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BIG CAPITAL WEDDINGS
RECALLED BY TONIGHTS
SIMPLE CEREMONY
Chief Magistrates, Their
Friends and Relatives Have
Figured in Many Inter
esting Romances
BRIDES OF THE LONG AGO
Philadelphia Girl Was Mai nod in
First White House, Burned
by British
WASHINGTON Dei 18 The While
Hou ilmosplujo has never tcen cold
to Dan CupM '1 ho wedding of President
Wtlpon to Mr Gnlt tntilRht iccnlls man)
Mrtillir in. Idonts In which Chief Mats
fallal"! their relatives or high oniclnls
lia,e llgutrd II v men bns ruled on many
a ilav In the vlclnltv of the Capitol
(Jut of three Presidents who entered the
W)ilt llnuv unmarried onl oneotniigid
trlumphnntlv In his single stnte The
olhpi two frii victims to the little nude
bo's bow and annus 'fhe sole survivor
was Jniirs Piuhnnnn who stood nlietc
Tj,ler and cievcluul foil
Oui PiPsidMits, If tint iiintchmnlcers
h p ilv a mulled upon nn tendrnev to
matrlmon) ti their entourage Andrew
Jri'ksnn i , scri or old lllikorv is j
mamed to mios sat in YorKp ni ppr nome
In P tin lelphli. but Imimdlntclv brought
Ills brlilp to Hip White House tn the
simp 'ij Mijor Abram Van Huron, non
of the plcbth t'iold"nt brought from
South Cnrolltu to thp White Hotin n
brjle who hid been Miss Angelica Sln
R'Ctot' ("Monet and Mis Tied Ormt.
married 'n '"Mingo, spent their bone)
moon da here
Th tradition of romance even runs
batk to the time when the present White
Houso lid not exist when a less pre
tentious White House stood In Its stead
In this building burned b tin- British
In the com so of the W'nt of 1512 the wife
of Presldrnt Madison pcisuaded her
copsln Miss Todd of I'hlladelphl I, to lie
mcrrlfil The husband was John II
Jackson, mcmbci of Congress from Vli
Slola rmsT wictTi: nocsn himui:
Tho flrst wedding In the present White
Unife ttO" that of Miss Mnrln Monroe,
youngest' diuhter of President Mon
loc. who on Mm oh !), lJi was wtdded
to her cousin LiwtPtirc Uou ennui of
Xw York cltv
The j ear I'd witnessed the marriage
of Helen Inckson it beautiful girl with
classic fent ires, to John Adams the (lrst
son of n President to he married In the
pxcctltle mansion As the bride's health
wris poor, tin wedding wns n unlet one
President Jiukson was a guardian nngU
to brides ind hrldi irnums When Miss
Lewis of N'axhvllle lenn. who wis a
guest at the White House iinnoumcd her
engagement to Monsieur Panueo, then
spcrctarv of the French Legation Jaekon
Invited her to be married In his home A
big: uttendince of foreign dlplotn itlsts nnd
others was seen Again In M2 President
Jackson prevailed upon his nlcee Miss
Enston of Tennessee, and Mr. Polk to
take their marr'nj,e vowu ,n tho Hast
Room
Elizabeth Tlor, oungest daughter of
President Tiler, wan married to her
cousin, ' ongressmati W'nller, of Virginia,
In the White House, In 1S42 She was Is
j ears old md Is said to have been a
radiant vision It was a grand affair.
Two enrs later, In 1SH, President Tler,
whoso first wife had died, married Mls
Gardiner In New York clt The wed
ding was a great surprise to the coun
try. NELLIE CHANT'S ROMANCE
A, romantic White Houso wedding took
place In the administration of Grant,
when .lis daughter Nellie married Al
gernon S-irtorls Ma) 21. 1S7I He wns an
Englishman, who had fallen in love with
Miss Grant on a steamship bound from
England to New Yoik He uiw not vet
22 at the tlnw and she was barel) 17 It
was IS month liter before the President
became reeontllcd to the match and the
wedding took place
In 187S during President Haves' ad
ministration his niece. Miss Emllv Prvtt,
made her home at the White House .She
whs a universal favorite It wns of Inter
est to ever) bod) when her engagement
to General Hut-sell Hastings was an
nounced and the wedding, In the Blue
Itoom, was n Brent occasion
The most brilliant wedding ever seen In
the White Houso wns probahlv the ecre
lnonj" solemnized on June -'. liVi, when
the beautiful Prantis Polsoni became the
bride of the ! aehelor Pnsldcnt Cleveland
Another great occasion was the mntrlage
of Alice Itoosevelt. iliuchter of the Presl- i
dent, to Representative Nicholas Long-
worth, of Clnclnniti, on Uehiunt) 17,
190B There were elaborate floral ar
rangements unrt an enormous crush of
guests
Twice In President Wilson's adminis
tration has the White House been tho
scene of weddings first, when Mi's Jessie
Wilson became the wife of I'rnncis n
Sayre and, second when Miss Klennnr
Wilson was married to William G. Mc
Adoo Secretar) of the Trensur).
SOME LEADIXfi SIDELIfiHTS
OX IMvESIDEXT'S WEDDIXO
WASHINOTf)N Dec 18 -Mrs Gait has
been extraordinarll) successful In keep
Ins under cover details of her trousseau,
a subject In which several million Ameri
can women are Intensel) Interested Mrs
Gait dresses In excellent taste Her gowns
are Paris models
As to the hone) moon, that's a secret,
too.
Tho grand ladles of Washington who
Ignored the 'tradesman's widow" who
kept a Jevvelr) store will now have to
take their orders from her Hut the new
Mrs, Wilson will not "rub It In." her
friends say
Several men, now fathers and grand
fathers even, confess they loved Mrs
Gnlt when she was Edith Ilolling and a
noted beauty
The new White House mistress has a
heavy social season ahead of her The
first function will be tho Pan-American
reception earl) In January
Mrs. Gaits negro "pamraj" used to
sing her to sleep as a child with the fol
lowing Jingle
Fro went a-courtl .
