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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1922
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HARDING OUTLINES
i
NEW HERO OF WAR,
AGED 42, REVEALED
ITALIAN 3IEDAL IS ADDED TO
ALREADY BIG COLLECTION.
500 PUPILS FLEE
$6,000,000 IS GIVEN
FOR HYGIENIC WORK
THIRTY-FOOT CHANNEL
PROJECT IS APPROVED
RIVER AND HARBOR COMMIT
TEE TO REPORT FAVORABLY.
V
STATE BEGINS PROBE
OF VICE IN ASTORIA
BRITAIN REJOICES
SHIP- SUBSIDIES
JOHNS HOPKINS ENDOWED BY
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION
ALREADY UNDER WAY. '
TAYLOR MYSTERY
BELIEVED SOLVED
Six Men Taken in Raid De
clared Slayers.
FROM
CHOOL FIRE
US PRINCESS IDS
$15,000,000 Is Estimate
for Next Year's Cost.
ILD POLICY IS ATTACKED
Congress Starts at Once on
New Proposal.
WO BILLS INTRODUCED
jMan of Operation of Merchant Ves
sels by Government Is Held
Fundamentally Wrong.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 28.
'resident Harding', through a message
vhich he read in person to congress
n joint session, today presented the
dministratlon programme for devel
pment through direct and indirect
ubsidies of the American merchant
narine, and immediately after he hao
utlined his views, steps were taken
o translate his recommendations into
'gislation.
Bills embodying- the administration
olicy were introduced simultaneously
fore the president had left the cap-
ol and arrangements were made lot
rly committee consideration. Joint
parings by the senate commerce and
ie house merchant marine commit
les, to which the bills were referred,
(ere proposed by Senator Jones, re
iub'lican, Washington, chairman of the
ormer. The bill will be taken up
ext Thursday by the senate commit
jie and also soon by the house cim
jnittee. i
f rouey xs vriiiciac.
! In addressing the joint session ol
jongress at 12:30 o'clock, the presi
dent declared that the policy of gov
ernment operation of its merchant
fhips had been demonstrated to be
iundamentally wrong and practically
impossible." He proposed the. sale
ten at an admitted sacrifice of the
bvernment fleet built during the war
pd tho granting of the direct and
tdirect subsidies, together with other
Id, to privato ship operators.
. This programme, the president ex
jained, was advanced in lieu of in
fective provisions of existing laws
jsisucd to aid shipping. These in
uded the "'subvention" of tariff re
,te, provided for imports in Ameri
jn vessels by the present tariff law,
iiich is inoperative because, of th
bst "favored nation" clauses of com-
St cial treaties. The president re
irated that he did not intend to re
unce these treaties as provided ill
te Jones shipping act of 1920 an act
hich would make the tariff subven
n operative because, he said, it
buld "lead to endless embarrass
ent" and invite disturbance of cor
ill relations.
) Repeal .Not to Be Attempted.
Administration leaders in congress
er said that no attempt would be
Ida to repeal the treaty abrogation
iuae of the Jones act, but that the
w programme would be pressed and
'e treaty abrogation provision left
i the statute books.
The president in his address and
e administration bills which were
troduced proposed the following
pgramme:
rro "aid the development and
aintenance of the American mer
lant marine, to promote the growth
the foreign commerce of the
Sited States and to contribute to the
)tional defense." -Jo
create a "construction loan
p-d," to be administered by the ship
hg board and derived from the sale
its vessels in addition to operating
venues.
To require that not more than 50 per
t of the number of aliens admis
je to this country in any one year
transported in foreign bottoms.
tTo authorize the payment of an addi-
nal month's pay annually to of
fers and men of the merchant ma-
e who shall enlist in "the merchant
rine naval reserve," which the bill
uld establish as a component pari
any reserve force of the United
rites :
I..
tltes navy.
Ship Sale Proponed.
amendment of section five or
J merchant marine act or. lazu tne
Bing board would be authorized
lirected to sell its ships, "as soon
Jracticable and consistent with
V odi business metnoas, to citizens
Vthe United States.
