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Many Thousands Witness His In
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CEREMONIES ARE IMPRESSIVE
New Executive of Nation Take Oath
on East Portico of Capitol After
Marshall Become Vice
i ' . President.
1 By EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington, March 4. Wood row
Wilson of New Jersey la president of
the United Suites and Thomaa Riley
Marshall of Indiana 1 Yloe-presldent.
The Instant that the oath-taking cere
monies at noon today in front of the
capitol were completed, the Democrat
ic party of this country "came into it
own" again after an absence of six
teen years from the precinct of ex
ecutive power.
A throng of many thousands of
people witnessed the newly elected
president's Induction into office. Nine-
tenths of the members of the crowd
were enthusiastically joyful, the other
President Woodrow Wilson.
tenth cheered with them, as becoming
good American citizens watching a
governmental change ordered in ac
cordance with the law and the Con
stitution The Bible which during each suc
cessive four years is kept as one of
the treasures of the Supreme court,
Was the Immediate Instrument of the
oath taking of Woodrow Wilson. Ed
ward Douglass White, chief justice of
the United States, held the Book for
Mr. Wilson to rest his hands upon
while he made solemn covenant to
support the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, and to fulfill the
duties of his office as well and as
faithfully as it lay within bis power
to do.
Thomas Riley Marshall swore feal
ty to tho 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 tho upper houso of con
gress. Ceremonies Simple and Impressive.
Both of the ceremonies proper were
conducted in a severely simple bat
most Impressive manner. The sur
roundings of the scene of the presi
dent's induction Into office, however,
were not so simple, for It was an out-of-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 about 2,000
people, all that the upper bouse will
contain without the risk of danger
because of the rush and press of the
multitudes. It Is probable that no
where else In the United States at
any time are there gathered an equal
fcumber of men and women whose
came are so widely known. The
gathering in the senate chamber and
later on the east portico of the capi
tol wa composed largely of those
prominent for their services in Amer
ica, and In part of foreigners who
have secured places for their names
In the current history of the world's
doing.
' Arranged by Congress.
' The arrangements of the ceremonies
for the Inauguration of Woodrow Wil
son and Thomas Riley Marshall were
made by the joint committee on ar
rangements of congress. The senate
section of this committee was ruled
by a majority of Republicans, but
there I Democratic testimony to the
fact that the Republican senator
were willing to outdo their Democratic
brethren In the work of making or
derly and Impressive the lnauguril
ceremonies In honor of two chieftain
of the opposition.
President Taft and President-elect
Wilson rode together from the White
House to the capitol, accompanied by
two member of the congressional
committee of arrangements. The vice-
president-elect sjso rode from the j
wmie Mouse 10 we capuoi ana in me
carriage with him were the senate'
president pro tempore. Senator Bacon
of Georgia, and three members of the
congressional committee of arrange
ments. I The admission to the senate cham
ber to witness the oath-taking of the
vice-president was by ticket, and It
is needles to say every seat was
occupied. On the floor of the cham
ber were many former nembers 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 ball was filled
and all the minor officials of govern
ment and those privileged to witness
tho ceremonies were seated. William
H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, preced
cd by th sergeant-at-arms and the
committee of arrangements, entered
the senate chamber. They were fol
lowed Imnwdlately by Vice-President
elect Thomas R. Marshall, leaning
upon the arm of the president pro
tempore of the senate.
The president and the president
elect sat in the first row of seats dl'
rectly in front and almost under the
desk of the presiding officer. In the
same row, but to their left, were the
Tice-rresidenUelect and two former
rice-presidents of the United States,
Levi P. Morton of New York and Ad
lai A. Stevenson of Illinois.
When the distinguished company en
tered the chamber the senate was
still ander its old organization. The
oath of office was immediately admin
Istered to Vice-President-elect Mar
shall, who thereupon became Vice-
President Marshall. The prayer of the
day was given by the chaplain of the
aenate, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pas
tor of All Souls' Unitarian church, of
which President Taft has been a mem
ber. After the prayer the vice-presi
dent administered the oath of office
to all the newly chosen senators, and
therewith the senate of the United
States passed for the first time In
years Into the control of the Demo
cratic party.
