The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
BRIGHT SUNSHINY AFTER
NOON PRECEDEs CEREMONY

Washington, Dec. S.---President
Wilson. who has admitted frankly
that he had no fear OF the supposed
unlucky ID, was overjoyed today
when the storm, which threatened to
he bad omen for his wedding. was
blown from the skies by a southeast
erly wind. He renal ked joyously on
the change when The sun heamed
forth
fhe President gave over practically
of his day to business, Many official
problems of more or less importance
were pressing for executive action
before it would be practicable for him
TO turn the reins Of government over
10 ether hands.
Todays schedule included his at
tendance upon the christening of his
granddaughter, little Ellen Wilson
McAdoo which took place at the
White House, action upon number
uf pardo1Is- and petTt1o1ts for executive
orders. and. mQst mQIpentous or all,
the dra fling of the note in which the
government of the United States to-
night informed the government of .Au-
stria that we must insist upon our
demands for redress for the Ancona
outrage.
The President made an early start,
arising shortly after j:30 o'clock. He
break tasted with members of his fam
lily in the Blue Room at the White
House Mt s:45. a few minutes We're
spent in intimate conversation with
the White House group after break
fast, and at a:2e o'clock the President,
rtri~rrv-th~pnxr IRE dTwrpcur. 4nade
q cali on his fiancee
Handles His Days Work
Secretary TunltIliy and Executive
Clerk Foster had the various papers
which awaited action by the Pr"si-
dent arranged go that he might pass
upon the question: presented In tho,
shortest possible time. The President
returned to the White House AZ IL
O'Clock very happy and proceeded I'M
mcdiateiy to sign pardonS and other
important papers which were upon his
desk Many of the applicants had
been awaiting II warm hearted re-
Spouse from him and they were not
iisa ppointed.
The White House announced inn
media tely after the Presidents fore
noon visit to HIS office that three par
dons had heen. signed The first Of
these WAS Cor Charles Coutoure. an In
dian. eighteen years old. Of Missoula
Montana who had been convicted Of
selling whiskey to or Indian In viola
ton of the Federal statute.
The Attorney General, III memo
=
plication for pardon informed the
President that ] ~ rence PFttChett
who was convicted for participation
in Coutoure's. crime, alreaTv had
been pardoned and that executive
clemency in justice should he eN
tended to Coutoure as we'll
w. Harry Hood. or Birining ham.
Ala, who had been sentenced To q
term OF four years i'm the Federal
penitentiary for stealing a eonsign-
ment Of freight from a shipment made
in interstate commerce. was given a
Communication for the two years which
remain of his four years sentence.
; A Christmas Pardon.
The most typiCally Christmas par
don OF the lot, however, was that of
d s Dillingham;. of Athens. Ca. a
convicted moor1shi're 1fistiiFer of w41is-
key Dillinghams sentence is nearly
up, and with good behavior he would
have been released January .. hut too
late to spend the holidays with his
family
The President also signed an execu-
! tive order reinstating William s.
| Phelps an examiner Of merchandise
| in the customs house at New York.
! Phelps had been removed on the
| charge Of inefficiency, hut an inves-
! tigation ordered by the President some
| Hrs dismissal was not warranted.
/ On Secretary of the Treasury Nc
! Adoois Urging. the President issued am
| executive order promoting Miss Har-
ret NJ. Sweet. of Washington. to a
civil service position in the Treasury
| Department Miss Sweet had gained
| the approval Of Secretary McAdoo for
! her excellent performance OF duty as
ktenographer al the PanAmerican
! Tfy, fnI ft1t
Campbell. grandniece of Thomas JEFF
/ ferson was also admitted to civil
service position.
| The President had signed the nomi-
nation of Ex-Congressn1an Johnson,
Of South Carolina, to be United States
district judge for the Western District
of South Carolina. when he saw that
the approach of the hour set for tie
White House christening precluded
] further consideration of the other
papers before him. These were bun
aled into a manuscript case. and the
President Informed the secretary that
he would take them TO Hot Springs
/ with him and pass on them while
there, The papers which the Presi-
dent takes with him include a num-
Der OF petitions for pardons which
have been turned down by the attor-
ney-general. and it is possible that
the President may make Christmas
presents of pardons to a number OF
others before the holidays arrive.
Christening Ceremony.
i The christening of the President
| granddaughter, daughter of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury and Mrs. Nc
Adoo, who is named Ellen Wilson Nc
Adoo. after her grandmother. was an
impressive ceremony. The President
himself acted as godfather. and Mrs
Francis Bowes Savre the child's aunt
and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones acted
as godmothers
The christening took place in the
blue room Of the White House The
! Rev. DR. Roland Cotton smith. rec