Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-31
EVIDENCE OF LEAK
ON WILSON'S NOTE
GIVEN BY BROKER
Wall Street Files Leave No
Doubt There Was Ad-
vance Information.
SENSATIONAL TELEGRAM
HAS ACCURATE FORECAST
Sent Out Three Hours Before
Copies Are Given to News
paper Men
i. 4. CONNELLY & co. IS SOURCE
Based ON Message From Firm OF
Which Presidents Brother-in-
Law Is Partner.
SENSATIONAL TELEGRAM
HAS ACCURATE FORECAST
i. y. CoNNELLr & co. is SOURCE
Based on Message From Firm OF
Which Presidents Brother-in-
Law Is Partner.

NJ y ssocia ted pres,l
NEW YORK. January 3O.--Erom tho
files or Wall street brokerage
house congressional inuuisitors to-day
brought To light private and conf
Dental tcIeErams regarded in srmc
quarters as definitely Indicating that
ihcr" was Il leak on President Will
sons recent peace note The most
ScnSa tional telegram. containing n brief
but remarkably accurate forecast of
tho contents Of tho note, was sent hy
T.. +. Hutton G. Co. ono of the largest
brokerage houses in the Street over
its private wires to scores Of other
brokers with whom IL did business
throughout. the country. on tho after
noon OF December 80. more than three
hours before tho first copies Of the
note were handed to newspaper men
by Secretary Lansing.
OF NOTE
FOLLOWS HUTTON MESSAGE
~ the time the Hutton message was
sent. according TO the testimony OF
Secretary Lansing before the committee
in Washington. no ono in this country;
save persons connected with the prep
aration and dispatch OF the note. had
as much information regarding it's con-
tents as tn" message revealed. The
note previously had hccu sent abroad
in code. Publication OF the note fol-
lowed transmission OF the Hutton mes
sage to various brokers by more than
ten hours.
Information on which the message to
brokers WAS based, Edward l.. Hutton
head of the firm. testified. came in an
other message, now missing. from +. ,a N&
Connelly. Of +. 4. Connolly & Co.. a
Washington brokerage house. i'm which
Il. w. Boiling. brothcr-in law OF
President Wilson. is partner. Com
nelly was declared by Hutton to be
Fastening TO New York tonight to
appear before tho committee to-mor-
row. Hutton testified that his under
standing was that Connelly's informa-
ton regarding the note was based on
general rumor. Indicative that other
brokerage concerns We're in possession
of similar information. he said was
another message he produced which
his house prior to conn1 1h,y's f,rs, mes n
sage referring to statement to be
issued by the State Department, "in-
tended to promote peace prospects,"
This message contained no details
CONVINCED INFORMATION
CAME DIRECT FROM NOTE
Certain members OF the committee,
however. privately expressed convic-
ton that the persons who originally
supplied the information on which Con-
nclly's missing message was based
either had read the Presidents note
or obtained an excellent resume of IT,
some ono read the notcw Repre-
sentative Campbell. OF Kansas, ranking
Republican member of the committees
Of the hearing.
Whipple. counsel to the committee de-
clined to express any views on tho
situation
No effort Will be spared. WhippIc an
nounced, to throw the fullest light on
the origin and transmission Of the Con-
nelly Information, both in the message
from Washington to Il. +. Hutton e Co.,
and the subsequent message sent by
th"m To their correspondents. The lat
ter message. according to Hutton, was
prepared by George s. Ellis. Jr,
member OF tho firm, who is now i'll in
Georgia. he said. HUTTON also re-
Hucsted the committee not to call Ellis
to New York. ii ii could h. avoided
Chairman Henry. determined to have
Ellis testify, said he probably would
he examined next week in Wash
inEion.
Telegraph operators and others who
had to do with the transmission OF
The message also arc to be interrogated
other members of the Connolly firm
also probably will be called. Mr..
Boiling already has testified at WASH
ineton hearing that he had nothing 10
do with a leak" OF any kind
BOLIING's CONNECTION
SUBJECT OF INQUIRY
MIR. Rolling's connection with the
Connolly firm was the subject OF much
Interrogation by Whipple during his
examination OF Hutton when the
broker first took the stand Hutton
told OF Connolly calling on him five
or six months ago. informing him that
the firm OF T.. \. Connolly & Co was
To be organized with Rolling as one
Of the partners and asking if the Hut
ton firm would become its New York
correspondent.
Hutton said the fact that Boiling
WAS TO be a member OF the firm had
made no Impression on him. He denied
that Connolly had said anything OF an
expectation OF getting "high-class ss cus-
toners" through BoIIing's relationship
count. he said. however. had been very
attractive"
Whipple then had Hutton produce
messages which had gone over the
firms private wires during the peace
period" in the stock market. and
which he had been commanded to
bring under subpoena. The frst to
he read was the Clement, Curtis & Co.
telegram marked "contdeutIaIo sinp,Sd K