The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-04-26
ONLY PRESIDENT NEEDED TO
TOUCH THE BUTTON.
GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY
Visiting Warships From Many Nations
Arrive to Participate in Formal
Dedication Of jamestown Exposition.

Norfolk, va, April 25.-With Presi-
dent Roosevelt as the guest and with
diplomatic and military officials from
all of the more important nations OF
the world in attendance, the James
town Ter-centennial exposition will
be thrown open to the public tomor-
row Every steamer and every train
reaching Norfolk tonight. brought
many visitors. The city is decorated
as seldom before, and the governor Of
Virginia has proclaimed tomorrow a
holiday in this vicinity. Fair and cool
weather is promised, and as the details
Of the progrens oD land and water
ceremonies have all been carefully
worked out, the exposition manage
ment is looking forward to the open
ing tomorrow as forming a notable
epoch in the history of tide-water Vir-
ginia.
President Roosevelt, who left Wash
ington this afternoon on board the
MayfloWer, is expected to arrive off
Fort Monroe tomorrow morning, short
ly after 10. He will Immediately re-
view the fleet of foreign and American
warships now at anchor in Hampton
Roads. This imposing ceremony and
brief reception to the flag officers on
board the Mayflower ended, the presi-
dent will set out for the shore, land
ing on the exposition grounds at IL
o'clock. He will be driven at once to
the reviewing stand on Lees Parade,
a magnificent drill ground surrounded
by blossoming apple trees, and there
will deliver the opening and dedica-
tory address Of the exposition. He
will conclude by pressing, a gold but
ton as a signal for the formal opening
of all the finished departments of the
enterprise. The president and his
immediate party will then receive
Auditorium building and after this
function will be entertained at lunch
He will return to the reviewing stand
during the afternoon to witness the
land parade of soldiers and sailors
several companies of the latter being
landed from the foreign vessels. This
will conclude the opening ceremonies
Today witnessed the arrival of the
most formidable of the visiting war
ships. The Austrian ships st. George
and Asperin and the British cruiser
squadron, composed of the Good Hope
the, Argyll, the Hampshire and the
Roxburgh, passed in the Capes within
a few hours of each other. With sa
: luting cannon and dipping flags they
cruised slowly up Hampton Roads tt
the position assigned them on tn,
naval rendezvous grounds. The flag
ship Connecticut of the American
feet exchanged salutes with the st
!. George and the Good Hope and late
, Admiral Sir George Neville of tn,
!, British squadron and Commodor
= Plescott of the Austrian squadron pu
out in small boats to visit Rear Ad
miral Evans.
black tunnels, the visiting ships wer
y sharply marked in contrast to tn
3 American ships resplendent in thei
coats of immaculate white paint TIL
arrival of the Britons and Austrians
who had been preceded two days b
the German squadron and the Anger
tine ship Sarmiento, lent immeas
urably to the attractiveness of th
! naval display arranged for the ope1
> ing days of the exposition, and wi
! make of tomorrow's review the nots
;. Bile event of the inaugural ceremt
MES.
The steamer Jamestown from Wasl
ington, bearing the congressional de
legation to the exposition, arrived 8
I. Old Point Comfort tonight. Th
!. steamer Newport News, with the dil
/ lomatic and naval and military a
q taches of the foreign embassies an
- legations on board, will arrive earl
tomorrow morning.