Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-16
|NAUGURALP ANSHA[T CHOP BODY WITH Ak
Delay in Legislation Depored Aged Baltimore Woman Slam
by SteIwagen in Her Home.
WORK PERIOD CURTAILED DAUGHTER is ARRESTED
Shown Accused by Her Also Held
in Correspondence. Suspicion
lis FEATURE OF CELEBRATION SAYS KILLED MOTHER
Butchery of
That Before Aged Parent to Secure Life
Next Day. Insurance.
Delay in Legislation DepIored
by SteIIWagen.
WORK PERIOD CURTAILED
Tremendous Interest in Ball Shown
in Correspondence.
IS FEATURE OF CELEBRATION
Chairman of Committee Anxious
That Action Be Taken Before
Next District Day.

The DELAY of Congress to act upon the
Joint resolution granting the use OF the
pension building for the purposes OF the
inaugural ball is checking the work OIL
preparation in many directions. Members
of the committee are hoping the resolu-
ton will be passed early in the coming
week.
On this subject Chairman StellwaGen
said to a reporter for The Star today:
cit is greatly to be regretted that the
unanimous action of the Senate in pass
ing the usual inaugural joint resolution
could not by some parliamentary device
have been brought UP in the House I'M
mediately after Its passage by the SEN
ate, in the absolute interest of saving
time. 1t is to be hoped that 1t may be
laid before the House by some such device
as a special rule before next District day.
Work Period Curtailed.
This is now the 10th Of January. Even
il Congress were to act Monday the reso-
luton would be practically no more
promptly passed than four years ago,
when January 10, the latest date In the
history of inaugural legislation, saw the
resolution finally enacted. If we must
wait until the next District day, January
o. we will have less than six weeks In
which to do all the work of preparation
which is contingent upon the grant oi
the use of the pension building.
..Of course. none of us has the slightest
idea of the failure of the resolution Wnen
it can be brought fairly before the Iui'
House and not handful Of members.
Reasons for prompt action on this mat
ter are urgent. Usually by this time the
decorations is in hand and sometimes I'M
der way on the streets themselves, where
as we are without authority to make d
contract or string a wire. THESE are items
quite outside of the inaugural ball, put
are all embraced in the same JOINT reso-
luton.
"The modern method Of treating deco
rating materials, making them hreproo1
requires considerable time. II we are 10
he crowded into only three or four weeks
to do all this work the result, of course. Is
not going to be as creditable as 1t would
be otherwise and as we would like 1t
to be.
Big Interest in Ball.
Ell the impression prevails at the Cap
itol that there is little interest in the in
ausural ball outside of Washington it is
entirely a mistake Three-fourths of the
communications that 1 have received
to the inaugural ball. my correspondents
asking questions about its details, snow
ing that it is regarded as one of the most
attractive features of the occasion.
"It is to be remembered that to mos
people military parades are not noVeit!
| But there are few who have an oppor
tunity to attend such an affair as the IN
augural ball, with it's assemblage OF dig
/ nitaries and people of note and position
| This brilliant social function is regard
ed. judging from the letters that l nav
1 received, as the most interesting event o
E>the entire ceremony. 1t Is signihcant
| too that most of the letters which ar
/ forwarded to me by Mr.. Tart secretar.
are from people Of all parts of the coun
| try asking similar questions about TN
| ball"
Officers for Veteran Division.
Capt. Arthur Hendricks has been ap
pointed chief OF staff and Judge Hoses
B. Moulton adjutant general to Gen.
10. Howard, grand marshal of the vet
eran division, which will escort Mr.. Tai
and Mr.. Sherman from the White Hous
to the Capitol the morning of March 4
The appointments were made on the rec
ommendation of Col. Thomas S. Hop
ikins representative Of the patriotic ant
soldier organizations on the general In
tauguration committee. The appointment
are announced in general orders No.
Issued today by Gen. Howard.
Following the announcement a con
ference was held at the War Department
between Gen. John A. Johnston, Col: Hop
kins, Capt Hendricks and Judge Moul
ton, during which plans for the escor
division Of veteran soldiers and sailor
were discussed.
Army and Navy Union.
Gen. Johnston has received a com
munication from Col. J. Edwin Browne o
: Baltimore. national commander of tn
Army and Navy Union, In which he say
it Is his expectation that the union wi
be represented In the presidential escOl
division by fully 400 uniformed men fror
garrisons In the District of Columbia an
the states.
!, Another communication received b
, Gen. Johnston is from Col. F. NJ. Run
bold, adjutant general of the state
Missouri. He says the "show me- sta,
! expects to be represented in the inaug,
| ration parade by regiment of infantr
. and a battery of artillery. and that tt
|; governor will attend with his staff.
, College Cadets Coming.
Gen. Bell, grand marshal of the inaug,
!; raj parade, has been Informed that II
corps of cadets of st. Johns School
Manlius, n. Y, will come to Washingtc
to take part in the inaugural ceremonie
The cadets are uniformed, armed al
equipped and will parade about $50 stron
They appeared in the inaugural parat
, four years ago.
Other military colleges considering ii
question of being represented in the Il
augural parade are the Georgia Milital
Academy at Milledgeville, the Virgin
t Military Academy at Lexington and s
Johns Academy at Annapolis. All su,
organizations present, Gen. Bell state
, will be assigned places in the cad
n brigade.
: Imposing Military Division.
e Gen. Bell says there will be enou,
@ regulars from the Army. Navy and Mari
Corps, and sufficient organized militia
the various states and territories In t
: inaugural parade to insure the formati
: of very imposing military grand divisio
q According to the information now on hal
: that division will include about 1900 reg
. lars and about 5000 militiamen, maki
/ II 600 for the military division alone
The division will have the right Of L
line. and at Its head will march the cade
of the United States Military Acaden
and the midshipmen of the Naval AGA
envy, comprising separate brigade
!. was expected that Brig. Gen. T. III. Barr
U.S.A.. commanding the Army of Cub