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Evening star., 1924-04-05
|l.E. WILLARD DIES;
EX-ENVOY TO SPAIN
Rebuilt Hotel Here-Was
Lieutenant Governor of
Virginia.

Joseph Edward willard. former
United States ambassador to Spain
owner of the New willard Hotel and
native of this city, died suddenly last
night of angina pectoris at his homo,
on Sutton place. New York city, ac-
cording to Associated Press dis
patches. He was fifty-eight years old
and had been in apparently good
health
Mr. willard was born in this city
May !, 1855. He was the son of Mai
Joseph c. willard and Lieut. Antonia
Ford Willard. The father was an of
ficer in the Federal army during the
war between the states and Miss
Ford OF Fairfax county was one of
three women who held commissions
in the southern army. She was made
lieutenant in the Confederate cav
airy by Gen. J. L. y. Stuart for
valiant service to the cause.
Rebuilt Hotel Here.
Mr.. Willard's uncle, Henry A. Will
lard. was the founder of the Willard
Hotel. which later was collectively
owned also by his father, Maj. Joseph
=. w llldTd, ana another uncle. Caleb
{. Willard. The three brothers also
owned valuable property on + and
l4th streets. Upon their death the
hotel passed into the hands of joseph
Edward Willard, who rebuilt the
Motel and called it the New Willard
In subsequent years he leased the
hotel to the Virginia Hotel Corpora
ton and later to the du Pont Company
OF Wilmington, Del, Mr. Willard,
however. still retaining ownership
Caleb c. Willard was the father OF
two children, Mrs. Kate Willard BOYD
OF this city, and Walter Willard, the
latter having died as the result Of in
luries he received in a train accident
Henry X. Willard was the father Of
Henry K. Willard OF this city.
Mr.. Willard graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute in 1856
ana latter studied law during a sum
mer course at the University of Vir-
ginia. He married Miss Belle Layton
wyatt. a member of one of the old
est families in Baltimore, September
l6, 1891. Shortly afterward he took
up his residence at Fairfax, Va
Captain During War.
During the Spanish-American war
Mr.. Willard served as d captain in
Sd Virginia Volunteers. He also
served as representative in the Vir-
ginia legislature, 1894 to 1902. From
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the health department in the last twenty-four
hours:
William C. Kendall, 90, Walter Reed Hos
pitsl.
Efie D. Keller. So, 1924 Irving st.
George Harrison, 67, Episcopal Hospital.
Frank b; Kleh, 33, 24OO 10th, st.
Edward Myers, 13. Providence Hospital
Mary F. Chase, sc, 1882 Mass ave.
John L. Nolan 4s, Emergency Hospital
Efie Burr. II, 1921 st. sc.
Mary A. Duvall, 50, Emergency Hospital
Marie L. Owens, %. 300 Highland pI.
Emma v. Morgan, SO. 1924 Webster St
Doris Il. Mcintosh. 10 months, 216 Quincy
pl. ne.
Mareen Cofern. months, sos 10th st
Anna NJ. Lynch. hours, Columbia Hospital
Emma Page. So, GA IDominicks ct. NV.
Amelia Spriggs. 10, 500 G ST. s.e.
ESekile Smith, "a, Gailinger Hospital.
Eliza Watkins. 70, 1103 Sumner rd. s.e
James H. Smalwood, 5S 80 stanton I'd. sc.
Matte LAWS, 3d. Garfield Hospital.
Annie Thomas, 8, Freedmen's Hospital.
Infant of Annie and George Winnie days,
1881 9th ST.
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COLE DEFENDS CAPITAL.
Tells Iowa Society Criticism on
Laxity Is Unjust.

