The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-07
GRILL PREPARED
FOR RECEPTION /.
OF LAUTERbACH
Pertinent Questions Will
Be Fired at New York
Attorney.
HIS FRIEND LAMAR
WILL BE PRESENT
Lobby Committee Wants to
Know About Alleged Hawking
About Wall Street of Steel
Trust Investigation Resolu-
tion-Bill to Prevent Fur /
ther Lnpersonations.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.I ]

Washington. July 6.-Edward Lau-
terhach will be asked by the Senate
lobby committee tomorrow to explain
his part In hawking about Wall Street
the resolution providing for the steel
trust investigation. The New York
lawyer. to restore whose standing with
j. +. Morgan David Lamar SAYS he i'm
personated congressman Riordan and
y. Mitchell Palmer in telephone talks
with Wall Street leaders, will be the
first witness called at the resumption
OF the lobby inquiry. Senators Walsh
and Cummins especially have prepared
n serious srilling for Mr. Lauterbach.
The relations between Lamar and Lau-
terbach will be gone into exhaustively,
particularly with reference to the lat
ter'S knowledge of Lamar's operations,
and the specific object in view in carry
ing the steel trust resolution to the
Morgans before il was introduced in
the House, and after. as J. +. Morgan
declares. his father had refused to pay
price to stave OFF the investigation.
Lamar to lie Present.
1t will depend entirely upon the ma
ture of LauterbaCh's testimony whether
Lamar is again called to the stand. He
has been notified to be present
1t is expected that this branch of the
Investigation Will consume all OF Mon
days sessions, and may continue over
until Tuesday morning, so that 1t will
be Tuesday afternoon before the in
quiry Into the sugar and wool Hobbies
is taken up. and 1t may be Thursday
before the Mulhall charges are reached.
out of respect to the wishes of the
President. however, the investigation
Will be pushed rs rapidly as possible.
Yesterdays upset OF the plans for
the House lobby investigation grow
ing out of the Mulhall affair will only
result in temporary delay. The resolu-
tion unquestiona6ly will be passed on
Wednesday. SO that there is every pos
Sibility that the committees of both
houses Will begin the consideration of
the Mulhall charges about the same
time. though it has not been deter
mined yet whether or not they will sit
together.
Would Stop Frauds.
Meanwhile Senator Cummins. OF
Iowa. has prepared for Introduction to-
morrow a bill which is designed to put
an end to many OF the practices which
have so far been disclosed by the in
vesttgation one of the provisions OF
, the bill makes it felony. punishable
by Imprisonment of from three TO five
years and maximum fine of $4,000,
or both. for lmpersonation over the
telephone or otherwise by any person
of n member of Congress or other pub
lie official. Another clause declares 1t
TO be felony to represent falsely that
Il person is acting in behalf or on the
authority of q member of Congress or
other public official
Still another section covers the Of
Tense Of falsely representing by attor-
ncy or In written In printed matter
that the party making the representa-
ton has brought to bear any improper
influence or pressure on a member OF
Congress or other official OF the govern
ment with a view to affecting legisla-
ton or official acts. And n fourth sec
tion applies to the actual bringing OF
influence other than that which Is
right, Just and proper, against q MEM
bcr of Congress or government official.
The bill will be referred TO the Judi
ciary Committee. to be taken up prob
ably at the regular session. when legis-
lation will also be proposed requiring
the registration of lobbyists acting at
the Capitol