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PREACHER CONVICTED
Of MURDER At MINES
Wllburn Declared Guilty in Sec
ond Degree by Charles
Town Jury.

Charles Town, w. Va. June - -
Guilty of murder In the second degree
was the verdict os the furry in the trial
of the Rev. James Wihurn. miner
preacher of Blair. charged with slav-
Ing deputy sheriff in the Logan
county miners uprising last August
The verdict was reached last night
after only an hour and half OF de
liberation. Tho verdict specifies i'm
prisonment for from 10 is years
Arrangements Were AZ once made
FOR starting the tr1sl or John Wilburn.
ON ct the minister. Monday. Young
Wiourn is charged with the same Of
fense as his father the killing or Gore
tho deputy. He IS one OF eight other
miner-pr isoners now in Charles Town
jail
The big preacher watched when the
jury came fling into the courtroom
with eyes wide and fixed and law
hanging the keenest expression q,
feeling that has crossed his face since
the trial began. When the ve-dic. was
read Mrs Nllbu-n. az his side drop-
ped her head and began 70 weep hii,
Nhburn's face relaxed into its usua
sranite-like impsssiveness.
\ woinans voice. toward the rear ~
the crowded courtroom. was heard IN
Ions commiserating oh " Then little
Jeanette, Wilburn's baby Eranddaugh-
ter awoke and began 10 whimper
The silence was broken and IN.
audience resumed the chatter with
which II had whiled away the minutes
after the jury retired.
All Charles Town turned on, vae.
terday for the grand finale OF tho sac.
ond case arising in the miners dis
turbances ~ last summer 70 he ,riad
here. Every sea; in the court room,
was nIled and the audience ove-nowsd
on The Judges bench.
""bnrn with his little granddausb-
Ter on hse lap. lost some OF MS i'm.
passiveness md often bent down >,
caress the baby or touch her v.uov
halr with his lips. Mrs WHburn wan,
copious'y at times. quivering wl,p
nervousness
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Reviews of New Books

adventure, full OF thrills from start to
finish. IL VIII please all who are fond
OF plenty OF excitement mingled with
romance.
Imagine Steven Burroughs n city
business man on a vacation which ne
enjoyed each year on his motorboat,
scanning the outlook Of an approach
ing storm and seeing young woman
swimming valiantly for his boat, out
In Long Island Sound. and the storm
close Mt hand. This Is the beginning OF
this story. and OF itself is n thriller.
OF course Steven took the swimmer
aboard. She was beautiful young
woman, clad only In n bathing suit
She was fleeing from conspirators
with whom she had lived since her
early girlhood, looking upon them IA
her rightful guardians. But she had
learned she was of n fine rich family,
and they were holding her for purposes
of gain. and 40 she fled. In despera ton
at fear OF pursuit abe conceived the
plan of swimming out to some motor
boat and hiding until she could re-
turn to shore and get away on search
for her real people.
amazing. The consplrators were
promptly on the girls track. and they
/ kept up the pursuit. while Steven and
the girl started on what seemed at first
like a wild goose chase for the home
OF her ancestors. And they found It,
| and also her family connections. head
| ed by n maternal uncle who had Ions
been searching for her.
There were many episodes before
the end was reached. one of which was
the capture Of the girl by the scher.
ers. but they could not hold her Stev-
| Ell was too close upon their heels al
the time. Finally. the villains were
apprehended. the girl found safe ha
ven, and the story ends with her con.
fession 10 Steven that he was all In all
Ia her.
A thrilling and pleasing story
throughout. II surely will receive a
| warm welcome.
Received OF the publishers.
| II "a.
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of Quebec Province, never lived
to learn of the enthusiasm with
which his story was received by
both French and English crit
les.
Meme ($1.75), by Ernest Pero-
chon, n novel Of peasant life, is
n charming little pastoral that
won the Goncourt Prize Of the
French Academy IN 1920.
Yet another attractive book
shows the literary vogue Of the
French background Abbe
Pierre, by Jay William Hudson;
a romance pervaded by delicate
sentiment and humor, with
scene set in the lovely old land
Of Gascony.
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-Man and Maid by -;linor Glyn.
Philadelphia, Pa; j. Is. Iappincott

