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THE WHITE HOUSE WEDDING. i'rksidi vts dak.iu i k Ri: u'MKs mhidk or mAKCU it UUfEfl s\\ MB. I hlru i nth Marriage in White House i clchratctl This Afternoon?Ccrv m?>ii\ I .arm D Attended ami Was an Elaborate ami Impusgggj Affair Dc spite rfforis of Wilson l'amil> to \\oivl DUplay. Washington. Nov. 24.?Everything la in readiness for the thirteenth White IP.us.' wedding At 4.at) o'clock tomorrow afternoon Miss Jessu- Wil? son, second daughter of the presi dent. ami Prnncts lh?wes Savre. will be married in the magnificent Rast Itoom, where the weddings of Miss Nellie Grant ami Miss Alice Roose \elt t.-ok place. Society here is m a ferment of cx ? ii.inent. l?nst mlnuie preparations are being raoft* <l Ml all sides. Only a small per. ? nt .n-.i .-i Washington residential und ofth ial soeiety will be represented aiimm; the guests. h?w ?\ir. due partly If tie deMre of the President and Mis Wils-n fsjf a ipnet wedding and partly to the fact that Miss Wilson ba> n >t been in Washing? ton Inn?; emmgh lo become generally Special details of police will guard rhe grounds and | 11 ? s lidding every ? iitrance egataal an: win. Blight seek in .oh- th. . v. ? Mt \.- PfOISltl With? out Invitation or uutborlty. The guests in fin* m ignllleent old m. with its three huge chan? deliers of glitt? ring cut glass and its ft?upertdy decorated walls with the three mantles of bfOWH Italian marlde picked with gjOfdy Vfi h form a pieture, the brilliant irowna of the beautiful afid fashionable women an I uniforms of the miliU'rv and naval men with the contrast offered by conventional black frock coats of the members of the Supreme Court, senators and rep? r?sentatives nnd friends and relatives of the bride and groom. Guests as th?y arrive at the Execu? tive Mansion will be shown to the places assigned to them by the regu? lar White House ushers Instead of by the White House Military aides, as was the case at the marriage of Miss Roosevelt. Miss Wilson will approach the altar on the arm of her father. At the altar Mr. Sayre. Dr. Wilfred T. Gren fell. the best man and the Hev. Sylves? ter W. Beach, pastor of the Presbyter? ian Church. Princeton. X. J.. will await the arrival of the bride and her father and attendants. The cere? mony will then take place on a dais before the altar near the East window where Miss Alice Roosevelt was wed? ded to Congressman Nicholas Long ?Aorth and where Miss Nellie Grant ? iu,e 11 id* Algernon Sartoris. Entry Into the East Room by the I ride and. her attendants will be made through the main dogCWaj from the inner apartment of the Whit. Uoyi As the party enters the |OeS*h will be grouped about tin mom, the diplo? mats, the army und naval oth< i n in a group by themselves, the members of the president's C alum t. members of the Supreme Court and others. Decorations of the Kast Room have been made as simple is possible, linde roses and chrysanthemums blend hirmonlously with the cream white and dull gold of the room's color s< lo ine and golden Um< a h- < in - tains. The Marine band, which play eel this wedding mur> h for Miss Alice IP.oses. lt will he mi.->cd I j th .se who rememh r how it added to the bnl lianey of thai f noons event. It's place will be taken hy a group of thoir beys. .Miss Wilson will be attended by her sister. Miss Mai.Raffet W.Imvv Wil? son, as maid ol hon< r. other> win. will attend MtM Wilson are Mis Kb anr Randolph Wilson, youngest daughter of tho president; Miss Mun G. Whit.-. ,,f l aitiasoffe, who was i las-mat'- of Miss Wilson's at Goucher College, ISultlrnore, Miss Adeline Mil'hell tCOttt daughter of Prof. William U Scott, of 1'rincetnn University, und Miss Majone Lirown, daughter of Col. 11 T. Drown, of At lanta. (J.i . nnd a ?eC0H4 cousin of th?? bride-to-be on her mother"! side. The ushers . i. D'njamln R. Rurton, of New York, an alumnus of Williams College, Dff. Scowllle Clark, of Salem, Mass., who was hsso . itw ith Mr. S i s r?- and Dr. Grenfell. in work m Labrador, Dff, Horrax, wie, is eoa sjgaoetated with the Medl- al S. ho,,| of J? d.lil-11opkins t'nlversic.. and < barbs K. Hughes. Jr.. son ?f Supreme Court Just let Hughes, who was a i I issmate of .Mr. i? at Harvard Law School. When Mr. and Mrs. pr..ncis Howes 'IO I e ha been i ? ? ? 