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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Mostly cloudy
tonight; tomorrow fair, little change in
temperature; lowest tonight about 80
degrees, gentle northeriy winds
Maryland-Cloudy with snow flurries
in west portion tonight; tomorrow gen.
orally fair. not much change in tenn
perature, moderate northerly winds
Virginia-Mostly cloudy tonight; to-
morrow fair, little change in tenpera-
ture, fresh northerly winds.
West Virginia-Cloudy with snow
furries in north portion tonight; tomor-
row generally fair with slowly rising
temperature in extreme west portion.
Records for a Hours.
MISUNDERSTANDING pm, 81;
pm, As; IL midnight, 43. Sunday,
am, 40; 8 am, SO; noon, 80; 2 pm,
80; pm, 80; 8 pm, 80; IL midnight,
81. Today, am, SO; am, 80.
Barometer-Saturday, 4 pm, 30.07;
pm, 5000: IL midnight, 90.07. Sunday,
am, 30.06; 8 am, 5000: noon, 1910;
2 pm, 30.10; pm, 30.13; 8 pm,
3ol4; IL midnight, 30.14. Today,
am, 5000; 8 am, 30.11.
Highest temperature, 40, occurred at
1890 pm, yesterday; lowest tempera-
ture. "a, occurred at Z am, today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, IS; lowest, 81.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today-Low tide. 1882 am. and
1853 pm; high tide, 6:14 am. and
6:39 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1:19 am. and
1:45 pm; high tide, 6:58 am. and 1921
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose $40 am; sun sets
Sis pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 6:lS am; sun
sets GIG pm.
Moon rises SPA am; sets $50 pm.
Automobile lamps TO be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather In Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
3 STATES FACING
CONGRESSPROBLEM
ReapportiOnment Where
Seats Have Been Cut Pre-
Sents Serious Question.

BY the Associated Press.
Thirty-two States are confronted
with the problem of redistricting botl,
area and population under the new
reapportionment law and most Of them
are having plenty of trouble.
All have been officially notified of the
new number Of seats in the House Of Rep
resentatives they are to have beginning
with the Seventy-thlrd Congress. VIII
liam Tyler Page, House clerk, sent no.
tees to the State secretaries immediate
ly after the automatic law became ef-
fective, at noon March 4.
Twenty-one States lose 81 seats TO
II States under the law, based on the
1880 census, excluding Indians not
taxed. Those losing seats are having
more difficulty than those gaining and
incidentally the political careers of at
least a score of House members Will be
affected.
May Run at Large.
Those gaining also are having some
trouble, but If they fail to redistrict be-
fore the 1882 elections the additional
members can run from the State at
large. It may be necessary for men,
bers In losing States which fail to re-
district to run at large.
The new apportionment Is the first
since 1918, although the Constitution
provides that House seats be reappor-
toned on the basis Of each decennial
census.
Congress failed to enact a reappor-
tionment law in 1920 and succeeding
years until the automatic law was
passed in 1929, which provides that
beginning with the Seventy third Con-
gresS, which convenes in 1888, the seats
be reapportioned every fifth Congress
on the basis of decennial cenSuSeS.
Unsuccessful efforts were made to
change the law in the recent Congress
to provide for an increase in men,
bership.
Up TO Legislatures.
The State Legislatures have before
them the question Of redistricting &C
cording to the new alignment as an
nounced by President Hoover last No.
vember on the basis of census figures.
Under the new distribution Cali
fornia gains nine seats. Michigan four,
Texas three, New Jersey, New York and
Chic two each and Connecticut, Flor
ida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and
Washington one each.
Missouri leads the losing States with
three, while Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky
and Pennsylvania drop two EACH Ala
baEna, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, MaSSa-
chlisettS, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ne
braSka, North Dakota, Rhode Island
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennes-
see, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin
lose one each.
Alabama already has solved its prob
lem by throwing the fifth and seventh
districts together into one district,
which will force Representatives Pat
terson and AIlgood, representing them,
respectively, to run against each other
in 1892. In some States members whose
districts are to be abolished expect to
retire, while in others friends of long
standing will run against each other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
FIRE KILLS TWO CHILDREN
OF DRINKING PARTY HOST
Eight Other Persons Injured at
Celebration Marking Mans Re-
turn to Work.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
READING, Pa, March ia drink
ing party celebrating a mans return to
work after a months idleness ended
early yesterday in a fire that took
the lives Of two Of the hosts children
and brought injury to seven other per-
sons.
The children were William Nugent, 8,
and Thomas, jr, 4, sons of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Nugent of Laureldale, near
here.
Police last night were questioning
Charles Mountz, SO, one of the cele-
brants, who left the party early after a
quarrel. He denied knowledge Of the
origin of the blaze.
Nugent and three man companions
suffered burns and broken bones in en-
deavoring to rescue occupants of the
building. Two children, Dorothy Nu-
gent, 8, and Josephine, 8, were burned
seriously, but are expected to live. Two
other Nugent children, Carl, 10 months,
and John, 2 years, were burned less Sc
riously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
Preparations Completed
for St. Mihie1 Drive
as A. E. F. Troops Are
Concentrated.
GERMANS SUSPECT
AMERICANS ATTACK
Plan for Bombardment
Calculated With Idea
of Deceiving Enemy
Through Brevity.
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
- ECRETARY OF WAR BAKER
arrived at Brest September 8,
and two days later came out
- from Paris to my headquarters at
the front, Ligny-en- Barrois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
FOREIGN.

