The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-10

son on the morning Secretary Lansing
tod the newspaper men that an import
ant statment would be made that after
noon and the Administration gave
this notice., because of the fact that
''garbled reports" about the matter
woud come back from foreign capt.
tails.
Mr.. Jameson said Mr.. Lansing ask
ed newspaper men to advise their Of
flee not to print these garbled reports
and he sent this information to his
Washington office, whence it was
sent to New York.
Mr.. Jameson said his recollection
was that Mr.. Lansing referred to
the luxurious effect upon the stock
market" publication of garbled &C
counts would have.
"I am not certain he used the
words stock market. said Mr..
Jameson, "but my recollection Is that
he did. The Secretary referred to
possible injurious effects of a pre-
mature and incorrect publication con-
corning the matter"
TeIephoned At Once.
you telephoned your office i'm
mediately?"
"Yes," said Mr.. Jameson. The
main object of my message was to
inform the office that the matter was
confidential, that CARRIED reports
should not be published. as requested
by. the State Department. and that
the news should not go out In any
way on the ticker"
Mr.. Harrison again said that he
found no reference in the ticker news
to the Lansing announcement.
You say in your message that the
Administration desires to avoid In
furious effects upon the market, lis
that correot?'
His Recollection.
THAT Is and was my recollection
or the State Department conference"
said Jameson. THAT was the i'm
preston left on me and 1 think Mr..
Lansing said he was taking precau-
tions against such injurious effects"
Mr.. Harrison said that Mr.. Lansing's
recollection was he had not mention
ed the market There Is no steno-
graphic transcript OF the conference
in existence.
One More Denial
However, said Mr.. Harrison. the
Central News Service apparently had
not sent out any advance informa-
ton about the peace note and the
committee had before It Just one more
denial Of responsibility and the Teak"
seemed as elusive as ever. Other staff
correspondents Of the Central News
were exercised without examination,
the committee being satisfied with the
statements OF Manager Crawford and
Mr.. Jameson.
The committee decided to summon
a representative of another press as
ISOLATION, which association was said
to number among its clients a ticker
service.
No Light On Leak.
W. s. odlin, assistant day manager
of the International News Service
threw no light upon the source of the
leak" and produced kilograms to
show that his association had care
fully observed the confidence imposed
by the Secretary OF State in his con-
ference with the newspaper men.
Mr.. Odlin produced a telegram that
was sent at 4:22 o'clock on that date
advising editors that an announce
ment from the department would come
later, and must be held In strict conf
dence for morning papers.
No telegram was sent from the
Washington office prior to that hour.
he said This was long after the
stock market closed, and the message
when sent gave no details about the
prospective note. q
"To sum up" said Chairman Henry,
twas the confidence imposed upon
newspaper men by Secretary Lansing
at the morning conference observed
by the International News Service?"
1T WAS" said Mr.. Odlin.
$50 II there was Teak the Inter