The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-01-31
George A. Ellis, Jr., Although He
Is Reported III in Georgia, Must
Appear Before Committee, Is
the Decision Reached.
FURTHER EXAMINATION
OF HUTTON is USELESS
He Is Examined at Length Today /;
Inquisitorial Body Decides That
He Has Been Pumped Dry
Fails to Profit by Advance Tip.

Ivy Evening Herald Leased Wirel
New York. Jan. 3i.-Finding fur |
thcr examination today OF r. r. Hut
ton barren OF result as far as showing
the origin OF the Information on |
which the stock brokerage Arm OF T..
I. Hutton a Co. warned its customers
that Prseideht Wilson's peace note
was to be issued, the congressional
leak investigating committee today
decided 90 summon George A. Ellis. |
Jr.. the member of the firm who wrote
the warning telegram. Ellis. accord
| ing tu Hutton. is 80 in Georgia hut
the committee. nevertheless. decided
that ne must appear
r. A. Connolly 81 +. \. Connolly q
I Co, the Washington brokers, who
furnished the Hutton nrm with the
information. was expected to take the
stand iater today. Connolly on his arr
rival from Washington denied that
the Information came through A. w
! Boiling. the presidents brother-i in-law
aud a member OF his firm He said
that II was gathered merely from gem
eral talk around Washington.
| Hutton today said that although IN
possession of the information as to
tie presidents not az least two hours
before the market closed on Decem-
ber 20. neither he nor any Of his
lcight partners had taken advantage
lof u. His customers had an hours
if-cwny 80 seEi before the market
closed. They were long in the aggre-
gate about $4,000 shares lie was
OF the opinion that few needed the
warning. but promised the committee
tn furnish the exact amount of sell
ing orders that came In.
Lansing's statement.
! Hutton said that the information ne
lad ON the peace note made little i'm
lpression upon him what killed
the market" was Secretary Lanslng's
verge ~ war" statement he said. the
uuy the presidents note was forward
cd. December -.
Customers of the Connolly nrm
during the peace period" In the mar
bet lost &tO.OoU, D. was brought out.
80 pools OF collections of persons
were operating through his urm uV.
tween December 10 ana December 90.
Hutton said.
| He volunteered the emphatic state
uncnt thut the connection between his
mm aud connolly q co. was not made
because Boiling was President VIII
SONS brother-ip-law,
Il want TO say he sJtd. that we
did not take the account of Connolly
q Co.. because Mt. Boiling was Pres
dent Wilson's brother-iu-law It
would have been the same as II he
had been smith. Jones cor any one
else provided wc were convinced
ilembcra uf the firm wtrr clean men
tuW the Connolly hrm opened,
Hutton said. his house had NO Wash
iuaton Representatives for seven wears
The witpcss also insisted that he
had no knowlcdgc on December 20
that note was coming from Presl-
dent Wilson other members uf his
nrm handled the various messages
nov IN the record
TrucrnbIc To- IIlis Message.
!, Representative bouuri developed
, ttrough mterru4at.Ig Hutton that the
n nrr Thompson and NCkinuuu ~
chicago sent 60 thar oshkosh. wis.
branch on the afternoon of December
90. advising customers To- sell on ac-
count ut the coming of the peace note.
was traccablc tu Ellis message.
o. Bcunct called the attention of the
% witness 10 Testimony by newspaper
- men boz Washington that Socretar,
- LANSING. BOO telling them the note was
10 'oTthcumius "had given them an im-
81 Iics.iuu ps to its contents exactly op-
e. pusitr tu what @ really was.
THE only substantially accurate
forecast eff the president note which
- has COME to the attention of the com.
u.t'er thus far said Bonnet "is TIA,
I uue souf tu ruu q, Connolly. How q,
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