The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-26
Makes DedicatOTy Address at Il O'clock After Reviewing
 FsetO Waships
THOUSANDS ARRIVE FOR
 GREAT NAVAL PAGEANT
FaIr Weather Is Predicted and Pro. qramme of Land and Water Cere- monies Will Make Open
 Ing Magnificent.

Norfolk, April 25-With President Roosevelt as the guest and with diplo- mat and military officials from all of the most important nations of the world in attendance, the Jamestown tercentennial exposition will be thrown open to the pub lie tomorrow. Every steamer and train reaching Norfolk tonight brought thous- ands of visitors. The city is decorated as seldom before and the governor of Virginia has proclaimed tomorrow holi- day in this vicinity. Fair and cool weather is predicted and as the details of the pro- gramme of land and water ceremonies have all been carefully worked out the exposition management is looking forward to the opening tomorrow as forming a notable epoch in the history of tidewater Virginia.
 Arrives at 8 O'Clock.
 President Roosevelt. who left Washing ton this afternoon on board the May flower, is expected to arrive off Fort Mon roe tomorrow morning shortly after 8 o'clock He will immediately proceed to review the magnificent fleet of foreign and American warships now at anchor in Hampton Roads. This imposing ceremony d on board the Mayflower ended the Presi- dent will set out for the shore, land ing at the exposition at Il o'clock He will be driven at once to the reviewing stand on Lee parade-a magnificent drill grounds skirted by blossoming April blooms. and will there deliver the opening and dedica- tory address of the exposition.
 President Roosevelt concludes by press ing a gold button as a signal for the formal opening of all the finished de- spartinents of the enterprise. The Presi- sei1t and his immediate party will then receive several hundred invited guests in the auditorium, and after this function will be entertained at luncheon. 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
 Arrival of Squadrons.
 Today witnessed the arrival of the most formidable of the visiting warship squad rons The Austrian ships Sankte Georg ron composed of the Goodhope, the Ar gyll the Hampshire and the Roxbor- ough passed in the capes within few hours of each other. With saluting can non and dipping flags they cruised slow ly up Hampton Roads The flagship Con-  salutes with the Sankte Georg and the Goodhope and later Admiral Sir George Neville of the British squadron and Com modore Hermann Plescott of the Austrian squadron, put out in small boats to visit Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans on the Connecticut. They were warmly well comed and had hardly gone over the side to return to their own flgships when the American commander was in his launch returning the official call of courtesy.
 Resplendent Warships.
 With dull sides and smoky black fun nels the visiting ships were sharply mark ed in contrast to the American ships resplendent in new coats of white paint. The arrival of the Brittons and Austrians who had beeen preceded two days by the German squadron and the Argentine ship Sarmiente, lent immeasurably to the at tractiveness of the naval display arr ranged for the opening days of the expo sition and will make of tomorrow's re- view the most notable event of the in- augural cermonies.
 The steamer Jamestown, from Wash ington, bearing the congressional delega- ton to the exposition arrived at Old Point CoElfort tonight. The steamer Newport < News with the diplomatic and naval and \ military attaches of the foreign embas- sies and legations on board will arrive early tomorrow morning and disempark her dlSJlngulSned passengers dL tlle eA- position grounds. The governors Of number of states, accompanied by their military staffs, arrived today. Many of them were tonight guests of the governor of Virginia and Mrs. Swanson at recep- ton given in the Virginia state building at the exposition grounds.
 Roosevelt Leaves Washington.
 Washington, April 2.-President Roose- welt, members of his family and a party Nof friends left the Washington navy yard at BIO o'clock this afternoon aboard the yacht Mayf1ower for visit to the James, town exposition. They are to return Sunday morning On Saturday the Pres ident and Mrs. Roosevelt are to make a trip up the James river on the dispatch boat Sylph.
 The congressional party. comprising a joint committee of the Senate and the House, and their families. preceded the presidential party this morning. Secretary and Mrs, Metcalf and others left earlier in the afternoon on the United States steamer Dolphin, and the diplomatic corps whose members to be the guests of the Jamestown tercentennia1 committee, followed tonight.
 Presidents Party.
 The Presidents party was made up as follows in addition to himself: Mrs and Miss Roosevelt, Masters Archie and Quentin Roosevelt, Justice Moody of the supreme court, Secretary Loeb. Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Bacon, Assistant Sec retary Latta, Mrs. Ralph Cross John son, Captain Lee. one of the Presidents aides; Captain Key, one of the Presi- dents naval aides; Commander Long and pr. Ohnesorg, U. s. N.
 large crowd assembled at the navy yard to see the distinguished guests de- part As the President and Mrs. Roose- ~-eIt heir oh about 8 o'clock, and were met by Com mander Leutz and Captain Long of the Mayhower and a welcome from the buglers of the marines. detachment of which was drawn up on the wharf, the President ascended the gang plank, the band aboard the vessel playing the Star