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, 1923-01-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, u.
s. Land Office at Douglas, Wyo-
ming, December 20, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that Rob.
ert Heggie Of Mailman, Wyoming.
who, on August 10, 1918, July 8,
1919, made homestead, additional
homestead and additional s. p.
homestead entries January II.
1921, Nos. 017554, 0200sO, O2cOsl.
for homestead SWANWH section
%. SEANEA, EMSEN section
IS; additional homestead SWN
SEX section %, WhNEX, SCI
NEA section 26; and additional 8,
r. homestead WhSWL section 81.
NEASWA, NV SCI, ShSWX'
section %. EhNWA section 81
, 1923-01-09
FRENCH To KEEP
l. INFORMED,

PARIS. Jan. s.-By The Associ-
ated Press-Immediately after the
separations commission had declared
Germany in default on coal deliver.
les, Premier Poincare entered into
communications with Premier Mus.
solini of Italy. and Premier Theunis
of Belgium. He will maintain con.
, 1923-01-09

soon thereafter as the same can be
heard, at which time and place the
said last Will aforesaid will be ad-
mitted to Probte and Letters Testa-
mentary issued unless proper and
legal objections be made thereto.
Dated this End day OF January,
A. D.. 1928.
HAZEL CoNwELL,
Clerk of the District Court of Ma
trona County, Wyoming.
Publish Jan. 2, 8, 4. 5, 8, z, 8, 9,
10. II. 1929.
, 1923-01-09
KRUPPs PLANT TO
WORK AT

PARIS, Jan. s.--whatever hap.
pens. we shall continue to work at
full capacity" said an official rep.
resentative Of the Krupps plant to a
correspondent of the Echo De Paris
who visited Essen yesterday.
II personally consider that Frances
acton is an incomprehensible mad.
ness, because it cannot yield the re,
suits you hope. for the reason hal II
imposes a fresh burden upon Ger.
many the official said.
, 1923-01-09
FRENCH INVASION TO
TERMINATE AT ESSEN

LONDON. Jan. BY The Asso.
ciated PressSThe present French
movement into the Ruhr. involving
Dusseldorf will terminate Mt Essen.
according to Information received in
British official circles from the OBJ
servers in the Rhineland. The Brit.
ish maintain they are without off
cial knowledge of the French plans.
, 1923-01-09

tact with them throughout the action
arranged in the Ruhr.
NJ Polncare, It is stated, also viii
inform h British government as
soon as the orders are given for ac-
tual occupation.
, 1923-01-09

township 81 N, range Sc w, sixth
principal meridian, has filed notice
OF intention to make final three
year proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Marion
P. Wheeler, United States Commits
sioner, at Casper, Wyoming, on the
Both day Of January, 1923.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Robert Morton, A. d. Mcfarland,
r. ]. Davidson, all Of Powder River,
Wyoming Thomas Alexander, of
Casper. Wyoming.
B. J. ERWIN,
Register.
Publish December &c, 1922. and
January 2. 0. 16 and 2e, 1928.
, 1923-01-09

A fraction of a grain Of musk will
scent a rom for years, and the curl.
GUS thing eceft It Is that at the end
Of that time its weight is not dlmin.
ished by the smallest fraction
, 1923-01-09

admits had been entirely beyond her
control.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
Union Station for Buses.

The proposal that there shall be at
Washington union station for sub
urban bus lines has progressed to the
point where a survey has been made
Of eligible sites in the downtown dis.
trict. Though no agreement has been
reached that central bus station will
be established, it is reported that the
companies believe there is need for
such station and that agreement will
be effected. The matter Of cost Is to
be weighed against the advantages of
the plan. The question is to be dis
cussed by managers and other repre-.
sentatives Of the lines at meeting.
Suburban bus lines have grown In
a way that was not foreseen O few
years ago. There are now thirty bus
lines running into the District, and 1t
is reported that they are prospering,
that they are increasing the number
of their vehicles and extending their
routes. and that new bus lines are in
contemplation. A central station, with
waiting rooms and a general ticket
office, would be progressive step
from the present curbstone terminals
IN many parts Of the citv
Evening star., 1923-12-27
bricks as ballast might not be regis.

bricks as ballast might not be regis.
tered as imports.
The art of burning bricks was in
troduced in Britain by Romans, but
after the fall Of Rome the industry
there was neglected and then forgot
ten. 1t was revived in the fifteenth
century and in 1925 an English
statute standardized the size of bricks.
The immigrant brickmakers made
bricks according to the English stand
ard. IT has been written that early
brick buildings on Manhattan Island
were built of brick from Holland and
the Encyclopedia Britannica says
that the first American-burnt bricks
were made at New Haven about 1850.
In Thackeray's "Virginians" Is writ
ten that the doting grandfather of
Lydia Van Den Bosch, the Albany
trader who moved to Virginia, built
a house Of brick brought from Hol-
land near Castlewood, home of the
Esmonds and Warringtons. But "The
Virginians' Is a romance.
with tne age ana popularity OF
the belief that Maryland and Virginia
mansions and churches were built Of
imported brick it would seem that
there should be some foundation in
fact. 1t may be that few colonial
houses were built Of English brick
and that that character came to be
given to all houses and churches after
they had grown old.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
Hijackers.

