The Omaha Daily Bee Intelligent ad-takers will help write your want-ad. Telephone Tyler 1000 THE WEATHER FAIR VOL. XLVI NO. 175. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1917 TEN PAGES. u Tnlni. at Hcttlk Niwt Stand. ta., SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS- BUFFALO BILL IS DYING; HE HEARS THE END IS NEAR Colonel William F. Cody Faces Death in Same Manner as in Countless Battles on Plains of West. WANTS TO KNOW CHANCES Learns of Brief Time Left Him and Then Gives Directions About Funeral. THIRTY-SIX HOURS TO LIVE Denver, Colo., Jan. 8. Colonel William F'. Cody (Buffalo Bill), is dying in Denver tonight, facing death in the same manner that lie has faced it many a time on the plains of the west in conflicts that made his name famous. The "greatest plainsman the west ever knew," heard the warning words of the approach of the end of his life today from Dr. J. II. East, his physician and friend. Colonel Cody had summoned the physician to the home oHiis sister, where he is spend ing his last hours. When Dr. Fast walked into his room, Colonel Cody said: "Sit down, Doctor, there is some thing I want to ask you. I want you to answer mc honestly. What are my chances?" Hears Death Is Near. , "There is a time. Colonel," said he, "when every honest physician must commend his patient 10 a higher power." Coloi.el Cody's head sank. "How long?" he asked, simply. "1 can answer that," said the physician, "only by telling you your life is like the hour glass. The sand is slipping; gradually; slowly but soon the sand will all be gone. The end is not far away." Colonel Cody turned to his sister, Mrs. May Decker. "May " said he, "let the Elks and Masons take charge of the funeral." Then the man who made history in the west when it was young, began methodically to arrange his affairs. Boys Write to Him. Dr. East tonight said death would come within thirty-six hours. Hundreds of telegrams from men of prominence from all over the country came today. Many boys from different parts of the United States wrote to. him. "Won't you please send me the story of your life' and all your pic tures, so I can be a scout like Buffalo Bill? "one" yourTgsfdr wrote" The let ter was taken to Colonel Cody. "He is a typical American youth," said the colonel, as his face lighted with a smile of happiness. Parral Captured by Carranza And Villa Forces Driven Out El Paso, Tex., Jan. 8. Parral, Chi huahua, was occupied by Carranza forces under General Francisco Mur guia yesterday, a message received by the Carranza, consul. Bravo, here to day stated. The Villa forces that oc cupied Parral fled to the mountains, the message added, and nine locomo tives and 100 cars were recaptured. This message to the Carranza con sul also stated that General Favila, a Carranza commander, met and de feated a column of Villa followers yesterday on the wagon road between Jimenez and Parral, killing thirty-five Villa troops and capturing many pris oners after the command was scat tered. Loewe Gets Interest On The Savings Bank Deposits Washington, Jan. 8. In a new phase of the old Danbury Hatters' case the supreme court today decided that Dietrich E. Loewe, Danbury, Conn., hat manufacturer, and not the United Hatters' union, is entitled to $20,000 in interest accrued on Union Hatters' savings bank deposits, at tached toward satisfying Loewc's $353,000 judgment secured under the Sherman law for union boycotting in 1903. The Weather l-'or Nebraska Fair; colder Temperatures at Omaha Ypaterday. Hour. Dvg. 6 a. m SR I fl a. m 28 7 a. m 20 8 a. m 29 9 a. m 31 10 a. m 34 12 m. 1 p. 1 2 p. : i p. in. 5 p. m. P. Comparative lorat fteconl. 1917. 191ft. 1915. 1914. 1 1 1 c he? t yostrrday 49 .It 2 44 Lowest yesterday 2 l 15 : M-nn temperature. . .. 38 2K 22 ;tH Pror-lpitatlon 00 .00 T .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: vin.il temperature 21 i:Di for the ly i; Totitt exrens since March 1 261 Niirrnal prortplintion 02 Inch Mrllcien-'y fin- the day 2 Inrli Total ruin fa 1 1 since. March 1 .... 16. z Inehen l.fYlpny since March 1 12. filt Inches TJrricfeney for for. period. 1910,. 2.00 Inches iVficlency for cor. period, 1914, 3.S9 Inches Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. .Nation and State Temp. lH(th- Ratn- or weather. 7 p. m. I'hcyenno, clear 36 DHvenport, rloudy 42 I'cnver, cloudy ,. HO I os Molnra, rloudy . ... 42 iKiripa City, clear 44 Lander. clar North riatte, pt. cloudy 40 Omaha, cloudy 44 I'ueblo, part cloudy o4 Kaptd City, rlear 41 Suit Lake, pi. cloudy... 24 Santa F cclar 3 Sheridan, part cloudy... 3i .Sioux City, etoudy...... 