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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
SCHOOL CHILDREN ASSIST IN
OBSERVING DECORATION DAY

SAN PEDRO, May 31.-The G. A. r.
post No. 1872, and the w. r. c. post,
No. 100, assisted by hundreds of school
children, observed Memorial day in a
fitting manner today.
The exercises were held this morning
in the City park. Escorted by the vet
eran fife and drum corps of Los An
geles the old soldiers and the women
of the relief corps began the march
from the Fifth street school at 10
o'clock Although no teachers were
present the children were formed in
line and with flowers and flags followed
the line of march to the Plaza.
Rev. J. c. Livingstone pastor of the
Methodist church, was the orator OF
the day. After the completion of the
services the cortege proceeded to the
Fifth street landing, where quantities
of flowers were thrown on the waves
i'm memory of the sailor dead.
After mess CALI had been responded
to at the Elks hall, the post proceeded
by boat to Wilmington at 1870, where
public services were conducted in the
city hall
The local post yesterday decorated
the graves of soldiers buried in the
Harbor city cemetery and also the
graves of the sailors who we're killed
in the accident to the United States
cruiser Tennessee in the Santa Bar
bara channel about year ago.
Last evening a Memorial sermon
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
RECALL DEEDS OF HEROISM

LONG BEACH. May 3.-"Our Debt
to the Past and Our Obligations to the
Future" was the subject of the ad-
dress of the day delivered by Rev. F.
NJ. Rogers this morning at the audi
torium in the course of the Memorial
day exercises. He urged patriotic eff
fort in Graduating present day evils,
municipal and others, and recapitulat-
ed the heroism of the revolutionists
and the soldiers of the Civil war.
A procession including $50 members
of the Grand Army and delegations of
the w. r. c., Ladies of the G. n. r.,
Sons of Veterans and the auxiliary,
the United Spanish War veterans,
several hundred school children, COM
pany H, the municipal band and Miss
Edna Patterson dressed as the Goddess
of Liberty marched from Second street
and American avenue to Pacific park,
where a monument was decorated;
then to the end of the pier. where
flowers were scattered on the waves,
and then to the auditorium. Barney
Brown, post commander Of the G. A.
r., presided there.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
GRAVES AT ARLINGTON
DECORATED WITH MANY
TRIBUTES FROM NATION

WASHINGTON, May 81. - Memo
rial day was generally observed here
today. All the government depart
ments and practically all the business
houses were closed in order that tri-
butte might be paid the nations dead.
The principle exercises were at Airing
ton under the auspices of the G. a. r.
Every grave was marked with an
American flag. while flowers were
strewn about everywhere.
Appropriate exercises also were con-
Quoted at the soldiers home, national
cemetery and other burial places in the
city. At the soldiers home, Repre-
sentative Hollingsworth of Ohio was
one of the speakers. He referred to
the recent discussion in the house when
he protested against placing the pic
ture of Jefferson Davis on the silver
service of the battleship Mississippi,
declaring that sit would be dark
day in deed for the republic when the
name of Abraham Lincoln ceases to
be revered above all other figures of
the civil war period or when it shall
be replaced by that of Jefferson Davis
in the hearts and affections of the
American peoule.
The thought of it is as shocking as
the thrill of horror that followed the
firing on Sumter, he said.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01

Army of the Republic and several OF
the woman's auxiliary organizations,
together with the Spanish War vet
Grams, participated in the ceremonies
within the Preside reservation, where
a battery of artillery fired minute
guns as prelude TO a literary and
musical program.
There was a similar observance of
the day by George II. Meade post at
the G. A. r. plot in odd Fellows GEM
etery. Earlier in the day the army
tug Slocum, carrying officers of the
naval veterans organizations, proceed
ed outside the harbor entrance, where
minute guns were fired while hundreds
of floral tributes were scattered on the
waves.
The weather was unusually fine and
business was virtually suspended
throughout the city.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01

was the fierce, cruel and inevitable
crucible which was to fulfill a destiny
that of making us. as it did, a
stronger and harmonious people, united
with a solid front to meet the problems
that now confront our race.
I'VE are no wiser nor more patrlotlc
than were the men who We're consplc-
uous in that great drama. AS we looh
backward our vision is not obscureu
by the tempestuous atmosphere Which Which
surrounded them and we stand upon
a different pinnacle in the march OIL
history. Ia, 90
"They passed through the valley OF
the shadow of death and we by tnel[
trials have attained to a mount o.
wider vision than was permitted u
Them"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
BUSINESS ABANDONED IN
HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY

SANTA ANA, May 31.-Memorial day
was observed here today by the closing
of all business places, and this after
noon memorial exercises were held at
the opera house after the graves of the
dead veterans had been decorated at
the cemetery.
Eighty-five veterans marched in line,
ad with them marched company j.,
veterans of the Spanish war, Women ;
Relief corps, Women of the w. K. {.
and Santa Ana canton Patriarchs Mill
tant. Hon. Lee G. Gates of Los An
geles delivered the address of the day.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
LARGE CROWD WITNESSES
CEREMONIES AT POMONA

POMONA, May 31.-The heat did not
prevent a good turnout in the morning
procession, which was participated in
by the G. A. r. and w. r. c., school
children with flowers. and flags, com
pany d. N. G. c., and the Seventh regi-
ment band. The exercises at the Gem
etery attracted large crowd, and the
graves of all soldiers and sailors We're
decorated. company D firing the mill
tary salute over the graves of deceased
members. This afternoon Rev. j. II.
Pitman of Los Angeles delivered the
address at the camp fire at the Fra
ternal Aid opera house, and Mrs. G. E.
Hibbs was soloist
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Bio Parade in Stockton

STOCKTON, May 91.-Memorial day
was observed in this city today with
parade participated in by the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Mex
lean and Confederate veterans, the
Spanish war veterans and
the Sons of Veterans. A musical and
literary program was rendered at Rural
cemetery, where the graves of deceased
soldiers were decorated. John r. Will
liams delivered the address.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED BY
AMERICANS AND MEXICANS

CITY OF MEXICO, May 31.-Memo-
rial day was observed in this city to-
day by the American colony, one of
the features being the placing of u
wreath on the monument erected to the
memory of the Chapultepec cadets,
who fell in defense of Chapultepec
castle when the Americans attacked it
in 1917
The graves of the American soldiers
were decorated and memorial ad-
dress was delivered by Consul General
Shafin.
Members of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution placed large
floral wreath on the monument in the
cemetery that marks the resting place
of more than 700 American soldiers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Orders General Strike

BALTIMORE, May Sit was an
nounced tonight that President James
O'Connell of the International Ma
chinists' union has sent out call for
a general strike of all the machinists
in the repair shops of the
Baltimore & Ohio railway system. This
action was taken, it is said. because
of the refusal of the company to
abolish the piecework system recently
introduced in the Mount Claire shops
hare
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Ceremonies in New York

NEW YORK, May 31.-Through the
throngs of spectators lining the con-
of the Grand Army of the Republic
marched today in their annual Mem
orial day parade to the soldiers and
sailors monument, passing in review
before Mayor Mcclellan, and at the
Grant monument holding their mem
orial exercises.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Heavy Storm in Black Hills

STURGIS, S. D.. May 31.-The most
severe rain and wind storm in years
passed through the Black Hills coun-
try today. Water spouts we~a reported
in some places Bridges have gone out
at many points in Meade county. The
streets of Sturgis are under water.
Great damage to property is reported
in this vicinity The storm started Sat
usday last, but was at it's height to-
day. Business is virtually suspended,
and the telephone and telegraph wires
are out of commission.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Stores Closed In Fresno

FRESNO, May 31.-Decoration day
was fittingly observed in Fresno by the
G. A. r, and womens auxiliaries, who
marched to the cemetery and decorated
the graves. Then exercises were held
in the A. o. U. w. hall The Spanish
war veterans and two local military
companies also participated. The bust
ness houses were all closed and flags
flew at half mast from every public
building.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
unveiI LlncoIn,s Statue

