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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1015.
NO. 17.
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IN A PLEA
MILLION MEN NEEDED FOR BRIT
ISH ARMY SITUATION NOW
DEMANDS THEM.
SPEECH MADE TO COMMONS
Irish Leader Declares Nationalists Will
Oppose Conscription by All Means
Within Their Power One More
Chance to Volunteer.
ITnlttn Newspaper Union Kens Service.
London. Premier Asquith.made his
long oxpectod statement on the allies'
military position In the house of com
mons, with the Introduction of a "sup
plementary estimate" providing for
the raising of the numerical strength
i? the British army from 3,000,000 men
7o 4,000,000 men.
The houso was crowded and the
premier's speech was listened to eager
ly and silently. In the peers' gallery,
Lord Fisher, the former llrst sea lord,
and Earl Dorby, director of recruiting,
occupied the most prominent position
ibovc the clerk.
The prlmo minister as usual got to
the heart of his subject in his open
ing sentence and doclared that, al
though the British fighting force in
fibo various theaters now amounts to
more than 1,250,000 men, the war's de
mands wero such as necessitated call
ing out the empire's "recruitable max
imum." Although the premier did not put
himsolf on record as either for or
against conscription, John Redmond,
leader of the Irish nationalists, at the
close of Mr. Asqulth's speech, flung
a bombshell by declaring that the na
tionalists would oppose conscription
by every means in their power.
Referring to the Derby scheme, Mr.
Asqulth said that another chance
would bo given those who had not yet
responded, saying:
"Those who have been disposed to
hang back may now seize the oppor
tunity to follow the example set them
toy the mass of their fellow country
men." RIOTING IN JUAREZ CITY.
Trouble Breaks Out Over Shift In
i Government.
E14PpsoT' HinvUy armed Me,:K
can and American troops lined oppo-
banks of the Rio Grande Decem
ber 21 as the result of rioting In Ju
arez. Ono shot from south of the border,
believed by the United States military
authorities to have been fired on
American troops, toppled George A.
Dlepert, of El Paso, a brakeman, from
off the top of an El Paso and South
western railroad freight car. Ho was
dead with a bullet In his heart when
a corporal's guard readied him. His
trainmates fled at the shot. Later the
train was pulled out of range of Mexi
can cavalry that moved along the bank
of the Rio Grande.
Shortly afterward two Mexicans
-wero shot at the Mexican end of tho
Santa Fe bridge by Mexican customs
guards. Roports of fatalities in Ju
arez varied from two to ton.
The trouble arose when 300 Villa
soldiers reached Juarez in desperate
condition from lack of food and In ar
rears in pay. They refused to accept
the surrender to the de facto govern
ment, arranged the day before, until
the agreemont was signed by Gen.
Manuel Ochoa.
Col. House to Europe.
New York. Col. E. M. House, con
fidential adviser of President Wilson,
has stated that ho will shortly sail for
Europe at the request of tho president.
Col. Houso declared that the sole pur
Xiosa of his trip would be to deliver to
pertain American ambassadors infor
mation regarding tills government's
attitude on various international mat
tors now pending. He denied emphat
ically that his trip will in any way
be a peace mission.
Turkey Has Plenty.
Borlin. "Turkey has on abundance
of foods and other material of all kinds
which she can supply to Germany If
Germany needs them," said Dr. Nazlm
Boy, secretary of tho young Turks'
committee, and one of Turkey's most
prominent men, in a statement to tho
Associated Press.
$3,000,000 Sugar Refinery.
Havannah, Ga. James Imbroy, of
New "i ork, has announced that the Sa
vannah Sugar Roilning company would
erect a ?3,000,000 refinery hero.
Horse Meat In New York.
New York. Sale of horso moat for
food will bo permitted In Now York
after January 1, tho boatd of health
has announced.
London. Tho Albanian port of Du
razzo Is said to bo the latest objectivo
ot the Teutonic-Bulgarian campaign in
tv.o Palkans.
Smuggling Plot Nncovered,
Now York. A plan to smuggle crude
rubber from this country into Germa
ny, where It is scarce, has beon uncov
ered by agents ot tho department of
Justice and tho neutrality squad of
tho customs sorvko horo.
To Reopen the Mines.
New York. Americans hnvlng com
mercial Intel oats In Moxioo are pre
paring to legume the operation of
their properties In the ballof that tho
revolution headed by Goa. Villa is
ended
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RES
WILSON
IS
GALT MARRY
COUPLE UNITED AT 8:30 O'CLOCK
SATURDAY NIGHT AT
BRIDE'S HOME.
