Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
TAFT TAKES SWIFT RIDE
OVER CHICAGO STREETS
Driven in Automobile at Aver
age Speed of Thirty-Five
Miles an Hour.

| CHICAGO. October 3O.-President Taft
enjoyed yesterday a sixty-mile drive
through the streets and parkways OF a
crowded city. Nothing happened, but he
gave the police of Chicago and those who
trailed behind his car at an average speed
Of thirty-five miles an hour, with an occa-
sional dash to fifty. an unhappy hour or
| SO. The object Of the drive was to show
Mr. Taft the famous boulevards.
The thoroughfares were crowded with
automobiles and curious persons. but
| those in charge of the ride evidently were
determined that there should not be "A
slow moment to 1t. There was not. Mr..
| Taft was hurried along at a gait that
made those who saw him wonder.
At no time. apparently. was the Presi-
dents automobile in danger. A corps
Of motor cycle policemen in front Kept
arranged for the trip in great detail At
every crossing, policemen kept franc
back from the time the police car was
sighted until the last car had passed.
ride. Two miles from the end Of it Mr..
Taft stopped at Quinn Chapel to speak
to several thousand negroes on the gooo
| the Y. M. C. A. has done.
View Of the Columbus Ships.
One thing on the ride caught the Pres
| ident's eye and interested him. That
was when he was driven through the
park where the exposition was held
seventeen years ago. and was shown
the reproductions Of the three ships IN
which Christopher Columbus crossed the
Atlantic with his companions on tnell
brilliant colorings and toylike appear
ance of the boats attracted him.
Mr.. Taft in the forenoon ATTENDED serv-
ices at the Auditorium Theater. conouct'
ed by the Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus'
and in the evening he took part IN semi
religious exercises at Orchestra Hail, heid
by the Sunday Evening Club. He spoke
on universal peace.
The Blackston, where the President is
staying, is crowded with politicians OF
him. and that is one of tie reasons why
he has consented to visit 80 many places
during his stay here
The crowded day affords him an oppor-
tunity for denying himself to importunate
place seekers. Secretary Hilles has had
TO bear the brunt of the attack, and he
has met the emergency like skilled poll
tician.
Visits Pittsburgh Tomorrow.
The President will leave Chicago this
evening for Pittsburgh, where he viii
tomorrow take part in varied pro-
gram. He will first witness in Pitts
burgh the competition by the first aid
| to the injured teams in an exhibition
under the auspices Of the United states
bureau Of mines. This will take place
on Forbes Field.
Following this parade Of miners
each representing one OF the 1890
men killed in coal mines Of the United
States in the last twenty years-will
silently pass before the presidential
reviewing stand. Thirty thousand
miners are expected to attend the
meeting.
After luncheon President Taft will
go to the Water Street wharf on the
Monongahela river and assist the
Western Pennsylvania Historical So
ciety in commemorating the beginning
of steam navigation on the western
rivers
In the evening the banquet Of the
Pittsburgh Chamber OF Commerce will
be held in Memorial Hail.