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the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission said that if the present
severe drought continues, the flow of the
Northwest Branch will dry up. Local
showers, however light, would help al
leviate conditions somewhat.
Despite the continued hot weather
and general lack of rainfall, the water
In the reservoir at Burnt Mills fell only
l inch from noon Saturday to noon
Sunday. The situation was relieved
somewhat by the acquisition of 10000
gallons from the District water supply
Saturday night, but it was only possible
to get half a million gallons last night.
Police warnings were issued today
about violations of the regulations
against sprinkling Of lawns Chief Alviq
A. Monkey of Montgomery County, has
issued orders to the substations in
Bethesda, Silver Spring and Takoma to
keep close watch against violators. Any
one caught wasting" water in this
fashion will be warned, it was said. and
If they repeat the offense, they will be
subject to arrest.
On the whole, officials of the Sanitary
Commission reported, the regulations
have been faithfully observed, with a
result that water consumption has been
reduced by approximately third. Be-
tween three and four millions gallons
of water are used daily in the section
and it will be necessary to continue en-
forcement Of the sprinkling regulation
until the drought is ended.
Postal Employees Dies of Heat.
Saturdays record of 1913 degrees at
the Weather Bureau, which was con-
siderably higher on the downtown
streets, resulted in the death of George
w. Smith, 62-year-old Post Office en-
ploye, of 1926 Twelfth street northeast,
who was overcome by the heat early in
the day and died that evening at Provi-
dence Hospital.
While the official record yesterday
was only 90, the thermometer at the
Kiosk on Pennsylvania avenue scared
to 100 degrees. There we're two cases
of heat prostration. Marie Howard.
colored. 49, of Berwyn, Md, collapsed
near Eleventh and U streets and was
taken to Freedmen's Hospital. John
Baggett, IS, of the 900 block of Twenty
second street was overcome on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital. He was found unccn-
SciouS by Policeman John H. Gwinn at
Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty
second street
There were other evidences of the
vitality-sapping heat last night. Po-
tomac Park and Rock Greek Park af-
forded places of refuge for thousands
OF motorists. many of whom slept there
throughout the night Park police re-
ported more than 5000 persons in these
two parks at midnight, sleeping on the
grass or in their machines.
Mercury Starts Climbing Early.
Another result of the high temper
ture of the past week was announced
today at the University of Maryland
where it was reported the deaths of 81
hens in the egg-laying contest pcing
conducted at its experimental station
The excessive heat also sharply cur
tailed the egg production.
The mercury got away to good start
early today. At 8 o'clock it registered
IS degrees and an hour later had
gained 2 points. Weather Bureau Of
flcials said it would continue to rise
steadily during the afternoon, but
would not reach yesterdays mark.
A glance over the official record for
the last nine days, since July 10, when
the heat suddenly burst upon the city.
shows an average maximum tempera-
ture OF 100 degrees for the entire time.
The highest was 106 degrees, which
was really 1856. on Sunday a week
ago, which set new high record for
the District of Columbia. The lowest
official maximum temperature during
the period was SO degrees, last Thurs
day. one of two days when a slight
break occurred in the heat wave.