TAFT USHERED
Ceremony in Senate Chamber, Due to Winter
Weather Conditions Prevailing.
PARADE WAS GRAND
Oyer 30,000 in Line Reviewed by
President Taft and Ex-President
Roosevelt Ball at ,
Night Was Scene
of Gaiety.
The Taft Cabinet.
Secretary of State Philander C.
Knox, of New York.
Secretary of War J. M. Dickin
son, of Tenneessce.
Secretary of Treasury Franklin
UacVeagh, of Illinois.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel, of Missouri.
Postmaster General Frank H.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts.
Attorney General George W.
Wickersham, of New York.
Secretary of Interior Richard
Ballinger, of Washington.
Secretary of Navy George Von
L. Meyer, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson, of Iowa.
Washington, March 5. The first
chief executive to take the oath of
office in the chamber of the senate in
76 years, William Howard Taft, be
came president of the United States
yesterday.
Accompanied to the capitol through
a swirl of blinding snow by President
Roosevelt and a guard of honor, Mr.
Taft returned to the White House
just as the sun began to force its way
through the clouds. A sudden blizzard
sweeping in from the northwest
Wednesday night Bet awry the weather
bureau's optimistic promise of "fair
and somewhat cooler," caused an
abandonment of the outdoor ceremon
ies on the famous east front of the
capitol, much to Mr. Taft's chagrin,
and threatened for a time to stop the
brilliant pageant of the afternoon.
However, a passageway was cleared
along the center of Pennsylvania ave
nue, and for nearly three hours Presi
dent Taft and Vice President Sherman
reviewed a passing column which was
replete with martial splendor and pic
turesque with civic display.
After the inaugural ceremonies in
the senate, Theodore Roosevelt, again
a private citizen, bade an affectionate
adieu to bis successor, whilo all in
the historic chamber looked on in si
lence and then be hurried away through
a side door to take the train for New
York. As ho passed out of tho cham
ber, Mr. Roosevelt was given an ova
tion quite the equal of that tendered to
the new president.
The ceremonies of the" inaugural
were formally begun when Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks, in a farewell address,
which called out for him a spontaneous
tribute of applause, declared tho Six
tieth congress at an end. Turning
theq t Mr. Sherman, who had been
escorted to a place beside him, he ad
ministered to his successor the oath of
office and turned over to him the gavel.
Mr. Sherman, in rapping tho senate
to order in special session of tho Sixty
first congress, made a brief address.
Then followed the swearing in of many
new senators. This completed, Vice
President Sherman said:
"The chief justice will now adminis
ter the oath of office to the presdient
elect"
The sudden announcement came as a
surprise and a solemn hush fell upon
the assemblage.
Mr. Taft arose,'took the arm of Sen
ator Knox, chairman of tho joint com-
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INTO OFFICE
mltteo on arrangements, and walked
around to a position in the rear of the
presiding officer's dosk. Ho Was fol
lowed by Chief Justice Fuller, who was
officiating for the fifth time at this
historic ceremony. Mr. Taft took up a
position facing the members of his
family grouped in the gallery.
The chief justice began the adminis
tration of the oath in a low tone. Mr.
Taft repeated the words in a slow,
distinct voice. When ho at last had
kissed the Bible, there was an outburst
of applause, a grasp of tho hand by
the chief justice, and President Taft
began immediately tho inaugural ad
dress. He read from typewritten man
uscript. Mr. Taft won applause at tho very
outset by announcing his adherence to
the Roosevelt policies and his inten
tion to carry them out by means of
further legislation, which would also
have for its purpose the freeing from
alarm of those pursuing "proper and
progressive business methodB."
In spite of the bitter inclemency of
the weather and the slush piled moun
tain high in the gutters, a crowd that
jammed Pennsylvania avenue from the
house line to beyond the curbs gathered
to see the inaugural parade. Nearly
everyone in the dense throng carried
an American flag of some sort, and as
the marching troops passed these were
waved in welcome and applause.
By dint of great effort a regiment of
street cleaners got the center of the
avenue into shovelled into marching
condition by 2 o'clock, and their efforts
were cheered by the waiting crowds
almost as vociferously as were the
marching columns that followed in
their wake.
At 2:47 p. m. President Taft and
Vice President Sherman left the White
House and took their place in the re
viewing stand. They were received
with a mighty cheer. The review of
the inaugural parade began at once.
More than 30,000 marching men par
ticipated in the great military and
civic pageant, which constituted tho
principal spectacular feature of the
presidential inaugural ceremony. Ap
proximately 25,000 of these were
soldiers, 1 sailors and marines of the
military establishments of tho United
States, bodies of the National Guard of
many states, with largo cchtingents
of Bpuco cadets and midshipmen from
the national military and naval acado-
Tnfi'a Policies Outlined
Will support Roosevelt's reforms,
and admits that ho has boon acting
in an advisory canacity in many of
tho Roosovolt policies.
