Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
WHITE RIBBONERS
TO Be WELCOMED
LOS ANGELES is READY FOR
GREAT CONVENTION
w. C. T. U. Delegates From All Parts
of the United States Will Reach
Southern California This
Morning

Los Angeles, the convention city,"
will open her gates this morning to
welcome the white ribboners' OF
America, who assemble here in national
convention.
Hundreds of the local w. c. T. U.
women will receive them and tonight
the members of the chamber of COM
merce will lay the city at their feet at
a reception to be given in the chamber.
For two weeks the little white ribbons
will hutter everywhere and from morn
ing until night there will never be an
hour in which the women are not busy
discussing the problems of the union
or the pleasures of California.
The w. c. 7. U. special, carrying
more than 1000 members of the union,
including the national president, Mrs.
Lillian M. N. Stevens, the national
vice president, Miss Anna Gordon, and
the other national officers, is scheduled
to arrive in Los Angeles at IL o'clock
this morning.
A reception committee left Los An
geles last evening for Riverside, and
when the train pulls into Riverside
station this morning they will be there
to greet the national officers. The
women who compose the committee are
the president of the state federation,
Mrs. Emma Cash; Mrs. Ada X. Hand,
Mrs. Lucy Blanchard, Mrs. Hester L.
Griffith, Mrs. Mary A. Kenney, Mrs.
Mary M. Conan, Mrs. M. E. Garbutt
and Mrs. L. NJ. Young.
At Riverside the national officers will
be entertained by Mrs. Stella Irvine and
the delegates will be taken for drive
over the city by the chamber of COM
merce. When they arrive in Los An
or,-ia
cars will be awaiting at the depot to
convey them to the various homes and
hotels at which they will be enter
tanned.
Big Delegations Coming
At 8 o'clock this morning. a delega-
tion of w. C. T. U. women will arrive
over the Santa Fe and Mrs Mary C.
Sampson, the state secretary, will go
to Pasadena to meet the train which
carries representatives from New York,
Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Temperance Temple has received a
new coat of paint in honor of the visit
ors and nothing now remains to be done
until they arrive.
The national officers will have head
quarters at Hotel Pepper and they in
clude, besides the president and vice
president, the national corresponding
secretary Mrs. S. NJ. D. Fry of Evans
ton, Ill; recording secretary, Mrs. c.
Hoffman of st. Louis; assistant record
ing secretary, Mrs. E. P. Anderson of
Valley City, N. D.; and treasurer, Mrs.
Mrs. H. w. Brand of Evanston, Ill.
Mrs Lucy Blanchard will entertain
the national officers at luncheon
Wednesday noon at her home, 919 West
Second street.
Among other prominent workers who
will arrive on the special are: Mrs. c.
B. Jewett of Evanston, ILL.,; Mrs. ]. M.
Kemp of the same city, and Mrs. M
Shaw of Portland, Me-, editors and
managers Of the official organ, the
Union Signal; Miss E. H. Foster Of
Allston, Mass, national press corre
spondent; Miss L. M. Sewall of Bos-
ton, flower mission superintendent;
Miss E. P. Gordon Of Auburndale,
Mass, lecturer and organizer; Mrs. r.
B. Chambers of West Grove, Pa, state
president for Pennsylvania and chair
man of the resolution committee; Mrs.
M. D. Ellis of Washington, D. c., su-
perintendent of legislation; Mrs. M. D.
Tomlenson of Plainfield, N. J., national
superintendent of social meetings. Miss
c. NJ. Dow, daughter of Gen. Neal Dow
of Portland, Me, state corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. B. V. Rollins of
Portland, Me, assistant editor.
At Chamber of Commerce
President Koepfi will welcome the
delegates at the chamber of commerce
reception tonight and responses will be
made by the national president, Mrs. L.
M. N. Stevens, and the national vice
president, Miss Anna Gordon. DR..
Lamb, Francis Murphy and A. ]. Wal
lace will also speak.
Members Of the reception committee
are: A. w. Skinner, Francis Murphy,
A. j, Wallace, D. e. Luther, ]. o. Keep
fiji, w. ]. Washburn, William d. Ste
phens, Charles H. Toll, H. S. Mckee,
F. Q. Story, Fred L. Baker, ]. Baruch,
Dan Murphy, r. H. Heron, H. 7. Lee,
w. H. Booth, Oscar Mueller Niles
Pase, Walter G. Barnwell, A. B. Cass,
DR.. w. A. Lamb, J. Ross Clark, James
A. Foshay, A. ]. Copp, jr., r. B. Will
hanson, George Chaffey, George w.
Parsons, Samuel Faroat, Ralph w. Bal
ley, G. E. Bittenger, N. BonfIio, c. F.
w. Palmer, S. p. Mulford, M. NJ. Davi-
son, Henry ]. Stevens, Elijah Griffith,
A. S. Koyer, j. H. Hurin, Daniel Cave,
Hancock Banning, e. P. Clark, e. C.
Lyon, Will A. Harris NJ. H Newmark,
Hugh F. Stewart, Charles G. Greene,
c. C. Ashley, Francis M. Parker, Jo-
seph Scott and M. Lissner.
A reception in honor of the Massa-
chusetts delegates to the W. c. T. U.
convention will be held by the women
members of the Massa chusetts society
of Los Angeles in the assembly hall of
the Chamber Of Commerce building
from to tomorrow afternoon.