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Ceremony at Gait Home Marked by Simplicity. DETAILS ARE KEPT SECRET Only Relatives of President and His Bride Are PresentStart on Honey moon Trip to South Try to Avoid Crowds. Washington, Dec. 18. In the pres ence of relatives" only, President Wil son and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait were quietly and simply wedded this eve ning in the parlors of the bride's un pretentious home at 1308 Twentieth street. There was no fuss and feath ers, and official and social: circles must wait for tomorrow's newspapers before they know how it all came about. Secretary of the Treasury Mc Adoo was the lone official present and he was there simply as Mr. Wilson's son-in-law. Miss Bertha Boiling of this city at tended her sister, the bride, , and a small orchestra from the Marine band furnished the nuptial music. The bride , wore a darktraveling costume and carried a huge bouquet of orchids. She met the bridegroom at the foot of the. broad stairway m her home and together they went slowly to the altar of flowers erected at the . east end of the parlors. The president placed on her third left-hand fin ger a plain gold circlet engraved with her initials and his own. The cere mony was the utmost in simplicity and taste in keeping with the best American traditions. Keep Hour a Secret. In order to avoid the crowds of curi ous folk in Washington the hour of the wedding was kept secret until late in the day.. The plan worked with fair success and the police had no trouble in handling the few hundred men, women and children who pressed eagerly In the streets near the Gait home. As soon as the ceremony was over and the bride had been saluted by those present in the accustomed fash ion, while the smiling groom received congratulations, the newly-weds sped away in a big White House automobile to the Union station and took a train to the South for their honeymoon. If they told anybody their destination that person kept his secret well. It is reported from family circles, how ever, that the couple will be away un till the first week in January. They must be back in Washington by January 7, though, because on that date the president and Mrs. Wilson will act as host and hostess at a great reception to be given in the White House for the Pan-American repre sentatives at the national capital. Moreover, congress will have recon vened, after the holiday season, and Mr. Wilson will have to be back at " his desk. Only Relatives Are Present Among those present at the cere xnony were: Miss Margaret Wilson, the president's eldest daughter; Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre of -Williams .town, Mass., the president' seconc daughter; Mrs. William G. McAdoo, the president's youngest child; Mrs Anne Howe of Philadelphia, the presi dent's sister; Joseph R. Wilson of Bal timore, the president's brother, and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the pres ident's cousin. ' The bride, who before her marriage to Norman Gait was Miss Edith Boll ' Ing of Virginia, was well represented with kinsmen and kinswomen. She and her mother, Mrs. William H. Soil ing, have lived together for several years, and Mrs. Boiling, of 'course; was ?the dowager queen of the occasion. . The bride's sisters, -Misa Bertha Boiling of Washington and Mrs. H. H. Maury of Anniston, Ala., and her brothern. John Randolph Boiling, Richarc W. Boiling, Julian B. Boiling, all of Washington; R. E. Boiling of Panama and Dr. W. A. Boiling ol Louisville, tfy., attended the cere mon. The president's bride is a hand some woman, unusually gocd to look upon, and for years she has vbeen known as the most perfectly gowned woman in Washington, both because she has exquisite , taste and because she has plenty of means to follow her taste in dress. Her gowns have al ways been chosen with rare care and she bought much from the fashionable costumers In Paris, where she was a frequent visitor before the war. Those who are in a position to know say the bride spent several months in the preparation of her trousseau, be ing aided in this important labor by "her mother, who also is a woman of extraordinary discernment. It was all complete, 'tis whispered, two weeks before the date of the wedding. Some controversy arose as to the origin of the gowns and frocks and linens and laces. There were stories to the ef fect that French supply houses balked at furnishing anything through the medium of German-American middle men. Most of the stories were base less, be it said truthfully, for the bride's wedding outfit was almost en tirely of American origin. . Orchids Her Favorite. Dark green and orchid are the pre dominating hues in the trousseau gowns, for orchids are the new Mrs. Wilson's favorite flowers. There are traveling gowns, street frocks and eve ning gowns of amazing loveliness which will be seen much this winter, for the White House is to be re opened for a series of old-'time enter tainments. The four great jofficial re ceptions, which were omitted last win ter, will be resumed, and there will be matinee teas and frequent musicales. Mr. Wilson is the sixth president of the United States to marry a widow. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Fill more and Benjamin Harrison were his predecessors in this sort of a union, but in not more than one or two cases was the widow the second wife as in this case. John Tyler and Theodore Roosevelt married twice, but their second wives had not been wedded be fore. It is scarcely necessary to recall George Washington's marriage. The world knows of his courtship, engage ment and espousal. His love was the "Widow Custis." Thomas Jefferson, at the home of a friend, John Wayles, met Martha Skelton, Wayles widowed daughter. She was a beautiful wom an, much sought after, but Jefferson finally won her heart. Perhaps Dolly Madison, wife of President James Madison, is best known generally to Americans of all generations next to Martha Washing ton. 1 John Tyler's Romance. John Tyler was twice married, the second time while he was president His first wife was Letitia Christian, who belonged to one of the old f ami lies of Virginia. Mrs. Tyler bore the president nine children. Just before her husband was elected vice ores! dent of the United States she suffered a stroke of paralysis and a short time after he succeeded William Henrv Harrison as president she died in the White House. . The second winter , after her death the president met Julia, the daughter of a Mr. Gardiner, who lived on one of the islands in Long Island sound. The president fell desperately in love he wooed as a youth of twenty would woo, impetuously and roman tically. It wasn't a great while before they were engaged and a short time later they were married quietly at the Church of the Ascension in New York city. Grover Cleveland did not marry un til fairly late in life. Then he fell in love with Frances Folsom, the daugh ter of his law partner. She was a girl whom he had known from early childhoodthere was a time when she called him "Uncle Cleve." Mr. Cleveland and Miss Folsom were wedded in the famous Blue room at the White House. For a long time it was thoueht tha President Wilson and Mrs. Gait would be married in the White House. Peo ple Just supposed that Mrs. Gait would w?nt to go down in history as an actual White House bride. From the general feminine point of view i seemed really the only thine to do. Charming, tactful Mrs. Gait decided long ago, however, that a woman should be married in her own home and not In that of her husband. She did not believe in breaking the Amer ican nay, the world precedent in the matter. And in this all Washing Ton approved. 1 1 BRITISH WITHDRAW IOT VERY MUCH LIFE LOST IN ACCOMPLISHING THE DIFFI CULT FEAT. TURKS WERE NOT AWARE Did Not Know Withdrawal Movement Was Going On, it is Declared. A Skillful Movement. London. The British troops at the Suvla and Anzac districts of Galli- poli Peninsula have been withdrawn. The following official statement was ssued here: "All the troops at Suvla and Anzac, together with their guns and stores have been successfully transferred, with insignigcant casulties tq another sphere of operations." Operations in other sections Of the ront on the Gallipoli Peninsula than those from which troops were an nounced to have been withdrawn are to be continued, it is intimated in an official statement. The withdrawal was effected without knowledge of the movement on the part of the Turks, it is declared. "Further details of the evacuation of the Anzac and Suvla zones have been received," says the official state ment. "Without the Turks being aware of the movement a great army has been withdrawn from one of the areas occupied on the Gallipoli Penin sula, although in -he closest of con tact with the enemy. By this con traction of the front operations at other points of the line will be more effectively carried out. "Sir Charles Monro gives the credit for this skillfully conducted transfer of forces to the general command ing, and the Royal Navy." The withdrawal of the British troops from Suvla Bay and the Anzac zone ends, more successfully than most military men thought possible, the most unfortunate chapter of the British arms in this war. Thousands of lives were sacrificed in gaining these position, and other thousands