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"iTIE INTER OCEAN, SATURDAY MOKXIXG, FEBKUARY 13, 1909. i i 1 1 BARON WMm SPEAKS. AT PE Japanese Ambassador Pays Tribute to Memory of Lincoln zt Banquet ini" Illinois City Declares His Country's OTHER NOTED SPEAKERS -r ALSO DELIVER TALKS Former Governor General of Cuba Magoon and Curtis Guild, Executive of Massachusetts, Take a Part in Ceremonies. Spclal DUpatch to Th later Ocean. PEORIA.

111., Feb. 12. With 600 banqueter assembled beniath canopy of entwined and intcimlnglcd Staraand Stripe and the sun flag or Japan, Kogura Takahira, Japana Ambassador to the United gtatcs. nf lo nf ihr nromlnent sueets ol hottof at Ise CrVe' Coeuf4 rtib 1J oih of the cenlenhiaJ-Ir the birtn or Abraham -licoln. CBhrres Magootf J'Ult.

Provisions lfiovtrnor of trb? Curtis L. a na anaV C3SA vw4 Pro ucvernor 01 ff ssotv John Clark Krccroaa, were the'other Lh.K-or Takahira waa eetbualastlcal- received. In hla address he II ant eulogy on the life of the great emancipator from a foreign point of view, concluding with a tribute to the golden rule of diplomacy as txtmplifled by Lincoln and Hay and ia which category of statesmen he placed Theodore Roosevelt, owing to the President efforts to stave off anti-Japanese legislation oa the Pacific coast. Jananeae Bhnr Speakt. In his ajeecb Baron Takahira aaldi Mr.

Chairman arid Gentlemen: ''I feel highly gratified to be able to avail myself of your courteous Invitation to attend your banquet thla evening, which la given in commemoration of the one hundredth ennlver-tarv of the birth of your great martyred President. Abraham Lincoln. "I first received your Invitation. If I remember right. a long ago as last March.

Tou gave me ample time to prepare a good speech but I confess I have spent the most part of It carelessly, as I have thought I bad plenty of time to do it and when I began to prepare my speech a lew davs ago 1 found that Mr. Lincoln's greatness as a man and as a public servant has been exhaustively described In his so many 'llfes' and biographies that the PVe citizens of this country must be fully ta-mlllar with It. There Is no room for any additional remarks by such a stranger as myself. If. however, I should be required to say what has Impressed me most strongly in his life and character.

I would mention that the nobleness of his heart and the generosity of his mind, amply verified In every dttall by his acts and contact, which leave no trace of personal motives In his management of public afTalrs. but abound In every proof of the sincerity of ds1re for the benefit of hts country and fellow beings, are fully Illustrative of the life and character of a statesman, idealised by all men of every nationality. Left Great Eiamyle. "Mr. Lincoln, therefore, left In his life a great example of a public man.

not only of his own, but of all countries. And it is no wonder that tois fame Is world wide and adorns the universal history of the modern age as one of the greatest men that ever lived. "Anothr feature of his life which appears particularly instructive to me as a diplomat hi. mthnri of conductlnK foreign af- r.i-V ti rtiutttrV. The Civil wSr did as mK i nrianvr the International position states, as It threatened the i.t.Fnuiinioi unlidltv of the Union, and In tuch a great adversity It must have required extraordinarv power of foresight and precision, as well as the unusual faculty of nH muraa-e.

to handle so in- tricate questions of foreign affairs -as the ctQi.c haA ia face at that time. Thoee who learned to admire his method transaction called It Lincoln diplomacy the diplomacy which upheld the dignity and "interest of the United States when she still remained in a less Important position and under very adverse clrcum etsncts Relation With Japan. The Himorv of the diolomatlc relations ih United States aDd Japan and oth er far Eastern countries is replete with every rfoanrintinn of the friendly acta taken by hi onuntrv which miht be considered ns nniir-attnn of the golden rule, and there is roaaon to believe that such appllca t'on of the golden rule in your -diplomacy -ith thA countries is belnc retributed by aixntion of the same rule in their diplomacy toward you. Now let me make a rmarka here about our relatione in order to show you how the golden, rule haa tun observed between the two countries snrt also why It must be observed. 'I have nectseartlv to begin with the re mnrkahle success of CornmodorePerry's mis- inn which was sent to Japan some half cen tury aeo in order to open and Introduce into thf community of nations and the country which was then only terra Incognito.