Bright colors for motor cycles are
popular this season In England, where
tanks, handlebars and gadgets are
chromium plated and some machines
are turned out with blue mud guards
end cream colored wheels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
INGALLS, BEATS STORM
Crosses Alleghenies in Face of Bad
Weather Before Flying Ceases.


Crossing the Allegheny Mountains in
the face of thick flying weather which
soon afterward closed down and put a
stop to transport operations, David S.
ingalls,, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Aeronautics, yesterday few his Navy
Curtiss Helldiver back to the Ana
costa Naval Air Station after trip to
Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland,
Ohio.
Mr.. ingalls, made the trip alone. His
Helldiver is the plane borrowed by
Capt Frank M. Hawks and VIII Rogers
for their recent drought-relief expedi-
ton through the Southwest. This plane
is the type now being developed as a
leader for Navy squadrons of single
scatter fighting and light bonlbardment
planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

Charles F. Kerrigan, assistant to
Mayor Walker, stood willing today to
subStantiate before a grand jury his
accusations that the movement against
the mayor and District Attorney Thomas
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
STUDENTS FREE
AFTER GRILL
IN Staying
Detectives Certain T-Shoppe
Murder Suspects Guilt
less; TraiIed by Woman

Five young Georgetown Uni
verSity students, arrested early
today in connection with the
fatal shooting of Mrs. Lizzie
Jaynes several weeks ago in the
Garden T.Shoppe, were released
after being questioned by head
quarters detectives.
The youths were apprehended
In their apartment at 1927
Twentieth st. N. W., on infOrma-
ton furnished by q woman en-
plOye of the T.ShOppe, who
traiIed two of the men to the
apartment.
Detectives said after question.
ing the youths that they were
positive the five had no connec'
ton with the crime.
The young men gave their names
as william Michel Funck, %;
Francis John O'Brien, 20; Edward
F. Feigan, "a; John Thomas
Feigan, %, and Edward Michel
English, "a.
Deny Any Part In Crime
Mrs. Jaynes was shot in the
abdomen when one Of the bandits
became alarmed and fired wildly.
She did not know she had been
shot until several hours later
after which she was taken to
Emergency Hospital where she
died two days later.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
POLICY RACKET
LEADER FACES
INDICTMENT
Perjury Charge to Be Lodged
Against Young Porto RiCan
Who Made Million Dollars

NEW YORK, May IA GNS).
An indictment charging perjury,
it was reported. was to be re,
turned by the New York county
grand jury today against Henry
Miro, Harlem policy racketeer
who came from Porto Rico and
banked more than $1,00O,OO0 in
three .'ears, 1926-2S.
At the same time, Referee
Samuel Seabury, presiding in
the appellate divisions inveSti.
CATION of the magistrates courts.
was expected to bare new details
of the Harlem numbers" racket
in connection with the activities
of William Brunder, said to have
been Miro's lieutenant and to
have succeeded him when he "re-
tired" from the racket, mil,
lionaire,
Brunder, himself, it was re.
ported, had disappeared. AttOr.
ney Irving Ben Cooper, Seabury's
assistant, however, stated that
the hearing would proceed, any
way, and that evidence of Brun-
der's operations would be pro
duced through other witnesses.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
SICK DOG CARE
EXPLAINED

NEW YORK, May IA little
common sense goes further than
too much medicine, especially bad
medicine, in treating small ami
mails that are sick. warns DR.. H. j.
Milks of the New York State Col,
lege of Veterinary Medicine. He
said:
You may hear someone say
that Mr.. Blank knows all about
dogs and that he would do this.
The man probably knows about
care and has used good care
and harmless remedies.
I'm caring for a dog, try to
get it to take small quantities
of Scraped lean meat, or liquid
food, unless it is unable, to re-
tain it. Then it is better to
leave him alone "a hours or so,
as far as food is concerned, than
to disgust him with it. When
he begins to eat it is better to
feed a sick animal small pOr.
tiOnS frequently than a great
amount at once"
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
MEMORY
Of POPE LEO

