Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], May 15, 1910, Page 10, Image 10

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SAN BERNARDINO
IN GALA ATTIRE
PConaty to Dedicate Ca
prilla and Bless Bells Along
El Camino Real
ITS HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
Pageant to Show Day of Indians,
Coming of Padres and of
Gold Seekers
.
(SpeciaJ to Tim Herald)
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., May 14.—
Should Padre Dumotz, the ancient
> Franciscan missionary, arise from his
couch of slumber as did Rip Van Win
kle of old and amble over the route
that marked his march into the San
Bernardino valley a hundred years ago,
it would be to find etrange and yet
familiar sights upon the spot that so
many long years ago he stood and
raised his arms and proclaimed the
vast expanse about him In honor of
San Bernardino de Sienna.
During the century since the long
forgotten padre pitched his camp on
this spot a city has sprung up. Long
since have been obliterated the traces
of the days of this ancient monk and
there are now few marks of his suc
cessors who ruled through the decades
until the coming of the Americans.
A ih;ni>iu;t> ykaks ago
For five days, however. Padre Du
metz would see re-enacted before his
eyes the very deeds of those stirring
days of a hundred yeas ago. For five
days and nights the city of San Ber
nardino Is to take on the attire of
the days of the Indians and the reign
of the Spaniards.
For months the people of San Ber
nardino and the other towns of the
valley have been planning for the cel
ebration of the centennial, which falls
on May 20. On Tuesday evening; with
the blare of trumpets and the blaze of
light San Bernardino will turn back
the pages of Its history for 100 years
and an army of her fairest daughters
and strongest sons will picture the
days when the valley was first found
by the little band of monks that named
it and laid the first stones of its foun
dations.
Try as he might, the shaking hand
of the old padre cannot wipe away
the mist of the vision before his eye.
By his side will stand the thousands
of residents of the valley, watching
the scenes of the days they never saw.
HEADY FOB festival
With the completion of the dressing of
the city in its festival attire all will be
in readiness for the opening of the
historical and legendary celebration
that is to mark the city's hundredth
birthday.
An army of committeemen have
completed the gigantic mass of details
for the celebration, which is to be the
most elaborate ever held In the val
ley.
During the five days, from Tuesday
until Saturday, notable events, brought
about by tho celebration, will take
place.
NEW CHURCH CORNERSTONE
On the day that San Bernardino be
comes 100 years old the cornerstone of
the new Catholic cathedral will be laid
under the direction of Bishop Conaty.
On this day also will be blessed the
bells along the El Camino Real de San
Bernardino, which has been extended
from the Ban Gabriel mission to San
Bernardino and on to the old San Ber
nardino mission. • It is expected that
200 automobiles will follow the priests
and El Camino Real officers along the
highway into Ban Bernardino as the
road is dedicated. The cornerstone of
the memorial caprilla to mark the spot
where the ancient caprilla, the first
building in the valley, was erected, will
also be laid on this day. Bishop Co
naty will officiate at this event.
INDIANS COMING
Tomorrow the Cocopah tribe of In
dians from Arizona, one of the few re
maining tribes of the southwest, will
arrive to participate in the celebra
tion. The Southern Pacific railroad is
transporting the Indians without cost,
with their native ponies, from Tuma to
San Bernardino.
A monks' chorus of forty men, garbed
in the dress of the Franciscans, will
participate, with the Indians, pioneers,
gold seekers, Spanish nobility in the
allegorical pageants.
Princess Lena with her brave, James
McGregor, and her tribe have been
drilling for the parts they are to take,
as have W. M. Parker, Spanish gov
ernor, and his lady, Miss Rosa Aguirre,
and their court.
MAY rOLE DANCE
The Native Sons and Daughters will
give a May pole dance. There are
scores of other singers and dancers
that are to participate in the ceremo
nies at the wigwam, as the stage upon
which the Indian princess holds forth
has been named. A grand stand with
a seating capacity of 3000 has been
completed directly across the street
from the wigwam at Fourth and E
streets. Eveily reserved seat has been
sold for days.'
At the" log. cabin of the pioneers a
register is to be kept, where the vis
itors of the celebration can register.
At the close of the celebration this
register Is to be sealed in an iron box,
to be opened in the year 2010, at tin
time of the second centennial of the
valley. Mr. and Mrs. George Cooley
of Colton have been accorded the honor
to register first. They are two of the
first settlers in the valley.
BAH DIEGO'S SPECIAL
San Diego lias wired the directors
of the celebration that a special train
will bring the citizens of that city and
Escondldo. The citizens .of Barstow
will also come on a special train. The
Automobile Club of Southern Califor
nia has arranged to send 200 automo
biles to this city on Friday, the cen
tennial day. They will follow the El
Camino Real party. The Southern Cal
ifornia Editorial association will also
visit the city during the festival;
The formal opening of the celebra
tion will follow the grand illumination
of the city Tuesday night. Mayor S.
W, McNabb will make the presentation
of the freedom of the city and the ac
ceptance, on behalf of the people, will
be made by R. E. Swing, president of
the general committee, Then will start
the pageant of the San Bernardino
valley.
