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MAY NAME MR.. GREGORY.
President Considering Him for Fed
eral Appeals Bench.

| If Attorney General Gregory carries
out his reported intention of resigning
! from the cabinet he may be nominated
by President Wilson as United States
Judge in the fifth circuit court of ap-
peals, comprising the gulf states. to
succeed the late Judge A. p. McCor-
mick, and later promoted to the United
States Supreme Court when a vacancy
occurs.
be under consideration by President
Wilson.
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Conservation
of PAPER

Every citizen Is called upon to see
that not a pound of paper is wasted.
Demand from ever clerk that any
unnecessary, wrapping OF packages
be dispensed with.
n YOU have no further use for to-
davis newspaper save it for the
school children's playground fund.
Cali Main 6036 and ask for the
nearest public school to your home
and the old papers will be sent for.
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So.469.799.42

sions and care of public highways. Sl..4l,-
1879: charities and corrections. Sl.652,-
$3.50: education. including public schools
and libraries. SO. $50. 236. "a: recreation, in
Guiding public parks, Fairgrounds and
bathing beach. ss75. 1885,: miscellaneous.
including tax and license refunds, sl0l.-
63433; public service enterprises. INCLUDE
ing water supply and markets. s2l4, ,305. is.
and interest and debt. Ss72, 1927.
The expenditures from trust and spe-
cial funds include payments for general
government. $656.32; protection Of life and
property, including pay of police and fire
pensions and salaries OF street railway
crossing police, $21e.905.50; health and
sanitation, including cost of sewer con-
struction. S11.03447: highways. including
cost of repairs to streets incident to cuts
made for street railway companies. cor
porations. private persons. plumbers. etc.
00.3S4,1S: charities and corrections. in
cluding payments made from collections
of the Juvenile Court for the support OF
abandoned wives and children, S51. 80:
education. including prize awards in the
public schools. $154.05: recreation. includ-
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President Wilson, the opening of Congress today devoted
his address wholly domestic subjects principally the problem of
railway legislation Not only did he his recommendation for
legislation strike before there had
opportunity investigation but he defended against the attack
OF organized labor nothing arbitrary ustfa
safeguarding by society of the OF life
The only feature which had been forecast
of the proposal that Congress explicit approval consideration
by the commission freight
additional expenditures the by the
operation of the Adan1son law.
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DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate:

Met at noon.
lnaugura.eo g oSia.oIs Watso eiecl fer-
and Kirby, Arkansas, after I'M
successful effort of Senator Reed
to have credentials referred to
committee on privileges and cleo
tions.
House:
Met at noon.
Addressed in joint session with
Senate by President Wilson.
Agreed to Senate amendments
to bill to investigate cost of liv-
ing of wage earners in District
of Columbia and sent bill to
President.
Recessed at 1920 pm. until
1855 pm.
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Legislation Recommended.
! then recon met4ded

J then recon metded:
First. Immediate provision for the en-
lsrgerEeut and administrati tive reorgani-
zatiou Of the interstate commerce
commission along the lines embodied
of Representatives and now awaiting
action py the Senate, IL order that the
commission may be enabled TO deal
with the many great ana various duties
Eow devolv!nS upon il with a prompt
ness and thoroughuess which are. with
its present constitution and means of
action. practically impossible.
Second, the establishment OF an eight
hour day as the legal basis alike of
work and of wages in the employment
OF all railway employees who are ac-
tuail" engaged in the work of operat
ing trains in interstate transportation.
Third. the authorization of the ap
pointment by the President of g small
body Of men to observe the actual re-
suits in experience OF the adoption OF
the eight-hour day in railway trans
portation alike for the men and for the
railroads.
Fourth, explicit approval by the Con-
gress of the consideration by the inter
state commerce commission OF an in
crease of freight rates to meet such ad-
ditional expenditures by the railroads
as may have been rendered necessary
by the adoption of the eight-hour day
and which have not been offset by ad-
ministrative readjustments and econ
omies. should the facts disclosed justify
the increase.
Provision for an Investigation.
Fifth. an amendment of. the existing
federal statute which provides for the
mediation. cdaciliztion and arbitration
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THERE YET|S HOPE
FOR HALF HOLIDAY
President Wilson Has Not
Abandoned Idea of Letting
U. S. Workers Off.
SALARY QUESTION is UP

