oc-plain-dealer 1922-08-31

DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Every good act is charity. Giving water to the thirsty is charity. Removing stones and thorns from the road is charity. Exhorting your fellow-men to vituous deeds is charity. Putting a wandere rin the right path is charity. Smiling in your brother's face is charity.—Mahomet. One can be loyal to a political party without being a bitter and bigoted extremist. This is a good world, after all, notwithstanding its shortcomings. It usually treats one as one treats it. If there were no hope of and faith in a blessed hereafter, in an eternal world, life would be sad and intolerable. An agreed jury is rare in a mystery murder case in California. And the number of mystery murders increases startlingly. One robs one's self of character-development and moral stamina if one neglects one's daily duties, responsibilities and obligations. America is the world's financial and commercial giant. But it does not misuse its giant's strength. America is not a predatory Nation. The strike that strikes at the interests of the public and that entails widespread hardships and suffering upon the innocent, is not justified. When class spirit meets class spirit, in bitter clashing of interests and in industrial warfare, the public pays,urdensomely and disastrously. REDUCTION IN ARMY IS ACCOMPLISHED Cut down to 125,000 men, the regular army of the United States is to be re-disposed in such manner as to be most effectual, should emergency arise demanding defense of the Nation. What is lacking in numerical strength it is hoped to offset by conspicuous efficiency and by wise and prudent placing of the army and establishing of the means of defense. Fortunately, in devising plans for national defense, there are two sides of this Nation which need no particular attention—the Canadian border and the Atlantic seaboard. Prudence dictates that defensive establishments be created and maintained along the Southwest border and along the Pacific Coast country menaced. arise, in all probability, were this It is here that the menace would The United States, happily, is at peace with all the world. No war clouds are shadowing its horizon. While wisdom demands that this Nation keep itself reasonably well defended against any untoward emergency that might arise, yet at this time no such emergency is to be foreseen. CONGRESS SORELY LACKS LEADERSHIP Members of Congress, of both the majority and the minority, are much like sheep without a shepherd. Washington correspondents and observant writers in the national capital speak of this Congress as "leaderless." The term seems to be justified by conditions. There is not that forceful leading by superinemently able men which is requisite to wring great achievements from the national legislature. Men are much like sheep in instincts prompting them to follow leaders. When they have no pot- America is the world's financial and commercial giant. But it does not misuse its giant's strength. America is not a predatory Nation. The strike that strikes at the interests of the public and that entails widespread hardships and suffering upon the innocent, is not justified. When class spirit meets class spirit, in bitter clashing of interests and in industrial warfare, the public pays,urdensomely and disastrously. Why waste time with the little islet trivialities of life, when there are great oceans and continents of thought and achievement to be conquered by the human mind and human energies? Feat, if not checked and overcome, plays havoc with anyone's life. One of the finest moral victories one can achieve is to conquer fear thoughts. This is indeed the land of opportunity. The humblest and the poorest may rise, by honest, industrious effort. The truth of this is evidenced in every locality in the country. The best formula for keeping young in spirit is to mingle frequently with the young and to enter sympathetically into their thoughts, aspirations, activities and philosophy of life. Stifling one's good impulses is an offense almost as bad as infanticide. To kill a moral-urge child of one's brain and heart is an offense akin to slaying a child of flesh and blood. The Passion Play at Oberammergau, it seems, has degenerated into a passion for ill-gotten gains. The spectacle should be suppressed because of this scandalous condition. The thing most sacred in all human history should not be desecrated. Members of Congress, of both the majority and the minority, are much like sheep without a shepherd. Washington correspondents and observant writers in the national capital speak of this Congress as "leaderless." The term seems to be justified by conditions. There is not that forceful leading by superintently able men which is requisite to wring great achievements from the national legislature. Men are much like sheep in instincts prompting them to follow leaders. When they have no potent, pushing leaders, they scatter their efforts. This is true in all activities of life. But particularly is it true with reference to Congress. Without virile, outstanding leadership of the pulsant type, both the majority element and the minority fail to function effectually and usefully. What to do about it? Who shall says Sagacious leaders do not spring