Show 11 1 TRY TO O BOLSTER HEALTH I OFFICE Clerks Get Busy Distributing Figures for Departments Department's Defense WEAK EXCUSES ARE MADE int A S Ael coos to Their helm GUI 11 Contend COli ct Treasurers Treasurer's AVe Arc Wrong Yesterdays Yesterday's exposure of the tho reckless I reek reek- cli- cli Ic less s n extravagance anco in the crt oTty health department nent as shown hown by the receipted 1 payrolls on file In time the city treasurers treasurer's office caused more or 01 less leas commotion In iii that diseased wing of the city government gov sov- Clerk F. F I J. J n lIans was busy all day ay distorting the tho figures to bolster up a defense in the lion tion J paper allot As near as I can figure It fl out said ild ald Mr Air our OUI department has spent only more for labor Jabal laborin in the first four our months of oC this year car than the old a administration did The rime Republicans Republican's statement that it Is costIng costing costing cost cost- ing more than J 1100 the Ch first t four Cour months ma may he be based ba cd ed on tho the records s sIn In tho rho cH city treasurers treasurer's office lint but our own records r F which are arc absolutely accurate ac- ac accurate ac ac- curate do not nol show that The Tic records' records of qC your youa office an and those In the tho city treasury's office which show that lint the mone money was paid to of oC your department donot do donol donot not nol check up then was suggested Then the clr city treasurers treasurer's records are wron wrong said sold tho rho clerk cleric Say Records Record Are rc Wrong As a u mutter matter of oC fact act the payrolls as found Cound In the thc cil city treasury's money mOlley- l less ss vault tell lell pretty prett accurately what was paid lo to In ht the heal heal ll Ji dep department and all any statement that the payrolls ann not padded will be bennet met by the lire e ive columns of figures figures fig fig- ures UIS and names Ever livery Every effort coll has been ma made e In the health department and und city auditors auditor's office to lo prevent plc the Republican from Crom Inspecting the bills hills Three times last week Inquiries wore were mu made In both departments de tic- for health bills lIIs and amid on each Uch occasion the Investigator was referred it from orn one ono department nt to lo trie tuner other The ino city cily auditor said ald he had not lint seen th tho e sanitary bills and the health de depart department art ment clerk stated emphatically that tha he had sent them up to the Hu auditor When hen asked for Cot an explanation yesterday yesterday yes yes- Clerk Han Hanging of oC tho ho health department said You should have havo asked City Auditor Auditor Audi Audi- tor tOI Alff's assistant Mr fl Alff AUr ma may not 1101 have known that the hills bills were wert in Iii his office but ut they were there I 1 sort sent them up and they ore are arenow now In ht his office II It 11 the law rays cayo lh that l the bills be cent to the auditor before they go goto goto goto to the council lant Isn't It 11 nature natural that one ono should go to lo the auditor and ask osk Corthe for Cor forthe forthe I the bills Alf Alff I o nt Know All Yet but bOlt he h fI know krow about all th the thins that go o on In his d depart depart- part part- T U iU oC r ment His a assistant could tell teli you Then you mean menn that Alff Is merely merely mere mere- ly Iy a ft figurehead in the city auditors auditor's office No not exactly that replied tho the clerk clele There are arc lots of things he doesn't know 0 of although he should know InlOw when bills are sent fOnt up to him hint The fhe auditor feigned all nil ignorance of hills bills an and lack of DC common courtesy l was shown h by him as ns well as fiS by the officials in the health office If there was nothing wrong with the bills lIIs there thero would have havo been een no nh attempt to conceal them No sanitary tuini- tuini tary talY bills were passed by y the council last J Guard Bills Bilks More Ire Clo Closely cl f The Investigation of oC the health de tle- department l has brought about one thing at least an and that is a more cur careful ful scrutiny of or bills The department knows that it H Is being investigated and ancI hilt public charges chars have o been made malo that It Is probably the most con corrupt of or an any In the cit city government This has led lh the officials to bo 0 a tL litt little more moro careful and to guard any exposure of ot graft 4 Several attempts were made mad yester- yester J da lay to interview Dr Stewart head read of or a athe he the department but he ho could not bo be boI I Coun found Yel Yesterday ny was like e all other othel lays claH so far for as he Is concerned and the lie fact that thal ho is never at tho the office never nc attends to Lo city ca cases s 's and I la is seldom doing anything Jn to the tho interest of his department merely emphasizes ho the fact that ho is hI a figurehead at 1300 a year yar 1 al' al |