Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1923, Page 2

| CUMMINS T0 OF NEW RAIL MEASURE Senator Proposes 1o Carry] [ Out Transportation Pro- gram of President. ‘! Senator Cummins of Jowa, chair- $pan of the Senate interstate com- $herce committee, who was in Wash- tngton yesterday, indicated that he would prepare and submit to the Henate at the next session a bill to carry out the transportation pro- gram outlined by President Harding in his Kansas City address Friday. “The President, in laying empha- ®ls on the need of the consolidation of the rallroads into several great competing systems dealt with the most important feature of the rail- road problem,” said Semator Cum- mins: “There must be such consolidation, or it is inevitable that the govern- ment must eventually purchase and operate at least 100,000 miles of the total railroad mileage of the United States (approximately one-third). To abandon this mileage would be disastrous. Yet these roads are un- able to earn sufficient revenues to sustain themselves under existing conditions, if the rates are to be low- ered. “I believe that the consolidation of the railroads in great systems will result in more efficiency and a great gaving in expense. These results in turn should make it possible to re- duce the costs of transportation Conferred With President. Senator Cummins, ene of the au- thors of the Esch-Cummins trans- portation act, under which the rail- Toads in 1920 were returned to their private owners, conferred at_consid- erable length with President Hardin, not long ago in regard to the railro roblem. He sald yesterday that he ,had been aware of what the President ‘would propose. Yesterday afternoon Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for the Asso- clation of Raflway Executives, di cussed with Senator Cumming the proposed merger legislation. With- out committing himself to the plan adyocated by the President, Mr. Thom on Jeaving Senator Cummins’ hotel said. that the President in his address had shown clearly that “he wishes to build up and not tear down." Later Senator Cummins said that Mr. Thom had gone into the merger matter at some length with him. “Some of the blg and strong roads are opposed to a merger which would mean their union with weaker com- panies” said Senator Cummins. . He pointed out that under the existing transportation act voluntary mergers into large competing systems are permitted, and that under the act a study is niow being made of the best possible consolidations. T am confident that such consoli- dations can be effected,” said Senator Cummins, Legislation to make con- solidations compulsory will be neces- sary, however. When he was asked how Congress could compel rallroads to merge, Senator Cummins replied that the roads could be condemned and taken over for the value deter- mined by judicial procedure, and then, in merged form, turned over to pri- e owners. “The great problem in_ comnection with the mergers will be that of financin said Senator Cummin; He admitted there would be difficu ties arising out of the_claims made by the individual- roads as to the amount which should be allowed tham for thelr properties in sach merger. Senator Cummins . expressed the opinion that there should be estab- lished, through mergers, from from ‘eighteen to twenty-two great railroad systems in this country, Hearings Are Expected. It is expected that prior to the meeting of Congress the first Monday in December members of the Senate interstate commerce committes will be summoned to Washington and & number of meetings and possibly hearings on the merger proposition, 28 well as other legislation in regard to the railroads, will be held. The lowa senator said that he be- MNeved the legislation proposing com- pulsory mergers should follow gen- erally the provision contained in the transportation act as it passed the Senate. This was later modified in conferénce between the two houses of Congress so that the mergers were made voluntary. The chairman of the interstate ecom- merce committee discounted the plans of the progressive group which met recently in Chicago and determined 1o make a fight on the valuation of the railroad properties as it is now being carried out by the Interstate Commerce Commission under act of Congress. “Valuation,” he said, “is a judictal matter and cannot be settled by legis- lation. Any attempt to legislate valuation of railroad properties nec- sarily will fall.” LOUISIANA PLACES BAN ON BULL FIGHT By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La, June 23.