oc-plain-dealer 1923-06-04

284 HOUSES BUILT OR IMPROVED SINCE NEW YEAR HAS DAWNED Anaheim is a residence town. An examination of the building permits issued so far this year discloses the fact that out of 352 permits issued during the first five months of this year, 284 were for new dwelling and similar houses or for alternations. During the year ending May 31, 760 permits of all kinds were issued, representing an aggregate valuation of $1,885,183. This total of 284 includes combined dwellings and garages, combined dwellings and stores and the like, and the alterations include everything from an $18,000 job of transforming another building into an excellent residence to new porches. The proportion of small jobs of alteration, however, is small. Here are the figures on permits and valuation represented during the five months: Month Permits Resid. Valuation May ..... 46 56 $147,620 April ..... 61 79 259,165 March ..... 61 76 187,015 February ..... 57 65 145,795 January ..... 57 76 363,185 The total for the first five months of 1922 amounted to only $630,643 compared with $1,102,780 this year. Permits and the valuation they represented in 1920, 1919 and 1918 were respectively 362 and $873,980; 174 and $464,500 and 62 and $92,000. BRIGANDS RELEASE 4 MORE CAPTIVES SHANGHAI, June 2. — Edward Ellas, Shanghai broker; Theodore Sapiere, Shanghai business man, both British subjects; Manuel A. Vgrea, Mexican globe-trotter, and Jerome A. Henley, of New York, American businessman, were unconditionally released by the Shantung bandits at 5 o'clock this morning. The four prisoners arrived at Lincheng after having been escorted half way by a bandit guard. Henley left immediately for Peking while the other three men boarded. FIND CHILD'S BODY (By International News Service) SEATTLE, June 4.—The body of Chris Larsen, 3-1-2 year-old son of Captain and Mrs. T. P. Larsen of Houghton, was discovered today. The child fell from a pier Sunday night. Grappling hooks were used to recover the body after blood hounds had traced the tot's footsteps to the pier. NEW JUDGE WILL TAKE BENCH AUG. 18 The new and third Superior Court judge will take office on or after August 18, according to Deputy County Clerk E. R. Abbey today. He will require a billiff and a clerk of his own, but no other aides. The Superior Court calendar is jammed full until December, District Attorney A. P. Nelson said today, and it is only by setting aside civil cases that proper attention to important criminal matters can be given. Superior Judge R. Y. Williams continues to be the only judge on the bench except when an attorney or judge from another county assists in Judge Z. B. West's plate. The latter visited the court-house yesterday and again today. He feels pretty weak, he said today, but has lost seven pounds. Judge West is expected to resume sittings next October, if his health permits. The third judge will temporarily use the Supervisors' room as a courtroom, until the new Hall of Records is completed, when he will sit there. Regarding additional aid in the District Attorney's office, it was today learned talt Deputy Sheriff O. A. Jacobs, the man who prosecuted a former manager of one of the Chaffee stores for alleged embezzlement, is serving without pay for the sake of the experience. RELATIVE OF HENRY FORD THOT INSANE (By International News Service) FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 4.—Mrs. May Blenn Ford, 34, wife of Ney J. Ford, wealthy farmer living near Detroit and cousin of Henry Ford is at the Methodist hospital awaiting approval of an application to admit her to the state hospital. SHANGHAI, June 2. — Edward Ellias, Shanghai broker; Theodore Sapiere, Shanghai business man, both British subjects; Manuel A. Vgrea, Mexican globe-trotter, and Jerome A. Henley, of New York, American businessman, were unconditionally released by the Shantung bandits at 5 o'clock this morning. The four prisoners arrived at Lincheng after having been escorted half way by a bandit guard. Henley left immediately for Peking while the other three men boarded train for Shanghai. All were in good health and expressed great pleasure at their release. Word from Tao Chwang said negotiations for the release of the remaining prisoners were continuing favorably. RELATIVE OF HENRY FORD THOT INSANE (By International News Service) FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 4. — Mrs. May Blenn Ford, 34, wife of Ney J. Ford, wealthy farmer living near Detroit and cousin of Henry Ford is at the Methodist hospital awaiting approval of an application to admit her to the state hospital for the insane. The mental condition of Mrs. Ford is declared by physicians to be due to the strain under which she has labored in recent months because of domestic difficulties and a recent trial at Detroit on a charge of trying to kill her husband. NATIONAL BETTER HOME WEEK JUNE 4th TO JUNE 10th NATIONAL BETTER HOME WEEK JUNE 4th TO JUNE 10th —Our stock of high-class drapery and curtain goods complete. You will find all of the wanted colorings. —Nets, Grenedines, Dotted Swisses, Sunfast Drapes and Portieres, Couch Covers, Library Table Scarfs and Tables ART EMBROIDERY FINDS WORK FOR I FINGERS TO DO DURING VACATION Days are here now when one's ambitions rise to the top notch a sire to make something beautiful is strong. What better way to energy than