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LEAGUE TAKES
UP HOUSING AS
FIRST SUBJECT
(Continued From F>( One.)
ever, to deal with the problem of meet
ing the whole of the need for small
dwellings or for providing houses that
would displace the slum.
“It is not the number of houses erected
by means of the loan that will prove
Its chief claim for success. That claim
will rest on the leadership it provides to
other forms of public and private enter
prise in building the right hind of
bouses and In adopting proper standards
of design la construction."
In touching upon the, matter of hous
ing In this country, he said: “Were the
United States to assist housing to the
same degree that Canada has done, talc
ing into account the larger population,
the greater number of cities, the capacity
to provide the money at a small rate of
interest and other circumstances, she
would have to provide a loan of at least
half a billion dollars at 4 per cent.
Whether this would be provided by Fed
eral or by State Governments some ef
forts should be made to rnise at least
this amount and use it la guiding, stimu
lating and supplementing private enter
prise."
An informal dinner and business meet
ing. with the president of the league,
Charles K. Hushes, presiding. Is to be
is to be held this evening at <! :30 o'clock,
during wblch there will be the election
o' otTico-s and council and a report of
the committee on a model State consti
tution, with advisory voting.
JOINT SESSION'
TO BE HELD.
A Joint session with the Indiana As
sociation of Commercial Secretaries is
to be held tomorrow morning, during
which the program provides for th“ >lS
cussion of "How the City Manager Plan
Works; the Latest Evidence." by I>r. A.
R. Hatton, field director. National Mu
nicipal League; Charies E. Ashburncr.
city manager. Norfolk. Va.: Harry 11.
Frerman, city manager. Kalamazoo,
Mich.; C. M. Osborn, city manager. East
Cleveland. Ohio. ans o. E. Carr, city
manager. Dubuque. lowa.
At 1 o'clock tomorrow there is to be
a joint luncheon with the National As
sociation of Civic Secretaries, during
wnieii there will be talks on “Methods
Whereby Civic Organizations Influence
Elections *’
Tomorrow evnlng at 0:30 there will be
a dinner, with Governor Goodrich pre
siding. and with addresses by Charles E.
Hughes, president of the National Mu
nicipal League, and Professor Charles E.
Merriani of Chicago University, on the
direct primary, and a report by the com
mittee on eleceoral reform.
There will be a joint session with the
Municipal League of Indiana Friday
morning on the general subject of “Serv
ice at Cost for Street Railways—Panacea
or Nostrum?" the speakers to Include
Fielder Saunders, street railroad commis
sioner. Cleveland, Ohio, who is to speak
on “Service at Cost and Efficient Manage
men" James I’. Jackson, chairman pub
lic trustees, Boston Elevated Railway, on
“The State Trustee Plan;" E. I. Lewis,
chairman of the public service commis
sion of Indiana, on “Indianapolis and the
Five-Cent Fare:” Charles M. Fassett, ex-
Icayor of Spokane, staff member. Ameri
can city consult: on “Service at Cost
or Municipal Ownership?”
At noon there will be a joint luncheon
with the Indianapolis Chamber of Com
merce. and In the afternoon a round
table session with the National Associa
tion of Civic Secretaries.
ENGLAND'S PROBLEM
MORE sERIOIb.
Other speakers at this morning's ses
sion were Lawrence Veiller of New Yorx
City, secretary of the National Housing
Association, whose subject was “Govern
ment Housing—England's Example;*
•Spurgeon Odell of Fargo, N. I)., who
tpoke on “The North Dakota Home-
Building Association—A State Enter
prise." and Charles F. Coffin, president
of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com
merce, who delivered an address of wel
come.
Robert E. Tracy, director of the bu
reau of munio'pal research of the Indi
anapolis Chamber of Commerce, who had
charge of the local arrangements for the
meeting, presided in the absence of
Charles E. Hughes, president of the
league, who, it was announced, would
be unable to arrive until tomorrow.
.Mr. Odell, who spoke in the place of
R'-bert P. Blakemore, manager of the
North Dakota Home Building Associa
tion. who was unable to be present be
cause of l'lness, outlined various fea
tures of the plan In effect In North
Dakota.
