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Inauguration of Twenty-Seventh
President Is Witnessed by
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Simple Ceremony In Senate Chamber
Followed by Mora Impressive
Affair en Eaat Portico of '
.' . tha Capitol.
By QEORQE CLINTON.
Washington, March 4. In tha pres
ence ot a vast throng of hla fellow cltl
tene, Wood row Wilson today atood in
f rout of tha eaat portico of tha capttol
and took tha oath of president of tha
United States. Thomaa R. Marshall
already had been sworn In as vice
president, and with the completion of
' tha ceremony tha ship of state waa
manned by tha Democratic party,
which had been ashore for sixteen
,. years.
As the new chief executive of the
nation stood with bared head, Ed
ward Douglaas White, chief justice of
the Supreme court, held before him
the Bible always used In the cere
' mony. Mr. Wilson placed hla bands
upon the book and in a voice strong,
though somewhat affected by emotion
swore to support the Constitution and
the lawa of the country and to perform
the dutlea of hla high office to the best
of bis ability.
Thomaa Riley Marshall swore feal
ty to the Constitution and to the
people In tha senate chamber, where
for four years it will be hla duty to
preside over the deliberations of the
members of the upper house of con
gress.
Severely Simple Ceremonies.
Both of the ceremonies proper were
conducted In a severely simple but
most Impressive manner. The sur
roundings of tha scene of the presl
dent's Induction Into office, however,
were not ao simple, for It wss an out-
of-door event and tha great gathering
of military, naval and uniformed civil
' organlzatlona gave much more than a
touch of aplendor to the scene.
In the senate chamber, where the
tha oath was taken by the man now
vice-president of the United States,
there were gathered about 2,000
people, all that tha 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
number of men and women whose
names are so widely known. The
gathering in 'the aenate chamber and
later on the eaat portico of the capl'
tol was composed largely of those
prominent for their services in Amer
ica, and In part of foreigners who
have secured placea for their namea
In tha current history of the world'a
doings. I
The arrangements of the ceremonies
for the Inauguration of Woodrow Wll
aon and Thomas Riley Marshall were
made by the Joint committee on ar
. rangementa of congress. The senate
President Woodrow Wilsdn.
section of this committee was ruled
. by a majority of Republicans, but
there Is Democratio testimony to the
fact that ' the Republican aenators
were willing to outdo their Democratic
brethren in the work of making or
derly and Impressive the inaugural
ceremonies In honor of two chieftains
of the opposition, -,.-'
Ride to tha Capitol.
. President Taft and President-elect
Wilson rode together from the White
House to the capttol, accompanied by
two members of the congressional
committee of arrangements. The' vice-president-elect
also rode from the
Whits House to the capttol and In the
carriage with him were the senate's
president pro tempore. Senator Bacon
of Georgia, and three members of the
congressional committee of arrange
ments. : ''. '
The vice-president-elect ' took, the
oath just before noon in accordance
with custom and prior to its taking
by t'.e presidentelect. Every arrange
i " t for the senate chamber pro
i had been made so that they
; f rwHrd easily and with a cer
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occupied. On the floor of the cham
ber were many former members Of
the senate who, because ot the tact
that they once held membership In
that body, were given the privileges
of the floor. After the hall was filled
and all the minor officials ot govern
ment and those privileged to witness
the ceremonies were seated, William
H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, preced
ed by the sergeant-at-arma and the
committee ot arrangements, entered
the aenate chamber. They were fol
lowed Immediately by Vice-President-elect
Thomas R. Marshall, leaning
upon the arm ot the president pro
tempore of the senate who, after the
seating of the Incoming vice-president
took his place as presiding officer ot
the senate and ot the day's proceed
ings. "
The president and the president
elect sat In the first row ot seats di
rectly In front and almost under the
desk of the presiding officer. In, the
same row, but to their left, were the
vice-presidentelect and two former
vice-presidents of the United States,
Levi P. Morton of New York and Ad
lal A. Stevenson of Illinois.
When the distinguished company en
tered the chamber the aenate waa
still under its old organisation. The
oath of office was Immediately admin
istered to Vice-President-elect Mar
shall, who thereupon became Vice-
President Marshall. The prayer ot the
day waa given by the chaplain ot the
senate, Rev. Ulysses Q. B. Pierce, pas-
Vice-President Marshall.
tor of All Souls' Unitarian church, of
which President Taft has been a mem
ber. After the prayer the vice-president
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
cratio party. . ,
Procession to tha Platform.
