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I WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably Sun day, with light to moderate south winds. FULL REPORT ON PAGE SEVEN. NOON EDITION JULY 26, 1913?FOURTEEN PAGES. ONE CENT KEEP HANDS OFF, AMBASSADOR URGES ? Henry Lane Wilson Opposes Mediation by U. S. in Mex ican Affairs. HAS OUTLINED POLICY FOR MEETING CRISIS Calls on Secretary Bryan and Will Confer With President This Afternoon. Henry Lane Wilson, ambassador to Mexico, arrived i 11 Washington this morning from his post at Mexico City, from which he has been called for a conference with President Wilson, bringing with him. he said in an inter view with a reporter for The Star, "a perfectly definite, complete policy, out lined in memorandum form, which the United States should pursue In Mexl lc-'n affairs." - Mr. Wilson, in advance of his confer ence with the President and Secretary of State Bryan, was silent as to the policy he has evo'ved from his Ions: experience and acquaintance with Mexican troubles. He said that this experience and ae nuaintance, lie felt, entitled hini to be heard In the interest of the American I t>ie. that he hatl received a !on-; and 1 ?. or al >v(rel''ss greeting fro n Sec ' l'r\an on h;s arrival in ?aihor. and that he expected ' > ? h s post at Mexico City on .-ailin from New York i Tf. .1 sda> Says Words Were Twisted. Vi son denied that he had yester a in New York characterized any of tii" various plans for mediation by the ?'nited State.-? in Mexican affairs which have been under general discussion the last fcv. days as being "rot." "My word- were twisted." he said. "But ! I do regard as venturing upon dangerous j s< as any proposal for mediation in Mex- j lean affairs. "I am opposed to the idea of media tion with the aid of any other power ?>r South or Central American state j unless we are prepared to throw over- : board the Monroe doctrine. Of course, we are not p epared to do that I un- j derstand th;it to be the idea of John \ Barrett, director general of the Pan- ; American Union, my personal friend, for whom I have the greatest respect, j So I have not criticised that idea ir* the language imputed to me. "The other Ide-- o" Tt 'dl-jti i "vl , by the I'nlted States, is not entirely new to me. inasmu h as I .i n it to be in part, the idea of the Secre tary of State, and so communicated" to me. That being the case I can not dis cuss it. except to say that it is be lieved to be impracticable in Mf-xico. j and that l ain sure that the Huerta ' government Would not receive media- i tors from the United States. Thinks Mediation Dangerous. "Until i am informed of what the Pres ident's views are on the subject of medi ation I am unable to form an opinion, ex cept to say. in a general way. that any idea of venturing upon such a proposi tion is dangerous, and unless the idea is put forth bv the President himself such talk ought to be stopped. The idea of mediation is not easily understood in Mexico, by either side. "As to the possibility of recognition of the Huerta government, and the criticism that has been made of the way that gov ernnn nt < arre nto ex'stence. I might ask: "Atter al!. what is the business of gov ernment? To air the humane views of thi rulers themselves, or to govern for ?v, ? , fit of a l the people? Vadero "a^ily is maintaining in d ?'? tes a paid bureau which s object the poisoning of the ? ind in re^a d to the successors at the he m in Mexico. In my here are really no actual rebels * th govern ent in Mexico. ire thieves. robbers and bandits. r?> n New York recently that leader o' the cinstitution hi- s.-if a bandit, but I do say ?t in ord?-r to create a following /i surrounded him.-elf with and ae ' ? pted the aid of bandits, and the fact i ris that every town that has been i ;en from the federal government in M x o has been looted, and upon this t the so-called revolutionists are sup ? crting themselves, to say nothing of t!i< ir treatment ot" women, horr.h.e in the ? \tr> me. Not to Be Interrogated. night t<ik-? this opportunity t'> say! i::-. I res. nt ?r.\ statemen humI. in. ? newspaper to; ? l am ?> ,i>. i i?-Topatt i duriiijr n v stey in Washing- ' ton In regard to my persoi;:il affairs ! ? ho Pres 'lent and S vretary of state ' iave given me no indication of such a t .tuatiot., an i they have show n rue the greatest consideration, except in one lng. the sending to Mfjcico on behalf : or" the President. It is s?id. of William :'iy?rd Haie. t>ie magazine writer, and Reginald H. i>e. Yatle. on behalf oi tie Secretary of State, to make per nor al investigations of affairs there. "William Bayard Hale and Reginald if Del Valle are equipped with copies of the secret code of the State Depart ment. 1 know that because assistance ti the use of the code was sought of ? of the secretaries of the American ? mbassy in Mexico City. It is most un gual to equip personal investigators o- agents on personal missions in oreign countries with this code, and I ?h:nk if th? Senate committee on '?"