In introducing his remarks, Mr. Veiller
said that the shortage of houses In the
United States was not nearly as serious
as in England :and that, although there
nre nothing like any definite figures as
to the shortage In this country and to
estimate the nticfter would largely be
guess work, the shortage In this country
would probably amount somewhere be
tween 1,1*10,000 and 3,000.000 houses.
He expressed belief that the Govern
ment could not build houses as quickly
rs private enterprise, because of “red
tape." routine, etc., though possibly In
the long run It would build them better,
and also expressed the belief that it
would build them no cheaper than pri
vate enterprise.
He said that advocates of Government
housing seem to think tbt the Govern
in'nt has endless funds at its disposal
and could supply the money easier than
private enterprise could get it. but that'
as a matter of fact it would hare to
thirrow the money from the people.
Tie explained that he had studied the
situation last summer while In England,
and that. Jhough the program there called
for the erection of 500,000 houses, only
3.000 had been eredted by August, but
he added that all of them, he believed,
will have been built within a few years.
TAXPAYERS
FACE LOSS,
He said this undertaking on the part
of the English government is placing on
the shoulders of the English taxpayers a
loss of 5100,000,000 every year for sixty
years.
He spoke of the high cost of the
house, as compared with what they
would- have cost before the war, and
said the rental for them Is 12 shillings
a week, while 32 shillings a week would
be necessary to pay the interest on the
bonds, the amortization charge over a
period of 60 years and a small amount
for depreciation. The other 20 shillings
a week, be said, are paid by the gov
ernment —in other wores, that the gov
ernment is subsidizing rents, and that
someone must pay for It.
He said that he could see grave dis
advantages In Government housing in the
United States, and expressed the belief
that a man should stand on his own
feet.
Ho said, "we want to see the private
builder producing houses," but added
that the great question involved was
the cost of building—the price of Mate
rial and labor, and he expressed the be
lief that If the prices of material and
labor were fixed at a reasonable margin
of profit and the supply of materia! and
labor Insured for the or two
It would be possible to he money
necessary through the channels,
and that this might be brought about
by some new department of the Govern
ment.
STEWARD TALKS
AT JOINT LUNCHEON.
In his paper on “The Right of Govern
mental Employes to Organize,” Luther
C. Steward, president of the National
Federation of Federal Employes, at the
Joint .luncheon witn the Governmental
Research Conference, said:
The Federal service at the present tlma
Is in a state of progressive deterioration.
This condition is the natural consequence
of public neglect, administrative inatten
tion and an antiquated wage scale. Con-
Panama Canal Harding’s Next Step
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The photographs show the Gatun locks, above, the lower walls of the Mlraflorea locks, with a characteristic
pose of President-Elect Harding In the center, and the entrance to cne of the locks with a huge
boat waiting her turn, in the lower picture.
After taking a short vacation at Point
Isabel, Texas, President-elect Harding
will Journey down to Panama. It l* a
rather significant fact that he will visit
that se-tion of the country snd travel
through the locks which may be Involved
In one of the first questions he may be
gross has persisently refused to recognize
the fact that the biggest business in the
world required bus .lcssllke treatment,
and that the Government pay roll is not
now, and bus n >t been lor many years
past, witn the exception of a compara
tively small proportion of positions,
either a patronage Christmas tree or a
refuge for wi rn-out political backs. On
the contrary, it is, and ho* ben in real
ity, an enormous workshop having Its
own technique, which cannot De acquired
over night, an establishment which
should offer a life career to talented
youxg men and women with a sufficient
financial inducement to remove tue fear
of poverty in their old age.
During the last few years the Govern
mental wage scale has dropped further
and further behind the cost of living. The
number of high-class, experienced Fed
eral workers who are leaving the service
to a"cept positions at a much higher re
muneration and witn definite prospects,
las constantly Increased. Universities
and technical schools almost without ex
ception advise their graduates to shun
the Federal service. The baneful effects
of this condition will become more ap
parent each year if drastic measures are
not adopted in the immediate future.
