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Evening star., 1923-03-30
PLAN TO REMOVE
BARRACKS IN PARK
Wartime Surplus Office Equip
ment and Buildings
Must Go.

AS soon as space can be found in
other government buildings for storing
the surplus wartime Office equipment
now crammed into the former barracks
i'll East Potomac Park, near the tin
can tourist camp. those old barracks
that are now an eyesore will be re-
moved. 1t is the hope OF the public
buildings commission that they can be
torn down some time this summer.
This is one Of the important mat
ters that will be considered at a
meeting of the public buildings COM
mission early next week. Another
important matter will be the pro.
posal for the government to move
out OF at least one large rented
building in the business center of the
city.
The commission faces an unusual
problem because just now. for the
first time In many months, all Of
the space in government-owneJ
buildings is occupied. even in the
temporary buildings
This is due to the fact that a mum
Der OF commissions have secured in
creased appropriations and are ex-
pandfng to wind up their work. The
commission figures that space in gov.
ernment buildings will be pretty we'll
occupied all summer.
Folks who are looking for the early
removal Of temporary buildings will
probably be disappointed. Those along
the Mall, between the Capitol and the
Smithsonian grounds. will be razed
one or two at time. as the commits
sion finds that the space can be
spared. But the recent purchase by
the government of the tracts Of land
occupied by temporary buildings west
of the Corcoran Art Gallery, Red
Cross. D. A. r. and Pan-American
buildings. on 18th street, means that
those temporary buildings are likely
TO remain standing and in use for
government Offices for some years 10
come.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
POLICE STILL SEEKING
ASSAlLANT OF WOMAN
Absence of Fingerprints Hampers
Search for Intruder at
o'Brien Home.

Identity OF the woman assailant OF
Mrs. Elizabeth E. O'Brien, wife of At
torney Matthew E. O'Brien. early Nor
day morning during the absence FROM
home Of her husband. has not yet been
established by the police. Absence OF
fngerprints, it is admitted by the police.
is serious handicap to them i'll their
efforts to solve the mystery.
Inspector Grant, chief of detectives
today said Detectives Springmann ana
Darnaii, who are Investigating the af-
fair, have abandoned the theory that
robbery was the motive.
It was said at police headquarters
today that the detectives are queS
tioning persons who may be in =
position to tell something that NAV
prove valuable in the investigation.
Several theories have been suggest
ed, Inspector Grant said, and it is
hoped one. of them may result In
bringing the investigation to a sue
cessful conclusion.
Mrs. O'Brien's condition continues
to improve, IL was said at Emergency
Hospital this morning, and the de
tectives hope she may be able to
further assist them in the investiga-
tlon when she regains her strength.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
80 Die in District
From Pneumonia
During Past Week

Thirty-nine persons died from
pneumonia in Washington during
the past week. an increase of SIX
over the preceding week, accord
ing TO bulletin issued by the
health department today.
Discussing the prevalence OF
pneumonia here during the past
winter. DR.. Fowler said:
ut is by no means easy to estao-
lish a satisfactory cause for the
present prevalence of pneumonia
III the District of Columbia, but
the mild epidemic of influenza or
grippe through which we are
passing. possibly a reflex of the
severe epidemic OF four years ago,
is probably responsible III meas
ure for many of the cases. At
the same time. we are always sub
lect at this time Of the year to a
day or 50 of mild. pleasant wealth
er, followed by sudden fall Of
temperature. but cold weather in
itself docs not necesse rily cause
pneumonia, although in a measure
responsible for keeping the win
dows closed, with the consequent
lack OF proper ventilation. With
improper ventilation, the indoor
air becomes more or less impure
AMI is made deficio1t IN certain
elements of healthfulness. The
vital forces are consequently
weakened and the powers of the
body to resist disease lowered,
and condition created in the
system favorable to invasion and
development of the pneumonia
germ"
Evening star., 1923-03-30
SUBMITS CASE TO LEAGUE