Immediately after the senate cere
monies a procession was formed to
march to the platform of the east por
tico of the capttol, 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 ot the sea
service, the chief of staff of the army
and many distinguished persons from
civil life. They were followed by the
members ot the press and by those
persons who had succeeded In secur
ing seats in the senate galleries to
witness the day'a 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. WllBon was to take
the oath, were drawn up the cadets
of the two greatest government
schools, West Point and Annapolis,
and flanking them were bodies of reg
ulars and of national guardsmen. The
whole scene was charged with color
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 benches
rising tier on tier for the accommoda
tion 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 ot ap
plause, and the military bands struck
quickly into "The Star Spangled Ban
ner.". Only a few bars ot the music
were played and then soldiers and ci
vilians became silent to witness re
spectfully the oath taking and to
listen to the. address which followed.
The chief justice of the Supreme
court delivered the oath to the presi
dentelect, who, uttering the , words,
will," became president of the
United States. As soon as this cere
mony Was completed Woodrow. Wilson
delivered his inaugural address, his
first speech to his fellow countrymen
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At the conclusion ot the speech the
bands played once more, and William
Howard Taft, now ex-president ot 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 away to the White House,
hieh Woodrow Wilson entered as the
occupant and which William H. Taft
I : .tc'y left as one whose lease
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Federal and State Troops, Men
From Navy, Veterans and
Civilians March.
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Indiana, Hunt Club and College Stu
dents Are In Line Enthuslastlo
Spectators Continuously Cheer
the Inaugural Procession.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington, March 4. The "Jeffer
sonlan simplicity" which Woodrow
Wilson requested should be observed
In every detail of his Inauguration as
president did not apply to the Inaugu
ral parade, for It was as elaborate as
such an affair usually Is. The people
wanted it so, and they showed their
appreciation of the spectacle by turn
ing out by the hundred thousand and
cheering wildly as the marchers pass-
ed with bands playing loudly and flags
waving bravely. .
The newly Inaugurated president re
viewed the procession and smiled his
approval as he returned the salutes ot
the commanding officers, for all the
glittering show had been arranged in
Us honor. Pennsylvania avenue, from
the capitol to the White House, was
full of color, music and movement
People Enjoy th 8lght
The Inhibition of the Inaugural ball
and of the planned public reception at
the capitol bad no effect aa a bar to
the attendance at this ceremony ot
cnanglng presidents. Masses were here
to see, and other masses were here to
march. There was a' greater demon
stration while the procession waa pass.
Ing than there waa tour years ago.
Victory had come to a party which
had known nothing like victory for a
good many years. The joy of posses
sion found expression in steady and
abundantly noisy acclaim.
President Taft and President-elect
Wilson were escorted down the ave
nue by the National Guard troop ot
cavalry of Essex county, New Jersey.
The carriage In which rode Vice-President-elect
Marshall and Presi
dent pro tempore Bacon of the United
States senate was surrounded by the
members, of the Black Horse troop of
the Culver Military academy of Indl-
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Scene on Pennsylvania Avenue Durln g
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ana. This is tne nrst time in me nis
tory of Inaugural ceremonies that a
guard ot honor has escorted a vice-
president to the scene of bis oath tak
ing. . .::
Formation of Parade. .
The military and the civil parade, a
huge affair which stretched . its
length for miles 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 stralghtwsy from
the capttol 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 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 was flashed from the White
bouse that in fifteen minutes 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 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 waa Inaugu
rated, 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 pictur
esque enough in its features to appeal
to the multitudes. They ' certainly
made noise enough over It
After the Poker Game.
First Clubman (at 3:00 a. m.) Why
so worried looking? Cheer up, the
darkest hour is just before dawn. -
Second Clubman Not at my house.
I'm dead sure my wife's got all the
lights burning and Is waiting up for
me. Judge.
'ng Him to the Point
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The procession was la divisions,
with General Wood - as the grand
marshal ot the whole affair and hav
ing a place at lta head. The display,
In the -words Invariably used on like
occasions, was "impressive and bril
liant" ,
Wotherspoon Leads Regulars.
