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Prosecutions
May Follow
Bribe Inquiry
District Attorneys of New
York ami Albany Will Be
Given Copies of Testimony
Gathered by Committee
Moss Is To Be Witness
He Will Be Forced to Give
Source of His Informa?
tion, Investigators Insist
Criminal investigation by District
Attorney Swann and by Harry B. Al?
exander, chief prosecutor of Albany
County, will be started shortly after
the Senate Judiciary Committee fin?
ishes its inquiry into tho charges of
Senator George P. Thompson, of Niag?
ara, that the Governorship and a cam?
paign fund of $500,000 was promised
him if he would support the Carson
Martin increased faro bill.
Senator Alvah H. Burlingame, jr., of
Brooklyn, declared that a copy of the
minutes would be placed in the hands
of District Attorney Swann for his con- :
sideration. Others connected with the
investigation say tho same procedure
will be followed with respect to Dis?
trict Attorney Alexander.
Members of the committee ara frank
in admitting that the mass of con?
tradictory testimony ?3 of such a
nature that further investigation is
advisable. Former Governor Charles
S. Whitman and Richard H. Burke, the
seller of street car supplies, who were
named by Senator Thompson, will be
called again as witnesses, it was said
yesterday.
Others who probably will be called
include Senator Henry M. Sage, of
Albany, and Major Theodore Douglas
Robinson, who quit politics temporarily
to join the colors. Major Robinson
was a member of the Senate in 1917,
when George W. Perkins was nomi?
nated by Governor Whitman as Stato
Food Controller. He and Senator Sage
made charges during the debates which
ended with the Senate rejecting the
nomination.
Both Sage and Robinson declared
during the debates that improper meth?
ods were used in the efforts to confirm
Perkins.
Ex-Governor Whitman, while being
cross-examined on Friday by Frank
Meso, counsel to Thompson, denied that
he had sug-gested to Senator N. Mon?
roe Marshall, of Malone, that Mar?
shall's campaign would be financed if
he would vote for the nomination of
Perkins.
Members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee said yesterday that Moss
will be called as a witness and asked
to reveal the source of the informa?
tion he purported to have on which he
grilled ex-Governor Whitman.
Halt an Rally
Neis 50 Million
Gen, Garibaldi Cheered
as M a il i s o n Square
Throngs "Finish Job"
Fifty million dollars was the total
subscribed to the Victory Loan last
night at a reception in Madison Square
Garden to General Giuseppe Garibaldi,
of the Italian army, a grandson of Giu?
seppe Garibaldi, "the Liberator." It
was announced also that another $12,
450,600 worth of subscriptions, from
82,000 persons, had been obtained by
the Italian committee of the Liberty ?
Loan Committee.
Many of the addresses were in Ital- j
ian, and in many of them were refer- ?
enees to Fiume, which always brought ;
an outburst of cheers from the audi- ?
ence. Cheers no less hearty, however, j
were ovoked by such prophecies as that ?
which O reste Ferrara, one of the speak- i
crs, appended to his mention of Fiume |
that "the friendships of peoples would i
triumph over the niceties of diplo- |
macy" and Italy would attain eventual- j
ly the end for which she bad sacrificed
her blood and treasure.
Mr. Ferrara is a member of the Cu- j
ban House of Representatives and for i
eight years was Speaker. While he ;
was speaking Major General Robert M. !
Alexander, of the 77th Division, was j
escorted to the platform. Cheers in- i
terrupted Mr. Ferrara as General
Garibaldi and General Alexander
clasped hands. It was their first meet?
ing, as each explained later, since the
8th Division of the Italian Army re?
lieved the 77th Division of the A. E. F.
on the Vesle.
Rudolph Pierabon and ten other
members of Local 976 of the Inter?
national Longshoremen's Union were
on the platform in the garb and atti?
tude of the "Sure, we'll see it through"
poster, and Pierabon made a brief
speech in Italian. Others on the plat?
form were Giovanni Almagia, president
of the Italian Irredentist Society; Gus?
tavo Tolentino, secretary of-the so?
ciety who twice was jailed in Tr?ente
for anti-Austrian activities; Justice
John J. Freschi, of Special Sessions,
and Ezio Garibaldi, brother of the
general.
Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia
had sent a subscription of $2,000 by
cable from Paris, it was announced.
Some of the big subscriptions of the
evening were $1,000,000, "in honor of
the 832d Infantry," which fought be?
side the Italians at th?: Piave; similar
?mounts from John Francolini, presi?
dent of the Italian Saving? Bank: an
unknown admirer of Giuseppe Gari?
baldi, end from the Bowery Savings
Bank.
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CRAND CONCERT UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE
WTH REGIMENT VETERAN CORPS.
OS TH! HKIMY KVfTS'i.NKJ. MAT 15th, 1?J9,
At the Metropolitan Oper? Hoot?
MR. ?TKA.NCIK P. GARVAN,
. Chairman.
MiSM MARGA f<KT ROMAINS.
Koprano,
Metropolitan Opara (.'omwnr.
rmiC.Nljf.Y HONK or kt. ratricx
GhZK CLUB.
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BOX. KBWTOS I). MAKER,
Httcr'iiaty of War.
Vr*,n*ri'.h!ion ftpaach ??y
Mit, MAKTIV CON ROY,
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Contrasto,
CfcieMM Op*ra Company,
'-*"> with JSnrfco Caruso.
MK. OBOROK M. COHAN.
MR. CHAi.N'Cfcy oix/yrr.
Kuafcj Xiy e&th K*x1m?nt, M. Y. Guard
Run4.
OTHER Af;TiKTH WIM., APRKAR
7'.'? k*t* 0? K*\h at Tyson or M'Hrido'?
TUat?t Offlr:?? an<1 at th? <S?th R**i
Armiity; aiwo at the MMropoii.
tan Ojx.-a now?.
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Heroic chaplain of old 69th, rain soaked but smiling, receiving
plaudits of thousands. He is accompanied by the Rev. T. J. Prunty, of
his parish.
25,000 March
In Parade for
Father Duffy
Continued from vage 1
nounced that the star of the parade
was approaching.
Then, with umbrellas bobbing and
rain-soaked flags waving, men, women
and children would emerge from their
hiding places to throng the pavements
and cheer their hero. After he had
passed, the crowds again melted away
as rapidly as they had appeared, leav?
ing the remainder of the parade to
view only the thin lane of umbrellas
in the centre o? which they passed.
The grandstand at lSlst Street was
far from the most comfortable place
in the city at the hour the parade
passed. Mayor Hylar.'s familiar silk
hat must have been irreparably damag?
ed by the passage cf many streams of
water down its burnished sides. By
his side were Robert L. Moran, Presi?
dent of the Board of Alderman; Rod?
man Wanamaker, of the Mayor's Com?
mittee to Welcome Homecoming
Troops; Borough President Maurice
Connelly, of Queens, and Surrogate
George M. Schultz, of The Bronx.
The grandstand also held numerous
state, county and Federal official, such
a gatherings as would have done credit
to any of the big demonstrations here?
tofore seen only south of the Harlem
River.
Priest Gets Bouquet
Father Duffy's machine had gone but
a few blocks from the starting point
of the parade when a child tossed aj
great bunch of red roses into the car.
He lifted it, smiled and waved his hand)
at the donor of the bouquet and held!
the flowers during the remainder of!
the parade.
It was known that Father Duffy had j
protested against this special welcome j
to him from the moment it first was:
suggested, long before he left France, j
"I want to get back to the old order |
of things just as soon as possible and !
I don't care to have any fuss made !
over me when I return," he said.
That may be the reason he wore an ?
I-told-you-so smile throughout the
damp trip.
At the head of the parade was Briga?
dier General George R. Dyer, leading!
the new 69th Regiment, N. Y G. The i
officers wore raincoats, but most of
the men had abandoned the idea of
trying to keep even comparatively dry
and laughed at the soggv-water-soaked
picture presented by their uniforms.
Eight Military Units in Line
The 22d Engineers, 8th and 9th Coast
Artillery Corps, the 7th, 12th and 71st
Infantry regiments followed the 69th.
Next came the 1st Artillery Armored
Car and Machine Gun Detachment, its
members protecting themselves from
the weather as best they could by
huddling down in their cars or march?
ing close to the sides of the vehicles.
