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WITH MERCHANDISE ItflVERTISED IN THE KOBME IS CVARASTEED L-' First to Last Truth. Ittl. Vark TrUinne Ike HIDAV News Editorials Advertisements A 7. WKATHE Fair and warmer lo-dev: and thunderstorm? to-morrow; freeh Pall Report on last Paga TWO CltTsT? In York Tiiitrr '00 Wile? rom i ra Kleewher? J50 Gassed in Subway Fire; Blame Pyrene and Children Trample in Fight for Ijvea Deadly Fumes pfi-weate Two Trains five Inquiries Into Cause Begun Grcuit Starts Blaze and Gas Spreads as Are Used that Tyrere fire extinruuh pare largely responsible the yi. carbon monoxide fume? or completely 150 i.

the Lexington Avenue 10. Fifty-ninth Street, yesterday arr to be fiftcd by five dif tMmt agencie CttUin Howard T. Rush, of Engine W. first made the statement led tk? content? of PjTene fire ex 4gHtohers had added to the rjid was later to extent eor rekmtcd by Fire Commissioner JieiMii. Mayor Hylan ha? directed city to participate pt ti intestigition.

Oi the other Frank T. Hedley, mtiitnt of the Jnterhorough, In an statement issued last night, vigorously the charge that the pyrene was in any way harnv tx' "It is a mistake to place the cause sf ths iniok? upon the ire extinguish? Mr. Hedley's statement were adopted only after com tirative tests, and they were found to of the most effective of those the for extinguishing just of short circu Pyrene Company Silent The Pyrene Company declined to Teak? any statement "tint 1 officers kirr had an opportun.ty to examine -x into the circuir, Deputy Fire Commissioner John P. frial will begin hi? inquiry to-day. The lnterborough plans further in of its own.

Tht- Transit Com on will have some question? to tik, and Mayor Hylan instructed the Department of Plant am) Structures the Police ptpartment to arrange also for independent City officials intimate that the city particularly intereated in determin? ing whether the insulation used by the Ir.terborongh is at proof against fire ft if it ke, if pyrrr.o fir? fjiiheti $ra the most desirable type 1er ate At ire, the outbreak was short circuit in -a tteel panel box the fifth car of a ten-car Jerome feaue express blew out several fuaes through the box. The total amate wns less than no. On? little Rftim of water stopped the blaze ntkl where it nut meanwhile kmdieo? of panic-stricter passengers fufht for their live? seventy uve fort against famta in darkness. Acrid smoke charged deadly carbon monoxide tlUd the tunnel. Scores of men.

wom? sad children were affected that tkey needed attention. Police records show more than 150 trtstei by doctors who wore sum? moned by emergency calls. Three men in local hospitals, for their Hysterical I with Wrroriwd men to reach the emergency through the darkness. Lexington between Fifty-ninth and Six? tieth streets, was turned into an hospital ward. Firemen, aid doctors engaged rotea? work AMmItm succumbed to the deadly ar.i fur two hours the up district was panic-stt ick? by that the Ister 'i Men Trample (her dornen Many men ist their heads wkta the poner r-hut off fron that to possible electrocu? tes the third rail of the sttakliag.

ehoV i gronpa of men and who fighting their way exits. the power went oiT lieht-? went out and in the of the tunnel, seventy feet the street level, men struck down and trampled weeping children foot were affected by the panic sal firit, the uptown express upon fire began, held about three 'endred second train a down tow local which stalled it entered the dead section and halted alongside the spot where burning fas? was spreading The passengers in the which wan running on the Fifty on level, got out with trouble. Most of the panic was the express, wrnch bflow level at a point where the tracks run below those used tke loct! Yonoskv. twentv-six. of 112 103d Street, and Harry Casey, of 101st Street, were the most injured.

Yonosky was taken Metropolitan Hospital, where it wsi night that he would probably pwver. (asey is at Bellevue and of recovery. UP f0?" hour minutes. Complete service Vatican Soldiers Revolt; disarmed by Swiss Guards Have Been for Ilifiher Pay Shorler Hours LONDON, July (By The Associated Cer.tral News Rome the gendarme? honorary capacity in policing mutinied this morning. out "Long live the Pope!" to the commandant!" They disarmed and the occupied by Swiss Guards.

