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CAPITAL SWELTERS
, WITH REST OF US.
UJ
Thunderstorms Tomorrow
May Bring Temporary Re
lief From Heat Wave.
f Continued From First_Page.)
’ lons were used, 12.332.000 more than
was used on the preceding Sunday. A
total of 99,651.000 gallons was used
Saturday, *.« compared with 92.186,000
i last Saturday. The Sunday decrease Is
I attributed to the closing of office build
ings and thp fact that many residents
•re out of the city on the Sabbath.
, While Mr. Morse was submitting his
recommendations to the Sanitary Com
mission. work was being rushed on t.he
connections between the commission's
mains and the District water system
•t. Chevy Chase Circle. It is hoped
to start pumping water at this point
tomorrow night.
Rainfall Is Needed.
The 500.000 gallons which can be
pumped daily through th? Chevy Chase
connection will delay for but a few
„ days the ultimate exhaustion of the
reservoir at Burnt Mills, which supplies
the metropolitan nrea of Maryland.
Mr. Morse said the only hope for more
than temporary relief lies, in the pos
sibility of heavy rain.
“It was said when the present six
day supply In the reservoir is exhausted,
the consumtion must be cut from half
to two-thirds the present rate. The ■
chief engineer pointed out that if Mr.
Morse’s recommendations are put into
effect the time will be delayed when
all water for sections of Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties adjacent
to Washington must be pumped directly
from the Northwestern Branch and the
District’s mains.
i The recommendation was to prohibit
•11 sprinkling and other of th- less
necessary uses of water. The commis
sion has authority to issue and enforce
such regulations, violation of which is
punishable as a misdemeanor,
i If the drougnt does not break Mary
land must rely more and more on its
own resources and depend less on help
from the District. This is clear in that
the water pressure in the District’s
mains is decreasing and less water Is
being forced into the commission's sys
tem. Mr. Morse said
The connection at Rhode Island ave
nue and the Maryland State line a*
first furnished 1.000.000 gallons to
v Maryland daily, but now delivers only !
600.000. Due to low pressure, the water j
is pumped through the connection at j
the low-consumption period during the j
nioht. Mr. Morse was informed that 1
when the Chevy Chase main is opened 1
• water will be allowed to flow through it
for only 6 of the 24 hours.
6 Feet Below Crest.
The water level on Burnt Mills Res
ervoir is now 6 feet below the crest of j
the dam. while the flow in Northwest- j
ern Branch, feeding the reservoir, has j
decreased from 16,000.000 to 2.000.000 ;
gallons a day. The reservoir capacity is j
61,000.000 gallons with retainer boards
in place and 28,000,000 gallons without !
them.
Mr. Morsp estimates that. 3.500.000
gallons are necessary for household use !
‘ in the territory served by the Sanitary j
Commission. He thinks . this amount
can be supplied by runnnig Hyatts-i
ville and Burnt Mills filtration plants I
to capacity and getting an much water
•s possible from the District.
If Northwestern Branch, however,
should dwindle much further, it may
become impossible to supply even this
amount. The consumption has dropped
comparatively little, although repeated
warnings have been issued by the com
mission.
In Takoma Park, residents are de
pending largely on water taken from a
spring on Pay road near the Mont- j
gomery-Princp Georges County line,
carrying it to their homes in containers.
This practice was started about a week
ago when the water from Burnt Mills
Reservoir acquired an unpleasant taste
from vegetable algae in the rrsorvoir.
The algae was eliminated through treat
ments of copper sulphate and the
. taste disappeared.
Thousands Sleep in Parks.
"Tiousands sought relief In the parks
last night, sleeping in the open on cots, j
automobile seats or on newspapers
1 spread on the grass. The largest num
ber went to Rock Creek Park and to
Hains Point in Potomac Park, but
nearly every other park in the District
had its quota.
Representatives of Col. Grant's office
were busy today and yesterday clearing
great quantities of newspapers and other
litter left bv the sleepers. Two truck
loads of trash were carted away from
Hains Point this morning.
