Show STILL DO NOT KNOW WHOSE HAND DIRECTS PROBE IN NEW NEV YORK NEW EW YORK TORK Jan 19 With With both bolh complainant complainant com corn and the defendant In tho main buc Involved In still unidentified Judge Ward IVard In th the United d States circuit court toda today received briefs from tram the attorneys who ho are arc engaged nGae In a a. preliminary skir mish here over what lirA are believed to b be b criminal proceedings b by the federal government gov- gov an as the result of or recent newspaper newspaper per statements In connection with the Panama purchase The fight began In the th courts court here yesterday when attorneys attorney for tor the tho New NewYork NewYork NewYork York World orld asked Judge Ward to quash subpoenas which had been served d upon two tWI of It Its employees to appear before tho the federal grand jur Jury for examination The nature of ot the proceedings was not tied fled and on thin this ground the validity of th the subpoenas was contested sted The briefs filed tod toda today toll followed owed extended argument before Judge Ward IVard yesterday A decision on the th point Involved Is not expected expect d b before be- be for fore tomorrow t In the meanwhile witnesses who hare havo not attempted to question the methods metho R to secure th their lr presence were In federal court ourt today Only two to such witnesses were examined yesterday On hand again this morning were John E. E a New York newspaper man A. A C. C Rouse Rousey Boston newspaper man man Harris Harris Har liar ris M. M Crist Washington correspondent of ot the Brooklyn Eagle Engle and Jo J E. E N. N Engelman Engel Engel- man employed b by a a. news association All AU efforts effort to ascertain the exact nature of or the proceedings In th the f federal deral courts have FO so tat fat been beon un unavailing In his arguments Federal District Attorney At At- tot tome torney never fr one once Intimated who ho hoor or what was back of tho the proceedings proceeding WASHINGTON GRAND JURY HEARS MANY WITNESSES WASHINGTON Jan Jim 19 Proceeding 19 Proceeding with Its Us Inquiry Into the alleged libel of ot the United States Statts government and several sev oral eral Individuals In connection with th the Panama canal purchase the th federal grand jury ury today heard a number of witnesses Dou Douglas lall Robinson the presidents president's law brother and C. C P. P Taft Tait brother of the president elect were the most important im- im K witnesses Their testimony was ve very brief brier and both declined to make any statement A number of ot corre correspondents and were heard the testimony m merely reh going to establish the fact that the h Now New York World and the the- Indianapolis News Cows maintained bureaus In Washington Washing Washing- ton and that the pa papers rs were vere sold for tor general distribution here When th the grand r nd jUl Jury adjourned a anum numer num- num her ber er of or witnesses were vcr yet to be Le exam- exam ned med |