GENEVA, March 30--The Canadian
government, through Sir Joseph
Pope. under-secretary OF state for
foreign affairs, has notified the
league Of nations and also the Swiss
government Of the recent seizure in
=, Canadian port of q quantity of
contraband drugs" The shipment in
cluded 442 pounds of morphine, lit
pounds OF heroin and sixty-flve
pounds OF cocaine. The notification
sadd the consignment was sent by a
Rasle arm under q false declaration
that 1t consisted Of cocoa powder"
1t was the last of four shipments. the
others escaping seizure.
In the notification the Canadian
government requests an investiga-
tton. This the Swiss authorities al
ready have begun. The belief is ex-
pressed In government quarters that
the contraband drugs came from Ger
many. as none such is manufactured
in Switzerland.
Evening star., 1923-03-30

bought and paid for previous to Feb
ruary l. However, it is necessary
for him to ask Brussels or Paris for
license.
At the Goldsmith Chemical Works,
wnlch is an American plant, several
hundred thousand dollars worth of
zinc chloride is shipped to the United
States each year in ordinaTy times.
but that the blockade license system
is preventing business at present. A
Dusseldorf company has toeO0,OeO
worth OF machinery ordered by an
American hrm. There are many cases
In which English agents purchase for
the Americans.
Imports Less Disturbed.
Imports are less disturbed because
beginning March 2s the French re-
moved the formality of a 10 per cent
duty, which was never collected, and
reverted to the German tarifrs
Thursday the French occupied sew
eral stations at the eastern extremity
of the Ruhr area southeast of Dort-
mund, including Aplerbeck, Hoerde
and Hoettringhausen, thus breaking
the heavy traffic between Dortmund.
Schwerte and Cologne
The French removed freight cars
eoHIaiLlHS coai, iron and beer. The
idea OF militarizing the eastern sta
tions seems to be to prepare rapidly
1or organising a practical customs
line.
In Sharnhorst the French are con-
stTucting a village Of wooden build =
ings for customs examination. The
permanent character Of these bar
racks seems to indicate q prolonged
stay in the Ruhr valley.
SAYS q. 8. WILL ACT.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
HANDBOOK TRIALS
START WEDNESDAY
Eleven Defendants to Be Arraign.
ed-Some Cases Date Back
to 1920.

