The Weather
0RF.0OS: TVlliteht nml Tuesday
.ir cooler ct portion tonight, mod
eraw wind imMiy vrertwly.
rOCAL; Mln. temperature 48, mm,
gj, moan 60. No rainfall. River 1.1
feet, fwln. ' ,
Circufcticn
Average for six Months ,
March 81, 1M0
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rTY-THIRD YEAR. jNO. 148,
Troops Fail
to Control
Irish Riots
Member of Audit Bureau of Olreal Mloa
Assoc-tod Press f Leased wi )
' London, June U'"1 war con
ji.inni orevail In Londonderry ,ind
authorities are powerless, it ig de
lared In an Exchange Telegraph
iswrtch from ' Londonderry this f-
ttrnoen. several additional persons
.were killed, in this morning's- rioting
there, according 10 mBnase,
The firing is being, maintained with
desperate intensity- Business is sus
pended and the-postmen are-decllii-M
to deliver mail.
. When tlie troops stop the fighting
in one sectiun, the dispatch adds, fir
ing breaks out in another.
ltaltla Continues
'; Londonderry, Juno 21. - Rioting
M renewel in this city this morning
and resulted in one person being mor
tally wounded and two seriously hurt.
Ride and revolve firing was almost
continuous, and,, as the people feared
to venture out to work, business wis
at a virtual standstill.
Shops and schools were closed-, to
day and many houses were barricad
ed. The streets were deserted by all
except those fighting. The dock work
era otruck, declaring they would not
work until peace had been restored.
The rioting, whioh started at 2
o'clock this morning after the troops
had been withdrawn .following yester
day's battles, continued all day. Im
ports of additional casualties . were
received but it was Impossible to ob
tain accurate details.
Throe Unionists Shot
. From two to five o'clock this morn
lug there was intermittent firing. Be
tween five and seven o clock throo
unionists were shot, one of whom was
thrown Into the river. Thereup a lar?e
body of unionists charged down Car
lisle street, firing volley after volley
toward the Sinn Fein stronghold in
bridge street. The Sinn Feiners re
turned the fire.
S The two sides maneuvered between
the streets keeping up a fusillade most
oi the day. Troops with an armored
car broke up the fighting temporari
ly at ten o'clock this morning. When
the troops appear at one place, how
ever fighting breaks out at another.
More trnons ore being sent to the
jwetie of the rioting. I
Italian Forcing
Entrance To Home
Shot And Killed
Hoquiani,
Wash.. .Tn
lo Cecarelll. an ltaiin i.k' " T."
shot and killed early todav whu J
tempting to force an entrance into
the home of George Sellers.
: According to the sto ti.i .i
lln. i. cm I'"-
. uecareiu had severU
times threatened tn km m... ,
(nuj, . owners.
This morning Sailor. u.
- - " . mo wile
were awakened bv n nni .
dow. Sellers seized hi.
when he recognized Cecrm
ing to get in, he fired nnint hioni, .,
bullet striking Cecarelli in the neck
and killing him Instantly.
Southern Rail
Lines Alone on
Paying Basis
Washington, . June 21. Rallrnaria
in the' eastern and western classifica
tion territorities- sustained a deficit in
net income in April, but the roads in
ths southern territory had a net bal
ance oi z, 388,913 after paying all
expenses, according to a partial sum
mary of Operating revenues and ex
penses made public today by the in
lerfitate commerce commission.
Eastern roads had a deficit of 1 14.-
729,880 after paying all expenses, in
cluding taxes while the deficit of the
western roads was $3,284,562.
uperaung revenues in the eastern
were $127,080,772 and operating ex
penses $133,157,076. In the southern
district operating revenues were
$ 70,p35,994 and operating expenses
$84,619,155 and In the western dis
trict operating revenues were $131,
768,979 and operating expenses $124,
662,554.
Dem
of
WithW
Latin-American
Service Fleet To
Be Formed In Fall
Washington,, June 21. - A special
service squadron of cruisers and gun
boats to be based on the canal zono
and held available for duty in Mexi
can, Central American and adiaesnt
ports, is to be organized about Octo
ber 1, it was announced todav at the
nslvy department.
