oc-plain-dealer 1924-06-14

ANAHEIM SHOWN CENSUS was 2,628 was 5,525 Total 12,000 For Dealer to Eastern bring them to Anahel fastest growing city in Orange County. PRICE Three Cents Per Copy 33 year in No. Orange-co. 22 PERSONS LOST Current Week Has Been Married CITY MOVES 142 CARS OF FRUIT Union Pac. Makes New Record for Local Shipments COOLIDGE HELPS 480,000 EMPLOYES WASHINGTON, June 14.—President Coolidge today came to the relief of approximately 480,000 employees in the field service of the government by directing that beginning July 1, the increase in salary given them by the last congress shall become effective. This action was taken because the bill granting the increase was not signed by the presiding officer of the house and senate because of congestion of business and was therefore not submitted to the president for approval. ARREST FIVE FOR MAIL FLAG DAY IS CELEBRATED FITTINGLY Impressive Ceremonies a Presentation of Flag Pole and Fountain Ceremonies attending the presentation to the city of a handsome flag and staff by the American Union Pac. Makes New Record for Local Shipments One hundred and forty-two cars of citrus fruit, including two cars of lemons, were shipped this week from the Anaheim district, within 11 cars of the best way of the season. The Union Pacific shipped 11 cars, the best showing it has yet made since the present Pay Fruit Co. house was purchased from the Orange-co Valencia Co. The week was marked by almost daily advances in the level of prices paid for fancy grades of valencias, alltho ordinary grades were more stable. Navels and miscellaneous valentions still hung on in the auction market, but in steadily decreasing quantities. BURIAL SERVICE TUESDAY MORNING SAN PEDRO, June 14—In the simple burial service of the U. S. Navy the 48 blue jackets, who died at their posts of duty in an explosion on the U. S. S. Mississippi during target practice, will be given Godspeed on their final cruise. The service will be held here Tuesday morning on police athletic field, it was announced today. The dead will receive full military honors. Each metal casket, shrouded in an American flag, will be covered with sweet-scented California blossoms sent as a last token of affection from the dead men's shipmates, the officers and boys of the Pacific battle fleet. A Catholic priest and a protestant minister will state in the service. Shore leave will be given all sailors. Harbor schools and business houses will close and prominent persons will attend, as well as representatives of national and state officials. Burial of the dead with no relatives will be made either in the military cemetery at San Francisco or in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D.C. C. A. MURCH HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE C. A. Murch was arrested by the local police yesterday afternoon on the charge of selling liquor, and was arraigned before Judge Kuchel, entering a plea of not guilty and demanded a jury trial. His hearing was set for June 26, and he was released on a ball of $300. He is alleged to ARREST FIVE FOR MAIL ROBBERY CHICAGO, June 14—J. H. Wayne, wounded man held under police guard at the county hospital following his arrest in company with two other men and a woman early today, was identified by members of the crew of the Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train as a member of the bandit band which Thursday night held up and looted the train of approximately a million dollars in cash and securities. Five postal clerks viewed Wayne and one of them was positive in identification. The postal clerks were to be taken to view Walter McComb and his wife, and Paul Wade, who also were arrested when police broke down the door of the McComb flat. Officers found Wayne in bed suffering from his wounds and he was taken to the county hospital. Police first said he was found by the roadside near Hammond, Ind. The two men and Mrs. McComb were placed under arrest and taken to the federal building. Following identification of Wayne, police and federal operatives expressed confidence that the robber band would be in custody soon. Another man was reported to have been arrested. He is said to have given the name of J. Mahoney and to have been identified as an aviator. He was hurried to an outlying police station for questioning as an airplane has been reported to have been used in the escape of the bandits. Police also are investigating movements of a fast motor boat in which the men are believed to have fled from the Illinois shore and on which it is believed their loot was divided. A large amount of cash was found in the McComb apartment but policler declined to say how much. FITTINGLY Impressive Ceremonies a Presentation of Flag Pole and Fountain Ceremonies attending the presentation to the city of a handsome flag and staff by the American Legion Post and Auxiliary and of a fine fountain by the Lions' Club both in City Park, made this year's celebration of Flag Day unusually significant. The