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State Income
Tax Agreed On;
1 to 10 Per Cent
Senator Walters Regains
Full Control aml Fixes
Programme of Bill;* to
Pass and To Be Lost
Teachers to (iet Kaise
Keal Estate Impost To Be
Limited; Sinitlrs Transit
Measures to Co Through
Staff < 'orrenponi ? ? ?
ALBANY, \] ril IT. The strife
which haa retarded the progress ot"
the Lefcislature for two weeks is over.
The majority leader, .J. Henry Walters,
s again in complete control of the
Senate, A definite programme of
1 ills to pass and hose marked for
laughter has been agreed upon. Gov
Smith will iend emergency mes
sages on the tax bills, so they may
be pasfsed ii nedi tely. This means
thal the Legit nture will adjourn
Sal urdpy.
The tax I ted to pass are:
\ gjraduated state income tax, the
"rom 1 to ,'! per cent.
This mpi ' esti mated to raise
f 15,000,000, hal ' i t which is to go
Ll e ?cal ities in which it is col
?
\ tax all business corporations
inci ea - I from 3 to I '??_? per cent,
whi< h i $18,000,000.
Limiting the tax on real estate
Ln cities of the - tate.
A non-resident decedent bill,
which will impose a tax on estates
in this state of pecsons who die
elsewhere. This ia calculated to
.
Exemptiong Same as Federal
tax bill, which was
: '. after i confi rei ce last night,
as in the
i\ .!<:..: ..'.' Th e lax is to
be l ?? from $1,001
I, t on n< imes from
I and 3 per c< nt abo\ (
$50,000.
Th( b .'? n ' rinally introduced by
Invest :.'at ion Com
? ite of 2 pi r cent.
i non-i leni
who ea iraes in this . tate,
employes and
? : oi ' iK'oni 'S from in
tangibb iperty, u n i ock, bonds,
i nd 'i in d d bt s. Bc
eni :..v - ? il] be
ed Thi : - is to be li \ ied on
oi ? ?? pi enl year, the coi
>!
The '-:.':i- ?. .1". d< in< rea -im:
roi i morcant ile
coi poi itions to all
I'he ia\ i -
come, The
\ i blj to-doy,
? 'a\ on real
. can i"'
ra I from tl in tho dif
i t citii i' provide : I ha! only
nt ol i total amount ol
n N'ew York City can be
tat . hldward P.
Ri ? ??? Board of N'ew
York, ' t tl year the rate on
real cst i wi i b brouehl down to
1.61.
The ? aders have agreed
to pas . iced this w< ek by
the Senate on Education.
; Walt< t . ? I he leaders
were made to real ? tl .'. something
had t > be doi to obtain a s ;:!';? iei I
number ol :ach<
The ? ' iries in New York
Tange fr< m $1,005 for kindergarten and
first yei to $5,000 for prin
cipals of training and high
10 to the
New York City budsri
lie Service f.'ora
are al ;o slated to go
through.
rec-platoon
_>ii!i foT ed thi S< nate. The
measure is ng it to the
a .. t he thn i ? platoon
i j stem sha . pted. Other bills
x% hich pa ietl the Senal an those of
Senat >r Dowl .? exei ptlng svomen re
porter and writer ron the provisiona
of the the w itt bill in?
creasing thi reg tration fees of motor
vel and the Dowling* measure
abolishing the Courf House Board of
New York i l an I transferring its
duties to the Board of Estimate.
Thomas Quit Ilecausc of
"Internal D'tfferenees"
WASHINGTON, April IV.?The Alien
:'.'.ce ?? ated to
.- m of Dudley I?
inager o the enemy insur
. wa due to "internal
?: ? ave developed re
j.'ardrig ? ient of the enemy
lt was charac
terized as '"nothing serious." Addi?
tional deta I were i ' . ed.
Francis i\ Garvan, th'1 Alien Prop?
erty ' who is reported tc
have received Mr. Thoma letter ol
? ii be reached
here -
Charles l Irged Peace tc
Crown Prince in 1917
BERLIN, April 17 fby The A lociated
The Viei lent of
?'?? ' " : '?' ttag," says that
there has been ? ere a letter
? tl en by former
a to the for
mtr German Crown Prince. Th,- letter,
it ih stated, was dated Aug. 20, 1917*
and, amoi g other ??..-. !
