oc-plain-dealer 1924-02-29

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday, Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS The delight in nature is the purest, sweetest, freshest of our pleasures. It has no after-taste of pain. And this, God's infinite bounty has brought within the touch of every hand.—James Baldwin Brown. BASEBALL SOON TO BE IN MOTION AGAIN The baseball season opens on the Pacific Coast early in April, and in the major leagues a little later in the same month. Teams already are in training. Last season saw about the poorest playing ever witnessed on this Coast. Managers ascribed this to discontinuance of the draft and to unavailability of fresh talent for the several teams. It seemed to spectators, however, that there was a lack of enthusiasm among the players—that several teams, and several individual players in important positions, failed to perform up to their abilities. There was no suspicion of dishonesty—but there was evidence of very indifferent playing. This affected attendance adversely. The public is keenly observant of these things, and admirers of the game resent any lack of vigor or interest on the part of players. But this is a new season. Better things are hoped for and expected this year. The Coast League, seemingly, has been rejuvenated. The draft again is working, and several important deals have been made which bring several stars of the big leagues to this coast. The preliminaries indicate a much more interesting season than last year. This is a sport which, clean and up to possibilities in playing talent, affords engrossing outdoor recreation to many thousands. Baseball holds favor with the American public through all the vicissitudes of war and peace. It is truly the national game. But this is a new season. Better things are hoped for and expected this year. The Coast League, seemingly, has been rejuvenated. The draft again is working, and several important deals have been made which bring several stars of the big leagues to this coast. The preliminaries indicate a much more interesting season than last year. This is a sport which, clean and up to possibilities in playing talent, affords engrossing outdoor recreation to many thousands. Baseball holds favor with the American public through all the vicissitudes of war and peace. It is truly the national game. No news from Washington, these days, is good news. LIVESTOCK ATTACKED BY DISEASE The foot and mouth disease has made its appearance in livestock herds in some parts of California. Several counties in Central and Northern California are under quarantine. A movement is under way to ask Congress to appropriate a large sum to help the fight against this devastating alliment and to indemnify owners of stock who have lost heavily because of the ravages of the malady. Through strict quarantining and careful inspection it may be possible to prevent the spread of the disease to portions of the state where it is not now prevalent. Federal authorities, in this, cooperating with state and county "powers that be," are in position to be of useful service to the public. An epidemic among livestock cannot be coped with successfully by local authorities alone. There is need of the broader authority of the National. This peril of disease, which threatens the livestock industry of the West, should be fought cooperatively by federal, state and county authorities. Income Tax Returns for 1923 ARE NOW DUE AND MUST BE FILED BEFORE MARCH 15 You are entitled to certain Exemptions and Deductions. Returns Compiled for Moderate Fees NO CHARGE FOR CONSULTATIONS VICTOR D. LOLY'AUDIT CO. Expert Accountants and Income Tax Specialists Suite 207-210 New S. Kraemer Building Telephone 819 Anaheim, Calif. 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N. lates how it feels fluence of scopot ful drug now being authorities to tell the truth, and cess, according to in the investigator axe murderers of This was the f paper man had t In previous article told what murder der the influence this article, he o experiences. (By B. V. (I. N. S. Staff BIRMINGHAM) You've pretty near truth when you wscopolamin. I did—I found or rather hours I assembled my ties. Of 346 question Solicitor James G been using this wring confession der suspects, I are rectly; 32 were pressions of incogn 35 were answeren Scopolamin sha power. It seem pretty nearly pa serious mind. At any rate, it ens the tongue. Dr. A. A. Goldh fictitious name of Birmingham phys to avoid publicit the serum. Sollic ed" me. I was under PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN Short tragedy—Act I: Stranger enters. Act II: "No," says the druggist. It isn't much of a reform wave that deletes hops and substitutes hop. Just a little while ago the fellow smeared with oil was a mechanic, not a statesman. Great Britain recognized Russia, but at this distance it seemed little more than a nod. Philadelphia's halo has not yet developed sufficient candle power to replace the electric service. The rooster is the only genuine feminist. He cackles approval of the hen's accomplishment. A good vocabulary of cuss words doesn't help you much, now that so many of the book agents are females. Well, it's a fair division. When you sign his note, he borrows the money and you borrow trouble. Never argue with a fool or a woman. The fool can't think and the woman can't stop. The man who busy a 1924 model isn't so far ahead. His mortgage is precisely like your old one. Women are braver than men. No man would dare try on $125 garments if he had only 15 cents. No wonder the movie business is in a