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1R TTTT! SUNDAY OKECiOXTAX. rOTtTTiAND. APRIL 7. 1913. . . ,1 i i i ii- ii i- ii at MANY RECENT INTERESTING EVENTS REPORTED FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS "CitaJez," Curious Old Indian Woman. Last of Famous Mission Tribe, Passes Away Princess Irene Lavarovich, Well Known as Eleanor Calhoun, to Take Part in Spectacular Allegory of Early Life in California LOS ANGELES. April . WWIt the tapvrs burned low around her bier and while her frlenda ani rel atives chanted prayers In the low. mu sical tone of ner native language. Clara Cltalcx. last of the famous Mission Indians of Pan Juan Caplstrano. who died the nrst of this week. receJved the tributes of her race In her home. Catholic services were also held. More remarkable than her life anion the Indians Is the fact that her SKe was said to be 107 years. Old age was what caused her death, but rela tives nay she was active up to two months sko. Within the last few weeks her health wanted rapidly and her niece. Nelves Tarba. found her dead In ted. "Cltalcs." as she was known, lived In California when U was populsled by Indians of the CahuilU tribe, a few SlAAnlards and missionaries, and wit nessed tlic growth of Los Angeles from a few adobe huts, surrounded by pop py fields, to Its present slse. When s youna; Rirl she laid one of the .rat stones in the old 1'lasa Church, which till stands on North Main street, and which she visited last November, more than a. century after Its erection. Her life in the south was rich in ad venture, hut not more so than was that of her father, who was captured b) the Spaniards, who trailed him to the mountain and brought him to Capls trano. Around the old mission she was the most popular m-oman of the tnoe and when still a young s-lrl was married by Jose I'rlvaa. After his death she became the wife of Juan Cltalrs. She wa the mother of five children, only one of whom la living. DaTla ObbmIb Diver Salt Though Robert Benton Davis, mil lionaire baklns; powder king, whose offices are at Hoboken, N. J, is bitter ly opposing the suit of his wife. Jernle TV. L-ivls. for separate maintenance, he will not permit hie attorney to make one disparaging remark el'her about her or their daughter. Miss Lu cretia T'avls. who has stood by her mother durlnir the domestic difficulties. ' Iavis. on the other hand, heard him self held up to ridicule when one of Mrs. Davis" attorneys rererrea o mm as "Juliet." and to the man who aided him in leaving his Riverside home In New York City as "Romeo." Davis alleges that there was a conspiracy to tisve him declared Insane so that any will he might make would be declared Invalid. When the spectacular allegory of the missions and Christian civilisation In California Is produced In San Gabriel In a few weeks, the leading role of Fenora Domlngues will be presented by one of the romantic daughters of California Princess Irene Laxarovlch. knom-n and remembered by early Call fornlans as Eleanor Calhoun, daughter of E. E. Calhoun, formerly Judge In Kern County and one of the early set tlers of the state. When IS years old she adopted the stage as a profession, making her debut In the old Grand Opera-House of San Francisco In "Ro meo and Juliet." The old love of early day romance and of California, made her accept the Invitation to play the 1-adlng role and assist with the stage direction. Career Leada Ewres. The stage career of Eleanor Calhoun drew her away from California In the first years of her work, and In 104 she went to Europe, where, save for occasional visits to America, she has since resided. On the European stare she soon struck a warm spot In the hearts of admirers. Phe played at the Odeon. at the Comedle Erancaise. In Ftrussrls. and In London. Six years ago he met prince Laxarovlch. the only Servian nobleman received In all the courts of Europe. It was a ease of ro mantic love and an auspicious mar r!ae the wea'th of the Prince making a worthy background for the charm, crnlus ar.d beauty of the Princess. On her trip to California, the Princess wi:i be accompanied by her hustand. who after a short visit here will proceed to Pern, where he Is In terested In the construction of a ra.ll roarf. Mrs. Martha J. Trlngle says she has svery reason to dodtce when she hears "13" mentioned. This Is why: She fell ;j fet. through a glass roof. 23 feet from room II. where she wss em ployed, on the JJd of the month. Mrs. Prlr.gle recited her story to Judge Wood in her suit for t20.000 damages. Mrs. Luella I. Sibley, who owns the Flbley apartments In Venice, Is the defendant. Mrs. Prlngle asserts that she was toM by the manager of the apartments that she could reach a clothes line by going through room No S3. It was then that she fell. "Ichl. nl. sango-banxai!" This was the signal for the start of a novel race in Loe Angeles harbor between the new Japarese fishing boats Asarl and Faral, In which the former bested the latter by nine boat lengths. Japaaeee Celear Celebrate. It was Taka-mashl" day for the en tire Japanese colony of San Pedro and a strong contingent of little brown islanders from Los Angeles and sur rounding towns. More banaals" re verberated down the harbor, to the amusement of longshoremen arid oth ers, than ever before In the history of the port and mingled with English ex pressions ltke "by