The evening world., 1913-06-28
LAMAR SCAlLED
BY SENATORS IN
U.p.PL0T CHARGE
Lobby Inquirers Would Know
If He Used Names of Two
Congressman on Phone.

Two serseants-at-Arms Of the United
states Senate came to this city to-day
from Washington with susposnss com.
mandins David Lamar. the wall street
manipulator. to appear before the Sen.
ate committee that 10 investigating the
lobbyists. The committee wants to ~
Lamar u he reprsssntsd himself over
the telephone to counsel for the Union
Pacinc-Douthsrn Pacific Railway a.
Congressman Daniel J. Riordan a New
York and A. Mitchell Palmer II Penn.
syivania.
Lamar kept under cover to-day. Ed
ward I-autsrbach. his counsel. was also
invisible. Although Mr.. Lautsrbach an
nouncsd last night that Lamar had
asked the Senate Committee to give him
. hearing. dispatches from Washington
say that neither Chairman Overman nor
any other member Of the committee
has heard from Lamar.
Wall street IL Tremendously inter-
sstsd IN the Lamar-Lauterbach tsie.
phone incident. The financial District
10 ringing with stories about Lamar
and his dexterity with Q telephone. II
was related to-day how Lamar made
q big 'cleAn-up" during the coal s,iika
OF 1908 BY using the telephone. La
mar has told the story boastfuily
many times.
The otriks was hrvlng . bad political
effect. and Mark Hanna and othcr Re.
publican leaders were exerting every
effort to bring about q settlement.
Bright and early one morning. joan
Mitchell. then President Of the coal
miners union. was called to the tele-
phone. lie was accosted by a man whc
said he was In the once OF J. rierpon,
Morgan.
Mr.. Morgan" said the man. "is very
wants you to come down and see him n
IL o'clock"
Mitchell. surprised and u.Auspectinx,
said he would be on hand. A few
minutes later Mr. Morgan's once was
called on the telephone and man rep.
resenting himself 40 John Mitchell. the
labor leader. said he would meet Mr.
Morgan at II o'clock. Al the appointed
time Mitchell appeared at Broad apd
Wall streets and entered Mr.. MorgaAi
ONCE.
David Lamar happened to be stand
ing right where he could see Mr.
Mitchell 90 In. Within two minute
Lamar had bought . lot Of coal stock
and then the news leaped out In Wal
street that John Mitchell was In Ia
Morgan banking house In conference
with Mr.. Morgan. and that ssttlsmen
OF the strike was In sight. Coal stock
went up and Lamar's bank acoouu
pronted accordingly. This. he IN
often told his friends. was only one Q
his activities in connection with the Goa
strike.
Lamar returned yesterday afternoo,
! fromOPittsfeld, Mass. and went At ono
to his apartments In the Bonavista, Nc
Is. Riverside Drive. He made ever
effort to avoid reporters. and when
group Of them found him on the strse
} he threw up his hands and said: II hav
absolutely nothing to say
1t was not until late last night tbs
It was learned Lamar went to the HON
OF Edward Lautsrbach after dinner a
remained In conference with him unit
almost midnight.
"Mr. Lamar and / have talked owe
the situation fully" said Mr.. LauteI
bach after the conference. We wer
over all the testimonX given bsfol
the Lobby Investigating CommittS
which affected either Of Us or whic
might affect u. I do not care to dii
cuss the conference.
!. II will say. however. that Mr.. Lama
Z in Justice to himself has asked q
]. committee to give him special hearin
4 and he has every reason to believe thi
!. this request viii be granted. He WI
appear before the committee and Il
!. his story AMI answer what question
u are asked him."