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Al Fair eloudy; not ‘ture. ‘Temperature for -hours ended at 2 o.m. : tomorro much change 28, at 2 p.m. todsy; lowest, 62, at 4:30 am. today. Full report on w partly in tempera- twenty-four : Highest, page 7. Closing New York Stocks, Page 21.. d Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherw'se credited in 1his paper and also the local news pubifshed Herein. hend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Al right s of publication of special dispatches Lerein are also rescrved. n Star. Yesterday's net circalation, 91,581 + No. 28177 e erncoas matter 1 BUSNESSMEN - ASKINCREASEFUR FEDERALWORKERS Complete Revision of Em- ¢ ployment Policy Urged by ' Chamber of Commerce. RESULT OF REFERENDUM AMONG 1,400 CONCERNS Advocate Adequate and Uniform Pay Through Reclassification and Regarding Positions. Complete revision of the employ- ment policy of the federal govern- ment was recommended today by the United States Chamber of Commerce as the result of a referendum vote on the subject just completed among the 1,400 business organizations in the chamber’'s membership. : Recasting the government's system of obtaining employes is held neces- sary by the chamber as a means toward obtaining efficiency in the service, and among the nine recom- mendations for bringing it about is higher and adequate pay for all gov- ernment employes. The recommendations follow: “1. The present system under which ersonnel for the federal civil serv- ce is secured and managed should be recast. i . Adequate and uniform pay un- der essentially like conditions flhol_xld be established as a fundamental prin- ciple for the federal civil service through reclassification and regrad- ing. I Revision by Statute. TII. Reclassification spould be by \ statute based on investigations al- ready made and further investigation by the Civil Service Commission. 5 tion should be i ed by these agencies. ¥ Promotion should be given stat- utory recognition as the preferres method for filling vacancies. with lines of promotion clearly defined and pro- motions made upon the basis of proved merit under civil service reg- ul ions. VL All administrative officers not responsible for determining policies should be included under civil service rules. 'VIL Efficiency records should be de- should be regulated by executive or- ders consistent with the civil service VIIL Efficiency recodrs should be beveloped by the Civil Service Com- i on.. “IX Removal of an employe should ‘e possible upon a written statement of reasons to the employe with oppor- tunity for a written repiy, but without | right of appeal above the head of the @epartment.” matter DAWES T0 HEAD BUDGET. Chicago Banker Picked by Presi- dent as Director. Charles G. Dawes, the Chicago bank- er, has been selected by President Harding for director of the budget under the budget law recemtly enact- by_Congress. Mr. Dawes' nomination is expected to go to the Senate shortly and If confirmed will take office July 1, the date fiXed in the law for inaugu- ration of the new fiscal system. Mr. Dawes served as a brigadier gen- eral in the American expeditionary forces, and at one time was prominent- 1y under consideration for Secretary of the Treasury in President Harding's cabinet. He attracted wide attention last February when he denounced in a dra- matic fashion the methods adopted by a war expenditures committee of Con- gress before which he was testifying. BRANCH LIBRARY SITE S SELECTED, D. C. Commissioners Also Name Architect for Building in Southeast Section. The triangular lot bounded by South Carolina avenue, D and 7th streets Southeast, has been decided upon by the Commissioners as the site for the new branch Public Library, Col. Charles W. Kutz, chairman of the branch library building commission, announced today. Announcement also was made that Edward L. Tilton, a New York archi- tect, has been engaged to prepare plans for the building. Mr. Tilton, it is stated, nas made a specialty of library construction. Erection of the building will bd under the supervision of the building commission, which is composed of Commissioner Kutz, chairman; The- odore W. Noyes, president of the board of trustees of the Free Public Library, and Charles J. Bell, chair- man of the branch library commit- tee of the board of trustees. Carrying out of the plans for the branch’ library in the Southeast, which has been looked forward to by the library trustees, is now made possible by the appropriation of $10,00 for a library site in the emergency school budget. The Carnegie Corporation of New York some years ago offered to give not less than $50,000 for a branch 1 brary, with the proviso that the Dis- trict should furnish the site. U.S. GOLFERS SET PACE IN BRITAIN Recommendations by Committee. The recommendations were made to €he national s, tee on budget d clency, al they were sent out and