The Omaha Daily Bee All the store newt in THE BEE "The great market place" THE WEATHER FAIR VOL. XLVI. NO. 176. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1917 TEN PAGES. u Train, it Httali tUwi Stand, Bv SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. COMMISSIONERS MAKE ESTIMATE ON COUNTY FUND New Board, Following Reor ganization, Decides Approxi mately Million Dollars Will Be Spent. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED New Heads for County Hos . pital, Riverview Home Are Appointed. MEET WITH ROAD EXPERT Nearly one million dollars, about the same amount as estimated at the beginning of 1916, will be required to keep the machinery of Douglas coun ty going for another year, the county commissioners decided at their meet ing yesterday afternoon. As required by law, the county board prepared the estimate for 1917. The total was $945,000, the estimates for the differ ent funds being as follows: General fund 500.000 Poor fund 125.000 Road fund 60.000 Bridge fund 150.000 Bond sinking fund 150.000 Soldiers' relief fund 10.000 Total '.. 945,O0O Four Get the Axe. Four appointees of the old board got the axe when the reorganized commissioners' body started opera tions. A. E. Agee was appointed super intendent of the court house, to take effect April 1. He will succeed Joe Calabria. After March 1 W. L. Nichols will be superintendent of the county hos pital, the job at present being held by E. R. Woods. W. T. Hogau, who relinquished, by request, his deputy sheriff's star when Sheriff Clark stepped into Felix Mc- Shane's shoes, was appointed admin istrator of county charities. The change will be made March 1. He is to succeed J. M. Leidy. John L. Sexton will be the superiii tendent of Riverview detention home avfter February 1. M. B. Thompson is the present superintendent. Committees For Year. Committees for 1917 were named as follows: Judiciary McDonald, chairman; Lynch and Compton. Court House and Jail Lynch chairman; O'Connor and Compton. County Hospital Bedford, chair man; Lynch and O'Connor. Rieverview Home McDonald, chairman; .Bedford and O Connor. Charity O'Connor, chairman; Bed. ford and McDonald. Roads and Bridges Compton, chairman; McDonald and Bedford. O'Connor, chairman of the con struction committee: Compton, chair man of the committee of the whole. At the morning session, Commis sioner O'Connor was elected chair man of the board. Goods Roads Man Here. James E. Wonders, division engi neer of the federal good roads, Fifth district, together with directors of the Commercial club met with the board in regard to the establishing of the permanent headquarters of the gov ernment good roads bureau in the court house. When the county commissioners some time ago were notified of the fact that Omaha had a chance to land this goods roads plum, they were qffuick to offer rooms in the court house providing the bureau was estab hshed here. Mr. Wonders, who is from Washington, D. C, told the board of the requirements of the bur eau. He said that he and the de partment he represented appreciated the action of the county commission crs in offering the free use of space in the court house. Resolutions, together with blue prints of adequate space on the sec ond and iourth floors ot the court house, were ordered prepared by the board and forwarded to Washington, where the final plans for the locating of the bureau here will be made. The Weather For Neferaaka Fair, Temperatures at Omaha l'cwlerdaj. Hours. e 2 p. m 49 3 p. m 6t SS 6 p. m 6 p. m 7 p. m. 51 8 P- m 47 Compartire Local Bevord. 1911. 19l. 1915. 19H. Highest yeatr-rday... 63 48 44 32 Lowest yf sterday . . . . ' 34 31 m Mean temperature. .. 44 3D 33 us Precipitation 01 T ,0ft .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature 20 Kxneas for the day 24 Total exceee since March 1 26 Normal prerlpltatlon 03 Inch IWk-lcncy for Iho day 03 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 .... IS. 72 Inches deficiency since. March 1 12.72lnches Heflclency for cor. period, 1916. 2.03 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 191. 3.42 Inches Reports From Htetiona at 1 F. M. Station snd State Temp, Hla-h- Raln- 2 1 6 a. m m. GlS A t a. m Vjy f 9 a. m rtggfjl 11 a. m of Weather. 7 p. m. eat. fall. I'heyenne. cloudy 88 40 t .00 liavenport, clear 42 4 .00 Denver, cloudy 60 64 .00 les Moines, clear 4S 4ft .so Dodge City, clear 64 S .00 Iander, cloudy 40 44 .00 North riatte, clear 42 GK .00 Omaha, part cloudy... B0 63 .00 Pueblo, clear 54 64 .00 Itapld City, Know 32 60 T Salt Lake City. pt. el'ety 22 28 , ,00 Manta J'e, clear 3S 44 .00 Hhertdan. cloudy 80 64 T Hloux City, clear 44 64 .00 Valentine, clear. ...... . 