Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1921 — Page 9
UDDS $50,000 TO TAX BURDEN BY BOOSTS IN PAY City Council Gives Increases to Almost All Works Board Employes. BUILDING BONDS O. K.’D Considerably more than $50,000 dollars was added to the annual burden of taxation which the citizens of Indianapolis will have to bear for years to come as a result of the administration of Mayor Charles W. Jewett when the city coumiil passed the ordinance raising the salaries lof almost all the city employes under the supervision of the board of public safety at the regular meeting last night The board, had asked for the increases and the council unanimously granted those asked with only one exception. The ordinances authorizing the issuance of $123,000 worth of bonds for the rehabilitation of the city market and 1500,000 for the construction of a nurses’ home at the city hospital were introduced. The market issue was referred to the finance committee and the nurses’ home issue to the public health committee. Councilman O. B. Pettijobn, chairman of the committee, being seriously ill. President Bussell Willson designated Councilman Sumner A. Furniss as chairman. The new traffic ordinance was not reported out of committee, as had been expected, Jacob B. Brown, chairman of the special committee on traffic, asking for two more weeks to consider the measure. He announced the committee will meet to discuss the bill next Monday night and that any interested citizen will be heard. Cl'T Ol'T BUILDING COMMISSIONER'S BOOST. The finance committee, in reporting on the ordinance to Increase the board of safety employee’ salaries, recommended an amendment which struck out an increase of the salary of the commissioner of buildings from $3,000 to $3,200 a year and another which raised the salary ot the chief inspector in the building department from SI,BOO to $2,000. The council concurred. The other increases granted are as follows: Executive secretary to the board, from $2,400 to $2,500; police surgeon, $1,440 to $1 ,600; assistant police surgeon, $864 to $1,000; market master, SI,BOO to $25)00; assistant market master, $1,3C0 to $1,500;
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electrical engineer (head of electrical department), $3,30C to $3,600; repairmen and cable splicers, $1,788.50 to $1,800; cable splicers’ helpers, $1,500 to $1,733.75; instrument repairmen, $1,788.50 to $1,800; first assistant chief of fire department, $2,750 to $3,000; second assistant chief, $2,700 to $2,880; battalion chiefs, $2,200 to $2,400; cnptainj, $2,007 to $2,200; lieutenants. $1,642.50 to $2,000; chauffeurs and engineers, $1,733.75 to $1,800; privates, first grade, $1,642.50 to $1,744.75; privates, second grade, and substitute firemen, $1,400 to $1,551; inspector of detectives In police department, $2,520 to $3,000; police captains, $2,220 to $2,400; lieutenants, I $1,920 to $2,200; sergeants and detectives, 51,825 to $2,100; motorcyclemen, trafficmen and bicyclemen, $1,752 to $1,800; wagonmen, $1,679 to $1,732; turnkeys. sl, 752 to $1,800; patrolmen, first year, $1,400 to $1,551; patrolmen, second year, and policewomen, $1,642 to $1,733.75; sergeant assigned to board of children's guardians, I $912.50 to $1,000; bailiffs in city court, sl,. 423.50 to $1,600; painters and repairmen, : $1,156.25 to $1,200. WALLIN SAXARY INCREASE DIES. The first sign of conflict between the administration and eouncilmen, which has appeared since the administration men seized control in the annual election, Jan. 3, came when Councilman Gustav G. Schmidt, leader of the opposition, tried to call out for a vote an ordinance raising the salary of Claude S. Wallin, secretary to Mayor Jewett, from $2,000 to $3,000 a year. Mr. Schmidt intended to leap on the ordinance with both of his rhetorical feet if he got it out where it could be subjected to discussion. He also knew, it is said, that the administration eouncilmen were not much In favor of the Increase, but did not wish to have to say so in such plain terms as a negative vote. He moved that the ordinance be read a ; second time. President Wttlson, leader of the administration forces, ruled Mr. Schmidt's motion out of order because the bill had not* been reported out of committee. Mr. Schmidt accepted the ruling with a smile because the ordinance died automatically, having lain In the hands of the committee thirty days without a report. An appropriation of $3,500 to the board of-public works to pay for the hiring of architects to prepare plans for the new ; firehouses which the board of safety has j asked the works body to erect was passed j unanimously. j An ordinance was Introduced appropriating $5,000 to the board of public safety for the purpose of paying surcharges on electric light and heating bills owing the Marchants Heat and Light Company, which the board has permitted to accumulate since 1917. Another measure Introduced would change the name of Altmont street from Twenty-Second to Twenty-Third streets ; to Alvord street.
