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CAPITAL LEAKS
BIG LEAK VIEWS
Everybody Suspects Every
body and Gossip Is Busy
'With Big Names
PROSPERITY SUSPECTED
fiecawii of the natlrn-v ide interest In
Khnt will proliiblv Vn flown (rt history ds
the ".meson Irak rramtal." the Evening
Ledger sent a staff correspondent to limn
ington to ilrlvc into thr subterranean tfojslj'
and cserrlnln with what trrionwesi the
gossip is b-ing taken As a result n In
tcrvtewina limit brnntnrs clliil J.'rprcjeii
tallvcs. thr mnjorilv whom trouW not
permit their names to to tcjrtf, a general
belief n the leah" tens found to rxlJt
among Democrats as tcelJ as among Kcpub
Hcans.
By M'LISS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 Of till tho
words of tongue or pen, tlio saddest In this
town Ht tho present moment nre, "It might
ha.Vo been "
It might havo bon )oti.
It might havo licen t.
It m.ght havo been Lawson or IHrtirn
It might havo been, snvi llrniresenintlvo
Wood, nuotliiK the rvnslvo A Curt In who
might !itie been an) body or nobodyMr
Tumulty, Mr Holllncr Mr Knlm. It might
have been tho Kalsor, who need money for
hel's, or It might nnvo been our next-door
neighbor, who needs money for coal
Washington I not at all certain who Rot
tho dough' or "Frilled tho beans,' to iito
the language of tho street, and everybody
In tho street Is talking about It. but what
Washington, olllrlal and unolllrlal Is dead
euro nbnut Is tb.it them was a "leak" and
that somebody in ido a big haul, something
llko IGO.OOO.IOO. at cording lo LaiVBon
As Representative Gardner phrased It,
"when jou sec a slain on tho eellluct, oti
know there's a leak snmewhcie, overt though
you don't know where It's coming from"
roues Ann kcal impudent
Washington has never sufT. ,-ed les from
that obnoxious disease known as "prido of
jiurso" than nt this present moment To
have acquired a Midden fortuno dnco tho
portentous Wednesd.ij. December 20, Is to
put oneself In tho class of tho su-jperted
ones To ch mgo your lllver for a. super-six
or something Is to Invite tho question:
Hnvo you got on ux-oouln or an
undo whos a stock broker who tfota
his dope from tho Inside"
Any ono fortunate enough to have a
bank account recently swollen Is keeping
quiet about It eccpt, of course. Law son.
who has frenzied llnanco onco moro and
talks In terms of millions.
In tho bibbies of tho hotels tho atmos
phere has assumed tho aspect of a l.affe
klatch In a lllngo town Lawson Is being
called ever) thing from tho saviour of bis
Country to a fcolf-udvertlser of tho first
water Speculation na to who cleaned up on
tho "leak" Is rife
"It was ii d outrage to carrv tho
thins Into tho President family," was tho
terse comment of ono hardy Democrat
"Whero there's smoke there's nlwns
Are," was tho bromldio rejoinder of Ills com
panion "Shifting of bank accounts" Is a phraso
on cery one's tongue and Judging from
tho comments tho safoit placo to carry
one's mil nt the present time would In- In
the first national bank, which Is tho stock
ing Tho corridors of tho Capitol seethe with
Kosslp about tho "leak " For onco Sena
tors and Representatives havo dropped
their pet schemes and unlto on tho common
Ground of discussion Of one of tho biggest
rcandala that Washington has ever Hcen
All except Mr. Ilampy Moore, who la
"chawing" on a bono called tho Chesapeake
and Dclawaro Canal and icfuei to bu di
verted to a juicier ono that has to do with
tips and stock markets
Perhaps the most distrait, tho most 1
tally concerned per&ou of all. Is Repre
sentative Wood, Republican Congressman
from Indiana, who by precipitating a con
gressional Investigation drew aside tho cur
tain of tho scandal mid revealed up to data
only rumor whin .i breathless audience had
been led to expect facts
tiui chi:wi:r who cant ciirw
When I walked Into th quarters of Mr.
Wood In the ofTlco building of the Houso
thnt gentleman was giving an eNcellont Im
itation of n person who bus bitten oft moro
than he can chew In one neivous hand
he held a new "paper, with tho other ho
alternately stroked his Iron-flrrny hair and
raised his spectacles feverishly
To be naked for a in oof and to bo nble
to produco only an unverified letter Is to
be put into a disagreeable position, Indeed
"Why do so many persons vvrlto lettets''"
Mr Wood pointed dlstrat tedly to his desk,
xvhlch was strewn with communications
concerning the leak, and sank wearily Into
bis chair
"I've had hundreds of them," ho contin
ued "I know there was n leak, ns every
body does In Washington and throughout
the country My tole purpose In getting
Into this thing was to relieve Congress of
the heinous nccus.itlons that wero bolnK
made against it 'I did It for tho good of
the couuti). I made no accusations I told
only what I had heard,
"Is It true," I Interjected, "that ou
heard that more than half of tho JOi) OOO.oOO
which I-ivvsou charges was cleaned up us
the result of the leak came to Washing
ton'" "I heard rumors to thnt effect," ho re
plied carefully
' GOOD OLD CAItnLESS V S. A.
'Too many persons hero have ncctss to
Government becrets," ho continued. "Such
teaks as occur In the United States could
never happen In Russia, or oven In Hnglnnd
or France We ure careless. It behooves
us to be more careful.
