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MC J J-n -, j. .- , -c. "3r"""" V '"' "" --.J--i-1 .'-',-f - srr5 s- w nj.; r " mm -?wSft?'g?g-;2a?y aaaarg 3S3KC , HSXwaeilSSiitrlftfl'iAi! &&dtfr3&S& V B A. & .A. k. .k .V -Cloudy and Unsettled This. Afternoon and Tonight. NTOIBEE 7740. SENATE ASKS AN EXPLANATION BY SYLVESTER FOR FAILURE TO PROTECT. SUFFRAGETTES DEMANDS CAUSE FOR DISREGARD OF TRAFFIC RULE Police Superintendent, in Re port, Says Force Was Too Small to Meet Situation. Major Sylvester, Superintendent of Police; -the police force of Washington, and all of the Commissioners will be put on the carpet by the Senate because of the,disgraceful scenes which were permitted to occur -yesterday in the" course of the suffrage parade. - , ? - Already two resolutions have been put: into the Sen ate, one by Senator Nelson and the other by Senator Jones, looking to a hearing of all of the facts in connection with this matter. Senator Nelson of Minnesota early this morning intro duced a resolution calling for a report of the Commission ers and Superintendent of Police as to why the resolution of Congress authorizing the stopping of traffic and the street cars on Pennsylvania avenue at the time of the-parade had not been enforced. This resolution was promptly adopted by the Senate. This action was taken prior to the adjourn ment of the Senate at 4 : 10 this morning. Shortly after the Senate convened at 9:30 Senator Jones of Washington Introduced sweeping resolution providing for an investigation by the Senate District Committee of the failure of the palice j to preserve order. Fifteen minutes later. Senator! Bristow reported the bill to the'Sen ate and it was adopted. Disgrace, Says Nelson. Senator Jones. In a brief but Indignant speech said: "The papers are filled with statements as to what happened In the course of the suffrage parade. I am reliably In formed that actual conditions were a disgrace to our civilization and that the police were negHsent." Senator Nelson declared the failure to preserve order was "a most disgrace ful affair," discreditable to the police force of the city." The Jones resolu tion, which will be adopted In all prob ability, ,was referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses, and Senator Briatow, who Is on the committee, wants to set a pt'll or tne memoem wiui a view of getting it reported back with out delav. Sylvester Makes Report. Admitting that the combined efforts of special and regular police were In adequate to cope with the crowds on pageant day. Major Sylvester, Superin tendent of Police, today made a report on the lack of protection and the insults and rough treatment given marchers yesterday afternoon. The District Com missioners made public his official "ex planation" at noon,- lie declared that precincts we're stripped of regulars to cope with the situation. These, with the specials, were Insufficient. Vehicles of all kinds were removed from the line of march, but even tlfcn the force was not large enough, ,eys the jnajor. Regarding failure to keep the crowds back of the ropes. Major Sylvester says that police, twelve automobiles, with police Insignia and the motor patrol waxon, policed tbe-route. Things were In fair condition at 2 o'clock, he, says, when he went over the route. But afterward the crowd went beyond the ropes, placed according to directions in a Congressional resolution. " "The only real crowd that massed, String primary trouble to the police, was when the cablo used in front of the Kw "5Vilh-id Hotel broke," declares the report- The major states that all the avail able force was used, consistent with proper handling of the Union Station crowds. Continuing, the report says: "The (Continued on Page Fourteen.) WEATHER REPORT. FORECAST FOB THE DISTRICT. Cloudy and unsettled this afternoon tonight. Bomewnat comer tomgnt. TEMPERATURES. B. . BUREAU. I AFFLECK'S. .7m. I S a. xn....- a. , zn... . 45 .45 . 47 . 47 . 47 9 a- m 10 a. m 11 a. m.... i2 noon..,. - 1 p. m 2 p. m..... M.m.... 11 a. m.... linoon.,... lyx in.... 49 - TIDE TABLE. 