Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-26
Warships from Various
Nations Boom
Salutes
In Honor Of the Occasion the Governor
Of Virginia ProoIaims a Holiday.
Norfolk Crowded with "a
Visitors
BY Associated Press.

'NOHfOhh, va, April 26.-W1th
President Roosevelt as the guest and
with diplomatic and military officials
from all the more important nations
In the world in attendance the James
town tercentennial exposition will be
thrown open to the public tomorrow.
Every steamer and every train reach
ing Norfolk tonight, brought many visf-
tors. 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 predicted and as the details of the
program on land and water ceremonies
have all been carefully worked out the
exposition management is looking for
ward to the opening tomorrow as form
ing notable epoch in the history Of
tidewater Virginia.
President Roosevelt, who left Wash
ington this afternoon on board the
Mayflower, is expected to arrive off
Fort Monroe tomorrow morning, short
ly after o'clock. He will Immediately
proceed to review the fleet of foreign
and American warships now at anchor
In Hampton Roads, This imposing cer-
emony and a brief reception to the flag
officers on board the Mayflower ended,
the president will set out for the shore,
landing on the exposition grounds at
IL o'clock. He will be driven at once
to the reviewing stand on Lee parade,
magnificent drill ground skirted by
blossoming apple trees, and will there
deliver the opening dedicatory address
of the exposition.
President Roosevelt will conclude by
pressing a gold button as a signal for
the formal opening of all the finished
departments of the enterprise.
Will Receive Guests
The president will then receive sew
eral hundred invited guests in the audi
torium building and after this function
will be entertained at luncheon. He will
return to the reviewing stand during
the afternoon to witness the land pa
rade 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 warship
squadrons. The Austrian ships Sancte
George and Aspern and the British
cruiser squadron composed of the Good
Hope, the Argyll, the Hampshire and
the Roxburg, passed in the capes
saluting cannon and dipping flags they
cruised slowly up Hampton Roads to
the position assigned them on the
naval rendezvous grounds.
The flagship Connecticut of the
American fleet exchanged salutes with
the Sancte George and the Good Hope,
and later Admiral Sir George Neville
of the British squadron and Commo-
dore Hermann p. Lescott of the AUS
trian squadron put out in small boats
to visit Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans on the Connecticut.
They were warmly welcomed and
had hardly gone over the side to re-
turn to their own flagships when the
American commander was in his
launch returning the official call of
courtesy.
Ships in Sharp Contrast
With dull gray sides and smoky
black tunnels the visiting ships were
sharply marked in contrast to the
American ships, resplendent in new
coats of Immaculate white paint The
arrival of the Brltons and Austrians,
who had been preceded two days by
the German squadron and the Argen-
tine ship Sarmiento lent immeasur-
ably to the attractiveness Of the naval
display arranged for the opening days
of the exposition and will make of
tomorrow's review the notable event
of the inaugural ceremonies.
The steamer jamestown, from
Washington, bearing the congressional
delegation to the exposition, arrived
at Old Point Comfort tonight. The
steamer Newport News with the dip
lomatic and naval and military at
taches OF the foreign embassies and
legations on board, will arrive early to-
morrow morning and disembark her
distinguished passengers at the ex-
position grounds.