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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
t71err California HonoYs the Memory OF Soldier Dead

streets of the downtown section, the
route selected being from Broadway to
RAYMOND, to Green. to Fair OAKS 10
colorado, to Raymond, and Library
park. The organizations which VIII
march include the Grand Army men,
under command of Jason j. Sheperd'
Spanish War Veterans, Sons of Veter-
ans. the various women's societies con-
nected with the veteran bodies, the
Boys brigade, a detachment of boys
from the junior Y. M. c. A. classes
which will parade in the form OF
triangle, and the city officials.
Following these societies viii come
the children of ThrooD, the high ana
grammar schools of the city, mar
shaled by superintendent of Schools
Hamilton and the teachers of the dlf-
ferent grades.
The formation of the parade is dele
gated to Marshal George T. Downing
and his aides A. L. Petrie, Lieutenant
Hume, Captain J. G. Cox, w. j. New
man and Wallace H. Coping.
Arriving at Library park the Grand
Army men will halt at the bandstand
and a pretty feature will be witnessed
as, with divided ranks. the aged and
in some cases crippled veterans VIII
make room for the school children to
pass through, leaving with the men
who fought in the civil war the flowers
they have been gathering for this occa-
sion. Martial music and patriotic
songs will be included in the program
which is to follow this ceremony. Rev.
D. j. Higgins will offer prayer. The
reading of Lincolns Gettysburg speech
by Past Commander George M. Bur-
lingame will be followed by music and
ritualistic exercises by the different
orders.
The afternoon will be passed in dec.
Grating graves in Mountain View ceme-
terry. In the evening there will be
another service held in the First Meth
odist church at which Col. j. ]. Stead
man of Hollywood will be the principal
speaker.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
NATIONS LOVE INCREASES
FOR ITS DEAD DEFENDERS

DR.. Charles Edward Locke preached
patriotic sermon last evening appro-
pirate to Memorial day. His subject
was 1.-THE Blue and the Gray: or, Our
Country--Is 1t Worth Fighting For?
Is 1t Worth Dying For?" Dr. Locke
took for his text 1--WE are brethren"
Gen. 1919, and said in part:
1--WE look back to the stirring events
of our civil war through a perspective
of over forty years. Trees twelve and
fifteen inches in diameter can be seen
today growing up through the earthen
breastworks of the forts constructed
during the bloody battles of the six
ties. Old Time has softened asperities
and mellowed sectional animosities,
and with every passing year a nations
gratitude is deepened for those whose
bravery and sacrifice made our Union
one and inseparable. We are remem-
bering this memorial Sabbath evening
the millions of heroes who died and
suffered to make men free. All honor
to our fallen heroes!
Defenders of Principles
"Our forefathers north and south
were stalwarts. They had learned to
struggle. Theirs was a strenuous life
They battled against the angry sea to
reach these shores; they. subdued wild
beasts and threaded impenetrable for
ests, and on hundreds of battlefields
fought out the struggle for freedom
against a foreign foe. They were ac-
customed to fight for their principles,
and finally rushed to battle, each find
ing in the other a foeman worthy of
his steel. There will probably never
again be such a war-it was knight
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
MONUMENT TO BE WREATHED
IN FLOWERS AT LONG BEACH

LONG BEACH, May 30.-Memorial
day sermons were delivered today by
the Rev. Shelton Bissell, pastor of the
First Congregational church, in the
morning, and by the Rev. w. A. Belts,
pastor of the First Methodist church,
in the evening. Both were attended by
the G. A. r. in a body.
The exercises tomorrow will be of
interest. A procession forming at Sec
ond street and Locust avenue at 8
o'clock in the morning will move to
Pacific park, where a monument will
be decorated in honor of the nation S
dead, and will then proceed to the outer
wharf, where flowers will be spread on
the water as another tribute.
Exercises at the auditorium will fol-
low, the Rev. F. M. Rogers delivering
the principal address. At in the
afternoon the G. A. r. will go to the
cemeteries to decorate graves. Auto
mobiles will be provided.
Commander Barney Brown has ex-
tended a public invitation to ex-Con-
federate soldiers to participate in the
exercises of the day. 1T is time we
are getting together on this occasion, .
said he.
r.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
WAR TRAGEDY DESCRIBED
BY REV. ROBERT BURDETTE