36 (2 .00 indicates trmaa of precipitation. U A. WELSH, Meteorologist FORMER BRITISH PREMIER May b new envoy to the United States to succeed Sir Cecil Spring Rice as British ambassador to Washington at an early date. iff? i 1 I SENATE VOTES TO DRYCLEAN DISTRICT Sheppard Prohibition Measure Passes Upper House by Vote of 55 to 52. SPIRIT OF BITTERNESS Washington, Jan. 9 The Sheppard prohibition bill, forbidding the sale of toxicating liquor in the District of Columbia, but allowing small importa tions for personal use, passed the senate today, 55 to 52. Neither the vote on the referen dum amendment nor that on the pas sage of the bill, was on party lines. There were twenty-six democrats and seventeen republicans voting for. the referendum, and twenty-seven demo crats and twenty-one republicans vot ing against it. Most ot the republi cans ot the so-canea progressive group voted against it. ior the bill itseii mere were twenty-eight democrats and twenty- even republican votes, with twenty- two democrats and ten republicans against it. All the progressives voted for passage. . . , ' There was evident a spirit ot Bit terness on the part of many senators and a feeling of tension that was only broken a few times when amend ments were offered or suggestions made that the senate and the galler ies thought humorous. The spectators, half their number women, made only one real demon stration, that of hearty approval when the final vote was announced, twice during the debate, however, the noise tempore became so great that President Pro teniporc Saulsbury had to threaten to clear the galleries. Colonel Cody Drops Into Deep Sleep; His Vitality Remarkable Denver, Jan. 9,-rThc remarkable vi tality shown by Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), said by his physi cian to be dying tonight, was a source of amazement to his medical attend ant and members of the family at the bedside. According to Dr. J. R. East, who lias been in constant attendance, the noted scout gained strength dur ing the day. although the heart action was very weak and digestive functions had ceased. Early tonight it was said he had been sleeping quietly for two hours. Fight Upon Shannon As Nonresident of State (From a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, Jan. 9. (Special Tele gram.) "Shannon, a resident of New Jersey, will submit evidence wumn a week A. Z. Walker." This is the reading of a telegram received by Speaker George Jackson and several other members of the legislature today from Omaha. It re fers to John J. Shannon of the Doug las county delegation and it is said that the sender of the message claims that he has evidence to show that Shannon is a resident of New Jersey. Shannon says he has lived iu Doug las county for four years and attended Crcighlou law school three years, graduating last spring. As yet Speak er Jackson docs not know what he will do, but will wilhhold any com ment until further evidence is furn ished. Ginning of Cotton Shows Increase Over Previous Year Washington, Jan. 9. Cotton ginned prior to January 1 amounted to 11. 045.225 running bales, including 188.- 052 round bales and 1 13.359 bales of j Sea Island, the census bureau today announced. Last year, prior to January 1, gin ning amounted to 10,636,778 bales, or 96.1 per cent of the crop, including 105,785 round bales and 88,933 bales of Sea Island. Three Persons Injured When Big Warehouse Collapses Cleveland. O., Jan. 9. Three per sons were badly injured, two fatally and scores had narrow escapes to day, when a portion of the five-story warehouse of the Cleveland Storage company collapsed without warning. HOUSE PARCELS MMMITTFF Wl ' & i Douglas County Representa tives Get Four Chairman ships in General Distri bution of Honors. RICHMOND LANDS AGAIN Norton of Polk Heads Com mittee on Judiciary, Began Railroads. HOWARD GIVES INAUGURAL Four Douglas Men Are House Chairmen Richmond Cities and Towns. Shannon Fees and Salaries. Howard Labor. Lovely Privileges and Elections: (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Jan. 9. (Special.) Under the assignment of standing commit tees, as prepared" by the committee or committees of the house and agreed to by the house this afternoon, Doug las county gets four chairmanships, the honors going to Richmond as chairman of the committee on cities and towns, Shannon as chairman of the committee on fees