anaheim-gazette 1923-02-01

VOLUME LII ANNUAL MEETING A HARMONIOUS SESSION STOCKHOLDERS OF ANAHEIM UNION WATER CO. TRANSACT BUSINESS SATURDAY Roll Call Shows a Quorum Present, Mostly by Proxy—Report of Superintendent Wallop Shows Heavy Damage to Company's Property by Floods Last Winter—Deficit in the Water Department of $820, but Oil Property Yields a Profit of $23,000. Notwithstanding the fact that the roll call developed a quorum present at the annual meeting of the Anaheim Union Water company Saturday, and regular business was transacted, the meeting was a peaceful and harmonious one, contrasting somewhat with some of the stormy sessions that have been held heretofore. Only about a hundred of the more than eight hundred stockholders were present, but the number of proxies held was unusually large. Those present represented the Bixby ranch was widened and deepened to an extent where it took all the water coming down the river and the old channel next to our piling has been perfectly dry. The main channel of the river below our head gate was also widened from about thirty feet to one hundred and twenty-five feet, giving the water a better getaway. The board of audit was composed of Arthur Staley, W. J. M. Heinz and S. C. Hartranft, and these gentlemen were unanimously elected to the same job for the coming year. In winding up their report they handed a bouquet to the office force, reporting that the books, papers and records of the company had been kept in a correct, neat, clear and intelligent manner. The total resources and liabilities of the company at the close of the year were $1,403,073.57. The capital stock is $800,000, and the surplus was $235,702.89. For board of directors eight names were presented, which included all the members of the old directorate, Charles L. Hansen being the outsider. The result of the ballot was as follows: Bert Annin, 5079; O. P. Rust, 4813; J. C. Tuffree, 4776; Charles L. Hansen, 4760; A. G. Miller, 4694; Charles J. Thamer, 4612; H. H. Hale, 4772; George J. Holmes, 4327. The first seven were declared elected, Holmes dropping out. At the close of the meeting the board of city enla TRUSTEES DECIDE IZE AND ADD BER Community Nurse engaged to Take City Paying a Fary—Hessel Ave. Old Brewery, W Demand for Its Withdrawn—C Placed on Top of Reorganization of health was determining meeting of the city night. Death and city has reduced the present board, tation between Dr. health officer, and deemed advisable add to the membership growth in population sions of the city l Notwithstanding the fact that the roll call developed a quorum present at the annual meeting of the Anaheim Union Water company Saturday, and regular business was transacted, the meeting was a peaceful and harmonious one, contrasting somewhat with some of the stormy sessions that have been held heretofore. Only about a hundred of the more than eight hundred stockholders were present, but the number of proxies held was unusually large. Those present represented 933 shares, but the proxies they held totalled 4672, bringing the voting strength considerably over the 4003 necessary for a quorum. One of the interesting incidents of the meeting came up when Arthur Staley, chairman of the committee on proxies, declared that the large block of stock of the late William Crowther could not be voted, on the ground that it had not been transferred on the books of the company to his heirs, the present owners. George J. Holmes held the proxies and demanded the right to vote the stock. H. C. Head, attorney for the company, read the California law governing corporations, which declared that no person could vote stock or give proxies unless he held stock in his own name. The children of Mr. Crowther were the rightful owners of the stock under the law, but the stock still stood on the books in William Crowther's name, and could not be voted by any other person unless by proxy, bearing his signature. Mr. Holmes thereupon withdrew his demand. Aside from the reading of the reports of the board of audit and Superintendent Wallop, and electing a new board of directors, little business of consequence was transacted. According to the auditors' report the total operating income from the water department during the year was $97,591, and the total operating expenses, $98,411, showing a loss of $820. Oil apparently was more profitable than water, as the royalties collected from the leases to oil companies amounted to $30,761, and the total oil expenses, $7014, leaving a net income from oil of $23,746. Depreciation of the company's property, however, caused principally by the high waters of last winter, played havoc with the profits. The total depreciation account amounted to $58,084, and $48,412 of this was in construction work, so seriously damaged by the flood waters. Superintendent Wallop's