Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-07-03
STARTLING FACTS COME OUT
LAUTERRAcH, ASSOCIATED WITH
LAMAR, FAILS TO APPEAR Be
FORE PRoBERs
ARMOR PLATE EXPOSURES
TESTIMONY SHOWS THAT LAMAR
WAS KING OF ALL WASHING
TON LOBBYISTS

Washington, July 8.--confirmation
Of David Lamars claim that it was
he who drew the congressional reso-
luton under which the Stanley com
mittee investigated the United States
Steel corporation was given to the
senate lobby committee today BY Hen
~ B, Martin, head Of a so-called "an-
thrust league" Martins testimony,
less gripping and less startling than
Lamar's yesterday, when the latter
blandly told Of confidential relations
with Wall street leaders, and his i'm
rersonations Of congressman, was cor
loborated and supplementary to La
mars on several points.
He testified that after Lamar drew
tho steel trust investigating resolu'
tion he. Martin, induced Representa-
tive stanley to introduce it. He did
not tell Stanley that Lamar was It's
author but did not try to suppress the
fact Ae disclaimed knowledge that
emar had used the resolution before
Introduction in dealings with finan'
ciers and protested he knew nothing
81 .amar's telephone impersonatlons,
Persistent questioning by the sena-
tors failed to make Martin diyulge
what the antitrust league was OF
who composed it. He declined TO
give names Of members or tell Of their
disposition Of thousands of dollars he
said it had spent The committee
wanted to know what Martin knew
about lobbies in washington.
He declared that when Chairman
Loyett Of the Union Pacific board and
Paul D. Cravath of counsel had been
to the department Of justice to discuss
the Union Pacific dissolution with At
torney General McReynolds they had
alobbied" the department. A. D. Din
kew Of the Carnegie Steel company
Vice President Johnson Of the Bethle-
hem Steel company, and Vice Presi-
dent peter Petrie Of Midvale Steel
company had been in Washington in
March to lobby for armor plate con
tracts, Martin declared.
Edward Lauterbach, the New York
lawyer who figures in David Lamar's
impersonations Of congressman In
telephone talks with New York inan-
ciers. was not on hand today as the
senate lobby committee had expected
when it resumed taking testimony
Henry B. Martin Of so-called "an-
ii trust league here was called to be
examined on Lamar's statement that
after he had drawn a resolution for
a congressional investigatioES of the
United States steel corporation he
gave the resolution to Martin who IN
turn induced Representative Stanley
Of kentucky to introduce it in the
house.
Martin claimed he had presented to
the secretary Of the navy evidences
Of frauds in armor plate contracts
and that he had given information 70
other government officials regarding
violations Of law BY the railroad
trust. coal trust, steel trust, harvester
trust and elevators trust" at a cost Of
more than 100000
Further questioning brought out that
Lamar in 1909 when the Wickersham
railroad law amendments we're before
congress, had supplied arguments and
information that Martin presented to
members. Martin thought such infor-
nation had led 70 the striking out Of
the sections to immunize railroads
from prosecution.
did Lamar prepare the draft Of
the resolution for the investigation Of
the steel trust" demanded Senator
cummins
1T is my recollection that asked
him TO prepare TT" said Martin