Associated "The picturesque Vatican car nave been agitating for aome J7 higher pay and shorter hour? aJzi to-day they were or Consignor Piirardo. Under for Cy'Mfy Eccreiiastical Affaira, to their arms and vacate their earabineers, fifty in had supported two comrades Wt-ased to go on duty. Autos Banished, Bridge Made Horse Haven Graceful Span for Last Time to Motor Traffic, Now Diverted to Newer Structure after Only Dobbin May Cross in Safety By Robert B. Peck Brooklyn Bridfe trembled with in- dtf-mttion laut night. In accordance) with an order issued by Grover A.

Whalen. Commissioner of and Structure, motor vehicle? were barred from it after 4 V. Hereafter the bridge to be uied only by plodding horse-drawn It wit a sad come-down for a turc that held up head with the beat of them. Although one of the older generation and inclined to be a bit vet in its ways, Brooklyn Bridge always has prided itself on keepin-up, with the t.me*. Graceful Manhattan Bridge to the north and ornate William Bridge beyond had their points, but Brooklyn Bridge felt until yesterday it hold-j ing own.

Its sturdy merit waa rec-, ognized, it felt, as it thrilled to the I sleek procession of motor cars sped westward over its south roadway the sun began to decline, while derous motor trucks rumbled in the direction over its north roadway. "Pleasure and speed, pleasure and speed," hummed the planks of the south roadway as they rippled beneath i their luxurious burden. "Power and profit, power and proft." thumped the, planks of the north roadway under pounding truck The whole structure thrilled to the song of the city and felt that the drumming on IU planks was the pulse of the metropolis. Down to the very base of its towers it felt also the pride of the first born of a mighty family. The great guns, of the warships in the navy yard had thundered a salute when it was opened to traffic on a May day in 1883; the whole city had declared a holiday in its honor, exchanges, banks and busi MM houses were closed; President1 Arthur and Governor Cleveland, es? corted by the 7th had marched across it; there wep works and speeches, in which the bridge was hailed as the mightiest work of man and one of the world's wonders.

For twenty years it wa? without rival. Then came the Bridge, the Manhattan and the Queensboro Bridge. Still there seemed toil and honor enough for all. and toil and henar still were fairly divided amiinc the River But yesterday all wa? changed. The south roadway and the north joined no longer in a melody rejoicing in power, but in a doleful threnody'timed to the plodding heat of tired truck Brooklyn Bridge stood firmly on its two still he)d head proudly erect, but pride was in things that were past.

drawn truck? moved eastward on its roadway similar humiliating procession westward on thei north roadwav. Motor vehicle? of every description Manhattan Bridge, accordance? with the regulation of Commissioner Whalen. "The Rrooklyn Bridge," Commi? sioner Whalen's order runs, "will be exclusively devoted to nicies, moving in both direction? dur? ing all hours of the day and No motor vehicle of any description will be permitted on the roadway? of the Brooklyn Bridge." Only motor-driven vehicles per? mitted on tho Manhattan Bridge. The main or lower roadway will carry both eastbound r.nd westbound traffic, day and night. The upper roadway trill devoted to westbound trade from 7 a.

m. to noon; to eastbound traffic from noon to 7 p. and to westbound traf? fic from 7 p. m. to 7 a.

m. News Summary WASHINGTON Republican Senators decide to drop ship subsidy legislation this session, devoting attention to tariff and pos tibly the bonus. Navy Department evolves the laat word in torpedo planes with help of Fokker. German designer. Premier King, of Canada, coming to aee Secretary Hughes regarding St.

Lawrence waterway. Defeat of the Republican move for to end tariff debate expected to-day in LOCAL Panic follows subway fire at 150 are injured by flames; five investiga tions started. Hearst, disheartened by laek of fupport, will drop race for Guberna torial nomination, politicians hear. Trapped by fire, crazed mother throws baby from window and leaps after it after fighting off would-hc helper. Brooklyn Bridge denied to motor traffic; plodding horse to hold full sway.

