anaheim-gazette 1912-05-23

Thursday, May 23 Franke Home from Mexico Former Anaheim Boy Has a Thrilling Experience in the Revolution Alfred Franke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franke of Santa Ana who formerly resided in Anaheim, returned home last week, after a year's experiences in Mexico. These experiences included battles, capture, possible execution, imprisonment, release, secret service duty and the securing of a commission as an officer in the Mexican army. Franke is a lieutenant, has the commission and wears a lieutenant's uniform. He is no longer in active service. He was in charge of a band of Americans who fought at Casa Grandes. But meager reports of his experiences reached here. It was known he was captured in battle, and for many weeks it was feared he would be shot. The fear was not half as realistic as what actually befell Franke, for on four occasions he was lined up to be killed. Once at least he thought it was all off. He was in New Mexico when he joined the then rebel army. He was with the army until the attack on Casa Grandes, in March, 1911, was made.Capt. Harrington was in charge of twenty-one Americans and 200 Mexicans, who made an attack from one side. On the first fire the Mexicans vanished, and the Americans took charge of three adobe houses. Before starting out to battle Franke was promised by Madero that on the next day he would be commissioned as lieutenant. Harrington was killed as he was leaving one of the three houses occupied by the Americans. That left Franke in command. He crawled nora, where he got fever and decided to come home. As to the present insurrection, Franke declared that the rebels are a bunch of robbers, intent upon loot and nothing else. HANDS US A BEAUTIFUL ROAST Discharged Sugar Factory Employe Has a Grouch The following beautiful roast of this section is taken from the Newark, N. Y., Courier of recent date: "William Multer, of Anaheim, in Southern California, has been spending a few weeks at his old home in this county. What he has to say about Southern California may be instructive to people who have the California fever and who plan to leave Central New York; and go out to the much-advertised and alleged semitropical land. Mr. Multer has been an officer in a beet sugar factory at Anaheim for a year and a half, and has seen every part of Southern California. "I advise everyone who has the California fever to get rid of it," he says. "There is nothing out there for a white man. It is a land of brag, lie deceit and immorality. I would not think of rearing a child of mine in that section. Everybody lies there. The women are generally fast and ignorant. I was never so glad to get away and come back to the only spot for decent folks to live in." Mr. Multer says that Anaheim is a typical Southern California town, and that it is composed of good-for-nothing Mexicans, lazy, gambling Dutchmen, and fleas and flies. He says Harrington was killed as he was leaving one of the three houses occupied by the Americans. That left Franke in command. He crawled along a fence and heard the ping-pong of bullets hitting the posts. He found Capt. Harrington dead, removed a belt of cartridges because ammunition was short, and went back to the adobe. In taking a pick from one house to another so that the men could dig loopholes, he felt a bullet pass through his trousers at his left hip. When daylight came the federals were reinforced by several hundred men who were thought to be thirty miles away, but who were but three miles away. Three companies attacked the adobes. Franke's men dwindled the force down to one company. Six or eight Mexican sharpshooters were picked from the roof of a building. Franke had one tooth thrown out by a piece of wood thrown by a bullet stricking a door. He and an El Paso boy named Glenn fired in unison at the sharpshooters. There were fourteen Americans captured in the adobes. Franke saw the Mexican captain shoot a wounded American through the head. This same captain lined up the Americans to be shot. Franke folded his arms. The man next to him held open his coat. All that stopped the execution was the fact that a detachment under a Mexican colonel came in behind them, and the firing had to be halted. As the prisoners were marched down the street, women threw rocks at them until a rock glanced from a prisoner's shoulder and hit a Mexican guard in the jaw. A guard then whipped out a sword and beat the women back. Again the Americans were lined up having been joined by other prisoners including Major Hayes, half-Mexican. A guard started to bind masks over the men's eyes. "I don't want a mask," declared Franke. "I want to look at the fellow who is going to kill me." This was at 12 o'clock. For some reason the proposed execution was postponed to 6 o'clock. In marching back to jail, Major Hayes, who was wounded in four places, leaned on Franke. A Mexican guard ordered there is nothing out there for a white man. It is a land of brag, lie deceit and immorality. I would not think of rearing a child of mine in that section. Everybody lies there. The women are generally