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Section One 82 Pages Pages 1 to 20 SEC SECTIONS VOL. XXXIV-NO. 31. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORXIXG. DECEMBER 19, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i " PRESIDENT AID i 13. GAIT WED Ceremony Without Music; Few Guests Present, BEDS SECRET UNTIL' USI Couple Go on Special Train fcr Fortnight's Honeymoon . , at Hot Springs, Va. BUFFET SUPPER INFORMAL ..other of Brief Gives Her Away and Episcopal Service Is Used. WASHINGTON. D. rrsidrH 1 Mr. Edith PoIUn. Gatt wer mimci her al O o'clock to night, with a fimpt ce-rernony spoken tr th fcn.I' kotr. in th preseneo ef fewer thr SO ruesU. irtua!!y U of h-m wr rti'j'airr. They left oon afterward for two weeks" honeymoon in th South, at Hot j-'prmtr. Va. Short!" after 10 o'clock th rrw dent and Mr. Wi!n entered a wait ing. Whit House automobile and mo tor.! to Alexandria. Va across th rctoir.ac. tr take tbir privat ear the-r r..J avoUi a crowd at th rail rua.J station in thU city. F.niai Cool aad IMraMnt. Th PrKi!'nt dined a usual at th TV rit Hou at 7 o'clock with hi daughter and afterward drov to hi tri!-' home. abvit a mil from the executive mansion. A eold. driving rain. wrivh wpt tho tity all day. c!ar.J off at urut and tha e'nint a ewl an.i itaar.t. Becao.0 th wilirj arrangement an.l the hoar cf tfco ceremony had been lpt a cto tecret. thero wero few on the trt about th Whita Hou-e, but rear tf bruie- homo tho crowd ni b!.l back by police lines spread dur ir.g tha aftmeon. Ceremony la Without Music. rerjthirc wa tn readine for tha eeremory when th President arrived an.l it proceeded without music. N.thr th Presuient nor Mr. Gait had any attendant and thera wera no others or flower rirl. Neither tha Army, tha Nay nor th diplomatic eorpa ii represented and th occa sion wa essentially what both had wish! it to b a horn weddm. th first f!ocr cf th bride kom. in two coramuniratinif rooms, a wsxldm bower had teen arrar.fed with a background of farbyan and tnaidenhair fema. which extended frrta th floor to th eailin;. Orer heal ther was a canopy cf fre to th form of a hetl l:nJ with Scotch heather. In th back fro and and at th center wa ptaced a larja mirror, framed with orchid and ref.ectin; th cer.. Abov th mirror wa a pray of Pz y yV v v H I S3i 'please v-b fESSS , irh kv(V, " ' Vis. n M BULGARIA TSS 1WJfa v"P WASHINGTON SEES PASSING OF JUNE? tionis; COMPANY o losckh MAY bTAM MOV5OIU tirajaaj Irpnar Noted; llnal f latinltWa of leah Traoorta ttoa World Jct for Sepi- 1 , 1 1 1 . OLtMrtA. Waask. I- It 3prlaL) The early snoalba of la Ws. iatoa wul the gradual departure 4 Boa J etuactloa of th freak ef tt iraasportatloa world ashered la br tn Winfr ef lM-IS. t Jttar a. Tt llti af taa Jltaer are4r ha Worn market, but f rota pr.ul proa Bcta the laat Jit will bat dlarpar4 at Itta tateat tT ptmber I. 11. carvusa a tack ef e!ra ea ia part t aay oa4a company to Iaa4 poa. er fee their operators, aa required by the act ef In recent L!:tur. Th TaeiBo Cat Caaualtr Comaaay. trie enty cosrera undertaking Ihla line ef huiasa, wt:h4re temporarily from Wnjiblaxtoa last ptm9r. b!rj un able t meet th requirements of the tat lasnraac code. It 1 bow under, coins; a proce M of reorcnaUalleo, hat It Is staled noff!