1 K I at ll .led bv I ||e In ndreds of guests--ipu ts ihe isti m ited number of those gfho attend the wedding I re pton follows Titans of ihe immediate v/eddlng part' w.u pass to the family dining room where a w eddin? luncheon will b? served. The great number of the a liest S Will 1 e , ho\\ II 1? tile State dll ing room where a supper Will be in readiness The wedding presents sre spread shout in Ihe pffeetdeat'i llhffaffy nnd MILEAGE OH RAILROADS. commission issues ORDER that it Ml'st BQUAL fake ox shout hauls. New Rule Applies to Travel Bc4W?ll Com|>ctitl\o Points Within South Cnrolinu. Columbia, Nov. 25?"Where the same standard fare is legally applica? ble on two or more railroads between competitive points wholly within the State of South Carolina, the above named railroads shall extract from mileage ticket books only such num? ber of coupons as will not exceed in value the standard fare between such points." This was the order issued yester? day by the railroad commission to the Southern Uailwny company, Seaboard Air Line railway, Atlantic Coast Eine Railroad company, Charleston anil Western Carolina Railway company and the Columbia, Newberry & Lau renn Railroad company. The order was signed by all of the members of the eommission anil is to become ef? fective December II, The order fol? lows a decision by the attorney gen? eral that the railways, where the long and short haul is involved, have no right to pull more mileage than the cash fare. A hearing was held sev? en 1 ?lays ago. Following statement was issued by the eommission: ' The method to bo pursued in (jurying out these arrangements will be for the railroads to issue individual tariffs showing the fares between the aaaapeUtlVl points .and, when a pas? senger presents his mileage book on the train to the conductor or ticket collector, that conductor or ticket col? lector will detach from the mileage book a sufficient number of coupons, not to exceed the fares as shown in said tariff, it being understood that along with such form of transporta? tion as the carriers may issue via such competitive routes, the passenger will be reouired to present therewith the mileage book, from which the de tachmnts have been made, in order to verify the transaction and further? more, the passenger will also identify himself or herself as the original pur? chaser of the mileage book whenever called upon by the ticket collector or train conductor to do so." in the White House attic. Under the alert eyes of Secret Service men, the guests will be permitted to in? spect them. They are extrmejy sim? ple in the main, it having been clearly understood that Miss Wilson and Mr. Sayre and the president preferred that no elaborate presents be sent. No gifts from foreign rulers have been received, although Ambassadors and Ministers of foreign countries sent in sents When Alice Roosevelt wed? ded at the executive mansion gifts valued ai hundreds of thousands ot dollars were n lived from European monarchs and Eastern potentates. The wedding gift of the House of liepresentativcs, which was seelcted by Speaker Champ Clark and his daughter, Miss Genvicve Clark, con? sisted of a beautiful lavalier of dia? monds on platinum, UM platinum al? so forming the fine, almost invisible ? bain from which the lavalier tails. Several large stones with many small ones gQ into the makeup of tie- ofnamtnt, which is Irregular in shape, with its length OlOSC to three inches. I i o|u the mainbafS of the Senate a magnificent silver tea set \ allied at several thousand dollars was receiv? ed. This also bore an appropriate message with it. conveying the Inter* VSt and esteem of the senators. Man) of the members of the dip? lomatic oorpi sent only flowers, Mlsi Wllson being totally unacquainted With many of them, it was considered more appropriate that this be done. The Italian ambassador and Marchesa Cusanl presented the couple with foill masalVi silver candlesticks ot rare design, and the Minister ot I ruguaj and Mine. Dc i'ena sent a Jewel bog of Silver and tortoise sha ll. The trousseau is very elaborate, es peclally when the comparative sim pllclty <d' the wedding on the whole Ui taken into consideration. Miss Wilson's wedding gown is or? namentt d with in h laces' handed 'I..,\n In 'o r mother's family for tnan\ generations and used often before by brides on like OCCaslona The latest t i hton was followed in the modelling oi tie- gown, w he h consists mainly of a heav] satin, ot i cream tint, but of so delicate a Shade as lu appeal almost white. The foundation skin is tight at the feel ?'iid ?lashed at the sole seams in i be back, This lasl feature permits the bride to walk easily and grace? fully, while at the same time the fold* of th?