Railway: Workers Into
One Big Union Called
Washington, June 21. A call for a mise proposition for you will not be
convention of railroad workers to be seated, as the one big union is' alive
held at Chicago June 29 to organize and already formed and all we want
a one. big union has been published Is workers who are willing to jofn us
In the Butte, Mont., Daily Bulletin, in this fight for industrial freedom,
which officials of the department of I "Throw the labor fakers off your
Justice said today they believed an back and get Into a labor organization
I. W. W. publication. '. jthat will be controlled by the rank
Orders went out from the depart- and fiIe" -ment
today to its agents at-rChicago to Discussing the railroad labor board
keep a strict watch on the proposed the cal1 say8:
meeting for any possible I. W. W. ac- "If these men chsen by tne presl
tlvitles in connection with It . ident to represent labor really repre-
Laaders of the recognlzed'labor un-,Bent the rank and fl,e we would be
ions and the momlur. f tho r.nd ! outnumbered two to one, we leave it
labor board at f!ninan . ttnVort hvt your Judgment what proportion of
the call, which savs
"Modern industry is' organized Into
,ne big union, which has grouped its
financial resources, and practically
controls the industry of the country.
"It Is the organization power of the
woraers of the industrial field which
will decide the victorious in the future
nd until we organize Into the one big
union we will be beaten before the
fight starts, just like we have in the
pat.
"If you are red blooded enough to
"tand up and be counted and not
watd to carry out this work then
W want you to send a delegate to the
Chicago convention to be held on June
, ". with the express purpose of be
mln? a part of the one big union.
such is not the case then dont
me an3 try and offer some compro-
representation the man in
actually has on this board."
overalls
I'HIIiADFXPHIA STRIKERS
CLAIM INCREASE IN RANKS
Philadelphia, June 21. The rail
road strikers today claim heavy gains
in this vicinity. They say that 5400
men have quit work. The tie up in
the movement of freight is Increasing,
Already there is a noticeable scarcity
of certain articles and prices of fresh
meats have been advanced. The news
print paper supply Is running short
and newspapers are curtailing.
That the strike is not against the
railroads but against the railroad la
bor board is emphasized by strike
leaders and union executives. They
say it is the outcome of disappoint
ment due to the delay of the board
in coming to a decision.
Flag Burned
by Negroes;
Two Killed
tihff0' .June Fedsrai ati"-i-
ast nlhty, !SaU mve8tia" rioting
JB between whites and negroes
which resulted in the murder of two
white men and the wounding of a score
pone'em;;. PerS "S ln?'Ud'ns a ne
Chicago, June 21. Police today ar
rested Grover C. Redding, who claims
to be a native of Abyssinia, and seven
other negroes, said to be lead..-., ...
yesterday's parade of negro members
lne star order of Ethiopia", which
uw m a tignt in which an American
fhlo- nrna hurn. ,
- - lvvo Wnue men were
killed and two negroes were seriously
S. D. Jonas, alleged radical aeitntnr
and other negroes believed to be lead
ers, were still at liberty although Jonas
had been found by a newspaper report.
"gming started when the pa
rade had ended and the negroes were
preparing to enter a hall in which a
meeting to promote the return of the
negro to Abyssinia was to be held.- -
I Flag Thrown on Fire.
At this time one of the leaders of
the procession who rode horses and
wore fantastic garbs, believed to have
been Joseph Fernon, who calls himself
"the great Abyssinian," drew forth an
American flag, poured a liquid on it
and threw it into a bonfire.
Policeman Joseph Owens, a negro,
was notified of the act, and rushed to
the scene and toward one of the men.
A man on horseback, It is declared,
fired,at him with a short rifle, wound
ing him with the first shot.
Robert F. Rose, a sailor, sprang
from an automobile when he saw tne
flag burned and was almost at the
policeman's side when the latter was
shot, according to spectators. He
turned and ran into a nearby cigar
store. '
Whites Shot Down.
Several men with rifles than ran to
the door of the cigar store and fired
a volley, according to persons near
the scene. Rose and Joseph Hoyt, a
cigar store clerk, dropped dead.
During the shooting a second flag
was thrown on the flames but was res
cued before it was burned.
Jonas, who was found by a reporter,
said he met Redding in New York relief of the United States. We must
several weeks ago. He said he came make an issue of the deliberate refus
to Chicago to ask the republican con- 1 of the republicans to propose any
ventlon to incorporate a plank in the one .measure to reduce the high cost
nartv nlutform m-ovidine for the i- f living or to provide homes for the
sumntion nf the Ahv3sinla.il treaty with homeless the refusal to deny that .it
with the United. State wmch expired waa their mientloti.to repeal the pres-
in 1917. Slnee comlmr here, he de- reaerai reseire-pana; ancr --me
clarea, he had denounced Redding farm loan law. : : .;
nnrt th nth- "Ahv'sslnian nrinces" to The democracy must make a plat
n, ii thn,.ina. o. hut form at San Francisco that is affirm-
ocratic Aspirant for Office
Vice President Takes Issue
ilson on Treaty Problem
Chicago, J une" 2 1. James Hamil
ton Lewis, former United States sen
ator for Illinois and candidate for the
democratic vice presidential nomina
tion, announced today the platform
he will urge "In my own behalf, as
well aB upon the convention for . the
democracy." He will iave tonight for
San Francisco. ...'.