The quick prosecution OF all hand
book cases in the file docket of the
United States branch Of Police Court.
which has been determined upon by
United States District Attorney Pey-
ton Gordon, will begin Wednesday
next with the arraignment OF eleven
defendants, some OF whose cases date
back to 1890. Special Assistant United
States District Attorney David A.
Hart has been assigned from the main
ONCE Of the district attorney TO the
Police Court to prosecute these cases.
In addition TO the arraignments. there
will be one or more defendants called
for trial Wednesday and every Wed
nesday thereafter until all the hand
book cases have been tried and
cleared from the docket. There are
probably sixty such cases in the files.
The eleven defendants who will be
arraigned Wednesday and the dates
Of their alleged offenses follow: Nor
man S. Bowles, February Il, 1929:
Henry David Turner. February "a. 81
and March 1. 1922: Charles B. Kallis,
July 1. and 8, 1920; David B. Cohen.
October 10 and Is. 1922: Phillip B.
Anderson, July II, IS. IA and 10. 1922;
Jonathan II. Funk. September IL.
1929; Harry Davis. July IS, 1920; Alex
Toggas, March u, 1922; Thomas G.
Hoover, September % and 26, 1929;
Ernest E. Lucas. October Is, 1920. and
Peter Pappas, September II. 1922.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
GIRL KILLS Welded
SU|T0R;; ENDS LIFE
and Exposures.
Shooting in New York Office
Follows Ten.Year Courtship
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 3o.-Frederick
w. Burnhan, forty-four, a contractor.
socially. financially and professionally
prominent, died early today, the vic
tim OF gun in the hands of Miss
Helene Ziegier, twenty-six, daughter
OF a well-to-do Riverside drive fam
lily. who killed herself after having
| mortally wounded Burnnam in his
offices late yesterday.
The tragedy was believed to have
followed the girls discovery, after
ten-year friendship with Burnham
that the contractor was married.
Miss Ziegler called at Burnham
ofice in the Grand Central terminal
yesterday. but he was too busy to see
her. She returned two hours later
and gained access to the off1ce, while
friend who accompanied her, Miss
Ida Murphy, waited outside.
Miss Ziegler was inside fifteen min
utes when H. S. Coke, the ennploye
| who had admitted her, and Miss
| Murphy heard two shots. Miss Muir
ply ran away and disappeared. Coke
| summoned NJ. Z. Ames of Yonkers,
one of Burnhams superintendent.
! who had left the Office short time
before.
| They found Miss Zeigler dead,
pistol wound in her right temple
Burnham vas shot in the right tern
| pie, but was still breathing. He died
at Bellevue Hospital at O'Clock this
morning without having regained
consciousness.
| Mrs. Burnham, a civic leader a,
Dobbs' Ferry, where she and her nus
band lived on their estate, Riverview
! manor and an active member of the
Christian Science Church there, and
| the girls parents, were notified.
! The story of the tragedy was re
lated by acQuaintances of both fami
| lies. Burnham, they said, met Miss
Ziegler about the time OF his mar
| rfage, ten years ago. Neither she nor
her family knew of the marriage.
Burnham frequently remained at one
/ OF his Manhattan clubs for several
J days at q time and they accepted h!s
| tale that he was bachelor.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION
OF ALASKAN RAILROAD
Steel Bridge, Just Finished. Last
Link in System Built
by Government.

The building program Of the Alaskan
railroad has been practically finished
by completion OF large steel bridge
q few days ago over the Tanana river
at Nenana, Alaska, the Interior De-
partr1ent announced today.
Both passenger and freight trafhc are
now running over the bridge. and the
only work remaining to be done involves
minor construction in connection with
naturalization Of the roadbed above
the bridge to Fairbanks
The Alaskan railroad is the first
railroad of any size ever built by the
government other railroad ventures
Savinr been the Panama railroad and
severai short lines on irrigation
nroiects in the west. The Alaskan
railroad is 467 miles in length, run.
ming from Seward; on the coast OF
AIaska. to Fairbanks, where it pene-
trates the heart Of the territory Work
was begun in 1915.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
PUSH SUGAR PROBE
Investigators Are Trying to
Discover Evidence of SuS.
pected Conspiracy.

