Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1927 — Page 15

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WOMEN THREA TEN ACTION ON SMOKE EVIL

GAS AND POISON CLEWS DEVELOP IN SNYDER CASE Slaying Victim’s Brother Brings Out Former —Mercury Found in Whisky. Hu l nited Press NEW YORK, March 25.—Possibility that an attempt was made a month ago to asphyxiate Albert Snyder, slain art editor, was suggested today by his brother, George B. Snyder. The brother said that Mrs. Ruth Snyder, who with Henry Judd Gray has been indicted for her husband’s murder, had left their Queens Village home while Snyder was taking a nap. When she returned she found the art editor in the back yard gasping for breath. “Oh, I thought you were sleeping,’’ Geoi-gc Snyder today quoted his sister-in-law as saying to her usband. Nearly Overcome He told her he had roused himself from the lounge when almost overcome by gas. A tube from the gas stove was disconnected. “I must have kicked it off accidentally,” Mrs. Snyder said, as related by George Snyder. George Snyder and two sisters. Mrs. Edward Tliate and Miss Mabel Snyder, became suspicious when they were told of the incident and examined the gas tube. They found it could not be knocked cr kicked off accidentally, George Snyder said Mercury in Liquor District Attorney Newcombe of Queens said the brother’s story would be investigated fully. Evidence already gathered by police indicated that a previous attempt was made to slay Snyder before he was beaten with a sash weight as he lay in bed last Sunday morning. Liquor containing mercury bichloride was found in the home. Henry Judd Gray who with Mrs. Snyder will go on trial April 11 reached such a state of nervous exhaustion during the night that a guard was placed outside his cell in the Queens County jail. Mrs. Snyder spent a more restful night, sleeping well for the first time since she was arrested. She was looking forward to the visit of her 0-year-old daughter, Lorraine.

THREAT OF SHELLS * QUELLS CHINESE (Continued From Page 1) destroyer William B. Preston on the Yangtze River. Shots Answered Williams said the Preston was escorting a steamer taking American refugees to Shanghai from Nanking when it was fired on from Nanking. The ship returned the tire with machine guns and then proceeded. Further down the Yangtze the destroyer was bombarded from the forts below Chinkiang, and the Preston returned the fire from a four-pound battery. There were no casualties on the destroyer. At Chunking, Williams said, the situation was “serious” as affecting American Nationals, and at Hankow it was “tense.” Two hundred and fifty American missionaries have sailed from Hankow for Shanghai, lie said. The Government is aroused over the reported massacre of Americans in China. President Coolidge took charge of the situation today, throwing the full weight of the Government behind Minister Mac Murray and Admiral Williams in their efforts to protect Americans. President Coolidge and his Cabinet today considered the dangerous Chinese situation in a one hour and a Half session. They decided no action from Washington is needed, Vnl they upheld Admiral Williams, nited States lleet commander in Asiatic waters, and his daring confere, Admiral H. If. Hough, at Nanking, whose steel nerve and cool determination had brought at least a temporary casing of the Nanking situation. The President is expected to announce he is giving Admiral Williams orders to call for all the additional ships and troops considered necessary tto save American lives in the danger zones. Minister, Mac Murray at Pekin probably will be instructed to protest the outrages and to inform the Nationalist government, through Consul-General Lockhart at Hankow, that it will be held accountable. Calm Public Desired In this serious emergency, President Coolidge is described as trying ta give full support to the American military and . naval commanders on the spot, without interfering in any way with the internal Chinese struggle and' without unduly alarming the American public. Officials are anxious for the American public to remain calm. OYSTER CATCHES RATS v RICHMOND, Va. —A good, strong oyster can put a cat to shame when it comes to catching rats, says Raymond Gathright, deputy revenue commissioner. When he went to his cellar to get some oysters that were in a barrel, he found a large rat held in the maw of one of the bivalves. .MOST GRANDPARENTS COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. The largest living family tree is claimed by Miss Eleanor Hayne of Cooperstown. Besides her parents, she has two grandmothers, four great-grand-mothers, two g reat-great -grandmothers, two grandfathers and two meat-great-grandfathers.

