The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-07
Great Event in Charge of the
Commission Which Has
Just Been Appointed.
MONSTER CROWD
ATTENDS E
Special Arrangements Being Made to
Guard Against Disease In City-3O..
QUO Poems to Emperor Express tho
Wants OF tho People.

1ohio, Eep. - the appOlnCs
M ant of Il coronation commission,
%''grandest ceremony in the history OF
japan" next autumn when the emper.
or foshihito will be crowned ruler Of
the Japanese empire. The date has
been tentatively fixed for the early
part of November. The festivities.
which will be under the general SUI
pervision of Prince Fushimi az chief
of the coronation committee, will
continue over several days, including
onation rites have been observed.
In Sacred Halls.
The scene of the ceremonies will be
in the sacred. ancestral halls of h
Shishenden. located in the compound
of the former = Imperial Palace of
kioto, the ancient capital of the en-
pire. Coincident with the coronation
a big naval review will be held either
in Osaka bay, off Kobe, or in Toxic
bay, ear Yokohama. The, city OF
kioto will also open an industrial ex-
Rc-COnstrIct Hotels.
In view of the large umber of visi-
tors expected measures are being con-
tary conditions of kioto, including
widening of the streets and recon
struction of hotel accommodations.
The municipality will set an example
of building a large hotel to accom-
modate foreigners. The police ar.
rangements will also be extended.
\ military ball will probably be
held in Toxic in connection with the
ceremonies. The whole japanese peo-
vember festivities expecting that they
will in3lIpllr1fn an era nf Onl1 HllSl..
ness.
1t is doubtful that any foreign
countries will dispatch special ENJOYS
to the coronation. since the accom-
modations for official guests at Kioto
will be limited, but the representatives
of the powers regularly accredited to
Japan will attend.
10000 Poems to Emperor.
The emperor's popularity has re-
Gently been attested by some thirty
thousand poems written by his sub
was II of the features Of the New
Year celebration, the contest being re-
garded as a medium through which
the emperor might learn the needs Of
his people.
+, This is how the competition was
conducted, under the auspices of the
emperor himself: The poems were
sent to, the department OF Household
which first saw to the disinfection of
the manuscripts. This precaution
having been taken, the verses were
packed in bundles and passed on to
the Poetry Bureau. Recording Off
Gals made copies and had them
bound in three-hundred volumes, each
volume containing one hundred
poems. The selection committee re-
viewed this great stack of books, and
selected two hundred of the best eff
forts, and these were again copied
for al edition de luxe. To make the
final selection most fair, the am Of
the composers were omitted. After
careful perusal. of the selected gems
the authors of the best verses were
invited to read them in the presence
Of his majesty on the day of the I'M.
perial Poetry Party.
Biggest Dry Dock.
After eight years work the biggest
dry dock in Japan has been complet.
ed at the Maidzuru naval station OF
the western coast. The dock will ac-
commodate warships up to $4,000 ton
displacement and be an important adj
dition to Japanese naval facilities.