Pledges regulatioon of tho corpor
ations in tho matter of issuanco of
excessive bonds and mortgages. '
Stabilitv of American business to
bo assured.
Tariff question calls for extra ses
sion of congress and question ono of
most important that country must
solve.
Taxation should bo mado as light
as possible and government expendi
tures curtailed, avoiding all unneces
sary exponse. Public monoys should
be wisely protected but not hoarded.
Favors army and navy sufficiently
strong to maintain peace and pro
servo Monroe doctrino. Army Bhould
be large enough to form nucleus for
fighting corps sufficient to defend
country from invaders.
Country must obsorvo treaty rights
of foreigners. Anti-foreign agita
tions discouraged. Government
should scttio all such questions by
proper legislation, inoffensive ta
other countries. .
Congress should pass a postal sav
ings bank bill.
Panama canal policies of Roosevelt
will bo continued.
Race prejudice may bo oliminatod
by a fifteenth amendmont to tho con
stitution of tho United States mak
ing educational qualifications neces
sary to obtain the electoral franchiso.
mies. Tho remaining 8,000 were citi
zens from all parts of tho United
States, banded together in commercial
and political organizations, many of
them distinctively uniformed campaign
clubs.
The troops and civic bodies compos
ing the notable parade of tho after
noon mobilized in snow and slush which
in places waa deeper than their leg
ging tops. Down Pennsylvania ave
nue, walled in with spectators, they
found dry footing, but faced n lively
gale.
The parade was replete with inter
est. The 3,000 bluejackets from the
recently returned Atlantic fleet shared
honors among the military with tho
Cuban army of pacification.
Tho trim cadets from West Point at
tracted the usual interest and made a
characteristically fine showing. The
midshipmen from Annapolis, snow
bound within 20 miles of Washington,
shared the fate of thousands of sight
seers who were unable to reach the
city on account of the storm.
The Philippine Constabulary band,
which arrived Wednesday from Manila,
was given the place of honor in the
escort of President Roosevelt and Mr.
Taft to the capitol and attracted much
attention. Tho Filipinos saw their
first fall of snow.
President and Mrs. Taft were the
centers of interest at the culminating
feature of the day the inaugural ball
in the Pension building. The scene in
tho cavernous building, which has been
transformed into a canopied court of
ivory and white, was another of the
brilliant pictures quadrennially painted
here by the gathering of a vast and
brilliant assemblage from every sec
tion of the country. With all tho color
and movement of a military spectacle,
with the softening influence of deli
cately tinted gowns and the interest of
a personnel seldom equalled at a social
function, the inaugural ball holds a
place unique in the history making of
the day.
While the ball was in progress in-
doors, a display of fireworks on tho
monument lot in tho rear of the White
House marked tho end of tho outdoor
celebration. For hours tho thinly
clouded heavens were alight with rock
ets, with sun clusters that challenged
tho brilliancy of day, with fiery "co
bras" and all tho fantastic creations of
modern pyrotechnic! skill.
AH feminine Washington had long
been eoger for details of tho gown
which Mrs. Taft woro at the Inaugural
ball. In her choico of the toilette In
which she would appear for the first 1
time as the "first lady of tho land,"
Mrs. Taft has shown not only exquisite
taste in dress but patriotism us well, j
jor tne design in which tho beautiful
costume Is richly embroidered shows'
America's national flower, the golden
!
rod. Tho embroidery, in silver, ap
pears not only on tho chiffon overdress
out on uiu iuiih w ........ -
Tho foundation of tho gown is of
heavy white satin, cut In prinoosB
effect. Over this tho chiffon U draped
with consummate skill, Riving tho
offoct of long, straight lines. Tho
Blooves aro formed of raro point laco.
Tho goldonrod design is also woven in
tho laco. ., .
Mrs. Taft woro hor hair rather high,
with a pompadour. A singlo diamond
Bpray docorated hor coiffuro and sho
woro no other jewelry excepting tho
pearl collar, which is hor favorite ornn
mont. Miss Helen Taft's gown wob bo ox
tromoly slmplo that it is calculated to
surprise tho mothers of ovordrosscd
school girls. Over a plainly fitting
foundation of white a Blip of white
embroidered mousselino do soio falls
in gracoful girlish lines. Tho bodlco
is slightly decollotote, and is effectively
trimmed in point laco. Artistic knots
of palo blue ribbon, skilfully disposed,
add a touch of chic to its simplicity.