fully matured from the brain of Minerva. Leadership in statecraft may be on the decline only temporarily. But it is a painful fact that it has declined. Ohio has eighty-eight counties, and one or two of them has not yet furnished a President of the United States. But Ohio is a comparatively young state. Give it time—give it time! One lie usually gives birth to another, and the two of them usually bring forth a large brood of lies. One step from the path of truth leads to other steps, until the wanderer soon gets into a Dismal Swamp of lying. Magnify your neighbors' virtues and turn the little end of the telescope upon his faults and frailties. This is the reverse of the practice that is too common—which is to magnify faults—real or imagined—and to say little or nothing about virtues. This is one of the mear streaks in poor human nature. At 3000°F What? As your motor begins to "warm up," what happens to the oil? It thins, of course. But just how does it thin and how does it act when subjected to the high operating temperatures? As your motor begins to "warm up, what happens to the oil? It thins, of course. But just how does it thin and how does it act when subjected to the high operating temperatures? Upon the answer to that question depends the proper lubrication of your car. Zerolene, being made from selected crudes and scientifically refined by our patented vacuum process, resists engine heat; it retains its lubricating "body" at all operating temperatures. It does not decompose or "break down." It clings to the bearing surfaces and maintains a perfect film of lubricant. A Minimum of Soft, Flaky Carbon If the motor is getting proper lubrication, some oil alps past the pistons and is consumed by the flame of combustion. In burning, all oils deposit carbon on the cylinder walls and cylinder heads. Inferior oils deposit a hard, gritty carbon in considerable quantity. It is this hard carbon deposit which causes pre-ignition, breaking and sticking of cylinder rings, overheating, loss of power, warping and splitting of exhaust valves, and wear of valve stems. Zerolene deposits a minimum of carbon of a soft, flaky nature which can do no damage and is usually blown out with the exhaust. Lubricate exclusively with Zerolene, adopting the recommendations embodied in the Zerolene chart of recommendations, and you will develop the maximum power, speed and gasoline mileage of your car. Board of Lubrication Engineers (California) more power & speed ~ less friction and wear ~ thru Correct Lubrication DEALER Except Sunday STER, Editor EDITORIAL COMMENTS OF THE PRESS Abe Martin New York Letter by Lucy Jeanne Price (By Lucy Jeanne Price) New York, Sept. 1.—Human nature will find a way to overcome any difficulty, I am sure, after discovering how some pet-loving but labor-saving Hanhattanites manage their affairs. It is nice to have a cat or a dog around to welcome you, particularly if you live all alone, but it isn't always easy for a busy—or lazy—apartment dweller to take one of them out for exercise. At least, I always used to think it wasn't. But down in Washington Square lives a man who has solved the problem. About six o'clock every afternoon, he comes to his window with a large white cat, fumbles about a bit and then lets the creature down by a long rope attached to a sort of harnes fitted about the cat's body. The rope is long enough to let the cat run about the court as much as it likes. After half an hour or so, the man pulls his pet safely up again. "It is a sad commenntary on our educational system that the Constitution of the United States has become better known to the people through its last three amendments than because of its general value," says Lloyd Taylor, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Instruction of the National Security League. "It is necessary to know the rules of any game before you can play it. How can the people of this country play the game of constitutional government unless they know the rules as set forth in the Constitutional? My commitment to admittal the plea of insanity as a defense in criminal trials is that it places on the shoulders of the jury the function of determining the mental condition of the accused, a duty which it is never equipped to perform, and which opens the door to the acquittal, upon mistaken grounds, on many offenders who have no valid claim to leniency. The proper function of a jury to determine whether or not crime has been committed and whether or not the accused committed it. The element of insanity TOWN IN REVIEW If every cloud has a silver lining, isn't the future bright though? A bootlegger friend of ours says they're counterfeiting $100 bills now. OVER AT SEAL BEACH We saw a poor fish having a whale of a time. We thought it was a Volstead story. Instead it was a story about enrollment. Anyway, the headline in the L.A. Times said: "STARGERING INCREASES IN SCHOOLS." In Johnstown, the mayor said they could sell beer. Remember the last flood? Hush, it's street car, Don't you cry; You'll be a jitney, Bye and bye! For a few days, now we'll have time to listen to what the wild waves are saying. CANCEL IT? A Gentleman who is a glutton for punishment figures out that the allied debt to Uncle Sam's more dollars than there are letters in 4000 Bibles. Shipped to us in silver dollars, it would fill 10,000 freight cars. People who discuss the debt gibbly, and talk as if canceling it were a routine matter, such as yawning, are like a man trying to pick up a railroad locomotive with a pair of bonbon tongs. TOM SIMS SAYS: Living costs more, but there is so much more of it. DAY OR NIGHT? Headline: "Fruit Crop Saved at Eleventh Hour." Figures show the use of hair dye increases. The old gray hair ain't what she used to be. Right after two weeks off comes two off weeks. THEY DO THIS WHEN THEY GET ALL TEED UP SICK HORSE CREEK, Alta., Can., Aug. 28.