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FLAYS COFFIN FOR ‘CORRUPT 0.0. P.HOLB’ ‘Boss’ Has Erected System of Patronage, Says Former Judge. SCHOOL ‘DECAY’ CITED ‘Tossing Away of Public Money’ Charge Hurled by Remster. EY BEN STERN Before the bar of public opinion today George V. Coffin stood indicted on six counts: 1. Corrupting a political party. 2. Creating new offices and increasing salaries for his henchmen. 3. Causing a 100 per cent increase in the expenses of operating Marion county. 4. Wanton waste of the taxpayers' money. 5. Corruption of the public school system for the purpose of serving political ends. 6. Throwing county printing business to the Levey Printing Company, whose head. Alfred M. Glossbrenner, is Republican candidate for mayor. The Indianapolis public today is the judge and Charles Remster, former circuit court judge, is the prosecutor, who set forth the facts upon which the “indictment” is based, in an address Wednesday night over radio station WFBM. “This is not a contest between the Republican party and the Democratic party. It is a contest in truth and in fact between the good, home-loving taxpayers of Indianapolis and CoiTinism,” declared Remster. “It is true that Coffinism has masked behind a party emblem, but it has stolen the livery of the Republican party and is parading in such livery to the everlasting chagrin and indignation of thousands of well-meaning Republicans. Flays Coffin Ticket “Four years ago Coffinism masked itself behind a party emblem with what was asserted to be a respectable ticket. In truth „nd in fact, it was Coffinism, nothing more and nothing less. The so-thought, respectable candidate, including the •four horsemen,’ subsequently pleaded guilty or was convicted of heinous criminal offenses. “In order to hold this all-controll-ing organization Coffin has caused to be created new offices and caused salaries to be increased to further entrench itself beyond the possibility of dislodgement. It s supreme reign has been so unprecedently costly that the backs of the taxpayers are bending and unless Coffinism is destroyed their backs will break. “In 1923 the people of Indianapolis paid in taxes $15,000,000. In 1924 Coffin got in control and the taxes collected totaled $16,000,000. In 1925 it was more than $18,000,000. In 1927 it was in excess of $17,500,000: in 1928 it again was in excess of $18,000,000, and the 1929 assessment requires the people to pay $19,000,000, an increase of $4,000,000 for the city alone since 1923. Tax Increase Pointed Out From the day Coffin became chief the rate has been increased from $2.48 to $2.83, besides Increased valuations. “Detail of the financial situation in Marion county discloses, excessive. wanton waste of the taxpayers’ money. In 1923, the assessed valuation of the county was $710,626,920 and the taxes levied totaled $1,492 - 316. The next year, valuations were increased $21,000,000 and the levy was $2,000,000. The increase continued until this year when the levy totals $3,000,000. “In 1923, the county tax rate was 21 cents, the very next year Coffinism raised it to a 26’. cents and in 1925 to 32 cents, and this year, it is 38 cents. “On Jan. 1, 1924. the school city was in debt $9,307,000: today its indebtedness totals $11,524,000 althoueh its income has been increased from $5,102,166 to $7,026.414. Cites Waste Example “An example of waste is seen in 1924 when the county borrowed $35,000 at 5 per cent with which to build a bridge over the canal at Meridian street, which never has been used. No wheel has ever run over this bridge because there is nothing on the other side but a dead end. “The candidate of Coffinism has said in public addresses that he has made no promises and is under no obligation to Coffinism. Notwithstanding his word. It i$ a recorded fact that no sooner was Coffinism enthroned than the concern of which he is at the head received a contract for the county printing, has received it every year since and has now such a contract. “We now come to the last and saddest chapter of Coffinism. the political corruption of the public schools system for the purpose of serving political ends. "Not many years ago citizens of this city were proud to proclaim that it stood second in the great city school systems of the land Today it has deteriorated and it stands twenty-ninth.”

Save Our Schools! Vote Nov. 5 for Miller, Willson, Wetzel, Garrison and Sidener for School Commissioners! Drive Coffin Rule From the Schools!