Park officials requested that the pub
lic co-operate with them in keeping the
parks as clean as possible. ■ •
Virtually every inrh of parking space
In Rock Creek Park was in jise last
night, many persons remaining all
night The same crowded condition
, existed at. Hains Point, and every van
tage point along the water was occu
pied.
Cold Wave In West.
The Rocky Mountain West buttoned
up its overcoat today, and fleece-lined
slickers would have been appropriate in
spots. Associated Press dispatches said.
From Montana on the north to ex
treme West Texas on the south, tem
peratures took on an October complex
ion. and Colorado, New Mexico and
West Texas got rain.
It was the second rain for Colorado
within a week, breaking a long, hot
spell which had all the earmarks of a
drought.
Temperatures in the region ran from
42 degrees at Leadsville, Colo., high
,upon the Continental Divide, to 70 at
El Paso. Otter marks included 60 for
Denver, 62 for Albuquerque. 56 for
Cheyenne and 52 for Helena. Mont., i
•t 6 a.m.
The forecast was for continued un
settled weather tonight and tomorrow.
Kansas Cools Off.
A cool wave was creeping eastward
over the Kansas plains today on the
heels of temperatures which reached
107 at McPherson. Manhattan and
Emporia yesterday. Accompanying rains
broke a period of drouht which has
caused serious crop damage. The fall
raa 1.71 Inches at Norton, 1.46 at Good
land. 0.88 at Concordia.
m clouds and threatening rain brought
r*ltef to Kansas Citians after a sleep
less night and in Western Missouri,
rnodifled the temperatures, which reach
ed 103 at St. Joseph yesterday,
f The scores of deaths and heat pros
. tratlons in the last two days In the
• Chicago area were added five morp
deaths today, all attributed to the ter
rific heat.
The grain-growing plains State’ were
first recipients of cooler weather. Des
Moines. Omaha and St. Paul in the
North, repotting temperatures in the
low seventies.
| Rockville Water O K.
The recent hook-up of Rockville’s
water mains with a well at the Rock
♦tlle Ice plant has proved so satisfac
tory in augmenting the town s depleted
water supply that the mayor and coun
cil at a special session Saturday decid
ed to make the connection permanent'.
It was decided to lay mains at once to
replace the temporary pipes.
4 The arrangement will make available
Ifrom the ice plant, bv constant pump
ing, about 50,000 gallons daily, and Is
expected to end the town’s worries over
an inadequate water supply. It is also
understood that the mayor and council
are consideting sinking another well
near the western limits of the town and
Installing a pumping station. If this is
done It probably will mean the aban
ekmment of the plan to have the town
i
Senate Keeps Cool
For Treaty Debate
Despite Heat Wave
• Sixty-two Senators of the
United States sat in comfort in
the Senate chamber today, while
the rest of the city sweltered in
J an unprecedented beat wave.
The only “hot air" in the
Senate chamber today came
from the Senators themselves.
They were discussing the London
naval treaty.
The Senate chamber, despite
the efforts of the sun. main
tained an even 78 degrees tem
perature This was due to tne
air cooling system installed last
1 year for the benefit of the
i Senators and the members of
I the House.
) ;
; become a customer of the Suburban
. Sanitary Commission.
Damage to crops from the heat, and
' lack of rain is going to cost Virginia j
farmers from $75,000,000 to SIOO,OOO,- I
> 1 000, according to reports from Rich
-1 mond based upon information prepared
■ !by the United States Department of
; i Agriculture.
Crops Burned Up.
Since January 1 only 9.38 Inches of j
I rain has fallen at Blacksburg. This I
;ts about 25 inches below normal. The j
I loss to the farmers is based on an i
! estimated rain value of $5,000,000 per i
| inch.
I Farmrrs in the vicinity of Hagers- |
j town. Md.. reported that their crops i
| of early corn and potatoes have literal- [
Jly been burned up by the heat. The j
temperature at Hagestown yesterday i
was 107, equaling the record in that I
I vicinity. It was four degrees higher at |
8 o’clock this morning than at the
< same hour yesterday.
