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A—2 »2 BENCH WARRANTS OUTFORHOEPPELS Bondsman Agrees to Pay " Transportation to D. C., Delaying Forfeiture. Justice Peyton Gordon of District Court today issued bench warrants for the arrest in California .of Represen- tative John H. Hoeppel and' his son, Charles J. Hoeppel, who failed to ap- Ppear for commitment under sentences of four months to one year’s im- prisonment imposed last Spring after their conviction of conspiring to sell & West Point appointment for $1,000. On the promise of Bondsman Mil- ton Kronheim to pay the expenses of their return to the District, Justice Gordon agreed not to forfeit their bail at this time. Each is at liberty under $1,000 bond. Kronheim said the Hoeppels are at their home in Arcadia, Calif. He re- ceived & telegram from the elder Hoeppel this morning, stating he and his son would come to Washington as soon as he could wind up his affairs and asking the bondsman’s indulgence until about next Monday. The requested respite will not be forthcoming, however, and the con- victed defendants will be arrested by United States marshals as soon as the bench warrants reach California. United' States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and his chief assistant, David A. Pine, informed the court they were satisfied for the bond not to be for- feited if Kronheim paid for bringing the Hoeppels to Washington. Had Justice Gordon ordered the bail paid, the expenses incident to the trip of the defendants from California to ‘Washington would have fallen on the Government. The bondsman had been ordered to produce both defendants in court simultaneously with the presentation of the mandate from the Court of Ap- peals affirming their convictions. Last December a District Court Jury found the Hoeppels guilty of con- spiring to solicit $1,000 from James W. Ives, Johns Hopkins University and Olympic athlete, as payment for an appointment to the Military Acad- emy. ‘They appealed from the jury verdict, but the appellate tribunal affirmed their conviction last Spring. A peti- tion then was sent to the Supreme Court for a review, which recently was denied. The Appeals Court had with- held its mandate pending decision by the Supreme Court as to whether it would take jurisdiction. WATER SERVICE CHARGE REDUCED Sanitary Commission Announces $1 a Year Slash on “Family Size” Meters. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 28.— A $1 a year reduction in service charges on “family-size” water meters in the Maryland metropolitan area was announced today by T. Howard + Duckett, chairman of the Washington “Buburban Sanitary Commission. ¥ A proportionate reduction will be ¥made on larger meters, Chairman #Duckett said. 4 He estimated the reduction will re- #ult in an aggregate saving of about #$20,000 a year to consumers, It will +be effective on current bills. & There are 17,000 “family size” Sj- inch meters in the sanitary district s'on which an annual charge of $4 has #been made. This will be reduced to #$3. In addition there are about 750 “larger meters, some as large at 8 #inches, on which the service charge #reduction will be $39 a year. ‘The increase in water consumption #In the last two years and the greater efficiency and economy of operation sof the new Robert B. Morse filter < plant at Burnt Mills has made the reduction possible, Mr, Duckett ex- plained. He expressed the hope that future expansions will make further savings possible to the consumers. At present the commission is receiving appli- cations for new-house connections at the rate of 82 a week. ‘.TWO HOSPITAL OFFICIALS REQUESTED TO RESIGN Buperintendent Also Reproved by Board After State Auditor Charges “Irregularities.” BY the Associated Press, MARION, Va., October 28.—The Bpecial Board of Directors of tke Southwestern State Hospital, in session here yesterday, requested the resigna- tion of Walter E. Johnston, steward for the past 19 years, and W. 8. Robinson, jr., bookkeeper, and mildiy reproved Dr. George A. Wright, hos. pital superintendent, for not having required Johnston to “have been mors diligent in collection of accounts,” and the general .conduct of the institu- tion’s business. The position of steward 15 equivalent to business manager. Yesterday’s action was taken in the form of two resolutions after the board had heard reports from Dr. Wright and Johnston prepared for ‘submission in view of “irregularities” recently re- ported by State Auditor L. McCarthy Downs