Show LAWSON LANSON NAMES MEN HIGHER UP ACCUSES SENATOR AND A CABINET CABINET CABINET CABI CABI- NET MEMBER OF STOCK GAMBLING POOL Declares Congressman Told Him That S Secretary McAdoo and Other Men in High Position Had Prof Prof- by Inside Information Washington Thomas Thomas W. W Lawson haled before the house rules committee commit commit- tee to tell ten what he knew or had heard beard about a stock market leak on President President President dent Wilsons Wilson's peace note or be punished punished pun pun- calmly declared on Monday Mo day that the congressman who told him a cabinet officer a senator and a banker were engaged In a stock gambling pool was none other than Representative of the commit commit- tive Henry chairman tee Then before his hearers had time timo to recover from the shock Law Lawon on sprung one sensation after another oy by declaring that the cabinet officer referred reif re- re if erred to was Secretary McAdoo that the banker was H. H Pliny Flak of New York and that he know tn the senator senator sen sen- ator only by the initial O 0 To fo complete the sensation Lawson went on to charge that Paul M. M WarS War iburg burg of the federal reserve board had knowledge of the leak machinery repeated repeated re re- re- re rumor that Count von Bernstorff Bern Dern- the tho German ambassador had made two millions in the stock market market mar mar- ket and to mention a a. list of ot well- well known men who he thought should be too questioned The committee promptly issued subpoenas for all of them Mr Lawson said he had bad been told that Malcolm McAdoo th secretary's brother knew of the leak lealL as did C. C D. D Barney Co Ca and Stewart G. G Gib- Gib honey toney of New Mrs Ruth Thompson Thompson Thompson Thomp Thomp- son son Visconti of this city he said had declared to him In the presence ofer of 01 per ber er attorney that Secretary received his hin bit and that W. W W. W Price one of the White House correspondents correspondents corre corre- correspondents was the go-between go for and others H. H Pliny FIsk Lawson said was the banker he referred re reo re- re erred to previously as dominating a cabinet officer and Archibald S. S White he said had given iven him this information Representative Henry was said by Lawson to have told him at the conferences conferences conferences con con- that preceded the opening of 01 the leak investigation of reports connecting connecting connecting con con- the cabinet officer banker and senator and also had told him of or reports reports reports re re- re- re ports that Secretary Lansing had bad been seen conferring with Bernard Baruch the Wall Wallstreet street operator said to have made a up clean-up on the falling market which accompanied the peace note Lawson declared Henry had asked I him on patriotic grounds not to press his charges Lawson had finished his recital recital re re- cital Chairman Henry took the stand and swore that at no time had he mentioned to jo o Lawson the names the financier brought out on the witness stand that he had no information then and had bad none now of his own knowledge and denied generally and completely all of Lawsons Lawson's testimony relating to him |