Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-14
Roosevelt in GondoIa on Canal
in Early Morning.
IMPRESSED BY EXPERIENCE
St. Marks, Doges' Palace, Bridge of
Sighs Visited.
DUKE OF THE ABRUzzI CALLS
Gorgeous Steam Launch Brings
italian Prince to Hotel Landing.
Departure for Vienna.

VENICE. April 14.-Mr Roosevelt was
rowed through a stretch of the Canal
Grande In the darkness of the early
morning. and declared the experience to
he more impressive than a sight of
Venice by moonlight.
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived here by train at
o'clock this morning. He departed at
2:2O o'clock this afternoon for Vienna.
ne former President was accompanied
from Porto Maurizio by Kermit Roose-
welt, Lawrence Abbott, two secretaries
and several American newspaper men.
He was met at the railway station by
American Consul James V. Long and
Commander Andrew T. Long, American
naval attache at Rome and Vienna.
Quiet and Darkness on Canal.
The party entered hooded gondolas,
which threaded their way swiftly through
the narrow canals to the hotel where
apartments had been reserved. The re-
Election of the street lights In the inky
waters, the gloomy facades of beautiful
places rising on either side. and the
quiet Of the hour. broken only by the
melancholy cries Of the gondoliers as
corners were approached, were COM
son, both of whom enjoyed the trip i'm
mensely.
Reaching the hotel, the Roosevelts re-
tired at once. but were up again at 8
O'Clock. After breakfast they started
out on sightseeing tour. They visited
st. Marks Cathedral. monument of
the ancient magniicence of Venice; the
Palace of the Doges, several museums,
the Bridge of Signs and Verrochio' S
statue of Bartholomme Colleoni.
Duke Of the Abruzzi Calls.
Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit returned to
their hotel at AS O'Clock. A few min
utes later gorgeous steam launch
puffeds up to the landing stage of the
hotel and the Duke of the Abruzzi step
ped out.
The duke was d-~ssed in civilian
clothes. He was attended by Marquis
Turazzo, his aid, i'm full uniform. The
duke was conducted Immediately to Mr..
ROosevelt's apartments.
Early this morning the duke. who is
now in command of the naval arsenal
here, had sent his aid to the hotel with
a message of greeting for Mr.. Roosevelt
and expressing desire to personally pay
his respects to the former President.
By a coincidence Grand Duke Ferdinand
of Austria. who arrived this morning from
his villa on the NIsland Of Brione, in the
Adriatic, was at the same time in the
hotel incognito, with the grand duchess.
McBee Is Breakfast Guest.
Silas McBee. editor of the Cnurchman,
of New York had breakfast with Mr..
Roosevelt.
The former President was made ac-
quainted today with the action of the
United States Supreme Court in ordering
a reargument of the cases of the govern
ment against the American Tobacco Com
pany and the Standard Oil Company, but
offered no comment.
The call of the Duke of the Abruzzi
upon Mr.. Roosevelt lasted for forty min
utes. When the former, on taking his
leave, reached the corridor of the hotel he
greeted the American newspaper men
with a smile. but did not wait to be inter-
viewed.
Stepping quickly to the landing he
jumped into his launch, the Nella. The
Doatman called out, Shove off," and the
duke was gone.