Not rpeakine; of the great debt of gratitude Japan owes to the United states tor ner ineuaiy Introduction into the international community. It Is a noteworthy, fact that the American government) haa been particularly careful In the selection- of Its representatives in Japan In order to accomplish -what has been left for them to do by Perry's mission: We have never had any-Idea for a moment, of displeasing your people, much less of waging war against you. TVoald Adjaat Imoilajrat loa. "It is for this reason that when displeasure was manifested in this country in regard to the Japaneae Immigration we readily consented to the adjustment of the question under certain conditions, by limiting the immigration of laborers to the minimum number. "Thus we have been using every effort not only to remove'all possible causes of misunderstanding and conflict between the -two countries, but: to bring about a clear and definite understanding between the.

two roue tries in order to cement the closest bond of friendship and- neighborlioees. "All this, 1 venture to say. is the resnlt of the application of the Golden Rule In your Ic service and of the adoption of the tame rnle la curs, and I -most emphatically declare that so long as the Golden Rule Is considered as the guiding principle of our diplomacy we shall-be enabled to enjoy the benefit of peace and prosperity which will surely continue, and -all ether Far Eastern countries will follow the-example thus set by us. This must be, I dare sayfully la accordance with Ike bleb Ideal of Lincoln's llplomacy. which Is now being eo energetically exnounded Snd executed -by another great President, Mr.

Theodore Foncer Governor General of Cuba Charles Magoon. la his speech, said: "Unrnln and Grant and men of their day acted well their parts In the greatest of modern struggles, but they left to those who should tone after them the completion of the, work which they commenced. -The nme-reaa of events, the onward march of civilization, has -imposed on Aacerica the solution of another phase of the race prob "I doubt not that. the ultimate destiny of the Philippine will be the creation therein of a free and independent sovereignty. 1 Jnuht not -that Cuba will be permitted to work ant Its own salvation and that the United States will continue to recognize and observe the joint resolution ef our Congress adopted ia April.

189, "tnai me innaoiranrs ef the island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free an Independent. TraveHag Ma. Atteatlaa! When yon are through reading this paper am the throw it-out is-im nm imi af section men you pass, so tfcy.caa read it if. aad eJaj They will appreciate It. MILLION GOTHAWIITES OBSERVE CEHTEHABY More Than 500,000 Children Attend Exercises in Memory of Lincoln in 561 Public Schoolhouses of New York City.

JOSEPH E. CHOATE RECALLS SPEECH BY EMANCIPATOR Speaking From Same Platform, He Repeats Words Which He Says Gave' Illinois Man Nomination and Election. fipeclat Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. NEW TORK. Feb.

12. In practically every schoolhouse. church and hall memorial services were held today for Abraham Lincoln, and it ia estimated that more thaa 1.000.000 people participated. More than 600.00 Chil dren attended, exercises. In to oi.pupno schoolhouses and it was an Inspiring sight to see.

the eager interest young merlf a'tcok in. 'ft II ra)B 1AtT aaaisAtr er nssnsNT umm.it, vakx Aran o. 1865. Tan j. susv atroaa mis asssiAiwi.

