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MEDFORD, OliKOON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4. 1!0!.
No. 297.
TAFT'S
OF STATE
m
hand
GUIDES
SMP
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TAFT OUTLINES POLICY
HUM
Says His Work Will Be to Carry On Work
Started by Predecessor Tariff Revision
One of Greatest Problems to Deal With
Tho inaugural address of President
Tnt't in part follows:
My fellow citizens: Anyone who
takes the oath I have just taken must
t'.el a heavy weight of responsibility.
If not, lie has no conception of the pow
ers and duties of the office upon which
he is about to enter, or he is lacking in
a proper sense of the obligation which
the oath imposes.
Tin1 office of an 'inaugural address is
to give a Nummary outline of the main
policies of the new administration, so
fur as they can be anticipated. I have
had the honor to be one of the advisers
ot my dist inguished predecessor, and,
as such, to hold up his hands iu the re
forms he has initiated. I should be
untrue to myself, to my promises and
to the declarations of the party plat
form upon which I was elected to office,
if I did not make t he maintenance and
f uforeeniciit of those reforms a most
important feature of my administration.
They were directed te the suppression
of the lawlessness and abuses of power
of the great combinations of capital in
vested in railroads and in industrial en
terprises carrying on interstate com
merce. 'flu1 steps which my predecessor
look anil the legislation passed on his
recommend at ion have acentnplished
much, have caused a general halt in
the vicious policies which created popu
lar alarm, and have brought about, in
the businesses affected, a much higher
regard for existing law.
Anti-Trust Law.
It is believed that with the changes to
be recommended. American business can
be assured of that measure of stability
and certainty in respvt tn. those thing
that tnav be done and those that an
prohibited, which is essential to the life
and growth of all business. Such n
I lan must include the right of the peo
ple to avail themselves of those meth
ods of combining capital and effort
deemed necessary to reach (he liighes;
deuree of economic efficiency, at the
same time differentiating between com
binations based upon legitimate rco
mimic reaf'iis and those farmed with
the intent of creatine monopolies and
artificially controlling prices.
Revision of tlie Tariff.
A matter of most pressing important
is the revision of ihe tariff. Tn ac
cordance with the promises of the plat
form m.oit which 1 was elected. I shall
call congress into extra session, to meet
on the loth day of March, in order that
consideration tnav lie at once given t
a bill revising the Hingloy act. Th
should secure an adequate revenue and
adjust the duties in such a manner as
to afford labor and to all Industrie
in this country, whether of the farm
tiiinn nr fuel orv. nroteetion by tariff
eniial to the difference between the cost
,.f irrv1ncti..n abroad and the cost of
t.rnliietbin here, and have a provision
which shall put into force, upon ex
u !
live determination of certain facts, a
higher or maximum tariff against those
countries whose trade policy toward us
equitably requires such discrimination.
It is thought that there has been such
a change in conditions since the
meat of the Dinglev act. draft-
enact
1 on a
similarly protective principle,
, that the
tated will
ensure ol Hie tarn? anov
permit the reduction of rates in certain
sch-'dules and will require me anvnnce
ment of few. if any.
Prime Motive Is Taxation.
In the making of a tariff bill, the
prime motive is taxation, ami the ve
curing thereby of a revenue. Due bug -ly
to thn business depresvon whi-h f"i
lowed the tinaneial panic of l!"i7. tli
ri venue from customs and other sources
has decreased tn such ait extent that the
expenditures for the current fiscal year
will exceed the receipts bv $100,000,000.
It is imperative that ueh a deficit shall
not continue, and the framers of tie'
tariff bill must of course have in mind
the total revenues likely tn bo produced
by it, and ho arrange the duties as to
secure an adequate income. Should it
be impossible tn do so by import du
ties, new kind of taxation must be
adopted, and aiming these I recommend
a graduated inheritance tax, a corrr-ct
in principle and as certain and eny of
collection.
