The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-03

CONNOLLY
Testimony of Broker Denied
by All the Teleg-
raphers
BELIEF WARNING
WAS SENT BY MAIL
Back to Washington Goes
the Investigation
To-day

| New York, Feb. 3.-When the conpres.
sional Teak" note inquiry committee adj
journed yesterday to meet in Washing
ton this morning the testimony of f. A.
Connolly, the Washington broker. re-
garding his sending OF resume of Pres.
ldent Wilson's peace note to Z. f. Hut
ton d Co., New York brokers, had been
disputed by every telegraph operator in
buttons employ, who, Sherman L. Whip
pie said, might have handled Connolly's
message.
Doubtful if the Connolly message from
Washington forecasting the peace note
did reach the L, T. Hutton house in New
York by telegraph, the committee will
investigate other channels through which
1t might have arrived there. The fact
developed yesterday that Connolly's pri-
yate wire is interchangeable by tele-
phone and telegraph has aroused inter
est and this subject will be gone into
more fully.
Inquiry also will be made soon into an
other telegram, which like Connolly's,
is missing. According to the testimony
OF NJ. W. Maltby, a Hutton operator, yes
terday, Mr.. Clement, of Clement, Curtis
& CO., of Chicago, sent the Hutton house
a message OF protest touching on the
presidents note information, dssemina-
ted by L. f. Hutton Il Co., which has
not been produced.
A feature of the case which may make
it desirable for the committee to re-
turn here was developed by Donald Mac
donald, an investor, just before adjourn
ment yesterday. He said that in some
local brokers' Office on Dec. 20, he re-
ceyed information that the president
was about to call conference of news
paper men.
Hearings were resumed in Washington
this morning at 10 o'clock. George A.
Ellis of E. f. Hutton & Co, who wrote
the message warning brokers Of the
coming of the presidents peace note,
probably will be the first witness.
John F. Hummell, telegraph oper-
ator in the Hutton house on the south
ern" wire there, testified that he did not
receive the Connolly forecast of the pres
ident's message. His wire and that Of
Joseph NJ. Becker, who swore Thursday |
that he did not receive the Connolly |
are the only two between the |
Hutton and Connolly houses.
Hummel was very positive in his dec |
laration that he did not receive the Con-
molly telegram. He said such a mes
sage certainly would have impressed him.
"You agree with Mr.. Becker that on
account of tremendous Importance OF /
the message you would have remembered
It if you had received it?' Whipple
asked.
Il would have remembered it," Hum
nell testified
W. Frank Packard. Hutton tele
graph operator, the first witness, began
his Testimony with a voluntary attempt
10 discredit Beeker's testimony. He
'aid it would be ridiculous for an oper-
.tor to say he did or did not receive
|. message in December" Pressed by
Packard admitted that he over
ieard L. i. Hutton advancing this ar
yument 10 Becker in his Office yesterday
Packard was excused after saying he
lad neither received or sent any of the
in evidence.
+. NJ. Dick, an expert in values from
he Hutton house, who advises customers
'egarding transactions, minimized the
Importance of the message forecasting
he presidents note.
"In the light of the many rumors
We have had in the last two years and
alf," he said, such message would
ot have impressed me very much
Hummell further declared that he
ever handled the Flash" from New
'ork which Connolly had said aided him
a composing his resume of the note.
ECKER had testified similarly. Excusing
Whipple said his testimony
ppeared to dispense with the Possibili-
Y of the Connolly message coming in
n the southern wire, but he would call
ther operators so no doubt might re-
lain about the subject.
Nicholas Peterson, a messenger IN the
luton Office, from whom W. G. Toomey,
lief operator for Hutton, who sent out
ne flash" warning of the coming of the
residents message, hal said he might
ave gotten his information, could not
call giving Toomey any such Informal
on.
George W. Conklin, Hutton tele-