The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-10
TAFT OFF on TRIP
THE SECRETARY. HIS WIFE, SON
AND PARTY SAIL ON ROUND
THE.oLo6E TRIP.
Ardmoreite Special.

Ardmoreite Special
Seattle. Wash, Sept lo.-With the
cheers Of thousands Of enthusiastic
admirers ringing in his ears, Sec
rctary Taft today boarded the steam
ship Minnesota for journey that.
when completed. will have taken him
entirely around the world With the
secretary OF peace" goes Mrs. TAFT.
his son. Charles. Brigadier General
Clarence Edwards. chief OF the insu-
ar bureau, Fred w. Carpenter, pri-
yate secretary, and negro attend
ant The party will be accompanied
on the world tour by number of
prominent newspaper correspondents.
among them Robert l.. Dunn. war cor
respondent OF Golfers Weekly, who
covered the Russo-aJpanese war. and
Robert II. Murray, the veteran CORE.
spondent OF the Philadelphia North
American. who will send dispatches
TO a syndicate of leading papers
throughout the country.
According to the itinerary. the sec.
retary and his party will arrive in Yo.
kohoma, Japan, september 25 At that
port they will disembark and spend
eight days in the Flowery Kingdom,
where MIR. Taft is well known by
reason of previous visit. While the
secretary declares that his Japanese
visit possesses no diplomatic bearing.
Il is believed he will use his influ-
ence to bring about an amicable
agreement in regard to the exclusion
OF Japanese from this country. While
In Japan Mr.. Taft will visit Toxic,
Kobe. Nagasaki. and one or two other
asaki October for Shanghai arriv.
ing there two days later aad after
short stay will proceed to Hong
Kong. There the party will board the
army transport Mcclellan on Octo-
ber II, and arrive at Manila on Octo.
Der IA. At Manila he will preside at
the opening OF the first national as.
sembly. Twenty-Five days will be
spent In the Philippines and most OF
the time in Manila and vicinity, but
few inter.i5land visits will likely
be made.
On November 4 the Taft party will
leave Manila on one of the naval
cruisers. probably the Chattanooga.
or a vessel of that type. for vladivos.
tok, the eastern terminus of the
rrans-Siberian railroad. Mrs. Taft is
said to be responsible for inducing
her husband to undertake the trip
by rail across the wilds of frozen
Siberia, but the Taft political mana.
gers believe II will prove to be OF
great value TO the press agents OF
the Taft presidential boom. Arriving
in VladIyostok on November II. the
party Will leave that city the fol.
lowing day on special car, and will
reach lrkutsk, the Siberian metropo
lis, on November lG. Almost without
stop the party will proceed to Mos.
COW, where 1t is due November 90.
and remain two days. The capital Of
the great white ear will be reached
November 26. Two days will be spent
In st. Petersburg. when the party
will depart for Berlin. November 90
Is the date set for the arrival OF the
Taft party In the German capital,
where two days will be spent. From
Bremen or Hamburg the party will
then sail for New York, arriving
there between December 10 and IS.
Newspaper correspondents acquaint.
ed with the trend OF events. and the
possibilities OF foreign travel Is
arousing interest In n candidate, be-
lieve that the secretary's return to
America will be marked by the great.
est political demonstration In the
history OF the country.