Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

/ * TTEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. GA SUNDAY. AIAY 3 D KAISER’S 101: WEDS MID ROYAL POMP THREE DAYS’ FESTIVITIES Berlin, Aided by Citizens From Every Country in the World, Celebrates Event With Brilliant Gayety—The Princess a Very Lovely Bride. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, May 24.—The glory and the glamor of a royal wedding hov ers over Berlin. Hours after the bril liant nuptials by which Princess Vic toria Luise, of the proud house of Hohenzollern. became the wife of Prince Ernest August of Cumber land. a Guelph, a thousand wedding bells still are pealing out a godspeed to the young couple. Berlin is given over to carnival gayety and is a ten derly smiling city. For the royal wedding was a love match, too, and all the world is pat ronizing in its love for a lover and his sweetheart, even though that sweetheart be the Kaiser’s . own daughter and the apple of his eye. Victoria Luise, the only daugh ter of the royal house of Germany, to-day wasworthy, in the hour of her greatest experience, of all the pride and affection which Germany bears her. She was a lovely bride. And manly Prince Ernest August had merely to appear by her side be fore the Berlin populace after the ceremony to dissipate the prejudice which loyal subjects of the Kaiser have fostered, now forty-seven years, for all Guelphs. The exultant cheers that welcomed the couple proved their eternal popularity. The wedding came to-day as a crowning event of a gala week. The celebration of the wedding began Thursday with a gala opera evening. Friday a state banquet was held. All day to-day the public has been in holiday attire and very gay. Visitors Crowd Berlin. . All the week a stream of visitors has poured into Berlin, the most im pressive procession, probably, of Germany’s history. Crowned heads from the greatest nations were pres ent. and representatives of the noble houses of every nation on the Conti nent. And then there were civilians by the thousands, predominant among them the Americans, whose interest seemed to be second only to that of the Germans. The spectacle was worthy of all ■their interest. The bridal party was a gorgeous pageant as It came into Berlin this morning from Potsdam, where, in the great Marble Palace, the civil ceremonies incident to the mar riage were performed These were rather prfvate, with only the invited guests, the royalty and nobility pres ent. But the religious rites, cele brated later in the city, were public ceremonies, with practically all Ber- j lin and all the thousands of visitors as spectators. The golden-haired, blue-eyed girl- princess was the idol ot[ the day. Cheers marked the course of her car riage through the streets, thousands drtood reverent and bareheaded as she itepped into the great cathedral. Af fectionate Germans are ,hoarse wiln voicing their regard for the princess. Victoria Luise Beautiful. Victoria Luise was beautiful, even with ihe plainly simple gown she wore. It was of white satin point ap plique. of conventional cut. with a train four yards long. The cost of the gown and the train and the lace, which had been especially hand-made, will not exceed $1,000. The princes? veil, on which many girls in the Sile sian 'ace school worked for many weeks, cost $600. The entire trous seau was of rich hut simple elegance; ! those of the daughters of German captains of industry and of German millionaires have % eo?t ten times as much. This fact reflects the simple taste of her mother, the Kaiserin And more gorgeous, too, were the gowns of the four girlish and beauti ful 'bridesmaids. The maids were fchosen by the princess-bride herself, and all are of more or less close rela tion to her by blood or marriage. . They were attractive, all of them, but the eyes of all Germany were for the bride. The four bridesmaid* were Princess Mary, daughter of King George and Queen Mary of Great Britain; the Grand Duchess Olga, eldest daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia; Princess Yolanda, of Italy and Prin- / cess Elizabeth of Roumania. They were beautiful, all of them. „ but of varying types of beauty. Prin cess' Mary is fair, with a ruddy com plexion; Grand Duchess Olga is a pronounced brunette, with somber eve?, which, possessed by a girl of less estate, would be accounted a formidable power in the game of hearts. Princess Elizabeth is of the pure Caucasian type, and Princess Yolanda is of distinctive Latin beau ty. She is accounted the reigning beauty of Southern Europe. Number Increased at Last. At first it was thought to have only three oridesmaids. but at the last minute it was decided to increase the number to four, and a belated in vita - tation was sent to Princess Yolanda. The four beautiful princesses were gowned in accord with their pulchri tude. and were more elaborately dressed than was the bride herself. But as simple as was the trousseau of Victoria Luise, the brilliancy of the wedding gifts more than made up for it. The presents were fabulous. Their value is estimated at close to $3,000.