and salaries, Howard on labor and Lovely on priv ilges and elections. Other Douglas assignments arc as follows: Nielsen is on the committee on banks and claims: Shannon Cities and towns, fees and salaries. Keegan Constitutional amend ments, cities and towns. Lovely Privileges and elections and judiciary. . Hopkins Insurance and corpora tions. Richmond Cities and towns and miscellaneous subjects. Bulla Railroads and live stock and grazing. Craddock Finance and fees and salaries. Schneider Fish, and game and manufactures and commerce. Goodall Medical societies and labor. Howard Labor. Jelen Privileges and elections and revenue and taxation. List of Chairmen. The chairmanships are allotted as follows. ... Employes and expenditures, Hoff- meister; agriculture, Meysenburg; banks and banking. Murtey; cities and towns, Richmond; claims, Fries; con stitutional amendments, Thomas; cor porations, Trumble; education, Ollis; irrigation, McAllister; engrossed and enrolled bills, Naylor; fees and sal aries, Shannon; finance, ways and means, Riescluck; hsh and culture, Gormley; insurance, Swanson; judic iary, Norton; labor, Howard; live stock, Dau; manufactures and com merce, Neff; medical societies, Hoff- meister; miscellaneous subjects. Da- foe; privileges and elections, Lovely; railroads, Regan; revenue and taxa tion, Osterman; roads and bridges, Christ Anderson; rules, Jackson; school lands and funds, Labounty; state institutions, Fuller; special com mittee on prohibition legislation, Nor ton. Weiss Assistant Clerk. House democrats held a caucus at 1:30 this afternoon at the Lindcll hotel and elected Walter Weiss of Hebron first assistant clerk of the house to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Lee Metcalfe to accept the private secretaryship to the governor, The democrats hastened to the state house and at once began business, first by adopting the report of the coni mitteee on committees, putting over one or two resolutions for a day under the rules and then adjourning to meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The vote on first assistant clerk in the caucus was: Walter Weiss, 35 votes; E. E. E. Ridgway of Omaha. 14, and 2 votes for W. O. Worrell of Wahoo. In the senate the precedent set by Lieutenant Governor Pearson two years ago of delivering an inaugural address was followed by Lieutenant Governor Howard, who appeared in his usual happy frame of mind and a Prince Albert coat. Wouldn't Pass Hat. Short speeches were made by Helen Bourlnois in behalf of the French sol diers and by Thomas Majors, who was invited to the chair by the lieu tenant governor. Mrs. Bourlnois tried to prevail upon Secretary Gene Wal rath to pass the hat, but the secretary told her it would do no good as none of the senators had yet drawn any salary, so she departed, but may re turn a little later when the picking is better. Address by Howard. The senate adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow, after listening to the address of Lieutenant Governor Howard, which was as follows: "Senators of Nebraska, I greet you in the bond of a common service, in the spirit of pure friendship, in the desire and in the hope that our joint labors may work the welfare of our commonwealth and all of our fellow citizens therein. Pleads for Friendship. "While neither the law nor the precedents command me to offer to you any manner of message or of admonition, both the law of gentility and the precedents established by many of the men of mark who have preceded me in this chair command and impel me to now plead for your respect and lor your lrtrndshin, with the earnest hope that in the largeness of your erudition you may be good to be my mentors when my paucity of knowledge shall appear, and in the wealth of your generosity be kind to (Continued on Pairs Two, Column live.) BANKER HAS HUNCH WILSON REQUESTED BY KAISER TO ACT Charles H. Sabin, Trust Com pany Head of New York, Has Advance Tip of Informa tion About Peace Note. NOT FROM U, S. OFFICIALS Told Financial Writers His Duty to Suggest They Sug gest to Country Par leys Near. TALKS TO THE COMMITTEE Washington, Jan. 9. Charles II. Sabin, president of the Guaranty Trust company of New Ycrk, went on the stand at the opening of the leak in quiry this afternoon. He testified he was in no was connected with the Stock exchange and said he did not know in what connection he was called. "It has been said," Representative Chiperlield told him, "that you called the financial writers of New York to your bank and told