The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-25
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC HAS
FETE IN HONOR OF ITS
"FoURTHiOF JULY"
Today's Celebration Preliminary to One
of Vastly Greater Proportions
Next Year.

was celebrated today with more enthu-
sfasm than ever before. Military pa
rades and professions marched
through deliberately decorated streets.
and special performance was gwen
I'm the Theater Colon, the largest and
one of the finest theaters in the world.
Many foreign delegations were re-
ceived by the presid5 mt. Today's cele-
bration was preliminary to vastly
greater one to be held on this date
next year Which will be the centen-
NAL of Argentine independence The
bureau of American republics will be-
gin the greatest convention in it's his
tory on May 25, 1870 and the same
day will mark the opening of an inter-
national exposition which will be the
greatest of. its kind ever held inASouth
America and will Compare favorably
with the largest similar exhibitions
held in North America
The exposition will be devoted par
ticuIarIy to exhibits having to do with
railways. transportation and industrial
arts, and it is expected that all the
railroads of North and South America
will send exhibits and delegates.
The government of the Argentine
republic has already notified the rep
resentatives of foreign nations about
the exhibition, and the committees in
charge are at work a year ahead of
time. The railway exhibition will be
divided into sixteen departments.
comprising the following subjects:
Railways and tramWays moved by
other than electric power
Electric railways and electric tram
ways
Automoblism
Cycling.
Post offices, telegraph, telephone,
and other means of communication.
Beasts of burden, horsemen and ve-
hfcles for teams.
Ordinary public roads, bride roads,
high roads, suburban streets, and sport.
ing tracks.
Military transport and sanitary ser.
vice in the transport of sick ano
wounded
Baggage, packing. etc.
Municipal transports and vehicles,
apparatus, etc, pertaining to the fire
service.
Decorative fine arts applied to the
transport industry.
Hygiene and sanitation in land
transports.
Insurance, assistance and pensions
of Workmen, employees, agents, clerks,
etc, in the service of transport COM
panies.
Galleries for the exhibition of ma
tional mechanical industries applied
to transports and gallery showing
manufacturing in full action.
Special national works
Aeronautical experiments.
Exhibitors DESTROYS of sending en-
gines or other objects requiring foun-
dations or special buildings, the use
of water, gas, steam, or electric pow
er, as we'll as those who wish to show
engines in motion or some manufac-
turing process in operation, should ap-
ply for permission not later than June
Is. 1909, and supply at the same time
all data needed to enable an agree
ment to be entered into eventually
and the proper charges to be made
for the privilege Goods will be ad-
Initted to the premises of the exhibit
ton from April l to May 5, 1910. Ex-
HibitorS who have not accommodated
their goods by April 80, 1910, shall lose
their rights to subsequent accommo-
daton
The fair will be held on the grounds
et,closed by Gutenberg avenue, Santa
lie street, Arana New avenue, Sarmi-
ento avenue, Alvear avenue, and Dor
rego street, on an area of approx
mately 10000 square metres. The
of fbo
ground has been begun.
On the executive committee of the
enterprise are the fairs president,
Alberto Schneidewind, general direc-
ter of Argentine railroads; two vice.
presidents, H. H. Loveday, general
manager Of the Central Argentine
Ra lway, and DR.. j. A. Frias, local
director of the Central Argentine
railway, and a chief commissioner,
Juan PelIeschi.
In a considerable degree the expo
sltion will mark the centenary of all
South American independence For
il was really Argentina which effect
lively led the way. In Ecuador and
Bolivia there We're unsuccessful in
surrections as early as 1909, which
amounted to nothing The real begin
ming of the revolt of the continent
against Spain ,was in Buenos Ayres on
May 25, 1910. and it was from that
point that the movement proceeded.
under San Martin and others. to Chile
in 1911 and to Peru in 1915, while
Colombia. and Venezuela under Boil
var fell in line in 1911.