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Evening star., 1931-06-26
BANNED DRY BUREAU
TO CHANGE ITS NAME
Division of Research to Be Used
by Woodcock for Press
Releases.

Banned by Congress, the division
of research and public information Of
the Bureau of Prohibition" merely will
change its name on July 1, the begin
ming of the new fiscal year, and do q
different kind of work, in collecting
and spreading dry information.
This was disclosed by Prohibition Di-
rector Woodcock, who has sent a cir
cular to all prohibition administrators,
saying 1t will shift its output from
printed pamphlets to formal press
releases for the directors use on such
topics and at such times as may be
deemed necessary" The new name of
the organization will be the Division
of Research"
Woodcock said the renamed division
would study particularly the origin,
quantity and direction of the illegal
(hquor) traffic" and, in short, en-
deavor to obtain information Of enemy
operations.
During the last session of Congress
Representative La Guardia, Republican,
New York, made a point OF order
against the proposed $4,000 authorize
tion for collecting and disseminating
information and appeal for law OBJ
eervance and law enforcement
Thus, although nothing was sub
tracted from the Prohibition Bureaus
appropriation of S11,339. 500, no au-
thority was given for the work in
question.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
INCREASE OF 3,211
SHOWN IN SCHOOLS
Record Total Of 77,761
Reached, Enrolment
Statistics Reveal.

The highest enrolment ever record
ed, 7776l students of all grades, was
compiled in the District public schools
for the school year just ended, figures
released by the statistical ONCE OF the
system yesterday revealed.
The total represented an increase OF
S,211 over the 74,550 enrolled last year.
With the exception of teachers col
leges whose rolls were reduced by 80,
the increase was distributed throughout
the school system.
High School Increase.
Senior high schools, with a total
enrolment of 1888. enrolled LOTS
more than they did last year. Junior
high schools, with 10,171, were in
creased by 640 Elementary schools
enrolled 1872 more in the last season
to increase the total enrolment to
51,971, while the, vocational schools,
with $50 enrolled, received only more
students than they did last year.
Central High School amaSSed the
greatest number of pupils enrolled by
any one building with 2,744 boys and
girls. Mckinley was a close second
with 2.544. These totals represented
gain Of 398 for Mckinley and 121 for
Central over their respective last years
enrollments. Eastern, with 2,114, was
third with an enrolment 80 higher
tnan last year. western High SchOOl,
fourth on the list, was forced into a
double shift program with part of its
students attending classes In the morn-
ing and part in the afternoon by its
enrolment of 1853, which was 174
more than that school carried year
ago.
Jefferson Loses Is.
Dunbar High School was fifth with n
total of LAS, representing a gain of 33.
Armstrong followed with 1929 to gain
90 over its last years total.
In all, 10,451 Of the high school stu
dents were in white schools and the re-
naming 3,o62 were enrolled in colored
schools.
The Garnet-Patterson Jun;6r High
School, colored, led the junior high field
with a total enrolment of 3S5 or 78
more than it had last year. Langley
was second with 33S, or SO more than
last season.
jefferson Junior High School In
Southwest Washington, which is to have
a new building, lost Is from its previous
enrolment figures to enter Ill students.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
SIDNEY CATS HELD
ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Former Governor and Five Others
Accused of Breaking Into
Florida Cafe.

BY the Associated Press.
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla, June 26.
Sidney j. Cats, former Governor Of
Florida, and flve other men we're bound
over to the Walton County grand jury
yesterday on charges Of breaking into a
cafe here last week.
The others are EroS Enfinger. Avery
Enhnger, jeremiah CoSson, Willie Pick
Evening star., 1931-06-26
ENGINEERS RAISING
OLD WRECK IN POTOMAC
Hulk of Katahdin, Sunk by Gun
fire at Windmill Point, May
Come to Surface Today

Maj Joseph D. Arthur. jr. district
engineer for the War Department for
the Washington area, is now supervis-
ing an interesting maritime salvaging
operation at Windmill Point, at the
mouth of the Rappahannock River, in
the raising Of the wreck of the naval
vessel u S. S. Katahdin, sunk by gun
fire by naval vessels some years ago.
The wreck is a. familiar landmark to
passengers on vessels plying the Po-
tomac River.
E. j. Merrick, jr., civil engineer in the
United States Engineers once. who is
assisting Maj. Arthur in this work, ex-
planned today that the contractor. the
Portland Engineering Co. Of Portland.
Me, expects to bring the craft above
the waters of the Potomac River today.
The contractor sank two schooners-
the Oatley C. Curtis and the B. S. Tay-
1or-one on either side of the Katahdin
and has been engaged for the past few
days in pumping out the water from
these craft, chains having been passed
under the derelict and attached by
divers to the two schooners.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
SERVANT FACES DEATH
PENALTY FOR SLAYING
Killed Employer After He Was
Discovered in Act Of
Robbery.

