Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-06
l'ALL STREET
| 10 Be Qu!!zzED
ABOUT LEAK
wen Men Are Subpoenaed
BY House Committee
on Rules.
EQUESTED TO BRING
I TICKERS OF DEC. 20

littss on Monday-WransIe Between
Democrats and Republicans as to
Responsibility For Investigation
ardner Proposes Inquiry.
Washington, Jan. 6.-At today's hear
on Representative Woods resolution
an Investigation Of whether there
Bs stock market leak on President
Itson,s peace note, the trend turned
Investigation of Wall street ticker
Ryices, which supply news tips" to
houses.
#seven4 men employed by the Wall
Ieet Journal and Central News Of
lleriea which furnishes service to an
Ter Wall Street newspaper, Financial
laerica, were summoned and ordered
sDrinS their records with them. Man.
hrs Of the two telegraph companies
D were subpoenaed to bring all dis
Isches sent to these papers by their
I.shingtnn correspondents on Dec. 20,
day Of the market crash.
Harrison, democrat, Of
| committee, declared he believed the
kcalled leak was thru the representa-
Hes of those two publications. who.
fh several newspaper men, had been
prmed confidentially by Secretary
ising that morning that a note had
dispatched to Europe. Mr.. Lam
e,, however, at that time declared the
s did not concern peace.
Representative Gardner. Of Massa-
setts, PIT into the record today a
batch sent out over the Dow, Jones
To-. ticker forecasting a peace note
hours before the note was pub
ed. He declared that records OF
lex market fluctuations at the same
Ia when compared with ticker dis
Sches would prove there was a leak.
81 Gardner said he placed both Sec
iLfy Lansing and Secretary Tumulty
Ikrely above suspicion.
IN Lanslng will appear before the
sn,ittee Monday without subpoena.
4 TumuIty also will appear volun-
tias shtngton, Jan. 6.-Subpoenas for
n men were ordered issued today
lkhe house rules committee at the
lmption Of the investigation of the
.ed leak" in connection with Pres
Ut Wilson's peace note.
he men to be called are John Boyle
fTHenry e. Eland, Of the Wall Street
Bfnal, and w. A. Crawford. Ernest
kKnorr, Jr, A. L. Geiger, Nelson NJ.
ipard and A. NJ. Jameson, employees
1.-The Central News Of America, q
lis service which supplies informa-
n to Financial America Wall
Bet newspaper. They were request
Ito bring the tape Of the ticker Of
liz offices Of the day Of Dec. 20, 1915
;! motion by Representative Camp
D republican, to have the New York
Chicago stock exchanges to notify
members to preserve their sale slips
La Dec. 10 to Dec. % was adopted.
earueh to Testify.
announcement was made by Chair
h Henry that Bernard E. Baruch,
b is declared by the mysterious "A.
tf-tis'' to have profited by the social
leak, and Otto H. Kahn. Of Kuhn.
Sd & Co, who Representative Wood
sgested should be called, would be
-e Monday to testify.
IN motion Of Representative Henry,
!. Barnch was ordered to bring be-
e the committee all of his broker$
nmission slips from Dec. 10 to Dec.
representative Chiperield, Of 1lli-
Is, republican, declared at the hear
. that he understood Thomas W.
wson. of Boston, had been the chief
leficiary Of the falling market which
lowed the presidents peace note.
Wranele in Committee.
When Representative Wood was
led to the stand wrangle be-
cen republican and democratic
mbers was precipitated when Rep
entattve Harrison. democrat. asked
& Wood why he had not satisfied
aself az to the identity Of the mys-
lous "a. Curtis"
WOod 1S not the au-
4 Of the charges under inquiry here"
tested Mr. Chiperfleld. "and his mo-
- can not be impugned. think
\ we are losing sight Of the fact
Il these scandalous charges werc
BE by Thomas W. Lawson, of Bos-
and It is my understanding that
Lawson was the chief beneficiary
This falling stock"
Harrison called at
lion to the fact that Mr.. Woods
u resolution was produced before
af'son had made any statement or be-
Y the letter from "a. Curtis" had
n received.
gche question" Mr.. Chiperheld in
nfsd AZ "!!ss whether, there was leak
y whether government officials i'm
}perly prof1ted by it,"
20 you think there was a leak?"
Ia Representative Campbell Of Mr..
ffison.
Hes, replied Mr.. Harrison" but I
fk the leak came from the repre-
Ilatives of those two Wall street pa
or else thetleak came from foreign
I Proof Of "Leak."
representative Gardner, of Massa-
Setts, who on>the floor Of the house
Ian said that he knew there was
fAlt and that the whole stock ex-
rKe transactions showed 1t, called
le stand, testified he was convinced
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