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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09

OF .at ,bout FIVE seats away from MIN
and exchanged greetings with him.
"Did YOU have any private conyersa-
ton with him y
"None at all"
LIB. Regain Brought In
Mr.. Chipcrfield then said there Weto
,b;ngs not mentioned in Mr.. Tumulty ;
letter which he wished to question MN
about.
"Go as far as you like" said MT
Tumulty. nr;.
for If the Knickerbocker Hotel in New
York;"
Eyes" .-,
Asked if he ever had any business
transactions with w. b. Hibbs q 20
Washington brokers, or had ever re
ouented their place Of business Mr'
Tumultv said he had been there once;
before Ambassador Gerard returned
70 Germany recently" said Tumulty
"he wanted TO buy some bonds ana
wanted TO know a man whom } could
recommend. ] introduced Mr.. Gerard
to Mr.. Hibbs."
when was that. in reference to when
the peace note was sent.
"Some time before"
In answer to further questioning by
REPRESENTATIVE Chipertield, Mr.. Tumulty
said that he did not know the date OF
the peace note nor when IT was trans-
mitted to Secretary Lansing, and then
was excused.
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for the leak. and reiterated that nc
was convinced the committee ava noi
want an investigation. ne re'i'"
his recent trip 90 Washington ga.
90 came to Washington said nc 10
aid in an honest investigation oniy "
have hell lambasted out OF me as SOU.
as Convress convened. Promptly whc,l
Tho senate met, leather,iuhgeu'
se,ver-mouthed old blatherskite
The chairman stopped Lawson tn~e
.,,d ,ben followed n row between Law
son and Representative ChiperIlv,lu
,vbieh was unintelliglble even 10 '"'
official stenographer' ,sl.rord
Lawson roarcd: 81 don't propose 70 W
bulldozed and ! will not be ihtim''
Dated" H., h,, On
,,norimo,is vote Of the committee All OF
Iawson's heated speech was sV.uoN
ero,, thc record. The chairman 'no"
began to question nm IooL
lyon stated that there was rear
U;ll Won give the committee the name
" tbs nerson who carried the leak 10
Wail street from Washington
Towson repliod that the only way nv
I'D ,,;ve the identity Of the bearer o.
,bc leak would be to violate conn
d nr and he could not do So .,
"Do YOU know any names dehsnu
cd Chairman Henry
"Not in a legal sense. .. -,
"Do YOU know OF any in any sens
81 know there was leak La" so,,
turned. land, knowing there "as I"
ioaE / must have some information a. =
i'J Asked if he refused to answer inc
on nsn[ Lawson avoided direct an
WDo YOU know any. persons, "no
rrofted on the day of the leak 81
? a. probably do" Lawson salai ;nod
nrobably profted myself" lie deei'heu
~ ~ process Of elimination Chairrhss ~
rId pS drew from the witness that ne
NEW Of no one at the Whlte hou he
n,Ion with a leak. Asked II ne ~;
new of any leak in the secretary VI
S Stat, office, Mr.. Lawson said:
- 81 81 have no information regarding any
ono in the State Department whlch
could give in public. ! would give II NV ~
w. out chairman. But you don't need any
uav information than you have TO war
rant an investigation.
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already. in my opinion. ! think II SUI
dcicnt 10 make clear TO the committee
whether there should be a real investi-
cation. don't intend TO disclose my
hand in an investigation that goes no
further than to decide whether there is
TO be an investigation. and thus let the
criminals escape or destroy their rec
ords."
Lawson Gets Wide Range
When Lawson took the stand Chair
man Henry told him that he might
proceed i'm his own way for the pres
emit" Mr.. Lawson asked II he we're 10
be stopped at any point in his talk,
and MIR. Henry said that that would
depend entirely on whether he con
fined himself to the subject before the
committee. =,
any name is Thomas W. Lawson,
he said my home is Boston. MY oe-
cupation, you might say. is that oil
farmer" .
The crowd burst into roar of
laughter and Lawson fastened TO eN-
plain.
81 don't say am farmer TO be
facetious." he said. "In a way, | also
am connected with financial matters
II VIII give NfSbimVHH' ~ '"'N'
garding the damnable condition wnleh
has existed for two years for the puI-
pose of finding remedy for conditions
which caused hundreds of thousands oil
persons to be driven TO enormous
losses -.
