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Wtlwiai c wi-Wcddjj ti twit VOLUME Xl\ HOUSE IS BELIEVED CERTAIN TO APPROVE FEDERALJUOGEBILL Webb Measure Empowers President to Name Addition al Circuit and District Court Judges in Certain Instances ■T HALTS SMITH. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—Congrees min Webb, of North Carolina. chairman of the judiciary committee, expressed the "expectation that the house will con cur in the senate’s passage of the bill authorizing t/ie president to appoint ad ditional circuit and district court judges in certain instances. The bill haa been reported favorably by the ju diciary committee and awaits action bj the house. CongreMtnin Webb's faith in the probable passage of the bill by the house rests on two important essentials: , First. the measure was inspired by tne administration and has the warm support of the preaident and the de partment of justice Second, the bill is meritorious to the last degree and is’ calculated to appeal to the house’s sense of fairness and pa triotism. Contrary to the popular impression, the bill contains ro provision that is intended to retire the judge who has grown old in the service. It authorizes the president to appoint additional judges only when a judge has passed the age of seventy years and the presi dent is convinced that, on account of these advancing years, the judge is un able to discharge all the duties of his office. Under the law as it now stands, a judge who has served ten years on the * bench and reached the age of seventy years may retire on full pay. There are a number of judges throughout the country eligible for retirement, under this provision, but who prefer to re main in harness. The bill in question seeks to avoid the enforced retirement of these faith ful servitors, yet at the same time fur nish a vjounger judge to help dispatch the business of the court, when, in the president’s opinion, such an appoint ment is necessary. THE BUaL’fi ORIGIN. Although the senate bill bears the name of Senator Hoke Smith as its au thor. the legislation originated in the department of justice, and was first in troduced by Congressman Webb, of North Carolina. in the lower house of congress Mr. Associate Justice Mcßeynolds, who was President Wilson d first attor ney general. Initiated the legislation, and strongly urged its enactment in his first annual report to the president and congress. These recommendations were repeated by Mcßeynolds before his ele vation to the supreme bench, and re newed twice by Attorney General Greg ory. When Senator Smith first evidenced an interest in the legislation he stated that it had been called to his attention bv Judge William T. Newman, federal judge for the northern district of Geor gia, who expressed a desire that that legislation might pass which would free judges who had passed seventy from the necessity of retiring when unable to perform the duties of the office, and yet leave them where they could con tribute such service to the government as their health and advancing years would permit. ORIGINAL SCHEME MODIFIED. As originally recommended by the de partment of justice, it was proposed that the bill should provide that where the judge had reached -the age of seventy jears and failed to retire; the president should appoint an additional judge. This provision was modified at the instance of Senator Smith so as to make the ap pointment discretionary with the presi dent if he found tne agea judge unable physically to properly perform the du ties of the office. The need of the legislation is recog nized throughout the United States. There are fifteen or more United States court judges over seventy years of age. and in some instances the business in terests have been sadly neglected. Cir cuit Court Judge McCormack, of Texas, fifth judicial circuit, failed to retire al . i hough he was over eighty years old and had been physically unable to sit on the bench for a number of years. The * passage of the legislation will facilitate the dispatch of business in the federal courts, and at the same time retain for the benefit of the government the * service of judges of advancing years Every Democratic member of the sen ate, recognizing it to be an administra . tion measure, voted for its passage, and Senator LaFollette was the only Repub lican to give it his support. Verdict Is Affirmed WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—South Car oiina decrees for about 110.*>00 damages against the Atlantic Coast Line in fa • vor of the widow of W. E. Mulligan, Columbia. S- C.. a locomotive engineer accidentally killed, were affirmed today by the supreme court. The Semi-IT eekjy Journal The New York World You get ftoe issues a week! f 1 J 260 issues a year —ALL h lu a year Ute Thia Coupon---Write Plainly—-and Mail at Gnce The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: SIGN the coupon—en- ;; Enclosed find sl.lO. Send The Semi-Weekly close sl.lO, either Journal and The Thrice-a-Week New York World to by check, postoffice mon- the address below for one year. ey order, stamps or cash • ■ by registered mail and NAME ■ 3 mail t° The Semi-Weekly Journal, Circulation De- P. O ■■ ■ partment, Atlanta, Ga. R F D STATE ■ ■■■ - J. B. CHRISTIAN, the new ad jutant general of Florida. Gov ernor Catts named Christian, an old classmate, to succeed J. C. R. Fos ter. who has held the place for six teen years and is chairman of the executive committee of the National Guard association. ■ •v<, ’ ’ /I BLOOD-RED FIELDS OF BATTLE UNDER MANTLE OF WHITE Front Line Trenches in Mystic Quiet Which Comes With Snow Whjle British Guns in Rear Thunder Out Requiem (By Assotiatrt I'rese. > WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE (Via London i, Jan. 15.