Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall’s Exposition Message to the Nation
) The Vice-President of the United States, after spending five days at the great Panama Pacific International Exposition
at ban r ranctsco indited the following message to the people of the nation containing his appreciation of the great fair:
“The steps of my life seem to have been marked by national expositions. My young manhood began with the Cen "Whoever can even at a sacrifice of something which for the moment appears necessary, should come to sees
tenmai, maturity was marked by the Columbian and Louisiana Purchase, and now the sunset years bring me to this 1 real work of art never equaled even Op a mirage If there be anyone in America with a thirst for knowledge
marvel ot the Republic upon the shores ot the sunset seas. So often have 1 thought 1 saw the Pillars ot Hercules m* M ana for beauty and a tongmy for a liberal education, such an one can here obtain it
Vj.tra tllat * hesitate to say that 1 have reached them But they who builded this Panama W “This is the University ot the world, ft has a chair tully endowed to meet the wants and needs ot each. The eye, the
racibc international exposition were so wise in adopting all the good features and avoiding those which marred the f car, the mind, the heart, the soul, each may have its horizon here enlarged. 1 came to beat a message 1 remain to
preceding ones, that to me it seems as near perfection as the mind and hand ot man have ever wrought become a student, 1 leave the leet of tins Gamaliel ot all expositions with regret. THOMAS R MARSHALL."
The World in Epitome Shown by Displays in tho
Vast Exhibit Palaces at the Panama
| ***** Pacific International Exposition.
Today tho groat Panama Pacific International Exposition tit Pan Fran
cisco is nomg widely exploited throughout tho world by tho millions of sight
seers who have visited the exposition since its opening on February 20th last
as the most beautiful, comprehensive and interesting universal exposition
that the world has ever known. The wonderful exhibit palaces house the
treasures ot the earth, while the grounds, planted to millions of rare bulbs,
are a gorgeous mass of color and fragrance. To the visitor entering the
gates for the first time, either by night or day, the scene is certain to hold
the newcomer spellbound, as the vast panorama unfolds bit by bit before the
ga?.e and the eye wanders from one beauty spot 1t> another in an endless
chain ot amazing surprises. Entering the main gate at Scott street, foi
instance, the xisltor sees the great Fountain of Energy directly before hirr.
its gianf sprays sparkling and flashing in the light of the warm California
sun hy day or assiaming the appearance of masses of flowing flames by
night under the powerful beams of the great batteries of searchlights trained
upon this work ot art. As the spell is lifted the eye falls upon the Tower
of Jewels the great center piece of the exposition, and again attention is
arrested until the eye has conquered the dizzy heights of this gem studded
tower every cornice and figure sending forth its share of dazzling lights.
The world's advance in ail branches of art, science and industry is
amazingly portrayed tn the exhibits. Among the electrical exhibits, lor
example, is the Audion amplifier, invented by Lee De Forest. Through tills
indention the visitor in the Liberal Arts palace is enabled to converse over
the long distance telephone with his relatives at the farthest section of the
Atlantic coast and may hear the voice of the speaker in greater volume than
was actually given into the transmitting telephone The intensity of the
sound is increased by passing through heat waves. Today it is possible for
an orator in New York city to address through the telephone a large audi
ence at San Francisco, the sound being increased so that it Is of power great
enough to fill a large hall. This single advanee in the development of the
telephone is paralleled In hundreds of other lines. The railroads have made
low round trip rates and ample and reasonable accommodations are to be had
in San Francisco and the adjoining cities.
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF 10.000 YEARS AGO SHOWN IN THE
TEHUANTEPEC VILLAGE AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
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Tho Tehuantepec village on the Zone at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition is a bit of the oldest civilization of the world brought to San
Francisco from ttie country of the Aztec ruins in Central America. Beautiful
carpet weaving is shown, together with onyx c-utting, clay and wax modeling
ancient dancing and singing, pottery making and coloring and other arts
characteristic of the people. A typical garden is open to the visitor in the
ccncession in which is to be seen the landscape art of this people.
