Evening star., 1925-06-03
Police Enforce SprinkIing
Regulations to Prevent
Danger of Shortage.
NO CHANCE OF RELIEF
BEFORE FRIDAY SEEN
Number of Deaths and Prostrations
in Eastern Cities Mount
ing Steadily.

With the temperature steadily
soaring and the Weather Bureau Of
fering no relief from the present
sitting heat wave before Friday aft
ernoon at the earliest, Washington
today faced it's annual possibility of
water shortage. So serious is the
situation that j. S. Garland, superin-
tendent of the Water Department.
issued an official warning to the
sweltering citizens of the National
Capital to stop wasting water un-
necessarily and to water lawns only
during hours allowed by police reg
ulations.
During the "a hours ended at S
O'Clock this morning, 77,603,000 gal
Ions of water We're consumed in
Washington, constituting a near rec
ord for any time of the year. In
the past week the consumption has
passed 401 ,244,000 gallons, and the
strain on the pumping stations is
reaching a point where a breakdown
would shut off the water supply of
one or more sections of the city
Conditions in the area comprising
Chevy Chase, Tenleytown and Tako-
ma Park are especially bad, it was
stated.
The pumps in the station serving
that district have had less than two
hours rest in a week, whereas they
should be halted at alternating periods
for at least a few hours a day to re-
lieve the strain. The new conduit
from Great Falls will not be complet-
ed before next Summer and the city
has been warned that the same strict
conservation observed last year must
be repeated this Summer.
Will Restrict sprinkling.
AS a result, the police regulations
prohibiting the sprinkling of lawns
betweeFrS o'clock in the morning and
8 ip~the evening are to be rigidly en-
forced, a special notice to precinct
commanders having gone out from
police headquarters this morning tc
that effect. The people of Washington
are requested by the Water Depart
ment to cooperate in other ways to
to stop wasting water for any purpose
Alvin Darden, So, 9271z Az street
southwest, employed as watchman in
the building Of the Quartermaster De.
partment, u. S. A, Second and B
streets. was overcome by the heat
early this morning while at his place
of employment. He was unconscious
when found in the yard. Police sum-
moned an ambulance and had the pa.
tient taken to Gallinger Hospital.
No Relief in Sight.
In the meantime the Weather Bu
reau found no signs today of relief
before Friday, and it is possible the
present heat waves may last until the
first of next week. Already all rec
ords for this early in the month OF
June have been reached, and yester
day only two cities in the United
States were warmer than Washington
Philadelphia, Pa, and Lynchburg, Va.
reported temperatures of SO degrees
Here the mercury touched 81, 10 de
grees warmer than Phoenix, AriZ.
which smashes more heat records ir
year than any other city on this
continent.
Today promised to be as warm, a
least. At s o'clock this morning tn,
thermometer at the Weather Bureau
registered Is and by 10 o'clock it wa.
past 81. Shortly before noon it wa.
well past go and soaring rapidly to
ward yesterdays high mark for tn,
year. The relief that came to Chi
cago and Far Western cities In tn,
shape of low pressures from tn,
northern polar regions has beer
checked and is now retreating bacl
northward.
Little hope is held out for thunder
storms here, although the forecastel
pointed out that local displays Nigh
arise at any minute and could not b,
accurately foretold. Relief from 8
local storm would be brief, however
and 1t was stated that the rain &C
companying them would promptl,
push the humidity up and NIGH
40 Ixa
better. At present, though, the at
mosphere is not in a condition t,
warrant the hope that such electrica
disturbances might arise.
Suffering Is Growing.
Suffering is growing in every sec
ton of the city. Nine persons wer,
prostrated or made extremely i'll b,
the heat yesterday and DIR. William
c. Fowler, health officer, issued ;
warning to Washingtonians to "dres
| lightly, keep out of the sun as mucl
as possible, eat only light but nour
ishing foods, avoid excessive out-doo
exercise, drink water that is cooled
but not iced, get plenty of sleep an,
avoid worry" If these rules are fol
lowed, it was said, there need be n,
fear of serious prostrations durin,
this spell.
Those prostrated yesterday wer
James V. Murphy, 40 v street; Mrs
Fannie Barton of Edinburg, Va.
James Turner, colored, 1922 e street
Arthur hewitt, colored. 1453 w street
Charles johnson, colored, 431 L street
Henry Chappell, colored, 445 Secon,
street; William Green, colored, 81
Maryland avenue southwest; Franl
Broom, colored, 435 v street, and Nor
roe Pickens, colored. 1850 Twentieth
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