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WEATHER.
(V. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.>
Fair, continued warm tonight: tomor
row partly cloudy probably local thun
dershowers: cooler in afternoon, night
and Wednesday. Temperatures—High
est. 106, at 4 p.m yesterday; lowest, 76,
at 6 am. today. y*ull report on page 9.
Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 &15
No. 31,492.
GIRL AND TWO BOYS
' FOUND MURDERED;
PARENTS ARRESTED
Children Believed Slain and
Then Thrown in Aban
doned Quarry Hole.
»
CLOTH STRIPS THROTTLE
x THREE VICTIMS’ THROATS
Mother Says Father of Youngsters
Took Them for Walk Yester
day and Left Them.
■pwial Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 21.
The bodies of three small children, ap
parently the victims of violent deaths,
were taken from the waters in the
• bottom of an abandoned stone quarry
Just outside of this town today follow
ing their discovery by four small boys.
They were Identified as the children
of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Hott, residents
Os the suburbs of this town, and were:
Gertrude Virginia, 7 years old.
Calvin W., 6 years old.
Boyd Preston, 5 years old.
The parents are being held by the
Martinsburg police and were being
questioned in an effort to develop the j
responsibility for the deaths. Mrs. j
Hott. after she had been taken to the !
« morgue to identify the children, told the
officers that her husband took the chil
dren for a walk last night, and when he
returned, without the children, he ex
plained -that he had left them with a
family by the name of Kidwell. who
lived in the mountain section of the
• county. He added, she told the police,
that they would remain there for sev
eral days and would be returned home.
Police said that they were unable to
Identify the Kidwell family.
Cause Not I>etermined.
While no autopsy has as yet been
held, the belief w'as expressed that the
children had died as a result of a
beating administered by some one. The
medical authorities expressed the belief
that the white strips of cloth or hand
kerchiefs found around the throats of
x each of the three were not responsible
for the deaths. Blood spots were found
around the spot where the body of the
girl was found.
The police at first believed that the
children were not residents oi the
community, but soon after their bodies
were removed from the quarry waters
people of the town partially identified
them as the Hot.t children, and the
mother was taken to the morgue and
told the police that they were her
children
At the time of the discovery was made
it was estimated that they had been
in the water about eight hours.
The girl was reported ta have a wound
In the skull, which appeared to have
been inflicted with a knife.
The body of the girl was only partly
submerged, w hile the bodies of the two
boys could be plainly seen in about
eignt feet of the clear water, which fills
the bottom of the hole. Rescuers stood
bv while awaiting the coroner, but ef
forts to revive one of the victims by
artificial respiration failed.
A coroner’s jury was being empaneled
today to attempt to fix the cause of
death and the responsibility therefor,
L while the sheriff's office instituted an
investigation of the horror. Soon after
the report spread of the discovery of
: the children's bodies, crowds of people
from the countryside assembled at the
aide of the big pit, and traffic on the
Bute highway was jammed.
Other Marks on Bodies.
In addition to the throttled thfoats
of the children, and the apparent stab
wound in the girl, the rescuers report
ed that the bodies bore other marks of
violence, which, perhaps, might have
been received as the bodies struck after
being thrown into the chasm.
. PIRATES ARE CRUSHED
BY CHINESE TROOPS
100 Arc Killed or Wounded and
Many Captives Freed After
Day-Long Battle.
®j- th« Associated Press.
HONGKONG. July 21.—Word was
received today of the extermination of
a band of pirates near Canton by gov-
I trnment troops after a day-long fight.
| More than 100 pirates were killed or
• wounded and 17 government troops
were lost in the battle.
A regiment of soldiers left Canton
last week to wipe out the pirates, who
had been terrorizing the west river dis
i trict. About 40 miles south of the city
they met the bandits, who were well
armed and strongly intrenched. The
pirates stoutly -rsisted the attack of the
V government forces, but under fire from
V gunboats, field guns and machine guns
they fled during the night to the
I neighboring woods.
The soldiers pursued them the next
morning, discovered the pirate lair and
ft released a number of captives who had
been held for ransom.
AUSTRIAN LEADER SHOT
It Student Seriously Wounds Acting
& Vienna Minister of Interior.