after a special investigation into the hospital’s financial affairs. New.Type of Sign Designed to Speed Traffic Is Issued Ban ““Stopping or Stand- ing”’ Between 8 and 9 ’ A.M. on Main Streets. A new type traffic sign, designed to [ Washington l - Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. DIAMONDS. Pederal Government has been mighty disappointing to a woman who lives in New Or- leans and it might as well know about it. The woman made known her complaint in & letter re- ceived yesterday by the Health De- partment. . It was her understanding, she said, that the Federal Government made it a practice to give diamonds to all babies born on the Fourth of July. Well, come last Independence day, the stork dropped in, but since then has come no diamond from Washington. She thinks that's no way for offi- cials here to act, but perhaps she will change her mind when she gets the Health Department’s letter. In it they pointed out that the Federal Government might go broke giving Independence day bables diamonds. It is too bad, in a way, that the woman was wrong. A Federal “stork derby” would make a fine July § story every year. *x % JUSTICE: Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a young lawyer trying his first divorce case? We krow. Abraham Chasanow told us. Coming up before Justice Wheat the other day in his first case of that character, Chasanow wondered if the justice remembered that he had officiated at the young lawyer’s cwn wedding three years ago. In some of the exchanges that marked the progress of the case, Chasanow had a feeling that Jus- tice Wheat did remember, * %k x DIMINUENDO. JON'T look now, but ... Smoke poured from the win- dows. Two dozen pieces of the town's fire-fighting equipment gathered in front of a Connecticut avenue night club the other morning to battle what turned out to be a minor blaze. Sid- ney, the orchestra leader, driving by in his car, stopped to have a look at the excitement. Nobody connected with the club, ex- cept for the watchman who had dis- covered the fire, was on hand, so Sid- ney did his duty. He dashed to a telephone, called Virginia Macias, sister of the club’s owner, Pete. “Virginia,” said Sidney over the phone, “I hate to disturb you and I don't want to alarm you .. . but the club is on fire. . . .” EIEE FUDGE. . A LICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH, when & little girl, was making fudge on board the President’s yacht, Sylph, with some girl friends. When she cut the fudge the knife slipped and slashed the green baize table cover. Before the party was over the green baize was slashed in three places, twice across the middle and angle- wise across one end. A petty officer now living here in Washington tells the story. He was on duty at the time and was called to task by the commanding officer of the Sylph, “What's the meaning of this?” asked the “skipper.” . He was told what had happened. PR 3 ‘The commanding officer was amazed. ‘The girls, including the President's daughter, never could have done such a thing. There was an investigation. Pinally the petty officer had to take the rap | for the fudge party. He had to pay $32 out of his own pocket for a new tablecloth. * % x HORSES. A BRAZILIAN gold prospector, vis- iting here, estimates that he can buy a horse back home for what it costs him to hire one in Washington for & three-hour jaunt through the park. He says horses are that cheap there, not that expensive here. *x* 3 GIRL? An operative, the one who gets his hair cut regularly, came hip- pety-hop from the barber shop yesterday with some knowledge eavesdropped from @ couple of manicurists. What he learned was that stenography, after all, is the Jountain of -youth. It come out in the remark of one manicurist to the other: “You know that girl in the hotel, the public stemographer, 1 mean. Would you believe it, they let her go after 42 years” . x x % PEARL. A WASHINGTON woman who re- cently dined with a Yale fessor in New Haven had cause to considerably embarrassed during the sea food course. Delightful oysters were served and, as the lady was contentedly munching them, she clamped her teeth on some- THE EVENING STAR, 5 CHECS ST COLORED PSTOR Maryland Ministers Are_ Re- minded of “Obligation” to Landon-Knox Ticket. BY the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 28.