Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-10-07
PRESIDENT AMONG
THE SEQUOIAS
Three Days Rest
From All Speech
Making
EIGHT HOURS STAGE RIDE
Dispenses With Cavalry Es
cort But Takes Along
John Muir.

El Portal, Calf, Oct After arriv,
ing here at seven a. m. President Taft
abandoned the railroad for the stage
coach and is travelling towrad the fa-
nous grove of big trees. The Presi-
dent has eight hours stage riding be-
fore he reaches Wawoma. where he
will spend the night before starting to
penetrate the Sequoia grove Lunch
con will be served today at Chinqua-
pin. The rest from the crowds for
three days with no speeches to make
until he reaches Fresno on Sunday
afternoon, is expected to put the PreSi-
dent in shape for the remainder of his
trip. The President probably will
spend Friday night at Glacier point,
returning to Ell Portal on Saturday and
resuming his journey to Los Angeles
on Sunday morning, John Muir ac-
companied the President today. At the
Presidents request, the escort of
troop of cavalry has been dispensed
with
Loving Nup TOR FfeS|deht.
Ell Paso, Texas, Oct. 1.-THE citizens
of Ell Paso will present to President
Taft and President Diaz each a low
ing cup when they meet here on the
sixteenth. The cups will be of solid
1S-karat gold and will be duplicates
Each will bear the coat of arms of
both Mexico and the United States
and inscriptions.
John E. Wilkie, chief of the United
States secret service, arrived last
night and with his lieutenant, L. G.
Wallace. is in consultation with local
committees of Juarez and El Paso.
The work of decorating the city has
begun and the display of flags of the
two nations will be most elaborate.
The Sheldon hotel, which will be Mr.
Tafts official headquarters, is decor
ated from dome to sidewalk.
Las Cruces Getting Ready.
Las Cruces, n. NJ, Oct 7.-Exten-
sive preparations are being made for
the reception of President Taft on the
10th. There will certainly be one of
the largest crowds at the depot when
his train arrives that was ever mass
ed in the valley. The transportation
committee is making arrangements
for / 200 people to go from Las Cruces
to Ell Paso for the meeting of the two
Presidents.
MIiILia ~ D,eo
FL Paso, Tex. Oct. John f.
Wilkie, chief of the United States
secret service division, arrived Tues
day evening from the east on the
Golden State Limited and will remain
here several days arranging the de-
tails for the protection of President
Taft on the occasion of his visit here.
Chief Wilkie together with secret
Service Officer /. C. Wheeler. will
meet with the Joint committees on ar
rangements for the Taft-DiaZ meeting
and discuss with them the arrange
ments for the protection and comfort
of the President.
Chief Wilkie, when seen at the st.
Regis, stated that he preferred not to
divulge any of the plans for protect
ing the President while he is in Ell
Paso "The delicacy of our work and
our connection with the President
makes it impossible for me to give out
any details of the arrangements, he
said.
The head of the secret service divis'
ion was formerly a newspaper man
in Chicago, being on the police court
run there several years. He was
known as the best police reporter in
the city and he gained much of his
knowledge Of the secret service work
while stationed at the Chicago police
headquarters.
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