TAFT USHERED
Ceremony in Senate Chamber, Due to Winter
Weather Conditions Prevailing.
PARADE WAS GRAND
Over 30,000 in Line Reviewed by
President Taft and Ex-President
Roosevelt Bali 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 Tenneessee.
Secretary of Treasury Franklin
MacVeagh, 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
Bellinger, of Washington.
Secretary of Navy George Von
L. Meyer, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson, of Iowa.
Washington, March 6. The firBt
chief executive to take the oath of
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office in the chamber of the senate in
76 years, William Howard Taft, be
came president of the United States
yeBterday.
Accompanied to the capitol through
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 nnrthwnt
Wednesday night set awry the weather
oureau optimistic promise of "lair
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 nassairewav was clou-ad
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 witn martial splendor and pic
turesque with civic display.
After tho inaugural ceremonies in
the senate. Theodore Roosevelt, acaln
a private citizen, bade an affectionate
adieu to ma successor, while all in
the historic chamber looked on in si
lence and then ha hurried awav thmncrh
a aide door to take the train for New
York. As ho passed out of the 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 the Six
tieth congress at an end. Turning
then to 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 the senate
to order in special session ef the 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 the joint com-
INTO OFFICE
mittee on arrangements, and walked
around to a position in the rear of the
presiding officer's desk. He 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.
Xhe chief justice began the adminis
tration of the oath in a low tone. Mr.
Taft repeated the words in a alow,
distinct voice. When he at last had
kissed the Bible, there was an outburst
of applause, a grasp of the hand by
the chief justice, and President Taft
began immediately the inaugural ad
dress. He read from typewritten man
uscript. Mr. Taft won applause at the 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 methods."
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 n. 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 80,000 marching men par
ticipated in the BTeat militarv and
civic pageant,' which constituted the
principal spectacular feature of the
presidential inaugural ceremony. Ap
proximately 25,000 of -these were
soldiers, sailors and marines of the
military establishments of the United
States, bodies of the National Guard of
marly States, with lartra CAntincanta
of spruce cadets and midshipmen from
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Taft's Policies Outlined
Will support "Roosevelt's .reforms,
and admits that he has been acting
in an advisory capacity in many of
the Roosevelt policies.
Pledges regulatioon of the corpor
ations in the matter of issuance of
excessive bonds and mortgages.
Stability of American business to
be assured.
Tariff question calls for extra ses
sion of congress and question one of
most important that country must
solve.
Taxation should be made as light
as possible and government expendi
tures curtailed, avoiding all unneces
sary expense. Public moneys should
be wisely protected but not hoarded.
Favors army and navy sufficiently
strong to maintain peace and pre
serve Monroe doctrine. Army should
be large enough to form nucleus for
fighting corps sufficient to defend
country from invaders.
Country must observe treaty rights
of foreigners. Anti-foreign agita
tions discouraged. Government
should settle all such questions by
proper legislation, inoffensive to
other countries.
Congress should pass a postal sav
ings bank bill.
Panama canal policies of Roosevelt
will be continued.
Race prejudice may be eliminated
by a fifteenth amendment to the con
stitution of the United States mak
ing educational qualifications neces
sary to obtain the electoral franchise
mies. The remaining 8,000 were citi
zens from all parts of the 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 the after
noon mobilized in snow and slush which
in places was deeper than their leg
ging tops. Down Pennsylvania ave
nue, walled in with spectators, they
found dry footing, but faced a 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 the
Cuban army of pacification.
The 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. The 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
the 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 the 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 the
monument lot in the rear of the White
House marked the end of the outdoor
celebration. For hours the thinly
clouded heavens were alight with rock
eta, with sun clusters that challenged
the brilliancy of day, with fiery "co
bras" and all the fantastic creations of
modern pyrotechnic! skill.
All feminine Washington had long
been eager for details of the gown
which Mrs. Taft wore at the inaugural
ball. In her choir nf Ik.
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which she would appear for the first
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Mrs. Taft has shown not only exquisite
taste iu dress but patriotism as well,
for the desiim in which th h..tsi
costume is richly embroidered shows
America s national nower, the golden
rod. The embroidery, in silver, ap
pears not only on the chiffon overdress
but on the long court train as well.
The foundation of the gown is of
heavy white satin, cut in princess
effect. Over this the chiffon is draped
with consummate skill, giving the
effect of long, straight lines. The
sleeves are formed of rare point lace.
The goldenrod design is also woven in
the lace.