them you felt if your duty to suggest to the country that there were to be negotiations for peace and you felt they would affect the price of stocks. If there was any thing of that kind suggested please outline it." "I shall be glad to do so," said Mr. Sabin. "In October I said to news paper men that 1 had information that the German government had asked the president to approach the allies on the subject of peace." "Did you make any statement in this connection as to the effect that it might have on stocks?" Talked to One Man. "I talked to only one man on that. He asked me what effect it would have. I did not venture an opinion." Evidently you were in possession of some information not generally known." . "1 think I was. He added that the source of his information was in no way connected with the United States government. "Would you object to stating tor what purpose you made this state ment f "Purely my personal judgment that it should be known," Sabin replied. Sabin was excused from telling the source of his information about the German peace proposal because he said it had been given to mm in conti nence by some one absolutely without connection- with the government of the United States. He was releases by the committee from further at. tendance. Denies Advance Information. Bernard Baruch of New York de nied that he had any advance infor mation regarding President Wilson's peace note. He said I had no information of any na ture from anyone connected directly or indirectly with the administration or any other sources in connection with the president's peace note or Von Bethmann-Hollweg's speech until I read of them in the newspapers." Baruch was named by the mysteri ous "A Curtis" in a letter to Repre sentative Wood of Indiana as having profited largely by leak information on the note by selling short on United States Steel. General Denial by Kahn. Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York, followed and read into the record a statement denying all connection with any leak. He was excused. Allen Curtis, Boston, followed Mr. Kahn and denied authorship of the "A. Curtis" letter upon which Rep resentative Wood based his charges. He wrote his name for the commit tee to show it was not the signature on the letter. Bernard Baruch called, said he first learned of the president's peace note on the morning that it was is sued. At the time of the market flurry, he said, he had been buying United States Steel. , Cause of the Flourry. ' "The thing that affected the mar ket, said Baruch, was first Von Bcthmann Hollweg's peace note from Germany. That was followed by Lloyd George's speech in Parlia ment, which at the very outset tended to strengthen the market De cember 19. "The first cable bulletins said that Lloyd George refused to consider neace at all. Later, as the full speech came through, Lloyd George went on to say But, and left the door open to possible peace negotiations. That caused a decline in the market. Notice to the World. "It was a notice to the world that there was no final bar to peace, and, whether it was coming at once or not, we had to turn our minds to its effect on the market. Bearing this situation before me, 1 sold the market short Tuesday before the speech when Lloyd George uttered the word but.' "The next day I bought a little over one-third of the stocks 1 was short on, or more than one-half of the stocks I had sold on the Lloyd George speech. "December 20, the day after the Lloyd George speech, 1 bought a large amount, continuing to buy to cover my shorts, and I also bought some long. I knew nothing of the president's note until it was published on the morning of December 21." Rev. Mr. Fouse Comes Out In Favor of Birth Control Denver, Colo., Jan. 9. Rev. David H. Fouse, Denver minister, address ing the Ben Franklin club last night, made a plea for birth control, on moral and racial improvement grounds. Lack of general knowledge of sex. the preacher said, was responsible for excesses that were "one of the most damning sins that curse the community." HARRY K. THAW IS INDICTED FOR WHIPPING YOUTH Slayer of Stanford White Is Charged With Flogging 19-Year-Old Fred Gump Until Blood Flows. LAD IS ENTICED TO ROOMS Accused Man Cannot Be Found, But Alleged Accomplice Is Arrested. MEETS BOY IN CALIFORNIA New York, Jan. 9. Harry K. Thaw; who was legally releasrd fifteen months ago from an asylum for the insane where he was sent after he killed Stanford White, was today in dicted here, charged with kidnaping Kied Gump, jr., of Kansas