voted on, ac- wompanied by arguments, pro and con, ‘on revision of the employment syste: There were few opposing votes, it is| tated. & R::]uamcntlon and related problems mffecting the civil service, the report states, are of pressing interest and im- tance. "“"Efl\e personnel problem of an enter- prise which engages the services of more than half a million employes cannot be minimized.” the committee declared, “if the public which foots! the bill in ever-increasing amounts for government costs is ever to re- ceive a reasonable return on its in- Yestment. Recent developments make | it not only opportune but imperative that business now give this matter the thoughtful consideration which it deserve 53 “For all practical purposes.” said the committe “personnel problem: in the administration of the national t are those which are in- vitable ilian force of nearly a half million men and women em- ployed on work of almost every con- ceivable character.” 55 n private industrial and commer- cial life,” said the report, “the in- numerable questions relating to the efficient utilization of the operating and managing forces of the organiza- tion are now accepted as of vital im- portance to successful management of the business. In this fleld of ad- ministration of the public business government has lagged far behind.” With reference to its recommenda- tion that adequate and uniform pay under like conditions should be es- tablished, the, committee says: “It is an elementary proposition that a body of employes permeated with a ense of unjust and inequitable treat- ‘ment by the employer in the primary matter of just pay for service ren- dered will be inefficient and expensive. Present conditions in the federal serv- jce as to fixation of salary rates are perpetual inditement to discontent and half-hearted effort and an undoubted great source of waste of public money.” An important recommendation of the committee is the one having to do with inclusion within the civil serv- dce of administrative officers not charged with determining matters of policy. With respect to this suggestion the committee said: “One of the most serious handicaps to both economy and efficiency in the federal service is undoubtedly to be ound ip the practical exclusion from the permanent civil service of a very large part, if not practically all, of the administrative offices of real dis- tinction. No one would suggest that cabinet officers and their immediate assistants should be other than the personal selection of the President or of themselves, and permanency in the highest positions in the foreign serv- fiice of the Department of State, such ‘as aml dors and ministers, prob- ably will have to come as a matter of practice rather than law or execu- tive rule. Appointment by Political Favor. “There still remain, however, a very 1arge number of Ipositions whick be- Jong properly with the permanent op- gerating force of the government and 'should be so recognized. These in- clude principally such local offices as postmasters of the first, second and third classes “Appointments to these offices con- tinue to be made almost without ex- ception on the basis of political favor. Fach change in administration, par- ticularly if it involves a change in . means a wholesale overturn in is personnele This waste is tre- mendous and obvious.” Members of the committee who made the report are: L. Clause, manufacturer, of Pitts- Paul W. Brown, edi- tor, of St. Lo ‘W. H. Cowles, editor and _publisher, Spokane, Wash.; John A. Fairlle, economist,of the University of TIllinol Frank J. Goodnow, presi- dent Johns Hopkins University: Henry 1. Harriman, engineer, Boston, Mas: W. P. Sidley, lawyer, of Chicago: George G. Tunell, commissioner of + gaxes, Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, Chicago; Paul M. Warburg, financier of New York city; W. F. Wil- loughby, director of Institute for Gov- prament Research, Wi gton, Course Records, Former Leading Field. By the Associated Press. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 21.— Two American golfers, Jock Hutchison of Chicago and Jim Barnes of the Pel- ham Club, New York, created new com- petition records for the Eden and old courses in the qualifying round of the Eritish open golf championship here to- ay. Hutchison covered the Eden course in 69, as against the record of 70, Barnes went over the old course in 7 as against the record of 71, which was held by George Duncan, the British open champion. Hutchison, with his 77 in yesterday’s play, thus took the lead over the fleld, with a total of 146 for the two days’ play. Barnes’ scoond round, with his 78 of yesterday, gave him 148, one stroke be- hind Harry Vardon, former British open champion, rounds. Other leading scores, including yes- terday’s and today’s figures, wer Walter Hagen, Detroit, 80, 77—157. Clarence Hackney, Atlantic City, 80, 78—158. Emmet French, Youngstown, Ohio, 84, T7—161. Robert T. (Bobby) Jones, Atlanta, 76—152. Paul Hunter, Los Angeles, 80, Dr. 73—153. Charles (Chick) Evans, Chicago, 80, 83—163. George McLean. Grassy Sprain Golt Club, New York, 77, 77—154. William Melhorn, Shreveport, La.,. 