VIENNA. July 21 </P).—Advices from
H Bucharest this afternoon stated that
|ff an unidentified student entered the
H§ home office and fired three revolver
K shots at Constantin Angelescu, acting
fit minister of the Interior, wounding him
seriously.
BANDITS WOUND MANY
H ' VIENNA, July 21. i/Pi— One guard
9?a.s shot and many passengers wounded
I then brigands held up a train near
II • Const anza, reports from that town to
■ Jav stated.
111 The bandits boarded the train while
■ _ it was traveling slowly up a grade. One
HA cf the guards who tried to overpower a
■ ▼ brigand was shot down, the report said.
Twenty Killed by Lions.
NAIROBI, British Africa. Julj 21 f/P).
A .—The lions, which frequently menace
I ’ parts of Uganda, have been unusually
H bold lately, devouring 20 natives in the
Ankole and Masaka districts in the last
three weeks. The government has sent
Itr*--" sfter the fierce beasts.
Entered as second class matter
post office. Washington. D. C.
BISHOP CANNON WEDS WIDOW
1 IN QUIET CEREMONY IN LONDON
Tuesday Marriage Is Known
Only to Few Close
Friends at Time.
Leaves With Bride, Formerly
Mrs. McCallum, for
Trip to Brazil.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 21.—Bishop James
Cannon, jr.. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, was married at Christ
Church, Mayfair, last Tuesday after
noon. to a Mrs. McCallum, it was made
known today.
Rev. Dr. Ferram was the officiating
clergyman.
None but a few intimate friends knew
of the'wedding at the time.
Bishop Cannon and his bride now are
en route to Brazil byway of Madeira.
Rev. Cannon is bishop of Africa,
Brazil, Mexico and Cuba.
Bishop and Mrs. Cannon were mar
ried by a special license issued at the
faculty office.
The bride’s name was given as Helen
10-DENT CAR FARE
TO BE APPEALED
Complete Revaluation Sought
by Keech—-Effective 2 A.M.
Wednesday.
Counsel for the two Washington
street car companies and the Public
Utilities Commission conferred today
on the terms of the decree settling the
10-cent carfare case to be presented
for signature to Justice Jennings
Bailey of District Supreme Court. The
decree will be taken to Justice Bailey
10 o'clock tomorrow and it will be made
effective at 2 a.m. the next day.
The Public Utilities Commission late
this afternoon directed Acting 'Corpor
ation Counsel Vernon L. West to note
an appeal from the decision of Justice
Bailey. It will be taken to the Court
of Appeals at the earliest practicable
date.
People’s Counsel Keech informed the
commission at ils brief meeting today
that he would file a formal motion
seeking a complete revaluation of the
properties of the two street car com
panies.
Time for Revaluation.
“I think it is about time we had this
revaluation.” he said. “We tried to get
one during the course of the hearings,
but failed. There is too much doubt
as to what the value of these companies
really is. If it should turn 'out after
ievaluation that the 10-cent fare is
justified, I will be satisfied that at least
I have not passed up any opportunities
to get it back down to what I consider
a more reasonable level.”
At the conference the companies
made a concession whereby some pas
sengers who must now pay 10 cents
for a joint street car-bus ride, will get
it for 9Vi cents. At present there are
some places where a passenger on pay
ment of an 8-cent cash fare on a street
car can get a transfer to a bus for 2
cents additional, making 10 cents in
all. Under the terms of the decree he
may now pay a token on the street
car. costing 7*4 cents, and be given his
transfer to the bus for 2 cents addi
tional, making 9' .j cents.
Two Decrees Desired.
Mr. Keech, who attended the confer
ence, said that he would insist that the
court sign two decrees, one in the case of
each company, so that either case might
be appealed without reference to the
other. Attorneys for the companies
have not agreed to 'his and the matter
will be put up to Justice Bailey in the
mo.ning.
Those who attended the conference
were Acting Corporation Counsel Ver
non L. West, Assistant Corporation
Counsel Francis H. Stephens. Peoples’
Counsel Keech, George E. Hamilton,
chairman of the board; John H. Hanna,
president of the Capital Traction Co.;
G. Thomas Dunlop, counsel lor the
Capital Traction Co.; A. G. Neal, vice
president, and S. R. Bowen, counsel for
the Washington Railway & Electric Co.
The fare which will be set up in the
decree is 10 cents cash, four tokens for
30 cents. The present fare is 8 cents
cash, 6 tokens for 40 cents.
