The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 29, 1910, Page 1

| The seattle Star SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910 WARDALL TO PEOPLE wh the Star, Acting Mave Issues First Statement to the Decent Citizens lof Seattle’ SI deb CLE STAR i llowi tatement to the decent, self-respecting people of am acting mayor through a pro n I took mayor ision of the city charter , Without mm the mayor, A ay mistructsh fend not to Mayor Gill ity bad, I had no idea how appalling condition town district infested with immoral women, they filled the cafes and lodging houses. to all lodging houses through the back door; cafes were running open gambling ; drug s and liquor openly; the Sunday closing law was disregarded and gambling was uni- he city. Nearly 100 gambling places were in operation. The so-called clubs were selling ibling games. Chinese gambling and opium dens were allowed free license. or advice acting the pec knew that the ¢ pric was but Tfound the u was being c: were sellin <a] throughout ; and running “erected district, strong arm n nd pickpockets. They were working with impunity. The discov: extent of these vice conditions ed me to take such action as I did The mayor gay not approve of my course when he returns, but this is a matter of no importance to me now. totry todo: luty. chaps ther e been 1 can stakes. Ne uld crowd nfallibility, but if I have made any mistakes, a task too big for the biggest man in the world done aman could do, and it is not fe man ct o many events into two she they rt weeks and make been honest mis So far, I have only r th he public have le in two weeks is litions. I hi ve al and the press belittle my m © The Star ir Seri Seder t Ip son id this assump absence of M ble assumption | There may be much truth in the fact that there are warring vice factions, but this much is certe 1in—they on me; and believing that The Star has no political entanglements and that it is free and will- what it considers the good of the community, I naturally expected, and do still expect, its t and encouragement. SON FOR SOME NEWSPAPER ATTACKS ON ME IS OBVIOUS, THE ANIMUS BE- f PLAIN, BUT THERE IS NO REASON EXCEPT A MISTAKEN ESTIMATE OF MY is FOR THE STAR TO ATTACK ME. Sperethat The Star's n of Wednes« upp that IT have stock odd ent ! the house the new district ements of condit e Wappens ay night surmises am cle rds who and from the ouncilman Murphy and Chief of sing in the old restricted Che Star may have re ions that arose through tein, it was perhaps not an un nas Gill, ¢ theory concerning me was wrong, I will keep the old district dive aay new dives 1 opening. I am not washing any man’s dirty linen, not for Mayor Gill or ¢ hief fein, nor am I attempting to assist @ny person or persons ina “frame-up” to clean the city people of this city and the press will not stand behind this effort to clean up Seattle, my work will tonothing. s been intimated to closed and me that certain agents of the vice § n been whisper me that they are ne to go te ahead. These id ors, es affect my syndicate are Plotting t to do me bodily harm; » the extent of assassination. But I am goin and villification that are pri aaa about me cannot continuation of this policy. abuse ursE long as lam Letting mayor of Seattle I will strive with all my might and with every faculty I have, to | the city. nity d wh I will do all that any man can do. All] ask is fair judgment from the decent people of this air treatment from the decent papers. For the others I do not care. n lam through y mayor, it will be up to the pex 1S acting ple MAX WARDALL, Acting Mayor. f IVE MEN “vr ll Never Have to Worry About Him hee er | I Know Where He Is,” Says Vera of Husband \ bac ch to the hotel, protented * “Ive sent one man out of the |} yong , ; Mia ye and won't ever have to wor 5 Ihe is every hour of the day and | nignt | won't ever have to think labout his being out with other s00n a8 You reach snapped Mra. Prosser imitted that $15 and that the she charged had been stolen from her was held by Mrs. Prosser the hotel, red Acting Chief of women to give to arrest every man who lives off the earnings Women, and | shail urge Gordon give all itive of leaving the ly oF to serve 63 days hain gang. These men act Be driven from Seattic,” ting Ma them their nighty! ‘ district, women. 