While more than 100 men were bring
j ing under control a large brush fire I
| between Hancock and Berkley Springs. !
another big fire was reported raging j
| near Clear Spiings today. The fire j
| was said to b out of control and a call j
j for aid was sent out. Other fire.s were |
iieported at Horse Shoe Ridge and;
j Pincy Grove Furnace. In all of these j
! fires the flames are burning under
ground. destroying the roots and killing
the trees.
Walter J. Quick, jr„ district, forester
at tipper Marlboro, said a shortage of
funds is a complicating factor in the
effort to guard against serious forest
fires in nearby Maryland. Precaution
ary measures taken in anticipation of
an outbreak of forest fires include a
warning to all wardens to be constantly
on guard.
More than 50 square miles of the pro- j
posed Shenandoah National Park arra :
have hern burned over, advices from !
Richmond stated The fires there, how- j
| ever are now under control.
MAIL FLYERS KEEP COOL
| WEARING BATHING SUITS
No Trouble During 1 Heat Wave Re
ported, With Air Scoops Ven
tilating Cockpits.
i Airmail pilots on the coastal run of |
Eastern Air Transport, passing through |
I this city, who earlier in the season took
to flying in bathing suits to keep cool,
; have reported no trouble during the
present heat wave,
. Flying at 2,500 to 3.000 feet, they find
the temperatures very comfortable. All
! planes on the line now have been fitted
with air scoops for ventillation of the
! cockpits anti, as long as the pilots stay
in the air, they find some relief from
the heat w’ave which pesters the >
groundlings below.
During the present hot weather the i
pilots have maintained normal alti- j
tudes. The highest altitude any of the
! mail planes has flown during the period
was 6.700 feet, according to records at !
Bolling Field, and that was to take ad- ;
vantage of a better tail wind.
PORTUGUESEEMIGRATION
TURNS TOWARD FRANCE
Exodus of 1.000 a Week for Second
Six Weeks of Year Beats
all Records.
LISBON </P).—While the gates of j
Brazil are only ajar to Portuguese emi- j
i grants, those of France are flung wide i
open.
Since the big roffee slump and the
crisis of unemployment in South Amer
ica, Portuguese emigrants have turned
their gaze across the Pyrenees. Exodus
to France in the second six weeks of
the year beat all records, an average
of 1.000 Portuguese a week being signed
by French employers.
These emigrants, it is declared, arc
settled upon the land to take the place
of Frenchmen who, lured by prospects
of more money In the cities, have
deserted the rural districts.
There is much uneasiness here over
reports circulated by emigrants return
ing from Brazil concerning the misery
of Portuguese settlers In that country.
Emigration to it has fallen off almost
to zero.
POOR EYESIGHT GROWS
YEARLY AMONG ENGLISH
, i
More Than 8,000,000 Use Glasses, ;
as Compared With 5,000,000 1
Two Decades Ago. ,
LONDON (/Pl.—Officials of the Joint
Council of Qualified Opticians have
found Urat between 8,000,000 and 9.000,-
000 Elfelishmen use glasses, as com
pared with 5,000,000 20 years ago.
J. H. Sutcliffe registrar of the coun
cil, attributed the increase In poor eye
sight to the fact that the horizon of
the average man is yearly becoming j
1 more constricted.
“The horizon of the average man 100
years ago was several miles,’’ he said.
"Today for hours at a time It Is little
more than 10 feet.
“This puts a severe strain on the
muscles which focus the eye. Astig
matism and short sight result.”
Germany is rated first for national
poor eyesight, the United States sec
ond and Great Britain third.
PTERODACTYL FOSSILS VIEWED
AS KEY TO SECRETS OF FLIGHT
Huge Prehistoric Creatures Reported to Have Flying
Characteristics Whose Study Aids Modern Flight.
