Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-16
WILSON UNABLE TO
HIDE HIS IDENTITY
Crowds in New York Discover Presi'
dent, Who Is Taking Stroll
Through Streets.
MAKES ESCAPE INTO A HOTEL
Takes Long Automob.lc Ridc, On
which he IL wnhin Few MILES
ot uome of Colonel
Roosevelt.

NEW YORK. Nov. iS..-Presdont Will
son found tonight he could not hope to
avoid recognition In New York even when
he appeared upon the streets rs private
citizen He tried Il aud failed
After speudlng the day playing golf at
the Piping Rock club on Ions Island, Mr
Wilson returned to this NClty and an
nounced that he Intended 20 spend the
evening quietly at the home OF his friend,
Colonel E. NJ House. IN H'ifly~thifd street,
lie changed his mind. however. and At
$3.50 o'clock this evening he and Colonel
House started for a stroll on Broadway.
They were attended only by couple of
secret aervice men. who remained some
distance in the rear.
IL Found Out.
Soon the president and his escort halted
for n moment TO listen to tho music pro-
vided by the salvation Army open cir
meeting and rlsht there Mr. Wilson's
incognito came 10 an end
"t's Wilson IT'S President wilson
shouted the discoverer.
Instantly tho salvationists were deserted
as the listeners began to follow the presi-
dent and hts host, The secret service
men closed In quickly
Two blocks farther on n volunteer street
orator, discussing the Mexican situation.
gained the nations chief executive as an
auditor. THO president smlled and started
on as the speaker eulogized villa and
excorated Carranza. The orator soon was
deserted, the throng trailing the president,
The next stop In the, Wilson itinerary
was a suffragist meeting. Tho feminine
speaker was interrupted In her address
as the hundreds who followed tho presi-
dent came up. The crowd shouting
"Hurrah for Wilson," had by this timo
gained alarming proportions.
Two or three New York policemen
volunteered TO assist the secret service
operatives I'm forcing path for the city's
distinguished visitor and they began look
ing for a safe haven.
Tho suggestion was made as they
reached, Forty-fourth street that they
seek the Waldorf Astoria hotel whore Or,
Cary Grayson, the presldents physician,
is a guest. Tho hotel was reached safely
and the officers made q lane for MIR VIII
son. As he gained the door the president
turned and waved his hand. crying
Goodbye. I'm going Co get away from
you now
Sees Picture of Wife.
As the crowd surRed around the Thirty
fourth street entrance, Mr.. Wilson, Colo
mel HouGe aud their guardians were taken
TO the second floor In an elevator and
spirited out on the Fifth avenue side. ~
they gained the street the president
caught sight OF a painting Of Mrs. Wilson
In the window OF an hrt store,
The president stood sadly and silently
before the window for few minutes, the
crowd evidently forgotten. Then the
secret service men hailed a Fifth avenue
bus ana In this vehicle the president roi
the United States, hiE exploration OF the
city ended for the night. rode TO tho home
OF Colonel House.
Discusses Explanation.
During the afternoon President Wilson
discussed generally the explanation he
will recommend to congress I'm December
and appointments he win make soon "a
the new trade commission with Colonel
House. Ho also took a long automobile
ride through Long Island. on which ne
was within few miles OF Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who In at his home IN
Oyster Bay. but the two did not meet
Colonel Roosevelt expressed interest when
told that Mr. Wilson was near him and
said he hoped the president was well.
Attendance AZ the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terlan church and dinner at the home OF
Cleveland Dodge at Riverdaie will make
up the program OF the president tomor-
row. with Miss Helen Bones. his cousin
who has been on a shopping tour here
and Miss Margaret Wilson. his daughter
he Will leave for Washington at O'Clock
tomorrow morning