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w WATCH TPw Your Label M I and Keep M Paid Up. JL J| VOL. 11, NO. 22, SEMIPRESIDENT WILSON WEDS MRS. EDITH BOLLING GALT Simple Ceremony at Home of Bride and Couple Depart for Hot Springs, Va. A SMALL GROUP ATTEND. Ritual of Episcopal Church Pronounced In Presence of Immediate Relatives. Washington, Dec. 18.?President m Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait were married at 8:30 o'clock tonight and left afterwards to spend their honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va. The President and his bride traveled in a private car attacked to a special train leaving here at 11:10 o'clock, which is due to arrive In Hot Springs tomorrow at 8:15 a. m. At Hot Springs Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will live at the Homestead Hotel until after New Year's day unless some development should necessitate the President's earlier return to the capital. Two of the White House automobiles have been sent on ahead and the couple expect to spend their honeymoon motoring, golfing and walking over the mountain trails. Be side the secret service guard, the party was accompanied by one stenographer. The President will keep in touch with the White House over special wires. Because the hour of the wedding was Known to comparatively few people there was not a large crowd in the vicinity of the brides home, although a large police guard had been provided. All arrangements for the wedding ceremony were carried out perfectly, ^ the president arriving at his bri'de's home soon after 8 o'clock and the remainder of the wedding party, which numbered less than 30, following soon after. The ceremony was begun, as had been arranged, at 8:30 o'clock and was followed by a buffet luncheon. Mrs. Wilson was married in the traveling gown she woro to 'ho train. OAT for Hot Springs Shortly after 10 o'clock the president and Mrs. Wilsor. entered a wait tng White House automobile and motored to Alexandria, across the Potomac, to take their private ear there and avoid a crowd at the railroad station in this city. They boarded their car at 11:40 p. in. an 1 began their journey to Hot Springs.* The success of the ruse oy which the wedding party got away to Alexandria was complete. When the White House automobile pulled away from Mrs. Wilson's house lines of police blocked pursuit in nl' the adjoining streets. At the union station the presidential entrance was fully lighted and lines of police were spread all about. These who w?re attracted to the station by the show of preparation were disappointed while the a President and Mrs. Wilson were speeding to the station across the river ten miles away. After the President and his bride had departed Secretary Tumulty made this formal statement on the ceremony: "The wedding was marked bv slm plicity. It was just such a wedding as might have taken place in the home of the humblest American citizen." The President dined as usual at the White House at 7 o'clock with his daughters and afterwards drove to his bride's home, about a mile from the executive mansion. A cold, driving rain which swept the city all day cleared off at sunset. Near the bride's home ?the crowd was held back by police lines spread during the afternoon. Everything was in readihess for the ceremony when the President arrived and it proceeded without delay. Neither the President nor Mrs. Oalt had any attendants and there were no ushers or flower girls. The army, the navy and the diplomatic corps were not represented and the occasion was essentially what both of-the couple had wished it to be ?a home wedding. IN WEDDING BOWER. On -the first floor of the brlde'e home in two communicating rooms, a wedding bower had been arranged with a background of maidenhair ferns which extended from the floor to the celling. Overhead there was a canopy of green in the form of a shell lined with Scotch heather. In the background and at the center was placed a large mirror framed with orchids and reflecting the scene. (f 1 IE L j WEEKLY. TO SEND NEW NOTE TO AUSTRIA HUNGARY President Completes Draft of Communication to Dual Monarchy. Washington, Dec. 18.?President Wilson late today completed the first flrftft nf thfl now nof a /* A ??#.