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The Washington times., 1923-04-20
STUDENTANT|CS
STIR NORWALK
OFFICIALS
Smoking and Drinking by High
School Boys and Girls Is
Charged.
BY r.. T. BUKELEY.
international News Service.

NoRWALK. Conn, April 20
'"They have made. our high school
more Of recreation park and a
dance hall than q place for study, /"
says DR.. William J.. Tracey, board
Of education member. ''and II they
keep on we shall be forced to pro-
vide a smoking room for girls
1.-THE publicity is bad" says Mrs.
Percy w. Brooks, also q board MEM
Der, who admits that high school
children have been cutting up" but
who believes newspapers are wrong
in printing such matters.
Publicity is good for such things, :"
retorts DIR. Tracey. "You can't cure
a cancer by covering 1t up
Norwalk continues to be excited
over the antics of boys and girls,
who are accused not only Of smoking
but Of drinking.
'Expel the bad ones and save the
rest" says DR.. Tracey. Direct the
whole student body to shuttle their
feet less and use their heads more. -
You're making a mountain out of
a molehill," says the rest OF the COM
munity. "Let 'em alone. They're
young yet"
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
WOMAN
DRAWSFAT
CHECK
Mrs. Mary Ann Bevins Glad OF
Opportunity to Educate
Her Children.
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, April 20.--As some
body-was it Flo Ziegfeld?-once
said, IA thing of beauty is joy
at the box office"
But ugliness, if it sufficiently so.
will roll UP a fat bank account for
you just as quickly.
Only you must be ugly enough.
Just plain. everyday LONELINESS
won't get you anything but a
friendly smile from the boss wife
and a nice, comfortable seat along
the wall at any tea dansante. But
supreme, insurmountable ugliness,
Ann Bevins, will make a moneyed
woman of you.
Mrs. Bevins is the woman whose
surprisingly ill-assorted features
won her the title in her native Eng
land of ''the worlds ugliest
woman"
mot so Bad" She Says.
Day by day she sits between the
Abyssinian What Is It" and 'the
bearded lady" in the freak tent of
the circus at Madison Square Gar
den, while a curious throng stares
at her thick hands stopped shoul-
ders, and unbeautiful face.
But on Saturday nights she draws
a check that would turn Helen Lee
Worthing or Phoebe Lee pale green
with envy.
ITS not SO bad" says Mrs.
Bevins, "since it is for the children.
I worked on a farm before. blowing,
beside the oxen. Early and late,
up and down the fields-and we
barely got a living.
when won the contest for the
ugliest woman they gave me a big
prize, which I put in the bank, and
paid me E4 week to appear in
public. Then came to America
with the circus at much more
much more.
win Educate Children.
''Now I have my two youngest
children in boarding school, and my
oldest boy is at Constantinople, in
the navy. will educate all of
them, and put enough money in the
bank to make them Independent
for life."
Her children are normal, good
looking, healthy youngsters. When
she speaks OF them, she smiles.
And when she smiles, Mary Ann
Bevins' claim to the title OF the
ugliest woman in the world goes
lettering. For an amazing change
comes over her coarse, unlovely
face and touches it with kind of
beauty.
Mrs. Bevins is happy and salts
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
PULLS OUT ToNSIL
INSTEAD OF TOOTH

NEW YORK, April 20.--George
Mitchell, of Brooklyn, has been suf-
fering from the agonies Of a molar
toothache for the past two weeks.
Since midnight Tuesday he has
been suffering also from seIf-im-
posed tonsillotomy.
It came about this way. George
found the toothache unbearable
shortly after midnight. And dentists
in Williamsburg are not available
at that hour. So George found
the household gas pliers and went
to work himself. In the dark, how
ever, he got hold of one Of his
tonsils instead of the offending
molar and gave savage yahk.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20

fled. Being ugly is very mex
pensive and simple. Broadway
beauties who prance nightly before
an admiring public must spend
their money for those nifty, neg
Iigible nothings which enhance
their charms. Mary Ann Bevins
has only one cheap yellow dress to
buy.
Has No Competition.
Ziegfeldian coryphees may be per-
mitted to visit Palm Beach in sea-
son. but Mary Ann Bevins win get
to see the whole country with the
circus-and see it thoroughly.
Besides, she doesn't have to
worry about somebody coping"
her job. There isn't so much COM
petition for her title as for that
claimed from time to time by the
Misses Dorothy Knapp, Lois Wild,
Corliss Palmer, ct. al.
And" says Mrs. sBevins with one
OF her rare, humorous smiles, ''I
don't have to worry about the
ravages of old age!'
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
CRUSOES'
FOR GLOBE
FLIGHT
Captain Mains Wants "Real
Men" to Maintain Stations
in isolated Spots.
BY DAVID M. CHURCH.
ny International News Service.