President Wilson has not abandoned
his purpose to try to work out plan for
a Saturday half holiday in the govern
rnent service all the year round. and ex
poets to take up the matter at his earliest
convenience. He has gone SO far as TO
say that he is deeply interested in the
project and is satisfied that he will be
able to arrange the Saturday half hol-
iday before long.
The Presidents definite statement OF
his purpose to give Saturday half hoii-
DAYS all the year to government workers
who can be spared from their desks was
made late yesterday afternoon to com
mittee from the American Federation OF
Labor, headed by Samuel Gompers. who
called on various matters in which the
federation is interested. Mr.. Gompers
mentioned the Saturday half holiday
proposition as one in which the fedora
ton felt much concern and sympathy
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was voluntary on his part. no petition
having been sent to him.
-..le ine holiday is much To be de-
sired. and.will, it is claimed. immensely
Increase the efficiency of employees gen
orally the matter of increased pay Is
of far greater Importance under the
distressful conditions of the eVer-ih-
creasing high cost of living.
1t is pretty definitely settled that the
President will appear soon before Con-
eress and discuss with that body rec
ornme ndations for abatlng the cohui-
tions that now exist throughout the
whether in his address he VIII sp"-
cifcaliy refer 10 the need of increasing
salaries by the government itself
Industrial Pay Higher.
The President is coenizant of the fact
that In nearly all lines of industry
increases have been granted III wages
and that the workineman is, in some
measure. able to keep up with the cost
of living while the government en-
Move is not receiving an extra dol
lars income and is far worse on imam
c,a,1v t,,an he was many years ago.
Suggestions have been made that if
the attention of the PRESIDENT could be
called to the conditions regarding pay
hv the government he might give the
weight of his influence to ehorts IN
Congress- to increase salaries.
The clerks have strong friends in
c,on,r.ss and it was thought today
rhat some of thes' congressional
friends may go to the President before
his special address to Congress and
lay the situation before him, IN the
hone that he may see fiji to touch upon
The Governments failure to look after
it's employees. .
Increased salaries for government
employees is favored by Herbert Put
na,, sajd that one-haf of the en-
I,'n.es o. the Library receive less than
se60 a wear. Scores of employees in his
office. he said, We're doing work of a
technical character at salaries less
than is paid clerks in other depart
ments.
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Inc PreSlQentS ADDRESS.
The address Of the President follows: ::
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In fulfilling at this time the duty laid
upon me by the Constitution of COM
municating to you from time to time
information of the state Of the Union
and recommending to your considera-
tion such legislative measures as may
be judged necessary and expedient, I
shall continue the practice, which l
hope has been acceptable to you, of
leaving to the reports of the several
heads Of the executive departments the
elaboration o. the detailed needs of the
public service and confine myself to
those matters of more general public
policy with which 1t seems necessary
and feasible to deal at the present ses-
sion of the Congress.
l realize the limitations of time un-
der which you viii necessarily act at
this session and shall make my sug-
gestioHs few as possible, but there
were some things left undone az the
last session which there VIII now he
time to complete and which II seems
necessary in the interest OF the public
20 90 at once
In the first place. il seems to me
lmperatiyely necessary that the earii-
est possible consideration and action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which 1 had oc-
casion TO recommend to you at the
close of your last session in view of
the public dangers disclosed by the un-
accommodated difficulties which then
existed. ana which still unhappily con-
;inIe TO exist, between the railroads
oG the country and their locomotive en-
glneers. conductors and trainmen.
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Overshadowed by Salary.