Tn the depainent of agriculture the
n so of scientific experiments on a large
scale and the spend of information de
rived fmm them for the improvement
of general agriculture must go on.
The importance of supervising busi
ness of great railways and indu'tr'al
combination, and the necessary inves
tigation and prosecution nf unlawful
business methods, are another necessary
ADDRESS
tax upon government, which did not ex
ist half a century ago.
Conservation of Resources.
The putting into force of laws which
shall secure the conservat ion of our
resources, so far as they may be within
the .jurisdiction of the federal govern
ment, including the most importaut
work (if saving and restoring our for
tnd the great improvement of wa
terways, are all proper government fune
tions which must involve large expeii-
liture if properly performed. While
some ot them, like the reclamation of
irid lauds, are made to pay for them
selves, others are of such an indirect
benefit I hat this cannot be expected
of them. A permanent improvement.
like the Panama canal, should be treat-
as a distinct enterprise, and should
be paid for by the proceeds of bonds,)
the issue of which will distribute its !
ust between the present and future
generations in accordance with the ben-
fits derived. It may well be submitted
to the serious consideration of congress
hether the deepening and control of
the channel of a great river system, like
that of the Ohio or of the Mississippi,
when definite and practical plans for
Ihe enterprise have been approved and
leterinineil upon, should not be provided
for iu the same wav,
Then, too, there are expenditures of
iveriimeiit absolutely necessary if our
nnlry is to maintain its proper place
among the nations of the world, and is
xorcise its proper influence in de
fense of its own trade interests, in the
maintenance of traditional American
I olicy against the colonization of Ku-
roprau monarchies in this hemisphere,
and in the promotion of peace and in
ternational morality. I refer to the
cost of maintaining a proper army, a
I roper navy, and suitable fortifications
upon the mainland of the United States
and iu its dependencies.
Asiatic Question.
The admission of Astatic immigrants
who cannot be amalgamated with our
population has been made the subject
either of prohibitory clauses in our
ireaties and statutes, or of strict ad
ministrative regulation secured by dip
lomatic negotiation. I sincerely hope
that we may continue to minimize the
evils likely to arise from such immi
gration without unnecessary friction and
bv mutual concessions between self-respecting
governments. Meantime, we
must take every precaution to prevent,
i r, failing that, to punish outbursts
i.'f race feeling among our people against
foreigners of whatev.'r nationality who
have by our grant a treaty right to pur
sue lawful business here and to be pro
teettd against lawless assault or in
jury. Rap at California.
This lends me to point out a serious
defect in the present federal jnrisdic-
tion which ought to be remedied at once. I
Having assured to other countries by
treaty the protection of our laws for
such of their subject or citizens as
we permit to come witliin our junsoic-
tion, we now leave to the state or a
it v
not under the control of the fed-
a I government, the duty ot performing
our international obligations in this re
spect. My proper legislation we may,
and ought to, place in the hands of
the federal executive the means of en
forcing the treaty rights of such aliens
in the courts of the federal government.
It put
tonus
UlelttS
hi r government in n pnillani-
ition to make definite engage -
protect aliens and then to ex-
cttse the failure to perforin those en-
gagements bv an explanation that the
dutv to keep them is in states or cities,
not within our control. If wo would
rromise, we must put ourselves in a po-
sition to perform our promise, e
cannot permit the possible failure nf
1 justice due tn local prejudice in any
state or municipal government to ex- j
j...se us to the risk of a war which
might be avoided if federal jurisdie j
Ti..n was asserted bv suitable legisla- j
t ion bv congress and carried out by J
proper proceedings instituted by the ex
.cntive in the courts of the national;
government. '
Postal Savings Banks.
The inenniintreongn'H should prompt
ly fulfill the promi-e of the republican
platform and pass n proper postal sav
rgs bank bill. Tt will not be unwise or
excessive paternalism. The promise to
repay by the government will furnish
ar. indniciment to savings deposits
hirh private enterprise cannot supply,
-lid at such a low rate of interest as not
tii withdraw enntom from existing
hanks. It will substantially increase the
(Continued on page 4.)
