Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-02
MAKES CHARGE
OF FRAUD TO
SCHOOL BOARD

CONTINUED From. Page One)
ranged plan to get rid Of the employees
of tho old board.'- -------
You speak Of CREASED skids,' Mr..
Gadd," Rickes broke in angriiy, you
creased the skids for me- you know"
Il certainly did-and did 1t well,
too" Mr.. Gadd answered laughlngly.
At the very start the lineup became
evident It is apparent that Mr.. Barry
and Mr. Emhardt, backed by DR.. Marie
Haslepy who has followed MIR. Emhafdt
lead closely at all school board meetings
to date. were strongly inclined TO support
Mr. Rickes in all his actions. Mr.. Gadd
is hostile to him and friendly 10 the
discharged men, and W. ID. Allison is
skcpticaI concerning the removals of so
many men and inclined to side with
them.
The board will hold a special session
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at which
time decisions ia al casea will be given
out. The general opinion is the board
will uphold Mr.. Riekes although the
Sensational charges made by Mr.. Baker
apparently have mixed some ashes with
the grease on the "skids," referred to by
Mr.. Gadd,
An attempt to have each case heard
with no one in the room tut the mem
bers Of the board, the particular as
charged employe whose case was beinS
heard and the press, was made by Presl-
dent Barry, but It brought forth such
strenuous objections from Commissioners
Gadd ana Allison, the majority members
did not press the point.
GADD DEMANDS
OPEN HEARING.
IT thought this meeting was to be open
to all citizens Of Indianapolis, Mr.. Gadd
said.
President Barry suggested the men
Them selves might not like to remain IA
this he was wrong FOR they all said they
did want 20 remain in the room and ME
Gadd said II don't think these men nave
a single-thinR TO hide"
In addition 10 the ease Of Mr.. Baker,
the following former employees were
heard: b. Il. Glsler. engineer at the
Central Library; Roy Harmon. truck
driver: Charles H. Hartley, carpter fore
man: II. r Hobart. truck driver ora
Rtchwine. painter foreman, and w. >.
Fvoritt formerly eng necr at the Central
library. All. except Mr. Eyeritt. we're
discharged By Mr.. Rickes shortly AFTER
he became superintendent Of, bull iln@s
and grounds Mr. Everitt was as
missed before Mr. Rickes was appointed.
the discharged men any reasons for his
oc,iou q Cyas sofd and he seemed loath
to do so ut the meeting However, both
Mr.. Gadd and Mr. Allison were lnsistent
Against some he charged political activ-
itv while against theirs he employed
such phrases rs for reorganization pnr-
noses "for the good OF the service ana
others Of like character.
In the case of h H. Gisler, chief cngi-
neer Mt the Central Library. deter
mined attempt was made BY MT. Barry
and Mr. Fmhardt to show there had been
a number Of wild parties at nights at the
library. participated IN by employees OF
fb. building IN which wine women and
song had figured 10 Il scaudalous degree.
mixed In with dancing Despite the-moSt
searching cross examination conducted by
Mr. Emhardt. who questioned Mr. Gisler
much as does a prosecuting attorney
cross question defendant, the mid
night orgies turned out TO be tame ar
fairs The women all were employees OF
the night force at the library. the song
was nothing more HILARIOUS than canned
music" from n talking machine, and the
strongest refreshment on any occasion
he'd been watermelon. The parties lasted
one hour, were over at 10 o'clock, accord.
the cooperative plan, every employe, men
and women alike, chipping in" for a
proportionate shares Of the expense .
Mr. Gisler said the staf force at the
library held teas occasionally. and he
didn't see why his force should be denied
the right Of a party occasionally.
c. f. Rush, city librarian, said while
he did not recall knowledge Of the par
ties or had given his consent to them
other members Of his forces had known
Of them. He said he never had heard
any complaint about them, and said
that If there had been anything wrong
he certainly would have heard Of it.
BLAMES TROUBLES
ON MIR. EVERITT.
Mr. Gisler blamed all his troubles on
Mr.. Eyeritt, whose discharge he said he
had recommended Dec 49, He said Mr.
Everitt had begged him not to prefer
charges but to permit him to resign. 1t
was then reported to the board at the
last meeting in December that Everitt
had resigned This Everitt now denies
and insists that he be put back to work.
His case was heard with the others to-
day.
Mr.. Allison was not satisfied with Mr.
Rickes explanation that he had dis
charged Gisler because he and Everitt
could not get along, and wanted to
know how It came about that Mr.. Rickes
was interesting himself in the troubles
Of Gis1er and Baker, which had ended
before Rickes came on the board Rickes
was unable TO make any explanation
other than the repetition of his we'll
worn phrases about reorganization. 8"
Harmony" and for the betterment of
the service"
Some Of the men were accused of po-
litlcal activity on behalf OF the candidates
Of the Better School League, who were
defeated by the majority faction Of the
present board at the last election Denial
Of all these charges were entered by the
discharged men.
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