Evening star., 1911-08-10
President Goes to Beverly To-
night for Short Stay.
NOTHING FROM CONGRESS
Expects No Bills for His Action Be-
fore Saturday Night.
WILL BE BACK EARLY MONDAY
Many Invitations to Visit Various
Parts of Country Received
at White House.

In planning TO go to Beverly tonight
Tor few DAYS stay with his family in
their summer home. President Taft has
reached tho conclusion that there is not
much i'm the talk of an carly adjournment
of Congress. Also he seems To believe
that none Of the much awaited bills of
Importance, which he is scheduled to
veto. would reach him before Saturday
night i'm the event that he had remained
here.
The President will he back i'm WASH
ington Monday morning. ready to take
up any and all bills that may. have got
ten to the White House by that time. 1t
is presumed that tho statehood bill and
the wool bill will be among these. Mr..
Taft Is prepared to veto these bills, OF
the farmers free list bill, without taking
much time for consideration, since he al
ready has had months i'm which to think
over such legislation. He knows what
these bills consist Of and he has largely
framed in his own mind the language and
arguments he will use i'm sending them
back to Congress.
President Taft. who will leave Wash
ington this afternoon at $50 O'Clock. will
be accompanied to Beverly by Mai. Butt
his personal aid. Secretary Hilles, whose
family is spending the summer on Long
Island, will go as far as New York will,
the President and return with him Mon
day morning.
Dimes at Dover Manor.
President Taft and a party Of friends
had a unique trip out of Washington last
night. They dined late in the evening a,
the old Lord Baltimore place in Prince
Georges county, not far from Upper Marl-
boro. 1t is known as Dover Manor and
is one of the most historic places in
Maryland. As the guest of Secretary
Knox the President. Maj. Butt, Senators
Crane. Gamble, Smoot and Curtis and
ex-senator Carter left the city i'm auto
mobiles just before O'Clock in the even
ing, and three-quarterS OF an hour later
were enjoying an outdoor dinner under
the trees OF the beautiful old place. now
owned by q southern family. The party
did not get back to the city until after
| midnight.
have another meeting at the White
House this afternoon. at which Henry
Bacon, the New York architect, will be
authorized to prepare a number of plans
for for the erection of a Lincoln memorial
submitted to Congress this winter
Many Invitations Received:
Fifteen more invitations for es'dent
Taft to visit various parts of the coun.
try were put on the White House books
today. They came from all sorts of asso-
Citations and from many parts of the coun-
try. The Presidents list of engagements
is pretty full. and while some Of the invi-
tations will De considered, none of them
was finally accepted today.
One Ifniu1le inyff a. fion carne from, y Y
Whitney of Chenango Forks. n. Y, who
wants the President to attend the annual
reunion Of the Taft-Whitney family in
Grange Hall. Triangle Broome county,
N Y, Friday, September ]. Another was
from Albert r. WiIbeck, president of the
Mississippi Good Roads Association,
Granada, Miss, who asked the President
held at Jackson. Miss, October %. Rep
resentative Lewis of Maryland asked the
President to visit Frederick, Nd. on the
occasion of the annual meeting of the
Associated Boards of Trade of Maryland
about November 10.
President Taft this afternoon received a
detail of the 4th Regiment, Maryland
division of the United Boys Brigaoe in
command of H. Clay Ward of Baltimore.
Praises Battleship Michigan.
President Taft has written to Capt
N. r.. Usher, commanding the battle
ship Michigan, at Provincetown, Mass,
the following letter of commendation:
My Dear Captain: AS the U. S. S.
Michigan, under your command, in
competition with all the other battle
ships of the navy, has obtained the
highest combined final merit in gun
merry and engineering for the year end
ing June. 1911, and has been awarded
the battle efficiency pennant, l take
great pleasure. as commanderin in chief
of the navy, in announcing this award
TO you, and 1 wish to commend you and
the orTicers and men of the Michigan
for the Jealous and efficient handling
of all the elements. the proper co-ordi-
nation of which has made the Mlchi-
gan, with the material placed at her
disposal the most efficient battleship
in guarding the country's interests.
Il have directed my naval aid. Lieut.
Commander Palmer. director of target
practice and engineering competition
to deliver this letter to you in person.
Sincerely,
(Signed) civilian II. TAFT