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au 4 ~ 4 ‘were under consideration for the p thon of counsel to the commitiee, Bx New York and Boston men's names | @re on the list Lindley M. Garrison. | former Secretary of War, is being Co. (The New Che | “ Ctroulation Books Open to An. ise Copyetent, 1917; ny 7 York Wo LAWSON'S STORY OF MEETING. “OF LANSING IS DENIED BY — Head of State Department ‘Bays He Never Had Breakfast | With Investor at Biltmore. | BROKERS TO BE CALLED. | Wall Street Will Be Invaded by Probers, Declares Repre- Sentative Bennet. ; one “WASHINGTON, Jan, . 18.—Secre- tary of State Lansing to-day Issued following statement in a..swer to gecond-hand = reports voiced by Phomas W. Lawson the House Rules Committee bearing on the al- leged “leuk” to Wall Street of the Wilson peace note “While | dislike very much to dignify by denial false and m L the publicity which 8 scandal, at the same time has. been given to some of the reports war- rants me in saying that in regard ement that | breakfast- 1 times with Mr. Baruch at the Biltmore Hotel—implying, | 1 assume, that | gave him advance information concerning the note | te belligerents—that | n’ my knowledge saw Mr. it any tim: 1 do net know him ‘and never had any conversation with him and have only been out @f Washington since election once, and that was to attend the Army- Navy game, Nov. 25. That the note “leak” probe may not! be again taken up until next week | was the bdlicwto-day when J. P. Mor- | gan, subpoenaed to testify, was notl- | fled by the House Rules Committee he need not report until further no- | tee, There was no hearing to-day. | POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLE- SON JOINS THE CONFERENCE. Entrance of Postmaster-General Burleson and Solicitor-General Davis {mto conferences to-day of Demo- eratic members of the Rules Com- mittee caused a stir at the Capitol, Mr. Burleson, who frequently con- yeys to Congressional leaders per @onal messages and the wishes of President Wilson regarding legisia- tion, appeared unexpectedly at the committee rooms. Hoe was imme- @ately taken into the Shortly afterward Mr. them. Chairman Henry declined what feature of the discussion brought either Burleson or Davis into the conference A dozen widely wi conference. Davis joined to say known attorneys | Bo} to by His urged upon the committer many members name is being Thomas W the riously con House. ni tw Lawson has h ington, but his secretary stl her and w in communication with Chairman Henr Mr. Lawson will retin to Washington whenever the comimitive desires his presen {ers whether the hearings would be resumes before next week, Counsel was pointed out, would have to eavaint himself with the caso be fore he could begin to conduct tt ome of the members of the com mittee desire that minor witr s be (Continued on Gecond Page.) G ‘ |GALLS SUFFRAGE PICKETS {he would appoint AND BARUCH THE SECRETARY INSULT T0 PRESIDERCY | “It Men Did It Jail,” They Would Be in * Declares Republican Congressman. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—-Ropre- sentative Emerson, of Ohio, Republl-; and a believer in woman suffrage | to-day declared in the House he hoped ‘the misguided women" who have picketed the Whito House will see the error of their ways and Femove the suffrage banners, rson waid the conduct of the suffragists Is an insult to the office of President, unbecoming and that it will retard the sui “If men did it,” be in jal ge movement he said, “they would 34 BILLS ON TAXATION | AIM TO ADD MILLIONS ' List ot Exemptions to Be } ’ | Down Ur New System of | State Commission, ALBANY, Jan. 18.—Thirty-four bills making important changes in the | method of taxing corporations and cutting down the list of tax exemp- |tions were introduced to-day by As-! semblyman Judson at the request of| the State Commission | Taxes under the new system should| show an ali of dollars, the Al inc of millions Tax Commission says. ORDWAY NAMED A JUSTICE: GLARK CIVIL SERVICE HEA Former Nominated by Whitman for Cardoza’s Place on the Supreme Court Bench, ALBANY, Jan, 18—Samuel H. Ordway of New York, whose resigna- tion as Chairman of the State Civil Service © was announced amission yesterday, was named by Goy. Whit- man. to-day Supreme Court Jus- tlee in the First Judicial District, He succeeds Justice Renjamin N, Car- dozo, who has been clevated to the Court of Appeals. Whitman Gov. Iso announced that John C. Clark of New York, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, to the chairmanship of the Civil ice Commission in succession to Mr. STAN AY ‘CARRANZA FORCES B BEATEN | BY VILLA IN 6-DAY BATTLE FL PASO, Tex., Jan, 18.