?eifm relations knew of it there ould be an in'/estigatlon. Tells of Halee's Visit. William Bayard Hale got to Mexico > .*.y ad announced his views on public ?P'estions the first day he was there. The Huerta government people there say ? came to Mexico with a brief of con ? Jit'ons from the Maderlsts. He avoided i < leading citizens of Mexico City, and not see upon what he cou!d have ?ed the reports to this countrv which le newspapers say he has made." Ambassador Wilson visited thp State I ?partment about 10:13 o'clock ami at < "ce war shown into Secretary Bryan's ? ?lice. The conference between the two official* was not very long as Secretary f':yt,n had an cuig gement to appear t -fore the Senate foreign affairs com-, ? ttee It was arranged that the atn t ? rsador should see President Wilson this afterroon. and also confer with f -cretary Bryan later in the day. Ambaj?ador "Stands Pat." Mr. Wilson last night in New York announced his emphatic opposition to s**veral plans under consideration by the State Department for bringing shout peace in the troubled Mexican j epublic. "T have been blamed for a great deal," : .e anrbassador commented as he dis ? u-.se?l his administration in Mexico. On ?tv thing he has done he "stands pat,"! >'o>v"ve-. he said, atni believed that he (Continued on rfdrdPage.) J International Joint Commission Takes Up Question Along Great Lakes. POLLUTION IS ALLEGED AT DETROIT AND BUFFALO Many Important Problems to Come Before Body in Which Canada and U. S. Are Interested. Extensive Held work is being dune by i the international joint commission this summer, preparatory to deciding many j problems in which Canada and the United ' States have a mutual interest. ! One of the most important matters be j "ore the commission has to do with the alleged pollution of the Detroit and the Niagara rivers by sewage from Detroit and Buffalo, respectively. Parties of ex perts have been since early spring mak ing tests of water on the great lakes with a view to submltt ng a report which will bear upon the pollution charges. These tests are being made both on the American and on the Canadian sides on the boundary. Probably by the early part of September the report will be sub mitted. The case is important, because if the pollution charges are well founded there must be a reconstruction of the sewer systems of the cities named, and pro ably of other iake cities near them. Frank S. Streetcar and Henry A. Powell, members of the commission, the latter from the Canadian end of it, are in charge o' this work on the great lakes. Dr. Allen J. McLaughlin of the United States public health service, who made a report on the effect of sewage disposal in some pans of the great lakes, is working w.th the commission. According to Sur geon General Rupert Blue of the public health service the study made by Dr. Mc Laughlin will be much more extensive now than it was before. "It is the pres ent plan to make an exhaustive study of all the great lakes," said Dr. Blue. "Hun dreds of samples of water are being taken from all localities. Analyses of these are made at our laboratories along the great lakes. Dr. McLaughlin will make his re port to the commisson, and it doubtless will be many months before it is submit- ! ted." Cannot Make Final Decision. he conimiss'on can make no final de cision with reference to the question ol whether great lakes cities are polluting the water. This question was rtfer.ed to t b> the United Slates and Great Brit ain, jointly, and an examination into the facts requested. The two governments will thresh the question out through dip lomatic channels, should such a course be necesrary following the report of the in ternational joint commisson. Another im.ortant que.-tion before the commission has to do with the water lev els in Lake of the Woods, in the extreme northern part of Minnesota. Chairman James A. Tawney of the American sec tion of the commission, and C. A. Me Grath, one of the Canadian commission ers'. are directing this work, and it Is ex-; pected that the three engineering parties, which have been in the field for several | months, will be ready to make a report by October 1. This will be followed by a review of the ease by the commission, and then a decision establishing the water levels for the future. It is ex pected that the case will be disposed of the coming fall or winter. Interests Are Divided. Certain interests want high water in Lake o*f the Woods, both on the Canadian and on the American sides of the bound ary line, while certain other interests want low water. The commission will decide between them. The town of Kenora and the navigation interests on the lake want the high water, while the American owning land on the lake shores and the fishermen want low water. The inter ests at International Falls, where a dam has been installed, incline to side with the low-water people. Kenora wants high water because of the great water power that has been established through a dain at that place. The navigation in terests, of course, want the higher water so as to get along better with their