The regulars ot the country's two
armed service naturally had the right
of way. Maj. Gen. W. W. Wother
spoon, United States army, was is
command of the first division, m
which marched the soldiers and sailors
and marines from the potts and the
navy yards within a day'a ride of
Washington. The West Point cadets
and tha midshipmen from the naval
academy at Annapolis, competent be
yond other corns in manual and In
evolution, the future generals and ad
mirals of the army, had place in the
first division.
All branches of the army service
were represented In the body of regu
larsengineers, artillery, cavalry. In
fantry and signal corps. The sailors
and marines from half a dozen battle
ships rolled along smartly in the wake
ot their landsmen brethren.
The National Guard division follow
ed the division of regulars. It wss
commanded by Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Mills, United States army, who wore
the medal of honor given him tor con
spicuous personal gallantry at the bat
tle of San Juan hill. General Mills Is
the chief of the mllltja division, of the
United States war department
The entire National Guard of New
Jersey was In line, and Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia,
Georgia, Maine and North Carolina
were represented by bodies of civilian
soldiers. Cadets from many of the
private and state military schools of
the country had a place in the militia
division.
The third division of the parade was
composed ot Grand Army ot the Re
public veterans, members of the Union
Veteran league and of the Spanish
war organizations. Gen. James E.
Stuart of Chicago, a veteran ot both
the Civil and the Spanish wars, waa
In command.
Thouaanda of Civilians.
Robert N. Harper, chief marshal of
the civlo forces, commanded the fourth
division. Under his charge were po
litical organlzatlona from all parts of
the country, among them being Tam
many, represented by 2,000 of Its
braves, and Democratio 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 picturesqueness and did
nothing to disturb the peace Mem
bers of the United Hunt Clubs of
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America rode In this division. Their
pink coats and their high hats ap
parently were not thought to jar
"Jeffersontan simplicity" . from Its
seat Pink coats were worn on the
hunting field in Jefferson's day and in
Jefferson's state.
There were 1,000 Princeton students
In the civlo section of the parade.
Many of them wore orange and black
sweaters . and they were somewhat
noisy though perfectly proper. Stu
dents from seventeen other colleges
and universities were among the
marchers. i. " j. i
' Cheering Is Continuous.
1 All along Pennsylvania avenue, from
the capitol to a point four block be
yond the White House, the spectators
were massed In lines ten deep.: The
cheering waa 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 he. Is to rule for at
least four years.
Every window In every building on
Pennsylvania avenue which Is not oc
cupied for office purposes waa rented
weeks ago for a good round sum ot
money Every room overlooking the
marching parade was taken by as
many spectators aa cound find a vant
age poiat from which to peer through
the window panes. The roofs of the
buildings were covered with persons
willing to stand for hours in a March
day to see the wonders of the Inaugu
ral parade, and many of them partic
ularly glad of an opportunity to go
home and to say that after many years
waiting they had seen a Democratic
president inaugurated. f
Sister's Explanation.
Kitty Kingston told her people that
she wag going out with a faaiomtMe
coiffure. . , .
"What's thatr asfcpd her brother.
Kitty I'm 'shamed of your Fr
ance, Willie it's one of them fciit-rs
wot drives a n ..:r car!" P. L P.
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His Inaugural Address Calls on
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WHi F.ESTBBE, KOT DESTRO
New Chief Exeeutlve 8aya Changs of
Government Meana the Nation Is
Using Democratio Party' for :
Large and Definite Purpose. .
Washington, March 4. Looking
upon the victory of the Democratic
party as the mandate of the nation to
correct the evils that have been al
lowed to grow up In our national lite,
President Wilson In .his Inaugural ad
dress today called on all honest men
to assist him In carrying out the will
of tha people. Following la his ad
dress:
There has been a change ot govern
ment It began two years ago, when
the house of representatives became
Democratio by a decisive majority.
It haa now beet completed. Tha sen
ate about to-assemble will alao be
Democratio. The offices of president
and vice-president have been put Into
the handa of Democrats. What does
the change mean? That Is the ques
tion that is uppermost in our minds
today. That is the question I am go
ing to try to answer, In order, It I
may, to Interpret the occasion.
New Insight Into Our Life.
