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WEATHER: Fair tonight: ;eloudy; not much change irx terapera- twenty-4 ha Baen b b :lt_ i, ended at noon A1 Entered post . No. 28,18L AL S ENPLOVES HHOREALLYWIRK WL BERETANE RéGrganization Not to Affect . . Those “on the Jub,” Says .~ Committee cy.airman. — e THOSE IHPOS}"TIONg HERE WILL NOT GO' ELSEWHERE — e, i i : W. F. Brown ]’lans for Federal Shake.Up Wit/: More Authority : for Sy bordinates. “.%here will bey plenty of work for every honest, ; consclentious and -ef- ficieni employle in the civil service here, under §gorganization. No one who is doing, his work.properly need fear dismiss{fl as the resuit of re- organization/ | o This was the message sent: the fed- eral workez:s of the National Capital today by W alter F. Brown, chgirman of the cong fessional joint commission on reorgarization of the departments. Probably, no employés here will be moved to /dther cities as the result of reorganizjition of the government de- partments, Mr. Brown said, stating that this matfer had not been given much consldglflon by the commission t> date, buf. that at present no such mov- ontemplated. 5 rown extended to all govern-. mployes in the National Cap- ital av invitation to help his commis- sion ¥n the great task upon Which. it is em.barked. ? Wants® All to Help. . /e will' welcome and need the opdration of every employe,”. Chi m#n Brown said. “Algng just wh lifies this co-operation and aid wll b expected im:not ready to say &t thi Aime. But already I have cafled in employes from the ran! Bureau noflfll , - and their fuflest-co-operat| “But we wil} ex| cheerfhl acqui- escence - from- ment em- ployes, high ahd low, in what we finally decidg”to do. . ThissI must-ask for and expect. - Every step of the re- adjustmert will be taken only after the gst. mature deliberation, and ‘when.'faken we want’ the support of ali, in the service. b ~“Some government pfficials have ap- . plied themselves so glosely and spent 50 many years Upop.their particular ‘work they 4 etimes . fn- clined to - think tHeir -bureau is- of greater. importance_than others. -Their Zealous enthusiasm makes them une \ ~the various eoti “It is “thil re it . | 2. you: wili; hat this commissian 1s callen upan 0. Bse. m‘h:mr i.\l_ls‘l’f. nd to re- organise l('gfl ng to thqteu tical plans for the better functionifig o the whole.” 5 : 3 necessary to split some - ing rectt:x:’. hulnnoamore He ,Q'“.f;“‘l."‘? that the total ecutive lepartment: under reorganizatian, will . probably hePlPoob.'xr“t;h n at present. y e - N “In £t bem nterior De. said, according to m: Jor purpose: might result in retaining e de suke of “auld lang synest O the cpovants Red Tape te Go. hairman ‘Brown said he ke "0 see the elements ol'?::g tape” "eliminated from the de; ments a3 -fully as possible, possidie " that the Commission may s matte: Conarer T in_its delib- Particularly interesting amo: ideas of the chairman off the Seanc mission is one that will strike a note. of welcome among the employes en | & e it %, hat, subordinates in' the n ou! e - tngrity. T ey This "increased authorfty, and. résulting responsibility, v’nuld ben. 1; long step: toward' makfng the- de- partmental work more -efficient | in every way, Mr, Brown belleves par. ticularly making ewery employe’ feel more likas human being, rathg than -a sort twosltgged rubi to stamp, sitting at a desk . u hat some one ‘else has plling signature u; and “0 K~ aag The joint conm':.-lllén-l Aommission on tion - Soan il work hang I manasaet bu hewing close to its owyi line of work, g indepen This course of Tallehs/ co-obaction: has been decided tomorroy. 3:30 p.m. terday; lawe s — ) “Got What | Desérved;. the breach of naval against the record of Rear Admiral William S. Sims as'a result of his as well as|specech in London, June 7, criticising’| TeceiVing | Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States. Secretary Denby formally ad- vised Admiral Sims of ihat decision yesterday, officer left for Newport-to resume his duties as head of the Navy War Col- lezi i . Sensta that-in view of ¢ ‘ministered-to Reéar Secretary’ Denby. committee ‘probal X duct an independent investigation into the London spee: ‘inquiry by the in a resolution by Senator Harrison, democrat, cently. lt!le probably the pul Lon Irish question, .for I know