—Golf is having a refining influence on our community. It is no longer considered good etiquette to draw a gun on Main-st. without hollering "Fore!" Where We Get the Expression, "Just Mere Shells." Timothy D. Gleeson before a sen- "It is a sad commendatory on our educational system that the Constitution of the United States has become better known to the people through its last three amendments than because of its general value," says Lloyd Taylor, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Instruction of the National Security League. "It is necessary to know the rules of any game before you can play it. How can the people of this country play the game of constitutional government unless they know the rules as set forth in the Constitutional? My committee is seeking to make all of the Constitution as well known as the last three amendments. We find the teaching of its has been so neglected that the only way to solve the problem is to make proper Constitutional instruction a requirement of law. Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Vermont and Rhode Island have led the way in putting such laws on their statute books. We expect other states to follow, although there may be a certain amount of opposition from those educators who object to mandatory requirements. Our bill has the support of the Americanism Comision of the American Legion; and such leaders in education as the Federal Commissioner of Education are on our committee. We will continue our fight until every child acquires knowledge of its equality in nights as an American." It's bad enough to be behind bars; but it's worse to have to listen to some of the modern music, according to sensitive souls in the Bronx jail. The north cells of the jail face the rear of a motion picture theatre, and for twelve hours a day music described by the protesting prisoners as "jumpy" comes through the jail windows from the theatre orchestra. They have registered emphatic objection with Sheriff Flynn, and he says he thinks entirely too much of his "partons" to have them disturbed so keenly, and something has got to be done about it. Ethel Barrymore will appear in Hauptman's "Rose Bernd" at the Longacre Theatre, beginning Tuesday evening, September 26, Arthur Hopkins has just announced. Then we shall feel that the season has really commenced. It never seems quite officially opened until we can see Miss Barrymore or, at least, one of the Barrymore family. Tje English adaptation of "Rose Bernd" has been made by Ludwig Lewisch. Robert Edmond Jones has designed the settings. The "angle-faced boy" has been arrested for the twenty-fifth time. He is Elmer Dillon, twenty-three years old, of Brooklyn, and it was a long time before the police and the courts could believe that his cherubic countenance could possibly THEY DO THIS WHEN THEY GET ALL TEED UP SICK HORSE CREEK, Alta., Can., Aug. 28.—Golf is having a refining influence on our community. It is no longer considered good etiquette to draw a gun on Main-st. without hollering "Fore!" Where We Get the Expression, "Just Mere Shells." Timothy D. Gleeson before a senate committee: "The average is supposed to be, and the accepted average is that one out of every 1,200 shells manufactured and idealized in an ammunition plant is used in action." Thirteen is many a man's unlucky number. Twelve jurymen and a judge. DARK NIGHT. BANANA PEEL. FAT MAN. VIRGINIA REEL. TOM SIMS SAYS: A diplomat is a man who goes out at night. The game of politics in California is not so mild as a game of croquet. The "angle-faced boy" has been arrested for the twenty-fifth time. He is Elmer Dillon, twenty-three years old, of Brooklyn, and it was a long time before the police and the courts could believe that his cherubic countenance could possibly harbor guile. For fourteen years, they have been arresting him, and finally began to think some of the charges must be true. He was sentenced to two years and six months for grand larceny the other day, but still he deserves the police—given name of "Angel-face" as truly as he did fourteen years ago. It may or may not be a questionable commentary on our citizenry that in the sidewalk crowds which have gathered to watch the raids on Broadway restaurants these past few days, one heard more frequently than any other commend, "Goah, I never even knew you could get it there." LUCY JEANNE PRICE. CROWN STAGES The Short Route to Los Angeles via the Safety Bus Starting at 6:20 a.m. cars leave every half hour for Los Angeles up to and including 8:20 p.m.; thereafter, 9:20, 10:20 and 11:50 p.m. Cars for Long Beach and Pomona 9:30 a.m. 12:30, 8:30 and 6:30 p.m. One hour trip to each Close connections