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More than $4,000 tons Of snow were
lifted.
Notwithstanding all these drawbacks
the inaugural ball. the last in the
history Of Inauguration day up to thb
time. was a thrillingly brilliant aHfte.
The Pension ONCE, with its lofty ceknS
and stately pillars, was TRANSFORMED
into magnificent ballroom with
flowers. bunting and flags. and. as at
ment of youth. the three children, o
daughter and two sons, Of the President
and Mrs. Taft attended, IS did the
Presidents Aunt Della.
Mrs. Taft looks back upon the last In
augural ball with consummate pleasure,
but admitted that the most troublous
thing connected with 1t was her Golf
fure, her hairdresser in her nervousness
having to do and undo her tresses sew
eral times before the proper and becon-
ing lines were obtained. As the ball Is
quite fresh in the minds Of Washington
residents. it can truthfully be attested
that the hairdresser was finally success
full, and when spray OF diamonds was
placed In just the proper position 1t
was a regal success.
Another trial which beset the day In
connection with the ball was the fact
that the unprecedented weather held up
the railway trains, holding the ball
gown and few accessories somewhere
between New York and the Capital.
kilograms were sent back and forth as
long as the lines lasted. and at the
eleventh hour the gown and the woman
accompanying 1t arrived, and at last the
First Lady of the Land stood robed for
the occasion. The general effect Of
the gown was empire, the foundation Of
rich white satin, over which fell white
chiffon richly embroidered by hand In
silver and crystals, the goldenrod design
reaching to the waist In front and ex-
tending about the very long train.
There was rare old lace on the bodice,
and about her throat Mrs. Taft wore .
diamond dog collar. She and the Presi-
dent promenaded up and down the ball
room and finally went to their box,
where there awaited them the members
of their family.
Should there never be another ball
arranged by the inaugural committee.
theirs will always be grand ball-per-
haps several of them-on the night Of
March 4 with which to close the days
program. And there are those Of the
past than which no other feature Of
inaugural ceremonies stands out a.
more colorful and interesting.
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pounds of veniSon-which must have
been for the presidential party alone
10 rounds of beef, rs hams, 125 tongues
and pates of every known kind. The
clamor for food was prodigious, and the
inaugural committee was for once not
accused of too much frugality.
Southerners Stay Away.
So successful was this ball that the
one for President Lincoln was also given
in a temporary building on Judiciary
Square, and called by the newspapers OF
the day 1.-The White Muslin Palace of
Aladdin" Already there were rumblingS
of trouble between the North and South,
and but few Southerners attended.
Washington, having majority Of resi-
dents in sympathy with those below
the Mason Dixon line, also remained
away.
After the supper Mrs Lincoln and
the Little Giant, Senator Stephen A.
Douglas, and others danced in a quad
rifle. Mrs. Lincoln wore the extreme
style in hoop skirts, her white satin
gown almost covered with point lace,
being so voluminous as to force her to
reach at arms length to clasp the
hands of the other dancers. She wore
a rich lace shawl. But Mrs. George
Francis Twain was the great show of
the ball, her finely plated blue silk
dress with fiounces of real thread lace
almost as deep as the skirt itself caught
with flowers and her hair powdered
with gold.
Lincoln's second inaugural ball was
held In the model room Of the Patent
Office, which was just then finished.
For this ball Mrs. Lincoln wore a gown
of great width of skirt. made of heavy
white satin with set bouquets of flowers
in many colorS brocaded on 1t. There
was a deep fall of lace at the top of
the very low bodice, which fell of the
shoulders with cluster OF flowers at
the front and an elaborate garland of
flowers on her smooth, dark hair. She
wore pearl earrings, necklace and brace
lets and short white gloves. Like all
ladies of the time. she carried a fan
and q fine lace handkerchief.
Greeley Loses Hat and Coat.
The real nightmare Of President
Ulysses Grants Inauguration was the
| ball, held in new wing of the Treas
ury Building. 1t was there that Horace
Greeley lost his famous white hat and
his gray overcoat. The management
! amounted to cruelty.
1t is by an odd Quirk Of fate that the
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RY OF INAUGURAL BALLS QUESTION OF PRECIPITATION
GRANT INAUGURAL BALL
LIKE NIGHTMARE TO SOME
Horace Greeley Lost Famous White
Hat and Gray Coat With Lack of
Checking Place.