11 did ride ha, bi'
Bsord and pltol by bin ltd
lie rode tu Mll Mouilcs home.
Ah. ha!
Ha took Ml Mouale on his knee.
And tu d. Mls Jtouoie will you marry mtl"
Ah. ha'
' Not without my pa's content.
I wouldn't marry the Irealdent. '
Ab. ha'
President Wilson and Mrs. Gait have
a fortune of roo.OOO each, or $600,000 to
gether It is estimated. At 5 per cent
this mejtis WO.0CO a ear The Prosl
dent's salar Is 173.000 a ear, but few
Chief Executives can live on this.
Sirs. Gait's Colored Maid "Proudest"
A A8HINGTOV Pec 18 -Mrs Bdlth
BolUrg Ualt tame up to Washington
neurl- :0 )ears ago as the bride of Nor
man Gait With her at that time she
brought a colored girl from down in
Vu-KUiia. This little colored girt was
Placed In charge of the kitchen and house
rs of the Gait establishment, under
thy direction cf Mrs. Gait From that
lane until now the homo of that girl's
niUtres has been beautifully taken care
of and, today the little colored girl U a
JigunIeJ. portly neat capable colored
wonvia T .Uc"t l'v htu cbcut the
j.rcui t Ww m n that rver drew
a fccattt r rtashl' ton air The reason
is tint !'(; to b known thereafter as
UMX v uusi, to the tiiit lady of the land
MRS. GALT HAS CHARM AND TACT;
PRESIDENT'S RECORD BRILLIANT ONE
She's a Pretty Widow of 43, and Looks Younger "Her
Smile Would Win Any One" Chief Executive
Is a Noted Historian
Who Mrs. Gait Is
Born October 14, 1872, in Wyeth
ville, Va.
Is direct descendant of the In
dian Piinccss Pocohontas,
Has eight bi others nnd sisters.
Still retains the good looks for
which she was famous in her youth.
Is charminp, tactful and intelli
gent. Has devoted herself to charity
rather than sdeiety conquests.
Runs her late husband's jewelry
stoic nnd brings a "dot" of $J00,000
to the President.
Loves baseball, jrolf, uutomobil
intr, pood books and music.
Dresses well.
rho prettv widow of -13 years (she IookH
n happj V), who becomes 'First Lnd) of
the t.nnd todnv uns horn Edith Uollliig.
daughter of Judge ami Mrs William H
Itolllug, of Wjthevllle, n. October II,
IS72
Ifer monthct Is one of tile wedding
part today, na are her numerous brothers i
nnd sisters Her father Is (lend
She Is n descendant In the eighth gen
eration of the iclehtntpd Indian princess
Pocahontas, who Is snld to have saved
the life of Captain John Smith by throw
ing hprself across his bod) ns the heads
tmn of Chief Powhatan, her father,
riitMl the tomnhtwk Ilellevlng the
Captain, whom sin. deeply loved, to he
dead, Pocahontas became the wife of
John Holfe
The Holfe fatnllv reiords have been
catefullv preseivid and the Hoillngs nnd
numerous other American families are
verv proud of their red blood It will he
remembered that Pocahontas thin Mis
Holfe was honllled to meet Cnptnln tmltli
In the flesh on a visit to linglntid "The)
had told me ou weie do id'" she irlid
She wns Inronsolnble nnd shortlv nftir
ward died nppntentlv of grief
There are tnanj beiutlftll women In
Mrs Gaits famllv, and In this tegird she
herself was In her vouth lonsidernl
nortln of note Iter beaux are snld to
have been plentiful She still retains
most of her good looks, being onlv a lit
tle plumper than pictures of her .vouth
show
It Is safe to sav that oel il and otllelnl
vvnsmngon win not oe iiisnppmnie . ...
ih. not Wh to llmise m stiess She con- i
bines tare charm with lnct and Intellect
She has never moved in exulted circles
befoie, however, especlnllv since her bus
band's death confining hi r activities to
church and charitable work
sun dislikhs MMnuonr
Mrs Gnlt shrinks from the Unit light
She Is In some wajs a domesticated
creature but she has a great love of out-of-doors
nnd sports Hi r manj trips to
baseball games with the President attest
her fondness for the great American
game She Is an nicompllshed pliinltp,
with a pleasing voice which the Presl
dent delights to 1'stcn to when, as often
hnppeiiH she nlmsii o'd ballads tn him
The pictures which appeal In the news
papers do not do th( subject Justice for
she has an oxiiulsltel) colo cd skin which
cannot be reproduced Her complexion
Is ver fnlr and ros cIipcUh bespeak ,i
healthful life
She Is nbout 5 feet 5 Inches tall, and
plump, but not too much so Her abund
ant dark-brown hair, nearl black In fact.
