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. MILK PRICE RISE
UNLIKELY UNLESS
DROUGHT EXTENDS
- More Severe Conditions, Pos
‘ sible Unless Rain Falls Soon,
Would Bring Increase.
PRODUCERS OPPOSE
BOOST AT THIS TIME
Supply Is Ample at Present, With
Part of Spring Surplus Left,
but Production Lower.
Following a conference today between
local milk producers and distributors,
It was announced there would be no in
crease in the price of milk to the con
sumer in Washington unless warranted
later by more severe drought conditions
than now prevail in this section.
• Without rain, however, the present
daily supply cannot hold out during the |
latter part of August,’- it was said, ’’but
there will be no price increase except
as a last resort.” .
SDeaking for the Maryland-Virgmia
Milk Producers’ Association, which he
says supplies about 85 per cent of the
milk consumed in Washington. Secre
tary John McGill, jr., said after the
conference:
“Our association is not in favor of
raising the wholesale price of milk un
ices conditions on dairy farms result in
considerably less production. Our de
cision in this respect is goverened by
two things.
"We realize the public is not in as
good a position to pay more for milk as
it. was last year and further we think
it would be a mistake on our part to
raise the price at this time. We agreed
that the thing to do was to carry our
cattle through the drought as long as
possible without raising the wholesale
price of milk, which is ranging from 35
to 36 cents a gallon at present.”
Any increase in the wholesale price,
local distributors pointed out, naturally
would have to meet with a correspond
ing increase in the retail price.
Production is considerably lower at
present. Mr. McGill said, but there is
no existing shortage in the supply. The
Spring surplus is not quite gone, he
explained, but added that unless weath
er conditions change for the better, he
would expect a shortage in the supply
to “a short time.”
WOMANBADLYHURT
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Mrs. Grace Thompson, 60, Injured
When Automobile and
Taxicab Collide.
Mrs. Grace Thompson, 60 years old.
of 1736 Webster street was badly hurt i
last night when a taxicab in which she I
was riding was struck at Sixteenth and
Vamum streets bv an automobile op
erated by Claire Brawner, 28 years old,
Os 1706 T street.
Mrs. Thompson was removed to the
Emergency Hospital, where it was said
ahe was suffering from a broken left
Shoulder and lacerations of the scalp.
William J. Kirkpatrick, 42 years old,
of 2531 Q street was driving the taxi
cab. police reported. The woman driv
ing the other car was said to have
been receiving driving instructions at
the time of the collision.
Eight-vear-old Bartholmew L. King..
3812 Sixth street northeast, was in
jured last night when he stepped from
between two parked cars and was
struck by a machine operated by Ar
thur P. Goode, 40. of 3425 Otis street
northeast. He was treated at Sibley
Hospital for lacerations of the scalp
and bruises. His condition was said to
be not serious.
BROWN ADDRESSES
BAR ASSOCIATION
Postmaster General Is Speaker at
Final Session of Convention, Held j
at Howard University.
Tcstmaster General Walter A. Brown
addressed the final session of the fifth
annual National Bar Association con
vention yesterday afternoon at the
Howard University Law School.
The address of Mr. Brown, largely
an explanation of the Republican
party’s policy toward the colored con
stituency in the South, particularly
stressed the belief that colored political
sentiment in the South, despite its fre
quent suppression by unlawful balloting
restrictions, is predominantly Repub
lican. Recent difficulties with the Re
publican administration among colored
districts of the South, he declared,
have been raised by purely personal
differences, being in no wise indicative
Os a general political rift.
The morning session was featured
by the election of officers. Those chosen
were: Raymond Pace Alexander, presi
dent; Perry W. Howard, first vice presi
dent; W. T. Andrews, second vice presi
dent; Georgia J. Ellis, third vice presi
dent; George W. Lawrence, secretary;
Mrs. Louis Pridgeon, assistant secretary,
and Percival R. Piper, treasurer.
A reception and dance last night at
the Masonic Temple, Tenth and U
streets, concluded the convention.
TWO LOITERERS SOUGHT
IN APARTMENT ROBBERY
Men Were Observed Near Building
Before Four Xtesidents Lost
Jewelry and Cash.
A lookout was broadcast today for
two suspects seen loitering near an
apartment at 2714 Quarry road yester- |
day shortly before the homes of four
residents of the building were looted
of miscellaneous Jewelry and cash.
Entry in each case was effected by
Jimmying the locks.
The apartment of Charles F. Routten
yielded a watch, cigarette lighter and
sl2 in cash, while B. F. King’s quar
ters were looted of jewelry worth SBO.
