oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-16

PROGRESS OF ANAHEIM AS TOLD BY BUILDING Year Perquits Total 1922 675 $1,413,046 1921 564 1,253,870 1920 362 879,950 1919 174 464,500 26TH YEAR NO. 275. 1 DEAD, OTHERS HARDING BACK FROM TRIP TO FAR NORTH Diplomats to Hear Woes of Compeling Railway Interests. By GEORGE R. HOLMES (L. N. S., Staff Correspondent) AIRBANKS, Alaska, July 16. Brush Fires Menace Many Ranch Homes A forest or brush fire in Santa Ana Canyon in the region of Prado, which was reported under control last night, was still smoking today, according to a well known Santa Anan acquainted with the vicinity. According to reports, 1000 acres of pasture land had been burned over last night and between 75 and 100 men were fighting the blaze. The fire fighters saved many ranch houses and other buildings. A lighted cigarette is blamed for the fire. BRIDE ADMITS WRONG ACTS: Diplomats to Hear Woes of Competing Railway Interests. By GEORGE R. HOLMES (I. N. S., Staff Correspondent) AIRBANKS, Alaska, July 16.—One hundred and fifty miles south of the Arctic Circle, the farthest north any prominent government official ever penetrated. President Harding turned southward today and started the long and tedious journey back to the seacoast. Fairbanks is the metropolis of the far north and the distributing and commercial center for the great interior and the Yukon River territory. Half thru his inspection trip into the interior of the industrial and mining regions, the president found Fairbanks a picturesque town whose frame shacks and pretentious store fronts are reminiscent of the movies. be town is turning itself inside-out to entertain the party. Flags decorate the main street and everything is dressed up. The president completed his several days journey to Fairbanks with a new appreciation of the difficulties under which the trail blazers are working which but strengthened his slowly forming conviction that Alaska's evolution into the new empire of the northland is not one to be swiftly accomplished, even under the most favorable circumstances of governmental encouragement. The official party will be split up. Fairbanks today with the president and some others going fillyvering to McCarty, while others, including Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Secretary of the Interior Work, go back by train to Anchorage where they will hold public hearings on some grievances Alaskan business men based on a feud of long standing between the opponents of the government railroad and those of the Copper River Railroad owned by the Guggenheim-Morgan interests, and are complained by politics and personalities. Residents of Seward charge Anchorage is the base of operations for most of the Guggenheim interests and thrue the Guggenheim road and the Alaska Steamship Co. which the Guggenheim also control, charges are made that these powerful private interests are seeking the downfall of the government's railway from Seward to Fairbanks. The row principally concerns Alaskan personalities and politics but the cabinet members are interested because of their efforts to make the government railroad a paving venture. BRIDE ADMITS WRONG ACTS; SUICIDES SAN DIEGO, July 16.—A "terrifying conscience" drove Mrs. Hazel Nanette Block, beautiful young bride of Dr. Harry Block to suicide it was disclosed today when several letters left by the young Denver woman were read at the coroner's inquest. "I was so happy before I began acting wrongly," she wrote to her parents. "I did not realize what I was doing," the letter continued, referring to a period before her marriage. "I cannot perform my duties," she wrote, "and I keep thinking of what might have been had I acted right." To her husband, she wrote: "I am unworthy of you and of your high ideals." On the witness stand Dr. Block testified that several times his wife had apparently tried to confess a secret having to do with some act prior to their marriage, but that she evidently could not bring herself to the point of speaking freely. The couple were married in Denver, Dec. 31, 1922, where the bride was a popular society girl and where the families of both had resided for some years. DENVER, July 16.