"Bulgai ia i ,,?. i he poij * of drop
ping out 'j( the war, and th" situation
"?? thal - ould be con
^Sud'-d before winter. I t.ave ,
w*?ca ' we could win over an
? .? would bc -.
*? rritorial ?irrirW:PK m
?Lorraine, bul I do not wai I Ger
mapy alone ? -, make sacrifices; I will
rf'"'"/ ' hare in thrs
Po ? ? ? ;? ' ;? that '?. usl ria, in i 1! r,
to Italy toa ???? d Italy's
''r'''"-' war, former Emperor
Charh ? ? ?.. ded:
' CJermanv . ? % milar, but 'ar
lation, and you a
?? - have the right to
-.f'l Into the cah
i to t< your effort
' ' '?'' th< quickly and honor
aMy."
Ccrmnnx May Ask
Indemnity of Allies
DARI8, April !7. ';< ? ?-. ?-nd,,
" to ? laim >:n uxU-rur,,' y ?. .?? fl ,.
. i ?-.'ordi.-:;? '?, Ihe i ? ?
"GaaetU " It ays the Cer/nan nego
Hatori at v*<?rsalnes will ask payment
foi - from w rial
? irn - occui ation of Ger?
man territory by the Allied troops
xtitl for thi delay ln conciudln? peace,
ng h pro onjfation of thc Bol?
ahevik and 'i^ii. jn'.idc iroublc.
British Fired 4,000,000
Shells in Somme Fight
V\/"ASHINGTON, April 17. During
?? the Battle of the Somme, in
191(5, the British armj used 1,000,000
rounds of artillery ammunition, ac?
cording to a statistical announce
ment published to-day by the War
Department. This is the largest
number of shells used in any single
engagement, so far as records show.
Second in amount of artillorj am?
munition used was m the Ha.'-. le of
Messines Ridge, in 1917, when 2,
753,000 rounds were used by tho
British.
For a single hour, however, tha
American forces in the Battle of the
St. Mihiel salient, in 1918, far sur
passed this record, using 1,003,217
shells in four hours.
Free Speeefo Went
To JailWilh Dehs,
Deelares Malone
Lincolu, Lloyd George and
Webster Gave Similar Of
fenee; Amnesty for Polit?
ical Prisoners Demanded
X, ?? York Tr hun.'
IVavhingtcni I'.un mi
WASHINGTON, April 17. The "an
cient liberty of free speech" has heen |
"stricken from tiie Constitution" by
the recent decision of the Supreme
Court in the Debs case, Dudley Field
Malone, former Collector of the Port ;
of Xew York and son-in-law of ex- ]
Senator O'Gorman, declared here to
night in a speech before the Washing- i
ton Citizens' Amnesty Committee.
Mr. Malone demanded a general
amnesty for "political offenders" at
once as the only reparation the Ad
ministration could make, end quoted
former Attorney General Grcgory as
admitting the "grave miscarriage of
justice in the trials of political prison?
ers."
Resolutiona were adopted calling on
the Pre: ident, the Attorney General
and the Secretary of War to graitl
immediate amnesty lo all conscientious
objectors, and to "all political prison?
ers whose religious, political or eco
miic beliefs form the basis o\ their
prosecution." More than 1,000 such
prisoners, according to the preamble
of the resolution, are still con'',,!.
The n dution svas cabled to the Pre t
denl ,.' Paris,
Administration Hold Culpablc
"Whon Mr. Gregory recently ndmit
i ? ? grave in is can ingc of ., l, '. ice i'i
? ;.!s of political prii onoi , ho
I ?.,? : ri sponsibility on Iho Admin:-1 rn
: ion." .- unl Mr. Malone, "for no po il i
eal prii icr could have bei n bro ???? '
to 1 I country excepl
initiat ivi of the Department ol ustii
1 !.....? i-i eal coi lidencc in Ihi
libi rnl io of tho new \c toi
nej General, Mitchcll I'alim r, lUil the
great w rongs ] ; pet rnl ed can only bo
promptly and goni rouslj met by i\ gon
i rnl nmnosty of all political pri.si nors
"Thc roccnt decision of i hc Supremo
Court in thc Dcbs case hns stricken
Crom the Constitution our atfeient lib
orty of free Bpecch. Th is deci on i -
: 11 paganda for tochnicalil y and op
pression. It is d< strucl ve of I ib i ly
and justice. 1 do not a ;n e wil h II h
views on the war. But lovers ;
of liberty like Marshall nnd Story were
on our Supreme bench to day, they
would protect the right of Di bs or any- >
one else to Bpeak honest convictions."
