Show AfLOAT ON MISSISSIPPI'S MIGHTY TIDE President Begins Four Days' Days Trip Down Father of Waters STOPS AT CAIRO AT NOON TODAY Chi Chief f Magistrate Tired and Governors Governors' Banquet I Alone CAIRO CAmo HI m Oct 26 The The roaring cannon cannon- of the Danville battery stationed sta sta- on oIl barges in il the lie c Ohio river ap app apposite ap- ap p pp p this city gave notice today when the presidential flotilla rounded Cairo point at noon leaving the tho Mississippi river and entering the Ohio and headed for lor the Ithe Cairo wharf T The Tho o levee lc slope was 1 crowded with thou thousands andl of f r residents of Illinois Kentucky Ken tu tucky ky and Missouri civic or organizations organisations of the three stats states s having United to give f J. J f tho JL l national I S t i. i l cx executive cuq and n his s pat r e JI h i t tt t W thi tho Uio wharf wharf the he local committee headed ty hJ n or Parson boarded bearded the fhe flug hip and aDd es escorted President Taft from Tom its it- upper deck aeck through the wharf the wharf harf bolt boat and on to tho thio speaker sta stand cJ COntinued on page e 2 AFLOAT Continued from flOm page 1 built to a level loyel of tho the upper decks and nd commanding a of tho thronged lo levee and a sight eight of oC the territory of three states I With the appearance o of the thc president a chorus of a thousand school children grouped as as n a living Ining Hag flag began to io sins sing patriotic songs gongs They Thoy continued until tho the st steamers earning carrying tho the visiting governors members of COn congress and foreign u diplomat had arr arrived ed these guests e ts bein being escorted to seats behind tho the president Speaks on River Front Governor Go Deneen Dencen acted as chairman of tho the day After Alter a 3 brief bricf speech pc-ech b by tho latter the tho president ut nt spoke The largo large crowd that had a assembled in iii Cairo airo greeted the Ilic president The visitors swarmed upon upon tho l levee lee ee in in a a a- compact m mass tho chorus of ch children and the uniforms uniforms' of two companies of militia adding to the tho brilliancy brilliancy- of the occasion occasion The Tho entire r river cr front Cron of the tho cit city had hail be been n decorated with ith hugs fi and I bun hunting bunting tint and at tho the intersection of streets lending leading to the levco co imposing columns had had- b been en erected Tho significance of tho the presidents president's I as 38 a part lart of tho the movement for wat erway improvement was as emphasized sized by tho the local speakers erf Mayor 1 Parson declared d that th the O could not have havo pia place co except for the tho work ork of ot tho the Lakes to o tho the Gulf Deep Waterways association and Representative called the attention attention attention atten atten- tion of or hi his hearers rs tb to the possibilities of increased commerce and prosperity which the tho consummation of tho the associations association's asso asso- elation's plans mi might bt bo ho expected to brin bring |