El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-16
F|NANC|ERS To
TALK ON LEAK
Morgan and Other Bankers
Summoned Before Commit
tee; Lawson Testifies.
CONTINUED from pase onc1


! = think that is substantially a cor
! rect statement OF her report TO me-
! said Lawson.
/ Corrects Testimony Regarding McAdOc.
! When Lawson was cross examined. he
declared the impression that chairman
: Henry had mentioned secretary McAdoo
in connection with the alleged leak
. was erroneous That information, ne
. declared, came from entirely another
He reiterated that chairman Henry
told him the leak was too serious
for an investigation at this time, but
that he favored 4 general inquiry later
into the stock market. Lawson said
he endorsed that and revealed 10 Henry
that he had much to do with the money
trust inquiry. though Henry. member
Of the committee, was unaware OF IT,
Paid For Money Trust Probe.
Il told him. Lawson said, that I
dug up much of the Information. hteI
meyer went TO Europe while l did II.
personally paid the bills OF the experts
upwards of $4,000 and asked Tor no
glory except 10 appear as witness.
Here is a chance 1 told Henry.
TO duplicate that 1t is the greatest
thing that can be done for the Amerl-
can people"
Go to Wall street and set up shop
was the advice Lawson said he gave
Henry There. he said, all Of the stock
exchange members could be summoned
with their books and clerks and be
forced TO reveal the inside transac-
tons.
Had Part of Lansins's Talks
Referring again TO his conference
with Henry, mentioning secretary
Lansing and Bernard Baruch, Lawson
declared Henry told him the commit
tee had the substance Of all OF one Of
LanSing's talks at the Biltmore hotel
with the New York broker and the
substance of part Of another.
Il said to Henry, go through IL from
4 10 4. Lawson testified, and be-
fore You are one-third done. the lid
viii be blown off Congress will know
who the hypocrites are that are max
ing Millions That was what We talked
about in the three hours and a quarter
1 was with him.
DodginE Publicity.
He asked me one thing before We
left the meeting
Il ask you to 90 this he said.
Throw the newspaVermen off the
scent. We cannot gain ANYTHING ~
letting them know that we are coming
back here at ) o'clock
so I met Mr. Henry again at q
o'clock" Lawson continued. He said
TO me:
Proposed PestpOning Inquiry.
Lawson. I'm sorry that We can't 60
what you say. 1 agree with you that
II IS a great thing and good thing and
all ! regret is that ! am going out Of
Office on March = I said that there
was time enough yet TO do sometime
Then Henry said that since we had
parted in the morning he had thought
II all over and that he had come TO the
conclusion that the matter was too Sc
rious to have made public now. He
then added:
e What do you say If we get at u
again in 50 days.
- said. not at all It would be side
tracked by that time q We will never
have this opportunity again.
Brings in Baruch and Lansing.
Then Mr.. Henry said:
To show you where we stand, III
-eu YOU some OF the things we've got I
We have IL that n Mr. Baruch, who made 1
arge contributions TO the Democratic J
'ampaIsn fund, had four conversations /
With SECRETARY lansing
Il EN-
Yes he answered, four Of them |
md then he added forgot to state
MS yeSterday-We have the convUrsa- 9
ion of one OF the interviews and part
! the conversation Of another. We
Iso nave II that count Won Bernstorff
he German ambassador, is so mixed I'D
n il that he made over 2.00O. O0O.
we've got it up to s2,0OO.O06 now
Confident Of LansinE's Integrity.
Then l said to Henry:
Nj Chairman. it doesn't seem 10 me
avestigation.'
Then Henry asked ne.
Do You think Baruch could be !
liXed up in this way. using his friend
nlps IN such way and involving the
Integrity of the Democratic party
Nj Chairman / said. I think he
ToulO De the last man in the world 10 |
0 such thing and I viii stake my
cad that secretary Lansing would not
axe postage stamp of profit out of |
uch transactions even though these /
ainSs were floating all around him.
Big Wall Street Conspiracy.
men Henry asked me how these |
lihSs could happen / told him there
"a Desh big conspiracy in Wall
treet for months and that this leak I
lone was not responsible. 1 told him I
oW Mexican war information had been J
eddied- and how situations were made
order, and 1 said that 4 man like
arucF. If he unearthed anv Information
trough rumor or otherwise. and was
ertain that other people were making
normOus operations. would take advan-
age Of the marekt.~
To show Control of McAdoo.
This led up to Mr. Lenroot asking
Or a detailed account of Lawson's al
sged conversation with Archibald :.
hlte about Pliny Fisk's alleged rela-
ions with secretary McAdoo.
| said to White" Lawson testified. I
they tell me your friend Fisk is !
]
took gambling affair: that Harvey
1sk sons are handling this in con-
ection whit Z. D Barney and COM |
any, and that Plinv Fisk is doing the |
-eering- The story is that he CPIinv
lskl IS working with AIcAdoo and I ,
lat it's terrific affair Do You know
nythinge' Z
White said You asked me inst in :
me talked with Fisk the other 4
ight down a the club. I think he
iid1- He got on this subject and he
anted TO show me how ne controlled {
cAdoo and he almost insisted that 7
D 10 the telephone with him while he =
He'd McAdoo out OF bed and maybe
* him 70 come 10 New York
w hite said" Lawson continued ..Os $
'irse l couldn't 20 TO the phone with /
friend when he was in his cups q
Hearing Il Adjourned
Representative Patten attacked Law
n Tor bringing in the name of Price o
erely on the strength of a letter fro,, d
rs Nisconti, who cannot now lie =
ind.
Lawson defended himself by saving n
Q woman appeared honorable ana Il
ade a statement before a man he sun >
sed was a reputable attornev. He r
so said that he withheld Prices name
long as ne could
Do YOU imagine Patten asked | C
nat this woman was sctuated bv / p