Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-05

dent Taft travelled yesterday through
central and southeastern Georgia: through
woods rich in the warm reds, Colds and
| brown of autumn. He spent the fore
| noon at Macon, where he declared he was
| glad to be back in Georgia again, and
| felt thoroughly at home i'm the state
| whence he went to Washington last
March to assume the oath of Office. The
| President arrived here at 1:45 O'Clock last
night, and began his eghteen-hour stay
| in the city with an elaborate banquet at
the Desoto Hotel. Today the President
was taken for sail over the harbor. on
| a spin around the famous automobile
course over which the grand prize races
were run last fall and had lunch at the
Thunderbolt Casino.
Savannah is the farthest south the
President will CO. and when lie leaves
| here this afternoon he will turn toward
Washington. where he is due to arrive
next Wednesday evening.
| Georgia has proved no exception to the
other southern states President TAFT has
| visited, i'm extending to him a series of
| welcomes equal to those he has received
| In any section of the country.
Last Nights Banquet.
The banquet last night in honor of the
| President was in many respects the
| President has encountered in all his
travels. Nearly every course was served
| on dishes which were taken home by the
| diners as souvenirs. AS the lresiden.
entered the so guests were standing.
waving little silken presidential flags. At
| each place was gold scarf pin, on which
| was enscrOlled the seal of the city OF
| Savannah. The canape was served on
| hand-p painted china trays, bearing the
| Presidents initials. Sailed almonds were
served i'm individual sivermounted cut
| glass dishes. Diamond back terrapin ap-
| peared in individual FURNISHED copper
| chatting dishes, which were souvenirs.
| Punch was served in silver-mounted
| glasses, brandy in silver fiigree cups. and
cigars in red leather cases, all souvenirs.
AS the President arose TO speak twenty
| doves were liberated over the heads of
| the diners. Mayor George w. Tiedeman
| of Savannah presided at the banquet
| POSTMASTER. and the speakers were as
| follows:
Address Of welcome, Samuel B. Adams:
| Georgia" Gov. Joseph NJ. Brown; THE
Army" Col. G. Kingman, u. S. A.; THE
| Navy" Admiral G. S. Sperry, L. S. NJ;
Savannah" Saw nah. Judge Walter e. Chiffon:
| Woman Walter G. Hartridge.
The President, at his own request, spoke
| last.
President Refers to Ty Cobb.
The President spoke in a mildly hui
morous manner. He again showed that
he is a good base ball fan, and at the
| same time tickled the vanity of the
| Georgians. He referred to the trouble
| that Ty Cobb. the Detroits crack play
er. had recently got into in Cleveland
when "A warrant was sworn out for his
| arrest for having punched night
| Waterman. Ty Cobb's home Is in Geor-
| gia.
II know the colloquial name of a gen
| tleman,' said the President who fig
| ures much more largely in Georgia than
| the President of ule United States. our
| friend Ty Cobb. | saw Il public state
ment recently that he had been the vic
| tim of damnable conspiracy. / haven't
seen the result. but / hope that the bar
Of Georgia will rush to his defense, and,
| by using the writ of habeaS corpus, II
| none other is available. restore him to
| the people whom he loves and who love
him. l only say this. gentlemen. that
you may know that I did not spend so
| much time in Georgia for nothing"
The President told how the Emperor OF
Japan had raised his glass to him at
a banquet in Toxic and greeted him with
| an expression How"
| 1T was just on the eve of the Russo
Japanese war said the President. land.
! to my surprise. after the champagne
| came on heard number of expressions
| How followed by that part of the cere-
mony that makes the expression inter
| esting. The expression started from
! Count Kodama. the chief of staff of the
| Japanese army. and II seemed to have
| contagious effect. because il passed
| from mouth to mouth at that table until
| II reached the emperor. who Joined in
| the spirit of it. | found that this Amer
| lean expression OF greeting had been COM
| municated to Count Kodama in the Is
land of Formosa, when he had entertain
| ed the military attache of America. a
| colonel, who told him. the expression"
Rear Admiral c. $. Sperry. I'm respond
ing to the toast The Navy said:
I'VE can never be invaded SO long as
our fleet. homogeneous. we'll trained and
confident. keeps the seas. and 1t is be-
cause OF this that the cruise Of the Allan
tic fleet around the world entitled those
who ordered the movement to the lasting
gratitude Of the country. Perhaps the
most striking fact is that although the
estimate of the coal required for the
voyage from San Francisco to Hampton
| roads was based on the actual consump-
ton from Hampton roads TO San Fran
cisco, the coal actually used was less
than the estimate by 2O.OOO tons. The
consumption Of oil was also reduced.
The Navy Department is now engaged
! in bringing all machinery up to the high
est level of efficiency. But it is TO the
personnel of the new navy and the fleet to
| which my heart goes out. None the less
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