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VOL. XV, NO. 156.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, MARCH fi, 1021
18 PACKS
PRICK 5 CKNTS
PACKER WORKERS
TO FIGHT TO. LAST
"Will Resist Proposed Cuti
of Wages for 200,000
to 'Last Ditch'
A CONFERENCE CALLED
Employes to Meet in Omaha
March 9 nnd 10 to Talk
Situntion Over
RESENT 10-HOUR DAY PLAN
Return to That System to Be
Contested ; Packer Lawyer
Outlines Position
IICAOO, March L Charging
the packers lire preparing to
wages of their 200,000 cm-
throughout tho . country,
. nghousu employes b.cre today
il a rail for a national confer
of packinghouse workets ttr'bo
hi Omaha March a and 10.
r
r
1 I
I
I.
Tin meeting, It Is tdatcd, "will
t ike Mich action as will protect the
iiucr. su ut tho employe, In view
of i. recent withdrawal of tho
p.i M rs from tho wartime arbitra
te n agreement.'1
Id a statement , Usucd by Dennis
l.ii. i i resident of the Amalgamated
M' a' lilting nnd liutcher. Workmen
of V'nrrlcn, It was charged that the
rip 'jilon of tho agreement wan a
vioi i 'iiii of tho packers' pact with
tin- government for the settlement
of t.'iv disputes with their employes.
Aiready tho 'big five" packers
liavi ordered tho small packer In
a tnimti'i of cities to announce, a
r JU' tvn at wages and a return to
tlic 10-hour work day," tho state
ment (-a).", "and as a result there
are now strikes In Wheeling, W, Vu.,
Mas 'ii i"lt. Iowa, Winona, .Minn.,
and .s.oux Kails, 8. D."
M tine said that he hnd one re
Iiort i.f a wago reduction of 10, 15
and 20 per cent and tho restoration
ef the j 1-hour week au'd declared
that Hie employes would "resist to
tho iast ditch a reduction. In wages
and a return to tho 10-hour work
day."
"The agreement was entered Into
tolcly us a wartime cmc-i gunny
'leaturc and so recites on Its face,"
laid f arl Meyer, attorney for tho
packers. "When tho proposals to
cnew it for .vyenr after tho ending
of the wnr' were mada and ' agreed
t" i'. April, 1919. It was contem
plated by all parties, Including the
workers that tho year would have
txpirrd long since.
"The parkcrs aro now seriously
eonu'ler.ng tho present Industrial
miuatiun for tho purpose of deter
min ig nil questions in connection
therrwith.
Cilu in Panama Falls
InloCostaRicans' Hands
sN Jl AN DEL Sl'll, Nlcarag.ua,
Mar n i Ouahlto, lying northwest
of l.o ,h del Toro, In Panama, was
itu edJ) Costa Illcan forces early
t nln Tht Panamanians retired to
aj i Hu. os del Toro, leaving behind.
1& d-ad and many wounded.
PANAMA, March 4. Military
Pitiiai-aiions for war" against Pan
am , ar being rushed by tho goy
"rnmiMt of Costa Men, It is said In
r" wppapers reaching this city from
San jo..,. Predictions aro made that
.'u"o t'0S,a Hlcan 8oldlc.ru will be
U' "f arms before tho end of the
inc.. 1,1 Htek unj tates the steamer
ltox.iiui is ready for sailing from
'm a Arenas to Oolfo Dulcc. on the
n end n! tho frontier, with
1 """ -"'Idlers, 10 cnunpn and 15
ma. Iiluo guns.
WHCLE TOWN IS HIJACKED
Do
' ' Ictlnm In J.lttlo Town of
h'.ihank linked In n lioxciir.
IhaWnilil, .
" ' x CITY. March 4.K0111
mvtt hijacked prnrttcullv
!"Wn of Hurhank In west
"'iR' rounty Inst night anil gut
1 - something over J30A,
1
ff ,
an i
ufti
.i h
tai
.ng tneir twelve victims In
1 at the Santa IV railway
one man stood guard at
Willie thn nlhn , I,,-, I, I
,M'llrl street,, get h victim and
"iK him tr, the ear and frisk him.
' ihfd quietly without alarm-
Itlzons and then made
k-iuiiy wiccessfully.
j'""'vW l'rt'l,!"l"K "cply.
' f rnm 11.., II.. . ...,...."
lv.