fast and ignorant. I was never so glad to get away and come back to the only spot for decent folks to live in. "Mr. Multer says that Anaheim is a typical Southern California town, and that it is composed of good-for-nothing Mexicans, lazy, gambling Dutchmen, and fleas and flies. He says that the only money made there is by soaking trusting, green tourists from the east, with worthless land. He says he has seen hundreds of acres sold at Anaheim to fool tourists, who found that the soil was as unproductive as a cement floor. Mr. Multer says that half the boys in Anaheim are drunkards and that he never believed there could be such social depravity in a rural community. "He declares that Los Angeles is a town of monumental liars and financial and legal crooks. He tells of many cases of how innocent and confiding easterners have been robbed by Los Angeles real estate men, and he says that Los Angeles' so-called industries is one huge bubble that may burst any time. "Speaking of the much-praised climate of Southern California, Mr. Multer says it is another lie. He says that the women paint in summer to keep their faces from burning under a fierce sky, and that he never believed a person could live amid such high temperature till he spent last summer in Anaheim. The winters are cold, raw, wet, foggy and nasty. He says rheumatism and pneumonia are common, and that in Anaheim a couple of Mexican doctors keep busy all the time looking after rheumatism. Mr. Multer says that here in New York state we hear of the few young men who have made money (by bilking easterners) in Southern California, but there are thousands of young men out there who come around the Anaheim beet sugar factory, begging for any sort of work, no matter how menial, for a mere chance to exist till they can get money to come back east. My advice to every one is to steer clear of Los Angeles, and any part of Southern California. It is a mammoth fake." Mr. Multer is said to have been discharged from the factory force for incompetency. He left this section with a bad grouch, and seems to have been working overtime since granting, as was the Van Deyn for peanut pipe line across Olive. The petition of Company for permittain streets in Old received and hearing. The petition of road in the La was acted upon the following as vaney, H. C. Page and or McBride. STATE AND "The object of the be to obtain use the benefit of all provincial organizationifornia; to enable meet the purposes are formed; to provide good fellowship,ism and good government alive and preserve orles, the ties and old home State." It is our earnest our organization off to all resident and The federation bring together people ous states and pronot only for society for a better under other and the prom firmer firendships.to advance the obious organizations,the development of Southto aid in bringing lof people from all tvinces. This federation state organizations,work, or to take unit will receive as federation to help im membership and eof usefulness. The federation build up any one lto promote the intSouthland. We hope to enresidents of Southern their states and to inquirers to the frieting. We also hope of the tourists. C. H. Pa Chamber of Comm Angeles. HORSE AND BU having been joined by other prisoners including Major Hayes, half-Mexican. A guard started to bind masks over the men's eyes. "I don't want a mask," declared Franke. "I want to look at the fellow who is going to kill me." This was at 12 o'clock. For some reason the proposed execution was postponed to 6 o'clock. In marching back to jail, Major Hayes, who was wounded in four places, leaned on Franke. A Mexican guard ordered Franke to let him drop and crawl. Franke declared that as long as he could stand, Major Hayes could lean on him. The guard jerked out a revolver and shoved it against Franke's ribs. "Let go of him or I'll shoot," said the guard. "Go ahead and shoot," replied Franke. "That's better than waiting until six o'clock tonight." The guard did not shoot. At 6 o'clock they were again lined up. Major Hayes asked to be allowed to stand by Franke. Something angered the guards, and they made Franke stand among the Mexicans. Whether it was for fear of consequences were they to shoot down the Americans or not, Franke does not know, but they were not executed. After a month in Casa Grandes they were marched to Chihuahua, where they were kept in jail for two or three months. After the rebels gained control, Franke secured the commission promised him by Madero the night before the battle at Casa Grandes. For a time he was employed as a secret service man. After that he worked as a machinist and engineer in various parts of Mexico, recently in SoAnaheim beet sugar factory, begging for any sort of work, no matter how menial, for a mere chance to exist till they can get money to come back east. My advice to every one, is to steer clear of Los Angeles, and any part of Southern California. It is a mammoth fake." Mr. Multer is said to have been discharged from the factory force for incompetency. He left this section with a bad grouch, and seems to have been working