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WEATHER. Somewhat unsettled, fair tonight and Saturday; temperature. Temperature for twent: ended at 2 p.m, today: today. but generally y-four hours Highest, 8 3:20 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 69, at 3 a.m. Full report on page 7. no change in at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 No. 28,927. Entered as second-class matten post office Washington, D. C. ORE RUHR TOWNS SEIZED BY FRENCH IS ENGLISH DRAFT REPARATIONS PLAN Limburg, Elberfeld and Bar- men Occupied by Troops. Latter Two Not Regarded as Strictly Within Area. OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS HOSTAGES; FUNDS TAKEN Paris Regrets Baldwin's Move for Separate Course, But Still Sees Hope for Agreement — Rome Fully Backs New British Proffer on Reparations. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 13.—Reports that the big industrial city of Elber- feld, on the edge of the Ruhr region, had beem occupled by French troops reached Berlin from “the Ruhr this foremoon. The re- ports were givenm credence here for several hours, but this after- noon word was received that El- berfeld had not actually been taken possession of, French pa- trols advancing to the outskirts of the ecity, but withdrawing shortly afterward By the Assoclated Pres: DUESSELDORF, July 13.—The town of Limburg, just beyond the Coblenz bridgehead, which the Americans formerly held, was occu- pied by French troops yesterday 2s @ permanent occupation town. Barmen, in the Elberfeld manufac- turing district, also was occupied by | & detachment of French troops. Sev- eral of the Barmen city officials were arrested, after which the French withdrew. The French official announcement of #he occupation does not give the number of officlals thus taken as hostages, but it is understood the operation, which was on a considera- ble scale, was undertaken to impose | a penalty for WinErsts recent fron- tier incidents. Barmen is just out- side the occupied area, and the fron- tier affairs culminated recently in one which involved the security po- lice near that town. Police Capture Soldlers. Day before yesterday two French soldiers followimg some German smugglers were surrouned in the woods by a band of fifteen of the security police, the French state. The police seized the Frenchmen, kidnap- ing them and taking them to El- berfeld where they were questioned and disarmed. Their arms were final- 1y returned to them without car- tridges and they were taken to the frontier and allowed to re-enter the occupled area. When the soldiers got back they re- ported they had been insulted and jeered at by civillans while in the hands of the police. This incident, it is explained, has caused the punishment of Barmen. It is also claimed that the security po- lice in Barmen and Elberfeld have re- cently been engaging in sniping oper- ations against the French. The big industrial towns of Elber- feld and Barmen are located close together on the immediate edge of the Ruhr region, east of Duesseldorf. They are virtually surrounded by oc- cupled territory, but have not been regarded as strictly within the area of occupation. Barmen Later Evacuated. BERLIN, July 13.—The French evacuated Barmen at 11 o'clock this morning, according to reports re- celved here, taking with them ag hostages the manager of the local relchsbank and a number of police officials. They also seized 8,000,000,- 000 marks. HOPE STILL ALIVE IN PARIS. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 13.—Prime Minister Baldwin's reparation statement was gonerally commented upon in French official circles today as a carefully worded document which might lead to an agreement, this being dependent upon the nature of the note, it an- nounced as forthcoming for the French government's perusal and assent. Both in forelgn affairs circles at the conclusion of a meet- ing of a cabinet council and at the ministry of the interlor, the gen- eral tone was optimistic. Some regret was expressed, how- ever, that the British premier had criticiscd the Ruhr occupation, but was silent regarding the German passive resistance, entailing outrages and loses of lives. It was noted that Mr. Baldwin's speech made It ap- pear there was a complete agree- ment on the sentimental, commercial and cconomic necessity of keeping the entente intact, but that there remained a discordance of views as to methods. Little Headway Made. “We seemn to have made precious little headway since last January in reconciling the British and French viewpoints,” sald one cabinet min- ister. 