Further study of the structural de- !
tails of the bodies of the pterodactyl, j
extinct flying reptiles, would bring to j
light new secrets of flight resulting in
greater efficiency in modern Rircraft, is 1
1 the belief of Prof. D. M. Watson of
the University of Iy>ndon. In a recent
lecture before the Royal Society Prof,
i Watson said that these creatures were
„he largest living animals that ever
lived, some of them attaning wing
spreads of more than 20 feet. He also
i said that researches on the skeletal re
mains of a number of varieties seemed
"to indicate they were much better
adapted for flying than are the modern
i birds
The wings of the pterodactyls con
i listed of sheets of leathery skin of a
I very tough texture quite similar to the
1 material of the wings of a bat. The
l bones of these creatures were hollow
i and spongy, with internal ribs added
■ throughout to give strength and light
ness at the same time. The wings were
THE E VEXING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 21. 1930.
NYE BLAMES MONEY
IN NEBRASKA PROBE
Like Illinois’ Campaign Fund
Inquiry, Declares North
Dakotan.
By th* Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., July 21.—Compar
ing the general complexion of the Illi
nois campaign fund expenditures inves
tigation to the inquiry in Nebraska
which is scheduled to be resumed here
today. United States Senators Gerald
| P. Nye of North Dakota, declared, "The
j one allegation :n common in both places
! was ihe influence of money.”
"In Nebraska." said the chairman of
the Senate Campaign Funds Investi
j gation Committe, "it allegedly was used
j to befuddle the ballot and the electo
rate and to prevent the voters from
i having a fair chance to express them
selves at the polls.”
! Thus he summarized the results of
i the Nebraska investigation as it con-
I cerned the filing of George W. Norris,
Broken Bow grocery store manager, in
I opposition to the senior Nebraska Sena- •
tor. George W. Norris of McCook.
While the grocer no longer is a can
i didate, having been barred from the j
! Republican senatorial ballot by a Su- .
preme Court action Friday which found
; his mailed filing illegal, the investiga
i tion has been pursued relentlessly, i
I Senator Nye said today, to determine
i what factors were responsible In bring
l ir.g the second Norris out as a candi
j date.
CIVIC WORK REWARD
OFFERED BY CHAMBER
Alexandria Commerce Body An
nounces Special Award to Out
standing Citizen.
! Special Dispulch to Th* Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va„ July 21.—An
; nouncement has been made by the
l Alexandria Chamber of Commerce of
a gold medal award to be given on Ar
mistice aay, November 11. of each year,
j to the citizen of Alexandria who has
! rendered the city the most outstanding
j service during the past year. The first
i award will be made November 11 of this
| year.
The award this year, which will cost
SIOO. has been made possible by Capt.
T. M. Hamilton, who, at the suggestion
of Dan S. Hollenga. business manager I
of the Chamber of Commerce, made the I
donation. Judges will consist of one j
each from the Kiwanis. Rotary and |
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs and one each to represent the
| chamber and labor bodies.
In discussing the proposed award, Mr.
Hollenga stated that the award would
be the means of giving proper recogni
tion for services to the community,
whether by gifts or otherwise. In his
opinion, much good can be expected to
be accomplished by the prize offered.
Medals for outstanding service to the
community have been awarded in for
mer years by the Kiwanis Club, but j
it is expected to discontinue this ]
practice wdth the announcement of the I
new award. Hollenga stated that citl- i
zens might aid the community in vari- J
ous ways, such as donations for different
projects, such as library, park, hos
pitals, etc., or by some other outstand
ing civic service.
PHILISTINES BROUGHT
SAFETY-PIN TO ISRAEL
Discovery Reported to TJ. S. Phil
osophical Society by Johns Hop
kins Professor.
BALTIMORE #/P>. —’The Philistines
are credited by archeological discoveries
with at least one improvement in Israel.
They introduced the safety-pin into
Palestine.
This finding Ls reported to the Ameri
can PhUosnphical Society by Dr. Wil
liam F. Albright of Johns Hopkins
The .safety-pin. known generally in
archeology as the “fibula,” was once one
of man’s great. Improvements that
sw'ept the then known w’orld.
Dr. Albright says the Philistines prob
ably obtained the pin idea from the
Aegeans.