HODGENVILLE, Ky, May 31.-In
this quaint little town a statute of
Abraham Lincoln was unveiled today.
The ceremonies were simple. Mrs. Ben
Hardin Holm of Louisville, a close rel
ative of Mrs. Lincoln, pulled the cord
that dropped the drapery and showed
the martyred president sitting in a
chair. his face bearing the old, care
worn, kindly expression familiar to the
people of the entire world.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01

w AsHINGTON. D. c., May 81
w John R. Early, the North Caro-
w lima Salvationist who is being
held on q government reservation in
washington as a leper, is making a
desperate fight for his liberty, aided by
his faithful young wife. DR.. l.. Duncan
Buckley, a New York skin specialist,
has made a private examination OF
Early, and this has given rise to hot
controversy among the health experts
of the District of Columbia. Health
Officer Woodward has written a letter
to DR.. Buckley demanding to know why
he made the examination. Early's case
has attracted attention all over the
United States, and he and the govern
ment health authorities are receiving
thousands of letters from sympathetic
persons. Early quit taking medicine
last November and streuously insists
that he has no sign or symptom of the
dread disease. He goes about the yard
surrounding his quarters and seems In
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Mr.. Tafts Speech


W.T. arts 0PeSSH
We are gathered at this historic spot to-
day to dedicate a monument to the mem
,ory, of the officars ana the enlisted men of
the regular army who gave up their lives
for their country in the three days bat
tie L is but a tardy recognition of the
nations debt to its brave defenders whose
allegiance was purely to the nation with
out the local color or strengthening of
state or municipal nride
The danger of a standing army, enter
tanned by aur ancestors is seen in the con-
stitutional restrictions and the complaints
registered in the declaration of indepen-
dence. 1t has always been easy to awaken
uretudices against the possible aggressions
If a REGULAR army and a professional sol
dierv. and correspondirgly difficult to
create among the people that love and
pride in the army which we find today and
frequently In the history of the country
aroused on behalf of the navy.
This has led to a varied and changeable
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
SAN FRANCISCO PAYS
TRIBUTE TO DEAD IN
VARIOUS CEMETERIES

SAN FRANCISCO. May S1,-Mem-
orial day was officially observed at the
National cemetery, the odd Fellows
cemetery and at the entrance to Gold
en- Gate strait. Regulars, national
ruardsmen, three posts of the Grand
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
San Jose,s Ceremonies

SAN JOSE, May 31.-Memorial day
was deliberately observed in this city
by the local Grand Army posts and
auxiliaries, also at Santa Clara, Noun
tain View, Los Gatos and Saratoga.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
San DIEGO Honors Dead

SAN DIEGO, May 31.-Memorial day
was generally observed here. Soldiers
from the fort, where minute guns were
fired at noon, and sailors from the
naval vessels in the harbor participat-
ed in the parade and ceremonies this
aftarnnnn.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Made ereat caorifioea


These men together with their com
rades sacrificed everything, the COM
forts of home and the hopes and happi-
ness of the future. They offered their
services and their lives for the service
of their country. And ] cannot help
but wonder Is It possible that this
remnant of old, crippled veterans Is all
that is left of that once wonderful
army-the greatest army in the world !
And are these the strong, rugged young
Americans who saved the Union nearly
half a century ago? Are these the
muscular miners who in the mines OF
Pennsylvania heard the call for volun-
teers? Are these the men whose eyes
were keen as the eagles as they
marched from the pine woods of Maine
Are these the young patriots whose step
was light as the bounding deer on the
granite hills of Vermont, and who has
tened away to defend their country
are these the swarthy men Of the
mountains. sinewy farmers Of the prai-
ries. the wild riders of the plains, who
went away in the long ago to join the
patriotic thousands on the wonderous
march to glory. filling the forest aisles
with their battle cry, I'VE are coming,
Father Abraham, three hundred thou-
sand strong?"
we rejoice today that we live in a
mighty republic land of freedom
and equality OF rights; land wherein
every American boy Is heir to KING
dom. and the boundary of that kingdom
is the limit of his personal capacity.
A land where everything is possible to
every citizen and where the only re-
straints upon the full enjoyment Of life,
liberty and the possession of happi-
ness are the necessary restraints of So
ciety against the abuse of these bless
ings. With no tyrant ruling over them
with no privileged classes of society
formed in layers. Ike the earth's crust
as it is in the aristrocratic lands: but
a society like the ocean, so long, SO
deep. so broad and so free in all Its
parts that each grain of sand that min
giles with the water at the bottom may
rise through all the currents until it
CLEANS ike a jewel on the crest OF the
highest wave.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Speech by Dickinson

