The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-06
EUROPEANS ARE SUSPECTED
Tip May Have Come From Diplo-
matte Circles Of Some of
the Belligerent Powers
CONGRESSMEN HAVE
SEVERAL VERBAL TILTS
Committee Wants To Hear Ex'
planned the Identity Of tho
Mysterious Mr.. Curtis

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Washington. Jan. GA motion by
Rep. Campbell, republican, to have the
New York and Chicago stock ex-
changes notify all their members to
preserve their sale slips from Decem-
Der 10 to December % was adopted
in leak probe today.
Announcement was made by Chair
man Henry that Barnard M. Baruch,
who is declared by the mysterious "A.
Curtis" to have prOtitted by the So
called leak and Otto H. Kahn, of
Kuehn, Loeb & Co., whom Rep. Wood
suggested should be called, would be
here Monday to testify.
Lawson Beneficiary.
Rep. Chipperfield, of Illinois, repub-
lican, declared at the eharing that he
understood Thomas w. Lawson had
been the chief beneficiary Of the fall
ing markets, which followed the Pres
idents peace note.
Representative Wood had been called
to the stand and wrangle between
republican an democratic members
had been precipitated when Repre-
sentative Harrison. democrat, asked
Mr.. Wood why he had not satisfied
himself as to the identity of the mys-
terious "A. Curtis"
Not the Author.
Representative Wood is not the
author of the charges under inquiry
here protested Mr.. Chipperfield. "and
his motives cannot be impugned.
think we are losing sight Of the fact
that these scandalous charges were
made by Thomas w. Lawson, of BOs-
ton, and 1t is my understanding that
Mr.. Lawson was the chief beneficiary
of this falling market
Representative Harrison called at
tention to the fact that Woods first
resolution was produced before Law
son had made any statement and be-
fore the letter from "A. Curtis" al
legged New York broker, had been re-
ceived.
",rhc question: Mr.. Chipperfeld in.
sisted, "is whether there was leak
and whether government officials i'm
properly prOtitted by it,
do you think there was leak?'
asked Representative Campbell, of Mr..
Harrison
eyes," replied Mr.. Harrison, ''but
think the leak came from the rep
resentatives of those two Wall Street
papers, or else the leak came back
from foreign centers.
Knew There Was Leak.
Representative Gardner, of Massa-
chusetts, who on the floor of the
House, January 3, said he knew there
was leak and that the whole stock
exchange transaction showed it was
then called to the witness stand.
Representative Gardner testified he
was convinced there had been leak
because at 2:05 p. M, December 90,
ten hours before the peace note was
released for publication and four
hours before it had been placed in the
hands of the news agencies, the fol-
lowing dispatch was sent out over the
Dow, Jones & Company's ticker:
'The renewed selling of the market
is due to reports received by brokers'
private wires at Washington to the
effect that the administration will. in
the near future, address to the bellig-
ercnts some suggestions or proposals
in regard to peace. Nothing definite
is Obtainable in administration cir
clcs."
SubpOenas for seven men were or
dered issued today by the House Rules
committee at the outset of today's ses-
sion of the leak" investigation.
The men to be called are John Boyle
and Henry F.. Eland. of the Wall
Street Journal, and w. A. Crawford,
Ernst A. knor, Jr., A. L. Geiger, Nell
son K. Sheppard, and A. M. Jamison,
employees of the Central News of
news service which sup
plies information to financial Amer
ica, Wall Street newspaper The
heads of the bureau were also request
ed to bring the ticker tape of their
services for from 10 a. M. throughout
the day of December 20, 1916.
time the Central News and Wall Street
Journal bureaus made public the fact
that the note was forthcoming from
the President.
Many Summoned.
Seven men employed by the Wall
Street Journal and the Central News
of America, which furnishes service
to another Wall street newspaper,
Financial America, we're subpoenaed
and ordered to bring their records
with them.
Managers of two telegraph compan-
les also we're subpoenaed to bring all
dispatches sent to the two papers by
their Washington correspondents on
December 20, the day of the market
crash.
Representative Harrison, Democrat,
of the committee. declared he believ-
ed the so-called leak was through the
of those two publica-
tions, who, with several newspaper
men, had been informed confidential
" by Secretary lansing that moEntng
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