The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-08

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could have been a leak IN the caDl'
office here or at relays abroad.
The committee, next called Lawson
who stepped smihngly to the witness
chair. He beamed at every rules
committee member, once, and at eact
of the score Of newspaper men twice
az have no reason to believe | VII
he stopped." Lawson complacently re
marked. asked his occupation, Law
son paused, then said:
/ "WelI, we'll call it farmer" and q
roar ensued.
After explaining his lawyer had ad
yised him the committee had no right
| to demand answers or production o.
papers and adding that he does mol
purpose to stand on that right, Lawson
said: There have been leaks from
the United States supreme court as
well as from the white house"
II am going to proceed to lay pc
fore the committee all that ! CONSIDER
advisable to show up this damnaple
/ situation that has existed for the
past two years, and to help stop sEch
thing as happened the other day
when many citizens lost two biiiiohs
Of dollars" Lawson said.
well, proceed" interrupted Henry
shortly.
| 81 do not understand" Lawson said,
that this committee Is sitting to haul
any guilty persons out In the open
and punish them.
There have been leaks and thous-
ands and tens Of thousands OF per
sons have been ruthlessly bankrupted.
Zone Of the commonest things on
Wall street where these things CEN
! ter, is that leaks affect. prices OF
fstocks.
II mean by that, leaks from the su.
preme court OF the United States,
from the senate. advance Information
of cabinet officers, advance tnforma'
ton and direct from the white house.
Lawson and Chipperfeld here In
duiged in bitter personalities after
Chipperfeld said he could "see four
flush and call It,"
Lawson held an attempt had been
made to insult and bulldoze him
Lawson insisted committeeman
could not put words into his mouth
and insisted on continuing Gin my own
way and not otherwise But he sub,
mitted to cross examination, after de
claring his willingness to take the
consequences" for not answering
questions If he did not desire to dc
ASKED If he would name the person
responsible for the leak he hao
charged, Lawson answered.:
""To do that I would have to be
principal, conspirator or beneficiary.
81 said those things because IN the
past two years there has been a 81
eanttc robbery of the American people
la deliberate robbery carefullS
worked out.
"In my telegram to your chairman
| I said congress did not want an In
yestigation. I felt sure the committee
did not want an investigation.
| al will not give any names"
| "Do YOU know Of any individual
who conveyed this information to Wal
street," he was asked.
| Lawson said he had no direct lie
gal knowledge"
II know many who profited from
the leak" he continued. II profitet
myself"
A new row started when Henr!
wanted to know If Lawson would PR
vately give any information about tn.
state department end OF the investl
cation.
rI will give it to the chairman
| Lawson said.
| ct have done what / have, only t.
have hell lambasted out Of me-"
| Referring to a senator, Lawson
called him an "uncivilized sure enough
Old blatherskite" The committee OBJ
1ected to the talk.
Representative Chipperfield made
sarcastic remarks about Lawson's
"frenzied finance" book. I'm sorry
aver wrote it, said Lawson. ''lt cos
me several millions
When Chipperneld remarked: ".
know a four flush when-I see 1t ant
will call it. Lawson f1ared up imme
diately.
"Oh, you'll get fair treatment" sale
Chipperfeld.
"You bet will" retorted Lawson
"Ill see to that"
oarueh IL Worked up.
! NEW YORK, Jan. ST MIR. Baruch
Wall street Spectator, takes the
stand today to testify in the congress
sional probe in the alleged mote
leakes." he probably will ask permis
sion to read prepared statement
!
answer. to rumors and gossip connect
ing his name with advance informa
ton trading.
| The six foot four South Carolina
Wall street millionaire is considerable
of a fire eater and he is worked W
| to quite an extent over the fact that
he has been dragged into the investi
| CATION.
| He came 10 New York last night tC
visit his aged father and mother be
fore going to Washington. He has
been on a vacation at his South Caro-
lima hunting lodge.
Baruch was accompanied to Wash
ington by his brother, H. NJ. Baruch
Gerard's Name Mentioned.
IBy J. P. Yoler. United Press Stat!
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The name
Of James w. Gerard, United States
ambassador to Berlin was mentioned
| for the first time before the house
rules committee investigating the
leak to Wall street Of advance infor