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TTTE MORNING- OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1914. 3 CHOKER'S BRIDE IS PRINCESS ROYAL Girl Says Mother Is Descend , ant of Chief Who Invented i Cherokee Alphabet. . WEDDING IS MODEST ONE Ambition of Every Indian Girl, to Win "Chler," Fulfilled Saca Jawca, Guide of Lewis and -'. Clark, Inspiration, She Says. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Richard W. Croker, former leader of Tammany Hall, today married Miss Bula Benton Ed mondson. a member of the Cherokee Indian tribe, who is 60 years his Junior. He is 73 years old and she is 23. The bride and bridegroom 'are on their way tonight to the Croker estate near Palm Beach, Fla., for their honeymoon. The wedding took place at the home of Nathan Straus, an old friend of Mr. Croker, only about 25 guests attending the ceremony. The bride was given away by her uncle, W. W. Hastings, who for 15 years has been attorney for the Cherokees and who recently was elected to Con gress from Oklahoma. The bridesmaids were Miss Francis TTItA ton'nr at Vascar wb rnmei from Muskogee. Okla.: Miss Ethel Brown, of Dayton. O., and Miss Wlllla Townsend, of Memphis, Tenn. Pearl Collar Gift to Bride. Monsignor Henry A. Brann. rector of Kt. Agnes' Church, performed the cere mony. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a pearl collar. Mr. Croker was attended by Thomas F. Smith, who has been secretary of Tammany Hall for years. A typewritten 6tatement given out by the bride after the ceremony made clear a good deal of her life history, which has been reported in many dif ferent ways since knowledge of. her engagement became known. One report said she was one-quarter Indian. Another proclaimed her an In dian Princess, and her statement says the latter is correct, for she is known as Princess Sequoyah, or Ketaw Kalunluchy. among her tribe. Her father, the statement continued, was Michael Smith Edmondson, a descendant of Roger de Montgomery, who com manded the van of the Norman Army at the Battle of Hastings, and her mother was Galela Welch, who de scended from the famous Chief Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee al phabet. Pride Kelt In Ancestry. "She is proud of her Indian ancestry and the Cherokees are proud of her as a college girl, lecturer, ranch-owner and business woman," the statement said. Mr. Croker first saw the girl who to day became his bride in Kansas City when she was 9 years old, according to the statement, and he later became in terested in her zeal to better her peo ple. Miss Edmondson got inspiration for her work from Pocahontas and other Indian girls, she said. She told It thus: "I have been inspired by the example of Pocahontas, who did so much to make the English people understand our race. Then there was Sacajewea. me uira woman, - wno piiotea tne Lewis and Clark expedition 5000 miles and made it a success. On the way back, in crossing the Missouri, her hus band, a renegade Frenchman, upset the canoe carrying the records of the ex pedition. She dived again and again until she saved all the valuable papers and trophies. I also find inspiration in Talabina, the Cherokee maiden who helped Sam Houston to free Texas." ' Indian's Ambition Fulfilled. Then she turned to Mr. Croker, who long was known as the "chief" of Tam many Hall, and remarked: "But it is the dearest ambition of every Indian girl to win a chief, and I have won the chief of men." In April the couple will go to the bridegroom's home in Ireland, where he . has resided for many years since his retirement from political life in New Tork. The bride was attired for the cere mony in a rose point lace gown over Georgette charmeuse crepe, a char meuse girdle, embroidered in sliver, and white kid gloves. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and her only jewelry was the collar of pearls. ItOYAIi IHvOOD KEPT SECRET Schoolmate Says Cherokees Io ?ot Know "Ketaw Kalunluchy." J. F. Alexander, an attorney with offices in the Teon building, was the hoyhooa companion and schoolmate of Beulah Benton Edmonson, Cherokee belle bride of Richard Croker, ex-chief oi jam many Hall. Alexander said he did not know Miss Edmonson as an Indian Princess. Mr. Alexander is part Cherokee himself. He said she was simply a countrv irirl of the "corn fed" variety, winning her high place in social life through sheer merit by her beauty. If she was of the royal blood she kept the secret from htm and the rest of the Cherokees, said Mr. Alexander yesterday. When she