The evening world. Newspaper, June 18, 1918, Page 8

ee ne te te less urgent because voluntary. Buy Thrift Starnps To-Day! Best & Co. Fifth Ave., at 35th St Ext. 1879 Fresh & New & Specially Priced Women’s Glove Silk Vests, 1.85 It is easy to be on the safe side with dainty vacation and summer supplies when sales like these come along. : This is a new purchase of silk vests, fresh, soft, and lustrous, and as comfortable and coal as beautiful. Band tops with ribbon strap; and bodice styles; the kind that discriminating customers prefer, and depend upon us for supplying. You Never Pay More at Best's The business of financing the war is none the | ANTLPROFITEERING PLEDGE TO BE PUT wegory Draws Up Covenants Barring Third Party in | | | | | \¢ | | Deals With U. S. WASHINGTON, June 18.--As a re- sult of the disclosures of profitesring in war contracts, Attorney General Gregory to-day sent a letter to tho future they should contain a clauss pledging the manufacturer not to em- ploy any third party in nogotiating with the Government. ‘The Attorney eald the courts had untvermuly condemned the contingent fee aystem and continued: “Ae @ means of breaking up this Sunday World Wants Work Monday Morning Wonders practice I have prepared the following form of covenants, which the Presi. The Store isclosed daily at 5P.M., on Sstardays at [2 noon Thirty-fourth Street Frocks of figured cotton voile . Frocks of plain-colored chambray Frocks of white net in a weakened condition. will make the sickroom is used. Physicians 19 conve @ can @ g00d trugmete aad grocers Simple, sure, safe, SONS Frocks of checked cotton voile, tunic model, i Frocks of white and plain-colored cotton voile, 10.75 lie: Frocks of white hemstitched dotted voile, Keep the Sickroom vitality is low The system can’t put up a good fight against disease -bearing mi- robes. A patient suffering from one ailment often contracts others. That is why it is so important to keep the sickroom sanitary; to see that no dangerous germs reach the patient while safe; no germ can live where it and nurses all agree that chlori- nated lime gives effective protection both to the patient and other members of the family. : ACME Chlorinated Lime kills odors as well as germs; keeps the sickroom and home fresh and clean. A wonderful sterilizer and bleacher of white goods. B. Altman & Cn. FIFTH AVENUE-MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK Thirty-fifth Street Women’s Cotton Frocks (illustrated im the current Folder) for wear in town and country during the warm Summer days, are on Sale on the Sixth Floor at economy prices $6.90 & 8.50 9.75 13.75 9.75 it § & Bo sore it's ACME, Substitutes may be stale and worthless _THE EVENING IN WAR CONTRACTS : ‘| neads of all Government departments , making contracta proposing that in’ dont + t r rat nat ntingent, | t, upon such pre nd that he has not paid or r agreed to pay, to any ns in consideration of su ‘ or in compensation f services in connection therewith a rok commission or percentag upon the amount receivable by him | ‘hereunder; and that he has not, in es- | | timating the contract price demanded by him included any sum by reason of any such brokerage, commission or Percentage, and that all moneys paya- ble to hin hereunder are free from ob- ligation to any other persons for ser- red oF supposed to have in the procurement of agrees that any breach ranty shail constitute wuse of the annulment of this contract by the United Btates, and that the United States may re- tain to its own ute from any sums due or to become due thereunder an |@mount equal to any brokerage, com- | mission or percentage so paid or | agreed to be paid, | “As an additional protection, tt Is requested that your department adopt an a regulation the following language taken from section 3722, | page 725, reviend statutes, as applied | to the Navy Department; | “*And no pergon shall be received as a contractor who is not a manu facturer of or regular dealer in the | articles which he offery te aupply. ” ARMY OFFICERS + SEED HEREIN SEARCH FOR RAT @omgtnued trom First Page) the oontractors in landing ountrsets | has been conclusively proved. | ‘MILLIONS OF DOLLARS = | INVOLVED IN GRAFT ON ARMY CONTRACT Washington Gets Evidence From All Parts of Country of System of Intimidation. WASHINGTON, June 1%—Severa! | thousand letters and documents con- | taining proofs of an elaborate system of obtaining Government contracts on tho illegal contingent feo basis were received to-day by the Depart- ment of Justice from its agents, who gonducted raids on hundreds of con- tractors’ business offices Inte yer terday. ‘The commissions paid on these contracts, it was disclosed, ranged from 5 to 20 per cent. and the aggre- gate fees probably ran into millions of dollars. Evidence was discovered |of bundreds of contracts made under ‘these arrangements heretofore un- | suspected by the Department of Jus- | thee. | Manufacturers were threatened in jmany cases with being deprived of contracts if they refused to negotiate with these agents on a commission } | compensation plan. Some agents rep- | | Fesented that they had special in- | | fluence over mombers of Congress or | | army officers, In addition to these documents |other information came to the De- partment from manufacturers who | had been solicited by contract com- | |mission agents located in Washing- | ton. The «manufacturers offered their | assistance in stamping out the MWiegal system. ‘ | A Federal Grand Jury tn Wash- ington bas returned indictments charging conspiracy to obtain con- | | tracts under the illegal contingent | fee plan against John Fleming, for- | mer Water Commissioner of Boston; f John T, Cavanaugh, Hugene Sullivan and Joseph Kohn, all of Boston. | These men, It is charged, worked together In @ mysterious involved manner, persuading to pay them commissions on con- | tracts they obtained, representing that they had