Show TAfT Will VILL I I DEfER HIS TRIP WEST Wife's Illness Compels the President to Alter Alt Plans Says Dispatch H i OZ i I 4 i- i WASHINGTON June 5 51 5 I- I President Taft TaCt sent for 0 or- or Tawney chairman of I 1 the house committee on appropriations I or- and Representative e Ie I- I Cushman of Washington ton and 0 I 1 told them be did not wish wilh to 4 have an appropriation made for s- s his traveling expenses under the tho thoI 4 I 1 1 impression that he would make maker r a trip to Alaska The 4 t I tI Ident I Ident dent said Mrs Tafts Taft's health 4 I was such that she probably 4 i- i would n not t be able to make the J fr trip with him until after navi navi- l 1 I- I gation had closed in Alaskan 44 4 4 t 1 waters The president said laid he 44 4 1 11 4 1 did not think that Mrs Tafts Taft's 44 44 4 4 illness would interfere with his hill 44 4 41 1 4 trip to the Seattle exposition al al- 44 4 41 1 4 thou though h h he could ronld not even en de- de 44 4 41 4 1 termine that at the present 44 4 4 T time 4 OZ 4 t OZ H H-H-H H H-H-H-H H H- H WASHINGTON June 5 Pr President President Taft has been forced through the illness of Mrs Taft to postpone his proposed western summer trip until fall fail Although Al AI though he be made no definite announcement announcement announce announce- ment heretofore it has been the presIdents presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's Intention to depart In August on ona ona a a. ten weeks' weeks tour of tho the west and Alaska It is said that the possibility of Mrs Taft bein being able to accompany the president with safety is slight although she is makin making satisfactory progress toward to to- ward rt recovery ery from her recent Faced aC d with the Hie E of leaving leavin her behiLl and the that a f relapse re i-C- lapse might occur c ur Mr Taft made up h b's bs mind to abandon the summer excursion ex x altogether lIt o ether au and will endeavor to tomake tomake tomake make a isit to the west in th the fall fail If it is possible for him to go w wt t tin in September ha lie may be abl t visit the th Alaska Aliska ka Pacific eXT exposition iu in its closing but the Alaska trip tup hardly will be he r Rc Regardless ardless of the above e dispatch received received re reo re- re ce ed this mor morning Fisher Harris secretary sec eec of the Commercial club says that he lie believes the president will be here to attend the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic At any rate we will continue to figure fiure said Mr Harris this mornin morning on havin having him as a our guest here But Butof Butof of course if he does not come we will have to tomake make plans to entertain him later We will wait till we n-c hear more definitely on th the subject before anything is done Officers of the Ohio club which has bas been ben formed here to fo entertain the president president president pres pres- ident and other Ohioans said this morning morning morn morn- ing jug that they still expected the president president dent nt and will WI continue to make plans for fM hi his reception If necessary ary the entertainments entertainments en en- will be deferred and given when the president is able to be here nere WILL MISS OPENING OF BIG GUNNISON TUNNEL GRAND JUNCTION Colo oo olo June 5 President Taft will not attend the exercises incident to the opening of the Gunnison irrigation tunnel early eay in Au August and probably will not make his contemplated trip to thE tho west this summer sum sum- mer iner according to a telegram received here hera last night This information was re received ei Cd by the committee in charge of arrangements for the Gunnison celebration and stated that President Taft probably would not maKe mako the trip west on account of Mrs Tafts Taft's health |