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Show CARDINAL MERCIER EXTENDED WELCOME BY THE FRESIDENT i ON BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPECIAL TRAIN. LIVINGSTON, Mont., ; Sept. 11. A welcome to the United States was extended to Cardinal Mercier today by President Wilson, telegraphing to New York in response to a message of greeting sent him yesterday by the Belgian Bel-gian prelate. "Remembering your kind visit to Malines," Cardinal Mercier telegraphed, "I beg to express to you my respectful and cordial greetings on landing on American Amer-ican soil." Mr. Wilson replied: "May I not bid you a most cordial welcome wel-come and extend to you my warm personal per-sonal regards? I shall look forward with the greatest pleasure to greeting you in person." President Wilson devoted much time today, after leaving Billings, to completion comple-tion ot arrangements for the coming labor la-bor conference in Washington early in October. The first meeting probably will ' be held October 6, and representatives of . labor and those who employ labor will consider domestic labor problems and the existing unrest. Delegates are expected to be present representing leading manufacturers, investment in-vestment bankers, agricultural organizations organiza-tions and labor. Going through Montana today the presidential presi-dential party got Its first glimpse of high mountain peaks and buttes when the train climbed more than S00 feet from Billings to Helena, through the Yellowstone Yellow-stone valley. At Livingston, Mont., the train stopped to change engines, and a crowd, many of whom were children, were on hand to welcome the president. "I never saw so many children In my life," the president laughingly called out, "and they are all good Democrats." One of the crowd replied, "Good!" The president exclaimed, "I like to see that!" Mrs. Wilson was presented with two baskets of flowers by two girls dressed in white frocks, and when the president saw them appear he invited them into the car. Another incident seemed to please the crowd, as well as the presidential party. An elderly, white-haired woman was seen struggling through the crowd that surrounded the train. The president directed di-rected that a passage be made for her and she presented Mrs. Wilson with a small bunch of sweet peas. Both the president and Mrs. Wilson thanked and shook hands with her. |