Special memorial services were
held in the Temple Auditorium at 3
o'clock. in the afternoon Delegations
from every patriotic order in the city
were present and the big auditorium
was crowded The walls were hung
by beautifully draped flags arranged
by the women of the Temple Baptist
congregation. The Rev. Robert j. Bur-
dette delivered the address, giving a
graphic picture of an incident of the
civil war. He spoke in part as follows;
"We were burying the dead after the
battle of Tupelo Mississippi. 1t WASH t
a great battle. But it was fierce as
hate, for it brought Joseph A. Mowor
and N. B. Forrest in a clash. 1t
seemed to me that nobody was wound
ed that day. 1t was as though every
man that was hit was killed. The taste
of blood was in mems mouths. They
saw red and the fierce lust of murder
famed in their hearts.
'It was the day that Johnnie Beard
of Muscatine was killed. We were
riding side by side, and / had laid my
hand on his bride for a moment, while
he united his canteen from a saddle
ring and slung it around his neck.
Because, Bob" he said, Its mighty
hot, fight and climate, and if l should
get hurt SO badly I'd fall off my horse,
1 want the water with me-"
Then his face went white, and he
leaned forward on his horses neck. 1
leaped from the ground and caught him
in my arms That was all.
Man and Boy Killed
Later we were hunting for our dead,
and giving them such poor burial as we
could. Pity walked beside us, such lit
tie time as she might, for we would
fight again in the morning. BY and by
we came upon two Confederate SOL
diers, lying under tree. One man was
an old man, gray-haired and gray
bearded. He was shot through the
head. The other was a boy-nineteen
years old, maybe. He'was lying close
to the old man. So close, that when
the singing bullet had pierced his
breast, as he fell with the awful fear
in his heart he had reached out and
caught Daddy by the breast of his
gray jacket, and so died with that
death clutch stiffening into rigid
unbreakable hold.
81 have seen these two, every Mem
orial day AS / knelt by the grave of
some comrade with blossoms to lay
above his silent heart, 1 have felt the
ache come into my heart again as I
saw these two Confederate soldiers lys
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
PASADENANs GENERALLY
CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY

PASADENA, May 80. - Decorated
with flags, bunting and pictures of
famous war generals. Pasadena began
today the preparations for its celebra-
ton of Memorial day. The services to-
day We're confined to the sermons which
were preached in all the churches, with
particularly large crowds at the Lake
Avenue Methodist church, where Rev.
F. G. H. Stevens preached to the men,
bers of John F. Godfrey post, G. A. r.,
and the First Universalist church,
where Ensign Bagley camp of the
United Spanish War Veterans listened
to sermon by Rev. S. G. Durham.
The real celebration of the day will
take place tomorrow and will be para
ticipated in by the entire city, it hav-
ing been made a holiday by the coun-
GILL bankers and merchants.
Starting at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, the parade will tour the principal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
ERICA WILL LEAD WORLD,
DECLARES REV. E. J. INWoOD

A stirring, patriotic address, special
and impressive music and an audience
that crowded the auditorium were the
features of the Memorial services in the
University Methodist Episcopal church
1920 West Jefferson street, yesterday
morning.
Bartlett-Logan post, G. A. r., Wom-
ans Relief corps, Sons of Veterans
Ladies' Auxiliary and Gen. Otis camp
Spanish War Veterans, We're
guests at the service, and the air
seemed charged with the spirit and
ardor of patriotism.
The auditorium was appropriately
decorated. American flags had been
placed about the church, and along the
front of the platform was a bank OF
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
He pidn't Know

Don't you know, young man, that I
don't allow any man to kiss my
doughter?" said the irate parent at
the reception, when he saw his daugh-
ter and a stranger coming from the
conservatory.
"But how was I to know this was
your daughter, sir?" replied the young
man, who had his nerve with him.
Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-31
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES
HELD AT CENTRAL PARK

