Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-13

stand firm we shall not fall was the
keynote of the addresses delivered.
Lincoln freed men from bondage of
slavery; the prohibition party would
free millions from worse bondage than
African slavery ever was" said j. H.
Blanchard, chairman of the day.
Therefore it is eminently fitting that
the prohibition organizations should
celebrate Lincoln's birthday"
Among the speakers were Rev.
Ellsworth LeonardsOn, Rev. S. H. Taft
of Sawtelle, NJ w Atwood, Rev. c. E.
Nash, C. J. Hall, Mrs. Lucy c. Will
-hoite, Mrs. Catherine P. Wheat, Rev.
P. f. Bresee, Mrs. Julia D. Phelps, Dr.
Laura M. Locke, Mrs. Mary A. Stew
art of Pasadena and Col. John So
bieski. Bishop A. L. Bellew of Chicago
was the principal speaker at the night
meeting. Organizations taking part in
the rally were the county Prohibition
party, Y. w. c. 7. u, w. CT. q.
Loyal Temperance legion, District Good
Templars, Junior Prohibition league
and Woman's Prohibition league.
Lincoln Exhibits
DR. Erwin S. Chapman, whose topic
was Greater Than All EIse,'' was the
principal speaker at the celebration
under the auspices of the State Anti
Saloon league in the large auditorium
Z n.
and platforms of the church were al
most covered with Lincoln exhibits
gathered by DR.. Chapman during
period of more than fifty years. The
church decorations were patriotic in
character. Two meetings were held
one at 2 O'Clock, the other beginning
at 7:30 p. m. Rev. A. c. Smither pre-
sided at the afternoon session, and the
speakers included Rev. Hugh K
Walker, Miss Stella King, Will w. Lo-
gan, Rev. Matt S. Hughes and Lee c..
Gates. The night meeting was presid-
ed over by Rev. Warren F. Day and
the program was made up of addresses
and singing. Addresses were made by
Rev. A. w. Atkinson, Rev. E. p. Ry-
land, Mrs. Sylvia Chapman Martin,
Rev. J. Q. A. Henry, Judge Curtis d.
Wilbur and Rev. Charles Edward
Locke. Prof. P. Douglas Bird led in
the singing.
''The best tribute women can pay to
Lincoln at this time is to give heed
to his last words and act now and al
ways in the interest of peace" said
Mrs. Ernest K. Foster in an address
before the Friday Morning club at it's
meeting in honor Of Lincoln's birth
day yesterday. A paper descriptive of
LincOln's home surroundings was read
by Mrs. Martha Nelson McCan, and
Mrs. Frances N. Noel of the Woman's s
Union Labor league told of Lincoln s
love for laboring men and women.
''In the effort of these men and
women to secure better conditions, -
she said Lincoln, if he were alive
today, would be found in the fore
most ranks
Ceremony Postponed
The program was closed with the
reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
by Miss Clara King of New York.
The decoration of graves in the GEM
etery at the soldiers home was pre-
vented by the heavy rain and by order
of Colonel T. j. Cochrane, the gov
ernor, this ceremony was postponed
until Washington's birthday. The
centennial was celebrated by music
and addresses "reminiscences of the
war and anecdotes f Lincoln. The
exercises were opened by the rendi-
ton of patriotic airs by the home band,
directed by Major F. H. Greissineer,
and an invocation from Chaplain
George w. Wilson followed The ex-
erciSeS were presided over by Colonel
II. II. Markham, resident manager of
the home, who introduced Judge
Charles J. Moves as orator of the day.
Judge NOyes reviewed Lincoln's life
from the time of his obscure birth un-
til the tolling bells of a nation spoke
a nations sorrow for his death.
George H. Hutton. judge of the su-
perior court, was the speaker at the
Lincoln birthday exercises in the Lin
coin school auditorium, Santa Monica
Exercises were also held in all the
ether schools of the city.