The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-22
"LEAK' INQUIRY
INN. Y.TUESDAY
Peace Note Investigation to
Open with Wall
Street
WHIPPLE WILL
HAVE FREE HAND
Every One of Leak Rumors
Will Be Run to the
Ground

Washington, Jan. 22.--Sweepng asid
all collateral issues, the House rules com
mittee conducting the leak" inquiry vii
begin public hearings tomorrow in New
York to determine whether anyone prof
tied in Wall street as a result of advanc,
information on President Wilson's peac,
note.
When this feature of the inquiry has
been fully disposed of, and not unit
then, it is declared, the inquiry will ex
tend into other phases of the 'leak" ru
mors, and every one of them, regardless
OF its vagueness, will be run down.
The committee expects to confne the
hearings at New York specifically to the
subject of advance information and mem,
bers say there is little possibility that
the inquiry will be broadened to embrace
a complete investiga tion of the stock ex.
change, as urged by Thomas W. Lawson
and others.
formally retained by the committee Sat
urday as its counsel and will assume ac-
tive charge of the New York hearings
and those that are to follow. He was Sc
lected for the place Thursday and when
he conferred with the committee Satur-
day details of his retention were settled
quickly.
He accepted with understanding that
the committee should fix the amount Of
his compensation later and that he would
be given free hand in directing the in
quiry.
A suggestion that hearings be opened
in New York in order "to get to the heart
of the leak first was quickly accepted
and then the committee told Mr. Whipple
to proceed with his work along his own
lines, with the assurance of its unquali-
fed support.
Transfer of the hearings to New York
was arranged in order to facilitate them.
Most of the witnesses and records to be
examined are there and, as new angles
develop, more witnesses from the stock
exchange doubtless will be called in
Every member of the committee is anx-
ious to finish the inquiry as soon as pos
sible, but none think it will be completed
much before expiration of the q remain
ing days within which the committee
must report to the House.
James r. Reilly, managing editor of
the Wall Street Journal and the Dow
Jones Company News Ticker, doubtless
Will be one of the first witnesses called
He explained before the committee here
a week ago that information that
peace note was expected reached him
through one of his reporters several
hours before the note was made public.
The reporter, he said, advised him that
this information came to New York over
brokers' special wire from Washington
The committee and Mr.. Whipple want
more details as to the identity OF the re-
porter and the source of his information.
Several New York financiers, including
j. f. Morgan, Frank A. Nanderlp. J. s. |
Bache, Henry p. Dawson, Arthur Upper
and Sol g. Wexler, also will be cues.
toned at the New York hearings. They |
were subp9naed last week and some of |
them were here ready to testify when
the hearings were interrupted II is not |
impossible that the committee win visit /
other cities later. Men and records from
hicago and Boston were subpenaed last
week
When hearings will be resumed here is
They were to have been
reopened this morning with the first wit
ness, Mrs. Ruth Thomson Nisconti. who
LAWSON says told him See. Tumulty and
lthers protited by leak She prob
IDLY will not be called to testify until
he committee resumes sittings at the
,apital.
Mr.. Whipplc conferred Saturday with
samuel Untermyer and Chairman Henry
It the New Willard hotel concerning in
ormation in the possession of Mr.. Inter
nyer.
Mr.. Whipple conferred with other per-
ons than the members of the rules com
nittee and Mr.. Untermyer, but refused
o name them.
It is estimated now that it will require
0 days or two weeks to get the New
,ork ends of the leak story Strengthened
ut.
Mr.. Whipple left late Saturday for :
Jew York to make arrangements for the
earrings. The committee will follow to-
ight.