83, 76—159. o Chlsl;les Hoftner, Philadelphia, 73, 1—154. Tom Kerrigan, Siwanoy, New York, 78, 79—157. Abe Mitcheil, North Foreland, 77, 75—152. % 3. H l(h-kwood.1 Australian open jimpelled it to discontinue activities| c195¢ champion, 73, 7 e 5l‘n Holland, Northampton, 79, "% — 150. 75—158. Edward Ray, Oxhey, American open champion, 81, 8?—161. 7‘.le;51'12 Gassiat/ Chantilly, France, 78, Harry Vardon, former open cham- plon, 75, 72—147. Cyril Tolley, Royal Eastbourne, for- mel;sB‘rlulh amateur champion, 85, 81 —166. Arthur G. Havers, West Lancaster, 72, 78—150. J. B. Batley, London Cricket Club, 18, 78—156. Americans fared well yesterday, all having cards which compared well with the rest of the field. Charles Hoftner of Philadelphia, with 73, made the best showing for the old course, ‘while H. Kirkwood of Austral turned in the best card for the Eden course, making the round in 73. The cards of the other Americans yesterday were as follow: Edgar, 78; Tom Kerrigan, Ji Barnes, 78; Dr. Paul Hunter, 80; Clar- ence Hackney, 80; W. Fred McLeod, 8: John Burgess, 83; William Melhor: 83; Charles Evans, jr., 83, and Emmet French, 84. Mrs. Manatee, the only sea cow ever in Washington, made her bow to the publio today at the National Zoological Park. Brought to_ Washington from Palm Beach, Fla, in a row boat filled with water, the 1,500-pound mammal appeared quite at home today in the big tank in the center of the lion house. The sea cow at the Zoo is ten feet long. She is a member of one of the most ancient animal mr. and is distantly related to the ele- ‘l‘h: cow was brought to Wash- -3ngton by J. E. Bennett, collector,. Hutchison and Barnes Make | Galipiay- e, who had 147 for the two; J. V. Sast, Melbourne, Austra; 1, 83, | BTO! MRS. MANATEE REACHES ZOO HERE IN WATER-FILLED BOAT FROM SOUTH WASHINGTON SHEPHERD'S ADVICE TOCITY RETOLD AT PICTURE UNVEILING Former Governor’s Words to “Fight for District” Re- called at Exercises. | SON PRESENTS PORTRAIT TO D. C. FOR HIS MOTHER Great Example Seen in Battle for Representation, Schools and Other Civic Needs. ‘Washington should heed the words of Alexander R. Shepherd and stand united in the fight for representation in Congress and in other civic battles, Edward F. Colladay told several hun- dred persons who assembled in the boardroom of the District building today to witness the unveiling of an oil painting of the late governor of the city. Mr. Colladay, speaking as vice pres- ident of the Board of Trade, of which Gov. Shepherd was the first honorary member, recited a number of the im- portant problems facing the District today and then urged his fellow citi- zens to heed these words, uttered by Gov. Shepherd in 1887: “Stand Shoulder to Shoulder.” “Don’'t quarrel among yourselves. When you do you jeopardize your best interests. Stand shoulder to shoulder and fight for the good of the District.” Continuing, Mr. Colladay sai “Today we are at another stage in the | aes time when we should take the words of Shepherd as our guide. Just as he took up the railroad tracks that marred Penn- sylvania avenue, filled the James Creek canal, razed the Northern Liberty market and fought many other battles ! for his city, so we today have the half- {and-half plan of fiscal relations with the federal government to defend and repre- sentation in Congress and ,the status of citizens to fight for. “We have some people who ridicule these questions, and unless we stand shoulder to shoulder, as Shepherd ad- vised us, we will not be abel to fight j these battles through.” Mr. Colladay then recited the fol- lowing needs of the city to show that the fight for the development of the National Capital did not end when Gov. Shepherd completed his task: The harnessing of Great Falls, com- pletion of the park system, acquisition of more playgrounds, more and better schools, solution of the great traction problem, more housing for the people, more and better paid police and fire- men and enforcement of the laws of the city. Public Opinien as Weapon. “In_enfpreing the laws,” said Mr. whicH should stand back of the splendid board of Commissioners we now have to rule us.” Dr. William Tindall, a vice president of the Association of Oldest Inhabi tants of the District of Columbia, spoke in part as follows: “Just forty-seven years ago toda: the man whose picture we have b fore us was legisiated out of office as governor of the District of Columbla, after a service of three years and one month in the municipal service. Dur- ing two years and five months of that period he was vice president of the board of public works, and for nine months and five day thereafter filled the office of