went to school at Tahlequah, Okla., tne was just tseman .Edmonson. "None of her schoolmates ever knew her by the name of Ketaw Kalunluchy naid Alexander, 'anil if xha wna , h A daughter of an Indian chief she kept it irom tne rest or the tribe. From her complexion you would never suspect that she was a. Cherokee, so fair is her "I first met her when we were at tending the Cherokee seminary at Tahlequah. Later she came back and taught there and later she was Drln Hpal of one of the town's public schools. Then she went East to study drama. and from fhat time on she was not seen often by her schoolday chums." VERA CRUZ IS CAPITAL (Continued From First Page. ) Tiavy, Near The Zaragroza. arrived today. tne ngnthouse building are parked cars containing four aeroplanes. wmcn are in cnarge of Joe Dean, an Englishman. Troops are carrmed all about the building. Instead of visiting punishment on Mexicans who accepted employment from the Americans during their occu pation of Vera Cruz, the Mexican au thorities today issued an order that those who served as sanitary Inspectors be re-employed. t Men on Battleships Celebrate. Thanksgiving day was celebrated by the men on the American battleships here with tt special dinner, boat races and other sports. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Tho forces of General Zapata are preserving order in Mexico City according to advice3 reaching the State Department today through various channels, and the agents of General Villa in the capital are co-operating in these efforts. It was not known tonight whether any of Villa's troops had entered the city. An official report from American Consul Carothers, who is accompanying General Villa, was received tonight, which said Villa had renewed his prom ises that there would be no looting or disorder after he entered the cap ital and that the rights of all resi dents, native or foreign, would be re spected. Villa Folly Informed. ' The message was sent from the vicinity of Mexico City, Secretary Bryan said, and. while It did not Bay when the northern chieftain expected to enter the capital, it was taken to indicate that he was fully advised as to conditions there and acting in com plete harmony with General Zapata. Officials believed the entrance of the northern army in Mexico City was to be expected at any time and that Eulalio Gutierrez, named by the Aguas Callentes convention as president ad interim, would immediately proceed to the capital and be formally installed in office there with the reassembling of the convention. United States officials still were in doubt tonight- as to the whereabouts of General Zapata himself. No men tion of his presence in the capital has been made in any message received, but it was believed he would Join TAMMANY CHIEFTAIN General Villa there on the latter's ar rival. FTJXSTOX'S MEX REACH HOME Refugees From Vera Cruz Also Ar- rive at Galveston. GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 26. Five Army transports today brought Major General Frederick Funston and more than 4000 soldiers of the United States expeditionary forces from Vera Cruz to Galveston. The chartered steamer An tilla brought 330 American and Mexi can refugees. Through the mists of a rainy Thanksgiving, the little fleet nosed into port late today, greeted by saluting guns and cheering crowds. With the flagship Cristobal, flying the two-starred banner of the Major- General, were the transports Kilpat- rick. McClellan, Kansas and Sumner. The Sumner arrived after 9 o'clock to night. Among the refugees were many Custom-House employes from Vera Cruz. A clerical party was headed by Bishop Vincent Castellanes, of the Ro man Cathlic diocese of Campeche, with 18 priests and 21 nuns. On the flagship Crystal, guarded by a detail of men, is $1,000,000 gold rep resenting customs money collected at the port of Vera Cruz by the Army. GIRLS HELD, IS CHARGE W. J. Mitchell, Portland Detective, One of Four Accused. MARSHFIELD, Nov. 26. (Special.) Warrants were issued today for the arrest Of four men whom M. A. Simp son, former editor of the Bandon Surf, accuses of kidnaping his two daugh ters, Ruby and Lolita, 19 and 17 years old. The men accused in the warrants. which were issued by Justice of the Peace Shuster, of North Bend, are W. J. Mitchell, a Portland detective; P. Nosier, a Marshfield detective, said to be employed by Mitchell; John Herron, a former Marshfield saloonkeeper, and Joseph Coach, a wealthy Bandon tim- berman. It is alleged by Mr. Simpson that the four men kept the