Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-09
CONTEMPT CHARGE
MAY Be BROUGH.
AGAINST LAWS0
Committee Considers N
ton to Cite Him Before
Bar of House.
FAILS TO SUBSTANTIATE
HIS STORIES OF LEA
He Makes Serious Intimati,
Against Men High in Publ
Life, but Calls No Names.
HEARING TURNS INTO UPRO
Secretary Lansing and Tumulty {
Sweeping Dcnials, SO Far as
They Are Concerned.
FAILS TO SUBSTANTIATE
HIS STORIES OF LEA


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WASHINGTON. January S-Thro|
bewildcrinG maze OF intimations
heated collouuics. which turned
/ hearing into AN uproar, the II /
/ Rules Committee wrcstlcd for sev
( hours to-day with Thomas w. Law
of Boston. without obtaining any
mite information to substantiatc
stories OF a leak" TO Wall street
advance Of the Presidents peace n
When the committee adjourned
| tomorrow with MIR. T.awson's exam
tion umcomnletcd. Il motion to cite
before the bar OF tho House for |
tempt because he refused TO
names had been considered in ext
, tive session aud taken under adm
/ mcnt.
Earlier in the day Joseph T.. Tumi
secretary to President Wilson. wi
name was mentioned by Representa-
Wood in the rumors he laid before
COMMITTEES last week. appeared TO
an emphatic statement, indorscd by
President, that he had no knowlcdr|
the peace note before 1T was giVc{
/ the press. lie also denied the re
! repeated by Representative Wood
| MIR. Tumulty and bernard Barucl
| Scw York broker. had conferred
/ New York hotel :, few days beforc|
note WAS made public. Mr. Tum
I denounced the action of Rcprcsc|
{ tive Wood in making public cha
! based on letter from an unidcnt
/ man. ana declared from the wit
stand. looking Representative Woo
/ the face. that he Was still avail
! the CongrcsSman'S apology.
SECRETARY LANSING: REiATESI
PHYSICAL. HISTORY or NJ
| Secretary Lansing. of the state
partmcnt. also took fhc stand To a.
that he had no knowledge what,
of advance information having n
+ circulated rrc;lrdiuc the peace
Mr.. Lansing related tho physical
I tory OF the note, how il WAS prcpa|
/ through whose hands IL passed an
his participation in its prcpara
Tic also told OF "a statement he
given in confidence to newspaper
/ on the morning before the note
/ made public. in which he told tI
I 10 expect the Uutr az > o'clock
evening for publication on Thur
morning. He did not 20 into dc
Win the correspondents, he said.
ala say that il was not n propose
peace nor an offer of mediation.
! The secretary further stated tho
had not given the possible cffoc|
the note on the stock marke, the
/ thought but that he had cautj
secrecy because OF the courtesy d,I
the foreign nations that the comuI
/ cation should not be published
before IL had been received abroa n
When Representative ChipcrtieId.
publican. OF Illinois. sought to ,|
t"Eat" Secretary Lansing rcgardinc !
Interpretations OF tho note on tho
following lis publication. the sccrc|
Ha'd hrmlN that such questioning
going beyond the scope OF the ina
/ and was sustained hy the comuit,
LAWSON FIRMLN REFUSES
TO REVEAL. sal
the committees troubles with
i'l'awson began soon after tho nna,|
took the stand and grew into n
ROW. n'iirtcd only after Chain
itcnrN had threatened to clear
"oom "f spectators and proccc,
. h\ccutiNc session. After dccla
nat he had evidence OF leak
asserting that he had inform;
rom member ur Congress tn
'ah'nct Official had been "a bcncti..
/ lawson firmly refused To give
Games TO tho committee. III,
iounc"d dciiauiIy that he would
a." names. regardless OF ronscu,,,
aud declared:
You may punish me if Won ID
hut will not bcslnircb fin, nam,
men IN high position At this prc
/ "'arA 'nuniiN. My ouly business
II I" civ" Information that would |
rant YOU in ordering II full inycs,
ton. This think I have done"
t"i"rc~ this The witness had Al
mt" a passion when questioned hy |
r"i"uta'ive thip"ru"id about his
'Frcnzicd Finance" There were
ed exchanges during which the al
Four'wShcr' could be heard aboy.
general din which intcrruutod
record Of tho official stcnoEranhcr
DAWSON. shaking his haud in Rc|
sentative Chipcrtield's face. assc
. t'lt' II" know his rights and would
IL" hulid"Icd. ilc finally vas plI
/ int" chair hy tho chief clerk of
house. TIL" collouuy with I;cprcscI
,iNn 'hiporicld aud some Of Law
"'h"r remarks were cNpungcd from
rac"s Il
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