The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-08

81 mean by that, leaks from the SUI
preme court of the United States, from
the senate advance information of
cabinet officers, advance information
and direct from the White House"
Asked if he would name the person
responsible for the leak he had
charged. Lawson answered:
ITO do that l would have to be a
principal, conspirator or beneficiary"
II said those things because in the
past two years there has been a gigan-
tic robbery of the American people-a
deliberate robbery carefully worked
out.
I'm my telegram to your chairman. I
said congress did not want an inves-
tigation. 1 felt it then, and 1 feel it
now.
Il will not give any names
do you know of any individual who
conveyed this information to Wall
| street," he was asked.
Says He Prosited, Too.
Lawson said he mad no direct legal
Knowledge
Il know many who profited from
the leak" he continued. Il profited
myself
A new row started when Henry
wanted to knoW if Lawson would pri-
vately give any information about the
state department end of the investi-
cation.
Lawson said Il have done what 1
have only to have - lambasted out of
me-"
Referring to a senator Lawson call
| ed him an ''uncivilized, sure enough
old blatherskite" The committee OBJ
| jected to the talk.
Tumulty's Denial.
| Washington, Jan. Sacked with
an endorsement by President Wilson,
4 ataT Tn
lowing statement to the house of rep
resentative rules committee:
Il appear before this committee to
resent the unjust intimation that I
gave information to Mr. =; M. Ba-
ruch in regard to the so-called peace
note sent to the European belligerents
last month by the secretary of state.
This intimation was contained in a
statement made to this committee by
Representative Wood of Indiana, a
man whom I do not know. To the
best of my knowledge l have never
met Mr.. Wood, Certainly he made no
| effort to find out the truth from me
| before dragging my name into this af-
| fair.
II wish to deny generally and spe-
officially that I gave advance Informa-
ton to Mr.. Baruch or to anybody else
in regard to the peace note. l did
not know of the existence of this note
or that this government contemplated
| the dispatch of such a note until after
printed copies of the note had been
given to representatives of the press
by the state department. ! was not
consulted in the preparation of the
note by the president or anybody else.
The conferences and communications
relating to the drafting of the note
and its dispatch were confidential be-
tween the president and the secretary
of state. 1 knew nothing of them
whatever, nor did any other person
employed in the executive office.
while this is complete denial of
the insinuations which have been
made, 1 wish to go further and say
that I have never engaged in stock
market sales or purchases myself, nor
thru brokers, friends or agents.
Denial LAS Sweeping As Possible
ct discussed the presidents note
with no one; first, because of my
oath of services requires that I make
and secondly, specifically because, as
have stated I had not seen the
presidents note and did not know
that it was in preparation or even
contemplated.
"As I have already said in a public
statement, l have frequently requested
! the president to keep me free from
any knowledge of impending interna-
tional moves so that 1 might not be
embarrassed by requests for informa-
ton from the newspaper correspond
ents who appeal to me in my office
constantly for such information. The
insinuations which have been made,
whether conceived in political malice
or merely thru transformation, are
wholly false and without even the
flimsiest basis. I have not at any time
since acting as Mr.. Wilson's secretary
first, when he was governor of New
Jersey, and later when he became
president-been interested in any stock
transactions of any kind or given any
information to any other person upon
which purchases of sales might be
made. 1 wish to make this statement
as sweeping and complete as I know
how. 1 am still waiting for Mr. Wood
public apology.
ST am authorized by the president
to quote him as follows:
"T wish, in justice to Mr.. Tumulty,
to say that he has stated the exact
facts. He had no knowledge of the
note whatever until it was given out
for publication