ANCIENT CHATEAU HOME
OF AMBASSADOR EDGE
4
U. S. Envoy and Wife Soon to Oc
cupy Sixteenth Century Manor
House in Paris.
By Radio to The Star and the New York
Herald-Tribun*. Copyright. 1930.
PARIS. July 21.—Ambassador and
Mrs. Edge moved early last week
into their Summer home. Chateau de
la Ronce, at Ville Davray, a sixteenth
century manor house, often visited by
former kings. The estate is now the
i property of Ray Rivington Powers, an
American resident of France, barely 15
minutes from the embassy offices, yet
lit has the peaceful atmosphere of a
distant country seat.
At the end of the seventeenth cen
tury the manor was deeded to Miles
O’Crowley, Irish political refugee, who
settled the Ville Davray with a colony
of his fellow countrymen. His nephew
was made Marquis de la Ronce at Clin
champ.
Following the revolution the estate
gradually fell into decay until it was
bought by the present American owners.
Henry Charles Lee Dies.
PARIS, July 21 (iP).—Henry Charles
Lee of Rock Acre, Cornwall, N. Y.,
American painter and critic, died at the
Paris clinic Saturday. He was 66. The
body will be cremated and the ashes
taken to the United States.
| not covered with feathers as are the
i wings of the present-day birds.
I The bones along the back and breast
j were equipped with enormous project
' lng ridges us which strong muscles were
attached and which Indicate by their
size and shape the speed and agility
possessed by these early flyers.
Prof. Watson thinks that a care
ful study of these bonps, as well as an
Intensive research into other features
of the skeletons found as fossils, would
help greatly In modem airplane design.
These ancient, reptiles evidently flew
by a combination of gliding and wing
flapping, although they probably used
the principle of gliding to a much
greater extent.
These admirable flyers became ex
tinct and were replaced by the less ef
ficient flying machines of the birds
because of climatic changes, scientists
believe. When the climate gradually
changed from a troplcaj to a colder
one the pterodactyls succumbed be
cause they were coldblooded.
DROUGHT DRYING UP RESERVOIR AND POTOMAC
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With a capacity of 51.000.000 cations, the reservoir at Burnt Mills, Md., is little more than a series of stagnant pools
because of the continued dry weather. The dam, from which the water supply of the metropolitan areas of Montgomery
and Prime Georges Counties is drawn, has but a six-day supply left unless relief comes in replenishing rains. The resi- I
dents are now hooking up with the District of Columbia mains to avoid a water famine.
Even the Potomac River has dwindled alarmingly, as shown In this picture taken at Great Falls. Where the water
i normally rushes over the rocks only small streams are trickling in and out of the crags. — Star Staff Photos.
GARBAGE SERVICE
CUT FOR SOMMER
Three Collections a Week in
All Sections of City An
nounced by Costigan.
Thorp will be no daily garbage col
lection in any section of Washington
this year. Superintend"™ of Street
Cleaning T. L. Costigan said today. I
This will be the first year in which
some favored sections of the city will be
called on to do without their daily
garbage collection during the Summer j
months. All sections of the city, wit.h
out exception, have been put on a basis j
of three collections per week.
Mr. Costigan said that the move was
taken to comply with the complaints
as to discrimination from the less !
favored sections of the city which had
become numerous in recent years. By
placing the entire city on the three-a- :
week schedule the expense will remain
the same, since the sections which used
to have twice-a-week service will now
come in for an increase in service.
This service is only given to house
holders. Hotels and apartment houses
sell their garbage to local brokers, who
in turn dispose of it to hog farms out
side of the city. There is one exception
to t.h»rule, Walter Reed Hospital, which
yields a large truckload of garbage each
day. It is impossible to avoid the daily
service there.
The three-times-a-week service will
apply both Winter and Summer. Mr.
Costigan said. Many complaints have
come in, but the department has made
up its mind and intends to stick to its
present schedule, he said.
