Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19
Will Be One Unbroken Line of Enter
tainment of President.
ENDS IN EVENING AT THE DEN
He Goes There Directly from Omaha
Club, Where He Dimes,
ALL DETAILS NOW PERFECTED
They Promise Typical Western OvR-
tiOn to the Chief Executive of
the United states by All
Glasses.

william Howard Taft, president Of the
United States, will be the guest of Omaha
I tomorrow from a few minutes after in
! the afternoon until IL at night.
Three principal events will occupy his
| time These are the ride around Omahs
and review by 22,OOO school children, dinner
at the Omaha club and a performance Of
| "Paprika Schnitzer at the Den, In the
course of which event the president of the
United States will become a subject of
King Ak-Sar-Ben XIV.
In the event OF even passable weather 1t
will be a gala day. Before evening myrla
! flags will wave a welcome to the impor-
tant visitor and after dusk the twinkling
smiles of thousands of electric lights will
! greet his eyes.
But rain or shine, the jovial countenance
of President Taft will be seen by the
swarmlng crowds along the route of The
automobile drive. This is event for the
school children of Omaha, but the whole
adult population of the city, practically
speaking, will also assemble on the various
streets comprehended
Then Omaha Club Dinner.
with this over the general publc's share
in the visit will conclude, for the presidents S
ride will end al the front door Of the Omaha
club. Here he win change his clothes, as
suming evening dress. A few minutes
later, or at 6:l5, $50 Nebraskans will greet
the president and sit down to break bread
with him.
The dinner terminates at $50. An auto
will then carry the president to the Den.
Riding straight into the building, the car
will draw up before a specially constructed
private box from which the presidential
party will see that grandest of operas
boufft. the far-famed and only "Paprika
Schnitzel"
When the presidential sides have ceased
quiyering with mirth, Mr.. Taft will be
escorted direct to Union station, where a
special Rock Island train will bear him and
his party to Denver.
Arrangements for the'uay are complete
to the Furnishing of the brasses the
auto which will carry the president. The
dinner list, the line of the auto drive the
menu, the decoration OF houses along the
route, the reception at Union station, the
escorting of the president, all these mat
ters have been settled upon exactly and
with that precision of execution which
characterizes only the most important af-
fairs of life.
Ptokens to Ride with Him.
c. II. Pickens, president of the Board Of
Governors Of Ak-Sar-Ben, will be the most
envied man in Omaha tomorrow. He and
he alone OF Omaha will ride in the car
which carries the president. the other two
occupants being Captain A. w. Butt, the
presidents aid de camp. and James Sloane,
a secret service operative.
The seating at dinner at the club has
been determined, but has not yet been
given out There is more than mild
desire upon the part of every one of the
$50 TO sit at the same table at which
Mr.. Taft will eat dinner.
In the second automobile on the ride,
II. ]. Penfoid will ride with the secret
service men and in the third A. c. Smith
will have the presidents secretary and
physician. Gould Dietz, w. L. Yetter and
Emil Brandeis will look after the news
paper correspondents In the next three
cars. E. Buckingham and c. e. Black
will ride with Gerrit Fort of New York
and the other members of the board win
look after the Nebraska senators and the
army officers, who are guests for the day
also.
Automobiles and Occupants.
No. THE President, Captain A. W.
Butt. L. s. A A. d. c.; Mr.. James Sloan,
jr., secret service operative; Mr.. c. H.
HlckenSt president Ah-ShE-Ben.
No. 2-Mr. Charles c. Wagner, stenog-
rapher; Mr. Joseph e. Murphy. secret
service operative; Mr.. H ]. Penfold. sec
retary Of Board of Governors.
No s-Mr. w. w. MIsvhler, assistant
secretary to the president; Dr. ]. ]. Rich
ardson. presidents physician; Mr.. Arthur
Smith.
No 4-Mr. r. T. Small. Associated Press
| II aHN
Press correspondent: Mr., Gould Deitz.
| No-5Mr. E. A. Fowler. New York Sun
press associate correspondent; Mr.. william
Hoster. Hearst News service correspon-
dent; Mr. w. L. Yetting.
Nos Mr.. s. P. Allen, New York Herald
correspondent; Mr.. H. L. Dunlap, New
York World correspondent Mr.. Emil Bran
deis.
| No. Mr.. Gerrit Fort, assistant to vice
president New York Central lines; Mr. E.
buckingham. Mr.. c. e. Black.
| No. S-Senator e X. Burkett, General
Charles Morton of Department Of Missouri
/ Mr.. c. r. Courtney.
! No s-Senator Norris Brown, Colonel w.
A. Glassford. Mr.. J. C. Root.
! No. IO-Colonel Cornelius Gardener, Mr.
Joseph Barker. Mr.. c. d. Beaton.
More than twenty thousand children will
be mObilized in the various school build
ings passed by the president and practi-
cally each child will wave a United States
flag as the presidents car goes by.
official Route OF Ride.
The official route Of the drive is as
/ follows.
Arriving at Union Station, the presiden-
tial party will be driven north on Tenth
street to Howard street east on Howard to
| Ninth street, north on Ninth through the
wholesale district to Farnam street. and
then west on this principai business street
10 Twentieth sereet From Twentieth
street the route lies north two blocks to
Dodge street and then west on Dodge past
the High and Central school buildings to
twenty-second street. thence north on
Twenty second street 10 Davenport street