- 00ft. a large part of which Is the value of the gifts of her father. These were jewels of fantastic designs, created from plans of his own conception. Ail of Germany is represented in the gifts, many cities appropriating sums ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 for the purchase of tokens. The great courts of Europe sem costly and beautiful presents. The presents were on exhibition be- > fore the invited guests but not for • public display. However, it is likely that the Princess herself will request \ that some of tlie more attract" e arti cles be exhibited, together with the veil and the wedding dress which she wore. Bri deg room’s ^Gift. The bridegroom, too. received owe gift that is unusual. It is unusual also because the Princess, his wife, shares no part of it, and it came from the Kaiser himself. Wilhelm was so glad that the old quarrel with the House of Guelph thus is settled by the marriage that, after the union had been arranged, he promised to create a new German State and make Ernes’ August the ruler of it. Accordingly, Prince Ernest to-day became the Duke of Brunswick and the Grand Duke of Lunebourg. .This gives him a responsible job and makes him tho equal in rank with the kings of Sax ony and Wurtemburg and the Prim ■ Regent of Bavaria. A considerable portion of the kingdom of Hanover, which belongs to Prussia, was. taken over and added to the new State. The Kaiser, it is rumored, created the new duchy because he felt that his son-in-law should not be idle. Repu tation for belief in sound and solid occupation as the best preventive »f mischief has always been the Kaiser's. After the public ceremony the roy. ' newlyweds returned to the Marble Palace at Potsdam to prepare for the wedding journey. They will leave to morrow for a trip into eastern and southern Europe. All Streets Crowded. They made their way through streets crowded with interested an 1 affectionate spectators, who push • 1 and fought to get nearer the carriage in which their divinity rode. The crowd was not all of men and worn- JS}R IN CESS VICTORIA LUISE and her mud 1 bridesmaids. Princess Mary, of England on the left: Princess Elizabeth, of Roumania on the right: Princess Yo/ande, oj Italy, left, below, and Grand Duchess Olga, of Russia, right, below. In the center is Prince Ernest August Cupid or Diplomats Behind Match? German PeopteAsfy |fj|[|] J[j |||| Love at First Sight Theory Believed By Some and Ridiculed Bv Many Others. By STEVE BURNETT. Special Cable to The American. BERLIN, May 24. Is the wedding to-day of the beautiful Princess Vic toria Luise only daughter of the Kaiser, to Prince Ernest August, son of the Duke of Cumberland, a love match? Did the young couple fall in love at first sight, or were they the instruments of an all-conquering di plomacy ? The German people believe that their beloved Princess has married the man she loves. They do not be lieve for a moment that the Princess would even consider a betrothal as a matter of state, and they do not believe that the Empress would per mit of such a thing any more than, the | Princess would Consider it. In view of the fact that the Prin-. cess and the Prince had met hut twice before the announcement of the be trothal those who assert their belief in the love match theory say that it must have been a case of love at first sight, and as evidence of the ab surdity of the suggestion that it was a marriage of state, th*‘\ point out that without doubt the Kaiser could have made a more advantage ous match for his daughter had diplo macy been the only consideration. Diplomats Smiling. Diplomats of Berlin, however, smile when the question arises. Very evi dently they do not accept the love at first sight theory. They point to the fact that the Kaiser is healing what has been a very serious breach Duke of CuirberlandMay Inherit Lnglish Throne Following arc some interesting facts about the House of Cum berland. The Prince of Cumberland is both German and English. He is