-fTf1 I rlf-. I II 1 1 Vv- 111 nag Plaeadl at Base af Uaeala Statae la Usesla Park Vtattrssy lekesl CkUdlrask Fli the deeds' saving and life of the man whose figure looms so large ia the century lust past. The day was Drtgnt ana iair ana io on the streets, together with the thousands of Bags flung to the breexe, gave the city a featlve appearance. Tonight there were scores of Lincoln meetings for the elders and a dosen or more of Lincoln dinners at leading hotels, in all 6f which the praise of the. martyr President was All In all.

the celebration today was the moat hearty and widespread of its kind ever seen here. The day began with the firing of the national salute by the harbor forts, warships and by national guard batteries. This was, at 8 o'clock- Aa hour later the army of children trooped to their schoolhouses and there, with song, poem and address, participated in the day's celebration. Morff of the churches held services, beginning -at o'clock, and thousands of persons attended. Regalia L.laalaa "The city's official celebration waa held In Cooper Union, la the hall -in which Lincoln made his first public address 1n the East.

Mayor George B. HcClellan presided and addresses of appreciation and tribute to Lincoln were delivered by Joseph H. Choateand the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott.

A memorial tablet placed in the middle-column at the back of the stage waa A feature of the celebration here and in many of the meetings tonight was the music and singing by male -choruses from the many singing societies of New Tork. Mr Choate, in a personal reminiscent ad ll NEW PICTURE OF CONNECTED WITH THE CENTENNIAL in mfffcTn it ria 'in I TO a IIP LPa 5ri -r i i "'Iv i I- dress, told of meeting Lincoln, forty-nine years ago on the very platform from which he spoke "That wonderful speech he made here, said the former Ambassador, "led directly to hla nomination and election as President." 'Let us have faith that rlabt makes That closing sentence ranc through th cltv and the country." Other noteworthy features during the day were the celebrations at Columbia uaa iww York university, and the exhibitions of Lin- colnlana at the College of the City of New JTork and In the Lenox The -evening's principal ooservance was in rarneai hall, where General Horace Porter nreatded and Bishop Alexander Walters of Nw Jersev. one of the most distinguished negro -clergymen In the JSast. delivered an eulogy of Lincoln from the standaolnt of a negro, and spoke af I be progress, condition atin future of the negro we-would" honor this great and good said Bishop. Walters, "we must finish the work which he so nobly began the lifting up of the negro race to the hirhest noint of -Thla can be accomplished flrsfby beiBK good and loyal oiiiaena ourselves, and by teaching our chll dren to be the same.

Has the nearo Just ified 1 viTorta of Lincoln and ihoee associated with htm. wrha believed In manhood rights? I am glad to be abie to trnthfuilv assert that he has." Another celebration of note was be.d in the great hall of the Unlversitr of the City of New York, at wnicn THE GREAT EMANOPATOK, AND 2UbJNiia Plnley presided and Andrew 8. Draper, state superintendent of education, delivered, the oration. Celehratlaaa All Over Cltjr. No part ef the city, however, had a monopoly of the evening observance, for In every armory, many of the schools, hotels and clubs celebrations of various kinds were given.

bat all had the one tneme. tne ma- me 01 Lincoln. Among the speakers of prominence at these functions were Secretary George B. Cortelyou, who" spoke at the dinner of the Graduates' club at the Hotel As tor; Booker T. Washington, at the Kcpuoucan ctun; Andrew Carnegie, at the meeting of the Cooper Union ahimnl.

and Judge Emory Speer of Georgia, at the armory of the Tweiitn regi ment. Booker Washington in nie apeeca saw you ask inai or touuu property and turned into a tree Aawricau citizen to speak te you tonigni on Aoranam Lincoln. 1 am not fitted by anceatry.or training to be your teacher tonight, or, as I have stated, waa oorn a siav. My first knowieage 01 Aoranam uacam came ln-tnis way: 1 waa iniruni ww one morning before the dawn of day. aa I lav wrapped in a cunaie 01 rags on uirv of our slave cabin, by the prayera 01 my mother, Jut before leaving tor ner nay a work, as she waa kneeling over my body earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and thai one day a be and tier boy might be free.

