Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1923, Page 12

2 HIGHWAY WORK ADY FOR OPENING State Forces Assemble | Eauipment for 8-Mile Fair- | fax-Falls Church Road. ateh (o The Star, CHURCH, V July 23.— highway construction forces ¢ ussembling equipment here -and (etual building of the eight miles highway from Falls Church to ted to begin this sads of equipment arrived znd more is on the resident engineer Is on ground and a camp for several Pundred convicts iz beiug prepared on @ part o » Camp Alger tract near Drerritield the preliminary grading is » on the Falls Church-Fair- tate forces will resur- S ington and Broad streets in Xalls Church. The former is a part highway and will be done at te's expens while the town for the work on Broad 1 It is expected, however, that this vear the state will take over twelve miles of tho Alexandria-Lees burg pike as a part of the state high- way system, probably from Alexan- dria to Tysons, ana including Broad street through ¥ai “hurch, which Would meim 1t future maintenance would be the state’s expense. Open Bids Wednesday. ids are to be Wednesday for mile and a th from Halls Hill to ¥ 3f an acceptable contract will the work started It there is no g bid it Probable the state itself will 1he road, working out from the Camp Alger base It is figured that this Bhort stretch of road could be com- pleted while the grading on the Falr- tax road was under way. The money tfor the Halls F road i®to be raised on notes signed by a number of Falls Church and Arlington county citizens #nd loaned to the state until such time as state and federal funds for rep: become available. The estima cost is $40,000, and two ; banks have agreed to FRUIT MEN FIGHT - CAR RATE INCREASE Say Refrigeration Schedule Western Maryland Road Unreasonable. ul Di FALLS e state a., ax i expe swoang m Several carl dady have waty aaw Being Tax ope th ed in Richmond building of the of Lee highway st Falls Church. bid is received the let linmediately and ax possible on il Disvaich to The Star. MAKTINSBURG. W Martin: burg Fruit he Int Vi, Juiy xchange has erstate Colamerce protest against the in refrigeration Western Maryland luled {p bucome effec- s evide the schedule is ced in the fact ve been re- ection of the maintains that refrigeration were never intended to act producers for the carriers; rates are discriminatory, rs are in a po- advantage of better seting roads, and says cstimated increase in charges, ctween §20 and $40 per car, every an added burden to « commi proposed incre < an opport position ¢ on fails to ab- e the e ity to am- hefore the ALEXANDRIA. Va., July Wright, XANDRIA, 23 (Spe- twenty-five Washington, stepson of town sergeant-of Po- tomac igton county, dled of puizon in St. Louis Saturday, aceord- ing to u telegram received by Mr. Driscoll who was formerly enploved - plant of the Hender- S mpany in Arlington St. Louls last Tues- osition which had him in that city by Jacks of St. Louis. Jacks was companion of the dead man. They ey whide overseas and corresponded larly. His stepfather says he hud plenty of funds ana s at a lose to account for his death. He has re- tuiped the services of Attorney Chgrles Henry Smith to obtain the pasticulars, The deceased lived in Washington and is survived by his wife. The body is expected here tonight. Burial 1l he made in Arlington cemetery. Newman. _colored, about years ¢ employed as the s 1. Madison in a eritical condition to- wt the Alexandrix Hospital as a yoéhilt of being shot last night while &1 River View, an on resort on the Maryland of the river. It ks said he b an under arrest Tor disorderly when the man shot him and The bullet was removed early by Dr. 8. B. iive fifteen gallons of gas 1 be quick about it,” sald a young wn who drove up to the garage of W. Fletcher shortly before lock Sunday morning. The did as requested. No sooner cleri pumped fifteen gal- the tonk than the customer « for two additional gallons. His snd request was granted and then utomobilist usked for two quarts oil. The clerk went inside ®et the oil and then the driver the machine and the loud made by the moving of the ttracted the clerk to the front the establishment before he had to the oil, and the only he was able to see was & screen thrown by the big it turned on two wheels street. There were jen and one woman in_the The clerk says the machine @ Washington tag, although he to get the number. \ de ption of the car has oitained and if the sriver :uin make his appearance efforts will_be made alue Bf the gas . taken. " A. boys left this morn- Rust, on Goose creek Va., ‘under direction of Kent, local secretary of the Y. M. The boys assembled at the