,ti uji iu iifiuvr
' t'Snl ft,,. n l.n ... . V 1 1 . n .1
in- .Mies on Monday, Doctor
ui German foreign ccro-"-'I
tiu Oerman experts aro
' ',f ' reply to some of the
"""'i- ised by Premier Uoyd
" delivering tho allied ultl
'lerdny. Kew Chairs
For Old
Tti
t. i
0 Is a I'esdv imirtint
1 iiwd furniture. Yno
sell tho dlsca.rdc'.l ar-
wl,l:li are now stored
'I J. aml u, tW" nu'oy
Purchaso new. '
i!5 'l8t ,,,h0 '"rnlturo you
veaii , '! .'"n0B '. I'hono
Yn ! 1 ,0, V10 Tul World,
and ,Ul.c.k,' uu,p"
lm.r H,,e to new
f'r oid OU,Cr furnlturo
COOOOsago dOOO
Forward, America!
The Nation's New Creed Is Shown
In Excerpts From Harding Address
(Thr following excerpts from President Hurtling1 rtmuKtiratl'm address
arc high lights nf the menage, thn complete text of whlih Is Riven on
pago 2 of th Uauc of Tho Worltl )
"Jlio rcconleil progrrm of tnir rcpubllr, iniilerlally ami spiritually In
llM-lf pniM-s tlu HlMloin'or the lulirriliil Millcy of iiiiii-liiMihiiiirnl
In old world nffnlrx. Conriilrlit or our nhlllly, to wtirl. rful our
own destiny and Jealously giinnllng our rlglit t (li ho, vie seek no pint
la directing tlio dcxtlnlm of the old orld. Wo do not menu to N en
tnnglctl. AVo nil! accept no niionsll)tllty onvpi in our own con-mHcim-u
nnd Judgment In vault In.ttnmx! may detcnnlne."
' J ' ' '
"Our fyeH tmver will ho blinded to a developing nicnuco, our ears never
deaf to the call of Vdvllluttlon. We recognize tho new or.der In the world,
with the closer contacts which progrem has wrought. Wo sense the feel
ing of tho human heart for fellowship, fraternity and co-operation. We
cravo friendship und harbor no hate, llut Anierlca, our America thn
America bulldcd in tho foundation laid by the Inspired fathers, ran be a
party to no. permanent military ulliutice. It enn enter Into no political
commitments, nor nssumo any economic obligations or subject our deci
sions to,an' bthcr tliun our own authority."
"We aro ready to associate ourselves with thn nations of 'the world
for conference, for counsel t0 wek the express views of world opinion,
to recommend a way to approximate disarmament, and relieve the
crushing burdens of military and naval establishments. tlut
every commitment must be made In tho cxcrclso of our national sov
ereignty." "Since fntnloin Impelled and lndcM'iidencu Inspired and nationality ex
alted, ii world Hiipcr-goMTiiincnt Is contrary to ctrrythiiig clicrlsli nnd
can lmc no Kinctlod by our ri'piibllc.'J
i -
"Tho unclftuhncH of thoso United
Hon to peace for ourselves and for tho'
cern xor preserved civilization lias nad its impassioned and heroic expres
sion. Tllere was no American failure to resist the attempted reversion of
civilization, there will bo no failure today or tomorrow.' ,
'
"When tho govenmentu of earth shall Ivavo established 'n'freedom like
our own and Bhall have sanctioned the pursuit of pence ns wo have prac
tised It, I believe the last sorrow and tho last faithful tMcrlflco of Interna
tional warfare will bo written."
