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 WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Concrete evidence of the existence of an organ ized effort to bring about armed inter- vention in Mexico still was lacking when the senate foreign relations sub committee investigating the Mexican situation finished the second day of it's hearing.
 Dr. Samuel G. Inman, secretary of the committee on cooperation in Latin America and associated with the League Of Free Nations association, was again before the committee for cross examination the entire day. His charges that he had been threatened with personal attack and with a libel suit because of his activities in devel- oping an anti-intervention spirit and his admission that he did not possess the facts to prove assertions made yes terday as to the stability of the Car ranza government were the outstand- ing feature of the hearing.
 Witness Worried
 The witness appeared worried when he resumed his testimony today and announced his unwillingness to con tinue answering questions concerning letter he had written to members of the Presbyterian board of missions and which later he said was published with out authorization. When he persisted in his refusal to answer Chairman Fall and Senator Brandegee reminded hin that the committee might adopt meas ules to compel him to give the infor- nation wanted.
 Dr. Inman insisted that since he had began talking and writing against in tervention he had been repeatedly threatened but when the committee de- manded by whom and when, his replies were evasive. He insisted he was not the paid agent of any except the mis- sion board and declared that the oil interests had employed unfair methods He insinuated the threats had come from them.
 Relative to the nti-intervention work lnman admitted that the league of free nations association had fund col lected three or four years ago but de- nied he ever had received any pay ment
 The greater part of Inman's testi- mony was denial of the truth of articles written and statements made by those who pictured conditions in Mexico as bad. On cross- examination, he admit ted however, that President Carranza must have a military escort when he leaves the capitol and that all trains operated in Mexico are compelled either to carry troops or to have an armed pilot train.
 The witness was questioned in de- tail about his recent book on interven- tion, one of the assertions of which is that many of the stories concerning Mexico published in newspapers are governor by evil influences" When he testified that such cases were notori- ous, Senator Fall demanded an expla- nation and insisted upon knowing what influences were meant. The witness did not nanre them.
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 Senator Brandegee asked ito what extent" the stories he referred to were proven untrue.
 "To large extent Dr. Inman re- piled.
 Do you believe large part of the American press is influenced to give the pubic a wrong picture of conditions in Mexico?" asked Senator Brandegee
 Dr. Inman replied that he was '.in- elined to think so'' and insisted that the fabrication of news on the border was notable He was unable to give any definite information regarding the names of papers or newspaper men en- gagged in fabrication, but indicated the list was long.
 T want to know" said Senator Fall. If The Associated Press is in that list?"
 Mo- Dr. Inman replied
 Then you acquit The Associated Press?" asked the chairman.
 T have no knowledge that The As sociated Press ever fabricated news" was the response.
 Well. that's one general statement of yours sad the chairman and turned to another passage in his book declar- ing if any congressman, after dinner speaker or reporter wanted an idea