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Show ft Busiest Day of Career Faces Chief Executive ! ofU.S. IS SIGNING BILLS Vast Amoun of Routine i Work Is Heaped WASHINGTON, July 9. -Refreshed after a night's rest, ihe first he has spent at the While House in four months, President Wilson early today began what promised to be one of the DUBiesI days of his career as chief executive of the I'nited Slates In addition ad-dition to the vast amount of routine work which had accumulated during his long stay at the peace conference hi i-aris ami w mm included iho signing sign-ing of a number of important appro-I appro-I prlation measures passed recently bv congress, ihe president had planned I conferences throughout ihe day with congressional leaders and members of his cabinet and executive staff. It also was expected ihat it time was available avail-able later in the day the members of the senate foreign relations committee commit-tee would 'be received at the While House for a conference on the peace treaty. The speech he plans to deliver be-fore be-fore the senate Thursday was com-pleicd com-pleicd before he landed at New Vol 1, yesterda from the George Washington, Washing-ton, and th chief matter in connection connec-tion with the league ok nations to be discussed today was the proposed speech-making tour ovei the country, on which Mr W ilson hopes to be able to leave Washington about the middle of next week The itinerary of ihe trip has not yet been completed. The return of the president and his party to the capital last night was marked by one of the greatest demonstrations demon-strations in point of the numh' thosu participating that ever greet) i a p resident on his return from a trip. Districl officials familiar with handling hand-ling big crowds estimated the throne that greeted the presidential partv ,.i the union station and along Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania avenue at fully 100,000 The ceremonies of welcome were brief. Responding to an address of " el omo from the head of a committee of District of Columbia citizens, Mr Wilson said he came home confident I that the people of the United States were for the league of nations. The unexpected welcome, he said, was par ticularly pleasing because he felt "it was immediate assurance" ,pf his feeling. It Was after midnight when Mr. and Mrs. Wilson reached the White Hou.e President Wilson returned to his desk today after an absence of four months at the peace conference to find such a mass of offieial business that it probably will be two weeks before be-fore he can start on his tour of the I country, speaking for the peace treaty and the league of nations Dans for the trip have not yet been completed, but il was said at the White House that the president would so tlmo his schedule as to reach the Pacific Pa-cific coast at the time of the arrival 'here of the newly created 1'acil ic fleet, which is to start from Hampton Roads for San Francisco about the middle of this month. President Wilson was reported as hcing ready to place himself at the disposal of the senate foreign relation! rela-tion! committee or other committees of congress to answer any questions concerning the peace treaty and t he-league he-league of nations, which he will present pre-sent to the senate tomorrow in person. per-son. While no definite engagements for the president had been made early today, he was expected to confer with members of the senate committee aud also with eabinel officials and others within the next few days. The d resident xemained in bed Lite j today, resting after his trip home I Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson, his personal physician, said the president: was in splendid health Coin? to his office vliorlh before 11 oclock the president summoned J Secretary Tumulty and ihev spentl I. .. r work. Most pre ssing of the many I matters before the president were the annual appropriation bills recently passed by congress. In considering the agricultural bill the executive had before him many requests that he veto the measure because of the order re-peallng re-peallng the dayllcht ravings law. Soon after entering his office the president sent word l hat he would receive re-ceive newspaper correspondents tomorrow to-morrow at 10:15 a. m. It was believed believ-ed he would explain his views to the correspondents for their information and submit to questioning as was the case when he received the correspondents correspon-dents after his return homo in March for the closing session of the last congress. con-gress. The president remained steadily at work for several hours and was not interrupted. At noon it was said that none Of the bills before him had been signed. It was expected, however, that his signature would be attached to a number of them before the end of the day. WASHINGTON. July 9 Legislation I to provide federal insurance for th 'government merchant fleet until ill of the vessels have been sold to private concerns, was urged before the house merchant marine committee today by Chairman Hurly of the shipping board Senator Stanley of Kentucky called at the White House shortly after noon but did not see the president. He was informed that he might see Mr. Wilson later in the day. It was reported thai the president was considering going to his room in the capitoj and there receive re-ceive Democratic leaders. WASHINGTON. July 0 The president presi-dent of the United States would not be permitted, during his term of offlci , to leave the country or to perform the duties of his office except at Washington, Washing-ton, under a bill introduced today by' Representative Campbell of Kansas, chairman of the house rules committee. commit-tee. Representative Campbell had pre pared a lengthy address on his bill in Which he sharply criticized President I i Wilson for going to Europe for the peace conference, but unanimous consent for its immediate delivery was refused by Representative Blanton, Democrat, Texas Mr. Campbell hoped to deli, i i the speech later in the day, but In the meantime he made it public lu the form of a statement. Presidential Family Returns WASHINGTON, July 8 President Wilson returned to Washington at midnight alter an absence (l four months at the Paris peace conference He was accompanied by Mrs Wilson, Miss Margaret Wilson and by Vice President Marshall and most of tho members of his cabinet who greeted him on his arrival at New York. The presidential party was greeted at the station by a crowd of several thousand persons who had waited se eral hours. Afler brief welcoming ceremonies, (he president and Mrs Wilson drove directly to iho White House, |
