anaheim-gazette 1914-05-14

REFUSED TO TELL OF FATHER'S HIDING PLACE CAMILLE ALLEC HID AMONG THE ROCKS TO ESCAPE VENGEANCE OF MEXICAN BANDITS 700 SHEEP KILLED ON HIS RANCH IN ONE AFTERNOON BY VILLA'S MEN Bringing with him stories of indignities heaped upon him by Mexicans, of the despoliation of his herds and flocks by Villa's men, and criticising the United States government for its lack of protection to American citizens in the southern republic, Camille Allec and his four children returned some days ago from Durango to their former home in Placentia, after an absence of four years. He was compelled to hide for a month behind rocks in a creek a mile away from his home, while Mexicans hunted him for his life. Food was sent to him by his housekeeper at night, and after enduring the hardships of a four-weeks' siege, he returned to his home, which he found had been looted of almost its entire contents. His son Camille, aged 14, who was bandit commander to depart, promising us safe conduct to the border, we are told by subordinate bandits that these scraps of paper mean nothing. They rob us of all our earthly possessions as we flee from the country, and I cannot see what protection we have received from the United States government. If we ignore instructions from Washington, we are robbed and threatened with death. If we flee the country, we leave behind us the accumulation of years of toil and patient endeavor. It seems to me this state of affairs catches us coming and going. "I have lost 900 sheep, 700 of them being slaughtered in one afternoon on my ranch, and 29 head of cattle. My horses and mules have been taken from me. I have been repeatedly threatened with death, and had to hide behind rocks for a month to escape these fiends who were thirsting for my life. Because my little boy would not reveal my hiding place, they whipped him, threatened his life, and finally abducted him, holding him for a $500 ransom. They held him four days and nights, when he made his escape and ran 40 miles to my home. Following my months' exposure behind sheltering boulders, I was taken with sickness, and was in bed several months. My children thought I was going to die, but I recovered sufficiently to bring them back here, and I thank God that I escaped with my life and the lives of my children. "After the bandits left my ranch the attack on Durango by rebels began. The town was taken after a two-days' in the southern republic, Camille Allee and his four children returned some days ago from Durango to their former home in Placentia, after an absence of four years. He was compelled to hide for a month behind rocks in a creek a mile away from his home, while Mexicans hunted him for his life. Food was sent to him by his housekeeper at night, and after enduring the hardships of a four-weeks' siege, he returned to his home, which he found had been looted of almost its entire contents. His son Camille, aged 14, who was whipped by the bandits because he refused to divulge his father's hiding place, was abducted and held four days for a ransom. The boy had hidden with his father in the creek, and his whereabouts were divulged by two peons employed upon the Allec ranch, who were flogged and threatened with death until they informed the bandits of his hiding place. The boy was taken captive, and when he steadfastly refused to tell them of his father's hiding place, was cruelly whipped and taken hostage to a ranch 40 miles away, where he was held four days. Two Mexicans among the bandits who knew Allec, interceded for the lad, and asked their commanding officer to release him. When this was refused, the lad made his escape, and traveled all day and late into the evening before reaching his home. Previous to this experience a band of 1,500 Villa bands rode up to the Allec ranch, and in one afternoon killed 700 sheep. They carried the carcasses off a mile where they camped for the night. The next day they moved on, taking with them what remained of the mutton. At various other times Villa's men appeared at the ranch and took in all 200 head of sheep. Mr. Allec also lost 29 head of cattle together with several horses and mules. On his refugee train coming from Durango to El Paso was Jonathan Kraemer, formerly a well-known resident of Placentia, and a brother of Samuel and Benjamin Kraemer of that section. Mr. Kraemer's ranch was despoiled of many head of cattle and sheep, and his watch and money taken. The bandits found $100 in Kraemer's house, which is situated a short distance from the Allec home. He had in his pocket $65 which was also stolen from him. Mr. Kraemer went to Kansas to confer with his associate owners in his ranch. Mr. Allec will probably return to Durango to care for his 2,000 sheep yet remaining on the ranch and his other property, which he left in charge