42 Vaiuntlne, clear rtti est. fatl. 42 .00 4 .00 tfi .00 4S .00 f'S .00 40 .00 fin .on 49 .00 0 .00 t'.O .00 28 .00 44 .00 ;.o .00 41 .00 40 .00 T indicates trace of precipitation. U. A. WEILS II, Meteorologist. Tumulty Denies He "Leaked" Any Word to the Wall Street Brokers Private Secretary to President Reads Carefully Drawn Statement to the Committee. DID NOT TALK PEACE Washington, Jan. 8. When Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, was called before the house rules committee today in fhe inquiry into the alleged leak to Wall street, he read a statement, as follows: "1 appear before this committee to resent the unjust intimation that 1 gave information to B. M. Baruch in regard to the so-called peace note sent to the European belligerents last month by the secretary of state. This intimation was contained in a state ment made to this committee by Rep resentative Wood of Indiana, a man whom I do not know. To the best of my knowledge, 1 have never met Mr. Wood. Certainly he made no ef fort to find out the truth from me be- NEBRASKA MOST PROTECTSOLDIERS Colonel Fetterman Sounds Call for a Regimental Armory Here in Omaha. SHUN FALSE ECONOMY "Nebraska must spend money to preserve its National Guard and to keep the respect of the country," says Colonel Fetterman, inspector of the National Guard. "This state must build a suitable armory as soon as possible with money appropriated for the purpose by the stale legislature. And until such a building is erected, some place in Omaha must he found to store temporarily the $25,001) worth of property which the four companies own. "There is no longer need of evad ing the issue that Nebraska must pay its share in making the nation's de fense. The only point for discussion is whether it shall be paid in money for he education of men and officers that they may be able to be good sol diers, able"" to take care of themselves and to come home safe and sound, save from inevitable casualties; or whether it shall be paid in the flesh and blood of Nebraska boys sacrificed by incompetent officers upon the bat tle field, or in fever-stricken camps through ignorance of sanitation, and by mothers' tears. I know what edu cation has already dor as I see the Fourth infantry coming home in splendid health, with but one death to report, and that from accident; while I recall that the regiment in which I served in the Spanish war suffered twenty-eighth deaths, nearly all from typhoid fever, during prac tically a corresponding period of ser vice, and came home as a mob of physical wrecks." Meeting to Be Held in the Interest of Preparedness New York, Jan. 8. Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard university has been selected chairman of the committee in charge of the education al features of the Congress of Con structive Patriotism, to be held in Washington on January 25, 26 and 27 under the auspices of the National Security league and in the interests of better military, naval and industrial preparedness for the United States. S. Stanwood Menken, chairman of the committee on congress of the league, said that fourteen governors, nearly fifty colleges and universities and approximately 150 commercial, agricultural, patriotic and defense so cieties have agreed to send repre sentatives to the congress and that there will be more than 1,000 dele gates there. Faithful Pig Feeder Gets Mysterious Mail Don't be surprised if a mail man comes up to you and casually asks what time of the day it is. The chances are that he is only trying to locate Sam Drabenia. Postmaster Fanning has received a letter from J. A. Worthington, a farmer of St. Louis, asking him to locate Sam, and the chief means of identification is that Sam wore a silver watch which Worthington claims to bave awarded him for faithfully feeding pigs on a farm owned by Worthington. The letter describes Sam as a hard worker, one who saves his money, and am bitious to make his way in the world. Sam was last heard of in Omaha and his job still awaits him if he will com municate with J. A. Worthington. Husband Says His Wife Condoned Indiscretions An unique answer to his wife's petition for divorce is filed with the clerk of the district court by Leo F. Heifncr, who is charged by his wife, Byrtha M with misconduct. "Whatever indiscretions I have participated in," replies the husband, "were condoned by the plaintiff fof a long time prior to the commence ment of the suit." Mrs. Heifncr savs her husband cams from $1,500 to $3,500 a year. Bernice Drishaus asks divorce on the grounds of cruelty from Lester H., vice