WARD! FOE OF BOOZE PLOTTERS Promises Prosecution of Persons Who ‘Frame’ Innocent Victims. Victims of liquor plots are to have the best protection the Federal Government affords, Albert S. Ward, United States district attorney, declared today. “I’ll prosecute—with pleasure—any one against who mevidence is found of their being implicated in ‘framing’ innocent persons in liquor cases,” Ward said, in reviewing the recent case of W. Fiske Landers Jr., 20, son of the superintendent of the Encaustic Tile Works, 350 W. Sixteenth St. A “no bill” was returned by the Federal grand jury on the case. Dry agents arrested Landers as he signed for an express box containing eight pints of bonded liquor sent from Utica, N. Y., addressed to Mrs. Landers. The family denied knowledge of the affair, the accused ybuth stating he was "framed.” George L. Winkler, deputy prohibition administrator, is attempting to trace the sender.

0. HENRY GAINED FAME AS WRITER lILEJPON W. Sydney Porter, Real Name, Was in Ohio Penitentiary Three Years. Bv United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 25. “O. Henry” was the pseudonym used by W. S. Porter after July 24, 1901, and it was under that name he won his reputation as one of the world’s greatest short story writers. But the pen-name before July 24, 1901, was not a name but a number. From April 25, 1898, until three years and four months afterwards, W. S. Porter was known as No. 30664 in the Ohio Penitentiary. He won all honor possible under his first nom-de-plume. The “O. P. News,” the newspaper of Ohio penitentiary, holds up W. S. Porter as an example and a model to the 3.229 convicts now incarcerated behind the gray walls of the prison, In a recent editorial. The parole system, based upon the indefinite sentence ’aw now in use, was hot in force at that time, and prisoners were given definite periods of imprisonment, with days deducted for good behavior. O. Henry earned more than 600 days off for good behavior, in little more than three years. The prison paper also used O. Henry’s later achievements in the world of letters as an example to the men in prison, suggesting that "a record” need not prevent them from attaining success. O. Henry was 31 years old in April 1898, when he entered the prison. While in the penitentiary, No. 30664 was assigned to work In the pharmacy. Early training as a pharmacist entiled him to fill such a position. Although biographers generally

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The Indianapolis Times is proud of its children. , It wants you to know the folks who make the paper something more than ordinary, the folks who make it a thing of flesh and blood, almost—a welcome interesting visitor in your home, a personality. Today The Times introduces:

SRACY! His initials are M. E., but he is one of the set men in the United States who need no initials to identify them. Thousands of Indianapolis Times readers, turn to his column on the editorial page every day to get his always human slant on current issues. What manner of man is he? Well, he became blind when an infant. An operation at the age of eight months resulted in the gradual and partial restoration of his sight. He attended the famous Perkins Institution for the Blind. He learned to cane chairs and a bit about piano tuning. He was not able to read ordinary books until he reached the age of 18. He has one-fifth of a normal vision today, but this is greatly increased by the powerful glasses he wears. These glasses are so strong that he can start a fire or light his pipe with them in bright sunshine. Despite this handicap, he has the reputation of being one of the most widely-read newspaper men in the country. He has a fine library, containing reference books that even public libraries do not possess. He has read 1,000 books in a period of several years. EHE first Tracy In the group to which M. E. belongs came across the English channel with William the Conquerdr. A descendant, Lieut. Thomas Tracy, ninth son of Sir Paul Tracy, came to Connecticut in 1036. His grandfather, Sir Thomas Tracy, was the man who arrested William Shakespeare for poaching. Henry Tracy, M. E. Tracy’s father, lived, and still lives, on Mt. Desert Island, Maine.

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House of Representatives board of managers, in charge of prosecution of Judge Clarence Dearth on impeachment charges, and their assistants. Left to Right: Representative William Henry Harrison, Miss Fen Ale, Senate secretary; Representatives Milton J. Saiwasser, David H. Byers, Lawrence E. tarlson, Miss Gladys McCain, stenographer; J. Glenn Harris, and Delpli L. McKesson, chairman.

agree that O. Henry was not guilty, that he was not even employed at the Austin (Texas) bank on one of the days upon which he was charged with embezzling $1,153, and that he was convicted largely because of his flight to South America, the “O P. News” concerns Itself but little over that possibility. It only mentions that W. Sydney Porter “served time” behind the walls of Ohio penitentiary, and left behind him a record that all prisoners would do well to emulate.

