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WASHINGTON.

The use Of firearms by municipal
police throughout the country was con
demned In the house Saturday, while
an appropriation for the District 0i
Columbia police, authorizing the pur
chase OF modern revolvers was under
discussion. Representative Shirley OF
Kentucky declared that American
cities would remove . menace to pub
Nc safety by prohibiting the use OF
any firearms by the police. The
house concurred in this view, declin.
ing to make ary appropriation.
Attorney General Wickersham told
members Of the house committee on
rules Saturday that it would not be
necessary for them to recommend q
congressional investigation Of the"1n-
ternational Harvester Company, as his
department was actively planning the
dissolution of that corporation. On
this information the committee agreed
10 delay action on the resolution of
inquiry introduced by Representative
Foster of Illinois.
donal about to take place in the Lori
mer case will disclose that William
J. Burns, the detective who built up
the evidence around the Mcnamara
brothers, has been at work for at
least three months gathering evidence
mittee investigating the election of
the Junior senator from Illinois. De-
tective Burns was employed for about
Q month by the senate committee and
later was engaged by those fighting
to unseat Lorimer.
Senator Hepburn Of Idaho is chal-
lenged by Samuel Gompers, president
II the American Federation Of Labor,
in an editorial In the February issue
Of the American Federationist to pro-
duce in court Of law any evidence Of
any illegal acts performed by Com
pers.
The increase In the price Of butter
ordered by the Elgin butter board and
the prediction that the commodity
would 60 to so cents . pound has
xiysn-iaapetIs 70 the campaign IN con-
sress for reduction in the oleomar-
garine tar. Chairman Lever ,of the
subcommittee Of the committee On ~
1iculture. which has besu considering
she oleomargarine. win recommend .
hin to the whole committee designed
70 lower the tax on oleomArgarine
from 10 to less than l cent . pound.
Or. Harvey w. Wiley. head Of the
chemistry bureau Of the department
~ agriculture. the storm center Of
the food administrator controversy
Ast summer. II given . clean bill Of
health In the report Of the house COM
mitte4 that investigated the charges
and countsrcharges. The committee
IN its report sustains DR.. Wiley Ill
along the hns except on unimportant
details.
: The 2.34o.sso acres Of remaining un-
allotted lands on the Cheyenne river
end Standing Rock Indian ressrvar
tons in the Dakotas would be opened
70 settlement under two bills BY eena-
Tor Gamble favorably reported Friday
By the senate committee on Indian
affairs. The Gamble bill to extend
payment on lands on the open por-
ton of these two reservations for .
year was also favorably reported.
An attack on the primary system
Of nominating public officers In the
report of the subcommittee OF the
ssasts elections committee that In
vestigated the bribery charges in con-
nection with the election OF Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin was effec-
lively blocked by Senator Pomerene
Of Ohio Friday. Senator Pomerene
flatly refused to sign the report ex-
onerating Senator Stephenson as long |
% 1t carried an attack on the primary |
system.
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