Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-10-07
40, 900 IN
CELEBRATION
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OBSERVE
THEIR ANNIVERSARY
MAYOR HARPER PRAISES THE
STURDY BUTCHERS
Immense Crowd Participates In SUM-
days Festivities at chutes Park,
Which VIII Be Con-
tinued Today

Cou,u the men of Crefe.d, who in 1888
constituted the first permanent German
colonists in North America, have looked
on Chutes park in Los Angeles yesterday
they would have beheld 10000 of their
descendants or fellow citizens descen-
dante.
German day in Los Angeles was no
table occasion, and hereafter each Oc-
tober will witness similar demon
stration to commemorate the landing OF
the settlers from the ship Concord on the
5000 acres in Pennsylvania granted to
them.
The attendance was large, even for
Chutes park.
BY 40 clock the turnstiles showed 1900
admissions, and an hour later the count
had reached 80, O00. Heads of some fami-
lies then began taking their folks home
ward only to return again. The
o'clock count showed 10000 admissions
The oay was not only remarkable for
the orderly enthusiasm that prevailed but
for the demonstration given to Mayor
Arthur c. Harper by the same men who
old so much to elect him to office.
The Mayor Enthusiastic
TIL. mayor spent the day with the
burghers and returning late In the after
noon for his family prolonged his stay
into the evening.
AS the mayor remarked from the plat
form he had never seen so large
crowd so orderly and so happy; and more
over he had never seen bunch OF men
who could pull big black cigars from
their mouths and the next moment warDle
like song birds the melody OF the Rhine
and the Teutonic domain
The mayor sang "Wacht am Rhein"
like true saenger, and he sings well.
Churchgoers in the business section
realized early that parade was
scheduled for Spring street and Broad
wav from First to Seventh was filled
with onlookers in the morning men. wo-
men and children who came to see the
parade prior to their pilgrimage to
Chutes park.
So many bands, carriages and autos
were in the formation that the start was
late.
Not MARRIED by Cars
When the contingent of police in pa
rade uniforms swung into line the
streets were cleared as IL my magic, the
trolley officials having instructed the
motormen to avoid breaking up the pa
rade except to cross the parade line IL
gaps presented an opportunity.
When Grand Marshal Frank Dorner
gave the go-ahead signal, the following
bodies swung into line in their proper
formation:
Mounted police.
Moore's Fidelia band.
Grand Marshal Frank Dorner ana AIDES.
FIRST DIVISION
Fritz Dietrich marshal. and aides;
| officials OF the German American Alliance,
Mayor A. c. Harper. city and county
officials and invited guests
Float, Columbia and Germania.
Mrs. JOS Blust representing Columbia ana
| Miss Emelie Rhode "Germania."
| Miss Pearl Tostman mounted, representing
Woman Turnerdom.
Turner's in five sections.
| SECOND DIVISION
Grossers band n
Henry Grosser, marshal, and aides.
Herman's Sons in medieval costumes.
Hermann's Sisters in costume.
Foresters, German branch
Swiss society in costume.
Bavarian society.
Rhine Bayarian float, 1.-The Wine Makers"
Women Of the Rhine Bavarian society.
THIRD DIVISION
Catalina band.
l. Kramer, marshal and aides
Fidelia society," ag ,.ssf-
Fideia float .Musc.' drawn by ponies.
Women of Fidelia society.
Arion society. 3
Dolgeville Singing society.
Badenia Singing society
Saxonia society. FIJI
ss FOURTH DIVISION
Schoeneman- Blanchard band.
e. Heiss marshal, and aides
Redmen. German branch, in costume.
North German society.
Miss Emma Locke, mounted, representing
Austria"
i Austrian society
German Hospital association.
German society.
German Veterans association
Germans in private carriages, autos. etc.
Moving Spirits 4
mt. ...zxS.ha,.e1 of tho norpuntftae riding
were: ~
Robert e. Kaestner, president; DR.. F..
w. Graeff, first vice president; Mrs. e.
Grosser, second vice president; Mic Schwe-
gel, recording secretary; A. G. Mayer,
corresponding secretary; Hans Zoeilner'
financial secretary; Leo Winter, treas
urer. s
The fest committee was DR.. F. w.
Graeff,. chairman; Hy Karstadt, secre-
tary; Joe Blust, treasurer; Mesdames Q.
Johannsen, j. Fischer, E. Grosser, e. Gle
sha,rer. r. Morlock, e. Nollac, c. j.
Rohde, B. Schedule, r. Schneider: Messrs.
]. Bartholowsky, g. Brunold, DR.. c., o.
Dietsch F. Dorner, P. w. Ehlers. ].
Heiss, F. Heussler, Dr.. II. Herbert, H.
Hueffner, f. w. H. jain, R. e. Kaest-
ner. Franz Kern, p. Pfrrmann. F. G.
Weik, M uersy, r. Matthias, A. g.
Mayer, r. Morlock, K. Mueller, q. Mol
lac, J. H. Rieder1cnn, e. Roedei, 9. ].
Rohde, K f. Ross, E. Sailer, N. Schwe-
gel, E. Stuetz, e. Sohler, u. B. Thomas,
G. Warter, G. W. Weik. J. Winkler, L.
Winter and H. Zoellner.
The picturesque costumes adopted by
the various societies gave vivid color
effect to the turnout
The gray of the Turner's the linen dus-
ters with vari-color ribbons and sashes
worn by the singers, the blue and white
of the Bavarians, the yellow of the FL
delias and the distinctive charm of each
body pleasing to the eye and inspiring to
the emotions helped to provoke many
friendly comments for the German-Amer-
lean alliance members.
Picturesque Floats
of the parade