Procession to East Portico.
Immediately after the senate cere
monies a procession was formed to
march to the platform of the east por
tico of the capitol, where Woodrow
Wilson was to take the oath. The pro
cession Included the president and the
president-elect, members of the Su
preme court, both houses of congress,
all of the foreign ambassadors, all 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 6taff of the army
and many distinguished persons from
civil life. They were followed by the
members of the press and by those
persons who had succeeded In secur
ing seats In the senate galleries to
witness the day's proceedings.
When President Taft and the presi
dent-elect emerged from the capitol
on to the portico they saw In front
of them, reaching far back into the
park to the east, an Immense con
course of citizens. In the narrow line
between the onlookers and the plat
form on which Mr. Wilson was to take
the oath, were drawn up the cadets
of the two greatest government
schools, West Point and Annapolis,
and flunking them were bodies of reg
ulars and of national guardsmen. The
whole scene was charged with coloi
and with life.
On reaching the platform the presi
dent and president-elect took the
seats reserved for them, seats which
were flanked by many rows of benchei
rising tier on tier for the accommoda
tion of the friends and families of the
officers of the government and of the
press.
Mr. Wilson Takes the Oath.
The instant that Mr. Taft and Mr
Wilson came within sight of the crowd
there was a great outburst of ap
plause, and the military bands struck
quickly into "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." Only a few bars of the music
were played and then soldier and ct
viliais became silent to witness re
spectfully the oath taking and tc
listen to the address which followed.
The chief Justice of the Supreme
court delivered the oath to the presl
dent-elect, who, uttering the words
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Chief Justice White.
T will," became president of tht
United States. A soon as tbla cere
mony was completed Woodrow Wilson
delivered his inaugural address, hit
first speech to his fellow countrymen
In the capacity of their chief execu
tive. At the conclusion of the speech the
bands played once more, and William
Howard Taft, now ex-president of the
United States, entered a carriage wltb
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 a
they drove away to the White House,
which Woodrow Wilson entered as the
occupant and which William H. Taft
Immediately left aa one whose lea
bad expired.
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HONORED
BY RNE PARADE
New President Reviews Immense
Inaugural Procession.
AVENUE A GLORIOUS SIGHT
General Wood, Grand Marshal Vet
trans, National Guard and Civil
ians in Line Indian Add
Touch of Picturesque.
Iwith General Wood as the grand
marshal of the w hole affair and har
Ing a place at its head. The display,
In the words invariably used on like
occasions, was "impressive and bril
! lianu-
i Regulars In First Division.
' The ref'ilars of the country' two
! armed service naturally had the right
of way. Maj. Gen. W. W. Wother-
spoon, I tilled State army, was in
command of the first division, in
which marched the soldiers and sailors
and marine from the posts and the
navy yards within a day's ride of
Washington. The West Pcint cadets
and the midshipmen from the naval
academy at Annapolis, competent be
yond other corps In manual and in
evolution, the future generals and ad
I mirals of the army, had place In the
first division.
By EDWARD B. CLARK. AU "' wf .ervic.
Washington. March 4. - Woodrow j repreaented " h
. . . . . I lar engineers, artillery, cavalry, tn-
Wilson, as i-president of Princeton. I , . . . n
. j .,11 . i fantry and signal corp. The sailor
rode down Pennsylvania avenue to- ' . j.
j . i . i .v and marine from half a dozen battle
day, and later rode up the same ave-, . , . , . , . .
