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Show SURE THAI TAFT President Makes Public Outline of His Plans for Western West-ern Trip. ! ILfS ABANDONED IDEA OP THE VISIT TO ALASKA From Salt Lake to Seattle. Tliencc Down Western Coast Through Sunny South. WASHINGTON, July 0. President Taft toda -while en route to Washington Washing-ton gave an outline of the tentativo plans for his trip through tho West and South this fall. The president bus abandoned all idea of visiting Alaska this year, largely oyving to tho fact that Mrs. Taft yvilr not .be able to go yvith him. Upon his arrival here today, tho "president received re-ceived yvord from Beverly' that Mrs. Taft yvas rapidly improving in health. She yvcut for a sail yesterday, and the cool yveather of the northern shore of Massachusetts is assisting in her recuperation. re-cuperation. The president feels, hoyv-evor, hoyv-evor, that it would be too much of a strain upon his vvifc to ask her to go on the long yvestorn trip this fall yvhich will occupy about two months. As soon as the tariff bill has received tho action of the president., Mr. Taft will Jcave Washington for Beverly. He will remain there until September 15 his fifty-second birthday yvhen he hopes, if Mrs. Taft continues to improve, im-prove, to begin his yvestern jourue. Will Stop in Salt Lake. The president -will head directly from Bevorty to Seattle, stopping for brief visils en route at. Denver, Salt. Lake and Spokane. After visiting the Alaska-Yiikon-Pacific exposition, tho president will swing dov.'n to the Southwest, stopping for a time at Portland, where ho yvill be tho guest of Senator Jonathan Jona-than Bouino. and proceeding thence to San Francisco, yvhere he yvill spend several sev-eral days. Leaving San Francisco, tho president will go direct to Los Angeles, wherp he yvill stop lor several days yvith his sister. From Los Angeles the president yvill go to Snn Diego aud then into Arizona and New Mexico. If the yveather is pleasant, and his arrangements permit, the president hopes to visit the Yosomite vallov before going to Los Angeles. Coining out of ew Mexico, the president presi-dent yvill stop for a time at HI I'aso. where he expects to meet President Dia-'. of Mexico. President Diaz and President Presi-dent Taft have never mot. The Mexican Mex-ican president yvrole recently to tho White House suggesting a conference at HI Paso, and President Taft replied, today that he yvould be delighted to meet' the Mexican executive abont Oc-tabor Oc-tabor 15. the meeting depending, of course, upon tho president's ability to make tho western trip. Trip Through Southwest. After his stop at Kl Paso, the president presi-dent yvill visit San Antonio, vrhcro he will inspect Fort Sam Houston. Mr. Taft, while secretary of war, was deeply deep-ly impressed with I his post and was instrumental in building it, up to its present importance. After visiting Austin Aus-tin and Dallas, Texas, the president expects ex-pects to spend several days on tho ranch owned by his brother, C. P. Taft, at Corpus Christi, near Brownsville. Continuing east, the president will stop at; Houston and go to New Orleans Or-leans to attend the meeting of the deep watenvays congress, the date of yvhich will be iixed to suit his convenience. After attending the convention, Mr. Taft wants to stop for a time in the Bayou Tcche country of Louisiana, the land of Evangeline and Arcadia. From there tho president yvill proceed to Jackson, Miss., Ihenco to Montgomery. Birmingham apd Macon. From Mae on the president yvill go "home" to Augusta Au-gusta to have a game or tyvo of golf on tho links yvhere he speut much rime last yvinter. Leaving Augusta, tho president pres-ident goes to Savannah and from thero begins his northward flight to the White House, stopping at Wilmington, N. C, and Itichmond. Ya. |