oc-plain-dealer 1921-08-22

NEWS OF FULLERTON Ill Half Day From Diphtheria, Succumbs The little three and three-fourths year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernon Robinson, 3332 Pasadena-ave, Los Angeles, who was visiting over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Gibbs of West Amerigige-ave, Fullerton, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock after about a half day's illness from diptheria. Interment was at Loma Vista cemetery early this morning, J. E. Scale, funeral director, Burial rites were by Rev. W. F. Oglesby, former pastor of the Methodist Church. The home, of Mr. Gibbs is under quarantine. When it was learned that the child was afflicted with diphtheria it was removed at once to the hospital, and died a little later. ENTERTAINS AT TEA PARTY Mrs. Emma Robinson entertained a party of friends at her home Saturday afternoon with a tea party. The ladies engaged in embroidery work and refreshments were served. The house was beautifully decorated with pink esters. Guests included: Mrs. Emma Corcoran, Mrs. Elton Vandenberg, Mrs. Ray Dysinger, Mrs. Richard Burdorf, Mrs. Charles McProud and Mrs. C. E. Robinson. A Want Ad in the Plain Dealer will Bring Results. TAFT BEST KNOWN TRAVELER IN WORLD WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—When President Harding nominated William Howard Taft to the Supreme Bench and his nominations was confirmed by the Senate, the railroad and steamship lines lost one of their best patrons and the world one of its most distinguished travelers. Probably no man in public life in any nation was a greater traveler than Chief Justice Taft. While he was yet a young man, before he had "settled down" in the practice of law, Chief Justice Talft made three tours of Europe. In his capacity as Judge FULLERTON BRIEF'S Miss Minnie Maxwell, Fullerton librarian has returned from a 10-day vacation at Glen ranch. Miss Nelle Bate of the Fullerton high school office has returned from her vacation. Rev. John Houser left yesterday over the Santa Fe for Winona Lake, Ind., where he will attend the Christian church convention. S. S. Carr left this morning over the Santa Fe for Fayetteville, Ark. Miss Dorothy Porter has returned from a visit with friends at La Mesa near San Diego. She also visited San Diego and Caranado. Mr. and Mrs. Angus McAulay entertained Dr. and Mrs. Beebe at their home on No. Spadina road yesterday; it was the event of little James McAulay's fourth birthday. C. O. Calp has gone on his vacation. Herb Foss of the First National Bank of Fullerton has returned from his vacation spent at Laguna Beach, Part of the time was spent being sick and part in fishing. F. F. Calvert of the Santa Fe has returned from his vacation spent in Los Angeles, and at the beaches. Mrs. A. Stahr of Anahim will leave Wednesday over the Santa Fe for Chicago. The Village Gossip Members of Company F, the Santa Ana organization of National guardsmen, and the two-score or more whose terms expired are commenting on the big joke played on Battalion Commander W. P. Story, of Los Angeles, at Orange county park. The company was celebrating the third anniversary of the organization of the unit. Enlisted men, officers and guests had just finished the heavy part of a wonderful dinner prepared by "Chef" W. K. Duffy. Corporal Raymond Eastman advanced to the head of the table and with a few complimentary remarks presented to Major Story a fancy New York Letter by Lucy Joanne F NEW YORK, Aug. country motorists and go to a ball game on the number of licenses to be picked up space near the York's ball game noon recently when performing a group found 19 states report California, Washington. Over in New Jersey ternaining optimistic forecasting the way easy as reading a system is carried roasted that as New big city to get here a school building for construction." Andres of Hackensack, it fore long to have enssack proficient in made it known that women are studying perfecting themselves propieting. The "green room, old traditions of the restored. When they seeking to save spared donned the custom trial-meeting place for the actors are great source of chic other arts offer worth encouraging good many years, tress have had no to receive their call dressing rooms, no wait until they come Carroll is ending bringing back the new theater, to be What a joy it is tremendous motions which tells it is filled with the story or a WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—When President Harding nominated William Howard Taft to the Supreme Bench and his nominations was confirmed by the Senate, the railroad and steamship lines lost one of their best patrons and the world one of its most distinguished travelers. Probably no man in public life in any nation was a greater traveler than Chief Justice Taft. While he was yet a young man, before he had "settled down" in the practice of law, Chief Justice Taft made three tours of Europe. In his capacity as Judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals his jurisdiction covered the four states of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee and during his eight years' incumbency in that position, he traveled extensively over his territory. With his appointment by President McKinley as chairman of the Philippine Commission his career as a globe trotter began. That was in 1900. Since that time Chief Justice Taft has twice