The backbone of the heat wave was
snapped by a 15-minute wind and rain
| storm late yesterday afternoon, but
| not before it had claimed one life,
I Prosper War, retired fruit merchant,
dying last night at Emergency Hos
| pital, where he had been removed jyes
: terday after being overcome at his
-son's place of business, 905 Louisiana
! avenue.
I Mr. War was TO years old. and is
j survived by his widow and a son,
Prosper War. Jr., of 516 Sixteenth
street southeast.
j While the storm was brief, it took
a heavy toll of trees, particularly in
Potomac. Park, where automobiling on
the Speedway was blocked as a re
SUit.
The only damage reported to the
! police was by Patrick Middleton, coi
i ored. I'll Wylie street northeast, who
said a falling tree struck his auto
! mobile while he was sitting in it in
- front of his house. Middleton received
slight bruises, but refused medical at
-1 tention. The damage to the auto
mobile was slight.
Sultan Leaves Prance.
MARSEILLE. France. August 7
1 (4>).—The Sultan of Morocco, Mulai
Youssef. who has been visiting
France as the guest of the govern
ment. embarked for home today on
the battleship Paris.
Girl Trapped Aboard, Passenger Left
Behind, But Gangplank Rule Stands
i
By the A»«oci»te«i Pres*.
NEW YORK. August 7. —When the
gangplank is down, it's down, and
that's all there is to it.
This marine rule gave a girl ste
nographer the th ill of descending a
| rope ladder to a tug in mid stream,
j caused Patrick Cadden. a Philadel
phia sardener. to miss his boat, and
created a general river traffic jumble
| when the Adriatic mailed today.