A gold watch was obtained from Albert
A. Carter’s apartment. Robert H. Mc-
Grath’s apartment also was visited, but
a subsequent check-up revealed nothing
missing.
chicagoTcrisis ended
Last of Warrants Raised by Straws
Group to Finance City Sold.
CHICAGO. August 9 The final
echo of last Spring’s financial crisis
faded away today.
The Cook County Taxpayers’ War
rant Trust, organized by Silas H.
Strawn and his Citizens’ Relief Com
mittee to secure $75,000,000 in pledges
to operate the city and county govern
ments, sold the last of its warrants yes
* teraday—sll,7o4,ooo worth.
The announcement was made that
the subscribers to the trust would be
Asked to surrender their certificates,
SUSPECTS IN 5 AND 10 HOLD-UP
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'’’Up
ELMER BENNETT (right) and JOHN IRWIN,
Who werf returned here from Baltimore yesterday for questioning in the police
investigation Into the $1,200 hold-up vof two employes of McCrory’s 5 and 10
cent store. —Stflr Staff Photo.
HAT AND SATCHEL
IN ROBBERY FOUND
New Evidence May Speed So
lution of $1,200 Theft in
McCrory Hold-up.
(Continued From First Page.)
“picked up a couple of girls’’ and went
in swimming at 5; 15 o’clock that day,
and did not come out until shortly be
fore 10 o’clock Thursday night.
The ownership of the car was traced
to Irwin through the license plates of
the machine used in the hold-up. Irwin
said that the car was stolen while he
was in swimming at the beach and the
theft was not discovered until after
he came out of the water Thursday
night. Irwin delayed making a report
of the robbery and learned in the, mean
time that police were hunting for him.
He surrendered immediately.
Car Here at 6 O’clock.
The Baltimore man’s car is an old
one, incapable of making more than 35
miles an hour. Detectives point out It
would take about two hours to drive
from the Baltimore resort to this city
and are puzzled over the car being on
Seventh street when the hold-up oc
curred shortly after 6 o’clock if Irwin
drove it to the beach, as he claims, at
5 o’clock.
The automobile has been definitely
identified as the one in which the trio
of gunmen escaped after robbing the
store's employes. It was driven by a
fourth man. who sat calmly behind
the w-heel and made ready for the get
away as his companions executed the
hold-up.
Edgar Putnam and his wife, 103
Eighth street southeast, who witnessed
the hold-up. are said to have partially
identified one of the three suspects
paraded before them at police head
quarters last night. Detectives, how
ever, would not say which of the three
men was identified by the Putnams.
ONE TELETYPE SETTER
RUNS SIX MACHINES
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Operator in One City Sets Type in
Newspaper Plants in Half
Dozen Other Towns.
By the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. August 9
From a single keyboard in White Plains,
Linotype machines were operated in six
cities of Westchester County last night.
On a teletypesetter an operator
punched out a story which was auto
matically set up in lines and molded
by Linotype machines in six other
plants of the Westchester County Pub
lishers, Inc., which publishes seven
newspapers in the county.
The teletypesetter is a combination
of the Linotype and machines now used
by press associations in sending their
news from city to city.
Combinations of holes, each combina
tion representing a letter or figure, are
punched in heavy composition tape at
the master keyboard. This tape, run
ning through a distributor, sends elec
trical impulses over telegraph wires to a
receiving set In another city, which re
punches the combinations in tape. This
tape then is run through the electric
keyboard of the Linotype, causing the
keys to be repressed and releasing the
matrices from which the slug line of
lead is molded exactly as it goes into
the forms.
Iquakelhitsspanish city
Shock Lasting Three Seconds Cre
ates Panic in Alcoy.
ALCOY, Spain, August , 9 (A I ).—An
earthquake, lasting 3 seconds, shook -
this city at 5:20 o’clock yesterday after- 1
noon. There was panic among the resi- 1
dents and great crowds rushed into the
streets, but none was reported injured.
There was some slight property
damage.
Alcoy is a city with a population of
30.000 and is about 24 miles north of
Alicante, in Eastern Spain.
VACATIONS IN VETERANS’ BUREAU
ARE CURTAILED UNTIL OCTOBER 1
Heavy Work Because of New Legislation Brings Order
Limiting Leave to Maximum of 15 Days.
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5 Vacations will be limited to IS days
in the veterans' administration for the
. next two months, under an order by
Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of veter
. ana’ affairs. This affects the entire
5 Veterans’ Burean and Pension Bureau
The order was promulgated on ac
. count of the heavy increase in work
resulting from new legislation enacted
t by Congress at its last session, partic
> ularly Involving an Increase in pensions
and disability allowance, _ . _
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1030.