Quiet but persistent work upon the
problems involved in the increased
cost OF sugar to the consumer is pro-
ceeding in the several departments of
the government concerning them
selves with it by direction Of Presi-
dent Harding. Developments natural
ly are not 10 be expected daily. but
tn ehouseholders may be assured that
Uncle Sam is ION the job" in so far
rs possible in the circumstances
The Department OF Justice has
stsf of men at work, pursuing two
lines OF investigation. One is directed
70 ascertaining whether there existed
. conspiracy coming under the stat
utes OF the United States. which may
have been responsible for the sudden
jump in the price Of sugar.
Probe Ii Secret.
II is certainty that any evidence
which may be found in this angle OF
rhe case Will be acted upon promptly
ny the Department OF Justice and
that offenders will face the prospect
OF getting the limit of prosecution.
Another line is understood to look
to the possible relationship. between
the beet sugar interests OF this country
and the cane growers OF Cuba and
other countries. The investigations
IN these subjects are being conduct
ed with secrecy. OF course. and the
department is very reticent in dis
The Taritf Commission. it was
learned today. is proceeding with dis
patch on the preliminary plans for
what must inevitably be a prolonged
and exhaustive study of conditions
which will show whether the new
tariff did or did not contribute to the
increase in prices.e Letters are being
sent to all interests concerned in the
sugar industry. producers. reiners
calculated TO throw light on the sub
ject.
Later. when bases Of Investigation
are located. it may be necessary to
have open hearings. but that stage
seems some distance removed. The
commission will investigate condi-
t!ons in Louisiana, the western beet
growing states and Hawaii
Democrats watchful.
All conditions conform in promis-
fnE,a thorough Investigation and the
probable disclosure Of remedies TO
prevent recurrence of speculative
outrages upon the public. such as the
current instance is said to be-
The administration, il is said. is thor
oughly aroused and the opposition party
IS watchful and willing to spur il to
action upon any sign OF tagging inter
est The democratic national Campaign
management is up and doing TO t-y TO
put the blame on the party in power
lives of both parties animated by pa.ri-
otlc mot!ves-with maybe few politi-
cal considerations on the side-are pre-
pairing to open up also.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
FRANCE CHANGING
WARSHIPS' SIGHTS
Minister of Marine Making No Sc.
cret Of Extensive Alterations
Under Way.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 30-The ministry OF
marine is making no secret of the
sight changes on the battleships of
the French navy, and it is through
this channel that many details of the
alterations have become available.
1t is explained that the old obser
walton posts on each of the two masts
are being altered and converted ia
such a. manner that the director OF
the warships fire stationed there may
control the fire of all the guns. This
is done by we'll known system OF
mechanical devices with sight-con-
troll wires running to the guns
through hollow masts attached to the
mainmast.
Increased range for the guns is be-
ing obtained by enlarging the tur-
rets so as to raise the angle Of ele-
walton OF the guns. 1t is pointed out
that this involves the cutting away
Of certain amount Of steel in each
turret, thus increasing the risk of
the enemy planting shells in the in
terror of the turret.
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doctor was rushed to II. scene OF the
wreck and soon the injured were
being received at the hospitals.
List of Injured.
Among those reported injured were:
Andrew Green, Cleveland, engineer.
scalded: Miss Mary Catherine John
son. Columbus; C. l.. Siebert, fireman,
of Cincinnati. scalded; Dorothy Cop
pack, Greenfield, Ohio, arm injured; 8.
L. Nelson, Bowdoinham, Me, bruised;
Helen Wheeler, Mount Pleasant,
Tenn; Robert Henderson, negro
Chattanooga. Tenn. fatally injured
Wound: W D. r s" B. Sheldon. Columbus, 'Sdce Vice
president Toledo and Ohio Central rail-
president Of Toledo and Ohio Central
railroad Venita Quackenbusch OF
Schenectady, \. Y, and Mary o'Hara
of Syracuse. n. Y.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
SHINES ROME VISIT
REGARDED FAILURE"
German Banker Found Every One
Shy" of Being Approached, Fear.
ing Meeting
Dy the Assoc atel Press

Dy the Associated Press
ROME, March 30-The indications
are that the journey of Hugo SHINES
to Rome was failure inasmuch as
every one was shy of being ap-
preached by him, fearing that a meet
ing might be misunderstood.
1t is learned authoritatively that
premier Mussolini has not seen Herr
SHINES. and it is doubtful whether
the visitor saw Ebert II. Gary. In
fact. the only certain point is that
SHINES had conversation with Fred
l. Kent OF the Bankers Trust Com
pany. New York
Judge Gary is on the way to Spain.
Even his most intimate friends here
are unable to state whether he saw
the German capitalist.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
PREMIER LENIN DYING,
IS MOSCOW REPORT
Message Adds Military Dictator
ship. Headed by Trotsky, Will
Follow His Demise.
Bvthe Associated Press

