News Scrapbook 1968-1969

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DocumentOn Mission A Fake, Historian Says

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II) JOE STONE A document which wa, used as evidence in one of the most famous - court cases m San Diego history was called a fake yesterday by a priest-his- torian . peaking at the Univer- sity of San Dirgo. The Re\·. \1aynard J<'. Geig- er, archivist at Mission Santa Barbara and historian of the Franciscan Province of Santa Barbara, made the statement lo delegates to the tin ee-day Fifth Annual San Diego Coun- ty Historical Convention in Al- cala Park. DATED IN 1773 He referred to a document entered as defendant's 'exhibit 23 in the lawsuit brought for the p e o p I e of $an Diego against the Cuyamaca Water Co.. over the right lo all the water in the San Diego River Attorney for the defendant Cuyamaca Water Co. found the document in the Bancroft Library. They introduced ii as proof of their contention th;.t the Spani h viceroy in Mexico City. Antonio '.!aria Bucareli U sua, had givt>n Father Junll)Cro Serra permission to

move Mission San Diego trom Presidio Hill to Mission Valley where it is now. Al the same lime, the con- t e n l i o n was. the document gave the mission and its in- habitants the water in the rw- er. It was dated Dec. 17. 1773, ·and signed lo il was the name of Bucareli below the name Julio Ramon Mendoza, a sec- retary. The c o u r t s even tually ig- nored the document in making the decision which, on June 20, 1929, ended 19 years of strife over waler in the river system Father Geiger said he spent a year studying the document and soliciting lne study of five ex per Is in history and the Spanish la11guagc as it was and is written. NOT SEl\T TO ROME The work was done, and the results prepared for a report lo this meeting. at the request of Ben r'. l)ixon. San Diego h i s t o r i a n, Father Geiger said. The priest said although he studied the document at the tinlP. il was not I n c I u d c d

a m o n g 8 000 pages sent to Rome in 1949 in support of the beatification of Falhrr Serra. Hc believed then, 20 years ago, that it was spurious. The pape1 and ink could h a v P bec•n from lhc 1770s, Father Geiger said, but he be- lieves the writing was done in the 1850s REASONS CITED Father Geiger, who serves on the historical commission for the cause of Father Serra, the advocacy of sainthood for California's founder, reviewed for the auclience the corre- spondence of Serra, of th c vice r o y and of the military governor or Alta California, and of Father Luis Jayme, who first s u g g e s l I'd mov- ing the mission to its present location. The document is not men- tionrd. the priest said. Many d o c u m e n t s were forged in the !850s in order to press pnvate claim [or Cali- fornia land during the change to the government of tile Unit- (Continucd on b-7, Col. 2)

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'& -· ('IA-;, 0 PromotionsY1f 1 Told for 6 At College Six promotions in academic rank were announced by the president of the U ·versity of San Diego College for Men. The promotions will be ef· fective September 1, Father John E. Baer, college president, said. The six and their new rank are Dr. A. Paul Theil, professor of political science, Dr. John Bradshaw, associate professor of biology; Dr. Jack Opdycke, associate professor of chemistry; Father Joseph McDonnell, assistant professor of theology; Pedro Nava, assistant professor of biology, and Father James Rankin, assistant professor of philosophy. Former Correspondent Dr. Theil is chairman of the USD College for Men depart- ment of political science, and author of several books, in· eluding "Kashmir: Storm Over Asia," published in January. Dr. Theil is a former radio commentator and foreign correspondent. He earned his BA at Eastern New Mexico University, his MA at Claremont Graduate School and his PhD at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Bradshaw took his BA at San Diego State College, his MS at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and his PhD at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Opdyc..e earned both his BA and PhD at the University of California at Riverside. Father McDonnell took his BA at Don Bosco College and his MA at Immaculate Heart Seminary. Nava earned his BS and MS at San Diego State College. Father Rankin earned his AB and PhD at Gonzaga Univer- sity.