"The rumors were so rife and the charges
bo plentiful that I felt It was up to Con
cress, .out of lespect to Itself, to order nn
Investigation Greater care In the future,
I nm sure, will be exercised by those In
charge of State secrets.
'That there was a leak goee without
Baying Kverybody who has watched the
markets and the financial report and edi
torials In the leading metropolitan papers
knows there was a leak whether purposely
given out or the result of carelebsuesa 111
the State Department is a question still to
be ascertained "
Once more he stroked his hair after tho
manner of one who was thinking of the
constituents back home, and so I left him
with his sorrow. ,
"GUMSHOB BILL" WARUKJJ
'Round at the headquarters of the For
eign Relations Committee, of which Senator
Stone Is chairman, the boy who Is underling
to the Senator's secretary. Miss Simpson,
and Is, therefore, very Important, threw out
hla. chest bombastically when approached
on the subject of a leak.
"Sure th was a leak," he vouclisafed
"But. then lucre's always leak. It means
nothing In our young Uvea."
Jlr Stone, however, who Is sometimes re
ferred, to as the Gumshoe Senator from Mis
souri, took the belligerent attitude that most
of the Democrats have assumed toward the
investigation. Mr Stone has a right to be
belligerent, xou see nis name was dragged
In among the -very first by an Iowa paper,
wh ch published that he had contributed
wore than 6o uoo shares of stock to the
December 21 trading
The Senator was slightly profane eiuf-decidedly
choleric. Ho reiterated the denial
of an speculation which he had made sev
eral days ago on the lluor of the Senate
Now I am not soy more Interested In
this leak business than I am In whether the
moon la going to be full or mo I mean
quarter tonight he said heatedly
Uut despite his UtUc of Interest if tJW
sabJMt he jumb suneew iu f
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Record of Philadelphia
Congressmen Today
PHKSBNT
J. Hampton Moure.
AHSCNT
John K. K. Scott.
V. S. Vitrc,
Georco t Dnrrotv.
I'fllcr ti. Coslello.
Georja' W. Udmomls'.
I'nch CortKrodsmnn teccives ?0 VJ
n day from tlio United States Government.
whlrh "Hint Wood ' and "that hound T.ivv-
son" seem to have no regard nt nil
"If Ihero Is anything I despite he said
fairly spitting out Ills words u i the n
Katloh.il fnher who Is alwnjs advertising
himself by talking about public bodies and
public men If ynti wero t' believe this
fellow l.miRon, you would suppose therm
were no honest men In the Senate or In the
Houso, or In any position In public liTo
Ho Is a irenture. of low type, nn nbnmln
nble nnd eontpmpllble humnti thing, another
nnd perhaps iv 'ten tvpc thnt the Imprisoned
Wolf of Wall Btroct."
"Rut did von not snv something nn tho
floor of the Senate thn nther ilav," 1 Inter
posed, "nbnut two leaks of winch you h.ivo
positive knowledge? '
Tho Hennloi hitched hlniReir around In
his chnlr nnd calmed down a bit
' t did," be retorted "but those leaks did
not occur after Kerielnry Lansing had
tirknti Winrpo or the State Department Vor
did they In any wny affect the stock
market They were leaks on foreign newi
sent here. Confidential communications
should not get out "
"How do they?"
"oh." the Scnntor shielded his mouth
with his hnnd after tho manner nf n teicup
guHsip. ' In ono wny or another "
"Ono of my belhfs " ho continued. "Is
thnt subordinates who nre nf n different
party from tho Admlnlstiatlon and out t
sympathy with It therefore, and who would
perhaps like to seo It discredited, nro re
sponsible. "I don't think tho heads of nnv of tho
departments, even down to the bend of the
lowest division, should come under tho
civil tcrvlco All these responsible posi
tions should bo appointive, so that the men
holding tllem would ha'o Ihe Interest of tho
Administration at heart Thats tho way to
get at treachery "
Tho Senator didn't seem to mind tho
fact that bo was advocating, In n measure,
the return of Andrew Jncksons spoils sys
tem Less civil service and moro Jobs to
bo given out was tho program ho stuck to
as the best iemod for tho governmental
uilment knoun as leal.
Hut there's a nice genial, blue-eyed man
who sees till of tho notes, oven the most con
fidential, that como from tho Whlto Houso
boforo they aro printed In fact, sometimes
he evon goes up to tho President's resi
dence nnd gets them direct from Mr Tu
multy's own hands
Hos Cornelius Ford, In charge of nil tho
Government printing , It was under his
direction that copies of tho now famous
pcaco notu of tho Prosidont, which was
given to tho preas on tho afternoon of De
cember 20, after tho stock market lnd
closed, It Is said, wero made
British Sailing to He Kept Secret
Nl'.W ORI.IU.S'S, Jan 8 Aa a measure
of'precautlou against Uorinan submarines,
local agents of Hrltlsh Btianishlp linos h.ivo
asked that tho Customs House miko publlo
no information concerning tho cletrlng sail
ing or departure f their vessels The re
quest w ill bo granted
THOMAS W. LAWSON'S LEAK TIRADE ALMOST CAUSES FIST FIGHT
Cnntlniinl from l'nso One
said Mr. Law-son, "that I expected hell to
bo lamb.istedluto mo by Congress. I was
right As soon as tho Senato opened u
leather-lunged, sower-mouthed old blather
skite" 'Mr. Chairman.' Mr. Chairman, ho must
not talk of the Senate or a Senator lit that
fashion," expostulated Congressman Fos
ter. Mr. Iiwson was called to order
GERARD MENTIONED
Tho namo of Ambassador to Germany
James W (iernrd was mentioned for tho
first tlmo today before tho committee vvhllo
Presidential Secretary Tumulty waa being
crobs-cxamlncd
Representative Chlperfleld asked Tumulty
whether ho had ever visited a local stock
broker
Tumulty replied es. and nftor further
questioning tio said ho had Introduced Ger
ard ut tho otllces of W B. Wbba & Co. Ger
ard, Tumulty said, wished to buy Homo
bonds
Have ou ever had any business deal
ings w'th J It or J. n. Eagau. of tho Knick
erbocker Hotel, New York?" naked tho Rep
resentative "Novel." renlted Tumulty
"Ever had any buslnebH transactions with
Hlbbs & Co?" asked the Representative.
