Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-22
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LOS ANGELES BRAWNi SON
WILL Do HONORS
LIQUORS BARRED FROM MEMS
ENTERTAINMENTS
Gigantic Amusement Scheme Planned
to Make the Stay of Evans
fars the Happiest
of All

Two interesting steps were taken at
yesterdays meeting of the battleship
fleet committees in the council cham
Der.
Champion Jim Jeffries was added to
the general committee and to the
mems entertainment committee, which
will handle the entertainment for the
tars. The big fighter is an idol with
the men-of- warsmen and his service on
the committee will add much to their
enthusiasm on shore.
/, The other item was the decision not
to serve beer, wine or liquors at the
three days barbecue. sports and carni-
val to be held probably at Agricultural
or Ascot park
The liquor question was settled by
the chairman, Mayor Harper an
nouncing that if there was no objec-
ton no special committee would be
appointed to handle the question, as
had been suggested, but the general
committe would rule at once against
intoxicants, while the committee on en-
tertainment of the officers could regu-
late the question for itself as far as
the officers program was concerned.
That seemed to be the unanimous
wish
The Combmittees
The committees named by Mayor
Harper to promulgate plans for the
entertainment of the officers and men
of Evans fleet as revised is as fol-
lows:
Entertainment of men-Motley H.
Flint. Perry w. Weidener, w. J. Ste
phens Leo Youngrworth, Oscar Law
Ter, Gregory Stewart, ]. o. Koepfli. Q.
r. w. Robinson, Senator Corney Pen
dleton, Hartman Hauser. A. L. Selig,
DR. D. w. Edelman, Thomas j. Shea,
Frank Virgins, Col. Thomas Thornton
and James ]. Jeffries.
Entertainment of offcers-Gen. Adna
r. Chaffee Gen o. H. La Grange,
Lieut.. Randolph Miner, Joseph Scott,
F. J. Zeehandelaar, Co. j. b. Scoville,
Gen. Robert Wankowski, Gen. H. G.
Otis, Eugene German. c. L. Patterson
and Commander f. ]. Lewis.
Finance mommittee-W. d. Wool
wine, F. Eldridge, Niles Pease, ]. c.
Drake, E. l.. Blanchard, H. ]. Klokke,
Martin c. Marsh and Irwin Heron.
Corresponding Secretary Mary C.
Sampson of the w. c. T. Il. organiza-
ton opened the liquor controversy by
writing the following letter to Secre-
tary John B. Elliott:
Opens Liquor Question
LOS ANGELES, Jan. Is, 1908.
Mr.. John b. Elliott, Secretary Re
ception committees;
We are interested II the coming
of the sixteen great battleships of
the United States navy to our
shores, bringing as they will so
many mothers boys to our fair
land.
In our department of work among
the sailors we have a superintendent
of world and national reputation,
Mrs. Ellis Hoover Thacher, who has
been welcomed on board the bat
tleships by officers and men and
who assisted the states in furnish
ing libraries.
Last June the Georgia was given
$50 comfort bags by the state w.
C. T. u. of Georgia and we are as
sured that some officers and men
are white ribboners in principle.
A great work of prevention as
well as reformation stirs the
hearts of the motherhood of the
country and we earnestly beg your
committee to use the influence now
placed in your hands and omit
intoxicants from the menu" of pro-
posed banquets to be rendered Of
ficers and men of the United States
fleet.
Representing nearly five thousand
members of the Women's Christian
Temperance union of Southern Cali
fornia, etc, respectfully yours,
MARY c. SAMPSON,
Cor Sec w c. T, U.