'At San Francisco we must ' do
things for out people at home." he
said. If the democracy will .not iiii
things for the people, the people will
do things for the democracy."
League Not Only Issue.
If President Wilson in a recent in
terview meant to say "that the league
of nations was to be the supreme and
the sole issue," . Mr. Lewis said he
could not agree with him. "It is only
one of the great fssues. " :
"The league o nations and peace
treaty should not be treated as sacred
documents but as subject to such
amendment as the needs of our coun
try and justice to the victorious and
defeated people demand."
Mr. Lewis' platform declared In
favor of the government takii, the
railways, waterways, telegraph likes,
oil and coal lands from private mon
opoly and assuming control for the
people, leaving the method of opera
tion by private or public agency . us
the conditions of each concern may
warrant. .
Urges Price Regulation
Other planks demanded announce
ment of "the new doctrine of an Am
erican foreign policy; that every Am
erican In any land carries the protec
tion of his whole country to his life or
his property, wbjerever located;", that
We should express sympathy in be
half of any aspiring republic,, giving
Ireland the fullest aid our institu
tions permit," that "we. must provide
that complaints of high prices should
have a hearing before a tribunal, with
power to declare a fair price, then
punish as criminals those who vlolato
the decision of the fair price." '
In asserting that the league of na
tions cannot bo the only issue in the
coming campaign, Mr. Lewis said:
Domestic Needs" Urgent
"We now owe something at home.
We must propose measures for the
EX -SENATOR WHO TAKES EXCEPTION TO WILSON'S
ASSERTION THAT LEAGUE OP NATION'S IS TO BE
ONE BIG ISSUE OF FALL CAMPAIGN.
Is Victimized by Check Artist;
mployed at Reform School Gets
Out of Salem With More Than $100
totem police are' searching
j " artlst who
Hainan.
We and tv,n
"iseitvt tv , ' anxe company in
Pnai. ""Mil OI 102.40.
"akin:
Tor a
Jam.. " wno cans himself
mi,Z Browl1 d who Friday vic-
HaiiSf.. n .....
oiiuriing goods
r
x
8 as an er-aervlc. m
ne him.ni, .. . ..
T good rellow" at the
bou ti WOffl1 a-PPeared In Salem
e ..? Weeks aso' He declared
It emPl"yment and final-
W hooI!b " th reer0" 8tate
w.m "od InPssloti Mode.
ZeSSe and "eat 1" aPP-
. i'.cmiuh
Sood
among stramrers
fcr kT a amne officials un-
.QO01,
Worked at th. -
rwin ' f;ar,5' a"empts made at bor-
TJ U said.
MlIT
$45.60, was written "W. G. Gilbeir.
The error was not noticed by the clerk
from whom he bought a few toilet ar
'ticles. Also the school's acocunt is not
carried at the Bank of Commerce, on
which the check was drown.
At Hauser Bros.' store. Brown pur
chased a pair of olive drab trousers
and reecived the remainder of a check
for $56.80 in cash.
Brown Cals on Chief.
Brown Is no novice, police, believe.
Last week the bad-check man paid
Chief Welsh a call at the chief s office.
He was looking for work, he said. This
was before he attempted any torgerj
without result.
Police Ruld Headquarters.
Police raided a gai-age near the
scene of the riot and captured one of
the fantastic robes worn "by the leau
ers, who called themselves "princes,'
five short barrel rifles, a picture of
Jonas and the Abyssinian delegation
taken when they landed in New York,
and some of Redding's propaganda.
Before the parade a meeting was
held to boom Mayor William Hale
Thompson as the presidential candi
dato of a third narty composed or
Irish, negroes and trade unionists.
At this meeting Jonas told the ne
eroes that the Friends -of Irish Frt
dnm had aided in establishing the
Black Star negro . steamship which
would ultimately "carry arms to Afri-
He also declared he had seen a let
ter from Eamonn De Valera in which
the "Irish president" said he had glv
en ii n hoDe Of obtaining an Irish free
dom nlank in the democratic platform
at San Francisco and would back the
third nartv movement.