Many government employees have
lately expressd the hope that the Presi-
dents proba bic action in granting half
HOLIDAYS will not adversely influence
,ha EFFORTS that will be made in Con-
orass to increase the pay of Uncle
S,n,s workers. Attention is uniformly
, Sled by government employees to the
80 that the action of the President In
,aking up the subject of half holiday
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SUFFRAC|STS MAKE
SCENE IN CONGRESS
Unfurl Huge Banner While
President Wilson Is Address,
ing Joint Session.
FLAG TORN DOWN QUICKLY

Woman suffrage advocates created a
sensation this afternoon while the
President was reading his message to
Congress in the hall of the House. when
six members of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage unfurled,
over the railing of the gallery opposite
the President, a banner bearing the in
scription:
MIR. President, what will you do for
woman's suffrage"
There was instantly a thrill. If the
President saw the banner he gave no
evidence of it. but nearly everybody
else in the chamber craned his neck to
see it. James GAffin. page on the
floor of the House, reached up and
pulled down the banner, being assisted
in his long reach to the gallery by
congressman and employees who lifted
him.
In the meantime there was a scurry-
ing Of Capitol policemen. who viewed
the banner as a sort of Sacrilege. Two
policemen entered the gallery where
the women sat and remained there for a
few minutes. as If reao" to arrest any
body else who produce:1 an eight-foot
banner. AS the women had no more
surprises concealed about them the
President was allowed to read his mes
sage without any further handwriting
on the wall.
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Necessity Pressing and Manifest.

The necessity for such legislation is
manifest and pressing. Those who have
entrusted us with the responsibility
and duty of serving and safeguarding
them in such matters would find ii
hard, i believe, to excuse failure to
act upon these grave matters or any
unnecessary postponement Of action
upon them.
Not only does the interstate commerce
commission now find IL practically impos-
siple, with It's present membership and
organization, to perform It's great func-
tions promptly and thoroughly, but 1t is
not unlikely that II may presently he
founA advisable to add to its duties still
others equally heavy and exacting. II
must n. IT be perfected as an administra-
tive instrument.
The country cannot and should not con-
sent to remain any longer exposed to pro-
found industrial disturbances for lack of
additional means OF arbitration and con-
ciliation which the Congress can easily
and promptly supply. And all will agree
tha. there must be no doubt to the
power OF the executive to make immediate
and uninterrupted use OF the railroads for
the concentration of the military forces
Of the nation wherever they are needed
and whenever they are needed
This is a program of regulation. pre-
vention and administrative efficiency
which argues its own case In the mere
statement of 1t. With regard to one of
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Is Continuing Investigation.

The Presidents answer was that he,
too felt much interest and had been
Investigating the working conditions
in the departments. He had found. from
reports made to him. that it might be
impracticaLie to apply the Saturday
half holiday all the year to branches
of the. Post Office Department and in
rayy wards He saw no reason, how
ever. why the half holiday should be
withheld from other departments where
its operation promised to be satisfac-
tory and he expected to try to work
out n,ans that would be harmonious in
all directions.
1t is understood that the Navy De-
partment has called to the Presidents s
attention that to grant a half holiday
IN navy yards would seriously hiuuei
the administration preparedness activ-
tiles. In the Post Office Department., also
serious delay in handling the mails
might result, according to the advice
that Postmaster General Burleson is
understood to have given the President.
Tn. Presidents statement regarding
the probability of granting the half
holiday wherever practicable Will be a
source of great encouragement through
out the government service, and hun
dreds Of thousands of federal employees
await the action of the chief executive
with intense interest.
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OF such controversies as the present by
adding to it a provision that, in case
the methods of acconm cd a ton now
provided for should fail. full public
investigation of the merits of every
such dispute shall be instituted and
completed before a strike or lockout
may la wfully be attempted
And, sixth. the Judgement in the
hahos OF the executive of the power, in
case OF military necessity, to take con-
troll of such portions and such rolling
stock OF the railways of the country as
may be required for military use and
to operate them for military purposes.
with authority to draft into the mill
| tary service of the United States such
Train crews and administrative officials
as the circumstances require for their
safe and efficient use
The second and third of these recon-
mendations the Congress immediately
acted on: 1t established the eight hour
day as the legal basis of work and
wages in train service and it author
lied the appointment Of a commission
to observe and report upon the prac-
| ticai results. deening these the meas
ures most Immediately needed: but il
post poned action upon the other sup
gestions until an opportunity should
De offered for more deliberate con-
sideration of them. The fourth recon-
mendation / do not deem II necessary
to renew. The power of the Interstate
commerce commission to grant an in
crease Of rates on the ground referred
to Is indisputably clear. and recon-
tnendation by the Congress with regard
70 such matter might seem to draw
in question the scope of the commits
sions authority or its inclination to do
Justice when there is reason to
doubt either.
The other suggestions-the increase
I in the interstate commerce commits
sions membership and in its facilities
Tor performing its manifold duties the
provision for full public investigation
and assessment Of industrial disputes
and the grant to the executive Of the
! power to control and operate the rail-
ways when necessary IL, time of war
or other like public neccssity-I now
! very earnestly renew
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Ovation for Mr.. Bryan.

