Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-23
TAFT IN RICHMOND READ into RECORD
President Special Guest the Letters Play Prominent Part
Virginia Capital Conspiracy Hearing.
AUTO RIDE IN THE SUBURBS SELECTION OF TRUSTEES
Reviews Cadets Of the Virginia Mill Progress in the Trial Of
tary Institute Lewis and Dufour.
AUTO RIDE IN THE SUBURBS
Reviews Cadets Of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute.

RICHMOND, Va, November 23.-Presi-
dent Taft's Richmond hosts had the chief
executive up bright and early this morn
.ng and started on program which gave
no p. omise of a spare moment up to the
hour Of his, scheduled departure for
Washington shortly before o'clock this
evening. Mr.. Taft spent the night at
he Jefferson Hotel. A salute of twenty
one guns was fired by the Richmond
dowitzers as the President ente. ed the
capitol square today. At 30 O'Clock
he was escored out Franklin street AMI
monument. In the shadow of the me-
mortal to the president Of the Confed-
eracy he reviewed the cadets of the VIZ
;inia Polytechnic Institute and the Rich
mond Blues.
Auto Ride in Suburbs.
Following this ceremony the President
was taken for an automobile trip over
The beautiful districts surrounding Rich
mond He was accompanied by Col. W.
Gordon McCabe, who pointed out all the
places Of pa, ticular interest. Mr.. Taft
was the guest of $50 citizens Of Richmond
at luncheon at the Jefferson.
This afternoon the entertainment COM
mittee planned to take the President for
a peep at the local aviation meet. for
a few minutes stop at foot ball game
and then to the city auditorium. whe. e
at 4 o'clock the P, esident Is scheduled to
make an address before the Virginia
education conference.
Guest Of Richmond.
Landing from the armored cruiser Ten
nessee at Fort Monroe yesterday after
noon after his visit to the Isthmus OF
Panama, President Taft came to Rich.
mond last night to be the guest Of the
citizens of the old Confederate capital for
twenty-four hours. Mr.. Taft dined al
the Westmoreland Club and later held an
informal reception at the Commonwealth
Club. He is stopping at the Jefferson
Hotel He took breakfast today with
Gov. Mann at the executive mansion and
alter motored over some of the battle
fields surrounding Richmond. Followins
luncheon he spoke In the afternoon to the
Virginia educational conference. The
o'clock tonight.
Makes Speech in Historic Church.
On his way to Richmond yesterday
President Taft stopped for half an hour
at Williamsburg to visit the old William
and Mary College and the Bruton Parish
1urt h. who. dates back to iU = r.. .
the pulpit Of the historic church he made
q little speech in which he declared that
thd making Of the Constitution and the
making of the nation were indeiibly linked
with the men who lived in Williamsburg
and other parts of Virginia.
THE men VINO lived wi ilamsburg and
all through Virginia" said the President:
fought the early fights with the old
governors that those Of US In Ohio hardly
knew were fought, and yet were the real
bases for the successful struggles that
came later
Charles p. Taft. the Presidents brothef
who accompanied him to Panama, left
the party here and continued on to his
home in Cincinnati.
Blue Ensign Comes Down.
The President remained aboard Il q
Tennessee at Fortress Monroe until after
3 o'clock In the afternoon. Both the
Tennessee and the Montana saluted Mr..
Taft as he was piped over the side and
his blue ensign fluttered down from the
main truck of the flagship where for
the past five days 1t had blown as the
symbol Of the highest executive authority
OF the United States.
Landing at Fort Monroe, the President
found eight companies OF coast artillery
lined up in dress parade to greet him.
while the saluting cannon roared another
tribute from across the ancient nloat
surrounding the fortress.
by the army's presidential dag Of red as
the artilierymen marched In escort OF
the President from the dock to the rail-
way station. -.