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-•* - \\*r. vyv^ K^j^f " r 1 * v. "A! 'Tf s • V»'£- •"'tt-A i •.<>.:. tv *• ;"• ':• x *&&•• # " •i- %*}$,:"" * THE McHEXRY PLAINDEALEK," McHEXRY, ILL ».; ̂ |»i. •%* tftfcs***; v** »'te&*28ps PRESIDENT AND v MRS. SALT WED Ceremony Is Performed Amid Bower of Blooms at Bride's Home. SPEND HONEYMOON IN SOUTH Simple Rites Mark Ceremony In Resi­ dence of Bride--Only Relatives and Intimate Friends Are Present --Trousseau Elaborate. Washington. Dec. 20.'--Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, and Edith Boiling Gait, widow of Nor­ man Gait of Washington, were mar­ ried at 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Gait, this city. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, an Epis­ copalian, was the officiating clergy­ man. He was assisted by Rev. James H. Taylor, a Presbyterian. The wedding ceremony was wit­ nessed only by the closest relatives of the president and of his bride. President Wilson and his bride will spend their honeymoon at Hot Springs, Va. They left Washington at 11:10 o'clock in a private car attached to a special train. At Hot Springs they will live at the face throughout the ceremony, while the bride was sweeter and far more beautiful than she has appeared yet, her face pale but wreathed in smiles. When the rector reached the words, "Who giveth this woman in mar­ riage?" the bride's mother, Mrs. W. H. Boiling, leaned forward and joined the hands of her daughter and the president, with her eyes swimming in tears. She was the first to greet her son-in-law and daughter when they turned from the beautiful altar, and it was then a happy, loving em­ brace, with no trace of tearfulness. Gown Establishes Precedent. Mrs. Gait's gown establishes a prec­ edent in the matter of wedding gowns for widows, but there will be few who will accept it* It was black, the richest of silk velvet, to be sure, but black, nevertheless. It was made in a walking length with a very full skirt, short enough to display the patent leather French half-shoes, which had no trimming. Her hat was a picture hat of black beaver, the rolling brim, slightly up­ turned at the left side with a gourra feather placed where !t rolled upward. She wore no gloves and carried a white-bound prayerbook in her hand. The bodice of the gown was elabor­ ate to a degree. It was of rare em­ broidery on fine black net, the em­ broidery in a lily pattern done in silks, shading from deep tones of royal blue to the most delicate pastel shades, and studded with turquoise. The net was shown over a broad band of cloth of silver and a bolero effect in black velvet embroidered to match the net, was shown in front, the high, >. ©omestead hotel, where a wing has ;i%een reserved for them until after New Tear's day. , Denied the privilege of witnessing i itie wedding, crowds hung about the White House and the modest home of Urs. Gait during the afternoon. As the White House car drew up at ttie Gait home the president was re<fc- i agnized and the crowds cheered wildly. Wedding Is Very Simple. F The wedding of the president and Jffrs. Gait was as simple and aB pri- '< irate as it was possible to make it. Not * hint of officialdom was permitted to creep into it. The ceremony occupied twelve min­ utes. The entrance hall, which is small, fcut is handsomely furnished, was dec- Orated in a scheme of red and green "to keeping with the advent season. The drawing room, where the cere­ mony was performed, was all in green, with orchids, touches of bright color being tall bunches of American Beauty roses which stood as sentinels at •#ither side of the bower and impro­ vised altar. This bower was erected Jit one end of the room of maidenhair ferns, which reached from floor to ceil­ ing. Mirror Reflects Party. At the back of the mass of greens * mirror was placed, the frame being outlined solidly with orchids, and in this the bridal party was reflected. Overhead a canopy was arranged in shell-like fashion, the inside of the shell lined with Scotch heather, the t creamy blossoms of which were beau- ilful against the green. Word "Obey" la Used. Rev. Herbert Scott, Smith, who is jrector of St. Margaret's church, which Mrs. Gait recently joined, used the «^-gX>:tull Episcopalian marriage service, £.