THE WONDERFUL AEROSCOPE, HIGHER THAN THE FERRIS WHEEL GIVES
VISITORS MARVELOUS VIEW OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPOSITION
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VISITORS ON THE
AERO SCOPE 2fc5 FEET
ABOVE THE EARTH
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the Giant frame of the Aeroscope as it appeared under construction
For the seeker of amusement there is opportunity a-plenty In the unique mechanical achievement, 'ho Aero- j
scope, on “The Zone." at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The Aeroscope resembles a plant crane of I
a novel and intricate design, Its steel construction recalling that of thp Bascule bridge At the extremity of the j
long arm ot the crane is a two-story car with a seating capacity for 100 persons and standing room for 20 more. |
At the short end of the crane is a giant mass of concrete, which serves as a counterbalance for the long
arm ot the crane Beneath the car are two great water tanks, which take on water or discharge it as passen
gers enter or leave the car. thus always preserving the balance to a nicety. When, for example, a man weighing
160 pounds enters the car an amount of water of equal weight is released from the tank, and when the passenger
departs 160 pounds of water are automatically discharged into the tank below the car. The car ascends without
perceptible motion, and perfect safety and a jarless ride of ten minutes is assured to Passengers while enjoyuvg this
trip of 265 feet into the clouds, or four feet higher than the Ferris wheel. Two motors control the ascent and
descent In conjunction with (he counter-balance of the huge car. and when It reaches its extreme height It begins
to swing slowly around on the wheels at its base, giving a magnificent view ot the exposition, of ban hrancisco
bay and of the city ot San Francisco.
Tliisj photograph shows a unique
figure of I'ncle Sam on the Zone,
the great amusement section at the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi
tion, San Francisco.
THIS IS “MR. SOA KUM."
Visitors to the Zone at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition find
much to amuse them by a visit to
"Soa Kuin" and hundreds of other in
teresting concessions which line the
Zone s broad avenue tor a mile, in
"Soa Kuin one tries to hit all k'nds
of neads tor all kinds ot prizes.
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Of Course You Are Going to See
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Seme Marvelous Exhibits
at the Panama-Pacific
Internationa) Exposition
Exhibits in Agricultural Palace at the
Panama Pacific International Expo
sition Show Caterpillar Gaining
Favor Over Lug-wheeler Trac
tors in Farm Macninery.
An observer in the Agriculture Pal
ace at the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition at San Francisco
cannot help noticing, in the display of
agricultural power machinery, the al
most complete supersedence of the
new design of power tractor, known as
the caterpillar, over the cumbersome,
unstable, high-wheeled engine of a
few years ago. There are few of the
old models on exhibition, while the
caterpillar principle has been applied
to almost every type of engine for ag
ricultural purposes.
The caterpillar proper is a heavy
sheet metal chain, varying in width
from ten inches to two feet according
to the weight of the engine, which
passes around two heavy sprocket
wheels like a belt. These wheels re
volving, pass the chgiu about them,
the lower part moving backward, with
the weight of the engine resting on
the Inroad surface of the chain be
tween the two sprockets.
An engine of this type can be op
erated on ground soft enough to mire
an ordinary farm wagon.
Duplicate of the Roosevelt African
Shotgun.
A duplicate of the shotgun which
Col. Theodore Roosevelt took with him
on his African trip, a gun constructed
expressly for him by an American
armorer, is on display at the manufac
turer’s exhibit in the Manufacturer's
Palace at the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition, San Francisco. The
gun cost its illustrious owner $360,
and its beautiful design, graceful
lines and wonderful inlay work would
justify the expenditure to any lover
of fine pieces. The stock is elabo
rately hand carved, the barrels and
lock are hand engraved, and the lock
is inlaid with a hunting scene In gold.
The barrels are of the finest Krupp
steel. Before starting on the trip the
ex-president wrote to the makers: “I
really think it is the most beautiful
gun I have ever seen. I am almost
ashamed to lake it to Africa and sub
lect it to tiie rough treatment it will
receive.”
The left barrel is choked and the
l ight open. It is cored to shoot either
buckshot or a single ball.
In a group in this Palace are dis
plays by four of the world’s greatest
manufacturers ot sporting arms, which
form an exhibit which attracts hun
dreds of sportsmen. Each display is
in charge of a firearms' expert.
Pearl Culture a New Industry.
Among the interesting exhibits of
the Japanese in the Manufacturers'
Palace at the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition is a demonstration
of the methods and results of pearl
cultivation in the far East. The dis
plays of this cultivated product, show
ing hundreds of pearls which until
pparl culture was placed on a com
mercial basis a few years ago would
have been the possessions of royalty,
will delight any lover of beautiful
gems, and the methods of production
will prove interesting to any ob
server. Though pearl culture has be
come a thriving industry in Japan, at
tempts to reproduce it in other parts
of the world have yielded but meager
results.
