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if | a } \t ( a ‘Micholas F. Brady Testifies , Charles S. Whitman has been a pri- - Yhe interest of the people against | T JUGHEAG WITNESS TELLS OF $7,000 MORE PAID 10 EX-GOV. WHITMAN'S FIRM C.G. M. Thomas Discloses Fee | Thompson, took Mr. Brady in hand aft a , From Consolidated Gas as |". "Brady admitted that Burke had Inquiry Is Resumed. been carrying “bits of informa- tion” to him since 1914, that he never came to Mr. B i office, but carried news straight to Mr, Brady's house. Brady denied that he had ever talked to Burke about Thompson as @ candidate for Governor. “Why dé you think Burke carried information to you?" asked Mr. Moss. “Because 1 believed he wanted to show he desired to be helpful,” re- plied Mr. Brady. Did you ever pay him?” | “Never.” “How about the Federal Signal Company of which Burke .# reported to be an agent. Didn't the company get big contracts from the B. RK. T, of which you are head?” “Three years ago the Federal Com- pany lost a very big contract,” re- plied Brady. “I'm speaking of later on—hasn't the Federal Signal Company be: awarded contracts by the B, R- 'T. asked Mr, Moss. “BURKE IN TIPSTER ROLE. About “Bits of Information” Brought to His House.’ Charles G. M. Thomas, Treasurer of the Consolidated Gas Company, teptified to-day at the Senate Ju- distary Committee's $500,000 seven- cemt fare doughbag hearing in City Hall, that the firm of Whitman, Ot- tinger & Ransom had thus far re- cetved $7,500 from the gas trust for legal services in an attempt to anni- Perhaps so, but I don't remem~- Dilate the eighty-cent gas law. [Dene reptied Mer, Brady. Mr, Th we ed if that @ Rockefeller interests were ‘. jomas was aske at Was brought into the story of the lost all the Whitman firm hoped to git. | cones of seven cent fares when Harry He smiled significantly and replied, | }!. Weathenwax, (Chairman of the New York State Elec vf mates think oo." ‘ew York State Electric Railway As. sociation, admitted that Ivy Lee, pe Tt bas already been brought out| sonal press agent for both the Rocke- fell m "Theodore P. i eller’ and publicity man for the =e dees selatda 2 tino ye Standard Oil Company, had written tatiner for Interborough services, the | some of the literature sent through- out the State pleading for the en- exact nature of which has not been made clear. | actment of the Carson-Martin Seven~ Cent Fare Bill. | Mires the Whitman tim tb ditd|Jumoe Laie sonenbash, Chie?) At Ras received all told $17,500 from the | torney for the Interborough, had been traction and gas interests and will] Ukely receive more. curred jn the few selected to see New York bavkers and interest them in the seven-cent fare All this has oc- \drive, Weatherwax said Quackenbush | months that | went totsee Charles H. Sabin. Brigadier General Cornelius Van- | derbilt, one of the directors of the | Interboro, was expected to be caied | vate citizen and since William L. Sch chchcacacchchtacacchthcatachththtacacchtictacacatadintataachdatactn tedadadatadacadad VORSSESSSST SITS SS F9SSSTOSTSIISSSSS SESTIFETEFIOFFOTD Big Navy-Curtiss Seaplane. in Flight At Start of Its Transatlantic Trip To-Day| HE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, Naval Airplanes Starting From Rockaway On First Leg of Their Transatlantic Flight BOODOOOREREOEAESEAEREEEESEOEEEEEEE OEOEEEREEESONESS4 AOEOEEEDEREEELEEESHOROEEAEOREL OOD seeceseneoenaeess | was the prey of the “hoodoo” which, | sailoemen said, apparently makes ite | home im Rockaway. While the NC-4 | was, being made ready for @ trial flight at 6 o'clock last night the pro- peller, making 1,500 revolutions a minute, cut off Chief Special Me- chanic Harty Howard's left hand. | Howard felt worse about losing the | trip than he did about his injury. "EL hope,” he said to Commander | Towers, “that you'll be held up here \three ‘weeks: Then [ll be ail right again.” Word was telephoned to him to-day at the Naval Base Hospital, Brook: lyn, that the ships had made a suc- cessful hop-off “You'll, have to excuse him,” the nurse’ said; “he feels pretty badly | about it." NAVAL GROSS OCEAN FLYERS: | | COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER BY RADIO PHONE! Seaplanes Also Are in Constant Touch With Ships and Shore Wireless Stations. WASHINGTON, May 8—The fol- lowing official account of the start of the flight was issued by the Navy Department: “The three navy senplanes, NC 1, NC 3 and NC 4, started from the Naval Air Station at Rockaway at 10.02 A, M. to-day on their filght to Halifax, the first lew of tho trans- atlantic Might, which will start offi- olally when the planes take the air rom Trepassey