and the trip was made in a my iruck of the Alexandria infuntry. The hoys will break up August 1 and return home that cl) A. F. left for to take red for on me 1l inte ing ke ited been should in this to collect in the party are Edwin . Grafton Cockey, Louls Goode, eth Rhodes, Ervin Brookes, Caton, Spéncer Hewins, Don- , Joseph Deuterman and Bruce Wallace. ‘The safety-first employes of th Washington-Virginia Raflway Com- rany will hold a meeting Wednes- v mnight in the Ingomar Theater, at which time an address will be de- Jivered by J. H. Truitt. Moving pie- tures will be shown in regard to the fety work and there will be vocal solos. In addition to the employes of the road and their families, Mayor Smoot, City Manager Rich and a num- Ler of city officials have been invited 10 attend. Mrg. T northwest, ssu Oster of 826 6th street Washington, is a patient at e Alexandria Hospitdl suffering from cuis and bruise o result of an temobile ¢ She is Siaing treated by D build | \Find Seven Frogs | In Snake After Rescuing Eighth Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., July 23.—While W. V. Carpenter, & young farmer of this county, was passing along the high road recently from one hay_field to unother, his attention was attracted by the peculiar ac- tions of a frog leaping about in a gully. He found that it was en- deavoring to escape from one of its hereditary enemies, a moccasin snake. With his hay fork he dis- patched the snake. The rural mail carrier, arriving on the scene at that moment, remarked upon the peculiar appearance of the reptile, saying he had never seen one with large knots or lumps all over it. An autopsy was held ‘and seven frogs found within, some of them alive. The snake measured nearly six feet in length. D. C. LAWYER WINS OWN | CASE IN POLICE COURT| Arrested for Remark He Made to Policeman, He Proves He Had Right to Speak, Freely. George B. McClellan, an attorney, charged with disorderly pleaded his own case in Poli today before Judge Gus A. and won. { He was arresied yvesterday on his! way to the Potomac Park golf links | in his automobile by Park Policeman | 1A, E. Crolssant. He was charged by ' jthe officer with an alleged violation ' of the traflic regulations, in that he} |had cut the corner in making a turn. lAfter the officer had examined his| jpermit and found it to regula 1Mr. McClellun started away in his {cur, making some remark thi( offend- ed ‘the officer, who stopped him for tihe second time and charged him | with disorderly conduct. He put up | small collateral and was released. | Mr. McClellaffl said that he did not forfelt his collateral because he felt he had not violated any law and was exercising his right as a citizen to make the comment he did. Judge chuldt said that there was a reason- able doubt as to the statement of the officer, denied by-the defendant, and dismissed the case. U. S. RECEIVER NAMED FOR MOVIE -CONCERN | fotder of Morosco Theater ana Productions Company Stock Held Unable to Meet Liabilities. By the Associated Prese. : NEW YORK, July 23.—A federal receiver was appointed ‘for the} Morosco Holding Corpdration, Inc., a Delaware corporation holding the capital stock of the Morosco Theater Com ny and the Morsco Produc- tions Company John Martin Riehele was as receiver under $100,000 bond in connection with a creditors’ suit | brought by Robert L. Hatch of this | ity., who alleged that the holding comp had liabilities exceeding | $35,000. The holding compa counsel, admitted the alle joined in an application celver. Hatch's action was based on a note of the holding company for $6,000, | {payable to August Jansse, which | came into Huteh's possession. | The complaint explained that the Morosco Productions _Company, & | ! California Corporation, had important contracts with the Associated First National Pictures, Inc, which en- zaged in theatrical productions and the making of motion pictures. IN PLOT AGAINST SOVIET {OFFICERS ARE ARRESTED | General Insurrection Aimed at Re- { publics and Leaders Said to conduct, | Court Schuldt | n. for a { Have Been Planned. By th LONDON, July 23.—Discovery of an extenslve anti-soviet plot, designed to promote general insurrection against all soviet republics and leaders of the third iInternaticnale, is reportzrl‘ by the Copenhagen correspondent of | the Exchange Telegraph Company, ! Assoclated Prese. q ] | The correspondent says that a num- ber of prominent officers have arrested. been RAIN BREAKS DROUTH, | BUT DAMAGES CROPS | WINCHESTER, Va., July 23.