The San Francisco call., 1909-09-28
HUGHES DfDICATfS
|. PARK OF PALISADES
Governor of New York Pleads
for Conservation at Hudson
Fulton Celebration

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-An appeal by
Governor Hughes to the people of New
York and New Jersey TO conserve their
rivers and forests was feature of the
Hudson Fulton celebration today. The
governor spoke at the dedication of
Palisades park, the new interstate pre-
| serve along the lower Hudson.
The exercises celebrated the saving
| of these picturesque cliffs near the city
from the vandal hand of the stone cut
i ter and the turning over to the people
| of New York and New Jersey of strip
| of beautiful park, stretching for Ii
miles ND the west bank of the river.
Il hope this is only the beginning,
| said Governor Hughes, 'of efforts
| which may justly be made by these two
! commemorative to safeguard the high
! lands and waters in which they are
both deeply interested
Governor Fort, speaking for New
| Jersey, declared the 500 acres of this
| palisale park are destined to become
the most important preserves in the
| United States.
UNvEIL HUDSON MONUMENT
The cornerstone of the monument to
/ Henry Hudson on Spuyten Duyyll hill
was laid later in the day in a drizzling
| rain The storm kept down the at
! tendance but did not bother Governor
| Hughes, who had come over from Pali-
sades park in time to deliver a eulogy
on the discoverer of the Hudson. The
! governor spoke standing bare headed in
the open and declining all offers of
| umbrellas.
/ The monument location is close to
| the spot where the legend places the
! first landing of the discoverer on his
| trip up the river.
Preparations for the great historical
parade, which will START early tomor-
row afternoon, went on today unhin-
dered by the rain.
Four hundred officers of the visiting
warships were entertained on Govern
ors island this afternoon by Major
| General and Mrs. Leonard Wood
At dance in the evening there was
/ a large civilian addition to the COM
pany WI Tung Fang, Chinese min
lister proved one of the centers of at
! traction for the foreign officers at the
! reception.
! The rain caused a postponement of
| the proposed aeroplane flights and the
| balloon race to Albany.
RECEPTION WELCOMES ENJOYS
The envoys of seven nations that
have sent their ships of war and the
! special delegates of other nations par
! t1cipating in the celebration were Off
! cially received tonight at a reception
at the Metropolitan opera house under
I the auspices of the Hudson Fulton
committee.
Seated on the stage was a distin-
guished gathering, including dignita-
ries from Europe, the orient and South
America. The only woman on the
stage was Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. AT
her left was Admiral Sir Edward Sey-
mour of the British feet, while near
by were M. Jean CASTOR Darboux, the
! French representative; Rear Admiral
Seaton Schroeder commanding the At
lantic battleship fleet. Center Admiral
Lepord of the French battleship La
Justice, and Youssouf Zia Pasha, the
Turkish minister On the right of
Mayor Mcclellan sat Prince Kunio of
Japan, Governor Hughes, Grand Ad-
miral Won koester of the German fleet
and Vice Admiral di Broehetti of the
Italian fleet. Mayor Mcclellan was
chairman.
Mrs. Howe read an original poem,
paying tribute to Hudson and Fulton.
Admiral Seymour, for the British,
referred to the discovery of the Hud-
son and the application of steam to
navigation to Fulton as two of the
most important events in the history
OF the race Ito which you and we be-
long"
After the address of the Dutch dele
gate, j. L. Cremor, the national air of
Holland was played.
BRINGS kAISER'S GREETING
From the kaiser Grand Admiral Won
Koester brought concentrations He
said: we admire the extraordinary
work accomplished in the United States
by the irresistible energy and the ere
ative impulse of the American people.
and We may be proud of the fact that
to a high degree the sons OF our coun-
try have had the privilege of partaking
in the development of the magnitude
of the United StatesS as well as the
city and state of New York