BeBldea Health Commissioner
Young and Chief Sanitary Inspector
Ball, there were ventilation engineers
consulted by the committee. The
aldermen couldn't find any experts
, who would say it is possible to get a
set of pipes, pumps and machinery
that will deliver into a basement an
air supply as good as that normally
obtained above ground.
Major Edgar B. Tolman of the firm
of Tolman, Redfield & Sexton came
to Aid. Pretzel before the sub-committee
meeting today and asked for
a postponement of action. Pretzel
said the thing has been dragging long
enough, the evidence seemed to be
all in, and if there was more evidence
available it ought to be forthcoming.
D. F. Kelly, general manager of the
Mandel store, showed Aid. Pretzel
through the sub-basement salesroom
now running. Every argument in
favor of it was made to Pretzel and
he came away and made the state
ment that he wouldn't have a daugh
ter of his work in a sub-basement
salesroom and he wouldn't like to
work in one himself.
All the trust newspapers have kept
silence about the Mandel sub-basement
except the Examiner, which
hasn't been getting any Mandel ad
vertising. BRIBE PASSED IN COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE SCANDAL
Denver, Colo., March 13. Bills
before the Colorado legislature de
signed to cause the ousting of Ben
B. Lindsey as juvenile court judge
today became involved in a legisla
tive scandal resulting from the pas
sage of money to Rep. W. W. How
land on the floor of the house. As
a result it appeared that an extensive
probe was in prospect in an effort
to determine the forces back of the
anti-Lindsey bills and the money
that has been used in endeavoring to
oust the judge. Private detectives
have been employed to shadow Judge
Lindsey in hopes of "getting some
thing on him."
At least $15 is declared to have
been in a package which was handed
to Howland on the floor of the house.
George C. Waterman, business asso
ciate of Howland, testified during a
hearing that this money was from
him, being part of the sale price of
a hog which had been disposed of on
the ranch owned by Waterman and
Howland. Today both Howland and
Waterman were on record as swear
ing that this story was untrue. Both
confesse'd during a hearing of the in
vestigation committee last night.
Howland declared the money was
from Dr. Mary E. Bates, of one of
the organizations opposed to Lindsey,
and was to be paid to a detective who
had been watching the judge and Of
ficer Phillips of his court.
INDIFFERENT
"Say, Bastus, what boat was dat
made a lahdin' heah a while ago?"
"Ah, dunno. Ah didn't turn mah
head to look."
"Why, yo' uffless rascal, ' ain't yo'
got no curiosity about boats?"
"Not when Ah hears de mate callin'
fo' mo' hands to unload cotton, Ah
ain't."
David Johnson, negro lather, 4518
S. Dearborn, shot, slightly wounded.
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