Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-22
ROOSEVELT IS HOME
First American Citizen Returns
From Continuous Ovation on
Foreign Shores.
NATION JOINS In WELCOME
Greatest Tribute Ever Paid to Am.
erican Citizen is Given EX-
President on Return to
Native Land.

Former President Theodore
Roosevelt returned Saturday from a
trip through Africa and Europe
which began Immediately on his
leaving the White House and which
has lasted for fifteen months.
The steamer Kaiserin Victoria, on
which he sailed from England June
10, entered New York harbor at
700 O'Clock and was greeted by
the battleship South Carolina with
the national salute of twenty-one
guns.
At $3.50 MIR. Roosevelt was trans
ferred from the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria to the revenue tug Man.
haitian, where he was welcomed by
a number of relatives and personal
friends and Captain Archibald w.
Butt, representing President Taft.
Shortly after this he was trans
ferred from the Manhattan to the
revenue cutter Androscoggan, which
lead the water parade that took him
up as far as Fifty-ninth street.
North river, and down to the Bat
terry, where he was officially well
coined by Mayor Gaynor Of New
York at 1900 o'clock.
Bedecked with signal flags and
with the guns from Fort Wads-
worth and Fort Hamilton booming
out in welcome, the Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria glided into quaran-
tine at 1888 O'Clock Immediately
behind the big liner came six ships
of the navy, the battleship South
Carolina in the van, while at anchor
in the roadstead awaiting her COM
ing was the United States dispatch
boat Dolphin, with the secretary of
the navy on board. The battleship
already had saluted the returning
former president at Sandy Hook
with ;wenty-one guns. but on com
ing TO anchor alongside the liner
the South Carolina hoisted long
strings of pennants and the river
craft joined in the demonstration
with loud and prolonged blasts
from their whistles.
Flanked by Mrs. Roosevelt, his
daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
and son Kermit, Theodore Roose-
Welt stood on the flying bridge Of
the liner high above all the decks
of the ship and with his character
istic smile overspreading his tanned
countenance and shiny silk hat in
his hand, he waved acknowledge
ment to the pandemonium on all
sides of him.
Mr.. Roosevelt lost no time on
board the Auguste Victoria. The
usual customs and health inspection
formalities accomplished, he at once
trans-shipped to the revenue tug
Manhattan.
AS the cutter Manhattan came
alongside the Kaiserine Auguste
Victoria Mr.. Roosevelt made his
way through a group of second
cabin passengers who clustered
along the rail. and spying his chill
dren on the Manhattan, called to
them and threw them kisses. Mrs.
Roosevelt was the first to come
down the gangplank from the
Kaiserin to the Manhattan. In a
moment she had thrown her arms
about Archie and Quentin and effus-
lively kissed and hugged both of
them. She next greeted Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., and his fiancee, Miss
Eleanor Alexander.
Mr.. Roosevelt made a flying leap
to the deck of the Manhattan, and
with the exuberance and spirit of a
schoolboy, he slapped his son Theo-
doe on the back. He then turned to
Miss Alexander and kissed her. He
took up Quentin and Archie in his
arms and gave them resOunding
smacks.
These greetings over, Mr.. Roose-
welt, with Collector of the Port
Loeb at his side, extended cordial
greetings to the others on board
the Manhattan. He shook hands
with everybody. including members
of the crew. In the meantime the
big liner was hemmed in close by
mail boats and newspaper tugs,
while clustering about this central
group were tugs, yachts, excursion
boats, lighters and all kinds of
merchant craft. all gayly decorated
with flags. The cheering was con-
tinuous between those on board the
assembled fleet and the. passengers
on the Kaiserin. The early morning