Next came some of the war organiza?
tions that had learned to respect the
courage of Father Duffy during the
days of the war. There were organiza?
tions of Knights of Columbus war
secretaries in uniform, a Red Cross
unit, several Salvation Army units,
whose members were given almost as
enthusiastic a greeting as was Father
Duffy himself, and a long line of Y. M.
C. A. secretaries.
Thousands of veterans, both of the
present and the Spanish-American War,
marched in the succeeding units. In
automobiles were G. A. R. veterans,
while members of the 69th Veterans'
organization and members of the U. S.
A.V.Association marched hehind them.
The first section of the parade ended
with the arrival of Father Duffy in his
flower-laden automobile.
The second section, which was led by
men of the parish of the Church of Our
Saviour, including the Holy Name So?
ciety and the Chaplain Duffy Club, was
made up largely of members of re?
ligious bodies. Nearly every denomina?
tion in the city was represented among
these marchers.
At Kingsbridge Road the majority of
the marchers dispersed and boarded
special trains back to the downtown
district. A guard of honor remained
with Father Duffy, however, to escort
bim to Fordham University, where he
was the guest of honor at a banquet.
Allied Courier Reaches
Moscow With Food Terms
PARIS, May 10 (By The Associated
Press). Word has reached the Ameri?
can peace delegation that n courier
Bent through Norway in an endeavor to
reach Moscow, where he wj.s to lay the
details of theplan ,or Allied food re?
lief before the Soviet government, ha?
comn'eted hi? trip.
A?1 efforts to communicate the plan
to the Soviet government by telegraph
! and wireletiH have thus far failed, and
the courier is believed to have brought
the first information of the Allies' in?
tentions to the Bolshcvil authorities.
Allied Fleet Bombards
Two Bolshevik Towns
ARCHANGEL, May 10 (By The As?
sociated *PresH)."-The Allied river flo
tillft has taken the offensive on the
Dvina and Vaga rivers.
The flotilla bombarded Tulgas, on
I tue Dvaju, __,_ KiUka, on the Vaga.
Progressives Balk
On Plan to Fight
Penrose in Senate
New York Tribuna
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 10.?A fight for
an open caucus of Senators on May 14
was inaugurated here to-day by a
group of the so-called Progressives,
headed by Senator Borah, of Idaho.
The movement, which is intended to
align the Progressives against Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania, as chairman
of the Finance Committee, and Senator
Warren, of Wyoming, as chairman of
Appropriations, created a stir in Senate
circles, where for some days it has been
understood that the fight against Pen
rose and Warren was practically over.
The following Senators agreed to
make the fight for an open Caucus:
Borah, Jones, of Washington; McNary,
of Oregon; Johnson, of California;
Kenyon, of Iowa; McCormick, of Illi?
nois, and Norris, of Nebraska. Two so
called Progressive Senators, Gronna, of
North Dakota, and La Follette, of Wis?
consin, did not attend the conference
and were not parties to the agreement.
Borah Speaks for Progressives
The Progressive group authorized
Senator Borah and Senator Johnson,of
California, to confer with Senator
Lodge, Republican leader, and inform
him that the Progressives had agreed
to oppose Senators Penrose and War?
ren. In a statement made subsequent
to the conference Senator Borah, who
said he had been authorized to speak
for the Progressives, stated it was the
intention to make the fight on Penrose
and Warren both in the caucus and on
the floor of the Senate.
"It was further agreed," said the
Senator, "that we did not recognize
seniority rules as binding in these in?
stances against the best interests of
the country and the party.
"The objections to Senator Penrose
are well known. Senator Warren was
at one time before chairman of the
Appropriations Committee, and he was
not economical of public funds. More?
over, he is not in touch with the needs
of the country now."
Borah Changes Statement
The Borah statement to the effect
that the progressives would carry the
fight on Penrose to the floor of the
Senate was repudiated by the entire
group, although none of the Senators
wished to be quoted. In consequence
Senator Borah later amended his state?
ment to say that "it was my under?
standing" that the senators would take
the fight to the floor of the Senate.
