Show IS PASSED AT INQUIRY Of SCHOOL BOARD I I Thomas Accuses Bridwell of Telling an Un Unqualified Unqualified Unqualified qualified Falsehood NEWMAN EXPLAINS i SONS ASSUMED NAMES I RELATIVES BY BY THE DOZEN ARE I GIVEN EASY JOBS AND PAID LIBERALLY I Vot YAt 01 rn ny v was as u George Georce M Bridwell nf f t buildings and ground rund for the tile beard rd of o education educations that a small 11 army anny of ot men wre rr f for the board under as names name but members of or the board bard of nf l education itself were wore equally I At least Mr at the Destination into his department last pining nning said aid that they were ere This developed in answer to a ques question questin tin tion bv by Oscar W Moyle DW you kno permit the UK ue of ef theo the c as assumed umed names without the knowledge or r authority of or the committee or mem members beTs bers of the board I did not said aId Mr Ex ept pt in m the cane cae c of my son eon and 1 I Mopped that myself But you know of these theM cases and with te committee of the board beard about these r I If Yes I Ii f Interest i I Ii Giauque IR ts i chairman cht of the Ule II III building and grounds committee un an andr I dr T which Mr lr Br well works He ba za a hron accused of allowing his fore f re ar to tn take contract contracts for cement ement work I Ilm nm lm tie tiie board aa as II Bridwell ordered th tb ork done Mr Giauque is a cement He has been particularly i a in tho th defense of or Bridwell Thomas made the state statement ment at one stage tage of the proceedings that the threat had been made against Him sin inN v the scandal started that hi hh plurality of f would be made pub k property if It he be kept kent on Numerous other side issues devel developed pd fp Bridwell stopping the inquiry at tIme to make an in which he hei i harped animosity ft on the part of or some softie of ef the members of the board beard Also he charged that Mr Yr Thomas had only exception to the assumed names on I the payroll when he be was afraid that h hI would not be reelected last Sail fall Mr ir Newman made the Ui same ame charge apin ginst t Mr Thomas Nine N o Relatives Tie Tole most admissions of tampering with the payrolls and of or nepotism were made smilingly by H L who stopped top in his answers to tl I charge hug harg petty twite ste Mr Bridwell without hesitation he to nine re relatives relatives latles or connections on the list of or a or so men leon under him John Allen had bad not signed voucher 47 4 i and the hoard board had no receipt from him to show that he Ite ever eer received his pay JIa according to the superintend superintendents admission C W V Danzle Danzie on the tame Paine payroll had been employed at atH atsie sie H a day to take nails and other othern necessaries n around amund to the tile workmen in Inan Inan an sn automobile Danzie DAnzle la Is a of nr the superintendent J S Lewis Will J Bridwell who figured as Will wn fferson 1 M Dunford R it M I Williams TIllIam T 1 A 4 Bridwell and William A Tice on that voucher were all an admitted to be relatives or connection and all figure on nfl n that voucher which was one of or those that were weft slow alow in coming back beck t z hI the office That payroll was waa made up by J S SIo Io Lewis ii who wh h te Is a relative by b marriage and it was shown hown that Lewis and T J S kept their own time Says as C S Martin You r n case calle of emergency did you not Hot TeV Ye Te said id Bridwell eagerly ea erb n almost every day there was wasi ri i l emergency said aid Thomai Thoma Thom for they the are sprinkled all an vr r fr the payrolls There waa was no O 0 K X by anybody on the Th he time tim checks attached to voucher vouch r 4 48 from Aug Aig AU 17 to Aug SI Sl 18 19 and andor andon or on this thi will Jeff appears but the ord frd was added in fresher Ink mk admittedly by the rhe superintendent Ed Fd Orcen n and Arthur Edwards also alBo figured on this and aad Mr Bridwell said hf b knew both theM thee to be ho Newmans Mr admitted that four of ot th lb h names on this payroll were rela t tv but he disclaimed any an relation hip ith Tice and Lewis and ham th table labia as he did so sot At t thi hi point Mr Ir B dwell addressed dressed a Continued on Page 5 u I LIE IS PASSED AT INQUIRY OF SCHOOL BOARD I S Continued From Page 1 the meeting He charged that he had not been treated fairly but had been dragged Into a trial and every tech teth point was being raised against him AU Alt this thi he said MI was due toi to I nothing but animosity on the part of members of oC the board Mr air Thomas Thoms objected to an employs or of the board being allowed to refer I thus to board members and Judge I Henderson on Inquiry Inq ll by H C Ed Edwards i wards who Is Bridwell legal adviser advise said that Mr Ir Bridwell ll would have ha every opportunity to meet every charge with any evidence or state statement statement ment mont he desired I U continued his address aldress talk Ing lag about Insinuation by board mem I bers hers and ad personal animus until Mr j I Thomas demanded thae be called to order orderA j jA A reference was made to an inter interview Interview view between Mr Ir Thomas and Mr Ir Bridwell in Sn the office of the former last Int August when Mr Ir Thomas had told toM the superintendent that the bogus names must not be used or the super superintendent superIntendent superintendent would get into trouble C 8 S Martin brought this up and asked if i Mr Thomas had not said this at that time Mr Ir Thomas Th said that he had