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 148

Reducing Crime

Can crime be reduced? Can criminals be reformed through institutional training. Is the prison to be discarded and another method of treating the law violator substituted? Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes tells readers of The Times of the trend of the times in treatment of those who plunder and kill. Read about it in the series now running. Today’s article is on Page 7.

UTILITY METER RULES WANTED U. M. W. A. Petitions for Reading Regulations. Charging that utilities now levy charges without reading meters, or after reading them improperly, John A. Riddle, Vincennes attorney for District 11, United Mine Workers of America, petitioned the public service commission today for anew rule for meter reading. The petition would establish the requirement that notice of date of meter reading must be given all utility customers by the company by which they are served. The petition asks that the reading shall be done in the presence of the customer, or his representative, if so desired. Meter tests may be made by experts employed by the customer, rather than by company employes as is done under the present practice, under the rules asked. Alleging that he and others have been charged for utilities in the city of Vincennes “without the meter having been read.” Riddle asks that the new rule be established there and throughout the state. “If the utilities" are conducting business in an honest manner there should be no objection to this petition,” he asserted. “There is no reason for buying a ‘pig in a poke’ from utility companies.” KILLER'S CASE ENDS LacJ. 7, Is State’s Witness Against Dry Raider. H '/ 1 nited Pr< s* CHANDLER, Okla., Oct. 31.—The case of Jeff Harris, whose trial on a charge of slaying two farmers during an Independence day prohibition raid has held the interest of the entire southwest, was to be given to the jury late today. Oscar Lowery and James Harris were shot at their home near Tecumseh during a search of their premises by four men, led by W W. Thomason, federal agent. Jeff Harris was brought to trial specifically charged with the murder of Lowery, who, the prosecution claimed, was unarmed. Earl Harris, 7-year-old son oi one of the slain men, testified that Lowery, his uncle, was unarmed when shot and that his father was fleeing from the officer and fell mortally wounded in the yard of his home. TRUCK PLANT IS BURNED Three Firemen Injured When Wall Damages Engine House. Bu United Pri SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 31. Three firemen were injured, one seriously, and property damage estimated at $250,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which destroyed the De Martin Motor Truck Company today. The fire was discovered by a special police officer, who ran into a fire house next door and spread the alarm. After the fire was under control, a rear wall caved in, damaging the neighboring fire house and injuring three firemen. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 60 10 a. m 62 7a. m 61 11 a. m 62 Ba. m 61 12 (noon).. 63 9 a. m 62 1 p. m 64

CITY'S TRAFFIC TOLL NOW 13 IN TWO WEEKS

Indianapolis’ traffic toll today mounted to thirteen in two weeks after the death of an unidentified Negro in an automobile accident at Michigan street and Capitol avenue early this morning. Meanwhile, detectives continued questioning of two men in connection with the death of two persons struck Sunday night by a hit-and-run motorist. The men, under arrest on vagrancy charges, are Pierce Sluder. 33. of 732 East McCarty street; ani Ernest Giberson, 29, of 1206 Fletcher avenue.

LOUNGING PAJAMAS ‘JUST NiGHT CLOTHES’ TO HIM, SAYS CRUSADING PASTOR

Rw United Press , X OS ANGELES. Oct. 31.—The garments Jobyna Ralston wore in “Bad Babies.” may be lounging pajamas to some people, but they are just plain night clothes to the Rev. R. P. Shuler, the crusading minister testified in the trial of Miss Ralston and seven other members of the cast on charges of presenting an indecent performance. “Some members of the cast appeared on the stage in night clothes,” Mr. Shuler said.