For several hours after the rioting
started crowds formed in and arouna
the outskirts of the "black belt Put
7nn nnliee rushed to the district, sue
ceeded with little trouble in dispersing
them. During the night at various
parts of the city there were attacks
upon negroes hut auinormes nave
ceeded in preventing any general race
mAi-ompnt
Tho-o were several attempts by
r.Af T.nkes sailors to form an attack
nnon the "black belt" in revenge for
the death of their "shipmate" but
these failed. Authorities at the naval
station rounded up all men on leave
and sent them back to the barracks.
Reports that the Abyssinians were
backed bv the I. W. W. through a no.
.. . Irnnurn AS trie
ero racueai arts1"--""" "
"black star" were denied at I. w
headquarters.
W.
It is
Greece Is Given
Free Hand Over
Turk Campaign
Rouloene. June 21. Greece was
given a free hand in the military mens
ures in Turkey wnicn were
upon at the Hythe conference yester
.,jiih to information here
believed that Brown began his today- The premiers and their advls-
atlve, constructive and which prom
ises the continuance of the policies of
enrichment of this land and the pro
tection of the American citizen, leav
ing Europe and foreign questions to
be taken Up where such can be done
without the abandonment of the Am
erican in his first rights," the senators
platform concluded.
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Americans Fall Short
In Art of Government
Hughes Tells Students
netted him
an m !.a8ro Bro Is said to have
Worm :t'atelV t0 Y. M. C. A. In
"Tred i- 7v he 'plained he had
-- tui i'a. a pieas-
"'Personautv
""nunces
won him several av
Si
ft
' man. . . . uruiraiona..
io serious blunders on
check
Whinli . . ... ...
rhed at th P.m
'"'HI L. m n,!K. t.J' . .i:,.. ....Wntendent of the Canyon
lTlu -v v. . L. 11.-, t (1 ui iur ciOTim " t
wnool, on a check calling forjville high school.
work on Friday with a view to operat
ing three days before bank clearings
on Monday. Discovery oi m
hnwover. nut police on his trial much
earlier than he had anticipated.
No trace of the man has as yet been
found bv the police. He is said to be
about 5 feet 6 inches tall, of light
completion with brown haid and blue
eyes His civilian clothes are of light
gray, and while in Salem he was wear
ing a medical corps service .button his
vest. It is believed that he has left the
city.
Georee F. Thompson, principal last
year of the Yankton school, has been
ShrinersPour
Into Portland
For Convention
Portland, Or., June 21.Slxty cara
vans of Mystic Shrine nobles were due
to reach . Potrland today from every
section of the country for the imper
ial council sessions of the Shrine,
scheduled to begin tomorrow. - More
than 75.000 vlistors are expected and
the city's accommodations are being
taxed to their capacity. Thirteen spe
cial trains reached here between dawn
and midnight yesterday and today's ar
rivals are placed at sixty such special
trains.
W. Freeland Kendrick, imperial po
tentate, arrived last night.
Portland was filled with bands to
day, close to fifreen already having ar
rived and about forty others being
scheduled to reach here during the
day.
Boxing Scheduled Tonight.
Portland, Or., June 21. Forty
rounds of boxing are scheduled for
Shrine visitors in Portland tonight un
der the auspices of the Portland box
lng commission. Johnny Sheppards
and Harry Schuman,- at 135 pounds,
will be the headliner of the bill. They
are scheduled to box 10 rounds. Yount,
Brown and Earl Baird, 130 pounds.
will be the semi-windup attraction, 10
rounds. Stanley Willis and Perry-
Lewis will box ten rounds at 145
pounds. Billie Mascott and Baby
Blue are scheduled for a six round af
fair at 118 pounds, and Frankie Lan
ders and Frankie Crites, 135 pounds,
will box four rounds.
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oix reopie
Lose Lives
In Big Fire
Vancouver, B. C, June 21. Four
victims of the Balmoral apartment
house fire. In which six nersona ra
known to have lost their lives last
night had been identified up to nooa
today. They are: -
Charles Dennehy, .of the Pacific
Steamship company. '
-Miss Lena McLennan, employed
with the Canadian Pacific railway.
J. R. J. Jackson, manager of th
grocery department, Hudson's amJt
company,. .. . ....,,
S. A. Spencer, Janitor of the build
ing. ' ; .. :'' .'.--,
Two bodies of men remain unidenti
fied.'' -:
riunien Spread Rapidly. .
