The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
ADMITS IMPERsoNATrNo soLot
AND TELLS OF 3s2,ooo,ooo
FALSE ENTRY ON
U. p. BOOKS.
ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN
FOUNDATION OF FORTUNES
David Lamar Testiffes That He Ran,
resented Himself az Congress-
man Over Telephone-other
Lobby Investigator
News.

bN0"8s
washington, July "a story of mis-,
representation, impers. lation of pub,
Tic men, and organized effort to in.
auence Wall Street f1nanciers, prob.
ably without parallel in the history
OF congressional investigation has
Just been unfolded before the senate
lobby committee.
"A prosperous looking, self-possed in.
dividual. calling himself David Lama,
OF New York, self described as an
operator In stocks" and admittedly
the bearer Of several assumed names
was the prfcipal in the remarkable ses.
sion.
Air Of Entire Abandon.
With entire abandon, rousing the
committee to laughter at times by his
naive admissions, he told of his i'm.
presentations, his participation in at
tempts to influence Wall Street opera
tiona, and his association with Ed
ward Lauterbach, a New York lawyer
In Efforts to have Lauterbach retained
by the Morgan firm, the Union Pacific
and other great interests to head of
congressional activity in Washington
He telephoned to financial men and
lawyers in the names Of Representa-
tives Palmer and Riordan. He assum
ed the guise Of Chairman McCombs Of
the Democratic national committee
to. telephone to Chairman Hilles OF
the Republican national committee.
Ledyard Intended Victim.
Lewis Cass Ledyard of New York
council for the Morgan firm, was one
Of his attempted victims.
Mr.. Ledyard came to the witness
stand armed with almost verbatim
account Of all the conversation held
with Lamar who had represented him.
self as Congressman Palmer. As he
read the record of the conversations
in themselves unusual in their tone,
Lamar, sitting nearby, laughed and
nodded. saying that's right" and slap
ping his leg with apparent enjoy.
ment.
The purpose Of his approximations
Lamar contended, was to obtain rein.
statement for his friend Edward Lau.
terbach in the good graces of the Nor.
gan firm.
Demand His Temperance.
Members Of the committee demand.
ed that Lamar remain in Washington
for rappearance today.
Edward Lauterbach, who recently
testified before the committee, was re.
called from New York by telegraph,
and Henry B. Martin, local man, who
has figured as head Of the ANTITRUST
league" was also subpoenaed to ap-
pear.
Lamar declared he prepared the res.
olution for. the Stanley investigation
of the steel trust; that it was given to
Martin. who gave it to Congressman
Stanley. Subsequently, he said, it was
introduced in the house of representa-.
tives by Mr.. Stanley with but a few
technical changes" from it's original
form.
Lamar denied that there had been
any attempt at e1torting money from
any Of the New York financial men.
Tells Of Fosery.
A0m6r al5O a8tOnl6neQ the commit
tee by making detailed charge that
the Union Pacific railroads. books
had been forged in 1901 on an item
covering $4,000, 900, and that as one
result Kuhn. Loeb & Co. and the late
e. H Hartman had laid the founda.
tfous Of gigantic fortunes. When
Lamar had finished, Paul D. Cravath
Of euansa for the Union Pacific, put
in = prepared statement to the com.
mfttee alleging that Lamar's charge
concerning the $s2,0o0,0o0 - which
amount is connected with the Union
Pacific surplus-was part of bear
campaign to depress Union Pacific
stock Of which the railroad officials
have hid knowledge for several days.