THE INDIAN PARADE
Upon the' scenes, before the coming
of the white men, which an- to bi por
trayed by tin; Cocopah Indians, Prln
i.pna with her braves and maidens
will advance and ascend to her wig
wam from which she Is to rule for
Bye days tho entire city. Tho caval
cade of padres and monks will follow,
will name the valley and start
. mildin gof the first mission. Tho
Indians will fall ujj<m the Franciscan
acre the padres and neo
phytes. Fancy dances will close the
reremonles at the wigwam. Immedi-
Prominent Men and Women Who Figure
in San Bernardino's Great Centennial
of (///iM SITT" ■■ iii 1,,, *■ 9^^ SaVVn\
\\ if JBS i^Bf. \ I ■ 1 BPf ■■■■ t* 'i, BRfcwi^^H \ t
ABOVE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE MISS LENA JOHNSON, INDIAN PRINCESS; MRS. E. D. ROBERTS,
CHAIRMAN WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT; MISS ROSA AGUIRRE, LADY OF THE SPANISH GOVERNOR
BELOW, AT THE LEFT, IS R. E. SWING, PRESIDENT CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, AND, AT THE RIGHT,
J. W. LEONARD, DIRECTOR GENERAL
atply after the princess" ball will be
held at the pavilion.
MAI/TO DAY
Wednesday is Rtalto day. The floral
and allegorical parado will take place
in the morning and in tho afternoon
th>' princess will review games and
spprts of the early days of the valley,
. her wigwam. Later in- the af
ternoon the reception to the princess
will be held at Lugo park. In the
evening the pageant of the opening
night will be continued at the wig
wam. The Spanish governor and lady,
with their court, will arrive. Fancy:
dances <jf the days of the Spanish rule
will be given.
Thursday is Colton day. The Indus
trial parade will pass the wigwam dur
ing tho morning and will be reviewed
by Princess Lena and her tribe. In i
the afternoon the aviation meet and \
matinee horse races, together with In
dian races and sports, will be held
at Association park. In the evening
the pageant of the valley will be con
tinued.
IIISTOKIC DAXCES
Following ceremonial dances and
chants and choruses by the padres and
monks, the Spanish governor and his
suite will arrive. There will be his
torical Spanish dances, followed by the
corning of the gold seekers and pio
n.-ers with oxen and trailers, who will
portray the days of '49. The princess
and her tribe, with the Spanish gover
nor and suite, will then visit the In
dian village and corral.
Friday, Centennial day, Is San Ber
nardino day. The ceremonies of this,
the day San Bernardino becomes 100
years old, will be opened by the laying
of the cornerstone of the San Bernar
dino d.. Vienna Catholic church. Then
will follow tli-- grand automobile pa
role along the El Camino Real de San
Bernardino.
BISHOP TO SPEAK
The exercises at the caprilla site will
close the morning program. Here
Bishop Conaty will make an address
and bles i l.- hell, in ti - afternoon
there will be aviation events and horse
at Association park. In the
evening tl if will be continued
ri the Indian princess. After the
arrival of the padres and monies, the
Spanish governor, the gold seekers and
ers, the Native Sons and Daugn ■
will dance tho May pole dance.
The Spanish costume ball will follow
the ceremonies at the wigwam.
Saturday is Highland and Redland
,].,. in the morning the stock parade
will fuss the wit*wam. In the after
noon the Third battalion, Seventh in
fantry, National Guard of California,
will hold a sham battle at Meadow
brook park, in the evening the great
burlesque parade will be held and the
arrival of the big medicine man and
tribe There will be a grand review
0{ the pageant of the valley, after
which the princess will disappear ami
the city "ill !>'■ Riven over to the big
medicine man tor the closing of the
- ration in a whirlwind of tun.
MERCHANTS WILL SEE SAN
BERNARDINO CELEBRATION
Chamber of Commerce Arranges
for Special Car
Jjos Angeles will be represented of"
flclally at the centennial celebration to
be held ;it Ban Bernardino this week.
The chamber of commerce has accepted
an Invitation extended by the Han Ber
nardino chamber of commerce and cen
tennla] committee to participate in the
exorcises of the 100 th anniversary of
the settlement of their bi a vi II ul \
Secretary Wiggins lias made an
ments for a special car to be ati
iv the regular train leaving over the
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SI N DAY MOKNIXG, MAY 15, 1010.
Santa Fe road from La Grande station
at 8:30 a. m. Friday, May 20, returning
in the evening-, at the pleasure of the
party.
President Scott will accompany the
excursion and add to the hilarity of the
boosters with his well known enthu
siasm and good fellowship.
If enough requests are made for ac
commodations Secretary Wiggins will
charter a special train. Tickets are on
sale In the secretary's office. Chamber
of Commerce, at J2..15 for the round
trip. The good people of San Bernar
dino will provide for the pleasure and
entertainment of thu excursionists dur
ing the day.
