The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-06
WALL STREET WAS
TIPPED TO PEACE NOTE
EVIDENCE AT LEAK INVESTIGA-
TON DEFINITELY FIXES THE
FACT-CAME FROM FIRM OF
WILSON'S BRoTHER-IN.LAW

From the files of a Wall street
brokerage house congressional in
quisitors Tuesday brought to light
private and confidential kilograms
regarded in some quarters as defn-
itely indicating that there was a
"leak" on President Wilson'S recent
peace note.
The most sensational telegram.
containing a brief but remarkably
accurate forecast of the note, was
sent by E. F. Hutton & Co., one of
the largest brokerage houses in Wall
street, over its private wires to scores
of other brokers throughout the
country on the afternoon of Deem
Der 20, more than three hours before
the first copies of the note were
handed to newspaper men by Sec
rotary Lansing.
At the time the Hutton message
was sent, according to the testimony
of Secretary Lansing before the COM
mittee in Washington, no one in this
country save persons connected with
the preparation and dispatch of the
note, had as much information re-
garding its contents as the message
revealed. The note previously had
been sent abroad in code. Publiea-
ton of the note followed transmits
sion of the Hutton message to va
rious brokers by more than ten hours.
Brother-in-Law OF Wilson.
Information on which the message
to brokers was based, Edward +.
Hutton, head of the firm testified,
came in another message, now miss
ing, from F. A. Connolly, Of F. A.
Connolly & Co., a Washington brok
erage house, in which r. w. Boil
ing, a brother-in-law of President
Wilson, is a partner. Connolly was
declared by Hutton to be Fastening TO
New York tonight to appear before
the committee tomorrow.
Hutton testified that his under
standing was that Connelly's infor-
nation regarding the note was based
on general rumor, indicative that
other brokerage concerns were in
possession of similar information.
Hutton said, was another message
he produced which Clement Curtis
& Co., of Chicago, sent his house
prior TO Connelly's first message re-
ferring to a statement to be issued
by state department INTENDED to
promote peace prospects" This
contained no details.
Certain members of the commit
tee, however, privately expressed
conviction that the person who
supplied the information
on which Connelly's missing message
was based, either had read the presi-
dents note or obtained an excellent
resume of it.
Some one read the note! Repre-
sentative Campbell of Kansas, rank
ing Republican member of the com
mittee, emphatiaclly declared after
the close of the hearing.
Chairman Henry and Sherman L.
Whipple, counsel to the committee,
declined TO express any views on the
Ellis Ill in Georgia.
No effort will be spared, Whiuple
announced, to throw the fullest light
on the origin and transmission of the
Connolly information, both in the
from Washington to E. F.
Hutton & Co., and the subsequent
sent by them to their CORE
spondents. The latter message, ac-
cording to Hutton, was prepared by
George S. Ellis, Jr., member of the
firm, who is now in Georgia, he said.
Hutton also requested the commit
tee not to call Ellis to New York If
it could be avoided.
Baruch Won $476,16s.
Bernard Baruch, Wall street spec
ulator, $4,000 contributor to the
last Democratic campaign fund and
heavy short seller preceding the issu-
ance of President Wilson's recent
peace note, testified at the inquiry
that his profits on the market be-
tween December 10 and December
% were $476,168.
A general denial was offered by
Baruch that he had any communica-
ton with anyone in Washington
about the time of the presidents
peace note in regard to it.
Baruch said he never talked over
the telephone with Secretary Tumul-
ty, or discussed the peace note with
him. The story that he had break
tasted with Tumulty in the Biltmore