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Show PHESIDEHT PREPARES ran Jin? Creeled by Great Throngs at ; Beverly; Holds Numerous 1 Conferences. i i BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 1J- Beverly Bever-ly was crowded us never before this aflernooii, when President Taft, from a stand orcctcd in front of the city hall, reviewed a parade of some IGO'i Grand Army men belonging to posts in this vicinity. At tho time the president presi-dent entered the reviewing stand the throng was so great that it. looked for a lime as though the parade would Initio Init-io be abandoned. Onco tho crowd caught sight of the chief e?:ecutivp, however, and had cheered for several minutes, better order prevailed. In ad dilion today 10 reviewing the Grand Army and announcing the selection of the new tarill commission. President Taft contributed $100 to the building of the V. M C. A. in Beverly. There is no such buiiding in Beverly and the president's contribution was ihe first loj bo received. J Important Conference. Mr. Taft haj been invited lo attend and address a r.coting to give the building build-ing fund its initial impetus. He was compelled to decline, but in doing so wrote to Chairman Leland II. Cole, enclosing en-closing his contribution. President Taft wMl have a conference with Attorney-Genera) Wiekersham tomorrow. Secretary Me'er of the navv and Sec-rotary Sec-rotary MicVcagh of the Ireasurv muv also see the president during the dav. Appointmonl of the new tariff commission com-mission was announced as follows: I'rofesf-or Henry C. E. Emery of Yale, chairman. James B- Beynolds of Boston, as-sin-1 ant secretary of the treasury. Alvin II. Sanders of Chicago, odirnr and publisher of the Breeders Gay.elti, The board is authorized to ompl'iv experts to investigate .foreign an 1 do mestic tariffs. The annouliceinent was made bv tin. president, after a conference with Secretary Sec-retary MucVeagh. |