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Show REPUBLICANS WOULD COfJlffi INQUIRY Minority Members of Committee Com-mittee Believe "Higher Ups" Involved. WASHINGTON", Feb. 7. In spite of a strong sentiment among some Democratic members of the "leak" investigating committee in favor of bringing the inquiry in-quiry to a close Friday or Saturday, Republican Re-publican committeemen declared tonight that they had just "begun to investigate." Until it is proved beyond all doubt that tho aile.ged leak originated with the two Washington newspaper men, J. Fred Es-sary Es-sary and W. W. Price, who have admitted admit-ted they sent out warning messages on the peace note, the Republicans say they will not agree to terminate the inquiry. One Republican said tonight he believed several Democrats would join in forcing continuance of the investigation. The Republicans insist that some one "higher "high-er up" must have furnished the information informa-tion in the first plate. "We have found the conduits of the information, in-formation, but we must not stop until we have found the source." said Repre- : sentative Campbell of Kansas, ranking! Republican member of the committee. j Every indication tonight was that ' Sherman I W hippie, counsel for the committee, is planning to close his case. He began today examining state department depart-ment employees who aided in transmission transmis-sion of the note, and is said to plan calling call-ing all the newspaper men to whom Secretary Sec-retary Lansing confided that a note was coming, and employees of the government govern-ment printing office. Other newsiiaper men and Mrs. Ruth Thomason Visconti also are to be called. Another Washington newspaper man, N. O. Messenger of the Washington Star, was brought into the inquiry toil a v and Thomas F. Logan of the Washington Tost was summoned to appear tomorrow. W. R. Hibbs, a local broker, testified that for some years he has paid Messenger Messen-ger "not to exceed $100 a month'" for the privilege of calling him on the telephone and asking about capitol events. Nothing was developed to indicate that Messenger ever had furnished Hibbs with advance information. John H. James, head nf the state department de-partment bureau of information, testified testi-fied that a printer's proof of the peace note lay in an unlocked drawer in his office throughout the greater part of December De-cember CO. All other copies were guarded with great care, accorrime to testimony. Frank L. Polk, counsellor of the state department, was questioned about reports of leaks in the department during Secretary Secre-tary Bryan's regime, but said he had investigated in-vestigated and was certain they no longer existed. Official announcement was m.tie tonight that Mrs. Visconti. who. Tho:nas W. I.awson swore, told him Secretary Tumulty Tu-multy and others were involved in Wa'l street deals, would testify either tomorrow tomor-row or Friday. It is expected Mr. Whipple Whip-ple will confine her testimony specifically specifical-ly to what she knows about the leak.t |