Wilson Inauguration Opens New Era With Grand Parade
Dignitaries from many lands join Taft's successor Woodrow Wilson in Washington for the 1913 inauguration. A 101 gun salute, a short address, and a vast parade through a bannered capital drew a quarter million spectators with notable displays by the Essex troop and Culver Black Horse. Taft attends as private citizen after the oath.
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New Jersey
Guard of Honor
Taft
Culver Black Horse Troop
Indiana
Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Washington
White House
Princeton
Union Station
Thomas Nelson Page
Wilson
Shoreham
New Willard
Congressional Committee
Capitol
Newark
N. J
Mittee
Sherman
Mr. Marshall
Culver Black Horse
President Taft
Mr. Wilson
Gold Loving Cup Presented to Chairman William F. McCombs
William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, receives a solid gold loving cup in New York from Norman E. Mack and fellow campaign workers for the Wilson Marshall victory. The cup, valued at 1500 dollars, bears the inscription commemorating the 181% win. Henry Morgenthau sits nearby as finance committee chair.
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William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
New York
Woodrow Wilson
McCombs
Norman E. Mack
Mack
National Committee
Marshall
Henry Morgenthau
New York Beaker
Eleven-year sentence affirmed for five-cent soda theft
In Atlanta on March 6 the Georgia supreme court upheld an 11 year sentence for Ollie Taylor 13 for stealing a five-cent bottle of a soda fountain drink. The boy pleaded guilty and was to be sent to the Fulton industrial farm until age 21, ending a three year appeal by his father O F Taylor to overturn the ruling.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Ollie Taylor
O. F. Taylor
Fulton
China Recognition Faces Wilson Bryan Policy Test
Washington faces a foreign policy issue as recognition of the Chinese republic becomes a major question for President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. Advocates press for prompt acknowledgment of the new Chinese government with broad and varied influence applied to the administration.
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Washington
Wilson
Bryan
China
Wilsons Cheered on Arrival in Capital
Mr and Mrs Wilson were greeted by cheering crowds as their car entered the capital and headed toward their hotel on arrival. The notable welcome highlights the couple’s high profile visit and public interest in their arrival.
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Capital
Wilsons cabinet list of appointive department heads
Secretary of State William J Bryan of Nebraska and Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo of New York head the Wilson administration cabinet. Other members named include Attorney General James C McReynolds and War Secretary Lindley M Garrison with Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels and Postmaster Albert Burleson. Also listed are Commerce Secretary William C Redfield Interior Secretary Franklin K Lane Labor Secretary William B Wilson and Agriculture Secretary David F Houston from various states.
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William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Treasury
William McAdoo
New York
James C. McReynolds
Tennessee
Lindley M. Garrison
New Jersey
Navy
D Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Albert S. Burleson
Texas
Commerce
William C. Redfield
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
California
William B. Wilson
Pennsylvania
David F. Houston
Missouri
Oyster safety work by Ruth Greathouse at Washington lab
Miss Ruth C. Greathouse, expert scientist in the Bureau of Chemistry bacteriological division, leads oyster and shellfish testing to assure safe supply. She sets up mobile laboratories, traces water samples, and cultures bacteria to provide evidence for trials.
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Ruth C. Greathouse
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Miss Greathouse
Bacteriological Division
Jury Deadlock in John Angelo Attempted Murder Case
Up to Thursday morning the jury reported a disagreement and were sent back in the case of John Angelo charged with attempted murder.
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John Angelo
Four Burned to Death in Mayburg Wood Camp Fire
A large frame wood camp at Mayburg Forest county housed 40 boarders for the Tionesta Valley Chemical company. Four Austrian workers Anton Smyrdel Jake Meier Tony Zartelé and Frank Zartell died in the blaze. Mrs Shuster and her seven day old infant were rescued. the mother was seriously burned and about $1000 in currency kept by laborers was destroyed. The Shuster family and others were taken to Kane hospital.
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Mayburg
Forest County
Anton Smyrdel
Jake Meier
Tony Zartelé
Frank Zartell
Mikeshuster
Schusters
Kane (Pa
Tionesta Valley Chemical Company
Shuster
Kept Girl Chained to Stove in Dickson City Home
Helen Eintich twelve in Dickson City Pennsylvania bore a heavy chain marks on her ankles from being tied to the kitchen stove. Neighbors say she was forced to fetch drinks from the saloon at night and the child is now in the care of Mrs. W B Duggan agent for the Associated Charities.
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Helen Eintich
Dickson City
W. B Duggan
Associated Charities
Pittsburg Bride Arrest in High-Profile Raid Shocks Society
Alderman Fugabes? bailled Mrs. Jay N. Jamison for 500 dollars after a county jail raid at the Jamison mansion in Squirrel Hill. Publisher Frank R. Palmer named in the charge. Jamison had left his wife December 31 and is a local Reliance Insurance secretary. Mrs. Jamison, 22, is daughter of late financier John Thornburg.
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Society
Hartj
Alderman
Fugabes
Jay N. Jamison
Frank R. Palmer
Jamison
Mr. Palmer
Llenry Aland
Spesi
Jarmison
Squirrel Hill
Jay Jamison
Kathleen Thornburg
Locomotive Tender Stuns Diners In Harsh Exchange
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer piece a diner lifts a coal lump found in a sirloin steak. The landlady jokes about cows on the railroad while the man insists the steak is tender. The meal resumes in tense quiet.
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