oc-plain-dealer 1923-08-29

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Speak the word God bids thee! No other word can reach The cords that wait in silence The coming of thy speech. —Alfred J. Hough. Babe Kidnaped; Whole City Searches A little baby girl, only 3 months old, was kidnapped in New York City from a baby carriage in front of a store. The parents are humble. But the truly democratic spirit of the American people is shown in the fact that the busy metropolis of the Nation halts in its activities and millions take absorbed interest in the search for the tiny mite of humanity. More than 100 police detectives have been searching. Every device which could be conceived has been brought into play to save the babes life and to restore it to the arms of its parents. Which proves that the heart of mankind is not wrong, when sympathies are appealed to, as in this case. But what is to be said of the inhuman, monstrous creature that would kidnap a child, and rack its parents with anguish worse than death. This is one of the most villainous and most merciless of all crimes. It is far worse than to stick a dagger through the heart of a fond mother. It is a crime which should be punished with extreme severity. Capital punishment is none too harsh for outgrageous offenses of this nature. There is wholesome flexibility in the American system of government. It is not unbending in crisis. The Constitution opens the door to whatever changes may be needed at any time, to meet changing conditions in national life and development. It is a system of which to be proud. This is one of the most villainous and most insecure crimes. It is far worse than to stick a dagger through the heart of a fond mother. It is a crime which should be punished with extreme severity. Capital punishment is none too harsh for outgrageous offenses of this nature. There is wholesome flexibility in the American system of government. It is not unbending in crisis. The Constitution opens the door to whatever changes may be needed at any time, to meet changing conditions in national life and development. It is a system of which to be proud. Political Activities Affect Police Los Angeles once more is before the world in deplorable plight with reference to its police department. Proofs that politics of the most vicious type has been interlarded into the policing of the city are being adduced. Revelations are startling enough, indicating that men in whom the community reposed trust, have been indulging in political machinations while Los Angeles languished in the grip of the terrors of successive waves of crime. It seems to be shown that, while the efficiency of the police department in suppressing crime was neglected, yet no opportunity was nglected to play petty politics. This is a sad enough commentary upon one form of weakness in government in this country. The system of government is superb. Theoretically, it is designed to maintain law and order and to conserve the public interest to the utmost. But enforcement of law and suppression of crime and vice are no more effective than the police and constabulary make them. And police and constabulary are no more efficient than those high in authority insist that they shall be. And those high in authority are no more efficient than the people insist they shall be. So it comes back to the people, ultimately, and the final responsibility rests upon them. But the people too often are easy-going and long-suffering as to such ills as those revealed in Los Angeles. They are slow to act reformatively, and sometimes are misled as to where the reform is needed. Oil and water do not mix. But when oil and fire come into contact, there is a mixture that breeds tragedy. Protection of the immense treasures of oil in this state against fire is a big problem. Inasmuch as the women have learned what colors Mrs. Coolidge affects in millinery and dress, and the men have learned what President Coolidge does for recreation, the procession of everyday events may proceed as usual, without further halting. The "Easy" Vacuum Electric Washer Easy Terms AMERICA'S LEADING WASHER NO BELTS 10-SHEET CAPACITY GAS HEATER Easy Terms AMERICA'S LEADING WASHER NO BELTS 10-SHEET CAPACITY GAS HEATER THE FASTEST WASHER Phone Today for Demonstration ANAHEIM ELECTRIC COMPANY 209 West Center Street ANAHEIM, CAL. Phone 59 Koyt's This is the signature that is your guarantee of goodness. When better crackers or cookies can be made Koyt's will be making them. delicious GRAHAMS ASK YOUR GROCER CES Sunday Publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer WEDN Subscription R Entered at the TWIXT THE DEVIL AND DEEP SEA PROCLAMATION SAVE GERMANY! STRESEMANN'S EMERGENCY ORDINANCE MUST RAISE IMMEDIATELY $100,000,000 REAL MONEY BY VOLUNTEARY CONTRIBUTION OR BY FORCE! FRANCE'S ULTIMATUM WE DEMAND 26 BILLION GOLD MARKS TO PAY FOR RECONSTRUCTION PLUS WHAT WE MUST PAY ENGLAND AND AMERICA ON INTER-ALLIED DEBTS WE'LL STAY IN THE RUHR TILL WE GET IT GERMAN CAPITAL GERMAN, INDUSTRIALISTS: BANK S. BIG BUSINESS: AGRARIANS: AND HOARDERS OF SECRET FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND BANK NOTES PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN As a last resort, France might pacify her alarmed Allies by offering to divide the Ruhr. A man can regain his self-respect two days after a drunk, but it takes two weeks after a haircut. The second "a" in Lausanne is broad, thus comparing favorably with the new privileges granted Turkey. One can imagine the shade of Napoleon whispering excitedly to France: "Now try another shot at Moscow." Correct this sentence: "His constituents were angry and distressed, but he remained calmly conservative." It's a funny world, and the people you would enjoy taking to ride all have better cars than the one you have. The close of the mosquito season won't bring much relief to the family that permits little Billy to keep a pup. What did a great man do in the old days when he felt himself slipping and there was no Chau-tanqua to fall back on? The price of gasoline dropped soon after Coolidge took office. Now if he can only do something about golf balls. Samba is being disillusioned. Yankees expect a fellow to keep right on working all the time he is supposed to work. ABE MARTIN New York Letter NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—America