president and secretary of the Gate City Hat company. Christian Scientists Exempted And Court Decision Stands Washington. Jan. 8. Without de ciding constitutional questions, the supreme court today affirmed the re fusal of the California federal courts to enjoin enforcement of California's medical practice law requiring licens ing of "drugless" practitioners. The law exempts Christian Scient ists. The ruling leaves it in full force and operation. t'ore dragging my name into this af fair. "1 wish to deny generally :md spe cifically that 1 gave advance informa tion to Mr. Baruch, or to anybody else, in regard to the peace note. 1 did not know of the existence of this note, or that this government con templated the dispatch of such a note, until after printed copies of the note had been given to representatives of the press by the State department, was not consulted in the prepare' of the note by the president anybody else. The coufereiv v communications relating to the.0' ing of the note and its dispatch s ore confidential between the president and the secretary of state. 1 knew noth ing of them whatever, nor did any other person employed in the execu tive office. "I have had no correspondence, written or telegraphic, with Mr. Baruch or anybody representing him regarding this matter. I have had no telephone talk with Mr. Baruch or anybody representing him regarding this matter. I have never talked with (Continued on )': Nine, Column Vivo.) TEST OF ADAMSON LAW MG MADE Arguments in Supreme Court On Appeal of Government from Hook Decision. BRIEFS ARE ON FILE Washington, Jan. 8. The climax in the legal contest over constitutional ity of the Adamson law was reached today in the supreme court. Arguments were begun in the Mis souri, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad test case, in which the Department of Jus tice is appealing from Federal Judge Hook's decision at Kansas City, Mo., that the law passed last September when a nationwide railroad strike seemed imminent is unconstitutional, null and void. Conclusion of the arguments late tomorrow is expected. They are the first on the merits of the Adamson law in any court, Judge Hook having decided the case without formal hear ings in order to expedite the appeal for the supreme court's final deter mination. A decision is expected within a few weeks. Voluminous briefs were filed today by the federal and railroad council before the beginning of the arguments which proceeded after announcement by the court of numerous opinions and orders on reconvening after its holiday recess. Precedent! Are Cited. Numerous precedents, including su preme court decisions, were cited in support of the law's validity. The railroad brief contended the law is un workable,, experimental, incapable of application, interferes with liberty of contract, docs not fall within con gress' authority to regulate interstate commerce and takes railroad property without due process of law. The arguments were begun by counsel for the Department of Jus tice, which has sole charge of the de fense, the railroad brotherhoods not appearing officially. Eight hours for the hearing was desired by the rail road's counsel, but less was deemed necessary by the federal attorneys. The usual time given by the court for acase is three hours. . Annulment of Judge Hook's deci sion holding the law unconstitutional and dismissal of the railroad's suit was asked in the brief of the De partment of Justice. Argues Is Constitutional. As an "hours of service" act and also as a wage law the federal brief contended the law is constitutional. Infcrcntially, the brief argues thai compulsory arbitration legislation, such as is under consideration, also is constitutional in behalf of public interests to prevent tieups of trans portation facilities. Practicability of obeying the law, the brief asserted, has been admit ted again and again by railroad offi cials, particularly in hearings before congressional committees last August and in conferences with President Wilson. "All assumed the mere change from the established and well under stood ten-hour standard day to the proposed eight-hour standard day was alt that was necessary or .intended," the brief stated, citing that 85 per cent of employes affected arc now em ployed on a ten-hour basis." Would Enforce Law. i Admitting that a rigid eight-hour day for train operation is not com jpletely practicable, federal attorneys I said the Adamson law should be cn ! forced at least so far as is possible. ! "Two co-ordinate branches of 1 lie government have evidenced the opin ion that the