in making lovely things for your home—things that of embroidery transforms into beauty and distinction. Our Art Teems with new ideas—from bridge table cover to bed spreads. The S. Q. R. Sto WOULD YOU TRADE MOTOR FOR HORSE? There is no disputing the fact that coal or gas stoves do the work of cooking, do it in a satisfactory manner; but an equal indispensable fact is that electric ranges do it even more satisfactorily. Some people are very conservative, almost to the degree of being unprogressive, and it is going to take a long time to prove to them all cooking will eventually be done electrically. But such is bound to be the case. The electric range offers the housewife, without any worry on her part, that essential to good baking for which her mother and grandmother had to pay unending attention to their fire—an even temperature of whatever-degree she may desire. The struggles of the electric range to come into its own are a counterpart of those which the automobile went through about fifteen years ago. Just as people today cling to their gas and coal stoves they then refused to give up their horse and buggy; and why not—the horse had given long and faithful service, and was still giving satisfactory service. Yet today, even the most conservative would not trade in his automobile for a horse and buggy. And we shall all see the day when the electric range is equally indispensable. Already more progressive homes are enjoying the comforts which come with electric cooking, and the habit is spreading. An electric range is not a luxury—it simply offer the best means of performing a very necessary household duty. The principle is simple, an expanding of the use of the same power which supplies us with electric light to make it do the cooking for us in the same silent, efficient manner. People throughout the whole country have grown accustomed to pressing a button and having light—they will never go back to gas lights. People are becoming equally accustomed to turning a switch and by virtue of the same force which so satisfactorily gives them light, having their cooking commence. AUTO SALESMEN ELECTED C. A. Greenleaf was elected President, George Washburn. 32 GUESTS POISONED (By International News Service) NEW YORK, June 4—Thirty-two wedding guests, including the bride and groom, were poisoned early today while partaking of a wedding banquet. Conrad Kissel, and his pretty 22-year-old bride, who was Mary O'Connell, and six of the guests were taken to a hospital. Four others were taken home. Twenty-two others recovered so that medical attention was not necessary. The blame was put on the chicken salad. BUILDERS EXCHANGE TO MEET TUESDAY The Builders Exchange will meet at the Elks club dinner room Tuesday at €:50 p.m. At the last meeting of the Orange-co branch of the Los Angeles Exchange, held at James Cafe in Santa Ana, at which 80% of the members were present and three new members admitted, a great deal of enthusiasm was accused over the announcement of Mr. Morris, of Los Angles, that as soon as the membership reached 100, a separate Orange-co organization of the National Builders Exchange would be established. The committee on location of an office was also instructed to bring in a final report upon a permanent office and hall of the local exchange. The growth of builders exchanges all over the country in the last year has been remarkable. They are filling a very important need in the community—that of offering to the public buying building service a medium through which they can obtain information of reliable contractors and building material merchants. The motto of the exchange is integrity and efficiency. All members must live up to this motto aid be financially responsible or be asked to resign. Already one member has resigned. This contractor did faulty work which he refused to correct and also he did not pay for his material bills, although the owner had paid him, foregoing the owner to pay again. It is just this type of irresponsible contractor that causes most of the losses to the owner, and from whom the exchange protects the owner, be- ELECTRIC FAN GOES BACK LONG TIME The history of the fan goes back to remote ages. From being merely utilitarian it became also ornamental and ceremonial. For instance, in the tomb of Amenhotep, of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, who reigned seventeen centuries before the Christian era, was found the handle of one of the feather fans used for ceremonial purposes, and a bas-relief of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, shows the monarch surrounded by fan bearers. It remained for the nineteenth century, however, to substitute electricity for human labor in work of operating them. The first patnet for an electric fan on record in the United States Patent Office was taken out in 1854. It was for a large fan blade, somewhat similar to the blades now seen on ceiling fans, and designed to be run through a system of gears, by electric motor. It is possible, however, if not probable that the idea had been carried into effect by others before patenting, as similar blades were run by spring motors much earlier than the date of this patent. It was an easy step to substitute an electric motor for a spring motor, especially as the electric motors of that day were not powerful enough to do much heavier work, and