The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-02
Keen Rivalry Shown in Seat
tie Over Executive and Two
Prominent Men Almost Had
A Mixup.
LEADERS OF SOCIETY
THE TWO PRINCIPALS S
Mr.. Thorne Tried to Get Pres
ident Away From Golf Links
And His Action Was Re-
sented by Mr.. Collins.
(By William Hosiery

Portland, Greg, Oct. 2.-Twenty
thousand school children assembled
on Multnomah field and extended an
enthusiastic greeting to the President
this morning. Five thousand children
executed fantastic maneuver, gradu-
ally evolving themselves into forma-
tion spelling TAFT" There is bit
, ter war between Senator Bourne and
/ the local reception cor&nittee, the lat
ter charging Bourne with having stol-
en- the president from the local CON-
'mittee for a golf game this afternoon.
There is merry rivalry over the
president in the west.
Up to the end of his stay in Seattle
there was war. At the very last min
1 ute Josiah Collins. chairman of the
reception committee at Seattle and
Chester Thorne of Tacoma, who. by
1.-THE way. is brother of Oakleigh
Thorne. the we'll known financier of
New York. almost came to blows at
the Country club Just outside of Seat
tie.
Are Social Pets.
Mr. Collins is tho leader of Seattle's
social set, and the possession OF the
president during the past two days
has meant something. At the same
time Chester Thorne is not without
some standing In his own community
Of Tacoma. and also owns the yacht
ri Primero, on which the president
was conveyed from Seattle to Tacoma,
down Puget Sound.
Tho president was due to leave the
Seattle Country club at $3.50 p. m, in
order to board tho Thorne yacht at
4 p. M, which would enable him to
reach Tacoma at 6 but Mr.. Collins
held on. He went around the links
after the president for the nine holes
that were indulged in before luncheon,
and then. after dinner. another nine
holes were suggested. Thorne got ner-
vous and tried to get the president.
collins protested and then came a
row. It was sufficient that Collins is
ia Seattle man and Thorne a Tacoma
imam. But when the president of the
United States was the issue, fight
was almost unavoidable.
Tacoma Was Jealous.
Thorne alleged that the Seattle man
was trying to rob Tacoma of its hon
ors, and Collins insisted that there
were =. -honors that Tacoma possibly
TIM, lie entitled to. Thorne made
nplimentary remarks and
N - sof it was that Collins who
|,Ss9f ..niete, said: IF you'll step
around behind the club house I will
show you that no Tacoma man can
dictate to me"
Nusn'> Thorne was willing but the sit
~sa,.srsn was saved by a neutral friend
. who intervened. At length the presi'
dent tossed aside his golf stick and
Seattle reluctantly let go Of him.
More 4 Golf Suit.
Taft arrived at the dock and board
ed the yacht. He had a grey golf suit
with yellow golf shoes. silk hat and
R grey sweater. the sleeves of which
were hanging outside the sleeves of
his black overcoat. But he was per-
fectly happy. The yacht got off sever.
al minutes later.
A big crowd greeted the president
in Tacoma, after waiting in the streets
for an hour with rain falling to well
come him. His speech at the armory
was a repetition of his address at the
Seattle exposition, yesterday after.
noon.