oc-plain-dealer 1923-07-27

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Let me not think it strange.—Or far my powers above, That He, whom height nor depth can change.—Is changeless in His Love. —Jullus H. Seelye. Political Trouble in Mexico Looming Villa's death should have had a pacifying influence in Mexico. But there is doubt as to the effect it will have. There is clash between Villa's widow and some of his followers as to division of property of the departed bandit chieftain. And the assassination of Villa seems to have aroused political unimosities and to have strengthened the forces opposing the administration of President Obregon. Some of the Villa forces, it is reported, have taken to the mountains, and a revival of bloody clashes may result. The pacifying strength of President Obregon soon may be put to severe test. There seems to be an undercurrent of that species of unrest which, a few years ago, had Mexico in its bloody grip. An ambitious, unscrupulous leader, caring more for his own fortunes than for the peace and welfare of Mexico, might precipitate another reign of terror down there. It is to be hoped that this may be averted and that Mexico may enter upon a new era of sustained peace and progress. To this end, all responsible influences on both sides of the Mexican border should be exerted. It is a long time since the thrilling slogan, "Remember the Maine!" rang up and down the land. Yet the death of Rear Admiral Sigbee recalls those dramatic days of 1898. It is to be hoped and prayed that never again may such a tragedy come upon this country. Team Work Is Required in Alaska It is a long time since the thrilling slogan, "Remember the Maine!" rang up and down the land. Yet the death of Rear Admiral Sigsbee recalls those dramatic days of 1898. It is to be hoped and prayed that never again may such a tragedy come upon this country. Team Work Is Required in Alaska President Harding has completed his tour of Alaska—a tour which promises to be epochal of the American Northwest. The chief magistrate, during the few days he was in Alaska, was assiduous in investigating and studying conditions. He doubtless has better acquainted himself with affairs there than any President has been familiarized with Alaska—not even excepting Colonel Roosevelt. President Harding finds nothing seriously wrong with Alaska. What it needs, above all else, he finds, is better team work among its people. He urges "united energy" on the part of the residents of Alaska. This, doubtless, will be the keynote of the President's interpretation of the needs of the Far Northwest. He will recommend certain constructive reforms. But he will stress particularly the needs to put aside factionalism and to join in effectual co-operation for the furtherance of the best interests of that whole territory, with statehood as the ultimate goal for Alaska. Carefulness in traffic must come from all, to be effective.. If only a few are careful, the recklessness of others endangers the careful ones. Sometimes a would-be careful driver must do a reckless thing to escape a bad accident with a reckless driver. Giant Redwoods Given as Memorial The pioneers of Humboldt County, California, are memorializing in the gift, by Zipporah Russ, to the state of California of a large tract of picturesque redwoods in Humboldt County, north of Eureka. This gift is a memorial to Joseph Russ, a pioneer, who came to Humboldt County in 1852. The redwood tract becomes a memorial not only to Joseph Russ, but to all the pioneers of Humboldt County. This is one of the most fitting memorials that could be made to any person or group of persons connected with the history and development of California. These mammoth trees ever should be shielded and held against the ravages of time, and greed, and the elements. These giant trees should not go for lumber. It seems almost sacrilegious to destroy them. Better to do without the lumber they would make than to lay low these monarchs of the forest. Flying across the United States by daylight of one day requires speedy going. It can be done. The two trials already made indicate this. It is only a question of when it is done and who does it. DO YOU KNOW? Flying across the United States by daylight of one day requires speedy going. It can be done. The two trials already made indicate this. It is only a question of when it is done and who does it. DO YOU KNOW? The Job Printing Department of the Orange County Plain Dealer is equipped to print anything for You from business cards to a catalogue. Telephone 151 Orange County Plain Dealer JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT 124 West Chartres St. Anaheim ES THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer FRIDAY, Subscription Re Entered at the ON THE ALASKAN TRAIL WITH HARDING—NO. 13 If These Sphinx-like "Totems" Could Speak Maybe They Could Tell Harding How to Solve Some of Alaska's Problems. KEEP CH Our t lege and t heir fortu vicissitudes tion fees. tional reco pled in th The y porus for s those who sible to fr keen edge lege with to place an which they Such chief force be allowed ON The S Saturday a Mr. P thus is the Journal. Woodl ful resident —Washing Turnin own paren Ledger. I was passed thru ing a whee AROUND THE TOTEM POLES OF THE ALASKAN INDIANS OF THE NORTH WEST COAST-A MASS OF IDEAS AND USAGES HAS GROWN UP-INVOLVING KINSHIP-RULES OF MARRIAGE-PROPERTY-RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND DESCENTALLY CENTERED ABOUT THESE ANIMAL CRESTS TO THESE INDIANS THE 'TOTEM' IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE NEW YORK LETTER Taxies are about my only luxurious indulgence. I have the habit of picking one up regularly at the same corner. The other morning, after getting comfortably set in one of the many yellow lined up in front of the apartment, the door was pulled open, and a driver, whom I recognized, fairly yanked me out of my seat and across the street to another car. I protested all the way, but he would have none of it. Not until he had taken the wheel of his car, did he enlighten me. "Miss, I wasn't goin to have you rldin down the street with that one. He ain't drew a sober breath in a month, and the lokes of you shouldn't be seen with him." Who says Heaven won't protect the poor working girl? No finer example of French architecture exists in the United States than the house, of the late W. W. Vanderbilt, at 51st street and Fifth avenue. Not long ago it was sold by Mrs. Vanderbilt to a banking corporation, which has left it stand idle for nearly a year. A story about a carved figure on the topmost gable has just come out. It seems that the contractor had hired several stone carvers for the many figures and gargoyle decorating the architecture. They had only given passing notice to the fact that the POEMS THAT LIVE ODE We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams. Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And siting by desolate streams; World losers and world forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams, Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world forever, it seems. With wonderful deathless ditties We build up the world's greatest cities, And out of a fabulous story We fashion an empire's glory. One man with a dream, of pleasure Shall go forth and conquer a crown; And three with a new song's measure Can trample an empire down. We, in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth, Built Ninevah with our sighing, And Babe: itself with our mirth. And o'erthrew them with prophesying To the old of the new world's worth, For each age is a dream that is dying PARAGRAPHS BY ROBERT QUILLEN The opium derivative that dulls the senses of statesmen is the profit. Still, a harvest hand could hold down the President's job for ten seconds. Another thing that teaches you to enjoy the finer things of life is a charge account. When Germany is strong enough to pay, the first things she will pay will be a few of her grudges. This is a backward year and nothing has appeared on time except the fall dresses and millinery. The most dismaying of eternal triangles, however, is the coal man, the ice man and the poor house. The burdens Africans can carry on their heads are astonishing until you observe the burdens the Americans can carry on their No finer example of French architecture exists in the United States than the house, of the late W. W. Vanderbilt, at 51st street and Fifth avenue. Not long ago it was sold by Mrs. Vanderbilt to a banking corporation, which has left it stand idle for nearly a year. A story about a carved figure on the topmost gable has just come out. It seems that the contractor had hired several stone carvers for the many figures and gargoyle decorating the architecture. They had only given passing notice to the fact that the Italian working on the highest gable was the most secretive one about his labor, in that he had built a little shed at the top closing out all the view. When the job was complete and the scaffolding was removed, the architect was horrified to see a little figure of a stone carver surmounting the whole, entirely out of key with the other art. He summoned the contractor, who was equally mystified, but sent for the workman who had hidden himself up there. He proved very frank. "Me works all over big house, makada animals and angels, everbod but the poor carvada man—so me cut way up high, nobod evera see. The architect and the builder were furious and ordered him to take down his likeness. Stolldly he refused. Then, some way it came to Vanderbilt's attention and he came to see it. He was delighted. Fine! Leave it there; I like the workman for his pride." And so, la petite wop, crowns the finest house in town. Mrs. Oliver Harriman has sailed for the Mediterranean countries to look for foreign plays and novels adaptable for the Film Guild, an organization in which she is particularly interested thru her son, who is one of its actors. It aims to do in the movies a work similar to that of the Theater Guild for the stage. The cast of "The Passing Show" held a meeting the other night and purchased all available copies of the old time thrillers by T. C. Harbaugh, paying $262 for them, which was sent on to him to help in his financial emergency. Above three with a new song's measure Can trample an empire down. We, in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth, Built Nineveh with our sighing, And Babe; itself with our mirth. And o'erthrew them with prophesying To the old of the new world's worth, For each age is a dream that is dying Or one that is coming to birth. —Arthur O'Shaughnessy. ABE MARTIN Th' newest thing in stallers is th' feller that wouldn't have a closed car if you'd give it to him. Company is civilisin' an' helpful t'a home even if th' dishes do pile up. Wouldn't pictures of men in a bathing suit serve as well to show the populace is enjoying local bathing facilities. Germany should be more frank and make a flat statement concerning the exact amount of indemnity she is willing to dodge. The burdens Africans can carry on their heads are astonishing until you observe the burdens the Americans