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WEATHER. Cloudy and slightly night; tomorrow partly warmer. ‘Temperature for twen ended at 2 p.m. today: at noon tod! Yesterday. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 o) No. 29,2 post Lowest, 56, at 11 p.m, Full report on page 7. warmer to- cloudy and ty-four hours Highest, 65, Entered as second-class matter office Washington, D. C. Che WASHINGTON, Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 2 1 1924 —FORTY- - Sfar. “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 Circulation, 96,048 EIGHT PAGES. * TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE IS NOMINATED; KENYON MAY BE MATE UNANIMOUS VICTORY ¥ PREVENTED ONLY BY 44 INSURGENT VOTES * La Follette Gets 34, Johnson 10, While President Makes Sweep of Other 1,065 Delegates. * 'VICE PRESIDENT AT SESSION ‘Burton Eulogy of TO BE CHOSE THIS AFTERNOON Chief Executive as Progressive Conservative Ends in Old-Time Demonstration. Br the Associated Pross CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland, June 12—Riding a rum- bl tide of party enthusiasm, nomination for the presidency jorities ever given by a Republic Before the first and only rol of his victory had been tdld as delegations from support. No other name was preser the 28 of the 20 Wisconsin but the 2§ cast for Robert M. La Fol were delegates followed out their prin Hiram Johnson. Calvin Coolidge was swept into today by one of the largest ma- an convention. 1 call was half complete the story state by state the votes of solid ast, west, north and south were thrown to his . nted formally to the convention, votes and 6 from North Dakota lette, and 10 of the South Dakota ary instructions and voted for The totals were as follows: Coolidge, 1,065. La Follette, 34. Johnson, 10. Necessary to a Kenyon Boom Then the result was convention recessed in a tornado of cheering until late in the afternoon. when it will select Mr. Coolidge's run- ning mate. The word was being passed along that Judge W Ken- ¥on of Jowa. a former chairman of the Senate farm bloc. was the latest selection of the leaders closest to the President. but nevertheless, at least a half dozen others seemed to be still in_the running Some of the larger delegations were #2id to be trying to get together on Representative Everett Sanders of Indiana Burton Nominates Coolidge. choice, 536. Leads. inounced the 1 Coolidge's name was to the convention by Dr. Marion Roy Burton of the University of Michigan, and, upon the conclusion of #his nominating speech, the delegates went into a fifteen-minute old-time «iemonstration, in which state stand- ards were torn from their fastenings and carrfed on a howling stream of humanity around and around the big wonvention hall. Dr. Burton. the President's home i« ampton, spoke on beh chusetts, and the nomin, onded LY Vermont. (a sas, Oregon, Illinc North Carolina and New York. Lon Tcfore the floodgates of oratory had been closed the deleates were clam- oring for a vote, and when they had #n opportunity they made quick work of the balloting. After the afternoon session has se- Jected the vice presidential nominre the convention will adjourn sine die Senator Borah's reiterated refusal 10 take second place on the ticket after he had been selected at an all- night_conference of the Republican Jeaders. left the vice presidential site uation very much up in the air, and it was agreed that the short recess rangement, would =ive little op- nortunity for conferences that might jead to any definite agreement. It appearcd prpvable that despite his attitude, Mr¥ Borah's name wogld be presented to the convention along with those of at least a half dozen other aspirants, and some of the lead- ers foresaw an old-fashioned fioor ifight for the nomination. The formalities of nominating Mr. wwolidge himself to head the ticket were comparatively simple. The hon- of placing his name before the delegates went to Dr. Marion Leroy Rurton, once his neighbor in North- ampton, Mass., and now president of the University of Michigan. A half dozen delegates from as many states were allotted time for seconding hes. P Senator La Follette's Wisconsin dele- gates and their half dogen sympa- thizers from North Dakota, booed and taunted by a roaring circle of their colleagues last night when they re- fused to join in a demonstration for Mr. Coolidge, were in their seats when ihe convention opened. They decided not to formally place the name of iheir leader before the convention, but to cast their baallots for him from e foor. Two Sexsions Heated. Despite the fact that it was the one big day of the convention, delegates were slow in arriving and the hands of the clock passed 10, With party managers and delegates: scattered about the hall and on the platform in conterences in which the Vice Presi- dency was the sole topic. The word zot around that there would be two cossions, tte first for the nomination of President Coolidge and the other After @ recess for luncheon ' for the nomination for Vice President. A good many of the party leaders 4id not come to the hall for the first session, but remained in their rooms in hotels talking with representatives of groups of delegates, seeking to find {ome crystallization of sentiment. The ituation changed momentarily, it “cemed. When it became known that Senator Borah had reiterated his re- fusal, ome group of leaders declared that meant the nomination was hea presented a former resident o! wn of North- f of Massa- tion was sec- fornia. Kan- New Jer: or | DL ad in the direction of Hoover and an- other group declared that it was | turning to Senator Curtis of Kansas, | the Republican whip of the Senate. See Contest Forecast. another group declared that ‘he situation forecast a contest on the | foor between Senator Curtis and Judge Kenyon of Jowa. The boom for | Senator Watson was much in evi- dence and his partisans declared it | was not to be downed. The truth of | the situation obviously was that sen- timent had not crystalized overnight tnd that the delegates were waiting for some one to say the word to lead | them. 8til Marion Leroy Burton was on ie platform earty, ready to nominate | PresideAt Coolidge. Afic= ~onferring | with convention managers it was de- ded he would not deliver his speech | at such length as he had prepared it, | but would ‘speak probably for less | than an hour. Conference Causes Stir. The word ran around the conven- tion hall that President Coolidze and { Senator Borah were in conference in | Washington. At the same time the word came that various state delega- tions, in meeting, had decided to sup- port this or that candidate “until fur- ther notice.” The significance of that was that the delegations were wait- ing for the world. Senator Wadsworth of New York, when he arrived on the convention | floor. said: | _“Wo understood last night from a man who had been bringing messages from Washmgton that Senator Borah would accept. We didn't get in di- rect touch with the senator. Now we don't know where we are. Overnight the_ situation has been blown Kite- high.” Thirty minutes after the hour set for convening the aisles were clog- zed with delegates standing up or | milling around talking the vice presi- |dency. There were many empty seats |in the galleries. Leaders were called to the platform for hurried confer- ences and then dispatched to parts of the hall or to conference rooms out- side. The Uncle Sams, a marching | club_of Buffalo, N. Y., brought in a touch of color, coming into the hall led by a fife and drum corps of women. Wait Further Word. It became known that Senator Bev- | eridge had received a telegram from Senator Borah authorizing him to withdraw his name if it were pre- sented to the convention. Senator Beveridge sent back word to the Idaho senator urging him not to decline the nomination and was waiting for « reply. It ‘was 10:40 o'clock when Chai man Mondell began rapping for order. | The chairman couldn't get order, but the strains of ‘“The Star Spangled Ban- ner” quieted the disorder and brought the delegates to quiet. Then Bishop Schrembs of the Roman Catholic &io- cese of Cleveland offered prayer. After the prayer the song leader got into action again and led the convention in signing “America.” Chairman Moendell then recognized Senator Wadsworth of New York, who took the platform and got a demon- | stration from all parts of the hall. He told the convention he had been | direated by his delegation to offer a |zesolution to_send a_ telegram to Chauncey M. Depew, who was unable to come to the convention for the first time since the nomination of Lincoln. It was a telegram of felici- tation on Mr. Depew's recent nine- tieth birthday anniversary. Rewolution Pussed. The resolution was adopted with cheers and the telegram was ordered sent to Mr. Depew. Then the chair called for the names of the new na- tional committeemen and committee- women. The sponded with the names as they were calicd by the clerk from the plat- form. 3 While the call of committee names was going on the word went out from the Wisconsin delegates that they would support Senator George state delcgations re- | NOMINATED PRESIDENT WINS Stand Taken by Convention Be- lieved Clear-Cut Victory for Coolidge. FACES FIGHT IN SENATE Filibuster May Hold . Up Proposal at. Short Session. BY GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, June 12.