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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18

Max Dicks" said Mrs. Jake
Berger, who lives in the third floor
front" in the House of Babies" on
the lower east side, lis the finest
man that ever lived.
Hes our all-the-year round Santa
Claus. Any mother in this tenement
will tell you so.''
A few weeks ago the stork came
to Mrs. Berger's humble homo and
brought twins.
THE doctor had no sooner left
than in came Max Dicks" said Mrs.
Berger. He was all smiles.
Present For Twins.
Twins" he exclaimed, that's the
best yet in the house of babies
He called my husband aside
He gave him $500, $3.50 for each twin.
And he said he'd take no rent for
six months"
Max Dicks had played Santa to
many, many little mothers in his big
tenement before. His two most
famous slogans have been: Rent
free, II you can't pay" and mo chill
dren-no apartment"
Last Christmas there was not a
chlld In the building who did not
nave a doll, red wagon, set of
docks, an electric train or some
thing, and to the fifty.six tired.
oVerWorked little mothers there
isn't any mystery as to who PLAYED
Santa Claus.
Every time a baby has been born
IN the House of Babies" the par.
ents have received $50 from the
year-round Santa. It's a standing
offer.
The push-cart peddlers in front
OF the Dicks tenement pay no rent.
Mrs. Charles Seiden, who collects
the rent for the building, says the
rent has not been raised in twenty
years. Three-room apartments are
still SIS a month.
The little bent mothers will tell
you MAX Dicks was penniless when
he came to this country from Aus
tr1a years ago. He worked as a
tailor's helper for 1915 a week
Now, at sixty he owns two big
tenements Never in his climb to
riches has he forgotten the little
mothers or their babies.
Pray For Boy.
That's why" said Mrs. Berger,
that the mothers Of this tenement
have turned their Christmas
thoughts from toys to prayers.
go into the little church down
the block and see how many folks
are praying for Max Dicks boy.
81 can't believe but that God will
answer these prayers. Surely God
will not be unkind to a man like
Max Dicks, man in whose heart
the spirit of Christmas shines all
the year around"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
FAMOUS ROCKS ARE GIVEN
INTO CARE OF HISTORIAN

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa, Dec. 18.
Chimney Rocks, located on a ridge
south Of here, one Of Blair county
most picturesque and famous land
marks, now is the property Of the
Blair County Historical Society. The
rocks, together with an acre Of
ground around them, were presented
to the society by the owners Homer
G. McKillip, G. Edward Hanley and
Levi Fl. Diehl, and their wives, all
of Hollidaysburg.
Under the terms OF the deed the
property is to be held in trust for
the society by the Hollidaysburg
Trust Company on condition that a
bronze marker be erected, the prop
erty maintained and kept open to
the public. II 1t fails to carry out
these provisions the property goes
to the borough Of Hollidaysburg, and
If the borough defaults, to the Penn.
sylvania Historical Society.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
BRITISH AND JAPANESE NAVIES HAVE TW0MLE REACH ON
Teacher Wins Trip To
D. c. In Highway
Contest

Miss Teresa NJ. Lenney, q
teacher in the New Rochelle
IN. W public schools, contrib
uted the best practical lesson
on highway safety entered in
the 1922 national contest, it
was announced today by the
highway education board. More
than 10000 elementary school
teachers competed.
Five hundred dollars in cash
and a trip to Washington with
all expenses paid is the reward
Miss Lenney will receive. Second
national honors were awarded
Miss Henrietta M. Hornberger,
a teacher in Pueblo (Col. }
schools. Miss Clyde V. White,
Briggs School, Portsmouth, Va,
was third.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
WOMAN SAVED
FROM POTTER'S
FIELD
German Baroness Provides
Money for Burial of
Lady Scott"
BY Cosmopolitan News Service

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-Through
her chance acquaintance with the
Baroness Franziska Won Hedemann,
an old woman, who claimed to be
member of the British aristoc-
racy and called herself Lady
Scott" has been saved from burial
In potters' field.
Four months ago the baroness,
who is the widow of Baron Karl
Eric Wilhelm Won Hedemann,
German nobleman. helped an old
woman carrying a heavy bundle to
board a trolley car. The old wom-
an told the baroness that she was
the widow Of Sir John Scott, an
English baronet. and once had
been wealthy and moved in the
highest social circles in the British
capital.
Some years after her husband 9
death, she added, she met and
married an American and came to
this country. Her second husband
dropped dead at her feet soon after
their arrival, she said. Later she
married for a third time, this time
to German, who also died within
q few years.
About two weeks ago the baron
ess received a message from the
superintendent of the city hospital
on Welfare Island stating that her
card had been found on an old
woman who had been picked up %
the street unconscious.
The baroness went to the hospital
and recognized the old woman as
the Lady Scott" she had met on
the trolley car four months before.
Now the baroness is making ar
rangements for the old woman's
funeral
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
INSANE WOMAN PATIENT
FALLS TO HER DEATH