MOST ACTIVE FARMER
' MAKES MOST MONEY
Maryland Experiment Station Di
rector So Tells Agriculturalists
at Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHILLUM, Md., July 21.—1 tis the
farmer who works the hardest that
makes the most money in Maryland,
Dr. H. J. Patterson, director of the
Maryland Experiment Station, told ap
proximately ftO members and guests of
the Vansville Farmers’ Club at its
monthly meeting Saturday night at the
home here of J, Enos Ray, president of
the Prince Georges Bank Trust Co.
of Hyattsville and Mount Rainier. Dr.
H. B. McDonnell of College Park, presi
dent, was in the chair.
Dr. Patterson spoke at a dinm r which
followed an inspection of Mr. Ray’s i
farm.
The next meeting will be held August
9 at the farm of Perry Boswell, near
Upper Marlboro.
CARNIVAL IS SUCCESS
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHERRYDALE. Va„ July 21.—The
annual carnival of the Cherrydale Vol
unteer Fire Department, which closed
Saturday evening after a week’s run,
was said by the General Conmlttee to
have been one of the mos. successful
affairs held by the department in a
number of years. The earnings, which
have not been determined, will be ap
plied to Its maintenance funds for the
year.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the de
partment, which assisted the firemen In
conducting the carnival, had charge of
the lunch and cake booths.
■
Kentucky Spring,
Famous in Indian
Stories, Runs Drv
________
By th* Associated Press.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. July 21. -
Bryan Station Spring, famed in
history as the spring from which
Kentucky pioneer women ob
tained water when Bryan Station
Fort war, besieged by Indians in
1782. has run dry.
Story books have long chron
icled the bravery of the women
who ran the gauntlet of Indian
fire to carry water to the fort
while the men staved off the at
tack of the Indians. Replenish- j
ment of the water supply enabled j
1 the pioneers to hold out until re
inforcements arrived.
Tile spring, now inclosed by a
memorial to the wom°n erected
by the Bryan Station Chapter of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, ordinarily has an
abundant flow' of sparkling, pure
drinking water. The present stop
page of the flow, the first in the j
history of living persons, is cred
ited to the prolonged drought in
Central Kentucky.
j PUSHES HUNT FOR WIFE j
Harry S. Dovel Appeals to Police i
for Second Time.
Harry S. Dovel of 913 I street has
made a second request of the police to |
assist in a search for his wife, Mrs. j
i Elizabeth May Dovel. reported missing j
from home since July 15. The missing j
: woman, 31 years old, was attired in a
j black satin dress when she ieft home.
She has light hair and blue eyes.
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ft ANNOUNCE KAY S GREAT
fig trade-in
WATCH SALE
/J s ORIGINATORS of this
I event, KAY takes
If/mtA* pleasure and pride in once
lillli u ' uo ’*\ *>\A more offering to the people
/jjsf 9 ( iT, j^ G ] of the Natitfn’s Capital an op-
I l //W portunity to cash in on their
mo old timepieces.
Imw $C OR MORE
J ALLOWED
Illinois-Sterling on your OiDWATCH
v„„r Os norkpt oT —REGARDLESS OF THE COM
strTp U sty^Ps° 1C 17- DITION OF YOUR OLD WATCH
jeweled movements. —this allowance applied on the
j a* purchase price of a new, standard
S /I hll make, guaranteed watch. Stand
“t IH -1 - M P ard Cash Price. Liberal Terms,
’ in addition!
Pay 75c n Week
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FRENCH EMBARGO
LIFTED FOR JUDGE
Kentuckian Permitted to
I
Take Home-Grown Twist
on Visit.
) By the Associatec* Press.
| FRANKFORT. K>\. July 2!.—For
i the benefit of Chief Justice Gus;
I Thomas of the Kentucky Court of Ap- j
peals the French government has sus
pended its embargo on American to
| bacco.
Justice and Mrs. Thomas wanted to
visit their daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Me- ,
| Connell, who lives in France, but the
| Justice was unwilling to travel without !
j a supply of home-grown one-sucker i
l twist. Senator Alben Barkley and the :
State Department prevailed upon the
French government to permit Justice.