Is worn In simple wav slvle Iter evts
lurge nnd well set, are soft hazel color,
nnd when she smiles her Imiutv is
heightened mnnv times hhe smiles fre-
fiuentlv, too
Her full, red mouth, with perfectly
shaped teeth shows a s mpithctlc klndlv
nature "Her smile would win nn one"
said one of her friends reccntl), in dis
cussing her romance with the President
Mis Gaits father was a well-known
lawjer She is one of nine children
SHi: CONTHOI.S HIC STOHH
The mm who tluull) won Hdlth Ilolling
was Norman Gnlt. son of the piotnlnent
Gait famll). which for mote thin 101 vears
has kept n Jewelr store In Pennslvnnli j
avenue here
The) were married in 'Sifi i
w r-.l. .. .v.- I ,..-J I
full control of the store, leaving it at 10l'Nn ALIAHLL 1 APHHS.
his death eight )ears ago to the pretty The police sa) the documents found In
)oung widow Sho has continued hei bchlelndlH home show tho amount of
ownership, and Is said to direct the polio ! mnne) shipped the Allies from this coun
of the business She brings to the Presl- I 'rj . details concerning shipments of all
dent n fortune roughly estlmnted nt ?300.- ' varieties of munitions Including the dnte
gg,-) i of sailing nnd name of inch vessel, where
Since the death of Mr Gilt, the widow " munitions vveie purchased, the mnn
t,... ik..i ,.ni. iif n.,uin!. ih sum- 'r In which the) were .stored, and the
mers In the mountains' or at the s. ashore
IIcr chnrlt) work has centred especially
on the Children s Hospital, of which she
Is a membpr of the board of governors
stroUnl- in beiutlfuf Hock Creek Park
ontutUrTsthe1. CrCk
She drives her own electric runabout. ,
ami man) or me irno.es.nen oi vvnsnmg-
ton know her well. She shops cnretull)
and proves herself a good business worn-
an. they sav, Mrs Gait only recently
has taken up golf, of which Mr Wilson
Is very fond She Is making good prog
ress under his tutelage
Mrs Gait Is a member of St Thomas'
Episcopal Church, one of the best known
In Washington She likes to read good
books, nnd her llbrar) nt her residents
now In 20th Btreet Is filled with choice
volumes In this respect her taste again
corresponds with the President's
WILSON WOOED jIIIS. (SALT
WHILE OX THE (iOLF LINKS
WASHINGTON. Dec IS An intimate
friend of Mrs. Gait revealed today tome
details of the President's courtship
Most of the Chief Executive's wooing
It seems, was done on the golf links Mrs
Gait had little knowledge of the Scottish
game, of which the President Is ver) fond,
and Mr Wilson volunteered to teach her
While learning all about bunkers and
brassies, Mrs Onlt taught the first mm
In the land something herself to admire
her Later the Piesldent took a post
graduate course in a subject a bit deeper
than friendship Hoth proved apt pupils
b Is well known, Mrs Gait was a guest
of Miss Margaret Wilson and the Presi
dent at Harlakenden House. Cornish
New Hampshire, last summer She had
met the President nun) times before this,
however She was Introduced to Mr Wil
son by his daughters, who are all threi
very fond of her
529.50 FOR DEAD DOG
Verdict for Man Who Bought 'Hunter'
That Wouldn't Hunt
NORHISTOWN, Pa., Dec 18-Dr Clin
ton P. Mendenhall, of Bordentown. N
J, got a verdict in court for l-'OSO, In a
suit brought in Civil Court to recover the
price paid to Wilson Bernard, of Br)n
Mawr, for a reputed thoroughly broken
and high-class rabbit dog, which would
not hunt
The verdict represented the price of the
dog, (i5, and the cost incurred by the
doctor In returning it to the Devonshire
Kennels when he found it unsatisfac
tory The doctor wanted compensation
for humiliation which he endured when
he took a party of New York friends on
a hunting trip.
When he started the dog out after a
rabbit it would only go a short distance
and turn tail ' Bernaid's cirterse vvui
that the dog was si-k when It was re
turned to him and died In 19 Uaya.
President Wilson's Career
Born December 28, 185(3 in Staun
ton, Va.
Spent his childhood and youth
mostly in Georgia and South Caro
lina. Educated in public schools, Da
vidson College, Princeton Univer
sity, University of Virginia and
Johns Hopkins University. -
Married Helen Louis Axson, of
Savannah, June 24, 1885.
Taught history and economics at
Bryn Mnvvr, Wesleyan and Prince
ton, Elected Governor of Now Jersey.
Elected President of the United
Slates in 1912.
The career nnd pernonilltv of Woodrow
Wilson, twentv -seventh President of the
flitted Stnte, are almost too well known
to require lepctltlop He wns born U
Staunton, Vit , the same State as Mrs
tlnlt, on hecemher 2 IdG and ho
Is now almost i3 Jcars old. or about lb
Vears older thin his llnncee
Mr Wilsons pnrenls Mr md Mi
Joseph It Wilson moved to lleoigl i when
Wnodiow whs J vears old, and In this
State the President passed the peilod of
the Civil War Then the family moved
to South Carolina, where the futute Chief
Hxectitlvp spent his vouth
After ending bis common school educa
tion he spent one venr at Divldson Col
lege, slaved out of school a )cnr and then
entered Princeton t'liHersltv Hero he
devoted himself to hlstorv nnd polities
and proved an excellent debater Ho was
graduated In IST'l
The next two vents he spent studving
tiw at the t'nlversltv of Virginia, after
which lie passed his bir examinations
I'm a short time he practiced law In
Atlanti Then he returned to school,
studlng political cconotm at Johns Hop
kins fnlversltv
On leaving Inhns Hopkins he marrhd
Miss Hllen Louise Avson, of Savannah
On , In 185. and then went to Ilrvn
Mawr where for three vears he taugnt
hlstorv and economics
Then came two jens .it W'eslcnn I'm
verslt), wheie he began to have a na
tional reputitlon ns a historian In the
fall of IS') he took the chiilr of Jurlspru
,, , t rrlllwton nn() rc.