of peon employees. The stories which he tells of cruelty sustained by himself and family are enough to fill with resentment the heart of the most abject peace lover. PHILATHEA--BARACCA ENTERTAIN PHILATHEA--BARACCA CLUBS ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Wheeler do the Honors Saturday Evening One of the prettiest functions of the springtime season was that of Saturday night when Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Wheeler entertained the Philathea and Baracca classes of the M.E. Sunday school. Ferns and wild white poppies in baskets added to the attractiveness of the rooms. After a short business meeting the evening was spent in music and games. Miss Fern Corcoran favored the classes with a delightful reading. A very amusing feature of the evening was the impersonating of each one his highest aim in life or that which he wished to accomplish in the future. Dainty refreshments were served in abundance. At a late hour a vote of thanks was extended the host and hostess for such a delightful time and hoped to be invited again. Frank Beaver, a Harrisburg, Pa., banker, has purchased 10 acres of unimproved land on the west side and will set it to Valencias. Mr. Beaver was visiting friends here and deemed this a good investment. AHEIM GAZETE ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914 SOLDIER BOYS HOME FROM BORDER AFTER SEVENTEEN DAYS ON DUTY 7TH REGIMENT BAT-TALION RETURNS ALBERT BRUNWORTH ENLISTED AS A REGULAR AND MAY BE SENT INTO MEXICO Disappointed because of the inaction he was compelled to undergo while on duty, but very glad to greet his Anaheim friends once more, Albert Brunworth arrival at home Saturday, after seventeen days spent on the border land herding Mexicans on their own soil and preventing them invading the domain of Uncle Sam. While there was no fighting between the two forces encamped on opposite sides of the line, and the affair looked tame to the soldier boys who were eager for action, their presence was a restraining influence on the enemy who faced them across the line. With two field guns trained on the old adobe fort in which they were huddled, a number of machine guns ready to belch death at a moment's notice and several hundred awaiting an expected call for service in Mexico. They have not been assigned to any command and possibly may not be called upon at all, but it is the opinion of all the officers that peace negotiations will fail and war is inevitable. Albert is holding himself in readiness for the command to report for duty. The entire Seventh regiment, it is believed by the soldiers, will be called into the regular service before the trouble is over, and there are few of the boys who would not welcome an opportunity to cross into Mexico and wipe out some of the insults which helpless Americans have been forced to swallow. MRS. DR. HARDIN DIES IN ARIZONA Former Well Known Resident of This City Passes Away at Ripe Old Age Word was received by Gerald W. Sandilands this week of the death of Mrs. Dr. W. N. Hardin at the home of her grandson, William Lawrence, at Bowie, Ariz., on Saturday a week ago. Mrs. Hardin was formerly a resident for many years in this city, coming here with her husband in the early seventies. For more than 15 years she had lived at Pasadena, and for a year or more past had been in feeble health. She went last year to the home of her grandson at Bowie, where she passed away after a lingering illness. MAN OF MOLINE BIGGEST LIAR EVER SEEN MR. MORGAN OF THAT BAILIWICK A LINEAL DESCENDANT OF BARON MUNCHANSEN SPENT SOME TIME IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WENT HOME, TELLING STORIES ABOUT US Southern California has been frequently and abundantly slandered and villified by eastern people who flocked here under the mistaker. impression that money could be scooped from its fertile fields and groves with a shovel and wealth accumulated with little effort, then when they found they had been mistaken in their foolish notions they drifted back to the old homestead and relate harrowing tales of disappointment. Generally they hunt up the local newspaper man and pour a tale of woe into his sympathetic ear, and after he has elaborated on the story his readers believe California is peopled only by sharks, pickpockets, highway robbers, confidence men, ghouls and their victims. The monumental prevaricator of this bunch in Elmer F. Morgan of Melville land herding Mexicans on their own soil and preventing them invading the domain of Uncle Sam. While there was no fighting between the two forces encamped on opposite sides of the line, and the affair looked tame to the soldier boys who were eager for action, their presence was a restraining influence on the enemy who faced them across the line. With two field guns trained on the old adobe fort in