at Pomona for Ontario, Uplands, San Bernardino and Riverside. Cars for Orange and Santa Ana, 6:54 a.m. and 7:11 a.m., thereafter every half hour including 9:11 p.m., 10:11, 11:11 p.m. and 12:41 a.m. Connections at Santa Ana for Capistrano, Laguna Beach, Newport and Balboa and Huntington Beaches THURSDAY, AUGUST 31ST 1922 Subscription rate—In No. Orange-co. Per yr. $3; six months $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Cal., as second-class matter TO MODERNIZE PALESTINE MENTS OF THE PRESS Francisco Journal Hartis D. Wilbur of the time Court, in a recent before the American Bar in this city, advanced that insanity should be treated as a defense for the commission of first blush this suggestive revolutionary, butasis and taken in con- with an alternative treat- which cases, the proposal it to be commended. Wilbur is exceptionally to speak on the subject logical and social service have given him a broad on the re-actions of men. For nearly ten years resident of the California Association, which was the purpose of better-condition of the insane, feeble-minded. He was in establishing the sys-ation for the insane with jury probation officer, and incurring the psychopathic Los Angeles county. Action to admitting the insanity as a defense inals is that it places on sons of the jury the func-ormining the mental con- cee accused, a duty which equipped to perform, and is the door to the ac- on mistaken grounds, of leaders who have no valid intelligence. The function of a jury is one whether or not a been committed and not the accused com- The element of insanity Pinchas Rutenberg whose vast scheme for modernizing has the sanction of the British government, which has given him a seventy year concession to utilize the Rivers Jordan and Auja for the generation of electric light and power. Mr. Rutenberg was a Lieutenant in the Russian Revolutionary Government during the reign of Kerensky. WISE AND WITTY Most of the big men come from small towns. One of the troubles that can't be laughed away is toothache. The telephone is useful in calling up so you can call them down. Kin folks that we are ashamed of are just as apt to be ashamed of us. If you can't get business without cutting prices, you are a poor business man. Shooting craps is a poor way for boy to learn mathematics. A swollen bank account is pretty sure to swell the head. Time flies when your work is agreeable, and drags when its isn't. The distinguishing feature of big cities is the great number of little men in them. It is sometimes better to do the wrong thing than to be lazy and do nothing. Some people are so everlastingly "again" things that they don't know what they are for. The more the government lets us alone, the more will we be able to do for ourselves. SHAVING OUTFIT Small enough to be carried in a pocket is a French inventor's shaving outfit which includes a battery and electric light for use in the dark. INDIA DAM India is to have the world's high- "They Don't Answer" When the telephone operator says, "They don't answer," it is after a sincere or delay. Pinchas Rutenberg whose vast scheme for modernizing has the sanction of the British government, which has given him a seventy year concession to utilize the Rivers Jordon and Auja for the generation of electric light and power. Mr. Rutenberg was a Lieutenant in the Russian Revolutionary Government during the reign of Kerensky. 22 NEW WELLS STARTED Oil field operations reported week ending Aug. 26, show 22 new wells started, compared with 25 previous week. The total new wells this year is 904, as compared with 959 the same date last year. Tests for water shut-off this week 23, compared with 29 previous week. Yearly total to date 1112; total to some date last year 1050. Deepening or redrilling jobs 8, same as preceding week. Total to date this year 549; total to some date last year 513. Abandonments this week, 6, same as preceding week. Total to date this year 186; total to same date last year 142. Watch & Jewelry repairing. Witman's SHAVING OUTFIT Small enough to be carried in a pocket is a French inventor's shaving outfit which includes a battery and electric light for use in the dark. INDIA DAM India is to have the world's highest dam across a river gorge 395 feet and more than 1000 feet wide. Watch & Jewelry repairing. Witman's BUILDING AND LOAN NEED MONEY? If you need money to build your house or want to borrow money on your house, I can take care of you. FRANK TAUSCH J. T. LYON REALTY CO. 111 No. Los Angeles St. Anaheim "They Don't Answer" When the telephone operator says, "They don't answer," it is after a sincere endeavor to get your party. She cannot compel an answer. The party called may be unwilling to leave a particular household duty—may be in another part of the home beyond closed doors—may be chatting with a neighbor—may be marketing—may be slow in answering. Strange, but true, calls are sometimes designedly unanswered. Telephone records show that the great majority of "don't answer" reports come from residence calls. In business, where it is a matter of dollars and cents, it is always the assigned duty of some one to be within sound of the telephone bell. "They don't answer" is the statement of a situation absolutely beyond the control of the telephone operator.