The base subsidy rate provided for
,f vessels, either sailing or of 1500
iss tons or more, regardless of
ed, "is one-half of one cent pet
ss ship ton each 100 nautical miles
veled." All power-driven vessels
veen that tonnage and 5000 tons
s would receive the rate applying
ie latter displacement. For ves-
capable of, a speed of 13 knots
. .' I allowances would
(1, t: .,- ng from two-tenths
--.,.. ... - aril nii.tenth tonta
I lor ' iV-u speed of 23 knots
ard would be au-
e these rates up to
a tunt whenever' it
sit the base rate is
rf.luce the operation
. ,i establienment antf
,:. rvice is considered
' imote the nation's
',y, it would be per-
.he base rate under
age ti, Column 1.)
Veteran Says He's Glad to Have
Job After 1 5 Months of Pound
ing Pavements in Search.
JERSEY CITY. N. J.. Feb. 28. The
war record of a third super-hero,
Frank J. Bart of West Hoboken, is
being prepared for a place in the
Hall of Fame today, following a cere
mony here last night, at which the
Italian government added another
medal to his already generous col
lection. Bart's record is believed by offi
cers of the second corps area at Gov
ernor's Island to equal those of Ser
geant Alvin York and Lieutenant
Samuel WoodfiU.
Bart enlisted In the Ninth regiment
at the age of 42, giving his age as 33,
after recruiting officers repeatedly
told rftm he was "too old to fight."
He doesn't know how many, of the
enemy he accounted for, or how many
of his wounded comrades he rescued.
But in his old barracks bag he has
three croix de guerre, with silver star,
bronze star and with palm, awarded
by the French government, the
French medaille militaire, the Monte
negrin war cross, the Italian croce di
guerra and the American congres
sional medal of honor.
And he lifts his customary veils of
modesty long enough to remark that
"he's glad to have a job after 15
months of pounding the pavements
looking for one and never finding
any."
Bart was decorated at the Fourth
regiment armory here last night by
Colonel V. A. di Bernezzo, Italian
military attache at Washington, D. C.
The ceremony was attended by sev
eral congressmen, and state, eounty
and city officials.
Bart went overseas in 1917 with the
Second division, with the marines,
his record reveals. He served as a
"buck private" refusing several pro
motions auring the war, because, as
he said, he "didn't want to be tied
down to a bunch of men."
He won his first decoration early in
1918, when, as a runner with the
Ninth regiment, he went Into a line
of dugouts that had been abandoned
under shellfire by his outfit, and
carried several of his wounded com
rades through a heavy barrage to
safety.
His second decoration he won in the
Argonne, after he had searched all
night for a "lost" detachment of ma
rines, captured by the enemy, and
escaped. He fought his way back to
the marines and joined his- regiment
at its next advance.
Bart was decorated a Laird time by
the French in the Champagne drive
when he offered to "go up and get
acquainted" with German machine
gun nests. Armed with an automatic
rifle, he disposed of a dozen gunners
who had halted the advance of his
company.
His decoration by other of the
allied nations, including his own
country, followed.
For the last 15 months, Bart said
he has been out of a job. He began
work today as a "utility man" in
the office of the county clerk here.
STARS' PAY TO BE CUT
Chicago Opera Association Plana
to Keep Singers Busy.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28. Chicago grand
opera stars are going to be paid less
and more will be found for them to
do, Samuel Insull, new president of
the Civic Opera association, said in
an address here last night.
"If there were a universal demand
for opera stars this year," he said,
"we would stand a poor chance of
presenting good .opera here in Chi
cago. But we'll have no difficulty in
obtaining first-class talent this year.
There is no place else for the opera
singers to go. If they want to stay
at home and receive stage money
they may do so, but they'll have to
come here to get the real money."
Economy, whether Mary Garden
quits-or stays, will be the opera pol
icy, he said.
It was announced that J338.000 of
the proposed guarante fund of $500,
000 has already been pledged. The
fund is for a five-year period.
M00NEY FILES - APPEAL
Denial of New Trial to Be Taken
to Supreme-Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. An ap-,
peal to the state supreme court was
taken today on behalf of Thomas J.
Mooney, serving a life sentence in
San Quentin prison for murder in
connection with the preparedness day
bomb explosion n San Francisco in
19i6.