governor. No Lack of Capacity. “His removal from office implied no lack of administrative capacity, nor of public-spirited vision. The work which he had accomplished was so revolutionary and vast that Congress, as well as many of his fellow citizens, failed to recognize its immeasurable value. “Just as one fails to comprehend the sublimity of Niagra or of the Grand Canyon at first sight, and just as repeated views of those wonders enable the spectator to obtaim the better appreciation of their grandeur, so the vista of time has enabled us to comprehend the public spirit, the energy, the constructive genius and the moral and physical courage of the moving spirit in the transformation of highway conditions at the National Capital from those of a country vil- lage to those which meet the most exacting modern municipal require- ments. “To be sure, in accomplishing the monumental task or redeeming the National Capital from the reproach to which it had been chargeable, he in- curred a debt corresponding with the proportions of his task. This debt seemed so appaling to Congress that its apprehension of disaster from further increment of that obligation ¢ opinion, of the genius who was responsible for t. “In short, Congress was so0 en- ssed in contemplating the size of the pile of chips which Shepherd's work had accumulated that it lost sight for the time of the magnitude and_excellence of the job.” y Son Participate; Alexander R. Shepherd, son of the former governor, pulled the string that released the American flag and revealed the portrait to the view of the audience. In presenting the painting to the city on behalf of his mother, who was not able to be pres- ent, Mr. Shepherd said: “I have lived most of my life on the outskirts of civilization, and it is a great pleasure to return and see the wonderful growth and develop- ment that hay taken place. It is & source of unusal gratification to me to see how freSh is the memory of my father even in the present gen- eration.” % Mr. Rudolp] Remarks: Commissioner Rudolph, chairmas the board of Commissioners, u:o:p:f ing the portrait for the-city, sald: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as representatives of the residents of the National Capital, of- ‘ontinued on Page 2, Column 7 and naturalist, commissioned the Smithsonian Institute to z nis During her trans- fer from the boat to the tank she ‘was kept moist with wet gunney 8. A ton or so of choice water grass, the manatee's favorite food, was brought along for her subsistence, and Supt. .Hollister of the Zoo ade arrangements for loads of the grass from The manatee lives entirely in the ‘water, although can exist on land for a time. The sea cow is expected to be one of the big . sighta of the Jocal animal park. has m: frequent Florida. velopment of the National Camml-a! immediately | a|port on the Kahn bill, which would DLt Gl CHARLES C. FOSTER . RESIGNS JAIL POST W. H. Moyer May Be Sue- cessor as Superintendent of Penal Institutions. Charles C. Foster, general superin- tendent of penal institutions of the District, submitted his resignation to | the Commissioners today. | W. H. Moyer, formerly head of the | reformatory at Frankfort, Ky.. is un- | derstood to be seriously considered for the place. Commissioner Rudolph, who called at the White House yesterday after- noon with Samuel J. Prescott, is said to have discussed with the President the matter of naming a successor to { Mr. Foster. Mr. Rudolph would not | giscuss the matter today. Changes Forecast. nges would be made in the ‘the penal institutions of the Distrfét was Indicated at -the time the present board of Commis- sioners was sworn 1n. Commissioner Rudolph, who has special supervision over the penal institutions, request- ed the resignation of W. H. Hall, for- merly assistant superintendent in charge of the workhouse at Occoquan, Va. The position of assiafant super- intendent is still vacant. Mr. Foster, formerly head of the sail at Louisville, Ky., was appointed April 1, 1918, to fill the position of superintendent of the workhouse at Occoquan, made vacant by the resig- nation of the late W. H. Whittaker. Efficient AWdministration. An epidemic of escapes from the jail in Washingtoh caused the District Com- missioners April 24. 