Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1925, Page 4

4 - = .WW» THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. et eeree—————————————————————— e e e e CAPITAL BEHIND OTHER CITIES IN NEEDED BEACH FACILITIES POLICE T0 PATROL RIVER FOR BATHERS Will Guard Swimmers Where { Possible, But Will Form f No Safety Zones. Recognizing the increased peril to human life and the additional haz ards of river bathing this year because of the abolition of the Tidal Basin bathing beach, preventive steps to guard as possible against such per e been taken by Acting Chief of Police Charles A Evans, it was announced last night Inspector at a meeting of captains and lieutenants of various precinc! ssued special instructions that every precaution be taken in all precincts where there are streams of water sufficient for bathing and such policemen have such streams on their beats been given orders to safeguar, »m latent dan- gers in such swimming places. Precincts Responsible. will be responsible for patrolling t w r in it, and al though police without power to! make arrests promiscuously for bath ing when bathers are properly clad, then can warn any bathers who may be taking too many chances of their danger In addition, three boats will be avail able for river patrol work—one from the seventh precinct and two from the harbor precinct—to run up and down the river and be ready for any emergency which may arise, accord ing to Inspector Evans The life-saving unit Cross, it is understood, is ready to fur nish life preservers for use in case of emergencies on river hanks, but the ) knowledge that such an offer might be made got a cool reception from In spector Evans He also did not express any en thusiasm regarding more stringent regulations as to bathing in the Po- tomac this Summer and the sugges- tion that the lead of St. Louis which instituted safety swimming zones along the river near the city also met with no welcome. Existing Laws Sufficient. attitude of the Police ment, as expressed in with Inspector Evans, is that the laws already in existence are the sub ject matter enforcement for the Ppolice force. while additional innova tions could scarcely be of any great benefit “Even before bathing beach sald, “there were drowning Potomac every Summer 1 we will not be fortunate enougn to escape drowningzs this vear. But I consider it sufficient to have the three patrol boats on the river withot stituting any safety zones and tailing policemen for special w handling those who desire to take the risk_of swimming in the river. “People know of the danger. If they take the risk, and they will take it in spite of evervthing we can do, why, T can't see how the police, who have taken all reasonable precautions. can | be held responsible. In view of the present situation 1 have given special instruction to captains regarding pa trolling of the streams in the vicinity.” The suggestion of safety swimming | zones along the Potomac, from the Key Bridge to the Chain Bridge, while it met with favor amonz the campers on the river, failed to enlist the co. operation of the Police Department and the probability from the present viewpoint is that the river swimming will continue under the same circum- stances that marked such swimming in previous years, with the attendant and increased perils. THOUSANDS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF COOLIDGE | Throngs Jam St. Paul for Norse- American Centennial Each precinct ny of the Red The Depart- an interview the abolition Inspector suppose | i Celebration. ST. PAUL. Minn., June 6 (P With a series of divine services tomor row, the Norse-American Centennial to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first group immigration of Nor- wegians to the United States will be officially opened in the Twin Cities to- | morrow. Thousands of Norwegians from all parts of North America came to the Twin Cities today and virtually all of them attended the “bygdelag” meet- ings, or “old home" gatherings. Each bygdelag held separate seszions and elected officers Bishop John Lunde of Oslo way, was made an honorary member of " the Gudbrandsdalaget Bishop Lunde is the head of the state church of Norway with headquarters in that or | both from { improvement part of the country from which mem bers of this bysdelag come The thousands of visitors were look- | ing forward to Monday's program which will include an address by President Coolidge the State fair gTrounds. Announcement w that the President's address radiocast from the Tw Medal station. WCCO. stations in the United linked with WCCO. program will start standard time. at s made tonight will be Cities Gold No other radio tates will be The speaking p.m. central | i PRESIDENT SPEEDS THROUGH HOT BELT | TOWARD ST. PAUL (Continued from First Page.j mer home adjoins the Swampscott, to be used by dent, said, regarding the President approaching vacation, that the latter | does not know how to loaf or play. He felt very sure, though, that the President will have a g time :m:l“ will’ get a much needed in the typical Coolidge wi predicted | that give physical estate at the Prest rest He =] the |;lP.