Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-02
Structure Filled With Those Who
Had Not Heard of Delay.
NNER AT THE OMAHA CLUB
Balance of the Program for the Day
is Called Off
CARRY OUT PROGRAM TODAY
Presidept Taft VIII Address the
Pupils ut the High schoo. This
Morning and Make an Auto
mobile Drive over the City'

President Tafe and his party was ma
rooned in Missouri Sunday morning ana
as a consequence reached Omaha Twelve
hours after the scheduled time. So that
he was not able to speak at the Auol-
tortunn on ''World Peace or TO attend
church at Trinity cathedral in the morn
ing.
The presidential train pulled into the
Union station at $40 last night and the
president was greeted by Victor Rose
water, Charles H Pickens, Howard H.
Baldrige. NJ L. Learned and Senator g.
NJ Hitchcock, members of the reception
committee, and several hundred citizens
Immediately upon his arrival President
Taft was escorted through the depot to
an automobile that was in waiting and
whirled away to the Omaha club where
dinner was served.
The trip of President Taft, so far as
Saturday night and Sunday was con-
cerned, was full Of thrillers. His schedule
for Saturday carried him from Kansas
over into Missouri where at Sedalia he
spent twelve hours at the state fair.
There he delivered an address and later
on made the rounds of the live stock pens
afterward visiting the agricultural ano
horticultural exhibits. all the time dis
cussing timely topics with the farmers
and others.
Then IL Rained.
At 8 o'clock Saturday evening President
Taft's s train pulled out of Sedalia. depart
ing for Kansas City. At that time all
was we'll and the weather fine. An hour
later Il began TO rain and all night IT
rained only as II can rain in Missouri.
1t seemed that the floodgates had been
opened and the water came down in
sheets. instead Of drops. Leaving Kansas
CITY over the Missouri Pacific, the presi-
dents train got to near Rushvtle, Mo,
Uhere IL was marooned for five long
hours on the Burlington, there being
washout ahead. which prevented coming
: on to Omaha and another washout be-
hind that prevented a return to the
starting point Finally a change was
made over to the Missouri Pacific crossing
and the train was pulled over TO Atchi-
son, all attempts TO go over the St.
Joseph cutoff being abandoned. Another
start was made over the main line of the
Missouri Pacific and at last the train
reached Falls City about 2:3O From there
into Omaha the track was found to be
in a fair condition. From Falls City in,
the train was preceded by pilot engine
and closely followed by another train, that
assistance n light be at hand If needed.
Plans Are Upset.
The delays in Missouri upset all of the
calculations of the local entertainment
committee. During the entire day the
telegraph and telephone wires between
Omaha and Kansas City and st. Joseph
were kept hot. but nothing could be done
10 hurry along the train. Hundreds of
yards Of track, owing TO the heavy rains.
had been swept away. In many places
for long stretches the track had been
covered by the debris that had been car
ried on and across by the flood. In other
places the roadbed was soft and the ut
most care had 70 be used in moving the
train.
At one time the report reached the local
committee that the condition of the Mis-
sourt Pacific tracks between Omaha and
Falls City was so bad that trains would
not be able to pass over them for many
hours. Then it was that arrangements
were made to run the Taft special over