"Ixt mo repeat for our nation, c shall glxc no pcoplo Just cause to
mako war upon tw. Wo hold no national prejudice. Wo cntcrlalii no
spirit of rcvciiKC. Wo do not luito. Wc dujuot vmct. Wc dream of
no coiiqucst, nor boast of iirtucd pniwchs. If, despite tliLs uttltiidc, war
Is nguln forced ppon tt, I earnestly 1iohs u .way will Ik; found which
will unify our Individual and collective strcngtli and uonsccnile all
'America, materially and spiritually, body mid soul, tir national de
"I can vision the Ideal republic, whero every man and wnmiln U mlleil
under tho flag with assignment to duty, for whatever servleo mllltury or
civic, tho individual Is IichI fitted; whero wo may call to universal service
every plant, agency or .facility, nil In the sublime nucrlflco for country nnd
not one penny or war profit shall Inuro to tho benefit or private individual,
corporation, or combination; but all above the normal shall flow, Into tho
defense chest of tho nation. There Is something Inherently wrong, some
thing out of aocord with tho Ideal of representative democracy, when ono
portion, of our citizenship turns its activity to private gain amid defensive
war while unothcr Is fighting, nacrlflclng or dying for national preserva
tion." ,
"Wc can reduce tho abnormal expenditure and we will. We ron strike
at war taxation and wo must. We must face the crlm necessity, with full
knowledge that the task Is to be sohed. and we into.! proceed wli a full
realization that no statute enacted by man enn repeal tho Inexorable laws
of nature'. Our most dangerous tendency Is to exH-ct too much of govern
ment und uttlio same time do for It too little."
"I wish for an America no less alert In guarding against dangers from
within than It Is watchful against enemies from wlthuut. Our fundamental
law recognize no class, no group, no section. There must bo none In leg
islation nor In admlnlntrution. Tho supreme iniplratlon Is the common
wield."
,"lf revolution InsMs In over-turning cMahllidicd order, let other
peoples make tho tmglc exK?rlincnt. Tlyre Is no placo for It in
America." .
'
"I had rather mibmlt our industrial controversies to the conferenco tabic
In advance than to a settlement table after conflict and suffering."
"Today, as never before, when peoples are necking trade, restoration
and expansion, we must adjust our tariffs to the now order."
. -
"I havo taken tho solemn oath of ofrice on that passago of holy writ
wherein It Is asked, 'what doth the Lord require hut to do Justly und to
lovo mercy and walk humbly with thy Ood.' This I plight to qpd und
country."
Simple Minded Congressmen '
Help Make Simple Ceremony
Inauguration Simplicity Was Carried Out to the Bitter End,
Says Ring Lardner But the Ambassadors' Uniforms Made
Him Feel Like He Was at a Lodge Funeral; Harding Got
His Speeoh Over All Right, But Some of Gags Were Familiar
My lll.N'ri W. LAltHNIvIt
' WASH1NOTON. March 4.
Well. Its all over and everybody
wa hero but Judgo 1,-indls. Urs.
Harding Is now t;ho first lady of
The land und Mrs. Oenby will soon
be tho first lady of tho sea, while
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the last
couple out. Tho Idear of slmplliby
was carried out to the bitter end.
Kven when tho new i.'oiigressnien
was swore In they looked simple
minded.
When I entered tho press gal
lery at 11:20 one of the first
brother simps 1 seen uns Hugliln
Kulletton, the dean of , baseball
mathematicians. llughlo come
hero under the impression that It
wiii a. sporting event, llut In an
Inauguration, you generally al
ways know how Its coming out,
whereas In n sporting event
they're an element of uncertainty
unless Its a wrestling match or a
Whltu Sox world serious, or a
football gamo at Vale.
Thought lie Wits at I'uucrul.
When Itlng entered tue ring,
the retiring senators was being
treated to some sweet words nt
farewell by hangover senators
with their fingers crossed. Tho
democratic side of tho chamber
was vacant, which Is as It should
,be. Senators of this party had
given up their seats to 'cabinet
members and the ambakNadors
from foreign lands. When thn
foreign diplomats comn In and I
seen their costumes I thought wo
was at tho funeral of a prominent
lodge man. The different dips
woro tho grave yard uniform of
Stales Is a. thiniT nroven. our dovn.
world, Is well e stablished,, our con
the rnynl arcanum, tho knights of
pythlus, the knights templar and
tho Loyal Order of Moose. Ono
of them had ten medals on his
chest to show that hn hud broke
nil tho commundmCnts Ht ono
lime" or another. And ono dip
had nu a dinner coat on account
of the difference in time between
Washlngtiii und wherever ho
come from.
1 stood on M'mri Instead of
wood when we gt outside. Tho
day vsas Just right for tho players,
but a littlu chilly fur tho spectat
ors. Uq the i-aillcM In On It.
I couldn't help wishing all
through Mr. Harding's speech
that I hadn't rushed away from
tho hotul without a handkerchief.
When Gamaliel loomed upon tho
porch, tho IhihI played Htar
Spangled linnVer and tho gen Is
had removed Their huts, but It
looks to mo like If the Indies
wants all tho rest of our privi
leges, thoy should ought to enjoy
this one. too.
l'"or his pon h specialty. .Mr.