Misa Taft's abundant golden brown
hlr waa simply dressed in a coll, and
sho wore no Jewelry.
FIND PORPHYRY GOD.
Belloved to Prove That Egyptians Set
tled In Mexico.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 2. That
tho Egyptians crossed from tho land of
tho Nile and Bottled in Mexico, by
mennB of tho lost continent, AtlantHs,
is tho now theory advanced by Colonel
L. R. Fox, a local civil engineer and
archaeologlBt. In proof of this theory
Fox today brought hero interesting
archaeological specimens dug up in tho
City of Mexico whilo workmen in his
chargo were excavating through tho
ruins of a prehistoric temple. Four
teen feot below tho surface they found
a porphyry god, most Egyptian in ap
pearance, resembling tho Sphinx,
woighing about 30 pounds and being a
foot tall.
Nearby were an urn of terra cotta
painted Vermillion, proving that it was
for use in temples and not for tho com
mon people, and bearing representa
tions of asps, Egyptian pricsta and
chief tains, some heads of priests, ar
rowheads and a spindle bearing hiero
glyphics similar to the Etruscan. Fox
deolres tho porphyry god ia 3,000 years
old.
Perrln Gets Now Trial.
San Francisco, March 2.-The Unit
ed States Circuit court of appeals
handed down a decision today granting
a new trial to Dr. E. W. Perrin, con
victed of land frauds, in connection
with John A. BenBon. Tho new trial
is granted on tho ground that District
Judgo DcHavcn erred in excluding cer
tain testimony. Benson, who wob con
victed at the Bame time, appealed on
the ground of insufficiency of the in
dictment and was denied a new trial.
Tho opinion was rendorcd by Judges
Morrow and Ross.
Train Took His Oranges.
Guadalajara, Mex., March 2. Jose
Florcs is in jail at LnBaraca, charged
with wrecking a train. He has a plan
tation near Salomea and loading a car
with oranges, ho demanded that tho
Mexican Central remove it. Aa this
was not done ho sot the switch bo that
the first on coming train would run
onto it, hoping tho train crew would
take his oranges. Northbound passen
ger train No. 6 ran into the car,
wrecking tho engine, baggage car and
a third class coach, and injuring seve
ral passengers. He is now a prisoner.
Californlans Send Note.
Sacramento, Cal.. March C In lieu
of an anti-Japanese statute, the Bennto
today expressed its views on tho sub
ject of Asiatic immigration by tho
adoption of a committee substitute for
four joint resolutions. The measure-
calls upon congress to enact an Asiatic
exclusion law that will keep Japanese
as well as Chineso aliens out of tho
country. Senaotr J. B. Sanford, of
Ukiah. tried to amend ihl l-PHnlilf Inns
so that Japanese would bo denied the
..t A. f A . . . . . .
rignt oi naturalization, nut this was
voted down and - tho resolution wnn
adopted, 28 to 7.
Still Seek Last Juror.
San Francisco, March 6. Diequall
fying prospective juror at the rate of
five an hour, tho attorneys orgoged In
the trial of Patrick Calhoun, president
of tho United Railroads, exhausted tho
17th special veniro late today without
discovering a talesman to occupy tho
12th Beat in tho jury box. When court
adjourned tho record disclosed that C08
Citizens OUt of thn l .lfifl nnmmnnn,! U.l
... ,wWw MU.ffW,JUU KUU
been actually Interrogated at greater
or less jengin, ano in this respect tho
trial has eclinsed the renv1 nt ai..
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hamRuef's trial.
Fort Worden to Front.
Seattle, March C.- Enulnnnd wtH.
wireless telegraph system and firo con
trol apparatus, both of which woro
completed today bv Cantnln w v
Moore, of tho United States signal ser
vice corps oi aoattie, i-'ort Wordon, u
military nost atPortTownnni w..ai.
. r ,. " ""mill
now takes its place as ono of tho four
inprougniy modern military posts of
tho United States. RnnW(n ia
Vvordon nro tho nosts n Pnriinr,,! m
Boston and New York, ' ''
Gas Company Disgorges,
New York. MnroVi o ntA,,.. .
of the $12,000,000 in robatcs duo to
gas consumers in Manhattan pnd th
Bronx, under the 80-cont gas Jaw In
connection with the doclaion of the
United StateB Supremo c- urt, wan be.
gun today by tho Consolidated Ghb
company and Its subsidiary corpora
tiqna. When tho first doy'u work of
repayment was closed approximately
0,000 checks had been sent out, these
aggregating about $100, 000.