--The United States is going into the world court with such reservations as those pro- posed by the late President Harding and Secretary Hughes and later re- proposed by President Coolidge, if the foreign relations plank adopted by the Republican national commit- tee ‘means anything and the Republi- can ticket is successful the polis in November. The President won out in-his fight for the inclusion of a definite, un- compromising indorsement of the existing Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice and the proposed ad- herence of the United States under the plan proposed by him. ~ G. a Senate. In’this latter fight he will be successful also, ‘it is confidently predietioni. Not only will he have the support of the majority of his own party in the Senate, but he will also have the support of the Democrats of the Senate. with the exception of one ic Constitution. along with - the President; is vested with the power of dealing with the foreign relations of the ceuntry. It Tequires a two- thirde vote of the Senate to approve a treaty or protocol. History of Protocol. The protocols proposing - adherence of the United Stateés to the -world court, with certain reservations safe- guarding the United States from be- coming involved in;the league of na- tions, was sent tq the foreign rela- tions committee of the Senate by the late President .Harding. There it has slumbered. Recently the world court proposal was revived, and a resolu- tion drafted by Senator Pepper -of Pennsylvania and representing a kind of compromise between those, who fa- vored the entrance of the. United States into the world court and those who were averse to adherence to the present court was repbrted favorably to_the Senate 2 The resolution was a straddle. The senators who supported it were anx- ious that a similar compromise prop- (Confipued on Page 3, Golumn 4.) Storm Damage $1,000,000. GALESBURG, 11, Junc 12.—Dam- age estimated at nearly . $1,000,000 was occasioncd by a tornado and: hail- storm_ in- this .section early- today. Considerable live stock was reported killed. | T (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) G.O.P.Platform—Page 34 WORLD COURT -PLANK! Now he must fight it out with the | r two senators. The Senate, under | CALVIN COOLIDGE. {DUTCH SEIZE U. S. ARMS. Shipment to Germany Said to Con- tain Six Machine Guns. GHENT, Belgiom, June 12.—A shipment of arms of American man- ufacture consigned to Germany is reported by the Dutch newspaper | Grondwet to have been seized by the police at Rosendael, on the Hol- |land frontier. | The cases, according to the news- paper, were marked as containing <porting guns, but upon being opened were found to contain six machine guns and ten thousand cartridges. S L P 2L D. C. SUFFRAGE PLANK LEFT OUT BY G. 0. P. Supporters at Cleveland, However, | See Much Accomplished in | g Advertising It. MAY TRY AT NEW YORK | Campaign to Be Continued “Till Justice Is Done.” Bra ff Correspondent. CONVENTION HALL, CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12.—The District's national representative plank must wait four inserted in a national platform of the Republican party. It was turned down' by the ‘resolutions committee of the present .convention and therefore never reached the floor of | the convention itself. The supporters |of thé proposal to give the people of the District voling representatives in the electoral college and in Congress, while disdppointed by’ the fallure to include the District's plank in the platform, believe that much valuable work has been done toward inform- ing the party leaders of the needs of their District in this respect. They plan “to contifue a ecampaign education until justice District. District Plank Refuned, The subcommittee ~ appointed - to draft the platform declined unani- mously ‘to include the District plank in its draft. The ‘full committee fol- lowed the lead of the subcommittee. { The District's .plank. will be pre- sented, it is understood, to, the com- mittée appointed to draft’ the plat- form of the Democratic party in New York, and .evety effort made to met favorable’action oh it. -y Senator Watson of Indiana, 2 mem- ber of ‘the subcommittee on the Re- publican platform.. said -he .believed the place to start a movement for mational representative for the - Dis- | trice ‘was in Congress and not in a party platform, If the people of the District desire the right to vote, he said, he would favor granting that right, but he was opposed to having the matter dealt with in tWe Repuh- lican platform. Such a change ih the status of the District, he said, would require a constitutional amendment and should be approached through a congressional resolution providing such an amendment. is donme the years more before it’can hope to-be | of ! FOR PRESIDENT BY REPUBLICANS PRESIDENT BACKS KENYON AS MATE Borah Refuses Place and Coolidge Reported as Disapprov- ing Curtis. | FORMER FARM BLOC HEAD Judge Opposed by Conservatives and Fight Is Likely. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | CONVENTION HALL. Cleveland, {June 12.