Bay for Lisbon, Portugal, via the Azores. “Two minutes after the start each destroyer along the first leg of the route had been notified of the start, and before the three planes had pro- ceeded thirty-four miles the station ship at Halifax, the ships along the route and other vessels along the routo had been notified. A radio de: spatch also had been received by Ad- nsome gave up his job as chief | djunsel for the Public Service Com- ission, he used to fight to the stand late this afternoon, attire eaten NAVY PLANES START CROSS OCEAN FLIGHT; FIRST HOP TO HALIFAX when in igher gas rates. | Mr. Thorras couldn't remember WHO Fecommended,; the Whitman, Ot- titer, Ransome firm. He denied | Senator Thompson's statement to the effect that he, in behalf of the Con- | solidated Gas Company, was willing to Advance $100,000 to the Senator for the-purpose of establishing a trust ec! ee (Continued from First Page.) Nicholas F. Brady. chief executive wae ke eee ot the $100.000,000 Brady estate and approximately opposite Ports- bead of the Edison and B. R. T, ine mouth, N. H., flying at a height estimated at 1,000 feet. Shortly before 2 o'clock the terests, was the first witness, | Mr. Brady was asked if he had re- ceived a letter from Richard Henry great naval wiretess station at Burke on Mareb 16 last. Ho roplied, Otter Cliffs, Me., reported it was in tho affirmative and handed Mr,| in communication with the Oheney, tho Deputy Attorney Gen-| Planes. Weather conditions were re- eral doing the cross-examination, letter in Burke's handwriting. | Burke's letter, which Brady sald he ported oxcellent. didn't consider of any particular val- eer te canton ROGIAL Dee ey wr Brady eos , WAY BEACH, L. 1, May &— fa long talk with Senator 7 »e giant seaplanes of the United at the Republican Club, He showed States, Navy left Rockaway at mea , » Mayor Hylan 10.94 o'clock to-day for the 54> that will apt hiay Morning's rye jump to Halifax on the first pill) wa difles the agrcement| ships selected by the Navy to between ty of New York and!win the honor of the first trans- | the pub! rporations has NO/atiantic ait Might were the NC3,/ pene. of (parsnas, and Dat EP ING t and the NC4, They got away made two susgesiions | As he stepped into NC3, the flag- “Pirst-That legislation could be!ship, Commander J, H. Towers said: enacted giving the traction com-' We hope to reach Halifax not later fe right to collect 7-cent! san ¢ o'clock. pian: enBNla & yf ud | There was only a small crowd to| City of New Vouk by the issuing of Witness tho start. A few relatives notes, with a proviso that fome | of the crews, some naval officers and arfangement bo made to return the | group of newspaper correspondents snoney advanced after the roads Were | saw the machines take the air, There] Be Paylin’ basis.” was no cheering. Two women stand- Prate and offer to enter into a new|as the propellers began to whirr. agreement for the purpose of making| They were the wives of men in one f@ new financial arrangement to meet) of the planes present conditions, Lf this were done! The imachines circled about the and the: Mayor refused to listen to it,|bay to got height and prepare for ‘hen he (Thompson) would be for alsquedron formation. Then, the 3 commission with power of regulation. lieading the way, piloted by Com- “From what | can gather at Albany | m Jer Towers, they | id north. 1 think Thompson is right. The|cast and were soon out of sight. A aforesaid legislation has no chance} subinarine churned the water in hot I of passage and if attempted will| pursuit with the intention of keeping jeopardize the chances of a compro-| them in sight as long as possible fe ll. of the two susgestions|WEAR LEATHER CLOTHING, ci Interests you I am sure that CARRY FOOD AND COFFEE. — mre es ton will do all that he can to relieve} The aviators wore jeather clothing,| Liberty motors of 400 horsepower | ror aviv. twa houra aad {Limit Gommanann fei Bathe. taaN0 the present situation, all other state- | the dress of naval flyers. The planes | connucted with individual prop reported that the ships maintained un | eperator. ‘The latter two will go only ments to the contrary. “Bincerely yours, carried food and water, Every plane| with a full load the planes w titude of about 1,800 feet and wer i RICHARD H. BURKE.” had on board a truge thermos bottle | 28,500 pounds apiece. jten, fi nm and enty miles off counsel for Senator| filled with hot coffee. They also car-| grep rounding Rockaway Point the | Shore in triangular formation, | teboard boxes of the sort the| squadron turned east for Montauk at| The total distance from Rockaway e to a picnic, containing | the easterly tip