Show JOYOUS TIME fOR ITAliANS t Entire Population of Porto Porth Maurizio Turned Out to Greet Former President Roosevelt When He Reached the Village HOUSES DECORATED IN HONOR OF THE OCCASION Band Played Hail Columbia and the School Children Showered the Distinguished Dist American With Flowers ARRIVAL AT CAREW VILLA ORTO MAURIZIO Italy April 9 PORTO J The entire population of this pretty little old Italian town nestling amid groves of orange and olive trees gave Mr and Mrs Roosevelt a truly remark remarkable remarkable remarkable able welcome when they arrived this even tag Ing from Genoa Ge oa I I I roy or days the tile residents have been dec orating In honor of the visit and Amer ican colors fluttered everywhere from the municipal buildings the houses In the streets and the villas vUla Many of the dec decorations decorations orations of the poorer quarters q arters were homemade Even the sisters in the neighboring convents displayed American flags on the gates gate Dead walls were covered with posters bearing such inscriptions as Roosevelt forever Long live Roosevelt and similar expressions of ot regard The municipal council at a special meet ing today toda decided to ta confer the title on Mr Roosevelt of Honorable Citizen and to name the Onore On ore drive which is under construction and is the pride of ot the town Roosevelt boulevard Champion of Peace The mayors majors announcement of the visit of ot the tho distinguished American merlean which has been posted in the streets refers reters to Mr Ir Roosevelt as a man who as President of the United States constituted himself champion of peace of ot the world and In Inthe n the Messina Mes lna disaster manifested his own and the friendship of ot the great republic proclaiming thus the bonds bon s of ot fraternity and human solidarity When Mr and Mrs Roosevelt arrived not only was every man woman and child in the town massed about the station or lining the streets but thousands from fr m the neighboring communes had come in to add their enthusiasm to that of the townspeople The din of welcome was wasal al almost almost most indescribable inde as the and his wife emerged from the station After Atter A fter greeting Miss Carew Mrs Roose sister at whose home the Villa Monte Calvaria they the will wilt spend a few faw days and receiving the formal welcome of ot the prefect and mayor the th party part Started for fo ard for the t e carriages A band struck PP up Hail Hall Columbia and nd the crowd cheered lustily A group of or school schoolchildren children in bearing flowers Clow rs tried 40 to Herein rh cadets but they were prevented by the surging cheering throng When Mr and Mrs rs Roosevelt reached the arose and allda waed a d his hat flat t whereupon the cheering was redoubled ro bied and the th school children who were yet et some little distance away awu in di pair threw their bouquets toward the most Oi o the flowers falling failing under the wheels and among the people Again the crowd surged forward bringing the carriage to a standstill but finally lly a pathway was made and the party pro proceeded proceeded proceeded under an illuminated arch bearing the word Welcome For Tor half halt a mile they drove dr e through a narrow Street but it w for forthe forthe o othe the horses to move faster than a walk Mr Ir R o evelt all the while standing up bowing his acknowledgments When Whan half halt the town was traversed the carriage got clear of the people and the horses broke Into a trot but hundreds of the th spectators were not to be denied and followed the carriage on the tho run right to the gates of the villa The ceremony of conferring honorary citizenship on Mr Roosevelt and the In Inauguration Inauguration inauguration of the toe Roosevelt boulevard will take 1316 place tomorrow as a well as other ceremonies and festivities which have hav been arranged Before the left Genoa Fa Pa Father Father ther James Ryan and a delegation of Catholic students called upon him to pay their respects |