The only adequate remedy lor tne ills
from which the Government personnel la
suffering at present Is to reclassify tne
entire Federal services, adopting modern
standards, which shall provide adequate
compensation with a living wage as the
basis, with compensation above the mini
mum to be based on the importance of
the position and the skill and experience
required a- the occupant. In other
words, consider the Federal employes as
units in a tremendously important enter
prise, to b"e fulriy dealt w-lth and not
treated eitner as political footballs or as
objects of charity.
CITY PLANNING EXPERT
WILL TALK FRIDAY.
At the Joint luncheon Friday of mem
bers of the league and the Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce, at the Chamber
of Commerce, George B. Ford, an expert
on city planning, will ba the principal
speaker.
He Is the city plan director of the
Technical Advisory Corporation of New
York City, and he has recently returned
from France, where he was called by the
French government to plan the rebuild
ing of Uheiiuu, la>us and Verdun.
He Is expected to give some suggestion
to citizens of Indianapolis now inter
ested in the city planning movement in
this city, as well as telling of his ex
periences in France and how it bears on
American city planning.
It is expected that at the luncheon,
Charles F. Coffin, president of the In
dianapolis Chamber of Commerce, will
announce the appointment of the com
mittee of one hundred that is to take
charge of the city pluuning movement In
Indianapolis.
“Since we expect a large number of
people at the luncheon we will serve the
regular luncheon on the eighth floor only
until 12:30, at which time the meeting
will start. The meeting will adjourn
promptly at 1:30," says John B. Rey
nolds, general secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce.
PLEADS GUILTY TO
KIDNAPING BABY
NORRISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 17—August
Pasquaie, self-styled “The Crank,” be
fore Judge Swartz In the Montgomery
County Court, pleaded guilty here to
day to kidnaping Blakeley, the 13-
months-old eon of George Coughlin, from
the parents’ home, June 2, and also
pleaded guilty to a charge of murder
In tlje second degree.
“The Crank” had stated the child was
smothered <o death under his (Pas
quale’s) coat as It was being taken from
tbe Coughlin home to a place where it
was to have been kept In hiding, pending
efforts of “The Crank” to extort ran
tom from the parents for the return of
the child.
It is expected he will receive a life
sentence, under the Pennsylvania State
law for kidnaping.
Lineman Killed
Basil Clark, 25, employed by the Indi
anapolis Light and Heat Company as a
lineman, was killed almost Instantly yes
terday afternoon, while working on a
pole at Park avenue and Fifty-second
street, when the current from a high
tension wiriK went through a pair of
pliers and reached his hand through a
hole i nbis glove, it was learned today.
Clark was talking to another lineman
on the same pole and turned around and
said, “I got an awful jolt that time."
An instant later he fell backwards from
the pole.
The Hisey & Titus ambulance ; was
called and the body was removed tj the
funeral parlors of that company. ’
Clark is survived by a wife an# one
child, living on Ewing street. 1
Coroner Robinson was notlflefl and
started an Investigation. /
called upon to decide as President. The
question of whether United States ships
should pay toll for use of the canal the
same as ships of other countries wl 1 un
doubtedly be one of the first. issues
brought up In the next administration.
Mrs. Harding will accompany her hus
COUNCIL MEMBER
TALKS ABOUT GAS
(Continued From Page One.)
a report has not been made. The coun
ell will discuss the contract as a com
mittee of the whole Thursday evening
and the committee is expected to give ah
the information about the provisions of
the contrart and the manner In which It
was evolved at this meeting.
"We are not going to adopt any fac
tious attitude," the councilman continued,
“but there are two or three matters that
I feel the council has a right to deter
mine for Itself without being stampeded
into accepting the contract by Mr. For
rest or anybody else. One of these mat
ters Is the clause giving the gas com
pany the right to lower pressure between
meal honrs when there is a shortage of
gas from any cau*\ Isn’t it worth while
to find ont whether this clause gives
the gas company the right to reduce
pressure at any time? Shouldn't there be
an addition to that Clause qualifying
shortages from any cause so that short
ages from causes beyond the control of
(he company would be the controlling
factor? The contract gives the board of
public works the power to Investigate
shortages, hut does not give the power
to do anything about them.
QUESTIONS
RAISED.
“There is also a question in my mind
a* to whether the contract give* away
tbe city's right to insist on COO Britisii
thermal units quality of gas.
