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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
MILLION PEOPLE TAKE
PART IN NEW YORKS
MEMORIAL SERVICES

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Beautiful and
sincere was the homage paid here to-
day TO the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
In practically every schoolhouse church
and hall memorial services were held
1t is estimated that more than l,000. 900
people participated. More than 500 900
children attended exercises in the sci
public schools.
Tonight there were scores of Lincoln
meetings for the elders and a dozen or
mere Lincoln dinners at leading hotels.
The cfty's official celebration was held
in Cooper Union in the hall in which
Lincoln made his first public address in
the east. Mayor Mcclellan presided
and addresses were delivered by Joseph
II. Choate and Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott.
memorial tablet at the back of the
stage was unveiled
Choate in a personal reminiscent ad-
dress told of meeting Lincoln 40 wears
ago on the very platform from which
he spoke today
Temple Emanu=El Services
At the Temple Emanu-El services
were held last night in honor of the
centenary of Abraham Lincoln's birth
Music specially prepared for the oc-
casion by Cantor e. ]. Stark was sung
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Applies First Mortar
JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR
EULOGIZES LINCOLN
AND PROMISES PEACE

PEORIA, Ill, Feb. 12.-Declaring
that his country entertained the most
friendly and grateful sentiments to-
ward the United States and that such
thing as war between this country
and Japan was an ippossibility, Baron
Takahira, Japanese ambassador to the
United States, delivered the principal
address tonight at the Creve Occur
clubs banquet in honor OF the centen-
nial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Charles Magoon, former provisional
governor of Cuba; Curtis Guild Jr.,
governor of Massachusetts, and Prof.
John Clark Freeman were the other
speakers
Ambassador Takahira was enthusias-
ticany received. In his address he gave
brilliant eulogy of the life of the
great emancipation from foreign point
of view, concluding with a tribute to
the golden rule of diplomacy as exem-
plified by Lincoln and Hay. In this
category of statesmen he placed Theo-
dore Roosevelt owing to the president S
efforts to stave off anti-Japanese legis-
lation on the Pacific coast.
SPEECH BY TAkAHIRA
Baron Takahira's speech in part fol-
lows:
feel highly gratifed to be able
to avail myself of your courteous
lHNlIdltOH 10 ctblSn0 SOnI bdhA4CA
this evening. (which is given in
commemoration of the one hun
dredth anniversary OF the birth Of
your great martyred president,
Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Lincoln has Jeff in his life a
great example of a public man, not
only Of his own, but of all coun-
tries. 1t is no wonder that his
fame is world wide and adorns the
universal history of the modern
age as one of the greatest men
that ever lived
Another feature of his life, which
appears particularly interesting
and instructive TO me as a diplo-
mat was his method of conducting
foreign affairs of this country.
LAUDs LINCOLN's DIPLOMACY
Those who learned to admire his
method of diplomatic transactions
called 1t 'Lincolns diplomacy''-the
diplomacy that Hpheld the dignity
and interest of the United States
when she still remained in a less
important position and under very
adverse circumstances. Mr. John
Hay. who was once President Linz
coins private secretary. said. i'm
speaking of American diplomacy.
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Picked Way Cautiously

The goal was never dim before
his vision. but he picked his way
cautiously, without either halt or
hurry, as he strOde toward It.
through such a morass of diff
fculty that no man OF less
courage would have attempted
in. while IL would surely have
overwhelmed any man OF Judgment
less serene.
Yet perhaps the most wonderful
thing Of all. and. from the stand
point of the America of TO-DAY and
Of the future. the most vitaily i'm
portant. was the extraordinary way
in which Lincoln could fght val
iantly against what he deemed
wrong and yet preserve undimin-
ished his love and respect for the
brother from whom he differed. In
the hour of triumph that would
have turned any weaker mans
head. in the heat of a struggle
which spurred many good man to
dreadful vindictiveness, he said
truthfullv that so long as he had
been in his Office he had never will
ingly planted "A thorn in any mans
bosom, and besOught his supporters
to study the incidents OF the trial
through which they We're passing
as philosophy from which 10 learn
wisdom and not as wrongs to be
avenged; ending with the solemn
eXhOrfation that, as the strife was
over. all should reunite In COM
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mon effort to save their common
country.
Days Great and Terrible