LONDON, April 2O.--There is a
fine opportunity open for real
men, who want a thrilling adven-
Commander Macmillan, who are
planning a round-the-world aero
plane flight.
Anyone who wants to lead a
Robinson Crusoe existence for a
few months may Join up with Cap
tain Mains expedition not for the
air flight, but for the dreary work
Of conducting maintenance sta
tons in distant and little-known
lands.
II want some real adventures, !"
Captain Malins said in discussing
his plans. II have obtained few
already.
To Make Preparations.
Before we start flying a steam
yacht is to be dispatched to lay
petrol, food and ammunition dumps
in a trail on volcanic islands from
the Aleutians and the Kurils to
Japan.
ION that boat, which we are
naming the 'SY. Frontiersman,' we
shall have crew Of thirty-five and
body Of adventures, who will be
left on these islands, well armed, to
protect these dumps.
1.-THE men will be literally ma
rooned, like a Crusoe or a Ben
Gum, and have to fish and shoot
for necessity rather than sport.
"The skipper Of the boat-which
we have bought-is Commander
Littlehales, who was in charge of
a Russian icebreaker in the great
war, was more than once threaten
ed with execution in the Russo
Japanese war.
Sportsman IN Charge.
Hes q great sportsman. and 50
is Captain Pocock, who win take
charge of the dump depositing in
preparation for the flight to fol-
low, and so are two flight COM
manders who will be on board and
see after our landing stations.
You see we mean to take no
chances this time. We do not in
tend to rely on local preparations.
"As for our machine, 1t will be
the last word in aircraft. We
shall take time to meet the yacht
at Tokyo and get. from It the
charts of the hidden dumps.
ut will follow the Vancouver,
and while we cross the American
continent the yacht will steam to
the South Sea Islands and back up
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
WOMAN LOCKS OUT BABY
THEN ENDS LIFE by GAS

BRIDGEPORT, N. j., April 20
Mrs. Beatrice Shaw, twenty six,
committed suicide in the kitchen
of her home by inhaling gas. She
was found by her husband, Floyd,
an employee Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, when he returned home.
His three-year-old son was alone
in the front room, crying. The
door leading to the kitchen was
locked, and when Shaw forced
1t open he found the gas flowing
from the four jets of the stove.
Mrs. Shaw had stuffed rags in
the keyholes and under the door.
Shaw rushed his wife to the
hospital at Swedesboro, in an au.
tomobile, and for an hour q pull.
motor was used, but in vain. Mrs.
Shaw had been suffering from a
nervous trouble.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
DENIES SHE IS TO WE'D

LOS ANGELES, April 20.-Em.
phatic denial was made by Con-
stance Talmadge, motion picture
actress, to the published report she
was to marry John Charles Thomas,
famous singer, in June.
'It is absurd and laughable." the
screen luminary told International
News Service.
Miss Talmadge expects to receive
her final divorce decree in June
from John Paialogou, tobacco king,
her first husband, from whom she
was granted an introductory d.
vorce decree several months ago.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
HYLAN SEEKS FAKE MEDIUM
WORK, THEN WARNS PUBLIC

NEW YORK, April 2O.--Mayor
Hylan today had look at the way
fake mediums materialize "spir-
it's" and then advised the public to
lay off Of spirituaIism, interest in
which has been increased by recent
lectures here of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle.
The demonstration was given In
the official reception room at city
hall by Joseph Dunninger, a pro-
fessional magician.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
FARMER WANTS SOS FOR
ANNOYANCE OF SUICIDE

CANTON, N. Y, April 2O.-Loss
Of time and annoyance caused by
county officers and curious specta-
tors following the suicide of Myron
Parker, a farm hand in his employ.
is offered by Fred Ray in support
OF his claim for $65 from the sui
cide's estate.
Parker shot himself while work.
ing in a field on Rays farms Ray
took care Of the body until the
arrival Of relatives.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20

swer his critics. committed o. vet.
erans had the matter deferred ID
the teachers committee Tor discus,
sion with q veterans COMMITTEES.
the findings of which are 70 Be re-.
ported back to the board
and made q plea for his book, de-
claring that no one could question
his patriotism.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20

the east coast OF Brazil to the
west coast Of Africa and home.
"In the meantime we will fly to
Newfoundland, Greenland and Ice
land"
petition is still indefinite.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
AUTHOR DEFENDS BOOK
THAT VETERANS CRITICIZE

