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Show -MQSEVET; LOS -ANGELES ' IS IMEB m BEST Extraordinary Police Prc-cauticis Prc-cauticis Taken to Protect Pro-tect President During His Stay in Southern California City,: i 'LOS ANGELES, May President Roosevelt made his entry into Los Angeles An-geles at 1 o'clock this afternoon. . The. enthusiastic welcome that has greeted him at every stopping place within the ' boundaries of California reached a climax cli-max when the Presidential train drew in at La Grande station. ' The Presidential train left Riverside this . morning at 8 o'clock, at which early hour thousands of people turned out to bid the president good-bye. On . the way over the Santa Fe, a half-hour's half-hour's stop was made at Claremont, where the President spoke to the students stu-dents of Pomona college, the president of which, John D. Gates, is an old-time friend of President Roosevelt1 From Claremont the run was through the picturesque San Gabriel valley to Pas- . adena, where a stop of two hours was made. At Pasadena, the Beautiful. Pasadena, which Is famous as a city of beautiful homes, had been elaborately elabo-rately decorated. All the business houses and all the residences on the " route over which the President was driven displayed American flags and bunting. On the way to the Wilson high rchool, where the President delivered deliv-ered a short speech, he passed under a floral archway which extended for two blocks on Marengo avenue. The front of the archway was a solid mass of flowers from base to top, with festoons of vari-colored roses draped across from curb to curb. Baskets of flowers on smilax-twined poles extended from the windows of the high school build- . ing. and solid banks of roses covered the walls of the facade from base to cupola. Down Street of Millionaires. After the address at the high school. President Roosevelt and party took a carriage drive through the city. The route took them down the famous Orange Or-ange Grove avenue, the "street of millionaires." mil-lionaires." A brief stop was made at the home of Mrs. Garfield, the widow of the late President James A. Garfield, with whom the President chatted pleasantly for a few moments. Continuing tlw drive, the party passed down Columbia Colum-bia street to Raymond hill, from which point the President gained a splendid view of the fertile San Gabriel valley. Promptly at 12:30 the party boarded a train at Raymond station and left for Los Angeles. Welcomed by Thousands. When the train pulled I at La Grande station, Los Angeles, thousands of people blocked the streets on every side. Former members of the Presl- . dent's rough rider regiment, a detachment detach-ment of troop D, National Guard of California, and "Teddy's Terrors," a political club of prominent L03 Angeles business men, wearing the rough rider uniform, formed on either side of ths platform and kept the crowds back. The President entered a carriage with Gov. Pardee. Secretary Moody and Private Secretary Loeb and preceded and followed by a platoon of mounte l police and troop D. National Guard or California, was driven directly to th Westminster hotel at the corner cf Fourth and Main" streets, wher luncheon was served. From the station sta-tion along Second street to Main and thence to the Westminster hotel, crowds had gathered for a fleeting glimpse of the Chief Executive. All the enthusiasm that had been pent up for days past during the preparation a for the coming of the President was given voice In continuous cheers, which the President smilingly acknowledged. Precautions for Protection. ' Extraordinary police precautions hid been made to guard the safety of the President during his stay in Los Angeles. An-geles. Secret service men surrounded him, made way for him through th crowd at the station, and when alighted from his carriage at the Westminster hoteL In addition to the vigilance of the secret service men, ths Los Angeles police force adopted some-stringent some-stringent measures against the encroachments en-croachments of the crowd. Westmtn- . ster hotel, the temporary stopping place of the President and party, wa surrounded by a cordon of po'lee and plain clothes officers. A rope was drawn around the hotel and no one except 1 those holding paeses was admitted. ' Peast of Flowers. The annual Fiesta de las Flores, th chief feature of which Is' the elaborate floral parade, was arranged this year to coincide with the visit of the President. Unusual efforts had been made by th! Fiesta committee to make this feature of the celebration particularly attractive, attract-ive, a sort of .expression of the floral wealth of southern California. The I floral parade occurred this afternoon, and was reviewed by the President and party, as well as some 150,000 persons. |