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Show expunged from the record. Another report was that the recent mo?Ba ln'roply to the rcauest for more nrnney ror the service would bo returned t lh" president. Neither report could be confirmed. Another r'-port prob-.nhly prob-.nhly will he agreed upon by thp com-imttpo com-imttpo tomorrow' and It is thought ilia: tho house will bp called uiot to take action Thursday. Friondrt of the president will roslft any drastic action that may hp recommended. rec-ommended. On the other band. H p rcntatlvos Tawney. Smith. Shirley arm Fitzgerald arc propnrinc to !e iend themselves against the references ref-erences to thorn in the menage. DRASTIC MEASURES ARE CONSIDERED. Washington, Jan. 5. Drastic measures meas-ures were considered today by the Perkins special committee of tho hoiiFP, appointed to rpcommond action in defenao of that body in reply to ihe crltlclum made by the president in h!s annual message In referring to Bt-crot service legislation. After a .noting of the committee, a report spread that the committee would tpc-emmend tpc-emmend that the portion of the mes-rage mes-rage referring to tho secret service bp St. Louis. Jan. 5. An explosion which shook houses and shattered windows fhp miles dletant occurred at Wood River. Ilia., today when a tank of oil of 100.000 gallons capacity caught fire. Henry Johnson, a watchman, watch-man, was caught by tne flame and burned to death. |