The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
LIES IN WAIT FOR PRESIDENT Stranger in Portland
 Suspected. ARRESTED BY DETECTIVES Man Was Heavily Armed When
 Captured. Taft spends . Busy Day h Oregon MetropeIis-HaDpy Over Recep.
 ton and Exhibition by
 Children.

Portland, Ore, Oct 2.--carrying out
 a program which was arranged with especial reference to his comfort and
 convenience. and yet calculated to give
 the people of the entire city an op- portunity to see him, President Taft
 spent what he declared to be one of
 the pleasantest days of his Western
 trip in Portland today.
 The day of the Presidents visit was one of cloudiess skies and e sum- mer sun. There was but one unto ward tncident-the arrest of q man who carried a camera and in his of. forts to get into the front rank of spectators just as the President was
 leaving his hotel. caused his appre tension by the police. When the man. who gave his name as Arthur G. Wright. was searched revolver and
 an extra supply of ammunition was found upon him.
 Wright tells a straightforward story. He states that he Is a drafts
 man in the employ of c. W. anu F. Smith Iron Company of Roxburg. 1 Mass, and that his mother lives in Billerica. Mass, and his father at Lowell. in the same State. wright ex- plained his possession of a special DO.
 lice badge bs saying 1t was given him five years ago by Chief of Police Hos- mer. Wright says he has been on e three months pleasure jaunt through the West. The police will hold him | pending further examination into his antecedants.
 During the forenoon the President received 10000 school children, e tri-
 bute which brought tears to his eyes i. | The boys and girls were banked fin req, white and blue rows in the grand
 stand on Multonomah field to form a living flag"
 | This form of tribute has been offer 1 ed at other cities visited by Mir. Taft | on his trip but at no other place ap- preached the magnitude of what prov ed to be the distinct feature of the | day.
 | Taft is Delighted. 1 The President entered the field through gate at the crest Of the hill and the view of the children bursting
 upon him all at once, called out an | expression of wonderment and de light. His entrance was the signal fol l an outhurst Of cheering from the fresh young voices which continued l until Mir. Taft had taken the place
 arranged for him on . stand directly a drill by the children which com
 bined with their cheers inspired him. he declared. as had no other sight in | all his travels.
 Following the motions of a leader | the children stopped from view. ther l sprang to their feet with cheei | which fairly pierced the ear, and waved
 red. white and blue banners in per.
 feet storm of huttering colors. Ther
 at the command of the leader to spell
 .'Taft." one set of children. with a loud
 shout of "T'' held up yellow banners
 to form that letter. Then came the
 "A, then "F." and the fnal 'T," fol
 lowed by crashing cry of Taft l which seemd to echo back again from | the distant mountains.
 l During the exhibition the President
 stood with eyes fixed upon the chil'
 dren. He asked that the spelling bt
 repeated, and 1t was then that ths l tears came. A waltz was played by . | band.
 The children were a mass of moving | colors which caused MT. Taft uncon' l sciousIy to nod his head from side tt
 side in unison with the music and the
 flowing picture before him. When tho 1 drill was ended and the children had | been called to attention. the President | addressed a few words to them. 1 The President arrived in Portland al l o'clock this morning and his day be- | gan with a breakfast at the Hote | Portland as the guest of the local com | mittee of entertainment Then came a | ride by automobile through the prin-
 cipai streets. The city was splendid-