which they were huddled, a number of machine guns ready to belch death at a moment's notice, and several hundred khaki-clad soldiers hoping for an opportunity to test their Krag rifles, the Mexican forces at Mexicali were the most docile armed men in all Mexico. A sufficient force of regulars having arrived an order came to the Seventh regiment boys Friday morning to entrain for home, and they proceeded to break camp. Friday evening at 9 o'clock they bid good-bye to the boys remaining, and at 7 the next morning pulled into Los Angeles. After seventeen days in camp they returned without a man invalidated. Perfect discipline and splendid sanitary arrangements were responsible for this excellent showing. Bronzed by the wind and sun of the border country the boys were all pictures of health on their arrival at the armory at Los Angeles. They were dismissed within a few hours and returned to their homes. The First Battalion, Seventh Regiment, left Los Angeles on Thursday, April 23, at 9 o'clock P.M., for Calexico, and arrived at their destination at 8 o'clock the following morning. Young Brunworth was at work as zanjo for the water company but on going to the postoffice at 2 o'clock Thursday he was handed an order commanding him to join his company forthwith. In less than an hour and a half he had checked up his accounts, turned his reports into the company's office and was aboard a train speeding to Los Angeles. At 8 o'clock the next morning he was in Calexico acting as a border guard. When the battalion reached Calexico they found two companies of cavalry and three machine guns on the ground. The next morning they were reinforced by an artillery company bringing two field pieces which were placed in position commanding the bull pen, less than four blocks distant. Col. Lajero, the Mexican commander, at that time had 450 men in Mexicali, but this has been increased until at present his force numbers 1,100. Many of these are convicts from the Mexican prisons, and a large number of the balance are Indians. The peace and quiet existing among the Mexicans was broken but once during the seventeen days of the Word was received by Gerald W. Sandilands this week of the death of Mrs. Dr. W. N. Hardin at the home of her grandson, William Lawrence, at Bowie, Ariz., on Saturday a week ago. Mrs. Hardin was formerly a resident for many years in this city, coming here with her husband in the early seventies. For more than 15 years she had lived at Pasadena, and for a year or more past had been in feeble health. She went last year to the home of her grandson at Bowle, where she passed away after a lingering illness. She was more than 80 years of age. Mrs. Hardin was a native of Virginia, and was a highly educated and cultured woman. Her many former friends in this city will be grieved to learn of her death. The remains were interred at Bowle. Mrs. Hardin leaves a grandson, Will Lawrence of Bowle, and grand-daughter, Mrs. Wilmot Lawrence Mowrey of San Francisco. Her husband passed away in this city some 20 years ago. He was one of the pioneer residents of this section, and during his lifetime was one of the best known physicians and surgeons in Southern California. He was frequently called in consultation by Los Angeles physicians, and was regarded as one of the best diagnosticians in the state. He planted a large orange orchard on West street, which was one of the first citrus orchards planted in this section. He died of cancer of the throat. Dr. Hardin is remembered by many old-time residents as an educated and courtly gentleman, and his death created wide-spread sorrow throughout Southern California. EAGLES ENJOY A BARBECUE ON BEACH Motor to Bob Mills' Island Home on Sunday For Day's Outing Bob Mills, the celebrated Seal Beach chef, played host to a party of Eagles from the Anaheim Aerie at his island home Sunday. There were two huge trucks and several autos in readiness to convey the revelers to the beach Sunday morning and all were taxed to their full capacity. The party, which numbered close to 100, left here at 7 o'clock and arrived at the beach an hour later. They were carried across to the island in Bob's launch and were given the keys to all he possessed. The barbecued dinner prepared for the guests was one of the best ever partaken of by the visitors. Poultry, beef, fish, clams and all the edible inhabitants of the sea were on the bill fort, then when they found they had been mistaken in their foolish notions they drifted back to the old homestead and relate harrowing tales of disappointment. Generally they hunt up the local newspaper man and pour a tale of woe into his sympathetic ear, and after he has elaborated on the story his readers believe California is peopled only by sharks, pickpockets, highway robbers, confidence men, ghouls and their