Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-04
BLAME FOR ''LEAK"
ON BARNEY BARUCH
Member of Council of National
Defense Named as Giving
Tip to Wall Street.
WOOD PRESSES RESOLUTION
Wins His Fight to Compel House
Committee to Make Report
on Proposed Inquiry.

tBv Associated Prcss.l
WASIiiNGTON. January 3.--Congrcs-
sional agitation over charges that
ther" was Teak" II advance informa-
ton On President wilson's peace note.
on whieh somebody made money in the
stock market. eliminated to-day in the
House ordering iii" Rules Committee
70 max" a report within ten days on
Representative" Moods resolution for
investigation and an open statement
on the floor BY Representative Bennet.
Of New York. that BERNARD Baruch.
New York stock operator. was re-
ported TO have sold sh0r, IL 900 shares
of steel on tho "tp"
over objections ~ Representative
Henry. chairman of the committees
who. after conferences with Thomas
w Lawson Yesterday. announced that
the Boston hnan"i"r's charges were a
mirage Representative Wood sue
ce"dcd IN having the House hold privi-
legged his resolution providing for an
inquiry into tho Lawson allegations by
"ommit,c" Of five. Then tho resolu-
tinn was referred to tho Rules Commit
toe. with instructions TO report on it
in ton days
Mr.. Henry immediately called ,ncc,-
ing for tomorrow morning Ia consider
the resolution. and Tonight both
Democrats and Republicans Of tho com :
mittcc wcrc demanding that Mr. Law
SON R"p-es' n,ativc Wood and others
be called 10 testify
oratorica1 pyrotochnics marked Rep
rosentativc Woods fight to obtain priv
ilcrcs OF recognition. Thanked by
Representative Gardner. of Massa
chus"tts. and a dozen other Rcpr.scn-
tativos. Mr. Wood insisted that Repre-
sentative Henry had no intention of
calling his committee 10 consider the
original Wood leak" resolution intro
duc"d on December 80. Representative
Henry denied this. but said neither
Mr.. Lawson nor Representative Wood
had produced ar promised to produce
such action.
GARDNER WOULD FAVOR
CALLING THE PRESIDENT
Representative Gardner assorted
positively that there had been a leak
and that he would favor calling the
President. his stcnoEraphcrs and Others
who might have been able 10 furnish
advance Information regarding the
Forthcoming message
Demands by Representative Garrett.
Of Tennessee. opposing tho resolution
for concrete statement as To the
rumors Of leaks" drew this statement
from Representative Kennel:
The rumor is that Mr. Barney
Raruch. member Of tho Council of
National Defense. was the man rcspon-
sihl" for this Information getting to
Wall street. and that thirty minutes
before tho Presidents message WAS
made public he sold. on rising mark ct
in steel. by the way. $1,000 shares OF
steel common short. That is the rumor
IN New York city. If tho gentleman
wants names.
In holding tho resolution privileged
Speaker Clark disreGardcd everything
IL contained save two statements at
tributed to Lawson. They were To the
effect that members of Congress had
hccn ''waliowing in Wall Street lcak
graft for forty years" and that in
auGuration II real Investigation
would 500 less than a quorum present
in tho two houses and speedy shift
ing Of bank accounts