sey mills and was Of heavy robins egg
blue with long plume effect brocaded
in gold, which alternated With me-
dallions of gold. The train was three
yards long and the lace on the bodice
was 200 years old. Quite as stately was
Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, in q gown of white satin with
gold brocade and point lace.
Perhaps the most interesting OF all
inaugural ball gowns on record Is that
of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, worn at
the ball following her fathers elec-
ton to office. The Roosevelt family re-
ceived but little advertising at the ball
of the last Mckinley administration
and Mrs. Longworth, then Alice Roose-
welt, was q young girl only about IA
years Of age. She grew up rapidly In
the warming light Of public praise and
adulation-also adoration-and her en-
trance in the ballroom with her par
ents was the signal for enthusiastic
applause.
Twice as much space was devoted to
descriptions of her gown as to even
that of her mother or the gown Of Mrs.
Fairbanks. The almost regal robe was
of white satin and gold, the petticoat OF
gold-color gauze over white. worn with
q court train of white satin festooned
about the hem with roses formed of
gold gauze. The bodice Of satin was cut
square at the neck line and jacket
effect of gold gauze fell over it. Fes-
toons of crush pink roses started at the
shoulder and edged the line of the
court train to It's hem. She wore a
necklace of pearls. Her hair, which
she always wears plainly dressed, was
drawn into q graceful knot at the
back of her neck and loops Of gold
gauze roses caught at either side form
ed half headdress.
This beautiful costume will descend
to Paulina Longworth, the daughter
of Princess Alice, and Is much
treasured keepsake In the family.
Taft Ball the Last.
A wild frenzy of bad weather ac-
companied President william Howard
Taft to Washington and indicted him
into office March 4, 1909. Like Andrew
Jackson, the President was driven to
take the oath of ONCE in the Senate
chamber and 5000 men were kept
busy shoveling snow and sleet to break
a trail for him to and from the Capt.
toll and for the elaborate parade that
was planned and partly carried out.
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ening Of lace at the front, and the
sleeves were elbow length.
These last inaugural balls are well
within the minds Of the citizens of the
United States who came from far and
wide to attend them, and always there
is sadness of heart when one thinks
of the money spent and the discomfort
endured.
AS If to temper the direful end of
President William Mckinley. his first
inaugural day was attended by unusu-
ally good weather for March 4 while
four years. later, all the evils of the
elements were let loose to give a day
and night of discomfort. Both of the
Mckinley inaugural balls were held in
the Pension Building, both were elabo-
rate, and Mrs. Mckinley. who prom
enaded with the President at the first
ball, was very lovely In her gown Of
white and gold and her hair done in soft
Kinley had, according to the news
papers, spent $4,000 on her wardrobe
to take to the White House, and she
was looked upon with great interest
by simple minded American women.
As Elaborate as First.
The second inaugural ball was quite
as elaborate as the first, but Mrs. Nc
Kinley did not promenade with the
President, but was taken directly to
their box. At the last ball she wore
white satin, lace and diamonds. The
Presidents mother, who had been with
them at the first ball. died shortly after
her son was sworn into Office, her death
being the cause for President McKin-
ley not holding New Year day recep-
ton.
Enthusiasm Runs High.
There was particular joyousness in
the Inauguration of President Theodore
Roosevelt March 4, 1905, and the vast
company of many thousands who met
in the Pension Building for the ball
were almost hysterical with enthusiasm.
1t had been long since there were chill
dren to grace such an occasion, and
the rudy young father and the whole
some, dignified mother and their chill
dren were fascinating figures to the
public. While President Roosevelt was
filling out the unexpired term of Presi-
dent Mckinley Mrs. Roosevelt had be-
come known for her handsome gowns,
especially those worn at State functions.
and her inaugural ball gown was
watched for with the keenest interest.
The material was woven in New Jer-
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Presidents grandson and namesake is
chairman of the inaugural ceremonies
to induct President Herbert Clark Hoo
yer into Office.
The guests had to descend steps to
get to the ballroom and there was no
provision for checking wraps or for
carriage calls, and the supper was a
failure. Those who got into the supper
room simply stayed there, and hungry,
sleepy and tired many sat or even lay
on the floor of the ballroom to rest.
Women were almost unprotected from
the hardships of mismanagement.
President Grants second inaugural
ball was intended to be the most elab-
crate ball ever given, but the weather
was not reckoned on. 1t was just de-
grees above zero and the temporary
structure on Judiciary Square was a
mere she'll The principal room was
800 feet long by $50 feet wide and an
arched ceiling Is feet high. Never had
there been such an elaborate decora-
ton and several hundred canary birds
had been purchased and so distributed
as to fill the room with their notes.
The poor little things tucked their
heads under their wings to keep from
freezing and never peeped. There were
five other buildings and each as uncom-
Portable as the ballroom.
Mrs. Grants gown was of white satin
covered entirely with black brussels
lace, and the gown of Nellie Grant, the
White House belle, was of white silk
covered with illusion. But no one at
the ball knew this, for they had to
keep on their coats all during their
stay in the room. The food was fairly
frozen stiff. Sixty thousand dollars had
been spent on the ball to make 1t the
most gorgeous in the history of the
Capital.
There was no inaugural ball with
which to finish the ceremonies for
President Rutherford B. Hayes and
aside from considerable restlessness in
the political situation which made 1t
inadvisable, there must have fingered
the memory of the frozen guests and
canaries at the Grant ball.
Temporary buildings had not proven
comfortable for 4th Of March balls, snd
when President James Abram Garfield
was inaugurated 1t was decided to hold
the ball in the New National Museum
now the Old Museum, and President
and Mrs. Hayes, who remained In Wash
ington, followed the precedent of some
of the early Presidents and attended
the ball. They had declined to have a
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Approves Of Band.

