Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-04
Leaders in the Campaign.

The ixht for q FLYLESS CITY closes
at 1880 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Flies must be turned in ut the various
stations by that time. None will be re-
ceived later.
washington's fly population is less by
five million today, as the result Of The
Stars campaign for the determination Of
the insect.
With today and part of tomorrow re-
manning before the campaign closes, DR..
Murray of the health department esti-
mates that another million flies will have
been destroyed.
Layton H. Burdette, Bessie sFillius and
Lawrence Fitzgerald were again the three
highest contestants today. The personnel
of the ten leaders remained the same.
| with the exception that Mark Trice made
his first appearance among them. Lii
| liam Portion. previously in seventh posi-
| ton, dropped to twelfth place.
The ten leaders have conducted such an
| unrelenting warfare on the fly that their
combined killing this morning was shown
to have exceeded one million. OF this
group of 'swatters," the FIVE highest
have killed more than 100000 flies each.
while Burdette is not much below the
| Northumberland mark.
The biggest feature OF yesterdays
| showing was the extent to which the
boys boosted their figures. Previously
| there have been five girls and five. boys
| among the first ten, but the dropping of
Lillian Portion to twelfth position gave
the boys an extra number.
The six boys now have a combined lead
over the four iris Of $4,000 flies. This
is the biggest margin they have been able
to establish since the contest began and
| means that the girls will almost have to
double their activities IL they overtake it.
Mark Trice's Big Jump.
| Mark Trice's jump shows what con-
| testant may accomplish in single day.
He turned in $500 flies, the largest num-
Der delivered by any contestant on any
one day Until today he had not been
considered a serious contender in the
race.
| The rise Of young Trice illustrates how
the race may go to any Of the contestants
on the final day. For instance. Burdette
| has a margin over his closest rival OF
81, 200 Had Trice been in second place
| his showing for one day would have put
him a. the head of the list.
| None of the contestants has lead over
| his closest competitor that is sufficient to
assure him of ultimate victory and it is
this fact that is making the contest a
highly interesting one.
| DR.. Murray was perplexed yesterday
when he counted 10000 flies in a box that
did not have the name of the sender.
This morning Edwin Guide arrived at the
health department and identified the box,
stating that he had forgotten to put his
name on 1t.
The 10000 flies are not credited on
GUIDES score. which appears today. but
they will be counted tomorrow. Had DR..
| Murray been able to include them in the
| record which he made up yesterday,
GUIDES score this morning would have
been 10000 instead of 100000 and as a
result he would have been in fourth in
stead of fifth place, crowding out Elsie
Cornwell.
Drops to Sixth Place.
Cora Briscoe this morning dropped from
fourth to sixth place, while Wallace Club
advanced from ninth to eighth place
Mildred Zuschnett remained in seventh
position. Moses Mcpherson made a slight
gain. going from tenth to ninth place.
While only the names of the ten
leaders appear, prizes are to be given by
The Star to the twenty-seven highest con-
testants. From first to twenty-seventh
place, as the records now stand. the mar
gins between the contestants are close.
There are apt to be any number of shake
ups in the standing by tomorrow.
The next to the last day of the contest
| opened with a rush at the Associated
Charities stations this morning, the most
surprising feature being that new con-
testants were in evidence. The entry at
such a late date of new "swatters'' Is
taken 10 mean that some of the leaders
have acquired assistance to help them
win the prizes which they are almost in
reach of.
i More than half million flies were de-