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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast. and Wednesday. est, 106, at 4 p.m . today. Closing N.Y.Markets,Pages 13,14 & 15 b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITYON No. 31,492, 5o omée ¥ntered as second class matte! Washington, D. ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JU LY 21, BIRL AND TWO BOYS * FOUND MURDERED: PARENTS ARRESTED Children Believed Slain and Then Thrown in Aban- doned Quarry Hole. CLOTH STRIPS THROTTLE THREE VICTIMS’ THROATS Mother Says Father of Youngsters Took Them for Walk Yester- day and Left Them. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, July 21— The bodies of three small children, ap- parently the victims of violent deaths, were taken from the waters in the bottom of an abandoned stone quarry just outside of this town today follow- ing their discovery by four small boys. They were identified as the children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Hott, residents ©f the suburbs of this town, and were: Gertrude Virginia, 7 years old. Calvin W., 6 years old. Boyd Preston, 5 years old. The parents are being held by the Martinsburg police and were being questioned in an effort to develop the | responsibility for the deaths. Mrs. | Hott, after she had been taken to the morgue to 1dentify the children, told the officers that her husband took the chil- dren for a walk last night, and when he returned, without the children, he ex- })lamed-thn he had left them with a! amily by the name of Kidwell. who lived in the mountain section of the county. He added, she told the police. | that they would remain there for sev- eral days and would be returned home. Police said that they were unable to| identify the Kidwell family. Cause Not Determined. ‘While no autopsy has as yet been held, the belief was expressed that the children had died as a result of a beating administered by some one. The medical authorities expressed the belief that the white strips of cloth or hand- kerchiefs found around the throats of each of the three were not responsible for the deaths. Blood spots were found around the spot where the body of the girl was found. The police at first believed that the children were not residents of the community, but soon after their bodies were removed from the quarry waters prople of the town partially identified them ss the Hott children, and the mother was taken to the morgue and told the police that they were her ghildren. At the time of the discovery was made it was estimated that they had been in the water about eight hours. The girl was rej “to- have a wound | in the skull, which appeared to have been inflicted with a knife. The body of the girl was only partly submerged, while the bodies of the two boys could be plainly seen in about eight feet of the clear water, which fills the bottom of the hole. Rescuers stood by while awaiting the coroner, but ef- | forts to revive one of the victims by artificial respiration failed. A’ coroner’s jury was being empaneled today to attempt to fix the cause ol death and the responsibility therefor, while the sheriff’s office instituted an investigaticn of the horror. Soon after ihe report spread of the discovery of the children’s bodies, crowds of people from the countryside assembled at the side of the big pit, and traffic on the State highway was jammed. Other Marks on Bodies, In addition tp the throttled thfoats of the children, and the apparent stab wound in the girl, the rescuers report- ed that the bodies bore other marks of violence, which, perhaps, might have been received as the bodies struck after being thrown into the chasm. | PIRATES ARE CRUSHED! 100 Are Killed or Wounded and Many Captives Freed After Day-Long Battle. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, July 21.—Word was | received today of the extermination of & band of pirates near Canton by gov- ernment troops after a day-long fight. | More than 100 pirates were killed or wounded and 17 government were lost in the battle, A regiment of soldiers left Canton | 1ast week to wipe out the pirates, who | had been terrorizing the west river dis- | trict. About 40 miles south of the city they met the bandits, who were weil armed and strongly intrenched. The pirates stoutly esisted the attack of the | government forces, but under fire from | gunboats, field guns and machine guns they fled during the night to the peighboring woods. ‘The soldiers pursued them the next morning, discovered the pirate lair and Teleased & number of captives who had Been held for ransom. AUSTRIAN LEADER SHOT troops Btudent Seriously Wounds Acting |~ $13.72 A WEEK WILL FEED FOUR WELL | DUE TO DROP IN STAPLES PRICES! Vienna Minister of Interior. VIENNA, July 21 (4).—Advices from Bucharest this afternoon stated that an unidentified student entered the home office and fired three revolver shots at Constantin Angelescu, acting minister of the interior, wounding him seriously. BANDITS WOUND MANY VIENNA, July 21. (#).