The appeal contended that the su
perior court was in error last year
in refusing to grant Mooney a new
trial on a petition known as audita
querela, a procedure which permits
the Invoking of common law plead
ings as a ground for the admission
of new evidence after statutory pro
cedure has been exhausted.
EX-LINER TO BE REPAIRED
U. S. Transport Madawasca in Dry
dock at Brooklyn.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The United
States army transport Madawasca,
which before the war was the Konig
Wilhelm II, one of the most luxurious
of the Hamburg-America liners, ar
rived at the Morse Drydock & Repair
company's plant in South Brooklyn
today for extensive repairs.
The ship will be . returned to the
army transport service about July 1.
The repairs will cost approximately
JZoO.OOO.
Holladay Building Is De
stroyed by Flames.
INSURANCE TIME NEARLY UP
Blaze Occurs Less Than
Hours Before Expiration.
FIGHT IS HARD ONE
Entire Frame Structure Gutted
Some of Children's Books
and Wraps Saved.
FACTS ABOUT SCHOOIi FIRE,
Interior of Holladay school
building, built in 1869, gutted
by flames.
Fire occurs less than three
hours before insurance expires.
Five hundred pupils evacuate
building in 45 seconds; many
think alarm is for fire drill.
Two hundred firemen fight
blaze for two hours before
flames are extinguished. Fif
teen pieces of aparatus used.
.' Pupils will be transferred to
other schools to resume stud
ies Thursday and will meet at
Holladay school at 11 A. AL to
day for instructions.
Just two hours and 25 minutes
Derore expiration of an insurance
binder covering all Portland school
property up to a period ending at
noon yesterday, fire broke out on
the roof of the Holladay school on the
block bounded by Clackamas, Halsey,
East Sixth and East Seventh streets,
spread through the entire structure
and gutted the large frame building.
More than 500 children, ranging in
age from 6 to 14 years,, were in
school at the' time, and thinking the
building alarm signified a fire drill,
marched out in . orderly formation,
the building being evacuated in 45
seconds. Many of the pupils did not
know the school house was on firs
until they reached the open block be
tween East Seventh and Eighth
streets and saw smoke and flames
ascending from the roof. -
Fire Caused by Spark.
As nearly as can be ascertained the
fire broke out on the northeast cor
ner of the roof of the two and one-
half story building and was caused
by a spark from the chimney. Mrs.
T. T. Matthews, 321 East Seventh
street rforth, saw the fire first and
hurried across , the street to notify
J O. Hall, principal of the school.
Mr. Hall immediately sounded the
fire drill bell and dispatched one of
the boy pupils to the fire alarm box
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School to Train Public Health Or
. ficers Receives Record Fi
nancial Assistance.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. A gift of
$6,000,000 to the Johns Hopkins un
iversity of Baltimore, for endowment
and buildings for the school of hy
giene and public health, was an
nounced today by the Rockefeller
foundation.
The school, which aims at preven
tion rather than cure of disease, has
been supported from year to year by
the foundation since its opening in
1918, but the J6.000.000 gift places it
on a permanent footing and provides
for construction of new buildings on
a site adjacent to the Johns Hopkins
medical school and hospital.
The school this year has 131 stu
dents from 27 states and ten foreign
countries, who are in training -for
public health work. Training of pub
lic health officers and development of
preventive medicine are the two func
tions of the institution.
The 16,000,000 gift was said to be
the largest ever made by one insti
tution to another at a single time.
During the war the Rockefeller
foundation gave $5,000,000 to the Red
Cross and a similar sum to the united
war work organizations, and two
years ago the general education
board gave $5,000,000 to the Univer
sity of Rochester for medical work.
$5,307,072 ESTATE LEFT
Valuation Made of Property of
George W. Perkins, Financier. '
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. George W.
Perkins, financier, who died June 18,
1920, left a net estate of $5,307,072, ac
carding to an appraisal filed in sur
rogate court late today. The bulk of
his estate -was left to his widow and
two children.
The widow, Mrs. Evelina B. Per
kins, was bequeathed $2,513,043; a
daughter, Dorothy Perkins Freeman,
$682,319; and a Bon, Georgo W. Per-
k'ns Jr.; $534,808. :
Other bequests included: Emily S.
