Show B E 1 u 1 U t jf IR I 1 PRESIDENT T STARTS ON MILE TOUR THROUGH WEST VEST AND SOUTH LEAVES ON HIS BIRTHDAY chicago to be i first stop on journey that thai will take him as far as seattle seatta band and to the mexican border where he will meet diaz ON beverly mass sept 15 pre president ident f Willi william arn I H 1 taft today to day stopped stepped into a motor car waved a cheerful goo goodby good cl by and started for boston where his i e evening he boards a private car and begins a tour of the west and south that will be the most remarkable trip i ever er taken by a president of the unie tani ted states the route of about miles has been carefully mapped out sl and every arrangement is perfected th te e f fact act that today to day is mr tafts ts afif fifty ty second birthday anniversary was ta ken as a happy augury for the success e of the long journey besides the president pies ident the party in eludes capt archibald butt military if aide wendell Al Ischler assistant i secretary dr J J richardson of washington D C james sloan jr and L C wheeler ot oi the secret service and maj arthur brooks tile the f dents confidential messenger six newspaper men will accompany the president throughout 0 the entire trip shortly before noon tomorrow to morrow the president will arrive in Chic agod 1 I be the guest of the commercial club at luncheon next the hamilton club takes him in charge and will escort him with a bodyguard of 1400 members to the west side ball park to witness a game between chicago and new york af after ter that will come a dinner at tile 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 ano ana minnesota leaving chicago at 3 a m friday morning the presidential party will stop at milwaukee madison and portage and will spend the night at winona 1111 minn nn and will reach minneapolis early on the morning of satur day september 18 he will spend all saturday and sunday in Alin minneapolis neapolis and st paul leaving sunday night at eight in order to reach des moines on the morning of september 20 five hours will be spent in the iowa capital where mr air taft will review troops of the regular army and make a speech aud then the president moves on to omaha where he will spend the late afternoon and evening denver will be reached the after w i S t r noon of september 21 and the president will go almost direct from flom his train to the state capitol for a rece reception p to be tendered by state officials by the chamber of commerce and civic organizations at 9 1 p m the president will make an address in the denver auditorium where mr air bryan last year was nominated for the presidency preside de cy the president and his party will breakfast with thomas F walsh at wolhurst near denver the morning of wednesday september 22 and then return to the city for the chamber of commerce banquet at noon leaving I denver at 5 p m september 22 ame president and his party will W ill st stop op for an hours visit at colorado springs and then go on oil to pueblo where in the evening they will be guests at the state fair in wonder region of colorado the morning of september w 23 will find the president at glen glenwood woo d springs for a brief visit and that afternoon lie he will visit montrose where ho he will formally op open en the great gunni naison son river tunnel built by the government me lit for the irrigation of the uncompahgre valley returning to grand junction to resume the journey westward the president will arrive at salt lake city utah friday after afternoon hoon september 24 94 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 INTon monday day Sept Septem embee bei 27 at a in john hays hammond joins the party at salt lake city after spending half a day in butte there will ivill be a brief excursion into helena spokane wash will be reached early thursday morning the twenty 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 1 doing the alaska yukon pacific exposition leaving seattle late in the evening of the second day m nd arriving at portland ore october 2 at 7 a m two days will be spent in portland lang the party leaving there at 6 p ni sunday october 3 for a trip down the famous shasta route through the siskiyou you mountains and in view of mount shasta to san francisco the president will stop the evening of october 4 at sacramento reaching oakland cat cal early on the morning of october 5 he will spend four or live hours in and around oakland and berkeley before taking the ferry at 1230 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 vall fallry ry and coming out the nini meaning ming of sunday october 10 will proceed to los angeles stop ping for three hours Presno at sunday af afternoon hernoon ter noon th the e president will spend monday and tuesday october 11 and 12 in los angeles visiting ills his sister will meet president diaz ile he will arrive at the grand canyon the borni morning n g of october 14 and will leave again that night for albuquerque N AT where lie he will spend tile the evening of the fifteenth reaching el paso early the following morning for the meeting with president diaz of Al mexico exico president diaz will arrive from mexico city at ciudad juarez about the same time and lie he will then cross the frontier and meet president taft at el 1 I paso an hour later the president of the united states will return tle tile visit to president diaz at ciudad juarez a rez on oil the mexican side the au thorit ie fes s of the latter city have appropriated for decorations and a bull fight the president will reach san antonio sunday night october 17 and wit will spend tho 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 i V hile spere secretary tary of 1 war i arriving at corpus christi christ the evening of october 18 the president will go at once to his brothers brothers i ranch anch where lie he will vill spend tuesday wednesday thursday and friday charles P taft has had golf links bult built on the ranch trip down mississippi river visiting houston the forenoon of saturday october 23 the president will proceed to dallas th that at afternoon to spend pend saturday evening and all sunday prom from dallas the president will proceed di direct to st louis to begin his fils four days trip down that hi historic history C waterway he will reach st louis at a am m the morning of monday october 25 and will leaveat leave at 4 p in on the steam er ass assigned ignec by the deep waterways association which is to hold its convention in new orleans on the presidents dents arrival there following the presidents boat will be a spectacular flotilla of river craft one of the trailing bo boats ats will be assigned to make the trip down the river and to attend the convent convention on another boat will vill be assigned to the congressional delegation of more than members member yet another boat will carry members of the illinois manufacturers I 1 rs association first stop of voyage at cairo the first long stop of the alie river trip will be at cairo at a m tuesday october 23 the second stop will be at hickman ky at p m the president making brief addresses at both places arriving off memphis emphis JM tonn tenn at 8 a m wednesday october 27 17 the president will make an all address at 9 and that afternoon at 5 will speak at helena ark on thursday october 28 at p m mr taft wll will make a speech at vicksburg new orleans will be reach reached led about four friday afternoon the river journey also will aich include ide short stops at cape girardeau mo and natchez I 1 miss the president will remain in new orleans from friday afternoon the twenty ninth to monday morning november 1 ile he will address the waterways convention on october 30 at p m from now orleans the president will go to jackson and columbus miss aliss birmingham ala macon savannah charleston augusta wilmington and richmond teaching reaching washington november 10 i the president will leave leav e wa washington shing again probably on the eleventh for middletown conn to attend the installation of the new president of wesleyan university lie he also has engagements at norfolk and hampton va november 19 and 20 so his travels will not be done until the morning of november 21 when he will reach washington for the winter and put the finishing touches on his annual message i |