The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-07
TAFT OUTLINES
LONG JOURNEY
Hinerary FOR Trip Is
lnounced.
vIsV ! NEARLY ALL STATES
Plans Embrace Journey Of I3,ool
Niles.
In About one Mouth Preside.t wil
Take Remarkable Trip lsresnd
Big CircIe-wll Meet
Dias.
vErs NEARLY ALL STATES LAWYERS IN SHARP


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Washington, Aug. s.--President Taft
left Washington late this afternoon for
| the summer capital at Beverly, Mass.
and will not return to Washington I'M
| til the middle Of November, next Re
naming at Beverly with his family un-
til September Is. the President will
start West that day on tour that will
embrace all but eight or ten states of
the Union. and both Of the territories
| in the far Southwest -
This was a day of leave taking at
| the White House. Scores Of Senator's
Representative and government on
Gals called to say brief word OF
| goodbye to the President. So great
was the crush of congressional callers
that the usual cabinet meeting was de-
layed more than an hour.
| The President expectsst have sew
| eral of the cabinet officers with him at
different times during his long journey
| through the West and South. Secre-
| tary of War Dickinson, for instance.
| probably will be with the President
during practically all Of the Southern
| end of the tour. The President will be
| accompanied to Beverly BY Secretary
Fred W. Carpenter. Assistant Secretary
Rudolph Foster. and Captsin Archibald
Butt his military aidA.
Gives OutllHe of Trip.
Before his departure. the President
made public a INITIATIVE outline Of his
| trip through Me West and South this
fall. II wiHbe q wide swing around
practically the entire United states.
embracing a journey approximatlng
| 1900 miles-as long as the cruise of
Roads. through the Straits of Magel-
\ Ian to San Francisco Bay. The trip
will be one OF the most notable ever
made by a President. 1t viii be as d.
| verse as could well be imagined and
no seeing -ali America" tour could be
| devised to embrace as many points OF
| interest in so brief a space of time as
| President Taft Will give to his Jaunt to
| the Pacific coast and back through the
| great States of the South.
| The President, accompanied by Sec
| rotary Fred w. Carpenter. Captain
Archibald w. Butt, his military aid.
several White House attaches and per-
haps guest or two for various parts
| Of the trip. will travel In q private car,
attached for the greater part Of the
| time TO regular trains but running
special every now and then 70 MI In
| engagements at the smaller towns
along the route and In the more remote
| sections where trains are few and far
| between.
VIII Traverse Rockies
During his tour the President will
Mountains, will visit the Alaska Yu
kon Exposition at Seattle, will spend
three days in the famous Yosemite VAL
ley. will stop OF at the Grand Canyon
OF the Colorado and follow the trail
down into the depths OF that giant
abyss, will greet the President of
Mexico on the International Bridge over
the Rio Grande at Ell Paso on October
16, will take four days sail down the
Mississippi river from St. Louis to New
Orleans, with various stops en- route.
and will spend four days on the ranch
of his brother, Charles P. Taft, near
Corpus Christi, Tex.
Starting from the rugged shores of
the north coast of Massachusetts,, the
President goes direct west from Bever-
ly. He will motor into Boston the
morning OF September 15-his 52nd
| birthday-and there board the car
which practically will be rowing
White House for two months. The
President has accepted practically all
the Invitations that could be crowded
into the sixty days set aside for the
trip and his acceptance book Is closed.
There naturally will be many fve and
| ten minute stops not included in the
regular itinerary and many brief little
car-end speeches. but the tour as now
announced Is to all intents and pur-
poses complete.
First Stop mt Chicago.
The Presidents first stop will be at
! Chicago, where he arrives shortly be-
fore noon on the morning of Septem-'
her 1e. and spends the afternoon and
evening, leaving at a. M. Friday.
| September II. for Madison, Wis, where
he will spend the entire forenoon Of
that day, leaving Madison at midday
for Winona, Mimi, with a brief stop
at Portage. Wis. en- route.
After spending Friday night at WI
mona, the President will reach Minne-
September IS. The President W.
spend all of Saturday and Sunday in
Minneapolis, leaving Sunday night at
D. M in order to reach Des Moines,
Ia, the morning Of September 20. Five
hours will be spent In Des Moines. and
then the President moves on to Omaha
| where he will spend the late afternoon
and evening.
Denver, Col, will be reached the at
ternoon of September 81 and the Presi-
dent will go almost direct from his
| train to the Ctate capitol for reeep-
ton to be rendered by State officials.
by the Chamber of Commerce, civic or
carnations, etc. At 8 p. m. the Presi-
dent will make an address in the Dem
yer auditorium where Mr.. Bryan last
year was nominated for the Presiden-
cy The President and his party will
breakfast with Thomas +. WaIm at
wolhurst, near Denver, the morning OF
wednesday. SeptembeS 20. and then re-
turn to the city for the Chamber OF
Commerce banquet at noon. Leaving
Denver at p. m, September %. the
President and his party will stop for
an hours visit at Colorado Springs and
then go on to Pueblo whore In tho
evening they will be guests at the
State fair.
VIII Inspect Tunnel.
The morning of September % will
and the President at Glenwood
Springs for a brief visit and that az
ternoon he will visit Montrose to have
a look at the great Gunnison tunnel OF
the Western Colorado irrigation pro-
ject. Returning to Grand Junction to
resume the journey westward. the
+ President will arrive at Salt Lake City,
Utah, Friday afternoon, September "a,
to remain there until Sunday afternoon.
the goth, when the party leaves over
the Oregon Short Line for Pocatello,
Idaho, and Butte, Mont. the latter city
being reached Monday, September 81,
at $40 a. m. After spending half a
day In Butte, there will be brief ex-
cursion into Helena. Spokane, Wash,
will be reached early Thursday mora