Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-09-13
PRESIDENT GUEST
OF IOWA CAPITAL
REFRESHED BY SUNDAY REST,
RESUMES CAMPAIGN FOR
TREATY AND COVENANT.
Scheduled for Eleven Addresses Dur
ing Week, from Canada to Pacific
Coast, Where He will Review
the Pacific Fleet.

Des Mones, Iowa.-After days
rest here on Sunday, President Will
son on Monday resumed his journey
through the northwest for week of
speech making there in the interest of
the peace treaty.
The president and Mrs. Wilson rest
ed most of the day in their suite at IL
Des Moines hotel, where they had
spent their first night off their spec
ial train since leaving Washington,
Wednesday, September 8 In the
morning they attended services at the
Central Presbyterian church. and in
the afternoon went for an automobile
ride, which took them out through the
country about the Iowa capital.
The president seemed to enjoy his
afternoon automobile ride immensely.
On the way smaller car turned over
into the ditch within sight of the pres
idential party and Mr.. Wilson ordered
his driver to stop and inquired wheth-
er anyone was hurt. He was assured
that all those in the car had escaped
injury.
DIR. Grayson, the presidents physi-
clan, said Mr.. Wilson had been much
refreshed by his Sunday stop in Des
Moines and was in good trim for the
strenuous week before him. He said
he would urge, however, that the pres
ident make few rear-platform speeches
along the way, saving his voice for
the eleven scheduled addresses.
The president made his third speech
in Missouri at Kansas City on Sep
TENDER 6, in the Convention hall,
which accommodates $4,000.
When the president, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilson, appeared on the plat
form of the vast auditorium, the
crowd, each of whom had small
American flag, arose and cheered for
more than two minutes.
Following his Kansas City address,
the president spoke in the Des Moines
Uowa) Coliseum, more than 300 miles
from Kansas City.
An escort of airplanes dropped
flowers on the presidents special train
as it approached Des Moines, and he
was cheered during an automobile ride
through crowds that packed the down.
town streets far out beyond the curb.
President Wilson's first speech of
the western tour was delivered at Co.
lumbus, Ohio Thursday, September 4.
The meeting was presided over by
DR.. w. o. Thompson, and the presi-
dent was introduced by former Cover
nor James E. Campbell as "the first
citizen of the big, round world"
Escorted by a battalion of state
troops and city officials. President
Wilson was driven through the city to
Memorial hall Immediately upon his
arrival.
To greet him on his arrival were
crowds somewhat reduced on account
of the street car strike, but the presi-
dent was cheered heartily as he pro-
ceeded, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson
and his party.
On arriving at the hall at IL 80
O'Clock, the president received an ova-
ton. The audience sang Dixie" and
then burst forth cheer that rang
through the hall.
President Wilson made two address
es at st. Louis on Friday, Septem-
Der 5.
The presidents first address was
at the chamber of commerce luncheon
after he had been cheered along the
route of seven-mile automobile ride
A.. fr1n l,n nIyn
in the Coliseum, where in 1916 he
was renominated for the presidency.
Following the midday address the
president and Mrs. Wilson went for
an automobile ride and stopped at
Washington university to visit several
members of the faculty who were
school chums of the executive.
The Coliseum was packed, and when
the president arrived the crowd arose
and cheered for more than four min
utes. Thousands of small American
flags had been distributed and the
audience waved them wildly while
they cheered.
The president was introduced by
Governor Frederick d. Gardner, who
said the people of Missouri never had
been more sincere in extending a well
come to any visitor. At that the crowd
cheered again.
When the governor introduced Mr..
Wilson as "the father of world de-
mocracy," there was more cheering.
A photographer in lookout gallery
called through a megaphone for mo-
ment's attention, to take flashlight,
but the president did not wait, saying
"this is much too serious an occasion
to care how we look, we ought to care
how we think"