Show I SAILS fOR CANAL ZONE lONE F Armored Cruiser Tennessee Tennes Tennes- see Carries Taft to See Bi Big b Ditch I I r i I II i L 4 CHARLESTON S. S C. C Nov 4 I 4 10 rIme 10 The cruiser Tennessee 4 1 with President Taft on board 4 started down tho harbor barbor at 4 I. 1130 and was soon outon tho 4 4 Atla Atlantic tic headed toward Pana Pana- 4 t ma mL H. H i I i i ii n CHARLESTON S. S C. C No Nov 10 President Taft sailed today for th the isthmus of Panama to get ct in personal I touch with conditions along the bi big canal anal President Taft visited the I mus lust just before ore his inauguration IE in I 1909 1900 but hut since then various executive and en engineering problems have bave arisen and arid cOll congress ress soon must frame framo lc legisla isla tion lion as us to rates of toll tol form of ment the regulation of the thc sale of coal p the disposition of the Panama railroad and many other things The president expects to make various recommendations regarding the canal at tho the coming short 1 r session rn of congress Taft lait sauce saIled on me Lue armored cnn T Sf Tennessee with the cruiser Mon tana as convoy com While officially known knowE L as cruisers th so vessels have the the gen gen- eral proportions of the battleships of a few years year ago aco althou although h they could not st stand nd up up very Jon long against ag the thc modern Both cruisers have a speC speed of ten two tv-two knots and will make the trip to Colon in four days lays Mr Ir Taft expects I to be bC on the tho isthmus four days and i is due bark back in Charleston on November ember 22 2 lie stops over a few hours in in Richmond Va on the President Taft Tafts Taft's 8 special squadron is under the command of Rear Admiral Staunton with the Tennessee a as flag flag- ship Admiral Staunton Captain Quinby Quinby Quin- Quin by on 1 he Montana and arid Rear Reat Admiral Quin I Ford corn commanding mandi ug th the a Charleston naY navy yard ard were were- at the depot to greet the tho president when he arr arrived ed this morn morn- ing The mem members ers of or his party were driven to the home of Mayor l Rhett for breakfast Later the president reviewed reviewed re re- re viewed groups of white and colored school children Mr rr Taft went aboard the Tennessee's Tennessee's Tennes Tennes- sees see's launch at t tho customs house As he ho made his way aY up the starboard gang gangway nf J the big ig gray cruiser his I fia flag Wa was was run up and be li was Deceived I i f d t m s abl eo t f-t rum pets ets ts and all the ceremonies ceremonies' ac accorded the o id r r. r i hief of th the American American Ameri Amen can ca'n ar armed c for forces s The The I president pr is is in making a pur y business trip to Panama and is is only On by br his brother Charles P. P Taft Secretary Norton two aides a ap p physician and a steno stenographer |