FORGOT TO GIVE MEALJFOR GUEST Painleve, French Statesman, Absent-Minded. Bv United Press PARIS, March 25. —Minister of War Paul Painleve, several times premier and government minister of France’, and one of the outstanding scientists of the world, is extremely absent minded. His friends tell this story on Painleve: Edouard Herriott, now minister of public Instruction, ex-premier, who also is recognized as having one of the best minds of an invitation to dinner from Painleve. The' latter, on receiving Herriot, expressed his pleasure, and the two statesmen engaged In a cuetomarj learned conversation. The talk drifted from the political situation to tho Einstein theory; came nine o’clock, ten, eleven. Herriott by this time was ravenous, and exploded: “But, Monsieur le President, I thought you invited me to dinner!” Painleve was astonished: “Why, I about dinner, and, let me see, there is nothing prepared. But come, we will find something.” And the two statesmen went to the kitchen and prepared an Improvised meal, mostly consisting of wine and bread. The picturesque gondolas of Venice are rapidly giving way to motorboats.

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M. E. Tracy is 45. His mother died when he was 4. From 1883 to 1887 he lived with his paternal grandparents on a farm in the interior of Mt. Desert, one of those hard, sterile, rocky farms that make or break the human will. , His grandfather Tracy having been a sailor and light-keeper, the house was a sort of headquarters for a circle of old salts. During the long winter evenings they would gather in the big Tracy kitchen to whittle and tell stories —stories of strange ports and strange peoples, stories of storm and wreck and murder fnd mutiny.

NANKING REFUGEE TELLS OF ESCAPE FROM CITY J. K. Davis, American Consul, One of Party Which Included Two Children, Describes Chinese Violence.

[The United Press presents herewith the first eye-witness account of what happened at Nanking- when Chinese mobs rioted and looted in the city, shelled the hill where foreigners had taken refuge and finally were shelled themselves by the guns of British and American warships anchored in the Yangtze River. J By J. K. Davis United States Consul at Nanking SHANGHAI,-, March 25.—We escaped over the wall. After both the British\and Japanese consulates had been attacked and the counsuls reported killed and after the known cold-blooded murder of one American missionery (presumably Dr. J. E. Williams of the Presbyterian University at Nanking), and the attempted murder of many others, the Chinese police Informed us that we would be destroyed unless we could escape. , The violence was committed by Nationalist soldiers. Accordingly our party, Including one vice counsel (presumably J. Hall Paxton), eleven sailors, nine civilians and two children escaped under constant fire across country to the Standard Oil Company houses on Scoony Hill, just above the city wall, This place was visible from the river and many Americans and British had already found refuge there. Ropes Needed The Standard Oil buildings are on top of a hill and adjoining an extremely high wall. To escape from this Improvised citadel without getting Into that part of Nanking which was being shelled or was otherwise unsafe the refugees would have to be lowered by ropes over the wall to landing parties awaiting them below. Although we were repeatedly robbed and threatened by the Nationalists, the vice counsel, the Standard Oil manager and myself managed to keep them out of the house for two hours. Warships Fire Finally the Chinese broke In. Seeing out numbers, they retired and commenced firing on us. The firing Increased, but the American and British warships in the river

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one among them had been a sailing master for Farragut, one had been a Turkish admiral, one had been wrecked on the Fiji Islands an.l two been captured by the Alabama. Ml E. Tracy used to lie on the lounge and drink In the wild, weird tales of these old seadogs, gathering in a fund of information which was to boos great help to him In the days to come. “~iHEN •Tie was eight his father YY/ married a second time, and ” the family moved to the village of Southwest Harbor in the town of Tremont. It was there that the boy grew up. His stepmother, a widow before her marriage to Henry Tracy, and with three children of her own, took charge of his education. She was never too busy to read the boy his lessons and to see that he learned them thoroughly. His grandmother, too, did much to make up for the handicap of defective sight. She began reading Shakespeare to him when he was 8, and carried him through practically all the great masters of English literature. v Tracy was at Perkins Institution six years, getting an education estimated as equal to four years of high school and one year of college. It was no easy school. Pupils rose at 6 a. m.i plunged into cold water, had breakfast at 7 and were in the classrooms at 8. They finished at 6p. m. It was a busy six years, but Tracy,looks back on it today glowingly. The Lowells, the Saltonstalls, the Peabodys and other great families of Boston proudly watched over the school. Great literary men

