New-York tribune., 1917-12-12
Swami Aid Examines Amer
lean Ambulance in Rus
sia Accounts
Dog Booth Cost $l25
so Per Cent of the Receipts
Went to Morton M. Palmer,
II Is Charged

f,s, why silk stockings should form
mart of the equipment of Russian am
bulorce workers is a problem that As
.is,ant District Attorney Edwin T.
KiIroe had to sleep on last night. The
sable coat payment for when was
crtered in the accounts of the Amer
icar Ambulance in Russia, along with
the elk hose, might be a necessary
niece of equipment, and Mr.. kilroe,
picturing TO himself the ministerinc St.
Bcrrards OF the Alps, could tormu-
late an excuse for the s125 which
appeared 20 have been paid for
dog booth" But the silk stockings
were beyond him.
In general, however, Mr.. Kllroe's IN
vostigation into the administration Of
the ambulance fund enlightened him
on several important details ot am
bulaHce driving. He discovered that
the frequency with which ambulance
drivers halted at Fifth Avenue and
Forty-second Street before taking
their vehicles 10 Russia was due TO
10 desire 20 accustom their nerves 20
charging humanity, but 10 the simp 9
fact that an ambulance stretcher de-
nosited at that point had been known
20 contain $1,000 when 1t was lifted
again.
80 Per Cent TO Palmer, Is Charge
1t took a lot Of money to keep the
Russian Ambulance mare going, for, be-
sides the silk stockings and sable coats
and other equipment, there were Nor
ton II. Palmer's so per cent OF rerelpts
TO be deducted for services rendered
and lesser percentages for I. wesley
Shedd and Garret L. Demarest, two OF
the collectors. Shcdd and Demaiest
were examined by Dir. kilroe. as were
Elsa Maxwell, the assistant treasurer
and Ethel ID. Hamilton.
Shedd and Demarest told MIR. kI'f'e
Yesterday that they usually turned over
their collections to Miss Hamilton ana
got their commissions. They SAID lhey
had also collected on a 10 per cent
basis apiece for lie Bien Etre du
BIesse. Of which Gertrude Athertona. IS
president and Elsa Maxwell exec ltiye
secretary. Among other tning5' the
examination of the books OF the Ameri-
can Ambulance III lNheoitR
ments for "laundry" and sou Tor
recovering a lost watch
Irregularities Found
On August 90 last, two days prior to
the report of Warwick, Mitchell, Peat
g. Co. which found serious Irregular
ties in the committees accountings' a
check for S179, in favor of Evelyn
was signed by Ethel ID Hamilton and
countersigned by Herbert +. Cox, sec
retarv and treasurer. The indorse-
ments were Evelyn" and Evelyn
Ward" /. was paid on November 2l.
The cash book as Of August 20 cor
tained this entry: Bazaar, 1916, Eve
lyn Coats, in bill of June, 1916, Sl79.
This would indicate that the bill was
paid in June, 1916.
In the same book, at the top Of an
other page, was entered: Bazaar,
1916" and on the credit side beneath
was this entry: "The moneys received
this acct. were dep. in G. 7. Co. We
were unable to identify the same, so
passed total disbursement to debit OF
contributions, &C Sl,10030."
On January 2, 1917, William Hamll-
ton drew Sl,l0O charged to travelling
expenses" on the stub. On January s
he drew $500 for travelling expenses"
and. on January 81, 5000 for admins
trative expenses" Mr.. Kilroe was told