* ?i? v> ?uv MV n UVVU VU AUBllItl" Hungary reiterating the American demands regarding the sinking of the Italian steamship Ancona. The document, tonight was delivered to Secretary Lansing. It probably will be cabled to Ambassador Penfleld for presentation to the Vienna foreign office tomorrow night or Monday. The first draft was completed after Secretary Lansing had sent the President a memorandum containing ail the state department's information on the Ancona disaster and after Baron Erich Zwiedinck, charge of the Austro-Hungarian embassy, had conferred at some length with the secretary. It was authoritatively stated tonight that the charge strongly inti-| mated to Afr. Lansing that should the Vienna foreign ofllce be given an op iiuiiuiiuji uie repiy mmni oe wnoiiy satisfactory to the United States. The official text of Austria's replyto the first Ancona note, given out here today, revealed the Vienna gov-| ernment's denial that the facts in the case as presented by the United! States, even if correct, warranted any j hlntne for the disaster being placed j upon the submarine commander. The United States, it was said, will! reiterate in the new note that such a ; position is opposed to all rules of recognized international law and will deal at length with this declaration | of the Viennt government. Legal arguments and precedents to discredit it will be presented. The note is expected to convey to Austria-Hungary all the information this government thinks necessary.! Officials declared tonight, however, j that it would not enter into extended discussion. Noted Deputy Dead. Paris, Dec. 19.?Edouard Vatllant, a member of the chamber of deputies from the department of the Seine, is dead at the age of 75 years. He was tirst elected to the chamber in 1893. American Beauty roses were on both sides of the canopy, beneath which was a prayer rug on which the President and Mrs. Gait knelt during the ceremony. J list at the hour set for the cere-! mony the President and his bride ap-| peared at the head of the staircase, . which was decorated with ferns, asparagus vines and American Beauty roses. They descended to the lower iloor, where the guests were grouped about informally. The Kev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal church, of which the bride is a communicant, was waltinar honcnth the canopy to perform the ceremony,! and with him, to assist, was the President's pastor, the Rev. James H. Taylor of the Central Presbyterian church. , ! Mrs. William H. Boiling, the , bride's mother, gave her away. The President stood to the right of the clergymen and the bride stood on , their left. At once Dr. Smith began , the words of the Episcopal marriage service, the President making his responses first and then the bride mak, ing hers. After the bride promised ,1 to "love, cherish and obey," the /President placed the wedding ring, a plain band of gold, upon her finger, and then, after a prayer, while the . , WU|)IC < iaB|icu uicir riKIll nitHUS ((?, gether, Dr. Smith declared them man and wife. BIG WEDDING CAKjE. The entire party then turned to the dining room, where a bufTet supper . was served. The decorations there were in pink. The tables were deco; rated wjth Lady Stanley rose blosi soma. On a table in the center was , the wedding cake?a fruit cake sevi oral layers high, ornamented with sprays of pink orchids. Mrs. Wilson i tui mv emir wuuuui lormaiuy ana i no arrangement was made (or be? stowing bits upon others than those | In the wedding party. 11 During the ceremony and at the . luncheon afterwards, during which a i string orchestra played, the 6rldo wore her traveling dress, a black silk Velvet gown, with a picture hat of , black beaver, with no trimmings whatever except one feather slightly i upturned on the left side. At her 11 throat she wore the President's wed' ding gift, a magnificent diamond , I brooch. \NCA LANCASTER, S. C. TV WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM GALLIPOLI V?,J ?f 1L. n A.?A uuu vi v/nc vi me ureaiesi Chapters iti the War's History. BOTH RELIEF AND REGRET Average Ilriton Glad Troops (Jot Out of It Safely?Regret Failure of Enterprise. I.ondon, Dee. 20.?The announcement of the British withdrawal from Gallipoli overshadowed all other war news tonight. For the British publie the abrupt war ollice statement mark^ the end of one of the great chapters of the war's history. The shock of the news was hardly broken by the fact that rumors had been current in the street for some days, and the withdrawal of the forces had been a matter of widespread pro and con discussion ever since Lord Ribbesdale's famous speech in Parliment in which he declared that withdrawal had been recommended by a high military authority. The feeling of the man in the street was generally one of relief! mixed with regret. A popular halfpenny paper sums up the British public's attitude as follows: "Thus ends the enterprise of which the highest hopes were built and which, if it had succeeded, would probably have turned the tide of the war. Our troops from the first to last were within a few miles of victory. The policy underlying the Dar-1 danelles expedition may yet he carried to a successful issue in some other part of the Near Bast but the prospect of forcing a way to Constantinople through the famous