READING, Pa. April 2O.-Ap-
pearing in person, DR.. David s.
Muzzey, author Of Muzzey's Amerf-
can History, the textbook under
fire by local veteran organizations.
created a sensation at the meeting
of the school board. Ready to an
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
Three Women Fight
Over Ashes Of
Hindu
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, April 20
Three attractive women are
fighting here today over the
ashes of an Hindu author who
claimed to be a prince. One is
a Follies' girl, Irene Marcellus;
one is the wife of a wealthy
manager, Mrs. Herman Behr,
and the identity of the other
beauty is kept a dark secret.
The Hindu was Sarath Kumar
Ghosh, who died here three
years ago and whose ashes
were discovered in a funeral
parlor several months ago. The
Follies' beauty inherited q for
tune from two-thirds Of the
Hindu's estate, as directed by
his will. Mrs. Behr claims to
have aided the author ma
terially during his life and
therefore has a right to carry
his ashes to India with her and
throw them into the Gauges, as
he wished. Miss Marcellus re-
fused to marry the Hindu and
he pined away.
The Washington times., 1923-04-20
IMMIGRANTS
NEARLY ALL uNSKIkLEn

The quality of Austrian emigra-
ton to the United States in 1922
was reflected in the Department
Of Commerce figures today, show
Ing but per cent Of the 1O.579
total were unskilled laborers.
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ed again until Wilson eiinehed. Jshn.
ny threw both nsts into dFsb's stom-
ach and they exchanged evenly until
Greb shot q left uppereut 70 the jaw,
Greb held with his left and punched
with his right. but Wilson came hack
with his body punching and they
had a desperate exchange In . neutral
corner which the sonE stopped,
Round it--wilson's supporters
shouted for him to do something but
he was ayerse and they SPARED for
mement before eiinehins, Greb then
hooked 4 hard right TO the head and
followed with a hard left 10 the body.
They pounded each others body In a
elineh and then Wilson landed a hard
left 70 the kidneys, Wilson landed q
right 10 the stomach, Greb eounterins
with both hands TO the head. Wilson
began 10 bore In. Greb had one arm
around his neck and was pounding
with the other before the champion
could let so, They were lighting In the
gong.
Round iS-Greb iurehed with
right and Wilson eiinehed. Greb
lurched again and Wilson landed both
fists 10 the body. but Greb swung
hard right to the head and Wilson
backed TO the ropes, Wilson was wide
with a lead and they half-elinched
Greb met hts next advance with a left
TO the head. and when the champion
next came. Greb held with his left and
siashed punishingly with his right
Greb held with his left In the next few
saliies. wilson's beiated activity was
not worth much. Greb landed his
right to the jaw and then pounded
both hands TO the body. They clinch.
ed. Wilson landed a slight right TO the
jaw and Greb was pounding him along
the ropes when the gong ended the
fight.
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AUSTRALIAN Wins
MATCH FROM YANK
Upsets Davis Cup Dope by De-
leatins johnson

Forest Hills. ". y. Sept. prov
irg an Unexpectedly formidable mem
ace 10 Americas tennis supremacy,
Australians Davis Cup challenging
forces broke even with the United
States yesterday In the two singles
matches marking the opening OF 1928
play for the historic trophy that car
ries with Il the emblem OF worlds
team championship.
Battle Lasts Five Sets.
William NJ. tLittie Bid Johnston,
one OF Uncle Sans chief hopes In the
title struggle. went down to defeat
before James o. Anderson. Australian
captain. In a spectacular gripping
five-set. battle, 4-6. 60, IS. rs.
GO. but William T. Tilden crushed
John b. Hawkes. In a dazzlingly bril-
liant exhibition In straight sets, ca.
e., al.
Anderson's victory over the diminu-
tive Californian who this year won
the title of worlds champion at VIM
bledon, came as startling surprise
to tennis followers, who had consider
ed Johnston and Tilden virtually in
NihttoiS ~ tiS iNaiNh va
play. Upsetting the hopes and calcu-
lations Of the cup defenders. 1t faced
America with the most dangerous
challenge. she has had in the past
four years. challenge which can
only be flung back by victory in two
OF the remaining three matches OF
the series.
Today Hawkes. and Anderson will
face Tilden and r. Norris Williams.
American captain, a new international
com bination, in the third match. while
on Monday Tilden will play Anderson
and Johnston will oppose Hawkes. in
the remaining singles matches.
Thus the winner cannot be deter
mined before Monday and should An
derson maintain the dazzling pace he
yesterday, the bid of the
for victory will be no
less powerful than 1t is determined.
Ranks as Tennis Epic
Taking rank among the epics of
Davis Cup history. the Johston-An-
derson battle thrilled a colorful gal
lery OF about 10000 fans that filled
close to capacity the big. new stadium
Of the West Side Tennis Club. But
though Anderson flashed to his most
brilliant heights in coming from be-
hind to win after dropping two of the
first three sets. his victory. in the
opinion of experts. was due less to
his own brilliance than the fact that
Johnston for the most part fell far
below his usual standard Of play.
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WILSON DETHRONED
AS MIDDLEWEIGHT
CONTINUED From Preceding Psge)

