The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-31

New York, Jan. 31.-A ''rumor"
and common gossip were booked to-
day to be blamed for the newly dis
covered leak on President Wilson's re-
cent note to belligerents.
Despite the inwardness of F. A.
ConnoIly's Interpretation fired from
Washington to the f. F. Hutton & Co,
brokerage house concerning the note
on December 20, Connolly contends
that he had no inside" information.
Moreover, he denies that R. w. Boil
ing President Wilson's brother-in-
law, and member of f. A. Connolly &
Co, gave him any line on the MESA ge.
and Boiling himself denies any inside
track.
on the other hand, Connolly claims
common gossip" in Washington gave
him the news about the note which
E. F. Hutton & Co, spread on their
wires the afternoon before publication
of the document.
Had Correct, Advance Version.
Strangely enough, the Hutton YER
sion mentioned the idea of warn
ing to belligerents not to encroach on
neutral rights further. And, newspa-
permen, confidentially informed of the
message on the 20th, did not gener-
ally get this warning angle until the
afternoon of December 81, when Sec
rotary Lansing made his first inter
probation of the note in his verge
of war statement.
Hutton and Connolly were slated as
tOdays witnesses.
Before the end of the week, the
committee expects to have several
spectacular account records of Wall
street plungerS before it. One well
posted committeeman said significant
ly tdoay:
81 wouldn't be surprised if we get
some very interesting things before
we're done"
Public Always Caught in Crash.
The committee expects to finish it's
New York work Friday and its Wash
ington work by the end of next week.
Whether or not it plays responsibility
for a leak, the committee feels it has
done a public service by showing:
That the stocks of the outside
public on the long side are often
used as the very means for short
operators to daily with a down
ward drive
And secondly, that the outside
public is practically always long
while chiefly professionals are the
only ones realizing that there is a
] short side to the market
Check 1t Up to Connolly.
( At first the committee held it would
subpoena Ellis from his vacation
place fifty miles outside Savannah,
but E. f. Hutton agreed to summon
Ellis at once without subpoena.
] The occasion for calling him back
was Huttons inability to clear no
points about a message put on the
company's wires by Ellis at 1854 D. NJ
December 20, giving an Interpretation
concerning President Wilson'S note
similar to the administration construc-
ton voiced by Secretary Lansing The
following day.
The committee wanted 70 I.pox., on
just what Ellis based his telegra n.
Hutton testified the telegram was
based on word from F. A. Connolly,
Washington associate of President
Wilson'S brother-in-law, r. w. Boiling
Show Hutton Leak Telegram.
= George Ellis. member of the E. F.
/ Hutton & Company brokerage house.
was today summoned to return from
Georgia to throw light on the Hutton
leak message before the house note
( leak committee.
Hutton was recalled to the stand at
the start of the morning session.
Attorney Whipple sought to find
whether the 12:4S p. m. message from
/ Chicago was the first information the
/ Hutton house had, but Hutton said
he did not know whether or not Con-
molly up to that time. had transmitted
any word regarding the note.
Whipple produced the text of a
Hutton message dated December 20
/ 1857 p. m. which said:
! STOCK FLASH.
/ Reports have it that the state de-
partment will issue statement today
/ intended to promote peace prospects
, This message was sent out by an
/ operator named Toomey who prob
ably will be asked to tell of its origin
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