—Severe damage to crops resulted from a wind, hall and rain storm which swept over this section of the sta yesterday, breaking a drouth of more than six weeks. Telephone and telegraph lines werec down tonight, and accurate reports of the damage were not available. The rain was accompanied by a driv ing and twisting wind, which, it feared caused serious damage t orchards, as well as crops. NEW PLAYGROUNDS OPEN. | Three Added, Bringing Total Number Up to Sixty-Three. -With the opening this week of thred more school playgrounds Washington now has a total of sixty- three recreation centers. The new locations are: Ross, Har- | vard between 11th and 12th north- west; Monroe, Georgia avenue and Irving street, and Van Ness, 4th and | M streets southeast. —_——— ABANDONS SUICIDE IDEA. Mrs. Clifford Herbert of Chicago | Returns to Husband in Paris. PARIS, July 23.—Found in a small | hotel, evidently having reconsidered her threat to commit sulcide, Mrs. Clifford B. Herbert of Chicago, who | before her marriage to the son of | Victor Herbert, the composer, was Miss Helen Meer of Troy, N. Y., was persuaded, according to the Herald, to return to her husband last night. Mrs. Herbert disappeared Saturday night and for more than twenty-four hours eluded police who immediately were put on her trall by her husband, who feared she would execute her declaration. They have been here ten days. SON-IN-LAW STABBED. El'rouble Year After Elopement Re- sults in Near-Tragedy. Special Dispatch to The Star. McMECHEN, W. Va,, July 23.—Henry Strait, aged twenty-six, 1s In Rey- nolds 'Hospital, Glendale, in a criti- cal condition from knife wounds to his left side and arm. J. H. Nichols, Grant street, his father-in-law, 1s be- ing_held in ‘the Marehall county jail at Moundsville, pending the outcome of Mr. Strait's injuries. Strait was sitting on his front porch, witnesses when Nichols approached, and a fight ensued. More than a year ago Strait eloped with Nichols' daughter. Strait i3 = Baltimore and Ohlo raflroad Aremsn 20 Nichols conducts o grocers store. § a i who quotes the Stockholm Tidningen! | : H jot | numbers jat Saturday's game wa | ingiiton K EVENING GARRETTS TO FIGHT GHANGE OF VENUE| Virginia Murder Case, Open- ing Thursday, Promises Legal Battle. RICHMOND, Va., July 23.—Plans for one of the greatest legal battles in the history of Virginia were near completion today when opposing counsel announced they were ready for the trial of Robert O. and Larkin C. Garrett at Cumberland courtho Thursday for the killing,of the Rev. B Plerce, a Baptist minister, in @ fight in front of his home June 5. Counsel for the commonwealth an- nounced some time ago that the: would seek a change of venue. Mo- tion for the trial is expected to b presented to Judge B. O. White, either when\ court convenes Wednes- Juy or when the case is called Thurs- The Rev. Mr. Pierce, pastor of five Baptist churches in _Cumberland county, w to death at the parsonage fight with Larkin Garrett, es at the inquest testified that Larkin Garrett admin- istered a severe beating to the min- ister after calling him from his home, Robert Garrett, it was alleged, held ack the crowd which gathered, at the point of a pistol while his Lrother struggled with the minister. After the fight, it was testified, Mr Pierce went into his house and re- turned & moment later with a shot- gun and a pistol. Robert Garrett, it said, wrested the shotgun from the inister. The buttle with pisto followed and the ster fell mo tally wounded, Several bullets pierced his body, the coroner reported, and he liv fow with resting lap. Robert Garrett was she side and was only recently dismissec from a local hospital Robert Garrett is clerk of cuit court, while his brother county commissioner in char political feud of long standin, alleged to have been partly respon- sible for the killing. the Garretts and Mr. Pierce having been aligned with opposing factions. RIVER INSPECTION TO FAVOR FREIGHT Hampton Roads Commission Looks Over Sitnation About Richmond. the cir- is the Aj is Special Dispatch to The Star RICHMOND, Va. July Hampton roads port o on the steamer Maury. devoting ¥ to pection of the rive; and will a recommendation for impr nt of the enable better handling of the traffic freight the a 25.—The sion came here make overr James in order to engaged i n bringing to city, The commission primarily is to take such steps as will Hampton roads, but the betterment of the river from here to that point would be an added incentive to deepen the river and get out whatever obstructions ere may be. The commission is made up of men who are of wide general business experience and interested in the vailroads which touch that port. ROCKYVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 23 (Special Correspondence of The Star).