The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-06
Brokers and Newspaper Employees
Are Summoned to Appear Be.
fore the House Rules Commit.
tee; Ticker Tapes Called For.
GAMBLERS SALES SLIPS
ALSO TO BE PRESERVED
Lawson Is Claimed TO Have Been
One Of Chief Beneficiaries Of
the Falling Market; Gardner
Testimony Important.

lBy Evening Herald Leased wirsl
Washington. Jan. 6.--SuDpocnas
Tor seven tien were ordered issued
today by tue house rules committee
1T the outset of today session % the
'.Cak' investigation.
The men to he called are Jonn
Boyle ana Henry Elaud. OF the Wall
Street Journal. and " a. Crawford
Ernst A. Kuorr. Jr \. l.. Gcignr.
nelson NJ Shepard and 4. NJ. Jam.,-
son. employees OF the Central News -
America, news service which sup
t..os information 20 Financial Amer.
lea Wall street newspaper.
The a,ads Of the bureaus also were
rtqu, tod TO bring the ticker tapes
OF their services for from 10 a. IN.
throughout the dag oI December 90.
1915.
The committee wants to learn what
time the Central News ana Mau
Street journal bureaus made public
the fact that note was forthcoming
from The president
\ motion by Representative camp
tell. Republican to have the New
YORK a1d Chicago FtotE exchanges
notify al their member. TO preserve
thclr sal, slips from pocemOer 10 70
December - waa adopted.
Announcement was MADE by Char
man Hcnry that Bernard = Baruch
who is declared by The mysterious "A.
curtis,'' to have prohted by the So
called leak and Otto II. Kuhn of
Kuhn. Loeb * Company whom Rep
J, seut-,lve Wood suggested should
be called. would be here Monday to
testify.
ON motion Of Representative
Henry. Mr. Baruch was ordered tu
bring before the committee al Of his
brokers commission slips from be
cember 10 To December %.
Representative Chperheld of llli-
rois. Republican declared az the
hearing that he understood Thomas
". Lawson .atou had been
chief beneficiary OF the falling mar
ke, which followed the presidents
peace note.
Wranglc Ensucs.
Representative wood author OF
the inquiry resolution. had been
called to the stand and a wrunglc Ne
tween Republican and Democratic
members had been precipitatcd when
Representative Harrison, Democrat
asked Mr Wood Why he had not sat
.nned himself az 90 the Identity of the
nysterious "A Curtis
Representative Wood is Not the
author % the charges under inquiry
here" protested Nj. Chiperhcid, and
his motive cannot be .mpusncd.
think that We are losing sight ~ the
fact that the scand1lous charge
were made bv Thomas " lawson
OF Boston ana IL u my understanding
that MIR Lawson was the chiof ben
enciary Of this falling market
Representative Harrison pcmo'
Crat. called attention to the fact that
Woods first resolution was produced
before Lawson had made any state
mcut or before the letter from a
curtis" alleged New IorH broker
had been received
The question, 'Mr ,hipcrhrld m
sisted els whether there was q lca'
and whether government officials i'm
properly prohted by IT.
DO YOU think there was u"i
Leak asked Representative Camp
bell OF Mr. Harrison,
Yes" replied MIR Harrison lou
think tho leak came from the rep
rcscnlatiycs of those two wall sire"
papers or else the leak came h1ci
from foreign centcrs'
Gardner Is Called.
Representative Gardner og Mass
achusrtts. who. on the moor ~ M
house ON Januar, q. said that he ku''
there was a leak ana that the Who'll
stock exchange TRANSACTION shuWc'
ID. was then called To the Wltur-
stand
Representative Gardner testified h
was convinced there had been
leak because at zoo y, u., b'ccn
her 60 ten hours before the pcac
note was released tor publication an
four hours before II had been place
In the hands VI the news agencies, th
following dispatch was sent out uvc
the Dow, Jones aud company lchrr'
The renewed selling of the mar
Eet ig due To reports received %
brokers private wires from Washing
ton to the effect that the admluistra
tion will In the near future addre'
To the belligerents some mrgertior
or proposals in regard go peace Notl
ing definite is nblainablr iu admit
istr1tiuu circles
There is your proof of LEAK
said Mr. Gardner Miracle don
geo ON the stock exchange and Do'
dome, and company don't deal
prophecies.
Mi Gardner added that his alto
ucy would be- here next week and ,