Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-07
HOUSE SENDS FOR
SEVEN FINANCIAL!
news GATHERERS
Heads of Wall Street Bureau
Are Also Requested to
Bring Ticker Tapes
of Dec. 20.
GARDNER SURE OF LEAF
Bay State Congressman Reads
Message Over Ticker Fore
casting Peace Note.
WOOD AGAIN TEsTlFlEs

Washington, Jan. 6. Subpocnas
for seven men we're ordered issued
today by the house rules committee
at the outset OF today's session OF the
leak" investigation.
The men to be called are John
Boyle and Henry +, Bland Of the
Wall Street Journal, and w. AZ. Craw-
ford, Ernst A. Knorr, jr.; A. L.
Gciger, Nelson NJ. Shepard and A. NJ
Jameson, employees of the Central
News of America, a news service
which supplies information 10 Finari-
cial America, a Wall street newspa-
per.
The heads OF the bureaus also were
requested to bring the ticker tapes
OF their services for from 10 a. m,
throughout the day Of December 20.
1916.
The committee wants to learn what
time the Central News and Walk
Street Journal bureaus made public
the fact that note was forthcoming
from the president. !
Ask Brokers to Keep Records.
i A motion by Representative Camp
bell, republican, to have the New
York and Chicago exchanges notify
all their members to preserve their
sale slips of from December 10 to
December % was adopted. +
Announcement was made by Chair
man Henry that Bernard E. Baruch.
who is declared by the mysterious
ia. Curtis" to have profited by the
so-called leak, and Otto H. Kuhn Of
Kuhn, Loeb g. Co., whom Represen-
tative Wood suggested should be
called, would be here Monday to tes-
| tify.
On motion Of Representative
Henry, Mr.. Baruch was ordered to
bring before the committee all of his
brokers commission slips from De-
cember 10 to December %.
Representative Chiperhcld of llli-
nois, republican, declared at the hear
| ing that Ne understood Thomas w.
Lawson Of Boston had been the chief
beneficiary OF the. falling market
(which followed the presidents peace
note.
wood AGAIN resumes.
Representative Wood, author OF
the inquiry resolution, had been
called to the stand and wrangle be-
tween republican and democratic
members had been precipitated, when
Representative Harrison, democrat,
asked Mr.. Wood why he had not sat
ished himself as to the identity of the
mysterious "A. Curtis"
Representative Wood is not the
author OF the charges under inquiry
here" protested Mr.. Chiperfold,
"and his motives cannot be impugned.
think that we are losing sight Of the
fact that these scandalous charges
were made by Thomas w. Lawson OF
Boston, and it is my understanding
that Mr.. Lawson was the chief bene-
fciary Of this falling market"
Representative Harrison, democrat.
called attention to the fact that
Woods first resolution was produced
before Lawson had made any state
ment or before the, letter from "A.
Curtis" alleged New York broker,
had been received. n
"The question" Mr.. Chipertield in
sisted, lis whether there was leak
and whether government officials i'm
properly profited by it."
do you think there was leakf"
asked Representative Campbell Of
Mr.. Harrison.
YES replied Mr.. Harrison, but
think the leak came from the rep
resentatives Of those two Wall street
papers, or else the leak came back
from foreign centers.e
Gardner Cites Message.
Representative Gardner, OF Massa-
chusetts, who on the floor of the
house on January 3 said he knew
there was leak and that the whole
Stock exchange transactions showed
it, was then called to be witness
stand. s
Representative Gardner testified he
was convinced there had been a
leak" because at 205 p. nj. Deem.
Der 20, ten hours before the peace
note was released for publication and
four hours before it had been placed
in the hands of the news agencies, the
following dispatch was sent out over
the Dow, Jones & Co. ticker:
"The renewed selling of the mar-
ket is due to reports received by
brokers private wires from Washing
ton to the effect that the administers
tion will in the near future address
to the belligerents some suggestions
or proposals in regard to peace.l
Nothing definite is obtainable in adj
ministration circles"
There is your proof lof a leak, n
said Mr.. Gardner Miracles don't goy
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