Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-14
Record Attendance for
First Day at Indus
trial Show.
PRESIDENT TAFT GIVES
SIGNAL FOR OPENING
News Flashed to All Parts
of World in Wireless
Message.

The big Newark Industrial Exposition
is In full swing today, and thousands OF
visitors thronged the aisles at the ar
mory or gazed over the handsome deco
rations from the balconies. The attend.
ance today already has exceeded all ex-
pectations and broken all records for ths
first day of any exhibition ever held iu
the city.
That the exposition will be a grand
success both financially and industrlnlly
was evident at the opening exercises last
night and was settled beyond a doubt
by the large attendance which WAS On
hand early today. kilograms are our
Ing in from all parts of the country CON
graduating the executive comni,tee on
the success of the exposition and from
all sides come praise and commendation
foi their efforts.
The kilograms are being received Ia re-
sponse to the wireless messages which
were sent out from the wireless station
in the exposition belcony at 7.37 last night
announcing to the whole country that
President Taft had formally opened tho
greatest Industrial exposition the countr y
has ever known
Mayor Haussling accompanied by the
members of the Common Council, men,
bers of the various city boards and
many other prominent citizens, attended
the exposition last night and today are
enthusiastic over the exhibition and pre-
dict the greatest success for the move
ment. Many prominent men from Jer-
sey City, Paterson and other nearby
cities were also present and spoke In the
highest terms of the exposition.
Today will be known as Passaic and
Bergen county day at the exposition and
special exercises will be held, which will
be of interest to the public in general.
and of especial interest to the residents
of Passaic and Bergen counties.
Manager Rose states that he does not
wish TO make public in advance the pro
grams that have been arranged for the
special days. Today there will be several
guessing contests on the various articles
In the exhibits.
The big contest will be in the booth
OF the Patent Leather Manufacturers As
sociation, where the largest hide ever
tanned is on exhibit. Ladies only will be
given an opportunity to guess the number
OF square feet In the spread and n suit
able prize will be awarded for the near
est guess.
Before O'Clock last night the ap.
proaches to the armory were filed with
merry mass Of humanity all anxious for
the opening of the big doors at 80 that
would signalize the opening of the big
exposition, Those who were to take part
in the dedicatory exercises were admitted
to the building early and escorted to the
squad room on the third floor, where the
ceremonies were held.
At 7:05 o'clock Curtis r. Burnett. presl-
dent of the Board of Trade and of the
executive committee OF the Industrial
Exposition, introduced Rev. DIR. William
j. Dawson, pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church. who made the Invocation.
He was followed with addresses by
Mayor Haussling and President Burnett.
At 1887 O'Clock the official wireless
message announcing the opening of the
exposition by President Taft was flashed
from the wireless station in the exposi-
tion hall:
Newark Industrial Exposition was
officially opened by President Taft at
7:36 tonight
Mayor HaussIing's speech.
The Mayors speech follows:
"A week or so ago there was adopted,
as the first result of the movement which
brought this exposition about, a slogan
for the city of Newark-'Newark Knows
How It may be, and ! trust it will be.
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