—Mrs. Harry Block, whose dead body was found on the floor of her bedroom in San Diego Saturday night by her husband on his return home after a short absence, was before her departure from Denver, prominent in the city's social set. She was 24 years old and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Berger, well known in Denver. Relatives of the dead woman said they could assign no cause for her act, as letters recently from her indicated she was happy in her new home. WELL KNOWN SOAP MFGR. DIES IN WEST (Br International News Service) Residents of Seward charge Anchorage is the base of operations for most of the Guggenheim interests and thru the Guggenheim road and the Alaska Steemship Co. which the Guggenheim also control, charges are made that these powerful private interests are seeking the downfall of the government's railway from Seward to Fairbanks. The row principally concerns Alaskan personalities and politics but the cabinet members are interested because of their efforts to make the government railroad a paying venture in which they have been unsuccessful so far. CLAIMS WOMAN CAUSED HIS CAPTURE (By International News Service) SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.—"A woman caused my trouble and a woman ended it." Thus philosophically John Soudas awaited in the city jail today the arrival of Seattle officers to take him back there to face a seven-year-old conviction of murdering Mrs. Blanche Coleman. Soudas engineered a general jail delivery and successfully evaded the law until recognized on a ferry boat Sunday by a local detective and arrested. MAKES STATEMENT TO CALM BRITISH (By International News Service) BIRS, July 16.—A statement designed to conciliate Great Britain was issued at the foreign office today within less than 24 hours after Premier Poincare had delivered his aggressive reparations speech at Senlis. The speech was written before Premier Baldwin made his statement on reparations and could not be considered a reply. The Senlis speech made it appear that M. Polincare was rejecting reparations suggestions made by Permier Baldwin. STRIKE SEEMS OVER (By International News Service) LONDON, July 16.—Striking British dock workers began returning to their ports today and the strike appeared to be on the point of collapse. WELL KNOWN SOAP MFGR. DIES IN WEST (By International News Service) PASADENA, July 16.—David B. Gamble, 76, of the firm of Proctor & Gamble, soap manufacturers, died today at the Pasadena hospital after a long illness. Mr. Gamble was formerly president of the board of directors of Occidental College in Los Angeles and was also recognized as one of the leading laymen of the Presbyterian church in the United States. He retired from business before coming to California about fifteen years ago and his activities in S. Califr were in promoting the cause of education and contributing financially to the missionary work of the Presbyterian church. He is survived by a wife and three sons. The body will be sent to Cincinnati for burial. CHILD DIES WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO An inquest was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Seale funeral parlor over the body of John Marillo, 10 years old, who was killed Saturday afternoon on the Anaheim-Long Beach. Marillo ran into the road dicar driven by D. C. Tindall of Long Beach. Marillo run into the road directly in front of the Tindall car while playing with a tire. He was taken to the Johnson sanitarium in Buena Park, where he died. WILL TRY OTHER PLAN (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, July 16.—If the state department is not able to get foreign nations to agree to extend the American right of search and seizure from three to 12 miles as an additional protection against rum running ships, legislation to extend the three-mile limit for the purpose of prohibition enforcement will be urged at the beginning of the Sixteenth Congress, it was announced this afternoon by Senator Stirling, Republican, of S. D. PIONEER MOTHER PASSES TO B Mrs. Mary G. Whalley of England, but a resident heim since 1911, died at 8 after an illness of several is survived by three daughters; Mrs. M. W. Chandler, wife heim; Mrs. S. F. Stephens ice, and Miss M. A. Whalleyes. Also a son J. C. Burbank. Three other children her in death. Funeral announcement made at a later date port from relatives. READY FOR EOC (By International News Service) SAN DIEGO, July 16.—tion from Mount Wilson was here today drawing on the construction of a $2 crente foundation on Point their instruments with w serve and photograph eclipse of the sun in Sep HEARING TODAY The hearing of F. B. Palican charged with arson, uled this afternoon before French. Padilla is said she mitted to officers since he ment that he fired the teage at the Americanization the Placentia Orange Grove. THE THERMOMETER Maximum, $1½ about $ FULL REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE—FIRST LEASED WIRE IN ANAHEIM THE ORANGE COUNTY lain Dealer LEADING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, Calif., Monday, July 16, 1923. WEATHER HERS HURT IN SANTA GIRLS OF GERMAN ARISTOCRACY LEARN TO DO FARM WORK CO. REALTORS ORGANIZE BOARD Six Town Associations Meet In First Annual Picnic In Park. The six realty boards of Orange-co. organized Saturday at the first annual barbecue and meeting at Or A blue-blooded pototo picker. The baroness Imhoff, at right and her friend, Frauloin von Groiss, of Vienna, are seen at work just as the peasant women of central Europe, in old dress and make-shift sandals, digging potatoes. BURN WRECKAGE OF FATAL U. P. CRASH (By International News Service) SAN BERNARDINO, July 16.