oc-plain-dealer 1924-12-17

ASKS HELP FOR IMPERIAL VALLEY WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—More than 50,000 inhabitants of Imperial Valley are in imminent danger of a flood which would sweep away all of their possessions and put the area under water for many years. It was declared here today by Rep. Swing of California, at the openine of senate committee hearings in the Swing-Johnson bill for the utilization of waters of the Colorado river in reclamation work. "The Colorado river is only held in check today by levees which are by no means permanent. The valley is 250 feet below sea level while the river only drops thirty feet to the sea from that point," Swing said. "If the levees ever probable that incalculable loss, if break in the spring freshets, it is not total destruction, would follow in its wake throughout the valley." Sen. Johnson, co-author of the bill, declared that the project would pay for itself within 30 years with interest thru the sale of electric power generated at the dam. Opening of committee hearings today marked the beginning of the last phase of the four year congress fight to get flood control and reclamation legislation for the district drained by the Colorado river. Sen. Hiram Johnson of California was the first speaker to outline his reasons for favoring the project. "The Imperial Valley, which in comparatively few years has risen from nothing to an area of great productivity, dependent on water for the very life of its residents, is now at the mercy of Mexico thru which country the Alamo irrigation canal runs before reaching the valley. "Future growth of the valley is dependent upon an all American canal as Mexicans can now take water badly needed at certain seasons, by Imperial Valley." HOW TO SOLVE PUZZLE The words start in the numbered squares and run either across or down. Only one letter is placed in each white square. If the proper words are found each combination of letters in the white squares will form words. The key to the first puzzle is the first word—is given in the drawing. Below are keys to the other words. (Running Across) Word 1. What the man and girl in the picture are doing. Word 4. To get on to a horse's back. Word 5. A girl's name. (Running Down) Word 1. Each of them is equal to two nickels. Word 2. What one kind of words are called in your grammar lessons. Word 3. Having chewed and swallowed. POEMS THAT LIVE A SONG OF EARLY AUTUMN When late in summer the streams run yellow, Burst the bridges and spread into bays; When berries are black and peaches are mellow. BANKERS INVADE STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Republic that powerful banking and road interests were carrying the contents to the floor of stock exchange today caused mild sensation on the big board. Control of Lehigh Valley was immediate bone of contention and offers to buy the stock precipitated a scramble in which prices were rushed up to $85 for a gain of 7 points today and an advance of 11% points above yesterday's levy. It is known that the New York Central and the Pennsylvania roads are desirous of linking with Lehigh Valley in the new alignment of transportation companies ordered under the transportation act, while Baltimore and Ohio wants Reading and Center of New Jersey. Railroad shares were thus leaders in the forward movement of prices today with better grade of investment stocks being taken in large blocks. The Northwestern rails responded to the continued improvement in the great agricultural section and the reports of heavy movement of freight in that territory. Atchison was accumulated on ports that the dividend rate is be increased due to directors of the company deny that any such move is contemplated. New York Central stocks and convertible bonds sold at the best prices for the movement. The industrial and special stocks were uniformly strong as active. Stock sales today 1,924,150 shares; bonds $14,434,000. GRAINS CLOSE LOWER CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—Grains eased off from the high point made in the early trading took and closed lower with the exception of the December delivery wheat. Wheat finished % up to 2 off. Corn closed 2½ % 3c lower. The Motor Vehicle Dept. Has approved ONLY the following HEADLIGHT DEVICES LENS Bausch & Lamb Monogram Lens The Motor Vehicle Dept. Has approved ONLY the following HEADLIGHT DEVICES LENS Bausch & Lamb Monogram Lens Dodge Bros. Parab-o-light Type FW Flintex Type J. Patterson Lens Ford Lens, Type H Smith Lens Holophane, No Tilt, No. 855 Spreadlight Hudson Lens Standard Liberty Type D. Sucess Rib Lincoln Type H. Vilo Macbeth Green Visor Type D Conophore Type F clear McKeelite Lens Conophore Type F noviol REFLECTORS Edmunds & Jones Headlamp, Type 20 Guide Ray Headlamp, Type A Miro-Tilt Headlamp Brown Reflector Brown Universal Reflector, 7 inch diameter Eclipse Reflector El Canino Floodlit Reflector Flatlite Reflector, Indiana, 7 inch diameter Flatlite Standard