not! about it, s anybody in England who does. But there are some Deople in our country ¥ partly t, .73, as l-class matter office” 'Washington, 'D. C. SUPREME COURT ADMITS WOODROW WILSON TO PRACTICE LAW IN D. C. ~Woodrow Wilson, former Pri dent of the United States, was ad- mitted to practice today before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. A special session of the court was held for the occasion, in the chambers of Chief Justice Mc- Coy. The admission of the former chief executive was moved by John Paul Earnest, chairman of the ex- amining committee. The oath of office was administered by Morgan H. Beach, clerk of the court. " At the conclusion of the ceremony the justices briefly welcomed Mr. Wilson to the membership of the r. The admission of Mr. Wilson is oSy Which formar Presidents court, by .which former e and Vice Preaidents of the United States, who are lawyers, may. be admitted without application oc other formality. f To avoid the cameramen, the time of the ceremony was not discloged. Shortly before noon Mr. Wilgon's automobile drove up to the eagtern entrance to the ground floor of the courthouse, accompanied by Bain- bridge Colby, his law partner'and former Secretary of State, and Jo- seph Tumulty, his formyer secre- tary, and the former President ‘walked the short distance to the elevator, which carried him direct- 1y to_the chambers of Chief Jus- tice McCoy. The eeremony and reception of the f« er President ‘was brief, and Mr. on returned the same way to Ris waiting auto- mobile, and was driven rapidly | away. NAVY BEPARTMENT EPRIMANDS SIS Same Old Thing,” Says Rear Admiral. second public reprimand for discipline stands A a few hours before the “I got what'l deserved—the same old thing,”” Admiral Sims said, as he Jeft the White House, where he had called upon President Harding at the 3 oment - the. reprimand.\was sbeing| Pre: imade . public. ‘had He. expressed’ regret hat used the &dministration epience, and added that. soifar he Ry aed he consld&lgd the inafdent closed. Senate Imquiry Usilikely. ‘. Acting dexted of the mn né today the primand miral Sims by the Senate naval y ‘would not con- of the admiral. An mmittee is proposed Misalssippi, adopted - re- lexter said his commit- uld bring in a formal Senator Poin eport advising the Senate that the in-. cident bad beégn investigated and dis- posed of by tife Navy Department and tion had been taken.” Secretary Dlenby, in his communica- tion to Admjfral Sims, called the lat- ter's attentipn to the similar action taken agalmst assu; the event 'of external attack, they could cou and the lgst dollar of their kinsmen overseas. / him in 1911, when he red a-British audience that, in on the last drop of hlood Stajement by Mr. Deab; The teyt of Secretary Denby's repri- mand follows: “On Jprie 8, 1921, there appeared in ic press throughout the cou: of certgin statements al- o have been made by you on he of:casion of a luncheon given in n on the previous day at which you/ were the guest of the English- Spgaking Union. " 5 ?‘.hen public statements, if correct- reported, dealt with matters which roperly should be the subject for omment: by no high“governmental official other than ona to whom the care of our, foreign policy ia intrusted. “Your letter of June 22, in which you furnish the department with an abstract of the speech delivered by you on the occasion in question, con~ firms in essential points the afore- said press reports and shows that on public occasion in s foreign country you Eave utterance to the following statements: 4 “‘T do not.want to .touch off the and Ve . not run across technically are Americans, some of st’s - resentative thereon/. nn: 'qu: ”6 Dawes, director of /he bud 3 result of & lengthiy cont:::’n: a: (u-t (h: :_lvo. nes of eavagie between th. of the two orgay.izations were ?l;:lf oughly discuss: together with -the many points upg.n which the reorganis zation body ajid the bureau of the budget will myeet in the work before T ¢hing: me expected | minintration / are mneflyo{ml:ol:-l:a‘l- of fulfillmen’ by human beings" de- clared ‘Mr. J3rown to a representative The_Styr. ‘“There are two things, howevér. fhat the administration can :;e “vn% dto. !rk“'!ll l:ornnlu the ice an erv readjust its finatices, ‘budget system.' % Today’s News in Paragraphs Distriét has available July 1 new. streets, and “Q?'m for ¢ _upkeep of extsting the; b Am prophecy which came true. venture - another "now. shall live to see the day when the English - speaking, Deopies ‘world wnmmc“mm&: l:m bonds ot comrad 3 'y they will be able to run this round globe. Personally. ;L belleve I shall live t E (Ounufifll on Page 2, Column 2.) 