mon eAOII 70 save lnelr CoHlHUH
country.
Days Great and Terrible
He lived in days that were great
and terrible. when brother fought
against brother for what each sin
cerely deemed to be the right. In
contest so grim the strong men
who alone can carry it through are
rarely able to do justice to the deep
convictions of those with whom
such times men see through a glass
darkly; to only the rarest and
loftiest spirits is Vouchsafed that
clear vision which gradually comes
TO all. even ito the lesser. as the
struggle fades into distance and
wounds are forgotten, and peace
creeps back to the hearts that were
hurt. But to Lincoln was given
this supreme vision. He did not
hate the man from whom he diff
fered. Weakness was as foreign
as wickedness to his strong. gentle
nature; but his courage was of
quality so high that it needed no
bolstering of dark passion. He saw
clearly that the same high quail
ties, the same courage and willing
ness for self-saerifice and devotion
TO the right as it was given them
to see the right belonged both to =
the men of the north and to the
men of the south
The years roll by and as all of
US, wherever We dwell, grow to
feel an equal pride in the valor and
self devotion alike of the men who
wore the blue and men who wore
the gray, so this whole nation will
grow to feel a peculiar sense of
pride in the man whose blood was
shed for the union of his people and
for the freedom of a race; the
lover of his country and of all
mankind: the mightiest of the
mighty men who mastered the
mighty days. Abraham Lincoln.
Applies First Mortar
The president applied the first trowe
full of mortar that will hold the corner
stone in its place.
Under the stone was laid a metali
box containing copies of the constitu
tion of the United States and importan
historic documents, some of which wer
placed in it by the president and other
by other members of the party.
The president boarded his train 70
Louisville at 9:45 p. M, expecting t
arrive at Washington about 2 p. m. to
morrow.
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Great Though Visionary

Lincoln saw into the future with
the prophetic Imagination usually
voBchsafed only 10 the poet and the
seer. He had in him all the lift
toward greatness Of the visionary,
without any of the visionary's s
fanaticism or egOtism, without any
Of the Visionary's narrow Jealousy
Of the practical man and inability
10 strive in practical fashion Tor
the realization OF an ideal. He
had the practical mans hard COM
mon sense and Willingness to adapt
means TO ends. but there was in
him none Of that morbid growth OF
mind and soul which blinds so
many practical men 10 the higher
things of life No more practical
man ever lived than this homely
backwoods idealist; but he had
nothing in common with those
practical men whose consciences
are warped until they fail TO dis
tiDguish between good and evil,
fail to understand that strength,
ability, shrewdness, whether IN the
world Of business or Of politics.
only serve to make their possessor
q more noKiOus. a more evil MEM
ber Of the community, if they are
not guided and controlled by me
and high moral sense.
We Of this day must try TO solve
many social and industrial prob
lens, requiring 10 an especial de-
gree the combination of indoml-
table resolution with cool headed
sanity. We can profit by the way
. ia which Lincoln used both these
traits as he stroVe for reform We
can learn much Of value from the
very attacks. which following that
course brought upon his head, at
tacks alike by the extremists Of
revolution and by the extremists OF
reaction. He never waVered IN de-
vOtion 10 his principles, in his love
for the union, and in his adherence
Of slavery. Timid and lukewarm
people We're always denouncing him
because he was too extreme; but
as q matter of fact he never went
TO extremes. he worked step by
step; and because of this the eN-
tremists hated and denounced him
with o fervor which now seems TO
US fantastic in its. dedication Of the
unreal and the impossible. At the
very time when one side was hold
ing him up rs the apostle Of social
revolution because he was against
slavery. the leading abolitionfst de-
nOunced him as the slave hound OF
illinois,. When he was the second
time candidate for president, the
majority of his opponents attacked
him because Of what they termed
his extreme radicalism. while a
minority threatened TO bolt his
nomination because he was not rad
tcal enough. He had continually to
check those who wished to go for
ward too fast, al the very time that
he oVerrode the opposition of those
who wished not 10 go forward at
a.
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San Francisco Lh Nation Honors Memory ater Abraa
CHILDREN HONOR
LINCOLN'S MEMORY
Patriotic Organizations Join With Schools in
Paying Homage to Emancipator