Reflector Paraflex Reflector, Type B.W. Trippe Reflector Paraflector Victor Reflector 7¼ inch diameter If your car is equipped with any other Headlight Device, same must be changed on or before— December 31 For your convenience we have two official Headlight Adjusting Stations at— 119 NORTH LEMON and LOS ANGELES at CHESTNUT West Bros. INKERS INVADE STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Reports powerful banking and rail-interests were carrying their relations to the floor of the exchange today caused a sensation on the big board. Ail of Lehigh Valley was the state bone of contention and to buy the stock precipitate-ramble in which prices were up to 85 for a gain of 7% today and an advance of points above yesterday's low. Known that the New York and the Pennsylvania share desirous of linking up Lehigh Valley in the new cent of transportation com-ordered under the trans-act, while Baltimore andrants Reading and Central Jersey. Broad shares were thus the in the forward move-of prices today with the grade of investment stocks taken in large blocks. Northwestern rails respond-the continued improvement great agricultural sections the reports of heavy move-of freight in that territory. On was accumulated on re-that the dividend rate is to released the directors of the may deny that any such move emplated. New York Cen-stocks and convertible bonds the best prices for the moment. Industrial and specialty were uniformly strong and sales today 1,924,100 bonds $14,434,000. RAINS CLOSE LOWER AGO, Dec., 17. — Grains off from the high points on the early trading today lower with the excep-tion the December delivery of that finished % up to 2% closed 2½ © 3c lower. Illinois City Fights Diverting Road Freight Citizens of Cairo, Ill., are protesting the construction of the proposed cutoff on the Illinois central, which will divert the major portion of the freight traffic between the north and south visi-ton, Ky., and Metropolis, Ill., instead of Caro. This city is the junction of the Mississippi and Rivers, and three states, Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky surround the city, and it is the southmost point of Illinois. The confluence of the two great rivers furnishes one of the most picturesque scenes of the middle west. On the left is the Ohio River, with Kentucky on the left shore, w-on the right is the Mississippi River, and the state of Missouri on the right shore. CITIZENS of Cairo, Ill., are protesting the construction of the proposed cutoff on the Ill. canal, which will divert the major portion of the freight traffic between the north and south via Kon, Ky., and Metropolis, Ill., instead of Caro. This city is the junction of the Mississippi and the Rivers, and three states, Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky surround the city, and it is the southernmost point of Illinois. The confidence of the two great rivers furnishes one of the most picturesque scenes of the middle west. On the left is the Ohio River, with Kentucky on the left shore, on the right is the Mississippi River, and the state of Missouri on the right shore. SUE FOR $80,000 ATTORNEY'S FEES WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 17. Alleged activities of John Simon, wealthy resident of Long Beach, Long Island, in behalf of the German government during the war were cited today in a suit filed against him for $80960.50, counsel fees charged by a firm of New York attorneys. They said they represented him thru a long series of legal entanglements in which he was said to have become involved with the U.S. government and his former associates. The charge is made that Simon and Dr. Heinrich Friedler Albert, who was, according to the plaintiffs "then acting as commercial agent in the United States for the imperial German government," became so acrimonious in a dispute over cotton transactions involving millions of dollars, that Count Von Bernstorff, then German ambassador at Washington was obliged to intervene. Almost immediately after the entry of the United States into the war, Simon, an American citizen, was arrested at Los Angeles, according to the papers filed here, and "east into prison as a dangerous alien enemy." "At that time he was carrying large balances of money with several banking institutions in the city of New York," the papers state. Being deprived of his liberty by his incarceration in California and the right to use and enjoy his property, it became necessary for him to convince the authorities he was not an alien enemy, but on the contrary a loyal citizen of the United States. To this end negotiations were conducted on his behalf with the department of justice which resulted in his liberation and the liberation of his bank accounts. The difficulties which he has had with the government since that time due to charges that he owed Albert an amount estimated from $155,000 to $3,000,000, are outlined in the longest legal document ever filed in the West