Mr.. Stoddert approved Of a Marine
band which should always reside at the
seat of Government and be at the dis
posal CT the President and play for his
pleasure and for that of other exalted
officials. Moreover, he was responsible
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
SMUGGLING ring
Barred BY CUBAN
Jose Oias Ancosmide, Secret
Service Agent, Has Himself
Struggled Into U. s.

Miami, Fla, June 25-lP)-A Cuban
secret service agent who had himself
struggled into the United States to-
day wa credited with the roundup
Of five purported operators of a
smuggling indicate and aliens who
had been brought to Florida from
Havana.
The agent was Jose Dias Ancos-
mide, who Said he and IL foreigners
were brought to the Florida east coast
aboard the Cuban yacht Delirio for
sums ranging between $500 and $500
each.
Extraordinary precautions by the
master Of Delirio, federal operatives
here said. prevented capture of the
yacht with the me aboard. but
shortly after the cargo was landed.
all were rounded up.
Immediately after the landing the
owner Of the yacht. Miguel Sastre.
was reported arrested in Havana and
four America-1S were taken into
custody in Florida.
The landing wa made by use of
a launch. Ancosmide said. prevents
ing arrest Of the maste.: of the Delirio.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
100000 fire HITS
T0MAH, WISCONSIN

Tomah. Wis. June 25.-tR,-A six
hour fire destroyed three buildings
and damaged several others in the
business district carly today before
the Tomah fire department, aided by
apparatus from Sparta and Maus-
ton. got the flames under control.
Fire broke out in a small frame
building at the real of the McCaul
building at l a. M. and firemen were
still pouring water OH the shoulder
Ing ruins this mornings It was pre-
dicted the loss would exceed 500, 600.
Flames spread 20 rapidly and had
such . start when the fire department
arrived that calls for aid we're sent
Sparta and Mansion. The McCaul
building, housing the insurance office
Of Thomas McCaul and a clothing
shop owned BY Mrs. Luell:. Moth. was
destroyed and two adjoining build
ings were RACED by the flames. One
Of the buildings housed the Tomah
Journal and the other & barber shop
owned by Otto an. Herman Fenske.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
Dickinson Girl Is
Bride of Last Week

Miss Mildred Perkins. daughter Of
Dr.. and Mrs. George Perkins, Dickin-
son. became the bride Of Guy E. Nc
Cune. Fairmont. Mimi. Saturday at
q candlelight service in st. Johns
Episcopal church. Dickinson. Rev.
H. s. Brewster, rector Of Gethscmane
cathedral. Fargo. officiated.
The bride, who wore a chanel gown
Of deep cream satin and silk tulle.
with = veil Of Brussels lace. was at
tended by Mrs. 8. F. Staples and Mrs.
2. L. Brown. She carried q sheaf Of
Gala lilies. Mrs. Staples and Mrs.
Brown wore period gowns Of pink and
coral chiffon, respectively. Their
flowers were roses and daisies.
Following Z wedding dinner and
reception ct the brides home, Mr..
and Mrs. McCune left for Detroit,
Grand Rapids. and Chicago. They
will Be 1t home in Fairmont after
July Is.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
50 Hours TO CREDIT
FLYERS STAY IN AIR
johnson and Haughland Con-
tinus Trial for RefusIing
Endurance Flight