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mnlned In this position 12 vears writing
In the course of that period Ills "Hlstorv
of the American People "
In r-02 he became president of Princeton
and att:uk il the aristocratic svstemwlth
gleat encrgj nnd suces Then came a
i all to run us Governor of New lersev
He had been selected bv some of the
New Jcrsev "bosses, ' but ptoved nn In
ti actable man to them after being elect
ed lie innipletelv floored the bosses and
was himself 'boss '
He forced through a series of laws of
advanced tpo and made such a btllllnut
record that in I'd-' he was selected as the
Democratic standaid hearer and was
elected Piesldent It is penerallv expec'
ed tint he will be leuomlnated next June
at St Louis The tirst Mrs Wilson died
August fi, 1H Mie left three daughters
GERMAN SPY STOLE
PAPERS OF BIG BANK
Continued from I'iirp tine
grand lnrccny Is also accused of com-
Illicit) in the canal plot
vhleindl was aiialgned in the Tombs
couit and held In t.'l "00 1 all He was
elnrged with "telling from the National
City flink documents valued at JIOOOOO
United States Commissions Houghton
todi) fixed Koenlg's hall at J.Vn and
that of Le)endecker at J3fl,(W To objec
tions of their nltornpvs the Commissions
mid the chirges against the men wire
' vi rv si rlous ' and demnndeil lnrge bonds
Hearings In both cases were put ovei
until Innuarv 12
Trod Met7lei a thud alleged conspir
ator. Is still within the Jurisdiction of the
New Jetsev courts, hut will be brought to
New Yoik for miniunment
" mmntltv of all shlpment made
!i V1 ,?' , qK,',i",
The fact that Schlelndl. who Is 27 ve.us
old, procured the sailing dates of thp
pollCe' ,n Ucw of U,e man explosions
S5Jj,,oll,er ml3haP', CCUrrl"8 th"e
-,, Tunn. sa,s tnat sortlelnrll con-
f0!i!,(,, to tj,,,, iiarnltas after being
i ri,, , noii h.nHmit.r. n,, v,a
,,s ,,ctI1(r m,der the direct orders of
Piul Koenlg and that ull information
wis turned ovei to Koenlg
His storv Is an ordlng to the detectives
that when war was declared he reported
to the German Consulate as a reseivlst
'1 tip consulate learnPd that he wns a bank
mplove and told him he could be of use
A few da)s Inter he met Koenlg In an
uptown hotel, md waB told what Informa
tion was desired Since then, he con
fessed the police say that he had been
turning evei) thing over to Koenlg and
tecelving an average of Ki a week from
Koenlg In pa meat
The police say they have also discovered
that Schlelndl made several trips to the
Welland Canal
The police say the) also have In their
possession a cablegram Schlelndl took
from the bank vaults pertaining to the
fehlpment within the next few da) a of
.'.000.000 riles to tho Allies
More arrests are anticipated here, ns
well as In Chicago, Boston ht Louis,
Philadelphia and San Francisco In con
nection with the alleged plot to destrov
the Welland Canal
When Koenlg was arrested the Secret
Service operatives seized a large quan
tity of correspondence and documentary
evidence, which, the) said, Implicated
more than 100 men, some of them of
prominence, in various cities These clues,
it was said, would be followed up at
once
"JACK THE HUQtiEir BUSY
Five Women Attacked in West Phila
delphia Detectives Assigned
to Hunt for Miscreant
Five West Philadelphia women have
complained to the police of the actions
of a "Jack-the-Hugger," who attacked
them on Thursday evening, and a look
out Is being kept for the offender, who
Is believed to be weak mentally.
The first case reported was brought to
the attention of the police at the 61st
and Thompson streets station by the !
tamer oi u. juuu ecmwi icacner, who i
was attacked at 57th street and Wyalus-
tng avenue, inn ectona was mat or a
)oung married woman who met the
hugger near 6Sth street and G I rare) ave
nue.
District Detectives Seal, Wooten. Sal
vey and Mahaffey have been detailed on
the caie. and are making a thorough
search of the neighborhood In which tit
"bus" has been known to operate.
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Christened Today
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ELEANOK WILSON McADOO
WHIMNGro Dec lS-Llllte Hlennor
Wilson Me.Uloo the onlv gianddaiighter
of Piesldrnt Wilson, tndnj enjoved the
honor of being chilsleiiid on hei grmd
futhei s wedding dnv hr Is tiameil after
Mts Jlc doo's mothei the Piesldent s
first wife The Hcv Itoland Cotton Smith
ihilstened the child, who Is seven months
old
President Wilson wns named godfnther
nnd Mrs ri.im.ls Snre, the Piesldent'n
othei married daughter, nnd Miss Helen
Woodrow Pones, bis cousin, were named
an godmothers
Kle.inor Is the onh child c hi Intoned In
the White House during the present Ad
ministration The chilstenlng was lipid In the Illuc
llootn In addition to the President there
weie present at the cerimonj Mi and
Mrs MiAdoo Margaiet Wilson, Mr and
Mis Joseph It Wilson Mis Anne Howe
the President's Hlster Mr. and Mrs Snro,
Miss Hones and the Misses Xma. nnd
Sallli MoAdoo
WILSON AND MRS. GALT
TO BE MARRIED TONIGHT
(nntlniiMl from I'age Our
Insure the pilvmv of his nuptials will
be stationed In the cnvltons of Noilhwest
20th iticet nnd du Pont Chclo to ki ci
the ciiilous uwjv
Earl) this morning, though, old Jupn
I'luvlus nnnounccd himself as an nil) of
tho Picsldent's lady He sent u driving,
tinconipiomlslng tain hi istlng down fumi
heaven that ilrovo to vestibules and
nearb) shelters the eail) birds, who ip
fusnl to believe that their b loved Wood
row Is going tn ho mm led so Into as 3
o'clock, the hour Dame Humor hns set-
oi rsipi; guests
After several hours of the downpour,
however, a ttucp wns declared b the
elements and about n dozen spectatnts
made their appcirnnce Flrht camp two
old women undei one umbrella, who sti
tlnned thimselves on the curbstone op
poslti the Gnlt home lluln or no rain,
rheumatism or no iheumatlsni, those two
nro going to m tho President and his
hildp comp it
"I wonde f we couldn't hire a win
dow In mo of those houses,' was th
pnlntlve il) of one of them when he
h id changed position from one foot to
the other for the '.sucntli time
"I.uwd), no," her companion answered,
tin v ain't tho kind of people to nut
thili windows out An) wit), 1 guess
th()'re gonna use 'em themselves"
At this moment a llorist's van drove
up and a luckv )oung god In uniform and
brass buttons, benlng a great hunch of
bhtsoms, tang the hell hllthelv and wns
posltlvel) welcomed into the s.teiecl pro
ducts by Aunt Sus)
A wall of chagrin went up from thosa
on the outside
BLACK CAT INDIGNANT.
