oc-plain-dealer 1923-08-17

SECOND SECTION PADILLA, CONFESSED TOWER USED TO STUDY QUAKES No, it isn't an oil derrick on Andrew Smiley's place on the Garden Grove road near West Chapman avenue. It's a tower of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, which the latter will use next December or possibly next April in the finding out whether the earth's crust, which slipped during the San Francisco earthquake, made a ew survey necessary. Engineers now are at San Luis Obispo working on the same problem. Mt. Wilson and a similar tower just erected at Norwalk are clearly visible, and the three points enable ANAHEIM BABIES IN LONG BEACH PARADE The Long Beach Municipal Band, famous for its excellent music, will head the First Annual Southern California Baby Parade to be held in Long Beach, on the Pike and Pier, Saturday, August 18th. Preceding the band will be a detail of police clearing all bystanders from the roped off line of march. It is stated that it is estimated the parade will be three miles long, the hundreds of entries being the basis for the estimate. Several Anaheim children have been entered according to rports from Long Beach Amusement League officials. Photographers from the Universal Film Company will take motion pictures of the parade and the crowds in attendance for the International News Weekly, which is shown in 17,000 theaters each week. "Conquering Power" Taken From Balzac The Rex Ingram production for Metro of "The Conquering Power," greeted in New York as one of the truly great motion pictures of the age is announced by the United The Independent Want H Gas P MINNEAPOLIS, allowing up the move Masters of South Dakota behest of the independent stations at Mitchell t of gasoline from 18 gallon, including the cents per gallon, companies in the began to bring presidents and city council for similar raises where prices were n cents a gallon. drew Smiley's place on the Garden Grove road near West Chapman avenue. It's a tower of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, which the latter will use next December or possibly next April in the finding out whether the earth's crust, which slipped during the San Francisco earthquake, made a ew survey necessary. Engineers now are at San Luis Obispo working on the same problem. Mt. Wilson and a similar tower just erected at Norwalk are clearly visible, and the three points enable surveyors by triangulation to make their measurements. Last December a similar tower 22 feet in height was put up on the same spot to measure the distance between Mt. Wilson and Mt. San Antonio, otherwise known as Old Baldy. The tower on Smiley's place already is up 75 feet and will go up 20 feet more. Lieut. Dan Taylor is doing the work. The site is known as a Southwest Base and is marked by a small granite shaft on a brick base, placed there in 1888. A big lookout tower was on the site formerly. ESCAPED CONVICT KILLED IN BATTLE ST. PAUL, Aug. 17.—Edward Rust who escaped handcuffed from a train near Moorhead, Minn., July 2, after seizing the gun and killing Sheriff Fuller of Aberdeen, S. D., was shot dead by St. Paul police after a gun battle this morning. "Conquering Power" Taken From Balzac The Rex Ingram production for Metro of "The Conquering Power," greeted in New York as one of the truly great motion pictures of the age, is announced by the United Theatre for 3 days, beginning Sunday. It is an adaptation by June Mathis of Balzac's novel, "Eugenio Grandet," a powerful story of love and greed in a small French provincial town. Alice Terry and Rodolph Valentino, who created such memorable successes as the lovers in Ingram's production of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," are cast in the leading roles of Eugene and her Parish sultor, Charles, and Ralph Lewis plays the old miser, Grandot. Others in the cast are Edward Connelly, Edna Dunary, George Atkinson, Willard Lee Hall, Mary Hearn, Bridgetta Clark, Mark Fenton, Eugene Pouyet and Ward Wing. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Miller are passing their vacation at Catalina in company with relatives from Los Angeles and Hollywood. YOU NEED NOT BE SICK: YOUR BACKBONE WILL TELL ME WHAT AND WHERE YOUR TROUBLES ARE WITHOUT ASKING A QUESTION. SHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS FOR KIDNEY TROUBLE Kidney trouble is a general complaint that, in most cases has been treated in such a general way that it still menaces the health of many thousands. We eliminate the cause of kidney trouble and bring relief. "Your Health Our Aim" DR. JOSEPH H. COLEMAN CHIROPRACTOR 6 Years Successful Practice in Los Angeles 250 E Center Street Phone 845 In Minnesota, mpto companies alike are port of the state department culture, which was o governor to investigate a fair price for this state. The auto St. Paul and Minnesota their plans for coop stations when the oil induced 6.6c last week which immediately for the price again has to surprise, and they were today to say what cost taken. MEXICANS DEWORK AT THE SAN DIEGO, Aug. was feared today at Theullen crowds of uncleans gathered in from owned cafes and salting work. The police are apathing with native puft The Mexican worker snag that the drinking gambling establishment all of which are owned by Americans, shout by at least one half cafe owners are loath half their "trained" attitude unskilled employ. The patronage is all American, they say, a service rendered by An Summer is the slack border resort and man it hard to make a livi FRENCH REPLY PARIS, Aug. 17.