' leased. Both boys denied they were I : with Pickett or that they had any- I : thing to do with calling at the girls.; As a result of the case, Captain j , Sprague, of the local Salvation Army j :Corps, was granted police powers by!■ Mayor Hoop today, with the author-, ity of personally arresting any per-1 sons who committee similar offenses! in the future. The two girls who | i were bothered by the boy are under! the care of Capt. Sprague and dur-j 1ing several weeks are Bald to have 1'j reported to Mr. Sprague of the ac-|lt;■ UonB of Pickett. Capt. Sprague i warned the boy and talked with him I: several times, he said, before he ap-;! pealed to the officers for assistance, i He said the girls wish to live \ \. straight and that the Pickett boy ,| called them vulgar names in front , ; of crowds on the streets. i.