| Show ENGLISH LANDED E 300 YEARS AGO Event Celebrated at Jamestown James-town by Opening of the Tercentenary Exposition I Land and Water Display and Addresi by President Roosevelt Who Prevents Pre-vents Panic by Appealing to Gallantry of West Virginians Norfolk Va President Roosevelt tho diplomatic naval and military rup rcscntatlve of foreign nations and tho governors of a score of states participated parti-cipated on Friday in the opening exercises exer-cises of the Jamestown Tercentenary exposition The exposition Is far from complete but this was not allowed to Interfere In any way with the celebration cele-bration of the HOOth anniversary ot the first British settlement In America Amer-ica From the firing of a sunrise salute of 300 guns by the United I States army through tho picturesque review of the International fleet of I war vessels anchored in Hampton Roads through tho ceremonies of dedication I ded-ication at which the president spoke and down to a lato hour at night when the chief executive went aboard theI I naval yacht Sylph to spend the night the day was crowded with notable Incidents In-cidents Notable among the days events was the action of the president in assuming I as-suming command of the situation in front of tho crowded grand stand from which he spoke when a panic seized the surging throng of spectators specta-tors Pressed against the guard ropes by thousands of eager persons the safety of those who had the more favorable positions was endangered President Roosevelt had just been introduced in-troduced by Harry St George Tucker head of the exposition company when tho disorder and unrest In the crowd reached its height and tho civil guards in front of the grand stand seemed about to bo swept from their posts The president jumped upon the table which had been placed in tho speakers speak-ers balcony and cried out to tho men of the stato of Virginia to live up to their tradition of gallantry and ceaso pushing and crowding which was threatening the lives of tho women < wo-men and children In the assemblage I Tho crowd heeded the presidents warning I Apparently obvious to the unusual position ho occupied on the top of a somewhat shaky table President Roosevelt made his speech Tho Inv promtu and unsteady platform did not I interfere in tho slightest degree with tho cnaracterlstlc vigor of his da livery I |