\llll nt will evidence of this when he reappears the White House early in September Mr. Stearns returned to the White House last week after an absence of two months, during which time he and Mrs,- Stearns were in Europe, and | one of the first things he said to The Star’y representative afte seeing President Coolidge was that the latter was looking great. Other than ap pearing to be somewhat discomfited by the heat, the President, according to him. appeared to thoroughly well and happy ¥ resident Feels Heat. Without saying much about it, the President felt the heat of the week more than he has at any during his residence in Washington, While he altered his daily routine u trifle because of the high temperature, he stuck close to his desk during his customary office hours and saw just as many people daily as has been his habit. If anything, the President probably worked harder during the past week than he has any week since the clos ing of Congres He had aimed to dispose of a_quantity of routine busi- ness and other important periding matters before leaving for Minnesota, where he will make an address tomor- row afternoon in connection with the centennial celebration of the landing of the Norwegians in this country. His week also was made fuller by his be past time | been app | business so as to have his desk | House on { confronted | canc City Without Large Place for Citizens to Swim With Summer Here—Many Will Flock to River Despite Pollution and No Safeguards. Washington today lags far behind other American cities in providing bathing and swimming facilities for its citizens. The survey of the Potomac River by the Public Health Service this Summer to determine whether bathing beaches can be safely provided along its shores for the people of the Capital City will make it possible for the city to compare favorably with other American citles in the matter of municipal bathing and swimming, it is hoped The Tidal Basin bathing beach, es tablished about a decade ago, with its accommodations for large numbers of bathers, went far to meet the need for safe public bathing here. But the elimination of this beach by the last Congress has left the city without any large public bathing beach For many years public spirited citizens of Washington struggled to bring about adequate bathing facilities for the people About 18 years ago an effort was made to use the old ponds in the Monument _grounds for municipal bathing pools, but they did not prove satisfactory and were finally aban- doned. The provision made by Con- gress for the Tidal Basin beach seemed to have solved the problem. But to- day the city Is back where it was vears ago, so far as public bathing facilities are concerned Will Thro to As a matter of fact, the river has been used for swimming and bathing during the entire life of the city. It will be used this Summer probably to a greater extent than before, ow ing to the loss of the Tidal Basin, notwithstandi warnings against its use on account of pollution and otwithstanding the t that no safeguards for bathers against drown- ing are provided. The survey to de- termine what steps, if any, can be taken to make river bathing safe, drowning and from infec tlon due to pollution of the waters, becomes of especial interest Bathing for health, cleanliness and pleasure has been practised by nearly every people from the earliest da. The Jews, Greeks. Persians, the Egyptians and especially the Romans paid much attention to the baths, public and private. In Rome the public baths. hot, cold and vapor, were on a huge scale. In the eighteenth century sea bath- ing was popularized in England. and in 1842 the first public Swimming baths were established there, and the floating bath. very common in Ger- many, was adopted by some of the English citles American Cities Lagged. American cities did not supply free public baths until the early nineties with New York, Chicago, Yonkers, Brookline, Boston and Buffalo among the first. Since that time, however, gre; strides have been made in the of public bathing fa- cilities in many American cities, and municipal bathing beaches and pools are on a large scale and numerous. Yet Washington is approaching the heated months of the Summer practi- callv without free public bathing facilities for its population of nearly half a million In other American cities the great- est possible use of natural bodies of water in their vicinity has been made for bathers and swimmers. Boston, for