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Sunday, March 9, 1969 The·rndepenclent Antique Sword and Pistol Found a Mission Turn Up Discovere n 1910 By Children Playing In Ruins SAN DIEGO - An an- " it probably was earned by tique sword and pistrol, found the lowliest second lieuten- decade~ ago at the then- ant." ruined San Diego lission de A muzzle-loader, the wea- AJcala, have been turned pon threw a .54 caliber ball, over to the histo · d a little owr half-inch m dia- ment of the niversit · meter. §an rr1e&;o)on rn efinite The short sword. Motiarty roan 1ias1s. says, was of 1he type issued The department, headed by to California militia prior to r:;;,;~=:~~;;;;;::~~~_,.;;..,..;..-.......,;.--..,.--... •i/-.11,.0lil_. D1 . Ray Brandes, has been the American occupation. It • excavating areas around the is possible that the weapon

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mi.~~ion for more than a year. was carried by one of the California lancers who sliced The btdependent up Gen. Stephen Kearny's "The report in the Inde- U.S. com and at the Battle pendent about three swords of San P ual. near Escon- we found prompted James dido, m ~cember, 1846.

'l'aylor, a San Diego State student, to loan us the pistrol Moriart.i::, of the history de• was partment, said Wednesday. and sword." rof. James

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In 1910, some a Mexican craftsman made children wer e playing In the a hilt in the form of a jaguar ruins ot i:he mission and and attached it to the blade. founo • "Word and pistol. "This type of sword was They brought the antique carried between the left and weapons home and they have the saddle leg," :Moriarty been in the familv ever since. said. " The cavalryman would was manufactured 1n 1Iiddle- charge with the lance, gallop town, Conn. It 1s an Ashton- through the enemy lines. po,;- J ohnson smooth-bore fitted sibly breaking his lance in with a· pP,rcussion cap fir· · ,the process, tum about, draw mechanism. Made in 1841. lhLs ·\focd and hack his way e w<>apon was probably back again •· carried by a member of the On the pace of the blade is garri on that was stationed 1a legend that. translated into at the ruined mission during I English. says: Don t draw most'of ttle 1850-60 decade. me without reason; don• t . 1sheathe me without honor." Old .IodeJ -The two weapons will be "Since it was an old model i exhibited in the museum at even then" :'.\Ioriarty said, 1the old mission. he said. The pistrol, badly corroded,

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Promotions Told for 6 At College Six promotions in academic rank were announced by the , president of the University of San Diego College for Me11 The promotions will be ef• fective September 1, Father John E. Baer, college president, said. · The six and their new rank an• Dr. A. Paul Theil, profi..:;sor of political science, Dr, John Brad haw, as ociate profe · or of b10Jogy; Dr Jack Opdycke, as.oc1ate professor of chem1 try; Father Joseph McDonnell, assistant profes or of theology; Pedro Nava, a s1stant profe or of biology, and Father James Rankin, a. istant professor of plulosophy. Fo1 mf'r Correspondf'nt Or Theil is chairman of the USO College for Men depart• m •nt of political science, and author of several books, in eluding "Kashmir: Storm Ov r Asia," publi. he

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Rus · a A_lmost Got Het!,,fjJ~t lviove outh Stirred Spain In 1760s, Historian Says E BROW,'

SITY OF SAN DIEGO By JOH.' KENNEDY

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l3ering Strait into 1\hat now is A r a s k a. or even when the\· moved southward through whit 1101\ is the nation's largest state. But when, on Jan. 23, 1768. the Spanish viceroy in i\Icxico was Jnformecl that the Russians were ,i:m,hing steadily toward the pre- sent United States, an expedi- tion was sent to secure the ports of '.lonterey and San Diego for Spanish interests. California's great natural port of San Francisco was not yet known at that time, N a s a t i r said. Ironically, he pointed out, had the expedition of Vifus Bering, for whom Bering Strait was named, taken another route, the Russians might have hit Califor- nia first instead of Alaska. EARLIER DESIGNS Spain, which already had oc- cupied Baja California. harl de- signs on present-day Ca Ii f o r- nia for more than two centuriPs but did not push her exploration and occupation for ,11- number of reasons, , 'asatil' sai"d. In the 17th Century. for in'!-· ance, Sp a in experienced eco.. no m i c difficulties "and just