5 % ; ghiree Others Badly Injureg tn Fire naturalized and some native , but some of them are not really ricans at all. Some of these peo- are now trying to destroy the relations between our. two coun. [3 tries. They are Americans when they want money, but Sinn Feiners when on the platform. of ours and yours. They are like the sebra—eithe: black ‘white are not think they are ssses; but each- o of these asses h: one“ot lh: } cann publican form 'of government that American-bofn - citizens thought necessary to cater to these votes. This necessarily created a wrong im- pression on this side as to the senti- ments of the great body of Americans, but the people of Great Britain know how much confidence to place-in re lutions which are forced by t| Jackass votes. * They are enemies white horses h tripes or_ black horses ;::h stripes. We know that they horses. And -some people ad .f vote and it is inconveniences of a re- it se “‘Eleven years ago I made a I will I believe I of the ive to A FOUR BURNED T0 DEATH. w‘l’flm* M4, June 25 ~Two womeén . and. two children lost their lives and three other -persons were bdadly.burned in a fire of undetermined yed the home of | Sandler," jit. East- Fasirmount LABOR FEDERATION] Veteran Leader -~ Triumphs Over Lewis at Denver /" Convention. RIOTOUS SCENES MARK RESOLUTION DEBATES Internations! Union Belations and Recognition of Soviet Refused.. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Col,, Juné¢ 25.—Samuel Gompers, veteran American labor . leader, today was re-elected to the Presidency of the American Federa- tion of Labor, defeating Jokm L. Lewts, president of the United Mine Workers by a heavy mafority. DENVER, Col, June 25.—The con- vention of the ,American Federation of Labor had its decks cleared today for the election of a president and other officers. v Both candidates for the leadership of the American labor movement— Jobn L. Lewis and Samuel Gompers— went to the convention-hall claiming that they had sufficient votes to win. Up to the hour of election suppol ers of both candidates kept up their relentless campaign, which had been in progress during the last week. But up to the hour for the voting neither had made eny public announcement as to the possible .support they had enlisted. Riotous Scemes. The convention. in its session last night. disposed of the question of future relations with the Interna- tiona] Federation of - Trade Unions and the recognition of the Ru soviet government. Most riotous scenes marked both actions of the convention, which sustain the action of the executive council, in severing relations with the European labor | movement. and in condemning the Russian soviet.government. When they put ‘the Russian ques- tion to vote. President. Gompers was chdrged with “machine rule” because he declined to. permit’ delegates to speak in defense of the soviet gévern- ment. S. Smart of Chicago withdrew his accusation of “gag rule” when ident .Gompers = threatened him ‘with preferment of changes. . The international relations commit- tee refil;omme ded: that the axccuu: l-l%l’t‘ ‘to havé fl inteérnational appropristions “of | amend ite taws s tna ‘American edecation * of Aiading Ee"%“, A In adopting the report on the .pan- American federation, the convention declared that it “has from the first been the ardent champion of-freedom for the Mexican people,” .and ex- pressed_gratification that “our hope: are finding fruition,” though.*“mind- ful of the greed which still seeks sat- isfaction in the -rich.resources. of Mexico.” - i Women Voted Dows. The convention of -the -Americ¢an Federation of Labor yesterday voted down -a constitutional amendment d signed to give women -‘“equal rights and privileges of membership in. the union of their trade or {ndustry.” All affilidted unions, however, were urged not to discriminate agafnst the wom- an wagearner and @dmit her to membership. Efforts to wipe out the “color line” in organized labor organisptions also failed. The convention took the stand that national and international un- ions could not be compelled to reco nize negro workers, a it WAS a matter to be adjusted by Tonfér- ences between\the megro wageearn- ers and the various organizations. Both questions. were the subjects of long and stormy debates in which discrimination by certain unions against the negro and woman wage- earners was bitterly denouriced. 