report showed the expenditure necessary to repair dam. For board of directors eight names were presented, which included all the members of the old directorate, Charles L. Hansen being the outsider. The result of the ballot was as follows: Bert Annin, 5079; O. P. Rust, 4813; J. C. Tuffree, 4776; Charles L. Hansen, 4760; A. G. Miller, 4694; Charles J. Thamer, 4612; H. H. Hale, 4772; George J. Holmes, 4327. The first seven were declared elected, Holmes dropping out. At the close of the meeting the directors met and organized by electing the following officers: President, H. H. Hale; vice-president, J. C. Tuffree; secretary, Leo J. Sheridan; treasurer, First National Bank; superintendent, William T. Wallop. The defeat of Mr. Holmes for director was an outgrowth of the recent attempt to incorporate Placentia as a municipality Holmes favored incorporation and his opponents rose and slew him. FOUR BURGLARIES REPORTED IN ONE DAY Thieves Active in Orange County the Past Week Two filling stations and two homes were entered and robbed over the week-end, according to reports made to the sheriff's office Monday. The home of E. M. McFadden at 312 East Seventeenth street, Santa Ana, was entered by burglars Saturday night and valuable jewelry and other small articles were stolen. Included in the articles lost were one lavallier with gold chain, four or five gold class pins a brown leather suitcase, gray tweed suit, towels, socks, shirts and a number of other articles. Little value as taken from the home of C. L. Long, of La Habra, by burglars who gained entrance to the house by cutting class from a window with a glass cutter. An investigation of this burglary as made by Deputy Sheriff Ed McClellan. Tires and accessories valued at more than $150 were stolen from the Visible Service station owned by Robert Day at 2311 North Main street, Santa Ana, between Saturday night and Monday morning according to a report made to-the Santa Ana police. Seven tires were included in the loot and ten red rubber inner tubes and a rear view mirror were also taken. It was feared that other articles were included, but a hasty check did not re-organize health was determined meeting of the city night. Death and life city has reduced to present board formation between Dr. Health officer, and deemed advisable additions to the membership growth in population sions of the city livery into the city work of the body. It was decided to station between Dr. Stark and City Man a successor to Miss city nurse, should Community Shop be month of the nurse paying the balance quarters in the next provided for the nu-that a competent man for $150 per month. When a resolution opening an alley is tract, Frank Gates amount allowed him $300 too small. A belonging to him was the total amount a pension as $146. Ing adopted it was Mr. Gates' only resuit for damages. Efforts to close Bingham Park to the old brew failed. The Consolidated Storage company, o-ery building, annicable agreement with other property street would remain cordia club had also to closing the street. After investigating that the gigantic e- Chamber of Commerce on top of the mission was granted... Depreciation of the company's property, however, caused principally by the high waters of last winter, played havoc with the profits. The total depreciation account amounted to $58,084, and $48,412 of this was in the construction work, so seriously damaged by the flood waters. Superintendent Wallop's report showed the expenditure necessary to repair damage and provide against further floods. Relative to this item he said: The flood which struck us about the 20th of December, 1921, took out about four hundred feet of the main ditch between the head gate and the bulkhead below the zanjero house on the Bixby ranch. A contract was let to the Edgar T. Wheeler company to drive a double row of piling from the head gate west and paralleling the old piling a distance of about 2200 feet. Wire mesh was placed inside of each row of piles and the space between the piles filled with brush. The cost of this work was $22,560.54. Near lower end of this double row of piling a new bulkhead was constructed at right angles to the ditch and just above the old bulkhead, which was wrecked during the flood. This buldhead consists of a double row of piling spaced eight feet apart and the upper row is faced with 3x12 redwood planks. The piles are capped with 12x12 timbers. This bulkhead cost $2465.94. The sides of the main ditch between the headgate and the above mentioned bulkhead a distance of 1800 feet, were raised two feet, thus doubling the capacity of the old ditch and eliminating much cleaning and waste of water. This cost $3280.82. The past season the new cut through Sheriff Ed McClellan. Tires and accessories valued at more than $150 were stolen from the Visible Service station