oc-plain-dealer 1924-03-27

GROWTH OF ANAHEIM SHOWN BY CENSUS Total in 1910 was ..... 2,628 For Year 1920 was ..... 5,525 Today Estimated at ..... 12,000 Mall your Plain Dealer to Eastern friends. It may bring them to Anaheim, fastest growing city in Orange County. PRICE Three Cents Per Copy $3 year in No. Orange-co. DAUGHERTY MAY Al Jennings Declares Jake Ha PENROSE WAS PRESENTED $250,000 Former Bandit Declares Hays and Daugherty Each Got $25,000 By KENNETH CLARK (L. N. & Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 27. Al Jennings, reformed bandit and Hoover Opposed to Radio Censorship WASHINGTON, March 27. Secretary of Commerce Hoover is opposed to radio censorship—and for a good reason. In the course of a radio address last night, Hoover said that there were thousands of complaints against the type of programs broadcast by commercial stations, now uncontrolled in the matter of the kind of material they use. "People complain," Hoover said, "but they take whatever they can, realizing that it is not costing them anything. If the government attempted to censor the programs, however, the complaints would double and treble and there would be immediate demands for a senatorial investigation." COUNTY FREE OF CATLE DISEASE Guards Have Not Found It Necessary to Tun Back L. A. Produs Orange-co. today still has escaped the inroads of the drilled foot and mouth disease along Former Bandit Declares Hays and Daugherty Each Got $25,000 By KENNETH CLARK (I.N.S. Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 27.—Al Jennings, reformed bandit and train robber, about whose picturesque career has been spun many tales of fiction, related to the senate oil committee a colorful and amazing story today of the alleged "deals" that were consummated between prominent Republicans at the Chicago convention in 1920. Smiling and affable, Jennings told the committee of his intimacy with the late Jake Hamon, Oklahoma oil man and political boss, and swore that Hamon told him it cost him (Hamon) $1,000,000 "to nominate Harding" and get the promise of the secretaryship of the interior for himself. Dead men again figured largely in the story—Jennings quoting Hamon as saying that he had "already paid Boies Penrose $250,000." These conversations with Hamon, the ex-bandit said, occurred in Haon's room in a Chicago hotel the night before Harding was nominated. "Jake told me Harding was to be nominated," said Jennings. "He said it would cost him 'like hell' and that it would amount to $1,000,000. He said he had already given Boies Penrose $250,000. "It had been agreed," continued Jennings, "by Harry Daugherty and Will Hays and someone else from Ohio that Hamon was to be secretary of the interior. Hamon was going to lease the naval reserves to private interests after he got in. "However, there was a fight over it and it cost a lot of money." Did Hamon say he had given money to anyone besides Penrose?" asked Senator Dill of Washington. "Yes, $25,000 to Daugherty, $25,000 to Hays and $25,000 to a fourth man from Ohio, with a name something like Manning." "You know, don't you," said Senator Spencer, of Missouri, "that Harding and Penrose are both dead?" "Let's see," pondered Jennings "Senator, I have been informed by the press that Mr. Harding is dead." "Did Hamon spend any other money?" asked Dill. "Yes, indeed," replied Jennings. "He told me it was like hell to get the New York delegation." "Hamon told me that he (IIa-mercial stations, now uncontrolled in the matter of the kind of material they use." "People complain," Hoover said, "but they take whatever they can, realizing that it is not costing them anything. If the government attempted to censor the programs, however, the complaints would double and treble and there would be immediate demands for a sentimental investigation." 60 DIE, MANY INJURED IN HURRICANE ROME, March 27.—The death toll in the terrific hurricane which swept the Amalfi district was estimated at more than 100 this afternoon. Hundreds were injured. More than 1500 are homeless. Six hundred fishermen's houses were destroyed. The village of Vettica was virtually wiped out. ROME, March 27.—More than 60 persons were killed, hundreds were injured and more than 1,000 made homeless by a terrific hurricane which swept the Amalfi district, said a dispatch from that place this afternoon. King Victor Emmuel will leave for the storm scene tonight. Pope Paul XI, contributed $1,200 for the relief of the storm sufferers. Many foreign tourists were in the district but so far as known no American were injured. ROME, March 27.