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| qweeping investigation of the Stock “WULUMT “LEAK” INQUIRY HERE 10 BEAR RAID PROFITS No Syewing inves Investigation of Wall Street Likely, Says Committeeman Patten, | WALKS WITH WHIPPLE. Btock Exchange Heads to Be Called in Hunt for Deals Based on ‘Advance’ News. | ‘The House Rules Committes, which | @aeets in Now York to-morrow to in- | Westigate the “leak,” will not permit | We investigation to develop into a Mechange and speculative methods. Representative Thomas G. Patten of New York, first member of the @ommittee to reach town, said to- “This ts not to be an investigation @f Btock Exchange methods, The @ommittee intends to confine itself Strictly to inquiry into the alleged ‘leak’ of information concerning the President's note of last month and those who benefited from tt. “It ie my understanding that we ehall follow practical and | busin like procedure on this line alone to determine two questions — First, whether there wae @ leak. Second, if there wae @ leak who profited by it through speculation on the Stock Ex- | ehange. “We are not interested in the ethics | or economies of short selling or of the | system of trading on the Stock Ex- change. Nor do we care for idle talk Or scandal, It 1s the leak and the | Jeak alone that we are looking for.” | Mr. Patten had a conference this| morning with Sherman L. Whipple of | Boston, counsel to the Committee, to discuss technicalities of Stock Ex- change transactions and how to con- | duct the line of inquiry so as to dis- close the particular information @ought. Mr. Whipple is familiar with financial methods and Mr. Patten, in former years, was a member of the| New York Stock Exchange. It Is understood to be the plan of | committee and counsel to start with the President and other officials of| the Stock Exchange as first wit-| ses. l¢ They will be asked to dese technical methods of procedure in} transactions and particularly the rec- ords kept of every s: Then, step by step, the Inquiry will follow along | TRY IT AND SEE! Lift your corns or calluses off | | with fingers! Doesn't | hurt a bit! \ noted Cincinnati chemist dis |Tv covered a new ether compound and colled it f ra and now it can be bottles. tr had in tiny 4 few cents as here shown for any drug stere You simply apply a few drops of freezone upen a tender corn or painful callus and instantly. the soreness disappears, then shortly you will find the worn ¢ callus so loose that vou can just lift it off with the fingers No’ pain, not ‘a bit of soreness, eit#@r when ap plying freezone or after- wards and it doesn't even irritate skin, Hard corns, soft corns between the toes, also toughened calluses just shrivel up and It lift off so sy is wonderful! Seems magical. It works like a charm, € cone has a yellow label Don't accept any except with the yellow label Advt | stopping place during his | taken down the tine from President of the! Exchange to Secretary. and then to manager of the xchange Clearing House. The committ intends hunting down the big bears and short sellers of Dec. 18, 19 and 20 last, Trays just prior to the publication of the President's note, When the big speculators on the, short side are disclosed the commit- | tee will confine its attention to them and endeavor to find whether they had the benefit of advance inform j tion, and: If #0, from what source, Mr. Whipple made an early start to-day in his preliminary survey. He left the Yale Club, which will be his tay here, before ¥ o'clock, and hurried down. town to consult with the expert ac- countants who will ald him, The Investigation,” he sald, “will not be drastic, as I have seen it de- scribed somewhere, but it will be thor- ough. It will be broad in Its scope, thorough and impartial GZAR’S MOVE BANISHES GLOOM AMONG RUSSIANS Rescript on War Issued by Emperor Nicholas Creates a Profound Impression on Country. PETROGRAD, Jan don).