In Senatorial circles to-night there
was much adverse comment on Senator
Borah's statement. It was said that
he sought to pledge publicly the pro
i gressives to a fight on the floor of the
I Senate in the hope that home political
influences would compel them to make
good on this programme.
I
Smith Signs Bill
Providing Subway
Construction Head j
Governor Gives No Idea as
to Probable Appointee;
Many Other New Meas?
ures Officially Approved
ALBANY, May 10.- Without giving
any idea of whom he has in mind for
the post, Governor Smith to-night
signed the bill of Senator James A.
Folcy creating a Rapid Transit Con?
struction Commissioner for New'York
City to finish the building of the sub
1 ways. He had offered the position to
Colonel William Barclay Parsons, re?
cently returned from service in
France. Colonel Parsons declined.
This measure completes Governor
Smith's plan for the reorganization
of the New York City Public Service
Commission. The first bill, which was
signed last week, provided.for a reg
luatory commissioner with several
deputies, to take the place of the pres?
ent First District Public Service Com?
mission of five members. Lewis Nixon
was appointed.
The transit commissioner is to be
a resident of New York City, and is
to be appointed by the Governor for
five years at a salary of $15,000 a
year.
Another bill signed is that of As?
semblyman Charles D. Donohue to
stop the New York City tax lien frauds,
discovered by an investigation of
District Attorney Swann. The bill
provides that in the sale of building
lots on the installment plan the per?
son who sells the property is made a
trustee to assure the title or deed.
Failure to turn over the deed after
the final payment is made presumptive
evidence of misappropriation.
The New York City Speedway bill
also was signed. It strikes out the
provision restricting the use of the
Speedway to horse-drawn vehicles and
provides that the Park Commissioner
may exclude trucks, carts and vehicles
for transporting merchandise and
freight.
Other bills signed include:
By Senator Foley, appropriating
$50,000 to pay the expenses of the At?
torney General in combating efforts
to invalidate the 80-cent gas law.
By Assemblyman Fertig, providing
that tenants in New York and Brook?
lyn from month to month cannot be
removed except on ten days' written
notice by landlord.
By Senator Downing, changing the
boundaries of the First and Second
Municipal court districts in Manhattan,
and increasing from four to five the
number of justices in the Second Dis?
trict. The new justice is to be elected
at the next general election for ten
years, at $8,000 per annum.
By Senator M. Sage, abolishing the
commission on new prisons and au?
thorizing the Superintendent of Pris?
ons to build the Farm and Industrial
Prison at Wingdale and the new cell
block at Sing Sing.
By Senator Burlingame, providing
that any member of the New York
police force who has served twenty-five
years shall be given a pension, whether
or not he has reached the age of fifty
five.
O'Ryan Named on Board
To Revise Army Laws
Baker Names Three Officers to
Consider Question of Courts
Martial; Ansell to Help
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 10. ? Major
General John F. O'Ryan, representing
the National Guard; Major General
Francis J. Kernan, of the Regular
Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Hugh W.
Ogden, a reserve officer, were named
to-day by Secretary of War Baker as
a special board to consider the ques?
tion of military justice and report to
the secretary. Mr. Baker announced
to-day that he hoped to have some con?
structive suggestions to make to Con?
gress on the question of reforms in the
miiitary code from the numerous
studies being made of the question.
"I am trying to get ail the in?
formation on this subject from
every possible point of view," Secre?
tary Baker said. "I have directed Gen?
eral Crowder to study the problem, and
I directed Colonel Ansell to draw a
bill which would embody his sugges?
tions. The American Bar Association
appointed a committee at my request
that is now studying the question.
"The board of officers just appointed
is made up of men experienced in act?
ual service in the field and also civil
life, and 1 am going to get their re?
action and out of it all I hope we will
have some constructive suggestions
to make to Congress."
""'Wiilim?t?w
SPECIAL SALE
Single Animal Neckpieces
Offering this week, a collection of choice
Single Animal Neckpieces at extremely
mod?rate prices, when quality and work?
manship are considered
Stone Marten $48 to $65
Fisher $85 to $250
Hudson Bay Sable (Blended) $50 to $75
Hudson Bay Sable (Natural) $90 to $150
Russian Sable (Natural) $110 to $550
Fox and Wolf in the Spring Shades
at prices equally attractive
COLO DRY
Rjr Storage
Phone Main 5900
9 v ?Batch, ?Price & Go.
