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GREAT JAMESTOWN
FAIR is OPENED.
ROOSEVELT PRESSES GOLD BUT
TON, FORMALLY INAUGURAL
ING EXPOSITION.
PRESIDENT is CENTRAL
FIGURE AT CEREMONIES
Delivers Address and Reviews Mag
nlflcent Naval Pageant Amid
Thunderous Salutes and Applause
of Thousands.

Norfolk, Va, April 27.-The James
town Tercentennial exposition-a land
and water display such as never was
attempted in this country or on for
eign shores - was opened Friday
with that pomp and ceremony which
always attends an event where the
president of the United States is a
central figure and diplomatic repre-
sentatives of foreign nations, govern
ors of states and like dignitaries are
honored guests and participants.
Incident to the opening President
Roosevelt reviewed from the deck Of
the Mayflower the war vessels an
chOred in Hampton Roads. He reach
ed Discovery Landing, having been
his yacht shortly before noon, and
amid applause from the thousands
gathered to voice their welcome he
was received by the exposition man.
agement,
Formally Open Exposition.
Then followed the programme for
opening to the public the enterprise,
COMMUNICATING the three hundredth
anniversary of the first English settle
ment in America.
This programme included an ad-
dress by Harry st. George Tucker,
president of the exposition, and one
by President Roosevelt; singing by
the exposition chorus of 700 trained
voices, the pressing of the gold button
by President Roosevelt which marked
the formal opening. and review by
the president of the assembled mill
tary forces.
AT sunrise the ceremonies were be-
gun by the United States artillery fir
ing salute of 800 guns to usher in
the day. This was a signal to rail
road trains, street cars and boat lines,
which from that moment poured peo-
pie into the grounds.
Receive the President.
A distinguished gathering received
the president and his party at Dis
covery Landing. 1t included President
Tucker and all of the general officers
OF the exposition, Rear Admiral P. F.
Harrington, in charge of the naval pro-
gramme, and Maj. Gen. Fred d. Grant,
who arranged the military attrac-
tions.
After the exchange of greetings,
during which the bands played patriot
&c selections, the party proceeded in
carriages to the grand stand. The
cheering crowd pressed the outsiders
nf no
which took the most direct route
around the main auditorium building
TO the scene of the inaugural
Great Ovation to Roosevelt.
The procession was a triumphal one
Tor the president, but it was equaled
later by the welcome given him as he
entered the reviewing stand. Bow
Ding to the right and to the left his
Acknowledgements of the great public
acclaim spurred the crowd to renewed
efforts.
The gathering in front of the grand
stand had started as soon as the choice
vantage points had become occupied
at the water front and when the cere-
monies opened the audience extended
over the parade ground far beyond the
speakers voice.
The formal programme opened with
an overture by the band-"J jamestown
Dixie" which was composed entirely
Tor the occasion-followed by a selec-
ton by the exposition chorus and
prayer by Rt. Rev. Alfred Magill Ran.
dolph, bishop of the diocese of south
ern Virginia.
Warships Salute President.
The deep-throated guns of five great
nations voiced a salute in unison to
the American flag and to the president
OF the United States.
The reverberating boom of the can
non sped laundering and echoing over
the waters of far-famed Hampton
roads, where nearly half century ago
the Monitor and the Merrimac met in
the memorable conflict, which brought
into existence the armored craft of
war.
From the Little Yankee cheesebox
set upon a raft" and the rectangular
mass Of iron which carried the con.