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1S.-Squeez-
ing between iron bars five inches
apart, Miss Doris Grossman, twenty
eight, a patient of the Cleveland
State Hospital for the Insane, fell
three stories to her death. Coroner
A. p. Hammond pronounced death
due to a broken neck.
1t was the second time within six
months that patient has escaped
from the institution by worming
way through the bars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
EXPORT FLOUR SALES
HEAVIEST ON RECORD

SEATTLE, Dec. 18.-Exports Of
flour from Puget Sound for ten
months of 1923 total 2.154,45S bar
rels, as compared with 1,764, 473
barrels for the same period in
1922 The Orient was the heaviest
buyer, with LAS ,637 barrels The
United Kingdom bought 33,915 bar
rels, against 1882 a year ago.
Sales of flour by Puget Sound
millers for the ten months to the
Atlantic seaboard and the South
east totaled 1866 barrels. against
1854 year ago. CalOfirnia' s
purchases were 560,023 barrels. COM
pared with 1854 last year. Ha-
wall bought 68,894 barrels this
year and 88.894 for the 1922 period.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
HOUR-CLASS STOMACH
CAUSE WOMAN'S DEATH

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-The hour
glass" stomach is the newest freak
illness.
The new disease came to light
at an inquest on an elderly woman
who had suddenly died while in APP
parent good health. Testifying AZ
to the cause of death, her doctor
said that she suffered from chronic
Indigestion and an hour-glass stom-
ach, meaning that the stomach was
in two parts-food having to pass
like the sand in an hour-glass from
the upper to the lower portion to
insure perfect digestion.
Her last meal had failed to pass
into the lower portion of her stom-
ach and had caused death, accord
ing to the doctor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
2 DEAD, I FATALLY HURT,
IN FIGHT ON MOUNTAINS

POTTSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 1.-TWO
men are dead and one fatally in.
jured as the result Of a shooting
affray near Middleport, according
to reports reaching State police
here. The shooting is said to be
the result of a quarrel between sew.
eral foreign-born men out on the
mountains.
A detail of police was sent from
here to investigate the affair &nd
arrest all witnesses. Up to a late
hour last night the detachment Of
police sent from Troop c have not
yet reported, a wide search being
made for the bodies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
EMERGENCY-CASUALTY
MERGER Is COMPLETED

The board of directors of
Emergency Hospital by formal
resolution yesterday voted to assume
the liabilities of Casualty which
recently went into the hands of re-
ceivers with an indebtedness of
about $4,000
The action was simply formal
of what had been agreed
to by the boards of both hospitals
and the receivers for Casualty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
PRISONERS MAKE GOOD
WITH COLLEGE COURSES

SUNBURY, Pa. Dec. 18.-The
extension work Of State College
among prisoners in the Northumber-
land county Jail is a success, accord
ing 10 the Rev. DIR. =. Talbot Rogers.
OF st: Matthew's Episcopal Church
who has received a report from the
college authorities. Thirty-two men
nave been enrolled in three different
groups, the report says, and all are
progressing nicely.
Inc small number OF men makes it
impossible to conduct regular elias ses,
as but three to four want the same
courses. Among the subjects taught
are shop mathematics. automobile
mechanlcs, craftsmanship, electricity
ana other branches. The attitude of
the men has been excellent, it was
ueciared, and the men are studious
and attentive TO the work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
HOME TOWN GOLF CLUB
BARS RAMSEY MACDONALD

LONDON. Dec. 18.-Ramsey Mac
donald, VINO is visiting LESSEE
mouth, his native birthplace in
Scotland, though a keen golfer. can
not play on the local links. During
the war the local club owing to his
attitude toward the war forbade
him to use the links. Asked if the
club would reinstate him should
Macdonald become premier, the Of
fetal replied:
There's not the remotest chance,
as he 10 still a Socialist"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
/ MONTGOMERY|
SCHOOLS MAY
Be HONORED
County Leads State In NumbeI
of STANDARD" Rural
Institutions.

