The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-15
FAIL TO RESERVE
ROOM FOR COLONEL
Members Of Reception Committee
LIT Vienna Guilty Of G+iev
GUS Omission.
FAKE" STORY BRANDED
Roosevelt Emphatically Denies He
Would Agree to Run for
Presidency Again.

Thy Stan Correspondent Of the
United Press.)
VIENNA. April 15.-Through al,
error Of some of the members Of the
reception committee Colonel Roose-
seIt found no room reserved for him
1t the Hotel Kranz on his arrival this
morning. Despite the fact that he
was the Zion Of the hour" and had
lad q triumphal ride from the station
70 the hotel. absolutely no arrange
ments had been made for his recer.
tion At the hotel. The hotel manager
provided for him temporarily In q lit
tie room, while one Of the most
luxurious suites In the hotel was 80,
ready.
United States Ambassador Richard
Z. Kernens says he thought Baron
HengelEnueller arranged for hotel ac-
,ommodattohs, and Baron Hegen-
mueller. who was formerly the Aus
says he thought this was Mr.. Kei-
-#eRs. job-AnyEay- there WAS a hne
lot Of confusion in the ranks of the
reception eeHaaaittee- when the mig
take was discovered
One OF the first things Colonel
Roosevelt did on arriving here was
to again brand as fake, statement
-d1dafe for the presidency again The
statement this time was contained IN
the Paris Herald, which quoted one
Of Its Italian correspondents
The Colonel authorized your cor
respondent to say that the story was
"a pure fake" that neither he nor
Clifford Ifnchot had said anything
that could possibly warrant such a
statement.
In this connection Mr.. Roosevelt
said that his meeting with Pinchot
should not be interpreted as a desire
10 hear only one side of the conser-
ration controversy,
Il want to hear all sides on all
questions" the Colonel said. and I
shoil be glad 10 see an. one who can
sniighten me on political conditions.
am sorry that Senator Root could
not come TO Europe.
To Stand For Principles.
The Colonel made ii plain that he
would stand for principles upon his
return to America, regardless of
parties or persons. In concluding
his remarks regarding the Paris Her
aid the Colonel said:
las this Ia the third false state
ment In the Herald of similar char
see the representatives of that paper"
This wss a day Of rubbing elbows
with royalty for the Colonel II SEEM
ed that everybody on the reception
committee 10 count. or duke, or
baron. and they swarmed In an about
the railway station, Respondent in
gold braid. and each accompanied by
his aides
The Colonel arrived Mt o'clock
and encountered the biggest reception
committee OF the trip. The commit
tee was headed by kernens and
Hegenmuelier. A crowd of several
thousand people were massed about
the hotel when the Colonel arrived
and they gave him a rousing cheer
Ing.
Colonel Roosevelt spent two hours
with his mail before beginning a
strenuous day of calls and social func-
tiohs. The first of these was a call
on Count Won Arenthal. Austr4a's
minister of foreign affairs and one of
the commanding figures In European
politics. The next stop was a cali
upon Baroness Won Hengenmuelier.
who was an intimate friend OF the
ColoneIE family while In Washington.
Received by Emperor.
After luncheon at the hotel AT
which former United States Am
basAador Henry White. and Lieutenant
Won Hahnei. African hunter, were his
guests. the big function Of the day
came: the Colonel's reception by aged
Emperor Franx Joseph at the palace
This audience lasted more than an
hour. AT the Capuchinin church.
upon the tornbs of Empress Elizabeth
and Crown Prince Rudolph. A visit
to the riding school, where jumping
horses exhibited. and an inspection
OF the crack Hussar regiment COM
Guided the afternoon.