rr^|' ^t\ INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS ..&, st '. Panama-Pacific international Exposition, Greatest and Most Marvelous of u-•j*.- All Celebrations, Opens Completed In Every Detail on Feb. 20,1915 f' Forty of the World's Great Nations to Join With America In Celebrating the Opening of the Panama Canal In a Conclave Unsurpassed In History. Wonderful Exhibits From All Lands the Big International Exposition's Amusements World's Best Progress Novel and Wonderful From Beginning to End Magnificent Panama-Pacific International Exposition Will Abound With President Wilson Will Visit Panama-Pacific Display of Nations via Panama Canal—Vanderbilt Superb Educational and Entertainment Features. Cup Race and Grand Prix Will Be HelH In San Francisco. THEHAMILTON By WRIGHT. Francisco In a single day, and. far In fare work will, for example, see in By HAMILTON WRIGHT. WO this event The famous Salt Lake tinentai railways. The Grand Canyon construction of the vast advance of Its opening, the Exposition the Palace of Mines an exhibit threefourths N E an no el Mormon choir, the deep toned plaintive concession is built upon so prodigious Panama-Pacific International had created an unprecedented interest of an acre in extent, illustrating amusements, parades and singers of Hawaii and even a chorus a scale that visitors will view the throughout the world, and its opening the manner in which the at San Exposition Francisco pageants of the oriental of fifty Maorian will take singers part from a gauge railway canvases standard was eagerly awaited. largest steel corporation in the world per countries, auto and yacht in the events At was 95 cent completed choral an expenditure coach running. on a standard is caring for and to In keen competitive exhibits there plans still further and be ob races athletic contests will of $1,250,000 the Exposition has three months before the opening day, A working model gauge track. huge will be preset ted more than 80.000 single advance the welfare of its employees. of served upon a scale unexampled a constructed great Auditorium in the extensive on Feb "JO. 1915 The early installation of the Panama canal is so In exhibits u:id groups of related exhibits the Palace of Education magnitude and grandeur at the Pana civic center of San Francisco, which theater that visitors seated in comfortable of thousands of tons of rare and great portraving the results of the they will be interested in a ma-Pacific International Exposition. will be used by the great conventions will the chairs be carried along costly exhibits from all parts of the world's best efforts in recent years. United States government exhibit. The extensive participation of China, and song festivals Mr and Mrs. route of the canal upon a movable globe and the participation of forty of This wonderful Exposition, presented The great war in no way has diminished Japan, Siam and Indo and Cochin China, Douglas Crane will present their latest a arm platform, and dictaphone at the the world's great countries have assured at an outlay of more than $60,000,000. the prospect of attendance at when taken in connection with terpsichorean novelty, the 'Exposition of each chair will describe each scene celebration that will be unrivaled celebraes a contemporaneous the Exposition, and thousands of the plans already made and with the Tango Mr Harry Lauder will sing as it comes into view. A novel amusement in us splendor, magnitude, interest and achievement, the building of the Panama Americans will for the first time enjoy interesting oriental population of San the Exposition ballad. working feature will be provided by comprehensiveness. canal, and all'exhibits that are entered the educative trip across their native Francisco, assures such spectacles as tons The amusement section of the Exposition, submarine boats of sixty-five From its opening until its close, on for competitive award will be land. After the outbreak of the have never before been seen in the an the "Zone," corresponding to displacement, which will operate in Oc­ Dec 4. 1915, the Exposition will those that have been originated or produced conflict the number of conventions deciding cident. Pageants of miles in length a the famous "Midway" at the World's artificial lagoon. The Aeroscope, abound with original features collected since the great Louisiana Purchase to meet in San Francisco proportionately set off by wonderful floats and marvelous Columbian Exposition at Chicago, will huge inverted pendulum, operating like nt an expenditure of many millions Exposition at St/ Louis ten years increased. One of the pyrotechnics will wind through carry out the purpose of the Exposition a giant seesaw, with a great balancing of dollars. It will present a cross section ago. The possible exception to this most important of the assemblages the streets of San Francisco. to give every feature a high educational weight on the short end and a car for of human achievement. The I'an- rule will be where earlier exhibits are will be the international engineering There will be held throughout the value. passengers at the extremity of its long- 5-jkj A WONDERFUL GLASS DOME OF THE PALACE OF HORTICULTURE, PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. Palace of Horticulture, looking through the Court of Palms. This beautiful structure has a glass dome 185 feet high and 152 feet in diameter. Crowning the dome Is a huge basket The general style of the architecture courtesy San Francisco Examiner. Photograph is the French renaissance, with Saracenic modification. The extreme length of the palace Is 672 feet and breadth THE MOTHER OF LINCOLN REACHEY, FROM THE TOWER OF JEWELS, 435 FEET ABOVE THE 320 feet EARTH, AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, WATCHES HER SON LOOP HIS ONE THOUSANDTH LOOP. entire period of the Exposition, which Imagine, for the purposes of Illustration. er arm, will raise sightseers more than Beachey, a son of San Francisco, on the occasion of his homecoming after breaking all world records When Lincoln opens Feb. 20, 1915, a series of great the Interest action and novelty 325 feet above San Francisco bay, daredevil looper of loops, performed two entirely new and death defying stunts over the ^completed as a 999 events, including sports and athletic of ten great circuses like Barnum A affording an unsurpassed view of the ot Panama-Pacific International Exposition it was his aged mother who for the first time waved him palaces the contests of many kinds conducted upon Bailey's combined into a single "greatest Exposition City and the Golden Gate. Mrs. Beachey held a place of honor, 435 feet in the air, on the tiptop of the wonderful •on to fresh achievements. up a scale of great magnitude. show on earth" and presented at Apart from the amusements, conventions From aerie she was able to watch every erratic move of her daredevil son. She Tower or Jewels. this The Vanderbilt Automobile Cup ten times the cost of the single production and congresses, the vast pageants, was when he wrote the figures "1000" against the clouds, high above the two miles cried out only once. That Race and the Grand Prix, the two supreme and an Idea Is gained of the the superb pavilions of the nations and palaces, significant of the looping of his one thousandth loop. of completed exhibit events of the automobile year, originality of this section. total of the magnificent state buildings, the Exposition A will be held upon a four mile course, more than eleven millions of dollars Itself is a sight well worth am.