matters Which Vitally Affect Welfare of Every Member of the Community. Are you a lonesome citizen or are you a neighborly citizen? Are you and yours getting a square deal in your district? Are the pavements, the street cars, the gutters clean and giving good service? Are the prices you pay for meat, potatoes, milk and bread, in your opinion, fair and right? Is the school furnishing your child a good education in return for your taxes? Is the landlord pronouncement on your rent? These, according to the councils, are a few of the important matters of everyday city living which should have a satisfactory answer if a man is to remain a satisfied citizen in his community. To get a satisfactory answer he must be a member of his local council. "In these times," says a circular explaining the organization, "the community council is a ray of hope. It is a nonpolitical, nonsectarian neighborhood organization of the people—the voice of the neighborhood." Parenthetically, it may be added that a large part of the voice is feminine, thousands of nousewives being enrolled in the various locals—Exchange. TO PREVENT LOSS BY FIRE Simple Rules, If Properly Observed, Will Lead to an Enormous CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN NEW RULING President Outlines Method of Appointing Postmasters Candidates for postmasterships in various cities and communities in Orange county are extremely interested in dispatches from Washington stating that President Harding had promulgated the executive order outlining the method by which postmasters of the first, second and third classes are to be selected. The order is aimed to replace, but not entirely overturn, the executive order issued by former President Wilson, which put postmasters under the civil service. The executive order makes it possible for postmasters to be chosen from three candidates who stand highest in a civil service examination. Eristing regulations require appointment of the highest and the effect of the new regulations is to give the postmaster general more leeway in naming postmasters. The order affects all incumbent postmasters whose terms have expired and will apply to other incumbents as their terms expire. A total of nearly 13,000 postmasterships are affected, out of a total of 50,000. All of those affected are towns and cities. It was the contention of Republicans that if the Wilson order had been allowed to stand many Democratic appointees would have had life jibs. "This leaves, in the appointing power who have the ultimate responsibility for efficient administration, the necessary constitutional right of choice," President Harding said in a statement commenting on the new order. "This right of selection is the kind of responsibility which cannot legally be purpose of securing better treatment in the disposal of his crops, he is charged with a conspiracy or combination contrary to the Sherman anti-trust act. Business men can combine by putting their money into corporations, but it is impractical for farmers to combine their farms into similar corporate form. The object of this bill is to modify the laws under which businesses are now formed, so that farmers may take advantage of the form of organization that is used by business concerns. It is objected in some quarters that this repeal the Sherman anti-trust act as to farmers. That is not true any more than it is true that a combination of two or three corporations violates the act." TO PREVENT LOSS BY FIRE Simple Rules, If Properly Observed, Will Lead to an Enormous Annual Saving. Use only safety matches and make it impossible for children to get them. Always place burned matches in metal receptacles; never throw them on the floor or into waste baskets. To smoke in garages, in bed or around stables containing hay is deliberately to invite disaster. One or more approved chemical fire extinguishers should be placed in every home. They must be protected against freezing. It is well to see that the garden hose may be attached to the kitchen faucet. Have the telephone number of the nearest fire station on a special card at your telephone. Familiarize the family with the operation of the nearest fire alarm box. After operating a fire alarm stay near it to direct the firemen to the fire. Every minute is important. Don't fall to notify the chief of the fire department of anything you may see in the neighborhood that is dangerous or liable to cause fire.—Exchange. Plea for Home Ownership. From Portland, Ore., a western view of what the own-your-own-home campaign means to the nation has been received by the United States department of labor. William A. McRae of the Bank of California writes: "Whether the home is a cottage or a palace it equally shelters and enshrines the sacred love and devoted affection of all that is best and worthiest in our common humanity. Why should every married man own his home? "First, to give his wife a chance to make a home, which is the natural desire of the normal woman, who in the cramped quarters of the boarding house or apartment lacks sufficient breathing space. Secondly, to supply his family with an environment where paternal love and devotion may have ample room and the privacy so essential to enable parents to train their children by setting before them in their plastic stage an example worth while." It was the contention of Republicans that if the Wilson order had been allowed to stand many Democratic appointees would have had life jibs. "This leaves, in the appointing power who have the ultimate responsibility for efficient administration, the necessary constitutional right of choice," President Harding said in a statement commenting on the new order. "This right of selection is the kind of responsibility which cannot legally be and it not abridged by act of congress, and is in exact harmony with the spirit of the civil service principle." The order prohibits anyone taking the examination if he has passed the sixty-fifth birthday or not actually resided within the delivery territory of his office for two years. President Harding in his statement urged that permanent legislation be enacted to embody the features of the executive order so that postmasters would be brought under civil service requirements by law instead of by executive will. "It is a step forward, measured by the requirement of progress, and is one which I hope will be made," the president stated. PIPE AND FITTINGS Slightly Used. At Saying Prices. Quality Guaranteed. S. H. GERSON Phone Boyle 1724 549 Mission Road, Los Angeles, Cal. FOR SALE—Moreland 1 1-2 ton truck, practically new. Platform body, pneumatic tires. This truck is guaranteed same as new one and is sacrificed. Must be sold. Carter Motor Co., Pomona. Phone 555. First, to give his wife a chance to make a home, which is the natural desire of the normal woman, who in the cramped quarters of the boarding house or apartment lacks sufficient breathing space. Secondly, to supply his family with an environment where paternal love and devotion may have ample room and the privacy so essential to enable parents to train their children by setting before them in their plastic stage an example worth while. Old, but Ever True. It is in part to help the spiritual growth and to teach the "young idea" of community spirit "how to shoot" that the chamber of commerce published in its monthly bulletin lines like these: If you like to live in the kind of a town Like the kind of a town you like, You needn't slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike. You'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing that's really new. It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town. It isn't the town, it's you. Real towns aren't made by men afraid Lest somebody else gets ahead. When everyone works and nobody shirks, You can raise a town from the dead. And if while you make your personal stake Your neighbors can make one, too. Your town will be what you want to see, It isn't the town, it's you. Many Small Homes Built. The building projects of 1919 figure up to $2,600,000,000 for the whole country, according to a New York authority. The most interesting feature of the matter is the fact that an unprecedented percentage of the building was in the building of small homes. Community's Big Four. The church, the school, the county agent, the local newspaper—these are the Big Four in community life. DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CAR Dodge Brothers expect every car sold to be the basis of a friendly association with owner. The car is built with that thought upper-most, and every possible human effort is put forth to win and hold public good will. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. Chas. H. Mann Exclusive Dealer for Anaheim 210 S. Los Angeles St. Phone 43 Chas. H. Mann Exclusive Dealer for Anaheim 210 S. Los Angeles St. Phone 43 Job Printing Why not leave that order for job Printing at the Gazette Job office? We can print any kind of job you and the quality of our work is always the very best. Job Printing at the Gazette Job Office? 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