' . . . . ... .... . , . . ship rolled along smartly In the wake
nue as president of the l nited btates, , , . .
and a. the highest officer of govern- j ofelrJa"dsmP br?h-, ,
ment a few minute, thereafter re-! The National Guard division follow
viewed the multitude, of .oldler. and d the dlv,"m f, regular. It wa.
civilian, which, with playing lands commanded by Brig. Ge. Albert L.
and flying flags, marched by to give "". ". "
blm proper official and personal honor. ! ial of honor ven h,m, ,for
For .everal night Pennsylvania ave- v"" , .
nue ha been a glory of light. Today ? - "" "
It wa. a glorjjof color, movement and ch.leJ of ,he mll',la v,8,on of th
music here are 300..000 Inhabitant, i lnlld state8 war
of the city of Washington. Its tern- ine enure .auon.i uuaru .ew
porary, population is nearer the half , 3meT M tn llne- and Pennsylvania,
million mark. The absentee, from the wassacnuseus, a.ar, ianU. , irB.u..
flanking lines of the parade were most Georgia, Maine and North Carol n a
lv the nolicemen. ho were iven or- representea ry ooaies oi cnuma
ders to protect the temporarily vacat- j oldiers. Cadet from many of the
private ana state mnuary bcoouib ui
the country bad a place in the militia
ed residences of the capital.
Woodrow Wilson asked that "Jeff or. !
sonian simplicity" be observed In all ""
things which had to do with his in-1 Veteran and Civilian.
auguration. The command for Jeffer-! mira amsion oi uie paraue
sonian simplicity seems to be suscep- j composed of Grand Army of the Re
tible to elastic construction. There public veterans, members of the Union
was nothine savoring of court or roy- i ' eteran league ana oi tne bpanisn
alty, but there was evidence In plenty
that the American people love uni
forms and all kinds of display which
can find a place within the limits ol
democratic definition. It was a good
parade and a great occasion generally.
Throngs Vociferou With Joy.
The inhibition of the Inaugural ball
and of the planned public reception at
the capitol had no effect as a bar tc
the attendance at this ceremony ol
changing presidents. Masse were here
to see, and other masses were her tc
march. There was a greater demon
etratlon while the procession was pas.
Ing than there was four years ago
Victory had come to a party which
had known nothing like victory for i
good many years. The joy of possei
war organizations. Gen. James E.
Stuart of Chicago, a veteran of both
the Civil and the Spanish wars, was
In command.
Robert N. Harper, chief marshal of
the civic forces, commanded the fourth
division. Under his charge were po
litical organizations from all parts of
the country, among them being Tam
many, represented by 2,000 of its
braves, and Democratic clubs from
Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti
more and other cities.
They put the American Indians Into
the civilian division. The fact that
they were In war paint and feathers
helped out In plcturesqueness and did
nothing to disturb the peace. Mem
ber, of the United Hunt Clubs of
Escorting the President-Elect to Whit. House at a Previous Inauguration
slon found expression In steady ana
abundantly notay acclaim.
President Taft and President-elect
Wilson were escorted down the ave
nue by the National Guard troop of
cavalry of Essex county, New Jersey.
The carriage in which rode Vice-President-elect
Marshall and Presi
dent pro tempore Bacon of the United
State, senate was surrounded by the
members of the Black Horse troop of
the Culver Military academy of Indi
ana. This Is the first time in the his
tory of Inaugural ceremonies that a
guard of honor ha. escorted a vice
president to the scene of bis oath taking.
Parade a Monster Affair.
The military and the civil parade, a
huge affair which stretched It
length for mites along the Washington
streets, formed on the avenues radiat
Ing from the capitol. After President
elect Wilson had become President
Wilson and Vice-President-elect Mar
shall 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 it
grand marshal, started from the capi
tol grounds to move along the avenue
to the White House, where it was to
pass In review. The trumpeter sound
ed "forward march" at the Instant the
signal wa. flashed from the White
house that In fifteen minute, the new
ly elected president and commander-in-chief
of the armies and navies of
the United States would be ready to
review "his troops."