Representative Cyrenus Cole of
Iowa, speaking before the Iowa So
ciety last night at Rauschers, de-
clared Washington is one of the most
criticized cities in the United States
and that such criticism is unjust
"In spite of the tales of drunk kenness
and corruption here" he declared, II
have never seen d drunken man on
the streets of Washington, and I
have found that Washington is a
church going city"
Representative w. D. Boies ad-
vanced some Thought for the edifi-
cation of the Iowa Society" which
included what he considered the
proper attitude for public officials
to take on questions of the day. a
program of entertainment followed
the business meeting, which was
arranged by the officers of the SO
ciety.
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WILL HELP WORKERS.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. declar-
ed last night that measures are being
prepared for introduction in Congress
to eliminate the evils" of what he de-
scribed as 'revolting" conditions OF
employment in the Alaska salmon
packing industry.
Asserting the conditions discovered
were almost beyond belief" Mr..
GomperS said they were due primarily
to a contracting and subcontracting
system of employment which renders
the workers helpless and which makes
them the victims of network of evils
in working conditions"
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Deaths.

SHE'D. Saturday. April ;. 1924. after a
long illness. JOHN I. SHE'D. beloved hus.
band OF Mary \. She'd. Notice of funersI
hereafter.
SMALLWooD. Departed this life Wednesday.
April =, 1924 12:1J pm. at his residence,
- stanton read Sc, JAMES SMALIWOOD.
Funeral services Monday, l pm. Relatives
and friends invited.
WARD. Friday. April 4. 1924 at $50 pm.
at lG2 Nottingham place ne, BITTIE
WARD. beloved mother of Dr. Joseph II
Ward, chief Of the surgical service, Seter
ans Hospital at 1Uskegee: Mrs. Saran
Moody and hrs. Minerva higgins Of Denver
Colo. Funeral Monday, April :, pm.
from the Mount Zion Baptist Church, Indian
apolls, Ind. indianapolis papers pleas"
copy.)
WILLIAMS. Suddenly "Wednesday, April =
1921. at pm, at New York. Mrs. LOUISE
T.. WILLIAMS tnee BannakerJ, daughter Of
tho late William IL. Bannaker and Mr.
Mary Bannaker Hall. Funeral notice herc
after. (AleXandFiu, Va, paper pleas
copy.( s6'
WRIGHT. Suddenly, April 4, 1924, at his
residence. 1879 Church street NV. at 2:3"
am. Capt. CARROLL QUINN WRIGHT.
Chaplain Corps. u. :. y, retired. FuDera 1
at pm. Monday. April .. from Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. InteHnent Airing
ton. (NOrfolk, Va, Philadelphia and Sal
Francisco papers please copy
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
the health department in the last twenty-fot
hours;
Sol and Mary Scarbolow, boy.
Mike and Michaele Coccia. girl.
Roy f. and Annie NJ. Bremerman, boy.
Norman r. and Jane Speirs, girl
otto A, and Laura o. Kropp. girl.
Charles II. and Helen i. B0ser, boy.
Joseph d. and Lillian NJ. Mackey, boy.
Harold G. and Jusnita K. Seyrorth. boy
Paul o. and Madge I. Gottwals. boy.
William c. and Emma NJ. Petrie, boy.
Leroy and Helena Hodgson, boy
Israel and Dorothy Lee. girl.
Cardoza and Estelia Metz, boy.
Lawrence and Thelma Springstead, boy,
Hillia n, and Ernestine lennon, girl.
Ralph E. and Frances Miles, girl.
James H and Ida johnson, girl
Willie and Edna Fisher, boy.
Philip n. and Gertrude Elmore, boy.
Arthur and Eta Ford, boy.
Arthur and Armise Yates, girl.
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Carhs of Thauks.