TOOK TRAIN TO HOT SPRINGS
Ceremony Performed by Bride's Pastor
Honeymoon Will Be Spent In Mo
toring and Walking Over Mountain
Trails in Virginia.
WMletn Xensptpor Unbn Jow Strtlce
Washington, D. C President Wilson
and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait wero mar
ried at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night
and left immediately afterward to
spend their honeymoon at Hot Springs,
Va. Tho president and his brido trav
oled In a private car attached to a spe
cial train leaving hero at 1110 o'clock.
Shortly after 10 o'clock tho president
and Mrs. Wilson entered a -waiting
Whito Houhq automobile and motored
to Alexandria, Va., across tho Poto
mac, to take their private car and
avoid tho crowd nt tho railroad sta
tion in this city.
At Hot Springs Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
will Uvo at the Homestead hotel until
after New Year's day, unless some de
velopment should necessitate tho pres
ident's earlier return to tho capital.
Autos Sent on Ahead.
Two of tho Whlto Houso automobiles
had been sent on ahead, and tho" cou
ple expect to spend their honeymoon
motoring, golfing and walking over
tho mountain trails. Besides the secret
servlco guard, tho party was accom
panied by ono photographer. The pres
ident will kcop in touch with tho White
Houso over special wires.
Because tho hour of tho wedding was
known to comparatively few persons,
thoro was not a large crowd in the
vicinity of the brldo's home, although
a large police guard had been provided.
All arrangements for tho wedding
ceremony were carried out perfectly,
the president arriving at his bride's
home soon nfter 8 o'clock, and tho
remainder of tho party, which num
bered less than thirty, following soon
after.
Tho ceremony was begun as had
been arranged at 8 o'clock and was fol
lowed by a buffet luncheon. Mrs. Wil
son was married In the traveling gown
she woro to the train.
Marked by Simplicity.
After the president and his bride
had departed Secretary Tumulty mado
this formal statement on the cere
mony: "Tho wedding was marked with sim
plicity. It was just such a wedding as
might have taken place in the home of
tho humblest American citizen."
Tho prayer book which tho officiat
ing clergyman used once was tho prop
erty of the late Judge William II. Boil
ing, of Virginia, father of the brido,
and was used at her request. Several
guests added to tho list at tho last
moment included Prof. Stockton, Ax
son, a brothor of tho late Mrs. Wilson;
A. Boiling Gait, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling
Gait, the former a brother of Mrs. Wil
son's first husband, and Mrs. Tumulty,
tho wife of Secretary Tumulty. Ono
of the addod guests was Matilda Brax
ton, an aged negro mammy of Wieth
vlllo, who has beon a servant in tho
brldo's family all her life.
Tho ruse by which tho wedding party
got away to Alexandria was complete.
When tho Whlto Houso automobllo
pulled away from Mrs. Wilson's houso
lines of police blocked pursuit in all
tho adjoining streets. At tho union sta
tion the presidential entrance was ful
ly lighted and lines of police were
spread all about. Those who were at
tracted to tho railroad station by tho
show of preparations wero disappoint
ed, while the president and Mrs. Wil
son woro speeding to the station across
the river ten miles away.
Weather Clears for the Event.
Tho president dtnod as usual nt tho
Whlto Houso at 7 o'clock with his
daughters and afterward drove to his
brldo's home, about a mile from the ox
exutlvo mansion. A cold, driving rain,
which swept the city all day, cleared
off at sunset, and tho ovonlng was cool
and pleasant. Because tho wedding
arrangements and tho hour of tho cere
mony had been kept a close secret,
thoro wero fow on tho streets about
the Whlto Houso, but near tho brldo's
homo the crowd was held back by po
lico lines spread during tho afternoon.
Everything was in readiness for tho
ceremony when tho president nrrLved,
and It proceeded without music. Neith
er tho president nor Mrs. Gait had nny
attendants, and there were no ushers
or flower girls Neither tho army,
tho navy nor the diplomatic corps was
reprosontod, and tho occasion was es
sentially what both of tho couplo had
wished it to be a home wedding.
Decorations of Home.
