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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03

Rear Admiral Arms is to be re-
tired, having served for thirty
years. The retiring officer has had
q distinguished career in the navy,
and expects to make his homo In
New London, Conn.
Three Others Eligible.
Three rear admirals of the staff
have become eligible for retirement,
according to the Navy Department.
They are: Admirals Frederick NJ.
Harris, formerly chief OF the Blu.
reau of Yards and Docks Of the
Navy Department; Cary T. Gray,
son, Of the naval medical corps, and
Christian j. Peoples, now In charge
OF the navy purchasingg office on
the Pacific coast.
1t viii be recalled that Admiral
Grayson received his promotion to
the grade OF rear admiral when
called to serve as the personal ply.
stefan to the late President VIII,
son.
During the period that the bat.
tleships New York, Arkansas and
Utah are engaged In the midship.
men cruise, between May 30 and
August 80, the marine detachments
will be withdrawn from each snip
and sent to camp at Glenbourne
Nd. for small arms target prac
tice. While the marines are in
this camp they will be under the
command Of Major Leander A,
Clapp
Brigadier General Dion Williams
OF the marine corps, has been Sc
lected as the senior member of the
central marine examining board
Just appointed. Other members OF
tho board are: CoIonels Robert III
Dunlap, John III. McGill, James G.
Breckenridge, William G.. Powell
and Richard M. Cults. of the ma
rine corps, and Commander John
Kennedy and Lieutenant Raymond
3. Storch, Of the navy, and Lieu
tenant Colonies William G. Harllee
and Hugh Matthews and Captain
Charles r. Brooks, of the marines.
Certain officers acting as umpiree
of the joint army and navy
maneuvers, which are to be held in
Hawaii, win be permitted to use
one seaplane and one flying boat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
NORTHMINSTER MEMS
CLUB TO MEET MONDAY

Leonard w. DeGast and E. B.
Fuller will be the speakers at a
meeting OF the Northminster Men s
Club at o'clock Monday night in
the Northminster Church. Eleventh
street and Rhode Island avenue
northwest
Mr.. DeGaSt will speak on the
work Of mems clubs and Mr.. Full
Ter on the work of the boys clubs
of the city A musical program
will be given and refreshments
served. The public Is invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
| { VI ELECTED
OFFICER OF
HECHT'S
GENERAL Manager of D. G.
Store Becomes Second !.
Vice President

Harold H. Levi. general manager
Z the Hecht Company here, mas
Zen elected vice president of the
fecht Company, which owns stores
d Washington, Baltimore and New
FORK. He will continue to direct
he activities OF the local store
Shich has. under his managership,
Increased its business more than
DO per cent In the past ten years.
Other officers of the company,
hnouncea yesterday. follow: M.
Hecllt. reelected president;
Hexander Hecht, vice president;
lose Goodman, secretary; Malcolm
kecht. treasurer, and Morton Hecht1
| director. The change OF Officers
las made necessary through the
eath of Emanuel Hecht. secretary
nd treasurer.
with Company Twenty years.
Tor twenty years, Mr.. Levi has
bean connected with the Hecht
company, Joining the organization
Baltimore when he was seven.
Sen years old. Eighteen years
10 he came to washington as q
hlesman in the Washington store,
hen at 511-1s-15 Seventh street
northwest and employing less than
DO persons. A few years later
lGr. Levi became general manager.
we have bought property to
he east, north and south to take
are of our increased business. =
Er. Levi said today. Our growth
las been so rapid that we arc
lCnvinced the people of Washing
bfl want the Hecht Company. Our
tatrons increase In number every
lay."
1rr. Levi is now supervising the
Fectlon OF the new Hecht Company
3, 0C0. 900 building on the corner
Seventh and r streets northwest.
he said this building win ne three
lines rs large as the floor space
low occupied by the Hecht opera
Ions here.
800 Now Employed.
he local store. now employs 500
lersons- When the new store
uilding Is. completed. more than
1000 persons will be employed. In
baltimore and New York, the
Hecht organization employs about
400 persons.
Nose Goodman elected secretary
general merchandise manager OF
be Hub in Baltimore. He entered
ne Hecht organization about the
ame time Mr.. Levi did.
Malcolm Hecht, manager Of Hecht
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
Ad1niraLArn1s, US.N.,
to Retire From Post
Service NeWs
BY VIVIAN LEE TILLMAN.

