The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-06-24
Colonel Roosevelt Home.

Greeted with the national salute OF
81 guns by the battleship South Caro-
lima. former President Theodore Roose.
welt reached New York Saturday, from
Is months trip through Africa and
Europe to New York, on the steamer
Kaiserin August Victoria. At $50,
Colonel Roosevelt was transferred from
the steamer to the revenue tug Man
haitian. where he was welcomed by a
number of personal friends and rela.
tives. and Capt. Archibald Butt, repre-.
senting President Taft. Shortly after
ward he boarded the revenue cutter
Androscoggin, on which he led a water
parade to the battery, where he was
officially welcomed by Mayor Gaynor
of New York. Seldom, If ever, has
such demonstration of popular en-
thusiasm and personal devotion been
accorded to a returning American tray
eler as that given Mr.. Roosevelt Fri
day. From the time he debarked from
the steamer, until he moved up Broad
way amid tumultuons demonstrations
of the vast throngs his homecoming
was one continuous ovation. After
landing at the battery. Mr.. Roosevelt
in reply to Mayor Gaynor's official
greeting spoke briefly but significantly
of the interest and part he would con.
tinue to take in public affairs. At II
O clock, the start up Broadway was
begun through densely massed throngs
extending for five miles. Everywhere
the returning traveller met the same
whirlwind of demonstrative greetings.
Mr.. Roosevelt stood erect in his car
riage most of the time, his silk hat in
his right hand, waving responsive
greeting to echoing cheers. BY noon
the popular welcome was practlcally
concluded and Mr.. Roosevelt Joined
turning to his home at Oyster Bay
later in the day.
The first regular passenger by air
shin service in the world was success
fully inaugurated Wednesday between
Dusseldorf and Friedrickhatfen Ger
many, distance of 800 miles. The
first trip was made by Count Zeppelin g
airship, the Deutschland, which was
managed by Count Zeppelin himself;
There were 90 passengers on the, initial
trip and all were highly pleased. The
without mishap. For the most of the
distance the craft was about 800 feet
in the air" The airship is beautifully
fitted up with mahogany walls, car
peted cabins and buffet restaurant.
The United States senate Wednes-
day concurred in the house amend
ments to the postal savings bank bill.
The bill, as it goes to the president,
provides for the designation of post
offices as postal savings repositories.
The opening of such repositories is
left to the discretion of board of
three trustees, the postmaster general,
the secretary of the treasury and the
attorney general. This board is given
complete control of the repositories
and of their funds. AS it will require
considerable time for the board to pre-
pare its regulations, it is impossible at
this time to predict when the postal
banking system will be in operation
Richard Parr, the customs deputy at
New York, who materially assisted the
United States government in frecover-
ing over $2,000,000 in the sugar under |
weighing frauds, is to be given re- |
ward of 100000. The decision to |
award Parr the amount named was |
reached at conference between Presi- |
dent Taft and Secretary MacVeagh at |
Washington Friday. There is not mon
ey enough available in the moiety fund
in the treasury from which rewards
are paid to cover the amount agreed
on so that unless other arrangements
are made an appeal to congress will
have to be made for the necessary
appropriation. That, Secretary Mac
Veagh indicated, would not be done at
this session of congress.