"Never "
INTJUJIH'CED GEUARl)
"Ever frequent Hlbba & Co.'s oltlco?"
'I w as there once '
"What waa tho occasion of that fall J"
tho questioner continued
"It was when Ambassador Clcrard was
here," Tumulty KpUed
"He wanted to buy somo bonds and nsked
mo If thero was anybody whom I could
recommend I told him I could recommend
Hlbbs. to I took him there and Introduced
hi " ,.,.,.
Just before Tumulty finished his tes
timony, Thomas W Lawson, who was not
present when his namo waa first called,
entered the committee room
The commltteo recested for a brief ex
ecutive session Immediately Tumulty left
tho.Etand ,
At the executive seaelon It was decided
to BUbpena Alfred II. Curtla, 135 West
Seventy-ninth street, New Yorl0 former
president of tho National Rank of North
America. Ills name was brought In by
Representative Chlperfleld. who asked Tu
multy If thla was the Curtis who had writ
ten to Wood Tumulty replied that he
knew nothing about tt.
WILSON DEFENDS TUMULTY
The sensation of Tumulty's formal state,
ment to tho committee was a brief quota.
Hon from Prealdent Wilson, which read:
l wish. In Justlco to Mr. Tumulty.
to say that ho haa stated the exact
fact He had no knowledge of the note
whatever until It waa given out for
publication
Questioned about this presidential de
nial, Tumulty save out tho information
for, tha firit time that President Wilson,
to keep the matter of the note absolutely
secret, "pounded out the note". himself on
his rattletrap typewriter. ,
At the outset of the leak Investigation
toda Representative Campbell of Kansas,
moved that a ambpena be Issued for the
istock Lxihansv Arm of F M Lockwood &
Co.. 1G-18 Wall street
TUMULTY'S STATEMENT
Secretary Tumulty was the Mm witness
before the committer. lie made the fol
lowing formal statement
I appear Imfore this committee to re
sent the uujust Intimation that I gave
Information to Mr u M uarucn in
regard to the so-called peace note sent
to the European belligerents last
month by the Secretary of State. This
Intimation was cutaiaed in a state
ment made to this committee by Rep
resentative Wood of Indiana, a man I
do not know To the best ot my knowl
edge 1 have never tost Mr Wood. Cer
tainly h made no effort to And out the
truth from roe before drag-gujg 19 y
frj.Ti. into this sKatr
ruw iq way generally ana specin-
IfltK ? urse uuwmauoB
'. WfwB'v W w auyoouy eise la
I Vtjm 9 ow. 1 aw not
Uhu late tknretiawaut euutmati'MitA tint
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917
BABY ABANDONED IN STATION
"Hold my baby a minute, will you plcaso?" said a woman in Hioad
Street Station to a ncKrcs-s standing nearby. The nearest took the
lifteen-month-old boy and held it an hour before she duspaiicd of the
mother's icturn and p;ave it to Special Policeman Accord, of the rail
road police. He earned it to Mrs. Louisa Cinijr, matron in Central
Police Station.
FOItriMTS S2.'i00 HAIL
Failure of Defendant to Appear for
Trial Costly to Bondsman
For tho failure of Walter Tltlis, of Had
rton Heights, to appear at his trinl on a
chares of forgery this morning. Judgo
Doyle, ot tho Camden Criminal Court, ord
ered George A Rulonson, his bondsman to
forfolt J3noo. Wilbur Titus, a brother as
sociated with Walter In business, appeared
In court ns a witness, but could not ex
plain his brother's absence
Titus Is nccuscd bv the Center Township
School Hoard of raising a check on tho Had
don Holghtn National Hank from 5201 30 to
$2201 30 Tho forger, It Is said, was first
discovered at tho bank bv the dlfferenco
In tho inks used in tho nltef.itlons nnd tho
original writing on tho check
Titus was engaged In contracting work
on school houses In Harrington Magnolia
and Highland Park when tho fnigery was
discovered Slncn then the work lias been
held up nnd tho cshonls greatly Incon
venient, d
dispatch of such a noto until nftcr
printed copies of tho noto had been
given to representatives of tho press by
tho State Department 1 was not con
sulted in the preparation of thu noto
by tho President or by an) body else
Tho conferences and communications
1 elating to tho drafting of the note and
Its dispatch were conlldcntlal between
tho President nnd tho Secretary of
State. I knew nothing of them w hat
over, nor did any other person cm
ploed In the executive olllce
I havo 110 correspondence, written or
telegraphic, with Ml. llariich or oii
body representing him. regarding thli
matter 1 havo had no telephono talk
with Mr Raruch or nnybodv represent
ing hhn. or w 1th any ono else publicly
or privately vv 1th regard to this matter.