Thomas to bring his own tobacco with :
i him.
Justice and Mrs. Thomas sailed from ;
New York City last week, accompanied j
: by a supply of Western Kentucky twist. 1
Woman, 88, Flies With Baby.
NEWARK. N. J. July 21 (/PL— The
greatest thrill in the life of Mrs.
; Martha Van Buskirk, 88. has been an
| airplane ride with her great-great
! granddaughter, seven weeks old.
The nettle of India and Australia is
a species of great shrub, its stinging.
1 hairs so terrible that a mere touch feels !
like a burn from red-hot, iron.
60 ARE INJURED !
IN INDIAN RIOTS
Peaceful Settlement of Gand-'
hi Campiagn Is Indicated
by Leaders.
By th* Associated Press.
BOMBAY. July 21.—Whale the
troubles of turbulent India moved
nearer mediation today, reports told of
j a clash at Jubbulpore Saturday which
caused 60 casualties.
A riot developed after Nationalist
volunteers lay in front of a motor truck
carrying liquor supplies to a contractor's
. store. Police picked up and remoted
the first group of prone manifestants. j
who were immediately replaced by j
j others. The police fired eight rounds to
end the trouble which followed.
Among the injured were the city I
magistrate, the excise officer, the police |
superintendent and 12 policemen. .
Elsewhere there were indications that J
the strife which followed Mahatma
Gandhi's non-co-operation movement j
might be settled peacefully-.
Compromise Is Possible.
The present leader of the Indian Na- i
tionalists indicated yesterday that a
compromise with the government was
possible. Vallabhai Patel, who now is
acting president of the all-India Na
tional Congress and is one of the suc
cessors of the imprisoned Gandhi, made
the compromise reference in a speech
whi/h was held of high significance.
"We have no quarrel with English- j
j men or with England," he said. “All
I we want is the definite promise that our
demands will be met, and if this
promise is given, I am prepared for a
compromise.”
Meanwhile, the prominent Indians
who will visit Gandhi as peacemakers,
Sir Tej Banhadur Sapru and M. Jay
akar left Allahabad today bound for
this city, and later will visit the Ma
hatma in Yerotia prison at Poona. Theftr
plans have the backing of the govern
ment.
Prince Indorses Move.
Prom Simla today came word that
their efforts were enthusiastically in
dorsed by the influential Maharaiah
of Bikaner, who said in an interview
that if the peacemakers failed, it would
be because of Congress leaders who
might take an unreasonable attitude.
1 Because of a bereavement in the fam
i ily of M. Jayakar. it is not known defi
; rfitely when the two peace emissaries
will visit Gandhi.
•
FIRST TYPHUS CASE
IN PRINCE GEORGES
State Authorities Take Up Study
of Illness in Effort to
Find Origin.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ACCOKEEK. Md., July 21—Prince
| Georges County's first typhus case of
the Summer is being made the subject
'of study by Maryland State health
officers and physicians from Johns Hop
kins University, it was learned today.
The patient is Mrr. William R. Dyer. j
54 years old. of Accokeek. who was
stricken several days ago and now is
reported by her family physician. Dr.
John Bowers, as being on the road to
recovery.
Inasmuch as Dr. William S. Keister,
former county health officer, left to
j accept a position in Baltimore County
. on July 15 and Dr. A. B. Hooton. newly
, appointed county health officer, will not
report until August 1, investigation of
j the case has been in the hands of the
State Department of Health officials.
Two of these officials and three doc
tors from Johns Hopkins Hospital. Bal
i timore, have visited Mrs. Dyer, ob- |
tainlng blood tests for further study j
of the disease. Guinea pigs have been |
placed in barns and efforts made to
trap rats in the hope of tracing the
source of the germs. j
BRING IN LIQUOR BARGE
Officials Value Captured Outfit at
Half-Million Dollars.
NEW YORK, July 21 (/P).—An oil j
barge loaded with liquor, seized by Coast ;
Guardsmen yesterday 21 miles off Sea
Girt. N. J., was brought to port today.