pounded each other fully 20 blows
| apiece. separating at the bell.
| Round 2-Greb was short with a
right and they exchanged in a clinch.
Greb began to bore In with his long
hefty swing. but Wilson met him.
Again they locked arms and hit each
other at short range. Greb held Will
son around the waist with his left and
struck with his right until the referee
stopped him. Greb knocked Wilson to
the ropes With a right but the cham
pion clinched when the challenger
added his right. Greb clouted little
bit and began grabbing Wilson around
the neck with his left and punching
with his right. They we're sparring
when the bell rang.
Round 3-They spared for a mo-
ment and then Greb charged, swinging
his rights to the stomach, driving
Wilson to the ropes with fusillade.
They exchanged at arms length in the
center of the ring and Greb began to
charge again, landing hard rights to
the body while he held with his left
for which he was warned by the
referee. Wilson landed hard left to
the jaw before Greb again resumed
his holding and received severe elc-
ture from Referee O'Sullivan. Greb
had the better of protracted ex-
change at long range and they began
to spar when the bell ended the
round.
Round 4-Greb jumped to the at
tack and landed both hands to the
head. He blocked a right and then
repeated with both hands when Will
son tried to. cover up. They clinched
several times and Greb ripped short
rights to the chest and jaw. Wilson
landed few lefts in a clinch and
left to the chest and Greb missed
a wide right. Wilson then came in and
hit with both hands. Greb sent a
long right to the head and danced
away before coming in again to hold
with his left and pound with his right
while the champion countered with
short lefts.
Round 5-They clnched immedi-
ately. Greb was very wild with rights
He landed one hand to the body and |
the other to the back ribs. Greb shot
in hard right to the jaw and then
missed but Wilson. who was pretty
much on the retreat, now missed also.
Ireb sent a left to the jaw and Will
son shot left to the body and bounc-
ed his fists off the challenger's jaw.
Wilson rushed Greb to the ropes, but
Ireb came out slashing away with
,wo-f1sted attack, and the champion
resumed the clinching. Greb shot
light swing to the jaw and was going
n for short range work when the
yong sounded
Round 6-At this stage Greb was
eading by margin which was not
90 wide. Wilson fought toe to toe in
! swift exchange but after a lull he
ook a severe right to the jaw. Greb
anded another hard right to the jaw
md Wilson sunk hard left into
ireb's stomach. Greb landed four
lard rights to the jaw in clinch and
hen Wilson sunk his right to the body
before they clinched again. Wilson
ent another right to the body and
ireb began holding Wilson's neck,
Irst with one arm and then the other,
While he punched with his free arm.
sreb shot a hard right hook to the
aw before they exchanged again..
hey were pounding in clinch as the
ell sounded.
Round AFTER short delay Greb
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RAN for Hargrave in ninth.
zz-Batted for Rixey In seventh.
zzz--Batted for Harris In ninth.
Chicago ................... 900 022 0o1--5
Cincinnati ................ o01 900 000--l
Two base hits, Daubert, Friberg. O'Far-
rell; stolen bases. statz. Adams Grigsby
O'Farrell; sacrifices, Grantham, Aldridge
CD; double plays. Bohne to Caveney to
Daubert. Aldridge to Adams to Grimes;
left on bases Chicago 6. Cincinnati 8:
base on balls. off Rixey /, off Aidridse q:
struck out. Rixey 3. Harris Z. Aldridse /;
hits, off Rixey 0 In 7 innings of Harris
none In 2 innings; hit by pitcher. by
Rtxey (Grigsby); passed bail, Harsrave,
losing pitcher, Rixey: umpires. KLEIN and
Wilson; time, $50.
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Both players were alternately ss~
rattle and spectacular as they fsue4t
for point after peint. but IN the sAe
Andsrson's Superior stamina $40
greater accuracy AZ crucial monsno
prevailed.
From the start, Johnston lacked ths
deadly control that has msrksd ~
brilliant career. His booming forehsne
shots carried their usual power bus
lacked the relentless accuracy OF eid.
And as Anderson. matching drive for
drive, returning Johnston's swiftest
forcing shots with even greater speed.
carried the attack 10 his opponent. The
American weakened.
The close OF the fourth set which
Anderson won after tense. deuce
struggle, saw the beginning OF the end
for Little Bill. Five OF the hrst eight
games OF that fourth set went 70
deuce. 50 keenly did they battle for
points.
Anderson led at a. and again at
SIS only 10 have Johnston rally. call
on the utmost OF his reserve and tie
the count at 5-aii. Then came the
eleventh game and that proved 20 be
the turning point OF the match. With
In two points OF victory In this game.
Johnston Melted an easy Kill. No
tossed the game away on the next
game and the set. Us. on four straight
errors by the American.
Johnston Weakens
Johnston had given his all In that
fourth set rally and when Anderson
came back, unchecked. the American
was UNEQUAL 10 the task. The NTH set
was a walkaway for the big Austria
iian, who rose TO his most dazzling
game as he sensed victory. In the
second game OF this set, he smashed
across four successive services acee, .
feat that brought him thunderous
applause from the crowd. Only one
of these bullet-like drives was john
ston able 10 even touch with his
racquet and then he had no chance to
make a return.
Against such brilliant play. John
ston was hopelessly beaten but. weary
under the Anzac's relentless attack. he
fought on gamely II ineffectively. He
to take the fourth and sew.
enth games OF the final set after both
had gone to deuce but they were but
flashes OF his tennis gen.
ius. Anderson. bringing all the crash
ing power OF his forehands into play.
quickly finished the set and the match.
The defeat was the first Johnston
has even sustained in Davis Cup play.
In three previous years Of competi-
ton he had won IL matches In SIN
giles and doubles, the latter with TIL
den as his partner.
Tilden Wins
The Tilden Hawkes. encounter
though 1t gave America a much need
I'd victory. was an anti-climax to the
Johnston-Anderson match. which had
held the crowd in suspense for more
Than an hour and half. Tilden,
bringing the full battery Of his brill
liant strokes into play overwhelmed
Hawkes. almost from the start. The
eft handed Australian proved a hard
md aggressive driver but he was out
,lassed by the American champion.
Today's program in addition to the
up doubles match, will include two
Exhibition attractions. Vincent Rich
rds, fourth member OF the American
International team, will pair with his
partner, Francis T. Hunt
,r, in doubles contest with the re-
servists Of the Australian team. Jan
icInnes and Richard Schlesinger.
Manuel Alfonso of Spain will oppose
3rian l. c. Norton, South African
tar, in singles exhibition.
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x-Baued for zshniser In ninth.
ke1 Y0Sa