1919, to direct Mr. Foster to take charge of that institution. He was given the new position of gen- eral superintendent of penal institutions, which brought the Jail, workhouse and reformatory at Lorton, Va., under his supervision. Although' his duties and responsibili- ties were increased by the Commission- ers’ order, Mr. Foster was not given an increase in compensation, and he has since drawn only the one salary allowed him as superintendent of the workhouse. There have been no escapes from the jail | since it has been under his manage- ment. HOUSE MEMBERS FAVOR 14TH STREET CLOSING Military Committee Orders Favor- able Report on Kahn BillL Mr. Rogers’ Views. The House committee on military affairs today ordered a favorable re- i i any street the :extension of which would cut into the Walter Reed Hospital grounds. This was an- nounced in the House by Representa- tive McKenzie of Illinois when Rep- resentative Rogers of Massachusetts spoke to warn the House that a hear- ing was to be held before the high- way commission on Thursday re- garding the extension of 14th street througn the Walter Reed property. He advised the members of Congress opposed to such extemsion to register their objection at the hearing. The District Commissioners and the chairman of the House District com- mittee are behind a proposal to open 14th street from its present termi- nus to a point north of Walter Reed Hospifal and to run 14th street through the hospital property. Representative Rogers said he was very much opposed to such a plan. He ‘thought it was a shocking thing to subject the crippled soldiers to motor and trolley accidents and to subject those critically ill and in a nervous condition to the noise and |Secre! foul air of boulevard trafic. He said also that he thought it was a serious mistake to, invade for traffic com- mg:o a b?:u‘tlful gl.rk. presentative Rogers explained that he’ is not opposed to tphe ex- tension of 14th street and has no wish to impede the development of that section, but he does not believe in hewing a street which has not existed, through the park. If trolley cars must ‘be run out there, he said, they could verge off at the southern boundary :‘! V{u.lur Reed and run out 16th reel ’ OIL NOTES DISAPPEAR. New York Detectives Puzzled by $300.000 Mystery. NEW YORK, June 21.—Disappear- ance over the week end of $300,000 worth of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation notes from the safe of a client was reported by a national de- tective agency. The mname of the client was not divulged. ‘The notes are not registered and are otiable. K¢ 1 500 SR R R 3 TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921—-TWENTY—EIG!1T PAGES. 10 SAVED AS AIRMEN SWIM FROM Fight Fire in Vain as Explo- sions Shatter Wrecked Machine. Junt after the German submarine -1 was sunk today off Humpton Roadx by bombs, Lieut. Col. Cul- ver. fiying an Army plane, crashed down near the United States Steam- ~hip Henderson. He and hix assist- ants were rencued by Navy bonts. By the Awsociated Pross NEWPORT NEWS. Va. June 21— Naval seaplane No. 7, bomb laden and carrying three officers and ten men, wus wrecked and burned in Hampton roads about 9 o'clock this morning. One man, the radio operator, was in- Jured, burning gas on the water dering him unconscious when he was unable o swim beyond the danger zone. The other nine escaped un- scathed. 2 The airmen owe their escape to the fact that they released the cargo of bombs w ey found os0f 300 CLERKS GO JUNE 30. l {ing meccrmare toports et ! whether or not these bombs explodes No Funds to Pay Workers in Two ' N i 1'1‘1&“:3.'2 T:xk P ey Fire was discovered le the main gasoline feed machine was winging its way through the air between the Army base and Craney Island, the machine was Navy Bureaus. About 300 civilian employes of the Navy Department, mostly women ERAIN “GAMBLING |taken on during the world war, will mediately brought down to the be dropped from the pay rolls June water and a losing battle with flames 30 because there will be no funds out started. of which they can be paid available after that date. Most qf those affected by the reduction are employed in the bureau of navigation and the bureau of supplies and accounts. Changes made and planned will re- duce the force of classified employes at the Navy Department to a total of 1,913 by July 1 next. D. . HEADS OPPOSE KING RAILWAY BILL Unfavorable Report on Trac- tion Measure Sent to Sen- Battle With ¥Fire in Vain. The three officers and seven men {armed themselves with fire exti guishers and attempted to battle the fast-growing blaze. The flames soon ‘spread to all parts of the machine and the men were forced to take to the water. One of them, the radio operator, either lost his life preserver or was unable to get 10 it on acc of the blaze. g s The gasoline spread to the water land caught fire | beyond the radius. The radio man was overcome by the |Seeks to Combat Living ! Cost—Lewis Gains Votes for President. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Col,, June 21.