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Pratt Acts After StoII Re-
ports on Accusation of
Harker, Held as Burglary
Suspect.
TWO OTHER COMPLAINTS
OF WHIPPING ARE MADE
Reichelderfer Demands Full In
quiry-Declsres Charges, if True,
Show Officers Are Using Mus
cles Instead of Brains. "-Pris.
oner Claims Hair Pulled Out.

Four first precinct police officers
were suspended today by Maj.
Henry g. Pratt. superintendent of
police. following receipt of a re-
port from Inspector L. J. Stoll,
who investigated charges that
they participated in the beating
of James Hsrker, 24-year old
burglary suspect.
The suspended officers, identi-
fed by Harker yesterday, were
Detective James Mostyn, w. C.
Groomes, william r. Latin and
William T. Burroughs.
Inspector Stoll in his report de-
clared there is no doubt but that
Harker was beaten either just be-
fore his arrest or while in Gus
tody." He recommended that the
officers be suspended.
The report was delivered short
" after a conference between
Commissioner Luther H. Reichel-
derfer. Maj. Pratt and Corporation
Counsel w. w. Bride, in which
Commissioners Reichelderfer
minced no words in informing
Mai. Pratt that he expected a
thorough investigation Of the
charges.
~YreKsr Them 20 USE Brains"
Before the meeting Commissioner
Reicheidcrfer said that the charges,
il true. showed that our police are
using their muscles instead Of their
brains. and / would much prefer them
to use their brains
The investigation today was broad
ened to take in charges of police bru-
tally in the first precinct made from
two men confined IN the District jail
and q citizen.
inspector Stoll's report follows:
There are several angles to this case,
and I have e1ldeavored 70 run al OF
them out, and inclose herewith state
this ONCE, August "a, IN the presence
en-. and myself.
There is no doubt but that Harker
was beaten either just before his ar
rest or while in custody. He claims
the officials beat him to induce him TO
make q confession. yet he still admits
having had his money, giving 1t away
and spending it Ike his proverbial
drunken sailor. He also admits telling
Of Louis Bacas in the presence OF Capt.
Holmes about 8 pm. Saturday. August
%, that he had broken into this place
and stolen the money, and did not say
anything at that time or at any other
time about having been beaten up TO
any member Of this department.
Face Swollen and Red.
Numerous ofEieers have stated that
Harker's face was swollen and red when
he was sent into the station. If he did
receive same from other sources than
what he claims, the officers in this case
have suffered mentally more and have
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MRS. COOPER OUT

Widow of Representative Fails in
Try for His Seat.
LAKE GENEVA, Wis, August IS up.
Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper, widow of
the Representative, was eliminated
as a candidate for her husbands seat
last night by a caucus OF that faction
of the Republican party known as
the ProgresSives. Thomas r. Anlie OF
Elkhorn, az attorney, was named on
the first formal ballet The vacancy
created BY Representative Cooper S
death may be filed at a special election,
provided one is called by Gov. La Fol-
lette. The Governor, however, has not
indicated whether a special election will
be held.
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py the Associated Press.

LONE PINE. Calf, August 25.--A
father, who stole' an airpIane and used
his limited knowledge If plotting to fly
away with his two small children. whom
he had forcibly taken from his es-
trnnged wife, was believed to be hiding
In the Inyo Mountains today, after ef-
fecsing : safe landing IN a dry lake
bed,
The father Henry Billinesley, 40, left
two notes ia the abandoned airpIane
demanding immunity from prosecution
and that his wife agree % return to
him. The notes were found last night
after the plane was recovered, virtually
undanaaged in the lake bed. four miles
from here.
BiiIingsley got possession Of the plane
At Bishop. Calf, yesterday by taking
the children TO the airport there for a
ride. he seized the controls end reared
away, while the pilot who was TO have
taken him aloft stood nearby.
Previously he had called ct the home
Of llk estranged wife and removed the
boys. caliinr hack that he intended TO
take them up IN an airplane end kill
everybody. Tigers ct BiShsp said Bile
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LEA IS CONVICTED
IN BANK FAILURE
Former U. S. Senator, His
Son and Banker Face Pos
sible Prison Terms.
By the Associated press.