Minneapolis. June 25.-(P>-With
more than SO hours in the air al
ready to their credit. Thorwald
(Thunder) johnson and owen
Haughland sped over q triangular
course today In an attempt to beat
the worlds endurance flying record.
Haughland and johnson took off
at 5 q. m. Sunday in their cabin
monoplane. miss Mimi eapolis."
Haughland and Gene Shank had
made two previous attempts for the
record. but were forced down. Shank
is flying the ~yefueling plane which
has already made five contacts.
The aviators are flying yer a
course between the Twin Cities.
Hastings and Mortified In seeking
to break the record OF IT, hours. 81
minutes and one second made over
Fort Worth. Tex.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
Extraditi0n Awaits
Proof of Identity

After all. pictures are only pictures
and Governor George r. Shafer does
mt trust them too far.
Monday he continued until Friday
the hearing on the application for the
return to South Dakota Of G. J. Will
liams, recently released from the state
prison here. South Dakota authorities
allege that williams violated q parole
from the state prison there In 1916.
williams contends they have the
wrong man.
The South Dakota prison did not
take f~ingerprints in those days, and
all the evidence they submitted to
prove that williams Is he NJ they
want was a picture. taken - years
ago. and some Bertillon measure
mcntS.
Governor shafcr was not quite con-
vinced by the Bertillon measurements
or the picture. SO he gave the South
Dakota officials until Friday to pro-
ducc someone who 4 make a posi-
tive Identification.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
MOTHER, SON UNITED
BY JUSTICE AGENTS

Macon. Ga. juno 25.-(F1-Depart-
ment of justice agents today were
revealed as-sponsors for a reunion OF
a mother and son, ea.h of whom
thought the other dead. 1nciden-
tally the government made $4,000 In
the deal.
Mrs. Fannie Eudora Ligl1tner. Al
bany, Ga, claimed a $4,000 war risk
insurance policy OH the life of her son
in 1927 seven years after he was dis
charged from overseas service. De-
partnlent Of justice agents found the
son. John Early Cooksey, In Ham
mond, Ind. Now there's to be a FAM
lily reunion. The son said all his letters
were returned. and he had been in
formed his mother. after a later mar
riege was dead. She III turn had also
exhausted all ordinary means OF
search.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
CITY commission
TObARDANCEROUS
FIREWORKS TRAFFIC
Drainage Discussed and Safety
Devices Are Ordered OF,
Sewer Manholes

The city commission took up the
sale Of fireworks In the city over the
Fourth, at Monday evenings meeting
and expressed intention to prohibit
the sale Of ~firecrackers again.
A list Of lots held by the county for
delinquent taxes was submitted. with
a request that the commission take
first steps toward finding purchasers,
so that the properties may agein be
brought back III the tax lists.
w. J.. Noggle was awarded the con.
tract for grading and surfacing Cole
alley on his prior bid, amended by
inserting the omitted interest rate on
the warrants, which he made 6 per
cent. All other bids for other alleys
and water mains were rejected for
the same omission and new bids will
be asked by the city.
The commission approved installa-
ton of the life-saving Greer on
manlloles Of the sewers. to prevent
children falling in while playing In
flush streams turned into the drains.
One has been placed and all the
others were ordered SO equipped, the
precaution being the result Of q re-
cent marrow escape Of a child from
being swept into one Of the openings.
It was stated also that an unusual
amount of silt gathers In the sewers.
Four truckloads were removed from
one manholc opening. This accumu-
lation of silt entered into a discussion
in which 1t was attempted to formu-
late some drainage relief on the south
side, where the Garske property Is
subjected to storm flows.
Mr.. Siebrand,. owncr Of the carnival
shows coming here the week Of the
Fourth. was present and arranged to
locate his tents between Fifth and
Seventh streets. south Of the North
ern Pacific tracks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
SH|PSTEAD DENIES
GAG RULE POWER
over TARIFF BILL
Minnesota Senator Believes the
Measure viii % Rewritten
Along Lines Of 6orah