(Irowd Sees Death Plunge
Thousands W itness Salesman's
Eleven Story Fall
Thousands of pedestrians nnd scores '
. cf young women workers in adjoining '.
'? loft buildings looked on yesterday as
James !.. Miner, a lumber salesman,
plunged from the wftidow of his of?
fice on the eleventh floor of the build?
ing at 1L23 Broadway, at Twenty-fifth
Street,
'Miner. wh<> lived at 609 West 127th
Street, had been ill, according to his
Btenographer, Miss Grace Silver. When
he.arrived at his o%ce he asked her to
leave the room. A few moments later
he was seen to fall.
Dr. Grejror, of Xew York Hospital,
pronouncid Miner dead. Ho also at?
tended several of the women, who be?
came hysterical. Miner's mother and
sister live in Rome, N. Y.
Dr. Gopeland Impersonated
John J). Rockefeller, Jr., Ke
Hpond* to Plea i'or Funds
Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Health Com?
missioner, was surprised yesterday to
receive a check for $30 from John D.
Rockefeller, jr., with a letter Baying it
was for the tuberculosis sufl'erer Dr.
Copeland had telephoned about, who
wanted to go home to Cleveland, Ohio.
About the same time J. P. Morgan's
secretary called up to verify a some
what similar telephoned plea received
by .Mr. Morgan.
Dr. Copeland informed the Becretary
that some one had been impersonating
him on the telephone to solicit money,
and then dictated a letter along tho
same lines to Mr. Rockefeller, to be
Bent to hira with his check.
General Bandholtz !-?
Awarded \ . S. War Cross
WASHINGTON, April IV. Included
ln the 1 ' of offieers awarded the Dis
tingu ? ? | service medal yei terday by
the War Department on recommenda
tiqn of General Pershing is Brigadier
Gei eral Hai ry II. BandholtZj ? 10
served with great ability in three ca
pacitieg with the American armies *in
France.
General Perahing's citation said:
"Brigadier General Hurry H. Band
holtz, C. S. A., for exceptionally meri
torious and diatlnguiahed service. Ho
aerved ln turn aa chief of staff of the
27th Division, a- commander of the
68th Infantry Brigade, and as provost
marahal general of the A. !?;. !?'., in all
of which capacitiea he displayed i xcep
ibil ty. JI j -t fore ight, broad ex
poriei j Bound. .,udgmi nl re ull :d
? tho erficient reorganization and ad
tration of the impoi tanl provo ;l
marahal general'a departmi nt."
N. Y. Gunmen Plead Guilty
PHILADELPHIA, Aprii 17. Five of
the ullegcd gunmen from New York, ar
r<:?t<:d ln conncctlon with tho killing
of a policeman ln tho 6th Ward election
row, ln Sapteraber, i:ji7, to-day changed
i their ploas of not guilty on lhe i hargc
OT manalaughter. Loula Brunolli, An
thony Solngclo and Nicholaa Cononlco
wen aantencod to two y.-urn each and
NJehoIaa Ritt and Vincento Leono to
tw?nty-two raontha oach. All of tho
nentencea date from the commitmi nt,
rhe man who fired tho ahot that
KiiJ<<) the policeman ih a?rviriir iifu-en
.yi-.ara. /
iirke Agent
A>r Thomnson,
Savs Beardslev
Lawyer for Lighting Intrr
ests Asserts thr Frequent
\ isits t.o Him Were All
in ihe Senator's Bebalf
DrnM's ^lonrv \\ as Vskecl
Lawmaker, Reli<*-viit.?j** They
TlmnsrhtHrHad'Horn*,""
Asked To Be Set Right
Sta. t C irrc 01 rf? i ???
ALBANY, April 17. Samuel A.
Beardsley. counsel for the New Yoi'k
Edison Company and also for N'icholas
F. Brady, lighting and traction mag
nate, ti I fied al to-day's session of
11 e S< na1 ,Tud iciary < !om mitl ee that
Richard ii. Burke, seller nf street-car
suppl;i -, 1 ,d visited him nn ten or
fi fl ei ii occa ;ions in the last four
year3 in thi interests of Senator
George i-'. Thompson.
