Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1922, Page 2

2 * SULLIVAN ORDERS POLICE SHAKE-UP Forty-Nine Men Transferred to New Posts in Different Precincts. in the polide depart- A shake-up ment, involving the transfer of forty-| nine men to different precincts was made today by Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police. The changes involved four sergeants, two precinct detectives, two motor cycle police- men, four bicycle policemen and thirty-seven footmen. They are: Sergt. S. Lake, from the tenth inct; Sergt. Wil- llam M. MacDonald, trom No. 11 to No. 10 precinct; Sergt. John W. Me- Ginness, from No. 10 to No. 8 and Sergt. John J. Bourke, from No. § 10 inct ve Dennis J. Mur- from to No. 10 precinct: inet Detective John L. Rillman, from No. 10 to No. 8 Jtor Cycle Policemen M. W. Wa from No. Brown, ffom 2 A 7to N 8 to X i vin Cox. from No. Smith, from N Whe g Halslip Foot_ D from No. from from > from from from from Ne from No. Ne. § w0 N« o Policeman Me i to 3 to m No. 6 te No. 9 to N men: H. R No. I D, 4 P. 9 W. N Crawford, Conklin, Williams, auley Fadgett. R. J. Cox, from X urry, from No. n N 8 to David Crouch, ) 8 to N R. Housley, from No. § to No H. Trammell, from No. § to wn, from No. 6 _to No. from No. 1 to No. 6; C ». 10 to Na. 4; R. F. Nalls, 10; J. H Dellinger, 6 0. F Allen, frc and J. H Fling, nounted from motor ¢ d patrol duty | in seventh pr The GOULD TOOK ACTRESS BRIDE AT LAKEWOOD, N. J. norrow. | Judge Newman Performed Cere- mony at His Home on May 2 or 3—Only Three Witness: By the Associated Py LAKEWOOD, July 14.—The marriage of George J. Gould, banker, to Mrs. Vere clair, actress, was solemnized here either on May 2 or 3. by Judge Harr Newman of tne Ocean county court, it was learned to- day. Judge Newman said he performed the ceremony He d the record of the marriage is on flle at the county clerk’s office at Toms Rivers, the county ok place at the on Willow ave- seat. The wedding t home of Judge Newmn nue. Lakewood. The license was issued by Fisher, township assessor, who also acted as one of witnesses. The other witnesses were Mrs. Harry Newman, | wife of the county judge, and a York woman, unknown to Judge 1 man, and whose name he did not re- membar. —_— 37 UNION PLASTERERS INDICTED FOR PLOTTING Attempted Restraint of Trade Charged Against Members and Officials. By the Assoclated I NEW YORK, J members and officials of the Opera- tive Plasterers zad Cement Finishers® International Association Local No. 60 were indicted by a Supreme court grand jury today for conspiracy and attempted restraint of trade. POSTAL PARLEY IN MAINE. | First State Conference-Convention to Meet September 16. An official state conference-conven- tion, which all postmasters and other postal employes In the state of Maine will be asked to attend, will be held at Portland September 16, when Postmas- ter General Work and First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett will de- lver addresses. This is the first state convention to be called by the department under plans recently perfected, whereby all postal unions and employes not iden- tified with such organizations will be called together in e Y State once a year to hear the heads of the postal system explain policies. procedures, etc., for more efficient handling of the mails. 'ROAD MAY CONTINUE. I. C. C. Hopeful for Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad. Members of the Interstate Com- merge Commission, Chairman McChord indicated today, are hopeful that voluntary action will be_taken by trunk line railroads and street rail- road commisions which will enable the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railroad, now on the verze of sus- pension, to continue operations. A a result of conferences yesterday with railroad officials and state authorities concerned, an agreement was reached for i general meeting dn Chicago next woek of trunk line rallroad exscutives. W. T. Kemper. raceiver of the Or.ent; Clyde M. Reed of the Kansas public utilities com- missioh and Oklahoma and Texas commission: Railfoad officials have indicated a willingness to assist the Orient. SULLIVAN OPENS WAR ON NOISE FIENDS WHOSE AUTOS DISTURB SLEEP Under the heading “Nolse Flends,” Maj. Daniel Sullivan in & bulletin called upon his police force today to prosecute violations of regulations prohibiting unneces- sary noises of all kinds. The bulletin states: . “The windows of homes must * necessarily be opened during the hot nights of summer, and the practice of some motor! in sounding their sirens of blowing the horns unnecessarily, while th machine f. not in motion, for the purpose of attracting the attention of some one is very distracting to persons who are endeavoring to _Mecure their rest, and the men hre ‘directed to give their attention to the matter with a view of seeing, omplied il . 