oc-plain-dealer 1923-06-14

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Man’s life is a gift of God,” said the eminent Persian poet. Take, use wisely, and enjoy each day, but forget not the Giver.—Anonymous. AUTOMOBILE THEFTS IN GREAT NUMBERS They are stealing automobiles in Los Angeles with startling frequency. The alarming total of 1760 cars have been stolen there since the first of this year; 402 machines were taken during the month of May alone. Automobiles worth nearly $2,000,000 were stolen during the five months. Gross carelessness on the part of owners of machines is charged by officials of the Automobile Club of Southern California. Cars are left unlocked, in downtown sections. Even when machines are stolen the owners, in many instances, are unable to give information that would identify their cars and lead to their recovery. This reign of criminality is disquieting indeed. An average of 14 automobiles per day stolen in one city is a sorry commentary on social conditions. There should be better co-operation between owners of machines and those who would protect them against thieves. Leaving cars unlocked and unguarded is a standing temptation to the criminally inclined. The wonder is what the voters of a certain district in Oklahoma were thinking about when they elected Manuel Herrick to Congress. That fellow is a common nuisance. His suit against a young woman typist for alleged breach of promise is the latest of a long series of asinine performances from him. FIGHT ON CRIMINALITY IN LOS ANGELES The whole county and the whole of Southern California are interested in the agitation in Los Angeles for suppression of criminality there. While spirited and determined attacks are made on the police department, with charges of inefficiency and corruption, there is evidence that there are other angles which contribute to the reign of law- FIGHT ON CRIMINALITY IN LOS ANGELES The whole county and the whole of Southern California are interested in the agitation in Los Angeles for suppression of criminality there. While spirited and determined attacks are made on the police department, with charges of inefficiency and corruption, there is evidence that there are other angles which contribute to the reign of lawlessness. Courts are too lax; it is charged, in loosing criminals on small bonds. Juries are blamed for many failures to convict and properly punish law breakers. In many cases where the police arrest offenders promptly, the accused by means of straw bonds or legal loopholes, are turned loose and eventually escape serious punishment—in some instances escaping punishment altogether. These defects in criminal procedure must be remedied before the administering of the law strikes wholesome fear into the breasts of the criminal element. ALASKAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE STUDIED Alaska, in a way, has been lige an abandoned child. Its affairs have been administered slipshodly, and it has been the prey of clashing, grasping interests. Its development has been retarded by this President Harding, from his first entrance into the White House, has been interested in Alaska with a special interest. He feels that the development of its stupendous mineral wealth is of the utmost importance to the whole country. Consequently, he is putting aside all other affairs to make the long journey to the far Northwest to see for himself and to learn what can be done to improve governmental matters in Alaska and enhance its development. That region, comprising some 100,000 square miles—almost twice as large as California—has within its borders undeveloped riches which well deserve the attention of the national government. Besides it mineral wealth, Alaska has wonderful fisheries in its adjacent waters; and timber; and fur-bearing animals; and vast stretches of its territory are adapted to successful agriculture. It is well that the President of the Nation should especially concern himself in the progressive development of Alaska and should take pains to make a special trip there to gather facts for the instituting of needed reforms. House Plan No. 2056-2057 Here It Is! —That home plan you have been trying to figure out to build the new home from. —study the exterior details and then careful consideration to the alternate room arrangements. Surely ideas embodying so many special features cannot help but make strong appeals. —Our service department is equipped with a lot of original plans. Come in and inspect them at your convenience. GIBBS LUMBER 801 East Broadway—Phone 801 Anaheim URES ot Sunday Publisher Plain Dealer NATIONAL FLAG DAY JUNE 14 "OH! SAY, CAN YOU SEE—" NUMBERS startling free there since the month of May during the five is charged by Cars are left are stolen the on that would average of 14 netary on social owners of maLeaving cars criminally inat in Oklahoma to Congress. young woman long series of NGELES California are interof criminality on the police there is evireign of law NEW YORK LETTER (Lucy Jeanne Price) NEW YORK, June 14.—One of our oldest and best known landmarks soon will pay the price of popularity and be changed almost beyond recognition. Exactly one hundred years ago, when it looked as if national peace had come to stay, Fort Clinton, down at the Battery was ceded to New York City as an amusement place. The war of 1812 was over and "Surely," cried familiar tones, "we never shall have another war." So Fort Clinton became Castle Garden, where Jenny Lind sang a few years later and wrote the building into fame forever. Later it was used as an immigration bureau, and in 1896, it was remodeled for its present purpose—our great aquarium. No spot in New York is visited annually by so many hundreds of thousands of people, or is better known from coast to coast. Its visitors are so many in fact, and so many new fish families have been added to its residents, that the city, over the protest of some of its tradition-loving ones, has decided to add another story to the circular, low-lying