MANY VISIT
SEAT
Over 150 Crater Road
Boosters Appear Before
County Court 38 From
Ashland Attend
Over l.VI ('rater hake road boosters,
( mpletely filling two coaches, ,jour
t eyed to Jacksonville today to appear
before the county court and urge an
appropriation by the court of $f0,ooo
as Jackson county's share in construct
ing t he boulevard.
The morning train from the sout h
brought 3S Ashland business men to j
v.'iik i or i lie roau. raey were joined i
hereby men from Gold Hill, Central
Point, Kngle Point and other sections
of the county.
The delegation was n most enthusias
tic one and seem certain of meeting .
with success in Jacksonville.
While it was impossible to secure the
names of those who went over there
were among the crowd K. V. Carter of
Achlaml, Mayor Snell of Ashland, May
or Hopkins of Central Point, J. L. Hnm
mersley of Gold Hill, Colonel Ton Voile
of Tolo, W. M. Crowe!!, W. I. Vawter,
Dr. J. 1 Roddy, L. J. Porter and others
to the number of I. 10.
The session in Jacksonville is to be
held in the circuit court room, where
the county court will listen to the speak
ers of the delegation.
CITIZINS TELEPHONE CO.
PERFECT ORGANIZATION
Ca-pital Stock Fixed at $30,000 Direc
tors and Officers of Local Concent
Are Chosen.
The Cit izensc ' Teh-phone company
im,'. on Wednesday afternoon and per
fected organization. The company was
capitalized at $'(0,000. with stock at $1
a share.
The directors of the new company
are: Dr. K. R Piekel. Medford; W. S.
CroweN. Medford; T. II. Moore, Med
ford ; llert Anderson M dford; Arthur
Conklin, (irants Pasa; Marcus Ifohbins,
tirn.its Pass, and Mr. Koontz of ft rants
Pass. '
The officers of the c inpany are: K. '
It. Piekel, president ; Iter) Anderson, '
vice-president; Arthur Conklin, secre- I
C ry, and II. T. Monro, treasurer.
FIRST AEROPLANE IS
SOLD FOR SUM OF $ftO00
.NRW lOIih, March 4. A contract
, was signed yesterday by winch an Amor
iean institution purchased the first ne -
ropiane in tins country aim mado sote
ly by an American. The price is $."000.
'the Aeronautical society ot iVow ork
, is the purchaser. I hey have nought
jfiom (llenn H. Cnrtiss of Hammonds
port, i ., nn oaropinno construct
along the lines of the .June Bug
which Mr; Cnrtiss won tho Scientific
American cup on July 4. by making
a flight of one mile. Mr. Curtiss will
j demonstrate the flying ability of the
, machine at Morris Park race track in
May. After Mr. f'uitiss has made a
j number of flights in the aeroplane he
! will teach such members of the society
i ::s are designated in tho contract,
ELKS OF EUGENE
EMULATE ALBANY
EtTtFAE. Or.. March 4. The En
W no lodge of Elks has (teen red options
on two prominent corne riots in the
business district and will erect on one
of them this year a magnificent six
l-tory lodge home and office build1 g.
One of the lits is owned by E. J. Fm
i vier, at Sixth and Willamette Mtreef s.
and is held at 4.000. The other is
owned by Y. L. Chambers, at the cor
j ner of West Seventh and Olive streets,
i:id the price is $l".O00. A selection
i will be made very soon and homed i
, ntely afterw;tid preliminAtv arrange
I irentr: will 6" made to begin fcailding
I operations.
CHICAGO. March 4. "Restores our
tips or increase our wages." This is
the ultimatum delivered to the Chicago
Athletic assoriation by 7.i waiters. The
alternative is a strike.
STEPHENSON IS
NAMED SENATOR
ON 23D BALLOT
MTD1SOX, Wis., March 4.
