The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-10
fine ITALIAN
HAND EXTENDED
Roosevelt Gets Warm Greeting at
Porto Maurizio Where
Street is Named
for Him
MAKE HIM A CITIZEN
Everybody in the Town Gathered at
the Railway Station to Give
Welcome to the
American.
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[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
PORTO MAURIZIO, Italy, April 81
Something like 5,999 men, women and
children out of a total population OF
5000 which this town claims, were
either at the railway station tonight
Roosevelt arrived from Genoa or on
the streets of the beautiful little city,
to cheer the carriage that bore the
pair to the villa of Miss Carew, Mrs.
Roosevelt's sister, situated at the
edge of the town.
The reception thai Roosevelt receiv-
ed here. simply could not have been
more enthusiastic. The railway sta
ton was packed and among those who
greeted him there were the corps of
city officials, the prefect, Gordon OF
police and a troop of soldiers. AS the
colonel. wearing slouch hat and a
military oyercoat, emerged from the
train, a band struck up The Star
! Spangled Banner and the big crowd
broke into cheering. Everybody
crowded for a glimpse of the famous
visitor, who was only saved from be-
ing greatly inconvenienced by the
prompt action of the soldiers and po-
lice, who formed a double line,
1 through which the colonel and Mrs.
Roosevelt reached their carriage.
/ Among the first persons whom Col.
! Roosevelt saw aller getting into his
carriage were his two children, Ker-
NIT and Ethel.
1t was impossible for the children
to reach the carriage of the colonel.
so they piled into another carriage
that was pressed into service by the
newspaper correspondents and joined
the parade to the edge of the town.
This however, was only the town s
! informal welcome The formal func-
tions are scheduled for tomorrow and
the little town is almost afraid to go
to sleep tonight. for fear it may sleep
too long and miss some of the fes-
tivities
Among the stunts that the little
town pulled off in honor of the col
onel, was the decoration of nearly all
the dead walls of the town with three
foot posters presenting wonderful ex-
ample of amateur Italian art.
Roosevelt forever and Long
| live Roosevelt" were some of the in
/ scriptions upon these artistic por-
| trayals.
( There was one large official poster
i \, ;,L,
{ evening there arrives at 1880 a man
who as president of the United States
constituted himself the champion of
! the worlds peace and who showed to
Italy on the occasion of the recent
grieyious events, his affection and
that of the strong republic he rep
4 resents, thus proclaming bond of
/ fraternity and human solidarity. In
4 accordance with this sentiment the
4 city council has made him a citizen of
Porto Maurizio and named for him the
! new boulevard"
4 While in Genoa today Roosevelt
was visited by Father James Ryan of
the Thurles, who made the visit es-
pecially to assure the colonel O. his
approval of the colonel's course in the
vatican dispute. Several American
priests who happened to be in that
I part of Italy also called on the col
onel on similar missions. or wired to
him their approval of his action.
/ Roosevelt is now satisfied that Cath
olics in general will see his course in
the right light. Practically The only
persons who have not sanctioned lis
course have been non-Catholics