GEN. HINES CONFIRMED
TO NEW VETERANS’ JOB
Senate Approves Administrator of
New Bureau Without Opposi
tion or Record Vote.
The Senate today confirmed Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines as administrator
of the newly organized Bureau of Vet
erans’ Affairs.
Gen. Hines has been administrator
of the Veterans’ Bureau for five years.
The last session of Congress combined
all Governmental activities relating to
veterans. Including the Pension Bu-
I reau, under the Bureau of Veterans’
l Affairs. There was no opposition to
Hines and he was approved without
a record vote.
#13.72 A WEEK WILL FEED FOUR WELL
DUE TO DROP IN STAPLES PRICES 1
Foundation Reports Declines of 20 to 40 Per Cent in
Many Standard Foods.
| By the Associated Press.
I CHICAGO, July 21.—A family of four
■ may this Summer for $13.72 a
. week, according to a Summer food bud
get based on current prices, made pub
• lie today by the American Research
• Foundation.
i "An average of $13.72 a week spent
. for food will provide the family of four
with all the nutritional element* neces
sary to physical well being and yield
intriguing Summer menus," asserts a
l. bulletin from the foundation,
e "Many staples are from 20 to 40 per
y cent below tnelr 1929 level, while fresh
e fruits and vegetables offer chances to
t trim tidy sums off the food budget."
t The budget provides:
Vegetables, including cabbage, pota
W]t %uvC\m Sfof.
WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 21, ] 930—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ***
BISHOP CANNON. JR.
Hawley MrCallum; widow, of 210 East
Sixty-eighth street. New York.
A friend of the bishop. Sir Henry
Lunn, editor of the Review of the
Churches, was instrumental in obtain
ing through the Arrhbishop of Canter
« Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
1 KNOWN DEAD
IN JAPAN STORMS
Late Reports Swell Totals
as Property Losses Run
Into Millions.
j By the Associated Press.
TOKIO, July 21.—Torrential rains
and terrific winds today had clatmed
toll of at least 408 lives and devastated
huge areas in Southern Japan and
Korea, laying waste property valued by
conservative Tokio newspapers at mil
lions of dollars.
In one area alone, Kiushiu Island,
at the foot of the Japanese empire,
property damage reached $50,000,000.
Other districts reported great damage
from storms of the last two weeks, but i
official figures were lacking.
There were 65 known dead on
Kiushiu. Many were missing and hun
dreds injured.
58 Deaths on Friday.
Seoul dispatches to Tokio newspa- I
pers said 58 deaths were known to have
resulted from last Friday’s typhoon,
which swept in from the Pacific, lashed
Kiushiu, and whipped across Korea
straight Into the provinces of Keisho
nando, Keishohokudo, Kankyonando
and Kogendo. The provinces, still suf
fering from the effects of recent floods,
which killed at least 285 persons and
made thousands homeless, were hard
hit by the typhoon. /
Property damage in Korea was much
smaller- than on Kiushiu, but only be
cause of the comparative poverty of the
inhabitant*.
Indications were the Korean death
toll would mount much higher. Nipety
two fishing craft, carrying more than
j 500 fishermen, were missing at sea.
Eighty-three persons were unaccounted
for ashore.
950 Craft Sink in Typhoon.
More than 120 vessels, mostly fishing
craft, were missing from Kiushiu
Island, where 950 craft of the same
type were sunk by the typhoon.
Sea* were reported to have reached
tidal wave proportions along the East
ern coast of Korea.
The wind at times was reported to
have reached a velocity exceeding 100
miles an hour.
SIX PERSONS KILLED
IN AIRPLANE CRASH
Commerci® 1 ..ft Falls in England. \
All Occupants Are
Dead.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 21.—Pour men and
two women, all of Its occupants, were
killed this afternoon when a Junkers
airplane crashed at Meopham, Kent.
I the air ministry reported.
1 The plane was marked Gaazk, and ''
was owned by the Walcot Air Lines, i
was owned by the Walcot Air Lines. !
Col. George L. P. Henderson was the
pilot, who was killed.