A black eat that has been haunting
the doorstep of the house for the last
week took up Its accustomed post, and
with a superior nlr of indifference turned
n contemptuous back to the fascinating
door that opens onl) to the few,
A )oung woman. In short hklrt nnd
French heels, clinging to the arm of her
)oung mm, htopped next to view tho for
bidding brownstone front
Not a curtnln is raised Not a window
is up
"Its more becoming to tn join new
clothes on h) artificial light than by da)
light, an) w ii)," the )oung thing Im
parted to her sturd) oak.
Just what Mrs l ill Is goltu to wear
tonight, and what sho Is doing nt the
present moment are eiuestions that M,e
agltntlng over) feminine bienst. The
most authenticated gossip current is that
she will def) convention b) being mar
ried at an evening wedding In an nfter
noon costume A tiavellng suit and hat
of a light color, it is said, have been
chosen.
"I know u woman who knows u woman
who Is second cousin to Mrs Boiling's
seamstress," one of tho little old ladles
said lmportantl), while an audience gath
eteil round, "nnd she told mo that Mrs
Gait Is going to spend the di) w tupping
up her Christmas presents You see,
she'll he aw a) on her honeymoon for the
holidays and she ain't the kind to forget
her Christmas piescuts '
"Don't ou think it a shame, though,"
a newcomer to the ranks put In, "that
she Isn't going to be married in u white
satin dress with a tulle veil and oiunge
blossoms She's Just the t)pe to wear It"
PEACE AUTO AimiVES,
A hush camo over the group An auto
mobile of the brand that makes )Ou smile
when ou mention It busied up to the
door Apart from Its Fordiness It had no
distinguishing carmuiks, nor did the gen
tleman who stepped from it, but ho
got In.
I am sure that there Is some sort of
password being ustd Would that a little
bird would whisper to me
Hound ut the back of the house there
are signs of actlvit) in the big rtjom
that extends across the entire renr and
is said to be the dining room This is
the Virginia Idea of what a dining room
should be big, the curtains are only
parti) down and moving figures indicate
that this is to be one of the Important
centres of tonight's activities
The White House presents the same
formuains aspects us me uait nome, Mr
Hoover, a person of great dignity and
pompousness, vvno is me nead usher, has
sc-rets locked within his breast that
many would glo fortunes to know," He
know what the bride Is to wear, where
the honeymoon I to be, the hour of the
ceremony But blandishments and threats
have no effect on his stony mien Ills
chief has commanded and secrecy U to
be maintained.
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& jr&j? tosSBE
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trefc1
WILSON THIRD PRESIDENT TO WED
WHILE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NATION
Tyler and Cleveland the Others Who Took Brides To
night's Ceremony to Be a Simple, Old-Fashioned
Marriage Events
WHAT HAPPENED TO 4 PRESIDENTS
President Tyler Married Miss Jutin Gardiner, of New York, unex
pectedly to the nation, June 2G, 1844.
President Buchanan Came through unscathed by Cupid.
President Cleveland Married Frances Folsom, of New York, Juno
2, 188(3.
President Wilson Weds Mrs. Norman Gnlt tonight.
WASHINGTON, Dec IS President
Wilson's wedding tonight little resembles
either of the two mnrrlnges of Presidents
In ofllco which have tnken place prpvl
ously to this Administration. President
t Ipvplnnd was married with grp.it cere
mony amid nn imposing throng nt tho
White House President T)ler nlmost
eloped his marriage took the nation by
surprise The present Chief Executive's
wedding will not be Imposing It Is n sim
ple, old-fnshlonpd homo wedding, such ns
might he seen nlmost an) w bete.
Like President Wilson, Tvlcr wns wid
owed while In olllce Through the sud
den death of William Henry Hnrrlson, on
April t, 1811, John T)ler became President
short period n'tprwnrds his wife was
stilckrn with deith nnd tho social eon
I trol of tho executive mansion, ns ngnln In
the present case, fell Into the hands of
the Picsldent's daughters
I Alns for the daughteis! The President
hepnmo nttinctcd to Mlsa Julia Gardiner,
daughter of his friend, former Senator
(Intdlnrr, of New York by her coolness
and hprolsm when her father wns killed
on the warship Princeton through tho
bursting of n large gun
The boat wns making a trlnl trip down
the Potomic when the accident occurred
Miss Gardiner was strikingly hnndsome,
and ictnlned her health and )niithful up
penratup until la'c In life
The nation know Hint the President,
then M )enls old, was engaged to the
lieautlful New Yorker, 30 jcaia nnd more
his lunloi Hut the day of the wedding
hnil not been set.
Then, without warning, tho country
learned that Mr Tvler had hurried to
New York and that thp) hnd hppn mat
rled In he Church of the Ascension June
2ti, 1M(
On their arrival nt tho WhltP House
thero was n grand reception, at which tho
heads of department nnd foreign diplo
mats offerpd theli compliments and made
welcome thp new lady of the mmslon
MAHINi: BANDS UIItST ItECOHD.
