The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-16
|. ". LAWSON DRAMATICALLY
STICKS TO SENSATIONAL CHARGE
INVOLVING CHAIRMAN HENRY

| . Hara Cosgrave in his editorial rooms
in the New York World office on the
following morning.
"When was the interview with Er.
man j. Ridgway2''
Tuesday, Jan. 3, at my room in the
Belmont hotel, New York.
''lou spoke Of seeing Donald Ne.
Donald.
. In the early morning Of Jan. |
came right from the train and sat
down in the Belmont hotel reference
room, when Mr.. Mcdonald came in and
sat - table across the aisle. lie
! spoke TO me and asked me what was
. going on in Washington. / told him
| Of these things that happened in New
! York and said | would like to see an
! investigations but that there would be
none. 4 told him what your chairman
! had said and he. being an old news
/ rapcrman and publicity expert, asked
him his advice.
Unless your chairman said what /
say lie said l am guilty of foul per-
| jury Lawson dramatically declared
TO the committee, "and unfit to be
anywhere outside the bars Of a pris
on. =
Among others subpo5noed today were
Paul NJ. Warburg of the federal re.
serve board, charged by Lawson with
knowledge of the leak: Archibald $
White. who, Lawson says. told him that
H. Pliuy Fisk, n New York banker.
dominated a cabinet officer: Malcolm
! McAdoo, brother of Secretary McAdoo.
and c. =. Barney Il Co. and Stuart q
Gibboncv, all of New York. who
Lawson, said, he had been told knew
Of the leak; aud Mrs. Ruth T. Vis,
conti Of Washington, clerk, who
Lawson says, told him Seer tary Me.
Ado9 and ". W. Price. q White House
correspondent, were involved in the
leak charges; John O'Hara CosEravc.
Sunday editor OF the New York World
/ ErmaR }. RidgNay president of Ev-
/ erybody's 5 Magazine, and Donald Ne.
Donald, publisher Of n Boston financial
fapcl, TO whom Lawson saws he re.
lated Chairman Henry's alleged men.
tion OF the stock gambling pool; John
Il. Rathom. editor Of the Providence
journal who publish,d some articles
referring TO leaks; Secretary Me.
4, Adoo and Secretary Tumulty, both of
whom gave out statements vigorously
denying information given against
] them, agreed to appear voluntarily.
J Mr. Lawson exploded a bomb at the
hearing yesterday when he charged
Chairman Henry of the investigating
committee as the congressman who told
! him that a cabinet officer. Secretary
3 McAdon, Il senator known only as CO.,
. and Banker Pliny Fisk. of Harvey.
. Fisk Sons as men who had combined
through inside knowledge to profit in
speculation.
Thus, in revealing Secretary Ne.
Adoo as the cabinet officer referred
TO, Mr.. Lawson professod to tell sim.
| ply what Chairman Henry himself had
told him. In the same way Mr.. Law.
son dragged in the name OF Count Won
, B'rnstorh, the German ambassador.
Mr.. Henry had told him, he said. that
the count had made over 81. 900 900
- hut Mr.. Lawson coolly assured the
committee that he had not believed
what Mr.. Henry had stated. What
Mir. Lawson had not heard from Chair
n man Horny. he appears to have heard
o. from n certain Mrs Visconti. who j,
J.. employed in Washington as clerk
n There were various insiuuations thrown
out by the wayside. Paul NJ. War
= burg Of the federal reserve board j,
alleged TO have known Of the ''ieal
machinery and even Secretary Ian
sing was said to have called three o1
: four times on Bernard Baruch. th,
= Well.known stock market operator. a
u the Hotel Biltmorc in New York.
Flat dcnials of the assertions or tn,
e direct and indirect implications O,
a. Lawson s testimony have quickly com,
from Chairman Henry, Secretary Ne
Adoe and others. Chairman Henry
square aud sweeping contradiction o.
lawson was Immediately presented Il
, the committee
~ was very much worked mn abou
:, the Henry Statements Lawson con
" tinued. 1--WE had agreed on one. Fl
said 'Eo1 word it, ! dill and he sai,
:: II was fair and gave both sides an,
- w shook hands on il. When I rea,
~ his statement it appeared unfair /
70 looked as though in the three hour
and quarter he had asked me Owe
and over again TO give him name
" and thot had failed.
4 Here is q chance. I told Uenr,
:, SO duplicate that. II IA The creates
- thing that can be done for the Amer
can people.
Referring again to his conferepc
with Henry, mentioning Senretar
Lansing and Bernard Baruch. Lawso
declared Henry told him the con
T. mitt"' Fa1 the substance of all Of on
u of Ianein@'s talks at the Riltmor
hotel with the New York broker an
the substance of parts Of another.
- sqi1 10 Henry 20 through
from 70 2. Lawson testified an
ty Z before VOW are ona-thirl done n
4: li@ sin be blown of Congress wi
know tho world will know who II
- hvpofritcs are that arc making mi
IL lions
p. ',r "7hat was what We talked abo,
in the three hours and quarter ":
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