—An- nouncement has been made of the marriage In_Washington on Satur- of Miss Anna E. F. sett, daugh- r of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Faw- ott of Travilah, this county, and John L. Ricel of the Darnestown helghborhood. The ceremony was performed by Rev A. F. Anderson at the home of the minister. The bridegrooom is a son Millard L. Rice. Under the ausplces of “The Glean- ers,” a class of the Rockville Ba tist Sunday School, a lawn fete was held on the grounds adjoining the Baptist parsonage Saturday evening. 1t was well attended. The proceeds will ‘g0 to the fund being raised to pay off the indebtedness on. the par- onage. ThE citizens' committee of section Chevy Chase, this county, has in- vited-bids for grading and construct- ing cement sidewalk on_ each side Willlams lane, fro Connecticut avenue to the Brookeville road, and to lay drain pipes and appurtenances. 15 Wil be reeeived at the office of Divid 3. Howell and Son, Tnion Trust Building, \ Washington, until noon Wednesday, when they will be pub- licly opened and the contract let. Proposals for engineering super- wvision of the work will be opened at 11 o'clock on Wednesday at the office of John H, Clark, Washington Loan and Tru Building, shington. The citize committee is composed of James E. Harper, John H. Clark, W. ©. Orem, jr.; C.'A. Jones and Mrs. Mamie D. V Saturday’s improve s in the Montgom- ery County Base Ball League result- ed as follows: At Rockville—Rock- ville 10, Betesda 1; at Glen Echo— Dickerson 4, Glen Iicho Wash- ington Grove—Boyds 16, ton Grove tanding Rockvill Boyds, 11—3; Wash- ington Grov —5; Bethesda, Glen Echo, 1; Dickerson, Next Saturday, Rockville play games at Bethesda, Di erson at Boyds and Glen Echo Washington Grove, The church people of Gaithers- burg and vieinity turned out in xam‘ two two at aturday afternoon to wit- ness a base ball game between thei Gaithersburs team and the American | Legion nine of Washington. Many | of them attended as a mark of ap- preciation of the action of the board of directors of the Gaithersburg feam in reconsidering a decision to | play Sunday games at Gaithersburg. | The announcement several days ago that Sunday games would be staged there caused a storm of 'protests | Prominent among those present Mayor John W. Walker, who had mever before atiended a game in Gaithersburg, and several of the ministefs of the town. The game was won by the Wash- team, 9 to 6, innings of play. It Was the third contest between the two teams and the second victory. for the American Legion boys. Next Saturday Gaithersburg and the Petworth team of Washington play at Galthersburg. after twelve i Sees His Brothe And Sisters F irst\{ Timein 39 Years| Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT SAVAGE, Md., July 23.—Charles W. Mont of this place _ went to Melford, Mass., where he had a feunlon ‘with his brother, Richard B. Mont, aged seventy- two, and their sisters, Mrs, Martha Harris, Halifax, N. S, aged sixty- two, and Mrs. Allce M. Taylor, Med- ford, aged sixty-six. For thirty-nine years Mr, Mont- had not seen fior “heard from his brother or sisters. He has been a resident of Mount Savage thirty- six years. He is a former Boston street car driver who wandered south and lost track of his rela- tives. He Is sixty-flve years old. Ho did construction' work on_thé ltimore-Annavolis Short Line iaading here. owner most to ot when a high-vol; whom name Special Disy Legionns paring to entertain nearly i thousand this city, August convention department of the Simultaneous con- held by the Ameri- and the Soclety Included among is ex-service or American Legion ventions can Legt of the STAR, W SHINGTON, MONDAY, D. C. JULY 23, 1923, ———— e Thrice “Hanged,” Farmer, 75, Wants to Meet \“Short’ > Bandit Special Dispateh to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., July 28.— Lewis Engleka, seventy-five years old, farmer, residing near the mining town of ~Berlin, ~above here, while alone: on his famm, about 11 o'clock one morning last ‘week was attacked by two ban- dits in his barn and assaulted. Telling of his experience, he sald two men came to his house aboul 7 o'clock in the morning, one tall and the other chunky. They did not say just what they wanted but kept hanging arpund ind _about 11 o'clock, when Mr. Engleka went to the barn, the men overpowered him and tied his hands to a manger. “Then they put a rope about my neck and threw the other end over a hay rack. ' They asked me where 1 had my money hid, and when I told them I had no money in the house, they pulled on the rope\and drew me up. - 1 hung suspended for a short time, when they let me down and again de- manded