The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 26, 1908, Page 1

PEDATON: THE SEATTLE STAR i —— SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1908 PRICE PRE 1 CENT THOUSANDS CHEER FIGHTING MEN FROM UNCLE SAM’S BIG WARSHIPS | sPLENDID TRIBUTE TO SEATTLE’S GUESTS Parade This Morning the Greatest in the History of the City—Ad- miral Sperry, Gov. Mead and Mayor Miller Review the March- ing Throng From Official Stand Opposite the Washington Hotel—Eight Bands of Music Aid in the Celebration —Also the Real, Live Teddy Bears. With hallow f Old G ving in the breeze; roofs as far as the eve could see were fringed with a loa fom every crown amet THE WEATHER IR IGHTS: WEDNESDAY, FAIR, WARMER; WEST WINDS. n f Free arched | h anity I through the imposing 4% spe gin, platoor waited A band at the rner of the reviewing stand Be abe line xe he F » cleared ect, tightened tich key Hike living had storied it ‘ u mto the pavé and th immorta R tators s lenty realize hat the parade was cc ng in in the ue uqivoemt ae. bide; 8 : Strew Flowers in Path under ¢ freee a t Gea a lider Ith sid, ‘ehncbiel ge t mome ed, a crowd of boys commences nes deed and e¢ eo of'a hero na . treet with a mas Rhododendron, the official ; : 1 state, than » are none more beawtifil J Cheers on Cheers. The crowd applauded the ent conveyed Again an xa came the cheers fron wds which Finally the wide street shone fer many bl cle pet in adn nl and awe Hearts swelled th pride andj) as a jewel, and entirely clear o 1 traf Al th si dep an eve became dimmed in choking » ry of those who | the immense throng swayed, seemingly in unison, as if each? fal marched a ¢ boys marched, in year ne by, perhay were determined to get the first glimpse of the leaders in the}y pill on fie! atthe or in the shot-pierced wreck at sea line of march | The sa soldier and citizen companies marched by, a The arrival of Ad and st notables f xa of liviny ' t reverberating | their entry into the reviewing sta the signal for an f mF gion w arb of blue and! burst of applause, The a I ey had a erie wate and phalanx of liv-| scurried away, and the e first strains ig courage of music from down the street miesty ofar ha Burst Into Applause | THE PARADE COMING DOWN FIRST AV., PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE ROOF OF THE COLMAN SUILOING, FIRST AND MARION. 8 Youth in Line | And then there was a yell first voiced far down the thor-| ken up by the 8 1a A pat h Fach any eceived of flowers as Os re el at a are, which increased in volume as one by one the crowd | Prorat which ‘ atche sda Speuaciatay ceed ee fy with bright and cheerful faces, wheeling the tp." t8 & moment the lensing id be heard play- |r Pageant evant sia Sc Aa nies es, adelaced arteries of commerce, far from the glare of war ws ae ~ cca ap “ saga a ty pe ee | sua aah ern = si Nasa: wd proudly empl love for home and flag in every) "'°S AT AWAY, ine ¢ choad which suddenly obecures the Sti Ei + se’ Admiral Sperry, Governor Albert E. Mead and Mayor State Names Cheered. ST ie yas | earer and nearer sounded the music and the final touch} yo... 41 Miller occupied an ele reer ; ‘ i a MD itwas a fi climax which greeted the patriotic-fevered| °° *h¢ Picture was soon at hand. On steeds whose display of fit ving stand ; vonded te ¢ of th ‘ i vias a eas Sows a ‘ yrs ie nko had coine 46. g0y tithe to the erent White| "tt only emphasized the spirit of unrest which seeme hia “0 oft fo rw : 1 3 rg pean: * wnat state peop yee ba and e-girt boys of battle. The rifle-laden men | P°T™*e** everyone, came a platoon of mounted | fer brought ¢ face in t and ae é ; e * ; RS aS Gusta Wash- J @lent in their evolutions, but the silence only emphasized closely by Col. George B. Lamping and his staff of grand} iis samiral and his suite, a was not changed until after the ae ‘os We a be Bart sae i 4 . Ye sieschala. wsented : : ngt « panic m this city and the Signal, corps, headed a of it all. They could not cheer nor anBwer in n line le had passed be by er’s First Reg , but one and all spoke dombly through the vibrant vir | Artillery Corps Leads. | ivi ¢ ‘ Ar te of ly bears, live cubs brought ‘ aalicien “oe a - } l l fr rts ‘ } he T° 1 Mise res Mood of courage ae womens shelr vers A change of scene and a picture of tramping lines in blue]. 4, : ‘ “ , raed sering Sage Bined ne immediately after the Third ia Thousands View Parade. and red and pings, the Coast Artillery corps, burst |) oo. : , : n the line of the parade, in charge of prominent | Ee it was at the big gr stand where Rear Admiral Sperry,| upon the view. At their head was the 1 : y vis : ; Abies Aberdeen cit EM mite of officers, prominent officials and their retinues, re-} Across the flower-bedecked street they stret a r 2 . Laugh at Teddy Bears. fithe parade that the people packed the thickest. The/the first feeling of awe was followed by thunder scvival of it fa . 1 tbs bling along at the end of itself was packed and contained fully 10,000 spectators.) And then from the front ranks 1 the hor place lias ‘ asised | their < ar eers, followed by a good | both sides of the street and curling back up the sides | denly came a shower of flow ers . ‘ trappings os " Ever ri Imiral and hi nite were t to the crest f Is to the cast were thousands upon} Whe n the nation’s flag went by Rear Admiral Sperry and ed wit , but awkwa amus- ie ( I windows of thé buildings and the his officers doffed their hats, and the fashion was quickly al . stand. They ranged { anes | When tie sailor boys came inte ght the enthusiasm seemed in size fr the to one who was as Tyreatest anc « n a G « but “the tre wrding se t } h by t time covered the in the vicinity, and it and the regular pafapherna r sh ty 7 the eemed as almost by instanct they sniffed the ground and Linke distinctly as men of caliber than « cca-| pawed the air in a fric al 1 to Rear Admiral Sperry siontliey have been in port land h te Orphans See Parade Seventy f the blg stand werd probably mirers Uncle a as they ewang past in the arade today There Hogpe 60 ¢ cate of and th dedeeed in caxdon ‘The treat Wiftlamn Ro » ther éafertainimnen of the « t the then he is not busy loob Ria big fa f « taboe dogan' know ory ey yet, but t from Admiral Throws Kiss a bit né, Six of the child REAR ADMIRAL SPERRY ON RIGHT, GOV, MEAD IN THE CENTER AND MAYOR MILLER ON WE Reviewing STANCE Vv. OPPOSITE THE NEW WASHINGTON, REAR ADMIRAL SPERRY, GOVERNOR MEAD AND THE LEFT, REVIEWING THE PARADE. THE TELEGRAPH POLE FORCED ITSELF UPON THE MILLER STANDING IN THE POSITION INDICATED BY THE CROSS. Continued on page 3.) OFFICIAL PARTY. EuTRes ee ee ss ~~