NEW YORK. June 26 (P).-George
Daimler. rs. former Filipino house boy
Of Or. George E. Deely. Brooklyn phys
ician. was convicted Of first-degree
murder for the physician's death by .
jury in County Court yesterday. The
verdict, which automatically carries the
Evening star., 1931-06-26

assurance he would favor legislation ef-
fecting the plan.
He did not consider the proposal as
an entering wedge for debt cancellation,
adding, 81 shall continue to oppose such
cancellation unless it shall be accom-
panied by definite agreements for re-
vision downward Of reparations and
drastic and genuine land and naval
armament reduction to relieve taxpayers
of the largest single item in their
crushing burden in all countries.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

Sterilization of Hongkong's currency
should wait until that Of the rest of
China Is ready is the demand made re-
Gently by the Hongkong Chinese Cham
ber Of Commerce and "a merchants
guilds In q communication to the Chi
nese Currency Commission.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

eron and Fletcher whitehead. Cats.
who assumed the blame. testified that
Sam Satey, owner of the cafe, owed
him some money and when he learned
Satey contemplated leaving town, he
secured the help Of the others in re-
moving numerous articles from the cafe.
Cats, a minister. also is under Fed
eral indictment charging him with aid
ing and abetting counterfeiting ring
that was broken up in Tampa year
ago
Evening star., 1931-06-26

A machine recently invented in Eng
land teaches swimming in the air by
mechanical arms, which cause the pupil
to take the correct strokes while Sus-
pended by straps from the top Of the
device.
Evening star., 1931-06-26

Few, even among the girls, voted for
love stories In recent investigation in
Birmingham, England, of the most pop
ular fllm subjects among children, the
favorite subjects being comedy, cowboy,
war, detective, murder ana flying.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
death penalty. was returned in seven

death penalty. was returned in seven
minutes.
Deely was killed in his apartment in
Brooklyn June 2. Daimler was arrested
In Philadelphia and charged with the
murder. The State alleged that the
Filipino, after he had been discharged,
returned to the physicians apartment
and robbed him Of $45 while he slept
and was discovered by DR.. Deeiy. He
later returned and killed the physician.
He pleaded that he was drunk.
Evening star., 1931-06-26
La TOILETTE TO SUPPORT
DEBT SUSPENSION PLAN
Senator Informs President He
Thinks Proposal Should Be Taken
Up at Extra Session.
By the Assoclated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, June Ex-senator
Robert M. La Follette OF Wisconsin yes
terday informed President Hoover he
would support the proposed one-year
moratorium. He expressed the opinion
the matter should be dealt with at a
special session Of Congress, but gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
HISTORIC LANDMARK
IN SMOKING RUINS
Old Motley Young Residence Burn
ed to Make Way for Boiling
Field Development.

One of 10 houses to be raZed on the
site of new Boiling Field, south OF the
present Army flying field, the old Not
lev Young home. at Giesboro Point
D. c.. was pile of smoking ruins To-Day
The decayed woodwork OF the oio
brick building, one of the early land
marks OF Washington, was burned out
Yesterday at the order of Capt. j. L.
Alverson. Army Quartermaster Corps
construction QuartermaSter In charge
of the Boiling Field program.
Razing of the brickwork Is 10 oegln
as soon as the ruins are sufficiently cool
for workmen to go into the place. OF
the 10 houses on the 380-acre site OF
the new field, already have been
cleared and others will be cleared SO
construction work can begin this sum-
mer.
The Motley Young house, dating from
Colonial times, was the home OF the
third largest landowner in the DISTRICT
of Columbia at the time the Federal
territory was set aside. The house mas
been abandoned for many years ano
had fallen partly into ruins. The gar
dens and lawns which originally sur
rounded the house are overgroWn WIN
brambles and thickets which VIII De
cleared for the new field.
Clearing of the steel plant site al
GieSboro Point also Is proceeding rapid
ly under direction of Capt. Alverson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
Auto Cheap Enough
But Hopeful Buyer
Finds Engine Gone
Garage Expert Advises
All He Needs Now
Is Tow Rope.