ROCKVILLE, No. Dec 4O!-S
Montgomery county has always
been the banner county OF Nary
land in the matter Of standard
rural public schools. Eight were
raised to that dignity last years
making the total number in the
county twenty or many more than
the total number in all Of tho
other counties Of the State conn
bined. A large number Of the otheG
schools of the county are gradually
climbing to the coveted position, ana
it is understood that at least twelve
OF these will reach the goal before
the close of the present school year,
To become. q standard school
thirty-seVen requirements are neceSs
sary, the following being some OF
them: The school building must be
according to certain SpecificatiOnHa
painted and furnished with coat
rooms and sanitary closets; no wins
dows must be in front of the pup1ss
a library of at least fifty books
must be provided; the teacher must
have a first-grade certificates; the
school equipment must include
single desks, adjustable window
shades, musical instruments, app
proved pictures, flag and flag-polee
there must be a boys and girls club
and the school must participate In
the annual field day exercises.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here Tor
the marriage Of Beatrent =. Brown
and Miss Anne D. Rector, both OF
-
of LoVettsville, Va, and Miss Sarah
c. Lewis, of Washington.
Mrs. Rosa E. Cook, wife of Robert
S. Cook, died on Saturday at her
home, near Cabin John, aged sixty
three years, her death following q
long illness. She was a native ana
longtime resident of Washington,
and was a Miss Downey before her
marriage. She had been living -
this county about four years. TnS
funeral will take place this after
noon from the family residence
burial to be in Congressional Gene.
terry, Washington.
For violations of the motor We
hicle regulations, the following have
paid fines in the police court heres
William Vanness, SIS; Wilson 8.
Feisans, $3.50; r. d. White; $123
Edward 8. Bacher, $7.25; L. K.
BergerY, James Thomas, John Carey
and Walter Gray, 81 each.
On charges of stealing about 6
dozen chickens from Joseph NJ
Darby, a Poolesville district farmer,
Patrick Holly, Marion Simms, and
William Simms, all colored, were
before Judge Samuel Riggs in the
police court. They were held for
the action of the March grand jury
The annual banquet Of the RoclCs
vile volunteer fire department win
be held in ST. Mary's Hall here
Wednesday evening. It win be in
charge of the entertainment conf
mittee of the organization.
Marian Harris and Emma Harris.
colored, were adjudged guilty of
disorderly conduct and were fined
SO and costs by Judge Samuel
Riggs in the police court here.
Funeral services for Mrs. Apoh
lonia Estelle Ricketts,; wife Of Wal.
lace E. Ricketts,, and daughter Of
Jacob Poss, of Rockville, who died
at her home here on Sunday, aged
fifty-eight years, were held at 10
o'clock this morning in st. Mary's
Catholic Church here. Burial was
in st. Mary's Cemetery, near Rocln
vile. Mrs. Ricketts, had been I'll q
long time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
MAN AND WOMAN ARE
HELD IN BANK ROBBERY

DETROIT, Dec. 18.-Margte Cal.
lahan, thirty-one. and Leroy c.
Young, twenty-five, both OF In
dianapolis, are held here today as
tugltlVes in connection with an
S6,og0 robbery in an Indianapolis
bank recently.
The woman is held as an acces.
sorry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
FOX IN DNE AS
TRIAL NEARS
CLOSE
Hundreds Crowd Court in
Hopes Of Hearing Lurid
Testimony.
By b. V. STURDIVANT.
International News Service.