—Thin has been one of the strangest days in ihe strange world war. It has been a wonderfully while day—a day of snow, white fog. white fields, and strange white trees glistening in magical man ties ot clear white frost. Even the brown, gripping, remorseless mud of the Somme —the mud that has been al most the master of the war for these past two months —has hidden its treacherous depth for the time at least, beneath the sort, fleecy flakes that came during the night to spread a Sabbath vestment of purity over the wretched, squallid and somber battle grounds of northern France. In most of. the front line trenches there was the mystic quibt that comes with snow. No man's land had been lifted for the moment out of its de graded and abject state of melancholic desolation and placed on a picturesq&e ly white equality with the untrammeled lands that lie about the fighting zones. The tortuous rusted barriers of grim barbed wire in front of the many posi tions had been transformed into tangled and graceful strantid of crystal ice and clinging snow. Baek of the lines the British guns that never seem to tire or s-leep—guns that winter cannot muzzle or frosts subdue—spoke with a white hot breath from hiding places screened and double secure beneath the white cover of the newly-fallen snow. Under the spell of the snow and ftie mists there was. what is not often the case out here, an al most tangible touch of Sunday in the air. Whether it was the white fog that enveloped so much of the front or whether it was just some shadowy spir it of the Sabbath, the strident voices of the guns seemed more muffled than usual and farther away. But the mes sengers that the guns sent smashing through miles of glacial space spoke to their fioes in the same determined tones that have been heard with such unre lenting regularity during all these win try days. The war that stretches out over the years is the war that necessarily re solves itself into a routine of much the same thing over and over again. To day, however, in all its whiteness it seems just a wee bit different. U. S. Sup reme Court Decides Test Mail Cases Against Roads (By AaaocUted Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 15—Tert cases regarded decisive of about 800 railroads’ claims against the government for ap proximately $35,000,000 for additional compensation for carrying the mails from 1907 to 1911 were decided today by the supreme court against the rail reads. Appeals of the Chicago and Alton and Tazoo and Mississippi railroads from re jection of test claims were dismissed. CHOWD SHIVERS IN COLD th nomm biiffilii bill Estimated 25,000 Stood in Line to Take Farewell View of Noted Scout 'By Asiociated Press.) DENVER. Jan. 15.—The west Sunday paid honor to the memory of Colonel William F. Cbdy (Buffalo Bhll). While the body of the man who had done so much to make her cities possible, lay in state beneath the dome of the capi tol, troopers from Fort Ixigan formed lines in the rotunda of the capitol through which passed the governors of two states, delegations from the legis latures of those states, officers of the L nited States army, members of fra ternal organizations of which the fa mous scout and plainsman was a mem ber. veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, women and thousands of childen. Not the least the conspicuous among the mourners who passed the great bronze casket were a handful of old Indians and former scouts —those who had been youths in the famous wild west show which bore Colonel Cody’s pseudonym. The body was dressed in a frock coat on which were pinned the badges of the Legion of Honor and of the Grand Army of *thc Republic. The casket bore the tnscrip.t'ion “Colonel William F. Cody, ’Buffalo Bill.’ ” BODY TAKEN TO CAPITOL. Colonel Cody’s body was brought into the capitol at 9:50 o’clock Sunday morn ing. Al 12 o’clock, the hour set for the closing of the casket, the crowd stiil was coming. The public was held back while the family bade the colonel farewell. In the family was “Johnny” Baker, of New Rochelle. N. V. who was with Colonel I Cody in his adventurous enterprises for 1 many years. Following the family, a delegation of Knights Templar from North Platte, Neb., passed the bier. Afterwards march ed a delegation of former cowboys. “Good-by, old pard,’’ “Good-by, Bill,” were some of their'greetings. The guard of honor at the casket in cluded delegations from Colorado na tional guard, the Pioneers society, the Elks and the Grand Army of the Re public. The public again was admitted at 12:10 o’clock for twenty minutes. A line extending more than a block shivered in the cold wind, waiting for a chance to enter. Twenty-five thou sand persons passed by the casket, ac- I cording to estimates. TWO GOVERNORS PRESENT. From the capitol the funeral proces sion passed through the downtown streets led by city policemen. Behind was the caisson on which rested the casket. Among the distinguished citizens of this and other states in the procession were Julius C. Gunter, governor of Col orado; John B. Kendrick, governor of Wyoming; Edward Howard, lieutenant governor of Nebraska; the secretaries of state of Colorado and Wyoming; legisla tive delegations from Nebraska, Colo rado and Wyoming and Elks from Kan sas and New Mexico. Bringing up the rear of the cortege seventy cowboys walked. Two of them led Colonel Cody's horse "McKinley.” with the plainsman's pistols hung from the sad dle horn. Several thousand persons followed the coffin to tlie Elks' home, where the fu neral services were held. Several hun dred. unable to gain admission, stood two hours outside to view the body at the close of the services. I .ater the body will be placed in a rock-hewn vault at the summit of Lookout mountain at Golden. Florida Arsenal To Be Moved Back lo Tallahassee (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 15.—The state arsenal and adjutant general’s de partment which is now located at St. Augustine, will be moved back to Tal lahassee soon. J. B. Christian, the new adjutant general, will superintend the moving of the department. General Christian, a jeweler of Talla ernor Sidney J. Catts and was appointed hasse, was an old schoolmate of Gov to the office to succeed J. C. R. Foster, who had held the place for sixteen years and had become one of the leading national guard officers of the country. Foster is at present chairman of the executive committee of the National Guard association of the United States. His failure to receive the reappointment from the new governor occasioned no surprise here as it was generally known that Christian would get the place. Christian is a man of military expe rience and holds the rank of captain, the same rank that Foster held when he was appointed to the place by Governor Jen nings in 1901. Soon after taking office Foster had his department separated frpm the rest of the state government and moved it to St. Augustine, his home. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1017. ADMIRAL DEWEY, NAVAL HERO, NEAR DEATH IN CAPITAL Bulletin Issued by Attending Physicians Monday After noon Says Death Is Expect ed at Any Moment (By Associated Press.) WAaHlN'jrib.i, oan. 10. —Admiral Dewey, hero ot Manila Baj, who has been confined to his home here tor the last five days by a general breakdown, was reported as •’slowly sinking” by his doctors at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The following bulletin was issued: Admiral Dewey has been slowly de clining since early this morning. The primary condition is arterial senle.-oris which affects practically every organ in ’he body, especially the kidneys and brain. Although he has shown great rallying power at times, he is slowly s : nking. So fat his heart, is strong and •us lungs are clear, out these organs may be suddenly and seriously affected at any time. In a bulletin Issued this morning by Dr. A M. Fauntleroy. Cnited States navy, senior surgeon in charge of the admiral's euse, and Dr. Luther Sheldon, Jr., U. S. N., the admiral's condition was stated as follows. “Admiral Dewey has been suffering for the last five days from a general breakdown consequent upon his eighty years of age. For several days there was somo improvement and at times It appeared as if he might rally and suc ceed in overcoming the depression of tertain organs. ‘ Last night the admiral slept fairly well; at times he was irrational and showed evidences of a gradual decline. “This morning he is very weak and his general condition is such as to fear that his once great vitality may fail at any time.” The admiral is being treated at his home. CONVICTION OF CiMINETTI MO DIGGS IS SUSTAINED Supreme Court Holds Mann Act Includes Personal, Im moral Escapades (By Aaancisted Pres*.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. —Interpreting the Mann “white slave traffic” act the supreme court today decided that prose cutions for transporting women in inter state commerce are not limited to com mercialized vice and included personal, immoral escapades. Conviction of F. Drew Caminetti and Maury I. Diggs, of Sacramento, was affirmed. The court divided in its opinion which was given by Justice Day. Chief'Jus tice White and Justices McKenna and Clarke dissented. Justice Mcßeynolds took no part in ’the consideration of the cases. “The plain terms of the act must take precedence over the designation and the report that accompanied it to congress,” said Justice Da» "It is said It will open the door td blackmail, but that is to be considered by congress. "We think the power of congress to regulate transportation of passengers affords ample basis to exercise