mayor was present on both occasions and made the speeches of acceptance. Last night, in the presence of hundreds of Anahelmers, the local lodge of Elks celebrated the day. The ceremony at the presentation and dedication of the flag and staff was short. M. W. Martenet, Jr., presented the pole, and Mrs Prescott the flag, and Sam Snodgrass raised the flag. Mayor Metcalf in his speech, which was brief, declared that no public grounds nowadays were complete, or hardly started, without a flag to beautify them. The Mayor's remarks were especially applauded when he declared that patriotism should be measured by the day by acts of citizens and not by emotion shown on special occasions of this sort. He complimented the Legionnaires and ladies. The Whittier School band played both at the flag and fountain. Rev. A. G. H. Bode delivered the invocation at the fountain and Cliff Lamb, president of the Lions' Club, introduced the speakers and voiced appreciation for aid rendered in bringing the fountain to pass. The services were acknowledged by Leslie Wilson, who superintended the erection. M. Eugene Durfee and his aides particularly Jim Hitchcock; Hagerty Tile Co.; Fred Garrison, Anahiem Metal Industries, the lunchon clubs including the ladies' club, and citizens. Perry Schrock, Santa Ana Lion, delivered the principal address in the course of which he declared that his speech could be seen in the flag, park and fountain. The real disrespect to the flag, he averred, was not to stand for the things for which it stood. Schools, churches and even the clubs were patriotic institutions as well as the organizations usually called patriotic. Bob White, past president of the local club, presented the fountain to Mayor Metcalf in a very brief speech, and the mayor accepted it, in a second happily worded speech. At the Elks' Lodge exercises last night Walter Myers of the Premont school received one prize C. A. MURCH HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE C. A. Murch was arrested by the local police yesterday afternoon on the charge of selling liquor, and was arraigned before Judge Kuchel, entering a plea of not guilty and demanded a jury trial. His hearing was set for June 26, and he was released on a bail of $300. He is allotted to have sold hard cider at his place of business, 133 N. Los Angeles st., containing more than one and one-half per cent alcohol. F. H. S. PLANS POOL Plans for a swimming pool at Fullerton H. S. next year have been announced at the office of L. E. Plummer, principal. It will be located just back of the school garage off Pomona-ave., and will be 105x40 feet in size. The east wing of class buildings are also to be completed, and also the school cabin at Lake Arrowhead remodeled and improved. The school budget calls for an expenditure of about $70,000 less this year than last year, it is said, making possible a considerable school tax reduction. Angry Stockholders Threaten Lease With an Anaheim woman in series, calling upon F. M. H. to return to her the $75 which she alleged she and husband had lost in the Leach-Biltwell Motor Car Co., a five-hour meeting of stockholders in Los Angeles was adjourned sine die without accomplishing anything. The meeting has been called to obtain authority to sell the assets. One man present told Leach he should be strung up to a lamp pole. Anaheim citizens representing several hundred thousand dollars in investment were present, among whom R. B. Beat, Theo Stott, Louis Henning and Harry Shippker, represented by Geo. Varnum as attorney, who held prosecution with those present a substantial majority of over two to one of the shares present. CHICAGO, June 14. Five arrests early today were followed by announcement by Captain of Detective William Schoemaker that solution of Thursday's million dollar mail robbery would be in hand before night. J. H. Wayne, wounded in the jaw, chest, and right arm and with his body scared as if by a volley of shotgun slugs, was held under heavy guard in a ward in the county hospital. He said he was shot by a Margaret Ray, believed to be the woman police held at an outlying precinct station. J. Mahosey, said to be an aviator, was arrested at the Chicago address given by Wayne. Walter McComb and Paul Wade were seized in McComb's flat. Pending the roundup of the gang, police were not inclined to divulge information on which the store made. Were under close police were per the ward where county hospital stated that with practically half in the gigantic robbery that arrest rested of the gang an army of the remainder of the loot were expected today. The landits, choosing only the most valuable mail sacks, got $100,000 in cash and bonds valued at between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. Wayne was found on the roadside two miles south of Hammond, Ind., a distance from the robbery at Ronout that might easily have been traversed by the bandits between midnight and dawn yesterday. Police search for the four auto loads of bandits who held up the (Continued on Page Two) ANAHEIM CONCERN FUMIGATES SHIP To an Anaheim concern, the Henley-Aspellin Co. has fallen one of the most important fumigating contracts yet announced here. This concern will fumigate Sunday the big liner Los Angeles, which plies between metropolis and Honolulu. With its numerous saloons, private cabins, etc., the task will be a difficult and prolonged one. The fumigation is the regular one undertaken annually. MAYER FINDS ADS PAY Wm. A. Mayer who lives on a ranch on Cerritos-ave, affirms that Plain Dealer "ads" most certainly pay. He said that he had placed a large number of "ads" in the Plain Dealer and had never failed to sell what he advertised. It is better than a salesman, he said. He said that he recently advertised some potato slipes, and sold them within an hour after the paper was out. FULL REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE—FIRST LEASED WIRE IN ANAHEIM THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer LEADING NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY Anaheim, California, Saturday, June 14, 1924 LOST IN TENNESSEE en Marked By Almost Daily Increase G DAY IS LEBRATED TTINGLY REMOVE EMBARGOES ON CAL. PRODUCTS SALEM, Ore., June 14.—Existing embargoes on all California products, except animals and animal products from areas free from the hoof and mouth disease were ordered removed today by Governor Walter Pierce. Under terms of the proclamation fruits and vegetables of all kinds are permitted entry into Oregon under fumigation and when certified to by a federal veterinarian as originating in disease-free areas of the southern state. WILL NEVER KNOW CAUSE K. P. TEMPLE OPENED TONIGHT Public Invited to Inspect Finest Building Order Owns in America The beautiful $125,000 K. of P. temple will be thrown open to the WILL NEVER KNOW CAUSE OF BLAST LOS ANGELES, June 14.—Sensational testimony that the turret blast on the U. S. S. Mississippi, which killed 48 gunners, resulted from an attempt of man-of-war's bluejackets to establish a new target practice record, was given today before the naval board of inquiry investigating the tragedy. Lieut. Commander Reinecke chief gunner officer of the Mississippi recalled today before the investigators contradicted his testimony of yesterday, when he referred to the explosion as a "flare-back." A "human" error rather than a fault in the mechanism of the 14-inch gun caused the blast when the No. 2 turret gunners strove to beat their own record as the navy's fastest turret crew, Reinecke testified. The compressed air bore cleaner worked perfectly and the explosion could not have been caused by a tiny bit of flaming silk from a previous charge, the officer told the board. Decision to forego an effort to obtain the official eye witness story of Chief Turret Captain F. J. Rynes, who is dying on the Hospital Ship Relief, was made late today by the navy probation after it was learned Rynes was too far in the shadow of death to be questioned. LOS ANGELES, June 14.—Gased to death in an iron-clad turret was the fate of 48 blue-jackets killed on the U. S. S. Mississippi, according to testimony presented the naval board of inquiry as it resumed its sessions here today. As the officers of the U. S. S. New Mexico, and U. S. S. Mississippi, survivors of one of the greatest disasters in the history of the American navy, unfolded their stories before the inquiry board, it became more and more evident that the gunners were veterinarian as originating in disease-free areas of the southern state. TUNIGHT Public Invited to Inspect Finest Building Order Owns in America The beautiful $125,000 K. of P. temple will be thrown open to the public and formally presented to the city this evening at a gala afair. With Chancellor Conmander Fred Davis presiding there will be a brief program beginning promptly at 8 p.m. Mayor E. M. Metcalf, who will be accompanied by councilmen, will respond on behalf of the city. The program has been arranged by Anaheim Co. No. 26 U. R. K. of P., Anaheim lodge No. 105 and Pythian Sisters Temple No. 81. The entire building will be open for inspection by Anaheimers. A big feature tonight will be the dancing on the large store room floor. Visitors tonight will be impressed with the artistic and modern arrangement of the building and the richness of the furnishings. The building was constructed throughout by Anaheim men, most of them members of the K. of P. order. Materials and furnishings were provided almost exclusively thru local firms. Furnishings are thru Stroup-Barnes Furniture Co. The ventilating system, declared the best in any California building, is the product of M. L. Manning, associated with H. L. Armbrust. Manning is one of the leading ventilating engineers of the country, having the system in the New York Central station, New York, and many other large installations to his credit. In addition to two large exhaust fans on the roof of the temple, there is another fan in the basement where the altars washed. The fans have