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Evening star., 1923-03-22
GIvE:UP COND EMNATION.
Commissioners Abandon Effort to
i.F
Set Building Line.

The District Commissioners today
abandoned the condemnation pro-
ceedings. by which they sought to
establish a uniform building line on
the east, side of 14th street between
Clifton and Kenyon streets. The Com
missioners originally sought to make
uniform building restriction from
Florida avenue to Park road. Later
the section Between Florida avenue
and Clifton street was taken out Of
the proceeding and then the section
between Park road and Kenyon street
was eliminated. The section between
Clifton and Kenyon streets had been
scheduled for hearing before a jury
today, but Assistant Corporation
Counsel Hart announced the abandon
ment of the project.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
BUSINESS RECORDS
SHOW PROSPERITY
Commerce Department Re-
ports Indicate Building and
Manufacturing Booming.
FOOD PRICES LOWERED
Marked Decline in Failures and
Continual Rise in Stocks
Good Signs.

All Of the production statements and
business records available to the
Commerce Department indicated that
February was proceeding at the rapid
pace noted earlier in the year. ac-
cording to a summary of these issued
today. Building, manufacturing and
railroad freight movement, the de
partments statement said, all CON
tinued TO reflect the stimulation.
Retail sales kept up to January's
mark, the review declared, lin spite
OF the shorter month. while the trans
portat:on system showed signs o.
oVercrowding i'll the large car load
ings and increased shortage OF freiglr
cars. The wholesale price index ad
Eahced one point. and again the de
ther rise. Food prices. both at whole
sale and retail. declined. Increased
prosperity is confirmed by the marked
decline in business failures and the
continued rise in stock prices.
Cotton Stocks Reduced.
In the textile field. the increasing
rate of cotton consumption reduced
10 tai stocks OF raw cotton at tn. ,
end OF February to the lowest points
reported al this season Of the year
since ISI4. WOOL receipts, with one
exception. were higher in February
than in any month since April 1927.
while silk consumption, also with one
exception. was the largest since 1919
Pig iron production in February
was at slightly higher rate per day
than in January. while steel ingof
production was slightly less. IN
filled orders Of the United States
Steel Corporation increased to 7.2S3-
9S9 tons. the highest since january
1921. Untitled orders for locomn.
tives made new high record in Feb
ruary. fabricated structural steei
sales were the highest since last MAJ.
but orders for steel castings declined
Building Booming.
Building contracts awarded IN
February amounted to 41.61i.01G
square feet. showing an increase over
January in place Of the expected
seasonal decline. Shipments of build
ing materials. such as lumber, foot
ing and cement. showed large iIl-
creases over January and over Feb
ruary, 1922.
~ net car shortage of $1,000
freight cars at the end of February
was the first increase over the recent
low point of $4,000 cars short at the
end of January"
Evening star., 1923-03-22
SIX ARE IDENTIFIED
AS IN HERR|N RIOTS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARION, Ill, March 22.-All Of the
Six defendants on trial for the mur-
der of Antonio Mulcavich of Erie,
Pa, today had been identified with
the Herrin riots of last June by. testi-
mony given by states witnesses, The
last man. Oscar, Howard. was con-
nected with the riot during yester-
days testimony, when George Nelson.
a farmer, said Howard was one of
two men who escorted c.. K. Nc
Dowell, one of the twenty-five vic
Tins, to the spot where his body was
found.
Judge p. T Hartwell said he would
hear legal arguments today on the
admissibility of part of the testimony
given by Nelson. The farmer had
testified that Mrs. Clark. wife of Otis
Clark, pointed out as the second Of
the two men who lead Mcdowell from
the ranks of the prisoners. had made
certain remarks against the nom
union men.
Nelson, %fffend of both Howard and
Clark, said he saw the two men
take Mcdowell from the line of march
and lead him into the woods. Shots
followed. Nelson said, and twenty five
minutes later he found the body OF
Mcdowell with bullet hole in the
head and TWO bullet wounds in each
side of the, chest.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
SOMERSAULT KILLS
SCHOOLBOY Of 8
William Boyd, Jr., Meets
Death While Playing at
Soldiers Home. +

