Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-17

gan to work to cover up the source
| of the leak.
"Did you have any other informa-
| ton when you wrote this letter oner-
| ing to show the leak?'
II had a great deal or Information
concerning the fluctuation OF the mar
| ket. I knew many things wnicn !
have said did not know in = court
evidence way. I've tried to describe
the sort of knowledge had Of a stock
market conspiracy derived from
| watching it,"
| as there any other definite informa-
| ton You can give the committee!
| NO, none that I can give now
Suspected Administration.
eat the time you wrote this letter
did you believe that anybody connects
| ed with the administration had knowl-
| edge of this so-called leak?"
Yes. I did"
Mr.. Lawson said that he particularly
warned the woman that 1t might be
necessary to use her letter, and she
said she was willing.
you wouldn't think she was so mucn
of lady as you did II after saying
that she would come here and test.
fy she had left the city and could not
be found. would you?" suggested Rep
resentative Harrison.
L
lawson exploded. II would be astound-
ed"
Mr.. Lawson. when asked why he did
not go to Secretary Tumulty ana ac-
quaint him with the statement OF Ars
Visconti, said:
II suggested that very. thing to her;
and l think one Of the things she said
to me was this 4 have tried repeatedly
to get to MIR. Tumulty. since l Sent you
that letter, before we went any Ior-
Their. Mr. Tumulty said I would nave
to give him the information over the
telephone and when refused ne cursed
me out in way wouldn't stand ITO"
anyone.
Sad, Pathetic and Awful.
lawson further declared there was
something sad. pathetic and awtoi
about this thing" and that he was sure
if Mrs. visconti came before the COM
mittee you will find it out from her.
DO these things involve anybody
priyate character" asked Representa-
tive Henry.
ter" said Mr.. Lawson. simply bring In
peculiar testimony"
Representative Harrison then questioned
Mr.. Lawson at length about the le..es
from Mrs. Viscond and the conference
M. Lawson testified that his son first
went to Mrs Viscontfs apartments anu
arranged for conference; ne saw 81 ri" the
same day that he received her @tter Oh
fering to give him information.
MRS. visconti.'" said MI. Law ..sv .o III
order to give solidity to her proposal 70
me. During the conference my son also
was present" ,,,d he
did this lady. say that she would Dc ?e
clad to testify before the committee II
necessary?" asked Representative Harf1-
son.
Denied Interior Motive.
mo, not glad" Lawson replied. Be
fore we proceeded far I said to her that
1t was unusual business and that I was
not accustomed to dealing in anonymous
stuff. I said to her, Are you absolutely
serious in this matter? I was particu-
larly insistent, and said very frankly to
her that it looked as though there might
be some Interior motive. 1 asked her
right out if she had any such motive
She assured me that there was no sucn
formation that Congress and the people
should know. And she turned to the at
torney and said that that was one rea-
son she brought him along-to show tna u
she would not be taking these steps II II
was a frivolous matter.
F REPRESENTATIVE Harrison read a letter
from Mr. Lawson to Chairman Henry
of December 29 and sought to make
Lawson admit that the letter cleared
ali members of the Presidents cabinet
Mr. Lawson protested vigorously
against any such Interpretation being
nut on the communication. He said he
had exceptions in mind when he wrote
the letter.
II mean such men as Secretary Lam
sing, for instance" he added.
You knew Paul Warburg was an
mean him?" Harrison asked.
THAT he had absolutely nothing to
do with it, No"
How about McAdoog
81 did not have him in mind"
How about Tumulty?
81 did not have him in mind one way
or another"
To Ask More Time.
Lawson was excused temporarily. and
at that point the committee went into
executive session and later adjourned
until today.
Announcement was made that an ex-
tension of the time within which the
committee was ordered to report prob
ably would be asked in the House to-
day when the last extension Of five
days expires.
Some members express the opinion
that the hearing may run for weeks.
Others believe it will be over in about
ten days
AMBASSADOR IS SKEPTICAL.