The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-12-19
FOR GREATER Day
At PEARL HARB0R
Promoilonlsls Taking Up Early
the Matter Of Celebration
FoN Years Away.

Plans are already being suggested
for a grand celebration 81 the formal
opening Of tho Unitod states naval nta-
don at Pearl Harbor Il 10 supposed
the barber will be ready In 1915, enc
year Of tho Panama-paeihe Information
al Exposition at San Francisco.
b. Won Damn, a member Of the pro
motion committee, started the bali roll
ing with the promotion committee and
at yesterdays meeting Of that body,
letter from Mr.. Won Damn was read
and approved. The committee will now
take up the matter with the chamber Of
commerce, winch has special Pearl
Harbor celebration committee.
Mr. Won Damn says that he under.
stood that the entrance of the Caleor-
min into Pearl Harbor on Thursday
could not be considered official in any
way, as the station win not be COM
leted until 1915. With this under
standing Mr.. Won Damn made the fol
lowing suggestions;
hnt bnN AAOhihtAOA nuk-
gest' to the special committee Of the
chamber Of commerce, appointed some
time ago to perfect arrangements for
fitting celebration of the official Pearl
Harbor Opening, to arrange with the
United Stated and territorial authori-
ties, as well as the Pan-Pacifc EXPOSE
ton committee at San Francisco to
have the official opening of Pearl Har.
ber held toward the end of and in con
neetion with the San Francisco exposi.
ton.
I" That due precaution be taken that
Inc Hawaiian event does not clash with,
but supplement and close the San Fran
cisco celebration, thereby proving an
attractive advertising feature for the
latter.
'That on this account the Pan.Pa-
cifc Exposition committee be request
ed to make our event one of the adver-
tising features of their own campaign.
"That if necessary the San Francisco
committee 5 support aud cooperation be
used IN obtaining the governments
consent for this plan and that all ar
rangements be made in full accord with
that committee.
''That if indications and conditions
warrant special excursion steamers be
secured to run from San Francisco to
Hawaii during that time.
That the foreign warshps present
at the Pan-Pacifc Exposition be invit-
ed to take part at the opening celebra-
tons of Pearl Harbor.
"That due preparations be made for
the entertainment of all guests during
that time and in the form of local, ma
tional and international yacht, rowing
and other races and sports, pageants,
excursions, at popular prices TO Halen-
kala, Maui, the Volcano of Kilauea, Ha-
wall, etc, as the committee may deem
advisable.
In concluding, would like to say
that in my opinion it is advisable to
hold the opening festivities here at the
end of the San Francisco exposition, SO
as not to clash with San Francisco q
plans and in order to secure all possible
cooperation from them.
Expeditions, as a rule, are not visit
ed by the majority Of strangers until
toward their end, at which time, in our
NosSt uO uoupL the ldiBtsl uuihDbE VI
tourists for Hawaii's would BIO avail
able.
Neither our work of promotion nor
the Territory as such could be moro
materially benefited by any celebration
than by one held on the general plan
outlined above.D
Secretary Wood further suggested
that night pageant on the harbor
would be impressive.
The promotion committee will immed-
lately confer with the chamber of com.
merce, on the ground that the present
is not too soon to lay plans and adj
vertise the coming celebration to the
world