—The wishes of the old guard {here are not to prevail their selec- {tion of Senator Curtis has been dis- |approved by President Coolidge. | Word came to the convention direct |trom the White House that, having been unable to persuade Senator ‘nomh to accept, the President favors |the nomination for Vice President of |a progressive and wants Judge Wil- liam S. Kenyon, former senator from {Towa, named. NIr. Kenyon is called choice” by White House spokesmen. | He led the farm bloc in the Senate. His selection has been opposed from the Start by certain conservative ele- ments. and his nomination is by no red. - New York is fighting Charles D. Hilles, national eeman, says “it’s by no means the “logical it, comm over. Senator Curtis is really more popu- Jar with the rank and file of this con- vention than.any one else, but if President . Coolidge insists Kenyon will be the nominee. Choice Believed Certain. Senator Smoot - of Utah told the writer at 12:50 p.m., Cleveland time, that Kenvon's nomination was in- evitable, and that the opposition to him was crumbling. He said the nomination was.as good as made. The President originally offered the portfolio of Secretary of the Navy to Mr. Kenyon, but he decided to stay on the bench. 'He would have liked the portfolio of Attorney General, but Mr. Coolidge preferred ‘another. It was said at the time that the White House lcoked with favor on Kenyon as a running mate, -but the boom for him here , failed to,get momentum, due to the opposition of the 51d guard. ‘The organisation .of the farm states for Kenyon, plus Mr. Coolidge’s own insistence on a_progressive. shifted the situation to Kenyon when Hoover and Borah eliminated themselves. Mr. Kenyon is called a radical b many, but he is really a progressive With 'a touch of comservatism. At any rate his friends in the Senate al- Ways regarded him as safc and sane. He indorsed Senator Brookhart and is popular.in fowa and the west Somebody Miseued. With respéct {o the Borah sugges- somebody. miscued. The ‘old guard” - doesn’t funciion too well. Senator Borah was all but nominated in the early hours of the morning here—everybody was for it cxcept Borah himself. And when they told him . he emphatically ~declined, thus joining Frank Lowden of Illinois and Herbert Hoover of California, who regard the vice presidency as an um- (Continued on Page 5, Column §.) By the ST Amsociated Press | nation. CLEVELAND. June 12 possibility shortly former lowa senator. Mr tain sentiment among the delegates. the nomination, and after Mr. the White House. The Kenyon move was started Curtis of Kansas. The latter's festations of friendly several of the conservative leaders ¢ declared was wanted immediately manifest, and upon the momentum of the boom convention floor began to develop. recess. Vice Presidency | BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 12.—The third day of a series of routine con- ferences over the vice presidential nomination sees the conferees appar- ently little nearer an agreement upon a possible candidate thah at the be- ginning At noon a report ran through the convention that the administration ieaders had determined to make an effort to nominate Judge Kenyvon of Towa for the vice presidency. During the nominating speech Hanford McNider entered the hall and pleaded with Senator Reed of tre Pennsylvania delegation change from Senator Curtis to Judge Ken- von. His efforts were fruitless. Penn- sylvania will be for Curtis. New York will divide between Kenyon and Curtis. i to Move for Sanders. A movement is under way in the New York and Pennsylvania dele- gations in favor of Representative Sanders of Indiana if there is a dead- lock between Kenyon and Curtis and neither one can make the grade. Hanford MacNider claims he is mak- ing steady progress in behalf of Cur- tis. Senator Watson of Indiana is holding on to his delegates who were | Senator Borah of ldaho’ announced |at the White House today after a |brief conference with President | Coolidge that under no circumstances would he accept the Vice President nomination The Idaho progressive Republicans, in making this statement to news- paper men, spoke with unmistakable finality and he spoke with emphasis. Senator Borah said that he has wired to friends in Cleveland as well as to members of the Idaho delegation in the convention to do everything within their power to prevent his name being placed in nomination, and in the event it is presented to have it withdrawn immediately. 1t was explained by Senator Borah that he does not want the nomination and that he feels that he would be of greater service to all concerned by staying in the Senate, where he could vote and could voice his opinions on pending legislation, than as the pre- siding officer of the Senate. While he observed that being Viee President would not prevent him from making public addresses, Scnator Borah said that “it_would not be becoming or appropriate for the presiding officer of the Senate to discuss publicly pending issues in the Senate or on the public platform.” Backs Judge Kenyon. 