It wa. thought that the parade might
lack some of the picturesque feature,
which particularly appealed to the
people on former occasions. There
were Indians and rough riders here
not only when Roosevelt was Inaugu
rated, but when he went out of office
and was succeeded by William H.
Taft. The parade, however, In honor
of Mr. Wilson eeemed to be pictur
esque enough In Its feature, to appeal
to the multitudes. They certainly
made noise enough over It
Th procession wa la division.
America rode in this division. Their
pink coat and their high hats ap
parently were not thought to Jar
"Jefferaonlnn simplicity" from its
seat Pink coat, were worn on the
hunting field In Jefferson' day and in
Jefferson's state.
There were 1,000 Princeton student
in the civic section of the parade.
Many of them wore orange and black
sweaters and they were somewhat
noisy though perfectly proper. Stu
dent, from seventeen other college,
and universities were among the
marcher.
Spectator Cheer Constantly,
All along Pennsylvania avenue, from
the capitol to a point four block be
yond the White House, the spectator
were massed in line ten deep. The
cheering wa constant and Woodrow
Wilson cannot complain that the cere
monies attending his induction into
office were not accompanied by ap
parently heartfelt acclaim of the peo
ple over whom be 1 to rule for at
least four years.
Every window In every building on
Pennsylvania avenue which lg not oc
cupied for office purposes was rented
weeks ago for a good round sum of
money. Every room overlooking the
marching parade was taken by as
many spectators a cound find a vant
age point from which to peer through
th vlnilnw nana! TV, a Nwtfa sif t V, n
i buildings were covered with person.
i willing to stand for hour. In a March
. day to see the wonder of the inaugu
ral parade, and many of them partic
ularly glad of an opportunity to go
home and to lay that after many yeara
waiting they bad seen a Democratlo
president Inaugurated.
The parade passed the reviewing
I ttand of President Wilson, w ho stood
uncovered while the marcher saluted.
When the last organization had
marched by dusk was coming down.
The hundred, of thousand, of electric
lamp were lighted and Washington
at night became along It main thor
oughfare as bright a Washington at
day. The loss of the attraction of the
Inaugural ball was compensated for
by the finest display of firework., it 1
said, this city baa ever known.
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A number of keepers of whiskey
cluos blind tigers were arraigned
at the recent term of Rovtfan Super
ior Court and Judge Whedbee allow
ed himself to be persuaded not to
send them to the chain gang, as he
was disposed to do. As evidence
that his clemency was misplaced, he
had hardly gotten out of town until
the tigers resumed business. Last
week the sheriff raided a place in
in Salisbury kept by James Wood
sides, and old offender, and found
Woodsides and John Brown selling
liquor. The two men and an atten
dant, John Walker, were placed un
der bonds of $200 each and a quan
tity of liquor was seized.
As Mr. March came in with a good
deal of violence he will please see
thut he keeps up the tradition by
going out like a Iamb.
Youth Klectrornted by Kite
Norfolk. Va.. March 2. While
flying a kite in Portsmouth today,
Sidney Bright, a 16-yeaf-old boy.waa
Instantly electrocuted. The boy at
tached a spool of thin wire to the
kite to prevent it from being carri
ed away by high winds.
A sudden gust of wind caused the
kite to pitch and it fell across an
electric wire. The boy fell dead. It
is said that 11.000 volt, of electri
city passed through the boy", body
by means of the thin wire he used
to hold his kite.
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Declaring that J. Fenton Towe. a
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Chapanoke, Pasquotank county, had
ruined his sister, Murden Stokely
shot him through the brain Mon
day morning and cooly awaited the
otficers ou the scene of the shooting;
which occurred in Elizabeth City.
The girl is seventeen years old and
had given birth to a child. Stokely
and hlf father found Towe and de
manded that he marry the girl. He
refused and the shooting followed.
Towe died In a short time.
We have had a number of re-
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household Inventories, and we P
have therefore secured a sup-
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jinv nnn u-lth nna tf thani nil 9
request, fj
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