remote control in the lodge room, Monday evening with 330 people in the main lodge room, the greatest comfort was enjoyed. At that time, grand lodge officers declared the local temple the finest owned by the order in the United States. Going up the stairs from the street to the second floor, the visitor will note the most intricate job of linoleum laying ever placed in the county. It is imbald, tile pattern, with parquetry pattern, cemented on the steps and bound brass guards. The banquet hall on the second floor has color scheme of blue and gray with gold framed velour drapes on French doors and velvet portieres. The Vienna chairs are... Some Circulation Statistics: Number of Homes Taking Plain Dealer 1179 Number of Homes Checked to date - 1350 CYPRESS STREET House Number No local paper 325 Front, Plain Dealer 321 Rear, No. 1, Bulletin 321 Rear, No. 2, P.D. 321 Rear, No. 3, P.D. 321 Plain Dealer 317 Plain Dealer 318 Plain Dealer 309 Bulletin 307 Plain Dealer 301 In the 300 block on North Los Angeles Street there are a total of 16 homes. The PLAN DEALER IS TAKEN AND READ NOW 9 of these homes. Now read the report of the homes which the Plain Dealer decides not enter: Four no local paper, and 3 take Bulletin. In the 59 districts checked to date there are 1259 homes in which local papers are read, and The Plain Dealer is read in one of the 1350 homes, or 88 per cent. Total number of homes taking local papers. Number of Plain Dealers taken in the 59 districts checked...volunteer will be 711 Anyone interested, of course, can check up on the correct numbers of the above statements. WATCH THIS SPACE DAILY IRE IN ANAHEIM aler E COUNTY PROGRESS OF ANAHEIM AS TOLD BY BUILDING Year Permits Total 1923 823 42,269,271 1922 675 1,413,045 1921 564 1,253,879 1920 362 279,950 1919 174 464,509 27th YEAR—No. 246 SEE CLOUDBURST Increases in Prices of Oranges BIRTHPLACE OF FLAG 3 VILLAGES COMPLETELY WASHED OUT Large Number Reported Missing; Lowlands Inundated ATLANTA, Ga., June 14 WASHED OUT Large Number Reported Missing; Lowlands Inundated ATLANTA, Ga., June 14—Twenty-two persons were drowned and several are missing as the result of a terrific cloudburst which inundated the lowlands of northeastern Tennessee today, according to word received by the southern headquarters of the Red Cross here this afternoon. The villages of Laurel Ford and Bramer were completely washed away, according to the meager dispatches. Special relief workers have been rushed to the scene. At Carden's Bluff, Tenn., near Elizabethton, the body of 6-year-old was recovered, washed against a fence where it had been lodged. Cloudburst was so forceful that the neighborhood of its near Bluff and Hunter, it carried with a heavy concrete bridge. Laurel Fork, Hampton and Bramer are three small villages situated in valleys thru which flow small streams. These creeks were suddenly transformed into great walls of water following the cloudburst, according to report spelling death and destruction everywhere within their path. Several places the narrow villa were almost filled with the raining torrents. A large number were reported missing. NELSON FAILS TO STOP KLAN TALK The efforts of Dist. Atty. A. Nelson to stop last night's public klan lecture in Orange by going over the heads of the Orang school board and forbidding use of school grounds failed mentably. Rev. Leon L. Myers pastor of the First Church, who introduced speaker, said today. Murphy flashed the distance in two hours, eleven minutes and The efforts of Dist. Atty. A. Nelson to stop last night's public klan lecture in Orange by going over the heads of the Orang school board and forbidding use of school grounds failed mentably. Rev. Leon L. Minter pastor of the First Church, who introduce speaker, said today. Nelson apparently that the klan was still it was accused of being ago, the pastor added. Nelson's letter for use of the grounds of the school board that it had had no pelling the meeting the street adjoining the meeting. Pastor Myers says that he decides to take Craig with a low who had fights. This season was rounded the crowd of 5000 people who spoke weeks ago, and his along lines similar the local speech. CUT EASTER PITTSBURG, June Joseph Seep ammunition crude oil for pany, today on grades. The new prices are Transalt $3.25; Brad $3.75; National Transl Southwestern Penna, P $2.35; Topeka pipe syne $1.25; Cabel $1.80; Southern Radford $1.00. Make Arranger For N WASHINGTON, June 14—The weather bureau issued the following forecast for next week. Pacific states generally talk in California, and southern Oregon and probably showers elsewhere. Temperatures near normal. $1000 FIRE LOSS A fire broke out this afternoon in the garage of P. B. Dickerson on East Center-st., outside the city limits and destroyed the garage and a new Ford sedan. The origin is a mystery. The local fire department answered but was unable to do much owing to the fact that there is no water pressure at that point it is said. The news probably reached $1000.