oc-plain-dealer 1922-12-23

LIMITATION OF AERIAL WARCRAFT SOUGHT The House Appropriations Committee wants the Arms Conference treaties on limitation of naval armaments extended to include swift cruisers and fleet submarines and also aerial warcraft. To this end the committee suggests that President Harding negotiate with Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to bring about international agreements to limit these smaller types of warcraft. This recommendation is based upon information that other great naval powers are constructing these lighter type war vessels and airships in excess of the United States. A supplemental agreement of limitation is needed it is suggested, to maintain proportions in naval and air strength among the great powers. Another conference, it would seem, well might be held to adjust these matters and to fortify and quicken the treaties which were formulated by the original Arms Conference in Washington. It would not be amiss, it would seem, to have great international conferences yearly, to extend disarmament agreements, to cultivate confidence and friendship among the great powers, and thus to foster peace and good understanding throughout the world. GALLANT OLD FLAGSHIP IS SCRAPPED Sixteen years a flagship of the United States Navy; at the head of the great battleship fleet which President Roosevelt sent on the historic cruise around the world in 1907-1908; destined to be the pride of the navy, and yet not to engage in battle, the gallant old vessel has given way to the ravages of time and to the changes in naval construction, and goes out of commission in these waters, but is to be taken north for its last disposal. There is something touching and pathetic in the scrapping of a great military ship. MILLION VOTERS IN THE LAST ELECTION California, for the first time, is a state of a million voters. It has been, for some time, a state with a million or more qualified to vote. But in the November election a million votes actually were cast—997 more than a million, to be exact. This is very gratifying. It denotes not only steady increase in permanent population and consequent gain in number of eligible voters, but it denotes a quickening of civic spirit and a more general participation in political affairs by the body of citizenry of the state. A commonwealth that polls a million votes is no longer an infant in the family of states. California's growth in population has been steady and substantial but not spectacular. Those it has drawn as residents it has held, for the most part. The quality of the accessions to its permanent population from outside states is of the very best, not to speak of the exceptional quality of its native-born population. California should be exemplar to the whole country in the keen general interest of its people in political affairs. This is indicative of a healthy brand of good citizenship. It signifies good citizenship at work. The United States Constitution should not be weighted down with trivial amendments. But it would be in order to amend it to suppress child labor. Under Supreme Court rulings congress has not the constitutional power now to outlaw this menacing evil. If all the states would act promptly and vigorously, there would be no need of federal action. But all the states will not act promptly and vigorously. An amendment of this nature, if submitted, quickly would be ratified by more than enough states to make the amendment valid. Europe's economic extremity is America's opportunity. This country will do something without doubt to Sixteen years a flagship of the United States Navy; at the head of the great battleship fleet which President Roosevelt sent on the historic cruise around the world in 1907-1908; destined to be the pride of the navy, and yet not to engage in battle, the gallant old vessel has given way to the ravages of time and to the changes in naval construction, and goes out of commission in these waters, but is to be taken north for its last disposal. There is something touching and pathetic in the scrapping of a great vessel, around which so many tender memories—some memories stirring, perhaps—cling among officers and men who have served on the vessel. The Connecticut has had a proud record, but, like all things man-made must give way to the evolutions of progress in inventions and in construction. God speed the day when every warship in every navy under the sun may be stripped of its enginery of destruction and may be engaged solely in beneficient works of peace! The season of copious rains is at hand in California. Every storm that sweeps across the state deposits in the subterranean banks, as it were, enormous riches. For these downpours create wealth. They give life to orchards, to grain fields and to meadows and pasture lands. They quicken vineyards. The million-dollar rain is more than a figure of speech, in California. Europe's