It means much more than the mere
success of a party. The success of a
party means little except when the
nation la using that party tor a large
and definite porpose. No one can
mistake the purpose for- which the
nation now seeks to use the Demo
cratio party. It seeks to use It to In
terpret a change In Its own plans and
point of view. Some old things with
which we had grown familiar, and
which had begun to creep Into the
very habit ot our thought and of our
Uvea, have altered their aspect aa we
have latterly looked critically upon
them, with fresh, awakened eyes
have dropped their disguises and
shown themselves alien and sinister.
Some new things, as we look frankly
upon them, willing to comprehend
their real character, have come to as
sume the aspect of things long believ
ed In and familiar, stuff of our own
convictions.. We have been refreshed
by a new Insight Into our own life.
We see that in many things that
life la very great .It is Incomparably
great In Us material aspects, in its
body of wealth, In the diversity and
sweep of Its energy. In the Industries
which have been conceived and built
up by the genius of Individual men
and the limitless enterprise ot groups
ot men. It Is great, also, very great
In Its moral force. Nowhere else In
the world have noble men and women
exhibited In more striking form the
beauty and energy of sympathy and
helpfulness and counsel in their efforts
to rectify wrong, alleviate suffering,
and set the weak in the way ot
strength and hope. We have built up,
moreover, a great system of govern
ment, which has stood through a long
age as in many respecta a model for
those who seek to set liberty upon
foundations that will "endure against
fortuitous change, against storm and
accident Our life contains every
great thing, and contains it in rich
abundance.
Human Coat Not Counted. -But
the evil has come with the
good, and much fine gold has been
corroded. With : riches has come in
excusable waste. We have.' squan
dered a great part of what we might
have need, and have not stopped to
conserve the exceeding bounty of na
ture, without which our genius for en
terprise would have been worthless
and impotent scorning to be careful,
shamefully prodigal aa well as admir
ably efficient. We have been proud of
our i industrial achievements, but we
have not hitherto - stopped thought
fully enough to count the human cost
the cost of Uvea snuffed out, of ener
gies overtaxed and broken, the tear
ful physical and spiritual cost to the
men and women and children upon
whon the dead weight and burden ot
it all has fallen pitilessly the years
through. The groans and agony of It
all had not yet reached our ears, the
solemn, moving undertone of our life,
coming up out of the mines and fac
tories and out of every homex where
the struggle had Its intimate and fa
miliar seat. With the great govern
ment went many deep secret things
which we too long delayed to look
into and scrutinize with candid, fear
less eyes. The great government we
loved has too often been made use of
for private" and selfish purposes, and
those who used it had forgotten tne
people.. uc'r'-'J " : ;V "!
At last a vision haa been vouch
safed ua of our life as a whole. We
see the bad with the good, the de
based and decadent with the sound
and vital . With this vision we ap
proach new affairs. Our duty is to
cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to
correct the evil without Impairing the
good, to purify and humanize every
process of our, common, life without
weakening or sentimentalizing ' it.
There has been something crude and
heartless and unfeeling in our haste to
succeed and be great Our thought has
been 'Let every man look out for him
self, let every generation lock out for
Itself,' while we reared giant tnachln
ery which made It l.i rot- ib'e that any
but those who stood at t'l levers ot
control shouIJ l ave a c'
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lessness have fallen from our eyes.
We have made up our minds to square
every process of our national life
again with the standards we so proud
ly set up at tha beginning and have
always carried at our hearts. Our
work Is a work of restoration.
We have Itemised with some degree
of particularity the things that ought
to be altered and here are some of
the chief Items: A tariff which cuts
us off from our proper part In the
commerce of the world, violates the
just principles ot taxation, and makes
the government a facile Instrument In
tha hands of private interests; a bank
ing and currency system based upon
the necessity of tha government to
sell Its bonds fifty years ago and per
fectly adapted to concentrating cash
and restricting credits; an Industrial
system which, take It on all Its sides,
financial as well as administrative,
holds capital In leading strings, re
stricts the liberties and limits the op
portunities of labor, and exploits with
out renewing or conserving tha nat
ural resources of the country; a body
of agricultural activities never yet
given the efficiency of great business
undertakings or served as it should be
through the Instrumentality of science
taken directly to tha farm, or afforded
the facilities of credit best suited to
Its practical needs; water courses un
developed, waste places unreclaimed,
forests - untended, , fast disappearing
without plan or prospect of renewal,
unregarded waste heaps at every mine.
We have studied as perhaps no other
nation has tha most effective means
of production, but wa have not studied
cost or economy as we should either
as organizers ot Industry, as states
men, or as Individuals.
