The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-04-21
ROOSEVELT DENIES
PRESIDENCY YARN
Story Ne Consented to Be Can
didats Is Fake.
is QUOTED BY PARIS PAPER
Declines to Again See Newspaper Rep
& rsssntstlss--TravsIer visits Many
Historic Plsoes-Lunehss
With ksrene.

4 vienna, April lo.-Speclal. mon
Isigneur Pignatelli, papal nuncio a
i Vienna, called upon Roosevelt this af
terhoon. Neither win talk of the in
lterview hut it is surmised it had tc
do with the failure of the Pope and
Roosevelt to meet in Rome.
| Vienna, April l6-Special: Roose
welt today declined an Invitation tc
shoot woodcock from Emperor Franz
josef, pleading an already filed pro
gram OF events. From elephants and
lions to woodcock was evidently toe
much OF a come down. Besides It is
hard to hit woodcock and Roosevelt
has reputation as shot. At ten
O'Clock the Colonel visited Krausen,
stein Castle, one Of the most famous
in Europe. ambassador Keren enter.
tanned him at luncheon at the embas,
sy a distinguished company being
present. The Emperor will give a
course dinner for the Colonel tonight,
followed by an entertainment.
Vienna, April 16.-Almost the first
thing that Col. Theodore Roosevelt did
after reaching this city was to brand
as take statement that he had
consented to be a candidate for the
presidency again. The statement this
time was contained in the Paris Her.
aid. which quoted one of its CORE
spondents.
The colonel said the story was a
pure fake, that neither he nor Clifford
Pinchot had said anything that could
possibly warrant such a statement
In this connection Roosevelt said
his meeting with Pinchot should not
be Interpreted as a desire to hear only
one side of the conservation eontro-
versy. Il want to hear all sides on all
questions" the colonel said, and
shah be glad to see anyone who can
eniighten me on political conditions
am sorry that Senator Root could not
come TO Europe" .- s
In concluding his remarks regarding
the Paris Herald. the colonel said: AS
this Is the third false statement In
the Herald of a similar character, /
must absolutely decline to see the
representatives of that paper" a
Visit Historic Places.
This, the second day of Colonel
Roosevelt's stay In the Austrian
capital, has been full of inter
est to the famous American. Early
In the morning he and his party
were taken in automobiles to see
Count Wilczek's castle, Kreuzenstein,
one OF the most noted of eleventh CEN
tuTy castles In Europe. On his re-
turn Mr.. Roosevelt was entertained at
luncheon BY Ambassador Kerens, the
other guests being Foreign Minister
Won Aehrenthal. Baron Hengelmuller
von Hengervar. Austrian ambassador
at Washington, and the baroness:
Henry White, former American am
bassador to France; American Consul
General Charles DENLY and the stan
Of the embassy.
At Sporting Exhibition.
The afternoon was devoted to the
International sporting exhibition, to
which Colonel Roosevelt was escort
ed by Prince Furstenberg, president
OF the exhibition company. This eve
ming the colonel win be guest at q
court dinner at the schoenbrunn pal.
ace. and later, at a grand soiree to
be given by Margraye Won PaIiaVichini
at his palace in Josefs.Platz, he will
meet all the most distinguished mem.
bers OF Vienna society. .,-~