—-A profound Lon- (via impression new Russian Premier, Prince Golot- zin, calling upon him, among other things, to wee that the government devotes its first attention to the question of eupplies for of Russa, The rescript Is regarded as a clear presentation of the problems which have oppressed the nation for the last six months, as well as an exhort ation to more prompt and energetic action in meeting them. The clause promising lent attitude on the par ernment towards th chambers is 1 nore bene “o- of the gov- legislative eelved with particular elation and has dissipated the gloom which prevailed after the recent postponement of the sessions of the Duma and Imperial Counetl Some of the more optimistic com- mentators regard the pronouncement | ot the Emperor as the turning point in the internal political difficulties, and belleve that the mere enunciation of the troubles of the nation which had vague and fantastic form in recent months, will be the first step in overcoming them. $0. GALLS ARE IGNORED IN FEAR OF RAIDER’S TRA Distress Signals Heard by Russian Liner Off Cape Race Believed From Scandinavic. Fear that a German raider was try ing to lure him into a trap kept Capt: Gelse of the Russtan-Americy ‘itner Czaritza, in to-day from Ri manoff, Russia, from answering w ess calls for he that came from a vessel, now believed to be the Scan- dinavie of Swedish line, off Cape Race last Friday night A number of vessels reaching At- lantie a Coast ports since Saturday reported picking up the distress still ur identine 1 steam- s under jovernment r any wireless calls that an enemy his position. #8 operator of the Czar » picked up the first night ship expheit rnoon the C: Help from which sl. driftin Unit aritza re the : malted of ssage s out coal and reported a cutter was on t Nghe js by Russtans tn Region Are Repulsed, RERLIN, Jan. 22 (by W T y's Army nt from the East Nige t of Prince L Friedrichstadt (Riga region) night a ks by Russian detachments were re LONDON, Jan (10.05 A, MD Lloyd announces that the Jap.ese teamer Kisagata Maru Ill 2,008 tons has by sunk » British’ steamer Baron Semplll, tons, 1; also be- Heved to have been destroyed You have to use your brain all day, so why not keep it clear and alert? nstant Postum| instead of coffee, will help keep it that pure, way, for this wholesome drink is absolutely free from the drug caffeine, in coffee. “There’s a Reason” the three) has, been made here by the rescript ad- | dressed by Emperor Nicholas to the; the armies How Much of a Man’s Pay May Wife Claim? -QUEENSBORO TUBE istrate Blouse. aq Ih Magic There Is a Difference of and Magistrates Seem to Be Arrayed on One Side | and the Wives of Men Financial Domination Line Up in Opposi- tion—What Do You Think About It? Wat proportion of the family inc How much may the wife claim as Should a wage earner take ceive from his wi fares, or should » family treasury, giving his wife an allowance for her personal needs? These questio that a husband wo of $21.50, and Ma: this view in the claring that a husband who keeps $6 out of $26 weekly is not guilty of BES er | cruelty Worse yet! Two trates whom I have consulted declared with some ferocity that a man Is en- ontrol his own earnings, and arles W. Appleton even g0es as to assert that husband | who turns his pay envelope over to By Nixola Greely home yreement in many households, were matters of judicial decision last week, ther City Mags THE PEON OF THE PAY ENVELOPE mis View Opinion in Which Judges Who Suffer From Male ymith. ome belongs to the man who earns it? her share? his pay envelope unopened and re- fe a weekly dole for lunches and car. he insist on being secretary of th ns, sources of interest if not of disa Magistrate Robert Cornell holding 18 entitled to withhold $2 from wages | gistrate Charles N. Harris sustaining | case of Annie vs, John Mackay, de- Appleton to call on his colleague Judge Appleton is younger—much Jyounger than Judge House—and he was proportionately more indignant at | the suggestion that it 1s the husband's | duty to lay his pay envelope pure and —— HE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917. BOTH SIDES FAIL HARD DRIVES IN NORTHERN FRANCE British high a at Lens Held— Germans Repulsed Near Verdun. M agree Charles Ww. —\Appleton. | recent moves In the Roumanian cam- palgn. “The Roumanians are trying to de- the advances of Archduke Jo- seph’s army in the Sereth plain by) fierce counter-attacks In order to! at nate to that position and out- Putna and Sereth, Ge Tintbaunt said. “During the last few days especially violent attac! have been directed against our p tion on the Carpathian slopes and the North Susita Valley. “These brought no success, but tn- stead heavy losses in dead and pris- {oners, ‘The hope of the Russo- }Roumantan chief of command of ob- | taining an offensive in the moun- tainous district was not filled—on the contrary the Central Powers ob- tained to successes of far- desta d importance. “On the Carpathian front, in the! the ‘The repulse of a minor attack by the district of Oituz, we moved ahead to | a position where We can put under fire the circular valley of the Ocna “As confirmed by the Russian Headquarters report, Bogdanesct and |Qcna were shelled.” Continuing, the statement described | these two cities as important points and enlarged on the strategic tm- Germans tn Fri Ko ROGRAD, Jan 22 (via London) attacked yesterday in ons on the ‘nounced it viteht and Kovel the War om the nessa was in strong Salt. in any los | fenders. re of groun did not by the RUSSIANS FIGHT BACK Should He or She Dole Out to the Other? CHOKED BY FLOOD :: | five hours, ‘the water. ON ROUMANIAN LINE tions in Moldavia, but Are his wife unopened ts a “spineless unsuntied in his wife's hands, j Worm.” “The man who woul do that i# 4 BHRLIN, Jan. 22 (via Sayville).—| Mr. Appleton fs the YoUnB | «spineless worm,” exclaimed est members of the City Judiciary.| younger Magistrate. ‘A man should | British on the German lines near Lena Yet denunciation of the Pay €M-} he Hoss of his own household.” is announced in to-day's German Malin ile ea more pro’ |THE “SPINELESS WORM" AND Army Headquarters statement re- nounced than ¢ of Jd Frederick THE “BOSS.” garding operations on the Franco: House, who, after years devoted| vioss?” 1 repeated warningly.| Belgian front, which reads: |to unsnarling domestic tangles, 18) «pass? Remember you are express-| “Near Lens, a minor British attack | now the presiding genius of Jing a judielal opinion, And women| was repulsed in a hand grenade en-| portance of Nanestl, nffic Court at No. 200 Mulberty|may get the vote in New York any!gagoment, Near Bezonvaux and east| bpeetewold: Police sH easauarterss me of Pont-a~Mousson, reconnoitering | TOO MANY WOMEN LOOK ON! “Well, all right, I won't say ‘boss’ ‘detachments brought back several | LIFE AS A JOY RIDE. Just say @ man should control his OWN prisoners and one machine gun from The who * Judge H earnt Judge Appleton replied. short incursions into hostile post. 1, “is that so many women Otherwise what excuse has he for tions.” upon lite ana j He ar 1 expe« t th liv Let him pay the bills and PARIS, Jan Two attacks were husbonds to pay the bill T believe | give his wife an allowance for herself made by the Germans last night on that a thrifty couple, property im-|/when she 1s capable of handling the Verdun front. on the octal ane | sued with the ideas of partnership |«money, But 1 know a man who pouncement ways they were al Ane) and co-operation, will set aside 4) started out with fine ideas of giving back each time by the French fire. certain sum for household expenses (all his money to his wife, and the Tho text of the communication fol- cach week, will give so much to the] first week they were married she took '™, ine Rune lakicee Gleinives savi bank and will divide the housekeeping money and bought a) Mouse, after a violent. bombard. est-if there is any—always r m= |lot of cheap junk, imitation jewelry,’ ment, German troops yesterday berin man, as the breadwi to deck herself out, There are some| evening attacked on two differ- ‘ ent occasions the trenches to the has necessary expenses, car-] women who simply can't be trusted to! Vortheast of Caurieres Wood, fares, lunches and the occasional en-|handle money. ‘The fifty-fifty divi-| ‘The fire of our artillery. together ounter wit nds or business ac jon oof the surplus which Judge with that of our machine guns quaintanc which may require more | Frescnt recommended is fine for th | chao kae ene ebeiay ayanks And noney than the woman needs ideal household, But how many! (it preak I think that women in New York | !ouseholds of"that kind do you know? “Artillery fighting procee cannot bear the thought of being|1n marriage tan't there always one| tively during the night vutdone by thelr neighbors, so tha; {dominant character and one non-re-| fector Of Cote do P if Mrs. Jones gets a Ford car Mrs. | ‘ister? Well, let the dominant char heen patrol encounters, The night is not happy till she has a|@Cter rule, hold the purse nage the) passed quietly on the remainder p . {bay envelope, Sometimes, 1 udmit,| of the front Cadillac, though all etther can afford | the dominant character is'a woman, _—— is a perambulator, T think that the | but on the general proposition of the | «PILLAR OF DEFENSE” ule of the road in motoring 1s the | UMtouched pay envelope, remember I * J 3 , ne road in mn iy Ae husband who subinits to itis) LOST’ BY RUSSIAN: best rule of the road in matrimony, Always turn to the right! | Jude pect tha John J, We ¢ Id me