of Long Island,| Beach to Plymouth is mites. . e e sandw and a bag of cake. In| whence their course bent northeast-| rom Trepassey, Newfoundland, the ' a small bag slung over one shoulder | erly to Chatham on the elbow of Cape | Foute runs ) miles to the Azores, | H I leach man carried five pounds of! Gog and continue over a long stretch | 800 miles to Portugal, and on to} extra clothing, | of coastal waters to Halifax Ulymouth "The commanders of the flying shipa| pully a mile away the evch-toned| TWO CARRY 7 MEN, ONE 6, ON| when they left, did not expect tol roar aasured the officers who had| FIRST LEG OF FLIGHT. | fea ee ee ee oe Jcrossed the ocean, At the scheduled | wore working perfectly the, othera seven men cash OP a soy seme q, {Stopping places they will be moored| Far away on the horizon, were the; N¥e men wih fanke. Be tranantiantly | made from Lister's ABSOLUTELY |i, yarpors, Somewhere along tho|dirgible C4 and a scout plane fying rip on each from Trepassey : STARCHLESS Diabetic Plour | og ine of warship ocean patrol they |ag escorts to the NC fleet. Soon the| THe crews on {he MPADIAAAE | eee ae thir bem, contain 30 percent. | may have to come down, but they are big dirigible turned off and proceeded |""" «5 commander J. H. Towers, | ht "Am ‘unusually, co Madiveual ‘capable of riding any ordinary von |to New Haven dnd Bridgeport, which| sommanding officer and navigator! sch day—aconmpanivd | White being repaired or overhauled, |was bombarded with, Liberty Loan|Gommander H, C, Richardson and| ‘aduition to wholesome, avoe+| "The wing-spread of cach ship ts 126 j\terature from the sky. In the @ft-|yieut,. D. H. McCullough, pilots; ‘feet, Crew and equipment are carried ernoon the C4 returned to the station.|rieut. Commander &. A, Lavender, in the “hull,” a 40-foot boat on which On the plane that. followed the | radio operator; Machinist lL. R.| w.x.city the plane Festa on allghting in the NC ships were Ensign J. It.| Moore, engineer; Lieut, Brixton! Lexington Ave. (at 42d st. ”, elephone, Murray Hill 8531. water, Each plane is driven by tour Biggs and Gunner C. D. Griffin, They ' Rhodes, reserve pilot engineer, and Mminary Ifights earlier in the mora- ax fur a9 Newfoundland, N 4—Licut. Commander A. C. ead, commanding officer and navi- ator; Lieuts, KE. Stone and W. K, Hinton, pilots; n R. C. Rodd, radio operator; Machinist’ Mate BE, 8. Rhod engineer, and Lieut. J. L, Brees, reserve pilot en- gincer, the latt Newfoundland. going only as far as N, C,-1—Lieut. Commandor P. N. L. Belling commanding officer and navigator; Lieut, Commander M Mitscher and Lieut, 1. 7, Barin, pilot Lieut. Harry Sadenwater, radio operator; Chief Machinist’ Mate C. 1. K ngineer; Machin- ist Ragius Christensen, reserve pilot engineer, the latter going only as far as Newfounidand, Lieut, Commander Byrd and En- sign ©, J, McCarthy were added at the last minute, Towers said the boats were ready to |in the water. looking for for a week. We are confi,| route to be taken is approximately miral Knapp in London and Admiral Henson in Paris. “When tho planes were a little more than fifty miles from Roka- way they wero in communication with the naval alr station by radio. From he start they were in com- munication by radio telephone with each other, and will bé throughout tho Might. When they were approx- “Goodby, boys There is nothing we | ‘mately 100 miles from the starting can see now that will prevent us from | Polnt they were in communication being in Halifax at 6 o'clock, the end| With the naval air station at Chat- of the first lap,” said Towers, “This | ham, Maas, is the kind of a day we have been| “The distance to Hattfax by the ing, After their return Commander ‘The planes were got ready, tho NC-4 on the runway and the NC-8 and the NCI on her left and right At 3 o'clock Commander Towers climbed into the flagship and waving his hands to the spectators sald: dent that the American Navy will | 540 miles, and it is expected that the be'first to cross the Atlantic in the| minimum time of the first leg of the air.” flight will be about eight hours.” Bellinger said, taking a big black ood cigar from his mouth before he FIVE CROSS-OCEAN atepped into Ship No. 1: “With the help of God and in spite of the devil, went do tha ite aiagt= FLIGHT BASES NOW “Our radio instruments,” Com- aublinsk A:tamee tik oe IN NEWFOUNDLAND erator on the NC-8, said) “are working tiptop and there will be no time during the journey when we witi| International Rivalry Marked by Es- not be in touch with at tad two tablishment of U. S. Station destroyers, If anything should go pass? wrong on one ship its commander can at Trepassey. get In touch