The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1937, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20. 1937. | FAMOUS INAUGURATIONS OF 7 * * * * * * * * % Dramatic Enirances and Exits Highli By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE * AP Fea WASHING' D Seve ¥ va avenue to the for his s il b n the goin history march rson to the of the Lincoln, velt Wilson, to Hoover, and to the sec- ond Roosevelt. Washington was in- | « d into the Pres York and in Philadeln! John Ad: also was iliadg in the Quaker Cit to Street of Digniiaries Potentates and princes as well Presidents and national heroes li Admiral Dewey and Charles Lindbergh have passed dov avenue in the pageant of Ameri progress. Statesmen of the youn republic in short breeches and silk stockings walked in its dust and, mud; so too did the great of Co gress like Webster, Clay and Cal- houn and frontiersmen of the Daniel Boone end Kit Carson eras has echoed to the np of soldiers of the revolution, of the Mexican, Civil, Spanish and World 5. The! rebel yell, the| whoop of Indians, the yip-yip of | cowboys, and the cheers of youths who were to sleep forever in Flan- ders fields have reverberated from the old buildings that flank Ameri- | ca’s No. 1 thoroughfare | Three of the most colorful in-| ; g augurations were those of Andrew | Jackson, Ulysses 8. Grant and Theo- dore Roosevelt, all military n Jackson's iguration was the oc- . much whoopee by the | 4 ! > in finery and some ir ' % dolized the gentle bar- barian from frontier Tennessee. They Rioted For Jackson When Old' Hickory took the oath exactly 100 years before Hoover did, crowds cam nd carts from 500 mile of their hero. The e sta a dem- the White House so that the doughty old warrior If fled to avoid injury in the of admirers to his side. The rabble fell on the refresh- ments, jostling waitgrs as they ap- peared at the doors and breaking china,” said a critical eyewitness. | % : “They stood in muddv boots on da- 1 : o | mask-cover rdows were - : 1 | used for the sufiocatin A masses, en 1ainted and men were seen with bloody noses INDUCTION lik the this order the 3 n € utio Pennsylvania Avenue at the junctien onc Yoe | men | enter | | | | | | d chai~s—w Vets Turned Out For Grani | Grant vode in an inaugural pro- ccssion which was hailed as the 4 i greatest military display the capi- : i 4 4 | tal had ever witnessed. Many fa- ; i | 15 civil war regiments, a bat- | ion of Mexican war veterans and 30 soldiers of the war .of 1812 were in the procession. The old warriors of 1812 rode in a lavishly decor- aied omnibus drawn y six white horses. Grant himself disappointed many by failing to wear his general’s uni- T.R’S BIG SHOW | A conquering hero in top form was Theodore Roosevelt when automot | vou aie gl S * * » * * ® ohit Presidential Pageants of Previous Year TAKES OFFICE : circumstances made dramatic (right) raised his hand Justice Edward D. White (left. by the fa'tering exit of dis bove the rrowd at his inaugu C:ivin Co is a and his vision shattered of leading the United States into a conceré of e nations to preserve peace and | sympathy mingled ers as the crowds caught the disease-wasted and -weary { of the war-time esident, sitting beside the vigor- and ruddy President-elect in their ride to the capftol | Descending the White House steps | for the last time, Wilson was &as- sisted by secret vice. men who placed feet on each step and hen or running board of the b pitol the Presie and chatted Zur the monies to entreaties re himself Avcided Cel 1 yielded family that he deal of the i He and the President-elect hands, and Harding said: Mr. President. I know | be relieved of your es clasped “Goodbye, len and wor Yet the Ohioan w: the two to die. As Wilson walked falteringly to "is car he remarked to Senator Knox of Pennsylvania: “The sen- ate has thrown me down, but I am 101, r to fall down.” He wa referring to the senats defeat of his proposzl that the United States enter the League of Nations As the automobile rped by ‘White House on the way to his | s the first LINCOLN BECOMES PRESIDE Accompanied by a heavy g the Washington rife with rumers cith oi allegian for the first (i | vate home in S street, Wilson ne anced at the mansion which en his home during eight highly amatic years. Dramatic because of its exi first inauguration of Calvin idge, who