New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06

he had heard come intimstion TO ina
eject hut could not say VINO tol'
him. He also said that he had near'
nm intimation that the German I'm
bassy in this country had got that IN
formation back here. g.,
"pont you think" asked Mr.. hsrrI
son. that tho news leaked out iion
foreign powers and came out III t""
way" .hout
III would have TO know more aoou
the conditions in that respect AZ III
foreign capitals" replied MT Woou
"No political influence actuateo Wv
In introducing this resolution asSe'
Mr. Harrison. .h.ro..
81 hope not; no, sirl These enarse,
are Infamous; the acts enargeu ai'
Infamous. II the charges are uht,u.
those against whom suspicion mas oee'
cast should cleared OF IT.. c..,
Mr. Harrison referred TO oecreCel
Iansinc's conference with newspaPen'
men on the morning OF DocemSer ~
and suggested that at the conleie"s'
were present some persons VINO "ei'
not newspaper men. t..;,a
Mr.. Wood said he had heard lhV'nS
lions Of that.
MHll Bh'V1"
Mr.. Harrison then suggested ..rs,
there we're representatives OF ~
Wall Street Journal and rIhano,"
America" present at that cohiere"ovI
and that their duties were 10 get o.
tips that would affect the STOCK n,ainv.
Nc added that "these Journals Ar
maintained by stock brokers, ana sus
gested it might have been tnat tnos.
financial reporters sent telesIans -
their Offices and that that was inc ""'
the information got out " Co..
Mr.. Harrison explained that osete
tary Lansing on that occasion asheu W
newspapermen to keep faith on wnat ~
told them, and added that the news
paper men kept the faith;
Secretary Lansing at that conterehc
merely announced that a note nag pee
dispatched, specifically SAID u olu ~
concern peace, and refused 10 give LUZ
Their information OF its contents,
Mr.. Wood said that all he mad near
was that Secretary Lansing told mos
at the conference that there might D
some important information later on
Mr.. Harrison brought out that Woo
tpew nothing about Curtis, the broker
until he got a letter from him atte
| the INTRODUCTION VI MO
an investigation.
Kahn Connection Came Late
Mr.. Wood replied that he had no IN
formation habout the Otto Kahn man
mutations" as Mr.. Harrison expressed
n until after the resolution was intro
duced. .,-
l,row;ro what was the exact charg
back of the resolution.
Mr.. Wood replied that the rumor wa
current that there was a leak IN In'
State Department or in some ADMINS
tratiye office as to the sending OF I'M
note and chat the leak went TO Tn
friends of the Administration, and that
acting on that information, they prol
tied by it," He added that ne mad n
information as TO how the leak oc
Cured or from whom II came, and Una
the best he had was rumors.
81 have no names other than those
have already given" he added.
Representative Wood later produces
the letter he received from Curtis, an
il contained no address. II was date
New York" and simply signed "A
Curtis" In the upper left hand cor
II.
dunn wall Street broker
Shortly before the committee e1
cusAd Wood and went into executlv
session Chairman Henry, Wood an
various members OF the committee en-
paced in a heated exchange over bring
ing Secretary Tumulty's name into tn
proceedings without consulting him.
"Do YOU charge" Representative
Henry injured, that Mr.. Tumult,
profted by this so-called advance in
formation ,"
"No. | DO not" Wood replied en-
phaticslly. 81 do not charge that an.
one profted by it. am merely telllnI
YOU what has been told me-"
Preferred Secrecy
Don't YOU think Henry continued
chat it would have been better 70
you to have submitted these report
TO Mr.. Tumulty before coming her
and giving them out publicly"
THAT is the very reason | wante'
TO submit these rumors in a privat
session." replied Mr. Wood
81 do not know Mr.. Tumulty, and
therefore, | did not want to go TO him
He might have been offended at me, I
stranger, approaching him in that way.
Representative Chiperfeld, of Iii
nois, objected at this point TO Henry
line of questioning, and a genera
wrangle, which resulted in Henry ceas
ing to interrogate, followed.
Representative Chiperfield then asket
Representative Wood il Baruch was
contributor to the Democratic cam
paign fund.
81 am informed" Wood said, cha
he contributed $4,000 to the Demo
cratic National Committee"
Again wrangling broke out afresh
Democrats objected and Republican
contended that Baruch's contribution
was a material fact in the investiga
ton.
as there any effort on the part o
any one pressing this investigation T.
retard the efforts OF the President Il
bring about peace7" demanded Chair
man Henry.
0Not that know nfo Wood ren1iad