Tmpressive and appropriate eXer-
oises were held when the soldiers mon
ument, Central park, Fifth and Hill
streets, was bedecked with its usual
Memorial day garlands. .,.-..
At $3.50 o'clock the Philippine so
cietv. members of Roosevelt camp,
Admiral Glass camp and General ii.
G. Otis camp, United Spanish war
Veterans. assembled at the armory at
Eighth and Spring streets. In adol-
ton to the regular camps delegations
of unattached Spanish war veterans
assembled ia the armory
BY order of General Robert WankoW-
ski, company A of the slgnai corps;
troop D, the navel reserve division, and
companies A, C and F of the Seventh
regiment, under command of Major
Truman Cole, performed escort duty
for the veterans, preceded by platoon
of police and the Los Angeles military
band the line formed at Eighth and
marched to the monument.
Paul C. Hydenreich acted as grand
marshal with Peter c. Mulqueeny, in
spector of the Experiment of Califor-
mia. as chief of staff and Comrades
Stevenson, Bartlett Crumbley and Coff-
man as aids.
The monument was piled high with
wreaths and beautiful floral pieces, the
largest of which rested near the top
and was a tri-colored reproduction of
the American flag, made of roses and
carnations.
Major Weller Makes Address
Major d. r. Weller was the speaker
of the occasion, and a large crowd lis
tened to the address. Major Weller
Paid glowing tribute to the memory
of those who had sacrificed their lives
for their country. He also spoke in
II : Of 10
war of 1898 who responded when the
trouble with Spain broke out. He cited
the fact that such a spontaneous re-
Spouse as that of the Spanish war
showed the spirit of patriotism was
always alive. and that though the
ranks of the. heroes of 1861 were rapid
ly thinning there were young Ameri-
cans ready and willing to take their
places should occasion ever Lemand.
Following the ceremony the different
organizations assigned divisions who
visited the cemeteries and decorated
the graves of their departed COM
rades.
Memorial services will be held this
afternoon at o'clock in. Hollywood
cemetery by the Grand Army of the
Republic. Brief addresses will be given
and an appropriate service at each
grave.
The Eliza A. Otis memorial chimes
will be played by Edison Strobridge
this morning and afternoon.
To Decorate Graves
At o'clock this morning the veter-
ans of Stanton post will meet at Rose
dale cemetery to decorate the graves
of their comrades and the veterans of
Bartlett-Logan post will assemble at
the same time at Evergreen cemetery
for the same purpose
At 1 o'clock this afternoon both posts
will convene at Central park, where
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
AT THE PANTAGES.

ThePantages theater offers an
other musical treat to it's patrons
next week in the four Venetian
musicians. They play everything
from grand opera to ragtime, and
their act is supposed to be one of
the best on the Pantages circuit.
The instruments used are violins
and harps.
The two pretty Gardiner girls
and their dog Duke" will be seen
in little singing and dancing
comedy skit.
Carter, Taylor and company
present another comedy skit. The
scenic effects are said to be sur
prisingly realistic. A lake of
shimmering water is shown, and a
girl comes on the stage in a boat.
Alva York, proporting to be
England's favorite coincidence,
will appear in a good act, and Ben
Boyer and brother have an eccen-
trio comedy skit. They call them
selves the Cyclists, unicyclists.
freakicyclists, and whatnotcyclists.
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AT THE TACOMA.
"Three Weeks

lnFee WtekS
A dramatization of Elinor
Gyn's Three Weeks comes to
the Tacoma theater, Sunday and
Monday.
While the story, as readers of
the book recall it, does not from
first impression lend itself to
strong dramatic situations, Mrs.
Glyn, who is the author of the
dramatic version, has taken hber-
ties with the text, and as a result
has evolved play that, according
to critics, possesses remarkable
power.
1t is interesting in connection
with the coming of Three Weeks"
to note that Mrs. Glyn herself is
travelling with the company. She
has been with it in Los Angeles
and San Francisco and will ar
rive here during the coming week
The company is headed by Miss
Beryl Hope, an actress of unusual
beauty and unquestionable tall
ent. She will be seen as "The
Lady" while Harry C. Browne has
the chief supporting role of
Paul"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
IMMENSE CROPS
IN CLALLAm
COUNTY

