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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-16
FRIEDA'S
FOLLIES
By M. E.
Copyright, 1923.
Copyright, 1923.

Economy in dress never appealed to
me.
Despite 1t, she was better preserved
than I.
Hadn't seen her in ten years,
1t wouldn't have bothered nae,
Had 1t been twenty.
She showed her pleasure,
At my recognition of her,
Which was more than she conceded
me.
I explained that no matter how she
altered her gown,
I had remembered 1t.
rrbera ara twanfv-sevan railway tim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-16
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-16

There are twenty-seven railway tun.
nels in England over a mile long.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
NATIVES SOCIETY
TOLD OF HISTORY
Incidents in Early Days of
Capital Described at "Ev-
erybody's Night"

short business meeting anu an
imp-optu program OF singing and the
relating of affairs of peculiar his
toric interest to washingtonians were
features at the celebration of Every
body's Night" celebrated by the So
ciety of Natives at its regular
monthly meeting at the Gavel Club
719 T3th street northwest. last night.
j. B. Mccarthy related several anec-
doces of an historical interest. In
referring to the Washington eques-
trian statue. located at Esd and Penn
syIvauia avenue. which was recently
removed to Brooklyn, y. Y. for re-
pairs. he said the statue was cast
in this city by Clarke Mills. about
1860, and that part of the brass used
in it consisted of number OF can
mons. used in this city in the Quell
ing Of riots.
Capt George w Evans told how in
looking through the records at the
pension office some years ago that
he had discovered that John Howard
Payne, the poet. and writer OF
ployed in the pension orice for sew
eral months during the year 1888
Mr.. Mccarthy stated that while Mr.
Payne was working at the pension
once he r6Slucd LII hOQSC oH -
street near Sd. and that the house in
which he lived still stands.
Give Prizes for Memory.
Resides these extracts Of history
related by Mr.. Mccarthy and Capt
Evans which received much applause
for the interest that they furnished
Lee D. Latimer and Fred A. Emery
amused the audience with several
lively stories and jokes.
A musical memory test for which prizes
were awarded for those being able to
to guess correctly the greatest number
of old time pieces played on the piano
by William T. Pferson. was won by
for first place with Mrs. George W
Evans, Mrs. H. NJ. Packard and Miss
Grace Williams. Walter T. Roache
won the first prize for the men;
Plans for an extensive celebration
the third Friday in May. are in the
hands of Mrs. Anna E. Hendley and
Mrs. Ada Lewis, who are making uE
the program. il was announced.
All members of the society were
bers on this occasion. There are now
about 700 members. it was stated
Jesse c. Suter. president, presided.
Thirty-Five Members Enrolled.
Thirty-five new members were en-
rolled as follows: Matilda d. Wright
Edwin c. Brandenburg, Thelma Mills
Trotter, Ada c. Mills Payne, r. j.
Quinn. Mrs. Jeter c. Pritchard. May
Y. Frey, Gilbert A. Clark. Albert E
Berry, Marie r. Cross, Susie Purcell
Bell, Mrs. Alexander II. Bell. Joseph
Y. Reeves. Helen G. Koons. John A.
Rooms, Edwin D. Flather, Thomas L.
Hume, Julia s. McAlister. George M
Myers, Samuel Scrivener; John
Scrivener, John F. Cox. ]. Eliot
Wright, jr.; Frederick F. Detweiler
Morris E. MARROW, Francis L
Browne, Irving r. Richards. Lloyd A.
Douglass, Fannie O'Neal Israel. Ora
N. Moore. Leinor Ebert Reed; Ernest
A. Knorr, Robert w. Richardson
warren Choote and Sarah Crawford
Trapp.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
MRS. LANG DEAD.
D. C. Resident Passes Away in
Eighty-Second Year.

Mrs. Josephine Martha Lang. a ma
tive washingtonian, died Thursday
morning at the family residence, 1889
18th street northwest, aged eighty
two years. The funeral was held this
afternoon At 2 o'clock from the home.
Rev. Richard Schmidt, pastor of the
Zion Lutheran Church, officiating.
The interment was private at Glen
wood cemetery.
Mrs. Lang was a daughter Of the
late Alfred Heitmuller. She was the
widow of Prof. ]. P. Theodore Lang,
who died nineteen years ago and WHO.
during a long life in this city, was
widely known to O large clientele as
an Instructor in vocal and instru-
mental music and as 4 composer. Her
husband, during the civil war. was
detailed for duty at the Washington
navy yard. Mrs. Lang was reared in
the Lutheran Church and was long
a member Of Zion Lutheran Church.
9Th and P streets northwest. She is
survived by four sons-Thomas Lang
of the supervising architects ONCE Of
the United States Treasury Depart
ment, Alfred T. Lang Of Pleasantville,
Ohio; George F.. Lang of this city and
Joseph G. Lang Of Bronxville, N Y
and one daughter, Miss Anna C. Lang,
and seven grandchildren and two
great-Erandchildre
Evening star., 1923-04-21
INTENSE RIVALRY
IN DANCING CAMPS
Two at Arcade and Four at
Coliseum Leave 6O-Hour
Mark Behind.