Militant decreases here on both sides in railroad strike. Bitter argument over Staten Island tunnel at final session of Board of Estimate. Italian-American citizens send twenty-five college student? on trip through Italy. Dier, indicted a week ago, still missing; Banton begins investigat? ing Kuller failure. Two names added to police honor roll; long list eomreended for bravery.

DOMESTIC Railroad signalmen decide to post' pone strike action; shopmen seeking settlement proposals. Harding starts back to Washing? ton, prepared to act in coal crisis; in Colun.hu? speech appeals for har? mony in Republican ranks. Up-state Democrats at Syracuse convention to-day expected to Indorse Al Smith for Governor. Hays offers to co-operate with edu? cational leaders in utilizing moving pictures for teaching. FOREIGN British government leaders feel revolt in Ireland is quelled; De Valera, in hiding, issues proclama? tion to America; fighting in provinces continues.

League of Nations to ask world scientists to tell what poison gases they have devised, in order that na? tions may protect themselves in case of war. Poincare gets vote of confidence after refuting Socialist charges that he was responsible for the war. SPORTS Yankee? take two games from In? dians at Polo Grounds. 10 to 3 and 11 to 3. Giants defeat Pirates at Pitts? burgh, 6 to 3.

Robins lose to Cards at St. Louis. 14 to 2. Miss Leslie Bancroft and Mrs. Harry Bickle reach final In tennis tournament at Buffalo.

Miss Helen Gilleaudeau win? title for second time in women'? tennis tourney. Ray Jay wina Dwyer rt Aqueduct. Tex Riekard negotiation? are practically completed for a Deropsey Willard bout for September. MARKETS AND SHIPS Stock market has best spurt since June rails strong. Governor Strong of New York Re? serve Bank says business improve? ment has a sound Federal Reserve System'? ratio drops 7 per cent Blow to Strike WhenSignalmen Postpone Action Shopmen Fail to Im? portant Ally in KfTort to Tie I Vic? tory for Labor Hoard Cell for Troops Made in MiMOOri Be Serious; Mm Re hirning to WoYk on Coail ii, 7 1 hm? CHICAGO, July -Another blow to the hope? of the 400.000 striking rail? road shopmen that they Soon would be joined by other in wage reduction? was when D.

W. Melt, head of the hood of Railroad Signalmen, after a conference with members of Railroad Labor Roard to nostpone the strike action that ha? ening. Mr. Helt called a meeting of the executive committee of hi? organi in'Chicago, Saturday, to decide un a final policy for the No considerable change in the shop? men? strike situation developed. B.

Jewell, president of the railway em? department of the Americ-ir. Federation of who called on the shopmen to walk out after he had re? fused peace overture, from the Labor Hoard, reiterated hi? of leadiness now to in conference with the rail executive "any om who has proposal for amicable settle? ment of the difference-. The Pennsylvania Central and Last em divisions served notice on their shopmen who to return to work before noon next Monday. UnleM they come back und "are accepted the an nouncement said, they would be defi? nitely eliminated from the wrvict. To Abolish Contract System Chairman Ben Hooper of the Labor Board announced that a number of railroads which had been farming out work to contractors were ready to abolish the contract was the main in the strike, according to return: in the Strike referendum, although vote to strike in protest 000,000 wage reduction of Julj 1 declared to bave been Mr Jewell announced that the question of ag-inst the contracting iSbor polied tne heaviest tfrito nsU o' three propositions put up to the Se? 3 57 etSC are not in recent set for hear the Labor Board minor been repor ed At Last injunctlon UM court Centra.

trains. Aak Troop? to keep Order Missouri focal point Alton 'T'oop? ordor nnA the Chicago this when a man employed by the As a vacation companion? The Tribune! hut tell your newsdealer you want to The Tribune every day when you're away this summer or phone Beekman 3000 and give your vacation address to The Tribune'? subscription de? partment. Hearst Is Out Of Rate for Governorship to beve State? ment Soon Derlarinp He Never Sought the Democratic Nomination Tamilian Leaden Cheered Report Wigwam Ser- leaf Traek Now for Smith in Elim? ination of Publisher William R. Hearst has decided to withdraw from the race for the tratic nomination for Governor. An apparently authentic report, which spread like wildfire in Democratic po litical circle? here last night, would seem to warrant that flat I It was th.i* Mr.

