The Washington herald., 1906-11-27

President Roosevelt got back to Washing
ton last night from his trip 20 the Isthmus
Of Panama and Porto Rico. after an ab-
sence from the Capital Of eighteen days.
/ H looks well. with a fine heaithful
bronze, and some Of those who returned
with him said that he never felt better
in his life. Mrs. Roosevelt also was in the
best Of health and spirits.
/ The cruiser yacht MayfiOwer that used
TO belong 10 the late Ogden Coelet, OF
New York, arrived at the Washington
/ Navy Yard at 1910 o'clock with the Presi-
/ dent and his party The yacht went down
Sunday 10 the mouth Of the Potomac,
and the President and those who had &C
companied him on the trip 70 Panama
were transferred To her with their bag
gage at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. VIII
I liam Loeb. jr., secretary. went from
/ Washington in the Mayfiower, and greet
ed his chief when he came over the side.
Capt. Leutze, the commandant Of the
/ Washington Navy Yard. had figured that
I the MayfIower would make the run from
the mouth of the Potomac TO Washington
in time to dock al the wharf al 1870
/ O'Clock last night, and ii was just that
time when she appeared of the yard and
/ began maueuvering for a landing
Carefully Carries Precious Freight.
She came very slowly. using her search
/ lights all the time. and picked her way
with the greatest care through the tortu-
Gus channel 1t was evident that her
/ skipper, Lieut.. Commander Long. was
taking no chances with the precious hu-
man freight he had aboard. in spite OF
the fact that the channel had been espe-
4 cially dredged in preparation for the
4 Presidents coming
/ i squad Of bIuejackets was drawn I'D
/ on the wharf. and. IN addition 20 the com
! m5ndant, several Of the yard officers were
there Miss Ethel Roosevelt was also at
\ hand. chaperUued by Miss Isabel Hagner.
/ Mrs ROOsevelts secretary. With them
were Lieut. Commando Key. OF the navy.
and Capt Frank r. Mccoy. Of the army.
! aids 10 the President.
Ii tOoh the Mayh0wer about fifteen min
utes to make the landing. The instant
! the gang plank was thrown out. Miss
Ethel Roosevelt rushed over il eagerly,
and reached the deck just in time 10
meet her father as he came from below.
senior Bermudez Tells Grievance.
The President had hardly been released
from the embrace Of Miss Ethel when he
came face to face with senor Don Pedro
Requeua Bermudez. first Secretary and
charge d'affaires Of the Legation Of Uru-
quay in Washington Senor BermUdez
was the second person over the gang
plank. and he carried with him a breast
swelling with indignation. and a heart
full of protest He told the President all
about ii as soon as he was through ex-
| tending the welcome 10 which diplomatic
punctiIiOusness caused him 10 give prece-
/ dence. II seems that SenOr Bcrmudez
had determined THAI il was only right
and proper for him TO be at the navy
yard on the Presidents arrival, as the
| representative Of the diplomatic body IN
the American Capital When he got 10
the yard gate il was unfortunately after
/ tattoo. and the stiff-0acked young senu-
/ mel was not impressed with Senor Ber-
/ mudez's explanation OF who he was, and
what he was there for.
/ What the sentry wanted was a pass,
I and pass was something that the Latin
| diplomat did not have SenOr Bermudez
! speaks English perfectly, but he was
/ utterly unable to make the sentinel COM
prehend, that il was absolutely neces-
sarv for the honor Of his country and the
I diplomatic corps TO reach the wharf be
fore the President stepped ashore
Finally, an officer was called. and the
/ matter having been adjusted. Senior Ber-
mudez sprinted for the wharf. several
| hundreds yards away. and reached II as
/ the MayfioUer came I'D TO her dock.
Surely Twas IN Outrage.
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/ the moonlight showing him in sharp re-
/ lief, President Roosevelt listened to the
tale Of woe, which the emissary from
| Uruguay unfolded- Those on the wharf
were rear enough to hear the word out
rage" hissed many times through the
teeth OF Seuor Bermudez. They were
/ near enough also to hear the President
/ repeat outrage" but they did not catch
/ anything else that he said.
4 Evidently the President managed to
mollify in some degree the injured feel
/ ings Of his South American welcOmer.
When their conversation had ended Mr..
! Roosevelt ard Senor Bermudez shook
hands cordially. and the latter. leaping
/ ashore, went rapidly out of the yard and
boarded a street cor
! Mrs. Roosevelt Surgeon General Rixey,
/ Of the navy: NJ. c. Latta, assistant secTe-
/ tary of the President. and Mr. Loeb fol-
/ lowed President Roosevelt on deck and
came ashore at once. The President
/ greeted Capt. Lutte cordially and also
shook hands with Lieut.. Commander Key,
/ and the others who were there TO meet
/ him Then the President and Mrs. ROOse-
welt, Miss Ethel and Miss Hagner got in
the waiting White House carriage and
were ratified cut Of the yard, followed by
the carriages OF the other members Of the
/ Panama party
Home at HOS O'Clock.
| It was 1:05 o'clock when the President
| arrived at the White House. After assist
! ing Mrs. Roosevelt out Of the carriage. he
shook hands with the footman. the driver,
and the two bicycle policemen. who ac-
companied the carriage from the navy
| yard. Then he stepped up to the portico
ana greeted a group Of newspaper men
who were standing there. a few people.
mostly women. were also at hand 10 Wit
ness the arrival
We had very pleasant time-VeTy en-
! jOyable time; and I am deeply impressed
with the United States navy. with Pana-
ma, and with Porto Rico" he told the re-
porters. He was asked II he could say
anything regarding the Panama Canal
and replied:
No; not for publication at this time. I
wiz make a special report on this subject.
and VIII give my impressions in written
report"