Ou tho first floor of tho brldo's homo
In two communicating rooms a wed
ding bowor had beon arranged with a
background or farleyanso and maiden
hair ferns, which extended from tho
floor to tho ceiling. Overhead there
was a canopy of green in tho form of
a shell lined with Scotch heathor. In
tho background and at tho center was
placed a laige mirror framed with or
chids nnd reflecting tho scene. Above
the mirror was a spray of orchids
across a background of ferns, and the
corners of tho canopy wore caught
with orchlda. American neauty roaoe
yero on both sides of tho canopy, be-
laLBv it fci i r linn MBMifiirBPntlt fflwBllBHy r3nhMffriTiBrfciP i? wBiiitTTkS JvtiVt&yVii'i MiBl
President and
neath which was a prayer rug on which
President WilBon and Mrs. Gait knelt
during the ceremony.
Just at tho hour for tho ceremony
tho president and his bride appeared
at the head of tho staircase, which was
decorated with ferns, asparagus vines
and American Beauty roses. They de
scended to tho lower floor, where the
guests wero grouped about Informally.
Brief and Simple Service.
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of
St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal
church, of which tho brido is a com
municant, was waiting beneath the
canopy to perform tho ceremony, and
with him, to assist, was tho president's
pastor, Rov. James II. Taylor, of tho
Central Presbyterian church.
Mrs. William H. Bolli.ng, tho bride's
mother, gave her away. Tho president
stood to the right of the clergymen
and tho brido stood on their left. At
once Dr. Smith began the words of tho
Episcopal marriage service, tho presi
dent making his responses first, and
then tho bride making hers. After tho
brido promised to "love, cherish and
obey," the president placed tho wed
ding ring, a plain band ot gold, upon
her finger and then, after a prayer,
and while tho couple clasped their
right hands together, Dr. Smith de
clared thorn husband and wife. Tho
brlof and simple ceremony was over.
Tho entire party then turned to the
dining room, where a buffet supper was
served. Tho decorations there were In
pink nnd on tho buffets were banked
growing ferns and pink .roses. Tho
tables wero decorated with Lady Stan
ley roso blossoms. On a table In the
center was the wedding cake, a fruit
cake of several layers high, ornamont
ed with sprays of pink orchids on the
center. Mrs. Wilson cut tho cako with
out formality and no arrangement was
mado for bestowing bits of it upon oth
ers than those in the wedding party.
Her Wedding Gown.
During tho ceremony and the lunch
eon afterward, during which n string
orchestra played, tho bride woro her
traveling dress, a black silk velvet
gown with a picture hat of black beav
er with no trimming whatever except
ono feather slightly upturned on. tho
left Bide. At her throat she woro tho
president's wedding gift, a magnificent
diamond brooch.
Tho Bkirt of her gown was of walk
ing length and cut on full lines. Tho
waist had silken embroidery of blue,
shading from tho deep tones of royal
blue to delicate shades of pastel, and
was threaded with silver.
Tho lower part of tho waist was em
broidered on black not over a band of
silver in the design of lilies, below
which was n glrdlo of black velvet
Tho sleeves of tho gown wero of black
net fashioned In tiny tucks with long
bell shaped cuffs of embroidered vel
vet which came well down over the
hand. Her collar, which was high and
upstanding, was of black lace. When
she left on hor honeymoon journoy
Mrs. Wilson wore over hor gown a fur
coat of broad tall with bands of yukon
and muff to match. She wore a chin
chin collar.
Garb of Women Guests.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the presl
dent's eldest daughter, wore a sapphlro
blue velvet gown with sapphire and
velvet trimmings.
Mrs. William G. McAdoo, his young
est daughter, woro bluo silk brocado
with fur and stlvor trimmings. Mrs.
Trancis B. Say re, .his third daughtor,
woro rose charmouso with cream laco.
Miss Helen Woodrow Bonog, tho presi
dent's cousin, woro yellow silk and
gold.
Mrs. Boiling, tho brldo's mother,
woro a costume of richly jotted not
ovor nn undoraklrt of satin appllqued
in kings blue. A shoit train was
cauRht at tho left sido ot the glrdlo
with a cluster of pink crushed roses
She woro old cameos set In poarls,
which sho wore as n bride.
Mrs. W. II. Maury, of Annigton, Ala.,
a fllstor of tho bride, woro whlto crepe
nnd silver not with a court train of
cream crcpo ombroldorod In leaf
Hprays of gold. A slnglo moon flower
caught her corsago at the waist.
Mrs. Alexander II. Gnlt, of this city,
another sister, woro Robin egg bluo
chiffon velvet with r.Ilver bands and a
black tullo sash nnd crushod rosos.
Miss Bertha Boiling, the brido'B third
slstor, wom a gown of turquoise bine.