BEAUTY CONTEST
MOVIES ARE SHOWN
a
Star-Universal Cameraman
Catches Mrs. Hoover
at Christening.
The Evening Star-Universal Newsreel
cameraman in the newsreel released to
day caught the prize beauty contest
pageant held at Galveston, Tex.
The girls came from each nation of
the globe, each chosen in the first place
as tl* prize beauty of her particular
country. They sat in boxes while the
international contest judges decided on
the most beautiful girl in America. Miss
Dorothy Dell Goff won the prize as
“Miss United States,” being adjudged
the prettiest girl in this country. On
the next day the girls paraded before
the judges in evening gowns, sports
wear and bathing suits in the contest
for the world prize, and Miss Goff was
adjudged the most beautiful girl in the
world and given the title of “Miss Uni
verse.”
The Talking Reporter gives a vivid
description of this event and of many
other thrilling news happenings which
are shown in the latest film.
Mrs. Hoover Christens Ship.
Mrs. Hoover, the first lady of the
land, made a trip to Camden, N. J.,
with the wives of Government officials
to christen the first unit in the new
merchant marine. She broke a bot
tle of pure mountain spring water over
the bow of the “good ship” Excalibur,
just before it went down the ways into
the Delaware River. The ceremony is
held to be an augury of the renaissance
of American shipping.
An old-time trotting race was held
at Goshen, N. Y„ and the most thrilling
run was caught by The Star Universal
newsreel cameraman. This was the
annual Harriman Stake, which was
won by Bronx, a Kinsella gelding of
the Bridgeport, Conn., stables. Bronx
went down the homestretch in a fast
and furious finish while thousands of
spectators cheered.
Sir Hubert Wilkins is shown in the
submarine which he has leased for a
dollar a year from the United States
Government, in which he is planning
to make a dash for the North Pole. Sir
Hubert Wilkins hopes to gain the
farthest point north by plowing his way
through the water under the icebergs
and ice flows of the Arctic Sea. The
boat has a cruising radius of 7,000
miles and is one of the fastest subma
rines ever built.
Children Fight Blaze.
Other interesting events include a
terrilfic forest fire in Massachusetts,
where the children of Plymouth fought
the blaze; a barbers shaving race, held
at Chicago, 111., in which the prize ton
sorial artist copped the prize in 1.45
minutes by a hair; the installation of
a novel fire escape in the Marlboro,
Mass., Hospital, by which patients are
shot out of the window by chutes; a
daredevil stunt in Paris, in which a
French flapper powders her nose and
wafts kisses to the crowds below while
looping the loop in an airplane; the
laying of the final wire on the Hudson
Bridge from New York to New Jersey,
and an interesting sight of a fishing
factory in Yarmouth, England, in which
girls show their speed packing bloaters.
From abroad also comes a picture of
a helicopter test which was sponsored
by the ex-crown prince of Germany.
Also from abroad there is an inter
esting sight of graduates from a police
school, who win acclaim in precision
drill. The students go through gym
nastic stunts in perfect time.
Music is furnished by the Victor Con
cert Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon con
ducting.
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SIOO,OOO FIRE LOSS
BUFFALO, N. Y„ August 9 (JP).—
Fire which followed an explosion
swept through the pickle plant of the
J. F. Pfister Co. yesterday. Early esti
mates placed the damage at SIOO,OOO,
One man was critically burned and six
1 other employes overcome by smoke.
A workman was using a blow torch
on a tank when gases collected in It
exploded. Paraffin on the floor was
ignited and formed a stream of fire
across the floor, melting as it burned
and pouring toward the stairway.
The fire menaced several large indus
trial plants located nearby.
J
The order provides that for the next
6D days those persons who have al
ready had 15 days’ leave may have no
more leave at all. For those who have
so far taken no leave, it is provided that
they may take only 15 days. This will
be effective up to the first of October.
The other 15 days’ leave, it is under
stood, may be taken by employes next
jflall, after the big rush is over.
EASTERN BRANEH
POLLUTION STUDIED
BY GAS COMPANY
Officials Agrde to Eliminate
Nuisance if Found to Be
Due to Plant.
SAMPLES TAKEN IN TEST
SHOW TAR, OIL CONTENT
Woodhead and Russell Confer With
Crosby on Protecting Stream
for Public.
Acting upon a complaint of -Oen.
Herbert B. Crosby, District Commis
sioner, that pollution of the water at
j the Washington Gas Light Co.’s plant
on the Southeast Branch causes "a bad
situation that could not go on,” officials
of the Washington Gas Light Co. today
announced that steps are being taken
by the company to remedy the condi
tions—if it is caused by the gas plant.