by the Associated Press-
ASHEVILLE. N. c.. August 25.-Col
Luke Lea. Nashville, Tenn. newspaper
publisher and former United states
Senator. was found guilty in Superior
Court here today of conspiring to de-
fraud the Ashevflle Central Bank and
Trust Co. of si,136.O00.
His son Luke. jr.. and Wallace B.
Davis. who was president of the bank
which failed last Fall. were found guilty
with him. z. p. Chariot Of Nashville
a business associate of Lea. was found
not guilty en- all counts.
The Leas and Davis were convicted
Of conspiracy under two counts and
the two Leas under an additional con-
spiracy count They also were con-
victsd Of actual nlisapplication Of funds.
Face Possible Prison Terms.
Maximum sentences under the jury's
ver5ict would be: Luke Lea. ST., and
Luke Lea. ir., so years in prison and
a s45, 900 fine.
Wallace B. Davis, so years in prison
AS the jury filed in Mrs. Lea was
sitting beside her husband. holding his
right hand. On his left sat their 7-year-
old daughter, Mary Louise. Across the
room, Luke Lea, IT,. sat slightly slumped
in his chair, his chin IN bis hand,
Mrs. Lea and her husband stared
straight at the jury. Col. Lea's express
sion did not change, but the color in
his wife's face heightened as her hand
sat. ta3~ u f1at0
into the flesh.
Col. Lea leaned over and patted his
daughter, but the child apparently did
not realize the gravity of the situation
and continued beating tattoo on a
court room table.
At least three members of the jury
had tears triekling down their cheeks.
Quarrels With oficer.
The elder Lea and John Thrash. a
deputy sheriff and one of the cour.
officers, exchanged hot words as the
defendants awaited the verdict.
Thrash had just come from an err
land which took him 70 the jury room
and Lea, speaking 10 friends, said:
See that that fellow doesn't get back
into the jury room"
IN thank you not to make remarks
like that" Thrash said, and approached
Lea. Solicitor Zeb v. Nettles stepped
between them and led Thrash away.
Defense attorneys announced they
were preparing motions for new trial
and If 1t was refused they would APP
peal. Judge Barnhill made no an
nouncement respecting the sentences.
Details Of Charges.
The detailed charges in the State in
dictment were that Lea borrowed, with
the conniVance of Davis. 1925 900 from
the bank on improper and worthless
collateral; that he kept $4,000 worth
of the banks bonds without making
settlement; that he deprived the bank
of the proceeds of $4,000 out of City
of AsheviIle $305, 900 note issue and that
he fraudulently obtained $500, 900 worth
of the banks certificates of deposit.
The State also alleged Lea reduced
the banks credit by "kiting" huge
checks.
The defense contended all the trans
actions were in violation neither OF law
nor Of business ethics The trial con-
stunned four weeks.
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Rx the Assnciated press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, August 25-The
larger fires in the area quelled, graphic
stories of the horror that followed the
Priest River, Idaho. conflagration were
trickling into Spokane today.
Blazing animals running until they
dropped dead farm families standing
neck deep in cold mountain streams to
escape the flames and hundreds of per-
sons in want, their homes RACED, were
described by Mrs. r. Chant, who lives
at GOBLIN, Idaho. on the edge of the
devastated area.
The heat was so great" shs said,
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GLASS ANSWERS CANNON.
Denies Bringing Charges in Nye Com
mittee Probe.

mltJcc TEuucs
LYNCHBURG, Va, August IS GP).-
United States Senator Carter Glass said
today that If Bishop James Cannon
referred to him as the "vindtctlye Vir-
sinia Democrat" mentioned in a cable
gram TO Senator Nye, chairman of the
Senate Campaign Funds Committee, it
should be clearly understood that I
have brought no charges before the
Nye Committee against Bishop Can
non"
THE charge Of embezzlement" Sem
ator Glass said, was projected by a
Massachusetts, Republican Congressman
who was afiliated with Bishop Cannon
in the last presidential election and,
along with Bishop Cannon. opposed the
election of the Democratic candidate.
1 simply offered resolution, which
the Senate unanimously passed, giving
Bishop Cannon an opportunity before
the Nye Committee to clear his name
from the shocking charge made by his
former political associate of having en-
bezzled campaign funds and devoted
them TO his own private uses.
Bishop Cannon has only Ahimseh to
blame for his refusal to appear before
the Nye Committee and attempt to &C
Quit himself Of the serious charges. This
cannot be done by Infatuated talk about
''vindictiFe Virginia Democrat"
IF he did not grossly violate the
Federal corrupt practice act nor appro-
pirate campaign funds to his own pri-
vate uses as charged By his former POI
lttieal associate, 1t would be easy enough
to prove the fact. If he did embezzie
campaign funds, he will not be able to
CONCEAL the fact behind childish per-
sonai references to me or by seeking TO
have it appear that his accuser Is a
Roman Catholic instead of a Protestant
who boasts OF his Puritan antecedents
Ordinarily, innocent persons ac-
cused OF crime, do not bother about the
religion or politics of their accuser
They Indignantly demand immediate
and searching Investigation Of the
charge and never seek by technical SUBJ
terfuges of all sorts to obscure the Is
sue.
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By The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, August 25.-Fearful
of doubling Thomases in the White
House medicine bah cabinet" Law
renee Richey, q secretary to President
Hoover, carried back from Panama
proof of his piscatorial prowess in the
form of passport for his catches.
Leaving Washington by airplane An-
gust Is, less than 70 hours later he
long in Panama Bay. The next day
he caught another as large.
~s3efore leaving by plane Sunday,
where he was the guest Of Roy Davis
United sSt6tes Minister. Richey and
Davis 4prepared tahgih2e evidence in
support Of the secretary claim to fish,
ing XIII.
Barring the label 'dipIoniatic pass
port sealed and stampUNs he docu-
meut included 3 phptQgrapl Of the
flsnefman and "Su Senoris Fuerte
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RICEIEY BRINGS FISHING PROWESS .
PROOFS IN PASSPORT FOR CATCH
Fear Doubling Thomases in White House Medicine Ball
Cabinet-Expected Here Tomorrow.