DENIES HARUCH MEETING
Apparently tho only Insinuations
made ngalnst mo nro that 1 lunched
with or mot Mr Raruch nt tho Rllt
moro Hotel at or about the tlmo of tho
preparation of tho President's sugges
tion that tho European belligerents
state their peace terms I have never
breakfasted lunched, dined or taken niiy
meals with Mr liaruch I havo met
him only at several banquets and largo
dinners, when manv other persons were
present. I havo never discussed any
peace or other note, otlher when It w.ih
In prospect or ufteiivard. with Mr
Raruch or any other persons engaged
In tho purchase or rale of securities of
nny kind In the stock market
Whllo this la a complete denial of
the only Insinuation which has been
made. I w Ish to ro further nnd My th.it
I have never engaged In stock-market
sales or purchases myself, nor through
brokers, frlendd or agents
I ditcuWd the rrcsldent'B noto with
no one; first, becnuse my oath of serv
ice requires I make no private uso of
olllclal Information, and. secondly and
epeclflcally because, ns I have stated,
I had not been thu President's note, and
I did not know that It was In prepar.i
tlon, or oven contemplated.
AWAITS APOLOGY
As I have already eald, In a publlo
statement, 1 have frequently requested
tho President to keep me free from
any knowledge of Impending Interna
tional moves, o that I might not be
embarrassed by requests for informa
tion from the newspaper correspondents.
who appeal to me 111 my omce con
btantly for Information
Tho Insinuations which have been
made, whether conceived In political
malice or merely through misinforma
tion, are wholly false and without even
the flimsiest basis
I Imve not at any time since acting
as Mr Wilson's secretary, llrbt when
he was Governor of New Jersey and
later when he became President, been
Interested in any btock transactions of
any kind or given any Information to
nny other person upon which pur
chases or sales might be made. I wish
to make this statement na sweeping
and complete na I know how.
I am still waiting for Jlr. Wood's
apology
FOUND N 'RACE OF LEAK
Cross-questioned by . Representative
Campbell, Tumulty explained President Wil
son had written the peace note on hla own
typewriter and that none of the executive
ottlce staff had any hand In It.
Asked If he had been able to discover any
leak himself Tumulty mid he had been un
able to get any definite Information, though
he suggested the very fact that the note
passed through many hands might explain
the Idea of a leak.
"I do not believe any of the newspaper
men violated confidence on Secretary Lan
sing's announcement about the note," said
Tumulty, "but you can see a newspaperman
might tell a friend and It would not take
much for any one to suspect what that
means"
Tumulty said he'd made every Inquiry
possible at the White House to ascertain if
any Uak was possible there. He found, he
said, that none knew about the matter, and
that "aut a cleric could be held under
susniolon." He added "evry man there
a be Uvte4 absolutely,"
Jim.. . i i ii i n 1 1. j.... .--.. J ' "
WILL WALK TO WASHINGTON
71-Ycar-01d Dan O'Lcnry Plans to
Break Records
Dan O'l.earv. the seeutv-four-j ear-old
pedestilan, of this iltv, will start on u hlko
to Washington, D c. today In tin effort
to shatter all existing records for tho dis
tance Ho will bo accompanied by three men, all
leas than thirty ears old who will tiy to
sot tho p ico for him The four will start
from City Hall O l.eary savs ho Is going
to mnko thn 110-odd miles to tho nntlon's
capital In thht-tvo hours He expects
to reach Washington Thursday on a bched
ulo of eight boms actual walking a day.
When ho arrives there O'l.c.uy Is going
to Btago a Utile performance In which hn
sas ho will walk one mile for every 2'j
that u roller skater can make
Dunlin to Manage Memphis
T.IV OllK Jnn R -Mike Ilimlln. famous
Imlsman of tho New iorl. Nationals a few
sears ago Iihm bIhii, ,1 a nn, m ,untrot to
miimiKn ihn M nwhls lul, nt Hw. Southern
J. tru' I h (ontriut tills for liunlln u, in t
ns a tiit T man im r and hi will cuvir Ural
b iie
Pressed ns to whether bo had nnv In
formation pointing to mi) person In on the
leak, Tumulty said
"I havo not I might havo suspicions
built on rumor, but when reputations nre
Involved I vvouldn t tnv mi)thtng"
Tumulty's first knowledge, ut the note,
he bald, came from a press association
correspondent in the middle of llio nfter
noon who told him, "Tho peaco note has
been given out" Tumulty asked to bo ex
cused from discussing Representative Wood
nnd tho subject wus pressed
"I would bo ashamed to be a part) to
an Investigation which might tarnish tho
reputation of any one on such lllmsy evl
denco ns this cited here," Tumulty Mushed
If 1 were guilty of this I would not ho
fit to hold the smallest otilco 111 the land
If I gavo out all that unconfirmed informa
tion coming In my mall concerning can
didates and o!lleehohlers,wo'd bo Investi
gating somebody or something all the time '
Tumulty explained that the usual pro
cedure when tho President wrote a note
wn3 for hhn to Bend It direct to tho
State Department.
LANSING ON STAND
Secrctnry of Stato Lansing, cnlled next,
gavo n history of the preparation mid pub
lication of tho note.