Above a full skirt of blue chiffon over
whito lace flounces fell a punier draped
ororskirt of bluo tnffet ombroldered
in gold and silver. The boillco of chlf.
fon was ovor heavy bands of gold
Mrs. Wilson.
lace and a high glrdlo was of flower
embroidered silk.
All the men In tho narty. which, out
side of tho rolatlves. Included Secre
tary Tumulty and Dr. Grayson, the
president's physician, wore conven
tional ovoning dresses.
Costly Wedding Gifts.
Upstairs tho bride's room was sot
aside for wedding gifts, which ran
into tho hundreds, despito Intimations
from tho Whlto Houso that nothing
should bo sent by nny others than rela
tives nnd closo friends.
In deference to tho president's
wishes, the houso of congress sent no
gifts officially, but many members sent
personal remembrances.
The Virginia delegation, represent
ing tho natlvo stato of tho' couple,
sent a loving cup.
Wiothvillc, tho brldo's homo town,
sent a minlaturo of Mr. and Mrs. Boil
ing, her parents. The Pocahontas
Memorial association, in recognition of
Mrs. Wilson's descent from the Indian
princess of that nnme, sont a bronzo
statute of Pocahontas. Tho.Mcnomineo
Indians of Wisconsin sent a handsomo
bead bolt. Tho former queen ot Ha
waii sent a scarf. Minnesota women
sent a wedding cako. Evoiy member
ot tho cabinet Sent a gift.""
In nddltlon to tho president's dia
mond brooch, there wero other gifts
of jewelry, among them a diamond
brooch set In sapphires and a gold and
sapphlro bracelet. There woro so
many fans that It Is said that Mrs.
Wilson will have a different ono for
each evening during tho social season.
Thero wero candlesticks nnd compotes
in quantity, among tho most distinc
tive of the lnttor being ono from tho
speaker and Mrs. Chnmp Clark. Thero
wero many vases, ancient and modern,
quantities of glass, pottery and silver,
books and pictures, an ancient Chinese
box and a largo mahogany dining ta
ble. A bracelet of Brazilian tourma
lines and an ornament of tropical bird
feathers camo from South Amsrica.
Presents from Belgium.
From Belgium children carao pol
lows, pieces of lace, engrossed parch
ments and other articles, Including
ombroldorlos, all Inscribed with cards
showing gratltudo for tho president's
sympathy often expressed for tho suf
ferers of tho war. Gifts also camo
from tho pulpits of the Bonodlctlno
nuns nt Liego and the children of tho
St. Veronica. Tho children of Spa, a
Belgium watering place, sent a jowel
caso Inscribed "Homago and grati
tude of Spa."
In view of tho deairo of tho presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson that as littl
publicity as possible attend their wed
ding, names of those sending wedding
gifts havo boon withheld from publica
tion. The great number received, how
ever, completely upsot tho plans for
cataloguing and classifying them at
tho bride's houso, and tho work will
bo turned over to the Whlto House at
taches. When tho gifts are sorted it
Is understood all those having Intrin
sic valuo which camo from persons
unknown to tho president or Mrs. Wil
son, will, much to their regret, bo re
turned. Tho presidont and Mrs. Wilson aro
expected to return to tho capltol on
or before January 1, when congress
reconvenes.
The pan-Amorican recoption in the
Whito House on the night of Jnnunry
7 will bo tho social function ot tho sea
son, which Is expected to bo unusually
brilliant.
Tho last official net of tho president
boforo leaving on his honeymoon was
tho signing of nn appeal for funds for
Belgium reljef work. The tost of tho
uppoal will be given out tomorrow.
Mexican Ambassador Named.
Washington, D C. Iionry Flctcnor,
row ambassador to Chllo, has boon
nominated by President Wilson for
ambassador to Mexico. Eloslo Arren
dondo also has been appointed Mexi
can minister to tho United States, and
Mr. Fletcher's nomination restores tho
diplomatic relations metwoon the two
countries broken off nearly three
years ago.
Collision Kills Five Persons.
Chestor, Pa. Five persons wero
killed and eleven Injured, ono proba
bly fatally, in a rear end collision be
tweon an a;vywnio(latloii (rain bound
from Wilmington td piieer and -
train of ompty uxpveas' cara on tho
Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Ful
ton, two mllos south of this cltv
DS
USTRIA
TO RESPONSIBILITY
VIOLATE 'JTERNATIONAL LAW
Secretary Lansing's Note Em
phatic in Its Declaration of
Stand of United States.
