oc-plain-dealer 1924-02-05

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Then heavenward soar, but carry others there, And learn that Heaven is giving and receiving; It hath no life which others do not share; Its life doth live by its great art of giving. —T. C. Upham POLITICAL BATTLES ON TEAPOT DOME The very thing which should not be—is. Congress is indulging in a free-for-all fight over the Teapot Dome oil scandal. Political partisanship is rampant in both houses. Factionalism is rife. Political considerations evidently come first with many, and getting at the truth and proceeding in proper legal form come last. There should be no playing of politics in connection with this deplorable scandal. Those who sit in House and Senate should be Americans and patriots before being partisans. This scandalous situation calls for patriotism and Americanism. Politics should have no place in the discussions, in the investigations and in the proposed prosecutions. The American people should be reassured as to the soundness and integrity of the national government. Their confidence should be bolstered along this line. And they should not be given cause for utter disgust because of extreme partisanship in Congress. Allegiance to a political party is a good thing within bounds. But there arise occasions and questions which demand of members of Congress that they hold their partisanship in abeyance and guide their conduct by the wishes and the welfare of all the people, regardless of party affiliations. This Teapot Dome scandal should be treated in this broad spirit of good Americanism, free from partisan bickering or maneuvering for political advantage. The human body and brain cannot be overworked with impunity. There comes a reckoning for overwork—and oftentimes it is a tragic reckoning. utter disgust because of extreme partisanship in Congress. Allegiance to a political party is a good thing within bounds. But there arise occasions and questions which demand of members of Congress that they hold their partisanship in abeyance and guide their conduct by the wishes and the welfare of all the people, regardless of party affiliations. This Teapot Dome scandal should be treated in this broad spirit of good Americanism, free from partisan bickering or maneuvering for political advantage. The human body and brain cannot be overworked with impunity. There comes a reckoning for overwork—and oftentimes it is a tragic reckoning. ERA OF SUPER POWER IS IN PROSPECT The era of super power is at hand. One noted expert, addressing the Western Association of Electrical Inspectors, said that super power some day may make it possible for street cars in Chicago to be operated by power from Los Angeles. Super power is a reality in the Pacific West, through ties of transmission which bind different systems. This process of co-ordinated electrical development is of intense interest because of its almost limitless possibilities and potentialities. As great development comes, from the Colorado River and other sources, the linking of transmission lines should make it possible to carry immense power for long distances. Along the Atlantic seaboard the same process of gigantic co-ordinated power operation is projected. By developing hydro-electric power and by tying transmission lines together in practical fashion, it should be possible to augment greatly the available power and lighting facilities over widely separated localities. The streets and highways of California will not be made safer for traffic untilreckless, incompetent, irresponsible persons are denied licenses to drive. Traffic is robbing this country of more lives than warfare is. 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LOS ANGELES BEKINS experienced saleswoman in piece FALKENSTEIN'S TURES Except Sunday and Publisher Plain Dealer CUT OUT THE CROOKED TIMBER—LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY FRAUDS SCANDAL OIL LEASES CORRUPTION ILLEGAL DEALS INVESTIGATION BRIBERY SEMATE PARAGRAPHS As we understand the ultra-liberals, they feel that they have outgrown God. The less logic you can use to defend your faith, the more temper you must use. Many of the new novels concern illicit booze and still others show the effects of it. "I would not number among my friends one who needlessly sets foot upon the gas." In a hick town, heresy constate in doubting the infallibility of the local millionaire. Prohibition wouldn't amount to much in Scotland, anyway. The bagpipe is too exquisitely adapted to the business of bootlegging. Advice to that commission: Save the marks and the francs will take care of themselves. We are afraid Dawes isn't taking this job seriously enough. He hasn't cussed yet. The theory seems to be that a little cruise on the Mayflower will cure political heresy. In this matter of adjusted compensation, we even favor giving dollar-a-year men 30 cents more. One wonders if Americans of the next generation will continue to decide the law. ABE MARTIN We allus feel kind o' lost, kind o' like we'd jest finished a good book, when we make a last payment. King Tut took no chances, but at that he finally lost everything. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. T. THOMAS Premature decay is the price of indifference to the laws of health. It takes years of dietary indiscretion to harden an artery, eter- POEMS THAT LIVE TO THE WILLOW TREE Thou art to all lost love the best, The only true plant found, Wherewith young men and maids distrest. And left of love, are crowned. When once the lover's rose is dead, Or laid aside forlorn; Then willow-garlands 'bout the head Bedew'd with tears are worn When with neglect, the lover's bane, Poor maids rewarded be For their love lost, their only gain Is but a wreath from these. And underneath thy cooling shade When weary of the light, The love spent youth and love sick maid Come to weep out the night. —Robert Herrick SONG Only tell her that I love, Leave the rest to her and Fate; Some kind planet from above May perhaps her pity move; Lovers on their stars must Save the marks and the francs will take care of themselves. We are afraid Dawes isn't taking this job seriously enough. He hasn't cussed