3 The British note which is expected shortly will be examined “with the utmost desire to concur with the conclusions In_it, cabinet members at the conclusion of the cabinct council. He added that ke impression created would have been much more favorable had the British prime minister opened his remarks by declaring that the debtor should pay his debts, o that this would have prefaced his criticism of the Ruhr occupation. The French government cordially welcomes and Indorses the British government’s insistence upon the ne- cessity of the Anglo-French alliance, and is understood to be prepared to make some further concessions to the British viewpoint, but deems It “essential that -the vital interests of France be safeguarded.” This was declared to be the trend of discus- sion in the cabinet council, although no official Information of what had taken place in the meeting was forthcoming. Thus for the time being, and until the N text of the British draft of the reply to Germany is placed before tie French zovernment and the nature of the con- said one of the| Threat to Drop Microbe Bombs Excites Cologne By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.. Copyright, 1923, COLOGNE, July 13,—Cologne is having a season of crazy rumors while the people in the Ruhr re- glon are nervously awalting in- dependent action by Great Brit- ain. 5 From the French side heres to- day comes a story of newly de- signed glass bombs filled with deadly microbes and made for the purpose of being dropped on French cities, where bursting Into many pleces, they will innoculate every one who is touched. There is another French tale of a mo- bilization of the German army for a direct attack on the Freach. Late last week leaflets were dropped from an airplane, their message belng merely “three days more. The Germans declare that their message referred to the French intention to proclaim a Rhineland republlc under military protection. INJUNCTION HALTS ALLEY CLOSING ACT ENFORCEMENT HERE Norment and Lockwood Win on Ground Property Has Sewer and Water. Justice Balley of the District Su- preme Court today granted an in- junction against the District Com- missioners to prevent the putting into operaton of the so-called alley-clos- ing law of September 25, 1914, which was to go into effect June 1, 1923. The court holds there is nothing in the statute which prohibits the use of property bordering on an alley where the alley is supplied with sewer, water main and gas lights, and the statute to apply this provision to the premises rather than to the alley in the face of the plain lan- guage of the statute. | While the court does not state its | position on the view of the law taken by Corporation Counse! Stephens that the act does not apply to any alley un- less all the three conditions men- tioned in the act are absent, it is understood that he shares that view. The language of the act prohfbits the use aus dwellings of all buildings situated in_alleye of the District, (Continued on iage 2, Column 3.) FIRE MAINS FIGHT BELIEVED SUECESS Commissioners Now Expect- ed to Ask Budget Bureau for High-Pressure System. S With organizations and public of- ton Board of Trade in its efforts to have a provision for beginning the installation of a high-water pressure fire-fighting system in the downtown section included in the District es- timates, there seemed little doubt to- day that the Commissioners will in- sert this item in their recommenda- tions to the bureau of the budget. Both the clvillan Commissioners in former years have given their ap- proval to such a system, and there is a bellef now that if the pro- vision comes up in the estimates from one of the District departments they will give it their official ap- proval and then send it on to the bureau of the budget. Will Comsult Gen. Lord. Being almost convinced now that the way has been paved for the measure in the District bullding, the Board of Trade, through its commit- tees on water supply and insurance jand fire protection, will next take the matter up with Gen. H. M. Lord, chief of the bureau of the budget, which scrutinizes all requests for money from the District as well as other governmental bureaus. The committees do not know how the budget bureau will consider the matter, but the committeemen are not gong to take anything for granted. It is expected that they will visit Gen. Lord and thoroughly acquaint him with the great need of allowing the estimate to go through, and thus end a fight which has been conducted for twenty years. It will be pointed out that by pro- viding the system at this time much money will be saved, as the estimated cost has been increased by thousands of dollars since it was first proposed. In addition, there will be figures to ishow the great fire risk which is run in the business district not only through the loss of private property in the event of a conflagration, but the vast amount of government build- ings and the innumerable and in- valuable government records stored therein. Club Indorses Proposal. ‘The Cosmopolitan Club, at its meet- ing yesterday, gave its indorsement to the movement for a high-pressure | water system and requested that the Commissioners Include proviion for |such a system in their estimates. Hearty approval of the effort of residents of the District to have the high-pressure system installed in the business sections of Washington was | expressed today by Senator Ralph Cameron of Arizona, republican. ) Senator Cameron is a member of the | Senate District committee. “I am In favor of any measures that may be adopted for protection against fire,” said Senator Cameron. “It is estimated that it will cost a million +and a half dollars to Install. A sin- igle fire in the downtown district of the National Capital might well cost more than that amount in dollars and cents, not to mention the fact that the loss of life might be great. To my mind, it would be an economy to bring about the installation of the high-pressure system.” jenator e would fesmsan s support slation a ext ses- sion of Con for the. tion of fu _@h it would be a forced construction of | ficlals Jining up behind the Washing- | VETERAN SENATOR DILLINGHAM DIES Vermont Statesman Fails to Rally After Opera- tion. By the Associated Press. MONTPELIER, Vt., July. 13.