0. WATERWASTED DESIE WARNNG Despite the warning af Diatrict au-| thorities that the safe capacity of the conduit is being overtaxed as a result of the extremely warm weath- er, the city used a million gallons more water Thursday than it did the preceding day. . 8. Garland, superintendent of the ‘Water Departnrent, announced today that Thursday's consumption reached 73,000,000 gallons, and that yesterday the city consumed 72,176,000 gallons. Tuesday the consumption amounted to 71,000,000 and Wednesday 72.000,- 0. 000. 3 > Supt. Garland received a complaint this morning from a_resident of Brookland, who said he could not get water from the spigots on' the up- per floors of his home. ‘Mr. Garland said he ‘was not sur- prised at getting such a complaiat in view of the enormous amount of wa- ter that has been consumed daily during the present heat wave. The complaint bears out the predic- tion made a few days ago that if the residents of the District did not cut down the amount of water being used. for sprinkling lawns and for other unnecessary purposes, they might find the supply in their houses affected. -The record of the-amount, of water filtered at the filtration plant this k shows even more ‘clearly how he le conduit from Great Falls s being taxed by the heavy use of water. 5 - The actual amount of water filtered during the t# OBy lons; ending at noon Tuesday, 74,000, 000 gailons; at noon Wedn once more today otmwntfl for that purpose. ice was cited in which two instans merllvlnu next door to each other lurned two he 1 onh last eveni: - o edter & Barrow. stHD ot pavkin Jotin Stanchfield, yer, dies.,. i ~ ’wfimmw_—n’u l. ler, ‘Washingten Tast Reliet commit- 'u“’-’a‘flfi"‘i‘fiu‘fi?“mfi .M‘ i 5 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Little Man Causes Dempsey to Take MILLION IN FUND FOR STREET WORK Appropriation Available July 1 for New Construction, _ Resurfacing and Upkeep. Approximately a million dollars will become available Friday, July .1, for the laying of new streets, the resur- facing and maintenance of worn-out thoroughfares and the upkeep of sub- urban roads. “While this amount may seem large,” said Maj: P S. Besson, assistant en- gineer commissioner, “there will re- main at the end of the year much un- finished highway work of:a more or By the Associated Press. 25—Jack Dempaey claims court, ide ot into ti ds. they bolted the gate. Philadeiphia physician for alloged ing of existing streets roads.” Hepairs and Comstruction. For the twelve months beginning Friday the Commissioners have 2 lump | sum of $575,000 for repairs to streets; | $144,800_for the construction of certain ;- streets.designated in the act: uso.onv] for upkeep of suburbanroads, and $285.000 for assessment and. permit work. This latter item is used to lay sidewalks and curbs, and is refunded {n part to the city by special assessments] against the abutting property owners. 'he amounts appropriated for re- pairs to streets, for suburban roads and for assessment and permit work are the same as were allowed durin, the year now ending. But the sum ol $144.849 for street improvements rep- resents a heavy reduction from the current appropriation, which amount- ed to $614,200. Is Chosen. To Heels in Flight ATLANTIC CIFY, N. J., Jume isn't afraid of any man in the world, but he was put te flixht last might by the diminutive sergeant-at-arms of the district David Brown. Brown the mational 0 that he held a summons his appearance in comrt mext h roun “Don’t let that man in!” he yelled to ground guardians and Brown cooled his heels & while and them told the court what ha The summons i = _of a suit brought by a et = (=3 et — D = — —_— (==} et ALTING G W-HEAD Il:an Likely to Be Named for Duties Until President Dean Howard L. Hodgkins of George ‘Washington University probably will Therefore, the Com-|be named acting head of the institg- St N IAMERIGAN GOLFER he "150 Strokes to 159 in 36-Hole Play-Off. By