While threescore of his Schoolmates
were being marshaled into line for a
return from an afternoon outing in
the Soldiers Home grounds. William
Boyd. jr.. eight years old, of 4413 10Th
street yesterday was fatally injured
when his neck was broken while he
was attempting to turn a somersault
without using his hands.
Robert L. Haycock, supervising
principal of the third division. public
schools, and Miss NJ. w. Frank. prin-
cipal of the Petworth School, which
the boy attended, conducted an inves-
tigation among children, and learned
the accident happened on a slope
when the boy attempted to turn a
somersault while running with COM
panionS.
Was ON Outing.
At 1880 yesterday Miss E. r. Heron.
teacher of the third grade, in which
Billy was a student, and another
teacher. took two classes. comprising
about sixty pupils, to Soldiers Home
grounds for an outing. With the out
ing drawing to a close. the children
were marshaled in line when the cry
went up: "Billy's fallen and hurt him
self"
Miss Heron ran to the scene of the
mishap. She gathered the boy In her
arms, hailed a passing automobile. and
rushed him to the hospital at Soldiers
Home. He was lifeless when they
reached the receiving ward. His neck
had been broken.
William A. Boyd. proprietor Of a
pharmacy at Georgia avenue and Ken
yon street, father of the boy, was notf-
fed Immediately. Mrs. Boyd was
downtown shopping. She did not
learn of the accident until she returned
home.
Today at the school arrangements
are being made for the classmates of
Billy to participate in memorial serv-
ices for the boy who did not come
back from the outing. Details are not
yet completed. -
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed. =@.'
Evening star., 1923-03-22

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committee on enrolment and disbar-
ment.
THE chief clerk of the Treasury De-
partment will transmit the originals
Of all declarations and affidavits filed
hereunder to the committee on en-
rollment and disbarment, and the
duplicates. or copies thereof, to the
heads of Treasury offices before which
cases in which the attorney or agent
appears may be pending.
"All Treasury offices will be expected
to enforce strictly the provisions OF
this order. and before admitting any
attorney or agent to appear before
the department in any case will re-
quire satisfactory evidence that either
the specific declaration or the general
affidavit has been filed with the chief
clerk as required by this order; pro-
vided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to prohibit
any attorney or agent from con-
tinuing to appear in any case already
pending before the department If the
declaration or affidavit required by
this order shall be filed by April Is,
1928"
Evening star., 1923-03-22

the matter. There is nothing that the
tssoeral administration wishes more
than to see a reasonable price and a
stable market in sugar and other
commodities without speculation.
Brands Report Legend.
regret to see Mr.. Manly circu-
latfng the legend that the department
stated there was a shortage of sugar,
as this only tends to benefit the spec
ulators, and the department made
no such statement. Unfortunately,
one Of the news agencies misinter-
preted one OF the usual semi mi-annual
statistical statements of the depart
ment, but the moment 1t was brought
to my attention it was Immediately
corrected by the press Mr.. Manly is
rsther captious In blaming a cabinet
officer for the size of type which
newspapers use in statistical tables
AS to Mr.. Manly's discovery of the
ago-on his own statement my part
was that l told (Which / confirm)
the Cuban officials who came to
Washington w that II they wanted to
production Of sugar. Jointly with the
American beet producers, they would
nave to get the approval of Con-
gress. Needless to say, this was
never obtained"
Dnllinger Ask. Data.
iscPLeSeHedtlVe DalllnSer, republl-
can, Massachusetts,. today asked Sec
retary Hoover whether the recent
departmental half-yearly review in
dicated a surplus or shortage;
Whether there was reason to believe
departmental estimates Of Cuban pro-
duction were too high, "as represent
ed by some of the Dealers" and for
Information on the effect throughout
the world Of high prices upon con-
sumption and supplies.
lne "a
Mr.. Dallinger. prices have been
going up at a rate which reminds
me of conditions just after the war
At that time manipulators created
the impression there was a shortage
II like situation exists today no
time should be lost in bringing home
to the public the one way to defeat
the spectators, and that is for every
body to buy only from hand to mouth
and Just as little. as possible until
the market drops"
Evening star., 1923-03-22
CORN LIQUOR CHASE
ENDS WITH CRASH
Police Find Sixty-Seven Gall
Ions of Rum in Car After
1t Is Wrecked.