tian Merkel. all of Lincoln post. related
anecdotes of wartime during the. exer-
cises.
The recitations and exercises were
for the most part in concert. and all
grades from the fifth TO the eighth par
ticipated. The veterans congratulated
the teachers and Miss Julia Coffey, the
principal, on the efficient work Of the
pupils, especially on the essays, which
were written during regular school
hours.
AT the Mission grammar school Com
mander A. Sorenson addressed the pu-
=. pills on this eharac-
.,,--I-, ua.~. ter of Lincoln and
pT-.So-,ta poa,, 4on reeollections Of
:. the war. Helene
Wood recited the
favorite poem of the martyred presi-
dent: Karl Kroenke read an essay,
Lincoln in Public Life; May Former
read the "Commemoration Ode and
Grace Mitchell read one Of Lincoln's let
ters.
Commander Sorensen also addressed
the children of The Marshall primary
school, where the
.ar.baIT progr m pre-
primary school scribed by the
was rendered by
the pupils other Grand Army men also
addressed the children and gave per-
sonal recollections of incidents during
the war,
General E. S. Salomon of Fairfield
post addressed the pupils OF the Mission
8. hi g h n n e
Mission High Crocker grammar
Hears General school. F. A. Kane
s. :. the Garfield pri-
mary. George NJ.
Hurlbut the Glen Park grammar NJ.
Wasserman the Hancock grammar, A
ID Bryant the Peabody primary. and
w. M Park the Golden Gate primary.
At all of these schools the program spe-
Gifted by the board of education was
followed and in some cases elaborated.
The children turned out rmarkably we'll
considering the bad weather and rem
dered their numbers with enthusiasm.
Uni0nistS Honor Lincoln
Organized labor assembled in goodly
numbers In the auditorium of the build
ing trades temple last night to pay its
tribute to the memory Of Abraham Lin
The large hall and the stage were
Iaecorated with the flags and tricoloEed
bunting.
John A. Kelly president of the San
francesca labor council. who was chair
man OF the evening. opened the meet
ing Patriotic airs were next played by
an orchestra
Cleveland L. Dam, attorney for the
state building trades. paid homage TO
the greatness of Lincoln and gave an
account of his lifes history
r III. Mccarthy. president of the
building trades council, declared that
% years ago Lincoln was one of the
most pronounced trades unionfsts the
greatest organizer of the trade people.
the greatest agitator for human rights,
VINO in his time was opposed because
ne was considered a dangerous man
He said Lincoln would not have per
'lnItted the mikado of Japan to rule
America TO the degree of having the
president and Governor aGinett intirni- |
date the people of this great state.
Austin Lewis spoke of Lincoln as the I
pam. man Of the people of his time
ExTJudge Maguire also paid tribute /
70 tne loving. heart of Lincoln and. COM |
charity. s-S
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only One tBromo 0ufnfnev

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the
signatsre Of e. W. Grove. Used the world over
to Cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
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Peace Gospel at
Franklin School

school yesterday morning. J.. w. Mil
Ter. e. A. Dakin. Joseph de Mars, b. F.
Stromberg, Louis Douglas and Sebas-
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Commander G.. w. Merrill of Thoma.
Post, G. A. r., took charge Of the de
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Drummer Boy at
Fremont school

the pupils. Cohn was a drummer boy
at the battle of Gettysburg and is the
youngest member of the G. A. r. living.
He repeated on the drum the calls that
were used at the famous battle.
Another effective number on the pro-
gram was the reciting of Markham 8
Lincoln, the Great Commoner," by the
eighth grade in concert. The veteran
praised the work of the pupils and re-
lated many war time stories.
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Turn yerein Honors MARTYR

An elaborate program was rendered
by the San Francisco Turn Verein in
its hall, S53 Turk street. in honor of
the centenary of Abraham Lincoln's
birthday. Former Judge George A.
Bahrs delivered an address in the Eng
lish language, while Emil Liess adj
dressed the patriotic gathering in Ger
man. Musical and literary selections
helped to make the event an epoch in
the history of fbe society.
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Girls High and
Lowell Schools

