| Show iH FIREMEN R L NOt II iU i I iI ii Like i c B Ghost it Persist Persistently enty Refuses R to Quit th The light I r rW WHAT W AT CHIEF GLORE S SAY YS l i Charles J 1 Vali 11 Vo tb t Account count for fm i 1 l IC but Joi So Su Like the tile fund refuses i fuses to d dt wn Persistently Per It continues s to hob bob up UI to worry orYa and annoy and many nany of f directly Interested are aro anxious hm Is II the tue fund hat has bus hu of the tile or 01 which was 10 as set Se aside l for the t benefit ett of sick alek and Ind disabled firemen 7 Who Tho should hould bo b the custodian elun of oC tho tue fund These Theo questions agitating the tile minds of oC from Chief V II I Glore Oola Gl ri down and who 11 contributed I tu tI the th fund Inc are 10 also lo Interested and aUci till tho tl public hills has to about it I When Ulion hon James Devine was W S chief oC ci the tile department the tho fund was vas started by b the lie sale ache of old hose arid and by b con eon contributions made hy by b grateful citizens tu to tilO tho firemen for fOl work wor faithfully per pel performed eI formed The Tue he fund fUld grew steadily arid i safe investments were Wele U It I was WIS understood In 1 the beginning b that tho tIlt fund was to be ho kept Intact until such Sucil time as al tI an organization was W formed for the and protection of the lire lre lighters len n retired from Ironi tho de dc department and told was succeeded by iy V Vii r rII II 1 Bywater r Devine gave gae to tho that lat latter ter tm an accounting oC of tho fund fun cud arid I l turned the mine Rame over oel to Bywater When tile the tie latter hatter retired to make room for fol Charles T 1 i Vail Val ho handed ov ovum r tho the fund to the latter iatter When Whon Vail WIS wad tUt removed h hi 11 did ld not turn over the tho fund hI as his bis hi sors lid did and as asa n asa a 1 result Chief W Y H IL I Giorc is II not the custodian About the tile time of Vails Vall removal several of oC the Who WilO wore then tile working word g on 00 a Ii 1 scheme to organize a state stat association gOL eoL up a it petition which was WOH signed by I a majority of the tile firman making Vail Yal custodian of tile the the fund f ml until such Ouch s eh tim as 1 the tho as 05 association should organize Tt It T was WIS also stated In the thep petition that this step was wa i ital tal lb by tho the to show their confidence filth imd e t n in iii and dId for Vail VII I retaIned ed tile t e fund Now 01 the firemen frel are beginning to l what has 1155 l become of at the thc U co J organized d a astl L state e elected Ie tel officers for forthe 01 the ensuing en ul ng year ell arid and tool look stepH to 10 Il J r t ll gis Ii t re to toaI h m iu in li th i st meli tf f for the Vail rali was 1 called c t I an cn accounting ac According AcC led to t Chief Cili i f Glore he lie has hM not slot done so Ot OtA t A committee waited upon me mo said sald I Chief Glore Glare this thiu morning and asked a mo if L would serve on 01 the tho committee le T I saw aw IL Vail Yal and anul asked akel a Iel him about tim the t fund lund He told me mo that it was intact and auth that lid h would woul make lulo an account accounting accountIng ing when be lie Ie could COUIl cull turn the tho fund over OYer to the proper ones Oles I sa him again but nothing was wa done dOlc nil 11 told me that he had bath as I much Interest in the th fund as anybody else that had nut put money monO mone Into It I and ao that It belonging i to him hlin as much as It anybody u else ele Well Wehl el tho thio been bee per perfected perfected perfected I regard reg rd the fund fun In II the tho nature of 01 an ml asset of the depart department ment Heretofore It has been In the tho custody custod of former chiefs chief I am ll KO go KOmg 0 mg lug to td t ask a tho city council to take tho the IlS matter up III and make maRo a rigid In Investigation The lIue matter mater will viti wi ho re referred referred frred to tho committee c on en fire dro de do department d trie committee C on ana Ulti the tile city elt attorney associated I |