example, offers widespread oppor. tunity for bathing, wading and swimming. It had, 10 years ago, eight beaches and nine open-air pools or floating baths conducted by the municipality, and the attendance at these bathing places was very great These facilities have been still further increased. The largest of these mu nicipal beaches in Boston is the L street beach, on the Charles River, by the way. At this beach separ: rooms for men and women, in all, were provided, besides 700 lockers for hoys. and other means for caring for the clothes of the smaller boys. No charge is made for the use of the rooms or lockers, but a River. jcharge is made for the use of bath- ing suits and towels. Detroit Has Fine Beac Belle Isle Beach, situated the shores of Belle Isle Park, an island in the St. Clair River, owned by the City of Detroit, has been another popular municipal bathing beach. The entire investment a decade ago in the Belle Island bathhouse was building was used as a free bath- mented since. It became self-sus- taining, a charge of 5 and 10 cents being made for bathers, and in fact on journey to Wednesday, dre: erc later Annapolis, where he Md., last made an ad- incident to the graduating ex- es at the Naval Academy, and personally presented the com- | missions to the more than 400 cadets. Besides all this, Mr. Coolidge has ving himself to accumulated eur when the time comes for him to pack his trunk and head for those cool waters in the vicinity of Swampscott It is not his intention to be swamped with routine Government business while conducting the temporary White the North Shore or to be with a miserable pile of unfinished business when he returns to_his desk at the White House. The fact that Mr. Coolidge vet set a date for departure, or at least hs not nnounced one, is another Coolidge way of doing busi- ness. It is not at all improbable that his associates and most intimate friends will not be advised of this date until few days in advance of the departure. Incident to his work during the past week the President gave considerable study to the filling of several highly important federal positions. The most important of these was the solicitor generalship, which has been vacant for more than two months, since the resignation of James M. Beck. He succeeded in filling most of these va ies, one of which was made yes- terday and two today by appointing successor to Mr. Beck, a District Commissioner, a member of the Tariff Commission and a member of the In- ional Joint Commission. not Present Trip a Pleasure. President has looked forward to his present trip to Minnesota with more than ordinary interest. The tact that it was to be made in almost rec- ord-breaking weather apparently :ve him little concern, despite the ct that friends and ociates ves- terday and early today appealed to him to abandon it because of the in- tensity of the heat. The weather did not seem to worry him. He made it clear that it was his intention to make this journey regardless of anything. Those close to the President say that he has imparted to no one what the real appeal that prompted The him to accept this speaking engage- ! ment. There has been, however, much speculation. First of all he takes pride in the part the persons of Norwegian birth or ancestry have taken in the development of the Northwest coun- try, and he has been represented as ‘ing that he would like to give evi- :nce of this pride and appreciation v taking part in the observance of the Norse centennial. Has Political Angle. Speculation as to the causes that might have prompted the trip points out that aside from any sentiment the trip is Aavored strongly with politics— made a profit which was used in fur- ther improvements at the beach. One building was used as a free bath house and dressing room for boys. Several hundred separate dressing rooms for men and women and girls are provided. The bathing beach carries a stock of some 500 dozen suits for men and half as many for women, and many thousands of towels. A Jaundry with modern wash- ing, extracting and drying machines, capable of washing and drying 350 suits an hour was installed on the second floor of the bathouse. Both the City of Boston and the City of New York have maintained free floating baths, located at inter- vals along their water fronts. Those in New York are in the Hudson and East Rivers. These floating baths are about 95 feet long, 60 feet wide and are floated on eight pontoons. In the center is a large well divided in twa parts, one for adults and one for chilren.” The water in the adult part is 415 feet deep and in the chil- dren’s part, 213 feet deep. The pol- lution of the river water due to sew- age from the city caused criticism of the use of the baths, and brought about the adoption of strict rules for their use. The floating