Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-06
DISORDER seen
WHEN VISITORS
LEAVE CAP P|TAL
Exodus of Sightseers Near
ly Caused Riot at Station ;,
100000 Witness Inaugur-
al Ceremonies.

Washington, D. c., March s. The
national capital with next morning
headache, awoke today to find streets
Uttered with debris after the Inaugural
ton parade, workmen already en-
gagged in tearing down stands and
decorations, and visitors filtering out
like the sands In an hour glass. Thot,-
sands of weary celebrants already are
homeward bound. for during the night
train after train departed, filled to
overflowing, for the north, south, east
and west. ....E
Riotous scenes attended the exodus
today. Tired and impatient travellers
at the union station rushed the thin
line of police, brushed them aside
and tore down the iron-barred gates
that led to the train shed and the
long lines of waiting railroad coaches.
Subsequent efforts to dislodge them
were futile. AS result many boarded
wrong trains.
Get Drinking Cups.
State troops and marching clubs
made the big station resound with the
blare of their bands. Women tainted
in the crush. To make matters worse
the supply of drinking water, although
ample, could not be utilized freely be-
cause of the law against the use of
the common drinking cup. Some
genius used the but Of q musket to
smash into fragments the glass front
Of container of the individual paper
cups and his lead was followed. All
were wrecked.
It is estimated that upward q Of
900 900 perspns witnessed yesterdays
ceremonies. BY tonight the greater
portion Of this vast crowd 1t Is expect
ed will be on It's homeward way. The
railroads had prepared for the strain
to which their traffic arrangements
would be put and the extensive ter
minal yards we're blocked with cars,
while painting engines were held In
readiness to move them.
With an army of men engaged in
cleaning the streets and another army
levelling grand stands and tearing
down decorations, the capital began to
resume normal appearance. Throngs
OF visitors reluctant to leave, were In
evidence early at the white house,
hoping to get glimpse Of President
Wilson Another curious crowd
jammed the corridors Of the capitol,
waiting for the doors of the senate
galleries to open that they might wit
ness the special session of that body,
the first of the new congress.
Former Officials to Soon Leave.
Officials Of the Taft administration,
having sent their designations to Presi-
dent Wilson, cleaned their desks today
and prepared to turn to other walks
Of life.
Carmi Thompson, treasurer o. the
United States, returns to his home In
Ohio; Robert o. Bailey and Sherman
Allen, assistant secretaries OF the
treasury department, have business Of
fers; Assistant Secretary Curtis re-
turns to Boston to practice law. Post
master General Hitchcock plans a six
months rest with visit to Panama;
Attorney General Wickersham will
start on trip around the world; Rob-
ert J.. Tracewell, comptroller Of the
treasury, returns to Indiana; Secre-
tary Fisher returns to Chicago; Secre-
tary Knox declined appointment at the
hands of Mr.. Taft to commissioner
ship at The Hague; Huntington Will.
son, assistant secretary OF state, plans
trip abroad. Practically all the out
going officials return to their former
businesses or professions or have ac-
cepted offers to enter new fields.