On the il'M ballot, Senator Ste
phenson was elect ou to the Unit
ed States sennto today after
weeks of wire pulling and polit
ical intrigue. He received 03
votes out of 123, or just enough
to elect him.
PLANT CHIEF
10
LoGal Men are to be Em
ployed on Work of Re
construGtion-Big Payroll
lor Next Few Months
lames Kern, the district plant chief
i of the Pacific Telephone company,
l I ivoil iii .Medtord eilwpdny evening
and is at work mapping out the
I pTovi'inents to go in at once. Supplies
are arriving daily and u cew of men
l.eve started at work.
Much of the labor to be employed on
this work will be local, giving many of
the unemployed of thi:i city steady v.'orli
for several months at good wages. This
means much to the citv of Medford at
! the present time and will materially as
f ist in the pmspcrity of !!ie eouimuilil v
for a g 1,'heallliy payroll means much
I to a city. The company is to be com
mended for taking 'hi'i fact into consid-
I i I'atiou.
With the new poVs that will be put
( l 'i. they will not all be used on I he
t reconstruct icn, but mny of i hem will
In used iu reaching out into territories
of he city t hat h-ve not heretofore
; ben covered by the company. It is tin
J intention of the company to so recoil
'nict tlHr lines iu Ihin city that theii
will be adeqnaie for Ihe growth of tin
city tor several years to come, mid the
siability of the plant that they ar
sialling shows that they have faith in
the grow-h of Medford. One of lh
1 principal a huh of ! he company is to
j lake care of the future development of
the city
; A aide from this a-iotior gang of men
; v:il start the rewit ing of the house,
j This rewiring is prep.-traiory to tin
stallation of the new phones. There will
I be on interruption in the service dur
ing this work, for condensers wilt In
i pill in the old telephones so thai til
c-n be worked with t he new switch
boind that will be insinlbd while Hi
cable iv, being strung and the new styl
plumes have been chipped and will be
placed on exhibi'ion in the varum,
stores.
I lie new switciihoard winch is now
being constructed i: the master work
of telephone art a-id will be one of tin
most modern on the coast. It is tin
modern common battery multiple Mvitcl
hiiero, ili vmco into m c, ions and son
constructed that each operator can
reach all snbscrih'Ti, instead of having
j
j)((
plug in aii'l calling another op
i ,.,..,(,. 'rj,i
1(ovmfin( ,,f
will neee'Titnte the em
xtra operators in the ceti
,:x office. Among nth
uf tachrnont
I il!)t jt w;j i;iV(1 ,f.
ignal which
j v.jj nn)jfv
the operator when tin
b
! scriber is through talking. As si
i the receiver is hung up this signal no
Itifies the operator that the subscribe
is through whi'-h materially facilitate
the service that the telephone liseri will
i receive under the new system and add
; much more to the s-rvice. This svitci
j board is being ci.ii-1 meted and will be
i here in a short tun", and ;i: soon as it
arrives it will be s. t up and all phone
eoi ne. -ted with it.
Vol only Will the people of this cit
have better t"eplmne service than ty''
before, hil they will also have one o
the best telephone svstems 'in th cons'
Our principal streets will tint he ovei
hung
; ( ?-t f
itli ?1 lot of vires as at the pre
time, for all th" wires will be et
I in a lead eable. it l.eing the it
t "it im
feet ..f .
cable n
nf the company
abb- in the term
iw being on tlf
'. ('Of
rnet i
mad
I. th
. th
It most be under
i t phone nmvt be
svMtem is i nst a lleil .
possible to connect
until it is enmpb
vork is to be pnhf
nst as rO iiv men
.food that the
in ed nn! il t h'
pres
new
as It would be ir
tip with new photv
ed. However, tin
d from no'
fn ean be handled
vill be put to work on the construction.
