Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-26
Volunteered to Grease Wheels
LAWYER WANTED RAILROAD TO
 RETAIN HIM.
CONGRESSMAN NAMED
Telephone Message Purportins to Come from One Recommended At torney for Duty At Washington.

Washington, June 25.=Robert Scott Lovett, chairman of the board of di- rectOrs of the Union Pacific Railroad company told the senate lobby in- lvestigating committee tonight that long continued and determined effort had been made to have Edward Iau- terbach, a New Y oriS lawyer, retained by his company Ito grease the wheels" In Washington and prevent unpleasant agitation in congress against the dis solution plan of the Union Pacific Southern Pacific systems, ordered by the department of justice.
 Congressran's Name Brought In.
 Judge Lovett made no charge that any corrupt methods had been used to secure the employment of Lauterkach. He did swear, however, that someone purporting to be Congressman Riodan of New York. over the telepone had urged the retention of the New Yorker. and had suggested the likelihood of difficulty in congress which might be averted by his employment as counsel A similar telephone conversation had occurred, he said, between man rep responding himself as MT. Riodan and Maxwell Evarts, counsel for the South ern Pacific.
 Radical Element" to Make Trouble.
 Otto H. Kahn Of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, a New York banking firm, interested in Union Pacific, the witness said. had several conversations with MT. Lauter- bach personally, in which the lawyer had referred to what might be expect ed from the radical element" in con gresS in relation to the dissolution plans of the two roads.
 "Mr. Kahn reported to me-" says Judge Lovtt, that MT. Lauterbach had said in substance that a motion was about to be made, I think in the house of representatives, to oppose this pro- posed dissolution, or the disposition of the stock of the Southern Pacific, which is now held by the Union Pacific and that 1t would probably also involve a reopening of the money trust inquiry, think, and some other matter that had been more or less discussed.
 Could Be Very Helpful
 He said that the radical party, as hs called them, or the radical faction. were about to commence these efforts, and that they were going to make a point about common banking control.- he mentioned some of the congressman who would lead in this and indicated that he might be very helpful in the matter and that his services were available if desired.'
 'Dld he state what congressman they were?" asked Chairman Over man.
 ''Congressman Henry of Texas was mentioned" said the witness, f'as the leader of the radical faction, as he called it. I should like to state in that connection, however, that have known MT. Henry for a great many years, and I never believed for a moment that there was any connection between this gentleman and Congressman Henry"
 Doubts That Riodan Called Him.
 MT. Lovett said he made no effort to !, Con gressman Riodan who had telephoned to him and to MT. Evarts. He had not doubted it, he said, until he learned recently that many Wall street hnan- cial men had been repeatedly called up by men who falsely represented them selves to be congressman
 T now have very serious doubts that it was Congressman Riodan who talked with me over the telephone" he added.