4 the acting mayor, “and {| “I'm going to Ma rmined to drive them from | fy @ millionaire th or Jet them do a ‘bit soon to mar. |” paid. Following this confession, Tennant ordered Mra. Prosser re leased 4 Mrs. Vera Prosser » face with Miss Minnie n the private office of Cap ri day afternoon afternoon ft will rece That cement floor upstairs ien't very de she told Ten nant when I was first pu a lot of negresses a ) t day night on a ¢ said, ‘There's the woman who shc ony her husband.’ I denied it at firs 5 ss Lyons removed Mrs.|but she sald that she recognized re me by my pletures. Then I} had t HASKELL FREED She ot eto again order jed Mrs | “Now write she add article abou The Star man a nice ed to (Ry United rr ia Ok 29 t H Judge Ma ‘ «e nent Med the “town \c Mt Gov. ©. » Ber detendan:s Set The act overal d by the ee ed JACKSON MADE MISTAKE ovre a Swede sald a Lay as he was arr n Mic rding house mi hooting off firearms e E p pepper the but when bar ne " ng oF b rock salt and he house with shot, were filled with , it was too much eee eee eee ee ee ee ee ee Oe Cot $220 From Poor Man on False Promise ~ ee Washingto to ry. 1 Fen al Sehmat or it with pon his ca of m been any | y You and he Jat her just ds the knot tied in a triple answer is that they erthele ha There has never oads built in there, and | don’t eve that either Mr. Hillman or | hark inatitution ever had any | devi 4 that they would put one in, this was advertised solely for urpose of selling off this prop y at an exorbitant value Hill an further failed to give me an She tract, as he agreed to do, for © property, so that | do not know whether it has been sold to other Anyway, he got all | stra first le or not cash | had for this property. {AGNUS SCHMAH Affiant 1 4 worn to y Fill-up,” responds t yr but one H, PERRY d, yeh'll neva in and for the ston, residing “ke ; tO at the start the yw that he is going to bi agreeable. y Public © rang his word urtain.) ent.) ONE GENT. }pain fron The |* ad of being a place where protection was guaranteed to visitors, was the abode of I am | I the foc until the debt was ON TRAINS CAND NEWS STANDS be BOTH ARMS BURNED _lt | © badly burned | bert I tur 4 age inst a 000 ve o Railroad av * morning ft and be TO CROOKS AND OTHERS This little statement is for the enemies of ‘the Star and consequently for the enemies of the people; the enemies of a clean town and clean business. It is for the grafters, the crooks, the sharks and for anybody else, iwhom it may thus concern. And furthermore it is for C. D. Hillman; for one Blethen and for Ludovic; it is for one Smith, for one Nelson and for any and all the rest of that band of fetid anonymous creatures who skulk into telephone booths and fear to come out into the open. Come on! That is the Star’s word to you. The Star ‘ will give you all the fight you want, individual- ily, or collectively in the criminal courts or «| before the bar of public opinion, or any other bh carries power Ballard power houre of t) , company, In 1g Wan aflame an way. The Star is in the fight to stay. Make no mis- take about that! Set up, if you will, the howl ‘about “hurting the town’’; send your anony- "\mous telephone boycotters about the city; “th —— your agp do every thing your warped Great Northern t of Bell at, Great on the at rthern bearing the h Franson mpany in-| d of the | Franson is] gle, He re} « oneer hotel, 500} Fifth ay | - | eee eee eens She Mustn’t Talk About Booze Charles L. Lundquist takes » occasionally, according Igeborg Lund n about Nquor morning she wenced an action for divorce com ee eee etee eee eee ee oe ‘bat don't make it te cause 1 know I hate p I've had more th my st recently And with that, copy of “Th rong ye Prosser pick «© headquarter } That Norman M. Wardall, s« ary of the boar org In a wayor of Seattle, Max Wardall? That President Thomas F. Kane, ofthe University of Washington the title abstractors in t work a day and night AIN’T IT AWFUL, GIRL DESERTED AT THE ALTAR LIKE THIS! itown.” Man in Lower | *' shift | 1 “| Ste will not stop dl one minute or > abate one * syllable. You, Blethen, Bah! BAH, TO ALL YOUR ILK, AND BEWARE! talk about “hurting the MAY FIRE “WAPPY” TONIGHT WAPPEN STEIN, a COMMITTEE ON GRAFT _ SILENT investigating ee T. R. TO OPEN THE MISSOURI CAMPAIGN (By United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept eee eeeee ee eee & teeeee eee ee ee ee oe o * ie His Arrest ted by members of that in th riment have noW under rigid LA FOLLETTE MUST UNDERGO OPE RATION MADISON, eo ae WEATHER FORECAST