The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-13
TO COLI R0OSEV
Will SURPASs ALL PAST EVENTS
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or 1AEspisTiNeNs HE'D AMERICAN TO

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NEW DIRK June II While Fheo.
doe Roo eyelt rs speeding across e
Atlantic toward MS native land alei
ill absence of months ioIisaFies
lis iellow+co nntfymsn are atheF
me IRON egerg paEt d tie aited
states, nom Maine To- laska. 10 go
.lconr ,tp him oii lis arrival rhe wei
come home which Ie Will receive next
satprday WIN SUR pass arlys eyer accord
Sd 10 apfiyate citiaeiinE the history
.oI the republic IL win Soitdo The Az
3itnphs with which einperofs were az.
claimed.
When the subject of the Welcome
ZONE to be extended to him was
ssroached to Colonel Roosevelt i've
months 40 gat the beginning 81 his Hsli;
sopean tour he requested that y
should be a quiet affair. Itnsy bs
considered that by the RooseyeItiar
standard, but certainly no. BY any 9th
er. II one can imagine 1900 water
craft, ranging from tugs and tiny mo.
tor boats up to huge ocean liners loot.
ing with all their power on whistles
tuned to every imaginable pitch half
Thousand bands along the line 81
march booming out all the airs from
The starspangled Banner to
Tere'll be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight. /. the latterby the way
icing q particular fayorlte with the
loIonel: Id hundred or 50 irrep resstblS
Rough Riders as his PERSONAL escort
md halr the population q New yoFSl
,e.enforced. BY hundreds Of thousands
rom other parts of the country sIii
shouting themselves purple in the face
II one eau conjure this into olitet
grand reyerberating medley he can
.ofm an opinion OF the quiet vel
,ome that Is being prepared for tue
exPresldent in accordance with his
reduest. 1t will be a nice, quiet litt}Be
time-a regular pandemonIun Of 81;
lence-not.
Fortunately Colonel Roosevelt VIII
have comparatively peaceful week
between hisstrenuous; spell Of playing
Tag.you'reIta among the crowned heads
of Europe and the strenuous welcome
hat will set in as soon asss5the big
steamship that is bearing him home.
ward pokes her nose inside Sandy
Hook From the time when he step
ped on hoard the huge Kaiserin. Alls
guste Victoria of the Hambprg5Amat
can Line atIsouthampton on June 10
until he steps Off again at Quarantine
in New York harbor on.Juue Is, be
will be comparatively quiet " 4
The first octIiial greeting be from
a special committee of 3OOsprominent
men appointed by Mayor Gaynor, WHO
will meet the Kaiserin Aaguste Vic
toria at Quarantine on heard q revenue
cutter to which the ex-President, Mrs,
Roosevelt. Miss Ethel and Kermit will
be transferred. From this point the
real ovation will begin The revenue
cutter bearing the distinguished guest
and the welcoming committee will lead
a long water parade made up Of hun
dreds OF vessels OF all sorts, all gaiIy
from the different local and visiting
decorated and bearing delegations
organizations that will participate in
the affair.
The water parade will move up the
harbor and along the Jersey shore Of
the North River to a point opposite
Twenty,thid street, Manhattan, where
it will describe a long turn and move
back along the New York shore to the
Battery, where Colonel Roosevelt viii
step ashore not far from where his
Dutch ancestors landed on their arst
arrival in what was then New Amster-
dam.
At the Battery, the southefhmost tip
Of Manhattan Island, Colonel Roose'
welt win pass from the orVenue cutter
directly to a raised walk leading 70 q
platform on which Mayor Gaynor, as
the Official representative Of the ex.
prnsidant,a native city. wlllsdeliYer q