New Britain herald., 1917-01-08

Boston Einancicr Declares Adj
 trative Circles and Supreme
 Resemble Sieve, So Great Is Al
 of Information Obtaina bid
 Stock Gnmbling-SecT,etnry
 sing Traces Course of Wilson'
 Washington, Jan. S.-InquirN the alleged Teak" to Wall street presidents peace note was r1 today by the house committees {, number of witnesses on hand r( testify.
 Among those on the list we} retaries Lansing and Josej Humility, Thomas w. Lawson,
 Charles H. Sabin, president Guaranty Trust company; Bern Baruch and Otto Kahn, Nev| brokers; Washington represerl of tho Wall Street Journal an| tral News Association and mena| the Western Union and Postal graph companies.
 All but Secretaries Lanstnl Tumulty had been subpoenacd | newspapermen had been isumm} testify regarding their know1e|
 ticker service reports on tho q presidents peace note was giv1 The managers of the two tel l companies he'd been asked to Il despatches flied by the newspa}
 bearing upon the subject peace note. Mir. Kahn and MT. Saioin VI first witnesses to arrive. Th4 I ferred with Chairman Henry range to give testimony as 1 possible. ,gas
 When the hearings opened
 sentative Campbell moved thl
 committee subpoena F. M. Lot
 & Co.,, brokers, 46-4s Broadwa ] York, to bring papers and docI l showing sales from December i} 1 The committee decided to con in executive session. On md
 Representative Chiper1eld, tho ! stock exchange, was ordered serve its brokers clips for thI period.
 Secretary Tumulty Quizxe Joseph P. Tumulty, secret4 President Wilson, then was cal read the first statement. Chairman Henry of the rule
 mittee announced that he h questions to ask and Represx Campbell questioned MT. Tum1
 ''Do you know who aided
 preparation of this note ?"
 "The president prepared and the noto himself" said MT. T1 "Ie is an expert typewriter dition to his other accomplish Did any stenographer or q the executive offices know
 existence of the note"
 CT do not know
 Mfr. Tunaulty added that he h& to find out how . note coul occurred but had been unahl6I any definite information.
 "rhe mere mechanism of pr the note might make 1t possiDi 10 get out" he said. My hrst ledge that a note had been gil came from The Asso ciatcd Prq respondent at the White House afternoon of December 20.
 me, when returned from lund the note had been given out what note and he said the peac{ Acquisitions Fragile Thing 'tIIave you any information how the leak occurred?' MT. bell asked.
 .I have not" MT. Tumulty
 Any opinion I might have VI speculative and would involve tions. I am very careful abou ing statements in such circunlst
 Rep. Chiperfield asked Se Tumulty if he knew that Ali Curtis, of 135 West Sevent street, New York, former n agent of the bank of North was in fact the "A. Curtis wrote the letter. MT. Tumul he did not.
 MT. Tumulty added he did no. the ''leak" could have occurI the note through any employel executive offices. He then req ter from l.. T. Russell, editor1 Newark Morning Ledger, re to the mysterious "A. CurtiSj Wrote Rep. Wood, author of 1 1 gation resolution. What prompts me to writ4 the letter, ''is, I note, one n name of Curtis is brought in { ing written the Wood letter l your name and l recall that on ' n,~ Tav,fh - -