-i:iy that wbeo It re.eelere tb vhlrmon 0e:d is more inner business wt:i be wrlttea. II la eetlrnated la the Secretary ef Mete s errir ihst approlmale!y half f the s-.auine Jllaey botxls ts teea Casce!te4 fey this tine. Other boo dm companies are wi!!tas ! write Jitaey boade ea'y If the own er deaoelt with them :i cash or lis etala:enl. Ther la bo Indlratloa t hat Bay buelaee wbaleser will be eon ea this basis as be.lds pajlnc for th bond th Jitney operator would take the risk of lusin hi $::. la cas ef aa accident suffered by pas sengers or te-lrin. MOOM LIGHTS UP HOOD f.lletrnlns Peak l Iji-lly Vllble nea jst IortUDd. Mount Hoed by moonltcht was the lrvpirln a4 Unusual l.w en which Cirorse K Ie feasted from Ma rest, dene at fUty-nlaUi and feast Yamhill streets last nl(ht. The moon, which, Is due to be full L-erember II. wa In brilliant ertdence about 1 o'clock, ac cording I Mr. Lee. and made Mount Hood easily visible. "It la one of the most beautiful sights I er hop to ee. said Mr. t-ee. "The mountain wlik the snow fairly glist ened In the moonJifht. ELEVfFJ HEADS TO DROP t'abllc Work Department la Let Oat Morw s-mplojea. I leTen snore employes of the public works department, unier City Commis sioner tteck. will be dropped from the sersir January '1. arordtnf to an nouncement yesterday of Commissioner tierk. The Barnes of th men to be dropped ha not been mad public. tilfht of tho to go srs members of a street repr Ir crew, engaged op to this time la repairing of macadam and dirt streets. The other three man to go are street and paving Inspector AERO CLUB TO AID MILITIA financial Help fledge.! Male In Purchasing Defense) Aircraft. sew YORK. rer. II The Aero Club ef America announced today that It will sue flnaaclal aid la all states desiring to buy aeroplane for their mtlitla organisations. Head of th mllltla In 34 states had asked for assistance. Th Aero Club will add 1 per cent i .b. eum as to I !.& raised la any slat before rebruary 1 Beit. Th club advocates dletrtbutloa of 10 aeroplanes for delea of th Coiled atales. Hangar? Adopt Drewd Tickets. ZCRICII. wtserland. via London. tv.c. Th Hungarian govsrement Ilea decided to Introduce lb bread ticket system throughout the empire. owing to the shortage of flour, coupled with transportation dlfflcultlea CARTOONIST REYNOLDS PICTURES HIS i mds i l r If J t i 1 w I II WEDDING PRESENTS NEW SOCIAL ISSUE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawjBBBBBwm, . Dwellers in Capital Deeply Concerned. BRIDE'S STATUS IS IN DOUBT Aristocracy Tainted by Ven ture Into "Trade." INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN I1rt Husband' Dnslnrsa Connec tion and That of Ilia Tamlly Complicate rroblem Clfta Noted for Variety. WAfHINOTOV. Dec. It Ifpeclal.) With an Interest which might almost be described as aa apprehension Waah Ir.gton society Is looking forward t tb resumption of social activities by the Wbll House family. "What will th Winter bring forth?" Is th sjuestlon asked and left on- gnswerea ever tn tea cups ana uiir prsndtal cocktail glasses of Washing ton's homes and clubs. ' B4al rrobleas la Held. The course of the Whit House family, which, by reason of th brief vows and briefer benediction of aa Episcopalian ceremony, become a new family, with a new -first lady of the land." Is a problem to Washington so ciety more serious than any which has confronted It In a generation, for President Wilson, unlike any of bis predecessors. Is marrying a Washing ton woman. , Washington haa been well acquainted with many wive of President after they hsl come to make Washington Iheir homes, but the onion of Wood- row Wilson and Ivdlth Boiling Gall presents an entirely new and unpre cedented situation. Tb situation, be sides being new. has element of con- -ern to th permanent dwellers In th National Capital. Trad' Heretofore t Reeeaals4. It would be different If th Presi dent, even though h wer marrying Into a Washington family, wer at the time wedding on whose relation with th oftfial III of Washington bad been direct. Strange. un-American. In congruous a It may seem. In this land of democracy and equality, th society of tha Federal city has not. In years gone by. recognised that anyon en gaged "In trade" had any actual social standing In the activities ef I grand monde. as