The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-09
LAWSON GROWS PROSPEROUS
 IN TELLING STORY OF LEAK
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 antly that he would give no names re- gardless of consequences and de- l clared:
 PUNISH ME-" SAYS LAWSON
 You may punish me if you wish, but I will not besmirch the names of men in high position at this prelim mary inquiry. My only business here is to give information that would warrant you in ordering a full in vestigation. This. think. have done. Before this the witness had flown l into passion when questioned by Representative Chiperfield about his 1 book, "Frenzied Finance" There were l heated exchanges during which the word -four flusher'' could be heard i above the general din which interrupt ed the record of the official stenog- ! raphers. Lawson, shaking his hand Tn 1 Representative Chiperfield's face, as serted that he knew his rights and would not be bulldozed. He finally was pulled into a chair by the chief clerk of the House. The colloquy with Representative Chiperfield and some of Lawson's other remarks were ex- punged from the record.
 QUIET. IS SECURED The examination then proceeded | more quietly. MT Lawson frequently asked to be excused from answering l questions, but not until he had told another story, at first hypothetically | q l. ! to the effect that member of the cabinet. United States senator and New York banker, had joint stock gambling account which was shared among them He flatly refused, despite persistent efforts of the committee, to l reveal these names, declaring first that he would not besmirch the names of men in high places at prelim- mary inquiry and, secondly, that he did not feel called upon at this stage of the inquiry to give information which would permit criminals to es- cape or information to be destroyed. CONGRESSMEN ACCUSED Mir. Lawson repeated his public as- scrtions that Congress was ''wallow- ing in the mire" of stock spectators and declared that members of Con- gress were wise dealers in stocks, but he did not accuse them of benefiting by advance information on advance acts and consistently refused to make any personal charges or make public the names of any one, official or oth- erwise
 He cleared the state department and White House of any Teak" on the peace note so far as his knowledge was concerned but insisted that there had been Teak" and that there had been advance information in Wall street for years on supreme court de- cisions, Presidents messages and con- gressional matters which were used to the advantage of stock gamblers
 CLEARS SUPREME JUSTICES
 Regarding supreme court leaks, the witness. when questioned closely, stated that he meant to insinuate no irregularity against the justices them selves, stating that he had never heard of a supreme court justice talk ing about decision in advance
 The committee issued subpoenas to- day for F. M. Lockwood, a New York broker. and Albert H. Curtis, former president of the National Bank of North America. Representative Chip erfield had been informed that Albert H. Curtis was the man who wrote Rep resentative Wood the letter regarding Bernard Baruch and Secretary Tum- ulty, but this MT. Curtis has denied
 Present at the hearings today and waiting to testify were Otto Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,. Charles H. Sabin, president of the Guaranty Trust com pany of New York, Bernard Baruch and newspaper men summoned in con ncction with the publication of the peace note. They will be called to- morrow.
 HUMILITY FIRST WITNESS
 When the hearing opened Represen- tative Campbell, republican, moved that the committee subpoena F. M. Lockwood & Co.,. brokers, 46-4S pers and documents showing sales from December 10 to 23. The commit tee decided to consider it in executive session. On motion of Representative Chipperfield the Boston stock ex- change was ordered to preserve It's brokers slips for the same period.
 Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson. was then called and read his prepared statement.
 Chairman Henry announced that he had no questions tosask
 Representative Campbell then ques- toned Mir. Tumulty.
 DO you know who aided in the preparation of this note?' he asked. "The President prepared and wrote the note himself, said MT. Tumulty. 'He is an expert typist in ad- dition to his other achievements"
 Did any stenographer or clerk in the executive offices know of the ex- istence of the note?"
 T do not know
 Mr. Tumulty added that he had tried to find out how a leak could have occurred. but had been unable to get any definite information
 "The mere mechanics of preparing the note might make it possible for it to get out" he said
 FIRST NEWS OF NOTE
 My first Knowledge that note had been given out came from the Asso- ciated Press correspondent at the White House on the afternoon of De- cember 20. He told me when I re- turned from lunch that the note had been given out. asked him what note and he said the peace note"
 Have you any information as to how the leak occurred?' Mr Camp bell asked.
 q have not" Mr. Humility replied Any opinion I might have about how the leak occurred would be specula- tive and would involve regulations. am very careful about making state ments. in such circumstances"
 MT. Tumulty added that he did not think "the leak" could have occurred through any employe of the executive office
 LETTER FROM EDITOR
 He then read letter from l.. T. N