Beardsley ?'?? i d nll knowledge of
the $500,000 i lush fund which Thomp?
son charged wns promiscd him by
Burke if \\<- would support the Carson
Martin bill, Thc measure would em
power thc public service commi sions
to increase street rates regardlcss of
existing franchises rv contracts. 11c
said that all hc knew of the Thompson
charges was what hc had learned from
the newspapers.
Beardsley said that bc could not re
cail that Burke had even asked him
for a loan of $15,000 for Thompson.
ln answer to two other questions he
said that Burke never bad asked him
for money for hompson.
Burke a Thompson Admirer
"Burke always had plenty of sugges
bout Thoinp ion," . .,:?! Beard i
ey. "1 know Burke was always a great
idmir-a' i,1' Tl onipson, nnd ihought we
lidn't appr ? ? . I , on. i sup
iosc he w anl, d me to infl icnce M r.
irn lj to believe i hnt .-', nator Thomp
on was ;? reasonable man."
Other witnesses included lhe spon
;ovs of the Carson-Martin bill and oth
>rs who had a hand in its introduction.
I'liese men v, e r e called at their own
?oquest, in order that the entire story
)f iho legislation might be placed on
ecord.
' them, Harry B. Weatherwax,
Alba y, president' er the New York
tntc Raihvnj s A ism nl ion tind di
?cofcoi of uumerous ip tate sti-eel car
',-... asked if : e knew of any
slush fund coi i cl m with Ihe bill.
lie repl
ever hn\ r> ki own of any
run i. l don't know of any n i ,\ ai 1
urthermori 1 coi i l I thi i
iho mo I colo! ul faku th: t ha
I upon tho Kenati i [ tl
late ai ll peopli nf th
i don'l ll
? ? ? 0,1 I .1 ?'. ! ,'? I ? I
ed States in I
11 i . ? i i i o I ra i 1 \vn n 11
ige (j thi > ? r; in t hand
i ? ? ? . ? that do nol
the N'ew
jusl gone ? ome t wo or th rco w i ck
N'cver Even Gave n CIgarettc
"Have you ever heard nboul
i o supporl anj one foi Goa
would I nvor this bill '; " .
asked Senal i Alvah W. B rlin
i i 11 ce.
"Never, and, as far aa 1 am p< i son
ally conce rncd, I mi i; ? I a ?
far as the embers of th Logisla
t u re an concei ed, ; ? ; liavi nevei
gotten o much a cigarctte
me, any of ? hem," repl ed I he witne .
" i don'l like to apj a r here i:
natun of a tig htv a I, but that ii the
fact."
Mr. Bi ardsley ti I a .1 thal hi i
f on .. a Burke in
1916, ^ en the I I i . ' lom mitt ce
was, investigating lhe N'ew York trac?
tion tu tion. Ti," ? ' ? ras ex -
amined i \ Jerome L. I h< n< y, De] itj
State \' i orni y General, He said he
i -... n Burke i 13, hi
mel hiir at tho Iuu al ol Anlh i ?
:?'.. Bradv, the father oi Nicho :
Brady. Burke, he said, came to him a ?
agenl of the Federal Signal Company,
cl had been rejected on a big con
? ri c li..- I he Brooklyn Rapid Trans it
Con t any, although Burke' concern
was the iowesl 1, dd ing.
"Who arranged the meetini between
Senator Thompson and you?" asked
Cheney.
"Burke said thal Thompson wanted
to ce counsel for the various public
ervice coi oratioi ? to get t heir s ug
'. to the ri iorl and as to t he
i ion to be based upon I
port," i pli a Beardsley.
Q. Ai.r pursuant to thal did V?iu
make an appointment lo meet, Scfiatdr
rhompsonV A. Yes. Wc met at my
office.
lj. What took place at that time?
A. Oh, general conversation about, the
Thompson Committee and about thc
bills, '
(,>. Did you subsequently see Senator
Thompson a number of times? Q,
Various times in conncction with thc
bill, and subsequently Mr. Hemmcns,
my partner, took that up. I did not
'participate any further and the only
:: eel ing of co msi I waa held in my
office. Mr. Thompson was there with
the rest of them. There was no great
c n i ;, about it. He v, ???? nted ...
tions and we were willirif* to give them.
Q, Have you had any talks with
Seni tor Thompson subsequent to the
report of that investigation committee?
A. 1 saw him this wii ti r.
Thompson Had Electric Plan
Q. Where? A. Hc came to Sherry's,
where i live, and I went up with him
to Mr, Brady'ci house.