structure at a cost of $76,000. The famous Delmonico bar, meeting places of generations of New Yorkers, has been sold to a junkman. The treasures of the old restaurant have all been auctioned off now, most of them going for little more than a song. Ice buckets, once used to cool champagne, were particularly cheap. The King Edward china set, designed for his visit when Prince of Wales, was bought by Col. Walter Scott for $600. Every once in a while we are convinced that the rising generation is still sound in the old virtues, in spite of the wails of the pessimists. Max Davis is a sixteen year old member of that generation. Seeing an American flag about to be run over by an automobile, he seized the half-yard and lost three fingers in his attempt to rescue it. But the flag was saved and Max is happy in his cot at the hospital. POEMS THAT LIVE ON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON Eternal spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungcons, Liberty, thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart— The heart which love of These alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquerors with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar, for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace, Worn as if thy cold pavement were a sod! By Bonnivard! May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God. —Lord Byron. Every once in a while we are convinced that the rising generation is still sound in the old virtues, in spite of the walls of the pessimists. Max Davis is a sixteen year old member of that generation. Seeing an American flag about to be run over by an automobile, he seized the hall and lost three fingers in his attempt to rescue it. But the flag was saved and Max is happy in his cot at the hospital. Anyone who doubts the real kindness and humanity of heart down under the skin of an apparently thoughless, self-concerned crowd, would do well to remember and watch the progress through a day of those among us who have lost their eyesight. Every once in a while we see one on the street, making his way without the benefit of seeing his steps. And never have I failed to see some one of the rushing crowd stop, and guide the footsteps across the street, always has there been an offer of help made so cheeringly that the most sensitive could not refuse to accept it. The other day, I was in a quick lunch place at the busiest hour of the day—twelve-thirty. A blind man entered and found a stool. Instantly three men who were eating as if they had only ten minutes left in their lives stopped and signalled waiters to take his order. The man next to him leaned over and in a low tone read him the menu, and when the food was brought, a flip looking girl on the other side suggested with all the disarmament of happy youth in her voice, that she'd love to cut the meat for him—"these restaurant steaks are the dickens for any of us to manage." It was perfectly apparent that no one there had ever seen the blind man before; it was just humanity, and it was worth carrying way with me. Why does anonymity attract people? No one has ever solved the problem. Lots of us do things from time to time that we wouldn't care to tell the world about, I suppose, and I can understand perfectly why some books appear without the author's name. But surely a man knows when he's written a book that he needn't be ashamed of, even if he isn't dead sure it is going to be a success. Take "West of the Water Tower," for instance. Everyone has been wondering who its author might be and why his name isn't emblazoned on the title page. The other night a group of writers were gathered together and the subject came up. Why did the author remain anonymous? Had any one an idea? No one had. "I am sure that the writer himself doesn't know," said Homer Croy. "I am sure he couldn't explain even to his own satisfaction why he did it. I know he can't, because I wrote it." THURSDAY, JUNE FOURTEENTH, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co. Per Yr. $3; 6 Months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) There would be small objection to a horde of aliens if they had a hoard. There is a limit to everything except the progeny of one unswatted fly. Too many people think religion is a kind of rabbit's foot to keep bad luck away. It frequently happens that the political dark horse is the one who is willing to pony up. A happy country is 'one in which the people don't give a particular darn which man is elected. Still, there has to be a groom before she can be a bride and get in the rotogravure section. What has become of the old-fashioned preacher who emphasized his point by making his celluloid cuffs rattle furiously? The office grouch loves argument so well that he deliberately eats things that don't agree with him. There are approximately 7542 leaders in this country, most of which never will get their axes ground. A vallager is a man who can feel important all day over the simple matter of herding. ABE MARTIN Remember when we used t' be foolish enough t' think Germany would come across. One dandy thing about a late spring—it gives winter elbows a chance t' shed an' clear up. Correct this sentence: "There were forty people in the picnic crowd and not one spoke about food tasting better outdoors." You can divorce an unsatisfactory mate, but you can't divorce the hateful quality that makes you unable to get along with one. When you eat what one section of America says of another, it isn't reasonable to expect rival races in Europe to revere one another. In the old days the drawbridge A vallager is a man who can feel important all day over the simple matter of having a stranger ask him for information. Correct this sentence: "There were forty people in the picnic crowd and not one spoke about food tasting better outdoors." You can divorce an unsatisfactory mate, but you can't divorce the hateful quality that makes you unable to get along with one. 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