“There are several questions of a tech
nical nature that I believe the council
nhould understand, so I am going to in
vite Harry Gorman, engineer for the
I Public Service Commission, to attend the
meeting Thursday evening as a citizen,
; to give us Information on them.
! “Mr. Forrest says this contract is b*-
!ng negotiated for the sole and exclu
sive benefit of tbe citizens of Indianapolis.
Asa matter of fact, if the gas com
pany were not ten year* behind the
! times, if the gas company had kept up
with the growth of the city this would
not have bad to be done. It is purely
by reason of the company's default that
we have a situation In which gas short
age* are likely to come. This statement
that all this is being done only for the
i benefit of the public is rather asinlr#."
The statement of Mr. Forrest, to which
Mr. Willson referred, was as follows:
“It is not proper that either the city
! council or the public should got the
I impression that the proposed ordinance
1 approving the agreement between tbe
: board of works and the gas company
Is in any sense for the benefit of the
| company. Tbe whole program was in
| itlated by the heard of works solely for
j the purpose of protecting the public.
The hoard of works, like the Public Serv
ice Commission, has fully realized that
one of the primary necessities- of the
j community is a reasonable supply of gas
[ for cooking purposes. Therefore, the
j measure provides a strict priority for
cooking and other Incidental domestic
-needs which can not be met except by
using gas.
“In the next place both of these public
bodies have recognized that the use of
gas for industrial purposes is legitimate,
and is even essential to many of the
city's most important industries. There
have some statements about the
Importance of supplying people with gas
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band to the Canal Zone. The Harding
party will spend about two weeks In
this section, returning home some time
during the first week of December.
The a-c impanylng photograph show*
some of the scenes which the President
elect will visit.
for luwting, when they have no other
means Asa matter of fact, there are no
such cases In Indianapolis. There may
lie some who hate not laid in coal or
who have persist**! after four years of
luabllity on the part of the company to
provide gas for heating purposes In de
pending upon It.
OBLIGATIONS
ASM MED.
“The measures pr<%>o*ed by the hoard
of works simply authorize the company
to safeguard the community While the
company has not asked for such safe
guards, it * hoerfuHy assumes the obliga
tions. That Is sit there Is to the regula
tion* proposed in thl* ordinance.
"So far as the Improvement program
Is concerned, this Is not anew thing
with the company. In all Its essential
features It lias been before us since
1910. It Is proper to state that the es
‘-tfmated expenditure of $2.75> >jR cov
ers only those Items which lmo™o do
with an Increase In gas producing ca
pacity and in the ability to get gas out
of the plants We shall continue to
make this effort regardless of any action
which the city council may take, but,
naturally, after the matter has been
brought before the council by the city
authorities, unfavorable action by the
council will increase tie embarrassment
of the company in Us effort to obtain
new capital for the Improvements which
are so urgently needed."
SALOME, VAMPIRE
OF APPLE FAMILY
—_ -
(Continued From Fa*e One.)
Missouri Pippin. Hofmann introduced
m to th* "Senator," a very classy apple,
and I noticed that this apple, althuogh
very red In the face, was spotted witn
little white dots. I understand that the
?>*• has .* very checkered career.
I was Introduced to the fruit of a tree
called "Cat Head,” of near South Bend
Tite tree is one hundred years old and
Is twenty five fret it, he| K i,t Tt.s fruit
is rather youthful looking, but does not
have I Anr red glow of youth.
Some of the “gals" that’s what I heard
cne exhibitor tenderly refer to bis ap
ples as he carefully unpacked them, pre
paratory of patting them in trues— are
wearing nothing but red this season, al
though others mix red, green and yel
— A red apple
.sells faster und
/ft 11 easier than a yellow
’lil'iiUW' Pl*l. l> u t many
/ffcj l , 'm times, lam told, a
jgnrrkr'hi red apple is very
deceitfui, because
VjHgSBflT there Is often sham
underneath the red
Mr. Apple. Os course, I don't
believe this, for I nm told that none of
the apples on exhibit at the show havo
“fallen." They are band-picked. That
one was pulled on tne assn example
of the last thing in orchard Jokes,
But, seriously speaking, n visit to ike
apple show this week is well worth any
one's time, and It doesn’t cost a cent,
ns it Is nil free. Several hundred mem
bers of tbe Indiana Fruit Growers’ Asso
ciation nre vlslUng the show today. To
morrow the regular meeting” of the In
diana Horticultural Society will be held.
