Woodrow Wilson Orders Inauguration at Capitol
Washington March 4 Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey is sworn in as president with Thomas R Marshall Indiana as vice president The day featured grand yet simple ceremonies on the Capitol steps and in the Senate chamber, attended by officials and thousands of spectators.
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Wilson Honored by Fine Parade
Washington March 4. Woodrow Wilson, expresident of Princeton and later president of the United States, rode down Pennsylvania avenue and reviewed a vast parade of soldiers civilians and civic groups. Maj Gen Leonard Wood led the procession which featured regulars national guards veterans and many college cadets. The crowd thronged the route despite no inaugural ball, with 300000 residents in the city and 10 000 Princeton students among performers.
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Keepers of whiskey clue men arraigned in Rowan court
A number of whiskey clue keepers were arraigned at the Rowan Superior Court term. Judge Whedbee spared them prison, but they soon resumed business after leaving town. Sheriff later raided a Salisbury place run by Woodsides and John Brown, with an attendant John Walker. They were bonded at 200 each and liquor was seized. March forced out with few words.
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Youth Electrocuted by Kite in Portsmouth
In Norfolk area, Sidney Bright a 16 year old boy died after a kite with a wire spool touched an electric line. A gust of wind caused the kite to fall across 11,000 volts passing through Bright. The tragedy highlights dangers of improvised wiring in aerial kites.
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