where the money was. 1 again told them I had none and they pulled me up the second time Crisp and charred by a murderous ptectric current. which had killed its burned away the remains of what cnee had been $67 were brought friend and practically of his clothes, the the Treasury today stricken family. pened in gang of men were ge electric job. officials here vrefer to for by busy BIG EVENT FOR LEGION. August 23-25 at Frederick. atch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., July res of Frederick are pre men in the and annual the will be n auxiliary nd Etzht rs for Forty =p the wathering ew York recently, on The hero, keep 23, — leaving me suspended until I was almost choked to death. The rope was slackened and T again rested on the floor. When I had so far recovered as to be able to speak, they repeated their demands with the same answer from me. For the third time they drew me up and I thought I was a goner, but they let me down be- fore 1 was strangled to death. Leaving me with my hands still tied to tHe manger, they went into the house and ransacked it from top to bottom, but got no money nor anything else worth money uor anything else worth much, after which they left the place and went over In the di- rection of the Keefer home. “It was some time before I was able to work myself’ loose from my bonds in my weakened condi- tion. But when I got loose, I went to some neighbors and to- gether we went over to the Kee- fer home, where we learned the two men had left in an automod bile with two other strangers. if I ever see the short one again, 1 will shoot him. He pulled me up. It was certainly some ex- perience and I thought my time had come.” BILLS RUINED BY DEADLY VOLT REDEEMED BY HERO’S FAMILY | warned time and again bv his friends to be more cautious. But in his last attempt to save his fellows from danger he seized the high-voltag naked wire, and was killed. Sixty-seven dollars in his pocket was burned. and it was this pathe souvenir of the tragedy which came to the Treasury today. It was iden- tified with spced. redeemed, and the friend was pald in full over the counter. Officials gaid it was one of the must pathetic cases of redemption perfenced here in year: commander. of the con- national session Alvin Owsley, At least one | vention will be held in Memorial Hall, Maryland Veterans to Be Guests| Md., ten miles west of Frederick emorial Hall, erected at a cost of $50,000, raised by popular subscription, is the tribute of Middle- town valley to the service men of Middletown | that section of the country. AUTO KILLS BOY AT PLAY. Special Dispateh to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., July 23— John, aged three, son of John Har- nicher of Jenners, was xilled yester- day by an automobile while playing in the roadway In front of his home. The lad is said to have dashed out in front of the machine. DRKOO TAKES POST, URGED BY LEADERS 1 By the Associated Press. PEKING, July 23 ton Koo, who yesterday assumed the portfolio of minister of foreign affairs, accepted. only after repeated urging by Wu Pei-Fu and Tsao-Kun, north China military leaders, and in spite of the con- tinued reluctance of Wang Kemin to take the portfollo of minister of finance. Dr. Koo has acted as minister from China to Great Britain and the United States, Tsao and Wu apparently are desirous tyat the present semblance of govern- ment be maintained pending some ar- rangement Yor the election of n new president. There is little prospect of such an election in the near future. Agi- tation for the assumption of the presi- dency by Tsao has subsided in the face of his seemingly determined resolution not to acquire the post except through regular procedure. Wang Declines Post. Wang Kemin, notwithstanding the is- suance of a decree appointing him finance minister and assurances of sup- port by Tsao and Wu, still is declining to take up the burden, entailing as it does, the raising of much money for administrative milliary expenses. An- other deterrent is said to be the pressure of financial interests which want him to remain in charge of the Bank of China. i Non-payment of Chinese diplomat representatives: abroad and Mheir ap- peals for funds are giving the framers of the binet 50 much anxie: that the latter are repeatedly appealing to Wang to assume offi Failure of the powers to agree on a concerted plan for aggressive action | toward China as a result of the Lin- cheng bandit kidnaping episode, and | the prospect that only indemnities will be exacted, has removed one of the greatest obstacles which hitherto bhad restrained Dr. Koo from taking office. It is expected that the cabinet presently will have the majority of its portfolios filled. The posts of foreign minister and others in the Chinese cabinet have been vacant for several weeks. Dr. Koo was the choice of Wu Pei-Fu, military sponsor of the Li Yuan-Hung regime, for forelgn minister. L1 Yuan-Hung, former president, fied to Tientsen and resigned the presidency several weeks ago PORTUGUESE MINISTER OUT. LISBON, Portugal, July 23.