1t was indicated by the Idaho sen- ator that he has sent word to friends at the convention to name Judge Wil- liam 8. Kenyon of Iowa for sec- ond place on the ticket. He sald that PAUL, Minn., June 12—Federal Judge W. S. Kenyon, the circuit court of appeals here, declared this afternoon that he was not and never has been a candidate for the Republican vice presi His judicial position, Kenyon declared, made it even to discuss what his probable action would be should the Cleveland convention nominate him as President Cool He said, however, he was confident he would not be nominated. The plan proposed by leaders was to recess the convention nomination of President Coolidge, to meet again tonight, with giving the Kenyon movement an opportunity to get under way BOOM GET: boom of the Pennsylvania delegation in v Consolidation of the Kenyon stren of the forces opposed to the lowa man, and indications of a fight on the IOWAN ACCEPTABLE, BUTLER ANNOUNCES; | MENACEDAS BREAK BOOM GROWS FAST ge's running mate. ~Nomination of Judge William S. Kenyon of lowa as the Republican candidate for Vice President became a strong iter noon today with announcement by William M. Butler, President Coolidge’s manager. that Kenyon would be acceptable. The announcement began to spread through the convention, and con- ferences began looking toward the consolidation of strength behind the Butler himself dispatched agents to ascer- The inauguration in determined manner of the Kenyon boom fol- lowed reiteration by Senator Borah oi Idaho, aiter a conierence in Wash- ington with President Coolidge, that he could n. cation with fter the a view S at IMPETUS. a time when many leaders were declaring that the nomination lay between Judge Kenyon and Senator was given an impetus by oting to support him and by mani- action sentiment on the part of the big New York group DEPENDS ON EA Judge Kenyon's name has been mentioned about the convention from the first, but the movement in his behalf went into partial eclipse when lared against him. He was brought forward today as a near approach to the type of man which Mr. Butler | in meeting last night with delegates irom the agri- | cultural states, although the Coolidge chief at that time said that Senator Borah was acceptable to almost all g roups and would accept The attitude of the eastern state delegations toward Kenyon was not .in the view of some ieaders. depended gth was met by gathering together The arrangement to recess the convention until night was abandoned, however, in favor of the earlier arrangement for an hour-and-a-half One group opposed to Judge Kenyon, consisting of Senators Lodge of Massachusetts, Reed of Pennsylvania and Wadsworth of Secretary Melion, held what was understood to have been a protest meet- ing in a committee room in the basement of the convention hall ew York and Still in Doubt, With Kenyon and Curtis in Race instructed for him. lease them | When the delegates assembled in Convention Hall the word flashed around among the leaders that Sena- tor Borah | Coolidge ail the mornine, news occasioned keen interest much speculation as to whether situation was take another sen- sational switch refusing to Demonstration for Curtis. There was a sudden demonstration for Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Kansas delegation passing around paper sunflowers with Senator Cur photograph in the center. Senator Capper of Kansas, chair- man of the farm bloc, said today the Kansas delegation was strong Mr. Curtis for Vice President. The delegation, he said, would vote for Curtis "It looks,” sald Senator Cap- per, “as though we would have to go into the convention and fight this matter out.” At 1 o'clock this agricultural states, fourteen in num- ber, with whom he had been in con- ference all vesterday and last night, submitted to William M. Butler, the Coolidge manager. the result of the ballots taken in the conference. Preference was indicated as follows for the vice presidential nomination: Kei y | Page 2, Column Borah Rejects Second Place After Parley With Coolidge he looks upon Judge Kenyon as “an able, progressive man and in every way qualified to be Vice President, and. for that matter, for President.” Senator Borah said that he made known his unchanged position re- dent Coolidge during their talk this morning, but would give no intima- | tion as to_the President’s attitude. Senator Borah had yesterday after- noon made the engagement with the President for today, but the latter when he learned of the happenings in the convention city last night, when all _indications were that Borah would be presented for the nomina- tion, desired to see him in advance of the time set Senator Borah was not at home when the White House tried to get him by telephone. After several unsuccess- ful attempls Idward Clark, the President's personal secretary. was sent after the Idaho senator. Secretary Clark used one of the fleet of White House automobiles and for more than an hour he chased about Rock Creek Park, where it was said at the senator's home he had gone for a horseback ride. Senator Torah was finally located and the message from the President was per- conally conveyed to him. When Secretary Clark returned to the White House and reported to his chief that Scnator Borah would make a public statment to the press later, he declined to say to news- paper men just where he - finally aught up with the senator. Radio Programs—Page 