Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-15
His Failure to Answer List of
Written Questions Prepared
Will Be Followed by Con-
tempt Proceedings,
CARE is BEING TAKEN
IN CONDUCTING PROBE
Name of Any Representative
of a Foreign Government
Not to Be Publicly Dragged
Into the Investigation,
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Washington, Jan. 14.-Refusal to
recognize a writ of habeas corpus, IN
case Thomas w. Lawson should OBJ
tain one against possible proceedings
against him, and great care to pre-
vent the name of any representative
If q foreign government being public
" dragged into the Investigation OF
the alleged leak" on President Will
sons recent peace note, are among
the plans laid today by subcommittees
of the house rules committee, in pre-
pairing for resumption tomorrow of
the leak" inquiry. The whole COM
mittee will pass on the plans at an
executive meeting before the hear
ings begin.
Mr.. Lawson will he called before
the committee and presented with the
list of written questions sub
committee has drafted for his reply.
Failure to answer will be followed i'm
inediately by the Inauguration of con-
lell.. '4sfoeeedings in the house.
The Chief Questions.
In substance, the chief questions Of
a dozen or more to be asked are these;
who is the congressman that told
you he had heard cabinet officer, a
banker, and member of congress
were engaged in a stock market part-
rership and had profited by leak -?
"What are the names of the cabinet
member the member of congress and
banker"
"If citizen of this country, who is
the high official whose name you
formerly testified might be brought
into the case if the name of the cabi-
net officer We're mentioned?"
Committeeman have no clue to the
identity of the high official" but as
gossip has mentioned the name of a
representative of a foreign govern
chances of involving him in a public
hearing.
Representative Campbell, of Kan
sas who was appointed to draft res
olution touching on the possible ha-
Eeas corpus phase of the case, made
u Ndl oAuhy VI ~ SCtut1tlS lOicy ,
and prepared a tentative resolution to
charge that Lawson. by his refusal to
answer has obstructed the business of
the house, and therefore should be re-
manded to the custody of the SER
geant-au-arms until he agrees to an.
swer
While Mr.. Campbell expects the
committee to adopt his resolution, he
said tonight that an adverse decision
in the contempt case of United States
Attorney Marshall, of New York,
which may be decided by the supreme
court tomorrow, might change the
Two Precedents Found
Representative Campbell said he
had found two cases which will war
rant the house in following such a
course as he planned. One was the
kilbourne case, in which a man who
declined to testify in the Jay Cooke
failure was sent to Jail. The other
was the case of Henry Wikoff, who
declined to testify in the famous 1878
leak" case, when news of the con-
tents of a presidents message became
public prematurely through Wikoff.
He capitulatcd after a few days in
Jail and was released.
Mr.. Lawson will be given two
chances to reply to the committees
question before he is turned over to
The sergeant-at-arms if the case goes
that far. once before the committee
md again before the bar of the
house. Power to punish him under
the plan to be followed by the COM
mittee would expire with the congress
On March d.