Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-21
Secretary Lane, as Represent
alive Of President Wilson,
Delivers Mastery Opening
Grafton. &
100000 PEOPLE PASS
TURNSTILES TO GROUNDS
Ceremonies Are Impressive in
Simplicity Myriad Lights
Lure to Great Throngs at
Night,

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San Francisco, Feb. sO--An rec
ords for exposition iirst-dav attend-
anoe were broken today az the OPEN
ing OF the Panama.Pacific lnterna-
tional EXPOSITION BY 4 o'clock this
AFTERNOON the turnstiles had ticked
OFF 225.000 admissions and II was
expected that BY midnight, with the
lure OF the iIhllninations to draw the
crowd. the total would have reached
more than 100000. The previous rec
ord was at the opening OF the st.
Louis Worlds Fair. 1913, In 1904.
The crowd was a spectacle In t.
self. Ii filed the Rrandstands Il pack
ed the great courts and concourses.
II poured through the aisles, II over
flowed from the sidewalks into the
avenues, from the hills 80 the bay,
as far as the eye could reach, In un-
ending rivers of bobhing heads
Secretary Lanes Grafton.
As the presidents personal envoy,
Secretary Lane was heard with the
closest attention. la the more solemn
passages of his compact highly
wrought Grafton. the vibrations Of hts
strong voice stirred the audience In
sympathy and there were tears of
senslbility In many eyes as he pointed
to the slender. dauntless. ploddlng,
modest figure, standing beside two
oxen which look down upon the
court of the nations, whore east and
west come face to face.'
That figure was the American pio-
neer. His sulforings and triumphs
were the orators theme. This expo.
sition was his house IN which should
be taught the gospel of an advancing
! democracy strong. vAsiaat, confident
conquerlng without him, there had
been no exposition. no san Fran
cisco.
Here on this shore" concluded
| the orator, she has built the outer
most camp fire of his race, ana he
has gathered his sons that they may
tell one another of the progress they
have made
Ills sons are they who have cut
these continents in twain, who have
slashed Gods world as with knife,
who have gleefully made the rebel
lious seas lift mans ships across the
barrier mountains
Day Breaks Threatcningly.
The DAY broke threatening and rainy
but by sunset there was scarcely a
cloud in the sky. one shower fell dur
| ing the dedcatory exercises. As
| President Wilson opened the expo
sition with the touch Of a button IN
! the White House, the suns long
standing rays glinted In a miniature
rainbow through the squirting streams
of the Fountain of Energy. that mo-
ment unleashed. Flags OF all the ma
tions rose on manifold poles ana PIN
nacles. Signal bombs were detonHted
from tower An aeroplane oifeled
! - T..ttf .Is4 M
ing doves OF peace The doors OF the
palace of machinery swung open ana
the exhibits within were seen In mo-
tion.
1t was q scene electric with anima-
tlon, movement. color and beauty.
Major General Arthur Murray, there
to represent the United States army
was caught by the contagion Of emo
ton that thrilled the crowd. Ho
grasped moving picture operator
by the arm and began 20 shout, TAKE
! that Get thatl''
The dedicatory ceremonies were
made as simple and short as possible
| Tho citizens, headed by Governor lli-
ram w. johnson, and Major James
Rolph. Jr. representing the state ana
city. were welcomed to the grounds
by the officers and directors OF the
exposition and officers OF the tederhl
government Addresses we're deliver
I'd by President G. q Moore of the
exposition. Dr. Frederick j. " skiif'
director in chief, Governor Johnson
Secretary Lane and q few others ln-
vocatlons and benedlctions were pro-
nounced by clergymen representlhs
the Roman Catholic, Protestant ana
Jewish faiths.
! Shortly after noon the glounus
were given over unrcservedly 70 lhe
| people
The exposition will be open toilior-
row and on succeeding Sundays Mon
day will be held the Nanderpilt nup
automobile race, to be folipweu hFe
days later bv the grand prix race.