authority ,’n ’he casr of U e statute." Following inuTiyi>«.n of the Mann act the court also affirmed conviction of L. T. Hays, of Alva, Okla. Justice McKenna announced the dis sent. but did not deliver any opinion. Justice Day's* majority opinion said: "In none of the cases was it charged that the transportation (of the women involved) was for gain or for the pur pose of furnishing women for prostitu tion for hire. There is no ambiguity in the terms of this act. It is elementary that the meaning of a statute must in he. first instance be sought in the lan guage of the act as framed and if that is plain the sole function of the courts is to enforce it according to its terms. “To cause-a woman to be transported for debauchery or for an immoral pur pose, for which Diggs and Caminetti were convicted, would seem by the very statement of the facts to embrace trans portation for purposes denounced by the act. While such immoral purpose would be more culpable in morals if accom plished with expectation of gain, sucn considerations do not prevent the lesser offense against morals from the execu tion of purposes within the meaning of the laws.” ■Whether women involved become, tech nically, acomplies, argued in behalf of the three defendants, was not directly decided by the court. It disposed of that feature as follows: “It is urged as a' further ground of reversal of’ the judgments below that the trial court did not instruct the jury that the testimony of the two girls was that of accomplices, and to be received wti-th great caution and believed only when corroborated by other testimony adduced in the case. While this is so there is no absolute rule of law pre venting convictions on the testimony of accomplices if juries believe them.” Preliminary Hearing of Yeaky is Postponed; Donehoo Grows Worse The case of Gordon Yeakey. who shot Paul T. Donehoo through the lungs at the Donehoo home on Ridgeway avenue last Tuesday night, was called Monday morning by Judge E. D. Thomas, in the municipal court, a warrant being held there charging Yeakey with assault with intent to murder. When Coroner Paul Donehoo arose at the outset and announced to the court that his cousin’s condition was extreme ly critical, the wounded man having taken a turn for the worse Sunday night. Judge Thomas stated that he would assess a bond for Yeakey in keep ing with the report on the patient’s condition by Dr. Willis Jones. Pater a bond of $2,000 was assessed. County Policeman Davis, the sole witness at the hearing, testified brief ly that he arrested Yeakey following the shooting, that Yeakey admitted the shooting, but refused to explain the cause. Coroner Donehoo stated that his cous in’s condition was due perhaps to a coagulation of blood in the abdomen. Both Donehoo’s wife and his father, the former for the first time since the shooting, were refused admission into the room at the hospital Monday morn ing where Douehoo is fighting for his hfe. . ’ ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY, annihilator of Montojo’s Spanish fleet in Manila bay, who is ill at his home in Washington. Little hope is held out for the recovery of thh aged sea fighter, who is in his eightieth year. n OB J ' JI » ; I -' 'T’Mgil 3 —" - 1?.'I.TO1IIIIL COPYRIUitT isol 3r wauui ta-cerr ———— Atlanta to Make Fight for Great Divisional Army Post; Would Bring 20,000 Here Committee Appointed to Lead Fight for Designation After Address by Major General Leonard Wood A committee appointed by the Atlanta chamber of commerce will begin Mon day making plans to have Atlanta des ignated as a location for one of the three divisional posts, accommodating 20,000 men, assigned to the Atlantic seaboard by the war department under the provisions of the new defense act, calling for a complete reorganization and distribution of the nation’s land forces. The fight for the post for Atlanta defi nitely began Sunday morning at a break fast given to Major General Leonard A. Wood, former chief of staff of the United States army, by the Atlanta chamber of commerce at the Capital City club, when the general outlined in detail the plan of the government for the establishing of a post in what is officially known in army circles as the Atlanta-Chattanooga division of the At lantic seaboard. The general spoke in a straightfor ward, clean-cut manner, telling just ex actly what the requirements for the camp were and what would be the final tests of each site proposed. The control ling considerations are, according to the general, first, the railroad facilities, that is, the number of trunk lines that are able to handle large bodies of troops, north, east, south and west in the short est length of time. Spur lines could be run to the camp and bring the troops to a central dis tributing point, but the camp must be located in a place where troop move ments can be made in any direction without delay and also where supplies can be brought without delay in case one line of communication should be cut. The second consideration is the cli mate. No place could be considered where the heat became so intense as to render it impossible to work