The fire apparently1 originated In
the boiler room and spread quickly.
Janitor Spencer ran from floor to
floor, alarming - the .- tenants, ht
rushed into the hallways only to find
their escape -cut off by the flames
which shot up the elevator air shafta.
Dennehy jumped from- the fifth,
floor Into a life net wnich waa insuf
ficiently manned by volunteers. Hia
weight dragged- one side of the net
from those holding it and he struck
the cement walk, sustaining fatal In-
urles.
Aoi unidentified man jumped or fell .
from the fifth floor breaking botht
legs and , sustaining other injuries
from which he is not expected to
recover.
Tcnunts Are Trapped.
Dense clouds of heavy smoke pour-
ed from the windows and roaring
flames filled the hallways while tha
firemen made frantio efforts to reacua
the guests. ' -- . - -
Great crowds congested the streets,
surrounding the building and it waa
necessary to call out police reserves.
These were augmented by a detach
ment from " the ftoyal - Canadian
Mounted Police who established (ira..
lines. - ..- ,
The work of checking the tenants is
still in progress, being made difficult
by the scattering of many who were
Injured and escaped without clothing
and took refuge wherever it could
be found.
At nine o'clock this morning it waa
believed the fatalities would not -exceed
six. .
o found these measures were requir
ed immediately because of the grave
situation resulting from Mustapha
Kemal's nationalist forces reaching
the Dardanelles.
French and British troops and the
British fleet will be concentrated for
the defense of Constantinople and the
stra,tS- ..'. Hh. ronfer-
Tne aeiesi " . . h. nd of.
,, if i. declared, were oi me uic "
foh'a't'thftaking-of these measure. fereo" at -pricey th. benem of
Thousands Will
Jam Streets on
JBig Bargain Day
With new names of merchants be
ing added daily to the list of those
who will have special offerings for
Salem's Bargain Day, July 10. those
in charge are confident that this
year's occasion will be far more suc
cessful than any in the past.
Special offerings In every coneeiv-
Cambridge, Mass., June 21. Charles
E. Hughes, speaking at the centennary
of Harvard' law school here today, de
clared that "in the art of governing
ourselves we not only fall. short of
what we should expect in a free people
of so great intelligence but we fre
uently present a sorry spectacle. His
FTubJect was "some observations on le
gal education and democratic pro
gress." ,
A passion for legislation is not a
sign of democratic progress," he said
"and in the mass of measures intro
duced in the legislatures of our free
commonwealths, there is too little evi
dence of perspective, and an abund
ance of elaborate and dready futlll
ties. Occasionally a constructive
measure of great benefit Is skilfully
planned, but we are constantly lm
pressed with the lost motion and the
vast wte in the endeavor of demo
cracy to function wisely."
"Our material progress" Mr. Hughes
continued, "seems to have created
perplexities beyond our political com
pentency, and there has been disposi
tion to revert to the methods of tyran
ny in order to meet the problems of
democracy."
"Wo went to war for liberty and de
mocracy with the result that we fed
the autocratic appetite," he declared,
"and we have seen'ne war powers.
which ar8 essential to the preservation
of the nation in time of war,-exercised
broadly after the nHlary exigency
had passed and In conditions for whicp
they were never intended and we may
wall wonder whether constitutional
government as heretofore maintained
in this republic could survive an
other great war even victoriously
waged." "
Census Figures
Washington, June 21. San
ntego, Cal., 74,683, Increase
35,105 or 88.1 percent.
Yonkers, N. Y., 100,228, in.
crease 20,245 or 25.8 percent.
Sioux City, Iowa, 71,227,
Increase 22,399 or 48.9 per
cent. LaCrosse, Wis., 30,383, de
crease 54 or .2 percent.
. Greenfield, Mass., 18,482,.
Increase 5035 or 48.3 percent.
Chicago (Heights, III.. 19,.
663 Increase 5128 or 35.3 per
cent.
he Salem residents and the thousands of
I visitors who will jam local streets on
I the big day.
. , ii i. .1 vi.itnn are exDected from all of
Seitert, wno ""''s - . .; - v.rt fM orninB. ,fter havin been
would be sufficient to deal with
situation.
W. E.
Disarming Of
American Ship
Captain Untrue
London. June 21. Consular inves
tigations of a report that Irish police
had slrd the personal arms of an of
ficer on tho American ship Milwaukee
Bridge at Dublin has proved the story
was not true. The capatln of the ship
told the American consul at Dublin
that a police officer had boarded the
vessel and had asked If any
Allied Envoys
In Conference
Boulogne, June 21. Premiers Lloyd
George and Millerand, accompanied
by Marshal Foch and Frederic Fran
cols Marsal, French minister of fin
ance, arrived here this morning at
10:30 by special boat from Folkestone.
