Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31
Taft Is Kept on the Go
in Louisiana Metropolis

NEW ORLEANS. October so-Presi-
dent Taft arrived in New Orleans today
to renew many old acquaintances and to
enjoy two days OF the hospitality which
he declared a few days ago he both
'-longed for and feared"
From the moment Of his arrival at
1870 pm. on the lighthouse tender
Oleander. which led a long trailing fleet
of river packets into port, the President
was kept on the go until past midnight
tonight.
Mr.. Taft ended his river trip with an
address before the waterways convention
what he has said before. that he favors
the Issuance of bonds to carry forward
every deep waterway project which shall
be approved by q competent board or en-
10 be necessary to take care OF the grow
ing commerce of the sections.
Something Doing Every Minute.
This address concluded. the President
became the guest Of the city. He lunch
ed with Archbishop Blenck at the latter's
palace attended two foot ball games. had
q dinner given in his honor at the Pick
wick Club tonight and went direct from
there to gala performance of Les
Huguenots'' at the French opera house.
little supper at famous French res
taurant after the opera brought the ex-
eeutive's busy day to close.
Tomorrow the President is to have
another strenuous time. He will attend
the Unitarian Church in the morning.
will have a long automobile tour. broken
by luncheon at Jackson barracks, and
will attend a sacred concert on the Yu-
lane campus In the afternoon.
The President retires on board his train
tomorrow night and leaves early Monday
morning to begin the last ten days of
his long tour.
The Presidents party lost one distin-
euished member today and will lose an
other tomorrow. Postmaster General
Hitchcock left tonight for Boston to vote
in the elections held there next Tuesday.
Secretary Nagel of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor will 60 from here
Ia Port Arthur. Galveston and Houston.
While at Houston he will visit his birth
place, six miles outside OF that city
Secretary Of War Dickinson will remain
in New Orleans TO make an address be-
fore the waterways convention Monday
morning and will retoin the President at
Jackson. Miss. late Monday afternoon.
Taft Enjoys River Trip.
President Taft thoroughly enjoyed his
four and a half nights and five days on
the Mississippi river. and. although he has
learned much OF the difficulty that must
be encountered I'm attempting to control
that powerful waterway. he seemed today
TO be Just as enthusiastic ever In the
belief that the Mississippi can be made to
recognize a channel deep enough to han
die all OF the commerce that can be as
signed to IL.
The torpedo boat fotilla, which had
been sent to st. Louis to escort the Pres
ident down the river. but which had been
frightened away by falling water and had
been scurrying down stream ahead Of the
presidential fleet, finally was picked up
by the Oleander forty-five miles above the
city this morning.
The four grim little vessels slipped along
In the wake of the Presidents fiaRshiD
Tor an hour or more. but the smoke from
their multitudinOus tunnels beclouded the
entire fleet behind. and finally they we're
ordered to steam ahead at full steam
10 New Orleans to await the President
there.
Taft Takes in Foot Ball.
Having developed into a full-fedeed
base ball fan" during the summer, the
President started his career as a foot
ball enthusiast this afternoon
The committee in charge of the visit
decided yesterday that II would be too
much Of a tax on the President to ask
him to go to two foot ball games i'm one
afternoon: but IL he was to GO to see
Sewanee play the Louisiana State UNI
versity. the adherents of Tulane and the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College were insistent that he should call
In at their game as well.
The President decided last night that