The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-06-12
Executive
PRESIDENT At GrrrysnueG.

PRESIDENT At GETTYSBURG.
on all the Memorial Dav observ.
ances throughout the country, none
was so distinctively national in
character as that on the famous
battlefield OF Gettysburg in which
President TAFT was the central
figure. The particular occasion
OF G1s presence was the unvcilinu
OF the monument erected by Con.
gress to the soldiers who fell in the
civil var MISS Helen Taft,
daughter OF the president, pulled
the cord which exposed the granite
shaft. The ceremony was witness.
ed by a great thtong OF people, and
a number OF regular troops march.
ed in review before the president
and spectators. The president in
his speech praised the record of
the regulars ana made the occasion
one Tor urging an increase in the
regular army.
TAFT Is pIrTSBURG's GUEST
II was the unofficial and human
side OF President Taft which was
uppermost during his visi, in Pitts.
burg on the 2oth and goth. II,
played pitcher in a ball game, greet.
I'D hIlarlously his fellow. alumni OF
Yale, hut deserted their amateurs
game to witness one OF professional
baseball, to the delight OF the crowd
OF fans; dedicated a fountain,
attended a Yale banquet and talked
TO a Jewish congregation all IN n
day SUNDAY he spent quietly as
the guest OF his brother in-law,
Thomas X. Lauphlin, IT,, and
attended the FIRST Unitarian
Church.
MAY nEflCIr S5,I53,o55.
The national treasury's deficit
for the month OF May was reported
at ~s5,453,955 and the deficit tor the
months OF fiscal wear
amounted to So7, S5S, Go2. The
available cash balance was SttS,.
go, 90 and the working balance
$40, sac, 1000. IL vas expected that
the treasury would call on the
dcpositary banks tor $40, 600, 900.
AiRSHIrs 10 DEFEND boast
Secretary OF War Dickerson in
the light OF the latest German air.
ship triumph has ordered Ma
George y. Squler OF the Sigt al
to prepare plans Tor the aerial
defense OF the Atlantic Coast, the
same To serve as a model tor sim.
liar works on the Cult and Pacific
coasts oi the country. The general
plan in contemplation is to have
the coast separated into zones or
sllipses oil $50 miles each al the
ends OF which balloon houses will
I've constructed with supplies tor
n in aiming modern airships and
ieroplanes. Each balloon will pa.
troll the coast Tor las miles on each
side OF its station. II Congress
beprevailcd upon to spend mon.
-yior this purpose each station will
nave a fleet OF aeroplanrs tor scout
and the air currents will be
,harted.
TAFT LAuDS ADMIRAL URtu.
The elimination OF a series OF
entertainments N honor OF the visit.
ny Japanese Vice Admiral Uriu
Who was graduated from the United
Naval Academy with the
OF 81, occurred Wednesday,
when the class OF 81 gave him a
Inner in the Metropolitan Club OF
Washington, which was attended
~ President TAFT. The president
PRAISED the record OF the distln
,uIshcd guest, and spoke OF the
.pIendid receptions the Japanes,
government had given to him
Iatt on several occasions, end.
ng With a 'banzai." Addres.e e.
vere also made 10y Ambassador
akah'ra, Secretary Meyer and
'p' ak,r Cannon. All voiced ia,
.ood feeling existing between the
countries.