Q, About svhi n v. , - thal ? \.
Burke 11 ked nn to ma ke this appoint
miTit, and I did, and Thompson came
and wc went i p. 1 was in February,
I guc i.
Q, Will you tell what took place
there? A. Mr, Thompson had some
idea about. combining with all of thc
electric water powers in the state anu
having the electric light corporal om
of thc state, and capitalists generally,
to take up thc schemc of devoloping
and distributinR elcctricity, nnd he
said capital could not afford to do it,
alone. He had - chemc which
i ?? wa i goi ... lop, and hc told
M r. Brady i hn I i e wou Id ????'. some datn
. n l end it to him. Thal was about
? he .-,> ' of thi onvci iition.
' ?. ' linn bacl to ? i imo oi ho
Thompson inve I gaiting ? mmitl o,
wi ro y ou ;>??'? enl ... lini when i
;:?;;?? i ion wa made about thc forma
tion ol ii tru I companv ui Lockport?
1 A. I don't rccollcct any trusl company
in Lockport.
.Never llt-nrd of Trust Companj
O. Did you have anv tnlk with nny
body about thc rorma lion of n i ruat
company in Lockport? A. No.
Q. Do . ou know anj thing about thc
foi mal ion of ti i rust company in LoCl
pci I " V \ .,.,.,- n( .,,.,( ' .,,,. ,nin|
about it,
Q. Did you have any tnlk with .Ir
Burke . . rcl I lon '-> u loan thal '? nti
oi T'r omp d t.o make ahoul
that ? imc'.' A '.! v mind i i not ? loai
on that Nearly ovi r\ i imc i hnt Wui! i
came to my office hc wanted some
iln/iK -for Thujnutfou, Jiu waa a great
i ? ? ? n, and oemed to
think that wo didn't do enough. I waa
i : ? pre iud iced hgain I I i on
ind didn't tal< kindl; o Burl i
? Burke always said Bome
? nent abou
loan of $15,. i my mind i
a: all.
Q. Burl i ? ? tified lhal ' ? came to
you and . : ? ? ? rl I il tor
: ? ?. : in ' to borrow me
ime
\. v 11, i n id that,
l) And thal yi i said thal you
't loai 'ifl een c( nl sl A.
My m i nd is nol clear on I hal. I won
not : ??? thal l did nol ay ii I would
lhat ! did.
Thoughl Hc Represented Thompson
i. '.'. , 1 r. Burki in the employ of
.. i or any of the corporat ions
tha ? . i epn senl ? A. N< ver.
Q. Ai any time'.' A. 1 alway - s up
posed ?? repre "at ?.[ . ? ? itor Phomp
ion. i never saw M r. Bu rke uni 11 the
time i>:' the investigation, from the
tii.,.' tl " 1 'tting of '.: ? signal con?
tract.
Q, Do you recall an occasion when
you took lunch with Senator Thompson
a nd M r. Bu rkc at 11/? India 1 louse '.'
A.- -No, . ? w ? al clowntcu n Delmon
ico' .
Q. - W I al v. a i Lhe occa sion of that
luncheon'. A. ! gue ss il wai ii
ucction with t he visit I o M r. B
and 1 gui -s in coi nccl i on v\ ith the
Q. U .? h v. hal bill V V W 'l the
? ,,. the c mmittee on the bi
bascd on I he repo r1. i am nol J re
aboul t he dati al all.
Q. Have you any recollei lion of any
conversal ion thal I ook place a* tl al
n\1 A. Well, i1 wa; quite in
formal; sort of general. 1 think Sen?
ator Thompson said something aboul
people down here thinkirjg he : ad hornn
and Eonu thing of thal kind some ? uch
talkas thal and he wanted to convinco
M r. Brady lhal he wa - nol anl agoni I ic,
thal hc was a real fellow; i ? thinj
like that.
Q. Do you know anything about a
slu ii fund al Albany'.' A. N'ol at al
Q.- You haven't any knowlcdgi '.'
A. 1 didn't ? uppose I here was any.
Q. 1 bi you know anj thi ng aboul i
propo; ii ion of Uu I !': cl ion magnalc :
to linnnce the eandidacy of an; ? e for
Governor of the state? A. I never
knew of anything except whal I sa v
in the testimony. If thero was any
$600,000 floating around 1 would like to
have some one point it out to me.
