Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-01-12
NAME TUMlH.T IN
PEACE NOTELEAk
"Mr. BOEing,"' J" Wilson's Broth
er-in-LaW, Also Mentioned.
BROKERS' NAMES PRESENTED
The Presidents Secretary Vigorously
Denies the assertion and Demands
an Apology.

oil HFOioSJ'
Smouldering rumors that somebody
made money in the stock market
leak" information about the sen ling
Of President Wilson's pence note.
blazed up sensational session of the
house rules committee at its fist hear
ing on Representative Woods resolu
ton for an investigation.
Specifically declaring he MADE
charges against no one and presenting
only information that had come to him
Mr.. Wood brought in the names oi
Joseph P. Tumulty, the presidents
secretary "a Mr.. Boiling" >" br- -the1
of President Wilson's wife, whom ne
did not further identify; Bernard Ba
ruch a New York stock operator; Otto
H. Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb G Co.; Thomp
son &McKinnon, and Lamson Brothers
e Co., Chicago brokers'; e. F. Hutton
& Co., New York brokers, and F. A
Connolly & Co., a washington box
erage house in which Mr.. Wook sale
the "Mr. Boiling" he referred to was
q partner:
Much Of his information, Mr.. Wood
who is a Republican, and from Indi
ana said, came in a letter from A. Cur
tbs, an independent New York stoch
operator.
Mr.. Wood disclaimed intending tc
give the impression that he belicved
that Mr. Tumulty or any one else prof
tied by the so-called leak, saying aglin
he was merely stating what had me
to him that he realized the danger oil
making such statements in public, and
for that reason he had preferred tc
make his statement in secret session
which the committee refused.
At the end of the session, tie chair
man, Mr.. Henry, Democrat, Of Texas
announced that Mr.. Tumulty wcu'd
appear without subpoena and that suR
poenas had leen ordered for Curtis
and Baruch. Representative G2rdner.
Republican, of Massachusetts, whe has
Joined in Mr.. Woods agitation fer in
vestigation, will be heard, and Thomas
w. Lawson, Of Boston, will be heard
on Monday.
When Mr.. Tumulty learned that Mr..
Wood had mentioned his name he is
sued a formal statement, demanding
a public apology and denying that he
even knew of the presidents note be:
fore it was made public. Mr. Fumul
tvs statement follows:
81 am very glad to say publicly that
did not know of the existence of the
presidents note on peace until the
newspapers were informed. Ve~y fre'
uuently the president, who knows that
am bombarded by newspaper men
and others for information, saves me
embarrassment by keeping matters alb
solutely secret. In fact, have of en-
suggested that this be done"
81 have not been at the Biltmore IN
a year; never talked about peace
with Mr.. Baruch before or after the
peace note was sent, and never lunch
ed with him in my life. I have met
him, as I have great many good
friends from time to time in hotels,
at the theatre and elsewhere.
"a presidents secretary mee's a
great many people every day, and /
is very easy for some one to circulate
rumors, based, as Mr.. Wood says:
'sclely on hearsay,'
81 think Mr. Wood owes me a prb
lie apology for mentioning my nam
at all merely on hearsay AMI r"mor.'
r. w. Boiling, member Of F. A. Coz
molly & Co., also made stotem II
declaring he had no knowla9~e # the
peace note and chera"t rizi g Mr.
Wnnd,s statement as absurl.