VATICAN CITY, May IA
GN.SD.-Several cardinals and
bishops and 5000 pilgrims today
packed the Church of st. John
Lateran to the doors during a
solemn mass said in celebration
of the anniversary of Pope Leo
XIII's famous rerum novarum
encyclical.
Pope Plus XI tomorrow will
broadcast to the world. by radio.
a speech on modern labor condi-
tionS, during which he is ex-
pected to touch on his own forth
coming encyclical on labor, to
supplement Pope Leo's rernm
novarum.
Exercises at Monument
Mgnr. Pizzardo officiated at
the commemorative mass, and
later over the ceremony of laying
wreaths on Pope Leo's monument
in the Bascilica and the Catholic
workmen's monument outside the
Bascilica.
Pope Plus today finished the
address he will deliver in three
tongueS-French, Italian and Ger
man-tomorrow
Ten.Minute Talks
Ten thousand labor representa-
tives will gather in the courtyard
of st. Damascus to hear the ad-
dress to commemorate the fOrti-
eth anniversary of the Rerum
NOvarum Encyclical of Pope Leo
XIII.
The Pope will speak about 10
minutes in each tongue. Mon
signor Francis j. Spellman, Of
Whitman. Mass, will speak for
half an hour after the Pope, trans
lating the speech into English.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
OREGON MAYOR.
HITS DRY LAW

NEW YORK, May 14.-AsSert-
ing that violation of the pro
hibition laws was so flagrant in
every section of the country that
ANY boob on earth can see it"
George L. Baker. dry Republican
Mayor Of Portland. Ore, declared
in an interview at the Ritz-Carl.
ton that religious leaders and
ardent drys" should give seri,
Gus consideration to "the tough
est problem America has ever
faced"
Mayor Baker, travelling with a
group of American mayors to the
International Exposition in France,
will sail on the lie de France.
En- route to New York, Mayor
Baker said, he was interviewed
repeatedly on his observation Of
prohibition conditions. He said ::
enforcement is the most
trying work of municipal, State
and Federal authorities, because
people who, ordinarily, are
strong for general enforcement
of all laws and are good Ameri.
cans under ordinary conditions,
violate the prohibition law and
contribute to the breaking down
of other laws. They feel that
their personal liberties are be.
ing restricted"
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
j. s. FUNDS CUT
REPORT DENIED.

Reports that the Administra-
ton is contemplating a blanket
10 per cent cut in the appropria-
tions of all the civilian depart
ments for the fiscal year 1888
were not confirmed in official
circles today.
Officials of the Budget Bureau
said that no drive for drastic re-
trenchment in the ordinary civil
operations such as has been
started in the War Department.
was in contemplation.
They admitted, however, that
as a result of the Treasury def
cit and the economy campaign
all estimates will be "cut to the
bone" and that in several cases
they will be possibly more than
10 per cent lower.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Bootleg Trade SolUes
Governments S New
DenGturGnt

PHILADELPHIA, May IL
The Government denaturant C.
D. S, formulated for the pur-
pose of making alcohol obnox.
ious and unfit for drinking, can
be redistilled successfully, Fed
eral prohibition agents found
yesterday during a raid on a
huge redistilling plant at Girard
Manor, Schuylkill county.
More than 800 gallons Of the
cleaned and finished product
were confiscated at the $4,000
gallon plant which was operat-
ing at full capacity.
1t is believed the denatured
alcohol requires three process
ings, under the system, to be re-
covered.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
INSECTS SPO|[
JUNGLE TRIP

NEW YORK, May 14.-Wil-
liam E. Green, jr., Of Trenton.
N. j., one of the few men to sur
vive the bite Of the jararaca, a
deadly South American snake,
arrived on the Munson liner
American Legion. With him was
John Newell, of Kalamazoo,
Mich, sound picture engineer and
radio operator. Both young men
were members of the Alexander
Siemel Matto Crosse Expedition
to the headwaters Of the Para
quay River, Of which Green was
one of the hackers.
They left this city in Decem-
ber with 10 others, whose prinCi.
pal object was to obtain sound
pictures of animal life in the
Matto Crosse at the head of the
Paraguay and collect animals
and birds. The two brought
back 1000 feet of sound film.
numerous scars of insect, bat
and snake bites and a supreme
distaste for the Matte Crosse or
interior jungle of South America.
1t wasn't the dangers Of the
trip so much as the endless dis
comforts which caused Green
and Newell to decide to come
home, the mud. the gnats, the
ants, the vampire bats, all the
endless variety of pests through
which the Matto Crosse preyed
upon them tireless avidity.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Chinese Interpreter
Is O. F1ciLe LinquiSt

