The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-25
More Than a Million Visitors Are In New York to At-
 tend the Celebration
HUOSON'S AND FULTON'S
 VESSELS REPRODUCED
Great Chain of Warships in Anchored in the River-Foreign Visitors Are Well Entertained by
 American Officers.

New York. September A-The stage to- night is set for the great historical pageant on land and water, which opens here tomorrow and will continue for two weeks, along the stream that Hudson discovered and ulton first navigated by steam All day long the preparations ashore and afioat went on behind cur tain of driving rain and mist and the weather bureau promises fair skies for tomorrow
 Wilbur Wright was busy on Governor $ Island preparing for his aerial flights.
 A great elevated battery of 40 search lights of 5O,00O candle power each, which at night will play up and down the Hud-
 son river and throw colored patterns on
 a screen of smoke and steam, is in place
 and needs but the touch of a button to
 blaze into blinding brightness.
 The streets, shops, theatres and transit
 facilities of the city are filled to over
 flowing with the greatest crowd-more
 than a million, it Is estimated-that has
 ever been attracted to New York All the
 public buildings and bridges, the monu-
 mental office buildings and the greater
 number of smaller establishments are gay
 with the blue and orange of Hudson
 Fulton bunting and flags and rimmed
 with incandescent lights. The clumsy lit
 tie -Clermont-a reproduction of the shiI i in which Robert Fulton made the frs
 successful voyage by steam-has alread, had her official trials, and proved tha
 she can do as well as her original name sake.
 Half Moon Is Ready.
 The quaint Half Moon, with her quaintel
 crew of old mariners, Is historically com
 plete, even to the rude navigator's instru
 ments from which Henry Hudson shaped
 his course to these shores, and only wait
 a favoring breeze to make second voy-
 age of discovery. If it falls, she will have
 to be gnominiously lowed.
 State dinners to the many envoys here i representing the powers of the world give nightly emphasis to the internationa aspect of a celebration, which is an epi- tome of national growth and not a mere glorification of local achievement. A greai chain of warships-the largest interna- tional gathering ever bled-stretche. up the Hudson over from opposite tn. central portion of the city, until it is los in the distance beyond Spuyten Duyvl The arrival today of the British flagship Infexible one of the swiftest, largest anC | most powerful ships of the royal navy carrying Sir Edward Seymour, the Brit ish admiral and the ranking naval officer 1 of the celebration and of the four Ger
 man cruisers the ertha, the Bremen 1 he Victoria I.niga
 pletes the preliminaries for tomorrow's
 naval parade.
 Visitors Visiting.
 1 Grand Admiral Von Rooster the per. sonal representative of the German Elm
 peror at the Hudson-Fulton celebration spent a day of official visits, despite the
 indictment weather. First came his re. i turn call this noon on Gen. Leonard 1 Wood, commanding the department oi
 the east. at Governors Island. The gen.
 eral had guard of honor drawn up ano
 the guns of Fort Jay fired an admiral
 salute for his distinguished visitor. Ac. ;, cpmpanied by his personal aides, Captain Von Mueller and the German naval at ] tache, Captain Rotzman, the admiral nexi l spent an hour on board the German flag. ship Victoria Luise, receiving the com 1 manders and officers of the German ships l Then began his visits to the other flag ships. First he called on Admiral Schroeder, aboard the Connecticut. The commanders of all the American ships were there to greet him. Next he called on Admiral Sir Edward Seymour, on l board the Infiexible. Admiral Seymour because of the rain. did not come ashore all day. Succeeding visits to the French and Italian fiagships followed. Late in the afternoon reception was given at the Brooklyn navy yard to the command l -l,t tA eytx hnfa, an opportunity of becoming acquainted l That day, when justice, not force, shall | be the arbiter of peace, will be fore | casted tomorrow when, in reply to the | international salute of 21 guns from the Hudson Fulton fleet to the national and | international flags of peace, the chimes | of old Trinity church, answering with | the tongue of peace, will take up the re- | frain of "Glory to God in the highest;
 peace on earth and good will to men" Rainbow Flags.
 The twin rainbow flags of peace will be unfurled from the roof of down town skyscraper by two little girls, in anticipation of the prophecy:
 "A little child shall lead them.' The arrival of the squadrons of Ger many and of Great Britain today filled up the last gap in the eight-mile line of warships which stretched well up the Hudson to Spuyten Duyvu, where the houses along the Palisades become infre- quent.
 There was great tumult of welcome for the newcomers upon their arrival | cannonading, wig-wagging of flags, the | hoarse cheers of sailors echoing across l the water and in the evening the long dis 1 tance greetings of searchlghts.
 The British ships offer an interesting | contrast to the American vessels. They | are plainer and perhaps more business l like of outline, seemingly lower in the l water and with less elaborate superstruc- | ture. This is In great part accounted for | by the fact that the English ships are | equipped with the old style military mast