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Evening star., 1923-03-26
RHINE ARMY COST
ANSWER Is CABLED
Hughes Believed to Have Indicated
Willingness to Deduct German
Property Value.

Secretary Hughes has answered the
second proposal of allied representa-
tives in Paris negotiating for the set
tlement Of American claims for repay
ment of the costs of maintaining tho
American army of occupation in Ger
many The reply was cabled to Eliot
wadsworth. the American representa-
tive in Paris, and will be delivered by
him at tomorrow's meeting of the al
lied representatives
The impression was given in OFF
cial quarters that the reply indicated
a willingness on the part of the
Washington government to deduct
from the total amount of it's claims
the value of German property which
came into possession of the American
army as a result of the armistioA.
Unofficial reports from Paris @x
this amount at about $1,000 ,0oo KoiA
marks.
While State Department spokssmen
decline to comment on the contents
of Secretary Hughes answer it vas
said today there was every reason 10
believe the negotiations would work
out satisfactorily.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
CANFIELD NAMED
GOTHAM DRY CHIEF
Legal Advisor in Prohibition Office
Succeeds Ralph Day as
Director.

Palmer Garfield, legal adviser in
the Office of the federal prohibition
director in New York city, today was
appointed federal prohibition director
for the state of New York
Mr.. Garfield will take office April
l. He succeeds Ralph A. Day. who
resigned last October 81. Since that
time Edward C. Yellowley, chief of
general prohibition agents has been
acting state director
With the appointment of Mr.. Can
field Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes said that E. C. Yellowley,
acting prohibition director at New
York for several months, would re-
sumo his regular duties as general
prohibition chief He said that Mr..
Yellowley for probably the next six
months would divide his time be-
tween New York and Washington.
with supervisory interest in other
territory. Commissioner Haynes said
there would be no other changes in
the personnel of the New York office.
r. A. kohloss was named today as
chief of general prohibition agent
for the 18th division, comprising
Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, with
headquarters at Denver.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
u. S. AVIATOR SETS
new SPEED MARK
Lieut.. Maughan Travels 233.87
Miles an Hour, Defeating !.
j
Frenchman.

DAYTON, Ohio, March 26.-Flying
over the one-kilometer course today
at Wilbur Wright Field. Lieut. P. L.
Maughan, by making an average of
.233.S7 miles an hour, set a new world 8
record. He exceeded the worlds rec
ord Of 233.01, made by Sadi Lecointe,
the French flying ace. by Sc.
In his first trip over the course
Lieut.. Maughan went through on
schedule time. 9.45. and on the second
trip in 9.71. making his average s.58
Officials said this established a speed
mark of 233.50. On his second at
tempt he made the course in s.54 and
s.56, for an average of s.55 This
completed four loops and, officials
said, established a speed mark of
234.24. BY adding both figures and
dividing theresult by 2, officials said
that a new speed record Of 233.s7 had
been established.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
Charges Husband
Made Threat to
"Bury 3 Wives"

Cruelty and desertion are alleged
in a suit for a limited divorce filed
in the District Supreme Court by Mrs.
Annie T. Broun against Henry T.
Broun, who is described as a man of
means having no employment Mrs.
Broun tells the court she was mar
ried January 9, 1923. at New York
city. and shortly afterward her hus-
band informed her that a fortune
teller had predicted he would bury
three wives. Two of them were al
ready dead. he told her. and she was
the third.
Spirits Of his former wives hovered
about his bed at night. the husband
advised his wife. and made spiteful
remarks about his present wife and
ridiculed her. The husband is insane
ly jealous Of her. Mrs. Broun states.
and accused her of using the change
from the purchase of groceries for ul-
terror purposes. January "a last. her
husband wrote her a note, she says.
saying he deliberately deserted her
and declaring she was at liberty to
enter divorce proceedings. Attorneys
Bell, Marshall G Rice appear for the
wife.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
q Die when CIGAR
STARTS BIG BLAZE
Many Others Injured in Apartment
House Fire-Drunken
Man Suspected.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. March "a lighted
cigar, believed to have been care!essly
tossed by an intoxicated mar. started
a fire which swept today through the
seven-story Princeton apartments in
West 57th street. occupied by theatri-
cal and business folk, and caused the
deaths of four persons and the seri-
Gus injury Of many others
The dead are:
Anna Fries. an exhibition roller
skater. killed in a jump from the
sixth floor.
Mrs. Margaret Lee, sixty-five years
DID, and her daughter Emily, a
stenographer, burned to death in
in their apartment on the top floor.
CASTOR Mizoule, twenty-six years
old
Miss Margaret Lee, an actress,
daughter of Mrs. Lee, was severely
burned and may not live. it was said
at the hospital to which she was
taken.
DR.. John NJ Callahan jumped from
a rear window on the third floor and
fractured both arms. His wife. suf-
fering from pneumonia, was rescued
by firemen. A number of firemen
and police were burned while en-
gagged in daring rescues. and dozen
or more tenants were treated for
slight burns and injuries.
The apartment house, of the old
non -fireproof type, adjoins the West
Side Y. NJ c. A. building. Shortly
after daybreak the superintendent
was called to an upper floor hallway
to eject an intoxicated man who had
wandered in from the street. The
man. putting cigar. was seen to
enter the building some time earlier
but was thought to be a tenant. He
was led from the building by the
superintendent and disappeared.
Half an hour later two policemen
were attracted by woman waving
her arms trantically from a smoke
filled window on the top floor and
sounded an alarm.
They then returned to the BURNING
apartment and. aided by the superin-
tendent, rescued her.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
Indict DetectiUe
Who Fired Shot
Killing Officer