City, Mo., a youth of 19 years, and assaulting him with a whip. With li tin was indicted on the kid naping charge a man described as George F. O'Bymes and supposed to have been employed by Thaw as a bodyguard. Word was received that O'Byrnes had been arrested in Phila delphia and detectives were looking for Thaw there tonight. Walsh Filed Complaint, The complaint was placed against Thaw with District Attorney Swann by Frank P. Walsh, former chairman of the United States Industrial Rela tions commission, who, appearing as Gump's counsel, alleges that Thaw enticed the youth to his rooms at a hotel here Christmas night and there beat him with two whips three dif ferent times until he bled and became almost unconscious. Testimony describing the whipping of voting girls by 1 haw made up some of the most sensational chapters in the numerous court actions on the ques tion of Thaw's sanity after his acquit tal of the murder of White on the grounds of insanity and his commit ment to the Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane. Alienists for the state testified that whipping was a mania with Thaw. Met Boy in California. After several years' litigation at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars to New York state and to Thaw and in Which bitter partisanship was engendered whether he was justly or unjustly kept iu Matteawan be wan declared sane ny a jury in naDeas corpus proceedings in the latter part of 1915 and released by a court order. According to the information laid before the district attorney, it was to ward the end of 1915 that Thaw first met and became interested in Gump. He had gone to California after his release here to attend the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco and later went to the southern part of the state, spending some time at Long Beach, Cal., where he met Gump at an ice cream parlor. Gump's mother and his father, Fred Gump, who is said to be a manufac turer of leather trunks in Kansas City, were with the boy at Long Beach and made no objection to their son's ac quaintanceship with Thaw, the district attorney was informed, apparently "sharing popular opinion that he had been vindicated." Corresponds With Gump. After Thaw left California he con tinued to correspond with Gump, ac cording to Mr. Walsh. These letters, Mr. Walsn said, warned ine ooy not to show them to any one, but he let his mother read them and she an swered them for him. The exchange of letters continued through 1916, Thaw expressing a great interest in the boy's future and a wish to pay for his education abroad. Although proffers of money by Thaw were refused the boy at last came on to New York and went to Thaw's hotel, where it is alleged the assault took place. Arrested as Thaw Aide. Philadelphia, Jan. 9. Charged with aiding and abetting Harry K. Thaw in an alleged assault upon Fred Gump.jr., in New XorM and witn attempted kidnaping, a man said to be George F. O'Byrnes and described as Thaw's bodyguard, was arrested at a railroad station here today as he was about to leave the city. He was held pending requsition from the New York authorities. While admitting, according to the detectives, that he is acquainted with Thaw, and that he had been with the Pittsburghcr in this city until last night, the prisoner denied that he is O'Byrnes or that he s the man wanted in New York. He declared that he had absolutely no knowledge of the charges upon which he was taken into custody and said that he had been with Thaw only as a friend. He said his name was Oliver Browar. that he was a Pittsburgh salesman and that he had known Thaw for some time. Thinks He Is Man. Barney Foold, the New York de tective who assisted in making the arrest, however, stated tonight that the description he had of O Hyrnes fits the prisoner in all details and that he is convinced he is the man wanted. In support of this belief Flood said that the police had found in the prisoner's pockets a telegram dated December 23, from the author ities of Long Beach, cal., replying to a message alleged to have been sent by Thaw seeking information as to the wherabouts of the Gump boy. Both his attorney and a private detective who said he had been en gaged to act as a private bodyguard for the Pittsburgher while he was here, said that Thaw had left the city last night for Washington and that he intended to leave the capital tonight for Pittsburgh. Efforts to locate him here so far have have proved futile. REPRESENTATIVE HENRY Of Taxas, chairman of tha house rules committee, who is conduct ing tha inquiry into tha "leak" scandal by which it is allsfed cer tain Wall Street operators profited from advance information con cerning the recent German peace note. Ml OMAHA BAMS HOLD ANNUAL MEETINGS s in Directorates Are ced at Several Finan . 