Oath of Office Administered to Mr Wilson
Washington March 4 Woodrow Wilson became president at 1 37 pm taking the oath and kissing the Bible witnessed by about 75 000 people. He left the Capitol for the White House at 2 05 pm Marshall was sworn in at 10 34 am and delivered the inaugural address amid a delayed program. Capitol stayed awake all night as crowds watched the ceremonies and parade preparations.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
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White House
Marshall
Shoreham
Wilson
Taft
Helen
Pennsylvania Avenue
Aufireme Court
Senate
Thomas R. Marshall
White
Court of Honor
Broad Avenue
Fakers
Army
Navy
State Militia
House of Representtives
Taft In Carriage With Wilson To Announce Cabinet
President elect Taft and President Wilson will reveal the cabinet tomorrow. Joseph Tumulty, Wilson's secretary, said the personnel will not be sent to the senate until tomorrow and not be announced until then.
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Washington
Joseph Tumulty
Wilson
Senate
Appropriation for Panama Expo Killed
Washington reports that the senate rejected the sundry civil bill over Taft's veto, denying the half million for the government exhibit at the Panama Expo. The measure included farm and labor exemptions from Sherman law prosecutions, which Taft opposed. The House passed the bill over the veto. Other items, including the deficiency bill, also moved. The article notes Taft's veto on provisions shielding labor and farmers associations from Sherman act actions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Panama
Department of Justice
Regal Land
Owens
Fall
Police fail to protect women in suffrage parade
Washington reports the Senate demanded a full investigation into the trouble faced by suffrage marchers yesterday. Senators Jones and Nelson denounced the scenes as a disgrace to civilization and called for action against the drunken rowdies who attacked the women.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
Nelson
Inaugural Address Echoes Wilson Plea to Correct Evils
Washington March 4 The Inaugural address of President Woodrow Wilson pledges to help people and interpret a democratic shift. He says the party’s purpose is to apply a large, definite national aim, urging fresh insight into life and a strong government that fosters sympathy and strength while correcting wrongs. Continued on page 3.
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Wilson
Democratic Party
Quorum Present In Both Houses In Salem Caucus Held
Salem Ore March 4. Both houses open to a republican joint caucus to decide adjournment time and discuss vetoed bills. Senate session lasts one minute. Fifty one representatives present. Reomes of Jackson county introduces immediate adjournment push but defeated. Ha good leads a six Democrat delegation to extend Oregon relations to Woodrow Wilson, adopted unanimously. House adjourns for joint Republican caucus with Senate Republicans.
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Ore
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Hagood
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Oregon
Woodrow Wilson
Taft Works Late Night Signing Commissions
President Taft rose early today and, after a hearty breakfast, locked himself in his study for an hour of work. He was in a jovial mood and continued to sign hundreds of commissions and legislative enactments late into the night.
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Washington
Taft
Clark Prefers to Stay in House Over Presidency
Washington dispatch notes Speaker Clark declared the house adjourned sine die after saying he would have stayed in the house even if not reelected speaker. The house passed a resolution thanking him for his services amid the crowd’s thrill.
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Washington
Clark
Taft Signs Bill Creating Department of Labor
Washington March 4 President Taft signed the bill creating a department of labor. Congressman W B Wilson of Pennsylvania immediately announced he had accepted the position in the Wilson cabinet.
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Washington
Taft
Department of Labor
W. B. Wilson
Pennsylvania
Wilson
William Loeb Resigns as Port of New York Official
William Loeb, once Roosevelt's secretary and then port collector for New York, resigned to become managing director of the Guferheim companies.
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William Loeb
New York
Roosevelt
Guefenheim Companies
Cannon’s Final House Speech On Record Budget Largest Yet
Washington March 4 In his final speech in the house Cannon said this year’s congressional appropriations were the largest on record Representative Fitzgerald introduced him and Cannon’s remarks were extended into the Congressional Record.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Fitzgerald
Third member named for arbitration board
Washington on March 4 named William Chambers of Washington as the third member of the government arbitration committee to avert the threatened firemen strike on eastern railroads. Judge Knapp and Labor Commissioner Hagger are the other members.
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Washington
William Chambers
Spanish Treaty Commission
Judge Knapp
Hagger
Mexican Soldiers Open Fire On American Troops
Fifteen federal soldiers from the Agua Prieta garrison marched to the international boundary near Douglas at noon today and deliberately opened fire on an American cavalry patrol on duty. The Americans replied with a machine gun, and the Mexicans fled.
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