anaheim-gazette 1911-02-16

PAUPER OR MILLIONAIRE Dies in Hospital, Said to Be Scion of Royalty The supposedly penniless Charles Friendship, who died at the Los Angeles county hospital some days ago, at the age of 111 years, was declared by Mrs. Cornella Carlson, wife of Milton Carlson, the Swedish vice-consul stationed in Los Angeles, to be Charles Skeffington Clements, an English nobleman, with estate amounting to $1,250,000. This strange revelation is said to be contained in his will, a document prepared by him when Mrs. Carlson was a little girl and her father, the late John C. Dotter, was Clements' closest friend. Mrs. Carlson is well-known in Anaheim. The will is now said by Mrs. Carlson to be in the custody of the Title Insurance & Trust company, to which it was delivered by Mr. Dotter a few months prior to his death. The instrument, Mrs. Carlson states, named her as sole heir to the fortune, which is in the form of cash deposited in the Bank of England. The explanation of his apparent preference of poverty to the patri-mony lying idle in its English repository constitutes the really remarkable feature of the story, as it is told by Mrs. Carlson. Charles Clements, according to her recital, was an English army officer and the third son of an Earl of Leitrim. In 1877 he was reported dead, but such representation was made to cover up his disappearance from England, which was occasioned by disgrace that came upon him. Clements, or Friendship, she said, never detailed this situation to her father; he merely referred to it as from which to take the payment for his room, seventy-five cents. Without closely examining the check, Patterson cashed it, keeping out the sum due him from Holbrook and handed the latter the balance. Holbrook disappeared, and when Patterson took his check to the bank he was informed that it had already been paid, and examining it more closely he discovered that it had passed through a Los Angeles bank and a bank at San Jacinto, before being finally cancelled. The district attorney's office was appealed to by Patterson and a complaint sworn to charging Holbrook with obtaining money by false pretence, and Thursday afternoon Constable Jackson found his man here and placed him under arrest. The check which Holbrook got the money from Patterson bears date of Sept. 23, 1909, and is signed by J. G. Schirm of Santa Ana and made payable to Charles Long. When arrested Holbrook told Constable Jackson he had received the check from a man in Los Angeles but when asked why this man had not endorsed it over to him Holbrook had no explanation to make. Holbrook was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. His case was set for trial for Feb. 20, and in the meantime he was remanded to the custody of the sheriff in bonds of $500. DENSITY OF POPULATION California Occupies Proud Rank Among States A recent bulletin issued by the census bureau shows that in the past decade California jumped from twenty-first to twelfth place among the states in point of population. No other state in the union equals this remarkable proportionate gain, and some commonwealths have actually Mrs. Carlson. Charles Clements, according to her recital, was an English army officer and the third son of an Earl of Leitrim. In 1877 he was reported dead, but such representation was made to cover up his disappearance from England, which was occasioned by disgrace that came upon him. Clements, or Friendship, she said, never detailed this situation to her father; he merely referred to it as the tragedy of his life, and said that if he had remained in England he would have been prosecuted and sentenced to prison. He therefore fled the country, allowed his relatives to give out word that he had died, and this fact was accordingly recorded, Burke's Peerage noting that he died September 29, 1877. He arrived in California in the 70s according to Mrs. Carlson, and filed on 160 acres of land near Peru, Ventura county. A well was sunk on his land and produced a high grade of oil, but what he did with the returns Mrs. Carlson is not clear. She had lost track of him for about a year and only learned of his fate when she read of his death in the public prints. "There is no question in my mind that Charles Friendship was Charles Clements, the son of the Earl of Leitrim," says Mrs. Carlson. "I knew him when I was a little girl. He conceived a great attachment for my father and confided his secret to him." "During his visits to our home," says Mrs. Carlson, "Mr. Clements often spoke very affectionately to me and said once, 'Some time you will be a fine lady with everything that money can buy.' I didn't know what he meant until I was informed that he had made his will and left his entire fortune to me. Years afterward he told my father that he had 