The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-10-21
OVAT|ONS ARE GIVEN
ROOSEVELT WHILE
TRAIN SPEEDS EAST
The Colonel Was Taken from
Hospital to Chicago Sta
ton Under a Heavy Guard
of Policemen.
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of the men in the crowd gathered at
the car were working men.
DR.. Lambert was the first to leave
the ambulance Col. Roosevelt follow
ed. Schuettler was standing by the
ambulance door.
Hello, chief, how are you?'' said
the colonel. you look just like the
morning"
The assistant chief, arrayed in full
uniform, blushed at the coloneps COM
ment.
Walked Unasssted.
Roosevelt walked unassisted to the
car and mounted the steps unassisted.
AS he stood on the platform OF his
private car the crowd around loudly
cheered. Roosevelt lifted his hat.
Good bye" he shouted, good bye all"
Then he entered the car There were
more cheers when Mrs. Roosevelt and
other members of the party entered
the car.
All along the streets through which
the ambulance passed spectators
stood. In Michigan avenue, number
of persons in automobiles attempted
to get close enough to the ambulance
to get sight of the colonel, but were
kept back by the motorcycle officers.
AS the cavalcade passed over the
Twelfth street viaduct hundreds of
laboring men on their way to work
stopped to watch the procession and
the colonel was cheered repeatedly.
nrfh inin trpi n
at the station. The train was delayed
10 minutes by wreck OF two engines
in the railroad yards, in which En-
gineer Dickinson was hurt.
The train finally pulled out safely.
Hundreds of people at the station and
along the railing for two blocks shout
ed rs the colonel's car swept by, and
he was permitted to wave his good
bye from the rear door of the car. He
was attired in a dressing gown over
his pajamas. Mrs. Roosevelt tried to
restrain him, but the colonel insisted
on acknowledging the greetings.
Thousands Of people cheered the colo
mel when the train reached Gary, and
another large crowd was on hand at
Valparaiso, but the physician insisted
that the colonel was suffering from
nervous exhaustion and that he must
obey their orders and keep to his
bed.
Mr.. Roosevelt was in high good
humor as he was being prepared for
the trip and shouts of laughter, in
heard from his room.
Don't get too gay now and you'll be
all right" was the advice of the doc
tors as they prepared the colonel for
the automobile trip to the station.
"Pll be good-Tve got to-" the colo
mel rejoined.
Just before time for departure tenn
perature and pulse were taken. The
stress of preparation for the journey
had not affected either.
One Crank Chased.
About Z o'clock large force of plain
clothes men reported at the hospital
place. A special watch was kept for
any kind of demonstration by the self
styled Columbian representative, Luis
Molina, who made scene at the hos
,pital shortly after midnight and at.
tempted to force his way into the colo.
snel's room.
Molina had threatened to force his
way aboard the Pennsylvania train. A
crowd had gathered about the hospital
before a. m. Lines were established
and they were forced to stand some
distance away from the building. The
crowd was orderly in the extreme
There was little or the shouting that
usually marks the crowds that greet
the colonel in Chicago. Instead those
who appeared were evidently either
drawn by curiosity or in an effort to
show their regard for the colonel with
out causing anw undue excitement.