Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-12

ocean liners footing win All theil
power on whistles tuned to every i'm.
agimtblc pitch, half a Thousand
bands along the line Of march boom.
ing on an the airs 10 which wint
artists lre addicted. from the "Stai
| snangied Banner to eTherell be =
Hot Time IN the ola Town Tonight
--tho latter. by The way. being a par
| tieuiar faVotite With the colonel: q
hundred 81 So irrepfessiblc Rough
| Riders ia his personal escort and
| half the population Of New York. re-
inforced by q hundred thousand 81
more from other parts az the coun-
liry, all shouting themselves purple in
the facc~if coniure this into
one grand revefbernting medley. he
fHh 4opm Un opinion or the quiet
welcome hat rs being prepared for
tho oX-prcsident ia accordance with
his request. 1t viii be a nice. quiet
liftle timc-t regular p-andcmonium
% silence not.
Fortunately Colonel Roosevelt win
hnrc 81 comparatively peaceful week
between his strenuous spell ~ play
ing t~Hg-youle-it among tho crowned
heads OF Europe and the strenuous
welcome that VIII set in as soon as
the hig steamship that ~ bearing him
~homc~ari pokes her nose inside
sandy Hook. From The time when
he stepped on board the huge Kali
sefin Aueuste Victoria of the Ham
hurR-Ameflcan line at southampton
on juno 10 until ne steps Off again
at Quarantine IN Now York harbor
on June rs. he VIII be comparatively
auict only comparatively So. for
there ere eager reporters at hand TO
record every movement and utter
ana nu less cnger politicians
Who atc making the trip to Europe
End back again solely IN the hope Of
gaining the private ctr of the one
Big Boss for q few minutes. still,
on ocean liners ne they arc conducted
today. distinguished travellers may en-
joy ~ great d measure 81 privacy as
they desire The facilities for this
are especially complete IN the case
ut Colonel Roosevelt. 70 begin with
he Is travelling on one Of the largest
of the great Atlantic fleet OF lcyiath-
ans The kalserin Auguate Victoria
Ia a $4,000 ton boat and is II trifle
over 700 feet long just about equal
10 New Yotk's tortY-onc story Metro
pulitun tower. 20 that even with her
fun capacity of $50 first cabin pas
fenRers there IS not much chance Of
erowdinp. Secondly, the Roosevelt
party VIII occupy the imperial suite
OF the liner. Il beautifully decorated
series Of rooms fitted with satinwood
fuf niturc, equipped with telephones,
bock-cascR ample to accommodate
the pigskin library, bronze electric
reading lamps ana al manner Of up
to.dntc devices. ordinarily these
quattois are reserved for m~illionaires
or members of nobility, but Colonel
Roosevelt being considered to occupy
g position somewhere between ~ be-
81 nd, thcse two classes, II was set
aside as most appropriate for his
The suite contains several bed
rooms ana bathrooms, q drawing
room ma g private dining-room go
that tho members Of the Roosevelt
party Viii not need To take their
meats In either the dining room OF
the Ritz-Cnrlton restaurant, which Is
one OF the features of the big liner,
unless they prefer to do SO. one or
ton of the liners equipment which
will appeal strongly to Colonel lSoose-
Welt himself ana OF which he un-
doubtcdly win make good use is the
gymnasium, equipped with all man
ner Of apparatus TOR AphSsienl oXer-
else, where he VIII have q chance to
get hurk into trim after the frazzling
txprf fences Of His European trip and
In preparation for the ordeal Of his
homecoming.
Undoubtedly tho first person to
the ox-prosidont from this side
VIII be Emil Boas, resident director
IL the steamship company, who In his
capacity is entitled to board
he Incoming liner ahead of anyone
alse-cven quarantine Officials. But
a.. 4glII l, atts ,l,g,lx. 4.nIl..NnA hr /
he press representatives on board
he newspaper tugs, Of which q good
Meet viii swarm out beyond
sandy Hook 20 receive photographs
iud such portions of the fcports OF
heir special correspondents on board
ts me not transmitted by wireless
fhc first official greeting, however,
VIII come from o special committee
d 500 prominent men appointed by
Mayor GaNnor who VIII meet the
kaiscrin Augusta Victoria at Quaran-
-ine IN board d revenue cutter to
which the ex-prcsident, Mrs. Roose-
Welt, Miss Ethel ana Kermit viii be
transferred. A striking illustration OF
liners of today are able to keep
% their appointed time schedules is
sffolded py the fact that the liner
pcaring the cX-presidcnt is expected
o pnchoi at exactly Z o'clock on sat
lfduy morning.
Fiom this point the real ovation
viii begin. The revenue cutter hear
ne the distinguished guest and the
committee viii lead n long
water uNfAdc made un OF hundreds of
'essels of an sorts. all gaily decorated
nd heating delegations from the dif-
etent Local and visiting organizations
hat VIII participate IN the affair.
weeks past every Kind ot craft
IA New York harhor that can pos
.iblN Dee made to float has been char
and the only chance for late
.omofs to view the affair from off
Viii be as passengers on some
# the excursion boats at %oNorhitant
,iiocs
lhc water parade viii move up tho
and along the Jersey shore of
he North river To- a point opposite
'wcntN-third street. Manhattan,
.hcre 30 viii describe "a long turn and
Dove back along the New York shore
10 The battery where Colonel Roose-
win step ashore not far from
here his Dutch ancestors probably
lnded on their first arrival in what
then New Amsterdam. The flo
MA parade viii occunN from one To
hours during which time. Il is