Mohave County miner., 1917-01-20

said he had forgotten to add that Henry had told him the committee had received information concerning the substance of all of one of Secretary Lansing's alleged conversations with BarRch in New York and part of an other.
 Lawson was questioned closely con- corning the letter he received from Mrs. Visconti, the missing witness, and his conference with her at local hotel. When Representative Pou asked him if he had not previously acquitted Secretary Humility of any connection with the leak, Lawson de- clared he never had MT. Humility in mind respecting it until he met Mrs. Visconti. Even then, Lawson said, he told the woman her efforts seemed to him to have been actuated by an ul- terior motive. She insisted, he said, in the presence of her attorney, that she had no such motive but wanted to disclose information she thought congress and the public should have.
 Asked by Representative Pou why he had not acquainted Humility with the information given by Mrs. Viscon- ti, Lawson declared that he never had any intention of making the woman's letter or her statements public when he did and that he would not have done so yesterday had the committee not demanded that he give them all information in his possession under penalty of punishment. Lawson said he had sought a conference with MT. Price, but that reports which came to him concerning his effort caused him to let the matter drop. He said he probably never could have gotten up his courage to go to Humility in view of all that had taken place since the inquiry began, but that he had spoken to Mrs. Visconti about that very subject.
 q suggested that very thing to Mrs. Visconti," he said, "and I think one of the things she said to me was this: T have repeatedly tried to get to Mir. Humility since the day l sent you the letter, before we went any further. I called MT. Humility on the telephone and he said that could not see him and would have to give him any in fo1-,,, O Tioy, I l,aI o,-a,. %ba r,lo,a IUbar would not do this he cursed me out in a way I wouldn't stand from any one. didn't have any idea of any thing happening here to force that letter out" said Lawson.
 Lawson told the committee that there was something sad, pathetic and awful about this thing" which he was not in a position to disclose, but that the committee surely could get it from Mrs. Visconti. Despite the fact that the woman could not be found Lawson said he still believed she would appear and tell her story as she told it to him. He declared that after becoming convinced that Mrs. Visconti was honest he had told her he would not see her suffer, or lose her means of livelihood if she aided him in this public service"
 Members of the committee said that the purpose in calling the New York fnanciers was to question them regarding business in financial circles generally during December. They will be asked particularly, it was said, about reports that some of the bank CTS had warned stock exchange men against pyramiding further in indus trials and told them to buy more freely of railway stocks.
 Lawson was temporarily dismissed, but ordered to remain in Washington. More than score of witnesses were waiting to be heard. Among them were McAdoo, Humility, Price, War turg and others whom Lawson men tioned as having knowledge of the 4eak. All have issued statements repudiating his testimony.