"A draft of tho note was received fiom
the White Houso nbout 4 o'clock Monday."
said Lansing "I called In Frank Polk
(the counselor) nnd Mr. Woolse), law ad
viser In my oillco. to discuss the form In
which It should go out. Mr. Woolsey took
It to threo conlldentl.il btcnogrnphers It
was prepared nnd delivered to tho chief
of tho Index Hurcau. An assistant, his
most conlldcntl.il man, was selected, unit
thoy locked themselves In a loom ubout 8
o'clock that night for ciphering
"That night I dlbcusscd with the Presi
dent tho time for lta publication We de
cided to mnko It publlo Wednesday morn
Inir '
Lansing waa unablo to say how many
United States diplomats or employes
abroad Knew of tho contents of the note.
Chlporlleld wanted to know It Lansing's
two Interpretations ot the note the day after
Its releabe were mado "on jour own Initia
tive "
lapsing balked
"I think that ia beyond tho scopo of this
Investigation," ho replied, with n, touch of
asperity. . ...
democratic members hastened to Lan
sing's nbsistanca and held ho need not an
swer . , ., ,
"He need not dlvulgo confidential mat
ters." Chairman Henry said
"Tuesday evening copies wero handed to
tho chief of our information bureau They
were sent to the public printer.
"Next morning wo received a galley proof.
It waa read by one man, Duncan, and sent
back to the printer
"I told newspapermen that morning that
Pd have a note about 5 o'clock that after
noon for releate the following morning.
CORRESPONDENTS TOLD
"I explained I vvaa telling them becauso
I feared It might come back from soma
foreign country In garbled form ( told
them. It did not contain a movement tor
peace or offer ot mediation
"That night I saw Ambassador Wlllard,
who told me he had been advised of the
contents of the note by the President.
"We discussed the advisability of ad
dressing Spain on. the subject. The next
day the note waa made public."
Lansing said there were no signs that
any of the department employes had di
vulged the Information they had, nor did
he know of any leaks In the newspapers
He said there never had been any violations
of hla confldem e by newspapermen "at
least not until now "
Secretary Lansing admitted three men,
not reporters, were present when he made
hla confidential announcement. He named
the three as C 11 Snow den. New Yorkj
R. Gaylord, civil engineer. United Estates
navy, and Dr M T McLean, United States
navy
Sir Lansing said he had never dealt
la Walt street
FEARED GARBLED REPORT
' So you dldn t think ot the stt on th
market," Representative Beftnatt u,ggstsd.
"Na I nave the nomaamrtlal UjlCmuu1Umi
mo that the natter wouldn't tome baek from
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
AUTOMOIIIt.r. TIIIHti:s mndo off Willi
six cars within twents-four hours The au
tomobile belonging to .1 Hlgglns of 2.f
North Tvvontv -second street was sin en
from in front or lM Drown street ''"'
whoso enrs were taken are A ' "r,p,
4M8 Spruce Mreet, llefnrd II T0Bell
4130 WilrMliKtnti avenue . A erstell . r.Oo
niimotid street , A Madison llllev, Ard lore
I n mill John P Uadclihottxer, 4307 Mirucc
-licet
HMD ON A CHINATOWN b,;,i,i',,
len resulted In the arrest of Iwemy,"""
hlnese, hut thev were nil .llpchnrged bj
Magistrate Moclearv In Centrnl Static i i to
dv when it was disclosed that llio pnll
of Ihn Hlevetith and Winter Btree s itn Ion
hid entered the bulldlnf without a war
rant Poker chip", cards and fan tan equip
ment were commented by the police as well
ns several opium lavouls,
Itr.Millltl.li l M ONM'tllt s In nn al
liuk of heart dlsinse while riding In ft
Woodland (ivcntio trolley car nt l'orl -it I itn
street and Woodland nvenun loiMv. Ain rt
Peine, nftj-olght yenrs old. CSIS Arcli
street, was tnken to the I'tiiversltv l'""Il
till where hl ronditlon Is rcimrted i rltlcal
POI.lt I.MtN ritP.IHiHIt K It. "
fins Wilt street today was appointed street
sergeant m Ihe mounted trnlllc siiiind to
nil the place inmle vacant bv the promotion
last week to lieutenant of Churls lluehler
lish lins been for a venr messetiKer in
the ollli e ot I Hrcctor Wilson
A MS AMI HIS WIIM5 were Inilnv
aripolnled to positions on Die ilty payroll.
'I ho new nppolntees nro Hrnest H llnbgooil
and I-oiilso M Habgood. 7000 Craig street.
They will serve as class leaders or mo
Una id of Reuenlloti nt $3 a tiny Another
iltv appolnteo todav Is William J Kione
lni h, mu Hieenwny avenue, clerk. l)c
paitmcnt of Irnuslt, sal.ir $1100.
itoimini imi nimi.s i i" "I"""
at Seventh and Race streets A C I nlirau.
of ISHC .North Pevonteenlh street, was nb o
to finnlsh so good a desi npthm or ills
nssalliints that two men weie arrested anil
held without bill lodiv bv Maglsttato
Tracv Coniad Is now In the Hahnemann
Hospital Mlihael llurke of Tenth and
llltner streets and Robert Haron of Slxtli
and Jurksnn streets, nte under ariest r icj
will have nnothcr hearing when fonrad is
able to testifv
m:ril nil.l.tm I.I' '" Anllmnr
Tllykes, llftv ears old of 11J Tnsker stieet.
wns stricken with nn nttm k of heart dls
raie while working on the Reed street
vvlm f of tho Kranklln Sugar """''ffy.'
