Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-12
HEARTY COOPERATION PROMISED
Head OF Treasury Department is Sat
sfed With Report and Believes
Tcrccntennial Win be Brought to
Successful Close-Attendance Graf
ifyingIy Large Since the Fourth.
Trom a stan Correspondents

- AZ 80 y ~ W ~ Is.Nl ODI INJN, July
1l.-Director James NJ. Barr, of the
Exposition had an important confer
encc with Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou at Washington yesterday.
The secretary expressed himself as
BEING entirely satisfied that the EX-
position will be carried to success
f'il conclusion and assured Mr.. Barr
oil his hearty cooperation in every
direction which may be of service
The director general reported that
all the exhibit buildings are complet-
ed and In operation; that 81 per cent
OF all the exhibits have been in
stalled; that the government and
State buildings are fully completed,
ard that the War Path" is in full
blast
Since the Fourth of July the at.
tendance ut the Exposition has been
gratifying large.
Everything on Boom.
Typical summer weather prevails
at the exposition now ana everything
Is on boom. The exhibits which
have always been very attractive, con
tinue to interest thousands of visitors,
while the beautiful State and govern.
ment buildings are daily thronged
with interested spectators.
German Day" will be celebrated
at the Tercentennial August l, and
German organizations from all sec
tons OF the country will be in attend
ance. An elaborate program is being
prepared for the occasion.
The completion of the educational
exhibit of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute which is located in the al
tractvc little buildings of the "Vil.
lage of Arts and Crafts on SPOTS
wood circle. at the eastern end of the
grounds adds greatly to the cduca.
tional display of the Tcrcentennia
and Is itself one of the most com
plete and interesting exhibits that
have been installed at the exposition
Every department of the Virginia
Polytechnic InsN't ute is graphically
presented Ly working demonstrations
under the supervision of experienced
professors or graduate students who
are thoroughly familiar with every de
tail of the work the entire exhibit
being under the charge of Colonel r.
A. Maury, Dean of the department OF
civil engineering Mt Blacksburg
Richmond Day Program.
John Shelton Williams of Rich
mond, former president of the Sea
board Air Line Railroad, has been
chosen to deliver the principal ad-
dress Richmond Day, July Is. The
celebration of Richmond Day will lie
one of the greatest events OF the Ten
centennial.
Missouri can boast of being the
only state west of the Mississippi river
which has both building and exhibit
at the Tcrcentennial Besides pos
sess ng one OF the prettiest buildings
on the grounds and one of the most
attractive mineral and agricultural ex-
hibits the show me- state has fine
exhibits in the educational building,
show ng the methods of instruction
in the model public cducat onal insti-
tutions of that state.
Baseball Saturday.
The baseball teams of the Twenty
third Infantry and the "CavalryArtil-
lery'' will play match game on ath-
letic field Saturday afternoon at $50
o'clock
DIR. F. w. Boatwright, President of
Richmond College. visited the expo
sition today and was much pleased
with the various educational exhibits