The prospective motorist. who had
bought himself an automobile. just be-
fore the auctioneer's voice played out.
peered under the Woodworking there
Having proved himself an optimist oy
topping cautious rivals bid of Sl1.75,
he glanced hopefully at the tires.
only two fats" he said, rubbing his
hands.
only two flats on that side. -
amended his rival. Come over here
here and look"
The motorist, now little glum, was
beginning to wonder II someone could
loan him a pump maybe. But the
crowd at Tenth and @ streets southwest
this morning had moved on.
The first auctioneer, too hoarse to
continue. took a gulp of water and re-
tired. His successor, A. A. Weschler
the Governments new auctioneer, went
on with the sale.
Between them, with certain reserva-
tons credited to junk buyers. they put
10 mention a motor cycle.
Two derelict machines brought the
District IS cents each; the highest
priced automobile went for SOS while
an admiring throng of 500 looked on.
The lot Melted the District $31315,
according to E. v. Wall of the police
property clerks Office. The crowd had
departed and District employees were
figuring their totals when the motorist
approached.
What will need to buy for my
carr" he inquired.
You can put it in running shape"
said a garage man, with 80 feet of
tow rope"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
]. H. ELDRIDGE, 49,
DIES IN ARIZONA
Federal Highway Engineer Sue
cumbs to Heart Attack
on Western Trip.

John H. Eldridge, 40, brother Of As
sistant Traffic Director M o. Eldridge
died suddenly in Tucson. Ariz.. last
Friday. relatives here announced today.
His death, they said, was caused by
heart attack.
Mr. Eldridge, a highway maintenance
engineer for the Bureau of Public
Roads, went to Arizona on official bust
ness about four months ago. He had
been connected with the Public Roads
Bureau longer than any other employe,
having joined the staff in 1900.
Before going to Arizona Mr.. Eldridge
who lived at 4917 Battery lane, Be-
theSda, worked on the Virginia end OF
the new Mount Vernon Memorial Bou-
levard.
Besides his brother, he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Gladys D. Eldridge
two sons, John H. jr., 20, and Thomas
L., 10 and two sisters, Mrs. C. B. Rob-
erts and Mrs. F. A. Weiss, both of
Knoxville Tenn.
Funeral arrangements have not been
burial Wednesday in Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
REVISED BORLAND
LEV|ES MAILED OUT
Property Owners Get Big
Reductions From Levies
Originally Asked.

Service of revised tax bills under the
substitute for the Borland act, adopted
February 20, 1881, started this week
The first job to be reassessed involved
the paving of Columbia road in the vi
cinity of Eleventh street and resulted
in assessments on squares 1850, 1881
1882 and 1858.
All of the revised bills to be sent out
were smaller than the bills under the
original assessments. One fortunate
taxpayer, who had neglected to pay his
assessment of $3554l. was served with
revised bill for S7l.51 Another,
whose first bill (also unpaid had de-
manded s7099 received a substitute bill
for S35. All of the other reductions
were much smaller, in some cases less
than one dollar.
Must Ask Refunds.
Where the taxpayer has dutifully paid
his assessment and the new assessment
is lower. he does not receive a new bill,
OH the theory that he would promptly
come to the District and demand a re-
fund. The District has no money with
which to make refunds. and those tax
payers whose assessments have been re-
ouced as a result of the application of
the new law will have to wait until Con-
eress sees fit to make an appropriation
for lefun6s, thus carrying out the intent
of the new act.
Under the terms of the Borland act.
owners of property AUDITING streets
which were paved or repaved were re-
Quired to pay one-half of the cost of
the job. This resulted in so many sue
cessful appeals to the courts on the part
of property owners who were taxed out
of proportion to the improvement of
their properties that an amended form
Of the act was passed at the last ses-
sion of Congress.
Under the new act, the assessment is
still made on the front-foot basis. which
was one of the Objectionable features OF
the Borland act, but a number of safe
are introduced. These involve corner
lots, where the owner is called upon to
pay for the street improvement on one
AUDITING street only; lots of irregular
shape, where the average depth is taken
into considerations; and deep lots, where
the front part only is used in calculat-
ing the area for the ma Ximum assess
me mt of 31a cents per square foot: there
is also a maximum assessment of $3.50
per front foot.
Others to Get Benefits.
Three other jobs. on which the book
keeping is complete, but which have
not yet been before the Commissioners
for approval, also show reductions in
aggregate assessments.
One on Newton street northeast
shows a decline for paving Of S4,0l1.92
to S2,98835 and for curb from $678,66
to $49286. Another, also on Newton
street northeast, shows decline from
Sl,59O.85 to S9604l for paving and
from $31917 to $12384 for curb.
The third, on Lawrence street north
east, shows a decrease from $685. 80
to $3,15251 for paving and from
1869 "a to $677.06 for curb.
Assessor William P. Richards. who
had previously estimated a reduction in
revenue of 100000 to 100000 as a
result of the adoption of the reformed
Borland act, said today that judging
from the first actual reassessments it
appeared that the reduction would be
somewhat greater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13