* train cntirel\ conceal the tis ?urea The train consists of three srdi of tin fullwldth of the satin. Miss Wilson's bridesmaids will wish white or the palest Ivory rrepe de ? bine in :i high lustre tint. The trimmings will be a tunic overdress ot hydrangei net, Tin? girdles will i>? ? ?i i deeper tone of nit and satin. The I bridesmaids' bmiuctn w ill consist ol RAILROAD RATES TOO LOW. URGE NEED OF MORE MONEY FOR SERVICE. Representatives of Many Linos Call on Commerce Commission to Make Increase. Washington, Nov. 24.?That rail-1 road earnings are not commensurate with the increased cost of operation, higher taxes and wages and condi? tions and equipment necessary to meet the commercial demands of the coun-. try was submitted today to the inter? state commerec commission by rep? resentatives of the railroads arguing for a general increase of E per cent in freight rates. The claim held by railroa.ls operat? ing 111 the territory east of the Mis? sissippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers was upheld in a pre? liminary outline of the railroad situa? tion by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, rep? resenting for the occasion the Eastern roads, and Frederick A. Delano, pres? ident of the Wabaah railroad, on be? half of the Central Trallic association. Statistics tending to show the cur? tailment of earnings as compared to Increased costs were submitted by an accounting committee composed of C. M. Bunting, comptroller of the Penn? sylvania railroad; W. C. Wishart, stat latlcan of the New York Central lines; W. H. Williams, third vice president of the Delaware & Hudson company; C. P. Crawford, comptroller of the Erlo railroad, and George M. Shiver, second vice president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. President Willard in an opening statement asserted that railroads in the territory concerned had expended in property investments in the last three Sears $600,000,000, and that In the year 1913 the earnings were $16,311,321 less than for the year 1910. He argued that the 5 per cent increase applied for was not as much as the railroads were entitled to anQ In this he was supported by President Delano, who argued for the railroads in central territory, and urged that In fixing rates the commission should regard no particular territory'. Fig? ures for the tlrst two months of the present year, Mr. Delano said, were less encouraging even than the re? sults fince 1910, when an appeal for a 10 per cent Increase In rates was denied. orchids and lillies of the valley, tied with Mowing ribbons and softly tinted I silk. Miss Wilson and Mr. Sayre are sin gurarly well mated because they are both Intensely interested In what la usually known as "social service" the bettering of the condition of the mass of mankind. After Miss Wilson graduated from the Goucher College for Women in Baltimore In 1908 she entered settle? ment work. She spent two years in the slums of Philaadelphia. Her ac? tivities were directed at benefiting the thousands of women employed at low wages in the textile mills of the Kinsington section. She became fired with the desire to become a foreign missionary. Hut her family persuaded her not to sail for the East. She is the youngest memher of the national board of Young Women's Christian Aseot latlon, Miss Wilson was born in Gains VlllOi <ia., In 1189, At that time her lather was a member <d the faculty <>t Bryn Mawr College, In Pennsyl? vania and was in the habit of repair? ing with his family to the South to Visit relatives during the summer. In 1904 Miss Wilson entered Gouch? er, from Which she graduuted with honors. While at college she special? ised in political science and sociology. She also was honored with member? ship in Phi Beta Kappa, the scholar? ship society. At college .Miss Wilson gained much proficiency as an orator ani since her graduation she has at dressed many gatherings, mostly in the inter? est of social welfare work. With Mrs. J. Horden Harri man she sat on the bench of the children's night court in New York. She addressed i huge gathering of social w orkers In Bt. Lous and also talked at similar meetings in Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York. she is rather stately in appearance, tall, and has light hair. She is fond of outdoor athletics and walks with that free, easy stride which bespeaks a life In the open. She plays tennis well, and is a good horsewoman and expert swimmer. She is also a devotee of golf :md has played frequently on the famous Chevy Chase links at Washington Ince Iot lather has been president. In lor love for social work. Miss Wilson will find in her husband an ad? mirable companion. Mr. Sayre has done much of this kind of work and Intends devoting bis life to it. At Ihe present time he la the head of the ? "Ii ,'i unt department In the other ?.f District Attorney Whitman . i New York, it is his duty to