Mrs. Taft wore her hair rather high,
with a pompadour. A single diamond
spray decorated her coiffure and she
wore no other jewelry excepting the
pearl collar, which is her favorite orna
ment. Miss Helen Taft's gown was so ex
tremely simple that it is calculated to
surprise the mothers of overdressed
school girls. .Over a plainly fitting
foundation of white a slip of white
embroidered mousseline de soie falls
in graceful girlish lines. The bodice
is slightly decolletete, and is effectively
trimmed in point lace. Artistic knots
of pale blue ribbon, ' skilfully disposed,
add a touch of chic to its simplicity.
Miss Taft's abundant golden brown
hir was simply dressed in a coil, and
she wore no jewelry.
REVOLUTION IS DUE.
Interstate Commerce Commission May
Alter Rate System.
Chicago, March 8. Railroad men
are becoming alarmed over the tangle
in the transcontinental rate situation.
Recent developments seem to indicate
that the Interstate Commerce commis
sion has come to the conclusion that
the entire scheme of transcontinental
freight rates must be changed by the
railroads. . Just how this is to be
brought about by the commission is not
known, but the decisions in the Mis
souri river and the Spokane rate cases
would seem to indicate that it is to be
contrary to existing principles and will
force the desired adjustment in the
transcontinental rate fabric. .
The tangle is accentuated by quar
rels between the rail carriers them
selves and between the rail-and-water
carriers. In the West the Harriman
steamship interests and the Spreckels
interests have locked horns in a des
perate fight over coast-to-coast rates
by the way of Panama shores in steam
ers. This water competition has al
ways been assigned as the reason for
the peculiar adjustment of transconti
nental rates. As a consequence, the
rates from the Eastern seaboard to the
Western coast are just the same as
they are from Chicago and from the
Missouri river to the Pacific coast. In
other words, the New York manufac
turer can ship his goods to the Pacific
coast as cheaply as can the merchant
from Chicago, Kansas City or St.
Louis.
Furthermore the Western lines have
been forced to accept an extremely low
division of the transcontinental rates.
If water competition haa forced this
condition, then Mr. Harriman. id re
sponsible, in a way. Mr. Harriman
owns the Morgan Steamship line, which
connects with his rail lines at the Gulf
ports, making a water and rail route
which is more inexpensive than the all
rail route, and which gives him a long
naui from the uull to the Pacific coast
MUST CUT DEFICIT.
Secretary MacVeagh Suggests Ne
cessity of Stamp Tax.
Chicago, March 8. Franklin Mac
Veagh, of Chicago, secretary of the
treasury, left yesterday for Washing
ton to enter upon hi official duties as
successor to George B. Cortelyou. hav
ing brought his local business career
to a close by disposing of his extensive
interests in Franklin MacVeagh & Co.
to hia son, Eames MacVeagh, and by
resigning from the directorate of the
Commercial National bank.
Recognizing the immensity of the
task before him in attempting to re
duce the deficit which the government
is facing and at the same time meet
the increased expenses of the govern'
ment growing daily, Mr. MacVeagh
said:
"Something must be done to meet
the deficit of the treasury. I suppose
many people will object to a stamp act
in times of peace ; just as others have
a rooted objection or prejudice against
bonds, but the government must have
money and a plan must be devised for
getting it This, I should say, is a
general administrative question as
much as it is a question with the sec
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ICELAND CRAVES FREEDOM!
Change in Ministry May Bring On
Diplomatic Crisis.
Copenhagen, March 8. The rela
tions of Iceland with Denmark have
recently become greatly strained. Ice
land for a long time has had home rule
and during the last few years she has
obtained all possible liberties from
Denmark, but the majority of the Ice
land parliament favors the dissolution
of all governmental ties with Denmark.
Iceland's minister of home affairs,
Mr. Haafstein, who supports the pol
icy of a good understanding between
the two countries, has been forced to
resign. Bjoern Jonsson, who has been
nominated to succeed him,' is strongly
hostile to Denmark. If his candida
ture prevails, it will be taken in Den
mark aa a serious affront.
"Coffin Boat" Sunk Again.
New Brunswick, N. J., March 8.
The barge Maryland, formerly the
steamboat General Slocum, on which
more than 1,000 persons lost their lives
in 1902, sank at South river yesterday.
The Slocum was rebuilt and converted
into a barge some time after the dis
aster in the East river, N. Y.
SPOKANE RATE DECISION.