—Rev. Al- bert J. Mitchell said today he had mailed $5 checks supplied by the Re- publican State Central Committee to & number of colored pastors with let- ters reminding them “of their obliga- tion to support” the Landon-Knox ticket., “The colored minister, superintendent of the Washington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (colored) and chairman of the Clergy Crusaders’ Circle of Maryland for Landon and Knox, said he sent out about 400 let- ters, but not all contained checks. Asked to Support Ticket. Asked about the letters, Mitchell said: “I sent out the letters. I reminded our pastors of their obligations to sup- port the ticket of Landon and Knox. We took care of the expenses of any man who made any speeches for his time and trouble. “The money was supplied by the Republican State Central Committee. We left it up to the pastors whether the money would go to their churches or to themselves.” ‘The checks bore the signatures of William P, Lawson, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, and Henry Lay Duer, Republican State campaign treasurer, Duer Declines Comment. “I don’t know a thing in the world about that,” Lawson said in response to & query. “It was handled entirely by the Crusaders.” Asked if he knew the checks were going to the colored pastors, Lawson said: “I sign a great many checks, about 1,000 a day. I don't know a thing about this. The colored situa- tion is handled through national head- quarters.” Duer declined to comment. The letters addressed to the pastors thanked them for their services in be- half of the party, expressed regret at | the small sum supplied and concluded with an appeal “for your continued confidence and the success of our party on November 3.” e — PARK GATHERINGS TO MOVE INDOORS Rock Creek Summer Series Ends This Week—Nature Walks Continue. C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, yes- terday announced that the Summer series of outdoor Priday evening gatherings in Rock Creek Park will be concluded this week. The nature walks, however, will be continued on Sundays. Donald Edward McHenry, park nat- uralist, is formulating & Winter pro- gram which will include indoor meet- ings in one of the public auditoriums. Vernon Bailey, retired chief field naturalist of the Biological Survey, will speak on “Mammals of the Dis- trict of Columbia—Today and Yester- day” at the campfire gathering on Friday at 8 pm. at Plerce Mill pjc- nic grounds in Rock Creek Park. Spe- cial bus service to Pierce Mill will be available at 7:35 and 7:45 p.m. from Sixteenth street and Park Road. On Sunday from 7:30 to 9 am. a “bird walk” will be held at the Capital Overlook on the Mount Vernon Me- morial Highway, 1 mile south of the Fourteenth Street Highway Bridge. Reservations for the special bus may be made by calling the Capital Tran- sit Co. The bus will leave 1416 F street at 7:15 am. On Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 5, an “Autumn stroll’ will be held through Carderock estate, along the Palisades of the Potomac River in Maryland. Special busses will leave 1416 F street at 2 p.m. Those travel- ing in private cars are asked to drive out Condult road to the Red Stone Bridge over Cabin John branch, and 2 miles beyond, where a special sign will be placed. VENTILATING UNITS PLACED IN BUSSES Work of Installing Equipment Will Be Completed by End of Week. Beginning Sunday, bus patrons of the Capital Transit Co. will be pro- vided regular changes of air in the vehicles through installation of forced draft ventilating equipment, in com- pliance with an order of the Public “Utilities Commission. The ‘work of installing the new equipment will be completed by the end of this week, according to Wil- liam B. Bennett, assistant to the presi- dent of the company. Some 250 of the company’s busses are affected by the order. Total cost of the new equipment was estimated at_$25,000. Exempted from the order were a number of the oldest busses which, the commission decided, would be due for replacement within a reasonably short time and which were so full of cracks l%):y_' were practically “‘ul! ventilat- CLIPPER PASSENGERS WELCOMED TO MANILA Aerial Display and Civic Festival Mark Arrival of First Pay Planeload. By the Assoctated Press. MANILA, P. I, October 28.