Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1930, Page 1

WEATHE (U. 8. Weather Bureau R. Porecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer today, showers followed by and th afternoon or night; understorms this tomorrow fair and cooler. Temperatures—Highest, 85, at 7 p.m, yesterday; lowest, 68, at 6 . Full report on page 4. a.m. yesterda) he Q¢ 5) 0L L Mo - A 21,484, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY "3 U. S, WHERI SALES ROUSE KANSAS IRE * S PRICE DECLINES Legge Says Amount Sold Will Be Replaced by Equal Number of Bushels. CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE ACREAGE IS CONTINUED Oklahoma Farmers Assured Gov- ernment Will Not Depart From Helpful Policy. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 12.—Sale of what was descrivped as a moderate quantity of 1929 wheat to Southwestern millers at current prices by the Grain Stabilization Corporation, Federal Farm Board agency, was followed today by announcement that an equal amount of new wheat would be purchased in order not to reduce the Government's total wheat holdings. A flurry was caused in grain circles here today when it became known that wheat which the Stabilization Corpo- ration purchased during the last crop season in an effort to stabilize prices had been sold at a time when the new crop is being marketed. Governor Wins Protest. Gov. Clyde M. Reed of Kansas, upon learning of the transactions, imme- diately telegraphed a protest to Alex- ander Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, who was at Enid, Okla. The Kansas executive charged that the Stabilization Corporation sales “broke the market today,” and asked Legge to give “unqualified assurance 8s to what the future policy of the Farm Board will be with regard to its holdings of wheat, which in your ad- dresses in Kansas you repeatedly stated would not be sold in competition with the new crop.” Later Chairman Legge announced that the wheat disposed of to the mill- ers, under contracts which gave them the privilege to purchase grain stored in their elevators for the Stabilization Corporation, would be replaced by pur- chases of new wheat. Promise to Millers. Corporation officials said millers who stored the Government wheat had been promised it would be moved by July 10. ~Shipping orders were given this week for the grain unpurchased by the mills under the storage contracts. The Kansas flour mills of Kansas City yesterday purchased 350,000 bushels | of '1929 wheat from the Stabilization Corporation, at a price around 82 cents a bushel as contrasted with ihe level | of $1.15 a bushel at which Government | funds were loaned on last year’s crop. | LEGGE DEFENDS POLICY. Tells Oklahoma Audience United Sates | Will Keep Faith. ENID, Okla, July 12 (#).—Resting | the Farm Board's plea for acreage re- | duction in the Southwestern hard Win- ter wheat area with the growers, Alex- ander Legge, chairman of the board, late today closed a week’s campaign in | the territory after giving assurance the | board was not departing from its pledge | not to disturb the total holdings of | grain involved in price stabilization op- erations. Scoring Gov. Clyde M. Reed of Kan- 8as, outspoken opponent of acreage re- duction proposals, who blamed sales by the Faim Board for the break in the market today, Chairman Legge an- nounced holdings disposed in clos- ing up agreements with mills” would be replaced by the purchase of an “exact, equal quantity” of this year's wheat | , crop. Sales Under Agreement. ‘The Farm Board chairman admitted the sale of stored wheat in mills under an agreement which he stated would require the Grain Stabilization Cor- poration, a Federal Farm Board agency, to permit mills to make certain pur- chases. The total amount involved was placed at 2,264,000 bushels by George Milnor, general manager of the stabili- zation corporation, in a telegram re- ceived by the Farm Board chairman to- day. Tpon receipt of a report that a Kan- sas City mill had purchased 350,000 bushels, Legge said the amount in- volved represented a small portion of the Farm Board's holdings, which he estimated at 60,000,000 bushels. He said purchases would be made in order .';)llv;:ld reduction of hcldings as of uly 1. The farm board chairman reiterated the stabilization corporation holdings were “not being offered for sale in competition with this year's cmf unless the price goes back to the level at which it was bought.” Is Closely Quizzed. | % Upper: ALEXANDER LEGGE. i Lower: GOV. CLYDE M. REED. MARY . WCLENNY FOUND INVIREINIA Newspaper Man Brings Gir‘l‘ and Man Back From | B | | cessful defense of the open golf cham- JONES GETS BIRDIE ON FINAL HOLE T0 CLINCH GOLF TITLE Score for Tournament 287, Lacking but One of 14- Year-Old Mark. WINNER IS UNCERTAIN UP TO LAST STROKE Mac Smith, in Sensational Fight, Falls Two Short of Victory. Horton Smith Third. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Writer. INTERLACHEN CLUB, Minneapolis, Minn,, July 12.—The king of all the golfers, flushed with the heat of one of the greatest battles of his career, strode to the home hole today with his throne a trifle shaky, the professional light brigade in hot pursuit and a 40-foot putt over the rolling turf before him. While close to 10,000 spectators held their breath, Bobby Jones stepped up briskly and hit the ball straight and true into the cup for a birdie 3 that closed the door to all challengers, clinching his fourth victory and suc- pionship of the United States. The reverberating roar that greeted the final stroke of the master shot- maker of them all sounded the knell of what few lingering hopes rer.ained as the all-conquering son of the South completed his third major golfing tri- umph of the year at home and abroad. All that Bobby needs to do now to make it a clean sweep for 1930, with all four major British and American titles | dangling from one man’s belt for mew! first time in history, is to recapture the, United States amateur crown at Phila- delphia in September. Jones, with successive rounds of | 71—73—68—75, finished his conquest today with a total of 287, the second lowest total in the history of the Amer- ican open and only one stroke short of the record set 14 years ago by Chick Evans at the nearby Minikhada course. Leads Mac Smith by Two. It gave him a winning margin of two | strokes over his nearest rival, the vet-| eran MacDonald Smith of New York, Wayneshboro. | By the Associated Press. H RICHMOND, Va., July 12.—Mary Frances McClenny, 20, and Harry Dick- | inson, charged in a warrant with | “secreting” her, arrived in Richmond | early this morning in company with a | staff correspondent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, who found them at Waynesboro. The correspondent reported by tele- | phone at 10 o'clock tonight that he had | located Miss McClenny and Dickinson. The correspondent said he found them on the porch of a house where they had been staying. He stated that he was leaving with the couple by auto- | mobile for Richmond immediately. Seen by Friend. | Margaret Leonard, a Richmond ac- ' quaintance of the girl, who vnnuhedi from her Hampton Gardens home July 1, returned today from a visit in ‘Waynesboro, a Virginia mountain town, | to tell authorities that on July 2 she | saw the missing girl in the company | of a man in Waynesboro. J. Ward Erb, private detective super- intendent, today made public a note said to have been found in the girl's room that read: “It is no use pretending any longer. I can’t marry you. I don’t suppose you will ever understand or forgive me. I haven't come to this decision hurriedly or with- out thinking. I seem to have done | nothing but think lately. “But it is good-by, all must be. “Please don't try to see me again. It could do no good and would only | hurt us both.” Note Is Unsigned. The note was unaddressed and un- signed. Mrs. D, C. McClenny, the mother of the girl, sald her daughter was in the | habit of drafting her letters with pencil on scratch paper before copying them for mailing and that the letter she found was of such a nature. ‘The girl left her home Tues- day of last week. Neighbors said they saw her park her car and then anoth- er smaller automobile overtook her. After a hurried conversation with a the same—it Experiencing perhaps the most criti- cal questioning met during his trip with Secretary of Agriculture Hyde through the Southwest, Chairman Legge closed ’his address before an audience of nearly 2,000 here with the statement that “we ‘want to rest the facts on your good Jjudgment as what to do.” “We do the same to Kansas,” he said, “and hope the people there will listen ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BYRD FLIES INTO HEAT T0 DEDICATE AIRPORT St. Louis, Parched, Welcomes Man Who Recently Returned From Antarctic Cold. By the Associated Press. ST LOUIS, July 