owned by Robert Day at 2311 North Main street, Santa Ana, between Saturday night and Monday morning, according to a report made to the Santa Ana police. Seven tires were included in the loot and ten red rubber inner tubes and a rear view mirror were also taken. It was feared that other articles were included, but a hasty check did not reveal what these might be. At the Blue & Gold Service station at the intersection of Orangethorpe road and South Spadra road, near Fullerton, thieves forced a staple in the door and broke into the place by the main entrance. Twelve cord tires, six Brunswicks and six Goodrich cords, composed the loot secured. Tires in the Blue & Gold station, which has been robbed twice before in the last few months, were chained together with heavy chain. This was clipped by the thieves with what appeared to have been a bolt cutter. No other articles in the station were touched. Deputy Sheriff Herman J. Zabel, of the bureau of identification of the sheriff's office, made an investigation of the burglaries. The Vawter evangelistic meeting opened at the new tabernacle, corner Helena and Chestnut streets Sunday, and will continue for several weeks. Services are held every evening and the attendance is reported good, notwithstanding the disagreeable weather. Rev. Vawter is a noted evangelist, a persuasive talker, and he has a talented company of entertainers with him. It is expected that the big tabernacle will be crowded each night when the weather is more propitious. After investigation that the gigantic eagle on top of the mission was granted. Lymburner St. On Perk Fullerton Man Thin Disco Fifteen years ago a resident of Fullerton about perpetual man what is said to be not only has he may balance while purse the fascinating price also actually embroider steel, which seeming results he expected. Lymburner began to build a machine perpetually it would generate much more quired to run its would make that no isfled that the great power produced by to the amount required greater the success he set about to co motion device. Newspaper men have seen it work; the inventor, will probably found the scheme his purpose can be made is a new scientific er that theory is so He calls his mac gravity wheel." Through the perchine and with its tion, Lymburner sai NAHEIM GAZETE Anaheim, California, Thursday, February 1, 1923 BOARD OF HEALTH OF CITY TO BE ENLARGED TRUSTEES DECIDE TO RE-ORGANIZE AND ADD TO ITS MEMBERSHIP Community Nurse Will Also Be Engaged to Take Miss Kuehl's Place, City Paying a Portion of Her Salary—Hessel Avenue, Leading to the Old Brewery, Will Not Be Closed, Demand for Its Abandonment Being Withdrawn—C. of C. Sign to Be Placed on Top of Water Tower. Reorganization of the board of health was determined upon at the meeting of the city trustees Thursday night. Death and removal from the city has reduced the membership of the present board, and after a consultation between Dr. J. W. Truxaw, city health officer, and city officials it was deemed advisable to reorganize and add to the membership. The rapid growth in population and the extensions of the city limits bringing new reality, succeeded in creating more power than the machine requires to operate. He does not claim that he has discovered the secret of perpetual motion. At the first glance the machine resembles a hay binder, its long shaft-like arms revolving slowly in the air. The entire device is probably twelve feet high, five feet mid, and fourteen feet long. Lymburner said that it has required three years of his time, and that E. W. Stevens, recently aided in some of the electrical work, to complete the perfectly operating model. Like other attempts to solve the mystery of perpetual motion, the secret of the Lymburner discovery is gravity. Through a series of metal balls dropping into cups on the end of the "swings" of the large wheel, the momentum thus gained operates up on a slow-speed generator, which in turn furnishes electric power for a small, high-speed motor. SANTA ANA SPEED COP DEFENDS TRAP SYSTEM Declares It is the Only Way to Handle Speed Maniacs The use of traps is the only correct system to control automobile speeders, in the opinion of Frank Stewart, member of the Santa Ana city motor-cycle squad. His declaration was occasioned by the introduction in the legislature by TAKE MEASURES TO STAMP OUT RABIES TAKE MEASURES SLAUGHTER OF DOGS ORDERED IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY Officers and Physicians Hold Conference at Court House Saturday to Discuss Menace—All Cities to Adopt Protective Ordinances in Conformity With a Countp Ordinance—Pet Dog at Buena Park Started the Trouble and Spread the Disease. With discussion of the present near-epidemic of rabies in Orange county and enforcement of the federal prohibition law under the Wright act scheduled, city