1 Institutions. ONE INCREASES SURPLUS The Omaha National bank at its annual meeting yesterday, transferred $500,000 from the undivided profits to the surplus, thus giving the bank a surplus of $1,000,000, as well as a capital of $1,000,000, which it has had for some time. At the same time one of the vice presidents, W. H. Bucholz, was designated as first vice president, a designation which is new in this bank, as in past years vice presidents have not been designated as firstst sec onds, etc. Joseph H. Millard was re elected president. Ward M. Burgess, J. DeForrcst Richards and B. A. Wil cox were made vice presidents. Mr. Richards was formerly cashier, and Mr. Wilcox was assistant cashier. Frank Boyd, formerly assistant cashier, was made cashier. Ezra Mil lard and Otis Alvison, were re-elected assistant cashiers. Randall K. Brown of the Hill Coal company, and chair man of the executive committee of the Commercial club., was elected a di rector, filling the vacancy caused by the death of William Wallace. President W. T. Auld of the Corn Exchange National bank is to take a less active nart in the affairs of the bank. This he does under the doc tor's orders in order to conserve his health, as it is found he must avoid the rigorous winter climate in Ne braska. He was therefore made chair man of the board of directors at the annual meeting of the board. H. S. Clarke Promoted. H. S. Clarke, jr., becomes president, and E. F. Folda, some years ago vice president of the Stock Yards National bank, and more recently a director in the Nebraska National, became vice president of the Corn Exchange. L. H. Tate was made cashier, and O. A. Hel quist, assistant cashier. The old board of directors was re-elected, with the addition, of E. I'. Folda. Mr. Clarke, formerly vice president, came to the bank with Mr. Auld five years ago, when the two acquired a lame block of the stock. The bank has shown an increase of over 100 per cent in deposits during their manage ment. Mr. Folda, after traveling for four years, says he is glad to get back into active banking again. He now comes to the assistance of the new president , it: .t.. frn.rD M in nanuiuiK INC uaiir. o auaua. Folda is very well known among Ne braska bankers as a country banker, and well known also through his con nections with the Stock Yards Na tional bank of south Omaha. At the United States National bank R. P. Morstnan, former cashier, be came vice president and cashier. Charley K Bruikman, formerly as sistant manager of the credit depart ment, became assistant cashier. 1. f. Murphy and O. Williams became as sistant cashier and auditor, respec tively. The directorate remained un changed. No Changes at First. The First National made no changes in either officers or directors. At the Nebraska National h. r. Folda withdrew from the directorate to enter the Corn Exchange. John W. Agncw and Epes Corey became new directors. At the Merchants National the place of the late George Joslyn on the di rectorate remains unfilled. Fred P. Hamilton, who was cashier, became second vice president. B. H. Meile, who was assistant cashier, became cashier. At the Stock Yards National H. C. Miller was chosen director, in place of I. Ocden Armour. The Live Stock National decided to double its capital, making the figure $40(1,000. flic Packers National .made no change, with the exception of the ad dition of another assistant cashier, W E. I'hilbv. No changes were made in the State Bank of Omaha. New Business Developes, The First National has developed some new business during its short existance in the new quarters in the new building at bixtecnth and far nam streets. The very first nay in the new location the bank received over 100 new accounts. Half of them were savings accounts. They range in amounts from $2 to $25,000. C. F. Junod and Augustus Kountze who were here for the reception and formal opening of the bank in the new quarters, returned last night to their homes in New York. Ch AnV PEACE NOTE LEAK , WORTH A MILLION TO THE OFFICIALS Lawson Tells Congressional Committee that Men High 1 Up Knew of Contents of President's Note. WILL NOT DISCLOSE NAMES At Proper Time and Before Proper Parties Will Gtve Desired Information. WILL NAME SUMS MADE Washington, Jan. 9. The leak in