12—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who has flown across both Poles, flew into heat-parched St. Louis today to dedicate Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's home airport, Lambert-St. Louis Field, and to be acclaimed by the city. by several members of the through downtown St. Louis and pres- ent:anormfromtheclty. The admiral will be the guest at the municipa! ofin tonight, and, with his party, will ive tomorrow morning in e special car to return East. man in the second car, the neighbors said, both of them rushed off in the man’s automobile. He hasn't been heard from since. Dickinson, a Richmond garage man, whose family is now living near Rus- selville, Tenn., is charged in a war- rant with “secreting” the girl. He also had been missing since July 1. His brother, N. H. Dickinson, and Johnnie Leadbetter, garage associate of Harry Dickinson, are under ¢ of being ‘“‘accessories” since the disap- pearance of the girl. o e R Vandenberg’s Daughter Hurt. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich,, July 12 (#). —Miss Betty Vandenberg, 20, daughter of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, was slightly injured in an automobile acci- dent tonight when her car collided with another at a street intersection. Watch... | who made a gallant, sensational flight Jones, with 72—70-—76—74—202, Fourth | place went to Lighthorse Harry Cooper | Hagen, fell by the wayside, put to rout | the championship. that fell just a trifle short of overhaul- | ing the peerless Georgian in the final | round. Mac Smith, alone of the star profes- | sionals to stand the gaff of the fmal/ day after Jones had burned up the; course with a re&r;lrd~brelklnl third | round, finished w. ol H S 70 Tor ' total of 260, To @ ‘T second place. Hnrmg Smith, the 22-year-old Mis- souri professional who shot himself into the lead at the halfway mark only to crack under the strain today, wound up in third place, five strokes back of of Chicago, with figures of 72—72—73— 76—293. Fifth was the veteran John Golden of Darien, Conn., with 74—73— 71—76-—294, while the rest of the pro- fessional clan, including such early threats as Tommy Armour, Johnny Farrell, Charles Lacey and Walter by the 28-year-old wizard from Georgia. To show just how badly beaten the big stars were, Armour finished 10 strokes to the rear with 297, Lacey wound up with 298 after making a “dark horse” threat, Farrell finished with 299, Leo Diegel with 301, Hagen with 303, Denny Shute with 305 and Gene Sarazen with 306. Third Round Perfect. Jones, as it turned out, really clinched He has now_four times since 1923 by shooting an llm:h!t e ican open and a mark that might just as well have been as low as 66, but for some shoddy work on the last two holes. This gave Jones a five-stroke margin at the end of 54 holes over his nearest rival, Cooper, and a seven-stroke lead over McDonald Smith. _Yet, with all this “velvet” to rest on, Bobby suddenly found himself in the midst of one of the stiffest fights of his career to hold an advantage that seemed insurmount- able at the outset. Into his closing round was packed most of the drama (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) AGUINALDO 'I:O WED AGAIN Former Philippine Leader to Take Third Bride. MANILA, July 12 (#).—Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, who led the Philippine re- volt against the United States in 1899, today was reported about to marry Miss Maria _Agoncillo, sister of Gregorio Agoncillo, wealthy land owner of Ba- tangas Province. Aguinaldo has been married twice. IRISH FIGHT iN SCOTLAND Orangemen and Traditional Foes Stir Riots and Injure Policeman. GLASGOW, Scotland, July 12 (#)— %xnu bet.weefi: "Il:ésh mCl.tlmnca and rangemen toni ol lice to make four charges anlhu:g n?nfl unruly mob of 5,000 persons in Northern Glas- gow. ‘Three policemen were slightly in- Jured and 15 arrests were made. THE NATIONALS PLAY DETROIT TODAY Yesterday hundreds nf Washington fans gathered on the Eleventh street side of The Star Building to witness the reproduction of the Detroit base ball games on The Star's scoreboard. P R e A Owing to the Capital’s intense.interest in the Wash- ington team’s success, the scoreboard will be operated again this afternoon, and every afternoon until the Natlonals re- turn home. o~ p Sund WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION U . 