The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-02
COMMITTEE WILL NOT
 RETURN TO WASHINGTON
Drilling Examination Fails to Bring From MT. Connolly the Source From Which Re Received the Information on Winch He Based His Message Regarding the Peace Note.

New Y-r5, Feb. 1-Contradlctory testmOny, regarded by the congress sional committee as of grave impor- tance, was given in the leak" inquiry late today So serious was the uneX- pected development considered that it resulted ia the abandonment ot plan to discontinue the hearings in New York, because it was felt the interna. tional situation demanded the pres ence UI the representatives in Wash ington. Formal announcement was made toniEnt-t -tnGt the inqiury will be continued here tomorC~ at least.
 The point upon which testimony diff 1ers is whether F A. Connolly, the Washineton broker and partner Of k w Boiling, brother in law of Pres dent Wilson, sent his forecast of the presidents recent peace note over his private wire to E. F. Hutton and Com any Ncw York brokers, or hg some other rofte
 Ouno}y has testified that he sent the information in & message, now miesug between 1:15 and 1:30 o'clock on the afternoon of December 20, over the private wire. Joseph W. Becker, HuttOn's operator on the Washington wire. swpre today that he was on the wire from its opening to closing on December 20, and no such message as Connolly described ever came to him.
 Becker's statement stirred the com mittee to great activity. Impressed IS several committeeman said, with Becker's apparent sincerity and keen recollection of events of December 20, they insisted on following up h.s iocarat'on without delay
 sherman L. Whipple, counse, to the committee joined in their view. That no doubt may remain as to whether
 ha Connolly message did reach the Hutton Cffte by any Of it's wires, Nhipple declared every telegraph op- orator n the employ of the firm should be called at once Becker suggested that there was another wire. the Southern circuit, over which tha mes age might have come des. i,e Me Connollys declaration that he sed the private wire, but he hardly thought spch was the case.
 Chairman Henry then announced that the unusual imp rtance oi the contradictory testimony could not be oyerestimated and therefore called the committee in executive session to consider prolongng the local hear ing.
 Mir Connolly again submitted to a gTilHnc examination today without deviating from his original declara- ton that he could not recall the exact source of the gossip and rumor' Sn which he based his forecast of the note He probably will be recalled later.
 Like Connolly, w. q. Toomey chief telegraph operator for tlre HuDon firm. who on December 20 sent a flash" on his own responsibility f-recasting the presidents note III hours before it was released and be- lore ne udQ the NouHOliN lc'uthb, could name positively no one from whom he had obtained the intorma ton on which he acted. lie suggested hat a young man samed "Patters Il" in the Hutton office or any of half dozen teelgranh operators might have tod him note was expected.
 The committee tonight is anXiously awaiting the appearance Of George X. Ellis, IT,. one cf the Hutton firm, who, according to testimony. drafted the firms warning if m Connollys me- sage E F. Hutton head of the firm, advised the committee today that Ei- lis probably would not reach Wash ngton from a Ge7rgia hantlng lodge before Sunday
 The inquiry veerel off the Hutton o,eak" angle today long enough toI trace .he romor that led to a hint of a coming note heinz carried by the Dow Jones ticker at 2:05 o'clock on