You give me the opportunity here this evening to celebrate with yon and the nation the answer to that orayer "Says the Great Book somewhere. Though a man die. yet shall he live. If this la true of the ordinary man, how much more true is it of the hero of the hour and the hero of the century Abraham Lincoln!" He said his race owned to Lincoln not only physical but moral freedom. He said la conclusion that so far he could speak for hla race he would pledge that it would strive to so deport Itself that it shall reflect nothing but Khe highest credit upon the whole people in the North and in the South.

Ceeralsa." "In vain may the search be made through the reports of all the speeches and through all tbe writings and correspondence of Abraham Lincoln to find one syllable of depreciation or unklndness toward Southern declared Judge Speer In his address, After describing the early life of Lincoln and the privations and hardships of his frontier existence. Judge Speer went on to pay high the efforts made by Lincoln to preserve the union of states without war. Referring to the assassination of Lincoln as "thr deep damnation of his tak-i vir Jndee Sneer declared that the hor-- rora reconstruction, "based upon the itiMr which Mr. Lincoln bad declined todis euaa. namely, that the seceded states had lost their status In the Union," might have been aTered had Lincoln lived.

He asserted that-when the policy of reconstruction finally fell there came "the final, eternal triumph of CELEBRAJ the loving heart, the prophet's statecraft, the patriotic soul or CaUI ar Coaf eresee aa Searro. Signatures of many prominent men and women are attached to a call Issued today for a national "Lincoln conference on the negro oueatton The oblct of the conference, aa outlined in the rail, ia a fall discussion of nresent evils and to awaken a renewed in terest and activity In behalf of the colored race and to secure for If perfect equality. The Question is put in the call: "How far has the nation lived np to the obltgatlon im posed upon It by the emancipation proclama MonT It deprecates "the spread of law leas attacks upon the ngro. North, South and West." and says "Silence under theae conditions meana tacit approval." Among the signers of the call are: Miss Jane Chicago: Samuel Bowles Springfield. Mrs.

Ida Wells Barnett, Chicago: William Lloyd Garrison, Boston; Professor W. E. B. Atlanta; the Rev. Francis J.

Grlmke. Washington. D. C. Rabbi Emil G.

Htrsch, Chicago-. Louis F. Post, Chtcaro; William M. Salter, Chicago: Mrs Rodman, Wart on. Miss Susan Wart on.

Philadelphia; Professor Charles Boston, and many prominent- New Yorkers. GIVEN STATUE OF LINCOLN. JalYoralty at WiscomIsi HcIt Herele la. gpctal TXspateh to The Inter Ocean. MADISON.

WIs, Ff b. The gift to the Cnlverslty of Wisconsin of Weinman's heroic bronze statue of Lincoln, the only replica of the one being-erected Jointly by the United States and the state of Kentucky at Lincoln's birth place, Hodgenvllle. Ky and to be on- veiled by President Taft on Memorial day. waa announced by President Charles R. Van Hiae at the- Lincoln centenary exercises at the university this morning.

The statue Is given to the university by Thomas E. Brlt- tineham. Madison. wo- The statue, which Is to be placed In the center of the court of honor on the upper eaniDua. la to be unveiled at commencement in June, one month artrrtue unveiling 01 tne orlalnal in Hodaenvllle.

The "ReT. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago addressed 6,000 students and faculty members of the University of Wisconsin gathered in Armory-ball to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Lincoln' birth. The speak er'a subject was "True Democracy of Lin Actors eat Grapeuts It aids memory and gives poise to mind and "There's a Reason" CAPITALS OF EUROPE PAY THEIR TRIBUTES Ambassador Griscom Hves an Ad dress at a Large Dinner in Rome and King Victor Emmanuel Calls Lincoln a World Citizen. AT UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN MEMORIAL MEETING IS HELD Bronze Bust of Emancipator Pre-seated London Press Devotes Space to Anniversary and City of Lincoln, Cables Greetings. fiptrltl Cable Dlapatcb The later Ocean.