victims. The monumental prevaricator of this bunch is Elmer E. Morgan, of Moline, Ill., who came here last winter with the expectation of garnering a few carloads of the easy dollars which he saw other men making, but returned east within a year on a remittance sent from home. He failed to make good, and a recent issue of a Moline paper tells how he explained his failure to his friends. It says: "Speaking at the regular weekly noon-day luncheon of the Moline Commercial club this noon, Elmer E. Morgan, a local real estate man, summed up his opinion of Los Angeles, Cal., where he lived for more than a year, by stating that he would rather be a street sweeper in Moline than the president of a bank in Los Angeles. He declared the real estate business in Los Angeles is one great, grand, gambling scheme, and has been for the past 40 years or more. Every year a batch of tourists, better known as 'suckers,' comes out there for the real estate sharks to feed upon. The orange groves are grown to sell and are merely the rich man's pleasure. As a boosting city, Los Angeles is the greatest city in the world, but the real estate board is in control of government, politics and everything else. I don't like the climate and the climate doesn't like me. I had a cold all of the time, which was harder to shake off than the real estate men. You cook in the sun, but if you step into the shade you freeze to death. They call it the land of fogs, rains and winds. Mr. Morgan said that a great many easterners fail in California, but will not admit failure, false pride keeping them from going back to their homes." This gentleman came to Anaheim last year. In company with other tourists or prospective investors he was driven about the city and vicinity by George W. Hamler, a former Moline acquaintance. He was so well pleased with the things that were shown him, with the advancing reality values, the splendid and profitable crops, and the inevitable future prospects for rich harvests, that he determined to remain awake and make a fortune. Anaheim was too limited for his capacity so he The next morning they were reinforced by an artillery company bringing two field pieces which were placed in position commanding the bull pen, less than four blocks distant. Col. Lajero, the Mexican commander, at that time had 450 men in Mexicali, but this has been increased until at present his force numbers 1,100. Many of these are convicts from the Mexican prisons, and a large number of the balance are Indians. The peace and quiet existing among the Mexicans was broken but once during the seventeen days of the Seventh regiment's guardianship and that was by these same Indians who procured a quantity of liquor on Independence Day, May 5, and got gloriously drunk. They remained in the fort, however, and caused no disturbance. The force now guarding the American side consists of 300 regulars, two troops of cavalry, six machine gun companies with eight guns, and one battery of artillery with two four-inch field guns. The cavalry are from the post at Monterey, and the machine guns were sent down from the Yellowstone region. The weather was not oppresively hot, as had been anticipated, 110 degrees being the highest point registered. The nights were cool, pleasant and quiet, the only thing breaking the monotony and giving spice to the tame affair being an occasional bullet whistling over the camp. The Mexican airship which made several trips across the border and hovered over the camp was a source of aggravation to the boys because the officers would not permit them to wing the aviator. Fifteen of the boys, of whom Brunworth is one, enlisted as regulars before returning home, and are now trucks and several autos in readiness to convey the revelers to the beach Sunday morning and all were taxed to their full capacity. The party, which numbered close to 100, left here at 7 o'clock and arrived at the beach an hour later. They were carried across to the island in Bob's launch and were given the keys to all he possessed. The barbecued dinner prepared for the guests was one of the best ever partaken of by the visitors. Poultry, beef, fish, clams and all the edible inhabitants of the sea were on the bill of fare and were cooked in a manner to tempt the appetite of a dyspeptic. A considerable portion of the day was spent in digging clams along the shore and dabbling in the surf. The party arrived at home at 7 o'clock in the evening without a mishap, bringing with them some of the trophies of the hunt for clams and other shellfish. NEW I. O. O. F. HALL Stockholders of the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of Fullerton, held their annual meeting Tuesday evening. W. A. Goodwin was elected president, and R. T. Davies vice-president. Other members of the board of directors are Perry