The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-16
GERMAN DELEGATION
IN PARIS TO PARLEY ON
SCAPA FLOW PA YzNENT
FOR ''LEAKS'1
ON DECISIONS
Department of Justice at Washington
Trying to Find Out Who Is Re-
sponsible for Giving Out Ad-
vance Information.

Washington, d. c., Dee l6-Depart-
ment of Justice officials continued to-
day investigation of reports Of alleged
leaks on supreme court decisions,
which were being used as tips for
stock speculation. A minor official of
the department and an attache of the
supreme court were implicated in the
charges, but Captain Burke, chief of
the bureau Of investigation Of the JUS
tice department, declared that so far
no basis for the charges had been dis
covered.
In verbal statement last night,
Captain Burke said that Mr. b. E.
Moses" with offices in the Munsey
building, Washington. had been report
ed by Martin Pew, manager of the In
ternational News service for an alleged
attempt to secure financial backing
from a friend of Pew to play the stock
market on advance information of SUI
preme court decisions.
Moses told Pew's friend" Captain
Burke said, "that he had been doing
this for some time, but he did not have
sufficient funds to make the profit he
might make if he had financial back
ing The friend of Pew insisted that
before he could get the finances which
Moses desired he would have to be con
vinced that advance information on the
supreme court decision was absolutely
obtainable He told him that on Nov
Ii, the man who furnished him Moses
NTH Aha ;pfarr,a{fN,, ,xyas aponI0vnd Il,
the department of justice in Washing
ton. Furthermore, that this man was
with Moses in New York on Sunday,
Nov IT, and that on Monday morning
they went down town and placed
Southern Pacific short closing out when
the stock dropped three points. They
made some money but they did not
say how much. Latyr Southern Pacific
was being played the other way so OBJ
viously, they had correct information
on the courts decision in the South
ern Pacific oil land eases
Moses was interrogated by William
Flynn. director of the investigation Of
the department of justice, Mr. Burke
said, and denied getting his informa-
ton from an employe OF the depart
ment of justice as was claimed, or that
the latter was getting it in turn from
an attaehe Of the supreme court Moses,
according to Burke, said he had made
his deduction on the future movements
Of the stock as any lawyer might have
done from the general information on
the Southern Pacific case, He denied
also there was a leak in the supreme
court.
Captain Burke said the official in
question holds minor position in the
department of justice and that he de-
MES he knew anyone in the supreme
court who would give out any such in
formation or that he had been in any
such deals as were charged
"I'he attache of the supreme court
denies also that he had any connection
with the affair and there is nothing to
show that he did, Captain Burke
added.
However, he said, the investigation
would be continued
Clerk Maher Denies ANY LEAK"
James D, Maher, clerk of the su-
preme court, denied to-day that there
was any leak" in his Office on the
courts prohibition decision yesterday
and said he knew nothing of an inves-
tigation being made by the depart
ment of justice,
There was no leak here, if there was
any leak" Mr. Maher said.
Associate Justice Brandeis, who
wrote and delivered the prohibition
opinion yesterday, declined to comment
on reports Of leak"