special influence with certain unnamed army officers, and In | some cases actually procuring the jcontracts and receiving cneir feax | It was officially these men were detoctad In thelr negotiations with I. A. Bittas, Presi- manufacturers | annonnced that) Jolphin, who worked ,|deduct from the payment to these | commission fee, |action against the manufacturere |thongh it many cases it is demon DAY, JUNE 18, 1918. ! jovernment agents in gathering © against them. oy were in Washington recently and at liberty ur bond, The ent will mak eirs a test ,» Meanwhile takin, jon againat thers suspected of similar tactics, The Government will prepare a record of all contracts now being ex- ccuted in which it has proof of the | payment of contingent fees and may | contractors the sum covered in the Officials calenlate | roughly that this will save millions of doltars to the Government on con- tracts now under way. There is no «round, however, fer taking criminal who had these agreements, | Neither can commission agents be prosecuted for accepting fees, al- strated that they worked with others in @ conspiracy to violate the Iw forbidding contingent fees and sub- letting of contracts, and consequently are Hable to prosecution under con- piracy laws, Officiats to-day dectined to any dcf- nitety whether they were planning arrests tm addition to the four made here yesterday, but tt ts considered certain that action will be taken against « of commission agents now known to have operated in Washington and to a lesser extent in New York and other cities, Further steps to stamp out contract frauds were discussed to-day at the Cabinet meeting. Secretaries Bakor and Daniels particularly sought to hasten inquiries into contracts let by thetr departments to ascertain whether any officers actually were in- fluenced by contracts er their agenta | ss $50,000,000:IN BONDS | FOR TELEPHONE COMPANY Issue Will Be Underwritten by | J.P. Morgan & Co, amd Other Bankers, A aypdjoate of New York and ric bankers, headed by J. P. Morrun & Co. has arranged to underwrite an issue not exceeding $50,000,000 ef 6 var cent. seven-year convertible bonds of the! American Telephone and Telexraph Company, ‘The @irectors ef che company witi| meet tn Bowton to-day afd recommend | to « ders the authorization of this | issue. A special meeting will be called for July 3 ‘The bonds will be offered to stock- Welders for mubseription at an issue | Price to be fixed on a basis in propor- | tion of $10 in bonds for each ten shares | of stock held. with the further provision that the huider of less than ten shares tral be «1 the right to subscribe at Holzwasser Home H Talks No. 341 N whatever i ~ ti I wherever tho. bani ote aod the man! fance of b larty delight your serae at artistic efinement— jut terieniber “that wt an pa your howe with equal if reader “Fishnet At @ price 20 cent, to 40 percent * under thr emi’, and On, terme onrenience and economy, In the | — renreeaee mutfittts of TOLZWASSER', "page Write tor New A0- Page Catalog and | | 12-Page Spring Sale Cireus, Consixtine of Period Furnitere A5-Room Apartment A4-Room Apartment Our LIBERAL TERMS of Rare Beauty Blue| Dei 0.4 oie | Bt 8500 | 850.00 | 85. nreee Amounts € Terms einjly ale to New York Suala, Nes’ areey an ‘onneotirut’ Delivery by Motor Tracks, | | We i’my Freicht & Railroad Fares |M Used by the Army and Navy. The shine that stands the weather. Preserves and softens leather, SunovA HOME SET Send one to your soldier boy to dust and polish his shoes. Ask Nearest Store BLACK--TAN— WHITE—RED NEW MANAGERS NAMED FOR EASTERN RAILROADS Appointments, Effective at Once, : Are Announced by Regional Director Smith. The following appointments for rail roads in the Fostern region were an- nounced yesterday, effective at once, by Regional Director Smith: J. G. Bernet, General Manager, the New York, Chicago and St. Louts Rafl- road. Office at Cleveland. E. M. Rine, General Manager, Dela- Park last night, Wiitam Laurel Harris, Chairman of the club's Art Committee. presented to the organization @ @eco- rated panel which has been installed in a) Manager, line dining room as an honor roll ef the allway, Of | up's members now serving in the my and Navy. Nearly 20 names have been ineised im the oak tablet, which is surmounted by the eagle and crossed flags wreathed with the laurel of victory. Noteworthy among these are the names of Brig. Gen. James W. McAndrew, Chief of Pershing’o ataff: Rear Admiral Benson ‘and Bishop Patrick J. Hayes, in charge Of ail Catholic chaplains in’ the army and Is Lot td gfe al “rey 3. King, re-elected President, of At the annual meeting of the Catho- | the club, accepted the tablet for @he lic Club held at No. 120 South Central members. Jeneral Manager, New nd Western Railway. Oftice |” Railroa van, General Manager, Or Ulster and Delaware Railroad. at Kingston, N. Y. i ay PANEL FOR CATHOLIC CLUB. Given by W m Laurel Harris 5th Avenue Pre-Inventory Sale Extraordinary Price Reductions on Entire Stock of Spring Suits For Men and Young Men $21.00, formerly $22.75 to $55.00 This Clothing event has been arranged tor the purpose of reducing our enormous Clothing Stocks (upwar 7,500 Spring Suits) prior to Inventory. The Sale is of unusual importance, as ut uffords Entire Stock Divided Into Three Prices, as Follows: LIGHT-WEIGHT SUITS formerly $22.75, $28.50 and $30.00 FINE SUITS formerly $33.00, $35.00, $38.00 FINEST SUITS formerly $40.00, $45.00, $50.00, $55.00 MEN’S 250 STUDENTS’ SUITS With First Long Trousers—Size 15 to 20 years A most extraordinary opportunity to purchase high-grade Youths’ Suits at exceptionally low prices. BOYS’ Store Opens 9 A. M.—Closes 5 P. M. dames McCreary & Co. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 34th Street $26.50 and $36.75 . of Great Savings $21.00 $26.50 $36.75 CLOTHING DEP’T—5TH FLOOR Extra Special $16.50 formerly $18.50, $20.00 and $22.50 CLOTHING DEP’T—5TH FLOOR