-Mmn and Maid" by -:linor Glyn.
Philadelphia, Pa; ]. B. iappincott
Co. H2).
Admirers OF Mrs. Glyn-and II may
be said their namc ~ lesion-wili
be inor,iinately pleased with Man and
Maid" while those who dissent from
her treatment OF various human anairs
In her writings will md nothing to
condemn. For II Is story OF real
human love. It's vagaries, It's perplex-
tito. ts ramif,cs tions. and the
troubles that intervene at times before
IL progresses to the safe haven OF
welded bliss. And In all the situations,
although the presumably forbidden
tonic intrudes In tho personalities OF
occasional characters, there Is no ac-
ton no conversation. that n offensive
to refined tates or contrary TO sound
morals.
The story deals with a young. rich
and titled Enslishman, who, after
yalorous service in the cause OF hu-
manity Throughout tho major part of
the World War, finds himself. In the
early part Of the year 1918. in com
Portable quarters in paris-his large
wealth enabled him To live in that
manner at that time and to do much
good with his money minus an eye
and his right leg below the knee and
with a badly wrenched shoulder, the
result Of brave service in battle. He
suffers from ennui and disbursement.
and the attractions Of society, even of
occasional mistrcsscs. fail TO reconcile
him 10 his physical Affections. And his
mental distress Is great.
He decides TO write n book, and
naturally looks for secretary. He
finds one in the person Of Miss Sharp,
an apparently plain and precise young
woman, wearing disfiguring yellow
glasses which were merely TO con-
ceal lovely and most expressive eyes
bearing plain marks OF poverty in
attire and demeanor, and with such a
positive lack Of personal adornment
as to indicate a stern purpose 10 CON
CSal physical attractiveness. But she
was n capable etenographer and n
model secretary in every business re-
speCt.
There was a mystery about the girl
and her stilted conduct. n persistent
refusal to consent 10 any familiarity
in their business relations. He became
[ attracted by her. Soon her refinement
her mental attainments. and her ply
seal attractions. which could not be
completely concealed. won his heart
/ and his love continued, even following
the discovery that her antecedents. al
though uneXceptionahle as to high
social position. were involved in dis
grace and scandal. Also. she loved him
but was proud as LuCifer.
Then ensucd n most extraordinary
struggle between these two young per
sons. which is set down in the book
together with complications and mis-
understandings, invasions ot fierce
jealousy, and a mixture Of fine views
OF life in Paris AT that time and som,
very interesting personages. OF cours
the story ends acCeptahly. hut not Un
I'll after purely business marriage
to which the young woman assentt
through stress of poverty and her suf
fering mother and sister. hut in tn
end mutual love triumphs and all i
we'll
Received Of the publishers.
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Big Peter (S2), is a new treat
for the lovers of Archibald
Marshall-and they are many.
The author this time has
dipped into melodrama, with his
hero, a newly-rich young Aus
tralian, standing out pictur-
esquely against the sedate back
ground of English countryside
life.
The Covered Wagon (S2), by
Emerson Hough. is a spirited
story of the perils and advent
ures of the Oregon trail.
Another story in whose atmo-
sphere one feels the stirring of
breezes from the mountains Of
the great Northwest (more than
ever welcome in these sultry,
near-midsummer days. is Man
Size ($1.75), by William Mcleod
Raine, a story of the early days
of the Royal Northwest Mount
ed Police along the Montana
border.
Two novels translated from
the French have created a great
furore on both sides of the
water.
With widely different local
color and subject-matter, each is
a masterpiece of the art. of sim
plicity, both are sweet and sin
cere in tone, yet at the same
time both. are masterpieces of
the art of realism.
Maria Chapdelaine, by Louis
Hemon ($2), is a tale of the
homely life of the Canadian
"habitan' in the Lake St. John
country.
Sad to say, its writer, a
Frenchman trying out frontier
life in the wild back-country
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Radio Telephony
For Everyone
By Lawrence
Nj. Cockaday
Sl.50

A man who has studied
and worked in his subject
for fifteen years, and who
taught it in the u. s. Navy
during the Great War, ex-
plains in this book the Won
ders of the wireless, and
tells how to construct and
maintain a modern trans
mitting and receiving ap-
paratus.
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IN GRA YER VEIN

The Private Character Of Queen
Elizabeth (s5). Illustrated.
The author, Frederick Cham
berlin, LIB, an American, has
discovered in the archives Of
English history facts that must
alter the verdict Of history on
the life and reign Of that much
discussed personality, Queen
Bess.
A book of fascinating in
terest.
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Margaret Deland's
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The Vehement
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A novel by the author
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complications.
John Galsworthy's The Forsyte
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1t presents the life Of a
typical English family through
out three generations, by in
cluding three G. worthy
novels, "The Man of Property"
"In Chancery" and ITO Let"
plus two short stories.
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Evening star., 1922-12-30
BUILDING IN ID. C.. TOTALS
IT, $45,OOO,OOO DURING 1922
Greatest Boom in History Cuts Deeply
Into Housing Shortage Follow
ing War.