golly," and "for the love of Mike." The race commenced off Mormon Island and finished at Fifth street. Owners of the defeated boat are clam oring for a return match, claiming they can "come back- with flying on a prospecting tour Ave months ago with a stranger. Fred Dabbs. aged 9 years, baa not been heard from and bis sister, Mrs. IL B. Bishop, of No. 11 East Twenty eighth street. Los Angeles, has asked the police department to help locate him. Mrs. Bishop does not know the name of the man who accompanied htm. but she gave a good description of him to the officer. She thinks some harm has come to her brother, as he promised to communicate with her every two weeks. Dabbs Is a prospector of long ex perience and has located a number of valuable properties. He obtained a good slxed -grubstake" and set out with the stranger from Barstow early last FalL Mrs. Bishop has visited the !esert town and the Immediate sur rounding country, but hss failed to fir.d any trace of him. Dabbs had on his person valuable papers pertaining to mlr.lng propertlee In Death Valley and the Panamlnt range. If the police . . . nf h, brother aoon. Mrs. Hlshop says she will organise an expedition to search for him In the valley, going with the party herself. Baldwtsi llelre Larky. Following on the beels of the de rision against Anita Baldwin, H. A. l"r.ruh for 30 years manager ef the etate'of E. J. tLucky) Baldwtn. made the surprising announcement that each of the Baldwin heirs, Mrs. Hull Mc ciaughry and Mrs. Clara Baldwin Mocker, wtll receive more than $10. 0 jo. 000. The value of the estate today is placed by Mr. Unruh at upwards of U'l.uvO.OOO. There are more than 23. 000 acres of land w ithout Incumbrance. He says the average value la SlOvO an . . . " I acre. Ills valuation is generally ac cepted as a conservative one. Five years ago It was a question whether the Baldwin ranches could be saved from their tremendous burden of debt. Shortly after Lucky Bald win's death three years ago the heirs met and after receiving a report urged L'nruh to sell the Clenega ranch, west of the city, for 33.2SO.OOO, an offer of that price having been made. Their purpose wss to clear the rest of the property. Mr. ITnruh refused to make the sale, saying the property would be worth 3S.000.000 in Ave years' time. There has been a standing offer of 37.2SO.OOO for the Clenega property for eight montua row. Five hundred acres were sold for 11.250.000. The value of the Santa Anita ranch and other prop erties has trebled in three years. Mr. l'nruh has sold 3000 acres of the least desirable property for enough to clear the rest of mortgage and there Is 31.000.000 cash in banks to be dis tributed. For three or four years prior to his death Baldwin did not know whether he was a rich man or one who would be bankrupt when the mortgages were foreclosed. When the heirs met after his death to firar details of the situa tion from Mr. L'nruh they shook their hesds over the tangle. They were shown the figures and learned the as tounding fact that Baldwin had paid more than 34.000.000 In Interest on money raised by mortgaging bis Los Angeles County real estate and the Baldwin Hotel In San Francisco. Debt was eating up his resources, employes were demanding wages overdue. WOMAN CONDUCTING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN Mrs. Josephine Preston, Denying That She Understands First Principles of Political Game, Proves Remarkable Vote-Getter. ' WALLA WALLA. Wash.. April . (Special.) Much has been writ ten about the twentieth century woman, her Ideas and ambitions, and Just what she would do if every state In the Union would give her the power of the ballot, but much of thla specu lation would have long since lost Its sensationalism If all women were In politics on the same high level as Mrs. Josephine Preston, of Walla Walla, Wash., a candidate for state superin tendent of public schools. Mrs. Preston Insists she Is not In pol itics, does not know the first principles of the game, unless trying to get one's friends to work for them is politics. If Mrs. Preston succeeds Henry B. Dewey as bead of the public school sys tem in the state of Washington, her taking of office will be the beginning of a new era In politics In this state, for her line of campaign. If a cam paign It can be termed, is to be differ ent from any other political race ever before recorded In the records of suc cessful or fallen candidates for public office In Washington. Preaa Agent Kept Bear. She la chiefly going to attend to her own affairs and let every one else do likewise. Of course she hss a real. live, up-to-the-minute press agent, and none of the hundreds of requests from Wash ington newspapers for a cut or story has been allowed to go unanswered, and neither Is her modesty such as to forbid her accepting Invitations to ap pear before several meetings of edu cators to be held In Washington before the primaries. To use her own words regarding the matter of campaigning, "I am very busy with my work as county superintendent of the schools of Walla Walla County and I cannot afford to let any personal ambitions come betwsen my work and myself." Mrs. Josephine Preston was born In Fergus Falls. Minn. She attended the public schools there and apent one year at Carleton College. Northfleld, Minn. When compelled to give up her ambi tion to complete the full college course and to secure a degree, she determined to secure the equivalent. Even while teaching she took up special courses of study and after she had completed the work necessary to obtain the life diploma which was granted her In 1904, she enrollad as a student at Whitman WELL-KNOWN PLAYWEIGHT IS EX-NEWSPAPER WOMAN OP SAN FRANCISCO. A J CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. Charlotte Thompson, who assisted Kate Douglas Wlggin in the dramatisation of the letter's successful book, and even more success ful play. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," which will be seen st the Helllg Theater Easter week, commencing today, was a newspaper writer and teacher In San Francisco before she turned dramatist. Miss Thompson early Imbibed a taste for the theater, and before "Rebecca," which la the moat successful thing she has done, she had written and had produced a number of playa Henrietta Crossman ami Florence Roberta have been seen In her plays, and others have been dono In stock. Miss Thompson now makes iher home In the East. tradesmen presenting bills, even house servants were "stalled off." Real Estate TVertfc Millions. The more than 320.OO0.OCO worth of real estate which will be turned over to the heirs is part of great ranches bought by Baldwin In 1375, 1874 and 1377, for considerably less than 31.000, 000. Mr. Unruh. whose sagacity In hand ling the property the last four years has meant millions for the heirs. Is a man well toward 70 years of age, but still clear-brained and alert. "I first became an employe of Mr. Baldwin in 1379," be said. "He acquired his fortune by dealing in mining stocks, which were of ordinary nature until he made a clean-up In Consolidated and Ophir, amounting to 37,000.000. He Invested all but 31,000.000 In Los Angeles County real estate and the Baldwin Hotel. "The. Santa Anita ranch first attract ed him In 175, when he was on his way from Los Angeles to San Bernar dino by stage, to look over the Gold Mountain mining property In Bear Val ley. The ranch consisted of 8500 acres and was owned by Kasnare Cohn and M. A. Newmark. It was covered with brush prlnclpslly.' but sheep were graxlng on It. There was an old adobe house, a few pepper trees and a little vineyard. On his return he asked Mr. Newmark what he would take for It. The an swer was 3176.000. Baldwin offered 3150.000. It was refused. Later he agreed to pay 3176,000. but Newmark had jumped the price to $200,000. Baldwin delayed further, and finally had to pay 3225.000." College, carrying such work as her of fice duties allowed and studying spe cial subjects under several college pro fessors. Teacher la Knrsl DUtrlrts. After comlns; to Walla Walla she taught In the rural districts, first as a substitute. It was while doing this work that she realized the great need for Improvements In the manner of handling rural schools, and today this Is her strong point. In February. 1904. the position of assistant county superintendent was created In Walla Walla County and Mrs. Preston was asked to fill tho po sition. This she did until February, 1909. when she wss appointed county superintendent to fill out the unexpired term of former Superintendent G. 8. Bond. Seeing what was to bs done, or ra ther, what could be done, with the elevating of rural schools. Mrs. Pres ton, though not Inclined to "mix It" In political fights, determined she wanted to continue her duties as county super intendent, and In 1909 she won what the old-line politicians say was one of the roost bitter political battles In the history of the county. A principal of one of the city schools was her opponent, but she defeated him by 600 votes, a large Republican majority. In 1910 she was re-elected without oppo sition. Long, Hard Tripe Esjored. Friends of her opponent In 1909 said some rural schools in the county were so sltusted that It would be impossible for a woman to reach them. When re minded of this yesterday Mrs. Preston, laughed and said: "I wish that had been my hardest task since taking this office. True, there are many hardships In making the rounds, but after you finally get to some isolated schoolhouse with Its one teacher and perhaps only a dosen children, one feels more than repaid I love these trips." At one place Mrs. Preston says It Is necessary to open five wire gates with in three miles. She always goes on these trips unaccompanied. Summer and Winter. Since she took office, radical changes have taken place In Walla Walla Coun ty schools, due principally to her- ef forts. Several districts have erected teachers' cottages on the school grounds, where the Instructor may live. Indepen dent of th- farmhouse. No longer are the schoolhouses here locked up as soon as school is out in the afternoon and not reopened until the next morning, or closed Friday afternoon, not to be opened until Monday morning. Due to the efforts of Mrs. Preston, meetings of various kinds are held In the buildings after school hours. Dur ing the past Winter 14 lectures have been delivered by well-known educat ors to parents in the rural school dis tricts on many enlightening subjects. Idea Not a w One. When asked where she received the Idea, Mrs. Preston said: "The plan of using the schoolhouses for other purposes than teaching chil dren is not original with me. Many educators are following it, but If you