—Manila WASHINGTON, D. C, Wheels Turn Again at Pierce Mill Left—Robert A. Little, head miller, pictured at the corn grinding wheel in Pierce Mill, which was restored and put into operation yesterday under supervision of the Welfare and Recre- 66 0, THE machinery isn't the original,” said Robert A. Little, miller of the rejuve- nated Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park, opened to the public yes- tercay. “But it'’s an exact reproduc- tion and works perfectly.” Little, who was unemployed before the Works Progress Administration | gave hin his present job, knows all about the old French burr milling machinery at the historic water mill, | and takes pride in his work. “Few people understand the system,” he said, “but I worked with it 10 years before the new system was in- vented.” “You can say I'm 60, he jested, while perferming his duties. “That's | close enough. Anyway, I've been mill- | ing since I was 17 and have never | done anything else.” He pointed to the intricate sys- tem of wooden wheels, grain chutes, | leather drive belts, and the pile of | ational Association. golden corn meal issuing from & trough. “I've milled in almost every State from New England to the coast.” Outside, the ivy-covered granite walls of the old mill blended with the | bright Autumn foliage. The clear | water of Rock Creek, the mill race, ! and the slow-turning water wheel must have looked that way when | Isaac Pierce built his mill about a century ago. On the south gable is a plaque bear- | Right—Mrs. Association inspects the ground corn as it comes from the chute. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1936. . Mary Ramisch of the Welfare —Star Staff Photos. ing the inscription: “B I P 1829.” It is thought by family members to mean “Betsy and Isaac Pierce.” Others think it means “Built by Isaac Pierce.” Pierce Mill was put in working order by the Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, with W. P. A. funds. | The corn meal and flour from the | mill will be sold to the public at retail | and used in the Government cafe- | terias, LANDON CALLED BACK-SEAT DRIVER Secretary Hull Has Difficulty Learning What Nominee Advocates. BS the Associated Press. HAGERSTOWN, Md., October 28.— Secretary of State Cordell Hull, after | a 10-minute wait for Gov. Alf M. Lan- | don to finish his radio speech, told ‘Washington County Democrats that | Landon is “our principal back-seat driver.” | ‘The Roosevelt cabinet member spoke here last night at a Democratic rally. Gov. Landon, Republican presidential | nominee, spoke in Pittsburgh. Their addresses used the same radio chain. Hull was all set to give his address | when it developed that Gov. Landon | had over-run his allotted time. Wil- liam Preston Lane, jr., former State attorney general, announced the rea- son for the delay and had the organist | play during the interim. Not Sure of Landon Aims. The Secretary of State, after term- ing Gov. Landon a “back-seat driver,” added: “But I have some difficulty in find- ing out precisely what the Governor advocates, and I am sure you have had the same experience.” Landon, Hull said, “says in effect that he agrees with our destination, namely, the restoration of our foreign trades; but he doesn't like the kind of car we are driving or the way we drive it.” Tydings, Lewis Speak. He termed reciprocal trade agree- ments of the Roosevelt administration las a step in laying “the most im- portant groundwork for world peace.” “Prosperity and peace are not sepa- rate entities,” he said. “To promote one is to promote the other. The eco- nomic well-being of peoples is the greatest single protection inst civil strife, large armaments, wai He cited efforts to remove trade bar- riers to tobacco, a staple Maryland crop, as typical of the action of the trade agreements. Other speakers included Senator Millard E. Tydings and Representative David J. Lewis, candidate for re- election from the sixth congressional district. FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR VICTIM OF AUTO Raleigh J. Dunaway, 55, of Lin- colnia to Be Buried in Richmond, Va. B3 s Staff Corresponcent ot The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 28.— Funeral services for Raleigh J. Dun- away, 55, of Lincolnia, who died yes- terday at the Alexandria Hospital from injuries received in an automobile ac- cident, will be held at .12:30 pm. here tomorrow at the Cunningham funeral home. ‘He leaves his wife, Mrs. May Dun- away, and two sisters. Burial will be in Richmond. Mr. Dunaway was struck by an au- tomobile " on the Alexandria-Wash- ington road Sunday night. After an inquest yesterday afternoon, police re- leased Willlam S. Simmons, driver of the car, who was absolved of crim- inal negligence by Dr. Llewellyn Powell, city coroner. Officer Who Nabbed Persian Minister | the visitors, who witnessed one of | | home day.” Declines