been completely around the world; two times to the Philippines; seven times to Panama Canal zone; several times to Cuba during the time he was provisional governor of that land; to every U.S. army post during his incumbency as Secretary of War under Roosevelt; a tour of the United States during each of his two campaigns for President; two tours across the continent during the time he was President; has crossed recrossed, and crisscrossed the United States in lecture tours since he left the presidency, speaking in every state with the exception of Florida, and in many of the states many times; during the World War he addressed the enlisted men in every army, cannonment in the United States with the exception of two; during the last year he has, in his capacity as member of Canadian Commission, traveled the length and breadth of Canada. In commencing upon the appointment of Ex-President Taft as Chief Justice, Attorney General Daugherty says, "Probably no appointment ever made by the President has received the universal commendation that the appointment of former President Taft has received." Chief Justice Taff's popularity is due, in no small measure, to the fact that in his travels and lectures in the United States he personally met thousands of people—just as the average American citizen in the small town, the university, the teachers' institute, the literary club—and by his hearty and friendly characteristics immediately attached them to his circle of admirers and well-wishers. At the same time, this kept him in intimate touch with the mass of people and their viewpoints and consequently he takes to the Bench not only the high personal regard which the American people hold for him but he therefore confers upon the Supreme Beach a very valuable asset, the asset of popular esteem and confidence which probably no other appointment ever brought to the Bench and which could not be brought to it by any jurist however eminent who had lived a collarered life. men, and the two-score or more whose terms expired are commenting on the big joke played on Battalion Commander W. P. Story, of Los Angeles, at Orange county park. The company was celebrating the third anniversary of the organization of the unit. Enlisted men, officers and guests had just finished the heavy part of a wonderful dinner prepared by "Chef" W. K. Duffy. Corporal Raymond Eastman advanced to the head of the table and with a few complimentary remarks presented to Major Story a fancy cream-coated layer cake as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the men of the company. Major Story received a butcher knife with which he was to slice the cake and then addressed the men of the outfit. He praised the boys for their loyalty and spirit of good fellowship and urged those who were about to be mustered out to rejoinist. The major then directed his attention to the cake, all coated in white and capped with three burning candles, signifying the three years in which the enlisted men had served. Major Story placed the point of the knife in the center of the cake and pressed it. Evidently thinking that he had struck a hard piece of sweetmeat, he moved the blade a fraction of an inch and pressed again. "Ye gods! It's a brick!" exclaimed the major. The men seated about the long table roared with laughter. Most of them had been "tipped off." The sugar coating over what appeared to be a cake was built around an inverted pan. It was so exquisitely decorated that even an expert baker would not have noticed the deceptive lining beside the cake was a paper box filled with salted peanuts., and Major Story, who is considered something of a wit, immediately seized upon a humorous situation. "The cake is a brick," he said, "just like each man in Company F, but we have some nuts for the nutty." NEED $40,000 FOR NEWBERT DISTRICT Forty thousand dollars will be needed to carry on operation of the NewBert Protection district this year, according to estimates made by directors. The directors have decided on an assessment rate for the district that will raise this amount of money. The decision was made following a horseback tour of the river levees within the district made by the entire board. The directors have brought a 100 foot right of way on the west side of the river from Santiago creek to Seventeenth street and have built a new levee from the Garden Grove road to Seventeenth. Negotiations now are in progress for additional right of way on the east side of the river from Santiago creek to Seventeenth street. What a joy it is tremendous motions which tells is filled with story or a story or a picture scale has been used and symbolic subject here is the sort of a response from e son of Wallinger be more real, more characters and play by George Rancern with the know in his W is given to us with most impressive animation and photographed in a long time. Oil—the hysteric rink—the great passage of elephants all the other things that made over three-quarter lars; and through story of love Gallery plays "the son whom J feared would take North is J. Ru Webb, the always Daw"; and Prisc Curtis,"the girl almost loses beads connected Wallington. It's great picture. Is it the inflictives that form dences and offi pictures, that has of incense into position. It uses sional boarding: little incense but satisfaction from it; and right t today—well, New say that the incense has incer per cent within Has the wearin Far East and its souls in this pain we had so many gle with these we like to have and luxurious or Oriental dealers about the reason Margaret Ang thing of an inst years, like Mrs. hardt. The hard season in giving performances o TO JOIN ANAHEIM IN LABOR PARADE Brea will be in evidence at the big Labor Day celebration in Anaheim, Monday, Sept. 5th, with a civic float and the Brea band. The Brea C. of C. has named a committee to construct the float with the Brea band as part of the exhibit. Two individual floats are also to be in line, one of them provided by Paul Otega and the other by E. H. Peterkin. TAXES BREA UP ESTATE. FRESNO, Aug. 22.