oc-plain-dealer 1922-01-16

LENIENCY CAUSES AUTO ACCIDENTS? Are auto accidents in this country directly traceable to the leniency of the laws governing motor vehicles? This vital question in motordom has arisen as the result of reports submitted to the Automobile Club of Southern California by various justice who are engaged in trying to sentence autoists to terms in jail and discovering in the process that they are handicapped by the laws. The leniency of the law in allowing a motorist caught speeding to have five days of grace before appearing in court, instead of being taken at once to the police station as would be done with a man caught stealing chickens or planting a bomb under the orphanage, is one of the worst features of the present law, according to reports received by the Auto club. "Speed, strange as it may seem to the reader, is not the "worst boy" in the school of auto accidents. In fact there are many other causes contributing vitally to the delinquency of the accident records. It's the little things that count particularly, according to the judges handling out jail sentences at the present time. Minor evasions of the law cause some of the worst accidents, it is pointed out, and yet the law itself does not provide for jail sentences to be administered in the cases of these more minor offences. Amend the laws, cry the judges, and help to stop accidents. However, 1922 is going to be a "mean" year for the motoring specter, and for the minor offender, for throughout Southern California the courts of justice have uniformly agreed, according to word sent the Automobile Club, to hand out sentences which will have the sting of a lash in them. WIFE ON TRIAL RETURNS TO MOTHER LONDON, Jan. 16.—The story of a man who sent his wife back to her mother, having married her "on approbation," was told at Tottenham AUSTRALIA PLANS MODEL CAPITAL MELBOURNE, Jan. 16.—Patterning its government after that of the United States in more than one way, the commonwealth of Australia upon its formation in 1900, provided that the capital of the federal government should not be located in any state, but in an area similar to the District of Columbia. This area, known as Camberra, however, has failed to assume the proportions of an actual city due to the economies made necessary by the war. Buildings are now beginning to spring up. There can be no private ownership of land in Camberra, the final title residing always in the commonwealth. But provisions are made for the leasing of lots at an annual rental, exclusive of taxes, of not less than 5 per cent of the unimproved value as assessed by the ministry. The land is to be reappraised after the lease has been running for 20 years, and each 10 years thereafter. Building operations must begin one year after the granting of the lease and completed 12 months thereafter. All mineral rights are reserved to the crown. It is expected after the city is completed it will be the model municipality of the world. Y. W. C. A. SECRETARY DEFINES 'FLAPPER' OAKLAND, Jan. 16.—It has remained for Miss Mary Ide Bentley, former Y. W. C. A. secretary, to attempt the definition of the term "flapper." A "flapper," according to Miss Bentley, is a girl "who believes personality is physical; a girl who considers all advice as abstract, who is in love with a continual change and who converses in generalities." There are two kinds of flappers, she said, passive and intense. LEGION FIGHTS U.S. ENTRY OF COSSACK WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The American Legion came forward today with a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against the admission to a protest against WIFE ON TRIAL RETURNS TO MOTHER LONDON, Jan. 16.—The story of a man who sent his wife back to her mother, having married her "on approbation," was told at Tottenham recently. A woman asked the magistrate what he could do for her daughter. The daughter, she said, was married six weeks ago and seemed quite happy with her husband. However, the man brought her back to her mother and said she could have her again. "She is not satisfactory," he said, "So I am returning her to the person from whom I obtained her." "But you can't do that," said the mother. "Oh, yes I can," the husband answered. "We were married at a register office, and I understood I was taking her on approbation for six weeks." Magistrate—"Did you believe him?" The woman—"Well, it struck me as being a bit unusual." The magistrate promised that further inquiries should be made. UNFAILING CURE Kind Lady (to street beggar)—But yesterday you were blind. Street Beggar—Yes, but I was married today and it opened my eyes—Le Rire. LEGION FIGHTS U. S. ENTRY OF GOSSACK WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The American Legion came forward today with a protest against the admission to the United States of Gregoire Semenoff, the self-styled Ataman of the Russian Cossacks, for whom the state department recently vised a passport. Semenoff is charged with having committed many "atrocities" in the Far East as a military leader and exposure of his activities was recently made by the Far East republic delegation to the Washington conference. The Far Eastern representatives charged Semenoff with being the "tool" in furtherance of Japanese aggressions in Siberia. OPPOSE SYNTHETIC JUICES SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 16.