Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1912 — TAFT SAILS FROM PANAMA [ARTICLE]

TAFT SAILS FROM PANAMA

President Arrives in Florida on Sunday—Expresses Great Pleasure Over His Visit. Colon, Dec. 27.—The United States battleship Arkansas, with President Taft aboard, sailed from Colon last evening for Key West. Colonel Goethals, the chief engineer of the canal work, boarded the battleship Delaware, which accompanied the Arkansas. The warships are expected to reach Key West Sunday and the president is due in Washington Tuesday. President Taft expressed great pleasure over his visit to Panama and said he would appoint the civil governor and subordinate officials on his return 1 to Washington.