law is constitutional." the brief continued. "Certainly this court will not strike down the law i upon mere prophecies of its effect " Alleged infringements of the lih- erty of contract, it was contended. ; does not affect the act's validity nor ! "the assertion that congress enacted ! this law from improper motives and upon insufficient information." ; New York Leads World in I Volume of Foreign Trade j New York, Jan. 8. Of every $100 jworth of foreign trade in the United States in 1916, $52 was transacted in ; New York, according to figures made public today by the collectors of the I customs, showing that the foreign trade of this port, during the last calendar year was valued at $4,609, j 000,000. No other harbor in the world ever transacted trade to such an cx- lent in a single year, it was stated. The total averages about $40 a head in the country's population, j Customs collected here last vcar amounted to $153,211,9.19, or almost $500,000 for each business day. March was the record month, with $14,948,-478. WEBB-KENYON DRY LAW GIVEN HIGH COURT O.K. Supreme Tribunal Declares Act j Barring Liquor From Wet : . Vohibition States Is Valid. I VOTES POUR TO TWO McRcynoIds Concurs in Ruling, but Not Wholly, and Holmes and Van Dcvanter Dissent. AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS Washington. Jan. 8. -The Wchh Kenyon law, designed to prevent liquor shipments from "wet" to "dry" states, was today declared con stitutional by the supreme court by a vole of 7 to 2, which also upheld West Virginia's prohibition amend ment, prohibiting citizens from receiving liquor, for personal use, shipped by common carriers in inter state commerce. It was announced that Justice Mc Reynolds concurred in the decision, but not completely in the opinion. Justices Holmes and Van Dcvanter were the two dissenting justices. "The all-reaching power of govern ment over liquor is settled," said the chief justice in announcing the de cision. "'There was no intention oi congress to forbid individual use of liquor. The purpose of this act was to cut out by the roots the practice of permitting violation of state liquor laws. We can have no doubt that congress has complete authority to prevent paralyzing of state authority. Congress exerted a power to co-ordinate the national with the slate au thority. Attorneys for national liquor or ganizations who were in court said the decision upholds and applies the Webb-Kcnyon law "in its broadest sense." Wayne Wheeler, counsel for the Anti-Saloon League of America, who with Fred Blue, state prohibition com missioner of West Virginia, argued the case before the court, made this statement on the court's decision: "The states may now prohibit the possession, receipt, sale and use of intoxicating liquors and not be ham pered by the agencies of interstate commerce." Mackensen Takes Roumanian Town of Fokshani on Sereth (fly The Amorlatcd Vitus.) Field Marshal von Mackensen lias broken through the strong)- defended barrier before the river Scrcth which the Russians had constructed at Fok shani, has captured that important town and taken nearly 4,000 prison crs and three kuiis in the process. j The Russians also have lost prountl turther north along the Moldaviau frontier between the Putna and Oituz valleys, Berlin announces. Towards the Danube from Fokshani, however, the latest reports showed a Russian offensive of some importance which admittedly had succeeded in gaining ground from Von Mackcnsen's forces. lu the France-Belgian front, patrol and aviation operations are featured in the war office statements. Berlin reports considerable aviation activity and announces the bringing down of six hostile airplanes during the day. In Inaugural Address Lowden Tells the Needs of Illinois ' Springfield, 111.. Jan. 8. A budget jsystem and consolidation of state ad ministrative agencies were empha sized as needs in the address which Frank (J. Lowden delivered today on the occasion of his inaugural address as governor. He also said: "The time has come for a new state constitu tion," recommended extension of the ! civil service, reclamation of waste I lands, reduction in the number of clcc I tions, with the enfranchisement of aoscnt voters ann extension ot woman suffrage and state supervision of private banks. Lowden discussed the relation of the state to industrial workers and wards of the commonwealth and en dorsed good roads construction and the Chicago plan to control its own public utilities. He concluded with an appeal for Jaw enforcement and asked the legislators to co-operate with his administration. Happy