Ho -uns tnkeu to the Alt Muni ljoi Hal,
whero phjslclans pronounced hhn dead
Till! Itl.V. ,lMi:s It. tHIISOV, rector
of the Protestant Kplsmpil Chun h of the
Redeemer, llivn Mawr, ha i ni i opted n call
to St Stephen's Hpl-copil Church. Vest
Hampton, a suburb of Richmond, a. Ho
will begin his duties Pehruary 1
I. T. SNOW, n pronlllifiit foxblinter of
New York, whnsn back was Injured dining
a bunt near West Chester, has recovered
sulllcluilly to leave tho llrvn Mnvvr Hos
pital V)ATi:it Jli:rr.lts Klmnld be Inalnlleil at
tho eatllest possllilo dato In an effoit to
conserve tlio watei supply of Philadelphia,
according to a letter Issued by tho board of
directors of tho chamber of Commerce to
Its members The members nro urged to
write to their reipeitivo Councllmen In sup
port of a request made to tho Mayor and
Councils for a $3,000,000 appropriation for
tho Impinvement of the water scivlio in
tho ceiiti.il lection of tho iltv
A MIIHMi Plt'Tl III: Til I'.VTIti: nil the
abroad In gaibled form and out of respect
to fori lgn Governments under agi cement
to make It public Wednesday morning,"
Lansing replied
Lansing said that when the note went
to tho Government Printing Olllce It was
"split up" Into many sections so no ono
printer could tell what ho was betting up
lie confessed thero had been no checking
up on newspapermen attending his confer
ences "as )ct" cnnvejlng tho Impression
that there Is soon to bo 11 new system of
assuring that men attending tho pensions
are reputublo col respondents.
Representative Chlpereld developed a new
line of examination seeking to find whether
thore could havo been a leak in the cable
olllco heto or at relays abroad Forty-three
copies of tho noto, Lansing said, had been
bent to various nations
Rinsing oxplalned tho Government had
no private cable,
LAWSON CHEAT E.S LAUGH
Tho commltteo next called Thomas W
Lawson, who stepped smilingly to tho wit
ness chair. Tho fireworks P.imncler was In
his dement. Ho beamed at every Rules
Cummltteo member unco and at each of tho
bcoro of newspaper nun twice Ho was told
to "proceed In )oui own via) please." Hla
first remark enubcd homo to tmllo nnd
Chairman Henry to look glum
"I hnvo reason to bellevu I will bo slop
ped," Lawson loniplacontly remarked
Abkcd hla occupation, Lawton for tho flrbt
tlmo in hla llfo hemmed before finally net
ting nut
"Well, vvo'll call t farmer," and a roar
ensued.
"Well," ho added, "I havo been In tho
II11nncl.il bublness, but I nm now a farmer "
Attei explaining his Iaw)er had aihitcd
hhn the committee hud no right to demand
nuswers or production of papers, nnd adding
that ho "does not purpobo to M.uul on that
right," Laviaon bald, "there havo been leaks
from tho United Statea Supremo Court aa
well aa fiom tho White House"
DAMNARLE SITUATION"
"I uni going to proceed to lay before the
committee all that I consider ndvlb.ihlo to
show up this damnable situation that has
existed for the last two jt-aia. uiul to help
stop bueh 11 thing aa happened llio other day,
when many citizens lost two billions ut
dollars," Law ton b.ild
"Well, proceed," 'interrupted Henry
"I do not understand," Uivvson said, "that
this commltteo Is sitting to haul any guilty
persons out In tho open and punish them
"I will repeat what I have told to news
papers that there have been leaks and
that thousands and tcna of thousands of
persons have been luthlessly robbed
"I repeat it now, one of tho commonest
things In Wall street where all these things
center la 11 Washington leak on things of
buch importance that they affect tho prices
01 biucita
"I mean by that, leaks from the Supreme
Court of tho United States from in.- n
ate advance information of Cabinet uffkerb
advance Information direct from tho White
House."
Lawson and Chlperfleld here Indulged in
bitter personalities after Chlperfleld baid
he could "see a four Hush and call it '
CHARGES BULLDOZING
Lawson said nn attempt had been made
to Insult and bulldoze him Ilo Insisted
that committeemen could not put 'words
into my mouth," and insisted on continuing
in "my own way and not otherwise." but
he submitted to cross-examination after
declaring hla willingness "to take the con
sequences" for not answering questions if
he did not dealre to do u
Asked it he would name tho person re
sponsible for the leak he had charged. Law
son continued
"To do that I would have to be a prin
cipal, conspirator or beneficiary "
"I said thoae thing because In the lait
two yeara thero haa been a gigantic rob
robery ot the American people a deliberate
robbery carefully worked out I baid it
because I knew that In thoae two jears
there had been bogu3 securities made and
Bold to the American people to the extent
ot millions of dollars
"Finding press agents of toe leakers and
hanenclariw ot the eleak were scared and
trying to fetter the whole respoasibUlty else
where And njudlas they were trying to make
me ft, it not the leading go.it, I dcttr-
roulhenst side of Kensington avenue, south
west of Somerset Mreet lot tSx12 feel,
1ns been rom evert bv the Southwestern
HulldlliR nnd 1.' an Am i.itlnn to .T Arnold,
Hiibjed to a morlgnge of $20,000 J Ar
nold has conveved the same, to H Slern,
subject to a mortgage ot $12,000
IIRVIAMIN ritAMtl.lS' dlnlnes will he
decorated bv the members of tho Poor ItlclM
ard Club on .lanuarv 17, ihe nnnlvcriry
of the iiberntor-prlnler-l)hllooiihcr's lilrth
day Tho club Is endeavoring to locnto
every statue of rrnnklln In Ihe clly In order
that n wreath may be plated on each one.