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 18-With
only three additional witnesses to
be heard in the murder trial Of
Phil E. Fox. Ku Klux Khan editor
who has pleaded insanity after
Staying Attorney w. S. Coburn here
on November 5, hundreds of per-
sons crowded the court room today
long before the hour for order.
Not one day since the hearing
began, almost a week ago. has the
court room been able to accom-
modate the thousands who throng
Railways and corridors of the
building. With the end drawing
near, there is a greater demand
for seats than ever.
Await Lurid Testimony
AS time for the rebuttal and ar
gument approaches, eager specta
tors look forward to detailed &C
counts by State attorneys for Fox's
association with lewd women; fire
quent visits to disreputable houses
and drunken brawls." These things
defense attorneys have not denied
They have been included in every
hypothetical question propoundeC
to their expert witnesses, and were
said to be the result Of paranoia-
that insanity which they say
prompted Fox to take Coburn's life
TO kill man whom he didn't ever
know.
Alienists and physicians have
taken the witness stand and said in
one voice that the defendant "ab
solutely is insane" They described
his ailment as permanent; said he
suffering with the most dangerous
of all types of insanity, would grow
worse as time passes on.
The voice of God" which told
Fox to kill Coburn or Coburn would
kill him have not been silenced
they said On the other hand they
have grown louder and now they
laugh at the slayer, crying, "you
killed him, you killed him. Now
you are in Jail. Now you are in
jail
Voices Continue.
These are continual. thew testi.
iled' never giving him a moment g
rest. Mental experts brand them as
auditory hallucinatiOns," a result
and part of paranoi.
II ne knows what goes on in the
court room, no one could tell from
observation. On the first day of
his trial he sat at the defense table,
bowed his head, and began fumbling
with little bits of paper. He did
that today, apparently unable to
comprehend what it's all about.
Because of the impending noii.
days, Judge G.. II. Howard has an.
nounced that beginning tonight the
court will hold regular night SEES
sions until the case Is connlated
It is generally expected to reach the
jury late tomorrow or THURSDAY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT
SETS, S1.29. COMPLETE WITH 8
PRETTY CO l. o X T. ID LIGHTS.
CORD AND PLUG. EVERY SET
GUARANTEED. ALSO LARGE
ASSORTMENT OF DIFFERENT
COLORED BULBS. FANCY AND
PLAIN, AT REDUCED PRICES.
WEBSTER ELECTRIC Co,
zig 9TH ST. n. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
Wide
World.
BY Herbert Kaufman

Continued from First Page)
planes like the monster just
launched by the Navy Depart
ment-built for 2,200-mile trips
on a single fueling, with fifty
six-foot wing spread, designed
for land or sea service, carrying
radio, machine guns, bombing
devices and torpedo tubes, and
powered for 105-mile hourly
speed.
Compare that with Wilbur
Wright's winged Eohippus.
Hard Lines for True
Friends.
THE Eohippus was a tiny,
L three-toed horse about the
size of a fox terrier, and the an
cestor of Percherons and Nor
mans.
Stockmen will probably roar
with laughter at Professor Fur
longs statement that all horses
will go the way of their progeni-
tor within a century.
Tractor and auto promise to
consign mans oldest and most
faithful animal friend to museum
cases and geological parks. How
ever, it's a bold prophet who'll
forecast what may happen to
anything a hundred years hence.
Stanley Jewett, of the United
States biological survey, deals
with more immediate situations.
Oregon has removed the ban on
beaver trapping despite Federal
protests. Northwestern breeders
are told that in Strengthening
these cunning engineers they in
vite aridity for 200 miles of pas
ture land, immemoriably watered
by streams trucking down from
their mountain dams.
Thus Nature penalties the
hasty fools which do not read
her intents.
Copyright. 1923. King Features Syn
dictate. Inc. and Herbert Kaufman.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
Tenant Mothers Pray
For Landlords Bow
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
international News Service.

NEW YORK. Dec. 18.-A tnge of sadness crept pre-
Christmas excitement at the House Of Babies today
Max Dicks boy, Giving, is dying!
The little chap may not live to hang up hN stocking
Christmas eve and only the mothers Of this Wig
house in the bowery know what calamity this would be-
what calamity it would be to Max Dicks. -
&c Moxn oLcQ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18
Secretary Weeks III.

Secretary Of War Weeks was con-
fined to his home today with a cold
IT was said AT the War Department
that his condition was not serious
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18

Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage Of Beatrent e. Brown
and Miss Anne D. Rector, both OF
Quantico, Va, and Philip 8. Gray
of Lovettsville, Va, and Miss Sarah
G. Lewis, of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-18

For violations of the motor We
hicle regulations, the following have
paid fines in the police court heres
William Vanness, SIS; Wilson 81
Feisans, $3.50; r. d. White; $123
Edward s. Bacher, $7.25; L. K.
BergerY, James Thomas, John Carey
and Walter Gray, 81 each.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-11-15

