The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-01
CROWDS BEGIN
To POUR IN FOR
INAUGURATION
Prediction Is That the Attendance
on tuesday Will Break All
Inaugural Records
WILL Be PICTURESQUE EVENT
Parade, Illumination, Decorations
and Other Special Features
the Best Ever
ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETE

Washington, y c., March l.-Prep-
arations tor the inauguration ur
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Il. Mar.
shail, the first Democratic president
and vice president that the country
has had i'm sixteen years. are complete
ana the various committees make the
phophccy that the ceremonies of next
Tuesday viii he the most brilliant and
picturesque of any previous inaugural
event, Prediction is made also that
when Mr.. Wilson aud Mr. Marshall
ride down Pennsylvania avenue un the
way To the capitol 10 take the oath uf
olhcC the greatest crowd that ever
welcomed an incoming president AMI
vice president will shout itself hoarsc.
The inaugural committee has used
every means in It's power To made the
celebration one that will live in the
minds of all who witness it for years
tn conc. I'm point of decoration, la
the matter of inaugural parade in
the arrangements for the illumina ion
of the city ANA display of fireworks
Tuesday iiSlit IL is believed that the
Wilson and Marshall Inauguration will
surpass all others.
The inaugural ball will be the only
customary feature left out of the pro-
gram and this viii not he missed by
the general public Tho bali was die
pcnscd with at the special request of
the president elect. who asked that
the committee In charge of the ccrc-
monies to make the entire Celebration
as simple as possible and Ia the same
time as impressive and diguincd ~
the inauguration of II president of the
great republic demands.
Rush Of Visitors Begins.
The rush of visitors into the capt
tai began in earnest today. The most
of those already on hand are the eX-
perionCcd ones, who desire To get com
forlably settled before the high tide
is reached. They know what IL is to
arrive in Washington IN the midst OF
confusion the day before inaugura
ton. when bands are playing in the
railroad station and in the hotel lob
bios, when it is next to impossible to
gct cab and when all the street ears
become stand as you-ridc" ears
II rs going TO bc a splendid maugu
ration, providing the weather clerk
does his duty History shows that the
ma iority of inauguration days have
been abomnable, but everybody is
hoping that Mr.. Wilson may have
luck.
But no misfortune In weather can
chill the ardor of the Democratic
hosts, any more than blizzard or
rainstorm will be able to mar the most
important feature of the inauguration
the illumination of the city The illu-
mination of the capital by means Of
millions Of electric lights promises TO
bc u show in Itself At 100 foot in
tervals the avenue has been arched
with fcstoons of lights From each
fcstoon there are three pendant col
orCd lights, which give the broad thor
oughlarc the appearance of being
rooted with, brilliant, glowing bulbs
The court of honor opposite Lafayette
park aud the Union station plaza are
also the centcrs of brilliant schemes
of illumination At night u big search
light is to play OH the capitol making
II visible for miles around. There al
80 will be lighting effects on the
Washington monument and on all the
prominent public buildings.
Many Special Policemen
Major sylvester, the superintendent
of police. issued his final instructions
to-day Among other things, lie di-
rccts that the entire route of the pa
radc be roped off with iron cables ana
cleared of all vehicles before o'clock
Tuesday morning Beginning Monday
morning every available officer and
private Of the regular police force
will be on duty and more than 'Oo
special policemen have been employed
\ considerable number of detectives
have been brought her from outside
cities TO assist the local force In pro
tecting the public from the army oil
pickpockets and other crooks who al
ways flock here for the great quadren-
Mai harvest. AS n further means ol
protection a unique campaign OF pup
liclty has been inaugurated by Major
Sylvester In the railroad stations
the lobbes of all the big hotels ana
in many other public places through
out the CITY large placardS bearing