It i- anticipated by thnsr in charge in
thir. city that the work will be com
p'e'ed bv .Till v r!l, and by Hint time this
eity will have a rnmph te new telephone
(Continued oo psge V)
ARR VES
START WORK
1 1 000 LIVES RAGING BUZZARD MARS
LUST NEAR PLEASURE OF INAUGURAL
iiniininun
i uiimi-u iin i-
nuiitmuiiii
Kerosene Lamp Overturned
on Boat-Excited Chinese
LeapintoRiverandDrown
Like so Many Rats
VICTOIJIA. It. (., Mrrch -1. A re
port has been received here that over
loou lives were but near Hongkong.
hina, following the overturning of a
i rosene lamp on a flower boat upon
the Canton river.
A large fleet of flower boats were
niasaed opposite a Chinese pleasure re
oit in which the occupants were uiak
mg merry, when a young Chinese girl
:i pet I into the river with her clothes
ifh-ine.
The boat was burned to the water's
Ige and the fire extended to the other
boats. Over 1000 peisoim leaped into
the river and were drowned. Out of
estimated toOO at the festival less
than ,'too wer rescued.
The Chinese government took inime
liate steps for relief.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
MAY BE ON COMMISSION
NEW VOKK, March 4. Monker T.
Washington, who in iu this city, says
that he has not heard from the state
lepart incut concerning t he proposer
'otuiuissioii to investigate conditions in
Liberia. Dispatches from Washington
lid that hi. Washington would be nam
d a member of t he coin mission, hut
le declined to discus Ihe matter unlit
he received some official eoiuuillllica
tion. He int i ma ted that such a coin
il lusion would lie desirable, but doubt
d whether he would be aide to serve
s a member of it, because of matters
in the 1'nited States requiring his at
teution.
NO COLLIER THIS YEAR
FOR MARE ISLAND
WASH IXCTOV. March 4. The sea
e has agreed to concede as to Ihe
limitation of the ( J, of colliers and
ping half of the fleet on the Pacific
ist. It had the alternative of do
ing that or of tying the entire naval
bill. Senator Perkins tried to get con
1 to raising the limit on colliers to
1,200,000, without success, This means
d' course that no collier will be built
il Mare island under the nut hori.at ion
granted last year, and that t lie -fl.KOO,
Mnt appropriated for that purpose can
not be used at all.
STARVES HIMSELF IN
MIDST OF PLENTY
SANTA liAltliAliA. Cal., March 4.
I )eiberate)y starving himself in the
n.idst id" Ins riches. Key. H. Vernon
nice, an eccentric ex-preacher, "0 years
old. died at the county ho-.pitnl Friday
night. The eiieiiim-.tances of his death
have just, become known.
lie came Iwre from Taeoma, Wash..
1 1 ve years ago. He had some money
iv it h which he purchased a plot of
ground and built four small cottagi
which he rented. He lived in a shack
on the rear of the property.
Neighbors had not seen him for fi
la vs and iin est jgot d. They found him
dying and covered with dirt from ;
coal oil stove. He was sent to the hos
pi tat. Where he confessed to Siiperin
teident Hicks that he had starved him
If for nine days. He ate ravenously
when given food at the hospital, but
died of the shock.
AUTOS HAVE RIGHTS
ON CAR TRACKS
OI.YMPIA. Wash..
.p-ine court todav Ije
bile hr.s e.p.al ,igh
t r::cks wit h t he troe
March 1. - I lie mi
'I that flit automw
i on t he streetcar
M-ars. In the rase
"f II. Hablie of Taenia against th
T.i
I-ina I.iglit A Power company the su
pu n..- eo.irt of Pierce c. fy held l!:tl
die could not '-ecure e:image bv reason
ef h
automobile being struck from be
hind bv
streetcar, the court holding I
that his nutoiiiobile had tio husiiic on
the car track.
The supreme court reversed this fje
ci'don and sent the case back for a new
trir-1.
Oeorge H. W.-sflake. who ha
b.
stopping in this city for a few days,
h:.s gone to MarshfieM to br absent
.-1 t a month. He reports the stages,
h l:-id off during the bad weather.
