New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1917, Page 1

sezs NEW BRITAIN HERA LD fICE THREE CENTS. HERALD “ADS” MEA NEW BRI'TAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. LICE GONVINGED | RECEIVERSHIP OF - |G. 0. P. CAUCUS T0 SEALTHY SUICIDE LEW PHILA. MODEL ~‘:r:' Matches That Found in Her Hand and He Was Wear- .~ ing Her Shirt <{ER SUSPECTS STILL | UNDER SURVEILLANCE # Teachers Express Belief in focence of Dead Man Who Ended K e With Gun Wll‘llo Police Were ttering at His Door in Exclusive Jantic City Hotel—Detectives ‘eave N‘et on Slight Evidence. ‘findelpma, Jan. 5.—Circumstan- ‘svidence which the police say nces them that Berhard W.i . son of, a wealthy retired Pitts- Q coal operator,, who ended his {in an Atlantic City hotel last At, was the slayer of Maisie Col- ¢.5. the model, was revealed early dvty by an examination of the young [fidas body. €t twis was positively identified by ;od Powell, the chauffeur who Pold, yim and Misses Ethel and avtf ‘@ Kyle to their home in German- | WVill, “jast Thursday night, as the man At Gter took to Miss Colbert's apart- 1 8¢ * Philadelphia detectives, Who L "4 Atlantic City last night, say Lewis’ hair matches that found | ‘hed in the dead girl's hand and | fisc T ewis was found to be wearing t oman’s under shirt which corre- €Tyds exactly to garments .worn by ¥ ‘s Colbert. A blood-stained hand- ashief was found in ' his pocket ookg. thgveral men who were friends of b L:4 Colbert and were suspected of ng knowledge of the crime, will jo' ‘ept under surveillance unti] there {\ solutely no doubt regarding their 3 ) tection with the case, the police h ag}!mn Kyle, through whom the po- b sy learned of Lewls' identity, main- the“ that he is innocent of the mur- ns ‘2nd that he'committed suicide be- aitice he believed his reputation had ' ruined. e police declared today that they {lIn ullt up a remarkable circum- Aal case against I.ewis. They had | IPr. 14 a warrant against him charging | ON 1% /ith defrauding Powell, the 5t Biup chauffeur, Who waited elght ! WA} out side of the Colbert apart- ith ; and had planned when they lo- rsity { nim to accuse him, of being Yy Vapwner of the wilted and blood- Y. ‘ed collar found In the girl's A me prce t., heldads Life in Exclusive Hotel on. bntic City, N. J, .Jan.’ 5.— . Wie Agnes Colbert, a model re- Mr. ted for her beauty, was found d PH terribly beaten, and strangled [w fo one of her own silk stockings andsler apartments in the Wilton, a Y. delphia apartment house, last A cefpday morning. Last night Ber- prk 1} Wesley Lewis, Yale, '01, member ent «{\ . wealthy Pittsburgh family— | ecutiyg, well, to do, and supposedly | gustly married—shot and killed ' Mrs. pif in States Villa, an exclusive | eet Tence hotel here. her, charge that he had committed, Ary, ven participated in the murder | ‘Waltee model had been made against 11 letg, but detectives were battering | ZonA g door, and police reserves were ! Pn as unding his cottage when he pulled ter ¥ipjgger of a brand new .22 calibre | B which apparently had been.pur- ““‘\efl recently, perhaps yesterday, ploy purpose to which. it was put. th Lewis found his only possi- | #cape from an examination by police of Philadelphia, frankly | led to make possible a charge E!rder against him. i ‘the six days since the finding of model's body the police had ed that Lewis had been in Phila- | EAFhja on Friday! that he had en- :ned two school teachers, sisters, | 1doWghe theater and supper: that he told them of the loss of his bag- A he petween New York and Phila- | Pnsatonia, necessitating the purchase of | andyew outfit and, finally, that after path &r the sisters at their home in | ho Wplantown he had motored in a | $t Slcab to Fifteenth and Poplar | Ork lets, where the model lived, alight- 0ad: lana then disappeared, apparently ReDY) the Wilton. Though the chaut- INgro, haq waited for hours, he had ent q teappeared. The poilc had n ‘too, ‘that near the irl's ymelt(!}"‘d been found a hlood-ataglned and collar. Both were new and jut a laundry mark. was about these things that s wanted to question Lew: agh the circle of Invesiigation rOfessor a¢'fret had embraced sosme.ny 8 & BTiyg of prominence in Philadelphia ith the 5ocasion’ almost a panic in some ted frers had been narrowed daily un. t at thinclosed practically only few olumbia; not until last night that this Upsulaecame known. But to Lewls it ureh Neen known for days and it had e electyked on him that twice vesterday the ch! SARATES pelety witinued On Fourteenth Page.) hg of thy 18. [Lette i i | e stc nual PROE, the , and, i garbage. | for had been held. \ Deputy Sheriff Rowley. B. & M. APPROVED Federal Court at Boston Rules Against Objection of Minority ROAD'S FINANCES POOR Judge Morton Declares Action Pro- Reserving Decision Regarding Permanency of Petition per Although by the Directors. Boston, Jan.. 5.