Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-10-31
Dinner at Pickwick Club and Play at
French Opera.
.TTENDs TWO FOOT BALL GAMES
Busy Day Ends with Supper a
Famous Restaurant.
PARTY BEGINS TO SCATTER
Postmaster General Hitchcock GOei
to BOSTON 20 Vote and Secretary
NaEeI VIII visit Points
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NEW ORLEANS, La, oct sO.-Presldent
Taft arrived IN New Orleans today to re-
new many old acquaintances and to enjoy
two days Of the hospitality which he de-
clared a few days ago he both "onged
for and feared" From the moment Of his
arrival at 1880 p m. on the light house
tender Oleander, which led a long trailing
fleet Of river packets into port, the presi-
dent was kept on the go until past mid
night tonight.
President Taft ended his river trip with
an address before the waterways conven-
tion this afternoon in which he reiterated
what he has said before. that he favored
khe Issuance of bonds to carry forward
eAGY deep waterway project which shall
be approved by a competent board Of en-
gineers as predlcable and can be shown
necessary 20 take care Of the growing
commerce of the sections.
This address concluded the president
became the guest Of the city. He lunched
with Archbishop Benk at the latter's
palace, attended two foot ball games had
a dinner given in his honor at the Pick
wick club tonight and went directly from
there to a gala performance Of Les Hu-
guenots." at the French opera house a
little supper at a famous French restaur-
ant after the opera DFOuBnI lne Culel tN-
ecutive's busy day to a 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 at
tend a sacred concert on the Tulane cam
pus in the afternoon. The president re-
tires on board his train tomorrow night and
leaves early Monday morning to begin
the last ten days of his trip.
Cabinet Members Leave.
The presidents party lost one distin-
Eushed member today and will lose an
other. 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,
win go from here to Port Arthur, Galveston
and Houston. While at Houston he will
visit his birthplace, 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 rejoln the president a.
Jackson Miss, late Monday afternoon.
President Taft thoroughly enjoyed his
four and half nights and five days or
the Mississippi river, and although he has
learned much Of the difficulty that mus
be encountered in attempt to control thai
powerful waterway, he seemed today tC
be lust as enthusiastic as ever In the be
half that the Mississippi can be made tC
recognize a channel deep enough to handl,
all Of the commerce that can be assigned
to It.
The torpedo boat flotilla which had beer
sent to ST. Louis to escort the presiden
down the river but which had beer
frightened away by falling water and haC
been scurrying down stream ahead Of tn,
presidential fleet, finally was picked up b!
1.-the Oleander, forty-five miles above tn
Nity this morning, The four grim lttl
vessels slipped along in the wake of tn
presidents flagship Tor an hour or more
but the smoke from their tunnels en-
olouded the entire fleet behind and final!
they were ordered to steam ahead at
full speed to New Orleans to await tn
president there.
AZ Two Foot Hall Gam ~.
Having developed into a full-fledged bas
ball fan" during the summer, the presi
dent started his career as a foot bal
enthusiast this afternoon. the committe
in charge Of his visit decided that
would be too much of a tax on the Vresi
dent to ask him to so TO two foot bal
games in one afternoon, but Il ne wa
70 so 10 see Sewanee play the Louisian
State university, TIE adherents Of Tulan
and Mississippi Agr cultural and Mechan
ical college we're insistent that he shoul
call IN at their game as well The presi
dent declared last night that he certainl
would see the Sewaneo game, for Captai
Butt. his aide, and one other member Q
his party were old sewanee men. an
they put IN a convincing word for thei
alma mater, when this became know
the president was besieged upon his arrive
here by requests to attend the Tulan
game as we'll IL was said that Il ha
been extensively advertised that he woul
be at the game and that II would be
bitter disappointment to thousands OF pee
pie II he did not So Mr.. Taft decided {
so to both games.
First he stopped in at Pelican Park an
saw the Sewane0 team make the fins
touchdown In a game which they wo
with apparent ease Thence the presider
had a six-mile automobile dash to Tulan
Campus, where he saw the last fifteen mir
utes Of play In an evenly matched gam'
won by Tulane, 10 O At the Tulane gam
the presidents automobile was stoppe
alons the side lines and had been standin
there but a few moments. when a livel
scrimmage and spectacular tackle oC
CURED right In front OF his machine. A
both games the presidents ears were file
with college cheers