Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-08

| OF the executive ONCE. lie tnon reaQ
letter from l.. T. Russell, editor of the
Newark Morning Ledger, referring tc
the mysterious "A. Curtis" who wrote
Representative Wood. author of the in
vestigation resolution.
What prompts me to write" said
the letter. lis that I note one by the
| name Of Curtis is brought in as hav-
ing written the Wood letter and re-
call on similar occurrences I have re-
ceived telephone calls from New York
from man calling himself Mr.. Curtis,
alleging to be banker. He offered to
give me tips in the financial and indus
trial world. Once. he called me to tell
me that he had good reason to believe
that Dorothy Arnold was at an Orange
N. j., hotel. He called me up almost
daily giving me what purported to be
inside information during the Standard
Oil strike.
Il made inquiry but never could iden-
tify or locate Mr.. Curtis"
Representative Lenroot republican
asked Secretary Tumulty by whom the
president sent the peace note to Sec
retary Lansing. Mr. Tumulty said it
was transmitted by private messenger
in q sealed envelope.
He Knows Barueh.
"You are acquainted with Mr.
Baruch,,, said Mr. Chiperfield.
'sYes. sir.''+e.s:-----
when did you last see him?1
! at the Gridiron dinner in Washing
ton, Dec. g."
Mr.. Chiperfield then said there were
things not mentioned in Mr.. Tumulty's
letter which he wished to question him
about.
60 as far as you like" said Mr.. Tu-
multy. ,
DO you know J. r. Regan, proprie-
tor of the Knickerbocker hotel, in New
York;" -
II do not"
Asked if he had any business trans
actions with w. B. Hibbs g. Co., Wash
ington brokers, Mr.. Tumulty said he
had been there once.
Lansing Is Questioned.
Secretary Lansing was called next
Possibly had better start" he said
"by stating that confidential communi-
cations between the president and my
self are not a part of the inquiry.
can give you physical history Of the
note. The draft of the note was re-
ceived by me at o'clock Monday aft
ernoon. I called Mr.. Polk and Mr.,
Woolsey, law adviser attached to my
office, and discussed the three forms in
which the note had to be prepared
and sent forth. 1, then handed it to
Mr.. Woolsey. enjoining him to the
strctest secrecy that he might take
1t to the three confidential stenogra-
pliers. There 1t was to be prepared
and delivered to Mr.. Salmon, chief OF
the iudex bureau.
He was given the note to encipher
it. He said he would have to have an
assistant. l directed that he engage
his most confidential man for the
work. He did so and was given copies.
The two men were locked in their
room. They were given the copies at S
o'clock and at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
morning they were enciphered and de-
livered to the telegraph room and sent.
'On Tuesday afternoon l discussed
with the president the time the note
should be made public. We decided it
would take two days to reach Austria
and Roumania. Tuesday evening, about
6 o'clock, copy Of the note was
handed to Mr.. James, chief Of the in
formation bureau. He at once took it
up with the printing office.
Confers With Correspondents.
About II o'clock received the COR
respondents and told them I would
have an important communications for
them at o'clock. told them in con-
fidence because I was afraid it's con-
tents might come back from Europe in
garbled form.
THAT evening at my house Ambas-
sador Willard, Of Spain, told me he
had been advised Of the contents of
the note by the president The next
morning the note was made public in
the press"
When was the first intimation you
had that there had been a disclosure
Of the contents Of the note?" asked
Mr.. Campbell.
Not until it was stated in the pa
pers." He added that he had made in
quiries around his department for a
leak but failed to locate one. Mr. Lam
sing said that on the morning of his
conference with the newspaper men
three other men were present waiting
TO see him but that he did not know
they were in the room at the time.
Snowden Was There.
.:Who were these men?" asked Mr..
Lenroot.
Mr. A. E. Snowden, of New York;
E. r. Gayier, civil engineer OF the
..avy, ana Or. n. 7. Mclean, Of the