in holding them. VILLA CONCLUDES PEACE TERMS Faction Signs Peace Agreement with Defacto Government El Paso, Texas. An agreement was reached and papers have been signed whereby the Villa faction in northern Mexico concludes peace terms with the de facto government of Mexico. The conference was held between Mexican consul Garcia and former lieutenants of General Francisco Villa at the consulate in El Paso. General Francisco Villa is reported to be in Juarez. The signing of the peace agreement elimates him from Mexican affairs. Washington State department of ficials have decided that General Villa will receive the asylum accorded political refugee should he enter the United States. This decision was sent to General Funston by the war de partment for transmission to Villa or his representatives. The state department's agents had reported that alleged intermediaries had requested Villa's immunity from arrest, saying that if this was given they believed Villa would abandon the fight against Carranza and retire to private life In the United States. The state department does not con ceal its desire to have Villa eliminat ed. Without him the revolution in the north will certainly fall, officials believe. The intermediaries also said that the plan was for the retirement from the field of the entire Villa ar my. South Carolina Statute Upheld Washington The South Carolina statute making railway carriers lia ble 'to one another and liable to a shipper for damages to a shipment, was upheld by the supreme court as constitutional. Supreme Court Recesses Washington The Supreme Court has recessed until January 3. Hundreds Congratulate Couple Hot Springs, Va. President Wilson and his bride abandoned plans to play golf to reply to hundreds of messages of congratulations from personal friends, relatives and' officials. After reaching here the couple remained in such deep seclusion for two days that only members of their immediate party have seen them. They took an automobile ride the third day. Ar rangements for a Christmas celebia tlon at the president's hotel were b ing made. Seventh Cotton Ginning Report Washington The seventh cotton ginning report of the season, com piled from reports of census bureau correspondents and agents through out the cotton belt just issued an nounced that 10,303',253 bales of cot ton counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1915, has been ginned prior to December 13. That compares with 13,972,229 bales, or 87.8' per cent of the entire crop ginned prior to De cember 31 last year, 12,088,412 bales, or 92.5 per cent in 1912. "JUST WHAT RENEW DEMANDS Of NOTE IN SECOND NOTE TO AUSTRIA POSITION OF UNITED STATES WILL BE RESTATED. Terms of Note Will Be Very Com plete Will Not Tolerate Any Dely in Answer. Washington. The United States prepared to dispatch a second note to Austria-Hungary on the sinking of the Italian steamship Ancona. The communication will vigorously renew the demands made in tne first note; none of them according to an official announcement by Secretary Lansing, having been complied, with by th,e Vienna foreign office. It has been determined that the note j shall restate the position and views of the United States, emphatically, that it shall be even more vigorous than the first note, which was the most drastic of all the diplomatic com munications the United States has sent during the present war. The official text of the Austrian reply was considered by the presi dent and his cabinet. Apparently the official version contained nothing which made its meaning radically dif ferent from the unofficial version ca bled in news despatches from Lon don. After the cabinet meeting Mr. Lansing announced that none of the demands made by the United tSates had been acceded to. It was explained that the reply suggested further com munication on the subject and more specific information in support of the charges made by the United States. Such a rejoinder is wholly unsatis factory and unacceptable to the American .government and increases the gravity of the situation between the two nations. In regard to the second note, Sec retary Lansing and officials were reti cient. It was said, however, that the United States might give some of the facts asked for, though it would not under any consideration enter into an extended discussion of details. The United States expects its demands to be promptly complied with and such apparent procrastination as officials for a "nation-wide advertising cam answering the original inquiry for In formation, submitted soon after the ncona disaster, will not be allowed to pass without action. ENDORSE WILSON'S POLICIES. Southern Commercial