Taft Takes Oath of Office in Senate Chamber-Big
Parade Elaborately Planned is
Curtailed Forty Trains Blocked
WANIUXOTOV, March 4. William
Howard Tu f 1 is prenideut of the United
States of America. With all the inaug
oral plans upset by a raging bli.zard,
Citizen Taft look the oath which ninde
him president in the senate chamber
at IiI-Im o'clock.
Taft, Itoosovelt nurd detectives in a
closed carriage drove to the eup'itol
early this morning and remained there
until after the inaugural.
Washington Marooned.
NEW VOKK, March 4. Washington
if marooned so far as telegraphic com
munication is eoncorned, and in the
grasp of it howling ldi.'ard. All the
wires leading to Washington are down.
Linemen are heroically trying to make1
pairs. The storm started yesterday,
Ihe train turning to sleet, and ttnnlly
snow. A single long distance tele
phone line retained in operation this
merning and finally succumbed under
the weight of snow. The I nited Press
received the first information from
Washington the the effect that the pa-
inde would be curtailed, mm that the
inauguration would probably be sold in
the senate chamber, then the wire fail
I again.
At II o'clock the Western Union re
ivcd a brief message to the effect
I hat eight niches of snow had (alien in
some parts of Washington and that the
torm was raging fiercely, nut mat
thousands of people were braving the
storm.
Forty trains are Hailed outside of
Washington, thus holding up thousands
f people on the trams who are unable
o reach Washington.
Oath Taken In Senate.
WASHINGTON'. March 4. President
Taft took his oath of office in the
senate chamber instead of in front of
the capital as planned and where his
predecessors have repeated the obliga
tion. Thousands of people were thus
.isappointed. The p-incipals in the
-piadrennia! drama in American civic
life entered the chamber a 12:.'l0.
Taklng the Oath.
After ell had been seated a hush fell
a the crowd. Chief dustice Puller
Ir-f'i his chair
and :'dvi,nced toward (he
olaces occupied by President Itoosevolt
am! Presi.lent. elect Taft. Mr. Taft
p'-oinptly rose to his feet and met the
white haired justice at the center of the
st age. .lames II. McKenney, clerk of
the supre ourt, advanced with n
massive copy of tho Hible, and ntntosl
before the vast gathering of people
k new what was t rauspiring, M r. Taft
h: d taken 1 !. oai!i of office, repeating
tluve words slowlv and distinctly after
the chief justice:
"I do solemnly r.wear that 1 will
faithfully execute the office of presi
dent of the Cni -d States, and will, to
the bent of my ability, preserve, pro
tect and defend the Convtitutioii of the
railed States."
A second later t he crowd saw Mr.
Tf.fi press his lips to the Holy Hook.
A vignal was flashed from the dome of
the capitol to the ni-vy yard, a mile
away, and was answered by the boom
ing of a ten inch gun, and then by other
cannon and a chorus of fit earn whist leu.
Long before the naval gun's deep vo
had finished its '2 1 svllahlcd message all
the pi-op!
thoiisa nd
t ti Mir
niuiHlrat
of Washington and all the
of visitors who could not get
si-i-ue knev; that another ad
on had begun.
Sun Shines at Last.
WASIII VliTOV. March 4. Later in I
ll.e dfiv the sun broke through thej
i-boids and it was possible to have the
parade ns arranged. The parade start I
d from the capitol building at 1:4-V
. in.
I'etitisvh ania avenue, paved with as
phf It and suioot h a table top, is
joh Vet wide from house to house and
I Oo f 1 1. in 'curb to curb, and from t hr
capitol to the treasury is as straight
as a suing. Kvery block or so along (he
viiv finds a little government "re
sirve" or park, and rpon these, us well
:. s iu front of bu ii ness houses, were
i tected for tie- occasion innuinerabte
1 1 ii j stand -i. The prices ranged all
lie way front the compliments of the
owners to each, and when the presi
dent aod his following of .".o.nOn march
awl ahop. f
to be found,
a! the end
in front of the
a vaciiOt places
I'p at Lafayette
.f the line of pa
White House and
of the president's stand, was the larg
est sealing space, one structure at this
point seating ti.ltio. The president's
stand iiceomniodntisl 1 "i00 diplomats.
government officials and favored per
sonages who got their tickets gratii.
