Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-07
NEWSPAPER MEN
CALLED TO APPEAR
IN LEAK" INQUIRY
Committee Subpoenas Rep
resentatives of Wall
Street Papers.
HARRISON BELIEVES THEY
BETRAYED CONFIDENCE
Lansing and Tumulty Notify In
vestigators They Wish to
Make Statements.
PROBE TAKES BROADER RANGE
Thomas W. Lawson Declared to
Have been Chief Beneficiary
OF Falling Market.
HARRISON BELIEVES THEY
BETRAYED CONFIDENCE
PROBE TAKES BROADER RANGE
Thomas W. Lawson Declared to
Have Been Chief Beneficiary
or Falling Market.
ii,y Associate! Press. |


sionaI investigation OF allegations OF a
leak of advance information to Wall
street on President Wilson'S peace note
took a broader range to-day. and the
Investigators expect TO lay a more def
mite foundation for their work on
Monday. when a score Of men men
appear before the House Rules Com
mittcc.
Secretary Lansing. whose department
has been drawn indirectly into the in
vestigation by suggestions that il;
might have been the source OF any
leak" regarding dispatch Of the note
and Joseph +. Tumuity. secretary to
tho President. whose name was mem
toned yesterday by Representative
Wood. instiGator Of the inquiry. noti-
fled the Rules Committee to-day that
they wished 10 appear and make state
n,cnts on the subject. Subpocnas were
issued for seven newspaper men. rep
rcsentinG in Washington tho wall
street journal. Financial America, the
York Evening sun. and they were or
dcrcd 10 bring their records with them.
.iiso under subpoena to appear on
Monday are Thomas W. Lawson. the
Boston 1nanccr: Bernard Baruch. OF
New York; Charles H. Sabin, president
OF tic Guaranty Trust Company. and
managers of the two telegraph COM
panics. who will be asked about mes
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day the peace note was given in con-
iidcnGc to newspaper correspondents.
lawson DECLARED no HAVE
REEN CHIEF BENEFICIARY
MIR. Lawson. who has made sensa
tiona, charges OF "a leak" was de-
clarcd to-day by Representative Clipper
field. OF Illinois. a Republican member
OF tho. Rules Committee. 20 have been
the principal beneficiary Of tho falling
market that followed publication OF the
note. lie said Lawson's transactions
aggregated 100000 on that market.
Representative Gardner, Of Massachu-
setts. told the committee he had no
evidence involving anybody in official
life. but was convinced there had been
leak" lie produced copy OF a
dispatch sent out over the Dow-Joncs
ticker In New York on December 20.
forecastiuE a peace note ten hours be-
fore tho note was published. Mr.. Gard
uer will be represented again before
tho committee by counsel. who will
submit An analysis of tho effect of
the premature ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on the
market.
Subpoenas for the seven newspaper
correspondents were issued after Rep
rescntativc Harrison. Il Democratic
committeeman. had declared lie be-
lievcd advance information in the note
was sent 10 Wall street papers in
breach OF confidence. He also criti-
cized Representative Wood for giving
out a memorandum from a. Curtis
Of New York. who gave no address,
and who has not yet been located.
without having made an effort to in
uuire into the gcnuineness of his in
formant. Secretary Tumulty.s denial
that he and Mr.. Baruch conferred in
New York prior to publication Of the
note was put into the record, and mo-
ton was adopted calling upon the New
York and Chicago stock Exchanges to
preserve all OF their brokerage slips
from December 10 to IS.
AUTHOR or LEAK-INQTIRY
PROBE RECALLED TO STAND
AZ the beginning of to-day's hearing.
Representative Wood, of Indiana. au-
thor of the ieak-inauiry resolution. was
recalled to the stand. Representative
Harrison. Democrat, asked him why he
had not satisfied himself as TO the
Identity OF "a. Curtis" who wrote him
tho letter giving alleged information.
Mr. Chipcrfcld objected TO this line of
questioning.
'Rcpresentative Wood is not the ar-
thor or the charges under inquiry here
said chipcrfcld. "and his motives can
not be mpuSned. ] think we are losing
sight OF the fact that these candalouS
charges were made by Thomas w. Law
son, of Boston. and il is my under
standing that Mr. Lawson was the chief
beneficiary of this falling market. His
transactions. am told. aggregated
s300.0U0 on this market ! think that
. Representative Wood would have been
dcrelict IN his duty if he had not
brought this matter to the attention Of
the House. Wood is not the father of
these charges. If anybody is. it is
Thomas w. lawson"
Representative Harrison replied that
Woods first resolution was introduced d
before Lawson had made any state
mcnt che committee. by n party vote.
sustained decision of Chairman
Henry that Harrison's line of question.
ing was proper
Wood explained that there was moth
ing in the letter fron, "a. Curtis" TO in
dicate his address. and that he had an
swcred. addressing his letter "a. Curtis,
Wall Street, New York" He did not
know whether Curtis had received 1t.
"Don't you think that, after making