Washington experienced the great
est building boom in its history dur
ing 1922, approximately $45,o0c.Go0
having been invested by private
builders in the erection of about
1000 structures and the remodeling of
hundreds more.
Deep inroads in the housing short
age. which after the war had grown
to such proportions that Congress was
forced to enact special rental legis-
lataion. were effected by vast home
cperations conducted with vigorous
activity by enterprising realtors ana
builders. Nearly 5000 dwellings
were completed and occupied by fami-
lies within the District limits. cor
respondingly decreasing the short
age of apartments and providing
business for scores of realty offices.
Eighty Apartments Constructed.
More than eighty apartment houses
and hotels were constructed, and III
addition there were projected about
a dozen Office buildings. sixteen
church and religious edifices. several
theater operations, four or hve banks,
and numerous other commercial
structures. such as warehouses
storage plants. garages, factories. etc.
Permits totaiing In number more
than 10000 were issued by the mu-
nicipal building inspector, providing
his small force with the greatest
volume OF work in the Offices career.
July was the most active month, ac-
cording to the building records. op-
erations aggregatins in cost about
$6.536.00 being approved twenty
apartment houses were launched In
that month.
walker Hotel Costlfest.
The year Eas marked by the be-
ginning of construction of the cost
liest edifice of private nature ever
undertaken here, the $4,000: 900 Hotel
Walker, at the southeast corner of
Connecticut avenue and De Sales
street northwest. Several other large
hotels and about a score of extensive
apartment house operations were
projected. many of them being com
pleted. 1t is roughly estimated that
went into hotel and aparatment en-
terprises during the past year.
In addition to Allan E. Walker 8
hotel. an eleven-story structure or
concrete and steel. for which the
foundation has just been completed.
H. Smith Company project. at the
northeast corner of 18th and h
streets. rising to a height of eleven
stories and costing $2.5O0.OOO: the
Argonne Park apartment. being built
by William S. Phillips. at the south
west intersection of Columbia road
and Harvard street. overlooking 18TH
street, and which is to cost it is un-
derstood, about s2.50o.00: the $4,000
COO trio of large apartment houses
. D..
necticut avenue between Cathedral
avenue and the kiingle bridge.
initiated by Harry Wardman; the
Wardman Hotel opera tion at 18th and
I streets northwest southeast corner.
involving $l.250.000: the Wardman
Park Annex. TO the rear of Wardman
Park Hotel. on Calvert street. cost
ing about s55O.O00: the 100000 Allan
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E. Walker garden apartment" op-
Grafton in Petworth. of Rock Creek
Church road: another Wardman
apartment building at 1907 NJ street.
costing s300. 1000. and numerous other
apartment. structures in various por
tions Of the city.
Many Big Projects.
Office and commercial buildings
which we're projected included the +.
H. Smith Company office building at
SIS 18th street northwest. which will
cost when completed about $1,100.OOO.
and the Edmonds building. ON the
near X street, calling for an outlay
of nearly a million dollars. The
United States Chamber of Commerce
broke ground for its new $2.000.00O
home at the northeast corner of Con-
necticut avenue and II street, and
the Institute for Government Re
search completed Its headquarters a
short distance away. facing east on
Lafayette Square.
Great progress toward eliminating
the housing shortage which has ex-
listed Ill the National Capital since
the war was effected by local build
erS. Several leading operators erect
ed more tnan a million dollars worth
Of houses. one builder (Harry Ward
mani putting that much alone INTO
q *
at Woodley road and 32d street.
Middaugh & Shannon have virtually
duplicated the latter accomplishment
in their Massachusetts Park home de-
velopment Other large home opera
tions were those of Shannon Il Luchs
in 18th Street Terrace. Harry Kite
in Armsleigh Park and the south
east. D. J. Dunigan in Petworth and
18th Street Heights and Allan +.
Walker In Chevy Chase and Pet
worth.
Real Estate Board Active.
Tie Washington Real Estate Board
completed its second year OF activity
under the reorganization plan adopt
ed with a view to widening its civic
scope. According to John A. Petty
executive secretary. the board enjoyed
the most successful year in Its his
tory. Countrywide recognition Of
it's progressive spirit was won
through q series of accomplishment.
including the entertaining here OF
the officers and executive committee
men of the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards during the MD
winter convention OF the committee
the awarding of honorable mention
in the achievement trophy at the San
Francisco convention of the national
association. the election of Mr.: Petty
as secretary of an important affiliated
tody of the association (the National
Association of Realtor Secretaries).
and the election of William h. Shan,
non to be director OF the natlonai
realtors organization.
The year saw the board firmly es-
tablshed as one of the leading civic
bodies in the District. winning public
support by maintaining free serv-
ice bureau for distributing informa-
ton concerning real estate and for
adjusting disputes between members
and the public.
Charles S. Shreve. for many years
secretary Of the board before its re-
orsanizataion, was elected president,
succeeding Harry X. Boss. and a num-
her of new committees have been ap-
pointed by him for carrying on spe-
ciaI work of the board.
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different styles and sizes. When these
materials are reduced in number the
manufacturer and the dealer will be
able to carry on business with smaller
stocks. reducing costs Of manufacture
and distribution.
There are today still more than 100
sizes OF single-strength window glass.
and approximately the same number Of
sizes OF double e-strength glass. There Is
in this industry also lack Of standardi-
zation Of terms.
1t is possible to accomplish much in
the way of standardization Of hardware
entering into building construction.
There are innumerable styles Of locks.
hinges, window catches and other Mt
tings. The number Of tiles used for
floors is too large.
In the matter of labor Standardization
there is much to be done. The contrac-
tor today. figuring on his Job. must
guess at the labor cost. There are few
accepted standards of work. Some build
ers say that bricklayer should lay
1000 or 800 bricks a day. but does he
mean in winter or summer: does he
mean common brick or face brick?
Although there remains much to be
done. great progress toward standardi-
zation has been made and the various
industries believe much more will be
done within the next few years.
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point where costs may be lowered. This
is being done without in any way
standartiizing homes to the point where
all look alike. The Standardization is
not so much in design as In construc
fion. 1t must be remembered that a
small part Of the materials going into a
house affect the general appearance.
StandnrdixinK Lumber.
Taking lumber as an example, an
effort is being made to standardize sizes
and grades. Since there are SO many
kinds OF trees. all of different sizes and
lengths. it will never be possible to
standardize in lumber as in some other
lines. but much can be done.
Happily there are few sizes in COM
mon brick. Although there is much
difference in quality. the sizes are few
and dimensional standardization has
been advantageous. Imagine the un-
necessary cost and annoyance If there
were. say. sixty sizes Of brick. but If the
trade were accustomed to that many
sizes there would still be many who
would say that a Limitation of the num-
ber would never DO.
The number Of sizes and styles of
window sash used is quite large. Com
parativeiy few are needed in the build
ing OF small homes. The sash and door
dealer often advertises more than 400
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BUILDING PERMITS
TAKE BIG Jump
Last Week Of Waning Year
Shows Total of $1,270,0OO
in New Projects.