boats. The fishermen, however, say that high water interferes with fishing, and the land owners complain because it overflows a considerable part of their property. The commission has had referred to it by the Waar Department a contract which it is proposed the government make with the Michigan and Lake Su perior Power Company, with reference to the use of power at the Soo. This is the tir?t contract to be made of the kind noted since the Supremo Court de cided the Chandler-Dunbar cases in fa vor of the government, and held that the latter was entitled to all the power created bv the Soo Improvements. The War Department wants the contract looked over by the commission, since it relates to water at the Canadian as well as the American Soo. The commission will meet in the early fall, at which time the contract will be taken up. HAY LONG-DISTANCE GOLF. Course of Thirty-Five Mi'es Is Cov-! eered in 1.087 Strokes. | LONDON, July 2ft.?Long-distance golf Ins has become something of a fad in Kngland. Two golfers recently under took to play from Maidstone to Little st on-on-Sea, a distance of about thirtv five miies. in strokes. They suc ceeded in doiny it in 1.0S7 strokes. In a similar contest, with a bet as an Incentive, Melville Foster and W. Har mon undertook to cover the eight miles of woodland, heather and several steep hiUUi from Forest Road to Crowborough, in strokes. They succeeded in 1K4 strokes, without losing a single ball. THREATEN "BIRTH STRIKE." German Socialists Would Refuse to Keep Up Population. BERIJN. July 'M.?A "birth strike" as a means of bringing about electoral re form In Prussia is reported to be under discussion by a socialist gathering, which htyird the idea recently advanced by a sivaker. The father of the idea was Dr. Alfred Bernstein, who declared that most suc cessful pressure would be exerted on the government If mothers would make some such announcement as this: "We will bring no children into the world to become citizens of this state unless better rights of citizenship are accorded." > LILY TO FOLLOW BALTIMORE ACTION ! Plans for Local Cooperation in Store-Door Delivery to Be Discussed in That City. SPECIAL COMMITTEE NAMED FOR MEETING Maryland City Merchants Awaiting Reply to Letter to Interstate Commerce Commission. Plans for co-operating with the com mercial organizations of Washington in the fight for the continuation of free store-door delivery in Baltimore and this city or the reduction of existing freight rates in lieu of its withdrawal will be discussed at a meeting to be held either Monday or Tuesday by a special committee of the Merchants uid Manufacturers' Association of Baltimore, the appointment of which was author ized at a special meeting held yester day afternoon. The committee is to consist of five members. L. D. Easter has been named chairman. A. E. Beck, traffic manager for the Bal timore association, came to this city to day for the purpose of making inquiries at the interstate commerce commission i and to acquaint the secretaries of the 1 Chamber of Commerce and Retail Mer i chants' Association of* the action taken ! b> his association yesterday." Mr. Beck i said the suggestion that the Baltimore ' and Washington interests co-operate In the fight they have on their hands re ceived hearty indorsement at the meeting. No move will be made by the Baltimore association until a reply is received to Its letter to the interstate commerce commis sion asking that the new tariffs filed by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads be suspended until a thorough investigation could be made and hearings he.d. Mr. Beck said. Suspension of Tariffs. If the commission orders the suspension it probably will be for a period of five or six months dating from September 1, the time at which the roads propose the new rates shall go into effect. This will enable the Baltimore merchants to gather the necessary information and evidence and appear before the commission at a hearing. Should the commission refuse to suspend i the new tariffs the Baltimore associa j tion will then draw up a formal p otest against the rates for submission to the commission. It is probable that the local association will follow a plan' of action similar to mat adopted by the Baltimore association. A request that the tariffs be suspended pending an investigation probably will be filed by either the Retail Merchants' As soc ation or the Chamber of Commerce, or both, early next week. Baltimore Men to Employ Counsel. Definite plans for a fight against the withdrawal of free freight delivery and collection service by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads were deter mined upon by the Merchants and Manu facturers' Association of Baltimore yes terday afternoon, when it was c:dtered that counsel be employed to carry the case before the Interstate commerce com mission. President Henry P. Baker, who presided at the general meeting of the association at which this action was taken, warned the members that the fight would be ex pensive and a special fund would have to