Detective Thomas O'Donnell OF
the fourth police precinct was in
dicted for manslaughter by the
grand jury today in connection
with the death of Patrolman Fred
ID. Stange, sixty years old. Febru-
ary 26 last. STANCE and another
officer were in an automobile leav-
ing the fourth precinct station,
where they were attached. O'Don-
nell saw bumper which had been
stolen from a car seized by the po-
lice and ordered the two patrol
men to stop. The officers did not
obey and O'Donnell shot at the ma
chine.
STANCE looked from the side OF
the car and received a bullet in his
head and died a few days later at
a hospital.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
COLORED DRINKS USED
IN BIG SWINDLE GAME

PARIS, March 26.-The Paris police
have arrested a band of confidence
workers who used colored drinks as
their means of communication. When
one member of the gang had marked
a victim he went to a certain cafe
opposite the opera and ordered a
drink which by it's hue conveyed
a special message to his associates
as they passed outside the window.
Eight men and three women. most
of whom are Australasians, are
charged with a long list of swindles
practiced on homesick tourists who,
glad to meet some one who knew
English, soon found themselves en-
gagged to distribute large sums of
money among the poor with the as
sistance of the new found friend.
The victims were asked to give
financial guarantees of their own re-
libility
Evening star., 1923-03-26
Officer Laid Off on Charge He
Falsely Reported Death of Wife

learned that they had been placed on
the grave of Waite. Tippett. brother
in-law of Long. who died in Novem-
ber. 1921, an investigation was
started.
After Inspector Evans and Capt
captain looked up Long and asked
him whether he didn't make a mis-
take about his wife's death.
You don't doubt me. do you?" que
ried Long.
You bet I do" replied the captain
I've just come back from Morganza
and found the flowers the men sent
on your brother-in-law's grave
Long, 1t Is reported. broke down and
admitted the truth Of what police
officials had uncovered in the inves-
tigation. adding that he did not know
why he had made such q statement In
the first place.
Neighbofs Are AstOnishe6.
When Long discussed the case with
fellow policemen. according to the in
vestigators, he declared that his wife
contracted a severe cold while teach
ing school at Morganza and that
pneumonia developed. At Morganza
it was learned by the investigators
that Mrs. Long was not school
teacher. Residents Of the community
hearing the startling report of the
death of Mrs. Long. refused to believe
that 1t emanated from her husband.
AS a matter of fact, Capt. Brown
refused to believe to the contrary
having implicit faith in Long. until
he saw the floral tribute on a grave
where the grass had grown into a
considerable thickness of turf.
The case Is the first of its kind In
the history of the police department
officials said. A hearing of the
trial board at . session in the near
future
Evening star., 1923-03-26