—Abolition of “gambling in grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade,” establish- ment of co-operative producers’ and consumers’ organizations and govern- ment regulation of corporations and monopolies were urged today by the, convention of the American Federa-! fast-spreading danger ions further imperiled their own lives by taking him to tow and trying to tion of Labor as a means to combat k:~ep beyond the flame-covered frea of the high cost of living. S = Army tug Brittania, which, The work of the Federal Trade Com-| [T, ATY tug Briyania. which, mission was commended and Congress was urged to provide funds for in- vestigation of all industries and pab- lication of statistics showing the cost B of on_and marketing of all 5 staple commodities. atorBall. ‘If the people are in full tp%s‘les:‘l’on i of all the facts of costs of distribu- The Commissioners today went on| j,; ang the profits made on the nec- record in opposition to Senator King's| essaries of life, public opinion would bill to solve the street railway prob-|have a-powerful effect in reducing f Ficos. and there would be no neces- lem of the District and again told| B0 Sroeecution under the Sherman Congress they believe their own bill | apii-trust law,” the declaration said. will best meet the traction situation.| In urging the abolition of “gambling The city heads, acting as the Public; in futures” and “unnecessary Tecon: Utilities Commission. sent to Senator | tys " yesolution said there ~are 00 Ball, chairman of the District commit- | many overturns helw%‘e‘:h "llfl pro- tee. an unfavorable report on the King | ducers and consumer, which ultimat; bill, which would empower the Capltal | ¥ increase the cost of living. Traction Company to acquire by pur- Oppese Fixing of Wages. chn:e or otherwise the Washington| The convention went on record Ballray aRdl Electts Compaey: against legislation fixing the wages , declaring that “if Their own bill, which the Commis- | 35 ‘he WOTKen TeCRrnE L Sloners again recommend 10 CongTeas. | erned by laws enacted by a Congress provides for the following steps: made up of men not alive to main Would cuthorize all of the street|taining those standards the workers| 1 ifor the experiments railways of the District to merge, with | Of the country will suffer irreparable fof Li¢ fmen : . ir | have been under way the ‘approval of the Public Utilities |iNfuTy bY Ieslslation governink thelr Names 'of the oficers and men % 'An educational campaign to give the|aboard the NC-7 were not made pub- P e the ciomne Blectric| tcachers and students of the country lic by authbrities at the naval base. date with the merged street railway he “truth about the labor movement” An investigation now is being con- dnterwit and “meet the propaganda in the| ducted in an attempt to ascertain the a7 bat abolish the 4 per cent tax on | SSH00IS Of the country in furtherance | cause of the gasoline feed pipe leak iy ould abolish the 4 per cent tax on) of the so-called ‘open shop' ” was au- | This pipe. it is said, apparently was in street railway companies and substi- | thorized by the delegates. R s N vt e tute a tax of 50 per cent of net earn- Lewis Gains Votes Pianer Rowever, s one of the" largest ings ln{excess of a 6 per cent return Campaigners for both John L.|used by the Navy, similar to those on 'lhe air value of the properties. Lewis, president of the United Mine | ysed in the transatlantic flight, and it Would relieve the companies from! Workers, and Samuel Gompers, |js possible that unforeseen strain in any part of the cost of paving the|candidates for the presidency, Werc |maneuvers may have damaged a joint. street spaces between and adjacent|working at top speed today when the to car tracks. it f the al f e R e American. Federation of Laver| GILPIN TO GET MEDAL. Negro Actor Declared to Have The Commissioners’ report in op-| ™ ecre resumed position to the King bill is as follows. m?fmi‘i‘;”.‘;',.::‘:%"xz‘.‘;,‘;.:?"” Fiaea “From an examination of the pro- ion of Iron. Made 1920 Achievercent. NEW YORK, June 21.—Charles Gil- pin, negro actor, has been awarded the Spingarn medal, which is given each year to the man or woman of the principal object of the proposed legislation 1s to bring about & merger | or mers ona memin radiE votes or consolidation of the properties of | it *Gi% ANG, Sehivar bofies fo thelr the two principal street railway|chinists' union, mine workers and companies in the District of Colum- B S Dn1on S mih e B orkers funy bia. or, at least, to provide. through | three largest in the federation—with proposed trackage connections and | z’combined voting strength of 10,614, | African descent and of Amerlcan citi- :'xgtnfi't";::fi‘nfli ‘f{e:'e'gy”;::;rfi’{fflg The! gleectlon, labor leaders said,|zenship who shall have made the g woul made a special order of achievement during the pre- of a lower rate of fare than now ob- | puginess for next Friday afternoon. | eeiing year in any field of elevated or honorable human endeavor. The medal, donated by J. E. Spin. garn, treasurer of the National As: Siation for the Advancement of Col ored People, will be awarded at the fwelfth annual conference of the as- tains. “The commission has given careful Irish Report Ready. consideration to the provisions of | The most important issue to come this bill, as well as to other bills | before the convention today was the now_pending before