Arizona republican., 1909-06-02
| BRILLIANT CEREMONY
Under the Impetus From the
East Room of the White
House the Wheels of the
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Ex-
position Moved.

Seattle, June THE Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition that cost ten mil
lion dollars and me first sod IF which
was turned exacuIy two years ago,
was Officially opened at noon with
| fitting splendor and ceremony, "; ;th
a great multitude in attendance The
military parade. the speeches, Presi-
dent Taft's signal the magic response
all were carried out exactly as
planned. Even the sun, which had
shone firfully during the morning,
came out at noon to take part in
the general rejoicing and flooded the
beautiful fair grounds with light
When James Hill was introduced in
| the opening exercises. a tumult en-
sued that equalled the demonstrations
for favorites at national political con-
ventions, except that here 10000 peo-
pie We're cheering. quite spontaneously,
for only one man. who waited several
minutes before he could begin his
address.
The management in its nicely cal
culated program had omitted to count
on this ovation and when President
Taft pressed the golden key at noon
and touched off the big signal gong
he cut short Bishop Keator's bene-
diction.
A striking feature of the parade
was the popular applause for the
Japanese visitors of the cruisers Aso
and Soya. The arrival at the re-
viewing stand of Vice Admiral Ijichi
and his staff gave the first oppor-
tunity to the waiting thousands to
cheer. A few minutes later Admiral
Sebree, commanding the Pacific
squadron, appeared with his staff. A
great shout went up as the Americans
walked down the platform to greet
the japanese. Admiral Sebree ad-
vanced toward Admiral Ijichi and
held out his hand, which was gTasped
by the SCARED veteran from the
orient. This expression of amity by
representatives of the two great ma
tions was the signal for another long
outburst of cheering. The American
and Japanese officers were then in
troduced all around and engaged in
conversation.
The committee in charge of the pa
rade reversed at the last moment the
order of the Japanese and American
front The Americans received the
tribute that everywhere is given to
the navy. but the cheering was the
greatest when the brown men came
before the stand. The American Off
GERS enthusiastically applauded them
as the japanese. in milder but
equally sincere way, had done when
the Americans passed a moment be-
fore
After disbanding, luncheon was
served TO the Japanese and American
sailors in the FormOsa tea house, one
of the japanese government buildings.
The closing event of the day was a
banquet to distinguished guests given
in the New York building. The
toasts were: ITO Visiting Governors"
an address of welcome. by Governor
NJ E. Hay of Washington; a response
by Secretary of State c. n. Macarthur
of oregon, representing Governor
.Bendon. "To Visiting Mayors" an
address of welcome. by Mayor John
F. Miller of Seattle; a response by
David S. Rose of Milwaukee TO
the Press" by Col. A. J. Blethen; a
response by J. E. Norcross of the
Vancouver B. c., World. ITO the
Navy" an address of welcome, by
Admiral Uriel Sebree, L. S. N; re-
sponse by Admiral Ijichi of the i'm
perial japanese navy. ITO the Army,
response by Col. T. c. Woodbury.,
U. S. A. "To Our Canadian Neigh
bors," response by Attorney General
c. w. Cross of Alberta. ITO the
Railroads" response by r. c. Mutt,
general manager of the western divi-
sion of the Northern Pacific rail-
way "To Alaska" response by Gov
ernor w. D. Hoggatt.