Today’s crash was the second in I
European commercial air service re
cently. On July 7 a German flying j
boat In the Stettin-Kalmar-Stockholm
Service ' was forced down in the sea
1 near Bornholm and later was swamped i
i by heavy seas. Two Americans last
their lives in this accident. Dr. John L. 1
’ Burkholder of Mount Pleasant, Pa , and
i Miss Ruth Patricia Northrup of Phila- j
- deiphia. Pa. Miss Northrup’s body was
recovered last week.
toes, tomatoes, spinach, radishes, lima
beans, peas, celery, asparagus, and
onions, to cost $1.32.
Fruits, including peaches, apples, pine
apples. bananas, rhubarb and dried
apricots, costing 78 cents.
Meats, including pork, bacon, larph
chops, ham and beef, costing $2.77.
Margerine, 2 pounds, 50 cents. Canned
goods. Including soups, tuna fish, figs,
salmon and grapefruit. $1.36. Dairy
items. Including cream, milk and eggs.
$3 50.
Staples, including bread, tea. coffee,
cocoa, flour, sugar, rice, cereal, gelatine
and cheese, $3.28.
The housewife is urged by the founda
tion to buy in as large quantities as pos
sible and to watch newspaper advertise
ments closely.
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CAMPBELL SB
BARRERE’S HAND AS
SHOWDOWN OPENS
Witnesses Fail to Identify
Prisoner as Assailant
of Murdered Girl.
PALM PRINTS COMPARED
WITH MARKS ON AUTO
Owner of Death Gun to Be Re
called to Confront Suspected
Painter Again.
Herbert W. Campbell, Arlington
County real estate man, who volun
tarily turned over to police a gun
identified as the one used by the mur
derer of Mary Baker, and Hermann
Henry Barrere, charged with being the
girl’s slayer, confronted each other to
day behind closed dcors in the office
of Commonwealth’s Attorney William
C. Gloth in the county court house. -
The meeting of accuser and accused
did not, as its outset, at least, have
the elements of drama, which authori
ties had anticipated.
Before the door was closed behind
them, Campbell was seen to go over
to where Barrere was seated and the
two men nodded a greeting and shook
hands. This was a preliminary to
what has been characterized as a
’show-down" between the two central
figures in the latest developments of
the mystery case.
Can't Identify Barrere.
Campbell had been in the prosecu
tor’s room with Barrere only a moment
or so when Gloth brought in a parade
of witnesses in an effort to identify
Barrere as the man seen beating Miss
Baker in her parked car early on the
evening of her death and as the man
seen loitering in the vicinity of her
office for several days before that.
The witnesses took a careful look at
the prisoner, but were unable to iden
tify him as being anyone they had seen
before, the office’s announced. i
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Wood s and
Francis Rice, who saw a man in ‘‘a
gray cap" assaulting Miss Baker in
her car at Seventeenth and B street,
were unable to say that Barrere was
! that man. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, on
j emerging from the room, said that
they obtained such a fleeting glimpse
of the assailant that they believed it
would be impossible for them to recog
nize him again if they met him face
to face.
Others who looked at Barrere and
said they had not seen him before in
cluded Miss Olga Skinner and Miss
Mildred Sperry, friends of the slain
girl and co-occupants with her of a
house in Lyon Park. *
No Chance to Talk.
Park Policeman Frank Hammond |
said that Barrere was not the man he i
saw hanging around the place where j
Miss Baker usually parked her car. i
Campbell emerged with the others’
after a few minutes in the rosm and j
was told he would be called back In !
shortly. Campbell said he had no op- |
portunity to talk with Barrere, but that :
“as a matter of courtesy” he shook \
hands with him.
William Ennyart of the Bureau of;
Identification at Washington police
headquarters, took the palm prints of.
Barrere’s hands this afternoon to com- |
pare them with a blurred palm print
found on the blood-stained car In which j
| Miss Baker met her death. This com- ;
| parison was expected to be completed
j later today. The authorities pinned
; little hope on this check-up, however,
I in view of the fact that so many persons
were in and about the car after the
! murderer parked it half a mile from
i the culvert in which he had dumped i
the bullet-riddled body of the Navy j
Department clerk.