Congress Gives Endorsement and Adjourns. Charleston, S. C Endorsement of "all the policies and principles of a national and international character announced by President Wilson," plans for a "ation-wide advertising cam paign in the interest of the South's resources and opportunities," and pre liminary steps toward organizing a committee to present to the American people a "peace bell" as a "token of the love and affection of the South to all the people of the land," occupied the attention of delegates to the South ern Commercial Congress at its last session here. Endorsement of President Wilson's policies was in that section of the resolutions approving the administra tion plans for rural credits legisla tion and a merchant marine. The suggestion for a Vpeace bell" was made by Ben Altheimer of St. Louis. United States Senator Flech er of Florida president of the congress was empowered to appoint a commit tee to promote the project. It was planned to pay for the bell by getting each school boy and girl to give one cent. , Congress Adjourns for Christmas. Washington. Congress adjourned for the Christmas holidays after the senate had adopted the joint resolu tion which, passed the house extend ing the emergency revenue law one year or until December 31, 1916. The senate adopted the resolution after a lively partisan debate by a voe of 45 to 29. Democrats supporting it solid ly and Republicans unanimously op posing IL President Wilson signed the measure. Both houses will - re nvene at nocn Tuesday, January 4. I WANTED" REPLY UNSATISFACTORY PUBLISHED REPORTS OF REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE ARE DISAPPOINTING. Upholds Commander of Submarine, But is Willing to Discuss the Matter Further. Washington. The United States re gards Austria-Hungary's reply to the American note regarding the Ancona as being entirely unsatisfactory and unacceptable. Persistence by Austria-Hungary in the course she apparently has deter mined to pursue would result in the severance of diplomatic relations be tween the United States and the Vi enna Government. This step would not be taken by the United States, however, it was authoritatively stated, without one more communication be ing dispatched to Austria-Hungary. The United States is described as being prepared to insist that Austria- Hungary promptly comply with the demands for disavowal, punishment of the submarine commander and reparation by payment of indemnity for the Americans killed or injured in the destruction of the Italian liner, making it clear that failure will mean Immediate breaking off of relations. This second note, if necessary, it is said, would renew the original de njands and without dealing in a dis cussion or exchange of views, would be of even more insistent nature as to the expectation of compliance with out further delay. EXTEND EMERGENCY TAX. House Passes Resolution Extending Period For Another Year., Washington. The house, by a vote of 205 to 189 passed the joint resolu tion extending the emergency revenue tax until December 31, 1916. The Senate is expected to take like action i na day or two. The law is expected by administra tion leaders to bring revenue into the treasury at the rate of $82,00(KOOO a year. The Republicans, voting solidly against the resolution, were joined by five Progressives and five Democrats Callaway, Texas; Hillard and Keat ing, Colorado; Buchanan, Illinois, and Wingo, Arkasas. Several proposed amendments to shorten the period of extension were voted down. Representative Kitchin of North Carolina in his first spech as ma jority leader, told the house that un less the law was extended the treas ury would face a deficit of more than $81,000,000 at the end of the next fiscal year. "We Democrats know that no tax is popular in time of peace," he said, "but we would be- unworthy of the record of the Democrats under this administration and this congress if we did not have the courage and pa triotism to arrange sufficient rev enues to meet the "government's ab solute necessities'." Hearings on Woman Suffrage. Washington. Woman suffrage ad vocates and opponents debated the proposed federal suffrage ; amendment before congressional committees. Rep resentative of the National Woman Suffrage association, the Congres sional Union and the National Asso ciation Opposed to Suffrage were giv en a hearing by the Judiciary Com mittee of the house, and the Congres sional Union delegates also appeared before the senate committee on suff rage. The womenwere pleading for a nation-wide vote New President Swiss Republic. Berne, Switzerland, via Paris. Ca mille de Coppet was elected Presi dent -of the Swiss Republic and 'Ed