New-York tribune., 1917-11-18
Swami to Sift
Finances of Army
And Navy Bazaar
Profits Reported To Be
$745 and Expenses
$7l,475
Quiz Starts Tomorrow
District Attorney Requests
c. D. and I. c. Fox To
Be Present

An investigation OF the finances or
the Army and Navy Bazaar, which was
held three weeks ago at the Grand
Central Palace and which is said to
have netted only $754 for war relief
after an expenditure Of s7l,475, will
be begun tomorrow by District Attor-
ney Swami. c. Donald Fox, originally
executive secretary Of the bazaar or
ganization, yesterday was requested to
present himself at the District Attor-
ney's office tomorrow morning. Irving
c.. Fox, from whose law office at 2I7
Broadway the affairs Of the bazaar
were handled, also was summoned to
appear.
AS soon as ! learned Of the affair
took action" said Mr.. Swami. "lf my
investigation shows that the money col
lected by the managers OF the bazaar
was squandered or improperly used,
those involved can be held under the
Penal Code"
Ready to Report
"I should be only too glad to tell the
District Attorney all | know, ssld
Waldemar H. I. N. De Billie, managing
director Of the bazaar.
al cannot attempt to whitewash the
undertaking, for it was horrible mess.
The statement Of finances printed IN
the newspapers is approximately corr
rect. More than 1854 finally reached
the purpose intended, but the amount
is so small that it doesn't help tho
situation very much. should say
that, in all, $4,000 went into RELIEF
work. The rest went in expenses
didn't get a cent out Of il. In fact,
have not received all the money eX-
pended for the committee"
That one-half of the principal IN
come of the bazaar, comprising SA5'-
1890 paid for advertising space in
the programme. was paid to an sdyer-
Using agent was admitted BY Mr.. DE
Billie.
Rain Marred Success
"There was no extravaganza IN eX-
penditure anywhere" he said. rms
was the most economical bazaar ever
/ organized. 1t would have gone big II
! it had not been for the activities OF
| two members of the executive commit
| tee of 'Heroland.' who wrote TO adyer'
tisers urging them not to Euy our
space. Then New York had the big
gest rainstorm Of the year on the
opening night. | saw it was a hzzle
| then. Not more than 5000 persons at
tended during the entire six days.
| Ordinarily we should have had from
| 10000 to 10000 daily"
Explaining his estimate Of $4,000 as
! the amount realized for charity. DIR.
! De Billie said that numerous relief or
/ carnations had booths at the bazaar
with the understanding that they were
to divide their receipts with the man-
agement. Approximately $4,000 had
| been returned to these organizations
under this agreement, he explained.
/ The organizations mentioned were
"Our Boys in France" Tobacco Fund
the Russian Civilian Relief Society.
| the Stage Women's War Relief Socl-
city, the Militia of Mercy the Good
Samaritan Society, the Commission for
Relief in Belgium and "Amelia Bipg-
hams Dog Fund"
"We can account for every nickel"
! declared Mr.. De Billie. This. in fact,
is the only bazaar ever held whero
every nickel can be accounted for
"The Federal Accounting Corpora
ton, auditors for the bazaar. will rem
der a complete statement of the finan-
cial activities of the management az
A meeting next Thursday afternoon in
the Machinery Club, 30 Church Street.
/ Mr.. De Bile ended