—The receivership of the Boston and Maine railroad was sustained by the federal court today, pending final determination of the questions of law involved. This rul- ing followed a hearing of five weeks, in which minority stockholders had | opposed the receivership. Upon the facts as presented the court held that the receiveyship was Justified, that the directorsihad been actuated by honorable motives in as- senting to the creditors petition for receivership filed by the Interconti- nental Rubber company of New Jer- sqy and that the financial condition of the road was what the directors claimed it to be. The opinion of the court was ren- dered after both sides had declined to argue further. Judge Morton stated Krench, counsel for certain other minority stockholders, had requested permission to file a brief on the ques- tion on the law involved. Pending the court’s decision regarding ques- tions raised by Mr, French, Judge Morton said he would reserve his de- cision regarding the permanency of the receivership until later, but that the facts showed the receivership was proper. MYSTERY IN ABSENCE OF NEWINGTON MAN Queer Story. of Relative Last Seen With Louis Blair. that A. S. One of the most mysterions disap- pearances that have come to the. at- tention of the local authorities for months which, it Is belleved, may de- velop sensational features, is that of Louis Blair of Newington, reported to have been missing from his home for over two weeks with nothing to indi- cate his whereabouts or the cause of his going away. It ig feared that he may have met with foul play as is known to have hadl considerable money with him at the time of his disappearance. All attempts to locate him in hospitals. and asylums have been fruitless. Deputy Sherifft F. H. Rowley of Newington has beeun asked to aid in the search. He js being aid- ed by the authorities of Hartford and of this city. According to the story of Blair, son of the missing man, the local police, his father went to Hartford over two weeks ago in re- sponse to notification from the board of health in that city that there was a check awaiting him for collection of He was accompenied by his son-in-law, Paul Matthias. The lat- ter returned to the Newington home with story alleging the arrest of both by the Hartford police. that he -vas given his freedom but that Blair sen- The cause of the arrest, as related by him, has not been given to the local authorities. Matthias, according to the story told by Blair’s son, brought home with him a number of articles belonging to John told : 'his father and a number that had been purchased by them in TIartford. Blair junior thought that there were pe- culiar features to the story and was under the impression that, if his father had been arrested and held, his personal belongings would be detained by the amuthorities until he had been released. - This feeling was strengthened when his mother visited the county jail in Hartford with the intertion of seeing Blair and learning about his supposed arrest. She was inforired by Sheri(f E. W. Dewey that there was no pris- oner by that name and no one answer- ing the description. &he then called at Hartford police headquarters consulted Lieut. H. L. Hart and De- tectives Sergeant A. J. Williams of the detective bureau. They were unable to enlighten her relatives to Blair's whereabouts or to find that he had been in Hartford police court or locked up. She was advised to con- sult the New Britain authorities and time, they informed her, the Hart- ford authorities will seek to locate the missing man.. A. A. WILDER A SUICIDE, Wag - Former Assistant Justice of Honolulu Supreme' Court. Honolulu, Jan. 5—Arthur A. Wilder, former assistant justice of the terri- torial supreme court here and prom- inent socialist and politically, was found dead in his room here yesterday. The policej said their investigations showed that he shot himself. His wifed, said to be in France, di- vorced hijh recently and according to his frienfls, he had been brooding [over thisjand financial matters. ( DEGIDE STAND ON NOTE ENDORSEMENT Republicans in Senate to-Yote As | Party on Upholding Wilson’s . Attitnde on Peace RADOSLAVOFF DECLARES THE END I§ IN SIGHT Statement of Count Andrassy Be- lieved to Refer to General Ques- tions Berlin and Vienna Submitted to Pope an’d Probably to America— Lokal Anzeiger Believes Situation Is Hopcless. Washington, | Jen. 5.—Senate re- publicans caucused today on whether to take party action in relation to an endorsement of the sending of President Wilson’s peace note or whether they shall further oppose adoption of the Hitchcock resolution and present a substitute representing republican views. Says Peace Is Near, London, Jan. 5.