couldn·t afford an expcnsire ex- pedition to Alta California ... he said. In reports far predating eithrr the Russians or the Spanisl1 c-on- querors. l'\asatir said, the lure of California reached far bti~·ond its boundaries. • . An e~rly rol!lantic noY.E:I pub- lished 111 Spam described the p e o p I e in California as "the strongest in the w o rl d," the area '·a place where there is no metal but gold," and geographi- cally, an island. MORE GOLD The island theory has Jong since been disproved. Nasatir said, •·but California has pro- duced more romance and gold than any other region in the 11orld."' The three -d a y convention . held here lo mark the city's 200th anniversary, continues to• day at the University of San Diego College for Women. Dr. James B. Rhoads arcl11- 1·ist of the U.S. .Natio~al Ar- chives, Washington, D.C.. I\Jll he i hi ' concluding speaker fol• 1011 ing a dinner at 7 ·ao p n1.

But for a urn of histon. San iego·s busy El Cajon Boule- vard might today be Ivan Avc- rtue instead. a historian said ere vesterda\ And had that happPncd. hl' smd c i t i z e n s marking their city·_s 200th birthday might be looking to :.\foscow instead of :\Iadrid for the bonds of heri- tage. "It was because of interna- tional r i v a I r y between Spain and ~ussia that we ,ire cele- brating San Diego's 200th anni- versary now," said Dr. Abra- ham P. Na sat ir, San Diego Addressing a luncheon meet- i~g of the fifth ~nnual San Diego County Hlstoncal Convention, :,.;asatir pointed out that Spain did not begin pushing her occu- pal1on of Alta California - the present-day stale of California until Russian explorers and merchants began m a k in g in- roads along hhe West Coast in the 18th Century. Spain paid httle a t t e n t i o n when the Russians crossed the State history professor. LITILE ATIENTIO'\I

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ed States from that of Mexico, Father Geiger said. He read letters fron the five Ito agreed to help him mali.e a decision. All re- jected the authenticity of the d o cu m en t. Among their lt was writien by a person not familiar with the Spanish I an g u age. The gender of nouns and adjectives does not match. There are separations There w.is no office such as segundo secretario, that given Jnlio Hamon M1mdoza, sup- posed writer of the note. The name of the seer etary who wrote such documents for the viceroy is known, and it was not Julio Ramon Mendoza. No record can be found of Julio experts reasons:

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Students of the university"s College for Men and the College for Women II nt to the polls yesterday and today to decide whether the student governments of the two schools should merge The merger move has been under way since Septem-

Am on g quotations u s e d from letters of the experts by . "I have never seen a Span- ISh document which is so stu- the priest were:

ber. The campus has been dot- ted by bumper stickers dis- played on the cars of students who favor the plan. Pollsters have tapped students at the two schools for their views on the matter. Open meetings fea- turing informal de b a t e s be- tv,een faculty, students, and administration over the consol- idation have also raised the in- terest level. Backers of the proposal are confidently pre- dicting victory.

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Finally, Father Geiger said th e five experts agree with h!m that the signature of the viceroy was traced - placed over a genuine signature by B u c a r e I i and copied as it showed through the covering "I leave it to you here in San Diego to find out how when, where and why the doc'. paper. ·

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JOH ' KENNEDY Those who strongly oppose the merger of the governments insist that a long-standing tra- d i t 1 on of woman leadership will be submerged if the gov- ernments merge. A possible compromise to the issue is the proposal that the merged government be structur('d in a "'ay to insure the coed voice will not be lost among the men. March

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In the document l<'athcr Ser- ra is addressed as "Superi- or.·• lie was padre presidente, and was al ways so addressed.