The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-05
mrs. WILSON'S BROTHER
and TUNULTY NAMED
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speculative concerns in Wall street."
After saying that most OF his in
formation came from mr. A. Curtis"
a broker and stock dealer in Wall
street, in a letter, Mr.. Wood was
asked: ...
where did you get the information
about the Connolly firm and Mr.. Boil
ling?" H ..
"That has been a rumor for several
days." said Representative Wood. Il
heard it from several sources but
don't just remember where"
you certainly must have received
it from someone"
Yes. but I don't think I can recall
just who told me. i heard it many
times. I did not take the names of all
ton"
Here Representative Wood inter-
rupted the questioning to say:
II have said and wish to say again
at this time that have made and am
making no charge against anyone. |
am merely giving the information /
have received"
He said he understood that Baruch
was member Of the council Of ma
tional defense.
No Member of House Involved.
Mr.. Wood testified that no had no
information as to what Baruch and
Secretary Tumulty talked about and
that he had no information whatever
involving the name of any member OF
the house.
Wood said he had not consulted Sec
rotary Lansing regarding the reported
leak on the presidents note, either be-
fore or after he introduced his reso-
luton. Wood said also that he had
other information and had sent a
number of letters and kilograms to
various persons inquiring about it.
'It is not sufficiently developed to
give at this time" he said, "but may
hear of it later. ! can give the COM
mittee in private what I have heard. .
Representative Harrison OF Missis-
sippi tried to bring out that in the
forty eight hours between the time the
peace note was forwarded and the
publications, information regarding it
could have come back from the for
eign powers to some OF the embassies
here Mr.. Wood said he had heard
something to that effect but could not
say who told him. He said also that he
had heard intimation that the German
embassy in this country had gotten
that information back here.
Wood asked that Otto Kahn OF
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. be subpoenaed
Baruch and Curtis also viii be sub
poenaed, it was announced. The com
mittee approved a resolution askins
the New York stock exchange and
certain brokers to preserve all their
books and papers since Dec. 10.
1 mo political influence actuated you
in introducing this resolution asked
Mr.. Harrison.
Charges Are ''Vnfamous.D
mo sir, these charges are infam-
Gus, the acts charged are Infamous
! II the charges are untrue those
against whom suspicion has been cast
should be cleared of it.
Mr.. Harrison suggested that at
Secretary Lansing's conference with
newspaper men on Dec. 10 there were
present some persons who were not
newspaper men. Mr.. Wood said he had
heard limitations OF that
Did Financial Journals Leak?
Mr.. Harrison themsuggest edIthat there
were representatives of The Wal
| Street Journal and Financial American
present at that conference and then
duties were to get all tips that would
affect the stock market. He added
that these journals are maintained by
stock brokers" and suggested that the
| financial reporters might have sent
kilograms to their offices and that that
was the way the information got
/ out.
Mr.. Wood replied that he did not
know about that. Mr.. Harrison ex-
planned that Secretary Lansing on thai
occasion asked the newspaper men to
keep faith on what he told them and
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