SAN DIEGO, Calf, May IA
G.N.S0.-Quon Choak. a court in
terpreter, Is endowed with the
gift of tongues. Choak can speak
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Ger
man, Italian as we'll as all the
Chinese dialects which number
hundreds, and many Indian dia-
lectS.
For 20 years he has been try
ing to take a vacation. Each
time he planned to go, he said,
some Chinese would miSbehave
and Choak would be required as
interpreter. Choak, however, re-
Gently left for China on his be
lated vacation.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Years Are Required
To Repair Damages
: Bu USing POrtGbLes

: Years will be required to repair
the damage Washington'S educa-
tional system has suffered through
the use of portable schools and
other devices necessitated by
overcrowding, Senator Gerald Nye
:(R.) of North Dakota declared
today.
. As a member of the Senate Ap-
prSpriatiOns Committee, Senator
Nye has devoted considerable time
10 the question of District apprO-
priatiOns and has been particu-
larly active in advancing apprO-
priatiOnS for school work.
Glad They're Doomed
The Senator said today that he
was pleased to note that, under
present plans, the use of port
:ables will be discontinued after
another year.
The Senator said:
"ThiS will be some improve
ment. But the situation has
now dragged on for so long
that it will be years before the
system recOvers the ground
lost through failure of the
: building program to keep pace
= with requirement"
? Take Care of Growth
s Senator Nye said that now it
is necessary, not only to provide
space required by the children in
the portables but at the same
time appropriations must be large
enough to take care of the nor
.mal growth of the school popula-
-tion.
a After a visit by a delegation of
citizens, Senator Nye said he
; heartily favored providing addi
tional playground space in the
vicinity of the Mckinley High
School, Langley Junior High and
lexington and Emery Schools
He declared 1t is obvious that
eventually additional space must
be provided for District of Colum-
bia schools and delay means sim
ply that when it is bought, it will
cost more.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
MERCY KILLING
LAID To SISTER
by Interna tiOnal
MARGARET

NEW YORK. May IA G.N.SO
Charged with the mercy killing
of her brother, Edward Schwarz,
So, who was found shot to death
on Long Island. Tuesday, Miss
Louise Sch warz was arrested yes
terday.
She told police her brother,
who had suffered from rheuma-
tism, had killed himself to end
his pain when she left him. alone
for short while Tuesday night.
The physician who performed
the autopsy said it would have
beer impossible for the victim to
have shot himself.
He is better off dead,' the
SchWarz woman sobbed as police
tried to question her.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Regain Sight at 80,
; Will Start AneU

HOLLYWOOD, May 14.-Inter-
e. is manifest here in the enthu-
siasm and imagination Of Abra-
ham H. Porter, 80-year-old Ari-
zona pioneer, whose sight was re-
~tored after he had been blind
or more than a quarter of
entury.
Together with Steve Tyler, 30,
L.. George Hoyer, IS. who also
ad been blind many years, Por-
er was taken from the pioneers
lome at Prescott to a hospital
Phoenix, Ariz., where their
sight was restored through opera
ions. Now they are starting life
NEW.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Taxpayers Get Aid
In M1kin0 Returns

Arlington County Commissioner
of Revenue Harry J. Green an
nounced that he or his deputies
will be at the Columbia light
lunch on Columbia Pike tomor-
raw night from 7 until 9 o'clock
to assist taxpayers in that Sec
tion in making out their tax
returns.
The commissioner said all per-
sons over 81 years Of age must
make a return either in person
or by agent on or before June 2.
He will visit other sections Of
Arlington county.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
to Produce
Next Film in Europe

LONDON, May IA G.N.SD
Charlie Chaplin. in a telephone
conversation with a London news,
paper from his villa at Cap Ferrat
on the Riviera, announced that
he intends to produce his next
film in Europe. He said:
II shall produce it either in
London, Paris or AlgierS."
The comedian has taken a villa
at CAP Ferrat and says that he
intends to write the story of his
next picture there.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Only s Copies Printed
of George F. Baker
Biography