ROME, Feb. 12. A fitting observance of the centennial of Abraham Lin coin a birth took place at a dinner at the Excelsior hotel tonight, which waa attended by 110 Americans, Including Ambassador Griscom. Big. Nathan.

the.mayor of Rome, and aeveral oth-. er Italian dignitaries. Six of the Americana present once, had the honor; of rconveratng G. W. Brtck ldrecior of the American acwlemy la Rome, acted as toast maater.aod the Rev.

-Walter Lawrie-of Newport oflered the invocation Ambassador uriseom wan the principal speaker, and his remarks on the frlendshin between ltalv and tne ttBHts States during the Civil war and which stilt continues, evoked hearty applause. Uaeala Balasbea Kla. Mavor Nathan proposed a toast to the health of King Victor Emmanuel and later. a eulogist lc speech on Lincoln, orougm forth a round of hearty applause by saying: Lincoln waa not an American; he belonged to the. whole Professor Jesse' B.

ot the American Scfcool ot Classical Studies in Home, drew a historical sketch of Lincoln. O. Lte of Nw Yorktpoke on Lincoln In fluence, and. Dr. W.

W. Baldwin of Connecll cot related an unpublished anecdote by Ua- All the SDfecnes were warmiy at The dinner ended wlta a toas-. oy David Lubln of California to the memory of Lincoln. Bcrlla Observes the Day. BERLIN.

Feb. 12. The "one hundredth an nlveraary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln waa celebrated at the University of Berlin at boob todav. when Professor Felix Adier of New York delivered an address anon ui coin as a tvnical American. Tne nail was crowded, and among those present were the leadina- nrofeaaora of the university, ira-viu Jayne HU1, the American Ambassador, and Mrs.

Hill, and various representatives 01 toe foreign office and the Prussian Ministry 01 Education. At the conclusion of his lecture Professor Adier presented the university with a bronse bust of Lincoln, a replica 01 me voia sun in tha National' museum at Washington, which will be placed in the Roosevelt room. Professor Kahl. rector of toe university. thanked Professor Adier in a brief address.

Ia the afternoon the Hills opened tneir house to the American colony for a Lincoln celebration. The attendance was larae. ano Professor Adier. Professor Wllltam Morris Davis of Harvard university and Ambassador Hill made brief addresses. The German presn generally is taking no tice of the Lincoln anniversary, many newspapers printing lengthy sketches of Lin coln's- lire.

laio rasera Praia Llaeala. LONDON. Feb. 12: The' English news- bapers today devote much space to appreci ations of Abraham. Lincoln-1.

There was -no celebration In but. in the mayors- house at Manchester there was a email gatn-erlner, at which the Rt, Rev. James Welldon Dean of Manchester presided. Alfred Hop-kinson. vice chancellor of Victoria univer sity, moved a number of eulogistic resolutions, and Church Howe, the American con sul, spoke in reply.

City mt Lincoln Jeaii Cable. LINCOLN. England, Feb. ll. The mayor of Lincoln today cabled gretlngs to rTeat-dent Roosevelt on tho Lincoln centenary.

He said in hla message: "The Lincoln city flag waves tne guna hall today in sympathetic commemoration of the event" Memorial Meet I at at 1st Parla. PARIS. Feb. 12. Exercises commemora tive of the centenary of Abraham Lincoln a birth were held at the Lyceum club this evening.

The preoldent of the eiuo, Mrs. Mason, wire of the American Consul General, presided. and among those present were Ambassador White and Mrs. White and 200 American real- dents in Paris. The exercises consisted ot an appropriate uneom program, a temiurv of it being a splendid address on the mar tyred President by professor Henry van Dyke of Princeton university.

Braall ParIta Trlbate. WASHINGTON, Du C. Feb. 12. Braall paid tribute to Abraham Lincoln.

