The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-16
Administration Officials, Bankers
and Others Have Their Names
Connected With Alleged Tip on
Wilson'S Peace Note.
M'ADoo, TUMULTY AND
wARBURo WILL TESTIFY
Treasury Department Head, Sec.
retary TO President and Member
Federal Reserve Board TO Ap.
pear Before Committee.

iBy Evening Herald Leased wirel
washington, Jan. l1.-Wlth ad-
ministratiOn officials. bankers and
other wei known men waiting to tes-
tify on Thomas w. Lawson's testi-
mony that he had heard they were
connected with a stock market leaS
on President Wilson's peace note. the
house rules committee today resumed
hearings with Lawson on the stand.
Secretary McAdoo. who. Lawson
said. he was given to understand was
the mysterious cabinet member in
volved In his statements. Secretary
Tumulty. who. Lawson said. one of
his informants told him. was con-
nected with the alleged leak, Paul
NJ, Warburg of the federal reserve
board who. Lawson said. had knowl-
edge Of the leak machinery and half
dozen others wen known were wait
ing to TESTIFY Inder subpoena or had
come before the committee volun-
tarily.
Before Lawson had been on the
stand an hour today the scope OF the
investigation broadened TO tako In
some nationally known names not
hitherto mentioned.
On motion of Representative Har-
rison. Democrat. the committee sub
pGaened j. =. Morgan, !. s. Bache.
Henry +. Davidson. Frank A. Van
derlip. Arthur Lipper and Sol c. Wex-
Ter, all prominent bankers. Mr. Har-
rison did not disclose hts reason for
asking for the appearance OF the Wit
nesses.
At the outset of todays hearing.
Lawson went over his recital OF how
he said Chairman Henry himself told
him a cabinet member. stock sen
ator and banker wei in stock
gambling pool. Referring to Henry's
denial that ne ever told Lawson any
such thing, Lawson dramatically de-
Clared
Unless your chairman said what
! said he said, I am guilty Of fou
perjury and unit 10 he anywhere out.
side of u prison
Tals" With publishers.
You stated questioned Repre-,
sentative Campbell. that when yot
left Washington. after talking will
Chairman Henry, that you went {,
| New York and talked with severa
publishers. Will you state the sub
stance of what you told them"
Il asked them their opinion o
what had happened in Washington.
Lawson began slowly. "And tol,
| them | would like TO get their advic
ON whether | should go further o
drop the entire matter said mucl
more than | related here yesterday
! laid before them Henry's statemen
in the press that morning and callel
their attention to what appeared 4
be- an unfair slant -aat II toci:.
After l left Henry office wen
to New York ana first called on Joh
- Hara CosgrOyc, In his edltOrig
rooms IN the New York World. on th
following morning"
When was the Interview with Er
man J. Ridgeway?'
Tuesday. January g.
Where die you see him
AT my tCJms ia the belmont no
tel Sew York.
You spoke OF seeing Donald Nc
Donald?"
Enter. MIR. Mcdonald.
In the early morning of Januar
3. | came right from the train an
sat down In the Belmont hotel breaH
fast room. when Mr. Mcdonald cam
In and sat az table across the aisl
lie spoke to me. / hadn't spoken
Mr. Mcdonald for probably hftoe
years but he spoke To- me and askc
mo what was going ON IN Washing
ton. ! told him of these things thi
happened in New York and said
but that there would bc none. sol
HIM what your chairman had sa
and ne. being AN old newspaper ma
and publicity expert asked him h
ladyicc. ! Impressed on him the oci
udence which your chairman had ia
posed in me, everything being pc
fecty friendly between Mr Hem
and myself at that time.
"Unless your chairman said wh
said he said I am guilty Of fo
PERJURY Lawson dramatically Il
clared 60 the committee. I'm gull
of foul perjury and unht TO be an
where outside the bars of "A prison
~ was very much worked ap aho
the Henry statement" lawson 60
tinued. we had agreed on one.
hhd said. You word a. | did al
J. he said il was fair ana gave 90
sides and we shook hands on H. VIII
read his statement b. appeared n
ipr II looked as though in nv
hours nud quarter he md asked !