South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-18
Permission to Attend Meeting
viii be Given All Public
School Children Who
Request 1t.
AMERICAN FLAGS TO
BE SUPPLIED THEM
Portable Platform to be Placed
Near Tracks From Which
President is Scheduled
to Give Address.

Several thousand pupils i'm the
pubEc schools. along with the citiz-
enship of South Bend viii greet
Pres't Wilson upon his arrival i'm
south Bend at $50 o'clock Thurs
day morning Announcement was
made Wednesday by Supt Nuner of
the public schools that all pupils
who wished 10 hear and see the
president when ne stops here viii
DE granted the privilege and will be
excused during the time the ma
tiou's chief executive stops in the
city.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made by
the democratic headquarters here
70 supply every school pupil who
goes 10 the Lake Shore depot with
am American flag. With the seeing
Of the president and the flag
demonstration il has been pointed
out by school officials that AN eff
fectjve patriotic impression viii he
made upon the Young America of
South Bend All plans are being
made TO give the people of South
Bend and the school children ample
opportunity 10 hear and see the
president when he stops here.
Necessarily the stop viii be of short
duration but the president is eX-
pected 10 make a short talk from a
portable platform which viii he
placed az the intersection OF Lafay-
cite blvd. and the New York Cen
tral tracks
Affair Nom Partisan.
The purpose OF the platform is TO
enable the president TO be in "a bet
ter position 10 address the great
throng which is expected 10 be at
the train when il arrives and TO give
the people OF Sou-h Bend the rare
opportunity of looking upon their
president Every effort is being
made 90 make the affair non
partisan as 2res't Wilson is insist
ing upon this point i'm his campaign
Mayor Fred w Keller will head
The committee which Will meet the
presidents train az Elkhart This
committee viii act as am escort for
the president TO South Bend a
short stop Will DE made in Elkhart
and another in Goshen while the
Iaporte people have been trying To-
make ARRANGEMENTS 20 have the
president talk there for "a few min
utes 10 is believes that this plan
has failed and as result reports
indicate thar there viii poe big
delegation here from that city
Will send Delegations.
NishaVak1 North Liberty. Walk
ertou. New Carlisle ana other towns
and communities in The county viii
send DELEGATIONS here tomorrow
morning. AS the event viii be more
i'm the nature OF "a patriotic demon
ttration and i'm honor OF the nations
chief all plans are beinG devised
along these lines
Ample police protection and order
has been promised by Mayor Keller
and Chief OF Police Willard +. Kerr.
The throne az the station is eX-
pecteo 20 begin 20 gather shortly
after o'clock and one of the b.g-
rest patriotic demonstrations in his
tory is being anticipated
pres't Wilson is already enroute
10 South Bend and is makIne
speeches along the way at various
meetings After leaving here DE viii
go To ChiCaEo where he viii address
the chicago Press club az 1880
O'Clock and later I'm the day VIII
speak before the New Citizenship
alliance M the stock yards Amer
icanism I'm its Broadcast Sense" is the
subject OF the address 90 bee deIiv-
cred there hy the president
samuel GompcrS Coming.
a probability developed last night
that Samuel Gompers. president 90
The American Federation OF labor
win be En- south Bend before the
end OF the campaign. 90 speak I'm
behalf ~ the reelection of the pres
ident a telegram was received Tues
day Pos the Central Trades council
stating that Mr. G0mpers could
speak here the night OF oct. 20. but
that being the night set aside foI
the big John A n. Adair rally ef-
forts are being made to get him here
either az an earlier or later date
AR Gompers. when ne comes. viii
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