Indiana daily times., 1921-11-01

the allowance record does not go into
such detail, Mr.. Carlisle said he remem-
bered that this Job consisted Of renova-
tion and repairs Of eight or ten mat
tresses by Weisenberger. DR.. Morgan has
recommended that these mattresses be
sought out and replaced with others as
quickly as possible it was learned.
MANY MATTRESSES
SOLD TO CITY.
Weisenberger's dealings with the city
have all been under the name of the
Acme Mattress Shop, according to the
health and purchasing department rec
ords. The city has been a far more ex-
tensive customer than the county, these
records show, the earliest transaction dis
covered being disclosed by health depart
ment voucher No. 391, dated March %,
1920 The last voucher for the Acme Mat
tress shop was dated Sept. % OF this
year The inveatigation by the health
department was begun in July and came
to a head last week. There were eleven
such vouchers issued to the Acme Mat
tress shop,
In addition there was found in the
purchasing department fles four copies
OF receiving vouchers showing deliveries
Of mattresses by the Acme Mattress Shop
to four fire stations during the period
from March IT, 1920, to Aug. q, this
year.
From the large numbers Of mattresses
sent to the Acme Mattress shop for re-
pairs It appears that a big percentage Of
those in use at the city hospital have
been IN the hands Of the Acme Matteress
shop. Dr.. Morgan announced st the
time he first disclosed that the alleged
Illegal system had been uncovered that
he would not be surprised II some Of
the Illegal mattresses were found in city,
county and State Institutions"
CAN'T GET ALL
OUT AT ONCE.
When the records in his own depart
ment were shown to him. he admitted that
Inspector Ed Young. who represented the
department in the investigation, had re-
ported to him that there were a number
Of the bad mattresses in use at the city
hospital Or. Morgan said 1t would be
impossible to put all OF these out Of use
Immediately because OF their number and
the necessity Of not discommoding any
patients. but that they would. be replaced
as rapidly as new ones can be purchased.
A total taken from the eleven vouchers
to the Acme Matteress Shop, which are
either for new mattresses or renovation
OF old ones, show that there have been in
the hands OF the shop at least 217 mat
tresses used at the city hospital.
Mr.. Ritter at first stated that the city
never had purchased any new mattresses
from the Acme Mattress Shop, but had
had quite n few renovated there. Upon
being shown records from the health de-
partment and examining receiving
vouchers from his own dies, however, he
admitted that n number Of the mattresses
must have been purchased new.
DUPLICATE
BILLS FILED.
For each duplicate voucher found In
tho health department files there was
also the original bill hled by the Acme
Mattress Shop. One Of these bills, dated
March 10, 1920. which contained an item
ID new mattresses at IS, $60," was
among the records which caused the pur-
chasing agent to amend his first asser
ton He asserted, however, that 1t had
been the generaI policy OF his depart
ment 70 buy new mattresses Only from
one local manufacturer whose methods are
known to be above reproach and who
was given a clean bill in the mattress
investiga ton. This purchase, he said,
was passed over his head by Miss Mabel
Kennedy, who in March, 1920 was super
intendent Of the nurses at the hospital
Miss Kennedy is no longer connected with
the hospital, having been succeeded by a
Miss Cowles, whose name appears In the
health department records.
Strict orders had been issued TO hos
pital attaches, Mr.. Ritter said, that all
purchases for the hospital were to be
made only upon acquisitions approved
by the purchasing department. Without
consulting the purchasing department
Miss Kennedy ordered the twelve new
mattresses, Mr. Ritter said. On discover
ing this, the purchasing agent said he
Immediately ordered the usual requisition
and other forms covering the purchase
issued. so as to keep the records straight.
he receiving voucher OF the purchasing
department including the twelve new
mattresses was involved in bill OF other
goods which totalled in the Acme Mat
tress Shop bill at $3.50 40. The receiving
voucher does not show that any oil the
mattresses involved in this transaction
we're new mattresses, merely bearing the
rotation Renovation and reconstruction
Of ia -S29040."
RITTEHS ACTS
ON DISCOVERY.
Upon discovery Of the uncOnfrmed or
der for the new mattresses Mr.. Ritter
said he took the matter up with DR..
Harry Foreman, superintendent of the
city hospital, and that no more such In
cidents have occurred.
Mr.. Ritter said that he feels certain
that the mattresses sent to the Acme
Mattress Shop for renovation were not
subjected to adulteratiOn with any of the
forbidden material which Dr. Morgan
saws he has found In some OF the mat
tresses under question, because upon all
orders for renovation to the shop the
specifications bore the injunction use
no new cotton" Several of the receiving
voichers bear Mr.. Ritter out in this.
The purchasing records also show that
Mr.. Ritter bought ninety eight pillows
from the Acme Mattress Shop for the city
bospital. A separate voucher for $59.03
was issued for one lot of fifty three N
lime 10. 1921. Mr.. Ritter said that these
pillows were uot manufactured or reno
waited by the shop, having been bought at
n low price from the shop which had
picked them up at a sale of unclaimed
goods held by the Big Four Railroad
ITnon one Of the Acme Mattress Shop
hills. however, there is an item show
ing thirty-six pillows were sent to it to
be renovated.
MISS COWLES GETS
SILK ADDITIONS.
The name Of Miss Cowles, present su-
perintendent Of nurses at the city hos
pitaI, appears upon a bill Of the Acme