—Preparations were being made here today to burn the wreckage of a 30-car freight train of the Union Pacific By., which left the tracks in Cajon Pass last night after the air brakes failed to work while the train was traveling between 60 and 80 miles per hour, killing Cleveland Palmer, fireman, and W. B. Hamlin, and seriously injuring C. F. Holland, engineer. Palmer was killed instantly when he was buried 400 feet thru his cab window to the paved highway. Hamlin was crushed in the mass of wreckage and died while being rushed to a hospital. The freight train was made up of cars loaded with cement and coal. ADD BURN WRECKAGE Hamlin narowly escaped death, who seriously hurt, when after seeing the brakes were out of order, climbed to the top of the train and aluded in setting the hand brakes. Hand brakes on the last four cars were set by T. B. Frazer, conductor and E. A. Highwood, rear brakenan, but they were unable to work further because of the speed of the train. The four cars on which the hand brakes were set did not leave the rails. A feature of the wreck was that C. Rouse and Ed Wilson, traveling along the highway-in an automobile, barely escaped death when the locomotive which was hurled 50 feet from the tracks onto the highway-stopped within inches of HOT CONTEST IN SENATOR ELECTION Old Guard Claims Farmer Labor Party Destroys Placards: ST. PAUL, MINN., July 16.—Early this afternoon indications were that Minnesota would cast a vote well up to normal in the special election today to elect a successor to the late U. S. Senator Knute Nelson. Heavy voting is reported here and in Minneapolis, in Duluth, due to last hour efforts of Republicans, who in the belief that a full vote would elect J. A. O. Preus, their candidate, made desperate efforts over Saturday and Sunday to bring out the voters. The Henepin-co Republican central committee in Minneapolis complained to the county attorney this morning that backers of Magnus Johnson, Parish Board Six Town Associations Meet In First Annual Picnic In Park. The six realty boards of Orange-co, organized Saturday at the first annual barbecue and meeting at Orange County Park and adopted their by-laws. The name selected is the Associated Realtors of Orange Co., and the officers are: Tom Talbert of Huntington Beach, president; A. E. Harrogrove, Anaheim, first vice-president; Harry Crock, Fullerton, second vice-president; Everett A. White, Santa Ana, third vice-president; Edward O. Williams, Orange, fourth vice-president, and J. C. Wallace, Santa Ana, secretary-treasurer. The association's objects are stated in the by-laws as follows: "The purpose of this association shall be to secure for its members the benefit of united effort and concentrated power in all matters where the realtors and people of Orange co. are mutually interested; to promote good fellowship and fair dealings; to protect both its members and the public at large against irresponsible, unprincipiled and dishonest practices; to promote the enactment of legislation for the protection of property rights and the dealings pertaining thereto; to be governed by and to give support to the California Realty Laws; to do all else in its power as a unit which may tend to the upbuilding, the stability and the dignity of dealing in real estate, and for the upbuilding of the County of Orange as a whole, with no prejudice to any particular vicinity or person, to the end that the realtors of Orange County may enjoy their rightful place as the builders of the communities." Each of the boards will entertain the others in turn, in regular rotation, which shall be changed when a new board is admitted. There were two ball games at the barbecue between Anaheim and Santa Ana teams and Anaheim won both. A prize boxing bout between Hernandez and Montoya, semi-professionals, was won by Hernandez. Tom Talbert won in a bout against Dale McCann of Santa Ana. In the races A. E. Harrogrove was beaten by Frank Pope of Santa Ana, and N. N. Sanford of Hargrove's office won the long distance race. A dance by Joe Smith was a feature. Joe Wagner was in charge of the eats, and F. F. Fowler of Anaheim of the tickets. EXCESSIVE FIGURE PIONEER MOTHER PASSES TO BEYOND Mrs. Mary G. Whalley, $1, native of England, but a resident of Anaheim since 1911, died at 10:30 today after an illness of several weeks. She is survived by three daughters, one, Mrs. M. W. Chandler, west of Anaheim, Mrs. S. F. Stephenson, of Venice, and Miss M. A. Whalley, Los Angeles. Also a son J. C. Whalley, of Burbank. Three other children preceded her in death. Funeral announcements will be made at a later date pending word room relatives. READY FOR ECLIPSE (By International News Service) SAN DIEGO, July 16.