The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-16

Sandy Hook at 8 O'Clock Saturday
Mornlns--coileotor Loeb and For
mer Presidents Family viii Speed
Down Bay to Meet Returning Hun
ter at Quarantine - viii step on
Native Soil Between 10 and II.
New York, June l6. - One gete @
notion Of how distinguished a private
citizen Colonel Roosevelt is when
visiting his publicity headquarters
Twenty-Five men and women, headed
by the secretary Of the committee,
Captain Cosby and Assistant Secre'
tary Harwood, are busy day and
night shooting out mimeograph cop
les Of all the wonders that are TO
happen when the hunter arrives here
Saturday.
Already the Lehigh Valley, the
Pennsylvania, the New York Central
and other lines have sent forth word
that they are now sending their fast
trains into New York In sections to
accommodate the members of the
Hamilton club Of Chicago, Rough
Riders, and other organizations who
want to get here in time to greet
the colonel
The Hamburg American liner Kai-
serin Auguste Victoria is expected to
cleave her way out Of the murk on
the Hook at 3 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. This would bring her up to
Quarantine about 8 a. m. Collector
Loeb, the Roosevelt children pow in
this country and few intimate
friends of the Roosevelt family will
board the revenue cutter Manhattan
at 7:45 a. IN. and go down to Quar-
antine to take the colonel off the
liner. He will take breakfast aboard
the Manhattan.
The revenue cutter Androscoggin
will chug out from the Battery load
ed with the reception committee Of
300 and guests, that include Cover
nor Watts of Connecticut, Governor
Mills OF New Mexico, Governor Fort
of New Jersey and Governor Quimby
of New Hampshire. Aboard che An.
droscoggin also will be representa-
tives of the governors of Montana,
Washington, Minnesota, West Vir-
ginia and perhaps representatives
from other states. Aboard the Dol
phin will be Captain Butt, Secretary
Wilson of the, Department OF Agricul-
ture and Secretary Meyer Of the
navy. Captain Butt will carry in his
coat pocket a letter from President
Taft to Colonel Roosevelt, the tenor
of which is welcome home.
Colonel Roosevelt will depart from
the Manhattan at o'clock down at
Quarantine and go aboard the An
droscoggin, to be greeted by Mr.. Van
derbilt and his reception committee
Then the bsttleship South Carolina
will lead the way for the naval pa
rade. and two abreast, with Commo
dore Fred B. Dalzell in command, the
water show will lsteam up the North
river to = stakeboat on F1fty.ninth
street. Here the water parade viii
turn and 10 back to the Battery.
II all goes well Colonel Roosevelt
should step back upon his own coun
try between l0:50 and IL o'clock, al
the Battery. About $500 invited
guests will be grouped there to greet
him when he walks ashore with re
ception committee. A grandstand al
ready has been built at the Battery
with a platform from which Mayor
Gaynor will make a speech If wei
come to the returning colonel. Upon
the completion Of the mayors ad
dress Colonel Roosevelt will speak.
The parade win not be so large al
some folks would like to see It. Mr.
Harwood says that "a hours after the
offices of the reception committed
opened more than 10000 marcheri
had asked for a place In line, Be
for three days had passed more thar
10000 were clamoring for positions
In the parade, whereupon the recep
tion committee put Its foot down II
order to save Colonel Roosevelt frou
the fatigue Of standing all day watch
ing the thousands and thousand
march past him.