—Circumstances not unconnected with increased taxation are combining to break the largest individual land holding in the United States. The lands are located in the San Joaquin Valley, principally in the three counties of Merced, Madera and Fresno, and are valued at the sum of $40,000,000. They include a score of town slips and several hundred large rancher. One single tract of five thousand acres has a frontage of 70 miles along the San Joaquin River. Altogether these vast holdings which include a kingdom equal to that of Belgium, came into the possession of one man, Henry Miller, who started life as a butcher boy and became a prince of ranchers in California. New irrigation and other development schemes have brought up the taxation on these Miller & Lux holdings to $3,000 an acre, leading to the decision on place the whole of the lands in the San Joaquin Valley, on the market. BEARD ENTERTAINS BAND The Anaheim city band will be entertained tonight at the ranch home home of E. A. Beard on East Santa Ana-st with a banquet. There will also be a regular band practice. Try a Plain Dealer Want Ad. The directors have decided on an assessment rate for the district that will raise this amount of money. The decision was made following a horseback tour of the river levees within the district made by the entire board. The directors have brought a 100 foot right of way on the west side of the river from Santiago creek to Seventeenth street and have built a new levee from the Garden Grove road to Seventeenth. Negotiations now are in progress for additional right of way on the east side of the river from Santiago creek to Seventeenth street. Negotiations are for a 200 foot strip, the deal being made with the six or seven owners of property abutting on the creek. The owners were expected to come into a local title office today to sign up papers. It is intended to build a new levee on the east side from the creek court to Seventeenth. Five hundred pilies have been purchased for protection work along the new levees. Wherever needed, repair work will be made on the levees south of Seventeenth street. BIG PUNCTURE VINE AT GARDEN GROVE County Horticultural Commissioner E. L. Morris and his deputies were interested today in an enormous puncture vine, or, to be more exact, a Tribulous terrestris, which was brot into the commissioner's office by Deputy Murray Morn. The vine was picked up near Garden Grove. The vine lays flat on the ground, and spreading in a circle is approximately eight feet in diameter. It bears numerous prostrate runners and these bear burs consisting of five spiny nutlets. At least one spine is always pointing upward. The vine is nicknamed "puncture vine" because of the trouble it has caused motorists. Many auto tires have been punctured by the horns of the vine. The vine was first discovered in California in 1903. The first specimen was found growing beside a railroad track near San Pedro. It is supposed to have originated in the Mediterranean region and to have found its way to this country in ship's ballast. According to Commissioner Morris the vine is scattered about Orange county, principally in the vicinity of Irvine. The specimen brot into his office is one of the largest ever seen by the dairy commissioners. The Orange County Plain Dealer NEW YORK. Aug. 22—Even cross country motorists take time to stop and go to a ball game. Making pools on the number of other state auto licenses to be picked out in the parking space near the Polo Grounds has become an active side-issue with New York’s ball game crowds. One afternoon recently when Babe Ruth was performing, a group of pool-makers found 19 states represented, including California, Washington and Arizona. Over in New Jersey there is an entertaining optimist who believes that forecasting the weather will be "as easy as reading a calendar" if its system is carried out. He has suggested that as New York is a good big city to get started in, the Board of Education here gave him the use of a school building for a "weather demonstration." Andrew Jackson De Voe, of Hackensack, it is, and he hopes before long to have everybody in Hackensack proficient in the art. He thus made it known that a class of 6 young women are studying at his home now perfecting themselves in weather-propeting. The "green room," center of so many old traditions of the theater, is to be restored. When the theatre builders seeking to save space, probably abandoned the custom of providing a central meeting place back of the scenes for the actors and their friends, a great source of chat of the stage and the other arts often truly brilliant and worth encouraging, was gone. For a good many years, the actor and actress had no place at the theater to receive