1930—108 PAGES. — RO, A ede “ E Ezom Pre The Star's excl s to Home Within the Hour” The Btar is delivéred every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by wive carrier sery, e, * i IN WASHINGTON FIVE CENTS AND 'SUBURBS | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE yast Sagratl ad Wonber. Jotin Son L CUMATE ¥y AS WELLASEO) CaLiForuy §9 BETCcHA Teoorb w, Ty T, 100 e, N\ (<3 SQUASH CENTER DISCUSS 3 20 ITS ME 5 SHET OF DIER K| WHAT FRANCE G AND JTALY Somhcfln#u’n oTH N X , RS THE S| store. JOMN BuLL ANt B A NSt e PURTY Goop, FOR yS NATE AND THE NAVAL TREATY. KILLS DAUGHTER AS ACTOF MERCY Father, 77, Says He COuId; Not Bear to See Girl, 24, | Suffer in lliness. By the Assoclated Press. WALTON, N. Y. July 12.~Andrew‘ L. Beers, 77, was in the Delaware | County jail at Delhi tonight in conse- | quence of the killing of his 24-year-old | daughter, Frances, whom he could not bear to see suffer in llness. | Thieves Sought To Avert Blast Of Stolen Pipes |Fixtures Taken From Ex- | plosive Factory Charged With Nitro. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. GIBBSTOWN, N. J, July 12.—Tons of lead ‘pipes and brass fixtures im- pregnated with nitroglycerine during their long use in the E. I. du Pont-De Nemours Co. plant were stolen here last night by a crew of robbers, who vir- tually dismantled the high explosive unit of the factory. The nitroglycerine accumulated in He feared, too, that the girl, described | here as mentally blighted, might fall | into less kindly hands when death came | upon him, according to the county | authorities whom he voluntarily told of the slaying. For 20 years Beers' affec- jon for his almost helpless daughter | a by-word in this little community. | Called It Mercy Act. His explanation of the deed as a “mercy killing” due to an “irresistable impulse to save the girl from further suffering and to guard against harm coming to her after he was gone” has | been accepted by the prosecutors who | must, nevertheless, observe the letter of the law and hold him without bail on first degree murder charge. It is lieved he will be committed to an in- stitution for the insane, there to spend the remainder of his days. From birth, the girl had been con- fined to the Beers home. The father and mother shared the burden of | caring for her until four years ago, | when the mother died. The father cheerfully assumed the extra duty then. Attempted to Poison Her. Wednesday night he attempted to poison her. When she did not die after a half-hour, Beers took an ice pick and a wrench and went into her | room. Using the wrench for a ham- mer he twice drove the pick through her head. He was so unnerved after the death that he could not carry out his plan of taking his own life, he said. He walked m the home of an undertaker and told im : “Frances is dead. T killed her. The | poor little girl!” e HOLD-UP MEN FLEE Intended Victim of Armed Pair Escapes With Call for Help. After attempting to hold up Alfred | L. Harris, 2126 R street, at the point of a pistol in the 2100 block of Florida avenue, at about 11:30 o'clock last night, two young white men fled when Harris called for help. Harris, who said he could identify the men, described them as being about 25 and 27 years of age, respectively, and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. Each weighed about 140 pounds, he said. Police of No. 3 precinct were searching for the bandits. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—I18 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. 5 PART TWO—10 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Organized Reserves—Page 8. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theaters, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Page 5. n-uternmm—hfe " District National Guard—Page 7. Aviation—Page 8. Serial Story, “Ask No Questions"— Page 10. ‘ Veterans of the Great War—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Page 10. Radio—Page JY o Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 12. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. News and Classified Adver- The Home Gardener—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 11. War Veterans—Page 11, Naval Reserves—Page 11. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Reviews of the New Books—Page 18. Cross-word Puszle—. age 23. GRAPHIC SECTION—S PAGES, World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Annie; Highlights 'lar d Mrs.; Little killed today when g s e S the pipes and valves would be sufficient, it was sald, to demolish four city blocks should it be exploded. Officials of the powder company said a terrific blast would result if the thieves attempted to melt the pipes, or if the trucks in which the metal was being transported | were wrecked. Police Watch Highway. Believing that the stolen metal was a serious menace to all towns in this section, a cordon of police was assigned to watch every highway. Every mem- ber of the police force in Camden was ordered to report for duty tonight and were assigned positions on the highway. Reserves from Philadedphia were posted | at_the ferries. Detectives said the robbers apparent- iy had planned to take the pipes and fixtures to a garage in this section, where the metal would be melted. Of- ficials of the Du Pont company said 40,000 pounds of lead pipes, 16,000 pounds of lead shutters and 3,000 brass and copper couplings and valves had been taken. It was estimated that the | metal would have filled four large | trucks. Workmen in the high-explosive unit were called from their positions yester- | day afternoon when fire was discovered | doubled because.of the drought. half a mile away, at the export pier of the company on’ the Delaware River. | It was believed that the fire was of in- | cendiary origin to make it possible for | the robbers to work without fear of de- | tection. The workmen were ordered to | remain uot of the high-explosive shed | after the fire had been extinguished. | Trucks Seen Near Grounds. | ‘Watchmen for the company reported that they had seen several large trucks | near the grounds during the afternoon | but that they gave them little atten- | tion. One of the trucks was saild to| have had a Jersey City license. ‘The manner in which the thieves | zould work for several hours in the high- explosive building without being de- tected by the company's guards was be- ing investigated. ‘The theft of the pipes was discovered this morning when workmen entered the building. The thieves had taken plumbing tools and ripped out the metal. It was considered likely that it required nearly the entire night for them to complete their work. BRANDYWINE CRASH KILLS CAPITAL MAN George J. Friedman of Washington Dies Almost Instantly When Cars Meet Head-On. George J. FPriedman, 22, of 610 Twenty-first street, was almost instant- 1y killed, and Dwight Buroughs, 21, of Brandywine, Md., was painfully Injured, when their automobiles met in head-on collision late last night near Brandy- wine. 4 § h of the men was driving alone, Frilfms: toward - Washington and Buroughs toward his home. The cars met just as Buroughs started up a hill. Passing motorists brought tne two to Providence Hospital and Friedman was dead when they arrived. Birtha E. Snyder and Charles A. Steele, both of Shady Side avenue, Cap- itol Heights, Md., brought the men to Washington. Buroughs was treated by Dr. Saffer of the hospital staff for severe lacerations above the right eye and cuts about the face. Buroughs said he had pulled up to stop when the other machine struck him. and his car slipped crazily just before it got to,me, and then skidded into me.” 2 DIE IN PLANE DIVE Pilot and Student Victims Illinois Crash. MATTOON, I, July 12 (P)—Jack Bell, lruot. of Bloomington, Iil, and Clff Holt, student, of El Paso, Iil., were Bell was unable to power dive at in of & new FARMERS HARD HIT * BY LONG DROUGHT Maryland and Virginia Forest Fires Spread; Fish Threatened. | A depletion of the crops of Virginia and Maryland, a serious water shortage and widespread forest fires are follow- ing in the wake of the continued drought, reports last night indicated. If the present dry period continues for another week it is predicted that the loss will totai millions of dollars. With streams, rivers and wells near- ing the drying-up stage, residents not only have been inconvenienced, but in some cases have suffered from the water | shortage. There are reports from many | communities of water being carried for |long distances. | _Many farmers in Augusta County, Va., are buying water from the city |plant in Staunton. The it n Co. vesterday came to the rescue of the nearby Waynesboro section, where the | water situation is said to have reached a crisis. Permission to use Baker | Springs, on the property of the com- | pany, was granted to residents of the | parched countryside and a large force |of workmen hurried to connect