Wanted Another Inquiry
Q. You are not able to ai sist the
lommittee any in discovi ring it? A.
am not. 1 recollecl that Burke came
-? m Burki cume to nn at T-homp
son's nd\ ice 1 am not very clear here
1 tolophoned to [ra Place, of thc
\Tew York Central when that West
le mat I cr wn ? pend ing, and 1 thi nk
rhompson wanted to come down and
lave another invest gating comni it I ee,
ind 1 thinl I int imated I hat i;' il
lould bc if it were properly present
?il and if he was the head of thc
? mmit! ??. it was all right. Burke
ihvays had plenty of suggestions aboul
rhomj son.
Q. Pnl you see Thompson about thnt '.'
\, Just Burke.
Q. Bu', vou referred him to [rn
V Y. s, I talked to [rn " ici
.ivcr thc 'phonc and he did not thin
well of it.
Q. And vou so reported to Burko*;
\, \ . .
Q. How many times would you saj
thnt Si nntor Thompson had." \ isited
;. our oll' re? A. 1 hould ti: ink tlirc
' . ?? time
q \ih! ho v ?? nn; tlmi hn Mi
Riwke vi ' d our oflice ? V. Oh, i
' :". probnblj
: ? . ? ? .. ?
i /. . ii ci I in ny times would
ited your otllee ? \
Well, j hould ... ' n qi- tifti n tim
Q, S'uw, did you ever during the
len or I 'toen I . Iiave air busin<
i xcepl ; hat in w hich x^w said Si nntor
Thi mpson was i ? ? i c c l ed ? A, \\
no bu incss wil h h im what o\ < v, Nu
oi cn im fo ' hi in ?. i here nt. all
Q. Now, yo i havi iid 1
: . hal ' me Bu rke cann lo
your oflice hc ti I nmeth ing foi
Thomj A. 1 would nol say evei
time; very froquen!
Q. Now 11 I; i what Burke ? n i
'?!-;'? I'hom] n each : m< 11
1 came to your i lli :e ? .'?. \\ ell, o
thi] i West
t, where i i ^ge I
rhompson could be made chi
i ?? , the committee. [think orm
thii ." was sa d this year about I ?
? . ? trnighten out
this fm e ques I ion and make it , i ii ? -.
11. Now. there wn tho fn ? p
1 ion bi aring on * he Marl n < lar a n
bill? A, \ e i.
Q. There w n I |c i n
i iVesI Ic ]
Q.?Ii
Ir. Tlnce ? A, Y .
Q. And tl re wn
Well, there ? un I
I t h i ii : n ] h i l n
abou ? .? then thi rc was notl
proper aboul it. ll was after tl ?
? sion adjourm d. 1 th nk hc aid I h
he had a !:" le eleel ric 1 ght company
and they wi re going to make an i: i
of bond !, ni d I think he spoke lo me
as one eleel rii ! ighl man to anothi r
and wanted to ki ow aboul t he facts , '
undcrwril ing and 1 told him i1' the issue
was a law I'ul is sue and i hc iccuri
all right thi rc sl mld 1 no I :o b
al oi ' : elling the boi ,1 . Bul
doni in i perfect] gil imate manner
CJ, Now, what elsc did Burke v i ni
fo. Thompi on ? A. Th. se were aboul
the only three things I can thinl of
Ile never asked for any money for
Thompson.
Q. What other things did he ask
for for Thompson? A. 1 would not
saj that hc asked for other things
He was always "cracking up" Thomp?
son. As. I say, I was prejudiced againsl
I hompso n.
Q. Now, you were present at thc
time Mr. Brady saw Senator Thompson
at Mr. Brady's house? A Yes
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call
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Thompson Had Big [Man
Q. And Senator Thompson advised
" Kchomi al thal time? A. li- -,,,?? of
??p '",l lie didn't go in'o details
the general propo: ition thal h, ?. . ti
'" develop. Ile was going lo urge Mr
'!,':l'lv '" supporl it. His idea was to
nave 1l1" clectric ci rporations or the
capitali : ?? nerally go into a sort o
a ?"' i;,'r: ' operation an dacquiro all thi
water power of tl - state and have
north and wesl easl nnd
v < I ai a norl a ; id soutl nnd d
tribute Ihis elcctricity ??, a, i
puQbncT? whom- A- To lh0 *? '
" Was thal all there was lo the
Kch' ,TU',; A- ' ?'"'' ' Prai I a ?. all u
was. He .aid thal hc had writlen a
'"'?' >? that he did not s?nd to Mr
Urady or Mr. Rockefeller. [think it
was .Mr. Rockereller.