MIM.AM'IIOI.IA rnilseal 0rnr II, lliirtnn,
nineteen jears old, to commltt suicide by
lurtilhg nn the gas. according to the police.
The bov was found dead at Ills home. CoO
Mouth Conestoga street, when his fnlher
went lo call him llils morning Ho has been
III with nervous trouble for four years.
HugrnVll Hurtoti, tlio father, Is an elee
trlclar m
PIS IN STOMACH enl .Inmn llimlen,
eleven jears old of 1110 Westmoreland
street, lo tho Sunarllati Hospital, where tho
.N-ray wan used Tito doctors fear lockjaw
will develop When the bov was plnvlng n
pin attached to his clothing pierced tho
wall of his stomach
MHS. SAKAII (', IIAItPI'.n, n ilinrlty
worker, celebnitetl her ninetieth birthday
nl her home 12.12 South Coity-flfth street.
Kxrcpt for lillndnrs. wllli which shn has
been ninirted for ten eals, Mrs llaipcr Is
In excellent health A reception, attended
bv numerous friends and relatives, observed
tho occasion
MIHS JAM! OOUIIOV COM:, ibiuclilrr
of Mr nnd Mrs Charles H Coxe of Sugir
town Chester Countv. is recovering from a
minor operation nt the Rrn Mawr Hospital.
Miss Coxe has figured vvllh liei pony ex
hibits ns a winner o" ribbons at the llivn
Mnvvr, Pevon nnd other horse shows 111
recent yenrs
riltl i:i!IM, inlllstnn ent Iwo lire
men to tho lwpllnl and a flrchnrsn wns
killed when a truck from Company No 2
crashed Into the rear of a hemlcsl engine
from Company No 21 at Third and Orccn
ttreets Hdwnrd I'arly, of Truck No 2, Is In
Rt Joseph's Hospital, where his condition Is
snld to be serious Isartor Cohen wns treated
for minor Injuries
TP.U'linitS OP IIVYIIMI linie rleeled
tho following ofllcern President, Charles
A McCrci; first vlre president, Herman
Zlininermann ; second vlie prebldent, vv II
ll.am I'ovvler: treasurer, Carl Tschopp; sec
retarv, Rudv Hjillhh trustees, Carl
Schmidt, tleorgo App. .1. J Finn, H Linda
.lones and Mrs I.oulo Dean; executive
oommlllep Al White. Joseph C.intelly, Jo
seph Dawson, Hniry Roselle and V. Her
bert Roberts
Hit. Wtr.MRIl Itlll'siiV, Illrfrlor of the
Department of Public Health and Clrultlos.
savs boio throats should bo treated bv tho
family phvslclan who understands the Im
poitnnco of an earlv diagnosis Records of
tho Iluiemi of Health show that most dlpli
therl i cases occurring In this cltv aio
treated at home for Kcvcr.il das before n
phjsirlnn Is consulted
ACTOMOHII.i: COLLISION nt Nineteenth
and Oxfoiil streets resulted In tho arrest of
Walter Cornell, of 2110 Uldgo avenue, ac
cused of being Intoxicated Thrco of his
friends were told to appear at a hearing
todav Hilwnrd Rlcl.etts. of 1817 North
Twintj-flrsl stieet, chauffeur fin Mrs I,
Mlllei, of 1710 (Jir.ird avenue, was treated
at St Josephs Hoxpltnl foi cuts about tho
arms and body
mined to press this thine; to a real Investi
gation "In my telegram lo your (halrm.in I said
Congress did not wnnt nn Iniobtlgatlon I
felt It then uml I feel It now.
SLAP AT COMMITTEE
"When join i halrmaii told me to 'put up
01 shut up' I was cntliol) sure tho com
mitten didn't want an Investigation.
'This ia a cabo where a citizen spends
Ida time and money to holp In such :i
il.unn.ablo outr.igo ns this leak, and then
finds tho headlines say, 'Put up or shut
up'
"I will not glvo nuy names"
"Do )ou know of nny Individual who con
ve)cd this Information to Wnll Street?" ho
wns asked.
"I know bomethlng nbout it "
Pressed, Lawson bald ho had no direct
"legal know ledge "
ADMITS PROFITING
"I know many who profiled from tlio
leak," ho continued "I profited ni)self."
"Do )ou know of any ono at the Whlto
Houso executive olllcea who gave out any
udvnuco Information nbout tho noto?"
Henry asked
"I h.ivo answered that by saying I havo
110 direct knowledge, not having been n
principal "
A now row started when Chairman Henry
wanted to know If l.aut.011 would privately
glvo any Information about tho Stato De
partment cud of tho Investigation
"I will glvo it to the chairman," Law
son b.ilrt,
"I havo dono what I have, only to havo
licit lambasted out of me "
Referring lo 11 Senator, Lawson called
him nn "uuclvllUed Bure-enough old blath
cibklte. Tho commltteo objected to the talk.
Representativo Chlperfleld made sarcastic
remnrka nbout Law son's "frenzied llnanco"
book
"I'm borry I ever wrote It," said Lawson
"It cost 1110 Bovcral millions."
Then ho addressed further remarks to
Chlperfleld, whereupon tho Representativo
remarkid'
"I know a fourflubli when I see It. and
will call It."