When the cuckoo chlrps the
! ninetieth hour. I'll be here" Josef
Boltrotsky, one of the two remaining
! contestants in the marathon dance
which has been in continuous session
at the Arcade since Wednesday night
boasted today.
And I'll be right here with you"
sang out Aubrey Gilbert, the stockily
built marine. who is confident that
when the race is over a new world
| dancing record will have been es-
! tablished.
Right at this juncture, sweet
faced old lady presented Gilbert with
! a huge bunch of roses. II want to
show my appreciation of the boy s
gameness while he still lives" she
explained.
! The two boys. both products Of the
United States military service, Boil
trotsky having served as sergeant of
cavalry at Fort Myer during the war,
seemed apparently as fresh at the
beginning Of the sixty-fourth sue
! cessive hour as when they first step
| ped on the waxed floor. Both are
jealous of the reputation of their
respective branches of the service.
and feel that by outlasting the other,
they will be upholding the different
|
marines and the Army.
| Both Gilbert and Boltrotsky have
| enviable athletic records. The for
mer. who halls from Clarl1sdale. Miss.
his home town and later as boxer
| of note in the service. while Boil
trOtsky boasts more than four trophy
cups for his prowess on the bicycle
and at one time held the bantam
| weight boxing championship at Co.
lumbuS barracks.
Lone Woman Left.
| Down at the Coliseum. four intrepid
| twirlers-one woman, Elsie Weber,
and three men. Eddie Fluery. Walter
keffer and William S. Farrell-were
still hard at it at the beginning of
| their sixtteth hour today. and all
! vowed they would stick until a new
| record was made.
Intense rivalry has sprung. up b@
halls. and when told today that Flora
! Gentry. the last remaining woman
! contender at the Arcade. had been
! dragged, shrieking, from the floor
shortly before ~ o'clock last night.
Miss Weber snapped a contemptuous
| pooh, pooh" removed the bandage
| from her eyes and said: There S
nothing to that crowd. l did hope
| the Gentry girl would hold out until
1 had a chance to show her what
7
! she seems to have gone blooey.
! trust. however, she Is all right"
The lone woman dancer at the
Coliseum Is from Baltimore, and only
/ last week established what was then
the record of fifty-seven hours. She
! is determined to keep going until she
skaters all records.
| To Leave City.
Both managers will have accom-
| modations in readiness at IL o'clock
tonight to ship their dancers out OF
| the city in order to comply with
! police regulations. The Arcade con-
| testants will be taken TO Virginia
while the Coliseum contingent will &c
| to Baltimore.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Mendenhall
| who had to give up yesterday, were
I taken from the Arcade to Emergency
1, Hospital. Miss Gentry was also re-
moved to Emergency Hospital after
she suffered a complete breakdown
about midnight. None Of the cases
| is considered serious.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
OPPOSES REMOVING
IACKSON'SSTATUE

Presiden. Harding opposes the re-
r1oval of Andrew Jackson's statue in
Lafayette Park, it was revealed last
right at the White House In q letter
to Senator McKellar from the chief
executive. The matter had not been
officfally brough: to his attention be-
fore, the President indicated, adding
that he did not know IT was under
consideration. The President in his
letter said:
II have your letter Of April IL,
in which you protest to me the
removal of the Andrew jackson
statue which is located In Lafayette
Park, across Pennsylvania avenue
from the White House. I think 7
shall make ample reply when I say
TO you that I have no authentic
knowledge of any such proposal ever
having been made-certafnly none
has ever been suggested IN an of
fetal way, and the question is not
under consideration by any one Of
whom l know.
In these circumstances I can SEQ
no occasion for any expression on
the subject, though I should have no
hesitancy, whatever in opposing such
a removal IL such q proposition were
to be seriously made. I. think you
may give every assurance to your
fellow citizens in the home state Of
President Jackson that WaahinEton
would not contemplate for a mo-
ment any indfgnity TO his revered
memory"
Evening star., 1923-04-21
WOMAN EDITOR TELLS
NEED OF INDIVIDUALISM

