The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 1, 1909, Page 1

S35 yl. 1 NO. 88 sy thousand dollary in bills Of the hau! made by ‘thiet late yeaterday t Occurred at the OMre Join England, 11th av. 8. W., some time } the hours of 4 and 7:20 took nothing except & dozen silver knives Grabs Big Bilis. one thousand dollar, ef {Bandred and five one hun eg Wills were what the and from all {odi Mhese bills wore what he for. fa which the bil! R Was ransacked and « about in confusion ing money belonged to 4. Shea, of Duluth, Minn Melting Mrs, England. Mre here last Thursday with Of investing in Seattle Mr. Shea is expected to Bank Money Money which was atolen "1 to Mrs. English by rexis prior to Mrs, Shea's ar Bi ind was still in the package Heame through the mail ‘thea intended to bank the Dit Neglected to do so « the house ye: Bake @ few purchases pots the envelope contain i mane in the mattress on ed. erday down Discovers Robbery. Teturning home Teedlock she found t the china closet open oF atiored on the floor Waiting to see what was of the silverware, she to her room and the first ‘enn ~~ red wlance was the i m which she had placed iz lying on the floor clone oom was in wild Ceorder Was NO need to look in fe an for the money. The is Was nifesing thiet effected an ontrance the basement, which was & common lock No One at Home. There was fo one In the he B4 Oelock and the hour feturned Mra Had Gone to Tacoma early Bhe did pot boat. has been made and SB number of pects @ by the police, but ; h ean bo learned the farm knew 8 It was went ahend & phokage which DO to be opened Mrw When she led tho mone, SsrTA TEN PAGES vv ty PvAe: Speetants: #74 ay We nT uve Jigting with irrefutable logic uture commerctal supremacy of the Pacific, and t premacy of Puget sound in that commerce, in the future of Alaska, and In the growth of Western America, Jame J, Hill, in hie addr at the open Ing of the A-Y.P. exposition thia morning, sounded a pote of werid conquering progress which thrilled every hearer Mr, Bll gave to the pe of Se attle and the Northwest the me age of & wonderful future, at th ame time warning them @galnet a of their natural resources or gleot of thelr unrivaled oppor tunities. He spoke for half an hour his whole address a masterpiece of forceful orat striking epigram and convincing logic His story was the story of that firm faith in in t which has guided his hand the up-bullding of the great rail road system with which he has done lao much to develop that region. In jelosing, he sald This Fair Different. This exposition differs from most others held in this country in| being placed far from the older cen ters of population From this memorable work of men you have but to raise your eyes to be in the presence of some of the grandest | works of God, Everywhere about] you Is less of finished achtevement than of opportunity and invitation. It Ie amasing that such a display) Koop the spirit of self-reliance, the should have been gathered into such) gyirtt of fair & home fn the chief elty of a state! mont, arrived | whose population today probably Is than one and a half milliona, One dollar per capita for every inhabitant of Washingt and $3 per capita additional for ev ery citizen of Seattle, ls the proof of your enthusiasm and your faith It has been moge than justified, and will be returned to you ab antly There te room here for mord millions than the Atlantic seaboard upports. Soil, climate, resource all favor you The future bt nee to you. Secure in the advantage of location, yet laying hold of the larg er national heritage, you can in dujee no ambition too high, no faith too certain, no hope too great. As piration for the future should tn you become determination to play a part in the national life as noble as your state. You will never jagain know Isolation, The spaces once separating you from the ret of the country have been conquered Your life must thrill as consciously to every vibration of national thought and feeling aa delicate in struments respond to an electric limpulse from the other aide of the continent or the other alde of the Pacific. You have moved out {nto ithe worldetream, aod with ever lincroasing velocity it will bear you whither not you or I or any man can foresee, That matters little, so Jong as you diligently and wisely ply the oar. Keep Seattle Spirit. Remain, as you have the architects of your own fortunes. been and generous jude the apirit of quic k re ponse (Continued on Page ‘Beven.) contributed4 jSbonded to the 13,000 HOPLE rth i APUSITON oe Tory CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE EXPOSITION The idea of an Alaska exhibit ia Seattle in 1909 originated in the mind of Godfrey Cheslander, when he was in Nome, in 1906 collecting an exhibit for the Lewis and Clark fair March, 1906—Proliminary organization of 60 Seattle business men at Washington hotel decided to hold an Alaska-Yukon expo sition in 1906 May 6, 1906—Alaska Yukon exposttion capital stock of $600, dune 22, 1904— position site selected on the campus of the Untversity of Washington 1906—Word its scope ooran incorporated, with a Pacific Increased Auguat, position, and on the Pacific = Ootober 2 tons, who raised § December 28, $800,000. added to the name of the ox » include all nations bordering subscribed by le citi oO tn one day 1906. oni tion stock Increased to February $1,000,000 for 1907—Washington © exposition. dune 1, 190 round broken for big fair. During 1907.08-—Commissioner# sent to foretgn countries and states of the Union to secure participation and gather exhibits. Work in progre on the falr grounds. May 23, 1908—-United States government appropriates §400, 000 for bullding and exhibits Beptember 1, 1908—Adminsion charge 10 cents. March 16, 1909—Adminsion fixed at May 25—(r ed until o ' To tion receipts, dune 1, state legislature appropriated to fair grounds fixed at ents ands cl tal preexpoat 000 1909—Exposition opened by President Taft =cE== TAFT TOUCHES KEY AT NOON Notable Gathering at White House to Witness the Formal Opening of the Beautiful Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Fair, _. The White House, Washington, June 1, 1909. Mr. J. E. Chilberg, President Alaska Yukon-Pacifio Exposition, Seattic, Washington, | congratulate you and your associates on this auspicious opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pagific exposition and | congratulate the people of the great northwest on the courage and enterprise they have shown in bringing it forth. The exposition, designed as it Is to exploit the natural resources and marvelous wealth of Alaska and the development of trade and commerce on the Pacific slope, should appeal not only to the people of the West, but to the people of the country at large. | trust it will fully meet the expectations of those to whose untiring energies It owes its birth and that it will prove a source of instruction and education to its thousands of visitors, WM. H. TAFT, (By United Press. jupon behalf of the exposition ar WASHINGTON, June 1,—Preal-| the Pacific coast dent Taft, in the Rast room of the 1 have been commissioned to White House, at 8 o'clock this after | tender the prealdent of the Untted con preased the gold key which | States the sincere thanks of the people of the Pacific coast for the formally opened the Alask#Yukom|jionor done us in touching the elec Pacific exposition at Seattle tric key which has unfurled flag The ceremony was witnessed ty and set in m nm the machinery Mrs, Taft, a large number of dip: of the Alaska-Yukon-Pactfic expos! Jomatic representatives, 40 senators and representatives, delegates from the Philippines, Hawall, Alaska and Porto Rico, and Fred W, Carpenter, secretary to the prestdent Afior the presldent’s message to the exposition had been flashed across the country and the response received, Taft addressed the assem in the Bast Hopes for Fair's Success. He briefly voiced hid hope for the sucoeas of the exposition and ox pressed his certainty that it would tion,” sald opens in time app sot hay a not been a terprise of The expostttc rfect readinens at th ted and thus at the out ed a suiccess which has ved by any other en the kind Evidence of Progress He then referred t as demonstrating the country and expansion of territory aid that while the axposition wa not igned to commemorate a historical event it would neverthe lesa recall the discovery of the Ore ) the exposition prog He blage room reflect credit upon the enterprise, gon country, the prolonged dispute push and business ability of the} with Great Britain and the hard men who planned it, In conclusion! ships of the ploneers, In closing he dociared that the exposition he sald would give the world a more tntl mate knowledge of the resources of the country beyond the Rocky mountains Senator Piles of Washington re president's remarka Ennobling and inspiring as other expositions have been, this one will point out to our countrymen a grander destiny for the whole re public and a higher hope for all races.” THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1909, TEN PAGES ONE CENT CHEERING CROWDS GREET OPENING OF EXPOSITION | 5 CHILBERG Sailors and Soldiers Sandi IS PROU d Men Mak mat shea. —HE_SAYS IT IS -NOW heat THE PEOPLE'S EX. | NADEAU IS OPTIMISTIC |DIRECTOR GENERAL ALY. FAIR STARTS WITH GREAT AC. CLAIM TODAY. TELLS OF WORK . OF FAIR. | POSITION. ee ee ee 49437 AT 1 O'CLOCK, At 1 o'clock this afternoon Chairman Colling reported that 49,437 had paid admissions to to the exposition grounds, and the management expected that by tonight this number would be swelled to at least 75,000. aeeeeeeee ee eeeee ee eaece ee ee ee ed The exposition ts open! At noon today President Taft, 4 the White House, touched a golden key, and. in response Seattle, in dividually and collectively, drew @ long breath and emitted a cheer reechoed in every corner of A thousand flags unfurl ed, a thousand whistles blew, a thousand rifies roared in salute, and three handred thousand hearts swelled with a sense of triamphant accomplishment when they realized that the city that the world’s most beautiful exposition, built by them, was an accom plish fact Dramatic Moment. No more dramatic moment was | ever witnessed {n the city than the pause after President Chilberg, of J. &. CHILBERG, 1, A. NADEAU, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi-| President of the A-Y.