QUANDER. ! wish TO express my thanks and
appreciation to my neighbors, friends and
relatives for their kindness, sympathy and
beautiful flowers at the death of my be-
loved husband, JOHN S. QTASDER.
ANNA QUASDER-
TAPER. We wish to express our sincere ap-
probation TO relatives neighbors and
friends for their kindness during the illness,
and thy and beautiful flowers after
the death OF our beloved one. JEANSErrE
TAPER.
HER HUSBAND, MOTHER AND BROTH
Err
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FLAGS AT HALF-MAST.
Virginia Pays Honor to Memory Of
Joseph E. Willard.
By the Associat ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April 4.-Flags
on all state buildings here were
ordered at half-mast today by Gov.
L. Lee Trinkle as a tribute to Joseph
Edward Willard. lieutenant governor
of Virginia from 1902 to 1906 and
later American ambassador to Spain.
who died last night at his home in
New York city. Mr.. Willard served
from 1894 to 1902 as a member of
the house of delegates of the Virginia
general assembly and from 1906 to
1910 was a member of the state
corporation commission. He was de-
feated by Senator Claude A Swanson
in 1905 for the democratic nomination
for governor. In 1913 he was ap-
pointed by President Wilson to the
post at Madrid, where he served
until 1921
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
William q. Wet1eI and Rose 4. Adams.
Harold s. Huggins and Helen I. Stickel.
Sumner Powers Of Baltimore, Nd, and Anna
n. Appler of this city.
William III. Hatcher and Juanita Greg.
Linwood Gaffney and Julia Brock
BENJAMIN Goldberg and Lena Laber, both
OF Richmond. Va.
Charles W. Howard of this city and Betty
L. Bournes of New York city.
Victor Nolan and Miriam G. Nash.
Albert II. Howard and Margaret A. Watson.
John Fetkner of Brooklyn, ". Y, and Lottie
Ashley of New York city.
Herbert L.. Fowler Of East Akron. Ohio, and
Z Gertrude ChildeB Of this city.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

| ambassador of Cuba and
! Sonora de la Torriente will entertain
large and distinguished company at
dinner this evening at the embassy
on 10th street.
Dance for Young People
At Panama Legation.
! The minister of Panama and Sonora
/ de Alfaro. gave Il small dance last
: evening at the legation for their son,
! Senior Victor Alfaro. "A student at
! Georgetown University. and Senor
| Lyons, nephew of the hosts, who is
u student at the Catholic University.
! The small company included class
! mates of the young men and II num-
J Der of subdebutantes.
Nine. Prochnik, wife of the charge
/ daffaires of Austria was hostess
| to a small company yesterday, enter
! tanning informally at luncheon.
! Representative and Mrs. Homer T.
I Snyder had guests dining Informally
! with them last night at the New Will
! lard.
] The military attache of the British
! embassy and Mrs. Charlton left last
| evening for Canada, where they VIII
spend ten days.
! The air attache of the Italian en-
! baSsy and Signora Caldcrara VIII en-
| tertain d small company informally
| at dinner this evening.
The solicitor general, Mr.. James NJ.
| Back, will entertain at dinner this
evening at the Metropolitan Club,
! when his guests will be about thirty
, five of his associates in the Depart
! ment of Justice.
| Col and Mrs Frederick W. Cole
! man have moved from the apartment
! they have been occupying in the Ar
gonne to their new home in Edge
moor, >Md.. which has just been COM
! pleted on the corner Of Edgemoor
| lane and Arlington road.
| The marriage of Miss Margaretta
| Wood, daughter of Rear Admiral and
/ Mrs. Spencer shepard Wood. TO Mr..
John Howard Mott Potter. son of Mr..
! and Mrs. Howard Mott Potter of New
; York. is taking place this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. in Christ Church, George
i town. The ceremony will be followed
! by a reception in the home of the
t brides parents.
! Mr. and Mrs. Potter, parents of the
! bride groom, arrived in Washington
J yesterday and will be the guests over
the week end of Mrs. J. Borden Harri-
| man. MT. ana MIS-. tStTildTu T. IsoS-
ers. jr.. of Chicago, the latter one OF
! the wedding party, are guests of Mr..
| and Mrs. Robert Choate of Boston,
now living III Washington.
| Miss Margaret Pou, daughter OF
| Representative and Mrs. Edward W.
! Pou of North Carolina, has been
! chosen as maid of honor by Brig. Gen.
! a. Fl. Boyden of the 1st Brigade OF
! the North Carolina Confederate Vet
| Grams Association to serve on his
| official staff at the Confederate re-
| union in Memphis, the first week in
| June.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest g. Walker will
have guests dining with them at the
Washington Club this evening for the
last of d series of dinner dances plan
ned by the club.
Mr.. and Mrs George Angus Garrett
will be hosts at dinner this evening.
Miss Elizabeth Hanna and her
fiance, Mr.. Robert Portner Davidson.
will he the guests of honor at dinner
this evening Of Miss Eleanor Davies
Miss Davies is spending her spring
Evening star., 1924-04-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