.Individualism and Finding the
Thing One Can Do Best" was the sub
ject on which Ida Clyde Clark, asso-
ciate editor of the Pictorial Review
and editor Of the Women's News Serv-
ioe, spoke last night to the third ses-
sion Of the conference for business
women which Is being conducted by
the business women's department OF
the Y. w. G. A.
"The woman Of thirty-flve is at her
most efficient age and is capable OF
turning out her best work on and
after that age" said Mrs. Clark, "and
this older woman has her definite
responsibility toward the young girl
Just beginning to work"
Until we publish more of what the
women Of America are accomplishing
and thinking, instead OF descriptions
Of pink teas and fashion hints." con-
tinued Mrs. Clark, 'we won't get very
far
Tonight marks the closing Of the
conference, which has been consid-
cred highly successful. both from the
point Of view Of splendid speakers
and good attendance. There will be
dinner served at 6:15. after which
Hiae Gertrude e. Macarthur. until
recently general secretary Of the To-
cal Y. W. will speak on Living on
Twenty-Four Hours Day"
Evening star., 1923-04-21
MORSE ATTORNEY
CHARGES REVENGE
Succeeds in Getting Claim
Before TaleSman Ex-
amined Today.

Counsel for the defense IN the
Morse conspiracy trial today sue
ceeded in getting before the talesmen
summoned for jury duty the claim of
Morse and his associates that the in
dictment is the outgrowth of per-
sonal revenge and merely an attempt
to get even" on the part OF certain
officials and that the motives under
lying the prosecution were not honest.
Judge Nash lockwood of New York
ask ed a prospective juror if he would
convict if the evidence disclosed such
conditions United States Attorney
Gordon objected to the question, and
the juror was not permitted to an
Swer.
Juror Would Acquit.
Judge lockwood also asked the
juror if he would acquit the defend
ants II the evidence under the in
struction of the court would show
that the case should have been tried
in the civil courts for a mere account
ing and should not have been in the
criminal division. The Juror was al
lowed to answer that he would 2c1uit
under such instruction by the court
Crcumstantial evidence Is expected
10 play large part in the trial. Mai
Gordon in his examination Of the
! talesmen was insistent on learning
the attitude Of the prospective Jurors
on the weight and value in their minds
of evidence of this character.
Examination Continues.
The examination of the talesmen
was continued throughout the cour,
session today and will be resume ed
Monday.
Gordon is being aided in the prose
cution by Special Assistants to the
Attorney General Turner and Allison
and by Assistant United States At
torney OLeary Among the counsel
for the defense are Wilton j. Lambert
William E. Leahy, Nash lockwood
Stanley Fowler. w. Bissel1 Thomas
and F. D. Dawson.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
JUSTICE DELAYS
ALLEY DECISION
Stephens Contends Congress
Had Power to
Pass Law.

If all the alleys in Washington are
like some / know of within q stone
throw of the Capitol building I
should have no hesitancy in uphold
ing this law" said Chief Justice Nj
Coy Yesterday at the conclusion of the
arguments on the motion of the Dis
trict Commissioners to dismiss a suit
for injunction brought by Charlotte
E. Lockwood and others to test the
validity of the Law which forbids the
use of dwellings in alleys in the Dis
trict of Columbia after June l.
Since the law relates to all the al
leys. the court remarked, he would
take the question under advisemenl
and consider the terms of the law
and the scope of its requirements.
Corporation Counsel Stephens. n
asking for the dismissal Of the suit
contended that Congress had tho
power to pass the law, and that was
the only question involved in the
case The legislation, he asserted, Is
intended for the Improvement of the
health, morals and general welfare
of the people and well within the
police power of Congress. He stated
the Commissioners had adopted his
opinion that no alleys are affected
which meet any one of the require
ments laid down by the law. and the
number of persons affected would be
much less than the original figure o.
5000.
Attorneys Cullen. Cusick and Finu-
cane for the owners claimed that the
law takes away property without due
process of law and if any of the
four requirements set out in the law
is present the alley comes under
the prohibition. thus taking an op
posite view from Mr. SteE@ens. They
pointed out that the health of MANY
alley residents is good. their morals
are of high order and their homes
clean and sanitary. Because some
few alleys may be pestholes it does
not follow that all Inhabited ALLEYS
are, the lawyers stated
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Washingtonians Claim to- Haze
Largest ''Youngest" Fan'il,
Royden J. Dixon, 81, and Wife, 81, Parents
of II Children-Joseph Di Meglio, 81,
and Wife, "a, Also One Shy Of Dozen.

