The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-18

up Hudson to Fifty-ninth street.
II A. M.-welcome nj the battery.
j.. M.-Lnnd parade starts. Line
% mnrch--Brondwny to Fourth
Street, to washington Square, to
Fifth Avenue, to Fifty-nintb street.
1,3O r. M.-RooscveIt leaves for
Oyster Bay.
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria tBy Mar
conf Wireless to Siasconsett, Mass
June 17.-The Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria is slowly approaching New York
through a thick fog and with her
whistle blowing constantly.
Theodore Roosevelt. who Is a pas
senger. returning home after hunt
in the African jungle and tour
through portions of Europe. tired ar
ter strenuous day spent in dispos-
Ing of portion of his voluminous cor
respondence. was happy tonight over
the prospect of two months of quiet at
Oyster Bay. He IS somewhat stouter
than when he emerged from the jun
gle and his face is bronzed. He ad-
mits that tho weeks of travel and ban
quoting have tired him, and says he
would not care to undertake a hard
Z sT,22aaa4 sT,'22ia He plans trip 10 the Black
Hills TO visit Seth Bullock before has
speech in September at the National
Colonel Roosevelt is in the dark AZ
to the preparations for his welcome In
New York tomorrow. But Colonel
Roosevelt will place himself in the
hands OF the welcoming committee
He thinks he has solved the problem
of what shall be done with ex-presi-
dents. He says he has done things
for himself thus far and has had n
splendid time.
GInd to Get Home.
Colonel Roosevelt tonight gave out
the following interview:
II have been away year and quar-
ter. While I enjoyed Africa most, l
enjoyed Europe very great deal In
have had a more interesting or pleas
anter trip than have had. j wish to
express my very deep appreciation of
the more than generous courtesy and
hospitality with which l was treated
by the people and rulers of the coun-
tries through which j passed. But, OF
course, ] am very s~ad to get home.
'T appreciate deeply the kindliness
OF multitude of friends who have
asked me TO speak in different places
and hope they will understand that
II is simply a physical impossibility
for me even TO consider accepting more
than one in 100 of these invitations.
shall not speak forss more than two
r.onths. and then will speak first at
the John Brown celebration. in Kansas
city, at the Cheyenne Frontier gather
Ing, at the Conservation Congress In
st, Paul. and possibly at one or two
other places.
"I shall have nothing whatever to
say in the immediate future about
politics. and will hold no interview
whatever on the subiec; with any one.
and anything purporting to be an In
terview with me that may appear car
be safely set down at once as an in
vention.
II take this opportunity of acknowl-
edging with the heartiest ofthanks the
numerous Marconisrams and letter
greetings which have received il
London before starting, and which i
has been impossible to acknowledge.
need not say how deeply l am touched
by these kind messages, and am SUR
the senders will understand that m,
failure to answer all of them is dut
simply to the fact that they are s.
numerous, that 1t is an absolute physi
cal impossibility.
Preparations Are Complete.
All preparations for the formel
Presidents welcome have been com
pleted. When the Kaiserin August
Victoria drops anchor off quarantine
Colonel Roosevelt and his family vii
go aboard the revenue cutter Man
haitian for breakfast, after which the
will be transferred to the larger cutie
Androscoggin which will lead tn
water parade up the Hudson and bac
to the Battery. where Mayor Gayno
will welcome the returning hunter.
The exercises at the Battery will b
followed by a parade up BHoadway an
Fifth Avenue, visiting organization
having positions assigned them alon
tho line of march. Colonel Rooseve
Noes to his homo in Oyster Bay lat
h the afternoon
According to the official statemer
of the harbor display committee eight
vessels, Including one battleship, fly
torpedo boat destroyess. sin revenu
cutters, seven police boats and
least twenty passenger steamboats,, bt
sides twice that number Of privo'
yachts, tugs and other harbor Graf
will take part in the naval parade,
In addition to these the committt
says that at least $50 excursion steam
nrs will go down to Quarantine, carr,
Ing passengers to greet Colonel Roos
Welt The masters OF these steame
have refused to be entered in the p;
rade because their passengers want
hurry to land after meeting Colon
Roosevelt's steamer. to be present
the exehcises at the Battery and
SEQ the land parade following.
Boats to he Decorated.
All the boats, those in the parR'
Ind those out 1T, are expected tos
zgayly decorated, The United Stat
Navy and government vessels W