Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-24
IN COURT. OF HONOR
Seats for Diplomats During the
Inaugural Parade.
EXTENSION OF COURTESY
President. Elect, Escorted by Prince
tonians, to Arrive Monday.
PLANS FOR INDIAN BRAVES
May March Next to Tammany Hall
Delegation-Guarding Against
Inc1ement Weather.
EXTENSION OF COURTESY
PLANS FOR INDIAN BRAVES

William Corcoran Eustis. chairman of
| the inaugural committee. is struggling to-
day with the question of who will be
seated in the 40 seats provided on the
presidential reviewing stand in the court
| of honor in front of the White House
during the inaugural parade March 4. He
| said that he will have completed this
| work by tomorrow, when the seating ar
rangements will be made public.
Diplomats of less rank than ambaSsa-
doris and ministers are today hustling
around in the good old American way
endeavoring to purchase the most desir-
able accommodations left on the various
stands. The inaugural committee will
officially place on the presidential review
ing stand the ambassador, minister or
charge daffaires from each country rep
resented at this capital The State De-
partment is in charge of this duty and
will be provided with two seats for each
country represented here, of which there
are thirty-nine.
The inaugural committee feels that this
country Will have done it's duty and the
committee will have shown the full neces-
sary courtesy by furnishing two seats
for each foreign country's representative.
and. in consequence today the various
agencies are being besieged with applica-
lions from diplomats of lesser rank who
wish to view the inaugural procession.
Diplomats Number $50.
There are about go diplomats of all
ranks officially accredited to Washington
and listed in the official diplomatic list of
the State Department. This includes the
ladies of the various embassies and lega-
tons. but it does not include many at
taches. such as interpreters, business
agents and students who are not official
ly listed by the State Department
The inaugural committee feels that in
view of the great demand for the privi-
lege of viewing the parade from official
circles in Washington, which will have
to be granted, not more than two seats
for each foreign country can be set aside
in the presidential reviewing stand.
Word was received in Washington to-
day that there will be two special trains
coming here for the inauguration carry
| ing Princeton undergraduates. One Will
leave Princeton at IL o'clock Monday
and another will leave at midnight Of
that day.
Morning Train Will Bring Wilson.
The Monday morning train will be the
Oie OI "ulCI 0ON. w llSOL dA0 Ills Adih~
lily will travel
The Princeton boys will march with
Gov. Wilson's carriage from the Union
station to the hotel at which he and his
family will stop. and on the following
morning will escort him from the hotel
to the White House.
The Princetonians. it is announced. will
not wear costumes Their only mark of
destination hn hadppG their
lapels made of orange and black ribbon.
Paul F. Myers of the class of 1918 will be
| in charge of the students, as he has or
ganized them for the coming trip. and
he has been and will be assisted by a
committee of thirty students selected
from the most prominent men in the
college. These thirty students will prob
ably act as marshals for the Princeton
men in the Princeton section of the pa
rade on March 4.
Indian Braves Coming.
A party of thirty-three Indian war
riors, who have participated in hundreds
of battles against the white man in days
long gone by, will arrive in Washington
this afternoon. to remain here until after
the inauguration. and to take part in
the inaugural parade.
These Indians have been visiting in
New York, where they attended the
ceremonies attendant upon breaking
ground for the national memorial to the
American Indian, which was donated to
the nation by Rodman Wanamaker, and
which will be erected on Staten Island.
in New York harbOr. the site provided
by act of Congress. The memorial is to
be a statue. and will be 16o feet hlgn
President Taft, the Secretary OF War and
other public men were present at the
ground breaking ceremonies Washing
tons birthday anniversary.
Horses for the Indians to ride during
the parade have been furnished gratui-
tously and as a courtesy by John L.;
)Newbold, president OF the Merchants
| Transfer and Storage Company, the War
Department having promised to others all
available mounts.
| When the Indians arrive today they
will go to the Capitol and National
| Hotel. They are in charge OF Maj. J.
| w. Mclaughlin. an inspector OF the In
| dian bureau. Travelling with the party
are government superintendent of In
dams Morgan, Eddy and Rosecrans.
Telephone Service Assured.
| The complete isolation Of Washington
| from the outside world during the last
| inauguration. owing to the blizzard
| that prevailed. when both the telephone
and telegraph lines were entirely out
| of service and the only electric COM
| mun1catlOn was py WlIelcSS, udS
prompted the local telephone company
| to take steps to prevent the recurrence
| Of such a catastrophe. Telephone serv-
| ice during the inaugural period fs said
to be assured, regardless Of weather
conditions
There is now in permanent operation
| between Baltimore and Washington an
| underground cable Of 1872 pairs OF
| wires, by means of which calls are
| made in exactly the same manner as
| between local exchanges in the city
| and over 40 per cent of the lines that
| were aerial overhead wires during the
last inauguration are placed In under
ground cables in addition to those al
| ready so placed
| handling traffic for the inauguration
| and for Inauguration week Is problem
| of no small scope, and in order to take
| care of the immense amount of additiona
| business over $50 extra inter-exchange
| trunk lines have been installed. lnciud
ing service for long distance and informa.
/ ton Twenty additional underground
| trunk lines to Baltimore have beer
| equipped as we'll as additional long-dis
lance lines to New York, Richmond. At
lanta Chicago and Pittsburgh. Trenton
| y. j., being supplied with direct facilities
Force of Operators Increased.