South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-04
MAYOR SMITH HAS
FIGHT WITH BOARD
Secretary of Health Refuses
to be Fired" From Place
But Mayor Insists.

Mayor Smith and DIR. g. b. Hoop
ingarner regarding the mayors an
nounced deposition" Of Or. Hoop
ingarner from the secretaryship Of
the CITY board Of health, as an
nOunced Wednesday.
Mayor Smith insists Or. Hoopin-
garner is out The latter declares
he's i'm. An undertaken who asked
Mayor Smith whom 10 go TO for a
burial permit directed him 10 Dr..
L. A. Elliott. the designated new sec
rotary. The undertaken called up
Or. Hoopingarner TO make the same
inquiry. and was told u come TO him
CHOopingarner). Doctors say they
are puzzled TO know to whom to re-
port contagious diseases.
DR.. Hoopingarner holds that
neither the mayor nor the majority
members of the board can remove
him within the four-year term for
which he was elected by the board
when the board recognized at the
beginning OF the Smith administra-
ton in Jan, 1914. He quotes stat
utes and state board OF health
Fl NLaAtlAElAAS HI SnHPOA "a AlAe I'm
tention. He has retained Deputy
Prosecutor Raymond COnley TO look
after his legal interests.
Mayor Smith, backed by City Atty.
Halls opinion, holds that the ma
iority members Of the board may
change its officers in the midst OF a
term. He recently sent a letter TO
the board asking il TO re-Organize
March l by electing DR.. Elliott sec
rotary in place Of Or. HOopingarner.
DR. Elliott and Charles Kline have
been DR.. Hoopingerner's colleagues
on the board since the beginning Of
the Smith administration. 1t was
because Of this letter that Mayor
"Wednesday announced the change in
the office OF secretary. However the
board did not take the action asked.
Two cases from the st. Joseph cir
cult court and one from the St. Jo-
seph superior court were filed here
Friday on changes Of venue. The
superior court case is that of George
A. Kuhn against the Singer Sewing
Machine Co, in which $4,000 is de-
Fmanded for injuries received July
Il. 1913. The circuit court cases are
those of w H. Burke against Clar-
ence n. Elliott for 1925 on account
and the Independent Five and Ten
Cent stores of New York against the
Title Guaranty & Trust Co. ct al
on $4,000 bond given TO indemnify
them against a third party who fail
ed to give them possession of a
building.
The Damage suit Of Harrison
Replogle against the St. Joseph
Valley Traction Co. in which So
600 is demanded for injuries re-
ceived when a car he was riding i'm
was struck by a speedcr. has been
sent to the St Joseph circuit court.
The suit was filed in tho Elkhart cir
cult court. taken TO Lagrange cir
cult by the defendant, and now the
plaintiff has succeeded in getting il
sent TO st. Joseph county.
The home Of Frank Poyser three
miles southeast Of Elkhart on the
Goshen az. road. was damaged to
the extent Of 500 Friday noon by a
fire, which. it is believed. was started
by clothing coming into contact with
a chimney passing through the sec
ond floor. The house. an old-fash-
toned two-story brick, is insured.
The blaze was discovered by Mrs.
John Boyer. a daughter. who with
I her husband was alone in the home
Nj. Poyser was IA Goshen and Mrs.
Poyser was i'm Elkhart.
Mrs. Boyer sounded six long rings
over the telephone the established
fire alarm. The summons was
quickly answered by a half dozen
ncighbors. who extinguished the
blaze with buckets Of water
James Matzdorf. formerly a Lake
Shore employee in this city and a
member of The local lodge of Elks.
is dead in Los Angles. This in
formation came TO the Elks in a
message from Las Vegas y. VI. No
particulars were given. An effort is
being made 10 locate relatives. Mr..
Matzdorf is believed TO have a broth
er at Cadillac Mich and one at
Lyman, Colo. He left here four or
five years ago.
Four brothers in q well-to-do Elk
hart home were made happy yester-
day when their parents took into the
home an infant sister The young
est boy is seven years old. The par
ents have long desired a daughter.
Announcement by the juvenile court
that q home was being sought for a
girl born last Saturday brought a
plumber of inquiries 10 Police Matron
Mildred Fay. who on Thursday re-
ported favOrably on the family
After the primary tickets had all
been printed for Lagrange county it
was discovered that the name OF G.
A Lee of Elkhart "A candidate on