girls in Marshfield against their will with the object of trying to induce them to change their testimony in a case appealed from the Bandon court two months ago. The case referred to is that of Joseph Coach, who was fined for contributing to the delinquency of minors. The Simpson girls were the complaining witnesses. The case is scheduled to be heard on appeal in the December term of court. Mr. Simpson declares that his daugh ters left home a month ago, eaying they were going to work at a tie camp below Bandon. Instead, the father de clares, the girls went to Marshfield end engaged .a house in Eastport, where they remained until a week ago. The parents then heard of the whereabouts of the girls and began a search, which led to issuance of the warrants today. Mitchell, Nosier and the two Simp son girls ware reported to have left Marshfield yesterday afternoon by stage for Mapleton. Telegrams have been sent to every town between here and Portland, instructing peace offi cers to apprehend the four men. PEACE FIRST IN THANKS Commercial Club Serves Holiday Dinner to Members. When you read of war disasters And the thousands killed each day. Don't you have a thankful feeling That you live in U. S. A.? With the flag of freedom waving O'er the land of peace and cheer. When you read of war disasters. Aren't you glad you're living here? This was the reigning sentiment of the Thanksgiving dinner to the mem bers of the Portland Commercial Club at the clubrooms last night, and at every plate was a card bearing the rhyme as setting forth the most Im portant thing that the Commercial Club is thankful for this year. The feast was served at 7 o'clock, Music was furnished by McElroy's Or- cnesira. a many-course menu was served and turkey and mallard duck figured prominently. Those who occupied tables were: A. M. Shannon,- G. B. Hegardt. C. C. Chan man, M. Reinsteln, Dr. B. E. Miller. F. W. West, J. P. Menefee, A. Feldenheim- er, J. s. Clemence, c. Jr. Read, E. L. Thompson. J. C. Potter, C. L. Mastick! A. P. Bateham, Dr. D. H. Rand. F. Van Duyne. C. B. Waters, E. C. Kirkpat- ricK, j. s. Loveiano, r. 12. Arlett, E, Henry Wemme, George Royer, C. F. Byrne, Ralph Moody, F. E. Reld aa,d A. VJT. AUBDllKJlt. -; . -it & . RUSSIANS ENVELOP FORTS I'l PRUSSIA Invasion of Germany Is Being Carried Out With Double Advance. KAISER AND ALLY DISAGREE Political Interestsof Teutons Will More and More Differentiate, Says British Observer Poles, Czechs Hostile to Berlin. LONDON. Nov. 26. Professor Ber nard Pares, the British government's correspondent at the Russian army AND CHEROKEE PRINCESS MARRIED YESTERDAY. ft,?". , V, A Photo by Bain News Service. RICHARD CROKER AU MRS. CROKER, FORMERLY 1IEILAH BENTON EDMONDSON, headquarters, in a dispatch dated No vember 25, dealing with the general Russian advance, says that after the Austrians had held the River San for nearly a month against Russians, word came to go forward. The river was crossed and the enemy driven from his trenches and the neighboring villages. "The advance was triumphant at all points," says Professor Pares. "The Austrians were driven south ward and westward. Some were pressed against the Carpathians at a point where there are only two passes. These are difficult and will hardly admit passage of artillery and field trains. Others were pressed back on Cracow, where the line of Russian advance is now complete. Gaps Made In Austrian Line. "The Russian impact on Cracow promises the first settlement of the destiny of Western Galicia, where the population is Polish, and ready to re spond to the appeal of Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces. The next gap is made between the Austrians and Germans, who are already retiring in mutual dissatisfaction in different directions, and whose political interests must be come more and more differentiate. "A further advance through this gap will be on Slavonic territory at South ern Silesia up to the River Niesse, which is mainly Polish or Bohemian. The Czechs in general are largely friendly to Russia and quite hostile to Germany. Inhabitants Aid Russians. The Germans are doing all that is possible to make diversions on other sides. Stopped and driven back near Miawa (75 miles northwest of War saw) they havo made a serious effort on both sides of the Vistula near Plock, but have been decisively re pulsed, the inhabitants giving effective aid in bridging the river. They are now attempting to force a strong wedge into the Russian front between the Vistula and the Warta Rivers, but so far