—A Rotterdam de- spatch to the Exchange Telegraph company which denotes specifically the source of its informations, that Premier Radoslavoff of Bulga- riaymade the following statement to a Hungarlan journalist: ‘'Bulgaria has won the game and can afford to sign a peace treaty satisfactory to all. Peace is nearing quickly. We are expected to make concessions, but the greatest concession—our peace offer, already has been made. Andrassy Believed Not Specific. Lon#on, Jan. 6.—The peace terms of the Teutonic allies which Count Julius Andrassy, former Hungarian and | In the mean- | premlier, is reported to have said the Fntente could learn from President ‘Wilson, are believed in diplomatic quamers to consist of meneral ques- tions which Germanty and Austria- Hungary submitted to the Pope and, presumably, to the American author- ities 8 The pope expressed to the German and Austro-Hungarian emperors his hpoes that ‘their terms would be ‘“moderate and acceptable.” The purpose to formulate ‘‘moderate terms.” The report that the reply of the Entente to President Wilson’s peace note would contain a statement of terms is now known to refer to a simi- lar general statement of terms which. are somewhat more specific than the generalizations in the speech of Pre- mier Lloyd George. Terms Will Not Bring Peace London, Jan. 6, 10:46 a. m.—Publi- cation of German peace conditions will be useless in view of the attitude of the British and French press, ac- cording to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger as quoted in an Amsterdam despatch to Reuters. The paper bases its opinion on the resolution in. the French senate that France could make no peace with an enemy who occupied French territory. “Publication of our conditions,” says the paper, “would now be undig- nified and moreover would not be of the least use. The evacuation of French territory is made a prelim- inary condition for peace negotia- tions. Though the condition is not continued in the entente note, it still exists and therefore it is the French senate and the French gov- ernment «who render impossible the publicatipn of our peace conditions. neutral! who should dare to demand from us that we should regard as an invitation the words of the reply ‘as a suggestion without conditions for i opening negotiations is no peace offer.’ ‘We must refer such a neutral to the resolution of ‘the French senate.” ZEHRER CUT OFF GHILDREN In His Will Prominent German Speci- fles That Four Are to Réceive Noth- ing—Wife Gets Bulk. The will of the late August F. Zehrer of Center street, filed in the probate court today, specifically states that neither Mr. Zehrer's daughter, Frederica Augusta Zehrer, or his sons, Henry, Frederick and Franlk Zehrer, shall receive any portion of his estate, the bulk of which is left to his wife, Mrs, Augusta Zehrer, to whom he was married in 1902, To his son John Zehrer, Mr. Zehrer left one dollar and the same | sum was willed to his daughters, Mrs. | Mary Borgois and Mrs. Minnie Step- | pler. To his daughter Mrs. Emma Dolan the testator willed.$100. All the remainder of His property, r personal and cash, is left to his w The will was drawn up by Notary Public H. E. Norton on September 7, 1916, and was witnessed by Jacob Stumpp, Eugene Glaser and Catherine ( Morton. says | emperors responded ‘that it was their | ‘“We ‘must show to the door any | PROSECUTION RESTS IN BROKER’S TRIAL Comnsel for Small Asks Court to Dismiss Murder Charge EVIDENGE ~ CIRCUMSTANCIAL Claim Is Made Accused Acted As Nor- mal Man When Wife Was Dying Dead—No Proof He Started Fire to Hide Crime. Ossipee, N. H., Jan. 5.—The state rested today in the trial’of Frederick L. Small, charged with the murder of his wife. The testimony which has presented during the past ten days was entirely circumstantial. William 8. Matthews, senior coun- sel for the cefense, asked that Small be acquitted on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to war- rant submission to the jury. In support of his motion for ac- quital Mr. Matthews n.rgued that the state had not produced sufficient evi- dence to prove that Small could have caused -a firc seven hours after he left the house. Says Small Acted Normally. The defense did not deny that Mrs. Small was murdered, counsel stated, but did deny that the murder Ww; committed by Small. The acts Q: the defendant during his trip to Bos- ton up to the time he heard of the fire in which his home was destroyed were those of a normal man. The joint insurance policy on the tived of Mr. and Mrs. Small, ob- tained at the instance of the hus- band and by which the survivor would' receive §20,000, instead. of being a.motive for