a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain. His grandfather wa3 a brother of Queen Victoria of England, they both having been children of George HI. In the event of the failure of, succession of present heirs to the throne of England, it would prob ably be the present Duke of Cum berland, or in the event of his death, the Prince of Cumberland who would succeed to the throne, because of their descent from King George. The arms of the House of Cum berland are almost similar to those of the royal family of Great Britain. The Puke of Cumberland is a Prince of Great Britain, a general in the British army and a Colonel in the Austrian army. of love or a case of politics, the fact remains that it is in itself a stroke of diploma* v, adjudging, as it does, the feud which has existed for a cen tury between the reigning family of united Germany and the house of the Duke of Cumberland. The blind King George V of Han over. maintained his right to the Hanoverian throne after Prussia had annexed the kingdom anil had sent King George into exile. Duke Ernest August swore at his dying father’s bedside that he would never became reconciled to the crown* of Prussia and that he never woultKrenounce his claim to the throne of Hanover, which kingdom had become a part of Prus sia. With the house of Cumberland maintaining this attitude the Em peror of Germany has come contin ually face to face with a monarch, deprived of a throne, who might make himself very obnoxious in the event Germany became involved in a great war. Who could tell, hut that he might even claim the throne of the German Empire? The Duke of Cumberland, however, now sees his fortunes brightening materially. His son is to be made Duke of Brunswick and Duke of Lunebourg, a Grand Duchy which the Kaiser has created especially for bis son-in-law. There Is. perhaps, an element of humor in the situation, for the new Duchy is partly composed of a portion of the Province of Han- I over to the right of which throne ! Prussia had denied the House of I (’umberland. New Testimony May Free Life Prisoner Another Said to Have Committed Crime Laid to Girl’s Sweetheart Many Years Ago. LA PORTE, IND., May 24 - The hearing which the State Board of Pardons will give a case at the June meeting may open the prison gates for Oscar Savage, serving a life sen tence, from Knox County. Harry B. Darling, secretary of the board, is making an investigation, af fidavits having been submitted with letters that a person other than Sav age killed Jessie Burba, who was the convict’s sweetheart. The person making the affidavit is Nellie O’Neil, who avers that she vv. s a witness to the tragedy, and that a relative of Savage's alleged victim killed the girl The O’Neil woman sets forth that she did not testify because of fear <*f the relative of Jessie Burba. who threatened to kill her if she informed against him. The board recently refused clem- ency to Savage, but on the petition of the convict’s mother, who writes that she daily prays that her son’s inno cence be proven, will grant another hearing. en of Germany. Every tongue was heard on the streets, and the least of these was not English. There were thousands of Americans present, anil they appeared to be as jubilant as the most ardent Teutons. The Americans have been arriving for a week or more, among them many of great wealth who sought to obtain the most desirable hotel res ervations. But many American tour ists who came had to leave because of the absence of accommodations. In ihe great crowd, also, were mys terious strangers with Russian ac cents. These were Russian secret po lice, fiere to protect the Czdr ami Czarina. And mingling in the crowd were German secret agent*, carefully scrutinizing every person, seeking to find possible anarchists, nihilists or international thieves, fo^ probably rever before has there been so great a gathering of royalty, peers and the just plain wealthy. To enumerate the brilliant galaxy of guests, representing all the high and little courts of Europe, would be an enormous task. But the following were among those present: Royal Guests Present. King George and Queen Mary ot England, Czar Nicholas and the Czar ina of Russia. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Margherita of Italy, Kingi Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain, I King Albert and Queen Elizabeth ot Belgium. King Constantine of Greer*'! and the Queen. Emperor Francis Jo-I seph of Austria. Archduke Francis I Ferdinand, heir to the th;on< • T Aus- ! tria Hungary; Queen Wilhelnrfina of| Holland. President Poincare of Franc-M and Mme. Poincare, King <’r, nj. - of- Roumania. ex-King Man;i •! of P :tu ; gal, King Haakon of Norway and the » Queen. King Gustave of Sweden, King Frederick Vi 11 of Denmark, Czar Fer dinand of Bulgaria. Count von Wedel of Alsace-Lorraine. Duke Friedrich II of Anhalt, Grand Duke Frederik II of Baden, the Regent of Bavaria, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig V of Hesse.-Re gent Johann Albrecht of Brunswick King Wilhelm II of Wurttemburg. Prince Friedrich of Waldeck, Prince Gunther of Schw arzburg-Rudolstadt, Prince George of Sohaumburg-Lippe, King Friedrich August III of Saxony. Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe- Weimar. Duke chai ies Ed ward of Saxe-Coburg ami Gotha, Grand Duke Adolph FrirdiVa of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV of Me* ko naurs- Sell\\* rin, and many others, including grand dukes, grand duchesses and scores of lesser rank. Princess Victoria Luise and Prince Ernest August have known each other for nearly three years, and in spite of the repeated assertions in anti-Gov- ernment quarters that it is purely a marriage for the sake of politics, those in court circles say that reai love enters into the match. Pic tures have been printed of the en gaged pair walking, holding hands. Another important feature of the marriage is the opportunity it has given the various European rulers to me**: for conferen* es on international iffalrs. In fact, the conclave has '*•* n termed the greatest pea* e gath- I cring of many yeais. Many issues! which the Balkan War left are being smoothed out. i between the houses of Hohenzollern and Guelph and at the same time obtaining a very admirable, clean and ! healthy young man as a son-in-law. They admit, however, that apparently the Kaiser would have the people be lieve that the marriage was the out come of a love affair. “The little one shall he happy. She shall not be sacrificed to politics.” said the Kaiser not long since. The people of Germany believe that their Emperor has adhered to that policy. Prince Ernest met his wife for the first time at a royal tea party in Berlin. They were together for about two hours and did not meet again until some time later at a formal court function when they exchanged but a few words. Shortly after that the bethrothal was announced. Following the announcement the Prince and Princess were seen toge ther a great deal in Berlin. From all appearances they were deeply in love with each other, for neither had eyes for others when together. They were photographed upon the streets of Ber lin walking arm in arm and even holding hands, as is the custom here when a couple is engaged. “Clever stage management," sner- ed the cynics. “Evidence of the democracy of the royal couple.” asserted advocates of the love theory. “They are in love with each other and they don't care who knows it." Whether the marriage was a case , Fear of Idol Causes ! Thief to Return Gem Jade Ornament's Inscription Told of Suffering That Robber Would Undergo. LOS ANGELES, May 24.—The great god Budd, Kipling's “heathen idol made of mud.” demonstrated Its power over a guilty conscience and incidentally furnished a robbery clew when a valuable jade ornament, taken from a miniature statue of Buddha by a burglar who looted a Chinese store, was returned. The jade was a portion of stolen goods valued at $2,000. The statu ette from which it was taken bore an Inscription to the effect that a thief of holy things would suffer the pangs of guilty conscience until the stolen articles' were returned. The fact that this Inscription was in Chinese convinced the proprietors of the store and the police of the nationality of the thief. LITTLE FINGER REPLACES . NOSE ON WOMAN’S FACE PASADENA. May 24.—Mrs. Mabel Johnson was discharged from the Pasadena Hospital to-day with the little finger of her left hand securely knitted »n her face and doing duty as a nose. Mrs. Johnson lost her real nose in an operation The finger tip was placed between the e\es. the bone re moved .<> ma’ke nostrils, and to-day oht was discharged, breathing easily. Diplomats of Many Countries Also Attempted to Bring About Royal Match. ILL BEAUTIFUL German Princess Selected Girls of Royal Families for Wed- 'ding Herself. Special Cable to The American. BERLIN, May 24.