Miss Edith Heiner, friend of Barrere, |
and one of his key witnesses in support
of his alibi, arrived at the county court
house this afternoon and was to meet
Barrere in the prosecutor’s office. Miss
Heiner displayed to reporters a sales slip
from Kann’s Department Store, bearing
the date of April %1, which Is the day
Miss Baker was killed, to corroborate
the story told by herself and Barrere
about a trip they made back to Kann's
shortly after 6 o'clock that evening,
only to find the store closed. The time
of this trip is regarded as essential to j
Barrere’s defense, as it was approxi- !
matel.v 6 o'clock that Miss Baker was '
being attacked in her car near the Navy j
1 Department.
Barrere Was Cordial.
‘‘None of the witnesses brought in
this afternoon was able to identify the
prisoner as having any connection with
this case,” Prosecutor Gloth announced
at the departure of the witnesses.
Campbell remained outside the prose-
I cutor’s office, awaiting a call to return
lto the room. While he waited he told
reporters that Barrere was most cordial
j in his greeting when Campbell first
| entered the room and that his only
remark was, “Hello, Campbell. It’s
■ pretty hot. isn't it.”
j Campbell said that when Barrere
saw that several women were coming
into the room, he jumped up and start
-1 ed to put on his coat, explaining that |
he didn’t like the ladies to see him in t
j his shirt sleeves. Barrere looked re- j
j freshed and confident and was the I
! picture of sartorial elegance.
Talks With Reporters.
Campbell talked freely with reporters
today as he awaited his turn to have
a show-down” with the accused man.
Campbell vigorously denied that he was
| being shadowed in connection with the
case end branded as false a published
j report that he was followed to a nearby
j beach yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Harry Woodyard of Arlington County.
‘‘l did not leave my house yester
day,” Campbell asserted, "and no one
was watching me. I understand that
Harry Woodyard did go to North Beach
yesterday with his family, but not be
cause he thought I was there.”
Campbell declared he was anxious to
meet Barrere and to thrash out' with
him statements the latter has made to
the officers who brought him back from
Montreal last week end. Particularly is
Campbell incensed over Barrere’s alle
gation that he (Campbell) has harbor
ed a '‘grudge” against the painter as a
result of some real estate litigation
which Campbell instituted against one
of Bsrrere's "girl friends.”
Denies Having Grudge.
” “I have no grudge against Barrere,"
Campbell declared, “and have no reason I
to entertain a grudge against him. The
litigation he mentioned ended In my '
favor, so why should I have any re
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THE UNKINDEST STROKE OF AIT!
HOOVER TO LEAVE
WASHINGTON SOON
President Expects to Start
West Between August
5 and 15.
President Hoover expects to leave
Washington for his vacation in the
parks in the Rocky Mountains some
time between August 5 and 15 and
with the expectation of returning to
the White House about the latter part
of the first week in September. The
exact date for the President’s departure
has not been settled, but will be in
the next few days. Tfie itinerary for
the trip is being worked into shape
and is virtually ready for the Presi
dent’s approval.
Mr. Hoover’s intention is to go by
special train from here to Glacier Park
in Montana. Brief stop-offs will be
made in St. Paul and Minneapolis,
Minn., Just long enough to permit the
: President and his party to parade
{ through the twin cities in automobiles.
I There >will be no speech making in
I either of these cities and, according to
J the President, there will be none
throughout the vacation trip. His de-
I termination is to decline all invitations
j and to confine his outing to rest and
’ outdoor sports.
Will Avoid Hotels.
The President is going to avoid hotels
as much as possible. During his stay in
Glacier Park the President and his
I party will live in tents in some cool,
attractive spot. In Yellowstone Park
it is thought likely that the party will
| live at a, hotel, probably the one at the
canyon. The site for the President’s
tent city in Glacier Park, which will
serve as the Summer White House for
probablv two weeks, has been tentative-
I lv selected, but not yet approved by
| the President. In the- meantime its
: location will not be revealed. It is
| understood, however, that it will be
near Two Madison Lake, where trout
of the cutthroat and rainbow species
abound and where the scenery is con
ceded to be as superb as apy found in
the West.
Few Days in Yellowstone.
It is thought doubtful if the Presi
dent’s stay in Yellowstone Park will be
longer than three or four days. He
expects to do his fishing there in Yel
lowstone River, near the Canyon, and
on Grieb Lake, about 15 miles from the
i Canyon. The movements of the presi
i dentlal oarty after leaving Yellowstone
I have not yet been made known, but the
information is that the party will start
! on its Journey back across the conti
l nent with probably one or two stops,
i The President and Mrs. Hoover
| sought relief from the intense heat yes
• terday by going for a long automobile
drive in nearby Maryland and Virginia,
returning to the city through the cool
I driveways in Rock Creek Park.