William j. Bryan. former Secretary of
State. took the House by storm by en-
tering just at that time. He had gone
to the Capitol for the express purpose
of hearing the Presidents message,
and arrived there during the half-hour
recess ordered by the House to arrange
for the reception Of the President. Mr..
Bryan shook hands with scores of his
friends in the House as they stood in
the Speakers lobby.
AS he entered the hall of the House
people in the galleries began to clap.
Then some of the democrats on the
floor set up cheer, almost as loud as
the demonstration few minutes later
for the President. Mr.. Bryan took
seat in one of the rear rows. next to
Representative Doolittle of Kansas.
President Greeted by Roar Of Cheers.
The democrats burst into q roar of
cheers as the President entered the cham
Der promptly at / o'clock. There was
scarcely cheer or a hand clap from the
republican side, but the democrats more
than made up for this lack Of enthusiasm
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President Smiled Covertly.

AS the banner futtered to the floor
in the grasp of the page perhaps the
President saw it out of the corner of
his eye, for people close to the Presi :
dent say he smiled a little.
The women who held the banner were
Mrs. John Rogers of New York. Mrs.
William Colt of New York. Mrs. Flor
ence Bayard Hilles of Wilmington,
Del: Mrs. Anne Lowenberg of Phila-
delphia. DIR. Caroline Z. Spencer of Col
orado Springs. and Miss Mary G. Fen
dali of Baltimore.
After the President had left the
chamber members of the press gallery
were all supplied with written descrip-
tions of the event, which had been pre-
pared several hours prior to the oc-
currence.
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WEATHER.

Fair, colder tonight and tomorrow;
Temperature above IreeZing: moderate
southwest and west winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending p.m.: Highest, 20, at pm.
today; lowest. SIS, at 1 am. today.
Full report on page "a.
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Galleries Filled Early.

House galleries We're almost full when
the regular session began today, an
hour before President Wilson was to
appear before 4 joint session of Con-
gress to deliver an address.
Only about score OF men were
among the spectators, women having
captured most of the precious tickets
of admission. The chamber was
warm, and one large woman in the
center gallery famed herself furious
ly.
Five persons were in the President s
box, but none Of them was directly
connected with the administration. TWo o
persons were in the diplomatic gallery.
Speaker Clark got the members down
to routine business with difficulty. They
chatted and smiled at friends in the gal
lerE.
IF gentlemen want TO talk let them
leave the hall" the Speaker shouted.
About 200 members were on the floor
as the transaction of business began.
A record attendance among members
was expected.
Greater precaution against persons
without proper credentials obtaining
admission to the galleries. public, pri-
yate and press, were taken today than
ever before. Many entrances which
upon previous appearances of the
President were open were closed today.
The representatives of Japan, Sweden.
Colombia and Nicaragua were early ar
rivals in the diplomatic gallery.
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Arrival of Mrs. Wilson.