— KIDNEY trouble is a general complaint that, in most cases has been treated in such a general way that it still menaces the health of many thousands. We eliminate the cause of kidney trouble and bring relief. "Your Health Our Aim" DR. JOSEPH H. COLEMAN CHIROPRACTOR 6 Years Successful Practice in Los Angeles 250 E Center Street Phone 845 On the Ground Floor Let us fill your Picnic Basket. —Get up a Picnic for the children. —It is great fun and they will enjoy it. We have the necessaries for a Picnic dinner. Edmiston's Grocery We Deliver Tel. 219 THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer Anaheim, Calif., Friday, August 17, 1923. ISSED FIRE-BUG, TRIES TO C INDEPENDENTS WANT HIGHER GAS PRICE MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17.—Following up the move of Governor Me Masters of South Dakota, who, at the behest of the independent oil companies, has ordered the state filling stations at Mitchell to raise the price of gasoline from 18 to 20 cents a gallon, including the state tax. 27 cents per gallon, independent oil companies in the northwest today began to bring pressure on governors and city councils to get sanction for similar raises in all the states where prices were recently cut. 6.6 cents a gallon. H. B. ROTARY GETS VERDICT AT TRABUCO Huntington Beach will receive its Rotary charter this evening as a part to the ceremonies incident to the big county gathering in the park for the afternoon and evening. It will be presented by Paul-Riger, of San Francisco, Rotary district governor. A big picnic dinner was served 500 Rotarians participated. The afternoon was devoted to a continual round of sports and the evening will be concluded with dancing. Anaheim's Rotary club is well represented and others are going up for the evening's entertainment. DENVER LOWLANDS ARE UNDER WATER DENVER, Aug. 17.—Lowland farms near Denver, Valverde, Littleton and Jerome Park were inaugurated with flood-water of the Platte river this morning and residents of these places were fleeing to higher ground for safety. A cloudburst in the Platte canyon late last night caused that stream to rise to flood proportions, equalling that of 1921 in which sew. VETS ORDER FLAG - POLE FOR PARK A sixty foot flagpole for the new city park which was authorized at the last meeting of the Legion has been ordered from A. B. Prescott, and is expected to be on the ground ready for erection within 60 days, according to Arthur A. Cohen. The pole is to be set upon a foundation of bronze. Progress in the Legion membership campaign is also reported. The Legion is trying to increase its membership to 225. It is now 182. A large class is expected to be initiated at the next regular meeting. DENVER LOWLANDS ARE UNDER WATER DENVER, Aug. 17. — Lowland farms near Denver, Valverde, Littleton and Jerome Park were inundated with flood-water of the Platte river this morning and residents of these places were fleeing to higher ground for safety. A cloudburst in the Platte canyon last night caused that stream to rise to flood proportions, equalling that of 1921 in which several lives were lost and much property damage done. Southwest of Littleton, all telephone communication was cut off. Fields between Littleton and Denver were inundated with water several feet deep. Railroad tracks of the Colorado and Southern between Poston and Buffalo were reported to have been washed out in thirty places. Residents in the Platte river bottom in and near Denver were told by police to seek higher ground. Basements were filled with water homes marooned and several blocks partly under water in Valverde and Jerome Park. The flood reached its peak around midnight, and gradually receded from then on. Most of the damage done by the flood was caused near the mouth of the Platte. ARMLESS INFANT CULTIVATES TOES COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia., Aug. 17. — For two years Ellen Lorraine Nixon has battled for life without arms. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Nixon, of this city. At the time of her birth Ellen Lorraine's shoulders bore two tiny dimples where her arms should have been. Today the smooth, while skin has been filled out hiding even the dimples and leaving otherwise a perfectly formed baby without the sign of arms. Nature, always ready to lighten the load of her afflicted children, has so formed the baby's hips that she can reach the top of her head with her feet, using no apparent effort. Already the child has learned to hold objects between her toes. The child's feet are rapidly assuming the delicate, sensitive appearance of hands. She uses them to feel if objects are rough or smooth, hot or cold. ENDORSE BRUCE FOR LEGION COMMANDER At a preconvention caucus in Santa Ana, Bruce W. McDaniel, commander of Redlands post of the American Legion, was unanimously endorsed as candidate for State Commander from the 11th Congress-A sixty foot flagpole for the new city park which was authorized at the last meeting of the Legion has been ordered from A. B. Prescott, and is expected to be on the ground ready for erection within 60 days, according to Arthur A. Cohen. The pole is to be set upon a foundation of bronze. Progress in the Legion membership campaign is also reported. The Legion is trying to increase its membership to 225. It is now 182. A large class is expected to be initiated at the next regular meeting on Tuesday night. URGING COOLIDGE TO "SHOW HIMSELF" By George E. Durno I. N. S. Staff correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — Pressure is being exerted on President Coolidge by his personal and political advisers to get out of Washington in the near future and "show himself to the people," it was learned today. The president is not adverse to the idea, it is stated, and the late fall, therefore, is expected to find him on a short speaking trip, possibly thru the north central states. Certain of his advisers are of the belief President Coolidge will go as far west as Iowa, while the suggestion also has been advanced that he negotiate the trip Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and the other lake states, originally contemplated by the late president Harding to follow his return from the ill-fated Alaskan trip. Leaders of the "Coolidge boom" are urging the new executive to get out just prior to the re-assembly of congress and establish a personal contact with his potential supporters. Many sections of the country already are angling for a few appearances in person. The middle west, cheated of a presidential visit by the last minute change in President Harding's itinerary, want to see the new president. It is in the section that the agricultural situation is particularly acute and a few well rounded speeches on the farm problem might not be amiss, party leaders believe. PROBE OIL INDUSTRY CHICAGO, Aug. 17. — For weeks department of justice agents have been investigating the oil industry of the middle west, a Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, official told International News Service. Agents of the department's Chicago office refused to reveal what would be the nature of the reports they will submit to the attorney general. The investigation began, the Standard official said, soon after it was announced that certain facts were upheld. MEXICANS DEMAND WORK AT TIA JUANA SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17. — Rioting was feared today at Tia Juana when sullen crowds of unemployed Mexicans gathered in front of American owned cafes and saloons, demanding work. The police are apathetic, evidently siding with native public opinion. The Mexican working people insist that the drinking, dancing and gambling establishments, practically all of which are owned and operated by Americans, should be manned by at least one half Mexicans. The cafe owners are loath to discharge half their "trained" help and usb-titude unskilled employees. The patronage is almost wholly American, they say, and demands service rendered by Americans. Summer is the slack season at the border resort and many natives find it hard to make a living. FRENCH REPLY READY PARIS, Aug. 17. — France's reply all or which are owned and operated by Americans, should be manned by at least one half Mexicans. The cafe owners are loath to discharge half their "trained" help and usb-stitute unskilled employees. The patronage is almost wholly American, they say, and demands service rendered by Americans. Summer is the slack season at the border resort and many natives find it hard to make a living. FRENCH REPLY READY PARIS, Aug. 17.