Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-18
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND SCHOOL BOYS
AND GIRLS WERE GIVEN PosTs
ALONG LINE OF MARCH.
LOUD SCHOOL WELLS
DELIGHT PRESIDENT
SMILE LASTS FOR SEVEN MILES
AS UNIQUE DEMONSTRATION IN
HIS HONOR is BROUGHT TO
TAFT's VIEW.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Chicago started
cary IN its preparations to receive
president Taft. Police, school chill
dren and reception committees were
abroad almost with the sun.
The school children to the number
OF 10000 started for their posts short
~ after the regular time for opening
school. Street cars were fairly
swamped with the large number of
children who had to be taken to their
posts along the line Of march from
distant parts Of the city. When the
Children were all It their stations
there were fifteen solid miles of them.
Each child wore a badge bearing the
cltys emblematic "Y," embracing
large "T" and carried an American
flag. More than 1000 police were
used In an effort to'protect the presi-
dent. From one end of the city 20
the other the streets were ,decked out
IN gala array in honor of the dis
tlnguished visitor. The west side base.
Dali park, where the president will at
tend the game between the New York
and Chicago National league teams,
early became the mecca of crowds,
The president refused to occupy a box
and decided to sit Il the grand stand
just behind the home teams bench.
President Taft, smiling his apprecia-
ton at the vociferous welcome and
HAWKES. weather, arrived here at 11:13
this morning. Dense crowds. restrain
ed by the perfect police arrange
mpntC q fIN
president alighted, and throng
stretched for fifteen miles along the
route his automobile was scheduled to
travel
No sooner had the president shaken
hands with the members of the re-
ception committee than he was turn
ed over to the committee representing
Chlcagos business and professional
life.
The School Wells Bring chuckIes
The party then entered automobiles
and two hours review of school chill
dren began. For miles the president
bowed and smiled and waved his
hands to the enthusiastic youngsters
who sang patriotic songs and waved
American flags in his honor. The
presidents delight at the unique dem
onstration showed plainly in his face.
The school yells of the young people
frequently stirred the president to
hearty chuckles. The line of review
produced practically an uninterrupted
roar of shrill cries, ranging from the
treble of the tiny ones to the roar of
their elders.
Railway Lineman Fooled Them.
Tbs police had little to do A rail
way linenan got into trouble through
tool grip he carried at the railroad
station. 1t was the right size nicely
to contain bomb and the police
were ordered to examine it. They
found wrench and pair of pliers,
but the lineman was led to the out
skirts of the crowd on general
principles.
At 12::45 p. m. the president reached
his hotel and retired for brief rest
before taking a seat of honor at the
Commercial clubs luncheon.
Has Chct on Conservation.
The national conservation associa-
| ton, of which former President Chas.
W. Eliot is president, was the subject
of a brief informal chat between Presi-
| dent Taft and Walter L. Fisher, VINO
| is president of the National Conser-
walton league. here today. Fisher was
an active agent in forming the new
and broader National Conservation
association. The presidents approba.
ton of the new organization is ex-
pressed in letter to Fisher, acknowl
edging the latter's announcement Of
its formation. The president con.
| siders the movement one of the
most important and useful yet organ
| lied and authorizes the enrolment Of
his name as a member.
Taft Dictates Speech.
Elkhart, Ind, Sept. 16.-The special
train bearing President Taft to Chi
cago arrived here at $50. a. m. The
president was UP at o'clock this
morning and shortly afterward began
/ to dictate the speech to be delivered
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