Straits is apparently relinquished. British troops continue to occupy the tip of the peninsula at SeddulBahr, commanding the entrance to the straits where many British have declared a new Gibraltar will one day arise. The position here is protected by a double line or ships and it is assumed that this will be held. A fair deforce of quiet has continued on the war fronts during the past 24 hours and none of the oftrepeated threats of a big offensive in France, in north Russia, Galicia and the Balkans has yet actually materialized. VILLA HAS XOT GIVEN l"P FIGHT Governor of Chihuahua Says That i Big Battle is Imminent. El Paso, Texas, Dec. lit.?No di- 1 rect word was received here today from Gen. Francisco Villa, who announced yesterday, according to dispatches from Chihuahua City, that he had retired as commander of the troops opposing the Carranza govern ment in Mexico. One rumor current here had it that Villa was on his way to Palomas. Chihuahua, and would cross the United States border at Columbus, N. M. It was also reported that he was crossing the desert toward OJlnaga opposite Presidio. Texas. Gen. Fidel Avlla, Villa governor of Chihuahua, denied today at headquarters in Juarez that Villa had retired. Avlla said Villa would lead the forces opposing General Trevlno near Chihuahua City and that the' battle would begin tomorrow. Miguel Diaz Lombardo, foreign minister In the Villa cabinet, now In El Paso, said his chief had retired ' from the supremo command, hut woul dnot cross the border. He de-1 clined to give more definite information. PEACE SHIP REACHES NORWAY. Henry Ford's Party Arrives at Obristlaasend. London, Dec. 13.?'The steamship Oscar II, with the Ford peace party on board, arrived'at Ohrtstinnsand at 3:30 o'clock yesterda? afternoon, according to a Reuters dispatch from Chrlstlanla. No official or other reception was accorded the'flarty and only newspaper men boarded the vessel. Henry Ford and Mme. Rostka Schwlmmer denied that there had i been a disagreement en route. It was said that some members of the expe- j dltion Would leave the party at Chrlstlanla on account, of sickness. Newspaper men who accompanied the party confirmed the story that a disagreement had occurred. ? -*- -* ?? - ? ?? ? STER KKDAY, DKCKMKKU 21, 1 THE WILSONS BEGIN QUIEHONEYMOON No Photographs ' Are to be Taken of Them at Hot Springs. A VERY SIMPLE PROGRAM. President and liride Will Walk and Golf; Work on Corres|H>n<Iencc Part of Schedule. Hot Springs, Va., Doe. 19.?President Wilson and his bride, the former Mrs. Norman Gait, arrived here shortly after 9 o'clock today to spend their honeymoon. They were met at the train by a crowd of several hundred people who applauded as they alighted from their private car. A waiting automobile took the couple immediately to their hotel. They came here to begin their married life in the quiet seclusion of the mountains of the state in which both of them were born. They were followed here by congratulations from almost every part nf tlin u-Arl.1 -f ? v?v ? wi iv?. .ucooa^cn *11 guuil wishes came from rulers of nations in Europe, Presidents of South and Central American countries, governors of states, diplomats, members of the senate and house and justices of the supreme court and from scores of personal friends and relatives. Many they will answer personally from here. During the two weeks or more before returning to Washington to take up the official and social duties of the White House the couple will golf, motor and climb mountains together, and as far as possible be protected from the prying eyes of the outside world. Hot Springs and its colony of visitors welcomed the President and his bride enthusiastically. When the crowd began applauding at the station the President and Mrs. Wilson appeared to be just as nervous as any newly married pair. They smiled at each other and at the crowd and the President raised his hat. Then they walked briskly to a waiting White House automobile which had been shipped ahead for their use. SEPARATED FROM OTHERS. The President and Mrs. Wilson occupy four rooms in a section of the hotel set apart especially for them. N'o other guests will be given rooms near them. The suite is on the third floor and porches outside the win dows overlook the golf links. They expect to have all their meals served privately. They did not appear in the public part of the hotel. Trials of the seclusion seekers began today with the arrival of a corps of photographers and moving picture operators. The President has directed that no pictures be taken of Mrs. Wilson or himself during the trip and the order is being enforced by ine usuui group or wnite House secret service agents augmented b> several additional men ordered here from their regular stations. After some