The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-16
Boston Financier Tells Com
mittee That Its Chairman
Was Informant.
OFFICIALS PROMPTLY
DENY ALL CHARGES
Statements Issued by All Per-
sons Connected With
Leak Story.

Washington. Jan. 15.---Thomas w.
Lawson. hailed before the house rules
committee to tell what he knew or had
heard about n stock market leak on
President Wilson's peace note. or be
punished. calmly declared today that
the mysterious congressman who told
him cabinet officer, a senator ana n
banker were engaged In stock gamb-
ling pool was none other than Repre-
sentative Henry. chairman OF the com
mittec.
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. Piiny Fisk OF
New York and that he knew the SEN
ator only by the initial 90"
To complete the explosion Lawson
went on to charge that Paul NJ. War
burg. OF the federal reserve board, had
knowledge of the leak machinery; re-
lated n rumor that Count Won Bern
storff. the German ambassador, had
made $2,000,0oO In the stock market,
and to mention u list OF well-known
men, whom he thought should be
questioned. The committee promptly
issued subpoenas for all of them.
Woman 10 Informant.
Mr.. Lawson said he had been told
that Malcolm McAdoo, the secretary's
brother. knew of tn. leak. as did c.
u. Barney Il Co. and Stewart G. Glib
honey OF New York. A Mrs. Ruth
Thomson Cisconti of this city. he
said. declared to him in the presence
of her attorney that Secretary Tu-
nudity received his bit" and that w.
W. Price, one of the white House cor
respondents. was the go between" for
Tumulty and others.
II. 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-
ferences that preceded the opening of
the leak investigation, Of reports con-
meeting the cabinet officer, banker and
senator and also had told him of re-
ports that Secretary Lansing had been
seen comforting with Bernard Raruch,
the Wall street operator, said to have
made a clean up" on the falling mar
ket 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 ever say he
had direct information.
Henry Denies Story.
When Lawson had finished his re-
cital. Chairman Henry took the stand
and swore that at no time had he men :
toned to Lawson the names the ftnan
cier brought out on tho witness stand;
that he had no information then and
had none now of his own knowledge,
and denied generally and completely
all of Lawson's testimony relating to
him.
When he had concluded. Lawson
rose and solemnly declared that every
word he had uttered on the stand was
the truth, so help me God, without
variation"
To back II up, Lawson said that i'm
mediately after leaving Henry at their
first conference he laid his informa :
ton before John O'Hara Cosgravc,
Sunday editor OF the New York World,
Erman J. Ridgway. president of
Everybody's magazine and Donald
Mcdonald. publisher Of a Boston H.
nancial paper.
Call these men," he demanded, and
they will bear me out in what I say"
Almost In tears at Henry's absolute
denial Of his statements. Lawson
shouted:
"rll make good here, and won't go
to jail as the goat
Prompt Denials.
Secretaries McAdoo and Tumulty
and Mr.. Price at once issued state
mcnts denying Lawson's references 10
them. The committee promptly or
dered snbpoenas for Ridgway, Cos
grave. Warburg, Fisk, Price. White.
Malcolm McAdoo, Gibboney. Barney &
CO.. Mrs. Visconu and John r. Rathom,
editor of the Providence Journal. who
published some articles about leaks g
Secretaries Tumulty and McAdoo will
appear without subpoenas.