—United States Senator Willlam-P. of Vermont died here”late last night. Senator Dillingttam underwent an op- | eration three wecks ago for gall trouble. | He rallied” well and appeared to be on |the way to recovery until last Sunday, when his condition took a turn for the worse, Funeral services will be conducted at the Methodist Episcopal Church in | Waterbury, the senator's native town, next Sunday. | Senator Dillingham was born in De- cember, 1843, and was a son of Paul Dil lingham. who was Governor of Vermont | from 1865 to 1867. He served as state’s | attorney of Washington county, secre- | tary of civil and military affairs, in both | branches of the legislature and as com- missicner of state taxes. He was gov- ernor of Vermont from 1883 to 1890 and was first elected United States sen- ator in 1900. 1In 1907 he was chairman of the United States Immigration com- | mission. WAS DEAN OF SENATE. Dillingham Oldest Member Time of Death. The death of Senator Dillingham takes from the Senate its oldest mem- | ber in point of years and its third| oldest member in point of service. Senator Dillingham was born at { Waterbury, Vt, December 12, 1843. |He was in his eightieth year. He was first elected to the Senate Octo- | ber 18, 1890, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Justin | S. Morrill, and was four times re-| elected to ‘'succeed himself. His term | of office would have expired March | 3, 1927 i Senator Dillingham's death” take: from the Senate two senators from Vermont within a few months. Sen ator Page of that state retired March 4 last, not being a candidate to suc- ceed himself. Senator Page has been succeeded by Frank L. Greene, elect- ed last fall and still to take his seat | in the Senate. One of 01d Guard. Senator Dillingham was one of the “old guard” of the republican stal- warts and had served prominently in many capacitles in the Senate. Be- fore coming to the Senate he had served In the state legislature and had been Governor of Vermont from 1888 to 1890. As senior republican senator on the judiciary committee of the Senate, he was in line to become chairman of that committee, an office made vacant recently by the death of Senator Knute Nelson. The chairmanship now prob- at ¢ Foen Dillingham | HUSBAND DEGLARES {Mrs. Jessie Helen Burke, thirty-six, i five, { Mahon ably will go to Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, who is next in line. Senator Dillingham was also a mem- ber of the committee on immigration, and had given much study to that question. The Dillingham "immigra- tion act was on the books for many years, until superseded by the new Qquota law. He was head of the Amer- fcan commission which visited Europe a number of years ago studying the immigration question. W. W. Hus- band, now commissioner of immigra- tion, but at that time Senator Dilling. ham’'s committee clerk, accompanied the commission. Hended One Committee. In recent years Senator Dillingham was chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, the commit- tee which must pass upon the eligibil- ity of senators to their seats. The committee recently had before it the contest between Truman H. Newberry and Henry Ford for sena- tor from Michigan. ~Senator Spencer of Missouri will be in line for this chairmanship when the next Congress meets. As a member of the Senate finance committee, Senator Dillingham was called upon to aid in framing tariff Biils. He was chatrman of several subcommittees dealing with sched- ules in the present tariff act, Senator Dillingham had for years been a member of the Senate District committee, and had given much time and attention to affairs of the Na- tional Capital.. He was invarlably a friend of the District in matters which came before the Senate. Personally, Senator Dillingham was very popular among both republican and democratic senators. Funeral Delegation. Vice President Coolldge today des- ignated the following committee to join him in representing the Benate at the funeral of Senator Dilling- ‘ham Sunday: Senators Greemne, Vermont; Lodge, Massachusetts; Brandeges, Connecti- cut; Colt, Rhode Island; Wadsworth, New York; Fernald, Maine; Moses and Keyes, New Hampshire; Ball, eroer, Penneyivasie: ‘epper, Ivan! bam ‘Trammell, ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. {Wall Street W elcomes Purging Oldest Member Of Senate .ea WILLIAM P. WIFE SHOT AT HIM, DILLINGHAM. As Thomas Francis Burke of 311| 