Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-07
"LEAK" PROBE TO
TAKE WIDE SCOPE
Secretary Lansing, Mentioned
in Inquiry, Wants to Tes-
tify Before Senate.
LAWSON ON STAND TODAY
Baruch and Other Wall Street
- Men Also Called in Peace
Note Investigation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Congres-
slonal investigation of allegations of IA
leak" of advance information to wall
street on President wilson's peace note
took n broader range today and the
Investigators expect to lay more
definite foundation for their work
Monday when score of men men
toned in connection with the inquiry
will appear before the house rules
committee.
Secretary Lansing. whose depart
ment has been drawn indirectly into
the investigation by suggestions that
1t might have ben the source of any
leak" regarding dispatch Of the
note, and Joseph i. Tumulty secre-
tary to the president. whose name
was mentioned yesterday by Represen-
tatve Wood, instigator of the investi-
CATION, notified the rules committee
today that they wished to appear and
make statements on the subject.
Subpoenas were isued for seven
newspaper men representing In Wash
ington the wall Street Journal. Finan-
cial America, the Central News OF
Sun, and they were ordered to bring
their records with them.
Much Testimony Monday.
Also under subpoena to appear
Monday are Thomas w. Lawson, the
Boston financier; Bernard Baruch of
New York: Charles III. Sabin, prcsi-
dent of the Guaranty Trust company.
and managers of the two telegraph
companies who will be asked about
messages passing over their wires on
the day the peace note was given in
confidence to newspaper cores
pondCnts.
Lawson Chief Beneficiary.
Mr.. Lawson. who has made sensa-
tional charges of a leak was de-
clared today by Representative Chip
erfield of Illinois. a Republican mem
her of the rules committee. to have
been the principal beneficiary OF the
falling market that followed publica-
tion Of the note He said Lawsons
transactions aggregated 100000 on
that market.
Representative Gardner OF Massa-
chusetts told the committee he had
no evidence involving anybody in of
fcial life, but was convinced there
had been leak" He produced a
copy Of a dispatch sent out over the
cember 20. forecasting a peace note
ten hours before the note was pub
hshe1. Mr.. Gardner will be repre-
sented again before the committee by
counsel, who will submit an analysis
Of the effect of the premature an
nouncements on the market
Call Ncwspapcrmcn.
Subpoenas for the seven newspaper
correspondents were issued after Rep
iesentatvc Harrison, IA Democratic
committeeman. had declared ne be-
lieved advance information on the note
was sent to Wall street papers IL
breach of confidence. He also criti-
ci2ed Representative Wood for givins
out memorandum from "A. Curtis
of New York, who gave nc address
and who has net yet been located
without having made an effort to in
Guire into the genuineness Of his In
formant.
Secretary Tumulty's statement deny
Ing an assertion In the memorandum
that he and Mr.. Baruch conferred II
New York prior to publication of tn,
note, was put into the record and d
motion vas adopted calling upon the
New York and Chicago stock ex
changes to preserve all or their hroli
erage sips from December 10 to 23