Interstate Commerce Commission Fa
vors Coast in Findings.
Washington, March 3. By the unan
imous decision of the Interstate Com
merce commission the present system
of lower terminal rates to Pacific coast
points than are charged to interior
points, though the latter may be nearer
the point of shipment, is sustained as
just and lawful under the Hepburn rate
law. The contention of the Pacific
coast ports and the transcontinental
railroads is upheld in its entirety.
': Comfort is given Spokane in the
shape of a general reduction of class
rates from Chicago and St Paul in 29
of the specified 34 commodity rates
against which complaint was made.
In the other five commodity rates
against which complaint is made, in
creases are made. But this does not
change the relative position of Spokane
as an interior point and the coast cities
as points enjoying water competition.
Under the decision the railroads ar
free to follow up the reduction in the
Spokane rates ordered by the commis
sion by making a proportionate reduc
tion in the rates to coast terminals.
Should they fail to make such a reduc
tion, they would be exposed to the dan
ger of losing a large volume of their
traffic to their ocean competitors.
The two points in the complaint filed
by the city of Spokane against the
Northern Pacific, the Great Northern
and the Union Pacific railroads were:
First that the rates from Eastern
points to Spokane were higher than to
Seattle, a more distent point.
Second, that the lates to Spokane
were inherently unreasonable.
On the first point defendants main
tained, that water competition comr
pelled them to charge the rates in
effect to Seattle and that therefore they
might charge a higher rate to Spokane
without violating the long-and-short-haul
provision or without discriminat
ing against Spokane under the law.
The commission sustains the claim
of the defendants in this respect and
holds that the rates, to Spokane, al
though higher than to Seattle, are not
unlawful.
On the secondjpoint the commission
sustains tho claim of the petitioner
and holds that the rates from Eastern
points to Spokane are unjust and un
reasonable. It reduces class rates from
St. Paul to Spokane 16 per cent, and
makes substantially the same reduc
tion from Chicago to Spokane. Rates
east of Chicago are not dealt with. '
NINE DIE IN TENEMENT.
New York Blaze Proves Small-Sized
Holocaust, .
New York, March 3. At least nine
persons met death early today in a fire
which 8 wept: through a crowded four
story brick tenement at 374 Seventh
avenue, near Thirty-second street
Nine bodies had been recovered nt. riaum
and it is expected that the death list
win grow. Several children are miss
ing.
The flames were started in the hnan
ment and sweet ranidlv nr the ntnir-
way, cutting off the escape of terror
stricKen tenants, all of whom were
Italians. Many of them tried to jump
from the windows. The police and
firemen made several snectaeular tbo.
cues, while a crowd, which surrounded
the burning building, cheered their
efforts.
Among the dead are a man and a
woman ana two children, but as there
was great confusion around the scene
of the fire and a number of hnriien wn
badly charred, early identification was
out oi me question.
Castro to Be Arrested.
Caracas, Monday, March 1, via Wil
lemstad, March 2. Should Cipriana
Castro, ex-president of this republic.
attempt to return to this countrv. he
will face the possibility of arrest he
having been indicted in the Federal
court on the charge of conspiracy to
enect the assassination of Juan VI
cente Gomez, the present president In
consequence of this contingency, the
report that Castro purposes to embark
at Bordeaux March 28 for La Guayra
nas Deen received here with much in
terest
Servia Massing Troops.
Berlin, March 3. A special dispatch
from Belgrade to the Lokal Anzeiger
says that in spite of all denial the mob
ilization of troops by the Servian gov
ernment continues, and is not confined
to two divisions. The dispatch states
that 600 reserves on Sundav. 9. nnn nn
Monday and 2,000 today were sent for
ward in the direction of Nish, which
lies 13 miles southeast, of Rlrnfo
Nish is a place cf importance, being at
ino junction oi several railway lines.
Mauretania Clips Record Anew,
Queenstown, March 3. The steamer
Mauretania passed Daunt's rock at
9 :47 a. m. yesterday, establishing a
new high record for the eastbound pas
sage from New York of four days, 20
hours and two minutes. Her average
speed for the run was 25.28 nautical
miles an hour, and the best day's run
607 miles.
Pastor Kills Drunkard.
Temple, N. H., March 3. While
crazed with drink.George L. Marcott,
a valet in the employ of Brigadier
General James Miller, U. S. A., re
tired, ran amuck today and after shoot
ing at several villagers was shot and
killed by Rev. Harvey Eastman, pas
tor of the Congregational church.