6:50 a. m. and JBfh tides 5 io a. m. and 66 p m. ti4M-32:B a. m. and 12:13 p. m. Yesterday's Circulation, 53,100. VAST CROWD SEES OATH ADMINISTERED Cheers Both Wilson and Taft at Impressive Ceremonies on Stand at Capitol. The carriages bearing President Taft, President-elect Wilson, and Vice Presl-ient-eiect Marshall, reached the foot of the steps before the main entrance to the Capitol at about 10:30, and amid roars of applause from the great crowd the outgoing Chief Executive and his suc cessor passed through the bronze doors and along the corridor to the Presi dent's room at the north of thn Sonate 1 chamber. Governor Marshall was led to the Vice President's room near by, wait ing the completion of the business ot the dying session of Congress. President Taft, while Governor Wil son looked on, plunged Into the work of signing bills as they were brought to him from the Senate. A great heap of documents accumulated at the end of the Lincoln table as lie affixed his sig nature to more and more enactments, until finally the signal was given that the Senate awaited Its own dissolution. Hardly had the President and President-elect been seated In the chamber of the Senate, facing the assembled members of botli houses, the Diplomatic Corps, and high judicial officers, than the Vice President-elect was ushered In to take the oath, recited to him by Senator Galllnger of New Hampshire. President of the Senate pro tempore The Senate then adjourned to immctll- t atey resume Its session as part of the blxty-thlrd congress. Prayer Opens Session. Prayer by the chaplain opened the Democratic regime In the chamber. Vice President Marshall then rose, and In a clear, steady voice delivered his Inaugural address. When he had con cluded he called upon the Senators elect to come forward, and administered the oath to them. The Seriate was or ganized for the qomlng two years. The grand procession to the Capitol steps followed, where the formal trans fer of authority from William Howard Taft to Woodrow Wilson from the old Republican to the Democratic party was to take place. First walked the sergeants-at-arms of the two houses of Congress, fol lowed by the marshals or he Supreme Court and of the District of Columbia, then the justices of the Supreme Court In their black gowns, with the com mittee on arrangements, acting as guard of honor to the President and the President-elect, who walked arm In arm. Immediately behind them were the ambassadors to the United Stales ami the ministers plenipotentiary, in gold lace and shining decorations, while Vice President Marshall and the Sec retary of the'Senate were led by. former Vice Presidents Levi P. Morton and Charles W. Fairbanks, and were fol- (Contlnued on Sixth Page.) Crowd Through TAFT SIGNS DISTRICT BILL AS LAST ACT Measure Carries Excise Meas ure and La Follette Amend .ment Prohibiting Mergers. President Taft's last official act be fore his succession in office by Wood row Wilson today was his signature to the bill appropriating Jll.SOO.oni) for tho District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending July, 1914. The bill also carries an excise provision, a provision creating a public utilities commission, and the La Follette mc-amire prohibiting merger of local public utilities. The Piesldent entered the room set aside for his occupancy in the Senate Immediately on his arrival. He romaintd there for an hour and u half, signing about forty bills When he had plated his signature on the District measure, his last official act had been accomplished and, with President-elect Wilson and Vice lresl-dent-elect Marshall, he entered the Sen ate chamber and the formal exercises incident to President-elect Wilson's In auguration were begun. New Orleans Gay Over Inauguration NEW ORLEANS. La.. -Match I -Nw Orleans made merry today in honor of the Inauguration of the first Suuthein born President that the nation lus had In nealy half century. Cutis! street an, other leading thoroughfare were decorated with lings, and when the bulletin came in announcing that Mr. Wilson had taken the oath of office cverj boat In the harboi lld down its whistle. This, added to the din that was originating from all varieties of noise-making devices in the lianas ,f the crowd, rolled out over tho lowlands, and was caught up by the boats on Lake Pontchartrain. It Is probable that never beforr. dur ing Lent, has such a Jollification taken place in this strongly Catholic city. Tumulty Wears Silk Hat; Daughter Better Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Secretary to President Wilson, wore his first silk hat and English cutaway todaj with a weight that lias been pressing upon hini, lifted from his shoulders. For this morning, Alice, the second of his; nix children, who has been dangerously ill of mastoiditis, was pronounced out of danger, Mrs. Tumulty and the little Tumultys, including tho four-month-old baby, will be able to witness the Inaugural re view from tho President's stand In the Court of Honor. Tumulty wore his glistening "tile" Jauntily back on his bead, and declared WASHIKGrTCXtf, TUESDAY Senate Resolution on Police Case , i RESOLVED, That the CommissiOHers of the District of Colombia aad' the Superintendent oi Police of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to iaforn the 'Senate why the. direction of Senate joint resolution 164, that the SaperlBteadent of Police of the District of Columbia prevent vaj Interference with the suf frage procession on the third of March 10l3,Mraa, -Hot .