3; M. D e D. | | mox i Scudder 14.—Thirty-seven | representatives of the | TRAFFIC TIED UP WHEN RECORD RAIN HITS CITY Firing of Waier Tower by Lightning and Flooding of Sewers Feature Unusual - * Downpour inhabitants and millions of dollars worth of man-made conveniences, stood still while torrential rain, fire- | bearing lightning and reverberating thunder held sway from 4:10 until after 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sewers overflowed; lightning struck a Georgetown tower and the resultant blaze illuminated the landscape for miles; street car traffic stopped; tele- phone onerators worked feverishly at switchboards to accomodate almost four times the average number of pafrons; in fact, every public utility in the city was strained to its utmost to shoulder a burden imposed by the rainstorm. i When the fizures were summed up today by officlals of the weather bu- reau, the amount of rainfall was plac- ed at 3.37 inches. Most of this, how- ever, fell in an hour and twenty min- coming down In sheets. 1t was a storm which broke records of years' standing for quick rainfall. Drenching Fifteen Years Ago. Back in July, 1905, some seventeen years ago, Washington remembers a rainstorm in which:3.33 inches fell {In sixteen Julys since entire rain yesterday, . 1914 and 1915 being Streets presented spectacles which rinded continental travelers of nice. The rain made canals out of streets. Over in Anacostia, Minnesota |avenue, near Good Hope road, today s like a miniature lake, fn which ers of the neighborhood are young Thousands were at the Washington base ball park when the storm broke {They were treated to a sight far su- perior to a base ball game. The rain started. Wind accompanied it and its shifts of direction were marked by the movements of the crowd. Some {took shelter underneath the stands. Water rose above the ankles in some aces. Others stood in the stands nd watched the rain water cascade s. Seats were occupied tors. Until 7 o'clock A number of pleasure- waiting for a there wer: seekers drenched and sufficint break in the storm to let them get home safe Automobilex Stalled. Automobiles were halted in the streets while the water | eddies about the hubs. could and longed for a break in the storm. ought shelter where the: I bly the most picturesque fea- ture of the storm was the fire in the water tower at Westover, tha estate ot & G € about half a mile Wisconsin and Nebraska ave- A lightning flash struck it at 2 <. a blaze starting In- water tank, a frame o | from S water | supply of the clty was not what it is while A. ) zer of the estate, {jumped on a horse and headed for | the fire alarm box at Nebraska and | Wisconsin _avenues. The firebox didn't work. Fe galloped almost a mile and a half to engine company | No. for aid. The damage is esti- { mated at approximately $2.000. Mr. INDUSTRIAL HOME TRUSTEE RESIGNS A-spinwall’s Action Result of Dispute Over Care of Children. i i | 1 i CLARENCE A. ASPINWALL. Clarence A. Aspinwall today sub- 'mnled to the Commissioners resignation as & member of the board {of trustees of the Industrial Home | School, as a result of the storm which has arisen between that board | and the board of children's guardians iover the care of the city's wards. It is probable that an effort will be made from the District bullding to prevail upon Mr. Aspiawall to remain on the board a little _nger, presum- ably in the hope that the two boards may vet be brought to some basis of agreement. Board of Guardians’ View. The controversy hinges on the question of 1o what extent’ the board of guardians should use the Indus- trial Home School for the care of children committed by th® Juvenile Court. The board of guardians believ. the children can best be reared in pri- vate boarding homes. Y the home school