Two speeding automobiles, occu-
pants of one appearing to be endeav-
Cring to overtake the occupants Of
the other, this morning about 4
o'clock attracted the attention o.
Policemen ]. r. Hickey and Richard
Ballard of the ninth precinct, on
Maryland avenue northeast Speed
ing of one car ended at Maryland
avenue and 9th street, where the
vehicle crossed the sidewalk, tore
down the chain fence inclosing Stan
ton Park and turned over.
The car was damaged and the
police reported it contained about
SiXty-seyen gallons of corn liquor.
The liquor was then seized. Identity
of the owner of the car was estab-
lished by the number of the license
tag and he will be questioned hy the
police.
Immediate Inquiry Started.
Immediate inquiry was started tn
learn if occupants of the car had
been injured. Inquiry at the several
hospitals failed TO show that persons
injured in the accident had applied
for treatment.
One of the policemen was standing
at Maryland avenue and l4th straet
when his attention was attracted to
the speeding cars. lie watched them
as they sped west. AT 9th street and
Maryland avenue his brother officer
saw the speeding cars, and heard the
crash at 9Th street. An investigation
was started promptly.
Occupants Had Disappeared.
When the police reached the park
none of the persons who had occupied
the car was on the scene. and the
other car also had disappeared The
police concluded that the driver OF
the car was hurrying to get the
liquor put away before daybreak, or
that occupants of the other car were
in pursuit to hold him up.
Special Policeman +. j. Sheehan was
near the park when the accident hap
pened. He was unable to learn if oc-
cupants Of the car were hurt.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
TEN ON 1924 LIST
OF BRYAN AND cox
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be answered in favor of the north
erner. not because Mr., Underwood
wouldn't make an excellent President,
but because party habits are not
likely to be changed in 1924.
Gov. AL Smith is popular but while
some solicitors for delegates might argue
that Catholic could not be elected, most
of the opposition to Smith is being
drummed up by the "drys" in the
democratic party, who insist that the
candidate should be dry" in order
to offset the dry" position which Mr.
Harding Will take and to remove the
question from the presidential contest
and keep ii in the congressional and
first steps toward modification of ex-
listing law would be initiated
Cows. Davis OF Kansas and Donahey
of Ohio are mentioned because they
have carried important states. but
they are even less known than Gov.
Ralston of Indiana.
Representative Ayres Of Kansas lis
another man from the west who has
made good record and has a follow
ing.
Henry Ford's chances of securing
the democratic nomination are about
as good as they were four years ago.
Nobody paid any attention at that
time to the Ford boom, least of all
MI oIu HluSSlI, Dul IL lie
his friends really to start boom for
him he may participate rather extern
sively in the next democratic conven-
tion.
Former President Wilson is looked
upon as a possible candidate by those
who think a man who has once been
a candidate for President of the
United States can never suppress a
desire to run for the same office
again. This line Of reasoning would
put both Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Bryan into
the race, though neither one gives
any Indication of desiring the nomi-
nation.
Cox Has Following.
Mr.. bryan feels as young as he did
i'll 1896 and could make an old fash
ioned campaign this year If he had
the chance. Mr.. Cox has a great
many friends who believe he was un-
fortunate enough to be named in
year when nobody could have won
because of the natural reaction from
the war They think he should have
another chance and that he could
surely carry Ohio this time.
So that's the lineup at present and
the trend Of the gossip about all the
candidates, with many an argument
still unmade and many good quality
yet unrevealed because the publicity
campaigns for the aspirants have not
yet begun.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-22
ssTUT'' INVENTIONS
SWAMP u. S. PATENT
OFFICE WORKERS

The success of Lord Carnarvon at
Luxor has brought extra hours of
toll to one government bureau in
Washington.
The patent ONCE is in the midst
of 4 flood Of patent applications
dealing with articles more or less
intimately connected with King Tut
ankhamen's return to the mundane.
The list is made up mostly of things
feminine. including dress goods. color
designs ornaments and toys.
Employees Of this bureau, having
experienced similar floods, predict
the King Tut vrgue soon will pass.
Evening star., 1923-03-22

