Show rOKER KER AT CAPITAL AL MITS GETTING NOTE TIP Ir Nt 1 Nen ml to The run 1 T WASHINGTON Feb Activities 9 9 5 brokers on December 20 O. O he he date te of ot the tho alleged leak on Preal- Preal tnt int nt Wilson's Wilsons Pilsen a pea peace c note were revealed day before the tho house committee on onI Is Js investigating the I ti which j. j Bowie Dowie Chipman Washington man- man manfor manner for Harriman Co testified that ner J I his firm had hud no one ono In Washington to toI I I tip It off oft n regarding n news ws events Th They y yI j I had such Huch r a 11 i t person he said until 1914 when hen they decided the service was not I worth while When hen he was asked ticked If It his firm had received any rumors of a pence peace note on December 20 O. O Chipman said Our offices here hero received a telegram telo- telo gram on December 20 signed b by J. J I L. L Livermore a customer of our OUT New NewYork NewYork NewYork York office who naked Have you OU heard an anything thing about government to Issue this afternoon a statement re regarding regarding re- re regarding garding economic conditions In Jn Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope 7 I replied that I had not and If It the New ew York office had and the re reply reply re- re I ply pl came Yes Yen understanding government government govern govern- ment to Issue statement regarding economic economic eco eco- coI I conditions in Europe and also I regarding prospect for peace This I 1 from Chicago tto sources I telegraphed back that I thou thought ht I there was nothing in it I was too bus busy i at nt tho the time to make any an inquiries I think w wo we rec received i 1 a Dow Jon Jones Co I 1 report at about that time saying there would be no peace note and that yen verified veri fled fied m my own idea i However there thero were rumors all that that afternoon that President Wilson was about to do o something and amI I was asked repeatedly If It this were true I I Finally about o'clock In the the afternoon I telephoned J. J F. F A. A Connolly Co and asked them if It they had he heard Ud anything about a n peace Ce note Mr Connolly Connoll said Mold he had heard there was to be such a note but hut he did not want scant to talk to me about it over the telephone I told him I was too busy to come to see him and the matter ended there I Y later sent a message to tom tomy tomy m my people saying a that I was WlM informed that tho president would Issue a note on the rights of neutrals |