slump. The titles have ABE MARTIN BIG EAR TAB SALE ON THE STROKE OF NINE LOVE'S SECRET Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears. Ah! she did depart! Soon after she was gone from me, A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly; He took her with a sigh. —William Blake. HOW DEEP IS A WASH TUB? Deep enough to cover many valuable hours. Deep enough to take up much of your strength and energy. Deep enough to spoil one day out of every der suspects. I am rectly; 32 were pressions of incognito 35 were answered. Scopolamin shampower. It seems pretty nearly pausical mind. At any rate, it ens the tongue. Dr. A. A. Goldberg fictitious name of Birmingham physician to avoid publicity the serum. Sollicited' me. I was under the drug for one minute. I had tails of a few seals answering most of me. I went to sleep due impart certain information was suffered truthfully will. The test was giveningham hotel with solicitor's office, wers beside Davis witnesses. The first injection cubic centimeter was o'clock in the morningtained morphine or "twilight sleep. After this, light out, the shades dullGoldberg asked and leave the room uwas "ripe" for quarAt 10:05 o'clock other shot consisted drug. Three moivegiven at 30 minThese last three amin alone and cophine. The writer remitting clearly used "shot." At each Goldberg asked the remembered whatThe writer does not at all. Queer sensation the third injection tho all physical thyl giding from unThen in a few malling sensationthere would be noLast was a cowpower of locomotionfinally nothing re greatly enlarged WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS (Hentry P. Fletcher) Persistent efforts have been made to take the diplomatic service of the United States out of politics and put it on a plan of merit, with prompt and sure promotions for men who display abilities.Mary Huntley SECURED RELIEF FOLEY John R. Gordon writes: "I have kidney trouble fit not sleep at night ways tired.I w and hard work n ache.I got some and after a few t better and could w ease, became strong sleep better."F are a diuretic still kidneys, make the Get a bottle t Well, it's a fair division. When you sign his note, he borrows the money and you borrow trouble. Never argue with a fool or a woman. The fool can't think and the woman can not stop. The man who busy a 1924 model isn't so far ahead. His mortgage is precisely like your old one. Women are braver than men. No man would dare try on $125 garments if he had only 15 cents. No wonder the movie business is in a slump. The titles have used up the supply of naughty adjectives. You never can tell. The "regulars" in Mexico are holding out still in spite of Uncle Sam's assistance. The Ford boom will wane rapidly when people face the job of starting the things on frosty mornings. What people really mean by "free speech" is the right to insult the strong without getting their just desserts. As a general thing, the first business of those who investigate an automobile accident is to look for the bottle. If they insist on pure and gentle candidates who never have received fortunes from big business, they might try paragraphers. WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS (Hentry P. Fletcher) Persistent efforts have been made to take the diplomatic service of the United States out of politics and put it on a plan of merit, with prompt and sure promotions for men who display ability. Most of the important diplomatic posts are now filled by men without previous experience in statesmanship but there are a number of American envoys who have worked themselves up to the top from insignificant posts. Hugh Gibson, ambassador to Poland, is one; Henry P. Fletcher, is another. Fletcher has just been transferred from Brussels, where he has been ambassador since 1922, to Rome, replacing Richard Washburn Child, resigned as second secretary of the American Legation in Havana. Then he served on the embassy staffs in China and Portugal. He went back to China in 1907 and was charge d'affaires during two periods of upheaval. In 1909 he was made ambassador to Chile. He remained there until 1916, when he was sent to Mexico. In 1921, he was made under secretary of state, which office he held until appointed envoy to Belgium. The new ambassador to Italy is a native of Green Castle, Pa. He was born there in 1873. He was educated under private tutors and studied law. He left the practice of law in 1898 to volunteer for service ein Cuba and never returned. After the war with the Spanish was over, he served in the Philippines. Then came his first job in the diplomatic service. While he is a Republican he has served under administration of both parties. 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S. reporter relates how it feels to go under influence of scopolamin, the powerful drug now being used by police authorities to force criminals to tell the truth, and used with success, according to the authorities. In the investigation of two dozen axe murderers of Birmingham. This was the first time a newspaper man had taken such a test. In previous articles the writer told what murder suspects did under the influence of the drug. In this article, he describes his own experiences. (By B. V. Sturdivant) (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 29. You've pretty near got to tell the truth when you take the shots of scopolamin. I did—I found when I woke up, or rather hours afterward, when I assembled my scrambled faculties. Of 346 questions asked me by Sollicitor James G. Davis, who has been using this truth serum to wring confessions from axe murder suspects. I answered 279 correctly; 32 were irrelevant or expressions of incoherent thots and 35 were answered erroneously. Scopolamin shatters the willpower. It seems to me that it pretty nearly paralyzes the conscious mind. At any rate, it certainly unloosens the tongue. Dr. A. A. Goldberg, which is the fictitious name of a prominent Birmingham physician, who seeks to avoid publicity, administered the serum. Sollicitor Davis "grilled" me. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS What Editors Are Saying MR. FORD BUYS OLD SCHOOLHOUSE—Kansas City Star You can't help having a tender feeling for Mr. Henry Ford on reading the announcement that he has bought the little schoolhouse where, as a farm lad, he was a pupil. This little transaction is more significant at this time than a big business deal would be. There is no novelty in a Ford business deal any more. But the multi-millionaire did not buy that schoolhouse as an investment. He probably wouldn't sell it for many times what he paid for it. If his guiding impulse was what would naturally be supposed, he was indulging a bit of sentiment concerning his boyhood, a kind of sentiment that is particularly apt to assert itself in later life, when reflections begin to drift backward. Mr. Ford is to be congratulated that he has a share of this kind of sentiment; that the accumulation and possession of extraordinary riches have not made him insensitive to the touch of delicately human things. It is not given to all of us to indulge our sentimental impulses, if the indulgence requires money, but most of us have them and some of us have carried them a long time. Certain sentimental ambitions are especially apt to follow the man who was reared in the country, but whose active life has been cast in the city. His mind often reverts to the old town or village or community. He would like to do something for the place of his birth. Early in his career he is apt to make up his mind that when he accumulates plenty of money he will buy the old farm, put it in order and spend enough on the old house to put it in the best possible repair. And if the old folks still are living, the rest of their lives shall be made comfortable and bright with the things that money can buy. If any of the brothers or sisters need any help, they shall have it. If money should be really quite plentiful, it would be a nice thing to offer to pay half the cost of paving the town streets, developing a little park and providing a baseball ground. Or if he should really become as rich as he hopes to be, why not do all these things at his own expense as a compliment to the most important place on earth—the place where he was born, where his family lived, where he went to school, and from which he set forth to make his mark in life? Yes, the goodly fortune is a great thing, especially if fairly earned; but by no means its least value is the latitude it gives to indulge those tender sentiments that press for gratification, which, being gratified, help to keep clean, wholesome and responsive man's innest nature. der suspects, I answered 279 directly; 32 were irrelevant or expressions of incoherent thots and 25 were answered erroneously. Scopolamin shatters the wild power. It seems to me that it pretty nearly paralyzes the conscious mind. At any rate, it certainly unloosens the tongue. Dr. A. A. Goldberg, which is the fictitious name of a prominent Birmingham physician, who seeks to avoid publicity, administered the serum. Sollicitor Davis "grilled" me. I was under the influence of the drug for one hour and five minutes. I had three lucid intervals of a few seconds each. I have not the slightest memory of answering most of the questions. I went to sleep determined not to impart certain information. This information was asked and I answered truthfully—against my will. The test was given in a Birmingham hotel with officials of the solicitor's office, with several others beside Davis and the doctor witnesses. The first injection (shot) of one cubic centimeter was made at 9:05 o'clock in the morning. It contained morphine and scopolamin, or "twilight sleep." After this, lights were turned out, the shades drawn and Dr. Goldberg asked all spectators to leave the room until the subject was "ripe" for questioning. At 10:05 o'clock he gave another shot consisting of the same drug. Three more then were given at 30 minute intervals. These last three were of scopolamin alone and contained no morphine. The writer remembered everything clearly until "shot." At each injection, Dr. Goldberg asked the patient if he remembered what number it was. The writer does not recall the fifth at all. Queer sensations came with the third injection. It seemed as tho all physical things were swiftly gliding from under the subject. Then in a few minutes came the falling sensation. It seemed that there would be no end to this. Last was a conviction that all power of locomotion was lost and finally nothing remained but a greatly enlarged head. SECURED RELIEF THROUGH FOLEY PILLS John R. Gordon, Danville, Ill., writes: "I have suffered with kidney trouble five years; could not sleep at night and was always tired. I was not strong and hard work made my back ache. I got some FOLEY PILLS and after a few treatments I felt better and could work with more ease, became stronger and could sleep better." FOLEY PILLS are a diuretic stimulant for the kidneys, make them more active. Get a bottle today. Heying's If any of the brothers or sisters need any help, they shall have it. 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