soldiers to a training point at any time. The camps are fundamentally for war training. ! This statement would imply that towns along the gulf which suffer from a low humidity and intense heat will be ellmi i nated at once. The third point is the strategic loca i tion of the poet. No place would be ■ preferred tha* would be near a probable i landing place of an attacking force. This I would necessarily eliminate all coast towns. The general showed that the place must be where It would not oe harrassed by hostile troop actions, as the post would have to be used for the training of citizenry troops In time of war and no time could be allowed for these troops in defending their post. In a sense according to the general, the i post in time of war would be in the na- I ture of a factory for turning out troops ! to take the firing line as soon as they i were in condition. The physical consideration of the j camp site were then handled, the mini mum amount of land required being j 1,000 acres, with It practically neces sary for the post to have 1.500 or more. The land should be of a rolling type, very little clay, easily drained and ad jacent to territory sparsely settled, for a radium of fifteen or twenty miles m 1 order that there might be as little In convenience and damage done as pos- I sible, by the maneuverings of the 20,- 000 men who would be stationed 'at the post. The nearness of the camp to streams and land suitable for the disposal of sewage is also an important factor. This would comprise the main camp site, where the troop dormitories and all buildings housing the accoutrements would be located. The outlay of the camp also calls for a rifle range of a thousand yards. This will probably be on the original tract. There will also be an artillery range. I This will be built -where there are very ' few people, as the range will have to 'be at least eight miles in length. This ' range would not necessarily have to be near the camp. Two or three days march from the camp would be a good distance, said the general. TWO DECLINE OFFER TO SUCCEED BRAND, REPORT Governor Said to Have Prof fered Judgeship to Both * Qobb and Holden That Governor Harris has tendered l the superior court judgeship of the western circuit to Judge Aaidrew Cobb and Judge Horace Holden, two distin guished lawyers of Athens, who have both been judges of the state supreme I court in the past, and that both of them have declined the offer with mames, was the gossip going the rounds in the capitol Monday. No information concerning the west ern circuit judgeship could be obTa'ned from the governor or nis executive sec retary, Fritz R. Jones, beyond the fact that two new names were presented to the governor on Monday, these being Judge A. C. Stone, of Monroe, and Judge B. E. Thrasher, of Watkinsville. A delegation of Athens lawyers call ed on the governor Monday in the inter est of Judge J. J. Strickland of that city, a former judge of the Athens city court. Friends of Hal G. Nowell, of Monroe, continue to press his qualifications. They are laying much store by the fact that Mr. Nowell is a graduate and trus tee of the Georgia School of Technology, in addition to his qualifications as a i lawyer. Governor Harris' fondness for Tech is well known, and grows out of the fact that he put through the legis lature the bill creating the school and has been chairman of its board of trus tees since the school was organized. Judge Charles H. Brand, the present I judge of the western circuit, who was ; recently elected to congress in me Eighth district to succeed Congressman , S. J. Tribble, deceased, has not yet re signed, but is expected to do so in a I few days. Gov. Harris Not Thought To Favor Extra Session For Prohi Legislation An extra session of the legislature for the purpose of considering a ‘bone dry” prohibition law has been suggest ed to Governor Harris, but while the governor is an ardent advocate of pro hibition he has not given the sugges tion any serious thought. It is understood to be the governor’s view that there can be no special hur ry to act on such legislation in view of the fact that the general assembly will i convene in the next five months. The suggestion of an extra session ! grows out of the recent decision by the J United States supreme court upholding [ the Webb-Kenyon act of congress. Under the terms of this act, as sus ! tained by the supreme court, a state leg ! islature can prohibit the importation of > any whisky, wine or beer into the bor ders of a prohibition state. Senate Passes Bill for Naming of Wardens of U. S. Pens by President BY BALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The senate today passed a bill providing that in fu ture wardens of the federal penitenti aries shall be appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The bill applies also to the superintendent of prisons. Heretofore the penitentiary wardens and the prison superintendent have been named by the attorney general. If the bill passes the house It becomes effective immediately and will make it necessary for the president to nominate a superintendent of prisons and wardens