STOCKS SOAR AS EXCHANGE IS REOPENED Recess of Half Day Gives Operators Chance to Bunch Groups. REDISCOUNT RATE FALLS Call Money at 6 Per Cent as Some Values Show 12-Point Gain. BY ELMER WALZER, United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—A half-day holiday gave traders added enthusiasm as they opened the stock market today and continued the big boom which started just before the close Wednesday. Stocks sprang up with new vigor. Blocks of from 1,000 to 5,000 shares were reeled out on the ticker just after the noon opening and prices were up as much as 12 points. The market had been closed during the morning to permit clerks and brokers to rest up after the tremendous week—which saw the greatest break in history and two of the greatest market in history—and overnight orders had piled up in profusion. Specialists, with ample time during the morning, had bunched the groups into gigantic blocks. Solvents Active Commercial Solvents featured the opening with a block of 50,000 shares at 40 up 814; Consolidated Gas opened 40,000 at 119%, up 19 3 <; Union Carbide 25,000 at 100, up 10; Radio Corporation 30,000 at 5114, up 5%; General Foods 25,000 shares at 59's, up 12 T s; and National Dairy Products 30.000 shares at 63, up 13's. General Motors opened 50,000 shares at 52, up 2U. Utilities rose 1 to more than 25 points and other groups made gains that extended to 20 points or more. It was the most exciting opening in history. Sales of the greatest volume ever seen rolled off the tickers. The fact that specialists had the morning to figure out the prices and bunch the orders made printing the quotations more easy than ordinary. The early dealings were marked by further activity. The inevitable profit taking set in, but it was short lived. Steel Common spurted to 191 from its opening of 190 and the list again set off on an upward tangent. Activity on Curb Curb stocks advanced more than twenty points in some instances. American and Foreign Power warrants rose more than thirty points and other utilities were in urgent demand, blocks ranging to 70,000 shares, the feature being Cities Service. Bonds were featured by a sharp upturn in the convertibles. American Telephone and Telegraph convertible 4 1 /2S soared more than twenty-five points in line with the sharp gains in its stock today and Wednesday. Cotton prices held steady to firm. Call money renewed at 6 per cent, but time money eased off to 6 per cent for all dates. Another factor of importance for the market was the announcement today of a reduction to 6 from 6% in the London rediscount rate. Bank stocks rose 5 to 20 points in line with the advance in other stocks. Electric Bond and Share, a late opening issue on the curb caused a sensation when it came out 20,000 shares at 99Ts. up 20 points, a gain on that block of $400,000 over night. U. S. Steel Buyer Btt T'nifrd Prr*# NE WYORK, Oct. 31.—Directors of United States Steel Corporation today exercised their option to purchase the business of the Columbia Steel Corporation of California.

Sluder, police allege, was the driver of a green sedan that hit Mrs. Bessie Hamilton and George Burker, 1109 East Washington street, as they crossed Washington street near Highland avenue. Giberson is said to have been a passenger in the car. Both deny the charges, although Lieutenant Frank Owens, head of the police accident prevention bureau. declares Sluder was seen trying to repair a head lamp and fender on the car following the accident. The auto has not been located.

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Crash Echoes NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The classified advertisement sections of New York newspapers today offered opportunities for “expensive” bargains. Five used Rolls-Royces were offered for sale including one in which the advertiser said “must sell, will sacrifice.” A platinum diamond bracelet with eighty-seven marquise diamonds, “recently purchased” was offered by the owner who “must sacrifice immediately."

SHUMAKER LEFT SMMESTATE Home and Other Property Goes to Widow. The late Dr. Edward S. Shumaker, who collected almost a quarter of a ! million dollars for the Indiana AntiSaloon League In twenty-six years of dry crusading, left no other property than the family home at 2232 Broadway, his library and his automobile. This was disclosed today when Attorneys E. A. Miles and Jesse E. Martin filed Dr. Shumaker’s will for probate with Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bash. The dry leader died last Friday. All real and personal property was left to the widow, Mrs. Flora M. Shumaker, with a small amount of insurance. The family home was held jointly by Dr. and Mrs. Shumaker. Some time ago, league officials said Dr. Shumaker’s collections for the dry cause totaled $239,700. DOG OWNER CITED Woman Will Be Called to Face Attack Charges. Because she defied a court order directing police to enter her home at 3445 North Capitol avenue to remove several dogs to be taken to the city dog pound, Mrs. Marilyn Suzanne Krause will be charged with assault and battery with intent to kill a Negro dog pound employe. Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said today. An affidavit is being prepared Stark said. Mrs. Krause had been ordered by Judge James A. Collins in criminal court to allow Sargeant Thomas Bledsoe, of the humane department, to take oustody of the half dozen dogs which she kept at her home. When Sargeant Bledsoe called at her residence Wednesday he was refused admittance. Mrs. Krause threw a hatchet at George Ardtist, Negro, 19, injuring him in the leg, police say. LOSSES CAUSE SUICIDE New York Commission Merchant Thought Stock Mart Victim. By United Pick* EDGEWATER, N. J„ Oct. 31. Police today attributed the death of Julius Umbach, 58, New York commission merchant, whose body was found in the Hudson river Tuesday night, to heavy stock market losses.