Secretary of War Jacob M. Diclxin-
son, a southern man by birth, at the
conclusion of Mr. Taft's speech, turned
over to the Gettysburg National Park
association today on behalf of the peo-
pie of the United States the handsome
monument erected here by congress to
commemorate the heroic services of
the Union soldiers who surrendered
their lives on this spot that the Union
might be preserved.
1.-THE overthrow of the south, as al
ways occurs after fierce war when
the defeated are helpless and the more
conservative are for while dominated
by the fiercest and most aggressive
leaders," said Mr.. Dickinson, was i'm
mediateIy followed by sufferings and
humiliations that for a long time ad-
mitted of nothing but lamentation over
a result that could bring such woe.
Keen and bitter as they were, time
and a manifestation of a more gem
erous sentiment brought mitigation
of sorrow and a clearer vision of the
tremendous evils to all the states
which would certainly and Immediately
have followed upon the establishment
of the southern Confederacy.
ITS very cornerstone was of laminae
preordained to disintegration. Com
mercial and other conditions would as
sure as fate have brought about a dis
solving Confederacy. What would
have come from this we can only con-
lecture. but it is well within the
bounds of reason to assert that the
good would have been dwarfed in
comparison with the evil.
There would have been hate and
rivalry between north and south as
intense as that between France and
Germany, with 81 border line far more
extended, people less amenable to
control and causes for friction more
numerous.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
VETERANS BRAVE HEAT TO
HONOR FALLEN COMRADES

PASADENA, May 31.--Under a sun
which sent the thermometers of the
asphalt-paved downtown streets into
the 9Os, nearly one hundred members
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
What MIqht Have Been

"A Gordon of forts would have
stretched from the Atlantic to the bor-
ders of Texas and army and navy es-
Establishments would have devoured the
substance Of the people and militarism
would have dominated civil goverp-
ment The civilization of all the states
would have developed on different and
more critical lines
ut may be that in the logic of
events the war had to come; that it
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01

was preached by Evangelist E. ]. Bull
gin in the big tent at Seventh and
Center streets.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
Profession Honorable

The profession of arms has always been
an honorable one Under conditions or
modern warfare it has become a highly
technical one and requires years of expert
ence and study to adapt the Officers ana
men to its requirements The general pur-
nose of congress and the American people,
if one can say there is a plan or purpose
is to have such nucleus as a regular army
that 1t may furnish a skeleton for rapid
enlargement in times of war to force ten
or twenty times its size and at the same
time be an appropriate instrument Tor ac-
complishing the purpose of the government
in a crisis likely to arise other than war.
At West Point we have been able to pre-
pare a body of professional soldiers, we'll
trained to officer an army, and numerous
enough at the opening of the Civil war to
give able commanders to both sizes OF
that internecine strife.
ON me side of the north many officers
were drafted to command the volunteer
troops from the states, While the regular
army, aggregating about 10000 at the open
ing of the war. was increased TO ABOUT zo'-
600 during its first year.
More than half this army was engaged IN
the battle of Gettysburg. Time does not
permit me to mention the names OF the
heroes of the regular army whose BLOOD
stained this historic field, and whose sacrl-
fees made the Union victory possible. with
my intimate knowledge of the regular army,
their high standard of duty, their eff
cheney as soldiers their high character as
men, / have seized this opportunity to
come here to testify to the pride which the
nation should have in its regular army and
TO dedicate this monument to the predeces-
sors of the present regular army. on field
on which they won undying glory and per-
petual gratitude from the nation which
they served.
They had not the local associations. they
had not the friends and neighbors of the
volunteer forces to see to it that their
deeds of vaor were properly recorded and
the value Of their services suitably noted
in the official records by legislative and
congressional action, and they have now
to depend upon the truth of history and i'll
the cold calm retrospect of the war as it
was to secure from congress that suitable
memorial of the work of saving the coun-
try which they wrought here
All honor to the regular army of the
United states; never in its history has 1t
a stain upon its escutcheon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
HONORS PAID TO
AGED SURVIVORS
OF CIVIL STRIFE
VETERANS IN BLUE GATHER AT
AUDITORIUM
PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS ALSO
PAY HOMAGE
Hon. Webster Davis in Eloquent Lam
guage Offers Old Soldiers Trib-
ute for Their VaIorous
Deeds in War