Tne uraxuian Ambassador has received a 'dispatch an- nouncinr that today, in nonor or rne uincoin centenary, the national flag waa holated on all the federal, state and municipal buildings of Braall. The Braxilian warships were oresseo. ana at 1 o'clock in the afternoon tne warsnips and the fortresses fired a salute 01 iweniy- ono guns. The Brazilian emoasay ai asningion served the day by flying the embassy nag at top-mast. Obaerveal Manila Sehaala.

M.4.NILA. Feb. 12. The Lincoln centenary was generally ooserveo ibtoukd re- lands today bv patriotic exercises new in me schools. The chief meeting, held In Manila, was presided over by Governor General James Smith.

The principal aaareas made by-Justice Johnson of Manna. SENATOR LODGE SPEAKS TO LEGISLATURE ON LINCOLN Aaka That Peaale Be Maw rlttvtaa Kxeeatlvea, ass Taken Vn California Traabla. 8peclal Diapatch to The later Oeeaa. BOSTON. Feb.

life and work of Abraham Lincoln were the subjects ot an address by Senator Lodge before the Maaaachueetta Legislature today. Lincoln, wishing to save tne Union re- cardiees of the result of such action- on slavery, waa bitterly criticised by the anti slavery men. while he waa aonaed oy tne op Dosltion as a radical and "black To these critics Lincoln replied in moderate Referring to these experiences of Lincoln. Mr. Lodge said: "The teach tip that a great executive officer, dealing with the most momentous problems, cannot do everything at once that he must subordinate the lesser to the greater if he would not fall entirely.

Is it not well for us. before pasaing hasty Judgment and in dulging in quick condemnation, to reflect that the man charged with great 'public duties may have a knowledge of conditions and possess sources -information which are not known to the world or even to thcae who criticise?" f- Mr. Lodge spoke of the growth ia power ot the central which he said waa Inevitable, because, he It goes hand in hand with the growth of the country. Mr. Lodge declared that no state should be given a right to disregard a treaty made by the United States or to so act as to bring war upon the.

nation. "The people of the United States," he said, "wilt not long suffer their foreign relations to be imperiled or permit the of the country to be put in Jeopardy because some one state doeo not choose to submit to the action of the general government in a matter 1 nn if i avt.it- 1 ri. 'v Ocwasi Sprini. Ulaav BUoxi. MUa, Tmmm ChrUtlaa, Gullport.

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with which the general government alone can deaL" Haaar Llacalal INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 12. Indian-s polls celebrated the centennial bf Abrabana Lincoln's birthday with a mass meeting at Tomllnaon hall this afternoon. While the exercises were going on In this city tbe school children of Indianapolis, through the pupils of the school at Lincoln City, were decorating the grave of the woman who gave Lincoln birth.

Their wreath, purchased by 1 cent contributions by the 2.60 eighth grade pupils la the Indianapolia schools, was placed on the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, which crowns a little knoll Just outside of Lincoln City. Ind. Hawaii OHervet Dr. HONOLULU. Feb.

12. Lincoln's birthday waa obaerved today by a large ptoportlon of the clty'a population. A civic and military parade waa reviewed by Governor Frear and. In the evening there were exercises at the opera-house, with a a oration by W. O.

Smith, editor of the Gazette and Advertiser. Texaa Ctt lea Celebrate. DALLAS. Tezas. Feb.

12. For the- first time In the history of Texaa many of the cities throughout the state today observed the 100th anniveraary of Lincoln's birth. Ex-ercites were held In the public school build- lags, tie blue and the gray Intermingling. A GOOD STORY Th Men's Overcoats that wi or offering this week at greatly reduced prices are such bargains as can be had only in Clothing of the Browning. King Company Standard of Quality.

Here are some present items: Overcoats that were from lt5 io tSO Now S18 Those that were from t3 to 4G 1 Now Hi Those at S45 t6fi Now ISO These are what bargain should be. open until eao P. At T6 Company lot 1 io-z.