Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-16 | Page 1 | Proxy Wedding Not Confirmed

PROXY WEDDING NOT CONFIRMED Twenty Thousand-mile Trip Made by Prospective Bride Who Returns to Home in Denver. Denver, Colo., Nov. 16. Tho vows given in a proxy wedding here last January were not confirmed according accord-ing to tho laws of the island of Java and Miss Eugenia Campbell, the bride, has returned to Denver concluding a round trip journoy of approximately 20,000 miles. Miss Campbell and John Pietor Scholten, an honorary officer In the Dutch army, met at Cripple C:eel: in 1913. Shortly afterward thoy became engaged but bofore the wedding wed-ding Scholten was ordered to hip post at Java A proxy wedding was arranged. ar-ranged. Miss Campbell participated in the ceremony hero which was per formed by Rev. David II. Fouse. A similar ceremony was participated in by Scholten at Batavla. Miss Campbell Camp-bell declares that she was not pleased with the tropical setting- of her prospective pros-pective home and upon the advice of the American consul declined to confirm con-firm the vows given in the proxy ceremony, a form necessary to make them bluding. and returned to her home in Denver.