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LAWSON SAYS
III Ii. II. TELL NAlaES
Promises 10 Reveal All if a
Probe is Ordered.
CI.,IIRil N.Ta5SSES HEARD
c. n. ssbin, Banker, Won't Tell Source
Of Gerard Peace Mission News.
Earuch Denies Advance knowledge.

Washington, Jan. 10.-Searching
quiz of Thomas w. Lawson, Eos ~on
financier; Bernard Baruch, NV YORK
ste k broker, and Charles H. S-bIn,
New York banker, by the house Jules
committee, failed to throw any lglt
on the alleged leak concerning PTesl-
dent Wilson's so-called peace note to
the Eurcpe belli5erents.
Otto H. Kahn. of Kuhn, Loeb & COM
pany, New FORK. read into the record
statement denying all connection
with any leak" He was excused.
Allan Curtis. of Boston, flowed Mr..
Kahn and denied authorship of The
"a. C--tis" letter upon which Repre-
sent tive Wood chiefly based his
charges He wrote his name for the
committee to show it was not the sig
nature On the letter.
To most sensational feature of the
heqrings wqs the promise by Law on
that he would reveal the name of a
high Tcial connected with the "leak'
to . srecially authorized committee of
proNers. and that this reveal ion
would greatly embarrass the admin s.
traticn.
lawson said if called before COM
mittee named by congress he would
tell. also, the names Of congress man,
cabinet officer and other high Off
Gals and banker involved in the
leak" on the peace note. He prcmls-
ed also to give amounts Of money
great amounts of money, IRE than
2 million dollars'-connected with the
transaction!
Paruch denied specifically that he
had had any advance information on
the note and that his stock operations
were berun only after the news had
been made public in the newspapers.
II was shown on cross-exH min ion,
however. that Baruch had begun sell
ing short" two days before the news
of the note was published.
Mr.. Sahin refused to divulge the
source Of his information that Ambas'
sador Gerard was earoute f~om Ger
many with a proposal Of pe'ce from
the kaiser. He knew nothing of any
leak"
To disclose the names to the rules
committee. Lawson repeatedly refused,
even VIXEN confronted with three sepa-
rate resolutions to put him In con-
temnt. for two reasons.
First. he conten Fed the rules com.
rittee had no power to conduct
thorough Investigation, including enc
hn
ed, and he would not be assured OF
ar Investigation If he disclosed the
names.
Second, Lawson said. he cons I'd
thot disclosures Of the nam@---
time would have disastrous effect for
the country and the admin st a lon.
In preference to that he preferred BE-
ing punished for contempt of con.
gross.
Cnreressmen questioned. cross-ex'
amined and pleaded in win with the
finarciar to give the names If the In
fo~mine con cressman, the c.? binet CT
fcer and the senator.
81 cannot nome the cabinet oft"er
to when I have referred without men
tioning another Official cf higher po'
sition." said lawson, "and that W u 1
be more serious than if I cast cl
over the entire CONGRESS and was SEN
to jail myself for Fife"
All THROUGH his testimony Lawson
hin.e1 at names "hieher up." BIT NJ
amount Of questioning would b"ns
him down to definite statement.
Lawson frankly aok1ow'e'ee ne
was more interested in a conor SIS n
al investigation of the New Y0rk sock
evchanpe. which would result In RENE
dial leoisloticn, then he was in lives
tiga-ing the 'leak."
In the course of the discussion OF
the unnamed three of whom the con-
gresham is said to have spoken. L'w
son declared he not only wouli civ:
a special committee their names, hui
also the amounts of money they wee
supposed to have made firm stock
transactions, lawson promised to
furnish competent TESTIMONY"
evil you give their nnmns? M
Henry, Democrat. Texas, chairman oil
the committee, asked.
81 will go further" said Lew on
ST will name amounts of m"n"y;
great amounts of money. More than
100000"