—France's reply to the British reparations note has been completed, it was learned from the foreign office today. It will be sent to Brussels this evening and it probably will reach London Monday or Tuesday. ENDORSE BRUCE FOR LEGION COMMANDER At a preconvention caucus in Santa Ana, Bruce W. McDaniel, commander of Redlands post of the American Legion, was unanimously endorsed as candidate for State Commander from the 11th Congressional District. Resolutions were passed requesting the purchase of a hospital site similar in climate, etc., to the one of Arrowhead Hospital, and exempting all Legion post homes from taxation. PROBE OIL INDUSTRY CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—For weeks department of justice agents have been investigating the oil industry of the middle west, a Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, official told International News Service. Agents of the department's Chicago office refused to reveal what would be the nature of the reports they will submit to the attorney general. The investigation began, the Standard official said, soon after it was announced that certain mid-continental producers were planning to halt production because of the surplus they professed to see in the market. Starbuck's Reds. See classified ad. back east excursions Good going until Sept. 15, returning Oct. 31 Kansas City $722 Omaha $722 New York City 1472 Minneapolis 872 Philadelphia 1442 Toronto 1212 Denver 642 Atlanta 1092 St. Louis 815 Boston 1532 Rares quoted are for the round trip Many others at corresponding low fares Union Pacific C. J. ROWE, Agent Today's News Today TO COMMIT SUICIDE ORDER POLE PARK KEEPS HOUSE IN TURKISH BOX CAR TRIES TO HANG HIMSELF IN JAIL CELL SACRAMENTO, Aug. 17.—Featuring conviction of murder as a result of his confession that he set fire to the Japanese Buddhist school here, in which ten Japanese children lost their lives, F. Padilla, Mexican prisoner made an unsuccessful attempt to hang himself in his cell at the city jail here today. When the rope proved too flimsy to hold his weight Padilla sought to strangle himself but was fraustrated by police officers. Mrs. Charles Imbrie. Mrs. Charles Imbrie, wife of the American trade commissioner and consul accredited in Mustapha Kemal's government, keeps house in a box car in Angora, Turkey. The car also serves as the American consulate. The housing shortage is responsible for the innovation. Before her marriage Mrs. Imbrie was Miss Katherine Gillespie of New Bedford, Mass. ATTEMPT ACTION TO BREAK GAS PRICES WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—A suit in equity under the general criminal statutes to break up alleged combinations to control gasoline prices was being planned today by the department of justice. Attorney General Daugherty has not decided when federal action will be instituted and the time and the place of initiating a suit will depend upon a summary of the report now being filed with the bureau of investigation with respect to the "gasoline price war" in the middle west. For best results try Plain Dealer Classified ads. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 17.—Fearing conviction of murder as a result of his confession that he set fire to the Japanese Buddhist school here, in which ten Japanese children lost their lives, F. Padilla, Mexican prisoner made an unsuccessful attempt to hang himself in his cell at the city jail here today. When the rope proved too flammy to hold his weight Padilla sought to strangle himself but was fraustrated by police officers. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 17.—Dist-today that F. Padilla, Mexican firebug, will be charged with first degree murder based on his confession that he set fire to the Japanese Buddhist School heer, in which ten children were burned to death. Padilla, whose wholesale campaign of destruction is believed to have caused damage estimated at $5,000,-000 has supplemented his original confession and now admits burning buildings in Sanger, Colton, Santa Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino, Fresno, Stockton, Fullerton and Sacramento. Padilla could not recall the names of the structures he fired in all of the cities, but will accompany officers on a trip to identify the buildings. Padilla who is believed to be a paromaniac, admitted he deserted from the army and is wanted on several other charges in various parts of the country. PROPOSE SEPARATE RHINELAND STATE WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Establishment of a separate Rhineland state is the plan which Major General Henry T. Allen, former commander of the American forces in Germany, has submitted to Secretary of State Hughes as a solution of the different difficulties in the Ruhr between France and Germany, it was learned today. TRADE AT CHAFFEES EVERY DAY SIX BIG SPECIALS—ONE EVERY DAY APPLES 15 lbs. Fancy Cookers and a large carryall bag 50¢ MONDAY, AUG. 20th HERSHEY'S COCOA, 1-lb. can... 27c TUESDAY, AUG. 21st Libby's Fruit SALAD, No. 1 can... 25c Libby's Fruit SALAD, No. 2½ can... 40c WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22nd SUNSWEET PRUNES, 2-lb. package... 25c The Medium Size Prune Sold at 35¢ Regularly THURSDAY, AUG. 23rd Iris String BEANS, No. 2 can, per can... 20c The Cheapest These Beans Have Ever Been Sold FRIDAY, AUG. 24th CHAFFEES MAYONNAISE... 23c 8-oz. Jar 16-oz. Jar 40c BORDEN'S Chocolate Bars three pkgs... 10c Chaffees Fancy Thompson Seedless Grapes... 5c per lb. 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