Nine Of the eleven children of Mr..
and Mrs. Dixon are living. They
range in age from six months to four
teen years. five being girls. OF the
deceased children one died shortly
after birth, while the other. at the
age of twenty-five months, fell from
a porch and died Of a broken skull.
Here is the list that has added TO
the labors of the census bureau: Mary
Evelyn. ~ Anna Gertrude. -: Roy
den j., jr.. II: Frances Cecilia. 10.
beth. 8: John deceased; would have
been -: ThelTna Marie. S: William
Edward deceased: would have been
A.: Ralph Phillip, :. and James Ber-
nafd. six months.
"RuHs in the Family
Il guess it runs in tho family"
explained the proud father to q Star
reporter. Il was the third Of nine
children Ny brothers and sisters.
however. have small families.
II think that children are the
stow, although TIL admit it keeps me
busy buying shoes. We are a happy
family happier. I'll bet. than many
a couple with no youngsters about
the house"
Mr., Dixon had to wrinkle his brow
several times IN trying to recount the
list of hts offspring. and he then
forgot to include Raymond Aloysius,
one OF the best looking children in
the lot" he said.
Hard to Pick Names.
Picking names. he admitted. was
not an easy job after the rrsr half
dozen little DiXonS had been AWARDED
two names each.
The Dixon family has been an i'm
portant factor in the growing con-
gestion in the District public schools.
The Oldest Mary Evelyn, is attending
Business High School. and five others
are in various grades of northeast
and southeast schools.
Mr.. Dixon married Mrs. Dixon. then
Miss Hutchins. fifteen years ago. he
was eighteen and she was sixteen, a
little figuring will show The cere
mony was performed in st. Joseph's s
Catholic Church. I'd and G streets
northeast by the late Rev. Father
Schmidt.
Mr. Dixon is a soloiSt at ST. Pat
rick's Catholic Church. 10th and G
streets.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

Washington not only has adequate
cause 20 dispute Georsia's claim to
the youngest mother of ten children,
but has reason to believe that it has
clinched the additional honor of num-
bering among its residents the young
est papa. in SO far as large families
are concerned.
Excelling the Georgia woman's feat
of mothering ten children at thirty
five years of age is the record of
thirty y-one-year -old Mrs. Mary 6.
Dixon Of III | street southeast. who
can boast OF having had eleven
youngsters.
And upholdins Washington chal
lenge regarding young fathers OF
large families is Mrs. DiXon's thirty
three-year- husband. Royden j.
Dixon. n1achinist in the torpedo shon
OF the Washington navy yard and
withaf tenor singer of some note.
Another Beats Georgian.
runner-up for the honors held by
the Dixon family Is Mrs. Joseph Di
Megtio of 61S Girard street northeast
who is now thirty four years old and
is the mother of ten living children
and one deceased. 3Irs. Di Meglio Will
not be thirty-five until December.
With the exception of the first child
WHICH was UoED III ilsilE "i'N
there each Of tEe ten children was
born in Washington. Mr.. Di MeGlio
one year his wife's Junior. was born
in Italy and came 70 W asnlnSton
when sixteen years of age He re-
turned to his native land and married
the woman who now is his wife, he
being nineteen and she twenty years
OF age when the ceremony was per
formed. After the birth and death OF
the first child the couple came here
where they have since lived.
The oldest of the ten children is a
boy OF twelve years. and he, with sly
brothers and sisters. attends the
public school in their community. The
father is a huckster and has singing
as an avocarion. He has appeared in
many local recitals and concerts. He
owns and has paid for the house il
which he lives. and claims that with
the advent of each child his luck has
been augmented The size of Mrs
Di Meglios family was brought &c
light when she saw photograph il
The Star of the ten children Of Mrs
Dalton.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
DRY RAID NETS FOUR
AND 81 QUARTS OF GIN
Arrests Made in Garage in Rear
of 1441 Rhode Island Avenue
as Agents Spring Trap.