—A delegation from Mount Wilson observatory has here today drawing plans for the construction of a $20,000 concrete foundation on Point Loma for their instruments with which to observe and photograph the totalclipse of the sun in September. HEARING TODAY The hearing of F. B. Padilla, Mexican charged with arson, was scheduled this afternoon before Judge French. Padilla is said to have admitted to officers since his arraignment that he fired the teachers' college at the Americanization' camp of the Placentia Orange Growers' Association. THE THERMOMETER Maximum, $1½ about 3 p.m. YOUNG GIRL DROWNS IN NEWPORT RIPTIDE The ocean claimed another victim Sunday, when Anna Keller, 22, of Los Angeles was drowned. Persistent efforts at resuscitation failed. The girl was carried out to sea by a rip tide, and fishermen who went to her aid failed to reach her in time. The body was taken to a Los Angeles undertaking establishment. MAY LOSE POLICEMAN M. F. Andrade, patrolman, and Frank Delatour went to Murrieta Hot Springs Wednesday for a ten days' vacation. Now the local police hear they have taken a concession there and gone into partnership. Their co-officials are wondering when Marcuus will come back. They say they would surely miss him if he were not to return to his "beat." ANAHEIM aler COUNTY GROWTH OF ANAHEIM SHOWN BY CENSUS Total in 1910 was... 2,628 For Year 1920 was... 5,520 Today; Estimated at... 10,000 When thru with your Plain Dealer, mail it to Eastern Friends—It may bring them to Anaheim, the Fastest Growing City in Orange County. WEATHER Fair, moderately warm tonight and Tuesday. PRICE 2 CENTS NTA ANA RACES LTORS IZE RD ations Meet al Picnic Ham And Eggs Lose Cast In Early Menu CHICAGO, July 16.—Ham and eggs, which with the succulent pie have been the premier bluebloods of American grub aristocracy ever since Columbus and his intrepid yachtsmen ferried over, were threatened today with permanent loss of their social niche. Either the hungry husband and the little woman are breakfasting more and more on sawdust cereals or else they're not breakfasting much at all. At least, such was the impression created by the announcement here of Thomas E. Wilson, president of the packing company which bears his name, that despite wholesale ham prices being 25 to 33 per cent lower than a year ago, no one is in the slightest degree excited over it. Ham is being used in considerable quantities, the packer said, but there was the inference that SPECTATOR IS VICTIN OF RACER Driver Loses Control of Speeding Ford; Police Stop Races. Dashing into a group of people standing by the pit, in the eleventh TRAINS RUNNING AFTER SHUT OUT BY MONT. RANCHER (By International News Service) MINNEAPOLIS, July 16.—Train service on the Flaxton-Whitetail branch of the Soo Line in North Dakota and Montana was resumed today after Elmer E. ("Hominy") Thompson, 65 year old Montana rancher who held up trains at the point of a shot gun as the result of a dispute with the road over a right-of-way, was arrested by a U.S. marshal on a charge of obstructing the mails, according to announcement by Soo Line officials here. Thompson refused to accept an award of price for the right-of-way thru his land and last week, after tearing up the rails, posted himself with a shotgun, defying all traffic thru his land for four days. ARMY OFFICER DIES IN MOTORBIKE CRASH TACOMA, July 16.—First Sergeant Fred A. Liphardt, 34, tenth field artillery, Camp Lewis, died at the camp hospital late Sunday from injuries received when the motorcycle he was riding skidded and overturned as he endeavored to pass a truck on the highway near here. He was riding tandem on a motorcycle driven by Private C. Cattnor. Cattnor was uninjured. Liphardt's home is at Martins Ferry, Ohio. ROB CYPRESS RESTAURANT The "Stop In" restaurant, owned and operated by Mrs. E. Cutter, of Cypress, was burglarized last night. The thieves entered by forcing a rear window and secured a quantity of candy, cigars and cigarettes. There were no clues left as to the identity of the midnight visitors. NAGEN Driver Loses Control of Speeding Ford; Police Stop Races. Dashing into a group of people standing by the pit, in the