Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-16
Boston Financier Causes An other Sensation by Testi
 mony in Inquiry.
M'ADOC NAMED AS
 ONE OF THE TRIO
Chairman Henry. Conducting EXam- juatien of Lawson, Takes stand and Denies Truth of the
 Witnesses Assertions.

'WaShington, Jan 1J.-Thomas W. Lawson. haled before the house rules committee, to tell what hn knew or had heard about the stock market "leak" on President Wilson's peace note or be punished for refusing so to tell. calmly declared today that the mysterious congressman who told him a cabinet officer, a senator and a banker were engaged in stock gam bling based on political information, was none other than Representative Henry. chairman of the committee.
 Then, before his hearers had time to recover from the shock, Lawson sprung one sensation after the other, by declaring that the cabinet officer referred to was Secretary McAdoo, that the banker was II. Pliny f1sE or New York. and that he knew the sen ator only by the initial "O.'
 TO complete the explosion, Lawson went on to charge that Paul M. War. burg, of the federal reserve board, had knowledge of the leak machinery; repeated a rumor that Count von Bern storff, the German ambassador had made S2,000,G00 in the stock market, and to mention list of well-knoWn men who, he thought should be oues- toned. The committee promptly is- rsued subpoenas for all of them.
 MT. Lawson said he had been told tbat Malcolm McAdoo, the brother of the secretary of the treasury, knew of of the leak, as did C. D. Barney x Co. and Steward G. Gibboney of New York. A Mrs. Ruth Thomson Visconti of this city, he said, had declared to him in the presence of her attorney that Secretary Tumulty had received his bit" and that w. w. Price, one of the white house correspondents, was the i go-between for Tumulty and others"
 w. Pliny Fisk. Lawson said. was ] the banker he referred to previously as dominating cabinet officer, and Archibald S. White. he said, had given him this information.
 Representative Henry was said by Lawson to have told him, at the con- ference that preceded the opening of the ''leak" investigation, of reports connecting a cabinet officer, a banker and a senator, and also had told him of reports that Secretary Lansing had been seen conferring with Bernard Baruch, the Wall street operator who is said to have made "clean-up" of the falling market which accompanied the peace note. Lawson declared Henry had asked him, on patriotic grounds, not to press his charges
 At no time the Boston financier testified did he aver or say he had direct information.
 Henry Makes Denial.
 foIN +, n<S- cital, Chairman Henry took the stand, and swore that at no time had he ,giv- en to Lawson the names of any per- sons which were mentioned by Lawson on the witness stand ,sand that he had no information then, and had none now of his own knowledge, and de- nied generally and completely Law sons statements relating to him.
 "T say to you." Henry said fhat never mentioned the name of bank CT, senator nor great official to- him."
 Mr. Henry read long excerpts from a letter from Lawson, urging an in quiry into the Teak" situation, and asking that he be permitted to con duct it.
 And after that" Henry said em- phatically. "he tells this committee, the house and the country, that he got his information from me. have no fear about my character and reputa- ton in this country. What the gem tleman says dSes not disturb me. do not seek 10 defend myself I have done nothing wrong."
 When Chairman Henry had cOnclud- ed his statement he turned to Lawson and said
 "Mr. Lawson, could say more. I dould take another course. but have made my statement and submit it to the house and the country
 [ In reply to queries by members of the committee. MT. Henry declared that he not only had never mentioned 1 0nntinued on mage six !