—Many diplomats) of the various courts of Europe have j planned the betrothal of the Princess' Victoria Luise to some princeling for reasons of State. All of these diplo- j matte conspiracies have been in vain. Many have been the royal suitors) for the hand of the Kaiser’s only i daughter. A few have paid hasty vis its to Berlin in the hope that they might gain the affections of the Princess whom many royal mothers considered a prize match for their! sons, but their departure from Ber lin was, in the most cases, quite as hasty. one of the first suitors for the hand ; of the Princess was the deposed King Manuel of Portugal Aisolt was said. ( an alliance with the King of PortugaT | at that time wquld not have dis pleased the Kaiser at all. In fact, so interested in the proposed match did the Kaiser appear, that he nr- , ranged a meeting between himself and the Queen Mother Amelia, of Portugal, presumably to discuss pos- , sibilities of the marriage. Something happened, however, be fore this meeting could be brought about, and all talk of the Princess Victoria Luise becoming betrothed to King Manuel was dropped. Proba bly the Princess put her foot down a»< j she has since done in other in- . stances, and declined to be wedded to the Portuguese King. Prince Gained Favor. Prime Adoph of Mecklenberg-Stre- . iitz was another who paid court to' the Princes* Apparently the Prin cess regarded him with some favor, for the two were seen about together a great deal at court functions in Berlin. One day the Prince left Ber lin very hurriedly and on the follow - , ing day the Princess left for Celerina, Switzerland, quite as hurriedly, it be ing given out that the Princess suf fered from a “cold” and had gone to the high altitudes of Switzerland to recover. This explanation was accepted by i hut a few. It was the general be- ; lief that the Princess had had a gen uine love affair with the Prince, but i no reason has ever been assigned for' the sudden termination of it. In 1910 the Archduke Karl Franz, eldest sun of the late Archduke Otto, of Austria, was mentioned as a pos sible future husband for the Princess. | The Archduke Karl Franz. It was pointed out at the time, might some day be Emperor of Austria, in the event of the failure of succession of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, son of ( Emperor Franz Joseph. The Kaiser paid a visit to Vienna for a confer ence with the Emperor of Austria,, with the object of discussing the ru mored matcii, It was said, but noth ing ever came of it. Perhaps the Princess objected to the Archduke, too. At this time the Princess was eighteen years old and the Archduke twenty-three years old. Many Other Suitors. , Then there followed In rapid order rumors that the Princess was to mar ry Prince Leopold, son of Prince Hen ry of Battenberg. and Prince Arthur of Connaught. It was asserted that King Edward was so Interested in effecting a marriage between the son of his brother and the Princess Vic toria Luise that he arranged to have Prince Arthur raised to a peerage of his own. The Duke of Connaught, however, objected to this. King Ed ward it was said, wanted to make Prince Arthur the Duke of Kent. In 1911 it was said that a match between the Grand Duke of Meeklen- berg-Strelitz and the Princess was being arranged, this despite the fact that what had appeared to be a plan tj> marry the Princess to Prince Adolph of Mecklenberg-Strelltz had fallen through. King George is said to have favor ed a marriage between Princess Vic toria Luise and the Prince of Wales, according to a report which became current In official circles in London recently No statement regarding this could ever he obtained in Berlin. Grain of Corn Mayor Is Deposed Canton (Ohio) Will Change City Hall Officials Without an Elec tion on Court Decision. ( 'ANTON. OHIO. May 24.—Canton's City Hall had a novel kind of spring housecleaning, in which all of the officers Instead of the offices were swept out and new oneH installed. The change was the outcome of a decision of the Court of Appeals re- j versing the lower court in the case ' of Former Mayor A R. Turnbull | against Mayor Harry Schilling, which j put Turnbull back into office after | having been out for five months. j In that time most all city offices were turned over to Socialists, to which party Schilling belonged at the time of his candidacy. He was subsequently expelled. Turnbull, elected as a Democrat, became a Bull Moose, but he will return all his Democratic aides to office. Turnbull and Schilling broke even on the vote in November. 1911. Turn- bull won the office by lot on a grain of corn. Schilling sued and won. FORESTRY SCHOOL LOSES EXPOSITION BUILDING SEATTLE, May 24.