Lawson. pacing up and down before
the committee. declared that all he hsd
said in the public press regarding Vhe
leak he believed to be true.
81 repeat il all now" he declared
ct is one of the commonest things IN
Wall Street-advsnce information rom
Washington about government ahalIs,
affairs of such Importance that they
frequently affect the country's secutl-
ties. | mean also leaks from the Su-
preme Court, advance information on
decisions. advance information on IN
portant Senate matters. action oil Son-
eressional committees, Cabinet analrs
and advance information direct from
The White House itself"
From that he led into. charges OF |"
"premeditated. deliberately figured OUT
deliberately worked out robbery OF the
American people through united S'oeA
gamblers" -..,,o,si,Io
lie said ne knew who was responslo'e
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was it a case within your personal
knowledge" asked Representative
Garrett when Lawson made his state
mont about the leak pool 81 don't
want to ask you about hearsay.'
81 appreciate your attitude an
swercd Lawson. "and / meet 1t by say
ing that ] might explode many sensa-
lions if ! desired. ! don't think this
has reached the stage for giving names.
10 is not within my personal knowl-
edge"
did the person who told you claim
10 have personal knowledge -
no. but ] corrobOrated IL later. and
lad q reputable banker. a friend Of
mine snd friend Of the banker, 60 70
see this banker. He mentioned this
matter and said. What do you know
about IL? He said the banker told him
that he not only had this account, but
others. and that he had this Cabinet
member under such absolute control
that he could bring the Cabinet mem
her from Washington 10 New York or
70 the telephone at any time of the day
or night. and he offered then and there
20 call him on the telephone 70 demon
-trate it now, am sorry to have gone
that far
Cabinet Officers Participation
Representative Garrett asked Lawson
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Lansing Describes Confidential
Transmission of Note to Printer

|, he had made inquiries around ms DC
partrnent for leak, but failed 10 TO-
cate one.
Mr.. Lansing said that on the morn
ing of this conference with the news
paper men three other men were pres
emit waiting TO sec him, but that he avg
not know they were in the room uhVH
fter he had talked 10 the newspaper
men.
"Who were these men," asked Rep
resentative LenrOot.
"a. r. Snowden, Of New York; +. r
Gaylor, a civil engineer of the navy:
and DR.. n. r. Mclean. Of the navy,
said Mr.. Lansing. "The two naval OF
ficers were about to proceed to Haytl
for the government"
Mr.. Bennett recalled that Secretary
Lansing had stated he never speculated
in the market and added:
For that reason isn't it possible that
you gave little thought TO the erect
some statement made by you might
have on the stock market"
II never gave it thought said the
Secretary. at never entered my mlnd.
| was merely anxious 70 preserve the
courtesy due TO foreign nations in the
matter"
Statements Were Negative
Questioned further about his
Wednesday conference with the news
paper men, Secretary Lansing said:
"My statements regarding the note
were entirely negative. | said nothing
whatever about request for terms
having been made. | gave no details;
| stated that at o'clock they would
be able to get an important communi-
cation sent to belligerent governments:
/ said that il was not proposal Of
peace or An offer OF mediation. Inen
| explained the reason ] wished them
10 preserve confidence. | knew the
note was in the hands of the printer
and wanted to guard against any mere
rumors that might get out"
REPRESENTATIVE Chiperfield asked
Secretary Lansing about his two state
ments explaining the note after 1t had
been made public.
Were these statements made en-
tirely on your own initiative" asked
Chiperfield.
"See here" Secretary Lansing de-
clared with emphasis, that is way
beyond the scope of this Investigation
Representative Garrett interjected:
"Sueh a matter has not the slightest
pertinence TO this inquiry on the ell
feet of leak on the stock market"
"Not perhaps any connection with
the leaks on the note and its effect on
the market" said Representative
Chiperfield, "but it has been stated
that the Secretary's statements did, IN
fact, affect the stock market"
Democrats of the committee objected
that such a line Of questioning was
improper and the chair ruled that the
Secretary need not answer.
Resuming his testimony, Secretary
Lansing said that he did not know II
representatives of Wall Street papers
were present at the conference of the
newspaper men, and he did not know
their duties.