evidenced In th round of feetlvlilea and functions here. Mrs. Edith Boiling Qalt. now Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, belonged to the com mercial circle of Washington society. Inherited Btatwa One Laat. Regardless of th fact that the Boilings, of Virginia, rank In their own home state as th squals of any family In the ancient commonwealth, tb uiJoa of Kdith Boiling with Norman (".alt. almost a scor of years ago, tooa tho fair daughter of th Old Dominion, a drccndant of John Rolf and Poca hontas, out of her Inherited status, and placed her definitely and fixedly out side th charmed circle, so far a Washlsatoa society wa concerned. Th Dalle of Washington constitute a bug family and th present genera tion, as wer th original arrivals la th thsn new District of Columbia away hack In ll2. ar actively engaged In the jewelry and other tine of business. Trade Is trade. In Washington, and trad la not society and never bad been, ridiculous and nn-Amerlcao as It may seem. Ceeia.ellew With Baelaeaa Artlr What makes th situatloa doubly In. teresting Is ths fact that Mr. Ualt -.:! en I'as. S. Column I ' w. Wwbtb II M I r""T "ifl Aa 1 SET rj I Cf w WMWW'ury' I " ' ' II INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tb Weather. TCTKPDATB Maximum teni perstnre. 46 deareee; minimum. ST degrees TODAT'B Occasional rains: southerly wind. Weddlag af rteeldt. President Wilson and Mrs. Oalt married. ee-tloa I. pass 1. Wedding gifts t Mrs. Gelt nnususL Beo- tlon X. peso . Bride's eorlal statue new teeue far arlsta- c re tic UuhiDitoa. aectlon 1. page 1. Deerr'ptton of trousseau of Whits House bride. Section 1. pae Mealca. Villa gives ap flM. I'sce 1. War. Germans conduct war schools wtthla sound of guns, bectloa I. page gtrong attack en Baionikl aspected. Bec tloa 1. pase T. Berlin disclaims sympathy with acta el violence, section 1. pas T. atlewaU Austria's reply to An coca note denlea cas Is proved asainet submarine eoturaender. bectloa 1. pase 3- rreeideut complete draft of reply to Aus tria, HicUoa 1. Pa X Cblcaso -bteror starts sir en police for col lauoa allb crook e nectloa U pace 1. Court value tree mora thaa 1. W. W. de stroyer, eectloa 3. pase . RooeeT.lt boom reported start. d at Gary dinner. aectlon pegs .. fewcte. Teds snd majors loee ratber than progress la peac Oral, bectloa 3. pace a. Beaeers sell Pitcher Erana to Vpokaa. Sae- Uoa 2. pegs 1. Maay entered for Del Moat New Tear's golf tournament, bectloa 2. pegs . Jerome Traeers thinks medal play fairer thaa matcU. bectloa 3. pag 4. Lee twrrr bailed aa greatest mlddle- atlgbt. bectloa 3. pag 0. Agsiea ar after scslps of knockers. Sec tion 3. page g. Dpertamea to be rorally satertalned. 8e- tloa Z. pag 4. Norman Hoes gaining fam as swimmer. b--tloa 3. peso 2. All-etar tntr-(1tr Leacu team chosen, gee tloa 3. peg e. Vancouver bockev rbamplons seeking new material, eevtloo 2. pass g. Southern t'sltfomia les Its greatest track stars. MectloB 3. page 3. Ykory over Paltoa March 4 la generally concede to Wlliard. Kectlon 3. page a Wetnea'a ranklnss at Portland Ooir Club announced, taction 3. pg 4. racirio rthweat. Report of three months' ecu lea of Wsshlng loa school land le In. Peruoa 1. page 11. New Aberdeen reservoir tn use, geciioa 1. pas . O. A. C. Is forming eo-operstlve creamery as sociation, hectlon 1. page 8. Ws.hlngtnn eiat seee passing of Jitney 'pus. flection I. pegs 1. Ksnaan believes Borah Is party hops. g tlon 1 .peg 10. Stale Bank gupeiinlendent ftargent esvs Mr. Mode is competent, but to young. Bec tloa 1. page IS. Oreeon bopsrowers sgre to hold crop till Msy 1. 1D1. te gain J1.00C.OO0. section 31 pag 14. Oovernor Wlthvcombe ears flnsar shortage has been knoera for months. Section 1. Bag 4. pan et fpoksna fall.; flv la streetcars di. Kectlon 1, pas a. Bank robber killed In battle with posse. oectloa 1. page 1.. t'emmerrtal aad Maria. Freest.