Evening star., 1921-02-12
LINCOLN H0N0RED
THROUGHOUT CITY
House Hears EuIogy on
Emancipation - Many Or
ganizations Pay Tribute.

Uniting in commemoration of the
112th anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, the National Capt.
tai today paid tribute to the life and
deeds of the great civil war Presi-
dent.
Officials, organizations, members of
| civic bodies and school children to-
| day recalled the life of Lincoln. told
of his spiritual depth and fund of
humor, and recounted the events of
his career.
The House of Representatives
stopped it's deliberations for forty
minutes while Representative Yates
of Illinois. whose father was a per-
sonal friend of President Lincoln.
eulogized the great emancipator."
Flags and bunting were much in
evidence today upon public and pri-
vate buildings. Talk was revived in
the departments and other places as
to the advisability of making Febru-
airy IL a national holiday.
Tonight will see Lincoln remem-
bered in addresses. song and story at
various gatherings throughout the
city. Chief among these will be
special program to commemorate Lin
coins birthday. arranged by the Dis
trict department of the Grand Army
of the Republic. tonight at the First
Congregational Church. John Temple
Graves. member of the Lincoln me-
mortal commission, and John VI. Rob-
sion will speak.
Log cabin night" will be observed
Generally at meetings held IN school
houses tonight under the auspices OF
the community center department OF
the public schools. Slides will be
shown at the various meetings., pic
turing the early life of Lincoln. his
activities as a member of the Illinois
legislature and his career as Presi
dent of the United States.
Representative Isaac Sherwood of
Ohio, one of the two men in the
and who was made a brigadier gen.
eraI by President Lincoln. will relate
personal "reminiscences of his associa-
ton with the emancipator, at Park
View School. tonight, George H. Rus
sell president of the Park View Citi-
zens' Association. presiding. The Boy
Scout Bugle Corps will participate in
the exercises.
Representative Horace NJ. Towner of
Iowa will be the principal speaker at
ter. Mr. Giles Scott Rafter. president
of the association. presiding.
The Michigan State Society. which
meets at the Wilson Normal School,
will cooperate with the Wilson Nor
NAL Community Center in a patriotic
pEoST ne SpcdhSIS VI the even
ing will be Representative Clarence j.
Mcleod of Michigan. d. G. Pfeiffer,
president of the Wilson Normal Com
munity Association, will preside.
There will be community singing. led
by Percy S. Foster; pictures of Lin
coins life, and other features ar
ranged by Mrs. Ida f. Kebler. secre-
tary of the community center.
At the Thomson Community Center
Representative Albert w. Jenries Of
Nebraska will be the principal
speaker. He will be introduced b$ E.
C. Snyder. chairman of the advisory
council. General Civic Center. Lin
coins Gettysburg address will be re-
cited and many familiar songs that
grew out of the period of the civil
war will be sung.
Representative Harold Knutson of
Mir nesota. the republican whip of the
House, will address the East Wash
Emmons. president of the East Wash
preside.
Representative Walter Hughes New
ton of Minneapolis will speak at the
E V. Brown Community Center, Nc
Kinley street and Connecticut ave-
nue. F.. c. Stewart. president of the
association. will preside.
AT the John Wesley A. NJ T. Zion
Church. l4th and Corcoran streets
uorthw est exercises will be held. un-
der auspices of the National Memo
rial Association. with an address on
"Iincoln. the Emancipator" by Rep
resentative Yates of Illinois. and one
on "Frederick Douglass. the Agita-
tor by Prof. J. Francis Gregory.