the crime, was in fact the fulfillment of a duty which ovkry man owed to his family. There was no evidence, counsel contended, that Small had any of the chemical compound known as thermit, which prosecution witnesses yvesterday said was used to produce the fire in the small home, nor there was evidence that Small knew of such a thing. INSANITY MAY BE FESHLER DEFENSE Lawyer Has Gunman Examined at Hospital for Indications of Mental Aberration. Otto Feshler whose reckless hand- ling of a revolver created a wild scene ‘Wednesday on the fifth floor of the Corbin Screw Division’s building of the American Hardware Corporation on High street,. defled a posse of po- lice and was only disarmed 'when Policeman Frederick Wagner sent a rifle bullet through his gun hand, may never be brought to trial but committed to a state asylum for the insane. Attorney J. A. Glover, re- tained by relatives of the accused to defend the former Russian army of- ficer, defense, according to his intimations today and has started proceedings to have Feshler's mental condition in- vestigated. Drs. Harry A. Elcock and John Purney are to examine the ac- cused today. He is still at the New Britain. General hospital, now having | sufficiently recovered from the opera- | tion of having the bullet removed from his hand. Investigation has developed that Feshler has been acting queer for { some time, imagined that he was pur- sued by many enemies who sought his life and was in daily danger. He is also said to have labored under the impression that shopmates were jeal- ous and wanted him out of the way. ' WOMAN FOR FEDERAL POST | Former Member of Washington Deg- sensation Board—She’s a Democrat. 5. Tacoma, Jan. 5.—Mrs. Francgs C. Axtell of Bellingham, of the Washington I democratic rormer member legislature and candidate recently for i district, announced today that she had reccived from Secretary of ILabor ‘Wilson a telegraphic offer of appoint- ment as one of three members of the federal compensation board, which is to administer government compensation of workers injured while engaged in interstate commerce. The position carries a salary of $4,000 a year. Mrs. Axtell today said she had not decided whether to accept the offer. DR. ANDERSON 1LL. Dr. Arvid Anderson is critically ill and is threatened with pneumonia at his home on Walnut street. Dr. An- derson recently contracted a hard cold | while in pursuit of his professional | duties and complications are feared. B S Sy WEATHER, Hartford, Jan. 5—For Havt- ford and inity: Rain_to- night. Saturday fair and cold- er. A e e L intends to make insanity his! i islature Invited to Serve on Com- | congress from the second Washington | ESTABLISHED 18 i SUBPOENAS OUT FOR BARUCH AND CURTIS i i ‘Wall Street Men Must Appear to Tell ‘What They Know of Leak, | rules | | Washington, Jan. 5.—The committee after a brief executive ses- sion announced that subpoenas ‘nadi been ordered for the apearance of | Bernard Baruch dnd A. Curtls, a| Wall street broker, mentioned by Rep. Wood in his testimony. They prob- ably will appear Monday. Boston, Jan. 5.—Allen Curtis of the ‘Wall street firm of Curtis & Sanger, | who, was in Boston, took occasion to explain, that. he was not the A, Cur- tis” mentioned by Rep. Wood at the hearing by the house rules committee, of information regarding President Wilson's peace note on the. alleged leak. Mr.’ Curtis said that he had written no letter to Mr. Wood and had not communicated with any one ellse on the subject under investiga- tion. New York, Jan. 5.—Other than Al- len Curtis of ‘the ‘Wall street firm of Curtis & Sanger who was in Bos- ton today, no stock broker named A. Curtig {8 known to the New York fi- nancial directory. Bernard Baruch was s$aid to be at his hunting lodge in §outh Carolina and his associates at his office de- clined to make a statement. ELEVEN GHILDREN DIE IN WESTERN TORNADO All Had Been Dismissed from School When Storm Broke. Muskogee, Okla., Jan, 5:—A total of eleven dead.and the injury of & numd ber who are expected to die was the report today from the district. which was swept by a tornado, yesterday. All the dead were school children ranging in age from six to 18.years. The loss in life and the bulk of the property damage, occurred in the valley town of Vireton, Okla, 13 miles northwest of McAlester. Prep- arations were being made for the noon ‘dismissal at the country school when the tornado enteged the valley and swooped down upon the village. The school house was carried off its foundation and screaming children { and timbers were hurled through the ailr by the fury of the wind. Bodies were picked up a hundred yards from where the school house stood. Of the twenty-nine persons within the building only two escaped injury. Four