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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1917
Page
4
The president renewed his pledge to uphold the Constitution in a new four year term. He spoke from the Capitol in a room strewn with executive documents as aides stood nearby, with public inauguration ceremonies planned for tomorrow to reflect Americanism.
Chief Justice White administered the oath to the president and kissed the Bible after solemnly repeating the oath first taken by Washington a century and a quarter ago. He congratulated the president, then drew near and spoke with emotion as the moment of trouble was acknowledged.
The scene centers on President Wilson taking the oath at noon on March 4 with Vice President Marshall to be sworn in tomorrow. A large crowd fills the capital as the open air ceremony proceeds and a grand parade forms along Pennsylvania Avenue with National Guardsmen guarding the route, a unique display since Lincoln's time.
Two rolls of elk leather valued at 400 dollars were found in a field beside the Cambridge plant of Sears, Roebuck Company early yesterday. Two men fled on officer approach and investigators suspect leather bundles were tossed from factory windows to confederates.
London March 4 British forces in the Ancre sector push east of Gommecourt along a two mile front about two thirds of a mile wide, capturing nearly 200 prisoners in the latest official report from headquarters.
British lines east of Bouchavesnes were attacked and captured with 173 prisoners and three machine guns taken. The day saw heavy enemy losses in counterattacks and continued ground advance along a two mile front to an average depth of 1200 yards. Six more prisoners were captured near Ablaincourt, bringing total Allied prisoners to 190 along with five machine guns and two trench mortars.
Washington Marches in a driving rain as about 600 suffragists circle the White House in a silent protest seeking an interview with President Wilson. Six leaders wait at a locked gate, then deliver a card and a resolution urging a federal constitutional amendment. Vida Milholland Milhol land leads the march, sister of Inez Milholland Boissevain.
In its March 4 commentary from Tokyo, the Japan Times labels the German conspiracy behind efforts to drag Mexico and Japan into conflict with the United States as proof of a diseased mentality. It argues the scheme will clarify to Americans the suspicions about Japan, though unfounded, that linger due to poisoning in the public mind. It asserts Germans are driving efforts to create friction between the US and Japan over the past three years.
The piece notes that exposure of the conspiracy shows Germany seeks a foothold in the American continent via Mexico. This aim would strengthen the cohesion of the western hemisphere against German militarism, signaling broader implications for regional unity and security.
Official dispatches report Austrian forces attempting a Saturday storm on Italian positions east of Gorizia with heavy losses after artillery preparation. Concurrent British, French detachments reported prisoners and destructions across multiple fronts including Somme Verdun Meuse and Regnieville as Ham capture noted.
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