— Gov. John M. Parker today notifled New Orleans authorities that Louis- iana under no clrcumstances would tolerate a bull fight and that the force of the state would be used to stop such an event in New Orleans. A troupe of toreadors from Mexico City had been billed for a serles of ten burlesque fights In New Orleans the last of this month The burlesque bull fights were to have been staged by “The Comio Toreadors,” an organization gotten together two years ago in Mexico City for the avowed purpose of work- ing for the elimination of ecruelty from the Spanish natlonal pastime. The aggregation seeks to do this by making a burlesque of the affairs in which it participates Its exhibi- tions differ from the real bull fights in only one particular, the bull is not harmed, but he {9 teased and the affair usually is one of expert dodg- ing on the part of the bull fighters BORAH OUT OF RACE; SEES FORD STRENGTH By the Associated Press. SPOKANE, Wash., June 23.—Un- qualified assertion that he *will not be a presidential dandidate” and “will not lead a third party,” was made by United States Senator Willlam K. Borah of Idaho here today while on his way to Couer d'Alene, Idaho, to deliver an address. Ho expressed the opinion that the President will be nominated by ac- alamation in the ‘mnmm national o&nnaflm' bl‘ll!l. the democratio situatio opinion, was “per- Xing? Te mentioned: Willlat G, A/ Te, led as a joke am resl: Dosaibility: Dy “Ford has a power of popular sy port among fi”"classes of pwpi especially the laborin nluu-w u: nator the agriculturists,” Borah declared. “He also has the support ot‘m&hy eastern business inte: u: Mt: Borah said: he rerards Pord . & Tef s the moat [{kely men to head 1ty m:,: io‘«m:;” fia";m; art- fration and Mr Ford is. a- maan- with oty he added, o ;Police Need Salt To Put on Tail of Fleeing Tweetie Salt. That's what Dan: Sulllvan’s men have sent out a hurry call for. Table, ice cream or sea salt—it ‘matters not—but some kind must be found, and that quickly. For Tweetie is at large and must be captured. Tweetie flew her coop at 3041 N street yesterday afternoon with- out so much as chirping good by to Miss Marguerite Crc'foy, her owner, and head. gus ed for the Cinary nda. Police will know Tweetie when they find her by reason of her mixed colored tall” And if they only find some appropriatiol with which to buy thll:n t- o Well, the feathers in Tweetle' tall are numbered, that's all. 14 ARMORED AUTOS . GUARD $200,000,000 By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, June 23.—Fourtesn armored cars, each carrying six armed men and a machine-gun, passed through the streets in pairs today, with $200,000,000 in securities and cash, which was being moved from the Bowery Savings Bank to its new branch in 42d street, opposite the Grand Central Terminal. Detectives were stationed at strat- egic points along the routs, uni- formed police kept the line of trafc open and each pair of bullet-proot cars was preceded by a motorcycle policeman. Reporter’s Chameleon Palm Baffles “Noted” D. C. Seers (Continued from First Page.) of the law. The bluecoats claim no mystic power for delving into the future. Their specialty is in uncover- ing the past, and if the would-be clairvoyant cannot produce convinc- Ing evidence of good character in the years gone by the chances are ninety- nine to one that he will not do much fortune telling in the nation's capital. The applicant must first show that he has lived in the District for one year prior to the filing of the appli- cation. Then he must produce let- ters from ten reputable citizens testi- fying to his good character. ‘The letters and the application then go to the captain of the pre- cinot in which the mind-reader in- tends to unfold in mysterious whis- pers the score cand of life. The cap- tain verifies the letters of indorse- ment and makes personal inquiry into the reputation of the fortune teller. If he is satisfled the candi- date is worthy of admittance to the circle of licensed prophets he so recommends to headquarters. Maj. Sullivan transmits the results of the police department's fortune telling to ‘Wade H. Coombs, superin- tendent of licenses, who issues the permit. It costs the seerist $25 a year to have his fortune told by the police. Reecord Must Be Good. ‘When the clairvoyant, the palmist or the soothsayer seeks to renew the license at the end of twelve months the precinct captain scans his records to make sure that the applicant’s character has remained untarnished. Curiosity and a desire to ascertaln whether the clairvoyants do all the remarkable things they claim in their advertisements led the writer into a number of the private chambers of mystcs last week. And, strangely enough, not one of them unfolded the events of his past life, but confined themselves to prognostications of the future, with the result that the re- porter reached the conclusion that as