—Sixty persons have been killed in a terrific hurricane which swept Amalfi and the surrounding country, according to advises from that place this afternoon. Houses, bridges and railways were destroyed. The famous hotels Cappucino and Lane were badly damaged and the guests were marooned. Many casualties were reported from coast villages. Advices from Vasceica stated that two-thirds of the town was destroyed. Fishing boats were the only means of communication. DISEASI Guards Have Not Bound It Necessary to Turn Back L. A. Produs Orange-co. today still has escaped the inroads of the drilled foot and mouth disease among livestock, which was found his week in Los Angeles- co., Dill L. Wilkins of Anaheim, colony veterinarian, reported. Neither had the 15 guards pointed by the board of superiors to patrol the highways or keep undesired products or cause from the county any occasion to stop any shipment, it was revealed. These men are working three shifts on the road at the county line in assisting Los Angeles to maintain a strict quarantine: Paul K. Cassidy, A. B. Coffman, S. L. Coffman, W. O. Massman, Oscar Lollar, A. S. Smiles Herbert Powell, Clarence Coffman, L. S. Irvin, L. M. Ballard Ray L. Wallace, Arthur Meadow G. L. Raymond, Gene Fisher and L. J. Balor. HECK SEEKS 200 ADDITIONAL MEETS SACRAMENTO, March 27.—H. Hecke, state director of agriculture, announced today he has appealed to the federal department of agriculture to dispute 200 additional men to California to assist in fighting the foot and mouth disease. Hecke asked that Dr. S. H Mohler, chief of the United State bureau of animal industry, sent here to direct the work on the field men. Federal Inspector Rudolph Snider early today ordered railroad to refuse shipments of cattle confined to Union Stock Yards in San Francisco or Los Angeles, owing to presence of the disease in both yards. Snyder also announced the disease has been discovered among a herd of 200 cattle in another stock yard in Los Angeles. TRAIN HITS CAR, DRIVER ESCAPE G. Laborde, driver for Jean Plau cement pipe manufacture faced death late yesterday. By mere chance, he escaped going derer the wheels of a Santa Fe locomotive, after his Ford coupe has been hit and badly damaged. "Rainmaker” Spends Night on Limb When Clouds Disgorge BUILDING PERMITS Emil Loger, frame residence and garage at $89 So. Claudina-st, cost $2000. Mexico Commercial Ass'n. frame store at 1128 No. Swan-st, cost $600. $8000 FIRE LOSS LOS ANGELES, March 27. After catching the blazing Van Camp purse seiner abeam as it drifted helplessly down the harbor when an explosion in the engineeroom set the vessel aflame, and towing it to sea, the fireboat City of Los Angeles extinguished the fire after a three-hour fight and beached the sinking craft on Terminal Island. The loss was estimated at $8000. The vessel was cut adrift after becoming sheathed in flames to prevent the fire from spreading to surrounding docks and warehouses. COALINGA, March — Rainmaker, Charles M. Hib had contracted to produce two; pieces of rain for this district town for $8,000, but he did not be on being a victim of the produced. The rainmaker, having last night in the lake in the mountains near he had set up his rafters, following a cloud immediate vicinity out his tents and not impassable. "We've quit means Zwang today," TRAIN HITS CAR, DRIVER ESCAPE G. Laborde, driver for Jeans Plau cement pipe manufacturer faced death late yesterday. By mere chance, he escaped going under the wheels of a Santa Fe locomotive, after his Ford coupe has been hit and badly damaged. He wasn't even scratched. The front fenders of the machine and the axle were bent, and one front wheel smashed. Laborde was driving over East North-st and says he didn't see the train, a fast freight, until it was upon him. He managed to turn slightly, saving himself from a more serious accident.* BELIEVE FLYING RECORD BROKEN DAYTON, Ohio, March 27. Lieut. Harold R. Harris is believed to have set a new world's record here this afternoon. Carrying a dead weight of 54 pounds, he flew to an altitude of 28,411 feet. He used an airplane equipped with a side type supercharger built at McCook field. Reports received here did not state whether Hatfield's rainmaking apparatus had been washed out by the cloudburst. It was said it might be days before the roads would be passable in that vicinity and unless Hatfield succeeds in recovering his tents he will be forced to continue his habitation in the trees. FULL REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE—FIRST LEASED WIRE IN ANAHEIM THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer LEADING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY 'Anaheim, California, Thursday, March 27, 1924 MAY RETIRE IN S Make Hamon Spent Million to Nomina UNTY FREE CATLE DISEASE World's Bowling Record Smashed CHICAGO, March 27—Harry and Clarence Thomas of Chicago, junior member of a family of famed bowlers, smashed a world's record in the closing day of the doubles at the American Bowling Congress when they spilled 1380 pins, passing by 22 the former world's record, held by Fennes Wilson and Charlie Daw of Milwaukee. The mark is the fourth world mark of the tourney, three successive new singles marks having been made. PLAN HARBOR ELECTION IN FALL A. C. of C. Asks County Supervisors to Name Advisory Committee On motion of Secretary Charles E. Lee of the Piacentia C. of C. the Associated C. of C.last night RAIN TOTAL RAIN TOTAL AHEAD OF YEAR AGO Anaheim's "million dollar rain" ent the season's total far above st year at this date with 7.44 inches to 8 m. today, according the gauge of the Anaheim Orange & Lemon Ass'n. A year ago the total was 6.98. The aggregate also is considerably over h of the average season. The gauge of the Anaheim Uni-Water Co. also gaves 7.44 for the season. unting from the 21st, the state had yielded 3.05 inches to 5 in. m. today, 2.67 from the 23 and 1.92 in the 48 hours. I runoff has ben small especlain the cases of ranchers who have activated recently. Ranchers who fertilizer on the ground particularly benefit. The nebelung guage gave 2.07 from easday night on and 3.30 for tormt. That of the city powesuse gave 1.95 for the 43 hours. Fulon received 1.78 for the 24 hour according to the Placentia-Oge Growers' Ass'n, and LaLabi83. Placea received 2.10 for the 24 hour. S. Bradford reported, making for the 48 hours. Yorbanda's was 1.45 for the 24 hourd 1.65 for the 48 hours, mg 7.34 for the season, against last year. The apour caused some damage the new Anderson-bldg on Los Angeles, a wall caving in Watchmen were on duty all n at the new American Saving bank-bldg. The heath resulted in a Motor Traction getting stuck in the m when it went off the pavement No. Lemont-st about 7:41 at evening. The driver, D. ot, was unable to get the s out of the mud on its own. IN FALL A. C. of C. Asks County Supervisors to Name Advisory Committee On motion of Secretary Charles E. Lee of the Piacentia C. of C. the Associated C. of C. last night at its monthly meeting in St. Ann's Inn, passed a resolution asking the board of supervisors to appoint a committee of 50 prominent men of the county to make recommendations for the development of Orange County Harbor and suggest a date for the $1,500,000 bond election. The committee would report to the supervisors and the Associated C. of C. within 30 days if possible and not later than 60 days hence. The bond election should take place by the fall. Vice-President L. F Coburn of Orange was elected president, H. A Lake of Garden Grove-vice-president and G. A Raymer reelected secretary over his own protest. Yorba-Linda will be the next place of meeting. Major D. S. Leeds, former district engineer and now engineer of the harbor, estimated that approximately $2,000,000 would cover the harbor development costs: East jetty $180,000; strengthening west jetty $30,-000,000; extension of west jetty $320,000; dredging entrance, $500,000; dredging main channel to 25 feet depth, $575,000; deepening turning banks, $100,000; construction of dams, $15,000; construction of bolt line railway, $100,000. These items, too few with overland and miscellaneous expenses would bring total to $2,000,-000. If the government would appropriate $400,000 the project could be completed along the lines mentioned on a bond issue of $1,500,000 said Leeds. If the government made one appropriation it would be likely to make another later. Even $250,-000 would suffice if necessary, said Major Leeds. Warren Hillard, county surveyor, said that he and the surveyor of the Irvine Ranch Co. had been busy for two or three weeks determining the amount of tideland available. With their work half completed, it had been found that from the Orange-co. Country Club to the head of the bay and back where the Coast Boulevard will cross there was 3900 feet of harbour frontage of which the Irvine ranch had 1600 and the County 2300, as nearly as could be estimated. Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur in the (inset), Edna, the only daughter. Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, who lives woman's place is in the city in California where her supreme court until he resigns and it is believed she will plead Washington's gay official set daughter of a noted New York AGREE ON 4 PCT.SURTAX MAXIMUM IN HITS CAR, RRIVER ESCAPES porde, driver for Jean ement pipe manufacture, with late yesterday. By a ance, he escaped going unwheels of a Santa Fe locoafter his Ford coupe had and badly damaged. He even scratched. cont. fenders of the manual axle were bent, and t wheel smashed. He was driving over East land says he didn't see a fast freight, until it him. He managed to help, saving himself from serious accident. EVE FLYING RECORD BROKEN ON, Ohio, March 27. Arold R. Harris is believe set a new world's recthis afternoon. A dead weight of 549 the flew to an altitude of feet. He used an airuplied with a side type ranger built at McCook Night on Mids Disgorge ow. The people here are over the rain to quibble measurement." The rain ceased this mornk clouds were still hoverthe valley and indicatethat additional moisld fall. Is received here did not ether Hatfield's rainmakatus had been washed the cloudburst. It was night be days before the should be passable in that and unless Hatfield sucrecovering his tents he freed to continue his in the trees. PREDICT MO RAIN LOS ANGELES, A. 27. Altho clear, sunny s started the day in Los Angeles blowing the heaviest rain storm son, the U. S. weather predicted today that showers would fall in So... The precipitation for hours totalled 1.03. Trot the season's total to 5.26. year at this time the season's was 7.56. Normal rainfall for Jason would be 13.56. Heavy snow blankets of the higher mountains, and age is reported in several disl... (Continued on Page 7) Pomona, 2.53 inches of hell. Parking space for auto week or month. Central Park, opposite California To phone 975. OILMAN GUILTY OF MANN ACT CHARGE PORTLAND, Ore., March 27. Glenn C. Tobias, nationally known oil promoter of Tulsa, Okla., was found guilty by a jury in federal court here today of violation of the Mann act. He was charged with transporting Lou Ellen Dickens, 24, his private secretary and stenographer, from Tulsa to Portland in May of 1923. The jury was out 30-minutes. Five days was allowed for the defense to appeal. READ THE CLASSIFIED PAGE MAXIMUM By GEORGE R. HOLMES (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 27. general tax bill that has for its maximum surtax 40% instead of 37%, that finally was agreed upon between the warring republican factions in the house and the corperated in the Longworth compromise, was in prospect day as the senate finance committee continued to wrestle with the measure. A survey of sentiment in the senate indicated that it is good to outside the house in wrecking it carefully prepared scale of rat originally laid down by Secretary Mellon, calling for a nominal trial of three percent and a maximum surtax of 25%. The action of Republican leaders in writing the Mellon rate back into the bill was merely gesture. It was designed to force a showdown vote on the original Mellon bill, possibly to further demonstrate to President Coelid, the utter hopelessness of trying to pass the Mellon bill as originally written. Once the Mellon rates are voted down, as they will be on the first showdown, the Democrats and Republicans plan to go together and as in the house, write their own figures into the bill. They plan to leave the normal tax as fixed by Longworth at two per cent. Continued on Page Two) IN SHORT TIME Nominate Late Pres. Harding SKIPPER" OF NAVY SECRETARY'S HOME LIKES TO COOK, ENTERS SOCIETY LITTLE WHITE HOUSE HINTS MOVE IMMINENT President and Atty.-Gen. Discuss Question of Retirement By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON IMMINENT President and Atty.-Gen Discuss Question of Retirement By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 27. A demand that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon immediately resign from the cabinet was made in the senate today by Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee. McKellar charged that Mellon, because of his interests in numerous business enterprises, was holding office in violation of the federal statutes prohibiting the secretary of the treasury from engaging in trade and commerce. McKellar cited a long list of companies, including the Old Overholt Distillery, in which he said Mellon was part owner or had an interest. WASHINGTON, March 27. The question of the resignation of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty from the cabinet has again come up and it was indicated at the White