and county officers from all parts of the county met Saturday afternoon at the court house with District Attorney Alex P. Nelson and Sheriff Sam Jernigan. Although confident that he has traced the threatened rabies epidemic in Orange county to logical sources, Reorganization of the board of health was determined upon at the meeting of the city trustees Thursday night. Death and removal from the city has reduced the membership of the present board, and after a consultation between Dr. J. W. Truxaw, city health officer, and city officials it was deemed advisable to reorganize and add to the membership. The rapid growth in population and the extensions of the city limits bringing new territory into the corporation, adds to the work of the board. It was decided also, after a consultation between Dr. Truxaw, Mayor Stark and City Manager Stewart, that a successor to Miss Margaret Kuehl, who recently resigned her position as city nurse, should be engaged. The Community Shop agrees to pay $50 per month of the nurse's salary, the city paying the balance. Commodious quarters in the new city hall will be provided for the nurse. It is believed that a competent nurse can be secured for $150 per month. The trustees decided to enter into a contract with the Crescent Oil company for a supply of road oil at a price of $1.30 per barrel. When a resolution was adopted opening an alley in Block B, Villa tract, Frank Gates stated that the amount allowed him for damages was $300 too small. A portion of four lots belonging to him was shaved off, and the total amount allowed him as compensation as $146. The resolution being adopted it was pointed out that Mr. Gates' only recourse was to file suit for damages. Efforts to close Hessel avenue, leading from Broadway along Concordia park to the old brewery premises have failed. The Consolidated Ice and Cold Storage company, owners of the brewery building, announced that an amicable agreement had been reached with other property owners and the street would remain open. The Concordia club had also filed an objection to closing the street. After investigation it was decided that the gigantic electric sign, which the Chamber of Commerce proposed to erect on top of the water tower, would not damage that structure, and permission was granted to build it. LYMBURNER STILL WORKS ON PERPETUAL MOTION Fullerton Man Thinks He is Close to Discovery SANTA ANA SPEED COP DEFENDS TRAP SYSTEM Declares It is the Only Way to Handle Speed Maniacs The use of traps is the only correct system to control automobile speeders, in the opinion of Frank Stewart, member of the Santa Ana city motorcycle squad. His declaration was occasioned by the introduction in the legislature by Assemblyman, Pomeroy of an amendment to the motor vehicle law forbidding the use of traps and requiring that motorcycle officers wear distinctive uniforms. A provision of the amendment also requires that officers remain in plain sight and not hide at cross-roads or other points. "A time watch and measured distance is the only correct way of determining when a motorist is speeding," declared Stewart. "Above forty miles an hour speedometers are not dependable. They vary from eight to fifteen miles. Officers never file a charge of speeding solely on the showing of a speedometer on the machine he rides. "Experience has taught that conviction cannot be secured on speedometer registration. Their accuracy is too hard to prove. I understand that Judge Cox will not try a case where a charge is based on speed indicated by the speedometer on the machine of an officer." Discussing operations of officers in patrolling and keeping in sight when on the road, Stewart said that under this method officers would not have control over one-fourth of the traffic. "Suppose I should be assigned to patrol dut yon the state highway between Santa Ana and San Juan Capis trano," Stewart said. "Would any driver attempt to pass me if I were following a procession of machines driving at the legal limit? Would drivers coming in the opposite direction speed when I was in full view. They would not! But, say, wouldn't they 'step on it' when they got out of my view! "Open patrol work would not put in the hearts of motorists who speed the same fear of arrest they have when they realize that an officer might jump out from behind a barn or hay stack or some obscure point with evidence that the driver had been speeding. "It is the unknown location of a trap that hauls many drivers from using a heavy foot on the throttle. It is the trap that gives the officer con- With discussion of the present near-epidemic of rabies in Orange county and enforcement of the federal prohibition law under the Wright act scheduled, city and county officers from all parts of the county met Saturday afternoon at the court house with District Attorney Alex