—In. the battle at Palomas between Govern- ment forces and Villistas, now in Its sixth day, Villa has repulyed the Car ranzistas, inflicting heavy losses, a ording to reports reaching the border | la General Murguia drew every avail. | able man. from Chihmahna City tson last to reinforce his Woald te Ine} Ale HUINGTO. | Wa name rewey I Dews West Change of of the Danish Indies to land n he of Admiral proposed in a Joint resolu- tion introduced to-day by Representa tive Alien of Ohio, who announced that he was submitting letters to President Wilson and to the Foreign Affairs Com= mittees of Congress urging the change. | for the Goy 'NEVER KNEW WAX; 1S. W. WAS OLIVER’ 3" SAVS RAE'S SISTER : Dora Tanzer Declares Lawyer Dined at Their Home in the Bronx. IS TEARFUL ON STAND. Admits She Was Confused When She Told Her First Story to U. S. Official. Dora Tanzer, Roe's sister, and under indictment for perjury, testified this afternoon at the Safford trial that WEATHER—Fair To- PRICE bh Bnd “CENT. — —=3 18 PAGES RAIDER SEEKING MORE PREY: _ RITISH WARSHIPS GIVE CHASE Hole Torn in Pequonnock’ 's Bow eos James W. Osborne had been a visitor] % at thelr home in Aldus Street in the ; Bronx tn 1934. Q. (By ford.) did you talk with him? A. Yea, sev- eral th Mr, Slade, counsel for sat- 8; sometimes for as long as | fifteen minutes. | Q. Do you remember that Mr, Os- borne dined at your home? A, Yes, he did, IT came home from work that and found Mr. Osborne in the! lining room with Rae and my cousin Q. Where was Mr, Osborne sitting? A. With his bac! Mrs. Mildr to the window Silverstone, a witness has testified she looked fram her apartment across an, airshatt into the Tanzer home and saw not James W. Osborne but Charles H, Wax dining there, Q, Have you seen Mr. Osborne ‘in! this courtroom and during the course | of other triafs and hear him talk?! A. Yes, and 1 recognized him as the nan who was at our house, Mr had Wax, the sed affair Q . lade siaad before the witness Did you ever see this man be A, No, never in my life Mr. Rand, cross exaimning asked Q. When you testified in the first Safford trial, weren't you asked if James W. Osborne was the man and didn't say: "I dassent say don't want to say; I'm Indicted" Yes, I did Q. Aren't you under indictment now fo you When he was in your home, ‘Oliver Osborne" of the Tanzer | 7 "**" eres By Collision With the Liner Comal 8 PSPSPS LEIS OE: “} INFOG-CLAD BAY: TWO LINERS CRASH | BiG HOLES I BOTH ewer, the vessel backing away and being lost in the fog. Capt, Hamlin, of the Pequonnock, corroborates: Comat’ for bis pier and that Capt * ould knowing he river ave the s master. of the He says he started Davidson statement given him right of way, was going to cross the Central Union Stockyards barge ~——- + ¢ =—_____—_ MORE STEAMSHIPS MISSING IN PATH OF GERMAN TERROR: ~ TOLLNOW NUMBERS 26 SHIPS + First Detailed Story Shows That Commerce Destroyer Used Cap- tured Steamers as Prison Ships; Crowded Captives Below Decks. FATE OF 400 IS UNKNOWN; MANY MAY HAVE PERISHED By Charles P. Stewart. -~ (Copyright, 1917, by the United Press.) BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 18.—The British navy, as represented in South Atlantic waters, is to-day in chase of the German raider—still at large—which to date is believed to have sunk or captured twenty-six Allied merchant ships. JEWEL ROBBERY IN BEST GUARDED || BLOCKOF OTHAVE ee low of Lebolt & Lebolt & Co., N Delmonico’s and Sherry’s, Looted of $2,000. ¢)AUTOS ADD MYSTERY. | Covered Brick Used to Smash} Glass—Thief Misses $7,500 in Treasure, Possibly actuated by jealousy of the 1917 “Jimmy Valentine,” who has beew cracking safes below, the “ded! line,” @ man who does not bellove id work wrapped a glove around half & brick and pounded it gently on the veitibule side of the pinte glas# show window of the jewelry ntore of Le- Bolt & Co, at No, 534 Fifth Avenue, about 2 o'clock this morning, Carefully removing the cracked giass and depositing it on the rubber door mat, he inserted his arm, re- mee ahi Traedat wartiose bonl| Latest reports account for twenty-four merchantmen rounded up by gold watches und gold pen knives and. (he Teutonic raid sal and with two additional vessels missing, it is believed etrated a discreet departure. cation of the store of Lebolt & Co. ts Four fast cruisers, including the Important. It 4s Just north of the| Glasgow, which took part in the lure undorstood to