- eheet begin ie move Eastward from Interior points. Hecnon C, peg le. Wheet hlchee at Chicasv ei , r. .Krt for freer c.an more-- i- fcecUop X pag Id. Ralls sr Urn In 7V.ll street, but trading Is dull. !-ect.cti -j. psg II. galea of Oregon arwH la Kastern marketa Section page 13. Captain KoMat, of McCormlck line, has ro- msntio sea career, section .. paga it. Rusalsa bark Prt Caledonia arrtre from Lublln to load cereal. Section 3, paga 14. Automobile aad Reeds. Car and good roads sr declared Jojs le fsrmerm. Section s. psg u. Safety alsnal that msy ha seen rrom an side Is Inveniea. oection . page v. steal Eetat aad BuUdiag. Breeden hl'H-k eel week largest realty deal, section 4. pase i:. Big prelects ar occupying Uraaltgbt. Section . page 1J. rartlaad and vicinity. R. A. Bslltnger denounces Oregon system, bectloa Z. page 10. Teachers convene In Msdford December 27. Median S. page lu. Washington and Jefferson high sebools to meet In debate Tuesday sight. Sectloo 3. page 14. W. F rtnxer sdmits shortage In bis ac rounta Incurred while he as Adjutaat tenersl. faction I. pass 4. O. M Clark tells of transfer et Oregon build ing, necilou 1. page Is. Artlssna festive for twenty-first anniversary, becllon 1. page IB. Practical lastruction In driving cars glesa "Jitney police." Section I, page IS. Keg of real "moonshine" Is evidence In Ted eral Court trial. Section 1, pag I. right Is bitter, but not between grandfath er, for child. Section 1. page 17. Mats cloths 300 children. Section 1. pegs 19. Oeorge tc llerdy wr1T -s on need of effi ciency bureau. Section 1. page It. riana ar cimpleted for Belch creek bridge. ectioa 1. page 12. R. K. Williams is placed upon rtepublican conv.ntlon committee. Section I. page 14. Cbaritie bas $211 on bsnd for rslief work, l-ectloo 1. tage 11 rivio lsguere hear sir correspondent. Section I. page 12. Mar or leeu.s police orders for New Tear's ere. Section I. page I?. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2. pes 14. IMPRESSIONS OF SOME. VILLA RENOUNCES REBEL CAMPAIGN Pressure of Generals Brings Decision. .: PLEA OF WIFE ALSO HEARD Chieftain Starts North, Seek ing Asylum Across Border. OFFICERS, TOO, IN FLIGHT Fnd of RrTolntlon, However, Not Admitted Governor Avlla, of dilliaahna. Mentioned as New Leader of Movement. EL TASO. Tex- Dec. IS. Under pres sure of hi Generals, the weight of his defeat In Sonora, and tho counsel of his wife. General Francisco Ilia I on hks war to th border and the United States, bts title of commander-in-chief renounced and his determination to continue fighting the de facto govern ment of Carranxa until death, broken once and. for all. Telegrams In cod from the capital today said briefly: "Peace haa been declared here. Ther will be no more fighting." Marriage Wife Legalised. Before renouncing hi command. Gen eral Villa wa united to Mrs. Villa In a civil marriage. They had been mar ried by a church ceremony several years ago at San Andre. Chihuahua, but th civil marriage wa required by Mexican law to make the tie legal. It wa believed that the civil mar riage would remove any moral obstacle to the entrance of Mrs. Villa and Gen eral Villa Into th United Statss. While the retirement of Villa was on pressure from hi Generals, assembled in council of war In the capital. It was not generally admitted that the revo lution I ended. Indeed, it Is aseerted that the revolution will receive a new Impetus from the absence af Villa and the substitution or a leader.' who Is said to be Governor Avlla, of Chihuahua State. - . Geda Removed to El Paso. The relinquishment of command by Villa has been rumored at the border for several weeks, but the first Indi cation of Jt cam today