Harding wore a Harding blue
overcoat over his trick suit so as
ho wouldn't catch Ois dt'ath tf
cold as Mr. Coolldgo feared, The
papers is printing tho monologue
in full, but you don't half to read
It. He got It nrrost pretty good
I'UNTINfKU u'l PAtJIJ KIKTKKN
ll'-njtiiiui I'ranKiln n rinpiy cK i
cannot Htan-t alun 'I'll thought guve j
llin Kins (ainaua no-.HUI. an Idra fur
a nuvrl. It litzina n the March Coamu
j.olilun lluy It today --Advt,
TRAPP SIGNS UP
EMERGENCY BILLS,
Seven Measures Are Laws
by His Hand During
Chief's Absence
THIS COUNTY BENEFITS!
One Bill Raises Pay of County
Attorney's Assistants
for Two Counties
BILL WOULD CHANGE TAXES
Kach Assessor Would Divide
I lis County Into Sections
With Assessor for Kach
II)' Aolttti t'roa.tutr Wire.
OKLAHOMA CITV. March 4.
Two hours discussion resulted In tho
i
recommendation for passage In the
oklalMima Iioiiho this "liftcrnonu of
a bill changing tho present method
of assessing tuxes. The bill directs
e.irh county assessor to divide hls
county into d.strlcts nnd assign somo
resident of each district ns ussemors
for that district. Deputy, county as
sessors aro pot now required to have
residence in the stloii In which
they work.
Authors of the bill nr'o W. W
llobertson, I. L. Harris, .1. Horace
Simpson, J'. II. Smith, D. H. Hoover,
A. K, Craver. It. C llnrdlo and
llruco L. Krnnan.
IMmicj Has Now Mill.
Among bills Introduced In tho
house toda Is one by W. K. Disney
of Muskogee county, re-Introducvd
to provide a method for disposing of
property of union graded school dis
tricts after dissolution of the dis
tricts. i
jviioiner inn, uy i, v,. ruin oi
Payne county, would, niuko an
emergency appropriation of $75,000
for salaries and 2K,000 for main
tenance of the A. St M. collcgu at
Stillwater for this year.
Seven bills, all carrying emerg
ency clauses, wero signed by Lieu
tenant (lovernor M. IC. Trapp today
In the absence of (Governor Robert
son, who la attcndfng Inauguration
ceremonies In Washington, U. C.
Tulsn Attornevs' Pay ItuUcil.
Tho bills signed are. Kenatii hill
25, fixing salaries of county officials
In Logan county; senate bill CS In
creasing salaries of nnslstuut county
attorney in Oklahoma and Tuls'i
counties; sunato bill 102, fixing the
salary of tho assistant county attor
ney of Pittsburg county; senate bill
1G3, fixing salaries of deputy county
officers In Hughes county; senate
bill 161. legalizing the Incorporation
of DhvIs, Murray county, as a clly;
scnato bill 264, abullshlug tho coun
ty court at Iilnnchard, McOlaln
county, and senutc bill 281, fixing
the salaries of tho county attorney
and county Judge of (lurfleld.
Tho achievement of thu scrsIoii to
day of this senate was considered
tho advviicement to tho passago
stage of 'senate bill 161, which com
pletes all the departmental approp
riations for 1322 and 1323. After
divers attempts to reconsider and
leave many Items set out In tho bill
for further discussion, a motion to
advance It won tho approval of tho
senate shortly boforo adjournment.
Tho sunato has been at work on tho
bill slnco TuctAlay. Tho total
CO.NTINUUD ON PAOH J- IITIiEN.
DEFENSE LILLS DEAD
- r
Army Act Mce.O Pocket Vclo nnd
Xtivy lulls in bciiAie.; iioipiiuii-
zatlon Mil Signed.
WAHIIINOTON. . March 4 -Tho
Sixty-sixth congress) passed penco
fully Into history today with little
nf tLo flurry usually attendant to
the iiurley-burley of un Inaugura
tion. Tho principal bills whlrh failed
wero tho army and navy appropria
tion budgets and the Immigration
exclusion bill. The army und immi
gration measures met a "pocket"
veto by President Wilson, who lull
ed to sign them, anil the naval bill
fulled to get through the senate
President Wilson. In coniplliince
with custom, walled upon congees
In Its final hour, ilgnlnif ,a few Jas
minute measures. Among these
wero the sundry civil appropriation
bill and the Uingley bill appropri
ating ) 1 8,600.0011 for hospitalization
of former service men.