c. A. Comstock of Tacoma re-
turned Thursday from trip to
Clanam county, where he spent
days looking after his in
terests.
at was surprised to find the
way that country is going ahead, !"
he said to the Times. Develop
ment In the last few years has
been nothing short of wonderful.
Everyone knows Of the heavy tim
Der in that section, but few realize
that there is such splendid farm
ing land in the county. In the
vicinity of Dungenness and as far
back as 80 miles prosperous farm
ers are to be found. OF course
the only way the farmers can get
their surplus crops to market
now is by water, but there are
splendid roads in the county.
"It Is only question of few
years until the railroads will tap
this rich territory. The Milwau-
kee system has purchased large
tracts of timber and will naturally
seek entrance to their holdings
in time. After the land Is logged
off immense crops will be raised
there. saw timothy standing
eight feet in height--not single
spears of the grass. but acres of
it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
KLEIN CATCHES ON
WELL IN DEAR
'PAREE"

As a nerve specialist" Joshua
Klein has caught ON in great shape
in dear Paree. Attorneys Gar
retson and George received a let
ter from the radio ?active" phil
osopher yesterday containing a
substantial check in payment for
their services during his imprison-
ment and trial I'm Tacoma. Klein
says that he has met with decided
success in his profession. He says
he treated two important person
ages in Paris and for his work he
received the modest sum of $4,-
900.
But Klein longs for Tacoma. He
likes the city and says it is his
firm intention to return here. Be-
fore doing so he will visit one of
his nerve centers" in India. From
there he will return via the Pacific
to British Columbia. where he viii
demand a lunacy examination. If
declared sane he says he will re-
turn to the United States, in de-
fiance of the instructions issued by
the immigration officials.
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GET READY TO HANDLE
: HARTMAN TRAINS

to do so 1t will be neces-
sary to put in agencies at the va
rious stations along the line and
to do this will take up consider
able time. These are details that
are expected to be settled within
"a few days.
After they are settled 1t will
take about two weeks to get up a
time table for the use of the rail-
way trainmen and dispatchers.
Several crews of men are now
at work putting in additional side
tracks at points on the main line
of the N. P. with the object of
facilitating the movement of
trains and this leads to the belief
that the Hartman trains will
come to the Sound long before
the double track is finished.
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FIGHT FOR POSSESSION OF
CHILD is OPENED IN COURT
AT FRISCO.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July al
Fighting for the possession of lit
tie Alice Mimic, the 9-year-old
Italian girl whom they adopted
five years ago, Nah Lin and his
wife, Tun See, both Chinese, will
appeared in court yesterday. Ac-
tion has been started by w. P.
Hatch o fthe juvenile detention
home to have the child declared
dependent.
Investigation which led to the
discovery of the identity of the
little white girl, who for five
years has lived in Chinese opium
dens and today knows no word
of English, failed to clear up the
mystery which surrounds her par
entage. Chinese Interpreters in
vestigated the case today and said
that without doubt the child was
Alice Mimic, who was brought in
to Chinatown five years ago.
Looking For Miss Williams.
Efforts are being made today to
locate Captain Williams, Saliva
tion Army worker, who is believed
to have placed the child in the
hands of the Chinese. Miss Will
fans Is supposed to be somewhere
in the state Of Washington. The
authorities are also anxious to find
Miss May Thomas, another Saliva
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
TACOMA MAY GET Tho
CANADIAN PACIFIC

route from Spokane to the coast
that will be hours shorter than
any other. Recently the Canadian
Pacific secured the charter of a
road between Midway and Vernon
which was partly built four years
ago by company which was I'M
able to carry the deal to compile
ton. With the acquisition of this
stretch of road, it is expected the
Canadian line will have the Spo-
kane cutoff in operation within a
little more than a year.
Railroad men believe that by
the time the through line is COM
'pleted the Canadian Pacific will
have its own tracks into Seattle
and Tacoma and will make bid
for the grain hauling trade be-
tween Spokane and Seattle, Tia.
Icoma and Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
HUSBAND IS MISTAKEN FOR A
] WASHER AND THEN THROWN
THROUGH WINDOW

