Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-18
TWINAME HOLDS
LEAD FOR PLACE
WITH SCHOOLS
VIII Be Named Business Di-
rector to Succeed Douglass,
Claim.
BOARD MEETS TONIGHT

1t is now considered a practical Ger
tainty that Walter J. Twiname, examiner
for the State board Of accounts, will be
elected business director to succeed Ralph
w. Douglass at the special meeting Of the
board of school commissioners tonight
w. D. Allison, member Of the board, at
whose request the meeting has been
called. admitted last night that the matter
would be discussed at the meeting tonight
and said that Mr.. Twiname was under
consideration. Commissioner Allison, who
Is believed to be a strong supporter OF
Twfname insisted at a special meeting OF
the board Monday that another speclaI
meeting be held tonight for the ostenslole
purpose of considering the installation OF
additional walks at Arsenal Technical
High School Other members OF the
board were in favor Of short meeting
this afternoon, but Mr.. Allison insisted
on tonight, and after whispered con
ference with Charles L. Barry, president
Of the board, accompanied by lot Oh
"shush-shush" stuff the meeting was set
for tonight It now develops that the
reaI reason for the meeting is not any
great amount of mental agony on the
mart Of board members lest the young
walking from the shops to the main build
ING hut to provide a successor to Mr..
Douglass.
LOWRY HOPES
IN ECLIPSE.
Until recently It was believed that
James H. Lowry, former superintendent
Of parks, was in line for the Job, but his
hopes are now in eclipse before the
superior claims of Mr.. Twiname.
It was Nj. Twiname who, as examiner
for the State board Of accounts, caused
SO much trouble for the old school board
last wear and afforded the present board
so much campaign material during the
recent school board campaign. There are
many who say that rewarding him with
one Of the best jobs at the disposal or
the board is only a delicate tribute to
the yeoman service he rendered the new
members in their time Of need.
y Mr. AlIisons interest in the Twiname
family is said to date back to 1920, when
he Must barely failed to put over John
J. fHiname, father of Walter J., as su-
perintendent of buildings and grounds.
The story, as told by friends Of the old
board, which went out the first OF this
"
missioner Bert S Gadd for Mr.. Twiname
by telling him Commissioner Clarence e.
Crippin wanted him. Then he told Mr.
Crippin that Mr. Gadd wanted Mr.. Twi-
name in the place. By these means he
lined up a majority vote for Mr. Twi-
name and everything was lovely when,
by accident, so the story goes. Crippin
and Gadd got together compared notes
and, bIooey, went the Twiname beans all
over the place After a public row at
board meeting 0. W. Burton was elected
over Mr.. Twiname
TwINAME REPORTS
BASIS OF SUIT.
1t is said that from this minute dated
the bitter hostility and enmity OF the
State board of accounts, which has found
fault with about everything the school
board did ell through 1921. One of the
results of this hostility was the fling OF
a suit today by q. S. Lesh, attorney gen
eral OF Indiana, against Snider & Rotz,
engineers for the school board, to recover
more than $4,000 claimed to have been
paid to the firm Illegally by the board.
The basis of this suit are reports made
by Walter J. Twiname.
II also has come to light that John
sHeitkam, generally regarded as an es-
special protege of Mr.. Allison, and who
was bodily fred from his job as Jan1tor
at Arsenal Technical High School by c.
w. Eurton several weeks ago, was re-
stored to duty yesterday.
It was this fight between Eurton and
Heitkam which occurred before the horri-
fed eyes Of Heitkam's patron and IN
which Heitkam came of poor second,
that earned for Eurt0n the bitter hos
Utility of Mr.. Allison, who even refused
at the board meeting last week, to per-
nit Eurton to stay the additional four
days asked in his resignation, but de-
manded that he be removed Immediately.