Woodward, Bert Annin and O. S. Compton. Henry Meiser is secretary of the board. The association is a stock company formed by members of the Odd Fellows' order with a view of erecting a building suitable for lodge meetings. A site for this purpose has already been purchased on East Commonwealth avenue, and the sale of stock is expected to provide funds sufficient, with the amount on hand, to insure the construction of the building within the next year. This gentleman came to Anaheim last year. In company with other tourists or prospective investors he was driven about the city and vicinity by George W. Hamler, a former Moline acquaintance. He was so well pleased with the things that were shown him, with the advancing realty values, the splendid and profitable crops, and the inevitable future prospects for rich harvests, that he determined to remain awhile and make a fortune. Anaheim was too limited for his capacity so he opened a real estate office in Los Angeles. Having furnished and fitted up his office he sat down in his swivel chair and waited for those "suckers" he mentions to come in and feed him. Mr. Morgan might have made a success if his ideas had not flown so high. Nothing short of a million dollar deal was worthy of his consideration, consequently the smaller investors and the home-seekers passed him by and purchased elsewhere. They were pouring in every day and settling down in contented, happy and prosperous homes while Mr. Morgan waited for his millionaire customers. Finally he dismantled his office, wrote home for a ticket, and returned to Moline. Mr. Morgan's statement that orange groves are merely grown to sell and are the rich man's pleasure is disproved by the profits they return. Mr. Hamler cleared from nursery stock $9,000 on one acre of ground south of this city in one year. That is more than any 160-acre farm in Illinois has yielded in the same period. A grower on the west side last year reported a net profit of $2,975 on an acre and a quarter of Valencias. Another in the same region cleared close to $3,000 on MOLINE AT LIAR SEEN WHAT BAILIWICK CENDANT OF CHANSEN IN SOUTHERN HOME, TELL ABOUT US a has been freely slandered and people who flocked to take impression scooped from its lives with a shovel used with little efficiency found they had their foolish notions the old homesteading tales of disaparity they hunt up man and pour a sympathetic ear, elaborated on the believe California is parks, pickpockets, confidence men, aims. prevaricator of this merger of Moline seven acres of lemons, while a grower south of town recently sold a ten-acre orange crop on the trees for $13,000. These are only a few instances that happen to be recalled. Furthermore, Mr. Morgan being in the real estate business, should have known that there is not an acre of cultivated ground in this region that is not worth more money now than it was when he opened his real estate office. There has been a rapid and uninterrupted advance in values for years, and the profits justified it. Mr. Hamler has written friends in Moline denouncing this man Morgan as a prevaricator of purest ray serene. Morgan came here last year, and hunted up his old-time Illinois friends. He was entertained by them royally and driven about Southern California in automobiles. Seeing the wonderful advancement in property values, and noting the fortunes made here by men who came out from the east, he decided to locate in Los Angeles and go into the realty business. He knew nothing at all of Southern California realty values, and of course made a dismal failure of his venture. He should have known, if he knew anything at all, that orange and lemon lands was selling at from $2,000 to $3,000 per acre, and that large profits were taken from the soil even at these figures. He ought to have known that Orange county formed the richest agricultural district in the world, and that the range of horticultural and agricultural products here is greater than that of any other region on earth. While land values are rela- FILM FACTORY IS LOOKING FOR LOCATION MOVING PICTURE COMPANY ASKS FIVE ACRE SITE OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN MONEY CHAIRMAN NOLL, OF ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE, REPORTS PROFIT FROM BANQUET There is yet a possibility that the Orange County Moving Picture Corporation may establish its plant in Anaheim, and that the films manufactured by that company will carry the name of Anaheim to all sections of the civilized world—or, at least, wherever moving pictures are shown. B. F. Hahn, president of the company, and Mrs. Florence Seidell, secretary and aviatrix, were before the board of trade Monday night and submitted a proposition for the establishment of the plant here. Mr. Hahn explained that the company had organized with an authorized