will never lose interest in its international yacht race so long as Sir Thomas Lipton rides the seas. It's worth more than a race to have this genial, spirited man come over to visit us regularly. He is back in New York again, and the city has an extra bit of cheer in life in consequence. Seventy-four years old, Sir Thomas is as blithe and as gallant as on his first trip to contest the cup. He has brought some amusing stories with him of people who want to help him. One colored woman wrote and offered to let him take her red-haired son as a mascot. The yachtman replied that he would be glad to if the boy would like to go along with the tiger and lion and other mascots which would be on board. He has not heard from her since. A typical story of this perfect sportsman is that of his reply to one interested supporter in England who told him that Americans "put something in the water" which had made it impossible for the British boat to win "They certainly did," he agreed. "They put the Reliance in." Of all things American, our architecture seems to arouse the most enthusiasm among European artists. It is in that art that we are well along the pathway of national development, declares Leon Bakst, perhaps, the greatest of contemporary Russian artists in the latest issue of the Musical Monitor. In architecture, we have found our own way, created our own style and solved daringly the most complex problems, he says. PORMS THAT LIVE A PRAYER, IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear! In whose dread presence, ere The close of the mosquito season won't bring much relief to the family that permits little Billy to keep a pup. What did a great man do in the old days when he felt himself slipping and there was no Chau-tauqua to fall back on? The price of gasoline dropped soon after Coolidge took office. Now if he can only do something about golf balls. Sambo is being disillusioned. Yankees expect a fellow to keep right on working all the time he is supposed to work. Americans are developing into great distance swimmers, doubtless an extension of the limit from three to twelve miles. Men with sense enough to provide for substitutes for anthracite in case of strikes should be able to provide substitutes for strikes. No wonder the politicians don't understand Coolidge. There are over 18,000 words in the dictionary, and he uses so few of them. It is yet too early in the season to tell which will occupy the most magazine space this year, ads about ways to develop the will or ads about ways to develop the bust. They are placing fire escapes on Dr. Fosdick's church, old-fashioned preachers having accused him of removing the orthodox method of escape. The telegraph beats the radio in one way. You are under no obligation to write the company and tell them how much you enjoyed it. This is a mechanical age, any way, and it isn't so very surprising that tin should be used in the making of presidential timber. The farmers could organize and take care of themselves, but they might be prosecuted for forming a combination in restraint of eating. In some instances the world places its burdens on those who are able to carry them, but the stronger labor gets the less labor does. POEMS THAT LIVE A PRAYER, IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear! In whose dread presence, ere an hour, Perhaps I must appear! If I have wander'd in those paths, Of life I ought to shun; As something loudly in my breast, Remonstrates I have done; Thou knows't that Thou form'd me With passions wild and strong; And listening to their witching voice Has often led me wrong. Where with intention I have err'd, Or frailty stept aside, Do Thou, All Good! for such Thou Art, In shades of darkness hide. Where with intentim I have err'd, No other plea I have. But, Thou art good; and goodness still Delighted to forgive. —Robert Burns. -HERE AND THERE- "If I run this item, madam," said the city editor, "I shall have to use the blue pencil on about nine-tenths of it." "Oh, that is too much trouble!" exclaimed the caller sweetly. "Let me have it again, I'll write it all with a blue pencil!" —Success. Of all things American, our architecture seems to arouse the most enthusiasm among European artists. It is in that art that we are well along the pathway of national development, declares Leon Bakst, perhaps, the greatest of contemporary Russian artists in the latest issue of the Musical Monitor. In architecture, we have found our own way, created our own style and solved daringly the most complex problems, he says. Practical necessity has helped this branch of art, Mr. Bakst points out, and thanks to that necessity, our architecture has far outstripped the other branches of national art, which are still living through a period of imitative tendencies. The Russian artist insists that one essential in our building a national art is that our students shall study here rather than abroad, at least until they have acquired the spirit of their own country. The Musical Monitor, which is working for all fields of American art, published in the same number an interview with the famous Alexander Sillott, pupil owl Liszt and teacher of Rachmaninoff, on musical education in America and the particular importance of establishing a National O'Nservatory of Music, a cause for which Marie De Voe, an editor of the Music Monitor, is strenuously working. Burglaries have a standing invitation to visit the Kamaroff bootshop in Brooklyn at any time. A pair of them broke into the place last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights, getting $3 the first time, 50 cents the second, and nothing on the third time, but forgetting their $11 revolver on that last visit, so that the proprietor is now $7.50 to the good as the result of the series. The finest collection of precious violins in the world is owned here in New York by Efram Zimballist, the Russian violinist. He has just acquired the "Titan" Strad,varius, asked to be one of the four most perfect examples of the Cremona violin maker's art extant. Mr. Zimballist paid $33,000 for this treasure, which dates back to 1715. His entire collection is valued at $100,000. