Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-19
VICE PRESIDENT is
ON WAY TO COAST
Distinguished Party Enroute ia
Panama Exposition Sleeps While
Car is in Omaha.
REPORTER SEES THEIR SHOES

Occupying the compartment car, Car
rizo. OF the Overland Limited, Vice Pres
ident Marshall Secretary Lane OF the
Interior department. Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt OF the Navy department. ac-
companied by their shoes and wives with
Senator Phelan of California in charge OF
the party. all passed through omaha ct
an early hour yesterday morning.
The official party. the members OF
which are the personal representatives Of
President Wilson. Is enroute to San Fran
cisco. There, next Monday Vice Presi-
dent Marshall viii officiate at the for
mai opening of the exposition.
1t was asserted that Secretary Roose-
welt was the only member of the gov
eminent official party who awoke while
tho Overland was in Omaha, for thirty
minutes following 1880 o'clock. lie did
not get out OF the berth, merely turning
over to get a grip on morning nap.
Vice President Marshall had left word
with the car porter that he was not to
be disturbed and that he would arise
when he got ready. The vice president
did not get up even to see Mayor Dahl
man, who. aside from the newspaper
meu, was the only person visiting train
WouIdn't Re Bribed.
The mayor seemed mighty anxious to
meet the vice president and scrubbed a
limo on his own personal card. He at
tempted to bride a porter TO take the
card to the sleeping vice president, but
failed. The porter was sure that "Mr
Marshall does not care to see any callers
he just wants to sleep and be up for
the last call for breakfast"
In the aisle in front of the doors of the
compartments of the Carrie, in which
tho government officials slept. wero
numerous shoes. They were of all styles,
shapes, sizes and colors. They had been
neatly dressed and, according to the
porter, they belong to these great gem
tlemen."
The shoes in front of the door Of the
state room were pointed to as those of
the vice president. They we're No. Sc,
black, broad toes, thick-soled, high-cut
and laced, and q little the worse for
wear, especially the heals that were a
little turnover.
Does Not stHnd square.
While. perhaps, the vice president OF
the United States does not sidestep on
general propositions. the way his shoes
are worn would indicate that he does
not stand souarely on every proposition.
One shoe was more worn at the heel than
was the other. This was tho left shoe
and the rear outer edge had at least
two lifts worn off. The heel OF the other
shoe was worn square across, indicating
that at least part OF the time the vice
president is a square stander.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the
navy has shoes of the tan variety stand
ing in front Of his compartment and IL
he is troubled with corns. IT was asserted
that they viii give him considerable I'M
easness IL he does much tramping around
the exposition grounds next week. They
have not been broken in and the cost
mark has not been worn off the soles.
The porter vouchsafed. the information
that Wednesday night was the first time
these shoes had ever been polished. To
keep them in shape patent stretchers
were used,
Had Been Oiled.
The shoes owned by Secretary Lane
were of the broad soled. low heeled, COM
Portable type, high and laced They were
pretty well worn and the kind that would
permit OF considerable walking about the
exposition grounds without firing the
wearer II was evident that at some
period in the remote past, the Lane shoes
had been treated with oil. or rubbed
over with fresh lard, for they absolutely