Wednesday, April 9, 1919

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The Headlines

SENATE ORDERS $500,000 BRIBE OFFER INQUIRY; Thompson Names Tempter in Secret and Official Comes Here to Subpoena Him. INQUIRY TO BE SWEEPING Accuser Wins Concession from Committee and All Bribery Charges Will Be Sifted. VICTORY FOR FARE BILL Assembly Ignores Talk of Traction Corruption and Passes the Measure, 77 to 88. Subpoena for a Lobbyist. "Third House" Agitated. SENATE ORDERS BRIBE INQUIRY Former High Official Involved. Committee Resolution Satisfactory. Passage of Bill in Assembly Vote on 6-Cent Fare Bill.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Charles Baudelaire (1821)
• Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
• Elias Lönnrot (1802)
• Léon Blum (1872)
• Erich Ludendorff (1865)

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