The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-25
LAWSON IS GUILTY IF
HIS STATEMENT UNTRUE


Ia,ysan was called again today when
the house rules committee resumed
ite cloak" Investigation hemlngs. tit
d,,p, ,aticallv told tie committee ina.
,,nIoss ..volr chairman said what
cav ba said am guilty OF foul per
i,rv and unfit To be anywhere oul-
side of the bars OF a prison. PAU
NJ. Wgrburg. of the federal reserve
hoard. issued Il statement ueh| ms
knowledge Of a leak tAcep' TN 0"5'''
the newspapers i'' '''''
was ANXIOUS W Dan
Replying 10 q"t't'''''
reaentaliNe t"'''t"'''' ,,
that he asked SeN'r"l 'N'"
fishers lof "u''N' "'
go tufther wit" ,.a
ton or drop lhe e"'i0
said that lie S"lu '''"N' ''' I'.t Iva
related !eStelu u"'' ....,,, -,
laid Chairman mem H.,
the press ol 'i'''' ''''' ,.... ,,,,+
calling atIell''"ll W ~, ,,
1t ook. lie S"'" No ,.o,
ohh y ilal" t1,,.
YORK "of'1 al" ,''''' a'l a, ~.
man hlose""S o'' ,,
Belmont ho'el' ne" i'' NJ 49,,
Donald MeDol"'' a. ,.,.,a.
uary sra anu 'o'o nm nm ll,.oa hi. ad-
lil"' i'"0 i't'pi
wee on theiil'
Lawson Nl'hu'""s "'"'' ~
rhos. W. Lawson this morning
withdrew the statemetn that CLalI-
man denry mentioned Secretary Nc
Adoo in connectio with the the al
Iced leak. He said the lnIorhlaIioil
cane from another source. La" "Soli
SAID that Mrs. kuth ThomaSoh WIS
CONT who wrote him a leIler, sta'V"
that William NJ. Price, While mouse
correspondent, received %o,ooo III
cash and that Secretary Tumulty re-
ceiyed much larger sum, Lawson
declared that the woman Sald 1la'
Price acted as a "go-between lumui-
ty and the others. j. +. Morgan D.
$. Bache, Henry +. DaVloso"' am
A. Nanderlip, Arthur Upper, ana
Sol. C.. Mexler have been suppoenaeo
on motion OF Repl esentatYe Hargl'
son. No reason. was gwen out iot
this.
During his testimony Lawson de-
scribed his conference with Chalr-
man Henry. He declared that Hent!
said that the matter was too lmp0r-
tapt to make pubic now and sus-
u,,tru lhaC he wait fOr thirty days.
Repeating what he alleged Chair
man Henry said about Secretary Ian
sing and Ambassador Belnstol II
Lawson added that upon repeating
me rumor about the ambassador, Mi
Henry said: do you think it is pos
sibley" An extended discussion oVei
whether Henry said the rumors came
+, the committee or to him personal
" followed. Lawson said that he wa
not certain how the chairman ex
pressed it.
Ranresentativo Farrell then askct
Lawson to detail lust what he SAT-
the chairman told him about Secre
tarv NcAdoo. the banker and III
senatnr. Lawson insisted that tn
i,,nraesion that he coalpled the name
with Henry's statement was enron
cons and that tne information, h
said came from another source, ali
which he did not name. Henry onl
mehtloheo baruch' L'sl,'s GU '',i =.
Vo Bernstorlt' Lawson oeoiai9o' -
refused 10 give Cn''i' man ii0''' -
names. lie declared tahV u'e chS'ii
man asserted 'liat uhiess l'e 7'' -
names lhefe "oulo DC iio INV o'''s''
ton. lie ADVISED chairman ii'h'S
take the coillihlVlee u N'" ~ gu
to suppoehae 'he pioNei' '''n' 60
clerNs. Lawson toiu Vi d o'''te' >'',
which ne haa Win I've" ~ po'
fishers ana saiu Vila' no "''''''" '''N
ADVISE
Representative l-eifoo' S''o ''i''
thought II only laii " S'"'e :
names OF the caoine' i'io''''
banker, "hleh were iioe "SNo' ~