fortune tellers they are good weather forecasters. Neither did they reveal his name mor the purpose of his visit as their advertisements specifically stipulate. Attracted first by the advertisement of a female clairvoyant who will be referred to as Mme. Woo Woo, the re- porter went to her place of business near the pension office bullding. The “madame” who guarantees in her ex- tensive advertisements to read “your entire life—past, present and future— without asking questions” — was obviously cleaning the breakfast dishes or performing some other domestis duty when the reporter called. It was rather early in the morning- for the spiritual selace— about 10:30 o'clock—and there were. no visible signs of activity in the seer's private sanctum. Trimmings Searce. A colored maid, who was busy en- deavoring to polish the mission furni- ture In the outer chamber of the re- ception room, invited the prospective customer to be seated. After & lapse of about ten minutes, during which time the reporter made a careful sur- vey of the strango Egyptian decoras tions in the reception room, Mme. Woo Woo, & middle-aged woman of evident native birth, entered from her bedroom, Where an infant lay asleep in a erib. She falled to proffer an ex- cuse for keeping her guest waiting, and motioned for him to follow her into the private chamber—a small room conspicuously scarce of decora- tions, Save for a table and two chairs the room was virtually bare. In one ohalr the seer seated her- self and the reporter took the other. She placed his right hand, palm up, on an oddly shaped plecs of black leather, which had been nalled to the table, and fooused her eyes thereon, Future Cestly. “I will read your palm for 33, she said In perfect English. “The clairvoyant reading will cost you $5. Which do you wish?” “The palm reading will be sum- clent,” replied the ", “Why don't you choose the other and learn more about yourwelf?™ she responded. > “I canpot afford mere than $3.° cannot.give was her philosophical|Mme. roply. ‘Then‘came . hasty perusal of the reporter's palm. Mme. Woo Woo pointed to two lines in the palm, one of which she desoribed as the life line and the other the heart line. lags gossip's, without a rest or a Pause. Sentence after sentence roll- od from her mouth, spiced with an ocoasional ungrammatical construc- tlon. This woman had the habit of using a singular verb with a plural noun and vice versa. In this brief perfod the reporter learned that he would live to be an gctogenarian, or maybe older if he survived two minor operations, which would ocour in middle age, as a re- sult of either kidney or stomach trouble. Madame's Guess Off. If the seer read the reporter's palm lines ocorrectly there are a score or more of beautiful women Wwho have designs on his heart of >hom he has not the siightest knowledge. But her next observa- tion was truly remarkable. She re. vesled that of all the fair maidens seeking his heart he was Interested In but two, and one of them—the falr one, she sald—would leap into of matrimony with him. The great however, the palm ines told her, would not take place for several years The seer must have read the wrong line in this instance, thought the re- porter, who has been married nearly four y And, strangely enough, the malden who marched the “Lohen’ two-step with him could not be escribed 's & brunette, 1 Continued “the - glued on the reporter's palm, “will make you hap- Py for many years, but destiny has marked her for death. And then you will remarry. This time it will be &' widow, who will not make you as happy as your first wife." ith machine-gunlike rapidity, the Imist then made a futile effort probe into the secret recessves of the feporter's character, which, she em- hasised, was illustra in the ine. It was an interesting line of chatter, surmised the writer, in whose head at this time visions of the pearly gates, St. Peter and his flock of an, ardians were rampant. Her dis fon on the character subject im. pressed on the reporter that there was still one angelic soul left on the earth. But the seer missed her mark completely, as the r help~ mate will testify. Money on the Way. Next came a story of an Inheri. tance. It was a_ small legacy, th palmist sald, which would be left by & relative In a few years. Following some advice regarding the trustworthiness of the reporter's close friends, which was absorbed by the noise of gl.nln' street car, the palmist ask im to produce the $2 ;nd place it in the palm of his left 8 ‘Now make three wis] she said The reporter made the three. (They are not for publication.) She then gently touched the bills with her fingers, mumbling some- thing’ which sounded like a dish werved In a Chinese restaurant. These were