the Russian line, which is everywhere continuous and is rein forced wherever recessary with strong reserves, has successfully outflanked every local German advance. "Meanwhile the double Russian ad vance on East Prussia from the East and South is overcoming numerous obstacles and making rapid progress, avoiding and enveloping the thickest lortined line of the Mazurlan Lakes. Here, too, the subject population is chiefly Polish." GERMAN LINES ARE CUT (Continued From First Page.) have taken in that time 10 strongly- fortified positions and have covered over difficult roads more than 600 miles. Russian Crossing Carpathalns. "The Russians are now pouring through the easy passes of the ' Car pathians at Dukla, Galicia. The cap ture of these passes is tantamount to a full command of the plains of Hun gary up to Budapest."' "The German army which has been crushed and dispersed from the jt gion of Lodz," says the Petrograd cor respondent of the Dally News, "is General Mackenzen's command. A por tion of this army is now hastening back due north in the hope of being able to cross the Vistula in the region of Plock. "General von Hindenburg has ordered the army of General Francois, ,which was engaged for some weeks in the Solau-Neidenburg country, to redouble its efforts to break through the Rus sian line westward of Mlawa. More reinforcements have been sent him from Thorn, but the Russians still keep their, grip on the railway inside the East Prussian frontier." ' Turning; Movement Disastrous. A dispatch from Petrograd, via Paris, says: "The German turning movement 'against the left wing of the Russians In the region of Wielun, to the north of Czenstochowa, also is said to have met with disaster. Eleven German army corps are reported to have suf- fered edormously, one entire division being captured." Semi-official advices from Poland show that the German defeat at Lodz, culminating in the capture of a Ger man army corps, was the result of a Russian maneuver by which the Ger mans were led into an inextricable trap. Russian Wings) Move In Unison. The Russian left wing. Testing on the River Warthe, and the Russian right wing on the Vistula, both lying along the Warsaw-Kalisr railroad, moved forward in unison in the last two days. Simultaneously the Russian center gave ground and the Germans followed, apparently relying upon a German col umn from WIelun to repulse the Rus sian left wing and to form a juncture with the main German forces. The plan failed as a result of the battle on November 25. when the force from Wielun was repulsed. Thereafter the Russian wings advanced and closed the gap through which the German center has passed. In the meantime Russian reserves had come up, and they surrounded the Germans, thousands of whom surren dered. Others fought their way north in an effort to Join the German left wing in the vicinity of Lowicz, a town 44 miles southwest of Warsaw. ' Russia lost heavily in men and war material during the battle of Lodz, according to a dispatch from Berlin, which denies that the Germans were defeated and declares the Teutons are slowly, but steadily, advancing every where. A semi-official report from the Rus sian field headquarters, according to a dispatch from Petrograd, says the German retreat from the Lodz region continues. The Berlin report says 40,000 unin jured Russians were captured and an enormous number killed and wounded during the battle. A Vienna report, via Berlin, says the Austrians captured S9.000 Russians. The dispatch from the German capital says the capture in cluded 70 Russian cannon, 156 machine guns and 160 ammunition wagons, while 30 cannon were destroyed. The Austri ans say they took 49 machine guns. Whether the Austrian ffgures are in cluded in those given by Berlin is not known. Berlin Takes Optimistic View. "News from the east and west," says a semi-official announcement given in the Berlin dispatch today, "la consid ered favorable as tending to show that the German advance is proceeding steadily, though slowly." The Morgenpost thinks, says the dis patch, that the check administered to the Russian reinforcements near Low icz is proof that there are no Russian troops north of the Vistula River. This would mean that the Russians, previ ously in that - territory, have been driven back across the river by the Germans. This again would mean that the German army is now fairly on the flank of the Russians,, with the road to Warsaw open to it. "From -Galicia comes an official re port to the effect that the Russians are being driven