House this afternoon that the attorney general may retire from the cabinet within a short time. Whether the president has actually requested Mr. Daugherty's resignation could not be learned, but it was strongly indicated at the White House that a change in the status of the attorney general "was imminent." WASHINGTON, March 27—The Wheeler-Brookhart committee that is investigating Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty today forbid Mrs. Roxie Stinson to divulge the names of the five men—friends of Daugherty and the late Jesse Smith—who Mrs. Stinson said cleaned up $35,000,000 in Sinclair oil stock in August, 1922. Counsel for Daugherty declared they had expected to hear Mrs. Stinson name the late president Harding as one of the men. The committee's refusal to allow Mrs. Stinson to tell the names surprised the vast crowd that packed the committee room to hear Mrs. Stinson undergo cross examination at the hands of Daugherty's lawyers. Senator Brookhart said the committee had discussed the matter secretly and that inasmuch as neither Daugherty nor Smith were involved in the deal, they that the names of the plungers were not CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27. Forty eight individuals and 47 corporations, members of the American Malleable Castings Assn., were indicted by a federal grand jury here this afternoon, charged with violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The indictment charges that the individual and corporate members conspired together to control prices and purchases of malleable castings thruout the United States. The government alleged that more than 75 per cent of the automotive, railroad, and other castings used in the United States are produced by members of the association. It is further charged that the corporations and indicted individuals agreed between themselves to combine and fix prices in violation of the Sherman act and other federal statutes. Among those named in the indictment are C. Sanderson and the Belle City Malleable Iron Co., Racine, Wis.; W. V. Hughes and the Iowa Malleable Iron Iron Company, Fairfield, Iowa; John G. Osborne and the Lakeside Malleable Castings Co., Racine, Wis.; R. R. Fauntleroy and the Moline Malleable Iron Co., St. Charles, Ills. PLAIN DEALER CLASSIFIED ADS PRODUCE RESULTS Oregon Plans Drastic Move to Clean Up Towns on Border ANGELES, March 27. Obregon to clean up Mexican borders prohibiting the sale of liquor Mexicall. It is even probable that General Rodriguez will issue orders prohibiting the sale of liquor to Americans in Mexico," declared Platt who did not spare Americans in his opinion of their conduct when given the liberties enjoyed by Mexicans. Stinson name the late president Harding as one of the men. The committee's refusal to allow Mrs. Stinson to tell the names surprised the vast crowd that packed the committee room to hear Mrs. Stinson undergo cross examination at the hands of Daugherty's lawyers. Senator Brookhart said the committee had discussed the matter secretly and that inasmuch as reither Daugherty nor Smith were involved in the deal, they that the names of the plungers were not relevant to the present investigation. The committee's refusal to let Mrs. Stinson answer the questions of Paul Howland, Daugherty's lawyer, resulted in an immediate display of fireworks. "Who were these five men?" demanded Howland. "Just a minute," Chairman Brookhart interposed, "the committee considered in executive session that question would be not relevant. We feel that inasmuch as Mrs. Stinson testified that neither the attorney general or Jesse Smith was involved in the deal and did not get any of the profits, there was no need to bring out the names because the matter did not come within the scope of the investigation." Senator Wheeler, Dem. of Mont., declared that Howland could get the names from Mrs. Stinson, "if they want to take the responsibility for dragging in these names." "Do you see," Howland said to Mrs. Stinson, when the committee refused to let her answer, "how I ant handicapped in trying to bring out certain things?" Senator Wheeler sprang to his feet saying: "You're not as badly handicapped as we are. The attorney general has refused to let us have the important documents he so gracefully promised to put at the disposal of the committee." That's the first time I've seen the senator (Wheeler) undertake to protect anyone's name." Chamberlain commented. Ex-Senator Chamberlain demanded that the question be answered because "there is an intimation of profiteering against the government."