The brigadier generals will take the
following posts:
Gen. Darrah to command Fort
Lewis: Gen. Hughes to replace Brig.
Gen. Edward l.. King; Gen. Lincoln to
succeed Gen. Drum Gen. Scott to take
the place of Gen. Heintzelman.
Gen. Foulois, who is to be the next
Air Corps chief, was brigadier general
in the Signal Corps during the World
War, chief of the Air Service of the
American EXpeditionary Forces from
November II, 1917, to May 30. 1918,
and later chief Of Air Service for the
LIST Army. He also served as assistant
chief of Air Service, zone of advance
and deputy chief of Air Service, service
of supply Of the expsnditionary forces
He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal for his war services
and is a holder of the order of COM
mander in the French Legion of Honor.
Gen. Foulois was born in Connecti-
cut, December 9, 1879. He served
through the Spanish-American Was as
a private and in 1901 was commits
stoned second lieutenant of Infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
THREE GRAZED BY CAR
FIRED ON IN DISPUTE
Occupant of Roadster Shoots at
Men, Who Barely Escaped
Being Run Down.

Fired upon by an occupant Of a
roadster that nearly ran them down at
Union Station plaza. three men mar
rowly escaped death or serious injury
yesterday.
The men, Arthur Greenburg. Eighth
street southeast: Michael Donohue. 100
East Capitol street and Paul Nicholas.
1891 c street southeast, were walking
across the plaza to their parked auto
mobile when they barely escaped being
run down.
When they demonstrated with the
driver of the roadster, occupied by two
men and a woman, for driving reck-
lessly, one of the trio in the machine
fired several shots at them, the three
men told police. The bullets went wild,
however, and the roadster sped away.
The men gave chase, but lost the car
on Good Hope Hill southeast. A look
out was broadcast by police of the
eleventh precinct and city-wide search
for the men and woman instituted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
Ten Beams on Sides and
Two Shining on Tip of
Shaft Are Planned.
EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE
BENCH FOR USE IN DAY
Appropriation for Flyers Safety
Makes $4,000 Available to
illuminate Hazard.

With the opening Thursday after
noon of bids for incandescent search
lights, the ONCE OF Public Buildings
and Public Parks will begin disposition
of the $4,000 Congress appropriated
for the lighting of the Washington
Monument to make the shaft visible to
night flying aviators.
Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, Sd, the direc-
tor, wants two incandescent search
lights, "a inches in diameter, for use
chief of the buildings division, explained
that one of these will be placed on
the east end of the Navy Building to
replace the present light that illu-
inmates the tip of the Monument. This
will light two sides of the tip, while the
other Searchlight will be placed on the
old Auditors Building, in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing group, with
the approval Of the Treasury Depart
ment, to illuminate the other two sides
Of the tip.
Ten Side Lights Planned.
Col Grants Office now is getting up
specifications for the floodlights that
will illuminate the shaft proper. The
cable has been ordered for connection
with the nearest manhole. near the
which supplies electricity for the Monu-
ment. Bids will be called for on the
floodlights in about 10 days.
Experiments. conducted with the CO.
operation of a number of large illumi-
mating firms. have shown three lamps
of l 500 watt intensity each should oe
placed on each side of the Monument
and two lights of l 900 watts each will
be placed on each side.
Tip to Be As Bright As Sides.
Officials expect the illumination on
the tip will match the intensity on the
side.
The engineering division OF Col.
Grants Office now is devising recep-
tacle for the floodlight equipment that
can be utilized as a bench by day. AT
night. the seat of the bench would be
pulled up, exposing the food lights and
serving as a shield for the glare that
otherwise would hinder motorists around
the base of the Monument. Oficlats OIL
the Office of Public Buildings and Pub
lie Parks have been experimenting with
a wooden bench Of this type and one
now is in place on the west side OF the
Monument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
PUBLICITY PIGEONS PREVENT
PITTSBURGH PLANE PICTURES
Twenty Birds Spoil Planned Race Over Mountains BY
Taking to Air Before Posing for Press Cameramen.