statue In this city. Submitted to Fine
Arts Com m ission by Mrs. Ethel Leach
Carpenter Of Birmingham, Ala, for
meriy of Washington.
Following UP the proposal of for
mer Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi to erect a memorial here
to colored "mammies" of the south,
a model for such a memorial has been
completed by Mrs. Ethel Leach Car
penter of Birmingham, Ala. former
ly a student at George Washington
University and at the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art.
1t is the intention of Mrs Carpen-
ter. 1t was stated today, to enter the
model in competition for the me-
mortal. should the proposition be de-
cided upon.
Mrs. Carpenter is the daughter of
former Commander Boynton Leach,
United States Navy, and until she
moved to Birmingham she was we'll
known in local social circles, having
made her debut here only a few years
ago She has studied sculpture in
Cincinnati and Birmingham, as we'll
as here, and plans to continue her
work this summer under the guild
ance of a celebrated New England
sculptor
Evening star., 1923-03-22
NICHOLSON TOO ILL
FOR OPERATION NOW
Senator Will Return From Roch.
ester, Mimi, to Colorado Home
on Special Train Today.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, March o.
An operation having been declared by
surgeons here to be inadvisable now,
United States Senator Samuel D.
Nicholson of Colorado, seriously i'll
with tumor of the stomach. will leave
today for his home in Denver. He
will travel in a private car.
Decision not to operate was reached
late yesterday, after series of con-
ferences between DR.. Hubert Work.
Secretary OF the Interior. and DR..
William Mayo Of the Mayo clinic
here.
DR.. Work, for many years a friend
Of the senator's, and called here at
Mr.. Nicholson's request, said that the
latter's condition was grave and an
operation was deemed inexpedient."
DR.. Work left for Washington last
night
Senator Nicholson came here from
Washington a week ago to consult
DR.. Mayo.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
Paris Ministers
War on "WaUe
OF Obscenities''
Ry the AssncIated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 22.-The council OF
ministers today decided to take mea-
ure to end the wave of obcenities
and offenses against morals which
have been prevalent in certain thea
ters in Paris lately" says an official
communique. The council, which
was presided over by Premier Poin-
caire, lasted three hours.
The conditions to which the minis
ters took exception have been under
the fire recently of a number of the
leading Partisan dramatic critics,
among them Andre Antoine. who bit
terly scores the increasing tendency
toward undress among actresses.
third authority says that "The
theater of today would have made
our grandparents die Of shame" 1t
is announced that the authorities are
about to proceed against a Paris
establishment whose program, 1t is
charged, includes several indecent
scenes.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
MRS. BUZZI IS HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE
Police Say They Have New
Evidence to Connect Her
With the Crime. -.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 22.-Mrs. Anna
Buzzi, housekeeper for Frederick
Schneider, wealthy Bronx contractor
when he was slain on February 2s.
was arrested today on a charge of
homicide. She had been released
after being held for several days as
O material witness.
Detectives said they had obtained
new evidence connecting her with
the crime.
Schneider was shot to death at the
wheel of his automobile on a lonely
Bronx road. Two witnesses told Of
seeing a woman leave the scene of
the murder, but neither was able to
identify her
Evening star., 1923-03-22
KRUPP HARBoR OCCUPIED.
Belgians Take Control to End
Smuggling.
Ry the Assoc in ted Press..

BY the Associated Press.
DUESSELDORF, March 22.-Belgian
troops have occupied Krupp harbor
Al Hoch Emmerich, on the Rhine near
Duisburg, for the purpose Of control
ling exports from this harbor and the
collection of the 10 per cent tax on
goods shipped
All kinds OF smuggling tricks have
been resorted to by the Germans in
order to bring money from Berlin
into the occupied area. In one in
stance the French customs authori-
ties at frontier post discovered
bundles Of notes hidden under ship
ments Of vegetables. The money was
conf1scated.
The French claim the Germans are
using the banks and post officer. as
we'll as individuals, to bring money
into the Ruhr. In Dusseldorf the
French seized at a post Office 15,000,-
900 marks which had been sent there
for one of the strike leaders to col
lect and distribute among the work.
men under government pay.
rpr1crJ auARn CANAL
Evening star., 1923-03-22
IRISH REBEL KILLED.
By the Associat ted Press.

d
DUBLIN. March 22.-One Irish ir-
regular was killed, one wounded and
four others were captured in a raid by
Free State rtoops in Kingstown today.
The captured men are said to be
prominent local republican leaders.
The house raided was under suspi-
cion OF being a rendezvous of the ir-
regulars. and when men from a mill
tary lorry drew a Gordon around the
dwelling on Adelaide road Several
youths rushed from the back en-
trance. The troops fired and a lively
tight began which lasted twenty min
uteS.
r.Tha tpesstztef fntees:1 lost one man
Evening star., 1923-03-22
FRENCH GUARD CANAL.
Strong Forces Spread From Rhine
to Datteln.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1923.
ESSEN, March 22.-Strong French
forces have spread along both sides
of the Rhine -Herne canal from the
Rhine to Datteln. All the locks and
bridges are guarded and traffic Is
being carefully watched. Trains are
halted and the passengers are
searched. The canal feeders have
been placed under guard.
The sunken barges that carried the
pre-wa imperial German colors and
now the German naval flag have been
removed and the damaged lock has
been repaired.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
Shrine
/ Contention Notes.

