The San Francisco call., 1898-07-10
WELCOME TO
 THE TURNER'S San Jose Greets Many
 Guests. FEST FORMALLY OPENED
DELEGATION INDULGE IN A
 HIGH LINKS.
Singers, Marksmen and Athletes of Note Will Contest for Prizes at Agricultural
 Park.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, July 9.-The city was scene of gaiety this evening. The Kreis Turn Fest was formally opened and jovial turner's from all over the coast with their guests from all parts of the United States took possession of the Garden City.
 For the next three days their reign will be one of pleasure and good cheer. Never before has San Jose had such jolly guests and they received a royal reception from the people.
 During the past two days delegations to the turning and singing festival of the Pacific Coast Division of the North America Turn Bund have been arriving and this evening the streets were crowded with athletic young fellows and pretty girls. This division includes the States of Oregon, Washington and California.
 The decorations displayed for the Fourth of July have been left up and added to and these give a gala ap- pearance. On all sides are the familiar signs Gut Heil' and "Wilkommen Turner and Saenger."
 Delegates from San Francisco and other bay cities arrived by special train ln4s evening. With them Were d num- Der of delegates who had been in at tendance at the National Turner Bund at San Francisco and about 600 excur- sionists. They were met at the depot by the general committee, composed of Albert Currlin (chairman), L. Henning, ii. W. Otter, L. Webber. F. Schu- macher, A. Greeninger, George KeffeI. Il: Roehr, L. Ziegler and F. Butler.
 The San Jose Turn Verein and it's auxiliary societies were present, and the visitors were escorted to the Turn Verein Hall with torchlight process sion. Roman candles and rockets were discharged along the line of march, and the pageant was an imposing specta- cie. r. Butler was grand marshal, and Mayor Martin and the Councilmen headed the parade In carriages
 The Los Angeles Turn Verein led the long line of Turner's. The societies rep resented were: San Francisco Turn Verein, Eintrel, Eintracht, Turn Sec tion of San Francisco, Mission Turn Verein San Francisco, Vorwaerts Turn Verein of San Francisco, Sozialer Turn Verein of Portland, Or, and Turn Yer efns from Sacramento Oakland, Marys- vile, Los Angeles, San Diego Anaheim and San Jose.
 At the hall Henry Roeher, president
  duced Albert Currlin, who welcomed the delegates on behalf of the local turner's. Mayor Martin followed in an address of welcome on behalf of the people of the city. He extolled the virtues of the German-American citi- zens, and spoke very highly of the ath- letic training derived in vereins. He turned over the city to the visitors, and asked them to enjoy themselves to their hearts content. He was roundly cheered
 The guests were then served with sandwiches and refreshments. After this there was high jinks, at which prominent members delivered short ad- dresses. The hall was crowded, and all present enjoyed themselves to the ut most.
 Tomorrow will be the greatest day of the festival. The day will be devoted to athletics and in the evening the diff ferent singing societies will compete for prizes. At o'clock the societies will march to Agricultural Park where the pavilion and grounds have been hand somely decorated. There will be mass wand exercises, broad and high jump ing and putting of the shot. The num- Der of men entered by the societies are: San Francisco Turn Verein, 30; San Francisco Eintracht Turn Section, 30; Mission Turn Verein of San Francisco, Is; San Francisco Vorwaerts Verein, 10. Other vereins are represented as follows Oakland, 10; Stockton, 6; Los Angeles, 2S; Sacramento, 10; Anaheim, 10; San Diego, 6; San Jose, 10.
 The singing competition in the even ing will be the finest of its kind ever heard on the coast. Those par ticipating are the singing sections of Vorwaerts Turn Verein of San Fran cisco, Stockton Turn Verein, Anaheim Turn Verein, San Jose Turn Verein, Harmonic of San Jose, Harmonic of San Francisco, Aipenroesli of San Fran cisco and Rothmaenner Lieder Kranz of San Francisco.
 On Monday morning shooting sec tions will have their turn.
 The competing teams are the Turn Verein shooting section and Vorwaerts shooting section of San Francisco, and the San Jose Turn Verein shooting sec tion.
 Then San Francisco Turn Verein shooting section is here with a drum corps forty strong, Captain Attenger commanding, First Lieutenant J. Straub, Second Lieutenant Krommer.
 The organization includes such crack shots as Charles Nelson, Otto Bau- meister, John and William Utschet, Phil o. Jacobi, Louie Brone, William Nolting and Charles Santenhorn, and coast and worlds records are liable to be broken.
 The following prominent instructors of the coast Turn Vereins are present: Los Angeles, Professor Ross; Marys-