Arizona republican., 1917-01-17
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Spreading a dragnet over the financial district 1f New York the house committee today extended the peace note leak investi- gation to a general inquiry into the stock market At an executive meet ing the committee considered the aG- visibility of employing expert counsel familiar with financial affairs to con duct the examination of witnesses
 It was also planned to ask congress tomorrow for an extension of time to report
 As the first step in enlargng the scope of the hearings the committee subpoenaed J. F. Morgan. H P. Dav- lson. F. A. Vsnderlip, Arthur Lipper. Sol c. Wexler and J. $. Bache. New York financier;.
 Nying in interest with the summon ing of the financiers was the disap- pearance of Mrs. Ruth Thomson Wis cont. who Thomas W. Lawson says told him Secretary Tumulty and others had profited in the stock mar ket by the leak and that William ". Price. one of the White House corre- spondents had acted as the go between" in the affair and received g. GOO for his work. Sergeant-at- Gordon and several assistants tried iu vain to find Mrs. Visconti. MT. Law son expressed great surprise over her disappearance.
 Mrs Nisconti surprised the search CTS tonight by reappearing at the apartment house in which she lives and which had been under surveillance since last night A deputy sergeant at-arms promptly served a subpoera directing her to appear before the committee tomOrrow. She promised to be there and the officer left her in lel apartment.
 Lawson. whose sensational testi- mony yesterday aroused the committee to go-to the depths of the leak rumors. occupied the witness stand again today reviewing and supplementing his statements.
 At the outset Lawson attacked Rep resentative Henry's denial of his tes- timony and emIhatically declared that he or Henry was guilty of rank per jury. In a characteristic outburst Lawson shouted his reiteration that he had told the truth.
 When there is a direct difference of opinion-strcnger than a question of veracity-" said Lawson. it is per fectly obvious that one or the other of Us is committing perjury deliber- ate. rank perjury. Unless your chair man said the things that I have said he did. l am guilty of foul perjury and I am unfit to be here or anywhere outside the bars of jail"
 Lawson again brought the names of Secretary Lansing. Count von Bern storff and Bernard Baruch into his testimony as the men Chairman Henry had told him he had heard "leak~ r-1r r17ar-c a nd ola bo1-a ta1 or, f4f story told yester lay regarding Henrys alleged statements concerning them. In that connection in answer to in- quiries by Representative Garrett ss to what Henry told him about "a cab inet member, a member of congress. and a banker" Lawson said he never had asserted that Henry hald told him anything about Secretary McAdoo the mysterious Senator O. and H. PlinN Fisk The cabinet member HenrT spoke of Lawson said. was Mr Lam sing and the banker Mir. Baruch. The fact that Baruch is a speculator and investor" and not a banker. had led to a misunderstanding in the committee regarding Lawsons previous tesu mony InfOrma ton Mir. Lawson said he received in regard to McAdoo. Fisk and Senator O. came from another NpNtNt WHICH lit iAA ilNt AtNf1i
 The Boston financier insisted on re- citing to the committee in great detail the disputed confidential conference with Chairman Henry. For more than an hour he recounted what he had said to Henry and what he alleged Henry had said 10 him.
 With regard to his testimony yes terday bringing in the names of Sec retary Lansing and Baruch. Lawson said he had forgotten to add that Hen ny had told him the committee had received information concerning the substance of all of one of Secretary Lansings alleged conversations with Baruch in New York and part of another
 Lawson was questioned closely con corning the letter he received from Mrs. Nisconti, the missing witness. and his conference with her at a local hotel. When Representative Pou asked him if he had not previously aC-
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