July 25. 1922 



Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



47 



LONG-KNIGHT 

 LUMBER COMPANY 



INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA 



WALNUT m HARDWOODS 



VENEERS 



Mahogany, American Walnut, Quartered White Oak 



Manufacturers (Sl Wholesalers 



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as part of his clientele a number of Greek poolroom owners. 

 When an ordinance was passed February 26, 1918, which prohibi- 

 ted the operation of poolrooms by aliens, Hawke brought suit 

 on behalf of an alien poolroom proprietor to test the validity 

 of the ordinance. It was sustained in both the lower and Ohio 

 Supreme Court. Defense testimony then revealed that Hawke 

 wrote to Mayor George Carrel, then City Auditor, inquiring if 

 the effect of the ordinance could be avoided by the organization 

 of a company, in w^hich aliens would be stockholders and through 

 which licenses would be issued to them to operate poolrooms. 

 Auditor Carrel referred the matter to the city solicitor who re- 

 fused to render an opinion as to the validity of the proposal. 



An immediate appeal of the decision of the three judges will 

 be made in the Court of Appeals, Attorney Eli Frankenstein. 

 representing Hawke, announced. However, the judges who heard 

 the case declared in fixing the appeal bond at $100 that the sus- 

 pension of Haw^ke would take effect as soon as the proper entry 

 had been placed on the court records even though the case is 

 taken to the Court of Appeals. 



It was impossible to obtain a statement from Hawke regarding 

 his disbarment as he is taking a month s vacation in the w^oods 

 in Michigan. 



their lives as a supreme sacrifice in the late Vi^ar. As soon as Dr. 

 Allen selects his staff of assistants the hospital will be thrown upen 

 to service men. He is only 30 years of age and is one of the young- 

 est men ever to hold the directorship of an institution of such im- 

 portance. Dr. Allen has been engaged in the medical service for 

 some months in the Philippines. For two years prior to that time 

 he w^as in charge of an evacuation hospital at Vladivostok. He w^as 

 connected w^ith the base hospital service throughout the war with 

 Germany. 



Son of C B. Allen to Manage Big Vets Hospital 



Dr. Chester D. Allen, son of C. B. Allen, president of the Allen- 

 Eaton Panel Company, arrived in Memphis from Honolulu July 19 

 to assume his duties as director of the veterans' hospital there, 

 recently acquired by the government from the trustees of the 

 Memphis Methodist Hospital. Although he has borne the title of 

 'major" for several years, he has abandoned this, together with'the 

 uniform and other insignia of the U. S. medical service. He is plain 

 Dr. Allen" and in that capacity he declares that he will do every- 

 thing he can for the health and comfort of the men who offered 



Kosse, Shoe and Schleyer Company Reorganizec 



The Kosse, Shoe and Schleyer Company, manufacturers of 

 walnut lumber and veneer, was reorganized at a meeting of the 

 stockholders held at the company's plant in St. Bernard near 

 Cincinnati, O., recently. Mrs. Max Kosse, w^as elected president, 

 to succeed her husband the late Max Kosse, w^ho died on June 

 25, following an operation. Perry V. Shoe was elected vice-presi- 

 dent, and as Mrs. Kosse will take no active part in the company 

 affairs, Mr. Shoe will be the directing head and Chairman of the 

 Board of Directors. Albert Heidt was elevated to treasurer, tak- 

 ing the place of W. H. Schleyer, who recently resigned. Alex- 

 ander Schmidt lA'as elected secretary and for the time being he 

 will look after the affairs of that office in addition to his duties 

 as sales manager w^hich position he has held down for the past 

 ten years. W. R. Barriger was named assistant secretary and 

 head bookkeeper. The Board of Directors consists now of Mrs. 

 Kosse, Mr. Shoe. Albert Heidt, Alex. Schmidt, F. G. Slacke, W. 

 R. Barriger and George H. Sand. No change was made in the 

 company's business policy. 



The estate of Albert EJoerchler, for many years president of 

 the Specialty Furniture Company at Evansville, Ind., is valued at 

 $66,000, according to letters of administration filed a few days 

 ago in the probate court at Evansville. 