With the sailing last week of the Tampa from Boston,
International Service of the Ice Observation Ice Patrol and
Ocean Deect Destruction of the United States Coast Guard
naugurated for the of 1925 The Modoc will
shortly sail from Boston relieve the Tampa and these
vessels will alternate in patroling the icepatro
the North Atlantic under the provisions of the
Convention for the Safety of Life Sea- signed at London
January 90 1924
The object of the patrol to locate icebegs and cefeds
to the North Atlantic lane routes and make
prehensve study of water temperatures sans and cur
rents. for scientific purposes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
CHILD BADLY HURT WHEN
BRICK FALLS ON HEAD

Ella N. Night, six, coIored. OF
2124 New York avenue northwest.
is in q serious condition at Elmer
gency Hospital where she isbeing
treated for a fractured skull sus-
tained when. collecting wood near
q building under construction at
Twenty-first and C streets north
west, she was struck on the head
by a brick which fell from the sixth
story of the structure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
). c. REVIVAL MEETINGS
WILL START APRIL Is

City-wide revival meetings foI
colored residents of Washington will
be started on the night Of April 10
The campaign will be under the
direction OF Doctor Leroy Frayser
chairman OF the board OF city mis-
sions and church extension OF Mt
Bethel BAPTIST State convention.
Headquarters Of the campaign
VIII be at Alexander Memorial Col
ored Baptist Church, Twenty
seventh and N streets northwest,
More than lO7 cOlored ychurches and
societies are expected to take part
I'm the revival.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03
TRIED 70 POISON BABY,
POLICE SAY OF MOTHER

Police are searching for Bessie
Lewis, colored. nineteen; who while
visiting her baby yesterday at the
home Of Alberta Taylor. ISIS
Georgia avenue northwest, in
whose charge the infant was left.
attempted to poison it.
The baby's condition il not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-03

Brothers, Baltimore. IL the son OF
the late Albert Hecht, one OF the
senior founders OF the firm.
Morton Hecht, who was elected
= director, is the eldest son Of the
late Emanuel Hecht.
The Hecht Company operates one
store in Washington, I'VE In bAu-
more and one in New York.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