Allen Hoover, the younger of the
! Hoover boys, who was visiting them
i over the week end, accompanied his
I parents on this outing. He left Wash
ington last night to resume his work
I at the New Jersey factory, where he is
employed during his vacation from
1 Harvard.
i At Whites Perry, Md., the President’s
engineering turn of mind was attracted
by the old cable ferry still in operation.
I The presidential car was stopped long
enough for the Chief Executive to dis
l cuss the workings of the ferry with the
1 ferryman on duty.
1 At Leesburg. Va„ the presidential
car again stopped while the President,
Mrs. Hoover and Allen partook of iced
soda water, served them from a store
along the road.
The heat of the early morning did
not prevent the President and the
members of his medicine ball cabinet
from indulging today in their strenuous
sport in the rear grounds of the White
House.
BILL TILDEN SPRAINS
ANKLE IN PRACTICE
Accident Occur« During Match
With Kozeluh in
Paris.
Br the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 21.—Big Bill Tilden,
famous American tennis star, sprained
an ankle in a practice match with Karl
| Kozeluh, Czechoslovakian professional,
[ today.
Radio Programs on Page B*3
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Heat Halts Burglar,
Who Falls in Store
With Loot in Pocket
NEW YORK, July 21.—Today s
first heat victim was Charles
Gallagher, burglar.
He and two pals were saunter
ing through Fulton -.treet, unable
to sleep, and somebody suggested
breaking i to Herman Jackson's
jewelry store.
With a heuvy timber they ram
med the front door and smashed
a showcase. A patrolman who
heard the no e came on the run
and found Oallagher on the floor,
overcor by heat and by a trivial
glass cut on his arm. He had two
watches and some beads in his
pocket, the patrolman said. His
companions escaped.
PACT RESERVATION
VOTED BV SENATE
\
Norris Measure Makes Se-,
oret Agreements Invalid
in Naval Treaty.
Without a roll call and without oppo
sition the Senate today adopted the j
Norris reservation to the London naval \
treaty resolution of ratification.
The Norris reservation provides that j
no secret agreements shall be binding ;
In relation to the naval limitation
treaty.
Supporters of the treaty did not op
pose the Norris reservation, although
President Hoover and Senators Reed of .
Pennsylvania and Robinson of Arkan- j
sas, members of the American delega- |
tion at London, have repeatedly assured
the Senate that “there are no secret,
agreements relating to the treaty.
The Ncrris reservation was modified ,
by eliminating the preambles which it!
originally contained.
Watson Assured of Vote.
Senator Watsor, Republican leader, '
said this afternoon he had assurance i
from opponents of the treaty that they
w'ould not oppose taking a vote tomor
row. For that reason, he said, unless
the treaty could be ratified by 5 or 6
o’clock this afternoon, the Senate would
recess until tomorrow without holding
a night session, in the full expectation
of completing action on the treaty to
morrow.
The next reservation taken up by the
Senate w’as offered by Senator Walsh
of Massachusetts, a substitute for the
(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
ARKANSAS BANK CLOSES
Steady Withdrawals for Month Hit!
Pine Bluff Institution.
PINE BLUFF, Ark., July 21 </P).
The National Bank of Arkansas, second
largest banking institution in Pine i
Bluff, closed its doors today and was
placed in charge of national bank ex
aminers.
Steady withdrawals for the past
month were said to have been respon
sible for the closing. ,
RETURN 5,000 CHURCHES
Mexican Treasury Officials Report
Restoration to Catholics.
MEXICO .CITY. July 21 (/P).—Treas
ury officials said today that 5,000
churches had been returned to Catholic
authorities since settlement of the
government-church conflict in June a
year ago.
AMPLE CAPITAL WATER SUPPLY
ASSURED DURING HOT WEATHER
District Distributing System Not Yet Taxed to Maximum,
But Demand Is Growing
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There is no fear of a shortage of
water in Washington, Capt. Hugh P.
Oram said today. Capt. Oram, who
has charge of the District's water dis
tributing system,, pointed out that the
consumption during the past few hot
days is still below the peak which the
water system has been called upon to
take care of in the past.