STRANGE LIGHT Ity THE SKY
Huge CrtTiiUli I 'urination, Possibly
(;M'Oti, Observed by Miui).
A hugo greenish light, appearing
to bo a format Ion of some gjseoui
substupen In the chape of a greut
bull, wuh visible In the Iiwivbiim
southeast of Till Ha lust night for
u bo lit IS minutes shortly after 11
o'clock.
Whether it was a meteor east off
by a star or a peculiar collection of
gas In tho ulr Is not known. It at
tracted cdnsldeiublo attention In
Tulsa, a number of people who had
seen It phoning The World. No ro-
norts vveie iccelved by wiie of the
phenomenon being observed in othor
towns.
Oklahamans Present
Big lirflom to Harding
WASHINGTON. March -.
Piesident Iturdlng today was
prepared for a "clean sweep."
A delegation from Oklahoma
ailed oP"H h.ni and liresirneij
ih' largest inijrini in Hie .r.(l.
The glgntiM, broom vv.n inai)
tifjictured from OKluhonta broom
corn
Harding Takes Charge as U. S.
urn
Inaugural Events Simple But
At the
sIiiiiiiiiHKBiiVBl. ,aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiililiiiiiH
Wearisome Burden Shifted, t
Wilson Steps Off the Stage
' After Eight Stormy Years
WASHINGTON, March 4. Hlght ,
storm-tosseii yeuis in the prusiiivucy,
filled with iiujincnls'Snd scenes that
win live iiovver in iiiiiiiuii jiinin
V?:
nrK ''V,'.. V""L"K?" . ,T...o
rested toniiriit' win. i.is burdens of
Mlnle IrariMfm-re.l I. mIIipc sliolllilers
leaving a shouting and tumuli of iii"r"'
nubile nlneo behind bin.. Audi' Mr. Wilson's shnro In tho Iliaugu
tbrnnuh a dav that tused his broken
hkvmIchI oowers creutlv. 1in euinn
smilingly und with a whlnUlrul twist
to his comments yet with no hint 'at
regret In his retirement from public
office.
Thoro was but ono Incident of tho
day when that cheerful mood
imciii'il to fail, ns ho stood In tho
president's room nt tho capllol, Wil
son had been Telling Kwiator IOiox
that hu would not witness in ths
lenalo tho Inauguration of Vlco
President Coolldge. ii.i he doiibtrd
his ability, owing to his physical In
firmities, to negotlato tho felw stops
ho must climb.
"Semite Threw Ma Down,"
"The senato has thrown me
down.'" he said to fjenator Knox. In
reference to battles of thu past, and
tho ncore tre.it. "but I urn not no -
lg to fall down"
Someone callrd his ulteniion lo
the fuel that Senator Lodge bad ar-
riven ns in uq or mo jonu committee i
to iiifoi n ilie president tlut the
Klxll-slxtll ongrcKH stood ready for
SOCIETY REGALED 1
IN POLICE court;
Mrs. Vanderbilt's Sister-
in-Lav Freed of Dis
orderly Charge
NKW YORK. Marih I.-Hocet
murcbed Into police court today to
hour Mrs. Hlchnfil T. Wilson, slstur-In-luw
of Mrs. Cornelius Viitidorbllt.
successfully defend hnntelf ugulnst
a, technical clnrgs of dlH)rdcrly con
duct. This chut Kd grow out of noises,
variously defined, which wore al
leged tl) h.ivo been unloosed In thu
fushlnniible iipuilmcnt house , In
whb h she lives, luring a miiHteule
which he gave reiantly 4u Iter stu
dios. Kraiu Is Newton, painter un.d
neighbor, was the complainant, and
Chllde llassttm, equally nrllslle and
CONTINUKU ON PAOH I'lPTKHN
iv 11 1,1 i ir r.' a n ii r.' it.
l ii lit pi ijsi i n i-jjt
I TI'I.ka. M-r, h I - klailmum 7; mint-
itnutn II "hiU vrint. rlfar
nlfl.A IP it. Haliirday (nrraly fr.
re.a. , iii n'"ihwrat (,oiili,n. HuruUy prob
ata! I r mrwht r hlrr
AIIKA,-''V l'" Kl',li r.'i,,.ir,l
lllll"!. "miliar im 'y ' luu'l . . i
n',r' liw r v 1 1 rn
inii.w'H i.ih vi, v.sy.s rs
City clul,, Udtcl Tutta, i: j p. i
Helm .
adjournment If ho hud no further
communications tt mako to it,
' Vo Sinllo for iMidstn. ,
t.ui.,,... ....... ,i .