overtime since returning to his home in the east. STOLEN FROM ANAHEIM, CAL. Anaheim, Cal., May 16, 1912. Dark bay mare, seven years old, weight 1100 lbs., scratches on hind feet, saddle cinch marks on belly, no brands, in good condition, good driver. Black rubber trimmed harness, one ring on back band, has rubber split off, bridle check spliced. Page rubber tired runabout, tires show considerable wear, black body, dark green running gear, one side of back has scratch from removing nail, one spoke in right front wheel split. Buggy contained light lap robe and gauntlet gloves. Kindly notify: John Kellenberger, City Marshal, Anaheim, Cal.; or Bert Ryssman, Anaheim, Cal. ENLARGED COUNTY JAIL The Board of Supervisors have accepted the bid of G. W. Young for the remodeling of the county jail. Young's bid was $11,286. The supervisors appointed A. C. Black to superintend the job, his compensation to be five per cent of the cost. The plans call for a new floor in the west part of the jail, with a new set of cells in addition to those now provided. WHAT THE SUPERVISORS DID Receive One Bid for Enlargement of County Jail—Defer Action There was only one bid ready on Thursday when the supervisors met to consider the question of additions and improvements for the county jail, and that was from George W. Young, a Santa Ana contractor who offered to comply with the requirements of the plans and specifications as advertised, for the sum of $11,266. This to include four steel cells, a corridor and a "bull pen," with all necessary heating and plumbing systems. Mr. Young had with him at the supervisors' meeting J. Scott Sayre, representing Anderson & Co., of Los Angeles, structural steel men, and was all ready to give any information that might be desired in case the matter could have been settled, but A. C. Black, who drew the plans, was out of town, and it was finally decided to await his arrival before taking definite action. The supervisors have re-appointed W. E. Adkinson as fire warden at a salary of one hundred dollars a mont at the pleasure of the board. Adkinson served in the same capacity last year and is said to have given general satisfaction. The petition of R. E. Beardsley for permission to lay a pipe line across the county road at Garden Grove was granted, as was the petition of C. R. Van Deyn for permission to lay a pipe line across the county road at Olive. The petition of the Olive Milling Company for permission to close certain streets in Olive Heights was received and hearing set for June 5th. The petition of J. L. Northof for a road in the La Habra road district was acted upon by appointment of the following as viewers: B. J. Kenney, H. C. Page and County Surveyor McBride. OUR BERKELEY LETTER Many Degrees Issued to Graduates at Commencement (Corrsepondence of The Gazette) Berkeley, May 21.—Degrees to the number of 679 were conferred by the University of California at the 1912 commencement, as compared with 540 degrese a year ago. The graduating class, or recipients of bachelor's degrees, numbered 479, as compared with 382 in 1911. Among the graduates were 38 from the four-year course in the college of agriculture, 19 from the college of commerce, 27 in mining, 37 in mechanics, 31 in civil engineering, 10 in chemistry, 127 in natural sciences, 33 in letters (which implies the study of Greek) and 157 in social sciences. The total registration for the year, excluding duplicators and audites, was 6390. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on two distinguished sons of the university—Sidney E. Mezes, '84, philosopher, and president of the university of Texas, and E dmund Clark Sanford '83, the psychologist, president of Clark college. It was conferred also on the eminent astronomer, Dr. George E. Hale, formerly director of the Yerkes observatory of the university of Chicago, and now director of the Solar research observatory on Mount Wilson by the Carnegie institution. Dr. Hale has shown that sunspots are vortices, investigated the magnetic phenomena connected with them, and otherwise advanced knowledge of the nature of the sun. The 6000 people assembled in the open-air Greek theatre for commencement rose to their feet as a spontaneous mark of honor when Horace Davis came forward to receive his LL. D. Born in 1831 in Massachusetts, graduate of Harvard, long president of the trustees of Stanford university, formerly president of the United States coast and geodetic survey; Dwight B. Huntley, '75, who introduced into South Africa improved new American methods in mining engineering; and Bernard A. Etcheverry, '02, head of the department of irrigation at the university of California. Among other winners of the medal are men who have achieved honorable careers as engineers, attorneys, physicians and merchants. Of the 45 times the university medal has been given it has been awarded on eight occasions to women. Of these eight, three are now teachers, one a journalist, two in social service work, one an active leader in civic improvement matters, and one is married and one is about to be. Formal teaching work at the university of California