CAN’T WALK BACK

Market Crash Strands Family

Bit United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Women traders have come back into the stock market, despite the severe punishing many of them took during the recent dizzy declines. With the upswing Wednesday the feminine element jumped into the fray again with a reckless desire to recover something from the wreckage. One woman approached her broker, tearfully saying that she was penniless. The broker assured her she had not been sold out, whereupon she stayed all day by the quotation board and did a brisk business, emerging with a neat profit. Stories about women flew about the brokers’ office. They told of a mother and two children stranded in Bermuda because a husband risked the steamer fare and was sold out; of numberless women who had pawned diamonds, pianos, mink coats and what not. Theatrical women were reported to be in on brisk trading, doing their business by telephone rather than in person at brokers’ offices. u a a—

A WOMAN went to a branch of the Interstate Trust Company to get SI,OOO in cash from the dormant accounts and it developed that Harry Gelman, 19-year-old bank teller, had been speculating with the money. He was wiped out in the crash and has been held In $7,500 bail on a larceny charge. * • Desks which had been used for beds for over-worked clerks were cleared of the bedroom atmosphere today and usual business was transacted over them again as the clerks slept at home for the first time in three days. r m m THE Postal Telegraph Company has prepared neat telegraph forms, already printed,

“Asa matter of fact, weren’t they lounging pajamas?” Defense Attorney W. J. Clark asked. “I don’t know anything about lounging pajamas,” Mr. Shuler answered. “That was left out of my education. They were just night clothes to me.” Then Clark asked the minister to demonstrate how Annette Westbay and Mervin Williams, two members of the cast, are alleged to have made love. So Mr. Shuler clasped Clark in his arms, bent him back-

FIND WOMAN DEAD, JAMMED INTOCLOSET Mrs. Estella Sonday, 40, Is Heart or Exposure Victim. SUFFERED FROM MANIA Negroes Unearth Grewsome Find Stuffed Into Clothes Closet. Mrs. Estella Sonday, 40, escaped Central State hospital inmate, was found dead in a small closet in a vacant house at 2161 Northwestern avenue today. The body, found by three Negroes, was identified at the city hospital by William Sonday, 1715 Hall place, the woman’s husband, and Mrs. John Menion, 1709 Hall place, a neighbor. Both Sonday and Mrs. Menion said Mrs. Sonday was afflicted with a mania for hiding in deserted houses. She left the hospital Oct. 19. Autopsy Performed Dr. O. H. Bakemeier, deputy coroner. who performed an autopsy at the city hospital, said Mrs. Sonday died either from exposure or heart disease. The autopsy showed the woman had not eaten for several days, and police believe she probably sought refuge in the house. Authorities at first believed the woman had been the victim of a murderer who strangled her and then shoved the body into the small closet. Bakemeier said she may have been dead more than a day. No Marks on Throat There were no wounds or marks on the woman’s throat. Finger marks were found on the woman’s right thigh and the left knee was bruised. Residents of the neighborhood said the house in which the body was found had been vacant more than a year and was ordered razed by city officials. Plaster had fallen from the walls and ceilings and the railing on the stairway had crumIbed away. The front of the house is dotted with posters and the window panes and casings no longer exist. Found by Negro The body was found by Russell Owens, Negro, 906 Edgemont street and two companions. Police were informed that a relative of Mrs. Sonday’s saw her at Twenty-first street and Northwestern avenue, last Wednesday, but believed she had been dischargd from the hospital. The body was lying partly on its back and side, with the limbs bent underneath and the head backwards. In addition to her husband. Mrs. Sondy is survived by a son. Byron Eugene, 5, and two stepsons, Francis, 16, and James, 13.

giving various polite methods of informing customers that “Your account requires dollars more margin.” a a * Hundreds of messenger boys, many of them at work continuously for two days, crowded about the loan windows of the National City Bank Wednesday with bundles of securities worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some of the lads were too tired to care and the valuable collateral dangled from pockets within easy reach of sneak thieves. nun Five telephone exchanges, serving nearly 100,000 subscribers in the financial district, handled 2.107.000 calls during Tuesday’s trading.