feel that the ‘institu- tion should be utilized in so far as that is possible. Both boards have submitted sug- gestions to the Commissioners as to has not been reached.' The Commis- sioners next week will consider call- the hope of reaching an understand- ing. he does not s able solution of the problem. Members Visit Radolph. dren’s guardians called on Commis- )!loner Rudolph today; but the latter sald there wi worthy of note. The comparative value of institu- no new develbpment: tional care and private home care for wards of the Juvenile Court will be discussed at a mass meeting of in- terested organizations “Rnd individ- uals in the auditorium of the Interior Department at 8 o’clock tonight. Mrs, Theodore Tiller of the Soel of American Pen Women will pres! and Col. L. C. R&-l}:‘u of the ‘Washington, with its' thousands of Glover, owner of the his The trustees of how the home school should be used in future, but thus far an agreement ing a confefence of the two boards in Mr. Aspinwall stated In answer to inquiries today that he has decided to lonye the bourd of trustees because|.mimcy, in Epiphany B el any hope of a reason- Two membera of the board of chil-|nunibers will be played a2 on Capital. tate, and his 1 family are in York Harbor, Me. About 6:20 o'clock lightning tore off the chimney of a house at 1428 Montague street. The falling bricks tore a hole in the roof. Ruxsh of Telephones. Telephone calls gncreased 350 per cent during the storm, according to i officials of the C & P. Telephone Company. It was an inauspicious mo- ment for a rush. Shifts were just! changing and the eight-hour law for the District working women prevent- ed the holding of operators on the job. Phone calls for taxicabs; for homes, to find if things were all right; for a score of other things, poured over the wires. The only breakdown reported was the placing out of com- mission of a cable in the rear of the post office at North Capitol and G streets. The cable carried 300 lines for the business section of the city and repair work was started as soon as the storm allowed. Service s ex- pected to be restored on these lines before this afternoon. Sporadic tele- phone troubles were reported from numerous sources. Just as the storm was abating somewhat, police received a telephone call from Mrs. Helen Smith of Rock Creek road and Massachusetts ave- nue, telling them that her father, Alonzo King, in charge of the Rock Craek pumping station at night, had seen the body of & man floating down the creek near the dam. The creek. she said, was swollen from the rain, and the current was unusually swift. She said that the body was clearly seen. Police in- Vestigated Immediately. No report | St a drowning had been received to- | day, but the investigators are inclined to the belief that a bather might have been caught unprepared to cope with the storm and drowned. ‘Need of Funds Seen. The need for increasing the annual appropriations of the District sewer department was demonstrated dur- ing vesterday's storm, when water backed up on the streets at A number of points troughout the city. According to J. B. Gordon, sanitary engineer, who made personal obser- Vations while the downpour was at its | height, the most serious back-ups occurred at 17th and L streete and at Spring road and Holmead place. At 17th and L streets, Mr. Gordon axplained, the catch basins were un- able to transmit the flow into the trunk sewers fast enough and for a time a geyser of water spurted six feet into the air. Spring road, he said, was under three feet of water for several blocks during the storm. A contract for $35.000 has recently been awarded to | W F. Cush to build & new sewer on | M street between 20th and 22d streets | to relieve such a condition as oc-| cured at 17th and L streets yester- it became necessary to put three |of the eight auxillary storm pumps linto operation at the sewage pump- | ing station to carry off the rainfall of the entire city. Only on a few oc- asions In the past has it been nec- essary to use three pumps. Usually | two are sufficient. Memories of the snowdrifts of last | January came back to employes of the street railway lines yesterday. when they had to “dig out” cars o | suburban tracks. This- time, how FAKE PRESCRIPTION BLANKS FOR LIQUOR' [Internal Revenue Bureau Cautions Druggists of Counterfgited Papers. 