The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-20
usHERED IN WITH THE
au1NG OF WHISTLES AND
rING OF CANNON; FINE
WEATHER FAVORED
THE OPENING
IONS At WAR ARE
|ALL REPRESENTED
kreign Nations and 4S States
We Representation; Reserva-
pus Made for 10000 Exhit-
tus; Vanderbilt Cup Race
to Be Held on Monday
(By Associated Press. }

Francisco, Feb. 20 .-Th,
pa Pacific International Expo
opened here today. Steam
les and all noise making ap
us woke the city at $50 thi,
Ing; artillery on the bay ant
my forts thundered salutes al
Pacific time; President Will
Washington, pressed the but
Ehich signalled from Arlington
sss station to the receiving sta
On the exposition grounds; the
inery started and the gates
d. Secretary Lane, Governor
Ion and C. c. Moore, the ex
lon president, we're the princi
peakers.
weather has favored the prep
pns and despite the war there
large foreign representation &.
lg the world powers represented
Japan, Canada, Holland, Eng
Argentine, Germany, Austria
New Zealand, China and Italy,
full representationand less ex-
ve State and private exhibits
nearly every other civilized
by.
buildings represent an invest :
Of $50,000.000 together with
rounds and other material.
opposition occupies a natural
|ltheater extending two and a
miles along the shores of San
DISCO Bay, just within the Gold .
lte.
the east 1t touches Fort Mason,
bn the west the Presidio mill :
reservation. In the back
ID are the hills Of San Fran :
and the wooded slopes of .the
bio; northward, across the
Is, rise the Marine Hills and
Il Tamalp"s, while before the
/ c ,lanade stretch the island
\ waters of the bay.
)th this attractive background,
s, architects and landscape gar
Is have erected the "Walled
Of the Orient" a city of SHIN &.
bs green domes and red tiled
set in gardens typical of Cal
ia.
nensions and cost Of the CEN
group of buildings are as fol =.
hes and metallurgy 252,O0V
H.; cost $s59,445; transporta-
$4,000 50. it,, $4S1. .ooo,
nlture $4,000 50. IT,, $425.-
food products. 236,690 So. IT,.
1851; varied industries $21s.'-
~. it,, 312,6s1; manufactures,
100 50. IT., $341.069; liberal
800 50. it,, S425.SOO.
y palace OF machinery cost
l,eoO. is 1856 feet high, seventy =
bet wide and 9G1 feet long. The
w Of Fine Arts is $50 feet long
has an area Of 205,000 square
Or nearly five acres. The Pal
Of Horticulture is 1856 feet high
covers about five acres Of space.
country has withdrawn its
teipation in the Exposition be-
Of the war, and while the dis
Of some European exhibits has
Prevented, the most important
aem are shown.
nile Oriental, South American
American participation is i'm
khably increased, many Euro
exhibits are shown which were
eontemplated prior to the war
exposition at Malmo. Sweden
ca was closed upon the outbreal
'oe war. is still intact, and
selection of the best exhibits
oeen sent over intact by steam
Ensland. Germany, France
marx, Finland and Russia ar
elpating in this exposition.
y best section of the exposition
0ehoa, which includes splendi'
Ples Of Italian industries, man
ares and arts, including man,
s''e paintings, have been brough
-ue Commissioner Genera
ANaH Japan's magnificent ex
nas been perfected in ever
Japan appropriated $500,
sao the pavilion was built b
ee workmen. One Of the fea
VI the Japanese site at the ex
Sa ls a garden Of 10000 50
'hieh is stocked with plant