Evening star., 1925-06-07

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Courier, dived in and swan rapidly
to his side. The lad was unconscious
when policemen assisted F'iegland, eX-
hausted himself from the severe test
of endurance. in bringing him to the
shore. He was hurried to Emergency
Hospital and after several hours re-
gained consciousness. His condition
is not serious.
Swimming i'm Brooks.
Reports to the Police Department
last night showed that even small
brooks were being used by suffering
Washingtonians and that adults as
we'll as children were using padding
pools by the hundreds. Last night
scores of men, women and children
were counted wading around Rock
Creek which is known TO be badly
polluted from sewage. Special police
men were detailed to patrol the banks
to warn the people away.
EVERYWHERE there seemed TO be
complete lack of care whether danger
lurked beneath the inviting waters or
not The sole thought of the crowds
seemed bent on finding relief from
the heat and this disregard for danger
is credited with the toll of six drowned
Yesterday. The Eastern Branch
claimed almost as many wading par
ties as Rock Creek. SO long as the
places sought were safe, the authorities
offered no objections, ordinary rules
being overlooked in the face of the
emergency.
Although the temperature yesterday
did not reach the record breaking
heights of Friday and Thursday, the
maximum being little better than 81.
few in Washington noticed the slight
drop. This was declared by the
weather bureau TO be due to occasional
clouds during the afternoon and not
to the arrival of the promised relief
that is to reach Washington possibly
by tomorrow and certainly no later
than Tuesday morning.
There is a possibility that thunder
storms will occur here today, bat the
forecast refused to hold this out as
a definite hope. He could only say
that the cool atmospheres had come
down into the North Atlantic States
sufficiently far to cause general cleo
trical disturbances there. In most
cases there was plenty of thunder and
lightning, but practically no rain,
definite harbinger of the approach of
the cool temperatures.
Warmth Is Forecast.
Continued warm and cloudy is the
prediction for Washington for today.
Although the clouds may again sue
ceed in lowering the temperature. it is
highly possible that they will increase
the humidity. The one saving grace
of the entire heat wave here has been
the absence of excessive humidity, due
to the TACT that the clouds were all too
high to accumulate moistures on the
surface at Washington. In fact, they
made the temperatures over Washing
ton higher up to certain heighth
than on the street level.
Only two heat prostrations were
reported here late yesterday. One
death from the heat was reported,
but after investigation the victim
was found to have died from natural
causes. The prostrations follow:
William Lukehardt, a six-month-
old infant, collapsed from the heat
while in his mothers arms at the
Monument lot listening to a concert
by the United States Marine Band
He was taken to Emergency Hospital.
where treatment was given. The
child's condition was reported as
satisfactory last night. The other
case was the illness of Ben Mason
colored, of AL Platers court south
west, who was prostrated while at
Center Market. He was also treated
at Emergency Hospital. His condi-
ton is not serious.