LUCKY BALDWIN
ESTATE AGAIN
IN COURT
LOS ANGELES, June 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The fortune of Mrs.
Clara Baldwin Stocker, involved in
the suit by her son, Albert E. Snyder,
of San Francisco, asking a superior
court decree adjudging her incompet
ent to handle her estate, was derived
from her father the late E. J. (Lucky)
Baldwin, famous California turfman.
When Baldwin died, March 1, 1909,
he left his estate, with the exception
of some minor bequests, to his two
daughters, Mrs. Stocker and Mrs.
Anita Baldwin, in equal shares. His
holdings were appraised at more than
$20,000,000.
The Baldwin estate consisted prin
cipally of real estate and mortgages
and other securities although he died
possessed of more than $1,000,000 in
cash.
Some of the Baldwin properties
were famous in California history and
had been held by him for many years.
Best known was his home, the Santa
Aninta rancho, centering at Arcadia, a
few miles from here.
This comprised some 13,000,000,
acres and on it was the Arcadia track,
known throughout the country, as a
center of horse racing for many years.
Another noted property was the
Rancho Cienega O’Paso, consisting of
some 4,000 acres and adjacent to the
city of Los Anegeles on the southwest.
When the estate was settled, after
long litigation, this rancho was sold to
be subdivided for home sites for about
$7,000,000. It was bought by Baldwin
in 1866, a comparative short time after
arriving from New England, and was
continuously held by him, despite
many offers. Baldwin acquired his
great fortune through land and horses.
His unusual success in handling both
gained him the sobriquet “Lucky.”
Some of the land he bought for com
paratively small prices afterward
became richly productive of oil. He
owned some of the best blooded horses
in the country and was extremely
found of racing.
The daughters of Baldwin gained
title to his properties after a spirited
fight in the courts. Shortly after his
death, Beatrice Anita Turnbull, filed
a contest against the will, demanding
a share of the estate. She based her
suit on the claim she was a daughter
of Baldwin, asserting her mother, a
resident of Boston, at the time of the
suit, had married Baldwin in Los An
geles in 1893.
Superior Judge River, after the in
troduction of voluminous testimony,
withdrew the case from the considera
tion of the jury and directed the jury
to bring in averdict in favor of the
will.
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exercises of the institution to be held
here soon.
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impressive. Governor Larrazolo will
call the roll. Those who are present
will respond personaly. Those who
are unable to be mustered out by that
time will be expected to send some
message, which will be read when
their names are called. For those
whose star has turned to gold, a spec
ial memorial service will be held.
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CONGRESS OF VIENNA, 1814-FIRST SESSION.
Europe, One Hundred Years Ago, Tried to Piece the World Together Again
After Napoleon's Exile to Elba, but Its Plans were Broken In the
Making by the Return of the One-Time Emperor of Franco.
The congress that assembled to set
In order the affairs of Europe after
the recent tremendous upheaval nat
urally calls to mind the congress of
Vienna, which met over a hundred
years ago for a similar purpose after
the vast upheaval of the Napoleonic
wars. Then, as now, the delegates
professed to meet to establish a con
dition which should ensure a lasting
peace.
The armies of France had been ut
terly defeated. Napoleon had em
braced In farewell the Imperial eagles
In the courtyard of Fontalnebleu and
passed away to Elba. Nearly a mil
lion troops, which the allied sover
eigns had employed to drag down
the Corsican, had gone back to their
own countries for demobilization or
were on their way there. The wars
which, with slight Intervals for re
freshments and rest, had ravaged the
world for 18 years, were over with
one exception. The United States
and England were still at war. The
United States had come Into the con
flict only two years before, had made
no alliances or associations, and was
“playing a lone hand” against Eng
land.
Royal Pomp and Splendor.
The congress assembled on Septem
ber 6, 1814, and Vienna was a scene
of royal pomp and splendor. The em
perors of Austria and Russia, the
kings of Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtem
berg and Denmark, the princes of the
smaller German states, great states
men like Talleyrand and Castlereagh,
and a host of minor delegates repre
senting every political division In
Europe were there. The delegates
spent the mornings In discussion and
the evenings In revelry, each night’s
entertainments eclipsing in splendor
those of the night before.
Napoleon had changed the map of
Europe, erecting new nations and en
larging or dismembering old ones.
The old order of things had been
blown away on the smoke of battle
fields and the delegates proposed to
rearrange the map according to their
own ideas. In spite of protestations,
no sooner had the delegates assem
bled than the congress resolved Itself
Into a mad scramble for territory.
The rights of people to self-determi
nation were utterly Ignored. The
proceedings were secret, but enough
leaked out to cause Whitbread to pro
test In the house of commons, “We
live In an age when free nations are
not to be sold and transferred like
beasts of burden.” But that was Just
what was done.
Lord Castlereagh pursued at first a
wavering policy, until early in Janu
ary, when the news of the signing of
a treaty of peace between England
and the United States caused him to
oppose boldly, but without success,
the rapacity of Russia and Prussia.
When the congress had been In ses
sion nearly six months the division
of the spoils was nearly completed.
To Russia was assigned Poland as
she held It until the recent war.
Announced Escape of Napoleon.
Prussia got one-half of Saxony, a
slice of Poland and the territories of
which Napoleon had shorn her. North
ern Italy was given to Austria and
central Italy furnished duchies for
Austrian princes. Holland and Bel
gium were erected Into a separate
kingdom. Norway was taken from
Denmark and given to Sweden.
France was confined within her old
limits. The smaller German states
were dealt with according to their
“pull.” England was allowed to keep
St. Lucia In the West Indies, the Cape
of Good Hope and a few other oversea
trifles, along with Helgoland.
The delegates considered their work
nearly completed when, on the morn
ing of March 11, Talleyrand entered
the council chamber, his face pale and
drawn, and announced that a courier
had just arrived from France with the
news thnt Napoleon had escaped from
Elba and was marching on Paris.
At first the delegates broke Into
peals of laughter; the laughter was
succeeded by anxiety; and, hastily
passing a resolution declaring Napo
leon an outlaw, the congress adjourn
ed. Kings and ambassadors hurried
home to reassemble 1,011,000 troop* No
hurl again against the man of destiny.
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