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Show GERMAN SLUSH FUNDJRANGLE House Leaders Cleverly Prevent Pre-vent Hostilities Getting Beyond Be-yond the Threatening Stage. SUDDEN ADJOURNMENT Congressmen Norton and Hef-lin Hef-lin Both Awaiting Opportunity Opportun-ity to Deliver Speeches. WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. Careful management by houso leaders today prevented the wrangle over the "German "Ger-man slush fund," yesterday rosulted in a fight between Representative Hef-lln Hef-lln of Alabama and Representative Norton of North Dakota, from getting beyond a threatening stage. Sudden adjournment after repeated efforts by Representative Norton to obtain ob-tain permission to address tho house found-OJOthNnton and Heflln with tnvo undoliyartfd' "spqocIiqs beforo themt anxiously an-xiously awaiting an opportunity to renew re-new vorbal hoBtllltlos. They may talk Monday, provided house leaders relax their vigilance, but at present plana are to prevent cither man from taking the floor and to permit tho proposed Inquiry into Heflln's charges that several sev-eral members "have acted suspiciously" suspicious-ly" to die a natural death. ino oerman siusn iuna wrangio : threatened to break out again on the floor of the houso today with tho presentation pre-sentation of a letter by Chairman Pou of the rules committee from Secretary Secre-tary Lansing declaring the state department de-partment had no evidence indicating members of congress had any connection con-nection with Count Bernstorff's $50,000 fund. Secretary Lansing wrote: "In respect to your Inquiry over the telephone today, addressed to the department, de-partment, I beg to Inform you that the department has no ovldenc that could in any way connect a member of congress con-gress with the payment of money by the German ombassy in its propaganda propagan-da activities." Mr. Lansing then quoted from his statement of September 22. saying he did not see how Bernstorff's request to spond $50,000 retlects upon congress or any member. As soon as the lettor had been read, Representative Norton of North Dakota Dako-ta and others demanded recognition. Clark Sees Trouble Ahead. Speaker Clark, scenting a roptitlon of yesterday's row on tho floor do-mandod: do-mandod: "What Is the gentleman iip to?" Norton replied ho wanted tlmo to speak and if ho did not get It ho would object to consideration of a bill then beforo the house. Tho speaker rofusod to grant him time. Norton objected and the houso j passod on to anothor quostlon. Tho galleries wcro crowded In expectancy ex-pectancy of another clash; so was tho floor. "RIngsldo Beats hore, gontlemcn," exclaimed Reprosoutatlvo McArthur of Oregon as membors filed In tho door. |