were lost-neariy half of them defend
ers of the Union on both sides which
participated in that conflict more than
500. 900 lives We're lost before its end.
Counting those who received wounds not
considered mortal but who have been
dying since from their effects. nearly
zoo, 600 soldiers who wore the blue
have died
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-01
DEDICATE GREAT
SHAFT ON FIELD
OF GETTYSBURG
PRESIDENT TAFT ADDRESSES
VAST ASSEMBLY
HEROES OF HISTORIC BATTLE
HoNoRED BY NATION
Many Citizens Observe Memorial Day
with Floral Tributes, Military
Parades and Fitting
Ceremonies

(ContinHed from PaRe Ohel
so inches and several feet high. Upon
each is a descriptive bronze tablet and
the coat of arms of the United States.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-12
CHANGE IN BOARD OF
BRIDGE ENGINEERS
Mr.. Quinton Cannot Serve and Ed
ward S. Cobb Has Been
Named in His Stead.

The board of supervisors received
telegram Friday from ]. II. Quinton.
saying that his duties as consulting
engineer in the reclamation service are
will be impossible for him to serve
as a member of the board of engineers
to which the plans for the Center street
bridge has been referred. AS Mr.. Quin-
ton was originally the nominee of
Supervisor Orme, Mr.. Orme was al
lowed the privilege of naming his sue
cessor He thereupon named Engineer
Edward S. Cobb who is in charge of
the engineering department OF the
Huntington suburban railway system,
a man known to have had great eXper-
fence in concrete work as well
as general engineering. The tender Of
a place on the board was made TO Mr..
Cobb by wire Friday night and yes
terday he replied that he would accept
and would be here on Monday to look
over the situation.
Yesterday the board was Informed
that ]. c. Mcclure, another member
OF the board would find ii impossible
to take I'D the matter of the bridge
plans before the goth. That is some
thing of disappointment but it is
believed that the other members Of
the board, Mr.. Cobb and Mr.. Sender
eSger. can do the preliminary work
of arranging the plans and estimates,
so Mr.. Mcclure can pass upon them
at his earliest convenience possibly not
delaying things a great deal. In any
event nobody will permit himself to
worry over the matter until Monday
when Messrs. Cobb and Sonderegger
will be able to say whether the third
man will be needed in conference before
the goth.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-12
PERSONAL MENTION :

At the Hotel Adams: Harwood
Hage. Riverside; +. b. Root, Los
Angeles: y. T Meekle, Chicago; Ray
McPherrin, st. Joe; Stanton G.
Smith, L. s. r. S; E G. Kinkead.
Los Angeles; ]. a. Irons, Chicago;
b. G. Martin, Chicago; :. w. Wadely,
st. Louis; J. II. Pullen, Glendale;
Fred Breyman. II. T. Hartnett, San
Francisco; ]. A. McHenry. San Fran
cisco; Walter Harry Weed. New
York; ]. Parke Claiming, New York;
julius 5. Lewiston, New York.
At the Ford: Robert Scott and
familyf Holbrook; l. J. Webster,
Cleveland; G. ]. Fischer. San Fran
cisco; Harry Lee. city; Chas. Smith,
New York: VIM. Glynn, San Fran
cisco; ]. b. Atkinson, SacatOn, w.
Harris. city.
At the Commercial: d. w. Carroll,
]. W. Pitts, Winkelmah; j. w. Pitts,
city; c. B. Payson. sugar factory.