Commissioner Crosby had a confer
ence with F. A. Woodhead, vice presi
dent of the Washington Gas Light Co.,
and Walter Russell, chief engineer of
the company, during which they 'dis
cussed the situation, following a re
port by the District of Columbia Health
Department on the extent the water
is polluted.
Various poisons were found in eight
samples of water examined by the
Health Department which were obtained
by the Police Department from pipes
coming from the gas company on the
Southeast Branch and from the Ana
costia River near the plant. The report
shows the pollution to be "obnoxious.”
Report Made. Public.
The official report on tne matter,
made by J. B. Reed, chief chemist of
the Health Department, and submitted
to Commissioner Crosby by the depart
ment, was made known, in detail, for
the first time today. It shows, in part,
as follows:
Sample No. 1 “found to contain tar
matter, which includes phenolic bodies.
This effluent,” the report continues,
“would be considered highly polluting,
and sufficient volume poured into a river
or stream would undoubtedly produce
obnoxious conditions, but examination
does not show that it would produce
conditions detrimental to the health of
people who might be around or on the
water. Alkaline and acidity tests showed
the sample to be about neutral.
Sample No 2, the report showed,
contained gasoline, oil material and
considerable organic matter, considered
polluting material.
Sample No. 3 showed presence of tar
and phenolic bodies, along with gaso
line and oil material and large amounts
of black organic matter. The latter
condition, the report says, “would be
considered obnoxious, but not neces
sarily detrimental to health.”
Samples Nos. 4 and 5 were found to
contain some organic matter, but ex
amination did not show that the mat
ter found in either sample would be
highly polluting.
Tests Being Made.
“Samole No. 6 was found to contain
considerable organic matter and gaso
line and oil material which, in suffi
cient volume, might produce obnoxious
conditions, but not necessarily detri
mental to health,” the report reads.
Sample No. 7 was found to contain
“tar and phenolic bodies” and sample
No. 8 to contain considerable “organic
matter.”
Mr. Woodhead. vice president of the
Gas Co., in commenting on the situa
tion today, said the company is having
analysis made of the water in the vi
cinity of the gas plant and said that
if the pollution is coming from the
plant the company will take steps to
remedy it.
“I personally have seen some deposit
on the water.” Mr. Woodhead said. “If
we are doing it we are going to stop It.”
bandits revive
ANCIENT METHOD
District Resident Reports He Was
Robbed After Obeying
“Stop Sign.” !
The old “red light” robber may give'
place to the “stop sign” bandit, if the
reported robbery of Earl Green at Mich
igan avenue and First street early today
indicates a revival of methods long since
discarded by local highwaymen.
Green was en route home to 4904
Kansas avenue from his night work at
a downtown printing plant. He, in
obedience to the regulations, halted his
automobile before the "stop” sign at
First and Michigan. It was 4 o’clock
in the morning and he said he saw
two suspicious-looking persons were
loitering nearby.
As soon as he applied the brakes,
Green said, the two men leaped on the
car’s running board. One pressed a
pistol into the driver’s side, while his
confederate waved another pistol in
Green’s face.
Green said they forced him to hand
over $32, most of the week’s pay he
had just drawn. Not content with the
money, the robbers ordered Green from
his car. made him sit on the running
board and remove his shoes, which
were seized, and Green was ordered to
drive on.
Green said he drove home, put on
another pair of shoes and, accompanied
by his mother, drove to the nearest
police precinct to make a report. He
was able to furnish officers good descrip
tions of the men.
Several years ago, police records show,
■ motorists who were halted at lonely in
tersections by electric traffic signals
were victims of highwaymen. It re
quired police several months to break
up this practice.
; FOUR YOUTHS ARRESTED
j IN FAKE PARKING CASES
Colored Boys Accused of Soliciting
Cars for “Protection - ' at
Griffith Stadium.
The police drive against the solicita
tion of parking protection about Griffith
Stadium was continued yesterday when
four colored boys were arrested on such
charges.
, Philip Hawkins, 8 years old, 1013
Fairmont street; Arthur Johnson, 14,
227 B street; Percy Yater, 13, 1830
Second street, and Arthur Johnson, 14
years old, no address, were escorted to
the eighth precinct by Policemen C. C.
Williams and J. S. McWhirt. They were
' subsequently released under $5 collateral
each for appearance in Juvenile Court
• today.
, Police declared that they will continue
. to arrest all found soliciting parking
' about the stadium. Complaints have
1 been made to police that persons who
. refused to allow the boys to “watch
■ their car” have returned from the game
; to find the air let out of a tire or •
similar depredation.
