Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-15
TO FORCE LAWSON
IN "LEAH!,",'s nn"m @f,,1,.'n {
He Must Tell Who the Cabinet
Member Is Charged With
Profiting by the Tip.
MUST NAME HIGH OFFICIAL
Wolf of Wall Street Is Held
to Have Blocked Business
of House by Charges.

WOSlllNGTON. Jan. # Refusal
To recognize a writ of habcas corpus
In case Thomas W lawson should OBJ
tain one IN possible contempt pro-
cccdings against him and great care
To prevent the name of any repro
sentative OF a foreign government be
ing publicly dragged INTO the iuvcsti-
gatlon Of the alleged leak" ON prcsi
dent Wilson's recent peace note. are
among the plans laid today hv sub
committees of the huuso rules com
mittec I'm preparing for resumption
tomorrow of the leak" inquiry, The
whole committee viii pass ON the
plans at an executive meeting before
the hearings begin
lie Must Ten.
Mr. Lawson VIII be called before
the committee headed by Congress-
man Henry and presented with the
list of written questions subcummit-
tee has drafted for his reply. Failure
10 answer Will be followed immediate
lY by the inauguration of contempt
proceedings In the house.
In substance the chief questions of
dozen or more to be asked are
these:
who is the congressman who told
YOU he had heard that cabinet Off
Ger. banker aud a member of con
gress were engaged in stock market
partnership ana had profitcd by a
leak?
what are the names of the cabinet
member. the member Of congress and
the banker?
Who l. High Official
"ll a citizen of this country. who
is the high official whose name you
formerly testified might hc brought
into the case If the name Of the cubi-
net officer were mentioned ."
Committeeman have no clue 10 the
identity OF the high Official" but as
rumor and gossip have mentioned the
name of a representative Of foreign
government with It. they will take no
chances of involving him I'm a public
hearing.
Representative Campbell Of Kansas.
who was appointed to draft a rcsolu-
ton touching on this possible habcas
corpus phase of the case. made a
careful study of prccedonts today and
prepared a tentative resolution to
charge that Lawson by his refusal to
answer has obstructcd the business Of
the house and therefore should be re-
Ecant-at-arms until hc agrees to an
swer.
\ similar Case.
While Mr. Campbell expects the
committee To adopt his resolution he
said tonight that an adverse decision
I'm the contempt case Of United States
Attorney Marshal of New York.
which may bc decided by the supreme
court tomorrow, might change the sit
uation.
Representative Campbell said he
had found two cases which would
warrant the house In following such
a course as he planned one was the
Kilbournc case. in which a man who
declined To testify in the Jay Cooke
failure, was sent to jail
VIII BE Given Chance.
Tho other precedent Is found. Mr.
Campbell said. in the case of Henry
Nikoff. who declined to testify iu the
famous 1873 leak case when news
of the contents OF presidents mes
sage became public prcmaturcly thru
Wikoff. He Capitulatcd after few
days in Jail and was released Mr.
Lawson will be given two chances to
reply to the committees questions be
fore he is turned over to the sergeant
lt-arms. If the case goes that far.
once before the committee and again
before the bar of the house Power
.o punish him under the plan to bc
followed by the committee would cN-
pire with the congress ON March 4
Several other witnesses. including
.'hicago and New York bankers. arc
10 be on hand tomorrow. and If Law
son should cXpcctcdly answer the
questions asked him. tho entire hear
.nt, may bc closed before night