—One guard was shot and many passengers wounded #hen brigands held up a train near Donstanza, reports from that town to- day stated. The bandits boarded the train while 1t was traveling slowly up a grade. One of the guards who tried to overpower a Prigand was shot down, the report said. Twenty Killed by Lions. NA! BI, British Africa, July 21 (). .~—The , which frequently menace of Uganda, have been unusually d lately, devouring 20 natives in the Ankole and Masaka districts in the last three weeks. The government has sent ters after the fierce beasts. BISHOP CANNON Tuesday Marriage Is Known Only to Few Close Friends at Time. Leaves With Bride, Formerly Mrs. McCallum, for Trip to Brazil. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 21.—Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was married at Christ Church, Mayfair, last Tuesday after- krown today. Rev. Dr. Ferram was the officiating clergyman. None but a few intimate friends knew of the'wedding at the time. | Bishop Cannon and his bride now are en route to Brazil by way of Madeira. Rev. Cannon is bishop of Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Cuba. Bishop and Mrs. Cannon were mar- risd by a special license issued at the faculty office. ‘The bride’s name was given as Helen IN QUIET CEREMONY IN LONDON nooft; to a Mrs. McCallum, it was mlde} WEDS WIDOW - BISHOP CANNON, JR. Hawley McCallum; widow, of 210 East Sixty-eighth street, New York. A friend of the bishop, Sir Henry Lunn, editor of the Review of the Churches, was instrumental in obtain- ing through the Archbishop of Canter- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) T0GENT GAR FARE T0 BF APPEALED Complete Revaluation Sought | by Keech—Effective 2 A.M. Wednesday. Counsel for the two Washington | street car companies and the Public Utilities Commission conferred today on the terms of the decree settling the 10-cent carfare case to be presented for signature to Justice Jennings Bailey of District Supreme Court. The decree will be taken to Justice Balley 10 o'clock tomorrow &nd it will be made effective at 2 a.m. the next day. The Public Utilities Commission late this afternoon directed Acting .Corpor- ation Counsel Vernon L. West to note an appeal from the decision of Justice Balley. It will be taken to the Court of Appeals at the earliest practicable date. People’s Counsel Keech informed the commission at iis brief meeting today that he would file a formal motion seeking a complete revaluation of the properties of the two street car com- | panies. Time for Revaluation. “I think it is about time we had this revaluation,” he said. “We tried to get one during the course of the hearings, but failed. There is too much doubt as to what the value of these gompanies really is. If it should turn’out after tevaluation that the 10-cent fare is Justified, I will be satisfied that at least 1 have not passed up any opportunities to get it back down to what I consider a more reasonable level.” At the conference the companies made a concession whereby some pas- sengers who must nmow pay 10 cents 1| for a joint street car-bus ride, will get it for 9% cents. At present there are some places where a passenger on pay- ment of an 8-cent cash fare on a street car can get a transfer to a bus for 2 cents additional, making 10 cents in all. Under the terms of the decree he may now pay & token on the street car, costing 7', cents. and be given his transfer to the bus for 2 cents addi- tional, making 9's cents. Two Decrees Desired. Mr. Keech, who attended the confer- ence, said that he would insist that the court sign two decrees, one in the case of each company, so that either case might be appealed without reierence to the other. Attorneys for the companies have not agreed to ‘his and the matter will be put up to Justice Bailey in the mo.ni Those who attended the conference were Acting Corporation Counsel Ver- non L., West, Assistant Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens, Peoples’ Counsel Keech, George E. Hamilton, chairman of the board; John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.; G. Thomas Dunlop, counsel for the Capital Traction Co.; A. G. Neal, vice | president, and 8. R. Bowen, counsel for the Washingion Rallway & Electric Co. The fare which will be set up in the decree is 10 cents cash, four tokens for 30 cents. The present fare is 8 cents| cash, 6 tokens for 40 cents. GEN. HTNES CONFIRMED TO NEW VETERANS’ JOB | Senate Approves Administrator of New Bureau Without Opposi- tion or Record Vote. The Senate today confirmed Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines as administrator of the newly organized Bureau of Vet- erans’ Affairs. Gen. Hines has been administrator of the Veterans’ Bureau for five years. Theé last session of Congress combined all Governmental activities relating to veterans, (ncludlng the Pension Bu- reau, under the Bureau of Velerans' Affairs. There was no opposition to Hines and he was approved without a record vote, 108 KNOWN DEAD I JAPAN STORMS Late Reports Swell Totals as Property Losses Run Into Millions. By the Associated Press, ‘TOKIO, July 21.