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GEE! NO FUN LEFT

Revelers Are Warned by Police

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“You take that gate right back where you got it! For “coppers” are allies cf goblins on Halloween night and they’ll get you. youngsters, “es you don’t watch out.” A,nd although policemen were boys once, “orders is orders,” and Chief Claude M. Worley has ordered all patrolmen to prevent vandalism tonight. Ash-can thefts, window soaping, hanging porch swings on telephone poles and greasing street car rails are strictly taboo, the chief has ruled. “If you’ll lift this thing off me I’ll go back to school,” Earl Stroube, 13, of 135 North Noble street, told Patrolman A. E. Woodward after taking a fictitious scolding just to show what will happen to boys who purloin gates.

23 BELIEVED LOST IN STEAMER CRASH

Lake Freighter Sinks After Collison During Thick Fog. Bn United Press PORT WASHINGTON, Wis., Oct. 31.—The steamer Senator sank twenty miles offshore here today after a collision in a fog with the steamer Marquette, radio messages from the latter ship said. The messages said only three of the Senator’s crew of twenty-six had been saved. The Marquette, although damaged, was headed toward this port under its own power. Preparations were made at the Hoffman house hotel in Port Washington to care for those rescued. Details of the collision were not available in the first radio S. O. S. messages that crackled out of the fog shortly before noon. The collision occurred twenty miles east of Port Washington, which is half way between Milwaukee and Sheboygan, Bu United Press CLEVELAND, Oct. 31.—The Senator, which sank in Lake Michigan today, was owned by the Nicholson Universal Transit Company of Detroit and the Marquette, with which the Senator collided in the fog, was operated by the Cieveland-Cliffs Steamship Company. The Marquette was carrying a load of ore, the Cleveland Cliffs officials here today said. The Senator was traveling light up the lakes and the Marquette was bound down the lakes. BAN “ REMARQUE NOVEL Circulation Among Czecho-Slov-akian Troops Is Prohibited. Bu t nited Press PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Oct. 31.—The military administration today prohibited circulation among troops of the nation copies of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front.”

HOLD SERVICES FOR LATE SEN. BURTON IN CLEVELAND

By United Press CLEVELAND, Oct. 31.—The train carrying the body of United States Senator Theodore E. Burton, who died Tuesday, arrived in Cleveland this morning. Funeral services will be held late this afternoon. While a crowd of several hundred officials, friends and citizens waited silently in the fogdrenched morning, the casket bearing his body was borne under mil-

ward and said, “Don’t worry, I won't kiss you.” Spectators giggled. Clark then tried to show that the Bible contains language as bad as is used on the stage, but Mr. Shuler said he didn’t hold the Bible responsible for all it said Miss Ralston, star of the show, slept through most of the recess, because she had been working in a movie studio all night. She said she thought the pajamas were “cute” and that they were lounging pajamas she had worn on the beach.

Blackmail Plot Victim Found Slain Bu United Press LAPEER, Mich., Oct. 31.—A few hours after a Detroit dentist and tailor identified the body of the man found on the bank of the Flint river northwest of here as David Cass, an autopsy Wednesday night disclosed that the 23-year-old kidnap victim had been shot to death. The medical examination showed that four bullets had been fired into the youth's chest and that his jaw had been fractured and his body badly beaten, according to Dr. H. P. Zemmer, who performed tne autopsy. Cass, the son of Gerson C. Cass, a Detroit real estate dealer, was kidnaped for ransom July 21 last. Immediately after the autopsy finding was announced, Inspector Henry J. Garvin, head of the Detroit crime and bomb squad stated that he would ask first degree murder warrants against Joseph (Legs) Laman and William Cardinal. Laman, the alleged “go-between” of the Cass kidnaping gang, was shot by police a few minutes after he collected $4,000 ransom money from the Elder Cass several days after the abduction. Laman recently was convicted in Detroit on an extortion charge and now is serving a two-year sentence in Jackson prison. $30,000 Loss in Fire Bu United Press VALPARAISO, Ind., Oct, 31Loss was placed at approximately $30,000 in a fire which destroyed the entire paint stock in the Meagher drug store, and damaged the building.