—The minister of war has resigned, and Premier Silva is assuming the port- follo temporaraily. Dr. V. K. \\‘emns-l Church Gathers On River to See Man87 Baptized Spectal Dispateh to The Star. LURAY, Va., July_23.—John P. | Grove, one of the most prominent farmers and business men of Page county, was baptized in the Hawksbill river here at the age of eighty seven years. Fider Arthur W. Campbell, pastor of Mount Carmel Regular Baptist Church, administered the rites. The en- tire congregation viewed the cere- mony from the river bantk. W. B. Clift, aged eighty-two, re- siding near ‘Shenandoah, received the ordinance of emersion at that place, the Rev. R. Crumpler officiating. SOUTHERN WOMEN’S FUND GETS 3 GIFTS Educational Alliance of Richmond Receives Total of $6,000 in Campaign. The Southern Woman's Educational Alllance of Richmond, Va., bas re- ceived three gifts within the past week toward the campaign being car- alllance under the di- n P. McCormick, field Spelman Rocke- feller Memorial Foundation gave the alilance )0 toward its annual budget ¢ 000. " Miss Margaret F. Lucado of Lynchburg, Va. gaye & founder membership of $1,000 in honor of her native ecity of Lynchburg, the first city to be so honored, and Miss Grace Arents of Riehmond, has made « gift of ) toward the campaign. | A New York branch of the ailiance will be established in the fall under | auspices of « number of outstanding! southern men and women. Mrs Charles Dana Gibson and Mrs. S, ure Bodine head this list and have secured among_the, sponsors the following: Mr. and Mrs. \George Gor- don Battle, Col. and Mrs. E. M. House, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Prince, Mr. Samuel Rey- urn, Mr. and Mra. A. H. Gregg. NEW COLLEGE DORMITORY. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., July tract has been let by Sweet College for erection of {dormitory, with capacity for thirty- |five persons. The bullding will be llocated on the campus and will make | ailable dormitory space for the en- largement of the college student body for the session opening two months | henee. —Con- Briar’] a maid's| At a cool and cheerful place, he rules witha smile of welcome. e’s quick with his hands and quick with his thought,and knows how to serve - what you want~when just you comein all thirsty and hot. Drink LOW-WATER MARK. . . IN RAPPAHANNOCK Upper River Dryest in Thirteen Years, With Power Plant Dam Quiet. Speclai Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 25.- Water in the upper Rappahannoci river fs lower than it has been at this season since the record has been kept for thirteen years by the Spotsylvanis Power Company. No water has been coming over the dam of the cqmpany for several days The lower water period usually oc curs the latter part of September and the first of October, Judge Embrey stated, but the present conditior brought about by the drought and parched con land tall. The electric power and gravel works a and the silk mill here has been cut off. A double forge of workmen busily engaged on construction of the auxiliary power plang, and it is hoped by the company to have the additior al power units in operation within the next two weeks, which will mak them entirely independent of weathe and water conditions. In {he time the Spotsylvania Power Co pany doing all possible to lkee local indrustrial plants and other con sumers of electrial power sufficienti; supplied with power. The shutdown of the ) Sand “and Gravel Company tated the temporary discontinua 1g concrete on the state between this city rt House. Th is_equipped wit Diesel ofl-bu generation of elec ity to supplement the hydrau of the present power plants company. It will provide a of power ample to take care of th needs of Fredericksburg for mei years to come and will be a protec tion against the serious water short age caused in recent ars by ex tended droughts continued ition of th. which readily absorbs the rain- for the san: aponas is & WHEAT YIELD ENCOURAGING Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., July of one and a half acres of the C. F. Washington farm, knowns Waverly, near here, vield one bushels of threshed summer, accord the manager, who yesterday afternoon that der of the acreage in fvh to yield as much 23.—A fleld the