At the Lincoln day exercises of the
Fremont school, McAilister and Brod-
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San Jose Schools Celebrate

SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.-AlI the public
schools held appropriate Lincoln day
pills were given a half holiday in the
afternoon. The courthouse and city
hall are closed.
MARYSVILLE. Feb. 12.--Lincoln day
was appropriately observed here. Every
railroad. business house and Industrial
establishment suspended operations for
five minutes at noon. There was a pub
lie demonstration in the afternoon
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nigh SCHOOL DulIu-
ing simultaneously
w / t h the Lowell
ceremonies. Henry
c. Dibble and Sam
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Grand Army veterans who had re-
ceived their baptism of fire as soldiers
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Unveil Picture
At Emerson

A. Muntner and J. H. Carols The m
yelling of Lincoln's picture, which had
been covered by the stars and stripes.
was a special feature of the exercises
While the flag was drawn aside by a
special guard of honor Alma Tuchler
recited an original poem The com
memoration ode was read by Edith Fell
ing, essays were read by Violet Fell.
Huth Hlmmelstom, Hilda Krotozuer and
ora Chenoweth. and Milton Clark re-
cited the gettysburg address.
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A. w. Chenowith from Lincoln post
addressed the pupils of Jefferson pri
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Common Sense tle Guide

Each had lofty ideals but each
in striving 70 attain these lofty
ideals was guided by the soundest
common sense. Each possessed in
flexible courage in adversity, and
soul wholly unspOiled by prosper
tty. Each possessed ali the gentler
virtues commonly exhibited by
good men who lack rugged
strength Of character. Each pos
sessed also all the strong qualities
commonly exhibited by those tow
ering masters Of mankind who
have too often shown themselves
devoid Of so much as the under
standing Of the words by which
we signify the qualities Of duty.
Of mercy. OF devotion to the right,
Of lofty disimterestedness in bat
ting for the good of others. There
have been other men as great and
other men as good; but in all the
history of mankind there are no
other two great men as good as
these. no other two good men as
great Widely though the prob
lens Of today differ from the prob
lens set for solution to Washing
ton when he founded this nation,
10 Lincoln when he saved IL and
freed the slave, Yet the qualities
they showed in meeting these
problems are exactly the same as
those we should show in doing our
work TODAY.
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STRONGLY advocated
the gospel of peace
in their addresses
to the pupils of
Franklin era n1nnar
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The girls high school exercises were
held in the assembly hall Of the Lowell
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Good Program
| at Jefferson

Miss Josephine Cohn, the principal Da-
vid zimmet. a pupil gave the Gettys-
burg address; Marie Jacschke recited
the favorite poem of Lincoln, and other
children read original essays on Lin
coin the country's savior. and quota
tlons from Lincoln. Among veterans
who addressed the children were Julius
Copp, John Desiker. William Hatch.
William Healey A. n. Parker, E. Smith
and J. Thompson.
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'Cohn, past post COM
mander of James A.
Garfield post No. "a,
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Marshall
| Primary School

the pupils other Grand Army men also
addressed the children. and gave per-
sonal recolections of incidents during
the war,
General E. S. Salomon of Fairfield
post addressed the pupils OF the Mission
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by an augmented choir. The program
follows:
hymn, choir; Sabbath evening service, cantor
and choir; festival hymn, 'Exat Him All Ye
People, choir; reading, ..Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address: sacred anthem. ''All Praise to God, .
bass solo; poem, Emancipation" (Whittier)
Otto Irving Wise; hymn, BE Thankful to
God cantor and choir; address, Lincoln =
Lueius J.. Solomons; hymn, America choir
and congregation
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President Roosevelt Delivers
Principal Address at His
tOric Spot
Political Parties, Sections and
Generations United at Cen-
tenary Occasion
Mortar Applied to Foundation
Stone of Simple But En-
during Memorial