cash to pay for what l ordered and
that is the best passport anywhere In
the world.
However, | did not neglect other
passports; as soon as possible l got In
touch with the forger who had hidden
in the house of the Greek which was
NV first refuge after escaping from
DrIson. and at a cost of flo Turkish)
this ingenious creature produced an
imposing certificate, stamped and
sealed and signed with a flourish by
the governor of Constantinople him
self. This document, l was assured
by it's proud author, in addition 10
certifying that l was exempted from
service in the army owing to ValVular
disease of the heart, would also enable
me TO pass the cUstomhouse and the
medical stations at the entrance 10
the Bosporus without troublesome
formalities.
But 1 could not bring myself to
helieve my amiable friend the forger.
stethoscopes and even common-sense
no doubt existed at the frontier medl-
cal station; some hitch would have
occurred.
used to spend my mornings loung-
ing about the docks, consorting with
rufianly but great.hearted sailors,
called LaZzes. whose trade is the sea,
but whose hobby is smuggling human
beings in and out of the city or a
Thousand Sins. Did noble Turk
desire another Caucasian handmaiden?
From the marts of Tifiis, where the
loyeliest women of Asia are found,
across Transcaucasia to the Black
Sea ports, there was land isl a regu-
lar trade in human material for the
harem The LaZZes will bootleg in
a beauty or smuggle out a spy with
equal equanimity and efficiency.
During times of trouble, they have
also served as the agents provocateurs
of massacre. Was there to be pog-
rom Of Jews or a holocaust of Ar
menians? The LaZZes were turned
loose in the desired quarter of the
city. The rest was merely matter
Of routine.
When the emba assies complained,
then 1t was time for the police to in
terfere and suppress the bold, bad
LaZZes. you know what it is, Mon
sieur PAmbassadeur," some charm
ing old Turk would say over coffee
and cigarettes, there is an unruly
element in every seaport Meanwhile
some hundreds of troublesome citi
zens were heard of no more.
withal, the Lazz is pleasant fel'
low to meet and / had great hopes
that one of their number was going
TO be very useful to me. This man s
dealings were chiefly on cash basis,
however. and cash was commodity on
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"Yok." which means nothing doing.T
Upstairs, l heard a woman's scream.
That unnerved me. He'd / had the
requisite dash, ! think l might have
plugged one Turk and lodged the
other. That | should have done so /
have now no doubt.
Themistocle's sister was A resources
full girl and would have accounted fora
the presence of d strange man in TIP
house, somehow. Whereas, when 3
allowed myself to be caught it was
hard to make the Turks believe that
the household thought ! was a Hung
garian mechanic. However, that mayo
be, the chief detective looked over the e
banisters and yelled. Arrest that "A
man, you sons of unfaithful mothers!f'
The Turks pinioned my arms, whils
an assistant sleuth, a seedy-lookings
youth, who was probably a pickpocketi'
| in his spare time, ran his fingers over
my clothes My money Except for
two Turkish notes amounting to 80
pounds sewn into my coat lning) my
watch, compass and passport We're re-
moved and | was put in a corner. with
my face to the wall and a gun to my
back.
| Thus suddenly my five weeks
scheming had come TO an end. All
was to do again. Themistocle had by
company Of a policeman. Any doubts
! might have had as to his loyalty
We're at once dispelled. Whoever had
| spilled the beans" it was not he. A
more disconsolate figure / have rarely
| seen. His spectaCles were broken, al
| though still hanging on his nose,
| which was bloody. Hat he had none.
His collar had burst open. Somebody
| had rolled him in the dust Tears
| furrowed his ashen face. lie trembled
! terribly as he protested he had never
| seen me before.
Presently the order to march was
| given and a dismal procession. con-
| sisting of weeping woman, a seedy-
| smart individual in a derby hat, and a
miserable Greek waiter, could be seen
vending their way TO the central Jail
| at Stamboul.
Not TO harrow the readers feelings
| unnecessarily, / may state that The
mistocles sister was able to prove in
a few days that she knew nothing
about my identity and that Themisto-
Gle, although he had 10 Withstand
| some severe buffets, poor fellow, was
released and was we'll paid for his
woes. AS for me. l was destined TO
make a heap more trouble for myself
! and the Turks.
The forged passport put me in
wrong with the military governor Of
! Constantinope. He said he couldn't
| treat me as an officer prisoner. Cen
tlemen didn't forge his signature. and
| if / hadn't committed the forgery
myself, he would like to know who
! had done So
AS l could Tor rather would not tell
/ the forger's name, ! was sent to the
underground dungeon. the inferno Of
! the damned of EnYer Pasha. That
| dark, crowded cellar, where men We're
| beaten and starved and subjected TO
| indignities past belief. must have com
| pared badly with any punishment
| place in the middle ages. As an eX-
| perience it was unforgettable.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

| Paul gave him 10 pounds Turkish
and made an appointment with him
at place close to the hospital where
the Greek patient was to have brought
! him complete suit of clothes and a
plan TO get out of the city.
Thus it happened that on the eve.
ming agreed upon Paul set out 10
elude the hospital sentries, clad only
| in bath slippers and a hospital night
shirt. How he got by is mystery TO
me, although I inspected the place
later. Somehow he slipped by and he
| arrived for his appointment at IL by
the clock. But the accomplice was
not there, being at the moment en-.
gagged in spending Paul's 10 pounds
(as we afterward heard on dice,
douzico and less reputable amuse.
ments.
For half an hour Paul waited, shiv.
ering in his bed-dress. The few peo-
pie who passed stared hard at him
and lodged 10 the other sidewalk. At
last Paul grew tired of waiting and
walked up the road that leads TO the
top of the Grand Rue de Pera.
Dressed in a nightshirt in the most
crowded street of Constantinople, he
must certainly have been a conspicu-
GUS figure.
But by some miracle no one inter
fered with him, mistaking him per-
| haps for a dancing deryish. or a per-
SON afflicted of God"-which is the
Turkish euphemism for cuckoo. - AT
any rate, his patron saint guided him
across the busy town and into the
ruins of a recently buYnt-out quarter.
To him there, while hiding among
expresses and desola tion, the saint
sent along a little boy.
Selling this youngster, Paul divest-
\ 1. 1t, Il
which he attempted toSclothe himself.
He struggled into diminutive shirt.
a coat whose sleeves reached halfway
down his forearm, and trousers some
what above his ankles! Then he mol
lifted the boy by placing four pounds
(Turkish) in his hand.
For four days and nights he lodged
about the city. garbed like Happy
Hooligan, and at the end of that time
he was betrayed to the Turks through
treachery at the docks and taken back
to the military prison. However we
were to meet later and share other
adventures.
The morning after the night in the
cellar with the Greek conspirators l
went out to cash the checks. To my
surprise 1 had no difficulty in collect
ing the money l required the fact
being that an allied promise to
pay was worth great deal more than
the guarantee of the Turkish govern
ment to meet its own paper money.
Another 1000 Turkish ne-pound
notes were added to my store, so that
l felt a rich man-and not only rich,
but powerful, for with the ready cash
l now had on hand over 1900 pounds
Turkish, equivalent to 1,500 at that
time. l could have bought consider
ably more than my escape. Had l
wanted murder done or a sultana
abducted instead Of a trip to Russia,
1 dare say the means would have been
there.
We met az agreed. the Lazz and ],
in Themistocle's house, near Galata
bridge. He had motor boat, he told
me, which he could make ready in
twenty-four hours. l was to advance
him 100 pounds for gasoline immedi-
ately. The balance of the fare was to
be paid at the port of Poti.
1 was to don black dress and
black veil when our craft was in the
Evening star., 1925-05-03
IA Brides in Century Of White House History