Another Interference rises in the
way Of the bootlegger. and another
word becomes prominent in the news.
papers. 1t may be an old word re.
vived to do new work, but when II
made its appearance in the news.
papers not long ago it seemed to most
readers to be a new word. It Is "hi-
jacker." A hijacker preys on boot.
leggers. He Is the booze bandit who
halts the rum-runner on some quiet
part Of the road, takes liquor from
him, or perhaps shoots him, throws
the load. The Associated Press sends
a dispatch from an upper New York
town that "the busy Canadian boot.
leg market was thrown into confusion
today at news of renewed activities OF
hijackers waylaying. cargoes of
Christmas liquor bound south and the
evident tightening of the lines of pro-
hibition agents near the border" It
is said in the dispatch, "If there is
any one the average northern boot
logger fears more than a state troope'
or federal agent 1t is the hijacker.
Hijackers have been reported as oper-
ating on roads near the Jersey coast
and the coast of other eastern states,
and the rum-runner who escapes the
coast guard and prohibition agents
stands a chance of falling in the way
Of hijacker. The hijacker quickly
turns from rum-bandit to rum.runner
himself.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
Fire-Trap Hospitals.

A year never seems to pass without
fire in an asylum for the insane
which causes most distressing loss of
life. Sometimes reports of such trag.
edies come close together. The latest
disaster of this kind is reported from
Chicago and tells of the burning Of
the Chicago State Hospital for the
Insane, with the death Of sixteen
patients and one nurse. The fire
broke out in and consumed a frame
building used as dormitory for tu-
bercular patients. About 600 patients
were in the building at the time Of
the fire and it is remarkable that the
number of victims is not larger.
Now will come the investigation. 1t
will be written in reports that the
wooden building was old and unsuited
to it's use. 1t will probably be pointed
out that in previous reports, to which
no attention was paid, it was said that
the fire danger was great. There will
be something like an overhauling in
some other hospitals and the putting
in OF a few more fire extinguishers
and fire escapes, and some wise and
public-spirited persons will insist that
flimsy hospital and asylum buildings
should be replaced with safe struc-
lures. Then will follow a period of
calm and indifference until the next
fire.
In every state 1t seems that help
less, or nearly helpless, people are
kept in buildings in which the fire
danger is always present. We have
dangerous buildings in the District.
1t has been proposed to replace the
wooden buildings at Walter Reed Hos
pital with proper and permanent
structures, and if the hospital is to
retain it's present situation such
buildings should be constructed with
all possible speed. We are very
busy people and sometimes we are so
busy that We are neglectful Of many
things.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
Opportunities Today
AS Plentiful as Ever

Solomon once remarked that There
is nothing new under the sum-" and
then proceeded to contradict himself
From that day to this there have been
many with less wisdom who have be-
lieved as Solomon preached. but. un-
like Solomon. have meehly surrender
ed to their. belief. That man Is
doomed to failure and mediocrity who
helie~es that everything that can be
done has been done by those before
him. and legion are the doomed.
They are few in number who have
no ambition to gain either fame. for
tune or power but innumerar'e a-e
those who, though possessed of the
ambition. are persuaded that oppor-
tunity Is dead.
This rear a man received $1,000. 900
in royalties on a simrle toy invented
by him, another made millions on an
ice cream confection, another gained
Immortality ON his pen. Is there
any better proof that opportunity Is
more alive than evsrf-Sandusky Reg
tsteyi
Evening star., 1923-12-27
''Hicks" Not the Only
Financial Easy Mark