Investigate i ases of Wife and child desertions I" rtaln if they should be brought ko the attention of Ihe District Attorney. PROBE GOLD STORAGE. AX INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED TRUST UNDER WAY. Proposed That House Take Up Question of Cost of Living Through Committee. Washington, Nov. 24.?Another fed? eral investigation into the high cost of living, promising criminal prose? cutions if Attorney General McRey nolds can find an alleged cold storage conspiracy, got under way today and a congressional investigation of a dif? ferent phase of the cost of living prob? lem was threatened. While special agents of the department of justice are sifting charges that eggs, poultry and dairy products are being piled up in cold storage to maintain high prices and even force them higher, Repre? sentative Britten of Illinois is prepa? ring to ask for a congressional inves? tigation into prices of meat. The proposal for a meat investiga? tion was prompted by an announce? ment that the navy had bought nearly 300,000 pounds of Australian fresh beef at a half a cent a pound lower than the best prices of American pack? ers, and 120,000 pounds of canned corned beef from the Australian pack? ers at 8 cents a pound cheaper than the lowest price in the United States. The price paid was 11.90 cents a pound for the fresh beef and 15.37 cents of the corned product. Announcing his intention to ask for a congressional investigation of the navy's beef contract, Congressman Rritten declared he wanted to develop why the public could not bctlent by the advantage of buying from Austra? lia if the navy could do so. Representative McKellar of Tennes i see has pending in the house a bill to prohibit interstate transportation of any food products kept in cold storage more than 90 days. He con? tends its enactment into law would go far toward solving the cold storage question. Agents of the department of justice took up their work today in all the j principal cities. They will report par ! ticularly on eggs and dairy products and will attempt to make an estimate of the quantities in cold storage and how long they have been there. Statistics systematically gathered by agents of the department of labor and 1 made public here from month to month show that in all the principal industrial centres of the United States : the prices of foods needed by the ' average working man's family have steadily been soaring for the last 23 years and in a great many instances have passed the high price marks of 1907, which were then unprece? dented. Sugar, according to these sta? tistics, is the only commodity showing a reduction. Any congressional investigation will be separate from that of the depart? ment of justice. Attorney General McReynold's agents will make their reports direct to Washington and what evidence is gathered will be weighed to determine whether there are any grounds for prosecution. Mr. Sayre is also a lover of outdoor ?ports, his favorite recreation being big game bunting. He has shot caribou in Labrador and big game in I the Rockies and in Alaska. Francis Howes Sayre was born at South Bathlehemt Pa., 2* years ago. His father was the late Robert Hey sham Sayre, who built the I.--high Valley Railroad. The elder Sayre al? so started the Bethlehem Iron Works, which later became known as the Bethlehem Steel Works. Robert R. Sayre beer me a leading figure in the industrial world, when he built the Pattenburg tunnel on the main line of I tho Lehlgh Valley Railroad more than fifty years ago. During his life? time he collected one of the finest pri? vate libraries in the State of Pennsyl? vania and was much interested in edu? cation. For many years he was pres? ident of the Hoard of Trustees of Le high University. Francis Howes Sayre graduated from the Lawrenceville school in 1905 and from Willlar"* College in 1909. At his graduation from Williams he was the valedictorian of his class and be? longs to the Sigma Phi fraternity the Gargoyle society and Phi Beta Kappa. He then entered the Harvard Law School and was graduated With the t honor of "Cum laude" in 1912. While at Cambridge be became In? terested In social settlement work in Uoston and devoted much of his time to it. In October Of 1912 he entered the office of District Attorney Whitman of New York. His vacations have been spent in hunting and exploration trips. He spent two summers with Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, in Labrador, hunting Cari? bou and he accompanied Peary from Labrador to Sew Voi-u, when the ex? plorer returned from the North Pole. Me h:is also spent some tune in Alas? ka and upon one occasion, accom? panied by a Russian1 trader, sailed through the Bering straits to the Arc tie and touched the Siberian coast, 2, 1)00 miles from Vlndlvostock, He Is fond of riding, nn accomplishment he CHARLESTON MAYOR AT WORK AGAINST WHALEY. Ho Declines to Speak but It is Vnder stood That He Has Affidavits for Use Against First District Congressman. Washington, Nov. 24.?Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston, who, some time ago, filed sensational charges with the speaker of the house against Representative Richard S. Whaley of the First South Carolina district al? leging that Mr. Whaley had spent large sums of money and had openly bought votes to secure his seat in the house and at whose instance the mat? ter is now pending before house com? mittee on elections No. 1, to determine whether there shall be a regular in? vestigation, reached Washington last night in preparation for the meetings of the committee, which are sched? uled to begin here next week. Although ?ir. Grace had nothing to say today regarding the case at this time and will not disclose his plans, it is understood that he has returned to Washington well fortified with affi? davits, by which he expects to make out his case against Mr. V/haley. When the committee, of which Rep? resentative Post of Ohio is chairman, adjourned some time ago there was no decision as to what the result of its deliberations up to that time had been and although Mr. Grace appears to be confident that he has made a prima facie showing in the matter and that Mr. Whaley will be summoned before the committee within the next few days to give his side of the case if he cares to do so, nothing authentic has yet been brought forward to sub? stantiate this assumption. Chairman Post is now at his home in Ohio, and will n< t return to Wash? ington before the end of the present week. At that time the matter will take definite shape. When Representative Crisp of Georgia, Stevens of Mississippi and one or two other members of the committee were asked about the mat? ter today, they said that in the ab? sence of Mr. Post they were unauthor? ized to speak for the committee. Mr. Whaley is now at his home in Charleston, but it is understood that he is prepared to meet the charges filed by Mr. Grace and to combat the testimony produced by him a short time ago should occasion require it. WELCOME FOR BOOTH. Thousands Hear Head of the Salva? tion Army. New York, Nov. 23.?Several thous? and persons of many creeds and na? tionalities welcomed Gen. Bramwell Booth, head of the Salvation at Car? negie Hall this afiernoon. District Attorney Charles S. Whitman, chair? man of the meeting, was introduced by Eva Booth, sister of Gen. Booth, as "a hater of wrong, a fighter for the right." Gen. Booth similarly recog? nized the prosecutor who praised the work of the Salvation Army among the unfortunates and the criminals of metropolitan life. Gen. Booth's speech was a tribute to his father, the late William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. It was reported that Eva Booth, for nine years administrative head of the Salvation Army in America, was to be transferred to England as head of the organization's most important international bureau. Gen. Booth re? fused today to discuss this report. I Wrned on ranches in the West. His travels have extended as far south as Southern Mexico. Mr. Sayre's mother, before her marriage was Martha Finley Nevin, ? laughter of the late John Williamson Nevin, president of Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, Pa. She is a deacendent of Huge William? son of North Carolina, one of the framers of the Constitution of the United States. Her brother, the late Robert J. Nevin, was the head of the American Church at Rome, and her cousin, Ethelbert Nevin, is a com? poser of note. Mr. Sayre and Miss Wilson met two years ago at a house party given by Mr. Sayre's aunt at Bethlehem, Pa. They discovered sympathetic interests in each other, which drew them into a 1 strong friendship, later ripening into love. Mr. Sayre is a modest young man of retiring disposition, yet forceful char? acter. In appearance he somewhat resembles his future father-in-law, having the long jaw and high fore? head. In fact, he resembles Mr. Wil? son more than does, bis fiance, who resembles her mother. He is tall and slender and like Miss Wilson, has lighf hair. Sin< ,. his connection with the dis? trict attorney's office he has lived with I . his mother in an apartment near ( o lumbia University on Mornlngslde heights, New VotK Crowd-, at Whho House. Washington, No\. 26.