Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-06


ANNIE LISTON
OF $50 HI street southwest.
Easily SURPRISING the records of the
first six days Of May and June The
Stars July anti-ay crusade has resulted
in the determination Of moro than a mil
lion insects. The total slaughter for the
month to date is 1.114.2OO
The July contestants are waging the
most determined war ever conducted in
the Capital against the winged disease
spreaders. Their showing is the more re-
markable in that they really have had
but three days this month in which to
deliver insects to the campaign headquar-
tiers in the Municipal building.
Flies delivered on July 1 were added
to the June records, while hostilities tenn
porarily were suspended Thursday, July
4. Today's deliveries are not counted in
the Lila, 200 slaughter.
With the month only about one-fifth
spent and new competitors daily enter
ing the campaign, DR.. Murray, super
visor, is more convinced than ever that
his prediction that 100000 flies will be
destroyed during July il to be realized.
Record for Yesterday.
Almost half million Of the pests were
turned in to DR.. Murray yesterday. the
exact number being 4ee. 400. Probably the
most interesting development Of the day
was the forging ahead in the race Of
Lawrence Fitzgerald. layton II. Burdette.
who won the May and June first prizes,
was forced to drop back into second place
through the delivery by Fitzgerald yester-
day OF 1SS,S00 flies. Burdette turned IN
81, 200 insects, but the number was not
sufficient to keep him in the lead.
is as follows: Lawrence Fitzgerald, BAL
900; Layton H. Burdette. 311 200; Walter
Thought. 117.6O0: J. Mark Trice, 81. 400;
Francis Corby. 1880; Lillian Portion,
Thomas, 2s,SOO: Annie Liston. 1920;
Benjamin Abbott, 10, 400, and Lena Gold
man, 800.
Walter Thought is the Bruen Home boy
who has organized an army of fly swat
ters'' similar to the one led by Burdette.
consisting of boys Of the Industrial Home
School. Thursday Thought was in fourth
place; yesterday he advanced to third.
This contestant IL expected to make q
good showing, but from present indioa-
no easy task to beat Fitzgerald. The rec
ord being established by the latter is
remarkable in that he Is carrying on q
warfare against flies single-handed. Fitz-
gerald employs fly traps. The Burdette
and Thought armies use 'riv swatters"
almest entirely.
Annie Il Enthusiastic.
Annie Lston, the eleven-year-old girl,
who won So in prizes in The Stars anti
fly campaign last month, with but one
contribution Of thousands of flies, which
she delivered to the health office in the
the June contest closed, has entered the
July contest. and said yesterday she
would be heard from daily
Annie was the first girl to enter the
campaign this year, and she has become
so enthusiastic over the war on the fly
that yesterday she pressed into service
her two brothers, Edward, nine years
old. and Willie, seven. and her sister,
Madeline, nine years old. The three little
big sister Annie. have made plans
whereby they expect to annihilate the fly
crop in their neighborhood. The flies are
numerous, as the breeding has been going
on undisturbed at great rate all sum-
mer.
Each Of the fly fighters is armed with
swatter, and while they are resting
they have two traps working for them.
1t Is possible that Annie will ask some Of
the other children in the neighborhood IN
assist her in the demolition Of the pests
but such action will depend on whether
Annie. and family, can stay high in the
race alone.
In the Sixth District.
Annie lives in the sixth district, and so
far has no competition for the district
prize of S.. She said yesterday that
though, Of course, she would try hard for
the district prize. she also will do her best
to win one OF the nine general prizes
Annie is a pretty little girl. with happy
smile. and casual talk with her would
hardly reveal the fact that her pleasant
disposition can. on the spur Of the mo-
ment, be changed into deep luminosity.
when the subject is changed to that Of
the fly.
Annie. of delicate instincts. has a nat
ural-born hatred for anything which
tends to make Washington an unclean
city. hence her hatred OF the pesky in
sects; In her makeup Is the spirit Of
either when killing flies or learning geog-
rapby Is the problem
Fly War In Kansas.
Flies are leaving Kansas, according
to the Kansas City Star. 1t says:
1.-The scarcity Of flies in Kansas City
Is not due to the cool weather. Neither
Is II due to the wind which has blown
almost constantly for the last two
weeks.
"It liz due to the education Of the
people and their cooperation with the
board of health and the MuniciOal
Arts League, according to DR.. Has
brouck De Lamater. assistant commits
sioner OF public health, and Frank 8.
La lame. president of the Municipal Arts
League.
.'Primiarily,' DR. De I4amater said,
the scarcity of flies Is due to the fact
that they have been robbed of their breed
ing places. The piles of. refuse. in which
they formerly multiplied, have been re-
moved or rendered sanitary, and the
work Of sanitation Is going on all the
time Vacant lots have been cleaned up