be raised for it. This was agreed to, and it was ordered that the president name a special committee of five members to co operate with the traffic bureau 01 the as sociation in raising the fund and directing the rignt. This action was taken after the traffic bureau committee, through its chairman, H. M. Thompson, h^d presented a report in which it was declared that the discon tinuance of the freight delivery and col lection service would mean an increase of approximately $350,000 a year in the ex penses of the merchants of Baltimore on account of freight service. Withdrawal Results in Advance. The report declares that the withdrawal of the service results in an advance in rates of from 14 to 20 per cent; that it will unduly, congest all the Baltimore terminals and that it is unreasonable in that it will give to the merchants a poorer service for the same rate, and "because, while the service has been withdrawn and the service is less, there has not been offered a reduction in rates to the extent of the amount paid to the transfer companies for collecting and delivering freight in Baltimore." Tiie committee held that the propor tionate increase in cost to "infrequent shippers" because of the discontinuance of the service would be especially heavy, duo to the fact that the extent of the.r business will not allow the making of a contract with any transfer company on a basis as low as 4 cents per 100 pounds, which .is understood to be the rate at which the transfer companies are paid by the railroad companies. The net result will be the committee stated, that the "infrequent shippers" in a great number of these cases will have to pay from 2o to .? cents a package for carriage to and from the freight stations. i resident Baker stated that he would appoint the special committee of five members to work with the traffic bureau in prosecuting the case soon. It is esti mated that a fund of approximately S-'i.tKK) must be raised to finance the light of Baltimore against the discontinuance of the service. FARM COMMISSION HOME. Agricultural Methods of Europe Prove to Be Interesting. NEW YORK, July 20.?Back from Europe, where it has been investigating agricultural conditions, the American commission on agricultural co-operation j announces that it has obtained a wealth of information which will be embodied in its report. The report of the commission will be made to the governors of the states and to the Southern Commercial Congress which meets in Mobile, Ala., October 27 The report of the federal commission will be made to Congress. Wou'd Halt "Party Raiding." HARRISBURG. Pa.. July 2H.?'The party enrollment bill, drafted by the state elec tions law commission as a measure to halt "party raiding." was approved last night by Gov. Tener, and under its pro j visions every voter must dec.are his i arty affiliations or he will not be ab e to vote at a primary, except by a non-partisan fballot. Fire Causes $150,000 Loss. PHILADELPHIA, July 26.?The plant of the Hlnde-Dauch Paper Company, at Gloucester, N. J., was almost completely destroyed .by fire last night. The flames, which started In one of the storehouses, spread rapidly to the other buildings, causing a lost estimated at 1150,000. CONFERENCES AT NM ON RAILROAD DEADLOCK Federal Mediators Hope That Agreement for Arbitration J Will Be Reached Today. \ NEW YORK, July 2fl.?A series of rapid-fire conferences between the federal mediators and the railroad manage: 8 and the conductors and trainmen that ended ! early today brought the question of arbi- ! tration between the railroads and the em- j ployes to the verge of a settlement. The conferees got only a few hours' sleep, and when they resumed work this morning It was hoped that before the end of the day both sides would agree upon what matters shall be laid before the board of arbitration for a final decision. Called From Their Beds. Some of the railroad men got out of bed last night to answer a call from the mediators, and although it was nearly midnight when this meeting was over the rai road managers were then called in for a conference that lasted well into the morning. The inference was that ihese evidences of haste showed that the mediato s were trying to complete their labors before the end of the week. The principal question that remains, it was said, is the date upon which the new wage scale demanded by the con ductors and trainmen shall become ef fective, provided the increase is granted. The employes wish the new scale to take effect from May 1 last. The railroads be lieve that it should not become effective until January 1, 1914. DEATH IN POISONED FUMES. Disinfecting Fluid Kills One Man and Renders a Second Unconscious. PHILADELPHIA, July 2?I.?The fumes of a disinfecting fluid last night caused the death of one man and rendered an other unconscious in the servants' quar ters of Mount Sinai Hospital. The rooms were being disinfected with a solution, and had been ordered tightly closed, when Andrew Schemmeil, twenty^ five years old, who was recently dis charged from the position of