be the Vindictive, Fifth Avenue Bunk at Forty-fourth; Coronel battle two y 900, are | the Orama and the Edinburg Castle. Street, across the street from Del-| understood to be leading the hunt | hie Vindictive and Glasgow are monicofa and half a block from| for the raider, One report de- |i capable of nineteen to twene Sherry's. The jewelry store Is on the| clares a Japanese cruiser is ty-fve knot Ph kround floor of a building devoted to| ing nerthward from Punta Are- ||?! mature eg ces pMbinics i} i} « shops and apartments and an clevator) nas to join in the chase. the |¢Tulsers, in commission merchant In addition British to the Glasgow, warships seeking the ralder boy and telephone operator duty all night, The block 4s protected by police patrol, private patrolmen and burglar alarms, George Lebolt said to-day he con- | sidered the block be the best guarded in Now York. At the same time he sald that the manipulator of the brick might have got about §7,600 more in booty had he possesscd a er reach, for the stuff was in sly bi and Mother, | Frank Hein, watchman of the Fifth} ‘The efforts of six-year-old Dudley Avenue Bank, patrols the outside of] Brown to reconcile her parents have the building every half hour during] probably succeeded, Aw she left the the night. He made the regular! County Court House this morning, rounds at 1.45 o'clock, and spoke on| skipping between ‘her father and the corner to Patrolman Doman of the ee East Fifty-first Street Station, are on ships before the war and poses wed of Kreat speed. The armament of the latter two vessels is not known, but the Vindic- tive and Glasgow carry batteries of ten, elght and four-inch guns, SEARCH BEING MADE FOR THE MYSTERIOUS SHIP TINTO, While search is being made for the raider, described as being of the Vineta or Moewe type, the sea is also being searched for the steamer Tinto, which recently sailed from Santiago under suspicious circumstances, ‘The belief is growing that the Tinto carried supplies to the German raider, | When last seon the Tinto was manned lby a TINY PEAGEMAKER CLASPS | PARENTS’ HANDS AT COURT Little Dudley Brown, Six, Thought to Have Reconciled Father mother, who have been at « Half] months, it looked like Dudley's simpl jerman crew, all Chillans hav- aay foe ‘ “a poked like Dudley's simple for your testimony during the Hough- Nox 108; swith vi sheep on board.) 4 ylock up the avenue they saw almethody as peacemaker would win, (iP been sent back; but Chillan and ton heraing? A. Yes was being towed past the Battery | unitormed private watchman. When Mrs, Diamond Brown, the | British warships have been unable to Q. Don't you know that if you tes- early this morning by tae tug Ticeline.| noormen and sidewalk men were mother, and Dudley I. Brown, the| !ocate her, tity here that it waan't James W.!Captain of Fed Says Pe-| Sher she Was run into by the t6 | grouting out carriage calla at Sher-l father, met tn the court house iittle| Suspicion in connection with the Osborne you'd be admitting that you KC od His B }Cahil aK 6 prey Nets pear ed the | py's where there was a big party In Dudley leaped into the former's arms,|G®"Man commerce raid was also at- lied at the Houghton hearing? A.) QUONNOCK Crossed Mis BOW— |1 ! at ct “ nee °F) progress, Automobiles moved up| -rhere was a tearful embrace, ‘The| tached to the blacklisted steamer Ala- ‘i ; Hi era forty sheep were Kill and others| an 8 mee, opie I can't make that out Barge Ripped in Collision, phen vel ee me o "er! and down the avenue at frequent in-! oniig motioned to her father to “talk {@¥@8h, which was scheduled to sail Mr. Rand interrupted bis exami § a washed i ae ee | tervals, In front of Lebolt's were! «, mamme,” but it had no effe toeday from Buenos Ayres for Now tlon to exclaim that he saw no use)... re sisted in towing the dam-|two cars with tops raised aud cur-lisnuny Dudley and her wcther| York: The Alaquash files the Ameri. In going further with the witness, | THICK weather, a combination of|aged | Hamilton Avenue, | taing tightly drawn. walked into the corridor. ‘The father |C4" Mag, but she will be kept under “ I'm ready for everything!"