eleventh lap of the first of a proposed series of races at the foot of South Main-st., between Santa Ana and Newport Beach yesterday afternoon, Frank Lowrey, a spectator, of Long Beach was fatally hurt and several others injured. The Police stopped the races after the accident. The injured were taken to the Community hospital at Santa Ana, where it was declared all would recover. They are: Sam Ward of Santa Ana, who suffered a slight concussion of the brain; Ernest Ham, 12, of Santa Ana, fractured right arm; "Buster" Ford, Santa Ana, fractured arm and leg, and Ed Johnson, who suffered a sprained ankle. Ward still was unconscious today at the hospital, where it was said again both he and the two boys will recover. One Fachau also came to the hospital to have some minor cuts dressed, but left at once. Johnson didn't go to the hospital. From two to five thousand persons witnessed the race, which was on a temporary track. Jack Turner of Long Beach in a Ford is said to have lost control of his machine. His injuries were slight and he was not taken to the hospital. The inquest over the body of Lowry, the dead man, will be held this afternoon at Huntington Beach. BABY INJURED AS AUTO HITS FATHER An accident also occurred last Saturday evening in which a car driven by J. H. Brittain of Los Angeles struck a Mexican man and baby named Contrares. The baby's head was slightly bruised. Joseph R. Roels and Mira. Mercedes Lopez of Yucalpa were injured Saturday afternoon on Center-st, when the car in which they were riding collided with another car driven by M. W. Mickle of Anaheim. Roels was cut about the head, and Mrs. Lopez was but slightly injured. An accident also was reported from the intersection of Center and Olive-st, in wich a Chevrolet car owned by J. S. Sellers of No. Olive-st and a car owned by Paul Domingues who lives near Anaheim collided. A hub cap and left rear fender was torn away from one of the cars. ROB CYPRESS RESTAURANT The "Stop In" restaurant, owned and operated by Mrs. E. Cutter, of Cypress, was burglarized last night. The thieves entered by forcing a rear window and secured a quantity of candy, cigars and cigarettes. There were no clues left as to the identity of the midnight visitors. THE FIGURE HOLDS A POOL CONTRACT contract for the construction of Anaheim's new city park, which it had been expected would be meeting of city council, will come up at the post-sunday next. City Manager O. E. Steward today of the bids received have been too high. BURGLARS RANSACK TWO ANAHEIM HOMES Two houses were entered by burglars Saturday evening in Anaheim, according to reports made to the local police. The residence of John Neusehafer, 632 North East-st, was entered early in the evening, the place ransacked, according to the police, and the burglars left without taking anything, possibly being frightened away. The residence of A. F. Withee, 963 East Center-st, was entered by the way of the back door, sometime between 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock. The rear door was not locked, it is said. The family had gone out to visit a neighbor at the time of the burglary. Jewelry and small change was taken, amounting in value to about $25. RESCUE LUMBER CARGO (By International News Service) ASTORIA, Ore., July 15.—The Japanese steamer Yonan Maru aground since Friday on Peacock Spit, is in such danger of breaking up that members of the crew, aided by many longshoremen from here, are today throwing off the forward deckload of lumber with all possible speed. Starbuck's Reds, See classified ad. LOPEZ OF YUCALPA were injured Saturday afternoon on Center-st, when the car in which they were riding collided with another car driven by M. W. Mickle of Anaheim. Roels was cut about the head, and Mrs. Lopez was but slightly injured. An accident also was reported from the intersection of Center and Olive-st, in wich a Chevrolet car owned by J. S. Sellers of No. Olive-st and a car owned by Paul Dominguez who lives near Anaheim collided. A hub-cap and left rear fender was torn away from one of the cars. William Hamilton of Anaheim is also reported at have driven his Buick into the running board of a Paige car owned by H. W. Corder of Anaheim. Both cars were damaged. THIEVES VISIT TWO HOMES OVER SUNDAY Two residences, that of Mrs. Alex Henderson on East Orangethorpe-ave and the other that of Mrs. Hetebrink on No. Cypress-ave, were entered over the week-end, according to reports made to the Fullerton police. Nothing was taken in either instance, except food to which the burglars helped themselves. For best results try Plain Dealer Classified ads. BLUNDERS Is this man well dressed? The answer will be found among today's want ads.