The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-24
BEGINNING OF THE BIG
CELEBRATION.

Tomorrow is the frst day of The
Hudson.Fulton celebration in New
York City. We are told that the city
VIII be so crowded with slght-seers
that although the hotel accommoda-
tons are the most capaciouS Of any
place In the world the strangers Will
overflow the big building and hun
seek rest in the ocean liners and 9th
er ships at anchor along the miles Of
piers which encircle Manhattan Is
land
Old Henry Hudson, who died in n
lonely. out-of-the-way place in the
north. were his spirit capable of re-
turning for day, would be convinced
that all the world had gathered to do
him homage and wipe out the recol.
lections of the neglect he suffered
while still In the flesh,
II was 1909 when Henry Hudson. so
Half Moon discovered the river that
bears his name. In 1907 when Robert
Fulton propelled on this same river
the CleTmont. the worlds first steam
boat. These are the events commem.
GRATED, and in their honor thirty eight
nations Will be represented. eighty
warshiRs will be present from many
lands, hundreds of commercial craft
will join, immense pageants will be
seen by land and water. and the most
brilliant and comprehensive system OF
lighting will be turned en- ever under
taken in an equal area on the planet
The official program states that the
Hudson-Fulton celebration officially
opens on Saturday, and lasts two
weeks. one week In New York city
and one week on the upper Hudson.
The most noticeable features will be
the naval paradeS. the historical pag.
cant and the carnival. New York City
will also have military parade of
$4,000 men that in many ways will he
record breaker Rcplicas of Hud.
sons Half Moon and Fulton's Cler-
mont will be escorted up The river
in state by a flotflla OF hundreds of
vessels. The naval contingent and
the big commercial boats will go as
far north as Newburg bay where they
will be met by fleet from up the
river, which Will escort the Half
Moon and the Clcrmont as far as Troy
Great beacon fires will be lighted on
the hilltops along the Hudson. preced
ed by brilliant display of fireworks.
In most of the river towns and cities
old home week will be celebrated at
the same time, the two ceremonies
merging into ono. All sorts of water
races will be run, chiefly at New York.
but also at Newburg and Yonkers
Most spectacular of all, flock of aero.
planes will fly up the river from New
York 10 Albany
There will he at least I.0O1 vessels
TO do honor TO the little old ships Of
the past. Every kind OF commercial
and pleasure craft has been chartered
from far and nearby ports. So nu.
merouS are these boats that thew are
TO be divided into ten squadrons. or
the naval contingent there Will he
ntty-three vessels OF the United States
navy, including sixteen battleships.
three armorcd cruisers, three scout
cruisers.
TO add TO the excitement of the oc.
casion there will be an echo of tho
German-EnglIsh war scare. The Ger.
mans expected Admiral Won Koester
to be the ranking naval officer Of the
occasion. hui when the English heard
OF this they decided that 1t would new.
or do TO have their prospective enemy
honored IN SO conspicuous manner
so they nlpped it in the bud by dis.
patching The ranking officer OF the
British navy In place OF Rear Admiral
Hamilton, who had been originally
scheduled for the Job Admiral Sey.
mour outranks even Won Rooster. so
England becomes the large fish In the
river and the In6exiblc. the largest.
swiftest and most powerful cruiser
battleshlp anoat, is to be present. and
the dispatches state. the monster OF
the sen was sighted of New York ycs-
tcrday.
There is great enmity developing be-
tween the Germans and English. and