Two base hit. Harrls; three base Mt.
Ward; sacrifice Leiboid: double plays.
.Peekinpaugh. Harris and Judge. Harris
And Judge. witt and Hoffman,, Peckin-
paugh and Judge. Harris. Peckinpaugh
and. Judge: left on bases New York ,.
Washington 0: base on balls of Jones 2.
on Zahniser .; struck out. by Jones !. by
Zahniser 3: umpires. ormsby, Moriarity
and Dneen: time, l.47.
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H-battsa for AsFsasIlls IN Alnlh,
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Pittsburgh ss&astfsttssssss teh eee eip-f
Two hass hits hettamlsy, Ainsmiih,
HaFnshyi homa run. FTsisaaI stslsn n.ssa
temlsy tunsssistsali lsft on hasss o.,
Louis q. Pittsburgh o. base on halls, on
pesk 8, on ceepsr q struck cut ~ pesk
I, by Cooper q amnirss ouiEity and
PhTmAni time, liN.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ynks Win

Yanks Win
New York. Sept, 1.-THE New York
Americans made II two straight from
here. winning I 10 ?.
WsshiuEesn,
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Athletics 4. Red sox 4

Boston. Sept. i.-Philadelphia de-
feated Boston . to l here yesterday.
Boston's single run came in the eighth
when Reichle doubled and scored on
Burns single.
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Cards s, Pirates 2

Pittsburgh, Sept. 1.--St. Louis made
1t two straight from Pittsburgh by
winning yesterdays game 8 to 2.
Freigau's home run over the left field
wall In the fifth inning tied the
score.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-01

Pitcher Red" Cox is no longer with
the Hartford Senators In their dash
for the flag. His release was q FORE
gone conclusion.