The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-13
sails Today girls LIE II ] !: !
Ex.President Roosevelt and Party
Started ] From New York for
Africa Trip Today
scHEpULED.To REACH
NAPLES ON MARCH Is.
Mr. Roosevelt Takes Out. Two ordl.
nary Game Licenses For
Himself and Kermit. if35 &

! Ei&;f s. Union Associated Press.1
NEW YORK, March 1S.-Ex.Presl'
dent Theodore Roosevelt and Ker.
nit, with Mrs. Roosevelt and daughter,
Ethel. sailed to-day en- his South Afrl'
can trip on the North German Lloyd
steamer Konig Albert. for Naples,
which port he will reach March 25.
=! Rooms have been reserved for the
President and his party on the new
twin screw German East African liner
Admiral, sailing from Naples April 8
and arriving at Mombassa April o.
She is 8 6.O0O.ton vessel. equipped
| with alt the latest comforts for tnop.
lcal voyage, and has speed Of 16
knots. e. 4.
It Is understood that Mrs. Roosevelt
and her daughter will accompany
President Roosevelt as far as Naples
and spend the interval between the ar.
rival OF the, Gonig Albert and the de.
parture Of the Admiral quietly In
sicily, at Taormina. The outfit, which
has been purchased here, will be ship
ped on the liner Admiral at Hamburg.
The es:President mas taken out two
ordinary game licenses, for which he
will pay $3.50 each. one for himself
and one for his son. Kermit. This
will be sufficient to cary the expedi.
ton through the East African protec.
torate. The President has refused all
offers of special facilities from the
English Colonial Office. but said that
In the event OF his not being able to
get some OF the rarer seclmens OF
animals, while he was ont he would
like permission to get them from the
government game preserve.
On behalf Of the President. Am
baseador Reid. has requested the Gil.
onIal office In London not to grant any
facilities to newspaper correspondents,
as he wishes TO retire into private life
after he leaves the White House. On
his arrival at Mombasso the Presi-
dent AMI his party will 80 direct to
the estate OF Sir Alfred Pease, a mem.
Der Of The well-known English Quaker
family. which is situated at Kilima
Thekl, Kaplti Plains, British East Al
rlca Protectorate, and remain ther1
for three months during the heavy
rains. Z,
Afterwards he will 90 to Nalrobl
and pay a visit to the estate OF Philip
Macmillan, who is head OF an Amerl-
can company that has concession Of
100 square miles In the district. He
will cross Lake Uganda, when the dry
season commences. IL order to do the
thirtyseyen days march to Condo
koro In fine weather.
Great Interest Is being taken by the
Mig gane hunters in London. In Mr..
Roosevnlt's trip. and several OF them
are going out on the same steamer
wifi, him. The owner OF the only herd
Of bufflloes in East Africa, wno lives
In Cheshire, England. is going out
next month and will arrange to have
a drive Of 1000 head for Mr.. Roose-
yelt.
Besides the former President and
his son. Kermit Roosevelt the person.
mel Of the party, on leaving New York
consists Of three representatives OF
the Smithsonian 1nstltutei Major Ed
gar A. Means, medical corps, U. s. A.
tretlrei); Mr.. Edmund Heller and Mr..
]. Alden Loring. On arriving in Afrl-
ca the party will be enlarged by the
addition Of Mr.. r. J. Cunningham,
VINO Is now in Africa preparing the
outfit. He will have charge Of a mum.
Der Of native porters. who, with nee.
essary animals. will be formed into
small caravan. 3e$
Mr.. Roosevelt and his son will kill
the big game, the skins md skeletons
Of whicn will be prepared and shipped
to the United States by other members
Of the party. Kermit Roosevelt Is to
be the official photographer OF tae ex-
pedltlon. 5g sl, '1-
The national collections are very de.
Acient In natural history materials
from the Dark Continent, and IN et-
fort will be made by the expedition to
gather general collections In zoology