distinguished naval hero, Stephen
Decatur. This was the first of what
was to have been A series of gay
balls and levees for the bridal couple,
ushering in an era of social activity
reminiscent of Queen Dolly" but
all gay plans were abandoned and
the bright little court was sud
death of Decatur a few days later in
his duel with Capt, Barron.
A son OF President was the bride.
groom of the fourth White House
wedding. on February 2S. 1928. when
John Adams was married TO Miss
Mary HELEN. a niece of his mother,
Mrs. John Quincy Adams. A year
later. in 1929, early in .'Old Hickory's"
administration, the fifth wedding took
place, when Miss Della Lewis of
Nashville daughter of Jackson's best
friendb, was married to NJ. Alphonse
Joseph Yver Pageot. the secretary of
the French legation. The foreign
ministers were out in force that day,
for it was the first international alli-
ance involving the American Capital.
Two other weddings took place
while Andrew jackson was President
One was in 1881. when the sixth cere-
| mony was performed. uniting in
marriage Miss Emily Martin. a niece
VI od1hSOlir anu bC"ic
Donaldson, grandson of Thomas
jefferson. The other was in 1887,
when another niece, Miss Mary
Easten, the seventh White House
bride, was welded to Lucian B. Polk
a cousin of James X. Polk, destined
to go into the White House later as
President.
The eighth wedding did not take
place until January 81, 1912. 1t was
far cry from the first White House
wedding, on March IL, 1911, 81 years
before, yet Mistress Dolly Madison
was again the most distinguished and
most popular person present. After
an absence of 20 years she had but
recently returned to the scenes of
her former social triumphs, to find
herself more eagerly sought after
than ever. The bride on this occa-
sion was Miss Elizabeth Tyler, third
daughter of President Tyler, while
the bridegroom was William Waller
of Williamsburg. Va. A member of
the family. writing to a cousin who
was not among those present, gives a
picturesque view of the wedding.
Lizzie has had quite a grand
wedding" he says, although the in
tention was that it should be pri-
vate and quiet. Lizzie looked sur
prisingly lovely in her wedding dress
and long lace veil, her face literally
covered with bushes and dimples
She behaved remarkably well, too;
Evening star., 1925-05-03

Bosporus, and / was to sit in his cabin
and refuse to move or speak if inter
rogated by any official. Yelled ladies',
he assured me, frequently refused TO
undergo any scrutiny whatever at the
customs and medical inspection at the
head of the Bosporus. Provided they
were vouched for by some responsible
person on board, the gallant excise
men were quite ready TO let ladies
pass without awkward questions. AS
his own wife, said the Lazz, no harm
would come TO me, provided | re
manned sitting and silent
This seemed satisfactory scheme,
for whatever risks | ran, obviously
the Lazz would run, too. We shook
hands and l counted out the promised
hundred. We lit cigarettes. Happen
ing to glance out of the window,
Evening star., 1925-05-03