the Aspociated Press. ST. ANDREWS, June ‘Wethered's 159. of eighteen holes, the final nine. Cards for the first round follow : g 433336 65 45 44554 W (REEX! Figures of the final eighteen holes: The American protessiai the steadier, i Rl missioners have approximately $500,-14jon to serve until a successor s 000 1¢ next for street work during the welve months than they had|chosen to President Willlam during the year drawing to a close. | Collier, nominated by President Har- ding yesterday to be ambassador to Cemerete Paving Cemtract. Contract already has been made with | Chile. the W. F. Brenizer Company for the the following designated in the law: Web- er s ;eet "l:o':k cth ta g:h. K;ntur trustees. street from reek Church road ttee %o 2d street, Allison from 15th to 16th Commisteeite e Namet. streets; 7th from Webster to Allison, from North Capitol street:east, and Evarts from North Capitol street east. Five other streets were slat for early paving with asphalt, but the city heads a few weeks ago rejected all asphalt bids on the ground thgt they were too high. No time has be: fixed for the submission of new bidi ‘The streets slated for asphalt surf; ing are: Eleventh street, D street to Mary- land avenue northeast; 16th stfeet, G street to Kentucky avenue southeast; Kentucky avenue, 15th to 16th streets southeast; C street, 133% to 14th streets northwést, and’ New Hampshire avenue between Upshur street and Grant Cir- cle. Provision also is made for the grading ‘of 13th street from Buchinan to Shepherd streets. Out of the lump sum of $575,000 the Commissioners vgll repair from time to time during the fiscal year the streets and avenues that appear most in nged of attention. . . next scholastic year. The $250,000' for’suburban roads wifi |/ Gratification be used by L. R. Grabill, superintend- | university has ent. of ‘county to keep the mac- adam surfaces as smooth as possible by o, rolling and the application o ¥ < committee before the middl g trip. acted upon his nomination bassador to Chile. ::‘.‘ home in Auburn, N. Y. probability, kins would mmeng Dr. Colll ittee of trustees ':ouor to Dr. Collier. Hope to Act Promptly. possible, D:'en“::-eh béfore the beginning pressed by Mr. Larner. tion of -Dr. ;::‘:;‘:‘lols to the institution. Unsung Patriots of Peace Who Work for Uncle Sam - | and’His Family Réad “This:Remarkable / .0 1. - Tomorrow’s Star VT of th ‘,' overnment departments th'erina:')en:iozm ZIg:le'n, working' for-small - salaries, who are’saving the” nation millions >of dollars each year. They are men who have devoted -their lives to - their work — patient . - explorérs in new fields, scientists who are - {forever seeking to aid mankind. In the Magazine of This was intimated today by Johnm B. Larner, president of the board of At its last meeting, the trustees in- | Bobby J Taylor from 14th street east, Bryant|structed Mr. Larner to name a com- mittee to fill the vacancy, should ope occur, in the presidency of the univer- sity. Mr. Larner will not nm;en:g: o th, as he is leaving Washington Taesdiy on an extended -automobile umed Dr. Collier will not tall:fl:: nis resignhtion until the Senate has He is now at - ér said the procedule, in all M ey would be that Dean Hodg- take over the active man- of the university as soon as er's resignation ::l ‘l‘:mlved and in charge un e comp- o e has selected a suc- he said, a successor will over the progress the made since Dr. Colller sident. in 1917 was ex- beeame 1s B8 He said the Collier would be a of and e ——————— Miller Britain, 300; George Dunc: 301 Kirkwood, Australia, lo!‘;m Massey, France, 302. SUIT FOR S50 to be of the Action for Distillers to Re- cover Whisky. By the Associated Press: Lewis, ‘hicago warehouses. owners of bonded whisky. before , either. measure was paid. ‘The principal ment. ask for a e —————— e L e ——— lm—b« of the Associated. Press ‘The Amociated Press is eriustvely ewtitied to the use for republication of all sews Qispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in 1his WINS BRIMSH TITLE Hutchison Beats -Wethered 25.