The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-18
SCHEME TO GET RID OF COWLES WAS ELABORATE. Three Doctors Were to Pre- pare Report As Basis
 for Charges
WHIsKEY AND vER1EElF|
 WE'RE BIC 1ssUEs
Success of Administrator Obviates Necessity for
 Attack On Cowies

me szrceesa of Mayor V71zson.8 nd rr1inistrations in busting Merle ~ rCowles as superintendent of Lake view Home, made unnecessary the carrying out of deliberately laid plans for an Investigation of the conduct oI the institution. for the purpose or bringing charges against the head
 This information reached The Far rner to-day from authoritative eour- ces. Mayor Wilson planned WILD sDencer R. Gordon, the new SupeRlu@ tendeTit of the Cnarfftes depaFtnsent. to effect the appolntment Of com mfttee of three doctors to fnvestlsa T.a11evfew Home. The report of tilia committee 4ras to be made 1l1e 5usis for further action Hooking fO the dis- charge of Cow1ess
 Charities departEnent officials agree that as a farmer Cowles is not to se surpassed. It was as the head of tre humanitarian efforts ceutereu Lakeview Home they planned to or | tack him, and their plans had Fot well under way
 Both Cornusiesione4s Behzfn1 and Harris were pogn5zant or thc pi1H the aS min stratton 1ne.e.n 1 corresbandence that ha8 7bleu plarrr l on file in the department e27rtls 3 which had to do with the pfopf | investfgation. Thus tt was that tnrr stand. in support of ,CowIes. was rf ] nearly so vigorous as, greN ~
  | Preliminary to the contern D lated oi- l hcia1 investigation by special nor- | partisan committee. Spencer It- e4f don, the new charities superinteno e7i. 1 had busted himself with the Satntl | ing of such data az he thought might
 be Of use to Mayor Wilson in his co1- ftempIated attack on CoWlcs- Gordon had gathered consideraD4e material He was prepared on
 Monday, to read corresDondence had
 with several people whose businese
 or profession brought them 1nto con- 1 tact with Lakeview home
 Matters on which it was planned fo l attack CoWIes' administration Of the | home included such as these 1 Use of wfis8<ey In quanfitles Per
 yond the requirements or tne in5l.ta-
 lion.
 Inquiry into the allegation that a i system of reward for labor was main l tafned among the inmates, fhe prlze 1 for which included generous portions
 of intoxicants-
 Institution, in. charge of the female
 ward, who is addicted 10 inc has7itl1-l
 use of drugs
 Waste in administration, such Hs
 the expenditure of more than @teo An 1 q single year, for dfsinfectants alone
 Precedence of vermin-
 Insanttary conditions fin the insii- l tutioTa.
 Lack of provision for pattents in
 the wards.
 DiIigent inquiry had been made into I4T1e farming methods of CoWles- In this respect Mayor Wilson and Super | lintendent Gordon were forced gruog- IingIy, to admit, that Cowles was prac- l tically perfect.
 Dr. Andrew n1cQueeneys visitinE physician at Lakeview Home, pointed | out to Supt. Gordon that there were some conditions under criticism at I.akeview, which could not be effect lively remedied under the present sTg- l tenn Of allowing the medical care of l the inmates to rest with one uor 1 housed in the institution. He rec l commended a resident physician as one | of the means of remedying condiriona Dr. John J. Macdonald, the new au- perintendeft, was taken into the com 1 fidence of Supt. Gordon less than a week ago. He accepted the position 1 proffered by Gordon, and 1t merely
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