The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-16

storm WAS so mixed up In IL tNat eu'
made over two millions.
h Then the two discussed Baruch ant
Lansing. Lawson telling Henry he rem
lsarded Baruch as honest and upright
and Henry saying he didn't believe
Lansing would make so much as
postage stamp out OF such dealings.
4 Wei, how did this happen?" Law
Ison said. he had asked Henry.
There was conspiracy in Wall
lstreet to affect the market / told him.
Lawson continued at the same time
declaring that first the Mexican situa
/ ton and then the war were used 70
make profit for spectators.
/ Lawson said he and Henry had spec
ulated on what Lansing and Baruch
might confer about. They had sug'
gested that Baruch might legitimateiy
talk with Lansing to know what the
thougE-.about prospects
of peace, u boat raids or other big in
Eternational matters
Lawson testified that John R. Rath-
ON, managing editor of the Providence
Journal. had furnished him the name
OF Paul Warburg, OF the federal re-
serve board in the situation.
Lawson was asked whether he had
reported the conversation correctly
about money passing when yester-
day he said Mrs. Ruth Thomas
Visconti Stated to me in sub
stance that Mr.. William w.
Price, Washington correspondent or
the Washington Star had acted as go
between in the leak affair between the
presidents secretary, Mr.. Tumulty
and others and that he had received
SIS, 600 cash for 1t and that Mr.. Turn
ulty had received much larger sum.
YES that is substantially what she
told me- ne replied.
Yesterday Lawson testified that
Archibald White, New York banker
had told him of another banker who
was 50 close 10 a cabinet member that
he could call the latter up at any time.
This cabinet member was alleged to
be in on the leak.
Asked to amplify that today: II told
White L hear that your friend, Pliny
Fiske. Is doing the steering In con-
nection with the leak stock gambling.
Fisk. according to the conversation,
was allied with c. D. Barney and COM
Lawson was in substances, according to
lawson:
"The story is that Pliny Fiske is in
working with Secretary McAdoo and
it's a terrific thing. And Fiske made
me go to the telephone to show me he
could call McAdoo to New York"
Lawson said White had indicated
Fiske was "eating late and smoking
late" when he made his boasts about
being able to call McAdoo up.
Pou asked II It was indicated Fiske
was in his cups.
Il wouldn't want to pass on that"
replied Lawson.
Reyerting to the statement Henry
issued after their conference saying
the leak appeared to be mirage.
Lawson shouted.
God help the American people II
there are many more such ntrages-
Representative Patten then dug IN
to the conversation Lawson had with
Mrs Visconti who Lawson said had
named Price as go-between TOR Tum-
ulty and others.
dShe appeared to be a woman OF re.
sponsibility, q lady who appeared to
be very earnest" Lawson said.
Patten wanted to know il Mrs. VIC
cont had given the source Of her In
formation.
Lawson hesitated, and wanted to
know If it was essential.
"You know what the value OF a good
reputation is" retorted Patten. DO
YOU not think 1t would be unfair to
blast a reputation on the word OF
woman You had never seen before?'
Patten continued.
"Very unfair" retorted Lawson,
"and IL she had not had reputable
lawyer with her, I should have hest
Itated.
ct tried to get at the bottom OF 1t.
And her talk was so peculiar, SO con-
yincing that T gave it. / think she will
tell you the name when she comes on
the stand But II she doesn't, | Will
give the name she told me az her In
formant.'
Patten suggested Lawson had black
Iened Prices reputation by his course
Good God. I've Inundated myself
to plead with this committee to let me
give names in confidence and I tell
Won I didn't want to airing in his name
and. even more, I didn't want to
bring in the woman's name| had
even thought OF burning the letter.
did you accept her word that she
was acting from an altruistic inspira
ton ?" aueried Patten.
az believe she WAS a woman culver
ing with red blood and impetuoisity
to do something patriotic. Never have
seen in all my experience anything
SO fair" he said.
The committee then recessed until
two p. m.
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