—Torrential rains | and terrific winds today had clatmed | toll of at least 408 lives and devastated huge areas in Southern Japan and Korea, laying waste property valued by conservative Tokio newspapers at mil- lions of dollars, In one area alone, Kiushiu Island, at the foot of the Japanese empire, property damage reached $50,000,000. Other districts reported great damage from storms of the last two weeks, but official figures were lacking. There were 65 known dead on Kiushiu. Many were missing and hun- dreds injured. 58 Deaths on Friday. Seoul dispatches to Tokio newspa- | pers said 58 deaths were known to have | resulted from: last Friday's typhoon, which swept in from the Pacific, lashed Kiushiu, and whipped across Korea straight into the provinces of Keisho- nando, Keishohokudo, Kankyonando and Kogendo. The provinces, still suf- fering from the effects of recent floods, which killed at least 285 persons and made thousands homeless, were hard hit by the typhoon. Fi Property damage in Korea was much smaller- than on Kiushiu, but only be- | cause of the comparative poverty of the inhabitants. Indications were the Korean death toll would mount much higher. Nipety- two fishing craft, carrying more than 500 fishermen, were missing at sea. Eighty-three persons were unaccounted for ashore. 950 Craft Sink in Typhoon. More than 120 vessels, mostly fl!hingl craft, were missing from Kiushiu | Island, where 950 craft of the same type were sunk by the typhoon. Seas were reported to have reached | tidal wave proportions along the East- | ern coast of Korea. | ‘The wind at times was reported to have reached a velocity exceeding 100 miles an hour. SIX PERSONS KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH Commercie® _ft Falls in England. All Occupants Are Dead. By the Associated Press, LONDON, July 21—Four men and two women, all of its occupants, were killed this afternoon when a Junkers airplane crashed at Meopham, Kent, the air ministry reported. | The plane was marked Gaazk, and| was owned by the Walcot Air Lines, was owned by the Walcot Air Lines. Col. George L. P. Henderson was the pilot, who was killed. Today's crash was European commercial alr service re- | cently. On July 7 a German fiying boat in the Stettin-Kalmar-Stockholm | Service ‘was forced down in the sea' near Bornholm and later was swamped | by heavy seas. Two Americans lost their lives in this accident, Dr. John L. | Burkholder of Mount Pleasant, Pa., and | Miss Ruth Patricia Northrup 'of Phila- delphia, Pa. Miss Northrup's body was recovered last week. the second in | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 21.—A family of four may eat well this Summer for $13.72 a week, according to 8 Summer food bud- get based on current prices, made pub- lic today by the American. Research Foundation. “An average of $13.72 a week spent for food will provide the family of four with all the nutritional elements neces- and yleld riguing Sum: bulletin from the foundation. “Many les are from 20 to 40 per cent below their 1929 level, while fresh sruits and vegetables offer chances (o trim tidy sums off the food budget.” Foundation Reports Declines of 20 to 40 Per Cent in Many Standard Foods. toes, tomatoes, spinach, radishes, lima beans, peas, celery, asparagus. and onions, to cost $1.32. Fruits, including peaches, apples, pine- apples, bananas, rhubarb and dried apricots, costing 78 cents, Meats, including pork, bacon, lamb chops, ham and beef, costing $2.77. Margerine, 2 pounds, 50 cents. Canned goods, including soups, tuna fish, salmon and grapefruit, $1.36. Dal lsmsm including cream, milk and eggs, Staples, including bread, tea, caffee, cocos, flour, sugar, rice, cereal, gelatine and cheese, $3.26, | ‘The housewife is urged by the founda- tion to bu{,ln a5 large quantities as pos- sible and ments closely, ‘watch newspaper adves - CAMPBELL SHAKES BARRERE'HAND A SHOWDOWN PENS Witnesses Fail to Identify Prisoner as Assailant of Murdered Girl. PALM PRINTS COMPARED WITH MARKS ON AUTO Owner of Death Gun to Be Re- called to Confront Suspected Painter Again, Herbert W. Campbell, Arlington County real estate man, who volun- tarily turned over to police a gun identified as the one used by the mur- derer of Mary Baker, and Hermann Henry Barrere, charged with being the girl's slayer, confronted each other to- day behind closed dcors in the office of Commonwealth's Attorney William C. Gloth in the county court house. - The meeting of accuser and accused did not, as its outset, at least, have the elements of drama, which authori- ties had anticipated. Before the door was closed behind them, Campbell was seen to go over to where Barrere was seated and the two men nodded a greeting and shook hands. This was a preliminary to what has been characterized as a ‘show-down"” between the two central figures in the latest developments of the mystery case, Can’t Identify Barrere, Campbell had been in the prosecu- tor’s room with Barrere only a moment or 50 when Gioth brought in a parade of witnesses in an effort to identify Barrere as the man seen beating Miss Baker in her parked car early on the evening of her death and as the man seen loitering in the vicinity of her office for several days before that. ‘The witftesses ook a careful look at the prisoner, but were unable to iden- tify him as being anyone they had seen before, the office:s announced. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Wood ‘an FPrancis Rice, who saw a man in gray cap” assaulting Miss Baker in her car at Seventeenth and B street, were unable to say that Barrere -was that man. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, on emerging from the room, sald that they obtained such a fleeting glimpse of the assailant that they believed it would be impossible for them to recog- nize him again if they met him face to face. Others who looked at Barrere and =aid they had not seen him before in- cluded Miss Olga Skinner and Miss Mildred Sperry, friends of the slain girl and co-occupants with her of a | house in Lyon Park. * | No Chance fo Talk. Park Policeman Frank Hammond | said that Barrere was not the man he | saw hanging around the place where Miss Baker usually parked her car. Campbell emerged with the others | after a few minutes in the room and was told he would be called back in shortly. Campbell said he had no op- portunity to talk with Barrere, but that | “as a matter of courtesy” he shook | hands with him. 1 William Ennyart of the Bureau of | Identification at Washington police headquarters, took the palm prints of Barrere's hands this afternoon to com- pare them with a blurred palm print found on the blood-stained car in which | Miss Baker met her death. This com- | parison was expected to be completed later today. The authorities pinned little hope on this check-up, however, in view of the fact that so many persons | were in and about the car after the murderer parked it half a mile from the culvert in which he had dumped | the bullet-riddled body of the Navy Department clerk. Miss Edith Heiner, friend of Barrere, | and one of his key witnesses in support of his alibi, arrived at the county court house this afternoon and was to meet Barrere in the progecutor's office. Miss Heiner displayed to reporters a sales slip from Kann's Department Store, bearing the date of April @1, which is the day Miss Baker was killed, to corroborate the story told by herself and Barrere about a trip they made back to Kann's shortly after 6 oclock that evening, enly to find the store closed. The time of this trip is regarded as essential to Barrere's defense, as it was approxi- mately 6 o'clock that Miss Baker was | being attacked in her car near the Navy | Department. Barrere Was Cordial, “None of the witnesses hmuflfl in | this afternoon was able to identify the prisoner as having any connection with this case,” Prosecutor Gloth announced at the departure of the witnesses. Campbell remained outside the prose- cutor's office, awaiting a call to return to the room. While he waited he told reporters that Barrere was most cordial in his greeting when Campbell first entered the room and that his only remark was, “Hello, Campbell. It's pretty hot. isn't it.” Campbell said that when Barrere saw that several women were coming into the room, he jumped up and start- | ed to put on his coat, explaining that he didn't like the ladies to see him in | his shirt sleeves. Barrere looked re- | freshed and confident and was the | plcture of sartorial elegance. Talks With Reporters. Campbell talked freely with reporters today as he awaited his turn to have ‘show-down” with the accused man. Campbell vigorously denied that he was being shadowed in’connection with the case and branded as false a published report that he was followed to a nearby beach vesterday by Deputy Sheriff Harry Woodyard of Arlington County. “I did not leave my house yester- day,” Campbell asserted, “and no one was watching me, T understand that Harry Woodyard did go to North Beach yesterday with his family, but not be- cause he thought T was there.” Campbell declared he was anxlous to meet Barrere and to thrash out with him statements the latter has made to the officers who brought him back from Montreal last week end. Partic 1) of Barrere's “girl friends.” Denies Having Grudge. “ '“I have no grud inst Barrere,” Campbell declated, ‘and b l Vh A ) 1930 —THIRTY- WEATHER b AGAINST ny 5 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press service. news Saturday's Circulation, 103, Sunday’s Circulation, 112,166 FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MAN (38 VSY THE UNKINDEST STROKE OF ALL! HOOVER 0 LEAVE WASHINGTON SOON President Expects to Start West Between August 5 and 15. President Hoover expects to leave Washington for his vacation in the parks in the Rocky Mountains some- time - between August 5 and 15 and | with the expectation of returning to the White House about the latter part of the first week in September. The exact date for the President's departure has not been settled, but will be in the next few days. The itinerary for the trip is being worked Into shape and is virtually ready for the Presi- dent’s approval. Mr. Hoover's intention is to go by special train from here to Glacler Park in Montana. 