%•'! including the word "obey," and Rev. '; James H. Taylor, pastor of the Cen- j&j tral Presbyterian church, which is at- v- ,v tended by the president and his lam- jfp' i Pronounced the benediction after N 1 "offering a prayer. The couple knelt during the latter part of the ceremony and remained 60 until after the benediction was said. According to eyewitnesses, the pres- j ^ ident showed well-controlled nervous- : ness, but had a happy Bmile on hiB W No Need of Speech. ^ "Mr. Jaggs never opened his mouth "Cwhile his wife was entertaining her guests the other night." "Oh, y6s, he did several times." "1 didn't hear him. What did he Bay?" "Nothing. He pawned."--Baltimore American. close-fitting girdle of plain black vel­ vet reaching up to meet the embroid­ ered net in front and outlining her figure perfectly in the back. The sleeves were of finest black net in tiny tucks, with deep cuffs of the embroidered velvet which reached far down over the hands and extended to the elbow in a lily-sheath point. Hfer only ornament was the president's gift, a superb diamond brooch worn for the first time. Less Than Forty Quests. There were less than forty guests present at th3 wedding. They were only the immediate members of the two families and included Mrs. Boil­ ing, mother of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Haury of Anniston, Ala., brother-in-law and sister of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hunt­ er Gait, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilmer Boiling, brother and sister- in-law of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe E. Boiling of Panama, brother and sister-in-law of the bride; Mrs. Reginald Fendall, sister of the late Norman Gajt; Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Gait, brother and sister-in-law of the late Norman Gait; Miss Bertha Boil­ ing, sister of the bride; Julian B. Boiling, and John Randolph, and Dr. William H. Boiling, brothers of the bride; Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo, son-in-law and daugh­ ter of the president; Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, Bon-ln-law and daughter of the president; Miss Mar­ garet Wilson, daughter of the presi­ dent; Miss Helen Bones, cousin of the president; Mrs. Anne Wilson Howe and Mrs. Cothran, sister and niece of the president; Prof. Stockton Axsen of Princeton, brother of the late Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Miss Gertrude Gordon, ward and intimate friend of the bride; Dr. Rudolph B. Tusler, Dr. Sterling Ruffln, H. C. Berghelmer, Josephine Cothran, the president's grandniece; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson, MiSB Alice Wilson. A. Boiling Gait, brother of Mrs. Wilson's first husband; J. Wilson Howe, nephew of the president, and Mrs. Howe; Secre­ tary Tumulty and Mrs. Tumulty, and Dr. Cary Grayson, military aid to the president, and the house servants of the bride. Reflecting on His Judgment. If there is one thing that makes a man madder than another, it is read­ ing the glowing statements in the ad­ vertisements of tobaccos other than the one he smokes.--Rochester (N. Y.) Union and Advertiser. For Iron Mold. ' A solution of salts of lemon and warm water will remove iron mold from linen. The article should be ' well rinsed afterward in clean water j|nd Allowed to dry. jp.Cuta for Hiccoughs. -w Sit erect and inflate the lungs fully. ;T.T- < Then, retaining the breath, bend for­ ward slowly until the chest meets the knees. After slowly rising again to the erect position, slowly exhale the breath. Repeat a second time and the hiccoughs will stop. Daily Thought. Don't be content with doing only grour duty. Do more than your duty ? It's the horse -who finishes a neck ahead who wins the race.--Andrew MOTETO AUSTRIA MESSAGE DRAFTED BY PRESI­ DENT IS COMPLETED AND READY FOR VIENNA. MUST DISAVOW SHIP ATTACK Complete Text of the Austrian Reply to Washington's First Note on the Ancona Case Is Made Public by Uie State Department. Washington, Dec. 21.--President Wilson completed the first draft of the new note to Austria-Hungary reiterat­ ing the American demands regarding the sinking of the liner Ancoiia. Austria's reply to the American note on the sinking of the Italian liner An­ cona, as made public on Saturday by the state department, follows: American Embassy, Vieniia, Dec. 15. 1915.