9th street southeast was making ready to leave his home early today, his wife, drew a revolver and fired at him, according to his statement to Assistant United States Attorney Ralph Given in Police Court today. He was not hit. When the shot was fired the two oys of the couple, aged eight and were present. Burke said that| after firing the shot his wife came to him, where he had dropped flat on his face on the floor, and rolled him over. Then, he said, he noticed she had no weapon and held her until the arrival of Policeman E. C. Spalding of the fifth precinct, who arrested her. Admitted Shot. The case came up before Judge Me- shortly before noon. Mrs. Burke admitted firing the shot, but said that the revolver exploded while she was holding it, and that she was just as frightened as her husband was at the time. Judge McMahon reserved decisfon pending examination of Mrs. Burke by a probation officer. According to Policeman Spalding. who arrested the woman, she had been subjected to a beating at the hands of her husband some time ago. She de- clared that he struck her a number of times with a_horsewhip. Burke, him- self, in explaining the case to Mr. Given, in the latter's office in Police Court, verified this statement, but said | that after this incident the couple had ! lived happily until recently. Intended to Lenve. i He had intended to pack up and get | out, he said, when young) Thomas Burke, five years old, asked him what he was doing. After he had replied that he was about to leave, he said, his wife advanced with the weapon and fired. . “I didn't shoot with the intention of wounding him,” Mrs. Burke said to a Star reporter, “and I know it was a foolish_thing for me to do. I could easily have shot him,” she added. ‘T Was raised on a Texas ranch and am good shot. I only fired to scare him. R A 5:30 Will Be § N N N \ \ R, | Fugite, o BRBE TRAPGETS | | TWO OF DRY FORGE Federal Agent Sought, Mate Held in Marked-Bill Transaction. United States Commissioner N. C. Turnage today issued warrants for the arrest of Leon Ackerman, a federal prohibition agent, and George Anthony understood to be a prospec- tive agent, charging them with ac- cepting a bribe. The warrants were sworn to by federal prohibition officfals in charge of the local district, who caused the arrest of Fugltt upon his leaving a store at 20th street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest. cepting a bribe. Both men were ar- rested shortly afterward and held for a hearing before the United States commissioner later, The charges were filed by prohi- bition agents following developments of the morning in which marked money was said to have changed hands. Store Man Go-Between. According to officials, Raymond Prettyman, who owns and operates a’ delicatessen store where Fugitt was arrested, was the go-between, passing out the marked money for federal prohibition officials to both Fugitt and Ackerman. Prettyman, according to officials, had been arrested twice recently on charges of selling and illegal posses- sion of liquor and was said to have been promised immunity from further prosecution by Ackerman, for a con- sideration. Three hundred dollars money was alleged to have been given to Prettyman by federal prohibition authorities. This morning Ackerman and Fugitt called at Prettyman’s home | at 1923 I street northwest, according | to officials, $75 was alleged to have changed hands. More money was then ‘alleged to have been handed over. Both at First Held. As Ackerman and Fugitt later left the delicatessen they were arrested by Detective Murphy of the third precinct, who was accompanied by Harry M. Luckett, acting division chief of general prohibition agents, and Fred T. Rose, an agent. Both men were taken to precinct No. 3, where Fugitt was locked up, but Ackerman allowed to go. Prettyman the storekeeper, ac- cording to one report, was alleged to have asked federal prohibition officials to come to his home and take the liquor there, He was said to have declared he way through with liguor and wanted to get rid of all he had. Having_ passed the marked money today, Prettyman was expected to be one of the government's principal witnesses at the hearing. SEEK LIBERTY IN CHINA. Couple Held in Arms Plot Probe Sue for Habeas Writ. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAT, July 13.—A legal fight to obtain the release of Mrs. C. V. Stein and J. J. Maloney, arrested here in connection with alleged extensive illegal sales of arms and ammunition, began today with the filing of habe: corpus proceedings. Further arrests in the case are authorltie: STAR Issued Tomorrow Contaihing base ball scores, golf scores, racing results and other up-to-the-minute news. The regular edition of The Star as on other : Saturdays in July and at 1 o’clock. August will go to press in marked " After Losses BY ROBERT T. $MALL. 1 Special Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, July 13.