Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-23

movement is spreading all over the
United States. The spirit of co-opera-
ton between employers and employees
is one which underlies American citi-
zenship.
81 am a Socialist as the Man of Cali
lee was a Socialist. AS in the play
we saw the other night, The Servant
In the House. so in life the servant
is the king. This is a great principle
of life.
II want your committee to send a
delegation before the Church fedora
ton and get the pastors of the 400
churches of Los Angeles interested in
this movement. They VIII be able to
influence nearly all of The storekeepers
Clerks Night at Church
1.-THE fourth Sunday night in
September will be clerks night
at my church, at Twelfth and
Flower streets, and I want you
to come out. There will be special
exercises of great interest to you. |
think we will yet get this closing all
over town. Los Angeles gets just about
whatever she goes after. She got the
Owens river, the harbor of San Pedro,
good roads and other great things, and
l think before long she will get the
surrounding country annexed into
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closing movement will win.
zone argument for Sunday closing Is
that IL the clerks work until IL or IL
o'clock Saturday night they cannot en-
Joy Sunday as they should.
II am the saloon keepers friend, but
l am an enemy to his business. 1
would like you to let your committee
appoint delegation of leading citi-
zens to go to see all the saloon keepers
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on Saturday nights. I think we could
get a number of them to agree to do so,
and that the American tendency to
abide by the will of the people will
lead other saloon keepers to do like
WISE"
Chairman Lewis introduced Frank
| G.. Tyrrell, champion Of the Saturday
night closing movement" who deliv-
| cred an eloquent address, which stirred
his hearers and aroused them to fire.
quent applause. The attorneys pow
erful voice filled the hall and he held
his audience spellbound. His plea for
the rights of the men and women
clerks fired the ambitions of his hear
ers anew to accomplish the desired
results. He urged special legislation
favoring early closing.
Visitors Enjoy Themselves
Attorney Tyrrells address was the
last of the program and from that time
on the clerks had rollicking good
time. The city fulfilled the promises
extended regarding free rides on the
| roller coaster, paying S1s cents for each
coupon presented by the picnickers.
The roller coaster people had refused
to honor the coupons, and the city
action in making the promises to the
clerks good was appreciated.
This afternoon, because it was i'm
possible to keep back the crowds on
the beach, nearly all the sports were
held in Eighth street, near the high
school grounds. The tug-of-war and
the women's potato race were held on
the beach.
Two baseball games were played on
the high school ground this afternoon.
One between the White Sox of this city
and the Edison Electric company s
nine of Los Angeles was won by the
latter, to o. The batteries were:
Edison company, Schultz and Mcleod;
White Sox, Cree and Williams.
The Hamburgers and the Broadways
then crossed bats in a close game,
which the HanDurgers won, to 2. The
and Spencer; Broadway, Hefferman
and Lavine.
Winners of Sports
In the Sports, II. II. lodlley OIL 6ul-
locks annexed numerous honors. The
orders for the prizes were given out
tonight at 3 o'clock at the Majestic
pavilion on the Pike. The results of
the various sports follow:
fO0-yard dash-L. II. Bailey (Bullocb's) Will
liam Mead (coulter's), George Mcdonald
(IJales).
60-yard dash for cash girls-Frances Rose
(Itamburger's), Alga Slater (Fifth street,.
Nary Martinfe.
Three-nnile relay race-Coulter's team: Frank
Forgey, Harry cramer, A. Gregg. Broadway
team: j. C. Barr, Ed Reed Doyle. Ham
burgers team: Holwitz, Turner, Rowel
50-yard dash for women-Lotus Sayers, Miss
Parsley Miss Kraft.
Three-iegged race-Forgey brothers (Coul-
ter's); Dixon and johnson, kali and Ashley.
Tug Of war-Easily won by Hamburger
team OF eleven men, with Broadway team sec
end.
i2O-yard hurdle race-L- H. Bailey George
Mcdonald, r. Bryant.
Potato race for girls-Lotus sayers. Joseph
inc Sayers, Miss Vogel.
Running broad jump for men-L. II. Bailey.
Spaulding, r. Bryant
75-yard dash for cash boys--Iichenstein,
Pometti. Hamburg.
A. II. Deprez of HanburgeTs was the