The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
THOUSANDS join
HARVEST JUBILEE
Hiss M. FurtadO, at Splendid
Ceremonies, Crowned Queen
of the Carnival
Crowds Stop Merry Making to
Hear Hiram johnson Speak
in Town Plaza

ually quiet town into gay carnival
city today, with a great host of human
ity thronging it's streets and homes.
the blare OF bands and the fare Of
flags. bunting, tinsel and natures ON
nipresent green making the atmosphere
q veritable riot of sound and color.
Although the crowds in attendance to-
day were not quite as large as those Of
Il year ago the fact that this years car
nivaI is practically a three day affair
makes ii certain that more people viii
visit the city than ever before ere the
festivities come 10 a close tomorrow
evening.
The cherry. patron fruit of the fes-
fival. was everywhere in evidence today,
and to the annual visitor. making his
first visit in a year to the home of the
delectable crop. it seemed larger, juicier
and more luscious and plentiful than in
the past The abundance Of the crop
was attested by the fact that more
than 25 tons Of cherries We're distrib-
uted free TO festival visitors from the
big give away" booth in Estudillo
avenue, while preparations have been
made TO distribute an almost equal
amount tomorrow.
The formal opening OF the carnival
took place last evening, when the city
was brilliantly Illuminated, the various
side shows and booths We're thrown
open and the queen elect and her ret
inUe held an informal reception TO the
public.
QUEEN Is CROWNED
Eclipsing all of the other ceremOnials
in impresslVeness and splendor was the
coronation Of the queen, which took
place in the town plaze this morning.
The royal party, headed by the queen
elect, Miss Mabel Furtado, girl of
fully Queenly beauty, was driven TO the
coronation stand in an open carriage,
drawn by six handsomely caparisoned
black horses. The queens attendants
were Miss Myrtle Oakes and Miss Nal
Vina de Mont as maids of honor; Miss
Helen HOerest. Miss Vera King and
Miss Ruth Harbert, musicians; Ronald
Cormack and ElmwoOd Quinn, heralds;
D C. Moore, jester; DR.. G. II. Ohea,
prime minister; William Schmidt and
Howard Miller, pages; Reginald Wallis,
banner bearer, Assembled on the stage
TO greet the royal party were Mayor
J. J. Gill, Trustees NJ. J. Andrade, Fred
Schmidt, A. A. Rogers, DR.. Charles
Coleman and District Attorney Dona-
hue. The queen was escorted to the
J.
After a short coronation speech by
District Attorney Donahue, who con-
graduated san Leandro on the success
Of the festival. and on its choice of a
queen, the crown was placed on Miss
E'urtadO's head by Prime Minister Ohea
who followed the coronation act with
an eloquent address, introducing the
new queen to her subjects. The cere-
mony was concluded with the presenta-
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q great, gilded affair, by Mayor Gill.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
the queen and her court entered re-
Eplendent float and drove off at the
head Of the royal parade, which was
the largest and most elaborate pageant
ever seen in this city.
Following was the formation of the
parade:
First division-Csrrisges with city officials of
San Lesndro and Hayward and county officials;
queens hOat; band; company ii, n. &. g, Of
Hayward; Piedmont parl0r drum corps; Athens
parlor, Berkeley parlor and Estudillo parlor n.
S. G. ".
Second division-Band: Hayward citizens
Third division-Fraternal orders and floats.
Fourth division-Band; automobiles; decorated
carriages; business floats.
COURT Is ENTERTAINED
After the parade the queen and the
royal party were entertained at the
home Of Frank L. Rawson at barbecue
dinner, and in the afternoon she held
court ia the RawSon residence.
Ia the afternoon baseball game be-
tween the Hayward Cubs and the San
LeandrO nine resulted in a victory for
the home team by a score Of to 0.
The parade of the HOrribles was one
of the features of the afternoon pro-
gram, which was also made notable by
a brief speech by Hiram Johnson, can
didate for governor, in the plaza before
Of 4 TOI
pearance on the stand in the plaza was
the signal for a hurried gathering of
the merrymakers, and for a time the
festival was suspended while he told
the vast audience of the principles
which he had pledged himself to sup
port if elected TO the gubernatorial
chair. johnson was given a rousing
reception by the crowd.
TWO DANCES HELD
This evening a brilliant carnival was
held in the city and the crowds of the
day was augmented by big inpourings
from Oakland, san Francisco and the
adjoining country. Two public dances
We're held under the direction of the
general committee, one being given in
Masonic temple and the other in the
L. p. +. c. hall.
An Is mile Marathon race will be a
feature of tomorrow's program. The
race VIII be Tor ali comerS and a num-
Der Of professionals have entered. The
race will be held at the ball grounds at
80 o'clock in the afternoon, and the
winner VIII be crowned by the fair
hands Of Queen Mabel
The side shows and booths did a big
business all day, and there was plenty
OF money in sight for everything on
safe Many of the visitors to the city
bought large quantities Of cherries
Tor preserving and other purposes, car
rving them away in boxes and barrels
Only one accident marred the sue
cess Of the morning parade John
Driver, manager of the San Leandro
ladder works. who was seated on 20
foot ladder erected on a high float, was
thrown to the street when one of the
horses SHE'D and caused the ladder to
topple. Driver landed upon his head
on the pavement and was painfully cut
and bruised. He was treated at the