ELEVENTH-HOUR ACTION ON MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES
While there were no measures of outstanding Importance to be acted on in the last hours of the Seventy-second General Assembly just closed, many members had pet measures to be disposed of, caus ing au immense volume of business to be transacted in a short time. The following bills were acted on by the Senate: H. B. 426, permitting sale of school property from one township to another where schools desire to consolidate, passed 41 to 0. H. B. 319, permitting school districts in adjoining townships to unite in building consolidated schools, passed 42 to 0. H. B. 294, appropriating $1,200 for printing papers of the Indiana Academy of Science, passed 39 to 0. H. 254, authorizing county boards to expend any sum not exceeding SI,OOO for the publication of war histories, passed 36 to 0. H B 163, providing that new danger sign* shall be erected 300 feet on each side of every railroad crossing, passed 31 to 3. H. B. 326, providing that counties mast pay SSO a year for clothing for each person confined from that county in State hospitala for the insane, providing the family of the Inmate is unable to supply him with clothing, passed. H. B. 296, establishing the position of engineer of the conservation commission and appropriating $30,000, failed for want of constitutional majority, 25 to 17. H. B. 322, establishing a board of motion picture censors, motion to suspend rules tabled, 25 to 17, thus kilUng the bill. H. B. 178, requiring lnterurban and all other railroad companies to cut weeds along their rights of way, passed, 33 to 1. H. B. 378, providing that no claim against a minor shall ne settled without the consent of both parents if both are, living, passed 32 to 2. 11. B. 280, making it possible far- any citizen to serve summons on person whose testimony Is desired in any court, failed 22 to 15. H. B. 13, authorizing public service commission to investigate whistles and headlights used on lnterurban cars, passed 82 to 0. H. B. 92, authorizing changes In courses of public drains when they menace public health or safety, passed 35 to 0. H. B. 94, appropriating SIO,OOO for cod! fylng insurance laws. Indefinitely postponed. 11. B. 248, providing fine of SI,OOO or Imprisonment not more than one year or both on conviction for making false statement or circulating derogatory rumors regarding financial condition of banks or trust companies, passed 26 to 10. H. B. 106, increasing salaries of county commissioners, including an Increase from $2,800 to $4,000 In Marion County, | passed 31 to 9. ; H. B. 249, providing for opening widening, grading and draining of highways and railroad crossings, authorizing the
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Issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes for the work, naosed 88 to 2. 11. B. 324, amending police pension fund act to permit present police, without regard to their age at the time they became members of the police departments, to become beneficiaries, passed 37 to 0. H. T 5. 268, limiting height of hedges bordering on highways to not to exceed five feet, passed 41 to 0. H. B. 305, authorizing school trustees In a school corporation lying adjacent to a school corporation of another State to join with such State in building and maintaining school buildings, applying to College Corner, passed 42 to 0. 8. B. 146, providing that members of the Legislature shall serve without pay and without mileage, passed 31 to 8. H. B. 185, authorizing the acceptance from Congress of funds tor the promotion of vocational education of disabled veterans, passed 32 to 5. S. B. 307. .providing for appointment of a joint harbor commission with the State of Illinois on the construction of a harbor in Lake County and appropriating $25,000. This bill was substituted for a resolution in which an attempt was made t<T make an appropriation and passed under suspended rules, 48 to 0. H. B. 296, establishing the engineering department of the department of conservation and appropriating $30,000, passed 37 to 11. H. B. 225 providing that county boards by a unanimous vote may transfer surplus fund to the road fund, passed 32 to 10. li. B. 353, providing Issuance of high school diplomas to World War veterans who are übie to pass the regular high school examinations, passed 37 to 0. H. B. 279, providing for the entrance of any city into a higher class when its population increases, Indefinitely postponed. il. B. 98, cutting three-mila road funds from 4 per cent to 2 per cent of highway funds, indefinitely postponed. The following measures were acted on in the House during tha last afternoon and night of the session: S. B. 274, English, defining manner In which foundation or holding companies may be organized. 