Hollow Prize for Best Barefooted Score Bare feet are -going to blossom out more strongly than ever on the Hap py Hollow golf course in the spring. This is assured by the fact that the club has officially decided to award a prize for (he best barefoot score. That is. a prize will be offered for the man who makes the best golf score while playing barefooted. Last spring barefooted golfing was inaugurated at the club grounds by Dr. D. T. Quigley and very soon he had a large following of enthu siasts, who liked the feel of the cool dew on their toes in the morning. The club has taken an interest and has de cided to encourage this sporl by of fering a prize. Court Will Not Interfere And Chaloncr Remains Insane Washington, Jan. 8. John Arm strong Chaloncr, Merry Mills, Va., by a supreme court decision today lost his suit to annul New York proceed ings in which he was declared in sane and which was designated to se cure possession from his lunacy trus tee of propcrtv estimated at nearly $3.0(10,000. The court declined to disturb the insanity proceedings, leaving' Chnl oner's property in the trustee's hands. Witnesses in j OTTO 1" JOFH E.C. HARDY, PIONEER WRITER, IS DEAD Editorial Writer On T,he Bee for Many Years Passes Away at Chicago. SICK BUT A SHORT TIME A dispatch from Henry Hardy an nounces the death of his father, Kd win C. Hardy, in Chicago, Sunday noon. Mr. Hardy made his home with his son, Walter R. Hardy, at 3556 Milwaukee avenue. The death of this veteran newspaper worker is a source of keen regret to former associates in Omaha, among whom Mr. Hardy labored for twenty years. Horn November 23, 1838, at Georgetown, D. C- Mr. Hardy's life work began before the civil war, cov ered that crucial period and the sub sequent progress and development of the nation. His training as a news paper man was had on the Cleveland (O.) Leader, under the elder Cowles, and embraced every variety of work in the shop, from printer to reporter and editorial, writer. "Clevclaim was a small burg in his day, just getting its footing and expecting big things from neighboring oil fields. In his rounds as a reporter Mr. Hardy fore saw its business possibilities and orig inated the. first daily commercial re port appearing in Cleveland papers. His work in that line brought him in contact with subsequent millionaires of oildom, one of them no less than the senior Rockefeller, then a plod ding clerk in a Cleveland office. Comes to Omaha. The failure of an afternoon newspa per venture prompted Mr. Hardy's re moval from Cleveland to Omaha in 1885, where he joined the editorial staff of The Bee, and for twenty years held the post of associate editor. Mr. Hardy made his home with his children at Chicago for the last ten years. Though his home was there, his heart was in Omaha. In a letter written on New Year's day to an Omaha friend he repeated an oft expressed longing to visit this city and confidently hoped to do so "next spring." In the same letter he re vealed the deep faith and hopefulness which buoyed his spirit amid physical infirmities in these touching sen tences: "Well, we have entered upon a new year. How many of us will see its end is known only to the Infinite One who gave us being. But we may at least hope that the gracious Provi dence which has piloted us thus far along life's highway will continue with us another year. Those who have reached the summit of life's rugged hill and are descending to ward the valley where arc buried hopes, aspirations, friendship, affec tion, realize that the end is not re- ! mote. With faith in the justice and mercy oi the Supreme Being they can look forward fearlessly and without misgivings to the inevitable coming of the lime of departure." Three days after these words were penned the beginning of the end came. Mr. Hardy is survived by five sons and four daughters Henry. Edwin. Waller. Frank and Arthur; Mrs. Ivan Lbcrman of Cleveland, Mrs. Florence i i ..f kr. : , I.. i iv4in;tig hi vv in nip. x, v anaua, ami two others. Mrs. iiarny aiert last August. Four of the sons and two daughters were present at the bedside when the end came. ! Greece Neither Accepts Nor ' Denies Entente Demands ' London, Jan. 8. Reuter's Athens correspondent says the Greek govern mcnt has handed to the diplomatic representatives of the entente a series ; of statements in response to the last note of the allies. '1 hese statements, ' tile dispatch says, are neither a rc- fusal nor an acceptance of the entente note, but point out difficulties in the way of compliance with sonic of the ; terms. j Daniels Asks Congress for