orderly, returned for some cl6thes Finding the doors locked, he entered the fume-laden room by a rear window. When he did not appear, Andi ew Btelos, who accompanied him, also entered the room. When the quarters were re opened by the superintendent last night, Schemmeil was dead, and Bieios was unconscious, and he may not live. MOTHERS GRANTED PENSIONS. Ten Take Advantage of New Law in Washington State. SEATTLE, Wash., July 26.?Ten wom en were granted pensions yesterday by Superior Judge Frater, when he heard the first batch of cases under the moth ers' pension law enacted by the legis lature last winter. Fifteen cases were heard, three being denied and two re ferred for further investigation. The largest pension granted was for $37.50 a month to a destitute widow with seven children. The amounts granted in the other cases ranged from $15 a month to $30 a month, according to the circum stances of the petitioners. The investigator of the pension depart ment reported to the court that 300 ap plications for mothers' pensions have | been filed, of which 150 were found to I come within the provisions of the law. Marshall to Be Moose Guest. CHICAGO. July 26.?Vice President Marshall will be the guest of the Loyal Order of Moose at a banquet here to night. The Vice President will deliver the dedicatory, address tomorrow morn ing at an industrial school established by the order near Aurora. Norwegian Statesman Dead. CHRISTIANIA, Norway. July 26 ?Chris topher Christophersen, formerly foreign minister in the Norwegian cabinet under the premiership of M. Knudsen, died here today. He is to be given f state funeral. House Committee Investiga tion of District Assessor's Office Is Resumed. Investigation into the affairs of District | Assessor Richards and the workings of j the board of assistant assessors was re ; sumed this morning, when the District committee of the House of Representa tives met. Mr. Richards, voluntarily a witness, and not requiring a subpoena, had brought with him a sheaf of papers relating to real estate purchases made by him and members of the board. ! The members of the committee had been studying the report and transcript of evidence in the "George investigation" of last session, and it seemed probable that a portion of today's testimony would be based on Information furnished in that publication. Others to Be Subpoened. ? It became evident at the session today that other members of the board of as sessors would be subpoenaed or asked to appear as witnesses and a thorough ex amination of their relations with real es tate as officials and as property owners will be held. ; A subpoena has been issued for George C. Pumphrey, a real estate man, who had some connection with the prop erty owned by Messrs. Richards, Kalb fus McKenzie and Nye in the neigh borhood of 19th street and Kalorama road. COMMlIoiSTO URGE MODERN FISH MARKET Expected to Be Included in Estimates to Congress by New Board. Provision for the construction of & mod ern municipal fish market in all proba bility will be Included in the estimates of the new board of District of Columbia 1 Commissioners, to be submitted to Con gress at the beginning of the next session. Following an inspection yesterday of the present fish market and wharves at 11th and Water streets, which have been operated as a municipal Institution since March 15, Commissioner Slddons said he is in favor of replacing the dilapidated structures with a modern building. Plans for a new structure have been drawn by a committee, consisting of Daniel E. Garges, chief clerk of the en gineer department, chairman; Dr. Wil liam C. Woodward, health officer; Col W. C. Haskell, superintendent of weights, measures and markets, and Snowden Ashford, municipal architect. The plans had been tentatively approved by the former board of Commissioners, which, had it continued In office, would have recommended to Congress an appropria tion for the improvement. In his*vieit to the fish market yesterday Commissioner Siddnns was accompanied by his secretary. Ra ph Pratt, and Col. Haskell, whose department of weights, measures and markets has jurisdiction over the fish, lumber and melon wharves He expressed hlmse f as pleaded with the i sanitary condition in which he found the j plant and the Improvements which have i been made since the District took posses sion of it last March Indorses Smith Cotton Bill. J. A. Taylor of Atlanta, president of the National Ginners' Association, haa written to Senator E. D. Smith indorsing I his bill to regulate^otton exchanges by I requiring all cottonBcontracts to specify I the grades of cottol proposed to be de livered. BY MRS. YOUNG'S CASE Determined She Shall Not Re linquish Superintendency of Chicago Schools. CHICAGO. July 2a?Plans for a demonstration In favor of Mrs. Ella Flags Young, who tendered her resigna tion as superintendent of Chicago's schools ?ecause of the opposition to some members of the board of education, will be completed today at a meeting of wom en at the Woman's City Club. Several woman suffrage and teachers' organizations