Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-03
IMPERSCNATED public MEN
TOLD OF ALLEGED FORGING OF
$SO,OOO, 900 OF UNION Pa
CHIC STOCK.
COMMITTEE IS AST0NISHED
We're Forced TO Laugh at Naive Ad-
missions OF Probably tn,
King of Liars.

WASHINGTON, July "A story
of Misrepresentation, impersonation
Of public men and organized efforts to
influence wall street flnanciers, prob
ably without parallel in the histc y
Of the congressional investigation, was
unfolded today before the senate lob
by committee.
A prosperous looking, self possess
ed individual, calling himself David
Lamar OF New York, self-styled as
an operator in stocks" and admit
ted!y the bearer of several assumed
names, was the principal witness.
With entire abandon arousing the
committee to laughter at times by
his naive admissions. he told Of his
impersone tions his participation in
attempts 70 influence Wall street op-
erations and his association with Ed
ward Lautorbach, a New York law
yer, in efforts to have Iauterbach re-
tanned by the Morgan firm, the Union
Pacific AID other great interests to
head off congressional activity in
Washington
Assumed Many Names.
lie telephoned to financial men
and lawyers in the names of Repre-
sentative Palmer and Representative
IL. "A
Chairman McCombs, of the Demo-
cralIc hatiohal committee TO tele-
phpne 10 chairman hHlrs "i the re-
Puplioah llat,oha Coulinlttee' Lewis
SaSc heu'aIu oi ne" oTh' 'ouhseI
ior the Morgan hrh' was one OF ms
attempted Nlctlns' Mr' Ledyard
came 10 the witness stand with YER
batim account of all the conversations
ne held WIN Lamar VINO had rep
resented hilnsei as congressman
Ia'iier' AS ne fead the record OF
lhe CONVERSATIONS IN themselves un-
uSual III theii tone Lamar SIttlng
near ii'i pN .auRneu ana NODDED saying
tIiats rlsht ana SIdPplns hls leg
Win ap aren't ENJOY hlehl'
Inc purpose OF ms lInpersohauoh,
mar coh'enueu, was TO secure re-
iHStateIheHt Iof ms trlchd' Lautef-
"a'h, III me sood Sraces OF the Nor
gan urn Meinpers oi the committee
toh,Eh' uehlahdSd mat Lamar remain
III Nashlhstoh Tor reappehrance TO-
morrow reward l-auterbach, VINO
re 'ehtiE les'iileu neiore the commit
zee was recalled from New YORK by
teleeraph tohlSht' ana Henry Is.
artih' iocal man VINO mas inquired
as heau OF the ANTITRUST League,
was also suppoenaed to appear.
Prepared Stanley Resolution.
Lamar declared he prepared the
resolution for the stanley investira-
tion of Tho steel trust. that II va.
give nto Martin who pave il to can
gressman Stanley. SuhseouentIv n
was introduced in the house of Ron
resentatives by Stanl,v. with b,t a
few "technecal changes" from it's
original form
Lamar denied that there had been
any attempt at extorting money from
ANY of the New York financial mon
The. story evolved duripo tho dav
mainly through tho ,.edvard testi
uiony' indicated that the latter md
been 10 various members Of the Nor
gan firm To teT them of thn "stoeI
trust" Investigation resolution which
Lamar had nrenored. lint NAT rnno
of The Morgan firm members would
nav any attnntIon 10 tbe m,t,er ar
make any effort to stor n
Lamar paved the way for Iauter-
bach Ia ,all unon I.edrard accordin,,
TO testimony given nv Iedvord and
hy Lamar In an intsr-
view February 4 IoI2 batwoor Iod.
ward and LaiIterbacb. the latter do
clnrsd he came direct from sonator
stone, who supported sneaker Clark
and that he had a pronosaI to mako
to the Morgan interests for bolding
off congressional activity against the
steel corporation
senator stone took the stand be-
fore Ledyard had nnlshed. ana de-
nouhced me whole thing as ma
licious fabrication, and common
lie.' Members OF the senate commit
tee agreed In the belief that II was
"A fabrication and Lamar laughingly
the matter by breaking In
and admitting there was no truth in
the allegations He admitted that he
had prepared the outline of the con-
diuons that should be submitted to