2 made in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., just long enough to permit the President and his party to parade ‘thrvu‘h the twin clties in automobiles. There “will be mo speech making in either of these cities and, according to the President, there will be none throughout the vacatfon trip. His de- termination is to decline all invitations and to confine his outing to rest and outdoor sports, 2 ‘Will Avoid Hotels. The President is going to avold hotels as much as possible. During his stay in Glacier Park the President and his party will live in_tents in some cool, attractive spot. In Yellowstone Park it is thought liksly that the party will live at a, hotel, probably the one at the canyon. The site for the President’s tent city in Glacier Park, which will serve as the Summer White House for frohmy two weeks, has been tentative- y selected, but not yet approved by the President. In the' meantime its location will not be revealed. It is understood. however, that it will be near Two Madison Lake, where trout of the cutthroat and rainbow species abound and where the scenery is con= ceded to be as superb as apy found in the West. . Few Days in Yellowstone. It is thought doubtful if the Presi- dent’s stay in Yellowstone Park will be longer than three or four days. He expects to do his fishing there in Yel- lowstone River, near the Canyon, and on Grieb Lake, about 15 miles from the Canyon. The movements of the presi- dential narty after leaving Yellowstone have not yet been made known, but the information is that the party will start on its journey back across the conti- nent with probably one or two stops. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover sought relief from the intense heat yes- terday by going for a long automobile drive in nearby Maryland and Virginia, returning to the city through the cool driveways in Rock Creek Patk. Allen” Hoover, the younger of the Hoover boys, who was visiting them over the week end, accompanied his parents on this outing. He left Wash- ington last night to resume his work at the New Jersey factory, where he is employed during his vacation from Harvard. At Whites Perry, Md., the President's engineering turn of mind was attracted by the old cable ferry still in operation. The presidential car was stopped long enol for the Chief Executive to dis- cuss the workldn.;s of the ferry with the rryman on duty. 'QAF Leesburg, ’Vl., the presidential car again stopped while the President, Mrs. Hoover and Allen partook of iced soda water, served them from a store along the road. The heat of the early morning did not prevent, the President and the members of his medicine ball cabinet from indulging today in their strenuous sport in the rear grounds of the White House. BILL TILDEN SPRAINS ANKLE IN PRACTICE Accident Occurs During - Match With Kozeluh in Paris. By the Associated Press, PARIS, July 21.—-Big Bill Tilden, famous American tennis star, sprained an ankle in & practice match with Karl Kozeluh, Crechoslovakian professional, today. ¢ hbh-m- on Page B-3 Brief stop-offs will be | Heat Halts Burglar, Wheo Falls in Store With Loot in Pocket NEW YORK, July 21.—Today's first heat victim was Charles Gallagher, burglar. He and two pals were saunter- ing through Fulton treet, unable to sleep, and somebody sugrested breaking i to Herman Jackson's Jewelry store. With & hewvy timber they ram- med the front door and smashed & showcase. A patrolman who heard the no e came on the run and found Gallagher on the floor, overcor by heat and by a trivial glass cut on his arm. He had two watches and some beads in his pocket, the patrolman said. His companions escaped. PAGT RESERVATION VOTED BY SENATE | | Norris_Measure Makes Se-, = ¢ cret Agreements Invalid in Naval Treaty. ‘Without a roll eall and without oppo- sition the Senate today adopted the Norris reservation to the London naval treaty resolution of ratification. ‘The Norris reservation provides that no secret agreements shall be binding in relation to the naval limitation treaty. Supporters of the treaty did’ not op- pose the Norris reservation, although President Hoover and Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and Robinson of Arkan- sas, members of the American delega- tion at London, hgve repeatedly assured | the Senate that¥there are no secret | agreements Telating to the treaty. | The Ncrris reservation was modified by eliminating the preambles which it originally contained. Watson Assured of Vote. Senator Watsor, Republican leader, | sald this afternoon he had assurance | from opponents of the treaty