Pescavela del AMIR, alias Panama Giant
Sailfish, accompanied by his lawful wife.
Dona Bonita Naris de Pescavela del
Mar" to which il was issued"
The passport requested that .'all
skeptics into whose hands these presents
shall come shall give full credence TO
the tales Senior Richey may tell about
him, shall permit Senior Richey to talk
freely without molestation, and 10 ex-
tend to him and to his retinue all such
friendly support and credulous ears as
would be extended to the sponsors of
like Poor Fish. from any source what
ever, attempting To gain admittance to
the Union Of Medicine Ball Tossers."
Richey, who said his trip was purely
for pleasure purposes, expected to reach
Washington late tomorrow. He Is one
OF the group in washington with whom
President Hoover often exercises 81
tossing medicine ball u. the early
morning.
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uauQl6 dIlQ bIIC ObIiEl WtSAA q o0WOA-N
used the clubs on -- and - be-
cause they both told me so. Besides,
I could hear their yells from the cell
room where ! was locked up.
When we were first taken to the sta
ton we were questioned by the police
men who arrested US. They accused
us of having attempted to break into
a jewelry store near Fifteenth and F
streets. When we denied the charge,
one of the officers said: wait till -
gets here-he1l make you talk"
- and - beat me at the same
time, one punching one side of my
face and the other pummeling the 9TH
er side.
I know -- and - were beaten,
too, because they not only told me so,
but / saw the marks Of the beatings.
his face was bruised, while - was in
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NationaI ApneaI Period.
HElRESS ELOPES TO WE'D
CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART
Miss Mary Sue Mccullough Mar
ries Whipple Van Ness Jones
at Waukegan, III.
By The Associated Press.

~ VIC A1sutLdteu Press.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, August U.s.
The childhood romance Of Miss Mary
Sue Mccullough, 10, heiress to the
SOL 900, O0O-estate Of John /. Beggs, util-
tty magnate, and Whipple Van Ness
in an elopement, It was learned today.
The couple left their Oconomowoc,
Wis, Summer homes yesterday and
were married in the court house at
Waukegan, Ill.
While their engagement had not been
announced, their parents had expected
their marriage when they we're old
enough"
Both reside In St. Louis.
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OCdt Ii1S al ali C4AVAb w AAdhV AAS SOJ
the shooting was not accidental. I
insisted shot Zirkle accidentally, but
they beat me internationally through
out the night, - holding me by my
hair with one hand and hitting me
with the other. He pulled out hand
full of hair.
(signed) ROBERT E. MARTZ.
Statement of Frederick c. Sampson.
During the three days --
and / were held at the first pre-
cinct police station we were beaten
several times each day by Detectives
and - and a uniformed off1cer
whose name I do not know.
Detectives -, - and the other
man beat me with their fists and the
ID me with clubs-one with broom
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GETS DECREE, REMARRlEs

Richard Burton, Poet, WEEDS 10
Minutes After Divorce Is Granted.
RENO, New. August 25 (E).-Richard
Burton, poet and lecturer, married Mrs,
Ruth Guthrie Harding Of Paterson,
N. j., 10 minutes after he was divorced
from Agnes Rose Burton here yester-
day
both events. Burton formerly was head
of the English Department of the, Uni
versity Of Minnesota.
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swallOws Tack IN ANGER, Dies.

