Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1932 — Page 4

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QUIZ PLUMBER ABOUT WARREN SCHOOL BIDS Aid Asked to Explain Huge Cost of Dray Service. Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin closely scrutinized evidence. Introduced in circuit court today, charging Warren township taxpayer were burdened with excessive plumbing bills totaling $20,432. during the two-year regime of William H. Cooper, former trustee. Evidence disclosed that George H Rickes. plumbing contractor, charged hundreds of dollars for dray service while repairing water, heating and sanitation systems at the schools. $3,669 Is Sought Rickes is seeking to collect $3,669, which, he alleges, is due for plumbing work. Cooper is alleged to have employed flukes for two years without adverts ing bids or letting a contract as provided by law. Jydge Chamberlin questioned William Pebworth, superintendent for Rickes, regarding a charge of $3 dray service for transporting ■even bolts and five gaskets to a Job at one of the schools An exhibit, introduced by Merle N A. Walker, Rickes’ attorney, shewed three dray trips, at $3 each, wf-re listed In bills to the township at. material costs. They were inc< lied in a $11.40 item, charged for thr seven bolts and five gaskets. Paid Double, Charge “These seven bolts and gaskets eould have been carried in a suites ip could they not?" Judge Chamberlin asked Pebworth. Peb worth testified that he received $1.50 an hour from Rickes, who charged the township $2.25 an hour for his services. Chamberlin’s questioning further revealed that the township paid Pebworth his usual hourly wage, while he made trips hauling materials to the jobs, in addition to the $3 charge for each trip. Attorneys for Charles M. Walker, present trustee, introduced evidence showing that townships bills to Rickes in 1930, totaled approximately SII,OOO, compared with $38.45 spent by Walker for plumbing in all schools in 1931. Dray bills were charged for transporting laborers to jobs, evidence showed, although the workers’ time started when they left the shop in Indianapolis. Fails to Explain A dray charge of S3 was made for each day workers were on the job. regardless of whether materials were hauled, it was shown. ‘‘Do you recall," Chamberlin asked Pebworth, “how it happened charges were made for your full time at two different schools on the same d s'pT' “I don’t remember about that,” Prb' orth answered. ’ "ould you be at both places at th ime time?" the court asked, b'. r >v ; worth failed to explain. BURGLARY DOESN'T PAY Four Places Broken Into, But No Loot Is Found. Burclars operating in one section of the city failed in four attempts, police were advised Monday night. Places broken into were the Nick Kerz department store, 3518 College avenue; Charles Dawden shoe shop. 648 Fairfield avenue; Frank White barber shop, 652 Fairfield avenue, and John Anderson plumbing shop, 656 Fairfield avenue. Nothing was stolen at any of the addresses. School Bonds Are Sold The school board today awarded sale of $48,000 In 4 4 per cent bonds to finance remodeling of the arsenal building at Technical high school to the Fletcher American Company on a bid of $49,615. The certificates •will mature from 1933 to 1956. SSOO IN CASH SSOO CASH! Are you Interested? Save your sales slips and maybe you’ll win your share. Read the details in The Times today.

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I. U. CADET IS HONORED William Hornadav of Richmond Wins $35 Military Prize. By Timet Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., June 7. According to announcement here today of Colonel O. P. Robinson, commandant of the Indiana university R. O. T. C, William T. Hornaday, Richmond, senior student at the university, has been awarded the first prize of $35 for achieving the highest grades in the military department for the four-

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year course. Hornaday is cadet colonel of the university R O. T. C. unit. Ross Barr, cadet officer of the Indiana university band, and Lee A. Harper, Indianapolis, R. O. T. C. cadet major, won prizes of $25 and sls, respectively, for making outstanding grades in the department also. The prize money is offered annually to Indiana’s military unit by an anonymous donor of Chicago, for the purpose of encouraging interest in the advanced military course.

NYE OIL PROBE PUT 6 MILLION IN U,^VAULTS Tax Collections, Saving of Leases, Net Quarter of a Billion. By Scrippi.ffowarrt \eutpaprr Alliance WASHINGTON, June 7. The government has collected nearly $6,000,000 In cash for back income taxes, penalties and interest, as a result of the Nye senate investigation of the Continental Trading Company, offshoot of the famous Teapot Dome inquiry. Os this amount, $1,398,910 09 was collected in back income taxes and penalties from an unnamed mar. for Liberty bond holdings disclosed as a side issue of the senate's Continental company investigation. The holder of the bonds was not involved Continental company with Blackmer, O’Neil, Sinclair and Robert W.Stewart, his liability being discovered only incidentally. In addition, the government has collected $606,097.18 for back taxes and interest on the bonds helds by the Continental company—some of which were traced through Harry Sinclair to former Interior Secretry Albert B. Fall. This sum includes a 25 per cent penalty, for failure to file when due. These collections, in addition to the $3,669,784 collected recently from Henry M. Blackmer of Paris and Denver for back taxes, and $60,000 from him for contempt of court in refusing to testify against his friend Sinclair, brings to nearly $6,000,000 the government's return

from the senate Continental company inquiry. The Continental inquiry was a follow tip on the Teapot Dome-Elk Hills senate investigation, and taking into account the estimated values of the oil leases recovered, and other refunds and payments to the government, a net gain cf some three-quarters cf a billion dollars is shown. These figures were disclosed by friends of Senator Gerald P. Nye (Rep.. N. D.) here today, in answer to campaign charges of extravagance leveled against him in connection with the Continental investigation. He headed this inquiry as chairman of the public lands committee. Its approbation—the "investment" which brought in the $6,000,000 cash —was $25,000, for this activity, and some of the appropriation was returned unspent. Figures show that from the series of oil investigations, led first by Senator Thomas J. Walsh iDem., Mont ), and later by Nye, a value has been recovered to the government immeasurably larger than the combined costs of all congressional investigations since the establishment of the republic. Meantime, it is understood, an adjustment is in progress on the disputed income taxes of Sinclair. Stewart, and the late James O'Neil, all associated with Blackmer in tHfe Continental Company, amounting to about $1,250,000 more. Rites Wednesday for Davis Funeral services for Auburn E. Davis, 35, of 417 North Euclid avenue. who died Saturday after an illness of more than a year, will be held at 2 Wednesday afternoon at the Englewood Christian church of which he was a member. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Eileen Davis, and a daughter Jean.

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sections of the nation are to attend. Anton Beranisch is chairgr.an of the arrangements committee. Other workers in charge of the convention are: Joseph Gacnik, president of the Indianapolis unit of the Slovenian Catholic Union; Frank Krefel, member of the officials board, and Louis Sneidersic and Frank Velekan.