Raymond Frank Gray. alleged so
ciety bootlegger who was arrested
several weeks ago in a p street
apartment house for alleged deal
ings in intoxicants, was arrested
again last night and released on bond
on charges Of selling and possession
Of liquor and conspiracy to violate
the law and defraud the government
Of internal revenue tax.
Joseph L. Griffin and Harry Jo
seph Carter. 1924 14th street. and
Juliu J. Forgette, Fairmont Heights
Md, also were arrested for alleged
completely in dry law violations with
Gray. -Forgette, it is charged. is oc-
cupant OF a garage in rear Of 1441
Rhode Island avenue. where. ii Is
stated d deal for two cases of gin
was consummated. Seizure of sixty
one quarts Of the intoxicaut was re-
ported.
Detective Worrell Of the first prec-
met and Assistant Prohibition Di-
rector Kennedy and Agent Linton
Evans made the arrests.
1t is said by the police and revenue
agents that a deal was made for the
purchase of two cases OF gin at an
office in the Bond building. and last
night when the police agents went to
the building in an automobile they
were escorted TO the garage iE rear
of the Rhode Island avenue address.
where the purchased gin was placed
In the car of the agents. Then the
raiders appeared and took posses
sion of the car and contents.
Members OF the raidinR party re-
ported the seizure Of paraphernalia
used in preparing the so-called gin.
Bond was furnished for the appear
ance of the four men before United
States Commissioner George H. Mac
donald and in Police Court. Gray and
CARTER were required to give bond
Of ST. while $500 was the amount
given by the others.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
WEEKS RESIGNS
FROM G. @. P. BODY
Sends Resignation as Member of
National Com
mittee.

Secretary Weeks has rendered his
resignation as a member of the re
publican national committee from
Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Weeks in his letter of resigna 4
ton, addressed to Frank H. FoSs.
chairman of the republican state com
mittee in Boston. said It was impossi-
Bile for him to devote the time and
attention to the work which its i'm
portance demanded.
"The time is approaching when
more or less active work should be
undertaken by all committees in pre-
pairing the r-eliminaries for conduct
ing the presidential campaign of 1924
In the position which / now hold i
is impossible for me to devote thf
time and attention to this work which
it's Importance demands, and j there
fore tender to the state committee
my resignation as q member of the
national committee"
Evening star., 1923-04-21
EGYPTIAN BELIEFS
DESCRIBED TO CLUB
Dr.. George S. Duncan Ad-
dresses Washington CIassi-
cal Club.

The Egyptian belief that the mummy
must be kept intact to assure the hap
piness of the departed spirit was cited
last night as explanatory of many
Egyptian customs by DR.. George S.
Duncan. in an address before the
Washington Classical Club.
DR.. Duncan said that this belief was
responsible for the building of the
strong tombs in solid rock. for in
casing the mummy in numerous cof-
ms. for threatened curses upon the
violators of tombs and for the de-
velopment Of the art of embalming In
which the Egyptians have surpassed
all other races.
Jewels Lure Searchers.
The great force working against
the preservation Of these tombs in
violate has been the burrying of
levels and ornaments with the dead.
me Jewels AIKEN from the tomb of
valued at $350.O00. said DR.. Duncan.
That the rifiing of tombs began
early is recorded by men who repair
ed the burial places and caused in
scriptions to be placed on the tomb
teli1ng or the repair. by whom made
records is dated 500 BIC
Dr; Duncan traced the development
OF the burial place from the grave
and various tombs to the pyramids
which, he said. were built about 1000
BIC. The largest of these. he said,
was $50 feet square at the base. COW
ering thirteen acres, and was built
OF 100000 blocks Of stone, each
weighing two and one-half tons. II
was estimated that the building OF
the work Of 100000 slaves over a
period Of twenty years.
Religious Texts Valuable.
Tho greatest treasures of the
pyramids. however, DR.. Duncan said.
were the 1904 lines Of religious text
inscribed on the inner walls of the
thoughts of man. preserved in the
original "manuscript." He quoted
several Of these Inscriptions. particu-
larly those showing then . belief In
Immortality.
THE inner walls Of these pyramids
were extensive. and thus there was
space for thousands Of lines. But as
the same texts occur In each OF the
Ave pyramids. 1t is evident that we
have, II not the entire oldest Egyptian
repetition is also very fortunate in
that IL makes possible the restoration
Of an obliterated text In one pyramid
Omcers Of the Classical Club were
elected as follows: DR.. George g. Dun
can, president; DR.. William A. Eckels
the Rev. DR.. Henry J. SchAndelle. Miss
Mary BechteI and Miss Mabel c.
Hawes. vice presidents: Mrs. Mabel g
Murphy, secretary-treasurer. and Prof
Charles 8. Smith, corresponding nec-
retary. DR.. Charles Noble, Miss Maria
Baker and Misa Mildred Beaten, Woea
elected members OF the executive COM
1uittee. a 90