LOS ANGELES. August IS tA4. An
gsred because Of scolding, 4-year-old
Mavis Bean pulled tack from her shoe.
terday.
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Statements of Prisoners
Robert E. Marty and Frederick c. Sampson Say The,
We're Beaten Into Confessions by Detectives at
First Precinct Station.

JAIL charging thar
precinct station made and
the Star reporter OFFICIAL Of the jail Gp
printing prisoners haze
nothing consequently the Of the
detectives until further investigation
Statement of Robert E. Martz
When was arrested shooting Irwin Zirke
Detectives and beat effort to make me say
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$4.255.20O cold Shipped.

BUENOS AIRES, August % Up The
to New York TO-DAY with e4.2S5.200 in
gold, dispatched By the Banco Nacion
Argentina for payment Of debt services.
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BULLARD's SON KILLED
Member of Well Known U. S. Ma
val Family Dies of Wounds.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOwN Md. August 25.-B
Saunders Billiard. jr.. Is. son Of Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. B. Saunders Billiard
was killed by gunshot wounds at Mare
Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, Calf.
The information was received by some
local people here whom the parents
visited some time ago. The boy was well
known in Hagerstown. He was a grand
son Of late Rear Admiral Billiard The
boys mother before her marriage was
Miss Marjorie WilIiar. prominent in Bal
tinore society.
Associated Press dispatches today said
II was believed the boy was killed when
= rife he was cleaning went on acci-
dentally.
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Radio Programs On Page BIZ
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marks Of the beatings had black and
his face was bruised while similar condition.
(SgnedJ FREDERICK C. SAMPSON.
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two detectives threatened with clubs-one with broom
handle and the other with pool know they
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Continued on Page 8, Column a.
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W Ia I HEX.
%. s. weather Bureau FcrecasD.
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
not much change in temperature.
Temperatures: Highest, "a, at noon to-
day; lowest, so, at 4 am. today.
Full report on page 3.
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The Quakers were the only religious
body which received words of respect
from that biting agnostic, Voltatre.
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d. C. KIwANIANs FETED.
Manassas Club Honors Men Who Set
Attendance Record.