fans offered a field for real service for these new power units. When electricity from central power stations became available for use, the electric fan began to become popular and its manufacture began in earnest about 1890. A few years later the ceiling fan was introduced, and since that time the production of household, deck, bracket, ceiling and ventilating fans has expanded enormously. For ages the fan has been the friend of rich and poor. It is the friend of both today; but in ancient days it was only the wealthy who could have fan bearers, whereas the electric fan of today works as cheerfully and as efficiently in the humble home as it does in a palace. A Good Bride —No need to new home. S white soap, rin —all you need —The cost is the muss and b Just phone a him attentive a wear you out. —Leisure to k ANAH PHONE 18 URGES FINGERPRINT FOR AUTO REGISTER What kind of an identification mark is a name when it can be changed? Or clothes or even photos or scars? Furthermore, why shouldn't the majority who commit no crimes get the good from a workable system of identification? So thinks Herman Zabel, deputy sheirff in charge of the County Bureau of Identification. So Zabel plans to get into touch with the Auto Club of So. Cal. and the County Auto Club and have them indoors members to fingerprint their membership cards. Then, if the card is stolen and the thief tries to steal he can be quickly detected. Or if the boorer is lost or meets death, he can be identified quickly and certainly. Zabel already has interested the Sarta Ana Merchants' & Manufacturers' Assa'n in the plain of requiring strangers wishing to have checks cashed put their fingerprints on them. The right index and middle finger are the ones selected for the purpose. The association probably will adopt the plan. Zabel recommends the scheme to any association of businessmen who have occasion frequently to cash checks. In Argentina, he says, where there is a national system of identification, only one person in years who had met death failed to be identified. SEE THIS TAG on Every Orange AHEIM NATIONAL INSTALLS FIXTURES new fixtures being installed in Anaheim National Bank are due and the principal remaining to lay the marble work. The faults, for safety deposits and papers, respectively, were put in weeks ago. interior of the bank already is decidedly different appearance. The new arrangement is the one of two rows of windows on ride. To the left as you en-om West Center street is the office for consultation, Presi- William A. Dolan's office, Cash-B. McCord's office and the departments respectively for notes and escrow, of which R. L. may, assistant cashier, will be in. The right or west side con- the commercial windows, eight in which will divide patrons to their name—A to E. P. note. An Tavernelle marble on the fixtures and Belgian marble on the floors will add much to the attractions of the bank. Venetian blinds, already in place, permit the regulation of the natural light. Ample storage room upstairs and about the vaults will be available, and the usual side rooms have been provided. 27 MORE PHONES INSTALLED IN MAY A net gain of 27 stations was reported by Manager E. A. Beard of the Anaheim Exchange during May, compared with 22 in May of last year. In spite of 1922's tremendous growth in stations to make up for the jump in population which had overtaken the company's facilities, this year is comparing well with last. The net gain for the five months to June 1 war 123, and the gross gain, before deducting stations taken out was 205. When in need advertise in the Plain Dealer. CHAPMAN ATTENDS COLLEGE EXERCISES C. C. Chapman of Fullerton, attended the closing exercises at the new California Christian College at Los Angeles yesterday, and reported that a wonderful work is being done by the institution. At a recent meeting held in Fullerton in behalf of the enlargement of the college, Mr. Chapman pledged $150,000. He had formerly pledged $400,000, this bringing his contributions to $550,000. Mr. Chapman said this morning that the college at present owns 5 1-2 acres just across from the So. Branch of the University of Cal., and plans are being made for the creation of a $200,000 dormitory to take care of 200 students. The college has a regular faculty and 100 students. Some of the educational work is done in the So. Branch of the university. The college trains young people for the ministry, for teachers in religious education, for "Y" workers, missionaries and social workers. A Good Husband Will Insist That The Bride Send Her Laundry Here A Good Husband Will Insist That The Bride Send Her Laundry Here —No need to worry about the washing when you set up that cozy new home. Send for us. We work carefully with the purest of white soap, rinse in rain-soft water, and finish everything like new —all you need to do is just send the clothes away. —The cost is less than you would expect, and you have none of the muss and bother of washing in your new home. —Just phone and we'll have our representative call. You'll find him attentive and courteous. No hard heavy wash-day work to wear you out. —Leisure to keep young and build a happy home. ANAHEIM LAUNDRY CO. PHONE 18 ANAHEIM, CALIF. Anaheim Building Corp. J. SIEGEL, President General Office 919-27 North Los Angeles Street Anaheim, California Watch Us Do Things and Watch Us Grow