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ONE MAN ARRESTED,
STILL DESTROYED
Agents Successful Third Time This
Week on Dry Raids in
Nearby Maryland.
For the third time this week Federal
prohibition agents working out of Wash
ington broke up a bootleggers’ retreat
in Southern Maryland last night, cap
tured one man and destroyed a 500-
gallon still.
In sharp contrast to their raid near
Beltsvllle, Md., Thursday night, when
two of their number were firfd on from
ambush, the capture of a man giving
the name of John Smith near Waldori,
Md., was without untoward Incident. A
second man escaped.
A run of whisky had just been started
and about 10 gallons of the contraband
had dripped out of a long copper coil
into a dirty tub when the agents made
their raid, about 8 o’clock. Smith, who
said he was 26 years old and lived in
Washington, was an easy capture. The
still and several vats containing 10,000
gallons of mash were dynamited.
Further evidence that a shortage of
water is adding to the difficulties of the
bootleggers was found at the still. A
nearby creek had run dry and the oper
ators were siphoning dirty water from
a makeshift well Into the still.
Smith was taken to Baltimore from
Upper Marlboro this morning for ar
raignment. There he will join the three
Maryland men captured by the agents
Thursday night near Beltsvllle. These
men—Burton Millard, 38, and Lloyd
Carle, 38, of Hyattsville, Md., and
Francis Brear, 28, of Berwyn—were re
turned to jail after arraignment before
a United States commissioner yesterday
when unable to make bond of $1,500
each. They will be given a preliminary
hearing next Friday.
The other raid of the week was en
gineered Tuesday night near Califor
nia. in St. Marys County, Md., and re
sulted in the arrest of three men, one
of whom was Manuel Herrick, one-time
Representative from Oklahoma, and the
demolition qf a 750-gallon still. Her
rick is in jail in Baltimore awaiting a
hearing next Wednesday,
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Fair tonight,
tomorrow partly cloudy; not quite so
warm tomorrow night; gentle to mod
erate southwest winds.
Maryland—Fair, continued warm to
night; tomorrow partly cloudy; not
quite so warm at night in north por
tion; moderate west and southwest
winds.
Virginia Fair tonight, tomorrow
partly cloudy; possible local showers in
west portion; not much change in tem
perature; gentle to moderat west and
southwest winds.
West Virginia—Mostly fair tonight
and tomorrow; not quite so warm to
morrow in northwest portion.
V Record for 24 Hours.
Thermometer —4 p.m., 99; 8 p.m., 87;
12 midnight, 84; 4 a.m., 77; 8 a.m., 82;
noon, 93.
Barometer —4 p.m., 29.81; 8 p.m.,
29.82; 12 midnight, 29.82; 4 a.m., 29.83;
8 a.m., 29.88; \JHoon, 29.87.
Highest temperature, 101, occurred
at 2:45 p.m. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 77, occurred at
I 4 a.m. today.
Temperature same date last year—
Highest, 87; lowest, 69.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
, Geodetic Survey.)
Today—Low tide, 2.23 a.m. and 2:52
p.m.; high tide, 8 a.m. and 8:28 p.m.
Tomorrow —Low tide, 3:06 a.m. and
3:31 p.m.; high tide, 8:38 a.m. and
9:07 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Today—Sun rose 5:15 a.m.; sun sets
7:12 p.m.
Tomorrow —Sun rises 5:16 a.m.; sun
sets 7:10 p.m.
Moon rises 7:46 p.m.; sets 5:05 a.m.
Potomac, clear, and Shenandoah,
slightly cloudy this morning.
Weather in Various Cities.