P. Nelson and Sheriff Sam Jernigan. Although confident that he has traced the threatened rabies epidemic in Orange county to logical sources, Dr. W. Leland Mitchell, county health officer stated that he had no accurate means of ascertainting the extent to which the disease had spread from the original source. Tracing the growth of the epidemic among dogs in the county, from the disappearance of a family pet near Buena Park several months ago, Dr. Mitchell stated that a series of dog fights apparently with this animal followed his disappearance. Owners of dogs who have been in fights recently are urged to watch the animals closely and to notify authorities if unusual characteristics develop. Dr. Mitchell stated that the situation was apparently the worst in the northern part of the county especially near Buena Park, although Costa Mesa had reported a serious case where a child was bitten by a dog which was found to be afflicted with rabies. All members of the family of the child and others who aided in caring for it and the dog are taking the Pasteur treatment. Anyone who has suffered a bite or scratch by any dog or animal is advised to go to a physician at once and have proper precautionary measures taken. District Attorney Nelson prepared a county ordinance for adoption by the supervisors providing protective measures. This ordinance compels dog owners to have their dogs vaccinated, with a preventive serum that would render the animals immune for a period of one year. Each dog thus treated would wear a conspicuous tag, and peace officers would be charged with the duty of killing every animal not so tagged. This ordinance would not affect dogs owned by persons living within incorporated cities, since the board has no jurisdiction there. City officials, at a conference with Nelson and Sheriff San Jernigan, Saturday afternoon, however, promised their support in an effort to secure the similar municipal ordinance. LYMBURNER STILL WORKS ON PERPETUAL MOTION Fullerton Man Thinks He is Close to Discovery Fifteen years ago E. W. Lymburner, a resident of Fullerton, began to think about perpetual motion. Contrary to what is said to be the general custom, not only has he maintained his mental balance while pursuing his study of the fascinating problem, but he has also actually embodied his idea into steel, which seemingly produces the results he expected of it. Lymburner began with the idea that to build a machine which would run perpetually it would, at least, have to generate much more power than it required to run itself—friction alone would make that necessary. Then satisfied that the greater the amount of power produced by the machine was to the amount required to run it the greater the success of his machine, he set about to construct a perpetual motion device. Newspaper men and a few friends have seen it work. Time alone, says the inventor, will prove whether he has found the scheme by high a practical purpose can be made of what he says is a new scientific theory, and whether that theory is sound. He calls his machine an "automatic gravity wheel." Through the perfection of the machine and with its successful operation, Lymburner said that he has, in they 'step on it' when they got out of my view! "Open patrol work would not put in the hearts of motorists who speed the same fear of arrest they have when they realize that an officer might jump out from behind a barn or hay stack or some obscure point with evidence that the driver had been speeding. "It is the unknown location of a trap that hauls many drivers from using a heavy foot on the throttle. It is the trap that gives the officer control over vast stretches of highway that could not be covered by patrol duty, except at a burdensome expense to the taxpayers." Stewart declared that Long Beach authorities were forced to abandon the patrol duty system recently because officers were unable to obtain convictions in the courts. MEXICAN STABBED While Mondialeno Aquillar, 21, lay in the county hospital suffering from a severe knife wound below the left shoulder blade, authorities of southern California were searching for Jose Carvagrara, his alleged assailant. The stabbing was said to have taken place at La Habra Wednesday afternoon. An argument between the two young men resulted in combat, in which Aquillar was stabbed. Carvarrara fled, and although Under Sheriff E. E. French and Deputy Sheriff F. J. Yates searched the northern end of the county for him, he was not found. Aquillar, although in a dangerous condition from his wound, walked to his home, changed his clothing and walked back to the main street of La Habra before reporting to anyone. A physician there took him to the hospital, while authorities were notified. Sheriff Jernigan outlined his plans for general county co-operation in criminal detection, stressing methods for combatting rabies, and discussing briefly the enforcement of the Wright act. “There are all too few of us,” Jernigan told his brother officers. “Even if we all work together, there is plenty of work outlined. I am asking, and I expect to receive, hearty co-operation from every officer in the county.” Rabies, symptoms and results, were discussed at length by physicians and veterinarians present. "A sudden change in the disposition of the dog, is a primary symptom," Dr. MZETTE Number 13 MEASURES UMP OUT BIES DOGS ORDERED ONS OF THE COUNTY JEANS Hold Conferhouse Saturday to All Cities to Adopt Conferences in Conformition Ordinance—Pet Started the Troune Disease. of the present nearin Orange county of the federal prothe Wright act county officers the county met Satthe court house they Alex P. Nelson ernigan. that he has ed rabies epidemic to logical sources, domestic troubles in the household of R. W. Ernest, publisher and chief owner of the Plain Dealer, were given publicity in Judge Brown's court Tuesday in the first of a series of three cases on file here and in the superior court. Mrs. Ida Ernest, wife of the publisher, was on trial charged with assault and battery on the person of Henry H. Ernest, father of R. W. known to all the town as "Grandpa." Ward Ernest, the 21-year-old son of the publisher, was also under indict- W. Leland Mitchell, county health officer, told the men. "When a dog's voice is different, and he fails to eat, he may be suffering from rabies in early stages. Drooling at the mouth and a weakness or paralysis are other evidences of the disease. 'By no means kill the dog as soon as he is suspected!' the health officer emphasized. "More harm than good can be done this way. Keep him, chained or locked in a cage or pad-dock, for at least twenty-one days. If he dies before that time, send his head to the state laboratory at Los Angeles for inspection. Meanwhile, have members of the family undergo the Pasteur treatment." Both Dr. Mitchell and Dr. H. L. Wilkins, county veterinarian, advocated the immunization of all dogs. "When it is suspected that a dog has been bitten by another dog, supposed to be suffering from rabies, he should not be killed," Wilkins urged. "He should be confined for at least six months. The disease may not make itself evident before that time." Rabies may infect dogs, cats, goats, sheep, horses, cows or in fact any animal as large as a cat, according to Wilkins. In any event, the symptoms are are same, chiefly a pronounced change of disposition, and a tendency to bite. Dogs confined on the owner's premises should be tied by a chain, the officer agreed. A rope or leather leash of the present nearment in Orange county of the federal protective measure compels dog dogs vaccinated, serum that would immune for a perreach dog thus treatinsplucuous tag, and be charged with every animal not so should not affect dogs living within incordenting the board has no a conference with San Jernigan, Sathowever, promised effort to secure the municipal ordnance. He should be confined for at least six months. The disease may not make itself evident before that time." Rabies may infect dogs, cats, goats, sheep, horses, cows or in fact any animal as large as a cat, according to Wilkins. In any event, the symptoms are same, chiefly a pronounced change of disposition, and a tendency to bite. Dogs confined on the owner's premises should be tied by a chain, the officers agreed. A rope or leather leash may be severed, it was pointed out. The provisions of the state quarantine, which is in effect here, forbid dog owners from transporting an animal from one part of an incorporated city to another, or from one portion of the county to another, Nelson declared. Officers were instructed to exercise most stringent authority in coping with the situation. Shot-gun squads, to kill stray dogs, and those not confined, will be organized in every city, it was learned. QUIETS TITLE TO OIL PROPERTY Lessees Fail to Comply With Agreement, Court Enters Judgment Against Them Mrs. Joseph Helmsen has returned from a business visit to Holtville and Imperial, where she went last week to quiet title to a large tract of her property which she leased a year ago to a company for oil drilling purposes. The company failed to comply with its agreement, and refused to restore the property to her. She employed Attorney Callor to enter suit in the Imperial county superior court to quiet title. On hearing Judge Conklin entered judgment in her favor, thus quieting title to the property. The case went against the lessees by default. Just across the road from Mrs. Helmsen's land, an oil well has been sunk to a depth of more than 1000 feet, with excellent indications of gas and oil. She expects to lease the land to a large oil company, which will soon begin drilling