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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA. 10 LEGISLATURE RESUMES IT8 WORK OF ORGANIZATION Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the ' State Houso Western Newspaper Unto.i News Service. Both hoUBoa of tho legislature have 'resumed their vork and Bettled down to tho grind that confront! them. The houso named Us commltteo, tho senate Initiated Lieutenant Gov ernor Howard Into the mysteries of lawmaking and listened to Ex-Lieutenant Governor Tom Majors tell of the olden days In law making. In tho selection of house commit tees thero was little dissension In tho democratic caucus. That body met and put tho seal of approval on tho activities of tho committco on com mittees. It took now ground In barring tho memgers of tho commltteo on committees from membership on the sifting committee, tho body which takes charge of the general fllo at tho fag end of sessions. This Is done for the purpose of kcoplng con trol of lawmaking from one commit' teo or one set of men, and to give now lawmakers and those old law makers who have participated hoavlly in tho early session something to do in tho windup. Richmond of Dougins landed tho cities and towns chairmanship. Keo gan of Omaha, who was Blatcd for tho place, was deposed by his col leagues. - Ollls or Valley captured tho headship of tho education com mittee while Regan of Platto gotB tho railroads commltteo. Trumble of Sherman will preside over tho affairs of the corporations committee. Names a Bank Examiner Governor Neville has appointed one state bank oxumlner and two inspec tors in tho state fire insurance com missioner's ofllco. He has named Charles White of Sutherland ns a bank examiner. No vacancy in "the list of nino state -bank examiners has been announced, but It is supposed that tho appointment of Mr. White moans that the governor will consider all of tho examlnerships vacant and will proceed to reappoint or to namo new examiners. Tho bonds' and com missions of all examiners soon expire. A short time before the end of Gov ernor Morehead's term, S. M. Hall was appointed examiner to take tho place of E. N. Van Homo, who. had resigned to go into tho banking business. Tho othor eight examiners at the present time aro S. M. Patterson, M. C. Wilde, T. R. Riley, -E. E. Bennett, S. A. Lapp, A. D. Touzalin, John Boatsman"and J. H. Donnelly. The women suffragists of Nebraska will adc tho state legislature to give them limited suffrago at tho present session. An effort has been mado in advance to ascertain the opinions of the senators and representatives on what is known as "presidential suf frage," which means that tho once weaker sex will bo given the right to vote for all officers not named in tho state constitution. This bars their voting for governor And Btate officers and judges of courts, but opens the gates to their casting of ballots for presidont and vice presi dent, congressmen and municipal offi cers. Tho women who have been interest ing themselves In tho matter feel very much encouraged over tho attitude of the legislators, although opposition has boen encountered in both bodies. May Limit Druggists 8ales While no official action has yet been taken by the committee of lawyers that has been engaged in drafting tho Nobraska dry federation prohibition law, a practical agreement has boen reached whoreby tho bill will bo changed to conform to the wishes of the druggists, and that it will shoulder upon them the task of supplying tho needs of the communities in the mat tr of alcohol. In other words, their sales will be limited to alcohol, and all beer, wines and brandy will bo cut out. This agreement was reached in a meeting; with the officers of tho state pharmaceutical association. Proposes New Game Laws Superintendent W. J. O'Brien of tho state fisheries has filed a report with tho chief gamo warden In which ho recommends the following changes In the game laws: Open season on black bass from April 1 to Juno 1, insto'ad of April 1 to November 16. Fix size limit at which channel cat, croppio and striped perch may bo legally taken. Prohibit setn ing of minnows for bait purposes ox- cept in running streams, and impose a Hevero penalty for taking or destroy ing lmmaturo fish. Mursohel Takes Charge Otto Murschol is at his new office with the stato pure food commission, where ho is the commissioner. Food Commissioner Clarence E. Harman Is sued a final statemont and retired. To replace G. C. Turnlpsocd, the sccro tary, who will become deputy county clerk, Governor Neville has appointed T. V. Thomas of Seward. Only one chango is announced on tho staff of Inspectors. To roplaco one who has resigned, tho governor has appointed O. IT. Nichols of Fairfield, who will be in charge of tho dairy department. DOM HASTINGS MAN