The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-09


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reasons for perpetrsting his practical
| Joke. ..for I specifcAlly stated IN tele.
phone conversations with Ledyard, when
I was impersonating Representative
palmer. that nefther myself fths false
Palmxrl nor Mr.. Lauterbach wanted any
money. and told Ledyard that II Mr..
Iauterbach mentioned money he u-ed-
yard) must break on negotiations q
once ana refuse to discuss the subject
further"
Laaterbach Believed Him.
Lamar declared that I.auterbach had
.waIJowed whole and without question
his Uamar's) statement that the pro-
nr.r ~ ad,ustment between the NORA
tn,eres,s and the Democratic party. which
Ia,,,srh.ch nresenfed to INdv.rd at ths
second interview. came directly fror,
senator STONE. acting for sneaker Clark
Tarar adr,;ttad that n NO. f,rc,caI ~,
the face of it; that no man with COM
,,on sense could he eYn.cted 10 ,ccan,
:, mon .r, seSe tnat :, 80 S,sss scoep.
its sace TOO Morsov.r ns nro,ss,as ne, ~,
TsarnS - 49, nc p'o.eu uss
49,. ;,,.,.t.,, ~. " wy
m' s,;. wv .ue. ne IN
HAeo NV hen
n.nnoa,.son an nuu oome 70 scoept suen
p,UposSn T.hous queseon. Essr oe-
ciareu ehat Lauteroach wouid oeheVe
anyth,he ne lamar toio MN.
ne declared mat Lauternacn was act.
ing IN perieet eood iaith In a supposed
pohueai intrigue, believing that he was
tne intermeoiary between Senator stone
ana the morgan interests represented oy
MI. Ledyaro. ASKED II ne thought TINS
was nne etaics. Lamar replied, with some
inipauence at the MISREPRESENTATION OF
senator Cummins IN Wall Street anatrs:
M rtn, O., 80.
Fine ethics didn't enter into II at All
II became then q wan street operation:
s nu .iiie e.ies 10 NOT en'ef '"'o was
But" persisted Senator Cummina,
Mr.. Lauterbach, while he believed that
you came from Senator Stone as you told
him you did, could not have been blind
to the iniquity Of the proposition con.
tanned in the program you were present.
ing Its iniquity is stamped on the face
of the proposition"
Yes: that could never have been con-
cealed."
But persisted Senator Cummins,
Mr.. Lauterbach, whom you say Ii
man of honor made no criticism Of such
a damnable proposition as you asked
him to present to Mr.. Ledyard?"
He looked up in Amusement, as re-
member. opened his mouth couple Of
times and his eyes. and seemed to be
aghast, but he swallowed 1t all. Nothing
was said about honor.
ut wasn't even thought OF ! suppose.
commented Senator Reed.
why, Of course not replied Lamar.
apparently glad to ind some one VINO
understood this fantastic code OF honor.
1t didn't enter my NINA II WASH 70
be thought OF, we mad put our Names
to the plow ana mere was no turnihs
back, ana when a wall street operation
enters the door, honor mes out inc
window.
Tells of Alleged Forgery.
1,rer axn,ained the basis Of his
.harga that Harriman and his associates
in IeSI had forged the books of the Union
Pacific Company. and had pulled down
In the neighborhood of So, oo0. 900 through
the deal. He said he drew his Informal
tion from two sources-poor's manual
of the financial condition of big COM
panies in New York, and a report made
by Thomas Gibson, a financial writer
who maintains a syndicate OF reports
for general circulation. Gibson, In re- |
porting on the operation, he SAID. had
1t as doubtful oookkeep-
ing. He had checked up Giosons re-
port with transcript OF the DOCKS OF
the Union racine carrod IN Fooi
manual, ana hso pecohe hrHiy coh-
Sihcea that inc iofser h~u oee" pe'pe
u 1 aeu'