-?Clear, skies and Indian summer weather favored the wedding day of Misg Jessie Wilson and Francis Ssyre today, Nearly a SPART ANBURG JURY ACTIVE. OTHERS CHARGED WITH AT? TACKING COUNTY JAIL. Sam Ford, O. M. Thlgpen and Will Hunnicutt are Presented at Extra? ordinary Session. Spartanburg, Nov. 24.?In an ex? traordinary session this morning, .the grand jury presented three other men, Sam Ford, O. M. Thigpen and Will Hunnicut, for attacking the Spartan burg county jail on the night of Au? gust 18 in the effort to secure Will Fair, a negro accused of criminal as? sault on a young white woman near White Stone, this county. Warrants were issued for the three men before A. H. Kirby, magistrate, this morning, but none of them ha& yet been ar? rested. Sam Ford, one of the accused men, is employed on the construction force of the Greenville, Spartanburg & An? derson railway. At the time of the attack on the jail here he was working on the, line Just outside of the city. It is understood that he is now in Union. The grand jury has now presented seven men for an attack on the coun? ty jail. Three of the accused men, Jesse Wolfe, Robert Ward and W. R. Belcher, have given themselves up and have been released on a $1,000 bond each, the two former Saturday and the latter today. Bob Wilson, one of the presented men, Is at his home in Greer suffering from injuries that may result in his death. It is expected that other arrests will be made in the near future. N. G. OFFICERS TO MEET. Will Consider War Deportment's Re? port on Weak Companies. Columbia, Nov. 24.?Gov. Blease has called a conference of the military officers to meet in the governor's of? fice on Friday afternoon, December 12, at 4 o'clock, to consider what is to be done with the recommendation of the war department that the com? panies at Conway, Bamberg, Barnwell, Chesterfield and Bennettsville be mus? tered out of service and disbanded. All Federal aid having been withdrawn from these five companies. Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones, Cols. Julius E. Cogswell, C. T. Lipscomb and W. W. Lewis, Assistant Adjt, Gen. O. W. Babb and Governor Blease will com? pose the conference, which will con? sider the report of the war depart? ment and decide on what course to pursue, whether to give the companies another chance or to muster them out. The commanding officers of the five companies found deficient have been asked to be present by Governor Blease. They will come before the conference individually, hear the re? port of the war department, and pre? sent such suggestions for their re? spective companies as they may wish. The governor has also written the captains of the companies at Liberty Hill, Darlington, Elloree, Walterboro, Lancaster, and the two in Columbia asking them to come before the con? ference of military officials and hear the reports of the war department on the reinspection and advice with the officials on suggestions for Improving their commands and bringing them up to the standard required. The war department passed these seven com? panies on reinspection, but recom? mended improvement, and it is for the purpose of making these improve? ments that the captains of these sev? en companies have been asked to ap? pear one at a time before >he coun? cil of military advisers. Governor Blease will lay the report ! the war department on the rein? spection of the companies before the military conference, and after consul? tation with the captains or command? ing officers in each company a decis? ion as to whether further effort will be made to retain them or they be mustered out of service will probably be reached. The whole military matter will be sent to the legislature in a special message by Governor Blease. The fight i in the National Guard of the State has been on for several months, and this will likely prove one of the most in i teresting of the measures to come be? fore the coming session of the gener ! al assembly. Mr. Jerome V. Wilson, of Columbia, spent the day in town. hundred policemen were stationed 1 at the White House to hold bs k the surging crowds that began assemb? ling early this afternoon. The crowds i . were good natured The House of Representatives ad? journed in compliment to the presi? dent s family. The Supreme Court is also taking a holiday. The senate continued In session, being burdened with Considerat' . of the currency leg? islation. It h me known today thai the word "< ?ey" will be eliminated from the marriage ceremony. Gifts from distant parts of the world con? tinued to arrive during the day. The itinerary of the wedding journey is kept secret, but it is generally be? lieved tin couple will go to Florida.