yet. The theory seems to be that a little cruise on the Mayflower will cure political heresy. In this matter of adjusted compensation, we even favor giving dollar-a-year men 30 cents more. One wonders if Americans of the next generation will continue to decide the league issue every four years. Investigators doubtless will discover that the only thing about Germany that is unimpaired is her nerve. The liquor of the old wet days had its faults, but it wouldn't make a jitney assault a locomotive. A patriot is a man who swallows the dogma that happens to be sponsored by the majority of the moment. David never drank heavily, as some charge. He was the chap who wrote: "Joy cometh in the morning." There are three rather good candidates, but none in particular that you can vote for to show how mad you are. SUNSHINE PELLETS Dr. W. F. Thomas Premature decay is the price of indifference to the laws of health. It takes years of dietary indiscretion to harden an artery, eternity to soften it. An ounce of fresh air is worth a pound of cough syrup and a sleeping porch is paid up health insurance. Substituting one odor for another isn't disinfection. The best evidence of cleanliness is the entire absence of odor. First the wash, then the train; Came the auto, then the plane; Ab, but friend, lest we forget, The same old 'flu' is with us yet. To treat the infirmities that occur past 40, begin at 20. For a rolling stone that's rolling home gathers much momentum. Oh, cook with the gas. And heat with it, too, But pipe all the heaters Direct to the flue. For the common cause of common colds is not as yet determined. CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH MONEY Send this ad and 10 cents to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield ave., Chicago, Ill., writing your name and address clearly. You will receive a 10-cent bottle of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND for coughs, colds and hoarseness; also free sample packages of FOLEY PILLS, a diuretic stimulant for the kidneys, and FOLEY CA-THARTIC TABLETS for constipation and billiousness. These wonderful remedies have helped millions of people. Try them! Heying's Pharmacy can supply you. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY FIFTH, 1924 Subscription Rate—In N. Orange co., per year, $3; 6 months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS What Editors Are Saying LABOR BANKS SUCCEED—Berkeley (Cal.) Gazette The new bank opened in New York by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers acquired 500 accounts and took in more than $1,000,000 the first day. The first account was opened with $8 by the wife of an engineer. The size of the deposits ran up to $100,000, made by a big candy company. The bank was filled with flowers, sent by other banks with their good wishes. The flowers are as significant as the deposits. The labor men are finding somewhat to their surprise that the "capitalist" banks are friendly, or at least do not fight them any more than they fight each other in the ordinary way of business. The "capitalists" know that labor banks are a good thing, because they promote thrift on the part of the largest class of citizens, through whose hands passes the most money. Labor gets the lion's share of the gross income of every industry, and a comparatively small margin of saving by workmen soon runs up into enormous sums, swelling bank resources in general and providing financial sinews for industry. The success of the various banks opened by labor organizations in the last two or three years, especially the railroad brotherhoods, has been remarkable. They are patronized by thousands of people having no direct connection with labor, because they are soundly managed. The labor men are shrewd enough to employ experienced bankers to run the institutions for them. Thus almost insensibly labor itself is passing into the capitalist class. And if labor ever does control industry in America, it will be because it has saved and banked its money, bought a controlling interest in the industries and hired good business men to operate them. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT ANALYSIS Those who analyze drama, do not enjoy it. Those who analyze art, do not understand it. Those who analyze music, do not know it. Those who analyze religion, do not understand it. THOSE WHO ANALYZE LIFE, DO NOT ENJOY IT—Marcel Steinbrugge. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT ANALYSIS Those who analyze drama, do not enjoy it. Those who analyze art, do not understand it. Those who analyze music, do not know it. Those who analyze religion, do not understand it. THOSE WHO ANALYZE LIFE, DO NOT ENJOY IT—Marcel Steinbrugge. Good old Dr. Every-Day-in-Every-Way is back in our midst and is being congratulated upon his fine state of health. The last time Dr. Coue was here his lectures appealed mainly to the ladies. Few men attended. But he has found a way to overcome that. He smilingly announces that he has discovered a way to cure women of chattering. He claims that gossiping is due to excited nerves. If the good doctor finds that this announcement packs his audience with middle-aged husbands, he will not be surprised. This time also he announces that he smokes thirty cigarettes a day and enjoys them and they do him good. Thus the smoking gentry will not absent themselves from his audiences. Truly the good doctor is an amazing psychologist. He is one of the few Europeans in recent years who have known how to make themselves truly welcome. MARCELETTE A man meets a woman and she likes him. He does not know it. She meets him again and likes him more and more. The man still does not know it. She meets him again and likes him so much that she studies him—intuitively. They meet again and she decides to marry him. A few months after that he proposes and eventually they are married. As his wife, she tells her friends how ardently he wooed her. (Copyright, 1924, by Marcel Steinbrugge) REMEMBER JIM MY SOULES if I don't please you you don't pay— No Fooling ALPHA BETA CAL Store No. 12 GERRARD BROS. & HANSON BEST FOR LESS Money Saved by A. B. C. 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