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Show SENATOR JAMES A. REED of Missouri, who had physical encounter with witness wit-ness in lobby inquiry. HEED OF MISSOURI FIGUBESJN FIGHT John Mclntyre, Witness in Lobby Inquiry, Worsted in the Encounter. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The senate sen-ate judiciary committee room, -whoro the recent lobby investigation waa held, -was the scene today of a personal per-sonal encounter between Sonator Reed of Missouri, ono of tho leading members mem-bers of the investigating committee, and John Mclntj're, Baid to be a former for-mer officer of tho National Typo-thetne, Typo-thetne, whose name figured in tho correspondence cor-respondence of Martin M. Mulhall, tho legislativo agent for the National Association As-sociation of Manufacturers. There were fow witnesses to the episode, epi-sode, Tjut it is said Senator Reed struck Mclntyre in the face, accompanying his action with an emphatic statement as to tho falsity of cortain allocations contained in an nffidavit which Mclntyre Mc-lntyre was supposed to have in his possession. The controversy is understood under-stood to havo arisen over this affidavit, affida-vit, which, it was said, bore on Senator Kccd 's action in not putting on- the witness stand ono of the men "subpoenaed "sub-poenaed during tho lobby inquiry. When questioned about tho affair tonight, Senator Bood smiled but declined de-clined to confirm tho ordinary story. "You don't see any scratches on me," he said. Mclntyre left tonight for Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. Ho is alleged to have borne ovi dencos of his encounter with, the Missouri Mis-souri senator. |