Q What was ihe contents <>f the
"Her lo Mr. Rockefeller? A 1 don'l
know ; l didn't see th. [, ttcr
, ';'? '" vhal way did Mr. Rockcfc 1
Icr name enter into i! ? A He is
;'. Jirc' u r ?? the Consolidated Gas
' '?nanv ' I ;' '"?" tcd in ihe New
? ? 11, r.,; ? mn i ompany.
,, 'i;'' w "'"?' '" no ? worn
'.' ' ''' '''"'"" ' - on itor V. all : and
lyman Uai i . He voluntcerod
" i thal la ' ?....? in com
? l!!i George W. Morgan, logisla
"ve ngi ni ol lhe Interborough nnd of
counael to that road. h,. called on
?'-"'" '?: ',' ? "'"" and I ad iho bill pre
Bcnted by Assi mblyman Prntt. ile Raid
lhal Lhi year when ho went with il
!" ? ' uator \\ nlter ! hc luttcr <??;
pr? a '1 tho opinion that he did nol
believe il ? ,. con litutional
? '?" '?'? ' iai i A, far ,,i. ,,f V'atefl
"??' ' '? '' ?<1 ioi I l lie bill nl i ho requo.< ?'
'?? Sonator V, ..". , ,:,, ,-, !y ,, ,,,,,.,, ,
that fact. ' orroborntivo lestimon.
? ' i Iven by Mi. Cowci .
'I '"?'? mve tigai ion will be rr mm '
Lomorrow in ,, ., ? | , :,,, h,,,.;,..
?? im a d I,;. coun ? 1 ' nal
'l !-.Psun, Tonighl Lhi itoi rrom
??'? ? aid thal hc would n k foi a .
adjournmont or i.w,. woeka, as ho will
j not he xeudy to continue until thuji. \
Propeller of
Saxonia Sinks
Tug Aiiliiisr Her
Bottom Ripped Out, Naval
ft Quickly Goes Down;
All But One Man Saved
oi the Fifteen on Board
??' i\ \^ atches Resciie
Welcomers, Gathered to
Meet Soldiers 011 Trans?
port, See Freak Accident
Crowds of men and women lined the
Cunard docks at tlie root of Fourteenth
Streel I l yesterday aftemoon watch
warm of navy tugs "hat had at
lim ? to the great transport I
Saxonia, preparatory to docking her.
Suddonly there was a crash nnd a !
ri] ; a-; of timbers on the tug that had
attached itself to thc .stern of the,
lincr, close to the propeller. Shrieks
'.' ? : ' up from the shore as half the
bottom of ;! i boat, torn loose by the
ship's propeller, was thrown from be
'. ': tu nnd the little craft, still
a d to its sti .'"' cabl \ nosed into
the water and sank. ? '
: name Krei hold, on the stern of
'; ?? ' ?", was revcaled as its crew of
tcen men wns precipitated into tho
water. A moment later thc cable that
held il t i thc Saxonia snapped and it
disappeared, leaving only a few inches
i ' its masl above t hc water.
'?'? ithin a few minutes. boats were be
inp; ri d to the swimming men from
the swarm of nvi craft nearby. The
I reboal fhomas liewitt was the first
to reach the sceno, and it pieked up
? Kdwin J. Jeffries, in command
of lhe I reehold, and two other mem?
bers of th< crew.
Ten minutes later the boats that
swarmed over the spot had pieked up
all but one of the remaining members
of the crew. One man. Larry Lanahan,
chief triachinist, U. S. N., was seen
ing lo a life preserver, but dis?
appeared before the nearest boat
reached him.
All of tho rescued men were wrapped
in blar.ket i, while thoso who had gone
to the docks to welcome return ng sol
lier - forgot their mission and ' ? I
on. Tl .y wa re le ; to automobiles 11ial
took I i< in to the headquarters if I he
?? ; States Transport Si rvico, at 15
I Iway.
When the survivors had been brought
a horo the roll was called. It was
then discovered that two'other men. in
addition to Lanahan, failed to respond
)t ;-; not believed that these two have
been lost, for there is a report that
they were rescued by a rowboat. _ It is
expect" i that they will report to-day.
