Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-28 | Page 19 | Whipple Talks of the 'Leak' Inquiry

WHIPPLE TALKS OF TIE W INQUIRY Each Witness Will Be Asked Pointblank Whether He Had Advance Notice. NEW YORK, Jan. 27. Each witness who is examined when the house rules committee resumes here Monday its Investigation In-vestigation of the aliened "leak" of advance ad-vance information on the president's peace note will bo asked pointblank whether he had advance knowledge of the action contemplated by Mr. Wilson, it was announced by Sherman L. Whipple, counsel coun-sel of the committee, tonight. Mr. Whipple declared he had not yet found anyone who would admit having received "what might be called advance information," nor liad any one acknowledged acknowl-edged spreading- the confidential Information Informa-tion given newspaper men by Secretary of State Lansing the morning of the day the note was made public. "We are trying to trace the 'leak' to an earlier hour than Secretary Lansing's confidential statement," said Mr. Whipple. Witnesses will be asked, he explained, why they thought the market was "bearish" "bear-ish" and how they learned of this condition. condi-tion. He emphasized, however, that the committee was not trying to prove there was a "leak" or to disprove it, but merely ; seeking information on which to -formu- J late its own conclusions. I ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Belief that I the leak inquiry may last three weeks more was expressed today by Chairman j Henry of the rules committee on his return re-turn from New York. He said the New i York hearings probably would be closed at the end of next week. They will be I resumed here Immediately thereafter. The , I committee will leave here tomorrow after- : i noon for New York, where the hearings ' i will be resumed on. Monday. j