New Britain herald., 1917-01-05

H q said Rep Wood q heard it from a( eral sources but don't remember m where.' f| Rep. Wood interrupted the Ase1 tioning to say: Making No Charges. x3 T have said, and I wish to again at this time, that have lnfH and am making no charge against 8 one. I am merely giving you irs16l mationNI have received" What public position has Bern&j Baruch?" asked Rep. Campbell, r&N| ing republican of the committees. T understand he is memberss the council of new defense."s N "In these conferences between n multy and Baruch, what Is meane11 be implied by the word conferendl1 asked Rep. Garrett. aN
 "Only that they were seen worll together and registered togethG said Wood.
 "Of course you have no inforg , ton, as to what they talked abont19 ] .'No." & Referring to the inclusion in resolution of reference to ThomR9
  bers of congress sought to dodge j inquiry Rep. Garrett asked if W43 had any information indicating t3{ members of the house were involi
 ''Is have no information whatAN involving any member of the EoNl2 Wood replied. 1as
 'I understood you to say that q 1 ! in Washington known as CoHailya Company profited by alleged trnt49 tions," Garrett continued. Gan W
 state where you got that fnforta1
 tion?''
 No more than it was cornI
 rumor." .s 'Is there any one you know might be subpoenaed iIt that conml tion2" l, "No one except Hutton & e pany.'
 Wood said he understood Huttot 1 Company were the New York req sentatives of Conelly & Company. Replying to Representative Cant1 Wood said he had not consulted retary Lansing regarding q repo1 leak of the. presidents note either fores or safter he introduced his r lutien. kySsa Has Other Information. MT. Wood also said he had othe1 formation and had sent 8 numbel letters and telegrams to vsrious sons inquiring about 1t. "It is not suf11ciently developl give at this time" he said. "but hear from it later. I can give committee in private what I heard if 1t is desired" MT. Wood was not pressed fun on that point but will be asked cerning 1t later. Representative Harrison suggS that the witness should give dat publication of the note and otheI tails.
 MT. Wood replied that the craa the stock market came, or rather minated, on Thursday, Decembe and that the peace message had released for publication by The oiated Press at 12:06 o'clock morning for morning papers of day.
 Representative Harrison trte( bring out that in tho forty eight between the time the peace note forwarded and published inform regarding it could have come from the foreign powers to sor the embassies here.
 MT Wood said he had heard intimation to that effect but not say who told him. He sup he had heard intimation tha German embassy had gotten th} formation back here.
 Denies Political Motive.
 .'No political influence actuate introducing this resolution" MT. Harrison.
 1T hope not. No sir. These cl are infamous, the acts charged infamous. If the charges are u those against whom suspicion been cast should be cleared of
 Mr. Harrison referred to Sed I4ansing's conference with the papermen on the morning of f and suggested that at the conf were present some persons wh not newsparermen.
 MT. Wood said he had hear nations of that.
 Mir. Harrison then suggested there were representatives Q Wall street journal and fl America present at that conf and that their duties were to the news that would affect thu Continued on Fifteenth Pa