South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-06
Committee Appears at Meeting
and Complains That Reform
Methods Have Cut Demand
for Smokes" 0ne-Third.
SAY CHANCE GAMES FOR
TRADE IS RIGHT REMEDY
Department Heads Furnish Re-
ports on February DOingS-
Charles Archibald on Police
Force.

That the strenuous mailing on of
the lid" maintained by the South
Bend police since the first week in
January. has put serious crimp in
the local cigar business, reducing the
local demand one-third and throwing
large number of cigarmakers out of
work besides reducing others TO
meagre hours and small pay, is the
complaint made by committee from
the Cigarmakers' union to the board
of public safety at its meeting Fri
day.
The committee, which was headed
by Harry o. Kramer of the b. ]. En-
gledrum plant asks that the lid" be
tilted a little to admit of card play
ing and dice shaking for trade.
1t is poor way to reform man.
kind" said one of the committee,
addressing the board, Ito take away
his job and drive him to crime
through poverty" The committee
that games of chance in which the
rewards are payable only in trade
like cigars or drinks, do not tend to
demoralize society and they promised
the board the assistance OF a vigilance
committee in seeing to il that the per-
nit is not violated by indulgence in
gambling for money
committee that the matter will be
taken under adyisement by the board
and an answer given TO the request
by the middle of next week; possibly
as early as Monday. The visiting
committee was the real life of the
session. This hearing. the appoint
ment of a new policeman, and the
reading of the monthly reports of the
department, together with the usual
approval of bills, constituted the
work Of the day.
Reports OF Departments.
Ora A. Mishler is the new patrol
man named this to succeed Charles
Kerr, politely handed in his badge,
club and other equipment. at mid
night, Feb. 2S, and walked out. He
refused TO work any longer when the
board declined To grant him n 80
day furlough to try out another job.
The police report for the month
shows 16S arrests: 155 males and 13
females, % getting stoneyard SEN
tenceS, one going 10 the county jail,
80 having sentences suspended, with
Al cases still pending. Nine paid
| their fines, nine were bound over to
other courts, and. six were turned
over to officers from other cities, and
the balance were dismissed.
The police also entertained 515
lOuSeIS uuIlIS + eDTudTNs IHGIG were
5 u wagon calls, 80 auxiliary calls ten
ambulance calls, 119 runs being made
of a total distance of 367 miles.
Equipment from the city's various
| fire stations made a total of .112 runs
! during February, according to the
records of Fire Chief Sibrel. The
| total number of miles traverel were
| 243 1-2, the men laying 1850 feet
! of hose, using 1,034 gallons of chem
| ical, and raising LILO feet of ladders.
There were. however. only 81 fire
alarms. box. still and false, the prop
/ erty endangered being valued at
| $4,000 in buildings and S134, $50
contents, with loss of 5,S92 on the
| former and 1924 on the latter.
Chief SibreI also reported on the
results OF the fire drills inaugurated
! in the various schools of the city.
The Elder school has been emptied
! in one minute. % seconds. of 5S6
| children; the oliver school, in one
minute. ten seconds of 546 children,
and the jefferson school in 35 sec
onds. of 1876 children.