Had you thought that only ''hicks'
were awed by mahogany and plate
glass, glib tongue and an "up-and-
at-'em" business hustle? Then you
know better now. For accounts OF
the operations OF Leo Koretz. fugt-
tive swindler. show shrewd mer-
chants. bankers and other business
men. falling hardest Mr.. Koretz had
the grand air. He had 'em begging
him to take their money for worth
less Bayano stock. Yes, we have no
Bayano'' was the framed motto over
his desk. Clever. eh? Regular be-
man stuff
To be sure. Mr.. Koretzs OIL weIs
were away off in Panama and that
is where the cuckoo birds roost high.
But when admiring friends threw q
dinner for their financial genius, who
was the life Of the party? Who.
need we ask, made those red blooded
speeches filled with Babbitt snap and
punch that caused the diners to ham
, mer on the table with knives and
forks? Yes, Mr.. Koretz was what is
called a regular go-getter. He got
close to s10,000.00o. and now he's
gones---Milwankee Journal
Evening star., 1923-12-27

that the naval expedition of 1924 will
undertake its tax with thorough
preparation and the best of chances
or important results" In the opin-
detectives which make the enterprise
worth while are the surveying and
possibly the mapping Of great
area or unexplored land. ice and
water; this study of air currents,
temperatures and weather conditions 4,
and. a. result the determination on
the feasibility of standard air routes
across the pole; Furthermore, there
is the possibility of British or French
competition. which should be well
authorities. for a great deal Of sport
| ing interest will be attached to the
firHt successful fight. by airplane or
airship. over tie pole"
n = Il y
"The situation surrounding the
north pole has never been satisfac-
torily cleared up," declares the Chat
tanooga News. which says: Follow
ing the Cook fiasco the world settled
down to an acceptance of the late
Admiral Peary's claims of discovery
But they were, even at face value,
rather meager in the information
which they brought to light. Some
of it has since been disputed A
flight, if successfully conducted, from
Cape Barrow, Alaska, would add con-
siderably to the stock of Arctic in
formation. 1t would cover a route
rot heretofore travelled" while the
Omaha World Herald agrees "all sue
cess is hoped for this expedition, not
only that Admiral Peary might stand
vindicated in the eyes of the doubt
ers, but that the world might know
the facts regarding portion of the
globe that has always been more or
less of a puzzle" Perhaps one Of the
interesting things in connection with
Tribune, will be the finding Of
Peary's records and data; besides.
when the Navy starts out on a trip
like that there will be confidence In
will be believed more readily than
if made by private parties" but IF
the trip is not successful IL will be
worth the effort-worth the effort
because it Wal be an experience that
will result proftably. for the mis-
takes of today will be noted and the
, remedy applied tomorrow" To which
the Canton News adds, "The Navy at
least shows the courage to point tho
way and heroically goes ahead with
that long years ago was evolved in
the mind of the real discoverer of
the pole: anyway. "the enterprise
will partake OF world signih-
canoe, and the Marion Star concludes
"the United States Navy. In making
the trip. will be writing a new chap
ter in world hiTtory-a chapter THAI
Americans will be keen to read"
while the Bay City Times-Tribune Is
thrilled with the prospects that "a
Stripes and wearing the uniform OF
the United States Navy may radio
back that they are in reality 'sittin'
on the ton of the earth"
Evening star., 1923-12-27
New York's Housing Problem.

As a result of exposure by the New
York state commission on housing
and regional planning Of existence of
shocking housing conditions in New
York two plans are being discussed
for relief. First, extension Of the
emergency rent laws for at least one
year, and, second, a constitutional
amendment to permit the state to
extend it's credit to municipalities or
corporations which would build model
tenements at moderate rental.
What the officials want is perma-
nent relief, rather than a temporary
measure such as the extension of the
rent laws. In the opinion of Mrs.
Henry Moscowitz, Gov. Smiths con-
fidential assistant in social welfare
work and recognized as one of the
ablest women engaged in that line Of
endeavor, a constitutional amendment
such as proposed is the only perma-
nent solution of the housing problem.
But it could not become effective
until approved by the voters in a
referendum which would be had in
the fall of 1925, If submitted by the
legislature. In the meantime condi-
tions in New York are said to be
rapidly growing worse. In the tene.
ment districts the morals Of the citi-
zens are threatened by the evils Of
overcrowding.
There is no subject before the pub
lie of more importance than the hous-
ing problem. 1t is Of poignant inter
est in every large city and New
York's treatment Of it will be fol-
lowed with interest everywhere. If
New York can find a solution In the
state-aided building proposition other
cities would doubtless take 1t up.
Evening star., 1923-12-27
A German Gammer Gurton.

The story Of Gammer Gurton's
reedle, told in what is believed to be
at least the second oldest English
play, proves not to be too strange for
belief after all. That ancient tale Is
of the needle of good wife which
mysteriously disappeared and for
which frantic search was made. For
needle then was rare and costly.
Happy was the woman who possessed
one. Gammer Gurton was made by
misunderstanding fellow to suspect
her neighbor, and then ensued a
series Of ludicrous incidents leading
to the climax of the needles recovery,
when Hodge, her man, found 1t pain.
fully in the seat of his breeches,
where 1t had been left in the course
of a patching. This quaint old play,
by the way, was very recently pro.
duced in Washington.
Now comes q story from Kiel, Ger
many. which shows that needles are
worth today In that land perhaps as
Evening star., 1923-12-27
The English Brick Legend.

