The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-01-19
LAWSON CHARGES McNDOO, HEN
ny. TlNUITy WITH HAVING
KNOWs.EDGE or LEAK"
SUBPOENAS ARE SERVED
Sensational Developments Follow In
Quick Succession - Deny
Their Guilt.

W ASH OlE on Jdi. IL iUiiidS w
Lawson. hailed before the House
+ Rules Committee 10 tell what he
knew or had heard about a stock %
market leak on President Wilson ,
peace note or he punished, calmly
declared to-day that the mysterious
Congressman who told him a Cab
met officer. Senator and banker
were engaged in a stock bling
popl. was none other than Represcn-
tative Henry, chairman of the com.
mittec.
Then before his hearers had time
tn recover from the shock, Lawson
sprung one sensation after the other
Joy declaring rhat the Cabinet atIiC"r
referred to was Secretary McAdoo;
that the banker was II. Pliny Fiske.
ot New York. and that he knew the
Senator only by the initial 90"
To complete the explosion Lawson
went on to charge that Paul NJ. War
burg. OF the Federal Reserve Board.
had knowledge OF the leak machiu-
cry; repeated a rUmor that Count
Won Rernstorn, the German AmhnS-
sador had made S2.O00,00O in the
stock market, and To mention Il list
of well-known men whom he thought
should be questioned. The commit
tee promptly issued subpoenas for
all of them
Mr.. Lawson said he had been toll
that Malcolm McAdoO. the Sccreta-
rvs brother. knew OF the leak. a.
did c. d. Barney & Company, and
Stuart G. Gibboney, OF New York.
4 Mrs. Ruth Thomson NiscOnti, ot
this city. he said, had declared to
him in the presence OF her attorney.
that Secretary Tumulty received his
hit" and that W. W. Price, one of
the White House correspondents.
was the go-between for Tumulty
and others" II. P!iny Fiske, Law
son said, was the banker he retcrr-
ed to previously as dominating a
Cabinet officer and Archibald :.
White, he said had given him this
Information.
Gives Henry ~ Author.
Representative Henry was said by
Lawson to have told him, at the con.
fcrenccs that preceded the opening Of
the leak investigation, of reports con-
meeting the Cabinet officer. banker
and Senator. and also had told him (
Of reports that Secretary Bernard I
Baruch. the Wall-street operator, /
said to have made cleanup on the /
falling market which accompanied /,
the peace note.
Lawson declared Henry had ask !
eel him on patriotic grounds not To !
press his charges. At no time. the /
Boston financier testified. did het
pver say he had direct information.
Henry Enters Denial.
When Lawson had finished his re-
cital, Chairman Henry took III"
stand, and swore that at no time had
ne mentioned to Lawson the names
The financier brought ont on the wit
ness stand: that he had no inIormH-
ion then and had none now OF his
Dwn knowledge and denied general
~ and completely all OF LawSon's
testimony relating Ia him.
When he had completed Lawson
rose and golemnly declared that
every word he had uttered on the
stand was the truth, SO help me
Cod, without variation"
TO back II up, Lawson said tha'
after leaving Henry at
their first conference he laid his in
formation before John O'Hara Cos
grave. Sunday editor of the New
York World Ernan j. Ridgway.
president OF Eyerybody's Magazine,
and Donald Mcdonald, publisher OF
q Boston financial paper
"Call these men," he demanded,
raud thcy viii bear me- out in whn'
! say"
Almost la tears at IIenry's absolute
denial of his Statements, lawson
shouted:
"Ill make good here, aud | won't |
20 To fail as the goat -
; Denials by Mctdoo. Tumultl.
Secretaries McAdoo and Tumuity
and Mr.Price at once issued state
ments denying Lawson'sa references
TO them. The committed promptly 7
subpoenas for RidPeway,
COsgrave. Warburgs Fiske, Price,
White Malcolm McAdoO, Gibb0ney,
Barney & Co, Mrs. Nisconti and John
II. Rathom, editor OF the Providence
Journal. who published some articles
about leaks" Secretaries Tumulty
and McAdOo will report without sub
pOena.