The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-23
ROOSEVELT ON
WAY TO AFRICA
Ship Bearing Him and His Party
Sails Today.
DUE At NAPLES APRIL 9
Crowd Sees Former President off at
HoboI<en Pier = Youngsters Good
Wishes Bring Smile to His Face.
The Hamburg, Carrying Him to Eu-
rope, and the Admiral, on Which
He Will Sail For Africa, Among the
Finest Vessels AfIoat H


Finest Vessels AfIoat. 'H
New York, March 23.-Out on the
bosom of the ocean," as the writer's
have it, is Theodore Roosevelt with
his party of lion hunters. They are
aboard the Hamburg-American line
steamer Hamburg, which cast off her
lines from her Hoboken pier this
morning and to the music of the whis-
ties of numerous ferryboats, tugs and
other vessels sailed down the bay
with her distinguished passenger.
Accompanying Mr.. Roosevelt - or
Colonel Roosevelt, as some wise re-
porters addressed him on the pier this
morning, winning thereby smile
are his son, Kermit Roosevelt; Major
Edgar A. Mearns, medical corps, u.
S. A, retired; Edmund Heller and j..
Alden Loring. The last named three
men accompany Mr.. Roosevelt as rep
resentatives of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, while the younger Roosevelt
is official photographer Of the expedi-
ton.
Crowd on the Pier.
The long pier to which the Ham
burg was moored was damned this
morning with persons gathered to see
the Roosevelt party sail. 1ney made
the pier ring with their cheers for the
voyager from the time of his arrival
from. New York city until the Ham
burg sailed. He was nightly pleased
with the reception and showed his
qualification by his smiles and the fire.
quency with which he lifted his hat
in response to greetings. To a request
for a formal statement of his plans
Mr.. Roosevelt returned a smiling de-
NAL. 1T has all been printed over and
over again." he said, land l have
nothing to say"
Among the most enthusiastic of the
cheering crowd when the Hamburg
moved slowly away from her pier was
small boy, who had crowded to the
very limit permitted by the anthori-
ties of the steamship line. His last
cry, "Goodby, Teddy; take care OF
YOURSELF" brought smile even 10
the face of the ex-president, who
seemed then a little tired of smiling.
Two Fine Ships Carry Party.
The Hamburg is due at Naples on
April g. Mr.. Roosevelt and his party
will remain in the Italian city two
days, sailing thence on the Admiral of
the German East African line on
April 5. The Hamburg is one of the
finest vessels of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line and is the favorite ship OF
the German emperor. The Admiral is
| her equal in all the comforts and con-
veniences needed for the not trip
through the Suez canal, down the Red
sea and along the moist and sticky
coast Of East Africa. The Admiral is
due at Mom3asa, where the Roosevelt
party will disembark, on April %.
On his arrival at M0mbasa Mr..
Roosevelt and his party will go direct
10 the estate of Sir Alfred Pease, a
member of the well known English
| Quaker family, which, is situated at
Kilima Theki, Kapito plains, British
East African Protectorate, and remain
| there for three months during the
heavy rains.
Will Visit American In Africa.
Afterward the Roosevelt party will
| go to Nairobi and pay visit to the
| estate of Philip Macmillan, who is
| head of an American company that
has a concession of 100 square miles
in the district They will cross Lake
Victoria early in December and enter
| Uganda when the dry season com
| mences in order to do the 81 days
march to Gondokoro in fine weather.
1t is expected that the Roosevelt ex-
petition will complete its trip through
| the dark continent in the spring OF
next year, reaching Cairo about April
/, 1910.