Old Job 205,400 Navy Day Crowd Sees| Colorful and Spectacular Show| Thousands of Boy§ Stage Impromptu Act by Breaking Into Sham Battle Lines Seeking Empty Cartridges. BY JOSEPH S. Two great charges, one by a land- ing party of armed Marines, who | charged through the ranks of a mot- ley crew of “insurrectos” in a spec- tacular sham battle, and another, | wholly unprogrammed and unexpect- ed, by thousands of Washington youngsters who charged impartially | through insurrectos and conquering | Marines alike in quest of spent car- tridges, brought Washington's largest Navy day observance to a joyous, noisy close at dusk yesterday. It was a great day for the Navy, which entertained 205,400 visitors at the Washington Navy Yard, and for | the most colorful spectacles staged by the Navy in connection with iis “at The crowds cheered impartially for flying satlors and Marines, who put on three spectacular aviation shows during the day, and for Marine In- fantry, which paraded, went through | the colorful formal guard mounting and battalion parade ceremonies and demonstrated machine gun and light | howitzer firing. Get Red-Hot Souvenirs. By tens of thousands they went through the great Navy Yard shops and watched the processes of turning out naval ordnance ranging from 16- inch gun parts to cartridge cases for saluting guns. Disregarding warn- ings, they picked up hot metal shav- ings from giant lathes and milling machines, scorching their fingers but acquiring souvenirs to show their neighbors who didn't get to the yard. ‘The Navy threw down the bars and many & mechanic and machinist went home hoarse after hours of answer- ing all of the hundreds of pertinent and impertinent questions visitors from every walk of life fired at them. Buildings which during the whole year are closed to sightseers were wide open yesterday, and the crowds poured through them in never-ending streams, gasping at the forging of giant slabs of metal, weighing many tons, and at the fiery fountains ac- companying the pouring of heats of brass and iron. Navy carpenters turned out miniature mallets by the hundreds out of dowel sticks for chil- dren who begged for souvenirs, Flyers Bomb Target. ‘The big spectacles of the day were | the final sham battle. | costia River in front of the yard with | space along the waterfront in the ! reserved for the late afternoon, when CHURCH TO INSTALL NEW PASTOR TONIGHT Sherwood Presbyterian Rites to Include Sermon by Rev. F. A, Mullmar, Moderator. Rev. Thomas Law Coyle tonight will be installed pastor of the Sher- wood Presbyterian Church, Twenty- second street and Rhode Island ave- nue northeast. ‘The invocation will be given by Rev. Fred A. Mullmer, moderator of the » EDGERTON. the crowd attained its peak for the air show put on by two Marine squadrons from Quantico, Va., and| The Marine fiyers bombed a target in the Ana- miniature bombs and went through a program of formation and combat | flying. Then in the chill of the afternoon the crowds rimmed the large open southeast portion of the yard 10 and | 20 deep, children behind a flimsy line of cables. Sailors from the receiving ship, in fantastic rags and tatters to | represent insurrecto forces, took sta- tion in a flimsy “village” constructed | for the purpose. A landing party of Marines began advancing toward the village from the banks of the river some hundreds of yards away, PField | guns banged away on both sides, | smoke pots and bombs sent up clouds of smoke, the rifle fire rose in an angry crescendo and Marine Corps planes dived on the “enemy” posi- tions. The Marines advanced through the field, flanking parties mopped up a machine gun nest and opened a cross-fire into the village. Bayonets were fixed, and with a lusty cheer the Marines rose and charged. Youngsters Then ‘Then arose from the sidelines a flercer and lustier cheer and, brush- ing aside sailors, Marines, cables and all impediments, thousands of young- sters poured into the field in a whoop- ing, framtic rush for empty cartridges. Guards tried for a moment to stem the rush and then threw up . their hands in despair and were engulfed in the rush, Cramming cartridges into their pockets, the children were in time to witness the finish of the sham battle as the Marines rounded up the last of the insurrecfos, sweeping up numbers of stray children in the proc- ess, every one having a fine time of it. A flag was run up over the captured village, a band which ac- companied the landing party played the