Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-16

modest nothingness, and then told the
committee in the same calm way that
he did 1t to induce Morgan C Co. ito
mend their ways and REFORM
Iauterbach Denies.
Lauterbach has already denied most
of Lamar's stories, and the COMMITTEES
is awaiting with some interest his vsr-
sion of the Lamar actiyieies, In the
face of other evidence corroborating
Lamar. Messrs Ledyard. Cravath and
Evarts told amazing stories OF tha
way in which Lamar had tried to I'M
pose on them. and then told of the
strange visits they had had from Lau-
terbach, who they said. was just as
free as Lamar in his offers to con-
troll Washington inf1Ssnces In their b.
half. But they all spurned him, they
said, and claimed to the committee
that they recognized in the Lamar
Lauterbach procedure a gigantic con-
spiracy to induce them to become part
ners in Illicit plots which could result
only in blackmail
Lamar told the committee that he
resolution" which Congressman A. o.
Stanley of Kentucky introduced two
years ago, and on which he launched
the famous investigation of that cor
poration Lamar testified that he turn
ed the resolution over to Henry d.
Martin of the American Antitrust
league" who had turned it over to
Mr.. Stanley.
Finds Resolutions Easy.
ITO get a resolution introduced in
congress-" he told the astounded COM
mittee, is as easy as taking candy
from a babe"
He admitted that he gave copy OF
this resolution to Lauterbach to be
shown to the steel trust officials be-
fore Representative Stanley intro
duced it, but denied that this was in
tended to blackmail them into pur-
chasing its withdrawal.
How Lamar Was Trap I'd.
From a dramatic viewpoint, the
most remarkable story Of the day was
the testimony of Attorney Ledyard.
He told of the maneuvers Of Lamar
and Lauterbach, with crisp delinea-
ton of events that makes his evidence
read like pages from Conan Doyle.
How he trapped the pseudo Palmer
and caught Lamar in using tele-
phone from the latter's home by the
simple expedient of having his wife
get the real Congressman Palmer on
the long-distance telephone in Penn
sylvania, while he spoke to Lamar at
New York, was but an episode On
another occasion he had ]. p. Morgan,
Jr., and another Morgan partner lis
ten on branch telephones while the
pseudo Palmer committed himself to
all kinds of proposals. Then he told
of the Lauterbach visit, when the lat
ter, he said, made definite proposal
of Just what the new administration
would do in behalf Of the steel trust.
in STAYING of criminal prosecution
and a receivership, In return for the
employment of Lauterbach's services
and the use of Mr.. Morgan's political
influence" with southern senator's, and
a revelation of the Morgan relations
with Roosevelt.
Denied by Stone.
These were reduced to writing, and
Mr.. Ledyard said that Lauterbach had
declared they would be verified by
Speaker Clark and Senator Stone, by
whose authority he claimed to speak.
International peace was also to be
favored by the Morgan firm. he said,
to molify Mr.. Bryan.
Senator Stone entered the commit
tee room before Mr.. Leydard left the
stand, having been informed of the
statements in which his name had
been mentioned Mr.. Ledyard re-
peated for him the alleged statements
OF Lauterbach, that Stone had In
structed him to go to the Morgan In
terests and the steel interests IL be-
half of Speaker Clark and make GER
tain proposals, and the senator at
once took the witness stand.
81 swear without any sort of quail
fcatior," he declared, that the state
ment by Lauterbach is absolutely a
fabrication. / made no such state
ment to him or to any other human
being. l never talked with Speakef
Clark upon any subject alluded to.
The whole thing is a complete fabri.
cation"
Charges U. P. Forgery.
During his testimony early in the
day, Lamar interjected an attack upon
the Union Pacific, claiming there had
been a Justification In the books OF
the company in 1901 by which nearly
s82, 100000 had disappeared from its
surplus.
Mr. Cravath Immediately denied
this, terming Lamar a liar" char
acterization which the committee in
sisted should be withdrawn. Crayath
declared the attack had been expected
for several days as a part of a bear
raid to depress the value of the stock
for speculative purposes.
Difference In Failures.