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Lawson, in Anger, Refuses
To Give Names to Commlttee

tho market. passes the lnloF"ia'i0" vi
TO his friends. ,;..oo that a
,,arnbar OF Congress had tod MN a
,.on,bcr of he Cabinet had speGulA.teu u
H. C.llinq market caused oy tle
Ioak lint he Aatly refused to give INC
aea", the name of the Caoihet
member or OF the member OF congress
"' "Wbo told YOU that, and who was s
tho member of the Cabinet! dehahueu
Representative Campbell. .;a
Il am not going to answer s'iu
lawson dctermnedly.
Defies Them 10 Force Answer
porrescptative Campbell declared
that the committee had lhe Po"''
compel him 10 answer.
"When say that the name was given
IN mo in confidence on honor not 10 DC
re,eated. do YOU still insist upon an
answer" asked Lawson.
"Yes." replied Campbell.
"Weu. ! shall not answer said Law,
son. ut seems TO me tnat ~ couIH
serve no good purpose TO give the hame
of a high official Of the government AZ
a time when il might bring serious
consequences 70 lhe p'pPAS 80
nation and perhaps 30 the ADMINS
trstion itself" .,,,.I
"a report Lawson 20 the House for con
tempt. and after getting the motion
into the record, withdrew 1t temporal
ilv while Lawson went on giving ms
formula" for finding the leak IL
embraces chiefly a plan for bringing
the sales Slips Of the Stock Exchange
before the committee.
Az the examination proceeded. Mr..
Lawson once declared that he didn't
give a damn" what the committee did
about his method Of answering ques-
tions.
On two occasions Representative
Campbell reminded him that women
were present and that he was not in
"barroom." Bawsons ire was
aroused.
"Thst's twice you've said that" he
said, ".snd now | want to lecture you
a little bit"
Chairman Henry stopped the elect
ure."
Dozens of questions asked by Repre-
sentative Campbell during this period
Of the hearing, with the object Of pin
ming Lawson down 20 d concrete state
ment Of what information he really
possessed, II ahy, about the leak. were
futile
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Tumulty Denies Categorically
knowledge of Note or Baruch Tip

Secretary Tumulty made the follow
ing statement:
81 appear before this committee to
resent the unjust intimation that l
gave information to Mr.. B, NJ. Bsruch
in regard 70 the so-called peace note
sent to the European belligerents last
month by the Secretary of State. This
intimation was contained IN a state
ment made TO this committee by Rep
resentative Wood, Of Indiana, a man
whom ! do not know. To the best Of
my knowledge I have never met Mr..
Wood. Certainly he made no effort 10
find out the truth from me before drag
ging my name into this affair.
81 wish to deny generally and specih-
cally that | gave advance information
to Mr.. Baruch or to anybody else in re
gard to the peace note. did not know
OF the existence of this note or that
this government contemplated the dis
patch of such a note until after printed
copies Of the note had been given to
representatives Of the press By the
State Department.
81 was not consulted in the prepara-
ton Of the note by the President or
ANYBODY else. The conferences and
communications relating to the draft
ing Of the note and its dispatch were
confidential between the President and
the Secretary of State. / knew nothing
Of them whatever, nor did any other
person employed in the executive
Office.
No Dealings with Baruch
81 have bad no spondence, writ
ten or tslegraphie, with Mr.. Baruch or
anybody representing him regarding
this matter. | have had no telephone
talks with Mr.. Baruch or anybody rep
rcsenting him regarding this matter.
/ have never talked with him or any
body representing him or with any
one else, publicly or privately, with
/ regard 10 this matter
apparently, the only insinuations
! made against me are that ! lunched
/ with or met Mr. Baruch at the Biltmore
: Hotel at or about the time of the
preparation Of the Presidents sugges-
! ton that the European belligerents
state their peace terms. | have never
breakfasted, lunched, dined or taken
any meals with Mr.. Baruch. I have
met him only at several banquets and
large dinners, when many other per
sons we're present. have never dis.
cussed any peace or other note, either
when IL was in prospect or afterward
with Mr.. Baruch or any other person
engaged in the purchase or sale Of Sc
curitics Of any kind in the stock mar
kct
while this is complete denial o.
the only insinuations which have beer
made, wish TO 90 further and say tina
| have never engaged IN stock msrke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
ANDRASSY'S STATEMENT
WAS MISINTERPRETED
Hungarian Leader Regrets That
Its Meaning Was in Doubt

Amsterdam via London, Jan. 3,
5:15 a. m.-The "Koelnische Zeitung"
say sthst Count julius Andrassy, tho
Hungarian Opposition leader, has ex-
pressed regret that his statement re-
garding the communication of Ger
many's terms to President Wilson has
been misinterpreted.
