New Britain herald., 1917-01-05
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 market. He added that these jour- nals are maintained by stock brokers and suggested it might have been that these financial reporters sent tele- grams to their offices and that that was the way the information got out.
 uMr. Wood replied he did not know about that. #s-,# MT. Harrison explained that Secre- tary Lansing on that occasion asked the newspapermen to keep faith with him.
 ASecretary Lansing at that confer ence merely announced that a note had been dispatched and specifically said it did not concern peace and re- fused to give further information of itsscontents. ~-t
 Mr. Harrison brought out that Wood- knew nothing about Curtis, the brok- er until he got letter from him 'af- : tergthe introduction of his inquiry res. solution. ha.a'
 Inquiries For Exast Charge.
 ,sslMr, Wood denied that he had eny copferences with administration off, cials before introducing his resolu- ton although he had talked about it With some congressman. Rep. Gar rett insisted on knowing what was the exact charge back of the resolution. MT. Wood replied that the rumor was, current that there was {. leak in \ the state department or in some id- Administrative office as to the sending of the note and "that the leak went to the friends of the administration and that. acting on that information, they profted by it. He added that he had no Information as to how the leak cc- cured or from whom it came and that the best he had was rumors. q have no names other than those have already given,' he added.
 Rep. Wood later produced the let ter he received from Curtis. It con- tHAed no address and 1t was written on plain paper which contained no letterhead. It was dated New York; and simply signed "A. Curtis." In the upper left hand corner noted in pencil was the memorandum "Wall street broker"
 Sl1ortly before the committee eN- cus1d Rep. Wood and went into ses- sion, Chairman Henry, Wood and var Ious members of the committee en- gagged in heated exchange over Hringing Secretary Tumulty's nantc 2 into the proceedings without consult stng him.
 you charge" Rep. Henry in- &npired, that Mir. Humility profited by lis so-called advance information. tNo, I do not" Wood replied en- Aha ucally, T do not charge any one Fofited by it. I am merely telling Du what has been told me-" B Don't you think" Henry con- nued. ''that it would have been bet Sr for you to have submitted these hports to MT. Tumulty before com fig here and giving them out pub |sHly?"
 F8N "That is the very reason I wanted [AG submit these rumors in 8 private 1fssion,''''s replied MT. Wood. q do Ybt know MT. Tumulty and, there fire l did not want to go to him. He light have been offended at me, a xzranger, approaching him in that Way Rep. Chiperfield then asked Wood }4 Baruch was a contributor to- the 3&mocratic campaign fund "I am informed Wood said, that | & contributed $35,00O to the demo-
 atics national committee.
 Wrangling here occurred. democrats
 jecting and republicans contending
 at Baruchs contribution was a.
 Y material fact in the investiga-
 "Is there any effort on the part
 any one pressing this investigation
 retand the efforts of the president
 bring about peace?" demanded
 aairman Henry.
 "Not that know of," Wood replied.
 At the conclusion of today's session
 aAirrnan Henry announced that
 cretary Tumulty would appear with
 ht subpoenaing and subpoenas had heerf ordered for Curtis and Baruch Representative Gardner, of Massa-
 e3iSetts,i who has Joined in Woods