baths were provided with attendants. and the use of the baths was entirely free. $200,000 Concrete Bathhouse. The most popular municipal bathing beach in New York is at Coney ls- land. The bathhouse is of reinforced concrete, costing in the neighborhood of $200,000 in 1911. It is a three-story building, 60 by 400 feet, and has some 1,300 individual dressing rooms. The municipal bath is about 1,000 feet long, and there are accommodations for many thousand bathers at a time. Chicago has made great strides in the matter of providing municipal bathing facilities for its people. It has the advantage, to be sure, of 24 miles or more of water front on Lake Michigan. The Clarendon Municipal Bathing Beach, which was opened in 1916, is a huge beach and bathhouse, where 10,000 or more can be accom- modated. It requires a large number of attendants, including nearly a score of life guards. Children under 15 are provided with lockers, suits and tow- els free of charge. Persons over 15 pay 10 cents. There are several other large munigipal beaches maintained, and still others are being developed. Cities in Ohio, New York, Wisconsin and Michigan, bordering on the Great Lakes, also have provided municipal beaches which are used to a very great extent. They have in some cases had to meet problems of poliu tion, due 'to sewage, in order to pro tect the bathers from infection Uses Lake. In Minneapolis, a public bathing | beach, has been maintained on Lake Calhoun, where 5,000 or 6,000 bathers can be cared for. The bathing area extends 250 feet into the lake and 450 feet along the shore. The area of the lake, which is within the city limits, is about 460 acres. Surface drainage empties into the lake, though no sewage. Its banks were dredged and filled with sand The lake belongs to a small water system tributary to the Mississippi River, in- cluding Cedar Lake, Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet, con- nected by outlet with Minnehaha Creek, which flows into the Missis sippi. These are examples of what other American cities are doing to provide bathing facilities for their citizens | The problems in these places have been carefully studied and everything possible, it is said, has been done to guard against infection from the water and to safeguard the bathers, while in the water. The general introduction of water carriage of fecal matter, which con- stitutes the greatest danger in the pollution of streams or lakes which are used by bathers, is scarcely a cen- tury old. Up to 1815, the public drains of London were not permitted to re- ceive such matter, and in Boston it was not until 1833 and in Paris not \lrfll] 1880 that this practice was per- mitted. But the change in the sys- tem of handling such matter, so that now it is practically all water born, with the increases in the populations of the cities, has made a great differ- ence in the waters of the rivers, par- ticularly those on which large cities are situated. However, improved methods of disposing of sewage are constantly being devised, and it may be possible to bring about much better conditions in these waters, the Po- tomac River included, it is believed Minneapol that the President seeks to promote the strength of his party in e section which has become a doubtful territory because of the growth of the Farmer- Labor party and because of the un- auestioned hold Senator La Follette has in the section. Also it Is suggest. ed that the President is grateful for the response the electorate in the Northwest made at the polls last No- vember, and that he considers this trip to their midst as an expression of at least a part of this appreciation. This speculation then goes farther recalling to the public mind an in- terruy,. peech Mr. Coolidge made four vears ago at the very State fair grounds where he will speak tomor- row, when he was Vice President. On that occasion the Vice President had not proceeded very far in his remarks, which, by the way, he was reading, and in a not very lively fashion, when the races. one of the great attractions of the afternoon, started, and the crowd practically’ deserted the distin. guished speaker. Mr. Coolidge accept- ed this unfortunate development in a graceful manner, saying something to the effect that there were few men living who could compete by word of mouth with a horse race at a State air. Has Not Forgotten Event. But President Coolidge has a good memory. Despite the fact that he ac- cepted the breaking-up of that speech in a_most philosophical manner and no doubt was sincere in his good nature. he has not forgotten. It is suggested in this connection that the President may have had this inter- rupted speech in mind when he ac- cepted the invitation to speak to- morrow. Trip Longest Taken. This trip will be Mr. Coolidge’s longest journey