—Believing that the national campaign being waged against synthetic fruit drinks is in the interest of the fruit growers and that it tends to good business and better health officials of the twelfth national orange show to be held in this city Feb. 17 to 27, have barred all drinks of that character. KEEP SMILING There ain't no use of grumbling. It will not help a bit; This kind of weather that you've got. Is the kind you're gwine to git." Our Greatest Shoe Sale Women's High Shoes $2.00 Women's Boots in brown, black, grey or fawn kid, Louis heels. Special.$2.00 $2.00 Women's Boots in brown, black, grey or fawn kid, Louis heels. Special... $2.00 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES $1.98 Boys' and Youths' gun metal blucher, just the shoes for school wear. Special ... $1.98 MEN'S FINE DRESS SHOES $4.98 Men's extra quality mahogany, tan or black calf, in English or blucher styles. All sizes. Special $4.98 Women's Low Shoes $4.98 Patent Straps with Cuban heels, black or brown kid sport oxford in endless variety ... $4.98 Kafateria Shoe Store 109 W. Center St. Anaheim, Calif. FANCY PLUMBING INTERESTS IN WASHINGTON, Jamaica namental breeds and chickens often have a peal. A breeder who is attracted to such fowlsual plumage may develop which has decided activity, which thus desires for something else at the same time profiled. Bulletin 1221, issued by United States Department on Standard Varieties, is the fourth in a Bureau of Animal Industry. The present bulletin principal reasons for prenurses, and goes into pains regarding the fowls in Polish, Hamburg, Gam which are the Sumatran and two miscellaneous Sultan and the Frizzliz. The poultry industry States is concerned mproduction of food, but this there are fowls of plumage or form k pleasure, because of its unusual appearance. Interest which accounts number of the breeds and for the variation and color patterns. The be had, free, upon app Division of Publication. CROWN ADDS FIVE With the addition busses, the Crown S will maintain fifteen to Los Angeles on and 21, according to an made today at the loc the present time bus thirty minutes. Get our prices before FERTILI J. E. Schumaec Phone 794 We CHILL FAILS TO KEEP HARVARD TRACK MEN INDOORS Massachusetts resembles Anaheim not at all in January but the Harvard athletes are hardened to the cold and they move fast enough to keep warm. Here are some Coach Bill Bingham's candidates for the track team at work on the new board track Just outside the locker building at Cambridge, Mass. SAYS IMPROVEMENT THRU MIDDLE WEST PASADENA, Jan. 16.—"General business conditions in the Middle West States are better now than they have been in 18 months," said Charles Hewitt, president of Charles Hewitt & Sons Co. of Des Moines, one of the big wholesale grocery and manufacturing concerns of the Mississippi Valley, at the Hotel Maryland today. "There has been a gradual im- HOW'S THIS ONE MONEY'S PLACE IN WORLD'S SALVATION "Money and the Salvation of the World" was the subject of Dr. Geissinger's sermon at the White Temple yesterday morning. His text was Luke 16:9. A large and inspiring audience had assembled. In opening his sermon he said that if he were to ask the audience what Jesus Christ would speak upon if he were to be present he SAYS IMPROVEMENT THRU MIDDLE WEST PASADENA, Jan. 16.—"General business conditions in the Middle West States are better now than they have been in 18 months," said Charles Hewitt, president of Charles Hewitt & Sons Co. of Des Moines, one of the big wholesale grocery and manufacturing concerns of the Mississippi Valley, at the Hotel Maryland today. "There has been a gradual improvement in the last six months, although it has not been so apparent until the last month or so," said Mr. Hewitt. "In our own business we began six months ago to get out of the 'red ink zone' on our ledgers, following the readjustment reaction. Since that time business has gradually bettered. It has been none too brisk, to be sure, but has been getting better instead of worse and the prospects for the coming year are therefore brighter. The year 1922 is going to be a much busier and more prosperous year than 1921. Of that there is no doubt." "In the last few months grain prices have improved quite a bit over the prices that prevailed at harvest time and which caused the farmers to be blue. There is a more optimistic feeling among farmers and business men alike than there was a few months ago." WIRE TRAFFIC COP KEEPS STREET CLEAR NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—When