—There are daily evidences of an earnest desire in the financial district of New York to “clean house.” This effort may or may not be inspired by grand jury Investigations, but, nevertheless, it 1s | under way, and occaslonal announce- ments that certain shaky firms haye been suspended from trading facili- | ties are greeted in “the street” with | satisfaction by those who would, guard the integrity of the real invest- ment and stock-trading business. | That the effort has come none too soon is clear, for figures compiled to- day show actual losses through fail- | ures in the last three or four years | amounting to more than $50.000,000. | What the public may have lost in the | fly-by-night brokerage . offices, the bucket shops, nobody can say. But lit- tle by little the story of the bucketeers HUTCHISON LEADS - TILEGOLF FIELD Brilliant 70 Puts Him in Van; Jones Has 71, While Sara- zen Shoots 79. By the Assoclated Pre INWOOD, N. Y., July 13.—Bobby Jonen of Atlanta led the field for | the mational open golf title when about half of the competitors had finixhed 36 holex. He went around in 71—73—144, equaling par and | the record for two rounds of the course, made by Joe Kirkwood in the qualifying round. INWOOD, July 13.—Jock Hutchison of Chicago jumped into the lead for| the national open golf title with a 70 for the first eighteen holes today. He made the round in two less than par and one less than Bobby Jones, who had been in the lead. Hutchison equaled the record for the jigigpae, sot by Joe Kirkwood in the qualifying play. On the first nine Hutchison had four | ! birdies. He took four on the par three! seventh. Coming home he had a birdie two on the twelfth, but took a five on | the par four eleventh. His card: ! Out 34445345335 45245344 4-3—70 Bobby Jones got off to a flying start. He did the first eighteen holes in 71, | one under par, and led the fleld by| [ two strokes when more than half of { the competitors had finished the first round. | After golng out in 38, one over par, Jones came home in 33, two under. | He had a birdie 3 on the tenth hole, was one over on the par 4 elev: enth, nad a birdie 4 on the long| fourteenth and a birdie3 on the | elghteenth as the result of a ten-foot | putt. His card: 454553365 438 3534434433371 Hagen's Seore 77. Walter Hagen of New York, Jones' partner, made his round in 77. Hel {had a birdle on the tenth hole, but| | was one over par on both the eleventh |and the elbow thirteenth, where he hooked his drive into the trees. He was down in par on the last five holes. | Hagen's card: | out 54455345 6—41 In.. 35385656 3 4 4 4—36—77 Joe Kirkwood, New York, was out in 39, and his partner, MacDonald Smith, San Francisco, in 38. Kirkwood,out 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4—39 Smith, out... 4 45563 3 4 438 Joe Kirkwood was over the second (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HOMES OF 4 MINE 5 Routing of Bucketeers With Gilt Signs and “Sucker Lists” Greeted With Increased Satisfaction. | ous years is being revealed, and it is | ing public. irelieve him of the command of the “From -Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s of $50,000,000 in New York these last few prosper- causing a distinct shock to sophisti- cated little old New York. A gilt sign, a name, two rooms in'a downtown financial building, and the bucket shop has been ready to receive the tribute of an unsuspect- Back of the whole bucketing game, of course, 1s the “sucker list,” containing the names of men and women who at some time in the past have fallen for the pur-| chase of some fake or worthless stock. Once on the * poor Vietim is allowed no rest. has had rulnous losses in the past, | he is told in a new circular by a new firm just where he can make a safe | and sure investment, recouping all that ho has sunk in his previous transactions. Theso sucker lists often represent the sole assets of a brokerage concern, and more than often they are all that is necessary for a quick clean-up and get-away. The sucker lists sell often as high as 35,000 to $6,000, but apparently | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) D.C. GUARDDIVISION T0BE REORGANIZED War Department Issues Orders—Gen. Stephan to Command. Reorganization of the 29th National Guard division, comprising the troops of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginla, has been directed by the War Department, resulting in the addition of some units to this city, organization of which will he under- taken at once by Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the District of Columbia Militia. Gen. Stephan, it is understood, will be commissioned a major general and placed in command of this division, which will in return result in a pro- motion of other officers of the local guard to comprise his staff. He will, when commissioned, and officially ordered in command, have represent- atives and alds in both states. Wil Have Dual Command. Commissioning of Gen. Stephan as a major general and assigning him to command the 20th Division will not District of Columbia Militia. He will | function in the dual capacity of major | general commanding the 29th Division | and brigadier general commanding the District of Columbia Militia. One of the new organizations added by the