Houses in Maryland and Virginia
"built Of brick brought from England
as ballast" get jolt from a Johns
Hopkins professor, who says that the
microscope shows that the bricks
were made Of American clays. Vari.
GUS men have said that not one of the
I'D houses in this part Of the country
OBS built Of English brick and that
Rnerally the bricks were made close
to the house site. They have pointed
out traces Of the clay pits. Among
the early immigrants were English
brickmakers, and it is assumed that
they carried on their trade after ar
irving. Historians have said that the
first brick house at Jamestown was
built of brick made on jamestown
Island. There are no records Of the
old ports Of entry" to show that
bricks were imported, but perhaps
Evening star., 1923-12-27

most influential foreign language
newspaper published In the far east.
were wiped out by the earthquake in
Janan. But. phoenix-like. 1t has
arisen from the ashes Of devastatio
and VIII resume publication on New
year day. While the ruins of his
| buildings were still smoldering. Mr..
Fle'sher ordered by cable from the
.nited States complete and up-to-
gate ecuipment of presses. linotvpes
The Advertiser is American owned.
ana conducted so successfully on
american lines that II would do credit
70 an American citv of Totio's size.
Sacretarv Hughes Amhassedo- Han'-
nara and the four Americans who
nave been ambassadors to Tonan dur
'r~ the past twantO vaars-Tsornas 7
| iNR-'en. Roland s. Norr's Charles r
""rren and Cyrus f wonds-Lave
"ah'Hd fel'"4at'ons TO TIE Advertiser
on tts rHh'rth. Mr.. Fleisher is a
X X * X
| 1t will be drab end drearv time
for the attendants of the rapuh,icap n
national convention at Cleveland II
they he addicted to the hip habit
Tive Ohio prohibition laws mako II
''nfawf"I to t-nneno-f an alcoholic
NN"eraPe even fo~ na~sohnI rn-oosns
! """a' nnsSacs'nn so that "priva to
s'o"bS" ~" 1'-aiv to s,,~ar IN oonn-
'""'fv Tho Ru"tava state 1-ohihsttor
""f"o~'t'"s r-"rnisa 70 --,oLa tho T.aI~
vie matrn"n'is sonr, like h-a ~
~ tho Sahara desn~f anr'ro tba
q q p now-wow II is wL,s,eraa
| IN "wnlI i-fo~-~oI" uua-tars .h,.
1 thnsa a-raneer,note have the oo-1.al
| 'r""-sement of the Coolidge high COM
| mand.
| Friends Of Senator Gaorge Fl Moses
! "horiginal occunaut of the Coolidge
hand wagon. ch'ded him rnerrirv. on
the eve Of his dapa~ture for Christ
! mas holiday in Now Hampsh're. over
his failure to indune the President to
| give him coveted slice OF patronage
cake. Moses. 1t appears had a can
| didate for the commandancy of the
coast guard. He backed his favorite
| at the White House eIouuantly and
| farventlv. Ert somebody else got the
Job Moses Is said to he lament'ng
| eond-natured'v that the immediate
and systematic result Of his promp-
| coming-out party for Coolidge is that
! he has almost been boycotted on
| patronage.
The port of New York emitted a
plaintive Christmas squeal over the
fact that the nations greatest harbor
is unrepresented on the United States
Shipping Board The Atlantic sea-
board has Plummer of Maine and
/ Benson of Georgia as its official
emissaries. Beth and Savannah. in
| other words" observed a fearful edi-
.orial published on Manhattan Island.
| have spokesmen on the Shipping
| Board, but, poor old New York is dis
| franchised" Plummer, who may be-
| come chairman of President Cool
| idge's reorganized board has been
newspaper man. lawyer and attorney
| for the Atlantic Carriers Association
| in his day. AS a native of the rock
! bound Maine coast. he has lived with
ships and shipping folk throughout
| the sixty years of his life. During
! he Spanish American war Plummer
was an assist mt paymaster in the
United States Navy.
Copyright. 1923
Evening star., 1923-12-27
The Plan to Buy Quantico.