Perkins, a sister, $129,803; Mary Kihm,
a friend, $127,695, and $1,299,302 to
children of the testator's son and
daughter. . ,
Other bequests included . $10,000 to
the Roosevelt Memorial association.
and $13,372 to the Princeton univer
sity endowment fun.'
FIVE KILLED rBY QUAKE
i-
Mauy Injured and Heavy Damage
to Properly in Ccbu, P. I.
MANILA, 1 I., Feb. 28. Five per
sons were Kinea ana many injured
by a severe earthquake that shook
the city of Cebu and vicinity today.
The property damage was heavy.
Advices from Cebu said the con
crete walls and corrugated iron roofs
of a number of buildings were shaken
down. Among the structures badly
damaged were the palace of. the Cath
olic bishop and the Catholic convent
of Recoletos. It is believed most of
the deaths were in the convent and
that the dead were all natives.
The city of Cebu, situated in the
province of Cebu, has a population of
about 75,000. It is the principal hemp
shipping point in the Philippines.
THAT DOG IS ALWAYS GETTING IN THE
Coos Bay Harbor Will Get Pro
vision in Bill for Construc
tion of Two Jetties.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, t. C, Feb. ,28. Three
Oregon river and harbors projects, it
is understood, will be favored by to
morrow's report of the house rivers
and harbors committee, the principal
one of these recommendations being
the maintenance of a 30-foot chan
nel in the Columbia and Willamette
rivers from Portland to the sea. The
Columbia-Willamette project also
calls for a widening of the present
channel from 300 feet to 500 feet, the
eventual cost of the work as recom
mended by the board of engineers to
be $1,750,000.
The bill also will carry provisions
for the Coos bay project in Oregon.
which calls for the construction of
two 'jetties and the improvement of
Isthmus slough and the improvement
of the Clatskanie river. Both Repre
sentatives Hawley and McArthur ex
pressed pleasure today at the action
of the committee, although Mr. Haw
ley was somewhat disappointed at
failure to secure recognition of the
Umpqua project.
"This bill puts Portland definitely
on the map as a great port city," Rep
resentative McArthur said. "By the
recommendation to be carried in this
bill, the way Is opened for greater
things for Portland harbor."
ARTHUR TUCK
INJURED
Ex-Oregon Athlete Overcome by
Smoke In Redmond Fire.
REDMOND, Or., Feb. 28. (Special.)
The high school gymnasium caught
fire when this afternoon an over
heated stove exploded. Windows near
the stove were blown out. The stage
was completely demolished and all
scenery for the higl school play and
Glee club operetta, which were to be
given in a few weeks, were destroyed
completely, as well as a piano ana
much athletic equipment.
Quick and effective work of fire
men prevented the fire from spread
ing to the residence near and other
nearby buildings.
Arthur Tuck, formerly a Univer
sity of Oregon athlete and holder of
United States javelin record, was
slightly injured during the fire by
being overcome" by -smojse.
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U. S. AGENTS BAR MIDGETS-
Admission , to Country Refused
Vaudeville Performers.
to
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. Seven mid
gets, totaling less than 300 pounds in
weight, today were ordered -excluded
by a board of special inquiry at Ellis
Island for failure to pass the neces
sary immigration tests. They ar
rived on the steamer Homeric, last
Friday, in charge of Emil Ritter,
Berlin show manager, to perform In
vaudeville. All are Germans, except
ina the smallest two feet, seven
inches tall, who comes from Scotland
The authorities etate that the
group failed to meet prescribed re
quirements, were "assisted aliens,'
"con'tract labor," "physical defect
ives," anC "liable to become public
charges."
WAY.
HOUSEKEEPER IS ACCUSER
Story Taken Down in Short
hand and to Be Checked.
MISS N0RMAND INVOLVED
Officers to Pay Another Visit to
Film Actress as Result of
Latest Developments.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. "The mys
tery of the murder of William Des
mond Taylor, film director, is solved,
if the story told by Mrs. John Rupp
in connection with the arrest here
today of six drug peddlers is correct,"
tonight declared Detective Sergeant
Cline, one of the police squad assigned
to the.. case.
