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Show NOISY WELCOME IS EXTENDED TO PRESIDENT WILSON I.OS ANO. Kl.KS, Sept. 'JO.--Trvidon t W il4on came to l.os A neli-s tod;i v to conclude his stay on tin Pacit'io eotist with it two day vif.it devoted inntly to rest. Tho (nl v ajipoint men t s nn his pro Lorain up to hi departure tomorrow nij;ht were a public dinner tonight and a n iht address at the Sh ri tiers ' auditorium. audi-torium. I lV.piv the phm of the presidential i p:r ty to ip into the city cju iet ly, u ; noiy welcome w:i extended. Leaving .San iMe'o, immediately after his public ! dinner last niht, Mr. Wilson slept late :tni w hen hi.s train reached the station ; h're he had not yet brea k f a -t ed. In , ignorance of the president 's wi-h not . to be disturbed, a lare crowd had ath- : ere it and it refused to o away until ' .Mr. and Mrs. Wilson app.-a red. j Train officials pulled the pnvnto car j ' M ay flower ' ' to a secluded sidetrack in or-W to permit the presideir. to fin- j ish hi.s break fa. . Ti d :s-nura e t he , crowd it also was an nniinn d that the ' parade from the train to the prc-.idi'i!! s : hotel would fake place after norm, but I 1 .hoe who hai gathered a: the station jonly increased in numler and at 1(1:30 the t ay flower was brought back and ; t h e presidential party d r n -e to the ! hotel through blo-k s of chTrin crowds. J At tho hotel the president went im-; im-; m c d i a t o 1 y to his ,v i i V and it w:n announced an-nounced h would res: the remainder of the day. Poctor C!rayon, his phy-I phy-I sician, Mid he was not ill, but realred that th trip eastxvurd during tho iotn-inj; iotn-inj; week would be a strenuous one and he desired to conserve his strength as much as possible. j Mr. Wilson had promised to make only a brief address at the dinner to- j niht, reserving his principal effort for Mie mass meeting at the auditorium. It was during the parade that the president got his real welcome to the city, Throutjh a bedlam of applause he rode along ten miles of down -town streets that were crowded to the last squa re inch. At many jdaeen the people peo-ple crushed out so far beyond the curb :that mounted policemen had to ride them down to make a way for the presidential pres-idential party, while in the cross streets , were massed other thousands v.-ho had lost out in the fight for places along , tr? parade route. Windows, fire escapes and roots where the president passed were thronged and at many crossings crowds had climbed to the tops of stalled street cars to see the proeossion. In one section sec-tion ninety thousand school children lined the streets. They tried to sin; The Star Spangled Banner, but their voices were drowned out in the mighty roar of cheering that surged along as the president came by. The ride lasted for nearly two hours, and most of the way the president was on his feet waving his hat in response 1 to the shouts of the crowd. There wore many shouts also for Mrs. Wilson, who rode with him, and she was kept busv nodding her acknowledgements. Many showers of flowers fell on the presidential car, while from several office of-fice buildings confetti and paper : streamers were released above the procession. pro-cession. Everywhere in the picture were patriotic decorations and thousands thou-sands waving small American flags in swirling riot of color. |