economic extremity is America's opportunity. This country will do something, without doubt, to rescue that continent. The method and measure of assistance to be given must be determined by President Harding and Secretary Hughes, possibly with the supplementary action of congress should any points arise beyond the authority of the Executive. This country could not afford to let Europe sink in an economic melistrom. The whole Southwest will benefit immensely fro mthe projected controlling of the Colorado River by the building of a great dam. Herbert C. Hoover's efforts in this have been remarkably successful. All the seven states lying in the Colorado Basin should ratify promptly the compact formulated at Santa Fe. Sometimes you can save a drowning man by knocking him unconscious, and that may be what the statesmen are trying on Europe. Merry Christmas May your gifts be many and your happiness unbounded--with the very finest Christmas you have ever known. Anaheim Ignition Depot Oldest Automobile Electrical House in Anaheim Established 1912 218 So. Los Angeles St. Phone 489 Anaheim Anaheim Ignition Depot Oldest Automobile Electrical House in Anaheim Established 1912 218 So. Los Angeles St. Phone 489 Anaheim WE WISH YOU PROSPERTY AND GOOD CHEER THIS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. Golden State Motor Co. W. M. Drake, Prop. 133 So. Los Angeles St. Phone 885 EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) Still, you can take a million dollars and make a mystery of almost any murder. We no longer have mercenary troops. But we still have mercenary patriots. The won't fight well if they are scared, but they won't prepare for war unless they are. The hardened cynic is just a variation of the type formerly known as the village smart-Aleck. It is none of our business, but we can't help wondering what elephant giants would do for a man. We are a splendid and vigorous race, and it might pay some foreign countries to find out how many calories there are in chewing gum. NEW YORK, Dec. 23 — Nothing has happened lately in Eastern Club circles, among the patriotic women of the country, and especially in New York society, more interesting than the announcement of the candidacy of Mrs. William Cummings Story for the position of President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She has been known for years to the public as the "Purple Lady of Patriotism." This expression rose from her penchant for purple in attire, never being seen in any other color and the fact that she has probably been identified in an important capacity in more American patriotic endeavors than any other woman in the country. Mrs. Story was President General of the D. A. R. for two successive terms, from 1913 to 1917. During those unsettled days she stood for a militant policy of preparedness, and in so doing brought down the wrath of the Pacificist agitators upon membership that she go before the Daughters again for the same honor, declaring that the policy of the Society has not sustained the work she undertook during her incumbency, and warning the membership that there is a greater work for preparedness against the danger of radicalism than ever existed in her old fighting days. The fight she will wage for election will eclipse any other woman's activity during the coming months. "Th' one ambition o' my whole life has been t' walk in my own home an' set down t' a dinner I hain't been identified with," says Mrs., Em Moots. Wouldn't this be an awful world if ever-'buddy wuz as off o' us all O' time as they are after they git our money? A high-brow is one who can tell whether the dancer is interpreting a mad passion or a boy stung by six bees. "The Turk is far from civilized." But even so, he might be tolerated if he were far from the straits. Suggested motto for diplomats planning a division somebody's natural resources: "See America first." And yet, back in pre-divorce days when marriage meant a life term, it wasn't always a term of endearment. It isn't at all difficult to love all of mankind, except that small portion of it you are acquainted with. The more we study the philosophies and schemes of every clever people, the more we thank God for common people. With Hermine on the job at Doorn every married man knows whether Wilhelm accents the "Her" or the "mine." TOWN IN REVIEW Mrs. Clara Phillips, well known in Los Angeles society, is reported to have passed through this city recently, en route to visit friends in Lower California. Jack Dempsey, well known ship builder, is a visitor in So. Calif. A number of Hollywood actors and actresses expect to spend the Christmas season together. Social Items Mrs. Clara Phillips, well known in Los Angeles society, is reported to have passed through this city recently, en route to visit friends in Lower California. Jack Dempsey, well known ship builder, is a visitor in So. Calif. A number of Hollywood