The Washington herald., 1917-01-16
Lansing and McAdoo Named
By Henry, Lawson Swears

sharing the pronts in thirds" demanded
Mr.. Henry.
my informant" said Lawson. was
Archibald S. White, Of White Co, New
York"
Who Were speculatorss
And you may now proceed" pursued
the chairman. who were the three spec
ulators mentioned to you by Mr.. Whittier
'The banker" said Lawson. was
Plinky Fisk, of the firm OF Harvey FISK
and Sons of New York. The Senator,
am sorry to say 1 have not the name
straight in my mind, but the name be-
gins with o. The Cabinet member was
William McAdoo."
Representative Harrison, of Mississippi
Immediately moved that Archibald 8.
White be subpoenaed.
Lawson next produced a letter. Il VIII
read this letter into the record" he said.
He read letter from Mrs. Ruth Thomas
son-Visconti, OF Washington, in which
she advised him that she was prepared
to reveal to him the names of high
official of government and his go-oe-
tween who had participated In the leak
profits. She offered to come to see Law
son and he told that he had invited ner
to meet him in the willard Hotel at
Washington.
She came to the hotel accompanied
by her attorney, Washington lawyer
of high repute and this was her story"
said Lawson. She said that the go
between" in the leak of advance informa-
ton from the White House was William
w. Price. White House correspondent OF
the Washington Evening Star. and that
his informant, the man who had leaked
the information to him was Joseph p.
Tumulty, secretary to the President"
At once orders flew to subpoena Mrs.
Visconti.
Mrs. Visconti, said to be a stenographer
by Mr.. Lawson, is listed in the directory
as a clerk. living in the Aston, 17H
Twenty-frst street northwest This Miss
isconti was not at home last night.
McAdoo's Brother in Deal.
Continuing his testimony Lawson re-
lated that the Wall Street firm Of c. ID.
Barney & Co. was In another speculation
in Wall Street in which the parties to
the transactions were Malcolm McAdoo,
brother of the Secretary of the Treasury.
and Steuart G. Gibboney, Secretary Nc
Adoo's business associate, and the Secre-
tary himself.
He also said that report connected the
name Of Paul NJ. Warburg of the Fed
ersl Reserve Board with knowledge of
the speculative use of advance govern
ment information in the street.
I'm my conversation with the Speaker
of the House over the question Of this
leak, said Lawson. Il told him the
name OF Charles II. Sabin, president of
the Guarantee Trust Company. as one OF
the men having full knowledge of the
seeping of advance information out OF
Washington. The committee had Mr..
Sabin before 1t and yet II did not go into
the details at all with him, but permitted
him to leave the United States without
1naf for Nnl
catechising which ELECTED nothing"
The committee neglected to pin Lawson
down as TO the source of his information
with regard to the BarneyMcAdoo-Gib-
honey cCHlbination. 1t was evident that
the connecting of these names had cre-
ated such CONSERVATION in the commit
tee and sensation as following sensation
In such rapid succession that 1t was i'm
possible for the committee to get quite
the hang" of what was going on.
Lawson was then questioned by Chair
man Henry as to the connection of the
name of Secretary of State Lansing with
the leak of December 90
i have never connected the name OF
Secretary of state Lansing with particil
patton in this leak affair" said Lawson.
But you will yourself recall that in the
conversation you had with me on Janu-
ary l, the day before I appeared first on
the witness stand, his name was men
TONED and you repeated to me that you
had heard that four or five time. he had
had conversations with Barney Baruch at
the Biltmore HOTEL
Lawson then asked the committees in
dulgence long enough to make a state
ment, but he was temporarily shelved.
Henry Asks TO BE sworn.
Mr.. Henry asked to be sworn in order
to make personal statement before the
committee. Acting Chairman Pou then
swore the chairman and Henry described
in great circumstantial detail his inter-
view with Lawson in Washington on
January l. He asserted that at the two
hour morning conference with the wit
ness and the afternoon interview of equal
length he did not mention any of the
names of high officials which Lawson as
serted that he had
He called to witness his own twenty
year reputation for vcracity as a MEM
Der of the House. He denied specifically
every statement which Lawson had at
tributed to him with regard to any of the
names Of officials high in the councils of
government which had during the course
of Lawsons direct testimony been banded
about the committee
The committee will meet this morning
at 10 O'Clock and Mr.. Lawson will be ask
ed more questions.