Mattera of Justice.
Nor have wa studied and perfected
tha means by which government may
be put at the service of humanity, In
safeguarding the health of the nation,
the health of its men and Us women
and Us children, as well as their rights
In the struggle for existence. This is
no sentimental duty. The firm basis
of government Is Justice, not pity.
These are mattera of Justice. There
can be no equality or opportunity, the
first essential ot Justice In the body
politic, If men and, women and chil
dren be not shielded In their lives,
their very vitality, from the conse
quences of great Industrial and social
processes which they cannot alter,
control or singly cope with. Society
must see to it that It does not Itself
crush or weaken or damage Its own
constituent parte. The first duty of
law Is to keep sound tha society It
serves. Sanitary laws, pure food laws,
and laws determining conditions of
labor which Individuals are powerless
to determine for themselves are Inti
mate parts of tha very business ot jus
tlce and legal efficiency.
These are some of the things wa
ought to do, and not leave the others
undone, the old-fashioned, never-to-be-neglected,
fundamental safeguarding
of property and of individual right
This Is the high enterprise of the new
day; to lift everything that concerns
our life as a nation to the light that
shines from the bearthflre of every
man's conscience and vision ot the
right . It Is inconceivable thaty we
should do this aa partisans; it Is in
conceivable we should do It in Ignor
ance of the facta as. they are or in
blind haste. We shall restore, not de
stroy. We shall deal with our econ
omic system as It is and as it may
be modified, not as It 'might be If we
had a clean sheet of paper to write
upon; and step by step we shall make
It what U should be, In the spirit of
those who question their own wisdom
and seek counsel and knowledge, not
shallow self-satlBfactlon or the excite
ment of excursions whither they can
not tell. Juatioe, and only justice,
shall always be our motto. ; ;
Task Not One of Politics. .
And yet it will be no cool process
of mere science. The nation has been
deeply stirred,, stirred by a solemn
passion, stirred by the knowledge of
wrong, of Ideals lost, of government
too often debauched and made an In
strument of evil. The feelings with
which we face this new age of right
and opportunity sweep across our
heart-strings like some air out of
God's own presence, where Justice and
mercy are reconciled and the judge
and the brother are one. We know
our task to be no mere task of politics,
but a task which shall search ua
through and through, whether we be
able to understand our time and the
need of our people, whether we be in
deed their spokesmen 1 and interpre
ters, whether we have the pure heart
to comprehend and the rectified will
to choose our high course of action.
This is not a day of triumph; It la
dar of dedication. Here muster, not
the forces ot party, but the forces of
humanity. Men's hearts wait upon us;
men's Uves hang in the balance; men's
hopes call upon us to say what we
will do. Who shall live up to the
great truetT Who dares fall to try T
summon alt honest men, all patriotic,
all forwardlooking men, to my side.
God helping hie, I will not tail them,
if they will but counsel and sustain
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Romans May Have Worked Gold Mine.
Every one Is aware that prehistoric
gold mines have been found in South
Africa and speculation Is still rife as
to the identity ot the people who work
ed them. A news Item from Salisbury
informs' us that a Roman coin has
lately been found among the debris
'of one of these mines. The coin waa
sent to the curator of coins In the
British Museum, who replied that It
was struck during the relrrn of the
Emperor Diocletian. A. D. 309-10. But
the letter adds that these particular
coins are not rare ana t'.ut It would
be unsafe to draw deductions from it
as to the age of t: a mine or the na'
tiormllty cf tte r ' .ier.
J:o?I:pr, i
have tl.e Sa.
J John, "did Mosef
indigestion as ft bet
1 ?"
I''liy, John,, what do you mean?"
"V. 'ell, it says In the Sunday school
1. . :on that hte Lord gave Moses twe
tablets."
r."
'y the era of superstition Is
7 s y. One of the great
i - s la to f irt cut l's vs-
GCEAT CfilO
ULTi;T0U.S.
CHANGE OP ADMINISTRATION
CUTS SHORT DISCU88I0N OF '
' CANAL-SUBJECT.