Just before the House recessed for
the holidays Representative Rritten
introduced a bill calling for an ap-
preparation of 100000 for the pur.
chase by the United States of the
town Of Quantico, Va. The purpose
was to add the area to the Marine
Corps establishment there. Now
comes Gen. Lejeune, commandant of
the corps, in his annual report
recommending this purchase and ex-
planning that conditions at Quantico
ere "a menace to the morale of thou.
sands of young men stationed there"
1t would appear from Gen. Lejeune's
report that the town is insanitary
and IAN abode of bootleggers and
ether undesirable persons" The ques-
tion arises whether if Quantico were
bought as a whole and the town elm
mated this would cure the evil of
which Gen. Lejeune complains The
present settlement would, of course
be wiped out Of existence. But this
would not necessarily mean a perma
nent relief from the undesirable con-
Gitions of which complaint is made
Another settlement would be likely
20 develop on the outskirts of the
reservation.
With an establishment of several
thousand marines at Quantico, even
though the present town were elm
mated. it. is quite probable that shops
would be set up on the confines of
the reservation. 1t is natural for
trade to develop in the immediate
vicinity Of q large settlement or COM
nunity such as the marine establish
ment. Beyond the government res
ervation military jurisdiction would
not extend, just as it does not extend
at present into the town that already
exists.
This question will doubtless be
thoroughly discussed In Congress as
the proposal for the purchase of
Quantlco is pressed Detailed dis
closure Of the conditions of which
complaint is made, and to cure which
the appropriation is asked, will un.
questionably be made. Perhaps, also,
this matter Of the possibility of a
revival Of the conditions by the de-
velopment of a new community will
be considered.
Meanwhile, whether an appropria-
tion is made or not, it is most desira-
Bile that the evils at Quantico. which,
Is Gen. Lejeune says, are "a menace
to the morale Of thousands Of young
men," should be fought by both the
military and the state authorities.
The latter can greatly help by CO.
operating with the federal officials to
cure what is now described as moral
sore.
Evening star., 1923-12-27

| Q. Was Robert G. Ingersof a re-
publican or democrat?-K. L D.
I A. Robert G. Ingersoll was a demo.
crat and active in that party's poll
| TICS untiI after the civil war, when no
became republican.
! Q. When were insane hosn.ta1e
! nrst established in this county,
A: The first state hospital for the
| exclusive care of insane patients wa
established at williamsburg. Va, II
1858. and its first patients were as
mitted in 1878.
Q. Where did the expression ~next
| friend" originate?-H. b. S.
| A. The practice of permitting .
| legally inromnetent person to sue Nv
| his next friend originated in England
| It was first authorized bv the statute.
| nf Westminster, passed in the reign
| of Edward I.
| Q. Are twins held in high regard
| among Indians?-K. L.
Twins a~e usuaI,v regarded as
uncanny and are rather feared as
rnnsoSs,no ro,,s" o~ nr"'', no~er. Among
hey were once regardNd as abnormaI
| and one or both were killed.
Q. When was the national eight
4 -.
A. The Adamscn eight-hour law,
signed bv President wilson ON SEN
| tember 1915 but II d'd not take af-
Feet until Jsnuary 1917 In 1888,
Congress passnd a law fxiug eight
| ment employment.
O. From what is the cross-rine of
stcht-line of surveyors instrument
| A. A spiderweb
! Q. How does Iemnrey eel differ
| from other eels?-H. w.
f! A. Lamnrevs or lamperns are
| "hara cterived nv the nossessinn of &
| stead Of true Jaws. They attach
| -hensrl"eS tn stones and other OBJ
/ 'actS bv their sucka or months and
! ''So TO fishes from which thew escape
he flesh with their rasptng teeth.
! Q. What is a xybeie?-F. w.
A. This is the name Of an ancient
| machine of war. in the form Of
catapult.
| n How much would 1t he rossihIe
20 add 70 the acreage of the farms in
| The United States?-K. L.
| A. IT is possible TO increase the
orea Of imnro"Ad land about "0o. .o0o.-
I
| he ACCOMPLISHED nv irrigation. drain
| age, clearing and DIV farming
| Q: Is there Japanese symbol for
| fdelity?-E. E. S.
| In Japanese art the bamboo "a
used as symbol of constancy and
| sdelity.
9. What is a coalition cabineto-
A. A coalition cabinet is one IN
which members Of all parties are
| represented.
(The person t1ho toSes out Is the
one toho giIesses. The person tpko
gets on is nftoGuS the one 1cho acts
] upon reliable Information. This DO
per employs Frederic j. HGskin to
conduct an Information bureau for
the public. There Is no charge er-
cept cents in stamns for return
postage Write tn him toddy for
any facts yoW desire Your inquiry
should be addressed to The Star IN
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Hds-
kin. director, 1890 North Capitol
street