--Secretary of State, Washtng- ton: Following note received from min­ ister of foreign affairs at noon today: "In reply to the much esteemed note number 4167, which his excellency, Frederic Courtland Penfield, ambassa­ dor extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America, di­ rected to him in the name of the American government under date of the 9th inst, in the matter of the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona, the undersigned, preliminary to a thor­ ough, meritorious treatment of the de­ mand, has the honor to observe that the sharpness with which the govern­ ment of the United States considers it necessary to blame the commanding officer of the submarine concerned in the affair and the firmness in which the demainds addressed to the imperial and royal government appear to be ex­ pressed might well have warranted the expectation that the government of the United States should precisely specify the actual circumstances of the affair upon which it bases its case. "As is not difficult to perceive, the presentation of the facts in the case in the aforesaid note leaves room for many doubts, and even if this pres­ entation were correct in all points and the most rigorous legal conception were applied to the judgment of the^ case, it does not in any way sufficient ly warrant attaching blame to the com­ manding officer of the war vessel or to the imperial and royal government. "The government of the United States ha-s also failed to designate the persons upon whose testimony it re­ lies and to whom it apparently be­ lieves it may attribute a higher degree of credibility than to the commander of the imperial and royal fleet." "The imperial and royal govern­ ment 16 in principle ready to enter into an exchange of views in the af­ fair with the government of the United States. "It must, however, in the first place, raise the question why that govern­ ment failed to give judicial reasons for the demands set forth in its note with reference to the special circumstances of the incriminating events upon which it itself lays stress, and why in lieu thereof it referred to an exchange of correspondence which it has con­ ducted with another government in other cases. "The imperial- and royal govern­ ment is the less able to follow the Washington cabinet on this unusual path, since it by no means possesses authentic knowledge of all of the pertinent correspondence ef the gov­ ernment of the United States, nor is it of the opinion that such knowl­ edge might be sufficient for it in the present case, which in so far as it ia informed is in essential points of another nature than the case or cases to which the government of the United States seems to allude. The imperial and royal government may therefore leqve it to the Washington cabinet to formulate the particular points of law against which the com­ manding officer of the submarine ts alleged to have offended on the oc­ casion of the sinking of the Ancona. "The government of the United States has also seen fit to refer to the attitude which the Berlin cab­ inet assumed in the above-mentioned correspondence. The imperial and royal government flndB in the much- esteemed note no indication whatever of the intent with which this refer­ ence was made. Should, however, the government of the United States thereby have intended to express an opinion to the effect that a prej udice of whatever nature existed for the 'imperial and royal government with respect to the judicial consid­ eration of the affair in question, this government must, in order to' pre­ clude possible misunderstandings, de­ clare that as a matter of course it re­ serves to itself full freedom of main­ taining its own legal views in the dis­ cussion of the case of the Ancona, "The imperial and royal government most sincerely deplores the fate of the innocent victims of the incident in question. BURIAN." PENFIELD. Two Simple Remedies. In case of burns, rub on flour, then apply alcohol until it ceases burning. For earache: Take a little cotton, dip in Jamaica ginger and press into your ear; will relieve you Quickly. Must Conquer for Himself. The conqueror is not so much pleased by entering into open gates a8_.b.y forcinB his way. He desires not the fieids to be cultivated by the pa­ tient husbandman; he would have them laid waste by fire and sword. It would be a shame to go by a way al­ ready opened.--Lucan. Steamer Blows Up; Ten Lost. Washington, Dec. 21.--The gasoline schooner Manomet blew up and sank twelve miles off Cape Ann, Mass. Four of the crew were landed at Rockport, Mass., and ten are missing, accordlrs to a wireless received here. Difficult. Indignant Professor--"Quit this quibbling, sir! Who was King Henfy VIII? Answer 'yes' or 'no'."