CHOSEN John M. Teellng Elected to Carry Votes to Washington. John M. Teellng was chosen by Ne braska's eight presidential electors to carry their votes to Washington, D. C, and cast them for Woodrow Wilson for president and Thomas R. Marshall for vico president. Tho selection camo after what Is said to have been tho longest period of balloting over In dulged In by Nebraska electors. On tho sixty-sixth ballot, after fivo hours of almost continuous voting, Mr. Too- 99 GEORGE W. POTTS """" Of Pawnee county, by acclamation elected to succeed himself as chief clerk of the house of representa tives, state legislature. ling "rocolved five of the eight votes cast and was declared elected. During tho first twenty-two ballots Mr. Teellng alternated with Felix Gal lagher of Rosalie In claiming tho honor of being high man. During most of that time one would poll three votes and the other two, with tho othor throo votes scattered among the six other electors. On the twenty- third ballot Mr. Teellng assumed tho lead, and from then on to tho. Blxty- sixth ho was never headed. Henry Richmond Buys a Chair Representative Henrv Richmond of Douglas county is tho Doasessor of a fine, leather-upholBtered oak swlvol chair, which 13 conspicuous in tho house chamber on account of Its su perior appearance to the other furni ture. Ho bought it himself and paid $13 of his own money for it. Tho chair has Mr. Richmond's namo painted on the back. "I had an nttack Of lunihnen rli?M after coming to Lincoln and I couldn't alt with comfort in the hard wooden chair," explained Mr. Richmond. "So I got an upholstered one. That's all thero IB to it. I presumo thero will bo no objection so long as I am paying for it myself." Results of Compensation-Act The SUm Of $76.14?, wns tho linlm fnr Industrial injuries in Nebraska under the workmen's compensation act In tho first eleven months of 1910, according to the annual renort of r.nimr missloner Coffey. Tho amount in 1915 6 A t Ann m was me total number of re ports filed with tho labor commission er Was in 1S1R. rnmnn,l .olll. 4,082 in 1915. Thero was settlement or six ratal cases in 1915, averaging $1,041.46 for each case. Sixtonn fntnii. ties in 1916 averaged $1,221.31 each. Rural Life Conference At a meeting of religious - interests at tho university farm recently It was decided that tho next annual rural llfo conferenco should bo held thero Juno 4 to 15 Inclusive. This date was se looted because It covers a nerlod dnr. Ing which commencement exercises win bo neld by educational institutions and because many folks Interested in the conference como to Lincoln for commencement addresses. J. F. Webster of St. Paul, now state printer, performed his first official act Friday morning. Ho signed the namo of tho governor. Neville, and his own, to tho first now voucher under tho present administration, to roach Stato Auditor Pool. It was for sta tlonory from a Lincoln printing com pany. Wrestling, basketball and Indoor track, with about 400 Cornhuskeru par ticipating will bo tho sports schedule at the university until the spring months. Basketball will keep about 200 men busy. Tho varsity season will commenco next week when the Nebraska team will invade Iowa, play Ing the small colloges there. Tho con ference season is slated to start at the end of tho month, with the Kansas Agglos as Nebraska's opponents. Tho latter school Is angry because Nebras ka would not schedule a football game at the end of tho 1917 season. Over Half Million In Warrants Warrants Issued in the office of State Auditor W, II. Smith, for tho month of December, totalled $626, 719.90 over a half a million dollars- according to his monthly report Just mado public. Of this sum $250,825.75 was from the general fund, in 2,389 warrants. Tho largest other item was $85,1G5.53 from the normal school fund. The sum of $76,784,79 wont to tne university tunci, ?3u,2U7.U9 to unl vcrslty cash, and $30,443.02 to special university building. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. Jan. 24-25 Nebraska Lcaguo of Muni. legalities convention nt Hastings. Feb. 7-8-9 Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealors' Association Convention a Omaha. Fobruary 15 Stato Volloyball Con test at York, Fobruary 20-21 Nobraska Clothlora Association Meeting at Omalin. Fob. 20 to March 3 Omaha Automo bile Show. March 5 to 10 First Annual Auto Show at Lincoln. March C to 10 Mid-West Cement Show and Convention at Omaha. It Was decided by tho commltteo In chargo of tiio national swino show, which Is to bo held in Omaha October 3 to 10, to glvo $10,000 In ensh prizes this year. This will bo divided be tween tho Chostcr Whites, Durocs, Borkshircs, Poland-Chlnaa and Hamp sliiroe. P. F. Poteraon, president of tho U P. Steam Baking company, at Omaha, declared tho war has caused mon