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Magnificent Ceremon-
les Spend Twerty-
five Million
FIGURE
American Prize Fighter
Thrown Out Of Abbey
by English Guards

queen of Great Britain were crown.
ed a t12:37 O'Clock today. The mott
ceable feature of the coronation o.
George and Mary, was the contrast
in wealth between those in the pro.
cession and stands, and the beggars
who fought for scraps from tho
lunch baskets on the streets.
There was little enthusiasm from
the masses. The socialists protest
against the expenditure Of $780,
600 for $500 beacon fires to burn
tonight. saying that the poor need
the fuel.
John Hays Hammond, the Ameri-
can envoy, was given a hearty well
come.
The return trip from the Abbey to
the Palace took forty-eight minutes
and when the king and queen APP
peared on the balcony, still wearing
crowns and robes of state, they were
chcered by the crowds.
Jack Johnson, the American pugi-
list, with his white wife, tried to
get into Westminster Abbey to see
the coronation, on tickets furnished
by Lord Lonsdale. They were
thrown out of the Abbey by the
guards, while johnson protested. His
tickets were for the reviewing stand.
Aside from American newspaper
men, the only Americans in West
minister Abey during the corona
tion were Charles S. Taft, wife and
daughter, and j. Pierpont Morgan.
Lord Kitchner is blamed for the
smallness of the crowd along the
line of March, because of his restric-
tions upon the spectators.
The king is reported to have said
that Kitchner threw a wet blanket
over the festivities. Nevertheless
the casualties are surprisingly few.
Only women tainted.
During the browning of the royal
pair the king was nervous and per-
spired freely, but the queen was calm
and collected.
London, England God, save
King GEORGE"
This fervent cry echoed and re-
echoed through ancient Westminster
Abbey today when the imperial
crown, s%ignifying rulership over the
greatest empire the world has ever
known, was placed upon the head Of
George the Fifth by the Archbishop
of Canterbury.
The actual coronation of the mon
arch was preceded by ceremonies
medieval in their pomp and all but
barbaric in magnificence and grand
eur of display.
Through streets lined. with mill
lions Of people from every nook and
corner of the earth, guarded by fifty
thousand troops, the King, in his
state coach, attended by courtiers
in carriages and generals on horse
back, proceeded to Westminster Alb
hey.
At the west door of the famous
editice the royal coach halted.
The kings and queens, the princes
and princesses, the mobiles and
special delegates of all nations who
filled the abbey to OVERLOOKING, arose
as King George entered. AT that
moment a ringing "Vivat' rang out
which signifed that the boys of
Westminster School had performed
their historic duty. The Westminster
choir sang an anthem, Psalm cxxxii,
1, 3, 6 and Z, as the King, accom-
panied by the Queen, passed up the
body of the church and knelt at
%"fa1dstools" in prayer.
Then came the quaint ceremony
of "the recognition The archbishop
of Canterbury, turning to the four
points of the compass, addressed the
assemblage:
Sir, I here present unto you King
George, the undoubted King of the
realm. Wherefore, all you who are
come this day to do your homage
and services, are you willing to do
the same?"
God save King George!" rang
out in Unison from the royal subjects.
Then the trumpets sounded, and
the ancient ceremonials of the crown
ing of Britians' kings went on and
on, while outside the patriotic mill
lions of modern London howled
themselves hoarse, forgetful for the
moment of the spirit OF democracy
which is abroad; in the land and
which has reduced the King and his
mobiles to the status of puppets.
King Given Oath.
Following the litany. the introit