When Sergeant Cline, head of the
police homicide squad, made that
statement Mrs. Rupp, who told the
police ehe had "kept house" for the
men, had been subjected to a rigid
questioning by two detectives of the
district attorney's office. Her state
ments were taken down in shorthand
in the presence of officers who said
they would check up every detail.
Frencby George Quizzed.
Another witness, new in the case
and whose exact connection with it
and whose name was not made public
officially, was taken before Thomas
Lee Woolwine, district attorney, to
whom he was said to have told a
"very important story." This witness
is called "F-renchy George" by the de
tectives, who decline further informa
tion concerning him.
"Frenchy George's'' story, however:
was believed to relate to the arrest
of six men, wh& were accused of
having sold, drugs and liquorx to mo
tion picture' actors and actrebties and
others m the . Hollywood district of
Los Angeles. .
Mabel Xormanrf Again Involved.
After- 'Frenchy George" had con
eluded his statement, a detective at
tached to the district attorney's of
fice said officers would pay another
visit to Mabrl Normand, film actress
who is recovering from what lier phy
sician recently declared was a severe
attack of influenza and nervous
breakdown.
Miss Normand recently closed her
Los Angeles residence and took a
house in Altadena. a suburb of Pasa
dena, where during her illness she
has been attended by two nurses
and her parents, who recently came
here on a visit from New Yorl-. Her
present physical condition is said to
be approaching normal.
While officers declared the day's
developments in the Taylor case were
encouraging, they suffered one mis
fortune in the report of the death
two days ago from pneumonia of
Earl Tiffany, ex-chauffeur to Taylor,
and declared to have been of the
"utmost importance" as a source of
information concerning Edward F.
Sands, missing ex-butler-secretary to
the film director.
Six Men Caugbt In Raid.
The felony charge pending against
Sands was said to have been the re
sult of information provided by Tif
fany, who was employed by Taylor
while Sands also served the director.
The six men in custody were
caught in a raid by the police "nar
cotic squad" at Mrs. Rupp's home at
1806 West Washington street.
They gave their names and ages as
William East, 36; Walter Kirby, 23;
John Herkey. Zi; Ray Lynch, 26;
George Calvert, 25. and Harry Amor
heim, 27. The police were holding
them incommunicado tonight, more
than 12 hours after they had been
arrested.
According to the police, Mrs. Rupp
directly charged two of ths men with
the murder of Taylor.
Death Threats Alleged.
The officers quoted her as declar
ing Kirby and Calvert had made
threats against Taylor in her pres
ence, asserting the director had "in
jured their business." She declared
they showed nervousness the night
of February 1, when Taylor was mur
dered in his bungalow-court apart
ments, were away from her house for
a time early that night, and return
ing, "stayed up all night.
The police said Kirby and Calvert
were no strangers to them and that
they believed some of the six, if no
11, were wanted in Chicago, where
finger prints of all Would be sent for
identification. Mrs. Rupp was said
to have stated the six came here from
Chicago several months ago and had
been engaged in peddling contraband
drugs and liquors.
Mrs. Rupp, who is 40 years old, for
merly resided in Canada, but has
made Los Angeles her home "for
some time," according to what the
police said she told them.
' Each Hm Alibi to Offer.
The police saia .cast declared heJ
was a laborer; Kirby, a property man
at a motion picture studio; Herkey
a sheet metal worker; Lynch and Cal
vert gas fitters, and Amorheim a
chauffeur.
Each declared he was prepared to
" (Concluded oa 2. Column 1.)
Special Prosecutor Is Detailed to
Handle Cases Police Seem
to Be First Target.
ASTORIA. Feb. 28. (Special.)
Armed with authority from Governor
Olcott and Attorney-General Van
Winkle to make a thorough investi--gation
of alleged immoral conditions
here, L. A. Llljeqvist, special state
piosecutor, arrived last night with
out warning ana today assumed
charge of the workings of the cir
cuit court grand jury.
He was said to have had instruc
tions to make an investigation of the
conduct of certain public officials
who were reported to have permitted
and even to have protected vice.
