Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-16
SECRETARY NJ 'ADOO
NAMED BY LAWSON
IN 'LEAK" INQUIRY
Cabinet Officer Calls State
ment "Deliberate and
Wanton Lie"
WARBURG MENTIONED
AS KNOWING OF MATTER
Henry Quoted as Authority for
Report That Member of Con-
gress Was Involved.
HE ISSUES COMPLETE DENIAL
Tnmnlty Declares There Is Not Scin-
tilla OF Truth in These New
FIimsy Charges.
WARBURG MENTIONED
AS KNOWING OF MATTER
HE ISSUES COMPLETE DENIAL
iRw Associated Presa1

w NASflNGToN, January 10.-Thomas
w. Lawson. hailed before the House
Rules Committee TO tell what he knew
or had heard about stock market
leak on President Wilson'S peace nots
or be punished calmly declared to.
day that the mysterious Congressman
who told him "A Cabinet officer. a Sem
ator and banker were engaged in
stock gambling pool. was none other
than Representative Henry. chairman
OF the committee.
Then. before his hearers had time to
recover from the shock, Lawson
sprung one sensation after the other
by declaring that the Cabinet officer
referred to was Secretary McAdoo; the
banker was II. Pliny Fiske, OF New
York. and that he know the Senator
only by the initial 90"
To complete the explosion, Lawson
went on to charge that Paul NJ. War
burg, OF the Federal Reserve Board,
had knowledge of the leak machinery;
repeating a rumor that Count Won Bern
storff. the German ambassador. had
made $2.00o.000 in the stock market,
and TO mention a list of well-known
men whom he thought should be ques-
toned. The committee promptly is
sued suhpoenas for many of them.
Mr.. Lawson said he had been told
that Malcolm McAdoo, the secretary's
brother. knew OF the leak. as did c.
d. Barney e Co. and Stewart G. Glib
! honey, OF New York. A Mrs Ruth
Thomason Visconti. OF this city, he
said. had declared TO MIN in the pres
cnce of her attorney that Secretary
| rumulty received his bit and that
w. w. Price. one of the White House
correspondents. was the 'go-betwecn
for Tumulty and others
CABINET OFFICERS UNDER
DOMINATION OF BANKER
Fl. Plny Fiske, Lawson said, was
the banker he referred to previously
as dominating a Cabinet officer, and
Archibald ;. White, he said, had given
him this information.
Representative Henry was said by
Lawson to have told him. at the con-
fcrcnccs :hat preceded the opening OF
the leak investigation. Of reports con-
Meeting the Cabinet officer banker and
senator, and also had told him OF re-
ports that Secretary Lansing had been
seen comforting with Bernard Raruch,
tho Wall Street operator. said to have
made cleanup on the falling mar
kct winch accompanied the peace note.
Lawson declared Henry had asked
his charges. At no time. the Boston
iinancier testified. did he ever say he
had direct inforrnation
When Lawson had finished his 20
ciial. chairman Henry took the stand
ana Sworc that at no time had he
mentioned to Lawson the names thc
iinanci"r brought out on the witness
stand; that he had no Information
/ thcn AMI had none now OF his knowl.
edge aud denied generally and com
pl"tclN all OF Lawson's testimony rc
'atinc Il him.
When he had concluded Lawson roSe
and solcmnly declared that every word
nc had uttered on the stand was the
truth. so help me God. without Va
ration"
LAID Ills INFORMATION
hEF0tE SEt ERAI. OTHERS
TO back 1t up. Lawson said he laid
his information before John O. Cos
graves. sunday editor of the New York
World; President Rdgcway, of Every
b"GN'S Magazine. and Donald Mcdonald.
publisher Of Il Boston financial pauer.
Call these men," he demanded.
and they will bear ME out in what
say"
Almost in tears al Elcnry's absolute
denial OF his statements, Lawson
shouted:
I'M make good here. and / won't
so to Jail as the goat"
secretaries McAdoo and Tumulty and
Mr.. Price at once issued statements
denying l.awSon'S references 10 them.
The committee promptly ordered sub
pocnas for iidgcway, Cosgravcs War
burg Fiske. Price. White. Malcolm
McAdoo, Gibhoncy, Earney & Co. Mrs.
Nisconti and John r. Rathom. editor
OF the Providence Journal. who pub
lishcd some articles about leaks"
Secretaries Tumulty and McAdoo will
appcar without subpoena
With that the committee adjourned
until tomorrow morning TO resume Its
hearing on the most dramatic charges
Of scandal the Capitol has seen in
years.
To-day's sensational proceedings dis
posed Of the elaborate preparations for
holding lawson in contempt OF the
House Tor his defiance OF the com
mitt.t at The previous hearing.
y great crowd was packed into the
room when Lawson arrived. Police
cleared an entrance for him.
PREPARED QUESTIONS
ASKED o. LAWSON
with a set OF fourteen questions be-
fore him. prepared by Representative
Lenroot. Chairman Henry began to
question Lawson. When ne had COM
plcted his ttrst question, demanding the
name OF tile Congressman who Lawson
said told him OF Cabinet officer.
member OF Congress and Il banker RS.