national anthem, colors were massed at the gates and Navy day was over. A count at the main gaje showed 186,000 pedestrians entered the yard, and 4,850 autos carried in an average of four persons per car. LAST APPLICATION DATE The North Carolina Democratic Club of Washington today notified resident Democrats from that State that tomorrow is the final day on which absentee ballot applications can be mailed to their places of legal residence before the general election. Thus far the club has handled more than 2,000 absentee applica~ tions for North Carolina Democrats here. Monks Rule Tibet Lives. The Tibetan, if he has anything out of the ordinary to do, consults the monks, who pronounce by divina- | States Steel Corp, Wall Street fo- tion whether or not it is advisable to risk it. Night Final . STEELRETURN HINT PAY BO0ST Study of Wagg Question Is | Near Completion, Offi- cial Says. B~ the Associated Press. ! NEW YORK, October 28.—Im- pressed by an important third-quarter | increase in earnings of the United | cused its interest today on a prom- | ised revision in the huge industrial | unit's wage scale. | Rumors that an increase in pay for the lower-salaried categories of work- ers was impending had been current | for weeks before yesterday’s board meeting, at which net income for the | September quarter was reported at $13,636,177, the largest for the period since 1930. In the same three months last year there was a deficit of | $1,305,205. | In reflecting on this showing and looking ahead to future months, stu- dents of the industry pointed to the current review of Iron Age, steel trade journal, which said conditions were | “highly favorable” for a continuance of schedules around current levels for the balance of the year. Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the Steel Corp.’s board, characterized the | earnings statement and restoration | of the preferred stock to its regular $1.75 quarterly basis as “good news.” He said & study of the wage question was nearing completion and would soon be ready for discussion with employes. PAY RAISES GRANTED. Packing Concern Boosts Expected to Benefit 80,000. CHICAGO, October 28 (#).— ‘Wage increases granted thousands of plant employes of the big meat pack- ing concerns were expected today to affect uMtimately 100,000 workers in the industry. ‘The four big Chicago packing con- cern$, Swift, Armour, Cudahy and Wilson yesterday announced a 7 per cent increase in plant workers’ pay, effective next Monday, the first day of the industry’s new fiscal year. The increases will lift wage scales to a level almost 20 per cent above the 1929 peak and nearly 50 per cent above the 1932 low, the industry re- ported. As a result of the action of these four companies, it was estimated that ultimately 80,000 employes would benefit to the extent of nearly $8,000,~ 000 annually. Office employes were not included. . In addition, it was pointed ou smaller packers, whose organizatiol were made up of union employes, | might follow the example set by the “big four,” Some already have, but spokesmen for smaller Chicago pack- ers said no definite decision had yet been: made on proposed wage in- creases. In the past, however, wage actions by the large com; have been followed by similar action on the part of small packers. Eight Out of Ten Americans. RESCUE STRESSES - FLOOD CURB NEED U. S. Hearing at Strasburg, Va., Reveals 3tory of Menace to Children. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. STRASBURG, Va., October 28.—Out of a mass of technical data concerning flood control there emerged here yes- terday the heretofore unrecorded story of the rescue of more than 30 children from & school bus stranded in the mid- dle of a swift mountain stream during the high waters of last March. The story was revealed during a hearing being conducted by Lieut. W. J. Matteson, acting District Engi- @eer, and his assistants, into the ques- tion of flood control along the Shenan- doah River, which, being a tributary of the Potomac River, is included in the control survey of the Potomac River basin required under an act of the last Congress. Yesterday's hear- ing was the seventh conducted by the United States Engineer's Office. Speaking for the owmers of 2,000 acres of fertile farm lands along South River, in Augusta County, O. C. Flory sald the waters of this stream rose so rapidly that a school bus became stranded in the middle of the ordi- narily shallow stream. When he are rived, he said, all of the