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OP VALUE
FULTON & SMITH STREETS
BROOKLYN
The Madison Avennie Entrance 5s recommended for its convenience
H Alteran $c Ca
MADISON AVENUE ?= FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
T__irty=fourtlhi Street Tih.rty=ir.ffth Street
A Special Offering of
Women's Summer Silk Dresses
exception ally priced at
$36.50
will take place to=miorrow (Monday) on
the Third Floor.
These Dresses represent a numiber of
attractive warinni=weather models, van=
ousfly developed in foulard combined
with georgette, figured chiffon, crepe
de Chine and black or navy Mue satin.
(Dep't for Women's Ready=to=wear)
An Interesting Assortment off
Women's Imported Lingerie
(hand=eim!broidered)
will be a special sale feature on the
Second Floor, to=morrow and Tuesday.
Both French and Philippine imndergar=
ments, made off dainty materials and
ornamented with beautifully executed
needleworks are included in the offering.
The values are exceptional.
Nightrobes
v Envelopes .
Chemises .
Pantalons .
Petticoats .
These prices do not in every instance
apply to both French and Philippine
pieces.
Household and Decorative
Linens
at decided concessions in prices.
It is at this season of the year that the
necessity of replenishing the linen sup=
ply for the Summer becomes apparent.
? The following items (all off selected
qualities) have been prepared espe=
cially for a Sale to be held on Monday
and Tuesday: "" "
Linen Damask Table Cloths
each . $6.00, 6.75, 7.50 <& 9.75
Linen Damask Napkins
per dozen $6.75, 7.50, 8.50 & 11.75
Linen Huckaback Towels (hemstitched)
per dozen . $9.00, 10.00 ?& 12.00
Huckaback Towels
(15nen=and=cotton, hemstitched)
per dozen . $6.00, 7.50 <& 9.00
Madeira Luncheon Sets (13 pSeces)
hand=scalloped aaid hand=embroidered
linen . . per set $4.75 <& 6.00
Madeira Tea Napkins
hand=scalfloped and hand=embroidered
linen . per dozen $6.75 <& 7.75
$2.35, 2.90 <& 3.45
2.35, 2.90 <& 3.45
1.95 <& 2.65
2.45 <& 2.95
? 2.85 ?& 3.25
A Monday and Tuesday Sale
of special and timely interest, will offer
Over Two Thousand
Stum muer Blouses
nun seventeen of the smartest, daintiest
models this season has yet produced,
very remarkably priced at ?P
$2.95, $3.85, $4.90, $5.85
$7.75 <& $9.75
Included in this extraordinary offering
are Blouses off batiste, plain and novelty
voiles, dotted swiss, georgette and crepe
de Chine.
Some are hand = made throughout;
others are trimmed with real filet or
Irish picot; and all introduce new and
attractive style features.
Also
Georgette Overblouses
at $9.75
(Second Floor)
?umnmier Mourning
The assortments for the Summer season
are now fully represented in fashionable
Gowns, Wraps, Suits, Blouses, Mats and
all the necessary accessories to the
mourning costume.
Semi=private salons on the Third Floor
are reserved especially for patrons de=
siring to make selections. aM?s-tef?
A Special Sale
to commence to=morrow (Monday), will
consist of
Summer Mourning Dresses
(sizes 34 to 44)
in three new models, off Oriental silk,
at $39.00
Figured Linens and Cretonnes
(in wide and narrow widths)
have recently {been received from Eng?
land and France and are now displayed,
among other interesting novelties, in
the Upholstery Department.
These Cretonnes (among which is a new
Awning=stripe Cretonne of marked at=
tractiveness) represent the newest ideas
in design and color combination, Feat=
ured exclusively by B. Afltnuan <& Co.,
the prices range from $1.00 to 37.50
per yard.
Shown in the same Department is an
interesting collection of
ENGLISH OLAZEO CHINTZES
in many quaintly artistic effects.
(Fourth Floor)