The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-20

EXPOSITION
Opening of Great Interna-
tiOnal Exhibit Will Take
Place Today
PRESIDENT WILSON
WILL PRESS BUTTON

AuG Electric Current Running Across
Continent Will Set Machinery in Mo
ton at San Francisco - Millions
Spent on Project.
SAN FRANCISCO, cal, Feb. %. -
Au electric spark of enormous poten-
tial. Jumping across the continent, win |
open the Panama-Pacific international +
exposition at noon today. Pacific coast |
time
ina the White House at Washington. |
the President win press button and
the acrials of the great government "a
di0 station at Arlington will snarl and
srutter. The vibrations win be re-
ccived an infinitesimal fraction Of a
second later by a commercial station
ON the shores of San Francisco bay,
where they will be relaved by wire to
- receiving instrument ON the eXposi-
tior grounds
As soon as the signal is received,
the wheels will begin to turn and the
fountains to play; the gates will
swing open and a procession Of citi-
zcns, with the mayor at their head, will
march on to the grounds.
At the same time. President Charles
q. Moore, of the exposition company
viii inform President Wilson by word
OF mouth, over a telephone line already
set mp and waiting. that the wireless,
flash has been received and the expo
sition is open. In return President
Wilson will send his greetings and good
wishes. Thus, the two latest modes Of
loIfa distance communication win be
tttrrt1ltNpI tn NriNriEy he. F.iI (f,.,s-
monies of dedication and acceptance as
brief as it is possible to make them
viii follow.
After the outbreak Of the European
war, there sprang up Il rumor that the
exposition would not open. As a mat
ter Of fact, the exposition stands today
100 per cent complete, free of debt
and with Al foreign nations participant
ing of which % have built pavilions
of their own. England Germany
Austria and Russia, among the belliger-
cuts, are not officially represented, al
though various of their commercial or
carnations have seen to il that they
should not be wholly left out Of mind
France, Italy and Japan are officially
represented, as are III states and tor
Iitories under the flag Of the United
States. Canada and Australasia. nm
der the British flag, both have huild
ingt
structurany speaking. that part OF
the exposition built out of it's owl
funds and wholly under the control o
it's own directors was finished 81,
months ago.
The grounds lie on the waterfront
adjoining the United States militar.
reservation known as the Preside, fac
ing San Francisco bay with the Colder
Gate visible to the west.
The broad stretches OF mural expans
are grained and stained to the textur
aud color of Italian travertine. Wher
the statuarv has not been wrough
from the same material. it has bee
finished a soft buff, or burnt orange.
Thus, the exposition. as whole, Ina
the soft tone of pastel, done in tn
impreSsionistic manner. Other world
fairs have been uniformly whit,
which in the strong light of the Cal
fornia climate would have been pain
fully dazzling.
Dominating the whole scheme is II
colossal Tower of Jewels, 43j feet hig
set in the central Court of the Tn
verse, whose Corinthian columns "a
taller than those of Saint Peters
Rome. Each column is surmounted
the figure of q star, whose head-dre
is covered with "iewels, and fro
the tower itself depend 10000 spar
lets in all eolors, which flash in t
sun and scintillate at night when t
searehlights illuminate the court
The site and plan of the expositi
have made it the most compact ey
built. 1t occupies go acres, of viii
30 have been devoted to horticultu
display. Liberal use of palms, shru
berry, vines and trees has been made
relieve and diversity the long facad
OF the exhibit palaces. At the far en-