The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-16
EVERY PRECAU7I0N
WILL BE TAKEN T0'
GUARD TAFT HERE
General Manager Brooks, Of D. o. RI.
WIN Ride With Motorman u
Special Car That Carries Prssi-
dent To Pontiac and Back.
Secret Service Men win Be At *
ecutivs's Side Every Minute
Order Of the Parade.

Every precaution for the safety Or
President Taft. who comes to Detroit
Monday. is being made by the local
committee on arrangements. In addi-
ton to the great care given this line
or work by the secret service ofIcers
VINO accompany the president wher-
ever he goes The ID. u. r. Is co-opcr-
ating In this idea OF safety during Ms
trolley ride to Pontiac from Detroit.
then back to the State Fair grounds
In their special car No. 1900 which
VIII be preceded by the Yolande carry
ing the local committee and acting a.
q pilot car.
General Manager +. w. Brooks In
forms Chairman Frederick II. Holt
that he personally will ride with the
motorman on No. 1900 and that John
v. Peters. superintendent OF the Pom
tiac division. will ride with the motor
man on the Yolande
The decorations in the Wayne Car
dens will be completed Saturday
night, and unless expectations fail.
they will draw round OF plause from
the guests as they enter the gardens.
Monday noon. The work is being done
by w. w. Noyes, Philip Breitmeyer
furnishing the flowers.
The committee has designated Mil
ton A. McRae as the member or tho
committee to ride with the president
in the first automobile In the parade.
Monday. The first automobile In lire
the day OF the parade will seat Presi-
dent Taft. his military aide. Major A.
w. Butts; Private Secretary @. ID. HiI-
IFS and Secret Service Oficer James
Sloan, Jr.. with Milton A. McRae. The
second car will have two more secret
service men, r. l.. Jervis and Joseph
Murphy, w. w. Mischler. the presi-
dents stenographer. and DIR. Rhodes,
his physician. The third car will con-
| tain the chairman. Frederick II. Holt;
r. M. Alger and Mayor VIM. b,
Thompson of the local committees. In
| the fourth car will be Walter s. Rus
4 sci, Lucius e Wilson. Congressman
/ Samuel w. Smith, Of Pontiac. He
| Coleman, editor OF the Pontiac Gazette,
who represent the Pontiac reception
committee. and United States Senn-
| tors william Alden Smith and Charles
| e. Townsend The fifth and sixth cars
will contain the newspaper men, who
accompany the president and the
seventh will follow along empty TO be
used as q pickup car In case OF an
accident.
Through an error, It was announced
| In the morning papers that the spe-
cial car on its way through Highland
Park would stop at Buena Vista-ave.,|
while the school children OF the VII
| lage paid their respects to the presl-
dent I'm song. This is partially wrons,'
inasmuch as the car will merely SLOW
up at Buena Vista and Msland-ayes.,
so that the school children may see
the president when he makes his ap-
pearance on the rear platform
To date. 20 men have accepted
president McRae's Invitation to attend
breakfast with the president at the
Detroit club, Monday morning. Be-
sides the presidents party Of 22. there
will be newspaper men OF the Detroit
papers and from the following citlcs
of Michigan: Grand Rapids, Bay City.
Saginaw, Flint, Jackson, Kalamazoo.
Pontiac, Adrian, PIT. Huron. Hillsdaie.
Ann Arbor, Mt. Clemens, Ypsilanu.
Owosso, Niles, Albion, Marshall, Bis
Rapids, Cadillac, Ionia, Alpena and
Battle Creek. The representatives
will be from daily papers only.
The order Of the parade, which, In
reality, is the second OF the day,
leaving the Wayne hotel, after luncn
! in the neighborhood of o'clock. for
the Hotel Cadillac, where the presi-
dent addresses the internal revenue
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