in the removal of the household goods of General Villa to El Paso, following the sud den appearance of Mrs. Villa at the border from Chihuahua late last night. The good of Colonel Hipolite Villa, financial agent of the convention gov ernment at Juarez, were next reported coming across the International bridge. Later the wives of the brother reached El Paso and It was said that Colonel Hlpolito Villa was expected to arrive shortly and that General Villa would reach the border tonight or to morrow morning. rbleftalas' Families Take Flight. An exodus of Villa chieftains' fami lies occurred at the border during the afternoon, while the word had been given In Juares "officers, take care of yourselves," and resulted in a scurrying of officers In bewilderment. Several clambered on trains going south with supplies to the army and they were followed by some of their men. Shortly afterward rifle and equipment appeared from hiding places and were loaded into cars going to Chihuahua City. Among the families to cross tho bor der today with household good were thou of General Manuel Oachoa, com manding tho garrison of Juarez; Gen eral Fidel Avlla. governor of Chihua hua State. Mr. Villa. It Is said, declared that General Villa had consented to retire from the revolution, but only tem-it'onriul-l on Pae 4. Column 1. EVENTS IN THE PAST id-'J I I BATTLE FOLLOWS ROBBERY OF BANK HIGHWAY3IAN t.DER GLARE OF FLASHLIGHT FALLS RIDDLED. Cashier's Wife Sees Men Shoot at Husband and Open Safe to Get $150, Leaving $3000. i SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 18. Four men. firing shots in all directions, ap peared at 6:30 tonight before the Du vall State Bank, at "Duvall. King County, 30 miles east of Seattle, and, entering the bank, which had Just been opened for its Saturday night's busi ness, seized a sack containing! $450 in silver dollars. The. men fled up the Snoqualmle River, carrying the heavy bag of silver. C. Beadon Hall, cashier, and his wife were the only persons in the bank when the men entered. The cashier was forced to open the Bafe. the thieves shooting about his feet to make him hurry. The robbers overlooked, $3000 in gold which the safe contained. About a mile above town a posse came on one of the' robbers, who was taking silver dollars from a sack and placing them In his pocket. The rob ber fired at the posse whose leader threw a spotlight on the robber, direct ing tho aim of the other members of the posse, and the robber was riddled with bullets. He fell or jumped over th bank of the river into the swift mountain stream. 1 The posse recovered the money bag, which had 36S left In it, and then pressed on in pursuit of the other three robbers. It is believed that they have been surrounded in the woods bordering the stream. $400,000 JOB TO START i St. Johns Railway Tunnel Will Be Concrete Lined. Pending completion of improvements on the 0.-W R, ft N. Company's St. Johns tunnel, all trains operating over that line between Portland and Seattle will use the North Bank tracks be tween the Union Station and the North Portland Junction. The change is ef fective tomorrow. Contracts for improvements on the tunnel have Just been let. They call for a complete concrete lining from end to end. The work will cost approx imately $400,000 and will require about five months. WOOD F0RLEGS SCARCE Factory Compelled to Reject Order From European War Zone. ST. LOUTS, Dec. 18. The manufac ture of artificial legs for shipment to the European belligerents has been de layed by the scarcity of willow wood. Harry Dawson, a local manufacturer, said today that he could not get any more seasoned willow wood for several weeks and that for this reason he had delayed accepting a contract for more than 150 artificial legs a month. RELIC VALUED AT $7500 Congress Is Asked to Buy Suit Lin coln Was Shot In. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. Congress has been asked to appropriate $7500 to buy the suit of clothes Abraham Lin coln wore the night of his assassina tion at Ford's Theater In 1S6J. Representative Roberts, of Massachu setts, has introduced a bill to acquire the relic, owned by a Washington busi ness man. for the Lincoln Memorial. GERMANS SUNK IN BALTIC Berlin Admits Cruiser Bremen and Torpedo-Boat Are Lost. AMSTERDAM, via London, Dec. 19. It has been officially announced in Ber lin that the small German cruiser Bremen and a torpedo-boat accompany ing her have been sunk by a submarine in the eastern Baltic Sea. The announcement said that a con siderable portion of the crews of both vessels were saved. WEEK'S NEWS. 0JEiMCr A OJEACf SS- THY AJT already ButzyifYG y MAYOR OF C I GO WARS ON POLICE Cleanup Promised, if It Costs Life. WIDE COLLUSION IS CHARGED Internal Plots to Murder Hon est Officers Charged. CROOKS ARE PROTECTED Captains Notified That Unices Col lusion With Criminals Ceases They Will Be Removed on I 1 Charges of Incompetence. 1 CHICAGO. Dec. 18. (Special.) "The police department Chicago is honeycombed with grafters who ar collecting money all over the city. The department will be cleaned up and the crooks routed out if it costs me my life." m This statement was made by Will iam Hale Thompscn, Mayor of Chi ccgo, during a conference today with Chief of Police Healey. condition and remedies in whose department wer under discussion. Police Captains to Be Warned. "Let police captains know that we mean business and that, unless they clean up and drive out the crooks, charges of Incompetence will be filed against them forthwith," said the Mayor to the Chief. In the course of the conference Mayor Thompson had made this fiat and un qualified statement: "Chief Healey and I are ccovlnced that there has been and is collusion be tween the police department and tho crooks of Chicago and that protection is being afforded to criminals. "As soon as we find out where that protection is coming from we are go ing to clean up the department, and it will, be such a clean-up as Chicago never before has seen." Folic Killing Each Other. Still earlier in the day. in an inter view. Mayor Thompson had laid an even graver charco against the police de partment as a whole. He intimated strongly that investigation might dis close the fact that Policeman John C. Burke, latest of Chicago policemen to be slain, was the victim of a plot hatch I within the department a plot to get rid of Burke because the latter was really trying to do his full duty and drlv out crooks. The Mayor intimated that investiga tion might reveal evidencu that other policemen had been victims of the same dastardly conspiracy. He hinted that revelations might come that would make the Rosenthal murder plot in New York pale Into insignificance. .Major 'a Orders Repeated. In obedience to the command of the Mayor. Chief Healey prepared a special order that went out to every command ing officer in the police department bonight. This order repeated in sub stance just what the Mayor told Chief Healey at the conference. "It may be poor politics," said the Mayor, "but I am honestly going to run this administration clean and without graft, whether I ever do another thing in my life, nd as for politics, that con sideration can go to Hades. vciiief Healey, I believe, has been making an honest effort to make the entire force honest. I purpose to back him up with all my energy in his ef forts. ' Mayor Say He Is Not Afraid. "Chief Healey is going to stay where he is. but, by t-od, this police depart ment will be cleaned up and the crooks will be routed out if it costs me my (Concluded on Page 6, Column . )