In the party was Premier Venizelos
of Greece. The arrival of the two pre
miers completes the delegations
hlch will participate in the conver
sations here today and tomorrow, the
Italian and Belgian representatives
having arrived during the night.
Questions relative to reparations and
Russia are .expected to be the two
most difficult problems of the con
ference, and may prolong the ses
sions to Wednesday or Thursday.
Premier Venizelos will formally of
fer, in the name of Greece, to take
the mandate for Armenia, and he will
nartlclDate largely In all other dis
cussions of Turkish questions.
for twenty per cent of the reparations
Count Carlo Sforxa, Italian foreign
minister, will ask on behalf of Italy
to be paid by Germany.
other than those owned by the off!
cers personally were on the ship. He
was told there were not
"In And Out Again"
Cycle Tackles Ditch
3, Lester Sande, a Salem motor
cyclist, had a narrow escape from
serious injury, Saturday afternoon
arms when 'his machine Jumped into a six-
Sduth Dakota
Legislature In
Special Session
Pierre, S. D-, June 21. The spec:al
ses-iion of the state legislature con-
foot ditch on the Salem-Turner road.
Aside from a few scratches and a
ditch-water ducking, the Salem youth
was none the worse for the exper
ience. His motorcycle also stood the
test of the sudden drop, being In a
condition to "mote" when willing
hands had replaced the vehicle on
the highway.
The accident occurred when San-
and a party of fellow cyclists were .re
turning from the hill climb south of
the industrial school.
Baker county wool sellers are wor
deserter from he avJ' ' L'em and these, officials pointed out postponed from May 24 on account oflrylng over the price of wool and hop
rest at Astoria on the charge or steal sai ' . . . -Cood conditions at that time. i tag for a sudden rise.
ing m u v.
Budget System
Held Nkessaiy
By Roosevelt
Washington, June 21; Revision of
the preesnt methods of making appro
priations and redistribution of - the
work of the various -executive depart
ments are recommended by Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt in a letter to Rep
resentative Ireland,-republican, whicb
was made public today at the navy de
partment. Mr. Rooseevlt wrote in reply to an
inquiry from Mr. Ireland as to wheth
er any re-organlzatlons, reforms or
consolidations could be made in tha
navy department. The assistant sec
retry did not confine himself to that
department. He , recommended that
congress;
. "Create a true budget system, not
the small beginning already attempted.
"Consolidate the appropriations in
one general committee, with sub-committees
to deal with separate subject.
"Put into law the general principles
recommended by -tho reclassification
committee's report, together with the
authorization of adequate salaries to
government employes.
"Invite a conference with the exec
utive branch of government, looking
to a reclassification and redistribution
of the work of the departments,
"reive bv law greater authority to
the heads of the exeoutlve departments
In conducting their executive business.
at the ame time holding these heads
more dlrectlv responsible for the sue-;
cessful administration of their work."
Mr. Rooseevlt said that the entire
system of relationship which exists ntn ,
tween congress and th xecutlve der
partments Is fundamentally wronsv .-
"After seven years down here in an
executive position,'' he continued, I
cannot help the conclusion that our
governmental methods are cumber
some and wasteful.' I am equally frank
In telling you that I think th fin im
provement must come In what is after
all the source of governmental activi
ties, l.e., the legislative branch. I hope
you will not take it as a criticism of
any Individual or this particular con
gress when I call attention to the very
unwieldy, Inadequate ana unousinraw
Uke methods under which tho house
and senate of the United States eon
duct their business. For Instance, the
navy department has to go before the
naval affairs committee for Its main
appropriation, It also has to go before
the appropriations committee for the
money to run the force In Washing
ton and I can cite numerous Instances
where the department has fallen be
tween the two fires of the two committees."
Reds Cross Dnieper.
London. June 21. Russian boism
vik troops have crossed the Dnieper -river
In the region of Retchltsa, where
the movement is strongly developing
and the Poles are being driven back
in the region of Knorsten, according tn
i wirelers dispatch received here quot
ing an official statement issued at Mos
cow yesterday. A Polish attacK souin
west of Polotsiyias been repulsed, the.
statement declared.
Alhanw college will establish a pre
paratory course for the benefit of for
mer service men. ;
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