The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
ITCONGRESSTO
START LIFE anew
But, Romance Revealed, He May
Go Home to Fight
Again.
OF MARTIN DIES
Marries Stenographer Under
Assumed Name and Retires
to Little Bungalow.

Wash1ngton, June 1S.-Nlartin Dies
representative from the Second Texas
District. has abandoned Congress. mar
ried his secretary, bought bungalow
out in Mt. Rainier, Md. over the district
line, and has gone back to the simple
life under the assumed name Of Mar
ions Davis.''
Congressman Dies's own description
OF himself in the Congressional Direc.
tory is this: Martin Dies. Dem ocrat
OF Beaumont. was born in jackson
Parish. La. March 10. 1870; moved to
Texas with his parents in 1876 Is mar
ried; elected,s county Judge of Tyler
county in 1891; elected district-at-
torney of the First judicial District OF
Texas In lS5S; was elected to the Sixty
ilrst and reelected to the sixty second
Congress"
But all this Mr. Dies has brushed
aside. The us married" in the Con-
gressional Directory was erased by a
divorce obtained BY the first wife. but
restored by marriage with his secre
tary, who. in the meantime, had brok-
en- arital ties with her husband.
Following the story telling how
Congressman Dies had slipped over to
baltimore almost a year ago and mar
ried his stenographer, then purchased
a bungalow on the outskirts of Wash
ington and lived with her under the
name of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Davis
the Texan was deluged first with quer-
les 10 establish the truth of the state
ments and then with messages of con-
graduation.
Mr.. Dies told his friends day how
he and his secretary decided to marry
from his first wifo in Texas, and how
they decided to keep the wedding a
secret at all hazards.
Gave UP All for n New wife.
Their first marriages had proved
failures. Mrs. Dies. whose unmarried
name was Miss Nelva Miller, is the
daughter Of former Presbyterian
minister. who is employed now at the
House post office. Following the cul-
mination of her marital unhappiness
she accepted a position as secretary to
air. Dies. who was on the outs with
his wife also His wife soon divorced
MIN and he gave her about s30U0O, all
the money he had saved during the
twenty years he had fought from the
farm to Congress.
almost a year ago. Dies says he and
MS new wife went over to Baltimore
and were married secretly. They de-
cided that 1t would not be we'll to pub
lish the fact following so shortly upon
the separations from their former
spouses, and by way of making 1t dou-
bly, secret decided to live under an as
sumed name. i M
Congressman Dies went out to Mount
Rainier one of the most out of-the
way suburbs of the city, and decided
that 1t was an ideal spot in which to
locate He picked out an attractive
little home surrounded By plenty of
ground and bought It outright.
He was SO anxious to observe the
pact of secrecy that he wrote decd
in the name of Mrs. Marion Davis"
and accepted 1t for his wife.
Mr. Dies has spent but little time
about the Capitol since marrying, but
he is represented at the post &c and
the disbursing office by his father i'm
law, who forwards his mail and
checks.
Mr.. Davis" spends much OF his time
In the garden surrounding the house.
while Mrs. Davis busies herself during
the day In household duties. Although
they have incomes of $500 from Con-
g7ress they donot keep a servant. Mr.
Davis" gets $500 as Congressman.
and Mrs. Davis draws $1,000 as his
secretary.
They have virtually nothing to do
with their neighbors. and their neLgh-
bors reciprocate.
We are not interested in anybody.
either here or in Washington, and we
don't see why they should be Interest.
ed in our affairs" said Mr. Dies. My
wife is the sweetest, best little woman
in the world. We are just a pair OF
lovers who want to be left alone.
When we married. Intended to quit
politics. but since there has been some
criticism of my course In this matter
have decided to take the bull by the
horns: go back home and fight my way
through another campaign, I've done
good deal of lighting In my day and
I think I'll try my hand at it again,
just to prove am not through.
Some day we may go back to Texas
where ] have about a. fine a little
farm as can be found from one end OF
the country TO the other"
Mr.. Dies Is interested greatly in
chicken raising. He has a great brood
of fancy fowls and spends much time
in caring for them. He keeps the
grounds about his home In perfect con-
dition, Night usually finds man and
wife on the little porch in front OF
their bungalow. They rarely go to the
city.
BRIDE WORE BOYS CLOTHING