Chester-co. clerk's office. The maid had been using surreptitiously the bath tub of her employer, an elderly bishop. He was a bachelor, very fastidious "DEVELOPMENT OF MIND HAS OUTSTRIPPED RELIGION." SAYS JOHN D. JR. Adherence to the literal interpretation of the Scriptures is increasingly less possible in view of the discoveries of science, but the lessons the Scriptures teach are even more impressive. John D. Rockefeller Jr., told a church gathering recently. In the matter of doctrine today there is greater individual liberty and more sincerity, he said. Rockefeller was contrasting religion a hundred years ago with religion today. "It is clear that civilization, built upon the marvelous discoveries of science, made possible by the most advanced and general system known to man, with all the powers, luxuries, pleasures and opportunities which it has brot, is headed toward its own annihilation. But, why, we ask ourselves, is this so? The answer is clear: Because the development of mind and matter has so outstripped the development of the spiritual values in human life. Materialism has proved to be its own destruction in many of the civilizations of the world, which have had their day and been wiped out. "The products of the mind are less temporary, but they too are subject to revision and change. Upon them alone can a lasting civilization be built." The danger in the present civilization lies in the fact that the creations of man's brain, his creatures, which should be his servants, are getting beyond his control and are becoming his masters. "The development of man's character or spirit nature has not kept pace with the development of his intellect and its products." Men cannot long continue to live together in an ever more closely inter-related and inter-dependent world unless they are guided by the spiritual laws and principles which religion teaches. Consideration, unselfishness, self sacrifice, service, all springing from love of God, love of our brother, these are the spiritual qualities which must keep pace with and dominate intellectual and material progress if civilization itself is to survive. Religion in its essence is the personal rela- FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Green demand 4.68%, cables 4 France demand 5.33%, ca. 34; Belgium demand 4.93%; Switzerland de-19.34, cables 19.36; Italy and 4.30%, cables 4.31; Sweden demand 26.90, cables 26.94; way demand 15.09, cables 15. Denmark demand 17.51, ca. 17.55, German marks 23.80, demand 1.82, cables 1.82. OS ANGELES PRODUCE OS ANGELES, Dec. 17.—Eggs: extras 47; case 46; pullets 45. Poultry: 16; broilers 27; fryers 27. Pres: same. UNSHINE PEELLETS DR. W. F. THOMSON SOFT job and a hard artery. ? Fight it. Thin? Feed it. bank the Lord, the crime wave not permanent. house thy kidneys and thy kid-will abuse thee. Yuletide of festivities leads indigestion. clean wound isn't the proper for a dirty salve. bugless home is a rugless and rugless home is drug-age 65, sixty-four per cent are unable to support ours. never safe to chase a trolley—In fact, the height of folly—you have a crippled heart; you're fat and breathing's wheezzy. better far, to take it easy—when you have a crippled heart. Ad is best little salesman. PREPARATION FOR A BUSINESS CAREER Successful People Do Not Put Things Off Enter Now AND Prepare AT THE Anaheim Business College Day and Evening Sessions PHONE 1272 239 No. Lemon St., Anaheim Religion of Old Testament "One hundred years ago religion was more like the religion of the Old Testament. The letter of the law was emphasized notably in religious observances, in the keeping of the Sabbath. Its services were numerous, long, confined to the meeting house. It was an amateur in dress, in demeanor. Its doctrines were narrow and iron-clad. Its interpretation of the Scriptures, literal. Its judgments were stern and unrelenting. Its emphasis was on punishment, reward, duty. It was distinctly individualistic, introspective. The salvation of the human soul from eternal damnation was its chief object. Conformity to its requirements and regular attendance at the meeting-house were the outstanding marks of the truly religious. Warmth, beauty, joy, treason were conspicuously absent. Hardly less striking is the contrast between the civilization of the two epochs. Religion of Today Today our religion is the religion of the New Testament. The letter has given way to the spirit in religious observance, in the keeping of the Sabbath and in many other matters. "Reliigious services in the churches are fewer and shorter, while meetings of a social, educational and recreational character in secular rooms of the church, in parish houses and settlements are infinitely more numerous. In the matter of die die there is greater individual liberty and more sincerity." Though we are accustomed to regard tea as being the drink of the two beverages, it contains more caffeine than does coffee. A Class Ad is best little salesman. Men cannot