The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-16

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LAWSON INSISTS HENRY
| ASSISTED IN NOTE LEAK
'-'.1 .c.4,,,,,v,rned ,-om p.-. ~.
have used their official positions to
make millions" &C.,. - =. $50.
i IT, Thomas w, lawson: who made
/ $500, 900 or so in a recent Wall Street
disturbance, desires. he, can collect
$500 per day and five cents per mile
| for each mile he travelled to and from
| work as a witness in, the note leak
probe. = i: i,..:. rG:,,~f -e;r-: Is:
| Referring: again. to his conference
. with ilHenry, mentioning Secretary
] Lansing. and Bernard, Baruch, Lawson
1 declared Henry told him the commit
i tee had the substance Of all of one OF
Lansings talks at the Biltmorc hotel
4 with the New York broker and: the
substance of part OF another.
/ .:.. ....., Go TO It. 600. =
i II said, to Henry, Go through it
from A to r." Lawson testified, and
before: you are one;thirQ done, the lid
will be blown off. Congress will know
and the world will know who the hypt
ocrites are that are making Millions
! That was what we talked about in the
three hours and a-quarter was with
him. -. ...,. ., ,...!
-,"He asked me one thing before we
left the meeting: Il asked you to do
] this he said. 'Thr ow the newspaper
, men off the scent. We cannot gain
tanything by letting them know that
we are coming back here at three
o'clock
|. so I met Mr.. Henry again at 3
!: O'clock" Lawson continued. "He said
to me: Lawson. I'm sorry that we
can't do what you say. agree with
you that it is a good thing, and / re.
greet that I am going out of office on
March A. ] said that there was time
enough yet to do something. Then
Henry said he had come to the con.
clusion that the matter was too seri.
Gus to be made public. now, He then
added: What do you say If we get
at it again in 80 days?'
.~.s Would Be Sidetraeked.
II said it would be sidetracked by
n that time an we would never have the
opportunity again.. .....r. 49,. r.I?
Estate the way in which the names
I came to he mentioned first in your in
terview with Mr.. Henry" said Repre-
sentative Campbell. d., - .--...
u: entered the room and the chair
man said nice things to me. ..~:;
F.. "Then he said; IT, Lawson, we;Xe
been through these things and now
llet Us. DO fair with each other, ! said
Ito him that 4 though his committee
would dispute his right to hold star
chamber session on this matter, and
that L. probably should have to talk
to the committee. :..~:..,..7 - :-;.v
it's NY Duty. ~. i!
"He said: NO. it's my duty to do
this. There are hundreds of things
that come before this committee.
many of, them worthless charges, and
it is my duty to fit them and seq
whether they should be given to the
committee s., ~ ..
livery we'll, said, but it is un,
derstood that we are to think out
loud We shook hands on it. and
Henry said: That's it exactly. What's
proper to, give to the public or to the
committee we'll give, and what isn't
we'll hold IN! conn deneH.' I said that
was agreed i; ~ ":%i~ -. :. J.
Then Mr.. Henry said: To show
you where we stand I'll tell you soma
of the things we've got. We have it
a Mr.. Baruch, who made large con-
tributions to the Democratic campaign
fund had four conversations with Sec
rotary Lansing.
- Goina Some. IL.
"'That's going some replied.
-Four of EN-
Then he added: We also have it
that Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, is 50 mixed up in it that
he made over two million ~ i
"Then Henry asked me: DO you
think that Baruch could be using his
friendship in such a way and involv-
ing the. integrity Of, the Democratic
party?'. -, -, 49,. ....... -. ....
"Mr. Chairman. said. 4 think he
would be the last man in the world to
do such a thing, and I will stake my
head that Secretary lansing would
not take postage stamp Of profit out
of such transactions even though
these things were floating all around
him. 4 80
~'' :, 4 .0o.1etween. III
Lansing testified that Mrs. Ruth
Thomason Visconti declared that Wit
| liam w. Price, the White House cor
respondent. who she said acted as a
go-between for Secretary Tumulty and
others, stated that Price received,
q, much larger sum-" ...: i. > .!..s
MI. Lawson declared the impression
that Chairman Henry had mentioned
Secretary McAdo0 in connection with
the alleged leak was erroneons. That
information, he declared, came from
entirely another source. o. ;%E<F SS .S n
J.: IT., Az Enter osNiais. : :i& \: 4:
Denial as vigorous as Lawson's;
startling charges was slated fta hold
the center of attention; Of the! !hotse
rules committee, investigating the
note leak, rzthe next two. days. All
persons available today had entereh
their specific - denial of connections
with the note leak with which ther
-.>~, h1y cnaknRf&nS4