actors and actresses expect to spend the Christmas holiday at Tijuana, their private shipments having been interrupted. Sheriff Treager of Los Angeles has been holding open house recently. He has announced a series of at homes, to begin at once. When we have time, we are going to sit down and try and figure out whether the American people were more interested in Georges Carpentier. If Dempsey does fight Willard, the only thing to bet on will be whether Jess stays in the ring or rolls outside on the ground. The serial numbers of $5.00 bills stolen from the Denver mint are 20852001 to 20876000 and 2094001 to 20956000, but $5.00 bills all look alike to us. Isadore Duncan, the classic dancer, cancelled an engagement to appear at St. Mark's church; N. Y. However, it wasn't because "she didn't have a thing to wear." While you read this Paragraph 34 Anaheimer's are leaping for their lives in front of speeding automobiles. We have a confidential report that ex-service men are saying "Day by Day in every way we are getting closer and closer to the bonus." KISMET Roger W. Babson confides his secret: "The happiest moment I ever experienced—probably ever hall know—was when Frank Remick promised And yet, back in pre-divorce days when marriage meant a life term, it wasn't always a term of endearment. It isn't at all difficult to love all of mankind, except that small portion of it you are acquainted with. The more we study the philosophies and schemes of every clever people, the more we thank God for common people. With Hermine on the job at Doorn every married man knows whether Wilhelm accents the "Her" or the "mine." It wives were inventive, they would perfect an ash tray to follow a husband about the house. Even a modest man has moments when he thinks his wife should be grateful for having annexed a chap of his quality. Correct this sentence: "I'm sorry Mamma," said little Bobby; "I didn't hear you the first six times you called me." We know who coined most of the clever expressions. But who was the humorist who first called it the "easy-payment plan?" "A boob, as we understand it, is one who thinks the Millennium merely waits upon a few more amendments to the constitution. Those who haven't public jobs are called "the public," those who have are called the taxpayer's imagination may suggest." Today Babson is nationally famous, and prosperous, as a statistician. But the Big Thrill came the day he got his start. What was your happiest moment? You probably didn't realize it until long after. Usually it takes the perspective of time to make us comprehend the full extent of our joys and sorrows. It doesn't help a dog out much to belink to a family of wealth. His troubles are as bitter as those of the tenements. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt was one of the eleven dog owners fined $1 each in court the other day for permitting her pet to go unmuzzled. She arranged for the payment of fine all right, so the dog wasn't put in jail, but he can go free of muzzle no more. What our street cleaners will do when the last vehicle has been motorized, I can't imagine. The "white wings" never oil their little pushcarts before they start out. Probably the city doesn't supply the grease for them. But they have a simple way of getting it when the wheels begin to creak too mournfully. Getting caught in a traffic stop at a corner, they maneuver their carts to the side of some horse drawn truck and with a stick dig out the excess grease from the hub of the larger vehicle and smear it on their own axles. The much looked-forward-to production of "Romeo and Juliet" with Ethel Barrymore, will open at the Longacre Theater, December 27, according to announcement just made by its producer, Arthur Hopkins. McKay Morris will be the Romeo and Mercutio will be played by Basil Sydney, who has established himself so firmly in New York theater-goers hearts this past year in the lead roles of "He Who Gets Slapped" and "R. U. R." In giving us John Barrymore's "Hamlet" and his sister's "Juliet" in one season, Arthur Hopkins will have obligated the American public to him forevermore, I should say. For the first time, a woman will head one of the state departments of New York. Moreover it will be a New York City woman, according to report. It is expected that Governor Smith will name Mrs. Henry Moskowitz, who was one of the active workers in his recent campaign. Tractor drawn and with rotary blades revolved by a gasoline engine, a machine has been invented to shave ice on lakes smooth for skating. Greetings We take the opportunity offered by the Holiday Season to thank you for your good will and favors during the past year and wish you and yours a Joyous Holiday Season and a most Prosperous New Year. West Bros. Auto Electric Maintenance Co. Los Angeles Phone at Chestnut Pacific 31 Did Closed Thousands thought so. 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