Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 316, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1926 — Page 15

MAY 1926

MAYOR FINALLY SHOWS COLORS 10 GEN.BOILER Refuses to Revoke Dance License of First Class Hotel. Edllor'K Note—Tilts 1s the twenty•rvcntli installment of General Butlers story of his work as head of Philadelphia Police and his dismissal, early this .rear. The articles will appear dally. The Times owns exclusive rixiits to the articles in this territory. By Smedley D. Butler That talk with the mayor sealed my doom, though 1 didn't fully realize It then. 1 told him we (Assistant Director Elliott, Edwin M. Abbott and myself) had come to see him relative to padlocking the Rltz-Carlton Hotel and had brought all the evidence in the case. The mayor replied that he did not want to proceed against the Ritz; that tt was a big hotel; that he needed room space for the sesqulcentennlal; that Joe Wldener (millionaire sportsman, art collector and clubman and owner of the hotel) had threatened to close it any way; that it was not necessary to padlock It; that there waff a big difference between the treatment of a place like the Club Madrid, a case whose dance license he had twice revoked on evidence not. as strong as that against the Ritz-Carlton, where they could go In off the street and have a party, and a big hotel like the Rltz, where the people gave private parties. All three of us said we could see no difference between little places and the biggest ones. Upheld by Solicitor City Solicitor Gaffney entered and. when asked, said the law applied alike to places like the Madrid and the Rltz. The mayor again said he did not think we should proceed against the Rltz. Gaffney suggested that we delay until Magistrate Carney completed his hearing on the arrest of David B. Pro van, manager of the Rltz. Immediately after this conference T wrote the mayor explaining further my reasons for wanting to padlock the Ritz-Carlton. I told him of a meeting with th© hotel association representatives early in his administration. at which I asked that notice of violations of the prohibition act be given the police. The hotels agreed to post placards to the effect that the management would enforce the prohibition law. These signs remained In the Ritz-Carlton only a few weeks. "Therefore, in this case,” I concluded my letter, "there being no doubt that there were violations,

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Four Brothers in Prison

Wilbur Underhill Earl Underhill

Bv NEA Service JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 4. —ln the long line of prisoners that files down the dreary halls of the Missouri State penitentiary here each day there are four brothers. The brothers were sentenced separately for separate offenses. One of them Js serving a life term. Another Is on his second term. And the oldest, was the state’s principal witness against tho youngest. ’ 1 These brothers are: George Underhill, 22, serving dive years for participating in a theft of tires. Wilbur Underhill, 25. serving five that no. notice was given the police by anyone connected with the h/itel management, and that action has been taken against other establish ments on similar grounds, I would respectfully urge you to direct the city solicitor to proceed with the padlocking action against this hotel.” Not ling Ts Done But nothing was done. The police could not revoke dance licenses; they could merely recommend the action, the mayor being the sole authority empowered to grant ajid revoke licenses. IJkowlse in padlock actions, the signature of the city solicitor was required on the papers before they could be filed ‘n court. Ten days later, the hearing of Manager Provan’s case having been held, I forwarded the papers In the Ritz-Carlton padlock proceedings to City Solicitor Gaffney for his signature. His reply next day was: “I conferred with the mayor and he Is disinclined to use such drastic methods at this time as called for In the bill of complaint." That ended, apparently, whatever chance we had of showing we were actually Impartial In enforcement of the law. The mayor, who had revoked the dance licenses of cases, thus refused to revoke the dance licenses of the Bellevue-Htratford, the and the Walton. Anger Aroused That made me angry. I showed that I had not completed my task. It made me want to stick at the Job until I had finished. I wanted

Charles Underbill George Underhill

years for robbery. He has already served a separate two-year term for a similar offense. Charles Underhill. 32, serving a life term for murder. Earl Underhill. 36, serving two years for robbery. It was Earl Underhill's testimony that ho lent a motor truck to his brother George to haul stolen tires that helped the State convict George. All of the brothers were tried and convicted In Neosho, Newton County, Mo. Their father Is dead, and their mother lives with a daughter in Joplin. A stepson of a sister of the brothers Is also Ip a Missouri penitentiary. to show that I, at least, was Impartial. There were other reasons I wanted to stay In Philadelphia. One was that in the recent primary and general elections, the gang had overreached Itself to ward off possible defeat, and the police, partially divorced from polities, had gathered a great * deal of evidence that might send some of the ring leaders to Jail. I wanted to 'push that prosecution. There was lots of unfinished business; success loomed Just ahead. I owed something, I felt, to the honest policemen who had been loyal to me. I didn’t want to see them punished by the politicians. I wrote to the President's secretary to ask for audience, that I might explain why I wanted n further extension of leave, and was informed In return that the matter had already been closed. Wanted Old Uniform The whole tiling preyed on my mind. I wanted to return to the Marines; I,wanted to finish out my service; I couldn’t afford to give up my pension, to which I would be entitled In two years. At the same time I wanted to finish my Job In Philadelphia. I wanted to complete the experiment of Impartial and vigorous law enforcement. The mayor's bunk had also sort of convinced me. Monday, Dec. 21, after learning that further extension of leave was Impossible, I was In a quandaryDuring the day I decided to return