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 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 COAL AND OIL SITUATION—Berkeley Gazette. Bituminous coal operators in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma have had their share of labor troubles in recent years, but inasmuch as none of the nation's coal fields has been free from discontent and disturbance, their report to the United States Coal Commission does not stress this point alone. Instead the producers are complaining that the competition of oil and gas, combined with labor difficulties, has worked their undoing. They cannot sell coal at the prices which the increasing cost of production makes necessary. The railroads of the Southwest are turning from coal to oil burning locomotives. Public utilities, packing houses and industrial plants of every description find the use of fuel oil cheaper and the supply of it more denpendable. Householders are learning the lesson also. In Kansas City 15,000 oil burners in dwellings and apartment houses have displaced a half million tons of coal. In Arkansas the use of gas for fuel has resulted in a corresponding reduction in coal consumption, while Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma are each burning oil enough to take the place of a million tons of coal a year. For some reason the oil industry seems free from the inconveniences incident to labor disputes, and it gains and prospers accordingly. If coal operators and coal miners could get together and face the situation as it is instead of as they think it ought to be, they would undoubtedly find that there is plenty of market for both coal and oil. It's very plainly one of these "United we stand, divided we fall" situations. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT Our faithful correspondent, Richmond Temple, writing from London, comments upon the American appetite as follows: Bacon and egg suppers are favored by Americans. The person responsible for the catering arrangements of a big West End hotel has to be prepared for any emergency—particularly at a time like the present, when London is full of visitors from every part of the world. M. Latry, the head chef, has been telling me a few things he has been asked for during the week. A party of Italian officers wanted a dinner consisting of the usual hors d'oeuvres, followed by salami (a salt sausage), spaghetti, ravioli and "fritto misto"—a popular Italian mixed grill. French people invariably demand hors d'oeuvres of every description, and have a decided partiality for grilled fish— FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT Our faithful correspondent, Richmond Temple, writing from London, comments upon the American appetite as follows: Bacon and egg suppers are favored by Americans. The person responsible for the catering arrangements of a big West End hotel has to be prepared for any emergency—particularly at a time like the present, when London is full of visitors from every part of the world. M. Latry, the head chef, has been telling me a few things he has been asked for during the week. A party of Italian officers wanted a dinner consisting of the usual hors d'oeuvres, followed by salami (a salt sausage), spaghetti, ravioli and "fritto miso"—a popular Italian mixed grill. French people invariably demand hors d'oeuvres of every description, and have a decided partiality for grilled fish—usually sole—followed by a specially cooked entre-cote or some other meat. As for Americans, says Latry, they are a law unto themselves for food. Grape fruit, melon and other fruit, followed by bacon and eggs is a breakfast, but, with a steak added, the same things have been asked for as supper. SO, THIS IS ISOLATION! What is isolation? To place oneself in a detached situation and be insulted means to lose the benefits which come from free and noble intercourse. Mutual dealings and the interchange of thought—perhaps commerce—is conducive to progress. It promotes prosperity. There is nothing to prevent our being cautious and understanding the intrinsic value of splendid promises. There is always an inward sincerity in a promise which, even if not kept, is constructive. Isolation is unfortunate insomuch as it tends to hamper development. It is partly egotism and that is contrary to the great law. Without pointing the moral both conspicuous and obscure, isolation tends to make one hold an inferior place and makes a sorry figure. For heaven's sake let us not become isolated.—Marcel Steinbrugge When Henry L. Doherty, the New York banker, lived in Columbus, Ohio, he attended a trial in one of the small villages nearby. The case concerned the theft of a horse and an important witness was a long-legged farmer with an Adam's apple that was nothing if not dexterous. The prisoner's lawyer asked him what kind of a night it was when the theft was committed. "It was so goshdinger black you couldn't see your hand before you." There were a few other questions and then. "What was the color of this horse?" "It was a bay." "That is strange. You say you couldn't see your hand before you. How could you tell the color of the horse?" There was no answer. "I am asking you," thundered the lawyer, "how could you tell the color of the horse?" The Adam's apple worked hard. I don't care anything about this old trial anyway," said the farmer, starting to leave the stand. It will perhaps be surprising to know that Capt. Fly, the gallant commander, operates a boat and not an airplane. Lord Burnham told the British House of Lords that the West Indies are becoming Americanized. We thought they were becoming Scotchized. It isn't proper for anybody except a vaudeville performer to wear a dress suit in the afternoon. A vaudeville performer can wear anything or nothing. The latest discovery of scientific men is that you should never rock a baby in a cradle. If you do, it will be a shimmy dancer when it grows up. We don't believe that all politicians are dishonest or that all dishonest men are politicians, but further than that we have nothing to say on the subject. If the bootleggers want to get rid of the hijackers who continually hold them up, and steal their bankrolls, why not give them a few drinks of bootleg licker? The best way to find out how much stocks and bonds have gone down during these "hard times" is to try to buy some of them. The latest discovery of scientific men is that you should never rock a baby in a cradle. If you do, it will be a shimmy dancer when it grows up. 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