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* 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 ? call A p ? 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 2e(lbvRe