The chamber of commerce feels that
a large representation of the business
men of Los Angeles is due to our neigh
boring city, In recognition of its exten
sive patronage of commercial houses
here, in all lines of trade.
Friday, the day selected for the ex
cursion, will be one of exceptional mi
i- r t. recalling more vividly, perhaps,
the d ivs of the padres than any oth r
part of the celebration. The last bell
will be placed on El Camino Real de
Ban Bernardino, marking the road over
which the mission friars traveled when
the little "mission of assistance" was
founded and the first white settlement
was made in the valley of San Ber
nardino.
♦-«-•
INSURANCE MEN PLANNING
RECEPTION TO WHITTINGTON
President of National Association
to Arrive Soon
John W. Whittington, president of
the- National Association of Life Un
derwriters and general agent for the
Aetna Life Insurance company in
Southern California, will arrive in Los
Angelea Wednesday, May lj-, after an
extended three months' trip, during
which tun" he has visited fifty out of
the fifty-five life underwriters' associa
tions all over tho United States, from
Portland, .Me., to Seattle, Wash., also
paying short visits to Montreal and
Toronto, Canada.
The tour lias been a great success
and an enthusiastic reception was
jjivt n Mr. Whittington by all the local
associations in the different cities
where he delivered addresses. He has
! lastly urged the life insurance
men to fight for the enactment of bet
ter Insurance laws in the different
states where, at the present time, the
public is nit protected from the "get
rich-quick" insurance schemer, who
feeds lii" t parasite on the Insuring
public with his "special contract," on
which enormous "profits" are promised
for the future.
Mr. Whittington calls attention to
tlie fact that tin- speedy abolishment
of this class of business will tend to
ki i " tho standing of the legitimate
companies on its present high pUine,
and points out that as long as quetb
tionab!.-'methods are allowed to exist,
as they do in several states, the eonrl-
dence of the people who buy life in
surance Is in danger of being disturbed.
He .[■•(■ lares that Colorado has the best
Insurance laws of any state in the
union, while California is numbered
among those stat' s which have no
laws to protect their citizens from the
life Insurance salesman with his
"ground-floor" scheme.
The entertainment committee of tho
T.os Angeles Association of Life Un
derwriters has issued a preliminary
announcement of Its plans for a reoep
• inn to Mr. WhlttinKton upon his re
turn. The function will take the shape
of a banquet to be held at the Call
fornla club May 28. It will be a ladles'
nltfht and several prominent Califor
nians have been Invited, Inoluding
State Insurance Commissioner Cooler.
VETERANS PLAN PARADE
AND MEMORIAL PROGRAM
Adopt Resolutions Favoring Quiet
Day May 30* Devoid of
Merrymaking
Arrangements were completed for the
local observance of Memorial day. May
30, by the Joint Memorial day commit
tee of the Spanish-American war vet
erans at their meeting yesterday in
Armory hall. Resolutions were passed
favoring a quiet observance of the day
with programs devoid of picnics and
races. The veterans of the Spanish-
American war will co-operate in every
way with those of the Civil War in
honoring the dead.
A feature of the observance of
Memorial day will be a parade through
the principal streets headed by a pla
toon of police. The parade will form at
Eighth and Spilng- streets, with ( 01.
Kchrieber as marshal. The First bat
talion of the national guard of Cali
fornia, with companies A, C and F, a
signal corps, troop D, hospital corps
and the naval reserve, will be in the
line of march. They will march behind
the old soldiers' drum corps. Rev. Dr.
Locke will deliver the invocation at the
monument in Central park, and G. Ray
Horton will deliver the oration.
The grave of every man who wore the
blue and gray will receive attention
alike at the hands of their former cum
rad- s, and the men who t'ought in the
late war.
WOMAN IN NIGHTCLOTHES
SEEKS BURGLAR'S ARREST
Within seven minutes after she had
risen from her bed to set Halley'i
comet early yesterday Mrs. J. H. Beck
er, proprietor of a grocery store in
Eagle Rock valley, discovered burglars
rifling the premises. Attempting to
teli phone her discovery to the sheriff's
office, the woman found the telephone
wires had been cut.
Scantily clad she mounted the family
horse and rode several miles to the
nearest neighbor and gave the alarm..
Deputies sent from Los Angeles were
unable to capture the thieves, who,
finding no money in the cash drawer,
contented themselves with carrying
away a portion of Mrs. Becker's stock
of sardines and crackers.
WANTS $15,000 FOR LONG
PLUNGE FROM STAGING
Charging the Quartz Glass and Man
ufacturing company with failure to
provide him with a safe place to work
as an employe of the firm, Vernon H.
Jenkins Hied suit against the concern
In tin- superior court yesterday de
manding $15,000 damages for injuries he
alleges lie sustained while working on
K. bruary 11.
■I'll,' plaintiff claims that thn defen
dant had provided a plank for employes
tn walk on over a hole in the flooring,
and that when he stepped on it the
plank broke. He fell a long distance.
ll'' allege* that his ankle was broken
and that he was so badly injured that
In- has been unable to work.
The hit of the year is Hipolko ,«olf
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