Lawbou flared up Immediately, rcbcntiug
the reniaik uml declaring he would not want
to sit on 11 committee where a man shielded
hlnibelf behind his privileges to make such
ri murks
LAWbON FLARES VU
i". ,."" BLt fuir t'tatuient. ' said
Chiperllcld
I will returtcd Lawson "I'll
see to that."
To the
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SUPREME COURT HEARS J
8-HOUR LAW FLEAS
Government Brief Asks Highest I
Tribunal to Declnre Ailnmsorr 4
Measure Constitutiona
CONTENDS ACT IS VALID
ttmpioyo Repiosentci by Receivers of
Missouri, Oklahoma ami
Gulf Railway
WASHINGTON, Jnn 8-hTo i,,,.. r ,
of the fight to determine wlietre the Adam.
son eight-hour law Is roiistiiutinmi J, ,
begun In tho Supremo I'ntnt f tt. i m..i
""'"" " initii mo oriel ro t)p (j
eminent was Med, nsklmr that ihn ,i. ,
of the lower courts be n irr-,i ,i ,,.. .. S
. -- ...... , ,u. jjj-
tlei lined to be coiistltullnnnl
Receivers for the Missouri iikl,,!,,, , ..
Gulf Ralltnnd will. I, brought the i,"','""
llttiicklllir thn rnriRlll nllnnnii,. . ... nu't
lire, represented the inlho.idi-
" ".. ...i.i.Jiinm. ,, (J
nieai-J
viinrne)i tor tlio CJnvernmeiil mvUiiit t 1
Uphold tho Adamsnn law Met lured tho I1
was mithnrlred under the gnuit t r'
Kress ni power to regulnte . ommeri e wm,
foreign nations nnd iimn,- n. ""
States and with Indian tribes They Knur? I
In the bilcf lo establish theso points 1
! irst The net Is constitutional ns an
'houis ot service" law
Second Tho act Is cnnstltutlon.lL
even If only a wago law.
Third Tho law does not exceed th
constitutional limits ot power vested
In Congress
Fourth. Tho law does not Mnnrit. ii..
rnlhoada of liberty of contract j
Fifth Tho law docs not tnko prop- 2
erlv without duo process of law '
Sixth Tho classincallons In thj i
Adnmson law nro not arbitrary I
Seventh Tho act Is workable ,
Eighth The penalties provided in His 1
law nro not excessive j.
Tho enactment of tho law came as thi
culmination of Ihe earnest and Insistent de- j
mand of tho railroad emplo)cs for shorter i
hours," tho brief set forth, 'and tho history
of tho movement for nn eight-hour day i
which had lis beginning mnny years ago)
shown tint It Is aimed primarily nt rcduo. ,
tlon of hours nnd not lncre.aso of wages.",
STRIKE HITS PAPER SUPPLY
Wootl-Pulp Shortage May Affect Many i
Ncwspapeis
INTERNATIONAL FALLS Minn. Jan.
S Tho International Falls Paper Mills of '
the Minnesota and Ontario Power Cora.,'
pany, one of tho largest nllls In the United 1
States, will shut down temporarily at noon 9
tomorrow unless a quantity of wood pulpli '
received
Due to a stilke -' the T W W, the '
present supplv of pulp nt th mill vtiu
keep it busy only n few hours The mill I
has been working night and day lta ca
pacity la 300 tons a day This necessitates
nearly forty carloads of wood pulp Vir
tually all tho wood pulp received was from .
the district near Clemmell. whero the camp '
is shut down nt present because of the
fitlike
The mill supplies paper for the Kansas
Cltv Star, St Louis Globo-Democrat, Dei
Moines Capital, New Orleans Rem Omaha
World Chicago American and smaller pa
pers Theso papers have an average supply
of paper on hand not to exited ten dajs. 1
Tho paper mill has no mrplus stock on ?
hand
DIES OF BROKEN HEART
Seek to Take Convicted Promoter to -.
Wife's Funeral
WILMINGTON Del Jan 8 Prominent
Wilmington men havo been asked by tele
gram to petition the Federal authorities to
permit Ra)inond McCune to be taken from
tho penitentiary at Atlanta to attend th
funeral of his wife, who died In New York
Friday night
Mrs McCuno became III soon after her.
husband was convicted In this city on a v
chaige of Illegal use of tho malls In con
nection with the promotion of a mining com
pany nnd bentenced to a term ot Imprison
ment In tho Atlanta penitentiary Accord
ing to Information received here she died
of a broken heart hho was fiom Lexing
ton, Ky nnd Is said to have been a socletr
leader in that placo before alio married Mc
Cune.
GERMAN BONDS ON SALE HERE
Deutschlanel Brought Securities Worth'
$25,000,000 to U. S.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8 Despite denials
from Chicago bankers nnd tho refusal of
Henry O Hllken, president of the Eastern
Forwarding Company, which owns the
Deutschland, to afflrin or deny that the
submersible trader brought over $25,000,001
of German bonds for sale In this country.lt
was confirmed on olllclal authority jesterdaf
that tho bonds havo been offered for
private sale hero Whether they have all
been disposed ot could not bo learned.
Dr Helnrlch F Albert, fiscal representa
tive, ot the Kaiser, who Is reported to have
charge of the bonds, would not discuss til
matter today. , !
TllOLATK mil CLASSIFICATION
IIKATIIS
OYUKIt Jan 8. HAltAH. widow of Jobs
Rush llmer ascd 7D Notice of funeral BT
bo Klven from residence of son In-law lurruj
lindls northeast turner Oak lano end Iavm
ton uw Oak Lnne Pa -j
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