The special prosecutor lost no time
in getting into action. The first
grand Jury subpena. were issued at
9 o'clock and 30 minutes later the
probe was under way. The proceed
ings were secret, of course, but Jhe
personnel of the witnesses, assembled
in the outer chamber of the grand
Jury headquarters, indicated that the
first inquiry would be into reports
that the police force has permitted
certain unlawful houses to operate on
Bond and Astor streets under paid
protection.
The action of the governor and attorney-general
resulted, it was said,
from complaints made to their offices
that conditions were notoriously bad
in this city. The governor in his in
structions to tho attorney-general re
quested prosecution of any officers
atjainst whom indictments may be
returned.
It was reported here that certain
persons, who say they have paid
protection money to the police, are
ready to testify as to their knowl
edge of the alleged graft and cor
ruption. A night session of the grand Jury
was held and it probably will be sev
eral days before any of Its findings
are made public. .Mr. Llljeqvist de
clared that he had been assigned to
take charge of the prosecution of
Sheriff Nelson at his trial last week
on an assault and battery charge, but
at the last moment pressure of other
work forced a change of plans.
MEMORIAL IS THREATENED
Warning Given of Destruction of
Proposed Structure at Ccntralia.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 28. (Spe
cial.) Another anonymous letter
threatening the proposed Ccntralia
memorial building with destruction
in case it is erected was received this
morning by Chief of Police Compton.
The letter was mailed in Portland and
was signed "I. W. W."
"We have 700 real 30-30's and
bullets." reads the letter, "so God help
you all when we start. Russia will
be a picnic to what we'll give you and
ail Hoosiers. There are 2100 good
rebels in 200 square miles of Cen
tralia." SUN SPOTS NOW VISIBLE
Three Very Large Groups Reported
by Naval Observatory.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 28. De
spite the fact that the season of
"minimum Bun spots" is now at hand,
officials pf the naval observatory an
nounced today that "three very large
groups of spots" are now visible near
the sun's center. The triple center
grouping was estimated Dy oDserv
ers to cover a belt extending more
than 250.000 miles in length.
Scientists who specialize on solar
activities voiced the theory today that
the unusual appearance of spots was
the result of unusual conjunction of
ajor planets at this time.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 55
degrees; minimum, a- aegree.
TODAYS Fair; east to outheast wind
lorelm. -England
gives up rule over Egypt Pas 3.
Britain rejoices while Princes Mary weds.
Page 1-
TJnited States promised participation In
next papal conclave. Page 22.
National.
Thirty-foot channel project from Portland
to the sea approved by rivers and har
bors committee. Page 1.
Harding outlines merchant marine subsidy.
Page 1.
Bonus t-till baffles house committee Page 2.
Yap pact upheld by vote in senate. Page 2
Domestic.
New hero of war. aged 42, revealed. Page 1.
Society swindling denied by Lindsay. Page 3.
Taylor murder mystery believed solved.
Page 1.
Judge Landls again Is private citizen.
Page
Mary Pickford draws large audience In
suit for commission. Page 8.
Johns Hcpktns receives enaowment or
JO.000.000 from Rockefeller foundation.
Pago 1.
Pacific Northwest.
$525 018 road jobs let In Washington.
"Page 9.
Fight on land bill promised by Borah
Page 5.
Paying of cash bonus starts tomorrow.
Page 8.
State begins probe of vice in Astoria,
Pago 1.
Shippers to meet in Tacoma March &
Page 6.
Sports.
Northwest college quint race near end.
Page 14.
Bonier and Bovard patch differences.
Page 14-
Jefferscn defeats Lincoln, . to xj. Page
15.
Commercial and Marine.
Flour prices advance 40 centa barrel In
local market. Page 23.
Advance in bond prices continues. Page 23
Wheat market at Chicago closes unsettled.
Page -3.
Exports for month decrease In value. Pagt
ltt.
New York stocks strike up grade. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Surplus of goods absorbed by public. Page
500 pupils flee from school fire. Page 1.
weather report, data and forecast. Pago 22.
' furm editor denies rail rule charge. Page 13,
Splendor Expected to
Live Long in Memory.
