New Britain herald., 1917-01-16

NerSatlOn or one or the lnLcrVleWS diu part of the conversation of another. We also have it that Count Won Bernstorff, the German ambassador, is so mixed up in it that he had made over s2,00O,0O0 We've got it up to $2,0OO,OO0' Then I said to Henry: MT. Chairman. it does not seem to me that you need me in order to start an Investigations Then Henry asked me: DO you think Baruch could be mixed up in this way, using his friendships in such Q way and involving the integrity of the demo- cratic party MT. Chairman, I said, T think he would be the last man in the world to do such thing and I will stake my head that Secre- tary Lansing would not take pos tage stamp of profit out of such tran sections, even though these things were rolling all around him.
 Then Henry asked me how these things could happen and I told him that there had been a big conspiracy in Wall street for months and that this leak alone was not responsible. I told him how Mexican war informa- ton had been peddled, how situations were made to be and I said to man like Baruch In the market, If he un- earthed any information through ru- nor or otherwise and was certain that people were making enormous operations, would take advantage or the market.
 Says Reporter Received $5.0OO.
 Lawson testified that Mrs. Ruth Thomson Visconti, who wrote him letter and later made a statement III the presence of her attorney, declared William w. Price, the White House correspondent who srfe said, acted as a Eo-between for Secretary Humility and there, stated that Price "received $5,OOO cash and that Humility re- ceived much larger sum-"
 1T think that is substantially cor rect statement of her report to me-" said Lawson.
 Again repeating what he alleged Henry said to him about Secretary Lansing and Ambassador von Bern storff, Lawson added that upon re- beating the rumor about the ambas- sador he had said: DO you think that it is possible?"
 An extended discussion over whether Henry had said the rumors had come to the committee or to him personally followed and Lawson said he was not certain how the chairman had ex- pressed it.
 Representative Garrett then re- quested Lawson to detail just what he said the chairman told him about Secretary McAdoo, a banker and a senator. Lawson insisted that the inn pression that he had coupled their names with Chairman Henry's state ment was erroneous. That informa- tion he said came from another source which he did not name.
 Henry mentioned only Baruch Lansing and Count von Bernstorff," ," Lawson declared.
 Representative Lenroot, republican, said he thought it only fair to state that in the prepared questions agreed upon by the committee and handed to Chairman Henry the names of the ca binet member and banker had not been asked for, but that they had been included in the questions by the chairman when he propounded them to Lawson.
 Fisk and McAdoo.
 This led up to MT. Lenroot asking for detailed account of MT. Law sons alleged conversation with Arch ibald s. White about Pliny Fisk's al leged relations with Secretary Me- Adoo.
 Lawson testified he met White at 8 hotel in New York some time late in December and spoke to him about the rumors.
 Fisk Was "Quite Jolly"
 q said to White" Lawson testified, they tell me your friend Fisk is en- gineering or experimenting the leak stock gambling affairs that Harvey Fisk &. Sons are handling in connec- ton with c. D. Barney & company and that Pliny Fisk is doing the steering. The story is that he (Pliny Fisk) is working with McAdoo and that its terrific affair Do you know anything?'
 White said you asked me just in time. I talked with Fisk the other night (Down at the club, I think he said). He got on this subject and he wanted to show me how he con- trolled McAdoo and he almost in sisted that I go to the telephone with him while he called McAdoo out of bed and ask him to come to New York;
 ''I asked him: Didn't you go?' and he said: No ''
 Further questioning led Lawson to say he understood Fisk had been out late that night and was feeling quite jolly
 White did say" Lawson continued, l of course l could not go to the phone 1 with a friend when he was in his 1 cups
 l "As a matter of fact" suggested Representative Pou, "F'isk was drunk, f wasn't he?"
 No. I wouldn't say that. He prob l ably had been to his club and eaten | and smoked good deal" And his tongue got to running ?" i suggested Mr. Pou.