skirmishing today the photographers declared a truce, but said they would try for some pictures tomorrow. The Warm Spring Valley is entirely surrounded by hills and mountains. Trails and roads lead to the slopes oi these hills and mountains and Mrs. Wilson will have unlimited opportunity to indulge her fondness for walking. She has become a devotee of golf, the President having taught her the game since they became engaged. Roth brought their golf clubs and tonight it was said they would be up early tomorrow morning for a The President will nttend to only the most important public business while here, but arrangements have been made for connecting the hote with the White House by a special telegraph wire if necessary and h? will keep in direct telephone communication with Secretary Lansing and other officials. The Eastern newspapers arrive here an entire day late 1 and therefore the President will have I to depend entirely on word from the White House for his news. Hit stenographer brought along several applications for pardons and some important correspondence and tht President will devote a portion ol each day to work. Th? exact plans of the party wert kept such a strict secret that crowds stood for hours at the railway sta tions along the line waiting for tht ; train. The last part of the* trip wai j made up steep grades and the Pros' | dent's train was pulled and pnshec . New 915. DERBY RECRUITS Q CALLED TO DUTY U Four Classes Summoned by Proclaination of the llritisli (?overnment. London, Dec. 18.?Four classes of recruits who enlisted under the Karl H of Derby's plan were called out todav by royal proclamation. ah recruits on tlie Derby rolls who did not enlist for immediate service were placed on the army reserve rolls p and therefore the first call for service of four classes is made by the same f< ' mality as in the case of the old ^' army reservists who heretofore have been called to the colors. The appearance of placards, topped with the royal arms, caused a stir in ??] the streets. The public infers that the i<j Derby enlistment plan has been a sue- as cess and that conscription at least is j postponed. If it should develop that tf any large percentage of unmarried |>< eligibles failed to enlist it is expected v< they will be subjected to conscription, I c1 as foreshadowed by Premier Asquith t! before any calls are made for married 01 men who volunteered under the Der- s< by plan. It is inferred the government intends to consider the first class, consisting of 18-year-old hoys, ,j as corresponding to the class of 1 ! 17 V( in continental countries and will de-|R, fer indefinitely putting them in trainlug. The classes called out are groups I I 2. 2, 1 and 5 of the Derby recruits, j The announcement placards by the war oflice states that their service ni will begin January 2o. These groups are composed <<f unmarried men from If) to 22 years of ' t ill age. "All figures so far are guess work: I don't know the results myself," said ( the Earl of Derby today in a speech i at Bolton. He assured the country 1 S; that the pledge to call single men compulsorily before calling the married would he scrupulously observed. I ' He added, significantly, that he hoped . 1 such a call would not be required, i o \\ nil s;\v i ni'vcifv \ mmtvc ; " L' "" n 11 Ciavo a Splendid Ijccture at tin* First A Methodist Church Friday Night. K Those who were so fortunate to 1 a hear the address of I)r. Madison 0< Swadener at the First Methodist " church Friday night enjoyed a gennine treat. The speaker was intro- ! duced hy the Rev. Hugh U. Murchi- " t son. Dr. Swadener is an accomplish- I P led platform orator. His address \ ^ sparkled with wit and humor and was ' i chock-full of hard common sense. ' He predicted that by 10'JO the con- 11 stitution of the United States would he so amended as to give the nati * I an anti-liquor law. He told of the l; i laws that had been enacted to con- w ] serve the water powers, mines ant i? I iorests and tliose for the conservation ^ i ;f health. As an instance, lie said p t when he was a boy as soon as night came on he was taken away from l.is playmates and carried to his room , . and put to bed with the windows of n -> room closely shut down and ever r ' the key hole plugged to keep out the ' "night damp." Now, he said. healthy ? ' people sleep in the open air. He " spoke of the anti-drug law, which ,j meant so much for the health of the I people. Liquor, he said, is now be ing out-lawed by all business conP cerns, it being well nigh impossible ^ for those who indulge even moderately in the drink habit, to get employ- P ; ment. It can be shown by statistics I that liquor was the cause of more ( j disease and distress than all other 'J '(evils combined. We regret that for s lack of space