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Show MAYOR ID Ml! EXflHK VISITS Battleships Gathering in New York Harbor for, Grand Review Re-view Next Week. NEW "YORK, Oct. 7. Roar Admiral Hugo Ostorhnu?, commanding the fleet of American battleships trathorinc hero for review by iho president nnd secretary secre-tary of tho navy nert week, exchanged official visits todaj' with Mayor Gay-nor Gay-nor and Polico Commissioner Waldo. 3n the moruing tho admiral nnd his staff called upon the maj-or at tho city hall. In the afternoon tho mayor and Commissioner Waldo boarded a harbor polico boat and wore taken to tho flagship Connecticut. On the return from this visit, tho city officials were accompaniod by the admiral and the three went to tho Polo grounds whero they witnossod the baseball gamo betwoen tho Nw York Nationals nnd tho New York American league clnbs. At the ball field, tho naval commander comman-der found several thousand school children chil-dren waiting and was greeted by songs and cheers in which hundreds oi sailors joined. Admiral Ostcrhaus opened tho gamo by tossing a ball into the field. After the gamo the naval visitors wero guests of tho citizons committeo at luncheon. When Secretary Mover makes an official of-ficial inspection of the fleet, October 14, and when President Taft reviews it on the following day, vessels carrying carry-ing passengers will be allowed to tra"il those bearing tho government heads, but all such vessels must keep at least one sea mile behind. When the fleet steams out to sea on October 15, tho Hudson river from Fort Washington to tho statuo of Liberty Lib-erty will be cleared of all traffic and portions of tho harbor will be set apart where ships may anchor as the battleships pass b". |