Twelve Million for Navy Washington, Jan. 8. Secretary I Daniels today appealed to congress for $U,000,000 to add to navy yard construction facilities because of the failure of the private builders to sub mit bids lor t lie name cruisers ana scout cruisers. Six million dollars already has been authorized by congress for the im provement of navy yard building plants. "Leak" Probe RINE COOKS BATCH ! MD f miQI ATADQi l vii LLUiuuniuau City Attorney Prepares Number of 'City Charter Amend ments for Approval. MORE POWER TO CITY PADS City Attorney Rine has prepared for the Douglas county legislative delegation a batch of Omaha city charter amendments which have been referred to in detail from time to time. Some of these proposed amend ments arc intended to make more definite and certain existing charter provisions, while others are to en large the authority of the city council in situations which the city officials have been unable to negotiate in the past. One amendment, for instance, pro vides that intersecting streets may be included in an improvement district and that a majority petition of the entire district will govern. In the case of the proposed grading of the Dodge street hill,- there-were fouw district proposed, namely: Dodge, Seventeenth lo Twenty-first; Eight eenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth slreets, each from Capitol avenue to Douglas street. In the cases of Dodge, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets there were sufficient signers to the petitions, but the Twentieth street petition lacked sufficient sign ers and thus held up the entire im provement. Under the proposed charter amendment, the present sig natures on the consolidated district would be sufficient to make a ma jority of the four streets if considered as one improvement district. Bonds Without Vote, Provision is made for voting of bonds for public comfort stations and a police station without submitting to vote of the electors; also remov ing the maximum of $.200,000 sewer bonds in one year; providing tbat the city council may take over public contracts in default and hold contrac tors without further formality. It is proposed to require the Met ropolitan Water district to pay half cost of paving on streets adjoining water plant property. Another provi sion is to allow the city council to purchase or condemn property for opening or widening streets and boulevards, and issue any necessary bonds in connection therewith, with out submitting to a vote of the citi zens. It is provided that appraisers' reports and bond propositions shall be in the form of ordinances, to en able the voters to take advantage of tne reterendum law it they wish. I his amendment would provide a way for putting through the widening of Twcnty.fourth street which is under consideration. Poor Burglars! They Get Pennies And Then Nothing Between 30 and 40 pennies was a the swag obtained hy hurglars who Sunday night pried open the rear door ot a grocery store at JJJb Cali fornia street, owned by I.ouis Ziea Zica had taken all the cash from the register Saturday night when he closed the store. Two men who tried to rob H. Fran sen's store at 2255 North Nineteenth street fared even worse. Fransen, who sleeps in the rear of the build ing, was awakened when the hurglars broke the glass in the front door and he put them to flight. K. G. Mills. 505 South Twentieth street, has reported to the police that 'he was held up between Chicago and 'Davenport streets. He lost $1 and his watch. Sugar Rations for Peqple Of Paris Cut Still LoWer Paris, Jan. 8. M. Hcrriot, minister of supplies, has decided that the ra tions for sugar for the French people shall be one pound and a half for each person per month after February 1, according to the Matin. It is ex pected a system of books of coupons will be adopted, each coupon giving the right to a certain quantity at the grocery. The object in restricting the sale of sugar is to reduce purchases abroad and release shipping for more urgent needs. LAWSON DEFIES CONGRESS; Will TELL NO NAMES Motion to Cite Him Before the House for Contempt Taken Under Advisement by the House Rules Committee. v HOT ROW WITH PROBERS Witness Says He Has Evidence Cabinet Official Benefi ciary of "Leak." ( WON'T GIVE INFORMATION Washington, Jan. 8. Through a be wildering maze of intimations and heated colloquies which turned the hearing into an uproar, the house ' rulcaconimittcc wrestled for several hours today with Thomas W. Lawson of lloston without obtaining any definite information to substantiate the stories of a "leak" to Wall