Yesterday the consumption of water
was 96,752,000 gallons. The day before
it was 99,651.000 gallons. Today the
consumption is expected to break into
100.000,000-gallon figures, but the water
supply system was called on last year
to supply a peak load of 104,000,000
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MAN SHOT BY WIFE
DURING QUARREL
Carpenter in Serious Condi
tion After Bullet Pierces
His Right Eye.
Shot down by his wife in a Quarrel
over family funds today at his home,
3541 Tenth street, Claude C. Williams, l
55-year-old carpenter, was removed to
Emergency Hospital, where physicians
! said his condition was serious.
His 55-year-old wife, Mrs. Myrtle
Leona Williams, was arrested by Sergt.
J. W. McGlnness of the tenth police
precinct and removed to the House of
Detention. No charge was placed
against the woman pending the out
' come of the man's fight for life. The
i husband told police he would refuse to
; prosecute his wife.
• Found on Floor.
Williams was lying on the floor of i
j a third-floor rented bed room when
police arrived. A bullet from a .38-
j caliber revolver had entered his right
I temple, ranged downward and pierced
1 his right eye. Emerging from the
; man's face, the pellet went through a
! window Police searched unsuccess-
I fully for the bullet outdoors.
Dr. Herbert P. Ramsey of 1343 Otis
| place, was summoned by friends. He
j treated Williams until an Emergency
! ambulance arrived. The patient re
mained conscious until removed to the
| hospital, corroborating the story of his
wife that the shooting had resulted
! from a bitter argument over whether
: the husband was providing the wife
with sufficient necessities of life.
Returned From Florida.
Mrs. Williams, highly nervous, told
Sergt. McGlnness, Williams had given
only about $1 a day for the support of
' his wife recently. She said his ex
i planation was that he had been work
ing only at odd jobs. She said they
j returned from Florida about three
! weeks ago after Williams had lost his
' position with a railroad there. They
•had resided in Washington previously.
The wife was quoted as saying she
married Williams here 12, years ago.
Both the husband and wife had been
married previously. Mrs. Williams has
a daughter of another marriage. Mrs.
William C. O’Neale of 1300 Taylor
street.
Since returning to Washington the
Williams couple have resided in rooms
rented from Mrs. C. A. Edwards.
Physicians .said Williams would be
certain to lose the use of his right eye
should he live.
Police predicted Mrs. Williams would
be charged with assault with a deadly
weapon should the husband survive.
Otherwise, she would be charged with
murder.
TWO PORTUGUESE PLOTS
DECLARED SQUELCHED
Government Deports 27 to Azores.
Bomb Plant Pound in
Lisbon.
i
By the Associated Press.
LISBON, July 21.—The government
believed today it had squelched two
conspiracies against the dictatorship
within the last two weeks.
The round-up of political offenders
began last week, about 300 being ar
rested, and yesterday 27 soldiers and
civilians accused in the plots were de
ported to the Azores.
The campaign against the plotters
continued yesterday. Government opera
tives found an ammunition plant in
the heart of the city, where it was said
conspirators were manufacturing bombs.
gallons per day and met the situation
easily.
The section of the city adjoining Wis
consin avenue and Belt road where
citizens have been troubled by low water
pressure at night will probably revert
to normal tonight when a new con
nection at Wisconsin avenue and Bslt
road is put into service by the depart
ment. Work on this connection was
started Saturday and now Is practtcally
complete. Capt. Oram said that the
trouble was caused by a t2-lnch con
nection between a 16-inch main and I
24-tnch main. This 12-inch connec
tion will be changed for a 16-inch con
nection.
TWO CENTS.
CAPITAL SWELTERS
WITH REST OF 0. S.; :
RELIEF UNCERTAIN
Temperature, 105.6 Here
Yesterday, Wins Half Holi
day for Clerks.
COLD WAVE IN WEST
FOLLOWS DROUGHT’S END
Water Situation in Nearby Mary
land Becomes More Serious.
Light Storm Predicted.
Capital Thermometer
in Hourly Stages
/ Hourly temperatures, beginning
last midnight, as recorded at the
Weather Bureau, were:
Midnight ..84 7 R.m 79 *
1 am. ..,..83 8 a.m 81
2 a.m 82 9 a.m .91
3 a.m 80 10 a m 96
4 a.m 79 11 a.m 97
5 a.m 77 12 noon 100
6 a.m 76 1 p.m 101
A blazing sun this morning promised
the Capital another day of record
breaking heat, with no relief in sight
before tomorrow afternoon.