than 1,500 bakerlcB throughout the United States to suspend business, and ho estimated that fully as many more aro on tho vorgo of bankruptcy now. Tho Dodgo county board of supervis ors cut tho total estimates for tho ex- penso ot running tho business of tho county for tho coming year $26,000 as compared with last year's figures. Tho decrcaso Is in the general brldgo anr drainage funds. Tho total estimate Is $145,000. A teacher-parents' club has been organized at Noligh. Tho purposo o' tho club Is to attain closor co-opor-atlon between paronts and toachers. which is pxpectcd to materially aid tho pupils in every lino of study. Word has been received at Beatrice from Llano Grande, Tex., to tho effect that tho Fifth Nobraska regiment, now doing duty on the border, had been quarantined for diphtheria at camp headquarters. Fremont citizens aro agitating the question of a new union depot fo.r the city. Efforts will bo made to Induce the Union Pacific to spend a part of the 1917 budget In Improving its sys tem and property in Fremont. s Nearly twice as many miles of road woro graded in Lancaster county last year than during tho previous twelve months. The total waa 412, while dur ing tho year 1915 it was only 270. Over a million and a half dollars in sales was mado by tho Dempster Mill company of Boatrlco during 191G, moro thnn $100,000 above tho previous year. An embargo on freight shlpmonts over the Union Pacific .lines which has tied up more than 500 cars in the Omaha and Council Bluffs yards slnco Dccomber 26, has been lifted. Wolves havo been doing consider able damage In Gage county and the farmers aro making plans to hold a big circle hunt. Many chickens and pigs havo boon killed by the wolves Tho Dcshlor Coffee Mills company has been organized at Dcshlor with a capital stock of $100,000. A two-story building to houso tho concern 1b to bo constructed. Bonds to tho sum of $25,000 will probably bo voted upon by tho people of Fremont at tho spring election for tho purposo of building a now auditor ium. Lincoln is Boon to havo a. new man ufacturlng concern. Gooch Food Prod ucts company has filed articles of in corporation, with a capital stock of $300,000. At a primary to select a popular candldato for postmaster at Peters burg Emll H. Mack got 222; John B Cameron, 155, and Gcorgo Probst, 81 Richardson county, after being un dor tho township form' ot government for thirty years, 1b now back to tho old system of commissioner form. Two hundred and Boventy-ono mar riage licenses were granted In Adams county during 1916 as compared with 245 tho previous year. Eleven thousand dollars was tho price paid for 82 acres of land in Fil moro county recently. Tho old Peter Jansen ranch of 640 acres near Jansen, was sold recently for $86,000. Two Wolbach women woro ordorcd by Judgo Woodrough of Grand Island to pay to the United States funds loaned them shortly after the begin nlng of tho European war. Tho la dies in question wero In Germany when aided by tho government. Mrs. Myrtlo McClellen and James Emklno wero lined Jointly tho sum of $2,325.20 by District Judge Grimes at North Platto for the violation of Ne braska liquor laws. Tills is said to bo tho heaviest-fine over administered In Lincoln county for such an offence. General Joseph R. Webster, attor ney general of Nobraska In pioneer days, and former resident ot Lincoln died In Washington, D, C, a few days ago. Gen. Webster had n wide ac qualntanco throughout tho state. Jerry Kean, n farmer living south wont of Stella, has lost nlno head of horses recently, death being due, it Is thought, to somo form of acuto pols onlng. Charles W. Kaloy, a well known clt li.en of Red Cloud, prominent In pollt leal clrclcfl and wOrld-wlde traveler, died In Los Angeles, Cal. Through a co-operntlvo plan, m-n I hkuu uy miss usuicr wnrnur, oowmu J - i . I .r " .l I county agent, tho members of tho Seward County HotnchMnkora' asso ciation realized 30 per cent moro than regular market price for dressed poul try during tho Christmas trado. Names of purchasers wore secured by Miss Warnor in Omaha, Lincoln and othor largo towns in tho stato and th produco waa Bent direct to tho con. sumor by parcel post, C. O. D. from a convenient marketing placo in tho county. Plans aro under way for a series of poultry meetings through out tho county In tho near future. Tho official figures Just compiled by tho several livo stock markets of tho country for tho year 1916 Bhow that Omaha la unquestionably tho second market In tho country. Chicago la still nt tho head of tho list. It is con tended from thno to tlmo In Kansas City that tho market thero is tho sec ond largest in tho country. Tho fig ures show that In 1916 Omaha receiv ed 7,722,032 head of stock and Kansns City received 7,067,575. Theso figures "how that Omaha received 