Show ROUTE OF PRESIDENT TAFTS JOURNEY 7 15 1 4 21 kc 24 2 3 huibers 45 5 HOY 4 TRIP BEGUN PRESIDENT STARTS ON MILE TOUR THROUGH WEST AND SOUTH LEAVES ON HIS BIRTHDAY chicago to be F stop on journey that will take him as far bards bords as seattle and to the mex can border where he will meet D az beverly mass sept 15 president V W elliam H taft today to day stepped into a motor car waved a cheerful good by and started for boston where this evening he boards a private car and begins a tour of the west and south that will be the most remarkable trip ever taken by a president of the um uni ted states the route of about 13 miles has been carefully mapped out ind nd every arrangement Is perfected the tact fact that to day Is mr taft s fifty second birthday anniversary w s ta ken as a happy augury tor for the success of th the long journey besides the president the party in eludes capt archibald butt military aide wendell W assistant secretary dr J J richardson tU chardson of washington D C james sloan jr ir and L C wheeler of the secret ice and maj arthur brooks the prest dents confidential messenger six newspaper men will accompany the president throughout the entire trip shortly before noon to morrow the president will arrive in chicago and be the guest of the commercial club at luncheon next the hamilton club takes him in charge and will escort him with a boda bodyguard guard of 1400 mem mcm bers hers to the west side ball park to witness a game between chicago and new york after that will come a din ner at the congress hotel and then a meeting in orchestra hall where mr air taft will make a speech to wind up the day the president will put in his appearance at a reception and ball given by the chicago bankers in the auditorium in wisconsin and minnesota leaving chicago at 3 a m friday morning the presidential party will stop at milwaukee madison and port age and will spend the night at wl WI nona noria minn min and will reach minne apolis spoils early on the morning of satur day september 18 he will spend all saturday and sunday in minneapolis and st paul leaving sunday night at eight 0 dork clock in order to reach des moines on the morning of september 20 five hours will bs be spent in the iowa capital where mr taft will review troops of the regular army and make male a speech and then the president moves on to omaha where he will spend the late afternoon and evening denver will be reached the after noon of september 21 and th the e prest dent will go almost direct from his train to the state capitol for a recep tion to be tendered by state officials by the chamber of commerce and chiv ic organizations at 9 p in the dent will make an address in the din ver auditorium where mr bryan last year was nominated for to the preal u denev the president and his party will breakfast with thomas F W walsh aish at wolhurst near denver the morning of wednesday september 22 and then return to the the chamber of commerce banquet at noon leaving denver at 5 p in septem her 22 the pr eident and his party will rill stop for an hour hours s visit at colorado springs and then go on to pueblo where in the even ng they will be guests at the state fair in wonder region of colorado the morning of september 23 will find the president at glenwood Spi springs rings for a brief visit and that aft ernson he will visit montrose where he will forvilly for milly open the great gun nison river tunnel built by the govern ment tor for the irrigation of the buncom valley returning to grand junction to resume the journey westward the president will arrive at salt lake city utah friday afternoon septem her 24 to remain there until sunday afternoon the twenty sixth when the party leaves over the oregon short line for pocatello ida and butte mont the latter city being reached monday september 27 at 6 40 a in john hays hammond joins the party at salt lake city after spending halt half a day in butte there will be a brief excursion into helena spokane wash will be reached early thursday morning the t twenty wenty eighth and the entire day will be spent in that city two days at seattle exposition president taft will spend two days september 30 and october I 1 do ing the alaska yukon pacific exposi tion leaving seattle late in the even ing of the second day and arriving at portland ore october 2 at 7 a in two days will be spent in port land the party leaving there at 6 p in sunday october 3 for a trip down the famous shasta route through the siskiyou lyou you mountains and in view of mount shasta to san fran cisco the president will stop the evening of october 4 at sacramento reaching oakland cal early on the morning of october 5 he will spend four or five hours in and around oakland and berkeley before taking the ferry at 12 30 0 clock for san francisco after spending the afternoon and evening of the fifth in san francisco the president will leave early the morning of the sixth for the yosemite valley he will spend the seventh eighth and ninth in the valley and coming out the morning of sunday october 10 will proceed to los angeles stop ping for three hours at fresno sunday afternoon the president will spend monday and tuesday october 11 and 12 in los angeles visiting his sister W 11 II meet president diaz he will arrive at the grand canyon the morning of october 14 and will leave again that night for Albu quer que N M where hp he will spend the evening of the 11 fifteenth reaching el paso early the following morning tor for the meeting with president diaz of mexico president diaz will arrive from alex F ico city at ciudad juarez about the same time and he will then cross the frontier and meet president tatt taft at el paso an hour later the president of the united states will return the asit to president diaz at ciudad ju arez on the mexican side the au thorl thorit ties les of the latter city have ap 20 for decorations and a bull fight the president will reach san antonio sunday night october 17 and will spend the forenoon of the following day in an inspection of fort sam houston with the up building of which he had much to do while secretary of 0 war arriving at corpus christi the th evening of october 18 the president will go at once to his brother brothers s ranch where he will spend tuesday wednes day thursday and friday charles P taft has had golf links built on the ranch trip down ppl appl river visiting houston the forenoon ot ol saturday october 23 the will proceed to dallas that afternoon to spend saturday evening and all sunday from dallas the president will proceed direct to st louis to begin his tour four days trip down that hl hiti wa he will reach st louis at 7 27 a in the morning of monday october 25 and will leave at 4 p in on the steam er assigned to him by the deep water ways association which is to hold its convention in new orleans on the president presidents s arrival there rol following lowing the presidents boat will be a spectacular flotilla of river craft one of the trailing boats will nill be as signed to make the trip down the river and to attend the convention another boat will be assigned to the congressional delegation of more than members yet another boat will carry members of the illinois manu facture rs association first stop of voyage at cairo the first long stop of the river trip will be at cairo at 8 30 a in tue day october 23 the second stop will be at hickman ky at 2 30 p in the president making brief addresses addi esses at both places arriving off memphis tenn at S 8 a in m wednesday october 27 the president will make an adar address ess at 9 0 clock and that afternoon at 5 0 clock will speak at helena ark on thursday october 28 at 2 30 p m mr tatt taft will make a speech at viel asburg new orleans will be reached about four 0 clock friday afternoon the river journey also will include short stops at cape girardeau mo me and natchez miss the president ill remain in new orleans from friday afternoon the twenty ninth to monday morning no member I 1 he will address the water ways convention on october SO 30 at 2 30 p m from new orleans the president will go to jackson and columbus miss birmingham ala savannah charleston augusta wil and richmond reaching washington november 10 |