Hearst would I sue a to that effect within a day or two. He probably will announce, according to the report, that he never? really wa? a candidate, and that Mr Conner? and other fr.ends have been a bit premature and ov.renthu?i??tic in pushing hi? candidacy. Nowhere wa? the report with greater satisfaction than in Tim-! many Tammany leader? who, had heard it were most anxious to cer? tify it beyond a doubt. Some of have only been waiting for the chance to take the bit ip their ami ride over tb? Hearst 1 Hylan combination, of con-' sequencet, the field lor the nomination of former I error Alired K. Smith.

Mr. withdrawal would afford 1 awpor tunity. New York i filing Hcaj val I that virtually pub to he fourni there. "All for Al was th. froni the conven' It is understood thai Star-1 1 who i started the 'nom and still the Hearst to keep away, from the conference ling to re-.

port? from that last night. had1 becomi? I lilla, Mr i was to have engaged his railroad i portation and hotel accommodation? Byraoi haad to Hearst gathering in opposition to the anti-li nee. Apparently he them after getting the wordi from hi? editor rand'ilale yesterday. Fear? Opposition The explanation for the report was; offered that Mr. Btarst had been look-: mir tb? ffOSJSrd over carefully since he returned from Europa decided to here, concluded that too much was developing to hi? cmdidary, part icularly up It wa? that he had to re.ilire that h-idn't a Chinaman'? chance of the nomination.

Political ef pedioncy would dictate that he with-' this time, as gracefully po? ln oriler hoaband aay future chance? for public office even the lential nomination la IW4 -n? to th? report. Th.r.' talk the of placating Mr. Hearst, or what might with Mayor Hylar. amoi Tammany leaders who first heard tl.e report last night. They were full of fot Al Smith They believed he would be nominated and was thi man who lx Governor Miller, despite what Mr Hearst or Mr might try to do.

They are of the that Chief Murphy Tammany organization will Smith to man. if he nominated. Murphy or of the other lender? may counsel. In the event that did withdraw, is another matter. When Mr.

Conner? nisrht that Mr ira? intending to he fairly indignant and denie.l it with characteristic Conner? em "It's no said 'Mr. never We'll quit in the convention. When we quit he will be nominated." i rd that he had had no of going to Syracuse. He was asked if he was for i Hearst in denying that the latter would withdraw. "1 know what I am talking i "I know Hearst will be the next If Hearst doe? withdraw most of the Tammanv leaders expect that he and Mayor Hylan will attempt to exact their pound of political from the organization because of the good meas ure of eitv patronage the Mayor has given Tammanv Hall.

It wou'd not surprise Democratic leader? if Haarst would in view of hi? Irawal, that the Mayor he nomi? nated in hi? place. Some of Mayor Hylan's friends believe he would be acquiescent, particularly under such circumstances, despite his repeated Bi? ns that he intended to retain job at the City Hall -until the end of his present term. Hurls Self and Baby 4 Floors Fights Off Rescuer in Bitting Room? Drops CUM From Window and Follows After Her Heroic Negro Saved a Clothesline Victims Terribly Injured, Are Rushed to Hospital: Many Sec Fight on Ledgt Vr? Gordon, who live? on the fourth floor of C.1.1 Street, found her ablai' rday afternoon when went see if her daught. r. hvc-kn, two vear? old, had awakened from tier nap.