654,457 head of stock moro than tho contend er for second placo. Chicago stands firmly In first placo with 10,729,048. It has bcon definitely decided that tho 1917 National Swino Show will bo hold nt Omaha, tho dates being Octo ber 3 to 10. Tho show will again bo staged In tho big barn at tho South Omaha stock yards. A now tcaturo will bo added to tho show this year. Thero will bo night exhibitions. This was ono of tho fow defects of lnBt year's show. Four hundred and fifty farmers and business men of Gago county havo lodged a protest .with tho County Board of Superlvsors against paying tho salary of tho farm demonstrator. Nearly as many favor tho county pay. Ing tho demonstrator nnd January 23 has been Bot as tho date for hearing boV sides of tho case. Falls City A. O. U. Vv. niembo aro greatly agitated over tho in crease In rates voted at tho grand lodge mooting at Omaha. Many ol ho older mon will bo compelled to drop thoir membership nnd many of ho younger mon will drop out through sympnthy for tho older men, Tho Fremont Milling plant Is work ing on a 5,000-barrel order of flout that will bo shipped to Chicago for uso In making unleavened broad. It will require over thrco wccJis, with the lnnt running night and day, to com plete tho order. Tho broad is caton by Jewish pcoplo during tho feast of ho paoBover. Tho farmers of Dodgo county plan on doing considornblo ditching tho coming season. Two now ditching machines costing $2,000 and $2,300 each, havo been purchased, ono by Lewis Bros., tho othor by Loo Morley. Both parties havo largo contracts for work, beginning in tb. spring. Tho Hastings Chamber of Com merce hns advised Stato Senator Wal ter E. Hager that Hastings will glvo twenty acres of well located ground for .a building site for a now stato eapitol on tho condition that tho cap ital of Nebraska Bhall bo moved from Lincoln to Hastings. Val Peters, publisher of tho Omaha Trlbuno, has purchasod the Platto River Zoltung, tho only German nowa papor in Dodgo county. Tho papot was . published at Fremont and was established In 1885. Mr. Petors will consolidate tho Zeltung with his Omaha Journal. Tho cost of running Lancaster county for 1917 will bo $74,500 higher than last year, according to tho ostl niato adopted by tho county commis sioners providing for expenditures of $400,000. Tho 1916 budget waa $380,000. A campaign has been launched to Increaso tho Hastings colloge endow ment fund to $500,000. Tho Nobraska grand lodgo of tho Anclont Order of -United Workmen adopted tho national fraternal con gress schedulo of rates, which will mean a general increaso on all mem bers, at a meeting In Omaha, "The now rates will bo oven higher than thoso Imposed in 1915, which wore found Inadoquato. Provision has been made for a reduction from $2,000 to a $1,500 policy. Seventy-eight head of cattle wore sold for an avcrago of $775 a head at tho Mouscl Brothers salo near Cambridge. Coal at cost Is being sold to the peoplo of Falls City by city authori ties. The new Masonic building at Al liance is nearing completion. Alllanco Masons declare they will havo ono of tho finest lodgo buildings in western Nebraska when this work is finished, Tho structure represents an outlay ol $30,000. According to figures compiled by n Lincoln newspaper the Capital City's valuation has doubled In the last twelvQ ycarH. In the year 1905 tho total valuation was $38,600,000; In tho year Just closed It Jumped to $70,000,000. Frank A. Anderson,, grand mastor workman, Iibb appointed R. O. Man noil, cashier of the Merchants' Na tional bank of Nobraska City, grand treasurer of tho A. O. U. W. of Ne braska to fill the vacancy caused by tho death of E. L. Dodder of Omaha, Tho mortgage record for tho past year In Gage county shows that a to tal of 314 farm mortgages woro fllod aggregating $995,250.09, and 343 re leased, aggregating $895,614,37. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Young, of Brock, rocontly colobrated thoir sixty-first wedding Anniversary. I PORK" BILL 0PP0NENT8 OF PUBLIC BUILD. ING MEA8URE SAY MANY PROJ. ECTS ARE NEEDLE8S. Congress Wants to Make Big Appro prlatlons but Has Trouble Getting Its Courage Screwed Up to the Sticking Point By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington. Congress dares ono dny nnd does not daro tho next. Tho majority gets Its courage screwed up apparently to tho sticking point and then something comes to make it re cedo rapidly. Congress wants to pass the omnibus buildings bill while tho president, It is said, does not want It to pass, uitd one day It makes up Its .mind to pass It und the next day It changes its mind. Yenrs ago the nnmo "pork" was giv en to each of two measures which como yearly beforo congress, the pub lic buildings bill nnd tho rivers nnd hurhors hill. It Is needless, of course, to say