The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-07-19
WILL S|FT CHARGES
HOUSE APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO
INVESTIGATE MUlHALL AL
LEGATIONS.
SEVEN MEMBERS WILL PROBE
r. J. CARROT IL Made chairman-Aii
Hearings VIII Be Open to the Pub
iic-No Special Counsel to Be
Employed.

nSnlngton, July ll.-On Wednes-
day the house OF representatives voted
unanimously to direct special com
mittee or seven members 10 make an
immediate investigation OF the Mul-
hall lobby confession and all other
details OF legislative activities that
may be disclosed
Representative Fins j. Garrett OF
Tennessee was appointed chairman Of
the committee by Speaker Clark.
The senate lobby" committee IS
still busy with the sugar and wool
Hobbies. and is not expected to reach
the Mulhal confession" before next
week
The other members named on the
Garrett committee are Representa-.
tives Cyrus Cline of Indiana, J. ]. Rus
sell of Missouri and S. j. Roddenber-
ry OF Georgia, Democrats: w. IL. STAT
ford of Wisconsin and Frank b. Willis
OF Ohio, Republicans, and John |. No.
Ian OF California Progressive.
Request by the National Association
OF Manufacturers that the senate lob.
By committee at once subpoena long
list OF present and former COMPRESSION
al leaders resulted in a reply from
Chairman Oyerman to the effect that
no subpoenas would be issued until
the charges against the association
had actually been put into the rec
ords-instead of tho newspapers
Washington. July l0.-David Lamar
resumed the stand before the senate
lobby committee on Tuesday at his
taking up the recital OF the motives
back OF his relations with I.auterbach
L realize perfectly that my life and
character are on trial." he began. He
argued that his testimony and l.auter.
bach's had shown they were not en-
| gagged in any effort to get money from
| anyone
Lamar surprised the committee with
some of his bold statements
am the one villain in Wall
street. | am the one bad man there,
and all the rest Of them are good
and innocent" he said. explaining
why he had impersonated Palmer and
Riordan and why he had sent I.au-
terbach to Ledyard with a political
| arrangement" designed to head off
the steel trust litigation
Lamar then told Chairman Over.
man and other members OF the com.
mittee that he had perfect confidence
In them and said his purpose In call
ing attention to an alleged forgery OF
100000 in the books OF the Union
Pacific and his exposition of the stu.
alton existing between the financial
! interests and himself and l.auterbach
was TO compel these men to recognize
the folly of their course against Lau-
terbach.
Washington, July 9.--Edward Lau.
| terbach confessed to the Overman
lobby inquiry committee OH Tuesday
that he had told Lewis Cass Ledyard
that he was able To prevent or head
of the confessional investigation of
the steel trust.
Lauterbach admitted that when he
told Ledyard Of coming to Washing
ton TO look over the situation" he
had actually seen no member of the
house or senate nor any other official
He said he had learned that Presl.
dent Taft was opposed to the investi-
cation" from Lamar and Henry b.
Martin, secretary Of the Anti Trust
! league.
Then your statement to Ledyard
that you had been to Washington and
learned things that prompted you to
say the investigation could be stop
ped was a falsehood?" demanded Sen.
ator Reed
1T was an exaggeration.' replied
Iauterbach