Egyptian magic words, she said, which would bring the Treporter's wishes to a successful fruitio) “Now,” she concluded, “if the wishes come true, you will not regret the $2 you give me?” Money on the Way Out. The reporter said he would not. ealculating that it would be a good lnvu'hmoll:l. snd parted with the two Teenbacl % Forty cents a minute for talking, the reporter figured as he left Mme. ‘Weo '00’s sanctum. Wallingford soo.rl i edictis Thowever, do not st pr ons, Tio ’ Imhmlo:“ mm nh 1 'nrm CH ! er & brie ace W snoth Dhet of fates, who will be &3 Mme Ranesea. ese: Mm who advertises readings for 50 cents, next attracted the reporter's &tt on. She holde forth in an apartment on a floor above 2 hot sausage sandwich store near 12th ‘nd":-nneylvnnln avenu: on Teporter entered her re- ception hall, lhz‘tfl:. w;.n els d"hll,',& , apparently her husband, who s pAciAg new curtains over & piac panel on the door, bid the reporter to be seated. Several minutes later the clarivoyant appeared and led him into a small room in the front of the apartment and closed the door. His Palms Expensive. id “What do you charge for & read- s ired the reporter. g e T e Ra meses. “"Wh ur advertigement gays you give rm?n:- for 60 cents,” the re- ot readin are for neg- roes, d. “And besides your future -u‘rgv hl.l v:uu-t.h‘m re ?uu ‘gz oents, an mom mpo: -.nr.‘:'o tell 10“ 't flf!‘lll:‘ have & bear~ ‘s 3 g “’“;ur decided to part with m{:{ one hand, Mme. Ram n ead, all of both hands s :ln.nu%..psgl a gifted clairvoyant and medium, according to the adver- 'was Mme. Rameses fired her 1ine of mys- tic chatter with an admonition to the reporter against signing checks or papers of any kind during July. ‘which sh ln”‘i"t ‘was & stand- still in hu' and if he did it would result serjousiy. X ‘obtat , was from the i‘";.“nn the palm, of the repor oft hand. Mme, Rameses did agree with Mme. e uaas th Feporter woul Hamesss. thon disagrsed with n Woo Woo on. the marrisge questions. The Teportars paim told her that he was to ‘but one wife, whom he would esco! to the altar ‘The. prospective & falling out” '® previous, renew her In & monotone she began her work | 4% of prognosticating what the future 4 leagues, who accom The bathing pool makes a big hit with most of the student soldiers. tance in the palm lines, but could not vouch for its size. Mme. Rameses further informed the writer that he would begin a short journey in the near future. Good uess, responded the reporter, who ad planned a trip to a river resort this week. Hard Luck Here, The five-minute interview closed when Mme. Rameses told the writer that he would shortly embark on & business career and would subse- quently harvest riches. She accepted the $2 without chanting any magic words and refterated her warning about signing papers in July as the reporter passed through the door. Four dollars gone, sighed the re- rter, but a bright future ahead— egacy, several wives and a go business career—if the palm lines spoke the truth. Remarkable—in Ada. Two women seers had falled to make an impression on the reporter, 80 ho scanned the list of advertise- ments and selected & o medium who occuples a suite of rooms near the Baltimore and Annapolis elec- trio line station. “Most remarkable reader of human destiny, recognised by the prees, public and the foremost scientists of Europe,” read his ad- vertisement. On his way to the psychic's office the reporter met one of his col- nied him on his | sooth-saying expedition. As both climed the steps to the second floor of the bullding, the “professor’ as he is known QIDDP?‘ from the bath- room, a portion of his face covered with lather. He polnted to the re- ception room and asked the reporters to be seated. Clean shaven, with dabe of rouge and powder on his face, and fanning himsel? wi ith a ‘n.ul telescope fan, the professor entered a l':Tnulel later, and escorted the writer into h! private sanctum, and olosed the door leading to it. ‘What the reporter beheld was quite difterent from scenes in the other two seerist’ ?rlv:ta_ chambers. There Were' No _oriental 'decorationa In the center of the room was a table With a candle on either end. On the table was a Bible The reporter took a seat at the table facing the professor, who at once related his marvelous psychist powera, pointing out that he was a psychologist with an Sensitive mind, which had Veloped through years of study. Scorns Writers’ Palm. Anxious for the professor to get Started, the reporter placed one hand on the table palm up The professor lo?