1ok out for the new counterfelt phy- siclans’ prescription blank. has been detected by the internal revenwe bureau, which intends to make trouble for druggists who ac- cept too many of them in return for liquor. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes declared today in a formal statement ordered to be sent to all druggists in the country that “the filling of any considerable number of prescriptions on counterfeit forms may be regarded as ground for the revocation of the druggist's permit.” The druggists, Commissioner Havres said, “are held strictly accountable for the authenticity of the form upon which prescriptions for liguor are written when filled by them.” Difterences Described. Describing the differences between the genuine gnd the counterfeit, the commissioner’said: “The counterfelt {8 a printed form madé on paper which is cheaper and considerably lighter in color than the paper on which the genuine forms ate engraved. The green ink used over the entire face of the counterfeit blank is appreclably lighter in color than that use on the genuine form. “The counterféit is somewhat shorter than the genuine blank, the latter, after being detached from the stub, ‘being 69-16 inches in length, whiie the similar portion of the counterfeit is barely 6% Inches lon The printing on the counterfeit is much lighter in color than that on the genuine blank, and on the coun- j terfeit the edges of the letters and | by which without membership In the the shading are blurred. On the gen- uine blank all lettefing and shading is black, with clearcut outlin ‘Water-Marking Less Distinet.. “The water-marking on the counter- feit is much le dll{lnct than on the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, D WITH “SWIMMIN'HOLES" FO WASHINGTON DO! YEA Southenst youngwters having a big time on Minnesota avenue near Good Hope road. . ever, they found from ten to twelve inches 6f mud and gravel covering #he rails, having been washed down by the rainfall. This situation occurred op the Con- necticut avenue and Takoma Park lines of the Capital Traction Com- pany and on the Tenleytown and Forest Glen lines of the Washington Rallway and Electric Company. Within the city limits street cars were stalled In nearly all sections, due to water rising in the conduits under the tracks and causing short circuits. Lightning struck wires at three of the substations 0f the Potomac Elec- tric Power Company, but the lightning attachments in the stations prevented damage other than the burning out of wires. The Potomac Electric Power Com- pany weathered the storm without a serious break in service. A large oak tree in front of the home of Jesse O. Suter, 7312 Blair road, was split into three strips by lightning, which also trave'ed down the rainspout of the house and shat- tered a terra cotta pipe at the end of the spout. WATER MAINS RELIEVED. Supt. Garland Grateful for Break- ing of Heat Spell. The heavy downpour of yesterday | jas & source of welcome to J. 8. Gar- | land, superintendent of the water de- partment, for it broke temporarily | a heat wave which had caused the consumption of water to g0 up to more than 70,000,000 gallons on Wed- nesday. Last Sunday, wigh government de- partments and places of Wusiness closed, only §8,538,000 gallons of: Water were chnsumed. But from Monday, until yesterday morning the gauges'that measure the city’s con- sumption continued to rise. Mr, Garland was particularly con- cerned over conditions in the third and fourth high pumping areas in: the northwest section of the city, | where 4,300,000 gallons were con- | sumed on Wednesday. 2 Supt. Garland today made public the folldwing figures as being the average daily consumption during June In four of the large government departments: States. War and Navy, 1,000,000 gallons; navy yard, 1,402,000; bureau of engraving and printing, 1,744,000, and government printing office, 1,962,000. The gituation during the summer months would be greatly relieved, Mr. Garland said, if such large plants could devise some means of couserv- ing in the use of fiitered water for mechanical purposes. Mr. Garland | said he believes water could be saved by curtailment of swimming pools throughout the city. HUGHES ANSWERS HOLT. Sees No Chance for U. S. to Share Now in Supportixig ‘World Court. Secretary Hughes, replying today to a letter recently addressed to him by | Hamilton Holt, pregident of _the| Woodrow Wilson Democracy of New | York, said he could see no prospect for any treaty or convention by | which the United States government should share in the maintenance of the permanent court of international Justice until some provision is made league of nations the American gov- ernment would be able to have an appropriate voice in the election of the court's judges. ' BOLT KILLS TWO - MEN. YONKERS:N. Y., July 14.