Federal officials valued the barge, its
liquor cargo and the tug which towed
it at half a million dollars. I
Ten men were arrested on the vessels.
s^9s
i For All Women’s
STETSON
SHOES
, In the Close Out Sale
Formerly $12.50 to $14.50
Plenty of sizes from
3 x / 2 to 5 and 7 l / 2 to 9.
All colors* fabrics,
leathers, styles.
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1510 F Street
i
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ONE DIES, 107 HURT
IN EGYPTIAN RIOTS
'Street Fighting Follows De
cision to Call Off Outlaw
Parliament Session.
By the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Egypt. July 21.—One rioter
was killed and 87 injured <27 seriously)
by gunfire and missiles during severe
| rioting which climaxed the political
situation here today.
Twenty persons were injured <6 seri
ously) in Port Said when troops fired
on a mob during rioting in the native
; quarter this forenoon. Sixteen police
j also were injured before the disturbance
was quelled.
There was much damage to property
! in Cairo while troops, civil police and
excited students by thousands struggled
| for the upp c r hand along principal
, streets. In one thoroughfare hardly a
window remained unbroken in the
; showers of stones and other objects
| hurled by the rioters.
Streets Barricaded.
| Th? troops were obliged to use their
| rifles freely. So severe was the en
j counter that after the police had
obtained the upper hand emergency
relief squads lined some of the streets
treating the injured. More than a score
were taken to hospitals. Losses on the
side of the police and troops were not
made known.
The rioting crowds, furious when
news spread that the followers of for
mer Premier Nahas Pasha had called
off their proposed “outlaw” Parliament
session, ripped up lampposts, barricaded
a street with every., obstruction they
could lay hands on and set fire to an
escaping gas column, which, however,
the police extinguished.
Twelve rioters fell in the second vol
ley from the troops. The first round
had been fired into the air.
May Close Bridges.
Military reinforcements were brought
into the city, with troops guarding all
public buildings and a strong force
posted before Parliament. A large po
lice force also w'as assembled, and it
was planned to close all bridges, thus
preventing a possible invasion by out
siders.
The population awoke this morning
in a state of great excitement, and the
alarm was increased by the actions of
many shopkeepers, who advised their
I customers to buy food early on the as
i sumption that fighting would prevent
t trading later.
When the Wafdlst Parliament of
; Nahas Pasha was dissolved recently by
j King Fuad the new premier postponed
session of the body until November.
I Th? Wafdists insisted on an immediate
i session, and warned Ismail Sidky Pasha
I that unless a meeting was convened to
day they would hold a session forcibly.
GEORGES DUHAMEL WINS
FRENCH ACADEMY PRIZE
Critical Survey of U. S. Brings
Author Grand Prix du
Roman.
j By Radio to The Star and New York Herald
Tribune. Copyright. 1930.
PARIS. July 21. The French
| Academy has awarded the Grand Prix
; du Roman to Georges Duhamel for his
| "Aspects du Temps Futurs,” the criti
cal survey of the United States which
stirred so much controversy on both
sides of the Atlantic. Duhamel is well
known for two series of books, one on
the World War, the other comprising
many works analyzing the spirit of
modem times. Before going to the
United States he published an account
of Soviet Russia.
Others receiving the Prix were Marie
Louise Paillerson for “Madame Paulin?
de Beaumont,” and De la Cretelle for
“Amour Nuptial.”
BELGIANS ARE TO STAGE
INDEPENDENCE PAGEANT
*
j By th* Associated Press.
I BRUSSELS July 21.—A pageant two
: miles long, with 3.000 participants, will
i be held in Brussels July 28, two days
! after the Belgian independence day.
The pageant, which has been organ
ized by the nine provinces of the king
dom. will reproduce important historical
; events from the date of the Roman
; conquest through the-Middle Ages, the
Crusades and the Brabant revolution
of 1830 to present-day Belgium.
Among the actors will be members of
the Belgian nobility, whose ancestor*
played active parts in the historical
i scenes displayed, and 24 descendants of
Knights of the Golden Fleece.