peacescare

Sherman Leland Whipple (1862-1930) was a Boston attorney who directed an investigation into a leak to Wall Street, see The Daily Ardmoreite., January 29, 1917, Image 1,, ""LEAK" INVESTIGATION BROADENS INTO EXAMINATION OF ALL EXCHANGE DOINGS", with photos. S. also - oldfilm.org/collection/index.php/Detail/Collection/Show/c... - www.geni.com/people/Sherman-Whipple/6000000001898331964 Another photo of him is in the Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 24, 1917, Image 2, oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1917-01-24/ed-1/se....

Bernard Mannes Baruch (/bəˈruːk/; August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965), American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baruch In January 1917, he was involved in an inquiry into charges that there was a leak to Wall Street on the President's peace note, see e.g. - Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, January 10, 1917, Image 6, col. 5, "Bernard Baruch Denies He received "Tip", oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063957/1917-01-10/ed-1/se... - The Ogden standard., January 12, 1917, 4 P.M. City Edition, Image 1, with photo chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1917-01-12/ed-... Another protagonist of the affair: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/16026587331/

B-59: thanks for finding more information on Bernard Baruch. We'll add it to the record.

More from the House floor on the rumor that Baruch had sold 15,000 shares of steel shares short before news of Wilson's peace note and the British response were public: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03E7D71438EE...

Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States, was involved in the "leak" inquiry, see caption of a similar photo in the Morning Oregonian, January 16, 1917, Image 2. It seems that the photo has been taken on the same occasion as this (see comments there): www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/11733474574/