The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
BOdcker Maintains Former Attitude in Regard to
 Salvation Army
CHIEF LAUDS OTHER
 HOMES OF CHARITY,
Believes Pisgah and Volunteers Doing Much to Relieve Suffering-De- tectives Mcdonald and Mur-
 phy to Make Investigation

a-'-- to charges made by Police man J. F. Jones against the Salvation Army to Chief of Police George H. Bodeker, Staff Captain Edward Trum- ble of the Salvation Army has ad- dressed a statement to The Age-her- aid setting forth the stand of the army in the matter.
 Policeman Jones stated In his letter to the chief that he had time and again sent people to their place and they had been turned down for lodging. He stated further that the people. in his estimation, "who habitate this place are not what they should be-" The statement of Captain Tumble follows:
 Trumble's Statement
 "To the Editor of The Age Herald
 Tn your issue of Thursday, April 4 1912, under the caption of 'Sensa- tional Charges Made by Policeman J. k. Jones' you Insert a letter from the aforesaid patrolman to the chief of po- lice. In this letter an investigation Is asked for as to the mode of oper- dI1On or the odhdllOH AIHly S IooiuihS house on South Twentieth street
 We heartily indorse the request or demand made, and ask that 1t be made thorough and complete. and that all other kindred organizations be in- cluded; and that it be made by sober, intelligent citizens who are interested in the welfare of the city and the de- serving noOr of this section.
 Tn your news statement in relation to Patrolman Jones you say: He works the South Twentieth street beat from 11:30 o'clock at night until 7:30 a. m.
 "The Salvation Army's Industrial home which is referred to, closes at Il D. m every night in the year, and all the inmates-the workers included have to be in the home by that hour
 "Ordinarily the rooms in excess of ployment to are secured by or be- fere the hour of II p. m. Occasionally we have unoccupied beds, then the night clerk admits people even after mid night.
 Drunkards Are Sent
 Tt is only justice to those that toir daily and who have rooms secured that they should be protected; that they should be allowed to sleep and not be disturbed, so that they can be in good physical condition for the labor of the succeeding day. And ,t matters not whether the individual pays for the bed or If paid for by church organi- zations or individuals, or if the bed is given without charge by the indus trial home All right-minded persons will concede that the laboring man is entitled to his rest just as the guest of our first-class hotels are. Bolster ous, bowling men under the influence of John Barleycorn, that insist on makl ing the night hideous and so disturb
 ing those who toll for a living, are not allowed to disturb the workers who have retired.
 "It must be apparent to any person that, in most cases those that have no money to pay for lodging; that have no work; that are out on the street working the charitably inclined-could get to any of the charitable institutions or to lodging houses before II D. m If they desired to do so. Those that are worthy or sober do a rule get to their rooms before this hour. which means before the night patrolmen go on duty.
 That the industrial home does charge for its beds is true. There is a sign, painted in large letters and fig ures at the entrance that reads as foi- lows: Single Rooms 20 Gents; Beds 15 Cents It is no secret; the rent of the building occupied exclusively by the industrial home, the light, water and How is the rent to be met if everything was given away?
 'T have before me as l write this the rec ords of the Industrial home, and l find the | names of 69 persons who occupied beds | in the home during the month of March that did not pay for the beds they oc- cupied and that did not work in the home, | and that the number of beds occupied by | those the Industrial home gave employ ment to aggregated about 900 beds during
 the month of March.
 | That is to say, during the month oi March nearly 1000 beds were occupied
 and practically all of the inmates were iu
 the rooms before II p. m. These records | show that on an average nearly 30 men | find temporary work here and stay in
 the home, and this is not for March alone but for every day in the year, Quotes Policeman Jones I '"rhe patrolman says: I have reason ! to believe that the people who habtate | this rooming house arc not what they should be-. What the patrolman means by I 'notswhat they should be we do not know
 We do not know what his reasons are ! and he does not take the public in his | confidence We invite him to give his
 reasons We want to know if he has any
 reason. Does he mean that they should
 be property owners? Does he mean thai
 they are shftless and trifiing? Does ht | mean that they drink too much booze ol that they are drunkards? We can hardly l believe that he refers to drunkards or tC | men who are profane. when we recall the | character of establishment that flour ished near here for months, and wher | we recall some that should be guardians i of the law that could be classed as ex- perts in profanity.
 we do know that those that occupy