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Abilene, Tex . . 30700~98 74 Clear
Albany, N. Y... 29.81 88 70 0.02 Cloudy
Atlanta. Ga 30.04 96 70 0.02 Clear
Atlantic City... 29.88 78 72 ....Foggy
Baltimore. Md.. 29.86 98 78 ... Clear
Birmingham ... 30.06 104 74, 0.08 Pt.cloudy
Bismarck. N. D. 30.08 90 60 0.26 Pt.cioudy
Boston, Mass... 29.86 72 64 .... Cloudy
Buffalo. N. Y... 29.95 84 68 0.14 Pt.cioudy
Charleston, B.C. 30 03 88 78 ....Pt.cioudy
Chicago. 11l 29.94 88 74 Pt.cioudy
Cincinnati, Ohio 30.00 98 74 .... Clear,
Cleveland. Ohio. 29.96 84 72 .... Pt.cioudy
Columbia. S. C. 30.00 94 72 006 Cloudy
Denver, C 010... 29 94 82 64 ...Clear
Detroit. Mich.. 29 94 94 70 ... Clear
K1 Paso, Tex... 30.00 82 64 0.02 Cloudy
Galveston. Tex. 30 08 90 82 ....Clear
Helena, Mont . 29.90 94 64 . . Cloudy
Huron. S. Dak. 30.02 98 66 0.04 Pt.cioudy
Indianapolis.lnU 29.9-1 92 74 .... Clear
Jackson vllle.Fla. 30.10 92 76 ...Clear
Kansas City, Mo 29 96 104 80 ....Clear
Los Angeles... 29.98 70 64 ....Cloudy
Louisville. Ky.. 30.00 102 76 ....Cloudy
Miami, Fla... 30.12 88 78 ....Clear
N. Orleans, La.. 30.08 88 76 .... Pt cloudy
New York. NY. 29.86 86 70 0.01 Cloudy
Oklahoma City. 30 02 100 76 ....Pt.cioudy
Omaha. Nebr... 29 98 94 74 ....Pt.cioudy
Philadelphia ... 29 88 96 74 Pt.cioudy
Phoenix. Art*... 29.92 82 70 0.22 Clear
Pittsburgh, Pa.. 29 96 86 70 0.08 Clear
Portland. Me... 29.90 68 60 0.04 Rain
Portland, Ore*. 30.02 78 62 002 Pt.cioudy
Raleigh. N. C. 29.92 90 72 ....Clear
Salt Lake City. 29.90 86 68 .... Clear
Sail Antonio... 30.02 96 76 ....Cloudy
San Diego. Calif 29.96 72 66 ....Cloudy
Ban Francisco.. 30.00 64 54 .... Cloudy
St. Louis, Mo . 29.94 104 82 .... Clear
Bt. Paul. Minn. 29.98 94 66 .... Pt.cioudy
Seattle. Wash.. 30.00 72 58 0.06 Cloudy
Spokane. Wash. 29.82 102 76 .... Pt.cioudy
Tampa, Fla. ..30.12 90 74 0.01 Clear
WASH., D. C... 29.88 101 77 .... Clear
FOREIGN.
(7 a.m , Greenwich time, today.)
Stations. Temperature. Weather.
London, > ’and 58 Clear
Paris. Fri ■ 56 Clear
Vienna, A iia 54 Rain
Berlin, G( any 58 Clear
Brest. Fri e 58 Foggy
Stockholm, Sweden 58 Clear
Gibraltar. Spain., 72 Clear
(N a. Greenwich time, today.) 1
Horta (I yal), Arores... 80 Part cloudy I
• Current observations.)
Hamilton. Bermuda 82 Cloudy
Havana, Cuba. 78 Clear
Colon. Canal Zone....**, $0 Cloud/
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Above: Three of the Juvenile anglers who have found a fisherman’s paradise
In Rock Creek Park, Danny Bassford, 2065 Park road; Bill McKelway and Bill’s
brother Ben, 2701 Park road (right to left).
Below: Bill is shown with the biggest of the catch, a 12-inch “sucker.”
—Star Staff Photos.
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INNOCENT FISH OF ROCK CREEK
CONFUSED BY NEW ATTENTIONS
Mount Pleasant Juvenile Population Goes
In for Izaac Walton s Sport to Sorrow
of Suckers, Goldfish —and Mothers.
The fishing situation in Rock Creek
Park is all very confusing, particularly
to the fish.
In the first place, the fish are rather
inexperienced. For years fishermen have
ignored Rock Creek fish with con
siderable enthusiasm.
As a matter of fact, there were fish
ermen here who fished out their years
without once suspecting the existence
of a fish in Rock Creek.
All this may have irked the fish.
It certainly taught them nothing of
fishermen's wiles.
Innocent Fish Suddenly Beset.
Now, in all their innocence, the fish
are beset with, fishermen. Most of the
Juvenile population of Mount Pleas
ant has been discussing set hooks,
snarled Ijnes and whatever it is fisher
men talk of for weeks.
The fish are finding a good deal to
cope with in addition to conventional
t&cklcs.
Today’s catch, which consisted of
two 8-inch suckers and “the goldfish
that got away,” had several interesting
escapes.
An enterprising 7-year-old tried to
get one sucker by pinching his tail in
a pair of pliers. The fish objected to
this, and then went out on the bank
wriggling on a hook which was un
baitea.
The successful fisherman, who was
INDEPENDENT ENTERS
OREGON VOTE RACE
Republicans, Dissatisfied With
Central Body Nominee,
Push Merchant.