A magnificent bi id il cake nnd magnums
of spnrklltig clinmpignc awaited the
guests '1 he f..mous Marine Band mado
thp first nppearance of which there Is
nnv record
There Is one striking difference between
tho Tvlcr nnd Wilson mntcics While
Mis Gait will go Into the White llotihc
the waitn friend of the daughteis of
the President, J till i unrdlupi got a very
cool reception by the )oung ladles of
the Whit'1 House. They resented the nd
vent of n girl no older than themsrlvps,
and mnrp gifted and benutlfiii, to tako
tho reins out of their hands
Tin rp wpip niiinv cmhnrrnsslng com
plications The voting bride pt scssed not
onlv hi.tutv ami h-.lllnme, but a level
head, however, ar she easily beciimo
mistress of the Kite, itlou and lelcgnted
the daughters to the ba't.giound
In spite of the dlfforoncis in thelt ngps
thr match wan an xtremelv hnppv nno
Alis T)Ipi maintained 'I ul she nnd
hei hush md frequently communicated
through space bv thought transference
and that he called her In a ill earn to
his death bed at thp Exchange Hotel In
Itlchmonil, Va , whole ,e wan tnken un
expected!) ill In 1X12 and a. f vv das
1 iter died
In those dii)s there was no telegraph or
r.illroul seivlce In the vlcinlt) or Shpr
wood, Va . the famllv home, and tho
mall cntup h boat onl) every other da)
On i pnrtlculm night she had a most
vivid dieim, In which she saw Hip px
PiPsldPtit lvlng In his bed at Hip Ex
chnngf Hotel III, nnd seemed to hear hln
voice sa)lng "Are )OU awake, darling?
Come nnd hold ml held'"
Despite the ptotcsr of niPnibcts of her
7 DROWN WKI N CAR
DROPS THROUGH BRIDGE
Sad Scene in Spokane as Dead
and a Dozen Injured Are
Pulled Out of River
SPOKVNE, Wash, Dec IS Seven ppr
siins wetc drowned and 12 Injuied when
u (-licet car plunged through the Noith
Division street bridge Into tho liver tun.
today
v. second car, following closo behind
the car which took tho plunge, hung sus
pended on tho brink of tho open draw
while the terrified passcngets. In n panic,
scrambled out of tho lear exit.
It was several minutes before firemen
and policemen reached the scene In tho
meantime, a dozen or more men, who
had struggled out of tho parti) hub
merged car, swam to the bank und were
pulled out b) spectators.
The accident occurred Just hefoto dui
llght and the cai was ciowded wth woik
era Nono had nil) warning in time to
Jump and every passenger was tarried
down with tho cir. ,
Itequlsltlontng tugs and rowboats, res
cuers circled the mans of debris showing
nhovo tho liver's surface nnd pulled out
the bodies of the dead nnd Injured
NOTE REVEALS BREAK
WITH AUSTRIA NEAR
Continued from I'use One
reiterate tho demand for disavowal and
will make it emphatlcall) clear that the
United States cannot dUcuss the princi
ples of submarine warfare at all
The repl) to Austria, It was stated au
thoritatively toda), will not bo an) longer
than the original Ancona note. All of
the demands will be renewed and this
Government will insist in language that
will not permit of an quibbling that the
Issue is one of principle and not of fact
7.WIEPINEK SEES LANSING
Baron Zwjedlnek, the Austrian Chaise,
called ut the State Department for a con
ference with Secretary Lansing The ap
pointment was made at the Austrian offi
cial s request It was said that he planned
to question tho credibility of Dr Ceclle
Grelle, a first-cabin passenger on the
Ancona, on part of whose stoi the origi
nal Ancona protest was framed
Four cipher communications from Baron
Zwiedinek to the Austrian Foreign Of
fice were forwarded today bv th St""
Department It Is understood they con
vc) to the Austrian Foreign Office a
complete statement of Just how Wash
ington officialdom regurds the Ancona sit.
uatlou Baron Zwiedlnek Is also said to
have pointed out to his Government that
Piesldent WlUon Is determined that his
announced position must be maintained
at any cost What effect these dis
patches will have on the Austrian For
eign Office Is, of course, problematical.
BBEAK BELIEVED CEHTAIN
The belief was growing n official and
diplomatic circles today that the Admln
,s'r,lon has practically decided that a
break with Austria must come In .Var
- m itters now concerning the two
Governments this would not prove tin-vu'lcvm.
of Long Ago Recalled
fnmll) she left Hlchmond by carriage tho
next morning, with the two joungest
children nnd thPlr nurses Sho comforted
her husband's thing hours Sho hid
bonip him tlvp sons and two dmghters
While nt the White Hourp Mrs T)ler
received lather ostentatiously on her re
ception tln)s Twrlvo girls were her nt
tetidnnts The) nil ilrpssej nllkp, nnd
stood six on each side of her slightly
rnlsed receiving platform. She herself
woto n headdress of bugles, resembling n
crown, nnd n gown of purple, with a long
court train
CLEVELAND'S HHIDE
While Mrs T)ler wns distinctly a
gnndo dime. President Clev eland's brldo
was much inntp successful In captivat
ing the hpnit of democratic America
Prances Folsom, now Mrs Thomas J
Preston, and the wife of n Princeton pin
fpssor. wis an iinusunllv swpct and
chnrmlng voting ghl .She una tlm itnuh.
tor of Mr Cleveland's former pattner and
was n mllvc of BulTnlo, N Y. Their
ronnncp wns watched by tho count! y
with absorbed Intcrpst
Miss Folsom nrrlved In Washington nt
onrly dawn on the moinlng of her wed
ding di), June 2, US6, mid wns met at tho
station by the President's; sister, who
dtovp her to the White House Thero
the President met her nt tho entrance
The South Hoom next to the llhrnty,
benutlfull) decorated, was net nslde for
her use Breakfast wns si rved at S o clock,
nnd the iPtmliider of tho tiny was dc
votul to bin duties bv tho President and
to reposp by the bildo elect
II v G o'clock that evening the crowds
wetp gathering nhout tho gioutuls. The
tetcmnii) dlil not begin until 7. The
Interior of tho Piesldent'n houso wns 111
festal nrrny. The East Hoom presented
u mngnlllpietit appearance '1 ho floinl
decorations wetc the most elnborntp ever
seen In the While House The four man
telpieces weie banked with roses, orchids,
lilies nnd miltlcn-hnlr rem plants tilled
the fireplaces, the mlirnts wire festooned
with toes, tlie chandeliers were wicnthctl
vvllh ropes of smllnx. TIip centres of tho
tout large columns, which wpip cnclr
c'ri1 wltl1 roses of vnilous colors, were
"loined with shields four feet In length
"enilng the national nuns, the stripes
fotmed of toil and white roses on a field
Of blllp One llllllltllnlpcr wns hanliml
with tlnik patisles, heating tho date Juno
-' 186, in light pnnslps, and the other
mantel was covered with ted loses.