The fire had in the clothe? closet, had eaten through the and flame? enveloped the room when Gordon opened the door Lashing through I wall of fire, she snatched up her child and began to for help. Her cries were heard i lifford Sanford. negro ent of the building. He hastened to the fourth floor in the elevator and entered Gordon's apartment. The mother had her child in her aims and was at the window, nrpar entlv about to drop the baby into the courtyard.

of flame? that hi? Snnford and the child from her. At time jerk'-i a hlinket from the bed and tried to beat out the flames near the door so that he (mU tret Gordon and her dautrht' HH Hoy from indow Beside with terror, the mother struggled with him for the child, paying no attention to little jet? VMS that up on her cloth inc. Snnford. endeavoring to retain r.f Kvelyn, out the on hi? own clothes and those of und the same time force a wny through the was unable to cope with the frantic woman. tore her hahy from hi? gra.p, ran to the window dropped her out.

She wa? about to leap after her Snnford her back. The fierce wa? renewed. Blazing hit? of Isth and plaster fell upon them, setting Tire to their clothes and burn? ing their hand? and faces. Smoke eddied about them so thickly that window wa? barely visible. In of Sanford'? effort? the woman dragged him toward the dim of light that was the window with a final wrench threw off his grasp and jumped.

He looked arotjnd, for brea'h nd mechanically heating hi? imolder ing clothing with hi? hands. The wall in which is the doorway was nblar.e. by route no longvr Sanford went to the win? dow and looked down. Swing? to SafeU The huddled shape? of the woman and her child were visible far below. or more window? about the courtyard were filled with horror witnesses to the tragedy.

A clothesline led from the win? dow to another across "he court. San? ford grasped it in bit blistered hand? oui. He intended to work his way hand, over hand aero out the light rope sagged th hi? pound? that he saw he could never make the up grade be even If ne wa? in gaining the middle of the court. He bej-an to swing, pushing against the vail with hi? feet, and succeeded nt las' himself to a win? dow of Mrs. YV.

R. Dorden's apartment the third floor of the Monaco apart? West li'Sth Street The window was open and he loosed hi? hold of the rope and plunged through it Without pausing, he to hi? fei ran back to the fourth floor his own apartment upon getting out the hose and figh' tits. The firemen were there almost II soon as he Samuel Tauber, who lives in the apartments? was one of those who had been looking out of a courtyard window when th? bodie? came hurtling out of the next house. He had sent in a firm alarm and notifier! the police to send nn am? bulance. Another neighbor, Mrs.

Oscxr Borch ert, had rushed to the courtyard as soon the baby was flung from the window, had snatched up the child and run with it to St. Luke's Hospital, 11.1?h Street and Amsterdam Avenue Gordon was taken to the same hospital in an ambulance. Later both she and her child were transferred to Knickerbocker Hospital. Mrs. Gordon has fractures of both and is in? jured internally.

The child has a frac? ture of the skull, a fracture of one leg and is injured internally. Sanford was severely burned and was treated by an ambulance surgeon. The damage to the apartment was $1,500 The origin of the Are is unknown. Mrs. Gordon is the wife of Max T.

Gordon, a druggist. Bj Clark Mansion Sold; May Be Mayor's Official Residence The former Clark manaion on th north side of Kighty-ninth Street a iversidc Drive, frequently mentionei in connection with the project of i municipal residence or the Mayor ol th? city, was undei circumstances which revirad the rumoi that the house was destined to th? i official residence of the executive. The name of the purchaser was not divulged and he is to have cloaked the deal behind the name nt a corpora? tion. It is reported that he is a Yorker interested in civic welfare who intends to present the house to the city as home of it? Mayor. The house is conveniently situated in re I to the home of William Randolph Hearst, who live? a tear door? away on Riverside William Barnard, president of th? In.em?tionai Salt Company, who has I owned the house for eleven years, was active in the removal of restrictions against apartment houses in the neigh? borhood and bought adjoining prop? erty extending to Ninetieth Street, ap? parently with the idea that it might be in demand in the future for apartment houaei.

