oc-plain-dealer 1924-10-29

PAGE FOUR Plain Dealer An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday PAUL V. HESTER Editor and Publisher Subscription Rate—In N. Orange-co., per year, $3; 6 months $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS God dwells in all things; and, felt in a man's heart. He is then to be felt in everything else. Only let there be God within us, and then everything outside us will become a godlike help.—Euthanasy. TRAFFIC A SHAMBLES, STATISTICS SHOW Traffic is becoming a shambles. Men, women and children are being mowed down in alarming numbers. A ghastly total of 14,412 deaths occurred in the United States during 1923 caused by automobiles and other motor vehicles. This represents a death rate, the country over, of 14.9 out of every 100, 000 of population. But California, having the highest rate of all the states, showed 32.6 deaths per 100,000 population! This is more than twice as great as the nationwide rate. Why give these figures? Why comment upon them? Just to iterate and reiterate—just to warn and urge and startle the people into taking a hand in this great problem of making traffic safer. These tragic conditions will not become better automatically. Public opinion must be crystallized. The public must demand greater safety. The public must co-operate actively to bring about safety. Success never comes through excess. CAPITAL CRIMES ON THE INCREASE Capital crimes are multiplying. Outrageous murders are so common that one shudders to read or hear about them. No section, state or locality is immune to these shocking crimes. Various causes are assigned. There are many contributing causes, no doubt. Use of drugs is a fruitful cause. Bootleg CAPITAL CRIMES ON THE INCREASE Capital crimes are multiplying. Outrageous murders are so common that one shudders to read or hear about them. No section, state or locality is immune to these shocking crimes. Various causes are assigned. There are many contributing causes, no doubt. Use of drugs is a fruitful cause. Bootleg liquor helps along the bloody orgy. Against these twin evils—illicit sale of drugs and liquors—the forces of law and public sentiment must be directed until the appalling traffic is suppressed beyond the point of being a public menace. But crime must be combatted in diverse ways. Just as the cause of crime lies in many contributory influences, so the fight against crime must take varied forms. For one thing crime and vice should be fought right at the beginning of their baleful influence among the children. Teach morals! Not apathetically—not perfunctorily, but with red-blooded earnestness. Make every crime a text for pointing a moral to children, at home and in school. Teach morals systematically. Inculcate respect for law. Cultivate consideration for human life and the rights of others. Here is where the great work for the suppression of crime and vice must be done—among the children. Train up a generation imbued with clean morals—a generation fortified by training and example against crime and vice, and the shocking waves of crime and viciousness will assuage, and this will be a cleaner, safer country. There is too great laxity in looking to the morals of the young. NOTICE The California Food and Health Clinic will after November 1st be located at 208 N. LOS ANGELES ST., ANAHEIM and Thumb Print Health Products there. OPPORTUNITY RAPS AT YOUR DOOR! A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME! LISTEN, HOMESEEKERS. We want 72 upstanding American families to help us in our large orchards, on our farm lands and in our packing houses. We are offering A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME! LISTEN, HOMESEEKERS. We want 72 upstanding American families to help us in our large orchards, on our farm lands and in our packing houses. We are offering 72 homesites, 2½ to 20 acre tracts, excellent soil, reasonable prices, planted to trees or alfalfa. 15 years to pay. If competent and industrious you can earn deferred payments. See James Mills At Saint Ann's Inn, Santa Ana, Wednesday and Thursday, 3 to 5 p.m., for particulars JAMES MILLS ORCHARDS CORP. Hamilton City, Cal. REFERENCES: A. J. CROOKSHANKS, President First National Bank, Santa Ana. SENATOR JOHN M. ANDERSON W. E. BROCK, Horticultural Commissioner. J. P. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Manager, Santa Ana Register. THE PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIF. "I'M GOING A-MILKING, SIR," SHE SAID ATTA GIRL! NATIONAL LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS NON-VOTER "LEAGUE PROTOCOL BOAST OF PEACE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSOR Philip Marshall Brod sor of international law ton University, ree nounced the protocol amendments to the adopted by the Assem League of Nations at Geneva conference as ing but petty politics." he said, "how alarmed is for its prestige and ous it is of American n Dr. Brown former c fairs at Constantinople turer at the Institute national Law at Vienna league had been greatl by the failure of Lord cil's plan for disarm that it feared Preside might take the initiation a world conference league accomplished n Forced Through fo "The protocol was to enable the league it had outlawed war for Dr. Brown added. "A to be compulsory and to be applied to any refuses to accept the of the league. Japan to pledge the league even questions of a ditional character, such tion. "No generous-minded Dr. Brown went on to deny the desirability ment, but this action