pipes | with the city water line. Truck Farms Burning Up. ‘While the wheat crop has been har- vested. truck farms are declared to be | literally burning up under the intense | heat and these crops are expected to be |a complete failure unless relief is of- | fered with rain. | Forest fires are a menace with the dry | woodlands. Large areas | burned over in the Shenandoah Na- |tional Park area. The fires have been kept fairly well under control, but Fed- eral, State and county wardens are taking every precaution to prevent another series of disastrous fires, In many areas fire patrols have l:xe'teln e | mountain brush and grass is dry as tinder and strong winds prevailing make the task of combatting flames a difficult one. Also the dry spell has been threat- ening fish life and appeals have been set forth to anglers to report conditions in their sections and save the fish if possible. Game yardens in nearby States already havé moved many fish from small streams to larger waters. Moonshiners Suffering. Farmers are not the only ones feel- ing the effects of the drought. Moon- shiners are suffering as well. This was learned from E. L. Roach, head of the Federal prohibition unit at Bluefield, Va. The agent sald that springs in the mountains are drying up, leaving moonshiners helpless with barrels of mash and primed distilleries. Pederal agents and State policemen (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) o TOKIO FLYERS AT TACOMA Bromley and Gatty Arrive in Prep- aration for Non-Stop Flight. TACOMA, Wash, July 12 (®).— Lieut. Harold Bromley, accompanied by Harold Gatty, navigator, arrived at Tacoma Field at 4:55 p.m. today in their high-wing monoplane in which they will attempt within the next few days a non-stop flight from Tacoma to Tokio. The flyers left Long Beach, Calif, at 6:30 a.m. today. . have been | HOT WAVE BREAKS IN MIDWEST WITH DEATHS ABOVE 100 Storm Clouds End Ravages; of Worst Visitation Ex- perienced in Decade. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LEADS IN RAPID CHANGE Official Forecast Sets 36 Hours as Limit Within Which Spell Must Vanish. By the Associatefl Press. CHICAGO, July 12.—After causing | more than 100 deaths in the Middle West this week, the worst hot wave in a decade seemed to be breaking up tonight, as reports of scattered showers and thunderstorms brought some relief. The official forecast said the heat wave would be entirely broken up within 36 hours, and already ®as dissipat- ing over the Mississippi Valley, where loo-defiree temperatures of yesterday had fallen to the 80s and low 90s. Visit to Lake States. The warm spell, before vanishing | completely, paid the Great Lakes States a visit, and in Chicago the mercury rose to 97, the hottest July 12 on record. The previous high mark was on July 112, 1914, when it was 93. Up to today Chicago and the region around Lake Michigan had enjoyed { mild temperatures in the 70s and low | 80s, and the inrush of the heat sent | thousands scurrying to the beaches to | seek solace in the surf. | ' Scattered showers in Nebraska sent the mercury tumbling from 103 or thereabouts “down to around 85, but | not until 15 deaths in the State had | been attributed to the heat. Missouri, adding 20 more victims since yesterday, suffered most from the prolonged hot wave, and counted a total of 52 deaths traceable to the hea! Up in the Hundreds. Eight more deaths were reported in Towa for a total of 33 during the spell. In South Dakota, where tem- peratures up in the 100s had been | general all week, the mercury had | dropped to 79. Five died from the | heat in South Dakota during the week. | 'More than a dozen deaths occurred | in the wake of the heat wave in Min- | nesota, but cooler weather there today | brought welcome respite. 3 | In Ilinois outside Chicago and the | 1ake_region there were a half dozen deaths attributable to the weather. 52 DIE IN ST. LOUIS AREA. | City Suffers From Hottest Weather on Record Since 1901. ST. LOUIS, July 12 (#).—St. Louis, in the center of a killing heat wave that has swept the Middle West the last week, counted a death toll of 52 in its metropolitan area today as the scorching siege gave first signs of & let-up. ‘Twenty deaths were reported today the surrounding communities, but most of these were victims of yester- day's record-breaking July temperatures of 104 degrees in the city and 105 in the suburbs. Thirty-two others have died in the last week. It was lne hottest day on record since 1901. The mercury rose more slowly today, with indications that it would pass 100 degrees again for the fourth con- secutive day, but that it would not equal yesterday's high mark. The Weather B&r;-u forecast showers and cooler to- | night. | All Marks Beaten. KANSAS CITY, July 12 (A .