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population. •Mrs. Berkshire and Mrs. WMtsett are especially enthusiastic oyer some of the very pleasant social . events—i - —- - — - *».— -l« ■ Tnntn^nfniii this conference and'“their* friends, 'among them the reception which ^ivas given in honor of Hon. W-. B. Wilson and his daughter, Miss A'gnes Wilson, by the preeident and bord of directors of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on Friday evening, August C, in the beautiful California Building. The ceremonies observed on the Exposition grounds, in South Gardens, at the Fountain of Energy, fronting the exquisite Tower of Jewels, on .Monday afternoon, were arranged and conducted by Commissioner General of Immigration A. Caminetti, in honor of Secretary of Labor Wilson. The naval maneuvers were 'wonderfully impressive, when the entire, representative conference and Secretary of Labor W. B. WilBon, in the capacity of a cabinet officer, reviewed from the historic battleship Oregon the fleet of war craft anchored oft the Marina. The Oregon was flying, the flag of the Secretary of Labor, the first time that the standard of Labor had ever been rinsed on any American warship. When Secretary Wilaon and his party left the Oregon for land, they did so to the booming of the great guns of the vessel, firing seventeen times in salute.Mr. and Mrs, Berkshire will make somewhat extended visit before . re' turning to their home.
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Van Nuys News and Van Nuys Call
Van Nuys, California, US
Fri, Aug 20, 1915
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