the ot matrimonial should led on the t 0-50," 1 In terpolated at this p WHEN THE 50-50 IDEA IS aut! RIGHT. | Assuming that there Is a surplus Hills are paid—and it is a} vy household that has any," Judge | ise rey the fifty-fitty ar. | neement a in special uses, Many a New York husband | would consider himself fortunate to be allowed as much as that, What | man pays as much for his own} 1 as for his wife's wardrobe? | Many a couple would lve very hap- pily together were it not for the New y ania for spe ed in Mfe In conversation, in 1s well asin motoring. I believe," added the | traffic Judge, “in sending speed mantacs to jail—all kinds of speed maniacs. And were ft not for the| peed maniacs I don't believe o many married couples would have to go to court to ask a new § to cut the family Income | An Judge House and t pay envelope p »mon two. Aiscussed the his empty court | room-it ts the only judiclal chamber in Now York which has an Amerfoan flag over the bench, the Judge told me--in cathe Magistrate Charles W, sin \ low worn THESE TWO NOT IN SYMPATHY | WITH THE MAGISTERIAL IDEA. WHEN NANESTI FELL That New Yorkers are not all BERLIN (via Sayville wireless coord with the i rial minds) 7 *--Capture by German troops [witch 1 have quoted iv indicated by ” . letters which received this week. { {Of Nanesti “tore a pillar from the hould be glad to hear f¥om other | Wall of the Russian defense, the mil fen and women readers of The Eve-|itary critle of the official Press Bu ning World who have nions 4 rean asserted to-day, summarizing the | What proportion of An's earn = belong to him and what should be part of the wife and have always been consid My Doar Mint Crome smit ered by my employera to have great “How could you? | am surprised | executive ability, but what good does at your indiac 1 (rying to cons |it do me now? The world has, be- fuse and 4 ur sex by bringing| lieve me, some things to discover yet up the subject of the pay envelope| and one of them t# equal rights of having it put w our hus. in and woman in their relation to bands, fathers and brothers can see| each other it in large print, Now, E suppose,} “A law should be passed whereby they will begin to feel proud and} a man would have to give not only consequently some of the shekels will! half but at least three-quarters of be missing | his salary to Ife. VENING WORLD READER” ‘tL have married seventeen u ears to a loeg not beltew om. n yuent this has “Suppose the wife does not been the one e of ention in| work, mere Uperintends our home, Around me are women| pose her health, or her husband's whose husbands never touch their} health, prevents ber having children! envelopes and they are always happy | Suppose she is in business on her own and well clothed, me and children] a@ yunt—and is not doing wei In bearing unmistakable evidence of|any or all of these inst s the right condition of affairs. On|one of the multiplicity of novel ctr. the contrary what ave we after my | cumstances brought into betng by the usband's sev J introduet of the rtm house agen living the ir trines of the in di getting « atnatnia y on credit? ' fe ed Before my marriage I could make Poi A $15 per and sometimes more, Have been a business woman and under stand thoroughly how to run a home, not only @ small one, but also a large Beet, of Reef in New Haturday “Va.0'" Conte ver’ pound Beaten Off. BERLIN, Jan, 22 (by wireless to Sayvillo).—Lively skirmishing has been In progress along the Roumanian front, according to to-day'’s Army Headquarters announcement. In the Putna Galley area on the Moldavian western front the Kusslans attacked the German advance line, but were ac the German Advance Posi- | | repulsed, The text of the statement reads: “In the eastern Carpathians outpost engagements, with a re- sult successful to us, Occurred at several places. “North of the Oltur Valley there has been intermittent lively a ty by artillery on both sid “West of Panciu a hostile com tv- pany attacked 0 protecting positions on the Putna. The at tack was repulsed, PETROGRAD, Jan. 22—Arrest of enemy attempts to advance by Rus sion fire in the Oltus Valley was re- ported in to-day's official statement On the rest of the Roumantan front there was mutual exchange of fire. —_ FIRE DRIVES OUT SCORES. Biase and Gravare Com Damage eatimated at from 96,000 to | $10,000 was done at 1.80 o'clock this afternoon when & gas explosion start eda fire on the fourth floor of the American ‘Type Foundere’ Company Building at Wiliam and