street in advance of the president's peace note. When the committee adjourned un til tomorrow with Mr. Lawson's ex- animation uncompleted a motion to . cite him before the bar of the house for contempt because he refused to give names had been considered iii executive session and taken under ad visement. Denial By Tumulty. . Earlier in the day Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wil son, whose name was mentioned by Representative Wood in the rumors he laid before the committee last week appeared to give an emphatic state ment, endorsed by the president that he had no knowledge of the peace note before it was given to the press. He also denied the report repeated by Representative Wood that Mr1. Tumulty and Bernard Baruch, a Net York broker had conferred in a New York hotel a few days before the note was made public. Mr, Tumulty de nounced the action of Representative Wood in making public charges baaed on a tetter from an unidentified man, ' and declared from the witness stand, looking Representative Wood in the . face that he was still awaiting the congressman's apology. Lansing on Stand. Secretary Lansing of the State de partment also took the stand to -assert that he had no knowledge what ever of advance information having been circulated -regarding the peace note. Secretary Lansing related .the physical history of the note, how it was prepared, through whose hands it passed, and of his participation. in . its preparation. He also told of a state ment he had given in confidence to newspapermen on the morning before the note was made public, in which he ; told them to expect a note at 5 o'clock that evening for publication Thursday morning. He did not go into details with the correspondents, he said, but, did say that it was not a proposal (or peace nor an offer of mediation. Beyond Scope of Committee. . The secretary further stated that he., had not given the possible effect of the note on the stock market the east thought, but that he had cautioned secrecy because of the courtesy due to the foreign nations that the com munication should be published here before it was received abroad. When Representative Chiperfield, republican of Illinois, sought to inter rogate Secretary Lansing regarding his interpretation of the note on the day following its publication the sec retary said firmly that such question ing was going beyond the scope of the inquiry and was sustained by the committee. The commitatec's troubles with Mr. Lawson began soon after the financier took the stand, and grew into a noisy row, quieted only after Chairman Henry had threatened to clear the room of spectators and proceed in executive session. After declaring that he had evidence of a leak and asserting that he had information from a member of con gress that a cabinet official had been a beneficiary, Lawson flatly refused to give the names to the committee. He announced defiantly tha he would give no names regardless of conse quences, and declared: "You may punish me if you wish, but I will not besmirch the names of men in high positions at this prelim inary inquiry; my only business here is to give information that would war rant you in ordering a full investiga tion. This I think I have done." .. Before this the witness had flown into a passion when questioned by Representative Chiperfield about his book, "Frenzied Finance." j Won't Be Bulldozed. There were heated exchanges, dur ing which the word "four-flusher" could be heard above the general din, which interrupted the record of the official stenographer. Lawson, shaking his hand in Representative Chiper field's face, asserted that he knew his rights and would not be bulldozed. He finally was pulled into a chair by the chief clerk of the house. The col loquy with Representative Chiper field and some of Lawson's other re marks were expunged from the rec ord. " The examination then proceeded more quietly. Mr. Lawson frequently asked to be excused from answering question, but not until he had told an other story, at first hypothetical!)-, and then as a report related to him, to the effect that a member of the cabinet, a United States senator and a New York banker had a joint stock gambling account, which was shared among them. , Charges Against Congress. He flatly refused, despite persistent efforts of the committee, to reveal these names, declaring first that he -would not besmirch the names of men in high places at a preliminary inquiry, and, secondly, that he did not feel called upon at this stage of the in quiry to give information which (Conttnod OB Vmtm Sevea, Column Thpoo.)