that many of tho buildings for whoso erection provisions havo been made, nml many of tho rivers und har bors for whoso Improvement money .has been voted, havo heen necessary for tho good of the country. Tho charge, however, from both Democrats nml Republicans all over the United States Is that proper dis crimination is not made by congress between tho good and bad propositions contained In these measures. Tho friends of such legislation ulwuya spring to Its 'defense. Tho row has been going on for. years. It hns been pretty well understood this year Unit President Wilson does not want his party In congress to pass the public buildings bill as It Is nt pres ent written. It calls for saS.OOO.OOO for the erection of federal buildings In different parts of the country. The necessity of economy Is urged by somo members of- both parties In houso und senate as n reason for withholding con sideration from the bill as It has been presented. Its proponents declare that every Item In tho bill la Justifiable. Tho strugglo Is on. If tho bill passes it Is said that the president stands ready to veto It, but this, of course, Is a matter for future consideration. 417 Projects In Bill. Tho total number of projects pro vldcd for In the measure Is 417 with authorizations amounting to $!i3,7U4, 700. Public buildings and their con structlon are under tho control of the treasury department, tho secretary of which In his estimates asks for au thorizations of money for building pur poses. In tho present public building bill the names of 01 towns and vil lages nppour of which the treasury do partmeiit mado no mention In its re port. In other words, congress, acting on Its own behalf, has gono far beyond tho estimates submitted by Secretary McAdoo. Tho officials of tho government this yenr hnvo said that nearly one-fourth of tho entiro building appropriation Is needless, unwise and extravagant On ,tho other hand, tho members of congress who dcslro that theso build lugs shall bo erected say that it is due to tho pcoplo of tho smaller towns In tho country that Undo Sam should be represented throughout the land by proper buildings and by adequate facll Itlcs for nil his purposes nnd that If the building Is too big tho needs of tho plnccs will grow to meet It. Tho bnsls of tho argument really Is, however, that as all the pcoplo aro taxed for nil tho federal buildings that tho smaller places should be given recognition und that Undo Sam loses nothing by keep Ing his ncphnws and nieces satisfied Want Parks Made Accessible. A conferenco has Just closed in Washington which brought together a surpassingly Interesting group of men nnd women. It was tho National Parks conference. Thero aro many congresses or con ferenccs, call them what you will, In Washington every year, but perhaps mora thnti nil tho others thero at taches to tho National Parks Confer ence whnt may bo culled tho higher human Interest. The object of this conference Is to Influcnco public opln Ion In favor of national pnrks, nnd to urgo tho necessary legislation to mnlco tho parks nccesslblo to tho people of tho country, to maintain them In all their original beauty nnd gran dour and to endeavor to find ways nnd means to securo nn "ceo nomlc hospitality" within their limits for Americans who nre not blessed with great riches. In other words, tho effort is to mako tho national parks truly national playgrounds. Let us tnko ono of tho meetings of this nnd enter the doors. It Is even lug nnd on tho walls of tho great hull In tho National Museum aro hanging tho wonderful pictures painted by American artists nnd setting forth tho glories of color, of sky, mountain, treo nnd valley of tho national parks of America, Tho most nmous of our ar tists hero are represented. Gathered to look at the pictures nnd to listen to tho addresses from sclen tfsts, educators nnd nature lovers on tho value of tho parks to tho peoplo, aro men nnd women whose names aro known In scientific, nrt nnd educn tlonal circles generally throughout tho world. In addition hero nro men In forested In the outdoor life, In tho preservntlon of tho big game, of birds, nnd of tho fish of tho country in order that tho peoplo may benefit economic ally nnd that tho wild llfo may bo nro served within tho limits of Its natural ranges. Hero Is Chnrlns D. Wnlcott, secre tary of Uio Smithsonian Institution, ono of tho best-known geologists of tho world, nnd n scholar of high stand ing in other branches of tho sciences. When ho wns n boy Chnrles D. Wnl cott used to tnko n llttlo hammer nnd wnndor through tho gorges nnd ravines of tho foothills of tho Adirondack In Central Now York, chipping oft sped mens of rock to ndd to the llttlo cabi net which ho kept In his homo. Ho wns n boy enthusiast, nnd his enthus iasm lasting, ho persevered In his stu dies nnd