The successful method of propaga
tion was evolved by the Japanese sci
entist. Kokichi Mikimoto, who discov
ered a species of oyster which pro
duced the pearl on the surface of the
shell. Though the finding of the oys
ters and inserting the nuclei, then
waiting for the pearl to grow to a
commercial size may seem a simple
process, the fact that it has not re
duced the price ot the gems, even to
that of the must expensive imitations,
shows tlyit It is Deset with many Uifli
cultie8,
Daniel Webster's Plow at the Panama
Pacific International Exposition
One of the most valuable exhibits
commercially, m the Agricultural Pal
ace at the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition, San Francisco, is
an ancient plow displayed In the
Massachusetts exhibit, and forming a
striking contrast to the hlghly-com
plox modern machinery displayed on
the acreage of floor about it.
The plow owes its distinction to
the circumstance that a hundred years
ago Daniel Webster's youthful hands
guided it along the furrows of his
father's farm near Marshfield, Mass
It was drawn by a yoke of oxen and
if the future peer ot American ora
tors and statesmen could turn ail acre
of sod a day he had to work from
daylight to dark.
Radium Used to Promote Plant
Growth.
Some of the remarkable propel ties
of radium aie being aemonstiatea o>
an exhibitor in tbe Liberal Arts build
ing at the Panama Pacific Internation
al Exposition, San Francisco, in con
nection with a new invention making
possible the radlofying oi water tor
medicinal purposes.
Demonstrating the power of this
mineral promoting metabolism a iium
ber of young plants, some existing
with and some without the aid of ra
dium, are shown '1 hose in the radio
active soils are seen to be growing
much more rapidly than those in com
mon soil, and to have a more healthy
appearance.
This inventor has found a process
of impregnating terra cotta bricks
with radium bearing minerals, and
these small bricks placed in water are
said to give It remarkable curative
properties. The porous bricks last al
most indefinitely, losing only half their
potency, it is estimated, in 1,800 years.
Since the discovery of this mineral it
has been found that many celebrated
waters as Carlsbad and Baden Baden,
owe their health-giving properties to ra
dium. The inventor claims that his
process produces in ordinary waters
the qualities of these famous springs.
The radium ore used in the manu
facture of radioactive terra cotta
is known as camotite, a formation
found mainly in Colorado and Utah,
and now producing three-fourths of
the world's radium. The European
mineral, known as pitchblende, from
which the famous European springs
are impregnated, is also displayed.
Mot Rapid Photographs Ever Taken.
The most remarkable set of speed
photographs ever taken are a part of
the war department’s exhibit in Ma
chinery Hall at the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition, San Francisco.
They are pictures of a shell from a 13
lncb coast defense gun in flight, the
set including the various phases of
the flight beginning just as the great
projectile pokes its nose out of the
muzzle of the gun.
The pictures were taken with a
lens having an exposure period of
one five-thousandth of a second, this
being the fastest shutter ever manu
factured. The exposure at the proper
time in the flight of the projectile
was made by breaking an electric cir
cuit in a wire stretched across the
trajectory at the desired point and
connecting with the shutter.
One picture shows the shell half
way out of the muzzle before any
smoke and gas has escaped. Another
was taken when the shell was two
feet from the muzzle but hidden by a
heavy ring of smoke. A third shows
the shell in flight a hundred feet from
the muzzle. The photographs are so
perfect and the exposure so rapid that
scarcely any blur is perceptible. They
were taken at Fortress Monroe, Va , un
der the direction of Capt F. J.
Rehl of the coast artillery corps and
head of the department of enlisted
specialists at the Coast Artillery
school at Fortress Monroe.
NATIVE LIFE OF THE FAR PACIFIC.
The photograph shows the oelie
ot the interesting Samoan village at
the Panama-Pacific International Ex
position at San Francisco. The struc
tures in this village, comprising the
native thatched huts of the Samoan,
oi as they were formerly called, the
Navigator islands, were brougnt In
tact from the native villages and are
absolutely faithful in all their fea
tures. There are many native fam
ilies living in the village who tor
the edification of visitors perform the
aquatic feats in which the islanders
excel, and dance the rhythmic native
dances. The life of the people of the
Pacific ocean is wonderfully Illus
trated at the Exposition, and of ail
the races none are more interesting
than the Samoans who exhibit many
traces of Aryan descent. No Exposi
tion visitor should fall to see these
unique tribespeople.
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