Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-12
JAPANESE TO
AID WELCOME
OF BIG FLEET
MIKAD0'S MEN THANKED BY
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
OUTSIDE CITIES WANT TO SHARE
IN CELEBRATION
Harbor and Landing Data Being Pre-
pared for Use Of Admiral
Evans to Facilitate
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association in the spirit In which it
was offered, the battleship fleet general
| committee yesterday accepted the Of
| fer of the Mikado's men in Southern
California to assist in entertaining the
men of the fleet.
| The following resolution was
| adopted:
Whereas. Mr.. Shohachi Anju, Sec
| rotary of the Japanese association of
Los Angeles and representing several
| thousand Japanese residents of Los
Angeles and Southern California, has
voluntarily rendered to this committee
| the services of his association in as
| sisting in the work of receiving and
| entertaining the fleet of Rear Admiral
| Evans upon the occasion of it's visit
| to this city, and has also proffered
funds from his people for this purpose;
| and
Whereas, Common report has made
the relations existing between the cit
| liens of the United States and of the
Japanese empire so unusual as to rem
| der this action by representative OF
| Japanese extraordinarily magnaDimous
and praiseworthy, therefore be it
Resolved, that the fleet committee
| of the city of Los Angeles does hereby
accept the offer of Mr.. Anju and the
| Japanese association with cordial
| thanks and we'll wishes for himself
and people, and that the secretary be
| directed to convey these sentiments to
him, and that a copy of these resolu-
tons be spread upon the minutes"
Free Car Tickets
Gen. Robert Wankowski, vice chair
man, called the fleet committee to Or
| der in the council chamber at $3.50 p.
m. yesterday.
Chairman M. H. Flint of the COM
mittee on the entertainment of men
| reported rapid progress in arranging
| the details of the four-day barbecue
| and sports celebration at Chutes park.
| He reported that the Los Angeles
| Railway company had voluntarily
agreed to exceed it's original offer to
| furnish 1000 free tickets for use of
| the sailors on the city cars and will
carry all sailors in full uniform free
of charge throughout the city.
Chairman Flint urged that any
| members able to enlist the services
| of the women's organizations in the
| work of serving the barbecue meal to
the sailors report such volunteers, as
| several hundred volunteer mattresses
will be needed each day.
On motion of Gen. H. G. Otis the
committee unanimously voted an ex-
preston of it's appreciation of the
great energy shown by Chairman Flint
| and his committee on the entertain
ment of men in the work of arranging
| the celebration.
w. NJ. Garland, in the absence of
| Chairman w. d. Woolwine. reported
| that the finance committee has APP
| pointed subcommittee and districted
the city, and systematic and concerted
| work toward the raising OF FUNDS VIII
| begin today.
| Joseph Scott, in the absence of
| Chairman Adna r. Chaffee, reported
rapid progress in arranging the de-
| tails Of the banquet, ball and public
reception by the committee on enter
tainment of officers.
Three More Committees
Secretary J. B. Elliott moved the ap-
| pointment by Mayor Harper. the chair
man, of three additional special COM
mittees, one on excursions, to arrange
| for turni ngrtavel toward Los An
| geles; one on neighboring cities, to en-
| list the cooperation and financial as
sistance of outside towns in entertain
| ing the fleet, and one on decorations, to
supervise proper adornment of the city
streets and business houses.
The appointment of these commit
| tees was carried by unanimous vote
and Mayor Harper named the follow
| ing appointees:
| Committee on excursions-Major j.
H. Norton, chairman; H. Ray Costeri-
| fdIls w OOJNNt oO9SPAA
| lozer, j. M. Quinn.
Committee on neighboring cities
Gen. Frank C. Prescott, chairman; j.
NJ. Schneider, D. w. Beswick, James E.
Brookway, Stanley B. Wilson.
Committee on decorations-William
NJ. Humphreys, chairman; p. G. Null
queeney, c. D. Wilbur, A. H. Wood
bine, ]. w. Vaughn.
Frank Virgins suggested the APP
pointment of a committee on foreign
publicity, stating that the chamber of
commerce has received a large num-
Der of communications from outside
points asking about the Los Angeles
celebration. 1t was agreed that an
effort be made to have the railroads
circulate copies of the Los Angeles
program and that the secretary's office
attend to the work.
Getting Harbor Data
M. II. Flint moved that the commit
tee go on record Immediately in favor
of a distribution of the warships of
the fleet among the various beach
towns, and the committee unanimously
adopted a resolution providing that
Admiral Evans be formally requested
to station ships at Long Beach, San
Pedro, Redondo, Venice, Ocean Park
and Santa Monica.
Commander II. j. Louis presented IL
requests on behalf of Mayor John King
asking that the committee seek to have
few of the warships stationed at
Newport Beach during their Los An
geles visit.
H. B. Eakins appeared at the head
of a delegation from Venice and eX-
tolled the advantages of that seaside
city in landing facilities. He stated
that at the time of Dayton's squad
ron the launches handled 10000 people
over the wharves In four hours and
that the breakwater is capable of ac-
commodating 1000 visitors a day. He
said Venice stood ready to cooperate
with the fleet committee in a finan-
cial way On suggestion of M. II.
Flint Mr.. Eakins was asked to sub
NIT his data on landing facilities in
writing for the information of the
committee. and agreed to do so.
Lieut.. Randolph Miner advocated the
appointment of a committee to make
comprehensive investigation of landing
and transportation facilities at all the
beach points, so that a definite plan
for distribution of the ships, vita
maps and charts, might be submitted
to Admiral Evans before arrival off
the coast of Los Angeles. On motion
of A. l.. Selig. Lieut. Miner was APP
pointed a committee of one to gather
and submit data on this subject.
Working for Funds
The finance committee reported
progress in the work of raising funds