—Two men were killed by ilghtning during a thunderstorm yesterday at Crestwood. A third man Was seriously injured. A fiagpole at the Empire City race track, where thousands of race fans were fn attendance at the summer race meeting, was splintered by & bolt of | lightning. No one was injure i ‘S HEAVIEST A large pond in rear of the Sylvan Theater, making a temporary reflecting pool for the W PROTOCOL DELAYS TAGNA DELEGATES Unable to Agree on Phrase- ology, Adjourn to Meet Monday. By the Associated Press. . Unable to agree among themselves as to the phraseology of the Tacna- Arica protocol, the Chilean-Peruvian conference today adjourned until Monday to permit consultation with American officlals as to the wording of one of the points in the compromise arbitration formula. The protocol provision about which it was decided to ask for advice was understood to be that relating to the procedure to be taken in case no plebiscite s held in the disputed prov- ince. After today’s meeting the difference which had arisen was communicated informally to State Dgpartment of- ficials and arrangements were made for the heads of the two delegations to call on Becretary Hughes.Monday to Tecelve his suggkstion for a solu- tion. In addition to the decision to cor- sult Mr. Hughes the session today is understood to have resulted In a definite agreement that President Harding alone and not the United States government shall be designated in the protocol es the arbitrating agency. ington Monument. JULY 14, 1922.- LLOWING GIRL BATHER, REVIVED CHEN HOLDS BAGK APOLAGY 0 SUN Peace Efforts in China Hinge;ma districts of Siberia, opposite the | ticipated, on Causes in Ousting of Canton President. By the Associated Press, CANTON (via kong), July 14 contipuing compb ton. Dr. Sun maintains his original posi- tion that he be reinstaed in his presi- | and that Chen his actions before he will consent to denc negotlate with him. Chen remains at Walichow, leaving his sub- who had actual | miles from here, ordinate, Yip Kue, charge of the coup whereby Sun was ousted from Canton, in charge in that His position remains as at first he could not Sun's ousting because Yip Kue was responsible directly therefor, and that China ought to be united rather than have two governments, with Sun at city. —that the head of one. Considerable fighting has occurred miles north of Can- of Chen*Chiun Reports of the outcome are cenflicting. Sun. still as. serts that his northern troop: their expedition soon will Canton and align_ themselves in his behalf, but Yip Kue contends that these forces will have to fight every at Shiuk Wan, 12 ton, Ming and Dr. Sun, turning from Kiangsi province, steamer Neutral leaders are ing thelr efforts to. effect * | $500,000 D sition of _the erences be- X amage by Sto: tween Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of 2l S the overthrown Canton government of China, and Gen. Chen Chiung Ming, who ousted him from control of Can- between forces mile of the distance. Hong® apologize for re- reach e e STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, WATER TANK MAKES SPECTACULAR BLAZE. FROM DROWNING, DIES Poeumonia Sets In After Pulmoter Rallies Victim of Tidal Busin Dive. Miss Dorothy Ehrler, seventeen- year-old bather, who was rescued from drowning at the tidal basin Wednesday after she had been sub- merged for three minutes, died at 10 o'clock today at the Emergency Hos- pital from the effects of the {dent. She had rallied somewhat yesterday, but pneumonia set in and her vitality was unable to resist it. She is the daughter of Paul R. Ehrler of 314 16th street southeast, a navy yard ma- chinist. She went in swimming with a number of girl friends. She made & dive with her arm around the shoul ders of a friend, after which she did not rise to the surface. Lifeguards dived at the spot where she disap peared, rescuing her three minutes after she had submerged. A pulmotor was used in the emergency station at the tidal basin beach, and she was re- suscitated after thirty ‘minutes of ef- fort by Dr. Moody. Then she Was taken to Emergency Hospial. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. MOTHERS RELE LAWIND.C. URGED Separation of Children From Families Would Be Lessen- ed, Says Expert. Believing that if Congress would| {pass a law for the reltef of mother {in the. District of Columbla, with financial assistance to those deserv- {ing ones trying desperately to rear their children according to good | | American standards, it will do away to a great extent with the practice, | so much complained of, of children |being separated entirely from their famlies because of poverty through the District Home Industrial School, Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the chil- dren’s bureau of the Department of' Labor, definitely has promised the | strongest possible assistance of her bureau in helping to put through| such a law. i Forty States Have Compensation. | Pointing out that forty states in the {Union have some form of compen- sation for mothers, and that there | Was no good reason why the capital | iof the nation should be among the small minority, Miss Awbott said to- day that she would back such aid for {the great good of the community to the utmost of her ability. | Miss Emma O. Lundberg, director of | the social service division of the chil- |dren’s bureau, made a rough estimate vesterday that the annual cost of mothers’ compensation in the District would be between $100,000 and | $150,000. {_“I believe that 400 cases could be | handled here under a mothers' pen- sion act at a little over $100.000.” said Miss Lundberg. “I base this estimate ion figures we have obtained from the {various cities in states having moth- ers’ compensation laws." Buffalo Alds 460 Families. “Buffalo, with a population of 634,- 688, in 1921, appropriated $202.029," she continued. “Aid under the law was extended to 469 families. “Ham- ilton county, Ohio, which includes the {city of Cincinnati, granted $122,634 to 852 families. The population of Ham- ilton county is 493,678, Cleveland, with a population of 943,495, or more |than twice that of the District of Co- | {lumbia, gave $142,897 in rellef of 372 | families. Hennepin county, Minn., which includes Minneapoils, gave financial assistance to 371 famiiies, spending $90,228. The population of | Hennepin county in 1920 was 415,419, {JAPAN ANNOUNCES DATES i { FOR TROOP WITHDRAWAL { ! By the Associated Press, TOKIO, July 14—Japan will with- draw all her troops from the main- {removed the lamp to the bathroo | through the marshes | 1ion, Bradies EX-BUTLER ADMITS HITTING MRS. GRAEF Declares Motive in Entering Home Was to Steal Liguor. Arrested late Iast night by Detec- tives Lynn and Cox, Willlam Irving Hosley, colored, twenty-five, former butler for Mrs. H. Campbell Graef, to- day confessed to having breken into the residence of Mra. Graef, at $fth street and Volta place, early yester- day morning and to having streek her when she discovered him. Charges of housebreaking and arsault are being placed agsinst him, Acting Chief of Detectives Plemmons said today. Hosley was arrested at 1501 street. when he reached there last night. Detectives had walted for him to put in an appearancs through- out the day. Brought to poli¥e head- quarters, he gave his occupation as butler and admitted that he had been employed at the Graef residence until last week, He said that he knew good liquor was kept in Mrs. Graef's bedroom and that to steal some of this liquer was his reason for entering. He thought the house vacant, he said, and on reaching Mrs. Graef'’s room was su prised to find her abed. Forced Window Bars. Entry to the house, according to his story, was obtained by forcing the bars of the rear window with an iron pipe worked from a leverage on wo bricks. He opened the back door to provide an exit, Discovering Mvs. Graef in bed. he returned to the first floor to decide what to do next. De- ciding to return. he obtained two four-in-hand neckties to use as bind- ers, and went back to the room. He n late he said, and got possession of & T