capital of $100,000, that 75 people would be constantly employed, and the pay roll of the concern would average $3,000 per week. These people would all reside in the town where FOUR-FOUR CLUB ENJOY DUTCH POT Merry Party Journeys to County Park and Consume Dutch Pot One of the jolliest parties that ever assembled at the County Park drove out from Anaheim Sunday morning and spent the day picnicing in the shade of its trees. It was an outing of the Four-Four Club, and all the members who could get away from home were of the party. Those of the club in attendance were Mrs. Richard Melrose and daughter, Miss Winifred, F. A. Yungbluth and wife, A. B. McCord and wife, Welborn Wallop and wife, Fred Zeppenfeld and wife, B. V. Beebe and wife, Miss Koogo, Harry Cooper, Fred Backs, and little Misses Dorothy Yungbluth, Florence Backs and Elizabeth Beebe. A Dutch pot, the chief ingredient in the contents of which was chicken, was moving pictures are shown. B. F. Hahn, president of the company, and Mrs. Florence Seidell, secretary and aviatrix, were before the board of trade Monday night and submitted a proposition for the establishment of the plant here. Mr. Hahn explained that the company had organized with an authorized capital of $100,000, that 75 people would be constantly employed, and the pay roll of the concern would average $3,000 per week. These people would all reside in the town where the plant was situated with the possible exception of a few special artists who would probably reside in Los Angeles, and come down when their services were required. The company is asking a free site of five acres of ground as it will require a plot of that size for the work. The studio, for which plans have already been drawn, will be 75x200 feet in dimensions, and will cost $12,000. Title to the property, it was agreed, should remain with the board of trade until the company was prepared to begin active work on the manufacture of films. Mrs. Seidell is an aviatrix and her flying stunts will be incorporated in many of the pictures. One of the films that will be made for advertising Orange county will show on the screen the deevlopment of an orange from a blossom to a perfect ripe specimen of the fruit, six feet in diameter. The proposition was left in the hands of the public improvements committee with instructions to locate a site if a suitable one can be found at a reasonable price. Another advertising proposition was presented to the board by Messrs. Wagner and Grafton. Mr. Wagner is commissioner general of the Panama-California Exposition of San Diego, and Mr. Grafton is head of the Grafton Publishing Company. They propose to start a special train, loaded with California products, through the eastern states. The exhibit will consist of the products of the soil, mines and factories of California, together with such other things as may add to the effect and fruitful attractiveness by showing the varied resources of the Golden State. This novel California exposition train will traverse almost 11,000 miles of railway in approximately eight months' time. It will go into 27 states, will stop and exhibit in more than 1,350 cities and towns having an aggregate population of over 25,000,000 people in these cities and towns—saying nothing of all the other places through which the train passes. The cars will be covered with paintings of California scenes from all sections of the state. Each county will have an individual space exhibiting specimens... MISS RYAN AGTS AS HOSTESS Gives Party in Honor of Miss Melrose and Mr. Cooper Monday Evening Miss Anna Ryan was the hostess on Monday evening at a very delightful whist party given in honor of Harry Cooper and Miss Winifred Melrose, whose engagement was announced last week. The spacious parlors of Ramona Villa were handsomely decorated for the occasion, and the dining table was particularly attractive with hearts and cupids. Refreshments of salads, coffee, ices and cake were served at the conclusion of the game of whist at which Miss Melrose won the prize, a crocheted dolly. She was also the recipient of a beautiful pin cushion which was presented her by the hostess. Herman Noll, chairman of the entertainment committee, submitted a report of the financial end of the banquet given by the board on April 27. His report showed $87.25 receipts and $54.00 expenditures, leaving a profit of $32.25. Showing a profit instead of a deficit was such an unusual report from a banquet committee that a vote of thanks was extended to the members. Messrs. Strodhoff and Ziegler, the committee engaged in securing signatures of property owners whose lots abut on the two alleys it is proposed to pave, were both absent but it was reported that nearly all the owners had signed up. There is little opposition to the movement on either alley.