long continue to live together in an ever more closely inter-related and inter-dependent world unless they are guided by the spiritual laws and principles which religion teaches. Consideration, unselfishness, self sacrifice, service, all springing from love of God, love of our brother, these are the spiritual qualities which must keep pace with and dominate intellectual and material progress if civilization itself is to survive. Religion in its essence is the personal relation between God and man. Religion of Old Testament "One hundred years ago religion was more like the religion of the Old Testament. The letter of the law was emphasized notably in religious observances, in the keeping of the Sabbath. Its services were numerous, long, confined to the meeting house. It was an amateur in dress, in demeanor. Its doctrines were narrow and iron-clad. Its interpretation of the Scriptures, literal. Its judgments were stern and unrelenting. Its emphasis was on punishment, reward, duty. It was distinctly individualistic, introspective. The salvation of the human soul from eternal damnation was its chief object. Conformity to its requirements and regular attendance at the meeting-house were the outstanding marks of the truly religious. Warmth, beauty, joy, treason were conspicuously absent. Hardly less striking is the contrast between the civilization of the two epochs." Religion of Today Today our religion is the religion of the New Testament. The letter has given way to the spirit in religious observance, in the keeping of the Sabbath and in many other matters. "Reliigious services in the churches are fewer and shorter, while meetings of a social, educational and recreational character in secular rooms of the church, in parish houses and settlements are infinitely more numerous. In the matter of die die there is greater individual liberty and more sincerity." Though we are accustomed to regard tea as being the drink of the two beverages, it contains more caffeine than does coffee. A Class Ad is best little salesman." DEFENDS $100,000 DAMAGE ACTION Fred H. Schneider, local butcher, is a happy man today. For nearly two years a suit for $100,000 has been pending against him. Yesterday, after an all-day's session in Superior Judge F. C. Drumm's court, department 3, Schneider was freed and allowed costs. Leonard Evans was Schneider's attorney. The suit grew out of an assault suffered by C. W. Ormiston of Los Angeles, solicitor of the Los Angeles Times. There is no doubt about Ormiston's having been beaten up. He lost one eye and his face was horribly bruised. The records showed he was treated by Dr. H.W. Newkirk at the Johnston-Wickett Clinic. Later he spent a month at the Clara Barton hospital, Los Angeles. The physician wasn't put on the stand, but was prepared to show that the hour indicated by Ormiston, around 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 22, 1922, did not appear to be the correct one, judging by the appearance of the wound. The plaintiff was the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., assignes for Ormiston. The company had paid some $2,800 to the Los Angeles Times and was seeking reimbursement. Mrs. Schneider testified that it was her husband's unvarying habit to come to lunch at noon and that he couldn't have been home at or about 9:30. Evidence given by carpenters who had been repairing Schneider's porch, beginning work that morning, also went to show that no assault at or near the house at 226 North Claudina-nast, had taken place. Ormiston testified that he had been knocked down and was unconscious or only semi-conscious for a short time; that he had been struck a second time; and finally kicked as he lay. The witness couldn't describe whether he had fallen on a poreh, a lawn or what, and later said he had gone around NEW YORK, Dec. 17—T great city of New York to which Samuel Gompers came $1 years ago a penniless immigrant boy of no distinction, paused thoughtfully in its manifold activities today and pall a noble tribute to his memory. The body of the late president of the American Federation of Labor arrived in New York from Washington early today. It will lie in tsate at the Elks Club House until 9 a.m. tomorrow. Funeral service will be at that time. A few hours later the body will be lowered to its final resting place in historic old Sleepy Hollow cemetery at Tarrytown, in the rolling Hudson river country made famous by Washington Irving. The train bearing the body of Gompers arrived at the Pennsylvania Station at 7 o'clock this morning. Hurrying hundreds on their way to work stopped outside the station for a brief view of the solemn cortege as it started for the Elks Clubhouse. Altho it was nearing the peak of commuters' traffic at the station when the funeral train arrived, the huge, cathedral-like building was for the time more like a religious edifice than a bustling passenger terminal. There was an unnatural stillness in the vast, high ceilinged