took the oath of of at 2:47 in the morning in the lamp- Coo! RS * % United States cow Wilson, War- 4, 1921 and w dden Wor wration en March t extreme right. ward, Abrabam Lincoln slinned into sination plots and teok the wocden cn- of as: me in 1861 in a erude closure while the high hats of the day looked on. form. He wore a severely plain black naugural after snit, rode in an open carriage cugh lanes of wildly cheering At the capitol his little daughter Nellie slipped away from her mother and held her father hand during the last few minutes of his inaugural address. Few conquering heroe ever re- ceived a greater ovation than Theo- dore Roosevelt at his inauguration on March 4, 1905. It was a day of the re g a grcat ovation frem a wild wes! cewboys (¢ West and Annapolis Point nidshipmen cadets Teddy, bubbling over with en- husiasm, reviewed the parade for three and a half hours. Some 35 he mounted the rostrum March 4, 1905, to deliver h Harvard siudents. line of marchers who ranged from Pennsylvania avenue, waving their 1brery sitting their bronchos | with the ease of Cossacks and yell- ing like mad for the Rough Rider they had come east to honor. They snared unsuspecting bystanders with their lariats, loosened their lassoe: lighted sitting room of the Vermoni farm house where he was born. Oath Given By Father Called from hjs sleep by a mes- sage telling of the death of Presi lent Hardiyz in San Francis Coolidge had dressed quickly trifle pale but composed, he wall down the old stairway of his hood d: into the sitting Mrs. Coolicge, weeping, follow ro OLD HICKORY'S DEMONSTRA' When wild melee at the White House th: avoid injury. This is tury Magazine, courtesy of Harner EAGLES STRETCH WIN STREAK BY 3 POINT VICTORY ‘ | Firemen Hand Graves' Bas- ‘ keteers Fancy Drub- | ‘ bing Last Evening ‘ Doug Eagies eked oul a nar- row victory from Krause in the re- opening the City League court tournament last night at the High School Gym by a 29 to 26 score. Sammy Nelson, high scorer of the evening ,was an ever threatening foe with his quick short shots, and at no time did he allow the Kagles to gain too comfortable a lead. Through the first quarter Jensen set the pace and the Concreters were a little slow in keeping up, but at the end of the half the Eagles were brought in check and had only a three point lead over their rivals. Lightning Shot i Almost as soon as the whistle blew for the opening of the third quarter Nelson denied the hoop with a lightning shot but the combination of Jensen, Erskine and Mills prov- ed that in numbers there is strength and at the end of the period the Eagles had a six-point lead. Nelson At It Again Again the margin wa down by Nelson who ney allowed the Eagles to feel sure of them- sulves. The Eagles played a slow but sure game, staying on top by their practiced formations and team combinations. Firemen Beat Graves From the word go last night, in the tween the Firemen and Graves, the better organized Fire Chasers began placing the shots snugly in the hoop, building up to a final score of 35 points against 18 for the Clothiers. | At the end of the first quarter, the Firemen were comfortably lead-’ ing by 13 to 5 with excellent passing' and fine guarding they widened the margin 21 to 9 at the half. Combination At Work The Snow, Baker, Hollmann com- bination played well together last night and held the Clothiers in check throughout the evening. Bob McPhee, backed up by Bud Foster, did most of the hoop dent- ing for the Krause quintet, but they melted an artist’s conception of the scene second tilt of the evening be- . e OF TION Andrew Jackson was inaugurated in frem hundreds of miles tc see their hero—and then created such o 1820, crowds came at the old warrior himself fled to from Cen- and Brothers. G. Burke, 2 Substitutions (6), Orme (2) (. Officials: Elmer Lindstrom, ref- eree; Alex Dunham, timer; Hautala, scorer. >ooe — FAIRBANKS IS COVERED, SNOW Twenty-six inches of snow in 3} hours, up to 2 o'clock this morning and 5.23 inches precipitation during the recent hours is the record at Fairbanks according to advices re- ceived by the Juneau Weather Bu- reau this afternoon from the in- terior city. The present wet snow is crushing down on the lighter snow but no damage has been reported from caved-in roofs. The total depth of snow to date at Fairbanks has been 62 inches. Today’s precipitation is the great- est that has ever been registered at Fairbanks during a winter month. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS PLAY CARDS TONIGHT; EVENT IS FOR PUBLIC The Little Flower Court of the Catholic Daughters of America are holling their second pre-Lenten card party for the public tonight at 8 o'clock in the Parish fall. One more party will be held and then the grand award will be made. Whist, pinochle and contract bridge will be played and there are to be awards for the highest scores tonight. The ccmmittee has been workimg G. Gray 1 men—IHollmann v e s—Sturrock Fi Gr ¥ 'y hard to make the party tonight a success and a large crowd is exs pected to attend. Mrs. Muriel Jacobson, Mrs. Frans- ces Hoke, and Mrs, Jeanette John- scn are on the committee for to- night. Following the game refresh= ments will be served. CITY ASKS RESIDENTS | TO HELP IN LOCATING RADIO INTERFERENCE | 1In an effort to eut down radio |interference, the city, under the di- rection of Radio Inspector Bill Nix- son, is sending out a questionnaire to all residents of the community |were unable to down the better or- asking for information as to what %00 men marched past the review- | and galloped gaily away. stand, bands playing “Good- 1ngian chiefs, led by the once bye, My Blue B nd “There’ll Be p0h-dreaded Apache, Geronimo, 1 Hof Time in the Old Town To- avchanged greetings with the “dee- night.’ lighted” T.R. Last in line was a A band of cowboys dashed UD goup of Farvard students in cap 2 and gown, giving the long drawn- tout Harvard yell. pageantry and the lively display he so greatly enjoyed. In the procession were old and young war veterans, cowpunchers, Indian braves, governors, generals. college students, merchants and la- borers, Filipinos and Porto Ricans, | Nation Stirring Drama | Poignant, nation-stirring drama { more than once has attended the in- augural pageants of the Presidents. When Abraham Lincoln came to | Washington for his first inaugura- | ticn, the nation was on the brink |of civil war, seven states already [lmd left the Union and a heavy at- here of anxiety hung over the capital. It was said that three- {fourtas of the city’s inhabitants re- {garded the incoming chief executive |as an enemy. Lincoln Facea Iranger There were rumors of plots to as- sassinate the President-elect, to !seize Washington and to blow up |its public buildings. En route to the capital, Lincoln was induced by se- | cret service operatives to change his Itravel schedule in order to avert assassination. He left Harrisburg, Pa., secretly at night on a special train, traveled incognito through hostile Baltimore and slipped quiet- 1ly into Washington at 6:05 in the { morning. His carrfage surrounded by sol- {diers and with government marks- /men on the roofs of houses training their guns on Pennsylvania avenue, the “great backwoodsman” rode from | Willard’s hotel to the capitol to |swear that he would preserve the | union. Wilson Exit An Ordeal | The inauguration of Warren |Harding was made dramatic by the |tragic exit from the Presidency of HARRISON DREW RAIN When Benjamin Harrison (left center with beard) was rated in 1889 it rained so hard the ceremony had ‘v he performed under umbrellas. This is an artist’s conception of the occasion, him. Coclidge’s father administered (! cath. The new President stood with right hand upraised at one side a little table with Mrs. Coolid beside him. Across the table i father, face beaming and voice/ trembling, read the few words the oath “to preserve, protect s defend the constitution of the ed States.” TAFT WAS SNOW Driven inside i cath of office in the Se 7l 'auguration days. Decorations were sodden, gentlemen wrung the water jout of their coat t | femining ang, espe And Calvin Coolidge, "“""“”“"‘rr.r Lheein:uglgm\u(:n. ous of speech, added: “So help me God. | Taft Had a Blizz Weather Elements | Grant’s second inaug Rough weather has ruined many |been rated the coldest on inauguration pageants, imperiled the | the mercury falling to 4 health of several Presidents and pro- |2bove zero. But Tafl was gree bably contributed to the fatal |by what was probably the wors! ness of one chief executive. |inauguration day of all, a whirling William Henry Harrison, the old- blizzard featured by flashes of light- est man to be elevated to the