At 7 o'clock the Miultip Bund stittck up
the Mendelssohn Wedding Match, the (lrst
gun of the nntlon.il salute boomed fiom
the nrspnil and overv ehureh bell and
whistle In the cltv added to the glid ac
tl.ilm The Piesldent unci Miss Folsom
entiiid fiom the ptlvnte dining room nnd
Hip ."0 gucstn stood ill a sPtnlcltelo nbout
the hnppv pall The company, though
small, was distinguished
Tn 1 1 guileful blup-eved and fair Miss
Folsom looked the Ideal American bride
lor whoe hand a Piisldnit pvph mlkht
lie proud to sup A vision of Invplluess i she
In said to have been as alio stood thero
h.ushlng bctoip her audience Her gown
was of ivot) satin tilmmed with Indian
silk nt ringed In Gicd.in folds over the
corsage and fastened In folds of satin nt
the side She an led no llnweis and wore
no Jewels, but hei engagement ling II r
ti.iln wns n mitvel of graceful iiuiingp
inent, ns long ns tho loom Itself.
'I hey sppnt tliplr hnnevmoon In the
South Mrs. Cleveland proved to bo one
uf the most i hai tiling hostesses of the
White llouso. and was well loved by the
American people
WILSON PAItDONS THREE
Fiees Federal Piisoners on His Wed
ding Day
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 -On the div of
his wedding, Piesldent Wilson today pat
doned three men now seivlng terms n
Federal ptlsons The) woto E L Dlll
lnghnm, of ('ln)ton, Gn , convicted of
moonshitilng, Charles Contour, of MIs
soulu, Mont i mulcted of selling liquor
to Indians, nnd W Hniiy Hood of Ala
bama, convicted of lobbing Inteistato
ttalus
GoldslioroiiRli in Senate Race
BALTIMOUE, Dei IS -Govpi nor Phil
lips Leo Goldshoiougli vvhoJanuir) 1 will
but render tho Exectitlvo chulr to Emerson
C Hniilugton, Demouat, bus announced
his candidal) for tho Republican nomi
nation foi United Statt s Senator Colonel
E C. Carilngtoii, a foimer Bull Moose
leader, nnd Ovlngton E Weller, recentl)
Hepubllcan nominee for Governor, ate
candidates.
TirketH tun lie areured at headquarter-, I
.MO HON I'ICTl'lthS OF THE MOW Ii'h
Mich RichardjgTl m a rvac 1 1 j
BRIDE OF PRESIDENTli
A NATIVE VIRGINIA
She's Fond of Music, Flower
Ecnrnmipa nnrl r Jt.i t ..
" V"1 'K'h. utera.
tnre Also Likes Golf
WASirfwnTriv- n ..
SE -f '-".
.... i.mu, juus mo Virginia ,. "i
and a Southern love of life Z H
formerlv Miss IMtii, tiiu.. ... . M
the late William If UolllR 'of -j "lll
Va, She wns one of 13 children "
"n. nln, 0(
whom are still living
I
In IS.1S 1MIII, tiin..
. ;: v" H ocauufii .,j -
met .Norman Gait. A short time U,;
they wcro married. This v,n.. , v'l
she wns Malting her sister, Mrs VI
nnder Hunter Gait He was i vestrim'
In St Thomns's Church In Washw"
nnd wns generous with his wealtLSto;
personal activities In tho ihurch unttt W
death eight lenis ngo After hu , i hl
Mrs Gall continued ti n"tuB il!"1
of the same church, occupj nR iZ"
her husband had possessed ever .f"
tho church wan built Just niter tfc.
nouneemrnt of hpt engagement tn !?'
President, however, Mrs Gait trnn.r.,-5
her membership to St Margaret's p?'
copal Church ."" Ep!s.
The President's brldo Is not known ..
a eoiiego gin, inough she ronclucW . l
edtlentlnn nl Pnnll r-ii-- . a5. I
mond, Va, after nttendlng ut
Washington College at Ablngton, i'.S
somo time. ' '
She is fond of music, (lowers, cconnmt,.
nnd light literature Like nil g00j w
glnlans. sho Is a good horsewoman 7
splendid driver. She llko golf, nnd,,"!
hrr engagement to the President he hi,
attempted to teach her 8ome of the rial
points of thp game e m
On biseball nnd horsea she Is a fan a
much so ns the President himself Eh,
Iocs not plnv tennis, but Is a great
walker cnjoilng long tramps fcomdlmei
for two or ttuce houts ibout tonn or
along a countiy road she Is not siren
uotts hovvpvor. and could not be callei
athletic; Is rather ono who enjojs tot!
heultli nnd living, lensoniiblp bourj anJ.
i.n, v,.- mouiiiiiii inn in nue suppers.
