Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-04
INVITES METCALF
FORHARBORDAY
LOS ANGELES JOINS WITH SAN
PEDRO
ROOSEVELT TO START HAWAIIAN
YACHT RACE
Carnival on Land and Water VIII
Mark the Celebration Month
Hence Arranged by Both
Cities

Los Angeles sent a representative
delegation from its Fourth of July
committee to San Pedro last night 10
show the harbor city that 1t officially
indorsed harbor day July 4.
In the same spirit San Pedro imme-
diately named its working committees
and hefore midnight had telegraphed
formal invitation to Secretary of the
Navy Victor Metcalf to attend the
festivities and deliver the grafton.
Mayor A. c. Harper, President Joseph
Walton of San Pedro trustees and
Chairmen Mesmer and Gaffey signed
the telegram.
button, electrically starting the great
yacht race to Hawaii on that occa-
sion.
The celebration also calls for the
presence of United States cruisers, q
sham battle, water carnival ana
sports, a parade of marines, illumina-
tions and fireworks.
Expects 100000 Visitors
San Pedro expects to be host for
100000 visitors that day. and last night
Vice Chairman Joseph Mesmer OF the
Los Angeles delegation engaged hotel
quarters for his party, thus being the
first to register for the occasion.
The Los Angeles bearers of good Will
who visited San Pedro last night in
Guided Joseph Mesmer, who spoke for
Mayor A. c. Harper; c. c. Desmond,
Councilman Henry Lyon, Secretary
Pitt P. Hand, Lloyd Childs of the Ha-
waiian committee and a number or
friends. NJ. ]. McGarry was unable to
60 because of an Elks' engagement.
John ]. tGaffey presided at the meet
ing at the beach city, with City Engi-
neer Frank L. Whitman acting as
secretary.
San Pedro Enthusiastic
Chairman Gaffey said that since
Los Angeles had come forward In a
generous manner there was nothing to
do but to carry out the original plans,
but on a grander scale. Large and
efficient committees needed to be
chosen to look after the thousand and
one details involved for the interna-
tional celebration scheduled just
month ahead.
Mr.. Gaffey invited Mr.. Mesmer to
say what the sister city had to send in
the way of sentiments.
Mr. Mesmer said the harbor day idea
and the yacht race were heartily in
dorsed by Los Angeles, and with these
necessarily all that went with them
to keep the visitors amused and i'm
pressed with the significance of the
harbor from a commercial and de-
fensive standpoint
In Charge Of Ten
The meeting agreed that joint COM
mittee of five San Pedro and five Los
Angeles men should have general
charge jointly of the affair.
Smaller committees were also decid-
ed on for finances, decoration, pub
licity, illumination, fireworks. music.
oratory and transportation
The reception committee make up as
TO number WIN be left to the chair
man, though as high as $50 was sug-
gested, one-half of these to be women.
The evening was spent in discussion
of the plans, which will embrace many
features. making the carnival his
toric continuous series of events.
Talks were made by r. D. Sepul-
veda, John C. Wray, Judge Henry
Stieglitz. DR.. w. A. Weldon, w. H.
Wickersham, Mrs. o. c. Abbott. James
H. Dodson, Lewis Hanson and others
besides the Los Angeles visitors.
The joint Los Angeles committee will
meet again Monday night, and the
joint session will be held in San Pc
dro a week from tonight.