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Notes From Foreign Lands, Throughout
the Nation and Particularly
ths Great South.
Southern.
Mtb. Mabel Mills, wife of a wealthy
land owner of San Antonio. Texas, lies
under the care of physicians at an
Kvanston, 111., hospital, after either
having lost or been robbed of about
$43,500 in that city. Mrs. Mills is suffering
from a wound In the back of
her head, but is uncertain whether
she was felled by a blow and robbed
or whether she fainted and sustained
the injury by a fall to the sidewalk.
In a running ArIu on the border
near Douglas. Ariz., between Mexican
soldiers and troopers of the Ninth
United States cavalry, four Mexicans
were killed. None of the American
troops were killed or wounded, according
to advices received at IC1 Paso.
Pour American oftlcers, walking on the
American line, three miles from nonplus,
are reported to have been fired on
by forty regular Mexlckn soldiers, patrol'.ng
the border out of Agua Prieta,
opposite Douglas. Sixteen of the negro
troops of the Ninth rushed to the
place of the llring and had a spirited
skirmish.
The settlement of a murder case
for $01.50 sounds rather unusual, but
is it said that was what happened at
Athens, Ga., in the settlement of tho
killing of one small negro boy by another.
Percy Carson, aged 12, shot
Arthur Johnson, aged 10, through the
thigh, after the two boys had quarreled.
The boy who was shot bled
to death; the boy who did the shooting
fled. He is said to he in the country,
three miles from Athens, but has
not been arrested nor has a warrant
been sworn out for his nppi ehension.
If Clinton M. Roczkowski, tho two
and a half-year-old son of Mr. ami
Mrs. O. \V. M. Roczkowski, of Albany,
Ga., recovers from frightful burns, it
will be because his sister, six years
old, hud presence of mind to dash
several panfuls of water which she
drew from a hydrant, over the little
fellow's burning garments.
Po?>eman John Gibby was shot and
killed ..t Cornelia, Ga., ly two tramps
whom he had put under arrest. The
two tramps, who were negroes, were
lynched. Many women and children
were present at the lynching.
Doth the army ami navy recruiting
stalions in Atlanta are experiencing
record enlistments. The army station
has enlisted something over sixty men
for one month ami the navy twentyeight
men.
Giles \V. Farrls, Oklahoma state
printer, was Impeached by the Oklahoma
senate on charges of forgery
und the approval of illegal claims.
O. V. SisBon, a well known farmer
of the vicinity of Talladega, Ala., was
fatally injured when an old ex-flre
horse with which he was plowing
heard a tire alarm and suddenly (lashed
away in answer to tho old call.
The horse was formerly connected
with the local tire department and
was accustomed to gallop off with his
mates at the sound of the alarm.
General
On July 1. next, the collect-on delivery
feature will be added to the
parcel post service.
For half an hour after he had killed
(..eorge h. Marsh, an nged manufacture
of Lynn. Mass., William Dorr
drove up anil down the Lynn boulevard
with the body propped tip beside
him in the single seat of his run
about. The state alleges that Marsh
was murdered so the defendant might
profit indirectly through a trust fund
which lie thought would go to his
aunt.
Another was added to the list of
antarctic tragedies by the news received
at Sydney, N. S. W., of the
death of two members of the expedition
commanded by Dr. Douglas Mawson.
The party left Tasmania in 1911
accompanied by a large body of scientific
men, to explore thoroughly the
regions around the southern magnetic
pole. Once again the British army
is affected by the loss of a brilliant
officer, Lieut, 1). K. S. Nlnn'n of the
famous Uoynl Fusiliers regiment.
Switzerland has suffered a severe loss
in the death of Doctor Merz. a prominent
scientist and sportsman.
In accordance with orders received
from Washington, the old Anoni tor
Puritan, now at the Charleston, S. C.,
navy yard, will be stripped of all her
fittings and prepared for use as a
target. Built in 1876 the Puritan did
good service during the Spanish wnr.
The widow of llapt. Robert F. Scott,
the antarctic explorer, will henceforth
be known as I^uly Scott. King George
bestowed on her the same rank, style
. and precedence aB if her husband had
been nominated a knight commander.
A number of counterfeit ten and
twenty-dollar bills have made their
Appearance at Jacksonville, Fla.
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Fire destroyed the Dewel hotel at
Thirteenth anu Farnatn streets, in
uniuiiit, ?>fu. ai least a score autl
possibly more ot persons lost their
lives.
