Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 5, 1913, Page 2

o WILSON AND _ MARSHALL | SWORN IN Crowds Greet New Leaders of Nation, PARADE BIG FEATURE Surpassed in Many Respects Any Previous Inaugu- ral Spectacle, Washington, March 4.—In the pres- ence of the biggest crowd that ever packed and jammed itself into the great plaza at the east end of the Capitol, surrounded by high civil and | military dignitaries, diplomats and | statesmen of his own and foreign | eountries, Woodrow Wilson today | took the oath of office that made him | the twenty-eighth president of the | United States. Less than an hour before, with sol- @mn ceremonial, Thomas R. Marshall, the vice president elect, had been in- | ducted into his office in the senate chamber before the members of both houses. Somewhat earlier still Presi- @ent Taft, the president and vice President elect, with their respective guards of honor, the Essex troop of Newark, N. J., and the Culver Black Horse troop of Indiana, had swept down Pennsylvania avenue on their Way to the Capitol betwen row on row of cheering, shouting thousands. Crowds Gather Early. Soon after daybreak this morning the crowds began to gather along Pennsylvania avenue and in front of the great platform that had been erected for the inaugural exercises at wee ke KR RK KK x x x* *« * * x x * x *x x x x * Ba x MMM MM ¥ PRESIDENT WILSON. the eastern end of the Capitol. Long before noon every available inch of space was taken. As the august procession, which precedes the inauguaral ceremony filed out of the Capitol and wound its way across the platform a hush fell over the crowd. Mechanically many uncovered their heads. The sergeants-at-arms of the senate and house, followed by the marshal of the District of Columbia, made up the vanguard of the procession of high dignitaries. Behind these last | eame Chief Justice Edward D. White of the supreme court, whose duty it was to administer the oath of office to the president elect, and the associate Justices, followed by the committee on arrangements. Then came the president and the president elect, and at their rear a distinguished following of ambassa- dors, governors and other dignitaries. Chief Justice Administers Oath. When the procession paused every egr strained attention to catch the words that would usher into the chair ef Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln the first Democrat to gain that high place in a score of years. Solemnly and distinctly, though most of the waiting thousands hang- ing on the event of his words could not even see the motion of his lips, the chief justice administered the sath of office to the president elect. An instant the waiting host stood si- lent. Then it became a shrieking, leap- 4ng mob, roaring a pandemoniac welcome to the nation’s new execu- tive and all but smothering the salut- img cannon which first gave notice hat a new president had been inaugu- | sion, headed by the national guard of | | tional guard of New Jersey was ia | and North Carolina. | Wilson’s inaugural address was com-| rated and a new administration begun. As soon as quiet was restored Presi- dent Wilson delivered his brief inau- goral address. Immediately after the address was biggest feature of the inauguration, but in many respects surpassed any- thing that Washington has seen in a long series of inaugura! spectacles. The head of the first grand division was almost abreast of the White House when President Wilson first showed himself in the glassed in sec- tion of the reviewing stand that had been reserved for him. His appear- ance was the signal for a wave of ap- plause that swept all before it, drown- ing the music of the bands, as it folled toward the Capitol. Soon after the cheering that greet- ed the president’s entrance to the re- viewing stand died away far down the avenue arose another tumult that con- tained a deeper note. Swiftly the swelling voices rolled nearer, reached the stand and passed onward and then far down the avenue there came into view the faded blue uniforms of the Grand Army of the Republic. Soldiers and Sai The first gpand division of the pa- | rade was composed of the regular naval and military forces and was un- der the direct command of Major | General W. W. Wotherspoon, U. S. A. | In it marched picked -men of the | army, navy and marine corps. The West Point cadets, in their | smart gray uniforms, and the middies | from the Naval academy at Annap-| olis, the best drilled corps in the | rs in Line. country, were also a- feature of this | division. | Next in line came the militia divi- | the District of Columbia, Brigadier General Albert D. Mills, U. S. A., com- manding. Practically the entire na- line in this division. Other states that were represented were Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, | Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Maine | Military Schools Represented. Here also the cadets of the various military schools of the country marched, among them the cadets from the Virginia Military institute, the Culver Military academy, the Car- lisle Indian school, Purdue university, | { | the Citadel cadets and the Georgia Military academy. The third division was made up of | the veterans of the Grand Army of | the Republic, the Union Veteran un-| ion, the Spanish War Veterans and | various other patriotic organizations. | Chief Marshal Robert N. Harper,| chairman of the committee on civic organizations, led the fourth grand | division, which was composed of vari- ous civic organizations, mostly politi- cal, from all parts of the country. One feature of this division was a band of American Indians dressed in the costume of their ancestors. An- other was the Princeton students, who escorted the president from his home to this city. They headed the college men's section of the parade. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS} President Wilson Briefly Outlines Changes Needed. Hl Washington, March 4.—President | paratively brief. He referred to the greatness of the nation and the mag: | nitude of our industries, but declared we have not hitherto stopped thought-| fully enough to count the human cost,| the cost of lives snuffed out, of ener-} gies overtaxed and broken, the fear. ful physical and spiritual cost to the| men and women and children upon| whom the dead weight and burden of it all has fallen pitilessly the years! } through. | Speaking of existing conditions that,| in his opinion, should be changed, President Wilson included the follow- ing as the chief items: A tariff which cuts us off from our! proper part in the commerce of the world, violates the just principles of taxation and makes the government a facile instrument in the hands of prt vate interests; a banking and curren-) cy system based upon the necessity of the government to sell its bonds fifty years ago and perfectly adapted to con- centrating cash and restricting cred- its; an industrial system which, take it on all sides, financial as well as ad- ministrative, holds capital in leading strings, restricts the liberties and limits the opportunities of labor and | exploits without renewing or conserv- ing the natural resources of the coun- try; 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 the farm or afforded the facilities of credit best suited to its practical needs; water- courses undeveloped, waste places un- reclaimed, forests untended, fast dis- appearing without prospect of renewal. WYOMING IN AN ACCIDENT New Battleship Damaged, but No One Is Injured. Washington, March 4—Rear Ad- miral Badger, in command of the At- lantic fleet, reported that the new bat- tleship Wyoming had meet with a slight accident. During target practice a few days ago the cap square on the trunion block of one of the big forward turret guns was split. No one was injured and in spite of the damage to the gun it was said it could have been fired again without the least danger. Third Arbitrator Chosen, Washington, March 4—William L. Chambers of Washington, formeriv a member of the Spanish treaty com- mission, has been named by Chair man Knapp and acting Labor Can- miss‘oner Hanger as the third arbitra- tor in the firemen’s strike President and Mrs. Wilson and Their Three Daughters. READY TO ENFORCE PEACE Huerta Will Use Troops Against Re- bellious Mexicans. Mexico City, March 4—Firm and energetic military rule promised by the new Mexican government under Provisional President Huerta proba- bly will be inaugurated this week. Hu- erta has had eight days of conference with the various rebel chiefs or with commissioners sent by them. The government is now disposed to consider as irreconcilable all those rebels who continue to delay definite recognition of the new order of things. SCORE OF PERSONS HURT Panic Occurs on Crowded Train in New York City. New York, March 4—A crowded four-car train from Brooklyn on the Williamsburg bridge ran into the bulkhead at the end of the bridge in that city, injuring some twenty or thirty persons. The windows in every car were broken and men, women and children were cut by the fiying glass. All the lights of the train were ex- tinguished by the impact and a panic among the 400 passengers followed as they were thrown from their seats. Paterson Strike Extending. Paterson, N J., March 4.—Attempts to call out the ribbon workers in sym- pathy with the silk weavers and dyers marked the opening of the second week of the strike here. Ten thou- sand workers are out, it is estimated, and every big dye shop in the eity is closed. The tieup in the silk milis is almost as complete. Slated for Attorney General in President Wilson’s Cabinet. | ‘READY TO SEND | TO THE SENATE: President Wilson Completes Makeup of Cabinet. Washington, March 5.—President Wilson’s cabinet is complete and it |Tremains only to formally send the | nominations to the senate. Until | actually nominated the list is unoffi- | cial, but is definitely accepted to be jas follows: | Secretary of State—William Jen-! nings Bryan of Nebraska. | Secretary of the Treasury—William G. McAdoo of New York. Secretary of War—Lindley M. Gar- rison of New Jersey. Attorney General—James McReyn- olds of Tennessee. Postmaster General—Albert S. Bur- | leson of Texas. Secretary of the Navy—Josephus Daniels of North Carolina. Secretary of the Interior—Franklin K. Lane of California. Secretary of Agriculture — David A. Houston of Missouri. Secretary of Commerce—Represen- tative William C. Redfield of New York. Secretary of Labor—Representative diesem B. Wilson. of Pennsylvania. TRAFFIC BUREAU ENJOINED, Effort Made to Dissolve Concern as | Combination. | St. Louis, March 5.—A suit was / filed in the federal district court here against the St. Louis Coal Traffic bu- reau to enjoin it from making and enforcing railroad rates on coal car- | | ried from the Illinois mines to St. | Louis and to dissolve the bureau as a combination in restraint of trade. | GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, March 4—Cattle— Steers, $5.75@8.75; cows and heifers, $4.50@7.00; calves, $4.25@9.25; feed- ers, $4.50@7.50. Hogs—$8.20@8.25. Sheep—Lambs, $4.50@8.00; wethers, | $4.25@5.75; ewes, $2.25@5.50. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 4—Wheat—To ar- rive and on track—No. 1 hard, 864%@ 86%c; No. 2 Northern, 81% @84%c; May, 87% @87%c; July, 89%@99\c. Flax—On track, $1.28%@1.28%; to | arrive, $1.28%; May, $1.30; July, $1.31%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, March 4—Wheat—May, 92%c; July, 9ic; Sept., 89% @89%c. Corn—May, 53@53%c; July, 54@ 54%c; Sept., 55c. Oats—May, 34%@ 34%c; July, 3456c; Sept., 34%c. Pork —May, $20.22; July, $20.00. Butter— Creameries, 28@35}¢c. Eggs—14@20c. Poultry—Turkeys, 2ic; chickens, 14%c; springs, 16c. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, March 4.—Cattle—Beeves, 36.85@9.00; Texas steers, $5.20@6.00; Western steers, $6.00@7.75; stockers and feeders, $6.15@8.10; cows and heifers, $3.25@7.50; calves, $7.00@10.- 50. Hogs—Light, $8.30@8.55; mixed, $8.25@8.55; heavy, $8.10@8.50; rough, |$8.10@8.25: pigs, $6.50@8.25. Sheep— Native, $5.25@6.85; yearlings, $6.75@ 7.90; lambs, $7.40@8.60. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, March 4—Wheat— May, 87%c; July, 89% @89\%c. Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, 87%c; No. 1 Northern, 86%@87%c; to arrive, 86%@86%c; No. 2 Northern, 83%@ 85%c; No. 3 Northern, 824% @83%c; No. 8 yellow corn, 45@45tec; No. 4 corn, 434%4@44%c; No. 3 white oats, 30144 @8ic; to arrive, 30%c; No. 3 oats, 28% @29c. barley, 42@55c; flax, $1- 29; to arrive, $1.29. | is. $2,036,247.37. St. Paul, March 3.—Denying what he called the “deceptive and mislead- ing averments” of a resolution of in- quiry Mr. Spooner gave the house the following information with regard to the inmates and the industries of the state prison; Prison Statistics Given. The total number of prisoners, im cluding women is 900. Of these 225 are employed in the manufacture of shoes under a “very unprofitable contract” which expires Sept. 1, 1914. For the labor of these men the state is paid 63 cents a day, and it furnishes shops, heat, light, power, etc. Three hundred prisoners are em- ployed in the twine factory. About 150 are employed “under dis- advantageous conditions” in the manu- facture of harvesting machines. Ten persons not prisoners are em- ployed in the twine plant and 25 in the harvester plant. The state prison revolving fund, or the capital on which it does business By the end of the year it will be increased to about $2,461,000. It is from this fund that it is proposed to appropriate $250,000 to build a new harvester factory. There will be manufactured this year at the old prison 2,330 binders, 3,000 mowers and 1,230 rakes. Ex- perimental work is at the same time being carried on in the matter of corn harvesters. Saturday a Heavy Day. The house Saturday divided an aft- ernoon between work and play. Sit- ting as a committee of the whole, more bills were acted upon than at any previous session, despite @e fact that only a handful of representatives were on hand. Nearly all of the house members deserted the capital about noon to return home over Sunday, and difficulty was obtained in rounding up the members left from various cor- ners of the capitol for a quorum. Under the provisions of the Ofs thun’s bill which was also passed, it is proposed that corporations here- after will be assessed as follows: The value of their real and personal prop- erty is to be deducted from the mar- ket value of the stock plus the total amount of bonded indebtedness. The remainder is to be listed as bonds and stocks which under Mr. Spooner’s bill, will be assessed at 50 per cent of their value. After a spirited debate the house recommended for passage Representa- tive H. H. Dunn’s bill which removes the limit from the amount which may be collected on account of the death of a person resulting from avoidabie accident. The amount is to be left to the discretion of the jury. By a practically unanimous vote the Senate passed the bill to amend the primary election law. In the shape in which the bill now is it provides that the primaries except in cities of the first class shall be held on the third Tuesday in June preceding any general election. St. Paul, March 1.—The court of re- | call for judges as proposed by Senator George H. Sullivan was turned down by the state senate yesterday. By a vote of 22 to 35 the senate defeated the Sullivan bill. Senate Passes Primary Bill. The primary bill, with its amend- ment extending the non-partisan fea- ture to members of the legislature, was passed by the senate yesterday with only eight dissenting votes. The bill gives recognition to the Bull Moose party, prevents tke filing by petition in’ non-partisan elections and extends the non-partisan feature to all officers exeept state officiais and members of congress. The following serators voted against the measure: Dwinnell, Dale, Duxbury, Gunn, Kleia, Marden, Nelson and Stebbins. Picture Censorship. The ery for a state censor of mov- img picture films which resulted in a bill being introduced in the state leg- islature has not met with the popular approval that was anticipated for it by its authors. The consensus of opin- jon throughout the country is that a national board of censors covers the ground sufficiently and properly and that an additional censor in a state would prove a distinct