Recent cable dispatches reported
Count Andrassy as saying that Presi-
dent Wilson was in position to COM
municate Germany's peace terms to the
Allies. Subsequent dispatches correct
ed this statement, making the Hun
garian statesman say that the Presi-
dent would receive the German terms,
with the inference that this step de-
pended on similar action by the En-
tente powers. There has been con-
siderable doubt az to the eXast Ian
guage used b. Count Andrassy.
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publican party. Both supporters ari
enemies of Wisconsin's senior Sens'r
believe that he has decided TO drop hi
insurgent tactics.
The Presidency, long Mr. La Foi'
lette's ambition, is given as the ressoh
Reports from the La Toilette heat
quarters here are 20 the effect tbs.
the Senator is ready for the flop. L
is said that he hopes TO cement al
factions Of the party, not only in the
state, but the nation, with a view 70
running for the Presidency in 1870
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Secretary Lansing was called next.
"possiblv | had better start" said
Secretary Lansing. "by stating that |
assume that confidential communica-
tions between the President and myself
are not a part Of the inquiry. ] can
give you a physical history Of the note.
The draft Of the note was received by
me from the White House at 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon. / called Mr.. Polk,
counsellor for the department, and Mr..
Woolsey. law adviser. attached to my
office. and discussed the three forms IN
which the note had to be prepared and
sent forth. | then handed it TO MI.
Woolsey. enjoining to the strictest Sc
crecy, that he might take it to the three
confidential stenographers. There IL
was to be prepared and delivered to
Mr.. Salmon, chief of the index bureau.
"The index clerk was TO eneipher the
note, and said that II would take so
long TO cipher the three notes that he
would have TO have an assistant. | d.
rected that he engage his most con-
fdential man for the work. lie did so,
was given the copies and the two men
locked themselves in the room. they
were given the copies at o'clock, and
at 2:30 Tuesday morning December
49, the notes were enciphered, delivered
20 the telegraph room and sent.
con Tuesday afternoon | discussed
with the President the time when the
note should be made public. The res-
son for secrecy was the courtesy due
TO the nations which were TO receive the
note that y should not be published
here before they received IL. We de-
cided it would take at least two days
for il to reach Austria and Rumsnia,
and we decided it should be made pub
lie on Thursday morning. Tuesday
evening, about 8 o'clock, copy of the
note was handed TO Mr.. James, chief
of the Information Bureau. He at once
took it up with the printing office. IL
was read by one man and then sent 20
the printing office.
AT about II o'clock / received the
newspaper correspondents and told
them that | would have an important
communication for them at o'clock. 70
be released the next morning. | told
them in confidence, as ! was afraid its
contents might come back from Europe
IN garbled form. Further, | thought it
courteous not 10 make it public until
il had been received by the countries 70
which it was addressed. ] told them ID
did not contain any proposal of peace
nor offer of mediation.
Spanish Ambassadors Call
That evening at my house Ambassa-
dor Willard (of SPAIN told me he had
been advised of the contents Of the
note by the President and we discussed
the advisability of him addressing
Spain on the subject. The next morn
ing the note was made public in the
press"
when was the first intimstion you
had that there had been n disclosure
Of the contents of the ?" asked
Representative Campbell.
az had none until it was stated in
the newspapers" Mr.. Lansing added
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81 cannot give the committee names
in q court knowledge way as having
been principals to the transaction SAID
Lawson. 81 could give names that were
given to me by people consider re-
sponsible. but ! won't not at TINS
time"
"Win you give them to me?' asked
the chairman.
NO; will not give them at all un-
less it is absolutely necessary
"The chair requests you now 70 give
me the names" continued Mr.: Henry
II started out with the determine.
tion. and | say again that ! VIII NOT
blunder up your record with flames 10 .
furnish headlines for the newspapers
"Then you fatty decline"
Eyes. decline to furnish names
given to me by others.not now;
"Wbat did YOU mean asked Repre-
sentative Campbell. when you referred
10 Supreme Court leaks this morning
Supreme Court Leak
81 meant that advance information
regarding decisions got TO the street
and that it might have come through
officers or attaches Of the court said
Lawson.
''Did you mean to include the JUS
tices?"
"Oh. no.
