Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-03
UNRAYELING THE
 LOBBY INQUIRY David Lamar Makes Start ling Admission Before In vestigating Committee.
WAS MAN AT PHONE
Is Identified by Louis k. Ledyard. Personal Friend of Late
 J. F. Morgan.

Washington, July 2.-Official Wash ington is amazed and stunned over the days disclosures in the Senate Lobby investigation.
 Here are a few of the sensational revelations made at the session of the Committee today
 David Lamar confessed that he was the mysterious one who impersonat- ed Congressman i'll telephone talks intended to influence Wall Street matters, and Louis K. Ledyard, per sonal friend and eXecutor of the estate of the late J. P. Morgan, clinched the identity of Lamar as the man at the other end of the wire"
 An added detail of an underground campaign of a similar nature which has been conducted for two years by persons purporting to represent the foremost leaders of the Democratic party, who promised to control the Money Trust Investigation, the Steel Trust investigation and the attitude of the Democratic admins tration gen. erally towards Wall Street. if Mr. reasonable.
 J. Sergeant Cram, personal friend of Charles F. Murphy, was named as the man to be seen in this connection and an appointment was made by Mr. .Ledyard to see MT. Cram according to the latter's testimony, but the appoint ment was not kept. MT. Ledyard de- clared he called Mir. Cram up later about the matter and was informed by the one who answered the telephone that MT. Cram was sick, "and the mat ter would keep"
 Lamar assured the committee that he prepared the resolution that re- suited in the Investigation of the Steel Trust by the Stanley Committee, handed it over to the secretary of the Antitrust League, by whom it was in turn handed to Chairman Stanley who introduced it..
 Before the resolution was introduc- ed, Mr. Lauterbach carried the res olution to J. Pierpont Morgan and his associates in the hope that matters might be adjusted.
 1 Forgery of the books of the Union Pacific Railroad whereby someone de- rived a profit of $S2,OO0OOO was charged by Lamar, who followed this accusation with the assertion that this crime in 1901 served as the fulcrum from which many of the big deals in Wall street had ben swayed and many of the large individual fortunes ac- cumulated
 | Lamar entirely aside from MT. Led yard stestimony as to the two years bombardment to which George F. Bak- CT and MT. Steele, of the Morgan firm, and others were subjected, opened up an entirely new line of the testimony which will have to be fol- lowed up as will also revelations as regards to Lamar's connections with the Steel Trust investigation.
 Mir. Baker and MT. Steele were new names brought into the investigation l today, which also brought to light Secretary of State Bryan as having l been trafficked in, by the telephone 1 manipulators support of his peace schemes by the Morgans being urged together with the abstention by the Morgans from all political activity as the price of the friendship of the Democratic administration.
 Lamar, in the guise of Congressman Palmer had previously called up Fran cis Lynde Stetson, and had talks with him along the same lines without re- suits, and then the alleged Riordan urged MT. Steele to consult with MT. Cram, who would vouch for his ut terance. Mir. Steele did call up MT. Cram and was informed by the latter that he did not know what he was talking about. Later the alleged Rior- dan called up Mir. Steele once more and when informed that he had been repudiated with Cram, said he would see the latter but again MT. Cram de- nied all knowledge of the 0atter.
 Lamars confession todd included the names of congressmd Riordan