William A. White Sons, who an? nounced the sale of the property, said that entire plot from Street to Ninetieth Street included in the deal, so if It to be the Mayor'? residence there will be room for ex? tensive grounds. The is of Colonial design and was built Alfred Corning Clark. After her marriage to Bishop Potter they lived there for several years. The property involved in the sale was held at $1,250.000.

and th? prie? obtained is said to he uot far from that figure. The house is on? of th? show places along th? Drive and is regarded as one of th? finett residence? th? i I Harding Assails Leaders For Disloyalty to Party Wear the Badge, but Aren't Republicans at Heart, He Savs. Denouncing Harmony Spoilern; Plans Force if Final Coal Plea Fail? By Boyden Sparkea i OLULLMBI OhtS, I Im? patience with a lack of harmony among certain figure? in the Republican party was expressed by President Harding to-night at a gsrden (Mltjf giftl r.t th? home of former Mayor Robert in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Columbus RcpubVnn Club, which was conspcuous at I porch affairs during the campaign. Without specifying or President II he alluded when be said: "We would he a more efficient i the Republican pnrtyi if all those who wear I ublicans at he ar'." Mr. Harding i la informal the nentimcnt? he expressed in hi? Fourth of July oration when he of union labor, in keep uniun men from working.

The President, who is on his way back to Washington, has kept in close touch with vi-lopn'lents in the coal Washington. When he get? back to the capital Saturday night another ail strike negotiations in progres? in is t.i be made by the Administration toi use its good office? in assisting th? miner? and operator? to together 1 the next effort of the President to settle the controversy lies Federal mtiMcenCon of some kind. This intimated by Mr. Harding when he dressed representative? of the miners ard operator? recently in It wa? a brief speech the President to-night from th? terrace of the Jeffrey built the plan of an aid Kngliih manor. On the lawn before him were ubont eight hundred virtually all of whom have long been known to the i'resident said: N'en get into the current of public life and then promotion some it call tu office, through the activ? ity of many devoted friends.

In 1910 when I wa? defeated for the Governor Ohio, my one was that I roti'dn't make return for my la1 sacrifices Changing political made me Senator then the power of I'ri-idencv a man can make only return for those who have much for him, except he contributes to the welfare of our com m. i. country. th? glee club had not had a soul (Cestlsws? sue?) Irish Revolt at England Is Told Outlook Brightest Sinn- I Parliament Hears: Fighting Omt in Dnblin: in Ehrotincei De Valen Still Hi? Delayed July 1 Appeal to U. S.

Layi War to BritiBh Political Plot July Th- Associated Poth Churchill. Colo.nial S'-eret and Lord Chancellor Birhoohoad it as their opinion in Parliament to th.it the Irish insurrection had been completely crushed. "I am bold enough to benev? the Lord Chai r. Ilor "that the sit? uation is more hopeful than it has been since treaty that the task of uphold? ing th? treaty painful, and bloody must ultimately prove wa? undertaken by those whom it properly fell. The mo.ement been crushed in Dublin, but there remained task of enforcing and order in the country a whole.

The provisional government, Hirkenheaii occlared, was aware of the formidable character of the task how ruthle.i? be the weapon? em- It wa? an augury af ROM fot the future that the aroviaiOMl gov- i rnment had appealcil to all men of food will in the taait, uiu! he oped th? rtaponaa be wi.ie and generel. He Y.ilrra lo V. S. SfirciKii i .1 asase Ham Trtkoaa Inc. l.

Btvglish politicians for civil w.ir carried on in Ireland. Fanion de Valora, head of the republican i -its who es? caped with other in? cluding the Countess IfarhiawtcSi from the beleagured Street area the irranlu forriaoo surren laat night, issued I i-'ourth July appeal to the An. i nun people which was held up by the Free State rihip until to day. Whit? the re? bellion Crushed thl? city, two thirds of insurgents being prison ProvlalOMl government, the fighting continues in the province? ihlkoaa appear to in ith, Tipperary, Waxford and various are given of De Valera's escape. It reported that he wa? wounded, that he fled disguised a and a drivrr.

N'oth inr authentic known beyond the Mutemen! Art O'Connor, I of the that "De Valera and all those people escaped three days ago." Calls It Wilson Murder Sequel In I the American people. De Valera said in part: "The danger to Ireland 1 feared Moot, and whereof I warned our peo? ple civil war has come upon the republican army have by the force? of the provisional government at the ss mis?) in Week binei That Van Currency During Last of June: Print. Strike Ditto Mint nr.RI.lN. July (By The Associated The increase in Germany's currency during the last week in June amoun'ed to 11.250,0O0,(XK) marks, it was announced to-day. The printers' in Berlin hav? ing a curiou? in connection with the currency the issue of fresh bank note? being now stopp of the walkout.