By the Associated Press
LONDON. March 30.-Premier Leuin
is dying. says a dispatch to tie
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Stockholm today. quoting the
Helsingfors correspondent of tie
Svenska DagbIadet as telegraphins
that the soviet legation in Helsingfors
has received a confidential message
from Moscow to that effect. The
paralysis in his right arm is spread
ing. according TO the dispatch.
After his death. the quoted mes
sage adds. military dictatorship
will be established, headed by Minis
ter of War Trotzky, with four or five
associates.
The Moscow official bulletin Of
March % said Premier Lenin's con
dition was unchanged, except for a
slight improvement in Temperature
Evening star., 1923-03-30
SEEKING U. S. HUSBANDS

NEW YORK, March 3o.-A number
Of German Girls whose avowed pur-
nose in coming to the United States
is to get married arrived at Boboken
last night on the steamship Seydlitx
from Bremen.
Eighty-five per cent of the 6S7 pas
seneers were women. Many, now
ever, said they were not seeking hus-
hands, but wanted to find good jobs
Evening star., 1923-03-30

across the course the aviators ascend
ed TO an altitude Of several thousand
feet. Coming out of the sky in an
almost perpendicular dive they leveled
off about fifty feet above the ground.
maintaining this altitude for the
length Of the course. BY zooming
they soon gain altitude and prepare
for another dive and dash across the
tapes. Both aviators experienced diff
iculty in landing their planes yester-
day.
Maitland is from Boiling Field and
Will remain in Dayton until next
week, when he will attempt to estab-
lish records over a three-kilometer
course. The one-kilometer course
becomes obsolete under T. A. I. rules
April ]. In the future nothing less
than three kiIometers will be flown
for records. it was said.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
OFFICERS HERE ELATED.

An exuberant welcome awaits Lieut..
Lester J. Maitland at Boiling Field
when he returns to his station here on
completion of his speed trials at Day
ton. His brother officers at the field
today evinced unbounded joy on
learning that he had flown faster
and that the one-kilom meter airplans
speed record was safely in the hands
of the Boiling Field pilot.
Unless Sadi Lacointe. the vivacious
little Frenchman, who has been the
only dangerous competitor to the
ter of speed, today or tomorrow sur
passes Lieut.. Maitland's speed of ap-
proximately 243 miles an hour. that
record will forever remain in the
hands Of the United States. for after
tomorrow the one-kilometer course,
as an official distance over which all
speed tests must be flown. is void.
From April ] on the three-kilometer
course is the distance established by
the Federation Aeronautique Interna-
Lieut.. Russell L. Maughan will estab-
lish records under these new rules, as
there will not have been any attempts
up to this time.
Second in PaiitHer Race.
Confidence in his ability to beat all
previous records for speed was ex-
pressed by other pilots at the field
aside from himself. prior 10 his de-
parture for Dayton two weeks ago.
At the time Of the Pulitzer race it
was the unanimous opinion at the
field that Bolling's pilot would carry
off the prize. but. owing to mis-
hap to his gasoline pump, the best
Lieut.. Maitland could accomplish was
second place, with a speed Of 1858
miles per hour During this flight he
was forced to operate the pump with
one hand and pilot the ship with the
other.
Lieut. Maitland has been on duty at
Boiling Field for more than two
years. He is twenty-five years old
and was born in Milwaukee. Wis. En-
tering the air service in the latter
part Of 1917, he completed his flying
Evening star., 1923-03-30
P0PE'S ENVOY IN RUHR.

BERLIN, March So.-Special dis
patches from Essen to the Berlin
newspapers report the arrival in the
Ruhr city of Monsignor Testa, as the
representative Of Pope Plus.
A Rome dispatch to the Times of
London last week declared that. fol-
lowing receipt of a letter Prom the
Catholic bishops OF the Rhineland,
Mgr. Testa was to be sent to the oc-
cupied regions Of Germany as the
Pope's special envoy. 1t was under
stood, however, that the Vatican hal
no intention OF interfering in the politi.
cal aspects Of the situation.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
Sounded for 1000 Years.
m, the Scientific American

Erom the Sclehuht AmerIczu
Ripon. England, keeps up custom
| 900 years old. Every night a wake
man." attired in official costume, ap-
pears before the mayors house and
blows three solemn notes on the horn
] or Ripon.'
Evening star., 1923-03-30
Another Health Crank.

