Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-12
STORM DAMAGES
VIRGINIA TOWNS
Thousands of Lights and
Phones Put Out of
Commission.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 12.-Both
telephone and electric light service
in the city and suburbs was paralyzed
for some time early last night in this
city and the surrounding counties as
a result of the heavy electrical, rain
and wind storm. A total of 100 tele-
phones in and near the city We're
put out of commission, and the Alex
andria Light and Power Company had
it's service in certain sections in the
suburbs interrupted for an hour, and
in some isolated places more than an
hour.
Wrecking crews from both COM
panies at once started out on the job
of repairing the damage done, and by
1890 O'Clock the Alexandria Light
and Power Company had restored
service to all of its customers, total
of 5000 lights outside of the city
being affected by the big storm.
Lightning Hits Judges Home.
lightning blew whole window
out of the third story of the residence
of Judge Frederick G. Duvall in Rose
mont, and the casing was smashed
into splinters.
According to officials of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
service not only in this city, but also
in Falls Church, Clarendon, Leesburs
and Middleburg. The principal
damage was caused by limbs of trees
being blown on the company's wires
and fuses at the stations being blown
out Considerable damage to the
wires on Seminary Hill, west of this
city, was done when the wires were
knocked down.
The 5000 lights of the Alexandria
Light and Power Company affected
We're located north and west of
Mount Vernon avenue, in Arlington
county. The company officials report
that two 13,000-volt feeders, one $500
volt feeder and one street light cir
cult between Washington and Mount
Vernon avenues. Arlington county,
were crippled as a result of the storm.
In addition seven other 2.306-Voit
feeders in other sections were affect
ed and there were about nine in
stances of trees being blown down
doing damage. In addition the COM
pany experienced trouble in Rose
mont, Rraddock, Seminary, Del Ray,
North Braddock and Duke street eX-
Branches of trees in various sec
tions of the city were knocked on
and many persons found that their
roofs were leaky. some houses being
flooded as result Of leaky roofs.
only One IypHOfu SHsVs
There was only one case of typhoid
fever in the city during the month OF
June and this was colored girl
living in a dilapidated shack under
the most insanitary conditions, ac-
cording to the monthly report just
submitted by DR.. L. Z. Foulks, city
health officer This makes only two
cases of typhoid fever in the city
limits during the past eight months.
which is by far the lowest typhoid
rate recorded by the city health de-
partment. DIR. Foulks says 1t GER:
tainly affords him great pleasure to
be able to make these facts public.
The report sets forth that there
were fourteen deaths and forty-two
births during the month of June
Concerning this the health officer
says: "It might he noted here that
on an average our birth rate keeps
about twice as high as our death
rate. / think this is a very good
record for our city.
Other items of interest contained in
the report follow: A total of 271 in
spections were made of restaurants.
meat markets. fish markets and
wagons. grocery stores. bakeries. ice
cream parlors and soft drink estab-
lishments. Twenty-eight inspections
Of dairies and sixty-four milk tests
were conducted in the laboratory of
the department and twenty-one res
taurants were given their monthly
rating.
Foodstuffs condemned and destroy
ed included one crate of fish, thirty
pounds of liver, forty-seven pounds
of pork loins and twenty-five pounds
of smoked sausage.
There were lightweight sanitary
inspections of barber shops. moving
picture houses, public toilets and
buildings. A total of 201 complaints
were investigated and conditions cor
rected where required. slxty-tWo
orders were issued to clean up vacant
lots, alleys. cutters, etc. and four
teen privy wells were ordered filled
or cemented over.
A total of 396 tests were made in the
city's laboratory during June. The re-
port says that our city water continues
to run good. The Sixty-four milk tests
also turned out good, with one excep-
ton, according to the report. In the
case of the one that did not turn out
ditions corrected. There were sixty
five cases treated in the venereal clinic
and a total of SO treatments were
given. In the clinic for the city poor
treatment were given. A number of
patients were looked after in the spe-
cial eye clinic conducted by DR.. Ben
ton. U. S. n.
Reviewing the work of the public
health nurse. total of eighty-one in
vestigating. instructive, infant welfare
and nursing visits were made by the
city nurse and twenty-five afternoons
were spent in various clinics and in
other special work, as required by the
health officer.
Deeds Recorded.
Deeds of conveyance for the fol-
lowing pieces of property have just
been placed on record In the office Of
the clerk of the court: Joseph A.
Mellon to Rosa Whitestone, house
and lot 900 Duke street; Harvey
and wife, house and lot on the west
side Of Lee between Duke and Wolfe
streets; w. H. Helms and wife to
Harrison B. Gray and wife, house
and lot at the northwest corner of
Lee and Wolfe streets; James W.
Beavers to w. w. Simpson, house and
lot on the north side of Prince be-
tween Lee and Union streets: James
II. Cation. jr., trustee. to Elizabeth l..
Ross, house and lot, 512 Duke street +:
Curran F. Rochester and wife to
3e3 North Royal street: Nelson T.
Snyder, jr.. to Raymond H. Cheek,
house and lot 10. block 25. section 4,
Rosemont; William A. Gillespie to
Harry F. Kennedy, lot IS, block IS,
SECTION 3, Rosemont.
in the circuit court for this city
yesterday afternoon a jury returned
al verdict to the effect that the paper
dated March 1, 1922. was not the true
will of Charles Green, deceased The
shit to set aside the will was fnsti-
tnted by Laura Green. Judge Howard
w. Smith presided Attorney T. M.
and Attorney Edmund Burke repre-
Sented the will