By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Oreg.. August 9.—Julius
L. Meier, Portland merchant, has en
tered the Oregon gubernatorial race as
an independent candidate, giving voters
three candidates to choose from in No
vember.
Meier was placed in the race last
night by Republicans dissatisfied with .
the selection of Phil Metschan, Port
land hotel man, as the Republican
nominee for Governor. Metschan was
named recently by the Republican State
Central Committee following the death
of George W. Joseph, nominated In
the May primaries.
Joseph was nominated on a platform
of free speech, municipal and public
development of hydroelectric power and
abolition of the Public Service Com
mission.
When the Republican Central Com
mittee nominated Metschan followers
of Joseph charged it “scrapped” the
platform which won support of more
than 50,000 voters in the primary and
announced they would place an inde
pendent candidate in the field.
Edward W. Bailey, Junction City,
was nominated in the primaries as the
Democratic candidate.
WILL NAME HONOR LIST
Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, Air
Corps; Lieut. Col. Joseph M. Scammell,
General Staff Corps, and Lieut. Col.
Thomas D. Osborne, Field Artillery,
I have been detailed as members of the
board of officers assigned the duty of
recommending officers entitled to dec
orations under the provisions of the
act of Congress approved July 9, 1918,
and Its amendments.
: 10 years old and knew about such
things, had lassoed him with his line
and then Jerked the hook home.
Runs Aground in Haste.
The other sucker decided to swim
out of the middle of a bad situation,
but in his haste he ran aground. Three
1 fishermen leaped in after him. When
' the fish saw he had dashed into a blind
alley, he gulped a couple of times and
: gave himself up.
After the fishermen got home with
their catch they learned their mothers
did not share their enthusiasm over
i the suckers.
One mother said that, fish or no
. fish, the family was going to have ham
, for supper. Another suggested the fish
ing party hold a burial In some place
not too close to the garden windows.
Somewhat cast down, the fishing
party decided to peddle the catch at 25
cents a catch. No one seemed to catch
the idea, though.
That was shortly before noon today.
The weather being somewhat more
than a good topic of conversation,
there are those who hope the catch
has been disposed of by eve time.
Goldfish Gets Away.
The goldfish, however, got away.
The fishermen say he’d better enjoy
his liberty, since it’s only temporary.
QUEBEC TO ENFORCE LAW,
CHECK ON LOTTERIES
Will Prohibit “Sweepstakes’’ and
Kindred Schemes, Whether for
Charity or Other Purposes.
By the Associated Press.
QUEBEC, Quebec, August 9. —The
provincial government of Quebec will
enforce the law prohibiting lotteries and
sweepstakes for charitable purposes or
otherwise. It was announced yesterday
by Premier Taschereau.
The ruling affects the Army and
Navy, the Verdun Veterans and the Do
minion Rifle Association lotteries. E. P.
Dougherty of Brooklyn, N. Y., recently
I won $149,000 in the Army and Navy
Derby Sweep.
The only exceptions to the ruling will
be municinal bazaars, authorized by
mayors an 9 issuing prizes of less than
SSO, it' was announced.
No question of the honesty of the
sweepstakes drawings was raised, but it
is believed the false use of the names of
Canadian organizations in promoting
fraudulent lotteries in the United States
was responsible for the ban. The only
comment offered was that the raffling of
automobiles in the streets had become a
nuisance.
MAY BAN CHILD MARRIAGE
States in India favorably Consid
ering: Example Set by Britain.
BANGALORE. Mysore. India m
Now that British India has set the
pace in enacting a child marriage re
straint law, several of the Indian native
states are considering similar measures.
Delegates to the Mysore Ladies’ Con
ference recently resolved that a law fix
ing the marriageable ages of girls at
16 yearn and boys at 21 should be in
troduced in the Mysore Legislature.
Under the child marriage law, ef
fective in British Hidia June 1, the
minimum marriageable age for girls
was set at 14, and that for boys at 18.
GRANT PERSUADED
ID KEEP HIS POST
. TOR BICENTENNIAL
Press of Capital Duties
Caused Buildings Head to
Consider Quitting.
FESS PRAISES ABILITY
OF ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Washington to Be Center of Na
tion-Wide Commemoration of
First President in 1932.
Because of his many other duties
in connection with the development
of trie National Capital, Lieut. Col.
U. 8. Grant, 3rd, felt recently that le
might have to give up the work of
associate director for the George Wash
ing Bicentennial in 1932, but has been
persuaded to continue for an indefinite
period, it became known today.
Although the possibility still exists
that the colonel may feel it necessary
later on to consider giving up the bi
centennial work, it is known that Sen
ator Fess of Ohio, vice chairman of
the Bicentennial Commission, is ex
tremely anxious to have Col'. Grant
remain as one of those in charge cf
the detailed arrangements.