%nfl at it inquisitively. P I read your mind. But I am not going to read ‘yours.” Somewhat surprised, the reporter looked at the professor qui ly. 1 am going to be honest with “I don't_want If you You,” he oon your mone; I don't need it. want to.get rid of it I'll send you to_‘bubble. The reporter replied that he dldn't care to hold a seance with a ‘bubble,’ and inquired why the renowned pro- fessor would not give him & reading. “Your-mind iy as sensitive as min, ut not as highly developed along mediumistic lines. You are a lo, & non-believer.’ Remarkable observation, pond- ed the reporter. But what makes you belleve it. “In the first place you brought a rson. with you who does not care or a reading. Whe dootor for friend ‘with you. Tour frissd's mind s not har- monlous with ming, ané that makes IlmQ o iw llll“ll“‘l" : oeh-r”. Bocs Bot Iike £o deal with that p Toom 15 provably Indghing room at this moment. fof ***Furihermors, I am quite disturbed because I ha been in oon! 100 e t00, oaught me :Lfl And, and that me, X cannot give you & his past, present and future, the re- porter left, promising to return some day alone, when the clairvoyant's | mind was in a state of equilibrium. | Determined to learn whether the male of the species is more accurate that the female in deciphering the lines of a human palm, the reporter tagain consulted the advertisement and selected another “professor.” Within five minutes from the time “professor,” the writer entered the ce of the second “professor.” Two young women were waiting In the | outer chamber; the “professor” w. closeted in his’ private sanctum with a thira. The reporter seated himself on a comfortable overstuffed chair, and turned over in his mind the neatness and cleanliness of the ‘“professo reception room in_ comparison with some others he had seen in Ris ap- parent futlle search for mote light on he subject of palmistry. One of th women became visibly disturbed over , and hid behind & Land-Office Business. One by one the women entered t| ‘professor’s” little room adjoining the reception hall and departed at intervals | of about five minutes, leaving crisp |legal tender in the palmist's palm. This man was the busiest seer the re | porter had met on his little journey. The writer's turn came. Ushered into | the small room, he found the same tools of the palmiat's profession—a table and two chairs. The reporter sat in one and from the force of habit placed his right hand on the table, palm up. A Southpaw Palmist. “Your left hand, please,” was the laconic remark of the palm reader. How _strangely _these creatures work, thought the writer. One seer had read his right im, another both ight and left synci rone\lll{ and the ‘professor”’ called for the left. The reporter placed the left hand on the table. By a hasty glance over the writer’s palm, the “‘professor” discovered that two planets were exerting their in- fluence on his life—one evil and the other fo The evil orb was now in control of both the ma: epiritual body, b planet would w; from its competitor in The longevity of the reporter then delved 'into by tes The life line told him that the writer yas to enjoy & long lite. (. point and only this, did all seerists agree.) . Bad, Bad News Here. But the reporter was marked for share of the ills of mankind, the or” explained. The most rious trouble would result from throat infections, he said. stunle the reporter sald to him- self. ‘Woo Woo just several hours previous had predicted that his ills would be due to either stomach or kidney trouble. ‘The guestion of matrimony was the was sor.” t topl by th rofe sons "B T "R Tinan, ho aaid | oo indelibly but faintly scrawled, the word “matrimony.” It would be several years hence, h cording to the palmist before Dt‘:lt’tir would take unto himsel? a wite. . He's Looking Well. After that prediction the writer concluded that he had no “henpecked” appearance nor bore any of the scars of domestic utensils. Thi had utterly falled to read on lm that ):.e ”took the solemn vow in 1 seance the e St answel rel Restions which hag ‘-muc-x legacy, the date of his mar- Fiago and his forthcoming vaaation. ulnu’}nm' lnhorlnu& v_‘:nu ong in a few years, the - omert “raplied. | The marriase. 1s year, he sald, ‘while the vacation trip would be an enjoyable one without accident. other greenback gone, with the holding a batting average 4 35 0f the reporier’s money, he o e_Tre| 0! ?-; Hasy 1o nit ine trail with old Hundreds el |of leaving the sanctuary of the first| these :fiuuh Officers fn command, left to right, Capt. A. J. O'Keefe, Col. W. M. Craigie and Capt W. H. Johnson. CALL TROOPS HOME FIRST, TURKS INSIST Refuse to Discuss Conces- sions Until Allied Forces Are Evacuated. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, June 23.—The attempt today by the allies and Turks to ¢clarify the critical situation which ~{has arisen In the near east confer- GERALDINE FARRAR WINS DIVORCE SUIT Referee Sustains Two Charges of Singer Against | Lou Tellegen. | | ~mw YORK, June 23.