The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-17
HALTS TOUR;
HURRIES To
WASHINGTON
Congressman and Other High
Officials Demand Com
plete Exposure.
liHTeRNATloNAL NEWS sgRyIcEI


WASHINGTON. Dec. 17-Members -.
both houses of congress are agreed
that the alleged leak in suprem.
court decisions must be probed to I'll.
bottom. and If proved the guilty pun
iShed to the limit.
The matter is exceedingly serious
in my judgment" declared Senator W.
y. Borah of Idaho. member OF the sen
ate judiciary committee. and ought, L,
be run down and dealt with in a dras
tic fashion. Any member of the bar
VINO would become a party to a con
spiracy to profit by speculation or 9th
erwise through the use of information
received in this way Is not only unit
To be a member Of the bar but ought
TO be in the penitentiary."
CANCELS TOUR.
This pretty accurately indicates the
temper not only Of congress- but %
government officials here generally.
Suddenly calling of his speaking trip
through the West. Atty. Gen. Palmer
today is hurrying back to Washington.
where he viii arrive tonight. The can
collation. Of his engagements Is be-
iieved to be the result of Developments
in the leak" case and the Attorney
generals belief in the dcsirability o.
his presence here in the event he shoulc
hhd 1t necessary to make far-reaching
decisions.
Attorney Gen. Palmer left washing
ton Monday for Chicago Little Rock
and Oklahoma City. Arriving in Chi
cago yesterday afternoon he suddenly
changed mis- plans and instead of going
on with his tour decided to return al
most Immediately to Washington
AMEs IN CHARGE.
I the bureau of investigation under CAPT.
! Frank Burke, and assistants is pro
/ ceeding with the Investigation More
/ than once he and his aides have had
the two lawyers whose conduct is un-
/ der investigation before them putting
| them through the most searching ex-
| aminations. One of these grillings last
"a nearly four hours.
Aiding Judge Ames IS Assistant Atty
Gen. r. p. Stewart. of the criminal
branch OF the department of justice
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE expose
of bold attempt to corrupt even the
trusted employees of so sacred an inst-
tuition as he L. s. supreme court has
convinced certain government Officials
! that there must soon be general clean
up" Of Washington.
LONG SUSPECTED.
For years there has existed among Z
large section"of the public vivid sus-
picion that important government in
! formation IS usually known in advanc.
IN Wall street. where those who know
utilize it to make money at the expense
J Of those who do not
on several occasions these suspicious
have eliminated ir congressional in
quiries. which led nowhere but into
blind alleys
tt is. however. an open secret ia
Washington that the capital in infested
with innu1nerabie persons whose busi-
aess it IS 70 ind out what is going an
in official circles" They are not vyc4-
Sc, upulous as to their methods
The weeks preceding the supreme
, courts decision in the liquor case sim
( ply demonstrated that
WORSE SINCE 1914.
Tnere always have been in washis.s
ton number Of such people. Even ti.e
old inhabitants VIII attest that BIT
s.nce 1914 when big things began to
happen in the capit..l. the memD.4..
have been increased many hundred
| fold. Hope of obtaining advance IN
formation on important government de-
cisions and policies. and the awarding
! OF hundreds Of rat war contracts, which
foHoweF our entrance into the world
conflict drew these vultures to the
capital in flocks.
Many of them are known to be "out
and out tipsters." insiders. and more
slangily. information guys. Many 9th
ers are known as agents for certain in
terests and people. Stin others mas
querade in offices as claim agents. ad-
justers. commercial representatives and
what not. while all the time they car
J ~ on their real business which IS to
learn what is happening.
ALE. VARIETIES.
The persons who make UP these lie n
considerable part of Washington's pop
ulation are Of all kinds and conditions
from the ordinary. garden variety al
"tipsteT" and tout clear up to and IN
Guiding the so-cailed bir-guns. W.
live at the clty's finest hotels. dress for
dinner each night and uunoer agloi..
their acquaintances high up in the c 4ss..
ellis of the mighty. Shrewd. suave gcv-
tlemen they are--weil. we'll tailored.
weTI=barbered. anable and consciemcs-