task allotted him was to pour out
like water the life blood Of the
young men, and TO feel in his every
FIBER the sorrow Of the women.
Disaster saddened but never dis
mayed him. AS the red years of
war went by they found him ever
doing his duty in the present, ever
facing the future with fearless
front. high Of heart and dauntiess
of soul UnbrOken by hatred, un-
shaken by scoru. he worked and
suffered for the people. Triumph
was his at the last; and barely
had he tasted ii before murder
found him. and the kindly. patient,
fearless eyes were closed forever.
AS people we are indeed beyond
measure fortunate in the characters
of the two greatest of our pubilc
men. Washington and Lincoln.
Widely though they differed IN eZ-
ternals, the Virginia landed gen
tleman and the Kentucky back
noodsman. they were alike in es-
sentials. they were alike in the
great qualities which rendered
each able 10 render service to his
nation and 10 all mankind such as
no other man Of his generation
could or did render
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II 8 II z II q Z II 2
Crocker grammar
school, F. A. Kane
the Garfield pri-
mary, George NJ.
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ldII OF veterans who
spoke to the chill
dren of Emerson
primary school, ami
he was assisted hv
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The one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln was observed
with patriotic exercises in the 80 public
schools of San Francisco yesterday
morning. A program including essays
on the life and character of the great
man, as well as addresses and selec-
tions from his speeches and his favor
1te compositions and national airs were
rendered by the children, and in most
cases Grand Army veterans who had
fought under the martyred president
told stories of the battlefield and of
personal interviews with Lincoln.
The exercises We're carried on with
enthusiasm The stories of the vet
Grams, particularly those of a personal
nature were of absorbing interest to
the children. and the feeling of the
children as displayed by their rapt at
tention to all that pertainedsto the per-
sonality of Lincoln and in their own
whole hearted spirit in rendering of
patriotic speeches and poems was an
eloquent tribute to the fine principles
instilled by the teachers and to the
native patriotism of the children of
this community
Colonel c. Mason Kinne, who served
with General Sheridan and who was
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mary S G n o oil, at
which a splendid
program was given
by the pupils, un-
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At the Mission grammar school Com
mander A. Sorenson addressed the pu-
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Mission Hears
FaVOrite Poem

favorite poem of the martyred presi-
dent: Karl Kroenke read an essay,
'I.ineoln in Public Life; May Former
read the "Commemoration Ode" and
Grace Mitchell read one Of Lincoln's let
ters.
Commander Sorensen also addressed
the children of the Marshall primary
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pills on the eharac-
ter of Lincoln and
! on reeollectiOns of
the war. Helene
Wood recited the
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-28
Woodruff Notes
WILLIAM LEE JR

Mrs. William Lee of Woodruff
will open a first class eating
house in Holbrook in the Boyer
building on the first of Septem-
Der.
William Lund and Frank Lee
of Nuturosso stopped oft here to
assist in hauling William Lees
grain as he has been unable to
work since his recent illness.
A good many of the Woodruff
people have been taking a holl-
day gathering wild grapes.
Mrs. William Lee made a trip
to Holbrook the first of the week
to arrange for a building where
she will open up a small home
bakery and eating house.
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New Mexico Fair Adver-
tising Car

The New Mexico Territorial
Advertising Car with it's corpse
of bill posters arrived in Wins
low Friday afternoon on No. SO.
1t is a fifty foot car and fitted
out with every convenience and
would do credit to any Fair.
The car is decorated with two
pictures of StrobePs Great Air
Ship that are well worth ones
time to look at. On the whole if
the Fair is up to the standard of
its advertising department it will
be a dandy, and from all we can
learn it is.
The Fair association is a bunch
of movers and on the look out
for sOmthing new in the way of
attractions and they have al
ready scheduled a few that are
far ahead Of anything ever seen
in the southwest.
When seen by representative
of the MAIL, Mr.. Lee who is in
charge of the car said:
"The Fair is going to be all
it is claimed, we do not advertise
anything but what is already
signed up and sure go. Among
the new events some of the nu-
merous are Strobel's Great Air
Ship, the Big Marathon, Push
ball on Horseback, and the big
est, greatest and best of all is
President Taft, who will spend
several hours in Albuquerque.
We are expecting big crowd
but can assure the people there
will be lots of good accommoda-
tions at reasonable prices, and
we earnestly solicit the co-opera-
tion of our sister Territory in
giving President Taft a hearty
welcome"