since becoming Presi- dent. It also will be his first journey out of Washington, aside from his week end cruises aboard the May- flower and the motor ride to An- napolis last Wednesday, since he and Mrs. Coolidge went to Chicago last December. Tt was during the Chicago trip that President Coolldge for the Arst time used an ordinary compartment car attached to a regular train. By establishing that precedent the President provoked no end of com- ment, favorable and otherwise, but he said he was thoroughly comfortable and was afforded the necessary pri- vacy and safeguards by this means of traveling. It was his intention to re- peat this on his present trip, but upon the request of railroad officials he agreed (o a special train in the inter- est of operating efficiency and safety. Arrangements were made to route the train through yards in Chicago S0 as to avold stations, and it is thought likely that no stops will be made at the larger cities along the way. BEACHLESS WASHINGTON TRIES éflmAY PUT SH[]WERS Chief Watson of the Fire Department and one of yesterday at Second and Bryant streets and attched to a fireplug. the youngsters this Summer. CAPITAL TOLL 1S SIX DROWNED SEEKING RELIEF FROM HOT WAVE| Lack of Bathing Beaches Here Sends Crowds to River, Lakes and Brooks for Respite From Heat—324 Lives Claimed by Spell in Nation. __ (Continued from ¥ Courier, dived in and swam rapidly to his side. The lad was unconscious when policemen assisted Fiegland, ex hausted himself from the severe test of endurance, in bringing him to the shore. He was hurried to Emergency Hospital and after several hours gained consciousness. His condition is not ser Swimming in Brooks. Reports to the Department last night showed that even small brooks were being used by suffering Washingtonians and that adults as well as children were using paddling pools by the hundreds. Last night scores of men, women and children were counted wading around Rock Creek, which known to be badly polluted from sewage. Special police men were detailed to patrol the banks to warn the people away. Everywhere there seemed to complete lack of care whether danger lurked beneath the inviting waters or not. The sole thought of the erowds seemed bent on finding relief from the heat and this disregard for danger is credited with the toll x drowned vesterday. The Iastern Branch claimed almost as many wading par ties as Rock Creek. So long as the places sought were safe, the authorities offered no objections, ordinary rules being overlooked in the face of the emergency. Although the temperature yesterday did not reach the record-breaking heights of Friday and Thursday, the maximum being a little better than 97 few in Washington noticed the slight drop. This was declared by the weather bureau to be due to occasio clouds during the afternoon and not to the arrfval of the promised relief that is to reach Washinzton possibly by tomorrow and certainly no later than Tuesday morning. There is a possibility that thunder storms will occur here today, but the forecaster refused to hold this out as a definite hope. He could only say that the cool atmospheres had come down into the North Atlantic State sufficiently far to cause general elec trical disturbances there. mos Police is be a In cases there was plenty of thunder and | lightning, but practically no rain, a definite harbinger of the approach of the cool temperatures. Warmth Is Forecast. Continued warm and cloudy is the prediction for Washington for toda Although the clouds may again suc- ceed in lowering the temperature, it is highly possible that they wiil increase the humidity. The one saving grace of the entire heat wave here has been the absence of excessive humidity, due to the Yact that the clouds were all too high to accumulate moistures on the surface at Washington. In fact, they made the temperatures over Washing- ton higher up to a certain heighth than on the street level Only two heat prostrations were reported here late yesterday. One death from the heat was reported, but after investigation the victim was found to have died from natural causes. The prostrations Zollow: William Lukehardt, a six-month- old infant, collapsed from the heat while In his mother's arms at the Monument lot listening to a concert by the United States Marine Band. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, where treatment was given. The child’s condition was reported as satisfactory last night. The other case was the illness of Ben Mason, colored, of 441 Platers court south- west, who was prostrated while at Center Market. He was also treated at Emergency Hospital. His condi- tion is not serious. HEAT DEATH TOLL, 324. 21 More Victims Added to List; 70 Die in 24 Hours CHICAGO, June 6 (#).