—Jock Hutchison of Chicago won the British open golf - championship here today, defeating Roger Wethered, the Oxford amateur, in the play-off of their tie. Hutchison won by nine strokes, cover- ing the thirty-six holes in 150 to »|. Hutchisoh, who was three strokes ahead at the close of the first round v Which he made in T4 to Wethered's 71, led by nine| strokes When nine holes of the second found. had been piayed. Hutchison foade thexe nine in 33, while the Oz-] ford player took 39 Edch took 43 for 44439 54 4—38—74 44553817 outward.trip on the 454 433 43333 454 654 533—39 ich of' or HESESEERENENY Alexander Herd, J. Arnaud ~ TOTESTORY LAW Hamilton Lewis Files CHICAGO, June 25.—A suit to test provisions of the eighteentlr amend- ment and the Volstead law was filed in the United States district court to- day by former Senator J. Hamilton in ,an " attempt -to recover whisky valued .at ‘$500,000, stored in ‘The plaintiffs are distillers-and-100 The bill does not “attack the validity of the’ prohibition amendment or of the Vol- stead law, but alleges no provision ot either measure can apply ta whisky deposited in government warehouses by the direction of the government ‘where the goods are now nwn: by the same owners who deposited the liquors on a contract to have it re- turned wheén ‘the government tax was| direct new point 3f the com- plaants is that the provision of the Constitution against manufacture of liquor. referred to manufacture .after and not Before passage-of the amend- The complainants, who siate. they do not desire to use the liquor for manda- An rights @ispatches HOUSE TO GET TARIFF MEASURE IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECESS FOR 4TH The permanent tari®t bill wiil be reported to the House immediately after the recess of Congress over Fourth of July, and passed within ten days or two weeks, Representa- tive Mondell of Wyoming. republi- can House leader, said today after a conference with President Hard- ing at the White House. The revenue measure would follow, Mr. Mondell said, and the.special ses- :lcol:dadjnurn as sooff as it was en- Mr. Mondell said . he expected the Borah disarmament resolution to be modified before final enactment 80 as to widen the powers of the President in arranging for an in- ternational disarmament confer- ence.' There was a feeling in the House, he said, that names of spe- cific countries should not be in- cluded in the measure, and that purposes of the conferences should not be too sharply delimited, leav- ing much to executive negotiation.~ SAYS FIREARNS MEN OPPOSE BLL Senator Declares They Are Behind Propaganda on Pistol Measure. Firearms manufacturers, Shields, democrat, Tennessee, charged in the Senate yesterdap, arg behind extensive propaganda against his bill to prohibit transportation of weapons “used in assassinations, robberfes and murder.” Senator Shields read let- ters which he said were inspired by the manufacturers. One of these letters was received by him from Benedict Crowell, for- er assistant secretary of war, now president’ of the Army Qrdnance As- sociation: Mr. Crowell said that the bill would restrict the manufacture of pistols and revolvers to the quantity used by the Army. Navy and Marine Corps. The military forces, since the war, are overstocked Wwith these weapons, and the passage of the bill would destroy the indus- try, and would be a severe blow to the continued military preparedness of the United States. Replies te Mr. Crowell “Of course,” said Senator Shields, commenting upon the letter, “Mr. Crowell’s great apprehensiom that many years hereafter some of the manufacturers may not exist and that in the meantime they ought to be al- lowed to prey upon the public by manufacturing instruments of assas- sination and murder is not very ten- Senator e. “T have replied to Mr. Crowell in this matter, because this is a letter similar to many I have recaived from similar to one I re- B general counse! of 3 great rallway company, who said he opposes the bill becsuse the railroad company might transport a pistol onb: on t.ha' por-nl knt 5 muemn'e; dm ., nowing it, ant Shoreiort ve Willey of ' “vieation of the terms of the bill. Certainly that ntleman never practiced criminal w or he would know that no man was ever convicted of a crime for an act of that kind upless he committed the act knowingly and willfully. Similar, arguments are being made against the bill.” In his letter to Mr. Crowell, Senator Shields said: g “The small arms are not used in warfare, nor are they necessary to enable the citizen to keep arms in his home for defense. The large