The fifth box car loaded with a
portion of the skeleton of an Atah lizard
started from Jensen, Utah, for
the Carnegie museum In Pittsburg. It
Ib estimated that ten more carloads
will be necessary before all the bones
of the giant dinosaur, which is being
excavated on the banks of the Green
i^ver, are assembled in Pittsburg. The
bones are quarried in blocks out of
solid rock and the blocks cased fpr
shipment. The skeleton measures 84
feet in length.
John Beal Snced, a wealthy west
TexaH ranch owner, was declared not
guilty of the murder of Al Hoyce, Jr..
at Amarlllo, Texas, last September.
Sneed shot Royce to death on a downtown
street in Amarlllo at what was
said to have been the first meeting' of
the two men after Boyce had eloped
with Mrs. Sneed about a year before
the killing. Al Boyce, Jr.. was the second
member of the Boyce family that
Sneed had killed on account of developments
following the elopement.
The flight of Ernesto Madero and
Francisco Madero, uncle and father
of the late president, became known
in Mexico City. Ernest Madero had
attempted to induce the troops to
join in a new revolt and orders had
been issued for liis arrest. The Maderos
reached Vera Cruz and went on
board a Cuban gunboat.
Emilio Madero, a brother of the
late president, has been shot and killed
near Monterey, according to information
received
Washington
With the adjournment of congress
the end is written to two years o!
epoch-making struggle within party
ranks; and to three sessions of effort
only partially successful, t? adjust
the differences between a Democratic
house, a senate under DemocraticProgressive
control and a Republican
president.
The power of the Internationa! Harvester
company, the so-called harvester
trust, which the Federal govern
ment Is seeking io dissolve under the
oucruimi law, lies in lis superior com- I
mund of capital, including its coniKc- |
tious with J. P. Morgan & Co., and
John 1). Rockefeller, and certain objectionable
competitive methods, according
to Luther Conaut, Jr., commissioner
of corporations, in bis report
on the operations of the giant corporation
submitted to President Taft.
The Webb liquor bill, prohibiting
the shipment of liquor into "dry"
states, was repassed in the senate
over the president's veto. There was
only a short debate.
The rejoinder of the British government
to the last American note
regarding the Panama canal zone
tolls question was delivered to Secretary
Knox by AmLassador Bryce.
Though naturally of great interest to
secretary Knox, he will make no effort
to consider it, but will allow the
negotiations on the American side to
be continued by his successor ofilce.
The new president has made his position
plain lately to several Democratic
senators, lie has made known
to Democratic senate leaders most
closely in bis confidence that he favors
the passage of Senator Root's
amendment to the Panama canal bill
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American coastwise ships from pay |
mcnt of tolls.
The bill to create a department of
labor with a cabinet officer at its
head passed the senate after less
than an hour's consideration. The
measure had previously passed the
house, but amendments in the senate
will require its perfection in conference.
One amendment would put the
new children's bureau under the di
rectlon of the secretary of labor.
President Taft sent to congress bis
much-discussed "budget" message. Ho
recommended the adoption of a budget
system of relating proposed expenditures
to expected revenues and declared
that congress would be greatly
benefited by having before it such a
statement before it began the nnnuul
grind upon appropriation bills. The
United States, he says, is the only
irient naflnn in the worlit whlrli <li/l
not use the budget system and in
consequence It "may be said to be
without plan or program." He indi
rated that owing to the late day at
which be was able to transmit his
message he expected little legislation
on the topic from the present congress.
In n special message to congress,
President Taft urgently recommended
immediate appropriation of $250,000
for the first annual payment to Pan
ama under the terms of the treaty by
which Panama gave to thu United
States permission to build the Panama
canal. The treaty provided that
in addition to $10,000,00(1 in gold paid
for the canal zone in annual sum of
$250,000 was to he paid as long as
the treaty existed, beginning nlno
years after ratification of tho treaty.
The first payment is dno February 20.
The government might have gained
thirty-six million dollars in the
last twenty-six years had it collected
interest on ail Its deposits and what
it might have deposited In hanks and
still retained a working balance of
thirty-five million dollars in the treas
ury, according to the conclusion of
a report of the house committee on
expenditures In the treasury department.
The committee recommended
that the ways and means committee
or the hanking and currency committee
report a law compelling deposit of
excess government funds at interest
under a competitive bidding system.
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WILSON INDUCTED
INTO HIGH OFFICE
Inauguration of Twenty-Seventh
President Is Witnessed by
Great Crowds.
