The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-04
DEPARTS
FROM CAPITAL ON
TRIP THROUGH ALL
WESTERN STATES
Trip Will Probably Be Most
Arduous Ever Under
taken by a President.
To be Almost as Long
as Trip to Europe

Washington, Septembe + 2.
President Wilson left Washing
ton tonight for a countrywide
speaking trip to tell the Ameri-
can people first hand of his
part in the peace negotiations
and to make a personal appeal
that the peace treaty be rati-
lied without amendment.
Inc PRESIDENTS special train, on which
he will live nearly all of the time for
the next p days, departed at O'Clock.
The first leg of the trip Of nearly 10000
miles VIII be completed tomorrow morn
Ing in Columbus. o., where lie will make
the FIRST Of his 20 scheduled addresses.
The President and his party reached
the station at 6;i5 o'clock. aud were
given am ovation by the crowd. After
escortins Mrs. Wilson to the private car
the President returned to the platform.
where he chatted with friends until the
time for his train to leave
Among the Presidents party wcre ie.
lseph + Tnmulty. his secretary.
hsaf Aduiral Cary z. Cirayson bis II
isisiail.a Asafly 80 tiwspaper turxess IS
deft;s alsp We're aboaro the trlth, II
dftion to the force of 10 stenegraf
and secret service men
Inc trip, perhaps the most ard ss
ever undertaken by President.
carry Mr.. Wilson and his party as 4E
west as the Pacific coast, almost to The
Canadian border ON the north, and at
most to Mexico on the south lie will
speak in every state west of the Missis.
sippi except four and 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 Pres
idents trip to France and return. and
the members of his party expect 1t to b.
much more strenuous because OF it's con-
tinuity and the long rides through the
west
MOSTLY SHORT STOPS
Although the detailed schedule was heIs
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.
however. where Sunday stops will be
made, the President will have opportun-
ity for brief respites In Seattle he will
review the Pacific fleet.
The speech making schedule is a Wig
orouS one from the start, After bis
address at Columbus tomorrow, Mr.. Will
son will go to indianapolis in time for
an evening mass meeting. Then he will
continue westward with short stops at
st. Louis and Kansas City. reaching Des
Moines Saturday for the week end.
The following week will take him far
into the west by the northern route with
speeches at Omaha, Sioux Falls, St Paul,
Minneapolis, Bismarck, Billings, Helena,
Occur d'Alene, Spokane, Tokama and Sc
attic. After that will come Portland,
San Francisco, San. Diego, Los Angeles,
Reno, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Den
yer. Wichita, Oklahoma City Little
Rock Memphis and Louisville. The re-
turn, to Washington will be on Septem-
Der 20.
In addition to these scheduled addresses
Mr. Wilson expects to make some short
late stops.
Although 1t is expected that the efss
dent will devote most of his attent
the peace treaty. he probably viii As
touch the high cost of livinf Aa4
other domestic problems. 1t has
pointed out that much OF his itiief4 fg
lies through the northwest where
and social unrest has been pronour
But the principal message to be .
to the people is expected to relate to the
negotiations and treaty of Versailles.
After the same manner as he went to the
country for his preparedness measures,
his advisers say he is prepared to make
now the fight of his political life. if nee
essary, for the peace treaty.