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ARMY MAN NOT FITTED FOR OFFICE This Is Concl"cion Drawn by Writer From Butler’s Experience. N P. Cochran has been a student of municipal Kovcriinimt for many years. The relation between polltn-s anu the police is an old. old story for him. He lias followed the absorbing narrative of General Smedley D. Butter s experience* as head of police at Philadelphia a* printed in The Times, and has written four short articles discussing the lessons that, may be learned from these experiences His four topics are: 1. What Happened to Philadelphia.— and to Butler. 2. Who Were the Enmjrt 3. What the Anti-Saloon League Knew. 4. Why Mayers are Cowaada The first follows: By N. I). Cochran Gen. Smedley D. Butler’s story of his experience as Philadelphia's director of public safety Is only Into the Marine Corps, but I wanted to finish some business before so doing. I wrote two letters to the mayor. Those two letters, not my decision to resign from the Marine Corps, brought my dismissal. (Copyright 1926, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Tomorrow General Butler tells of tlie momentous conference when the nm.vor naked for his resignation.

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cldentally Interesting as an expose of municipal politics under the boss system. For that's an old story. Machine politics and boss rule are almost as old as municipal government. There Is more real Interest In what happened to General Butler than In what happened to Philadelphia. Really, not much happened to Philadelphia, while a whole lot happened to General Butler —and the self-revelation In his story Is both Interesting and informative. .Soldier—Not Politician Asa man, General Butler was undoubtedly honest and sincere. He was a soldier, not a politician. He was a good soldier, a fighting soldier. Firm belief in the necessity of Iron discipline and blind obedience were part of the soldier's creed. But army government is one thing and civil government something quite different. Theoretically, the mayor of an American city, elected by the people, Is a servant of the people. The general of an army Is not elected by the soldiers, and he is their master, not their servant. The soldiers of an army .can’t fire their general, but the people of a city can fire their mayor. Should Have Known. Both General Butler and Mayor Kendrick should have known that the very qualities that made General Butler a superior soldier unfitted him for the duties of a commander of police in a po.iticaily governed municipality.. It was inevitable that General Butler should fail In Philadelphia, as he did fall —notwithstanding the fact that he gave his Job all the en

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thuslan, earnestness, sincerity and ability he had. That he honestly tried to enforce the prohibition law impartially cannot be doubted; but that’s why he failed. The ruling powers of Philadelphia didn’t want it enforced impartially. That is, they didn't want it enforced on themselves and their friends. Theory of “Best People” | Nor is It surprising that the good 1 church people didn’t go the limit , in backing General Butler up. A city’s so-called best people, who! don’t want the same rule applied to the best hotels that is applied to low groggeries, don’t often clash with , the ruling political powers. It Is fair inference from General Butler’s failure that both the worst people and the best people didn’t want the prohibition law enforced on everybody. Had lie played favarites he could have been a hero. Next—Who Were the Enemy? RADIO BURGLAR GUILTY Faces Death Sentence for Murder of Policeman. Bv Times Sneeinl NEW YORK, May 7.—Paul E. Hilton, the "radio buglar,” who was captured by police twenty-three clays ago, when he went to a major league baseball game, was convicted of murder in the first degree Thursday afternoon, for the murder of Patrolman Arthur Kenny. The jury was out two hours and ten minutes. His counsel did not put a single

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ACCOUNTANTS OF STATE TO MEET Speakers for Saturday Ses* slon Announced. Evans Woollen, Fletcher Savings and Trust Company president and Democrat lo short-term senatorial candidate; Carl Wilde, Federal Court referee in bankruptcy, and Will A, Hough, State tax commissioner* are to speak before tho Indiana Association of Certified Public Accountants, Saturday at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Woollen will speak on "Tho Federal Reserve System,” Wilde on "The Accountants Function In Bankruptcy Proceedings," and Hough on "Reminiscences of James Whitcomb Riley.” Election of three directors and officers and an address on “Enforcement of the Certified Publio Accountant Law,” by S. S. Yoe* man. chairman of the enforcement committee are on the afternoon program, j THAT WILL. STOP IT When bureau or desk drawers stick and creak rub them with a bar of hard yellow soap or with floor wax.

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