stunt 1t looked pretty good-for while
at least. -. -
The photographers were on nano az
the airport at HIS O'CLOCK, wnen ,. al.e
nlane bringing the pigeons from Pitts
b,reh was scheduled to arrive. So were
a Couple Of reporters. They asked
where were the pigeons. They were
directed to the tri-motored Pittsburgh
er, which had landed a little ahead OF
schedule. thanks to tail wind. Ihey
trooped hopefully out to the plane
cameras at the ready.
"Whele are the pigeons?" they asked
Bud" Baker, pilot of the plane.
There they co." Baker replied, point
ing. Far off against the SKY were some
tiny dots; the pigeons, having 80 nttIe
publicity sense, hadn't waiteo 70 get
their pictures taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13

Twenty homing pigeons, lacking all
sense of publicity values, are cluttering
up the skies between Washington and
Pittsburgh this afternoon following the
failure of a good publicity scheme.
4, The pigeons. flown here in a Penn
sylvania Airlines plane from Pitts
burgh, were to have been released after
photographs-the more the better-had
been taken by news photographers. The
intention was to have the pigeons race
the mail-passenger plane back to Pitts
burgh, leaving Washington Hoover Air.
port at 1910 pm.
AS a race it probably would have
been terrible, since even the fastest of
pigeons could not be expected to cope
with a modern airplane on the 300
mile mountain diEht, but as a publicity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
INVESTORS BACK
RAIL RATE BOOST
Two Committees of Secur;'
ties Holders File Views
in |. c. C. Petitions.

BY the Associated Press.
Two committees representing holders
of railroad securities filed intervening
petitions with the Interstate Commerce
Commission today supporting the re-
quest of railroads for a Is per cent
increase in freight rates.
The petitions were filed by the Emer-
gency Committees on Railroad Invest
ments of Life Insurance Companies and
Mutual Savings Banks and the Security
Holders Committee of the Railroad
Emergency.
The first committee, headed by Ed
ward D. Duffield. president of the
Prudential Insurance Co, represents
virtually all the important life inSur-
ance and savings banks interests in the
country. while the second committee
headed by Fsirman r. Dick of Roose-
welt e. Son, investment bankers. repre-
sents other types Of investors in rail
securities.
The life insurance and savings bank
companies represented petitioned that
they held railroad bonds in excess of
SO, 600. 900 900. and that all the life in
surance and savings bank companies
have rail bond holdings of about $4,-
70O,000,00O.
The Petitioning Committees hold
that these savings and other institutions
are endangered by stringent legal re-
strictions on the investment merit of
rail bonds. and that unless emergency
action is taken quickly these rail bonds
may become ineligible for their invest
ments.
Both petitions point to the radical
impairment in the margin of safety of
interest in the last year and half. In
the five calendar years ending Deem
Der 81. 1929. the railroads earned their
fixed charges. on the average, 2.12
times. In 1880 they earned them only
l.76 times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-13
PARKING PLAN SUCCEEDS
Federal Trade Site Concession Gar
ners Nickel Per Car,

Victor H. Schulz of TIA K street
southwest, who has the parking con-
cession on the site of the old Federal
Trade Commission building at Twen-
tieth and G streets. said today that
he is we'll pleased with his "nickel a
day. parking plan for Government en-
ployes, The first 10 days of this month
he gave free parking, with the under
standing that for the balance of July
the Government workers would pay 81.
Quite number of persons have sent
in their dollar bills, Mr.. Schulz said
today.
Another concessionaire failed TO
make good on making a business of
parking on the same site, claiming
that Government employees had boy
cotted him by writing, chain letters
against him.