back through the Car pathian passes." adds the dispatch, ATROCITIES IvAin TO AUSTRIAN'S Girl .Crucified, Hundreds Hanged and Mutilated, Says Rnssia. LEMBERG, Galicia, via Petrograd and London, Nov. 26. A committee ap pointed to investigate conditions in Ga licia reports that there have been wholesale murders, executions and ex cesses of every description In Galicia. Thousands of. starving and homeless families gave evidence of these depre dations. The Russian population, the commit tee says, suffered most severely, less from natural consequences of war than from the cruelty of Austrian officials, who always suspected the loyalty of the Galician populace and have acted with marked severity since the begin ning of the war. The committee reports it established the fact that in seven counties 258 men have been shot or hanged, including two priests. Throughout Galicia it is estimated 10,000 arrests have been made and 1000 executions have taken place. In five counties, the committee says, its members counted 4050 burned homesteads. In the- county in which Przemysl is located there are 3620 fam ilies with 3800 children under five years of age, who are homeless. Robbery and tho sacrilege of churches are reported and it is .said that whole families, including babies. children and decrepit old men, in one Instance a deaf mute, have been thrown into prison. Near Przemysl, -the committee re ports, every village has been burned. In the neighborhood of Jaslo, 160 per sons in a deserted hamlet were found to have been hanged. Most of these outrages are said by the committee to have been committed by Hungarians. It is said that Cossack who were pursuing a detachment of Hungarians found the body of one Rus sian girl who had been crucified. It is also alleged that in one field hos pital five persons, horribly mutilated. were received. The committee reports that all these facts have been authenti cated. The report said that the Russian troops had been aroused to a high pitch of fury against tne enemy. The members of "the committee made their investigations under the direc tion o its president,- Count Bokrinsky, Governor-General of Galicia. T&t or if mil An Extraordinary Suit Sale One of Those Great Feature Events That Are Possible ONCE ONLY in a Season $3.25 New Siik Crepe de Chine Waists Clearance $2.15 Waists like this would sell regularly at not less than $3.25, instead of the remarkably low price of $2.15. Made of silk crepe de chine, with vest sffect, sprays of embroidery, long set-in sleeves and long cuffs, trimmed with hemstitching. In white only, and exceptionally attractive. New Plaited Separate Regularly $4, Entirely new in every line, markably , fine material, in soft Made with the new deep plaits and finished with wide girdle in front. A skirt that has never 35c AND 50c CLEVER NEW NECKWEAR Clearance 25c Laundered collars, new plaited back collars with lapels, lace collars, vestees with small collar, also laundered cuffs. 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Included in tho information given out by the German Press Bureau is the following: "The German Government has pub lished photographic reproductions of a document found In Brussels, which proves the existence of an Anglo-Belgian military convention. This Is a report of the chief of the Belgian Gen eral Staff, General Ducarme, made in 1S06 to tho Belgian Minister of War concerning negotiations with Colonel Bernardiston. the British military at tache. The number of British troops, their landing place, their equipment and the collaboration of the allied armies, are all agreed upon. , "There has been found also a second document, probably a report made in "1W12, which contains the assertion of the British military attache at Brussels to the chief of the Belclan General OLD-TIME REMDEY MAKES PURE BLOOD Hood's Sarsaparilla has been and still is the people's medicine because of its reliable character and its wonderful success in purifying, enriching and re vitalizing the blood and relieving the common diseases and ailments scrof ula, catarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, gen eral debility. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies and en riches the blood, and in so doing ren ders the human system the greatest service possible. This medicine has been tested for years. It la perfectly pure clean and absolutely safe, as well as of peculiar and unequaled medicinal merit. Get Hood's, and get it now from any drug store. 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