War Department to the Dis- trict’s quota is that of a military police company, organization of which will be undertaken immediately by Gen. Stephan. This company will be | one of the most attractive companies in the guard, as its members will probably be mounted on motor cycles and will have military police authority whenever called into_active service. The District Guard also has had added three coast artillery companies and_organization of these will be| started in the near future. The Dis-| trict already has, and will retain| under the reorganization, a combat | engineer regiment. The colored company of engineers recently was | made & company of infantr: Transter From Maryland. The allotment of three coast ar- tillery companies comes as a trans- fer from Maryland. On the other | hand. the War Department ordered | transferred from the District one field artillery brigade headquarters battery, 54th Artillery Brigade; the 104th Fleld Artillery ammunition train; the 110th Fleld Artillery regimental headquarters, including medical department detachment; the 110th Fleld Artillery regimental headquarters; the 110th Field Artil- lery regimental service battery; the 1st Battalion of the 110th Fleid Ar- tillery, 75 mms. In the final line-up the District of Columbia will have one infantry di- vision headquarters, one infantry di- | WORKERS BLOWN UP Dynamiting, Without Per- sonal Injury, Follows Strike Meeting. By the Associated Press. PITTSTON, Pa., July 13.—The homes of four miners were dynamited here early today. Among them was the home of Alex Campbell, a leader of the !nsurgent element of the United Mine Workers of America In the Pittston section. He is also a mem- ber of the scale committes’ which is negotiating with the coal operators at Atlantic City. The front portions of the houses were blown out and the cccupants tossed from their beds, but no one was hurt. The first blast occurred at the home of Campbell, and other blasts follow- ed at the homes of Tharles Alba, Micheal Desalvo and Joseph Marti- netta. Grievance Committee Head, Campbell had returned from Atlan- tic City in an effort to ald in the ad- Jjustment of a strike at No. 6 and No. 9 collieries of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. He i8 chairman of the gen- eral grievance committee of the Penn- ylvania Coal Company and the Hill- d Iron Company, and pre- meeting of strikers last night. fFhe teeling of many of the strikers it was said, was to the effect that & general strike of the 10,000 men em- ployed by these two companies should be calls Campbell is said to have disapproved this proposition and to have told the men that their leaders would to arrange a settlemient with the gperators. dgphmi; occurred three or the conclusion jaside from those named for the Dis- vision _heoadquarters company = and detachment, one headquarters spe- clal division troops, one military police company, one motor cycle company, one ordnance maintenance company, one combat engineer regi- ment, one division train, Quarter- master Corps; five coast artillery companies and onme infantry bat- talion (colored). There will be several choice va- cancles on the staff of the major genoral commanding the 20th Di- vision. One of them is division ad- jutant general, with rank of leu- tenant colonel, In addition, there will be one aide with the rank of captain, first or second lieutenant and one captain or first lleutenant, Quartermaster Corps. The chief of staff Virginia and other is allotted to appointments, triot, are divided between the two| states. The latter will make their | nominations to Maj. Gen. Stephan when he is commissioned as such and he, in turn, will make the rec- ommendations, including his selec- tiona from the District of Columbla, to the War Department, through the | headquarters of the 3d Corps Area, for | official appointment. i | WEARING BRIDAL GOWN, WOMAN ENDS OWN LIFE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 13.—Dressed in her bridal gown and with an open prayer book on the couch beside her, Mrs. Lydia Marquet, thirty-four, a dressmaker, committed suicide today by inhaling gas. Two weeks ago her hus- band ended his life in the same way. She tried to end her life a few days ago, but a slot meter frustrated the attempt. She had & regular meter installed to make sure her second effort would be successful. Mrs. Marquet's plans for death Net Circulation, 87,964 TWO CENTS. FLOOD IN SUBURBS FORCES HUNDREDS FROM THEIR BEDS Hillbrook and Deanwood Cellars Inundated and Street Cars Tied Up. WATERS SWEEP DOWN NORTHEAST HILLSIDES Lack of Proper Sewer Drains Blamed for Storm’s Damage. Flood waters surged through Hill- brook and Deanwood in the north- east suburbs following the heavy rain early today, drove hundreds of families from their beds, flooded the cellars of dwellings, tied up street car and railroad traffic for three hours and left behind a wide wake of property damage and sticky yel- low mud for the second time this yeat. Hard by, the scene of the disas- trous inundation around Benning last spring, this morning’s flood was scarcely less serious