Charged with falsely reporting the
death of his wife to get a leave of
absence. John. Robert Long of Nor
ganza. st. Marys- county. Md. a MEM
her of the Metropolitan police force
for a bit more than a year. has been
placed under suspension. charged
with conduct unbecoming a member
of the force. Suspension followed an
investigation by Inspector Charles A.
Evans and Capt. E. w. Brown of the
first precinct. who made a trip to
Morganza last Friday morning and
found beautiful floral tributes sent
Long as a token Of sympathy by his
fellow officers on the grave of a
from neighbors that Mrs. Long her
self was very much alive.
1t Is charged that about 5 o'clock
on the morning of March II, Long
telephoned the first precinct station
that his wife was critically Ill at her
former home in Maryland, and asked
for two days leave. which was
granted. At the expiration of the
leave he returned, it is said. and an
nounced that his wiz had died.
thereby obtaining leave for three ad-
ditional-. days. The funeral was to
be held on Sunday. March Is. he is
alleged to- have reported. and the
burial was to be in St Joseph's
cemetery. 60
Brother Omcers Send Flowers.
Brother officers. fond of the young
man from Maryland. took up a COL
laofgop IN p0rchaaa-a q large floral
tribute. The flowers were dispatched
to Morganza. Who received them Is
not known, but when police officials
Evening star., 1923-03-26
Woodrow Wilson
Asks GoUernor to
Choose Thompson

BY the Associated Press
DENVER, Col. March 26.-Wood-
row Wilson, former President of
the United States. today asked
Gov. w. E. Sweet Of Colorado to
appoint Huston Thompson. demo-
crat. to a seat in the United States
Senate to succeed Samuel D.
Nicholson. republican. who died
Saturday night. Thompson is now
a member Of the Federal Trade
Commission.
Gov. Sweet announced he had
received the following telegram
from the former President.
II trust you will not think it an
unwarranted liberty If / express
the hope that you will select my
friend Huston Thompson for the
vacant seat IN the Senate.
Thompson is graduate of
Princeton University. He was one
of the founders of the first Wood
row Wilsonfor-PreS Clubs In
Colorado.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
FLETCHER TO GET
HONOR At SANTIAGO
Chief of U. S. Delegation Will
Head Pan-American Com
mittee on Armaments.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile. March 26.-When
the committees are chosen at the first
business netting of the pan Ameri-
can conference today. it is a foregone
conclusion that Henry T. Fletcher,
head of the United States delegation,
will be made chairman of the commit
tee on ornaments. At yesterdays
preliminary organization meeting he
was asked to act In this capacity by
all the most interested Vations.
The committee probably will seek
a modification of the positions taken
by the A. B. c. powers with reference
to their ornaments requirements.
With the exception that Argentina
and Brazil will be unable to find a
common ground, Chile plans to sug-
gest reference of the differences to a
committee which will report at the
next conference.
Welcomes Delegates.
Argentina has made il known that
she IS ready to accept the status quo
of equality with any other South
American nation.
Pan-Americanism is more than an
idea; it is an actual dynamic force,
born from inevitable. geographical,
historical and political causes. said
Arturo Alessandri. president of the
republic of Chile, in welcoming the
delegates to the congress in the Salon
de Honor Of the Chilean congress this
afternoon.
In eulogizing the leadership of the
United States in the pan-American
he referred
various statesmen of the United states
w Washington. Blaine, Root and Har-
ding-regarding the keeping faith
with all nations. great or small, and
not desiring conquest
Describing the Washington arma-
ment conference as one of the great
est efforts ever made for peace. Pres
ident Aless-an repeated the words
of of tbe We the harbor mo-
fears; we have no sordid ends to
serve; we suspect no enemy
Content with what we have. we seek
nothing which is another's."
These words" declared Senior
Alessandri, from where they were
spoken were heard with JOY by the
Americtn continent. since they en-
bodied the gospel of the new democ-
racy we are constructing at this
moment on the basis of respect for
the soveignty of the states and their
absolute equality before the majesty
of Justice and right
Plea for war-Torn Nations.
"All the creative spirits of the
American people with the exception
of Washington. who received 3ust-
fication from his cotemporaries, re-
ceiyed the tribute of human ingrati-
tude. But today in the peace of their
tombs they ought to feel the redeem
ing relief of Immortality awarded by
the nations they founded.
lone hundred years ago some amer
leans, eyes aiame, saw the magnin-
cent vision of a fraternity OF the
weak against the strong. Their hearts
were infamed against humanity;
which at that time had not perceived
the new horizon of justice. law and
solidarity. Today powerful new rorees tss
surge which are Transforming the
Sounp countries of yesterday and
already. virile. erect and open.armea'
thew are walking as affectionate com
nanions of the nations of Europe
ann ering and bleeding from war.
vryANr CANADA TO JOIN,
Evening star., 1923-03-26
TWO ARE CHARGED
WITH WAR FRAUD
Army Officer and Attorney
lndicted-Accused of
$28,210 Plot.

