The San Francisco call., 1910-05-02
ARTIST Brings
TROPHIES FROM
AFRICAN HUNT
John I. MCCutcheon Arrives in
City With First Personal
Report of Roosevelt
Former Presidents Guest Fails
TO Secure Any Statement
on Political Questions

ploits of strenuous hunter, John T.
NIvCutcheon. the famous cartoonist, ar
rived in san Francisco yesterday, and
ne viii this morning start on the last
leg Of a Journey which, when completed
in Chicago. viii have taken him around
. The world.
Peculiar interest attached to the Wis
itars arrival in San Francisco, as he
was the first of tho chosen few who
saw Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the
Atricsn jungle to arrive on the western
coast of the United states Added in
terest was excited by the hope that he
might have some Information concern
ING the former presidents comments on
s1c Taft administration generally or on
spce.ihc national questions.
POPULARITY OF ROOSEVELT
I'm his discussion Of conversations
+ n n45ich. ae had with Colonel Roosevelt
. .d@lr.ng Tho three days that their camps
ioined on the Nzols river McCutcheon
= e1isellIE Killed the hope that anything
5.le e.t De learned Of the former presi-
arut-s political views. but related many
*LEcld@nfs which tended to show that the
=. lHotea American could be elected royal
crlER na,bQb of the dark continent with
-urt The slightest trouble If he would
a'eHenls name to 80 before the nation
"a Convention
~ .t.-Fle popularity of Colonel Roosevelt
. ~, .*friea and the interest in his every
f*oNement was. TO say the least. re-
Is@31 - lflc:' said McCutcheon yesterday.
.:.Flre entire continent seemed 10 he
-een-erRed with his goings and comings
aaa 1e. was the one topic of converse
+: tlon - settlements and on transporta-
[l9ll zines Although they have linn
y y I'd. telegraph facilities i'm the Jungle
:.iES fame seemed 10 have penetrated to
see.erE ILie hamlet. and the natives dis
.-i+Fayed the greatest enthusiasm when
-.eA.r they hoard of any Of his exploits.
. EiTTLE TROJ BLED WITH WORLD
- Those natives had never heard of
s:@lIIStopbcr Columbus or George Wash
p. Eton, but almost every one Of them
T.. isLls cd Of Theodore Roosevelt as il they
.:lad known him personally for years.
-. /'DGJ camp on the Nzoia river in Brit
+. .S1 H.ast Africa adjoined Colonel Roose-
}.tlI - 'and during three days we had
.1sf r. pleasure Of several converse tions
2. irh him. He was the picture Of health
X! E]S eyes We're keen and he seemed to
roa thoroughly enjoying himself He
~qaa e2tered into the hunt with zest
:-as5d seemfd little concerned with the
olrEs and troubles Of the outside
l. :'ttNe met MIN November l. and he had
met tAen heard Of the death of Gov
.eEn-ar Johnson. about which he eN-
pressed keen regret.
- sTINIES PROUD or TEDDY
> 'eeColonel Roosevelt seemed TO be thor
'.olghly happy 10 be away from the
Ele gEspapers. and did not show any anx-
=" leta-' 10. obtain amy news of the political
r. tuaton- If he did make any comment
.:~:oi3 national problems it was under such
.snoit1ons that repetition of what he
+. zoEd would be nothing less than an un
. -E6p 6pardonable discourtesy.
81. 1)u1lng the three days that our
+; '.HTgI5s We're together we had fine op-
poI unity TO note his prOwess and that
'.-oI .lIs son Kermit The colonel killed
l.. three elephants on one days hunt and
@"hermit brought down another. all four
of which We're for the Museum Of Nat
. ufal History in New York
we also noted the air of pride asu-
- stunned by the large retinue of natives
b who accompanies the IA American
They seemed to take the keenest de-
night ina acting As his servants and did
not Ike much notice Of other natives
Whowere employed by ordinary Amer
.~fc@ls
=. GREAT INTEREST IN INDIA
j: .-TIema rksble. however. As was the
popularity and knowledge of Roosevelt
H.heTc his activities were also discussed
with the deepest interest. Every scrap
IF Information concerning him was ca
Eerly caught up and passed around. II
: IS no cNaggeration TO say that he was
the sensation of the continent
Another interesting feature of
- ScoSeVelt's popularity was the deep
interest shown by the natives of Java
i'm. Mrs. Douglas Robinson. the presi-
-.deuts sister, who was travelling there
Mrs Robinson was accorded the high
est lonOrs not only because Of her
own personality, but because of her re-
latiOnShip to the man looked upon on
many continents as The American
McCutcheon arrived in San Francisco
Yesterday on the steamer Asia with
Fred NJ. Stevenson. a noted millionaire
sportsman and hunter with whom he
has been constantly since sailing from
New York August :, 1909. The other
members Of the African expedition
Were q. L. Akely, taXidermist of the
Field museum in Chicago, and his wife.
AT FORMER PRESIDENTS CAMP
The party arrived in Mombasa Sen
tember l6. and Immediately departed
for the interior TO keep an engage
ment with Colonel Roosevelt, who had
promised to kill set OF six elephants
which Akeley was commissioned to Sc
= cure Tor the New York museum.
They met Roosevelt in accordance
with their agreement on the Guas
Ngisha plateau, 100 miles northeast Of
Victoria Mama in British East Africa
> During three days the former presi-
dent visited the camp of his fellow
Americans and received them at his
own in turn.
Al the expiration Of the three days
r. Roosevelt continued on his original
course. and McCutcheon, Stevenson and
Mr.. and Mrs AkeIey went in for big
game on their own account The
peculiar feature of the expedition was
that McNutcheOn, rated as the tender
foot of the party, secured five lions to
. three killed by Stevenson, who has
hunted in many lands and has an in
: innate knowledge of the ways of wild
! game.
HUNTERS KILL BIG GAME
= :. .Rhinoceroses and other game were
added to the specimens OF the eXpedi-
riOn, of which Stevenson brought home
bout 80 and McCutcheon so.
.: The party left Africa February ],
sailing from Mombasa for Bombay