—Geraidine Farrar has won her suit for divorce against Lou Tellegen, it was an- nounced tonight by Samuel Unter- myer, counsel for Miss Farrar. A referee's report recommending a de- cree was filed today, he sald. Action by Miss Farrar was begun two yvears ago, and in her complaint she charged her actor husband with infidelity with three women. It was reported that Referee Harrison's re- port held the opera star had sustained her allegations on two counts. The courts recently ruled out charges that Miss Stella Larrimore and Tel- legen had been intimate. MACMILLAN. SAILS ON ARCTIC VOYAGE (Continued from First Page.) some of whose aspects even laymen are familiar. Static reaches its maximum strength between 10 p.m. and midnight. That ofters a delimiting suggestion to the radio fan in temp latituds but when night lasts half the year and midnight is measured not by the hour hand but by a whole shest on the calendar, the matter is not so easy. This is one of the reasons Mao- Millan will make important radio history as well as furnish the public with current news of his explorations. Significant radio developments as the result of his experiment are predicted by Hiram Percy Maxim, president of the Radlo Relay League, and by other radio men in all parts of the um:;t:v with MacMlillan, includ- R nald o¢ Chicago. ne phase of wi ‘work is touched on by MoDonald ip this mment: “There is & period of 141 days of continuous d‘yfi:"ht in the polar re- ons. During this tim en it Mac- illan sends at midnight, his mes- sages wil e to traverse many miles of daylight before hitting dark. “Radio messages have never before Deen sent from within' the suroral ‘Another mt-nmti poiat which eriment will bring’ out. is the Sirectibn taken radio sent from the far north. Wi “: 3 .anl‘ifll'l‘ by .amateurs all the ‘or will they hit :‘nr North An:.rlu. or will o ot ? them have evident faith in their :dvlu and prognostications, for they return. e Thajority Of the patrons of the seance parlors, are youns girls in their early stas: confide their and plead for e, rofessors,” iw%ed Taszely of b ‘men, who came to despondency, for.solace and sdvicey ence was successful in one way, dis- astrous in another. . Toward the end of the session, which lasted well into the night, the Turks announced that they could not discuss the problem of concessions at Lausanne until the question of the evacuation of foreign troops from Turkey and the question of the Otto- man debt were satisfactorily dis- posed of. Will Refer Matter. thank you for your frankness,” deolared Sir Horace Rumbold, the Britlsh plenipotentiary, when the Turks made this disclosure, “and I will refer the matter to the British soyernment 5 o meeting got nowhere on the big unsettled questions. An agreement was reached on one important point today, namely, that England and Turkey mutualiy engage to settle the Mosul con- troversy- between themselves within nine months after the signature of peace, failing which England will b;lnz the C9atroversy to the leagu of nations for settlement - tration. = ByMaEbL sked for a years delay, gland wanted te limit . the Deriod of the private negotiations to X months, compromisin, e ats P g finally on Debate on Trgo, The general impression among the allles tonight is that they \vlfl reluctantly compelled to frame the text of a treaty and present it to the Turks, if they hope ever to reach an end of the Lausanne conference. The Turks tried to get Something definite from the allles respecting the evacuation of foreign troops from Turkey, but the .allies replied that the date of the evacuation could be ed only when other important outstanding Qquestions were settled, because evacuation depended on peace and peace hinged on an agreement over subjects such as_concession and the Ottoman debt. Thus today's meeting was whirled In a circle, The question of the payment of the intereat on the Ottoman debt .w. not attacked, because the Itallan gov- ernment has not yet forwarded final instructions to its delegation and a meeting of the financial ‘commission is arranged for Monda; The Turks today issued a com- munique stating that the Turkish army in . Anatolia was not being strengthened, but charging the Frencn with reinforcing their a¥my on the Turco-Syrian border. They allege that . the French occupy dominating points on the frontier and are using armored cars in military demonstra- tions along the frontiers. INACTIVE BROKER FIRM GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY | Lawyers Declare Action Is Merely Part of Reorganization Plan, Creditors File Claims. NEW YORK, June 23.