mund Schulthess, Vice . President. M. de Coppet is a former minister of jus tice and the present Vice President of the Republic. The elections were held at a special joint session of the national assembly. The American minister to Switzerland, Pleasant A. StovalL with a party of Americans, occupied seats in the diplomatic gal lery. The ceermony was brief and harmonious. ' AT H0TSPRIS, PRESIDENT WIIram .... IDE WILL BjE AT HOMESTEAD HOTEL. REMAIN UNTIL NEW YA( Will Be Away fL Whit- H-useT Weeks Uniess Develop Necessitate Early RtUrn Washington. Presiden t ViiH Mrs TiMi'tVi 'Rrn;-irr ru ... .. " ""'""6 Udll (;. , at S-Sn n'nlnnlr ov,l !.,n 4 ttuu icu it-i T , -rw: W to oijcuu iiicii Honeymoon ot Springs, Va. The Presi l -it bride traveled in a priva'p Hot aE4 hi8 at- tached to a special train leav at 11:10 o'clock which is .1 UP - rive in Hot Springs next morivn! 8:15 a. m. g at At Hot Springs, Mr. and Mrs Wil son will live at the Hcnu-stPad "Hotl until after New Year"., i some development should necessitate the President's earlier return to the capital. Two White Hnuse automtJ biles have have been sent on ahead and the couple expect to spend tieir honeymon motoring, golfing and waft, ing over the mountain trails. Beside' the secret service guard, the partv was accompanied by a stenographer The President will keep in touch with the White House over special wire? Shortly after 10 o'clock .the Pre& dent and Mrs. Wilson entered a wait ing White House automobile ami mo tored to Alexandria, across the Po tomac, to take their private car there and avoid a crowd at the railroad station in the city. Hot Springs, Va Prpsident Wilson and his bride, the former -Ivors'. Norman Gait, arrived here shortly after 9 o'clock to spend their honeymoon. They were met at the train by a crowd of several hundred pc-owe who ap plauded as they alighted from their private car. NEW NOTE RENEWS DEMANDS. Austria Must Pay Indemnity, Punish Commander and Disavow Act. Washington. The new American note to Austria-Hungary regarding the sinking of the Italian .-teamship An cona has been cabled to Ambassador Penfield for presentation to the Vienna foreign office. Secretary Lansing antf other, officials of t7 "i state department declined to divulge any information concerning the communication. From other re liable sources, however, came a strong intimation that the final draft of the note had been completed by Secretary Lansing during the day and had been put . in code ani started on its way over the cables. A veil of secrecy has surrounded . . .... ... . H't,,'tft tne communication ever mum a huub House messenger carried a prelimi nary draft from President Wilson to Secretary Lansing. However, it is known that the secretary spent con siderable time at work developing'the ideas the president had outlined. As completed the note is believed to have been consiaerauiy lengthy than the first. Certain portions of the text of the note were said to be nearly identical , j with portion of the first. The demand of the United States which are reiter ated are for disavowal, . punishment of the submarine commander arid rep aration by the payment of indemnity for the Americans killed and injured. For Great Merchant Marine. Washington American shipyard? have under construction now mow vessels than ever before were build ing in the United States to add to an American merchant marine whose gross tonnage is the largest in tn country's history, said a report issue by the commission of navigation. Newspapers Quit Party. London. A Christiana dispatch w the Morning Post, 'says' that sever newspaper correspondents as the suit of a 'quarrel.! will Quit the ! ore peace expedition while the steamer in port. Savn War Will Soon Be Over. Christiania, via London.-- Ejery nation in the world will soon lot w on American peace pilgrims as tan s the initiative in , stopping nis.ory worst war. The landing of the pe expedition in Europe will be reo -as one of the most "benevolent .tons the American republic ever mu. Henry Ford to the AssouateJ representative on J stepping Norwegian soil. The steamsh P 0 car II. carrying the p:Sii. pedition, arrived at this port on urday after a 14'days' voyage. , Handle Much Farm P"duct Washington.-Farmers; chope marketing and purchasing tions will transact this year business amounting to more than 00,000,000 according to an made in the annual epon, . .. 6ff ice of Markets and Rural Ote zation of the Department of ture. just made public. United cultural co-operation in t it States is far more prevalent jt generally believed, the repor.. is not yet upon a suffice business basis. .'i s -
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