| haze and snow, was ale for | Brook! : When Hein emerged from the bank! goliowed, keeping hin eyes on. hiy| *8fVelllance #0 long as she is in Ar- Dora Tanger cried and the next in-| two collisions in the ay dur- |for his 2.15 o'clock patrol be found] enid, Dudley had her mother lift her | #eRtine waters sobs, She left the stand for # while} tne sound steamer Pequonnock of | tation. ‘The patrolman had discovered Brown ca Rrown | day to obtain definite word as to the . J Jo in th low of the tid clowe | French steame q back | ine: Mp MNT: BteksraT A \gtore. ‘Tha two automobiles that had he FGM, ie ne rey Ba |vile and the British steamer Ar Mr. Rand then questioned her|Pany and the Mallory r Col “at soe da sme ear’ clares Amer-| been standing at the cur were miss-! her hand resting upon the child's| S44¥4 Both of these steamers are about the promise of a turkey made|coming from Key We h ¢ : ss ee Jing. ‘The burglar had Jeft behind his knee, Presently the tiny peacemaker | missing, and it 1s believed they may by “Oliver Osborne,” which, during| gether off Bedloe's Island, A big hole icans Spend Too Much in burglar's tool, the same being the Afveg her mother's arm to her neck | have been sunk or captured, ‘They ; and jt touched the hand of her hus ae - Mr. Houghton's Investigation she} way punched in the Pequonne | Pursuit of Pleasure aforesaid glove-encased half a brick ‘Then she by strategy got their | Hed for Lisbon on Jan. 10, teatified had been given about} 3. ae cael zs | Fifth Avenue merchants in the hands clasped | The survivors landed at Per- hankeriving, 1814, !starboard side, Just forward of the | Ww ABHD iv J ui u Profligacy | vicinity of Forty-fourth Street re- ‘Let's go uptowr and talk It over v4! nambuco by the Hudson include Dora Tanzer testiftd that the | collision bulkhead, her forward house |@Nd extravagance of the America| marked to-day that possibly the Leary) ‘a Hse Try ee | 183 British and Hindoos, 83 turkey Incldent occurred In Decem-|was smashed and she was cut down | Perris in PUMOK P Sanur Ware Cons | police force 18 #0 busy burning up|” : _ i | French and a few additional of ber, not November. lSolaw the water jinn aie waa manele an eee ante et | Christmas trees and telling people’ SURE TO GET RIGHT BABY.| Yatiovs nationalities, Although Q. Why did you change the dates? | ing water fast. A la pastor ee Winner OF NOT ire ‘IN| now to sleep with the windows open all of them had been closely con- A. Mr, Wood made me change be-!in the Comal'a port bow wr : rags ' 7 4 12" and demonstrating that It is ponsible an Sketches Cont of Arms on, fined aboard their captor, they cause he trusted me, I sajd to my- | vessels managed to 1 fl ae ; ‘ i to exist at an exp of a Daughter's Wrist int K identified her as a German cruiser ’ a vr lve ing, be said, was largely due to some rude and t ‘ C1sco, 1 f the Vineta or M self “Well, TH say them; It's all the |phe Pequonnock at Aer day that ne rad tou AN FRANCI Jan. 181s o + Moewe type, but 1 " Amert oxtray UNE TEUTOS Vawhreakers are taking an unfair ad- of arms d in indelible ink on! disguised so her warlike character same to us, anyhow \discharge her ry Phe witness persisted that Assistant | into dryd ate 0 w that A Lae { Co Woods. the wrist baby Gaughan, aves was not revealed, ; ‘i H 4 snnually f a assurun o Lieut, G. Wo Von The report still persisted in Ri Unite utes District Attorney Wood| ¢ William ‘T. 1> f the ‘ “ pers! in Rie lew a rumnus ts irippe, Brincken, anilitary atta f the Gers i ‘ had misled her through his question- | Comal the Poq loomed : ny Len oe Morer Mi sohel io Belnen. sne| man Consulate } that t to day thet 400 had perished in ings and that she had been very much | up suddenly from ou ze and | nani he sald iy UNquenchable fined to his home with a slight attack |calty away her own child when she | the ahaa af tome unnamed ship, confused when #he answered was evidently bound e | demand f musements, for continus. of grippe and @ very sore throat, Bec- | leaves the hospital, ; but neither the eurvivere at P “And you can't blame me for any- | changed her « aroke tha canta, is undermin> retary T. D, Rousseau said at the In a panic at the sight of numerous nambuco: nor wireless pleas for —_—___—_— bows of the Comal 1 1, an OuP ¥ Hoyt Mayor's office that the doctor had ad er infants in the hospital nu information sent over the seas can” people . . ‘ . Ci ued on S collisic as our ble. Cay ed the Mayor to renvein indoors | Von Brincke ately convicted of brought either confirmation or (Continued on Second Page.) the collision was unay apt. | obecssed Ot te Tune tte dee Ha: male thal the ‘plicliy in dhe munitions p 4 i _—_—_——— Davidson signalied to the Pequon-! main thing in husement, play, doctor did not consider tho fllness ax the German Consulate here, marked his, 9¢ (For Racing Entries See Page 2.) nock, he says, but received no an- entertainment. el all serious, child ‘ test fermen ea rover lett ’ »