Superior, Wis, June 2S.-[P-There
will be no rag rule" TO prevent re-
vising the tariff bill on the floor Of
the senate. such Is blocked amend
ments In the house. Senator Henrik
shipstead Of Minnesota declared to-
day between casts for pike on 4 lake
near here.
Loath to discuss politics or public
affairs, the Minnesota senator showed
a preference during his day Of fishing
to tell stories In Norwegian or to re-
member days when the fish came
faster than they did yesterday.
Don't tell them my p~ostoffice ad-
Dress" he begged. I'm going to try
to let the world get along without me
for a WHILE"
He let It be known that:
He believes the tariff bill will be
rewritten from beginning to end in
the senate, following the lire Of the
Borah resolution to limit revision ia
agricultural and related products.
He believes. the debenture plan,
taken out Of the farm relief act,
should be given . chance.
He hopes to 60 to Warrington for
part Of the special session In the fall
although his physicians have said he
should not 60 to Washington until
December.
At the regular session IN December
he Will reintroduce. the shipstead-
Newton bill, rewritten along the lines
Of amendments recommended by the
agricultural committee last spring
meeting some Of the objections OF
northern Minnesota groups. He does
not favor cutting down the ares AZ
fected BY the bill, Is demanded by
some interests.
He is hopeful that the federal farm
board will operate successfully and
that the Hoover administration will
make good" He will be with Hoover
In some Of hts battles II he proceeds
along the line he has started In show
Ing independence In administrative
affairs, the senator said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
CLUB LEADERS FORM
new ORGANIZATIONS
IN TOUR OF COUNTY
Adelaide Laurie Also Stirs Up
Enthusiasm Of Women to
Exhibit ut Fairs

A considerable awakening is being
made among Burleigh county Home
maker clubs by the present tour Of
Miss Adelaide Laurie, Of the club ex-
tension service, working out Of the
county agents office here.
Monday Miss Laurie met Z group
and organized q new club 1t Moffit.
Mrs. Mabel Enockson was made pres
ident; Mrs. Fay johnson. vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Melvin Thoresen, secre-
tary-treasurer: Mrs. Burns Bailey
chairman Of reports: Mrs. Fred Mot.
fit and Mrs. w. Carroll, leaders.
The tour Of Miss Laurie has dealt
largely with preparations for exhibit
tions of products 1T county and dis.
trict fairs. Friday afternoon she met
the Wing club at the home of Mrs. J.
j. Scallon. All Of the 20 members
were out at the meeting, their work
Of the year completed, and they con.
sidered the preparation Of booths for
their fair exhibits.
In the evening she met the girls
clothing club ct the home Of Mrs,
Ben McClusky. The girls reported
that they had prepared exhibits for
Fargo and Mandan fairs.
Saturday afternoon she met the
junior girls Of Wild Rose township ct
the home Of Mrs. Adolph Exner. when
clothing exhibits for the fairs were
discussed.
This afternoon Miss Laurie paid q
visit to the Mckenzie club. with Miss
Grace DeLong, head Of the women's
club work Of the extension service,
also present. Thursday . group will
meet 1t Menoken. Friday n north
of Bismarck. and Saturday Z club at
Baldwin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
NEW salem facing
FLOOD DAMAGE SUIT

New Salem. N. D., June 25.-Be-
cause his hotel basement was flooded
during q thunderstorm. Herman Just.
Jr.. Is suing the city Of New Salem for
1926 damages.
Just charges that the city has failed
to provide proper sewage drainage in
that the present system fails to carry
excess water Oft the streets during
heavy rains.
The complaint alleges that Is feet
Of stone wall caved in and that prop
erty In the basement was damaged by
water which came off the street and
filled his basement during q storm
on May -.
The city council will consider the
complaint this week.
G. F. Kelsch. Mandan. is attorney
for just.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-25
LISTS OF PRIESTS TO
Be GIVEN PRESIDENT
Catholic ProlateS and Mexican
Officials Reach Agreement
at Conference

Mexico City, June 25.-R-Mexican
Roman Catholic bishops will be ex-
pected to furnish the federal govern.
ment With lists Of priests to take
charge Of churches in each diocese
Return Of the churches to the clergy
will follow as quickly Is possible
thereafter.
Announcement by Felipe Canales
acting secretary Of interior. today said
that he and the two Catholic prel-
ates. Archbishops Ruix y Flores and
Pascual Diax, had agreed upon that
procedure In q conference yesterday
Father David Walsh. vice president
Of Georgetown university. who tool
q prominent part In negotiations
leading this week to an accord OF
acute phases OF the Mexican church.
state controversy, will leave .tomor.
row for Washingtope
He will proceed from There to Rome
to continue work Of smoothing oul
affairs between the Mexican govern.
ment and the Holy See. Miguel Or
h,.cmsga Tocornal, former Chilean
ambassador 1t washington, who also
played q prominent part In the nego-
tiations. Is leaving with Father Walsh
and viii visit In New York for . few
days and then return to Chile.