laid down a protective barrage of shells immediately around the house and we were able to escape over the wall. The American consulate was entered by the Nationalists and was reported by the Chinese to have been thoroughly looted. GELWLOII IN THREE HOMES Burglars Active While Families Are Away. Loot valued at S7OO was obtained by burglars who ransacked three north side homes Thursday afternoon and night. Mrs. Billie Hale. 2231 Alfree St., engaged to care for the homo of George B. Ray and family, 4433 College Ave., while they are in Texas, found tho place had been ransacked when she went there Thursday. Mrs. itale said the burglars entered the north half of the double house, which is vacant, cut a hole through the wall in the attic and entered the Ray home. Two children’s banks, containing $24, and two automatic pistols valued at SSO were taken. While the family of J. H. Erbrick, 5874 Washington Blvd., was away Thursday night, burglars broke a side door glass to gain entrance. Men’s and women’s clothing and a diamond lavaliere, all valued at $520 was taken. While Miss Dottle Nicholson, Apt. 21, of thtyArgyle, 617 N. East St., was at work, Thursday, someone entered her apartment with the door key she had left In an envelope in the mail box, and took five dresses valued at SIOO.

talked to the scholars. Paderewski played, and Melba sang. i SRACI left Perkins in 1397, at 18, and went back to Maine. From 1897 to 1900, he did almost nothing but read. At last his father, a general contractor, decided the boy should go into business with him. The- younger Tracy did well as a contractor. He and his father built factories, bouses, dams and odd jobs that fall to a general contractor. He studied the theory of architecture. He learned perspective drawing. Also, he learned materials. After five years. If anybody within twenty mile3 had a ticklish job like cutting timber for a bridge arch, they called on Tracy. At 21 he was chosen moderator, or chairman, of town meeting. It was a big office in the town. Some 800 male citizens attended the town meeting at Tremont. He held the job five years. After various political and newspaper experiences, Tracy went to the Southwest and became editorial writer for the Houston (Tex.) Chronicle. Later he joined the Houston Press, a ScrippsHoward newspaper. The high quality of his writing attracted widespread attention and finally he assumed the task of writing a daily column for Scripps-Howard newspapers. He is in New York at present. Physically. Tracy has the bulk of his seafaring ancestors; a ruddy face, topped by hair that won’t stay put. His speech is vigorous and brusque. His wit is of the. hair-trigger-kind. He has twinkling,'kindly eyes. He likes people.

COUNCILMAN’S FIRM IN DEAL WITH COUNTY Edwards Agent of Company Carrying $25,000 Policy on Insane Hospital. The real estate firm in which James F. Edwards, county councilman, is a partner, is the agent for the company which carries $25,000 Insurance upon Julietta, the county hospital for the Insane, it was learned today. Prosecutor William H. Remy is Investigating in view of the statute which reads: “No member of the council shall either directly or Indirectly be a party to, or in any manner interested in, any contract or agreement with the county. Any contract in contravention of the foregoing provisions shall be voiu. Whoever shall knowingly violate the provisions of this section, shall be fined not mtf than SI,OOO, to which may be ad Imprisonment In the county jab- •- any period not exceeding six months.” Records show that the county paid the firm of Edwards & Edwards, $625 premium upon the Julietta policy for three years on Feb. 15. Edwards admitted that his firm was the agency on the policy.

