Connecticut western news., 1913-03-06
Wilson Takes Oath
 of Office. PARADE BIG SUCCESS Thousands Cheer Greatest Pro-
 cessIOn of Its Kind. MARSHALL SHARES HONORS
MARSHALL SHARES HONORS

 Fireworks and ReveIry at Night-Penn- sylvanis Avenue AsIow With Lights Prinoston Students Escort New Pres
 Msnt te capitaI-crowds Hail Him on Way to White House-Chief Jus tioe White Swears Him In In Front of Capitol After Vice President Takes Office In Senate chambsr-Weather Propitious-ThronasA Admirably Han died by the, Polios.
 Washington. Marcb 5- Woodrow Wilson was sworn in before thousands sf cheering people as president of the United States. being the twenty-sev enth man to occupy the chair of the chief executive of the nation.
 The new president took the oath of office. as administered by Chief Justice White of the United States supreme court, on the stand that had been erect cd In front of the capitol building, Tn. Imposing ceremony was witnessed hv . vast crowd. and on the stand were khe nations lawmakers past and pres snt the justices of the supreme court. the corps of foreign diplomats and prominent persons from all over the country.
 As MT. Wilson took the oath the sverhanging clouds broke away, the vun came out brightly and shone for a few minutes on the Chief executive. It was as different as night and day from khe blizzard beaten event of 1908
 Previous to the swearing in of the president Vice President Thomas R Marshall took the oath of office in the yenate chamber The exercises there had been delayed because of the crust, of business Tn the last hours Of the outgoing congress When this was over the procession to the capitol stand was formed. with President Taft and Pres dent Wilson leading the way. Then came the justices of the supreme court and the ambassadors.
 Parade the Greatest Ever.
 After the luncheon at the White House, following the inaugural ad. dress, President Wilson reviewed the parade from his private box in front of his future home, accompanied by Vice President Marshall and other notables It was the greatest inaugural proces sion ever held.
 At night 25O,0OO jubilant visitors in Washington, with thousands of equal H Jubilant capital residents, saw great display of fireworks and then made merry in the true carnival spirit h Pennsylvania avenue and which Bhone like day with millions of electric fights.
 MT. Wilson had arrived from Prince ton. N. J., with his wife and family and several of his relatives, accom- panied by coo Princeton students. He had spent the night before his in auguration at the Shoreham hotel. where reunion of over two score Wilson relatives was held. MT. Mar shall and his wife had also spent the night there. On the way to the White House on Inauguration day morning she two leaders of the nation were escorted by the Essex troop of New Jersey and the Black Horse troop of Indiana. Thousands cheered them CD their way.
 Great Crowd Present.
 Meanwhile, out in front of the east ern facade of the capitol the crowd had been waiting since breakfast time. Hour by hour 1t had grown until the throng reached from the police lines back across the paved plaza and over the greensward for distance of 100 yards.
 The great stands fronting the east and slanting from every direction to- ward the presidents speaking pavilion was packed with people The dark clothes of the men of the group were but spots in the picture, for of the crowd gathered on the stands more shan three-quarters were women
 Directly in the center of the stand was the raised space upon which Pres tdent Wilson was to take the oath. Ii was railed off from the rest of the stand. and upon it were a dozen biz chairs. h the plaza facing the presi dents stand were the battalions ot West Point cadets and Annapolis mid shipmen. The middies were at tht presidents right hand and stood ir even. we'll drawn ranks, wearing theil deep blue uniforms, their rifles at "Or der arms" To the left were the gray sfad cadets of the military academy their shiny black shal1os and whit.