is now practically all suspended until the six-week summer session begins on June 24th. The university library, with 300,000 volumes, is open daily, except Saturday and Sunday throughout the summer, and all comers are welcome to use it. The summer is a time of much activity for the members of the faculty, in carrying on experimental works, writing, visiting other universities, libraries, and museums, or going on scientific expeditions. Full activity continues on the part of the agricultural experiment station staff and the agricultural investigators at the university's plant pathological laboratory at Whittier, the Riverside citrus experiment station, the Imperial Valley desert experiment station, etc. Full activity continues, too, at the Lick observatory, on Mount Hamilton, where recently Director W. W. Campbell announced the memorable discovery that the older stars move much more swiftly through the heavens than the younger stars, and at the Scripps institution for biological research at San Diego, where visiting biologists from other universities will participate in STATE AND PROVINCIAL "The object of the Federation shall be to obtain useful information for the benefit of all the State and Provincial organizations in Southern California; to enable them the better to meet the purposes for which they are formed; to promote sociability, good fellowship, fraternity, patriotism and good government; to keep alive and preserve the tender memories, the ties and friendships of the old home State." It is our earnest desire to make our organization of great convenience to all resident and visiting people. The federation was organized to bring together people from the various states and provinces of America, not only for social enjoyment, but for a better understanding of each other and the promotion of closer and firmer friendships. We also desire to advance the objects of the various organizations, to assist in the development of Southern California, and to aid in bringing here the best class of people from all the states and provinces. This federation aims to aid the state organizations, not to do their work, or to take their place. Each unit will receive assistance from the federation to help it in increasing its membership and extending its field of usefulness. The federation is not seeking to build up any one locality, but aims to promote the interests of all our Southland. We hope to enroll most of the residents of Southern California by their states and to be able to direct inquiries to the friends they are seeking. We also hope to enroll many of the tourists. C. H. Parsons, Secretary. Chamber of Commerce Building Los Angeles. HORSE AND BUGGY STOLEN Taken from Corner of Center and Los Angeles Streets Thursday Dr. Hate has shown that sunspots are vortices, investigated the magnetic phenomena connected with them, and otherwise advanced knowledge of the nature of the sun. The 6000 people assembled in the open-air Greek theatre for commencement rose to their feet as a spontaneous mark of honor when Horace Davis came forward to receive his LL.D. Born in 1831 in Massachusetts, graduate of Harvard, long president of the trustees of Stanford university, formerly president of the University of California, for sixty years a leading figure in manufacturing, commerce, and the political, social, and intellectual life of California, author of books on the ministry. B. V. Beebe transacted business with Los Angeles wholesalers Monday. Fred Backs was in Los Angeles on Monday dealing with wholesalers. Bungalow beds at Stroup-Parnes Furniture Company. Bungalow nets at Stroup-Barnes Furniture Company. Porch furniture at Stroup-Barnes Furniture Company. Refrigerators at Stroup-Barnes Furniture Company. Refrigerators at Stroup-Parnes Furniture Company. 15 per cent reduction on dining room tables and chairs at Stroup-Barnes Furniture Company. 15 per cent reduction on dining room tables and chairs at Stroup-Barnes Furniture Company. Postmaster Duckworth hit the pike for Los Angeles on Monday, returning in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Enearl went to San Juan on Sunday to see their grandson and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. Leland Lewis is improving each shining hour by working for city engineer Steward, having accepted a position with that official. Of Jesus, on the sonnets of Shakespeare, and on constitutional history. Mr. Davis is a very special link between Town and Gown. The University medal, awarded yearly to the most distinguished student in the graduating class, was given to Lester Seward Ready, from Ventura, of the college of mechanics. The medal was the first from the beautiful new design, by Roger Noble Burnham, of Massachusetts, winner in the recent national competition for a new design for the university medal. The winners of the university medal are shown by the records to have distinctly a better chance of success in the careers they fall short of. PICNIC AT COUNTY PARK Merry Party Enjoy Outing Under Oaks in Canyon A merry party of picnickers enjoyed an outing on Saturday at Orange county park in Santiago canyon. The picnickers drove in autos and spent the day in a delightful outing, a feature being a sumptuous dinner at noon. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baum, Ben Dauser and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jos Dauster, Mr. and Mrs. Zavier Dauser and family, Louie Dauser, Miss Lucy Dauser, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Backs and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Dietrich, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clute, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Shill, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Stickle and family. Don't let lice eat up your valuable poultry when it's so easy to get rid of them. Conkey's Lice Powder, Lice Liquid, and Head Lice Ointment are guarantee to do the work quickly. Get a practical poultry book free from H. H. Gardner Co., 114 N. Los Angeles St. THE Warm Weather Is Coming Why not be comfortable? We hope to enroll most of the residents of Southern California by their states and to be able to direct inquirers to the friends they are seeking. We also hope to enroll many of the tourists. C. H. Parsons, Secretary. Chamber of Commerce Building, Los Angeles. HORSE AND BUGGY STOLEN Taken from Corner of Center and Los Angeles Streets Thursday Night Bert Ryssman reported to Marshal Kellenberger on Thursday night the theft of a dark bay mare and rubber tired buggy which was taken from the corner of Center and Los Angeles streets, where it had been hitched that evening. The rig had been driven in from the Ryssman ranch, two miles east of town, by Henry Wiedemann and Frank Haeker about 8.45 and hitched near the corner. When they returned an hour later they found the rig had been stolen. Thinking that Mr. Rysman had come into town and driven home with the outfit, they walked to the ranch when they realized that the rig had been stolen. Mr. Ryssman came into town and notified the officials. No trace of the thief could be discovered. Persons returning from a lodge meeting saw a suspicious looking white man loitering about the rig. As they approached he made off toward the alley north of the corner and disappeared. It is believed he took the rig, which is valued at $400, and drove off with it. R. L. Goble and wife of Long Beach visited relatives in this city the past week. yearly to the most distinguished student in the graduating class, was given to Lester Seward Ready, from Ventura, of the college of mechanics. The medal was the first from the beautiful new design, by Roger Noble Burnham, of Massachusetts, winner in the recent national competition for a new design for the university medal. The winners of the university medal are shown by the records to have distinctly a better chance of success in the careers they follow than the graduates of less attainments in undergraduate scholarship. Among the university medalists since 1871, when the medal was first conferred, have been Dr. Herbert C. Moffitt, '89, one of the most eminent consulting physicians in the country, recently appointed dean of the medical department; Max Thelen, '04, a member of the railroad commission of California, and author of the act which vested the commission with vast powers of regulation over public service corporations in California; Orrin K. McMurray, '90, professor of law in the university of California; Wesley N. Hohfeld, '01, professor of law at Stanford; F. Otis, '75, attorney, who as a member of the legislature wrote the bill which put an end to racetrack gambling in California; Miss Katherine C. Felton, '95, secretary of the associated charities of San Francisco, and a potent force in social betterment work; James D. Mortimer, '00, general manager of the street railway system in St. Louis; Reverend Charles A. Raum, secretary of the Catholic Archi episcopal diocese of San Francisco, and recently appointed a regent of the university of California; Fremont Morse, '79, at the head of the Pacific coast work of the Un- MICHELIN Red Inner Tubes Their superiority is recognized all over the World IN STOCK BY P. J. Weisel & Co., 114 S. Los Angeles St. GLASSES Fitted at YOUR HOME PHONE 88J GEORGE L. DIETRICH, DOCTOR OF OPTICS A Letter Received by O. M. Skinner & Son, Reo Agents for Northern Orange County Having the auto fever I visited several different firms who showed me the real good things about each. After careful judgment I decided to invest in a 5 passenger Reo. Never sitting behind a wheel before, I took my first lesson and after driving 200 miles by the spedometer, loaded in my trunk and pharaphernalia, which weighed about 400 pounds, and my wife and I started out of Sacramento for Los Angeles, fording rivers, climbing mountains, driving through deep sands and reached Los Angeles without a dollar of expense to the machine excepting gas. Sometimes I would go as far as 70 miles on 4 gallons. I have no rake off to get for writing this statement, other than that I am better satisfied than ever with the car. Very respectfully, F. L. Smith. (Stopping with F. A. Cotter, Fullerton.) 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