Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-22
SPEEDY ACTION URGED
IN LEAK INVESTIGATION
Democratic Leaders Insist That
Rules Committee Push Hear
ing To Conclusion.
TIME FOR PROBE LIMITED
Unless II Is Finished by March 4,
There l. Possibility That 1t VIII
Pass to- Republicans, M Control
OF Congress Is Not Assured

WASlIGNGTON, January 2i.-Specdy
and conclusive action in the probe OF
tho alleged leak" from waShinstou
to Wall street to day was demanded OF
the Rules Committee of the House bv
Democratic leaders The Democratic:
chiefs in Congress told the majority
members Of the committee they must
hasten their investigation and close
up the leak controvcrSy as rapidly as
possible. Unless this is done the probe
may drag aiuuS until March T. and
then go under Republican control
Democratic leaders Tonight pointed
ont To their representatives, on tho
committee that their control Of tho
next house is by $40 means a Ger
tainty The present Congress- expires
at noon March l. aud if The Re
puhli"ans should by any nance control
the next House. a Republican com
mittce would continue tho probe This.
the leaders say, must be urcvcntcd
With hui six weeks remaining. the
committee viii DO proddcd for speed
at every opportunity
oPEN ~ MANY LINES
OF INVESTIGATED
The opening OF the probe in New
York OH Tuesday is expected by the
committee 10 open up lines of invcsti-
CATION which will consume vast guam
titles OF time. In addition To the long
list OF witnesses already under sub
pocna. close examination Of the books
and papers OF various New York
brokerage houses is contemplated. and
this Will mean extended work How
much time the committee will he forced
TO give to this kind Of investigating
la Cd thnt
the Republican members Will insist
upon going into every available detail
that might throw light on the reasons
behind tho boar raid on the market
The shift OF base from Washington
TO New York has resulted in most,
poncmrnt of The ordeal confronting Of
fetal Washington. Many of the Of
hcials mentioned in the probe are i'm
patient IL appear. but they will re-
main in nervous imputicnce until after
the Wall Street end OF the investiga-
ton has been completed.
FAMOUS TINANCIERs
IN ARRAY or WITNESSES
The array Of witnesses for tho New
York hcarur will include such distin-
Suishch names III the financial world
as j. II. Morgan. Henry p. Dawson, J.
"
dcrlip. l'liny Fisk. Archibald s White.
anG members of the firm OF G.. D. Bar
ney ~ Co. From the tinaucial news
gathering circle James Roilley, editor
OF the wall street Journal. and Donald
Macdonald, editor of tho HoSton r'inan-
cial News have been suhpocuaed. Other
witnesses waiting to testify there
arc Stewart q. Gibboncy. associate OF
Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo. ana
Malcolm McAdoo. brother OF the same
official.
The examination OF Mrs Ruth
Thomasson Nisconti, who, Lawson
promised the committee, would p;o-
ducc evidence Of tho direct leaking OF
Information from tho White House Of
fees to Wall Street viii not. for TIL.
present. be staged in New York The
committee now desires TO catech,ze tho
fnhncicrs. OF course, this list includes
Thomas w. Lawson, who, despite the
unfaVorablc impression he has thus far
mate upon tue committeeman, has.
nevertheless east lot of things into
inc troubled waters o. politics and
hnance which certainly were not the
modcratinS oils ri table