University of Chicago Alumni will
meet for luncheon, Monday, l pm,
at City Club.
Capitol Hill History Club will meet
Wednesday at home of Mrs. j. B..
Reed.
University Club. Thursday. s:15
p. p.m.-Claude. II. Birdseye. chief to-
geographic engineer, United States
geological survey. will lecture on
Grand Canyon of Colorado River"
Illustrated by motion pictures and
slides. Ladies welcome.
Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens
Association Will meet Monday, s pm,
in South Presbyterian Church.
Representative IL. G. Lowrey will
ADDRESS the mems class of Petworth
Baptist Church at its dinner and con-
ference, Wednesday, s. pm.
The Red Triangle Outing Gibbs
hike tomorrow will be the first of a
start from Balls hill. Meet at Ross
lyn. 2:4O pm; Visitors invited.
Dinner dance. Tuesday at Tnivers-
ity Club. Dancing will begin at $50
pm.
Stanton Park Citizens Association
viii meet Monday, p.m., in Peabody
School. Mai. Franklin Bell will speak.
Other speakers and program.
Lincoln Park Citizens' Association
will meet Tuesday, s pm, in Bryan
School. Speakers and program.
The Parents Lecture will meet
Monday, pm, at New Bethel Baptist
Church.
The WanderlusterS' hike for tomor-
row will start from Rosslyn, Va. at
2 pm. Take Great Falls car to Pros
pect Hill. Route will include SCOTS
run and Difficult run This will be a
rough walk, led by Mr.. Gambs.
Visitors welcome
Evening star., 1924-04-05
Ad Contest Plans Complete.

All, contest plans for Ad Club week
beginning tomorrow have been com.
pleted, the "What-I-Think-A About.
Washington-Advert Week. COM
mittee in charge announced today il
was added all details in connection
with the $500 prizes are to be pub
nshed CamorroW.
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1902 to 1906 he served as lieutenant
governor of the state In 1913 he was
appoi's-ed ambassador extraordinary
and pfenipotentiary to Spain, serving
in that capacity until 1921.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Belle Layton w. Willard, and two
daughters, Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt Of
New York and Mrs. Mervyn Herbert
of Taunton, England
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Evening star., 1924-04-05
Virginia State Society
reception Last Night.

large and delightful reception
and dance was given last evening AZ
the Willard Hotel by the Virginia
State Society. \ number of notabIes
We're present and. in keeping witt,
the season. many striking spring
! gowns We're worn. Invited to re-
GTlNe We're Gov. and Mrs Trinkle
Mrs. Mrs, claude y. Swanson, Mrs. Carter
! class. Representative T w. Harrison
Cen and Mrs. Lejeune. Admiral Tay-
LOT Gen: and Mrs. George Barnett
Mf. and Mrs. j. VI. Hooker, Mrs. Jane
~ Blackburn Moran. Mrs. Horace
Mactarland. Mrs. Robert L. Lee. Mrs
! SannTs boSgs. Mrs. Maude Howell
! smith Mrs. Houston, Mrs lie Merle
representative and Mrs. Harry St
I George Tucker. Miss Bell PerLins
Judge and Mrs. Elliott. Judge John
bdfton Payne and the officers of the
SSoclety' Gen. II. Oden Lake. Mr.. 1. G
oSser' Mrs. Nellie v Suess, MT
Ieorse l.. Gibson. Mrs. Ednid X. An
thony, Rev. Sam Small. Mrs. Annie A
orrlson, Mr.. +. c. Baggarly. Mrs. M
dc Clare NJ. Berry. Mai. e. w. p
EWlng Mr.. l.. Lodge Hill and Col
T. G. R. Humphries
MISS Josephine Houston. soprano
! sang several selections, acCompaniad
by Mr. August King Smith. and Miss
ollFe Iravers Houghton, contralto
sang number of southern songs. in
oiuulhS larry Me Back to Ole Vir-
SthnN' old Black joe" "TaEfn
HtiIle Home" and MY Old Kentucky
MIS-. Minnigerode Andrews has Ioapa5
her mouse at 1892 18th street for tns 80
ceptlon Of the Oklahoma Sociatv ~
evening. when Miss Helen Gerrer VIZ
! iiHlst, will play. ''o'
MISS Lady Jane Raby was the ,,,eS,
IN whose honor Mrs Coontz' viz .,
ADMIRAL Robert L. Coontz 60 y,
small supper party last eyenirs q. :.
Hardman Park Hotel. entertsiSina :
oth ot ner daughter, Miss Bertha Coontz
ia titel > III the company were Mrs. Ger.
plu desmond Linke, Miss Virginia
Lieut.. Z. j. MacCarthy and
lieut. T ~ Kenneth Coontz, L. S. n: Mr
D. y; byars and Mr Parke Baker
hiss CoontZ and Miss Raby went r.
ahnapoIls this morning and will 70
main over the week end.
Capt. James L. Morrisette entar.
taihed at dinner and bridge last eve
nlhS In honor of Miss Frances Ed
wards who is spending her spring va
"a aLioh with her cousins, Mai. and Mrs
+. q. Cullum. 0Aiu -"i .
Mrs. Cullum entertained at Iupcb.
con yesterday for Miss FdxardS -
the Army and Navy Club. Miss Ed
Waros viii return Monday TO WaJIos-
ley college, where she is a student
VII. William Jennings Prioe for-.,
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Charles Crawford Gorst will repro
duce the songs Of birds and lecture on
their musical genius at First Congre-
gational Church, 4:45 o'clock and at S
o'clock. Admission free.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Red Triangle Outing Club will have
a card party, $50 o'clock, at 1884 n
street
Evening star., 1924-04-05