operations. She was accompanied by Attorney Callor and his wife and the latter's parents, with W. J. Elliott at the wheel. The trip was made by way of Banning and the return trip by way of Devil's canyon and San Diego. The party remained over domestic troubles in the household of R. W. Ernest, publisher and chief owner of the Plain Dealer, were given publicity in Judge Brown's court Tuesday in the first of a series of three cases on file here and in the superior court. Mrs. Ida Ernest, wife of the publisher, was on trial charged with assault and battery on the person of Henry H. Ernest, father of R. W. known to all the town as "Grandpa." Ward Ernest, the 21-year-old son of the publisher, was also under indictment, charged with disturbing the peace of his father, and his trial was set for the same day. Mrs. Ida Ernest was placed in the dock first. Nearly a score of witnesses had been subpoenaed to testify in the case, but after four of the most important had given their testimony the deputy district attorney decided that it was useless to waste further time. Four minutes after the case had been given to the jurymen they returned a verdict of not guilty. After the verdict had been turned in on motion of the district attorney the case against Ward Ernest was dismissed. This case is presumed to be an off-shoot of the suit pending in the superior court wherein Ward Ernest is contesting for a one-fourth interest in the Plain Dealer plant. The young man charges that he began working for his father some years ago on the understanding that a fourth interest in the paper was to be transferred to him when he reached the age of 21. When his expectations were not realized by his reaching his majority, he filed suit against his father, and it was a discussion of this matter, it is said that caused the unpleasantness in the family circle on the 11th of January. Following this dispute R. W. Ernest went before Justice Brown and swore out a complaint against his son, charging him with disturbing his peace. Just what the young man did to disturb the peace of his father was not made known, as the case against him was dismissed. According to testimony in the case against Mrs. Ernest, who, it was charged in the complaint, had laid violent hands on Henry Ernest, it appeared from testimony that she had merely placed her hand on his shoulder and advised him to go to his room, perhaps using a little pressure to steer him in the right direction. Mrs. Ernest testified that "Grandpa" was taking an unwarranted part in the affair and called her a liar without having any justification for it. WANT AMERICA TO DO IT Clemenceau declares that the French aim is for peace. That is probably true, and the means for securing it is to shift the burden of war to American shoulders, and get the United States to enforce the Ver-sailles treaty, straighten out the near east tangle, and assume the obligations of the league of nations. Meanwhile presumably, France and other European nations would sit by and watch American lives lost and American wealth dissipated. A lot of people "take a chance" only to find that the chance "took" them. Mrs. Helmsen owns a large tract of land near Holtville, where there is considerable interest in oil. Drilling operations will probably be resumed on her land in the near future. Thirty-five miles from El Centro a well has been sunk to a depth of more than 4,000 feet. The cost has been $300,000. The drill is still being sent down and it is expected a very fise well will soon be brought in. Mrs. Ernest testified that "Grandpa" was taking an unwarranted part in the affair and called her a liar without having any justification for it. She had no intention of doing bodily injury to the aged man, who has passed his 33rd birthday. Her testimony at the trial was confirmed in every detail by her son, Ward, and also by her mother, Mrs. Leach, who lived with the family. In addition to the suit of the son against his father for a share of the Plain Dealer stock, there is another case pending in the family. Last Saturday Mr. Ernest filed a complaint against his son charging him with driving an auto belonging to him without his consent. Sheriff's officers came over and took the young man to Santa Ana, where he languished for several hours in the county jail. His mother appealed to the Golden State National bank for a thousand dollars in order to secure his release, and got it. She asserts that the auto which her son was driving is registered in her own name, and that R. W. Ernest has no legal authority over it. The young man is now at liberty on a thousand dollar bond. The following are the jurors: L. L. Hall, C. M. Voice, Jacob Witmer, J. T. Johnston, Adolph Stoll, Mary A. Hatfield, Clara M. Martin, Josie C. Stroup, Harry E. Scott, W. B. Allen, D. E. Nickle. Gloom is a carrion crow—shoot it.