vestigation seemed to make its first progress toward some definite point today when Thomas W. Lawson, after much questioning and urging, promised that, should the house order a formal inquiry, he would disclose the names of the cabinet officer, the . senator and the New York broker, who, he said, a congressman told him, were engaged in a stock gambling partnership and had profited through advance information of President Wil son's peace note. To disclose the names to the house rules committee, Lawson repeatedly refused, even when confronted with three separate resolutions to put him in contampt, for two reasonsN " First He contended tne rules com mittee had no power to conduct a thorough investigation, including one of the stock exchange such as he urged, and he would not be assured n! an investigation if he disclosed the names. Prefers the Punishment. Second Lawson said he considered that disclosure of the names at this time would have' a disastrous effect for the country and the administra tion. In preference to that he pre- - (erred being punished for contempt - of congress. , Congressmen questioned, cross-examined and pleaded in vain with the Boston financier to give tne names ot the informing congressman, the cab inet officer or the senator. I cannot name the cabinet officer to whom I have referred without mentioning another official of higher position," said Lawson, "and that would be more serious than if I cast a cloud over the entire congress and was sent to jail myself for life. . No Definite Statement. All through hit testimony Lawson hinted .at names higher up, but no amount of questioning would bring him down to a definite statement. When the committee recessed for lunch the members teemcd' to think thev had gone as far as they could with Lawson at this stage, so they excused him as a witness tempo rarily, but told him to remain within jurisdiction of the committee until the resolutions putting mm in con tempt are disposed of. At today's hearing Lawson frankly acknowledged he . was more t inter ested in a congressional investiga tion of the New York Stock ex change which would result in rem edial legislation than he was in in vestigating the leak in President Wilson's peace note. Would Disclose Winnings. In the course of the discussion of the unnamed trio of whom the con gressman is said to have spoken Law son declared he not only would give a special committee their names, but also the amounts of money they were supposed to have made from stock transactions. Lawson promised to furnish competent testimony. "Will you give their names?" Chair man Henry asked. ' "I will go further, said Lawson. '1 will name amounts of money; great amounts of money. More than $1, 000 000." Representative Garrett then de manded that Lawson give the names and when he reiterated his re fusal Garrett introduced a motion to compel him to answer. It was laid aside for action with the three pend ing contempt resolutions. The line of examination then turned to the stock exchange and Lawson's own operations, particularly during the month of December, jyio, during which the leak occurred. Lawson said that bad as the break on the market, was when the leak came, it probably would have been worse if there had been no leak. - My opinion is that the break was weeks in coming and that the leak gave certain operators an opportunity to prepare tor tne crasn, said law son. Knew What to Do. v ! "They were left in a position to know just what to do. If the market had broken without that preparation made possible by the leak, the break would have been much more disas trous to the country. We didn't have any bank or stock exchange failures accompanying this crash. Sd I think the leak really was a good thing in one way." Representative Chiperfield ques tioned Lawson, seeking to show that he was a beneficiary of the falling market. Lawson denied that he was con nected with any stock brokerage firm, but admitted that he operated occa sionally as an individual through brok ers. "My purpose," said Chiperfield, "Is to show that Lawson, who says he was not the recipient of any leak, dealt largely on the Stock exchange during this break. I want to show np his transactions which were conducted in dependently of a leak. If he can oper ate successfully withont a leak, then I condemn the effort being made here to indict other men for operating suc cessfully on that same market. "Give us the names of your brok ers," he demanded. After a wrangle Law sou said one (Continued on I'sse Two, Column Ons