Conspiracy to dcfraud the United
States out of s2S.21O24 on an un-
authorized claim is charged in an in
dictment reported today by the grand
jury against Lieut.. Col. Arthur A
OBrien, L. S. A. and David ]. Maloney
an attorney representing the New
bury Realty Company. of Boston
Mass. The claim grew out of the
leasing by the government of the
Newbury building at Newbury street
and Massachusetts avenue, Boston, In
December, 1918. The claim was for
reimbursement for repairs to the
building to fit it for the use Of the
Army Quartermaster Corps The
money was paid April 90, 1920
Conspiracy Charged.
The indictment declares that Col
O'Brien was detailed for duty in the
office of Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker and that the Secretary in
trusted and relied on him to super
wise and adjust claims arising under
TIE act of March 2, 1919, providing
for relief and settlement of certain
war claims.
1t is alleged that Maloney, as at
torney for the Newbury Realty Com
pany. conspired with Col. O'Brien to
have this claim allowed after a claim
board had found 1t did not come un-
der the provisions of the act Ma
loney was to induce, it is alleged, Col
O'Brien to use his authority to place
upon the records of the War Depart
ment a writing indicating that the
claim arose under an agreement made
prior to November, 1918, and was a
valid claim.
List Number of Acts.
A number of overt acts of the al
legged conspiracy are set Forth in the
indictment. 1t is stated Maloney and
O'Brien had a meeting March II. 1920.
and March .29 there was prepared a
typewritten document called a memo
randum for board of appraisers, which
was initiated by Col. O'Brien. April
II, 1920. another memorandum was
prepared. it is alleged. and the claim
was allowed. and April 20, 1920, Ma
loney accepted and received a check
for S2S,210.24 for the claim of the
Newbury Realty Company.
The indictment is signed by United
States Attorney Gordon and by C.
Frank Reavis. F. Donald Enfield and
oliver E. Pagan, assistant to the At
torney General.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
SARAH bERNHARDT
TAKEN BY DEATH
End Comes After a Long
Fight Against Many
Ailments.
BULLETIN.
Bt LIE TN.
BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Parch 26.-Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt is dead.

. PARIS. March 26.-Sarah Bern
hardt's condition has grown worse
and the household considers that the
end is near.
Shortly after o'clock a priest ar
rived at Nine. Bernhardt's home to
administer extreme JUNCTION.
The priest. Father Riesler, came
from the nearby church Of St Fran
co.'s de Salles and his entrance into
the Bernhardt home was taken by
the watchers outside as visible evil
dence of the abandonment of hope.
Hundreds of the actress friends
were calling at the house in steady
stream and the street was some
times crowded with the carriages
and automobiles of those coming to
pay their respects.
Hopeless, Says Doctor.
DIR. Provost said at this hour that
the actress condition was hopeless
and that she might die any minute.
She was then sleeping under an
opiate.
The week end was one of tense anx-
iety in Bernhardts home, on the
messages bidding her to have cour-
age came from her many friends on
the continent and in America.
This counsel was scarcely needed.
ror Bern hardt S determination to 1--we,
which so often has found expression
in her positive assertion that she in
tends to die in the harness" again
came to her assistance, and daybreak
brought from the sickroom word of
slight improvement.
Inquiries of Coffin.
Bernhardt this morning still re-
tanned her mental alertness, aston
fishing those about her with her
comments. Sometimes, however, she
caused them much pain by speaking
of the agony she was undergoing.
At times also she insisted on talk ing
of her own funeral She was anxious
to know yesterday whether the rose
wood coffin she bought thirty years
ago was still preserved saying that
she wished to be buried in it.
AS her son. deeply moved. me-
chanically crumpled up a scrap of
paper and nervously threw it out OF
the window the patient found
strength to tell him jokingly to be
careful or he would be called to ac-
count for throwing things on the
street" which is contrary to a city
ordinance.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
ROW PREC|P|TATED
in NAMING SCHOOLS
Commissioners Refusal to
Accept Boards Selection
Is Cause of Split.