MARSHALL SWUHN IN FIRST
Simple Ceremony In Senate Chamber
Followed by More Impressive
Affair on East Portico of
the Capitol.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington, March 4.?In the presence
of a vast throng of his fellow citizens,
Woodrow Wilson today stood in
front of the east portico of the capltol
and took the oath of president of the
United States. Thomas R. Marshall
already had been sworn in as vicepresident,
and with the completion of
the ceremony the ship of state was
manned by the Democratic party,
which had been ashore for sixteen
years.
As the new chief executive of the
nation stood with bared head, Edward
Douglass White, chief justice of
the Supreme court, held before him
the Hible always used in the ceremony.
Mr. Wilson pluced his hands
upon the book and in a voice strong,
though somewhat affected by emotion,
swore to sunuort the Constitution and
the laws of the country and to perform
the duties of his high ofllce to the best
of his ability.
Thomas Riley Marshall swore fealty
to the Constitution and to the
people in the senate chamber, where
for four years it will be his duty to
preside over the deliberations of the
members of the upper house of congress.
Severely Simple Ceremonies.
Both of the ceremonies proper were
conducted in n severely simple but
moBt impressive manner. The surroundings
of the scene of the president's
induction into ofllce, however,
were not so simple, for it was an outof-door
event and the great gathering
of military, naval and uniformed civil
organizations gave much more than a
touch of splendor to the scene.
In the senate chamber, where the
the oath was taken by the man now
vice-president of the United States,
there were gathered ubout 2.000
people, all that the upper house will
contain without the risk of danger
because of the rush and press of the
multitudes. It i6 probable that nowhere
else In the United States at
any time are there gathered an equal
number of men and women whose
names are so widely known. The
gathering in the senate chamber and
later on tire east portico of the capltol
was composed largely of those
prominent for their services in America,
and in part of foreigners who
have secured places for their names
in the current history of the world's
doings.
The arrangements of the ceremonies
ror the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
and Thomas Riley Marshall were
made by the joint committee on arrangements
of congress. The senate
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President Woodrow Wilson.
section of this committee was ruled
by a majority of Republicans, but
there is Democratic testimony to the
fact that the Republican senators
were willing to outdo their Democratic
brethren in the work of making orderly
ntul impressive the inaugural
ceremonies in honor of two chieftains
of the opposition.
Ride to the Capitol.
President Taft and President-elect
Wilson rode together from the White
Douse to the cnpitol, accompanied by
two members of the congressional
committee of arrangements. The vicepresident-elect
nlso rode from the
White House to the capitol and in the
carriago with him were the senate's
president pro tempore. Senator Racon
of Georgia, and three members of the
congressional committee of arrangements.
The vlce-preBldent-elect took the
oath Just before noon in accordance
with custom and prior to its taking
by the president-elect. Every arrangement
for the senate chamber proceedings
had been made so that they
moved forward easily and with a certain
ponderous grace.
mannHii oworn in.
The admission to the senate chamber
to witness the oath-taking ot the
vice-president was by ticket, and It
la needless to say every seat was
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were many former members of
\the senate who, because of the fact
(that they once held membership in
that body, were given the privileges
of the floor. After the hall was filled
jind all the minor officials of government
and those privileged to witness
ijhe ceremonies were seated, William
A. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, precede*l
by the Bergeant-at-arms and the
< Ummittee of arrangements, entered
lMe senate chamber. They were folf
Sved immediately by Vice-Presldentnet
Thomas K. Marshall, leaning
fa on the arm of the president pro
> npore of the senate who, after the
^.tlng of the incoming vice-president.
( Jk his place as presiding officer of
\ je senate and of the day's proceed\if
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v Wie preRident and the presidentelt*>?
sat in the first row of seats direct*?
in front and almost under the
deskjof.the presiding officer. In the
sama row, but to their left, were the
vice-Wesldent-?elect and two former
vice-ttiresidents of the United States,
Levi \p. Morton of New York and Adlal
A.l Stevenson of Illinois.
Whfen the distinguished company entered
Vhe chamber the senate was
still ut.ider its old organization. The
oath otf office was immediately administered!
to Vice-President-elect Mapshall,
Vvbo thereupon became VicePresident
Marshall. The prayer of the !
day wul? given by the chaplain of the
senate, utev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, paB
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Vice-President \viarshall.
tor of All Souls' Unitarian church, of
which President Tuft lias been n member.
After the prayen the vice-president
administered thtV oath of olhce
to all the newly chosen ^"tiators, and
therewith the senate of the \ United
States passed for the first time" -in
years into the control of tlio Demo"
cratic party.