Firm Declaration That the Govern
ment of the Duel Monarchy Must
Bo Held Responsible for the
Act of Naval Commander.
Washington. Doc. 22. "Tho Secre
tary of Stnto to Ambassador I'enllold.
"Department of Stato, Washington,
Dccombor 19, 191B.
"You aro instructed to address a
note to tho Austro-Hungarlan minister
ot foreign affairs, toxtually as follows.
"'Tho government of tho United
States has received tho noto of your
oxcellcucy relntlvo to tho sinking ot
tho Ancona, which was delivered at
Vienna on Docombcr IS, l'JIG, and
transmitted to Washington, nnd has
given tho noto immedlato and careful
consideration.
"'On November 15, 101G, Baron
Zwlcdonck, tho chargo d'affaires ot
tho imperial nnd royal government at
Washington, transmitted to tho de
partment of stato a report ot tho Austro-Hungarlan
admiralty with regard
to tho sinking ot the steamship An
cona, in which it was admitted that
tho Ycssol was torpedoed after her
engines had been stopped and when
passengers wero still on board.
" 'This ndmlsslon alono is, in tho
view of tho government of tho United
States, sufficient to fix upon tho com
mander of tho submarino which llrod
tho torpedo tho responsibility for hav
ing willfully vlolatod tho rocognlzcd
law of nations and entirely disregard
ed thoso humano principles -ulilch ev
ery belligerent should obscrvo In tho
conduct of war at sea. In vlow of
theso admitted circumstances, tho
government of tho United States fools
Justified in holding that tho details of
tho sinking of tho Ancona, tho weight
and character of tho additional testi
mony corroborating tho admiralty's
report, and tho number of Americana
killed or injured are in no way essen
tial mattors of discussion. The, culpa
bility of tho commander Is in any case
established, and tho uudlsputod fact
Is that citizens of tho United Statos
woro killed, injured or put in jeopardy
by his lawless act.
Principles of Humanity Violated.
"'Tho rules ot International law
and tho principles ot humanity which
woro thus wilfully violated by tho
commander of tho submarino, havo
boon so long and so universally recog
nized, and aro so manlfost from tho
standpoint ot right and Justtco that
tho government of tho Unltod States
does not feel called upon to dobato
them and does not understand that
tho imporial and royal govornmont
questions ot dlsputos them.
"'The go7ornmont of tho United
Statos thoroforo finds uo other courso
opon to It but to hold tho Imporial
and royal govornmout responsible for
tho act of its naval commandor, and
to ronow tho doflnito but respectful
demands mado In its communication
ot the sixth ot Docembor, 1015. It sin
corely hopos that tho foregoing state
ment of its position will cnablo tho
imporial and royal government to por
oolvo tho justlco of theso demands
and to comply with them in tho samo
spirit of frankness and with tho samo
concern for tha good relations now
oxlsting betweon tho United States
and Austria-Hungary which prompted
tho government of tho United Statos
to make them.
"LANSINQ."
3 BRITISH GENERALS HURT
One Falls In France and Two In the
Dardanelles Campaign, Is Lon
don Announcement.
London, Doc. 22. Brig. Gen. Her
bert Campbell Holman of the Six
teenth cavalry, Indian army, Is re
ported to havo beon wounded whilo
on the battloflold In Franco. An
nouncement also is mado Brig. Gon.
Qeorgo Bonjamln Hodson C tho In
dian army, and Brig, Gen. G. D. h.
nyrio of tho Australians, havo been
wounded whllo in tho Dardanelles.
Most Deadly of Diseases.
Tho fact that tho germ of tho pnou
monlc plaguo is a rolatlvo to tho bu
bonic gorm and that no one knows
how It becomes pneumonic, as a spe
cialist haB declared, mako very little
dllTorenco to tho sufforer from tho dis
ease, for it is said to bo about 100 per
cent fatal. It is the plaguo which
killed oft 25,000,000 Europeans in tho
tourteonth century.
Russ Reactionaries on Top.
Borlin, Dee. 21. "Tho reactionary
movement in RusBla Is progressing,"
said an ltom Issued by tho Overseas
Nows Agoncy. "Minister of tho In
terior Chester has suppressed tho an
nounced conventions of tho Russian
national towns union, aid tho Russian
national union of self government, tho
Russian commlttoo on war industries,
stating that Moscow Is no placo for
gatherings since tho mob which start
ed -recent stroot riots is still rostlosa."
From othor paits of Russia practl
call tho samo story is told.
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