his writings nnd finally ho became ono of tho world's noted sci entists. Hero also Is Dr. T. S. Palmer In chargo of tho work of gamo preserva tion In tho biological survey. Doctor Palmer perhaps moro than any other man ts responsible for the legislation looking to tho federal protection of migratory gamo birds. He knows nil about wild nntmnls' sanctuaries nnd nbout tho continued prevnlenco hero nnd there of tho various species. Here Is Knos Mills who lives either In or nt tho edgo of tho Rocky Mountain Nntlonnl park In Colorado. Ills writ ings aro known throughout tho land. Hero Is Mrs. John Dickinson Sher man, conservation chairman of tho General Federation of Women's clubs, n grcnt organization of women which Is working for the establishment of national parks and for their mainte nance forever for tho pcoplo of tho country. Hero Is Stephen T. Mather stnndlng by tho side of Secretary of tho Interior Franklin K. Lane who Is his linincdlnto chief. Ever slnco he camo Into ofllco Mr. Mather hns given his cntlro time nnd energy to tho development of tho parks and to tho furtherance of plnns to mako them nccesslblo to the pcoplo. Hero Is Orvillo Wright, tho nvlator, who Is to talk on air routes to tho na tional parks, and hero nro dozens of others, nil kcenly Interested In tho grent works of nature.. Tho men nnd women who nro gath ered at this National Parks Confer enco nro tho men nnd voracn who do things In this world. Gossip Busy Ovcr,"Leak." A leak ordinarily Is understood to bo a small thing, but the recent lenk In this capital city actually Inundated tho town with excitement. Tho chargo that somebody In nd- vanco of tho president's peace noto told stock speculators that It was to be expected, has been exploited protty thoroughly in tho press. Washington is n gossipy place, nnd within 21 hours stories wero nflont Hint this man or that man, tho names being given, was responsible for giving nwny tho admin istration's secrets and for making some millions in Wall street for one set of speculators aud losing thorn for an other. In tho sennto of tho United States tho chairman of tho commltteo on for eign relations said flatly that ho 'be lieved that tho leak hud como from the stato department nnd ho Intimated that ho thought It camo from employees holding high und confidential positions. This statement of Senator Stono sot tho gosslos' tongues wngglng once more, but It relieved tho anxieties of certain Innocent persons not In the stnto department whom scandal-loving Washington hnd charged by word of mouth from ono person to another with being responsible for tho betrayal of state sccrots. , It Is criminal for ono charged with news gathering to Jump nt conclusions In this town. Men gossip nnd women gossip, and you can hear anything that you want to or do not want to nbout this man or that man, and oven nbout this woman or that woman, nnd the moro prominent In official or social life tho person Is tho more certain It Is that things that ought not to be said will bo said. Gossips Busy Over Leak. Tnko tho lenk case. Ono heard at every street corner nnd In every hotel cprrldor In tho city of Washington that u certain man of high official position, whoso name was given, hnd met anoth er man whoso namo wns given, at a certain plnco and at n certain time, ono located definitely, nnd tho othor given to tho minute, nud had tipped htm tho pcaco noto sccrot. A llttlo Inquiry showed that tho offi cial of the government hnd not met the man nnd hnd not been nt tho plnco mentioned at any tlmo, let nlono nt the hour set for tho meeting when u trust was said to havo been betrayed. Tho plan for tho writing of tho pence noto wns In President Wilson's mind for thrco weeks. Ho said so at tho tlmo that thero wns an Intimation ho had put It out suddenly In order to hnvo it appear colncldentnlly or almost colucldcntnlly with tho German noto suggesting that peuco might bo hnd ou certain terms. When n stnto paper is being prcpnred tho stato department and tho Whlto Houso arc, of, course, In communication ono with another and of tho very necessities in tho case nt least half a dozen nnd sometimes a dozen men know something ubout tho matter. Thero nro records to bo con sulted, precedents to bo studied and then, of course, thero Is tho writing nnd tho typewriting, all of which Involves tho Inclusion In tho "secret clrclo" of employees. It seems to bo generally ndmltted that there was u leak somowhero nlong tho plpo lino of Information. Thero have been leaks beforo In the history of tho United Stntes government Cer tain parts of tho presidents' messages huvo been known In places whore thoy ought not to bo known prior to the dato of release, A foreshadowing of whnt tho president was going to say In his mcssago on somo mutter of mo ment has affected stocks In Wsti street