called emergency meetings In response to the appeal of Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, president of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, to clubwom en to protest against conditions which caused Mrs. Young ..o resign. Asic Mayor to Investigate. Ail of them passed resolutions deplor ing her resignation and requesting Mayor j Harrison to investigate. A committee of .ntiuentlal women, led by Miss Jane Addams and others, plead ed with Mrs. Young to reconsider and she consented to give the question of recon sidering her resignation three days aiought. . Various women's headquarters are humming with the work 01 planning, let ter writing and resolution creaung. u-very clubwoman in the county has been wr.t ten to use her Influence to retain Mrs. loung in school work. HEADS NEW HAVEN ROAD. Howard Elliott Will Begin His Du ties September 1. NEW YORK, July 26.?Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pa cific railroad, was elected president and director of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at a meeting of its directors yesterday, and a new plan adopted for the administration and operation of the entire New Haven system. Mr Elliott will assume his duties as president September 1. succeeding Charles S. Meilen. and will be elected chairman at the October meeting of the directors. Then, too, the necessary changes in the by-laws will be made. Tyree Heads Photographers. KANSAS CITY. July 2?.-Manly W. Tyree of Raleigh. N. C.. first vice presi dent of the Photographers' Association of America, has been unanimously elected president of the association. He represents the section of the as sociation that has been working for a changed organization. Atlanta. Ga., was given the 1914 convention. W. H. Towles, Washington, D. C.. was made first vice president. Newspaper Plant's Fonrth Fire. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. July 26.?Fire early today did 530,000 damage to the nlant of the Union and Advertiser, an afternoon newspaper. I. wee the fonrth in two weeks In the same bulld ? f Joseph Curtis, vice president of the company, believes all of the fires were of incendiary origin. Children's Congress in Brussels. BRUSSELS. Belgium. July 26.-The first international congress for the pro tection of chithood has been opened here. , It is attended by official delegates from I fhirtv-flve nations, who unanimously de- i . n the creation of an .nternationa. i moo ?n Brussels, where the ?ork of all Sons in this connection will be cen tered. Naval Aviators Forced to land. ANNAPOLIS, July 26.?Lieuts. Smith and Chevalier, who left Fort Monroe, Va., at 1:1? o'clock yesterday afternoon 1 hydroaeroplane on the return trip to Annapolis, were forced to land about at Point Lookout, eighty miles north of the starting point. REFORM IN G. P. 0. PROVIDED DY BILL An Annua! Saving of $750,0 Expected if the Measure Becomes Law. MAKES CASH ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC DOCUMENTS i Senators and Representatives Would Not Be Furnished With Un wanted Publications. A bill to revise the printing laws, gov erning the government printing office, I whlch It Is claimed will result in an an nual saving to the government of $750,000. Is receiving careful consideration by both the Senate and House committees on printing. That It wl.l be favorably re ported by the committees, possibly at the present session, and that it will be passed by Congress and become a law at the next regular session was a prediction made today by members of the Senate committee. The bill, which is identical with the bill reported favorably to the House at the last session, and which failed only because of lack of time to consider it there, was Introduced in the Senate at the present session by Senator Smoot of Utah. It differs very little from the Smoot bill which passed the Senate last session, and Senator Smoot thought it ad visable to introduce the measure as amended by the House committee Instead of reintroducing bis original bill. Chairmen Favor Bill. Senator Fletcher of Florida, the pres ent chairman of the committee on printing of the Senate, and chairman of the joint congressional committee on printing, is strongly in favor of the bill and will do all in his power to bring about its passage, it was said to day. Representative Henry A. Barn hart of Indiana, chairman of the House printing committee, who has reintro duced the bill In the House, is also strongly in favor of having it enacted into law. One of the few changes in the bi 1 as in troduced this session from the measure as it passed the Senate last session is that in consolidating the offices of deputy public printer and superv.sor of wor.v. the titie which will be g?v*en this i fflc ai !-?