The apple show closes Friday night.
SAYS 2 BILLION
DOLLARS LOST
IN SHIP DEALS
(Continued From Rage One.)
if we keep the valuation at cost—about
$220 per dead weight ton.”
Through the lack of n proper account
ing system, Gillen said, “tne shipping
board lost all track of $500,000,000 of
ship building supplies, what they cost,
who got them, and whether they were
used in ship building.
“For two years the accounting system
had broken down," said Gillen, "aud de
cisions taken by the shipping board In
that time were not based on facts.”
Shipping Board expended nearly $4.-
000.000,000 on America’s shipping pro
gram and earned nearly $100,000,000 by
Its operation of government owned ves
i sels, but it has no system of accounting
for these stupendous sums and up to
Feb. 27. I*2o, never knew where it stood
financially, according to the testimony of
fered by Martin J. Gillen of Raelue, Wls.
Gillen was formerly associated with the
war Industries board and was special
assistant to John Barton Payne whon
he was head of the Shlppiug Board.
Gillen cited one Instance where pri
vate shipping companies derived $120,-
000,000 from the operation of government
owneii shins, which he said “became
lost," so that there was no record of it
at Washington. Private shipping com
panies so tangled their accounts that the
shipping ’board had no accurate idea of
whether there had been profit or loss
on the operation of its ships, Gillen tes
tified.
"On Oct. S, 1910” he continued, “we
started a drive to ascertain where the
shipping board stood. Some 900 clerks
were put to work disentangling Govern
ment accounts from private shipping
firms’ books.
“There was no record at Washington
of the excess moneys received by pri
vate ship owners from Government ships,
amounting, we ascertained, to $120,000,000.
“There was no system of accounting at
Washington on Oct. 1. 1919, to show
where the money was, and no system
whereby information regarding this
money could be traced "
Startling testimony as to the lax
methods of handling huge sums was
placed before the committee by Gillen.
“We found," he continued, “that of
8,000 voyages made by Government ships
there had een audits on only eight of
tbs so
“We knew there -were vast sums from
II - [lag to the Govern
ment, but there was no word of them
In t le I'niled Mates Treasury or the ac
counting department of the Shipping
j Board. _
[ “1 came to New York and at eight
; of tho twenty-•‘•ven banks where Ship
| ping Board fund* were supposed to be
deposited I found there was $21,230,000,
most of whl, h was carried in private ae
j counts snd not In the Shipping Board's
j name; and that interest varying from 2
! to 3>-i per cent was being paid,
i “Later we found that in all ths New
J York banka there was about $33.(i00,0U0
I being carried ns Shipping Board funds.
! One-tenth of this sum would have been
, sufficieat.
"Our audit showed that one shipping
' firm alone had on It* bands $23000,000
i of the Shipping Board's money."
Gillen said that $ ■.,Mi.m*>.oort had been
appropriated for tho Government's ship
building progrsm and that to thl* amount
should be added M 00,000.000 received
; from operation if the ship's built.
1 “All of this $3,900,000,000 except about
| 5fi0.U00.000 has been spent,’* Gillen said.
Concerning the Stem of th f12U.000.000
| which "became fist" Gillen said John
Barton Payne Instituted a search for ic,
j found It, and then established a weekly
| auditing system whereby some track was
I kept of the Shipping Board's vessel.*.
| whb h were operated by 127 companies.
'The Mate Department," staid Gillen,
i "contrary to the principle established
by the shipping board, made a settle
ment t> Norwegians Involving a loss of
553.f100.000.
“This was In settlement for twenty
*.even shir* being built in American
yards and which were requisitioned by
the I nited Slates Government when no
entered the war.
1 “The Norwegians actually hail paid
only $11,404.39a on these contracts, and
the Slate Department, by a process of
trading, settled for $31,300,000.
"We paid for the gambling in shipping
tonnage that was going on In Norway.
