Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-13
ROOSEVELT GOES
TO CANAL ZONE
is READY FOR HIS TRIP TO PAN
ANA ON THE BATTLEsHlP
LOUISIANA


'''' ''SPsSe TIC Dig ILLICIT ana the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Plans Are
Made For His Entertainment on the
isthmus of Panama.
Washington, D, c., Nov. s.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt is all ready to begin
his notwithstanding trip to Pana-
ma
Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt,
Surgeon General Rixey Of the navy
and Assistant Secretary Latta he will
leave this afternoon on the dispatch
boat Mayflower for Wolf Trap light,
which is near the place where the
Potomac empties into Chesapeake bay.
The navy department was informed
late yesterday of the arrival at this
point Of the battleship Louisiana,
which will serve as. the flagship Of
the President.
The armored cruisers Washington
and Tennessee, which have been select.
ed as escort of the President, are lying
at the Virginia capes, ready to fall be.
hind the Louisiana when it shall an.
pear.
The beginning of the Presidents
trip will be signalized by salute of
twenty-one guns fired by the Louisiana
when the President boards 1t, and by
similar salute fired by the Washing.
ton and Tennessee when the battle.
ship shall appear within signal dis
lance. The course will then be laid
for Windward passage, the sheet OF
water which separates Cuba and
Hayti. From Windward passage the
men of war will proceed direct to
Colon
Will Arrive at Colon on Nov. is.
The President will arrive at Colcn
on the morning of the 18th. There
he will be received by the president
OF the Panama republic, his cabinet
and minister Of the Panama republic
to the United States, who called al
the White house today and explained
| the plans arranged for President
Roosevelt's reception. Senior Obaldls
told the President he had chosen tht
best season of the year to visit the
isthmus, and would find the climate
everything to be desired Upon leav
ing the White house the minister said
great preparations were being made
for the entertainment Of the Presi
/ dent
While on the isthmus Presiden'
Roosevelt will live at a new hote
which has been erected at Ancon. This
hotel overlooks the Culebra cut. the
gigantic feature of the canal enter
prise, and from his window, the Presi
dent will be able to see quite a large
\ aarfi0,1 ~ IoA orJr =. -
ped with boots and old clothes ans
will trudge over part Of the cana
route and see exactly what has beer
done. He will talk with the working
men and ascertain their point Of view
and determine for himself the value O
4 the labor now on the canal He will
/ be accompanied by Chief Engineel
Stevens and other membee Of iht
4 istnmian canal commission, but no
all of the time, for the President pro
poses to get away by himself and as
certain by inquiries overheard by III
one, what the conditions are.
| Will Give Banquet to Roosevelt.
| The president Of Panama will Civ,
a banquet in mis- honor at Panama OF
} the night of Nov. 16, and when b.
steps over the boundary of the zone 81
the city limits he will depart from tn
rule which has bound his predecessor
OF not visiting foreign SOIL Saturda,
!. night the employees of the Unite
States in the zone will give an ente:
tainment in his honor, and Saturda
afternoon the President will retur,
to the Louisiana and sail for Ponce
Porto Rico.
Ponce is on the south side of tn
island Horses will be in readiness
for the party to ride over the famou
Spanish road connecting with Sa
Juan. This is one of the most beauu
full highways in the world, and in tn
moonlight, winding through the molfr
tains, 1t presents picture which car
: not be effaced from the mind
President Roosevelt will only be on
: day in Porto Rico. He will speak a
/ Ponce and San Juan and explain to tn
Porto Ricans his determination to urg
, congress to confer American either
ship upon them.
BY bis trip to the zone and Port
Rico, he will establish preceder
which will enable future presidents
if they care to do so, to visit Hawai-
the Philippines, Alaska, Guam, or an
other American dependency they ma
select. The President will be bac
sooner than at first anticipated. H
expects to reach home the mornin
of Nov. 81.
BLOOMFIELD.
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