Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-16
ANARCHIST PLOT
FEARED in CHICAGO
PLANs TO AssAssINATE TWO
PRESIDENTS AT Ell PAso De-
cLAREp TO HAVE BEEN FORM
ED BY GROUP OF "REps..

SHiCd5pp SCts lot~- H6 InfSdH6
journal today declares that an an.
archist plot directed from Chicago
by men planning to assasslnata
Presidents Taft and plax at Ei
Paso, Tex, tomorrow has been dis
covered by secret service mon
here. The journal says:
"For the past two weeks, IL was
arned today, meetings had been
held by anarchist groups In every
large city of the country, but the
assassination plans, according TO
government agents, Wera eompIet.
ed In this city.
Four of Chief Wilkes men dis,
guised az laborers attended
socialist meeting here last night
at which the execution Of Ferres
In Spain was condemned.n
service men have been brought
here from several other cities to
assist in the Investigation. IL la
asserted the cancellation of the
public meeting of the heads Of the
two governments was at tho ad-
vice of Wilkie,
Chief Wilkie has entire charge
of the work of protecting the
presidential party. He has heen
directing mattera personally and
has been at FL Paso several days,
He has not communicated to the
secret service office, so far as can
be learned, anything as to any un-
expected condition Of affaifs at
the scene of the coming prcslden-
tlal meeting. The public feature Of
that ceremony was cancelled at
the instance of the state depart
nnent, and this was because Mex-
ico desired the meeting to be
private.
Flagstaff, Ariz., Oct. 16.-Presiden
Taft today is speeding toward Ell Past
Texas, where tomorrow he will NEE
Diaz of Mexico, going late
o Iuarez to return the call and NAL
ng his second trip into Mexico in tn
evening he will be a guest Of Diaz a
, state banquet. The president
ravels today lead him into Ne,
Mexico.
President RulIdozed Out of Ride.
Grand Canyon, Ari., Oct. 18th
president rode along the rim of th
Grand canyon of the Colorado yestel
lay to Grandview, and last evenin
saw the sunset from Hopi point. Fl
admired the canyon, but he was a
most tired out. Postmaster Genera
Captain Butt, John Hay
Hammond and Governor Sloane c
had dissuaded him from rit
ing down the 5000 foot trail to th
bottom of the canyon. In fact. the
had forbidden it. being Joined by ID
j. ]. Richardson. the presidents ph.
sician, travelling on the Taft train.
Il was bulldozed out of It," said MI
Taft with manifest disappointment.
so intent on the mule back ride wa
the president that he called for hi
riding khaki yesterday morning an
donned it. But his managers barre
the doorway until he had agreed t
not risk 300 pounds of chief exeoutiv
on the most dangerous trial In Anne
lea just for fun.
Couldn't Find willing Mule.
Besides, as Mr.. Hammond pointe
out, they had been unable to find
mule at the canyon that would give II
consent.
The postmaster general pointed OF
that il the president persisted in hi
purpose providence had made all ne
essary arrangements, as the nation;
convention of undertakers Is in Sc
sion here.
The Arizona committee headed b
Governor Sloane, not only stole til
presidents train yesterday mornin,
but out-boosted the boosters of Ca
ifornia in using him for an advertis
ment. At $50 last night they int
rupted a bridge game in the privai
car to ask the president to inspect th
new combination station and hotel {
Ashfork, Ari. Good naturedly th
president walked into the dining-rool
and saw lot of people eating. The
he walked out to the station p1atforl
in the darkness to find the train gon
1t had been taken two miles away |
a wye" to be turned and put on th
main line. While the president an
his friends stood about on one foot an
then on the other, an Indian approach
ed and tried to sell him a Naval