The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-27
WATER YIELDS
TO AIR N THE.
CELEBRATION
New York and Her Million
Guests Expectantly Await
Air Wizards
HUDSON MONUMENT At
sPUYTEN OUYv|L DEDICATED
Naval Display the Greatest That Has
Ever Been Seen in American Waters
Special Honors in the Selection Of
Foreign Commanders.

yielded to the air today, as the most
prominent element in the Hudson-Ful-
ton celebration. The dazzled eyes of
New York and her million guests turn
ed from the naval display in the Hud-
son toward the blue skies above the
tall buildings where before the day
was over. they hoped to see the aero
planes of Wilbur Wright and Gleen II.
Curtiss.
Lacking the aeroplane flights the
holiday crowds still had plenty of at
fractions. The Palisades park stretch
ing Tor fourteen miles along the New
Jersey side of the Hudson north from
Fort Lee, and the tall shaft eerected In
memory OF Henry Hudson on Spuy-
ten Duyvil hill above the Bronx, were
dedicated today. The park furnished
the first chance New Jersey has had
to participate in the general celebra-
tion for the dedication took place at
Alpine Landing, opposite Yonkers.
GOV. Hughes Of New York and Gov,
Fort OF New Jersey were the princi-
pal speakers. The ceremony about
the Hudson monument followed the
exercises at Alpine Landing. Gov,
Hughes spoke at the Hudson monu-
ment dedication.
The Naval Display
With more than three score of the
picked fighting ships of eight ma
lions swinging at anchor in the Hud-
son river, awaiting the coming Of the
Clermont and the Half Moon, sight
seers at the celebration looked upon
the most impressive assembly of for
elgn warships that has probably ever
EheenFs seen Id American waters. RID
Ing In the river betSiiglensFofty.f6 .f6ufth
street and Spuyton Duyvil, sabesides
the fifty vessels of the United States
Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral
Seaton Schroeder, the foreign nayies
are represented by sixteen fightine
craft IN all Great Britain has four,
4ermany has four also, France has
Two, Italy has two. Mexico has one,
Argentine has one and Cuba has one.
Their massive hulls tugging lazlly
at their anchorages represent the
highest development in construction
from the great shipyards on the
clyde and the best efforts Of the
German naval constructors. The
trtmmest ships Of France, the pick of
the fleet of Italy, are most Impressive
emissaries from the old world to the
new.
Swift cruisers with triple expansion
engines and long rakish lines like
greyhounds of the ocean; massive bat
tleships mounted from turrets to the
hghting tops with batteries of the
highest type. swift torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers. wonderful
submarines-every type of fighting
ship known to the United. States and
eight other navies. four Of them world
powers, are in this impressive ASSEM-
bly,. - --.
The United States Atlantic feet un-
der command of Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder. is represented by the bat
tleshdps Connecticut (16,0OO tons),
flagship; Vermont (16,000), Kansas
(16.000), Louisiana 10000. Minneso-
ia (16,00O. New Hampshire (16,00O),
mississippi (13,000). Idaho (13,000)
Georgia 14,94S), New Jersey IA.
94S), Rhode Island (14.948), Virginia
a4.94s). Missouri (12.300), and Ohio
(12.440). The armoured cruisers
North Carolina (14,500. speed 22.4s
knots). New York $4,000, Montana
q4,00, 20 knots), the scout cruisers
Chester, Birmingham and Galem a.
75O tons, Is knots), and q fleet of 1--WE
submarines and twenty-four Destroy
ers, torpedo boats. and other auxilia-
ries.
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