Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1913 — WINS BRIDE ON THE PACIFIC [ARTICLE]

WINS BRIDE ON THE PACIFIC

Yonkers Man Marries Ohio Girt in China—Will Stay There Three Years. Xonkers, N. Y.—So completely did Miss Marion Luella Tnomas, of Dayton, Ohio, lose her heart to John Quincy Adams Johnson, Jr., of this city, during a voyage across the Pacific that she decided to marry him in China and exile herself from home for three years. News of the marriage, which occurred at Chin King, China, May 28, has just been received here, and indicates that the period of Mr. Johnson’s wooing coincided exactly with the time required by the steamship Korea to run from San Francisco to Yokohama. Mr. Johnson la a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Adams Johnson, of No. 87 High street, Yonkers. Mr. Johnson. Sr., is a lawyer, with offices at No. 38 Park row, Manhattan. The young man was on his way to accept a position with the Standard Oil company at Nanking, China. On board the Korea -he met Miss Thomas, who, with her mother, sister and brother, was staring on a t»ur at the Orient. Before the vessel reached Yokohama the couple had decided to continue life’s voyage together. The Thomases went for a trip through Japan, and Mr. Johnson began his duties, at Nanking. In May the Thomases went to China, and Mr. Johnson obtained Mrs. Thomas* con-

sent to an immediate marriage, which was performed with typical Oriental splendor. The honeymoon was spent in trips about Nanking, and then the young couple settled down for a three years* stay in China. Mrs. Johnson is a daughter of the late Dr. Allen Thomas, of Dayton. By a curious coincidence, her twin sister married John Howard Johnson of Sacramenta, who, however, is no relation to the hero of this story. John Quincy Adams Johnson is a graduate of Yale, class of 1908, and Is twentysix years old.