volver for fear she would use it if she discovered him there. Four times he approached the bed to tie her up. he said, but his heirt failed. Finaily, flguring he was “broke” and needed the liquor to sell he declared, he decided to take & chance. - His idea was’ to gag Mrs. Graef, tie her hands and feet, steal the liquor and ssell it. He tried to gag her. She fought him j off. After a prolonged battle, during which ke said he struck her with his fist, he decided he could not get sway with what he attempted and fled from the house, through the back door, which he had left open. Flees in Boat. He made his way from the Graef residence to the river, threw the gun away, appropriated a rowboat and made for the Virginia shore. Reach- ing shoal water, he tied the boat to a tug and tried to wade ashore Every step he togk, he said, he sunk further into the mud. As day was dawning he re- turned the boat to the Washington side, walked up Canal road, and when he found a store open bought & hat for 25 cents. Then he walked to Rockville. He came back last night on the elec cars and returned to his boarding place, at 1501 7th street. He said that the night clerk there warned him o impending arrest, but that he felt so tired, wet and ‘'worn out that he wanted to change his soaked shoes amd trousers. He took the the detectives took him in “The arrest of this man,” Sullivan said today., *is jindicative of cffort in keeping with the highest tradition of the police department here.” Detectives had nothing to work on except a cap which had been left in the room. They followed™ up this clue until they identified the owner of the cap. Then they went to the residence of the owner, belleving he would show up sooner or later, and finally got their r.an. Part of Story Doubted. The preliminary Investigation, n which Detectives Cox. Lynn, Verngjl- Jackson and Jones par- was largely responsible Island of Sakhalin, by September 30, land will evacuate the northern half of . Sakhalin as soon as satisfaction {1s obtuined for the Nikolalevsk mas- sacre, it was officlally announced here today. ' Business Bection. RICHMOND, Va. July 14.—Several apologize for |{rom a heavy rainstorm which early last night sent Shockoe creek here five feet out of Iits banks, and inun- ¢IEhtY | dated East Main street from 14th to 17th street: i A report early today that one per- son was drowned could not be veri- fled by the police. The heaviest dam- age was done to stores, from which 1m¢rchln ize and stock were swept away. Windows were smashed and at one place part bf a store was de- molished. that several persons were marooned and were rescued by the police and {firemen. Two policemen who went to ja rescue were themselves nearly’ drowned. p In one bullding a ‘woman end child |were marconed in a second-story room. Firemen and policemen broke through a window and rescued them in a boal TWO ‘young wome: in an automo- bile, stalled in the middle of the street, remained there until it looked as if the water would carry them, machine and all, away. Rescuers went to their ald and they were taken safety while the automobile was washed away. Meat, fish, eggs and poultry in 'HEAVY LOS_SMK:HMOND!nnlen e hoatny Iv"mm were Injured and property | The downpour came so suddenly! for the location of the owner ofythe cap. Several points in the story of Hos- ley, the police say, leave room for doubt. For instance, at the Graef residence today it was said that a large amount of liquor had been ago, and that Hosley knew there was none in the house. Denial of this portion of his story, it is pvinted out, would cast doubt on_his motive for entering the house. Detectives said also that in previous conversation he said he had entered for another season. He went up to the canal. tiday. to volver. He volunteered to take them to the exact spot along the canal where he put the weapon. TWO YEARS FOR BIGAMY. Albert Johnson Pleads Guilty; Woman Wins Probation. Albert C. Johnson, thirty-four years old, was sentenced toda: Chiet Justice McCoy to serve two vears in the penitentiary following his plea of guilty to an indictment charging bigamy. Johnson was married to Mazle B. Werntz October 15, 1910, and left her about 1818, Without secur- ing a divorce, he went through = marriage ceremony here with Lil- lian M. Dixon, June 15, 1920, Alberta . Johns, colored, also Wwas sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary for bigamy, but, on her assurance that she would not repeat the offense, Chief Justice McCoy placed her on probation. Alberta married Lawrence Johns October 29, 1918, and, without securing a divorce. married Percy Edwards March 11 last. genuine blank, the details of the Treasury seal on the counterfeit be- ing very indistinct and the word ‘prohibition’ being so taint as to be hardly distinguishable. The Tre: ury seal and the word ‘prohibition’ are very plainly marked on the gen- | uine blanka. . “On the counterfeit the letter A printed in red ink preceding the book number is not in alignment with the figures following it. the bottom . of | the letter A being perceptibly lower than the bottom of the figures. On the genuine prescription blank the lotter A is on a line with the book number. WILL HONOR DR. McKIM. Chimes Concert Tomorrow on An- niversary of His Death. A special sacred comcert will be played on the' McKim memorial tomorrow noon, in memory of the late Rev. Dr, Randolph H. McKim, who died July 15, 1920. The following “For All the Sal Just as I am ‘Without One Plea,” “Love Divine All Love Excelling,” “Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine,” “Paace, Perfect Peace’™ and “Asleep in Jesus, Blessed Sleep.” A brief service will he conducted in thé church five minutes before the toon hour, A - HURLER FOR NATIONALS? 1,08 ANGELES, Calif, Ji 14— Scout Joe Engle of the Wl“alh"ln‘mn abundamce, composing the entire stock of the city's First Market, were en- tirely swept away. Crowell's department store was wrecked, causing damage estimated by the owner at §35,000. Showcases from more than a dozen stores floated down the waters as calmly as gondolas. In one establish- | ment weeds and underbrush from the upper valley of the creek. packed in a showcase, jamming as solidly as if a compressor had done the work. From Main street haberdasheries boxes shirts and collars floated on the crest. One man made a frantic attempt to stuve the flow .of goods from his store and received a serious injury when a large ‘floating pole struck him on the head. The oity is at work on more than a million and a half dollars’ worth of sewer, gas and water work. The ex- cavations for the pipes were flooded, causing serious damage. FREES FORMER MAIJOR. | Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Di- vision 1, has extended clemency to James R. Webb, allas A. N. Welford, a ‘former major in the 306th Infantry at Camp Upton, N. Y. A sentence of seven years and six months In the penitentiary was suspended and the former officer| placed on probation. ‘Webb presented some of the checks tonment exchange and at his dis- charge October 8, 1919, took with him a2 number of checks which he is said to have forged. The checks are said to- total $3,716. December 14, 1920, ‘Webb /presented soime of the checks at a Jocal bank, but when the er, 1o, nmh‘l"‘ the p Robert Edmonds, colored, was glven .| three years in the penitentiary for attempted robbery. He was caught May 15 last with his hand in the pocket of Joseph T. Pettis. Willlam F. and James Best, brothers, formerly from Texas, were sent to Occoquan for one year eac h by Chief Justice McCoy for sending obscene matter through the malls They organized the Yankee Card Club and sent indecent photographs through the mail: —_— -ROOSEVELT HCPS OFF. Leaves Atlantic City to Fly to New London, Conn. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 14— Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre- tary of the Navy, who came here 10 address the Elks GranG Lodge yes- terday, left in a Navy seaplane of the F-5-L _type early today for New Lon- don, Cofn. He was accompanied by his aide, Commander Lee Warren, and piloted by Lester Hundt. The distance is estimated tween 250 and 300 miles, The w was thick, with a light rain, and it was thought that the assistant secre- tary might halt at New York. The itinerary of the inspection trip ¥s un- derstood to be New London, Newport, R. 1, and Lake George, N. Y. SELL GERMAN PROPERTY. BRUSSELS, Junp 14.— Premler Theunis has placed at $00,000,000 francs the liquidation value of tHe sequestered German property in Bel- glum. The government is disposing t this pro ‘.fiev‘ntlm‘dhr ,000 marks N L] ) » »