Believes Grant Ideal Co-Worker.
Senator Fess, who is also chairman
of the Executive Committed to formu
late plans for the celebration through
out the country in 1932, said he regards
Col. Grant as an ideal man for the
functions of associate director.
Representative Sol Bloom of New
York i* the other associate director,
with whcot Col. Grant is sharing the
work of making plans for 1932. They
were both appointed by the Bicenten
nial Commission early \his year.
Col. Grant is director Os public build
ings and public parks, executive officer
of the National’ Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, and also an official
of the Public Buildings Commission.
It is understood that one of the things
which made him doubtful recently
whether he could continue as one of the
bicentennial directors was the passage
of the Cramton-Capper park develop
ment law, which will increase his vol
ume of work on the Park and Planning
Commission.
Washington to Be Center.
Senator Fess is taking a keen Interest
in the planning of the bicentennial.
Washington will be the central point for
an observance of the 200th anniversary
of the birth of George Washington,
but the vice chairman also hopes to
see every hamlet in the Nation join in
doing honor locally to the First Presi
dent.
FLEEING MOTORIST HITS
PEDESTRIAN IN CHASE
Edward Barnes, Colored, Facing
Charges of Two Alleged Traffic
Violations.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BETHESDA, Md., August 9.—Pursued
at high speed by a Montgomery Coun
ty policeman from Chevy Chase, circle
along Connecticut avenue to Bradley
lane this morning, a car driven by
Edward Barnes, colored. 900 block of
Westminster street, Washington, struck
a pedestrian crossing the street.
Barnes, was arrested by the pursuing
officer, Policeman Robert Darby, only
after the officer drew up alongside after
the collision and threatened the driver
with drawn revolver.
The man struck by the car was
Charles R. Pearson, 4400 block of Grant
road, Washington. He was treated by
Dr. E. G. Bauersfeld of Bethesda for
bruises and abrasions to his face and
body. Barnes was charged with speed
ing and reckless driving.
DELEGATE TO PARLEY
Sanford Bates Leaves to Attend
' Prison Congress at Prague.
Ganford Bates, director of the Prison
Bureau of the Department of Justice,
has left to attend the International
Prison Congress at Prague, Czechoslo
vakia.
Bates was appointed to attend the
congress by President Hoover. An
other delegate representing the Federal
prison system is Dr. Mary B. Harris,
superintendent of the Women’s Federal
Prison, at Alderson, W. Va.
Among the other delegates from this
country will be George W. Wicke -
sham, chairman of the Law Enforce
ment Commission, and George W.
Kirchwey, former warden of Sing Sing
Prison.
WILLIAM CLARK, 60, DIES
Former Resident of Soldiers’ Home
Fatally Hurt by Taxicab.
William Clark. *0 years old, until
recently a resident of Soldiers’ Home
here, died in Npw York yesterday from
injuries sustained when struck by a
taxicab along Third avenue Thursday
night, according to word received here
today. Salvatore Dorsey, the driver
of the taxicab, was arrested in New
York and the taxi’s brakes were found
defective, according to reports.
Mr. Clark, it was stated at Soldiers’
Home today, left here for New York
several days ago, after having given
up his residence at the home.
DISTRICT BOYS HONORED
President Appoints Group of
Cadets-at-Large to West Point.
President Hoover has appointed a
large number of cadets-at-large at the
West Point Military Academy, includ
ing Rodman Ordway, 2010 Thirty-fifth
street; David B. Stone, 1444 Rhode Is
land avenue; Seth L. Weld, Jr., Army
War College, and James H. Lynch, 2270
Cathedral avenue, all of this city, and
John S. Coleman, 409 Wilson Lane, Be
thesda, Md. All these young men will
take the entrance examination March 3.
1931, with a view to their admission to
the academy July 1, 1931.
CASH CIRCULATION DOWN
By the Associated Press.
Treasury Department estimates today
showed money in circulation in the
United States on July 31 amounted to
$4,426,611,*T03, equivalent to $36.48 per
capita. •
These figures represent a decrease in
per capita circulation of $0.83 over last
month and a loss of $2.86 over the cor
responding period of last year.
Gen. Ortiz Transferred.
MEXICO CITY, August 9 UP). —The
War Department yesterday ordered the
transfer of Gen. Euloglo Ortiz, military,
commander of Chihuahua, to the state
of Nuevo Leon. The order is effective
August 16.
Gen. Matias Ramos, undersecretary
of war, will replace Ortiz in Chihuahua,
Gen. Pablo Quiroga becoming undersec
retary of war.