their callers except in their dressing rooms, no place to have them wait until they could be visible. Earl Carroll is ending that situation and bringing back the green-room in his new theater, to be opened this fall. What a joy it is to find one of these tremendous motion picture productions which tells a human story and is filled with the things we love in a story or a play! The elaborate productions strengthened wonderfully the hold she already had on our deep respect. So now we are looking forward with particularly keen interest to seeing "The Open Fire," a new play by Hulbert Footner, which is now being tried out in a nearby community and will be brought to Manhattan before many weeks. A new "Merry Widow" will appear this season in the revival of that one-time best-seller among musical comedies. It is Mme. Lydia Lipkowska, a young Russian prima donna whose other work in this country has been with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company. This will be her first experience in light opera. It was at a charity performance in Vienna that she first sang the "Merry Widow" role and she cancelled a contract with the Chicago Opera Co. to stick to the lighter part. College girls are no longer taking it for granted that they are to become school teachers, librarians or other of those parts in life which once held the floor as the only ones for women whose minds were trained along intellectual lines. A recent investigation by one of the Vassar College alumnae proved that graduates of that institution were found in practically every one of the large department stores in New York City, usually in the advertising departments, but often at buyers of art goods or heads of the personnel bureau, and that they were numerous, too, among the personal secretaries to financiers, and in banking and boad houses, while hardly any profession or high class business was without them: "Do we like women college graduates?" repeated one merchant. "We like them so well that we have a special group of them being trained for our business all the time, ready to place them in whatever branch of work they are best fitted for. And they seem fitted for pretty nearly all of it. Three Vassar girls are in that little group right now, all ready to take good managerial positions. They are well balanced, same girls, every one of them." The Community Service, which was organized for war work, finds plenty to do in these peace times. Occasionally the peace work is unexpected kind. One warm night recently the 42nd-stot booth was visited Ralph Ince will be seen again tonight at the Fairland in "Wet Gold." Buster Keaton will be featured in his latest comedy riot, "The Goat." As fans are aware, he is usually made the "goat." Alice Lake will be seen at the Grand tonight in "Over the Wire." There will also be a comedy, and the international news pictures. NEW ROADS WILL OPEN UP FINE TRIP Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McCord have returned from a two week's vacation spent at Line Hills Lodge, 65 miles back of Santa Ana. They were accompanied by Mr. McCord's sister, Mrs W. A. Adamson, and husband, of Hollywood. Mr. McCord says when the new pavement from Oceanside is completed, a fine week-end trip will be available for Orange-co people as it will be possible to leave here Saturday afternoon; drive from Oceanside to one of the many delightful mountain camps beyond Elsinore to spend Saturday night; then proceed around the circle into San Diego next day, returning home in the evening. Considerable paving is being done in San Diego. Business is good in San Diego, says McCord. HEAD ALMOST CUT OFF IN ACCIDENT LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22—Almost decapitated when a motorcycle on which he was riding at a speed of 40 miles an hour hooked its rear wheel into the front bumper of an automobile, Robert L. Boyer, 124 North Bixel street, was instantly killed today at Eighth and Lake-sts. Witnesses who saw the unusual accident declared that Boyer was speeding 40 miles an hour north on Lake st., Miss Rena L. Stones, 813 West Fifty-seventh-st., was driving 18 miles east on Eighth-st when the motorcycle bore down on her car like an express train. She turned quickly north on Lake st. to avoid a collision, but Boyer was going too fast. The rear wheel of the motorcycle the other arts often truly brilliant and worth encouraging, was gone. For a good many years, the actor and actress have had no place at the theater to receive their callers except in their dressing rooms, no place to have them wait until they could be visible. Earl Carroll is ending that situation and bringing back the green-room in his new theater, to be opened this fall. What a joy it is to find one of these tremendous motion picture productions which tells a human story and is filled with the things we love in a story or a play! The elaborate scale has been used for spectacular and symbolic subjects many times, but here is the sort of thing that "nasplies a response from everyone of us"—The Son of Wallford." Nothing could be more real, more appealing in its characters and their story than this play by George Randolph Chester, concerned with the people we learned to know in his Wallford stories. It is given to us with the most dramatic impressive achievement of direction and photography that we've seen in a long time. The lake of burning oil—the hysteric mob