-i canal is today open and doing shown to Illustrate the evolution of the embracing a circuit of the Exposition has been expended In its establishment seeing. The giant exhibit palaces, the congress, at which Its distinguished processes of manufacture—as. for example. palaces, a spectacular background far The concessions, as these less serious business on a far vaster scale than was loftiest and most Imposing exposition chairman. Colonel George W. Goethals, features of the Exposition are known, -predicted for it. and the Exposition, a display of a model of the first will preside. excelling in beauty and grandeur any buildings ever constructed, are In their xvhirh celebrates the opening of the eaDal, cotton gin in connection with the marvelous which ancient Rome beheld during its include a great open air panoramic architecture representative of the finest The foreign participation will be equipment into which it has reproduction of the Yellowtone National work of a commission of famous American is today revealed as the greatest historic chariot races. The Vanderbilt notable. The nations are not attempts evolved. park and a similar representation manifestation of national achievement Cup Race will take place on Feb. architects, who freely collaborated lrig to show everything that they produce, Many of the displays will be especially of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, In'American history. Here will be a 22 and the Grand Prix on Feb. 27. with distinguished members of this profession but will lay especial emphasis adapted to study by the delegates presented by two of the transcon- neutral ground where even nations engaged Great motorboats of the deep abroad. upon those products in which they excel. 1915 to great national and international in warfare will display on a sea cruiser type will race for a $10,000 In the Danish display, for example, congresses and conventions, of scale never before equaled their progress prize from New York through the Panama will be shown products of the which more than embracing almost in the arts, industries and sciences 300, canal to the Golden Gate. A series Royal Danish porcelain factory at Copenhagen. ol every phase of human activity, peace of International yacht races in Japan in her exhaustive exhibit have voted to meet In San. Francisco Within three months before the opening the twenty-one meter class will be will display priceless works of in 1915. Delegates to the congresses of the Exposition as many as 2.000 held in San Francisco bay President art* loaned by direction of the imperial Interested In social progress and wel- tons of consignments had reached San Woodrow Wilson, Emperor William of household and many of which could Germany and King George of England not be duplicated. From Italy will be have each offered trophies In these shown historic paintings of the old events. Swimming, water polo, fly masters, hitherto never exhibited in casting, canoeing, football, baseball America In the originals. From China and long distance foot racing are included there have reached San Francisco selections in a series of more than 200 different of exhibits collected under the kinds of contests. President supervision of the governors of the Chinese Wilson himself will attend the Exposition, provinces. Rare silks and satins, and it is probable the members carvings, inlay work in the precious of congress will attend in an especially metals, exhibits of the transportation chartered steamer methods employed in the old China and the modern methods used in the Of international interest will be the awakening republic will be shown. greatest live stock show in the world's New Zealand will make a marvelous history. More than will be $500,000 awarded in prizes In a continuous live exhibit of its rare woods, of its fleeces, of its superb scenic charms. stock exhibit Rare and valuable A large number of rare giant tree ferns breeds of all kinds of live stock from distant countries of the globe will be from New Zealand will be found shown. Specimens of the famous growing on the Exposition grounds Cbillingham wild white cattle will be The Argentine Republic early set aside a larger sum than any ever appropriated exhibited for the first time. With the by a foreign nation for representation exception of two specimens at the London zOo, this breed has never been in an American exposition. shown outside of Cbillingham park, The modern cities of Argentina, the schools, churches, libraries, the great England. These cattle are pure white, live stock and agricultural interests with black noses, black tips to the ears and black horns. An international will be extensively portrayed, and the mutual Interests of South America and sheep shearing contest will be one of North America will be emphasized In the unique exhibitions. For the musical events there, has almost every conceivable manner. VAST TRIUMPHAL ARCH AT THE WORLD'S GREATEST EXPOSITION, been built by the Exposition the magnificent From South Africa will be shown diamond THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION exhibits and methods of extraction. Festival Palace upon the "THE END OF THE TRAIL," PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. The magnificent Canadian displays grounds. This is equipped with a won. EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. W'4-r der(ful pipe organ, upon which Mr. Edwin will review not only the widely Arch of the Setting Sun In the west entrance to the Conrt of the Oatterse This photograph shows James Earle Preiser's superb piece of statuary, Lemare. world famous organist, known agricultural wealth, but will at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Surmounting the arch •jThe End of the Trail," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. More illustrate the scenic charm* of the among other celebrities, will give a series Is a group of statuary representing "The Nations of the West" In the than 800 beautiful sculptures are shown at the Exposition. the works of great Dominion, of snow clad mountain of recitalB. The International Eisteddfod of the group, is an emigrant waigon drawn by oxen. Riding in fh" is the famous sculptors of the day. In addition to the sculptures shown out of will at San Francisco compete peaks, of farreachlng forest, of figyre of a woman, "The Mother of Tomorrow," and by her side are two chit» doors, thousands of beautiful works of art are presented lnthe great Palace for $25,000 in cash prizes. More dren, "The Hopes of Tomorrotr." Other figures represent an American It inland lakes In chains of silver and of Pine Arts 1 than 20.0i0 singers will participate In dlan. a llexican, an Alaskan and other American types. raahinf mountain streams. i' I I |l 1 1 u»