In the midst of the controversy
with the District Commissioners con-
cerning the control Of public school
funds. the Board of Education is on
the verge of another which is said TO
be brewing over the naming Of new
school buildings.
Polite refusual of the Commits
sioners to approve the names chosen
for four schools to be opened during
the next scholastic year. il was said
today, may lead the board to again
ask the city heads to cite the author
ity for their action.
1t has been the practice for years
for the school board to select the
names for new schools and then have
the Commissioners approve them. The
question of which hoard has the
constituted power to ultimately de-
eide on the names of the schools.
however, has not been raised in recent
years.
Letter to Board.
The Commissioners turned down
the names chosen by the board on
the ground that they did not include
former District government officials.
In letter to the board the Commits
sioners said:
For many years it was the policy
of the board of education to recon-
mend that the names of former de-
ceased Commissioners of the District
of Columbia be used in naming school
buildings. The commissioners feel
that this policy should be followed in
the naming OF the school buildings
raferrpd 70 in VOur letter.
While the names suggested by the
board of education are excellent. only
in one case. that of the name Of Ber-
nard T Janney. does the name have
any connection with the municipal
government or the school system. OF
the names suggested the persons have
already been honored in some signal
manner by other memorials. or steps
are now being taken to commemorate
their names.
To dispute the Commissioners state
ment that Il has been the policy Of
the board for many years to recon-
mend the names Of former deceased
Commissioners to be used in naming
Continued on Page 2. Column -
Evening star., 1923-03-26
STATE SEEKS TO BAR
WITNESS FOR FOSTER
Claims Codefendant Not Compe-
tent to Testify in Radi-
cal Case.
Nv the Associated PreEs

BY the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich, March 26.-The
state today moved to bar further tes-
timony by Charles f. Ruthenburg in
the trial of William T. Foster, charged
with criminal syndicalisna, and asked
Judge Charles White to strike out
Ruthenburgs testimony of last week
Prosecuting Attorney Charles Gore
cited Michigan authorities to support
his contention that a codefendant is
not a competent witness.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
WEEKS BACK AT DESK,

Secretary Weeks today resumed his
official duties at the War Department
after several weeks vacation at st.
Augustine. Fla. Mrs. Weeks, who was
taken Ill near Brunswick, Ca, on her
way back to this city, was resting
quietly today at her home, 18th and
V streets, and is reported to be gain
ing steadily in health and strength.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
WANT CANADA TO JOIN.
John Barrett Says Members Seek
Real Pan-American Union.

NEW YORK, March 26.-John Bar
rett. former director general OF the
Pan.American Union, in a statement
TO the Associated Press yesterday as
serted that a test made by him of
public interest in the pan-American
conference in the United States. Can
ada and Latin America showed, in his
opinion, that the question of Can
ada's possible entrance into the union
has more popular appeal than any
other points of the program.
The entrance of Canada, Mr.. Bar
r.tt said. would make the union actu-
ally "pan-American." rather than
part American"
Evening star., 1923-03-26
MRS. MITCHELL QUITS SOUTH
Declares She and Husband Are
"Best of Chums.''

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 26--
Mrs j. Kearsley Mitchell. wife of the
wealthy John Kearsley Mitchell,
identified as the mysterious Mr..
Marshall" in the Dorothy Keenan,
tnurder case in New York. left here
early today aboard a private car for
philadelphia to join her husband. She
|was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. E.
r. Stotesbury of Philadelphia, her
parents.
In statement to the Associated
Press last night, Mr.. Stotesbury de-
cIared his faith In his son-in-law
was not shaken by his alleged con-
nection with the keenan, girl.
Mrs. Mitchell asserted that she and
her husband ARE the best of chums"
and said she knew that he could not
have been unfaithful" to her.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
ARMY PLANES LEAVE HAITI,
Nv the Associated Press,

|
PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti, March 2s
The American army airplanes flying
back to the United tSates from Porto
Rico, which arrived here from Santo
Domingo yesterday. began leaving
shortly after o'clock this morning
for their next landing place. Guanta-
namo, Cuba.
The leading plane got off 1T Sill
a.m., in q strong following wind.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
DENIES SHIP IN DISTRESS.
CHARLESTON, s. c.. March 2s.-

A. radio message received here this
morning by Superintendent H. l.
Beck of the sixth lighthouse district,
from the Frying Pan Shoals light
ship, denied that she was In distress.
Boats sent to investigate previously
reported trouble. have been recalled.
Evening star., 1923-03-26
It'll Be in the $50 Edition

# it took place after the regular edition of The
Evening Star. The 80 is issued to give Washington
mans the very latest news-from everywhere-always
featuring the financial, the sports fnas-and giving
the Courts program for the next day
For sale throughout the city
by newsboys and newsdeaIers
Evening star., 1923-03-26
WEATHER.

Cloudy and colder tonight, lowest tenn
perature tonight slightly below freezing;
tomorrow fair; slowly rising tempera-
ture tomorrow afternoon. Temperature
for "a hours ended at pm. today:
Highest, &c, at noon today; lowest. AZ. at
GAS am. today. Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1923-03-26

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