we cannot give a fuller 1 ; j synopsis of the splendid address. P . g LIEUT. C.OV. BKTIIKA SI'EAKS. n II t< ! South Carolinian Delivers Address ( in Christ inula, Norway. \\ I London, I)po. 110.?A Copenhagen ,p dispatch to Reuter's says "v"";at mem- .j 11 hers of the Ford peace party spoke s ilast evening before the Norwegian J., ' Student Union in Christiania. The i p American minister, Albert G. Schmei a ' deman, and the rector of the University of Christiania, were in the audi' ence, which crowded the hall. Henry Ford was prevented from * speaking by inffuenza, but the Rev. ! Jenkins Lloyd Jones. Miss Katharine ! M. Brewster and Lieu. Gov. Andrew 1 J. Betha of South Carolina, addressed ( ' the meeting. Lewis P. Dochner. r general secretary of the expedition,' " !i explained the intentions of Mr. Ford!* '! and his co-workers. The Norwegian;8 ; chairman of the meeting gave assur! jance of the students' genuine inter-1 1 5' e8t- i ? > by three engines. Mr. and .Mrs. Wil-ifl j I son had an early breakfast in their v -1 private car before reaching Hot c I j Springs. f rvi.i . ?. WW 1 Y j WEATHER I g I Cloudy Tuesday: \M | W EKj.dfr ! $1.50 A YEAR. !Y WINTER'S END WAR WILL BE OVER (enry Ford Says All Troop* Will K? n.i* rr~ 1 ITU? UV V/Ui U1 1 ICIItllCS Soon. ARTY AT CHRISTIANIA. lie Ponce Party Lands and Will ltcgin Holding of Formal .Meetings. C'hristiania, via London, Dee. 1!).? Every nation in the world will soon ok upon American peace pilgrims 5 taking the initiative in stopping story's worst war. The landing of io peace expedition in Europe will ? recorded as one of the most bonedent things the American republic cer did," said Henry Ford today to to Associated Press representative a stepping ashore on Norwegian >11. The steamship Oscar II, carrying ie Ford peace expedition, arrived at lis port on Saturday after a 14-days' oyago from New York. The dele ites expressed much displeasure beluse the vessel was delayed three ays by the British authorities at irk wall. Mr. Ford said he was confident the \pedition would result in getting the ion out of the trenches before the inter was over, lie declared he had lformation front oflleial sources that is peace plan was looked upon aprovingly. lie added that his motive i coming to Europe was to develop > the full an understanding throughut the world by the time peace sesions were begun at The Hague, hero William Jennings Brayn, execretary of state, was expected to tin the peace party. Mr. Ford explained the presence f the American party in Norway as merely intended to convince the 'orwegians of the fervent wish of ntericans for peace. He expects to at her the Norwegian delegation here nd then in about three days, prosed to Stockholm, Sweden. He said 10 party would grow as it traveled, 11 rough neural countries and that Ills would convince the belligerents tiat the rest of the world demanded eaee immediately. By the tinio openhagen was visited and The laguc reached probably two weeks ence Mr. Ford said, the peace movetent would have a definite program. LAND AT 8 O'CLOCK. The members of the Ford party indcd at 8 o'clock this morning and out to various hotels. The weather s fine, so the travelers will have a ood chance to see Norwegian winter fe. After holding meetings while erossng the Atlantic and disagreeing over he question of American preparedess policy the 150 delegates on ariving here were anxious to learn That attitude would be adopted toard them by (Europeans. Formal meetings will begin Monay. Christiania newspapers publish ong accounts regarding the Ford ex edition, accompanying the stories . ith cartoons from foreign newsapers. Just before the Oscar II reached hristianin. the Ford guests held a ublic meeting aboard the ship, amuel McOlure of New York said hat unless the peace pilgrims comosed their differences of opinion reardlng President Wilson's preparedess policy, it would cause disaster > the expedition. He declared Amerian preparedness was necessary and as not related to the peace efforts, he Itev. Charles F. Aked, pastor of he First Congregational church of an Francisco, maintained it was idiculous for Americans to urge eace aboard while preparing for war t home. Finally a resolution declaring that tie delegates were unanimously for uropean peace was adopted. Statute Upheld. Washington, Deo. 20.?The South arollna statute making railway cariers liable to one another and all iable to a shipper for damage to a hipment, was upheld today by the upreme court as constitutional. The decision was rendered by Mef Just'ce White in thg case of I. W. Glenn. suing the Atlantic 'oast Line, the Initial carrier, for aniages occuring to a shipment ,hile on the Southern railway, a onnecting carrier. The shipment was rom Chester, S. C., to Latta, S. C. ' ? ???