' maor wlliVlcd" tllr'l'it a'liVs't a:
!for.i.allty asvho said: "I havo no
further communication to. Illllke.
I
I nPPI ' late J OIir COUrtCHy.
(ood
I ration ounimonlcH remained In
doubt titlie last.
It was not until
ho had nnlshoil tho business that
called him to tho canltol that tho
retiring president madii known his
final yielding to tho entreaties of hU
physician and Mrs. Wilson to spare,
himself tho Ordeal his physical con
dition would niuKo or uilhcrcnco to
precedent.
Krorn tho vinoment ho emerged
from thn whltu hnipo to enter tho
uutomoblln Hint curried them to tho
rapltol, Mr. Wilson wus nhown ut
most comlcsy by Mr. Harding, who
Inst no opportunity to spare the
president's feeling. Ah lio started
Iho painful descent of tho white
lious (tops. Mr. Wilson was aided
by secret iiervleo men who placed
hi feet on e.'u ll sten und then on
tho luntmig board of the Ktitomo-
I Idle. Aftei h sank bmk Into his
sent on the light. Mr. Harding
isupped In und they rode side by side
iiowu rennsyivania avenue, neiiner.
In eotirtenv to tho other rehtinnding
CONTIM KI) ON I'AiiK I'lKTIiKN
HARRELD TAKES "
OATH AS SENATOR
Of New Members, None
Gives Promise of More
Brilliant Career
lly II. N. TIM M'lNK
Worl'l n VVaahlncloa C'lrc m,ipI- nt
WAKIIINOTON, March 4 A tall,
creel man of dignified mien fucrd
Vice President t'onlldgn In the sen
ale clinmlier toda, took the 04th
and became Oklahoma's first repub
lican senator. J It W11U.J0I111 W. liar
re Id tlf Oklahoma Clly elected last
yenr In one of the, most remarkable
campaigns of recent years.
And of nil the men who today bo
catne liiemlxrs of the hlglirst legls
latlvn body of tho world, none glvcH
more proifilso of u billllaiit senate
tareei.
It was exactly 12.21 by thn senato
clock .aJiil 12:45 by stnndird lime
when Senator-elect I farm Id took tho
arm of his dcmoctaiic colleague,
rlobeit L. Owcin. and walked up In
front of tho vbo president's desk.
Therq wus a flutter of excitement
Hliiolig feminine on uji'iiits of
he
"P-
gallei 1 vl"0 tin ilbiliiKuishi'd
o TIM hi) 'S Paiii. riKTi.i;-i
I'honfa
Aiitu
hTAM.UV A Mil I Ml
lunrrai ilirr 1 r . I'D f I. urilj-
o. 1.:; noa, AmWiin t.i
Thousands Witness Harding's Taking of the Oath and
Cheer New nnd Old Presidents Along Pennsylvania
Avenue, But the Crowd Is Onlya Fraction of What
It Was in Former Years; Harding Revives Precedent
Set by George' Washington in Conferring With Sen
ate in Executive Session; Goes to White House to
Hang Up His Hat and Go to Work.
BV THE ASSOCIATKl) PRICSS.
WASHINGTON March I. Tho reiim of presidential
uuthority passcil from Woodrow Wilson to Warren G. Hard
ing today in an inaugural ceremony at once the simplest and
most dramatic of a generation. , ,
The drama centered about
Wilson to private life. Insistent lo tho last moment that
he would carry out a retiring' president's customary part in
lht ceremonies, Mr. Wilson
of relatives and to the warning
eiulanirci his life, and only accompanied us successor to tho
capitol.