with one of the others] ST. JOHNS, N. F., May &~The or with a land station.” Eastern Newfoundland coast now has SEAPLANES MOVE OUT FoOR| five alrdromes where there are flying START ONE MINUTE APART, | 2¢tlvities daily or preparations are Late weather reports from all} being made for sheltering planes ye* along the coast were favorable. to arrive. International rivalry has One minute after Towers waved | Prung up with the presence at Tres- his signal the NC-3 began to move] PAassey Bay of the United States out at 9.59, the NC-4 and NC-1 fol-| Naval Seaplane Base. At Cape Broyle lowed one minute apart. farther north, is the airdrome site of The twelve motors on the three _ bee 3. @. re ay Porte’s planes roared like a machine shop} ™&cbine bas got yet a b on a busy day. Persona in the crowd , Continuing north, Bt, Jobas has two put their hands to their ears, ytay Beds Where ter Aaa BONS planes of the Sopwith and Martin- The machines circled around the bey for! malt @ mile and then—| {70 Sepeditions, whieh eve) Marry be =i . |G, Hawker and Frederick P, Rayn- “They're off!” was the cry. "4 The seaplane few. away at a| Rui respectively as pitots, have been height of about 600 feet and as they piel hcg Selly equigged ter te sped along went up to a higher alti- open ‘Tho most northern of the alrdromes tude, “Phe Tast seen of the planes the) and the largest is that at Harcor SEARS were waving handker-| Gace where the Handley Page ma- chiefs at those on shore, Before they left, the men. posed for Sorte oP plintes’ by Major Brakely, ® motion picture operator, Every ? ai man was in ‘high spirits, Capt. Irwin, U. S. N, preseptea] “FIT TO WIN” FIT TO SEE. every man with a four-leaf clover as he ‘climbed into his ship. Among| ¥® 1 Decision Permits Its Pre- others who saw the departure were ate Sarwhers Mr. and Mra, Herbert L, Satterlee| “Fit to Win,” the educational motion Sai) Rasa ad: picture film demonstrating methods to _ ielapeeds check the socla levil over which much HOODOO FOLLOWS SEAPLANES| controversy has been held in the last TO THE END. two weeks, may be shown to the public The trip hed been postponed 48|% Much as the holders desire, as far as Alte ey | oF the interference of Commissioner of isstatat peas the weather, it was| Licenses Giichrist te concerned. This corey. & cell decision was handed down yesterday said, there was nothing sure about by Judge Mayer in the Federal Court. a start to-day down to until Com-| The film is indorsed by Surgeon Gen- mander Tower gave the word. eral, Blue and other bish Government health officials as being in line with the Almost down to the last the flight] health educational pun of the country, on account the un- When You ng A Something's Wrong Look Into Your Habits of Living Sometimes coffee drinkiag upsets one's feelings, though unsuspected. If coffee disagree, use POSTUM A ten days’ trial of Postum instea of coffee often does wonders in determining “what's the matter.” “There's a Reasan™ | The NC 3 and the NC 1 made pre- a fi re» BRE OF BONS. T0 PROTECT F REA BY More Destroyers Sail From foundland for Stations om” Azores Route, American bridge of boats from New~ foundiand to the Asores for of @tlantic Might, wil be ready by Satur~ day, according to prospects to-day. Crosby, Thatcher, and Laub are sailing out to-day to take Gp their stations ohanan will start’ after taking on fue ind supplies. It was announced the two months if necessary, if the big {rom “irepansey should be delayed ‘walle in The Governor of Newfoundland, hike tendered the fleet here unrestricted all marine facilities. ye ALLIES MAY RECOGNIZE = WASHINGTON, May 8.—Urgent seed” of $20,000,000 for immediate use on the recognition of the Omsk Government than had been planned by the repre- ments In Paria, it was learned to-day from an authoritative source. - State Departntent to obtain the funds before recognition has been age is said, and the American represen . tives In Paris have been notified that =” loan. t It was also learned to-day that thb- and the regions controlled by the Com" sacks of the Don and at Oren! , ernment, has been completed and the Re forces arrayed against the poe om r the ai Be the NC-1, NC-8 and NC-4 on trans- The destroyers Palmer, Walker, ‘The Upshur, Beggs, Williame and Bu» easels were prepared to remain at favorable weather, of the Newfoundland radio stations a OMSK GOVERNMENT SOO# “ noaitins y Siberian Railroad may fead to earlier nontatives of the associated govern~ Efforts by representatives of « corded the Government have failed, recognition would have to precede the Halson between the Omsk Government: Gen. 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