—Another New York stook exchange brokerage house, but one that has been inactive for a considerable time, went into bankruptey today. The firm was that of Einstein, Ward & Company, against which three creditors filed a. petition in United States district court. Attorneya for the firm declared the bankruptcy Was part of a -plan of rganisation and was not to be classed with some other brokerage houses that have failed because it had no securities belonging te it and had not traded in securities for two years. MERCURY DROPS 17 DEGREES IN STORM Washington, However, Will Swelter-Today, With Hope _ of Cool Wave Later. A rapid drop of 17 degrees in tem- perature, accompanied by a swell thunderstorm which struck Washing- ton about 8 o'clock last night, brought temporary relief to the sun- baked cityr A depression which formed over this section of the country caused the thunderstorm. Similar storms also were reported in Baltimore and Harrisburg, Pa. P The thermombeter started to ‘drop about 7 o'clock, when it registered 88. When the storm broke it had gone down to 71. Heat to Continue. The storm put a dent in the torrid wave as far as the capital is con- cerned, but it did not break it. The weather bureau predicts warmer weather today with continued rising temperature the early part of the weelk, followed by a cool pell later The highest temperature yesterday was 93 degrees, at 4 p.n. Warmer weather today for New York and the middle Atlantic states also was forecast. No relief is in sight for the sodtheast, the Ohio valley and the lower lake region Thunder showers in most sections were added to today's weather pro- gram, however. 98 at Grand Rapids. The highest temperature reported in the country vesterday was at Grand Rapids, Mich., where the ther- mometer flirted with 98 Three were overcome by heat ves- terday in Washington. Mary Mitchell. 226 H street northeast, four vears old, dropped to the street while play- ing. Patrolman Hagen of the ninth precinct carried her home. Other heat victims were Willlam Field, twenty-four, 12 B street north- east,' a Washington Railway and Electric Company _conductor, who collapsed in the carbarn, and Hattie Brown, colored, 43 O street, who was found 'unconscious by Policeman O. L. Curtis of the first precinct at 7th street and Pennsylvania avenue. She was treated at the Emergency Hos- pital and Field at Casualty. HEAT BREAKING RECORD. Unprecedented in Dunration, Ob- servers Say. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 23.—The heat wave which has turned the central se of the country into a hothouge si last Monday probably will go its second week, continuing what weather observers declared today was an unprecedented heat wave in poin of duration, The heat still is intense over, thc central, west central and souther district, according to the weather bureau. There has been & slight moderation in the northwest. Read- ings exceeding 90 degrees occurred over a wide area. Chicago's high temperatures con- tinued today, raising the toll of lives to twenty-three and increasing the number of prostrations to more tha: 200 during the six hot days. BILLION SHIP BID HOAX, SAYS SLACK Design\ed to Give Publicityto Home Town—Attacks Board’s Estimate. By the Assaciated Press. EW YORK, June 23.—Confessign that the “bld” of $1,051,000,000 that he signed for all the property of the United States Shipping Board was & hoax and “partially insincere” and was designed to give publicity to the town in which he lives, Silver Creok, N. Y., was made in a signed article appearing in the New York Times by John W. Slack, who describes himself as a “salesman.’ He asserts that the result of his prank, which provoked much curios- ity and ridicule, was to show that the government was insincere in offerink . the property for sale and that Chair man Lasker of the Shipping Board bungled in estimating its value at $250,000,000. Both “results” he add- | ed, justified the laugh he got and the | rs got at his expense. | s “Washington | describea only 350 pounds,” was Informed by a inent member of the board, $5,000,000,000 in cash would not buy the ships and other property of the board, because “from the stamdpoint of national defense alone the govern- ment could not afford to lose control of the ship " he added. , but it does not explain away the innate. insin- cerity of the original advertisement " Otherwise he heaps praise on Mr Lasker and confesses that the name | of Henry Ford waa brought into the case by accident. He says Mr. Ford { had nothing to do with it at any time, MRS. BEST ACQUITTED. NEW CASTLE, Pa., June 23.—M Josephine Best, a widow, was found not guilty of the murder of Carl H. Dufford, a wealthy furniture dealer, in a verdict returned by a ‘jury to- night. 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