41 ing in ential nomi- possible for him 2 | and would not accept Butler had been in commu to to re- had been with President which and the for morning Senator Capper said the representatives of the garding the vice presidency to Presi- | for the engagement. | D. C. WATER SUPPL OCCURS IN CONDUIT Reserve, However, Will Avert Scarcity, Engineers Say. Calming Fears. | PIPE WEAKENED BY AGE: HIGHWAY ALSO CAVES IN l150 Men Put to Work Repairing -Damage Extending About 100 Feet. | AVE THE WATER “Reduce water consumption!" £ the statement Engineer Commissioner Bell to- | | day commenting on the break in the conduit. Commixsioner Bell added that while he did not wixh to alarm residents of the District over a | | water shortage, he urked evers one to conxerve the city's water xupply while the break was be- ing_repaired. While there ix no occasion for thinking that the city will not be xupplied with water ax usual. it will be the part of Zood Judzment. in the intereat of the public, for every one to educe the use of water uatil e break in re~-od hix statement xaid. in was of Washin s threatened the sixty the gave ton wa feet wh Gre: shuttir caus top « curr: m side o Bridge o'clo: There is ample wate ty's various reser needs of Washing e break is repaire engineers mated toda 3 o'clock Saturday after today. when sixt f five-year-old cc ait brings water from Falls city's r way. completely <upp water and road to The nduit break | about Cabin on blowout” « the other about morning supply the voirs to meet ton until after which will be by noon. The breAk was caused, as enginecr have been predicting for vears, I the weaknesses fnduced by age, single conduit which supplics W nglon’s water, combined th hea |rains. which have washed earth aw m the bottom of the big tunnci | "The rorce of the break carried p | tions of the brick conduit twenty-f |feet, and the Conduit road caved on top of the break for a distance « sixty feet. No Camse for Alarm. A United engineer, in charge of the aqus declared that there is no danger the water supply ing. and tha | no cause for {part of the r fire should occur, he | be ample water. He pointed out i} the city now Is using £5.000.000 & ns of water daily, and that there |in the reservoirs more than 260,000,001 | gallons, which will be more | enougn . According to J. §. Garla tendent of the water deparin reservoirs at Brightwood and 1 are filled with 500,000 gallon | This is in addition to the 260,000,000 | in the Geogetown, Dalecariia and M Millan _reservoirs, and 4,000.000 ga lons of back water in the conduil from the break to the reservoir | Should it be necessary. the break can | be repaired enough immediate allow some water to to Washington. Repair Work Rushed. Three shifts of men. fifty shift, are working rapidly to repair the break. It will be necessary repair at least 100 feet of the condui or possibly more, because of the cracks and other weak spots for som: distance each way. The water burst from the with teriffic force, scattering wooden supports annd every near for yards around. The men who were on hand sa: and, caved in leaving a_chasm abo sixty feet long and twelve fect de The men are now working feverish with spades, picks and every obtain able tool to clear away the debris | The section of the roadway thal remains has had to be supported, and a new one will have to be constructed for some distance =o that the work on the new water line may be con | tinued. For some distance up the | brick structure, the conduit has been pushed out of shape by the force of | the water. Work on the new conduit | will not, however, be materially de | tayed. | No immediate reasongcan be given {for the break other tMan the heas |rains, which weakened the support- | ing earth, which has been one of th safety features of the old brick cor duit for a long time. Prepared for Troubic. Maj. O'Connor declared today tha “it was lucky this did not happen before we expected it and prepared for it" The engineers were sur- prised. however, that the break was in the top of the water line, instead of at the bottom and sides, where the pressure is greatest The three reservoirs along the Con duit road already show a deprecia- tion in the water mark of about « {foot and a half. This represents the drainage by the city for more than twelve hours. The break in the old water lins has shown that Congress did not appro- priate money any too soon for the | new conduit. which is expected to b ready by May Maj. O'Conne stated that Washington was fortunate that the sixty-five-vear-old water {line was so excellently built. He estimates that when the breaks are repaired. it will take three days tn vefill the reservoirs to their normal capacity Conduit Sixty-Five Years Old. The conduit in which the break occurred has served Washington with water continuously sixty-five years. It was completed and placed in serv- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.3 this in | i i Maj. J O'Connor, i to each condui bricks thing road. the quivered