New York. Feb. 24.—(AP)—While Broadway gossiped today of a bacchanalian party reported to have been given Monday night by Earl Carroll, theatrical producer, on the Great White Way, the official investigations to ascertain the facts were started. Police Commissioner McLaughlin took steps to determine whether there was a display of nudity and prohibition agents made preparations to learn whether a bathtub full of wine was served, as had been reported.

Published accounts of the supposed supper party said that wine was served from a bathtub in which a nude chorus girl reposed, dispensing the beverage to the guests, it was reported that approximately 200 guests at tended the party, in the Earl Carroll Theatre.

Mr. Carroll issued a flat denial of the bathtub-wine report. He said the party was entirely orderly and one which any man, even a minister, might have with propriety attended with his wife.