The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-20


coramittee to tell what he knew o,
had heard about a stock market leak
on President Wilson's peace note O,
be punished, calmly declared today
that the mysterious congressman who
told him a cabinet officer, a senator
and banker were engaged in a stock
gambling pool was none other than
REPRESENTATIVE Henry. chairman OF
the committee.
Then. ts;ore his hearers had time
10 recover from the shock. Lawson
sprRng one sensation after the other
Dy declaring that tho cabinet officer
referred to was Secretary McAdoo
shar the banker was II. Pink Fisk
ut New York and that he knew the
senator by the initial 10"
To complete the explosion Lawson
went on. to charge that Paul NJ. War
burg Of the federal reserve board had
kno~isdse Of the leak machinery; re-
poated n rumor that Count Won Bern,
storm, the German ambassador, had
made s2.oeo.ooS In tho stock market,
%nd msntionsd list of we'll known
men whom he thought should be ques-
ttonod. The committee promptly is
sued sabpoenas for all of them.
Mr.. Lawson said he mad been told
that Malcolm McAdoo. the secretary's
brother, knew of the leak: az did G.
ID Barney = Co. and Steward @. Glib
honey OF New York. A Mrs. Ruth
Thornason visconti OF this city. he
said. had declared to him In the pres
ence Of her attorney that Secretary
Tumulty received his bit' and w. w.
Price. one OF the White House CORES
poadents. was the "go-between for
Tumnlty and Others"
III. Piiny Fisk. Lawson said. was
tina banker he referred to previously
- dominating q cabinet ofsicer and
Archlhsld 8. White. he said. had given
him this information. r.
Representative Henry was said by
LAws,n to have told him at the CON.
fssen'ss~Wsatssy ssypsevsssa-tne-opsntn,t- Of
the leak investigation Of reports con-
nsctirg the cabinet oficer. banker and
senator. and also had told him of re-
poAts that Secretary Lansing had been
seen conferring with Bernard Baruch,
the Wall street operator, who is said
to have made a cleanup on the falling
market which accompanied the peace
note.
lawson declared Henry had asked
him on patriotic grounds not to press
his charges At no time, the Boston
fnancier testified. did he ever seq he
had direct information.
Whsn lawson had finished his re-
citai. Chairman Henry took the stand
and swore that at no time had he
mentioned to lawson the names the
hnancier brought out on the witness
stand; that he had no information
then and had mono now of his own
knowledge; and denied generally ana
completely all Of Lawson's testimony
relating to him.
Wen he had concluded Lawson
rose and soiemnly declared that every
word he had uttered on the stand
was the truth. SO help me God, with
out variation"
r
To back IL up. lawson said that
Immediately after leaving Henry ot
their first conference had laid his in
formation before John O'Hare Cos
srave. Sunday editor Of the New York
World. Erman ]. Ridgway, president
OF Everybody's Magazine. and Donald
Mcdonald. published of Boston A.
nancial paper.
Cali these men," he demanded,
and they will bear me in wha,
I say"
Almost I'm tears at Honry's abso-
lutte denial of his statements Lawson
shouted:
I'll make good here, and / won't
go To jail as the goat"
Secretaries McAdoo and Tumult,
and Mr.. Price at once issued state
msnts denying Lawson's references tc
them. The committee promptly or.
dercd subpoenas for Ridgway. Cos
grave. ,Darburg. Fisk. Price. White
Malcolra McAdoo. Gibboney. Barney
Il Co. Mrs. visconti and John II
Rathom, editor OF the Providence
Journal. who published some article.
about leaks" Secretaries Tumult,
and McAdoo will appear without sub
poena.