Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
PRESIDENT ON WAY
TODES M0|NES,|0WA
His Chief Speech of Today
Will Be Delivered There
This Evening.
BRIEF TALKS EN- ROUTE
FROM TRAIN PLATFORM
Members of Party Pleased With Re-
ception Accorded Him at Chi
cago and Milwaukee.

| CHICAGO, February 1.-The
fourth day of President Wilson's
tour of the middle west On his
speaking tour for national pre-
lparedness today will carry him
west of the Mississippi through
Iowa, where his program calls for
the chief address of the day at
IDes MONIES in the evening. Four
brief talks from the rear platform
[of' his car at Davenport, Iowa
!City, Grinnell and Newton, Iowa,
are on the program for the after
noon.
! The President left here at 10
o'clock this morning. He said he
felt full of energy and much in
/ vigorated.
Before the Presidents special left
tChicago today the members Of his party
expressed their pleasure at the hearty
welcome accorded him here. They said
the local response to his plea for support
in preparing for an adequate national de-
tense has fully met their expectations.
Yesterdays somewhat strenuous activi-
ties. including an address before a large
audience at Milwaukee, in which the
President declared that those who sought
at first to divide domestic sentiments in
! the issues of war had shot their bolt"
] and the long speech here last night are
to be succeeded by relaxation Of activ-
| ity today. The first of the four five
minute talks en- route to Des Moines Is
not to be delivered until 2:3o pm. This
is at Davenport.
Program at Des Moines.
| A stop Of four and one-half hours
is on the program for Des Moines.
Reaching there at $50 PM, he ex-
poets to address the meeting at the
Coliseum at o'clock and leave at 11:25
pm. for Topeka and Kansas City.
where he will deliver addresses to-
morrow.
| Il have not supposed that the men
whose voices seemed to show a threat
against US represented even the peo-
pie they claimed to represent" he said
in his Milwaukee speech. The Presi-
dent spoke to an audience many of
whom were of foreign birth. He de-
clared he knew the men who came
| from foreign lands to America loved
| liberty and would stand by the ideals
of America. He appealed to all Amer
| leans to support the government in its
national defense plans.
! (The text Of his speech is printed in
another column.)
Plea for Army and Navy.
| The Presidents speech of last night
was in large measure a reiteration of
| his previous pleas for speedy upbuild-
Ing of the army and navy and his in
dorsement Of the continental army
plan.
! His assertion that SO far as the navy
is concerned the country is prepared
for immediate war caused a momentary
nutter in the audience. but was soft
ened by his declaration that the navy
| was Inadequate in size, though not in
| ideals and the solemn pledge" of this
| country to maintain the national SOW
ereignty of the countries in the vest
ern hemisphere was received with ap-
plause and his description of Ameri-
cans as body of idealists much more
ready to lay down their lives for a
| thought than a dollar" ELECTED hearty
| approval
| The auditorium where he spoke last
night was a riot OF red, white and blue,
| swung in festoons from rails and boxes.
Back of the stage hung the American
| coat of arms on field of blue.
Police Hold Throngs in Check.
Four galleries besides the main floor
were white with faces Many had
sought in vain to obtain tickets and
were turned away. Twelve hundred
police held in check the sidewalk
throngs. clearing the street entirely of
traffic between the hotel and the audi
torium. A brass band in the pit played
ii popular and national airs.
An hour before the President was due
to speak the galleries were filled. The
main floor seats were taken long be-
fore he came on the stage. The rous-
ing welcome with which Chicago
greeted his arrival was echoed in the
cheers of the crowds about the build
ing as the presidential party came in
(The President's Chicago speech il
printed in another cOlumn.)