for the penitentiaries at Atlanta and Leavenworth. NUMBER 3a SECRETARY M’ADOO IS NAMED BY MON Famous Stock Broker Says ' Chairman of Rules Commit tee Told Him Official Profit ed by Leak ♦ (By the Associated Press.) ♦ e- WASHINGTOIf, Jan. 15. ♦ -e- Lawson named Secretary Mo- -e e- Adoo as the cabinet member who -e -e it was alleged partiaipated in ♦ ♦ the leak. e- ♦♦♦ ♦ eeeeeeee e«e.e ee *»<«♦♦«♦♦ (.By Associated PraM.J WABHI2TGTO», Jan. 15 With, Thom- as W. Lawson again on the witness stand tne congressional investigation into charges ot a stocx market leak on President Wilson's peace note was re sumed late this afternoon. Clothed with authority to compel Lawson to disclose the name of the con gressman whom he says told him a cab inet officer, a senator and a broxor wore partners in a stock gambling pool, the committee was prepared to question the Boston financier again and comps Ihlm to answer on pain of punishment. "X am going to answer your ques tions,’’ Lawson said. testified that Chairman Henry ofjthe rules committees, was the rep resentative who told him that a cabtwt officer, a member of congress and a F banker were said to have profited in ’ the stock market by advance informa tion on President Wilson’s recent peace note. Lawson said that the banker who told. I him he knew another banker who dom- ■ inated a cabinet officer in Washington I was Archibald S. White, of White & Co.. M , Boston. The committee immediately is- ■ sued a subpena for White. W Lawson said he could not give the fl names of any members of congress who fl were engaged in buying and selling ■ stocks. Before the hearing began the commit- ■ tee met in secret session to pass on a ■ proposal to ignore a writ of habeas cog-, fl pus in case Lawson should obtain it ln*fl a fight against contempt proceedings. 1 Flans were considered to prevent Law- ’ son from introducing the game of any I official of any foreign government in hie ( testimony. , LAWSON IS DELAYED. While the committee was deliberating , behind closed doors a message was re ( ceived from Lawson saying he could not i reach Washington at the time specified for his appearance, but would arrive la . ter in the day. Chairman Henry ordered the sergeant at arms to get immediate service on Lawson and bring him before the com- • . mittee. A recess was then ordered pend ; ing his arrival. > The committee voted to recommend ■ to the house the adoption of another ; resolution which would broaden the scope of the inquiry still further and ex- ■ tend the time in which the committee might have to make report to niney days. Among those called to testify were Bernard Baruch, of New York, F. M. Kin non, Chicago broker; James R. Reilly, of , the Dow-Jones company ticker service and the Wall Street Journal; Donald . McDonald, of Boston; and members of his brokerage firm of Lockwood & Co., New Yonk. CONDITIONS NOT rfEEDED. Chairman Henry received a telegram ’ from Lawson stating that could not reach Washington until 2 o’clock an I that he would be at the committee’s . service as soon after that time as possi ble. Mr. Henry then set the hearing for a o’clock this afternoon. It developed during the recess that Chairman Henry received a letter from Lawson yesterday laying down certain conditions under which he would testify . His principal contention, it is understood, was that a special congressional commit tee should be formed to interrogate him. The rules committee will not heed tne condition. James Reilly, news manager of the Wall Street/Journal, and Donald McDon ald, head of a Boston financial bureau, . to whom Lawson Is said to have given the name of the congressman who, he says, told him the name of a cabinet member, a congressman and a broke- 1 who were involved in stock market op erations, were waiting to testify. . • Two revolutions to strengthen the powers of the rules committee to compel i witnesses to answer questions presented 1 by Representative Garrett, a member of I the committee, were adopted soon after I the house met. One of them was general * in character but the other would comnei Lawson to give names specifically. Representative Campbell. Republican, introduced a resolution for a special committee of five to deal with the ’’leak’’ situation. , As an outcome of the Lawson case. Representative Harrison. Democrat, of the rules committee, today proposed a constitutional amendment by which senators and representatives will not be privileged or immune in testimony be fore congressional committees and mue« have reasonable justification for words spoken in congress. Another Heavy Sentence Put On Dr. Leibknecht; Is Expelled From Bar (By Asswiated Press, i LONDON. Jan. 15.—Dr. Karl Lieb knecht, the German Socialist leader, has received an additional sentence of four and one-half years at hard labor and expulsion from the Berlin bar, accord ing to a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam today. A courtmartial at Berlin last year sentenced Dr. Liebknecht toefour years’ imprisonment for military treason. He appealed to the imperial military tri bunal, which gave a' decision on No vember 5 last, rejecting the appeal.
