The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-18
PRESIDENT IN
OREGON TO-DAY
Speaks to Portland Crowd To-
1ight-Big Preparations
Made Fer the Johnson Borah
Meeting at Des Moines.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 16.-President
Wilson. stamping the nation in behalf
OF the peace treaty ratification, arrived
lin Portland at 9 a. m. today to make
one speech and spend the rest of the
day motoring and resting.
The president had Il noisy reception
here. lie began before his special train
pulled into the station. Every crossing
had an applaudinG crowd and at sew
erai places people were strung along
the tracks, holding their hats in their
hands. S.
Wilson's train stopped four hours
during the night so it would not reach
Portland before . n. nj. The original
time OF arrival was S O'Clock. but this
was set back four hours so the presi.
dent would have a chance to sleep
!cnge: aEa eat his breakfast without
doing it in the presence of. crowds look
ing in the windows Of his car.
President Wilson was greeted by
state and city officials when he left his
special train at little after 9 o'clock.
The president and Mrs. Wilson rode
through streets lined with cheering
people and the presidential party was
taken on a trip over hex Columbia high
way.
President Wilson was expected later
to open officially the MuItnomah
ty fair and manufacturers and land
products show with a brioi address.
At l o'clock a luncheon was to be
served, at which 600 places were re-
served. During the afternoon the pres
ident desired to rest preparatory to
making his only formal address in Ore
gon at the municipal audotirium at 8
o'clock tonight. After this address the
presidential party will leave for San
Francisco.
Bid Him Godspeed.,
Wilson's departure from Seattle last
night was marked by a demonstration
in which cheering people lined the
streets along several blocks OF the
route from the hotel to the railway
station. The president stood up in his
car during q portion of the ride. flour
ishing his hat in a characteristic gest-
ure. in response.
The president, when i've enters. Cal
ifornia. is expected to get some more
information with regard to the project
ed strike protest against life imprison-
ment for Thomas j. Mooney, labor
leader, convicted OF implication in the
preparedness parade bomb explosion in
San Francisco, l91e
Hears LaGor Leaders.
James A. Duncan and other Seattle
labor leaders informed the president Of
their version ofsthe conditions leading
up to the projected strike. and told him
it was understood that unrest would
make it difficult to avoid it.
Wilson broke his long established
yi,Ia nf r oncactjr No hy,qipnCs. orr SIM
day in order to near these men, and it
was learned he had taken under on
sheraton the information they gavs
aim.
Radicals Active.
Local police officers today reported
Il group Of men Saturday night stood
outside the arena while the president
was speaking inside, pounded on the
doors and cried I'VE want Justice along
with cries Of I'VE want n and I'VE
want Wilson,"
During President Wilson'S visit to
Seattle, local radicals walked the streets
wearing badges reading release polit-
ical prisoners"
= President and Mrs. Wilson Sunday
attended services at the First Presby-
terrain church, of which an old Prince
ton oiassIuaie vi the president, Or. W.
A Matthews, is pastor. The president
was cheered by the congregation when
he entered the church
Admiral Rodran, staff officers and
ship commanders Of the Pacific fleet
called upon the president Sunday aft
ernoo to pay their respects. The pres
ident compl:mented them on the preci-
sion with which the fleet review went
off Saturday