Procession to the Platform.
Immediately after the senate ceremonies
a procession was formed to
march to the platform of the east por- i
tlco of the capltol, where Woodrow !
Wilson was to take the oath. The procession
included the president and the ,
president-elect, members of the Su- J
1'n-uiv! cuun, dotii nouses or congress,
all of the foreign ambassadors, ail of
the heads of the executive depart- ,
ments, many governors of states and ,
territories. Admiral Dewey of the navy
and several high officers of the sea
service, the chief of staff of the army '
and many distinguished persons from
civil life. They wore followed by the ;
members of the press and by those
persons who had succeeded in secur- i
ing Beats in the senate galleries to
witness the day's proceedings.
When President Taft and the presi- j
dent-elect emerged from the capitol
on to the portico they saw In front
of them, reaching far hack into the i
park to the east, an immense con- i
course of citizens. In the narrow line j
between the onlookers and the plat- |
form on which Mr. Wilson was to take ;
the oath, were drawn up the oadetn i
of tire two greatest government
schools. West Point and Annapolis, I
and flanking them were bodies of regulars
and of national guardsmen. The
whole scene was charged with color 1
and with life.
Ou reaching the platform the president
and president-elect took the
seats reserved for them, seats which
were flanked by many rows of benches
rising tier on tier for the accommodation
of the friends and families of the
officers of the government and of the
press
Oath Administered to Wilson.
The instant that Mr. Taft and Mr.
Wilson came within sight of the crowd
there was a great outburst of applause.
and the military bands struck
quickly into "The Star Spangled Banner."
Only a few bars of the music
were played and then soldiers qnd civilians
became silent to witness respectfully
the oath taking and to
listen to the address which followed. , ,
The chief justice of the Supreme
court delivered the oath to the president-elect,
who, uttering the words, |
"I will," became president of tin
United States. As soon as this ceremony
was completed Woodrow Wilson
delivered his inaugural address, his ;
tlrst speech to his fellow countrymen
in the capacity of their chief executive.
At the conclusion of the sneecli fho
bands played once more, and William ;
Howard Taft, now ex-president of the \
United States, entered a carriage with
the new president and, reversing the
order of an hour before, sat on the
left hand side of the carriage, while
Mr. Wilson took "the seat of honor"
on the right. The crowds cheered as
they drove awny to the White Houbc,
which Wocdrow Wilson entered as the
occupant and which William H. >Taft
Immediately left as one whose lease
had expired
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GREAT PARADE IN
HONOR OF WILSON
Federal and State Troops, Men
From Navy, Veterans and
Civilians March.
GEN. WOOD IS GRAND MARSHAL
Indians, Hunt Clubs and College Students
Are In Line?Enthusiastic
Spectators Continuously Cheer
the Inaugural Procession.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington, March 4.?The "JelTersonlau
simplicity" which Woodrow
Wilson requested should be observed
in every detail of his inauguration as
president did not apply to the inaugural
parage, for it was as elaborate as
bucIi an affair usually is. The people
wanted it so. and they showed their
appreciation of the spectacle by turning
out by the hundred thousand and
cheering wildly as the marchers passed
with bands playing loudly and flags
waving bravely.
The newly inaugurated president reviewed
the procession and smiled his
approval aB ho returned the salutes of
the commanding officers, for nil the
glittering show had been arranged in
his honor. Pennsylvania avenue, from
the capitol to the White House, was
full of color, muBic and movement.
People Enjoy the Sight.
The inhibition of the inaugural ball
and of the planned public reception at
the capitol hud no effect as a bar to
the attendance at. this ceremony of
cnanging presidents. Masses were here
to see, and other masses were here to
march. There was a greater demon|
stration while the procession was passing
than there was four years ago.
Victory had come to a party which
had known nothing like victory for a
good many >years. The joy of possession
found expression In steady and
abundantly noisy uce'aim.
crcsiuem ran and 1-Tesuient-eleet
Wilson were escorted down the uveI
nue by the National Guard troop of
( cavalry of Essex county. New Jersey.
' The carriage in which rode Vice.
President-elect Marshall and Prcsij
dent pro tempore Macon of the United
States senate was surrounded by the
members of the Hlack Horse troop of
the Culver Military academy of Indi'felK
Scene on Pennsylvania Avenue Durin
tion Parade.
ana. This is the first time in ti.c history
ot' inaugural ceremonies that a
guard of honor has escorted a vicepresident
to the scene of his oath taking.
Formation of Parade.
The military and tne civil parade, a
huge affair which stretched its
length for miles along the Washington
streets, formed on the avenues radiating
fiom the capitol. After Presidentelect
Wilson had become President
Wilson and Vice-President-elect Marshall
had become Vice-President
Marshall, they went straightway from
the capitol to the White House and
thence shortly to the reviewing stand
in the park at the mansion's front.
The parade, with Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood. United States army, as its
grand marshal, started from tlie capitoi
grounds to move along the avenue
to the White House, where it was to
pass In review. The trumpeter sounded
"forward march" at the instant the
signal was flashed from the White
house that in fifteen minutes the newly
elected president and commanderin-chief
of the armies and navies of
the United States would be ready to
review "his troops."
It was thought that the parade might
lack some of the picturesque features
which particularly appealed to the
people 'on former occasions. There
were Indians and rough riders here
not only when Roosevelt was inaugurated,
but when he went out of office
and was succeeded by William H.
Taft. The parade, however, in honor
of Mr. Wilson seemed to be picturesque
enough in its features to appeal
to the multitudes. They certainly
made noise enough over It.
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The procession was in divisions,
with General Wood as the grand
marshal of the whole affair and having
a place at its head. The display,
in the words invariably used on like
occasions, was "Impressive and brilliant."
Wotherspoon Leads Regulars.
The regulars of the country's two i
armed service naturally had the right
of way. Maj. Gen. W. W. Wotherspoon,
United States army, was in
command of the first division, in
which inarched the soldiers and sailors
and marines from the posts and the
navy yards within a day's ride of
Washington. The West Point cadets
and the midshipmen from the naval
academy at Annapolis, competent beyond
other corps in manual and in
evolution, the future generals and admirals
of the army, had place in the
first division.
All branches of the army service
were represented in the body of regulars?engineers,
artillery, cavalry, in- ,
fantry and signal corps. The sailors
and marines from half a dozen battleships
rolled along smartly in tho wake
of their landsmen brethren.
The National Guard division followed
the division of regulars. It was
commanded by 13rig. Gen. Albert L.
Mills, United States army, who woro
the medal of honor given him for conspicuous
personal gallantry at the battle
of San Juan hill. General Mills is
the chief of the militia division of the
United States war department.
The entire National Guard of New
Jersey was in line, and Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Maryland. Virginia,
vjeurgm, .tiaiin* unu i\onn Carolina
were represented by bodies of civilian
soldiers. Cadets from many of the
private and state military schools of
the country had u place in the militia
division.
The third division of the parade was
composed of Grand Army of the'Hepublic
veterans, members of the Union
Veteran league and of the Spanish
war organizations. Gen. James E.
Stunrt of Chicago, a veteran of both
the Civil and the Spanish wars, was
in command.
Thousands of Civilians. I
Robert N. Harper, chief marshal of
the civic forces, commanded the fourth
division. Under his charge were political
organizations from all parts of
the country, among thejji being Tammany.
represented by '2,000 of its
braves, and Democratic elubs from
Chicago, Itoston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and other cities.
They put tl.e American Indians into
tho civilian division. The fact that
they were in war paint and feathers
helped out in picturesqueness and did
nothing to disturb the peace. Mem
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rode In this division. Their
pink coats and their high hats ap-'
parently were not thought to Jar
'.leffersonian simplicity" from its
seat. Pink coats were worn ou the
hunting field in Jefferson's day and in
Jefferson's state.
There were 1,000 Princeton students
in the civic section of the parade.
Many of them wore orange and black
sweaters and they were somewhat
j noisy though perfectly proper. Stu1
dents from seventeen other colleges
! and universities were among the
I marchers.
Cheering Is Continuous.
All along Pennsylvania avenue, from
j the capitol to a point four block be1
yond the White House, the spectators
| were massed in line > ten deep. The
cheering was constant and Woodrow
Wilson cannot complain that the ceremonies
attending his induction into
, oillce were not accompanied by apparently
heartfelt acclaim of the people
over whom he is to rule for at
least four years.
Every window in every building on
Pennsylvania avenue which is not occupied
for office purposes was rented
weeks ago for a good round sum of
money. Every room overlooking the
inarching parade was taken by as
many spectators aB cound tind a vantage
point from which to peer through
tjie window panes The roofs of the
hiilldings were covered with persons
willing to stand for hours in a March
duy to see the wonders of the inaugural
parade, and many of them partlc
many gina or an opportunity to go
homo and to say that after many years
waiting they had seun a Democratic
president inaugurated.