The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-19
LAWSON NAMES HENRY
AS SUURCE OF STORY
Reference as Originator of Leak Ru-
mors Absolutely Denied by
Chairman.

Washington, Jan. 12.-Thomas W.
Lawson, haled before the house rules
committee to tell what he knew or
had heard about a stock market leak
on President Wilson's peace note or
be punished, calmly declared today
that the mysterious congressman who
told him a cabinet officer, a senator
and banker were engaged in a stock
gambling pool was none other than
Representative Henry, chafrman OF
the committee.
Then, before his hearers had time
to recover from the shock, Lawson
sprang one sensation after the other
by declaring that the cabinet officer
referred to was Secretary McAdou,
that the banker was II. Pliny Fisk
OF New York and that he knew the
senator by the initial o.
To complete the explosion lawson
went on to charge that Paul N. War
burg OF the federal reserve board had
knowledge of the leak machinery; re-
peated a rumor that Count Won Bern-
storff, the German ambassador, had
made 100000 in the stock market,
and mentioned list of we'll known
men whom he thought should be ques-
toned. The committee promptly is
sued subpoenas for all of them.
Gives Many Names.
MIR. Lawson said ne lad been told
that Malcolm AcAdoo, the secretary's
grother, knew of the leak; as did e..
D. Barney & Co. and Stewart G. Glib
honey of New York. A Mrs. Ruth
Thomason Viconti Of this city, lie
said. had declared to him in the pres
ence Of her attorney that Secretary
Tumulty received his bit" and W. ".
Price, one of the White House CORES
pondents, was the "go-between for
Tumulty and Others"
H. Pliny Fisk. Lawson said, was
the banker he referred to previously
as dominating a cabinet officer and
archibald 8. White. he said, had given
him this information.
Representative Henry was said by
Lawson to have told him at the con
ference which preceded the opening OF
the leak investigation of reports con-
Meeting the cabinet officer, banker and
senator, and also had tu1d him Of re-
ports that Secretary Lansing had been
seen comforting with Bernard Baruch.
the Wall street operator, who is said
to have made cleanup on the falling
market which accompanied the peace
note.
Lawson declared Henry has asked
him on patriotic grounds not to press
his charges. At no time. the Boston
fnancier testified, did he ever say he
had direct information.
Henry Denies it All.
When lawson had finished his re-
cital, Chairman Henry took the stand
and swore that at no time had he
mentioned to Lawson the names the
fnancier brought out on the witness
stand; that he had no information
then and had none now of his own
knowledge; and denied generally ami
completely all of Lawson's testimony
relating to him.
When I've had concluded Lawson
rose and calmly declared that every
word he had uttered on the stand
was the truth. so help me God, with
ont variation"
To hack it up, Lawson said that
AIi tot, op}
fheir first conference he laid his in
formation before John O'Hara Cos
crave Sunday editor of the New York
World. Erman ]. Ridgeway, president
nf Everybodv's MagaziI" o. and Donald
Mcdonald. publisher of Boston f.
nancial paner.
Call these men, he demanded,
"and they will bear me out in what
I saw
Almost in tears at Henry's ahso-
'nte denial of his statements Lawson
shouted.
''T'll make good here. and 7 won't
go to Jail as the goat.''
Secretaries McAdoo and Tumulty
ana M!. Prlce at once issued state
ments denying Lawson's references to
them. The committee promptly or
dered snbpoenas for Ridgewav. Co.'S
grave. Warbure. Fisk. Price, White,
Malcolm .McAdoo, Gibboney. Barney
& Co., Mrs. Visconti and John K.
Rathom, editor of the Providence
Journal, who published some articles
about leaks" Secretaries Tumulty
and McAdoo will appear without sub
poena.