Mrs Wilson, wife Of the President
accompa anied by her mother. Mrs. Boil
ing. arrived at 1916. The following
ca binet ladies were in the Presidents
box: Mrs. Lansing. Mrs. Baker, Mrs.
Houston. Mrs. Gregory. Miss Wilson,
daughter of the Secretary Of Labor
and Mrs. John Shelton Williams and
Joseph Z. willard also were in the
executive gallery.
While the crowd was gathering Will
liam J. Bryan slipped quietly into the
Office of Majority Leader kitchin, just
outside the House lobby.
The President reached the Capitol at
II :45 while the House still was in noisy
recess. He was ushered to the Speaker &
room TO await the reception committee OF
senators and representatives. At II :55
the House reconYened. The members Of
the Senate, headed by Vice President
Marshall. marched over from the Senate
wing and into the House chamber at
IL SO.
Vce President Marshall was cheered
as he took his place on the right of
Speaker Clark. Tho Speaker appointe1
TO receive the President Representative
kitch!n. Fitzgerald. Garrett. Mann and
Fordney. The Vice President named
Senators Kern. Galiinger Stone Simmons
and Works. Secretaries Lansing, Hous-
ton. Baker. Wilson and Daniels also were
in the chamber
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Receipts and Expenditures.

Net debt June 80, 1916. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-03

The stock fight over restriction
of the South" is being staged for the
Republican national convention. The
Southern States, led by Texas, are
reported to be preparing for a battle
to have their voting strength restored
to the basis in vogue in 1912.
Some of the western states are
making ready for an. effort to have
the delegate strength Of the south
pruned down still further.
BY a rule of the Republican ma
tional committee adopted since the
convention of 1912, the southern
states have lost a total of 81 votes.
For district delegates they are al
lowed one delegate for each congress
sional district and two delegates for
each district that polls at least $500
Republican votes.
On this basis the convention June
will have 985 votes. In 1912 the
convention voting strength was 1,O79
Thus there has been a. decrease OF
"a votes, three of which were lost
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-03
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CON.
VENTiON.
Two Days Programme.

Two Days Programme.
AS announced by Mr.. Reynolds, the
program follows:
WEDNESDAY, June z.
II a. m.-Chairman Hilles calls the
convention to order.
Secretary Reynolds reads the official
call of the convention.
Chairman Hilles introduces Senator
Warren G. Harding of Ohio as
temporary chairman, Senator
Harding delivers "key-note'
address.
Election of temporary secretary, as
sistant secretaries, sergeant-at-
arms and other minor
officers.
Appointment of committee on creden-
tials, resolutions, rules and
organization. Adjournment.
THURSDAY, June 8.
II a. m.-Report of the committee on
credentials.
Report of committee on permanent
organization.
Permanent organization effected.
Report of committee on rules and un.
finished business.
Adjournment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-03
The rice ofLiberty
[Elihu Root in Leslie's.]

We have enjoyed liberty and order
so long that we have forgotten how
they came. Our people assume that
they came as the air comes. They
have assumed that they will of their
nature and by their own force con-
tinue forever without effort. All, no!
Liberty has always been born of
struggle. It has not come save
through sacrifice and the blood of
martyrs and the devotion of mankind.
And it is not to be preserved except
by jealous watchfulness and stern de-
termination always to be free. That
eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty is so much truism that it has
lost it's meaning, but it is an eternal
truth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-03
Eleven Cent. Grew to $3.7a.

In 1864 Charles J. Davis, then living
in Baltimore, had an account with
savings bank, but, intending to move
to Cecil county, drew most of his
money, leaving balance Of II cents.
He thought no more about it until
few days ago, when he found the bank
book. Out of curiosity he wrote to the
bank and received check for 1913.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-06-03
New Method Of Making Bread.

New Method Of Making Bread.
A new method of making bread has
been adopted in Italy. It Is found that
$50 pounds Of grain produce $50
pounds of what is termed natural
bread" In the process the grain is
sifted and washed. It is then left for
from forty eight to sixty hours in a
warm bath, where it terminates and
begins to sprout. When the germinat-
ing process has gone far enough the
grain is crushed in a machine and
made into dough, which is passed into
the oven.