he journeyed to New York, his brides
home, for the ceremony. Woodrow
Wilson's second marriage was also
solemnized while he was President,
but the ceremony was performed in
the brides church
The Cleveland wedding was said to
have surpassed the Grant -Sartoris
wedding for brilliancy. although it
was remarkable for its excIusiveness.
Only so guests were present. and be-
cause of the small number the cere-
mOny was performed in the blue room.
Miss Folsom arrived at daylight
and was met at the railway station
by the Presidents sister, Miss Cleve-
land and driven to the White House,
where President Cleveland met her
on the portico. A family breakfast
WAS partaken of, after which the
President repaired to his office and
worked all day on affairs of state,
while the bride rested in her apart
ments. The wedding was performed
at o'clock in the evening.
An equally picturesque wedding
was held in the Executive Mansion
February Il, 1906. when Princess
Alice" the vivaCious daughter OF
Theodore Roosevelt, was married TO
Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio, and became the twelfth
White House bride. The greaL east
room rang with the gayety and laugh
ter of the most brilliant gathering
that had ever been housed within it's
historic walls. More than. thousand
were present, happy to speed upon
her course the warm hearted, impul.
sive girl whose caprices had caugha
the fancy Of a Nation that idolized
her. Again countless. numbers OF
magnificent gifts were showered upon
the bride, d Presidents daughter.
whose subsequent career has held the
affection of the country with unfiaE-
ging loyalty for two decades.
The ill.omened number "thirteen4
figured in the next White House we'd
ding, when Miss Jessie w Wilson
was married to Francis b. Sayre The
year was 1913 and Miss Wilson was
the thirteenth White House bride.
L was also a curious coincidence thar
the letters in her name and in the
name of the groom each numbered
13. This mystic symbol. however.
was at that time believed by the
Wilson's to be their lucky number.
Even though tragedy followed the
wedding in the death of the brides
mother two years later and in the
physical collapse of her father before
the end of his administration, no hint
of bad fortune has attended the
thirteenth bride or her family within
their own domestic circle. Like All
her predecessor White House brides
and like her own sister. Miss Eleanor.
the fourteenth. who was welded fo
Secretary of the Treasury William q.
McAdoo In 1914, Miss Jessie has had
happy marriage"
Copyright. 1e25.l
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of disaster. and noticed that the sus-
picious individuals had gone.
But just then came a loud tapping
on the front door. | wen to the attic,
hid my money and gun and-hesitated
fatally. The rapping at the door be-
came louder and l went downstairs,
with what purpose l am not quite
clear. l suppose ! had become so ac-
customed TO posing as "A Hungarian
mechanic that / thought l could get
away with il this time. Indeed, l be-
lieve l thought Twas what l declared
myself to be.
AS | reached the bottom of the
stairs. the door was opened by Themi-
stocle's f1ustered sister. l slipped into
the pantry.
There are some officers hiding in
this house" said one of the six men
Evening star., 1925-05-03

standing in the doorway-four in plain
clothes and two dressed as Turkish
infa antry soldiers. Through the key
hole l saw the speaker seize Themi-
stocle's sister by the arm and shake
her. She remained dumb with terror.
Tell us where they are or well find
a way to make you"' he cried, hus-
Ting her up the stairs. The three
plainclothes men followed him. The
two soldiers stood by the door.
What was | 10 do? How could l
help Themistocles sister? Obvi-
ously by vanishing off the face of the
earth. if that were in any way feast
BILE. l examined the back of the pan
try: there was no conceivable escape.
Thereupon l walked out. whistling.
In the doorway, the two big Turks
stood with bayonets fixed. One said,
Evening star., 1925-05-03

any number OF compliments were
paid her"
Another of the distinguished guests
was Senator Daniel Webster, who.
as usual. had something apt and
witty to say.
II heard one of the bridesmaids. -
continued the member of the family
quoted above, express TO Mr.. Web
ster her surprise at Lizzie consenting
to give up her belleship and all the
delights of Washington society and
the advantages of her position and
retire to a quiet Virginia home. 'Ah,
said he. love rules the court, the
camp. the grove, and love is Heaven
and Heaven is love.
If Master Cupid lurked about the
White House during the next 80
years, from 1912 to 1874, and loosed
any of his darts in the historic old
structure his aim was bad, Even
though a bachelor was President for
fours, from 1856 to 1860, in the per-
Evening star., 1925-05-03

noticed a suspicious-looking individual
in the street below. An ugly man in
a blue suit, waiting. waiting. . 4.
What do you make of that"
asked.
THAT is one of the spies of the pre-
feet of police said the Lazz, "and
there-right opposite the house-is an
other. I'm off" And he was out of
the door before | could inquire at
what time | should see him again.
l now went down TO find Maria
Teresa and her sister, Athene, the S.
year-old twins whose sharp eyes had
often before discovered possible spies
lurking in the neighborhood of the
house of the Greek. They were away
on some errand-most fortunately, as
| was soon to realize. | returned up
stairs, fighting against a premonition