are belleved to be+so badly in- jured that they cannot recover. The teacher, Miss Vera Carlos, at first be- lieved to have been killed, sustained a double fracture of the jaw besides other painful injuries. She is expect- ed to recover. | The Choctaw Indlan mission at Vireton was destroyed and virtually | all the residences suffered from ‘the | storm. Before reaching Vireton the tor~ nado. struck at Richville, Okla., seven miles southwest, wrecking a boller room and a tipple alcohol mine there. Quinton, Okla., 20 miles northeast of Vireton, also suffered from the tor- | nado. Seven persons were injured | and five houses were destroyed by its activities there. What is belleved to be the same tornado caused damage estimated at $50,000 at Success, forty miles north of Little Rock, Ark., and caused se- vere loss of property at both Dar- danelles and Danville, Ark, HOLDING COURT ON TRAIN Attormeys Concerned in Suit of Gov- crnment Over Oil. Land Patents Argue at 60 Miles an Hour. San Francisco, Jan. G5.—United States district court Judge Bledsoo presiding, ls in session today on a Southern Pacific train which left here for the east vesterday. No, witnesses are to be examined, it ‘was an- nounced, but attorneys will argue the admissibility of certain evidence in the suits by which the government is seeking to cancel the patents on | California oll lands acquired by the Southern Pacific company. For the convenience of witnesses for the deferse Judge Bledsoe con- sent .to hold court in New York Jan. 19 and hear argument en route to that city. This is the second transcontin- enta] trip taken by the court and its attaches in this case. Sessions of the court held in San Francisco, San Fresno, W gton, D s in New York for the purpose of been Diego, and hear- have { ing evidence in the case. TUMULTY’S NAME BROUGHT . INTO GOVERNMENT SCAND! Rep. Wood Says Président Secretary Seen in Conference With Stock Marlg Operator Shortly Before Wilson Sent Pea Note to Europe--Tulmulty Demands Apolog MRS. WILSON’S BROTHER REPORTED IN FIRM THAT “CLEANED UP” IN FLUR! Washington, Jan. 5. The names of Joseph P. Tuml ; York stock market operator, | ty, secretary to the president, and Bernard Baruch, a New# were linked at the ho rules committee hearing today by Representative Wood of Indiana, author of the resolution for investigation of @ leak on information on President Wilson’s peace note. Wood qualified his statement that what informatis he had was only hearsay. Representative Wood also declared that a Washington brokerage firm F. H. Conelly & company, of which “a Mr. Bolling” a brother of Presl- dent Wilson’s wife, is a member, hid profited by stocK transactions duridg the market flurry. The orders were transacted by the New York firm of E. F. Hutton and company. Wood said. Repesentative Wobd sald most of the statements he. had made were based on information from A. Cur- tis, a Wall street broker. He did not have the lettet with him but said he would produce it later. ‘I am informed,” Representative ‘Wood testified, “that Barney Baruch had been informed of the note to the belligerents two or three days before it was sent and that onstwo or three occasions at about that time he was in conference with Mr. Tumulty. at the Biitmore hotel in New York.” | Representative’ Bennet of New York. a member of the committee, said on the house floor Wednesday that Baruch was represented in New York to have sold short shares ' of! steel on a rising market shortly be- fore the note was made public ‘Wants Lansing Subpoenaesd. At the outset ‘of the hearing Rep- Tesentative Campbell 6f moved to’ subpoen Secretary ILansing. Secretary . Tumaulty, . Baruch .and Thomas W. Lawson.” He was pre- vatled upon by other members/ to withdraw ‘his motion but he said:he would make it again later. Representetive Wood objected strenuously to testifying in public. ‘What information he had regard- ing the so-called leak, he said, was cnly hearsay and he feared that a public statement would interfere with the work of ‘the committee in obtain- ing witnesses. Representatives Chiperfield and Foster of Illinois and Harrison of Mississippl protested so vigorously against “star chamber” proceeding, that Representative Garrett of Ten- nessee,. who Had moved that the ses- slon be made ‘executive, withdrew his motion. ‘Wood testified he had been in- formed that on Wednesday Deec. 20, which was rrior to the publication on stocks. . B. Friday of Oshkosh had been sent by R. W. 'McKinnon of Thompson & McKinnon, brokers, of Chicago to Ralph H. Hartley, man- ager of their branch at Oshkosh, Wis., advising him that the president would have a message of importance soon and that he should advise friends and patrons of his office to sell short on stocks. 