from the stand- point of damaged property. Resi- dents of the two suburbs most se- rlously affected declared ~the only thing that prevented loss of life was the fact that it occurred at an hour when virtually no pedestrians or mo- torists were abroad. Flood From Hills. Tons of water drained down from the high hills surrounding Hillbrook and Deanwood {nto the narrow valley in which they nestle. Within fifteen minutes, residents said, Wills creek, an ordinarily pacific little stream in which children wade with safety, was turned into a roaring river. From one to two feet of water raced down the streets after completely filling inade- guate six and twelve inch sewers, and hundreds of private homes became marooned {n muddy, yellow lakes, Lack of proper sewer drains to carry off the rain water was blamed for the inundation. The District Commission- ers have asked for an appropriation of §2000.000 for sewers throughout ‘Washington, i uding an item that is expected to glve the northeast sub- urbs adequate drainage systems, but in the meantime there is no prospect Of steps being taken to avold a vepeti- tlon of the costly overflow should an- other severe storm occur, which mIEht be cxpected at this time of the Trafic at Standstill. Traffic over the Deanwood street car line and the Washington, Balti- more and Annapolis electric railway tracks was brought to a standstill When the raging waters of Wills jcreek broke through a sustaining dam in the rear of fire engine com- pPany No. 27 and flooded the street and tracks beneath four feet of water for a distance of more than a mile. Both the road and tracks be- neath the Baltimore and Ohio rall- road culvert remai R ned dangerous for Most damage was done in Hill- brook, which lies largely along the banks of Wills creek. Fields, truck farms and gardens, covering an area of ecveral square miles, were sub- merged beneath a foot or more of wuter when the creek rose precip: tately more than a yard and over- flowed its banks. Many of the yards of private dwellings were still’ sub- merged this morning and - nearly ery person one met in tha wore hip boots. s Store Surrounded. One of the most sorely hit places was the store and gas station of L. D. Hayes, on the Deanwood pike. Six inches of water still surrounded the big gas tank, which stuck up out of the center for all the world like a lighthouse In a sea of mud. Its attendant reached the tank by means of an improvised bridge built from bricks and boards whenever an in-" trepld motorist splashed through the ;n-axu for a gailon or two of essential uel. Angelo Gabardini, a stonecutter, whose shop and attractive home are just a few yards down the road, waxed eloquent when approached. Garbed in overalls and hip boots, he was busy carting wheelbarrow tpon wheelbarrow load of sand and mud from the floor of his shop. His yard was still a lake, from out of which once well polished but now thoroughl. tanned tombstones cautiously peeped, He said his cellar was just as full of the same kind of yellow water. “We're always flooded,” he sald. “When the last big flood come I advertise my house for sale. But every time a prospect come she rain again and my street, my yard, this creek and everything flll_ up with water again and the prospect go awa: Just a few sewers would fix things all right, but we can't get them. But you bet by golly we have to pay our taxes JuSt the same. What you think of that, huh? I think she is one damn shame.” Chicken Coop Inundated. Over in Deanwood. which is just across the Washington, Baltimore antl Annapolis tracks from Hillbrook, and is largely occupled by colored fami- llee, conditions were hardly less dis- heartening. For instance, a reporter found Arthur Crutchfield and his wite busy draining water from around their yard so their already loudly cackling chickens might hop down from thelr roosts without danger of being drowned. Next door lives Anthony Brown, also colored, who said waters surged down his street and swept directly across his back porch. Fortunately, he lives on a slight incline so that his home was not_inundated for very long. What had once been streets were veritable quagmires this morning. Roadways that were not concrete and asphalt covered had almost been ob- literated by the washout and the paved thoroughfares were covered by a half irich of the sticky, vellow mud that was to be found aimost every- where. Motoring was made hazard- ous by the cars skidding in almost every conceivable direction, complete- 1y beyond control of their drivers. A corps of men was kept busy greasing the street car tracks alone. were elaborate. After wWriting a note of farewell to Miss Marceline Sage, her sister, she sat down facing a photograph of herself and her h Band and tled & gas tube to her head " Siies "Sew e, ald - the- ' ‘were devo! Another detachment of workers was at work early replacing the dam, which ordinarily keeps the waters of “Wills creek ‘from covering adjoining figids with every substantial storm. bt men were simply piling mud {Continued on Page 3, Columa 3.)

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