hardship. Carl Roknow, wealthy North Dako- ta farmer, told the house grain trade investigating committee yesterday that the only system under which the ‘farmer could get just prices for his produce was by the sale of his grain directly to the milling interests. He said that with the elimination of the Profits of the commission men the value of fhe gratn to the farmer would be enhanced several cents a bushel. Pohliker Case Investigated. Superintendent Kilbonrne of the state hospital for the insane at Roch- ester, favored a state institution ex- ‘clusively for the dangerous insane, be- wee, Peary Heads Scott Aid List. New York, March 3—Admiral Peary, the discoverer of the north pole, heads a list of a few subscribers who have started an American branch of the Scott memorial to commemorate the death of Captain Robert F. Scott and his associates in the antarctic. The movement, it was explained, would supplement the work in England, where $160,000 is being raised to re- lieve Captain Scott's estate of the liabilities he’ incurred personally fer the expedition. — : % Proceedings at the Minnesota ’State Capitol for the Past Week. SOSSSCCOSCCCSOSCOCOCOSOCOZE 6. LL for the house committee on claims, He was called to teil the details of the escape from the Rocbester hospi tal of Henry Pehlker, who terrorized the residents of Hamel last Novembes and shot members of the Lenzen fam ily. Claims of two Lenzen brothers for $3,000 damages were under com sideration. i Mr. Kilbourne related how Pohlker, with three other inmates, escaped on the night of July 22, 1912. Three of the escaped inmates were captured. St. Paul, Feb. 28—The third Tues: day in June is designated as “Good Roads Day,” and the governor is di- rected annually by public proclamation to request the people of the state ta contribute labor, money or material for the improvement of the highways. In the senate yesterday the commit- tee on State Fair introduced a bill ap- Propriating for the use of the State Agricultural Society to pay its debt $27,000; for repairs, $15,000 annually; for roof of grand stand, $40,000. A bill reducing the mortgage reg: istry tax from 50 cents to 10 cents was passed. Senator Cooke introduced a bill which requires connecting and paral- lel lines of railroad and railroads op erating passenger trains upon double tracks to maintain a platform for the use of passengers between such lines of railroad and such double tracks at stations, and to require all such rait roads to receive and discharge passen- gers from their passenger trains on the side next the depot. The bill ia designed to prevent accidents whieh constantly occur where passengers have to cross a railroad track to reach their train. Taxes of men, who own their own homes, will be cut in half if the Spooner bill classifying property for taxation purposes, which passed the house Monday, is favorably acted up on by the senate. The bill provides that all homesteads shall be taxed on a basis of 25 per cent of their actual valuation. Under the present system homes are suppos- ed to be taxed on a basis of 50 per cent, although the records show that the average assessed valuation on property of this class has been but 44 per cent. St. Paul, Feb. 27.—Eariier in the ses sion three normal school bills were introduced and referred to the commit tee on normal! schools. Qne provided for a normal school at Cass Lake, another for one at Thief River Falls, and the third for a normal school in Northern Minnesota; the location of which was not designated. Bills Referred to Authors. After considering the matter the normal school committee has made a report recommending that all these bills be refered to their authors., At the same time it introduced a normal school bill of its own. This bill pro vides for the establishment of a nor. mal school in Northern Minnesota, and for the appointment of a commission to locate tite same. “Bob” Dunn’s good roads bill with- stood a succesion of assaults in the lower house of the legislature yester- day, and with practically no change, passed by a vote of 90 to 13. The measure still has the senate ta face. Here it is said that all the ep Position to the bill will be centered in an attempt to defeat it. Principal Feature. The principal feature of the law ia the section which levies a statewide i Propriation of $175,000 for the first year and $200,000 a year thereafter for the state highway commission. Of this amount only $20,000 is allowed for office expense, the remainder going in- to active work through the state. Seven Classes fer Taxing. Property is put in seven classes for taxation by the committee bill which passed the house by a vote of 99 to 2. As passed iron ore lands may be taxed both as agricultural land and on the value of the ore in the ground. The ore is to be assessed at 50 per cent of its value. Ripe timber is also to be assessed at 50 per cent. Timber, pas: ture and farming land is assessed at 33% per cent; homesteads 25 per cent; other real estate 50 per cent; house. hold goods, farm implements and live stock 25 per cent; merchandise 33% per cent; all other personal property 50 per cent. Five-Year Honeymoon Hike. New York, March 3.—A honeynton to last for five years is the plan of! Hubert G. A. Hassler, aged 20 years, and Mabel V. Broadle, 15 years, wi were married at the bride’s home New Brunswick, N. J. Hassler Khaki and the bride in a “hiking”! dress, came to New York to start their long ramble from the city