Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-24
MISS ROOSEVELT
REACHES PORT
DISTINGUISHED PARTY HOME
FROM ORIENT
Vessel Carrying Presidents Daughter,
e. H. Hartman and other Proml-
nent Persons Makes Voyage
in Record Time
BY Associated Press,

BY Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-The Pa
cific Mail Steamship company's liner,
Siberia, arrived at this port today
direct from Yokohama in the record
breaking time of 10 days, 10 hours and
2S minutes, the fastest previous trip
between the two places having been
made by her sister ship, the Korea,
in 10 days, II hours and 5 minutes.
The Siberia's time is 2S minutes more
than that of the Empress of Indio's
record from the orient to Puget
sound, though the distance covered
was about 275 miles greater.
There were many distinguished pas
sengers on the Siberia, among them
being Miss Alice Roosevelt, U. S. Sen
ator Newlands of Nevada and wife,
u. S, Senator Warren of Wyoming,
REPRESENTATIVE Longworth of Ohio,
Brig. Gen. II. T. Allen, chief of the
Philippine oonstabulary; e. II. Harri-
man. president of the Southern Pa
cific; r. P. Schwerin, vice-president
and general manager of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company, and Miss
Mabel Boardman and Miss Amy Nc
MILAN of Washington, D. c., the lat
ter being travelling companions of Miss
Roosevelt.
M. Shoraishi, vice-president of the
Togo Kisen Kaisha Japanese steam
ship line, also came over from the
Orient.
Although it was expected that Miss
Roosevelt would spend few days in
and around San Francisco all previous
plans were changed during the voyage,
and neither her party nor that of Mr..
Hartman landed in this city at all In
stead they were transferred from the
Siberia to the tug Arab and taken di
rect to the Oakland mole on the eastern
side of the bay They left there at 1922
o'clock this afternoon for the east over
the central route of the Southern Pa
cific, connecting with the Union Pacific
and Chicago & Northwestern lines, via
Chicago, for their various homes. An
attempt is being made to beat all pre-
yious records between Yokohama and
the big eastern cities.
Had a Good Time
"All the presents that I received were
merely inexpensive mementoes of the
trip, such as any girl travelling in
strange countries would receive" said
the presidents daugter. There really
was nothing so remarkable about my
trip, and l cannot understand why so
much fuss was made about it, l had an
exceptionally good time and enjoyed
every moment that I was away. The
nonsensical stories were circulated re-
garding me-"
Mr.. Hartman said:
5"Our visit to the orient has been one
not only of much pleasure to us all, but
interesting and instructive. We were
treated by all classes, especially in
Japan, with the utmost courtesy ana
consideration. While our visit was
solely for rest and recreation, we were
enabled to learn many things which
will help in our future relations.
Japan is working out her own des-
tiny. Her people are intelligent and
alive to the interests and working in
close alliance and will continue devel-
oping the commercial welfare of the
whole country.
"China is beginning to wake up,
which awakening has been brought
about by the development of railroads
constructed during the last six or seven
years. Were it possible for that coun-
try to organize and the people work
together as has been the case in Japan,
the development might be quick and
phenomenal.
destiny will probably be worked out by
the Japanese are the dominant factor in
large development, though not imme-
diate. If the United States is to partic-
ipate therein to any extent it will have
to be by cooperation between its
statesmen and those representing it's
business interests and by close CONNER
cial alliances with the Japanese"