the Senate and |Irish question, on which the resolutions th: }}50}\:@0 off R:gr?unr'_“((l;vga all of comm}::ee 7&? re:gy to report. This which have for their principal object | committee, it is understood, wi g an improvement in the existing un- | port unfavorably the declaration '::l-‘mr:g soctation in Detroit on June 30. destrable, conditions affecting- the Zor & boycelt on British made goods; N street railway situation in the Dis- |and urges the convention to 4 ER GALLON. trict of Columbia. The commission | resolution expressing sympan:;"}g: 32 GAS FOR 15 2 g is_of the opinion that the bill pre- |Irish cause and urging recognition of | TEXARKANA, ~Ark. June 21— (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) _ | the Irish republic by the United States, | Gasoline was sold at 15 cents a gal- % The group of Irish sympathizers sup. |lon today by two local fllling sta- porting the boycott announced that |tions. Other stations were charging they will attempt to have the conven- |17 and 18 cents. :l:‘n! rewdllnté the eohljnml!lee and adopt r resolution, which they declared 5 was drafted by’a “high official of the| | Vamps Who Smile For Rides May Ride To Police Station By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 2l—Police women, who, with tape meas- ure, meedle and thrend, have been surveying and reconstruct- ing Chicago’s one-piece femi- nine bathing suits of last sea- son to conform to this year's beach rules, paused in their Irish republic.” They made public a telegram from One thousand four hundred U. S. busi- work today to tackle a mew problem. Harry Boland, secretary to Eamon ‘ess concerns vote for increase in pay 13: Valera,” provisional president of Mellon _approves plan for e, fottican re-. "":‘”hgmmlc ";'}’{ffi;fwf," mlzngr solx strain Britain's abominations in Ire- diers, to cost $3,010,000. age On th /] Colored man lynched at gate ione, Other hand, the Irish sym Capt. McCarthy of Town Hall tation, said he found '('u'._,.n lining nm::- road every morning to smile thelr way into the loop-bound- sute- mobile of business men. Om of state|pathizers, headed by Peter onvict farm. Page 3|New York, were bropared ie yoos corner knots of girls ap- Sarcntly walting for All ofl burners ordered to PlclfinPfle'el. 4 against the boycott and support the age’ -Rave been interfering with trat- : ther resolution, which they sub- tary Weeks declares U. S. must be | Mitted. Their resolution described fic, the capiain said, by “smil- cars to a halt. s ramming wher Lot De lalleged abuses in Ireland by Great cautious about learming Parne™® | Britain and in nine numbered sections lonsure hTr'.: bathing beach police- ported by a mobile Grand jury returns thirty-seven_indict- | roomimed the action of the Montreal ps best looking police- ‘ments and drops three cases. force of men in the town hall precinet, a in-citizens’ clot toward the scene at full speed, hav- ing sighted the machine when it made the forced landing, came to and took the men aboard. ~A. J. Apple- gate, civilian employe of the Army, and ‘a passenger on the tug, leaped overboard and helped get the uncon- scious radio operator aboard the tug. Explosions Heard on Shore. The Brittania made for the Army base and the injured man was placed in a hospital. The other airmen later returned to the naval base where a re- port of the accident was made. Watchers from the shore do not know whether the explosions they heard were the detomations of the bombs or that of exploding gasoline tanks. The commandant of the naval base says the firing pins on the bombs were not released and they should not have exploded. He further states that the NC-7 had no part in the bombing ex- Deriments which are being conducted off the Virginia capes today, but was out on a practice run. Inquiry to Be Made. Bombs are carried by most ma- chines at the naval base since plans th war craft Today’s :News .in Paragraphs on U. T Y Siveet through Waiter | o Reed grounds. Page 13 St Pt ey, 9. g 13 Anast o rip 16 Do, Page 13 halting wage :‘- R a en given great send-off in o0 to attend Belfast Page 13 London on way Yesterday’s Session. A resolution was adopted at yester- day's ion pledging the federation against all efforts to. destroy the United States Department of Agricul ture. “The Department of Agriculture has tomobiles, the destination of the ' machines to be the police sta- tion inatead of the loop. FLAMES ON WATER e = warshi Tre airmen swam ! |flames and fumes, and his compan-| TWO CENTS. |AIR BOMBERS SINK U-BOAT {IN FIRST ATTACK IN TEST; PLANE BURNS Naval Flyers Rob Other Divisions of a Chance. ONE DIRECT HIT DESTROYS ENEMY Officers Here Think Element of Luck Played Big Part. The former German submarine U117 was sunk off Cape Charles to- {day by the first division of naval planes sent out to bomb her, the av- |iators scoring one direct hit out of |twelve bombs dropped from an alti- jtude of 1,200 