Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-18
Messages Indicate that Vessel Will
Dock at Early Hour.
RAND NAVAL PARADE PLANNED
Eighty Warships Fall in Line Behind
Former President.
ENTIRE NATION GIVES WELCOME
New York ThrOnEed with ENthnst-
astic People from Various Parts
of United States, ana Even.
from Alaska.

NEW YORK, June H--Colonel Theodore
roosevelt is today fast nearing New York.
Where welcoming demonstration awaits
him tomorrow on his return from foreign
lands.
wireless dispatch from the steamship
kaiserin Auguste Victoria, with Colonel
roosevelt and his family aboard, stated
that the liner was 4S3 miles east Of Ambrose
channel lightship at o'clock this morning.
which, under ordinary conditions, would
pFhs the steamship off the Sandy Hook
reaches at o'clock tomorrow morning,
weather conditions for the welcoming
seemed bad this morning. A milky foa
which fairly screened the bay and a slant.
ness drizzle made New York sodden spo,
To-Day put the weather map held out a
little prospect of clearing Fog at sea
might delay the Kaiserln Auguste Victoria
but as the program does not call for the
steamship to be In Quarantine until g
O'Clock, Captain Ruser has some leewav
! in time.
| There Will be no postponement OF any
OF tomerow's program on account of foK
rain or anything else in the weather lne
II the Kaserin Auguste Victoria gets In on
time" was the statement made by the re-
| ception committee today.
All Preparations Completed.
All preparations for the former presi-
dents welcome has been completed. When
| the vessel drops anchor off quarantine
! colonel Roosevelt and his family will 20
| aboard the revenue cutter Manhattan for
breakfast after which they will be trans
| ferred to the larger cutter Androscogzin.
which will lead the water parade up the
Hudson and back to the battery. whero
Mayor Gaynor Will welcome the returning
hunter.
Ehe exercises at the Battery will be fol-
! lowed by parade up broadway and
Firth avenue, visiting organizations hav-
ing positions assigned them along the line
OF inareh. Colonel Roosevelt goes to his
nome IN oyster Bay late In the afternoon.
All incoming trains brought large num-
bers Oh visitors to the city today.
! Twenty-one guns, the national saIuto
VIII greet former President Roosevelt as
he INST enters the outer harbor of Nav,
YORK on his return to this country. Tbo
battleship South Carolina to be sta
TONED IN the Ambrose channel, will thus
nolIy the eXpectant city that the Kaiserin
Aususte Victoria and its distinguished pas
senger is close at hand, at last
In completion of the naval demonstrates,
that VIII follow, Chairman r. A. C. Sn,itb
OF the harbor display committee. an.
nounced tonight the list Of vessels and the
hne formation Final instructions also were
gwen TO all captains. Eighty warshlps.
harbor patrol boats and other stea,,ar1
will take official part in the narada ~
the Hudson river and back to the pat
terry.
In addition a flotilla of $50 merchor+
steamers will carry signtseers down a.
bay to witness the transfer of Co1onat
Roosevelt from the ocean liner to 49,
Androscoggin, the revenue cutter that WIN
bear the welcoming party and ColoraI
Roosevelt in the parade
AS the former president boards tbo
Androscoggin, a second salute win annouroe
that he is once more under the AmerIcor
flag. For two minutes following the coro-
bined flotillas Will Join in e blast Of
whistles.
Dig Welcome Ashore.
Escorted by revenue steamers no,,cs
patrol boats, the South Carolina. five ,or
pedo boat destroyers and the government
dispatch boat Dolphin, the AndroscosgIp
"ll lead the river parade. When Colonel
Roosevelt Is landed at the battery the
formal welcome by Mayor Gaynor win mo
ceed HIS speech and that by Mr.. Roose-
welt will be the only addresses and the
land parade will start Immediately.
Former Governor BENJAMIN n Odau ~
nounced last night that he had declined
to serve on the committee 10 recaIvs
Colonel Roosevelt, appointed by Chairman
Timothy L, Woodruff OF the republican
state committee. He had no explanations
10 make
announcement was made In the afternoon
that Governor Hughes who VIII be unable
to take part in Saturdays demonstration
had appointed Adjutant General Verbeck as
his representative. Mr.. Verbeck win 20
down the bay on the revenue cutter Man
hattan with Collector Loeb and board the
Kaserin Auguste Victoria.
Box for Mrs. Roosevelt.
The eX-president's wife and children win
occupy private box at the battery while
the speeches are being made there The
reception committee has solved the problem
OF finding way Of escorting Mrs Roose-
Nclt through the crowds to and from the
boN by constructing private entrance
under the grand stand leading directly 10
the box. For this purpose the revenue cut
ter Manhattan, with Mrs Roosevelt ana
her party aboard. will dock at the fire de-
partments wharf directly opposite the en-
entrance.
The weather bureau today makes the fol-
lowing local weather forecast:
showers this afternoon Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday. Warmer Saturday.
Light TO moderate variable winds. becom-
ing westerly"
Invitations TO Speak declined.
STEAMER KAISERIN AUGUsTE VIC
roRIA, June l7.--(Via Wireless 10 slas.
consett, Mass JAS the steamer Kaiserin
; Auguste Victoria, with Theodore Roose-
! welt on board, approached New York the
! former president continued to receive in
vitations TO deliver speeches All of
these invitations win be declined.
: With the exception Of three occasions
} Colonel Roosevelt las not met many OK
the passengers on the steamer These oc
casions were at the services last Sunday