Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03
Week of Anniversary CeIebra-
ton Begins Today.
DR.. COOK TO BE PRESENT
Airship Flights, Water Pageant,
Parades. Banquets.
FEAST OF YELLED PROPHET
Tremendous Doings Planned in OBJ
servation of Incorporation
of City in 1909.

ST. LOUIS. October "A week s cele-
| bration of the centennial anniversary OF
| the Incorporation of ST. Louis viii begin
| tomorrow at sunrise, when the bells OF
"A churches within the city limits will
be rung in announcement of the inaugu-
ration of the program.
! Aeroplane flights. distance races be-
tween spherical balloons. speed contests
by dirigible air craft, a water pageant.
with four vessels Of the United States
Navy participating, parades, festival ban
quets, the annual appearance of the mys-
FERROUS yelled prophet and several public
appearances by DIR. Frederick A. Cook.
arctic explorer, will fill out the week.
Preparations for the big events have
been going on for months. An elaborate
system OF street lighting has been in
stalled. a great court of honor erected
and practically the entire city has been
decorated with flags and bunting.
| Two men-Glenn II. Curtiss, aviator.
! and DR.. Cook. explorer-will divide the
hOnors to be accorded to individuals. Mr..
| Curtiss, beginning Wednesday, will make
daily flights. weather permitting, from
Art Hill Forest Park, where d great
natural amphtheater is capable of &C
commodating scores of thousands of spec
tatorS.
| DIR. Cook will take n prominent part In
the festivities presided over by the yelled
prophet, and will be rendered q public re-
| ception.
Sunday Celebration.
| The Sunday observances will be of a re-
ligious and historical nature. Special
services will he held in the churches and
songs of praise and Thanksgiving will be
sung by thousands of Sunday schoo
children. In the afternoon tablets mark
| ing the places of historical interest will
| be unveiled. These latter will comment
crate all important events from the land
II ing of Pierre Laclede Liguest. in 1864, to
the building of the new municipal Struc-
| lures the laying of whose corner stones
will be an important feature of the week
The balloon races will be started Mon
day. Two events are on the program, thu
! first limited to spherical air craft of 40,
coo cubic feet capacity or less, and thu
second to larger balloons Of up to $1,000
cubic feet Seven distance and two en-
durance prizes are offered for these con
| tests.
In the evening the streets will be illu
| minated for the first time and the opening
band concerts will be given.
| Tuesday will be a period of pageant y
The United States torpedo boat fotilla
consisting Of the MacDonough. Wilkes
Tingey and Thornton. will lead parad
of motor boats. river packets and othe
vessels will take part.
Pomp for Yelled Prophet.
I, The evening will see the Yelled Prophe
Farrive i'm greater pomp than has been hi:
wont for years. The floats of his parade
will be unusually elaborate, and the ball
with which the celebration ends, will bt
one of the most brilliant functions a
| which he has ever presided.
Glenn H. Curtiss is scheduled to inau
| gurate his flights Wednesday, following
the review of a municipal pageant" by
the mayors of 1000 American cities, who
have been invited to witness the doings o.
the week as the guests of the city.
Thursday 200 floats, representing the in
| dustrial progress of d century, will wine
| through the streets.
| Friday will witness a series Of aeroplane
| contests, in which som. startling result.
are anticipated. Half dozen inventors o.
| the United States. many of them as ye
obscure, have signified their intention Il
participate. The prizes of 81 coo and {
gold medal and $500 and silver media
| for the best flights will be given to thu
| operators Of the machines which make thu
| longest flights out from and back to
starting square 100 feet in dimensions.
| The street pageant this day will be
combined educational, historical and mill
tary parade, in which students, floats ane
state and national soldierv will appear.
| Saturdays program incl udes a race To-
dirigible balloons, with Baldwin, Beache,
and Knabenshue as the chief contestants
the release of the two score unguidet
| spherical baflOns of 3 200 cubic feet capac
ity, parade of 500 automobiles and thu
dedication of .'Fairground,'' a new publ,
park.
AS many as possible of the centennia
| decorations and Examinations are to b'
preserved until after President Taft'S visi
later in the month.