-complied with, Bjr Senator Kelson. , " Which the Suffragette Paraders Had to SMM-&bBiMLSS'' -'- ?ir Jjyfft r?l7I2 r mm nab OVERRIDETtfT'S VETO Last Act of Dying Legislature An Attempt to Defeat President's Decision "Uncle Joe" Gannon Called to Chair as Final Honor From the House of Representatives. By THEODORE TILLER. The Sixty-second Congress has passed Into history; its record of ac tion and non-action is closed; the gavels have been laid aside and the changes In the legislative branch of the Government for which the nation has waited for months aro here. Dramatic and spectacular scenes attended the wind-up in both branches of Congress. An eleventh-hour attempt to over-ride the Presi dent's veto on the sundry civil bill failed in the Senate after the veto had been overriden in the House. The Indian appropriation bill failed, too. for the hands of the clock moved on and si President-elect waited for the oath of ofllce. CONGRESS PASSES INTO HISTORY. The IIouso adjourned at 12:05, after "I'ncle Joe" Cannon, who leaves Con gress after thlity-elght years' of ser Ice, had been called to preside momen tarily over that body. Tears stood In the ejes of ma:y a Deniociat and Re publican ns the old political warhorse took the gave! in tils left hand and banged the desk. It was the last stand of what tho country once called "Cannonlsm," but toward which it feels kinder toda. It was almost a half hour later before the Senat' adjourned. The President's veto had iSluyed matters there and the clock j turned back. Just as It was In the House. Prayers For New Executive. When the Senate clock showed that it was officially 12:3t the Vice President elect came In to take the oath of office. Tho members of the Senate, of the IIouso. of the Supreme Court, diplo mats, and distinguished guests occupied seats on the Moor. At 12:34, actual time. President Taft and Woodrow Wilson entered the cham ber, taking seats In front of the ros trum. They faced the . Senate with bowed heads as the chaplain asked the .blessing of the Almighty upon men who are responsible for the Government of the nation. ," - ' Ai the Prealdent-elect entered the EVENING, MAECH 4, Senate chamber he looked straight ahead. So did President Taft. After the prayer, the Prcsldent-elecl glanced about tho chamber, but his eyes did not go toward the gallery, w here a proud family sat. Oath Administered. A few moments later the oath was administered to Thomas itiley Marshall, then to tho Senators-elect. Tho pro i ession began forming and the entire assemblage on the Senate floor and In the galleries moved slowly toward the inaugural stand on the eastern portico where a new President was to be made. Tho proceedings in the House were less spectacular, but hardly the less colemn. Good-byes were snld In the lower bod : Speaker Champ Clark told how he might have been Vice Presi dent, "except that I preferred to stay with you." Within the space of one hour and a quarter those who beheld the complete scene at the Senate end df the Capitol and the east front saw the Senate de clared adjourned without day. the oath administered to the Vice President, the address of this official, tho calling of the Senate In extraordinary session. the administering of the oath to new Senators, the oath administered to President Wilson, and the delivery of his inaugural address. Those who looked on could not forget 'the historic importance of the ending of a. Ropub (Contlnued on Page Fourteen.) - ''''WW 7 vzuuiu? 1913; WILSON BECOMES PRESIDENT AS MANY PROCESSION STMTS ON WAY Fight Their Way i&OSSC. iiizjvi?.z: .wsmK?z 5- ' v ft-t a. f. f-t.vrr.-- . r-i'A 'i WlVi-.' "TraW '"f ...? Sl s -Photo by Q. V. Buck. PRESIDENT VETOES : SUNiffllL BILL House Votes to Override, But Senate Fails to Take Action, and Measure Fails. The sundry eivll bill, carrying about $118,000,000, was prevented from becom ing a law today by the veto of Presi dent Taft. The House passed the bill over th veto by a vote of 2W to 50. In the Sen ate the question of overriding tho veto was not voted upon arid the Senate ad journed leaving the measure unacted upon. This means the end of the bill for this session. President Taft's veto was based upon the fact that he objected to a provision in the measure exempting labor organi zations and associations of farmers from prosecution under the Shermun law. Ho condemned this as class legis lation of the most lcIous sort. When the question of overriding tho veto was brought up in the Senate, ths House haIng already voted to override It, it was already past noon. The clock was turned back half an hour. Senator Polndexter of Washington delayed pro ceedings and prevented a