Attendance Record.
MANASSAS, Va August 8.-Manas-
sas Kiwanians last night feted four
members of the Washington club, who
by their attendance at the meeting had
shattered all records for continuous at
tendance of Kiwanis meetings during a
single week, their presence here mark
ing the tenth regular meeting which
they attended this week.
The washington party consisted of
Harry G. Kimball, former governor of
Capital KiwaniS; Eugene r.. WoodSoTl,
and Edwin F. Hill, vice presidents, and
y. D. Blackstone, and the points visited
prior to Manassas were, Frederick, Md;
Fredericksburg, Va; Arlington, Va;
Towson, Md; Washington, D. c., Mar
tinSburg, w. Va, and Lancaster, Pa.
Following a welcome address by DR.:
G. r. G. johnson, president of the local
club, the Washington group took charge
Of the program with George H. Winslow
IN charge.
Eugene r. Woodsor told Of the George
washington Bicsntennial plans and of
the efforts being put forth by KiwaniS
International to support the world wide
celebration. Mr.. KimbaN addressed the
group on "Kiwa1iis Stewardship" Mr..
Hill told Of the record breaking attend
ance feat which they had just COM
pleted, while z. d. Blackstone ended
the speech making with graceful trib-
ute to MRS. Robsrt H. Smith,. Mrs. Stew
art Pattie, and Mrs. William H. Leach
man, the local club sponsors, and pre-
scented them with flowers. Group sing
ing was directed by william A.
Schumacher Of washington Kiwanis, as
sisted by @. Raymond Radcliffe, local
club trustee
Other guests of the club were Merritt
o. Chance, president; John R. Wright,
Robert S. Saunders, Charles w. Guest,
Julien M. Winnemore, and Robert r.
Fleming Of the washington club; Amos
G. Crounse. president; w. Thomas
French. secretary. and Stephen Child of
the Arlington Club. /.
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FA|RF AK DOCTORS
ELECT OFFICERS
Falls Church Man Is Named
Observation-Disclosures to
Farley Chosen.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DiSpatcn 10 Inc Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, August B.
DR.. c. A. Ransom of Fails Church was
reelected president of the Fairfax
County Medical Society at the quarterly
meeting held in Herndon, with DR.. Will
liam Meyer as host.
DR., Lyle Mason of Washington was
elected first vice president, DR.. r. l.
wilkins of Alexandria, second vice
president: DR.. william p. Cation OF
Woodlavn, secretary, and DR.. F. M
Brooks Of Fairfax Station, treasurer.
DR.. c. A. Ransom was appointed the
delegate to the meeting of the Virginia
State Medical Society In Roanoke, Oc-
tober 5. and z. with DR. william Meyer
as alternate. Other members of the
society will attend the general sessions
DR.. William Cation, DR.. z. c. Shull
and Dr. Ransom were appointed to draw
up resolutions Of coincidence to the rsla-
tives of the late DR.. Charles Russell
the society's Oldest member
DR.. Shull, DR.. Cation and DR.. Ransom
were appointed to confer with the new
county health officer, DR.. A. L. Carson
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to work out plan for harmonizing the
public health program and the activities
Of the medical profession. This COM
mittee meets next Tuesday at the home
Of DR.. Ransom. DR.. Carson attended
the meeting by invitation, and his name
was proposed for membership, action
according to the bylaws being post
poned until the next quarterly meet
operate with the physicians Of the
county in every way possible. As the
doctor, who was to have read the after
moons paper, was unable to attend, the
meeting adjourned after the business
session and attended luncheon served
by DR.. Meyer.
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K|WAN|S VISITATION
RECORD IS CLAIMED.
Washington Members Com
pIete Round OF Ten Con-
tinuous Meetings.
special dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch TO The star.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, August B.
All records for continuous attendance
at Kiwanis meetings in the United
States and Canada during single week
were declared TO have been broken last
night when four members Of the Wash
ington club completed round of 10
visitations to clubs in this district. Their
final meeting was at Manassas, Va, last
night.
Yesterday they also visited the Lam
caster, Pa, club. Thursday night they
were here, Previously they had visited
other clubs in Maryland, Virginia and
District Of Columbia.
The group was composed OF Harry O..
Kimball, former governor Of the Capital
Kiwanis district; Eugene r. WoodSon
and Edwin r. Hill, vice presidents, and
2. D. Blackstone, They spoke at all
their visits, Messrs. Kimball and Wood
son making the principal addresses. The
former included reference to the George
washington Bicentennial movement,
and the plan to localize it throughout
the Nation.
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Ex-Slave, Declared
Dead at 5, Nears
100 Years of Age
Special Dispatch to The star.

STAUNTON, Va, August g.
aunt Annie" johnson, former slave,
who, when a child and following q
serious illness, was given up for dead
and placed In a CONN for burial. Is
nearing her Tooth birthday anniver-
sary at her home at nearly Saynes-
boro.
Pronounced dead at the age Of 5
years, a member of her family noticed
her body move as she lay in her
coffin and she was nursed back to
health.
The ancient colored woman. who
will pass the century mark Decem-
Der l, is still active and a familiar
figure about the streets of Waynes-
boro.
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JOUST Is PLANNED
AT BROAD CREEK
St. Johns Church, 20s Years Old,
to Stage 22nd Annual
Event.

~ star Correspondent Of The star.
BROAD CREEK, Md, August s.-St.
Johns Church, now 208 years old, VIII
hold its twenty-second annual tourna-
ment here Wednesday afternoon.
Arrangements for the events are In
the hands Of j. Owen Kerby, assisted
by Willard Thorne and Earl Thomas.
Delegate Charles G. Marbury will be
the orator of the day, while Adrian
Fisher is scheduled to serve as corona
ton orator at the ball in the evening,
when a queen and three maids will be
crowned.
M. B. Brooke is grand marshal of
the tournament, the judges being B. H.
Fnuger. Willard Thorne. John Sansbury,
Afford Thorne. Earl Thomas and j.
Frank Campbell.
Miss Barbara Webster is chairman
OF the Supper Committee and Mrs.
Edgar j. Thorne chairman Of the Re-
treatment Committee.
st. Johns Church, miles from Con-
gress Heights, ON the road to Fort
Washington, Is the only church in
Maryland in which there Is a pew for
nnerly occupied by George Washington.
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CENTERS TO STAY OPEN
Three Will Continue Activities
throughout August,

The Central, East washington and
Francis Community Centers will remain
open throughout this month, according
to an announcement from the Com
munity Center Department They will
continue to be under the direction of a
corps of workers, including the staff
secretaries and number of athletic
directors. The Central Community
Center is said to be attracting unusually
large crowds seeking relief from the
heat in its swimming pool.