NEW YORK, May IA. U.N.S0.
The late George F. Baker. one of
Americas leading banking fig
ures, left six copies of his biog-
raphy, privately printed, to
members of his family.
Baker, who Stunned publicity,
had Albert Bigelow Paine, biog-
rapher of Mark Twain, write the
book.
George Palmer Putnam, for
merly with G. P. Putnam's Sons
who published the biography for
Baker in 49, =, today told of the
edition. He said he believed
Baker had destroyed the plates
after the first six copies were
printed.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
SIR Thomas LiptOn
Gets COUeted Honor

LONDON, May IA 'GN.SO.-
Thomas Upton, noted British tea.
merchant sportsman, today was
elected to membership in the
Royal Yacht Squadron, the most
coveted honor in British yachting
circles.
The membership was conferred
in recognition of Sir Thomas con.
tribution to British sport by his
repeated efforts to wrest the
America Cup from the United
States.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Leesb1rg ROtGri0ns
Win On Attendance

LEESBURG, Va. May 14.-The
Leesburg Rotary Club carried off
honors at the fifty-sixth Rotary
district meeting in Norfolk. The
Leesburg club was given a special
award for having passed 1877 con.
secutive weeks with 100 per cent
attendance of membership Of IS.
Charles K. Brown, a former
teacher in the public schools OF
Loudoun, but now at Staunton,
Va, was proclaimed district gov
ernor OF So clubs in the State.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Hdirdressers to See
Mdke-Up Exhibition

Sam Lidof, local beauty and
makeup expert, who for years
was in charge Of makeup at the
Metropolitan Opera House, will
give a demonstration of "the art
and science of feminine makeup"
tonight before a meeting of the
Washington HairdreSsers' Asso-
citation and their guests at the
Hotel Washington.
The aairdressers have invited
many guests.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
WidOLU ErOnerated
In Arsenic KiLLin0

LOS ANGELES, May IA UNs)
Mrs. Anna Erickson today was
free of the charge of numbering
August LindStrom, wealthy lum
herman, who was her neighbor,
Seven women and five men de.
cided last night that she did not
feed arsenic to him. Mrs. Erick,
son shared $4,000 which the lum
herman willed her and Mrs. Es,
ther Carlson, his housekeeper.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
SAY LUXUR|ES
/ SHOULD Be
/ HIT FIRST
Municipal Center and Parks
Named to Stand Cutting to
Keep Taxes From Going Up

Il (Continued From First Pdge)
The Board of Education estimates
Tor 1893 total $15,172,072. Mr.
Cottrell said:
"Our opinion is that where
sIashes must be made, they
should be made in those items,
which can be, more or less,
classified as IuxurieS. The
sIashes should occur in such
items as the municipal center,
the park system, and the like,
rather than in the schools"
:. Asks for $13,OOO,OOO
DR.. Havenner, in agreeing that
there should be no decided cut in
the school estimates, said:
=; There should be at least a
G13,OOO,OOO estimate for schools"
Virtually all Of the leaders
agreed that the greatest slashes
should be made in the luxury"
items, particularly the municipal
center, for which estimates for
the 1888 fiscal year are $4,000, 900.
- Should Collect Taxes
Mr.. StengIe said the District
should bend every effort in col
lecting unpaid taxes, particularly
such taxes which are owed by
railroad companies and which. he
said, were sometimes carried on
from year to year and finally
abrOgated by a compromise for a
less sum than the actual debt.
He estimated that items for
The 1888 budget should include
$l3, 3,O00, 900 for schools; $1,200,000
for street lighting; $1,500,000 for
water; $1,500,000 for sewers: So
100000 for highways and $780,
900 for public library. These
items, he said, were the most
important and should be cared
for with the least slashing pos
sible.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Pittsburgh to Get
A Medical Center

PITTSBURGH, May IA The
Pittsburgh Medical Center, a
group of hospitals and clinics cost
ing $15,000,000 after 20 years of
planning and work, soon will be
reality. The site was donated by
the University of Pittsburgh.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Nebraska Citizen
Raises OLUn Coffee

FA1RBURY, Neb., May "a.
Any corner that might be taken
on the coffee market doesn't
bother w. M. Moore and his wife.
This spring he is planting his
own coffee in his backyard gar
den. Last year Mr.. Moore tried it
and produced a good blend Of
coffee-just a few thousand miles
from Brazil.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
NORDICA CLUB CONCERT

The thirty-Second annual con.
cert of the Nordica Mandolin and
Guitar Orchestra and Banjo Club,
directed by Walter T. Holt, will
be next Wednesday night at
Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Har-
ward Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
HORSE OBEYS SIGNALS

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, May IA.
"A horse Of the United Milk
Company is able to understand
the traffic lights here. While
the driver is busy with deliveries,
the horse trots down the street,
.halting for red lights and starting
on green.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Raiders Seize Diamond Still

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