vote by a spoeeh of considerable length hi which he dealt chiefly with the failure of the police to preserve order during the suf frage parade yesterday. Senator Poln dexter condemned the police severely for their failure to keep order. He de elaied the had allowed automobiles to move through the parade and ignored the order of Congress to stop traflle on Pennsylvania avenue. Senator Fletcher objected that the remarks were not in order, but the chair held It was in order to discuss an.' feature ot the bill which had been vetoed. Senator Swnnson urged Senator Poin dexter to slop discussion If he wanted the bill oted on. Senator Poindexter continued to talk. Senator Smith of South Carolina also Joined in the dis cussion. The upshot was that when finally Senator Galllnger declared the Sennte adjourned sine die the veto had not been overridden and no vote had been taken. Important District items wero con tained in the measure. Including the pro ciricn to enlarge the Capitol grounds and the permission to enlarge Zoologi cal Park. New York Central Fined $30,000 in Rate Case BUFFALO. N. V March 4. Judge Hazel today Imposed a fine of $30,000 on the New York Central railroad after a plea of guilty was entered by Its at torneys to Indictments charging viola tion of the Interstate commerce act. The road, was charged with having failed to observe published tariff rates. $&n-mmm; " i ' . vjmst ir? ,r-v ..v-.;.-E:Tfci;i t-WWemaJr3i .? MM Thirty-two Pages THOUSANDS delivers brief address After . i? 1 1 .V L ?j HE MKES Great Crowds in Avenjue See Nation's Forces Pa$s in Review of New Executive. - n ..- : - Woodrow Wilsori of Newgbccame President of the United States shortly after nooa-ioday. "He stood on 'the historic easfern -portico of the Qip itol, pressed his lips to a Bible, repeated the oath of office after,the Chief Justice, and, in the"presence of the Creator and thousands of American5 citizens promised to serve bis country faithfully and weltduring the next four years. " A few moments before Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana had taken a similar oath as-Y?ce President ofrthe United States. SETTING TYPICALLY, AMERICAN. Thus passed the old regime and came.the new. The setting of this quadrennial event in a nation's-history was typically American. - The ceremonial was dignified, simple, and yet niag- nificent. There was pomp without pretense, enthusiasm without servility, splendor without extravagant display. Americans hailed Woodrow Wilson as an American, and there was about it all the paving feature of. democracy sometimes absent in ceremoniaIswhfch-attend the indue tion into office of the rulers of other4arids. ' Thirty thousand men and women, representing every condition in life, throngedthe eastera'porfa'cojand the Cap itol grounds. Along Pennsylvania: avenue-nearly half a million people waited to pay homage to a new Chief Execu tive and to bid godspeed to the old. In Democracy's heart there remained a warm spot today for William Howard Taft, the private citizen, whose mistakes were political and whose going brought a meed of regret. The old President and the new, according to seldom violated, precedent, rode back to the White House together after Mr. Wilson's inaugural address. The plaudits of thou sands rang in their ears as the carriage moved from the Capitol toward the Executive Mansion. WILSON BOWS AS TAFT SMILES. President Wilson arose and bowed to the right and left as he passed through the lanes of cheering humany Former President Taft, the burdens of office off hi&ih'ouf ders, sat back and smiled. It was the American .wrpbr dS4 in? mines and both were content. $- . ?VVSj J" At this hour the inaugural mia avenue. sylvania Eighty thousand soldiers, veferahmarcfiers, resplendent in gold braid and specialunlbrifhs, tramped along in martial array.- - - V The Presidential party, meanjJLmehad gone more rapidly to the White House for a luncheon, prepared under, ex-President Taft's direction, but not partaken by him. At 2:45 o'clock President Wilson, his kinsmen, and dis tinguished guests reviewed the paradcfrorrLtheEresiden. tial stand at the Court of Honor. ,.. , Tonight the new President, frdmlhei'rear porch of his new home, will witness the largest andmostbeautifu) re works display ever given in Washington. f& The. weather man smiled felt it was his good luck still was the air. The sun shone President yilson was joyous inclement weather. " wniwf f ttrafteBsaBrwat. L tDITION m f . 9; U. fiifJi 44 5 s 'rltS&, . j parade iC&njiiS?ni ;SBfe ' ?-"p on MrWilsontoday. - He i v OATH pursuing him. Mild as spring 4 only injhearlympnugg jwt-yJ to miss.abhzzarqrxothexts " :ofe-&fcaag that it set tor us weigiu ratner ngni ly." " s i ' .-? f5-vi- -j jt v- zj-r&;: -i