itary escort to the foyer of Music hall. There the body was taken to lie in state, the doors being thrown open. Thousands of Clevelanders filed past his casket for their farewell to their representative. The Dody lay in state for three hours. A detachment of the One Hundred Forty-fifth infantry, Ohio National Guard, was stationed as a guard of honor at the bier.

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HOOVER PRODS SENATORS FOR TARIFFACTION Issues Formal Statement Urging Watson, Aids to Pass Bill. CITES VITAL NECESSITY Indiana Leader Obeys With Passionate Plea for Harmony. BULLETIN I Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—An | hour after President Hoover had : issued a formal statement, demanding tariff rction from the senate within two weeks, Republican senatorial leaders today offered terms of surrender to the Independent-Democratic coalition. Acting Republican Floor Leader Wesley L. Jones of Washington announced that he had conferred with representatives of the coalition and placed before them 9, proposition to accept most of their amendments to the pending tariff bill if offered In good faith. : By United Press j WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 —President Hoover issued a formal statei mt nt today declaring he had urged i Republican leaders in the senate to get together in an attempt to pass ! the tariff bill within two weeks. The President issued his state- • ment after some Republican leaders in the senate publicly had abandoned hope of passing the tariff bill. The President has just held a series of conferences with Republican leaders who asked to call In | an endeavor to harmonize the sen- | ate factions and get the bill passed I during the special session. Claudius Huston, Republican national chairman, conferred at length with the President before the statement was issued. “The President has declined to Interfere or express any opinion on the details of rates or any compromise thereof,” the White House statement said. It added, however, that the President “could not believe, and therefore, would not admit that the United States senate was unable to legislate.” The statement also declared “thr.t the interests of the country require that legislation should be completed during the special session.” Stand Reaffirmed The White House statement reaffirmed the administration’s demand for retention of the flexible tariff system, but did not touch upon the controversy as to where final authority to change rates should rest. In his special statement on the i flexible provision some time ago, the President recommended retention of the present system under which the rate revision authority lies with the chief executive. Carrying the word from Hoover, Republican Floor Leader James E. Watson of Indiana appealed to the opposing factions in the senate today to settle their differences In Order that a tariff bill might be passed. After a conference at the White House Wednesday night, Watson i took the floor at the opening of the senate session and delivered an impassioned appeal for harmony. Neither eastern nor western senators can get all they want, he said, but no one will get anything under present conditions; Harrison Replica Senator Harrison (Dem., Mis*.,) replied for the Democrats and urged the senate to pass a bill and let President Hoover decide whether he wants it. Harrison said the President should express his views regarding the rates in the bill. He pointed out the Republican party In the senate Is divided into two opposing factions with regard to the rates. “The President ought to take sides as between the two factions of his party,” Harrison said. Upon request of Watson who is leaving for Florida for a rest, the senate judiciary committee held a special meeting today and reported unanimously the nomination of Wll! M. Sparkes to be judge of the seventh circuit court of appeals, Indiana. The action assures confirmation. DISAPPEARING ALCOHOL Mysterious Turn to Water Causes Transfer of Three Policemen. Bn Uni led Press NEW YORK, Oct. 31.— A quantity# of grain alcohol which tume*p mysteriously to water has causedthree men to be transferred fromthe West 135th street station. A small bottle full of the liquldj siphoned out for test purpose*!' proved to be an excellet quality off; alcohol, but when the cans wer# turned over to federal prohibitions officials they were found to cc*frp tain only water. Lieutenant B. F. Brady, Lieuten-gj ant Henry Gehrken and Patrolman® John Westervelt were transferred! “for the good of the service.”