will Just stop and think you will agree a closed schoolhouse is certainly a loss. The taxpayers pay for keeping it up, and It Is public property In a sense, and should be used as such." Throughout the county lira Preston has established social centers, and In each of these centers meetings are held at regular Intervals, to which the pa rents of school children are Invited. These gatherings have grown so that now It is a problem to provide pro grammes for the grown-ups. but so far Mrs. Preston has been equal to the occasion. Whenever It Is possible, she Is present, but always sees that one or two Interesting; addresses are on the programme. In this work she uses the teachers In the district- They assume much of the minor responsibility, for it keeps better harmony among teachers and pa rents .and where this mutual under standing prevails the work of the Mrs. Josephine Preston. school teacher Is greatly benefited. Mrs. Preston has 9 districts to care for, with nearly 7000 children. Educational Club Orgraalsed. Mrs. Preston has organised a body of women In Walla Walla Into what is known as a Woman's Educational Club, of which she Is president. This club meets every two weeks In the court house, where one or two good addresses are delivered on Instructive matters. Last week the Juvenile officer of the county delivered a talk on "Delinquent and Backward Children." When asked what she would do If elected State Superintendent, Mrs. Preston said: "I will do just the same as I have done in Walla Walla County, only on a larger scale. I cannot do better for I have given this county my best, and If my work here does not entitle me to the confidence of the people of the state, then I do not want the office for I would be a failure."- While she is resting Mrs. Preston writes magaslne articles. Ever since her address at the First National Coun ty Live Commission meeting, fathered by President Roosevelt, held in Spo kane In 1911, which was published throughout the country, Mrs. Preston has been besieged with requests for articles for publication In magazines of National circulation. If she fails in her race for the state office to which she now aspires she will, in all proba bility, devote her entire time to writ ing. Time for Household Work Limited. Though she has been instrumental In having high schools In the county take up manual training- and domestic sci ence, Mrs. Preston personally has very little time for housework. She lives with her mother. Nothing pleases her better than to spend the few spare moments she has. doing work In the kitchen or sewing. She never rides where -it Is possible to walk and when you see her going to and from the of fice It Is not hard to tell she has some definite purpose. In dress she exer cises e-ood taste. Her clothes are the best and very neat, but plain. She says she cannot work when "dressed up." Mrs. rresion wno uuo v County Superintendents of the state who were chosen to give a week's In struction at the special session which tho Cheney State Normal School held in June. 1911. for the benefit of the Coun ty Superintendents-elect of Washing ton. Her lectures were upon school cot tages, school architecture and consoli dation, and one lecture given before tha neneral Assembly dealt with prob lems which confront the teacher In her home life in the rural communities. Member of State Board. Last Fall she was made a member of the advisory council of the Politics Club of Whitman College, the object of the club being to study civic and Na tional problems. In March. 1911, she re ceived the Governor's appointment to the State Board of Education, In which position she represented the Interest of the County Superintendents In the State of Washington. She was vice president of the Washington Educa tional Association for the year 1911; is secretary of the Educational Council of the Inland Empire Teachers' Associa tion and a member of the state teach ers' legislative committee, having been appointed In 1909. Mrs. Preston became a candidate only after the personal solicitation of her friends. Many educators throughout the state have indorsed her candidacy. Among others are: Frank B. Cooper, Superintendent of Schools, Seattle: Dr. E. O. Sisson, Department of Education, University of Washington; Dr. S. B. L. Penrose, president of Whitman College, Walla Walla; Bruce M. Watson. Super intendent of Schools, Spokane; C. R Frasier. Superintendent of Schools, Ev erett; O 6. Jones. Superintendent of Schools. Walla Walla: A. L. Brown. Su perintendent of Schools, Wenatchee; N. F. Coleman, department of English, WRIST INSURANCE At Low Cost. Our Silk Elastic Wrist lets, Hosiery, Knee Caps an1 Ktrwlrirura ronstantlv VI I worn cure 6Prains M-J and muscle weakness. O'isl Self - measurement blank FREE on request. Woodard, Clarke & Co. Dept. Tcrtland, Oregon. JljMi Whitman College, Walla Walla; J. L Dumas. ex-Superintendent of Schools, Pullman, and member of the State Country Life Commission; Mrs. Mary Carpenter Fletcher, ex-County Superin tendent of Schools, Whatcom County, and member of the State Country Life Commission; Mrs. Lizzie Jones, Super intendent of Schools, Snohomish Coun ty; Mrs. M. E. Liggett. Superintendent Garfield County Schools; Miss Hester Soules, Superintendent Pend d'Orielle County Schools; Mrs. Nellie G. 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