Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-31 | Page 2 | Clement Explains

i Clement Explains. rS-rKXA. Cal.. .Ian. y0. Rumors ' t-eanl in bis office in Chicago were the j baMs of the confidential peace statement te'.egram mentioned today in the "leak" i invetiiia'ion at New York has having i heen" sent December 20 la-t by Clement, I Curtis Co.. Chicago brokers, to K. F. j Hutton New York broker. Allen Clement, t :. member of the Chicago firm, stated ! here toniuht. "I sent the message noncernin? whlrh Mr Mutton testified." Clement said. "It was one of the hundreds of rumors heard in brokers' offices. I do not know where it originated nor do I recall who gave it to me." Clement pointed out that t r.e. menace he sent was '"more in the form of an imuirv than a dirert statement." and add-rd. "We were seeking information." Clement said he had not been subpoenaed subpoe-naed to appear before the house rules 1 committee.