Cold Chapel Hurts Pope.
Chicago, March 3. A special to the
Daily News from Rome says: Dr. Pe
tachi says that the pope's illness is
the result of early rising and raying
mass in a cold private chapel. Neither
the doctor nor th nnnn'a attanrianf
can persuade him to change his habits.
His present illness is not serious.
JAPS QUIT AMERICA
Figures From Toklo Show Great
Falling Off In Immigration.
JAPAN IS PROUD OF THE RECORD
Foreign Office Points to Figures As
Proof That Empire Is Living
Up to Its Agreement.
Tokio, March 4. Returns just com
pleted by the foreign office show that
between June and December, 1908,
1,354 Japanese left the empire bound
for the United States, while 3,500 re
turned from the United States during
the same period. Of those returning
3,031 traveled third class across the
Pacific, which indicates that they were
of the laboring class, against whom the
emigation restrictions of the Japanese
government are particularly directed.
lhe total number of Japanese sailing,
for Hawaii from Japan during the
same period is shown to have been
1,151, while those retuning from the
islands numbered 2,951, of which num
ber 2,889 were third class passengers.
During the month of January, 1909,
the foreign office figures show .that 152
Japanese sailed for the United States
from Japan, while 295 returned to
Japan during the same period from
that country. Two hundred and sixty
four of the latter traveled third class.
In the same month 145 Japanese
sailed for Hawaii, while 60 returned,
all the homeward bound coming third
class.
The months embraced by these fig
ures ' include the period in which the
agreement relative to emigrants to the
United States, which was concluded
between Thomas J. O'Brien, the Amer
ican ambassador, and the Japanese for
eign office in January, 1907, became
actually operative.
The foreign office points out the
fact that it requested several months'
time to perfect a system whereby the
entire field of emigration could be
brought under control, . namely, those
months between the conclusion of the
agreement and June 1, 1908, and that
consequently the showing for the
months beginning in June and up to
the present time is the only fair test
of the effectiveness of the 'system of
restriction employed.
Tho foreign officials are particularly
insistent upon calling attention to the
fact that upon the figures given,. 4,000
more Japanese returned from Ameri
can territory than sailed for it dur
ing the last eight months, and they
state that this is extremely significant
of the agreement's effectiveness.
GAUGE QUAKES' POWER.
Stanford Professor Perfecting Instru
ment of Engineering Use.
Stanford University, Cal., March 4.
Prof. W. F. Durand, head of the
department of mechanical engineering
at Stanford university, announces that
he has invented a device which will
doubly increase the ability of man to
know and harness earthquakes. Its
power to regiser and measure the force
of seismic disturbances will be of enor
mous value to science when combined
with the direction recording seismo
graph. Professor Durand is perfecting the
construction of his instrument It will
be completed some time in the spring
and will be installed here. The idea
was bofn during his investigation of
the buildings at Stanford, . wrecked by
the tremblor of 1906. The only present
device of vital use in the study of the
earth's convulsions is the seismograph.'
This records the movement of the earth
that is, the direction in which a par
ticle of the earth is shaken during an
earthquake.
The object of Professor Durand'a in
vention will be to register the force of
speed with which a particle moves.
With it scientists will be able to de
termine what volume of seismic
strength is required to demolish a brick,
wall, for example.
The benefits of the instrument to
structural engineering will be invalu
able. Professor Durand has been keadi
of his department since he cams to
Stanford from Cornell university sev
eral years ago.
New Crater on Colima.
City of Mexico, March 4. The form
ation of a new crater on Mount Colima
by the eruption of rocks and lava from
the volcano is reported in dispatches
received here today from Prudencia.
The activity of Colima was accompan
ied by several tremblors, which did
little damage. Frequent outbursts of
redhot rocks and ashes from -the vol
cano were observed and lava poured
from its sides. The eruption showed!
no indications of subsiding.
Uncle Sam Is "Slow Pay.""
Pontiac, 111., March 4. After wait
ing 45 years, John Baker, who was a
grain buyer for the Northern' armies
during the Civil war, has received a
draft from the United States govern
ment for $1,000 for a shipment which
had been purchased by Mr. Baker dur
ing the Civil war for the government
Government Loses Point. -Chicago,
March 4. The government
in the re-trial of the rebate case against
the Standard Oil company, of Indiana,
today attempted without success to
prove that the 18-cent tariff, which the
officials of the oil company profess to
know nothing about was published
legally fa tariff No. 24.