Ship tonnage was ordered here at SIOO
a ton and resold in Scandinavia at f.'hHi t
: ton."
j The witness said a search of the rec
ords showed that there was no data avail
I able on 450 ships reiiqisitioned by the
■ Government at the outbreak of the war
and which were building In American
| yards.
"The William Jacobson, being built by
the Union Iron Works," testified Gillen
j “v;ns requisitioned on Aug 3. 1917. The
Norwegian buyer had contracted to pay
| $1,085,000 for the ship but had paid only
I $072,000.
"Tho State Department paid the Nor
wegtans $2,043,000 and then paid S3IS,<KX
! to complete the ship."
| "Who made these Norwegian adjust
ments?” naked Chairman Walsh.
“Commissioner Ray Stevens," the wit
ness replied.
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SHOP CANVASS
Red Cross Workers Active in
Membership Drive.
Solicitation for Red Cross members in
the local factories, shops and business
houses is expected to be completed the
first of next week, Miss June Gray, who
Is In charge of the membership campaign
in the large industrial plants, said today.
Miss Gray declared that splendid co
operation is being given by the factory
officials and superintendents and the
canvass of employes is being made by
committees chosen from the employes.
Alfred Kauffinann, vice president of
tlie Link-Belt Company, Is helping in the
canvass at the two plants of his com
pany. His wife has taken charge of the
active work and hopes to have a 100 per
cent record In memberships for 1921.
Mrs. Kuuffinnnn is a graduate of the
home hygiene class taught by Miss Gray
at the Red Cross teaching center.
Candidates who are undergoing initia
tions In the degrees of the Ancient and
Accepted Order, Nobles of • the Mystic
.Shrine, at the Scottish Rite Temple, have
been given ministrations after their trips
over the burning sands by the Red Cross
fit'ei *.!d station, which was established
for the duration Os the ceremonies this
week at the request of the lodge.
Mrs. Harry Griffith, who was in
charge of the first uid station at the
Union Depot during the war, is In charge
of the Shrine booth. Her assistants are
Miss Clestn Minesinger, Mrs. Charles
Sowders, Mrs. Frank YVood. Mrs. Howard
Gay and Mrs. Joseph Coen,
WISH BOARD PUT
UNDER NEW RULE
State Agriculture Body Dis
cusses Ways and Means.
Adoption of means for naming mem
bers of the board and plans for placing
the board under complete control of
the State, were to be the chief topics of
discussion In tho afternoon session of the
State board of agriculture, which met
today.
Only representative* of incorporated
fair asHOCistlons and which have not
lapsed more than one year In giving fairs,
would have power of naming delegates
to the meeting at wblch members of the
board arc selected. If the suggestions of
Charles F. Kennedy, recording secretary
of the board, are adopted.
In outlining his suggestions to the
board, Mr. Kennedy called attention to
the fact that the present law regarding
the State board was passed Seventy
years ng<>. and stated n change Is needed.
The plan outlined by Mr. Kennedy met
with (he favor of the board, and a com
mittee consisting of J., YY'alter Breaks.
Crawfordsvtlle; E W. IMckhardt, Hunt
ingburg, and S. YV. Taylor. BoonvlUe,
was appointed to confer with the board’s
i attorney.
Mr. Kennedy's annual report was sub -
i milted to the board. The report showed
s total receipt* for the past year amount
ing to 5301.162.39, with disbursements to
taling $286,966.28, leaving a balance of
$17,180.11.
Much interest was forecasted, in the
attempt to have the board taken out of
of the present board and
placed under State control, the ame as
other departments are controlled. The
board now hns only quawf-public powers,
and the only relation it ha* with the
State is the handling of the Indiana State
fair.
Should tho plan be approved by the
board It is probable a bill will be Intro
duced In the next session of the Legisla
ture providing for tho transfer
The following members of the board
were present at the meeting: G. R.
Kemper, Columbus: S. YV. Taylor, Boon
rllle U M Moberly, Shelbyville; K. 'V
Blekhardt. Huntlngburg: L. Waiter
Breaks, CrawfordsvlUe; Charles N. Lind
ley. Salem: S F. Max Puett, Rockville;
I. N. Brown, Franklin: Edgar r: Phil
lips YVnlton; S. J Miller, Indianapolis;
A. B Carter. Danville; G. Y’. Ilepler,
South Bend; Charles L. Smith, Mont
pelier; U. C. Broose. Kendallvllle: John
I-enbnrger, North Manchester; Thomas
Grant, Lowell, and William M. Jones,
Falnnounl.
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444 East Washington Street
BETTING BOOKS
AND BOOZE TAKEN
IN SECOND RAID
(Continued From Page One.)
remember just when the date was set,
but that he had two other cases in City
Court yesterday afternoon and that he
was about to call the roll of police offi
cers in the roll call room at 3 o’clock
yesterday when he received word that he
was wanted as a witness in a case in
City Court. He went up stairs and noti
fied the bailiff that it would be necessary
to call the police roll before coming to
court. He returned to the roll call room.
After roll call, Lieut. Cox returned to
the courtroom. He says he found a trial
in which he was not a witness under way
and after that the Stegmeier case was
called.
Lieut. Cox was asked„to make a brief
statement of the facts. He told of the
raid. Henry Stegmeier assumed respon
sibility for the gambling, pleaded guilty
to pool selling and was fined, while his
brother walked out of the courtroom free.
YY’hen asked in regard to the change of 1
date in the Stegmeier case, Deputy
Prosecutor Ralph Spaan said: “I didn't
know it was changed."
“\Y r ho made the motion that all charges
he dismissed against Richard Stegmeier
and that the charges of keeping a gam
bling house, gaming and visiting a gam
bling house against Henry be dis
missed ?"
“I did," answered Spaan. "You see,
the essential thing u the case was the
pool-selling charge, just like it was in
the Denny Bust, case last week.”
Spaan also admitted that he consented
to the return of the money and tickets
and books showing records of the gam
bling in the Stegmeier dry beer saloon.
At tbe time of the raid the police say
they took $242.38 as evidence from the
Stegmeier safe.
IIAB NO TROUBLE
PLACING $.-> BET.
A reporter who walked into the saloon
at 1:55 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
placed a bet of |5 that De Pauw will
defeat Wabash in the football game at
YVashlngton park Saturday, receiving a
numbered ticket as evidence of bis de
posit of this amount.
The reporter purchased a cigar and
inquired of the slightly built, gray-halred
individual who waited on him If any
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bets were being taken on tbe Wabash-
De Pauw game.
“Do you want to put up something?"
the man behind tbe cotlnter asked. He is
further identified by the fact that he
wore a dark gray vest, a laundered col
lar, a white shirt with blue stripes and
a white tie with light blue stripes.
The reporter replied that he did, and
the clerk went to the center of the bar. (
From somewhere beneath the bar he'
pulled a large black ledger, looked into
it, replaced it, and drew out another.
This ho carried a few feet toward the
front of the saloon and laid on the
working shelf of the bar, so that it was
partly ooneealed from view by the coun
ter, over which patrons are served.
$5 BILL IN PLAIN
SIGHT ON THE BAB.
He leafed through the book and went
through motions which Indicated he was
preparing the ticket. The reporter pulled
a $3 bill out and laid It on the counter.
The clerk ceased work for a moment
to wait on a customer, who desired a
drink.
Meanwhile the $5 bill remained In plain
sight on the counter. The customer
served, the clerk finished the ticket,
passed it over to the reporter, picked
up the $5 bill, and told the reporter to
ask him Thursday or Friday if he has
had any takers.
The ticket was different from that
given another reporter a few days be
fore the raid on Stegmeiers' in that it
did not bear the name of the party mak
ing the wager. In place of the name
the clerk put a cross; the ticket being
Identified by a number in the upper left
corner.
State Institutions
Demand $4,556,829
The nineteen State penal, correctional
and benevolent Institutions will ask the
Legislature for $4,550,829 for maintenance,
the reports of the institutions to the
legislative visiting committee shows. This
is an increase of $316,831 over the amount
they received for the fiscal year ending
Sept. 30. Four of the Institutions will
ask $49,550 less than last year.
Besides these bequests there will be
.specific requests for $2,151,187. Other spe
cific requests may be submitted.
Some of the institutions complained
bitterly against the last appropriations,
declaring they were insufficient to meet
the expense, in view of the increasing
costs of things they had to buy.