As lie descended from tho
the waiting nulomobilb, secret
eacli (lescemllng step; when lie left the car lo enter the cap
itol he was practically liftetl up a hhort flight of steps by
an attendant and although ho
pane to the president's room where ho signed bills, he told
Senator Knox, chairman of the congressional inaugural com
mittee that ho was not equal to participating In the cere
monies of inaugurating Vice PrcsTdent-Coolidge in tho senate
chamber nor in the ceremony of inaugurating President llnrd-
mg on tnc porticp facing tho
WIIJ40.V WIKHNT OLANtil) AT WIITj'l? HOUSU
AS UK PAtvNKH IT, WITH IIAIlDINll
After n few tmimi'iils at tho cAnltol Mr. Wllsn n went In Itta tirlvutit
home to become, "plain Woodrow Wilson now," us hn expressed it, und ho
never oven gisnceu at ton wuitfi nouso as 110 pitMted It on bin W'uy,
Ilefnro Mr. Hlrdlng hud 'been president an hour ho has revived a
precedent set by Cieorgo Washington by conferring with tho senato In
executive session, subnitttlng In person tho nominations of hl lo cabinet
officers, all of which woro Immediately confirmed.
within niioiutr hour lie had gone in tho whlto house Jo "hang up his
hat nnd go to work." (is ho himself nfton him suld, and unlocked the- whJUi
houso sates which for four years had been clnse'd to the public. 'Clio pub
lic celebrated thu event by actually overrunning tho grounda and peeping
through tile windows to see tho new president In eonrcrchco with cabinet
officers. i
Mr. Harding ipok thn oath of office nt 1:18 p. m., exactly right years
tr) tho minute from tho time tho same wordii nf olillirutlon were sunken
by Mr Wilson ut his firm Inauguration. Tho Jnaugtiral ceremonies, con
forming lo .Mr. Harding' wlilios, wuro kept freo from almost ovcry show
of tho pomp and circumstance that usually surrounded tho.lncomlng of a
chief executive. Thousands wltnonsed thn oath and chWcll tho old uitl
now pieslilents niong Pennsylvania avenue, but the crowd was only a frac
tion of tho uiiatphmry Inauguration throngs,
PARKS OATH OVI'IIK llllILK HHKI) HV
W.VSIUNOTO.V AT riltKT IXAlfnUllAli KKIIVIOK
On thu llllilo used by (leorgo Washington ut hl first Inauguratuin
olio offlcn. and on u verso of scripture extolling tho. virtues of a humblo
faith In Clod, Mr. Harding nllKhled bin best ability lo Mm nreaMenev in
hils Inauabrnl uddiess ho reaffirmed
my iiiyiurn unn noirraiiMi nis oenei mat wio supremo tusK nneuti was to
bring (ho country nnco more to normaloy.
' Tho Inauguration ceremony took place ns usual on a stand erected
ibove tho east steps of tho cupltul, hut In inurkcd contrast to pruVldus
nuuguratlops when thousands of seats wore provided, all tho distinguished
'ompany hud lo rqnmln standliig, HvonHhc Inaugural stnnd wus much
imuKJer tlian usual, und was erectod to uecomniodato a telephonic appa
ratus which carried ijr. HariUng's volco far out ovor' tho cnpltol plaza
iiiu ior mo nrsi timo onuiiicu tnousauiiH to near thu Inaugural address.
Day Dawns Clear, Odd.
Inauguration duy iho day ,on
which Ohio sent tho seventh of hor
sons Into tho whlto hoilso dawna'-l
clear and colli, thin morning. Tho
tomporuturo was not fur from freez
ing and thoro was a stiff breeze
whipping tho flugu that, decorated
Pennsylvania avenue, and tho gov
ernment buildings,
It was typical Harding weather,
In Its lack of rain dr other dlsugroo
ablo features. Not sllico during tho
long campaign at Marlon did ruin
fall on a front porch delegation and
frlends'of thn new president, crowd
lug tho capital today in large num
bers, weic gleeful at th'' continu
ance of "Harding luck." They took
a happy augury.
It was a strange Inauguration day
for Washington, In other days tho
crowds moved steadily up nnd down
the street all night long mid dawn
found many of them camping sleep
ily In points nf vuntugo along' his
toric Pennsylvunl'i nvriiue to view
the great cuvulciido of dignitaries.
This iiioriiing a machine gun could
have swept the length and breadth
of tho avenue with but fw casual
ties. Not u band blared foitli In the
early stillness.
Old) Iho Police On Ciuird.
