The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16
TAFT OUTLINES
WESTERN TRIP
WILL START SEPTEMBER 18TH
AND HAS PUT COLORADO
ON HIS ROUTE.
TAKES IN SEATTLE FAIR
TO MEET PRESIDENT pIAz AT Ell
PAso, AND RETURN THROUGH
THE SOUTH.

Washington.-Presid Taft has
given an outline of the tentative plans
for his trip through the West and
South this fall.
The president has abandoned all
idea of visiting Alaska this year. large.
ly owing to the fact that Mrs. Taft
will not be able to go with him. Upon
his arrival here from Massachusetts
the president received word from Bev-
erly that Mrs. Taft was rapidly inn
proving in health. The president feels,
however, that it would be too much
of a strain upon his wife, to ask her
to go on the long Western trip this
fall, which will occupy about two
months.
AS soon as the tariff bill has been
acted on by the president. Mr.. Taft
will leave Washington for Beverly. He
his fifty-second birthday-when he
hopes. If Mrs. Taft continues to I'M
prove, to begin his Western journey.
The president will head directly
from Beverly to Seattle, stopping for
brief visits en- route at Denver, Salt
Lake and Spokane. After visiting the
Alaska aYukon-Pacific exposition the
president will swing down to the
Southwest, stopping for time at
Portland, where he will be the guest
of Senator Jonathan Bourne, and 60
ing thence to San Francisco, where he
will spend several days. Leaving San
Francisco the president will go direct
to Los Angeles, where he will stop for
several days with his sister.
From Los Angeles the president
will go to San Diego and then go into
Arizona and New Mexico, the last re-
naming territories which soon are to
be admitted to the Union. If the
weather is pleasant and his engage
ments permit, the president hopes to
visit the Yosemite valley before going
to Los Angeles.
Coming out of Old Mexico, the presi-
dent will stop for a time at Ell Paso.
where he expects to meet President
Diaz of Mexico. Mr.. Diaz and Presi-
dent Taft have never met The Mexi.
can president wrote recently to the
White House suggesting conference
at Ell Paso, and President Taft replied
today that he would be delighted to
meet the Mexican executive about
October 15. the meeting depending, of
course, upon the presidents ability to
make the Western trip.
After his stop at Ell Paso the presi-
dent will visit San Antonio. where he
will inspect Fort Sam Houston. Mr..
Taft, while secretary of war, was deep
ly impressed with this post and was
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present Importance. After visiting
Austin and Dallas, Texas. the presi-
lent expects to spend several days on
the ranch owned by his brother, C. P.
Taft, at Corpus Christi, near Browns
vile.
Continuing east the president will
stop at Houston and go to New Or
leans to attend the meeting of the
Deep Waterways congress, the date of
which will be fixed to suit his con-
venience.
After attending the convention, Mr..
Taft wants to stop for time in the
Bayou Teche country of Louisiana, the
land of Evangeline and Arcadia. From
there the president will go to Jack
son, Miss, thence to Montgomery,
Birmingham and Macon. From Ma
con the president will go home" to
Augusta to have a game or two of
golf on the links where he spent much
time last winter. Leaving Augusta,
the president goes to Savannah and
from there begins his northward
flight to the White house, stopping at
Wilmington, N. c., and Richmond, Va.
New York.-John d. Rockefeller
Friday increased his donations to the
general education board by gift OF
$40 200 900 and also released the board
from the obligation to hold in perpe-
tuity the funds contributed by him.
The gift brings Mr.. Rockefeller's do
nations to the general education board
to S52 900 900. 1t was contributed, ac-
cording to Chairman F. I. Gates of the
board, because the income available
for appropriation had been exhausted,
and a larger income to meet impor.
tant educational needs had become
necessary. Mr.. Rockefeller's action en-
powering the board and it's successors
to distribute the principal of funds
contributed by him upon the affirma'
tive vote of two-thirds of its members,
was said to have been taken in con
sideration of the possibility, now re-
mote, that at some future time the
purpose of the Rockefeller foundation
might become obsolete.
Immense Fleet Gathered.
Provincetown, Mass.-There lies in
the harbor of Provincetown and near
by waters the largest and most not
able fleet of warships ever assembled
for active duty under the Stars and
Stripes. Every vessel is in readiness
for practice maneuvers which will taa
the ingenuity and skill of the foremos
naval minds of the country for the
next month. The vessels include four
teen battleships, cruisers, torpedo
boats. submarines, refrigerator ships
tenders and supply ships, numbering
sifty-four, all told.
Engine Strikes Handcar.
Denver.-Nineteen summer tourist