Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1918 — MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT [ARTICLE]

MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT

IRATE MOTHER AND JEALOUS SOLDIER TRY TO PREVENT WEDDING. Sunday evening at 8:00 o’clock there started from Washignton City two happy young lovers, bound for this city to meet the parents of (the young man and to have the solemn writs of matrimony performed. The young man in the party was Private Charles C. Rhoades, of the Ordnance ;war department and eon of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rhoades, of this city. The young lady was Gertrude M. Foley, ■ a beautiful Irish-French belle of Kewanee, Hl., but now holding a good civil service position as stenographer in Washington, D. C., at the 'handsome salary of $150.00 per month. When this happy couple arrived in Chicago they learned that a great commotion had been started and that a jealous lover of the beautiful girl in the case, who was also a soldier and in the police department, bad gotten in communication with the parents of the girl and had told them that Private Rhoades and Miss Foley had left Washington without leave and that he was instructed to place them under arrest.

It had been planned that the wedding should take place today and that a number of friends of the soldier should be present, but when the news of the attempt to prevent the wedding was received the young people came on at once to Rensselaer, arriving here on the 11:00 p. m. train. They secured County Clerk Jesse Nichols, who made out a marriage license for them, and then hastened to the home of Squire S. C. Irwin on College avenue, where at midnight the last act in the drama that made two hearts beat as one was performed. The young people then went to the home of the bridegroom on Front street. To their surprise they were awakened about 4:00 a. m. and found at the door of this home the mother of the "bride and the soldier policeman. They had arrived in the city on the 3:30 a. m. train. Upon being informed that the young people had been married the soldier policeman, named Jake Dik lon, ducked and left for Chicago on the 4:30 a. m. train.

The mother, Mrs, John Foley, remained in the city until the 7:31 a. m. train and then left for her home in Kewanee, TH. Owing to the misrepresentation made by DiHon the mother was in a very bad mood and regretted ’very much the action of her daughter. She feared that both of the young people had done wrong and had left Washington without proper permits. The facts of the matter are that Private Rhoades has a ten-day furlough and that his wife has an eleven days leave with pay. When interviewed by a reporter of the Republican in the home of the parents of the bridegroom the newlyweds were supremely happy and were rejoicing that the soldier policeman had been outwitted,) as his attention had always been looked upon with disfavor by the now Mrs. Charles C. Rhoades. Private Rhoades is only twenty years of age hut his mother gave written consent to the issuing of the marriage license. The bride is nmeteen. • Mr. and Mrs. Rhoades will return to Washington, D. C., where they will make their future hgme. The Republican extends hearty congratulations to these young people.