an unworthy of serious re an ill-considered, hurri to accomplish something with the object view of forestalling ac United States. This is most conclusively by diary memorandum o bitter partisans of the circulated at Geneva, printed in the World Europe in Shaky O "Europe is now o PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUILLEN The more one studies mankind, the more one appreciates the mercy of God. There are 3,000,000 laws, and you can obey all of them and still be an ass. Man's inhumanity to man makes thousands pay ghastly prices for two on the usle. Some hire a press agent and some give to charity and get their publicity cheaper. A bick town is a place here people go to see the show instead of going to be seen. How trivial are the vanities of this world! There is plenty of parking space in Heaven. In a village women grow little intellectually. They have no servant problem to discuss. There are compensations. The two losers won't have the next Congress on their hands. As a matter of fact, anybody can get along without a car except the man who has owned one. A free country is happier. There is no fixed classes, and every they feel superior. Safe in bettries yet be wicked Highbrows are born with China acquire a fondness for dull and pompously stupid literature. A loose mouth may indicate a weak character, or it may indicate a recent drink of patent medicine. ABE MARTIN WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS BRIG. GEN. HUGH A. DRUM Youngest general officer of the whole army of the U.S. and responsible for all plans and training for the combined armies of the country. This is the distinction which attaches to Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum. He celebrated his 45th birthday recently. General Drum comes from a long line of fighting men, extending through several generations. His father, Capt. John Drum, of the Tenth United States infantry, was killed leading a charge in the battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba, in '98. He was the first officer killed in that battle. Entering the army at the age of 20 as a second lieutenant, honors have come to General Drum rapidly and apparently easily. From 1899 to 1901 he served in the Philippine Island participating in the P.I. insurrection. From 1912 to 1914 he was active on the Mexican border. Later he served as assistant instructor in military art at army schools and subsequently was aide to General Panston until the latter's death, Feb. 19, 1917. When General Pershing succeeded General Funston, General Drum became assistant to the chief of staff and in that capacity accompanied General Pershing to France. The following year General Drum was appointed chief of staff of the first American army fighting on the western front. Although but a lieutenant colonel, he held a post usually assigned to a full major general. About two years ago the army was without a textbook on higher command which incorporated the lessons that had been learned over the world war. The general volume I on General Drum, who form which month had struck standard text for the wars two in Washington and all offices throughout the American army. A few of the honors which have been conferred upon him are the Distinguished service Medal from his own country, the Order of the Crown. Dr. Brown went on to deny the desirability of ment, but this action unworthy of serious rea an ill-considered, hurried to accomplish something ular with the object view of forestalling ad United States. This has most conclusively by its diary memorandum o d bitter partisans of the circulated at Geneva, printed in the World Europe in Shaky O "Europe is now our shaky foundations less peace conference at armament cannot cont giltimate grievances ha sified. To seek peace proclamations and ther ercion is evidence of l dangerous statesmans only result in damage tige of the league." "In the meantime precludes any action for a disarmament co nthe near future. For purposes disarmamen off as ever." It takes years of discretion to harden eternity to soften it. A loose mouth may indicate a weak character, or it may indicate a recent drink of patent medicine. Law makers are persistent fellows. They keep on trying to think up one the people will obey. America's "great emotional lawyer" is an ardent wet. Anybody can be emotional in that fix. Poor, immature boys are victims of irresponsibility, but why must it settle in the trigger finger? No man worries about his "rights" after he gets to where he must worry about meeting the pay roll. Correct this sentence: "I employ 10,000 men," said he, "and I'm trying to line them up for LaFollette." Like sleep out-doors. The weather permitting. passive and a hard liver. An open purse and the mouth are soon empty. When the earth is all wrapped In a blanket of snow, There's health and there's comfort When healthy blood flow. Where the sun shines seldom the doctor goes often. Forcing one's heart to "compensate" for over-taxation makes one big hearted. Health hint: When talking to dalrymen don' expatiate on the glories of early rising. It is our custom on the street To shake the hands of those we meet; And if some "flu" bug goes amiss We're sure to land it with a kiss. The daily dozen fad originated on the farm where the morning job was to milk a dozen cows before breakfast. To the individual, a typhoid bacillus is more dangerous than a bayonet in the hands of an adversary with homicidal tendencies. Though the temperature of the sun is 14,000 degrees, for comfort in your winter quarters you will find 68 degrees sufficient. 