—Reliyt from the blistering heat wave whieh has parched this section for a week was on the way tonight after the sixth death had been recorded in Kansas City. At Emporia, Kans., all heat records there were broken when the mercury in | the Government thermometer, hung in the shade, registered 112 degrees this! afternoon. | Showers were forecast for tonight, and the Weather Bureau predicted a return to temperatures in the 80s in Kansas, | Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Tennessee Record. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 12 (#).—All | revious heat records for Nashville were roken today when the mercury climbed to 105 degrees at 2 p.m. The death of a Negro was accredited to the heat wave. The heat record was broken in Mem- phis also this afternoon when the mer- cury went to 104. In South Carolina. SPARTANSBURG, S. C., July 12 (®) —The highest midday temperature dur- ing the present period of excessive heat was recorded here today. The official reading showed the mercury standing at 100 degrees. Curtiss’ Condition G_ood. BUFFALO, July 12 (#).—Glenn H. Curtiss, noted aviator, was reported at the General Hospital here today to have spent a comfortable night after undergoing an operation for appendi- citis yesterday. His condition was said to be entirely satisfactory. By the Associated Press. ORANGE, Va,, Hoover came to his mountain camp today to find an aroma of burning pine, flowers from which leaves were wither- “He was running at good speed | the Several hundred men were called out to fight the larger blaze near Luray, and it was brought under control dur- ing the day. Drinking water from the s HOOVER SEES FOREST FIRES GOING TO CAMP IN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS }Drought Reduces. Fishing Streams to "Trickle and First Lady’s Flowers Suffer. July 12.—President ing, and streams that were dwindling . | President and Mrs. Hoover expe lentiful but one of the m.&'.‘.'.‘&.'fl' - .| Mrs, Joel T. Boone, wife of the White by | House physician, and her, daugh- ter Suzanne. < the camp, also were showing the effects | of the dry weather. ‘Three spokesmen for the President in the Senate—Allen of Kansas, Smoot of Utah and Vandenberg of Michigan— accompanied on the trip. Arriving at the lodge later than usual, the President made no attempt to visit the bass streams which are miles from his camp, and with the trout, season closed resorted to hik! for fecreation. Other members of the went horseback riding. Following their usual custom, =u£ o leave in the middle of the afternoon tomorrow for the return tb the White own car. On the trip today she was at the wheel for the first time since she was injured and drove half of the way, Mrs. Stark McMillan of Palo Alto, driving the remainder. With them in the car_were Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts and House, Mrs.” Hoover again driving her | 8n PACT RESERVATION NOW PIVOTAL POINT IN SENATE BATTLE Adoption Would Be Seen by Some as Reflection on President Hoover. FINAL VOTE ON TREATY MIGHT COME THIS WEEK Longer Sessions Urged to Speed Up Decision—State Department Compares Speeches. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, The London naval treaty fight goes into its second week in the Senate to- morrow, with both sides determined. Having finally disposed of the McKel- lar resolution calling upon the President for the confidential correspondence re- lating to the negotiation of tne treaty, the proponents of the treaty are now faced with a debate on the Norris res- ervation which says that the Senate shall ratify the treaty only with the understanding that no secret agreement has been entered into by the contracting parties. The Nebraska Senator's res- ervation followed upon the declination of the President to send to the Senate the confidential correspondence re- quested in the McKellar resolution. Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, one of the opponents of the treaty, sald yesterday that if the Norris reservation is not adopted, there will 23 votes in the Senate against rati- fication. If the entire Senate were counted, however, it would take 33 votes to defeat ratification. On the other hand, it was estimated when the treaty was laid before the Senate a week ago that not more than a dozen or 15 at tll:)e outside would vote against ratifica- tion, Question Its Effect. There are two schools of thought ap- arently, among the proponents of the reaty regarding the Norris reservation. One holds that the reservation should be defeated because it might make it necessary for a resubmission of the treaty to the other wers involved. Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in charge of the treaty, takes another view, holding that since the reservation does not affect the body of the treaty, it would not be necessary to have action by the other powers regarding the res- ervation. On the ground that there are mno secret agreements of any kind relating to the naval treaty, the supporters of the treaty say that the.adoption of the reservation would have mo real significance. For that reason they say they e no_cause for opposing the reservation. Some of them, however, take the view that the reservation is a reflection upon President Hoover and upon Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and Robinson of Arkansas, members of the American delegation at London, all of whom have assured the Senate that no secret understanding exists regarding the treaty. Opinions differ as to the probability of disposing of the treaty during the next week or 10 days. Senator Watson of Indiana, Republican leader, does not believe, he says, that a final vote can be had this w Although the special session of the Senate to consider the treaty was opened last Monday, only four days have so far been given to actual debate. Monday the Senate adjourned after listening to the Presi- dent's message, and yesterday there was no session. The Senate meets at 11 a.m. tomorrow in an effort to speed up the consideration of the treaty and plans to sit each day until at least 5 p.m. Some Want Longer Sessions. Some of the supporters of the treaty are resiive because the leaders do not demand longer sessions daily. The leaders, however, believe they will move faster in the end by giving the op- position more rope. There are Sen- ators who say that the fight is more nearly_over than appears on the sur- face and that a vote will be had by Friday, the treaty will be ratified and the Senate adjourned. One thing ap- pears certain, however, and that s if substantial progress is not made in dealing with the treaty by the end of this week, efforts wil be made to bring about night sessions and pos- sibly an effort may be made to invoke cloture. The proponents of the treaty have been handicapped by the fact that they have not a quorum at all times in ‘Washington. Some of the opponents are necessary to complete a quorum. At least three supporters of the treaty who have hitherto been absent from ‘Washington are expected here this week, Senators Baird and Kean of New Jersey and Senator Brock of Tennessee. On the other hand, Senator Nye of North Dakota is leaving Washington to begin hearings in Chicago in the in- vestigation of campaign expenditures in the Illionois senatorial primary, which was won by Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor- mick. Senator Reed is expected to take the floor tomorrow in support of the treaty, and he is likely to be followed by Senator Robinson. The proponents of the treaty are planning to leave the greater part of the debate for the treaty to these two champions, both of whom helped to negotiate the t: Sen: (Contin HIT-AND-RUN AUTO INURES PEDESTRIAN J. Esenberg Knocked Down ‘While Crossing Street—Two Held for Inquiry. S. J. Esenberg, about 25 years old, of 410 Gallatin street, was struck down and seriously injured by a hit-and-run automobile at Georgia avenue and Gal- latin street late last night. Esenberg was felled by the car as he walked across the intersection. He was knocked unconscious and was identified by papers found on his person. Removed to Emergency Hospital in ambulance, the injured man was treated by Dr. Lawrence Gregory for compound fracture of the left arm, ¢ broken left leg and possible internal injuries. A description of the automobdile was furnished by passersby, but policemen of the thirteenth precinct had not.lo- cated the car at a late hour, although two men were arrested later and are being held at No. 13 precinct for in- vestigation,