Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-10
CLOUDS GIVE CITY
RELIEF FROM HEAT
Two Deaths and II ProStra-
tons Form Capitals Toll:
so Fatalities in East

When the temperature here and else
where In the East dropped sharply this
morning. Washington had added a toll
of two deaths and IL prostrations IN
ss hours toward total OF more IMAM
so fatalities and general sunerfnG
over the United States east OF inc
Rocky Mountains traceable to the heat
wave Min cases have brought the
total of those treated for heat mere 70
approximately 20 persons.
As the result of the heat, several
hundred Government workers were
freed from their desks early yesterday
afternoon.
while il is cooler today than yester.,
Sav this condition is not due 10 cooi
air coming into this area from uie
North or Northwest the Weather bu.
,,aa,, saws. but solely to the clouds ano
ths rain which have kept the oornanS
T,,,v s,In from having fuu erect on
the earth's surface As soon as the
Clouds mass away, which may De III
Y,art tomorrow. the temperature Is eN-
nacted TO Jump up again. Thus lar
M. real break in the heat wave IN
sight.
Young Man Drowned.
The heat drove many persons 70
seek comfort by swimming ana uas' .ne
Il, the water resorts in ana near tag
-itv ana one drowning resulted. Joseph
IIsu.esns 81 wears old. OF Ciarenoon'
Va losing his life while diving IN the
rotoynac River about mile west Va
Eav bridge yesterday afternoon. Inc
other fatality was Mrs. annie IA
or.ereA 81 wears old, OF Baltimore
-,S,o dief of the heat here Sunday,
With clouds between Washington ana
.n~ Sur the maximum temperature
,asav Is not likely to exceed s5 degrees.
rroe MAXIMUM yesterday was "a ano
+rs aav before it was IS. The tempeIH-
ttIrs nfscially registered at the weather
xs,,reau At 8 O'Clock this morning was
rs degrees. which Was degrees co"ie.
than at the same hour yesterday. AZ
noon today it was TS. .,.,u
Fewer clouds are expected over sl..S
area tomorrow, and the tenlpeIas1Ie
may. therefore, mount 10 aoout " us
CreeS, although 1t is not expecseu "
reach maximum for the week. Anunus
sf~ Tomorrow afternoon or night
n,av. helm to keep the air cooler. the
hurnidity is higher today than yesser-
day and will remain so as long as ram
Clouds are lowering over the city.
AmbuIances Kept Busy.
Although the ambulances OF ooth
ruerrpncy and Casualty Hospitals were
l-er1t busy Yesterday answering Calls
from those affected by the neat, out SIX
I,ersons we're taken 70 hospitals. All are
eyrected to recover.
Prank smith, AL Flower avenue,
Taknina Park. was stu In emergency
Hospital today, where Ahe was taken
after he collapsed downtown. HIS con.
0ttfOn was much improved today ana
il was expected that he would 60 nome
Jack Hart. Is years old. 942 O street,
who was overcome at Ninth street ana
New York avenue. was permitted 70 70
home last night. He was taken 20
Emergency Hospital after the E1Ie De
partment rescue squad gave MN INST
aid treatment.
PHYSICIANS at Casualty Hospital treat.
ed Ira Bond, So years old, 222 a street
southeast. Richard Jorgeleit. las Flor-
ida avenue northeast .ano Geofgs
Beach. 81 years old, OF Herndon W.
Bond possibly suffered fracture Q, "
leg when he fell from chair Ia which
he vsss etfifsr m front OF the vendome
Hotel q Beach was treated for q lacer-
atlofS to the head. received when ne zen
on the street. .o
leonard Samuels, rs years old. $500
Harrison street. lost control OF MS Az
for,0hlie when he was overcome py the
heat IN front of 4T0f Connecticut ave-
y,,Ie ard the machine ran across the
lawn before IL was brought TO malt.
He was taken home in the Fourteenth
precinct patrol wagon after treatment
by nearby physician.
Little Girl Sunburned.
George washington University Hos
pisai reported that they treated one
case and a little girl appeared at Prov
idence Hospital for treatment for an
excessive case Of sunburn.
No record was kept OF the minor
cases. To the case Of prostration yes.
terday must be added I'VE cases treated
THE hot wave claimed more than two
sore lives in Eastern States and as
raany Ia the Middle West on its way
Fast. according TO q check BY the as
soriafed Press. New York City expe-
rssnced the hottest weather in two
wears yesterday. The THERMOMETERS
res ened 90 degrees.
There were three deaths and more
than 4 score of prostrationS and 10
GroTnings in 20 hours IN the metropoli-
tan area. The temperature at noon
climbed degrees in an hour.
Eight we're dead In Ohio. With tenn
peratures moderated later by rain.
AZ Albany the heat, which establish
Ell records In many sections OF the
State, claimed seven lives during the
%wssn AAx ard AAAuAA V4IfV4&Tn1fQ
prostrations The maximum tempera-
ture reading In the State yesterday was
e. Giens Falls, where 90 degrees was
registered.
Six Die in Pennsylvania.
The heat wave In Pennsylvania took
toll Of six lives. Deaths were reported
al Greenyille, Greensburg. Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia, Allentown and Wilkes
Barre. The mercury generally stood be-
tween 30 and 100 throughout the State
yesterday with Oil City reporting the
highest temperature of 1903. Several
manufacturing plants closed for the day
because Of the heat.
Electrical storms. torrential rains ana
aurora borealis have combined TO dis
rupt the normally Of life in the central
areas. 81 Canada during the past 30
hours. winnipeg mas nAd only paftlal
Geographic communication with the
outside world
Railway schedules were delayed on
the main line o! the Canadian Pacific
Railway as the result of a cloudburst
near Tngoh. ontario. which washed out
tracks and derailed freight train Of ~
ears Another freight train derailment at
piscotasing. Ontario, east OF Chapleau.
brought down a number Of telegraph
poles and disrHpted communication east
ard west
Rainfall ranging from an inch 10 328
inches was reported from prairie points.
PORTER PLEADS GUILTY.