250,000 pounds in the Bank of England which had come to him from the estate of his father. C. White Mortimer, the British vice consul, stated that he knew Charles Friendship by that name, but by no other. He said that Friendship applied to him twelve years ago to have a certain matter adjusted and that the centenarian died owing him $1400. $5000 DRAFT SPURIOUS R. I. Holbrook Was Flying High, Is Now In Jail While R. I. Holbrook was negotiating papers at the First National bank Thursday in a deal for the pur- $5000 DRAFT SPURIOUS R. I. Holbrook Was Flying High, Is Now In Jail While R. I. Holbrook was negotiating papers at the First National bank on Thursday, in a deal for the purchase of a West Anaheim store, to bind which he deposited a worthless draft in a Los Angeles bank in the sum of $5000, Constable Jackson of Santa Ana waited for him in the bank lobby with a warrant for his arrest on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences at Santa Ana. When Holbrook who is believed to be mentally unbalanced, stepped out of the bank, Jackson placed him under arrest, handcuffed him and took him to the county jail. The Santa Ana man upon whose complaint Holbrook was placed under arrest is Philip Patterson, manager of a rooming-house at Santa Ana, to whom Holbrook gave a check which had already been cashed at a bank. Holbrook obtained $20 upon the worth less piece of paper. Holbrook had been employed in a tea and coffee house at Orange and went to Santa Ana February 1st and lodged at the rooming house one night. He told Patterson he was soon to purchase a half interest in a grocery business in town and would want a room for at least a year, but was going that day to Los Angeles to settle some little business matters that required his immediate attention before settling down there. Holbrook tendered Patterson a check for $20.75 IMPURE MILK Denied Admission to Los Angeles, Sold in Orange County A well-known dairyman makes the statement that impure milk, which is denied admission to Los Angeles market by milk inspectors, is being retained in Orange county. There are no official milk inspectors in this county. The vender of this milk is free to dispose of it at will. It would appear the time had arrived for such inspection, and the matter is referred to the health authorities. Most of this impure milk is sold in the southern part of the county. None comes to this city. Los Angeles is suffering from a milk famine, and thousands of families are without this article of food. This shortage is caused by vigorous condemnation on the part of inspectors of all kinds of impure milk. Cows kept in unsanitary places are a prolific source of this activity on the part of inspectors, and many small dairies in and about Los Angeles have been put out of business. In consequence much milk and cream is shipped twice daily from Orange-county dairymen to the city. This milk and cream is pure and wholesome and finds ready sale. The result is a shortage in the local supply. Occasionally an unsanitary dairy is investigated, and, as this dairyman states, on being denied sale in the city, it is retailed in Orange county. The practice should be stopped. No source of disease, especially among children, is more prolific than impure milk. This unsanitary dairy should be looked after, and looked after quickly. SCALE - INFESTED FRUIT Oranges Shipped Here from Downey, Repacked and Forwarded A fruit-grower makes forcible complaint regarding the practice of a firm of orange shippers who recently forwarded to this city a consignment of several carloads of scale-infested oranges from Downey. This fruit was placed in boxes, carried to a packing house, repacked and sent to market. In the picking boxes there probably remained a robust lot of scale. When taken into other orchards, these scale lined boxes prove a menace to the clean trees of this section. Growers should ship through the association, which handles only clean fruit, uses clean picking boxes, and ships to market under the Anaheim brand. Whether these scale-infested oranges were forwarded as Anaheim oranges or not does not appear, but Horizcultural Commissioner Bishop evidently has work to do if the practice is to be repeated. Let growers ship through the association, keep their orchards free from contamination by outside scale in these imported scale-infested boxes, and get the credit in the markets of the country for their clean fruit. The association has shipped 55 cars of fine oranges this season, and will forward probably 250. The crop is large, of unusual fine quality, clean and bright. Anaheim receives credit for this class of fruit. The Downey fruit not only injures us, if shipped under an Anaheim label, but menaces our orchards as well. Stop these importations. RECOVERED HIS REVOLVER