"Have you in mind any specific Su-
irene Court decisions advance lntor.
nation of which affected the market.
"No. don't recall any specific cases.
but there have been a number OF I'M
portant railroad and labor cases the
decisions on which were known IN al
vsnce." -,
Lawson. asked about other leaks, said
that the Presidents messages were al
xavs known in advance in Wall Street
Another sort of leak from Wash
ington. he said, was where somebody
went into the street 20 "peddle' ID
ADVANCE information regarding I'M
nortant government affairs. Men who
do that. he said, might be confidential
clerks. stenographers or any one VINO
might come in contact with the IN
formation in its physical preparation
Another sort OF leak" he sald' is
when some executive officer OF the gov
crruant-some Cabinet ohiclal OF
member Of the Senate or dousse-may
he interested in stocks or bonds lthey
are ali human like the rest Of us),
acquiring information that VIII anect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
Sabin'S Honeymoon Delayed

The honeymoon of Charles H. Sabin
and his bride, who was Mrs. Pauline
Morton Smith. has been indefinitely
delayed, he having cancelled passage
to Europe, whittier they intended to
sail to-day. Mr.. Sabin is in Washing
ton, waiting to testify before the
House committee mourning into the
alleged leak on President Wilson's
peace note
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
"DRUGLEsS" DOCTORS LOSE
California License Law, Exempting
Christian Scientists, Is Upheld

Washington, Jan. S.-Without decid
ing constitutional questions, the su-
preme Court to-day affirmed the re-
fusal Of California Federal courts 70
cnjoin enforcement Of CALIFORNIA;
medical practice law requiring licensing
Of "drugless' practitioners. The law
-xempts Christian Scientists The rul-
ing leaves 1t IN full force and operation.
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sales or purchases myself nor through
brokers, friends or agents.
81 discussed the Presidents note
with no one; first, because my oath OF
service requires that | make no private
use of official information and, sec
ondly and specifically, because, as
have stated, had not seen the Presi-
dents note and did not know that it
was in preparation or even comtem-
plated.
Prefers Not to Know Secrets
"As / have already said in a public
statement, have frequently requested
the President to keep me free from
any knowledge OF impending interna-
tionsl moves, so that | might not be
embarrassed by requests for informa-
ton from the newspaper correspond
ents who appeal to me in my Office con
stantly for such information. The in
situations which have been made,
whether conceived in political malice
or merely through misinformation. are
wholly false and without even the film
siest basis.
81 have not at any time since acting
as Mr.. Wilson's secretary, first when
he was Governor of New Jersey, and
interested in any stock transactions OF
any kind or given any information to
any other person upon which pur-
chases or sales might be made. | wish
TO make this statement as sweeping
and complete as I know how. | am
still waiting for Mr.. Woods public
apology.
81 am authorized by the President to
quote him as follows:
az wish in justice to Mr.. Tumulty TO
say that he has stated the exact fact.
He had no knowledge Of the note what
ever until il was given out for publics-
ton"
President Typed Note Himself
When Mr.. Tumulty had finished his
statement Chairman Henry announced
that he had TO questions 10 ask and
I Representative Campbell questioned
Mr.. Tumulty.
"Do you know who aided in the prep
araton Of this note -
"The President prepared and wrote
the note himself" said Mr.. Tumulty.
/ HE is an expert typewriter in addition
TO his other achievements"
Mr.. Tumulty added that he had tried
| 20 find out how a leak could have oc-
CURED, bat had been unable 20 get any
definite information.
"The mere mechanics OF preparing
( the note might make il possible FOR il
/ 10 get out" he said MY first knowl.
edge that a note had been given out
came from The Associated Press CORE
spondent at the White House on the
afternoon Of December 20. he told me
when | returned from lunch that the
note had been given out. 7 asked him
what note and he said the pesce note .
Representative Chiperleld asked Sec.
retary Tumulty II he knew that Alfred
! II. Curtis, 90 as West Sevcnty-ninth
Street. New YORK, Werner president OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-09
SAY La TOILETTE WILL
RETURN TO REPUBLICANS
Senator's Presidential Ambition Leads
Him TO Kenounce Insurgency, Is Report

By Telegraph n Ths TriDunsl
Madison, Wis, Jan. S.-Wisconsin is
awaiting confirmation from Washing
ton of the report that Senator La Fol-
lette has returned to the regular Re-
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