Not a sentinol pa ed a beat In the
city ixcept for the policeman who
Id'v swung their clubs In front of
the Wlllard, where tho president-
elect and Mrs. Harding nnd the vlco
president -elect und Mrs. Coolldgo
were quartered.
Washington was crowded hut only
niforlably mo. I'ndstcrred by the
comfortably ho. I'lidsterred by
silviineo notices of "no show" thou
sands of n 1 o im "havo poni ed Into
tho capital during tho las! few das
und continued pouring In this morn
ing, but tholr numbers aro few In
comparison with the choking
throngs of others. Ohloalis again
having found their places in the huh,
largely dominated the crowd of visit
ors und many of thoso uro from
Marlon, tho homo town of tho new
piesldcnt.
A Bpcclal train loaded with Mar
lonltes arrived during tho forenoon
to swell the Ohio representation.
There was something coldly and
distinctly bilslnrsHjike about today'
Inaugurul. Clone were thu pomp and
panoply and dlpplay of other years
with their fxtrimiuunt decors! Ions.
j crashing bands, m in lung mllltarv
, unit h"rse dtuwn arriag' -- ifwt.iic
1 nroiiiPv hearing si h iiaiied and
I frock coated digmaries 10 great
I Parade.
Tho lack of military dispiu was
Chief;
Dramatic
tho retirement of Woodrow
finally yielded to the pleading
of his physician that hu might
while house portico to enter
aervico men placed his feet on
walked alone with tho aid of a
plaza outside.
his reveronco for tho tradition of
particularly noticeable. Tbrco troops
of tho Il'hlrd United Htates cuvulry
from tUo ncurby post of Fort Mey
er wuri tho only regulars on Inaug
ural duty 'nnd their services were
utilized nioro as an auxiliary pollen
army thai) for display. Around thn
whltoliouKo whero Woodrow Wilson
was spending his lust few hours of
ah eventful administration, lliero
wns. only a forco of high echooi
cupels and tho usual police
Party Ofr for Cupltal.
President Wilson, President-elect
Harding and Mrs, Harding und Mrs.
Wilson left tho whlto houso ut I0 M
o'clock for tho capitol.
Tho presidential party reached tho
capitol at 11: in it. m., preceded by
thron troops of cavalry, moving ut
a brisk trotThe streets around the
cupltol wercTcomfortably filled. Thn
cavalrymen rodo with drawn sabers
ami their stunduj-ils-streumed in the
stiff brrezo.
A Volllmr chair h.id been nrovnl-
ed for the president ut tho cnpltn-eiilrn'."-'
but hs declined It and, aid
oil only by his cane, mudu Jiis win
t tho president's room.
Thu nnul naileries and fln
wero packed before tho 1mm ,.f
adjournment cume. Tho diplomat
gallery wns filled, many or it).
Ptesent wearing tholr respondent i
gallu of stub' occasions.
Ah the hour hand nnnrns !. '
noun, Iho senate cloi;k vsus mm.
j back 15 minutes and thou' nguln 1 1)
Miilnutes. making 26 minute ,,
'together.
"Harms, nvans nujjiifs. tne n.
,X''l''"''"''y "f state, entered
cnaniner ami long a neat mi t
floor. He was soon Joined b M
Pert Hoover, the new iccieiai t
com mwrco.
Mm. Harding, Ifs of ilie 1 ..
dentt'leut nnlared the rli 1 . . i .,
11:35 and V'k a seat In t 1. i
bfrs gallery, nbc Mit It, b f
row, attired In black and . -:
a large bluu hat, trimmed
feathers.
Pn-sldent-eloel Haid'nir . -.
tho senato chamber m 1 S -1 - 1
wum grecti d with a round 01 , 1.
liinus applatls Irom the f I i uu
gallorlcn.
t'oolldge J.s Sitorn in.
Vlco 1'resliUnt Co.jlidgc w
swoiii In ut U':ll o'clock, tho
bolng administered by Vlco 1
ceni .Marshall, who Immediate
afier Die oath, began his sp- 1
Wav i.l upplUllhc swepl
.ud gai.' ' J a - '"Oi '- 1
,f,ht 1- 1 p'it' II r 1 '
V 1 J , lit' "It ' t e . d I t J r
Th- iop ar w : I'd 1 Ma 1
t '.Tl'.i ill 1 1 ' v alliLK.