Killed a Man With It, Went to Prison, Came Back OBERAMMERGAU Life Stories of Some of the Players The general interest taken in the forthcoming illustrated lecture and sacred concert—The Oberammergau Passion Play—makes a few life stories of some of the players both entertaining and instructive. It may well be said the purpose of the Oberammergauer in life, is to prepare himself to take part in the great Passion Play. The more ambitious he is the more will he aspire to a principal role. But ambition like that of Caesar and Brutus is not his only urging force. Closely allied to it is his sense of the religious. To be assigned the part of a Christus, a John, a Caiphas, a Herod or a Pilate, a Mary or a Magdalen, is regarded as an honor almost inestimable. Rochus Lang who played Herod in 1900 said of himself: "It took me 53 years to secure this fine role. As a child and a young man I took part in tableaux and in folk group, gradually advancing till the committee assigned to me the part of the king." Pleased as he was, a sigh brought out, "I never got the Christus; one joy, however, is given to me. My son Anton has had the part in 1900 and also in 1910. But even the part of Herod did not fall to his lot last year; his age was against him. Josef Mayr played the Christus in 1870, 1880, 1890. When in 1900 it was necessary for the committee to select a younger man, the veteran player cried: "If I only could have once more my Christus. It is true my strength failed me a couple of times during the last performance; but then I had hoped to end my course as my master on the cross." Johann Lang, former burgomeister, had played the Caiphas for several terms. His interpretation was so excellent, that one believed him born for the part. Burgomeister he had been... RECOVERED HIS REVOLVER Killed a Man With It, Went to Prison, Came Back German Castanedo on Saturday at Santa Ana came into possession of a big 44-revolver with which he killed Juan Hernandez on Dec. 13, 1906. The weapon, which has been in the office of the county clerk was turned over to him and his attorney, E. E. Keech. By general consent the cartridges were not taken away. Castanedo said he did not want to use the gun any more, but wanted to sell it. In December, 1906, Castanedo came in from Arizona, and went to a wood chopping camp on the Santa Ana river to visit a cousin. He took a bottle of brandy with him. After it was gone, Castanedo was called from the tent by Hernandez. A shot was then heard and the other Mexicans rushed out and found Hernandez dead and Castanedo with the revolver. Castanedo said Hernandez demanded a drink. Being told there was no liquor left, he asked for money to buy some, and when Castanedo refused he rushed at him, and Castanedo shot. Keech defended Castanedo, who was convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. With credits for good behavior he got out in three years and eight months. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS Handsome Trophies Offered for Pacific Coast Interscholastic Meet With the desire to encourage track athletics in the high schools of the state, the Big "C" society of the university of California has raised funds with which to purchase several handsome trophy cups, to be awarded at the first Pacific coast interscholastic meet, held on April 28 and 29. This meet promises to be the most important event in high school athletics on the coast. Over two hundred high schools have been invited to enter teams. A number have already accepted. Each school will be limited to fifteen representatives, as to give the smaller schools an equal chance with the larger ones. One of the features of the meet will be a silver gun awarded each forward probably 250. The crop is large, of unusual fine quality, clean and bright. Anaheim receives credit for this class of fruit. The Downey fruit not only injures us, if shipped under an Anaheim label, but menaces our orchards as well. Stop these importations. Johann Lang, former burgomeister, had played the Caiphas for several terms. His interpretation was so excellent, that one believed him born for the part. Burgomeister he had been for 24 years, but when the committee named another for Caiphas, dolefully he said, "Not to have re-elected burgomeister I should not have minded, but to take from me my Caiphas, this will be my death." And so it proved to be five months later. There are sorrows in the selections, and so are also there joys. Gregor Breitsamter unanimously was chosen Caiphas in 1910. It was a joy of one who had attained the acme of his ambition. Johann Zwink, the famous Judas, was chosen for the third time to perform the part of the faithless apostle. He acts his part well and loves his role. At the last selection his daughter Ottilie was chosen as Mary. The honor