Presi- |Ding as well as rain, snow. sleet dency, died of pneumonia said to|and a cutting wind. have been superinduced in some Telephone and t graph lines measure by the rigors of his inaugu- ' Were down, isolating the capital ration. from the rest of the world for sev Hatless and without an cvercoat, [?ral hours. News correspondents ‘he 68-year-old warrior of Tip-|%nt out sketchy accounts of the pacanoe fame, rode his white char- remony from a wireless telegraph ger from the White House to the|station atop the Willard Hotel and capitol on a wintry day, and then by roundabout telegraph outlets to stood barekeaded for more than an | the south. hour in a raw wind while he deliv- ered his inaugural. Unit shingled ruined. 1y rd tion has record, degree of | For the first time in 76 vewss | President took the oath of office in- Died After Month | doors, the ceremol g plac Returning to the White House |in the senate Crippled President Harrison stood in a re- |rail transportation prevented thou ception line all afterncon and po'-|[sands from coming tc Washington ished off the day by attending thr to witness the inauguration, and inauguration balls. For the n there was a renewal of the move- few weeks he was deluged by office ment to hold the quadrennial c seekers. Finally, he contracted pneu- | monies on April 30 instead of monia and died exactly one month 4 after his induction. “I knew it would be cold day To the cheers of thousands who|when I was made President of the stood in pools of water under drip- | nited States,” said jocund ping red, white and blue umbrellas, Taft. Benjamin Henry Harrison, became President on one of the worst in- a the First Telegraph Report rd, Wi ate Chamber lated fer hours by probably the wi illiam Howard Taft (left) (cok {he 1909. The Capila’ 72 ‘s0- inanguration day ©n u’s "time 14 inauguration days had been unpleasant and 13 pleasant. There and many | were no definite records on ihe wea- | ther of three others. The first telegraphie nows of an inauguration was sent bty Profes- sor Samuel Morse at the induction of President Polk in 1845. A bref message from Washington to Bal- timore was tapped out by Mores cn a crude instrument installed on i the inauguration platform. the his- Itoric ev being scarcely nolice”’ /by the crowd which attended the | inducticn ceremony. Thomas Jefferson wen' r rding house in New Jerscy rapitol to take the cath of office the first President to be inaug d in Washinzton. He returned to the boarding housc after the ceremony was over, “loath to take up residence in the half-fin- ished executive mansion .a mile away in the swamp.” lmore The Hanasomest George Washington grandson of Martha a1.d adopted son of President Wash- on, attended every inaugura- tion from Washington to Buchan- in, The latter was the first bache- or to be inaugurated President. Millard Fillmore was said to have been the handsomest man ever in- {augurated, Martin Van Buren rode to the capitol for his induction to |the Presidency in a phaeton built f wood from the famous frigate | h's he ave nue to tr Washington | onstitution.” e eee It was reported that up to that Today's News Today—Emplre. Park Custis, |ganized Firemen. ! The Summaries | | DOUGLAS 29 KRAUSE 26 F. G. Mills 6 R. Bardi 6 F. C. Erskine 10 S. Neison 15 ,C. M. Jensen 11 J. Osborn 2 'G. T. Niemi 0 J. Young 0/ . C Boyer 0 .. . 8. Paul 1| Substitutions: Douglas—Edwards | (2); Krause — Ledbetter, Rudo]ph.; Hanson (2). { FIREMEN 35 F. J. Snow 10 . ¥. D. Behrends 4 C. R. Baker 7 G. T. Moyer 4 GRAVES 18 L. Hill 0| 8. Culbertson 0 B. Foster 6l noises and interference bother them most. It includes a daily log of in- terference for every. radio owner and with this information at hand the city proposes to continue with its program of eliminating interference, The questonnaires are expected to be delivered tomorrow and all resi- dents are asked to fill them out and return them as soon as possible, e e— Southern agricultural leaders are R. McPhee 10 seeking to found a cotton research laboratory to investigate the pos- sibility of new industrial uses for cotton. The First National Bank TUNEAU [ ] CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$75,000 [ J COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS | ACCOUNTS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES | 2%, Paid on Savings Accounts