8. B. Friday of Ohkosh was named by Wood as his inform- ant. Early in the afternoon of the same day, Wood said he was informed, Lamson Brothers’ branch brokerage office in LaFayette, Ind., also received information from Chicago that the president was about to send a ‘‘peace note."” Rep. Wood requested that Otto Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb and company, New York, be subpoened and inter- rogated regarding what advance in- formation he had if any about the note. After Wall Street Records. A resolution offered by Mr. Camp- bell to ask the Now York stock ex- change to preserve all its books and papers from Dec. 10 to the present date and another by Rep. Harrison ofi Mississippl to make the same request of W. H.-Hibbs and company and any other brokers in Washington, were approved. “I have information also,” Rep: Wood told the committee, “that an ex- change flrm here known as T ; Conelly & company, of which a Mr. Bolling, a brother of the prerident’s wife, is a member, engaged in profit- able transactions during the recent flurry.” { Asked for the source of his infor- mation Mr. Wood said that most of it came from A. Curtis, a broker ard stock dealer in Wall street. “Who gave you the inforn about Barney Baruch and Mr. " Rep. Henry asked came from Curtis.” Did you see him and where?"” No, T never saw him,” Wood re- plied. “It came to me in a lctte Asked for the letter he said he did not have it with him, but would get it later. “Where did you get your information about the Conelly firm and the Mr. Bolling you spoke of 2" That has been common rumor,” sald Rep. Wood. “I heard.it from eral sources but don’t remember J where."” 3 g Rep. Wood interrupted the %M tioning to say: Making No Oharges. “I have said, and I wish to"§ again at this time, that I have In and am making no charge again one. I am merely giving you mation. 1 have received.” 4 “What public position has Baruch?” asked Rep. Campl ing republican of the commi “I understand he is a me the council of new defense.”j = “In these conferences betwe multy and Baruch, what is/ be implied by the word confe asked Rep. Garrett. “Only that they were seen together and registered 1o sald Wood. 1 3 #Of course you have no . iofi tion.as to' what they talked ab I N b Referring to the inclusion 4 resolutién ‘of reference to Thomg Lawson’s telegram hinting t bers‘of congress sought to do quiry, Rep, Garrett asked if ad any information indicati ‘members of the house we! “I" have no information involving any member of th Wood replied. ' 3 “T understood you to say tha in Wa known as Co Company ted by alleged tions,” Garrett continued. state where you got ‘that tion 2" 3 ' “Na more than it rumor.” ‘Is there any one you might be subpoenaed i’ tii tion?” “No one except Hutton ‘& ° pany.” ¥ Wood said he understood Huff Company were the New York n| sentatives of Conelly & Company. Replying to Representative Ci Wood sald he had not congul retary Lansing regarding a leak of the, president’s note eithe for@ior r he introduced his ® T LB 1 { & 1fus Other Information, Mr. Wood also said he had of formation and had sent a numbs letters and telegrams to various: sons inquiring about it, N “It is not sufficlently develo give at this time,” he sald, “‘but hear from it later. I can glves committee in private what I 0} heard if 1t ig desired.” K y Mr. Wood was not pressed on that point but will bo asked cerning 1t later. 1 Representative Harrison suggy that the witness shauld give d publication of the note and oth tails. Mr. Wood replied that the the stock market came, or minated, on Thursday, Decembes and that the peace message had released for publication by The oiated Press at 12:05 o K morning for morning papers ‘of| day. ba? 40 Representative Har&‘ n bring out that in the between the time the peace nof forwarded and published or) regarding it could have come from the foreign powers to soj the embassies here. Mr Wood said he had heard intimation to that effect but not say who told him. | He sup) he had heard intimation i German embassy had gotten i formution back here. 2% Denies Political Motive. “No political influehce ;actuate introducing this resolution,”™ ! Mr. Harrison. N “I hope not. No sir. These ¢! are infamous, the acts charged {infamous. If the charges are v those against whom suspicio been cast should be cleared of Mr. Harrison referred to Sed | Lansing’s conference with the papermen on the morning of 1 and suggested that at the conf] were present some persons whi not newspapermen. : Mr. Wood said he had hea mations of that. : Mr. Harrison then suggested there were representatives o Wall street journal and fi America present at that conf] 'and that their duties were to the news that would affect th N was (Continued on Fifteenth Py