was considered so great that he was willing to sacrifice his part to secure this coveted place for his daughter. Ottilie Zwink asked if she would remain unmarried if she could be assured to secure Mary for 1920, and exclaimed there is nothing in the world that she would not do to merit this honor. An amusing incident is related of a former Barrabbas. He had played the part for years; his appearance was most suited, but rheumatic gout forced him to relinquish his place to another. One evening last summer, leaning heavily on his cane he was returning homeward. A visitor enthused by what he had seen, was anxious to meet the present and also former actors. While in conversation with this former acting robber the Angelus bell rang. In an instant the hat was removed and the Ave Maria said: It flashed through the visitor's mind: "Here is an Oberammergau who has not lived his role, else Barrabbas, the robber, would hardly have stopped in the middle of the street to say his evening prayer." Tickets for the lecture and concert in the operahouse on Feb. 16th, may be had at Heying Brothers drug store. THOSE R.F.D. CARRIERS some trophy cups, to be awarded at the first Pacific coast interscholastic meet, held on April 28 and 29. This meet promises to be the most important event in high school athletics on the coast. Over two hundred high schools have been invited to enter teams. A number have already accepted. Each school will be limited to fifteen representatives, as to give the smaller schools an equal chance with the larger ones. One of the features of the meet will be a silver cup awarded each year to the individual athletic student making the greatest number of points. This will become the property of the winner. It will be given each year by the Big C society. The highschool winning the meet will capture a perpetual challenge cup, awarded by the associated students of the university. There will also be a trophy for the winning relay team. A novel feature however will be a set of individual record cups, one for each event. At the first meet the winners of the different events will take these cups, which they will hold until better records than theirs are made. The Big C society has arranged to have the fraternities and house clubs entertain the visiting athletes during their stay at Berkeley. It is the plan of the students to make the visit to the campus as enjoyable as possible to the visiting teams. BULLY FOR BROWN Brown (purchasing peace offering)—What's the shesh, my good woman? "Fine fresh chrysanthemums, sir." Brown—Nothin' doin'—giv'sh bunch swee' violets. Take your watch and jewelry repairing to Theo. Roberts. He does only first-class work. Here is an Oberammergau who has not lived his role, else Barabbas, the robber, would hardly have stopped in the middle of the street to say his evening prayer." Tickets for the lecture and concert in the operahouse on Feb. 16th, may be had at Heying Brothers drug store. THOSE R.F.D. CARRIERS Delayed in Starting Their Day's Work They Josh People A bunch of rural mail carriers stood near the postoffice on Monday morning, while the weather clerk tried to dampen their ardor by sending down a gentle sprinkle. It was after the hour for the departure on their routes, and a passer-by asked the reason of it. "We're all out on strike today," said Frank Eastman, "for higher wages." "Legal holiday?" inquired the other fellow. "We carriers never get a holiday," said Tom Hollingworth. Carrier Hedges volunteered the information that the mail was an hour late, and that Postmaster Duckworth had delayed the starting of the carriers until it arrived. "We carriers have recently got a raise from $900 to $1000," said Eastman. "We wanted $100 a month, and we get $1000. Not $1000 a month, but a year." Anaheim's R.F.D. carriers are a lively set. Out in all kinds of weather, rain or shine, delivering mail to everybody, they are the hardest worked and poorest paid men in the service of the government. But they never kick—no one but Eastman, and he's so little he don't count. MEDIA QUARANTINE of James Adams, on near Cypress, is under diptheria. of E. Heinze on EmAdele, which has been tine for the same disweek released from patient having recov- NORTH IN THE MINE IN THE FIELD WEST LEVI STRAUSS & CO. EAST COPPER RIVETED OVERALLS SOUTH AT PLAY AT THE CANAL SEEDS—all kinds—VEGETABLE, FLOWER Tree; Eucalyptus, Orange, Alfalfa, etc. Best that money can buy. Ask for our new 1911 Catalogue and Hints on Gardening---FREE Morris & Snow Seed Co. 425 S. Main Street, LOS ANGELES SEEDS—all kinds—VEGETABLE, FLOWER Tree; Eucalyptus, Orange, Alfalfa, etc. Best that money can buy. Ask for our new 1911 Catalogue and Hints on Gardening---FREE Morris & Snow Seed Co. 425 S. 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