From the Boston Transcript.
"I wish to get q cocatnut.'
"Yes, ma'am. Here's one that's full
Of milk"
.But is 1t sterilized?"
Evening star., 1923-03-30
INVADERS THROTTLE
U. S. TRADE IN RUHR

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Evening star., 1923-03-30
FLYER HITS AUTO,
WRECKED; SIX DEAD

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Evening star., 1923-03-30
LIEUT.. MAITLAND FLIES
243 MILES PER HOUR AND
WINS WORLD RECORD

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-22

35th verse. His remarks were touch.
ing and appropriate. A solo w9$
sung with transcendent me lody Nv
Mrs. Alverta Gilpin, wife OF Mr.. c. Is.
Gilpin.
The remains were conveyed to wood
lapd Cemetery, and inferred in the D.
Jefferson plat in the beautiful circie
The floral designs were numerous and
costly. The casket was a drop.couch
Write plush with heavy silver bar *
tension handles. Fun>r u rectors
William Isaac Johnson Sons officiated
A feature Of the occasion were female
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-22
CHRISTMAS 1923.

Wednesday, December 10Th at the St.
Philips r. e. Church Rev. Junius l..
Taylor, rector. She died December 17th
$3.50 A. M. at he. late residence, 706
N. First st. The rector and choir ar
ranged themselves at the entrance to
The church and preceded the funeral
cortege as it entered the church. Rev.
J. L. Taylor read the Scriptures aftct
which DIR. r. o. Mundin feelingIy sang
solo Looking This Way" Rev. J. An.
drew Bowler spoke. Then Rev. Junius
l.. Taylor delivered the funeral dis
course from Hebrews, 10th chapter
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-22
In Local Churches.
REV. NJ. F. GREGORY'S
SERMON.
He Discusses Sleep--A Powerful
Appeal to the Ungodly--A Word
to Back-sliding Christians. .;

The services at Hood Memorial
Temple, A. M. f. Zion Church last
Sunday morning attracted deeply
interested congregation and resulted
in three additions to that body. The
choir sang and then Rev. NJ. F. Gre
cory, the pastor delivered his sermon
which was based on uhe text found,
i'm lEpheSians 5th chapter and 18th:
verse. awake thou that sleepest,.
and arise from the dead. and Christ:
shall give thee light" Gods COM
par lson of death to sleeping. ''The
subject will run parallel" said Rev.
Gregory. Awake We sleepers; arise
from the dead. This was the IAN
guage employed to describe the state
of the sinner.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-22
The Holy NIGHT

honorary pall-bearers. The entire list
is as follows: Honorary. Mrs. Car
lotta Robinson. Mrs. Lille Swami,
Mrs. Mamie r. Bowler, Miss Bertha
Jackson Mrs, Amanda Smith. Mrs.
Lizzie B. Peyton. Mrs. Grace Kemp,
Miss Leah Farrar, Miss Lillian FRAY
ger. Active: A. M. Bowtes Phar. d.,
A. A. Robinson Phar. D., Abner yam
coy Phar. d.. J. F.. Jackson Phar. D..
j. II. Allen, M. D., ]. r.. Griffin M. ID.
The deceased leaves husband.
mother. two boys and three sisters IL
mourn their loss
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-12-22
In MemOriam.

In sad but loving remembrance OF
cur mother Georgianna Robinson.
who departed thsi life two years ago ~
day. Dec. 90. 1921 at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. Alice V. Edwards,
j015 Hickory Street.
Just two years ago you left us
How we miss you mother dear.
And remember all your kindness.
AS we drop a silent tear
HER CHILDREN.