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Show WILSON TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE PRESIDENT ENTERS UPON HIS 8ECOND TERM FOLLOWING SIMPLE CEREMONIES. Chief Justice White Administers the Oath In President'a Room In Capitol, Cap-itol, Public Inauguration Being Held Following Day. Washington. Simple ceremonies marked the second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as president of the United State, which occurred In his room at the cnpltol on March 4, the formal Inauguration being held the following day. Before a desk piled with executive business laid before him In the closing clos-ing hours of congress, and surround ed by members of his official family, the president reaffirmed with uplifted uplift-ed hand and grave features his prom Ise to uphold the const itution In whatever what-ever crisis may confront the nation In the momentous four year before It. After he had repeated solemnly the oath taken first by Washington a century cen-tury and a quarter ago he kissed the MM Jv LeV Mr -V '-"O am V 'a)g;-B E)k LafMJflg WM a?s ! J . Mm wm Lmmt r '" TtI am' e9 am Rkw?bI an ' ' JPQk mrm. am ' ' -?Jgdfl r aaV MW J m H ge mmm Mr m Mm gsj ftc gfl frt g'F5' Woodrow Wilaon Bible at the passage reading, "The Lord Is our refuge; a very present help In time of trouble." Chief Justice White administered the oath and was the first to extend his congratulations. Wringing the president's hands, the chief Justice looked fervently into his face for a moment and said brokenly: "Mr. President, I am very, very happy." Members of the cabinet then crowded crowd-ed up with expressions of regard. Mr. Wilson received them with a smile and then turned back to his desk to complete his interrupted task. Vice president Marshall did not take the oath on March 4. He was sworn in tor nis secouu term uu March 5 at the special session of the new senate with the usual vice presl dentlal Inauguration ceremony. Hundreds turned out to see the suffrage demonstration at the White House, but few had a peep at the much rarer scene. Passing the president's pres-ident's room at the capltol Just at noon a handful of sightseers found the door open and caught a glimpse of the president himself within. Then they saw him rise and greet a large, distinguished featured man, who had come down the corridor a few minutes before and hesitated at the entrance like an utter stranger approaching the presence of the cliiof executive. It was the chief Justice, and the little group of visitors were treated to the spectacle of a president taking his oatli of office. Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Vance C. McCormlck, who managed the president's campaign for re elec tlon, President Wilson had come to the capltol two hours before he took the oath, to clear up odds and ends of the eexcutlve business passed on to him by the expiring congress. Secretary Sec-retary Tumulty and most of the cabinet cab-inet members had gat beted in the room while the president worked. As 1... ....!, 41. A ,...,1. M.a V ilui.ti ulrWllt lit" Ml? 11,17 11.1,11, ,(-. . ..' - near him, dressed in mourning because be-cause of the recent death of her sister. sis-ter. Facing, to use his own words, not retrospect hut the thought and purposes pur-poses of the present and the immediate immedi-ate future, President Woodrow Wilson Wil-son on March B subscribed In public to the oath as his own successor. Not since Abraham Lincoln kissed the Bible In subscribing to the same solemn obligation has a president been Inducted Into office under such extreme tension In nat'onnl affairs as prevailed Monday President Wilson neer looked bet ter than at the moment of bis public inauguration He seemed to have shaken off the air of worry and do prcsslon which has marked hlin dur Ing the last few momentous weeks. From the moment that he entered the open carriage, drawn by four beaut I ful thoroughbreds, to proceed to the capltol to subscribe to the oath, until he returned to the White House, he was smiling. All along the route of the parade he and Mrs Wltson bowed to a crowd that acclaimed them and was plainly In sympathy with the doctrines for which he stands. Members of the cabinet were on hand In the president's room when he reached there All shook hands with him and congratulated him on the fact that the "Wilson luck" once again had prevailed, and that whereas early In the day It had looked as If the entire program was to he spoiled by rain, the skies had cleared and the sun was shining brightly. The president. presi-dent. In gay spirits, accepted this as an omen for the future. At 11 aO the senate had assembled and the members of the house entered en-tered the chamber In a body, headed by Sergeant at Arms Gordon. Five minutes later Mrs. Wilson left the president's office and was escorted to the seats reserved for her in the president's gallery. At 12 o'clock, when the senate was called to order, every seat was tilled and even standing stand-ing room had been exhausted. Vociferous applause greeted the president as he entered the senate chamber at noon. Vice President Marshall, entering a moment later, was given an almost equally cordial reception. Rev. Forest J. Prettyman, the senate sen-ate chaplain, delivered the opening prayer. Vice President Marshall was then sworn in by President Pro Tern Sauls-bury Sauls-bury of Delaware and delivered his Inaugural address. Vice President Marshall then administered ad-ministered the oath to the senators-elect. senators-elect. At 12:42 the sun broke through the clouds and at Its appearance the crowd cheered wildly. The president took off his hat and waved it In response. re-sponse. The crowd became Impatient. Impati-ent. One voice yelled out: "Hurry up, Woodrow; why wait?" and a general gen-eral laugh followed, in which the president Joined. At 12:48 the president stepped to the front of the stand and Chief Justice Jus-tice White Jolnod him. In a voice plainly audible across the plaza the chief executive repeated the words of the oath after the chief justice and at their conclusion kissed the proffered Bible with deep fervor. Immediately after the president finished fin-ished the oath, Vice President Mar shall rushed up and shook his hand vigorously. A roar went up from the crowd, but subsided Immediately, as the president stepped to the front of the platform and raised aloft his hand, and began his Inaugural address. ad-dress. He had difficulty in making himself heard, as ne began his inaugural address ad-dress at 12:49, and It Is doub'ful If persons further away than thirty feet heard a word. Fit Mil gushes of wind snatched the syllables almost from his lips. The outer edges of the I jJFejPMii z tj I aj ii i iji crowd began thinning out in conse quence. The movie rumens clicked constantly as the president talked. The president's voire increased in strength U he went along, but It was Impossible to make himself heard any great distance away. Those or the spectators who OOUld hear listened I attentively. While lie spoke, two of bis daughters, tin. McAdoo and Miss Margaret Wilson, forced 'heir way through the crush on the platform to a point where they could hi U The capltol was lila-d with thousands thou-sands of persons who came from the lour quarters of the nation for the quadrennial event |