The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-17
ITALY IS ASKED
TO AID FESTIVAL
Commissioner Moore Interviews
Government Officials in Rome
Regarding Potola Fete
Robert Roos Stirring Up Chicago
to Join in Toast to San
Francisco

ROME, July 16.-C. Moore, presi-
dent of the San Francisco chamber of
commerce, had interviews today with
Ambassador Leishman, the ministery
of marine and the foreign office regard
ing italian participation in the naval
review next autumn at San Francisco
to commemorate the reconstruction of
the city. He urged the sending of Ital-
ian warships as well as special repre-
sentatives of the Italian government.
Roos Is Enthusiastic
CHICAGO, July 16.-After having Sc
curd the acceptance OF President Will
liam H. Taft of an invitation to at
tend the Portola festival, which will
be held in San Francisco from October
10 to % inclusive, to commemorate
the untiring efforts of the people of
the Golden gate city IN their work OF
rehabilitation, Robert A Roos, one of
three special commissioners appointed
by the committee in charge of the fes-
tival to make arrangements to have all
the nations of the world celebrate with
San Francisco arrived from Washing
ton today.
Mr. Roos registered at the Annex
and when seen today said:
At am in Chicago to complete ar
rangements with Mayor Busse to have
the school children and all the people
of this city drink a toast to the con-
tinued prosperity and the speedy re-
sumption of business of all kinds, Octo-
Der 10 at the formal opening of the
Portola festival of San Francisco.
School Children to Join
THE toast will be given the 18th at
IL o'clock, San Francisco time. Acting
Mayor MCGOWAN of New York, has as
sured me that he will have the $4,000
school children in New York equipped
with glasses filed with water with
which to join President Taft in his
toast.
while President Taft has not yet
decided to say anything in particular,
it has been suggested that three cheers
for San Francisco would be appro-
pirate
Commissioner C. C. Moore. who has
been in Europe for the last three
months, has made arrangements with
all the countries that border or have
have a representative at the festival
NATIONS THAT HAVE PROMISED
so far Great Britain, France, Hol-
lanu, Germany, Japan, ana china nave
consented. Italy, on account of the
Messina disaster, is sympathetically
bonded with San Francisco and King
Victor Emmanuel. will be well repre-
scented.
After I have completed arrange
ments with Mayor Busse 1 shall go to
st. Paul and take the matter up with
the executive of that city. From ST.
Paul L shall go to Seattle"
Old Time Homecoming
New York's California colony is ar
ranging for an old time home coming"
to take place during the Portola fete
in San Francisco.
The New York correspondents of the
three San Francisco morning dailies
are busy preparing for big dinner to
which every Californian in New York
will be invited. and at which final ar
rangement for the home coming" will
be made.
Robert Roos on his trip east had all
the correspondents of the San Fran
cisco papers to a dinner while in New
York, and so filled them with the Por-
tola idea that they volunteered TO
bring the stray Californians together
and make certain the home homing in
October.