Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-28
FIFTEEN MILES 'oF WARsHlPs
FROM LEADING NATIONS Ac.
COMPANY REPLlcAs OF RUp-
i SON AND FULTON BOATS
BRILLIANT PAGEANT
VIEWED BY CROWDS
CONTRAST AFFORDED BETWEEN
FIRST STEAMBOAT AND PRES
EMIT DAY MONSTERS STRIKING
PARADE FEATURE.


New York, Sept. 25.-The boom of
guns aboard the warships in North
river awoke New York this morning 10
the first day of the celebration which
honors the deeds of Henry Hudson
and Robert Fulton. The river that
Hudson found and where Fulton set
his steamboat, was the scene of the
most impressive pageant that ever
was seen in New York harbor.
There were thousands of vessels,
varying in type from a one-man cat
boat TO the mighty British cruiser bat
ueship Infiexible: In ALL f1fty-seven
warships, representing the navies of
the United States, Great Britain,
Germany, France, Italy, Holland. Mex
leo and Argentine, 100000 tons of
steel bearing $4,000 officers and men,
and agtned with 1897 guns-these
and q hNndred other craft formed an
dscuEt Df the copies of the Half Moon
and Germont, SO faithful to the orig
fnal models in every detail that Hud-
son and Fulton themselves would have
been puzzled to tell the difference.
Pefasde Fifteen Miles Long.
The days Ast spectacle was the as
sanbgsng OF naval pageant in the up
paF hsE. The Half Moon and the Cle.
mnuS mA&e the round of the upper bay
en6 91Med into the mouth of the Hud-
s0u, she other vessels of the great
nazsse falling iato ljne It was not
until after 1 Stcock when the mass
.,r1,& Ia k,,%
procession folHnafann. The boats NOV
ed up the Hudson ut speed of about
eight miles an hour, but such was the
number of participants and the dis
tances necessarily maintained be
tween each that the column was near
" fifteen miles long
Small Boats Collide.
When the Half Moon and Clermont
reached the United States ship New
port, which marks the southern end CT
the line of warships at 44th street,
they passed upon the New York side
of the river, while the other vessels
ReptA on between the men Of war and
/, the New Jersey shore. AS. the two
lines of craft passed the warships fir
ed a royal salute The Half Moon and
7 Clermont went only as far as 10th
street, where the land ceremonies of
the day occurred, with speeches by
Governor Hughes and others.
AS the C1ermont was rounding st.
George point she stopped and the Half
Moon, which was coming close behind
under her own sails, bumped into the
steamers paddle wheel. The damage
was slight.
A synopsis of the program follows:
Saturday, Sep. 25.--Naval rendez-
yous, naval parade, official reception
of Half Moon and Clermont, evening
naval parade, illumination.
Sunday, Sept 26.-Religious OBJ
servances.
Monday, Sept. 27.-Beginning of air
ship flights, opening of auxiliary exhi-
bits, dedicatory and musical exercises,
official reception to foreign delegates.
Tuesday, Sept. 2S.-Historical pa
geant and parade of fifty street
floats.
Wednesday, Sept. 29.--Commemo
alive and educational exercises, aquat-
ic sports
Thursday, Sept. 30.-Military parade
and aquatic sports.
Friday, Oct. Naval parade to
Newburgh.
Saturday Oct. 2.-Children's festi-
walls, farewell to the Clermont and
Halt Moon. which go UP stream and
do not return.
Monday, Oct. 4.-Beginning of up
state celebration.
Many Foreign Warshps.
New York. Sept 25.--With more
than three score OF the picked fighting
ships of eight nations swinging at
anchor in the Hudson river, awaiting
the coming of the Clermont and the
Half Moon, sightseers at the Hudson
z Fulton celebration looked upon the
most impressive assembly of foreign
warships that has probably ever been
Z seen In American waters. Riding in
\ the river between 44th street anil
Spuyten Duyvil, besides the fifty yes.
sells of the United States Atlantic
feet under Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder, the foreign navies are rep.
resented by sixteen fighting craft in
all. Great Britain has four, Germany
has four also. France has two, Italy
has two, Mexico has one, Argentine
AIS one and Cuba has one
Their massive hulls tugging lazily
at their anchorages represent the
highest development in construction
from the great shipyards on the Clyde
and the best efforts of the German ma
val constructors. The trimaest ships
of France; the pick of the feet of
Italy, are most impressive emissaries
from the old world to the new.
Swift cruisers with triple expansion
engines and long rabish lines like
greyhounds of the ocean; massive
hRttleshins mounted from turrets to