that Bridwell had told him about these bo be bogus begus gus names and furthermore had told him that Mr Ir Newman had told him to todo todo todo do it W V J Newman here opened his mouth fo for the first during the inquiry Did he h say sa that 1 Yes said Mr Thomas and he said more than that about you ou Newman subsided for the time and Mr Thomas told what happened In his office He lie said that Bridwell had not told him he would change the names and he had said positively po that these names were being used to shield W Yo V J 3 I Newman also that Newman Kewman suggested it Newman had also alo asked the super superintendent superintendent superintendent according to his then state stat statement ment meat to reinstate his sons after they the had been discharged For himself he had then become aware of or only one as assumed assumed assumed name and the present condition of ot the pay rolls rails he did not know until he had seen it in the press On March 1 he went over the pay rolls and was shocked to find them as they are Newmans Explanation Mr Newman then wanted to speak to toa toa a question of or privilege and began to to talk about the dictatorial attitude of or Mr Ir Thomas Finally after motion of Oscar W V Moyle be was allowed to tomake tomake tomake make his statement but was told to confine himself to the subject He said In part partIn partIn partIn In August last two or three of my sons were Idle and asked for work re repairing repairing repairing pairing the Ute buildings Being handy boys the th superintendent employed them tham under their own names and they worked several weeks under those thou names Then T word came from Crom a mem member member ber bee from the Fourth ward who was do doing doIng doing ing all the now that there were too many Newmans on the pay roll When this charge of nepotism was wa made this member from rom the Fourth ward made the excuse that his redee reelection tion would be impaired as he belonged belon d to the same body as 8 myself who had so many thany sons eons working and that the Americans would get shim thim and hind him a lemon To avoid such a dire ca calamity calamity lamity I called my m boys bos off They The fell out but had more man manhood manhood manhood hood about them than I 1 had and went back again against my direction I defy anybody to say that th t I suggested their I working again under assumed names At another time two sons rons of at mine were I working as Then Thee Newman Brother I I 1 told them to stand on their own fret feet All An that has concerned me in any of Of these cases casen ca was wag Did you earn the money mone When hen the kangaroo investigation In was started some time ago by the com corn committee committee of o which that man was chair chairman man excuse me Mr Ir Hammond and arid Judge Henderson no evidence o 0 the contrary was shown There had been n a judgment against my in son in a kangaroo court at Mur Murray Murray ray ra and I allowed one son to take the name of ot David Crockett I have hae pro protected protected protected ray my m own awn men against that court coun and would do so again Charges Against Thomas This is 18 interesting information said Mr Ir Thomas I 1 presume that the th In Information Information formation regarding my m fears about reelection came from the same source as the threats that I had taken a plural wire wife and that this fact would be bf used against me If It I 1 proceeded with this ii 11 l By this time everybody was laughing and Professor Byron Cummings tried to get back to business by showing that had not stopped the assumed names in August but that they the were w re also on the pay par rolls for September and October This was admitted though C I IS S Martin tried to show that Mr Ir well w n had made the corrections of or the names on the later pay rolls Then it transpired that Mr had handed checks for one David Crockett direct to W J Newman who had receipted for them themOn themOn On voucher 4 96 Mr Bridwell admit ted that Ed Green was Ed Newman and that Arthur Smith who i iII as 55 II Arthur Smith was really Arthur Newman Mr Ir Moyle then asked if Ir members of the tile board had not known of all these I assumed names and Mr Ir Bridwell ea cad d that they had He further insinuated I that Mr Ir Thomas had known of ot it The checks were not made out under as assumed assumed assumed names and before beCore putting the names on the pay roll he had talked it Jt over oer with members of the board Before the election last fall a certain certain tain tam member of the board who was s afraid he would not be reelected that It was not wisdom to employ rela relatives tives tIes of the board or myself or to place them on the pay pa roll It was to keep k p the American party out that this was done Personally I do not n t carry out any two policies religiously or political politically ly b Everybody knows that I am a Mor Mur Mormon Murm Mormon mon m n and a Democrat I preach in the tabernacle if I am asked to and I vote ote the Democratic ticket C S Martin protested that he was not net one of or the members who knew of o this Some Real Excitement Thomas then denounced the superintendents statement as an unqualified He lie HeMr Mr Jr Bridwell then theu started toward Mr Ir Thomas Thamas saying sa And you ou Members intervened and Bri well continued excitedly excited I taking off ore his spec spectacles spectaclE 8 You can take off ocr your glasses and meet me anywhere The investigation was here hurriedly adjourned until Friday evening |