--Pennsyl­ vania Punch BowL READYSFO BLOW UP SHIPS AND FACTORIES MM MM Hopewell, Va,. where the Du Pont Powder company has one of its many plants where ammunition for the war­ ring nations is being manufactured, was destroyed by a tire which was caused by the accidental overturning of a lamp. Twenty-five thousand were left homeless when the collection of flimsy wooden buildings in which they were housed went up in the monster bonfire. While the ruins were still smoldering plans were made to rebuild. BIGGEST GU N OF ITS "CLASS"IN THE WORLD V-.., • XV" ; )><>>•;,< J: < H I > This is one of the monsters upon which. America wil 1 have to rely tor protection against any foreign power that may get the notion to seize the Panama canal: This 16-inch disappearing gun is the biggest gun of its class in the world and is capable of throwing a projectile 21 miles. < CARRIES THE LINCOLN CANE JOAN OF ARC UNVEILED IN NEW YORK Panama Canal Again Open. Panama, Dec. 21.--The Panama canal, which has been closed since September 18 last by the worst Blide in its history, will be opened again for the passage of vessels drawing less than twenty feet this week. New Air Attack Near Met*. London, Doc. 21.--December 17-18 French aeroplanes dropped forty bombs on the railway station and ad­ jacent buildlnss at Sablons, jusi; south of thi Germ;.n fortress of Met*. Con­ siderable damage was done. Texas Girl Found 8lain. Farls. Tex., Dec. 21.--Pauline Wal­ ton, seventeen years old, was found sitting bolt upright on the edge of her b$d, her head almost severed. Police and relatives were unable to assign any motive Ipr tha murder. Copyright, 8fldtrw«fid i l'ftdtrwoo4 Lorenzo L,ucero, chief of all the Pueblo tribe at Sandla, N. M., recently went to Washington to call on the president and see the sights. The cane he carries was given in 1833 by Abraham Lincoln to the then chief of the tribe and has been handed down as an emblem of chieftainship. Forgiveness Must Be Personal. Forgiveness is the most necessary and proper work of every man; for, ^hougb, when 1 do not a just thing, or charitable, or a wise, another maomay it for me, yet no man can forgive my enemy bat myselL-- Lord Herbert. Low Aim in Lif$^ The man whose eyes are nailed, not on the nature of his act. but on the wages, whether it be money or office or fame, ig. almost equally low.-- Emerson, T v"- " v^' This beautiful equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, which, in the words of Ambassador Jusserand, "would cement more strongly the friendship which has bound this country to the French republic," was unveiled by Mrs. Thomas A. Edison in the presence of a gathering of distinguished guests on River­ side drive, New York, recently. The statue was designed by Anna V. Hyatt, an American sculptress. TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE Khaki was first used by Indian regi­ ments. An artificial oil of geranium made of phenol has been invented in France for perfuming soap. The United States bureau of stand­ ards has developed a delicate thermo­ electric test for the purity of platinum. A Russian inventor claims to have perfected a motor that can safely util- ire glectxict^y drawn from storm d o u d i . \ „ ' ; , • / / , ' , < 1 An electric vacuum cleaner that can be mounted on any carpet sweeper has been invented. A new portable electric lamp has a shade that folds like an umbrella for convenience in carrying. Several Swiss churcLes are econom­ ically heated with electrlciCy obtained from nearby waterfalls. The world's largest flowers, more than three feet in diameter and weigh­ ing 28 pounds, are produced by plants growing on mountains in the Philip pines. .. LANSING'S NOTE'-- .-S s SHARP IN TONE, r ' • V1 • 'r- > United States Maintains Posltioif | | on Ancona Sinking. WILL NOT DISCUSS IttTTEII^ W Secretary Holds That the Culpability of the Commander of the Sub­ marine Has Been Establlslw# --International Law Vio­ lated. This photograph, taken at policc headquarters in New York, shows iL-u collection qf explosive chemicals and devices found in an apartment on Seventy-eighth street where, plotters were making bombs tor supposed use in destroying munitions-carrying vessels and munitions factories. DISTRUCTION OF^HIOP^WILIU MUNITIONS ^0^10^ Washington, Dec. 22.