The Capital Model Aero Club viii
meet, 1850 o'clock. at 1910 18th street
All interested in model aviation in
yited.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Federation of Citizens Associations
will meet, s o'clock, in board room
of Municipal building.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Ohio Girls Club will give a dance
IN Mount Pleasant Lodge. 14th and
Kenyon streets, $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Dance Community Service Club
$3.50 o'clock. Pythian Temple. Ere,
dancing class, 1880.
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Society
Senor and Sonora de la Torriente
Hosts Tonight in Honor of
Chief Justice Taft.

vacation from college with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Davies.
Mr. David Ross Beattie, his niece.
Miss Rosa Caroline Beattie. and Miss
Phyllis Blake OF Arlington, Mass,
are the guests Of Rev. William II
Pettus. Capitol Hill.
Mrs. tiillettHill entertained infor-
mally at dinner last evening in com
pliment TO Mr.. koyne V. Gram, who
VIII sail Saturday, April 10, for his
post at the United States consulate at
Rangoon. India.
Mr.. Gram will be the guest of honor
at dinner this evening of the Delta
Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Frazier
nifty at the chapter house on Jeffer-
son place Mr. Gram will make a
brief visit In his home in Chicago be-
f9re sailing for Europe.
Baron Bruno Schroeder and Baroness
| schroeder of London. accompanied by
their two children, Margo and Hell
NUT. are at the New Willard, where
| theN are occupying the presidential
suite. They arrived here yesterday
from New York and expect to re-
main for week
Miss Virginia Mason was the guest
or honor at luncheon today Of Mrs,
Chauncey G. Parker, jr.
Mr. and Mrs. james Brown Scott
are spending the week end at their
IIt'ir country place at Wardour: near
Annapolis, Md. They have as their
Gueat Lieut.. Kenneth u. McCracken.
L. $ y.
Mr and Mrs. :. III. Valance are in
nSton for short time, staying
at the Hotel Hamilton.
Mrs. Lawton-M Morgan has with her
lot few days her daughter. Mrs,
FRANK II. Gilmore of PHILADELPHIA
ana her young daughter, Harriet
Inc American Consular Association
gave lunch yesterday at the
hotel honor of Mr.. Charles II. Burke.
commissioner Of Indian affairs.
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FOUND.