Frankfort Th “ox plogion oecurred in the preas room of the Neo Gravure Company and wan quickly extingulahed by the Ire D nt but not ‘ore four P nad been put out of commia- ion and water had destroyed the 00) Preme pape ked through the floor Jamuged the hinery o and badly mV Rattlard Gompa wateh Indicated that the joints of a water | vietor Herbert Upheld in Cabaret Case WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—A cabaret is @ performance for profit, the Su- reme Court decided to-day, holding uniey’# and the Hillfard Hotel Com New York must pay Vietor Herbert and the John Church Cong pany, respectively, for Dyt ghted songs sung in the restaurant's cabaret FROM WATER MAIN Workrnanty Pander Shinto Traffic in Tunnel Five ‘SAGE TEA BEAUTIFIES AND DARKENS HAIR | Don't Stay Gray! It Darkens Hours. So Naturally That No- { body Can Tell. A workinan's blunder caused the, a Queensboro tunnel! to be flooded early You can turn gray, faded hair beau- | tifully dark and lustrous almost over | night if you'll get a 60-cent bottle of No trains were operated for|"“Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com- it any drug store, Millions of vottles of this old famous Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, are sold annually, - tees ani a says a well-known druggist here, be- the ‘approaching deluge and halted @) ct ie darkens the Halt OO naturally train ready to leave the Queensboro | and evenly that no one can tell it hae Plaga tn Long Island City for Man-| en applied hate te tevas hose whose hair is turning gray or hattan. becoming faded have a surproe await- There was no official ing them, because after one or two applications the gray hair vanishes Of the flood. and your ‘ome luxuriantly dark « to-day with water three feet deep In| places, There Was no train in the | pound” tube at the time the water reached {ts crest, because a despatcher saw explanation Investigation, however, main In the new Lexington Avenue| This is tie Aen OF Youth pe ‘ unattradtive “folks aren subway near Forty-second Street and around, so get busy with Lexington Avenue began to leak) Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com some time during the night jte-night and you'll be delighted An employee waa sent to shut off) your pare handsome He made a mistake and tiles appearance Instead turned on the water in @) ‘this preparation isa toilct requisite thirty-six-inch main, broken off and is not intended for the eure, the excavation on the old Grand) iitigation or prevention of disease.— Union Hotel site, Apparently no one) Advt noticed the spouting main, The ex vation filled and overflowed, the water pouring Into the elevator ehaft from the Interborough to the Queena. | boro level at the Grand Central Sta- tion of the subway. Within two hours the water was three feet deep in that part of the Queensboro tube under First Avenue, where the slope in the roadbed ends | and an tneline begins. Four power ful pumps soon had all the water off, the third rail, but there was still enough to keep the electrical signa apparatua from working and prevent @ resumption of traffic. with hair and your within a few at Di room ans FACE’ POWDER. women who care for found no better than ieemman clean, dainty ;, dove perched. Aileitt counmre’” Were for free sample, The Freeman Pertume Co, Dept. 90 Cincinnati, Obie =» Tomorrow, Tuesday a" Clean-Up of Coats Final Reductions $30.00, $35.00 and $40.00 Coats Reduced to $ Sensational as cle leading up to this Tuesday's event caps lean-up values! $40.00 Limousine Coats of Silk Seal Plushes, $18 $35.00 Velour, Cheviot and Broadcloth Coats, $18 $30.00 Sturdy Mixture and Eiderwool Coats, $18 ce reductions ale have been, the climax of coats are the gems of the col lection—full belted and flaring models in the st demanded styles, trimmed ‘ with furs and fur fabrics with smart simplicity or tailored No Charge fo? Alterations Saleat Four Fashion Shops Nineteen West 34th Street Brooklyn: 460-462 Fulton St. 2% Ounces Downtown: Newark: 14-16 West 14th St. Broad & Park Sts, eteucuauan is A pound’s a pound * —but 10c. worth— there’s the rub: Lipton’s Red Label Tea tin contains 254 ozs, net “~l_watch weight. Quantity, lity and price changed—quality is the best the money. Compare it LIPTON'S TEA Look for the Luden yellow package. “Seven Chances Take ‘em all and you'll find nothing so good as Luden's for coughs, colds, and ‘‘tick- ling in the throat."’ Bene- ficial the year ‘round. LUDEN'S — vaNoy COUGH DROPS CAND