The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-07-10
ADMITS lMPERSoNATlNG SoLoNs
AND TELLS OF $4,000 1000
FALSE ENTRY ON
u. r. BOOKS.
ALLEGED TO HAVE Been
FOUNDATION OF FORTUNES
David Lamar Testifies That He Rep.
resented Himself as CONGRESS.
man Over Te!ephone--Other
Lobby Investigation
News.

News.
Washington, July 3.--David Lamar.
Wall street operator and one time
confidant of Russell Sage James r.
keene and other tinancicrs, amazed
the senate lobby committee by smil.
ingly and frankly tnstifylng that it
was he who impersOnated Rrepresent.
atives Palmer and Riordan in tele-
phone conversations with Lewis Cass
Ledyard, Paul ID. Cravath Chairman
Robert S. Lovett Of the tIn,nn Pacific
board, and other prominent tinancicrs,
telling them that Edward Lanterbach.
a New York lawyer could do great
things for them III Washington.
Tells Of Fogery.
Lamar also astonishcd tho commit
tee by making a detailed charge that
the Union Pacific railroads. hooks
had been forged IN 1901 on an item
covering $S2,OOO,O0O. and that as one
result Kuhn, Loeb A. Go. and the late
r. Fl. Hartman had laid the founda-
tons OF gigantic fortunes. When
Lamar had finished. Paul n. Cravath
of counsel for the Union Pacific, put
in a prepared statement to the COM
mittee alleging that Lamar's charge
concerning the $S2.O0OOO0 - which
amount is connected with the Union
Pacific surplus--was part Of a bear
campaign to depress Union Pacific
stock of which the railroad officials
have he'd knowledge for several days.
Washington, July 3.-With witness
es headed for Washington from many
directions to testify on the newest
development in the senate's lobby in
vestigation, Chairman Overman gave
a brief hint of further sensations in
the committees activities. An in
quiry has been under way for some
time. it is understood, into operations
of paid press bureaus conducted by
large corporations and Interests"
and the committee expects to deter
mine to what extent paid publicity
agents are employed to attempt to
influence public opinion or direct fed
eral legislation.
The charges by Martin M. Mulhall,
former representative of the Manu-
facturers' association. regarding his
lobbying operations, will not be for
ma]ly opened until next Tuesday. To
days hearing was devoted primarily
to the testimony of Wall Street men
believed to have information as to
lobbying activities in New York in
which the names of congressman were
freely used.
Much Secret Activity.
Developments indicated that officers
OF the senate and members of the
lobby committee have been secretly
busy for several days procuring new
information, the nature of which is
now concealed. Senator Reed, who
went to New York Monday, is. said
to have acted for the committee I'M
officially in obtaining information and
the names of desired witnesses.
Interest centered about the charg.
es involving many present and for
mer members of congress contained in
VIC cOl1 CopOAuCllCC M uIIldll Has maze
public, covering his eight years Of SER
vice as an agent of the National AS.
ISOLATION of Manufacturers. Former
Presidents Parry and Kirby of that
organization, who were to have sail
ed from San Francisco for Australia,
Cancelled their passage on the demand
OF the senate officials and will come
to Washington to testify.
A demand was made in the house
by Representatives Sherley of Ken
lucky and Nicely of Kansas for imme.
date investigation of the Mulhall
charges by that body. Both repre-
sentatives propose a special commit
tee of five to take up the allegations
made by Mulhall that the Manufactur.
ers' association financed campaigns.
elected and defeated congressman.
dictated legislation and controlled
the makeup of committees.
Senate Has MulhaII Papers.
The senate committe has obtain
ed the Mulhall papers for it's inquiry.
A subpoena served on Louis J. Sci.
bold OF the New York World required
him to produce the mass of ltters
and documents turned over to the
World by Mulhall, and James A, En-.
cry, representative of the National