The pageant committee. one of the
committees of most interest to the
general public, because OF the scope
of its work, will make a detailed re-
port Friday night. This committee
is headed by Brig Gen Amos A.
Fries. who has obtained the assist
ance OF Mrs. Minnegerode Andrews
and Mrs James Carroll Frazier in
planning probably the most spec
tacular and picturesque pageant and
float parade Washington has ever
seen.
Commissioner Oyster. chairman of
of the citizens committee. will be
nounces that the required registra-
tion now in effect on all out-of-town
automobiles will he eliminated dur
ing the Imperial Council session.
All nearby country golf clubs have
announced to the Shrine committee
first week in June will be open to all
Shriners and their friends. So June
5. and Z will likely see a veritab BILE
sea Of red fezzes upon the links.
\ report comes from the imperial
recorder. Benjamin F. Rowell. of
Boston, that the coming session will
be attended by more ladies than any
previous convention. Equal rights"
exist in Shrinedom, it seems.
Commissioner Rudolph, chairman
of the citizens committee. will meet
a t the Shrine headuua rters March 2S
and probably make known those
who are to comprise the one hundred
Of the committee.
The massed band. composed Of
5000 pieces. will play at the Amer
day morning. June Z. at 10 o'clock.
More than 12O different bands will
be represented.
Thomas E; farrell has ceased to
worry about finances. His COM
mittee has reported $l7s,000 so far
and prospects are that the full $780,
900 goal will soon be reached.
EIlwood P. Morey, chairman of the
housing and hotel committee. is de-
sirous of letting every one know
that Washington is going to be able
to adequately handle the big crowd
next June. Not only the Shriners
cared for" he states. but the other
visitors as we'll" In previous con-
ventions of the Mystic Shrine the
visitors have outnumbered the
Shriners and their families three to
one.
1t has been announced that one
and perhaps two information booths
Will be erected at Union Sldtloh'
where the incoming travellers can be
told in a very short time where hous-
ing accommod ations can be procured.
The information will be given gratui-
tously to all.
Gordon Leech. superintendent of
the bathing beach on the tidal basin,
is arranging program of water
sports that should prove of interest
to everybody. He hopes to stage ca
noe and boat races and also high
class swimming events. Many nota-
BILE athletes will participate. The
Washington Canoe Club and the
Southern Athletic Association are
lending their aid.
1t is believed that some definite in
formation concerning the erection of
grandstands will be made public soon.
Already many applications for seats
are pouring in at the Shrine head
quarters. Samuel J. Prescott is at the
head of this committee
&. II. Warrenton, chairman of the
committee on automobiles, is request
ing all machine owners who can spare
their cars to register their names at
the offices in the Homer building.
A big rodeo containing all the wild
west features will be held for one
week during the Shrine convention.
The rodeo will be held on the Monu-
ment grounds.
Evening star., 1923-03-22
STEAMER GOES AGROUND.
Texan Listing Heavily to East Of
Block Island, b. I.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 22.-The steamer
Texan went aground today half a
mile east of Block Island. r. l. The
radio message reporting the accident
said she was listing heavily to star
board. The coast guard cutter Acush-
net has gone to her aid.
The Texan sailed from this port
yesterday for New York and Pacific
ports after discharging part Of her
cargo from Hamburg.
Evening star., 1923-03-22

ton will ever become substantially
productive.
There seems no question but that
the members of parliament. as well as
the French people, are still virtually
solid behind Premier Poincare in ap-
plying rigidly the penalties imposed
upon Germany and the seizing of
guarantees. but there are evidences
of a growing desire among certain
groups in the chamber of deputies
to discuss the ways and means of
such application and bring out wheth-
er the policy thus far followed has
been exactly what the situation re-
Ouired
Evening star., 1923-03-22
Honest Confession.

From the New York Sun.
Nadge-What in the world did you
say to the rector when he hoped you
were strictly observing your Lenten
duties?
Marjorie-I owned right up that I
vaA en}y q part time pupil
Evening star., 1923-03-22
The Logic Of It.

From the Boston Globe.
H1bby-I can't understand why you
should always show such q mean and
cranky disposition in the morning.
WHEAT what other time should ]
show IL, may AK Z = :Y0psf not h1re
during the rest Of tAA dGsk