New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31
CAFE DELAYS PRESIDENT.
ROUGH VOYAGE ENDED.
Cruisers in Chesapeake after Eight
scith Fierce Sea.

Norfolk. va. Oct 3o.-After fighting a-ncrth-
EAR. gale up the coast for twenty-four hours,
tho ferceness Of the wind and sea causing q WIGS
divergence from the usual route, the armored
cruiser West Virginia, bearing President AooSs-
vel. from New-Orleans, passed Cape Eenry to-
night conveyed by the arnored cruisers Mafy-
land, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Owing to the choppy sea off Cape Henry and
n LYNN Haven Inlet the plan to transfer Presa-
dent Roosevelt from the West Virginia 10 tne
5tspatch boat Dolphin for the remainder OF his
tourney to Washington was ananooned long De-
fora +he sn,,.sro, reached the casoes Early IN
tho afternoon Admiral Brownson coinmunlcated
with the Cape Henry station by wireless teie-
.-anh end instructed that a pilot for Maryland
waters he ready to board the West Virginia of
tho oanas ar z O'Clock tonight. The admiral
expected that his squadron would reach the en-
--enca To Chesa peake Bay by that time. but the
beavv wind and kept the vessels out until
o.30 Then 1t was announced by wireless teie-
graph that the President would be transferred
to the Dolphin off Smiths Point at the mouth
of the Potomac. The Dolphin had started up
the bay for this point several hours before.
About $50 o'clock the searchlights of the ap-
preaching warships could be seen on the horizon
from the Cape Henry station, and an hour later
the outlines of the cruisers discerned. All
four were II column, but in the earlier part OF
the CAV the Colorado had been separated from
the other ships in the storm, and efforts to
reach her by wireless were unsuccessful for
time.
No stop was made at Cape Henry. The ves-
sells passed into the bay and took the bay
channel which runs 30 the north from the course
into Hampton Roads. The West Virginia had
been in communication all day with the Cape
Henry station. about forty messages being ex-
changed Some Of these were official dispatches
IN cipher, others personal messages to the
President and the officers OF the squadron. while
others directed the movements of the Dolphin
and made arrangements for the change in the
programme for transferring.
Tn. voyage of the squadron from the South
Carolina coast to the capes was rough one.
The northeast gale kicked UP nasty sea, and
off Hatteras the waves were running danger
ousIv high but while no fears were enter
tanned for vessels Of the West Virgna's class. 1t
was evidently deemed wiser to give the treach-
erous shoals a wide berth and the cruisers went
OH. 70 sea- This prevented the squadron from
reaching the capes on schedule time.
Some idea of the roughness of the sea around
Cape Henry and the irnpracticability OF trans
ferrfnx the President to the Dolphin there is
given by the fact that when q Maryland pilot
WAS asked for by Admiral Brownson to take the
Vast Virginia up the bay, sc was necessary for
the pfot boat to go into the sheltered waters
of HAMPTON Roads, twenty miles inland TO pick
I'D q pilot when there were pilots ashore at
Cane Henry who could not get out TO the
boat
The wireless telegraph station at the Norfolk
Navy Yard reported the receipt OF message
f-n-n President Roosevelt 10 Governor Myron L.
Herr,oiz Of Ohio In which the President thanked
Governor Eerrick for his message congFetuia-
ting him On his escape from injury in the COL
orj.,1
message from the President to Governor derrlck
said. "Many thanks. warmly reciprocate your
good wishes"
The two natt,eship divisions OF the North At
Iantio feet under command OF Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans, sailed from Hampton ROADS
at o'clock this morning and at $40 O'CLOCK
were reported by the United States weather OBJ
server at Cape Henry as proceeding up Chesa-
peaks Bay for Annapolis where they go to pre-
pare for a reception TO the British North AT
lantic squadron. under command Of Prince Louis
Of Battenberg, due at Annapolis in the next
few days The vessels which proceeded TO An
napolis were the battleships Kentucky, kear-
sarge Alabama, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Maine
and Massachusetts, and the gunboats Mayfiower
and Yankton
United States Cruiser West Virginia, off Cur
ntuck Point, via Portsmouth, Va, Oct. 30
cruiser West Virginia. carrying President Roose-
Welt, faced heavy gale from the northward
and eastward, with a heavy head sea, making
It advisable 70 slow down from twenty TO eigh-
teen knots. In the afternoon the West Virginia
resumed the speed Of twenty knots. and, against
stiff breeze from the northward and east
ward, proceeded with a moderate on our
beam. Al 4:30 o'clock this afternoon the United
States cruiser Maryland. sister ship Of the
West Virginia, and the Pennsylvania and Colo
rado came up, and, after rendering the Gus
tonlAry salute and honors to the Presidents
flag, took their position in squadron. The
President spent this morning the forward
bridges and this afternoon on the after bridges.
Washington. Oct 31.-President Roosevelt haS
been transferred to the dispatch boat Dolphin,
and left Wolftrap Light aboard that vessel on
the last stage Of his journey to Washington at
l2:40 o'clock this morning. He is due to reach
Washington to-day. The following dispatch
was received at the navy yard early this morn
ing:
Navy Yard Washington: Please inform the
Navy Department that the Dolphin, with the
President aboard, left Wolftrap Light at 12:4O
a. m. and should arrive at the navy yard at
Washington between 10 a. m. and IL a. m.
to-day GIBBONS