Staging a come back" for the last
week Of 1922. local builders received
official permission. to proceed with
more than s1.270.000. worth of con-
struction work-more than twice the
total value Of permits issued the
week before.
Granting Of permit to Harry
Wardman for the erection of $1,000
900 apartment house and stores at
the southeast corner of 18th and /
streets accounted for the large total
this week. This building. detailed
description Of which was announced
several weeks ago, will be eleven
stories high.
Other permits follow:
F. r. Horner. to build 1705-1707
Newton street northeast; cost. $4,000.
l.. z. Breuninger & Sons. to build
4408 18th street: cost. $4,000.
n. J. Keane. to build ten houses.
2440-2458 Ontario road; cost, $4,000.
Max Sugar. to build eight houses,
150l-1513 Varnum street; cost, $7S.-
900.
Commodore Fitch. U. S. n. to repair
1410 29th street; cost, $4,000.
William f. Miller, to build 440 eth
street southwest; cost. $4,000.
Harry NJ. Noel, to build, Hawthorne
place near Klingle street: cost. $3.50O.
Herkman-Miller Company. to build
GIL Rhode Island avenue northeast;
cost. $1,000.
Abner H. Ferguson. to build 3S15
Huntington street; cost, $4,000.
G. Gordon Bailey. to erect garage.
1915 Hamilton street; cost. 1920.
q. Gordon Bailey, to erect house at
1415 Hamilton street: cost. 1000.
NJ E. May, to erect garage, 1413
q m oSr
NJ. E. May. to erect house. 1913 Ham
ilton street; cost. $4,000.
William A. Hill, to build apart
ment. 2104 18th street: cost. $4,000.
William A. Hill. to build apart
ment. 1419 n street; cost. $4,000.