Fancy Prices for View.
Windows and suites in the hotels be
tween the White House and tho capitol
sold for all sorts of fancy priceri. Sen
ator Depew of New York paid $300 for
a corner room at loth and tho avenue;
Governor Guild of Massachusetts is
credited with pnying close to $1000 for
a third floor front suite in one of the
big hotels; and two gentlemen who had
more money than most of us gave $500
each for two wide windowB in tho Mun
sey building, one block east of tho treas
ury. Other windows fronting Penn
sylvania avenue sold all tho way from
jr up.
With colors flying, bund playing, ri
fles glinting, and feet keeping time to
the rhythm of the drums, the groat pro
cenHion of military nnd civic power
strrled from the capitol immediately
after the new president had been made,
ami it was estimated that 5 o 'clock
would come and go before the last com
p .iy could salute the reviewing stuod
at Ihe White Hon tie.
Old Favorites There.
All the old favorites wero there, brav
er and snnppier, and better drilled than
ever before. Tho cadntH from West
Point and A nnapolis, marching like
magnificent pieces of clockwork; the
KOOO blneiackels of the fleet, fresh
from their cruise around the world; the
splendid regulars on foot nnd horse
back; the heavy artillery, with thoir
trundling field guns; the batteries of
mountain artillery, with their funny
little mules, each carrying a gun on his
back; Ihe White Horse cavalry" bund,
rv trooper of the bunch playing like
a wizard, whether his mount was stand
ing still or moving; the crack National
Guard regiments from New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and other
states; the governors nnd their staffs;
and Inst, but by no means last, tho fa
mous Constabulary band from tho fur
off Philippines, which had mado the
long journey from the orient to see their
old governor general elevated to the
highest office in the land of their now
allegia nee.
City of Whit and Green.
Washington was a white and groen
city today, and for the first timo in the
history of inaugurations the national
flag was used only upon its rightful
staff. Heretofore the Stars and Stripes
had been pressed into service as u deco
ration for all sorts of purposes, from
the brightening of lemonade and sand
wich stands to the festooning of saloon
fronts. This year the innugural com
mittee agreed with itself that whenover
the flag was used at all it was to bo
flying free to the breeze from n mast or
staff. It is stated that $15,000 was
spent on the decorations of Pennsylva
nia avenue from l.rith to 17th strpets,
and most of it was devoted to beautify
ing the court of honor, opposite the
White House grounds.
President and Mrs. Tnft will make
their first official appearance at a so
cial function tonight, when they will
lead the grnnd march at tho Inaugural
ball. For months society nf the capi
tal, and for that matter, of many other
cities, has been in a pleasurable state
of excitement over the inaugural hop,
ami the amount of money that will be
represented in gowns nnd jewels on the
floor of the great Pension building when
the Marine band assembles the dancers
would buy or build n railroad.
SPIES KEEP TA3 ON
SANARD OIL TRIAL
CIIH'AtiO. March t. Private detec
tives swarm through Ihe corridors of
the federal building during the hearing
of the Standard Oil case and somo nf
them even penetrate into Judge Ander
son's courtroom, stationing themselves
nmre or less inconspicuously around the
room. Kneh professional spotter has a
particular person upon whom ho is sup
posed to keep tab all the time, and the
i oiiHCipienee is that there is hardly any
one connected with the case who is not
a 'most constantly ' ' shadowed. "
I IKE IN TUNNEL;
ONE MAN KILLED
ft I LK KSIt A It UK, Pa., March 4.
One man was killed in a fire in a tun
net on'The Pclnware & Hudson Tliver
i ail road near here today. Several men
v ere cut off from escape by the fire,
but were rescued before any were se
riously tnjiird.