a busy highway is being reconstructed, and no practical detour can be arranged, what is to be done with traffic. This question recently confronted the division of highways of the Massachusetts department of public works, which was rebuilding the road between Palmer and Worcester. The contractors worked on only one side of the road at a time, but there was not tough room left or vehicles going in opposite directions to pass; and it was therefore necessary to regulate traffic in such a way as to send the automobiles and wagons thru in single file in only one direction at a time. The distance, however, was too great to permit the use of ordinary traffic signals, and the authorities hit upon the plan of regulation by telephone over a wire leased for the purpose. The traffic officers at either end of the stretch under construction kept in constant telephone communication with each other, and the arrangement worked so well that motor cars and other vehicles were subjected to an average wait of only 12 minutes each, about 28 cars passing thru together in each "installment." FANCY PLUMAGE INTERESTS FANCIERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The ornamental breeds and varieties of chickens often have an unusual appeal. A breeder who manned this farm Don Herschel Cross, St. Paul, is one year 11 months old and skates like a veteran. Early in December, his mother purchased skates for him and in three days he was skating alone on a flooded lot back of the Cross home. Don will be a champion some day. BIG LOST LAKE IN NORTHERN NEVADA LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16.—During comparatively recent geologic time a great lake flooded a number of valleys in northwestern Nevada. This lake has now almost completely disappeared, but geologists have named it, in its entirety, Lake Lahontan, in honor of Baton La Hontan, one of the early explorers of the headwaters of the Mississippi. At the time of its greatest expansion, according to the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, this ancient lake covered 3,400 square miles. The deepest part of Lake Lahontan, which was 850 feet deep, was the site of the present Pyramid Lake, one of its remnants, so that its surface stood about 500 feet above the surface of Pyramid Lake. The ancient lake had no outlet except the one that led straight up, its waters being dissipated entirely by evaporation. A large area a few miles north of Winnemucca, Nev., is covered with sand dunes that were formed since Lake Lahontan disappeared. MONEY'S PLACE IN WORLD'S SALVATION "Money and the Salvation of the World" was the subject of Dr. Geissinger's sermon at the White Temple yesterday morning. His text was Luke 16:9. A large and inspiring audience had assembled. In opening his sermon he said that if he were to ask the audience what Jesus Christ would speak upon if he were to be present he thought he would have a variety of answers but that in his opinion he would rather expect Jesus to speak upon money. And this for two reasons: First, we are pilling up money, for cursing or blessing, in fabulous sums. Multiplying the membership of the Methodist church by the per capita annual increase of wealth in the United States we find that Methodism is adding $750,000,000 per year to her holdings alone. We talk now of billion dollar banks and in Chicago a half billion merger has been effected and Mr. Reynolds, who brought this about, claims to be one of the twelve men who control the money power of America. Then, secondly, Jesus had a great deal to say about money when he was here in the flesh. Of his 38 parables, 16 deal with the question of money. If we take the four Gospels, one of which, the Gospel of John, has little to say about money. We find that every sixth verse deals with this subject. Jesus had a very sane view of money and both because we need to get his view and because many of us do not think of money in the Christian way, I wish to speak upon it. Jesus spoke both of the peril and the power of money. He knew that money may materialize life, as he made clear in his parable of the rich fool. He knew that money may brutalize men, so he gives us the immortal picture of Dives and Lazarus, a picture of wealth indifferent to human need. He saw that the love of money would demoralize men and make them thieves, and grafters, so we have the story of the dishonest steward. He saw that money often holds men back from brotheriness and he gives us the incident of the young ruler. Now we often dwell upon these Scriptures as if they gave us the total teaching of Jesus but that is not true. In the Scripture of the morning he insists that money is to be used in the eternal interests of life, to promote the highest welfare of mankind. We have learned to acquire wealth and we are learning how to save but we have not learned much about giving. John Wesley was a great evangelist and perhaps much of his mighty power was due to his keen insight in the