The Rev c. f. Deal. who now ha.
his headquarters at Gooding was 1
business caller here Tuesday.
Fred Parish. well-known tranchei
living west OF here is driving a new
Dodge sedan.
Miss Margaret Jones and s. l.
. Thorpe OF Jerome were weekend
guests here.
Fire Chief G. c. Davis and j. l.
Burkett attended a district meeting
OF firemen at Bull. Sunday.
A marriage license was issued al
the office OF the county recorder
Tuesday TO Otto X. Cane and Mel
vini Abel, both OF Filler.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Filler woman's club was held at
the I. o. o. F. hall yesterday after
noon.
II. W. Beachell, who recently sub
mitted 10 an operation for append
CHS at the county general hospital
was returned to his home here this
week
Particular People" send their
Cleaning to the "Imperial"-Tues-
days. Adv. 2t-s4-s5
The home economies department
of the Filler Woman's club will meet
at the Rural high school building
at 400 o'clock Wednesday after
noon.
W. T. Higgenbothom had the mis-
fortune TO cut his hand severely last
week while working around the mill
at the f. b. Clark Seed company's
warehouse.
A special meeting OF Filler Lodge
No. SIS A. y. & A. NJ. will be held at
Masonic hall Friday evening OF this
week for the comforting OF the sec
ond degree.
Donald MaeKay. well-known sheep
man and rancher. residing near
clark's grade. north OF here, has
rented his. farm TO Gus Landholm.
md together with the members OF
iis family is this week moving into
own. The MacKays will occupy the
Mrs. Ida M. Allen residence property
IN Sixth street.
When will the clock stop? The
me making the nearest correct guess
will receive an Ever-Resdy Safety
tazor Free al Snyder's Hardware
tore. Adv. q
Particular People send their
leaning TO the ''Imperisl"-Tues-
avs. Adv. 2t-34-35 !
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-11-15

Mrs. and Mrs. Morris B. Clark re-
turned home the first OF the week
from a visit OF three weeks duration
at the home of the formers mother
at Medford. Conn. where they were
called by the serious Illness OF the
formers mother. Mrs. Clark Is now
said to be well on the road to re-
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Dwight and DR..
A. A. Newberry attended a banquet
OF the South Side Medical associa-
ton at Twin Falls Tuesday evening
Following the dinner the association
met at the high school auditorium TO
view the exhibition OF five reel
motion picture presentation OF opera
tons performed az the Wertheim
clinic in Vienna.
Duplicate sales books for use in
stores and shops on hand and for
sale at The Record office Adv.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-11-15

Duplicate sales books for use n
stores and shops on hand and fol
sale at The Record office. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Amen. ac
eompanied by their daughter and
son-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Nc.
Laughlin and family left by auto
Saturday for Portland. Ore. where
it is expected that Mrs. McLaughliu
would submit to an operation thi.
week for goitre.
Members OF Filler chapter No. 40,
O. E. S. have been invited to be the
guests OF the Twin Falls chapter on
Tuesday evening November 27, in
stead OF Tuesday evening OF this
week, as previously announced. The
date of the entertainment was post
poned on account of he death OF
Homer Craven, prominent Mason
whose funeral was held Tuesday.
FREE-with every mans dress
shirt purchased. a box Of from TO
! ? Arrow collars to fit you. BEEN
q Hammerquist. Adv.
Earl Brewer. a former Filler resi-
dent, now living on the northside
near Wendell visited here last week
with relatives. Mr.. Brewer was
member OF the famous Lost Batta-
lion In the World war and was injur-
cd in battle. but is now in good
health. APPARENTLY. He states
that his parents. who also formerly
lived here. are in good health and re-
side in California. -
Mrs. Leo Greenwood and Miss
Thelma Greenwood delightfully."- EN-
tertained at a surprise pinochle party
Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Joe
birthday. The follow
ing were served dainty refreshments
at late hour: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Horting, Mr.. and Mrs. b. c. Hoff-
man, MIR. and Mrs. Reichert, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gulick. Mr.. and MrsG. Leonard.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vincent. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Greenwood. Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
and Mrs. Konkle of Twin
Falls.
The annual public dinner OF the
Methodist Ladies' Aid will be held
At the church Friday evening Nov
smber 23, commencing at $3.50 |
, clock. Adults soc. children under /
I2. Csc. Adv. 2te.
A score of loeas Eastern Star
members visited the HOLSTER chap
er at its regular session Friday even
ng OF last week Following the
odge session an evening OF dancing
vas enjoyed. concluding with the
CRYING OF refreshments. II was dur
ng the festivities that the news was
eceived of the tragic death of Homer
raven, HOLSTER banker, who was
member OF the chapter. AS soon
S word was received. the dancing
as stopped, and sadness took the
lace OF merrymaking. Those going
} HOLSTER from here included
Iessers. and Mesdames T. +. Moore,
. f. Anderson. Earl Munyon, Jun
iu Shinn, Arthur Scholten, +. o.
alter and Mrs. Buchanan. Mrs. Ida
. Allen. Mrs. F. A. Dwight, Mrs 4.
Snyder and Jack Johnson.