feet. The submersible |went down in_ sixteen minutes, and { thus was ended the first phase of ex- iments designed to test the effi- of aircraft against modern | Three nes made up the attack- ling division. In the first attack each jdropped one bomb, all of whick fell ;close to the submarine. | The squadron formed for a second | attack and this time each plane drop- ped the remaining three bombs car- ried and one direct hit was scored. The submarine went down by the bow, which sank bencath the waves at 10:28 am. The conning tower went under a minute later and the sub- marine was fully under at 10:39 a.m. | The planes, of the F-5-L type, about {half the size of the NC-i, the first heavier-than-air craft to cross the Atlantic, immediately returned to the {Hampton roads naval base, but sent |a radio dispatch in advance that their attack had been successf»! The commander of the squadron ads- ed to his cryptic message of the sink- ing that it was unnecessary to send additional planes to the sceme. This ended the first phase of the bombing tests. Secarcely Expected to Score Hits. 1 officers here said it was sur- |prising that the first division of | planes sank the U-117. as it _had scarcely been expected that any of the first twelve bombs dropped would hit the submersible. They were inclined to the opinion that a large element of {luck had entered into the scoring of hits. Under the orders for the flight, the planes could drop the bombs in any manner selected and at any safe ai- titude. Naval officers estimated that 4.000 feet would be the minimum for safety. Seven S Seven squadrons naval Marine Corps plunes had prepared for the attack. and it had been arranged that if the 188 bombs carried by them did not sink the submarine. Syudbrons of Army plancs assembled at Langley Field would undertake to destroy the under-water boat. Had the former German craft remained afloat after that she would have be- come the target for guns of a division of destroyers. | The next phase of the bombing tests will take place on June 28. Seaplanes will search for and undertake to bomb the radio-controlled battleship Iowa scmewhere off the coast between Cape Charles and Cape Henlopen. FIFTY MILES OFF COAST. First Task Before Planes Was to Seek Out Submarine. By the Associated Press. OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., June 21. —Like a swarm of mosquitoes from the nearby marshes, bearing death- dealing “stings,” scores of aircraft pre- 'Dlred to sweep out to sea this morn- ing to seek and bomb the former German submarine U-117 in the first of a series of tests to prove or dis- prove claims of air service experts that the development of military alr- craft has spelled the doom of surface warcraft. The attacking force today consisted entirely of naval planes concentrated at the Hampton roads naval base in- cluding practically all types, from the fast scouts to the heavy bombers. With the former German undersea terror anchored fifty miles off Cape Charles, with her decks awash. the initial task of the airman was to locate her. Concentric red, white and blue ¢frcles had been painted on the U boat’s deck as a distinctive mark- ing to insure the safety of other craft. No restrictions were placed on the flight commanders as to the speed or height at which they should fly, al- though it was intended that battle conditions should be simulated as nearly as possible in carrying out the tests. Representatives of the War and Navy departments, members of the Senate and House and newspaper men were among the observers, some in planes and others aboard the trans- port Henderson and other naval craft. FLIES TO SEE BOMBING. Representative Fitzgerald of D. C. Committee Leaves in Airplane. Representative Roy G. Fitzgerald of ©Ohio, a member of the House District committee, who was a captain of in- fantry in the American expeditionary forces, left Washington by airplane this morning to attend the bombing and aerial exhibition off the Chesa- peake capes. Representative Fitzgerald, with Lieut. Wolfe as pilot, got away from Bolling Field about 7:30 o'clock this morning. The flight is 145 miles by the air route, and the officers at Boll- ing Field estimated that Representa- tive Fitzgerald would make it in about an_hour. . Other members of Congress. who have gone to witness the aerial and bombing stunts. went by boat last night. E. N. MORGAN CHOSEN. Veteran in Postal Service to Be New York Postmaster, Edward N. Morgan s to be nominat- ed as postmaster of New York city, according to announcement by the Post Office Department today. Mr. Morgan, who has been in the postal service for forty-four years and who was postmaster at New York for ten years, has been reinstated in the civil service by order of President Hard- ing in order that he may be appointed. According to the announcement, Mr. Morgan's appointment is to be in recognition of a most unusual the service,