The only explanation of the acc
offi red was that the high tide i ? n
running had carried the tug into the
suction of the ship's propellers. One
slash was enough to rip ou: her bottom.
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Suppression of Bolshevik
Paper in Capital Asked
American Defence Society l races
Action Against the
Agitators
The American Defence Society issued
a statement yesterday demanding the
suppression of the "Anarchist Soviet
Bulletin" distributed in Washington.
The paper calls for tho seizure of all
lands and industries in the United
States for the benefit of the working
people and tho socialization of prop?
erty. It is being distributed among
Senators, Representatives and other
public officials.
Richard M. Hurd, of the American
Defence Society. demanded that the pub
lication be stopped and the anarchists
liable to prosecution. His statement,
in part. follows:
"If our population wero as homo
gencous as that of Kngland or France
tiie danger would lie far less, but with
28,000,000 foreigners or of foreign
birth there are vast. elements here
who, in the unsettled psychological
condition of the world, constitute a
grave menace.
"Congress, through the Overman
Senate Committee, made a start in
studying Bolshevism and should be
urged at its next session to deport all
alien agitators nnd to stop all foreign
immigratiort for a term of years."
Survey of All V. S.'s
Natural Resomves
l>2e(lbvRe<lfk*ld
Definite Policy Designed to
Make Nation Economieal
ly Independent Advo
eated in Spcech to Grocers
OSTON, April 17. Adoption of u
Iclinit.e national policy of developing
tho resources of the United States so
the country would nccome a? nearly
economically independent of the world
as possible was advocated by Secre?
tary Redfield here to-night in an ad?
dress before the Executive Association
of Wholesalc Grocers of New England.
"The United States. never can reach
full economic indi pendi nce of the
world, because no one nation is ever
given all the blessings of Providence,"
Mr. Redfteld stated. "But we can be?
come far more independent than we
are
"Public opinion," he said, "not only
should support, but urge the govern?
ment to make and carry out a definite
policy, with the requisite funds for
carrying it out, under which the na?
tional domain, whether in the United
States, Alaska, Hawaii or Porto Kico.
should have its possible resources as
certained and steps taken to their de?
velopment.
"This should include our transporta?
tion svstems, our cable facilities under
seas, our waterways, our mines and
supplies of oil, our timber reserves, our
coast, surveys, the resources of fifish
cries, the reclamation of waste land,
the checking of industrial waste. in
short. a forward policy of 'develop
America.' "
!\ew Yorkcr Sentenced for
Attempted $25,000 Swindle
COVINGTON, Ky., April 17. Fred
erick Gondorf. alias Fred lirant of New
York, and John Connell and William
Silva, both of Newport, Ky.. recently
convicted of using the mails in an at
tempt to defraud Frank Kaiser of West
Hoboken, N. J? out of $25,000, were to
day sentenced to tive years in the Fed?
eral penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and
each was tm ,d $2,000.
fanes Used to Fight
Rioters in India
Lahore aml Amritsar Are Placed
l nder Martial Law as
Uevolt (irows
SIMLA. India. April 17. Airplar.es
were used to-day in coping with the
disorders thal I in thp
Punjab. A mob attacked a passeuger
train in this district and wrecked the
railroad station at Gujranwala. Air
planes were sent from Lahore and the
mob was bombed and subjected to.ma?
chine gun fire . r.
Considerable unresl sta in
Delhi and Lahore. The Commissioner
for the district has to the
leading men to use their influence for
the reopening of the shops. Other
wise, be announced, the authoritiea
would take action.
Martial law has been declared in tha
districts of Lahore and Amritsar. It
is stated that the Governor General is
"satisfied that a state of open rebel
lion against authi . ts in those
districts." The trials of those violal
ing regulations under martial law will
be held by a co nm ss on v ' u \
be similar to those prescribed bj the
Defence of India act.
A Personnel Job
1 want (':.<? tou] hi I
, onsl rui ti\ <; plaril
and pcrsonnr! work ! i an
Not only to n, I ?
ment manager, but as ll
between some big i rci
and 1:15 labor.
lo build a real organization
hrst of all and then to keep
a real organization; work that
will reduce labor turnover,
pare costs generally and in th
very nature of things improve
quality of product.
Salary is secondary to the
ness of the opportunity, ' ut
naturally with my r< I I'm
not a < heap man.
Box 88, Tribune
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