The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06
IG|K PROBE
IS RESUMED
IsI5E s1EsENTATIvE HARRISON
EH4NKs NEWS TIPPED OFF TO
FINANCIAL PAPERS.
|ARP CLASH OCCURS
Vgo8dr Duel Takes Place Between
ass esentatises Harrison aud
sgoad--sEood Again ON
sS the Stand.

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.--The leak
4 WALL street on President Will
ron note to helligerents was caus-
ed by l. financial paper. unless the
news cAme back from Europe 10 Wall
Street Becording to the belics Of
@Hepreeeatative Harrison OF Missis-
gAlppi, impressed to the house rules
committee today.
An attempt was made to have a
special Committee appointed to ques-
Ntion Preeident Wilson. Secretary
Tnmulty, all employees Of the White
House. state department officials and
employees of American embassies
sAbroad
Following this the eomittee decid-
ed On issuing subpoenas fer the
entire Washington staff OF the III
nanclai american newspaper and the
lEWall Street Journal.
Representative Wood was recalled
to the stand when the hearing open
I'D today. Representative Harrison
asked him why he made ne effort to
find a. Curtis" who In letter told
him Of The alleged conferences OF
Barney Baruch and Secretary Thmul-
ty. Wood replied that he had written
Curtis letter and addressed it to
Wall Street but received no reply.
Don't you think you should have
!, made inquiry rs to who this A.
Curtis isg. asked Harrison. "In
view of the fact that you demanded
this invest cation You could have
Insisted On this on claim of perso-
lsnal privilege"
|, Wood replied that the letter spoke
for itself. he said he understood
Curtis Information was based on
statements from others.
with whom did you confer before
--iEtroducing this resolutien?'' asked
-aHarrison.
Tho question was ruled out as ir-
relevant
Beth the Wall street Journal and
Financial America will be asked to
produce their ticker messages be-
fore and after the note was sent.
|: The Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies will also be asked
to submit their messages.
Representatiye Gardner asked that
i President Wilson, Secretary Lansing.
White House employees and officials
OF the embassy be questioned.
1t was announced that when the
message was released for such trans
mission It was expressly ordered by
the state department to be consid-
sssered as strictly confidential until the
J time Of publication.
The rules committee Will start
taking testimony in the note-leak
hearing Monday morniag at $50
" o'clock and the trial will continue
through the day.
Represontative Gardner of Massa-
leak to Wall street by reading a dis
patch over the Dow Jones News Tick
or service shortly before = o'clock on
the day the note was read He will
rend the renert 10 the house commit
tee ON rules when it convcnes to
probe into the charge that some ono
tipped off 10 Wall street the peace
note and precipitated the most un-
, precedentcd downward price on the
New York exchange.
Today The responsibility practical
~ narrowed down to financial writ
ers and embassy attaches. Sub
poenas for the entire working staff
sasOf the Wall Street Journal and the
Financial An,erica were issued today.
The suggestion is made alTo that
the Journal of Commerce pe iItoz,,,i-
ed In the probe