that they | would not oppose taking a vote tomor- row, For that reason, he said, unless the treaty could be ratified by 5 or 6 o'clock this afternoon, the Senate would recess until tomorrow without holding & night session, in the full expectation of completing action on the treaty to< morrow. The next reservation taken up by the Senate was offered by Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, a_substitute for the (Continued on Page 2, ARKANSAS BANK CLOSES Steady Withdrawals Iu-r Month Hit| Pine Bluff Institution. PINE BLUFF, Ark, July 21 (P)— The National Bank of Arkansas, second largest banking institution in Pine Bluff, closed its doors today and was placed in charge of national bank ex- aminers. r Steady withdrawals for the past month were said to have been respon- | sible for the closing. RETURN 5,000 CHURCHES Mexican Treasury Officials Report Restoration to Catholics. MEXICO, ‘CITY, July 21 (#).—Treas- ury officials said today (filt 5,000 churches had been réturned to Catholic authorities since settlement of the government-church conflict in June a year ago. AN SHOTBY W DURNG QUARREL Carpenter in Serious Condi- tion After Bullet Pierces His Right Eye. Shot down by his wife in a quarrel over family funds today at his home, 3341 Tenth street, Claude C. Williams, 55-year-old carpenter, was removed o Emergency Hospital, where physicians | said his condition was serious. His 55-year-old wife, Mrs. Myrtle Leona Williams, was arrested by Sergt. J. W. McGinness of the tenth police precinct and removed to the House of Detention. No charge was placed against the woman pending the out- ‘eome of the man's fight for life. The husband told police he would refuse to prosecute his wife. Found on Floor. Williams was lying on the floor of A third-floor rented bed room when police arrived. A bullet from a .38- caliber revolver had entered his right temple, ranged downward and pierced his right eye. Emerging from the man’s face, the pellet went through a window. Police searched unsuccess- fully for the bullet outdoors. Dr. Herbert P. Ramsey of 1343 Otis place, was summoned by friends. He treated Williams until an Emergency ambulance arrived. The patient re- mained conscious until removed tosthe hospital, corroborating the story of his wife that the shooting had resulted from a bitter argument over whether. the husband was providing the wife with sufficient necessities of life. Returned From Florida. Mrs. Williams, highly nervous, told Sergt. McGinness, Williams had given only about $1 a day for the support of his ‘wife recently. = She said his ex- lanation was that he had been work- ing only at odd jobs. She said they returned from Florida about three Weeks ago after Williams had lost his ition with a railroad there. They -had resided in Washington previously. The wife was quoted as saying she married Willlams here 12 years ago. Both the husband and wife had been married previously, Mrs. Williams has a daughter of another marriage, Mrs. Willlam C., O'Neale of 1300 Taylor street. Since returning to Washington the Willlams couple have resided in rooms rented from Mrs. C. A. Edwards. Physicians said Willlams would be certain to lose the use of his right eye should he. live, Police predicted Mrs. Williams .would be charged with assault with a deadly weapon should the husband survive. Otherwise, she would be charged with murder. TWO PORTUGUESE PLOTS DECLARED SQUELCHED Government Deports 27 to Azores. Bomb Plant Found in Lisbon, | By the Assoclated Press. LISBON, July 21,—The government believed today it had squelched two conspiracies against the dictatorship within the last two weeks. ‘The round-up of political offenders began last week, about 300 being ar- rested, and yesterday 27 soldiers ‘d‘? civilians accused in the plots were dé- ported to the Azores. The campaign against the plotters continued yesterday. Government opera- tives found an ammunition plant in the heart of the city, where it was said conspirators were manufacturing bombs. ‘There is no fear of a shortage of water in Washington, Capt. Hugh P. Oram said today. Capt. Oram, who has charge of the District’s water dis- lew days is still behimnan'hlehme iter system been AMPLE CAPITAL WATER SUPPLY ASSURED DURING HOT WEATHER District Distributing System Not Yet Taxed to Maximum, But Demand Is Growing glln)m per day and met the situation casily. 