* supervisor of vork. anil n^t leput.' pub lic- printer. Also the bin pro idefc now fo. the ai>ol t'on of the foldii.g rooms In bj>h the Senate and H< use. Tin bi . ias< ses sion left it optional wit.i Sena.e anu House as to whether ti ey shouid abilis . their folding rooms. The abolishment o:' these folding rooms at the Capit A ou 1J ing, it is expected, wl.l save thousands o dollars to the Bovernmint everj ytar. I. will mean the concentiaton of the distrl - utlng of public documtnts in the govern ment printing office, and will do away with much duplication of work. New Plan of Distribution. Another big saving to the government provided for in the bill will be brought about by changing the method of distri bution of public documents to members of Congress. In the past the law has provided that each member of the Senate and each member of the House sha'.l have furnished him a certain number of every public document printed at the govern ment expense, for distribution as he saw fit to his constituents. A member from New York city was furnished with just as many copies of a document on farm ing as was the member from an agricul tural district in Kansas. The consequence was the New York member had no use for a large number of these documents and they became mere waste paper, lit tering up the document rooms at the CapitoL Ai? this is to be changed and each member of the Senate will be given a cred.t of $2,000 and each member of the House a credit of $1,500, to be charged against the government printing office fo public documents each year. In this way each member will be able to select just those documents for which he has need. At present, under the old system, there are 800,0 O obsolete public docu ment? lying in the Senate document room, which must be disposed of as waste pa per. Three years a:-o there was a million such documents in the House document room. Larger Committee Powers. The powers of the joint congressional committee on printing over the printing office are broadened In the p' oposed new law It will be authorised to go into the printing office and make any investiga tion It desires at any time, without fur ther authority from Congress. The bill is a non-partisan measure and has little. If any. opposition in either branch of Congress. The pressmen at the government printirfg office, it Is true, ae asking for an increase in wages of from 55 cents to O cents an hour, and the bill provides 55 cents. They were given an increase of from 50 cents to 55 cents an hour through the appropriation bill for the printing office last year. A reorganization of the printing office, abolishing many superfluous positions, many of them minor ones, is con templated in the bill. The power of the public printer to create new positions and fix salaries on the mechanical side of the office is to be limited also. At pres ent he is empowered to create any posi- ' tion he wishes and to pay as high a i salary as he sees fit, taking It out of the ' lump appropriation of $?.UOO.OOO made for the printing office. if the bill becomes a law the public i printer will not be permitted to fix any 1 salary higher than $2,250. Congress will reserve the right to fix all higher salaries PAGE SEES UNITY IN AIMS. Ambassador Discusses Relations of TJ. S. and Great Britain. LONDON, July 2f?.?Walter H. Page, ? United States ambassador to Great Brit ain, was the chief guest at a dinner of | the Hardwicke Society last night. Re plying to a toast to his health proposed j by Lord Halsbury, Mr. Page sa d the I < aims and Inclinations of Great Britain 1 and the United States were the same. He added that the day the United States , took over the system of English common l law marked one of the greatest epochs 1 In Its history, for which the United < States was profoundly and eternally in- t debted. I Mr. Page said that if ever a man i abroad felt at home be was that man. i Blind Tiger Bill Killed. ATLANTA, July After a debate j which occupied practically al lof the < day's session the Benate kllle^ Senator I Pearcy's bill making It a misdemeanor to < buy liquor from a "blind tiger" for an- ' ether person. The vote was IS to 22. i A Texas Member Exp'ains the Amendments to Bill Now in House Committee. LABOR AND THE FARM WOULD HAVE A VOICE Provision for Selecting Their Rep resentations on the Govern ing Board. Representative Henry of Texas has attracted widespread attention to him self through his advocacy of radical amendments to the pending currency bill. Mr. Henry gave notice several weeks ago. as was published In The Star at the time, that he would have some original Ideas to suggest In con nection with currency legislation. Since that time he has matured his Ideas and framed them into practical form for presentation to Congress for Its consideration. Mr. Henry does not profess to rep esent any one hut him self In this propaganda. "1 never try to build up a following." he said to a Star reporter, "but make my own presentation in my own way. If large business and the bankers are determined again to torce tne govern ment into parinersntp witn tne l?u.i ks and we are to disregard tne teaching oi Jefferson. Jac-Kson. Calhoun, Kenton and iiryan and again institute- man iag? relations between tne government and banks in Older to estautish a nudt- ana permanent asset curieucy plan, then 1 insist mat II we emoaik ?n I tils course