NOTE COMES FROM ERYCE
The Ambassador Asserts -Thst The
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Holds Until
The Toll Have Acutally Been
Levied. Note J Set of Observations
Washington. Great Britain's final
word to the Taft Administration on
tha Panama Canal tolls dispute, made
public Insisted that a case ot settle
ment under this Hay-Pauncefote treaty
has arisen but that there would not
be time to discuss the subject further
before the United States government
changed hands. ' . , '
Secretary of State Knox acknowl
edged receipt of this communication
without committing the state depart
ment to an answer reserving to his
successor the decision of the question
of whether It is proper to make such
answer at all or to await another
communication from the British gov
ernment continuing the argument'
This latest British note, which waa
submitted to Secretary Knox, Instead
of being a communication from Sir
Edward Grey, the foreign ' minister,
was a set of "observations" by Ambas
sador Bryce: ;
The note follows In part:
"His Majesty's Government Is un
able before the amtnistratlon leaves
office to reply fully to the arguments ,
contained In your dispatch ot the sev
enteenth to the United States Charge .
D'Affaires at London, regarding the
difference of opinion that haa arisen
between our two governments as to
the interpellation of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, but they desire me In the
meantime to offer the following ob
servations with regard to the argu
ment that no case has yet arisen call
ing for any submission to arbitration
of the ponta In difference - between
His Majesty's government and that of
the United States on in the interpreta
tion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, be
cause no actual Injury has as yet re
sulted to any British Interest and all
that has been bone so far Is to pass
an act of Congress under which action
held by Hla Majesty's government
to be prejudicial to British Interests
might be taken.
People of Nicaragua Tired of War.
New Orleans. "In . Nicaragua the
people are tlreij of war and strif.
They want peace and the Opportunity
to Improve their condition and devel
op their country," according to Gen
eral Juan Joae Estrada, former presi
dent of Nicaragua, who was In New'
Orleans en rotue to New York. Gen
eral Estrada added that he did not
believe there would be any more revo
lutions in his country and - thought
that the enmity to president Dias
would be overcome ''when the people
In Nicaragua realize that it Is against
their own good to instill anti-American
feeling." . ,. . ; '
Killed Trying to. Avert Wreck.
Danville, Va William M. Poteat
white, married, aged 43, was struck
by a southbound passenger, train near
this city . while trying to remove a
hand car from the track to avert a
wreck. Negro hands jumped from
the car but Poteat waa Jellied trying
to remove It from the rails. " ,
. General Orozco Wants Peace. ,
El Paso, Texas. Gen. Pacual Oros
co, Jr., the commander-in-chief pf the
northern revolution, heretofore silent
regarding his stand in the Mexican di
lemma, declared at his camp : near
Abumada that he desired to arrange
peace by negotiations, y ;, ' . ,
Turks and Greeks in 8avage Fight.
: Athens, Greece. A detachment of
300 - Turkish . Infantrymen fought . for
six hours against a body of Greek
troops near Janina and surrendered
only after. 112 Turks had been killed.
Including eight officers. . ' -
Webb Bill Becomes Law Despite Taft
Washington By; a vote of 244 to -
95 the house repassed over President
Taffs veto the Webb bill prohibiting
shipments ot intoxicating liquors into
"dry" states. The senate passed it over
the veto and the bill now becomes
law. Only one other time In the last .
15 years has Congress over-ridden , a
president's veta i This was when the
Rainey River dam bill was passed over
President Roosevelt's : disapproval. 1
President Taft based his veto upon .
the ground that the bill waa unco a- -stltutlonal,
V';.
Colombia Rejects Proposasl.
Washington la a message, review.
Ing the controversy with Colombia,
President Taft transmitted to the sen
ate a report which declared Colom
bia's flat rejection of preliminary set
tlement proposals by the ' .. United
States have closed the door to fur
ther overtures on the part ot the
United States. Tt)e report suggested
that ' a hope prevalent in Colombia
that the Incoming Democratic admin
istration would- agree to a settlement
on more liberal terms, was responsi
ble for Colombia's attitude.
Medal of Honor For C' t. Restron.
Waslnrton. Capt A. II. I! : !ron.
otnm antler of the shan't'!.!? Or-
pathia, when she rebcm-J tl.e survi
vors of tlie Titanic wss h- re to receive
from PrpfMent Taft the medal of hon
or awarded by the congress, the Is'.
est gift It can bestow upon a civ!!'
Ambassador Bryce, members of tL
president's cabinet, the senate com-
mittee which Investigated the ("-niter,
the hcis-.e Cf"r,!T;.'-"n ( n r t