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Show LAWSON RAISES 1 OREATJJPROAR Flies Into Rage at "Leak" Inquiry, In-quiry, Gesticulates and Calls Names. ENGAGES IN WRANGLE Evades Questions Testimony of No Value Speech Struck From Record. Washington, Jan 8 Thomas W. Lawson followed Mr Lansing at the j leak inquiry in Washington today.' Told bv Chairman Henry that he1 might "proceed In his own wav f i r ' the present," Mr. Lawson asked if he I were to be stopped at any point in 1 his talk. Mr. Henry said that would; depend on whether he confined himself him-self to the subject before the committee. commit-tee. "My name is Thomas W. Lawson " he said. "My home is in Boston M y occupation you might say is that of a farmer." The crowd burst into a roar of laughter and Lawson hastened to explain. ex-plain. "I don't say I am farmer to be' facetious," he said In a way also J I am connected with financial mat-1 tors." "1 will give testlmonj " he said. "re. Carding the damnable condition which has existed for two years for the put pose of finding remedv for conditions; which caused hundreds of thousands of persons to be drhen to enormous' losses." Lawson Flies Into Rage. Lawson flew into a rage after he i had proceeded for half nn hour, when interrupted by Representative Chip-erfleld. Chip-erfleld. He declared he proposed to sa all he had to say regardless of consequences. "What's the penalty?" he shouted, "and I'll take it in advance." The committee room was in an up-, roar and Representative Henry I threatened to clear it and hold the proceedings in executive session. Lawson gesticulated, shook his finger In Representative Chlperfleld's face and loudly declared he, as an American citizen, would see to it that he got his rights. Jerry South, clerk of the house, pulled Mr. Lawson back into his chair, until order could be restored. Lawson, pacing up and down before the committee, declared that all he had said in the public press regarding the leak he belioved to be true. Leaks a Common Thing. "I repeat it all now", he declared. ' It is one of the commonest things in Wall street, advance information ,from Washington about government affairs affairs of such importance g-iat thev frequently affect the country's coun-try's securities. I mean also leaks from the supreme court, advance information in-formation on decisions, advance infor mation upon Important senate matters, mat-ters, advance information of eongrep. sional matters, cabinet affairs, and advance information direct from the White House itself." From that he led into charges of a "premedlated. deliberately figured out, deliberately worked out robbery of the American people through the LTnited States stock gamblers." He said he knew who was respon sible for the leak and reiterated he was coninced the committee did not want an investigation. He reviewed his trip to Washington. Resort6 to Bad Language. "I came to Washington," he said, "to aid in an honest investigation only to have hell lambasted out of me as soon as congress convened. Promptly when the senate met a leather-lunged, sewer-mouthed old blatherskite " The chairman stopped him there and then followed a row between Lawson and Representative Chiper-field Chiper-field which was unintelligible even to the official stenographer. Chairman Henry rapped for order and Lawson roared: "I don't propose to be bull-dozed and I will not be intimidated." Finally, after more wrangling by a unanimous vote of the committee, all of Lawson's heated speech was struck from the record The chairman chair-man then began to question him "You stated that there was a leak Will you give the committee the name of the person who carried the leak to Wall street from Washington?" Lawson replied that the only way he could give the identity of the bear er of the "leak ' would be to violate a confidence and he could not do so "Do you know any names?" demanded demand-ed Chairman Henr "Not in a legal sense." "Do you know of any in any sense?" "I know there was a leak," Lawson returned, "and knowing there was a leak, I must have some information." Evades Direct Answer. Asked if he refused to answer the question, Lawson avoided a direct an swer. "Do you know any persons who profited prof-ited on the day of the leak?" "I probably do," Lawson. "I probably prob-ably profited myself." He declined to say how much. Could Give Names, but Won't. I have no information regarding any one in the state department which I would give in public 1 would give it to the chairman. But you don't need any more information than you have to warrant an investigation. I cannot give to the committee in a court knowledge waj as haying been principals to the transaction. ' said Lawson. "I could give names that were given to me by persons who are responsible, but I won't not at this time." "Will you give them to me?" asked the chairman. "No I will not give them at all unless un-less it is absolutely necessary." "The chair requests you now to give me the names," continued Mr. Henry. "I started out with the determination determina-tion and I say again that I will not Litter up your records with names to furnish headlines for the newspapers." newspa-pers." Then you flatly decline?" "Yes, I decline to furnish names given to me by others not now." At this point the committee took a recess until 2 o'clock. nn |