-P. Exposition, Director General of the A.-Y.-P. tion, touched the key whith inform- , Exposition. Jed President Taft that all was| The speech of President J, B. ready for his signal. The plans,;Chilberg, of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa+ Director General I. A. Nadeau hopes, labors of the past three | cific exposition, in which he formak made a very short address at the) years of preparation were felt in |1y turned over the exposition to the lopening exercises in the amphithe-| the silence, until the rattle of the ie of the Noles | atre this morning, expressing briet.|telesraph key and the unfurling of | People of the Northwest, and ex atre BS, SRD “lthe Stars and Stripes before the |Pressed his confidence in thelr |ly his satisfaction that the fatr 1®) thousands gathered in the great/ability to make it a thorough sue Jready, and sharing the credit for| amphitheatre turned suspense into | cess, was as follows this accomplishment with the com-| certainty, and cut loose the pande-| Alasak-Yukon-Pacific! What an Imittees and directors of the vari! montum of noise which rang | apr » the imagination these three ous departmer He sald through the eity. The exposition | Words make! What dreams of com- It f# with great pleasur and | jg at last mereial and industrial development gratification that T announce the] geatile could not walt for her |*"¢y Inspire! The very names them= completion of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa tl . While Bishop welves ach deep Into one's heart, if! How well we have | CXPosition to open ile DIShOp | awakening the brain to stress of bullde eo has attended | Keator was still pronouncing the | purpose and heights of accomplishe r efforte to assemble a compr words of the invocation the thou-| ment. It is a marvelous ory—the hensive and instructive exhibit of| sands gathered fn the amphitheatre |achtevement of the builders of the the resources of the countries In-| realized that the hour of noon was Pacific Northwest and dramatio ' to partloipate bmitted to] , nd and arose chee to their | imterest is given to the story by the ec By pabraal wir rd at hand and arose cheering to thelr | Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, @ nal Ababa stupendous exhibit of the great Honestly Administered noon precisely came the sig. |things done, and the greater things from Washington, and half of/in store for this veritable land of ti 0 throng stood with heads still] promise. The spirit of pluck an ! bared before the words of prayer,|hope that has so rapidly developed re fro is ready | white the others cheered wildly {OUT marvelous resources, that has Ps et the day cleared our forests, made our farma, as the gre unfurled a » A riginally de its f the greet flag ual “ Vand the | nutit our cities and made robust our pening military sglute rang ou commerce, is the same spirit that If it found that credit ie} Mr. Hill had been a few minutes actuated the originators of thi for uit, 1 wish to say/ too long with his speech, but with mument of industrial and cai that th {flee t rgant-| the accumulating excitement of the relal progress, It is not I w jxatt tors of divisions and) opening, the crowd forgot the built the Alaska-Yukon Pacitia member f the various committeos | sheakers and finally broke Into a sition In addressing you tos ohn th so diligently and inte ead m aaak as preatden am but the gently labored to bring about this| Prolonged volley of cheers, which | oixeaman of all that {s best in Ned, ara entitled tO same | lasted until after the fair was offt | abiity, loyalty and. self-sacrificing It been the alm and hope of cially opened | zeal and untiring effort In our com- th ged with the duty, to pre.) For an hour before the crucial! munity. These men have for three ent a f beauty in nature and} moment the great throng in the| years past given the creation of the an harmontous grouping of build| natural amphitheatre listened | exposition the best that fs in them, Ings, to assemble an exhibit ofeva-| quietly to the prayers and address. | Without them, the exposition would | riety’ Interest and Instruction, there- | rt acath ceremony, the |D&¥e been an impossibility. Never timulating, through frendly com OF Me Opening cermmon '€ |for one instant has their faith and nition, all and countries | solemn words of Bishop O'Dea and | courage faltered, fo matter how ) improve the quality and character | Bishop Keator, the terse remarks |embarrassing the situation, how f their natural and manufactured |of Director General Nadeau, the |arduous the task, devotion to the product brilliant oratory and — stirring} cause has been supreme, and no President MoKinley, on tat fate-| nrophecy of James J, Hill, speaker | tibute ts too great to be pald to ful day at Buffalo when theBrand of | Prine gay 1 the heartfelt: words |these men, who have in many ins in asasesin brought row the | @ he GF nina res stances at great cost to themselves of President Chilberg when he turn nation, said among other things that en to the community their abil. long will be remembere Hxy ed the completed exposition over to| ity and unselfish interest. 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