Th? gov ernment is reported to he negotiating with the with a view to induc? ing them to print enough paper money for the government's bursements. LONDON. July 6 (By The Associated I. Germany cannot be described as -very at the present moment, and the state of Germany is a constant of anxiety, Sir Robert Steven Home. Chancellor of th? uer, told the House of Commons dsy.

Tsking int? consideration th? come of the committee meet? ing in in which J. P. Morgan participated, the Chancellor derlired did not see that steps for securing an international loan for Germany usefully ba taken at th? present lUaaO. League Urges Savants to Bar Poison Gases i mini of In Ifillflff to Meet at ene vu Aug. 1 to Plana for Elimination Want Formulae I red CoMUBittloa Agrees Traffic Treaty a Dead let? ter lilies'? Y.

S. Cettt tn Thr T' Sew York Trihue. Ir. PARIS, July appeal to the world's to evolve means to pre? vent the devastation caused by the us? of poison gases in warfare was de? cided on to-day by the Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations. In order to avoid, if possible, the tsele of thousand? of human belilgs dying in agony when struck, without the slightest pi-lection, by mysterious military effects such as the German? turned loo-e on the Canadians nt a committee on intellectual coopera tion will be formed, composed of, among Professor? Curie, Bergson, Kin George Hale and Sir Robert Mur? ray.

This committee is requested meet in Geneva on August 1 to begin active work and to report to the coun? cil of the League. No move made by the Vivian! commltte? has been able to rouse r.ior* than this attempt, 'iguratively, ti enter the laboratories of entire world with a demand that scientists ex? pose their poison formulae to tne pub? lic gane to prevent unscrupulous war makers from using them future time. The discussion today brought out guarded hints, current the Kuro (tan war, of the secret exisfr.ee of 'he most destructive mean? if silent whi'i nations doubtless not hesitate to in case of another struggle. It was pointed out there would be extreme difficulty of accusing scientist who had diseoverod new poison for eradicating insect life of harboring formulae for the purpose of war, but it was generally agreed that ro honest scientist would to co? operate in the movement. A decision was therefore taken to place the whole subject In the hands of the intellectual body named to study the best means of enlisting scientist? in the movement voluntarily.

Aside from those named this body will in? clude Professor Torres, famous Span? ish mathematician an I airship in? ri Dr. (astro Do of the Bio de Janeiro faculty of medicin-r; Sena? tor Rtifflni, of Italy Mile. Bonnvie. of the University of Christiania, and Professor Banerjee, a noted Indian savant of Calcutta. i oonnnissinn continued its discus? sion of Lord K' bert Cecil's plan for disarmament.

No final decision waa reached, but it was agreed that UM ntion of St. Gormaine, dealing with the international traffic in anus, remain and must continue to remain. lett-r. unless all signatory pow ers, including th? United StaU-s, de? cide to ratify. The commission there? fore decided to call on the Lengue Council to demand that all power? of I he League still outside the provisions of the convention take immediate steps to ratify.

During the Lord Robert said that in the present atata of the world it would be impossible to force nations to accept a reduction of arma? ments without satifactory guarantees mier of agreed a general of ni nameuts seenid highly Improbable, but he be? lieved the League proclaim its object broadcast, and to it? dis onnnment guns. Soviet Condemn? Eleven, Church Heads to Death MOSCOW. July (By The ated Press). Eleven persons, wAsi ing th? Petrograd jamin. have been sentenced to death by the Petrograd Revolutionary Tribu? nal for interfering with the of church Fifty-three others have been sentenced to various term? of imprisonment.