8. B. 322, Itatts, making trading stamp exemption laws applicable only when the stamps urg sold or Issued to persons in Indiana. 8. B. 235, Leonard, providing for preservation of fresh water lakes of Northern Indiana. H. B. 225, Coppock, providing for transfer of surplus funds in the general or township road funds to special school fund. 8. B. 17, English, defining regulation* for construction of buildings which are to house dry cleaning establishments, S. B. 280, Nejdl, permitting officials of [cities advanced to higher classification to receive salaries provided for lu the new class. S. B. 63, Hogston, providing penalty for and defining crime of slander. S. B. 166, Decker, creating tho Fifty-
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ninth" 1 Judicial circuit of Indiana In Blackford County. S. B. 291, Duncan, reimbursing Putnam County for expenses Incurred in the apprehension of prisoners escaped from the Indiana State Farm. S. B. 323, Holmes, giving Circuit Court judges power to appoint all members of town and townships library boards. S. B. 132, Fitch, legalizing certain proceedings for the issuance of bonds by school townships to pay for the erection of schoolhouses. S. B. 397, Holmes, making the qualifications of the members of the Certified Public Accountants conform to standards set by the national organization of accountants. S. It. 236, Duncan, 'amending school corporation law to permit Newmarket, Putnam County, wnich lies In three townships, to form a school district. S. B. 368, Nejdl, appropriating $25,000 for the expenses and inauguration of a commission to investigate the'feasibility of the proposed "Uliana Harbor.” The appropriation was carried in a resolution, which is illegal. 8. B. 71, Ratts, placing stockyards of Indiana under control of public shervice commission. This bill was back by the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations. S. B. 227, Steele, requiring foreign corporatism to pay fee of $lO and submit brief or their charter. S. B. 160, Hogston, giving right to change material after petition for road has been filed. S. B. 236, McConaha, creating FranklinUnion Circuit Court and making it sepa rate from Fayette Circuit Court. S. B. 333, giving prison heads authority to allow prisoners or their dependents surplus amounts derived from their labor. 8. B, 42, Masters, giving men and corporations engaged in transfer business a lien on property transferred and providing for enforcement thereof. 8. B. 363, Self (administration measure), allowing members of conservation commission $lO per diem and expenses while on business for commission. S. J. It. 15, English, giving Legislature authority to provide by law for appointment of State superintendent of public ins;ruction. (Failed to pass In the morn lag session Monday.) The legislators in the House evidently suffered a softening of the heart in the last few moments of the session, for they consented to the passage of Senate bill 240 for u salary increase. The bill, Introduced by Senator Estes Duncau, Cloverdale, reimburses the auditor of Putnam County for clerical assistance. The bill, on previous consideration Monday afternoon, failed to pass through lack of a constitutional majority. Court Bailiff Slain CHICAGO, March B.—The Nineteenth ward, the scene of many election day killings, saw another slaying today. Paul Lnbrlolo, 40, municipal court bailiff for tho last fifteen years, wa ahot eight time* in the back and killed by an unidentified assassin. Political enmity is believed back of the murder.
