The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-09
Lawson Promises Startling Rev
elations in Connection With
Leak Investigation If Proceed =
ings Take Proper Course.
PUBLIC is TO KNOW WHO
THE HIGHER UPS ARE
Cabinet Officer, Senator and New
York Broker Are Engaged in
Stock Gambling Partnership I;
Profit from Advance Tips.

10y Evening Herald Leased wiTrI
Washington. Jan. 9.-Thc leak in
vestisation seemed 10 make its first
progress toward some definite point
today when Thomas W Lawson after
much questioning and urging. prom
isod that should the house order a for
mai inquiry he would disclose the
names OF tho cabinct officer. the SELL
ator and the New York broker who
he said q congressman told him were
engaged In a stock gambling partner
ship and had profitcd through advanc-
cd information Of President Wilson 4
peace note.
To disclose the names II the house
rules committee Lawson repeatedly We
fused. even when confronted with
three separate resolutions TO put him
In contempt, for two reasons
First he contendcd the rules COM
mittec had no power TO conduct \
thorough investigation including one
of the stock exchange such as he urged
and ne would not be assured OF an in
ycstiEation II ne disclosed the names.
Second. Lawson said. he considered
that disclosure OF the names at this
time would have disastrous effect
for the country and the administra-
tlon In preference 60 that he prefer
red being punished for contempt OF
congress.
pIeadlngs Are In Vain.
Congrcssmen questioned. Dross-eN-
lmincd and pleaded i'm vain with the
Roston iinancier To- give the names of
the informing congressman, the cab.
met officer or the senator.
Il cannot name the cabinet officer
10 whom | have referred without mem
tioning another high official OF higher
position" said Lawson, "and that
would be moro serious than VI cast "a
cloud over the entire congress and
was sent to jail myself for nfc'
All through his testimony Lawson
hmted al names higher up' hut no
amount of qucstioninr would hiring
him down to definite statement.
when the committee recessed for
lunch the members seemed to think
they had gone as far as they could
with Lawson ~ this stage 20 they 81
cused him as a witness temporarily
ut told him to remain within iurisli.
tion OF tho committee un'l the reso.
lutions putting him In contempt are
disposed Of
At todnys hearing lawson frankly
Acknowledged ne was more interested
in congressional investigation of the
Now York exchange which would re-
suit In remedial legislation, than h'
was IN investigating the leak oT
President Wilson's peace note.
Competent Testimony.
In the course Of the discussion 81
tho unnamed trio ot whom the com
! grcssman is said To have spoken, Law
son declared he not only would give o.
special committee their names nu
also tho amounts of money they wer'
supposed 60 have made from Gto't
| transactions. Lawson promised a.
furnish competent testimony.
WIN you give their names Chair
man Henry asked.
"I viii go further" said LAWSON. "
will name amounts of money groa
amounts ~ money. More than $1,000.
900 "
Representative Garrett then de
manded that lawson give the name
land when he reiterated mis- refusal
Mr. Garrett introduced motion q
compel him TO answer. II was l1i'
aside for action with the three pendinl
| loontcmpt resolutions.
Snbin l. Called
! Charles H. Sabin. president of IN
J Guaranty Trust company ~ NcN
| York, went ON the stand a. the opor
ing of the afternoon session. llc tcs
titled he was In mo- way connect"
with the stock exchange ana said %
! did not know In what connection b
was called
"Ii has been said" Ropr"scntatiy
Jhiperficld told him. that YOU call"
the financial writers Of New York {
Iyour banK and outlined 20 them tha
YOU felt II your duty 10 suggest to th
country that there were to he ncg'
iiaions Tor peace ana that YOU felt tho
would affect the price of stocks.
there was anything OF that Kind sui
gosted. please outline it
II shall be glad to- said Mr. Sahil
In October. ! said to newspaper me
that ! had information that the CO.
man government had instructed III
president 10 approach he allies on N
subject of peace"
'Did YOU make any statemen, In IN
connection az 10 the effect that
might have on stocks''
II talked to only one man on tha
lie asked me What effect 10 Won
have did not venture any opinion
Evidently YOU we're in possession
some Information not general
. known"
Il think I was llc added Il
lsource OF his Information was m