CASE AGAINST DEARTH IS IN (Continued From Page 1) Thompson, now deceased. On objection of the prosecution the witness was not permitted to answer. Grand Jury proceedings are to be kept secret, according to law. Otto Snodgrass, Muncie auctioneer, was also called to tell of a conversation with Dearth regarding jury practices. Jury Called He told how a jury on. which he had served was called into the jury room by -the judge after they had returned a verdict of “not guilty” in a case where a statutory charge was being tried. “The judge said to us,” the witness testified, “I am surprised at the verdict returned by this jury—it doesn’t suil tho court at all. Here I am trying to establish a record la my Juvenile court and I wanted this man convicted.” SepsDor Sumner Clancy (Rep.), Indianapolis, brought out that the entire Jury lad returned the verdict of acquittal In less thnn two hours of deliberation. Why in Vaults? Wa*Jt because he Ivas suspicious of Cavanaugh, Judge Dearth’s jury commissioner, that Court Clerk Mansfield removed the box, from which the names of jurors were drawn, from Its accustomed place In the clerk’s office to tho safe keeping of the vaults? This was what the House board of managers and the Senators sought to learn when Mansfield was recalled to the stand. He-—testified late Thursday. Mansfield readily admitted that although the box was locked with a padlock to which Cavanaugh had the key, he felt that It was better to put it into the vaults to which Cavanaugh had no key. “Was Jacob Cavanaugh the only Democrat in Delaware County when he was appointed commissioner by Judge Dearth in 1922?” Representative McKesson asked. “I know thnt he was not,” said Mansfield. “Were they any other Democrats in the county thta were owners of real estate?” “Yes,” said Mansfield. Upon questioning of Senator Otto Koenig (Dem.), Ft. Wayne, Mansfield went on to explain that he really didn’t know just how good a Democrat Cavanaugh was or whether or not he was active In Democratic politics. McKesson then resumed the quizz as follows: "Did you ever get suspicious regarding how the box was filled and and* lock it up?” “Yes, bark in 1924 I started to put the box in the offire vault.” “How many jurors were used in Delaware County In a year?” The witness hazarded a guess of from 125 to 175. Never Double Number “Was there ever a time in December when at least 200 natnes were placed in the box so that It might be somewhere near double of the number of jurors to be used during tho year?’’ "No.” _• Mansfield told of how the names were brought into the office and put Into the box at various times throughout the year. He declared they were not takan from any lists In his office. "Did you lock the box because you were afraid that Cavanaugh might tamper with it?” he was asked. “Well, I locked it because of criticisms regarding Jury selection from attorneys and citizens,” was the answer. Senator Howard A. Cann (Rep.). Frankfort, demanded to know the names of the complaining attorneys and was told that they were Thomas V. Miller. John Neal, and Fred McClellan. The first mainly handled criminal and the latter two civil cases, according to Mansfield. A red diamond weighing eighteen carats has been found In the Lichtenburg diamond fields of the Transvaal.

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Mayor and Combustion Engineer Taken to Task for Apathy on Demand—Duvall Silent Immediate steps to force the city administration to obtain more efficient smoke abatement in Indianapolis will bo takeu by the Community AVelfarc Department of the Women’s Department Club, according to Mrs. C. A. James, chairman.

LINCOLN AND LEE TO BE NAME OE GREAT UNIVERSITY Institution Planned at Kansas City Climaxes FortyFive Years’ Effort. United Press KANSAS CITY. Mo., March 25. the State line between Kansas ~and Missouri here Kansas City is prepared to build one of the great educational institutions of the nation. Lincoln and Lee university, so named to honor two of the United States’ greatest heroes, will memorialize the reconstruction of the republic and will serve tho educational needs of one of the most populous territories of the great middle West. Climaxing a movement started forty-five years ago, the acquisition of 261 acres of land in one of the most heautlful sections of Kansas City furnished stimulus for concerted effort to build a university In Kansas City, the geographical hub of the nation. Woman Gave Site Mrs. Kate W. Hewitt of Kansas City donated 146 acres for the site and the city kidded 115 acres by purchase. Donation W the land was immediately foUowed by a drive for funds on the part of several Missouri and Kansas Methodist Episcopal church districts, representatives of which will control the affairs of the institution. More than $1,300,000 already has been subscribed for the original fund of $5,000,000 with which to start construction of buildings and commence instruction. It is the aim of the sponsors to offer a curriculum that will be second to no other and to provide buildings and equipment for the university as fast as increasing registration demands them. Congress will be petitioned to erect a shrine on the campus to depict the college spirit of Lincoln and Lee. It is planned to Inter the bodies of an unknown Confederate and an unknown Union soldier In the shrine. It would be made the final resting place of martyred heroes, the burial ground of civil strife between the States. Lincoln and Lee alms to generate the spirit that inspired the reunion of the North and South. Promoters of the university point to the fact that Kansas City Is the meeting place of the North and South and an ideal location for a university with tho spirit and purpose Its founders have conceived. 400 Students Now A dental college with 400 students already has been absorbed by the university, which recently was granted a charter. One of Its greatest departments will bo the medical school, which will fill a long felt want In this territory. A college of arts and sciences will be the foundation for tho Institution. When necessary buildings are constructed, departments for instruction in law, commerce, engineering, music and vocational subjects will bo added. It is hoped the college of arts and sciences will open for the 1928 fall term. Leaders of the endowment campaign are seeking $5,000,000 with which to found Lincoln and Lee. Os that amount. $2,000,000 will he expended at the outset for buildings, $2,000,000 will be set aside for endowments and $1,000,000 for maintenance. Bishop Ernest L. Waldorf is president of the university corporation recently formed, and Bishop William F. McMurray is vice-president. A board “of seventy-five members, selected from tho Methodist church districts will form the directorate. A board of eleven members will be vested with po\\‘or of regents and Will actively direct the affairs of tho university. Coolidge to Address United Press Session Bv United Press WASHINGTON, March 2->. President Coolidge will go to New York April 25 to speak at the dinner of tho United Press Associations commemorating the organization’s j twentieth anniversary, tho White I House announced today. Coolidge probably will leave here the after-1 noon of April 25 nnd return the j same night. It Is expected the President will, make an Important address on this occasion. Editors from all parts of the Unitde States and some from foreign countries will attend the dinner, which, coinciding with the A. N. P. A. meeting in New York, markß the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the United Press by the late E. W. Scrips. LEADERLESS ORCHESTRA Bv United Press MOSCOW. —The Persirnfans, Russia's leadcrless symphony orchestra which plays without a conductor. Is taking classical and modern music direct to the pedple. It played recently in a barrack of tho Red Army, all available tables being placed together as a platform for the eighty Not long ago, the orchestra played In the big kitchen of a factory.