can carry on their ears. Of course we shall be a sweet and gentle people when all are total abstainers. Look at the Turk. That buzzard found guarding a mountain still doubtless was waiting to see which way the consumers went. The war of statistics between Cuno and Poincaire must go to the bitter end unless one side runs out of ciphers. Our school histories may be affected by the English, but thank goodness our speech is almost free of their influence. The test of Christian charity is the degree of sympathy a wheat farmer feels for a Wall Street broker who goes broke. The diplomat leads a hard life. When he thinks of something reasonable and just, it never seems sufficiently patriotic. Well, this automobile age has lightened Mother's duties. Dad now puts on the patches. Without any claim to originality, we offer as our third entry for the Bok peace prize the well-known Ten Commandments. And yet if European statesmen saw a man monkeying with a hornet's nest they probably would not call it a foreign policy. FRIDAY, JULY TWENTY-SEVENTH, 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. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS EDITORS ARE SAYING KEEP CHRISTIAN TORCH BURNING—Philadelphia Public Ledger Our two great American colleges at Constantinople—Robert College and Constantinople College for Women—are facing a crisis in their fortunes. The christian student bodies are cut down by political vicissitudes; the Turks, who wish to attend, cannot afford to pay tuition fees. It is essential to the re-establishment of a proper international record in the Near East that these colleges should not be crippled in their service to humanity. The youth of the surrounding country have flocked to the Bosporus for an education and instantly found themselves in contact with those whose nations were feared and hated at home. It was impossible to fraternize in classrooms and on playgrounds and not lose the keen edge of those bitter animosities that they brought to the college with them. In time these instructed young people have come to place and power with a tolerance and knowledge of their neighbors which they obtained at first hand. Such relations, for the good of all, must be continued. The chief forces of light and leading in the distraught Levant should not be allowed to languish and perhaps, perish in this critical time. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT NEWS FROM THE TALL GRASS The St. James cemetery will meet at the Connolly home next Saturday afternoon—Nevada (Iowa) Representative. Mr. Pickering has been pastor here for twenty-eight years, and thus is the longest Baptist pastor in Wisconsin.—Wisconsin State Journal. Woodley road, near Connecticut avenue bridge, room in beautiful residence for gentleman. Twin beds. Breakfast served $40 each.—Washington Post. Turning from the altar, the new Mrs. Hare embraced first her own parents, then the parents of the bridegroom.—Birmingham Ledger. MARCELETTE I was motoring back from Long Beach a few days ago, and I passed through Garden City. A man was limping badly and was pushing a wheel-chair in which was seated a woman who evidently could Saturday afternoon—Nevada (Iowa) Representative. Mr. Pickering has been pastor here for twenty-eight years, and thus is the longest Baptist pastor in Wisconsin.—Wisconsin State Journal. Woodley road, near Connecticut avenue bridge, room in beautiful residence for gentleman. Twin beds. Breakfast served $40 each.—Washington Post. Turning from the altar, the new Mrs. Hare embraced first her own parents, then the parents of the bridegroom.—Birmingham Ledger. MARCELETTE I was motoring back from Long Beach a few days ago, and I passed through Garden City. A man was limping badly and was pushing a wheel-chair in which was seated a woman who evidently could not walk. Those two had real troubles. Your troubles are mostly imaginary. Yes, I know that business is bad and that stocks have gone smash; but you don't know what trouble is until you find that your eyes will not see, that your legs will not function or that there is something seriously the matter. Yes, we have no trouble today. A LITTLE SLICE OF LIFE It was after midnight, And some people were trying To get some sleep. The apartment house Tetrazzini, On one of the top floors, Was at concert pitch And was going usually strong. We have often wondered, at her. She sings eighteen hours a day. One gruff voice yelled; "Stop that cat fight." Another yelled "rotten". A third advised the singer To get on the key or quit. Many others protested. And in a moment she began Al lover once more and sang, "I hear you calling me." Until long after two p'clock. If that woman ever gets a job On the concert stage that will Take her away from home, How happy we will be. EARTHQUAKES IN PROPHECY FREE LECTURE ON THIS SUBJECT BY EVANG. GEO. R. RIPPER, WHO WILL EXPLAIN THE SYMBOLIC MEANING OF EARTHQUAKES AS SPOKEN OF IN BIBLE PROPHECY. 3RD FLOOR, I.O.O.F. BLDG 133 W. CENTER SUNDAY, JULY 29, 7:30 P.M. ALL CORDIALLY INVITED NO COLLECTIONS AUSPICES OF INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION SEE PRESIDENT HARDING AT LONG BEACH FRIDAY, AUGUST 3RD. SEE PRESIDENT HARDING AT LONG BEACH FRIDAY, AUGUST 3RD. Big Patriotic Parade at 2 p.m. Old Time Balloon Ascension at 4 p.m. Featuring a Parachute Drop Over the Ocean by the famous VIN P. TAYLOR Band Concerts Twice Daily Continuous Jazz Orchestra Concerts 'A Thousand Things to Do for Young and Old' Don't Miss the First Annual Southern California BABY PARADE Saturday, August 18th—Long Beach Pier and Pike $500 IN PRIZES