—Marking on- of the beauty spots in the grounds of the University of Washington is the School of Forestry, a large building constructed of* forest trees The structure was ere* ted during the | Alaska - Yukon-Pacifi*- Exposition to contain the forestry exhibit **f the •State, but is now used by the univer- { sity. It wait built at a cost of SS5..00U. Special Cable to The American. BERLIN. May 24. When prepara tions for the wedding of Princess Luise were first entered upon at the Royal Court of Berlin, the Princess herself had no small say in the ar rangement of affairs. “I shall select my own bridesmaids." said the pretty Princess, and her royal father bowed to her wishes. If Princess Luise had searched all of Europe she could not have found four prettier princesses than she selected. Princess Mary, of Great Britain, daughter of King George and Queen Mary; Grand Duchess Olga, of Russiu. *iaughter of Czar Nicholas; Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the King of Roumania and the Prin cess Yclande of Italy, make a quar tette that for beauty could not be exceeded. Had the Princess been allowed to select as bridesmaids the daughters of Dukes and other titled nobles of the aristocracy, she would not have had any trouble so far as beauty is con cerned. But she w’as restricted to the narrow circles of her friends of equal rank as herself. Her attendants had to be of royal blood. All Strong Willed. All of the bridesmaids besides being personal friends of Princess Louise, are princesses of the same type of in dependence as the daughter of the Kai- er. As Princess Luise declined to be a pawn in European diplomatic af fairs. ho each of her bridesmaids at one time or another have quite as firmly declined to be “married oft”’ as a matter of state Probably the incident which estab lished the independence of the Grand Duchess Olga is of most interest at this time because of the coincidence of that ineident and the w’edding to day of Princess Louise. When the Kaiser and the Czar of Russia met in 1912 in Finnish waters, it is said the two Emperors planned to marry the Grand Duchess Olga and Prince Adelbert, the Kaiser’s third son. who then was twenty-eight years of age. Prince Adelbert was with hi father at the time on the royal yacht Hohenzollern. having been taken away from home because of interest dis played in a well-known variety ac tress. Great Diplomatic Stroke. To have accomplished the marriage of the Grand Duchess and the Prince would have been a great diplomatic stroke, for it would have tended to unite the great Empires of Russia and Germany. The Prince would probably have readily obeyed his stern father but the Grand Duchess Olga declin ed to be married in that way. It was said that her affections lay elsewhere. The Czar did not try to force his daughter into the marriage. The Grand Duchess Olga is the Czar’s favorite child, and is said to have matters practically her own way in the palace of the Romanoffs. Princess Mary was to have been married to King Manuel, of Portu gal. when that young man was really occupying the throne of his country. King Manuel's father. King Carlos, had been an intimate friend *»f Prin cess Mary’s grandfather. King Ed ward. Besides a marital alliance be tween Great Britain and Portugal seemed at that time to he most de sirable. Princess Mary, however, put her foot down most firmly and in her objection her mother supported her, with the result that the plan was given up. Princess Elizabeth is said to have several times firmly refused to even consider matches arranged for diplo matic reasons with the sons of neigh boring kingdoms and Princess Yolan- de, of Italy, is likewise said to have asserted her independence in such matters, proclaiming the separation of heart and state. FAMILY MOVED TO CITY IN ORDER TO JAIL FATHER DETROIT, May 24.—A new reason for living in a big city was given <n police court to-day. John Piotrowski was arraigned for drunkenness and his daughter, Violet, appeared against him. Until recently, the family lived in a small town In Ohio. Violet told the magistrate they had moved to Detroit in order that her father might be jailed for hi? sprees, thf* police facili ties of minor municipalities not being sufficent. to accomplish his correction. The court issued a warrant for non- support. Mealtime is Near Are you smiling? Look-, ing forward with pleas-' are and a keen appe tite—or is your stom- ach so had yon “just; don’t care”? Then, you should try Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters It assists digestion and makes you “forget” all about stomach ills.