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It contains no "dope" does not injure the stomach—and is absolutely reliable. Price $1 per box. Hart M. Allen Laboratories, affre. Box 1340, Los Angeles, Calif. Always on sale in Anaheim and Pullerton at Gibson's Drug Stores. "LEAGUE PROTOCOL AN IDLE DOAST OF PEACE," SAYS INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSOR Philip Marshall Brown, professor of international law at Princeton University, recently denounced the protocol of the amendments to the covenant adopted by the Assembly of the League of Nations at the recent Geneva conference as being gutted but petty politics. "It proves," he said, "how alarmed the league is for its prestige and how jealous it is of American leadership." Dr. Brown former charge d'affairs at Constantinople and lecturer at the Institute of International Law at Vienna, said the league had been greatly weakened by the failure of Lord Robert Cecil's plan for disarmament, and that it feared President Coolidge might take the initiative in calling a world conference while the league accomplished nothing. Forced Through for Boost "The protocol was forced thru to enable the league to say that it had outlawed war for all time," Dr. Brown added. "Arbitration is to be compulsory and coercion is to be applied to any nation that refuses to accept the jurisdiction of the league." Japan was able to pledge the league to consider even questions of a domestic national character, such as immigration. "No generous-minded person," Dr. Brown went on to say, "can deny the desirability of disarmament, but this action at Geneva is unworthy of serious respect. It is an ill-considered, hurried attempt to accomplish something spectacular with the object clearly in view of forestalling action by the United States. This is confirmed most conclusively by the extraordinary memorandum drawn up by bitter partisans of the league and circulated at Geneva, which was printed in the World of Sept. 29. Europe in Shaky Condition "Europe is now on the most wisest, most virtuous, and most beneficient parts that are to be played in the Theater of life are filled by gratuitous performers, and pass, among the world at large, as phases of idleness. For in that Theater, not only the walking gentleman, singing chambermaids and diligent fiddlers in the orchestra, but those who look on and clap their hands, do really play a part and fulfill important offices to the general result." COMMENTS of the PRESS What Editors Are Saying INTEREST IN LIFE IS LIVING—Stockton Independent Former United States Senator Cornellus Cole of Los Angeles upon the occasion of the anniversary of his 102nd birthday, attributes longevity to regular habits, peace of mind and the California climate. Doubtless they are all contributing factors. They are, however, more negative than positive. Life statistics show that there are certain long-lived stocks, and to be a season of that stock is the surest way to attain a ripe old age. Senator Cole's actions, rather more than his introspective observations, contain the real lesson of the fallness of his life. In an interview upon attaining his 102nd year, he discussed with greatest enthusiasm—not the past, but the future. He was as pleased as a boy over radio and its possibilities, and be confessed he had followed with eagerness the progress of the world fliers. "The flight," he said, "will be a great achievement, but the next time we must encircle the globe faster." Interest in life is the greatest elixir of life. It does not actually increase the human span, at least it makes living worth while. GLEANINGS FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE It occurred to Pascal that we are so unfortunate that we can only take pleasure in a thing on condition of being annoyed if it turn out ill, as a thousand things can do, and do every hour. "He who finds the secret of rejoicing in the good, without troubling himself with its contrary evil, would have hit the mark. It is perpetual motion." Those who have always good hope in the midst of misfortunes, and who are delighted with good luck, are suspected of being pleased with the ill success of the affair; if they are not equally distressed by bad luck; and they are overjoyed to find these pretexts of hope, in order to show that they are concerned, and to conceal by the joy with which they feign to feel that which they have at seeing the failure of the matter." But it is not only the person himself who suffers from his busy habits, but his wife and children, his friends and relations, and down to the very people he sits with in the railway carriage. Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. And it is not by any means certain that a man's business is the most important thing he has to do. To an impartial estimate it will seem clear that many of the wisest, most virtuous, and most beneficial parts that are to be played in the Theater of life are filled by gratuitous performers, and pass, among the world at large, as phases of idleness. For in that Theater, not only the walking gentleman, singing chambermaids and diligent fiddlers in the orchestra, but those who look on and clap their hands, do really play a part and fulfill important offices to the general result. You are no doubt very dependent on the care of your lawyer Dr. Brown went on to say, "can deny the desirability of disarmament, but this action at Geneva is unworthy of serious respect. It is an ill-considered, hurried attempt to accomplish something spectacular with the object clearly in view of forestalling action by the United States. This is confirmed most conclusively by the extraordinary memorandum drawn up by bitter partisans of the league and circulated at Geneva, which was printed in the World of Sept. 29. Europe in Shaky Condition "Europe is now on the most shaky foundations laid by the peace conference at Paris. Disarmament cannot come until legitimate grievances have been satisfied. To seek peace thru paper proclamations and threats of coercion is evidence of insincere and dangerous statesmanship. It can only result in damage to the prestige of the league." Dr. Brown went on to say that in his opinion the chances of the protocol being ratified by the most influential members of the league were very slight, naming England as one of the obstacles. "In the meantime the protocol precludes any action by the U.S. for a disarmament conference in the near future. For all practical purposes disarmament is as far off as ever." It takes years of dietary indiscretion to harden an artery, eternity to soften it. FREE Goat-Gland Clinic NO OPERATION NEEDED—BOTH SEXES TREATED To the Poor, who Can't Pay, Treatment will be given Free. From those able to pay, a very moderate fee will be accepted. This clinic in charge of a competent doctor, who has been very successful in the treatment of Anemia, Nervousness, Asthma, High and Low Blood Pressure, Dropsical and General Run-Down Condition, Rheumatism, Liver and Kidney Disorders. Hours—10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon. and Wed. Evenings 7 to 9 Out-of-town Applicants send for Free Diagnostic Sheet LOS ANGELES GOAT-GLAND CLINIC Owned and Operated by Los Angeles Gland Laboratories, Inc. Dept. APD, 2508½ SUNSET BOULEVARD, Los Angeles Vote YES on Amendment Number ONE TAX MOTOR BUSSES As you do all other Public Utilities This levies a state tax of 4 per cent on the gross earnings of Motor Carriers. They will continue to pay the Gasoline Tax. Why this Amendment is Necessary This amendment does not set up any new system of taxation. It merely brings the motor carriers within the system established fourteen years ago. The people in 1910 voted to divide state from county and municipal taxation—the state taxing the gross earnings of public utilities, while the taxes on other property are left to counties and municipalities. But there were no motor stages in 1916, and so they were not included in the list of public cities then enumerated—steam accident of railroads, banks, excise this amendment necessary. Why Four Per Cent? Some figures had to be taken, and the most reasonable thing to do was to take figure—4%—that the last Legislature, after considerable discussion, deemed fair and adopted. It may be that four per cent is too high, and it may prove too low. But any session of the Legislature may change this rate by a two-thirds vote. Who Uses the Highways? There are a million and a quarter automobiles in California. They use the highways—for the greater part—for pleasure. There are 1660 motor stages in California. They serve 786 towns in California that have no other common means of transportation. Last year they carried 29,000,000 passengers. These 20,000,000 passengers of the auto-staged benefited by... This amendment does not set up any new system of taxation. It merely brings the motor carriers within the system established fourteen years ago. The people in 1910 voted to divide state from county and municipal taxation—the state taxing the gross earnings of public utilities, while the taxes on other property are left to counties and municipalities. But there were no motor stages in 1910, and so they were not included in the list of public electrives then enumerated—steam railroads, banks, excident of legislation, gas and this amendment necessitate. This Amendment - Number One on your ballot November 4th — simply proposes to include the motor carriers among the other public utilities in the present established system of state taxation. The last session of the Legislature levied a four per cent tax on the gross earnings of the motor carriers for the State; and permitted the motor carriers a refund of any license fees and taxes levied on their property by counties and municipalities. Almost immediately, some of the smaller cities raised their license fees to beyond a reasonable amount, with the frank statement that it should be immaterial to the motor carriers to whom they paid their taxes as long as they did not pay more than four per cent. You may readily see that this means a system of pyramiding taxes on the motor carriers with no certainty where it will end. Still more confusion was brought into the present situation when the Superior Court in Presno County declared this tax measure—enacted by the last Legislature—unconstitutional. The motor carriers cannot stabilize their industry as long as this taxation confusion continues. Consequently, they are asking the enactment of this measure—Amendment Number One on your ballot November 4th—which will put them in exactly the same tax situation with the other public utilities in California. When you vote YES on Amendment Number One you will bring within the taxation system that has been in operation for fourteen years the common carriers that make the highways useful for all the people of the state. MOTOR CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION