Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-16
Boston Financier Causes Great Sen.
sation When He Mentions Names
in LEAK" Examination.

the House yRuleS COHHliIOSe W va
what he knew or had heard about
3 stock market leak on President
Wilson's peace note or be pun.
ished, calmly declared yesterday
that the mysterious Congressman
who told him a Cabinet officer, a
Senator and a banker were engaged
in a stock gambling pool was none
other than Representative Henry
chairman of the committee.
Then, before his hearers had
time to recover from the shock,
Lawson sprung one sensation after
the other by declaring that the
Cabinet officer referred tc was Sec
retary McAdoo; that the banker was
II Pliney Fiske, of New York, and
that he knew the Senator only by the
initial "O."
To complete the explosion, Law
son went on to charge that Paui
M. Warburg, of the Federal Re
serve Board, had knowledge of the
leak machinery; repeated rumor
that Count Won Bernstorff, the Ger
man Ambassador, had made S2,ooO,-
900 in the. stock market, and men
toned list Of well-known men
who, he thought, should be ques-
toned. The committee promptly Is
sued subpoenas for all of them.
Mr.. Lawson said he had been told
that Malcolm McAdoo, the Secre-
tary's brother, knew of the leak, as
did C. D. Barney Co., and Stewart
G. Gibboney, Of New York. A Mrs.
Ruth Thomson Visconti, of Wash
ington, he said, had declared to MN
in the presence Of her attorney
that Secretary Tumulty received
hit bit" and that pse5W. Price, one
of the White House correspondents
was "the go-between" for Tum1nlty,
.a,,d.. others M pliaesy Fialls $ l,al2= Y. ! !
son said, was the banker he referred
to previously as dominating a Caoi-
net officer, and Archibald 5, White'
he said, had given him this informa-
ton.
Representative Henry was SAID by
Lawson to have told him at the con-
ference that preceded the opening
Of the leak investigation of reports
connecting the Cabinet oflcer'
banker and Senator, and also had
told him of reports that Secretary
Lansing had been seen conterring
with Bernard Baruch, the wan
street operator, said IT, have made
a cleanup on the falling market
which accompanied the peace note.
Lawson declared Henry had asked
him on patriotic grounds not to press
his charges. At no time, the Boston
financier testified, did he ever say
he had direct information.
When Lawson had finished his re-
cital. Chairman Henry took the stand
and swore that at no time had he
mentioned to Lawson the names the
f;nancier brought out on the witness
stand: that he had no information
then and had none now Of his own
knowledge; and denied generally and
completely all Of: Lawson's testimony
relating to him.
When he had concluded, Lawson
rose and solemnly declared that
every word he had uttered on the
stand was the truth, so help me
God. without variation"
To back it up, Lawson said that
Immediately after; leaving Henry at
their first conference he laid his In
formation before John O'Hara Cos
grove, Sunday editor of the New
York World; Erman ]. Ridgway,
president of Everybody's Magazine,
and Donald Mcdonald, publisher OF
a Boston financial paper.
"Call these men," he demanded,
"and they will bear me out IN what
l say"
Almost in tears at Henry's atso-
lute denial of his statements, Law
son shouted:
an make good here, and l won't
go to Jail as the goat"
Secretaries McAdoo and Tumulty
and Mr.. Price at once issued state
ments denying Lawson's references
to them. The committee promptly
ordered subpoenas for Ridgway'
Cosgrove. Warhurg, Fiske, Price.
White, Malcolm McAdoo, Gibboney,
Barney and Company, Mrs. Wis
cont and John r. Routh, editor Of
the Providence Journal, who pub.
Gshed some articles about 'leaks."'' Z
Secretaries Turnulty and MeAdoo
, will appear without subpoenas.
With that the committee adjourned