Twenty-two wer? acquitted. Th? trial of th? accused laaUd mor? than three Among other? tenced to death re Bishop Benedict. Archbishop and the Canon? of Kasan, St. Isaacs and Troytsky Cathe I lirais, Petrograd's three largest churches, and Professors Ognleff and Novitsky. The tribunal ha? decided to trans? fer to Petrograd proceedings th? Patr'irci Tikhon, who waa ceaUy snnut Senate Heads AhandonShip SuhsidvBill el AU-NigU Conference at 1 odjre Home to In? form Harding Measure Has No Chance to PaM Banni Also Goes Hark to President Tariff hut Will Pre-- Law Dead By Carter Field WASHINGTON, of the ship bill ha? lip-ti agreed up-ri by the I.opubli?*an leadership ff At an all? night confer, in n' the bfM I Senator Henry lican leader, a program was mapped; out fof the rest of the session which nut onl? scraps President Marrling'a pet merchant marine measure, but kills off the Dyer anti-lynching hill and leaves the bonus situation very much up in the air.

Prosper' thi spoe.iy passage of the bonu? bill are less bright than at any stag? thus far. Unless President Harding return to Washington on Monday can force the leaders to themselves, the ship purchase bill probably is dead until the new Con? gress, to be elected in comes into office. The first regular session of that Congress convene until December, li)23. President Harding has made it clear several times thst he thought the ship bill so importint that if no "btained on it he would rill an extra session I Ml pressed time it was thought the might conclude its work and go hoii'i' thi? slimmer. that the schedule for Congres? running through I anyhow, on top of the fact that it inlpo? to hold the laumuki-r? in session dur? ing October in a camps.gn year, thi? threat fade? so far as the present I is concerned.

No Chanr? in Short Session short "ginning tl.lt December und expiring by law on March 4, will not kan to pot a anything like the amoi, that exists to the subsidy hill. The Christirin? 'lie neces? sity of passing all 11 renter appro- pnaiion hills limit so sharply that a del 'M filibu could pi i peeeagc All doubt that the ship subsi? bill will bfivni. issue th? Coaffceeioi is removed by to-day's i dent Harding already at rh. in of the HoaM getting ICI ri ti befor? i then fol? nid for the iMiml thai th? ri to the polls in th? whole strength if pounding for the I'rcsuli at I nd th? bonus bill back he gets 1er? Monday Republican leaders at the same aimfereace do? tided consult the I immediately on his rtturt. mak? another attempt with him.

'h't thai frame a bonu? bill he 11 sign. They that did n. i fore?) through a measure wl.icli i.e would tainly veto Senate at Sale? Tax In telling of tiieir discussions and decisions, however, the Republican? did not carry much conviction to the compromise which be re? and which might be satisfactory th? President On the contrary, they balki-d again at the sales tax. the one measure to provide fnnd? Ma which he presidaat ha? Indicated hi? willh? nes? to accept, and failed also to agree up any plan for raislag the morey wl ich the President accept. The truth mm t' to-nigkit th? Republican leaders have very hope ol reaching an I Um Presiden? on the Bill, that they will hin? le repeat his pub! for a further postponement of the lionus legislation.

This, suffering under phy? icsl difficulties I wit? re? gard to the ship bill, would postpone bonus legislation new In addition to Senator hedge, a of the Senators at the conference MeCumber. Mi Hran degee. McNary, aid Ret? logg. The insistence of those present that no formal dceiaieaa were does not take away frji.i the impor? tance of tht which generally accepted In thi the organization program. To Force on Tariff With reference to the tariff bill.

It th? prevailing opinion every effort should be made to fo.ee under the two-thirds rule, on which a 'Cot? will taken by th? Senat? to? morrow, but that if tin? (eilod then the bill would have to be out limiting debate as nos siblf. Apprehension was that without the bill coub! not be passed until September. Leader? said fifty-eight for promised and tl CfOAlc rod they hoped by to morrow to the three additional votes they needed. It recognized that there wa? oppo.mon to th? tariff rates in the bill in many strong sentiment was sot changes in th? measure in tion ot lowered rates. So far as a new rule for limiting debate by majority vot? la concerned, it will not backed by the i They opposed to by majority vot? because they believe that in the long run it would be a mil.

take and mls-ht w-rk unadvan tage of the Republicans. Senator and a few others i th? Republican at? an iou? to.

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