pis- tols are the ones used for these pur- poses, and are best suited for these purposes. ‘The small pistols which are carried concealed about the per- son are used for the purpose of exe- cuting private vengeance, robbery, as- sassination and murder, and not for awful purpose. these the law is intended to reach and suppress the sale of.” Addresses the Semate. Addressing the Senate, Mr. Shields continued: “There will be & hearing next Tues- day in the rooms of the committee on the judiciary upon this bill, at which the manufacturers who are so much well as those ers by thelr propaganda. interested. It is hoped that all of them will appear, especially the latter class, and that they will bring with them 'the letters that they have received from the manufacturers urging them to make objections and. to ‘dttempt to make the bill, for the committee want to know the motives for their action and will call for that information. The entire matter may then be sifted out and heard. “We want especially an opportunity to correct misrepresentations to the effect that the possession of all pis- tols is prohibited by this proposed legisiation and that it will prevent men from buying'the large pistols in order to defend their persons and to Keep in_their homes for self-defense. TUnder this bill the purchase and pos- session of such pistols are not in any ay interfered with.” CROWDS HONOR EDITOR. Many Pay !‘rflmt’o to Memory of Gen. Taylor. BOSTON, Mass, June 25.—A large gathering at Trinity Church, Copley 8quare, paid tribute yesterday to the memory of Gen. Charles H. Taylor, editor of the Boston Globe from.1873 | until_his death ‘Tast Wednesday. It! included representatives from many newspapers, the Massachusetts Retail Merchants’ Association, and other as. soclations. Dr. Alexander Mann, rector of Trin: ity, conducted the funeral service. The musical program, which was partly of & Congregational character, included hymns especially chosen by Gen. Taylor. ———— \ GERMAN ACTION OPPOSED. Securities Deal With China Rapped as Violation of Order. PARIS, June 24 —Cermany’s agree- ‘ment to deliver Chinese railroad secu« rities to China under the German- Chinese peace treaty is deemed by the reparations commission’'to be conflict. with the commission' order,' under article 260 of the peace treaty, for Germany to surrender cer. {ain 'Chinese securities, securities held by Germans an German_government in Russia, tris, Bulgaria and Turkey. 'RUSS WAR ON LETVIA, Execution ofy 17 Conimunists Blamed for Conflict., - June-24—A dispatch o R A from Berlin gives rts Aus- { paper and also the local news publisked Serels, Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,479 matter—no bill the tariff or taxation. | ot opinio: {largely by executive insi | compromise, from Riga which assert tha entee! Mun& n! Sonsent " of ho Lettish Sovern: of publication of spectsl hereln are alee reserved. | R TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT DECIDES TOTAKE A HANDTO SPEEDUPCONERESS Reluctant to Follow Foot- steps of Wilson and Roose- " velt—Action Necessary. PARALLEL TO SITUATION IN TAFT ADMINISTRATION Extra Session Two.and Half Months 0ld Without Action on Tariff or Taxation. . BY DAVID LAWRENCE. 5 President Harding has found it nes- essary to apply the executive sccel- erator to Congress. He has been re- luctant to follow in the footsteps of other Presidents who drove Congress with & firm hand, and he has resente@ the suggestion that he should dictate to both houses.. But, after a lapse of two months and a balf, it has become apparent that the extra wsession of Congress will be fruitless unless the Executive forgets. his oftycxpressed ideas about the complete separation of the functions of the exesutive and legislative branches of the govern- ment and accepts the role of party leader, which made it possible for Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson to get results in Congress, and which President Taft subsequently admjitted that he, too, should nave done early in his administration . ~ Parallel to Taft Rexime.’ The situation today is strikingly parallel to that which existed a few months atfer Mr. Taft was insuge- rated., Congress was then led: by Messrs. Aldrich and Cannon, who had « pronounced views on the tariff with which Mr. Taft felt hesitant to take issue. ; There are no two leaders in Congress today who wield as much power as did Aldrich and Cannon, but in their * places have arisen strong groups, rep- resenting class interests. The danger to Mr. Harding's legislative program lies in the inability of the republican leaders in either house to adjust the between differences + the °various So tangled has the situation become that those repuplican leaders who foresee trouble at the polis a year from this fall, when the present House is up for re-election, have discussed among. themselves the advisability of sending steering committees to theg White Hoyge to ask for help. Mean- while, ‘at practically every meeting of the cabimet,, the President has been urged to take & hand usly and insist that Congress concémtrate on the tarift and the utter ex- clusion of every other legislative pro- posal, however - important. Situation Has Drifted. - Thus the situation has been drift- ing without tangible results. Mr. Harding has about decided to do & little ' driying, first, with a gentle hand, and Jater with a firmer appli- cation of exeputive pressure, if sary. He realizes that the po: loss of Congress to the democrats in the middle of his own term - would mean disaster to his own political fortunes. . The impatience of the country for action by Congress on its legislative program has been so pro- nounced it is ‘no e ‘to say that evidences of real w%?ry over the political outlook are begin- ning to sccumulate on every side. Unquestionably Mr. Harding- will seek to convince members of Con- gress that their fortunes are in- separably bound up with those of the executive ip the common problem of sat- isfylng the demands made by the people in the last election for a restora- tion of normalcy. Thus far the House has proved it{ . ¢ self more_responsive to popular feel- ing than the Senate. By slashing military and naval ap- propriations considerable money has been saved which a generous Senate would otherwise have appropriated. There is an undercurrent of senti- ment, however, in both houses that it some_ prog had been made on in- ternational disarmament there might have been an even greater economy. Disarmament talk is no longer re garded as the mutterings of a- few pacifists, but is seriously looked upon 28 a matter of dollars and cents and taxes. Taxes and Tarifl. But, while both houses have been struggling with the appropriation bills—which is, after all, a routige been completed on Business men who had hoped know wimt the tax rate would be for, next year have been disappointed, Many businesses run their books from July 1 to July 1 of the next year. 1t has been confidently expected that Congress would at least have brought the tax bill to the committee stage by July but the bill has not gotten that far, and nobody in Congress haw an accurate idea of just what kind of a revenue measure will eventually be passed. Judging by the legislative tangles whieh have arisen in handling the tariff, there will be considerable delay . in getting the tax bill through both houses. Many conflicting interests | have shown a disposition to wrangle |about the tariff, but the. Dtroversies thus- far over the tariff are not a &ir- cumstance compared to the trouble which is anticipated in framing a new tax bill. The chief executive alone will be sble to recorcHle differen: And he will have to do it tence on which would otherwise be refused if offered by congressional leaders. ‘In other words, Congress needs executive guidance, and Mr. . Harding has made vp his mind to fili ., ed. . Sl (Copyright, 1921.) . i —_— . - MME. CURIE READY TOSAIL Hbs Gram of Radium Gift in Cask Aboard Olympte, . . NEW YORK, June 25.—Mme. Marle Curle, scientist and co-discoverer~of radium, and her two daughters’to- dgy ‘were on board the Olympic, which w.fil take them back to:Fran In a, cask, lined with lead and o as the gram of radjum awhich = - she received as & gift ‘from the women of America. vE 2 ‘Mme. Curie has been the recipient of honorary degrees from ten Amerl- can universities and’ colleges. bring: ing the total number of such reco; nitions of her contributions to science ixty-five. The other degrees received from European institu- fo jons. . i entist’ will go’ to Pariy fltl..mmer ‘which she said she tinue her \vork.

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