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Show H0MAGJ3! PAID TO TAFT "Taft Is President" h Universal Greeting in Chicago Chicago, March 4. "Tart is press dent" Thousands of business persons who called for a telephone number at 1L o'clock today wero given this astounding astound-ing information by the sweet girl voices in the exchange Instead of the stereotyped "number, please." It was Chicago's most unique method meth-od of celebrating the hovrr that ili chief magistrate 1 of the nation wis taking the oath of office in Washington, Washing-ton, i The business of the great city was hushed for a time while ihi ftict was driven into the minds or the people. peo-ple. "Taft is president." It camoJ-at camoJ-at the same time from voices not ?o sweot-volced. or hoarse river cratt. shrill factory whistles, long drawn cries from railroad engines all r uo clamorous voices of Industry and traffic. traf-fic. It rose and fell in a mighty chorus chor-us during the five minutes proclaimed proclaim-ed by Mayor Busse as belonging to iaft's supreme moment in lire. Through it all, there ran a gentler strain ' ' From the school houses. came the refrain re-frain of the national anthem and rrcm t-fie churches came, the murmur i-.r Iho citv's prayer. Promptly at 11 o'clock, the gongs in tho schooL houses sounded sound-ed and the thousands of pupils tood in salulo to the flag and pan;,' thu-songs thu-songs of the republic At Wlllard Mali, where the greatest religious yer-vice'was yer-vice'was held, the audience stood whit bowed heads while prayer was offered offer-ed for the well-being 'of the new ad-! ad-! ministration- ) |