bent on a lynching—the great pageant, with its parade of elephants, camels, floats and all the other things that belong to pageantry—these are some of the things that made the production cost over three-quarters of a million dollars; and through it all is the human story of love and of business. Tom Gallery plays "Jimmy Wallford," the son whom J. Rufus Wallford feared would take after him: Wilfred North is J. Rufus himself; George Webb, the always likeable "Blackie Daw"; and Priscilla Bonner, "Mary Curtis," the girl "Jimmie" loves and almost loses because of the business deals connected with the name of Wallford. It's a fine story and a great picture. Is it the influx of "studies" into lives that formerly knew only realities and offices, or is it "wamp pictures," that have pushed the matter of incense into such a best-seller position. It used to be that an occasional boarding-school girl owned her little incense burner and drew much satisfaction from the "atmosphere" of it; and right there it stopped. But today—well, New York wholesalers say that the American demand for incense has increased from 300 to 400 per cent within the last two years. Has the wearing discussion of the Far East and its problems invaded our souls in this particular way? Or have we had so many real things to struggle with these last few years that we like to have something languid and luxurious seeming about us? The Oriental dealers aren't worrying much about the reason for it. Margaret Anglin has become something of an institution these last few years, like Mrs. Fiske and Sarah Bernhardt. The hard work she did last season in giving New York her special performances of difficult and master-bearing trained for our business all the time, ready to place them in whatever branch of work they are best fitted for. And they seem fitted for pretty nearly all of it. Three Vassar girls are in that little group right now, all ready to take good managerial positions. They are well balanced, same girls, every one of them." The Community Service, which was organized for war work, finds plenty to do in these peace times. Occasionally the peace work is unexpected kind. One warm night recently the 42nd-st booth was visited by an Italian. In broken English he recited his story to the cultured woman in charge of the booth. He was lonely to the point of desperation. Three months before his wife had died, and he wondered whether it were worth while to go on living. She listened sympathetically and then being a linguist, answered him in good Italian. The face of the lonely man lighted up. Five minutes later, in eloquent Italian words, he was proposing marriage. The lady spoke his native tongue and he could give her a good home. He was considerably disappointed at her gentle refusal, but she comforted herself by believing that even though she could not say "Yes," she diverted his mind from his tragic situation, certainly from his bereavement. DENY LEGION RIGHT TO EXPOSE SCANDAL CAMP CURRY, YOSEMITE, Cal. Aug. 22—Expose of the alleged San Francisco post election forgery affair, which resulted in the withdrawal of the name of Charles Kendrick for president, was denied today to the delegates of that state to the American Legion here. The convention formally opened this morning. State Commander Buron R. Fits presiding. The Plain Dealer for Good Printing STROUP'S MARKET "The House of Service" 115 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim CLOSING OUT SALE THRESHERS TRACTORS IMPLEMENTS 25% to 50% Reduction 1 New Farquhar California Beam Thresher, present price is $2625, will sell at half price or $1328 f. o. b. Fullerton. 1 12-20 nearly new Yuba Tractor, only $1900. 1 used 12-18 Holt Tractor in good condition, only $500. 1 1920 Moline Universal Tractor in fine condition with carrying truck, only $250. We are closing out at a 25 to 50 per cent cut, beet and farm wagons, bean cutters, duo harrows, pulverizers, beet pullers, corn blinders, etc. We are obliged to reduce the above stock to make room for new and used Fords, Fordson Tractors, and Fordson Implements. WICKERSHEIM IMPLEMENT CO 115 West Commonwealth Fullerton, California GRAND ANAHEIM Monday, August 22 ALICE LAKE in "Over the Wire" Also Comedy and International News Adults 25c; Children 10c; plus war tax Tuesday, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 24 HELEN GIBSON in "THE WOLVERINE" Also Comedy and International News Adults 25c; Children 10c; plus war tax FAIRLAND ANAHEIM Monday, August 22 RALPH INCE in "WET GOLD" Buster Keaton in Latest Comedy Riot, "The GOAT" Adults 25c; Children 10c; plus war tax Tuesday, August 23 NEVA CERBER Supported by James Morrison in A YANKEE GOLDFEST! Also Burton Holmes, Topics of the Day and Comedy Adults 25c; Children 10c; plus war tax Low Heeled Shoes $2.98 A big assortment. Included are a lot of samples of good quality school shoes. The price is remarkably low considering the quality. Special $2.98 Kafateria Shoe Store 109 W. Center St. Anaheim JUST EIGHT MORE DAYS OF JUST EIGHT MORE DAYS OF Falkenstein's AUGUST SALES The Very Lowest Prices Now in Effect on All Remaining Lines of Summer Merchandise! 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 Off Original Selling Prices in Most Instances! 1 1 1 Off Original Selling Prices in Most Instances! All Summer Merchandise Must Be Closed Out Falkenstein's ANAHEIM, CAL. The Plain Dealer Want Ads Bring Big Results.