JAPS QMERICA
Figures From Tokio Slum Brut
Failing Off In Immigritlwt,
JAPAN IS PROUD OF THE RECORD
Foreign Offico Points to Figures As
Proof That Empire Is Living
Up to Its Agreement.
Toklo. March 4, RoturnB JuBt com
plotcd by tlio foreign oifico show that
botween Juno nna . uoccmucr, iuuo,
1.854 JnpnncBo loft tho amplro bound
for tho United States, whilo 3,500 ro
turned from tho United States during
tho samo period. Of thoso returning
3.031 traveled third class ucjwso tho
Pacific which Indicates that thoy woro
of tho laboring class, against whom tho
emigatlon restrictions of tho Japanese
eovernmcnt nro particularly directed.
Tho total number of Japanese Balling
for Hawaii from Japan during tho
samo period is shown to have boon
1,151, whilo thoso rctuning from the
islands numbered 2,051, of which num-
bor 2,880 wero third class passenger
During tho month of January, 1000,
tho foreign office figures show that 152
Japnnoso Bnilcd for tho United States
from Japan, whilo 205 returned to
Japan during tho samo period from
that country. Two hundred and sixty
four of tho latter traveled third class.
In tho samo month 145 Japanese
sailed for Hawaii, whilo CO returned,
all tho homeward bound coming third
class.
Tho months embraced by theso fig'
urcs include tho portou in winch mo
agreement relativo to emigrants to tho
United States, which waa concluded
botween Thomas J. O'Brien, tho Amer
ican ambassador, and tho Jnpancso for
cign ofllco in January, 1007. becamo
actually operative
Tho foreign oilico points out tho
fnct that it requested several months
timo to perfect n system whereby tho
entiro field of emigration could bo
brought under control, namely, thoso
months between tho conclusion of tho
agreement and Juno 1, 1008, and that
consequently tho showing for tho
months beginning in Juno and up to
tho present timo Is tho only fair test
of tho effectiveness of tho system, of
restriction employed.
Tho foreign officials nro particularly
insistent upon calling attention to tho
fact that upon tho figuroa givn, 4,000
mora Japnncso returned from Amori
can territory than sailed for It dur
ing tho last eight months, and they
state that this is extremely significant
of tho agreement's effectiveness.
GAUGE QUAKES' POWER.
Stanford Professor Perfecting Instru
ment ot Engineering Use.
Stanford University, Cal., March 4.
Prof. W. F. Durand, head of tho
department or mechanical engineering
nt Stanford university, announces that
he has invented a dovico which will
doubly Increase tho ability of man to
know and harness earthquakes. Its
power to rcgiscr and mensuro tho force
of seismic disturbance!) will bo of enor
mous vnluo to scionco when combined
with tho direction recording seismo
graph. Professor Durand is perfecting tho
construction of his instrument. It will
bo completed samo timo In tho spring
and will bo installed here. Tho idea
was born during hl Investigation of
tho buildings at Stanford, wrecked by
tho tremblor of 1900. Tho only present
device of vital use In tho study of tho
earth's convulsions Is tho solsmogrnph.
This records tho movement of tho earth
that Is, tho direction In which a par
ticlo of tho earth Is Bhnkcn during nn
earthquake.
Tho object of Professor Durand's in
vontlon will bo to register tho forco of
speed with which n particle moves.
With it scientists will bo ablo to do
termino what volume of seismic
strength is required to demolish a brick
wall, for example.
Tho benofita of tho Instrument to
structural engineering will bo Invalu
able. Professor Durund hna boon head
of his department Blnco ho enmo to
Stanford from Cornell univorBlty bov
oral years ago.
New Crater on Collma,
City of Mexico. March 4. Tho form-
atlon of a now crater on Mount Collma
by tho eruption of rocks and lava from
tho volcano ia reported in dispatches
received hero todav from Prudoncia.
Tho activity of Collma was nccompan-
ieu ny eovorai tromuiors, which did
llttlo dnmngo. Frequent outbursts of
redhot rocks and ashoa from - tho vol
cano Wero observed and lava nnnrod
from its aides. Tho eruption showed
no indications of subsiding.
Undo Sam Is "Slow Pay,"
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grain buyer for tho Northern armies
during tho Civil war, has rccolvcd a
draft from tho United States govorn-
h;iii iwi,uuuiora oiupmont wnicn
had boen purchased by Mr. Baker dur-
b uw uivh war ior tno government.
Government Loses Point.
Chlcniro. March 4.Tli n nrntrarnmnnt
In tho ro-trlal of tho rebate cso against
tho Standard Oil company, of Indiana,
today attempted without uuccoss to
prOVO that tl o lR.fnnt. tariff. wMMi thn
officials of tho oil company profess to
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