--In answer to Austria's reply to the American noiA complaining of the action of the Aut* trian commander of the submarine which sank the Italian steamer Ai»» cona, causing the loss of America|(i' lives, Secretary Lansing has seat thtt' following message to Ambassador Penfield at Vienna: "The Secretary of State to Amba* sador Penfield. "Department of State, Washington, December ltt, 1915. "You are instructed to address a note to the Austro-Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, textually as followBii} ~ 'The government of the Uniteil States has received the note of your excellency relative to the sinking of the Ancona, which was delivered at Vienna on December 15. 1915, and transmitted to Washington, and ha# given the note immediate and careful consideration. " 'On November 15. 1915, Baron ' Zwiedenek, the charge d'affaires of the imperial and royal government at Washington, transmitted to the de­ partment of state a report of the Aus­ tro-Hungarian admiralty with regard . to the sinking of the steamship An­ cona, in which it was admitted that the vessel was torpedoed after her engines had been stopped and when passengers were still on board. " 'This admission alone is. in th» view of the government of the UniteA States, sufficient to fix upon the cont* mander of the submarine which fired the torpedo the responsibility for haV* ing willfully violated the recognized law of nations and enttrely disregard­ ed those humane principles which ev­ ery belligerent should observe in thai conduct of war at sea. In view of these % admitted circumstances, thifr government of the United States feel» justified In holding that the details a£ the sinking of the Ancona, the weight and character of the additional testi­ mony corroborating the admiralty's report, and the number of Americans killed or injured are in no way essen­ tial matters of discussion. The culpar bility of the commander is in any cast established, and the undisputed fact is that citizens of thjB United States were killed, injured or put in jeopardy by his lawless act. Principles of Humanity Violated. " 'The rules of International law and the principles of humanity whidl were thus wilfully violated by ths commander of the submarine, havs been so long'and so universally recog­ nized, and are so manifest from tha standpoint of right and justice that the government of the United States' does not feel called upon to debata them and does not understand that the imperial and royal government questions or disputes theui. ' " 'The government of the United States therefore finds no other coursa open to it but to hold the imperial and royal government responsible for the act of its naval commander, and to renew the definite but respectful demands made in its communication of the sixth of December, 1915. It sin­ cerely hopes that the foregoing state­ ment of its position will enable ths Imperial and royal government to per­ ceive the Justice of these demands and to comply with them in thu sains spirit of frankness and with the sams concern for the good relations now existing between the United States and Austria-Hungary whiich prompted the government of the United states to make them. "Lansing." BRITAIN HOLDS UP U. S. MAIL Secretary Lansing Notified That Par­ cel Post 8ervice Has Been In­ terfered With by Warships. Washington, Dec. 22.--Secretary of State Lansing has been informed by W. A. F. Ekengren, the Swedish min­ ister, that Great Britain 1b interfering with the parcel post service betwee»" Sweden and other countries, including, the United States. The state depart­ ment has cabled the complaint to Am­ bassador Page at London. Officials of the department understand that Great Britain may exercise the right of pass­ ing on parcel post packages only wheu they are addressed direct to agents or supposed agents of Austria and Ger­ many. •A V, Horae Dealers Waxing Fat. Washington, Dec. 22. -- American' horse and mule breeders are y/axins fat in profits by huge sales of animals to the warring nations of Europe. Horses valued at $83,812,184 and mules worth $20,576,754 were shipped. Naval Reserve Gets Eastland. Chicago, Dec. 22.--Edward A. Evers^. commander for the Illinois naval re­ serve, bought for $46,000 what wa» left of. the ill-fated steamship East­ land, on which more than 800 per*- sons were drowned on July 24. U. S. Army Man Held as Spy. Washington, Dec. 22.--The war de­ partment has been unofficially advised' that Lieut. Edward L. Dyer of the- coast artillery is detained in Singa­ pore as a German spy, having neglect­ ed to obtain a passport. Bulgare Lose 130,000c London, Dec. 22.--"It is estimatec^C^'^ In allied stair circles at Saloniki tha®;" ? to date the Bulgarians have lost 130,p ; y- 000 men during the Balkan campaign,'*" V > says an Athens dispatch to the Eve^-J-vi1 ning Standard.