3 The section of the city adjoining Wis- consin avenue and Belt road where citizens have been troubled hy low water pressure at night will probably revert to ! normal tonight when a new con- nection at Wisconsin avenue and Bsit road is put into service by the depart- ment. Work on this nection was started Saturday and now Is practically complete. trouble was caused by a 12-inch con- CAPITAL SWELTERS WITH REST OF U. 3, RELIEF UNCERTAIN Temperature, 106.6 Here Yesterday, Wins Half Holi- day for Clerks. COLD WAVE IN WEST FOLLOWS DROUGHT’S END Water Situation in Nearby Mary- land Becomes More Serious. Light Storm Predicted. Capital Thermometer in Hourly Stages Hourly temperatures, beginning last midnight, as recorded at the ‘Weather reau, were: Midnight ..84 A blazing sun this morning promised the Capital another day of record- breaking heat, with no relief in sight before tomorrow. afternoon. “In the absence of clouds the.tem: perature today will be as high as yes- terday’s record of 105.6 degrees,” of- ficials at the Weather Bureau declared. The break in the heat wave late to- morrow is expected to come with the arrival of cooler air from the north- west. The temperature is expected to return to normal Wednesday. Shortly. before noomr orders were is- sued closing virtually all the Govern- ment departments to give the thou- sands of employes a chance to_escape the worst of heat. The District Building was also orgered closed and policemen on duty were given permis- sion to remove their coats. The Weather Bureau forezaw a pos- sibility of a thundershower tomorrow afternoon, but warned that it is not likely there will be sufficient rain to relieve the seriousness of<the water shortage in nearby Maryland. Situation Is Serious. With this warning in mind, recom- mendations that regulations prohibitin, the use'of water in nearby Marylan for other than household purposes he promuigated were subimnitted today to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission by its chief engineer, Rob- ert B. Morse. Action on the recom- mendation is expected today. The water situation in Maryland is so serious that it is believed the supply of water in the Brunt Mills reservoir will be exhausted in six days unless heavy rains are forthcoming. As the thermometer continued to climb orders were issued closing the Treasury Department at 12:30 o'clock and the State Department at 1 p.m. Workers in the Commerce Department uolgporlry buildings were excusvd at noon. The Treasury, Commerce and Justice- Departments joined the State De ment in releasing all of their employes who could be spared at 1 o'clock. The temporary buildings under the Treas- ury had been ordered out at 12:30 o'clock. The employes of the Munitions Building were relpased at 1 o'clock. The District Building offices were closed at 1 o'clock. The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing dismissed its personnel at 12:30 o'clock. e Agriculture Department soon affer closed work for the day and the W-rdDepartmem followed shortly after- ward. Men in charge of steel-erection work on the Potomac Electric Power Co.'s new building at Tenth and E streets quit work before noon. They said the metal had become so hot they couldn't handle it. The lowest temperature recorded at the Weather Bureau during the past 24 hours was 76 degrees at 6 o'clock this morning. The thermometer was climbing steadily, however, and was just under 100 degrees shortly before noon. Capital Second Hottest. « Red Bluff, Calif,, with a temperature of 108 degrees, was the only place in the country hotter than Washington yesterday. Local temperatures in the Capital were in excess of those recorded at Yuma and Phoenix, Ariz, two notorious “hot spots.” Today’s heat was made more un- comfortable by a rise in the humidity. ‘The humidity at 8 o'clock yesterday morning was 44, but had reached 62 at the same hour today. Daniel H. Moran, 52, an attendant at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, was overcome by the heat yesterday. There were no prostrations reported today. At Dar- gan, Md., however, Gus Allen, 25, jump- ed into the Potomac River and was drowned last night. It is believed he became mentally unbalanced as a result of the heat. The previous high temperature record ia Washington was set in 1918, when 105.5 degrees was recorded. At the kiosk on Pennsylvania avenue the high figure was 110 degrees. Yesterday's maximum was reached at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Although it was expected that the demands of the Maryland suburban dis- trict and the increased local use would carry the total water consumption to- day in the District above 100,060,000 gallons, no serious shortag: was an- tlcl‘uud by officials at the District Building. The average daily consumption here during the past fiscal year was 82,000,- 000 gallons. Yesterday 96,752,000 gal- " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) BALTIMORE FIGHTS WATER FRONT FIRE Pennsylvania Pier and Adjoining Standard Oil Plant Are Threatened. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 21.—Fire boats and land fire-fighting equipment were rushed to the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.’s pier in the Baltimore Harbor this afternoon when fire threatened destruc- tion of the pier, several barges tied up to it and to spread to the adjoining water front plant of the Standard Oll Capt. Oram said that the | Co. Officlals were unable to ascertain the nection between a 16-inch main and | cause of the fire, which caused the 24-inch main, This 1 c) tion will be changed for a 16: nection. nnec- h col -inch con-