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2 Members Carry on Work of Tax Board Duties of the State board of tax commissioners, since March 1, have been carried on by only two members, John Brown and Philip Zoercher. The chairman and third member of the board, Fr and A. Sims, resigned March 1, and no successor has been named. The Governor has been awaiting an opinion from the attorney general relative to ft question as to whether Judge Carr of Montieello would be eligible to the berth, because of his holding a place on the bench In White County. A constitutional provision prevents a Judge from accepting another appointment whilo holding the legal position. It is considered likely that with the work of the Legislature out of the way, with the exception of reading and. signing of a number of acts, a decision will be given soon by the attorney general, and the vacancy filled by the Governor. Two More House Bills Signed by Governor • 1 / Governor Warren T. McCray announced today that he had signed two more House hills passed In the last few hours of tho seventy-second session of the Legislature. The bills were: H. B. 274, Harris, requiring that after Sept. 1, 1922, all children shall be required to attend school until completing the eighth grade and until 15 years old, and that after Sept. 1, 1923, compulsory attendance shall apply to children until they are 16 years old. v H. B. 375, Bedgood, providing that no claim affecting a child who is under age shall be settled without the consent of both parents, If both are living. Hill in Jail for New Trial Plea Dr. A. A. Hill, who was found guilty by a Jury late Saturday In Criminal Court of performing a criminal operation which resulted in the death of Sara Kara- , bell, today was confined In Jail wait- | ing for his counsel to file a motion for anew trial. Dr. Hill has not been sentenced and was ordered placed In the custody of the- sheriff after the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. The jury In the first trial last year failed to agree. Judge James A. Collins has been informed that it might be several days before a motion for anew trial Is filed. DEMOCRATIC CLUB DANCE. There will be a dance for the members and friends of the Indiana Democratic Club at the clubhouse in Vermont street tomorrow night.
WILL PRESENT BONUS MEASURE Fordney to Introduce Bill at Special Session. WASHINGTON, Mnrch B.—Legislation providing for the granting of a bonus to the veterans of the world war will be introduced in the House on the day It reconvenes In special session by Representative Fordney, Republican, of Michigan, chairman of the House Ways agd Means Committee, he announced today. Chairman Fordney was leader of the bonus forces In the last Congress and was successful in having the bill passed by the House. It died In the Senate. The new Fordney bill will be practically the same as one passed previously except that the tax and appropriation features will be eliminated, according to the present plans. Representative Royal Johnson, Republican of South Dakota, another leader in the fight for bonus legislation, announced that he will conduct a campaign in the House for early consideration of the bill. Following an announcement by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican leader, that "no further messages’ had been received from the President, the Senate adjourned until noon Wednesday, after being In session but ten minutes. Prior to adjournment, Senator Albert B. Cummins, lowa, wag sworn in as president pro tem. of the Senate. Find Bodies of Pair in New York Park NEW YORK, March B.—With an automatic pistol having two empty chambers lying between them, the bodies of a man and young woman were found near ’’Lover's Lane” In Central Park today. The polite declared it a case of double suicide. The man was identified as William McCurdy, 36, of Astoria, L. 1., manager of the American Surety Company at 100 Broadway. The woman was identified as Miss Louise Snowden, 25, a stenographer employed by the same company.
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Dry Goods Dealers to Meet Thursday The spring meeting of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association wIU be held Thursday at the Hotel Severin. The meeting will be conducted entirely by the members, there being no outside speakers or features of any nature. Following the course adopted by the assodatiffa a year ago, four meetings are held quarterly, fall, winter, spring and the annual meeting In June. Matters pertinent to the retail dry goods and ready-to-wear trade are discussed at these meetings and tho Interchange of Ideas and information^ brought out in this manner has been found to be extremely valuable to merchants generally. The meeting Thursday -will be In charge of F. A. Turner of '-he George W. Graham Company, Crawford wllle, president of the association. Toe other officers of the association are L. C. Stlefel of Angola, vice president, and Lee B. Nusbaum of Richmond, secretary-treasurer. F. M. Ayres of the L. 8. Ayres & Cos. Is the Indlanapqlis director, the other directors being located at different points throughout the State. Due to the peculiar situation In the dry goods and ready-to-wear trade at the present time, this meeting will be of extreme interest to dry goods and ready-to-wear dealers. The session will convene at 9:39 and lust throughout the day. Lesh ‘Swamped’ With Bills of Legislature Regular and special attaches In tha office of Attorney General U. 8. Lesh were “swamped” today with enrolled House and Senate bills, which were passed during the last two days of the Seventysecond session of the General Assembly. At noon ‘today Mr. Lesh stated the bills that were passed in last night’s session had not reached him. The attorneys in the office are carefullv scrutinizing each bill, hunting “Jokers” and other Items that might render the act unconstitutional.
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