—Early to- night the death list from the heat wave had jumped to 319, with 26 deaths added to the 293 reported during the day. More than 70 deaths from the heat and drowning were reported dur- in the 24 hours ending with tonight's compilation. The new deaths reported for the day follow New York City, 9; New York, up- state, 7: New England, 18; New Jer- sey, 9; Wisconsin, 2; Chicago, 5; Ken- tucky, 1; Ohio, Indiana, 5: Penn- sylvania, 14, Michigan, 3; Missouri, 1; Illinols, downstate, 1. BALTIMORE TOLL GROWS. SRR Five More Expire From $ Torrid Wave. BALTIMORE, June 6 (®).—Five more heat deaths occurred here today. making a total of 13 fatalities directly attributable to the abnormal tempera- tures during the past week. Today's maximum was 99.1 degrees, reached shortly after 1 p.m. The swimming pool at Clifton Park was being dragged at a late hour to- night for the bodies of three boys who are believed to have been drowned there this afternoon. Street shower baths were estab- Effects of C., JUNE 7, 1925—PART 1. 76" at the heat pm. Deaths in and Clover Dam: INDIANAPOLIS diana had no pr from heat and drought States Weather generally fair and weather for the week attributed to the heat n in this state. Crop exy damage to hay and oats that much young v gilled. |lished about the city today, while thousands of persons flocked to the swimming pools in the public parks One Dies in Delaware. WILMINGTON, Del., June 6 (#).— Wilmington's second heat death i curred today as the thermometer | climbed to 98 degrees Fire Department officials tonight equipped hyvdrants about the city with shower sprinklers for men and \\hvnf‘n,; 100 MARK REACHED. DALLAS, Tex., June showers fell in sever Texas today, giving indic lief from the heat of t days have been reported State, although a have been recorded few ercury 95.7 at ST. LOUIS, cury climbed to 95.7 day, the highest ever this early in the ditional deaths or reported, however 25 Deaths in Philadelphia Laid Excessive Heat. PHILADELPHIA, June 6 Twenty-five deaths from heat within the last 24 hours and the second successive day of 100-degree temper- ature today established more new records in Philadelphia. The mer cury touched the century degree at 3:30 p.m., but dropped quickly back to 95. Two successive days of 100- degree heat have never been known in the b4 years of the local weather bureau ) rain which weeks. MIDDLETOWN, Conn —Warren G. Dey, brothe Frederick Van New York, creator and other fictional today, a victim of the h of * WHEAT DAMAGE DOUBTED. Maine ND, Me. man, = in Lin examination PORT unidentified found dead A medical death due to the heat death in the State d hot speli MERCURY af Torid Wave in Jun ed a Expert Discounts Report Hot Are Injuring Crop. TOPEKA., Although the Winds | ) Kans., June E belt Kansas whes baking under the rays of a Midsummer sun, J. C. Mohler, secre. tary of the State board of agriculture, today discounted reports that hot winds are causing damage to the crop. WAVE BREAKING IN WEST. nd BOSTON 3 mometer o’clock the lo the hottest here. cury had mark to 99, and night. ed that the heat ended tomorrow cooler weather To New England 1 up to today were added Of these Massachus b Island, 2; Connecticut, 2 1. The deaths in June Moderate Temperature—More o Relief Promised Monday. CHICAGO, June 6 (#).—Old Sol,| who for a week has done his best to convert territory from the Rock Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard into a furnace, today found some ac- tive competition when Jupiter Pluvius took a hand in moderating tempera tures, The F Rains this _afternoon, June day e dropped from by continued rrid_tempe st from the | passed the 300 st, however, swelter in the grip of tc tures and the death hes for the country mark during the day. While rains moderated tures slightly in some sections, there was little prospect tonight for any great or immediate relief from the hot weath: Relief Promised Monday. to tempera o |and William H druggzist. Worcester with three deaths, Lawre while Lowell, Springfield South Deerfield and Weather forecasts generally were had one each for continued warm weather over Sun day, although in some parts rains were expected Today's rains were not heavy, but where they occurred moderated the sizzling temperatures for a few hours at least. Weather forecasts indicated relief for the entire section affected by Monday or Tuesd: While the Eastern half of the. coun- try sweltered, snow. rain and tem- peratures down to freezing were re- ported from many sections of the Rocky Mountain region. Colorado, Wyoming and Montana all were in the path of the cool weather, with unseasonably low temperatures at many points Thunder showers moderated the hot weather at many points in Illi- nois, while rain was also reported from Kentucky and in Indiana and Tennessee. Chicago's boiling mer- cury was cooled a little by a breeze from