"In the absence of clouds the-tem
perature today will be as high as yes
terday’s record of 105.6 degrees.” of
ficials at the Weather Bureau declared.
The break in the heat wave late to
morrow is expected to come with the
arrival of cooler air from the north-
I west. The temperature is expected to
j return to normal Wednesday.
I Shortly before noon orders were is
’ sued closing virtually all the Govern
ment departments to give the thou
sands of employes a chance to escape
the worst of the heat. The District
Building was also ordered closed and
policemen on duty were given permis
sion to remove their coats.
The Weather Bureau foresaw a pos
sibility of a thundershower toniorrow
afternoon, but warned that it is not
likely there will be sufficient rain to
relieve the seriousness of : the water
shortage in nearby Maryland.
Situation Is Serious.
With this warning in mind, recom
mendations that regulations prohibiting
the use of water in nearby Maryland
for other than household purposes he
promulgated were submitted today to
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission by its chief engineer, Rob
ert B. Morse. Action on the recom
mendation is expected today.
The water situation in Maryland is
so serious that it is believed the supply
of water In the Brunt Mil's reservoir
will be exhausted in six days unless
heavy rains are forthcoming.
As the thermometer continued to
climb orders were Issued closing the •
Treasury Department at 12:30 o'clock
and the State Department at 1 p.m.
Workers in the Commerce Department
temporary buildings were excused at
noon.
The Treasury. Commerce and Justice-
Departments joined the State Depart
ment in releasing all of their employes
who could be spared at 1 o’clock. The
temporary buildings under the Treas
ury had been ordered out at 12:30
o’clock. The employes of the Munitions
Building were at 1 o'clock.
The District Building offices were
closed at 1 o'clock.
The Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing dismissed its personnel at 12:30
o'clock.
The Agriculture Department soon
after closed work for the day and the
I War Department followed shortly after
ward.
Men in charge of steel-erection work
on the Potomac Electric Power Co.’s
new building at Tenth and E streets
quit work before noon. They said the
metal had become so hot they couldn’t
handle it.
The lowest temperature recorded at
the Weather Bureau during the past
24 hours was 76 degrees at 6 o'clock
this morning. The thermometer was
climbing steadily, however, and was
just' under 100 degrees shortly before
noon.
Capital Second Hottest. -
Red Calil’., with a temperature
of 108 degrees, was the only place in
the country hotter than Washington
yesterday. Local temperatures in the
Capital were in excess of those recorded
at Tuma and Phoenix, Ariz., two
notorious ‘ hot spots.”
Today's heat was made more un
comfortable by a rise in the humidity.
The humidity at 8 o’clock yesterday
morning was 44, but had reached 62
at the same hour today.
Daniel H. Moran, 52. an attendant at
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, was overcome
by the heat yesterday. There were no
prostrations reported today. At Dar
gan, Md„ however, Gus Allen. 25, jump
ed into the Potomac River and was
drowned last night. It is believed he
became mentally unbalanced as a result *
of the heat.
The previous high temperature record
in Washington was set in 1918. when
105.5 degrees was recorded. At the
kiosk on Pennsylvania avenue the high
figure was 110 degrees. Yesterday's
maximum was reached at 4 o’clock in
the afternoon.
Although it was expected that the
demands of the Maryland suburban dis
trict and the increased local use would
carry the total water consumption to
day in the District above 100.000,000
gallons, no serious shortag* was an
ticipated by officials at the District
Building.
The average daily consumption here
during the past fiscal year was 82,000.-
000 gallons. Yesterday 96 752.000 gal
(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.)
BALTIMORE FIGHTS
WATER FRONT FIRE
Pennsylvania Pier and Adjoining
Standard Oil Plant Are
Threatened.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. July 21.—Pire boats
and land fire-fighting equipment were
rushed to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co.'s pier in the Baltimore Harbor this
afternoon when fire threatened destruc
tion of the pier, several bargfes tied up
to it and to spread to the adjoining
water front plant of the Standard Oil
Co.
Officials were unable to ascertain the
I cause of the fire, wht~h caused the
sounding of two alarms and brought all
available apparatus in the district to
the scene.