providential value of money. His teaching may be summed up in three words: Earn all you can honestly; FANCY PLUMAGE INTERESTS FANCIERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—The ornamental breeds and varieties of chickens often have an unusual appeal. A breeder who may be first attracted to such fowls by their unusual plumage may develop a flock later which has decided utility value, an activity which thus responds to the desire for something exceptional, and at the same time profitable. Farmers Bulletin 1221, issued monthly by the United States Department of Agriculture, on Standard Varieties of Chickens, is the fourth in a series from the Bureau of Animal Industry. The present bulletin treats of the principal reasons for keeping chickens, and goes into particular detail regarding the fowls in these classes: Polish, Hamburg, Game, Oriental (in which are the Sumatra and Malay), and two miscellaneous breeds, the Sultan and the Frizzies. The poultry industry of the United States is concerned mainly with the production of food, but in addition to this there are fowls of much beauty of plumage or form kept merely for pleasure, because of their rarity or unusual appearance. It is this latter interest which accounts for a large number of the breeds and varieties and for the variation in type, color, and color patterns. The bulletin may be had, free, upon application to the Division of Publications. CROWN ADDS FIVE BUSSES With the addition of five new busses, the Crown Stage company will maintain fifteen-minute service to Los Angeles on and after January 21, according to an announcement made today at the local office. At the present time busses leave every thirty minutes. Get our prices before you buy FERTILIZER J. E. Schumacher Co. Phone 794 West Anselm The Plain Dealer is the only local daily with an actual bona fide paid circulation at the present in excess of 2600 Subscribers which is a larger paid circulation than any other daily published in Northern Orange county and the only daily which submits proofs of its circulation to the advertisers. WE NEVER USE INFLATED CIRCULATION STATEMENTS TO SELL ADVERTISING. RESULTS COUNT TONIGHT — LAST TIME C'MON, FANS—LET'S GO! Charles Ray In “Two Minutes To Go” A Romance of Gridiron Grit—and Old-Fashioned Love—Other Decided Offerings. TUESDAY—A “WHIZ” Harold Lloyd In “AMONG THOSE PRESENT” A RED-HOT COMEDY ALSO ALSO May McAvoy In “EVERYTHING FOR SALE” One of the Finest Programs Ever Presented in Anaheim. Matinee 2:30 p.m. May McAvoy In "EVERYTHING FOR SALE" One of the Finest Programs Ever Presented in Anaheim. Matinee 2:30 p.m. CALIFORNIA Theatre Anaheim self-respect and order into life and makes possible advance. But what about giving in its reaction upon us and in its bearing upon the world? We thus project our personalities. Most people have not learned the fine art of giving in a Christian way. I have read of a scrub woman who not only supports her own church, but keeps a Bible woman in China and another in India and is always eager to help in local relief work. She has learned the art. I was once the pastor of a woman, a widow, doing five washings a week and rearing a family of five children. She was the largest giver to current expenses in a church with many wealthy families in it and had her missionary money at work around the world. And now she is independent. If we cannot go we can send, but we cannot send by pennies and niggers giving. John D. Rockefeller, whatever we may think about the way in which he has earned his immense fortune, and there are more than two opinions about that, is the most princely giver the world has ever known. He has already given away $475,000,000! "Oh," you say, "If I had Mr. Rockefeller's millions I would delight to give them away." But would you? What are you doing with what you have? Do you know that Mr. Rockefeller began, like Colgate and Kennedy, and all the great givers when he was a young man and that he has the record of the first sixty cents he gave away as well as every gift made since? You will never be able to give largely unless you begin with what you have. I believe in the tithe—as a mini-mum of giving. We have people today and in this church who give $50 a year who could give $500 if they were giving their tithe. How is it with you? But we ought, many of us to give twice our tithe or nine times our tithe, it may be. How can you make yourselves believe that you are doing all you can to Christianize the world unless you are making all the money you can and saving all you can and giving away all you can? Fairyland Wednesday Jan. 18 Fairyland Theatre Wednesday Jan. 18 THE BIG Manhattan Opera House New York Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia SUCCESS “BRINGING UP FATHER” IN WALL STREET The Laugh Show of the World All Fun and Pretty Girls Tickets on Sale Monday at Heying's Pharmacy PRICES: First Ten Rows $1.50 plus tax Balance Lower Floor $1.00 plus tax The Last Word in Musical Comedy