VANCOUVER, wash, July St.
follo wing his wife as she
was walking down the street with
a couple of men friends. Sergt. M.
p. Cady, of the First infantry
band, was picked up by the two
men and thrown bodily through
the window of Troeh e. Forbes
real estate dealers. The glass,
many feet square, was smashed to
smithereens and pieces of 1t cut
the sergeant ON the head and face.
The men, not knowing him. had
Interpreted his actions as those Of
q masher, and had acted accord
ingly.
Officer Adams was IN the next
block. and running to the scene
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found Cadyr attempting to crawl
out of the window. The men who
threw him through the glass
escaped.
At the time of the trouble John
Secrist. chief of police. was being
Initiated into the EIIss' lodge, Just
across the street and upstairs. He
tried to rush down to get the men
who threw Cady through the
plate glass window. but as the two
men had disappeared around the
corner, and Adams was on the
scene. the Ellxs refused to permit
the chief to dismoullt from the
goat and he finished his ride
without Interruption from outside
sources.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
MYSTERY SURROUNDS LIFE
OF WHITE GIRL RESCUED
FROM CHINESE; OPIUM DEN

ton Army worker. who knows the
history of the case.
AS nearly as can be learned by
the authorities, the little girl was
deserted when she was very
young and was placed in the hands
of the Children's Home, Finding
society. Three different white
families adopted her but were
compelled to give her up.
Rescued From Opium Den.
The records of the society show
that on February "a, 1904, Miss
Williams was given custody of the
child. From that point trace of
her Is lost until she appeared a
few days ago as the central figure
in raid on an opium den in Spot
ford alley.
So completely did the Chinese
cut the girl off from connection
with the Caucasian race that she
forgot the little English that she
once lisped and today knows moth
ing of any language but Chinese.
She was attired in Oriental gar
ments when found by the authori-
tiles and protested volubly in Can
ton tones when compelled to don
the garb of a European.
Grieves for Chinese.
The child is so fond OF the
Chinese couple, the only parents
she knows, that she grieves deep.
| ly because she Is not allowed to
return to the vile smelling base.
ment she calls home.
] Miss Williams Makes Denial.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
Famous Choir Coming

The famous choir from the
Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake
City will be at the Tacoma thea
ter one night, August %. Accom-
panying the 800 singers will be
the high school cadets who
formed the guard of honor of Ad-
miral Evans while at San Fran
cisco. The choir is under the d.
rection of Evan Stephan. j. j.
Mcclellan, the famous organist of
the tabernacle, will also be with
the singers.
This same choir won the first
prize at the Chicago Worlds fair
for the best chorus singing, and
since that time has been making
tours of the largest cities with
great success.
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LAND RUSH
CONT NUES

The rush to file on land in the
three reservations to be thrown
open to settlement still continues.
A party of 10 men and women
from South Prairie left on the
Milwaukee this morning as well as
many Others from Tacoma and VI
entity. Registration at the va
rious land offices will close Aug
ust and it Is expected that the
rush for the various filing places
will not abate until Monday or
Tuesday.
Travelling Passenger Agent
Casey of the Milwaukee system,
with headquarters at Portland,
was In Tacoma yesterday looking
after the excursionists.
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BELLINGHAM, July 3f.-De-
.nying Indignantly that she was
the person who placed the child
known as Alice Mimic in the hands
of Chinese family m San Fran
cisco, and asserting that the lit
tie girl Is of Syrian instead of
italian parentage, Miss Made e..
Williams, a Salvation Army cap
tain Of this city, AYERS the child
was given to the Chinese by Rev..
Baynton Of the California Home
Finding society.
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BR|DGE FALLS As
ITS OCCUPANTS
DEPART
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VANCOUVER, Wash, July 81.
old La Center bridge across
the Lewis river, which was con-
demned by the county commission
ers a couple of years ago, fell
Thursday just as the new bridge,
built in nearly the same spot, was
completed by G. e. Lumm, the
contractor, of North Yakima.
The old bridge had been built
a score of years ago, and was
1,664 feet long. Just short time
before the old structure fell, a
party of young people were on it
and had barely reached a place
of safety when it toppled down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-31
Swedish Singers Coming

The United Swedish Singers of
the Pacific Coast will give a grand
concert at the Tacoma theater
Tuesday evening, August 8.
The program comprises four
teen excellent numbers, including
selections by the Tacoma Sym
phony orchestra The chorus con-
sists of 250 male voices, and is
under the direction of H. P. La
Their. They will render a number
of popular songs and old favorites
in addition to high-ciassed selec-
tions.