The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-16
LAWSON CREATES SENSATION IN
STOCK LEAK" |NVEST|CAT ION
GIVES COMMITTEE
NAMES OF BIG MEN
Who, He Said, Profited by
the Leak All Have
Been Summoned.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l5-Thomas
". Lawson, hailed before the House
Rules Committee to tell what he knew
or had heard about a stock market
leak on President Wilson's peace note
or be punished, calmly declared today
that the mysterious congressman who
told him cabinet officer, a senator
and a banker were engaged in a stock
Representative Henry, chairman OF the
committee.
Then, before his hearers had time to
recover from the shock, lawson
sprung one sensation after the other
by declaring that the cabinet officer
referred to was Secretary McAdoo;
that the banker was II. PlMey t1ske.
of New York, and that he knew the
senator only by the initial 90.
To complete the explosion Lawson
went on to charge that Paul IL. War
burg of the Federal Reserve Board had
knowledge Of the leak machinery; re-
storff, the German ambassador, had
made two millions in the stock mar
ket. and to mention a list OF well
known men whom he though should be
questioned. The committee promptly
issued subpoenaes for all Of them.
Mr.. Lawson said he had been told
that Malcolm McAdoo, the secretarys s
brother, knew Of the leak, as did c. D.
Barney and Company and Stewart G.
Gibboney. Of New York. A Mrs. Ruth
Thomason Visconti, Of this city, he
said. had declared to him in the pres
ence Of her attorney that Secretary
Tumulty received his bit" and that
W. ". Price. one of the White House
correspondents was the go-oetween
for Tumulty and others H. Pliney
Fiske. Lawson said. was the banker
he referred to previously as domlnat-
ing a cabinet officer and Archibald 5.
White. he said, had given him this in
formation.
Henry Told It All
Representative Henry was said by
Lawson. to have told him. at the con-
ferences, that preceded the opening or
the leak Investigation, Of reports con.
Meeting the cabinet officer. banker and
senator, and also had told him or re-
ports that Secretary Lansing had been
seen comforting with Bernard RarucD.
the Wall Street operator, said to nave
made a cleanup on the falling market
which accompanied the peace note.
Lawson declared Henry had asked
him on patriotic grounds not to press
his charges. AT no time. the Boston
financier testified. did he ever say
he had direct information.
When Lawson had finished his re-
.cital, Chairman Henry took the stand
and swore that at no time had ne
mentioned to Lawson the names the
financier brought out on the witness
stand; that he had no information
then and none now OF his own know
ledge. and denied generally and conf
pletely all of Lawson's testimony re-
hating to him.
When he had concluded, lawson
rose and solemnly declared that >ev-
cry word he had uttered on the stand
was the truth. so help ME God'
without variation.
TO back It up. Lawson said that
immediately after leaving Henry at
their first conference. he laid his IN
formation before John O'Hara Cos
grave. Sunday editor of the New
York World. Erman J. Ridgway. pres
tdent of Eyerybody's Magazine and
ronald Mcdonald. publisher Of Bos-
ton financial paper.
Call these T. A. he demanded.
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