TOO LATE TOR CLASSIFICATION
m:Tiis
.MI,Hll
t her rrslilMiM ull
Itrl Ibp, N J , on IJeeemhor 17 101', sifti
wife of ttoliert s
nn I Nulls lire Invited to nltrnl the luntril
htvIim Vlon lav Bfternnon at 1 o clock u
tlie npirtmi-nts of oilier II lMIr NsniVS
.'."P f.! ,L?tt'i
Vi,L , V nino'ipnni interment t Mi
Morlnli Ccmetrrj "v
CIH IIC'IIII.I.. At her reslilemr. 1111
."tli st on llecembrr Is, pin CAnoLlXF
wllow of llenjiinlii i: Churchill, axel Ii
(OIMI. t bis honin In (iTinantwn. on
Mxth-flu P-'tli Month 17th jnilx
t tiPK In the Mth venr of hi, sK, llftallrn
ami trim Is are, InWtc I to nttrnd Us ti.
peril nn 'erond-rinv litli VIonth loth It
Krlen Is Mcctlnir House, oultcr nnl )iii!
jts ritrniniitonii. nt I p ni. Inttrarat
I rtv ite t
Vli IIOI (..VI..- On Iieiemnor IS inn. stM.
I'm. a Mcnni'nAi . in m- ni. . r,rl
atlvos and rririids also llcrlillan Sun LnJe,"
No lis V. A. V II , lire llllltr,! to Mtfii
Hi, funeril porvlcrs Turs 1 1 aftrrnoon nt 1 ,
o'clock at Ids lute rpntilrine .wi iprln,
tlamea nttict Intornient prltntp
M IBM Kit. On Deceinlnr 17 19 H sfSAf
C , wlilow of tirrna Nculiuirr an I daughter
nr tla 1 itp Widlarii and usun llcck Kela
lives ma! friends an lnvltr.1 to atlernl th,
faniril tenlcis on Wpilmwlaj mornln; it
11 o'clock, at Hr lite reitlcnie li I Bnvih
Ulth t Intermrnt lull ite it Mm nt JloiUa 1
, mctprv Friends ni i i lev, remain, Tlci
tlnv evenhiK
i:()l)i:ltVII.I.. fill December 111. 1DI1
HI mini: VV KUUHAIIMI I. rtrlatlrrs snj 4
frirnilii also .Mnltn Council No tov. 0. uf 1.
A arc tnvltrl to nttrnl the funeril rfrtlcfi,
Ttipsil ,j af tprnoon, at J o'clock at 'i', Ut,
rcthlr.ice till I'arrlidi t Inlfrmmt it
Anxrliaii Mpchinlrn Cemeter) TtemJIna
niHV hp lewcd Mniuln) pvenlnK, from 7 to t
o clot k
ct,t r.. r...AA.u.B ,u ,,.,-. ,,nn 11'
It helmet hushniKl of jima T rla Ttrlot Ai
(IMP ticl) HKPtl III rTTt nPlltllt nill
f rlcn Is hIko VV pit PhlH rr-i mMv Nfl. S1
n nf 1 mill the mrnw nf Hit 4ltSJ
an I Jcfferron itrcpis P H T car barn ar,
tmltpil tu atlrn 1 the funcrnl ncrvlceii rt
iippil 15 afternoon at II i,vi , k at hi, Uti ,
rridiicnip Ion Wnrrcn t Interment it
Mount viorlah l"cmpter Item tins mar
vlcvpil 'tups ln pienlnff from s to lOoclotk.
T1IOVI S. -On Dei ember t7 MI'S ESU
II wlitou or John I. Thomas Jltlatliff
and frhnils ure Invite I to attcn I the frnwral
nrvlccs Tiles lav arteniona Ht J o clora. It
li,r lite rcnl'eme I.IS llnmlltul at Inrr
tncnl prlvnlc at Mt V prnon e'rnieteri. Frlrniti
niav i ill Mmiiliiv ecnln from , 1Q W
o t In, k
'Itll I lM.hll Sllildtlilv n Ileiemler If
111". DWII I. It Tf'l I IM1i:it atrt ft
vrirs lt( I iiIm-s iml frlca t id Vetmi
.VfOi-Iiitl in ant emplnves f II "nt o IUU
rimil, nn- hultnl to attrn I the funeral rt;
Ii- n Tuialiv .iftrrnooii 11, , mivr 'i "
J o'cloik nt hU late rpullime MIfM
Aldin r VV 1'hll.i Intprment lit Sj
rlih I rlrnds m i call Mon la eemt I
tn ti o'cloik
AfcABTMENTS ,
I MtfJF llvlnu room J he tro aia itll "lln
Kit non iiiui i n M. ni ,iij. '"-'.ii.
alt I irst
I Chi riKini-
1IUIU11II W Illliui "
(ixt.nl nt
HEAL ESTATE FOR RENT
I'm lories, Miirrhnuri. Vlfir Um.
"f'ui.HVItNTOH.N AV 1. -V" bullillni.
Vxtru i."v Vonatnutlon utt.l.l '""'
fuiturhiB. wnuhoune or hole-dr bmlwMU
.inonrri.nl 1 .mnt 7l l"e f "
til. elevator. Ion init vvll wll l
terms I state of I'anlel Hu k 103 hurts
'ah it
Should the Crisis Come
Should the news that war was on
Hash across the United States
Should vvoril of an iuvadiuB jst;
the whir of hostile aeroplane propellers,
the crash of devastating 1oinu m our
citj'a streets starlle us from false security
into terror-stricken realization
WOULD WE BE READY?
Attend the
MASS MEETING
held In the Interest of
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
ACADEMY OF MUS.C. TUESDAY EVENING,
DECEMBER 21tt
under the auspleea of
The National Security League
M.UOH HIIIOI.t'ir'nUlMlKNIllHI.. fhalrinsn
HON. ,IMKh M Hr.C'K, ,Ti.ed &tt'i
Former Attumci losnerat of the t'nltea '
K. M.KWMIhlt l-OHKM.. Voted War forrponaeM
ADMISSION FREE
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