smaller chil- dren had been carried to shore by men of the vicinity. Rescued Just in Time, The stream, however, had become so swift and high that rescuers could no longer keep their footing, so a team was hitched to a high hay wagon and the 30 remaining children were taken to safety through water so swift the horse upstream lost his footing three times before reaching shore. Within a few minutes the water reached the top of the bus. The condition of this stream, little more than & small run during normal weather, was the subject of a cry for Telief from those owning land border- ing it. Through years of filling from silt, rocks, fimber lashings and brush from untended banks, the engineers were told, the bed of the stream has | reached a normal Jevel within 2 feet of the banks. Dredging Is Urged. “Any ordinary rain floods our farms,” Flory informed the Govern- ment officials. “Our losses are annual and not confined to floods that are felt occasionally elsewhere.” Numerous other farmers joined in his plea for the dredging of the stream and construction of levees at the worst parts, It was suggested by Lieut. Matte- son that the sufferers sponsor a State law making it mandatory for all per- sons owning land on such streams to keep their banks cleared of under- brush and other rubbish. G. G. Dickinson, Augusta County agent, said the county suffered $100,- 000 damages from the Shenandoan River and $50,000 more from tribu- taries during the last flood. Waynesboro Figures Promised. Appearing for Waynesboro, R. G Vass, city manager, said damage there had been high. He promised to fur- nish definite figures. F. R. Loth, thea- ter manager of that city, told how | the flood rose so swiftly it was neces- sary to remove patrons after water flowed into the building, which is 2 feet above street level. B. R. Shields, manager of the Du Pont rayon mills in Waynesboro, said damage had been great, but was not prepared to furnish definite figures. Herbert Trotter of Woodstock, man- ager for the last 32 years-of two hy- droelectric plants, said the low-water level was getting lower and the high- water level higher year by year. Most of this he blamed on deforestation, declaring that the PFederal Govern- ment is now permitting timber to be cut from the George Washington Na- tional Forest. He urged that cutting of all timber there be suspended for a sufficient time to permit growth of enough vegetation to hold back flood waters, THREE GIRLS HURT NEAR BALLSTON, VA. Victims in Hospital and Marine Bailed Following Collision of Autos. Injured in & head-on automobile collision at Ballston, Va., last night, three Virginia girls were under treat- ment in Washington hospitals today. None was considered seriously hurt. Victims are Rose Marie Lear, 17, and Beulah Waybright, 17, who are now in Georgetown Hospital, and Ethel Plaguer, 15, who was taken to Emergency Hospital. All the girls are from Arlington. Marine Corpl. J. D. Hoskins of the Navy Yard, driver of the car that collided with the one in which the girls were riding, was released on bond by Arlington County authorities, pending outcome of the victims’ in< Juries. In traffic accidents within the Dis- trict, three' Washingtonians were in- Jjured yesterday afternoon. Miss Pansy Clark, 54, of 2305 Nichols avenue southeast, suffered a fractured leg when hit by a truck at Chicago street and Nichols avenue southeast. Mrs. Claudie Wilkins, 54, of 2444 Mon- roe street northeast, suffered bruises and shock when the automobile in which she was riding was in & colli- sion at Sixth street and North Vista drive. Willlam Scoggin, 18, of 1801 Park road, was treated at Emergency Hospital for leg injuries after his motor cycle had been struck by an automobile. Despite the Oriental ancestry of most residents of Hawaii, 8 out of 10 residents are native-born American Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered —170c & month, Call National 5000 and service CAPT. H.K. CAGE, RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER, DIES Native of Texas Served Here Form 1924 to 1927 and Again in 1928. The Navy Department was informed yesterday by telegraph from Jackson, that Capt. Harry Kimball Cage, ., retired, died there Monday. 57 and served in Washington of of naval operations at department from 1924 to 1927 and again in 1929. ‘The captain is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Hubbard Cage. Capt. Cage was born in Harris, Tex., August 25, 1879, and was appointed to the Naval Academy in1896.