Immedite steps to force the city administration to obtain more efficient smoko abatement In Indianupolls will be taken by tho Community Welfare Department of the Women's Department Club, according to Mrs. C. A. Janies, chairman. These steps, outlined at a meeting of the club Thursday, will not bo made public for fear the combustion engineer and city administration will lay plans to combat them, she said. Mayor Silent A copy of a resolution charging that Joseph Buchanun, combustion engineer, was inefficient and seldom at Ills office and that some action should ho , taken at once by the mayor abatement, was sent to Mayor Duvall about three weeks ago. The mayor has not answered, Mrs. James said. Many buildings which have been constructed in tho last year cause the greatest trouble, she declared. “We thought the combustion engineer’s Job was to see that proper furnaces were placed in new buildings to combat the smoke evil,” Mrs. James said. RiK'hnnan Replies At a meeting of the club a letter was read from a coal man at Terre Haute which declared that “no result in this work will he had until the city hall of Indianapolis is cleaned out politically.” Buchanan commented that while the club was criticising him “It would bo leaving others alone.” “The women aro at their favorite form of pastime, he said. “Jumping at conclusions. Our records speak for themselves.” DOWNTOWN BLAZE LOSS OLfERII,OOO Defective Wiring Blamed at Store’s New Home. Fire believed by firemen 'to have started from defective wiring under the flooring of the fourth floor nt the new home of the C. L. Kirk Furniture Company, 24H E. Washington St., caused a loss estimated by firemen to exceed SI,OOO. Workmen for several days have been engaged remodeling the Lombard Bldg., for occupancy by the furniture concern, now located at 311 E. Washington St. A hole about fifteen feet long and ten feet wide was burned through the celling nnd floor, causing the water to fall on the fourth floor. The woodwork and walls of the two floors were badly damaged. • Georgo E. Frank, an official of the concern, would not estimate damage.

DANCE LONG AGO DREW CRITICISM Writer in 1831 Deplored Widespread Craze. Bn t'nilni Prte* * BOSTON', March 23.—The dunco craze was the object of almost as much criticism a century ago as it Is today. This was shown by a book, yellowed with age, which was recently found in the walls of an ancient mansion demolished In Medford. Under the heading, “Dancing,” the author, in 1831, wrote: “Nothing shows the national character, or thoughtfulness and gaiety, more plainly than a strong and general propensity for danelng. “A passion for this amusement affects persons in every grado of life. It might he supposed that those only would bo disposed to engage in it whoso spirits are continually clastic and buoyant, under the cheering smiles of prosperity and ease. But this Is not the fact. “The thoughtless and gay will often do it in order to suppress those movlngs of conscience which would lead them to a life of religion.’* BIT OF HAWAII'S ROMANCEWANES ‘Beach Boys’ Take Jobs at Hotel. Bu SEA Service HONOLULU. -March 25.—The “beach boyp” of Waikiki, strolling serenaders who each night crooned and strummed the plaintive melodies of the southern seas, have put on whito trousers and have become entertainers at anew 13,000,000 hotel here. , Thus another bit of romance falls before the commercialization of the island paradise. The beach boya were an established institution and had thrilled thousands of tourists with their songs, many of which they composed themselves. Sam Kahanatnoku, brother of the famous Hawaiian swimmer. Duke Kahanamoku. la s member of the group.