WATCH AND PIN-Lady's Burlington. Sft
st. Sc, March -. Restored TO owne, q, y,
Identification and price of this sd Ser.t
nsMoTth. Marine Barracks, Navy Yard
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Cheer-O Club will have a dance at
Blue Triangle, Goth and B streets,
$3.50 o'clock
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Dance, recreation hall. governmel
Hotels, given by NO building.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Students of Pan American Schools
of Spanish will have their annual
pan American dance at La Fayette
Hotel The Argentine tango will be
featured by Miss Helene Loff1er and
Leroy II. Thayer. All students of
Spanish and Latin America invited.
Evening star., 1924-04-05
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TODAY

Society for Philosophical Inquiry
viii meet 4.4o o'clock in Public Lii
brary. Edward S. Steele will sneak
Evening star., 1924-04-05

"HE Chief Justice, Mr. William
Howard Taft, will be the
guest in whose honor the
ambassador of Cuba and
Sonora de la Torriente will entertain
d large and distinguished company at
dinner this evening at the embassy
on 10th street
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TONIGHT.

The publicity committee of the
national democratic party will meet
at DIR. Albert Putney's, 1875 H street,
at $50 o'clock, to complete data for
publication of the Democratic Bull
letin" under auspices of the Demo-
cratic Club.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Miss Elizabeth Hanna and her
fiance. Mr.. Robert Portner Davidson.
will he the guests of honor at dinner
this evening Of Miss Eleanor Davies
Miss Davies is spending her spring
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Mr.. and Mrs George Angus Garrett
will be hosts 1t dinner. this evening.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Walker will
have guests dining with them q { the
Washington Club this evening for the
last of series of dinner dances plan
ned by the club.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

University of Chicago Alumni will
meet for luncheon, Monday, l pm,
at City Club.
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Dance for Young People
At Panama Legation.

Nine. ProChnik, wife of the charge
d affaireS of Austria was hostess
TO a small company yesterday, enter
tanning informally at luncheon.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

vacation from college with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph l.. Davies.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Mrs. Fred Taylor of Annapolis is a.
Wardman Park Hotel for the week.
Evening star., 1924-04-05

Miss Margaret Pou. daughter OF
Representative and Mrs. Edward W.
Pou of North Carolina, has been
chosen as maid of honor by Brig. Gen.
A. Fl. Boyden of tho 1St Brigade of
the North Carolina Confederate Vet
Grams Association to serve on his
official staff at the Confederate re-
union in Memphis, the first week in
,Jun1.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

They recall that in 1916, when the
Morena dam, which supplies the city
Of San Diego with domestic water,
was at a record low point from
drouth and the entire community
became alarmed, Hatfield was sent
for by the city council. 1t promised
him 10000 If he would fill the reser-
voir to its brim by a stipulated time.
Hatfield accepted the offer, prompt
that had borne no sign Of moisture
for many months, and before the time
set delivered the goods At least.
something or somebody did. Overdid
the job, in fact, for the sky opened up
and let down deluges OF water. In
one day the tremendous quantity Of
sixteen inches fell, and in some places
in the region the total rainfall for
the storm reached forty inches.
The result was that the Morena
reservoir was not merely filled for the
first time in its history, but released
such an overflow that the Otay and
saltwater dams burst. Ranches were
submerged, roadways washed out,
houses, barns and farm implements
fioated out to sea. The damage ran
into millions of dollars. Victims sued
the city Of San Diego for importing
the rainmaker. and instead of paying
Hatfield his $4,000 the city council
sued him.
Some Of the suits are still on the
court dockets and Hatfield has never
received a cent. His contract was
not tightly drawn and he probably is
afraid to sue, because IL he estab-
Evening star., 1924-05-04

for three years he ended drouths in
the habitually dry region of eastern
Oregon. Luck say these defenders
of the rainmaker, may come to a man
occasionally, but not close to 500
times, as has been the case with Hat
field.
The California man does his work
in the open. He keeps nothing secret
except the mysterious ingredients he
mixes in big pans atop his twenty
five foot tower, which, he claims,
cause the elements to come rushing
together to see what's doing, with
black clouds and rainfall resulting.
Records of belief in terrestrial in
fuences over rain clouds are as old as
Plutarch, who records the phenome-
non of downpours following the clash
of battles. The same thing is re-
corded of artillery engagements in
the Franco -Prussian war and our
own civil war.
So much belief was placed in the
phenomenon that in 1874 Gen. Ser
man and Gen. Garfield were among a
number of prominent advocates of
massing artillery in Texas to test the
theory and, if possible, break an ex-
listing drouth. When the probable
expense was figured out it was found
to be about $3.50. 600 and the plan was
given up.