wailin groom. It was silence as of a period of prayer and meditation in a sanctuary. The reverberating voice of the train announcer was silent. Only the soft shuffling of travelers' feet was audible. Escorped by a platoon of police, city, state and labor officials, the cortege moved thru the downtown streets to the Elks Clubhouse in 43rd-st. The Bronze coffin was borne on a caisson and draped with an American flag, the symbol of the nation that was on the lips of the great labor leader when he died at San Antonio. EEKS RELEASE FROM CO. JAIL Another habeas corpus proceeded was pending in the superior court at Santa Ana today, the outlaw of the county-wide crude on liquor made last month. D. S. Bickmore, arrested at Westminster November 19 charged with selling liquor, seeks his freedom. Roy Love, a friend appears petitioner. Judge Z. B. West ordered a hearing on the writ for morrow. Released on $1000 bail, Bickmore was held to answer in superior court at the hearing before Justice C. W. Warner at Huntington Beach. He was taken back to jail, but the bail was not refunded, it is claimed. Sheriff's officials declared a city and a county charge both are pending against the man, and that jail in the second case has not been posted for him. Nail For Drivers Failing Summons Adopting stern measures for punishment of motorists who fail appear in his court on the date specified on the "ticket." Justice E. Morrison at Santa Ana today announced he would jail all drivers who fail to make such appearance. Scores of drivers have mowed citations and Justice Morrison is writing letters ordering them in court December 31, under penalty of later going to jail. Morrison said he has instructed all traffic officers to notify those arrested at the time the ticket is given that failure to appear in the courtroom automatically will bring a jail sentence. Plain Dealer Classified Ads produce results. Try this medium. DEINER STORIES In a small town in the South lives a physician noted for his reckless automobile driving. One day when he answered the telephone, a woman's voice asked him if he was going out driving that afternoon. "No, I hardly think I have time this afternoon," replied the doctor. "But why do you ask?" Well, replied the anonymous questioner, "I want to send my little daughter down-town for some thread, if you're pot." A wild-eyed disheveled-looking woman burst into the local police station. "My husband has been threatening to drown himself for some time," she cried hysterically, "and he's been missing now for two days. I want you to have the canal dragged." "Anything peculiar about him by which he can be recognized, supposing we find a body?" inquired the inspector. The woman hesitated and seemed at a loss for a minute or two. Then a look of relief slowly overspread her face. "Why, yes," she exclaimed at last, "he's deaf." Christmas Suggestions for DAD, SON or DAUGHTER Make the down payment on a GOOD USED AUTOMOBILE Let them pay the balance in small monthly payments. BUICK USED CAR DEPT. Motor Sales Co. INC. 128 So. Los Angeles Open Evenings till 9 Santa Fe Helps Shippers Record-breaking freight traffic handled without congestion or serious delay Since January 1st, 1923, the Santa Fe has purchased new equipment costing over $50,000,000, including 13,750 freight cars and 146 locomotives. It has spent $43,000,000 additional on new shops, terminals, double track, etc. As a result, from August 1st to November 1st, the Santa Fe Railway handled 48,395 cars of commercial freight in excess of any previous year—an increase of 9.7%—without congestion or any material delay. Notwithstanding the heavy calls, cars have been furnished practically on demand. In the few of local shortage, due to excess demand, cars have been furnished such slight delay as to be negligible. Four years of legislative peace and fair treatment under the Transportation Act have been a vital factor in its ability to meet satisfactorily the record-breaking freight traffic of the past two years and maintain a surplus of cars at all times, barring local temporary shortages. Good service to the farmer is of utmost importance when prices and crops in the aggregate are good. Inadequate railroad facilities cause freight congestion, delays, waste, and loss to everyone. The wholesaler, jobber, and retailer must carry heavy stocks and place orders well in advance, to make sure their shelves do not become bare. The farmer must store his grain and hold his livestock waiting for cars to ship to market. In a country growing like ours it is not easy to keep pace with such growth. During the war the railroads fell behind, as their expansion had to be deferred for more pressing matters. Today they are fairly abreast of the procession. They are pressing forward on a continued program of improvement which, with a continuance of present general conditions, will steadily extend their ability to serve. W. B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System