Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-09-04
His Trip Probably the Most Ar.
duous Ever Undertaken by a
President Will Carry Him tc
the Pacific Coast
ON PAR WITH TRIP ABROAD
II Ts Definitely Decided That He VIII
Review the Pacific Fleet September
IL mt SeattIe-wiH He In San Ersn,
cisco the 18th

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 3.-ON BOARI
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ECIAI.
TRAIN.-President Wilson definitely
decided tonight that his review of the
Pacific fleet at Seattle, about which
some uncertainty had arisen, would
take place at 800 p. m. on Saturday
september 13. This arrangement viii
give him two days at San Francisco
September II and IS, as originall.
planned.
AS finally agreed on, the plan is tn
same as in the Presidents itinerary a
originally announced. Uncertainty re
garding local arrangement on the Pa
ciftc coast had led the President to con
slider postponing the review until Mon
day September Is, and cutting a day
from the stop in San Francisco. Tha
suggestion was abandoned after re
celpt of additional information by tn.
President tonight
Washington. Sept. 3.-The President an
his party reached thc station at 81
o'clock this evening and were given a.
| ovation by the crowd. After escort4nC
Mrs. Wilson 10 the private car the Presi-
| dent returned to the platform where h.
chatted with friends until the time foI
his train to leave.
Accompanying the President, in add.
tion to Mrs Wilson, were Joseph F
Tumuty. his secretary, and Rear Ad.
miral Cary T. Grayson, his physician
Nearly 30 newspaper correspondents also
were aboard the train in addition to the
force of official stenographers and secret
service men.
The trip perhaps the most arduous
ever undertaken by a President. will
carry Mr.. Wilson and his party as far
west as the Pacific coast almost to the
Canadian border on the north and almost
to Mexico on the south He will speak
IN every State west of the Mississippi
except four, and will make up for the
omission Of these by speeches in Ohio
Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee
In point of distance covered the tour
will be almost on a par with the Presi-
dents trip to France and return, and
the members of his party expect it TO
be much more strenuous because of its
continuity and the long, fast rides
through the West
Although the detailed schedule vas held
in confidence in the interest of safety
TO the presidential train, it is understood
that most of the stops will be only for
three or -FOUR hours. In Des Moines
Seattle, Los Angeles and Louisville how
ever, where Sunday stops are made. the
President will have opportunity for brief
respites. In Seattle he will review the
Pacific feet
The speech-making schedule is a vigor-
Gus one from the start After his adj
dress at Columbus tomorrow. Mr.. VIII.
son Will go to Indiana polls in time for
an evening mass meeting. Then he will
continue westward with short stops at
st. Louis and Kansas City. reaching D.s
Moines Saturday for the weekend
The following week will take him
far into the West by the northern
route. with speeches at Omaha, Stony
falis, ST, Paul, Minneapolis, Bis
marck. Billings, Helena, Occur
D'Alene Spokane, Tacoma and Seattle.
After that will come Portland, San
Francisco, San Diego. Los Angeles,
Reno. Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Dem
yer, Pueblo, Wichita. Oklahoma CITY,
Little Rock. Memphis and Louisville.
The return to Washington will be
on September 80.
In addition to these scheduled ad-
dresses Mr.. Wilson is expected to
make some shorter speeches from his
train at intermediate stops.
Although IL Is expected that the
President will devote most of his at
tention to the peace treaty he proba-
bly, also will touch on the high cost
of living and other domestic prob
lens. 1t has been pointed out that
much of his itinerary lies through the
northwest where labor and social un-
rest have been pronounced.
But the principal message to be
taken to the people is expected to re-
late to the negotiations and treaty Of
Versailles. After the same manner as
he went to the country for his pre-
paredness measures, his advisers say
he is prepared to make now the fight
of his political life, II necessary, for
the peace treaty.