CROWDS CHEER BRIDAL PAIR
Marriage of Mary to Com
moner Welcomed by All.
STREETS ARE FESTIVE
Daily Press Exalts in Union "That
Does Not Link Us Up With
Foreign Alliance."
LONDON, Feb. 28. (By the As.fo.
elated l'ress.) King Cieorge today
gave his only daughter. Princess
Mary, in marriage to Viscount Las
celles. It was a great national event,
which will live long in the memories
of the vast throngs whose unre
strained plaudits greeted England's
princess as she passed through festive
streets- to the altar in stately old
Westminster abbey to become the
bride of an English commoner.
A bridal march within the wall-
rich in royal associations, and a ritual
witnessed by a grand assemblage and
attended by the traditional splendors
mat mark state occasions, were tua
more superficial of the dav's uro-
ceedlngs. That which cantivated an
empire's Imagination was tiie realisa
tion of a dream much older than em.
pires the marriage of a beaudful
girl of exalted rank to a man of
more humble station but of proved
gallantry.
Romance Not Mlnlmlxrd.
The testimony of genealogists that
through King Henry VII the bride
and bridegroom are both descended
from William the Conqueror In no
way minimized this romantic aspect
"t the affair.
In the Joyous faces of those crowd
ing either side of the route from tho
palace to the sanctuary, and in their
tumultuous and prolonged outbursts
of cheering and applauxe, tho good
will and approval of a pageant lov
ing people, anxious to nhare in the
happiness of this nolablo day," ere
vividly displayed. Another source of
the nation's felicitations was reflected
In the daily press, -which exulted that
"Ihis wedding docs not link us with
a foreign alliance that might prove
in future years unpopular."
Urldal I'alr Ara-laliar.
This feeling was expressed in va
rious other format "Today our
princess marries not a foreign prince,
but an English gentleman." and "hers
is no diplomatic alliance the future
of Europe involved in a union con
tracted for reasons of state."
The solitary exception to the edi
torial approval was tho reminder or
the Laborlte Daily Herald, that "be
neath the surface of 'life. In merry
England today lies a mass of inifcry
and suffering," and "England Is not
all like the streets of Westminster;
there are slums under the very palace
walls."
But It was from the slums, wher
ever they exist in London, that a
large proportion of today's madly
cheering throngs poured to acclaim
the princess and her husband. Among
the richly garbed wedding guests in
the Abbey were half a dozen repre
sentatives of organized labor, and
their wives, bidden at the instance of
the king.
St-rnra Are MaKniricrnt.
The scenes of regal pomp which
gave the ceremony Its theatrical ex
cellence were the most magnificent
London has seen since the war and
the first since that catastrophe
wholly unmarred with some tinge of
tragedy.
The happiness everywhere evident
among the stroet throngs was unite
as apparent in the abbey. It is doubt
ful whether in its centuries that
edifice ever contained a more cheerful
gathering, as the bride, in silver with
long flowing veil and train held by
two of her attendants, passed grace
fully down ths scarlet-carpeted aisle
cn the arm of the ki-.ig.
Awaiting them InsMe the railing of
the sacrarlum were Dowager Queen
Alexandra, Queen Mury, the bride's
brothers, the duke of York, Prineu
Henry and Prince Oeorge and other
members of the royal family. The
king wore the resplendant scarlet an. I
gold uniform of the grenadier guards,
in compliment to the war time service
unit of Lascelles. This uniform was
also worn by the tall, slender bride
groom. Prince Untrmm In Naval Uresa.
The contrasting colorings of Prince
George's naval uniform, the air ser
vice regalia of Prince Henry and the
richly embroidered cloak-like vest
ments of the clergy far outshone in
brilliancy the cream and brocade of
Queen Mary's gown and the more
subdued shades of Alexandra's dress
Both queens were aglltter with dia
monds, Queen Mary wearing a great
V-shaped corsage set with dozens of
gems. The king and queen, ill
Duke of York and Viscount Lascei-j
each wore the blue sash of the OrdJ
of the Garter, the bridegroom ha'
ing received that honor from
king on Sunday.
Just before the bride and k'n
reached the chnnoel ra:!!nir, the !.ik
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