the East blowing over Lake Michigan and the thermometer could only climb to 85 today as compared with 96 vesterday. For the most part the East was hotter than the Middle West today, for while temperatures ranging from 90 to 100 were reported along the Atlantic seaboard and in Eastern and Southeastern States, temperatures in the Middle West gen- erally ranged from §5 to 95. Thousands Flee Cities. Thousands of Chicagoans fled the heated city tonight to spend the week end in cooler spots, and a general exodus from other large cities in the “furnace area’ was reported. In some cities a serious situation re- sulted from the increased use of water | and steps were taken to conserve the water supply by prohibiting all sprinkling while the hot weather lasts. Cincinnati welcomed a drop of degrees in temperature late today following a light rain. A total of seven deaths were reported in Ohio today. Three more deaths from | prostrations and two from drowning were reported at Detroit. The ther- mometer there registered 93 degrees at 3 o'clock. Deaths from heat there | now number 12, and there have been |3 drowning victims in addition. | A maximum temperature of 89 was | the heat record for Cleveland. Three deaths attributed to the heat were reported by police. These included C. S. (Stony) Orrison of Washing- ton, D. C., a veteran horseman. Orri- son collapsed yesterday and died to- day. ‘Fhunder showers this afternoon broke the heat wave that made Indi- | anapolis uncomfortable for three days. The thermometer, after reach- The mechanic $5,000, or m | Loans demands. MORRIS ‘P! 2 months, persons. June 6 pect today of relief | Bureau continued end June 6 () degr ,. summe prostrations Renssalaer heroe Twenty minutes later Loans—for the aged. he pr erts is he er hi Texas Has Showers. 6 P 1 plac ati he pa far prost ) assistants watching a shower bath rigged up hurriedly More of them may be created to cool off ing 94 degrees at noon, dropped to attributed Indiana total five INDIANA SWELTERS. o No Prospect of Relief—Crops of Hay In Unite: edicted warm five the an been al Ay Light es in fow No deaths from the heat wave this ions n Louis. Tt es 1 corde Murphysboro, IIL, reported a relieved a drought of June of t 1 ick die eat. I n Succumbs. ) e 6 hout 6 Park mer hi No ad! were good 10 Author’s Brother Vietim. » 6 (2. he Jev d ie her An 50, was re- | = NEARPLAYGROUNDS Commissioners Will Decide Whether Installing Sprays for | Children Is Feasible. | Officials of the Water Department | having satisfied themselves yesterday afternoon that it is feasible to attach sprinkler pipes to fire hydrants as a f giving the youngsters of the hot will de Tuesday means city the Commissioners probably cide meeting whether this plan can be carried out near 17 of the city playgrounds. At the suggestion of Acting Engi neer Commissioner Wheeler, Supt and the Water Department 1a sprinkler hurriedly made by his men to try the scheme. Mr. Garland’s mechanics took a 20 fool piece of pipe and perforated it with small holes. Then they laid the pipe horizontally two wooden tri pods and connected it to a fire plug in front of the Water Department pump ing station at Second and Brya streets When they or hvdrant a cooling scend from the a refreshing spray on £ at the board ened the valve at the spray began to de perforated pipe, and A SN 1 group ddies who hap- pened to live near the pumping sta tion lost no time in taking advantage of the shower sie Root Mrs. 8 Rhodes, supervisor ot playgrounds. vesterday recom mended to Maj. Wheeler that the sprinklers be made available near 17 playgrounds Acting _Supt. of Police Evans a ced that he. would co cperate in putting the plan into oper- ation, but recommended that the use of the sprinklers the children be confined to the period from 5 to 8 o'clock in the morning or evening, which is the on time when private householders are permitted to use water for sprinkling purposes. Fire Chief George Waitson, witnessed -the trv-out of the impro vised sprinkler yesterday, also said that he would assist in any way pos sible. MRS. C. N. CRUMPACKER who | i [ | Widow of Ex-Representative Was | One of Founders of Con- | gressional Club. ARY, Ind., June 6.—Cha mpacker, widow of former resentative E. D. Crumpacker of tenth district of Indie died early today at her home in Valparaiso, Ind She was 72 vears of age. Death after a long illness aggravated eat wave. Mrs. Crumpacker. Was] 1gton from her husband was servi was one of fo al lotte N Rep gressior In promin |star ci istern ed by three sons of whom, Maurice Crumpacker elected Congress from Or the election of last Fall. s. Crumpack ille, 1IL, the ¢ Mrs. Albert Luc to Indiana shortly War. She n sentative was b i hter of Mr who maoved the ~ Civil to Repre- s S rried was Crumpacker the | KILLED BENFACTOR, MULLER NOW SAYS New York Prisoner Denies Own Story Concerning His Birth. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 6.—Charles Muller, who shot and killed Thomas Lonsdale Leemi a wealthy im porter, in the | t a William street building yesterday, admitted to day that Leeming had been his friend and_benefactor fer ime before he began to blackmai Imme. diately after the shoot said he was glad he had killed ing, but today he he was sorr adding that he bad lost his head wh Leeming refused to talk to him In the Tombs was held witho 1 amination Mond court that the le ed room were pose some ¥ M n iller He explai found gned “Ck Leeming tted him Muller said him §8,000 la guaranteed his him other s Muller found was an il t 1 ¢ dead brother Muller said he v and was brough who settled @ s from that he was on Oct H Charles was paroled on HOT SPELL SAVES CROPS FROM INSECTS his “‘cousin importer ¢ nd had advanced hat h on for & tha in Aust here by Pittsburgh sentenced K r f Feb Pests Believed Greatly Reduced in Numbers—Boll Weevil Par- | ticularly Suffers By the Ass Indicatio this ve: from major vesterday Department pests which said not to this season hot weather breeding There have break : pient Preside | Funeral servic be held ir Valparaiso M pronounced | the first ring the pr Sight Showers Forecast. (#).—The mercury reached 100 Lccord Weather Burea ven th reached 90 early The Weather Bureau prodict- wou showers of 22 17 had 12 and ter the snce h: i, Fall outh ore, ngt m, and Average clerk, profes- ional or business man of mod- erate means who needs $50 to wel- rome at THE MORRIS PLAN BANK of Wasl more prosperous at his commercial bank. such esent 100 IN BOSTON. With | ther- t 3:40 ng t It was recorded | e mer- century be and deaths fatalities. | . Rhode | Maine Boston were those of James Scully of Boston Reardon, a led Malden State 1d two, River, Hadley on as erchant re made for any sound and sensible reason—pust. due accounts, sickness, home fmprovements, taxes, discounting bills, Time—Twelve Months or Less AN notes ure usually made for 1 vear. though they may be’giren for any Deriod of from o " THE MORRIS Man. other | | Rev. T. B. Westhrook | the Potom, day Adventists, president of Conference of Seventh addressing a in Takoma his camp Park. theories on meeting outlined evolution “Men | ancestry | not | me. | “When vesterday ome of as follows can believe in their ape all they please. but they are going to make a monkey out of the record where we are we accept creation we know just |all the time, but those who believe in evolution go back to the days when their ancestry had their beginning in |a scum, then a cell, then a pollywog. {then a bullfrog, then a tadpole, and | then something else until they reach ed the monkey stage, and then they hecame men. It is foolishness, to say the least. when men. who are wise in their own conceit, condescend to claim such relationships. “I shall continue to believe that HE MORRIS PLAN Easy to Pay Weekly Deposit ..$2 Sisnr 6 8 10 12 14 16 .18 20 100 Loan Fe ro $100.00. $1 200.00. 300.00. 400.00. 500.00. 600.00. 700.00. 800.00. 900.00. 1000.00. 5000.00. the is ¥ m PLAN Dog Fight at Camp | Eloquent Arraignment of Evolution | of you horrowers own payduys. Loans are passed withi Meeting Breaks Up man is the crownir | cre: long | shall place him on the brute and | give t | my | Men and m: the so-ca ing vast | expea arth and t vain. Men have been , past 6,000 vears and if th |any further evolving in | surely it is about time we sc changes as Mr nt ¢ ahove and pedesta insect Maker of nfinding are spend in sending arts of the ums of money s into the wild en for the lives e | Ju | his po the evol two stray dogs | and the commotion ar: audience, so that | “the devil is always | ways how to distract | when the speaker | the inspiration of t Westbrook v used t the speaker thinki an audience ving to defend riptur The terms of Morris Plan loans are simple and practicable and fair. Thoughtful people who do not abuse credit facilities will find it possible to borrow on The Morris Plan to their advantage. ments—Within the - Range of Your Earnings or each $50 or fraction bor- wed you agree to deposit 00 per week on a Savings Account. the proceeds of which ay be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits may he mude on a weekly, busis_as that \ their mi-monthly or monthly prefer. It is snzgest arrange to pay Service—Prompt and Gonfidential a duy or fwo jon—with fer after filing applic W exceptions. There are 100 Morris Plan Banks or Companies in the U. S., and since 1910 these institutions have loaned over 640 millions of dollars on the above terms to over 3 millions of BANK A Savings Bank Under Government Supervision 13th and Eye Sts. N.W. “Churacter and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit”