The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-10-02
WEATHER IS HOT
AT RENO, NEVADA
Presidents Special Experiences
BIIStering Sun on Run From
Sacramento.
SPEAKS TO LARGE AUDIENCE
Wilson Is Met by Dense Crowds at
All the Towns the Train Passed
Through-Makes Another Hit
With the Children.

with the Children.
Reno, New, Sept. pa blistering
sun sizzled President Wilson over the
California boundary line into this city
late last night. 1t made the all-steel
cars of the white House Special re-
semble bake ovens, but with all its
heat it did not exceed in temperature
tn warmth of the welcomes given the
president at every little town, cross
roads and village through which the
train passed.
The president had only one set
speech for the day. 1t was given to
a large and enthusiastic audience
here Shortly after noon, however,
when the train pulled into Sacramen-
to, the president appeared on the OBJ
servation platform of the Mayfiower
and addressed a crowd of 5000 per-
sons His speech did not exceed 500
words. He touched briefly on the
Shantung matter, and closed with
these words: 1.-The heart of America
is right and her purpose is irresist-
ible"
People Out En- Masse.
1t took the presidents train nearly
One-half hour to go through Sacra-
mentO and the California capital was
out en- masse to see him. Thousands
of school children and grown folk, too,
lined the tracks and cheered him as
the train went slowly. The same
outpOurlng of people occurred, more
over, at Stockton, Lodi and other
towns and cities in the San JOAQUIN
and Sacramento valleys. Both these
portions of California presented large
numbers of Japanese men and women,
and hOrdes of Japanese children to the
view of the president, and many of
the most fertile farms of both val
legs were being worked by Oriental
Iaborers, who stared in silence at the
special as it sped along.
The president made a great hit with
the children of Sacramento. In COM
mon with the children of every other
city that he has visited the Sacra-
mentO youngsters started on q mad
dash after the 'Mayf1Ower'' once they
spied the president, but here their
elders started running also. Some
small boys in the foreground of the
pursuers grasped hands to restrain
the crowds from pushing forward too
rapidly. Then the president stepped
TO the railing of the car.
President Drills Children.
I'm going to drill you" he called
out to the boys. Shoot" was the re-
ply he received
Thereupon the president, in unmis-
taxable schoolmaster fashion, raised
his hand and began this chant: -Four
four. four feet back. Four, four, four
feet back
The children caught the words in
stantly, took up the tune, and there
after the crowd was always -four feet
back" from the ''Mayf1ower," and there
was no danger of anyone being in
tured.
1t was comparatively reStful day
for the president, but he was keenly
concerned with all developments in
the steel strike The president be-
lieves that in sending the telegram to
Samuel Gompers last week, wherein
he expressed the hope of a postpone
ment of the strike until the Industrial
conference had met in Washington and
finished its work, he did all that was
possible for him to do at the time. He
Is keeping in close touch with the situ-
alton. however, through Secretary of
Labor Wilson.
The president, it was learned. will
probably be in New York on October
8 TO meet the king and queen of Bel
GUM, who are expected to arrive in
this country October 4. He will re-
turn to Washington Immediately, how
ever, 20 open the sessions of the in
dustrial conference October 6.
itinerary for Week
The presidential train left Reno
immediately after the address. On
Tuesday there will be a brief stop at
Ogden, Utah, but no address is on the
official schedule. He will speak Tues
day night in the tabernacle at Salt
Lake City and Wednesday afternoon
at Cheyenne, WyO.
During the remainder of the week
there will be two stops a day, the
president speaking at Denver Thurs
day morning, at Pueblo. Colo, Thurs
day afternoon; at Wichita, Kan, Fri
day morning; Oklahoma City, Friday
night: Little Rock. Ark, Saturday af-
ternoon, and Memphis, Tenn, Satur-
dow