we can so amend and round oui tne Glass-Owen bill as to permit tne taxin^r and wage-earner to come into tne scneme upon tne same terms, at the same cost and upon ttie Identical prin ciple upon which we admit tue oauker and coiiiinercla isu "For the sa^e of argument at the pres ent. assuming that tne country must pro vide an as bet currency to take care o I tue commercial paper wares ot the banks and to make a maraet tor them in Utnea of stress and panic, as they insist, my . earnest conviction is that we can at the same time and on the same plau tako care of the legitimate interest* of the ?industrial" and agricultural part of our people, which names are frequently men tioned in the biii, bm whose interests are not guarded and provided for in Ita multitudinous sections. Thereiore. 1 have prepared some aii.tnumenis tnat will im prove the bill li we must ta?.e the prin ciples underlying its provisions, and that will round out i> d oeriect and vitalise ils various set*!- ? that not only the commercial a 'ii? wor.d will be accommodated - agricultural and .ndu&tiiai inieieets as well shail share ?n tue same benefits on the same terms. Representation for Labor. "There Is provision for giving repre sentation on the board of control to a bona fide representative of industrial labor, to be selected by the President from a list of ten men presented for that purpose by the joint official board of the American Federation of Labor; and also for a bona tide representative of agri culture, to be selected by the President from a list of ten men presented for that purpose by the joint official boards of any and ail tarmers' organizations aaving a membership of 10.UWU each, in cluding at present tne National Grange and the Farmers' Educational and Co operative Union. "it a.so provides that the retiring Pres ident* shall become members of tne ied eral reserve board, under certain terms, to take the first vacancy that may oc cur. excluding, respectively, the piaces Held by the ?.uree members representin labor, agriculture and banking and th> salary ol sucn c :-President shail i*--: to run from the date ot hip comm si- . ? and he may. by order of the I'm s < become an adv.sory member of .-a.d uoi- i unti. he is essigned to a vacancy seems to me absolutely just ti.at agricultural and indusiria interest the country shoulJ be represented on < board and have their wel.are tiu -u ?ed In the Issuance and control . currency, which tixes prices and ulieci wa^es in cur country. "Also I leel sure that It would be right to provide that retlr.ng Presidents th<>uld thus be enabled to do a great service f?>r their country after going out of the presi dency. * n*s board is endowed by my amendment! with power fully to execute the provisions In regard to the issuance ! and control of the currency by added language tnat gives ...em somewhat lati tudinous out ne? essar.v powers . Tne board and their kindred are properly cir cumscribe! In regard to their ownership and con-rol of banks, stocks, corpora tions a?d business institutions, and l thinK necessarily and property so. This, t?> me is a most essential and vital thing to do' By this method we prevent the relatives of the board from getting into banks corporations, and business institu tion* and through such means water their assets and utilize their positions by reason of kinship to make such reiatlon ship valuable. It should be made a crime if such things occur. To Benefit Agriculture. "Why not provide for agricultural and industrial as well as the com mercial Interests in issuing the cur rency? It will be noted that the agri cultural currency Is to Inure to ths benefit of the agricultural Interests through the reserve banks and to be loaned to them on storage certificates of warehouses, storage plants, etc.. as will appear In detail in the amend ment, on cotton, corn and wheat, the three great products of the farm. In dustrial currency la to go to the states and territories, on terms fix.d in de tail in the amendment, upon the de posit of state, county and municipal bonds, etc., as will appeal* in the amendment. , . . "Assuming that we are now brought to the doctrine of asset currency, it Is my purpose In these amendments to so shape the law that the agriculturalist and the working man. the wage-earner and the states and municipalities < an walk into the banks provided for n this bill, the fiscal creatures and agents of the government, and .secure this cu: - rency identically upon the and at the same cost upon issued to the commercialism the banker and the business man. "It will be lenie.nbered tbat the demo crats in Congress, with practical una nimity in It*1*. 011 a record re? irj. '"itr sdri. at Anr^uK.'ut ?h executive comm ttee ot he on. .n dub .UO.J m.4 r?n rr#?ncv is bfifct?d on ujjsbis un*i H E SS ? "nr '!"=wu names the government issue of notes ?Tn my judgment there is not one par ticle ot difference in principle between [he assets commercial paper merchan ?securities of the bankers and is"-.. ?ss'vWtor '.?? .rsrr. J igricultural and Industrial currency alon?